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GLARE,  MICHIGAN,  FRIDAY  MORNING, ; DECEMBER 12, 1947
New Series Vol. 56. No, II
MRS. F. GRAHAM
PASSES AT HOME
IN CLARE FRIDAY
Funeral   Services   Held   From
Mother's Horn© in Midland
County Tuesday
The many friends and acquaintances of Mrs. Ferris Graham, of thi3
eity, were grieved Friday noon when
she passed away at the family home
on East Fifth St„ following a heart
attack.
Mrs. Graham had suffered asthma
and a heart condition for several
ytears, but when she became ill Thursday evening and failed to improve
Friday morning, it was not realized
that heir condition was so critical
until she suddenly passed away.
Miss Edythe Thayer was born the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Thayer, May 27, 1908. in Ingersoll
township, Midland county, and passed
away December. 5, 1947, at Clare,
Michigan, at the age of thirty-nine
years, seven months and nine days.
She was united in marriage to Ferris Graham, in Saginaw, in 1931, and
this union was blessed by the birth
of a daughter, Carol Lee, and two
sons, Richard and Russell.
She was a member of the First
Methodist Church of Saginaw and
Bethlehem O.E.S. Chapter of that
city.
The Grahams came to Clare in June
1944, and he has been in charge of
•electrical maintenance and refrigeration at the Thayer Dairy since that
time.
She leaves to mourn their loss, the
bereaved husband and three children,
all at home; her mother, Mrs. Arthur
Thayer, of Ingersoll township, Midland county; two brothers and two
sisters, Mrs. John S. Stark, of-Midland, and Mrs. Fred Williams, of Saginaw, Ross Thayer, of Ingersoll township, and Kenneth Thayer, of Saginaw, other relatives and a .host of
friends. Her brother, Russell H.
Thayer, of Freeland, passed away at
2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon of
this week.
Funeral services were held from
the home of her mother, Mrs. Arthur
Thayer, in Ingersoll townsbip, at 2:00
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, with, the
Eev. Chas. B, Hahn of the Clare
Methodist Church officiating, and interment in the Midland Cemetery.
Mrs, Warner To I
Present Musical      !
Program af P.T.A,
The Clare P.T.A, will 'meet at the
school Monday evening, December IB.
The meeting will, open promptly at
eight o'clock, with the program preceding the busine&s meeting.
Mrs. Warner, or the music department at 'the school, has arranged a
musical program in keeping with the
Christmas spirit, to be presented by
her grade pupils.
The November meeting had a record
attendance, and it is hoped that more
parents will plan to attend this meeting, and if not a member, take this
opportunity to join and help in the
worthwhile projects of the P.T.A. for
this year.
HRISTMAS SEALS
WILL BE SOLD HERE
TO AID TB CONTROL
Supt.
Of    Public    Instruction
Eugene B. Elliott
Endorses Program
22 ARRESTED IN
COUNTY FOR GAME
LAWJIOLATIONS
Over   Seven  Hundred Dollars
•     Fines and Costs Paid
In Deer Season
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Eugene B. Elliott made public
his endorsement of the 41st double-
barred cross Christmas Seal Sale this
week declaring that, "Christmas Seals
are much more than an attractive
holiday decoration. They are a driving force behind one of the greatest
life-saving campaigns known to man
—the fight against tuberculosis," ffffe
Seal Sale openel November 24 and
will close on Christmas Day.    : ;• .
Elliott said that the Michigan Tuberculosis. Association, through the
Christmas Seal money, serves the
schools in their health teaching programs with various aids. ."Among
these aids are; literature on general
health and on tuberculosis; movies,
primary school lectures of Princess
Watassa, the Indian Girl who is by
now a familiar symbol of health to
thousands of Michigan school children; materials and assistance in
planning for tuberculin testing programs and study projects for high
school students.
"It is true that only about 10% of
tuberculosis deaths in Michigan are
among children in the teens, but it
is important for children to be ready
to meet this problem when it becomes the serious hazard that it is in
young adulthood.
"Education for health and prevention of tuberculosis has always been
at the top in the program of the
.Michigan Tubesculosis Association
and only through public understanding of tuberculosis can, this disease
be- controlled and tiltimately eradicated. The TBJiealth education program must be far reaching, in fact
every adult and every child must
lamw the facts concerning the nature
of the disease and what to do to safeguard against it." .
KlHott pointed out that even though
tuberculosis is a preventable disease
it still brought death to 1,843 Michigan citizens ia 1946. He also mentioned the Patient Services or.Vocational Rehabilitation program of the
£2TA. This -program whereby sanatorium patients -will Jiave. the best
rehabilitation advices; possible,. is-
mother important .phase oi .the.worfc;
of tbe Michigan Tuberculous Association.
A total of twenty-two cases were
apprehended for violation of the Conservation law during the past deer
season in Clare county. Twenty-one
of the cases have been heard and
disposed of as follows:
Hunting deer without a deer license:
Lewis Thorington, Galdwin.
G. H. Foster, Mason.
Transporting loaded guns in an
automobile;
Forrest Hough, Sunfield.
Leo Temrowski, Detroit.
Kenneth Sables, Detroit.
Robert J. Geer, Norwalk, Ohio.
Boyd Bays, Monroe, Ohio.
Darwin Mclnally, Pontiac.
Warren Astbury, Ypsilanti,
George Wilson, Gladwin.
John Wiggins, Greenville.
.Donald C. Benchley, Clare.
John Godby, Colon.
Floyd Young, Port Huron.
Eddie Abbate, Detroit,
Killing and possession of doe deer:
RiChajt-d Medwid, Clare.
Non|tesnlei*t hunting on a. Resident
license:
Gerald Peebles, Metamora, Ohio.
Arthur M. Slaybaugh, Fremont, fad.
Transport and have in possession"
a deer without the seal attached and
locked to the antler:
Henry Neilsen, St, Joseph.
Failure to display back tag while
hunting:
Emil Daimler, Ypsilanti.
For the above violations, a total of
1560.00 in fines and ?150.70 in costs
were paid. All of the cases were
heard by Justice of the Peace Sam
Wilkinson.   One case is still pending.
Boarding House at Clute and Turbush Mill in 1880's
Annual Charter
Night Observed
By Kiwanis Club
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Members and their ladies of the
Giare Kiwanis Club observed the
club's twelfth annual charter night
m the Wedgewood Room at Hotel
Doherty Wednesday evening of last
week with the usual fine dinner and
social evening.
Following dinner, Leo Brown welcomed the 120 guests and Tim Cotter
made a few well chosen remarks.
The remainder of the evening was
ispent socially, with dancing enjoyed
on the new Wedgewood Room floor.
Arrangements were in charge of
Tim Cotter, Jack Little, Austin Bates
and Dick Groves.
Above is the boarding house of the Clute and Turbusti mill, which was pictured in The Sentinel two weeks
ago. Mrs. Anrdew Clute, wife of the mill owner and mother of James Clute of this city, cooked at the boarding house and "Jim" was born here. The boarding house stood on the north side of the Stevenson Lake Road
near the railroad.
As near as can be identified after all these years, those in the picture are (left to right) William Turbush,
owner, Mrs. George Turbush; Jay Clute, Willard or Christy Clute, Joe Conrad, George Mitchell, Jim Truman,
Andrew Clute, Tommy Marshall, Jud Denton, Jerry Koontz, John Denton, Andy DeBoise, Bl Denton, Mrs.
Andrew Clute.
HEALTH DISTRICT
DIRECTOR PASSES
.. SUDDENLY SUNDAY
Dr.   Robert   E»   Flood   Served
Local Health Unit
■ .*s,»*F<*ur Years
FORMER RESIDENT
OF ClARE COUNTY
PASSES AT ALMA
j Myron A, Dunkle Laid at Rest!
! In Surrey Township
CLARE PIONEER
DIES AT OWOSSO
NOVEMBER 22ND
Cemetery
{Fred E. Lee, Victim of Stroke,
{ Resided In Clare In
the I880's
Fred B. Lee, 81, retired Union Telephone Company storekeeper and resi-
Myron Adeibert Dunkle was born
July 10th, 18S2, at Ettinore, Michigap,
Dr. Robert B„>iood, 75,, head of the' the son of William EH tod Julia Dun-
Tt{-County Heaiik Department which' kle, and passed away at his home in
serves Gladwin,' Clare   and   Arenac Alma, November ?7, 1947, at the age dent of Owosso and Caledonia town-
cqutttie*:  tli?dt jpf a ts«dden heart at- of sixty-five ye»rsv%ir mojn|hs and ship tor the past 33 years, aied'Sautr-
taeV"Sun«ay* mordlnif at Ills home- in' seventeen daysV   ****i\    ''    ■'   s.
Gladwin.  He had worked in his office'    He was unfted in marriage io Miss
.Saturday.it was reported. Cora Welch in 1902.    To this union
seven children were born, two passing
away   in   infancy.     His   wife   Cora
passed away twelve years ago August 26th.
He   resided   in   Clare   county  for
.day, November 22, at 3:00.p, m. at
his home south of Owosso, victim of
a stroke after a long illness.
Funeral services were held the following Wednesday at 2:30 p. m, at
the Jennings-Lyons Chapel, with bursal In^HilXjCtast Cemetery at Owosso.
I    Mr. tei^l&s born in St. Charles,
PIONEERS DEFEATED
BY REED CITY HIGH
LASTFRIDAY NIGHT
Green and White Lose To Reeds
In jSeason Opener By
:      ^idefJiMargin
^HeedfiCity easily downed our Green
and White sated, 40!-£l, there* Friday
December 5/; A cat?aeit3f' crowd saw
a fast, hardrfought"battle which produced thirty-five personal fouls, Clare
.accounting for twenty-one of them.
Reed City was never behind although they held but a Very narrow
margin at the end of the first half.
The first quarter found the Bed and
Black holding a 6-4 lead, Which they
increased to 13-9 at half time.
In the third period Joe Johnston
and Jack Brinkerhoff went out of
the game within a minute of each
other and Reed City really began
rallying. They had increased their
lead to 27-18 by third period time and
finished with an outburst of scoring
to win 40-21.
Keller, of Reed City, scored sixteen
points to capture scoring honors. He
was trailed by Bobo with ten markers
and Buss with six. Bobo was much
more valuable than the points in--
dicate, as he seldom missed a recovery off the backboards. Campbell led
the luckless Pioneer pack with eight
points, followed by Hahn with five
and Wallace with four,
The Junior Varsity also was beaten
by our neighbors to thfe west by a
46-24 score. Miller and Nelson led
the scoring for ,Re6d City with twelve
and ten points respectively. McNerney led the Little pioneers with eight
points, followed by Green with five.
Clare
FG      FT
TP Fouls
Johnston
0         0
0          5
Hahn
2          1
5          3
Brinkerhoff
1 ,       1
3          5
Campbell
3          2
•   8          3
Wallace
2          0
4          4
Joslin :■ ' ■-
0          1
1          0
Richardson
0          0
0          1
WorsteH
0           0
o       a
, Kef; F© -
mm. Goals;
FT < l?x,m
Throws r TP - Total Points.
"TK^FIooTEaaTJeen'head of the department for the past four years. He
leave^jfelg^jje^aMtwo sons, Marvin
and Donald Flood, at home, and a
third  son, Bmmett Flood,  stationed
with the Army on Guam. He was to many years and held township office, April 28, 1866, son of George and
be taken to Northport for funeral • and was a good friend and neighbor Mary Lee. As a young man he did
services and burial. | to all who knew him. I farfo, railroad  and lumbering work,
A spokesmari in Gladwin revealed In 1940 he was married again, to. and lived for many years in Clare
Monday morning that the interim! Mrs. Myrtle Johnson, of Alma, later j county. He was married to Minnie
head of the department has not been  moving to Midland, 'where  he  was! Irwin in Clare, July 11, 1893.
employed at the Dow Chemical plant, j The couple moved to Owosso in
About two years ago he moved to a 1914, when .Mr. Lee started work at
farm near Alma. j the telephone company, and remained
Last April he underwent an opera-: iu town until 1928, when they moved
tion and remained in ill health, being ] south of the city in Caledonia town-
named but is expected to be one ofthe three nurses representing the
three counties by the department.
Immediate notification was sent to
the State Health Department, which
in such cases recommends a qualified
director to the tri-county health committee. This committee, composed
of representatives from the three
boards of supervisors, has final discretion in selecting a new director*
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
PREPARES'VOUCHERS TO
ETDRN TAX I80NEY1
Clare County to Receive $8,929
For Road and Street
Improvements
The State Highway Department is
preparing vouchers to return third
quarter weight tax collections,
amounting to $3,019,688, to the counties of the state for expenditure on
local road and street improvements,
as provided for in Act 302, Section 34
of the Public Acts Of 1915 as amended, Highway Commissioner Charles
M. Ziegler said Friday.
This makes a total of $27,366,706.62
collected in weight tax for the first
three quarters of this year, compared
to $23,216,328.34 in the same three
quarters in 1946, The weight tax is
collected by the Secretary of State
and all of it is returned to the counties. None of it is*retained by the
State Highway Department.
Following are the amounts. nearby
counties will receive: *
Clare—$8,929,8? ..
Gladwin—?8,$61.07
Isabella—$18,502.67
Mecosta—$11,019.10
Midland—?15,606.56
Missaukee—$7,$98.80
Osceola—$12,035,58
Roscommon—$8,791.80
CLINIC CANCELLED
Due to the death of Dr, Robert E,
Mood, Director of Tri-County Health
Vaitl the clinic which, #as:to fee held
at the Health Department offices ia
the city hail on December i?-;-"itffi be
cancelled until further notice.       '
confined to his bed about three weeks
before passing away.
He leaves to mourn their loss, his
wife, Myrtle,-of Alma; a son, Earl
Dunkle, of Farwell; four daughters,
Bvaleen, of Bertha Lake, Esther, of
Marion, Erma, of Clarkston, and Emma, of Rochester; one brother, Delos
Dunkle, of Bertha Lake; nine grand'
children and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Wright .Funeral Home in
Alma and burial was in the Surrey
Cemetery at Farwell beside his wife,
Cora. Elmer Welch, of Detroit, and
a host of other relatives and friends
attended tbe funeral services.
ship,
ago.
Mr. Lee retired about ten years
(Continued on Page Eight)
BALLOTS TO ELECT.
. AAA COMMITTEEMEN
'    TO BE MAILED SOON
County Convention To Be Held
In Harrison, Tuesday,
December 30
Official ballots to be used in the an-
naul election of AAA community committeemen will be mailed   to   all   el-
j igible farmer-voters in Clare County
on Saturday, December 13, according
(to Robert C. Kleiner, Chairman of the
Dr. Dale Welch
Discusses Quacks
At Rotary MeetjCl«re ^ty AAA Committee
  ■* j Farmers will then have until December 24 in which to mark their ballots according to their choice and return the ballots, either by mail or in
person, to the County AAA Office,
Harrison,, Michigan.
An impartial election board of three
members has beCn.   selected   by   the
Dr. Dale Welch, president of Alma,
College, was speaker Wednesday noon
at the Rotary Club 'luncheon in the
private dining room at Barnes Cafe.
Dr. Welch chose as his topic,
"Quacks I Have Known," and pleasantly discussed three types of quacks—     ^   ...  ^       ,„
He'said the first group were those ,CP<raty AAA Committee to supervise
who say, "There ought to be a law," the counting of   the  ballots   on  De-
referring to people who have imaginary rights interfered with.
cember 26.
'Names of nominees for the
follow-
Seconfl were the quacks who say, inS offi.ees will be placed on the bal-
*1t is none of my business," and tho Iot to-be mailed to each eligible farm-
doctor 'maintained that this . type - of ■•#■} chairman of community, eommit-
quacks were responsible for getting.teC; viae chairman of community
ub into the second World War and he comtuitte^; third member of eommun-
referred to the isolationists who kept
Us out of the League of Nations.
Third were the parents who tafce
the attitude, "We have iiever laid a
hand oa Johnny," who he;.said *wera
responsible for the lack o| discipline
of many of our youngsters and youth.
With' a -Wealth of information attained through his1 extensive studies
and associations With the college
group, Dr. Welch was an excellent
speaker aad interesting humorist who
made use of bis ready wit to hold the
attention- of his listeners *rhile :Jie
brought them face to face with homo
aafl interaaitioBai condition ef thg
day. '    - * ■ ', i.
ity committee; alternate to community committee; second alternate to
community committee; delegate to
county committee election convention; %nd alternate delegate, to county
committee election convention,
The county AAA election convention will be held in .Harriott-, on December 30th for the purpose; of electing a eoufcty AAA committee to serve
during 1948.
Appttj#tniateljr 6fl0, farmers in Clare
county* are eligible to vote in the elee-
jit>?is* An* eligible fanner is .one isWbp
is participating in jOjie 1947 i&ricttitar-
ai 6pnj90rvatiott;pV^fm or the sugat
'program,-  ..,■•,*, ■.'.-:.-'•    ■     .»',*,
BUS SERVICE TO
SCHOOL CHILDREN
IN VERNON CITY
Pupils Through Sixth Grade In
Outlaying Areas To Be
Transported
Arrangements have been made by
the Clare Board of Education through
the Department of Public Instruction
to use the school buses for transportation of small children who live a
considerable distance from the school.
The cost of this -trasportation. will
have to be paid by the Clare public
School, as most of the' children involved do not live more than one
mile from the school and so tire not
eligible for state transportation.
Beginning today one bus will pick
up children of grades kindergarten
through sixth in the Vernon Hill area
who live beyond the railroad tracks.
It will go west on thfe county line to
Maple Street and then north on
Maple and back to the school.
The second bu& wiil go west on
US-10 to the- function of old 10 and
return by the, same route and will
pick up children of grades kindergarten through sixth who live beyond
the railroad tracks.
It will be necessary for children to
walk to the bus routes, but they will
be picked up anywhere along the
routes.- - *-■".-<" -*• -*•••-..•
The buses come in from the Vural
runs shortly after 8:30 and will proceed immediately on the cityJ runs.
After the first few days it will be possible for parents to know the approximate schdeule within a few minutes.
It space permits any grade children
in these areas Will be permitted to
ride.
Tbe setting up of this program
should not only prove a fine safety
measure but provide much needed
assistance to the small children who
have a long distance to cover.
ELTON SHERMAN
ARRESTED HERE ON
FORGERY CHARGE
Would-Be Pugilists Fight War
To Justice Court and
Fines Monday
Elton Sherman, of Vernon City, wa*
arrested by City Police at 2:35 o'clock
Friday morning of last week on W***
Fourth St., charged with publiatniigi.
uttering and forgery; following; coos-
plaint of Led Russell, manager ol tb*
Farmers Independent Produce Company, that Snerman had given *
worthless check for |,20.00 qk the-
store.     "     '
He was arraigned before Justice of
the  Peace  Wm.  B, Dunlop,  on  th» ;
forgery charge, plead guilty, and -wjur
bound over to circuit court with bondl
set at $600:   When he failed ^to furnish bond, he was taken to tlie county
jail at Harrison,  and later release* '
on cash bond in the above amount,
to appear during the January term mt
court.    Sherman has been in tronWw
because of forgery before.
Louis-Wolcott?
After listening to the broadcast «t
the Joe Louis-Jersey Joe Wolcott
fight, Janies Wixson, of R-Z, Rosebush,
and Harold 'J. Cassidy, of R-2," Jter-
well, remarked that they could put on
a better fight than that and proceeded
from a local tavern to the alley top
demonstrate.
City Police were called and arrest^-
ed the would-be pugilists. They were?
arraigned before Justice Dunlop Taes^
day morning, plead guilty to thee
charge of disorderly conduct, aad
were fined ?10.00 and ?3.35 costs eaefc-
At 9:00 o'clock Monday moniins.
City Police were requested by»S&erifiC
Lcfti Bassett, of Livingston county, to*
arrest Ray Thrush, 25, of Farwell,,
who was wanted for the alleged thefife
of a $55.00 wrist watch belonging to»
Faye Abbott, from the "dog house"'
where the men were drilling art oIK
well near Howell.
Thrush was apprehended here by
the local police later in the day aadt
turned over to Sheriff Bassett, wIm*
was waiting to take him back t»
Howell.
(Contiiiued OS Page Eighth      A
HARDfARE MAGAZINf
DEVOTES THREE PAGES
TO NORTHLAND STORE
Owners Give Credit To Ne-w*~
paper Advertising In
Their Success
SERVICES HELD HERE
FOR T0NV 0'MEALEY
SATURDAY, NOV. 29
Wise  Township  Resident  Dies
Suddenly at His Home of
Heart Attack
Funeral services- for Anthony
O'Mealey were held from St Cecilia's
Church at 8:00 o'clock Saturday*
morning, November 29, with ,the Rev.
Fr. J. I. Sruba singing Requiem High
Mass, preceded by prayer at the
home, and interment .was made in
Cherry Grove cemetery,
Anthony O'Mealey, the.son of James
and Ann .O'Mealey was born in Saginaw,. Michigan, July 6, 1880, and
passed away very suddenly November
26, 1947, at his home in Wise town-
sljip, with a heart attack, at the age
of sixty-seven years, £our months and
twenty days.
On September 12, 1909, he was
united in marriage with Bessie Bar-
rus, of Clare.
He leaves to mourn their loss, the
wife; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Lena Russell, and brother-in-law, Henry Russell, both of this vicinity; several
nieces and nephews, and a host of
friends. ,
The deceased was well known here
as "Tony" and was employed,at the
Clare Manufacturing .Company preceding his death,
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Hardware Age, a national trades-
magazine in New York City, (levoU*
three pages and three large picttsn-BR-
in their November issue to the Nortfc-
land Hardware of Clare.
The article* said in part, "Wltew
Lewis Siegel and Elmer Atkinson remodeled an old building and boiigbS;
fixtures for a modern hardware store
at Clare, Michigan, population 2500*
about a year ago, there were many-
people who questioned whether Oven
venture would pay off.
"But Messrs. Siegel aad Atkiksntt
knew what they were doing. Ttrmr
bought a varied stock and display***
it well in a 41 by 100 foot store, ea-
gaged in a friend, and customer-in«ie-
ing program, did some intensive Staling and advertising.
"The large sign, in the front of tfces
store appropriately carries the design of a couple of green spruce trees-
;which are so typical of this sectitta .
of Michigan, Clare '"is the .Im*
sizeable town In this pari tat ■
Michigan for the northward flow «*"
tourists, hunters and fishermen before?
they hit the sparsely settled corasls^i.
"Northland Hardware, 'with its Imposing front, excellent lighting; Istsg»-
stock and good display, is in a goosi*
position to capture much of this jarf-
itable tourist trade, as is attesteft S«r
the first year's sales figures,
"'WljiJe the tourist trade is jsmjSI--
able, ^p do not overlook the Swam.
business,' says Mr, Siegel. /We «t—
jraet rural trade from 30 to 40 xmhon.
They like our large roomy stars soar
the variety of items we have ott &&*- '
play. Furthermore our stove aaflb
appliance lines, as well as hardisairat^.
have a big appeal to farmers/
"One policy which the$e jjartaasraa-
followed  dUring their first year *■ -
business was 'to advertise quite «*- ,
tensively in the locpl newspaper. 385b.
Siegel says He and his partner Sig?~
ured that a friend and custoiuer-nu*-- •
ing program was in order to put tt**-
store across in the first erttciai ymmti,
The large size newspaper spac*^ *&-■
vertifiag  the store name $»»* mum-
many-lines bandied, did mocfc, *otfe.
partners say, to make many j^M^-fet-.
acquainted with tlie a«v st<ite at^E
induce them to come in] aqd look feitfer^
the stock of merchan41se/*
"Mie article told oif tbe 'Hefteap •**£*
the atore and' described it -mmm fc
■ \%etUi% -Which' has been -done■'jtt^mm-r
iy in The Sentinel,-