1947-12-19; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE,  MICHIGAN.  FRIDAY  MORNING.   DECEMBER 19. 1947
New Series Vol. 56, No. lt
NEW HOSPITAL
CONSIDERED FOR
THIS COMMUNITY
Public     Relations     Committee
Discusses Need and Means
At Annual Meeting
Funeral Services
For Harrison Soldier
Tomorrow Afternoon
The Clare Hospital Public Relations Committee held its annual meeting at the Clare Hospital Friday, De
The remains of T/5 Keith 0, Johnson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Johnson, of Harrison, who was
drowned in the Rhine River while in
service March 24, 1945, arrived in
Clare at 2:30 o'clock "Wednesday afternoon with tr. S3, Army escort and
local veterans also accompanied the,
remains to Harrison. He was among
the American soldiers whose remains
cijmher   12th.     Benedict   Moon   was [were recently returned from Europe,
elected president; Bessie Shaw, vice!    Funeral services will be held from
president;    Grace   McArthur,   secretary", and "Virginia Foss, treasurer.
District representatives chosen
from surrounding communities are a,s
follows: Louis Moon, Rosebush;
Mrs. Gage Mercer, Coleman; Lucille
Merrihew, "Weidman; Laura Wilson,
Harrison; and Dr. Gerald Lamb, Far-
well,
The subject of future hospital care
for Clare and immediate vicinity was
considered. It was concluded that
the .hospital needs of this community
can best be handled by a community
hospital conducted by a lay board
composed ot citizens with one or more
doctors and nurses acting in au advisory capacity only. This is the
common practice in most communities
and divorces the professional people
from hospital management which is
really a community, duty.
Various plans for the community
to take over the problem of hospitalization were discussed. Of particular
interest was the consideration of The
Michigan Hospital survey as published by the Kellogg Foundation.
This survey considers the needs
throughout the entire state. From
this report it is evident that a small
well equipped hospital is an absolute
necessity for our community. The report states that such a hospital should
be under management of a board that
is broadly representative of the public it serves. '
Another consideration was of the
U. S. Senate bill 191, known as the.
Hospital Construction Bill. This bill
provides federal funds for the construction of hospitals based on the
recouimendaatious of the hospital
survey mentioned above, "With federal funds available together with a
large donation pledged by the management of the present hospital,* public subscription, would be a trivial
Item, A itewA. fca^ai-i*. cot!**-M&W
the health unit ~*.ncL Several shops for
rental to defray operative expense.
The hospital would be open to all
doctors of medicine and be a general
health center.. t
In conclusioh the committee states
that Clare needs to continue its Hob-
pital Service. Hospitalisation should
be managed by a lay board and should
be a Civic project. Solicitation for
support should not be made in communities having their own hospital.
The committee will hold regular
monthly meetings.
the Harrison Congregational Church
at 1:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
with Rev, Harold "Watson, of Grand
Ledge officiating and V. F. *W» and
American Legion members of Harrison and Clare assisting. Burial will
be at Sumner.
AAA COMMITTEEMEN
ELECTION BALLOTS
MAILED TO FARMERS
Must Be Marked and Returned
To County Office By
December 24
SOHIO GARAGE IN
COLDWATER FIELD
BURNS MONDAY
Mechanic   Rescues   Two   Men
Trapped In Building"*
After Explosion
The Sohio Oil Company garage in
the Coldwater oil fields burned down
following    an    explosion    at    11:50 j
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JUiVERY ckristmas season brings to
us the rectirrUng knowledge that man-   i
kind need not be destined for sorrow, dejection and strife. The   ^
spirit of Christmas captures us with its glory and teaches Us that
a lasting peace on earth is our highest goal.
If you. will permit the publisher of this newspaper one wish at
this Christmas time, let if be this; That the spirit of the Christmas
star may be our perpetual guide and that we may meet our fellow
men on the level of peace, trust and friendship. Not. just until
December 2$, but for the rest of the year—for the rest of our lives.
It is in that spirit thaf this newspaper extends to all of you its
hope for a truly \
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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o'clock Monday night. Two men, L.
D, Munns and Jess Peacock, were
trapped in the garage at the time of
the fire, but "Swede," a mechanic for j
Sohio, who was in the south end of
the garage when the explosion occurred, got out and ran around to the
west end of the building and told the
two trapped men haw to unlock the j
door and get out.
All three men were quite badly •
burned, but it is expected they will,
recovei*.
The boys all helped put the fire out
with the assistance Of Homer Grim j
and Carl Norman, gas plant workers. • Officers
The men did a brave job staying
with the fire and kept it from spreading to the houses where the employees live and also from catching the
gas plant on fire. ■ If the plant had
once caught on fire, the people of
Clare surely would have been awak-
isheft because they would have hejard
the explosion, *".....;'-''"•. V^'V--^'
' It Is hoped that the men who were
burned will recover soon and we are
sure the Sohio Oil Company will
thank the men for their bravery.
The cause of the explosion is unknown.
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HOME ECONOMICS
COUNCIL FORMED
IN CLAM COUNTY
cers   Elected   and   Program
Of Activities Drafted for
Coming Months
Strange Home
Once Moire Aglow
With Yule Lights
The old adage, 'a man's home is
his castle," was never more truly
spoken than of the home of Charles • 	
™.f_lsl°.n .he ilm atlhe east end of, Local Troop's Christmas Dinner
CLARE COUNTY
SCOUT DISTRICT
HOLDS MEETING
A total of 600 farmers in Clare
county were mailed ballots last week
for their use in electing the 1948
community AAA committees and delegates to the county AAA election convention, according to Robert C.
Kleiner, present chairman of the Clare
County AAA committee.
These farmers are reminded that
these ballots, marked according to the
choice of the individual voter, must
be returned to the county AAA office,
Harrison, Michigan, on or before
-Wednesday, December 24, in order to
l.e counted by the impartial election
board" on December 26.
The ballots contain the names of
candidates for positions on the various community AAA committees as
well as the names of candidates for
the position of delegates and alternate ("".legates to the County AAA
convention to be. held In the AAA
ofl.ce at -Harrison on December 3d, at
which the county AAA committee for
1948 will be" elected by the delegates
for each township.
Candidates for the various positions
mentioned above were selected at a
series' of nomination meetings held
during the past two weeks throughout the county.
The ballots, which may be returned
to the county AAA office, either by
mail or in person, will be counted in
the county office under the supervision of a nc-h-partiBan election
hoard.
All farmers who received ballots
through the mail are urged to mark
aiid return their ballots before the
deadline date. Since the committeemen elected are responsible for developing, adapting, and administering
national farm programs to meet local
problems and needs, it is important
that the men elected really represent *
FRANKLIN LOWER
PASSES AWAY IN
CLARE HOSPITAL
Sheridan     Township     Pioneer
Laid at Rest in Freeland
Cemetery
Franklin Lower, well known* pion-
eer resident of Sheridan township,
became ill Friday, December -5th, and
was brought to the Clare Hospital
the following Sunday, where he passed away the next day,
Franklin Addison Lower," second
son of Joseph and Elizabeth Lower,
was born in Steuben County, Ohio,
March 29, 1861, and. passed away at
Clare, Michigan, December 8, 1947,
at the age of eighty-six years, eight
months and eight days.
He was married to Lillie May Deck
December 31, 1892. To this union
were born five children, now Alma
Gransden, of Beaverton, John and
Herman Lower, of Clare, James, of
Northville, and Dewey, who with the
mother  preceded  him in death.
Besides the children, he leaves
twenty grandchildren, seven great
grandchildren; three brothers, James
Lower, of Clare, Allison* and Ira, of
Helmer, Ind.; six nephews, six nieces,
Other relatives and many friends. -
He was a good father and neighbor,
and will be sadly missed by ■all.
Funeral services were held from
the Doherty Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt, and he
was laid at rest beside his wife and
son at Freeland.
Fifth  Street    Here "Charlie"  enter-J
tains  his  friends  and   enjoys  living
among the many beautiful and inter-
■  | esting souvenirs of his native Texas
Six delegates from eight local home' and his own ingenious devices for
economics extension groups met at making his home more livable and the
the Court- House in Harrison Decern- J grounds more attractive,
bey 12 for the purpose of organizing At this time of year "Charlie's
"^oi^&-^noj!r(_cs:CksU-'cil_ana;1dratt- Castle" is .t-rrta^i into -a veritable
hag- a program of activities for the fairyland of hundreds of twinkling
current year. * j multicolored lights strung in the win-'
Mrs." Mary Lou Walker, of Hamil-j dows of his home and on the numer-
ton township, was elected chairman; j ous evergreen trees about -the grounds,
Outstanding    Success
Wednesday Night
Mrs. Gladys Austin, of Temple, vice 1 even  the bird house coming in for J
chairman;   and? Mrs.--Iva Malosh,  of jits share of the yuletide decorating,' Morgan,   of   Saginaw,   and  Assistant
The first meeting of the new Clare
County Boy Scout District was held
at the "Veterans Club (old county
infirmary) one mile south of Harrison,
Monday evening, with a sumptuous
country style roast beef dinners-served
at 6:00 o'clock, and those attending
say that it was the best dinner they
had had in a long time for $1.00,
Valley Trails Council Executive Bill
Lake, secretary-treasurer. Other dele-j and strings of lights the entire length' council Executive Cliff'Klapp, of Mt.
gates present were Mrs. Mary Gerow, > of the flag pole can be seen from the pleasant, presided at the business
Eagle; Mrs, Ada Kinsel, Clare; and j union depot in the opposite part ot [ session, with Scoutmasters, Commis-
Mrs. Grace Williams, Elm Grove.      j the city. i sioners,   District  Committeemen and
It was voted that each local group j There is also a beautifully trimmed interested persons from Temple, Lake
should have a delegate member of j Christmas tree on the sun porch and! George, Clare and Harrison attend-
the council.   While the by-laws have  the entire - picture of beauty can be' fng,    Farwell was the only town in
seen and enjoyed by motorists pass-  the district with a Boy Scout troop
ing on nearby US-10. i that was not represented.
"Charlie"   was   assisted   with   the;    Committee  appointments were an-
decorations this year by his nephew
School Children
Entertained By
Ideal Theatre
The management of the Ideal Theatre have been hosts to 5,000 school
children .from all pf the schools in
Clare county, the north half of. Isabella county and portions of Midland
and,Osceola counties this week for
the theatre's annual Christmas treat,
which is* presented each year in the
form of a free movie, that is not only
of the highest type, but of particular
Interest to children of school age.
This year's feature was "Little Miss
Marker," one of. the . first Shirley
Temple pictures, and the remarks Of
the children themselves is evidence
that they thoroughly enjoyed it.
Three shows were presented on
each Tuesday and ■ Wednesday and
four on Thursday to accommodate all
of Mr, Olson's guests.
THREE OF IRWIN
FAMILY INJURED
IN AUTO WRECK
Mrs.    Ella    Pilgrim   Suffers
Compound Fracture Of
Right Ankle
An auto accident occurred two
miles south of Clare on US-27 when
Wm, Irwin lost control of his ear on
the icy_ pavement last Friday, December 12,"
Mrs. Wm. Irwin, of R-2, Farwell,
sustained the following injuries: concussion of brain, deep extensive laceration of scalp, with profuse hemorrhage, multiple contusions, abrasions
and sprains. She was confined to the
Clare Hospital <-uhtil Wednesday.
Fred Irwin, of R-2, Farwell, suffered
from severe sprains and contusions
and was at the Clare Hospital for 48
hours-,
Mrs. Fred Irwin sustained extensive abrasions and a sprain of muscles of right thigh. She was discharged, after treatment at the Clare
Hospital.
Mrs. Ella Pilgrim, of South McEwan
St., slipped on. the ice Monday evening and sustained a two bone fracture of the right ankle. She was admitted to the Clare Hospital, where
J cast was applied and she was released Wednesday.
not been prepared, the purpose of the
council is to promote activities of educational and recreational nature for
Clare county homemakers
BASKETBALL SCORES
CLARE  HIGH  SCHOOL
Tuesday, December 9-—Clare Varsity defeated St. Louis Varsity here
29-28 and Brought home "Casper."
Friday, December 12—Clare Varsity
defeated Coleman Varsity here 44-85.
CLARE   DeMOLAY
Thursday, December 11—Clare DeMolay defeated Bay City DeMolay
there 42-33.
Wednesday, December 17*—Clare
DeMolay defeated Midland DeMolay,
former State Champions, here 4^*28.
The three elected oflicers constitute j Lynn Strange, of Loredo, Texas, who
came  three  weeks  ago  to  visit his
uncle.
Mr. Strange was pleased Tuesday
evening to have a group of young
ladies come up and sing Christmas
carols among his beautifully decorated trees, adding a touch of Christmas spirit that could be attained in
no other way.
an executive committee of the council.
Following election the balance of
the -meeting period was devoted to
discussion of ideas for the year's
program. Four local groups had discussed topics for programs and had
submitted their choices to County
Agent P. D. Gibson. In consideration
of these suggestions and others contributed by the delegates, the following program was drafted and approved.
January—Sewing machine clinic
and demonstration of attachments.
The latter to be a project leader
meeting. February—Home management lesson by project leaders. March
—county wide safety meeting. This
meeting to be sponsored by the Home
Economics Council and local business
men, with speakers and films furbished by Michigan State College. Also
in March a project leader lesson on
home vegetable gardening with1, assistance from the County Agent and
garden specialists of Michigan State
College will be given.
May—-'House cleaning hints, a project leader lesson, June—Home-
makers picnic. July—Tour tO-JDoW
Gardens, Midland. August and September are left open for the individual
gr'oups to do wtth as they see fit.
Soifae may want to have events of
local interest or perhaps no program
at all.
Some other suggestions" for group
meeting were: Make Michigan more
beautiful, care of house plants, making lamp shades, health, minor repairs for electrical equipment, hair
grooming and Christmas ideas.
It was the intent of the council to
limit the number of county wide project lessons to one a month and leave
opportunity for the individual clubs
to participate in other events if they
wish.
Deaths
CLARENCE BAWKEY
Clarence Bawkey died at his home
in Gilmore township Tuesday noon,
and funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 p. m. at the
Gilmore Church of Christ, with burial
in Gilmore cemetery.
NEIL BUSHONG
Neil Bushong passed away at his
home in Sheridan township Wednesday morning. Funeral services" will
be held from the Friz Funeral Home
at 1:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
with Rev. E. E. Redman officiating,
and interment at Mt. Pleasant.
nouneed and plans made for the 1948
Scout Week program. Arrangements
■ were in Charge of District Chairman
! John Rodabaugh, of Clare, and District Commissioner Paul D. Gibson,
of Harrison.
; Scouts Christmas Dinner
Clare Troop No. 125 and some Of
' their fathers attended the local troop's
j Christmas dinner in the Methodist
[ church   parlors   Wednesday   evening,
and in spite of the inclement weather
j the attendance was good. Assistant
I Council Executive Cliff- Klapp and
j wife, of Mt. Pleasant, were among the
guests,
j    Toastmaster  Bob  Ruby  and  Irvin
Ruby   presented   an  interesting   and
very entertaining skit, following the
delicious pot luck dinner. Through
; the courtesy of Dr. G. C. Born, and
j the loan of his movie projector and
films, a comedy and a feature, "Spills
and Thrills," were shown.
A large holiday wreath, made by
the Scouts themselves, was presented
: to Rev. Chas. Hahn for the church,
, and he responded with appreciative
remarks.
Bob Ruby called for volunteers for
a surprise, with the unanimous re-
i sponse of the Scouts, and "were their
( faces red" when they learned that the
j "surprise"   was  the job  of • washing
dishes  and  cleaning up  the  church
parlors,
Arrangements    were    entirely    in
charge of the Scouts and because of
LEO   HORSEMAN
Leo Horseman, a former resident of
Clare,  passed  away in  the Midland
Hospital Wednesday evening. Funeral
services will be held from the Thurston   Funeral  Home at   2:00   o'clock'the success of the event, it is expected
Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Wm. P. that  the  Christmas  dinner  will  be-
D. Powe officiating, and interment in ■/some att annual event.
Cherry Grove cemetery,
POST OFFICE CLOSED
HOME BAKED GOODS
v>At Guiette's Paint and Wallpaper
Store, tomorrow* December _0, spot*-
The Clare Post Office will remain
closed all day and there will be no
city or rural deliveries next Thursday,
Christmas day. However,, special de»
| livery and perishable mail and Christmas packages will be delivered. AU
mail deposited, in the post office Or
mail box in front of tha post office
will ha dispatched as usual.
The Scouts made a supply of
wreaths to sell at their "stand" oh
McEwan Street last Saturday, "but all
had been bought before the day arrived, They have done fine this year
with this plan of raising money for
the troop, and it is anticipated that
this, too, will become an annual Scout
Activity. "
A Christmas seal on every piece of
the choice of the majority of the mail will fight tuberculosis through- * sored by King's Daughters of Baptist
farmers in the community, ■ out the year. Church.
A Christmas Beat ott every gift will
Belt* control tufewcttiosi-.
MYERS SCHOOL PROGRAM
The   Christmas   program   at   the
Myers School will be presented Monday evening, December U, &t 8:00
| o'clock. ^
MIDNIGHT MASS
AT ST. HENRY'S '
CHRISTMAS EVE.
Public   Is   Jnvited   To   Attend
Beautiful Services At
Rosebush Church
Midnight Mass this Christmas Eve
will be observed at St. Henry's
Church, Rosebush US-27, with ah elaborate program of music, decorations
"and ceremonies. The interior walls
will be graced with wreaths and
bells. The high altar will be banked
with Poinsettias, greens 'and lights,
and will be flanked on each side by
fifteen foot trees. The realistic Crib
of Bethlehem will be surrounded with
a forest of evergreens covered with
blue lights and surmounted with a
bright glowing star.
The electric steeple chimes will
play the 'traditional Christmas melodies for an hour before services, and
the choir, organ, and harp will render
the carols for the audience Within.
At 11:55 p. m. the procession of all
those on ceremonies will begin to
wend its way to the high altar where
the Mass of the Nativity will be celebrated, .The text of the p'astor's sermon will be: "There has been born to
you today in the city of David, a
Savior, Who is Christ the Lord."
Father Grant will wear at Midnight
Mass the robes of glittering gold
which are useaf only on the most
special occasions,
. Tha general public is cordially invited to attend this Midnight Mass,
and tho ushers will endeavor to seat
the entire attendance.
On December the 2-th, Confessions
will be heard from 4:00 to 6:00 in
the afternoon, and from 7:30 to 10:00
in the* evening.
CITY TAX RATE
LOWEST IN PAST
FOUR YEARS HERE
City Contracts With Consumer*
Power For New Street
Lighting System
A pleasant surprise was In stor*
for local taxpayers' when the iM?
tax rate of $40.00 per thousand assessed valuation was announced. TM*
is the lowest tax rate for the city ot
Clare since 1943 and is divided a*
follows: County tax $8.00, s«w*Ke
disposal $2,00, school building »ndL
sinking $4,00, electric light ?2.3&
school operating p.00, fire $5.60, library 90c, park ?0c, general street
¥6,50, school'-"aebt,  $3.00.
It will be noted that a major portion of the tax is for school purposes
but it must be realized that our inr
vestment in the welfare of our youth'
is one of the best investments that
we ever made; and today, more tha*
ever; an educatiop is a must if pnr
young people are to cope successfully
wtih the problems they will face u.
the future.
New Lights for Clare
Clare's boulevard lighting system,,
the pride of a past generation, is
destined to go, because the cables
under the streets have deteriorated,
in the twenty-five years they have
been in service to a point where repair is not practical,
Some months ago a new type ot
street lighting was installed on "West
Fourth Street and after months o.
observation by city officials, it has
been decided to use this type of
lighting for our principle street-.
Sixty-seven new overhead 6,000
lumen- lights will be installed on the-
main thoroughfares as soon as practical and the work of laying foundations was commenced on McEwaii
street this week. Thirty lights will be
placed on brackets on new steel pole-
in the business district and forty-six
center suspension type lights will be
hung from Wooden poles on US-2T
and US-10 from city limits to city
limits.
It is planned in the future to install
2,500 lumen suspension type light*
in the residential area to get tb.»
lights out away from the shade tree*
which shufc off a Jot of light during-
summer months.
Christp-ias Lights Too
Clty\officials, and-- other interested:
parties are to be congratulated oa
the yuletide atmosphere created by
decorating our downtown streets-
again this year. New bulbs have been
secured and the colored lights across
the streets and on the front of tha
city hall are again twinkling prettily
in the evening, while wreaths have
been hung on the street light poles,
and evergreen roping extends across
the street intersections for daytime
decoration.
A nice large wreath also graces tha
honor roll in the city park and
Christmas trees in the homes and in.
the yards add to the scene.
CHRISTMAS SPIRITS
VIE WITH CHRISTMAS
SPIRIT FOR POLICE
All Night Paxking Banned On.
Business Streets For
Snow Removal
No parking Will be allowed on th*
business streets of Clare between th*
hours of 2:00 a. m. and 5:00 a. m.. to-
permit snow removal.
Art Mayhew, of Vernon Hill, was
arrested by City Police Tuesday ancE
arraigned before Justice of the Peace
Wm. B. Dunlop that evening on a.
drunk and disorderly charge. He
plead guilty and was fined $10.00 anot
$3.35 costs.
. H. Nidkles ,who lives north of Far-
well, was arrested by City Police-
Monday and arraigned before Justice.
Dunlop Wednesday morning on a.
drunk and disorderly charge. He also plead guil^j- and was fined $10.00.
City Police received a complaint
from Leo Brown, of Brown and
Bruckart Sales & Service,, at 9:3<.
o'clock Friday evening of last wee"_,
that they had put an old Plymouth,
car out in their back lot with a Firestone car radio in the ear. He SOW
the car radio to one of 'their employees who was going: to fix it up.        8
When they towed the car into th»
garage they found the radio-ftJi been
stolen. Mr, Br&wn stated that the
radio had been taken recently, because there were tracks in the snow
where a person had Come up to the
car and it must have been after th*
last snow storm.
Attention Please!
AU advertising and news copy must
be in The Sentinel offlca on# d*y early
next week heciause ot the Otetettnm
holiday*   Your cooperation irrfE b*
appreciated,