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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1945
New Series Vol. 53, No. 2$
CHARLES PFETSCH
PASSES AWAY IN
HATTONJOWNSHIP
Funeral  Services  Held   at
Dover Tabernacle
Sunday
Leposky Awarded
His Pilot's Wings
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Charles Pfetsch was born June 30,
1863, the son of Jacob and Anna Marie
Pfetsch, in Wirttenburg, Germany, and
passed away at his home in Hatton
township, March 14, at the age of
eighty-one years, eight months and
fourteen days.
At the age of eighteen, he left Germany and arrived at Niagara Falls in
August of 1881. Two years -later, ion
•June'30, 1883, he took Marie Ott to be
his life .companion and they lived happily for sixty-one years. Their marriage was blessed with five children;
Frederick, Manuel and Charles dying
in infancy. He was also preceded in
death by five brothers and three sisters.
'rChe 'first se-venteen .years 'Of fheir
married life was spent in Detroit, after which they moved to Hatton township where th<£y cleared ground, built
a home and took up residence for
twenty-one years. In 1921 they move'd
to Mt. Pleasant and in 1935 they a'gain
returned to Hatton township to their
present home where they have resided
for the past ten yeai-s.
He "was -a devoted husband to his
wife who nursed him faith'fiilly
through two and a half years of suffering. He was a loving and caring father to his children and a zealous
Christian, always willing to do'his part
for the furtherance, of the gospel of
his Lord and Savior.
He will be missed by his wife,
Marie; son, George, of Mt. Pleasant;
daughter, Freda, of Clare; three grand
children, Barbara, of Clare, Eleanor,
of'Detroit, and Robert, now serving
-with the Navy in Pearl Harbor; ;a
daughter and son-in-law, nineteen
nieces, twenty.nephews, two sistersrin-
law, two brothers-in-law and a host of
friends.
SAVED BY GRACE
Someday, when fades the golden sun
Beneath the .rosy-tinted west,
My blessed Lord wiirfsay, •'WQ?l-idone"
And I _hall-enter ■tatiJTe.stl -.**    ' .
Then I shall see Him face to face
And tell the story—saved by grace.
Funeral services were held from the
Dover Tabernacle at 2:00 o'clo6k "Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt officiating, assisted by Rev. Gil-
iad Stuckey of Detroit, and interment
was made in the Ott Cemetery in Hatton township.
Among those attending the services
from out Of town were: Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Houghton, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Stuckey-and daughter, Janet, Mr. and
Mrs. Gil-ad Stucky and son, George,
Mr. and Mrs. John Ely, Otto Koppin,
Mr. and Mrs. Gailbrath, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Martin, Miss Johanna Ott, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Radloff and family,
Mrs. Carrie Bithers, Mrs. Minnie Dido,
Mrs. Rose Rutter, Miss Eleanor
Pfetsch, all of Detroit; Arnold Ott and
wife and daughter, of Midland; Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Ott, of Howell; Chester
Fennell, Miss Rachel Teachout, Mrs.
Ida Teachout, Mrs. Frank Schmidt,
Mrs. Pearl Myers, Miss Edith Myers,
Mr. and Mrs. Damon, Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle Bristol and son, of Mt. Pleasaant:
Mr. and Mr3. Floyd Allen, of Lansing;
and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Henflerson, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Ott and Mr. and Mrs.
B. Fischer, of Harrison.
Pampa Army Air Field, Pampa,
Texas, (Special)—John E. Leposky, 21
son. of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Lepos
ky, Route 2, Harrison, Mich., has been
awarded his silver pilot's wings and
appointed an officer in the Army Air
Forces upon completion of his twin-
engine advanced training at this Top
o' Texas unit of the AAF Central Flying Training Command,
CLARE RIDING CLUB
ORGANIZED AT GRANT
TOWN HALL SUNDAY
'Honorary Memberships To Be
Sent to Horsemen
in Service
The Clare Riding Club meeting "held
Sunday night, March 18th, at the
Grant town hall, was well attended.
Committees were appointed and
plans laid for the season's activities.
Meeting date will be the second
Sunday of each month and members
will be notified as to the place.
It was agreed to send honorary
memberships to the boys in service
who were actively interested in horse
man ship.
Much interest is being shown in
riding as evidenced by the clubs being organized in surrounding communities. Those now active are. Bay City,
Reed City, Big Rapids, St. Louis and
Gladwin.
The Clare Riding Club'will be happy
to welcome anyone as a new. member
who is interested in this form of recreation.
WANTED AT ONCE
Four experienced machine operators.
jiartfn Loomis Machine Shop, Clar0.
EASTER SERVICE
AT ST. HENRY'S
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Holy Week Services Held
Thursday, Friday,
Saturday
The Mass of the Resurrection will
be held at St. Henry's Church of Rosebush, US-27, at nine o'clock Easter
morning. Services will begin with a
procession into church of all those
on ceremonies. The altars will be
richly decorated with a variety of cut
and potted spring flowers, ferns and
palm plants, and many tall candles
and gold-tinted electric lights.
•♦The choir and organist will present
the following musical program: 1.
Processional hymn, "Alleluia, Let the
Holy Anthems Rise," 2. New choral
music for the Easter Mass composed
by B. J. Flynn. 3. Offeratory, "Regina
Coeli Laetare," 4. Organ. Recessional, "Pomp and Circumstance." The
electric steeple chimes wiir also play
the traditional Easter melodies before
and  after services.
The text of Father Gordon Grant's
sermon will be "This is the day which
the Lord hath made: let us rejoice
and be glad in it."   Ps. CXVII, 24.
The regular liturgical Holy Week
services will be held Thursday, Friday
and Saturday mornings, at" eight
o'clock. Good Friday afternoon from
two to three, there will be special
services consisting of the Way of the
Cross, and several sermons depicting the suffering and death of the Savior. The church for this service will
be draped in black.
Confessions on Holy , Saturday will
be from three to six in the afternoon,
and fram seven-thirty _ to ten in the
evening.
The public is most cordially invited
to attend the Easter morning and
Good Friday- afternoon services.
Answer Call to
Nation's Colors
The below listed Clare County men
have been inducted into the Armed
Forces of the United States:
Alexander S. Jankowsky, Clare
Carl E. Oman, Farwell
Kasmer Krawczynski, R-l, Harrison
William VanflerWoude, R-2, Marion
Gerald R. Waldron, Clare
James L, Jackson., -.Glare
Kenneth R. Hilton, Harrison
George W. Bailey, R-2, Harrison
Stanley E. Crum, Clare
William M, Henry, R-5, Harrison
Casualties
KILLED IN ACTION
Mrs. Lester Lyons received word
from the War Department Saturday
that her husband, Sgt. Lester Lyons,
was killed in action in Germany,
March 5th. He went overseas in early
August and was in the Infantry of
General Patton's 3rd Army and had
been wounded twice previously. 'His
home town was Lansing and his mother, Mrs. Mildred Barnes, lives at
Houghton Lake.
Whatever your wants may be, a
Clare Sentinel want ad is sure to help
you get quick results.
Bulletin
SEVENTH WAR LOAN
A telegram received Thursday afternoon by Clare County War Finance
Committee Chairman Art Damoth announces that the official dates for the
Seventh War Loan Drive are "from
May 14th through June 30th and that
all bonds clearing the Federal Reserve
Bank April 9 th through July 7th will
be counted towards Claro county's
quota,
Clare   County   Seventh   War   Loan
quotas are;
Series E Bonds—$213,000
Corporations—$74,000
Other issues to individuals—$98,000
Total county quota—$385,000
"THE HOLY CITY"
TO BE PRESENTED
SUNDAYJVENING
Local   Singers   to   Present
Sacred Oratorio at
Methodist Church
A Sacred Oratorio, "The Holy City,"
by A. R. Gaul, will be presented at the
Clare Methodist Church, Sunday evening, March 25th, at 8:00 o'clock. The
chorus will be directed by Doris Gerow and Harold Collins will- be the
organist.
The program follows:
"No Shadows Yonder"—Chorus and
Tenor Solo, Austin Bates.
Solo, "My Soul Is Athirst for God"—
Doris Gerow.
. "At Eventide It Shall Be Light," trio
—Doris Gerow, Agnes Pierson, Ruth
Neff.
"They That Sow in Tears"—Chorus.
"Eye Hath Not Seen," solo—Dr.
Madeline Donnelly.
"For Thee, O Dear, Dear Country"
—Chorus.
"Thine  Is  The Kingdom"—Chorus.
Offertory
"A New Heaven and A New Earth,"
solo—Harold Brooks.
"The Fining Pot Is for Silver"—
Chorus.
"These' Are They," solo—Agnes
Pierson.
_ "Thgy^hall Hunger No More"—Women's .Chorus.
"List! -The Cherubic Host"—Chorus and Solo, Charles Church.
"Great and Marvelous Are Thy
Works"—Chorus.
The pei-sonnel includes:
Soprano: Ida Clark, Dr. Donnelly,
Olive Evans, Leta Gillespie, Margaret
Gillespie, Vena Lee Gillespie, Dorothy
Hess, Elva Mcintosh, Roberta Mc
Knight, Mabel Mulder, Agnes Pierson,
Fannie Schultz, Joyce Seiter, Betty
Wright, Verona White.
Alto: Erma Byers, Estella Hahn.
Lynn Hahn, Ethel Marshall, Belle
Mair, Elizabeth Mcintosh, Gwendolyn
Putnam, Jennie Pierson, Ruth Neff.
Alma Lee Seiter, Alma Seiter, Kathy-
leen Seiter.
Tenor: Austin Bates, Burke Collins, Charles Church, Dr. Mulder.
Bass: Clyde Allen, Harold Brooks,
Rev. Hahn, Wm. Harger, John Presley.
UNION GOOD FRIDAY
SERVICES TO BE AT
METHODIST CHURCH
Ministers  Of City   Will   Take
Part in Annual
Observance
Union Good Friday Services will be
held at the Clare Methodist Church,
Friday, March 30, from 1:00 to 2:45
o'clock.
The program will be as follows:
Organ music.
Hymn, "There Is A Fountain 'Filled
Wtih  Blood."
Prayer—Rev. Redman.
Responsive reading, Isaiah, chapter
53—led by Rev. Watson. ,
Offertory.
Anthem, "Did Jesus Weep for Me?"
Sermon by Rev, Belleville. Text:
"For the preaching of the cross is to
them that perish foolishness; but unto us that are saved it is the power of
God."    •
Solo—Mrs. Redman.
Sermon by Rev. Weaver. Text:
"And the sun was darkened, and the
vail of the temple was rent in the
midst."
Hymn "Beneath the Cross of Jesus."
Benediction—Mrs. Garchow.
Pogtlude.
Business places will be closed as
usual in favor of the Good Friday
Services.
PFC. WM. J: PERRY
KILLED IN ACTION
AT MANILA FEB.13
Parents Receive   Word  of
Death of Their Son
March 10
Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Perry received
word Saturday, March 10th, that their
son, Pfc. Wm. J. Perry, was killed in,
action February 13th, a|. Manila.
Bill was born June :j.0th, 1912, in
Grout township, Gladwin county, and
most of his life was spent in Gladwin
county. A few years prior to induction in the Army he made his* home
in Missouri.   s >
He entered the service in November
1942, and received his basic training
at Camp Beale, California. In September, 1943, he was transferred to
Camp Bowie, Texas, and in May, 1944
he was sent to Fort Ord, California,
and went overseas to New Guinea.
He is survived by his parents, Arthur D. and Mary Perry, of Gladwin
county, two brothers, Edson, of Wichita, Kansas, and Sherman, of Gladwin;
two* sisters, Mrs Lorraine Hughes, of
Pontiac, and Mrs. Eva Newman, of Arthur township, Clare county; also two
children, Whilden and Elaine, of Clare
county; and one nephew, Kenneth
Perry, at home.
He was a member of,the Latter Day
Saints Church.
ARLEIGH GORR TO
LEAVE CONSUMERS
FOR FARM DUTIES
Honored by Employees at
Wellmari's Saturday
Evening
Arleigh Gorr, who has been employed as a serviceman here by the
Consumers Power Company for the
past eighteen years, has resigned this
position to devote his: entire time to
his farm- soutfiwes'fe-^ Clare.
In. the resignation of Mr, Gorr, the
Consumers Power Company has lost
the service of one of its most capable
and most congenial employees in this
district, and all of the many friends
he has made during his years of service with the company wish him success in his future enterprises.
Last Saturday evening twelve employees and Mends, including tlie little Misses Suzanne Irving and Ann It
Elden, met at the home of Manager Al
Wellman, of the Clare district of the
company, for a farewell party in honor
of Arleigh, and to help Mrs. Dexter
(Continued on Page Six)
TO HARD SURFACE
TRUNKLINE M-61
WESTJ0 TEMPLE
County Maintenance of the
State Highways
Successful
BAKE SALE SATURDAY
The- Clare Benefit Auxiliary will
hold a bake sale, at Morgan's Grocery
Saturday, March 31. Proceeds will
b<i used for Red Crpss,
The contract was let last week to
VanDerVeen & Sons, of Grand Rapids,
to apply a prime and double seal coat
of tar and stone chips to 12.4 miles
of trunkline M-61 from Harrison to
Temple, with work to commence about
June 15th. The blacktop hard surfacing will be twenty-two feet wide and
will provide Temple with its first hard-
surfaced trunkline highway.
When this work is completed all
trunklines maintained by Clare county
crews, including US-10, US-27, M-115
and M-61, will be hard-surfaced, bringing the county's total to 87.5 miles.
All the men working on trunkline
maintenance in, the county are now
preparing. the roadbed for the black
top and i-emoving "soft spots" to assure the best possible road when completed.
State Highway Commissioner Charles M. Zie'gler has always manifested
a keen interest in Clare county and
its trunkline highways, this county
being the third one in the entire state
to have maintenance of state trunk-
lines returned to the county.
The trunklines in the county have
been kept in very good condition and
free from snow in, winter by Superintendent Wm. E. Bowler and his capable state trunkline maintenance crews
since the work has been under local
supervision.
All reports from the major overland
freight and trucking companies indicate that the state trunk lines have
been in better condition since the
maintenance has been returned to the
counties.
Pfc. WmJ. Perry
Killed in Action
•f
•Of   **»
Former young man of this vicinity
killed  in  action at Manila.
CLARE KIWANIANS
TO RESUME DINNER
MEETINGSJUESDAY
Annual    Kiyvanis    Athletic
Banquet to Be Held
April 17th
Members of the Clare Kiwanis Club
who are still in the city met at the
Hotel Doherty Tuesday evening and,
made plans to resume meetings here,
which had been discontinued because
so many members were in the Armed
Forces.
The local club's charter has been
maintained and it was decided to meet
at the hotel each Tuesday evening
with dinner at 6:30 o'clock, the first
meeting to he held next Tuesday evening, March 27th.
The club will sponsor the annual
Kiwanis Athletic Banquet again this
year, with the dinner to be served at
St. Cecilia's Church.at 6:30 o'clock
Tuesday evening, April 17th, with the
Clare Chamber of Commerce cooperating, as this organization has $ince
Kiwanis meetings have been suspena-
ed.
Clare High School athletic letter
winners will be introduced and the
Kiwanis trophy will be presented to
the winner during the meeting.
The speaker of the evening will be
Don Wattrick, executive in the sales
and advertising department of the
home office of the Ford Motor Company and sports director of the Michigan, Radio Network.
Mr. Wattrick has announced from
Detroit radio stations for a number
of years, covering the University of
Michigan football games for three
years and the Red Wings hockey
matches for two years, as assistant to
Harry Heilmann.
Parents and friends of local athletes
will be given an opportunity to attend
the banquet and further details will
be announced in these columns.
CLARE HIGH SCHOOL
GLEE CLUB MINSTREL
SHOW FRIDAY, APRIL 6
Proceeds to Go Into Fund For
Purchase of Grand
Piano
One of the most outstanding programs of the year is the minstrel show
which is to be presented Friday, April
6, in the Clare High School auditorium. The great show is being presented by tlie Boys and Girls Glee
Clubs of the high school.
The money from the show is going
toward the grand piano fund, from
Which shall be bought a grand piano
for the school auditorium.
You will not only hear some of your
old favorite songs, but you will also
get a big laugh out of the end men,j
"Allblack" and "Coal black," and the
many others who will add the finishing
touches. You will also hear quartet
and and duet numbers sung by members of the Glee Clubs.
Membership tickets may be purchased from any Glee Club member of
the high school. All proceeds go toward the grand piano fund.
Cpl. Max Melnek
Now Liberated
Mr. and Mrs. George Melnek, of Vernon township, received a telegram
from the War Department, Friday of
last week, stating that their son, Cpl.
Max Melnek, previously reported missing in action in Germany and later reported a prisoner of war of the German Government, had been liberated.
SYMBOLIC HOLY
WEEK RITES AT
ST. CECILIA'S
_	
Two Masses to Be Offered
Easter Sunday
Morning
DUFFYS TAVERN NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC
Duffy's Tavern, located on west 4th
street, having been redecorated and
improvements' made throughout, is
now open to the public for refreshments, dinners and lunches. Come in
and lets get acquainted.
Mr. and Mrs. Dolphis T. Hebert
Wliat did you do for   Freedom   today?—Buy Bonds!
Against a background of purple
draped altars, ceremonies beautiful
and significant will portray the Last
Week of the King of Kings. At no
time in the year does the ancient liturgy employ symbolic dramatic action
more effectively than during Holy
Week. Even the Person of Christ is
shown by symbols. In the procession
on Palm Sunday, He was formerly represented by the Book of Gospels or
by a statue; today His place is taken
by the priest. On Good Friday the
cross represents Christ and on Holy
Saturday the lighted paschal candle is
considered to be a figure of His body,
soul and divinity.
Palm Sunday
Procession, Blessing of Palms and
Mass—10:30 A. M.
The procession which takes place
immediately after the blessing of the
palms was a joyous social ceremony
during the Middle Ages. All the clergy
and the people of the city joined it as
it traced its way from the principal
church to one usually situated outside
the walls. Today the celebrant of the
Mass, and the acolytes, all bearing
blessed palms, proceed out of the
church, after which the doors are
closed. On returning, the acolyte
knocks on the dopr with the shaft of
the Cross andit is opened to allow the
procession to enter. This ceremony
'Tniirds us that Christ by His death
ou the Cross opened the gates of Heaven which had been closed by sin.
During the Mass, the Passion-gospel
according to St. Matthew will be read
in English by Mr. James E. Ryan. It
is customary for the people to hold the
palms over the right shoulder during
the procession and the reading of the
Passion.
Holy Thursday
Communion, Mass, Procession—7:30
A. M.
Family Adoration as assigned—All
day.
General Holy Hour—7:30 P. M.
The Solemn-Rites of Holy Thursday
commemorate Our Lord's Last Supper
and the Institution of the Blessed Eucharist. After Mass the Blessed Sacrament is carried in solemn procession to the altar of repose. The repository suggests the Garden of Olives
and the Holy Sepulchre. The burial
of Christ as well as the institution of
the Eucharist are commemorated. Each
family will pend a golden hour before
this altar to join Christ in, the solemn
.death-watch, to thank Him for living
in our midst, to beg pardon for sins
committed against this Sacrament of
Love and request His graces for themselves and family, the parish, our
country and the whole world. Confessions will be heard on Wednesday
from 4:00 to 5:00 and 7:30 to 9:00 P
(Continued on Page Six*
156 MEN NEEDED
FROM THE COUNTY
TO FILL QUOTAS
468 Are to Be "Examined to
Assure Necessary
Replacements
The following letter, explaining the
procedure to be taken by Local Selective Service Boards in filling quotas for the Armed Forces, was received by Clare County Local Board
No. 1 recently, and is self-explanatory:
March 13, 1945
Clare 'County Local Board No, 1
528V_ McEwan
Clare, Michigan
Action  Required to Meet Calls
Gentlemen:
1. Our basic mission continues to
be to fill the calls of the Armed Forces
for military manpower. The most
urgent task facing each Local Board is
the immediate reclassification of a
sufficient number of deferred registrants to meet all calls as ordered in
full. Greatly increased replacement
needs of the Armed Forces, combined
with a dwindling reservoir of available
manpower, makes our task the most
difficult yet encountered. Only the
most aggressive action by your Local
Board, including additional special
classification meetings, will enable Selective Service to meet this crisis.
2. We have been advised that calls
will continue at the present high level
at least to July 1. Since it usually
takes at least 60 days to move a registrant from a deferred status to a
point available for induction, immediate action is required to process sufficient numbers of deferred resigtrants
now to meet calls for the next three
months. A board must reclassify at
least three men into Class 1-A to have
a net result of one man, available for
induction.
3. Your Local Board will be called
upon to deliver for actual induction a
total of approximately 156 men during
the three month period—April, May
and June, 1945— This means that
you must reclassify into Class 1-A by
1 April 1945 a sufficient number to
have therein a total of 468 men, exclusive of the number used in filling
your March call.
4. To meet the above calls, your
Local Board must drastically reduce/
your current deferments in all classes
and in all age groups, pursuant to the
current policy set worth in Local
Board Memorandum No. 115, as
amended, and applicable Regulations.
It is imperative that your Local
Board build up the above'designated
pool of Class 1-A registrants by April
1. There can be no delay in waiting
for the_submission, of the new Forms
42A (Special-feevis'llu), or for any other reason. Unauthorized hearings and
stays of induction and other unnecessary office work and delays must be
avoided. Every emphasis must be
placed upon efficient classification procedure and office administration to
accomplish the objective of-placing in
Class 1-A by April 1 a sufficient number of available registrants to meet
your calls as prescribed in Paragraph
3 above.
5. Once again we ask for your
wholehearted cooperation in meeting-
this critical test of our effectiveness in
accomplishing our assigned mission.
Sincerely yours,
( LeRoy Pearson,
State Director
THREE SENTENCED
HERE SATURDAY FOR
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Two Clare Young Men Sent to
County Jail For Forty-
Five Days
MRS. AMELIA WESSEL
Mrs. Amelia Wessel, eighty-six year
old mother of Mrs. Burt Hess, passed
away Tuesday morning at 10:00
o'clock at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Burt Hess. The remains were
taken to her home at Cheboygan
with funeral services to be held tbday.
James Wade, age 22, and Fred Blais-
dell, age 17, both of Clare, were arrested here last week on a charge of
malicious destruction of property, after they had broken Windows at the
Barnes Cafe and also at the Beagle
Cafe, when they didn't get the kind of
service they 'thought they needed.
They had their hearing Saturday in
Justice Sam Wilkinson's Court and
both plead guilty and were sentenced
to forty-five days in, the Clare county
jail and ordered to make restitution of
damages.
Clifford Fisher, of Isabella, county,
was arrested last week on a charge o"
being drunk and disorderly, and was
arraigned in Justice Wilkinson's Court
Saturday, where he plead guilty and
was assessed a fine of $25.00 and costs
and placed on, probation for six
months. He paid the fine and costs
and was released.      ; .
Prosecuting Attorney Joseph K.
Naumes represented the People of the.
State of Michigan in both cases.
Don't hoard—sell it with a claEsifled"
liner next-week.
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