1943-11-12; Clare Sentinel

              tistablished 1878
.CLARE,-MICHIGAN.   FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1943
New Series Vol. 52, No. 6
CLARE ATTORNEY
LEAVES FOR DUTY
WITHJA NAVY
Donald Holbrook Honored
Guest At Social
Functions-
Lieutenant J, G. ..
in Naval Reserves
Donald E. Holbrook, prominent
Clare attorney, has received a commission as Lieutenant J. G. in the
Naval Reserve and will report for two
months Indoctrination Course at
Princeton, New Jersey, November 15.
Mr. Holbrook has served as Prosecuting Attorney here for three terms,
and is very active in Civilian War Activities, having organized and conducted the Clare Aircraft Warning
Service, and was Chairman of the
Clare County War Finance Committee
which headed the War Bond Drives
and brought Clare county over their
quota. Another war effort on the
home front, of which he was a member, was the Victory Speakers Bureau.
Mr. Holbrook is a Past Master of
John Q. Look Lodge No. 404, F. & A.
M., a Past Patron of the Order of
Eastern Star, a former president of
the Clare Chamber of Commerce,
Chairman of the Community Council
and an active member in the Methodist Church.
Besides being a practicing- attorney
and owner of a farm with a select
herd of registered Guernseys, Mr. Holbrook is also an oil producer, being
a' co-partner in the Freeman Oil Company, which started the first oil field
in Clare County. He is also a member
of the Tax Commission of the Independent Oil Producers Association. It
was while attending the National Convention at Fort Worth, Texas, that he
received word ot his commission.
His wife, Mrs. Nettie Holbrook, son
Donald, Jr., twelve, and daughter
Joyce, eight, will remain in Clare. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Holbrook, are also residents of Clare.
The Sentinel joins his many friends
in wishing him success in his new
venture in the service of his country.
Honored at Dinner
The first family night dinner of the
autumn season was observed $£ the
Clare Methodist Church Wednesday
evening, to honor Lt. Dbnald E". Holbrook, who leaves Friday for service.
The church parlors were
LT. J. G. DONALD 33. HOLBROOK
Et. Glenn Sanford
Reported Missing
MASONIC LODGE
HONORS MEMBERS-
TUESDAY NIGHT
Brothers Pay Tribute to C.
A. Wellman and
Don Holbrook
LT. GLENN F. SANFORD
EDUCATION WEEK
OBSERVED HERE
MONDAYJVENING
Patrons and Friends of Clare
School Guests at
Open House
American Education Week was commemorated Monday evening, November Sth, at the fifth annual open house
in the Clare High School. The purpose of the open house is to give the
parents a better chance of getting acquainted with the work of the school.
A very instructive program was given
in the auditorium from 7:30 to 8:30
p. in., showing what the various departments of the school are doing and
what they accomplish.
While people were assembling, the
Little Symphony Orchestra, of the
Music Department, directed by Henry
Garen, played several pleasing selections.
The program opened with the Boy
Scouts presenting the Flag, and the
audience gave the Pledge of Allegiance. Following this, the Orchestra
decorated j gave another selection. The Indus-
with plants and bouquets of flowers, I trial Arts Department, with L. C.
and the tables attractive with sea-: Garthe as instructor, gave a demon-
sonal flowers. The main table, which j stration on Oxy-Acetyleue Welding,
seated the guest of honor, his family, i with Bob Moline and Russell Foell
relatives, and members of the Church J participating.
Board, was centered with a beautiful One or the interesting scenes from
floral centerpiece, shaped as ,s,n an- the Senior Play, "Alibi Bill," was giv-
chor, with miniature Christian and en by Jim Kane and Wallace Rillett.
American Flags on either side. A large j Mrs. Betty Sheponski is the director,
three tiered red, white and blue cake The Hosaemaking Department, with
added much to the table's attractive- Miss Betty Graves as instructor, gave
ness. Both of these were special gifts a "Foods Fight for Freedom," pro-
to Mr. Holbrook. gram and entertained the group with
A bountiful turkey dinner was ser- an original skit, "It's Up to You," with
Yed by the girls of the High School | members of   the   department   taking
This community was saddened when'
it became known that Dr. and Mrs.
F. C. Sanford had received a telegram
from the War Department last Saturday that their son, Lt. Glenn F. Sanford, was missing in a maneuvers I
flight. __ I
Monday evening the family received
a   telegram   from   Congressman Royi
Woodruff that Lt. Sanford's plane had
apparently  crashed in Susicon    Bay,!
about one mile east of Nichols, California.
The last word received by the San-
fords was a telegram from Glenn's
Captain, Tuesday morning, stating
that the cause of the accident was unknown, that Lt. Sanford's body had
not been found, and that the search
was being continued.
Glenn, a pilot of the 380th Flight
Squadron, based at Oakland Municipal Airport, Oakland, California, is a
graduate of Glare High School and
was commissioned last spring.
SENTENCE ADAMS
TO NINETY DAYS
IN COUNTY JAIL
, ■.*-•-< - 	
Five Fined for  Deer Law
Violations in This
Vicinity
John Q. Look Lodge No. 404, F. &
A. M., held a special communication
in the Clare Masonic Temple, Tuesday
evening, with Worshipful Master Jesse
Hampton presiding in the East.
C, A, Wellman, a member of the
fraternity for forty-two years, who
was raised by Salt River Lodge, at
Shepherd, and later transferred here,
was awarded a life membership, W.
M. Jesse Hampton making the presentation.
Past Master Donald B. Holbrook,
who leaves soon for service as Lieutenant j. g. in the Naval Reserve, was
presented with a gift of remembrance
by W. M. Jesse Hampton, in behalf
of the lodge. Gifts will also be sent
to other lodge members who are in
service.
Brothers Wellman and Holbrook responded graciously and feelingly expressing their gratefulness for the opportunity of service in the fraternity
and the associations for many years
with members of the lodge.
Lester LeFavour, a .member of an
Oklahoma Masonic Lodge, who has
recently'had the 32nd degree in Masonry conferred' upon him, and Past
Master Theo. "Wallington, a member
of the Lake City Lodge, were introduced as guests.      ^
Brothers LeFavour, Wallington, John
Nelson, Ed. Johnston, Art Damoth and
Leo Brown spoke briefly of the service and loyalty of the honored
guests, Brother Brown telling of the
many things Lt. Holbrook had done
for the community and the boys in
school.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
all returned to the lobby for a "smoker" and to jointly express their wishes
for the safe return, of all in the armed
forces.
A special communication of John
Q. Look Lodge will be held this Friday evening for the purpose of conferring the second 'de"gi'ee.
Receives Army
Air Force Wings
(Continued on Page Sixi
ODD FELLOWS AND
REBEKAHS HOLD DIST.
ASSOCIATION MEETING
! part.
j     Electric    Conductivity of  Solutions
! was given by the Chemistry Department, with Tony Burdo, chairman, assisted by Oliver Nash and Doris Maxwell.   Supt. Bates is the instructor.
The   Soil   Testing   Demonstration,
given by the Argicultural Department,
with Otto Pino as instructor, was ex-
„ i plained by Gordon Foell and Don Mur-
Farwell Lodges Hosts At First Phy-   A very interesting feature was
District Assembly Held j t4he . demonstration    on    "Protection
__,       _, I Against Injuries in Football," as ex-
ihis reason j plained by Coach Richardson, assisted
  ! by Bob Douglas.   Miss Betty Presley,
A large crowd of Odd Fellows and | representing the Dramatice Club, gave
Rebekahs attended the first meeting a Patriotic Dramatic Monologue. Mrs.
of the year of the District Association, Sheponski is the instructor,
which was held at Farwell, Thursday Bevery Sowle was the announcer
evening of last week. The meeting and presented each number on the
was opened by Vice President Ernest f program in her capable and pleasing
Irwin, of Clare lodge, in the absence | manner, and was a representative of
of the president,,Homer Moses. Frank! the Speech Class.
Freeman, of Farwell lodge, was ap-l After the program, parents and all
pointed temporary secretary in the j those visiting the school were given
absence of Norman Hayward. I the opportunity to visit the rooms and
The program was opened by all j various ' departments of the school,
singing America. Salute to the flag where many exhibits were on display,
and the Lord's Prayer was given. The' and teachers were in their rooms, to
address of welcome was given by Har- j welcome the guests and discuss any
old Schofield, of Farwell, and the re- problem which needed attention,
sponse by Thomas Abbott, of the I The faculty and all interested feel
Clare lodge.    The program included: I that  this  year's   open   house  proved
Delmar Adams, 43, of Shepherd, who
was apprehended by State Police following an automobile accident here
last week, was brought before Justice
Jennings Archambault Wednesday afternoon of last week, charged with
driving an automobile while under the
influence of narcotics, a misdemeanor,
first offense, plead guilty, and was sentenced to the Clare county jail at Harrison for ninety days. He has since
been transferred to the State Hospital
at Traverse City.
Adams was represented by Attorney
Lynch, of Mt. Pleasant,' and Prosecuting Attorney Joseph K. Naumes represented the People of the State of
Michigan.
Violate Conservation  Laws
Buiel Smith, 38, of Harrison, John
Grover, 32, of Farwell and Walter
j Hein, 42, of Grant township, were apprehended by Conservation Officer
Wayne Tennant Tuesday night and
brought before Justice Archambault
Wednesday morning, charged with
carrying guns with buckshot load in
deer area after dark. AH three plead
guilty and were each fined $25.00 and
"56.85 costs. They paid and were released.
Delmar Scott, 20, of Lake, and Manuel Scott, 34, of Lake, were apprehended by Conservation Officer Tennant
Wednesday night and brought before
Justice Archambault Thursday, charged with carrying guns with buckshot
load in deer area. They plead guilty,
were each fined $15.00 and costs of
56,85, paid and were released.
CLARE PIONEERS
DEFEAT GLADWIN
GRIDDERS FRIDAY
Final Game of Season With
Breckenridge Last
Evening
2nd Lt. BERTRAND C. MAXWELL
The shadow of more and more
wings fell ominously over the Axis
super-fabric of once-dreamed invincibility as pilot wings became the possesion of hundreds of new combat-
ready fliers November 3. Graduation
ceremonies throughout the great
Southwest were held by the eleven
advanced pilot schools of the Army
Air Forces Central Flying Training
Command.
Joining in the lengthening aerial parade of pilots who have completed
the intensive training in the huge Central Flying Training Command area
were men from every state in the
Union.
Included among the graduating flyers was Bertrand C. Maxwell, of R-4,
Clare, who was commissioned Second
Lieutenant and received his wings at
Alius Field, Altus, Oklahoma.
ARLING SEVERSON
HOME DESTROYED
BY FIRE MONDAY
Clare Resident
Passes Sunday
JESSE LAMPHERE
PASSES AWAY AT
IDENCE HERE
Funeral   Services Held  in
Clare With Burial
at Flint
JESSE W. LAMPHERE
CHILD BEHAVIOR ~
CONFERENCE HELD
AT HIGH SCHOOL
Dr. Norman WestlundLeads
Discussion of Juvenile
Delinquency
Origin   of   Basement
Undetermined by
Family
Fire
The    Arling    Severson
brick  and   concrete  farm
two    story
Dr. Norman Westlund, M. D., Director of the Saginaw Valley Children's
Center met October 29, at the Clare
High School, with a group of interested persons from Gladwin and Clare
counties to discuss child behavior.
In June, 1943, Governor Kelly wrote
letters to all the Probate Judges,
Prosecuting Attorneys, Sheriffs, Police Chiefs and Superintendents of
Schools in this state calling to their
attention the necessity today of every
effort being expended .to prevent juvenile delinquency and to foster and
encourage proper child guidance. In
answer to these letters, the Governor
received four hundred and ninety letters which he had analyzed by the
Juvenile Delinquency Study Committee. The most iniiform reply was the
one dealing with causes, but there
were many other replies, among the
home  four] causes  were employment of mothers
A reading by Marguerite Leonard, of
Clare. Music was played by Fern
Wright, of Clare. A poem by- Mrs.
Anna Moore, of Coleman. A story
was told by Mary Mussell, Vice Grand
of Clare lodge. Readings .by Martha
Irwin, Sadie Ogle,, and Olive Irwin, of
Clare, and Russell Wilson, of Weidman lodge. Group of songs by four
Farwell giris aug some very good remarks by brother Harold Schofield, of
Farwell.
At the close of the meeting the sol-
clfer'a prayer was giv"en, followed by
^all singing, "god Bless America" and J
"There's a Star Spangled Banner'
Waving Somewhere.'
The next meeting will be held the
first Thursday in December at Clare
. lodge. Re^essKted; were Clare, Cole-
man, Weidmaii and, FarweiL A yefy
fine lunch Was served, arid dancing
was enjoyed by the group, ^""f-arwell
people are swell entertainers,
very successful, and appreciate the
coopeft0on of the parents and the
citizens of Clare, in helping '-_> ma~ke
it a success.
'• CURFEW NOTICE
When the fire whistle sounds at
10:00 o'clock p. m. on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and 11:00 o'clock p. m. on Friday
and Saturday
Curfew Ordinance No. 176 shall be.
enforced.
Common Council,
City of Clare
PIANO TUNING
F. P. Alexander, the Piane fuller,
will be working in OUre again soon.
If interested -phone Orders to Mrs.
Harold Jones. 6tc
Hunters Cannot
Use Their Trucks
On Hunting Trips
The Cadillac District office of the
Office of Defense Transportation has
received numerous inquiries from persons wishing to use trucks on deer
hunting trips, according to a statement issued today by Harold L. Frier,
District Manager.
Such use of trucks, including^pick-
ups, is in direct violation of ODT regulations, and, in the face of grdwing
and extremely critical shortages of
tracks, and tires, it cannot be tolerated
at this time.
Violators, Mr. Frier warned, are
subject to the suspension or revocation of their Certificates of War Necessity and the loss of all gasoline
rations. In particularly flagrant cases
the trucks themselves may even be
requisitioned for use in essential ac
tivities. ,
The Pioneers, after having lost five
games, toppled a strong Gladwin football team from the ranks of the undefeated by the score of 20-13.
After a scoreless first quarter, that
saw a Pioneer touchdown called back
for holding, the Green and White unleashed a powerful attack that netted
two touchdowns. Lulled by the apparent ease with which they had
scored, the defense relaxed and Gladwin scored bn a beautiful run by Ray.
The conversion was unsuccessful and
the first half ended 13-6.
Gladwin came back with a rush in
the third quarter and carried the ball
to the Pioneer six yard line. Here
the Green and White defense stiffened
but Gladwin managed to force the ball
' across into pay dirt on the fourth
down. Their try for point was successful and the score stood 13-13. After an exchange of punts, the Pioneers
took the ball and, with a sustained
march, scored. The try for extra
point Was successful and the score
stood 20-13.
Gladwin made a game attempt to
even the count in the last quarter but
was unsuccessful and the game ended
with the Green and White on the
march again. '
For Gladwin, the outstanding player
was the full back, Ray, who was a constant threat throughout the game. The
entire Pioneer team finally realized
their possibilities and played a fine
brand of ball. The offense functioned
smoothly with power and deception
and the tackling was better than any
seen by the locals this season.
The Pioneers were all set at press
time last evening to wind up the 1943
grid season with a win over Breckeft-
ridg^e.
This was not only the last game of
the season but the last game at Clare
Hi for the following boys: Henry
Eberhart, Jim Kane, Russ Foell, Jim
Chapman, Harold Baker, Bob Douglas,
Bill Archambault, and Bob Ackerman.
NOTICE
The Auto Club of Michigan has ap-
' pointed Harley Holt as representative
of Clare 'cSiinty district. For infor-
! matioh call office, KHdlahd 1287,* home,
Clare 588, > 6t3
miles east and one and a half miles
north of Clare was burned to the
ground by fire of undetermined origin
Monday afternoon.
Tlie fire started in the basement,
came up through a clothes closet and
had i-eached the roof before it was discovered by Mrs. Severson. She was
sewing in the living room, next to the
clbthes room, but did not notice the
fire until she went into the kitchen
and saw smoke in the adjoining wash
room. By this time the attic of the
home was filled with flames.
The Clare Fire Department was
called  and  responded  promptly  with
outside the home, leaving children unsupervised, lack of religious training
in the home and so on.   These eondi-
j tions affect the security of children
who, through lack of consistent guidance and intelligent supervision from
parents, are likely to fall prey to delinquent tendencies.
Dr. Westlund, who was introduced
to the group by Judge George Bates,
gave a brief outline of the Center's
organize tidfa. A part of the State Hos-
1 pital Commission program to offer
child guidance services, the Saginaw
Valley Center, located at 120 S. Harrison, Saginaw, serves eleven counties
the rural truck but the fire was be-' one of which is Clare county. Chil
yond control when they arrived. Fire-jdren, from birth to and including high
men Richard Woodcock, Alfred M.
Doherty and James Clute assisted in
removing furniture from the lower
floor of the house, saving the furnishings of the kitchen, one bedroom and
part of the living room. All of the
furniture on the second floor and part
of the family's clothing was destroyed.
There was no furnace, nor anything
of an inflammable nature to the knowledge of the family, in the basement
and the cause of the fire remains a
mystery.
Mr. Severson was at a neighbor's
and a son was working in the fields
at the time of the fire.
The loss was parcia."".- covered by
insurance.
school age who present any type of a
behavior problem are eligible for the
service. Any person, teacher, parents
etc. may make an appointment for
consultation without cost.
Children have four needs which Dr.
Westlund classified as (1) the need
of love, (2) the need to be treated as
an individual, (3) the need to be successful and receive recognition and,
(4) the need to be accepted in their
group. The various behavior problems that result from the lack of these
needs were discussed and specific examples were used to illustrate many
of the problems. The remainder of
the meeting was given to questions
from the group.
Jesse W. Lamphere, a highly respected and well known businessman
of this city for the past twelve years,
passed away at his home on East
Sixth street at 5:20 o'clock Sunday
evening, following a long illness.
Jesse W. Lamphere w^s born the
son of Frank and Josephine Lamphere
at Armada, Michigan, June 13, 1889,
and passed away at Clare, Michigan,
November 7, 1943, at the age of fifty-
three years, four months and twenty-
five days.
He lived near Armada until going
to Detroit in 1911, where he was conductor on the D. U. R. interurban
lines until 1921.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Loretta Irving at Flint, August 7, 1918
and they made their home there until
1921, when they moved to Owosso and
he became engaged as a building contractor and in a retail cigar store. In
1925 they moved to Port Huron and he
conducted a cigar store there until
coming to Clare in May of 1931.
Jesse has been actively engaged in
business here until forced to retire
because of ill health.
He was a member of the Methodist
Church in Armada and active in the
Epworth League and choir there for
a number of years, later becoming
affiliated with the Clare Methodist
Church, of which he was a member
when he passed away.
He was raised to the degree of' a
Master Mason in Flint twenty-three
years ago and transferred to John Q.
Look Lodge No. 404, F. & A. M., continuing his membership here.
He served the city of Clare as alderman from the second ward for two
years and was always interested in
civic affairs.
He became ill last April and has
been confined to his bed almost continuously since that time.
He was of a friendly nature and
cpngenial disposition and his pleasant
greeting will be greatly missed by
many throughout Clare county who
join his loved ones  in their sorrow.
He leaves to mourn their loss, the
bereaved wife Loretta; two brothers,
Bert, of Owosso, and Charles, of Armada;, other relatives and a wide circle of friends. ,
Funeral services were held from the
Thurston Funeral Home at 10:00
o'clock Wednesday morning,, with
Rev. Earle E. Redman officiating, assisted by Rev. Chas. B. Hahn, and the
remains were taken to Flint, where
commitment services were held in the
Sunset Hills mausoleum and interment was made in the Masonic section of the cemetery. The large attendance and profusion of beautiful
floral tributes at his last rites spoke
more eloquently than words ,of the
esteem in which he was held. (
ARTICLES MADE BY
RED CROSS CHAPTER
HERE APPRECIATED
Glare County Chairman Receives
Letter From Camp Walters,
Texas, Hospital
National Council    \Army Air Force
Catholic Women
Hold Meet Here
The National Council of Catholic
Women of Mt. Pleasant District held
their meeting of presidents and standing committees at the Gleason home,
in Clare, Tuesday, November 9th. Mi;s.
Bernard McConnell, District Pres.,
presided.
Rev. Fr. S, J. Morrison, of Clare
and Rev. Fr. Gordon Grant, of Rosebush, gave interesting talks on "Youth
Delinquency and Preventions." Mrs.
Lawrence O'Neil", D'ocese Pres. National Council, spoke on "Study Clubs
and their Influences." '
W.A.C. Recruiting
Continues Here
p. LA.
The regular meeting of the P.T.A.
club will be held Monday evening, November 15, at 7:30, in the Home
Economics room at the Clare High
School. Parents of teen age children
fare especially urged to attend. Re-
' freshments.   ■■>■■■.
Charlotte Brown, Pres.
/
The drive is being continued here
in Clare and vicinity to recruit women
for service where they may serve directly with the Army Air Forces as
Air WAC's. Women between the ages
of twenty and fifty may work at
eighty-six different and interesting
jobs with the Air Forces, which service will relieve the vital manpower
problem. The above was announced
today by Lt. C. Harold Brand, AAF
Public Relations Officer, Who is on
duty in this district meeting with civilian ''VAC recruiting committees.
Mayor Robert Archambault has appointed Mrs. Eleanor Lehr chairman
of the committee and she has selected
Mrs. Steart Bicknell, Mrs. Harold
Schaeffer and Mrs. J. J. Green to assist her. y
The special WAC recruiting team
who come each week to Clare is headed by Lt. Margaret Hin.es and Lt.
Lavina Garrity, both *>f the WAC,,
Prevent inflation.   Buy War Bonds!
The following letter received from
the Office of the American Red Cross
Assistant Field Director at Station
Hospital, Camp Wolters, Texas, will
be of interest to Clare county Red
Cross workers.
November 4, 1943 j
Mrs. G. E. Lamb *
Home Service Chairman ■        j
Clare County Chapter
American Red Cross
Farwell,. Michigan       - .
Attention:    Production Chairman
near Mrs. Lamb:
We recently received a shipment of
chapter produced articles from the
Midwestern Area Office. Among that
shipment were 325 bedside bags and
15 pillows from your chapter. We
Wish to convey the appreciation of
ihis staff and of the medical author!-,
ties of Camp Wolters Station Hqspital
for the splendid work done by your'
Production Staff. The bedside bags
and pillows which your members
worked on have been distributed on
the hospital wards and -are giving;
both comfort and pleasure to the pa,-
tients confined here.
We should like each person in your"
working unit to know that the work
which she ds doing is of paramount
service to the men in, our armed
forces.
Sincerely yours, "|
(Miss) Geraldine Lang       ;
Assistant Field Director
(Miss)   Eleanor Rashbaum
Senior Recreation Worker
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