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CLARE,  MICHIGAN.  FRIDAY  MORNING.   AUGUST 8. 1947
New Series Vol. 55. No. 45
DIST. SOFTBALL
TOURNAMENT HERE
ALL JIEXT WEEK
Six Clare and Six Mt. Pleasant
Teams io Compete In
Elimination
Clare softball fans are fortunate
this year to be able to witness the
local District Tournament of the
Michigan 'Softball Association to be
held at the Clare High School athletic field Monday through Saturday,
August 11 through 16.
This tournament will pit six teams
from Mt. Pleasant and six teams from
% Clare and is played to qualify two
teams for the District Tournament
AUgus? 22 through August 24. Winners of the various District Tournaments will compete at Lansing for the
State Title.
Teams from Mt. Pleasant that will
be competing here next week are the
Police, Remus, Brainard, Marathon,
Co-Op and NuWay. These are the best
six teams in the Mt, Pleasant Class C
league. At a meeting of the Michigan
Softball Association, District 10, held
at Mt. Pleasant on July 31, it was decided to take the four tog, teams from
the Clare fast league and the two
top teams from the Clare slow league.
They are VFW, Schaeffer's, Brown
Corners, North Bradley, K of C and
Eagle.
This promises to be a fine tournament, and as there will be several
added expenses such as payment of
out of town officials and dues to the
State Association, the admission will
be 25c nightly.   '
For Monday evening's 7:30 game,
North Bradley drew a bye and V.F.W.
will play the Mt. Pleasant Police.
Brown Corners drew a bye for the
9:00 o'clock game and Mt. Pleasant
Co-Ops will play  Schaeffer's.
Tuesday evening at 7:30 K of C will
play Brainard, with Remus drawing
a bye. At 9:00 o'clock Marathon will
play Eagle, with NuWay drawing a
bye.
At 7:30 Wednesday evening North
Bradley will play the winner of the
V.F.W.-Police game; and at 9:00
o'clock Brown Corners will play the
winner of the Co-Op-Schaeffer game.
At 7:30 Thursday evening Remus
will play the winner" o£ th£ K, of,-tr
Brainard game; and at 9:00 o'clock
NuWay will play the winner of the
Marathon-Eagle game.
At 7:30 Friday evening the winners
of Thursday's games will play; and
at 9:00 o'clock the winners of Wed
nesday's games will play.
The tournament championship will
be decided at 8:00 o'clock Saturday
evening between the winners of Friday evening's  games
Local league play will be suspended during the week of the tournament,
but will be resumed on schedule the
following week.
NEW VETERAN OFFICE
NOW ESTABLISHED IN
CLARE CITY HALL
"Will    Handle    Newly    Created
Michigan Veterans
Trust Fund
Examination For
Clerk-Carrier at
Clare Post Office
Open competitive examination leading to permanent appointment to positions in the Clare", Michigan, post
office, is announced today by the local
secretary of the TJ. S. Civil Service
Commission.
The position is for substitute clerk-
carrier, the basic pay for which is
$1.04 an hour with increases added
annually. These jobs are limited to
the patrons and temporary workers of
the Clare, Michigan post office. Those
who are holding,temporary or indefinite appointments should compete if
they desire permanent status.
Application forms may be obtained
from the local secretary at the post
office. They must be filled out and
filed with the Regional Director, Seventh U. S. Civil Service Commission,
433 W. Van Buren St., Chicago 7, 111.,
not later than September 2, 1947
MICHIGAN BELL
TO PETITION FOR
RATE INCREASE
Proposes Extended-Area Service
Without Paying Toll
Charges
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This recent development of Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Dice is located near the  intersection   of  US-10   on   M-115.
k —Photo By Clare Photo Service
Room Telephone
Service Restored
At Hotel Doherty
Guest room telephone service, not
available during and since the war,
has been restored at the Hotel Doherty
with Michigan Bell Telephone service
crews installing a new switchboard
and new telephone instruments in all
of the rooms and hotel cottages this
week.
Free telephone service is available
from the rooms and cottages to the
office, between rooms and cottages,
and to and from homes and business
places in the city. Toll calls can also
be made from the rooms and cottages
to points outside of the city,
The new service became operative
Tuesday and this convenience, placed
"at the elbow" of each guest, is greatly appreciated.
The new installation necessitated a
change in the hotel phone number,
which is now 440.
There is now established / a new
veterans office in the Clare City Hall.
This office is handling a newly created Michigan Veterans trust fund
solely for the benefit of honorably
discharged veterans and their dependants. The Veterans trust fund
is designed to care for the emergent
needs of qualified veterans of world
war number II and the dependents.
All veterans are welcome to come
in at any time and we will be only
too glad to answer any question and
explain clearly just how the trust fund
is operated.
Any veteran applying for and
through the trust fund should bring
with him or her their discharge
papers. By doing so will eliminate a
great deal of unnecessary time and
trouble. It will also be a great benefit to both the vets and the veterans
office as well as the doctor and hospital if the veteran could possibly
contact the veterans office before consulting the doctor or hospital.
This office is open Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday,    Friday    and    Saturday
from 10:00 a. m. till 12:00 noon and
2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m.   No appointment necessary,  phone or  come in.
Phone 526-W.    If unable to  contact
the representative in charge, you may
call the police department in the city
hall and they Will take the message.
County Board of Trustees
Frank D. Jackson,  Chairman,
Stanley Parish, Sec'y-Treas.
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DURANCE-IRWIN. REUNION
To be held Sunday, August 10, at
Port Huron, Michigan, in the MaryS-
ville Park, across the road from* the
Chrysler plant, *
Secretary
The Michigan Bell -Telephone Com
pany today revealed that it will pe*
tition the Michigan Public Service
Commission the latter part of August
for a $10,400, 000 annual increase in
rates.
T. C. Maher, manager for the company, said the proposed rate increase
would be applied to every exchange
in Michigan Bell territory and virtually every type of service in order that
"the increased costs of doing business be shared by all telephone users."
While asking for a rate increase,
the company will propose a new type
of extended-area service that will permit users to call nearby exchanges
"with the same community of interest"
without paying toll charges, Maher
said. Under the proposal, Clare users
could plate calls to Beaverton, Cole-:
man, Harrison, Rosebush, Farwell and
Gladwin without the levy of a toll
charge. Likewise, users in those communities could call Clare without paying such additional charge.
Pointing out that the new service
would open up an entirely new opportunity for telephone users of this community, Maher said the proposal recognizes the war and postwar trend
toward commuting between nearby
communities for employment, trade,
and recreation.
"The need for liberalizing calling
privileges between exchanges with the
same community of interest has been
evidenced by numerous requests for
enlarging exchange boundaries and
petitions from many organizations
asking that service to the larger centers be included in local service
charges," Maher said. "They also
have been substantiated by statewide
studies of the use by our customers
of shorthaul toll service to nearby
communities. It is indicated that telephone users generally are willing to
pay higher exchange rates in return for a wider calling area."
The company is proposing a reclass-
ification of outstate exchange area
into 8 groups, depending upon the
number of main-station telephones
(exclusive of extensions) in the extended-calling area. Those groups
range from calling areas with 800 or
fewer main telephones to those with
50,001 to 100.000 main stations. The
present classification 0^7 groups does
not apply to extended calling areas
and embraces exchanges with only
10,000 or fewer main telephones.
Maher points out that, under the
new proposal, the Clare calling area
would be in a classification with those
of 1,601 to 3,000 main stations, the extended area here having 2,725 main
telephones. In the same classifications
are such extended areas as will be associated with the Evart, Gladwin, Indian River, LeRoy, and Ubly exchanges.
Under the company's proposal,
monthly residence rates here would
be increased as follow:
Individual-line flat-rate service, from
present rate of $1.75 to proposed new
rate of $2.75; 4-party-line flat-rate,
from $1.45 to $2; and rural-line res-
idence service, from $1.50 to $2. Two
party-line flat-rate residence service,
now unavailable, would be offered at
$2.25 a month.
Proposed increases for business
services are: Individual-line flat-rate,
from $2.30 to $5 a month; 2-party flat
rate, from $2 to $4; and rural-line business service from $2.25 to $3.25 a
month. The basic rate for private
branch exchange trunk service would
be increased to 150 per cent of the
monthly charge for individual line flat-
rate business service compared with
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Clare Rotarians
Guests at Scout
Camp Wednesday
Cliff Klapp, director of Boy Scouts'
Camp Rotary, was host to members of
Clare's Rotary Club at a pot luck picnic there Wednesday evening. Nearly
all members of the club turned out for
the outing and brought their wives
and children to enjqy the good time.
Rides in boats and canoes entertained several of the ladies, and other
visitors swam and waded in the fine
clear water of the lake.
After the. 7:00 o'clock dinner, the
Rotary guests watched a program of
organized games and recreation for
the boys.
CLARE COUNTY TO
RECEIVE WEIGHT AND
,    GAS TAX REFUNDS
County To Receive More Than
$10,000 For Highway and "
Street Maintenance
COUNTY NEEDS
WATER CONTROL
TOJAVE LAND
Commissioner * Cluie    Reveals
Conditions To Planning
Commission
Vouchers for the payment of
$1,275,000 in gas tax money to the
counties and cities of the state for
expenditure on local roads and streets,
for the first half of 1947, as provided
for in Act 8 of the 1934 special session, have been prepared by the Highway Department and sent to the Auditor General's office for payment,
Highway Commisioner Charles M.
Ziegler reports.
A total of $6,750,000 ot gas tax money is returned each year to the counties and cities for expenditure on
local roads and streets. After deduction of this money, collection costs
and refunds on gasoline bought for
non-highway usage, the rest of the
money goes to the Highway Department to meet its administrative, maintenance and construction costs.
Following are the amounts nearby
counties will receive under the
$1,275,000 return.
Clare—$3,682.87
Gladwin—$3,577.67
Isabella—$8,053.25
■ Mecosta—$5,134.57
Midland—$8,360.03
Missaukee—3.120.84
Osceola—$4,647.16
Roscommon—$3,303.91
Vouchers for the return of the second quarter of 1947 weight tax collections to the counties of the state,
amounting to $2,329,355.64, have been
prepared and sent to the Auditor General's office for payment as provided
for in Act 302, Section 34, Public Acts
of 1915, according to Highway Commissioner Charles M. Ziegler.
The second quarter payment will
make a total of $24,347,017.75 collected and returned in weignt tax this
year, $22,107,662.75 having been returned  during the first  quarter.
This total for the first two quarters
of this year is $5,223,792.77 more
than the $19,123,224.98 collected'and
returned in the first two quarters of
1946 and is $550,387.55 more than the
$23,796,630 total of weight tax collections for the entire year 1946.
Following are the amounts nearby
counties will receive in second quarter weight tax returns:
Clare—$7,138.99
Gladwin—$6,542.68
Isabella—$15,443.01
Mecosta—$9,224.00
Midland—$14,827.86
Missaukee—$6,059.16
Osceola—$9,399.56
Roscommon—$7,146.93.
James Clute, Recreation and) Upstream Storage Commissioner of the
Saginaw Valley "Regional Planning
Commission, on- July 26, sent the following information concerning conditions in this1 area* to Phelps Vogelsang, chairman of the planning commission, in. an effort to secure nee'died
work of the commission for the local
area:
Mr. Vogelsang:
Clare County is a poor county. We
have not the man power to collect the
statistics of flood damage or erosion.
I am a poor working man trying to
make a living so I can't take the time.
It seems to me, the source of the
trouble is the first thing to combat.
. ...We. do.-n:ftt' ArtKre^0ur lakes and
streams deepened by dredging or
building new ways to run off the water. We want to hold our water and
top soil up hehe if possible.
Use this brain child of ours if possible.
Yours for the future good of the U.
S. A.
Flood  Control  for  Lower Central
Michigan
We have in Clare County 157 lakes
which form the headwaters of the left
wing of the Butterfly.
The water level in Clare County is
very low and is going down every
year. By building dams, water in the
lakes may be raised from two to six
feet to reach their original banks
which Would help in retaining water
level.
In the earlier days, and until the
last three years, the beaver did a very
good job in: holding our water up;
but the ladies required so much fur
that beavers have become extremely
scarce.
Did you ever walk in an area of land
which   has   been poorly  drained  and
smell the   strong sour   odors   which
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Sacred Concert
at Clare Baptist
Church Aug. 13
A sacred concert will be presented
Wednesday evening, August 13th, at
eight o'clock, at the First Baptist
Church. Mr. Eivin Bjornstad, of Oslo,
Norway, a lyric dramatic tenor, sings
gospel songs in such a manner they
bring Heaven near. He has received
training by some of the greatest masters of. our day.
He has toured Europe, singing in
leading European cities, in German,
French, Italian, English and Scandinavian and has been called the King
of Gospel Singers. Mr. Bjornstad is
an internationally famous tenor.
Rev. David Otis Fuller, D.D., of the
Wealthy Street Baptist Temple of
Grand Rapids, has this to say concerning Mr. Bjornstad, "I cannot speak
too highly of Mr. Bjornstad's ability
as a singer, but coupled with this,
which I like the best, is his deep consecration and love for souls.
A welcome awaits you.
Pastor E. E. Redman
ROBINETT REUNION
The  thirty-third  Robinett  reunion
will be held in Cotton's Grove on Sunday," August 17, 1947.
45t2 Secretary
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Fahrenheit
Clare and the nation has endured
extreme heat most of this week, but
that is not news.
However, here are a few temperatures for comparison with the household thermometer:
The hottest spot in Clare seems to
be at the rear of the City Bakery,
where a thermometer is reported to
have registered 118 degrees in the
sun.
The highest official temperature
was reported at Blythe, Calif., where
the mercury reached 115 Tuesday,
while Yuma, Ariz., sweltered at 111
and Fresno, Calif., 107.       ,, ■
In Michigan's usually cool Upper
Peninsula, Houghton reported 103, a
record high for the state, and Marquette and Pellston, 102, The mercury hovered around 100 at Grand
Rapids, Traverse City and Battle
Creek.
The Detroit Free Press came out
Thursday morning with a perspiring
front page title line.
It seems that in" Clare it has been
too hot to even violate the law and
city police report only a few parking
infractions.
Mt. Pleasant Post State Police re*
port their new summer uniforms are
"nice" and "much cooler."     '" v,
LIBRARY BOARD HOLDS
ANNUAL BDSINESS MEET
TUESDAY, JULY 22nd
Mrs.   Harold   Fleming   Elected
President For the
Coming Year
The Library Board held its annual
meeting to which all Study Club Members are invited, July 22, 1947, at the
Clare City Library.
The president, Mrs. Alex Artibee,
called the meeting to order and asked
the secretary to read the minutes of
the last regular meeting. The minutes
were read and approved.
The treasurer, Mrs. Richardson,
gave her annual report, which was
approved.
Mrs. Hochstetler, our librarian, then
gave a summary of her stay at Higgins Lake. She enjoyed going to the
Workshop and came back with many
useful ideas. She gave the following
report of our Clare library:
Circulation—10,200
Books Added—325
Books Lost—25
Taken at Desk—$188.00
Rentals—$56.00
Janitor Service—$30.00
Postal Box Rent—$3.00
She also added that the residents of
Clare had read heavily the books recommended by the State Federation
of Women's Clubs.
The president made a motion that
the board pay Mrs. Richardson some
thing for her tireless and constant
service as treasurer. Motion was seconded but Mrs. Richardson graciously
rejected the proposal.
Mrs. Jay Green ""nominated the following slate, for 1947-48: ,
President—Mrs. H. Fleming.
Vice President—Mrs. N. EKlen.
Secretary—Mrs. R, Pinaire.
Treasurer—Mrs. D. Richardson.
The secretary cast a unanimous
vote for the group, for this strong
slate.
Mrs. Green suggested that persons
not members of the Study Club but
interested in library activities be per
mitted to participate at the board
meetings. The subject will be further discussed at the next regular
meeting. •
Mrs. Artibee was given a vote of
thanks for her splendid work as 1946-
1947 president.
V-J DAY DANCE
Sponsored   by   Beta   Sigma   Phi,
Wedgewood   Room,   Doherty   Hotel,
August 14.   Admission $2.00 plus tax,
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ANOTHER BEAUTY
SPOT DEVELOPED
IN CLM COUNTY
Birch Haven Motor Court Nears
Completion Near US-10 and
M-115 Intersection
ONE KILLED AND
ONE SERIOUSLY
HURTJIWRECKS
Geo. McCumber Passes Away In
Hospital; Vernon Brown
Remains Unconscious
Birch Haven motor court, nearing
completion between US-10 and M-115
eight miles west of Clare, promises
to be a "beauty spot of the north"
when fully developed.
The ranch house type^tourist lodge,
a 60x160 foot structure facing M-115
just west of the roadside park at the
intersection of the highways, is of
vertical knotty cedar construction and
is built "U" shaped, partially surrounding the motor court, with a
canopy all around the front of the
units covering a concrete walk. The
interior is also finished in vertical
knotty cedar.
The building sets in a twenty acre
wooded tract of land, with plenty
of birch and maple trees, including a
number within the court, which will
be sodded, and arbor vitae and mugo
pines have already beeif JpTaifea"~lft
front of the cabins. In fact the lodge
derived its name from some particularly attractive birch trees which
stand in the court. Circle driveways
will provide parking space in front
of each unit.
The fourteen units vary in size from
10x17 to 12x17 feet and will accommodate two, three and four persons, with
some units connected by adjoining
doors. Some units have private
baths and all are connected with bathrooms equipped with shower baths,
toilets and lavatories, and each con-
tains a clothes closet. The building
is electrically lighted, including bed
lamps for the convenience of guests.
The entire building is insulated and
windows on two sides of each room
provide adequate light and cross ventilation.
The rooms are furnished with Hollywood beds, the best obtainable box
springs and inner spring mattresses,
and antique walnut, maple and oak
chests of drawers with fruit pulls.
Attractive hand crocheted rugs on the
red and green cement floors and
colorful drapes hung on traverse rods
at the windows add to the pleasant
atmosphere of the rooms.
At the left front of the building is
the 12x24 office, with an Onaway stone
fireplace and furnished with Early
American antique maple furniture.
Scenic drapes with wildlife prints
conform with the interior of the room.
The living quarters c-f Mr. and Mrs.
Harry B. Dice, owners of the property,
include a nice large kitchen with all
modern conveniences. An antique
kettle hangs on a crane at the Onaway
stone fireplace and is flanked by two
very large copper sauce pans that are
over 100 years old.
Mrs. Dice is a collector of antiques
and the kitchen equipment includes
a very old brass milk warmer, several brass kettles and other interesting items. Other unique items include
electric lamps in the cabins which
have been made from old fashioned
coffee mills, an office floor lamp made
of an' old fashioned churn, and a
table lamp fashioned from a whiskey
keg.
Mr. Dice, a former Grand Rapids
clothier and choir director, is an ardent sportsman and lover of nature
and the out of doors. The Dices are
members of the East Michigan Tourist
Association and Clare Chamber of
Commerce.
Contrasting the antiques in the kitchen, office and guest rooms, is a modern utility room with a hot water
heating plant which will furnish heat
for all of the units, the hot water system for heating water, and laundry
equipment. A nearby well furnishes
an abundance of' good drinking water,
which is also available in all units,
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George S. McCumber, 23, of Mt.
Pleasant, passed away in the Clare
Hospital at 6:40 o'clock Wednesday
evening as the result of a one car
accident a mile and a half west of
Clare on US-10 at 1:45 o'clock Monday morning.
His 1936 Chevrolet coach ran off
the right side of the pavement as he
was driving west on the highway
and when he attempted to pull it back
onto the pavement it rolled over several times.
McCumber and Harold Eichhorn, 18
of Farwell, a passenger in -the car,
were brought to the hospital, where
examination revealed that McCumber
had suffered a fractured skull, lacerations of the scalp and hemorrhage;
and Eichhorn cuts about the neck and
bruises. Eichhorn's condition was reported as "much improved," Thursday
afternoon.
Remains Unconscious
Vernon DeWitt Brown, 26, of R-5,
Mt. Pleasant, lies unconscious and in
a serious condition in the Central
Michigan Community Hospital there
following-the wrecking of his car two
and a half miles east of Rosebush on
a county road at 3:45 o'clock Monday
morning.
He was driving east when his 1939
Dodge sedan Jeft the road on the
north side and hit a power pole.
Tracks indicated that he swerved off
quickly and a flat left front tire anr
parently had not hit the power" pole,
so it is thought a blow-out caused the
accident.
A farmer living nearby heard the
crash at 3:45 a. m. but thought nothing of it and went back to sleep.
When he awakened at 5:15 he saw
the wrecked car and upon investigation at 5:30 found Brown lying unconscious and covered with blood. He
reported the accident to the Mt.
Pleasant State Police Post and an ambulance took Brown to the hospital.
Thursday afternoon the full extent
of his injuries had not been deter-
mlnl^iin-a-'tfis^^
as "the "SEifne."
SCHOOL BUSSES TO
BE INSPECTED FOR
SAFE OPERATION
State Police Cooperating With
Department of Public   «
Instruction
With the cooperation of the Micb>
igan State Police, the State Department of Public Instruction is launch?"
ing a school bus inspection campaign
designed to protect the safety of the:
100,000 children who are daily transported to and from school, it is announced by Dr. Eugene B. Elliott,
Superintendent.
There are more than 2,000 School
buses in use throughout Michigan and
sixty per cent have been in service
for more than six years.
All i school districts are to have
their buses checked and repaired by
August 15. Reports on their condition will then be forwarded to the
Department of Public Instruction and
to the State Police. During the course
of the school year the State Police
will conduct a follow-up inspection to
determine if the vehicles 'are in lawful condition. If not, they will be
ordered out of service until repaired.
'We are pleased to extend our cooperation to the Department of Public
Instruction in carrying out this program as we believe it Will be an important contribution in assuring that
the lives of children entrusted to the
transportation system of the schools
will be more secure against traffic
hazards," said State Police Commissioner Donald S. Leonard. "Because
of the eagerness of the school systems themselves to protect the children's safety, the campaign should
prove Very effeotive and undoubtedly
will develop into a permanent program."
Pointing out that the program has
been undertaken largely at the request of school systems, Dr. Elliott
asserted that "under no circumstances
should school buses in an unsafe condition be Used to transport children."
"This program should eliminate that
risk," he stated, "and it should also-
make parents feel happier in the assurance that no chances are being;
taken With the lives of their children."1
1944 CLASS REUNION
The Clare High School graduating:
das* of 1944 Will hold meir rfetinioa
at Wilson Slate Park, HarriBon,' Om
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