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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1943
New Series Vol. 52, No. 8
ODS BRING
PHIES OF HDNT
ACK WITH THEM
O.  P.  A.  Officers   Return
Home As New Gas Coupons Become Valid
Penick Accepts
Ohio Pastorate
OPA officials and investigators, who
"undoubtedly were making a conscientious attempt to enforce the orders
of their branch of the Government,
hut who met with a strong undercur-"
Tent of public opinion that occasionally cropped out in what most likely appeared to them as lack of respect for
law and order, but which to the
thousands of venison minded ntmrods
seemed only a matter of common
serfs©, constitutional right and downright justice, closed court at Mackinaw City on Sunday and left for home,
•bag and baggage, after receiving a
■none too warm welcome at Cheboygan, Mackinaw City and St Ignace.
«Ot course the fact that a new batch
■of A gasoline ration stamps became
"valid Monday permitted hunters to return home "legally"' without fear of
•:receiving a summons.
A few tickets were handed out, but
"what was that to deer hunters who
had braved the north woods in search
of their fleet footed quarry—especially the one who "brought home the
bacon." Of course their experiences
with the OPA boys is all some will
have to talk about, but plenty of aiice
dee: have been going south, also.
Harrison  Boy Gets His Buck
One of the proudest Harrison hunters to bring in a buck this fall was
fourteen year old Wesley Skinner, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Skinner..Saturday morning Wesley and his dad
went hunting and before noon were
back with Wesley's buck—a ten point I
beauty dressing 185 pounds. He certainly has every reason to be proud.
Fairer Sex Good Hunter-
Mrs. Julius Gendreghske, of Dearborn, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Horden, of Clare, R-4, was fortunate in getting her buck the first of!
the season. Her husband claims that
he helped her bag her buck, but probably you and I would too, if our .wives
beat us to the draw. *
Carleton Garthe, industrial arts instructor in the Clare schools, went
out Sunday morning and shot himself
a nice buck after being in the woods
not more than twenty minutes. Carle-
ton wasn't in such a hurry because
he doesn't like to hunt but felt that
he should get back to town in time
for church.
Hi-Speed Contest
This Hi-Speed Sportsman Shop
Big Buck Contest is getting to be a
sort of family affair. Manager Harold
Fleming was very pleasantly surprised the other day to have his cousin, Bob Russell, of Detroit, drive up
and unload a buck that weighed 216
pounds and now leads in the heavyweight class. Incidentally, Bob is the
son of Robert Russell, veteran Gart-
iot County Herald Advertising Manager.
Dee Stough, of course, still holds
the honor of bringing in the 'first buck.
Harold   Cole,   of  Charlotte,  R-l,   is
now  in  the  lead   for  widest  spread
{Continued on Page Twelve)
ELDER J. S. PENICK
Former Pastor of Gilmore Church of
Christ
DEARBORN HUNTER
SUFFERS INJURIES
N AUTO WRECK
Road Commissioner  Beam
Severely Shocked in
Collision
GILMORE PASTOR
CALLED TO CUSTAR,
OHIO^ASTORATE
Elder J. S. Penick Leaves
Tuesday to Take Up
Work There
Special Services
Sunday at Clare
Baptist Church
This Sunday will be an unusual day
at the Clare Baptist Church, with
two special speakers. Rev. Charles
Hocking, of Brazil, South America,
Will be with us Sunday morning for
the church service at 10:30 o'clock, to
speak to us and show his pictures of
his work in Brazil. You'll enjoy his
message as God has greatly blessed
"him in his work there. Plan to he
with us if possible.
Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock Rev.
Harold Watson, of the Clare Congregational church, will be with us to
show his picture on "the Life of
.Christ." 1 have had the privilege of
seeing these pictures and I can truly
say that they are the best pictures on
the Life of Christ I've ever seen. All
are invited to attend this service and
enjoy these pictures.
We believe you'll be well repaid
for attending both of these unusual
services.
E. E. Redman, Pastor
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ANNUM RED CROSS MEETING
The annual meeting of Clare County
Chapter, American Red Cross, will be
held in the City Library at Clare
Tuesday afternoon, December 7th, at
2:00 o'clock. A review of the year's
work will be* given, as well as the annual repbrt, and plans made for the
coming /ear, Plan to attend and assist fa: this-most worthy ahd neees*
sary'-cause?--*"'
Mftbel _-6rton» Secretary
Elder J. S. Penick, pastor of the
Gilmore Church of Christ for the past
six years, has been called to the Cus-
tar, Ohio, Church of Christ and left
for his new charge Tuesday to take
up the work there immediately.
Elder Penick has served a very successful pastorate at the Gilmore
church since coming here in September, 1937, the membership of the
church being almost, doubled during
this time, and the church and parsonage have been remodeled, buildings
painted, electric lights installed, and
a new garage added to the church
property.
Elder Penick filled the pulpit at
Custar last Sunday and James A.
Stanley read an inspiring farewell
sermon, written by the pastor, in the
Sunday services at Gilmore. Some
seventy members and friends of the
church enjoyed the sermon, the Text,
"The Whole Counsel of God," being
taken from the sixteenth to the thirty-eighth verses of the twentieth chapter of the book of Acts. The services
were concluded with the singing of
the hymns, "When We All Get to
Heaven" and "God Be with you Till
We Meet Again."
Elder and Mrs. Penick were presented with a farewell gift of ?25.00
from the church and bible school, for
which they are very grateful.
Bible school and communion services will be continued at the Gilmore
church, but there will be no preaching services until a new pastor is
secured.
Clare County Road Commissioner
Frank Beam, of Long Lake, was severely shocked and E\ D. McCreary,
of Dearborn, painfully injured in a
head on collision occuring just south
of the Clare-Roscommon county line
on  US-27  Sunday afternoon.
' Commissioner Beam was driving
north, enroute on a deer hunting trip,
aud McCreary driving south, returning from deer hunting, when the
Beam car slipped off the pavement,
which was very slippery because of a
damp snowfall, onto the low shoulder
and in bringing his. car back onto the
concrete Beam lo„t control and the
car skidded into the path of the oncoming McCreary car, the collision ensuing.
McCreary was rushed to tho Clare
Hospital, where examination,.revealed
him to he suffering a bad laceration
of the forehead and several broken
ribs. Commissioner Beam was severely shocked and sustained minor
leg bruises.
The former is recovering satisfactorily but will be confined to the hos-
1 pital for a few more days, while Mr.
I Beam is recovering nicely at his home.
j The Beam car caught fli-e and was
destroyed by the flames, white the Mo
Creary car was totally wrecked in the
! collision.    The  accident was  inve-sti-
i gated hy Sheriff Seaver Amble.
Fellowship Night
at Congregational
Church Next Wed.
Family Fellowship Night will be
held in the Congregational church parlors on Wednesday at 6:30 p. m. Pot
luck supper will be served, followed
by a special program consisting of
the Clare High School Little Symphony Orchestra, rendering several
musical numbers, and a thirty minute
movie will be shown by Art Damoth.
Members and friends of the church
are invited to this evening of fellowship.
CRIMINAL CASES
HEARD IN CIRCUIT
COURTJONDAY
William   Hoppe   and  Irvin
Mather Arraigned on
Statutory Offenses
Reported Missing
In European Area
TWO CHILDREN
BURN TO DEATH
NEAR BEAVERTON
Marguerite and Bruce Price
Perish In Flames
Last Week
CPL. LIONEL GREEN
CHOSEN TO SING IN
BETHLEHEM CHURCH
Ringing of  Bells   and  Services
To Be Broadcast To
United States
Mrs. Leonel Green has received a
letter dated November 7th, from her
husband, Cpl. Leonel Green, who is
overseas on foreign duty and located
at Cairo, stating that he was in fine
health and that he was very busy
there.
One of the important things which
mean very much to him is that he
and one of his buddies -were chosen
to sing in one of the large churches
in Bethlehem on Christmas eve. Every Christmas -.eve the ringing of the
great hells of "Bethlehem is broadcasted to the United States and Leonel wrote that if -we should happen to
hear this program we will know that
his will be among the many voices
heard from this large church.
He also wrote that they will be
taken by plane for this special occasion and we are sure that Leonel's
friends here at home will be happy
to hear of this event which will mean,
a lot to Leonel and we are also sure
that he will have many interesting
things to tell when he can rpturn
home.
He says the weather is still hot
during the day, but cool nights, and
that the weeks . really slide by fast,
but the faster the better.
Cpl. Green, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Green, of Clare, has assisted
the chaplain of his company in services.
His brother, Cpl, Cleland Green,,
Who is stationed at Camp Pinedale,
California, is home on a fifteen day
furlough,
MRS. M. S. WYMER
PASSES AWAY AT
HOMEJN CLARE
Spiritual Influence Felt by
Many Whom She
Contacted
Monday as life's clock ticked over
the midnight hour, Mrs. Eliza Jane
Wymer passed to her eternal home—
a new life to begin, closing her pilgrimage here of eighty-eight years,
seven months and twenty-four days.
Eliza Jane Warren was born in Fish
Creek, near St. Marys, Ontario, March
"s8, 18,55, where she grew to womanhood and availed herself of the'privileges offered in school and church
work.
May 13th, 1874 she was married to
M. S. Wymer, of •Strykersville, New
York, whom she met while he was at
St. Marys visiting relatives. Four
children were born into their home,
three of whom died in infancy, and a
daughter, Mrs. Nettie Walker, passed
away in. 1913. Her .married life was
spent in gospel work as Mr. Wymer
was ordained into christian ministry
at Cadillac where he was in home
mission work and they also served in
different points in the state, including
two periods in the Gilmore Church of
Christ, prior to taking up permanent
residence in Clare in 1920.
During these years as a Clare citizen she devoted herself to all by her
wholesome spiritual life and thought-
fulness of others. Since the passing
of her companion in 1934 she resided
alone in the home on Court street, but
it was ever a haven of rest to those
who entered as she was keen of mind
and lived her ideals, helping many to
shoulder the trials and burdens of
daily life and many homes have bits
of handiwork that she enjoyed doing
since passing her four score years.
She was a member of the Baptist
church and the King's Daughters society, to which she contributed both
time and^ talent, and her devout christian life impressed many as she enjoyed her salvation and shared it so
plentifully and graciously.
Her nearest relative is a grandson,
Raymon.o\ Walker, of Lansing, but she
has a host of friends who momm her
passing, of which can be said, "Good
Night Here but it's Good Morning up
There." >
Rev Earle Redman will conduct the
funeral services at the Baptist church
this Friday afternoon' at "two o'clock
and burial will take place in the Surrey township cemetery at Farwell beside the remains of the husband and
daughter.
"We cannot say, apd will not say,
That she is dead—-she is just away,
With a cheery smile and a Wave of
The hand
She has passed into the    Eternal
Land."
APRON SALE AND BAZAAR
The Benefit Auxiliary will hold dn
apron'Sale and, bazaar, in the Mater
fculldiflg, "De_fctdbe*r 3rd and *th,    8t2
Two children were burned to death
and a third narrowly escaped the
same fate in a fire that destroyed the
frame farm home and contents of Mr.
| and Mrs. Delmer Price, three miles
north of Beaverton, at about 5:00 o'
clock Tuesday afternoon, November
16th.
The dead are Marguerite Bernice
Price, four months old, and Bruce Edward Price, three years. A third boy,
eighteen months old, was in the home
at the time the Are started but was
rescued by his mother before flames
enveloped the house.
Mrs. Price, who was at the farm
with their four children at the time of
the fire, was unable to explain how
the blaze started. With one of the
older children she had gone to the
barn to get clown some feed for the
cattle, leaving the three younger children in the house.
When she returned to the house
a few minutes later she found it in
flames. She opened the back door and
the force of the flames literally threw
the eighteen months old boy into her
arms. He was unhurt by the fire and
had apparently been ^trying to make
his way out the back door. The draft
created by the open door made the
house a blazing inferno and despite
her efforts the mother was unable to
get in to her other two children.
Sheriff Arthur Kelly and Coroner
Louis Hall, of Gladwin county, who investigated the fire, were unable to determine its origin. Mrs. Price reported that there were small fires in the
kitchen range and in a heating stove
in the front room of the house, but
the fires were not large enough to
over-heat the stoves. The father, Delmer Price, is employed in Midland
and did not reach home until an hour
after the fire had been reported.
The Prices had bought the place
September Sth and had lived on the
farm in Tobacco township only a little more than two months, having
lived in Hamilton township, Clare
county, until a year ago.
Two criminal cases were brought to
trial before Judge Ray Hart in Circuit
Court at Harrison Monday,
William Hoppe, of Mt. Pleasant, appeared before Judge Hart Monday
morning, charged with taking indecent liberties with minor children,
Hoppe asked for mental examination
and his request was granted by the
Judge. He is being held in the Clare
county jail awaiting further developments in the case.
Irvin Mather, of Harrison, also appeared before Judge Hart Monday,
charged with the same offense of taking indecent liberties with minor children, and upon entering a plea of guilty, was turned over to Probation Officer Hiram Nicholson, of Bay City,
for investigation. He is confined in
the county jail awaiting sentence.
Both defendants were-brought into
court by Sheriff Seaver Aro.li>" who
had previously arrested them on com
plaint.
A number of chancery cases were
also 1 e.rd before Judge Hart during
the session of Circuit Court.
LIEUT. KENNETH L. HAINES
Mrs. Kenneth  Haines  received the
LIEUT. SANFORD'S
BODY RECOVERED
ALLOWING CRASH
To   Be  Accorded   Military
Honors Here Sunday
Afternoon
PIONEER RAILROAD
BUILDER DIES AT
HOMEJN CLARE
John   White  Passes Away
Saturday After Long
Illness
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR KATIE EBERHART
HELD HERE FRIDAY
Early   Resident   o f    Sheridan
Township Succumbs To
111 Health
Katie Eberhart, a resident of Sheridan township for thirty-six years,
passed away at her farm home November 16th, after being stricken with
a paralytic stroke October 28th.
Katie, the youngest \daughter of
James and Anna Burns, was born October 18, 1873, at Loomis, Michigan.
She lived at Loomis until her marriage to Lewis Eberhart on October
18, 1896. The first ten years of their
married life were spent on their farm
in Vernon township. In 1907 they
moved with their children to their
farm in Sheridan township where they
spent the remainder of their lives.
Katie was preceded in death by her
husband, Lewis, her daughter, Loree,
aud her. son, Ralph.
This loving and devoted mother is
deeply mourned by her family and
many friends.
She is survived by her three children, Bernard, Bernece, and Arthur,
of Clare; six grandchildren and one
great grandchild; her three brothers,
John, of Loomis, Thomas, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and James, of Lansing, Michigan; and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Clare Methodist Church at 2:00 o'clock Friday afternoon, with Rev.
Chas. B. Halm 'officiating, and interment in the Cherry Grove Cemetery.
•    What flid you do for  Freedom   today ?—■Buy jBohiaist
John White, 84, died at his home in
Clare, Saturday, November 20. He
was born the son of John and Mary
White January 8, 1859, in Armagh,
Ireland, where he graduated from Armagh University as a Qivil Engineer
and later continued his education in
England.
At the age of twenty-two, he came
to the United States as Bridge Engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad
System.
In 1888, while constructing the Ann
Arbor railroad, he met and married
Miss Anna Becker, of this city, who|
preceded him in death October 1, 1932
and to this union were born 'three-children, Edwafd and George, now of
Clare, and Florence White Gay, now
of Lansing.
In 1893, after the completion of the
Ann Arbor railroad, Mr. White, as
Chief Engineer, moved to Owosso^,
where the family resided for ten
years and, later moving to Toledo,
Ohio, where he was Chief Engineer
for the Wheeling Lake Erie railroad.
In 1902, Mr. White bought a farm
and moved his family to Clare where
they have made their permanent
home.
Mr. White was a pioneer railroad
and highway builder. He was Chief
Engineer of Surveys and Superintendent of Construction of the Ann Arbor
Railroad, The Baltimore and Washington Electric, The Middle Tennessee Railroad, Middle Tennessee Electric Railway, Toledo and Bryan Electric, The Toledo, Monroe and Detroit
and Toledo and Western.
Mr. White also held the position of
City Engineer of Bowling Green,
Wauseon,  Ohio,  and Alma Michigan.
From 1918 to 1923 he was Project
Engineer for the Michigan State
Highway Department, which position
he resigned when elected County Engineer of Clare county.
In 1932 he retired from Engineering and entered a partnership with
his son, Edward, in the firm of Whites
Greenhouse and Nursery, of Clare, a
work he loved and enjoyed until he
was stricken with arthritis three
years ago and confined to bed for the
last seven months. Complications
followed and he passed peaeefuliiy
away Saturday, November 20, at 5:00
P. m.
Mr. White was a Life member of
the Masonic Order and a member of
the Episcopal Church. He is survived by the three children, and ten
grandchildren. Two grandsons, Lt.
John George White and Pvt Robert
"V. Gay, are in the service.
Services were held from the Doherty Funeral Home, with Rev Earle B.
Redman officiating, and interment
was made in Cherry Grove Cemetery.
Members of John Q. Look Lodge were
pallbearers.
It became definitely known here
that another local young man had
made the supreme sacrifice for the
American principles and ideals he
deeply revered when Dr. and Mrs. F.
C. Sanford received word that the
body of their son, Lt. Glenn Sanford,
had been found Thursday of last week,
after he had been reported missing
on a scheduled flight since Saturday,
November Sth.
Glenn Frederic Sanford was bom
the son of Dr. Frederick Clyde and
Pearl Sanford, in Clare, Michigan,
April 17, 1919, and passed away near
Nichols, California, November 6, 1943,
following telegram Irom the Adjutant, at the age of twenty-four years, six
General Friday morning of last week: • months and twenty days.
"The Secretary of War desires me! Glenn was a life long resident ef
to express his regrets that your hus-, Clare and graduated from Clare High
band, Second Lieutenant Kenneth L. j School in 1937 with the fiftieth anni-
Haines, has been reported missing in versary graduating class of the school.
action since the 5th of November in. He attended Hillsdale College for two
European area. If further details or years and then left college to go into
other information are received you professional baseball, under contract
will be*promptly notified." | with the Detroit Tigers, pitching for
Lieut. Haines, the son of Mr. and' the Fulton, Kentucky, team of the
Mrs. John C. Kainos, and.Mrs. Haines,  Detroit ball club.
the former Miss June Bergey, were J He was a triple threat athlete in
married in Texas May Sth of this i high school and college, participating
year, and he was commissioned soon in baseball, football and basketball,
after that time.    He was a navigator \ and was a star pitcher for both the
j Clare High School and Hillsdale College teams, establishing pitching records for both schools,
j Glenn enlisted in the U. S. Coast
Artillery in February, 1941, at Camp
Haan, California, and after a year's,
training transferred to the U. S. Army-
Air Corps. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant and awarded his wingg
at Hamilton Field, California, and was
assigned to active duty as a Fighter
Pilot last spring. He was based at
Oakland Municipal Airport, Oakland,
California,, when word came that he
was missing.
He was chriitened in the Clare Congregational Church, attending Sunday
school there regularly when at home;
and was_ a member of John Q. Look
Lodge, NO, 404, F. & A. M.; and of
Delta  Sigma Phi Fraternity.
He leaves to mourn their loss, the
bereaved parents; one sister, Mrs.
Lola Blystone, of Ann Arbor; a half
brother, Dr. Burton J. Sanford, of
Clam; other relatives and a host of
friends in Clare and wherever his
baseball career and Army duties have
taken him.
Glenn was a congenial young man
with a pleasing personality and a very
promising future in his chosen field of
baseball, and his many friends join
the family in their deep sorrow of today, which gives promise of mellowing;
in the days to come with the knowledge that he gave his all for the noble
purpose of bringing justice and free-
aboard  a Flying Fortress.
Zenobia Chapter
Christmas Party
Next Thursday
The regular December meeting of
Zenobia Chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star, will be a Christmas family pot
luck supper at 6:00 p. m. Thursday,
December 2. Each family is asked
to bring its own table service with
either a hot dish or dessert and sandwiches or buttered rolls.
There will be a Christmas tree and
an exchange of ten cent gifts for the
children, also a short program.
Following the program will be the
installation of the Associate Matron
and during the business meeting Mrs.
Mair's report of •Grand Chapter will
be given. All members are urged to
attend.
MEN NEEDED FOR
NEW UNITED STATES
NAVY REPAIR UNITS
Men   of  Nearly   Fifty   Trades
Offered Petty Officer
Ratings
dom again to this earth that the gen-
• | erations to come may not know the
All men now being accepted for the sgrief of those who will pay tribute to
him.
The  remains  have  been  cremated
and will be returned here with mill-
' tary escort, arriving on the Saturday
I morning train.
Funeral services will be held from
the Clare Congregational Church at
2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, with
Rev. Harold Watson officiating, and
interment will be made in Cherry
Grove Cemetery. Glenn will be accorded the honor of Masonic and Mil-
ELECTRICAL SERVICE
I have returned to. Clare ahd will be
available for electric wiring,-appHance J
repairing and general service.   Phone'
Clare 246. ^ \
Ray Archbold
new Navy Ship Repair Units are specialists and all get specialist ratings
and pay, according to Lieut.-Comdr.
R. G, Buller, trades reviewing officer
for the SRU in Lower Michigan.
Men assigned to these units represent nearly fifty different skilled
trades. They are rated from third
class petty officer to chief petty officer as soon as they join. Pay and allowances total as high as "1188.70 per
month.
Men deferred because of essential' jtary rites
war work are ineligible for the Ship
Repair Units,_ Commander Buller says.
If not so deferred, men, eighteen
through thirty-seven years old, can
enter this branch of the Navy through
voluntary induction, providing they
apply at a Navy Recruiting Station before they get their induction notice.
Men, thirty-eight through fifty, can
join through enlistment.
These are some of the tradesmen
needed now in Ship Repair Units: an-
glesmiths, blacksmiths, boatbuilders,
boat caulkers, boilermakers, carpenters, cement workers, coppersmiths,
crane operators, cupola tenders, die-
sel engine mechanics, divers, drillers,
electricians and electricians' helpers,
engine operators, forgers foundrymen,
garage repairmen, gasoline engine
mechanics, gyro compass repairmen,
instrument makers, joiners, linemen,
machinists, periscope and optic re-
pah-men, marine engineers, moulders,
patternmakers, pipefitters, plumbers,
power plant engineers, powdermen,
riggers, riveters, sailmakers, sheet
metal workers, shipfitters, shipwrights
steamfitters, steelworkers, telephone
repairmen, toolmakers, typewriter repairmen, watchmakers and welders.
Further information about Navy
Ship Repair Units may be obtained
at any Michigan Navy Recruiting Station or U. S. Navy Recruiting Station,
227 New Federal Building, Lansing,
Michigan.
Boy Scout Court
of Honor and Fun
Fest Next Week
i
Prevent Ittflation.
A Clare County Boy Scout Court of
Hout and fun fest will be held in the
Clare High School gymnasium next
Thursday evening, December 2, commencing at 7:30 o'clock. All Clare
county troops will participate and a
good representation of each troop is
expected.
Five contests will be held during
the evening, with the winning troop
to receive a large cake. They will include a dressing contest, candle relay,
attendance contest, knot tying con-.
test and a tenderfoot quiz.
The awarding of merit badges and*1,
badges of different ranks attained by-
the Scouts will take place during tlie-.
Court of Honor.
The general public is invited and'.
the   attendance   of   parents, friends,.'
Scouts, Scout Masters and Scout. Committeemen will all count for your.-16?-.
"cal troop in the attendance contest"-
Besides its other benefits to our
boys, the Boy Scout movement is recognized by the Government and the
Judiciary as an important factor in
the control of juvenile delinquency
and your cooperation by attendance
at ceremonials and. in, other waya will
Buy War Bonds' -'^ well worth whiles and appreciated.
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