1913-06-27; Clare Sentinel

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ULARB, MICHIGAN, MIPAY MORNING, JUNE  27, 1913,.
New Series: Vol. 21, No. 33
GRADUATING EXERCISES
Held at Methodist Church on
Thursday Evening.
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And Class   Acquit Themselves
With Credit.
The class this year was larger in
nunlber by three than that of" last
year, but in one respect there was a
striking contrast. Last year the
boys outnumbered the girls, something quite out of the ordinary in a
High School class, while this year
they make up only one'seventh of
the class. The essay—something to
be read—seems no longer the style
in such exercises for the female
members of the class, but the oration
alike for all. Some members of the
class we are informed made some
entire changes in their oration after
the final rehearsal before their
teachers, a performance reflecting
little credit on them as it strikes us.
The decorations were again the work
of Grover Pierce and were artistic
and all right. The class motto,
"Impossible isUn-Americxn," stood
out prominently and tbe class colors,
yellow and blue, were much in evidence. School girls acted as ushers
and piloted the audience to comfortable seats.
Soon after 8 o'clock, to the strains
of the march played by Flossie McKeever, the class 14 in number, led
by tbe teacbBrs of the High School,
entered and took seats on tbe platform. Bev. Knight invoked the Divine blessing and then Fred J. Kreli
proceeded to deliver the salutatory.
Mr. Krell is very modest and Bpoke
in so low a tone that the reporter
failed to catch some of his speech.
He described the course of two boys
in school and the efect upon their
subsequent career. We are all
prone to worry much more about our
neighbors affairs than our own.
Bernice Roe in speaking of "Who
ia Who and Why," called attention
to the fact that the gates of opportunity do not open very widely for
some and that hard, earnest effort
has been the price paid for the success achieved. She cited Booker T.
Washington who from the most lowly beginning has come to be the recognized leader of his race; Bobert
E. Scott, the discoverer of the South
Pole; Helen Keller to whom seemingly every avenue to the outer
world was closed and yet whose attainments have astonished the
world. She paid a- high tribute to
the mothers whose self sacrifice
meanB much more than the world
usually recognizes.
"Natural Besourcea of the United
States," was the theme of Miss
Mabel Nixon. These were defined
to be those from which man draws
his living. Our mines supply one
half the minerals produced in the
world. Coal iron, petroleum, gold,
silver and salt are widely distributed.
Our forests have been useful in many
ways, and our fisheries more valuable than those of any other nation.
Water iB a most important resource
and therein we have been abundantly blessed. But the most important
resource is life and we will best
flhOW our resourcefulness by helping
others.
"Voice of tho Woods" was rendered by a chorus of eight girls in a
manner that reflected much credit
-.upon Mrs. Smith, teacher of music,
and an encore followed.
Naturally resources should be conserved and Miss Leila Beynolds proceeded to tell how we have failed in
that respect. Already our forests
are largely controlled by a few men
and the same may be said of the
mines. The Gugenheims are seeking the control of everything in
Alaska, just as the Standard Oil Co.
would dominate in another field, and
the secret of this struggle for control
is the desire for money. Tbe people
must arouse to the danger that confronts them.
Mary B. Wentworth is of the opinion tbat "gimp and ginger" are requisite for any great success in life
and she proceeded to call the roll of
names of many whom she deemed
illustrative of this idea. Washington, Lincoln, Sherman, Grant, Edison, Bryan and others. All are
proving worthy who labor earnestly
to do something useful. All owe
much to parents.
"Take    Your   Choice"    was the
theme of Hilda Bogardus.   She quot-
.   ed Lowell
*'Once to every man and   nation
comes the moment to decide,
Summer at Bay View,
The* seasonable Bay View announcements are'out and will interest the thousands in searoh of an
ideal vacation place, AH winter Bay
View has harely & dozen families, but
in July and August its population
swells to 5,000, and then the young
people in their gay costumes, "the
teachers and delightful people from
all over the land throng this summer
city, amid the groves on Traverse
bay. More than 10,000 go there annually. The magnet which draws
the people is the Assembly and summer University, whiuh this year
opens on July 5, continuing to August
14, These five weeks are crowded
with recreative pleasures and advantages of tbe finest order. A feature
of the Assembly is a series of four
great public conferences on supreme
issues which are disouBBed by distinguished leaders. Tbe general, daily
programs are filled with famous people, among the names this year being Wm. J. Bums, the great detective, Mme. Schuman-Heink and
Helen Keller. The universitj's fame
extends far and last season drew
students from 14 states. This year a
new school is added in Library Work,
conducted by the State of Michigan,
Those who desire to know more
about this summer place will find it
in the Bulletin, from which above
facts are drawn. J. M. Hall, Bay
View, Mich., will send it.
Board Of Public Works.
Clare, Mich., June 25,1913
Special meeting of the Board of
Public Works called to order by
Chairman Adams. Present, members Adams, Crouse, Davy, Ward.
Absent, Lewis,
On motion of Davy supported by
Crouse, tbe bid of Walter Pettit for
painting city tank at S1G0.00 was accepted and contract ordered drawn,
the vote by yeas and nays being as
follows: Yea, Adams, Crouse, Davy,
Ward.   Nays, none,
On motion of Crouse, Board adjourned.
Seymour Andrns, Clerk.
If you  are in
give ns a call*
need of stationery
In the strife of truth with falsehood
for the good or evil Bide."
We should choose those things in
which we can succeed. There is no
such thing as chance in God's universe, everything is ruled by law.
Sow and then you may reap. There
must first be thought, then comes
choice. Do not let life chooseXfor
you but choose for yourself. Life,
liberty and tbe pursuit of happiness
are the birthright of all.
"Good Roads" might seem like a
homely topic for such an occasion
but Miss Amber Lansing saw many
apt comparisons between the construction of the model road and the
building of an ideal character. In
each case there must be a solid foundation and the crushed stone is
typical of those principles of honesty
and honor necessary to the building
of any character. So various other
traits as courtesy, self control,' perseverance, etc. may be likened to
cbe additions made in our road
building. As good drainage is necessary for our roads, so must there
be a casting out of things that tend
to drag us down. First we make our
habits then they make us. , As from
the highways there are by-paths leading the traveler astray, so in life
there are numerous byways from the
"straight and narrow way" and
these are most likely to open when
we are sad and heavy hearted.
A solo by Norris A. Elden and an
encore and then Miss Hilda* Duncan
proceeded to unearth some "Wood-
chuokB." We can learn many a les*
Bon from this humble animal. He
has first of all the digging habit^ and
if we are to accomplish anything we
must expect to do likewise. Men do
not become great by chance but by
heroic effort. .Morse dug ont the
telegraph, Robert Bruce learned
from the spider tbe lesson of perseverance. Lincoln dug his way from
the humblest of log cabins to the
White House. Great problems are
ever demanding an answer and some
one must solve them," '
"Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate.
Still achieving, etlll pursuing)
Learn to labor and to wait,"
"The Man Worth While" in the
opinion Of Miss Hassel Foltss is not
the one Who manifests some fine
qualities occasionally while on dress
parade, but he who is the same
seven days in the week and especially in the home circle where his true
wssrsmsx^s,
men,
iy ID reams Come
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whenmydreamscome tru&
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meni,inthesta
and the dew,
    - smile and listen to the
tinkle of the strings
Of the sweet guitar my lovers jmgfers
fondle, as he sinds ?
And as the nude moon srGwl$,sIowl&
shoulders into view,
Shall I vanish from his vision <->
vohen itrp dreams come true?
IEN my dreams come true •—'"
shall me simple gown I wear
Be changed to softest satin,
andmvmaiden"braided hair .
Be raveled into floss? mists of rarest,
fairest gold, .
Tobeminted into kisses, more than
. any heart can hold ?<-~>
Or me summerqfnvp tresses shall
.    mjp lover liken to w    -
"The fervor of his passion—when
mv dreams come true ?
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Notice.
C. H. Kleiner having made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors, all such are requested to present their claims to the undersigned
at The Olare Co, Savings Bank, and
all accounts due said assignor are to
be paid the assignee.
C. H. Sutherland, Assignee.
measure can beat be taken. He need
not possess wealth nor what the
world calls culture which too often is
only surface polish. In short, Miss
Foitz made an eloquent and excellent
plea for the homely home virtues
and extolled the man whose daily
life exemplifies these.
"Short Turna and Straight Ahead"
was  Miss    Fern   Stanley's   theme.
Life has its road straight ahead and
its short turns as surely  aa do  tbe
highways, and the boy may take the
wrong road.     To  accomplish anything in life we   need good tools.
Sunshine  comes    from   within, not
from without.   When one  is tempted to frown let him smile.    We can
all be engineers and   run our   machine—ourselves.
"Lives of great men all remind us
We oan make our Hvej3 sublime;
And, departing.leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time."
A piano  duet by Olive and Lulu
Stone and an encore and then Ennice
Bhrhardt told of the Spectroscope,
its uses and applications.   The mind
is a spectroscope revealing wonders
greater than the physical universe.
Life is a brilliant game to the ambitious man.   Life has its prizes for
all,, yet only a few win them.
Beulah Langin'and George White
proceeded to nnfold the future career of the members when they met
and compared notes many years after. The former, who occupied the
most important position of Head
Matron at the Hospital in Harrison,
sought the legal services of the latter
whose fame of course was world
wide. Eunice Ehrhardt was a great
lecturer, Amber Lansing and Bernice
Roe teachers, Fern Stanley a dressmaker, Hilda Bogardus a kinder-
gartner, Mabel Nixon running a dairy
farm, Hazel Foltz a preacher, Mary
"Wentworth,a suffragette, Leila Reynolds a painter, Hilda Duncan! perforating most perilous aeroplane
flights, Ethelyn Hitchcock married
and living out west and Fred Kreil
in charge of a Forestry station.
In speaking the final word for the
class, Ethelyn Hitchcock said the
record of. the class told not a tale
of noble deeds but of earnest effort.
What had been accomplished had
beett with the help of others but now
all must depend on themselves.
Pres. Perry presented the diplomas,
Rev. Knight pronounced the bene*
dictiop and another year of school
Was ended.
Given High Honor.
The Saginaw papers of Tuesday
contained the announcement that
Malcolm Sheltraw, who iB a nephew
of Mrs. F. B. Doherty of this city,
had been awarded a scholarship at
the University of Michigan. This
means that for four years he will be
allowed a sum sufficient to cover expenses while pursuing his studies
there.   ,
Mr. Sheltraw graduates from the
Arthur Hill high school this year.
This scholarship is granted to the
student who exceils in all round
work, athletics as well as Greek and
Latin, and is an honor that may well
be coveted.
You can't have a show without
peanuts, nor 4th of July without a
dance. Go' to Duncan's Hall next
Friday. adv.
Christopher Flood.
On Wednesday evening, June 18tb,
at the borne in Vernon occurred the
death of one of her pioneer residents,
one of the band of sturdy men who
here transformed the wilderness into
a region of fruitful fields and beautiful homes. Born in Ontario, Canada, on Christmas day, 1837, of sturdy
Irish ancestry, he there grew to manhood. Costing to Michigan in 1877,
he located on the land in Vernon to
whidh he has added till it now comprises a fine farm of 240 acres on
which good farm buildings have been
erected, In 1882 he was united in
marriage to Miss Anna Murphy and
to this union four sons were born,
one dying in infancy, The three living are Peter A, John J. and Leo P.,
all of whom are at home to comfort
the mother and to manage and carry
on tbe farm, a task for which they
are very competent.
HORSE RAGES
And
Ball Game   at Glare Fair
Grounds July 4th.
Clare will have the following races
July 4tb: Free for all pace, free for
all trot, 3:00 pace and a running
race. Judging from the number of
entries received, the horse races will
be the best ever given here. Horses
are entered from Breckenridge, Mt.
Pleasant, Gladwin, Evart, Coleman
and Reed City, with such horses as
Lee Vern with a mark of 2:14, Billie
Hall 2:15, Isabella 2:18)£ and Mayor
Cole's fast Gray who has gone % in
1:08. These horses in the Free for
all-Pace will make tbat race a hummer and will be worth double the
price of admission, There wiil be a
base ball game between RoBebush
and Olare at 10 a. m. Rosebush is
considered one of the best clubs in
northern Michigan. This will be
the first appearance of our city club
in their new uniforms. Ice cream,
soft drinks, cigars etc. will be served
at the fair ground. Come to Clare
and spend a sane and safer 4th.
Olare City Band will furnish music
for the day. Ball-game 10 a.m.
Races 1:30 prm.
Samuel Dawson of Loomis was at
Big Rapids two or three* days tbiB
week visiting relatives.
After the racOB you will want to
have a few .dances at Duncan's ball
t'he Fourth. ddv>
Rev. Joshua Roberts, Secretary of
State Missions, will preach, morning
and evening at the Baptist church.
He has held above position for yeara
and is an excellent speaker. All cordially invited.
CORPS OF TEACIOS
Hired Here Includes Most Of
Last Year's Force*
on
the
With the graduating exercises
Thursday evening of last week,
work of the school year closed
most of the teachers who live elsewhere left for their homes the- next
day. We are glad to say that hjob$
Of the force has been hired for the
next year. We believe this was a
wise thing to do for many reasons.
These teachers have labored faithful*
ly during the past year and are familiar with conditions as they now are
and are tbe better prepared to do
successful work next year. The 6fctt
and 7th grade positions are still open
but will be filled soon we presume.
The following constitute the force:
Superintendent, O. L. Poulson.
Principal, Miss Lulu Fisk.
Music and  Drawing,  Mrs. Mabel
Smith.
'English, Miss Winnifred Croel.
Latin   and   German,    Miss    Alta
Sbimmell.
AssiBtant in   High    School,   Ove
For some time'Mr. Flood's health
had been failing and toward the close
his sufferings were mca; intense, yet
he bore tbem patiently to tbe end.
Tbe funeral was held at St. Cecelia's
church in this city on Saturday and
was very largely attended. Six
nephew acted as bearers and tbe
casket was literally buried in flowers.
Father McAllister, assisted by three
others, conducted the solemn services and at the close ne paid a high
tribute to tbe character and worth of
the deceased.
Besides the widow and three sons,
Mr. Floed is survived by two sisters
and one brother in Ontario and one
sister, Mrs. Peter Murphy of Sheridan. Relatives and friends from out
of town who attended the funeral
were Mrs. Aldrich and son of Bay
Oity, Mrs. Maboney and James Murphy of Burt, John Murphy of St.
Oharles and Mr. Conrov of Ionia.
Every locality owes a debt of gratitude to its pioneers, and the man
who has lived an honest, industrious,
temperate life has builded for himself a better monument than can be
fashioned from marble and his life
will not end with his death.
(Work not assigned.)
Grade,   Miss Hazel Mater.
Miss Emma J. Sifton,
Miss Anita Cam
Miss Christine Tatman
Miss Mabel Maxwell.
Miss   Katherine   Mc-
Olson.
Sfch
6th
4th
3d
2nd
1st
Oonnell,
Miss Sbimmell is of German birtfe
as we are informed and so speaks
the German as her native language*
Miss Carr is from the State Normal
College at Ypsilanti. Miss McCon-
neJ! oomes back from the west where
she has been teaching the past two
years and again reengaged, ber
mother's death causing her return*
Tackles the Asylums.
John Northon of Vernon is a
Barred Rock specialist and he has
such fine birds that he has supplied
nearly all the sane people iu the
country and has now gone after the
insane. Recently he shipped 30 hen«
and two cocks to the asylum at
Newberry, If the inmates up there
are not able to appreciate ■ these
birds, there would seem to be„ little
hope for them.
FARWELI.
Paragraphs Picked Up By Qm
Farweli Correspondent.
PURPOSE OF EDUCATION
To
Develop
Miss
Free   Mind
Ida Tarbell.
Says
Miss Ida Tarbell, the vigorous
magazine writer, author of "The
Standard Oil Co." and various other
worfcs, delivered the commencement
address at the Agricultural College
on Wednesday, Among other things
she said:
"The main purpose of education is
to develope a free mind or intellectual integrity. Education establishes
independence of thinking and the development of new idoas. There is
only one thing in tbe world that
makes you free and tbat is honest
thinking.""
That tbe sons and daughters of tbe
idle rich are taking more interest in
industrial work is apparent, declared
Miss Tarbell.
"When the women of thiB class
stare two 'earn their dividends' there
will be a revolt in some of the small
town," she declared.
"Abraham Linchln's greatest
strength lay in the fact that be never
lost his ambition for new ideas.
When a person reaches the state
where he thinks his mind is full and
his ideas are all newly arranged in
little pigeon holes, then the Osier
theory could be put in^to practice.
There is such a thing as ossification
of the brain and the person who is
never willing to change his mind suffers from it. When you reach the
stage where you are satisfied with
what yOu know, then look out."
Card of Thanks,
We tender our most sincere thanks
to all the kind friends and neighbors
whose sympathy and assistance
meant so much to us daring the
sickness of- our- dear husband and
father. Especially do we thank
them for the beautiful flowers.
Mrs, Anna Flood and Sons.
Mrs, G. E. Lamb returned on Wednesday from Mt, Pleasant where she
spent a few days. She was accompanied home by Miss Sloan,
T. U. Fuller left Tuesday for Ana
Arbor, .to be in attendance at the
Alumni Banquet. He was accompanied by his daughter, Marjory*
and nephew, Master George Fuller,
Miss Irene Rodrick who has been
teaching at Flint is home again.
Miss Jennie McAninch of Belding
is visiting relatives here.
Miss Hazel Holden of Midland is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Qeo. W. Palmer and family.
D. Sherman and family Sundayed
at Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. Harris and sons returned on
Monday from a fortnight's visit at
Bad Axe.
Mrs. F. Wolfer and Mr, and Mrs.
H. L. McNeill left on Wednesday for
Stoekbridge to -ba present at the
annual Leeke-Goodyear reunion.
They will spend a few days in visiting friends and relatives'
Miss Anna Wait who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. H. Kimbell,
returned to her home at Weidman
on Saturday accompanied by her
niece and nephew, Gladys and Roy.
Mrs. Earl Morgan left on Tuesday
for her home at Sears.
J. W. Reed is on the sick list.
Miss Margaret McGoogan who hm
been teaching in northern Clare Oo.
closed a very Successful year- Of
school on Friday and is home for a
very short vacation before entering
the Normal at Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs, A, MoLeod has moved her
millinery establishment into the Kelley building which has been undergoing improvements and repairs, which
she formerly occupied.
Mrs. Guy Gregory and daughter of
Cadillac came on. Wednesday for. a
visit with relatives and friends.
Miss Sadie Wilson of Harrison w4*
the guest of Farweli friends over
Sunday*
F. E; Melvin has the job of pa&t-
the-Congregational Church,
Miss Benlah Powell is home from
Burt where she spent the winter
with relatives.' >
Mr. Bsselstyn of AJrtta College
filled the pulpit at the Congregational chnrch on Sunday in the absence of Bjr. Frost.
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