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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1942
ERNEST RAMEY
PASSES AWAY AT
CUREJOME FRI.
Glare County State  Hwy.
Supt. and Former
Business Man
The many friends of Ernest Ramey,
well known business man, political
figure and highway official in this
city for many years, were saddened to
learn of his passing away at 2:00
o'clock Friday morning of last week.
Ernest Ramey, youngestson of Samuel and Catherine Ramey, was born in
Vernon township, September 10, 1S86,
and passed from this life at the family
residence in Clare on January 30,1942,
having reached the age of fifty-five
years, four months, and twenty days.
He spent his boyhood days on the
farm in Vernon township and lived
there until going to Marion in 1904.
In 1905, Mr. Ramey was united in
marriage with Miss Vera Chappie, in
Clare. To this happy union were born
four children, one of whom, Ernest
Don, died at the age of two years, in
1925.
He left Marion in 1907 and went to
California, where he resided four
years, returning to Clare in 1911, when
he became engaged in business here.
For approximately twenty years the
deceased was engaged in the meat
business in Clare and, following his
retirement from business, he became
employed in the State Highway Department. At the time of his death he
was superintendent of the State Highway Department in Clare county, a
position he had held for the past two
years.
He was active in city politics acting
as alderman and supervisor of his
ward for several years and always
took a great interest in civic affairs,
being a great lover of all the better
things of life.
Mr. Ramey was a member of the
Masonic Order for some twenty years.
He had been in failing health for the
past year and was confined to the bed
for the last ten weeks.
There are left to mourn the going of
this loyal American citizen and devoted husband and father, two daughters,
Mrs. Mildred Shefferly, of Detroit, and
Doris, who lives at home; one son,
Robert, at home; one brother, Leslie
Ramey, who resides in Santa Maria,
California; one small grandson, Larry
Shefferly, of Detroit; other relatives
and a host of friends.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Coming to Local
Methodist Church
REV. WAYNE FLEENOR
Michigan Conference Director of Religious Education and Youth Work
will be at the local Methodist church
next Sunday. A schedule oi his activities here will be found in the Church
News columns.
FORMER CLARE LADY
DIES AT DAUGHTER'S
HOME IN PONTIAC
Mrs. Sarah Defoe Robinson Laid
at Rest Saturday
Afternoon
SCOUTS OBSERVE
ANNIVERSARY OF
ORGANIZATION
February 6th to 12th Boy
Scouts of America
Week
LOCAL CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY WILL
GOVERNMENT HANGAR
Mrs. Sarah DeFoe Robinson, wife of
a former Clare business man and a
resident of this city for many years,
passed away in Pontiac Thursday of
last week.
Sarah Jane Crowe was born April
13, 1859, in Trenton, Ontario, Canada,
and passed away January 29, 1942, at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Orah
Sutton, at 36 North Johnson Avenue,
Pontiac, after a ten day illness following a stroke.
She wedded the late Hiram DeFoe
in 1878 and to this union were born five
children, one son, Grant B., who preceded her in death, Harry and Orah,
of Pontiac, Charles V. and Frank J., of
Detroit.
Forty-three years ago she was
married to George Robinson and later
separated.
She has made her home with her
daughter  for  the  past  thirty  years.
She also leaves six grandchildren
and a'1 host of friends.
She was a member of the All Saints
Episcopal Church.
Funeral services were held Saturday, January 31, at 2:30 p. m., from
the O. C. Farmers Funeral Parlors in
Pontiac, and interment was at White
Chapel Cemetery.
Moline   &   Seiter   Brothers  A-   J>Q gef Clocks
warded $36,740 Contract
for Military Building
Moline & Seiter Bros. Construction
Company, of Clare, have been awarded a government contract for the construction of air plane hangar building
at Camp .Skeel, near Oscoda, the local
firm's bid was accepted at $36,740 in
competition with ten other bidders.
This is the second government con- j
tract they have secured.
The building will be erected to government specifications in collaboration
with federal engineers and must be
completed within ninety days.
Construction was commenced Monday with Laurenee Seiter, superintendent of construction, Harold Moline
in charge of requisitioning and David
Seiter iu charge of purchasing.
Twenty men are now working on the
job and this number will be increased
to about fifty as soon as progress of
construction warrants.
Ahead One Hour
Monday Morning
In cooperation with the federal government, the local post office, Pere
Marquette Railway, Ann Arbor Railroad, the City of Clare, Clare Public
Schools, the local bank and other
business institutions, together with
the majority of our citizens, will set
their clocks one hour ahead at 2:00
a. m. Monday, February 9th.
The schedules and hours of the post
office, railroads and bank will be
maintained as at present by the clock,
which will be an advancement of one
hour by the sun.
The city government, schools and
business places are expected to arrange schedules as near the above as
possible, any changes to be announced
in these columns when available.
Circuit Judge Ray Hart Files
union in McClanahan Oil Co.
vs. L. /?. Perkins, et al, Case
Last week, Honorable Ray Hart filed
his opinion in the case of McClanahan
Oil Company, a Corporation of Mt.
Pleasant, Michigan, Plaintiff, vs. L. R.
Perkins, et al, Defendants, in the Circuit Court for the County of Clare, In
Chancery,
The Plaintiff was represented by
MeNamara and Browning, Attorneys
of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, and the Defendant, L. R. Perkins was represented by Attorneys Donald E. Holbrook,
of Clare,,-Michigan,-.and William E.
Knorr, of Alma, Michigan,. ...
The suit involved an oil and gas
leaBe extecute'd-on the 31st day of
July, 1933, by Adde M; McCall, lessor,
in favor of the McClanahan Oil Company, lessee, covering and' affecting
700 acres' 6f land in the Township of
Freeman, Clare County, 'Michigan. The
lease was given for a period of 6 years
and as Jong thereafter as oil,-gas,
casinghead gas, °? any of them, is or-
can be produced. The lease also contained a clause in the bottom part of
the lease providing that, "notwithstanding anything in this lease contained to the contrary, it is expressly
agreed that if lessee shall commence
drilling operations at any time while
this lease is in force, this lease shall
remain in force and its term shall continue so long as such operations are
prosecuted, and if production results
therefrom, then as long as production
Continues."
Subsequent to the execution of the
lease by Adde M. McCall, the property
was purchased by L. R. Perkins. In
the early" part of July, 1938) Oil Was
discovered in Freeman Township a
short distance from the acreage involved. Prior to that time; the value
of tne prdperty was greatly enhanced
by the striking of gas In the Michigan
Stray Formation On the same well.
The evidence showed that the McClanahan Oil Company was not able to
produce Oil, gas Of casinghead gas
from the said property- on July 3ist,
1938, the end of the primary term:,; but
(Continued oil Page Five)
The Boy Scouts of America is celebrating its thirty-second birthday this
week. This is an anniversary that the
whole Nation could well celebrate^—
celebrate with thanks in its heart that
such an organization exists!
The aim and purpose of Scouting—
character and citizenship—are the aim
and purpose of every democracy.
Without these two ideal qualities
Democracy becomes a sham—a dictatorship.
America was wrested from a wilderness by a de'termined people—people
who had fine character; people who
understood the responsibilities as well
as the privileges of citizenship. Therefore it was only natural that the ideals
of the Scout Movement, as expressed
in the Scout Oath and Law, should
meet with such widespread approval
in this country.
Scouting builds men; it develops
citizenship. Scouting is American,—
it is as American as Indian corn, as
American as ice cream sodas. Americans accept Scouting because it is
continually strengthening and invigorating democracy.
For ten million men and boys in
America this week, Fehruary 6 to 12,
is an anniversary. Thirty-two years
ago the Boy Scouts of America was
founded. The groups of twelve to
fifteen year olds who rallied to the
Scout banner during that first year
was small. But each year saw more
and more boys being touched by the
Scout Oath and Law.
The first year a scattered few Scouts
—61,495 all told—had the advantages
of Scouting. But by 1915 almost a half
million boys had enjoyed the great
game of Scouting—262,043 were active
and a slightly smaller group had
"graduated," as it were.
The growth of the Boy Scouts of
America has been steady ever since.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
TELEPHONE COMPANY
EXTENDS FIRST AID
TRAINING TO WOMEN
1,000 Michigan Bell Employees
Have Enrolled to Start
Course in February
The Michigan Bell Telephone Company today announced that it is extending its First Aid training program
to its women personnel for the first
time. Two thousand male employees
already are qualifying for their Red
Cross certificates.
T. C. Maher, manager for the company, said that more than 1,000 women
employees have enrolled for First Aid
classes which will get under way early
in February at Detroit, Grand Rapids,
and Saginaw. The course will be directed by fifteen women employees
who have qualified as Red Cross instructors.
The 2,000 male employees now receiving their certificates were enrolled
last October. A new course for 1,500
to 2,000 more men also will begin
early in February with up to 100 instructors.
The Michigan Bell is one of the first
Bell System companies to extend the
First Aid program to women, the telephone manager said. Another course
for women will begin early in March,
when about 1,000 more are expected
to enroll, with twenty more instructors, he said. To qualify for Red Cross
certificates, each employee must attend the First Aid classes for two
hours a week over a twelve-week
period. The classes are held "after
hours," Mondays through Fridays, and
do not interfere with the employees'
regular duties.
Red Cross First Aid training has
been offered Michigan Bell men since
1923. Twenty-one years ago the Bell
System established the Theodore N.
Vail Memorial awards for employees
performing "noteworthy public service." Many of the awards have been
made to employees who applied life-
saving measures, learned in their
First Aid training courses, to accident
victims.
RURAL YOUNG PEOPLE .
TO HOLD RALLY AT
DOVER SUNDAY NIGHT
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The young people's .Christian Endeavor Rally will be held at the Dover
Tabernacle Sunday night, February
8, at 8:00 p. m. ;
The program will be sponsored by
the young people of the,Eagle, Colonville, Elm Grove, Arthur Center,
Brown Corners and Ijover;"       .
Reverend Marion fiurkett has been,
chosen as speaker - for- the evening.
Everybody-invited,-•   ;««: > :•'•   :;   .
■r
Red Cross \
Activities I
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Sewing Class Wednesday
The Red Cross sewing meeting held
at the Legion rooms in Clare will meet
Wednesday, lTebruary 11, instead of
Thursday, February 12.
Books for Boys in Service
The Clare City Library..has been
designated as the collecting center for
books, which the young soldiers can-
enjoy during their leisure hours. Fiction, non-fiction ov technical books will
be apreciated. We are hoping for a
speedy response.
Herrick Ladies Organize
The ladies of Herrick organized a
Red Cross Unit, January 28, and appointed the following officers:
General Chairman—Mrs. Bert Maxwell.
Producing Chairman—Mrs. Frank
Lamphere.
Sewing Chairman — Mrs. Sidney
Carey.
Knitting Chairman—Mrs. John Hor-
den.
Secretary and treasurer—Mrs. Anthony O'Mealey.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
FATE OF TRAIN
SERVICE SCON TO
BE_ANNOUNCED
Public Service Commission
Considers Bus Service
to Frankfort
The Michigan public service commission promises a decision soon on a
petition for bus service between Clare
and Frankfort, linking it with the Ann
Arbor railway's proposal to abandon
its final passenger train service in
Michigan, two daily runs between
Frankfort and Toledo.
John J. O'Hara, chairman, said the
two petitions would be decided together, since residents of towns between Clare and Frankfort reported
they would have no transportation
facilities if the train service were
dropped and no'buses were installed.
A scheduled hearing Tuesday on the
bus petition was canceled when the
only recorded objectors to the train
abandonment, members of the railroad
brotherhoods, agreed to stand on evidence they previously had submitted at
a hearing on the railroad petition. The
bus petition was filed by Richard L.
VanCott, Midland, operator of the
Yellow bus line. He said he would
withdraw his petition it the railroad
service .were continued. —Lansing
State Journal.
AAA FARM CHECKS
DISTRIBUTED HERE
DDR1NG PAST WEEK
Indicate 95% of Clare Farmers
Participate in Conservation
Program
By Eva L: Schlafley
AAA farm checks in this vicinity
have been very numerous this past
week and when all have been received
they will show 95% of the farmers in
Clare county are Triple-A workers.
Only through this 1941 AAA farm program have we been able to swing into
full step on our all out for defense
production, goals ancl we find the farmers are measuring up to 100% patriotism by going the limit in their efforts
of production and it shows their study
of how to obtain this production.
These checks are to remunerate the
farmers for their efforts in the conserving and building of their soils
which will insure the nation of adequate supplies of food and fiber at
all times.
Farmers taking an active part in, the
1941 AAA farm program have cooperated in building for America an
agriculture equal to any demands the
democracy may make.
During the past year, grave world
developments have profoundly affected agriculture as well as other phases
of our national economy. -More than
six million farmers have joined together in proving, however, that with
abundant supplies on hand; stored fertility in the soil, and a strong flexible
program to help weather the difficulties ahead they are ready to meet the
responsibilities of changing world conditions and the developing need of
national defense.  '
This cooperation in the AAA program is helping agriculture make a
more abundant contribution to the
welfare and the security of. the country.
CIRCUIT COURT
UPHOLDS SENTENCE
OF J5PIKE HORN
Two Young Men Sentenced
to County Jail on
Larceny Charge
A local Justice Court decision and
sentence was upheld in the Clare
County Circuit Court Thursday of last
•Week when J. E. "Spike Horn" Meyer,
who appealed to Circuit Court, was required to furnish a two year peace
brad of $1,000, to keep peace with the
people of Michigan and especially
toward William Messacar, by Judge
Ray Hart. In addition to the peace
bond, Hart ordered Meyer to pay court
costs of $35.00.
The case was heard in Justice Courl
in Clare recently when Justice Kyle
McKinnon sentenced Meyer to provide
peace bond in the same amount with
two sureities. Spike Horn appealed to
Circuit Court to have the bond set
aside and his case was heard Thursday, January 29, continuing throughout the court day, with William Messacar and his wife, Sheriff Seaver
Amble and Deputy Sheriff Fred Jones,
taking the stand.
Meyer was represented by Atty.
John Myers of Ithaca, and Prosecuting
Attorney Donald E. Holbrook represented the people.
Burns Asks Sanity Test
John Burns, who entered the plea
of not guilty on a charge of check
forgery, was ordered by Judge Hart to
be held at the Clare county jail, until
a sanity test could be made, on our
before the twentieth day of February.
Dr. Earl C. Wilson, of Harrison, and
Dr. Sheets, of the State Hospital at
Traverse City, will be the examining
doctors. Burns has previously been
committed to an institution.
Since his arrest on a charge of
check forgery another charge has
been placed against him of Uttering
and Publishing checks. The second
charge is pending further action until
the sanity test report is made. Burns
requested the court to determine his
sanity.
Sentenced to County Jail
Victor H. Detzler, IS, of Mt. Pleasant, and Donald Joe Jones, 20, also of
Mt. Pleasant, are confined in the Clare
(Continued  on Page Twelve)
Skates Sharpened by factory method'. « Tryv our new machine. Clare
Hardware' & Furniture. .Co..    "   l.tt
ADVICE IN FILING
INCOME TAX RETURNS
.  TO BE AVAILABLE
Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue to be at Clare
Post Office
For the convenience of those who
are required by law to file Federal Income Tax Returns, a Deputy Collector
of Internal Revenue will be at the
Post Office Building, Clare, Michigan,
on February 16th and 17th, 1942, to
assist taxpayers in preparing their returns. No charge will be made for
this service. The matter of filing your
Income Tax Return should be given
immediate attention, in order to avoid
penalty and interest.
You are required to file a return if
your gross income is ?750 or over and
you are single (or married and not
living with husband or wife), or if you
are married and living with husband
or wife and your gross income is ?1,500
or over. •
A simplified return, Form 1040A, has
been provided and may be used if
gross income is not more than $3,000
and if such income consists wholly of
Salaries, wages, other compensation
for personal services, dividends, interest, rent, annuities or royalties. However Form 1040 may be used if desired.
Your return for the calendar year
1941 must be filed not later than
March 15, 1942, with the Collector of
Internal Revenue for the district in
which you reside or have your principal place of business.
A penalty" of not more than, $10,000
or imprisonment for not more than 1
year, or both, is imposed by statute for
wilfull failure to make return on time,
and in addition, 5 to 25 percent of the
amount of the tax.
FATHER AND SON BANQUET
The annual Father and Son'Bnaquet
will be held Thursday evening, February 12, at the First Congregational
Church.
Arrangements are almost complete
fOr the above banquet. The Ladies
Guild haB a grand menu in store for
us. There will be the usual toasts to
the lads and the dads and also musical
numbers appropriate to the occasion..
Instead of the usual speaker, we are
going to have several reels of talking
pictures, including baseball and
funnies.
Some member of the ticket committee will call on you men, hut if for any
reason you are overlooked, call Rev.
Dawe, Phono .130. . Tickets one dollar
.each, which will include man. and .boy.
New President
Michigan Press
New Series Vol. 50, No. 18
MEN BETWEEN 20
AND 45 REGISTER
FEBRUARY 16TH
Registrants Away   Shalt
Specify Home
Address
HERMAN MILLERWISE
Publisher of the Sebewaing Blade,
who was honored by Michigan newspaper publishers by elevation to presi- j
dency of the Michigan Press Assoc:- j
ation. The 67th annual convention, j
held at Michigan State college, set a j
new record for attendance.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
COLLECT MORE THAN
NINE HUNDRED DIMES
They "Walked Their Legs Off"
to "Help Some Other
Child to Walk"
Local school children working for a
most worthy cause, and awards
promised by the Ideal Theatre, completed the "March of Dimes" campaign
■very successfully, contributing $90.45
to the infantile paralysis fund. The
fourth grade lead, the school with a
contribution of ?23,20.
The original plan of the theatre was
to award free admission tickets to the
ten children turning in the most
dimes, but because of the students'
splendid effort and success, the
theatre management presented "free
tickets to every child turning in a
dime; two tickets to those turning in
over $2.00; and Richard Lackie was
awarded three tickets for turning in
?5.00, with Ruby Foss also getting
three tickets' as a close second with
?4.90 turned in.
The Sentinel wishes to congratulate
the local school children and their
teachers for the splendid response to
worthy causes and sincere interest in
National Defense.
Selective Service Registration oil
February 16 will complete the registration of America's currently author*
ized military manpower, Col. B. M*
ltosecrans, State Director of Selective5
Service declared Monday. The new'
registration affects every male resi*
dent in Michigan between, the military
ages of 20 and 45 years, with a few"
exceptions made by Congress.
The requirement, Col. Rosecrans ex*
plained, is that all male persons not
previously registered, who attained^
their twentieth birthday on or before
December 31, 1941, and who have not
attained their forty-fifth birthday on
or before February 16, 1942, must
register as of their home address between. 7:00 a. m. and 9:00 p. m. ott
February 16. In other words, all un-'
registered men who were born between February 17, 1897, and Decern*
ber 31, 1921, must register.
Men between 21 and 36 years of age"
who registered in 1940 and 1941 are
not required to register again, the
director stated.
While anyone who, is unavoidably
away from his home on February 16
may register at the registration place
most convenient •' on* that day, CoL
Rosecrans urged all Michigan regie'
trants to make every effort to register
with their own local boards to avoid
possible confusion in the future. Any
person who must register while away
from his home, he warned, should' be
careful to specify his home address bo*
that-his registration card may be for*-
warded promptly to his own local'1
board and to ensure that he will be^
included in its potential manpower to>
fill calls for quotas.
The only persons exempt from registration under the law, the director"
said, are: Commissioned officers,-
warrant officers, pay clerks, and enlisted men of the Regular Army, the
Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast
Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Survey,
(Continued on Page Twelve)
RUPERT BROOKS
PASSES FROM MS
FE SUDDENLY
Funeral   For   Former   Vernon
Township Resident Held
•   Sunday
Miss Harriette
Knapp Elementary
Teacher in Clare
Miss Harriette Knapp, of Hart,
Michigan, has assumed duties as
fourth grade teacher and elementary
librarian in the Clare Public Schools.
Miss Knapp, formerly fifth grade instructor for eight years in the Valley
Farms school, Lansing, comes to Clare
with a rich teaching hackground and
experience in library work. She received her life certificate at Michigan
State Normal College and B.S. degree
at Wayne University.
At the time of leaving the Valley
Farms school, Miss Knapp was chairman of the Proressional Problems
committee of the Clinton District of j
the Michigan Education Association!
and President of the Valley Farms;
Parent-Teachers* Association. She is \
a member of the Hart Chapter of the j
Order of Eastern Star.
Rupert Brooks, brother of Richard-
Brooks, -of Verhon. township,  passed
from this life suddenly at his home at
Marion Thursday-,  January 29,  death-,
being due to heart failure.
The deceased was born the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ephram Brooks in Mid'
dlesex County, Canada, May 12, 1883/
and came with his parents to Mich-
gan when three years old and spent
his boyhood days in Vernon township,
moving to Marion thirty years ago.
Funeral services were held Sunday"
afternoon, Rev. Pell, of Grand Rapids,
officiating and interment made in the-
Marion cemetery.
Bulletin
It was announced here. Thursday"
afternoon that an electrical cours©
would be available, in addition to the
courses in welding and mechanics, aft
the National Defense Training Scho#l
in the trailer plant on west TJS-1&-
An instructor is available and persons?
interested can enroll at any time. The
class will meet at the trailer pLanlt
next Monday evening,''February 9.
Rosebush Merchant Collects 120®
Firearms and Many Other Curios'
During Fifty Years as[ Hobby
An incidence that has been accepted
in a matter of fact manner by his
friends and associates, but has attracted a widespread interest among the
hobbiests and professional collectors
of firearms and curios, is the collection
of 1,200 guns 6wned by William F.
Hunter, who has operated a general
store in Rosebush for the past twenty-
two years.
Mr. Hunter has been collecting antique American guns as ope of his
hobbies, for more than fifty years, the
nucleous of his collection being a gun
he obtained in a trade while a clerk
in his father's store in Ovid, a customer buying a new gun and offering him
the old one. He says, "Collecting guns
gets in your blood and once you start
you can't stop." At sixty-seven years
of age he is the proud -possessor of
about 1,200 guns.
His fire arms-now represent a comprehensive period in gun manufacturing and consist of all percussion types
down through the breech-loader era.
Most of his guns were once used by
Michigan pioneers and have been collected throughout Michigan, hxxtylm
also owns some United States Army-
muskets, rifles, flint-locks and Kentucky squirrel-hunting rifles. A 'small
portion of his, collection is of foreign
make, including a few duelling piece*,
Mr. Hunter is not only a collector of-
guns, but has an extensive knowledge'
of the history of firearms. He possess^'
es practically all available books, cHj^ -
pings and pamphlets concerning guns -
and has compiled a great deal of d»te' •
on the subject
He is also very much interested Ik '■
archeology and has £ug up quite »
number of Indian rfelics himself, be- -
sides1 others he has purchased!- Mkny '
items offered-=hy the Hudson* _J«y"
Company to Indians in tra<te are ra-"
eluded in.his colle'ctlott of curios.
Well known.because of hi* Interent^
ing hohbies, Mr.- Hunter is often cw»-
siilted concerning: ike discoveries «£
other collectors. . Q"