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CLARE,   MICHIGAN,  FRIDAY   MORNING.   NOVEMBER 28, 1947
New Series Vol. 56. No. 9
JOHN DIONISE
DIES AT U OF M
-   HOSPITAL SAT.
Requiem  High  Mass  Sang  At
St. Cecilia's Church
Tuesday Morning
John Dionise, a respected businessman of this city since 1914, passed
away in the University Hospital in
Ann Arbor, Saturday afternoon, following two years of failing health.
He was a patient in the hospital in
August, 1946, and was returned there
November 13, when his condition
again became serious.
John Dionise was born the son of
Tony and Marion Dionise, at St. Paul,
Italy, December 8, 1890, and passed
away at Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 22, 1947, at the age of fifty-
six years, eleven months and fourteen
days. >
John came to the United States in
1911 or 1912 and settled in Pennsylvania. He later moved to Michigan
and became engaged in business at
Caro and came to Clare in 1914 and
was engaged in* the fruit and confectionery business here, in 1935 he
opened a tavern and conducted this
business and the confectionery store
until 1936, when he disposed of the
latter. He retired from business in
the fall of 1946 because of ill health.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Spagnuolo, at St. Paul, Italy,
November 7, 1911, and she joined him
here two years later. This union was
blessed by the birth of four daughters,
Virginia and Marion, and two who
died in childhood, and one son, Paul.
He was a lifelong member of the
Catholic church and loyal American
citizen, having become naturalized
soon after moving to this country.
He returned to visit his family in
his native land several times, the most
recent in 1938 before his father
passed away.
He leaves to mourn their loss, the
bereaved wife, Mary; daughters,-Mrs.
Francis Hartzler, of Clare, and Mrs.
Charles McCaffrey, of Akron, Ohio;
son, Paul, at home; two grandchildren; his seventy-seven year old
mother, Mrs. Tony Dionise, ot St.
Paul, Italy; a brother, Charles Dionise, of South .America; a.Jter relar
tives and a host of friends who* join
the family in their sorrow.
Funeral services were held from St.
Cecilia's Catholic Church at 10:00
o'clock Tuesday morning, with Requiem High Mass sang by the Rev.
Fr. J. I. Sruba, and his remains were
laid at rest in the mausoleum in
Deepdale Cemetery at Lansing, withj
the Rev. Fr. Gabriel, pastor of the
Church of the Resurrection officiating
at the commitment services. Arrangements were in charge of Doherty
Sons.
John Stoll Burned
And Ruth Baines
Injures He'r. Aiikle
John Stoll, of 310 Wei-it Seventh
St., was painfully burned' about the
face Tuesday in the oil fields near
Sterling when a heater exploded, He
was taken to the Gladwin Hospital,
where his condition was reported as
"coming along good" Wednesday afternoon.
Ruth Baines, of Clare R-4, is being
treated at the Clare Hospital, where
she 'was admitted Tuesday evening,
for an ankle injury suffered when she
fell as she came out of the door at
her home.
SERVICE STATION
AND RESTAURANT
DESTROYED TUES.
Fire    Department     Encounters
Difficulty With Flaming
Oil and Aicohol
The Lone Pine Service Station and
Restaurant were destroyed by what
appeared to have been a flash fire,
of unknown origin, that was discovered by a motorist when he drove into the station at 10; 40 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The station attendant had just
stepped out of the station and the persons in the restaurant were not aware
of the fire until notified by the motorist. Charles Wilcox, the proprietor,
had left for Saginaw on business
about a half hour earlier.
The Clare Fire Department was
summoned but the flames had spread
very rapidly and the station was a
mass of flames upon their arrival.
Two streams of water from the supply tank on No. 1 truck were not
sufficient to control the flames that
were fed by barrels of alcohol and
oil in the station and by the time the
two fire truck loads of hose necessary
to reach the building had been laid,
considerable damage had been done,
but the restaurant in the north part
of the building and the adjoining
kitchen were saved from burning.
The service station was completely
destroyed by fire and the restaurant.
and kitchen practically so by heat,
smoke and water. The loss to building and contents is estimated at
$7,500.
Deaths
Remains of Harrison
Soldier   To   Arrive
Soon from Germany
The body of Tech. 5 Keith C. Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs. George Johnson, of Harrison,, who was drowned
in Germany March 24, 1945, was to
have arrived in New York on the SS
Robert Burns, Wednesday morning at
10:00 o'clock. j
Funeral services will be held at the
Congregational   Church   at   Harrison,
with Rev. Harold Watson, of Grand j
Ledge,   officiating,  with  the  V. F. W. >
and American   Legion   members   of
Harrison and Clare, assisting. I
The time and date of services will
be announced in the Sentinel if time
or arrival here makes it feasible.
LLOYD   C.   EDICK
Lloyd Edick, a resident of this city
for many years, passed away suddenly at his home on Maple Street Tuesday morning, following a brief illness.
Lloyd C. Edick, the son of Edgar
and Isabella Edick, was born in Gladwin county, Michigan, September 16,
1888, and passed away in Clare, Michigan, November 25, 1947, at the age
of fifty-nine years, two months and
nine days.
He leaves to mourn their loss, the
bereaved wife, Minnie; one daughter
Mrs. Madonna Meek, of Barryton; a
son, Lloyd, Jr., at home; granddaughter, Diana Meek; a brother, Darrel,
of Gladwin; two sisters, Mrs. Adeline
Ostrander, of Flint, and Mrs. Minnie
Richardson, of Frazer; other relatives
and a host of friends.
Funeral services will be held from
the Doherty Funeral Home at 2:00
o'clock this Friday afternoon, with
the Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt officiating,
and burial services at Cherry Grove
cemetery in charge of the Clare
I.O.O.F. Lodge.
Thrilling "Buck Stories" Told
Here As More Hunters Head North
The many hunters returning home
with their bucks the latter part of last
week were more than replaced by the
influx of nimrods heading north on
Saturday and Sunday and with license
sales continuing heavy all last week,
Conservation Department finance officers were confident that last year's
record of 350,000 hunters will be surpassed.
The kill, below normal in many
localities early in the season because
of unfavorable weather and road conditions, was increasing rapidly by
the end of the week. Game is being
taken this year in the newly opened
3,000 square miles of hunting territory north of M-50 and M-21 east to
M-13, and two bear have been reported I
killed as far south as Gratiot county.
Evelyn Schroeder, ..her stepfather,
Cecil Warner, and a neighbor went
hunting the first morning a few miles
north of their home and Evelyn shot
a nice 113 pound buck at 8:00 o'clock.
This was her first experience hunting
deer. Cecil dressed the buck, hung
it in a tree and left Evelyn to guard
it while he continued hunting and at
8:30 he shot his. buck. Her brothers,
Henry and Norman, who were hunting
with parties farther, north, returned
home unsuccessful and would not be*
lieve that their sister had beat them
to the kill until she showed them her
trophy of the hunt.
Chief of Police Milan -Plavsic, of
Hazel Park, shot a six point buck at
7:28 the first morning and'his wife,.
Eloise, got her buck at 9:00 o'clock
that day. They were hunting while
visiting at the home of their aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Eneix, at
Annitta Cottages on Crooked Lake,
at Lake Staiton.
Gerald Davis, hunting on the Russell Davis farm in Arthur township,
shot five times and missed and with
his last shell knocked "a buck down.
He dragged him about 25 rods and
Stopped to rest and when he turned
around ^ to resume his trek to his
father's home, his elbow struck something. Glancing around he saw his
buck standing up behind him. He
grabbed the first thing he could find,
an elm club, and knocked the buck
out again. His brothers, Nelson and
Bob Davis, and brother-in-law, Roth
Williams, Were successful the first
Saturday, Sunday and Monday, respectively, while hunting in Arthur
|, township,
A,buck was reported In the field
north of Joan R. street and Harold
(Contiimed oa Pag© Bight)      .
When Lumbering Was Major ]Indtjstry In This Vicinity
Clare Country Club
Annual Meeting and
Banquet Dec. 2nd
The annual meeting and banquet
of the Clare Country Club golfer^
will be held at the club house next
Tuesday evening, December 2, with
dinner served. at'7:00 o'clock.
Officers will be elected and prizes
awarded to the outstanding gblfers of
the 1947 season. Club champion Jack
Manee will receive the championship
cup, trophies will be awarded to the
winners of the other flights, and mutt ers-up will 'receive prizes.
All golfers are urged to attend and
participate in the annual meeting and
none will want to miss the usual fun
of the evening. Tickets may,be secured from Harold Hughes or Tim
Cotter.
Poieground, left Jerry Koontz and Jud Denton; seccfnd row, Joe Conrad, Tommy Marshall with Jay Cliite,
Andy DeBoise, Andrew Clute, John Denton; background! George "Mitchell and Fred Kirkpatrick. As mentioned in the article about the mill, a_U identifications  are] not positive, .
LOCAL. CONTRACTOR
ACCUSED OF THEFT
OF SOM LUMBER
Fon-est Lickert Injured In Auto
Wreck Last Monday
Afternoon
John Mester was arrested by City
Police Monday and arraigned before
Justice of the Peace Sam Wilkinson
the same day on a larceny charge.
He plead not guilty and trial was set
at 10:00 a, in. this Friday in Justice
Wilkinson's court. The case concerns some lumber.
Frank Jaster, of* Point Clare Restaurant & Gas Station, reported to
City Police at 9:^0 Thursday morning
of last week that' someone liad stolen
.oJil:.l*nd.'^:|{r*oll9l,from the front of .the
station. A <5£r drove into* the driveway and out without being serviced
at 3:00 o'clock that morning and it is
thought the merchandise was taken
at that time. Sixteen quarts of motor
oil in tin containers and five gallons
of alcohol in glass containers were
missing.
Traffic  Accidents
The following traffic accidents were
investigated by City Police during the
past week.
Forrest Lickert, 33, of Vernon City,
was injured at 5:45 o'clock Monday
afternoon while returning home from
deer hunting with Charles Barber, 33,
when the Barber car was wrecked.
Barber was driving his .1941 Ford
east on US-10 when a truck was driven out of the ^stockyards road onto
US-10 by an unknown driver, without
stopping, and when Barber swerved
his car on the slippery pavement to
avoid a collision with the truck, his
car left the road and turned over.
Lickert was brought to the Clare
Hospital in an unconscious condition,
suffering shock and chest injuries,
and was released Tuesday morning.
Barber was treated for a "finger injury.
A 1939 Chevrolet driven south on
trS-27 by Raymond W. Gerrish, 19, of
Saginaw, and a 1942 Hudson driven
north on the highway by Clyde H.
Bucham,' 56, of Lansing, were involved
in an accident at 1:30 o'clock Monday
afternoon when B_cham applied his
brakes while driving at 35 miles per
hour on a very slippery pavement
during a snow storm and skidded into
the Gerrish car. Audrey Bucham
was treated at the Clare Hospital for
a sprained ankle. Damage to the
Gerrish car was estimated at $400
and the Bucham car at $225.
Joseph J. Daher, 21, of Lansing,
driving a 1946 Ford belonging to Dave
Meyer, of Lansing, north on US-27 at
11:45 Sunday morning, attempted to
pass to the left of two other cars a
mile north of US-10 on US-27, but lost
control of his car, which left the road
and turned over three times, damaging it considerably,
Harold G. Fullerton, 25, of Clare,
driving west on State Street at 8:30
o'clock Monday morning in a 1947
Kaiser belonging to Clare Cab, attempted to stop at McEwan Street,
but slid into/the intersection on a very
slippery pavement and into the path
of a 1942 Ford belonging to Raymond
Allen and driven by his brother, Melvin G. Allen, 22, Allen applied his
brakes and slid into the side of the
Fullerton car, causing $175 damage
to it and $50 damage to his own car.
Rural School Music
Meeting Held Here
Monday Afternoon
November 24th the Rural School
Music meeting was held at the Clare
High School. The teachers and pupils were eager tcfS commence the
meeting with appropriate songs for
the  holiday  season.-
The first numbers worked upon
were three Christmas pieces: "Waken,
O Shepherds," "Bedtime" and "Bells."
These songs are not required for the
year's work but are handed out to
help with the Christmas programs
throughout the county.
Miss Miles was greatly surprised to
find there were so many fine alto
singers this time, it is hoped that
more will have the tenor to "Spin,
Maiden, Spin" by the next meeting,
January 13.
LEGION AHXlto
"GIFTS TO YANKS WHO
GAVTANNOUNCED
Contributions May Be Left At
Creguer Store Until
December 10
LUMBERING WAS
KING NEAR CLARE
SIXTYJEARS AGO
Memories  of  Industry  of  Past
Generations Recalled By
Old Mill Picture
GUNSHOT TOLL
NOW FOURTEEN IN
HUNTING SEASON
Inquests Ordered. In Deaths of
Two Hunters In Upper
Peninsula
ELWYN WARNER
KILLED TUESDAY
ATJIG RAPIDS
Dies Instantly When Train Hits
Truck At Big Rapids Rail
Road Crossing
The American Legion Auxiliary
will sponsor their fourth annual "Gifts
to Yanks Who Gave" program again
this year. Beginning right now arrangements have been made for the
gift packages to be left at Creguer's
store on W. 5th street, across from
the postoffice, with the deadline for
accepting same being December 10.
There will be a container for them.
Mark your gift with your name and
state the contents, we place the card.
Here are the regulations for the
gifts: Absolutely no food stuff can
be placed in the packages, no liquor,
cake, cookies, candy, fruit or anything
of that nature, also no safety razor
blades. Some suggestions for the
gifts for men are, pen and pencil sets,
cigarettes and cigarette lighters, billfolds, box cameras, toilet kits, fishing
tackle, cigarette cases, writing Juts,
pipes, leather belts, watch straps7_ed
lamps, tie pin sets, books, tennis balls
and key cases. Cash may also be contributed for the purchase of gifts.
This .year it is requested that no
boxes be supplied with gifts for women patients, unless patients are confined in local hospital. The few
women patients at Battle Creek Hospital will be taken care of by the
Battle Creek committee, please adhere to this.
It is easy to forget when the shooting stops, but in hospitals all over
the state, those who are still fighting the war, must not be forgotten.
CLARE STUDY CLUB
The Clare Study Club will meet
with Mrs. Benton Ewer, at her home
on north McEwan street, Tuesday
evening, December 22, for a Christmas program. Anyone who does not
have transportation may call Mrs.
Clyde Urquhart, Phone 764.
WE BEG YOUR PARDON
We mentioned In att article ii_ l%8t
week'*-- Sentinel that Mrs; • Anna
Heuschele was injured &* accident,
We should , have. sai^ Miss Anaft
Heuschele, ' ,     .   ..-.••
With the first snow of winter our
minds drift back to the olden days
in this vicinity when lumbering was
the king of industries and this reminds us of the days last summer
when we called on some of the older
residents of the community in search
of information that would reveal the
identity of the lumbermen and woodsmen in a picture that Jim - Clute
loaned us for publication in The
Sentinel.
Years have passed since the young-,
er days of Mrs. Tommy Marshall,
Louie Thayer, Sam Loomis, Fred
Loomis, Chas. Durnin, Elvin Denton,
and others we talked with, and memory has somewhat, faded, but we are
publishing the picture in this week's
Sentinel and naming-- the oldtimers
in the picture as best we can.
This lumber and shingle mill was
operated by Andrew Clute and William Turbush three "miles south and
a half mile west of Clare at the Vernon railroad crossing on the Stevenson Lake road and saw logs and
shingle bolts are seen in the picture.
Fred and Sam Loomis were among
the teamsters hauling logs to the
mill.
The exact date of the picture is not
known, but the mill boiler blew up in
1888, burying the fireman, Andy De-
Boise, in the debris and breaking his
leg— The whistle was found way over
in Racly's field on the present Pete
Flood farm. Elvis Denton was standing in Callam's yard at the time.
In the 1880's and 90's John T. Horning, of Saginaw, was interested in
mills in this area, operated by his
two brothers and brother-in-law, with
John T. financing the mills and selling the shingles and lumber.
A mill operated by Tobe Horning
sawed lumber and shingles and was
located on the south side of the Pere
Marquette Railroad' east of where
Maple Street now runs. This mill was
sold to Lister & Archambault and
.later Lister bought out Archambault.
Mr. Lister was one of the Organizers
of Lister's Bank, now The Citizens
State Bank.
Another mill located just back of
Johnston's Elevator office was operated by Joe Homing and sawed lumber, shingles, and barrel heading. The
present elevator office was then
Homing's Store, conducted by Ed
Horning, and also the Horning mill
office.
The third mill, located south of the
present depot near the creek, was
operated by VanBrUnt <_- Reese and
sawed shingles, with a feed mill in
connection which did custom grinding.
Ort & Dixon operated a planing
mill back ot the present site of Fred
Smailey's wagon shop and ma_.e
flooring, window and door frames,
siding, etc, Mr. Ort's home was on
East Sixth Street in the brick house
(Continued on Page Four;
CHRISTMAS  PARTY
The American Legion and Auxiliary
annual Christmas party will be held
December 8 at 8:00 p. m. at the City
Hall, for all Legion and Auxiliary
members and their children. There
will be entertainment, refreshments,
a, Christmas tree for the kiddies,- and
ruusi6 and dancing. We hope every*-'
ona interested will plan to attend
As the first week of the 1947 deer
hunting season came to a close Friday night the grim reaper had resumed taking his toll of hunters by
gunshot after a twenty-four hour respite on Thursday.
Ruper Duchany, 23, of Elk Rapids,
was killed northwest of Watersmeet,
but State Police had no further details on this Upper Peninsula tragedy.
William J, Snyder, 37, of Ferrys-
burg, was killed near Crystal Falls,
also in the Upper Peninsula, reportedly by a bullet from the gun of a
resident of the area. Inquests were
ordered in the deaths of both of these
hunters.
Friday fatalities included. Hugh
Sawger, 43, of Michigan Center, who
suffered a heart attack and died
while hunting in Marquette county,
and Levi Moulton, 56, of Blanchard,
who was found dead late Friday night
in Oscoda county, as the result of a
heart attack.
Lucious A. Labeque, 35 year old
Baraga marksman, accidentally .shot
himself in the thigh with a pistol.
Other gunshot injuries were suffered by John J. Stuer, 54, of Marquette, wounded in both legs by his
son; Harold Hall, 29, of Tecumseh,
shot in left hip in Otsego county; Neal
Dean, 20, of Jackson, shot in arm by
hunting companion in Mackinac
county; Gus Carlson, 50, of Wakefield,
mistook for bear in Gogebic county;
and Donald Harshberger, 22, of Gary,
Ind., slightly wounded by companion
and treated at Reed City hospital.
State Police of the Reed City Post
and Baldwin Conservation Officers resumed the search Saturday morning
for William Olditt, 26, of Kalamazoo,
who was reported missing Friday in
Big Bear Swamp in Lake county.
Deaths of hunters by gunfire remained at thirteen over the week
end; but Arthur Weiss, 21,*of Ecorse
was burned when his gun exploded
in Alcona county; and Wilbur Fisher,
30> of Detroit, was accidentally shot
above the left knee by a companion in
Montmorency county.
Archie Fatt, 54, of West Branch,
was the fourteenth hunter to lose his
life this season by gunfire when he
was shot and killed in Ogemaw
county.
DE SOTO AND PLYMOUTH
Bob's Sales and Service, Clare. 27tf
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Elwyn Warner, 36, of East Fourth
Street, Clare, was killed instantly
at 3:27 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
when the truck he was driving was
struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad
train at the Baldwin Street grade
crossing in Big Rapids.
The impact demolished , the rear
of the\ruck, and although the cab
was not badly damaged, Warner was
thrown from the truck and his body
was found beside the engine near the
track,
Acting Coi'onor Chas. H. Tenny was
called and it was determined that
death was caused by multiple fractures of the skull. The accident was
investigated by Big Rapids City Police.
The remains were removed to the
Martinson & Rogers Mortuary in Big
Rapids and brought to the Thurston
Funeral Home here Tuesday evening,
Elwyn, who has lived in this vicinity more than thirty years, was employed by the Thayer Dairy here until five weeks ago, when he became
engaged by the Harvest Baking Company of Midland, as a truck driver,
and was on a routine delivery trip
when  the  tragedy  occurred.
He leaves to mourn his untimely
departure, the wife Hazel, and two
and a half year old daughter, Linda
Sue. The obituary will be published
next week.
Prayer services will be held, at the
Thurston Funeral Home at 1:15
o'clock and funeral services from the
Gilmore Church of Christ at 2:00
o'clock this Friday afternoon, with
Rev. Howard L. Krause officiating,
and interment in the Gilmore township cemetery.
Motor Vehicle
License Plates
Available Dec, 1
Motor Vehicle license plates for
1948 will be available to the public *'
next Monday, December 1, at the
branch offices of the Secretary of
State at the Art Damoth Insurance
Agency in Clare and in the offices of
County Treasurer Peter,, Oman in
Harrison.
Prepared    applications    will   have,
been received  by all  passenger  cat
owners by that time.    The applications need only be signed when taken"
to branch offices for new plates.
Applications will be sent to owners
of commercial vehicles shortly after-
December 1. Such owners, desiring
new plates before the prepared application is recevied may fill one out in
the branch offices as in the past. •
Every application for 1948 commercial vehicle license plates must be
accompanied by a new official weight
slip. Previous year registration receipt will not be acceptable in applying for 1948 plates.
All Branch Managers have been instructed by the Department of Stale
to refuse to issue 194S commercial
plates unless the above requirement
is met by the applicant.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Palace Sandwich Shop will
be closed for redecorating from December first to January.
Department of Agriculture
Inspectors Check Trees Here
State Department of Agriculture inspectors have established their usual
tree checking post here and have been
checking the many Christmas trees
being taken home by hunters.
The law provides that no person
shall cut, remove or transport within
this state for any purpose Christmas
trees, evergreen boughs, or other wild
trees, shrubs, or vines, or offer for
sale- the following named native
plants: Trailing arbutus, bird's foot
violet, climbing bittersweet, club'
mosses, flowering dogwood, all Mich*
igan holly, North American lotus,
pipsissewa, and* all native orchids,
trilliums and gentiails, Without the
written consent of tlj_3 owner of the
land on which trie same:;is grown,
whether such land-be'^ubliciy or privately owned. * Such writtoh consent1
shall contain the legal 'descrlptldn of
the1 land where such trees, shrubs' or
vines were grown.
The written consent shall consist
of an adequate bill of sale form to be
furnished without cost by the department of agriculture. These blanks
may be obtained at any State Police.
Post,'from County Conservation. Offi-
dertj, and from County AjgricuiturrJ,
1 Agents *.     '      •■•'•.
Most violations have been by persons who have had written cash receipts for the trees but who were not
aware that the bill of sale should contain the legal description of the property where the tree's were grown.
It is also unlawful to transport
nursery stock (trees, shrubs or vines
either nursery-grown or wild, with
the roots on) until State inspected
on the premises where grown before
being moved and such unrsery stock
must have attached to it State department of Agriculture inspection tags,
"which may be obtained from the above
named agencies,
It is quite common for tourists .and
hunters to take frees from the north*
J. lands to the South, but this year the
' inspectors took a, fifteen foot walnut
tree from a "person twhO had brought
it all the -<yay inqta Ohio and was
taking it north, without ah inspection
tag.
The purpose of the inspection is to-'
control and prevent the spread of insect pests and plant diseases.
Inspectors attached.to the local post,
are Roscoe Martin, - Jr., Harry Dey,-
Herbert Schmidt, Kenneth Coon and;
James Linn; The inspectors have;
anthdrity to,issue warrants for violations;   "'' ' *'	
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