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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1943.
New Series Vol. 51, No, 44
FREDERICK ATHEY
PASSES AWAY AT
SAY.CITY SUNDAY
Well Known Arthur Twp.
Resident Succumbs
To Illness
Frederick Athey, well known a»d respected resident of Arthur township
for the past forty-two years, passed
:away Sunday evening at the Samaritan Hospital, in Bay City, following
an illness of a few weeks.
Frederick Athey was born in Howard County, Ind., on December 26,1880,
and departed this life at Bay City,
Michigan, August 1, 1943, at the age
•of sixty-two years, seven months and
five days.
In 1900 "he came to Michigan as .a
young man, making his home with his
grandparents ana caring for them in
their old age.
After their death he conthvued his
residence on the same farm and on,
March 5, 1908, he was united in marriage to Miss Rosella Spicer, and to
this union were born twelve children,
Lloyd Athey, and Mrs. Ho Mann, of
Arthur township, Dale Athey, of Sheridan township, Mrs. Edna Reynolds, of
Afton, Michigan, Paul Athey, of Detroit, Mrs. Ellen Garver, Miss Fern
Athey and Harold Athey, all of Ypsilanti, Ralph, Carl, Rose and Violet'at
home.
Being a resident of Arthur township for forty-two years, he enjoyed a
wide circle of friends who will miss
his cheerful smile and pleasant con
versation,
Mr. Athey has served his township
officially, has been director of the
Hardwood school board for many
years, and was always interested in
civic affairs.
He was a kind companion and father and a neighbor" who was always
ready to give" a helping hand whenever needed.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his
wife, children, twelve grandsons, one
granddaughter, and a host of relatives
and friends.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
"Over The Top"
Reports of War   Savings   Bond
selling agencies«to the^Glare County   War   Finance   Committee   for
July sales a>re as follows:
Clare Bank— $16,518.75''
Clare Post Office—$4,443.75
Farwell Bank—$1,218,75
Farwell Post Offce—$581,25
Harrison Bank—$5,599,50
Harrison Post Office—$656,25
Temple—$168.75
Lake~$l,81S.75
Total reported—$31,005.75
Pure   and   Ohio   Oil   Companies
gales approximately—$3,000,00
, Approximate   grand   total—$34,-
OOS.,7'5
Although the July quota was
reached "by the skin of our teeth,"
the county War Finance Committee
sincerely appreciates the cooperation of each and every one who
helped hi ^ny way.
FANNIE B. BURGH
PASSES TO GREAT
BEYONBJUNDAY
Early Settler of Hinkleville
Community Laid At
Rest Wednesday
FEWER WELFARE   -
CASES IN COUNTY
THANLAST YEAR
Social   Welfare  Supervisor
Releases Comparative
Figures
OSCEOLA COUNTY
SOLDIER BROWNS
IN S. CAR0L1N
Memorial    Services   Held
For R. O. Orvis
Sunday
R. D. Orvis, son of Claud and Jen
nie' Orvis, was born in Middle Branch
•township, Oseola county, Michigan, on
November 8, 1922, and departed- this
life at Isle o Palm Beach, South Carolina, June 27. 1943, at the age of
twenty years, seven months, and 19
days. I
Since the death of his parents hel
has made his home with his sister,
Mrs. Harry Pritchard, of Sylvan township. Besides his parents, three brothers, Riley, Rolland, and Ralph have
preceded him in death,    j ,
.He was inducted into the army Jan-1
uary 29, 1942, and served at Fort Dev-
ens and Camp Edwards, Mass., and
from there was sent to Fort Moultrie,
South Carolna, to attend Amphibian
Vehicle Training School, where he
had been only a week when he was
drowned. He was engaged to marry
Miss Mary Feist, of Pontiac.
He was a kind and loving brother
and will be greatly missed in his
home and by his many friends and
relatives.
He leaves to mourn their loss, three
brothers, L. D., somewhere   in   Aus-
The latest report compiled by the
Division of .Research and Statistics of
the Michigan Social Welfare Commission for the State Bureau of Social
Security, states that, the number of recipients of Old Age Assistance in
Clare County has decreased from 356
in, June, 1942, to 328 in June, 1943, and
the average assistance payment has
increased from $17.46 in June, .1942, to
$27.20 in June, 1943, and/the total a-
mount received in the grants increased from $6,215.25 to $8,920,50 for the
same period.
The number of Aid to Dependent
Childi-en have decreased from 90 in
June, 1942, to 77 in June, 1943, and the
average grant per family has increased from $37.56 to $54.10 for the same
months. The tota amount received on
this program increased from $3,389.10
to $4,165.90.
The Aid to the Blind Program had
one recipient in June, 1942, who received a grant of $19.00, and in June,
this, year, one recipient received $30.-
00.
According to the statement made today by Imogene Hickey, Supervisor of
the Clare County Bureau of Social
Aid, the decrease in the number Of
cases receiving assistance is due to
increased employment, and in some
cases, boys in the families are now
with the Armed Forces of the United
States, and are making allowances to
their dependent relatives under the
Servicemen's Dependents' Allowance
Act.
Mrs, Fannie Beulah Burch, a highly
respected resident of the Hinkleville
community for more than seventy
years and one of the earliest settlers
in that vicinity, passed away there
Sunday evening.   •
Fannie Beulah Hinkle was born the
daughter of John and Adelaide Hinkle,
in Richfield township, Genesee county.
Michgan,  April 10,  1870, and  passed
_ away at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
j Vera Moline, in Grant township, Clare
~ J county, August 1, 1943, at the age of
seventy-three years, three months and
twenty-one days.
She came to Hinkle Mills, later
Hinkleville, in the fall of 1871, with
her parents; her father being engineer at the Hinkle Lumber Mills at
that time.
Her early life was spent in and near
this community, where she was highly
respected by all who knew her. She
was very interested in community activities and was correspondent for the
Clare Sentinel for over twenty-five
years.
On December 22, 1920, she was united in marriage to Geo. E. Burch, who
preceded her in death on April 17,
1932.
She leaves to mourn their loss, one
brother, Henry Hinkle, of Farwell,
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. Chas. B. Hahn officiating, and
interment made-iiu the Surrey township cemetery at Farwell.
Vegetables to Be
Canned at,Glare
School Tuesday
Nearly two hundred quarts of string
beans, carrots ftnd beets have already
been canned for the Clare Bchool\caf-
eteria during the coming school lunch
season, but much more will be required for the thousands of lunches
served to the children during the
school year.
All varieties of garden vegetables
which may be canned are needed for
the canning sessions and another pressure cooker of thirty quarts capacity
has been secured so more help will
be needed at the sessions held at the
School building.
Canning will take «place at the
school this Friday and again next
Tuesday, August 10th. Anyone who
can contribute vegetables Or some of
their time in the interest of this urgent work, is urged to phone Mrs.
Earl Ruby, Supt. Austin Bates or Otto
W. Pino. Please come and help and
you will profit by the first class instruction, ,   ■
MOLLY PITCHER
BOND-STAMP DAY
HERE SATURDAY
Modern Molly Pitchers To
Increase Bond Sales
In County
CONSUMERS POWER CO.
INTRODUCES NEW FARM
POLICY AUGUST 1ST
Thousands of Farmers Will Benefit From Revision of
Guarantee
Thousands of Michigan fanners will
benefit from a revision of the minimum guarantee provisions of Consumers Power Company's rural electrification plan which has just been announced.
For some years the Company has
been building rural lines under a plan
calling for a minimum guarantee of
$12.50 per mile per month, or $150
per mile, per year. The revised plan
provides that customers will   be   re-
",.„',:     ' , ™T T    \, -a* C   7   lieved of this quarantee whenever —
traha, Wesley, of Flint, and Herbert,      (&) ^ &mQmt Qf ^^ ^.^
of Marion; three sisters, Jennie, of
Flint; Mrs. George Tower, of Marion,
and Mrs. Harry Pritchard, of Sylvan;
other relatives and many friends.
Memorial services were held at Sylvan church, near Marion, last Sunday,
August 1st.
McKINNON BUILDING ON
EAST FOURTH STREET BEING
REBUILT AND IMPROVED
The brick walls of the Roy McKinnon building on East Fourth Street,
which has stood on this site for the
past forty years, .were remoybd last
•Week and are being replaced with new
concrete block walls and a new front
will be erected. ■ , •
; The foundations of the old walls
had cracked and were showing signs
of weakening, so Mr, McKinnon had
the Walls torn down to eliminate the
possibility of their falling and seriously injuring passers bys. The riew walls
and front will greatly improve the appearance of the building.
Sentinel classifieds will do a real job
of buying or selling for you.   Call 35.
used per mile of extension amounts to
$150 during a period of 12 consecutive
months; or „
(b) the rural extension has been in
service for five years.
Hitherto the guaranteed minimum
was discarded only after revenue from
the line amounted to $150 per mile
for each of three consecutive years.
The more liberal policy will apply to
all lines now in service as well as to
those built hereafter.
Another change in plan safeguards
customers along a rural extension
from any further increase in the
monthly minimum guarantee. Hitherto, if there were five Customers per
mile of line, each might guarantee one-
fifth of the monthly minimum; that
is, $2.50 per nionth. But if two of the
five customers moved away or discohj
tinued their electric service, the remaining three would have to split the
guarantee of $12.50 per month among
them. Under the hew plan, no customer will be required to bear a larger
' (Continued on Page Six)
MOTORISTS MUST
ENDORSE RATION
COUPONSAT ONCE
Gasoline   User May  Lose
rJE^ations for Failure
to Comply
As furtlier protection against misuse of gasoline ration coupons, motorists and all other gasoline users, beginning immediately, - must make
necessary endorsements on all coupons
as soon as any new ration books are
issued to them, the rationing division
of the Saginaw Office of Price Administration announced today. Likewise
endorsements on coupons already in
their possession must be made immediately, if they have not already been
written in. Both requirements are
provided in a new amendment to the
gasoline rationing regulations.
Immediate endorsement, OPA
pointed out, will be more convenient
to both the public and filling station
operators, since it will do away with
the delay that has occurred in the past
when ration holders were permitted to
wait until the coupons are actually
used to buy gas.
The new requirement also means
greater protection to the motorist
whose book is lost or stolen since the
finder or thief will not be able to
pass off the coupons as his own by
writing in his own license number.
Endorsements make is possible to
distinguish the coupons that have been
properly used from those that have
been obtained by theft, counterfeiting,
and illegal purchase and put into unlawful use by black market operators,
officials said.
Failure to write in the proper notation upon receipt Of rations may result in the loss of the ration, OPA
said.
OPA called attention to the fact
(Continued on Page Twelve)
War Savings Bond buying*" tomorrow, Saturday, August 7th, in Clare,
Harrison, Farwell and throughout
Clare county will honor the memory
of Molly Pitcher.
Modern Molly Pitchers will be in
a booth and on the streets of Clare
Saturday, doing their bit during this
last month of the Second War Loan
campaign.    .
You have heard the story from our
history books of how at the battle of
Monmouth, New Jersey, on June 28,
1878, a girl who was filled with patriotic zeal spent the day carrying water to the soldiers on the battle field
from a nearby well and when she saw
her man, John Hays, fall with a bullet
in his side, she braver/ threw down
her pitcher and manned-the gun and
carried on the tight. George Washington came with fresh troops and
Clinton, who was leading the British,
was driven off to New York.
We now sing, "And if you could do
it Molly, Golly so can we." We must
meet that quota this month—Help fill
that pitcher Saturday!
BARN ON HAMLIN
FARM BURNED TO
GROUND SATURDAY
Contents Belonging to  the
Albert McPhalls
Destroyed
The large 42x140 foot barn on the!
Hamlin Farm, one mile south, three}
miles west and one-quarter mile south j
of Clare, occupied and worked by hej
Albert McPhail family, was burned to [
the ground With all the contents, Sat- j
urday morning by fire of unknown)
origin, which started between 2:30 and '
5:00 o'clock that morning.
The McPhalls were sleeping in a
room on the opposite side of he house
from the barn and were • not aware
that the building was in flames until j
Mrs. McPhail arose at about 6:00
o'clock to prepare breakfast, and when
she first noticed the blaze* the walls
and roof were commencing to fall,,
making it impossible to remove the
livestock and implements from the
building.
The'Clare Fire Department was called, but by the time they could reach
the scene of the fire there was little
they could do. They did, however,
haul a tractor from the burning building, but it had already become badly
damaged' by the flames and extreme
heat.
A team of horses, two calves and
two hogs that were in the barn were
burned to death and eigthy-five ton of
hay, a quantity of straw; thirty bushels of beans, the tractor, a practically new silo filler, corn binder, feed
grinder, cream separator and milking
utensils, and the other usual tools
were destroyed by the fire.
The loss of the building, belonging
to Delos and St. Clair Hamlin, of
Farmington and South Lyons, estimated at more than $10,000, was partially
covered by $4,000 insurance; and the
loss of contents, belonging to the
Hamlins, estimated at $2,000, partially
covered by $1,500 insurance.
Clelan Graham
U.S.M.C. Lieut.
WILDCAT PROVES
RECORD PRODUCER
IN LOCAL FIELD
Ranch No. 2 Flowing 1200
Barrels Per Day
Wednesday
The biggest strike in Clare county's
petroleum history was made when the
Ranch Oil Co. No. 2 well was brought
in on the Herzel Ranch, SB, SW, NW>
Section 31, Hatton township, early-
Monday afternoon, with a reported initial test of seventy barrels in twelve,
minutes.
Storage facilities would not permit
a more extended test so the well was
pinched in until adequate storage
could be provided but flowed 700 barrels the first twenty-four hours of production. With increased storage facilities and a pipe line laid to the loading dock, the well was flowing fifty-
barrels an hour Wednesday.
The rich discovery in   this   wildcat
CLO£E OUT MEN'S WHITE OX'
FORD'S—Values -to $5. in this lot,
broken sizes, only $1.49 per pah-
Fleming Shoe ■ Co., Clare, Mich.
51 Youngsters
Brought to Child
Health Clinic
County Nurse Ina Mary Young reports that keen interest was shown in
the child health clinic held in her office in the Clare City hall Thursday
afternoon of last Week, with fifty-one
babies and pre-sehool children examined.
This appreciation of the services Of
Tri-County Health Director Dr. Made-
lene M. Donnelly and County Nurse
Young in their efforts to maintain a
high health standard in the community is vey encouraging and indicates
the patriotic cooperation of the mothers of the community in keeping our
children well at a time when the services of the doctors remaining in the
locality are taxed to the limit,
Other such clinics, will be held at
regular periods and it is hoped that
even more youngsters' may be brought
in for a physical check-up.
/
METHODIST SUNDAY
EVENING HOUR MEETS
WITH MUCH APPROVAL
Will Be Continued Every Other
Week Commencing
August 15
Clelan H. Graham, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Graham, of Flint, who formerly resided in Farwell, received his
Lieutenant's Commisson in. the United,
States Marine Corps Reserve, June ■ J«5 drilled by HUlard Drilling Camp^
15th, after a year's study in a Univers-' ™* °f M • Pleasant, has opened a.
ity, the identity of which is witheld j f.eJ ««J « Clare county with unlim*
by request of the Government. ^ Potentialities and is welcomed at
Clelan is a graduate of the Farwell .»» ^.^ great.deniand.f?r petro1'
High School and graduated from the
University of Michigan in. 1941 with a
Bachelor-of Design degree.
His temporary address is: 2nd Lt.
C. H. Graham, U. S. M. C. R., Hq. &
Serv. Co., Sen. Bn., Green's Farm,
Camp Elliott, San Diego, No. 44, Calif.
HELEN METHNER
PASSES AWAY IN
CLMTUESDAY
Funeral  Services  Held At
Coleman Thursday
Afternoon
Sunday evening was the second
lunch meeting of the adult fellowship
class of the Methodist church, taught
by Mrs. Wm. Garchow. About thirty
were present, including the children
who were entertained at play by Mrs.
Garchow While the class discussed
many questions'relative to the continuation of the group meetings and the
discussions. They had such a good
time that it was decided to continue
every other week With something of
the following in mind.
First, it is a discussion group for
the purposerof fellowship, inspiration
and guidance in community, church,
family and personal life interests.
As a center of thought and direction,
the members decided to* buy personal
copies of the book, "Faith Is The Answer," by Dr. Smiley Blanton and The
Reverend Norman Vincent Peele, of
New York. The group plans to read
a chapter (between meetings and be
led in discussion by different members from time to time. Other books
within the group are, "The Return To
Religion," by Henry C. Link, and "On
■Being A Person," by Harry Emerson
Fosdipk. These are all remarkable
books and will help stimulate the best
Within us.
The possibilities of interest in and
benefit from such a group are so varied that the class decided to merely
sponsor it for all who desire to bring
their Sunday evening lunch, whatever
it is, and sit down together for ^e £UB
of it and for the opportunity to participate in vital life discussions. Since
it is open to all those who are interested, we are looking for a suitable name,
"The Methodist Sunday Evening
Hour" is just one possible name. Think
it over, write out a name and deposit
It in the'bat Sunday evening, August
15, at 7:00 o'clock, for that is the day
and hour for the next neeting.
SCHOOL OPENING
ANNOUNCED AS
SEPTEMBER 7TB
Pupils To Report Wednesday and Thursday ...
MorniDgs
The Clare Public Schools will open
Tuesday, September 7th, with teach
ers' meeting and genera! preparations
by the faculty on this day,
Students of all grades through the
Junior High School and High School
Freshmen will report at 9:00 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
Students of the 'tenth, eleventh and
twelth grades will report at 9:00
o'clock Thursday morning.
It is important that all pupils re
port on  the days specified  for them
and   receive  instructioa  and   assignments.
The first football practice will be
held during the week of September
1st and the exact date will be announced later.
The Superintendent's office will be
open Monday through Friday, commencing Monday, August 30th, shoul'l
parents wish to call concerning any
matter. '
The school building is now being
thoroughly cleaned and necessary r>
pairs are being made that the housing
of our school pupils may be th£ best
possible and other preparatinos are
underway to assure their comfort and
convenience during the school year.
The scholastic rating of the school
is high and offers the pupils Of the
city and surrounding community an
excellent opportunity of taking advantage of its modern educational facilities.
Miss Helen Methner, the eleven
year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Methner, of Wise Township,
passed away at the Clare hospital early Tuesday morning, following an
emergency operation for ruptured appendix Tuesday night Of last week.
Helen Dawn Methner was born the
daughter of Floyd aud Leiia Methner
in Wise township, Isabella county,
May 29, 1932, and passed away at
Clave August 3, 1943, at the age of
eleven years, two months and five
days. .
She leaves to mourn their loss, the
bereaved parents, five brothers, three
sisters, other relatives and many
friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Coleman L. D. S. church at 2:00
o'clock Thursday afternoon with interment made in the Coleman cemetery.
eum products by our armed forces.
Five Permits Granted
Eighteen permits to drill for gas
and oil were issued last week by the
Michigan Conservation Department,
with Clare county taking the lion^
share of five. Three were issued for
Mecosta county, two for Allegan, MiS'
saukee, Van Buren and Osceola, and
one each for Ottawa and Lake couiv-
ties.
The Clare county permits were aS
follows:
Winterfield township, Section 2—s
Taggart Bros. Co., Big Rapids; Keehn-
State et al No. S-14, (C SE), company1
tools.
Section 2—Taggart Bros.; Snyder-
State et al No. S-15, (C NW), company
tools.
Summerfield township, Section 6—
Taggart Bros.; State-Bonninghausen
No. S-17; (C SE), company tools.
Section 6—Taggart Bros.; State Noi
S-16;  (C NW), company tools.
Section 7—Taggart Bros.; State No.
S-1S, (C NW), company -tools.
WEIGHT AND GAS
TAX RETURNS TO
BE JADE SOON
Clare  County   to  Receive
$6,765.75 From Combined Funds
SEVERAL INJURED
WHEN CARS COLLIDE
NEAR HERE MONDAY
Mrs.  Wayne Langworthy   and
Four Children and Chris
Smith Hurt
i
Miss J. Pierson
Passes Away at
Home of Sister
Miss Jennie Pierson, for many years
a resident of Clare, passed away at
the home vof her sister, Miss Ella
Pierson, in Mt. Plettsant, Thursday
morning.
As we go to press funeral arrangements are not coniplete. The life
story will be published next week.
Are you Investing 10 per cent ot
your income .in the purchase of War
Bonds?
; REBEKAHS NOTICE
The Rebekah Club will meet this
Friday for a pot luck dinner at one
o'clock at the cottage home of Mrs.
Viva Holt, on the Duncan landing at
Stevenson lake, Bring sandwiches, a
dish to pass, and own table seiwice.
Those,driving, are asked to take as
many as possible.
Several were injured at 3:00 o'clock
Monday afternoon when a Terraplane
pickup belonging to and driven by
Chris Smith collided with a Ford Model A car belonging to Gerald Langworthy and driven by his sixteen year
old'son, Roy, at the county road intersection at Presley's Corners three miles east Of Clare on old US-10. The
drivers of the Terraplane, going east,
and the Ford, going south, did not notice the approach of each other's cars
until too late to avoid a crash.
The Langworthys were brought to
the Clare hospital, where examination
by Dr. S. C. McArthur revealed them
to be suffering the following injuries:
Mrs. Olive Lanworthy, arm lacerations and sprained back muscles.
Roy Langworthy, 16, lacerations on
•left shoulder.
Musetta Langworthy, 8, forehead,
scalp, cheek, arm and foot lacerations.
Gerald Langworthy, 5, laceration of
the right upper lip. •
Clair Langworthy, 4, laceration of
the right cheek,
A small baby, hi the arms ot Mrs.
Langworthy escaped without 'even a
scratch. ".-'..
Air were released following treatment at the hospital.
Mr.-Smith was treated by Dr. H, J.
Ballard for several broken ribs, bruises and shock and was also released.
The accident Was investigated by
Deputy Sheriff James Clute.
"If Molly Did it, Golly So Can We."
Buy War Savings Stamps and Bonds
at the booth nea,r The Citizen's State
Bank Saturday 1
Vouchers totalling $2,377,234.12 itt
returns to the counties from highway
revenues were turned over to the Auditor General this week by State Com*
hiissioner Charles M. Ziegleft
Two sets of vouchers W6re involved
as the payment includes second quarter returns of weight tax collections
plus first half payments of gasoline
tax funds earmarked for county roads.
The weight tax returns total $1,102,-
234.12 and the gasoline tax returns
$1,275,000.
Heavy license fees paid by truckers
of war goods is believed responsible
for the weight tax receipts falling oft
only $30,000 as campared to the same
period a year ago. The gasoline tax
returns for the counties remain tha
same by law.
Returns by counties under each ot
the apportionments follow:
>unty
Gas Tax
Weight Tax
Ap'ment
Ap'ment
Clare j
$3,338.23
3,427.52
Gladwin
3,306.61
3,634.59
Isabella
7,551.98
8,001.90
Midland
7,707.18
6,483.27
Missaukee
2,987,50
3,697.50
Osceola
4,245.58
5,188.00
Roscommon
2,631.13
3,081.80
SPECIAL SPEAKER AT THE
FARWELL METHODIST CHURCH
FOR NEXT SUNDAY SERVICES
Mrs. Hazel Littlefield Smith will
tell of her experiences in China in the
worship service, at 12:00 o'clock noon,
at the Farwel Methodist church next
Sunday, August 8th.
Mrs. Smith is the wife of Dr. Smith,
a practicing physician in Long Beach,
California. Dr,-and Mrs. Smith served-
uh4er the Methodist Board of Foreign
Missions on Peking, China; for four-'
teent years. Mrs. Smith, formerly'*
Hazel Littlefield, is a member tif the"
FarWell Methodist church and id*
speiiding a few weeks this summeTia1
the community.
She is a personal acquaintance 6f*
Madame Chiang Kai Shek and other'
distinguished persons of the Orient
and Europe. She is the author of the
book, "Mortal Harvest"- .(The Royal
Press, Long Beach, Calif.)
The public is invited to .this- .pi'C-
grain. ' ' '