1942-02-27; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1942
New Series Vol. 50, No. 21
SOIL BUILDERS-
PLANE BUILDERS
WILLfHIPJAPS
American Farmer in Fight-
to-the Finish Scrap for
Democracy
Special to the Clare Sentinel
Soil-builders stand side by side with
plane and ship builders in the production race to whip the Japs. That's the
important role of the American
farmer in this fight to the finish to
rid the world of the threat to democracy. The A.A.A. Farm Program is
working hand in hand with the
U.S.D.A. War Boards in reaching
record food production goals and solving the problem of shortage of labor
and machinery.
"The A.A.A. Farm Program for 1942
is primarily concenied in seeing that
farmers are able to -reach these food
goals, and at the same time, maintain
their economic strength that has been
-built up over a -period of nine years,"
according to Clarence W. Swanebeck,
Acting Chairman of the Michigan
A.A.A. Farm Program. "To assist fully
in carrying out the TJ.S.B.A. War
Board's program for the expansion of
food production, the entire field and
office force of the A.A.A. has been
placed at its disposal. The A.A.A.
farmer-administered machinery has
been instrumental in, conducting the
farm to farm canvass last fall to determine the contribution each farmer
can. make in the food program, a
survey to determine the extent and
possible solutions to the labor shortage, and a canvass of the feed situation, with an active and effective
attempt to get a part of the Ever-
Normal Granary feed supplies into
Michigan to make the increases possible quickly and efficiently."
"More important, however, is the
soil-building work that's being done
under the A.A.A. Farm Program,"
Swanebeck emphasized. "That's the
effective weapon -we farmers have in
this battle for democracy. We intend
to use good soil and good land-use
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Red Cross
Activities
Clare Knitting Classes Postponed
Due to the lack of yarn at present,
the knitting classes at the city hall
will not meet until further notice.
Those needing instructions in knitting
can contact Mrs. T. W. Frey or Mrs.
Willard Bicknell.
Victory Book Campaign
The Victory Book Campaign, is for
the purpose of providing libraries for
the various soldiers' camps and transports. Won't you please go to the book
case and choose one of your best liked
books, autograph it and leave it at the
Clare City Library. These books are
to be picked up soon.
Estella L. Artibee, Librarian.
Farwell Unit
A fine group of women turned out
for Red CrOss work Tuesday afternoon
at the library. There is still room for
more.
Refugee Garments
There are yet a few refugee garments which have not been turned in.
It is requested by chairmen that these
garments be turned in this week
whether finished or unfinished.
Please turn them in to the chairman in your section: Mrs. G. E. Lamb,
Farwell; Mrs. William Hibbard, Harrison; and Mrs. Stuart Bicknell, Clare.
Mew Sewing Units
Lake Station has organized a unit
which will be called the Garfield Victory Unit for Red Cross.
Sheridan township also has a new
unit.
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SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP
COMMUNITY MEETING
HELD FRIDAY NIGHT
Neighborhood  Social  and Defense Problems Discussed
by Group
The Michigan WPA fifty-four piece Symphony Orchestra will present a program in the Clare High School
auditorium this evening, under the direction of Major Ramon Hernandez, with curtain at 8:00 o'clock.
200 RECEIVING
INSTRUCTION IN
FIRSTAID HERE
Glasses Organized in Glare,
Harrison and
Farwell
Clare-Isabella
Nurses Meet Here
Tuesday Evening
The Clare and Isabella County
Nurses Association met in the private
dining room at Barnes Cafe Tuesday
evening for dinner and a business
meeting.
Miss Olive Sewell, Executive Secretary of the Michigan State Nurses Association, was principal speaker and
chose as her topic, "Nurses in
Defense."
The Clare county nurses decided to
organize a district association. The
next meeting will be held with Mrs.
Joe Sproat, at her home on east Fifth
street, Clare, at 8:00 o'clock Tuesday
evening, March 10. Any graduate
nurse interested is invited to attend.
Quite a number were in attendance
Friday evening at the Sneridan township Community Meeting held in the
town hall.
Mrs. Eva Schlafley, Clare county AAA
Fieldwoman acted as chairman, and
called the meeting to order with the
group singing "The Star Spangled
Banner." ■>'   t*i"-'
One of the features of the evening
was the round table discussion. Those
I taking part were Robert Kleiner, coun-
I ty AAA chairman, Mr. and Mrs. Floren
Pudvay, Stanley. Schunk, Bruce Williams,    Mrs.    Jay    Clute   and    Mrs.
Schlafley.
Questions discussed were:     "What
I the tire situation is doing to the social
activities of neighborhood groups."
People  were  getting  to  know  their
I neighbors and were creating a more
'friendly spirit.
1 "What could women do to help in
the war?" Make gardens, feed families, keep up the morale of the family
and make the home an attractive
place to be.
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Approximately 200 persons are now
enrolled in First Aid Classes in Clare
county. '
Dr. F. G. Slattery instructs a class
in the English room at the Clare High
School each Wednesday evening at
8:30.
Dr. S. C. McArthur's class will meet
each Friday evening at 7:00 at the
Clare Hospital and Clinic
Six teachers and sixteen students,
two from each homeroom, meet each
Tuesday and Friday afternoon from
4:00 to 5:30 at the Clare High School.
When the students complete their
courses they will instruct their respective homerooms in First Aid
Cross Instructor Karl Lear is
charge of the school classes.
Twp first Aid classes were organized at Harrison Tuesday evening, to
meet at 2:45 in the afternoon and 7:00
in the evening at the^ school building.
Red Cross'instructor* Daniel Sullivan
will be in charge of the afternoon
classes and Conservation Officer
Wayne B. Tehnaut the evening
classes.
A class is being organized in Far-
well this week to be instructed by Dr.
G. E. Lamb.
A minimum of twenty hours work
with perfect attendance is required to
complete the course.
Waste Wardens
Will Do Their Bit
To Win the War
Waste wardens, whose duties will be
to conserve vital war materials, wentj 	
on duty this week in all the Kroger /-j CJramh«iitfri    Arresrerl
Grocery &. Baking Co. stores, ware-060'   Otambaugn   Arrested
houses,    bakeries,    manufacturing
plants and offices in Grand Rapids, as!
well   as   throughout  the  middlewestj
and south, according to Marvin Wit-.
beck   manager   of  the   local  Kroger!
store j Kasmer    Krawczynski,    ot    Redding
Each warden, all of them Kroger township, was stolen from his garage
employees appointed for a two-week at their farm, Saturday afternoon,
tour of duty, wears an identifying while Krawczynski was away from
armband and carries a manual of in- home. His housekeeper heard someone
struction on prevention of waste and at the door shortly after noon, and
conservation of equipment in his when she went to the door they had
store or department, explains Mr.' gone, and the truck was already going
Witbeck. down the road.    She reports having
Shortly after the entrance of the' thought nothing of it, thinking her em-
United States into the war the Com-; ployer had loaned the truck to a neigh-
pany began an intensive conservation 1 bor. Krawczynski came home late
program which included a message j in the afternoon, found the" truck gone
from Albert H. Morrill, president of | and reported to Sheriff Seaver Amble
YOUTH CHARGED
THEFT OF TRUCK
IN REDDING TWP.
in--Lansing on
Charge
A 1940 Chevrolet truck, owned by
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Civilian  Defense     '
The Clare County Council of Defense
office in the Jackson Market huilding
is open each week day afternoon from
2:00 to 5:00 o'clock for registration
for Civilian Defense work. A list of
the activities in which' civilians'may
enroll in will be published in next
week's Sentinel.
Defense  Nursing
WPA SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA HERE
eTHISJVENING
Fifty-four Piece Musicai
Organization to Play
at High School
The " Michigan    WPA    Symphony.
Orchestra will be presented in concert
at the Clare High School auditorium
Any registered nurse pf°Clare coun-1 this   Friday,   February   27,   it   was.
ty    who    would    be    interested    in announced today, by Abner E. Larned,
acquainting local groups' with the
defense program, please meet with
the Coordinating Council at the Clare
State Administrator of the Michigan.
Work Projects Administration.
This orchestra, composed of approx*.
Public Library Tuesday, March 3, afiimately  sixty people,  was  organized
8:00 p. hi.    For further information,
phone 793.
Medical Defense Committee
The   Medical   Defense   Committee
met for dinner Monday evening at the
early in the year 1936. At that time it.
was known as the Detroit Civic
Orchestra, and was sponsored by the
Federal Government. In 1939 it became an integral part of tne Michigan
Kroger's, to the firm's 23,000 em-
Red Iployes; a series of large store posters
in j stressing necessity for saving paper
for war purposes and a printed leaflet describing how best to conserve
essential war materials.
Wheels of Industry Again Turn
in Trailer Plant Now Occupied
by Defense Training School
The Clare trailer plant, for a time
unoccupied.is again a hive of industry,
housing the local defense training
school. On a recent tour of the plant,
.the writer was surprised to see how
much equipment had been added and
the volume of work being done.
Among the new equipment is a
5324.00 Sioux automatic electric valve
grinder and a §100.00 -diamond tool
cutter for refaeihg valves, the newest
and most precise obtainable, measuring the trugness of valve seats to the
1,000th of an inch and equipped- with:
a special speed drill revolving 3,000
times in a minute. This equipment includes special diamond cutters and
pigs for refacing emery wheels that
grind valve seats. A new Buffalo
forge had just arrived at the plant.
Other equipment in the plant was
Atlas and Delta automatic drill presses, two bench grinders, heavy duty
pedestal grinder, metal lathe, another
forge, an electric welding booth, a
Lincoln arc welder with motor driven
generator, an acetylene Welder with
two torches, portable air compressor,
hydraulic jack and. eight safety _axle'r
stands, ana. a complete stock of small
tools. Another complete acetylene
welder will be added soon.
Items in the process of repair were
.seven tractors, one truck, two automobiles, one trailer, one grain drill,1
one corn binder, three mowing
machines, three discs, eight sets of
spring tooth harrows in.the building
and more waiting to be brought in;
and three rubber tired wagons were
being made and a brine tank was
being reconstructed.
The training classes are being conducted by the Vocational Education
Department of the State In cooperation
with the Clare School Board, the state
furnishing   the ■ equipment,   supplies
and financing. The objectives of the
project are to train men to be of value
to industry and to be able to repair
farm machinery.
The work is under the direction of
supervisor Carleton Garthe, instructors Maurice Pratt, Gordon Mowbray,
James Gillespie and James Foote, and
tool checker Clarence Van.
The enrollment in the classes in
general metals, including lathe work,
welding, forging, sheet metal work
and farm implement repairing, has
increased until it will be necessary to
divide the classes and work more
nights. Classes'are also provided in
mechanics, including tractor, truck,
auto and farm machine repairing.
Classes are held at present on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, from 7:00 until-12:00 o'clock,
for tHe above, and the plant is open
Friday evenings from 8:00 until 11:00
o'clock for farmers who may bring
their own equipment to repair themselves or leave to be repaired during
.the week. Farmers may bring in
machinery any tiine the plant is open.
If present plans are approved the plant
will be open six nights a week with
additional classes.
The young men enrolling in the
classes are given an opportunity to
learn, repair and build for themselves,
and after a certain number of hours
of training are given a certificate that
will assist them in obtaining employment as semi-skilled mechanics. The
only cost involved is the -actual cost of
the material used.
The building has been recently rewired with 100 ampere electric service,
outlets for machines and new lighting
for all machines and benches. The
building is heated with automatic gas
units.
Alfred Clayton
Suffers Serious
Injury Friday
Alfred Clayton Cowles, 21, of Lake
George, was taken to the University
Hospital Friday afternoon of last
week for a treatment for an eye injury.
Cowles was* chopping wood at their
home Friday, about noon, when a
stick flew up in the air and the pointed
end struck him in the face piercing his
right eye ball. He was treated at the
offices of Dr. Wilson, of Harrison, who
sent him immediately to Ann Arbor.
METHODISriESffl
SERVICES FEATURED
BY TIMELY TOPICS
Ciare Hospital and Clinic. Following Work Projects Administration. .
the dinner, preliminary plans were| In the five years-of its existence,
made for the Medical Defense in Clare hundreds of concerts have been played
county. L. W. Jackson, Director of in the Intermediate and High Schools
Civilian Defense, and Dr. S. C. Mc- ot Detroit, Dearborn, Highland Park,
Arthur, Director of Medical Defense, Royal Oak, Pontiac, Mt. Clemens and
outlined the program of future activi- Port Huron. In addition to these
ties.   Dr. B. J. Sanford was appointed school   concerts   the   orchestra   has
Associate Chief of Medical Defense.
Clare Study Club Committee
The Defense Committee of the Clare
appeared in formal concerts at the
Detroit Institute of Arts, where the
best known Detroit singers and instru-
Study Club will be prepared to make I mentalists appeared with the orchestra
registrations at the meeting to be held as soloists. Among these soloists
at the home of Mrs. L. W. Jackson. were Winifred Heidt, now with  the
next Tuesday, March 3rd.
LIVESTOCK AUCTION
YARDS BENEFICIAL
TO LOCAL FARMERS
Brings Nearly  Four   Hundred
Thousand Dollars in
Past Year
MID-YEAR COUNCIL
TO BE HELD AT BROWN
CORNERS U. B. CHURCH
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
March 6, 7, and 8, will be a busy time
at ike Brown Corners United Brethern
Church.
At this meeting the ministers of the
North Michigan Conference will assemble for a "Mid-Year Council." The
business sessions of the morning and
afternoon will be in charge of Bishop
W. C Musgrave, D.D., of Huntington,
Indiana. There will be evangelistic
services each evening.
On Sunday, March 8, the Bishop will
speak at both morning and evening
services. During the morning services
there will be a special dedication of
some new church furnishings.
The pastor and people extend a welcome hand to all. uome and enjoy
each of the services and make them
better by your attendance.
BOY SCOUT MEETING
A Boy Scout meeting will be held
Monday evening, March ,2nd, at 7 :"30
o'clock, in the Clare High School gymnasium. Anyone interested in SCout
work is invited to attend the program.
The" next meeting of the Congregational ftGuild will be held at the
church on Wednesday, March • 4, at
3; 00 o'clock.
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Washington's Birthday Fittingly-
Observed by   Church
School Sunday
Dr. John H. Hall, pastor of the Clare
Methodist Church has selected a series
of topics for Sunday evening services
during the Lenten season. Every
member is urged to seriously consider
these meetings and to pledge their
cooperation by attending as many of
these services as they can. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend. In
addition to the sermon, the Junior
choir has an anthem and there are
other specials.
Following is the topic and dates of
the sermons:
March 1—"A Proud General Humbled
and Healed."
March 8—"A Midnight Surprise."
March 15—"Will Jesus Return
Soon?"
March 22—"Pleading for Preparedness."
March 29—Palm Sunday—Program
by Junior Group.
April 5—Easter Sunday—Pageant by
Senior Youth.
Washington's birthday was fittingly
observed in the Clare Methodist
Church   School   during   the
who flashed it on 'the police radio
Monday, through information given
by a Redding township resident, they
had evidence to believe the truck was
in Lansing, and state police there were
asked to check, and picked up George
Stambaugh, who stated his brother had
the truck. A check of his story proved
it to be false and' t&e youth', is reported to have finally admitted" having
stolen the truck, and directed police
to the outskirts of Lansing where it
was parked.
He was taken to the Mason detention home to await the arrival of
Sheriff Amble, who went for him Tuesday afternoon. The truck was held at
the State Police Station until it could
be returned to its rigntful owner.
Rebekahs Confer
Degrees on Large
Class Tuesday
Eighty-seven members and guests
of the Clara Rebekah Lodge met in.
their hall Tuesday evening, with Mrs.
Daisy Tiedeman, Noble Grand, in
charge. The hall was attractive with
lights from floor and table lamps and
baskets of flowers. After the usual
opening, the guests from the Midland
and Farwell Rebekah Lodges were
welcomed. Two candidates were voted
into membership.
The Midland Degree Staff conferred
the degree upon eleven candidates for
the local lodge, the largest class to be
initiated in, the lodge for years. They
exemplified the work in a very beautiful and appropriate manner. The new
members initiated and welcomed were
Mrs. Doris Empey, Mrs. Florence
closing | Robinette, Mrs. Minnie Edick, Mrs.
exercises, when all the departments of f Frances Thompson, Mrs. Vera Fisher,
the Sunday School met in the church; Mrs. Florence Irwin, Mrs. Madeline
auditorium. j Seiter,   Mrs.   Neareine   Miller,   Mrs.
"America" was sung by the group, i Margaret Funn.ell, Mrs. Ella Sherman,
Mrs. Earl Sterhaman, Adult Superin-jand Miss lona Bolen. Due to serious
tendent, gave some very appropriate illness, Mrs. Evelyn Seiter, was unable
remarks on Washington. Mrs. Paul' to be present for the initiation but she
Lowrey sang "God Bless America," will receive the degree at a later date.
Roberta McKnight, in her pleasing The degree team was given a rising
manner, gave tne reading, "Columbia, J vote of thanks.
the Gem of the Ocean," with Mrs. Hall | Mrs. Fannie Schultz, chairman of
at the piano. The audience then gave the gift committee, expressed appre-
the pledges to the American Flag and elation to the Midland sisters for their
the Christian Flag, and the program splendid work and regretted that the
closed with the song "The Star gift which had been ordered for them
Spangled Banner." had   been   delayed.     However,   she
promised that a delegation would
deliver it to them at their next lodge
meeting.  ' '
Several: of the new members
thanked the lodge for the privilege of
AT LIBRARY TUESDAY NITE l3eitlS a member and thanked the.de-
" gree team for their beautiful work.
A meeting of the Clare Coordinating After lodge, refreshments were served.
Council will be held in the Clare
Public. Library at 8:00 o'clock next
Tuesday evening, March 3, for the purpose of cobrdinating the efforts of all
civic and social groups of the city in-
the Civilian Defense program.    Rep
An industry that is of as much
importance to the farmers in thic community as any, is the Clare and Staud-
ish Livestock Auction Yards. 24,660
head of livestock were sold through
the local ring during the past year,
bringing $398,561.18 to the farmers;
an increase of about $100,000.00 over
the previous year. k
Several improvements for the benefits of the farmers have been made at
the local yardB, including the" covering of the remainder of the yards to
accomodate the large lamb runs in the
fall   mouths.
More and more packers' buyers,
dealers, and buyers in general, are
attending the sales which are held
every Monday, keeping the bidding
brisk and bringing greater returns to
those offering livestock at the sales.
A great deal of credit is due the
owner, Harold Hanchett, for developing a splendid livestock market which
will encourage increased livestock
raising and benefit the locality in
general.
Metropolitan Opera Company, Cameron MacLean, Mischa Kottler, Edward
Bredshall, and many others.
During the summer months the
orchestra gives weekly outdoor concerts on the campus of the Grosse
Point High School, attended by thousands of music lovers.
About ninety-live per cent of the
concerts played, have been free and
open to the public.
Early in 1941, Lydia Brewer-Tabor,-
was appointed State Supervisor of the-
Michigan Music Project, and one of
her first plans after her appointment,-
was to bring this orchestra to com'
munities in the state who did not have
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COORDINATING COUNCIL TO
HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING
CITY TAXPAYERS
Skates Sharpened by factory method. Try our new machine. Clare
Hardware & Furniture Co. 14 tf
Kiwanians' Ladies
Give "Low Down"
_i,,   on Their Mates
Ladies' night was observed when
members of the Clare Kiwanis Club
and their wives met at the Hotel
Doherty Wednesday evening for 6:30
dinner. The ladies officiated in thei*
husbands respective places with Mrs.
Clayton B. Neff in charge of the meeting and Mrs. Austin Bates leading in
group singing.
For diversion, each lady told of her
husband's activities about the home
and the city during the past year, and
although the veracity of some of the
statements was questioned by the husbands, it was a lot of fun and Kiwanians and their guests really enjoyed
hearing the "low down on the brother
Kiwanians as told by those who knew
them best.
Agriculture, Farm Shop and Home
Economics Classes and Projects
Featured at Clare High School
VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE
By Arthur Steeby
Agriculture Instructor
Clare High School
With   the   rapidly   charging   world
there is a new stir in the educational
field.    There is a great deal to lead
one to suspect that the National Defense Training for out-of-school youth
they are serving in their school communities to improve their feeding and
management methods in milk production and pork production, as well ag
the production of other commodities.
At the present time several classes
are being conducted by the vocations
teachers of Clare High School. The
adult evening class for farmers in
increasing dairy production has been
is opening new fields for vocational m progress for the past six weeks
training.    We have long looked for
some solution, in obtaining increased
with an average of ten to fifteen farmers present.   The facilities of the shop
I will collect taxes for the city of
Clare every day next week at the
resentatives of all groups are urged to Central Motor. Sales. Taxes will "be
be present. I returned to the County Treasurer after, vegetables
J- -^ ■  I March 1st and 4% collection fee and \ aggression our first duty will be to instill  as  many  new  and   improvedl
Radio Repair—Expert radio service., % of 1% interest' per month will be j feed our allies as well as ourselves., farm practices as possible and cow-
help   for   giving   training   to   out-of- have been opened in our campaign to
school youth.    Little did we suspect repair farm machinery.   It is well to
how   suddenly  we   would   be   called point out that if the Food for Freedom
upon to expand this field!    It is diffi- program is to be successful it is very
cijlt to realize the speed with which important for every farmer to make
this   practical   way   of   teaching   is use   0f   all' the   machinery   he   has,
putting new life into our educational Money can be saved with assistance"
system. New areas are being explored, in the repair of farm implements.
Many new ways have been cleared to      Tne   four'years   of  training  in  a
increase vocational training and many vocational ''•agriculture class or as a
new supporters have been won. What member of the F.F.A. (Future Farm-
has caused this sudden turn of edu- ers   of  America)   are   a   process   of
catioh?. Perhaps the answer has been gradual accomplishments. The goal is
the practical method o£ training which to    become    an   American   Farmer,
has been installed.   New paths have when   the   rural   youth   enters   the
opened   up   the   ways   for   further school he  usually   elects  vocational
expansion   in   our    departments   of agriculture, not because he is particu-
vocational agriculture. iar]y   interested   in   agriculture,   but
There   are   9,000   teachers   of   vo- because he lives on a farm and has--
cational agriculture in the nation and the idea that agriculture is a more or'
all have been asked to include in their less easy subject.    In the course ot'
plan of work for this year the Food four years we hope to  change  this"
for Freedom Program.   It is very im- attitude  toward  agriculture,  and in--
portant that we by our efforts improve stead   of   regarding   the   farm   as   a
the diet and health of farm people, as place to live with a job always wait--
well as others.    We are in need of ing or just a place to live and make'
increased quantities of dairy products, a living, the farm will be a most pleas-'
poultry products, pork, beef, fruit, and ant place to be where there is; plenty*
It   we   are    to   resist of action and adventure.    We try to'
all  work guaranteed.    Tubes  tested added,
free.     Harris   and   Hirt   Hardware.
'Phone 22. '19tf 20t2
The vocational teachers are rendering duct enterprises suitable to the boylB
Mrs. Hazel Hawkins, service  to  the farmers; and  to  the home farm.   The youth may start with.
City Treasurer, nation by assisting the farm families | (Continued on Page Two)