1945-02-16; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE SENTINEL
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Established 1878
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1945
New Series Vol. 53, No, 20
SA
N OUT TO
2,000,000
To Practice Law
in Clare'County
TONS OF COAL
Recent    Survey ■ Indicates
Electric Consumers
Cooperating .
It is estimated that approximately
.2,000,000 tons of coal will be saved
annually through the provisions of
War Pa*od.uctian Board Order "U-9,"
■the "Brown Out Order," which pro-
iibtts the -use of electricity for certain .purposes which, in time of war,
are considered non-essential.
■Over S0% of the electricity which
is used in this area is generated in
steam -plants and, as this is the source
of all the energy which will be saved
by this effort, it is appaient that direct savings of coal will result.
POST OFICE  HOURS
In cooperation with the local
"Brown Out" the Clare post office
will close at 5:30 (city time) week
days and 5:00 o'clock (city time)
Saturdays.
The prohibited uses, which have
been set forth in detail in the various
newspapers throughout the nation,
have since been further clarified by
the W.P.B. so that no user of electricity need be in doubt as to whether
or not he is complying with either the
terms or the intent of the order,
A recent survey of the local area
indicates that commercial establishments, with very few exceptions, are
meeting the requirements of the order and that the exceptions are, in
most cases, due to a lack of understanding ot the provisions of the order rather than from any intent to
violate those provisions. Any consumer who is in doubt as to whether
his use is prohibited by the order
should consult Murl Houghton, President of the Clare Chamber of Commerce, or the local electric utility
(Consumers Power Company in this
area).
We quote here questions and answers (in addition to those listed in.
last week's Sentinel) which will be of
interest to local consumers of electricity.
Q. Are the uses of electricity specified in Paragraph (c) prohibited at
all times or only during night times?
A. No person may use electrfcity
either in the day time or in the night
time for the purposes prohibited by
Paragraph (c). The lights must be
turned off and remain off at all times.
Q. Is it permissible to light the
globes on gasoline pumps identifying
the brands of gasoline sold?
A. No. Unless the light bulb
which illuminates the upper globe is
used also to illuminate the dial, or is
the only general illumination necessary
for.the carrying on of busiuess, such
lighting is permissible.
Obviously, these regulations are not
established by nor will they be enforced by the Chamber of Commerce
or the Consumers Power Company,
but are rulings, of the War Production
Board, which may direct the local
electric utility to disconnect the electric -service of- the violator, In addition, any person who wilfully violates
the Order, is subject, nnder the Second War Powers Act, to fine and imprisonment.
FARM MANAGEMENT
PROBLEMS WILL BE
DISCUSSED FEB. 21
A. A. Haist to Speak at Two
Meeting in County
Wednesday
What plans should a farmer make
for 1945? The man who can correctly answer this one is either a prophet
or the son of one. However there are
always some facts in hand that help
a farmer considerably to plan his
farm business even in uncertain war
time.
Arthur Haist, of the Farm Manage
ment Department of Michigan State
College, will discuss some of the guide
posts to sound farm planning for 1945
at two meetings, next Wednesday
February 21st. The meetings will be
at the Arthur Town Hall at 2:00 p. m.
and at the Colonville School at 8:00
p.s m.
CITY DOG OWNERS
. If you haven't yet obtained your
county dog license for 1945 let this
be a reminder that you can still get
them from me until i return license
blanks and tags to the County Treasurer after March 1. All dogs four
months old and over must be licensed
•arid the fee for each respective sex
doubles after June 1st.
Vera B. Peterson,
City Treasurer
ATTY. HAROLD B. HUGHES
Former Harrison young man to open
office in Clare
HAROLD HUGHES
LAW OFFICE TO
0PENJERE SOON
Detroit Bank Attorney to
Move Office to Clare
Bank Bldg,
MRS. IL BISHOP
DIES AT HOME IN
LIT TUESDAY
Well Known Former Resident of Clare Laid at
Rest Here
Harold B. Hughes, who lias been
attorney for the Industrial National
Bank of Detroit will open a law office
over The Citizens State Bank of Clare
shortly after the 15th of February.
Harold was a Clare county resident
for twenty-three yw.rs before going to
Detroit to study law in 1113-5.
Hi' was graduated from Harrison
High School in 1929 and Central Michigan College of Education in 1S83.
Following this he taught in the hlph
school at Harrison for two years, before beginning his studies at The Detroit College of Law, from which he
received the degree of Bachelor of
Law in 1939.
While in Detroit he acted as pro-
ies-cr on the Liberal Arts College
Faculty for The Detroit Institute of
Technology, later resigning to become
attorney lor 'the ;oarik.
He is married and has a boy, David,
age four. 'His wife is the former Vivian Baughman, of Shepherd.
Mr. Hughes says it has always been
his ambition to return to Clare county to practice law among the people
he knows and respects
Mrs. Minnie Bishop passed away
suddenly at her apartment in Flint
Tuesday, February 13, 1945, at the age
of sixty-eight years, two months and
thirteen days.
She came to Clare with her parents,
Mr, and Mrs. John A. Bader, in 1S85
and settled on the farm two and three
quarters miles- west of Clare, where
she spent her childhood days, attending the Wilson district school and
dlare High School.
She was united in marriage to Mr.
George Bishop in June, 1905. Mr.
Bishop preceded her in death about
twelve years ago. She has made her
home in Flint the past twenty-five
years.
She leaves to mourn her passing
two brothers, Edwin Bader, of Rosebush, and Clarence Bader, of Clare;
one niece, Mrs. Helen Martin, of Lansing; four nephews, Burton Bader, of
Mt. Pleasant, Wilson Bader, of Clare,
Charley Bader, of Rosebush, and
Theodore Bader, of Drayton Plains;
and a hose of friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Groves Funeral Home, in Flint, Thursday morning, at 11:00 o'clock and interment made in Cherry Grove Cemetery besdde her mother and brother.
Mr. Bit-hop will be. remembered by
the older residents here as foreman
of the old stave mill that was located
on the present site of the Kraft
Cheese factory.
The Nation Will
Pause in Prayer
This Afternoon
World Day of Prayer* is observed
by over 10,000 communities in our nation as an interdenominational Christian service sponsored by the United
Council of Church. Women,
The churches of our community,
under the sponsorship of the Ministerial Association, will participate in the
following program this" Friday, from
2:45 p. m. to 3:45 p. m.\ at the Baptist
Church.
Song—-Congregation.
World Day of Prayer—Chairman.*
Offering—Congregation.
Solo—.Mrs. Bessie Seiter.
Prayer Period — Leadership of
Church of God.
Meditation Period—Rev. Fred Belleville.
Solo—Mrs. Bessie Seiter.
Meditation Period—Rev. Chas. B.
Hahn.
Prayer Period—Led by Rev. Harold
Watson.
Song—Congregation.
Benediction.
Father and Son
Banquet Planned
Next Wednesday
The Congregutional Church Annual
Father-Son Banquet will be held in
the church parlors on Wednesday,
February _1, at 6:30 p. m.. A very
fine program has been arranged. The
highlight of the program is the speaker, .Clifton A. Youngman of Lakeview\
Michigan.
Mr. Youngman is well known
throughout the State of Michigan. He
is a poet-humorist and has been, in
great demand throughout the state as
a speaker. His subject for the banquet will be, "Around Our Town,"
which is the title of his book of verse
which was published some time ago.
Youth and adults who attend the
banquet will not be disappointed in
Mr. Youngman, for he centers his
talks around fathers and sons to such
an extent that all are bound to receive a great deal of pleasure.
The Ladies Guild will serve the banquet dinner. Harold Fleming is ticket chairman and no.more than 150
tickets will be sold.
Casualties
MISSING IN ACTION
Augustus F. Williams, of Clare, received word Friday, February 9, that
his son, Pfc. Romain L. Williams, was
missing in action somewhere in Bur-
ope.
Pfc. Williams was born in Grant
township, attended Clare High School
and lived in the township most of his
life. He was married* to Madeline
Stirling, of Mt. Pleasant, April §, 1943.
His wife and son reside with her, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stirling, of
Mt. Pleasant.
He -entered the service January 6,
1943, and trained at Camp Robinson,
Ark., Fort George Meade,, Md., and
Camp McCoy, Wis., before going overseas in April, 1944. He was in the
Infantry,
DANCE
Modern and old time dancing at the
K. of P. Hall at Farwell, Saturday
night, February 17th. Price 50c a
couple, 25c extra lady.
TWO GAMES IN
THE_PAST WEEK
Junior   High   Boys   Defeat
Harrison Wednesday
... „.     Afternoon
REV. CHAS. KLEINHARDT TO
RESUME PREACHING SUNDAY
FOLLOWING RECENT ILLNESS
Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt, who has been
ill, will again assume his pastoral duties next Sunday.
He yrill fill his pulpit in the Arthur
Center Church, at the morning preaching service, commencing at 11:30
o'clock.
He. will preach at the Colonville
Church Sunday evening, following a
song service «which the young people
will conduct, commencing at 8:00
o'clock. A good attendance will be
appreciated.
The "Pioneer basketball season
stands six won and six lost as the
result of successive victories over
Coleman and Beaverton. The Green
and White took Coleman into camp to
the tune of 28-17 on Friday and repeated Tuesday with a 24-14 win over
Beaverton. The win over Beaverton
was especially enjoyable to the Clare
team because it was Beaverton who
knocked the Pioneers out of last years
District tournament.
Clare had little difficulty with Coleman, which was not at full strength,
and midway in the first half held a
20-1 lead. The Green and White eased
up in the second half and although
outscored 10-8, were never in danger.
The Beaverton game was entirely
different, as the visitors started with
a rush to hold a 6-2 lead at the end of
the first quarter. During this period
the Pioneers were passing excellently
but simply could not sink their shots.
Clare managed to do some scoring
in the second quarter, enough to even
the count at 8-8 for the half.  *
The Green and White came back
after the intermission to break their
third quarter jinx and pull away from
Beaverton 20-10. With both teams
substituting frequently in the fourth
quarter, Clare held its 10 point advantage to win  24-14.
The little Pioneers lost a tough one
to Coleman 19-17 but displayed a fine
brand of ball handling to whip Beaver-
ton's reserves 23-15.
Two games remain on the Pioneer
schedule, at Shepherd February 20 and
Gladwin at home February 23. Let's
hope that the boys dontinue the good
work.
The Clare Junior High School teams
took two games from the Harrison
Junior High boys Wednesday after-?
noon, the Clare seventh graders defeat-*
ing Harrison. 18 to 10 and the Clare
eighth graders defeating Harrison 23
to 12.
The Harrison boys were much larger
than the locals but the Clare boys
played somewhat smoother basketball.
IDEAL ONE OF
FIRST TO SHOW
FIGHTING LADY
Local  Patrons Thrilled by
Genuine War Movie
Last Week
Few people attending the Ideal
Theatre Friday and Saturday realized
what was really in store for them in
the motion picture, "Fighting Lady,"
sharing a double feature billing at the
local theatre these evenings. The
Ideal was among the first theatres in
the nation to show the movie.
Mr. Olson was very fortunate in securing this film, which is so .new that
adequate advance publicity could not
be obtained, and even, though the local
theatre shows many first run movies,
few have equalled "Fighting Lady,"
which is now showing single bill on
Broadway at $1.65 minimum.
Ernie Pyle has said concerning this
picture, "Every" once in a while you
see or read or feel something that you
go head over heels about, and can't
quit talking about. That has happened to me recently about the movie
called 'Fighting Lady,' produced by
the Navy.
"If you ever see it advertised, for
goodness sakes go see it. It is the
story of life aboard an aircraft carrier
in the Pacific. It is in technicolor and
it's all genuine. It was not produced
in Hollywood from fancy sets. It was
all taken by Navy cameramen right
on the spot. It is as* beautiful aud as
thrilling as anything I've ever seen.
"A good third of it was taken by
automatic cameras is the noses of
fighter planes. You dive on Japanese
islands as though you were in the
plane yourself.
"You can see your own tracer bullets shooting out ahead and fingering
into Japanese planes. You see the
Japanese planes suddenly explode in
a wave of red flame, and see them
twist down and down into the sea.
Not one or two isolated far-away shots
but scores of them, close up and viyid.
"'Fighting Lady' is a magnificent
piece of work. You^'ll know considerably more about what war feels like
after you see it."
The picture is now being shown in
several cities and will eventually be
shown everywhere in, regular'theaters.
The picture was not just another war
movie, but a sensational and gripping
historical masterpiece that proved so
popular here that Mr. Olson is now endeavoring to have the film returned to
the Ideal Theatre.
Only One Drug
Store to Be Open
Sunday Evenings
In cooperation with the local "Brown
Out" only one Clare drug store will
be open Sunday evenings the remainder of February and during March
and April.
All drug stores will »be open, from
8:30 a. m. until 1:00 p. m. each Sunday.
All drug stores will be closed from
1:00 p. m. until 5:00 p. m. each Sunday.-
Only one drug store will be open
from 5:00 p. m. until 10:00 p. m. each
Sunday evening, rotating in, turn,
through April.
Cards will he placed each Sunday in
the drug stores telling which store
will be open that evening.
Whatever your wants may be, a
Glare Sentinel want ad is sure to help
you get .quick results.
VERNON PIONEER
DIES IN HOSPITAL
FEBRUARY 8TH
Mrs.   Amanda   O'Connor
Laid at Rest Here
Last Saturday
Reported Missing
Since January 26
Mrs. Amanda O'Connor passed to
her reward last Thursday afternoon,
February 8, in the Central Michigan
Community Hospital at Mt. Pleasant,
at the age of eighty-eight years, after
many months of illness due to a broken hip suffered in a fall last September.
Mrs. O'Connor was born in Tuscola
county, Michigan, August 10, 1856, the
daughter of Ro_ell and Elizabeth Ash
Brooks. During childhood her home
was for some years near Saginaw but
when a young girl her parents moved
to Wilson's Mill in tne western part
of Vernon Township, where they ran
a boarding house for some years.
Here she met' James O'Connor, a
skilled worker at the mills, with whom
she was- united in marriage on Jufl.e
30, 1872.
They lived near the mill until 1881
when they purchased eighty, acres of
land on Section 18 from Wilson Brothers, where they established their
pioneer home. They gave an acre of
land from the corner of their farm
where a .new school was built,, which
at that time was named the Russell
school. In recent years this name has
been changed to the O'Connor school
in honor of the donors of the land.
In the early nineties Mr. and Mrs.
O'Connor purchased the home in Clare
on East State Street. Mr. O'Connor
died on October 23, 1924, and Mrs.
O'Connor continued to live, in the
home which meant so much to her.
She was the mother of three sous,
Charles, born November 12, 1873, died
when he was about fourteen years of
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LIEUT. JOHN G. WHITE
Mr. and Mrs. George J. White received a telegram from the War Department Friday noon, February 9th,
informing them that their son, 2nd
Lieut. John G. White, had been reported missing in action in. Luxembourg
since January 26th.
John was one of the first to volunteer for service from this community,
enlisting November 5th, 1940, was
commissioned Second Lieutenant in
the U. S. Coast Artillery Corps May
20th, 1943, at Camp Davis, North Carolina, was later transferred to the Infantry, and went overseas November
21st, 1944.
FARWELL SOLDIER
FIRES FIRST SHOT
JNTO_GERMANY
Pvt. Allen Draws Number
to Pull Lanyard
of Gun
TENTH DISTRICT
AMERICAN LEGION
CONVENTION HERE
Dr. Merle S. Ward, Ph.D.,
of Ferris Institute,
Speaker
The Walter H. Larman Post of the
American Legion and the American
Legion Auxiliary were hosts to the
Tenth District Legion Convention Sunday, February 11th.
Each group held their business
meetings in the afternoon at the city
hall memorial building. District Commander Dalzell and District President
Mrs. Agnes Thompson presided at
their respective meetings. For entertainment, Miss Martha Jean McKinnon,. gave two>piano solos; Sally Gillespie sang two novelty numbers; and
J.ohanna Smith entertained with tap
dance numbers.
At six thirty o'clock, more than one
hundred and fifty members and guests
were served a banquet in the I.O.O.F.
hall by the Rebekahs, who were assisted by the Theta Rho Girls as waitresses. Table grace was said by Wm.
D. Harger, Chaplain of the Clare post.
Following the dinner, a. short pro?
gram was presented, which had been
arranged by the Rebekahs, with Commander Robert Archambault presiding.
Community singing was led by James
Gillespie, with his concertina; Miss
Dorothy Pascoe gave two whistling
solos; -Harold Brooks sang two novelty numbers, "Put Your Arms Around
Me Honey" and "Surrey With the
Fringe on Top"; and these were accompanied with shadow pictures, with
Mrs. George Lehr at the piano. Miss
Joanne Richard gave two tap dance
numbers, with Miss Vena Lee Gillespie at the piano; and Leon Schlafley
sang, "Don't Fence Me In" and "I'm
a Yankee Doodle Boy,"
Commander,Archambault introduced
several guests, including Sam Wilkinson, of Clare, who served in the Spanish-American War; Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Wylie, of Mendota, Illinois, \fonner
Clare residents; Commanders of other
posts and State Officers.,
Dr. Merle S. Ward, Ph.D., President
of the Ferris Institute, and Commander of the Big Rapids Post, was speaker
of the evening, and he used as his
topic, "Which Way Is America,"   .
IRS. H. CALKIN
£S AWAY
HASTINGS FEB. 4
Former    Respected    Clare
Lady Laid at Rest
There Monday
.Friends of Mrs. Maggie McKinley
Calkins received word this week of
her illness and death, in Hastings,
Thursday of last week. She was taken to Pennock Hospital there on February 4th and passed away the following Thursday. Funeral services were
held Monday, February 12th| with
burial -at Irving Cemetery at Hastings.
Mrs. Calkins was a sister of the
late Matie McKinley Younglove, of
Clare, and a resident of Sheridan
township, Clare 'county, for many
years. Since her marriage to Mr.
Calkins, She has lived in Hastings.
Mr. Calkins preceded her in death
several years ago.
The deceased leaves to mourn their
loss, nieces and nephews, step-children and many friends. Sympathy is
extended to all in their loss.
To Rehearse For
"The Holy City"
Each Sunday
The sacred oratorio, "The Holy.
City," by A. R. Gaul, will be presented again this year on Palm Sunday
evening, March 25th, at the Clare
Methodist* Church. Doris Gerow is
the director and Harold Collins is the
organist.
Rehearsals will be held each Sunday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:00
o'clock. All persons of the commun*
ily who are interested in this work
are invited to join the chorus.
Deaths
DR.-FLOYD W. HIGH, V. S.
Dr. Floyd W. High, well known Coleman Veterinarian, passed away at his
farm home near there Wednesday evening. He was a veteran of World
War Number One.
Funeral arrangements, in charge of
the Doherty Funeral Home at Coleman, were not completed at press
lime.
Methodist Father
and Son Banquet
February 28th
The Father and Soli Banquet of the
Methodist Church will be served Wednesday evening, February 28th.*1 Because of rationing, ticket sales should
close Monday, February 26th.
MRS. SARAH ANGELINE SANDERS
Mrs. Sarah Angeline Sanders, widow
of the late Frank Sanders, of Arthur
township, passed away at the hoiae }>£
her son, Earl, in. that township, .late
Sunday evening, at the age ef seventy-
six years and eighteen days.
Funeral services were held from the
Arthur town hall at 1:00 o'clock Wed*
nesday   afternobn,   with  Rev.   Chas.
Kleinhardt officiating, and interment
in   the   Arthur   Cemetery,    Doherty
Sons were'in charge of arrangements.
Among, those attending'the services
from a distance were Mr. and Mrs.
Ra*lph Heller, Mrs. James Touroo, Mrs,'
Roy Diamond and Mrs. Vernon Worsen, all of Lansing.
1   "The life story will be published next
week.
By STANLEY FRANK
N. Y. Post War Correspondent
Copyright, 1944, New York Post
Somewhere in Germany, Sept. 13—
The man who pulled the lanyard of
the gun which fired the first American:
shell into Germany is Pvt. Jim Allen,
an insignificant looking kid from Far-
well, Mich.
Pvt. Allen's home village is so smali
its inhabitants don't have street addresses. He never gave much thought
to Fascism until he went into the Army.
Guys in the battery loaded the 155-
mm, shell into the gun and Pvt. Allen-
pulled the string. That was all there
was to it.
"It/was just another one of thousands of shells we've fired in the last
three months, just another play in.
the ball game," said the commanding
officer of the outfit.
Several   outfits    undoubtedly   will
claim the distinction of having fired,
the first shell into Germany, just as >
hundreds of individuals    claim    they-
were the first to step ashore in Nor-   v
mandy, enter- Paris or cross the German border.
Division and corps headquarter-
nearest the enemy lines are agreed,
however, that Pvt. Allen's gun was the
first artillery piece to drop a calling:
card on the R.eich.
The commanding officer was tolg
that he could choose the gun and had
every gun crew in his outfit pick a,
number. Sgt. Robert Hayton, Los
Angeles, the gun commander, selected number 16 and was the winner.
All the guys in the crew scribbled
their names on the shell. Cpl. Virgil
Olson, Norwegian driver of the vehicle which pulls the gun, wrote "from
Ollie to Adolf."
A few more phrases such as "BerliE
qr Bust," "Here's Looking at Yoi_
Schnickelgruber, Come and Pick Up
the Pieces," were scrawled on the
shell and then Pvt. Allen made witb.
the string,
It Was- nice to discover that two
New Yorkers are part of the guncrew. They are Pvt. Tom Sabato,
2709 Marway Ave., Brooklyn, and Pvt.
Mario Rommero, 547 W. 142nd St.,
Manhattan. They were too shy and
flustered at the thought of having
the folks back home see their nameg
in the papers to say anything.    •  '
I had-been chasing Pvt Allen, and
the gun for two days when I finally '
caught up with him..
"I  guess   I  didn't think that oi©
shell was as important as other people
make it out to be," he commented
laconically.   "Hell, one shell more or-
less doesn't mean much any more."
(Reprinted by permission of the-
New York Post and the New York
Post Syndicate.)
MICHIGAN MUTUAL      ;
WINDSTORM COMPANY:
ENJOYS GOOD YEAR
Firm Gains Over $12,000,000 is
New Business During
1944
* The annual meeting of the MSck-
igan Mutual Windstorm Insurance €_.,
was held at their offices in Has-lags
on Wednesday, January 17. It was
well attended and harmonious. Five-
directors, all re-elections, were choseis.
as follows: Guy E. Crook and M. _£,
Cota, of Hastings; Walter H. Bur-d, o£
Ann Arbor; W. A. Bartlett, of Alms*
and V. P. Mott, of. Scottville.
The pfficers, who have served the
company so capably and faithfi-jtty,
were all re-elected by the board «_
fifteen directors as follows:
President, Harrison Dodds ■"•
Vice President, Guy E. Crook.   .    »
Secretary-Treasurer, M. E. Cota.
The annual statement of the year's
business was read aiid given unal'tf-
mous approval. Some figures frpsm
the yearly report wil]l prove interest'
fog- .*-
The insurance in force at the end!
of the business y6ar3i Dec. 31, IHi,
was the huge sum of* $532,358,088.Q«_
The net gain for the year was $12,_S&-
938.00
Losses paid in 1944 amounted ,e
$256,383.34, over a quarter of a niillio»
dollars. The memorable windstorm
on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, in 1946,
Drought a loss to one in every tout >»f
the company's members-; sand -th© ■
Windstorm Co. actually -paid mtfe
$1,250,000 for losses caused by -that
one state-wide windstorm. Their est
viable financial -position, enabled thtm
to do this without borrowing a dollar-,
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