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CLARE, MICHIGAN.  FRIDAY MORNING,  MAY 5,  1944
New Series Vol.52, No. 31
COUNTY PLANNING
COMMISSION MEET
IN CLARE MONDAY
Post War  Planning   and
County Zoning
Discussed
Nolan Youngster
, Escapes Serious
Injury in Fall
VIVAN DOUGLAS
SENT TO JACKSON
PRISON TUESDAY
The Clare County Planning Commission for Post War Public Works Program, after the election at a former
meeting of Theo. G. Bowler as president, Paul Gibson vice president, and
Wm. A. Henderson* secretary, held
their second meeting iu the recreation
room of the Bowler home Monday
evening, with nearly all chairmen
present.
Chairman Bowler presided and-j
opened the meeting with a few per-1
tinent remarks, stating that if the
commission worked wisely we would
benefit for years to come but otherwise we would be missing a great
deal.
Herbert A."Berg, of Michigan State
College, East Lansing, who is in
charge of the Land Use Planning Program for the State of Michigan, explained the functions and possibilities
of County Planning Commissions,
stating that the Michigan Planning
Commission, with Gov. Harry K. Kelly
as Executive Chairman and including
seventeen other State officials and
competent business men, proposed
first to bring the war to a successful
conclusion, but to set up a post war
planning program to be ready when
the war does end.
Mr. Berg stated that there are now
half a million men in military service
from Michigan and 600,000 more men
on industrial payrolls than four years
ago, including an influx of 300,000
from other states coming here because
Michigan is the center of war production, turning out one eighth of all national war output, and that it will be
a tremendous job to readjust ourselves
after the war.
It is estimated that there will be
8,000,000 unemployed men in the nation during the reconversion period
before factories get into production of
peacetime commodities.
The responsibility _of the county
commission is the setting up of a public works program for the county, cities, villages and school districts to absorb as much unemployment here as
possible when the 2,000 men who have
left Clare county for military service
and war production plants return
home and the County Planning Commission should take the initiative to
prepare to meet these problems.
Among problems to be solved are
whether there are farms in the county
worthy of development, farms where
a new operator could take over, recreational developments where returning
veterans can set themselves up in
business, mineral developments, or industrial possibilities within the towns
and cities.
Mr. Berg asserted that it was the
definite job  of the  County Planning
(Continued on Page Ten)
Two Pay Fines in Justice
Court for Violations
of the Law
Delbert, Jr., the nineteen months old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Nolan,
miraculously escaped serious injury
when he fell from a second story window to the cement sidewalk below at
the Nolan home, at 210 East State
street, about 3:30 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. nmnaa nf r»v      Vivan Douglas, held on a "breaking
He ™™™totoe^™ot.Vi. and entering in the daytime" charge,
P. C  Sanford and exan*£™ **?,:|was sentencecl to from.four and a half
Santord, and later by Dr. Wm. L. Hai-i j ,.__,_.._.  ,,,   Tr    _._~—   u..
rigau, of Mt. Pleasant, revealed that! to  five years in Jr
,'„„„ ,,,_.,._. wni,™   1.,... thf. child i Judge Ray Hart,  i
Answer Call to
Nation's Colors
Jackson prison,  by
in a  special court
session last Tuesday.    Sheriff Amble
took him South on Wednesday.
Ed Wiltse, of Lake, pled quilty in
Justice Jennings Archambault's court
no bones were broken, but the child!
was suffering bruises and shock.
Mrs. Nolan, the Nolan's six year old
daughter, Marlene, and Mrs. David
Ruark  were  in   the  room  when  the
or lJ »in4o,v unhooked or little Del-, '•«"' and costs ot 8.x mshtyflve He
1 M m____ed in »o„e way to ___■»-;»«? °»»»reh«»'le'» »* °m™> Pnste'
•f . .   <!Pif Skinner and Tennant. ,
The  child    was  sore and  stiff on I    Chains Hahn, formerly of Harrison
Thursday, but had recovered from the was issued a  summons by Chief ot
shock  and  was   apparently   recuperating satisfactorily
The following have been accepted
for service in the United States Armed
Forces:
Lonzo D. Hinkle, Clare.
Neilan D. Cradit,  Clare.
Carl R. Hemstreet, Clare.
Robert R. Davis, Clare
Melvin C. Alyea,  Clare.
Whilden M. Hughes, Harrison
Garfield Lewis Light, Harrison.
Ross J. Goodrich, Lake.
Millard F. Scott, Lalte.
William G. Gagnon, Temple.
ALL MEATS BUT   *
BEEF TAKEN FROM
RATIONING LIST
Three   Red   Stamps   Must
Now Last Four
Weeks
SABELLA TWP.
LIBRARY MOVE
TO NEW ROOMS
Has Had Splendid Growth
Since Organization
in 1937
Police John Asline, following a traffic
accident at the intersection of US-27
and US-10 Tuesday evening, and entered a plea of guilty to the charge of
reckless driving in the court of Jus-
W. S. C. S. MOTHER-
DAUGHTER BANQUET
HELD WEDNESDAY
■       i~
More Than Two Hundred
Attend Annual
Function
The Office of Price Administration
announced in Washington Wednesday
'that all meats except beef steaks and
beef roasts would be ration free, effective Wednesday at midnight. Items
which will be ration free include all
cuts of pork, veal, lamb and mutton;
all beef except the steaks and roasts;
beef hamburger, beef stews, all kinds
Edward Gorrs
Observe Jubilee
at Farm Home
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gorr observed
their Golden Wedding anniversary at'
their farm home in Vernon township
Tuesday, April 25, with their children,
and friends who called in the afternoon, It was a complete surprise
planned by their children and granddaughter, who were all present.
A dinner was furnished and served
by the children at 4:00 o'clock. A
bouquet of yellow roses, snapdragons
and white carnations, a gift of a friend
made the centerpiece for the table
and was complemented by an attractively decorated cake which was
served with ice cream.
CIRCUIT COURT
TO CONVENE MON.
FORJAY TERM
Eight   Criminal   Cases . on
Calendar for Spring
Session
The following cases are on the calendar for  the May  term  of  Circuit
Court to convene in the court house
at Harrison, Monday, May 8th.
Criminal Calendar
The People of the State of Michigan
vs. Bob Stager, Breaking and Entering.
• The People of the State of Michigan
The Isabella Township Library will
hold an open house on. Friday, May 12,
at the new library room located in
the building formerly occupied by Orville Graham. This announcement
was made by Miss Rose Mary Lynch,
librarian, who is responsible for planning the event.
The library room and equipment
has been completely renovated with
books and materials being placed in
a convenient manner.
This library has grown from a very
unpretentious beginning to its present place as a useful and necessary
part of the community.
Miss Delphine Ballge, the first librarian, has prepared an interesting
sketch of the history of the library
which will be published next week.
The   annual  Mother-Daughter  Ban-
, ,.,  . „T  , . quet sponsored by the W.S.C.S. was
tice Sam Wilkinson Wednesday mora-;M Wednesday evening, May 3rd, in
ing. Hahn was assessed a fine ot ^ Methodist Church parlors. The
$10.00 and ?3.35 court costs and placed tableg ^^ attvactive wlth boucluetS
on probation for six months. The Qf lng flowei.s and lignted candles,
people were represented by Prosecut-, aufl colorful corsages at each place,
ing Attorney Joseph K. Naumes. I Twq hundrefl and twenty-seven moth-
ers and daughters .were served in a
very efficient manner by the men of
the church under the general super-
, vision of Rev. Hahn, Table grace was
given by Mrs. Hahn.
During the serving, group singing
was enjoyed, led by Miss Doris Gerow,
with Miss Vena Lee Gillespie at the
They were presented with gifts from J
of variety meats, sausage, ready-to-eat j lll6 children and friends, a beautiful Ivs-  paul  Oakley,  Removing  of Morfc-
meats, canned meats and canned fish.  I p_ar.t and flowers and many anniver-| ga^ed Property.
The decision was made because lend  savy cavds; j    Tlle People of the State of Michigan;
lease buying had been halted for the, Mr_ and 'Mrs> Gon. hav.e spent their I vs- R°wlan<l Mussell, Disorderly per-
present and because of reduced army entire married lite in Vernon town-
and navy demand, the crowding of snip aud ciare. The couple have
storage space and the hope that the; gveatiy enjoyed the journey through
action will bring more meat to mar-|lii:e together, although. Mr. Gorr has
ket this summer.
Because   of   the   wide   variety   of
meats   made   ration -free,   OPA   an-
son, third offense.
The People of the State of Michigan
vs. Victor Wills, Reckless driving.
The People of the State of Michigaa
eral years.
Law Enforcement
Conference to Be
Held at Midland
C-G-M ASSOCIATION
HOLD BUSINESS MEET
IN HARRISON SUNDAY
Plans Made for an Association
Meeting at Harrison
June 8th
Miss   Lorraine   Nunn,   of   Coleman, i
drove her car from the north, waited ■
for the  traffic  light to  change,  and*
then attempted to turn east into US-10
when Hahn, who was ^parked on the i
east side of US-27 facing north, drove
out  into  the  street  and  struck  the
Nunn car.    No one was injured and
the property damage was slight.
METHODISTS HOLD
CONFERENCE HERE
FWDAHVEN1NG
Ask Return of Pastor and
'Elect Officials and
Committies
The Officers of Clare, Gladwin and
Midland Counties District Association, Order of Eastern Star, together
with the Worthy Matrons of Midland,
Clare, Coleman, Beaverton, Gladwin,
Harrison and Farwell, the seven chapters of the district, met at the home
of Mrs. Edith Bucholz in Harrison
Sunday afternoon,, April 30th, for their
annual  business meeting.
 ■ .     CrG-M President Mrs. Olive Weidner,
Mr. Robert A. Guerin, Special Agent lot Harrison, was hostess and presided.
in Charge of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Detroit, Michigan, has
announced that one of the Spring FBI
Law Enforcement Conferences for the
Eastern District of Michigan will be
held May 10 at 7:30 p. m. at Midland.
All of the conferences will feature a
prominent citizen who will deliver an
address pertinent to law enforcement.
In past years it has become increasingly apparent that law enforcement
is a highly specialized profession and
that scientific experts can be of tremendous assistance in crime detection
and investigation. In view of these
facts, and due to numerous requests
received from law enforcement officers throughout this area, special arrangements have been made with Mr.
J. Edgar Hoover making it possible
for Mr. Donald Parsons, Assistant
Chief of the FBI Laboratory, Wash
ington, D. C, to be at all of the conferences. Mr. Parsons will conduct a
practical discussion on the possibilties
of scientific examinations of evidence
and their value to law enforcement
generally. He will explain the various
phases and facilities of the FBI Laboratory which are readily available to
all duly constituted law enforcement
officers.
Mr. Parsons is one of the outstanding technical experts of the Laboratory, having testified in hundreds of
important criminal cases throughout
the country arising from his examination of evidence submitted to the Lab'
oratory by various law enforcement
groups.
All law enforcement officers are invited to attend the meeting, and
through their discussion with Mr. Parsons of particular problems now facing
them, will be better able to understand how to enlist the aid of the
scientists in the solution of their
cases,
Farwell was chosen to give the Memorial work at the C-G-M District
meeting, which will be held in the
Masonic Hall, Harrison, Thursday afternoon and evening, June 8th, with
the afternoon session starting at 2:30
p. m. (EWT).
Ogicers from the various chapters
were chosen to exemplify the initiation ceremony, which will take place
at the evening session.
It was voted to send a message of
cheer to Worthy Grand Matron, Viola
Gram, of Jackson, who is very ill.
Worthy Matron, Gibson, of Midland,
extended an invitation to all chapters
to Midland's fiftieth anniversary
which will be held May 24th at Midland, with 6:00 o'clock dinner at the
Methodist Church, followed by cards
and dancing in the Masonic Temple,
price of dinners to be $1.25 and reservations made by May 15th.
Worthy Matron Mabel Reynolds, of
Clare, extended an invitation to all
chapters to attend their meeting May
25th, at which time they will honor
all Grand Representatives and Grand
Committeewomen.
After adjournment, Mrs. Weidner,
Mrs. Bucholz and Harrison's Worthy
Matron, Ruth Jones,' served a very
delicious lunch.
FORMER RESIDENT OF GRANT
TOWNSHIP PASSES AWAY IN
SEATTLE, WASH., APRIL 15
Chas. Stoll, a resident of Grant
township in the early 1900's, passed
away at Seattle, Washington, Sunday,
April 16th, and was laid at rest there
the following Tuesday.
He is the uncle of Mrs. Wm. Teale,
of Clare, and Mrs. Earl Town, of Far-
well,
The fourth quarterly conference of
the Clare-Farwell Methodist Churches
was held ia the Clare church Friday
evening, April 28th.
Rev. Byron Hahu, of Big Rapids,
| District Superintendent, called the
meeting to order and gave a short de
votional talk, taking his theme from
the book of Hebrews, the book of
faith, listing what we need as faith,
to pray and love for our fellowme~.
He closed his meditation with prayer.
Mrs. Reva Maxwell was chosen as
secretary pro tern for the evening.
Very satisfactory reports were given
from both charges by the treasurers,
superintendents of the Sunday schools,
the trustees, the presidents of the
W.S.C.S. and all" departments and committees. Rev. Charles Hahn, pastor
of the two churches, gave a splendid
report of the year's work.   -
It was the earnest request of the
pastoral relations committee, as well
as the conference, that Rev. Hahn be
returned to this charge for the coming year, and with an increase in salary.
The nominating committee submitted the following for election, which
were accepted and elected by the conference grocp:
Trustees for the three years elected
for Clare were: Donald Holbrook,
Clyde Allen and Dave Seiter; Far-
well, Mrs. G. E. Lamb and Mrs. Wilmot Carpenter; two year trustees
serving for Clare are: Icem Slentz and
Dr. A. E, Mulder; Farwell, Ben Campbell and Morey Mills; one year for
Clare, Jay Bellinger and Wm. Garchow; Farwell, Don Luce and Roy Wilson.
Stewards elected for Clare are: Earl
Sternaman, Mrs. Reva Maxwell, Ward
Boody. Mrs. Helen Butler, Charles
Church, Mrs. Volney Davis, Mrs. Wm.
Garchow, Doris Gerow, Mrs, James
Gillespie, Mrs. Frank Hachmuth, Mrs.
Don Holbrook, Bert Maxwell, Norman
Maxwell, Mrs. A. E. Mulder, Emil
Pfister, Mrs. Fred Pierson, John, Presley, Leo Russell, Mrs, Fannie Schultz,
Laurenee Seiter, H. M. Sowle, Theo
Wallington and Marvin Witbeck; for
Farwell: Ben Campbell, Mrs. W. Carpenter, Mrs. Gecil Davison, Neal Joslin, Mrs, Leonard, Mrs. Don Luce, Mrs.
R. E. Mick, Mrs. J. Sanderson and
Mrs. Earl Town.
Officers elected for.Clare: Mrs.Earl
Sternaman, Church School Superintendent; Mrs. Mulder, president of W. S.
C, S.; Mrs. Garchow, BenevdTence
Treasurer; Mrs. Reva Maxwell, Financial Secretary, Mrs. E. S. Chaffee, Communion Steward; and Theo Wallington, Charge Lay Leader. For Far
well: Neal Joslin,
Mrs. Don Luce, W.S.C.S. PreSicent
and Benevolence Treasurer; Mrs. Earl
Town, Financial Secretary; Mrs, Lil-
lie Clock, Commuaioa Steward.
(Continued oh Page Ten)
piano. This happended to be the birthday of several of those present, and
"Happy Birthdays'j were sung to the
following: Evelyn Artibee, Mrs. James
Gillespie, Mrs. MilRred Bell, and Mrs.
Louis Becker.
Mrs. Frank Hachmuth, chairman of
the occasion, in a very pleasing manner, presented Mrs, A, E, Mulder, as
toastmaster, who announced each
number, in her own special way,
whether in jest or a more serious
mood, doing her part in making the
evening a success..
Little Ann Pfck*. the four year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
(Continued on Page Ten)
MAY MEETING OF
CLARE COMMUNITY
COUNCIL MONDAY
nounced that housewives would have
to make their red points go twice as;
far with three stamps becoming valid j
each four weeks in the future, as compared to three stamps every second
week in the past.
Red Stamps R8„ S8 and T8 will become valid Sunday for the purchase of
"butter, margarine, cheese and cheese
products, evaporated milk, beef steaks
and beef roasts, but no more red
stamps will become valid for four
weeks. The point value of beef steaks
and roasts will continue at from seven
to thirteen points.
Copy for advertisements in this
week's Sentinel was prepared before
the above action became known, but
it is expected all meat retailers will
sell meat according to the new ruling
of OPA.
WIS
\
GROVE BROTHERS
LADIES LEAGUE
TITLE_W1NNERS
Bowling  Belles  Win   Most
Games During Past
Season
GEORG
TAKE:
STATEJOSJRNEY
Bowls 266  for High Single
Game at Grand Rapids
Saturday
Mrs.   Harold   Fleming
Elected to Fill Office
of Treasurer
is
The Clare Community Council met
in the Commercial Room at the High
School, on Monday evening, May 1st,
Chairman Emil Pfister presided and
after the approval of the minutes of
the last regular meeting or the Council on February 9, and those of two
meetings of the Executive Committee
on March 13 and April 10, each of the
twenty-one members present introduced him or herself and stated briefly what his organization, is doing or
planning to do to assist the Rehabili-i
tation Program. f
Those present were, Miss Ruth I
Montgomery, District Supervisor of
the State Board of Control for Vocational Education; Mrs. John Schaaf,
of the Clare Service Center; Mrs. Gerald Brown and Mrs, Don Reynolds, of
the P. T. A. Club; Mrs. H. L. Fleming,
Red Cross; Mrs. E. Schlafley, Rebekahs; Mrs. Stanley Masten, O.E.S.;
Mrs. Harold Schaeffer and Mrs. G. C.
Born, Good Literature Club; John
Rodabaugh, Masonic Lodge; H. L.
Cleveland, Church of God; Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Shaw, of the Social Welfare Commission, State Bureau of
Social Security; I. K. Norton, of the
Vocational Rehabilitation office; Rev.
Harold Watson, of the Congregational
Church; Jennings Archambault, of
the Grange; Rev. Chas. B. Hahn, of
the Methodist Church; Emil Pfister,
Clare High School; Mrs. N. A. Elden,
Clare Study Club; Mrs, Hazel Hawkins and Mrs. Jas. Clute, of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Mr. Archambault offered to contact
the Chamber of Commerce in regard
to publicity for the Service Center, so
that service men will make more use
of it. It was also suggested that the
City Library and Service Center could
display signs, each advertising the
'other.
Mr. Rodabaugh volunteered coffee
and doughnuts to be furnished for the
months of May for the Service Center
by the Masonic Lodge. This Was followed by similar offers from the O.E.S. As it will be impossible for Rev.
Superintendent; i for jun6j and Rebekahs for July. Mrs. Charles P. Culver to be at the Dover
Schaaf will call for help in serving j Tabernacle May 11th,, the meeting has
these items to our service men audi keen postponed.-
women if she finds it necessary. "At Don't forget evangelist P. R. Newall
the next regular meeting in August, will be holding a series of meetings all
(Continued on Page Ten)    "       this week at the Dover Tabernacle.
In a closely contested second half
race, the Grove Bros, girls team of the
ladies league nosed out the Ten Pins
for the championship of the last round.
In the play-off with the Bowling Belles
who won the first half, Grove Bros,
again came through and won by a
score of 2018 to 18882.
The competition was keen throughout the season in the ladies league and
close contests were the rule. The
scores of the play-off games between
Grove's and the Bowling Belles were
as follows:
Grove Bros. 1. 658 2. 659. 3. 701.
Total 2018.
Bowling Belles, 1. 672. 2. 607. 3.
603.    Total 1882.
Grove Bros, team was composed of
L. Stough, M. Smith, M. Shultz, J.
Cradit, R. Green and N. Grove.
The final standings of the year are
listed below:
1. Bowling Belles, games won 56.
2. Ten Pins, games won 50.
3. .Clare Bowling, games won 49.
4. Grove Bros., games won 47.
5. Nivisoiis, games won 42.
6. Freeman Oil, games won 37.
7. Mammoth Oil, games won 35,
8. Citizens Bank, games won 20.
The annual ladies banquet was held
last Thursday evening at the Doherty
hotel. Everyone agreed it was a swell
end to a swell bowling season. Louise
Loeffler added to the enjoyment of the
ladies by furnishing floral center pieces for each table in the form of bowl
ing balls. Donna Bailey recited one of
Tennyson's poems as her contribution
to the program. All the girls gave
Jim Stanley a vote of thanks for making their Thursday night recreation
possible, in spite of conditions that
sometimes were not just perfect.
The following officers elected for
the coming year:
President—Eleanor Lehr.
Treasurer—Mabel Parker.
Secretary—Viola Becker.
An enjoyable entertainment program was presented with Mrs. Bea-
trice Paul, Miss Frances Morgan, Mrs.
Ruth Green, Mrs. Freda Tate, Mrs.
Nelda Jones, Miss Myra Hales, Mrs.
Blanche Stoll and Mrs. Eleanor Lehr
participating.
Local Manager George Wisler, who
represented the Mt. Pleasant district
at the Michigan. Consolidated Gap
Company annual state-wide bowling
tournament in Grand Rapids Saturday
took top honors for highest single
game with a total score of 266 as compared with a score of 223 by the runner-up,
George has brought h6rtOi' and distinction to himself and this community by this unusual feat as he was
playing against some of the state's
high ranking bowlers, including "Detroit's Best," selected from some one
hundred teams of the metropolis.
He was awarded the trophy for high
score in doubles and following the
tournament enjoyed the banquet at the
Pantlind Hotel.
The gas company tournament will
be held in Detroit next year and
George expects to attend and protect
his "title" at that time.
been in verv poor health the past sev-!vs- Robevt Haskell, Malicious destruc-
! tion of property.
j    The People of the State of Michigan.
vs. Basil Sersaw, Breaking and enter-
ing in the day time.
t    The People of the State o^ Michigan
j vs.   Lynes   Oakley,   Removing   Mort»
gaged property.
The People of the State of Michigan
vs. William Alexander Hoppe, Indecent liberties with female child under
16 years.
Issues of Fact
Kotcher Lumber Co. vs. William S_
Hibbard and Theo. L. Hibbard.   Trespass on the case.
Dessert and Brown Lumber Company vs. Herb Randall, Assumpsit
Frank C. Wheeler vs. William M.
Hatch and Frank S. Salter. Trespass on the case,
Chancery Calendar
James M. Van Deusen vs. Charles-
Strange.   Bill to set aside deed.
Citizens State Bank vs. Walter R.
Pettit and Alta M. Pettit, Bill to foreclose mortgage.
j    Alice M. Loomis vs. Martin .Loomis,
Divorce.
Peter A. Oman and Blanche iOmaE.
vs. A. L. Dickinson, Mary E. Chat-
field and S. C. Dickinson. Bill t»
quiet title.
May 1944 Petit Jurors
Fred Exlander, Harrison, 2n.dwar_L
Wallace Sharp, Harrison 3rd ward.
Harry Davis, Arthur-
Earl  Thompson, Franklin.
Walter Pettit, Freeman.
Art Mills, Frost.
Glen Amy, Garfield.
Cbas. VanDenBergh, Grant. i
Saul Huber, Greenwood. 1
Art Fish, Hamilton. •
Ha Brockway, Hatton.
Nelson Bailey, Hayes.
Magdalina Tolson, Lincoln.
Pansy Pruden, Redding.
Cecil Pudvay, Sheridan.
George Lewis, Summerfleld.
Doretha Border,  Surrey.
Bert Sinclair, Winterfield.
Jake Walker, Clare, 1st ward.
Pearl Murdoch, Clare, 2nd ward.
Chester Richard, Clare, 3rd ward.
Guy Light, Harrison, 1st ward,
Chas. Keebler, Harrison, 2nd ward-
Gerald Riegle, Harrison, 3rd ward.
CLARE COUNTY 4-H
BOYS AND GIRLS TO
PLANT FOREST TREES
Jamboree at Wilson State Park
for Those Participating
in Planting
1
h
EVANGELIST P. R. NEWALL
TO CONDUCT MEETING AT
TABERNACLE THIS WEEK
The rural boys and girls of Clare
county are looking into the future and
through their studies of the forest resources,of the State and Nation have
come to realize the importance of reforestation,.
They have introduced Conservation
work into their 4-H Club program and
have worked out a plan whereby the
club members will plant 21,000 trees
during the week of May 8th to 13th.
The- trees are being purchased from
the Chittendon Nursery at Wellston
and will be planted on land unsulted
to farming. Some will also be planted
as windbreakers.
Mr. Lester Bell, of the Michigan
State College Forestry Department,
will be in the county May 8th and 9th
to assist with the planting.
On Wednesday evening, May 17th,
all the club members who have participated in the planting program will
be entertained at a forest Jamboree at
the State Park in Harrison. The Clare
B.od and Gun Club will furnish some
entertainment and the boys and girls
will have a chance to participate in
games and sports. A pot luck supper
and movies, will complete the program.
Leaders, parents and others interested in the work that these boys and,
girls are doing are cordially invited to
come to the park for the Jamboree.
A special invitation is extended to
members of the various sportsmans
clubs in the country. The 4-H boys and
girls would like to become acquainted
with you.
The following clubs have Ordered
trees to date:
Temple 4-H Club—Leader, Mrs. Dorothy Collins.
4-H Live Wires •— Leader, Grace
Rinehart,
Windover Dodgers—Leader, Olive
Badger.
Davis 4-H Club—-Leader, Lucille
Prielipp. «
Grandon Club—Leader, Mrs. Marion
Richardson.
The Clare P.T,A. Club meets the
third Monday of each" month at the
school.
Regional Speech
Contests Today
at High School
The schedule of events for the Regional Speech Contest to be held la.
the Clare .High School auditorium this
Friday afternoon and evening is as.
follows:
Dramatic declamations — 3:00 t&
4:00.
Extemporaneous speaking—4:00 t»
4:20.
Oratorical declamations — 8:00 to
8:45.
Orations—8:45 to 9:45.
Each student participating in th*
contests is a winner of a district eoffi*
test and will be awarded a dictionary
with his name engraved on it and aa
honorary plaque listing district speech
honors won. The school of persons
winning in the regional contests will
be awarded a silk banner in eacli
group.
Clare will be represented by Garry
Coveart in dramatic declamations,
Phyllis Ogle in oratorical declamations, and Jeannette AUbe in orations,
the three events in which the local
school won in the district contest.
Supt. Austin, Bates will be chalrma*
of the contests in which the follbwinf.
schools in eighteen counties will, pa*.
tlcipate: Barryton, Clare, MeBa'fe
High School, Northern Michigan
Christian High School at McBahV
Reed City, Standish, ..Stanton and Sfc
Louis.
The local school is now in nossesn
sion of three regional contest banner*
won by Bob Gay in oratorical declamations in 1941, Al Sar__bo.i:n nn\dr»«
matic declamations in 1942, a&fl .Matf.
ion Burkett in extempOrahecSis sjSsa_j«-
ing in 1943.
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