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CLARE,  MICHIGAN,  FRIDAY '-MORNING.  JULY 11, 1947
New Series Vol. 55, No, 4-
are Mfg. Co. New Distributor Plant in Production
TWO KILLED IN
RAFFIC ACCIDENT
NEAR ROSEBUSH
Indian Fined on D and D Charge
After Alleged Threat
With Knife
George H. West, 60, of Lansing and
Rosebush, was killed and John Henry
Demmex*, four and a half year old son
of Mr .and Mrs. John Edward Demmer
of Lansing, died enroute to the Central Michigan Community Hospital at
Mt. Pleasant, following a tragic traffic accident 500 feet south of the McKnight service station two miles
south of Rosebush at 4:00 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, July 2.
West, who was driving south on
TJS-27, attempted to pass another car
and drove into the path of the oncoming northbound Demmer car and in
the confusion that followed the fatal
collision occurred.
Following investigation, Coroner Dr
R. A. Northway declared the collision accidental.
Besides Demmer, passengers in his
car were: his wife, Mrs. John Edward
Demmer, 27; their four months old
son, William A. Demmer; her sister,
Kathleen Alofsson, 25, and her brother, Gustav Alofsson, 18, all of Lansing. All were badly cut and bruised
and suffered shock, but not critically
injured, except the baby, who escaped
injury.
The  accident was  investigated  by
State Police of the Mt. Pleasant post.
Boy  Escapes  Injury
Seven year old Larry Gillis, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gillis, of
West Fifth Street, escaped serious injury at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning
when he walked from between parked
cars about 150 feet west of the McEwan Street intersection into the
path of a 1947 Dodge truck driven by
Harold Moline.Jr., IS, who fortunately
was traveling about ten miles per
hour when the child was struck.
The. lad escaped with bruises and
was taken to his* home by Moline and-
Austin Meyer, a passenger in the
truck. The accident was investigated
by city police.
Despite ususually heavy traffic, only
two minor accidents occurred here
over the Fourth of July week end and
state police report that there were
no serious aeidents in this area.
Indian on "Warpath"
Daniel "Chief" Kahgegab, of R-l
Rosebush, was arrested by city police
Wednesday afternoon of last week on
complaint of threatening a man with
a knife, but disposed of the evidence
before the police arrived.
However, he was arraigned before
Justice of the Peace William B. Dunlop the ipllowing day, charged with
being drunk and disorderly, when he
plead guilty and was fined $10.00 and
court costs. He paid and was released.
Council Promises
Building Site to
V. F. f¥. Groups
Pettit-Kapplinger Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, and their Auxiliary
have promise of a site for a veterans
building near the entrance to the Clare
Tourist Park in the near future.
Mrs, Mae McCon and Mi's. Geneva
Pearson, representing the V.F.W., met
with the City Council Monday evening,
when the latter conditionally promised a ninety-nine year lease for the
building site and referred the matter
to City Attorney Joseph K. Naumes
for legal opinion.
If the site is secured it is hoped to
have the building completed before
cold weather. It is planned to have
a health center and room for junior
activities in the building.
PARKING METERS
ACCEPTED WITH
APPROVAL HERE
City
Police   Department
Enforce All Traffic
Ordinances
Will
The reception of the parking meter
system which became effective in
Clare Monday of this week has been
very favorable, with many farmers of
the community and tourists passing
through the city expressing their approval and remarking that "we can
now find a place in Clare to park."
Meters will be used each week day
from 8:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. and on
Saturday from 8:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m.,
with free parking on all streets during the evening hours and on Sundays and holidays.
Acording to City Ordinances enacted prior to the Parking Meter Ordinance, parking is limited to one hour
on McEwan Street (US-27.) and to
two hours on other business streets,
and anyone placing coins in meters
on these streets to park for a longer
period of time is liable to penalty.
Chief of Police Charles Covell announced Friday that the city police
department was going to enforce the
Parking Meter Ordinance and other
Traffic Ordinances rigidly and advised
that anyone placing a slug or other
obstacle in meters that would retard
their operation or for the purpose of
defrauding would be subject to a severe penalty.
MICHIGAN BELL HOST
TO SCHOOL HEADS AT
DETROIT LAST WEEK
GIRLS WILL NOT
BE NEGLECTED IN
PLATPROGRAM
Girl   Tennis   Players   to   Meet
Tuesday Evening at
City Hall
WOMEN GOLFERS
PLAY IN CHAMP
TOURNItf FLIGHTS
Finals May Be Played Off By
Contenders From Clare
Country Club
Nine women golfers from the Clare
Country Club advanced' through the
first elimination round of the Central
Michigan Womens Golf championship
tournament at Ithaca in Wednesday's
play.
Mrs. Harriet Naumes, Clare club
champion, Mrs. Lucile Haley, and Mrs.
Mary Moyle all won matches- in the
championship flight in exciting competition which saw the defeat of Mrs.
Helen Hendershot, low tourney medalist, by Mrs. Naumes. Mrs. Haley .was
winner in one of the toughest matches
of the day when extra holes were
necessary to defeat Porta Colias, of
Mt. Pleasant, 1 up.
Mae Rose Fedewa, defending champion, won her first match in -easy
fasbion, defeating • Mary Brewer, of
Ithaca.
Mrs. Adelaide Elden met Mrs. Cole,
of Ithaca, in Thursday's second round
affer winning from Mrs. Brondstetter,
4-2 in first flight competition.
In tho third flight, Mrs. Mable Mulder defeated Mrs. Clara Titus both oi
Clare. Mrs. Beatrice Lange won her
match in the fourth flight, and Mrs.
Louise Hales advanced in the fifth
flight, having drawn a bye. Sixth
flight winners were Mrs. Mona Wilkinson, and Mrs. Blanch Stoll.
Seventeen members of the Clare
club entered the tournament, which
was a greater number than entered
from any other town in the association, and a possibility was seen of an
all-Clare playoff in the finals for the
championship with three strong contenders in the championship flight.
JULY 20 TO 26
NATIONAL FARM
SAFETY WEEK
Farm Not "The Safest Place On
Earth" Since Advent of
Machinery
Children Should
Swim at Supervised
Bathing Beaches
Not all water frontage is fit for
swimming, the conservation department's parks division- warns.
Parks men are alarmed at the nonchalance with which campers and
picnickers are going swimming, and
permitting their children to go swimming, at sites intended only for camping and picnicking. Such places are
not patrolled, they have no lifeguards,
their waters are not tested regularly,,
for pollution, the bottom may be
sticky mud or sharp rocks, and the
drop-off may be dangerous for all but
expert swimmers.
To play safe, parks men say, swimming, especially by children, should
be at supervised bathing beaches
only. (■
SCOUTS IN CAMP
AT ROTARY FOR
SUMMER SEASON
TWO ARRESTED
FOR ALLEGED RAPE
" , IN j-AST WEEK
Charged    With    Committing
Serious Crime Against
Minor Girls
Superintendent\
Farwell School
Sixteen  Clare  Scouts  Plan
Move in For Fifth and
Sixth Periods
io
Camp Rotary, Valley Trails Council
Boy Scout camp eight miles north of
Clare, was opened for the season Monday, June 23, and camping periods
Will continue througfh, Friday, August
15.
Scout Master Harold Schaeffer has
reported that sixteen -members of
Clare Troop No. 125 will enter camp
William Holbrook, of Clare, was arraigned before Justice of the Peace
Wm. B.'Dunlop in the office of Prosecuting Attorney Harold B. Hughes,
Tuesday afternoon, charged with statutory rape and taking indecent liberties.
Complaint was made by the father
of a fifteenvyear old Harrison girl and
Holbrook was arrested by Sheriff Seaver Amble Tuesday.
Holbrook was bound over for examination in justice court and released under $2,000 bond.
Harold Dale Forsyth, of Marion,
was arraigned July 7th before Justice
of Peace Dunlop in the office of Prosecuting Attorney Harold B. Hughes,
charged with statutory rape and taking indecent liberties with a twelve
year old Farwell girl.
Complaint was made by the girl's
father and Forsyth was arrested by
State Police o'f the Mt. Pleasant Post
northeast of Farwell the evening the
offense was alleged to have been committed.
Forsyth was released on bond of
$2,000 to appear for examination.
Although no formal charge bas been
placed against 'him, in the rape case,
Charles Szeliteo, of Marion, a friend
of Forsyth's, is reported to have interceded for him when the father of the
girl attacked Forsyth in Farwell and
Szeliteo took a beating for his trouble.
He was brought to the Clare Hospital, suffering concussion of the brain
FABRICATION OF
DISTRIBUTORS FOR
1948 FORDS BEGUN
Half Million Invested in Building, Equipment and
Materials
BOGAN
Former   superintendent  of   Clare
Schools engaged at Farwell
The boys bath house has been
moved to the vicinity of the swimming
hole on the Tobacco River, set with
the door facing west and the two sides
extended five feet for additional
privacy.
Lumber   contributed  for  the   girls'
bath house was moved out Wednesday,
along with posts contributed by Officer
Michigan school administrators, on J Eugene Campbell, and the building is
„•_ . .-,   1 __,„  _.....,„ ,__„. lnow underway with expectations that
it will be completed "and ready for
use by Monday.
Trees have been trimmed and grass
Superintendent    Bates    Among
Twenty-three Visiting
Detroit Plant
their second annual field study looking toward better cooperation between business, industry and education, visited the Michigan Bell Telephone company at Detroit on Tuesday
of last week.
Austin F. Bates, Clare superintendent of schools, was among the group
of 23 educators which toured the main
telephone building in Detroit, headquarters of Michigan Bell. Earlier
in the day the^y were guests of General Motors. On Monday they visited
the Chrysler Motor Car Company.
The group was under the sponsorship of the State Board of Control for
vocational education.
While at Michigan Bell, the school
administrators were shown the latest
type of dial switching apparatus, the
longest switchboard in the world, the
tallest "main frame,'.' the switching
center for the state's extensive teletypewriter system, and the switching
center for radio networks broadcasts.
Following dinner in the telephone
company's cafeteria, the educators
neard Michigan Bell officials outline
the makeup of the Bell System and
ways schools and industry can help
each other. The speakers were Thom-
■ as N. Lacy, president; W. C. Patterson
vice president, public relations; Herbert F. Lange, vice president, personnel; Arthur L. Leazenby, general traffic manager; and Ellis Wylie, personnel relations assistant.
Other Bell SyBtem units which the
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about the bath houses and swimming
hole has been cut by the State Highway Dep_rrtment.
Businessmen have contributed $139
to date for the recreation program
and $55.00 has been expended for
softball equipment and recreation
supplies.
^Softball games are in progress, with
six teams playing Thursday of last
week and four teams on Monday of
this week. An All-Star team was
picked Thursday to play Farwell, Mt.
Pleasant and other out of town teams.
A group/of girls who invaded police
headquarters recently with "fire In
their eyes and anger in their voices"
and charged that partiality was shown
the boys, were assured that the fairer
sex was to share Equally in the recreation program with the lads.
All girls of nine to sixteen, inclusive, who are interested in playing tennis are Urged to attend a meeting at
police headquarters in the city hall
next Tuesday evening, July 15, at 7:30'
o'clock.' .   '
Tennis matches *will be arranged
and all balls will be furnished by* the
police recreation department. Prizes
will be awarded at the close of the
season in August. Come on girls, lot's
make this a success,.
If enough girlEJ are interested,*- a
girls' softball league will be formed.'
By many people the farm is regarded as one of the safest places on earth
to work. It may have been so before
the mechanical revolution on the
farm.
For instance there was very little
risk of someone losing his arm at the
old fashioned husking bee. 'Tis not
so with the mechanical corn huskers
and pickers of 1947. Last year there
were 13 reported- serious accidents involving the corn picker in Michigan.
The tractor is the most blood thirsty
villain of the farm machinery line.
Of 72 reported accidents with tractors
in 1946, 22 were fatal. The mania for
speed is probably at the bottom of
many tractor accidents. Too much
speed bounces the driver off his seat
in front of the machine or the tractor is tipped over when turning too
fast or was used where better judgment would have said "no" and saved
a life.
Most of the 479 farm accidents reported in 1946 could have been prevented and the 1G9 people killed on
Michigan farms would still be with
us. All that was needed was a little
more thought for safety before doing
some particular act which was probably done to save time. If and when
American people come to realize that
life and injuries are much more expensive than time we will make progress in conserving a resource that is
more valuable than money—human
life and happiness.
A brief summary of the reported
farm accidents follows. Let's examine
the record and res&lve to take time,
be sure that machinery is fit for service before using and see what we can
do to lower the accident rate for 1947.
Type bf accident Number of accidents
Tot.  Fatal Non-fat.
at the beginning of the fifth period.
July 20, and most of the 'boys will Iand abrasions of the face, gjpparently
remain until the close of the sixth j having been struck only by the fists
period, August 2. of tlie S5rl's angered father.   His con-
_    ' on„ _ .     ___..,...      dition   was   reported    as    improved
Over SOO boys enjoyed the facilities! m„,     .„ - ...       .    _     .
«, ■_...-, ni.        Thursday   afternoon,   although  he  is
and accommodations of Camp Rotary    ....  _   '     ,  ,     .. ' ..%
.    . _,.i_._. still confined to the hospital,
last season, and although this summer's enrollment has* not been announced, 84 Scouts are in camp this
week and more than 100 are registered
for next week.
The whole campsite has been
sprayed with DDT and flies and mosquitoes are extinct.
Additional boats and canoes have
been provided for water sports and
fishing on beautiful Lake Rotary, the
springfed headwaters of the Middle j Cooperating With Officials* Here
REP. R. WOODRUFF
URGES REOPENING
REARING STATION
G. R. BOGAN TO BE
SUPERINTENDENT
FARWELL SCHOOL
Farwell  Board  Announces  the
Appointment of Former
Clare Supt.
Branch of the Tobacco River, and the
water is j*leal for swimming and other
water activities.
Scout Executive Clifford Klapp is
camp  director  again  this  year.
Emil Pfister has returned as program director and ds in charge of
Scout Master training.
To Resume Rearing Trout
In County
Representative Roy O. Woodruff is
cooperating and lending a helping
hand in an effort to have reopened
the Clare County Cooperative Trout
Rearing Station on Spike Horn Creek,
Burns - Explosi
ons 138'
68
70
Machinery
135
35
100
Falls
79
22
57
Livestock
78
20
58
Falling objects
17
9
8
Firearms
10
5
5
Hand and shop
tools 6
2
.
Lightning
3
.    2
1
Drowning
3
3
0
Other t
10
3
7
TOTALS
479
169
310
V.F.W.
AUXILIARY
Advancement Director Fred Beck-[north of Clare on U. S. Highway No.
man is using the new Scout camp re-1 27, that was first opened in 1930, but
aligned first and second class Scout j closed during World War II.
tests, which fit into the program nice- Led by William Lange, chairman
ly and make test passing part of the of the Trout Rearing Pond, and sup-
camp fun. ported by Ralph M. Eaton, Chairman
Business Manager Bucky Buchanan Iof the  Conservation Committee,  and
is seen daily in Clare business places!his fellow members Robert Neely and
purchasing supplies—especially food
to satisfy the campers' healthy appetites.
Bob Kruske, recently discharged
from the TJ. S. Navy, is back as waterfront director.
Scout Masters of the five units in
camp are: Hank Johnson, of Boone
Unit; Mervin Hicks, of Forester Unit;
Ralph Lirones, of West Unit; Harry
Huntley, of Beard Unit; and Ken
Poulson, of Ranger Unit.
Dr. Earl Wilson is again camp doctor.
Nelson Webster, camp cook, an army cook during the war, replaces Jay
Mitchell, who has been camp cook
the past twenty years but retired because of his health.
David Sundstrom is in charge of
nature study, Jim Zimmerman in
charge of handicraft and Harold
Woodin in charge of the camp store.
Boys who remain in camp over Sunday are transported to Clare and Harrison each Sunday for church services.
Horesback riding and hiking are interesting features of the program and
special entertainment features are
changed each week, with old woods-'
men, naturalists and a Canadian guide
included in this year's program.
Parents and friends of the Scouts
are invited to visit camp any Sunday
between the hours of 2:00 and 5:00.
The Board of Education of the Far-
well Rural Agricultural School announced this week the engagement of
G. R. Bogan as superintendent for the
coming school year.
Mr. Bogan is well qualified for the
position, having taught in rural
schools from 1910 to 1912, graduated
from.Michigan State College in 1916
with a Bachelor of Science degree,
received his Master of Arts degree
from  the  University  of Michigan in
1931, taught in   Clare   from  1922  to
1932, serving as superintendent from
1927 to 1932, served as superintendent
of Coleman High Sehool from 1932
to 1942 and Fairgrove High School
from 1942 to 1944, and has been agricultural instructor at Marion from
1944 to 1947.
School will open in Farwell Tuesday, September 2, and it is expected
that Superintendent Bogan will soon
announce his faculty for the coming-
school year.
The Bogans are well known here
and the Sentinel joins their many
friends in extending congratulations
and best wishes.
The V.F.W. Auxiliary will meet
Wednesday evening, July 16, at the
city hall. All members please attend
as the meeting is important.
I.O.O.F. - REBEKAH PICNIC
The annual, picnic for the Clare-
Isabella I.O.O.F. and Rebekah Association will be held Sunday, July 13th,
at the Ernest Irwin grove at Stevenson Lake.
All members, their fan-lilies and
friends are urged to attend. A pro-
graib. and sports will be the main
attractions. A Grand Lodge officer is
expected.
Henry Austin, their formal request has
been submitted to the Fish and Wildlife Service for the reopening of this
station. Supporting their appeal, Representative Woodruff has written Albert M. Day, Director of the Fish and
Wildlife Service, Department of the
Interior, Chicago, Illinois, as follows:
"My attention has been called to efforts being made to have the Clare
County, Michigan, Cooperative Trout
Rearing Station reopened.
"Such reopening, I understand,
would mean that Clare County would
furnish the site and facilities while
the Fish and Wildlife Service would
provide the fish, necessary feed, and
an attendant. The idea would be to
have this Station operate as in the
past, it having been closed during the
war. Prior thereto, beginning around
1930, Clare County, in cooperation
with your agency operated a trout
rearing station on Spike Horn Creek,
north of the city of Clare on U. S.
Highway No. 27, producing an average
of more than 100,000 trout yearly.
"In view of the excellent results obtained at this station while it was in
operation, it would seem to me that
the request is a most worthy one and
that it should receive your every possible consideration if no serious obstacle should lay in its path. I shall,
therefore, be interested in hearing
from you as to the chances for this
station being reopened as requested
liy the Chairman of the Trout Rearing
Pond of Clare County, Mr. William
Lange, and others who have joined
him in this movement."
NOTICE
Bids will be received at the office
of the City Clerk for the collection
of garbage for .the City of Clare.
Alex McKinnon,
City Clerk
JOSEPH MICHAEL
. CROWLEY PASSES
THURSDAY, JULY 3
Life Long Resident of Isabella
County Laid at Rest at
St. Henry's
Production was commenced here
this week on new type pressure dis-'
tributors for 1948 Ford engines in the
Clare Manufacturing company's new*
distributor plant on West Fifth Streets
where production is underway with-
initial fabrications, of both six cylinder
and eight cylinder Ford distributors
The building with 20,000 square feet
of floor space lies- to the west of the
company's fuel pump plant between
West Fifth Street and the Pere Marquette Railway right of way and is
bounded on the east with a new 1GQ
car parking lot and the street side
grounds of the plant have been nicely
lanscaped with numerous evergreen
trees and the lawn is surrounded with
curb and gutter.
This masonry and steel fireproof
building, with its equipment, is one of
the most modern plants of this- type
in the state of Michigan, is heated
with hot water unit heaters, is 10®%'
fluorescently lighted, and the win-*
dows on the south and west sides o-
the plant are glazed with Aklo sum
diffusing glass with clear view panes*
across the bottoms of the windows-
Refrigerated water fountains are placed conveniently throughout the plant..
As one enters the lobby from Fiffih-
Street, the general offices lay to _ft_*-
left in the east end of building,, andr
next there are large rest rooms for"
men and women office employees-, the -
office of Manager R. H. Kleinhardt*.
and the plant superintendent's officer
To the left of the corridor   is-   the
telephone  switchboard  room with  a
teletypewriter   connected   with     the
Holly    Carbueratoi*   Company   home*
plant in Detroit   and!   the   PortlaadV
Michigan, plank- -~  plant, auto   <sall^
system is also being installed.   To the"'*
south of this are the conference room
and the personnel office.
The factory cafeteria with its 1200-'
square feet of floor space will seat
150 employees. Here is a service bar,-
refrigerator, coffee urns and other'
equipment for the convenience of em-'
ployees and coffee will be served at
cost during lunch and rest periods.
The employees entrance is at the-'
east center of the building and south'
of this is the shipping and receiving'
room with ramps at truck level.
As you enter the main plant you:'1
pass a large well equipped first aid "
room where a registered nurse will be *
on duty during working hours.
On the east end of th© mezzanine*'
floor is a 900 square foot women's*5
lounge with a large Bradley automatic"
washing fountain, steel coat and hat/'-
lockers, comfortable -lounge furniture"
and other toilet conveniences. Plenty
of windows provide sunlight and steel
stairways piovide access to and from-
the room.
At the opposite end of this floor is
a 700 square foot men's    rest   room-
{Continued on Page Six)
Joseph M. Crowley passed to liis
eternal reward Thursday, July third.
Mr. Crowley was born May 19, 1875, in
Mt. Carmel, Canada, and came with
his parents to "Vernon township, Isabella county, at the age of two; and
resided there. the remainder of his
life.
He was united in marriage to Isabella J. McConnell and to this union was
born one daughter, Mary Ann, who
died in infancy.
He leaves to mourn their loss, his
wife, Isabella; brother, Ted, of Clare;
sister, Mrs. Hugh McGuire, of Rosebush; nieces, Mrs. Claire Sheridan
and Mrs. Stanley Ehrlich, both of
Portland, Oregon; and Mrs. James
Crane, of Bay City; nephew, James
Maloney, of Edmore; and many other
relatives and friends.
Mr. Crowley was buried July 7th
in St. Henry's cemetery after a Requiem High Mass celebrated by the
Reverend Gordon Grant, pastor of St.
Henry's  Catholic  Church,  Rosebush.
POLICE NOTICE
City'Ordinance No, 184 concerning
tlie Use of parking meters and other'
City Traffic Ordinances will be enforced. Attention is called to the fact
that placing of slugs or other obstacles in said meters that will retard
their operation or for the purpose ot
defrauding is punishable by a severe
penalty.
Charles Covell,
41t2 Chief of Police
THE BAUER FLYING
SERVICE CERTIFIED Bf
STATE DEPARTMENT
     *
To   Continue   Flight   Training?
Under G. I. Bill of Rights
Coming Season
The Bauer Flying Service locatedf
at Clare Airport is one of the 223 G. I,-
Flight Schools in Michigan which have*
been certified by the Michigan Depart--
ment of Aeronautics to renew their-""
contract for the 1947-1948 season with -
the Veterans Administration to enable *
them to give veterans flight training ■•
under the G. I. Bill  of Rights,  an* *
nouhced Colonel Floyd E. Evans, DI-  -
rector of the Department.
Evans stated further that recertifi-
cation of-all G. I. Flight Schools W
Michigan giving instructions to •veterans was necessary to re-qualify xta* *
der the new provisions of the Micb-*
igan Official G. I. Flight Training Cur-*
riculum. Michigan is one of the few*
states which licenses flight schools^
Many states require approval from the*
C.A.A. •.,■'.
More than 15,000 Michigan veterans*
are enrolled in the schools under the
G. I. Bill of Rights making Michigan;
the leading state in flight training.
According to reports from the Veterans Administration, 25% of all flight
training in the nation is being con--
ducted in Michigan.
The department also certified 42
ground schools, 38 of them conductcti-
by public schools.