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CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1946
New Series Vol. 54, No. 41
THEO G. BOWLER
ELECTED TRUSTEE
AT SCHOOL MEET
Millage Remains Eleven for
Operation and Three
for Debt Fund
The iipnual meeting and election of
trustees of Clare School District No,
2 Fractional, Grant and Vernon townships,, was held in tlie Clare High
School auditorium Monday evening
with President Dr. A." E. Mulder presiding. *
Secretary George White read his annual report, which indicated that- the
school district was in excellent financial condition and that very satisfactory progress had been made during
the past year.
Trustee E. G. Johnston, whose term
expired, was re-elected for a term of
three years.
The term of Trustee Dr. F. W. McKnight also expired and the names of
three candidates -were placed in nomination for this office for three years
with the following results.
Dr. McKnight 23
Atty. Donald E. Holbrook 44
Atty. Theo. G. Bowler 47
The other member of the Board
of Education whose term did not expire, besides Dr. Mulder and George
White, is J. Stuart Bicknell.
The Board of Education will meet
\ goon and elect officers for the coming
year.
The 1945-46 school year was begun
with a balance of $11,573.33 in the Operation account. During the year the
Board of Education installed a new
Type-A Wickes Water Tube boiler and
stoker at a total cost of$8,940.43, and
purchased $SO0.OO ""•rth of roofing
material in addition to regular budget'expenditures. The balance in the
operation account at this time is
?S,990_45.
The balance in the Debt account is
now $12,749.41. This amount with
three mills for the next five years will
retire the school bonds.
It was voted at the school meeting
to raise eleven mills for operation and
three mills for the debt account dur-
iug_ the coming year.^ ,
The schGol bus was purchased*fasti
summer and now* has been running
for one year, carrying approximately
40 pupils each paying $1.00 per week.
This money has handled all up-keep
expenses including insurance, driver,
etc., and in addition has repaid to the
Board of Education $450.00 on the
original $3,150.00 cost. It has serviced
an area as far south as the Andersonville school and north to the Redner
school corner. It is interesting to note
that the bus has increased the high
school rural enrollment by ten pupils.
In connection with the rural schools
it might be added that several have
niade inquiry concerning the possibility of consolidation. Limited space
prevents action at this time.
At the present time Clare has received around $4,000.00 of material at
a cost of $99.00,to the. school district.
This equipment includes a Cinn. Bick-
ford Drill Press which invoiced new
one year ago at $1,841.00, a. metal
lathe, acetylene and arc welders, electric drill, pedestal grinder, and a considerable quantity of smaller tools.
Playground and kindergarten equipment has been requisitioned and will
be received soon.
A Veterans' Institute has been organized and began operation June 13,
1946. This provides training for veterans in apprenticeship training, or
who wish to complete high school. The
cost of the program is reimbursed by
the Office of Veterans Affairs.
Rotarions Hear
Veterans Loans
Explained Wed.
Loans to veterans under the provisions of the "GI Bill of Rights," was
the subject of a talk by Frank LaGoe
at Wednesday's Rotary lunch, July
10. , "*
Discussing the valuable benefits offered to vets only, under government
'controlled 'terms of the act, he urged
all ex-service personnel who qualify
for farm, home, or small business
loans to regard their credit as property of real importance and to use it
wisely, to the fullest extent. Gener
ous provisions of the bill in its pres
ent form allow a borrower up to ten
years from the*date of official cessation of hostilities in which to secure
his loan, with twenty, or up to twenty-
five years in some cases to repay. He
described the necessary steps to obtain such a loan, adding that the Cit
izens State Bank is a local lending
agency where veterans may ask for
full information and apply fo*r.*loans.
Unrehearsed entertainment on the
noon program was a cherry pie eating
contest with- Rotavians Harold Han-
ehett, Martin Loomis, and- George
White each claiming to be a winner.
COMMUNITY COUNCILS
IMPORTANT TO VETS
SAYS GEN. ERSKINE
Problems   Frequently   Require
Hometown Assistance
For Solution
Navy Now Offers
Opportunities in
Electronics Field
"Young men between the ages of 17
and 30 are enjoined to investigate the
opportunities offered by the Navy's
Electronics Program," it was pointed
out today by Chief B. JB. Bosse of the
Navy Recruiting Station in Lansing.
"Men with a desire to get into Radio,
Television and Radar, and who wish to
learn Electronics from the ground up,
should begin today to gain a suitable
background in this field. The post war
world has unlimited opportunities for
the trained Electronics map."
"And don't forget," said Chief Bosse,
"anyone enlisting before' October 6th,
this year, will receive1 all the benefi'ts
of the G* I. Bill of Rights. This could
tie right in with, the Electronics Pro-
gram by giving a young man a good
college education to follow up the excellent training he would receive in
the Navy.
The Navy Recruiter will he at the
Clare Post Office at noon on tl^e 19th
of July to interview anyone interested in this program.
Let's all be pleasant to. strangers
stopping in Clare county.
The Retraining and Reemployment
Administration, charged by the President to spur the development of local
advisory centers for veterans, has indicated that it will stimulate in communities cooperative local programs
in which public and private agencies
can work together for the benefit of
veterans.
"Where advisory or referral centers
work to integrate the voluntary activity of citizens aud local agencies with
that of the state and Federal government, impetus is given the nationwide <*ommunify-ceiitered effort so essential to the peacetime reconversion
of service men and women," said General Erskine, director.
"Veterans are confronted by certain problems in readjustment for
which the V. A. and other governmental agencies can offer no effective
solution. These problems frequently
result from the need for employment,
housing, advice on personal affairs,
and on other questions requiring home
town assistance. Where the veteran
is helped by the people of his community, they bring to him a personal
understanding of his problems that
will place him in a far better position
to utilize and profit by the benefits
provided him by Federal agencies,"
according to General Erskine.
This is particularly true in the veterans' associations with the Veterans
Administration', inasmuch as this Administration provides locally the great
burden of federal benefits and privileges.
Managers of" Veterans Administration offices have been directed to offer
such counsel, aid and encouragement
as may be given in the legal performance of their duties to assist local
public and civic agencies in the formation and operation of advisory centers
offering needed services to veterans.
The full cooperation of Veterans Administration managers in the formation of advisory centers has been directed by General Erskine, -who said,
"It will be of invaluable aid to the
veterans, and this cooperation will
make the center more worthwhile by
mobilizing all community and governmental resources in the full re-estah,-
lishment of veterans."
White's Greenhouse
Growing Tropical
' Fruit in Hothouse
A lemon measuring fourteen inches
in circumference and weighing two
pounds, which was grown by White's
Greenhouse & Nursery, was brought to
The Sentinel Office Monday morning.
The lemon dropped Sunday from a
ten year old lemon tree, raised in one
of White's hothouses, and is large
enough to make three pies, while it I
requires two ordinary lemons for one
pie. There are still several lemons
remaining on the tree.  -
The Whites' also have figs, grapefruit and kumquots, which they are
growing as a hobby, and will be glad
to show them to anyone who wishes to
see them.
SCHOOL FACULTY
NOW COMPLETED
: FOR NEXT YEAR
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Three New Teachers Well
Qualified For Their
Work' Here .
Announcement has been made that
vacancies on the Clare Public School
faculty have been filled for the 1946-
47 school year.
On the high school staff Floyd Nor-
cutt, of ClarksVille, Michigan, replaces
George Leckrone as vocational agri
culture instructor. Mr. Norcutt holds
an A. B- degree from Central Michigan College of Education, Mt, Pleas
ant, and B, S. and M. S. degrees from
Michigan State College. During the
years 1937-44 lie taught vocational agriculture in tne Marlette Public School.
Following he taught for one year in
the extension division at Michigan
State College before entering service
in the Navy.
In the elementary school, Florence
Kane, of Clare, replaces Gwendolyn
Putnam as fifth grade teacher. Miss
Putnam resigned to be married. Mrs.
Kane holds a B. S. degree- from Central Michigan College of Education, Mt.
Pleasant. She formerly taught in the
Clare Public School and in the Detroit
Public Schools.' Last year she taught
in the Elementary School of the Hayes
Agricultural School at Harrison.
Kathryn Eroh, of Clare, has been engaged on a part-time basis to assist
with the Early Elementary grades.
Mrs. Eroh taught Kindergarten and
First Grade in the Detroit Schools for
a period of six years ending in 1932
and since 1936 has substituted in that
system.
All other positions will be filled by
returning teachers.
FLOYD KELSEY DIES
AT HOME IN CADILLAC
LAST FRIDAY MORNING
Father of Glare Hardware Deal-
er,Stricken While
^rout Filing
Floyd A. Kelsey, the father of Robert Kelsey, local hardware dealer,
passed away Friday morning of last
week, at the age of sixty-one years, at
his home in Cadillac, following an illness of six days duration. A wish that
when his time came he might pass
away in a trout stream was practically
realized when he was stricken with
his final illness while trout fishing.
Mr. Kelsey was born near Pioneer,
Michigan, aud moved to Cadillac in
1918. Since that time he has been a
salesman for the Bostwick-Brown
Hardware Co., a wholesale organization.
He leaves to mourn their loss, the
bereaved wife, Frances; three sons,
Robert, of Clare, Lloyd, of Detroit, and
Frank, of Cadillac; two daughters,
Mrs. Grace Marshall and Mrs. Marian
Ash ton, of Traverse City; other relatives; and a host of friends, several
of whom live in Clare and vicinity.
Funeral services Were held from the
Fiynn Funeral Home in Cadillac, at
2:00 o'clock Monday afternoon, with
interment in Maple Hill cemetery
there. —
I.O.O.F. INSTALLATION
Installation of new officers will take
place at the meeting of Clare I.O.O.F.
Monday evening, July 15th.
Announce Grand
Opening Firestone
Store Thursday
McGuire & Campbell, local Firestone dealers, announce their Grand
Opening next Thursday, July 18, when
they will be prepared to offer a very
comprehensive line of Firestone products, including, tires, auto accessories,
seat covers, electrical appliances, bicycles, fishing tackle, lawn furniture,
lawn mowers, chaiklren's play equipment, home supplies, etc., many items
of wliich are listed in their advertisement in this issue of The Sentinel.
The public is invited to attend a preview at the Firestone store Wednesday evening, July 17, from 7:30 to
10:00 o'clock, when there will be free
souvenirs for all. No merchandise
will be sold Wednesday evening and
guests will have an opportunity to look
over items they are interested in at
their leisure.       '
/    LEGION NOTICE
Members of the American Legion
will get together foi* a "bee" to finish
wo_*k on their cottage at Higgins lake,
Sunday, July 21. Legion wives, and
Auxiliary members are invited and the
meal will be pot luck. -
Those planning to attend, will meet
at the Legion hall, where transporta-
tion will be arranged for those not
driving cars.
Assembly of God
To Hold Services
Herrick Church
Next Sunday service*, will be held in
the Herrick church, jj Sunday School
Will start at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon and preaching a| 4:00. Rev. M,
C. Hilton, of the Hafrison Assembly
of God, will be the minist-i* in charge.
Royal Akins, of iClare.Vwill assist with
the Sunday Schpol.     V
Everyone in -the vicinity of Herrick
church, as well as townspeople and
all others, are cordially invited to attend these - services, each Suhday.
Much profit will be had from the study
of God's Word and the hungering soul
will receive food for growth from the
inspiring messages of Rev. Hilton.
Place: Three miles* east on US-10,
just south of P. M. tracks.
Time: 3:00 p. m. Sunday, July 14,
and each Sunday thereafter.
ALMA PUBLISHER
PASSES AT HOME
THEREJJLY 1ST
Henry Babcock Well Known
In Newspaper and Political Circles
Death came quietly to Henry Sans
Babcock, 79, editor of the Alma Record
and * the St. Louis Leader, Monday
Morning July 1, at 12:15 at the home,
312 Maple avenue, Alma, after an illness extending over a period of two-
and one-half years. His passing brings
to a close a lifetime of public service.
Fuueral services held Wednesday
morning of last week at 10:00 o'clock
at First Presbyterian church with Rev.
Clyde F. Vance officiating assisted by
Dr. Roy W. Hamilton,'- president of
Alma College, were largely attended.
There were flowers and messages of
condolence to the family from high
dignitaries and others throughout the
state, many of whom he had been able
to assist in various ways during his
long career as an educator and newspaper man.
Mr. Babcock pur-ihased the Alma
Record in 1919, later the St. Louis
Leader, Breckenridge American and
Isabella County Republican. He remained as editor of the Babcock Publications until the time of, his death, although compelled by ill health to give
up his active work on the newspapers
for the past three years.
A member of First Presbyterian
church iu which he had served as an
elder, Mr. Babcock was a past president of the Alma Chamber of Commerce and a member of Alma Lodge
No. 244, F. & A. M. He had served as
a member of the Republican State
Central Committee and formerly was
a director of'the East Michigan Tourist Association. He organized and
managed the Michigan Lumberjack
orchestra. In 1935 he served as a
member of the state fair board. During World War I, he was selected for
department of justice work.
In recognition of his outstanding
service as a newspaper man Mr. Babcock wag awarded an honorary Master
of Arts degree by Alma College in
1935. He was a pioneer student of
Alma College, entering that institution
upon the day it was opened, and completing the three-year normal course
of study, His weekly editorial column
on political and economic questions
won much recognition and has been
quoted widely.
Refrigerator and
RadiolService to
Open Next Week
James Corsaut and Ray Tharp, of
Big Rapids, recently discharged from
service with the Armed Forces, announce the opening of Corsaut's Radio
& Refrigeration Service Monday, July
15, at 201 East Fourth Street, in the
building formerly occupied by Orval
Vandewarkef.
Both young men are experienced in
their work and will service all makes
of radios and refrigerators. They
offer a free check of any radio brought
to their shop next Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
REV. JOHN E. ABBOTT TO
FILL PULPIT AT GILMORE
DURING PASTORS ABSENCE
Rev. and Mrs. Kfoward L. ICrause,
ministers of the Gilmore Church of
Christ, left on their vacation Wednesday to visit their people in Baltimore,
Maryland, and also in Pennsylvania.
Rev. John E. Abbott, visiting minister
from Florida, son-in-law of Jam'es A.
Stanley, will supply the pulpit during
Rev. arid Mrs. Kjaruse's absence.
VETERANS LEAD
COUNTY SOFTBALL
LEAGUEJUESDAY
Fans Pick All-Star Team to
Play Teams From
Nearby Cities
Here ^re the Clare County Softball
League Standings as of Tuesday, July
9.
W.     L.   Pet.
V.F.W. 5       0   1000
North Bradley.. 3       1     750
Eagle 4       2     667
Temple 3       2     600
Firestone-Gulf 2       2     500
Brown Corners 2       2     500
Farwell 3       3     500
Moline 1       2     333
Schaeffer's *      1       3     250
Houghton 1       4     200"
K of C. 0       4     000
The fans have picked the following
Ail-Star squad which will play an outstanding team from one of the nearby cities every Wednesday night at
9:15, starting Wednesday, July 17.
with so many good players in the voting it was necessary to pick three for
each position and, on occasion, move
several infielders to the outfield.
* Pitchers—Williams, Brown Corners,
Homer O'Dell, North Bradley; Ed.
Schlafley, Schaeffer's.
Catchers—C. Green, VFW; Perry,
Firestou-.Gulf; Bates, Eagle.
First Base—Ashcraft, Temple; D.
McConnell, KC; N. Hutchinson,. Eagle.
Second Base—Coulson, VFW; H.
Schofield, Farwell; Boss, Temple.
Third Base—Bryant," VFW; W. Kleiner, Eagle; Straus, Temple.
Short Stop—West, North Bradley;
E. Marshall, Farwell;  Walters, VFW.
Left Field—Stough, Houghton; E.
Willey, Firestone-Gulf; King, North
Bradley.
Center Field—Foell, VFW; R. Eber-
hart, Moline; C. Cappaert, KC.
Right Field—Dancer, Temple; Sunday, Brown Corners; Kapplinger,
VFW.
innings, with each contestant playing
three innings. The managers for each
game are Bob Kleiner, Virgil Newman
and Mark Langsdon.
Grandma Hosier
Enjoys Her First
7 Airplane Ride
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"Grandma" Hosier, of Lake George,
who is ninety-two years of age, enjoyed her first airplane ride July 4th,
when" her grandson, Averill Budd, of
Port Clinton, Ohio, brought his wife
and little daughter here in his own
plane, landing at the Harrison airport,
Averill took his grandmother for an
hour and a half ride over Harrison,
Budd Lake, the farm of his brother,
Elvin, and other farms in Greenwood
township which were familiar to her;
then over Lake George, Farwell, Clare,
the Cornwell ranch and back to Harrison.^
"Grandma" was not content with
straight flying, so Averill put his plane
through loops, tail spins, dives, and
all the other tricks he knew. She
said she was thrilled because she had
never experienced anything like it in
her life and that she was not even
tired.
The Averill Budds are visiting Mrs.
Hosier, a daughter with whom she
lives at Lake'George, another daughter there, and other relatives aud
friends in Clare, and Farwell.
GEORGE B. CALLAM
DEPARTS THIS LIFE
AT TRAVERSE CITY
Former Resident Returned Here
For Funeral Services
and Interment
George B. Callain, a former resident
of Clare, who has made his home at
Traverse City the past twenty-two
years, passed away there Friday of
last week.
George Burton Oallam was born the
son of Peter and Christiana Callam, in
Clare, Michigan, April 11, 1873, and
departed this life at Traverse City,
Michigan, July" 5, 1946, at the age of
seventy-three years, two months and
twenty-four days.
He moved with the family to Vernon township in April, 1S85, and resided there until he went to Traverse
City  in  1524.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
L. E. McCuIIoch and Mrs. Josephine
Murdoch, of Clare, other relatives and
friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Thurston Funeral Home at 11:00
o'clock Saturday morning, with Rev.
Harold Watson officiating, and interment in Cherry Grove cemetery.
Hendrie Family
Reunion Sunday
at Budd Lake
Sunday, July 7th, the Hendrie family
had a reunion at Budd Lake, at Harrison, with a pot luck dinner and ice
cream and cake. The day was spent
iu swimming and visiting, and all
hope to meet again next year. Thirty-
three were in attendance, including
Mi*, and Mrs. J. W. Hendrie, who were
married fifty-nine years July 3rd; Mr.
and. Mrs. Will Hendrie and daughter,
Alvena, their daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Thayer and three
boys, of St, Louis; Mi*, and Mrs. Ivan
Mcintosh and daughter Ruth, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Cimmerer and son, Dean,
of Flint; Mrs. Ethel Hendrie, Mr. and
Mri-. Kenneth Hendrie and son, Gerald, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kleinhardt.
daughters Joyce and Carol, Mr. and
Mrs. Jay Hendvie, sons Bobbie and
Billie, Mrs. Elizabeth Schoonover, Arthur Johnson and brother, Orson Johnson,' of Hemlock, Ivalee Foss and Mr.
Hulbert. *     -
DESOTO7. PLYMOUTH - WILLYS
Bob's Sales and Service, Clare.  27tf
SALESMAN'S TIP
REUNITES BROTHERS
AFTERJANY YEARS
Roy Kinsey's Father Had Not
Seen His Brother For
Sixty-Two Years
There always seems to be another
traveling salesman story, but this one
is about as strange as they come. N
It wasn't so many months ago that
a salesman appeared at the door of
Mrs. Guy Myers, 135 Woodlawn, Lansing, and during the course of the conversation mentioned the town of Iron
Mountain, Michigan. There followed
a series of rapidly moving events that
were culminated recently in the reunion of two brothers who. have been
separated for 62 years.
The brothers, Samuel A. Kinsey and
Jesse Roach, were born eight years
apart on a farm in Indiana. The father died* two months after Jesse was
born and the family moved in 'with the
grandparents. Four years later, Mrs.
Kinsey remarried and moved to Missouri, taking young Jesse and a sister
with her. The other children stayed
with the grandparents and that was
the last time the two brothers saw
each other.
When Jesse was 13 his mother died
and he started out on his oWn. His
step-father moved to Chicago and was
never heard of again. He moved from
one job to another, finally settling in
Escanaba., Mich., where he worked
for the North Western railroad, with
which company he "remained for 45
years, having been pensioned just last
year, AU of thi? time he did not know
of the existence of his older brother,
never having been told by his mother,
■In the meantime, Samuel, who had
remained with his grandparents, had
married and was living in Indiana.
He tried all of his life to trace his
younger brother, but had never been
successful,
Mrs. Myers knew of this situation
for her first husband was another
brother of the two men, William Kinsey, who died 22 years ago. When the
salesman mentioned the town of Iron
Mountain, she aslrrd if he knew a
Jesse Roach, for she knew that the
family had lived somewhere in the
upper peninsula at one time and haz
arded a guess that Mr. Roach might
still be in that territory. By coincidence, the salesman _ knew him and
knew where to contact him. This
Mrs. Myers did immediately, and from
there the happy reunion of the two
brothers took place.
Tha irony of the story? No one ever
asked the salesman his name and the
identity of the man who made the reunion possible is still unknown.
S. A.. Kinsey is the father of Roy
Kinsey, of Clare, and makes his home
here several months of each year.
Rew, Jerry Dillon
Speaker at Baptist
Church Sunday
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We are glad to announce that Rev.
Jerry Dillon will be our guest speaker
at the 10:30 service'. Sunday morning,
July 14.
Many of his friends will be glad to
know of this that they may be present
to hear the message he will bring. You
will enjoy his clear cut message from
the Word of God.
He has been attending^college and
recently has been conducting evangelistic campaigns in various parts of
the country. Don't fail to remember
this date, Sunday, July 14th.
You are cordially invited to attend
any and all of our services.
E. E. Redspan, Pastor**   i
MRS. WILLIAM H.
BICKNELL PASSES
AWAYJUNE 8TH
Laid   at   Rest  In   Cherry-
Grove Cemetery Here
Wednesday
Mrs. William H. Bicknell passed
away at Harper Hospital in Detroit,
late Monday afternoon, following several months of ill health, the last three
weeks "of which she was confined to'
the hospital.
Miss Lyda Belle Doherty was born
the daughter of Alfred J. and Alice B.
Doherty in Clare, Michigan, March 31,
1883, and^spent her entire life in this
vicinity. She was sixty-three years of
age at the time of her demise.
She graduated from the Clare High
School and later studied in the Conservatory of Music at Albion College,
She made her home with her parents for a number of years at Killar-
ney Farm, south of Clare, when her
father, Sen. A. J. Doherty, was prominent in Michigan politics at the turn
of the century and entertained many
eminent political figures at the Doherty home. In the early twenties Senator Doherty built the Hotel Doherty,
Avhieh since that time has been listed
among Michigan's better hotels.
She was united in marriage to William H, Bicknell, in Clare, April 16,
1902, and this union was blessed by
the birth of v four children, Alice D„
Willard H., Frank B., and Eunice
Mary.
Mrs. Bicknell was always prominent
in the business and civic life of the
community and active in the Methodist Church and other organizations-
She was ever attentive and alert to-
the needs and comfort of her family
and through her considerate nature-
and pleasing personality made a multitude of friends in her business and-,
home life.
She leaves to mourn their loss, the*
bereaved husband, William H. Bicknell; the sons and daughter, Willard-;
H. Bicknell, of Clare, Dr. Frank B.-
Bicknell, of Detroit, and Mrs. Edward.
C. Hardy, of Clare; five granddaughters, Alice Janet, Martha Ann and Ly
dabelle Bicknell, of Clare, and Mary
Catherine and Martha Henery Bicknell,.
of Detroit; one brother, A. J. Doherty
of Clare; other relatives and a host o_
friends. She was preceded in death,
by a daughter, Mrs. Murray Schotland-
of New York City, May 6th of this.'
year.
Funeral services were held from thee
home on North McEwan Street at
2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
with the Rev. Charles B. Hahn officiating, and she was laid at rest in the
family lot in Cherry Grove cemetery-
The large attendance at the last
rites and the profusion of beautiful
floral tributes spoke more eloquently
than words of the high esteem in
which she was held by the many who
had had the privilege of enjoying her.
acquaintance.
Brown Family
Reunion at Wilson
State Park 4th
The twenty-third annual Brown fan.'
ily reunion was., held at Wilson State
Park, Harrison, July 4th, with fifty-
one members of the family and fiver
guests partaking of a bounteous picnic dinner at noon and enjoying an afternoon of visiting* and reminiscing.
Members and' guests were present
from this vicinity, Marion, Saginaw
and Davison, besides Mr. and Mrs-
Donovan" Mott and three children, of
Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Rev. and Mrs.
Gerald Dillon and daughter, of Wil-
more, Kentucky.
Returned veterans present who
were not at the reunion last year wer&
Ed. Foss, Bill and Russ Foell and En*
gene Swain, of Clare, and Lorraine* %■
and Burton Brown and Revoe Kibby-",
of Marion.
Officers re-elected. for the coming-
year are: President, Ralph Brown, of"
Clare j Vice President, Chester Brow*_-
Marion; Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. Alice Brown, Marion; and .Historian,
Emily Ida Kibby, Marion.
Lewis Brown, 82, of Marion, was the
oldest present, and Kenneth MortoBj
the eight months old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Morton, of Saginaw, jthft
ypungest.
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NOTICE TO VETERAWS
There will be a meeting of all veterans engaged in farm workwho are-
interested in On-the-JoD Training' itau
agriculture under the GI Bill at' the-
Clare Public School Tuesday evening,.
July 16, at 8:00. At that time agriculture instructor Floyd Norcutt will' di3»-
cuss the possibilities of the program!
With those interested.
Tourists who are treated courteously will stop* in Clare-again.