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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1947
New Series Vol. 55, No. 29>
CAUTION URGENT
TO PREVENT FIRE
LOSSJN SPRING
Grass Fires Threaten City
and Rural Property
This Week
With the passing of_ the snow, last
year's dry grass has become exposed
as a Are hazard, and will remain a
threat to personal property and wildlife until it is replaced by green
foliage. A few dry days in the spring
make the dead grass as dry as tinder, greatly increasing the hazard.
During the first four days this week
the Clare Fire Department extinguished four grass fires that were
threatening property and could have
easily developed into serious fires.
At 11:00 o'clock Monday morning
the department extinguished a fire
that had burned right up to a shed
and was threatening the home on the
James Sutton farm two miles north
and three-quarters west of Clare.
At 11:15 o'clock that morning the
department was called a block east of
McEwan Street on First Street to
extinguish a grass fire that was threatening buildings there.
At 1:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
the department extinguished another
fire that was burning under the Michigan Consolidated Gas Compay's natural gas storage tank's on South
McEwan   Street.
The fire department Vas called to
the west city limits at 3:00 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, where a grass
fire starting on the Ann. Arbor Railroad right of way had burned across
the intervening field and was threatening the Marble Auto Collision Service garage and Dominic McConnell
and Elmer Ford homes.
The fire, fanned by a brisk wind,
was making rapid headway toward
the building and neighbors, including
several women, assisted the fire department in extinguishing the flames.
Before leaving the firemen burned
the grass off the field back of the
Lester Moyer home as a preventive
measure.
At 2:10 o'clock Thursday afternoon
the fire department responded to a
call to the Frank Crigier home on
East US-10, where a .fire in a rubbish
burner had caught the dry grass afire
and the flames had ignited a building
used for the storage of electrical
tools and equipment and other purposes.
With the flames fanned by a strong
wind, the fire had made considerable
headway when the firemen arrived,
but through their efficient work much
of the building was saved. Damage
to the building was estimated between $200 and $300, with a property
loss to the contents of about $500.
If necessary to burn grass, every
precaution should be taken'in keeping the fire under control and one
should be certain the fire is entirely
out before leaving it. ^
Great care should also be taken
when smoking and persons should
not smoke at this time of year while
in grassy plots or near wooded areas.
One unintentional careless, act is
often responsible for great property
loss or destruction of wildlife and
game cover that it will take many
years to replace.
The Clare Fire Department burned
over the city dump Tuesday evening
to remove the risk to buildings on
East First Street and burned over the
land laying west of the school athletic field later. Wednesday evening
the firemen burned over the field
east of the school athletic park.
Little June Holt
Severely Injured
In Fall Monday
Little June Holt, the seven year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Holt,
was painfully injured when she fell
off her bike Monday evening while at
play near their home here.
She managed to get home, although
in a dazed condition and bleeding profusely about the face, having lost
her shoes and left the bike where
she was hurt.
She was treated by Dr. H. J. Ballard for severe abrasions of the side
of her face and fingers and is recovering nicely at her home, Fortunately  no bones were broken.
ORGANIZATION OF
DeMOLAY CHAPTER
UNDERWAY HERE
To   Prepare   Youth   For
Membership in Masonic
.Blue Lodge
Worshipful Master James Gillespie,
of John Q. Look Lodge, No. 404, F.
& A. M., revealed here this week that
the organization of a local chapter
of the Order of DeMolay was being
considered.
Douglas Masleil, a member of another chapter, is active in the organization work here. Membership will
be open to boys of fourteen to twenty-
one years of age and the purpose of
DeMolay is to prepare the boys for
membership in the Blue Lodge, with
which it is affiliated.  .
Initial steps have been taken to
secure a charter, which may be issued when the local chapter has secured twenty-five members.
The nearest chapter of the Order Of
DeMolay at present is at Midland,
with members located in Beaverton,
Coleman and Gladwin. Jurisdiction
of the local chapter, when organized,
will include these towns, except Midland, and Farwell, Harrison, and other
towns in this vicinity.
A like organization for girls is being considered here, as an affiliate of
Zenobia Chapter No. 129, Order of
Eastern  Star.
AMERICAN LEGION    .
JUNIOR BASEBALL
CLUBCONSIDERED
Ford Dealer Dan McDonald to
Represent Company
.   in Project
An attempt is being made to form
an American Legion Junior baseball
Club here, With the cooperation of the
Ford Motor Company through its
local dealer, Dan McDonald, according , to an announcement made Wednesday by Bob Chapman, Commander of Waiter H. Larman Post.
If organized, the local club will be
in an American Legion Junior League,
including Clare, Mt. Pleasant, Mid-
dand and Alma teams. Only boys
not over seventeen years of age last
December 31st will be eligible and
the formation of the club would be
a deciding step ill pouring recreation
for our boys in combating juyenile
delinquency.
These teams are affiliated with a
national organization Of which Babe
Ruth has recently been appointed a
board member by the Ford. Motor1
Company and a number of today's
professional league stars commenced
their careers in this national American Legion Junior Baseball proipitou
MT. PLEASANT SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT TELLS
OF VOCATION PROGRAM
Explains   Work Among School
Children at Rotary
Meeting
A plan for assisting high school age
boys and girls in choosing their vocations, and preparing for jobs was
described in a talk by Charles Parks,
Mt. Pleasant school superintendent,
before Rotarians at their noon luncheon Wednesday.
Young people launching themselves
on a lifetime vocation, should be able
to learn every detail of what their
chosen activity requires, in preparation, what it 'will demand of them, and
what they will get out of it.
"In Mt. Pleasant, where service
clubs have provided a counselling service to provide such information for
all of Isabella's county's high school
youth, the results and. public acceptance have been most gratifying," Mr.
Parks told Rotarians. He encouraged
the broadening of a similar "clinic"
already in operation here to include
aptitude testing, experience on the
job, short talks by business and professional men explaining their work,
and guidance by educators and civic
leaders.
The program was sponsored by Rota rian Carlton Garthe, Clare high
school principal.
War Assets Adm.
Representative Here
Tuesday Mornings
The local area representative of the
War Assets Administration, 535 Gris-
wold Street. Detroit 26, Michigan, is
Mark C- Theobold, Contact Representative, 1308 Lapeer Street, Saginaw.   Phone 6537.
Contact dates at Clare are Tuesday
mornings, May 6 and 27, June 17 and
July 8 and 29. *       •
He may be contacted every Friday,
all day, at 28 Jarvis Yawkey Court,
Jefferson Ave.) Saginaw, Miss Margaret Barden's. office, Veterans Counsellor.
Left to right:    Thomas Neal, Jerry V. Feighner, Andrew Mack, Albert Shaver, William Ingler, Friederick
Lange;   W.   S.   Cooley,   Henry   Holbrook and  John Giberson.
NATIONAL PUBLIC
HEALTH NURSING
WEEKOBSERVED
Health Department Open
House and Window
Display Here
The week of April 20-26 is being
observed as National Public Health
Nursing Week. 1947 marks the
seventieth anniversary of Public
Health Nursing in the United States.
As of January 1, 1946, there were
20,672 public health nurses in the
United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands. In Michigan on January 1, 1947, there were
815 public health nurses.
Every nurso doing public health
should haye at least one academic
year^in a college offering courses in
publfc* health nursing. In Michigan
only 51 per cent have completed a
year's program, 26 per cent have had
lessttha>n one yeax and 23 per cent
have had no public health nursing
course.. It? is recommended that
there should-be one nurse to a maximum of 5000 population. If a bedside care program is carried on other
than a demonstration basis, the ratio
should be one nurse to 2000 population.
The nursing program in Clare
county follows a fairly close pattern,
mostly due to the fact that Clare
county has one nurse for the entire
population and the nursing service is
set up under a generalized program
—which means service to all. No
economic or racial status are regarded, and services are offered to families as a unit, not on an individual
basis.
Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General of the United States Public
Health Service, recently made this
statement, "The work of the Public
Health Nurse long has been recognized as the backbone of the local
health program." Today's emphasis on preventive medicine places an
even higher premium on the nurse's
services. She playS an important
part in the control of epidemics, the
early detection of remedial defects,
the prevention of disease and the
adoption  of  good  health  habits.
The nursing program in Clare
county was first set up in 1935. There
have been times when the county
was without nursing service due to
many factors. But even then the
program has progressed fairly well
when you consider the square miles
to be covered and the population to
be given service. But for you to
have a much better understanding of
the inside workings of your nursing
service the local Health Department
is holding open house on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, April 22-
23-24, from one until fgur p. m. and
Wednesday morning from 9:30 until
12:00 noon, at their offices in the
city hall in Clare.
There will also be a window display
in the Consumers Power Company
window. Be sure and stop by and see
this story told in picture form.
Young Adults to
Honor Teacher,
Donald Holbrook
The Young Adult Fellowship Class
of the Methodist Sunday School are
planning for a congratulation program, in honor of their teacher, Donald E. Holbrook, who was recently
elected Circuit Judge of the 21st
Judicial Circuit. The date has been set
for Wednesday evening, April 23rd, at
8:00 p. m. in the Clare Methodist
Church.
Theo Wallington is general chair-
iran, and the music will be in charge
cf Miss Doris Gerow. The speaker of
the evening will be Rev. Millington,
pastor of the First Congregational
Church of Reed City and. a former
Municipal Judge.
Refreshments in the church parlors
by the class. The public is cordially
invited to come and enjoy this program and to extend congratulations to
the honored guest.
CLARE STUDY CLUB
Due to the fact the Doherty Hotel
dining room -will not tie available by
May 6, the Clare Study Club May
Breakfast has been postponed until
a later date.
Deaths
ERVIN JAMES CALKINS
Ervin James Calkins passed away
at, his home at 1008 Maple street at
2:40 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
following a stroke suffered Monday,
Which culminated in a cerebral hemorrhage without his regaining cOn*
sciousaess.
funeral services will be held from
the Thurston Funeral Home at 2:00
o'clock Saturday afternoon, with Rev.
'.&>  C.  Leyrer officiating,  and  inter-
' inent in Cherry Grove cemetery. The
' obituary will b. published hetti/esk.
GRAND RAPID
SALESMAN CLAIMS
HE WM ROBBED
Inquiry of Officers Fails to
Reveal He Made
Complaint
A man giving his name and identity as Jay Snow, Grand Rapids
salesman, was brought to the Clare
Hospital by two unidentified men at
1:30 o'clock Monday morning in an
unconscious condition.
When he had recovered consciousness, Snow claimed he had left the
show and gone next door to buy a
bottle of beer and that was the last
he remembered. He also claimed he
had been robbed of ?300 he had on
his person.
He was treated for a cut on the
nose „and released from the hospital
the next morning.
A strange angle to the case is that
inquiry from city police, state police
and the sheriff's office failed to reveal that he had made complaint Of
the alledged robbery.
MICHIGAN AIDS NEW
YORK IN COMBATING
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC
Vaceinaiions   Will   Be   Given
in Health Department
Clinic in Clare
Michigan met an emergency request Wednesday from Nassau County, New York, for 40.000 vials of
smallpox vaccine.
"It is to be used in fighting an
outbreak- of the deadly hemorrahagic
smallpox," said Dr. William De-
Kleine, State health Commissioner.
"Every Michigan adult and child
who has not been vaccinated in the
last three years should be vaccinated,
immediately. Michigan is extremely
vulnerable because of the large number of persons who are not vaccinated.".
There will be a clinic held in the
Clare County Health Department
from 9:30 to 12:00 o'clock next
Wednesday, April 23, to give small
ipox vaccinations to anyone desiring
it. If you are not interested in attending the clinic, you should see
your family physician. There is no
charge-at the clinic.
LOCAL CANCER
CAMPAIGN STARTS
NEXTJUESDAY
Citizens Urged to Contribute Liberally to Worthy
Cause
"During the last five years, cancer
has killed forty-seven in this county
alone. The drive for funds to stamp
out cancer will start April 22, 1947.
We must all support this drive to the
limit of our abilities," said Martha
Bic,knell, who has been appointed
county chairman of the current cancer drive.
G. A. Webber, state chairman of the
Michigan Division of the American
Cancer Society, in appealing for funds
to carry out this organization's cancer control program, declared, "Last
year, over 7,200 people in Michigan
died of cancer. One out of every
three of these deaths was needless.
If.their conditions had been detected
and treated early enough, th'ey cfluld
have been saved. At least thirty to
fifty per cent of cancel* cases can
be cured."
April has been designated as Cancer Control Month by an Act of Congress and a Proclamation by President
Truman. National, state and county
quotas have been set.
The Michigan Division was organized in conjuntion with the officials
of the Michigan State Medical Association. Eager to get the proposed
program under way, leaders in business, professional life, labor and agriculture gave of their time anl money to support it.
Money which Will be raised by the
April drive will be spent to educate
the people of Michigan to the need for
early diagnosis of cancer. Danger
signals will be pointed out and early
treatment urged. This educational
program will be carried out by newspapers, radio broadcasts, moving pictures, books, study courses and public talks on cancer.
These funds will also be used to
continue cancer research in order to
discover its cause. This nation-wide
research is under the direction of
leading scientists and medical authorities who believe that the discovery
of the cause of cancer will eventually
lead to the cure of all types of cancer.
Part of the funds will go the support
of local service and education projects. Harold B. Hughes, campaign
chairman, announced today that Clare
will have a quota of $500.00, one half
of which will remain in Clare County.
Contributions may be sent to your
city or county chairman or to state
headquarters. Between the hours of
9:00 and 12:00 on Tuesday, April 22,
a house to house campaign will be
carried on in Farwell, Harrison, and
Clare by the women's clubs. Everyone is urged to have contributions
ready.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR RALLY
Tourist, who are -r._le_ courteous-
m wiU stop itt Clare again.
The young people's Rally of the six
churches will be held this time at the
DOver Tabernacle, April 27, in the
evening at 8 o'clock. We have invited
for our guest speaker Rev. Robert
Fast, pastor of the Church of God, of
Wharton, Ohio.
Young people from Arthur Center,
Colonville, and Eagle will furnish musical numbers for your entertainment.
We extend a hearty invitation to you
to come and join us in our fellowship,
and enjoy this special message^
—Committee      29t2
April Meeting
of Clare P. T. A.
Planned Monday
The Clare P. T. A. will hold their
April meeting next Monday evening,
the 21st in the Clare school. A short
business meeting will be held and a
pleasing program will be presented,
which has been arranged by the finance committee, and will include
declamations, musical numbers, and a
skit, by the children of the fifth
grade.
Several ideas for earning money
have been cancelled and to acquire
funds for the treasury of the P. T. A.
a free will offering will be taken at
this meeting and it is hoped that all
parents will make a special effort to
attend this meeting and make their
donations, that the P. T. A. may make
their contribution to the school library for the purchase of new books.
SIX YEAR OLD     «
BOY IS FATALLY
. HURTTHURSDAY
Lad Suffers   Broken Limb
While Riding On
Car Fender
CLARE CORNET
BAND ORGANIZED
HEREJN 1870'S
Musician's Whiskers Make
Identification
Difficult
Clare has been represented by
good bands almost since the first early
settlers made their homes here in
the wilderness. On November 20,
1870, Peter Callam brought his family,
including Mrs. Jennie Callam McCulloch and Mrs. Josephine Callam Murdoch, present Tesidents of the city,
to Clare on the first train coming to
the community, and as long ago as
December 13, 1878, the Clare Cornet
Band had been organized
Several months ago our local photographer, Earl Sternaman, presented
the Sentinel with a copy of a photograph of the band from his tine collection of early pictures and the older
residents of the city recognized most
of the musicians at a glance, but because of the "chin foliage" in evidence
on the musicians in the picture reproduced in this week's Sentinel, it
was, very difficult to recognize one
or two of the "bandsmen.
After numerous visits with residents who have lived in Clare for
many years and hours of searching
through the early files of The Clare
Press, the predecesor of the Sentinel,
the identity of all of the musicians
has been established beyond a reasonable doubt.
(Continued on Page Six)
GRADE FOLK FESTIVAL
PRESENTED IN SCHOOL
GYM NEXT FRIDAY
Varied  Program  Will   Replace
Grade Operetta of
Former Years
This year the annual grade operetta
is being replaced by a folk festival to
be held in the gymnasium on April 25,
at 8:15 p. m.
This folk festival is presented" by
the fourth, fifth and sixth grades and
is under the direction and supervision of Miss Tobey.
A Folk Festival is something new
in Clare and promises to be a lot of
fun and enjoyment for all who attend.
The following selections will give
you an idea of what the program consists of: A South American skit, La
Cucharacha and Celito Lindo; a Canadian skit, Allouette and LaCusinire;
and an American skit, Little David.
The dances will include: The Boatman's Dance, Mexican Hat Dance,
Sailor Dance and Indian Dance. The
dances are directed by Miss Joanne
Richard.
Miss Helen Attaquin,.on the violin;
Mrs. Tom McDaniels, cellist; and
Miss Doris Gerow, pianist, will furnish the musical accompaniment for
the program.
i    A tragic accident "occurred at JZ.03
, Thursday noon when Lloyd Keysor,
120,  of  Hamilton  township, who was
driving a 1941 Studebaker Champion
. south on US-27 seven miles nortls of
Clare, came over   the  hill  near the
Klemen,    school    jusf   after    schooB
had been let out for noon and DaviS
'Clark Walters, the six year   old   so_*
of Mr. and Mrs. Clark    Walters,   of
, the Robert Shull Ranch, ran into th©
, side of the car and   was   fatally   sis-'
jured.
According to statements made tor
Prosecuting Attorney Harold Ik-
Hughes, Keysor jerked his car sideways to his left to avoid hitting the
boy and when he saw another " cay
coming from the south, jerked _u_v
car back to the right to avoid hitting the other car just as the boy
struck the Keysor .car.
A spot of blood three feet onto the?
pavement indicates the place where
the little fellow hit the car, but he
was thrown several feet by the im.-
pact.
The lad passed away at 4:10 o'clock
Thursday afternoon.
Blinded by Lights
Lester G. Acker, 24, of R-l Coleman',
escaped injury when he was partially-
blinded by the lights oi an oncoming:
vehicle just north  of  the Rosebush
village limits  at  1:15   o'clock Saturday   morning   and   the   1938   Lincoln.
Zephyr sedan he was driving ran ofC-
onto  the  soft  shoulder on the right'
hand side of" the road, went out of-'*
control, crossed back to the opposite '
side of the highway, overturning and
struck a tree.   Damage to his car was: -
estimated   at   $500.    He  was   issued
a summons for failing to report prop--*
erty damage accident.
Two Summonses Issued
While Dale A. Parsons, 3D, of The"
Heights, Michigan, was driving a-
1940 Buick coupe south on US-27 at
10:30 o'clock Thursday mornings
April 10,/Clarence A. Tice, 63, of R-S-'
Clares wifo-was driving a 1941- Ford!
coach in the same direction, turned?
in front of the Parsons car attempting to make a U turn at the highway
intersection three miles south of Clare
and the Tice car was struck in th©
rear by the Parsons car.
No one was injured, but Tice was?
issued a summons for failing to give
right of way and Parsons was given*
a ticket for driving with no operators-
license.
'Crowded Off Road .
a William C. Chappie, 27, of R-3 Claret
who was driving a 1939 Olds coach
south on US-27 at 2:00 o'cltick Friday morning, April 11, claims another
car forced him off the road onto the?
soft shoulder, which pulled him into?
a tree.   ' ' *
Chappie and Ernest Hall, 30, of Oh-
away,  a passenger in the car, were
treated for  cuts  and  bruises at theM-
Clare Hospital.
Boy   Falls   From   Car
Gerald Cole, 13, oi R-5 Mt. Pleasant,
suffered a broken left leg when riding on the right front fender o£ a.
1937 Ford "sedan driven west on the.
Leaton Road two miles east of US-27^
at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,-
April -8, by Gerald LeRoy Welsh, 17*
of R-5 Mt. Pleasant.
Welsh turned to his left to avoM
hitting   other   children   in  the^ roadL,
(Continued on Page Six)*
DESOIQ. PLYMOUTH»WILLYS
Bob's Sales and Service, Clare. 27tf
Local Jewelers
Attend Meetings
at Grand Rapids
Howard M. Everts and Jack E.
Cook attended the Michigan Horologi-
cal Association convention in Grand
"Rapids Sunday. The association went
on record as supporting Senate Bill
170, a, measure to require licensing of
Watchmakers for protection of the public against Unscrupulous tinkerers.
On Monday Messrs. Everts and Cook
attended the Michigan. Retail Jewelers
Association: there and Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Everts attended the
assiciation's Gollen Jubilee banquet,
served, at I'M o'clock at th# Rdwe
Hotel.
LEWIS L. CARTER
PASSES IN ANN ARBOR
HOSPITAL APRIL 11TH
Laid at Rest in. Cherry Grove
Cemetery Monday   .
Afternoon
Lewis L. Carter was born in Yotmgs*'
town, Ohio, in 1872, and died in Artie
Arbor hospital April 11th, 1947, at
the age of seventy-four years, teiE
months, and two days.
Mr. Carter spent most of his Titer-
in Ohio. He was united in marriage*
to Minnie Clara Holt, of Youngstown^
Ohio, in 1908, and she passed awacr
in 1940.
I He spent most of his time since?
with relatives in Ypsilanti, Michigan^
I He leaves to mourn their loss, three:
sisters^ Lettie and Lucie, in Ohioy
and Mary, here in Clare, besides a-
host of other relatives and friends.
j He was always a good- church*
worker and had faith in God Jo the
last.
|    Funeral   services   were held irons
the   Friz   Funeral   Home   at   2:00?
o'clock Monday afternoon, with Re__-
E.. E. Redman officiating, and iutw-'
ijiefctVitt "Cherry Grove. cemetery.