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GLARE,   VUCHIGA.N.   FRIDO    vjORNINf..   VI \RCH 3.  1944
New Series Vol.52, No.21
IRS. E. A. WHITE
PASSES AWAY IN
FLORIDA HOME
Funeral Services in  Glare
This Friday Afternoon at 2:30
New Schedule of
Masses Announced
at St. Cecilia's
Mrs. Edward A. White, for many
years a prominent and highly respected citizen of Clare and the widow of
one of Clare's first exclusive jewelers,
passed away suddenly at her home in
New Smyrna, Florida, at 10:00 o'clock
Friday evening.
Miss Jennie Ardell Welch was born
the daughter of Richard and Annie
Welch, near Odgenburg, New York,
November 30, 1868, and passed away
at New Smyrna, Florida, February 25,
1944, at the age of seventy-five years,
two mouths and twenty-six days.
She came with her parents to Attica, Lapeer county, Michigan, when a
child, and after living there for a short
time they came to make their home in
Clare in the spring Of 1881.
She taught school in the log school
house about four miles east of Clare
from May 4 to August 23, 1885, the
school being in session for only four
months in the summer because it was
not warm enough for winter use.
While there she made her home with
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Langin.
She was united in marriage t(S Edward A. White November 30, 1885 ,by
Rev. W. N. Younglove, of the Clare
Methodist Church, and this union was
blessed by the birth of four children,
Ruby Louise, Carlton" E., Lola Mae,
and Dale Alfred, Lola Mae passing a-
way when five weeks old. Mr. White
preceded her in death November 17,
1937.
When Mrs. White came to Clare
the only school was the two room
structure which stood on the site of
the present City Hall Memorial Building. Pine stumps were in the main
street frpm the railroad track north
and board walks in front of the stores
were built on "stilts." At that time
Nathan Bicknell was conducting a dry
goods store on the sUe of the department store now owned by his son,.
Wm. H. Bicknell. * *
Mr. White came to Ciafe in 1*883,
as watch maker in the W. H. Elden
jewelry and bazaar store, and after
two years purchased the jewelry" business from Mr. Elden. Mr. White then
built a brick building on the site now
occupied by the Gas Co. office and
later sold it to Mr. R. Mussell for a
drug store. In 1892 he built another
brick building on the site now occupied by Dr. Frank McKnight's dental
offices.
More than fifty years ago Mrs.
White was one of the six ladies who
organized the "Other Aid" society,
later the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Methodist Church. This group raised
the money to purchase the $750 organ,
for many years the pride of the
church, but a few years ago replaced
by the present organ.
She was a member and in 1912 and
1913 president of the Kaykakee Club,
for many years a member of the Clare
Study Club, the name of the club since
1915, and a member and' secretary of
the New Symrna Woman's Club.
She was an honorary member of
Zenobia Chapter No. 129, O.E.S., of
Clare, having this honor bestowed upon her while living in Florida.
Mrs. White was a sister of Edgar G.
Welch, for eleven years editor of The
Clare Sentinel;  a sister-in-law of M.
(Continued  on Page Twelve)
St. Cecilia's parish will begin a new
Mass schedule ne^^Bunday.
The first and third Sundays of the
month,  Mass will  be at 8:30.    The
second, .fourth and fifth Sundays of^
the month, Mass will be at 10:30. j
The first Sunday of the month' will
be the Altar Society Communion Sunday. The third Sunday of every month
will be Communion Sunday for the
Holy Name Society.
During the Season of Lent, The
way of the Cross will be on Sunday
evening at 7:30. The Novena of Our
Sorrowful Mother, Holy Hour and
Sermon Will begin Friday evening at
7:30. We urge increasing emphasis
on the importance of ||tte Sorrowful
Mother Novena Victory Crusade of
united prayer to speed the end of the
WM. E. MORRISON
DIES IN SAGINAW
HOSPITAL FRIDAY
Answer Call to
Nation's Colors
Former Glare Man Buried
at Cherry Grove
Monday
de-
The following men have been
clared fit for military service:
Jack Doyle Wood, R-l Clare.
Fred Carl Walters, R-l Clare,
Luther Glen Warthman, Clare.
*v7illiam LeRoy Colosky, R-2 Laike.
Forest Leroy Garver, Clare.
Dean M. Bucholz, Harrison.
RED CROSS UNITS
HAVE ATTRACTIVE
WINDOW DISPLAY
Youth Fellowship
Charter Will Be
Presented Mar. 12
RED CROSS DRIVE
AT THE HALF-WAY
MARK THURSDAY
"Bill" Morrison, a native and well
known, resident of this community for)
many years, passed away Friday of I
last week at .St. Mary's Hospital, in
Saginaw, following an illness of several months. j
William E. Morrison was born the.
son of Norman and Nancy Morrison, i
in Sheridan township, Clare county,1
July 24, 1893, and passed away at Saginaw, Michigan, February 25, 1944, at(
the age of fifty years, seven months
Edward Hawley,  of East Lansing
t will come to Clare to present the Pil-.
Encourages Contributions to1 srim Youth Fellowship charter to the, Hope to Complete''Canvasf
Youth Fellowship group of the Congregational Church, Sunday, March 12, (
Mr. Hawley is a Senior at Michigan
State College, has been active in the'
i Michigan Pilgrim Fellowship for the;
An attractive window display at thej past eight yearSj wag a ^legate to the
Center   in   the   Burdo NatloMl   Council   meeting   in   New
War Fund Drive Now
in Progress
in Glare County
Saturday
war and for the physical and spiritual and one day
safety of dear ones in the service.
Lake
R-4
UNITED WAR FUND
MONEY INCREASES
U. S. 0. ACTIVITIES
Funds Raised in the County
Provide Entertainment
for Armed Forcecs
The generous contributions made by
Clare county citizens to the recent
National War Fund campaign will be
used, in part, to help finance greatly
increased USO services to men and
women in uniform, it was announced
today by Art Damoth, Clare county
chairman.
A report just received from National War Fund revealB that an additional $4,100,000 has been allocated to
•USO, bringing the total amount earmarked for that organization for the
period ending October 1, 1944, to $05,-
327,000.
The original USO budget in the National War Fund's total budget of
$125,000,000 for its seventeen member
agencies Was $61,227,000.
The increase in the "USO allotment
was made partly to meet the needs of
the rapidly expanding number of professional troupes USO Camp Shows is
sending into combat zones to entertain the armed forces. USO Camp
Shows companies are now performing
before audiences of more than two
million monthly here and abroad.
In the. Western hemisphere, USO
operations are now nearly double
those which existed when the National War Fund was created a year ago.
During the recent Clare County
War Fund drive, $6,600 was pledged.
The state of Michigan aB a whole
raised $5,768,077, exceeding its assignment quota by a comfortable margin.
well.
Jack Arthur Fobs, Clare.
Paul Eugene Archbold, Clare.
Russell     Edgar     Wellman,
George.
Leo Bert Orvis, Clare.
Gerald   Charles   Hehitzelman,
He made his home as a' boy and' Harrison,
young man with his great uncle and|    Junior   Franklin   Chambers, Harri-
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Morrison, in  son.
Sheridan township, and worked on the!    Joseph Sarkozi, K-2 Lake
farms of this vicinity. |    Ronald Dean Shaver, R-l Clare.
He was united in marriage to Miss(
Sarah Peters, in Clare, in 1913, and,
they made their home in Grant township for several years. This union was
blessed by the birth of three children, j
Ray, Harriet and Marilyn. Ray passed j
away in infancy and Mrs. Morrison
preceded her husband in death in 1937.1
The  Morrisons moved  to  Saginaw
twenty-five years ago and he has been
employed by General Motors as a millwright in the Chevrolet Foundry for
twenty-three years and at the Chevrolet  Aluminum  Forge  plant  for  two
years.
Mr. Morrison was a member of the!
*MethodiBt Church.
He leaves to mourn their loss, the
two daughters, Mrs. Theodora Card,
and Mrs. Paul Kunitzer, both of Saginaw; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Wood,
of Flint, and Miss Katherine Morrison
of Toledo; three brothers, Harold Morrison, of Whittemore, Roy, of Flint,
and Doyle, of Saginaw; three grandchildren; other relatives, several or
whom live in Clare and vicinity; and
many friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Gugel Funeral Home, in Saginaw, at
1:00 o'glpck Monday afternoon, with
Rey. jf^jt, Meyer officiating, and the
remains ?*were' brought to Clare for
commitment services and interment at
Cherry Grove Cemetery.
Wilbur Thomas McLane, R-2, Lake.' . _._ 0„ 0  , _,
Howard Alvin Teeter, R-2 Lake.      j    An attractive window display at the j past eight yearSj wag a delegate to the      volunteers of more than 10,000 cmb-
Max Howard, Lake George: j War   Service   Center   in   the   Burdo NatloMl   council   meeting   in   New "unities were on the starting   Jin*
Eugene Gilmore Sharp, R-2, Harri- Building is this week causing consid-.Hampshire in  1942, and is now the Wednesday, ready for the annual A»-
son, ; j arable favorable comment and encour-| Great Lakes Regional chairman "of the erican Red Cross War Fund eampaigje
Robert Arlo Barber, R-2 Farwell.     | aging contributions not only 'to the, p{igrim   Fellowship.    He  is   a  very
Raymond  Dale  Schofleld, R-2 Far- Red Cross War Fund, but also encour-j capable speaker and   knows   Pilgrim
aging  contributions  of blood   at the
clinic in the Clare city hall.
It is hoped the canvass for the Red
Cross drive will be completed tomor
row and this Friday is the final day
for the blood doning clinic.
The window was decorated by local
Red Cross Chairman Mrs. Stuart Bicknell, with the assistance of Mrs. A. E.
Mulder and Mrs. Pearl Pidd.
to raise $200,000,000, the minimna required to continue Red Cross service*
Fellowship thoroughly. He is the only *ot\ overseas and at'iiome. aecordfiy:
youth member on the newly organized ™ the statement of Leon Sfcasec, JJeir
National Service Committee under the York Cltv> campaign chairman,
direction of Rev. James Flint. I    A.n    estimate«    3,000,000   worker*.
He will make the presentation dur- many of tflem ™lth sQns or "husband*
ing the morning worship service and in tne war- beSan a nation-wide *ocv~
his talk will be of interest to the to door canvass •.tojgatb.er'in ©euGw*
young people as well as the adults.. contributions.
All members aud-friends of the young  _ Ninetv Per *«* -of the $200,OMM*§
people's group and the church are cor- fund Wl11 be sPent on the ever-expaa*-
The figures of the Red Cross nurse (\i&uy welcomed and urged to attend ing Red  Cross  service  to Americas
Robert Edward Archambeau, Clare.
Will Wentworth, Clare.
JAMES SHEEHAN
SENTENCED TO
JACKSON PRISON
W. Prescott and R. Roebuck
Turned Over to Probation Officers
and wounded soldier were loaned by
Bicknell's    and    Davys'    department]
stores and other equipment was loan-|
ed by Schofield Bros., Anderson's Drug
Store, Harris &  Hirt Hardware, and
The Citizens State Bank. |
The articles on display in. the window
have been made by the local Red Cross
Units which meet in, the American Legion rooms at the Clare city hall each
week as follows:
Wednesday afternoons from 2:00 to
4:00 o'clock for cutting.
Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to
9:00 o'clock for general work.
Thursdays from 10:30 a. m. to 5:00
p. m. and from 7:00 p. m. to 9:00 p. m.
for general work.
Thirty ladies were working at the
sessions or taking out work last week
and it is hoped that this number may
be increased.   Each lady iB requested
tho service.
Young Charles E. Luce, 16, of Bay
.City, one  of four youths held  on a	
breaking and entering charge follow-! l~ bri"ng"h"er ownshears "because the
ing a wild night in Harrison last Jan-1 _....,__, ..... ._  i!~.4.-... „„.i
uary, was released on his own recog
DELVIN L. GREEN
PASSES AWAY AT
DAUGHTER'S HOME
Funeral Services in  Clare
With Interment at
Harrison
FORMER HARRISON
ATTORNEY SAGINAW
COUNTY PROSECUTOR
Maurice   Black   Appointed
Post of Third Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney
to
The appointment of Maurice Black,
former Harrison attorney, to the post
of third assistant prosecuting attorney
of Saginaw county, to fill the vacancy
created by the resignation Q£JJobert
T. Holland, was announced there Wed
nesday, and Black was sworn into office Wednesday morning by Saginaw
County Clerk Dankers,
Black, a graduate of the Detroit
Co'lege of Law, was admitted, to the
bar in 1929, practiced law in Detroit
until 1938, and in Harrison until the
outbreak of war.
He then went to Saginaw and worked as toolmaker in the Saginaw Steering Gear gun plant until two years
ago, when he resumed the practice of
law in that city.
Black, who is forty years old and
single, was horn in England and lived
in Canada before coming to the United
States and taking out U. S. citizenship.
While in Clare county he was friend
of the court, public administrator, and
circuit court commissioner for this
county. ■■ I  .'-. .■•
His many friends here extend congratulations and. best wishes for his
success in his aew^ venture.
RECORD CABBAGE CROP
IS MOVING TO MARKET
THROUGHOUT NATION
Growers MeetWFARequest for
Food High in Vitamin A
and C, Expert Says
LOCAL YOUTH LOSES
CONTROL OF CAR AND
CRASHES INTO POLE
Companion Suffers Broken Ribs
While Instructing
Driver
nizance until the May term of Court
and District Probation Officer H.
Nickelson took him to his home in
Bay City.
James Sheehan; 17, of Grout township, Gladwin county, 'who was picked
up Sunday night violating his probation, granted. Mm t-wjien lie was
"brought before Judge-Hart previously
on a breaking and entering charge,
was sentenced to from six months to
five years in Jackson prison.
Wilton Prescott, 20, and Robert Roebuck, 24, of Harrison Route 4, who
were bound over to Circuit Court,
from the .Justice Court of Jennings
Archambault of Clare, charged with
"breaking and entering" the office at
the Caple Lumber Camp February IS,
were turned over to Probation Officer
Nickelson for further investigation before sentence is passed on them.
available quantity is very limited and
it is impossible to buy more.
Sewing machines are also needed
and anyone who is willing to loan a
machine for this worthy cause is requested to contact Mrs. Stuart Bicknell, phone 597.
CLARE HIGH SPEECH
CLASS PREPARES FOR^
FORENSIC SCHEDULE
District   Contest   to   Be   Held
Here Friday Evening,
April 14th
A record crop of cabbage is moving
to market in response to the War
Food Administration's request for emphasis on production of vegetables
supplying vitamins A and C, the nation's leading produce distributor reported today.
"Growers of cabbage for the winter market have increased acreage of
this important food by 46 per cent
over last year and 55 per cent in excess of the 1933-42 average," said
Harvey A. Baum, head of the A&P
Tea Company's produce-buying operations. "The special significance of the
WFA request and the growers' response is in the fact that cabbage Ib
the lowest-cost source of two highly-
essential nutrients."
The largest expansion of such acreage occurred in* Florida and Texas
with smaller increases in California
and Arizona, said Baum. Prospects
are for increased production of 85 per
cent over last year and 50 per cent
over the record crop of 1942.
In cooperation, With the government's general diet enrichment program, A&P food stores among others
will sponsor a nationwide campaign
this month favoring the various uses
of cabbage on the wartime menu; he
added.
While Billy Chaffee, the sixteen
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Chaffee, was teaching Jack Green, the
fifteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Green to drive the Green family
car, Monday evening, Jack apparently
turned the corner at the east end of
State street a little wide and lost control of the car in loose gravel, the car
crashing into a telephone pole at the
side of the street.
Billy was rendered temporarily un-
. conscious by the impact and was tak-
len to the offices of Dr. H. J. Ballard
where examination revealed-him to be
suffering two broken ribs. * He also
lost a tooth and was severely shaken
up. Jack escaped with a bruised knee
and shaking up and his condition did
not require the services of a doctor.
The ear was considerably damaged.
FAMILY FELLOWSHIP NIGHT
AT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Church Family Fellowship Night
will, be held in. the Clare Congregational Church parlorB on Wednesday, at
6:30 p. m. Pot luck supper will be
served. A. musical program, under
the leadership of Mrs. Eugene Fitss
Gerald will be presented. All members and friends of the church are
cordially invited.
POTATO GROWERS
DISCUSS MARKETING
PROGRAM AT MEETING
Plan
Publicity    Campaign
Place "Spuds" Upon
the Market
to
Scouts Guests
Congregational
Church Sunday
'      _______ ^
Last Sunday morning the Clare
Congregational Church was honored
in having their guests, the Boy Scouts
and Cub Scouts of Clare and Farwell.
The minister gave a challenging message on the subject, "Be Prepared."
Placing the topic of the message into
three catagories, namely:
1. Be Prepared Physically—Life imposes heavy burdens which can be
carried only by the physically strong.
2. Be Prepared Mentally—Problems
become opportunities to the person
who is mentally awake.
3. Be Prepared Spiritually—Human
life is more than body and brain. It is
also spirit. Spirit is the most important part of boys and men. The spirit
needs to be trained for emergencies.
We never know when we shall have
to meet swift and violent temptations.
The minister also gave several illustrations of his own experiences he
had passed through when he was a lad
8,000,000 bushels of godd quality
Michigan potatoes are still in storage
in producer bins and warehouses. This
is unusual for this time of year and
while many things have contributed
to the large amount of potatoes on
hand it was apparent to all interested
that a concerted effort should be made
to immediately place this food upon
the market.
A conference or Marketing clinic
was called for Thursday, February 17,
„t Cadillac. The meeting was well
attended "by leading growers, handlers
and marketing representatives. Plans
were discussed for an immediate advertising and publicity campaign and
a committee to handle this function
was appointed.
Floyd Jenkins, one of the leading
growers of Kalkaska county,, was
chosen as chairman. The rest of the
committee- named included the following growers and handlers: Harry
Hansen, grower from Edmore, Montcalm county; Fred P. Hibst, Manager,
Michigan Potato Growers Exchange,
Cadillac; H. C. Bailey, of Gaylord, Otsego County Co-op Assn; and Percy
C. King of Pontiac, Oakland county.
This committee will meet in the immediate future to complete, and put into action the campaign previously
mentioned.
An advisory committee to work with
the general committee included
Claude Nash, Extension Marketing
Specialist, Michigan State College,
Henry MOore, Crop Specialist, Michigan State College, Clarence L. Bolan-
der, Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture; Forest Smith, Michigan Chain
Store Bureau, Lansing; Harry Rielly,
i President,   Michigan   Crop   Improve-
The members of the speech class
are beginning to work on the three
types of talks which are dramatic de
clamation, oration, and extemporaneous speaking. Half of the class are
working on dramatic declamations and
the others on orations. All of the
class, however, are working on extemporaneous speeches. Out of these
groups two student's will be picked to
represent the school at the District
Contest which will be held in the
C. H. S. auditorium the evening of
April 14. Barryton, Coleman, and possibly other schools will compete Avith
Clare High speakers at that time.
Those giving dramatic readings are:
Pat Hall, "They Grind Exceedingly
Small;" Vena Lee Gillespie, "Daddy
Doc;" Beverly Sowle, "Humoresque;"
Bob Douglas,' "For Valor;" and Garry
Coveart, "Telltale Heart."   They will
(By Harrison Correspondent)
Delwin LeRoy Green, a well known
resident of this community for many
years, passed away at the home -of his
daughter, Gladys Stratton, 306 E. Hob-
son Ave., Flint, Michigan, Thursday,
February 24, 1944. He had made, his
home with Mrs. Stratton for the past
year and a half, having been confined
to his bed the last five months. He
had been in ill health the past several
years.
"Dell' Green was born October 25,
1871, in Kent county, Michigan. He
was united in marriage to Jennie
Campbell in 1894 and to this union
were'born eight children. His wife
and two sons preceded him in death.
Those left to grieve are his children
Eva Monday, of Detroit, Roy, of Lake
George, Walter and Clair, Gladys
Stratton and Ethel Bowen, of Flint;
one brother, Burt, of Midland; and
one sister, Flora Dewey, of Marshall;
his second wife, Anna, of Pontiac, four
children, Betty Heintzelman, of Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, Lena, Samuel and
Delvin, of Pontiac; a step-son, p'vt.
Jack Mason; in the U. S. Army; twenty-one grandchildren and one great
grandchild, two grandsons being in
the armed forces; nieces and nephews
and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held in the
Thurston Funeral Home in Clare, with
Rev. Clinton Hilton of the Highway
Tabernacle of Harrison, officiating, and
burial in Maple Grove Cemetery in
Harrison.
in the Scout Troop in England, which,ment Assn.,Bellaire and Wm.R. Kea-
/1fi1lnrV_t_*ii:_ i-t_-»_-     Anltf     4-lnt      C_nnti_-     •_-**_-_ _-_•*_<>•   ' -    . __       _. _ __, .
delightedj not only the Scout, troops
of Clare and Farwell ,but also the rest
Of the congregation.
W_kt did you do for
dayT-^Buy Bonds!
Freedom   to-
sey, Secy., Michigan Independent Grocers and Meat Dealers Assn., Lansing.
present an assembly this Friday at
10:30.
Those giving orations are: Barbara
Murphy, Jeanette Aube, Henry Eberhart.
The Speech class has been helping
the Sophomores with their declamations. This assembly will be held on
March 17.
Bridge tournament, Hotel Doherty,
BtJirtiagf Wednesday, March. Sth. Dessert __t 7i30.
Betty Hampton
Participates in
CMCE Assembly
Miss Betty Hampton took part in
the physical education assembly which
was presented to students of Central
Michigan College Thursday evening,
February 17, in the college auditorium,
this assembly is one of the leading
and most looked-forward-to events of
the year at Central.
The program consisted of tumbling,
by the advanced tumbling.and apparatus class; folk dancing by the American group who presented Dos-A Ball-
inet, Duck and Dive, and the .Texas
Star; rope skipping to music; precision tap dancing by the beginning
group and a trio tap by the advanced
class; and English court "minuet,-Old
Mole; Trampoline demonstration by
three girls, three boys and a clown,
parallel bar work; a social dance
group doing a routine waltz to "Oh,
What a Beautiful Morning"; and pyramids hy the tumbling class'.,
Betty was one of the three girls .who
demonstrated acrobatics on the trampoline, and she also wao in ijae Ameri-
cah .folk dancing;. *■..■.;«
CLARE HIGH SCHOOL
VARSITY.BANQUET AND
BALL FRIDAY EVENING
Present  and   Former   Coaches
Presented With Tokens
of Esteem
The Varsity Banquet honoring the
athletic award winners was held at
Gleason's.last Friday evening. It consisted of a chicken dinner with all the
trimmings.
Besides the nineteen varsity letter
winners, Messrs. Bates, Pfister, Garen,
Garthe, and Coach Richardson, of the
faculty; Messrs. Johnston, White and
Dr. Mulder, of the Board of Education;
and Pvt. George Parent, Bob Chapman, Dean Manee and former coach
Leo Brown were present.
The Varsity Club presented former,
Coach Brown and present Coach Rich
ardson  with  engraved billfolds.
A Victory 'Ball sponsored by the
T.W.E. Club was held in the gym following the banquet. This was to celebrate the fact that Clare Public
School went "over the top" with $25,-
800 worth of bonds sold through the
speech class.
The gym was. decoratel with a big
lighthouse with an oscillating light
playing over the orchestra which sat
before a background on Which was
painted a huge Statue of Liberty. The
walls were decorated with flags of the
United Nations with a big U< S. bag
on one side of the gym and a large
picture ot the plane purchased on the
other side.
At intermission time before the floor
show,   Coach  Brown  was  presented
soldiers and sailors in distant fJoeainM-
of war, and their families in the Halted States. Approximately $60.M0,«(*
of the sum to be raised will rejEaaia tit.
Red Cross chapters throughout ijte
country for direct aid to serviceajeiE,
i their dependents in distress, and home
I front emergencies and seryipes s»dr.
as disasters.
Of this amount ?7,600 is Clare cons-
ty's share of the national quota. $4,76$
of the money raised in Clare cotwtjr
will go into the national fund and $Zr
900 will be deposited in Clare cojjnty
for local Red Cross work.
The following letter gives some S£e_>
of the splendid service of the R«f
Cross in combat zones, where it i»
most needed, most difficult to provide
and most appreciated by our boys nfc#
are out there fighting for us.
Dear Mrs. Lamb:
I questioned "Major BoTj" abottiL
what the Red Cross was doing in Uks»
Southwest Pacific and the following
are some of the things he told me;
The Red 'Cross was right on the spo.
in New Guinea - they made it jpo3*i_Ot
for the soldiers to have .equipment f&
soft ball, volley ball, fis_JJn.g ;and ot___E#>
recreational activities, They (oromotati
entertainment programs, "btsscins
matchejs and sports contests at _aS£
kinds. Their personnel seemed t_r
"have bein 3«_ireful!y chosen pa cacfc
seemed to fit.the spot
The Red Cross was the only orgsatf*
zation in New Guinea while he wa*
there. Over a year ago he wrote s*
and said, "If you have any extra moEt
ey to give to an organization, gire &
to the Red Cross. They are floing *
100% job here."
Then in Australia, lie said the "Reii
cross had fitted up -rooms for sol-Wear*
on leave from New Guinea. Everything was high -priced in Australia,
and the average soldier on -?jB0 pec
month minus all his deductions eowM
never nave paid the price for a roont>
He thought this was one of the nSeettt
things the Red Cross did for the mesu
He said they were able somehow <«
get fresh milk for the raen—'SO»s-
thing very hard to get "in Australia. M
one of their stations, Sydney! believe*
he told about a nice elderly womast
who could settle most any prohlttjfc
for the men, no matter how difffesK
the problem was. Somehow she s_t~
ways came up with the solution,
I know he would be happy for ym.
to pass any of this information, on. te
the public if you cared tot.
Best of luck to you in yonr irarf^
I am,   Sincerely,.
Mrs. Harriger.
The money you contribute to R*»6
Cross will be used to continue *a$
extend this work. The American Be*
Cross, a great humanitarian organim-
tion in peace time catastrophic*v ft;
carrying on magnificently during: fhs
present greatest catash-ophy of sit
time, and anyone contributing to Sfc*
(Continued  on Page Twelve.)
CHANGE IN SELECTIVE
SERVICE REGULATIONS
ANNOUNCED BY BOAMJ
' Notice of Reopening of Class«fe>
cation No Longer
Required
Effective immediately, the ma.iliKg
of Notic.e of Reopening of RegigtrartSB
Classification, Form MF-ER, tb tragf*-
trants and their employers is mo llo»_s-
er required.
It is incumbent upon the Tegistra__C
his dependents and his employer to"
keep the Local Board continuously im*'
formed of any pertinent informatioiE'
which may affect his classification, ffc-
is believed that the Notice -Of Iteope»-
ing of Classification has vserred {&
purpose, and will, therefore, »o 3oB#__f
be required hy the Michigan Selective
Service System.
Registrants and (employers sImmM.
with a memo book to match the bill" keep the Local Board toformed «f ft*
fold given to him by the Varsity Club, current status of cacn ---'-^fet rnnfa
in. behalf of the student body, in ap* tain accurate records as to tlte fen*-
preciation ol his ten years of Berv.ce {nation of deferments which m^ 1««^
at Clare Hijjh School. heea,previously gismm.
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