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CLARE* MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1946
New Series Vol, 54* No. 46
ROTARY GOVERNOR
SPEAKER IN CLARE
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Dow  Representative  Tells
of Chemicals Here
This Week
An official visit to the Clare Rotary
Club, by Dr. Clyde H. Wilcox, of St
Clair, district governor of Rotary International, will feature a special
Rotary meeting Wednesday, August 21
when the club will meet at 6:30 p. m.
to welcome him.
The Rotary district. of which Dr.
Wilcox is the present governor embraces sixty-five clubs in Ontario and
Michigan. Clare is one of these clubs
and Rotarians here are honored to receive this visit by their governor.
Dr. Wilcox, who will speak following
the meeting in Bai*nes Cafe Dining
Room, is a graduate of Greenville,
Michigan, High School and of Olivet
College, and the Chicago Theological
Seminary. He is a member of the
board of trustees of Olivet College and
holder of honorary degrees granted
by that institution, and is Pastor of
the First Congregational Church of St.
Clair. He was elected to his district
governorship at the Rotary International convention at Atlantic City in
June.
It is expected that the governor
will hold a special assembly with the
officers and committee chairmen of
the Glare club following Wednesday's
meeting.
Gene   Perrin   Speaks   Wednesday
Astonishing accomplishments in
chemical control of plant and crop
destroyers were described in a talk
by Gene Perrin, of the Dow Chemical
Company, before members of Rotary
at their regula** toon lunch Wednesday. Mr. Perrii. .,l._wed colored slides
and disclosed the part being played
by the Dow Company in growers' battles against weeds, animal parasites,
plant diseases, and such risks.
Even factors such as failure of good
harvest weather, and unsatisfactory
crop storage facilities were shown to
be partly under the control of man
with new chemical products such as
apple orchard sprays which have the
effect of keeping the'crop on tlie trees
for several days past normal picking
time and saving a pre-fallen crop if
harvest hands are late, and growth
arresters to spray on winter stored potatoes, preventing sprouts.
Late developments in large-scale
weed killing sprays were also described. Sprays which kill weeds and
leave crops, gardens, or lawns unharmed and "chemical mowing" sprays
which kill every green, growing thing
Dow's post war solutions of many
other farm problems were also touched
upon in Mr. Perrin's very interesting
talk. The program was arranged by
Martin Loomis.
Governor Wilcox
Coming to Glare
DR.   CLYDE  H.   WILGOX
District Governor of Rotary International to be guest of local club
HOME ECONOMICS
RALLY DAY PLANNED
AT ISLAND PARK
Isabella County Executive Committee Meets to Plan
Year's Work
Plans are moving rapidly forward
for the big Home Economics Rally
Day to be held on Thursday, August
22, at Island Park, Mt. Pleasant, starting at 10:30 a. m. All members of the
many home economics extension
groups and interested women are cordially invited to attend.
Miss Rachel Markw'ell, State Home
Demonstration Agent Leader, will be
present and wiJl give the main al-
dress of the day. In the forenoon she
will lead a discussion for the extension
leaders; other group discussions will
be conducted for the group secretaries
and recreation leaders, and the group
chairmen.
This will be a pot luck affair and
each group is urged to bring their
own table service and food to pass in
addition to sandwiches. Coffee, cream
and sugar will be furnished.
It may now be announced that the
first lesson in our new project will be
given on October 22hd. Three other
lessons will follow during the winter.
The Home Economics Executive
Committee met last week Friday and
discussed the program for the new
year. They are anxious to increase
our numper of groups and will contact
new communities in the county.
Once again be reminded that the
Rally Day will start at 10:30 a. m
with a pot luck dinner at noon, and
an interesting program throughout the
afternoon.   Keep this .date in mittd!
ROBINETT REUNION
The 32nd Robinett reunion will be
held in the Cotton grove,. Clare county, on Sunday, August 18th,*_946. Pot
luck dinner,
Mrs, J, 6. ftewmafi, Seic.
METHODIST CHURCH
REMODELING NOW
. ALMOSTJINISHED
Plan   Evening   Services   to
Begin First Sunday
in September
The remodeling program at the
Clare Methodist Church is nearly completed this week and plans are being
made to hold churcli services in the
auditorium Sunday morning, August
IS.
The chancel furniture has been installed, floors reflnished and the new
pews are being placed this week.
The past three weeks' services were
held in the church basement, and in
spite of the inconveniences, attendance
has been good. The church welcomes
all who will come. If you have guests,
bring them too, there is room for all
Plans are underway for Sunday evening services at the Methodist Church
to commence September 1st. A committee met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Warren White Tuesday evening
for discussion and to set up a tenta
tive program to present to the church
board for approval.
Mrs. White served lovely refreshments before the committee adjourned.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
WEEK ANNOUNCED TO
BEGIN SEPTEMBER 29
Week's Observance to Climax
World Communion
Sunday October 6
Emphasizing the importance of
Christian teaching in building permanent foundations for peace, Protestant
churches and other religious agencies
of rural and urban areas of the United
States and Canada will join forces in
the 16th annual observance Of Religious Education Week, September 29 -
October^ 6, it was announced by Dr.
Roy G. Ross, general secretary, International Council of Religious Education, sponsor of the program.
Using the theme, "God's Word for
Today," forty Protestant denominations and 173 state, city and provincial
councils of churches and religious education will cooperate for church and
community observances, he stated.
"Making secure the peace we have
won is the overwhelming concern
which confronts our westei*n world today," Dr. Ross declared in announcing
the observance. "Our apprehension at
the precariousness of our diplomatic
relationships, our uneasiness over domestic economic conflicts, and our
concern about racial tensions are all
a part of this insistent problem."
"While .the Christian faith does not
pretend to have specific answers to involved social problems, it does declare
that men must have respect for each
other. IL insists that we approach
these intricate problems as Christian
brothers. Only so will the solutions
to our problems of peace be found,"
Dr. Ross averred.
In most towns and cities Rally or
Promotion Day will open Religious
Education Week, stressing an increase
of enrollment and attendance. Community interest will be developed thru
weekday programs, including launching of leadership education schools on
Monday, family nights on Tuesday, in-
terchurch fellowship meetings Thursday, and denominational or inter-
church youth rallies on Friday. The
week's -observance will climax on
World Communion Sunday with emphasis on world-wide Christian unity.
RENTAL HOUSING
MAY RE SOLUTION
TO VETS PLIGHT
Veterans   Advised Against
Mortgaging Beyond
Ability to Pay
The solution to G, I. Joe's plight,
and that of the whole home-hungry
American people, according to Mrg.
Samuel I. Rosenmah, Chairman,. National Committee on Housing, is more
rental housing.
Under present plans, only a small
portion of the veterans' emergency
housing is being built for rental purposes, and the bulk of it is to be- sold
to individual purchasers. This proportion should be reversed.
True, the veteran will have to pay
more .rent today than he would for a
comparable house built before the war
but he will not incur responsibilities
that he may not be able to maintain,
or tie himself down permanently to an
unsatisfactory house. If he loses his
job, has to move to another city, or requires more space for a growing family, he will not be stuck with a house
and mortgage. While renting, he will
still retain for ten years the privilege
of buying a home under the G. I. Bill,
and, later, when prices have become
stabilized, he may do so without being
victimized.
Sentimentalists and other people
with special axes to grind will gainsay
thin advice. Home-ownership in this
country has always been surrounded
with an aura of emotional fiddle-faddle. We have been told that a man
should own his own little castle for the
good of his soul and the sense o£ security it will give him. Only homeowners, we have been led to believe,
can have real civic pride and a love of
democracy.
Under present-day conditions this is
mostly sheer rot. There is no sense of
security in being tied to an overgrown
mortgage, and when one's little castle
starts to crumble about one's ears because the contractor didn't use enough
studding, nails or cement there is
nothing in the event to make a man a
better citizen. On the contrary, he's
apt to become disgruntled and develop
a peeve at ijhe whole economic system.
For the sake of emotions, which
may be unpleasant as" well as pleasant,
and for the other reasons I have mentioned, we should construct thousands
of small houses and apartments for
rent. There is an enormous permanent demand for such rental housing.
This demand has been with us for
many, many years and exists particularly at the price levels required by
average veterans.
The need for action all along the
line—by government, states, and private interest—is an urgent one.
Thousands of G. I. Joes are being
fleeced and fettered in our growing
building orgy, but it is not too late to
save millions of others from a similar
misfortune. The boom is not yet at
its peak. By switching the emphasis
of our construction program to rental
housing and insisting upon wiser planning and better building, we can still
avoid catastrophe and really alleviate
our  housing needs.
If we do not do this, we shall wake
up from our binge a few years hence
and And ourselves the unhappy proprietors of thousands of new slums
which will plague us esthetically, socially and financially for decades to
come.
FINAL DATE SET FOR .
APRIL, MAY AND JUNE
DAIRY SUBSIDY PAY
Federal   Cfop   Insurance   on,
Winter Wheat Now
Available Here '.
No safety drive can possibly succeed
unless both driver and pedestrian help
put ,., , TAKE IT EASY!
Library Board
Meets at Library
Monday Evening
A meeting of the Library Board was
called to order by the president, Mrs.
Alex Artibee, in the library room
August 12, 1946. The minutes of the
last meeting were read and approved.
The treasurer's report was given
and approved.
The motion was made and carried to
try again to subscribe to the magazine
The National Geographic.
The president made the motion tha-,
the following ladies be asked to act
with the elected officers in an advisory
capacity: Mrs. Louisa Bowler, Mrs,.
Martha Borror and Mrs. Adelaide Elden.   The motion carried.
Mrs. -Virginia Richardson and Mrs.
Patricia Pinaire were appointed to
work as a budget committee.
Mrs. Patricia Pinaire, Sec'y
Clare High School
Class of 1940 Plans
Reunion August25
Th© Clare High School Class of 1940
and their famines will hold a reunion
and pot luck dinner at 2:00 o'clock
on Sunday afternoon, August 25, at
the Clare Tourist Fark. Bring your
Own table Service.
August 31 is the 'final date1 for making April, May and June milk or cream
subsidy payments to Glare County
farmers. If any producers have not
received this payment and wish to do
so, please send'in ybUr milk or cream
statements for ."theseVthree months to
the AAA Office,!Harrison. Statements
will be stamped, and 'returned immediately with yourfcheck-
The payment for. this period is 17c
per pound of butterfat for cream and
60c per hundredweight for milk for
April, and 15c ber pound of butterfat
for cream and 45c per hundredweight
for milk for May and June.
Insurance on Winter Wheat
Federal crop insurance on winter
wheat for the 1947, -1948, and 1949
crops is now on sale at the Clare
County AAA Office in Harrison, according to Robert C. Kleiner, Chairman of the Clare County AAA Committee.
Wider choice in the amount of insurance he buys is offered the winter
wheat grower this year. The buyer
can choose from among ten different
amounts of coverage, pay a corresponding premium, and collect a corresponding indemnity in case of loss.
Drought, flood, hail, insects or plant
diseases can ruin a wheat crop, but
they won't mean financial ruin for the
farmer if he has crop insurance. No
matter what happens he will still
protect th? money he invested in the
crop.       ,
Applications for insurance, mus'l be
filed before planting but not later than
September 14, 1946. The crop is protected against all unavoidable natural
risks from planting time through harvest.
A high percentage of crop insurance
coverage in this county will contribute
to the prosperity of the entire area.
Winter wheat growers are urged to
stop in at the AAA office.
New Board of Education 'Members
Well Qualified for Their Positions
HARRIET NAUMES     —
LOW MEDALIST IN
WOMEN'S TOURNEY
Elimination   Rounds   in   Club
Ghampionship Play
Begin Monday
Harriet Naumes led •a. ©eld of eigh.-
teen qualifiers in medalist play Wednesday at the Clare Country Club as
she posted a five *over women's par 87,
to become low medalist in the Women's Club Championship tournament.
Elimination rounds will begin Monday
morning.
Winners of places in the Championship flight, and their qualifying scores
for eighteen holes, are:
Harriet Naumes 87
Annabel Hampton 89
Clara Titus 93
Jo Anderson 96
Fran Anderson f98
Adelaide Elden 99
Ruby  Garfield  100
Mable Mulder 103
An extension  of time  allowed  for
qualifying has been made, and acting
tournament chairman, Mrs. Norris Elden, said that players wishing to qualify before Saturday, may register at
the clubhouse to pay tournament fees,
and then qualify in threesomes.   Revised lists of players' flight positions
will be posted in the clubhouse im
mediately following the Saturday dead
line for medal round play.
Young People to
Hold Joint Rally
Sunday Aug.18
The joint Christian Endeavor Rally
meeting will be held Sunday, August
18, at the Arthur Center town hall. It
will start promptly at 2:00 o'clock.
This meeting will include six churches: Arthur Center, * Brown, Dover,
Eagle, Colonville, and Elm Grove.
Rev.' George Agin, of Midland, will
be guest speaker for this event. Rev.
Agin is well known in these communities, and we are glad to welcome him
back once more. ■
All young people are extended a
warm welcome, and* the older folks as
well. Come early, and make this rally
the very best one we've had yet.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
It is strictly against the law to drive
cars out on the runways of the airport,
unless on official business, Pe.sons
using" the airport at flight for a speedway will be prosecuted in the futtire if
tliey do not _effan- from doing so.
ATTY. DONALD E. HOLBROOK
Born in Clare August 20, 1909.
Graduate Ciare High School.
Graduate Detroit College of Law.
His brother, Carl Holbrook, was formerly an attorney here.
Former Prosecuting Attorney of
Clare county.
Former Chairman of Clare County
Republican Committee.
Co-partner of Freeman Oil Company.
Has two children, both .in Clare
Public School.
Member of First Methodist Church.
Member of Masonic Lodge.
Member of Clare Kiwanis Club.
Appointed member of Clare Board
of Education July 19, 1946.
FOLIO EPIDEMIC
TAKES LIVES OF
NINE IN DETROIT
Clare   County   Chapter
Meet Next Friday
as Precaution
to
ATTY: THEODORE G. BOWLER
Born in Clare April 24, 1909. |
Graduate Clare High School. .
Graduate Detroit College of Law.    ,
His brother, Ellis Bowler, is an attorney in Durand. |
Former    Prosecuting   __ttorney   of
Clare county. I
Former Chairman of Clare County'
Republican Committee. :
Legal Counsel for Sun Oil Company.!
Has   two    children,   one   in   Clare
Public School. j
Member   of   St.   Cecilia's   Catholic'
Church. u       |
Member of Knights of Columbus.
Member of Clare Kiwanis Club.
Elected member of Clare Board of
Education July S, 1946.
ARMERS' DAY ON
MSC CAMPUS WILL
SEPTEMBER 3
To Be Held in Conjunction
With State 4-H
Club Show
—With new features added this- year,
the annual Farmers' Day program to
be held on Tuesday, September 3, on
the Michigan State college campus at
East Lansing is expected to prove
even more interesting and instructive
to the several thousand visitors. Features Of the 1946 event include: a dusting and spraying equipment demonstration for farm -and orchard use; fly
control with DDT; and mow drying of.
hay with forced, unheated air.
The annual Farmers' Day program
is being held in conjunction with the
State 4-H Club Show because many
farm families come to the agricultural
college campus for the big farm youth
contest of the year. Families are invited to hold picnic lunches noon or
evening under the numerous shade
trees on the college campus.
Special signs on the campus will direct the visitors to the various demonstrations and exhibits. At the college
experiment station, guides will be present throughout the morning and afternoon to explain the experimental projects. Experiments with crop varieties, soils and fertilizing tests, and
rotation will be explained and the values of approved methods shown.
College livestock will be exhibited
in the various barns and the college
poultry plant will be open for inspection. ^,
An evening program will be held at
7:30 p. m. in the college auditorium
which will feaure the 4-H club dress
revue.
Farm women will be interested in
the various foods and canning demonstrations put on by the 4-H club girls
competing in the state contest and in
the canning, foods, home improvement, and clothing exhibits.
Glenn L. Poet's
Brown Swiss Cows
Complete Tests
Myrtle of Clay Crest 87404, a six
year old registered Brown Swiss cow
Owned by Glenn L. Poet, of Clare, has
recently completed a 305 day lactation
record on Herd Test of 11,181.2 pounds
milk and 437.60 pounds fat; Jane of
Clay Crest 68744, a ten year old registered Brown Swiss cow owned by Mr.
Poet, has recently completed a 305 day
lactation record on Herd Test of
12113.5 pounds milk and 461._1 pounds
fat; and Josephine of Clay Crest 58741
an eleven year old registered Brown
Swiss cow owned,l5y Mr. Poet, has recently completed a 305 day lactation
record ott Herd Test of 11,324.1 pounds
milk and 412.52 pounds fat; on twice
a day milking, according to Fred S.
Idt_-, Secretary of 'The Brown Swiss
Cattle Breeders' Association, Belott,
Wisconsin.
VFW Undefeated
In County League
Softball Playoff
August 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22 and
23 will be used for a round robin playoff between the top six teams of the
league to decide the cliampionship.
At the same time there will be a one
game knockout consolation series for
Lhe five last teams in the league.
The results in the Clare County
Softball League championship playoff up until Wednesday evening were
as follows:
Monday, August 12, VFW defeated
North Bradley and Firestone-Gulf defeated Moline.
Tuesday, August 13, Farwell defeated Eagle and North Bradley defeated
Moline.
Wednesday, August 14 (exhibition
games) Houghtous defeated Dow Police and All Stars defeated YFW.
Thursday, August 15, Firestone-Gulf
was scheduled to play    Farwell    and
Eagle  to  play VFW,  but  the  games
were not played at press time.
Remaining playoff games are:
August 16—
Firestone-Gulf vs North Bradley
Farwell vs VFW
August 21—
Eagle vs North Bradley
Farwell vs Moline
August 22—
Firestone-Gulf vs VFW
Farwell vs North Bradley
" August 23—
Moline vs VFW
Firestone-Gulf vs Eagle
CHESAPEAKE&0HI0
LINES PLAN REPLACING
MAIN LINE EQUIPMENT
Pere    Marquette   Included   in
Railroads to Have Modern
Passenger Units
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Company and its companion lines, the
Nickel. Plate and the Pere Marquette,
are contemplating complete replacement of all of their main line passenger equipment ,it was announced today by Robert R. Young, Board Chairman of the C&O.
Inquiries have been placed with
carbuilders for the new equipment
needed to complete the replacement
program and Mr. Young has stated
this equipment "should be the finest
ever placed in operation on the railroads."
The equipment embraced in the inquiries addressed to the car manufacturers would supplement that of the
two new streamlined "Pere Mar-
quettes" which have been commissioned in regular service on the Detroit-Lansing Grand Rapids run. They
would Supply also the units for other
crack trains on the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railray which already has under construction two de luxe streamliners,
forecast by executives of the Chesapeake ■& Ohio as the "finest trains in
the world."
These Streamliners, being built by
the  Edward  G-. Budd  Manufacturing
Company,  will  introduce many n;ew
features conducive to passenger eom-
(Contlhuea on Page Eight)
Thirty-one new cases of infantile
paralysis were reported in Detroit las
week, bringing the city's total for thr
year to eighty-seven cases, with eigh
deaths. In 1939, when .Detroit's poll*
myelitis outbreak reached an all-tim
high, there had been eight death.8 anu
158 cases reported at this time.
Up until Wednesday evening an additional eight cases had been reported,
bringing the total to ninety-five since
July 1st. Another death has also been
reported.
Dr. Joseph G. Molner, deputy health
commissioner, has stated ,th.at the
dread disease is appearing in a "fairly
virulent" form there; the usual mortality rate being approximately five
out of 100, while the Detroit death rate
so far this year is close to ten out of
100 cases.
He said, however, that in about half
of the Detroit cases there has been np
paralysis and twelve patients have already been discharged from hospitals.
City health officials, who expect the
crisis there to reach its peak in early
September, have announced plans to
increase the staff of polio physical
therapists to nine, to be provided by
the Wayne County Chapter, National:
Foundation for Infantile  Paralysis.
Detroit doctors are reported to be
using the pot-pack treatment, a modification of the famous Sister. Kenny
treatment.
Although no new cases have been**
reported this year to Mrs. Doris Ware*
chairman of the Clare County Chapter*
of the Foundation, it is well for all to*"
have some knowledge of poliomyelitis'
and how it attacks its victims.
The symptoms vary from the most*
severe and even fatal to those so mild'1
that a diagnosis is difficult. The se~
vere form of the disease with Its typical paralysis is not likely to be .overlooked or mistaken for any other ill*
ness, although a few other paralysing;
diseases may be mistaken for infantile-
paralysis unless skilled medical and1
aboratory services are avaiable. In
the less severe forms there is more
chance for confusion. In the mildest
form of the infection a diagnosis cans
seldom, if ever, be made. Many who.
have been exposed become "carrie-S>"'
of the virus without developing any*
symptoms of illness.
Usually certain indefinite symptom-
may precede the paralysis.   The onset
is  sudden.    The  illness  at this first
stage   is   comparatively    mild.    Sore
throat, a head cold, nausea and sometimes vomiting, are the first symptoms.
There may be some slight fever. Since
these are the early-symptoms of most
infectious diseases aud minor illnes&esri
they are frequently ignored _y tiStet-iafr-
tient and his family.   Biaurea. is- com*-
mon but there  may occasionally be-
constipation.   Pain or _j_.t-*___~ ii. thei
upper abdominal region may o«<-ar.an_4
has been confused with acute aSP-2u£
eitis.   The appetite is lost. Frequently
a striking degree of fatigue and Ifst-
lessness is noted; yet the patient is
apt to be nervous and irritable^
Tremor or trembling of the hands
and other parts of the body and pain
and stiffness in the neck and back are
important and alarming symptoms.
Sometimes the patient cannot put hi&
chin on his chest or his head between
his knees. Profuse perspiration; aBfi?
flushing of the face may appear on* the'
least exertion, or even without exertion.
Any one or even all of-these: symp* "
toms may be absent, or they may alii
be present at one time * oi* another.
During epidemics  or  threatened  &oh
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FORMER RESIDENTj OF
CLARE DIES TUESDAY
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Sidney Chaffee Returned Here
For Interment at
' Cherry Grove
Sidney Chaffee, of Pontiac, formerly-
of Clare, passed aw,ay at the home of
his son, Frank, there Tuesday, August
13," following a week's illness. Burial
services were conducted here Thursday by Rev. Chas. B. Hahn, of the
Clare Methodist Church, with Inter-"
ment in Cherry Grove cemetery*-
■Sidney Ghaffee was a brother ofV
Perry Chaffee,;of Harrison, and a.Tes**
ident of Clare tcounty for many year_>
Funeral services were hfeld in Bohl*-
tiac Thursday morning. .
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