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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 5. 1946
New Series Vol. 54, No. 27
CLARE LODGE HOST
400 ODD FELLOWS
MONDAYOTING
First Degree Conferred By
Good Fellow Club
of Lansing
Fine Response to
Easter Seal Sale
Clare I.O.O.F, Lodge No. 333v-was
host Monday evening to 400 Odd Fellows from more than twenty-five I, O,
O. F. lodges, when the Good Fellowship Club Degree Staff, which, is chosen from lodges in a twenty mile area
■surrounding Lansing, conferred the
First Degree on thirty-four candidates.
The flag presentation was unusually
impressive, done by the-staff, and exemplified the unity and brotherhood
-of the order when a Canadian flag
which had been-given the Good Fel-.
lowship Club by an internationally
known Canadian Degree Staff was pre-
■sented with our flag, which was followed by our pledge of allegiance to
our flag and the playing of the Star
Spangled Banner and America.
The Promotional work that is being
done in this territory is headed by
•Grand Herald Mearle Leach, of Petoskey, and the Clare Lodge put forth
-considerable effort to make this meeting a memorable* one.
The class of candidates is known as
the Andrew Bradford Victory Class,
;and is a memorial to the memory of.
the late Andrew Bradford, of Beulah,
•who was Grand Master of the State of
Michigan, until his untimely death a
tew months ago.
The work of the Good Fellowship
Degree Staff was outstanding and
;those TOdd Fellows present were indeed fortunate to witness their very
fine efforts. The Degree Staff Captain is to be commended for his splendid team.
The class of thirty-fpur candidates
was comprised of men from the lodges
of Reed City, Farweli, Gladwin, Stand-
is-.h, Mt. Pleasant, Milbrook, Chase,
Elwell and Clare. The candidates
from Clare were Harold White, Theo
Wallington, Mark Bicknell, J. Stuart
Bicknell, Al Crum, Delbert Wilson,
Frank Kilgore and John Bauer, Jr.
The Clare Lodge was presided over
by Dick Hall, nobte. gi-a^J^^lis,.^^
aided by Carl Seiter, '&'.!$&, in' introducing the various Grand Lodge Officers who were present, and who were
given* the honors of the order, led by
Warden Gordon Mcintosh. They were
Grand Lodge Secretary Chas. F.
Klump, of Lansing, who gave some
very timely remarks, as did Grand
Warden Lowell Patterson, of Flint,
Grand Herald Mearle Leach, of Petoskey, and Grand, Treasurer Lewis D.
Capen, of Milbrook, expressing their
satisfaction of the work of these
lodges and commending them for their
tireless efforts -in the promotion of
Odd Fellowship.
The lodges represented were Reed-
City, Ludington, Evart, Farweli, Gladwin, Standish, Elwell, Shepherd,
Chase, Clio; Lansing, Capital, Holt,
Williamston, Flint, Baldwin, Petoskey
and an Indiana lodge.
Following the meeting, Rebekah
Lodge No. 167 served a very fine supper, after which the members of the
various lodges returned to their homes
with a feeling of an evening well
spent, and well satisfied that Odd Fellowship is really on the gain throughout Michigan.
Clare Lodge is particularly well
■pleased in bringing about such a satisfactory meeting and being able to
make such a big contribution to the
Andrew- Bradford Victory Memorial
Much credit is due the arrangement
and reception committee for the success of .the meeting.
The members of the lodge also wish
to thank the Rebekahs for their splendid cooperation, and also the city,
Fiiz, Thurston and Doherty for their
chairs used in seating this large group.
Dow Chorus to
Appear at Clare
School Tonight
The Dow Chorus of male voices, in a
program at the school auditorium tonight, is a real treat for music lovers
in Clare. Make sure of the best seat
available by calling your reservation
in to tho school office now, or securing tickets before the doors open tonight. Tickets are 50 cents for adults,
30 cents for students, and proceeds
.are to be used for the piano fund for
the school.
NOTICE
Clare County Red Cross Roll Call
Chairman Mrs. Pearl Pidd will be at
The Citizens State Bunk from 1:00
until 3; 00 o'clock Saturday afternoojn,
the deadline for Roll Call contribution, returns. All workers are re-
ouested to .report'at this time, whether they haye". completed' their canvass
or not, to stibmit their final • reports.
The county chairman, Mrs. C. B,
Neff, is happy to report a fine response
to the sale of seals at the end of the
first few days that the seals have been
in circulation, , Many residents of
Clare have shown their concern for
the handicapped by returning $2.00
and $5.00 for a single "sheet of stamps.
The Annual Easter Seal is a bright
herald of Spring. It is pleasant to
see, and a satisfaction to know that
each time we put one of these cheerful little labels on a letter we help
crippled children and encourage others to help, too. A less painful way
of. giving could hardly be conceived—
for pennies, dimes and dollars accumulate into funds which provide needed
services.. And this wide spread giving
by those who wish new life and hope
for crippled children means that there
is a great group of sponsoring friends
back of the organization dedicated to
the crippled.
For twenty-five years the National
Society for Crippled Children and
Adults has coordinated programs of
service to meet unfilled needs of crippled children and adults together with
its affiliated state Societies, one of
which is the Michigan Society for
Crippled Children and Disabled Adults.
FATHER AND SON
BANQUET HELD BY
FUTUREJFARMERS
Clare Chapter Meets With
Fathers at School
March 28th    ,
The Clare FFA Chapter held their
annual Father and Son banquet Thurs-
ttay ey^int,.--MM*eh«flST»h-et;he agrid^-
tui'e room of the Clare High School.
There were nearly fifty in attendance
for the dinner of fried chicken and all
the good things to go with it, which
was served by the-homemaking girls
.mil pi- tho leadership and direction of
their teacher, Miss Barbara Long-
ftreet. After the dinner, the program
was capably hpudled by the master of
ceremonies,  Dale Joslin
Supt. Austin Bates led the group
singing with music instructor Harold
Collins at the piano. Lyle Hutchinson
gave a brief resume of the work the
boys have done during the past year.
Mr. Schrceder, of Charlotte, entertained with a show of slight-of-hand
tricks and similar magic.
The final part of the program was a
talk by Richard Blanchard, local
speech instructor. He took his audience through the first days of the invasion of ,Italy in such a manner as to
make one feel he was sharing the experience with the rest of the GI's wild
went through.
The local F.F.A. boys have put
much time and effort on this event,
and feel that it was one or their outstanding activities of the year.
KIWANIS AWARDS
HEIFER CALVES IN
CURRENICONTEST
Lyle Hutchinson and Tony
Allen First Boys
tp Win
The Clare Kiwani,s Club met at the
Hotel Doherty at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday evening and following dinner
President .Austin Bates called the
meeting to order and presented Albert
Haley, chairman of the agricultural
committee ,who with the assistance of
Mark Bicknell and Donald Holbrook
had arranged the program for the
evening.
Mr. Haley then presented George
Leckrone, agricultural instructor at
the Clare High School and another
member of the agricultural committee
who presided at the contest for jthe
two heifer calves awarded by the club
to farm boys of the county.
Lyle Hfttchinson, James Tubbs, Dick
Denton and Tony Allen, all of Clare
High School, read essays they had
prepared concerning the care they
would give the heifer calves if they
won them. The purpose Of the contest was the promotion and improvement of thoroughbred cattle raising
in" Clare county and one of the conditions of the contest was that each
winner of a calf would return the first
heifer offspring to the Kiwanis Club
to perpetuate the contest.
Upon hearing the essays, judges Ed
Johnston, Willard Bicknell, Albert
Haley and George Leckrone awarded,
a thoroughbred Hereford Beef heifer,
given by Mark Bicknell, to Lyle
Hutchinson; and a thoroughbred
Guernsey heifer, given by Donald Holbrook, to Tony Allen.
A great deal of credit is due the Kiwanis agricultural committee and
Messrs. Bicknell and Holbrook for
their part in the advancement of this
splendid venture in the county.
Guests of the evening were Guy Pre-
mattie, of Chicago; Lou Moon, of
Rosebush r.:Pi'of. J. M, Moore, of Michigan Staie^ Gollege; Charles Everson,
of Harrisburg, Penn.; and Sidney
Hughes, proprietor of the new Way-
Side    Inn    (formerly    White    House
*: Quests olMhd. club "^Vednesday evening of last week,, were Jerry Green
aud John Wm. Dunlop.
DISTRICT SPEECH
CONTEST TO BE HELD
AT CLARE SCHOOL
Clare* Coleman and   St. Louis
to Compete Here Next
Wednesday
Clare High School will be host to
the District Speech Tournament to be
held here Wednesday, April 10. Clare,
Coleman and St. Louis High Schools
are participating. The tournament
will be held in two sections, the first
of which will be at 3:00 p. iri. for orations and oratorical declamations. At
7:00 p. m. there will be extempore
speech and dramatic declamations. A
board of three faculty members from
the Speech Department at Central
Michigan College of Education will act
as judges. Both these contests will
be held in the Clare High School .auditorium, and the public is cordially invited,
Clare High School is represented by
Robert Clark and,Rosemary Dwyer as
oration contestants, and Ann Bicknell
and Connie Wright as oratorical declamation contestants. Donald Hammond and Willard Ireland are competing in extempore speech, and Janet
Sills and Eileen Parent are contestants in dramatic declamation. These
students were Selected recently at a
local contest to enter the- District
Tournament. Richard O. Blanchard,
speech teacher, is serving a,s district
chairman.
Rotarians Honor
Pioneer Champs
Wednesday, Noon
Clare High School's championship
basketball playei-B and some of their
dads were guests of Rotary at the
regular noon lunch" Wednesday in the
dining room at Barnes caffe. Guest of
honor, too, along with ijiis squad of
athletes, was coach Richardson, who
brought the boys along, through a
great cage season and sa\y them bring
home both the district, and regional
championships. .
The guests were introduced for a.
hand of applause: HaiJfJld Newman,
and his dad, Wilbur and} Willard Ireland and their dad, "Bud|' Rodabaugh
and his dad,'"Bud" Kan*|, Jack Green
and his dad, Herbert Smith and his
dad, Dale Joslin, Don Cappaert and
Bob Perry. Coach Richardson performed the introduction^ with a few
words of praise for the team's fine
sportsmanship throughout the season,
and a forecast of a great season for
next year's basketball squad.
Clifford Klapp, Mt. Pleasant Boy
Scout executive, was introduced and
spoke briefly of Clare's <fine record in
interscholastic sports. / Reminding
Rotarians and the guests that one of
the principal objects of high school
sports is the development of young
people's regard for team play and
good sportsmanship, he'."congratulated
the coach and playej-s on having
achieved this impgrtaut objective,
while also maintaining the high-spirited wiH-to. win which makes for real
.champions.
ORGANIZE CLARE
COUNTY VETERAN
COUNCIL FRIDAY
Donald   Holbrook  Elected
President of Group
to Assist Vets
A meeting was held in the local Se
lective Service office at 8r30 o'clock
Friday evening for the purpose of organizing a -Clare County Veterans
Council.
Lawrence J. Lalone, field representative from ,the Office of Veterans Affairs at Lansing, was present and others in attendance were P. D. Gibson,
Rev. Harold Watson, Frederick Scott,
Harold Hughes, D. E. Holbrook, E. G.
Johnston and A. F. Damoth.
Mr._Johnston explained the purpose
oi the meeting and Mr. Lalone" stressed the necessity of a policy forming
organization here. A discussion then
took place, along general lines "of organization* by Messrs, Johnston,
Hughes, Damoth and Gibson and this
was followed by further explanation hy
Mr. Lalone. It is expected that meetings of the organization will 'be held
once a month or once each second
month.
The matter of sub committees on education, health and social affairs was
also discussed.
Officers  were   elected  as  follows:
President—Donald E. Holbrook
Vice President—Rev. Harold Watson.
;Secretary-*-Frederick Scott
Treasurer—To he a County Supervisor
Executive Committee -— Harold
Hughes and Paul D. Gibson.
The meeting was adjourned t6
Thursday, April 4, at 12; 30 p. m., at
the Barnes Cafe, with Mr, Holbrook in
charge of luncheon arrangements.
The purpose of the council is to assist fn the reemployment arid rehabilitation of the returning veterans, a responsibility which every community
must plan to meet, in its full scope, as
demobilization,takes place,.. Eventually more than 500,000 veterans will return to Michigan communities to be
reestablished in our economic and social life. Our success in planning tor,
and meeting, this complex problem
will largely determine the course of
cur economic and social life in the
generation ahead.
$regfoeut $roclaim$ &vmv Mm &ptil 6
Saturday, April 6. will be observed throughout the country
and in American zctnes oi occupation overseas as Army Day. In
his proclamation President Truman points out that the Army still
has a duty to perioral in preserving the victory which has been
won in defense of freedom in the most terrible war in history.
He says:
"I al?o remind our citizens that our Army, charged with
responsibility .for defending the United States and our territorial
possessions, can carry out its duty only with the full support of our
people... I urge my fellow citizens to be mindful of the Army's
needs, to the end that our soldiers overseas do not lack the means
of performing effectively their continuing duties, and in order that
the hardship of their separation from home and loved ones may
be alleviated in every possible way... I know that our paople
will always remember the soldiers who have suffered that we
might remain free, and the families of those who have sacrificed
their lives for our cause.'' m
Released by U. S. W*r Department,,Bureau of Public Relations.
SPRING ELECTION!
GENERALLY QUIET
IN CITY OF CLARE
Fleming Elected Alderman
of Second Ward
With Slips
FIRE THREATENS
FORESTS AREAS IN
THIS VICINITY
Permits Required To Burn
Brush or Grass in
Rural Areas
Forest Five hazards are rapidly developing our forest fuels in this area
into the same explosive condition that
prevailed during the early spring
months las.t yea*r^,„- .„„*&*• -j   ./
Last year 95% of the* acres lost in
the Gladwin District were lost prior to
April 10. By that date last year ovef
7,000 acres had burned over in the
eight counties oE the Gladwin District
which are Bay, Arenac, Gladwin, Cl'are,
Isabella, Midland, Saginaw and Gratiot counties. Burning permits are now
necessary in all of these counties except Saginaw and Gratiot and any
burning of grass or brush in rural
areas may result in court action.
Every effort is being expended by
the officers of the Department of Conservation to keep the forest fire situation under control this year. Full
crews of Conservation Officers, Fire
Wardens and Towermeu are now constantly on the alert and every effort
is being made to keep this dangerous
condition under control.
The farmer and the property owner are urged to delay that spring
burning until after the first of May
and extreme care and caution should
be used by everyone in the rural or
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Deaths
WELLINGTON J. HUSBAND
Wellington J. Husband, of Saginaw,
died suddenly at his home there
March 13 th. For several years his
summer home was at Lake George
but in 1937 he purchased some land
at Wahl Lake, near Clare, and built
a cottage there.
He was born at Port Sanilac, Michigan, August 15, 1890, and passed away
at the age of fifty-five years, six
months and twenty-six1, days, leaving
to mourn his departure, the bereaved
wife, Ethel; one brother, Linton Husband; and one sister, Mrs. Dominic
Murphy.'
Let's all be pleasant to strangers
stopping in Clare.      v
MRS.  JESSIE  V.  DAVIS
Mrs. Jessie V, Davis passed away at
her home in Arthur township at 12:06
o'clock Thursday morning, -following
a short illness.
Born July 19, 1863, in Harding county, Ohio, she had been a resident of
this locality the past forty years. Her
husband, David N». Davis, preceded
her in death twelve years ago. She
is .survived by two sons, Perry and
Charlie Davis.
Prayer services will be held at the
home at 1:30 o'clock and funeral services from the Arthur township hall at
2:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon with
Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt officiating, and
interment in the Arthur Township
Cemetery, Doherty Sons are in charge
of arrangements.    '
DE SOTO. PLYMOUTH - WILLYS
Bob's Sales and Service, Clare-   27tf
The annual spring election was held
here Monday, With extremely light balloting in the first and third wards because of lack of opposition to the Republican nominees for the several city
and ward offices, and the only contest
in the second ward between Harold
Fleming,- Republican incumbent alderman, who defeated Ivan E. Feighner,
Jtepublican nominee, by the use of
stickei_.
The vote follows:
FIRST WARD
Mayor—John W. Dunlop 28
City Clerk—Alex McKinnon 28
City Treasurer—Vera B. Peterson 28
Supervisor—Chris Smith 28
Alderman—Clifford Powers 28
Constable—David A. Siel 28
SECOND WARD
Mayor—John  W. Dunlop  204
George Lehr 1
City Clerk—Alex McKinnon 218   f
City Treasurer—Vera B. Peterson 219
Supervisor—L. H. Thompson 218
Alderman—Ivan E. Feighner 102
Harold Fleming 127
Constable—Clarence Kirkpatrick 215
THIRD WARD t
Mayor—John W. Dunlop 4lT *
George Lehr 1
City Clerk—Alex McKinnon 51 "
City Treasurer—Vera B. Peterson 51
Supervisor—R. I. Hether 51
Alderman—Wallace Johnson 52
Constable—Dale Miller 51
«
The Last Stop9'
Presented Here
Friday Evening
"The Last Stop" was capably and
well presented Friday evening of last
week by the Central Michigan College
of Education players, under the direction of Fred Bush. This comedy was
the second one of the C.M.C.E. plays
to be presented in Clare this year.
The Clare P.T.A. is the sponsor of
these plays, and with the proceeds
have planned worthwhile assistance to
the school. The string ensemble
which accompanied the play was very
much enjoyed.
The April meeting of the P.T,A. has
been changed from the loth to the
evening of April 22nd, because of
"Holy week." Members are asked to
keep this meeting in mind. Further
details will he announced later as to jownship.'
the program for the evening.
LAST RITES HELD
FOR MRS. JOHANNA
MACK_SATURDAY
Clare Pioneer Lady Laid at
Rest in Cherry
Grove
COUNTY
BE RESU1
SEPTEMBER, 1946
First Exhibition Since War
Promises to Be Great
Success
Secretary Dan Holcomb has an
liounced that for the fii'st time since
1941 the. annual Clare County Fair
will he resumed this year. The forty-
sixth annual fair was cancelled in 1942
because the Fair Board and Clare
Cpuhty Board of Supervisors felt that
,iti was not consistent to hold the annual exhibition hecause of war conditions and the shortage of rubber
and gasoline. Since that time county
funds ordinarily expended for ,the fair
have heen used in war and defense
projects.
The 1946 fair will be held Wednes
day through Saturday, September 11
12-13-14. The fair .grounds will be im
proved, the permanent buildings put in
good condition and every effort will
he put forth to secure entertainment
and exhibition features that will assure one of the higgest and best county fairs ever to take place to-Clare
county,
. With travel restrictions lifted, it is
expected that attendance records will
be surpassed at the 1946 Clare County
Fair and that exhibitions of livestock
and the most modern agricultural implements aiid equipment will be shown
as well as domestic arts and farm produce  exhibitions.
Further details'of the fan- will be
published as released by the fair
board. •
Members of the Clare County Fair
Boai-d are: Fred Clark> president,
Harrison; Harry Kantner, vice president, Harrison; Dan Holcomb, secretary, Harrison; Ray Harrold, treasurer, Gladwin; Committee: John W.
Dunlop, Clare, Ray, Seelinger, Harrison, Ray Richardson, Marion, Ed Moder, 'Harrison, Louis Gee, Farweli.
CARD PARTY POSTPONED
* The American Legion Auxiliary
bard party will" he postponed until a
future date,' which, will .be announced
later.      v. f *     '•
FIRE DEPARTMENT
KEPT BUSY OVER
PAST WEEK END
-..I ,i   .,,-— — «
Business,   Residential   and
Rural District Fjres
.   Extinguished
The Clare Fire Department Was kept
pretty busy the past week end answering eight alarms in four days*,-
from Thursday afternoon to Monday
morning, and made another run TueS«
day afternoon.
A grass fire was extinguished ThurU**
day afternoon at the rear of the Catholic Church and Donald Hothrools
home.
Brooder House Burns
At 5:00 o'clock Saturday mofningT
the rural fire truck made a run* t&
the Owen Klink farm one and a half
miles north of Farweli, where fire of
unknown -origin destroyed a brooder
house, burned 500 baby chicks, ruined;
two brooder stoves, and threatened-
the house and other buildings.
Although, the fire in the brooder
house was beyond control when the
firemen reached the premises, they
saved the other buildings. The loss,
estimated at $300, was fully covered,
by insurance.
At 10:30 Saturday morning a grass
fire was extinguished at the city dumping ground, which was threatening
homes on East First Street,
At 3:45 Saturday afternoon the rural;
fire truck was called to extinguish a»
large grass fire across the highway
from St. Henry's Church, in Vernois
- Johanna Mack, daughter of Thomas
and Luc-inda Hutchinson, was born in
Port Hope, Ont., December 9th, 1857.
-and passed away March 27th, 19-16,
aged eighty-eight years, three months
and nines cen days.
Mrn. M:.'d: cr.mc to Michigan when
a small child and with her family
.lived near Amadore, later coining to
Clare, where she has lived about fifty-
five years. ,
In 1894 she was united in marriage
to Andrew E. Mack, who passed away
in 1927. She has always been interested in the civic affairs of Clare and
also, until her health failed, was active in the work of the church and
Sunday School.
She leaves to motu-n their loss, her
brother, Edward, eight nephews and
five nieces, and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held from the.
Thurston Funeral Home at 2:00
o'clock Saturday afternoon, with Rev.
Moore of Mt. Pleasant officiating, and
she was laid at rest in Cherry Grove
cemetery.
Those from a distance to attend
the funeral were her nephews, Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Allen, Frank Allen of
Pontiac, Mr..and Mrs. DeNyke, of Detroit, and Neal Vandewarker, of Marion. The many beautiful floral tributes were mute evidence of. the high
esteem in which she was held by her
friends and family.
MRS. WARD FEIGHNER
OVERCOME BY FUMES
FROM FAULTY STOVE
Revived  By  Use of  Pulmotor
and Administration
of Oxygen
Mrs. Ward Feighner, of Port Huron,
was overcome by gas fumes from a
leak in the oven of their cooking stoye
at about 11:15 o'clock Monday morning of last week. She was found by
her husband at 12:30 when he came*
from work for his dinner.
He at once moved her outside into
the fresh air and called tvvo of the
neighbors, who called the fire department and Dr. Deark from Marysville,
Michigan. They arrived at once and
-with the aid of the pulmotor and administration of oxygen for two and a
half hptirs, she was finally revived. Although very ill for eighteen hours and
confined.to her bed for several days,
she is getting along fine at the present time.
The Feighnei's are living im a Cabin
at a Tourist Court owned by a Mrs.
Casteel, of Port Huron, but expect to
be iri an apartment in Port Huron
soon.       .      ''
Fire at Clare Cleaners
'At 4:00 o'clock Saturday aftenitfo'fj-
the firemen were called to the ■Clare*
Cleaners, on East Fourth St., --tflie'r*-?'
fire of unknown origin broke out on-
the vent pipe to a dryer in tfte clean-*'
ing room at the rear of tlie Howard^3
Jones shop. )
The heat set off the automatic safety"'
device on the dryer, throwing live*
steam into the dryer and forcing the'
flames up through the vent pipe. As-'
ihe steam forced the fire-away "from,
the gas fumes in the dryer; the "firemen extinguished tho flames with
water.
The steam Released by the safety**
device-, .also, forced the flames ..away"
from'two five gallon open pails fille-jT
vrtth inflammable Stoddard cleaning
solvent, which stood with'n Inches oi
the dryer, and prevented a fire whiclr
might hive benl disastro'ufj.
Th3 damage was slight and wa'g**'
covered hy inruiance.
Wasson   Farm   rfome  Damagedf
At 1:00 o'clock Sunday morning .tlu3>
rural fire truck was callecl to the farm
home  of  Mrs.  Wm. Wasson,    three
miles north and seven east of Clare,-
where   fire   thought   to   have   been*
caused   by * defective   wiring   caused
considerable damage.   The~fire appal"
ently broke out neSr the electrical entrance in the basement, burned aloiijgr
a sill beam, up through the wall, and"
out through the roof, destroying the3
entire south end of the homsev .-
Fortunately the wind was from the""
north, assisting the firemen in saving
the house, and blowing the flames
and flying embers away from the other farm buildings.
Although an estimate of the loss
was not available, the damage to the
building was heavy and some furnishings were burned..
Fire  at Guy. Hardy   Home
At 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning five
that caught in the attic from a defective chimney, was discovered a*
the Guy Hardy home on East "First
street. f
The flames  burned  down  througl*
the ceilings of. three or four rooms,-
gutted   tlfe   attic   and   burned   ou?
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Clare%Seniors
to Present Class
Play April 26tk
The Senior play will be presented'
Friday, April 26. The play is entitled
"Murder Mansion," a comedy* written
by Orville -Snapp, . k_
Carlot'ta   Cramer,   who   inherits*'a
mansion in Maine, Pat Hall; Ophelia
Smith, her colored maid, Mary Jo,Rjr-
an;  Mimi Spaulding, Carlotta's aunf,-
Arlene Howlett;   Mary   Marley,   tjfte"
housekeeper at the mansion, Ha StTt--
ton; Madam Marie Ravoli, a mediiu»*-
who is iu touch with the departed, •
Wilma Worstell; Flora Manning, wh'd '
comes to pay a visit, Norma Six; Paj'-**
mej- Keen,  a most attractive ,young";
man, Boh .Clark;  Inspector Benjamin *:
Hicks, a detective who fails'tcT detect, -
Russ  Goddard;   Albert Jdcksdta^ ■ftJuV'
arrives in a most unexpected'"maa:tt&*rv •
Dave Adams;    X>r. Lionel Hamiltdn.-
head of ^'The Hillsdale Sanitorium_/'
Bud Kane.
The play is being directed By "SI__r'
Constance Crawford and Bfctaai!*!l
Blanchard. Tickets can be pnrc?iaa#*
from any member of .'the* Senior eliw*,.