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GLARE, MICHIGAN,  FRIDAY MORNING,  JULY 7,  1944
New Series Vol. 52, No,
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ROSEBUSH, CLARE
MASONS TIED IN
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Jack   Spencer   Shuts   Out
, Harrison and Brown
Corners
Pays Millions  ,
to School Fund
The Clare Softball League continued to give the fans some exciting
sport Friday, June 30, when Herrick
defeated the Houghton Drugs 5-2 in aj
well played game. Depew was on thea
hill for Herrick and was in trouble
only in the sixth inning when Houghton's touched him for three hits and
two runs.
In the later game of the 30th, "Jack
Spencer showed that he hasn't lost
the stuff that made him one of the
outstanding pitchers of this area as he
shut out Harrison with one scratch hit
the Clare Masons winning 9-0.
The games of Tuesday, July 4th,
were more one sided. The Masons,
with Spencer pitching, won handily
corners 11-0. J. Newman's wildness contributed to his
downfall. The Brown Corners pitcher
issued eleven passes.
The 9:30 game between Rosebush
and Herrick was an old fashioned
slugfest with Roesbush coming out
ahead 20-14. Both teams had one big
inning when each batted around. In
the fourth inning twelve Herrick batters went to the plate, scoring eight
runs. Rosebush, however, more than
duplicated this feat in the fifth when
sixteen men batted, scoring eleven
runs.
It will be interesting to see whether
Spencer, of the Masons, can hold
down the rampaging Rosebush batsmen when the two teams meet. Rosebush has scored thirty-nine runs in
two games.
The League standings after three
nights of play were:
"Won Lest   Pet.
Rosebush
2
0
1000
Clare Masons
2
0
1000
Temple
1
0
1000
Herrick
1
1
500
Farwell
0
1
000
Harrison
0
1
000
Houghton
Drugs
0
1
000
Brown Corners
0
2
000
Friday, July 7, Harrison and Far-
well meet in the twilight game and
Temple will play Houghton's under
the lights.
Tuesday, July 11, Harrison plays
Houghton's in the first game with Far-
well playing the Masons under the
lights.
Swimming continues in popularity
with full loads going to Loon Lake
both Tuesday and Thursday.
Cub Scouts are to come to the Clare
school athletic field at 2:00 o'clock
next Wednesday afternoon for a hike.
Bach Cub will bring his own eats.
METHODIST DAILY
VACATION SCHOOL
PRESENTS PROGRAM
Many Have Perfect Attendance
Records During Two
Weeks Period
Louis M. Nims, state commissioner
of revenue, takes a second look at a
11,769,142 check from the Michigan
Bell Telephone Company as its semiannual property tax payment, earmarked by the Constitution for the
Primary School Fund. Its tax of $3,-
538,284 is the largest payment into
the Primary Fund and is paid in lieu
of local levies. The company's total
tax bill for 1943 was over $14,000,000.
MRS. F. GIEBEL
PASSES AWAY IN
SAGINAW JUNE 28
Laid   at   Rest   in   Cherry
Grove Cemetery
Sunday P. M.
On July 2nd, at the Sunday School
Hour, the Methodist Daily Vacation
Bible School, presented a very interesting and impressive program, to
conclude their two weeks work, and
this was given in place of a regular
Children's Day Program.
The program opened with the pro
cessional, of children and teachers,
with Miss Barbara Teale at the organ, and the regular Worship service,
as was used each morning in the
school, was conducted by the minister, Rev. Charles B. Hahn.
Miss Verona Bower, Superintendent
of the Bible School, told of the school,
giving an enrollment of eighty-two,
with an average attendance of sixty-
four, due to many leaving at the end
of the first week. She told what the
different departments studied and
their part in the program.
Beginners studied old and new Testament stories and for the program,
sang, "Jesus Loves Me," and gave
some of the Ten Commandments,
their memory verses.
For their part of the program, the
Primary Department sang, "I Would
Be True," and recited the Twenty-
Third Psalm.
The Juniors studied the Life of
Moses, and. their contribution was a
picture story of his life, as .far as the
ten commandments, and the group also sang two choruses, "Sailing Home"
and "Bubbling."
The Young People's Group gave the
review of the Story of Methodism,'
and explained the symbols of the'
church. Their handwork was the
making of churches and prizes were
given to those having the best made
churches. Winners were Lynn Hahn,
Robert Brown, Lorraine Schultz, Jack
Stewart arid Connie Wright.
The program closed with bettedi.e-
tion, hf Mrs. Hahn, and the recession-
{Conttouoa on Faga Ten)
Fredericka Breitag was born in
Stettin, Germany, ou May 19, 1864.
There she also received the Sacrament
of Holy Baptism in her infancy and
the Rite of Confirmation on April 14,
1878.
On June 17, 1882, she was united in
marriage with Ferdinand Giebel. The
Lord blessed this union with two sous-,
George and Fred, and three daughters,
Matilda, Auna, and Frieda.
She came to this country in 1881
and settled in Detroit, Michigan. The
following year, in 1S82, she <:ame tb
Clare county and made her home in
Hatton township. Since 1902 she has
made her home at the present homestead just east of the city limits of
Clare. During all this time she was
a faithful member and a regular attendant at the St. John's Ev. Lutheran
Church iu Clare.
Her last illness overtook her about
six months ago, which brought her to
her bed on April 15, 1944. There she
in a true Christian manner patiently
bore the cross which her Lord placed
upon her and suffered the pains of
arthritis, while being faithfully nursed
by her two daughters, Mrs. Anna
Burch and Mrs. Frieda Robson, in the
former's home in Saginaw. The good
Lord finally made an end to her sufferings and took her out of this vale
of tears last Wednesday, Juue 2S, 1944
at about 10:45 p. m. The Lord granted her the grace to reach ihe age of
eighty years, one month, and nine
days.
She leaves to mourn her departure
one son, Fred, two daughters, Mrs
Anna Burch and Mrs. Frieda Robson
all of Saginaw; ten grandchildren,
eight great, grandchildren, and many
relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband on
April 7, 1931, by her son, George, in
his infancy, and by her daughter, Ma
tilda Pepka, in 1918.
Among the grandsons are Edsel T.
Burch, who is with the Army some
where in England, and Bernard Pepka*
who is serving in the Army in the
United States.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon, July 2, with services at the
home at 2:00 p. m. and at St. Johns
Ev. Lutheran Church of Clare at 2:30
p. m. The Rev. E. C. Leyrer officiated
at the services, with burial in Cherry
Grove Cemetery.
Among those attending the services
from out of town were Mr. and Mrs.
August Draeger, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Pepka and daughter, Nancy, Mr. and.
Mrs. Richard Cicotte and Richard Cad-
aret, of Wyandotte.; Mrs. August Her-
zog and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wenzel
and daughter, Barbara, of Flat Rock;
Misses Pauline Krell and Elizabeth
Miller, of Detroit; Miss Bertha Reith-
meier, Mrs. Waldo Winterstein and
daughter, Janice, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Burch, Mr. and Mrs. Vallie Rutter
and Miss Virginia Rutter, of Saginaw;
and Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Nutson and
Miss Martha Schultz, of Owosso.
NOTICE
We will be closed from Monday,
July 10, until Monday, July 17, that
our help may have a well earned,, vacation.
.. \Etacle Tom's Restaurant
Clare County MUST
8ac&/tie rf/fai
With the State of Michigan trailing by more than $100,000,000 in War Bonds Sales to individuals, the iState War Finance Committee , is. appealing for every individual to invest every possible
dollar in War Bonds during the remaining very few days of the Fifth War Loan.
Monday morning of this week Clare county had subscribed little more than one-half of its quota,
with the sale of E bonds at the foot of the list.
The Clare County War Finance Committee is mustering the citizens of the county for an all-out
counterattack to regain that lost territory! Don't wait for someone to call on you — we're beyond that
stage.   Go to your nearest issuing agency and buy Bonds to your limit!
Loose cash, alone, cannot do this job! We must scrape up every possible dollar and invest them
in War Savings Bonds today or Saturday! Clare county cannot—Clare county MUST NOT!-—let the
boys down now when victory at last seems within their grasp. Dig down folks and Wig down deep to
help meet our county and state quotas!
Wayne Tennant
Instructs Scouts
in Fire Fighting
Conservation Officer Wayne Tennant is in charge of fire fighting instruction at Camp Rotary each Monday. .
Business Manager E, O. Johnson is
in charge of the camp this week in
the absence of Camp Director Emil
Pfister, who is attending a meeting of
the National Educational Association
at Pittsburg.Pa.
When the writer visited Camp Rotary on Monday, Mr. Johnson highly
commended the work of two local
boys, Waterfront Director Tony Burdo
and Provisional Scout Master Jack
Rodabaugh.
One hundred and six scouts and
twenty staff members were in camp
Monday and it is expected the total
attendance for the summer will reach
one thousand.
TWO YOUNG MEN
BADLY BURNED IN
WELL EXPLOSION
District Funeral
Directors Meet
Here Last Week
Members of the Eighth District of
the Michigan Funeral Directors Asso-
Leonard Hardy and 'Texas*   ciation met at the Thurston Funeral
xr tj . i Home,   Thursday afternoon  and  eve-
Vernon Recovering        ning of lMt week.
The meeting was called to order at
I 4:30 o'clock by President Russell Stin-
1 son,   of  Mt.  Pleasant,  and   items   of
business   were   presented    and   dis-
Satisfactorily
Leonard Hardy, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Hardy, and Edward "Texas" i cussed"
Vernon, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Stafey, of Clare, were severely burned
in an oil well accident at 2:00 o'clock
Sunday afternoon and rushed to the
West Branch Hospital, where Leonard
I is still confined.
EMMA FAIRBANKS
DIES JUNE 28 AT
DAUGHTER'S HOME
Remains of Former Clare
Lady Laid at Rest
at Farwell
Emma Lucinda Fairbanks was born
July 8, 1878, at Hastings County, Canada, the oldest daughter of James and
Sarah Maybee, and passed away June
28, 1944, at the age of sixty-five years,
eleven months and twenty days, at
the home of her daughter, Pearl Tra-
villian, at Pontiac, Michigan, where
she has been ill for the past year.
She came to Marlette, Michigan at
the age of seven years and later to
Clare, where she has resided for the
past forty years.
She leaves to mourn their loss, her
children, Lillian Sanford, of Clare,
Joseph Sampson, of Lansing, Pearl
Travillian and Ruth Wilson, both of
Pontiac, Marvel Pifer, of Clare,. and
Emma Siebert, of Pontiac; besides
one stepson, Benjamin H. Fairbanks,
of Grand Rapids, twenty-three grandchildren, nineteen great grandchildren; other relatives and many
friends.
One daughter," Mrs. Jannie Hunt,
passed away in 1936 and two sons,
Lester and Russell, died in infancy.
The funeral services were held
from Thurston's Funeral Home, at
4:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with
the Rev. Harold Watson officiating,
and interment at Farwell.
Texas was burned about the eyes
and temporarily blinded and the fire
entered his lungs, but he was released
from the hospital Tuesday afternoon
and is recovering nicely.
Leonard, who was burned about the
arms, face and neck, is also recovering satisfactorily and expects to be released from the hospital the latter
Dart of this week,
The boys were \V6rkiug oil a wildcat
Well oil the Frank Holshoe lease, fifteen miles east and one and a half
miles north of West Branch, when gas
coming from the y?Ml exploded from
an unknown cause. "The" well Is being
drilled by Union Rotary Corporation,
of Mt. Pleasant, for the Sun Oil Company.
ONE SMALLPOX
CASE DIAGNOSED
NEARTHIS CITY
Those  Not Immunized in
Five Years Should Be
Vaccinated
Water Users!
There ig a serious shortage of water
in the city of Clare. The City Administration asks your help in order to
conserve the supply until the necessary repairs can be made, by:    °'
1. Keeping faucet^ shut off tight
when not in use.       ■'
2. Confining sprinkling of lawns and
gardens to once each day.
3. .Using less water in every way
possible. .,...'
It has been decided to drill a new
well for the city and if water users
Warning that Clare county residents
should be vaccinated against smallpox was issued Thursday by Dr. De
Kleine, State Commissioner of Health,
following the diagnosis of a case of
smallpox near Clare.
The patient is a young boy living
eight miles from Clare, who had never
been vaccinated. It is not known from
whom this boy caught the disease,
however, he was in Clare June 13th
and Dr. DeKleine stated that he was
probably exposed at that time to some
one with a light case of smallpox.
Such cases are often mistaken for
chickenpox, Dr. DeKleine said, and it
is quite possible- that tourists in town
brought the disease.
To catch smallpox it is not necessary to touch the person who is ill.
Just to enter the same room and touch
articles which he has touched may infect an unvaccihated person with
smallpox.
Dr. DeKleine warned that many per
sons were probably exposed around
June 13th, while still others have been
exposed to this boy. For this reason
every person who has not been successfully vaccinated within the past
five years should see his family doctor
or the County Health, pirector at once
and request vaccination,
The Michigan- Department of Health
is rushing special orders of smallpox
At seven o'clock they were taken to
the Dunlop Cafe, where a delicious
chicken dinner was served in the private dining room.
They returned to the Thurston
home, for the evening business session, after which a social hour followed.
The next meeting of the Association will be held at St. Louis in September.
OLIVER W. NASH
PASSES AWAY AT
HOME HERE FRI.
Succumbs to III
Health June 27
, '     I"1          1 1 4
COUNCIL VOTES
TO DRILL WATER
WELLjQR CITY
Needed   For  Sanitary  and
Fire Protection
Purposes
ANTON EMIL ACHARD
Passes away following active life
in. politics and business
The City Council voted Monday i»
! drill a new well to provide for the
' ever increasing demands on the city's
I supply of water for drinking and san»
itation  purposes  and  fire  protection,
J    It had first been contemplated to
* shut off the water supply for a day
and acidize the well to clean the metal
screen and increase the supply in; th#
present well, but because ot the hard*
ship it might cause to users of large
j amounts  of water,  inconvenience to>
, all water users, and the threat to satt»
itary conditions  during hot summer
t months and property in case of fire,
' it was deemed advisable to drill th»
; new well, which is urgently needed a*
j an auxiliary well and to provide pro»
teetion against the possibility of th$*
I present well failing at some time to
'provide water. ■ *
There too is the possibility that the
I gravel screen of the well may hav«
become sand-packed .rather than th&
metal screen corroded, in which casg
it would require several weeks to re"
move the gravel screen from the well
and recover a supply of water sufti?
cient for the bare necessities of the
city in high water consumption
months.
Tests will be1 made immediately t®
find a. suitable .location for a well ot
Anton Emil Achard, a former rest' sufficient production capacity and tb§
LAST RITES HELD
HERE SUNDAY FOR
"TONY^ACHARD
Ashes   Scattered   in   Muskegon River Near
Beauty Bend
dent of Beauty Bend, Osceola county,
passed away at_the Marion Hospital
last week following a short illness.
He was born in Saginaw, Michigan,
June 12, 1889, and died in Marion
Michigan, on June 29, 1944, at the age
of fifty-five years.
Mr. Achard, the son of Emil F. and
Elizabeth Augusta Achard, attended
school at the John Moore Grammar
School, Arthur Hill High School, St.
well drilled as soon as preliminary
work is completed. It is hoped that &
will be possible to develop a well oj
equal or greater capactiy than ,th£
present well which has provided tn«
city with pure cold water for drinking-
and other necessary purposes for .thft
past sixteen years.
If the citizens of Clare will eoO|fc$£«
ate with the city in. conserving ag
water possible until the new well cas
Laid
at   Rest   With
Fellow Honors
Sunday
Odd
will cooperate by conserving as muchi*aC"ne for fe *? .thl* C01Jnty- Thls
water as possible until the well can be j Vacfcine' »">*»«*» .m «»e Health De-
completed, it may not be necessary partolent laboratories, is free for the
to shut off the. water for a day, as pre- Use, °£ any. l*7sician- T^ incubation
viously planned^ period varies from eleven to seventeen
"Thanks for your cooperation, I   ays;.
Street and Water Committee,
Tri-County Health Director M. Don-
City Council
CITY BAKERY
ggt2', nelly, M< D,, who was taking a vacation, was reached by telephone Thursday ndon and stated that she was returning here immediately and would
reach Clare at 1:00 o'clock Friday afternoon and conduct a clinic for vaccination against smallpox in the Coun-
The City Bakery will be closed all
next week.   We wish to take this opportunity to thank all of our patrons ^*-Y Health offices in the Clare city hall
for their past business    and    assure! Friday afternoon,
them that they will be welcomed when
we reopen our bakery.
JB. 3, Foss
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O. W. Nash, a well known and highly respected resident of this city for
many years, passed away at his home
in Clare, Friday of last week, following several months of illness.
Oliver W. Nash was born in Taylor
County, Iowa, Jan. 13, 1879. At an
early day he moved to Yuma County,
Colorado, with his parents, and aided
the:<n in establishing a home in that
frontier country. Before reaching his
majority, he married Miss Edna
Maude Andrews, November 4, 1900,
and to them were born two sons,
Raymond O. and Franklin A. Nash.
Mr., Nash lived in Colorado with his
family until August, 1920. He prepared himself for the teaching profession which he followed for a period
of ten y«ars and later became interested in real estate and ranching.
In 1920 he brought his family to
Michigan where he has remained to
finish out his life. He accepted a
teaching position in Clare county and
after living in Marion and Harrison,
finally settled in Clare.
Wherever Mr. Nash has lived he
has always taken a very active part
in the church and community. He has
served many years in, the capacity of
Sunday School Superintendent, both
in Colorado and Michigan and was
Bible Class teacher and a member of
the Church Board of the Clare Methodist Church for many years. He was
an active member of the Odd Fellow
lodge until the malady which took
him from this life finally confined him
to his residence at 205 E. Seventh St.
Mr. Nash departed this life June 30,
1944. He leaves to mourn him, his
widow, Mrs. Oliver W, Nash; Franklin A. Nash, a son, of Clare, and Raymond O. Nash, a son who lives at
Flushing, Michigan, and War
Sharp, a foster-son, somewher
England ov Wanes,
Besides his immediate family, he
leaves' thl'ee brothers and two sisters:
Wm. J. NaSh, of Pasadena, Calif., A.
B. Nash, of Hale, Colorado, Ernest
Nash, of Independence, Mo., Mrs. El-
da Helmick, of Canyon City, Colorado,
and Mrs. Jessie Andrews, of.JROcky
Ford, Colorado.
Funeral services were held from the
Methodist Church at 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Chas. B.
Hahn officiating and* members of the
Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges attending in a body. Interment was
made at Cherry Grove Cemetery with
Tony, as he was known to his
friends, came to Clare county in 1915
and lived at his father's ranch four
years, after which time he moved to
Clare and was associated with the
Clare Realty Company. In 1928 he
was elected to the Michigan Legislature as State Senator and served a
two year term. Due to poor health he
spent the next twelve years at his
home on the Muskegon River. The
past two years he was affiliated with
the Ford Motor Company as Personnel
Relations Director at the Highland
Park plant.
He leaves to survive him his wife,
Marjorie Achard; his daughter, Mary
E. Achard, of Dearborn, Michigan; and
his sister, Mabel P. Lockwood, of Ottawa, HI., besides other relatives and
many friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Doherty Funeral Home on Saturday,
July 1, 1944 afe 2:00 p. m. and the remains taken to Detroit for cremation.
It was his request that his ashes be
scattered in the Muskegon River by
his home at Beauty Bend. Rev. H. B.
Johnson officiated at the funeral services.
Among those attending from out of
town were Congressman Roy O. Wood
ruff and Dr. and Mrs. V. H. Dumond,
of Bay City; Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hal-
stead, of Sebewaing; Mr. and Mrs.
George Prescott, of Tawas City;
Ralph and John Hughes, of Lansing;
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wagner, John
Gillespie and John Leonard, of Detroit; and Alfred Honer, of G'rosse
Point.
John's Military Academy, Howe Mili-ibe completed, it will undoubtedly
tary Academy and Michigan State Col-1 possible to furnish the needs ot the
lege. . j city without shutting the supply efy
tirely off at any time,
When the new well is completes,
tests will be made to determine mor#
definitely. the cause of the shortage
of water in the present well anil
Clare's ."prjde and joy of sixteen
years" will be put back in condition;
for more extensive use than is now
possible.
The City Council is to be congratu*
lated on their action in the interest of
convenience and protection for th&
citizens of Clare.
Casualties
CHARLES SCHROEDER
All are extending sympathy to the
mother, sister and other relatives of
Charles Schroeder, who lost his life
iu England. Charles was believed injured by a robot and died In an English hospital.
He was the son of Mrs. Edith Bingham Schroeder, of Flint, and nephew
of Mr. and Mrs.' Fred Bingham, of
arret! a. Farwell, He also leaves a sister, Ami,
vhere inland family, of Flint, besides many
other relatives and friends.
Charles spent many summers in
Farwell with his grandmother, Mrs.
Carrie Bingham, and became very
well known there.
LOANS AVAILABLE TO
FARMERS ON WHEAT
PRODUCED IN 1944
Additional   Storage   Allowance
to Farmers Storing
Wheat on Farm
ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION
. Loans on wheat of acceptable quaf«
ity produced in 1944 are available to
all farmers, Robert C. Kleiner, Chair*
man of the Clare County AAA Conv
mittee announced this week. The loa&
rate for our county this year is $1.37
a bushel. CCC crop loans wili b#
available on acceptable wheat storeg
in good farm storage or is approyed
warehouses. -    '
In addition to the $1.37 a bushel
loan a storage allowance of seveft
cents a bushel will be advanced ts>
farmers storing their wheat on the)j?
farms. If, after the maturity of thg>
loan, which is Aril 30, 1945, for alf
farm-stored wheat, the grain, is delly>
ered to the Commodity Credit Corpojv
ation in liquidation of the loan, th#
seven cent storage allowance will.bg
kept by the farmer. This will con>
pensate farmers for the use of thelp
fai-m storage.
Mr. Kleiner said that his office es»
pects a good many applications for
loans this year. Michigan's winter
wheat crop is the best in years anfl,
the indicated production, vof .the 194$
crop is about double last year's ■$?&<
duction. The crop in Clare county is
very good and the acreage greatly in»
creased over,last year.
Storing wheat on the:farm and jjufc;
ting it under a CCC loan has several *
advantages this year. In the firsjt
lilacfe a bumper crop will strafi*. tiran^
portation and commercial storage t-p
the limit if any great amount of thg>
crop moves to market at harvest tim#,
And then by storing his wheat a farm*
er can insure himself a satisfactory*
market price, for any large movement
of wheat to market at one time \$
the vacancy   of   J.   Stuart   Bicknell,
whose term expires, and to care for all
commitment services in charge of the! other ibtisihess' that may properly come
The annual meeting of the  Clare
school  district will  be  held  at the
school building Monday evening, JulyJ'0"114 to, lower .farm prices,
10th, at 8:00 o'clock (EWf), for the.    It is suggested that farp,«T8*whoIsi*
purpose of electing one trustee to fill j tend to store their 1944 £rop ,wheat oft
their farms this year and jtake .piitjiP
CCC  loan,  should  get  their bins ;ig
Clare Odd Fellow lodge.
Those from out of town who attend
ed the funeral services were: Ml*, and
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before 'tlie meeting,
Gewge J. White, Secretary
Have T^aith—Buy War Bonds!
shape as soon ob l&ey -can, Ti^,
clean bins will keep out destmeji^
insects' and rodent .and also mgjf$>
fumigation of the w;heat possible 5#t(3?
on, if that should •beojjme necfcMUfyy