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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MO&NING, MARCH 7, 1947
New Series Vol. 55, No* 23
CLARE ROD-GUN
CLUB RE-ELECTS
OFFICERS JOES.
Active   Conservation
Control Program
Planned
and
Motion Picture
at Cl$re Baptist
Cfiufch Sunday
Sunday evening, March 9th, at 7:45
o'clock, you  will have  the privilege!
of seeing the sound film in natural
color entitled "The God of Creation." j
It is a sermon from science by Dr.
Irwin A. Moon. He is a fine Christian
yotfng scientist. You will see the
wonders of the universe in this sound
film production by Dr. Moon. Rev.
John McCarrol, of Jackson, will bring
a massage .along with the picture.
(This will be a picture and an evening you'll not forget for awhile. Don't
miss it. We invite you to. attend this
unusual service and tell your friends.
Don't forget the date, Sunday evening, March 9th, at 7:45.
Pastor E, E. Redman
ROCKETS DEFEAT
STUDENT COACHES
OF MT. PLEASANT
        > '
To Play Fabianos in Clare
Monday and Later in
Tournaments
■>" The annual meeting of the Clare
Rod and Gun Club was held at the
Hotel Doherty Tuesday evening, following the Chamber of Commerce
meeting, with an unusually good attendance.
President Omer Parent Called the
meeting to order^^Secretary-Treas-
urer Henry Kjin^fead an annual financial report that showed the club's
finances to be in good condition.
In reviewing the club's activities in
the past year, President Parent mentioned that many fish had been planted in the county, including one planting of 122,000, another of 10,000' legal
size, 1,000 larger fish, and others; the
acquiring and improving of Eberhart
Park at Gut Lake for public .fishing,
work at McKay Park, and pheasant
feHeDannounced that the ciub planned Proceeds  More Than Pay
to have a road built into Eight Point
Lake this year, for the convenience
MINSTREL SHOW    -
PRESENTED TO
RECORD CROWD
of the public, and to make other improvements there.
House Bill No. 158, a bill "to permit the taking of deer of either sex
in Gogebic, Roscommon, Montmorency
and Oscoda counties with the bow
during bow and arrow deer hunting
season." It was pointed out
these counties were over populated
with deer, creating the problem of
their starvation in winter, and that in
bow and arrow hunting from twenty
to thirty hunters kill one deer while
one hunter in three makes his kill
with a rifle. The bill was approved
by the club.
Balance Due On
Grand Piano
The annual minstrel show was presented last week by the music department of the Clare Public Schools under the direction of Supt. A, F. Bates
and Mary L. Tobey, opening with a
that school children's matinee in the Clare
school auditorium Tuesday afternoon
and showing here Tuesday evening,
in the Harrison High School auditorium Wednesday evening, and again at
the Clare school Thursday evening,
playing most successfully to the largest audience in its history.
"Captain" Tim Cotter ably filled the
The club was unanimously in favor j role of interlocutor, Joe "Eucalyptus"
of the reappointment by Governor
Kim Sigler of State Commissioner
Russell Bengel, of Jackson.
The Conservation Department was
represented by Assistant District Supervisor Wayne,, Tennant and Clare
County Conservation Officer Milt Mis-
ener and both were presented to, the
group. *
Past President Henry Doll spoke
briefly of the work and problems of
the club.
Art Damoth mentioned that .the
largest herd of deer in the country,
numbering thirty-five to forty, was
located east of Loomis and was in
need of winter feeding.
(Continued on Page Four)
ISABELLA COUNTY
CATTLE TOUR TO BE
HELD NEXT FRIDAY
Visitros To See. 400 Heju!
Feeding and Breeding
Cattle
of
Arrangements have now been completed for the first post-war cattle tour
to be held on Friday, March 14. Visitors may have the opportunity of seeing over 400 head of feeding and
breeding cattle in various degrees of
finish and being fed out in different
ways. Following is the schedule of
stops: „.
9:30 a. in. Max Davison, Mt. Pleasant, (1*4 mi. S., 1 mi. E., 2 mi. S.,
and 1 mi. E.) 24 Herefords. Av. wt.,
392 lbs. on Nov. 1. Also there will be
several 4-H Club 'animals brought together for inspection.
10:45 a, m. Engler Bros., Mt. Pleasant, (4% mi. W. of Isa. Sugar Beet Co.
and 1 mi. N.V 69 Herefords av. wt.,
660 and 641 lbs. last Oct. Already
showing a fine finish and good quality.
11:30 a. m. Ray Tjlmann, Rosebush,
(1 mi. S., and 5% mi. W. on Weidman
Rd.) 48 Herefords av. wt. 700 lbs. last
Oct. Purchased at St. Paul. Started
on grain feed Jan. 1.
11:45 a. in. Harry Hauck, Rosebush,
(1 mi. S. and i% W. on Weidman Rd.)
IS Herefords in two lots. Av. wt.
926, lbs and 723 lbsiast Nov. The two
lots now receiving 13% and 6% lbs, of
grain daily.,
12:30 p. m. Dinner at Rosebush
Methodist Church (Dinner ahd Program), Specialist E. L. Benton, of
M.S.C., "and prominent state persons
Will make addresses following the
ndon meal.
2:30 p. m. 'Floyd and Earl House,
Ro&ehuBh, (1 mi. N. and % mi. W. of
Rosebush) 60 Purebred Herefords all
ag.es, both feeding and breeding
groups. Purebreds include' 20 cows,
18 yearling heifers, 13 calves. Herd
of 17 Holstein cows also maintained.
One o" the state's leading Hereford
•herds.
3:15 p. m. Ervin Vogel,' Rosebush,
(lis mi. W. of Rosebush) 160 Herefords. Bought at S'mfani last Oet.
Av. wt., 400 lbs. Pastured to Dec. 10.
No grain and will sell as feeders next
fall.'
Johnston and Bob "Erysipelas" Hamp
ton were superb in their roles of understudies for Earl "Atom Bomb"
Ruby and Harley "Buzz Bomb" Holt,
Central Michigan's most famous end
men. Holt and Ruby managed, to
keep the audience^ in stitches regardless of the fact they •couldn't remember the script. .A. F. "Flannel Foot"
Bates, Ray "String Bean" Ruby,
Jack "Butter Bean" Hall and Walter
"Mush Mouth" Eroh completed the
front row of shining black-faces who-
brought forth hearty laughter with
their jokes and shenanigans.
Herb Smith, that delightful little
blond haired beauty, was serenaded by
Bob Krell until another man, • Bill
Barber, appeared with another piece
of chalk and a road map in the skit,
"Huggin' and Chalkin'." *
Herb Byers portrayed the Old Lamp
Lighter while Boh Samborn and Jean-
ette Feeney pitched woo on a park
bench, with a high school girls quartet carrying the musical theme.
Nancy Neff, Linda Jones and Janice
Borror represented the' school's younger set' in a tap dance portrayal of
"Shoe Shine Boy," with Bob Samborn
as narrator, to the delight of the aud^
ience. Jean Bowle'r and Judy Johnson, the other two "shoe shine boys,"
who had worked hard in practice and
rehearsals, unfortunately broke out
with chickenpox' just in time to spoil
the minstrel show for them.
The Pop Bottle Ensemble played
harmonious songs on pop bottles
filled- with varying amounts of water,
with each bottle lighting up as a note
was played.
Vocalists included Alma S'eiter and
Walter Eroh, who sang "Way Down
Upon the Swanee River"; A. F. Bates,
"Uncle Ned"; and Jack Hall, "Ireland
Must Be Heaven"; and Paul Bennett
entertained with a banjo solo.
Joanne   "Chocolate  Drop"   Richard
(Continued on Page Five)
The Rocktfts, Clare's independent
basketball team, remained in top form
this week, taking a- hard! fought game
from the student coaches of Mt. Pleasant, Monday evening. The score was'
63 to 57,
By far the best game of the season
from the spectators point, it was hard
played throughout, with the last half
especially thrill-packed and with the
scoring lead changing hands often.
The visiting cagers_led at half time
by the score of 29 to 31.
Crowds are turning out in larger
numbers for recent games and the
players are encouraged by the increase in interest of the game's fans.
Ernie Bryant, manager, announced
a scheduled game here next Monday
evening with the Fabiano team from
Mt. Pleasant, and he also said he
plans to enter the Rockets in a Mt.
Pleasant Invitational Tourney the
week of March 24, Plans are also being made for participation in an open
tournament at Midland later in the
season. ,
Ladies Bowling
League Tourney
Starts Sunday
J—. i      .£
The Ladies; Bowling ieague starts
their Tournament tfext Sunday, March
9th, with the team event, .
At 2:00* p. m, the fp|owing teams
bowl: Louise'^ Flower S|op and Clare
Auto Parts on alleys 1 and 2; and the
Doherty Hotel and-, Gr|ve Bros, on
alleys 3 and 4, J
At 4:00 p. m, the (flare Country
Club and Rexall Drugs ;,will bowl on
alleys 1 and 2; and #ie Houghton
Soda Bar ion alleys 3 an|L 4.
The double^ will be bowled-the following Sunday aftemodn, March 16,
and the singles .on March 23:
HARRISON WINS
IN TOURNAMENT
RURAL PROGRESS
CARAVAN COMING
-    TOJIARE TIE
Large Staff of Specialists to
Explain Exhibits
This Year
Style Show at   •
Hotel Doherty
Friday, Mar. 14
A style show sponsored by the Pearson Dress Shoppe will be presented at
the Doherty Hotel Friday, March 14th,
at 8:00 p. m., showing new spring
styles in coats, suits, dresses, formals,
play suits and "bathing suits,
Garments will be modeled by a
group of high school girls, including
Alma Setter, Darlene Mason, Mariiyu
Mitchell* Janet Sills7 Josephine Koch,'
Peggy Dunbar, Virginia Shaver, Wil-
ma Worstell, Maryam Rilett, Ethel
Jean Gerow, Betty Lu Severson, Barbara. SChug and Agnes Pierson,     ^
No charge will be made for admission and the public is cordially invited
to attend,
More than "just a display of ideas
for the farm and home, the 1947 Michigan State College Rural Progress
caravan will Speciaize in personal assistance pit ,the individual problems
of farmers and hbmemakevs.
Learning from last year's experience when the greatest criticism was
"not enough specialists," the 1947 caravan committee decided that the coming exposition- type show would include the presence of from 10 to 20
people. Although the caravan theme
stresses the farm home, specialists
will be available to'answer questions
on any other phase of agriculture and
home economics as well as to explain
exhibits.
Displays by the departments of
soils, farm crops, dairy, agricultural
engineering, entomology, botany, animal husbandry, horticulture, agricultural economics, farm management,
forestry, poultry, veterinary science
and home economics will all be supplemented by the words of a specialist. At the present time many departments in the extension service plan
to have a specialist with the caravan
every day to be available for short discussions and personal consultations.
With the addition of this "clinic" for
farmers and homemakers, 'jaw-action'
is expected- to take the lead in caravan
activities. Nevertheless, the clatter of
machinery and colorful displays on
new and timely farm and home practices that characterized last year's
performance will be back to provide
points qf interest for the entire farm
family.
The caravan, which is scheduled to
appear in 58 different cities in the
lower peninsula during January, February and March, will play to the
Clare county audience, at the Clare
County Highway Garage in Clare
March 11, from 10:00 a. m. to 3:30
P. m.
Advertisers!
Due to the scarcity of patfer and
labor conditions all- Sentinel display
advertising must be arranged for not
later than Monday of the - week of
publication. , 23t3
Rod and Gun Club
Organized at Lake
Last Friday Eve.
An organization meeting of the
Lake Rod and Gun Club was well' attended on Friday. February 28th, at
the town hall.    '%*
The By-Laws- of the newly formed
club were read, revised and approved.
Almost forty charter members were
signed up and new members are being listed daily.
Tempprary officers' were appointed
to serve until, a general meeting in
Augwst, when new officers will be.
elected, , v
IMPORTANT MEETING
The V.F.W.. Auxiliary will meet
Monday, March 10, at 7:30 p. m., in
the band room at school, ThiB is a
very important nieeting and attendance by all members,is .urged, Mrs.
Fall, from Saginaw, .will, be present
and the annual election of officers will
take place. '""""        "' '
Pioneers £,ose to Evart to
End Season With 10
Wins, 4 Losses
Clare Pioneers lost th| last game of
the season to a powerful, undefeated
Evart team by the score of 36 to 32. (
In the opening minutes of the ga^ie
neither team was able to score, After
the first four minutes it was anybody's game. There was seldom more'
than two points difference between
the teams throughout the game. The
game consisted of quick passing, good
ball handling and excellent shooting.
This was the Pioneers', fourth defeat
out of fourteen starts. I
Cappaert, who played a very good '
g.ar.e, was high man with 16 points.'
'Ilia 11.tie Picneers were snowed under by Evart's powerful second team
by the score of 51 to 30. J'oslin was
high man with 11 points.
The second team also won ten of
their fourteen games this season and
give promise of furnishing some good
material for next season's varsity
team.
Lose  In Tournament
The Clare Pioneers* '^chickens came
home to roost" in .the district tournament play at Mt. Pleasant Wednesday
evening, when a Green and. Wlrlte basketball team that was a little too confident, bowed to a hard fighting and
determined Harrison team in a 31-27
defeat.
The Pioneers had defeated Harrison
in "both games of the season, as Evart
had Clare last season and on one
other occasion, only to lose in the
the tournaments.
Wednesday night's contest game
was a good tight ball game, with Pioneers leading £M$ at the quarter and'
Harrison tying it up at 16 all at the
half. Harrison went to town in the
third, period, garnering 10 points to
the Pioneers 5, with the score 26-21
in the Hornets' favor at the end of
the third quarter.
In a last quarter attempt to pull the
game out of the fire, the Green and
White dunked the ball for 6 points,
tContinued on Page Five)
L. E. IMULLOCH
PASSES QUIETLY
AWAYJLAST WEEK
Veteran    Railroad   Agent
Laid at Rest Sunday at
Cherry Grove
L. E. McCulloch, a well known and
respected resident of this vicinity the
past fifty-Jive years, passed quietly
away at his home on East Sixth Street
at '4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon
of last week.
Mr, McCulloch has been in failing
health since September, 1940, and has
never fully recovered from an injury
suffered when he fell and broke his
leg near the hip^December 20 of that
year. However, his demise was
brought about by a heart ailment.
Leonard Evrard McCulloch was
born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, December 26, 1863, and passed away at
Clare, Michigan, February 27, 1947, at
the age of eighty-three years, two
months and one day.
He was a clerk for a time in a Lud-
ington drug store and later learned
telegraphy under the direction of
Frank Presley at the Ann Arbor depot at Farwell. Mr. Presley preceded
E. W. Brown, who became agent at
the Farwell depot in 1893.
After a year of railroad service for
the Northwestern and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, in Wisconsin,
Mr. McCulloch became the first agent i
for the Ann Arbor Railroad at Rose-1
bush and continued there,, for forty-
five years, in charge of the work of
the office, which included the handling of freight, express, Western Union service, and ticket sales.
Although many times offered larger
stations, he. chose to remain at Rosebush and drove back and forth from
(Continued on Page Four)
Singers Needed
Clare Community
Choral Society
Singers! Time is drawing near for
the special Easter program being arranged by the Clare Community Choral Society, Your assistance is needed and there is a special call for more
men to lend their voices in the chorus
numbers.
Practices are being held at 3:00
p. m.-each Sunday and with only three
mors practices, it is your duty to
attend each one. If you have not
made the start, do so next Sunday afternoon and help to make this performance one of the greatest ever to
he presented in the city. of. Clare..-
CITY MANAGER
GOV'T EXPLAINED
TDESDAY_EVENING
City Mgr. Willman Tell? oi
Advantages of Plan,
in Mt. Pleasant
Western Auto
Associates Open
Store in Clare
Western 'Auto Associates announce
the grand opening of their newly established store in Clare tomorrow,
Saturday, March 8, with a wide range
of electrical appliances, a complete
line of automobile accessories of all
kinds, bicycles1, bicycle parts and accessories, auto and bicycle batteries,
tires and tubes, household appliances
and equipment, a complete line of
carpenter and mechanics tools and
equipment, belts to fit most any type
of motor or refrigsratorj- sporting
clothes, fishing tackle, baseballs, basketballs, mitts, gloves and Clubs, guns
and ammunition, and many other
items. Motor oils and lubricants will
be offered and battery charging serv-*
ice maintained.
This home owned store, with a national source of supply, will handle
guaranteed merchandise at consistently low prices.
'» The store has been remodeled, completely redecorated and Will be lighted with modern fluorescent fixtures.
Merchandise will be well displayed
on modern tables, shelving and fixtures.       ':.-•'
Guy Autry, owner and, operator of
the Clare store, comes here from Detroit and. will make his home here in
Clare, and welcomes the people of
Clare and vicinity to come in and get
afcquainted.
Mr. Autry is interested in all civic
affairs- and' volunteers bis services to
the community in this respect Mr.
and Mrs. Autry are pleasant and. congenial people .and we are sure they
will be welcomed Into the cMc and
(social life of the community.
WAYNE PRICE   *
ADMITS THEFT
OF AUTOMOBILE
Alleged to Have Stolen Car
Here While Facing
Similar Charge
It seems that Wayne C. Price, 28,
who lives about six miles east of Harrison in Hamilton township, has an
urge for stealing'automobiles that is
incurable and he is in the toils of the
law again after being > sentenced by
Judge Hart on this charge a few years
ago.
Chief of Police C. A. Urquhart was
notified when a car driven by an employee of the Alma office of the Consumers Power Gompany was taken
from the rear Of the Consumers office
in Clare between 12:30 and 1:05
o'clock Thursday afternoon, February
20.
Chief Urquhart notified State Police
and the Sheriff's office of the apparent
theft and -that evening State Police
of the Houghton Lake Post notified
Chief Urquhart that the cfar had been
located three miles northeast of Harrison and the driver recognized.
Sheriff S'eayer Amble and Deputy
Bruce welnt' to Price's home and arrested him and later the car was recovered from a snow hank about two
miles north of Price's home on a
county road by Clare county officers
With the assistance of the Gladwin
.county sheriff's department.
Mr. Pleasant State Police notified
Chief Urquhart and he and Deputy
Wm. Wentworth brought Price to
Clare- for arraignment before Justice
of the Peace Sam Wilkinson and Prosecuting Attorney Harold B. Hughes
on February 21st. Price waived examination and was bound over to circuit
court under $500 bond, which was not
furnished, and he was taken to the
city jail to await Sheriff Amble who
later took him to the county jail to
await trial at the May term of court.
At the time he was out on $1,000
borid! awaiting trial for a similar offense in Gladwin county and Tuesday
morning Sheriff Amble took him
there, where he appeared in circuit
court before Judge John C. Shaffer
for arraignment on the former arrest.
He pleaded guilty on the information
ahd was remanded to the Gladwin
county jail'to await sentence.
Norman Hutchinson
, To Fill Pulpit of    ,.
Colonville Church
Many were disappointed last Sunday when the evening services could
not be held on account' of weather and
road conditions. The. services wiil be
this Sunday night, March 9, at 8:00.
All are welcome to attend. Our pas-*
tor is still on thte gain ana Is expected
to be back honie soon.   *
'y'ifglJ Newman, Ruling Elder
COUNCIL EXPLAINS
ENGINEERING COST
OF flTYPROGRAM
Sewage   Treatment   Plant
Planning To Be
Completed
Expenses of the city, charged to the'
office of John Goggin, City Engineer, |
came under scrutiny of the council at:
Monday flight's regular meeting as
George Lehr read, a detailed state-,
ment showing what the engineering i
fees have been on each of several city j
jobs. »'     |
The   Aldermen,    who    have   been |
aware of criticism of their city utili- j
ties  improvement  program,  met the j
charge   of  overspending  by   pointing;
out the anticipated recovery of nearly $2800.00, paid to Mr. Goggin as fees
for surveying and engineering in the
Strange residential  addition- and  the
Eastwood Hills subdivision.
This amount, concilmen said, is the
percentage of surveying costs expected to be paid ■ directly by property
owners affected, and 'is not expense
borne by all city taxpayers,
Mr. Goggin's bills for all work other
than the Strange addition and Eastwood Hills surveys, are reasonable for
the top-quality service . rendered,
Councilman Lehr maintained.    '
Followlug is Mr. Lehr's report of
the engineering fees paid for each of
the improvements undertaken in six
months since the present city engineer was engaged hy the council:
Maple street curb and gutter—75.00
State street curb and gutter—354.00
Beech street curb and gutter—50.00
McEwan   street  sidewalk—30.00
Fourth street water survey—60.00
US-10 water site—110.00 -
First street grade—45.00
McEwan street drain—165.00
General city work—140.00
Eastwood  Hills   and  Strange   sub:
^divisions:
Sewer survey—1250.50
Water survey—1340.00
Grading survey—445.00
Sewer and water specifications—164.00
City Evaluations—245.00
City Plat—1380.00
U.S.G.S.  Levels—110.00
The council also approved a motion
requesting the city attorney for an
opinion on a possible violation of
Michigan Public Abt 240 in their council actions at the September 3 meeting. The question was raised by former Mayor John W. Dunlop in an open
letter to Alderman George Lehr, written February 25, and asking clarlfica.-
tion of council action regarding new-
public works and residential planning
as controlled by the state law.
In another matter, the council acted by resolution, to obtain information
On costs of proposed city employees
retirement pension plan.
Sewage  Disposal  Plant
- The city council ordered completion
at once, of plans for Clare's sewage
treatment    plant in a decision    this
(Continued on Page Four)
Kroger Company
to Sponsor All
Employee Party
All employees of the Kroger Company, working in Western Michigan,
including the employees of our local
store, are invited to a party to be held
in Grand Rapids, in-the Civic-Auditorium? Saturday Evening, March 15th.
A large crowd is expected to be on
hantt to' ehjby^the:music of a popular
dance band. Phil Oslerhbuse has
been engaged to act as Master of
Ceremonfes;»and willarrange the floor
show. A buffet lunch will be served
after 10:00 o'clock.
This is the first all-employee party
arranged by the company since driving restrictions were imposed in 1941.
Before this time, such gatherings were
greatly enjoyed by Kroger employees
in Western Miahigah, and it is hoped
the weather man will- cooperate on
this occasion to permit a large attendance from outlying towns.
Attendance and interest were very-
gratifying Tuesday evening when'
members and guests of the "Clare
Chamber' of Commerce gathered at
the Hotel Doherty for the 'organization's March dinner meeting..
. Jay Hendrie led the group in sing-.
itfg a verse bf America preceding the-
serving of the fine chicken dinner and
led in the singing of popular^ songs-
following the repast.
President Art Damoth called the-
meeting to order and introduced a.
delegation of Grayling city officials
who had come to offer their cooperation in , planning for city manage*"
form of government in Clare. Included in the group were Mayor George-
Burke, Councilman Earl Burns, City
Manager Geo. Granger and City Attorney Chas. Moore, who is also District
Governor of Kiwanis.
Mr. Granger said that they had had
city manger form of government there
the past twelve years, which has proven a smoothly functioning form of
city government, that they wonia like
to see Clare have that form of government and that Grayling was willing
to help all they could when we are
ready to revise our city charter if the-
occasion arise's.
Clare city officials presented were-
Mayor Herbert Randall, * Aldermen
Harold Fleming and George Lehr and
former Mayor John W. DunlQp.
Mr. Damoth also presented past
presidents of the Clare Chamber of
Commerce George White. Omer Parent, Murl Houghton, Stuart Bicknell*
Donald E. Holbrook, Harold Fleming*
Ed. Johnston, and Chet Richard.
Lieut. Col. Wm. K. Willman, City
Manager of Mt. Pleasant, a veteran oi
World Wars I and II, was Introduce*
as speaker of the evening and said
that he felt it a privilege to accept an
invitation to talk on city manager-
form of government, a business h«
had'.-been in-since'1924w*-   -
He remarked that tlfis form of go**
ernment was not a cure-all for every'
thing but that it compared with a- i>ns*
iness board of directors and manager-
with policies laid down for*lhe manager and that very few cities have
given up this form after adopting it.
The affairs of nineteen Michigan
cities under 5,000, "twelve of them
under 3,000, are now administered, ill
this way and the mechanics of adoption are comparatively simple and can
b'e had from the city attorney.. Democracy is conserved by electing A
small board of commissioners at a.
non-partisan election.
The Mayor, City Attorney, City
Clerk, City Treasurer and Gitv Assessor are elected and the City Commission appoints the City Manager, wh»
becomes-a member of the commissiim
but does not vote, and can at .anytime be removed by the commission If
his services are unsatisfactory.
The duties of the city manager include :   *
Enforcing laws and ordinances.
Appointing employees and department heads.
Recommendations to counciL
(Continued on Page Three*
ROBERT H. JACKSON
PASSES AWAY NEAR
HERE LAST FRIDAY
Vernon Township Resident Laid
at Rest in Cherry Grove.
Monday
Robert H. Jackson, a resident oi
this community the past fifteen yaar«it
passed away* at his home south. oS
Clare Friday of last week, following A
period of ill health.
Robert Henry Jackson, the son oi
Samuel and Mary Jackson, was bora
at West Luther, Ontario, Canada,
March 26, 1874, and passed away fa
Vernon township, Isabella county;
Michigan, February 28, 1947,"at the
age of seventy-two years, eleven
months and two days.
He was united in marriage to Alice
Manerv'a Allison, January 2, 130S, in
Canada.
He was a loving husband and talker and will be missed, by all who knew
him.
". He leaves to mourn their loss, the
bereaved wife, Alice; eight daughter*,
Mrs. Bertha Wooley and Mrs. Myrtle
Beals, of Canada, Mrs. Eva Cey, of
Williamston, Mrs. Mildred Cooper, of
Vestaburg, Mrs. Marjorie Schoonchrer
of Bay Cityv Mrs. Ethel Kant, of
Lansing, and Mrs. Vera Green, o*d
Mrs. Thejma Marshall, of blare; tm<&
sons, Lexford, of Detroit aad *«*^
at home; one sister, Mrs., Peter Smart-
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