1947-03-28; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878
SUPERVISORS OK
BUILDING COUNTY
GARAGEJN CLARE
Approve Borrowing $19^999
To Be Replaced From
Weight Tax
Because the Clare County Road
Commission does not own in the city
•of Clare a garage for the housing of
tracks, tractors and other equipment
' used in the southern portion of the
county and there are no suitable
ihnildings of a, sufficient size available
l'or the purpose, an exhaustive study
of. the possibilities of building a county
highway garage in the city has been j
made by the board. I
The Clare County Road Commission i
haa on deposit to its credit the sumj
of approximately $30,000, but will
need this amount for general highway purposes and an emergency fund.
However, the amount of money needed for the building of a county garage here is less than the maximum
amount of money that can be borrowed under statutory procedure.
At its regular meeting in Harrison
March 3. the Road Commission passed
a resolution to borrow $19,999.00 in
anticipation of the automobile weight
tax. revenues of the county, for the
purpose of purchasing land and material tor tlie building of the garage here.
A special meeting of the Clare County Board of Supervisors was held in
Harrison Thursday of last week to act
oa the resolution of the Road Commission and the Supervisors, "Approved the borrowing of $19,999.00 in
aaticipation of'-the automobile weight
tax revenue of Clare county, not to
exceed 10% of the amount of automobile weight tax received during the
past five years, for the purpose of
building a county garage for the
housing of trucks, tractors and other
equipment to be located in the city of
Clare."
GOOD FRIDAY TO
BE OBSERVED BY
CHURCHES HERE
Union Services at Clare
Methodist Church
at 1:00 P. M.
CLARE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
DIRECTORS MEET
Membership   Campaign  to
Be Conducted in
Near Future
Union Good Friday Services will be
held in the Methodist Church on April
4, commencing at 1:00 p. m.
Business places of the city will cooperate by closing from 1:00 till 3:00
p. m„ that all who desire to attend
may do so.
The theme of the service, as last
year, will be centered around the
seven last words of Christ upon the
cross.
The offering accepted will be divided among the participating churches
for missionary and relief work.   Harold Collins wil be organist.
PROG-RAM
Organ Prelude.
Hymn—"There is a Fountain"-—Congregation.
Responsive Reading.
Prayer—Rev. Chas. Hahn.
Offertory. >•
Music—Church of God,
First Saying, "Father, Forgive
Them"—Rev. Wesley Teale.
Music—Baptist Church.
Second Saying, "Woman, Behold
Thy Son"—Rev.  Chas.  Kleinhardt.
Third Saying, "Today Thou Shalt
Be with Me"—Rev. H. F. Knauss.
Music—Congregational Church.
Fourth Saying, "My God, My God"—
Rev. M. R. Honderich.
Fifth Saying, "I Thirst"—Rev. Rex,
D. Phillips. '   s
Music—Brown Corners church.
Sixth Saying, "It Is Finished"—Rev.
B. E. Redman.
Seventh Saying, "Into Thy Hands I
Commend my Spirit"—Rev. Noble C.
Davis.
Hymn, "Beneath the Cross of Jesus"
—Congregation.
Benediction.
Postlude.
Study Club to Hold
April 1st Meeting
at Hotel Doherty
The Clare Study Club will meet in
the ladies lounge room of the Hotel
Doherty at 8:00 o'clock Tuesday evening, April 1. i
The guest speaker will" be Miss Ethel Praeger, of Central Michigan College of- Education, -who will bring her
doll collection. Guests may be invited,
RUMMAGE  SALE
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By Zenobia Chapter, O.E.S., at
Masonic Temple, Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29.
The March directors meeting of the
Clare Chamber of Commerce was held
in the Dunlop Cafe Monday evening
with continued interest and good attendance of officers and directors.
President Art Damoth presided at
the meeting and among the .first matters discussed was the proposition of
the Northern Directory Service compiling aud publishing a Clare county
directory and it was decided that the
chamber should not cooperate in the
project.
It was decided to invite representatives of the Saginaw Valley Planning
Commission to the regular Chamber
of Commerce meeting April 8th for
the purpose of explaining the program
of water control and other improvement of the entire waterfall area of
the Saginaw .River.
Representatives of the commission
spoke, at a recent .meeting of the Midland Kiwanis Club and a great deal
of interest^ in the project was indicated
there.
The Clare Airport improvement
program was discussed and progress
checked.
A recent visit of President Damoth
to the Houghton Lake area revealed
that $1,800,000 worth of building was
in progress there, which reflects the
confidence of the resort areas in estimates of a greatly increased postwar
tourist business.
It was noted that the total budget
for the year of 1947 of the Traverse
City Chamber of Commerce had been
set at $34,619.00; the largest amount
yet to be appropriated for the general
promotion of business in the Grand
Traverse Bay region.
On March 8th $29,128 of "this budget „ had been pledged toward the
grand total and it was expected the
balance would be raised within sixty
days by additional members who had
not been invited to join%
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U.S.
that firearms law
be Complied with
Many Fully Automatic Firearms
Not Registered Since
World War II
The United States Treasury Department is making special efforts to assure registration of all fully automatic
firearms, such as machine guns and
machine pistols, including the large
number of such weapons which were
brought to this country as trophies
from overseas.
Many owners of fully automatic firearms are unaware of the registration
requirement, and the Secretary of the
Treasury, John W. Snyder, is requesting the assistance of banks to
expedite registrations. To that end,
the Secretary of the Treasury suggests the advantages of having banks
draw the attention of their depositors
to the provisions of the National Firearms Act, in accordance with the fol-
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CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1947
New Series Vol. 55, No. 26
Warned Against\
Flying Kites Near
Electric Lines
Clare boys and 'girls- were warned
today by H. L. Ziegenbein, division
manager of Consumers Power Company, against flying kites near electric wires.
"It's dangerous," explained Mr. Zie-
genbein. "Anyway, it's more fun to
fly kites out in the open, where there
are no obstructions."
A wet kite string will conduct electricity, Mr. .Ziegenbein pointed out
So will a dry cord with tinsel on it.
He 'cautioned against any attempt to
recover a kite caught in electric wires.
"The :only person who should climb
an electric ipole ior try to .dislodge any
object from the wires," he aaid, "is a
trained lineman. A boy who reaches
into a '.line -with a stick or* rake is taking a "very -serious chance."
Hatton School Has Eighty Pupils incumbering Days
School Children
of Clare County
Buying Seals
Pubils in the Clare county schools
may share their Easter joy by pur#
chasing Easter Seals distributed by
the Clare County Society for Crippled
Children. The sale of Easter Seals in
the schools will take place the week
before Easter, from March 31 through
April 5. The society wishes' it
stressed that the seals will be bought
by the school children themselves.
The seals are not for sale by the
children; since adults, homes, and
places of business haVe already been
contacted.
If the children forego a candy bar,
ice cream, or a trip to the movies and
buy seals instead a valuable lesson
will have been learned.
May we remind you that it is not
too late to contribute to this worthy
cause, so put your contribution in
the'mail today!
One   of  Mrs.   John   Mullally's   olds school, but only fifty-three were pres-. Mamie   McKnight,   Aggie   McKnight,
photographs is of the Hatton School
built in 1882. The picture was taken
in   1886   during  the busy  lumbering
days   when   millions   of   logs   were  Ion, Millie Tate, Lena Dunn, Bernard
Welcome, Mary Haverlin, Maggie
Preston (Mrs. John Mullally), Emma
Lackie, Lizzie Mitchell, Blanche Tate,
EASTER BREAKFAST,
The annual Easter Breakfast sponsored by the W.S.C.S. will be. held, in
the Methodist church parlors, Wednesday morning, April 2, for members
and their guests. "Reservations
should be made with Wilma Wolling-
ton or Mabel Mulder by Monday
pight. Menu: fruit juke, Easter
sausage and: scrambled eggs, toast,
blueberry muffins," marmalade, Gookies
and coffee.   Price 50c.
routed by the various lumbering companies.
The school was destroyed by fire
in 1895 -when forest fire swept through
that territory.
Familiar old residents to be found
in the picture include the teacher,
Nettie Gordon, and her many pupils.
Eighty children were enrolled at the
ALFRED J. GRISE
DIES AT ITHACA
FRiDAYJWARCH 21
Former ClareResidei tLaid
at Rest in Local ,
Cemetery
Alfred  J.  Grise,  a former resident
of Clare, passed away at Ithaca Fri-1
day of last week following an illness
of severaj months duration.
He was born the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas J. Grise May 18, 1905,
and passed away March 21, 1947, at
the age of forty-one years, ten months
and three days.
"Al", as he was intimately known,
worked at Jackson's Market in Clare
for several years and also was engaged in decorating and sign painting
in this vicinity.
• He leaves to mourn, one brother,
Milriel, of Ohio; two sisters, Mrs.
Spagnuola, of Lansing, and Mrs. Ruth
Nivison, of Clare; a half brother and
half sister, Thomas and Catherine, of
Saginaw, other relatives and many
friends. His mother and father preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held from
the Doherty Funeral Home at 10:00
o'clock Monday morning, March 24th,
with Rev. .Fr. J. I. Sruba officiating,
and interment in Cherry Grove cemetery.
ent the day of the picture. ] Lillie 'Preston, Flora Ganger, Emma-
Back row standing  (left to right), Neimeyer,   Millie  Dunn,   John  Blair,
Teacher, Nettie Gordon; Birdie Seal- Lillie McComb, Emmett Blair, Frank
Brown, Herman Leesie.
Bottom row, seated.—Fred Blair,
James Preston, Wilfred Blair, Boyd
boy,    Fred   Welcome,    Charles   Nei-
—Unknown, Maggie Welcome.
Second row, standing—Eli Ganger,
Otto Leesie, Mima Lackie, Sid Harvey, Harvey girl, John Leesie, Maggie
Reed, Scott Lackie, Anna Goode-
kneckt,  Maud Welcome Ada Lackie,
meyer, Norman Lackie, Emer Oder-
kirk, Ralph Jones, David Reed, Goode-
kneckt boy, Bert Preston, Joe Verette,
Jessie Yerette, Johnnie Reed, John
Preston, Alex Lackie, Bill Haverlin,
Harvey boy.
New Front Being ^
Installed in Clare
Gamble Store
The new front being installed in the
Roy Beltinck building, occupied by his
Gamble Store here in Clare, -will be
another decided improvement to McEwan Street when completed.
The modern smooth buff Carlyle
brick and plate glass front with side
entrance will provide for excellent
display of merchandise sold by the
store and tho open type construction
of the display window will make it
more convenient for large items, such
as stoves, refrigerators, etc. Fluorescent fixtures will be used for lighting.
Mr. Beltinck opened Clare's first
Gamble store thirteen years ago
March 10th and has enjoyed a steadily" increasing business* since that
time. He was originally located in
the Dunlop Block but has since purchased the present building from the
Duncan** Estate.
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COMMUNITY CHORAL SOCIETY
A .special practice is being called
for this Friday evening at 7^ 45 at the
High School. This is the final practice and- lt is imperative that all members of the chorus and those having
special parts be .present. . Be sure and
1 foriag your hooks, and a pencil.
Randall 4-H Club
Holds Regular Meet
Monday Evening
The Randall Busy Beavers 4-H Club
held their third meeting a| feandall
school,Marc}v~*i.al%30. <Bhe meeting was called to order by the president, Joann Simmons.    *s
The club members adopted their
program for the year. A committee
was appointed to make plans for a
box social to be held in the near future. The club voted to have the regular meeting at 8:30 p. m. at Randall
school on the last Friday of each
month.
Song leader Johnny Colmus led the
club in singing some songs with
piano accompaniment by Shirley Reynolds.
FIRST ANNUAL
LADIES BOWLING
TOURNAMENT ENDS
Frances Bolle Outstanding
Lady Bowler In Several
Events
The first annual Ladies Bowling
Tournament came to an end last Sunday after three week ends pf bowling.
The final winners for first, second and
third place, respectively, were:
TEAMS
Doherty  Hotel—2872  pins.
Houghton Soda Bar—2788.
Grove Bros.—2761 n
DOUBLES
Mary Reger and Frances Bolle—
1260.
Ruth Ulrich and Irene Beck—1182.
Laura Merten and Lucille Feeney—
1181.
SINGLES
Louise Hales-^-BSl
Frances Bolle—604
Lucille Feeney—599.
ALL-EVENTS
Frances Bolle—1878.     *
Donna Bailey—1746, <■
Mary Reger—1731.
Edith Cain had high single game of
231.
These ladies deserve much credit
for their high class bowling. They
used the same handicap that the men
did and the ladies' doubles champions
beat the men's doubles champs' score
by 40 pins, 1260 to 1220.
In the all-events the lady champion
beat the man champion score by 24
pins, 1878 to 1854.
The outstanding bowler of this tour*
nament was Frances Bolle with 617
in the team event, 657 in the doubles
and 604 in the singles. Her high game
was 330. Her team took second, she
and her partner took first in doubles,
she was second In singles and first in
■all-evenltB.
"The Awards will be given, to the
winners At the annual b&ittmet in the
near future.
MICHEAL HEIN
LAID AT REST IN
CLAREJMETERY
Passes Away  Last   Friday
Afternoon Following
Stroke
Another old timer of Grant township
Micheal Hein, was laid at rest Monday, just one month and twelve days
after the passing of his wife, Amelia,
and his little funny jokes and hearty
laughter will be heard no more.
Mr. Plein suffered a stroke last Friday afternoon and passed on to the
great beyond.
He was born in Germany eighty-four
years ago, came to the Unitel States
and married at an early age, and
raised a family of seven children.
Mr. Hein was preceded in death by
his wife, Amelia, one son, Albert, ana
two daughters, Mrs. Wm. Timm and
Mrs. Augusta Garchow.
Those left behind to mourn his passing are Anna Cerney, of Dayton, Pauline Ickes, of Cleveland, Bertha Fish,
of Lansing, and Walter, of Clare; also
eighteen grandchildren, twenty great
grandchildren, many relatives and a
host of friends.
Funeral services were held from
Thurston's Funeral Home, with Rev.
Leah Garchow officiating, and interment at Cherry Grove cemetery.
CLARE BUSINESS
GROUP ENDORSES
DONALD HOLBROOK
Circuit Judge Campaign
Nearing Day of
Decision
Deaths
THOMAS BOLEN
Fueral services for Thomas Boieu
will be held at 2:00 o'clock this Friday afternoon at the Glare Baptist
Church, with Rev. Rex B. Phillips
officiating.
Mr, Boleil, a resident of this vicinity
for many years, passed away' at his
home on Vernon Hill Sunday evening
following a three weeks illness. Obituary will be published next week.
PAUL   LANG
Paul Lang, who has sp<mt the most
of his life in the vicinity of Harrison,
passed away at his home there early
Monday morning, following two and a
half years of ill health caused; by a
heart ailment. He was- employed for
many years by the Clare County Road
Commission, retiring when his health
failed.
Funeral services were held from
the Fanning Funeral Home at Harrison at 2:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon* with Rev. M. C» Hilton officiating, and interment in Maple Grove
cemetery. Obituary will^be published
next week.
RUMMAGE SALE
. Friday and Saturday, March 28 and
29, at St. Cecilia's' Church. Sponsored
by Uhtt One of the Altar Society. .
The race for the office of Circuit
Judge of the 21st Judicial Circuit, narrowed down to two candidates, Atty.
Donald E. Holbrook, of Clare county,
and Atty. Gerald J. Cotter, of Isabella
county, by the Primary Election, will
be decided at the General Election
one week from next Monday, April 7.
Friends of each candidate are making a bid for support for their favorite and both naturally, have an eye
on Midland county, Which without a
candidate residing in the county, will
most likely determine" the results of
the election.
Much Has been said in favor of
each candidate and* "on Monday evening, February 24th, the Clare Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a
past president, unanimously passed
the following resolution in support of
Mr. Holbrook:
"We, the Board of Directors for the
Clare Chamber of Commerce, at a
meeting held in the City of Clare on
the 24th day of February, 1947, and
with authority to act in such matters
for the said Chamber of Commerce;
"Whereas, Donald E. Holbrook of
Clare, Michigan, is a past president
of the Clare Chamber of Commerce
and whereas we have known him personally and professionally for many
years and whereas he has served the
City of Clare and Clare County professionally as Prosecuting Attorney
from 1937 to 1943, and in a personal
capacity to the benefit and advantage
of the community and county and
"•Whereas, he is a candidate for the
office ctf Circuit Judge for the Twenty-
first Judicial Circuit, comprising Isabella, Midland and Clare County, and
"Whereas, we believe and feel that
he has outstanding qualifications and
qualities so essential to the holder of
that high office, and further feeling
that if elected he will perform his
duties in a highly ^competent and impartial manner,
"Now, Therefore, be it resolved,
that we, the Clare Chamber of Commerce, do unqualifiedly endorse the
candidacy of Donald E. Holbrook for
Circuit Judge of the Twenty-first
Judicial Circuit."
SECOND BLIZZARD
OF WINTER HITS
CLAREJONDAY
Rail and   Highway Traffic
Hampered By Wind
"■        and Snow
We believe all will agree" that the
weather has been mighty fickle of late,
The calendar heralded the coming of
spring and the weather man cooper*
ated with a couple of very spring-like
days, but what happened Monday
night was just "nobody's business"— "
not even the weather man will admit
having anything to do with it.
When the writer came to the office
Monday evening, the weather wae
quite mild, but when he returned
home "after burning a little of the
midnight oil," he waded through.
drifts two and a. half feet deep on the
McEwan Street sidewalks in the bas*
iness district—and wondered how
much worse they were in the country."
The last Greyhound bus to arrive
Monday evening was the one due at
7:35 p. m., with the 10:29 bus marooned in the snow at Alma. Th&
Greyhound bus from Sault Ste. Marie,
due here at 2:30 a. m. Tuesday, was
snowed in at Roscommon and did not
reach Clare until after 3:00 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. The first Greyhound bus to leave Clare following the
storm pulled out at 10:45 Wednesday
morning, on time.
Although late, all mail and passenger trains on the Ann Arbor and Fere
Marquette railroads were run through
on Tuesday, but Ann Arbor train No.
51, due here at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday
only came as far as Alma and then1
returned to Owosso. All Ann Arbor'
mail and passenger service north of
Alma was cancelled Wednesday and-
the mail from the Mt. Pleasant post
office was brought to Clare and dispatched over the Pere" Marquette.
All of the Clare county schools.-
which have been plagued for week&'
by first snow-blocked roads and then.'
illness among teachers and studentsr
were hit again Tuesday.
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DEFECTIVE CHIMNEY
FIRE DAMAGES PARISH
HOME FRIDAY MORNING
Firemen Confine* Loss   Mostly
to Smoke and Water    ,
Damage
The Clave Fire Department was
called to the Florence Parish home on
West Seventh Street at 11:30 Friday
morning of last week when fire caused
by a defective chimney broke out
in the bathroom wall of the west
apartment occupied, by her son, Stanley, and family.
Occupants of the home smelled
smoke and Mrs, Parish's son-in-laW,
Charles Jackson, was in the attic with
a pail of water trying to locate the
fire when it was discovered by neighbors who turned in the alarm.
The fire was confined to the wall
by the firemen but both apartments
were damaged by Smoke and: water.
The loss, estimated at from $300 to
$500, was covered by insurance.
VICTORIOUS KING
TO BE PRESENTED?
ON PALM SUNDAY
Volunteer  Group   to   Smg
Easter Cantata In
Auditorium
MUSICAL POSTPONED
The Folk Festival scheduled for
March 28 has tentatively been changed
to April 11. «.
The Easter cantata, -"yjctorioiHf
King," will be given in the Clare Public School auditorium at 3:15 o'clock
Palm Sunday afternoon, March 30, by
a group composed entirely of volunteer singers of Clare and the surrounding community.
Special opening numbers are-
Violin  solo,   "Thias,"  Jules Masse-
net—Helen Attaquin, accompanied by
Harold Collins.
Soprano Solo, "The Palms*'---~AgBW
Pierson,
Soprano Solo, "Open the Gates ©£
the  Temple'—Doris Gerow.
Piano Solo,' "All Hail The Rises
King"—Martha McKinnon.
Scripture Reading and Prayer—He?,
Noble C. Davis. %
The program for the cantata, SdSr
lows:
PART ONE
Last Days and Crucifixion—■
"Jesus Reigns"—Full Choir.
"A Savior Came"—Alto Solo,
"Blessed Is the King"—Baritone
Solo, Choir.
"O, City 'Neath a Dearkening Sky"
—Soprano and Alto Duet.
"Gethsemane," Tricv for Meu*&
Voices—Choir.
"Will Ye Crucify This JesBsy— -
Tenor Solb, Choir*. j
"The Crucifixion"—Bass Solo, C&fi&v
"This Was the Son of God"—Mm'g.
two part chorus.
"The Master Lies Asleep**—Clrefr,
Soprano • Solo.
PART TWO
A New Dawn and the ResurrecJk>n.
"The Morning Sky is Ri£tiBs"-—
Women's two part chorus and Cbolr/
"Come Seek the Living"—Soprano
Solo.
"Ring, O Bells of Easter"—€*ojr,
Soprano and Alto Duet
"Glad Day" of Resurrection"—l^JJ^-
Choir.
"Lead On, O, Mighty Savifl**,~JMt©
Solo, Choir, Alto and Tenor DaeL
"Lift Up Your Heads'^FuirdafeT
Finale, "All Hail the Risen. KwjbT—
Full Choir.
Benediction—Rev. Rex PhOlipe,
WHITE SHRINE CLUB
The White Shrine cm* win at* :
meet March' 31, hut there wm he a '
meeting April'28, place ia-lM^ttt--'
Bounced later.     . ...     •
Genevieve BonvPi-ssStea* 3'