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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1943
New.Series Vol.51, No* 13
TIRE INSPECTORS
OF CLARE COUNTY
ANNOUNCED HERE
All Persons Issued Gasoline
Rations Must Have
Tires Inspected
Authorized Tire Inspectors of
Clare County
H, L, Fleming, Clave, Michigan,
Ray   Schofield,   Schofleld's   Super
Service, Harwell, Mich,
W, E. Feuehfer.'Lake, Michigan.
Four Painfully
Injured in Falls
on Icy Streets
At least four persons were painfully
injured, three requiring hospitalization
as the result of the icy weather condition prevailing here the past week
end. ,
E. W. Browu, of Far well, was painfully bruised and shocked when
knocked down by an automobile near
the Farwell post office Tuesday noon.
He wa> to-have been examined Wednesday afternoon to ascertain whether
any ribs had been fractured.
George Jackson, of Clare, is confined ' to the Clare Hospital, with a
L. F. Leonard, Harrison Gas & Oil, broken hip as the result of a fall on
Co., Harrison, Michigan
Ralph Carpenter, Carpenter Oil Co.,
Harrison, Michigan.
Ben Carpenter, Carpenter Oil Co.,
Harrison, Michigan.
J. W. Lamphere, Clare Michigan.
John L. Swarts, Phillips Oklahoma
Service, Harrison, Michigan.
Floyd Stanley, Harrison, Michigan.
Geo. Blume, Lone Pine Cabins,
'dare, Michigan.
A. C. Crum, Cities Service Oil Co.,
Clare, Michigan.
Leo W. Hampton, Leo W. Hampton
Super Service, Clare, Michigan.
B. Archambault, Bob's Garage,
Clare, Michigan.
J. H. Leonard, Leonard's D-X Ser-
•vice, Clare, Michigan.
Authorized Tire Inspection Stations
of Clare County
Cecil Davison, Farwell, Michigan.
H. A. Jones, Clare, Michigan.
Charles  Shell, Harrison,  Michigan.
The Pure Oil Company, Mortimer
L. Balcom, Inspector, Temple, Michigan.
Every person controlling a passenger automobile for which a current
gasoline ration has been issued must
obtain a Tire inspection" by February
1, 1943. Starting with the month of
February,1' 1943, every passenger vehicle which has been issued "only a
Basic A ration must get a tire inspection once every four months. No two
inspections may be closer together
than every 60 days. All passenger
automobiles having a ration greater
than the Basic A Bcfok must get an
inspection once every two months. In
this case, no two inspections may be
closer together than 30 days.
Fuel Oil Coupons  *
Period 3. Fuel Oil Coupons are valid
December 23rd for eleven gallons.
Tires and Tubes Granted
Applications granted by the Clare
County War Price and Rationing
Board from December 1st, to ISth,
1942.
Glenn L. Poet, Clare, one truck tire
and tube.
Eugene Walter Harpster, Clare, one
new truck tire and tube.
Jennings & Gretchen Archambault,
Clare, Two Grade II passenger tires.
W. E. Bowler, Clare, two Grade I
passenger tires.
Gerald & Charlotte Browtt, Clare,
one passenger retread.
Raymond H. Bragg, Marion, Clare
County, one Grade II passenger tire.
John H. Bauer, Clare one passenger
retread and one Grade II passenger
tire.
David Bailey, Harrison, two Grade
III passenger tires and. two new tuhjas.
David Bailey, Harrison, One grade
III tire and one new passenger tube.
Albert and Olive Bruce, Harrison,
two Grade III passenger tires.
Harry   L.    Cleveland,    Clare,
Grade' I passenger tire.
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the ice Saturday. His condition is
reported as "fair."
Donovan Mott, of Bay City, fell on
the ice and fractured his right ankle
at 1:00 o'clock Christmas morning,
while visiting relatives here. He was
taken to the Clare Hospital, where the
.injured ankle was placed in a plaster
cast and from where he was released
the same day.
Mrs, Herman Kruger, of Farwell,
was brought to the Clare Hospital
after breaking her knee in a fall on the
ice Monday, and was released after
twenty-four hours treatment,
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|IKE all other American communities, ours has felt in full
| rneqsure the impact of a year that for the most part has
S been filled with tSe desolation that is war.
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GRANT PIONEER
PASSES TO GREAT
BEYOND SONDAY
Mrs. Geo. Tiedeman Laid
at Rest in Farwell
Cemetery
Yet even such somber days cannot wholly detract
If frofn the ioy. thqf ;fhe New Year traditionally echoes,
Forifithis Nt&w Y£ar of 1943, as always, is born anew
-^rhe.HOPE&rtd PROMISE of the ages.
riOPE that bur world will in the coming year be
made a better place in which men may live and PROMISE that with free men
aligned on the side of right—such HOPE eannot help but be fulfilled.
blood has been spilled by our sons to weight emphasis on such HOPE and
PROMISE. To those American boys who have perished in the wilds of Bataan,
in the depths of the seven seas, and on the reefs of the Pacific's coral islands,
must we dedicate ourselves in the coming year.
We must pledge ourselves to the cause that the loss of these heroes will
surely result \n humanitarian gain for the more fortunate world which now
benefits from their acts. 1943 must be a constant, living fulfillment of such
a pledge.
Tor this is why these men of ours have died: That our country and the
world may face the New Year—and every day—with the everlasting HOPE
and PROMISE of freedom-filled days ahead...in 1943 and until the end of time.
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ANOTHER GREENWOOD
RESIDENT PASSES TO
THE GREAT BEYOND
Steve   Hladik   Laid   at
There Wednesday,
December 24
Rest
Steve Hladik was born in Yugoslavia, May 10, 1889, and passed away
December 22, 1942, at the age of fifty-
three years; seven months and. twenty-
two days. Although in ill health for
several years, his death was a shock
to the family as well as the neighbors
and friends.
When a young man twenty-six years
old, he. came to Chicago and became
an American citizen. He worked in
different factories. While there he met
Rose Hruska. and they were united in
marriage- May .6, 1916. Later they
bought a farm in Greenwood town
ship on which the family still resides.
This union was blessed with five
children, Agnes Zimmerman, living
near Clare, Frances Sprague, living
near home, Steve, Jr., and Charles at
home, and one son who died in infancy.
The bereaved wife, four children,
three grandsons, and one granddaughter, mourn the loss of their loved one.
He -is also, survived by a host oi
neighbors and friends' and distant relatives. Funeral services 'were held
from the home in Greenwood town*
ship Wednesday afternoon, December
Mrs. George Tiedeman, a well
known and respected t'esideut of
Clare county for the past fifty-two
years, passed away Sunday, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred
Cunningham, in Saginaw.
Rachel Wild Tiedeman was born
August 15,1S67, in Dashwood, Ontario,
Canada.
She was united in marriage to
George Tiedeman, at Dashwood, in
October 1883, and this union was
blessed by the birth of three children,
^Nelson, Norah and Flossie.
Mrs. Tiedeman came to Michigan
with her husband fifty-two years ago,
settling in Grant township, where they
have since resided, except for a few
years at Farwell.
The Tiedemans were among the first
pioneers coming here and cut their
way through the virgin forest to establish their home, two miles west of the
present home.
In young womanhood she became a
member of the Methodist church in
Canada and was one of the first to
help organize a Sunday School in
Grant township and took an active
part in her community for years. She
was very charitable, often giving to
the needy and doing without, herself.
She was a member of the Order of
Easeru Star, Woman's Relief Corps,
Gleaners and the Grange.
Mrs. Tiedeman was a very kind and
loving mother and very devoted to her
family. For some years her illness
prevented her from' taking an active
part in the things she held most dear.
The shock of Mr. Tjedeman's death,
three months ago, weakened her condition and she passed to the great
beyond Sunday, December 27th, 1942,
at the age of seventy-five years, four
months and twelve days.
She leaves to mourn their loss, the
three children, Nelson, of Grant township, Mrs. Fred Cunningham, of Saginaw, and Mrs, Wm. Corrie, of Lake;
one brother, of Dashwood, Ontario;
six grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren; other relatives and a host
of friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Thurston Funeral Home at 2:00
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with
Rev. Mary House, of Rosebush, officiating, and interment in the Surrey
Township Cemetery at Farwell.
THE INFANT DAUGHTER OF
MR.ANDMRS.WILLARDIOAR
PASSES AWAY MONDAY A. M.
Sandra Kay Loar, the infant daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Loar,
passed away at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John. Loar, of
Arthur township, early Monday morning, following several days illness.
She was born in Gladwin, last October
23rd, and was two months and .five
days old.
She leaves to mourn her untimely
passing, the bereaved parents; a sister
Charlene; the grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Loar artd Claud Ray, of
Gladwin; other relatives and many
Mends.
Funeral services were held from the
ThMrston   Funeral   Home   at   11:00
•24, with Rev, Burk officiating, and in- o'ck cfc Wednesday morning,- with
terment in the .Greenwood Cemetery, Rev. Chas.. Kleinhardt' officiating, and
Wm.. Murphy', was in cliarge .of at- the lKtle body was laid' at jjest tfi
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ISABELLA-CLARE
BOY SCOUTS END
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Boys Actively Engaged in
Salvage and War
Program
The past year has seen many
changes 'in our way, of'living, and in
Scouting this is no exception. The
Boy Scouts of America has adjusted
its program so its training will fit boys
to meet the present day problems
under the war strain.
We have just passed through a
hectic, but successful, year under the
leadership of W. A. Thomas, Mt. |
Pleasant, who served as Chairman of
Isabella-Clare District through 1942. j
In spite of the trials and troubles, he
ends a year of serivee with all troops j
still meeting and Scouts still getting j
the important training in character)
and citizenship. We are closing the]
year with more boys in Scouting than;
ever before, thanks to Mr. Thomas, I
and the many other men who made
this possible.
The Isabella-Clare District has ten
troops and one Cub Pack, 231 boys in
Scouting with all troops meeting.
Clare has one troop under the leadership of Harley Holt, and one Cub Pack
under the leadership of Paul Lowrey.
The Boy Scouts of this District have
participated in numerous activities, a
few of which we list below:
A spring mobilization program in
which all Boy Scouts in the District
were called together in a designated
spot in the community for the purpose
of emergency training.
The Boy Scouts took part in a tin,
rubber, an^ paper salvage drive, in
which the Clare-Mt. Pleasant area
alone collected 88,000 tons and was
an outstanding record in the Nation.
Two District Courts of Honor were
held, one in the spring, and the fail
Court of Honor" reports forty-seven
people present and thirty-seven
awards and certificates presented.
The Boy Scouts of America distributed 52,000,000 copies of literature
nationally for the United States Government, The Scouts in this District
distributed their share for,, the O.CD.
Finance Drives were conducted in
Harrison, Farwell, and Mt, Pleasant.
The chairman for the Clare drive is
Mark Bicknell, who is .giving much
time and effort to the promotion of
Scouting.
A hundred and twenty-seven Boy
Scouts spent one week or more at
Camp Kepayshowink, our summer
camp, north of Clare. '
Four troops in' the District attended
a Spring Camporee at Alma last June,
where many awards for camping
ability were earned. ■
There was a good attendance at the
District Pot Luck Dinner, held at Mt.
I Pleasant, last February, where a review of past activities and a program
of future activities were presented.
Several troops competed in the
First Aid meets ,at Saginaw last
January where they were given an
exhibition on how .to. use F,irst Aid
during blackouts.
The Scout program for 1043 includes
plans  for  the  Scout  troops.   Of "this
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a of a to Hold
Annual Meeting
Next Wednesday
The annual business meeting and
election of officers and directors of
the Clare Chamber of Commerce will
be held in the director's room at the
Citizens State Bank Wednesday evening, January TtJr, at-S:QOJo'clock.
This* is an importamtoineeting and
each member is urged to be present.
RUSSELL ALWOOD
PASSES AWAY AT
FARWELLJONDAY
Succumbs to Heart Attack
While Working About
Home There
Russell Alwood, a resident of the
Farwell community for the past several years, passed away suddenly in
Farwell at 4:00 o'clock Monday afternoon, while working about his home
there, as the result of a heart attack.
Mr, Alwood, who was fifty years old
last March, came to Brown Corners
as a small boy and lived there many
years before moving with his family
to Maple Grove, and later to Farwell.
He is survived by the bereaved wife
and six children, one of whom is in
the V' S. Army, and another expects
to leave for service soon.
Funeral services will be held from
the Thurston Funeral Home in Clare,
at 2:00 o'clock, this Friday afternoon,
in charge of Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt,
and interment will be made in the
Surrey Township Cemetery at Far-
well.
Final Meeting
of Supervisors
December 28 tk
The Clave County Board of Supervisors held their final meeting of the
year,' at the court house In Harrison,
Monday, December 28,
The business of the one day session
included approval of. county officers'
boiids, the setting aside of $500 for
Civilian Defense In Clare county, and
passing on bills presented since the
last meeting.
Courity-^Preasurer'Peter Oman has
appointed Miss Esther"'Harris as the
new deputy treasurer.   . -
In spite of icy roads and inqlement
weather conditions, twenty-two supervisors, were present, with only one
member absent.
HOLIDAY AUCTION
INCREASES BOND
SALE1BY $1300
Barnes Cafe Jammed With
-Bidders lor Unique  '
Occasion
TWO KILLED IN
FATAL ACCIDENTS
DECEMBER 24TH
Albert Hien and Archie
Hallock Succumb
to Injuries
LAST RITES HELD
HERE FOR ALBERT
WILLIAM HEIN
Laid at Rest Tuesday Afternoon in Cherry Grove
Cemetery
Funeral services for Albert William
Hein, well known and respected young
farmer of Grant township, were held
Tuesday, December 29th, at Thurston's
Funeral Home,
Albert, son. of Michael and Amelia
Hein, was born November 17, 1805, in
Grant township, where he spent his
entire life, and passed away at the
Clare Hospital Friday evening, December 25,1942, at the early age of thirty-
seven years, one month, and eight
days.
.He was united in marriage to Miss
Kathleen Colmus, September- 20, 1Q32T.
To this union were born three children, Albert Lewis, Shirley Jean ahd
Gerald Duane.
Albert, who was an active worker in
his community was well liked and respected by all.
Beside his wife and three children;
mourning this bereavement are his
aged parents; five sisters, Mrs. Mary
Timm, of Clare, Mrs. Augusta Gar-
dhow, of Saginaw; Mrs. Anna Cerney
and Mrs. Pauline Iches, of Cleveland,
Ohio, and Mrs. Bertha Fish, of Lansing, one brother, Walter, of Clare;
and a host of relatives and friends.
Rev. J. Andrew Dudash, of Lansing,
conducted the services and Interment
was made in Cherry Grove Cemetery.
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Red Cross j
Activities j
SUPPLIES ORDERED
Supplies haye been ordered for
overseas kit bags. As soon-as they
arrive, the materials will be distributed to the various units in Clare
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The annual meeting of the stockholders of The- Citizens' State Bank
of Clare, Clare, Michigan, will be held
at the bank office, in the city of Clare,
on Tuesday, January 12th, 1943, at
4:00 o'clock p. m., for the election of
Directors and the. transaction of such
other business as may properly come
before the meeting.
Signed—James S. Bicknell,
12t3 President.
CLARE TAXPAYERS
I will be at' the Citizens State Bank
every  afternoon next  week,   except
Saturday to receive taxes.   •
Hazel Hawking,
. .   -City Treasurer.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
ANNUAL MEETING SUNDAY
The Congregational Church will
hold its anntial meeting next Sunday
evening commencing with a pot luck
at 6;00 p ,m. It is hoped that each
department of the chlrch will have a
report to give, Please bring your own
table service..
GRADUATE NURSES ATTENTION!
A National Survey of Ntirses will be
made shortly after January 1, 1?43.
You will receive a card to he filled
ont and returned to the Michigan
State Nurses Association. Please return this card immediately.
If you are not registered in this
state and do hot receive a card,
please' contact Mrs. Joseph Sproat,
President'of Clare-Isabella District.
STUDY CLUB ANNUAL MEETING
The Clare Study Club'will hold, its
annual meeting and luncheon at 1:30
p. m., next Tuesday, January. 5th, at
the home of Mrs. John E. Doherty.
DANCE POSTPONED
The "dance to be held New Year's
Eve at the Grant Town Hall has been
postponed until' a later date.'        /"
Are yotf i-nveetfog IP per cent of
your inCoi«&.ih;,thel purchase ot,*tyar
.Bonds?  '   •■ '      ' ; '''       , '""' ''"
Albert Hein, 37, of Grant township, j
was fatally injured  artd three other j
carpenters   were   seriously   Hurt   atj
about 11:00  o'clock Thursday morning, December 24, when a scaffold on
which they were working crashed to
the ground near the barn on the Mark
Bicknell farm, noj'th of Clare.
Mr. Hein, Tom Ackerman, Ervin
Calkins, Wm. Zinser, Perry Geeck and
Paul Nass had been engaged to
shingle the barn and the former five
were on the scaffold when it gave way,
throwing Hein, Ackerman, Calkins and
Zinser into the wreckage twenty-four
feet below.
The four injured men were rushed
to the Clare Hospital, suffering the
following injuries.
Tom Ackerman, two broken wrists.
Condition reported "good."
Ervin Calkins, broken collar bone
and three broken ribs. Condition reported "satisfactoryt"
Wm. Zinser, broken right elbow
and broken, upper right arm. Condition reported "good."
Mr. Hein suffered concussion of the
brain and was taken to the hospital in
an unconscious condition, where he
passed away Christmas night, without
regaining consciousness.
Perry Geeck caught into the roof'
boards, with his hammer, when the
scaffold fell, and hung on until he was
able to climb down on a ladder which
had been placed against the scaffold
but tipped over toward the barn.
Paul Nass had gone to the Donald
Holbrook farm, to talk, with Wm.
Battles, Jr., who was remaining at the
Holbrook fann to do some work there,
and to get a nail apron from his home,
and was not at the Bicknell barn when
the tragedy occurred.
Mr. Hein's obituary will be found in
another column.
Man Killed in Winterfield
Archie E. Hallock, 37, of Edmore,
was killed, three others injured and
still others shocked when an explosion occurred at the Consumers Power
Company gas line boosting station in
Winterfield township, Clare county, at
10:00 o'clock Thursday morning, December 24. According to reports a
crew of men were repairing a break in
the gas line when the accident
occurred.
Two  Fingers Amputated
Henry Willis, of Lake George, was
brought to the Clare Hospital Wednesday of last week, following an
accident at a portable saw mill near
Lake George, in which the third and
fourth fingers of his left hand were
but off. Dr, MeArthur amputated the
fingers and dressed his hand and Mr.
Willis was released.
The most sensational and universal
ly beneficial auction sale of the season
was held at Barnes Cafe Wednesday
evening, December 23rd, with morft
than seven-hundred guests and buyer*
filling the cafe through the evening, •
and purchasing $1,332.70/ worth of
War Savings Bonds and Stamps.
The sale commenced at 9:00 o'clccfe,,
with auctioneers Bill and Aiidy Courser offering'everything from'a goott
story to livestock, including fowls,
mops, milk pails, lanterns, rolling pms,
bailed straw; and even the sulky wife,
whose successful bidder became timid
and did not remove his property fro'iB.'
the premises.
The sole purpose of the sale was* to
sell War Savings Bonds and Stamps
to help fill piare county's December
quota and to help the boys in service
and entertain the home folks during
the Christmas season, in a manner
appropriate to world conditions.
"Two-Ton Tony" Damoth, in his
congenial and persuasive manner,
clerked the sale and really made the
bidders settle.
The .high bidders were the owners
of the B & H Ranch, who before they
fully realized it were bidding against
each other for a two weeks old heifer
calf, which was sold to Stnai-t Btefc-
nell for §750. The fatted calf is now
making its home in Stuart's new hack
porch, awaiting Stuart to join St
there for a "clog hottse' session,
Murl Houghton bid two pigs in at
?75.00 each, a total of $150, expecting:
to display them in his show windows
with the Easter bunnies next spring,
Mrs. Henry Doll bid in a third pig-
at $50.00 and a duck at $20.00, and now
we know why Henry built the nice
big pen at the back of his home last .
summer.
"High-Bid  Mike" Doherty went for
rolling pins in a big way, purchasing „
three   good   old "hickory  pins,..fori,&,'
total  of  $,5,2§,  to  Say --nothing *>l'a'
chicken at $17.50 and  various other
articles including canned goods, baled
straw and a duck, totaling $40.00.
Mrs. Fred Doherty is also planning:
on serving duck New Year's Day;
bidding $37.50 for a likely looking;
waddler.
Junior Moline, has been saving his
money for a bond and attended the
sale, bidding in a nice red pig for
$39.00. This led is a real American
through and through and has named
his pig "Victory."
Other high bidders were Rex Carrier, who bid $56.25 for two pigs; Bill
Six who bid $40.00 for a "certaia
household cenvenience;" Harold Han-
chett, who bid $25.00 for a cluck, Geo.
White and John Haring, who each bid
$18,75 for a duck; Pauline E. Leis, whq.
bid $18.75 for a pig; and Theo.. WaB-
ington, who bid $15.00 for a chicken
and paid the difference for a $37,50
bond.
The "Pa" and "Ma" department was
well patronized with customers dropping Red Cross donations into "the
proper receptacle" to the amount of
$32.14. "Doc" Houghton, who had
lost the high bid on the caster oil
manure spreader and consequently
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0. P. A. OFFICES TO
BE CLOSED EVERY
WEDNESDAY P. M.
The Office of Price Administration
has announced that all War Price and
Rationing Boards will be closed to the
public every Wednesday afternoon
starting January 6, 1943, to enable
board personnel to clear up their
routine office work,
It does not mean another half-
holiday for the boards, OPA explained,
it merely means that the boards will
have a half-day each week to get their
files, reports and other routine office
duties in order. On all other days, the
board's hours will be the same as now
established—that is, from eight o'clock
to five o'clock each day, including
noon hour and from eight o'clock to
twelve o'clock on. Saturdays.
FARMERS MEETINGS
TO COMMENCE HERE
WEDNESDAY EVENING
First Meeting to be at (Jolonvilie
School Beginning at
8:00 o'clock
GRANT TAXPAYERS
I will be at the Citizens- State- Bank
every Saturday, to/receive taxes, nnti'I
further„».otice.    r ,. j . >. • 7 . * '-
Dorothy Heuscheie,; •' ■■:.
12t2 Grant Twp. Treasurer,
Meetings for farmers at the Colon*
yille school begin Wednesday,- Ja&a-
ary 6, at S: 00 p .m. All farmers within
traveling distanfie are welcome. There
is no eharge for the series of ten meetings, which are conducted by the agricultural department of Clare High
School in cooperation with the County .
Agricultural Agent and the County '
AAA Committee.
In this series of meetings they will
study farm management problems, and
at this first meeting^ the discussion
will be around' the topic, "What are
the factors that affect farm earnings?"1
Throughout the series, attention yvill
be given to-the. agricultural reauire-
ments for war production.
Here are Some questions to think
over-: ■ l. Why do about haJf of the
farms in this area on which farm*
account records are kept, have nearly
300%.more labor income even'if their
farms are .only 36% laxger. than tho
other half? 2. How 5s It that this
half of large Income farmers can produce twice a^ much gross income at
only 20% moire, expenses?
Bring a carioau of neighbors with
yoU. :.-All wftj profit by discussing
these and nian^ other questions. Let**
begin on time tod'be through by lfl;$*
o'clock*-*ach j^-eels; on Wednesday
it/..