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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22. 1946
New Series Vol. 54, No, 21
FATHER AND SON
BANQUET SUCCESS
TUESDAY NIGHT
One  Hundred and  Forty
Gather at Congregational Church
A near capacity crowd of fathers and
sons attended the annual banquet in
the chureh parlors of the First Congregational Church Tuesday evening
to hear Professor Richard "Wysong deliver the principal address. The popular- speaker, a member of tlie faculty
at the Central Michigan College; of Education, chose as his theme, "The
Home," and he talked of the impfirtant
iniluence of the home on relations be
tween fathers and sons.
The dinner, served to one hundred
and forty "dads and lads" was a
"stand out," and praised as the best
ever, even by those who remember
many former such banquets of other
years. Individual menu cards and programs were lettered on colored, fancy
paper fruits. Huge bowls of fresh
fruit decorating the long, candle-lit
banquet tables carried out the suggestion of peace, plenty, and the return to good living. The assemblage
was reminded that they were attending the first Father and Son gathering
since the end of the war. The com-
jilete meal featured choice baked ham,
and escalloped potatoes, also salads,
relishes, rolls and butter, dessert, and
coffee.
An accomplished orchestra, consisting of Sunday School members, played
several selections while the guests en
tered tho parlors. The music was
very fine, and the performers, with
Harold Collins their accompanist,
earned enthusiastic applause.
The invocation was pronounced by
Rev. Harold Watson, retiring Minister
of the Congregational Church, who
also spoke briefly of the' remarkable
congeniality and fellowship enjoyed
among the men and boys of Clare,
The toastniaster, Dr. John G. "White,
introduced the numbers on a vai'ied
and pleasing program. Herbert Smith-
and Attorney Harold Hughes toasted
the fathers and the sons, respectively,
Johnny EickneU_read.au appropriate
poem which^e "de&_aWfi- to .-.the" fatht
ers, and Dr. Stewart "MeArthur sang
two vocal solos, accompanied at -the
piano by Harold Collins. Dr. McAr-
thur's second selection, a bright spot
on the very entertaining program, was
a song in dialect, "Please Don't
Squeeze-a 'da Banana." He appeared
in costume with an apron and bright
red neckerchief, and wearing "heavy
black mustaches and a black wig,
quite a complete "transformation."
Professor Wysong, delivering the
main talk of the evening, enlarged on
his theme by discussing the critical
modern trend toward the abandonment
of home life with its influence for
good. Calling the home the most basic
of units of human society, he quoted
figures to show alarming increases in
divorce, and separation of married
couples in communities such as our
own.' Contrasting the effects on boys
reared in happy, normal homes, to that
on boys from broken families, he
showed how fellowship between fathers and sons can result in a new generation of honest, wholesome, happy
parents, devoted to their children.
Special mention of merit was made
by Ed. Johnston at the beginning of
the program, to the Congregational
Ladies Guild, sponsoring the affair; to
Mrs. Cook, president of the Guild, and
Mrs. Stuart Bicknell, chairman for
banquet arrangements; ticket chairman, Bob Kelsey; Wyman's Grocery,
donors of the delicious coffee served;
and Park View Jewelry, donors of the
fruit used to decorate tables. Special
attention was also called to the individuals present who served their country in the war, and to Alex McKinnon
and Richie Koch, who have attended
the last fourteen father and son banquets together as "father and son."
Pioneers Close
Season atGladwin
This Friday Night
The Clare High School Pioneer basketball team will close their season
at Gladwin this Friday evening, when
the Green and White expect to avenge
the 33-28 defeat handed them hy Gladwin on the local gym floor earlier this
season.
The Pioneers, have been successful
in winning their last two games, making it eight wins- and five losses for
the season, and will put forth every
effort to complete the season with a
victory. Tho support of fans* who can
accompany the team to Gladwin will
be appreciated by the team and may
prove to be the%actor that will decide
the outcome of the £anie.   Let's go!
The Clare Townsend Club will meet
this. Friday evening with. Mrs. Etta
Howard* All members are urged to attend:
D. Seiter Speaks
at Rotary Meeting
Wednesday Noon
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The Clare Rotary Club \ met in, the
club room of the Barnes Cafe, Wednesday noon, with President W. N. Byers
in charge. Guests were H. H. Fikret,
of Florida, A. J. Collins and Harry
Wilson, of Cadillac, and Jack Hall and
Donald Dunlop, of Clare,
. Group singing was led by N. A. Elden, with Harold Collins at the piano.
Dr. Stuart McArthur sang two numbers, "Because" and "Please Don't
Squeeza da Bananas."
President Byers spoke of the objects of Rotary, as he introduced the
new members, John Rodabaugh,
Charles Wilcox and Frank LaGoe,
Dave Seiter spoke of the "Ins and
Outs of Lumber Business." As a
business, lumber holds real interest,
and all people love a nice piece of
furniture and -a line finish to lumber.
The difficulty now is not salesmanship, but getting materials fairly distributed among people wanting products.
He stated that there are enough
trees for lumber supply for many future years. The government is interested in conserving trees for future
lumber supply, with considerable supplies in South America. It is a poor
time to build a house and Seiters advise against it.    .
Announcements were given as follows: Donkey Basketball, for Tuesday
evening,.February 26th, in the school
gym, as stated by Earl Ruby; and the
Inter Cities Rotary meeting at Alma
on Monday February 25th.
FOUR INJURED IN
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
LAST THURSDAY
Louis Morris Loses End of
•    Fmgeiyin Fan Belt
of Automobile
W. EARL GREEN
SUCCUMBS TO ILL
HEALTH^ FEB. 11
Clerk of Clare County Road
Commission More Than
Fifteen Years
In spite of the fact that little hope
was expressed for his. recovery,
tJhfs. aad hews ' of the- -, d^ath.
of W. Earl Green, deputy county
'Clerk, and, practically a lifelong resident of. Harrison, spread over the
county rapidly Monday, February 11.
He died at the Clare Hospital after being confined there for nineteen days,
He had been in 111 health for thirty
years and just before his departure
Ihe -stated he had fought to live forty
years.
W. Earl Green was born in Harrison,
March 26, 189^4, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Willis E. Green and spent prac-
ticallf his entire life there.
He was married to Leota B. Rhodes
March 6, 1924, and was employed by
the Ford Motor Company, Detroit, until the fall of 1927, when he moved to
Midland and remained in the employ
of the Robert He'ism'an Shoe Store until September,   1928.
In the same year he filled the vacancy of his father as state park custodian in Harrison, due to his father's
illness, and resided at the park headquarters for one summer.
In the fall of 1929 he accepted the
position of deputy county clerk, and
in his official capacity discharged the
duties of clerk of the County Road
Commission except for one year.
It was in December of 1939 when
his illness forced him to be admitted
to the Ingham County Sanitorium at
Lansing, where he recuperated, and
was discharged and was back home
December 1, 1940.
His recovery was so complete that
he again took over his duties at the
court house in June of that year. Pie
discharged his duties faithfully and
to the best of his ability until January
of this year, when he became seriously
ill and was admitted to the Clare Hospital, where he remained until the
grim reaper called him to his final
resting place, February 11.
His mother, who together with W.
Earl rrfourned the departure of their
husband and father, the late Willis E.
Green, preceded him in death March
28, 1941.
Surviving are his wife, Leota;  an
uncle,   George   Foster,   of   Hillsdale;
thi-ee  cousins,   Mrs.  Pauline   Sunder-
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Four persons were injured at 6:15
o'clock Thursday evening of last week
in an accident one-half mile west of
Clare on US-10, attributed to the icy
condition of the highway.
Although Nora B. Collins, 47, of
100C South Main St., Mt. Pleasant, had
driven her car one hundred feet on, the
highway after coming out of a driveway, Wm. E. Henry, 39, of Temple,
who was driving a car belonging to
Herschel Box, of Cadillac, did not
notice the Collins car until too late to
J avoid a collision.
The two drivers and Donald Higgins,
{ 27, of Harrison, and Edna Dingman,
2*1, of Temple, who were passengers
in the Henry car, were rushed to the
Clare Hospital,
Henry was found to be suffering concussion of the brain and laceration of
the scalp and was treated and dismissed Saturday.
Edna Dingman sustained multiple
lacerations of the face and a sprained
left ankle and was also dismissed Saturday, following treatment.
Higgins was treated for deep lacerations of the scalp and face and minor
lacerations to the shin and dismissed
the same night.
Norma Collins, who was driving
alone, received minor abrasions and
was dismissed immediately following
treatment.
The  accident was  investigated  by
State Police of the Mt. Pleasant Post.
Portion of Finger Amputated
Louis Morris, of 201 East Fifth St.,
cut the end of a finger off in the fan
belt on a car he wasi fixing Friday of
last week and a portion, of the finger
was amputated at the Clare Hospital.
He was released the same day.
Injures Finger
Clyde Moline, while fixing a car
Monday, caught a finger between the
car and jack and sustained a large
flap laceration on the finger. He was
§*en>ed at the Clare Hospital and dis-
Pioneer Annuals
Now Available at
Clare Drug Stores
Pioneer annuals for 1945 are now
on sale at the Clare drug stores and
the Pioneer room at schpol.
Anyone knowing the- address of
Seniors of the class of 1945 who have
moved away is requested to send the
address to: The Pioneers, Clare High
School, Clare, Michigan,
■Seniors living in -this community
may call for their copies at the Pioneer room.
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MRS. MYRTLE BUTTERS
PASSES FEBRUARY 14
AT H0ME_AT GAYLORD
Former Clare County Resident
Laid at Rest There
Monday
Mrs. Myrtle Butters, for many years
a resident of Clare County preceding
1928, passed way Thursday of last
week at her home at Gaylord, following several weeks of illness.
Myrtle Emma Sharp was born at
Paulding, Ohio, in the year of 1891,
and passed away at Gaylord, Michigan
February 14, 1946, at the age of fifty-
four years, eleven months and nineteen days.
She came to Michigan in a covered
wagon with her grandparents when a
child, settling in. .Clare county in 1902,
and her first home here was a log
cabin.
She was united in marriage to Far
ris L? Butters in the year of 1908, and
to this union were born nine children,
The family moved to Otsego county
in 1928 and she has made her home
there since.
Mrs. Butters, a good Christian woman, was loved by all who knew her.
A member of the Evangelical Church
of Gaylord, she was the first charter
member to pass away.
Mr. Butters passed away in 1936
and three children and one grandchild
have preceded her in death.
Those who remain to mourn, her
passing are three daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Rents'chler, of Afton, Mrs. Esther
Fischer, of Lupton, and Mrs. ' Edna
Webber, of Johannesburg; three sons,
Elwin Butters, of Gaylord, Robert Butters, of Ocqueoe, and Clark Butters,
of Gaylord, who was recently discharged from the U. S. Marine Corps;
besides eight grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held at Gaylord at 2:00 o'clock Monday afternoon
with interment there.
Relatives attending the. services
from Out oj town were Mrs. Des_a Tit-
ley, Mrs. Harold Williams, Mrs; filmer
Wilson, Mr«r. Theliha Strickland and
John Utley, all- of Pontiac; Miss, Catherine Butters, of Au Gres; ,Mr. and
Mrs: Robert Loar, Mrs. Sara Rutter
and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rutter, of
Clare.'
BANK CLOSED FRIDAY
The Citizens State Bank will remain
open all day Thursday, -February 21,
because Friday is a national holiday
and the bank will be closed all day.
Robber of Clare
Jewelry Store is
Held for Murder
According to state newspapers, Alexander Gliva, thirty-eight year old
ex-convict, who had previously confessed implication in the White Jewelry store robbery in Clare last Decern
ber 7, has confessed the killing of
Arba Hawley, Detroit real estate dealer,, in his office at 18544 West Eight
Mile Road, last November 9, and Gliva
has been sentenced fo life imprisonment for the crime.
Gliva is said to, have -embraced his
common-law wife; Madeline Wisniew-
Ski, 29, following,his confession which
was prompted by-her accusation.
Gliva allegedly said he drove to the
real estate dealer's office with two
purposes in minq\ to rob Hawley and
buy a chicken farm, and that when
the robbery victim started fighting
him and said that he knew Gliva's "face
he pulled out his home-made gun, a
converted air pist&J, took Hawley's
wallet, tied him up with a rope and
shot him to keep him from squawking.
Alexander Sochowski, 31, and Mrs.
Mildred Nulf, 23, are also being held
in connection with the robbery here
and in other localities.
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL TO OPEN IN
COUflTYJARCH 1
Organization. Faces Greatest Peacetime Responsibility inTts History
March 1 heralds the opening of the
first postwar fund campaign of the
American Red Cross. Upwards of 3,-
000,000 volunteer solicitors will begin
their canvas of every home and office
in communities from coast to coast for
$100,000,000, the largest peacetime
fund ever raised by the organization.
The nionfh of March lias been designated Red Crdss Month by President
Truman, who, in Jus proclamation, called for Jh%^fi^le^,^ippoi-t pf. J.b-3. organization's campaign.. Simultaneously Red Cross Chairman Basil O'Connor and civic leaders everywhere
pointed to the need for continuing Red
Cross services to able-bodied troops
abroad aud in this country, to those in
hospitals, and to veterans, as well as to
families and dependents of all who
have worn the uniform.
"The men in active service, the hospitalized, and the veterans form three
major Red Cross battle fronts which
victory in the field merely served to
intensify, "Mr. O'Connor said in announcing the opening of the campaign.
"Since VB and VJ Days Red Cross
services to these men and their dependents have increased materially.
Added to this are rapidly growing responsibilities to civilians. Every
American must support his Red Cross
to the utmost so that it may continue
to serve our men in uniform, whether
able-bodied or hospitalized, our veterans, and people, adequately."
Red Cross budget estimates are pared to a minimum consistent with adequate service, Mr. O'Connor pointed
out. Expenditures for 1946 actually
will exceed the campaign goal, the difference being made up from funds previously collected in the belief war-
would continue into 1946.
In keeping with its budget the Red
Cross faces its biggest peacetime job.
A well-developed Red Cross recreation
and welfare program for our occupation forces must be maintained at an
all-time peak in efficiency and individual attention. The wounded and hospitalized must continue to receive Rett
Cross aid in the form of constructive
recreational activity, help in planning
tjie future, and assistance in solving
many knotty, personal problem which
may retard recovery and depress the
•fpirit. The veteran, returning to civilian life, must receive guidance and advice when needed.
Clare county's goal is $2860.00 in
the 1946 Red Cross fund campaign, and
although this is considerably less than
last year's wartime quota, the cooperation of all will be needed to meet
this quota.
Mrs. Mabel Horton, Chairman, of the
Clare County Red Cross Chapter, stated this week that particulars concerning the campaign in the county will be
announced as soon as organization for
the 1946 Roll Call is completed and it
is, hoped lhat all will be ready for the-
opening of the campaign next Friday.
The Bern hard Fischers Observe
Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary
A lovely family dinner was enjoyed,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ott
of Harrison, on Saturday, February
16. The occasion was in honor of Mr, i
and Mrs. Bornhard Fischer's sixtieth
wedding anniversary and Mi-. Fischer's
eighty-second birthday.
Their four daughters and some of
their families came to help them celebrate the day and wish them many
more  anniversaries  and  birthdays.
Mis. Fischer's birthday was last November, when she reached the eightieth milestone.   *
The dinner was served in the basement, where a long table was spread
and places laid.for twenty-two guests.
A lovely bouquet of gladiolus, snapdragons and carnations, tied with a
wide orchid ribbon which read "60
Years," was the center table attraction, as well as two lovely birthday
cakes and the wedding cake. A bountiful chicken dinner, with all the trimmings, was served at 1:00 o'clock, to
which all did justice.
The afternoon was spent in visiting
and singing and Grandpa Fischer
sang a song, "My Heavenly Home is
Bright and Fair," memorizing all three
verses, which was enjoyed by all.
Time slipped by all too swiftly and the
enjoyable day came to a close.
Grandma and Grandpa Fischer are
enjoying fairly good health and are
still "keeping house" at their home
on North Budd Lake. They received
many lovely gifts and.about seventy-
eight greeting cards, which they enjoyed very much.
Guests present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Panitz, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Sill, Mrs. Pearl Shoening and son,
Larry, Mr, and Mrs, Elmer Ott, all of
Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ott and
children, Jacqulyn and Marshall, of
Kalamazoo; Rev. and Mrs. Charles
Kleinhardt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Kleinhardt, Jr., Mi-, and Mrs.-Charles
Ott, all* Of Brown Corners; and Mr.
and Mi% I Bernhardt Fischer and Mr.
and Mrs. Henry titt, all of Harrison.
MERLE SAMBORN
HOME BURNED TO
GR0UND_SAT.A.M.
Mrs. Samborn Saves Two
Children Despite Her
Own Burns
REV. HAROLD WATSON
AND FAMILY HONORED
 THURSDAY EVENING
Members and Friends.Meet At
Congregational Cijurch for
Farewell Dinner
Members of the Congregational
Church, (heir families and friends, attended a farewell dinner in the church
parlors Thursday evening, February
14th, honoring the departing Pastor,
Rev. Harold Watson, who has accepted
a call to the Congregational Church in
Harrison.
A short program, arranged by Mrs.
Harold Loekwood and Dexter Elden,
and presented by members of the Sunday School, entertained the group.
Piano solos by Janice Borror and Joanne Vofge -were very pleasing, and a
tap dance number by Linda and Joyce
Jones' was performed to a piano accompaniment played by the sisters'
mother, Mrs. Nelda Jones. Harold
Collin's and .Leo Brown, played instrumental accompaniment for the community songs.
The dinner menu, a special one for
the occasion, featured baked ham, potatoes, crisp vegetable salads, gelatin
salads,, pumpkin pie and cOffee. It
was served by ladies of the church.
Tables were prettily decorated for the
dinner with red hearts and Valentine
settings.
ReV. and Mrs. Watson, with members of their family who attended,
were presented with gifts testifying to
the warm regard in, which they are
held by their friends and many well-
wishers here in Clare.
CONSUMERS POWER
PLANT EXPANSION
STARTSJTHIS YEAR
Thousands of  New   Rural
Patrons Will .Be
Served
LADY BOWLERS TO MEET
There ,wilt be a meeting of tlie Clare
LadieB Bowling League ai'the Doherty
Hotel, Monday night, February 25th, at
8:00 o'clock. All captains please be
present, also other members who have
discussion topics.
Your General Electric Dealer. Bob's
Sales & Service, Clare. 7tt
Lyle Bond Master
pf Ceremonies in
All Star Program
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Allen, of 1910
N. E. St., Lansing, formerly of Clare,
heard their son, Lyle Bond, in Hollywood, broadcast an all star radio program over the National Broadcasting
Co. cdast to coast network Saturday,
February §, at 6:00 p. m. The pro-'
gram was a salute to the Boy Scouts
Of America.
It was broadcast from Los Angeles
Philharmonic Auditorium 'on the All
Star Show of which Lyle was master
of ceremonies. Included were Edgar
Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Ralph
Edwards of the "Truth Or Consequences" program, Roy R.ogers, movie-
land's famous cowboy star, the Mitchell Boy's Choir, National'President of
the Boy Scouts, the Eagle Scout who
accompanied Admiral Byrd to the
South .Pole and Gen. Jimmy Doolittle.
There were '6,000 ScOuts in the audience. .',-..-.,     , >:
Lyle is a graduate , of Glare High
School. -
Consumers   Power   Company   will
spend more than $17,000,000  in 1946
on construction  projects designed to
meet anticipated, growth in the use of
electricity and  gas,  according to  an
, announcement by Dan E. Karn, vice
j president and general manager.
I    The company's service territory em-
i braces most of the Lower Peninsula
! aside  from  the  Detroit and  Thumb
J areas.
I Preliminary work is already under
; way, Mr. Karn said, on a large new
steam-electric generating plant to be
i erected on Muskegon Lake at Muske.
gon. Test borings are bing made to
determine the type of foundation needed, and when these are completed and
analyzed, the drafting of engineering
and architectural plans will begin immediately. Most of the actual construction work is scheduled for 1947
and 1948.
With an initial capacity of 120,000
kilowatts, the new plant will be one of
the largest in outstate Michigan.
Like the six other large steam-electric
plants and the forty-three hydro-electric plants of the Consumers system,
it will pour its energy into a statewide network of transmission lines
uniting ail communities served by the
Company.
The new plant has been named the
B. C. Cobb Plant honoring Bernard C.
Cobb, former president and chairman
of the board of directors of Consumers
and of the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation. Mr. Cobb retired in
1934 and now makes his home in New
York.
The John C. Weadock Plant on Saginaw Bay at Essexville will become
the largest of all Consumers plants
with the installation of another 50,000-
kilowatt generating unit, which will
boost its total capacity to 170,0,00 kilowatts. Work on this project will begin,
this year and reach completion in 1947.
Also on the Consumers program for
this year are many new power lines
and substations and numerous additions to and improvements of the company's gas distribution and storage
facilities. Gas main capacities will be
increased in anticipation of a sharp
rise in tho. number of customers who
heat their homes with gas.
Office buildings in Flint, Kalamazoo and Hastings will be enlarged.
Consumers now has 519,000 electric customers. It expects to add 19,-
000, about half of them farm customers, in 1946. It has 253,000 gas customers and expects to add 11,000 dur-,
ing the year.
The home of Mr. and Mrs, Merle
Samborn, three miles west and one-
quarter mile south of Clare, was destroyed by fire Saturday morning. Mr.
Samborn, a member of the Sentinel
staff, had come to work and Mrs. Samborn, who was at home with their
children, Merle Jay, four years, and
Mar'cia Mae, two years of age, was
about to start a fire in the coal range
in the kitchen, and thinking there was
no fire in the stove, threw in fuel oil,
which exploded and threw flames
about her and filled the room with
fire.
Mrs. Samborn ran out the back door
and rolled in the snow to extinguish
the fire in her clothing and then reentered the house through the front
door to get the. children, who were,
dressed only in their underwear, Mar-
cia having her shoes and stockings
on, and carried them outside and
placed them in the snow.
Mrs. Samborn went back into the
house and pulled a desk out onto the
front porch and by this time the fire
had gained such headway that- she
was unable to enter the house again.
Ad Oliver, a neighbor who was
shoveling snow at his home about
two city blocks away, noticed the fire,
but by the time he reached the scene
Mrs. Samborn had the children out
and the fire was beyond control. Mr.
Oliver took Mrs. Samborn and the
J babies to his home.
I The Clare Fire Department .was
summoned and the rural truck responded but by the time they reached
the Samborn home, there was no hope
of saving the building or contents.
The firemen stood by to protect other
buildings in the vicinity from flying
embers, which were found as much as
a half mile from the fire, which was
intensified by fuel oil the Samborns
had on the premises for use in their
oil heater.
Mi\ Samborn was notified and
pushed to his home and his wife re-
tUYiiett'■ to"the scene of the fire, Which
by this time was coming from all
doors and windows and through the
roof, and he brought her to the Clare
Hospital immediately.
Examination revealed that she was
suffering severe shock and first, second and third degree burns of the face
and body, the most severe burns being on the breast and abdomen. A
handkerchief she was wearing on her
head kept the fire from burning her
hair extensively. Through Mrs. Sani-
born's courage and quick thinking,
the children escaped injury.
Blood plasma, penicillin and sulfa,
drugs were administered in her treatment and her condition at press tim6
was reported as improved and seemed*
favorable, but she will be confined: to
(he hospital about another week.
The house was burned to the gfduhil
and the household furnishings, personal effects and a new automatic water heater were completely «<Iestroyed.
The loss on, the house, which is owned
by Merle's father, E. A. Samborn, was
estimated at $2500, with $1,000 insurance; and the Merle Samborns' furn-
iture and personal effects were also
covered by .$1,000 insurance, which
will not nearly cover* the loss.
At the time of the fire, the Merle
Samborns were preparing to move to
a farm one mile south and a h^}f wesfr
of Clare, which they had recently purchased; and the E. A. Samborns had
planned to move into the house1 which
was burned.
The Samborns lost in the fir&, $250
in cash, which they planned to nse for
the purchase of a refrigerator for
their new home, and all of their War
Bonds. The latter will be replaced by
the Government, but the cash was a
total loss. Mr. Samborn, found Merle
Jay's bank in the ruins Sunday, with
the pennies and nickels melted to-
gethek-, but the silver coins had melted '
and run out of the bank in the extreme
h.eat.
Although the loss was great, the
family was most fortunate that Mrs,
Samborn was able to save herself and
the children from perishing in th<_
burning building.
Baby Clinic at
Clare City Hall
Next Wednesday
A baby clinic will be held at the
Clare City Hall next Wednesday, February 27th from 9:00 a. m. to 11:30
a. m. Babies will be weighed, measured and immunized against smallpox
and diphtheria, if. the mothers Wish,
without charge. This is a wonderful
opportunity for mothers to keeo th*$ir
Well babies well. The Health department wll appreciate your cooperation.