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_;V£RYBOBY READS THE
CLARE •SENTINEL,
AUL HOME PRINT
®*
THIS WEEK--16 PAGES
112 COLUMNS
2240 INCHES
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Established 1878
GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING,MARCH 30, 1945
New Series Vol. 53, No. 2$
TUESDAY FOREST
FIRE BURNS OVER
LARGEJCREAGE
No Burning Permits to Be
Issued During
Emergency
Despite all precautions taken at for*
est lire towers and by fire wardens in
Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Isabella
and Midland and other counties, who
were placed on duty last week, forest
fires swept over inore than 7,000 acres
in five western and central Michigan
counties late "Tuesday and»were not
brought under control until Wednesday morning by state and local fire
fighters and thousands who volunteered their assistance.
Orders were issued by the Conserva-
tion Department Wednesday as an
emergency measure that no permits
should be issued for burning brush,
grass or rubbish and the permit law
provides severe penalties for burning
without a permit and obviously this
law will be strictly enforced.
The greatest damage was caused
Tuesday in Muskegon county, where
nearly 2,850 acres were burned over
and several buildings were destroyed
by six separate fires; and in Allegan
county, where 1,000 acres were burned
over and a school house, a saw mill,
three houses and three barns were destroyed.
Two Muskegon firemen and three
volunteers were injured iu Muskegon
township while fighting a fire that
burned over 400 acres with damage
estimated at more than $100,000. The
office of civilian defense mobilized all
available auxiliary firemen and policemen and appealed to other volunteers
for assistance. The Red Cross provided medical assistance for tho injured and furnished coffee and doughnuts lor the 5,000 volunteers.
Duward Robson, head of the state
conservation fire department, report-
that 2,000 acres have been burned over
in Midland county, 1252 acres in Glare
county and other damage was reported
in Kent county.
Conservation Officer Wayne Teu-
nant reported Thursday morning that
the following acreage had been burned over in Clare county:
575 acres north of Temple on Sections 22, 27, 28 and 33, Wiuterfield
township. '
430 acres in the vicinity of Snot
Lake on Sections 25 and 26, Garfield
township.
90 acres in the vicinity of Meredith
Grade on Section 14, Franklin township.
60 acres In the vicinity of Loon
Lake on Section 11, Surrey township.
49 acres in the vicinity ot Lake
George on Section 16, Lincoln township.
48 acres in lesser fires throughout
the county.
The best way to avoid further serious loss from forest fires is to pi-event them by exercising care. Careless smokers, persons who fail to put
out their camp fires, persons who
allow grass and rubbish fires to get
out of control and other people who
are careless with fire cans, the burning over of 36,000,000 acres of grass
and forest lands in the United States
each year. This is an area comparable in size to the entire state of
Michigan. Less than five per cent of
(Continued on Page Five)
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ELEMENTARY CHORUS
PRESENTS "THE MAGIC
BEANSTALK" FRIDAY
Annual Operetta Enjoyed By
Appreciative Audience
in Auditorium
* "The Magic Beanstalk," presented
by the Elementary Chorus of the Clare
school, Friday evening, March 23rd,
wjas very well attended. Bach participant is to be congratulated on their
performance and the director, Miss
Doris Gerow, is to be commended for
her untiring efforts to make this annual spring operetta such a splendid
success.
For special numbers between acts
Harold Collins and Jan Bicknell entertained with a piano duet and Joanne
Richard gave two pleasing tap dance
numbers, accompanied at the piano by
Miss Vena Lee Gillespie.
Those assisting with the operetta
were: Stage Properties—Mrs. Van
Every, Miss Evans, Mr. Foell and the
Seventh'grade; Makeup—Miss Reynolds hud Mrs. Strong; Costumes—
Miss Putnam; Tickets—Mrs. Garthe;
and Prompter, Mrs. Butler. Others
who assisted were Mrs. Phinisey and
Mrs. Morrison. The names of others
who wore, unintentionally omitted on
the program -vyere; , Mrs. .FitzGerald,
Mr. Garthe, the shop boys, Miss-wek-
erd and Miss Longstreet,
Jqhn N. Asline
Promoted Major
ROTARIANS FIRST
MEETING PLANNED
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Prominent Speakers to Be
Guests at Future
Meetings
MAJOR J. N. ASLINE
After twenty-one months in the Pacific area, Dr. John Norris Asline,
former Essexville physician and the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Asline of
Clare, has been promoted from captain to major, according to news
reaching his wife and family, who
have remained in Bay City during his
absence.
Major Asline was a lieutenant when
he left for overseas duty in June, 1943
and was promoted to captain Septem
ber 19, of the same year. His latest
promotion was announced February 2.
He is at present serving with a
headquarters replacement command
and is now on special assignment in
the Philippines, helping to set up replacement centers.
S. VERN ACRE
PASSES AWAY IN
HOSPITAL TUE
Funeral Services at Glare
Methodist Church
This Afternoon
Mrs. Vera Acre succumbed to injuries sustained in an automoblie accident, which occurred Monday afternoon, in the Central Michigan Community Hospital at Mt. Pleasant at
9:00 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Mary Elizabeth Larkin was born
the daughter ot William and Martha
Larkin, in Gratiot county, Michigan,
September 5, 1902, .and passed away at
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, March 27, 1945
at the age of forty-two years, six
months and twenty-two days
She came with her parents to Clare
county in 1906 aud made her home
with them here until she was united
in marriage to Vera Acre in June,
1925.
They made their home in Pontiac
until 1933, when they purchased the
farm in Wise township where they
lived until she passed away.
She leaves to mourn their loss, the
bereaved husband, Vern, who is confined to the Community Hospital with
injuries sustained in the same accident; one son, Wesley, with the armed
forces in Luxembourg; five sisters,
Mrs. John Hall, Mrs. Dee Shaw and
Mrs. John «Bower, of Farwell, Mrs.
Marion Hayward, of Lansing, and Mrs.
Otto Beck, of Ithaca; many nieces and
nephews and a host of friends1
Funeral services will be held from
the Clare Methodist Church at 3:00
o'clock this Friday afternoon, Avith
Rev. Chas. B. Hahn officiating, assisted by Rev. S. Wesley Teale, and interment will be made in Cherry Grove
cemetery. Andrew N. Friz is in
charge of arrangements.
Deaths
Mrs. LOUIS TESSMAN
Mrs. Louis Tessman, of Harrison,
passed away at the Samaritan Hospital in, Bay City Monday, at sixty
years of age, following a period of ill
health and confinement in the hospital for four clays.
Funeral services were held from the
Murphy Funeral Home in Harrison at
two o'clock Thursday- afternoon, with
Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt officiating, and
interment in the Greenwood township
cemetery.
The life story will be published next
week.
BANK CLOSED GOOD FRIDAY P. M.
The Citizens State Bank will close
at 1:00 o'clock Good Friday afternoon
•for church services and will remain
closed,the rest of the day.
NOTICE
' Curt's, Hamburgers will be-; closed
April _t„ for redecorating.. 26t2
The thirty-five charter members of
the newly organized Rotary Club of
Clare will hold then- first meeting in
the Odd Fellow hall Wednesday noon,
April 4, with luncheon served by the
Rebekahs. Dr. Floyd Armstrong, professor of economics at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, will talk regarding the economic aspects 'of the
post-war period,
Emil Pfister, m-ogram chairman, announced that Dr. Anspach, president
of Central Michigan College of Education, has been secured for an April
meeting and that Kim Sigler, who is
conducting. the grand jury investigation of legislative fraud, will be one
of the speakers at Charter Night, May
9.
Officers of the club are: Bill Byers,
president;- Dr. Stuart C. McArthur,
vice president; Donald Richardson,
secretary; Stuart Bicknell, treasurer:
Omer Parent,. Dick Hartshorn and
Dave Seiter, members of the board of
directors.
Other charter members are: Robert
Archambault, Henry Brinkman, Dr.
Harold Ballard, Dr. G."*C. Born, Delbert Bradley, Larry Beck, Elmer
Comes, Harold Collins, E. E. Cook,' R.
J. Fugate, Carleton Garthe, Harold
Hanchett, Rev. Charles Hahn, Attorney Harold Hughes, Jay Hendrie.
Harold Jon.es, Harold Moline, Martin
Loomis, Dr. A. E. Mulder, Dan McDonald, Monroe Marble, Emil Pfister, Leo
Russell, Earl Ruby, Harold Schaeffer,
Russell Thurston, Rev. Harold Watson and George White.
EARLY SETTLER
PASSES AWAY^ AT
DAUGHTER'S HOME
x, '*' v'';-
Curtis . D. Palmer Departs
This Life at Advanced
Age March 19
Curtis D. Palmer was born in the
town of Brookfield, Madison county,
N. Y., April 21, 1855, and died March
19, 1945. He lacked but a month of
being ninety years of age. He had
only ordinary country schooling, leaving school at fourteen to work, but
being eager to learn he supplemented
this by attending a night school after
he began learning the carpenter's
trade. He also read widely on many
subjects. He had a good mind and
enjoyed a discussion, in which he was
quick to puncture an opponen't fal-
acies. He was basically religious, but
charitable. He disliked insincerity
and pretense, in both religion and politics.
He began working at the carpenter
trade at fifteen, and became a skilled
and accurate mechanic. With surplus
energy and public spirit he was a
member of the local fire department,
and served nearly seven years in the
103rd regiment of the National Guard,
He worked on important building jobs
or in wood-working plants until he
came to Michigan. Here for a time
he worked in lumber camps in Gladwin county, as "tinker," or camp carpenter, then he married Cynthia McLean, of Edenville, (sixteen), Midland
county, and came to Clare county to
make a home.
In the spring of 1882 Curtis bought
a "raw" forty on the inside of section
five, Sheridan township, two and a
half miles east of Dover, where he
built and lived in a typical pioneer's
log house. Besides clearing his place
he worked on lumbering jobs and at
his trade. Besides a number of
houses in, Sheridan township, he built
Joe Hudson's huge barn just west of
Dover, and the church in Dover. This
was in the late eighties. About this
time he bought on the north side of
section eight, and built for himself a
two-story frame house.
About 1893 Curtis bought a parcel
of land at the "Bradley Corner." five
miles northeast of Clare, on which he
put up a* building in which he lived,
and also ran a general store and post
office, called Colonville, of which he
was postmaster until he sold out and
came to Clare, going' into business
with Ralph ■Muscott, as Muscott &
Palmer, making canthook handles and
wood dowel rods. ,
While a resident of Sheridan, Mr.
Palmer took an active part in township affairs, holding various offices,
including supervisor and treasurer.
His home, also, was a sort of "Mecca"
for ministers of different, denominations,
. (Continued on Page Bight)
Lily Parade to :
Be Conducted in
Clare Saturday
The twelfth Annual Easter Seal Sale
in Clare is meeting with a fine response. More than $250,00 have been
collected to date to help us reach our
county quota of $450. One half of this
amount is retained with the Clare
County Society.
On Saturday," March 31st, Troop III
of Clare Girl Scouts, under the leadership of Mrs. Don Strong,: will conduct
the Annual Lily Parade. This is the
only way that.the sound and healthy
children can collect moliey for the more
unfortunate crippled youngsters, and
nothing will make the young hearts of
these Girl Scouts happier than to have
their Lily banks full of silver coins.
GROUND BROKEN
FOR NEW KRAFT
CHEESEJACTORY
One of Most Modern Plants
. in U. S. to B_ Built
in Clare
CONGREGATIONAL
EASTER SERVICES
SUNDAYJORNING
Baptismal Services and Reception of Members
Into Church
The Congregational Church Easter
service will be held at 10:30 a. m. on
Sunday, April 1st.
Junior and Senior choirs will render
two special anthems. "At the Name
of Jesus," by E. S. Tillotson and I. H.
Meredith, will be rendered by the
junior choir. The adult choir will
sing, "I Know That I Shall Live
Again," by Frona Scott and Ira B.
Wilson.
Dorothy Smith, soloist, will sing,
"The -Holy City," by Stephen Adams
and F. E. Weathevly.
The sacrament of. Baptism will be
administered to children and adults,
followed by the reception of church
members,
Rev. Harold Watson, Minister will
preach on the theme, "This Is the Victory."
There will be no Church School nor
Pilgrim Youth Fellowship this sun-
^y- *. > »- _,. '•? ..
Persons having Lenten Boxes are
asked to bring them to the church
next Sunday. Mrs. Coveart, missionary chairman, will have chai-ge of &11
Lenten boxes turned in to the church.
Wo give a cordial invitation to all
church members and their friends to
worship with us on Easter Sunday.
Rev. Harold Watson, Pastor
A contract has been made between
the Kraft Cheese Company and Low-
rie, Campbell & Lautermilch Construction Co., of Chicago, for the construction of a modern new cheese factory
in Clare and ground was broken for
the new building Tuesday of this
week.
The building will be of tile construction, similar to the present factory, and will be one story high with
4,000 square feet of floor space and
will adjoin the present building on
the west side.
The new structure will be a complete cheese factory, including make
room, and pasteurizing room, and
when completed the present building
will be used for dry storage, with the
local office of the company occupying* the first floor of the latter.
The new building will be equipped
with the most modern equipment,
which will be of stainless steel insofar
as is equitable, and will include the
first stainless steel cheese presses to
be installed in this part of the country.
This plant when completed will be
one of the best in the United States,
according to officials of the Kraft
Cheese Company, which is internationally known for its high quality products and sanitary modern cheese factories.
John Schcllhas, manager of the
local plant, has had forty years experience in the manufacturing of
cheese and has been employed by the
Kraft Cheese Company for nearly fifteen years, receiving recognition the
past summer for his many years of
service, with the company.
Sacrifices Life
in War March 7
MRS. O'CALLAGHAN
PASSES AWAY AT
CLAREJOMEMON.
Funeral Services Held at
Thurston's Thursday
Afternoon
Mrs. Rosy O'Callaghan, a resident
of Clare for the past forty years,
passed away at her home at 309 East
Third street at 8:05 o'clock Monday
morning, following a week's illness.
Miss Rosy Brindley Was born the
daughter of George and Maria Ziuk
Brindley, at Oak Harbor, Ottawa
county, Ohio, Deceniber 4, 1857, and
passed away at Clare, Michigan March
26, 1945, at the age of eighty-seven
years, three months and twenty-two
days.
She came to Clare in abo,ut 1905
and conducted a produce and poultry
business here, maintaining an active
interest in the business for a number
of years. ••
She was united in marriage to John
O'Callaghan, in Clare, in 1916.
The deceased was a faithful Christian throughout her lifetime, having
been christened and confirmed in St.
John's Lutheran Church,*at Oak Harbor, dnd was a member of St.'Johtf's
Lutheran Church, in Clare, for many
years, before becoming affiliated with
the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
She leaves to mourn their loss, one
cousin, Mrs. Louisa F. Bisch, of Toledo, Ohio; four nieces, four nephews
and many friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Thurston Funeral Home1 at 2:00
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with
Elder Porter and Elder Somers officiating, and interment in Cherry Grove
cemetery.
Among those attending the services
from a distance were Mrs. Louisa F.
Bisch, Mr. and Mrs. James Bisch,
Homer J. Bisch, and Mrs. B. H. Mae
Ritchie, of Toledo, Ohio; Mr|. and
Mrs. C. A. Stevens, of Port Clinton,
Ohio; and Mrs. Fred Brindley, of Oak
Harbor, Ohio.
LITERATURE CLUB
TO PRESENT ALMA
C0LIM SINGERS
Concert at Clare Methodist
Church Tuesday
Evening
One of the finest features of this
season's entertainment is to be sponsored by the Good Literature Club
next Tuesday, April 3, at 8:00 o'clock
in the Methodist Church, when they
will present a group of young people
from the music department of Alma
college.
This program will take the place
of the Annual Scholarship Tea which
has always partially provided, funds
for the Good Literature Club scholarship. A free will offering will be taken which will be added to the present
sholarship funds.
Music lovers especially, and all are
urged to come and enjoy the rare
treat arranged for them by Prof. Eugene Grove of Alma College and directed by Don Allured. This invitation includes the men folks and children and all assured of an enjoyable
evening.
PROGRAM
O rejoice* ye Christian loudly, Bach,
and Cherubic Hymn, Gretchaninoff—
Alma College Girls' Sextet.
Midnight Bells, Heuberger-Kreisler
—Apprentice Seaman, Bob Schutes,
Violinist.
The Two Grenadiers, Schumann, and
Homing, Del Reigo—Apprentice Seaman, Tom Williams, Baritone.
Looking-Glass River, Malin, and Oh,
For a Moon, Cook—Girls' Sextet.
Reading, "My First Date", Betty
Lain—'Barbara Kemper.
Down in the Forest, "The Cycle of
Life," Ronald, and Spirit Flower,
Campbell Tipton—Jean Slaski, Messo-
Soprand.
I'll Go Home Some Day, F. Melius
Christiansen, and A' Mexican Seranade,
Mexican Folk Song, Luvaas—Girls'
Sextet. <
Sextet personnel: Nancy Harden,
Joyce McKinley, Mary Milham, Jean"
Slaski, Jean Trueman, Nancy Wau-
chek.
Don Allured, director and accompanist. ";
PFC. RUSSELL E. SHARP
Killed in action in Germany
RUSSELL SHARP
KILLED IN ACTION
OVERSEAS MAR. 7
Clare High School Graduate
Sacrifices Life in
Germany
Mrs. Nadine Sharp, of Clare R-4,
received a telegram Friday morning
of last week, from the War Department, expressing the deep regrets of
the Secretary of War that her husband, Pfc.. Russell E. Sharp, was
killed in action iu Germany March 7.
Pfc. Sharp entered the service August 10th, 1944, and following training
at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, went
overseas in January of this year.
Russell E. Sharp was born the son
of Henry and Lena Sharp, in Wise
township, Isabella county, Michigan,
September 28, 1919, and passed away
in Germany, March 7," 1945, at the
age of twenty-five years, five months
and nine days.
He made his home with his parents
in Wise township until he was married in 1941 and then,worked another
farm in Wise township- until July 31st.
1942, when he became employed by
ihe Dow Chemical Company at Midland and remained there until he entered service.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Nadine Moll, in Wise township, October 15, 1941, and this union was
blessed by the birth of two daughters,
Norma Nadine and Shirley. Elaine,
and one son, James Russell.
He attended Clare High School,
where he was active in athletics, and
graduated with the class of 1936. He
was an active member of Salem Evangelical Church and Sunday school superintendent for some time.
He leaves to mourn their loss, the
bereaved wife, Nadine; three children
Norma, two and a half years, Shirley,
sixteen and a half months, and James
Russell, four and a half months of
age; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Sharp; one brother, Wilson Sharp, of
Pontiac; his grandmother, Mrs. Laura
Worden, of Wise township; other relatives and many friends.
ONE KILLED AND
SIX HURT IN CAR
ACCIDENTS HERE
Mrs. Vern Acre Is Fatally
Injured Monday
Afternoon
One life was lost and six other persons were injured as- the result of
traffic accidents in this vicinity the
past week end.
Mrs. Mary C. Acre, 40, of Clare R-4,
was fatally injured at 1:30 o'clock
Monday afternoon when the 1937 Pontiac coach driven east by her husband,
Vern Acre, 50,'. collided with a 1941
Ford coupe driven north by Alex Mes-
ter, 20, of Coleman R-l, at the county
road intersection three miles west and,
one mile south of Coleman.
Mrs. Acre was rushed to the Cen-
jtral Michigan Community Hospital at
I Mt. Pleasant, suffering severe lacerations of the forehead and abdomen,
j and passed away there Tuesday morn-
jiiig. Post mortem examination revealed that she had suffered a frac-
Itured skull, broken ribs and sternum
jand internal injuries.
I Vern Acre suffered lacerations of
the left wrist, back injuries and severe shock and his condition, was reported fair at the Community Hospital
Wednesday afternoon, with some improvement reported Thursday after-
i noon.
Alex Mester sustained lacerations o£
i the left knee and face and chest
bruises and was discharged from the
Community Hospital Tuesday evening.
Apparently neither driver noticed
the other until it was too late to avoid
the collision at this open, intersection
and the point of impact on the Acre
car was right front and on the Mester
car was left front. Damage to each
car was estimated at $400.
The accident was investigated by
State Police of the Mt. Pleasant Post.
Car Crashes Into Bank
Junior LeRoy Acre, 21, of Clare R-2.
lost control of the 1936 Ford coach he
was driving north, one and a quarter
miles, north of Clare on US-27, at 12;45
o'clock Saturday afternoon, when the
tie rod dropped off the car and the
Ford drashftd.into the opposite.bank,
of the highway. ' ' '* " " ".
He was taken to the offices of Dr.
H. J. Ballard where examination revealed he was suffering two fractured
ribs and bruises and contusions and
he was released following treatment-
Fay Abbott, 17, of Clare R-2, who
was a passenger in -the car; was taken
to the Clare Hospital, where he was
treated for a deep laceration of the
right eyebrow and lip and minor abrasions, and was released.
•The car, which was totally wrecked,
caught fire from a short circuit about
two hours later and burned.
The accident was investigated by
State Police of the Mt. Pleasant Post.
Cars Collide on US-10
Rene Bolle, 59, of Clare R-4, who
was driving his 1937 Ford coach north
west on, US-10, three miles southeast
of Clare at 4:10 o'clock Saturday after
noon, drove into the 1942 Plymouth
sedan driven north on a county road
by Clifford Byron Fisher, 40, of Clare
R-4, when the latter pulled out onto
the pavement in the path of the Bolle
car.
Clementine Bolle, 58, whose face was
bruised, was treated by her family
(Continued on Page Five)
American Legion dance, Clare city1
hall, Saturday, April 7th, dancing 9:0d
to 12:00, a good- dance orchestra.
Couple 11.00, %xtra lady 60c. 26t2
Have You
It Is expected that all community
chairmen will have, turned in contributions received by them for the Red
Cross War Fund by the time the Sentinel is in the mail, but if there is
anyone who has not made their contribution, it will be accepted at the Clare
County Red Cross headquarters in the
Bilrdo building in Clare. Ail donations for the 1945 War Fund 'mUfet be
in by tomorrow evening,.-Saturday,
March 31. " ' - • *
KILLED IN ACTION
Word was received last week by
Mrs. Joe Cogswell, of Clio, the former
Edna Mull, of Clare, that her son, Pfc.
Joel Cogswell, was killed in action in
Germany March 4th., He is also survived by his father, a sister, Lt. Doro-
try Cogswell, of the Army Nurse
Corps, four other sisters and one
brother.
PRISONER OF WAR
Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, of Farwell,
received a card from their son, Pfc,
Wilmot Hall, stating that he is a
prisoner of war in Germany.
HI SCHOOL STUDENTS
ATTEND CLASSES IN
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Clergy, Students and Faculty-
See Benefits of Local
Program
FRIENDS RECEIVE WORD THAT
FORMER CLARE BUSINESSMAN
PASSES AWAY AT HAMBURG
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Geeck received
word last Monday that Frank Falk, of
Hamburg, Mich., had passed away.
Burial services were held at Ypsilanti.
Mr. Falk was a resident of Clare for
a number of years, owning and operating a barber shop and later was in
partnership with Riley Leffingwell and
Reuben Immick in the implement business. Several years later he located
in. Ypsilanti and then, went to Hamburg. He leaves a wife and daughter
to mourn his passing.
• What did you do .or' Freedbin . to
day?—-Buy Bonds!
The school-church cooperative pi_*
gram of religious instruction which
took place the past two weeks has
been a big success according to the
clergy, the students and the high
school faculty. Under this program
afternoon classes were shortened to
forty-five minutes instead of the..customary hour and students who wished
to take classes in religion wer.e* free
to attend the church of their choice
between 8:15 and 4:00 p. m. .others
remained in the study hall to work on
school subjects. -. ■ •
Between S5% and S0.% of the stu*
dentB attended church classes regular*
ly and a fine interest was reported:
Although no academic credit is given
for these classes, the fact that stu*
dents have participated will appear in
their cumulative school record and
several „of tho churclfes are giving
certificates of attendance to the std*
dents. , i
Classes in religion, were taught by-
Fr. Charles D. Brophy, Rev. Charl_»
B. Iiahn, Rev. Efarold. Watson, Rev.
Earle Redtnan and Mrs. Willfanjt Garchow.
Object Description
| Title | 1945-03-30; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1945-03-30 |
| Publisher | R. G. & F. A. Jefferies |
| Description | Friday, March 30, 1945 issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. In 1923, absorbed the Clare Courier. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | 1923-1999: Copyright to the Clare Sentinel is held by the newspaper. Copyrighted material is reproduced with the permission of the newspaper. |
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| Language | English |
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| Title | 1945-03-30; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1945-03-30 |
| Publisher | R. G. & F. A. Jefferies |
| Description | Friday, March 30, 1945 issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. In 1923, absorbed the Clare Courier. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | 1923-1999: Copyright to the Clare Sentinel is held by the newspaper. Copyrighted material is reproduced with the permission of the newspaper. |
| Type | Newspaper |
| Format | JPG/JPEG |
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| Transcript | <$> _;V£RYBOBY READS THE CLARE •SENTINEL, AUL HOME PRINT ®* THIS WEEK--16 PAGES 112 COLUMNS 2240 INCHES & Established 1878 GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING,MARCH 30, 1945 New Series Vol. 53, No. 2$ TUESDAY FOREST FIRE BURNS OVER LARGEJCREAGE No Burning Permits to Be Issued During Emergency Despite all precautions taken at for* est lire towers and by fire wardens in Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Isabella and Midland and other counties, who were placed on duty last week, forest fires swept over inore than 7,000 acres in five western and central Michigan counties late "Tuesday and»were not brought under control until Wednesday morning by state and local fire fighters and thousands who volunteered their assistance. Orders were issued by the Conserva- tion Department Wednesday as an emergency measure that no permits should be issued for burning brush, grass or rubbish and the permit law provides severe penalties for burning without a permit and obviously this law will be strictly enforced. The greatest damage was caused Tuesday in Muskegon county, where nearly 2,850 acres were burned over and several buildings were destroyed by six separate fires; and in Allegan county, where 1,000 acres were burned over and a school house, a saw mill, three houses and three barns were destroyed. Two Muskegon firemen and three volunteers were injured iu Muskegon township while fighting a fire that burned over 400 acres with damage estimated at more than $100,000. The office of civilian defense mobilized all available auxiliary firemen and policemen and appealed to other volunteers for assistance. The Red Cross provided medical assistance for tho injured and furnished coffee and doughnuts lor the 5,000 volunteers. Duward Robson, head of the state conservation fire department, report- that 2,000 acres have been burned over in Midland county, 1252 acres in Glare county and other damage was reported in Kent county. Conservation Officer Wayne Teu- nant reported Thursday morning that the following acreage had been burned over in Clare county: 575 acres north of Temple on Sections 22, 27, 28 and 33, Wiuterfield township. ' 430 acres in the vicinity of Snot Lake on Sections 25 and 26, Garfield township. 90 acres in the vicinity of Meredith Grade on Section 14, Franklin township. 60 acres In the vicinity of Loon Lake on Section 11, Surrey township. 49 acres in the vicinity ot Lake George on Section 16, Lincoln township. 48 acres in lesser fires throughout the county. The best way to avoid further serious loss from forest fires is to pi-event them by exercising care. Careless smokers, persons who fail to put out their camp fires, persons who allow grass and rubbish fires to get out of control and other people who are careless with fire cans, the burning over of 36,000,000 acres of grass and forest lands in the United States each year. This is an area comparable in size to the entire state of Michigan. Less than five per cent of (Continued on Page Five) '<■>' ELEMENTARY CHORUS PRESENTS "THE MAGIC BEANSTALK" FRIDAY Annual Operetta Enjoyed By Appreciative Audience in Auditorium * "The Magic Beanstalk" presented by the Elementary Chorus of the Clare school, Friday evening, March 23rd, wjas very well attended. Bach participant is to be congratulated on their performance and the director, Miss Doris Gerow, is to be commended for her untiring efforts to make this annual spring operetta such a splendid success. For special numbers between acts Harold Collins and Jan Bicknell entertained with a piano duet and Joanne Richard gave two pleasing tap dance numbers, accompanied at the piano by Miss Vena Lee Gillespie. Those assisting with the operetta were: Stage Properties—Mrs. Van Every, Miss Evans, Mr. Foell and the Seventh'grade; Makeup—Miss Reynolds hud Mrs. Strong; Costumes— Miss Putnam; Tickets—Mrs. Garthe; and Prompter, Mrs. Butler. Others who assisted were Mrs. Phinisey and Mrs. Morrison. The names of others who wore, unintentionally omitted on the program -vyere; , Mrs. .FitzGerald, Mr. Garthe, the shop boys, Miss-wek- erd and Miss Longstreet, Jqhn N. Asline Promoted Major ROTARIANS FIRST MEETING PLANNED NEXT WEDNESDAY Prominent Speakers to Be Guests at Future Meetings MAJOR J. N. ASLINE After twenty-one months in the Pacific area, Dr. John Norris Asline, former Essexville physician and the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Asline of Clare, has been promoted from captain to major, according to news reaching his wife and family, who have remained in Bay City during his absence. Major Asline was a lieutenant when he left for overseas duty in June, 1943 and was promoted to captain Septem ber 19, of the same year. His latest promotion was announced February 2. He is at present serving with a headquarters replacement command and is now on special assignment in the Philippines, helping to set up replacement centers. S. VERN ACRE PASSES AWAY IN HOSPITAL TUE Funeral Services at Glare Methodist Church This Afternoon Mrs. Vera Acre succumbed to injuries sustained in an automoblie accident, which occurred Monday afternoon, in the Central Michigan Community Hospital at Mt. Pleasant at 9:00 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mary Elizabeth Larkin was born the daughter ot William and Martha Larkin, in Gratiot county, Michigan, September 5, 1902, .and passed away at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, March 27, 1945 at the age of forty-two years, six months and twenty-two days She came with her parents to Clare county in 1906 aud made her home with them here until she was united in marriage to Vera Acre in June, 1925. They made their home in Pontiac until 1933, when they purchased the farm in Wise township where they lived until she passed away. She leaves to mourn their loss, the bereaved husband, Vern, who is confined to the Community Hospital with injuries sustained in the same accident; one son, Wesley, with the armed forces in Luxembourg; five sisters, Mrs. John Hall, Mrs. Dee Shaw and Mrs. John «Bower, of Farwell, Mrs. Marion Hayward, of Lansing, and Mrs. Otto Beck, of Ithaca; many nieces and nephews and a host of friends1 Funeral services will be held from the Clare Methodist Church at 3:00 o'clock this Friday afternoon, Avith Rev. Chas. B. Hahn officiating, assisted by Rev. S. Wesley Teale, and interment will be made in Cherry Grove cemetery. Andrew N. Friz is in charge of arrangements. Deaths Mrs. LOUIS TESSMAN Mrs. Louis Tessman, of Harrison, passed away at the Samaritan Hospital in, Bay City Monday, at sixty years of age, following a period of ill health and confinement in the hospital for four clays. Funeral services were held from the Murphy Funeral Home in Harrison at two o'clock Thursday- afternoon, with Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt officiating, and interment in the Greenwood township cemetery. The life story will be published next week. BANK CLOSED GOOD FRIDAY P. M. The Citizens State Bank will close at 1:00 o'clock Good Friday afternoon •for church services and will remain closed,the rest of the day. NOTICE ' Curt's, Hamburgers will be-; closed April _t„ for redecorating.. 26t2 The thirty-five charter members of the newly organized Rotary Club of Clare will hold then- first meeting in the Odd Fellow hall Wednesday noon, April 4, with luncheon served by the Rebekahs. Dr. Floyd Armstrong, professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will talk regarding the economic aspects 'of the post-war period, Emil Pfister, m-ogram chairman, announced that Dr. Anspach, president of Central Michigan College of Education, has been secured for an April meeting and that Kim Sigler, who is conducting. the grand jury investigation of legislative fraud, will be one of the speakers at Charter Night, May 9. Officers of the club are: Bill Byers, president;- Dr. Stuart C. McArthur, vice president; Donald Richardson, secretary; Stuart Bicknell, treasurer: Omer Parent,. Dick Hartshorn and Dave Seiter, members of the board of directors. Other charter members are: Robert Archambault, Henry Brinkman, Dr. Harold Ballard, Dr. G."*C. Born, Delbert Bradley, Larry Beck, Elmer Comes, Harold Collins, E. E. Cook,' R. J. Fugate, Carleton Garthe, Harold Hanchett, Rev. Charles Hahn, Attorney Harold Hughes, Jay Hendrie. Harold Jon.es, Harold Moline, Martin Loomis, Dr. A. E. Mulder, Dan McDonald, Monroe Marble, Emil Pfister, Leo Russell, Earl Ruby, Harold Schaeffer, Russell Thurston, Rev. Harold Watson and George White. EARLY SETTLER PASSES AWAY^ AT DAUGHTER'S HOME x, '*' v'';- Curtis . D. Palmer Departs This Life at Advanced Age March 19 Curtis D. Palmer was born in the town of Brookfield, Madison county, N. Y., April 21, 1855, and died March 19, 1945. He lacked but a month of being ninety years of age. He had only ordinary country schooling, leaving school at fourteen to work, but being eager to learn he supplemented this by attending a night school after he began learning the carpenter's trade. He also read widely on many subjects. He had a good mind and enjoyed a discussion, in which he was quick to puncture an opponen't fal- acies. He was basically religious, but charitable. He disliked insincerity and pretense, in both religion and politics. He began working at the carpenter trade at fifteen, and became a skilled and accurate mechanic. With surplus energy and public spirit he was a member of the local fire department, and served nearly seven years in the 103rd regiment of the National Guard, He worked on important building jobs or in wood-working plants until he came to Michigan. Here for a time he worked in lumber camps in Gladwin county, as "tinker" or camp carpenter, then he married Cynthia McLean, of Edenville, (sixteen), Midland county, and came to Clare county to make a home. In the spring of 1882 Curtis bought a "raw" forty on the inside of section five, Sheridan township, two and a half miles east of Dover, where he built and lived in a typical pioneer's log house. Besides clearing his place he worked on lumbering jobs and at his trade. Besides a number of houses in, Sheridan township, he built Joe Hudson's huge barn just west of Dover, and the church in Dover. This was in the late eighties. About this time he bought on the north side of section eight, and built for himself a two-story frame house. About 1893 Curtis bought a parcel of land at the "Bradley Corner." five miles northeast of Clare, on which he put up a* building in which he lived, and also ran a general store and post office, called Colonville, of which he was postmaster until he sold out and came to Clare, going' into business with Ralph ■Muscott, as Muscott & Palmer, making canthook handles and wood dowel rods. , While a resident of Sheridan, Mr. Palmer took an active part in township affairs, holding various offices, including supervisor and treasurer. His home, also, was a sort of "Mecca" for ministers of different, denominations, . (Continued on Page Bight) Lily Parade to : Be Conducted in Clare Saturday The twelfth Annual Easter Seal Sale in Clare is meeting with a fine response. More than $250,00 have been collected to date to help us reach our county quota of $450. One half of this amount is retained with the Clare County Society. On Saturday" March 31st, Troop III of Clare Girl Scouts, under the leadership of Mrs. Don Strong,: will conduct the Annual Lily Parade. This is the only way that.the sound and healthy children can collect moliey for the more unfortunate crippled youngsters, and nothing will make the young hearts of these Girl Scouts happier than to have their Lily banks full of silver coins. GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW KRAFT CHEESEJACTORY One of Most Modern Plants . in U. S. to B_ Built in Clare CONGREGATIONAL EASTER SERVICES SUNDAYJORNING Baptismal Services and Reception of Members Into Church The Congregational Church Easter service will be held at 10:30 a. m. on Sunday, April 1st. Junior and Senior choirs will render two special anthems. "At the Name of Jesus" by E. S. Tillotson and I. H. Meredith, will be rendered by the junior choir. The adult choir will sing, "I Know That I Shall Live Again" by Frona Scott and Ira B. Wilson. Dorothy Smith, soloist, will sing, "The -Holy City" by Stephen Adams and F. E. Weathevly. The sacrament of. Baptism will be administered to children and adults, followed by the reception of church members, Rev. Harold Watson, Minister will preach on the theme, "This Is the Victory." There will be no Church School nor Pilgrim Youth Fellowship this sun- ^y- *. > »- _,. '•? .. Persons having Lenten Boxes are asked to bring them to the church next Sunday. Mrs. Coveart, missionary chairman, will have chai-ge of &11 Lenten boxes turned in to the church. Wo give a cordial invitation to all church members and their friends to worship with us on Easter Sunday. Rev. Harold Watson, Pastor A contract has been made between the Kraft Cheese Company and Low- rie, Campbell & Lautermilch Construction Co., of Chicago, for the construction of a modern new cheese factory in Clare and ground was broken for the new building Tuesday of this week. The building will be of tile construction, similar to the present factory, and will be one story high with 4,000 square feet of floor space and will adjoin the present building on the west side. The new structure will be a complete cheese factory, including make room, and pasteurizing room, and when completed the present building will be used for dry storage, with the local office of the company occupying* the first floor of the latter. The new building will be equipped with the most modern equipment, which will be of stainless steel insofar as is equitable, and will include the first stainless steel cheese presses to be installed in this part of the country. This plant when completed will be one of the best in the United States, according to officials of the Kraft Cheese Company, which is internationally known for its high quality products and sanitary modern cheese factories. John Schcllhas, manager of the local plant, has had forty years experience in the manufacturing of cheese and has been employed by the Kraft Cheese Company for nearly fifteen years, receiving recognition the past summer for his many years of service, with the company. Sacrifices Life in War March 7 MRS. O'CALLAGHAN PASSES AWAY AT CLAREJOMEMON. Funeral Services Held at Thurston's Thursday Afternoon Mrs. Rosy O'Callaghan, a resident of Clare for the past forty years, passed away at her home at 309 East Third street at 8:05 o'clock Monday morning, following a week's illness. Miss Rosy Brindley Was born the daughter of George and Maria Ziuk Brindley, at Oak Harbor, Ottawa county, Ohio, Deceniber 4, 1857, and passed away at Clare, Michigan March 26, 1945, at the age of eighty-seven years, three months and twenty-two days. She came to Clare in abo,ut 1905 and conducted a produce and poultry business here, maintaining an active interest in the business for a number of years. •• She was united in marriage to John O'Callaghan, in Clare, in 1916. The deceased was a faithful Christian throughout her lifetime, having been christened and confirmed in St. John's Lutheran Church,*at Oak Harbor, dnd was a member of St.'Johtf's Lutheran Church, in Clare, for many years, before becoming affiliated with the Seventh Day Adventist Church. She leaves to mourn their loss, one cousin, Mrs. Louisa F. Bisch, of Toledo, Ohio; four nieces, four nephews and many friends. Funeral services were held from the Thurston Funeral Home1 at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with Elder Porter and Elder Somers officiating, and interment in Cherry Grove cemetery. Among those attending the services from a distance were Mrs. Louisa F. Bisch, Mr. and Mrs. James Bisch, Homer J. Bisch, and Mrs. B. H. Mae Ritchie, of Toledo, Ohio; Mr . and Mrs. C. A. Stevens, of Port Clinton, Ohio; and Mrs. Fred Brindley, of Oak Harbor, Ohio. LITERATURE CLUB TO PRESENT ALMA C0LIM SINGERS Concert at Clare Methodist Church Tuesday Evening One of the finest features of this season's entertainment is to be sponsored by the Good Literature Club next Tuesday, April 3, at 8:00 o'clock in the Methodist Church, when they will present a group of young people from the music department of Alma college. This program will take the place of the Annual Scholarship Tea which has always partially provided, funds for the Good Literature Club scholarship. A free will offering will be taken which will be added to the present sholarship funds. Music lovers especially, and all are urged to come and enjoy the rare treat arranged for them by Prof. Eugene Grove of Alma College and directed by Don Allured. This invitation includes the men folks and children and all assured of an enjoyable evening. PROGRAM O rejoice* ye Christian loudly, Bach, and Cherubic Hymn, Gretchaninoff— Alma College Girls' Sextet. Midnight Bells, Heuberger-Kreisler —Apprentice Seaman, Bob Schutes, Violinist. The Two Grenadiers, Schumann, and Homing, Del Reigo—Apprentice Seaman, Tom Williams, Baritone. Looking-Glass River, Malin, and Oh, For a Moon, Cook—Girls' Sextet. Reading, "My First Date", Betty Lain—'Barbara Kemper. Down in the Forest, "The Cycle of Life" Ronald, and Spirit Flower, Campbell Tipton—Jean Slaski, Messo- Soprand. I'll Go Home Some Day, F. Melius Christiansen, and A' Mexican Seranade, Mexican Folk Song, Luvaas—Girls' Sextet. < Sextet personnel: Nancy Harden, Joyce McKinley, Mary Milham, Jean" Slaski, Jean Trueman, Nancy Wau- chek. Don Allured, director and accompanist. "; PFC. RUSSELL E. SHARP Killed in action in Germany RUSSELL SHARP KILLED IN ACTION OVERSEAS MAR. 7 Clare High School Graduate Sacrifices Life in Germany Mrs. Nadine Sharp, of Clare R-4, received a telegram Friday morning of last week, from the War Department, expressing the deep regrets of the Secretary of War that her husband, Pfc.. Russell E. Sharp, was killed in action iu Germany March 7. Pfc. Sharp entered the service August 10th, 1944, and following training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, went overseas in January of this year. Russell E. Sharp was born the son of Henry and Lena Sharp, in Wise township, Isabella county, Michigan, September 28, 1919, and passed away in Germany, March 7" 1945, at the age of twenty-five years, five months and nine days. He made his home with his parents in Wise township until he was married in 1941 and then,worked another farm in Wise township- until July 31st. 1942, when he became employed by ihe Dow Chemical Company at Midland and remained there until he entered service. He was united in marriage to Miss Nadine Moll, in Wise township, October 15, 1941, and this union was blessed by the birth of two daughters, Norma Nadine and Shirley. Elaine, and one son, James Russell. He attended Clare High School, where he was active in athletics, and graduated with the class of 1936. He was an active member of Salem Evangelical Church and Sunday school superintendent for some time. He leaves to mourn their loss, the bereaved wife, Nadine; three children Norma, two and a half years, Shirley, sixteen and a half months, and James Russell, four and a half months of age; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sharp; one brother, Wilson Sharp, of Pontiac; his grandmother, Mrs. Laura Worden, of Wise township; other relatives and many friends. ONE KILLED AND SIX HURT IN CAR ACCIDENTS HERE Mrs. Vern Acre Is Fatally Injured Monday Afternoon One life was lost and six other persons were injured as- the result of traffic accidents in this vicinity the past week end. Mrs. Mary C. Acre, 40, of Clare R-4, was fatally injured at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon when the 1937 Pontiac coach driven east by her husband, Vern Acre, 50,'. collided with a 1941 Ford coupe driven north by Alex Mes- ter, 20, of Coleman R-l, at the county road intersection three miles west and, one mile south of Coleman. Mrs. Acre was rushed to the Cen- jtral Michigan Community Hospital at I Mt. Pleasant, suffering severe lacerations of the forehead and abdomen, j and passed away there Tuesday morn- jiiig. Post mortem examination revealed that she had suffered a frac- Itured skull, broken ribs and sternum jand internal injuries. I Vern Acre suffered lacerations of the left wrist, back injuries and severe shock and his condition, was reported fair at the Community Hospital Wednesday afternoon, with some improvement reported Thursday after- i noon. Alex Mester sustained lacerations o£ i the left knee and face and chest bruises and was discharged from the Community Hospital Tuesday evening. Apparently neither driver noticed the other until it was too late to avoid the collision at this open, intersection and the point of impact on the Acre car was right front and on the Mester car was left front. Damage to each car was estimated at $400. The accident was investigated by State Police of the Mt. Pleasant Post. Car Crashes Into Bank Junior LeRoy Acre, 21, of Clare R-2. lost control of the 1936 Ford coach he was driving north, one and a quarter miles, north of Clare on US-27, at 12;45 o'clock Saturday afternoon, when the tie rod dropped off the car and the Ford drashftd.into the opposite.bank, of the highway. ' ' '* " " ". He was taken to the offices of Dr. H. J. Ballard where examination revealed he was suffering two fractured ribs and bruises and contusions and he was released following treatment- Fay Abbott, 17, of Clare R-2, who was a passenger in -the car; was taken to the Clare Hospital, where he was treated for a deep laceration of the right eyebrow and lip and minor abrasions, and was released. •The car, which was totally wrecked, caught fire from a short circuit about two hours later and burned. The accident was investigated by State Police of the Mt. Pleasant Post. Cars Collide on US-10 Rene Bolle, 59, of Clare R-4, who was driving his 1937 Ford coach north west on, US-10, three miles southeast of Clare at 4:10 o'clock Saturday after noon, drove into the 1942 Plymouth sedan driven north on a county road by Clifford Byron Fisher, 40, of Clare R-4, when the latter pulled out onto the pavement in the path of the Bolle car. Clementine Bolle, 58, whose face was bruised, was treated by her family (Continued on Page Five) American Legion dance, Clare city1 hall, Saturday, April 7th, dancing 9:0d to 12:00, a good- dance orchestra. Couple 11.00, %xtra lady 60c. 26t2 Have You It Is expected that all community chairmen will have, turned in contributions received by them for the Red Cross War Fund by the time the Sentinel is in the mail, but if there is anyone who has not made their contribution, it will be accepted at the Clare County Red Cross headquarters in the Bilrdo building in Clare. Ail donations for the 1945 War Fund 'mUfet be in by tomorrow evening,.-Saturday, March 31. " ' - • * KILLED IN ACTION Word was received last week by Mrs. Joe Cogswell, of Clio, the former Edna Mull, of Clare, that her son, Pfc. Joel Cogswell, was killed in action in Germany March 4th., He is also survived by his father, a sister, Lt. Doro- try Cogswell, of the Army Nurse Corps, four other sisters and one brother. PRISONER OF WAR Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, of Farwell, received a card from their son, Pfc, Wilmot Hall, stating that he is a prisoner of war in Germany. HI SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTEND CLASSES IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Clergy, Students and Faculty- See Benefits of Local Program FRIENDS RECEIVE WORD THAT FORMER CLARE BUSINESSMAN PASSES AWAY AT HAMBURG Mr. and Mrs. Philip Geeck received word last Monday that Frank Falk, of Hamburg, Mich., had passed away. Burial services were held at Ypsilanti. Mr. Falk was a resident of Clare for a number of years, owning and operating a barber shop and later was in partnership with Riley Leffingwell and Reuben Immick in the implement business. Several years later he located in. Ypsilanti and then, went to Hamburg. He leaves a wife and daughter to mourn his passing. • What did you do .or' Freedbin . to day?—-Buy Bonds! The school-church cooperative pi_* gram of religious instruction which took place the past two weeks has been a big success according to the clergy, the students and the high school faculty. Under this program afternoon classes were shortened to forty-five minutes instead of the..customary hour and students who wished to take classes in religion wer.e* free to attend the church of their choice between 8:15 and 4:00 p. m. .others remained in the study hall to work on school subjects. -. ■ • Between S5% and S0.% of the stu* dentB attended church classes regular* ly and a fine interest was reported: Although no academic credit is given for these classes, the fact that stu* dents have participated will appear in their cumulative school record and several „of tho churclfes are giving certificates of attendance to the std* dents. , i Classes in religion, were taught by- Fr. Charles D. Brophy, Rev. Charl_» B. Iiahn, Rev. Efarold. Watson, Rev. Earle Redtnan and Mrs. Willfanjt Garchow. |
