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CLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1947
New 3erie8 Vol. 55, No, 23
REPUBLICAN CITY
CONVENTION AND
CAUCUSES HELD
Randall Nominated Mayor;
Three Changes in
City Council
With unusual interest shown in the
procedure of our city council of late,
-many voters turned out for the Republican City Convention and Ward Caucuses Tuesday evening, to exercise
their franchise of voting lor their,
choice of candidates or wield the axe,
as the case might he..
Herbert Randall, who was appointed, Mayor last summer when John W.
Dunlop resigned because of the State
Board of Liquor Control regulation
prohibiting • dealers in intoxicating
liquors serving in certain public offices, was nominated Mayor with a
plurality of thirty-two votes and balloting in general was close.
The City Convention wasjalted to
order by Ed Johnston, who was subsequently elected chairman, and Geo.
W.hite secretary. Tellers were O. D.
Bayes, Paul Manee, Andy Irving, Jack
Little, Leo Brown and Theo Walling-
t&H.
The results of the voting follows:
Mayor—Total votes cast 321.
L.  H.  Thompson  95
Herbert Randall 127  .
Ralph (Judge) Hether 95"
Scattering 4
Alex  McKinnon   was   unanimously
nominated City Clerk.
Vera B. Peterson was unanimously
nominated City Treasurer.
Justice of Peace, full four year term
—Total vote cast 261.
Wm. B. Dunlop 154.
Sam Wilkinson 107.
FIRST WARD
The First Ward Caucus was called
to order by John Hanley, who was
elected chairman, and Harvey Erter
was elected secretary. Tellers were
Nate Defoy, Guy Mercer and G. O.
Fallerton.
Chris Smith was unanimously nominated Supervisor.
Alderman, lull two year term:
John W. Dunlop 39
Glenn MunssJii 18 »- «••*•.*    *'."•
Scattering 5
G.   O.   Fullerton  was  unanimously
nominated alderman to complete the
term of Clifford Powers, who tresigned
recently.
Nate Defoy was unanimously nominated Constable.
John Hanley was elected City Committeeman.
SECOND WARD
The Second Ward Caucus was called
to order by L. H. Thompson, Ed Johnston was elected chairman and Harold
Schaeffer was elected secretary. Tell-
• ecs were Stuart Bicknell, Henry Kin-
seL Joe Sproat and Dewey Paxton.
L. H. Thompson was unanimously
nominated Supervisor.
Alderman:
George Lehr 72
Ivan Feighner 60
City Committeeman:
Stuart Bicknell 24
Jesse Hampton 25'
Scattering 1
THIRD WARD
The Third Ward Caucus was called
to order by Joseph K. Naumes, George
White was elected chairman -and Theo
Wallington    was    elected,   secretary.
Tellers were O. D. Bayes, Robert Kel-
sey, Willard Bicknell, Henry Doll, Al
Crum and Dominic McConnell,
Supervisor:
Ace Parker 25 ■
Arthur Morgan 36
Ralph (Judge) Hether 32
Alderman:
Austin (Ott) Mayer 42
Paul Manee 49
Dale Miller was unanimously nominated Constable.
Joseph K. Naumes was unanimously
elected City Committeeman.
Parliamentary
Procedure Team
Kiwanis Guests
Due to the illness ol President Leo
Brown, Vice President Donald E. Holbrook presided at the regular dinnei
meeting of the Clare Kiwanis Club at
the Hotel Doherty Wednesday evening
of last week.
Program Chairman Jack Little introduced Floyd Norcutt, who explained
the functions of the Clave High School
F.F.A. Parliamentary Procedure team
and presented Wayne Carncross, presiding officer of the team, and Stuart
Eberhart, Robert Krell, Lawrence Bay
and Raymond Owens, -other team
members. .
Kiwanians questioned the boys regarding their policies and work, and
with team., members 'offering- interesting replies, an interesting and informative discussion todk place.
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AMERICAN LEGION
CELEBRATES 28TH
YEARTHIS WEEK
Initial Organization in Paris,
France in 1919
Observed
Commerce Group
Entertains Patrol
Boys Last Week
The Clare Chamber of Commerce
entertained fifty Clare Public School
Patrol boys at a theatre party Tuesday evening of last- week in recognition of the splendid Work the boys
are doing.
After enjoying the current movies
at- the Ideal Theatre, the boys were
. treated to refreshments at the local
drug stores.
Faculty sponsors Ivah Emery, Olive
Evans. Doris Gerow and Eunice Phin-
fjsey accompanied the group on their
evening of fun.
These lads devote a lot of their time
that might otherwise be spent at play
in directing the smaller school children across perilous street crossings
on their way to and from school and
are doing this in a very commendable manner that the business group
felt should be recognized.
CITIZENS TURN
OUT ENMASS FOR
C0UNOLJEETIN6
After Bitter Debate Lehr-,
/Dunlop and Randall
Shake Hands
Commander Robert L. Chapman of
the Walter H. Larman Post 128 announced that the American Legion is
celebrating its twenty-eighth anniversary this week. 1
'The American Legion is the only
major American veterans organization to be founded overseas by fighting men. It'was born at a caucus in
Paris, France, March 15 to 17, 1919,
of more than 1,000 representatives of
divisions and other units of the first
AEF.
The Paris Caucus at which the
framework of The American Legion
was drafted and a name decided upon
was followed by af caucus in the
United States in St. Louis, Mo., May
8 to 10, 1919, at which the organization was perfected.
.The first national convention was
held at Minneapolis, Minn., November
10 to 12, 1919, at which the work of
the Paris and St. Louis caucuses was
ratified, a constitution approved and
the first national officers elected.
The founders of The American Legion realized that men and women
who served in the armed forces during
the time of war had no choice as to
where they would serve. Accordingly
they made all honorably discharged
wartime veterans eligible for membership.
The American Legion membership
has grown from 684,000 at the time
of the Minneapolis Convention to a
new current high of 3,326,556 members in 15,975 poets.
Pictured above -are long lines of trucks and trailers extending about a half mile from the Clare Livestock Auction Yards- out to and along US-10 Monday afternoon of last week. It was necessary for State Police to direct
traffic at the intersection of the county road and the trunkline to keep the highway open for through traffic.
Approximately 800 head of livestock, including cattle, calves, hogs, and lambs were sold during the day, just
a typical day at the local livestock market. —Photo by Sternaman
ERNEST|H0DGES
PASSES AWAY AT
DAUGHTER'S HOME
Farmer   in   Gladwin   and
Clare Counties Past for
Twenty-eight Years
$
U.S. NAVAL RESERVE
TRAVELING RECRUITING
UNIT COMING HERE
To Enroll Vets in Civilian Program at Clare Post
Office
Ernest Edward Hodges, son of Ezra
and Bessie Hodges, was born in May-
ville, Tuscola County, Michigan, January 1, 1879, and passed to the great
beyond-March 15, 1947, at the home of
his daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Allen, of Sheridan township, at the age of s*ixty-eight years,
two months-and fifteen days.
Don Armstrong
Tells U.S. Needs
in Air Research
TOWNSHIPS NAME
-CANDIDATES FOR
SPRING ELECTION
Only One Ticket Filled
Majority of the
Townships
The United States' participation in
the race for world leadership in con-^
tiol of the "air oceans," was discussed' Unly   Une Ticket   filled   in
by Don Armstrong in a prepared program at Rotary, Wednesday noon at
the regular luncheon.
Mr. Armstrong, who is a retired test
flier, and is still interested in progress Caucuses have been Held during the
of aviation, read from a statement i past week' for nominating candidates
furnished by aircraft manufacturers ! for township offices to be voted at the
and engineers, who advocate consoli-1 April 7th General Election and the
dation of the U. S. Armed Forces J following have been reported to the
under single cabinet office. ! Sentinel.
Our wartime lead in the race be-! Candidates nominated at the Sur-
tween military pow6t«sxrfdr air suprem-..rey .Township Republican Caucus will
acy has been reduced, Mr. Armstrong, be found on the Farwell page.''
warned,  as he  stated facts to show,
He was united in marriage to Miss j how other nations have forged ahead
Time Extension
For Reinstating
Service Insurance
Attention Veterans! The\time has
been extended to August, 1947, for reinstating your National Service Life
Insurance without physical examination. Your insurance is a highly valuable asset under the present terms.
Do not let it lapse. Reinstate today.
Your counselor located on the second
floor of the city hall, Clare, is ready
and anxious to help you with your insurance problems.
You are entitled to education at
government expense if you served
ninety days or more and were hoiior-
ably discharged. Come in and let's
talk it over. Veterans Counseling Office, second,floor of City Hall, Clare,
each Tuesday and Friday. Phone
526-W.
The new rapidly-growing Naval Reserve civilian prpgram now affords all
veterans of the Army, Navy, Marines,
and Coast Guard an opportunity to
earn as much as ?264 per year if he so
choses, according to Lt. (jg) J. H.
Faher, Officer in Charge of the U. S.
Naval Reserve Traveling Recruiting
Unit. The unit rwill enroll all eligible
veterans into the new civilian program in' the Post Office lobby in
Clare on Monday, March 24th between
9:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m.
All veterans, as well as ex-WAVES,
are urged to join the V-6 Inactive Duty
program, in which !£he reservist need
not attend weekly meetings, but for
which he retains the rate he held at
discharge, maintains longevity the
same a's being on active duty, and always remains a civilian. Only after
enrolling in V-6 are reservists eligible
to volunteer to join the Organized Reserve, that part of the reserves for
which actual pay is received, Members of the Organized Reserve are required to attend 48 weekly meetings a
year for which they receive one full
day's pay of their rate, plus longevity,
for each meeting attended.
Lt. Faber stressed to veterans the
importance of insuring for their future
by affiliation with the Naval Reserve.
Reservists cannot be called to active
duty without their own consent, except in the event of a National Emer-
gency declared by Congress.
(Continued on Page Six)
Mary L. Butterfield, t>f North Branch,
Lapeer county, October 22, 1902, and
to this union were "born ten children,
five boys and five girls, namely Lottie
Wallace, of Omaha, Neb., Beatrice Allen, of Sheridan township, Sylvia Pre-
moe, of Holt, Miss Mary, of Lansing,
Cecil, of Beaverton, Bruce, of Midland,
Glen E. of Flint, Gerald E., of Sheridan township, and Mab.el Nixon and
infant sou, Harry, who preceded him
in death.
With his faithful companion he
came to Beaverton township, Gladwin
county, in 1919 and owned6 and operated farms in that locality as well as
in Clare county, their last home being
the Fred Allen farm in the Eagle community. *
On March 18, 1937, while residing
near Harrison, his wife passed away.
July 11, 193S, he was united in marriage to Mrs^Inez Landon, who with
the family and stepson, Herschel Landon, moufnhis passing. He is also
survived by two brothers, Frank, of
Long Beach, Calif., Claude, of Laehine
Michigan; one sister, Lottie, of Buffalo, N. Y.; and fifteen grandchildren.
Mr. Hodges was a member of the
L.D.S. Church in Beaverton for a number of years and his funeral was conducted by Rev. Doty, of Gladwin, at
the Hall Funeral Home there, with interment in Beaverton Cemetery.
All of the children were at his bedside in his last illness and attended
the funeral. Others attending were
Edward Nixon, of Flint, Mr. and Mrs.
Cyrus Barrett and two daughters and
son-in-law, of North Branch, Mr. and
Mrs. Milo Fitch and daughter, of Lapeer, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hodges, ofc
Saginaw, Misses Myrtle and Marion
Hodges, of East Lansing; Mr. and
Mrs. Edmond Hodges, of Flint, and
Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Landon, of Mt.
Gilead, Ohio.
of us in commercial phases and mill
tary preparedness. National unity
and state supported-research have accomplished for other nations, greater
air power than we possess.
CLARE COUNTY
Arthur Township
Republican Ticket
Supervisor—Ray Harrold
Township Clerk—J. C. Newman
Township Treasurer—Harry Davis
Justice of Peace   (full term)—Mel-
CLARE ROCKETS
TAKE TWO MORE
CAGEJICTORIES
To  Enter Oilers  Tourney
at Mt Pleasant
.   Monday
The group of air-minded men repre-jVm Haines, Floyd Garver
sented by Mr. Armstrong are sponsoring a nation-wide information program to accomplish renewed interest
in our air security for purposes of
peace, and defense.
Rotary's program on March 12 was
in charge of Rev. Charles B. Halm,
who spoke to the club on the subject
of accepting the future and the challenge it brings to-our nation, our
homes, and lives. The title of his talk
was, "You Cannot Go Home Again,"
and the theme was living for the future, and not the past.
DESOTO - PLYMOUTH - WILLYS
MUSICAL POSTPONED
Bob's Sales and Service, Clare. 27tf to April 11,
The   Folk  Festival   scheduled for
March 28 has tentatively been changed
Lickert Infant
Laid at Rest in
Hersey Cemetery
Sarah Jane Lickert, infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Lickert, of
Vernon township, born March 12,
1947, passed away at the Clare Hospital after, a few hours.
She leaves to mourn, her father and
mother, two -brothers, one sister, her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Blaauw
and Mrs. Sarah Lickert, other relatives aiid friends.
Funeral services were held from the
home "on Vernon Hill, at 1:00 o'cldck
Friday afternoon, with Rev. Chas. B.
Hahn officiating, and interment at
Hfersey Cemetery.
CRIPPLED CHILDREN
COUNTING ON YOUR
PURCHASE OF SEALS
Those   Receiving Easter  Seals
Requested to Mail in
Contributions
Crippled children in Michigan are
counting on your purchase of Easter
Seals to provide them with a. "chance
to be like other kids." These gaily
colored labels on each letter you write
during the Easter season will mean
new life and hope for crippled children.
Pennies,'' dimes and dollars accumulate into funds for the special services provided in Clare county by the
Clare County society for crippled children. A member of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults,
the Clare County society does not duplicate the work of other agencies, public oi- private, but seeks to fulfill
those needs of crippled children and
adults which would otherwise be unmet.
Public spirited citizens who wish
these valid needs filled, participate by
the purchase of Easter Seals which
provide funds for these services,
Please mail your contribution promptly to Mrs. Donald Richardson, chairman of the committee.
CHORAL SOCIETY REHEARSAL
Singers! This is the last practice
for the choral society Sunday afternoon at 3:00 in the school auditorium.
The program Is to be presented March
30th, and it is necessary that all who
have been taking part be a*, this last
practice for a complete rehearsal.
Member Board of Review—Charles
Ott
Constables—J. V. Newman, George
Winn,   Charles  Bryan,   Clair  Coulter.
Grant Township
Republican Ticket
Supervisor—Clair Stanley
Township Clerk—S. A. Dawson
Township Treasurer—Dorothy Heu-
schele
Highway Commissioner—Adam  Oliver
Justice of Peace, full term—G. O.
Whiteside
Justice ofHhe Peace, to fill vacancy
—Paul Na&s
Member of the Board of Review, full
term—Pearlie Blackledge
Member of the Board of Review, to
fill vacancy—-Everette Allen
Constables—Geo. Haring, Geo
plinger, Roy Hoover, Al Purdy
Sheridan   Township
Republican Ticket
Supervisor—Lewis F. Rutter
Township Cleik—Carl E. Bradley
Township     Treasurer—Walter    H.
Kleiner
Highway Commissioner—Orville D.
Bates
Justice of the Peace, full term—Jay
D. Clute, Ed. Herrick
Justice of the Peace to fill vacancy
2 years—Donald F. Davis
Member  of  the  Board  of Review,
full term, Jas. Teale
Constables—Loren  Krug,   Kenneth
(Continued on Page S1x>
Clare's Roclcets, winners of twelve
of their thirteen basketball games
played so far this season, begin competition in the Mt. Pleasant Oilers Invitational Tournament Monday, when
they open at the Mt/ Pleasant High
School gymnasium against "Roaches
Rockets," at 7-.30' p. m.
The last two teams to fall victim
to Ernie Bryant's fast moving bas-
keteers were Fabiano's from Mt. Pleasant, and the Harrison Independents.
Something of a record was accomplished at the beginning of the second
half of the Fabian o game when the
Rockets racked up fourteen points in
the first minute of play. Lagging at
half time, 23 to 32, the Rockets came
through to win with a. final score 63
to 57.
The score for the Harrison game
was Rockets 61, Harrison 50.
The Rockets will start action in the
tournament against "Roaches Coaches," a tough team of student athletic
coaches from Mt. Pleasant College.
These first opponents were beaten by
Bryant's team once during the regular
season, but it was a close hard-played
contest and so the tourney opener'will
be no easy pushover.
Ernie Bryant and Bill Dewey, two of
the highest scorers in their class of
competition, will be in the starting
lineup against the Coaches Monday
night. Bryant leads the Rockets sharpshooters with a 16.4 point game average, and Dewey crowds the lead with
an average of 16. '
Kap-
SPECIAL SPEECH
CORRECTION CLINIC
AT CENTRAL COLLEGE
Plan
to
Bessie Woodcock
Thirty Years With
an Bell
The Michigan Bell magazine for
March was much larger than usual,
cpntaining a number of splendid articles and pictures concerning the one-
hundredth anniversary of the invention Of the telephone by Alexander
Graham Bell.
Also ih this issue is a long list of
Michigan Bell Telephone employees
who are observing anniversaries of
service with the company in March,
ranging from five to forty-five years,
and pictures of some of the more
prominent ones.
Clare friends were pleased to note
a picture of Bessie L. Woodcock, now-
in the Clare Commercial department,,
who has been employed by the company thirty years this month.
Eberhart, Jas. L. Bradley, Ralph Teale
Take   Care   of   Forty
Boys From June 24
to July 31
A large group of citizens gathered
at the city hall Monday evening, at'
the invitation of .the-City Council, to
discuss "City Affairs" which have
been given publicity in the-Sentinel
the past several weeks and were approaching the boiling point.
This meeting of the council was
called to order by Mayor Herbert Ran*
dall and the preliminaries were completed without unusual event, with Aldermen Lehr; Shultz, Fleming and
Mussell (a bare quorum) present and
Aldermen Johnson and Powers absent. We noted with some apprehension that City Attorney Joe Naumes
and Acting Chief of Police Bill Dunlop
were also on the job and, wondered
just what might be expected.
Alderman Fleming moved, with, apparent aforethought, that this discussion be limited to one hour and with
the support of Alderman Lehr the motion carried.
Alderman Lehr addressed the audience " and Mr. Dunlop" and a kittle
"flare," reminsicent of the old torch
light parade days .took place, which
in our estimation was a draw.
George stated that many battles had
taken place between him and John
over the council table without en;
mity and John agreed.
John Dunlop asked if John Goggin
was a registered engineer in the State ;
of Michigan and City Attorney
Naumes, who was called on to answer
the question, stated that Goggin's
plans had been accepted by the State
Department of Health; and the arguments that followed -developed into
a first class squabble, with the city's
counsel and Dunlop's counsel involved
as well as the principals in the de*
bate, but following public and private
discussion of points of law and common procedure in this state and others, this controversy was settled amic1-
ably.
Alderman Lehr discussed the bills
rendered to the city by 'Goggms'-ior -
engineering services, which after all
were the major bone of contention,
and offered that any bill that Diinlop
might suggest would be investigated)
with Dunlop demanding that they all
be investigated.
Goggin was not at the meeting, but"
his daughter was present and spoke
in his behalf on at least one occasion.
With friends of both debaters Offering support from the sidelines, and
the audience applauding at times,
more or less of a ringside-atmosphere
prevailed.
When the air cleared and the council was apparently ready for "other
matters, Art Damoth asked an explan*.
ation of circumstances surrounding
the city's most recent water well and
it was stated that the well was sunk
on its present site with the approval
of the State Department of Health
and that they had adjudged the water
safe for drinking purposes) but thai
because of its extremely high ir6ri and
mineral content it was not suitable^
for general use and that the council
was seeking financial recourse from
the department of health.
The apparently excessive cost of the
(Continued On Page Six)
Preliminary announcement lias been
made of the second Special Speech
Correction Clinic to be held on the
Central Michigan College Campus,
June 24 to July 31, 1947. / The clinic
will include the following program:
' Diagnostic reading, speech, and
hearing tests.
Intensive re-educational therapy for
stuttering, artieulatory difficulties,
language inadequacies, hard of hearing speech, and other types of speech
and reading disorders.
Supervisee physical training and recreation.
Last .summer the clinic Was attended by twenty-six boys who lived on
campus in one of the dormitories under the supervision of James Harvey,
Speech Correctionist at Lansing, and
Preston Tanis, Speech Correctionist
at Traverse City. This summer it is
planned to take care of forty boys, if
there is that demand.
For boys who need financial assistance some scholarships made available through the Fourth District of
the Kiwanis Clubs will be available.
Other aid may be sought through the
State Rehabilitation Office, provided
the boy is over sixteen years o£ age
and that he is so- markedly handicapped that he needs rehabilitation.
Requests may be directed to the State
Rehabilitation Office, State Board of
Control for Vocational Education,
Lansing 4, Michigan.
The total cost for room, board, recreation, locker fees, and treatment
will be $120 for six weeks.
Further information may he had
from the superintendent's office at
the Clare Public School.
Common Sense
Greatest Asset in
Combatting Flu
Inquiries are coming into the Health
Department as to precautions to he'
taken with and during this so-called
flu epidemic.
The Health Department would like'
to maket the following statement. Any
child or adult with signs or symptoms
of a cold or flu should isolate them-1
selves frOm"the rest of the family and
the public, and when necessary call
their family physician.
It does not help to keep a child
from school unless you Weep that
child strictly at home, whether they
have a'cold or whether you hope to
prevent one. In fact by keeping the
child out of school and then taking
advantage of that to take the chil4
and go visiting is much more dangerous than keeping the child in school
when he is well. Too often a disease
from one community is carried to another in just that way. Avoid public
gatherings and undue exposure as.far
as-possible.
Keep a close watch "on yourself anct
your families and use isolation precautions when indicated and you, do
not need to be worried about the sit'
uation.
In talking to the local physicians,-
they do not feel there Is a great deal
of cause for alarm—but just to use'
extra precautions and" good common*
sense.