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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25; 1944
New Series'Vol. 52, No. 47
MEMORIAL RITES
FOR PFC. FRANK V.
i   KRCBRM SUNDAY
Rev. Hahn to Officiate at
Services in Methodist
Church
World War Hero
to Be Honored
Frank
Memorial  services  for  Pfc
V. Krchmar, the son of Mr. and Mrs.!
Joe Krchmar of Clare, who was killed 1
in action at Tawara, Gilbert Islands,1,
November  20, 1943, will be held  at;
2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, August'
27th, in the Clare Methodist Church,
with Rev. Chas. B. Hahn officiating.
Pfc. Krchmar joined the U. S. Mar-
• ine Corps October 3, 1942, and went
overseas March 10, 1943,
Mr.  and  Mrs. Krchmar    have_   received the following letter, dated July
24, 1944, from Colonel W. W. Orr, U.S.'|
Marine Corps: '
"I am driected by the Commandant
of the Marine Corps to inform you
that you are entitled to the Purple
Heart and the inclosed Purple Heart
Certificate which were posthumously
awarded your son, the late Private
First Class Frank V. Krchmar, U. S.
Marine Corps Reserve, in the name of
the President of the United States
and by direction of the Secretary of
the Navy. The Purple Heart which is
being engraved will be forwarded to
you within the next two months.
"You are also entitled to the inclosed copy of the Presidential Unit
Citation awarded the Second Marine
Division, Reinforced, for service in action, against the enemy on Tarawa,
Gilbert Islands, aud Presidential Unit
Citation ribbon bar with blue enameled star, inasmuch as your son was a
member of that organization during
the period specified in the Citation,
and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal for his service in the Asiatic-Paci-
lc Area. The medal will not be ready
for issuance until six months after the
war, at which time it is requested that
you make application to this office for
the award."
YOUTHS CONFESS
BEAGLE ROBBERY
HERE LAST WEEK
Hein_. and Stats Await Arraignment in Circuit
Court
Casualties
MISSING IN ACTION
Mrs.  Joe'H,  Waring   (nee Gladys,
Stoy), of Pontiac, received word from'
the War Department that her husband,
T/Sgt. Joe H, Waring, has been missing since July 26th over Austria.
T/Sgt. Waring enlisted in the Air
Corps in the spring of 1941.
He has been awarded two Air Med-
  als and the Oak Leaf Clusters for mil-
Richard John H-WlT, of Gladwin, "ary merit    He had completed thirty-
and Faye, Stats, 20, of Evart, waived seven missions,
examination when arraigned  in Justice Sam Wilkinson's Court Saturday
morning,  charged with robbing Mrs^
Bertha Beagle,  of Beagle's  Cafe,  at.
3:30   o'clock  Monday  morning,  Aug-j
ust 14th, and are being held in the;
Clare county jail under  $2,500 bondi
each awaiting arraignment in Circuit |
Court, / I
State Police arrested Heinz in Clare
SEN. CALLAGHAN
PASSES AWAY AT
REEDJITY HOME
Well Known State Legislator
Succumbs to Third
Stroke Wed.
State Legislator
Dies Wednesday
CLARE HARDWARE
REFRIGERATOR IN
USE IN ORIENT
Former State Senator and State
Representative Miles M. Callaghau, of
Reed City, passed away at his home
there Wednesday following his third
stroke during the past two months.
He" was seventy-eight years of age.
Callaghau was State Senator from
the 28th District from 1937 to 1939 and
State Representative from the dsceolai
Clare District from 1929 to 1937 and'
again from 1941 until he resigned this
| year.
Pie was regarded for years as a leg-
FRANK V. KRCHMAR
ISABELLA COUNTY
PIONEER PASSES
AWAYJATURDAY
Theller A. Johnston Laid at
Rest in Rosebush
Cemetery
for investigation, the same day of the', a ,. -, pM-0V,nBp»B "Tpv Rail" ! fle was re»i"ut;l1 '•ut .-«-_ .<•- <- .-«
robbery, but he was later released.! ^rmv rurcndhcs icy U-Ui j islatoi. wnose interests were entirely
Stats was arrested by State Police hV Now in Chinese j within his own district and ofter re-
Hospital
Flint Thursday night of last week and
Heinz was again taken  into custody
after Stats had been apprehended.
The   Youths   had   spent   $155.00   of
Michigan   State   College  radio   sta-
marked, "What is Osceola county go
ing to-get out of this?"
Callaghan was born at Portland. He
was president and general manager of
CAROLINE SCHUG
PASSES AWAY AT
DAUGHTER'S HOME
Charter Member of Lutheran Church Laid at
Rest Here
MILES M. CALLAGHAN
n,: «9» t«£n from Mrs   Beakle   but I tion  WKAR .-was  informed    recently   the Osceola Orchard Company and or-
S.J    I™^^fand t  that It had helped provide refrigera-l ganized the Osceola County Chamber
officers recovered the balance and also dug Mrs. Beagle's purse from
where the two had buried it and re-
interior   China—S.000  miles' 0f Commerce.   He was also affiliated
with a number of farm organizations
Coleman in- and lodges
tion    in
away.
Station  director R.
covered 5,000 ration si^mps which ta*, .^—he~™ that Majo, John T. |    He is'survived by his wife, the for-
Officers who investigated the case; Tripp, of the U. S. Army Sanitation j mer Rena M. Grant, and a sister, Mrs.
UttlCerS   WHO   lirv ._.lt,-.--U.   m-   *■««"= i      .      ,.       et_4._   nnllRp-p  stn-'TrnHiorfn*.   Pnvnpll    of  Lansillf..
just been issued for use in
the case;      	
were Trooper Jack Foster, ot the Mt.  Corps, came to the State College sta-JKatherine Cornell, of Lansing,
Another Isabella county pioneer has
gone, a strong colorful personality
who will be greatly missed by his
family and his many relatives and
friends. Thellar Antoine Johnston,
the son of Francis and Elizabeth Johnston, was borfn August 17, 1S61, in
Peel county, Ontario, He was the
seventh child of a family of twelve,
ten of whom grew to adulthood. He
was named for his uncle, and the
choice of name proved most appropriate, for more than any of the other
children in  the  family,  he  inherited
Pleasant State Police Post  and Pvt.'tion nearly a year ago asking for as-,
Joseph Brant, of the Fort Custer Mil-j -stance In^findingJey W1^^2^^™l ANOTHER    CLARE *
COUNTY PIONEER
itary Police unit, who is assigned to
the State Police to study police investigation.
The Krchmars have received the i the sharp eyes, the expressive gest-
Purple Heart, Purple Heart Certificate j -ures, and the story-telling ability of
and Presidential Unit Citation, which the French strain in the family,
were awarded July IS, 1944, together) ne came to Rosebush in the fall of
With five medals Frank had won forji8S2. In coining to this community
pistol   and   rifle   marksmanship and}he  followed  family tradition,  for at
ART LAMB HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
NEAR_STAND1SH
Robert Ackerman Has Toe
Smashed Friday
Morning
sharpshooting and proficiency in bayo
net drill.
He is survived by one sister, Victoria Irene, at home, besides the parents. ,
FORMERgCURE GIRL
LAID AT REST HERE
MONDAY AFTERNOON
Alice Margaret Rankine Dies in
Boat Accident on
Georgian Bay
a non-electrical type, now nearly ob
solete. i
An announcement from the station
brought eight replies! The Army purchased one refrigerator from the
Clare Hardware & Furniture Company
and the others from Mrs. Roy Huckins
of Coral; Clarence Beardslee, of Stier-i
idan; Rudolph Schemms, of Frankeu-'
muth; John O. Roberts, of St. Louis;
H. C. Kildegaard, of Gowen; C. L.
Emery, of Albion; and Clift Implements Service, of Cygnet, Ohio,
Major Tripp took these icy ball refrigerators to China and wrote to Mr,
Coleman saying that they were part
of a health laboratory and were serving the Chinese population as well as
I the Army.
The Major revealed to S. J. Burdo,
proprietor of the local firm, when in
PAS5K SUNDAY
Charles Emerson Davis Laid
at Rest in Cherry
Grove Wed.
MARCH OF DIMES
FUNDS FIGHTING
POLIO IN STATE
Local   Funds   Available
Epidemic Spreads to
Clare County
Arthur J. Lamb, of this city, was
painfully injured.at 6:00 o'clock Tuesday  morning  while  working  on   the', Clare,   that   the   refrigerators   were
least two of his older brothers were
•already settled here, and eight of the
ten children eventually located in this
vicinity.
There was work for strong and willing young men in a frontier country,
and Mr. Johnston told many vivid
stories of his work in the woods in
the "airly days." He often told too,
of helping to build the stretch of Ann
Arbor railroad which runs through
Rosebush. It was extended from Mt.
Pleasant to Clare around 1886.
January 25, 1885, he married Miss
Jessie Cameron, and they settled on aj
farm two miles west of Rosebush. Thej
farm was all in woods, and the couple
worked at clearing it, adding a little more to their cultivated land each
lyear. They had four sons, two of
! whom died in infancy:  William New-
Stirling well in the Deep River field, j to be used for preserving serums in
Alice Margaret Rankine, aged forty-
two,   of Detroit,   died  suddenly  in a
boat accident in the Georgian Bay, on','"''"" ~*~~ *     """"'"'".     ,  .. , ,„„    .
.,„,„.,      . _ ii     I bouse, October 12, 1891, at the age of
August 16, 1944,  where  she and her  „ , .XT'    .    '      ,     .      „.
.     .      . _•    -  _ I fave years, and Norm, September 20,
husband were vacationing., i 10n, '
.    „, .    T „ ' 1902, at the age of one year.
Alice was born in Clare county, Jan- ' ,,„„„,,■■ +1 _ ,„,.,„ ,„„„,. nT
_    .«««    .n.      •>      i ..        »   -.t In  1902  he  sold the farm west of
nary   5,   1902,   the   daughter   of   Mr '
and Mrs   James McClung, and spent {om. ^  east ,g
her   childhood  here,   later   going  to
Detroit, where she spent several years ( ^^ aQ 1UneM of ^ ^ ^^ m.
Johnston died  August 19,  1944, aged
eighty-three years and one day.
Funeral  services were held at the
Methodist Church in Rosebush, August 22, at 2:00 p. m., with Rev. Kilgren
and Rev. Heart in charge of the ser-
i vice.    He was buried in the family
as a Civil Service employee.
In 1931 she was united in marriage
to John R. Rankine, of Detroit, where
they have resided since their union.
She was of an understanding and
lovable disposition. Her philosophy
of life was a source or encouragement
to others—and will be greatly missed!.' *" .    ,,    _     .    , ,
by all who knew her.   She was always lo\}a ,the ao"*™* cemetery,
an active worker in church, Red Cross o,He If vf * mo"rn "ieil' J°ss' tw0
and war relief work. Sf *' ™£* °£ R°*etash. *ad Bo™n'
j of Mesick; four grandchildren and five
She leaves to mourn their loss, her
husband; an aged mother, of Clare;
one brother, Harold McClung, of Detroit; three sisters, Mrs. Helen Welch,
of Clare,    Mrs. Jennie VanHorn, of
great grandchildren. He is also survived, by a sister, Mrs. George Bayliss
of Rosebush; and one brother, Frank,
of the State of Washington; and many
nieces and nephews.   His wife, Jessie
Flint, and Mrs. Jessie Gangler, of De-  „               T .     . .   .  ..
.    .,    ,. . _ __ _       ■ Cameron Johnston, preceded him m
troit; three nieces and three nephews  ,,„„..   , „         .,   inoo „, ..      . ...
. .                ..          ...         _   «_.         death January 11, 1933. Of the eight
and  many other relatives,  beside a       „.           . J..    '       .. .         ,.,  .
_    .    . . i _„„                                         i members  of  the  family who   settled
host of friends.
_, , , _ i_   ■_ tm    (here,   Mrs.   George  Bayliss,  of Rose-
Funeral services were held at Elm ,,„.._     . i ,
« ^._      _    _ a nn   ■ i   -i   .«-    _      bush, is the only survivor.
Grove Church at 2:00 o'clock Monday     ,TT.. _,„.       ,      n
... . , „.      .._ t> _. ri_     !    Ml. Johnston was fond of travel and
afternoon, August 21, with Rev. Chas.    . „, . .     ,   _.      .       , .
rr-, ■ i ■ -A     »■ <„*-. „      n»w.    T>„^v;niaae numerous trips to Canada, a trip
Kleinhardt   officiating.     Mrs.   Rank '
and  Mrs.  Pillsbury  sang "Sometime
We'll Understand" and "Safe in the
Arms of Jesus," accompanied by Miss
e*fc
Rank.   Interment was made in Cherry
Grove Cemetery.      *
Relatives attending from a distance
were: John Rankine, SiV.Mr. and Mrs.
F. Andresen, and Mrs. Wm. Heldham,
of Detroit; Mrs. C. Phillips, of Jackson; Chas. McClung and sons, of Mason; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McClung and
Mrs. Myrtle Stenger, of Saginaw; Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. McClung and family, of
Flint; Mr. and Mrs. A. Seaman and
daughter, of Midland; Mr. and Mrs.
Paulsen and daughters, of Cadillac;
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Lang, of Midland;
and Mrs. R. Sharp and H. Taylor, of
Rosebush.
to Georgia and Virginia, and a trip to
I the West Coast. Always a good ob
server, he had an unusual memory,
and the younger members of the family never tired Of listening to his vivid
stories of his travel experiences.
Always alert and interested, keen of
judgment, young in spirit; fond of people, he was a favorite with the younger relatives. He was an indulgent
father and grandfather and a good
neighbor. ' To the pioneer virtues of
forthrightfulness, rugged honesty, and
stability of character, he added a certain individuality that made him ah
outstanding and colorful personality,
unique in this generaltiun.
five mtles north of Standish, in Arenac
county.
The crew was driving pipe at the
well and Art was about to climb the
derrick to the monkey board when
his arm became caught between the
bull wheel and bull rope, drawing him
up and throwing him against a girder
of the derrick with his throat striking
the girder.
A deep laceration in the right side
of his throat, requiring several stitches, missed the jugular vein by only a
quarter of a'n inch. His right arm,
which was caught between the bull
rope and bull wheel, necessitating .the
cutting of the rope to free him, was
severely bruised and a bone cracked,
and his chest was also badly bruised.
He was taken to Dr. Douglas, iuj
Standish, for first aid and medical
treatment, and although released at
the time, is still under the doctor's
care.
X-ray examination in the offices of
Dr. G. C. Born, of Clare, revealed that
no other bones were broken.
Toe Smashed Friday
■ Robert Ackerman, the nineteen
i year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Ackerman of this city, suffered a painful injury Friday morning while working on the Harrison branch of the
Fere Marquette Railroad, which is being torn up.
When signals became mixed, a
bunch of some thirty ties were dropped, one striking and smashing the big
toe of one of Robert's feet.
He was taken to the Clare Hospital,
where he is still confined, but recovering satisfactorily.
Injured by Breaking Cable
Don Butters, of Clare R-4, was injured at midnight Sunday while1 working on the No. 5 Ashby Drilling Company well ten miles east of Bay City.
The tong cable broke and the end of
the steel cable struck him in the face
cutting his upper lip. He' received
medical treatment in the offices of Dr.
H. J. Ballard, of Clare, and was released.
Army hospitals in China where elec
tricity is not available.
The icy ball refrigerator is a kero
seue generating type in which the
kerosene flame will heat the chemicals in five minutes to regenerate
them for reaction for twenty-four to
thirty-six hours of service.
Charles Emerson Davis, sou of Nelson and Elizabeth Davis, was born
iu Williams county, Ohio, October 29,
1870, and died after a brief illness at
his home in Sheridan township, Clare
county, Michigan, August 20, 1944, at
the age of seventy-three years, nine
months and twenty-two days.
When about sixteen years of age he
Announcing that the American people had contributed an all-time record
of $10,973,491 to the 1944 Fund-Rais-
ing Appeal ot The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Basil
O'Connor, Foundation president, declared recently that these donations
will permit an expansion of the war
ngainst the- children's enemy op the
home front. „
With epidemics or serious outbreaks
now taking their toll in twelve of the
states   of   the   nation,   Mr.   O'Connor t tend
Saturdays morning at 9:00 o'clock
death summoned Mrs. Caroline Schug,
a highly respected citizen of this community for many years.
Caroline Dorothy Drumm, the daughter of Carl and Dorothy Drumm, was
born January 3, 1859,. in Ulmet, Germany, and passed away at Clare, Michigan, August 19, 1944, at the age of
eighty-five years, seven months and
sixteen days.
She came to America at the age of
twenty-three years and was united in
marriage to Julius Schug at Syracuse,
New York, They settled on his farm
in Vernon township.
To this union were born six chil-
! dren, Carrie Snider, who preceded her
, mother in death, Lewis, who died in
j infancy, Mrs. Lena Schaeffer, Mrs.
j Rose House and Albert, all of Clare,
i and Fred, who is also deceased.
j After living on the same farm thirty-
i one years, they retired and came to
; Clare, where her husband died in 1931.
jjf i She then lived alone until a year ago,
: when she came to make her home with
I her daughter, Mrs. Lena Schaeffer.
Besides the three surviving children
j she leaves twenty-four grandchildren
and   twenty  six  great grandchildren
to mourn her death.
She was a charter member of the St.
Johns Lutheran Church of this city,
of which she was an active member
as long as health permitted.
Funeral services were conducted
from this church at 2:00 o'clock Monday afternoon, with Rev. Carl Leyrer,
of St, Louis, officiating. Burial was
made in Chet'ry Grove Cemetery.
All the grandchildren were present
except three who were unable to at-
Sgt. Reginald House is in ser-
pointed out that the number of cases
reported is already higher than for the
comparable period last year when the
country suffered its third worst epidemic.
Mr. O'Connor said the National
Foundation would now be able to add
more epidemic fighters and additional
TOMMY DWYER ABOARD
LST IN ACTION WITH
ENEMY IN. NEW GUINEA
Enemy   Fire  Puts   His   Phone
Out of Commission
in Encounter
Prevent inflation    Buy War Bonds!
Whflt_ver your wants may be, a
Clare Sentinel want ad is sure to help
you get quick results..
CAMP ROTARY BOY SCOUTS
ASSIST IN EXTINGUISHING
CORNWELL FOREST FIRE
Groups of Boy Scouts were sent
from Camp Rotary to assist in four
hour shifts in bringing: the recent forest fire at the Cornwell Ranch and
George Winn farm under control.
The cooperation of the Scouts with
the fire departments, Conservation Department crews and neighbors, was
greatly appreciated and gave the boys
an opportunity to put the lessons in
fire-fighting, taught by Conservation
Officer Wayne Tennant...a,t Camp_ Ro
tary, into practical use.
Thomas E. Dwyer, Jr., 24, of 140 E.
4th St., Clare, was "phone-man" on
the forecastle of his LST the day it
approached enemy occupied Lae, New
Guinea, under fire from Japanese
shore batteries and aircraft.
With other LSTs attached to the 7th
Fleet Amphibious Force, the ship was
in Huon Gulf headed for the beach
With troops and equipment when nine
torpedo planes and nine dive bombers
came roaring down out of the sun.
Two bombs caught Dwyer's ship, killing nine, wounding more than a score
and causing heavy damage.
Dwyer's phone, through which he
had been relaying orders to the gun
crews from the gunnery officer, went
dead. The youth left his station then
and helped administer first aid to the
wounded while the fire .of the LST
group and that of Army P-38s took a
heavy toll'in Jap aircraft. Within a
few minutes every plane had been
either shot down or' chased home,
Dwyer's ship getting official credit
for two kills.
When the last of the casualties had
been put oyer the side onto a destroy
er to be taken to hospitals, Dwyer re
turned to his normal duty station in
the auxiliary diesel engine room,
There he helped make emergency repairs as the LST headed for drydock
in a Southwest Pacific port.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Earl
Dwyer, the Bluejacket enlisted in June
1942 and has been aboard the LST
since she was commissioned in March.
1943. "
that time but a wilderness. A year or so
later Charley decided to start out for
himself and he blazed a trail to a piece
of land a short distance fvom his
father's home
Here he lived continuously till his
death. His prosperous farm home is
a. fine monument to his memory as he
built the house and barns and even
made several beautiful pieces of furniture with which to make their home
more comfortable. He was his own
blacksmith, making his own harnesses
and nearly anything else needed. He
was a great lover of the outdoors and
enjoyed hunting and fishing.
On January 1st, 1898, he was united
in marriage with Miss Dessie Robin-
ett, to which union three children
were   born,   Russell,   now   of  Arthur
came with his parents and brother and j equipment for emergency aid and, at
sisters to Michigan, where they settled .the same time, continue its relentless
on land in Arthur township. Here'fight to learn how to prevent and cure
they started a home in what was at j hie disease.
"Funds from the 1944 March of
Dime's," he continued, "will permit the
National Foundation not only to expand its aid to those who are stricken
but also to open up new fronts of research which someday will pierce the
defense of this disease and permit us
to prevent it.
Dimes and dollars contributed by i
Americans are at work in North Carolina, Kentucky, NeAV York, Louisiana,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee,
Ohio, Michigan, Maryland, Mississippi
and Indiana, where there are serious
or threatening outbreaks, he added.
"We have no way of knowing how
far the danger will spread, nor how
many homes will suffer tragedy before
this year's epidemic subsides," warned
Mr. O'Connor, adding "but we do know
vice in the South Pacific area, Lowell
Schaeffer had been sent by the U. S.
Government to Washington, D. C, and
Ruthie Schug, of Battle Creek, was unable to leave her duties as Senior
Counselor during the closing week of
the Kellogg Foundation Camp.
Those attending the services from a
distance were Mr. and Mrs. Percy Huston, of Houghton Lake; Mr. and Mrs.
Rolland Snider, of Mason; Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Snider, of Reed City; Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle Eisenberger, of Mt.
Pleasant; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. VanVorst
and daughters, of Lowell; and Homer
House, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schug ana
daughters and Dale Schug, of Detroit.
POSTAL DEPARTMENT
MODIFIES OVERSEAS
PACKAGE MAILING
u_»ii  —-• .;]
Foodstuffs and Candy Cannot be
Mailed Without Request
From Addressee
township,  Clarence,  of Gladwin,  andi""'/ , ,   .        ,
~. _„-,._._ x   „„.•„,..• I that we have never before been so
well equipped to meet the ravages of
infantile   paralysis   as   we   are   this
Arvilla Strouse, of Butternut,  Michi-1
gan.
He was one of a large family of
children, two brothers, Fred, and Edward, and four sisters, Bertha Crawford, Luella Wright, Edith Johnson
and Nora Emby having preceded him
in death. Three sisters living are
Cora Winters, Alice Joslin and Nora
Roberts.
He also leaves to mourn his passing,
besides the widow and children, one
son-in-law and two daughters»in-law,
thirteen grandchildren, one great
grandson and many other relatives
and friends. Two other grandchildren
are among those gone on before.
He will be greatly missed in  the
community in which he has been a
fine example of honest,    industrious
{Continued on Page Eight)
BOARD MEETING
There will be a meeting of the
Board of Trustees and the Board of
Deacons of the Clare Congregational
Church on Monday night at 7:30 at
the Citizens State Bank huilding. All
members are urged to attend.
Rev. Harold Watson, Minister
Archie McLeod
New Postmaster
at Marion Office
Archie McLeod, who has conducted
a barber business in Marion for the
past thirty-one years, haj been appointed postmaster to succeed Mrs.
Wavial Dunbar-whose resignation in
June has released her to a private
life. Mrs. Dunbar expects to join her
husband in Whitehall,
Mr. McLeod, who has been active
in community life since going to Marion more than thirty years ago, is a
former resident of Clare and a brother
of "Mrs. Forest Shumway, of this city.
He was manager of the Marion ball
club for twenty years, served six years
as deputy sheriff and has taken an active part in the civic affairs of the
community. . •"
year.'
One-half of the funds raised each
January through the celebrations of
the President's Birthday is retained
by the 3,000 county Chapters for aid
to those stricken with poliomyelitis;
the other half goes to the National
Foundation for its program of research, epidemic aid and education.
With new cases being reported almost daily in the southern Michigan
epidemic area and cases reported as
far north as the recent one in Isabella
county and another one in Missaukee
county, it is gratifying to know that
funds contributed in Clare county are
available if the epidemic spreads to
this county. The local chapter has
already expended some money from
the Clare county funds for the benefit
(of those who have suffered infantile
paralysis in the past.
Young People
Rally to Elect
Officers Tues.
At the request of'the War Department the provision for the acceptance
of small packages, not exceeding eight
ounces in weight as ordinary mail,
when prepaid at first-class rate, for
mailing to members of the armed
forces overseas, without a request for
the articles sent, as set forth in the
Postal Bulletin of March 12, 1943, has
been modified by the Post Office Department and postmasters have been
informed that hereafter.this provision
will not apply to such packages containing foodstuffs, including candy.
The arrangement under which small
packages were accepted for mailing
without the presentation of a request
from the addressee was established
in order to facilitate the sending of
small essential articles, as indicated
in the Postal Bulletin notice above
mentioned. However, the number of
gift packages containing foodstuffs
and candy became so great as to piace
a severe strain on the facilities available for their transmission overseas.
Furthermore, many of these packages
were not packed securely and, consequently, did not carry well in the
mails.,
Foodstuffs and candy in ordinary
parcels not exceeding five pounds in
weight or fifteen inches in length or
thirty-six inches in length and girth
combined may be continued to be accepted subject to the general requirement that a request therefor from the
addressee must be presented at the
time the packages are mailed. This
does not modify the arrangement under which Christmas parcels may be
sent without a request therefor, as
provided in a.notice published in the
Postal Bulletin of Jane 2, 1944. Instructions for mailing overseas Christmas gifts were printed in detail in the
August 11th' issue of the- Sentinel.
The Young People's Christian Endeavor Society of Colonville, Eagle,
Elm Grove, Arthur Center, Dover and
Brown Corners, will hold their regu-
uar business meeting Tuesday Evening, August 29, at the Eagle Church
of God," at 8:15 (E.W.T.).
Following the regular business, the
election  of  officers   for   the   coming
year will take place.   All officers and
delegates are urgently requested to be I
present. Are you investing "10„ per cent of
Charles Kleinhardt, Jr., ' I your income in the imr_h_.se of War
President 'Bond-7