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New Series Vol. 53, No. M
TWO FARM HOM
BURN TO GROUND
WITHIN PAST WEE
Women Burn Hands While"
Carrying Out Flaming
Gasoline Stove
Two farm homes have been completely destroyed by fire in this area
within the past week. i
The Clare rural fire truck was summoned to the home of Mrs. Ab, Llttlej
six miles south and two and three-:
quarters miles west of Clare, at 7:50
Saturday evening.    A gasoline stove
caught fire in the oven and Mrs. Little
and her daughter-in-law,'   who    werej
alone at the time, carried the stove
out onto a porch, but the hot stove * |
burned their hands so severely that!?
they were unable to get It far the.* and
the porch became Ignited.
Wires furinlshlng power for the
electric pump were burned off, leaving
the ladles without a supply of water to
fight the fire, and because of the distance to the nearest telephone, the
house was practically destroyed by the
time the firemen reached the scene.
Only a portion, of the furnishings
•of the living rooms was saved and the
two story frame house, a substantial
old landmark of the vicinity, was
burned to the ground. The loss "was
partially covered by insurance.
Iserhoth  Home Burned
The home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Iserhoth, near Lake, which they had
recently purchased from Chas. Cook,
*was burned to the ground by fire of
unknown origin at 5:15 o'clock Tuesday evening.
"Tlhe family, Including three small
children, lost all of their belongings,
■except the clothes they were wearing,
and a sum] of money was also lost in
the fire.
The fire, discovered by Mrs. Iserhoth as she was getting supper, destroyed the home and all the contents, with the loss estimated at
?2,000 and only partially covered by
insurance.
The family is making their home
with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Jack
Enelx.
Memorial Day Program
WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1945
0:30* A, M.—Line of March forms at City Hall
10:00' A. M.—Leave City Hall
11:00 A. M — Service at Cherry Grove Cemetery
Salute
Group Singing—God Bless America
Invocation—Rev. H. L. Cleveland
Speaker—Rev. Charles Kleinhardt
National Anthem
Salute—Firing Squad
Taps
All Organizations, Churches and Schools -are 'invited to join the
line of March at City Hall.
A special inyitation is extended to ex^sei-vice men, and women,
any of the Armed Forces on furlough, and to the public.
It is requested that there be no parking tn the main drive at
the cemetery.
Walter H. Larman Post No. 128, American Legion, in charge.
This being a day of services honoring those that have given
up their lives that this great Democracy m.ig"ht live, and honoring
those now serving in the armed forces, I therefore urge everyone in
this community to take part. The churches, lodges and all civic
organizations are invited to take part in the parade.
R. Archambault,
Commander of American Legion
EQUESTS EEQUI
FOR NEW AND REI.EWAI
SUBSCRIPTIONS JULY 1
Mail to  Prisoners   of   War  in
Germany Halted in
Transit
At the request of the Navy Department, effective July 1, 1945, In order
to conserve shipping space and to prevent nonessential mailings, the following arrangements between that Department and the Post Office Department
shall govern the acceptance in the
mails .of newspapers and other periodical publications addressed to personnel of the Navy, Marine Corps, and
Coast Guard overseas.
Individual copies of newspapers and
magazines oflered for mailing by publishers, addressed via the fleet post
office at New York, N. Y., or San
Francisco, Calif., to Navy, Marine
■Corps, and Coast Guard personnel on
duty overseas, .shall be accepted only
when they are being sent in fulfillment
of written requests initiated by the
.addressee for subscriptions or renewals of subscriptions.
Postmasters at the offices of mailing shall require publishers to present
for their examination the requests
from the addressees for subscriptions
or renewals of subscriptions.
Relatives and friends may pay for
the subscriptions or renewals of subscriptions provided the addressees
have initiated requests therefor.
Complimentary copies' sent by publishers, copies paid for by advertisers,
aiid copies sent under any kind of an
arrangement whereby the requests of
the addressees are solicited shall not
be accepted.
Copies mailed in fulfillment of subscriptions which are unexpired on the
effective date of this order shall be
accepted until the subscriptions expire.
Publishers mailing copies in accordance with the foregoing shall include
with the address a certificate reading:
"Mailed in conformity with P.O.D. Order No. 27851." Copies not bearing
this certificate should promptly be returned to tbe publishers.
The Navy Department Haa also suggested that the public include clippings of particular interest In letter
mail rather than sending complete 1s-
(Continued on Page Twelve)
MRS S. McCLAIN
PASSES AWAY IN
HOSPITAL HERE
Girl Scouts Plan
Court of Honor Next
Monday Evening
There will be a Girl Scout Court
of Honor, Monday evening, May 28th,
in the Clare High School auditorium,
_._       .,        __, , .    _. ,at   6:00   p.   m.    Following   this,   the
Hamilton lOWnsblp Pioneer Girl Scouts will be guests of Mr. Ol-
Laid at Rest in Gladwin   i*°n f a theatre 1)arty "at the ldeal
Theatre.
Parents and friends of the girls are
urged fo attend the Court of Honor at
manyUhe school. This ia a project of the
Clare Girl Scout Council, which has
been functioning for the past several
months. If you are interested in
Scout work, and can give of your time
f(5 "*'nW- woiHTiwhile cause, see the officers arid'ienlist your services.
FUTURE TIMERS
ELECT OFFICERS
FORjEXT YEAR
Offer, Sheep Dipping Services to farmers of
Community
i    The local Chapter of Future Farm-
1 ers of America held tlieir regular meet-
■ ing in the chapter room at the High
j School Monday morning.   The follow-
j ing officers were chosen for" next year:
j Bill Schlafley, Norval Arnold and Don
Murphy were elected to succeed them-
I selves at President, Vice President and
Secretary, respectively.    Jack Rutter
was    elected    Treasurer   to   succeed
Norm 'Schroeder,      Lyle  Hutchinson
was selected to succeed Bob Moline
as Reporter.   Ervin White was chosen  to  succeed Wayne   Carncross ' as .
Sentinel.   Wayne was elected Student •
Council Representative for the coming year.
Sheep Dipping Service
Local Future Farmers are offering
their  sheep  dipping services  to the
community again thtB spring.
The Chapter has a dipping tank
mounted on a four wheel trailer that
can be moved easily from place to
place.
It is recommended that sheep be
dipped about three weeks after shearing to allow sufficient wool growth
that the sheep will retain enough of
the dip to destroy any ticks or lice
thaj: may occur-during the summer.
When an arsenical dip is used It is
necessary to dip only once a. year.
The local chapter feels this Is a
very worthwhile j service and is anxious to make It available to everyone.
Any flock owners who wish to have
their sheep dipped, if they would
either call the High School or send a
card indicating the approximate date
when his sheep will be ready for
dipping, the chapter will arrange to
take care of them.
Lt Haines Has
Been Liberated
May 17th
Mrs.   Samuel   McClain,.for
years a well known resident of Hamilton  township, passed away at 12:15
o'clock Tuesday morning of last week
in tile Clare Hospital,, where she hatt I
been  confined  eight "days,' following^
eleven years of falling health.
Nellie Wyckoff was bom the daughter of Alexander and Martha Wyckoff,
in Potter county, Pennsylvania, April
30, 1881, and passed away in Clare,
Michigan, May 15, 1945, at the age of
sixty-four yeai's and fifteen days.
She came to Michigan with her parents as a small child and they settled in Hamilton township, where she
grew to young womanhood, and has
made her home since.
• She was united In marriage with
Samuel McClain, of Hamilton township, Juiy 3rd, 1899, and this union
was blessed by the birth of ten children, Katie, Maggie, Harold, Josephine, James, Ruth, Everett, Idamary,
Agnes and Samuel, Jr.
She was a kind and loving wife and
mother and overcame the many hardships of the early pioneers, rearing
her family with the patience and fortitude which she manifested through
her many years of ill health. She was
loved and respected by the many
friends and neighbors with whom she
became acquainted during her long
residence in the community.
•She leaves to mourn, their loss, the
bereaved husband; four sons, Harold,
of Marion, James, of Sanford, Everett,
of Lansing, and Samuel, Jr., who made
his home with his parents and worked
the farm; six daughters, Mrs. Carl
Bauer, Mrs. Burke Collins, Mrs. Dale
Montney and Mrs. Clark Walters, of
Clare, Mrs. Leonard Ordiway, of Pick-
ford, and Mrs, Francis Loomis, who is
at home while her husband is overseas; two brothers, Arthur and Orson
Wyckoff, of Houghton Lake; nineteen
grandchildren, other relatives and a
host of friends.,
Funeral services were held from the
Gladwin Methodist Church at 2:00
o'clock Thursday afternoon, May 17,
with Rev. Chas. B. Hahn of the Clare
Methodist Church officiating, assisted
by Rev. John Scott of the Gladwin
church, and interment was in the
Gladwin, cemetery.
A0JOSTED SERVICE BONDS
WILL BECOME DUE JUNE 1ST
Attention Please
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Because there will be no mall deliveries Memorial Day, Wednesday,
May 30th, all community news letters
for next week's Sentinel must be
mailed in time to reach your post office not later than Monday.
Sentinel advertisers are also requested to have their copy in one day
eai'ly next week.
We thank you for your cooperation.
t
Adjusted  Service  Bonds  of World
War I veterans, will become due June
1st gnd._Taay. now. fee taken to. your j to  12:00
post office?, \Weve they..will be; certified lunch
and sent in without cfiargfe." '
MT. VERNON GRANGE DANCE
Friday night, May 25th, from 8; 00
o'clock.    Good   music   and
—Committee
33t2
SCOUTERS GUESTS AT
APP LEBLOSSOM CAMP
TRAINING MEETING
Gubbers Round Table Planned
at SaginaW Tuesdaj',
May 29th
Forty-one Scouters were guests of
"Doc" (Dr. M. L.) Smith, bead of Rural Education Department, Central
Michigan College, at Appleblossom
Camp Saturday and Sunday, May 19th
and 20th, where the Valley , Trails
Council professional staff assisted
"Woody" (Woodward C.) Smith, Council Training Chairman, and his committee with instruction in Camping
and Health and Safety courses.   -
Dr. T. J. Carney, Gratiot Health and
Safety Chairman, headed the Health
and Safety group and Louis Meyer,
Scoutmaster of Troop No. 55 Franken-
muth, headed the Camping group.
They were assisted by Scout Executive
Carle Handel and Ed Johnson, Field
Scout Executive. Cliff Klapp, Field
Scout Executive, assisted Woody
Smith on. arrangements, details and
food and facilities. Health and Safety
awards were presented to twelve
Scouters and camping awards to eighteen.
Carle Handel presented the Scouters
Key to Emil Pfister "for having completed the five year training. Mr.
Pfister is Principal of the Clare High
School. Mr. Handel also announced
that pending final check and National
Headquarters action keys are to be
awarded Elmer Graham, Stan Brown,
Les Hall, W. O. Smith, Dr. T. J. Carney, R. L. McNeil and Don Kubik.
"Mitch" (Jay) Mitchell, who will
start his nineteenth year as Camp
Cook at Camp Rotary took care of the
cooking,  assisted by  Scouts._
At the , Saturday evening Campfire
Dr. Smith explained how the Apple-
blossom Camp originated and had
developed to its present size and." Outlined some of the plans for the future
Other activities and additions to. tlie
scheduled training consisted, of .soft-
ball, fishing, hiking, fly-tying demonstration, by Bill.Jeff ers, .Zilwaukee, and
original Scouting handicraft and gad-
getry by Louis Meyer.
(Jabbers Bound Table
The second of a series bf Cubbers'
Round Tables Tvill be held Tuesday,
May 29th, at Scout Headquarters, 118
N. Washington, Saginaw. The topic
for discussion will concern parent interest and the 1 heme.will be,'"Planning a Yearly Program, for Your Pac."
These meetings are not for Cubbers
alone, but anyone, interested is welcome to- attend.    ,'
AVENGE CLARE COUNTY YOUTH
OF CARRIER FRANKLIN CREW
Y BUYIN
BELL TELEPHONE
REFUND ORDER SET
.. ASIDMf COURT
Rates Subject to Adjustment
To Avoid Excess Profits Tax
An order by the Michigan Public
Service Commission directing the
Michigan Bell Telephone Company to
refund §3,500,000 to its customers has
been set aside by Judge Leland W.
Carr, of the Ingham Circuit Court.
Judge Carr ruled that the Commission is without authority to order a
retroactive refund, declaring "it ha.
always been the theory of legislation
in this state, with reference to public
utilities, that orders relating to rates
should he  prospective."
The Commission's order was an out-
J growth of its investigation into the
affairs of utilities having an exfeess
profits tax liability in 1944. It was
based on the theory that excess profits taxes should be returned to customers rather than be paid to the
Federal Treasury. The Commission
entered its order December -2S, 1944.
"Clearly, if a utility may be ordered
to make a refund to its subscribers on
the theory that its established rates
have permitted it to make too much
profit, by the same process of reasoning a utility whose operations have
proved unprofitable, so that it has not
been able to earn a fair return and to
maintain its service and equipment
properly, may be authorized to collect
from its subscribers an additional sttnr
for prior service," Judge Carr's opinion said. "The practical objections to
any such order are such as to suggest
that the legislature did not intend to
grant power to make such order."
When the company appealed from
(Continued  on Page  Twelve)
Mrs. June Haines has received a letter, written May 4th,. from her husband, Lt. Kenneth E/.nes,, stating that
he had been liberate and was at Lubeck, Germany, awaiting plane transportation to England, and that he expected to be home in a few weeks.
Lt. Haines was reported missing November 5th, 1943, and it was later reported that he was a prisoner of war
in Germany. He said that he had
traveled a lot in the past five months.
He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Haines, of Farwell, and neither his
wife or .parents had heard from him in
a long time.
May Crowning at
St. Henry's Church
Sunday Morning
The annual ceremony of the crowning of the Virgin Mary as Queen of
May will be held at the 10:30 Mass
this Sunday morning at St. Henry's
Church, Rosebush, US-27.
Miss Mary Bower will be the Buide
and will place the crown of roses and
lilies of the valley on the brow of the
statue of Mary. Miss Bower will be
escorted by twenty Maids of Honor all
bearing arm bouquets.
The entire congregation will join in
the hymns . and prayers during the
crowning ceremony. During the Offertory of the Mass, Mrs. Pat Horan will
sing Millard's "Ave Maria,"" accompanied by Mrs. Bernard McConnell, organist.
Guests are cordially invited to this
lovely service.
Raymond Dwyer and Fred*
erick Scott Involved in
Epic Battle
Publications Must
Have Full Addresses
For Armed Forces
Attention is renewed to the fact that
thousands of copies of publications
are being received daily at ports of
embarkation Army Post Offices which
do not bear complete addresses in
that both a unit or organization address and an A.P.O. number are not
given.
Effective immediately, postmasters
should decline to accept publications
addressed to Army personnel in care
of postmasters at ports of embarkation unless both a unit address and
an A.P.O. number are included in the
addresses."  "       "'     *--—       ,_"  *     ,
A number of Sentinels have already
been retui-ned to this office because
of insufficient addresses and anyone
subscribing for members of the
Armed Forces who have not given us
complete addresses are requested to
do so at once.
LITTLE DAVID GORDON* 10GG
LAID AT REST IN DELWIN
CEMETERY WEDNESDAY P.M.
•David Gordon Mogg, the son of PVt.
and Mrs. Elton Mogg, was born December 2, 1944 and passed away May
23, 1945, at the age of five months and
twenty-one days. Funeral services
were held at the Thurston Funeral
Home," Wednesday, May 23, with Elder David Bailey, of the Harrison Reorganized* Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, officiating. Mrs,
Eleanor Lehr played familiar hymns.
Burial was made in the De-win cemetery.
Besides the parents, he leaves two
brothers, Jerry J. two and one-half
years, and Larry Gene, eighteen
months old; also his grandparents,
Mr, and Mrs. Floyd Callihan and Mr.
and Mrs. Jpe Mogg, of Coleman, and
many other relatives and friends* Pvt.
Mogg, his father, is in the Philippines.
MIDLAND K1WANIANS
PRESENT PROGRAM AT
CLARE CLUB DINNER
Dow Chemical Representative
Shows Sound Film on
Magnesium
Art Damoth, newly elected president of the Clare Kiwanis Club, presided at the dinner meeting of the club
in the Hotel Doherty Tuesday evening. The Midland Kiwanis Club presented the program, with arrangements in charge of Chet Maher, District Manager of Michigan Bell Telephone Company at Midland.
Eugene Perrin, of the advertising*
department of The Dow Chemical
Company, of Midland, spoke on magnesium and showed the sound film,-
"Magnesium, the Metal From the Sea."
The film, showing how magnesium is
made from sea water, was made on
location at the Dow plant in Freeport,
Texas.
Mr. Perrin said that magnesium is
olie-third lighter than aluminum and
the volume cost in ingot form less
than any structural metal except steel.
One cubic mile of sea water contains
enough magnesium to serve this country's needs 'for over fifty years at the
present rate of consumption. Some of
the common post war uses are aviation, portable tools, cathodic protection, machine parts, and transportation industries.
Magnesium will be useful anywhere
there Is metal in motion or where dead
weight need be eliminated. Dow is
the name of the allbys of magnesium
made by The Dow Chemical Company
and is available in all common forms,
such as sand castings, sheet metal,
forgings, die 'castings, extrusions, etc.
It was voted by the club to hold
theii- dinner meetings in the- future
each Wednesday evening at 6:30, with
the exception of next week when Wednesday is Memorial Day and the meeting will be held on Tuesday.
CLARE Hi SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
FRIDAY, JUNE 1
Annual Junior-Senior Prom
Held Last Friday
Evening
Juniors and Seniors and their guests
filled the Clare High gym for the annual spring prom held on Friday, May
18, after a banquet given in the Doherty Hotel.
Decorations in the gym formed a
park, with benches around the dance
floor. A wishtng-well filled one corner, and the orchestra the other. A
pool was built in the center of the
floor and surrounded by flowers.
, During the evening a floor show was
given which included several selection^ from.. John"* Cobb and" Connie
Wright.
Johnnie Relch&rd'a six piece orchestra from St, Louis played from a
platform which was decorated like a
rock garden with a canopy of crepe-
papev over the orchestra.
Dancing took place from nine to
midnight. The evening ended by the
president of the Junior class, Jane
Richardson and escort, leading the
Grand March, assisted by the Senior
president, Doug Masten and his escort.
Commencement Week
Graduation activities will open Friday, May 25, with the annual Class
Night program at 8:15 in,the auditorium. Baccalaureate services will take
place Sunday, May 27, at 8:15; and
the fifty-eighth annual Commencement will be given at 8:15 on June 1 in
the auditorium.
At Commencement, Dr. E. C. Erick-
son, Professor of Education, Michigan
State College, will speak. The class
memorial will be presented by Doug
Masten, president, and accepted by
George White. Mr. Austin Bates will
present the C.M.C.E. Scholarship.
GoodLiterature Club and Medical
scholarships will be presented by Mrs.
G. C. Born and Rev. Charles Hahn.
The class will be presented by Mr.
•Emil Pfister and diplomas given, by
Dr. A. E. Mulder, president of the
Board of Education. Mr. Harold Collins and Vena Lee Gillespie will provide music for the program.
Softball Meeting
School Auditorium
Thursday Night
. There will be a softball meeting in
the Clare High School auditorium on
Thursday evening, May 31, at 8:00 p.
m. All team sponsors and managers
please be present as rules and plans
for the summer season will be made.
This year we plan to have a junior
league composed of boys in the eighth
grade or lower. Any organization
wishing to sponsor a junior team for
the afternoon league please have a
representative there also.-
Don Richardson
MAIL SERVICE
The post-office lobby will be open
until 10; 00 a. m. (CWT) Memorial
Day, Wednesday, May 30th, but there
Will be no city or yUral deliveries.
Mail tleposited in the post office or
in the mail box in front of the post
office will be dispatched as usual,    i    War Bonds  bring future securit.'.
PFC. JEROME C. FLOOD SENDS
WAR SOUVENIRS TO FATHER
Peter Flood, of Vernon township,
received last week a very comprehensive and interesting collection of war
souvenirs from his son, Pfc. Jerome C,
Flood. Included was a large Nazi flag,
a 1. rench phrase book, table mats, several large pictures of German officials
and other subjects, dozens of smaller
picture^ and many other items.
Bonds Bought in Seventh War
Loan Will Help Conquer
Fanatic Japs
No story has brought the seriousness of the Japanese war more forcibly
to the residents of this community
than that of the epic battle of the IX
S. Aircraft Carrier Franklin in which,
its crew suffered more than a thousand casualties, including the instanj.
killing of Raymond A. Dwyer, S.F. i/c,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dwyer,
of Clare, and husband of Mrs. Helen
Dwyer, of Farwell; and Coxswain
Frederick Scott, the son of Mr. and,
Mrs. George Scott and husband of Mrs.
Betty Scott, all of Lake, faced deati.
for fifteen hours as he fought the
flames that immediately enveloped
the huge ship within seconds after the
first bomb strike. Casualties include
341 dead, 431 missing and. more than
300 wounded.
Darting from a cloud dead ahead tit
a fast carrier task force only sixty-
three miles from Japan, a Japanese-
dive bomber struck the Franklin a*r.&-
started one of the war's greatest episodes of heroic action. Within the
next ten hours almost a hundred ton,?
of explosives and as many thonsfwid
gallons of aviation gasoline were 'ignited and shook the great ea.'.tte" as
she steamed out of control -straight
for Japan.
With more than one-third of her mej_
disabled, she was attacked five mora
times by Jap bombers attempting f_>
send her to the bottom of the Pacific,
but she escaped and finally reached
the Brooklyn, N. Y., Navy Yard, where
she Is being repaired to sail forth and
engage the Japs again.
For an aircraft carrier, a mass o.C
metal and maze of delicate instruments carrying an arsenal of explps-
ives an/1 high octane gasoline, to -survive through three days of such terrific pounding and fires is a miracle
difficult for the inexperienced to comprehend; and this achievement i£' definite proof of the ruggedhess of American ships and the courage of tine mea
who man them.
(Continued  on Page Twelve.       .
MICHIGAN RETAILERS •
SELL $364,740,000 IN
WAR SAVINGS BOND!
Contribute Generously to Sales
Promotional Advertising
Program
Retailers of Michigan have sold War
Bonds and Stamps totaling $364,740,-
000 cash, during the three years ending May 1, according to word just received from J. B. Webber, Jr., ..oi Detroit, State Chairman of the Mi.cliigau
Retailer's War Savings Committee, by
Leo Russell, local chairman for th&
same organization. ,
"Mr. Webber stressed the fact that
this total represents cash receive.!.
Since the bulk of these sales .were iu
Series E bonds, it represents almost
half a billion dollars of future purchasing power in store for Michigan residents, through bonds they have -purchased from retailers alone," said Mc
Russell.
"According to top officials of the tt
S. Treasury, who visited Detroit last
week, Michigan has the most comprehensive, active and efficient retailers'
bond selling organization in Americsi.
It includes local retail chairmen ia
about 350 Michigan, cities and towna**
plus a retail chairman in every county,
and one in each of seven zones auft
thirty districts. * "
"In addition to their top sales r&
cord, retailers have been the backbone
of the advertising and promotion job
which has been done. Newspaper advertising has played a leading role ia
their promotional program, many retailers have -volunteered a reasonable .
portion of their advertising space" toward the promotion of War Bonds*
and other important war activities.
"The Treasury is on record as looking to retailers to play a more irapori-
ant part than ever in the Seventh
War Loan, and here in Clare we &v@
geared to swing into the drive with $
fast start and follow-- through intensively until we are over our quota, antf
the drive ends," said Mr. Russell,
GOOD LITERATURE 1!«
i
Tuesday, May 29, at the TiC-me dt
Mrs. Inez Pudvay, at 7:00 p. in. Members may'bring a guest and all former
members are especially invited.. Bximg
table service, sandwiches and a, disS*
to pass.