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CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1942
New Series Vol..50, No. 19
FIRE DESTROYS
LARGE BUILDING
ON CURRIE FARM
Local Fire   Department
Commended for Saving
Other Buildings
A disastrous fire occurred at the
Currie farm southwest of Clare Tuesday afternoon when fire broke out in
the large garage and repair shop, which
measures approximately thirty feet by
eighty feet, burning the building to
the ground and destroying two tractors, an automobile and the many
small tools used for repairing the cars,
tractors and implements used on this
large farm.
Loren, the twenty year old son of
John Garver, superintendent of the
farm, discovered the fire and the rural
lire truck of the Clare fire department
was called. Although all efforts to
save the garage building failed, the
persistent soaking 6'f other buildings
saved the large house, huge main barn
and other buildings which were en-
danger ed by the extreme heat of the
conflagration, aud Mr. Garver and
others at the fire highly commend the
local fire fighters for their excellent
work in saving the building and a very
large fire loss.
Wilbur "Shorty" Ireland, a member
of the fire department sustained painful facial hums while fighting the fire.
Superintendent Garver informed a
representative of the Sentinel that
there was no fire insurance on the
garage building, and although the
tractors, auto and other to^iWere insured, it would be very difficult if not
impossible to replace them at the
present time.
The actual loss and definite cause
of the fire have not beeii determined,
North Star Grocery Endangered
Fire, apparently caused by the vent
pipe of a gas circulating heater passing through the ceiling into the attic
over the local bus station, threatened
the entire building occupied by the bus
station and wall paper store of Mrs.
S. M. Carrier, the North Star Grocery,
on the first floor, and living quarters
of the McKeever family, on the second floor.
The fire brokesaut Mon^y morning,
shortly   before   the   arrival   of   the
Foster bus  from Lansing,  and  temporary quarters were arranged to care
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Registration for
Home Defense to
Start Next Week
The .Clare County Council of Defense office on the second floor of the
Jackson meat market building in
Clare, will be open each afternoon of
next week for voluntary registration
for Home Defense.
Members of the Clare Study Club
and others have volunteered to assist
with the registration, and if necessary,
the office will be open forenoons.
General information concerning
identification, past military service,
etc., and qualification for different
types of work will be asked and each
applicant will list five preferences of
the type of service they would like to
participate in.
HOLBROOK TOPS
CANDIDATE LIST
FOR REVENUE JOB
Two Deputy State Revenue
Commissioners To Be
Selected
INCREASED SUGAR
PRODUCTION IN U. S.
HOPED FOR IN 1942
Large Quantifies of Sugar Cane
Used for War Materials
Enemy Aliens
Must Register by
February 28th
Knowledge of local postal authorities indicates that several enemy
aliens residing In this community have
not as yet registered.
All Germans, Italians and Japanese
who have not become naturalized citizens of the United States are required
to register at the post office not later
than February 28th.
All enemy aliens who have not registered are urged to do so at once to
avoid embarrassment and possible imprisonment.
Increased sugar production in the
United States is hoped for this year,
since unprecedented distribution of
sugar in 1941 reduced the "ever normal granary" supply by more than a
million tons, and because of sugar curtailment from some off-shore areas,
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R.
Wickard said today.
Although production in off-shore
areas is expected to increase, supplies
from this source will be reduced because of the Allied sugar needs and
because large quantities of sugar cane
are being used for manufacturing war
materials.
Higher sugar prices, increased government payments, and no limit on
sugar beet and sugar cane production
should increase sugar production, Secretary Wickard said. Wholesale refined sugar prices, under ceilings fixed
by the Office of Price Administration,
are aproximately $1.00 per hundred-
we'ght higher than the 1938-1940 average. !The base rate of conditional
payments to domestic sugar producers
has been increased from 60 cents to
80 cents per 100 pounds under recent
legislation extending the 1937 Sugar
Act for three years.
Based on present sugar prices and
increased conditional payments, sugar
beet producers should average between ?8.50 and ?9.25 per ton of beets
hi 1942, compared with a national
average of $6.75 in 1938, 1933 and
1940.
During the past four months the average "production of domestic beet
sugar has been approximately 1,758
tons, raw value, with an all time
record production of 1,894 tons in 1940.
ISABELLA POMONA
Isabella County Pomona Grange will
meet with Gilmore Grange on Thursday evening, February 19, with a pot
luck supper following the meeting.
Nina Forbes, Secretary.
T. Carl Holbrook, a native of this
city and for several years Clare County Prosecuting Attorney, topped the
list of four candidates chosen from a
group of sixty contestants examined
for candidacy to fill the position of
deputy revenue commissioner.
The state civil service commission
Tuesday certified to Louis M. Nims,
state revenue commissioner, names of
four eligible candidates from which he
must choose two deputy commissioners for the new centralized revenue
department organized last month. The
cand.dates were certified by Thomas J.
Wilson, director of civil service.
The four candidates, two of whom
Nim is to select probably this week,
listed in order of examination standing, are: ^
T. Carl Holbrook, veteran assistant
attorney general and for the last few
years sales tax legal adviser.
Walter F. Reddy, former sales tax
director who stepped down to the position of deputy during 1940 to make
way for Herbert J. Rushton, now
attorney general, and who was retained by Nims as consultant.
Victor VanSwaaringcn, former
assistant attorney general and now a
conciliator for the labor mediation
board.
Clarence W. Lock, secretary to the
state land office board and former Ingham county treasurer who ranked
with Nims and one other candidate for
the commissionership.
Outstanding among the candidates
who did not win certification is James
E. Morgan, first sales tax director who
has served as Nims* deputy in the
sales tax office and since January 10
in the revenue department.
Reddy is expected to be one of the
two choices of Nims because of his
experience and the confidence the
commissioner has evidenced in his
ability by retaining nim. The revenue
K^ permits „ appointments of five
deputies/but Nims has said he would
need only two for the present and
probably never more than three.
The jobs are to pay from ?4,800 to
$6,000 a year. The appointees probably
will start out at the minimum figure.
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Red Cross
Activities
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Don't forget the Grant Community
Valentine party tonight, February 13.
Dr. John H. Hall Assigned
Speaker When Victory Speakers
Are Guests of Kiwanis Club
Members of the Clare Kiwanis Club
were hosts to the Victory Speakers of
Clare, when, they met at the Hotel
Doherty Wednesday evening for their
regular 6:30 dinner meeting, with
nearly fifty present.
Following the serving of dinner, preceded by invocation by Rev. Albert
Dawe, Austin Bates lead the group in
community singing with Paul Lowrey
at the piano.
Kiwanian President Dr. C. B. Neff
presented Donald E. Holbrook, who
with Dr. Higelniire, was in charge of
the evening's program, and Atty. Holbrook called on the guests to arise and
present themselves to those present.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon, field representative of the Starr Commonwealth
school •'for boys, spoke • briefly of the
work and purpose of the school.
'" Atty. Holbrook presented Dr. John
H. Hall as the first assigned speaker
' of the Clare County Speakers Bureau,
remarking that the purpose of the
bureau was to keep up the morale
of the people at home, and announcing
that the next meeting of the Victory
Speakers would be'held in the English
room at Clare High School next Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Dr. Hall said that all Americans are
deep'y interested In the great problem
of defense in the whole world's war,
"and in reviewing the results of the
war to date stated that our reverse's
'.wdre largely due to the fact that we
liad been "lulled to sleep" by well
meaning pacifists. He said that
"Pearl Harbor" has  brought us  to-
" gather' and 'unified us and with the fall
Of Hong'Kong and' imminent fall of
Singapore, we are faced with serious
problems and the question "What can
we do about it?"
He answered this question with-the
statement that we must cooperate with
the government because we are the
government, emphasizing the dangers
from within our nation from saboteurs
and fifth columnists. 'He remarked
that the American people are "good
sportsmen, but we are fighting a foe
that knows nothing of sportsmanship."
Dr. Hall lauded the Boy Scout spirit
of loyalty as an essential to our
national success and emphasized the
importance of building strong bodies
by giving our children plain healthful
food and of building within them
health of mind, that "when we have
planes and munitions to send, we will
have men to send with them, supported by a faithful and courageous
people."
He closed his address with the statement that "A great army was not the
thing that built the U. S. A. and made
Old Glory, but that it was the American home in'which the Good Book was
read, our churches, and our schools,"
President Neff announced that
Chairman Donald E. Holbrook and-S.
J. Hlgelmire, the support of churches
committee, had arranged for a breakfast the morning of Sunday, March 1,
after which the Kiwanians would attend services in a group at the First
Congregational church.
It was also announced that anyone
interested in speaking should get in
touch with Chairman Donald E. Holbrook, of the Clare County Speakers
Bureau, for enrollment in the speach
classes;
Selectees Called
for Examination
by Armed Forces
The following young men are called
for physical examination by the armed
forces:
Clyde Elihu Wilson, Harrison R-2.
Jay D. Ackerman, Harrison R-2.
John Stephen Morgan, Harrison R-2.
Wellington Edward Davis, Clare R-f.
Wilmot Calvin Hall, Farwell.
Further information concerning procurement of men for the armed forces
is withheld by decree of the Federal
Selective Service Commission.
STUDENTS IN SCHOOL
OR COLLEGE MAY JOIN'
U. S. NAVAL RESERVE
Effective Immediately for Students Not Twenty Years
of Age
Effective immediately students in
school or college who have not yet
reached their twentieth birthday may
enlist in Class V-l, of the U. S. Naval
Reserve, and upon their own request,
may be placed on inactive duty until
the completion of the current scholastic year unless the military situation necessitates the Navy Department's calling them to active duty
beforehand, Rear Admiral Randall
Jacobs, U. S. Navy, Chief of the
Bureau of Navigation, announced today.
Schools and colleges will be encouraged to give extra physical training and studies to young men who
enlist in this category during the next
four months as recommended by the
Bureau of Navigation,
The Commandants of all Naval Districts have been directed not to call
any of these men to active duty until
orders have been issued by the Bureau of Navigation;
In announcing'the new opportunities
for students, Rear Admiral Jacobs
stated that Naval recruiting will continue on a voluntary basis.
Apply: TJ. S. Recruiting, 227 New
Federal Building, Lansing, Michigan.
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County Chapter Meets
The regular monthly meeting of the
Clare County Red Gross Unit was held
in the county nurse's .headquarters, at
the Clare City HaJI, Monday evening,
February 9, About fifty persons were
present. ,        ' ■ , ..
Morrel Gluts was -appointed chairman of the First ^id.-Committee and
Mrs. Charles Amblfe vice chairman..
Three First Aid :units are now
functioning and othere nearly ready
tor work.
Two new units are to be organized
In Arthur township, with Mrs. Gilson
and Mrs. Hemstreet assisting in the
organization.
Report of the sewing for refugees
revealed that 1,400 garments had been
made in Clare county.
The Home Nursing classes are get-,
ting under way. Three are now
working and another is soon to be
organized.
The next meeting will be held in
Harrison, March 9th.
Victory Book Campaign
The response to the Victory Book
Campaign has been very good and the
Clare City Library has been designated as a collecting center. Let's
all do our part.
Vernon Township Unit
Vernon Township Red Cross Unit
met Thursday, February 5, with sixteen ladies present. Many garments
were cut out and partly made. Knitting was also accomplished. Does
anyone have a sewing machine in
storage or one that they are not
using? Please lend it to the Red
Cross—it is badly needed. Meetings
will be held every Thursday afternoon
at the Vernon town hall. Everyone is
urged to come and help.
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RATIONING BOARD
RELEASES THREE
TIRESTO FEB. 7
Obsolete Tires and  Tubes
.    Available Listed
in Sizes
CHILD HEALTH
GROUP MEET AT
HARRISON FEB. 4
Discuss* Ways larrd "Means
of Bringing School
Dentist Here
The Clare County Child Health Association met at Harrison for the regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening, February 4. Owing to the bad
weather the attendance was not so
large as was expected.
Paul Gibson, county agricultural
agent, gave a fine talk on Home Gardens and the benefits derived from
them. It is expected there will be
many more home gardens this year
than ever before.
Dr. Helen Lanting gave a fine talk,
and among other interesting things,
she made the startling announcement
that over ninety-five per cent of
the grade children of Clare county had
defective teeth, She gave as the
probable cause, lack of nutrition and
lack of sleep.
Reginald S. McBride, chairman of
the Board of Supervisors, made the
announcement that school children
would be deprived of the service from
a school dentist this year, because
through some oversight no provision
was made at the annual meeting of
the Board of Supervisors, to appropriate the ?160.00 necessary for the
salary of a dentist's helper. A discussion followed, in which ways and
means of raising the amount, were
proposed.
Mrs. G. E. Lamb explained many
things relative to the Home Service
Work in Red Cross. The next meeting
will be held in Temple on Wednesday,
March 4,
Skates Sharpened by factory method. Try our. new machine. Clare
Hardware & Furniture Co. 14tf
CONFERENCE DIRECTOR AT
METHODIST CHURCH SERVICE
SUNDAY THROUGHOUT DAY
Following the church services Sunday morning at the Methodist church,
a pot luck dinner was served at 1:00
o'clock for the teachers and officers
of the Sunday school, after which a
round table discussion was held, in
charge of Rev. Wayne Fleenor, Michigan conference director of religious
education and youth work.
Rev. Fleenor was a guest speaker at
the morning church hour and then observed the various departments of the
Sunday School while in session. In
the afternoon he gave many helpful
suggestions and ideas to the superintendents and teachers and also
answered questions. He made the remark that the Clare Sunday School is
in good shape and progressing in a fine
manner.
At 5:00 o'clock, Rev. Fleenor met
with Junior Youth Fellowship and
later with the Senior Fellowship group
at 6:30 o'clock. It is meetings of this
kind which give the workers in the
church inspiration to do their duty
with a will and purpose.
The Clare County Rationing Board
has rationed the following tires and
tubes up to and including February
7,1942.
C. Russell Davis—one truck tire,
Fred Siegle—one truck tire and
tube.
Leonard Reynolds—one truck tire
and two tubes,
John Larmaii, Jr.,—Two obsolete
passenger tires and tubes.
The Clare County Rationing Board
wishes to make clear the misunderstanding that appears about obsolete
tires and tubes. Sec. 501 of the
rationing regulations lists the obsolete tires and tubes as follows, and
no others.
525x19 450x21
525-550x19 475x21
550x19 500x21
600x19 525x21
600-650x19 600x21
650x19 650x21
700x19 700x21
750x19 500x22
450x20 ' 600x22
475x20 750x14
450-475-500x20 30x3
500x20 30x3%
525x20 31x4
550x20 32x4
600x20 32x4%
650x20 33x4
600-650x20 33X41/.
440-450x21 34x4%
440x21
Emphasis  on the  following points
may clear away any questions which
may have arisen:
1. Any person, whether or not included in the list of eligible persons,
may file with the board an application
for new tires or tubes of the obsolete
type specified in the regulations.
2. The fact that the tire and tube
sizes shown in section 501 are classified as "obsolete" does not waive the
necessity of the filing of an application
for those sizes.
JJ. Upon presentation of a properly
executed application it is -necessary
that only two other requirements be
satisfied as follows:
A. That the new tire or tube is to
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Annual Chamber
of Commerce Meet
Tuesday Evening
The ■ annual meeting of the Clare
Chamber of Commerce will be held in
the private dining room of Barnes
Cafe next Tuesday evening, February
17, with dinner served at 6:30 o'clock,
followed hy election of officers and
directors and the transaction Of year
end business.
It is hoped a large representation of
members, and those who should be
members, will be present that the
chamber may get away to a good
start for the coming year.
Tickets may be obtained'from O. D.
Bayes, Ben Burdo or Stuart Bicknell.
It is your Chamber of Commerce and
your cooperation" will be appreciated.
Please get your tickets Monday.
MRS. EVA SCHLAFLEY
HOLDS SPECIAL MEET
IN CLARE WEDNESDAY
Food   , Distribution    Becoming
Major Problem and Cooperation is Urged
First Aid Course
Classes to Start
Here Wednesday
The first meeting of the standard
Red Cross First Aid Course will be
held in the English room at Clare
High School at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday, evening, February 18th.
Dr. F. G. Slattery will be the instructor for the twenty-hour course
and classes will meet twice a week on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings
With two hour class periods, the
course continuing five weeks.
Those enrolling are urged to attend
all Classes and make every effort to
complete the course, at the end of
which an examination will be given
with those passing receiving a certificate which will qualify them as instructors in subsequent courses or for
defense work.
The maximum enrollment in the
classes is twenty persons and in case
the enrollment exceeds this number,
another class will be arranged with a
qualified instructor in charge.
"HOW DOES
GARDEN GROW"
TO BE DISCUSSED
Perry H. Bowser to Hold Three
Meetings in Isabella
February 17th
Meetings nave been scheduled on
Home Gardening lectures in three
localities in the county. Perry H.
Bowser, extension specialist in horticulture from Michigan State College,
will discuss home gardening or Victory Gardens on Tuesday, February
17, at Blanchard High School, at 10:00
a. m., Weidman High School at 2:30
p. m., and in the auditorium of the Mt.
Pleasant High School at 8:00 p. m.
The public is invited' to attend any
dine, ot these three meetings.,,
/Various" things that will be discussed
are, tito§ of planting, fertilizers for
different soils,' plants and varieties,
and some methods of controlling insects and diseases.
It is hoped that every farm home
and each city home with available
space can have a garden this next
summer. Also that the. produce will
be UBed so that there will be plenty of
Vegetables for each family next
winter. t    :       -   • -
Mrs. Eva Schlafley, Clare County
AAA Field Woman, was in the Clare
county office Wednesday morning, for
a special meeting. She gives a portion
of the discussion.
Mr. Blubaker, the field man for our
district brought us some reports from
an important meeting in Chicago on
our war problems that were alarming
—and we need to know and study
these problems as it is in our power
to solve them by cooperating in every
way, Food distribution is one of the
biggest items—our army and navy
must have their food to be able to
train and fight and we are going to
need to conserve all lahor and transportation facilities in trucking supplies
of food to preparation centers and
then back again for our needs when
that service could he utilized for war
service instead.
We could live at home—so to speak
—a lot more than we do and now is
the time to be thinking of it—help
save and prepare now, while we have
the chance rather than wait until it's
too late, by using and preparing home
grown foods, such as meats and the
use of-more fruits and vegetables and
later in the year by canning our own
supplies of vegetables and fruit.
The farmers' big job in this war is
the production of needed foods and
they are going to need plenty of backing and help from the consumers to
go along with their war efforts iu
order to get the best results, which is
what we all are working for—victory.
TO REGISTER ALL
CITIZENS 20-45
FEBRUARY 16TH
Registration to Take Place*
in City and Town
Halls Monday
Only nine simple questions will be1
asked those men who register next
Monday, February 16, for possible1
military service under the provisions
Of the Selective Service Act, Col. E.
M, Rosecrans, state director of Selective Service for Michigan emphasized
today.
Registration places will be set up1
in each urban*; center and township.
In cities, city hjdls will be used as the
place of registration insofar as is
practicable. Town halls will be made
available, for u$e in rural areas.
Registration«: of the individual
should require a comparatively short
time, the director said. The registrant
will not be asked to fill out questionnaires, but must only answer questions about his identity, his place of
. residence,  and  his  mailing  address,
Also he  will 'be required to list his
telephone, if any; his age in years and,
date of birth, place of birth, the name
and  address of the person who will
1 always know his address, his employ
1 er'a name and address, and his place
| of employment or business.
j While it is important that registration be conducted as speedily aS
possible,   Col.   Rosecrans   said   that
j every registrant will "Be given ample*
time to respond properly to the ques-f
I tions on the registration card, which
on this .occasion will be green. White
and melon colored cards, respectively
were used for the first and second
Selective Service registrations.
No questionnaires will be given!
registrants when they register February 16, nor will they then be required to undergo any physical exam-'
iuation. Questionnaires are given to*
registrants after their order numbers1
have been determined and reached by'
their local boards. Physical exam*
inations are given only after the
boards have passed on the general
qualifications of registrants and have
determined that they should not he
deferred for reasons of interest to the'
nation,
While°registration must be conduct/
ed as of February 16 to conform to the
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0. E. S. LUNCHEON
Tuesday, February 17th, starting at
11:30, the O.B.S. will serve a luncheon
in the Masonic hall.
MENU:
Homemade Soup and Crackers 10c
Hamburgers 10c Hot Dogs 5c
Homemade Pie 10c
Coffee or Milk 5c
Catsup, relish and sliced onion will
be furnished free.
St. Henry's Plans
To Have Special
Lenten Novena
St. Henry's Church, Rosebush, TJSk
.27, will begin the Novena. To The
Crucified Savior at eight o'clock on
tho first Friday of Lent, February'
twentieth. The Novena will be held at
the. same time every Friday evening:
during Lent, ending at one-thirty Good
Friday afternoon. The services con-<
slst of congregational prayers, hymns.
Way of the Cross, Veneration of the
Cross, and benediction. Prayer book-'
lets will be furnished all Who attend/
and there will be no collection. The
Novena is open to the general public/
District Superintendent Dr. W.
Maylen Jones Speaks to Fathers
and Sons at Methcdlsi Church
One hundred men and boys gathered
in the Methodist Church pai'lors
Thursday evening of last week for the
annual Father and Son Banquet. Following invocation by Dr. John H. Hall,
pastor of the church, the W.S.C.S.
ladies served a splendid dinner to the
guests.
Prosecuting Attorney Donald B.
Holbrook was program chairman and
presented his little son, Donnie, who
pleased the audience with the very
appropriate Rudyard Kipling poem,
"If."
Principal Emil Pfister, of Clare High
School, was introduced as toastmaster
and made those present feel very much
at home with his pleasing informal
manner.
Paul Lowrey, also a member of the
school faculty, favored the audience
with the solo, "I Love a Little
Cottage," .and- responded' with "Old
Man River," as an encore, accompanied by Mrs. Lowrey at the piano.
Al Samborn, who is prominent in
Clare High School forensics, gave an
impressive toast to the "dads," which
was responded to by Chester Richard,
sr. ..
Keith Hunter, school music instructor, pleasingly rendered a. medley of
patriotic numbers.
Dr. W. Maylen Jones, District Superintendent of the Big Rapids District
was presented as principal speaker of
the evening and addressing "the generation facing the problems of life
today and the generation that will take
their places," announced his topic as
"Fathers and Sons of the Bible.'!
He told the story of Abraham, a man
of courage and faith and perhaps the
greatest father of them all, and the
son, Isaac's, faith in his father, as a
good example for the fathers and' sons
of today, stressing the fact that boys
will follow in the footsteps of their
fathers and that this nation needa
men who believe in God, in the church/
and in the better things of life.
He then told the story of Saul andf
his "true, loyal, brave and strong" son,
Jonathan, who together successfully
lead their people against the Philis*
tines and other enemies, and of the"
beautiful friendship between Jona-"
than and David, mentioning the-'
brilliant career of Saul and his ulti-'
mate tragic downfall because of his
jealousy of his son-in-law, David,
Dr. Jones then spoke of the danger
of  education   without  religion,   mentioning the anti-Christ movement i»
Russia and stated that he still had
great hope of the revival of religion iu
Russia because only a comparatively
small group were stressing the antfr-
Christ campaign there and that when4
the    Germans    came    the    Russian^
churches   were   tilled, with   praying; ■
people. ' .   -
He then turned to the New Test-"
ament and told of the fSther, Zebedee> ■
and his fishermen sons, James and
John, who answered the call of Jesus
when lie came in search of disciples,
closing his talk with emphasis on-'toe j
"greatcsivi-slationship of all—that' ol-'
God, the Father, and His beloved eon,/1
Jesus Christ."
The highly successful and IM$h'-'
ational banquet was brought to a close
by benediction by Dr. Hall.