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GLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1942
New Series Vol.50, No. 4i
BUS COMER FACES
FELONY CHARGE IN
CIRCUIT COURT
Oscar   Lowery  Arraigned
and Frank Krchmar Sent
to Jackson Prison
Roland "Bus" Comer,; who had just
been released from the State Prison of,
Southern, Michigan, at Jackson, arrived in Clare Wednesday evening of
last week-and entered Uncle Tom's
Cafe, apparently under the influence of
intoxicating liquor, and demanded a
drink. According to officers, the proprietor of the cafe refused Comer the
drink, the latter threatening to break
the large plate ,glass- mirror in the
backbar, and when Mr. Thomas still
refused -the drink, Comer, who lost his
legs some time ago in a railroad
•accident, threw a block he uses to
.push himself along on a cart with,
against the glass, shattering it.
Mr. Thomas called City Marshall
John Rodabaugh, who with the .assistance of officers Harold Loomis and
Harley Holt, arrested Comer, who,
according to authorities, resisted the
-arrest by the officers, and when handcuffed and put in Loomis' car, bit
Constable Loomis, broke the windshield, all of the windows but one
which was lowered, the radio and
heater of the car, with the crank
which was in the car, and tUrew the
keys of the car out into the darkness
where they could not be found.
When the local officers could not
find the keys, they called Sheriff
Seaver Amble, who with Sheriff's
deputies took Comer to the county jail
at Harrison.
Comer was arraigned before Justice
Jennings Archambault, of Clare, at
the county jail Saturday morning,
charged with the felony of the malicious destruction of personal property, and was bound over to Circuit
Court under $5,000 bond.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Joseph K. Naumes questioned the
witnesses at the examination and will
assist Prosecuting Attorney Donald E.
Holbrook in the prosecution of the
case.
Oscar Lowery Arraigned
Oscar Lowery was arraigned in Circuit Court Monday afternoon and
plead guilty to the charge of murdering his aged mother on Friday, July
3rd.
A commission was appointed by the
State Hospital Commission to inquire
into his sanity in accordance to the
statutes and Circuit Judge Ray Hart
awaits their findings before sentencing Lowery.
Frank Krchmar Sentenced
Frank Krchmar has been arraigned
in Circuit Court and plead guilty to
the .charge of arson, having been
accused of burning a house near Lake
George. He was sentenced by Judge
Hart to spend from' twO and one-half
to ten years in the State Prison of
Southern Michigan, at Jackson,
Lawrence Kratz Returned to Jail
Lawrence Kratz, convicted last fall
of breaking and entering the Farmers
Produce Store in Clare, has been returned to the county jail to await
further disposal of his case. For the
past few weeks he has been
probationed to a farm near Rosebush,
by the Probation officer of this
district.
LVDIA HARRINGTON
BROUGHT HERE FOR
BURIAL LAST WEEK
Former Resident of Community
Laid at Rest in Cherry
Grove Cemetery
Mrs. Lydia Harrington was brought
to Clare for burial Thursday afternoon
of last week. Funeral services had
been conducted in Pontiac and burial
took place here at 4:30 o'clock with
Dr. John H. Hall officiating at Cherry
•Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Harrington was a'resident of
the Clare community for a number of
years in her early married life. She
was laid to rest beside her husband,
Frank Harrington, who passed away
thirty-eight years ago, and a daughter,
Grace Starr, who died ten years ago.
■She was the widow of Mrs. Julia
Derby's oldest brother and a half
brother of Charles William, and Robert
Whitloek. Mrs. Harrington is survived
by one son, Fred; one daughter, Mrs.
Cassie Jergensen; three grand children and two great grandchildren, all
sOf Pontiac, and a host of friends whrf
will miss her greatly.
• SEALED BIDS WANTED
Sealed bids for the labor of applying
ceiling board, panel planking on side-
walls and plywood over old wainscoting, in the Dover school house, will be
accepted until 8:00 p. m. Thursday,
July 23,194& Right reserved to reject
any and all bids.
Dated July 17, 1942. ■    •
Henry Magnus, Director.
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Red Cross 1
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Activities
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VERNON TOWNSHIP UNIT
Due to the splendid cooperation of
everyone concerned the three months
contest between Group 1, Consisting of
members east of US-27, and Group 2,
of members west of US-27, has ended
very successfully. Group 1 reported
964% hours of work and Group .2 reported 666 hours of work. ^
* Work finished by both groups includes : 40 rompers, 12 pajamas, .23
robes, 17 sweaters and 2 baby
blankets,                          ,    '
Money on hand from entertainments and sale of paper and scrap
metal in ?68.36.
At the last meeting of July 9th, it
was agreed that the Vernon Red Cross
will remember each of the soldier boys
of Vernon township with a gift and
also that an honor roll bearing the
name of each boy shall be placed on
the wall of the Vernon town hall as a
permanent reminder to us all of their
loyalty and saci'ifice.
JMEay the name and address of each
boy in service from Vernon township,
be reported at the Clare Sentinel
office, where they can be obtained,
making the mailing of gifts possible.
All families having a member in service please cooperate that no one will
be .forgotten,
There will be no more weekly meetings until some time later, when First
Aid training will be taken up. Watch
yaur Sentinel for the date.
COUNTY FAILS TO
MEET BOND QUOTA
FOR MID-MONTH
Each Citizen Urged to Invest at Least 10% of
Earnings
The Clare County War Savings Committee report for the first fifteen days
of July shows sales amounting to
$11,449.50, which indicates that only
forty per cent of our quota for July in
the amount- ot $29,700.00 has been
reached. This is the first month since
quotas were given that Clare county
has been behind on its quota in any
part of a mouth. The quota for Clare
County was divided for July by the
War Savings Staff in Michigan, as
follows: City of Clare ?17,S00, Harrison ?2,400, Farwell $1,S00, rural $7,700.
The bonds sold so far this month
are divided as follows: City of Clare,
which necessarily represents a part of
the purchasing of bonds by rural
areas, $7,561.25, Harrison, also representing partial rural purchasing,
$1,755.25, Farwell, including rural
purchases,   $2,022.00.
Michigan and Clare county has consistently exceeded its quota. The
State Chairman, Frank N. Isbey, has
issued a call for each of the counties
to make or exceed its quota to keep
Michigan the leading state in the purchase of Defense Bonds and Stamps
which is so necessary to the successful prosecution of the war. War Bond
Chairman and the County Chairman
urge each and every person with an
income to use at least ten per cent of
his income in the purchase of War
Savings Bonds this month and every
month until the final and successful
outcome of this great conflict. In.
order that our quota may be reached
during the month of Jixly, it may be
necessary that many of the citizens of
Clare county exceed this request so
that we may again meet and exceed
our quota.
COUNTY REPUBLICANS
MEET AT BARNES CAFE
THURSDAY LAST WEEK
Prominent  Party  Members
Speak in Behalf o£
Organized Effort
The Clare County Republican Committee, together with officers and
other Visitors, met at the Barnes Cafe
last Thursday evening, July 9th, 1942.
Donald E. Holbrook, County Chairman,
presided, and the plan is going forward whereby the Republican voters
of Clare County will be called upon to
pledge, their efforts toward p, Republican victory this year in Michigan.
Hon, Ben Carpenter," and Hon. John
W. Dunlop attended, and gave short
remarks as Well as Theo G. Bowler,
Attorney for Sun Oil Company of
Michigan, and other guests. Those in
attendance numbered approximately
forty, and from all indications, the
machinery necessary to perfect the
drive for Republican membership will
be cared for with efficiency.       ,
. Buy .all the War Bonds you can,
from liow.'. until -Victory, ^ at . The
Citizens State Bank, Clare.  '        41t3
AIR WARDENS AND
AUXILIARY POLICE
READYJOR ALERT
Tests   Planned   to   Perfect
Operations of Defense
Organization
Local air raid wardens, with the cooperation of the local fire department,
tried out different signals to be used in
case of air raids, ^Monday evening, and
decided upon the signal of three short
.blasts and .an interval, three short
blasts and -an .interval, to .be sounded
continuously with the lire siren for
five minutes, .accompanied by the
ringing of the old fire bell on the
water tower in the -city j)ark and all of
the church bells in the city. The
regular .signal of the siren will continue to be used in case of fire.
A fully equipped control center has
been completed, in a .location that will
not be divulged for obvious reasons,
and watching posts for fire watchers
have been arranged.
The Boy Scouts have volunteered to
contribute their services as .messengers whenever their assistance is
needed.
About thirty local 'citizens, not other*
wise connected with local defense
groups, met with City Marshall John
Rodabaugh in the .city park Wednesday evening and organized as auxiliary
police, with Ed. Mussell, Harold
Loomis, Herbert VanHoose, and Robert Drew captains of the four defense
districts of the city.
A city-wide alert is planned for the
near future, when all local defense
officials and wardens will immediately
report at their posts of duty.
Though an enemy attack from the
air seems remote this far inland, it
was little dreamed that Pearl Harbor
would be attacked, and as long as the
possibility exists it is the duty of every
citizen, whether in his home or on the
highway, to cooperate 100 per cent in
time of test alerts and blackouts, as
this is the only means of knowing if
we are prepared for any eventuality.
GREATER SALE
STATE PRODUCE
HELPSJARMER
A. & P.   Affiliate Reports
$3,200,435 Cash
Returns
Cash returns to Michigan growers
and shippers rose 49 per cent to
$3,200,435 last year on fresh fruits and
vegetables sold through the Atlantic
Commission Company, product-buying
affiliate of the Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Company, it was reported today.
This figure compared with purchases
of $2,147,556 in 1940.
The report on Michigan operations
was part of an analysis of the food
chain's national produce operations
made by John A. Hartford, A. & P.
president, showing that continual
shortening of the route from farm to
family dinner tables enabled the company in 1941 to return to its farm
supplies 7.8 cents more of each dollar
spent by consumers for fresh fruits
and vegetables than in 1937 and 1.1
cents more than in 1940. This represented returns to growers of 16.7 per
cent over 1937 and 2.06 per cent over
1940t he pointed out.
He stated that the increase in cash
returns to Michigan growers and
shippers last year accompanied a rise
of 12 per cent in the company's tonnage purchases of Michigan-grown
fresh fruits and vegetables, from 5,133
carlot equivalents in 1940 to 5,745 in
1941. Last year's purchases included
the equivalent of 2,115 cars of onions,
1,864 of potatoes, 534 of celery, .277 of
apples and 317 of peaches. The remaining purchases were of grapes,
strawberries and miscellaneous fruits
and vegetables. ~
The bulk of these purchases were
made directly from growers and shippers in producing areas, with the
balance made up by spot purchases at
(Continued on Page Six)
MRS. SARAH ECHLIN PASSES
AWAY AT EVART HOME SUNDAY;
NINETY-TWO YEARS OF AGE
Mrs. Sarah Echlin, who was ninety-
two years of age last April, passed
away at 2:00 o'clock Monday afternoon
at her home in Evart. Mrs. Echlin
had enjoyed good health and succumbed to the infirmities of advancing
years.
She was the mother of Mrs. Floyd
Seeley, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of
Glare, and had visited here often,
making the acquaintance of many
friends, who extend 'their sympathy
to the Seeleys arid other relatives;
Funeral services were held from the
Koeppe Funeral Home at • Evart at
2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
With interment in the Evart cemetery.
/V. Bicknell Barn
Burned to Ground
Last Saturday
A twenty-one by twenty-two foot;
barn belonging to Nate Bicknell,-at
the Cornwell ranch, wasv,destroyed by
fire at 1:30 o'clock Saturday,afternoon.
The crop of hay. which had ^ustJieen
put in the barn burned'j-with.* the
building. j:, '.^::',' * •-      '
Mrs; James peFoy^wh^Svemplbyed
by Mr. Bicknell, discovert smoke
coming from the .barn,.^n(i:a:s'*Mr.
Bicknell approachedj thei|arn' foHinvestigate,, it burst into fl&nijs. and" was
consumed by the fire before .aid could
be obtained.
The loss to building a'nd contents,
adjusted at about $1,500, was covered
by insurance. The cause of the fire
remains undetermined.
ARMY REMOUNT
SERVICE PLACES
STALLION HERE
One of Three  Located in
Michigan for Breeding
Purposes
The United States Army Remount
Service have placed one of their
finest thoroughbred stallions in our
community for breeding service.
There are only three of these stallions
in Michigan. One has been placed in
Ann Arbor, another in Metamora and
this horse at Clare in"order that he
might be of service to any eligible
mares located in the central or northern part of the state.
Sir Grey Spot, the stallion placed
here, is valued at $5,000 and is a
splendid and proven sire. Hundreds
of people have visited the stable at
Fowler Orchard since his arrival.
An inspection of the pedigree of Sir
Grey Spot will leave no doubt as to
his desirability as a sire. He is a
horse of outstanding quality, large
bone, and is free from transmissible
unsoundness. His pure blood will
insure size, stamina and,, beauty of
the foals. Depending *upon. the type
mares to which this horse is bred, he
should produce some really high class
riding horses or general utility horses.
Sir Grey Spot, is placed iu this district by the Remount Service of the
Quartermaster Corps, U. S. Army to
encourage the breeding of a better
type of horse. There will be no strings
on the foals whatsoever, the owners
disposing of them as they see fit. The
government is trying to give an opportunity to improve the breed of horses
and to make this section of the country a center for good horses. It cosIh
no more to raise a high class horse
than it does to raise a scrub.
Arrangements may be made for
breeding by applying to R. H. Strange.
M.D., Fowler Orchard, Clare, Michigan, the agent in charge of the
stallion. Sir Grey Spot will make the
season at Fowler Orchard nine miles
north, and two miles east of Clare.
Library Ass'n
Annual Meeting
Monday, July 20
The annual meeting of the Clare
Library Association will be held at the
library at 8:00 o'clock Monday evening, July 20, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year and
the transaction of such other business
as may properly come before the
meeting.
All members of the Clare Study
Club and Clare Good Literature Club
are members of the library association
and are urged to be present.
The following recommendations will
be presented at the meeting:'
We submit the following list of
nominees for consideration at the
annual meeting of the Clare Library
Association: Pres., Mrs. J. Green;
vice pres., Mrs. Erwin Schlegel; sec'y.,
Mrs. K. Hammerberg; treas., Mrs. C.
B. Neff.
Signed—
Mrs. Ethel Allen,
Mrs. M. D. Feighner,
Nominating Committee.
CONSERVATION 0FRUBBER
TO BE DISCUSSED AT VERNON
TOWN HALL THURSDAY NIGHT
A meeting for the "Conservation of
Transportation" will be held at the
Vernon town hall, Thursday> evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Bernard Hubbard of
the Alma P.C.A. will be present and
show some interesting pictures. There
will be a discussion on the rubber
situation and how the farmers will be
affected by it.
■We would like to have as many
attend this meeting as possible sp we
can know just, how the farmers, feel
aboht the situation. "
DR. MULDER AND
GEO: WHITE VOTED
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
 L_
Finatfcial   Condition   of
•..       School District
?"'".'"■•'.;_:  Satisfactory
} „ The' ajmuai' meeting of the Clare
schpol district, ■jwa'g held in the school
auditbritinv Monday evening and Dr.'A.
|3. .Mulder and- George J. .White were
elected' to. succeed tbemselves as
trdstees. ,        %      _ •
"Secretary-White read "a very satisfactory, report for the fiscal year
which showed the school district to be
in a sound financial condition, with a
substantial cash balance in the debt
fund-.
The schdol board has kept the
school building and property in splendid condition and although State aid
will undoubtedly be curtailed in the
immediate future and for the duration
of the war, prospects for a successful
school year in 1942-43 are bright.
The mill tax which has in recent
years been proportioned six mills for
operating expense, and seven mills for
debt fund, has this year been reversed
and will be spread on the tax roll as
seven mills for operating expense and
six mills for debt fund. This action
seemed advisable because of the satisfactory condition of the debt fund and
the probability of decreased outside
revenue.
School Board officers will be elected
at the first board meeting of the new
year, which by legal decree will be
held within teij, days of the school
meeting.
STATE TO ASSIST
COUNTY FAIRS AS
IN OTHER YEARS
$155,000 Available fqr the
State's Share of Premium Money
Now that the bogey man of cancellation of county fairs has been laid low
,Le,o V. Card, state commissioner of
agriculture, announces that the $35,000
in state fair premiums will be distributed as originally planned to the
state 4-H club roundup and the seventeen county fairs that have indicated
their desire to participate.
For a period of several days there
was Considerable apprehension that
the county, fairs would be suspended
because of a request by the Office of
Defense transportation that all county
fairs, conventions, and like gatherings
be cancelled for the duration of the
war in order to conserve tires.
County fair managers decided there
would be no loss of rubber in county
fair attendance and word came from
Washington to let the entire situation
in the hands of each board of fair
directors. The decision has been to
proceed with the annual expositions
because of their educational and instructional Value and the fact that
patrons of the fairs will place no drain
upon transportation resources.       /
When the army took over the state
fair grounds in Detroit, Commissioner
Card immediately decided to make
available the $35,000 in appropriated
state fair premium money to county
fairs and the 4-H. The fairs and clubs
were allowed to bargain for the exhibits they desired and have now completed a program that will care for
all classes of livestock, which will receive state fair premium money to be
paid by the commissioner upon certification, of awards made by the county
fair officials. The awards can be made
by the County fair officials. The
awards can be made to Michigan
exhibits only.
In addition to the state fair
premiums, the state department of
agriculture is continuing its policy of
making available $120,000 to be
awarded as one-half of the premiums
paid by all fairs for county exhibits.
DEDICATION SERVICE AT
BROWN CORNERS U. B. CHURCH
NEXT SUNDAY EVENING
 ;
Sunday evening, July 19th, will be
an important date at the Brown Corners U. B. Church.
Services -will begin at,8:15 o'clock
with the usual song service. Following the songs, there uwill be presented
a "Musical Sermon." This sermon is
being expressed by song and, music.
The text of the message is found in
St. Luke 19;10—"For the Son of man
is come to Sefek and to save that which
was lost."
Following the message, the evening
offering will be lifted, after which an
unusual presentation to the church
and dedication . of the same will be
held.
•The public is invited to come'and
make the s.ervices better by their
attendance.   .   . .-.      .
Tech. Sergeant
at Twenty-two
TECH. SGT. JAMES PAXTOIM
In a recent letter from their son,
James, age-2}2, the Russell Paxtons
were infOriiied that he was given
another stride, on June 18th and now
is Technical Sergeant, the youngest to
reach that rank in the U. S. Army.
He is also head of the master
mechanics and a line chief.
Tech. Sergeant James Paxton joined
the army two years ago last October
17th and has made rapid advances
starting as movie projector at Self-
ridge Field. From there he went to
Scott Field, where he studied airplane
mechanics, finishing his course at
Chanute Field, Illinois.
He received more training at Self-
ridge Field and Baton Rouge, from
where he went to Dale Mabry Field,
at Tallahassee, Florida, where he was
awarded this latest honor.
When James was made Sergeant
about a year ago he was quite certain
his ambitions had been realized for
some time to come, and due to his age
and few months in training, didn't
expect anothei'-stripe for at least eight
years. But his' long hours of study
and even more, his'* 100% American
spirit, have not gone unrewarded.
Congratulations, Tech. Sergeant
Paxton, yoq know the "folks back
home" are mighty proud.
0. C. SOMERVILLE ~
PASSES AWAY AT
LAKEJATURDAY
Former County Road Commissioner Laid at
Rest in Midland
. The many friends and acquaintances
of Curtis Somerville" were saddened by
his death at'his home at Lake, Saturday evening, following several
months of ill health.
. Mr. Somerville was at one time a
prominent Midland business man and
had served as a county official in Midland county before moving to Lake
many years ago, since which time he
has served as Clare County Road
Commissioner for several years.
Funeral services were held from
the home at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, with Rev. Albert Dawe of
the Clare Congregational church
officiating, and the remains were
taken to Midland for interment in the
cemetery there.
His life story will be published next
week.
JAMES G. ROXBURGH
SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS
IN HOSPITAL SUNDAY
Last Rites  Held in  Evart for
Member of Davy Dept.
Store Firm
James G. Roxburgh, prominent
Evart business man, passed away at
the Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids,
Sunday, following a brief illness, at the
age of sixty-five years.
Mr. Roxburgh was the husband of
the former Miss Ethel Elden, sister of
Norris Elden, of Clare.
He has been a member of the firm
of Davy & Co. for more than forty
years and was connected with the
local store before being transferred
to the Davy store at Evart.
Mrs, Ethel Elden Roxburgh preceded him in death in 1936.
Mr. Roxburgh was later married to
Miss Rose .Laurman, of Evart, and is
Survived" by his wife; a son, Elden,
of Park Ridge, Illinois; a daughter,
Rose Mary, of Evart; a sister of
Reed City; other relatives and many
friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Corey Funeral Home, in Evart, at
2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
with interment in the Evart cemetery.
WAR PRICES TO
BE DISCUSSED AT
RATION^ OFFICE
Arbitrary   Limit  on   Canning Sugar Lifted by
Administration
The following tires and tubes have
been rationed by the Clare County-
War Price and-Rationing Board:
George E. Shayler, Clare, asbestos
worker, four-obsolete tires and one
passenger tube. •
Thomas Cook, Sears, Clare county.
Highway Commissioner and farmer;
one passenger tube.
Hugh H. Grey, Clare, Driller's
helper, one passenger tube.
Treston Bonham, Clare, farmer,. on*
passenger tube.
Clare County Road' Commission,
Harrison, road maintenance, on%,
truck retreaded tire.
Henry Heintz, Harrison, farmer, one
obsolete passenger tire.
M. C. Hilton, Harrison, minister,
barber, one passenger tire and tube.
Earl F. Thompson, Gladwin, Clare
county, farmer, one retreaded passenger tire.
Horace Fancon, Clare, farmer, two
obsolete passenger tires and one
passenger tube.
Bruce Williams, Clare, farmer, two
trailer tires.
Harold Hanchett, Clare, livestock
dealer and farmer, three retreaded
passenger tires.
Paul Nass, Clare, Carpenter and!
contractor, two truck tires and one
truck tube.
Chris J. Krell, Clare '.farmer, two'
obsolete passenger tires.
George W. Knowles, Lake George,
oil field worker, one passenger re-
treaded tire. '
Anslem Mitchell, Harrison, farmer.,
one passenger tube.
L. P. Kalahar, District Manager,
Merchandise Price Specialist will be
in the office of the County War Price
and Rationing Board on July 22, 1942,
from 9:30 a. m, to 5:00 p. m. and will
be prepared to discuss the following
subjects with merchants in this county
and explain the ruling on same. Subjects: Post of Ceiling Prices; Listing
of Cost Of Living Commodities; Basic
Price Lists, ■
Tbe arbitrary limits, that is, six
pounds per person in urban areas anS.
nine pounds per person in rural areas,
have been lifted by the Office of Price
Administration and any amount ot
canning sugar may be obtained at the
rate of one pound for every four
quarts of fruit to be canned. Loca"J
boards shall bear in mind, however,
that a showing must be made that the
amount of canning claimed will be
done.
AUTOMOBILE OWNERS,
MAY PURCHASE 1942
PLATES HALF PRICE
Advantage toOwners Who Need
Gars and Trucks for
Seasonable Work
Automobile owners, who have not
previously placed 1942 license plates
on their cars and trucks may do so
now at half price and these plates will
give them the right of the Use of the
roads until March 1, 1943.
In making this announcement,-Harry
F. Kelly, Secretary of State, called
attention to the fact that this plan
follows the plans of previous years
and particularly fits the needs of the
| motorist at this time due to the fact
I'that many commercial and passenger
vehicles are now required because of
seasonal demands of farmers and
cherry growers, and demands made
through war work.
Motorists who have half year 1942
plates on their cars may from now on
convert them into full year plates by
going to the Damoth Insurance
Agency, Clare, or the County Treasurer's office, Harrison, and purchasing a metal strip 10 inches by \%
inches that will change the half
year plate into a full year plate
without requiring, as in the past,
the issuing of new license numbers.
The same half year fee will be paid for
the strip as in the past. This is the
first year that the half year plate will
be converted into a full year plate ,
by use of a metal strip.
"This plan for Michigan* was determined many months before Pearl
Harbor so as to bring about a saving
of over $60,000.00 in the cost of manufacture and to eliminate the necessity
of re-registering over 600,000 motorists for the law enforcing officials of
Michigan," Kelly said.
(Continued on Page Seven)
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SHOWER AND PARTY
The friends and relatives of Mr. and ■
Mrs. James Thompson, nee Miss
Dorothy Allen ,are invited to attend a
shower to be given at the Grant town
hall, Saturday night, July 18, in honor
of the newlyweds. A pot luck lunch.
will be served. '