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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1947
New Series Vol. 55, No. 19
FARMERS SHOW
INTEREST IN SOIL
MEETINGS HERE
To Establish Conservation
Distric Organizing
Com mittee
Farmers, attending the soil conservation   meetings   last   week   reacted!
favorably to the prospects of having 1
an organization of this kind for Clare
county.   Five of ..the seven scheduled |
meetings were held before the storm •
struck its blow.   At four of the meetings  the   attendance   was   good   and
there was evidence of a lively interest in the program.   Two films showing  how   Soil  Conservation  Districts
carry on their work were shown and'
Leonard Braamse, of Michigan State;
College  Soils  Department, discussed
activities carried on by Michigan Soil
Conservation Districts.   Mr. Braamse j
pointed out that Michigan conditions
-made terracing   and    contouring   of
fields impractical on 95% of the farms
ia organized districts.   However there
are many other conservation and soil
improvement practices which are applicable to Michigau farms which the
directors and  members have agreed
tipon and are effective in achieving
the same purpose.
A Soil Conservation District is
merely a group of farmers who have
decided that they have soiL fertility
problems and wish to take corrective
,steps as a group. Most soil saving
and soil building practices are not
new so far as the mere information
is concerned. However it is admitted
that as "rugged individualists" too
many farmers fail to practice many
ideas they know they should. Wheu a
group makes plans and provide themselves with a director skilled in conservation practices, ideas emerge
from the theory to physical stage, and
we get around to doing the things
which we know shoulld be done.
. In order to obtain federal and state
aid in the matter ef providing skilled
technicians for Soil Conservation Districts, the bill creating the service
states that communities wishing to
benefit from this act must form a de
finite organization' with a board b£
directors*,'much the same as we would
organize a cow tes|ting„?association>
threshing cooperative, olf any other
cooperative group, Most of the "re*
cent districts have been organized on
the county basis. This permits any
and all farmers in a county to join
who may wish to after a district has
been established.
The next step in Clare county is to
establish an organizing committee
who will obtain signatures ott the
petition. Any bouafide farm operator,
-whether tenant or owner-operator, is
eligible to sign a petition and eligible
to membership in the organization.
Farm Economics
To Be Discussed
Here Next Week
Farmers like everyone else in business are keeping an eye on symp-'
toins of things to come economically.
Economic experts say these are times
to look carefhlly before^ jumping or
even stepping. Should farmers "trim
their ship" to be safe? These and
many other questions are difficult for
even the prophets to handle.
Don Stark, of the Agricultural Economics Extension Staff of Michigan
State College, will discuss some of the
economic problems farmers are concerned about at two meetings next
Thursday; February 13th, at Harrison
and Clare.. The Harrison meeting
will be at 2:00 p. m. in the Court
House and the Clare meeting is at
S:00 p. m. in the Agriculture room at
the High School.
Mr, Stark has had wide experience
in the livestock marketing field and
his discussion is of special interest
to farmers in this area who are heavily engaged in the livestock and dairy
enterprises.
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BILL" MORGAN
EXECUTIVE VALLEY
TRAILS COUNCIL
Former Council'Official to
Assume Duties On
March 1st
Unique Program
For Father-Son
Banquet Thurs.
• Somewhat of a departure from the
usual program features of Father and
Son banquets is planned for the February 13 event at the Congregational
Church, Mrs.* Harold Fleming, Guild
president, announced an ynusual magician act by Bernon Young, who will
be- the headline entertainer for the
men. and boys at their big fellowship
night.
This clever conjurer besides performing the usual rabit-out-of-a-hat,
and card trick stuff, promises extra
entertaining witchery, and baffling
stunts of "the hand is faster than the
eye" nature.
The menu for the dinner is to be
the same delicious style .'of cookery
that has made these banquets- popular
iu previous years. Ham is the meat
dish of the main course. The serving
is to be by the Ladies' Guild of the
Congregational Church.
Tickets which are being limited to
the number which can be comfortably
seated in the parlors at the church,
are ready now in the hands of the committee for sale3, Harold Fleming, Ed.
Johnston, Jay Hendrie and Ken Hendrie.
LOCAL BOWLERS
TAKE TO ROAD
OVERJfEEK END
Women's League To Begin
Bowling at 6:45 Tuesday Evening
The Hotel Doherty team of the
Clare Women's Bowling League, who
defeated a women's team from Houghton Lake here January 10, 2091 to 1744
with three Clare bowlers tallying high
score of the match, Donna Bailey 200,
Elsie Meyer 197 and Margaret Wehrly
193, wenjt to Prudenville for a return
match of a three game series last
Sunday. "..
The Houghton Lake-t&im defeated
tlie local team Sunday 213C to 1943,
with the Houghton Lake team allegedly using only one bowler who came
to Clare ,and filling all other positions
wJtS "^'substitutes" picked from the
best bowlers around the lake; and incidentally at least one of their regulars not bo\yling Sunday was at the
alleys. High score of the day was
bowled by Elsie Meyer with a 176,
followed, by two Houghton bowlers,
Donna 165 and Connie 163.
With the winner to be decided on
total pins, the locals still lead by 154'j
and will be pleased to finish the match
here as planned, if Houghton Lake
will be content to bring their original
tejim.
.Women to Bowl Earlier
A, meeting of the Board of Directors of the Clare Women's Bowling
Association was held at the Hotel
Doherty Wednesday noon, with President Mrs. Josephine Anderson presiding, for the purpose of changing
bowling hours.
It was decided that, the women's
first shift would bowl -at 6:45 so that
the second shift could commence bowling promptly at 9:00 o'clock, effective
Tuesday, February 11, and every effort
is. being, made to have pin^boys cooperate with the bowlers and the bowlers with the management
A general discussion of league bowling took place, with .many feasible
ideas brought out for future consideration. '    .
American Legion Tdurnament
Mr. and Mrs, Omer Parent, Mr, and
Mrs. Martin Loomis, Mr. and Mrs.
George Wisler, Mr. and Mrs .Don Meyer and Arthur Mussell attended the
American Legion State Bowling tourn.*
>ament at Flint Sunday, with lotfal
bowlers participating in the five man
team event and doubles and singles.
Jus't how well the locals connected
with the maples in this tournament,
which continues from February 1st to
March 1st,, remains a mystery, because
we were informed by a usually reliable source that Omer Parent would
giv,e us the score and Omer informed
us that he wasn't telling anyone what
the score was.
William C. "Bill" Morgan of he U.S.
Grant Council, Boy Scouts of America,
Freeport, Illinois, has been selected as
the Scout Executive of the Valley
Trails Council.
He was selected for the local Exec-
utiveship at a meeting of the Boy
SoOUt Council Executive Board held
in Alma Wednesday evening, January
15.
Morgan has been* a professional
Scouter since 1925 when he became
the Assistant Executive of Valley
Trails Council. From 1929' to 1942?he
was Executive of a Council with headquarters at Ssffllt Ste, Marie, Michigan.
Since 1942, Morgan has been Executive of the U. S. Grant Council, Free-
port, Illinois. Previous t,"0 entering Professional Scouting, he was an Eagle
Scout, Assistant Scoutmaster, Scout
master, and Sea Scout Skipper. He
attended Saginaw High- School and
graduated from Ferris Institute. His
professional training was gained at the
Twelfth National Training School for
Scout Executives.
Mr. Morgan has broadened his community service by identifying himself
with worthwhile community organizations. He is presently a member of
the Freeport, Illinois, Chamber of
Commerce and Rotary Club. He is
serving the Rotary Club as its current
president.
Mr, Morgan will begin hia new position on March 1 when he takes over
the assignment vacated through the
resignation of C. W. Handel last November to become effective December
31, 1946. C. A. Klapp, Valley Trails
Council Assistant Executive, has been
Acting Executive since Mr. Handel's
resignalioh.
Grange School
of Instruction at
Mt. Vernon Hall
A school of instruction will be held
for masters, overseers, lecturers and
secretaries for all of Clare county and
Mt. Vernon Grange in. Isabella' county,
at the Mt, Vernon- Grange ha31> Thursday, February 13,. starting atf :30 a. m.
This will be a qlojsed meeting as the
unwritten work will be studied. All
fourth degree members are invited.
Pot luck lunch at noph. District Deputy Arthur Sei^ of ^Cadillac, will assist at this meeting.
Jehhinga Archambault,
Coutity Deputy
BOY SCOUT WEEK
TO BE OBSERVED
FEBRUARY J -13
37th   Anniversary ;*of   the
Organisation ToJBe
CeleWkted
OLIVE G. HALLETT
PASSES AWAY AT
HARRISON JAN. 28
Respected Resident of Glare
County Succumbs to
Heart Attack
PIONEERS LOSE TO
REEJ) CITY COYOTES
- "THER& FRIDAY NIGHT
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Little Pioneers Extend Winning
Streak lo Seven Straight
Games
To Certify Vets
Here to Purchase
Surplus Property
M. C. Theobold, of the War Assets
Administration, will be at the office
of Miss Mary Nichols in the Selective
Service Office, Doherty Building, in
Clare, Thursday morning, February
13, from 9:00 until 12:00 for <;he purpose of certifying Veterans for the
purchase of Government Surplus Property. ..
Veterans are a'sked to bring a cer:
tied or photostat -copy of their £is*
charge with them.
The Clare High School Pioneers lost
their third game out of ten last Friday at Reed City, 27-24. The Reeds
out-fought the Green and White all
through* the game; with the locals
making none too good an appearance,
and their passing and shooting was decidedly off.
The Pioneers connected with only
two out of ten foul shots, while the
Coyotes made eleven, out of seventeen, a weakness that has been costly
for the locals this < season. At one
time in the fourth period the-Pionee^s
trailed by eight points and took the
help of a few last minute %buckets to
make the score as close as it was..
Campbell led the scoring with eight
points to his credit.
The Little Pioneers ran theirstring
ot victories to seven straight, decidedly defeating the Reeds' second
string, 28-15, and tieingit up. with the
varsity at *seveji wine ia ten games..
Joslin scored ten points, Wallace seven and Worstell six; the second team
lads making a strong bid for first line
booths on next year's varsity team.
The Pioneer Varsity, who have not
lost a game on the home floor thus far
this season, will complete their schedule at home, playing Coleman here tonight, Shepherd next Tuesday, Gladwin February 21, and Evart the following Friday; and the Little Pioneers will play.the same schedule.
Attendance at home games has been
.very good this season and it is hoped
that local fans will be on hand for
these closing games at the local school
gymnasium.
Boy Scouting is a rugged, put*of-
doors program, full ot adventure that
boys like, says. Dr. George J. Fisher,
National Scout; Commissioner of the
Boy Scouts ot, America, in a statement for Boy Scant Week, February
7th to 13th, marking the 37th anniversary of the organization.
Dr. Fisher, a member of the original National Council of the organization in 1910, became Deputy Chief
Scout Executive in 1919, '■■ a -post he
held until 1943: when he was designated as National Scout Commissioner.   His statement follows:
"The Boy Scout Movement is boy
centered'. The entire movement is
focused on the boy's interests and
needs.
"While there are a half million
men in the American Movement in the
United States, they are boy minded,
boy motivated. They are specially
trained to'serye the boy, to work with
the boy, to carry the program to the
boy. More than 99 per cent of these
are volunteers. Thgy are -associated
in" the program of Sc'sutjng because,
they want to bey^nd because they are'
in sympathy with the high aims of
Scouting. Voluntarism is an American principle. It is a cardinal principle in Scouting.
"^nd what is the program oi Scouting? Weft in outline it is clearly set
forth in the Scout Handbooks where
all can retfd it and whoever* wishes
may use it, It is a< program that boys
like. It is a rugged oufcpf-doors .pro-
grain, full of adventure. It develops
individualism as well as group action.
"While there are some standard requirements in the program they have
to do largely with basic things related
to health, to training in. out-of-doors.
There is no regimentation, Boys get
their Scouting in-a small group Which
may be sponsored by a school, or A
church, or :by a club, or by the citizens in a community. More than 10.0
different types;?,of agencies sponsor
more tban_64,O0(£ Scout groups invthe
nation.. Scours.jire A' cross sectiqftrof
the boys of America, The/ belong to
no mpe gromi^?lf-;t W*^T>'-;.
"AvjMipipl^'df *S|putihg" is ,nOt not
muettSe'Sfehm-gs.fdr Joys, as*-t6 aid
them ^IPjng, things3, for tbeq^elves
and fbrothers.'' Scouting.is^ii-'ibby's
program."
"Inasmuch as. ye have done it unto
one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto me." Using these
words for his text, Rev. Harold Watson officiated at the funeral services
at the Congregational Church, Saturn-
day, for Olive G. Hallett, more intimately known as "Ollie," who departed' this life suddenly Tuesday evening
of last week, January 28, death being
caused by a heart attSack.
She was born August 3, 1880, at
Brown City, Lapeer county, Michigan,
and moved with her parents to Harrison when a small child, making her
residence here ever since.
She appeared to be in good health
and called at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Howard Stimpson, early in
the evening, a practice which was a
part of fber life. Returning to her
home to relax for the evening before
retiring, she* became-"Suddenly iU and
summoned the daughter, who in turn
called her husband, and realizing her
illness was severe, immediately called
the doctor who arrived shortly, but
before relief could be given she answered the call of the Great Maker
and went to rest with her Maker.
The text chosen by Rev. Watson
was fitting and appropriate to this beloved, respected and cherished citizen
of Harrison, In his remarks Rev.
Watson referred to her as a great
teacher and relationship with her revealed fields which books have left unexplored' Despite the fact that she
was busy every hour of the day, she
never was too busy, whether on the
street, in the home, at the church, at
her chapter, or in any place of business to have time for a friendly word
and with it her usual smile.
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Organization of
Chor§l Society
In Community
Invitations were extended'-this week
to singers and church choir members
from Clare and surrounding communities, to become members of a new
community choral society which will
perform a program of Easter season
music on Palm Sunday afternoon,
March 30th.
With their first rehearsal scheduled
for Sunday at 3; 00 p, m. at the High
School, all those who sing, or who
wish to become members are invited
again to attend. Parts will be assigned and work will begin at this
practice. Special attention is to be
given to young singers of high school
age and up, and to the location of
fresh talent,
Leaders of this choral society are
planning more than one musical program, and will continue after Easter
work on other music for later presentation.    ?
CLARE COUNTY
PLOWS ITSELF OUT
OF SNOW DRIFTS
"Old Boreas Blew Himself
On the Lord's Day"
in 1898
Rev. A. N. Fields
to Speak in Clare
and Lake George
'Sunday, February 9th, Rev. Fields
will be at the First Baptist Church at
Clare, both morning and'evening,- for
the special messages. Morning service
at 10:30 a. m., evening service at 7:45
p. m.
Rev. Fields was a pastor for years
and is now out in evangelistic work.
j    He will speak in the afternoon <at
(Lake George Baptist Church at 3:00
p. m.
Bring your friends and come lo enjoy these special messages. All are
welcome.
E, E, Redman, Pastor
Army Recruiting
Service in Area
Announces Change
Cpl, Arlaml Howe of the Army Recruiting Station, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.,
announced today that the counties of
Clare and Gladwin have been added
to his. .territory. By receiving these
counties, his daily schedule will be
changed to the following: Mondays
from'8:00 a. m.. to 5:00-p. m. ,Mt.
Pleasant Post Office; Tuesdays from
9:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. Clare Draft
Board Office; Wednesdays from 9:30
a.m. to l:30»p.*m., Alma Post Office;
Thursdays from 10:00 a. m. to 2:00
p, m., Gladwin Post Office; Fridays
from Si00 a. m. to 12:00 noon, Mt.
Pleasant Post Office;' Saturdays from
8:00 a", m. to 6:00 p; m?„ Mt. Pleasant
Post Office. Anyone wishing to have
Cpl. Howe contact him may call
35-431, 'Mt. Pleasant.'' •
Church *>f God
Postpones Talent
Night Program
Despite the heavy snows the attendance on Sunday -at the Church of God
was fair, but the pastor announced
in the morning service that the
special "Talent Night" would be postponed until the following Sunday evening, February 9th.
An out-of-town guest, Mr. Hall, will
bring selections on his violin and the
previously planned program will be
given, weather conditions permitting.
Mrs. Dan McDonald
New Red Cross Home
Service Chairman
Mrs. Dan McDonald of Clare is the
new Home Service Chairman/ of the
Clare County Chapter-of the American
Red Cross. This work was carried on
for several years by. the late Mrs.. G.
E. Lamb, of Farwfell. '.
Mrs. McDonald did considerable
visiting nurse work, also home service for Wayne County chapter in Detroit, so is well qualified for thi?
work in: Clare county. She can be
reached at telephone 392.
Th& St. John's Lutheran Ladies. AM
raGete in the ■church parlors on Wdd-
nesday, February 12, jjit 2:00 p. m..-
FORMER RESIDENT OF
CLARE LA1D4T RE&T
IN GRAND RAPIDS
Mrs. Ross Vincent Passes Away
in Jackson Thursday
of'Last Week
air. and Mrs. Julius Schaeffer returned home from.Grand Rapids Tuesday, where they had attended the
funeral on Monday of his cousin, Mrs.
Ross Vincent,.of Ada, formerly Bernice McKinley, of Clare, who passed
away Thursday of last week in Jackson. Interment was made in Forest
Lawn Cemetery in Grand Rapids.
She leaves to mourn their Joss, the
bereaved husband; three sisters, Mrs.
Katherine Kirland, of Detroit, Mrs.
Lillian Stoddard, of New York City,
and Mrs. Violet Duncan, of Los Angeles, California, other relatives and
many friends.
■   Mrs. Vincent was a member of the
McKinley;, family who .were among the
fpioneerg; bf Clare and made her home
here-foi-many:tyears-. ■■■.-■.,
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tnet.uampany
Moves Offices to
New Building
The Moline Construction Company
moVed its offices from the Jackson
Block on McEwan Street, this week,
to its hew building at the corner of
west Fourth and Maple Streets, where
the Company's shop and warehouse
are how located.
The Seiter Electric Co. and Ackerman Plumbing and Heating Co., also
contracting firms, will occupy the new
building, creating a. new building contracting center in the city. The street
address is 403 Maple St., and each
firm is retaining its former telephone
utimber.
These* firms, which have been engaged in building contracting here for
the past several years, are at present
working oh, (he new? factory building
for the Clare Manufacturing Co. and
the addition to the Thayer Dairy plant
as well as other jobs.
'A grand opening is planned as soon
as fhe firths are well l'ocated >in- the
hew building and minor details can be
completed. ' -.   .
CLARE COUNTY
GETS $6,919 FROM
HIGHWAY FUNDS
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Weight and  Gas Tax Returns  For Road  and
Street Improvement
Vouchers to return to the counties
and cities of the state the $580,301.86
collected in motor vehicle weight taxes
during the fourth quarter of 1946 have
been prepared by the State Highway
Department. All weight tax money is
returned to tlie local units for expenditure on local roads and streets under
Act 302, Section 34, Public Acts of
1915.
This makes ;a total of $23,796,630.20
collected iii weight tales' during the
calendar year 1946 aiid returned to
the counties and cities. Highway Commissioner Charles M. Ziegler said this
is an increase of $2,377,987.7$ over the
amount collected in the year 1945.
Goiflmissioner-Ziegler also said ihe
Highway Department is preparing
vouchers for the payment of $1,275,000
in second half of 1946 gas tax money
to the counties and cities, also for use
on local roads and streets, as provided for in Act 8 of the special session
of 1934. Annually, $6,750,000 of gas
tax collections are turned over to the
counties and cities for local road and
street use. After deduction of collection costs and refunds to non-highway
users, the rest of the gas tax money Is
turned, over to the State Highway; Department for its operations and highway maintenance and- construction.
Following are the amounts nearby
counties will receive in second half
of 1946 gas tax returns:
Clare—$5,364.24
Gladwin)—$5,429.16
Isabella—$8,947.52     ' .*
Mecosta—$7,065.63
Midland—$8,503.03 •
Missaukee—$4,990,18
Osc'eola-^$6,881.55      '■ ■■-■■•"
Roscommon—$5,092.5$
Following are the amounts nearby
counties will receive • in the fourth
quarter of 1946 weight  tax returns:
.Clare—$1,555.00 •
Gladwin—$1,620,40 --'- ••     : ■
'  Isabella—$3,311.80- '
MecOsta,—$2,141.48
• Midland—$3,'T05.06 '   -     " ■  "-   '••■■•
;   Missaukee—$1,383.80
Osceola—t$1,945.49 •     ■
Roscommon,-—$1,479.85
V. F. W. NOTICE
"Ehe V.F.W. banquet and dance
planned at-,the Hotel Doherty next
Monday evening, February 10, hjis
been pdfclpohed indefinitely; but the
V.F.W. will meet at the city hail at
7:$0 next-. Mortda# evening and all
members are, forged to be present.
For .quick results at small cost !use
The Sfen'tinel Classified Columns.
As usual, when such events as se*.
vere  blizzards  occur, there is* some-'
conjecture as to the date of- "the-, last.-
big  storm," so   we  delved into; the-
Sentinel "files and came up with the •
information that it was on Tuesday'
afternoon, February. 4, 1936, that the
last blizzard of proportions  compare
able to last week's broke loose in this  •
vicinity.
We found too that we had somethings to be thankful for this time;
for in 1936 the state and county snow
removal crews had hardly opened the
roads following a heavy snow storm,
occurring three weeks previously ■.-
when the blizzard struck, and temperatures dove to from ten to fifteen 'below zero, causing a great deal of
hardship among highway crewmen,
and those who were snowed in.
In 1936 coal'supplies were not too
plentiful and deliveries were limited
to a half ton, with the school closing
a week to relieve the shortage.
But last week Thursday was the
first time since the establishment of
a bus station in Clare that no bus
service was available all day.
And last Thursday was the first
time in the recollection of the writer'
that no traffic was seen on West
Fourth Street until about 5:00-o'clock
in the afternoon, when Harve Erter
plowed a one way traffic path down
the street with the city tractor equipped with a V plow.
The Kroger store's advertisement
was set in the Sentinel office for the
first time without a "mat" because
the usual "mat" was snowbound
somewhere in the mail and didn't
reach Clare until Friday morning af-
,ter the Sentinel was in the mail.
Snow, shoes were put into ordinary
use by men and boys as a means of
travel for the first time since 193.6.
Just when things started to brighten
up a.little and, we-'thought the storm";
was bv'erf it started' to" sleet and then
it turned to show again, but the snow
fall was light an'd didn't hamper the
digging  out program to speak of,
Friday morning both the Thursd?y
and Friday Kroger trucks reached
Clare and, "Yes, we all had bananas.'
About this time the "Old Home"
truck from Mt. Pleasant made its ap-'
pearance and between it and the Kroger trucks and the efforts of local bak-.
ers, Thursday's bread famine came to
an end.
Many a local citizen and visitor to
the city who had left their cars qu£
Wednesday night were busy digging
them out Friday morning, biit a#
soon as McEwan street could be
plowed out wide enough, the usual
line of parked cars was sharing ay&l.l4
able roadway with moving traffic 'ahd:
by afternoon traffic somewhat. resembled ' normal.
As has often times been proven,
"necessity is the mother Of- invention,"
and we saw one farmer drawing a
large manure spreader behind a tractor with the spreader filled with voAlk
cans.
Al. Barnhart got out his skis t<>
check the gas wells in the field; for
the .Michigan Consolidated Gas. Coa
;tt 'required* four and a. half houps
.for County Road  Commission crews
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Young People's
Rally at Spencer
Church Sunday
A rally of the young people of the
Churches of God of the Michigan Eldership will . meet at fjhe Spencer
church, located fifteen miles west and
3A mile south- of Ithaca, Michigan,
Sunday, February 9th, at 2:30 p.. m.
All are invited to attend. Please
cooperate and help to make this meeting one of our best rallies. The pastor, Rev, Fred Snyder, well known
here, will give all a. hearty welcomes-
Rev. Eugene * K. Eakin, of Findlay
College, will be the speaker of the
day.
Norman Hutchinson, President.
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS
Having sold our gas and grocery
business to Marvin Keller, we wish to
thank our customers for the generous
patronage given us in the past.   -
Mr. Keller plans to remodel the
store and add meats to the grocery
line. -     ■
Joe'and Marie Cunningham
DESOTO; PLYMOUTH -WBXYS
Bob's Sales and Service, Clare. 27tf
Anderson Drug
Store Improving
Business
Many improvements have been
made in the Anderson Drug Store, recently with work still in progress. A
large number of the stock drawers
have been removed to allow- shelf
space for convenience and the better
display of merchandise, the soda fountain booths moved to the south wall
to permit island displays in the center
of the store, and equipment generally
rearranged for convenience oi" patrons
and employees and to provide more
floor space, and the lighting improved
by the installation of large fluorescent
fixtures. * .    -
During the past week the ceilings
have been redecorated in white and
the walls and prescription room partition, in powder blue, adding greatly
to.the appearance of'the store.-
The interior of, the front display
windows has been removed and they
are being arranged as Clear-view windows for the better display, of merchandise and a better view of the
store from the street.
We congratulate this popular local
store on this' improvement program, a.
principle that has helped in making
Clare tbe modern, littles city it is, and
we nnderstand that further improve*
mens are anticipated when building
materials are more .plentiful.