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CLARE,   MICHIGAN,  FRIDAY   MORNING.   DECEMBER 26. 1947
New Series Vol. 56, No. 13
MANY WIVES
ET CLARE MAN
NTO TWO JAILS
*Frank   Crigier   Charged   With
Assault   and   Battery
By His Wife   •
Judge Holbrook
To Be Inducted in
Public Ceremony
Judge elect Donald E. Holbrook
will be inducted into the office of
Judge of the Twenty-first Judicial
Circuit in public ceremonies, held in
the circuit room at the "court house
in Harrison at 10:30 o'clock Friday
morning, January 2nd, when County
Clerk Wm. A. Henderson will admin-
Walter Long, of Pine Street, Clare, ister the oath of office,
apparently has Vfo wives and through *    As indicated, the ceremony will be
Ms own actions has gotten himself [ open to the public and all friends ancl.
into  trouble  with   the  law  in  two J acquaintanes of Judge Holbrook and
states, ,
Last October 18th Long was arrested by Clare City Police "for using
abusive language and harming wifek"
He was arraigned at that time before
Justice of the Peace Sam Wilkinson,
plead guilty, and was fined $25.00 and
$3.35 costs and placed on probation
, £ar one year.
..Saturday, December 20th, Long was
.again arrested by City Police on
complaint of his wife here for breaking probation, The local police department was informed by prosecuting Attorney Harold B. Hughes
that Long was also wanted in Indiana
and he" was turned over to Sheriff
Seaver Amble and held in the county
jail at Harrison.
According to the Clare County Sheriff's oflice and Sheriff Roy T. V. Gas-
kins of Madison County, Indiana, -who
was in Clare Tuesday night, a war-
ran thad been issued for Long's arrest
on the charge of nonsupport on complaint of his wife in Anderson, Indiana. Long was taken to Anderson
Wednesday to answer to charges
there.
Others   Arrested
Frank Crigier, of Clare, was arrested by City Police Saturday on the
charge of assault and battery- with
complaint made by his wife, Betty,
and he was taken to the county jail
at Harrison that evening. He has
been released on bond to appear for
his hearing this Saturday, on the
condition that he must not go near
his wife unless accompanied by a
peace officer.
Howard Six, of Farwell, was issued a summons by city police at
10:00 o'clock Wednesday evening, December 17, to appear before Justice
of the Peace Wm, B. Dunlop, charged
•with driving at 50' mll,es per hour in
a 35 mile zone Q-^Wiest; Fifth. Street.'
.. „". ..._s_..J_Parkinig .i*ieter-".;J-*a'|<Stt-   ■.*-2-V_
One parking, rn^er has jjeen, stolen
»"d_a West FourtHTstreet "and anyone
■who *might have the idea that this is
an easy way to pick up a littfe change
ia warned by City Police that theft
.of a meter is grand larceny and Punishable by a jail sentence of six
months and that tampering with the
meters is punishable by thirty days
in jail.
FORMER CLARE MAN
LAID AT REST HERE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
any others, who wish to attend will be
welcome to witness the induction.
Following the ceremony, luncheon
will be served to the members of the
Tri-county Bar Association at th£
Hotel Doherty here in Clare. Judge
Holbrook will be present and will be
honored at this time by his colleagues.
EIGHT MEMBERS
INITIATED INTO
DeMOLAY MONDAY
Glen
F. Stanford Chapter Well
Established    Since
Institution
Leo T. Horseman Passes Away
At Midland Hospital
■ December 17th
Leo Thurl Horseman was born June
14th, 1910, at Woodsfield, Ohio, the
son of John F. and Mary E. Horseman, ,and passed away at Midland
Hospital, Midland, Michigan, December 17, 1947,, at the age of 37 years,
six months and three days.
He was tmlted in marriage to Miss
"Joyce Baker, of Clare, and to this
union were born two children, Marlin
and Suewella,
He lived near Clare" from 1934 until
Tie entered the U. S. Army in March,
1941, serving through world war II
and was honorably discharged in September, 1945. Most of his army life
"was spent in Alaska.
He moved to Midland, after his discharge and worked for the city of
Midland until Ms death.
He -leaves to mourn their loss, his
wife, Joyce; two children, Marlin and
Suewella; .one brother, Fred Horseman, of Greenwich, Ohio; one sister,
Virginia Daily, of Woodsfield, Ohio;
two uncles, Alfred Briggs, of Ashland, Ohio, and John W, Briggs, of
Woodsfield, Ohio; one aunt, Mrs. J. E.
Miller, of Woodsfield, Ohio, and his
Step father, Jerome Stine, of Clare.
He was preceded in death by his
father and mother and several brothers and sisters.
Let) was a loving father and husband arid a good friend and neighbor
to all who knew him and leaves many
Mends in Clare and Midland, Mich.,
sand Woodsfield, Ohio.
A military funeral was conducted
by the American Legion and "V,F,W.
of Clare county from the Thurston
Funeral Home at 2:00 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, with Rev. Wm. P. D. Powe
officiating, and he Was laid to rest in
Cherry Grove cemetery.
Glen F. Sanford Chapter, DeMolay,
organized here last May with a nucleus of twenty-seven-charter members
has already become prominently established in the city's fraternal and'
youth circles and eight new members
were inducted into the local chapter
the past week.
The initiatory degree was conferred
Thursday evening, December 18, and
the DeMolay degree Monday -evening,
December 22, upon Jack Brinkerhoff,
Bill, Chaffee, Willard Ireland, Wilbur
Ireland, Harvey Hartshorn, Donald
Barber, Alger Smock and Jerry Irwin,
in ceremonies held ih the local Masonic Temple, with both degrees put on
by teams composed of members of
the local chapter.
The writer dropped in at the Masonic Temple as the boys were preparing;
for the ceremony Monday evening
and all indications are that the exemplification Was. very beautiful and
moftrimpre-'fiye'.. ^' ': "^.. '■' ''*" ^~' •.
"■^ISalaOHS. Befvetf'refreshments fpitow-
ihg the ceremonies Monday evening
and each tiew. member was presented
with a rose in honor of their mother^,
in accordance with the traditions of
DeMolay.
The local chapter is sponsored by
John Q. Look Lodge No. 404,'F. &
A. M., and membership is open to all
boys of fourteen to twenty-one years
of age.
DeMolay is an international fellowship of young men and has for its
purpose the teaching of clean and
upright living by practicing the virtues of comradeship, reverence, love
of parents, patriotism, courtesy,
cleanness and fidelity.
The supreme effort is to create leaders and develop character. The De
Molay slogan is "No DeMolay shall
fail as a citizen, as a leader, or a
man." DeMolay places special _ emphasis on love of God, love of home,
ancl love of country.
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HEALTHS
\~JTLCG 7^0(31/1 we greet the New
Year in the traditioriGfl manner—*with pealing bells,
with fun and gaiety, laughter and music.
Despite his ingenuity, nian .still persists in "watch- "
-  ing the old year out and-greeting the new year" in
almost the .identical manner of his forefathers.
In that same identical manner, we extend our
%     traditional New Year's greeting to you:
MAY HEALTH, HAPPINESS
AND PROSPERITY BE Y0URS TODAY AND
THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAR
THE CLARE SENTINEL
Publishers And Staff
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Christmas Checks
Distributed This
Week By Kroger
Cash Christmas gifts totaling*" fJlS,-
000.00 are being distributed this week
tp Kroger company employees in the
Western Michigan area, Mr. E. A,
Wehner, Kroger branch manager announced.
The Grand Rapids Branch employees are among the 20^000 store, warehouse, office, and manufacturing plant
personnel located in 18 midwestern
and^ southern states who will, participate in the firm's Christmas gift plan*,
announced recently by Joseph B, Hall.
Kroger president.
The checks, enclosed in a colorful
illustrated Christmas message from'
Mr. Hall, will go to every employee
with six months or more service with
the exception of those employees who
participate in a company incentive
plan. Checks for the incentive plan
will be distributed early in 1948, Mr.
E, A. Wehner said.
FOUR NARROWLY
ESCAPE BURNING
HOME DECEMBER 5
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Fire Damages Anderson Horn*
Early Tuesday Morning
Of This Week
Doherty Round
Table Christmas
Party Tuesday
The first annual Christmas party
of the Doherty Hotel Round Table
was held Tuesday with the fourteen
local businessmen and one out of
town guest. Those present were Fred
Doherty, Richard Groves, Ed. Johnston, Dr. G. C. Born, Dr. K, Hammerberg, Stuart Bicknell, Willard Bicknell, Harold Moline, Harold Hughes,
O. D. Bayes, William McConica, James
Olson, Ace Parker, Dr. S. C. McArthur, and Fred Oliver, of Detroit.
The table decorations consisted of
numerous tall candles as well as individual Christmas shaped candles,
and a holly wreath with red satin ribbon. The masculine members, at
least, enjoyed the- dainty decorations,
thanks to Maxwell Flower Shop.
Souvenir spoon and bottle openers
were presented to all by the management of the hotel as well as the splendid dinner.
The members instituted the use of
new bibs to be used from now on in
place of napkins. The bibs bear the
name of the organization, "Round
Table." The members insist upon
the waitresses tying the bibs.
The waitresses Were presented with
small gold pencils to be carried in
purse. Each member received a gift
of unusual nature. Among the gifts
received were, limburger cheese,
sauerkraut juice and rattlesnake
meat.
Pictures were taken by Art Damoth
and James Olson. Arthur Damoth
acted as spokesman, making three
Card party aM other entertainment speeches and accepting four encores,
at Mi, Vernon Orange New Tear's Dr. McArthur was chairman and very
Uve. Pot luck sapper. Everybody efiiciently placed the chairs around
welcome. the table.
STOP, LOOK AND L2STEST
FUNERAL SERVICES    .
FOR CLARENCE BAWKEY
HELD AT GILMORE
Pioneer   of  Community  Passes
Away at Home There
December 16th
Organizations ahd-
Citizens Provide
Christmas Cheer
Clarence Eugene Bawkey was born
the son of. John H. and Mella Bawkey,
on September 10, 1890, in Dunbridge,
Ohio, and passed away at his home
in'Gilmore township, December 16,
1947, at the age of fifty-seven years,
three months and six days.
He came to Gilmore township at
the age of two and one-half years and
settled on a farm at Littlefield Lake.
% He was "united in marriage to
Blanche Buskard on September 8.
1910, and to this union was born one
daughter, Frances Martha.'
In 1932 he moved with his wife to
Houghton Lake, where they made
their home, for fourteen years. Two
years ago, in failing health, he. moved
b_.ck to the present home, where he
passed away. His father and mother
preceded him in death several years
ago.
He leaves to mourn their loss, his
faithful wife, Blanche; his daughter,
Mrs. Ivan Brown, of Farwell; five
grandchildren, a host of'relatives and
friends. «
Funeral services were held Friday,
December 19, at the Gilmore Church
of Christ 'He was laid to> rest beside
his father and mother in the Gilmore
cemetery,   Rev, Krause officiating.
THREE AUTOS IN
" UNUSUAL COLLISION
HERE SATURDAY
A Hudson car driven by Alida Grill
of this city, came around the corner
from Fifth St_eet into North Beech
Street at 5:10' o'clock Saturday afternoon and in making the turn the car
started to slide and skid on the icy
street and crossed over and struck a
Buick car belonging to' Peter Creguer,
which was parked near the city hall,
skidding it sideways into, a Chevrolet
owned by Ray Voige, of Farwell,
which was parked along Bide the
Buick on the west side of Beech
Street. The Creguer car was damaged to the extent of $75.00 and the
Voige c&r $40.00.
The Clare Common Council, Glare
Chamber of Commerce, Clare Community Council, the" Clare Kiwanis
and Rotary Clubs, local merchants
and individuals have contributed generously of their mer-ns and time in
providing Chirstmas baskets for the
needy of the community.
Geneva Pearson, president of the
local V.F.W. Auxiliary, has- been
chairman of this year's "community
chest" and wishes to express appreciation, in .behalf of the sponsors, tp all
who have helped in any way to
brighten the Christmas of our less
fortunate citizens.
The baskets will contain food, toys
for the youngsters, and necessities
and will be- distributed Christmas eve.
Deaths
DE SOTO AND PLYMOUTH
Bob's Sales and Service, Clare. 2_tf
MRS. CARRIE PERVORS.E
MrS. Carrie Pervorse, for yeai-s a
resident of Vernon City, passed av^ay
at her home there at 7:50 o'clock
Monday morning, following several
Weeks of failing health.
Funeral services were held from the
Thurston Funeral Home at '2.00
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with
Rev, Chas. Kleinhardt officiating, and
interment in Cherry Grove cemetery,
The obituary will be published next
week,
MRS. FLOYD SQUIRES
Mrs. Floyd Squires died suddenly
at the Southside. Sunoco Service Station at abbut 5:30 o'clock Monday-
afternoon, as the result of a heart
attack, caused by a heart ailment
which she has suffered Bince a young
girl. Among the survivors are the
husband and three children.
Mr. S quires is a member of the
firm who conduct the service station
in the Ira Richmond building on McEwan Street.
Prayer will be said at the Thurston
Funeral Home at 1:30 o'clock, followed by funeral services at 2:00
o'clock this Friday afternoon from the
Clare Methodist. Church, with Rev.
Chas. Kleinhardt officiating, and interment in Maple Grove- Cemetery . at
Harrison. The obituary will be published next week.
It will pay you to p&y courteous
attention to- tourists who pay tor the
things they buy in Clare*
CLARE-ISABELLA
DIST. ASSOCIATION
MEETS IN CLARE
Enjoyable   Program   Presented
At December  Meeting
Thursday Evening
The Clare-Isabella District Association meeting of Rebekahs and Odd
Fellows was held in' the Clare I.O.O.F.
hall Thursday evening of last week
for their December meeting.
President Ernest Green called the
group to order and the Flag was presented by Donna Mussell with Mrs,
Fern Wright at the piano. The Pledge
of Allegiance was given and the National Anthem was sung, with prayer
by Mrs. Etta Howard. The address
of welcome was • giveii by Gordon
Mcintosh, Clare I.O.O.F. noble grand
and the response by Floyd Seeley, of
Mt, Pleasant.  ■
Mrs. Gordon Mcintosh, program
chairman was presented and she expressed thanks to all the lodges who
responded for. the program and to the
Clara Theta Rho Girls for their help.
To open the program, Lucille Horr
sang and played her own guitar accompaniment; Mary Lou Ai*chambauit
played two numbers on the trumpet,
accompanied by her mother, Mrs, Robert Archambault, at the piano.
Andrew Irwin, Sr., was called on
fbr remarks, which he centered around
"getting old," and demonstrated some
Of the old' time steps, used in the lumbering days. For this part of the program he was assisted by Harve Erter,
He also entertained with his harmonica.
The highlight of the program was
the entrance of "Beulah," alias Ethel
Thrush, of Farwell, who entertained
with several original -readings, -\To
close her program, Beulah was assisted by Rastus, alias Mrs. Harold
Schofield, of Farwell.
Lois Roth, of Mt. Pleasants gave, a
reading; Lavona Russell gave a tap
dance number, with Martha Jean Mc-.
Kinnon at the piano; Floyd Squires
entertained with banjo music; Elva
Lea Mcintosh and Ruth Rank sang
"While Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks by Night," and "Star of the
East," accompanied by Mrs. Archambault; Lucille and Clara Mae Horr
entertained with songs and music on
their guitars; Donna Mussell and
David Holt gave a baton twirling
demonstration, accompanied by Mrs.
Wright; Harry Nowlen entertained
with banjo and harmonica duet.
(Continued on Page .Eight)
CLARE DeMOLAY'    .
BASKETBALL TEAM
WINSJFIRST TWO
Defeat Last Year's State Champions In Local Gymnasium
December 17lh
The Clare DeMolay basketball team
in its first season is meeting with
splendid success .under the capable
leadership of Coach Ernie Bryant and
Athletic Advisor Ralph Ackerman.
The first game of the season was
played at Bay City against their
strong DeMolay team, December 11,
with the locals defeating them 42-33.
The Clare team led in scoring all
through the game and the Bay City
boys made their most formidable
threat at the beginning of the final
period whjn they caji*e within two
points of 'flfltjgllipg tlje .locals' score.
High pojnt niishiiEpr 0|W6 "Were Bud
Rodabaugh with i$ points and Jersey
JOslin with 1G.       "
The flrst home game was played
December 17th against _r|idland's last
year's DeMolay state champion**.-and,
the^FarePboys* continue-! to *wi4, -nei*,tc
ing tHeir opponents 42-28. The-Clare
boys got "away to a good start,'with,
the score at the* end of the first
quarter 18-2 In their favor, and they
led 24-7 at half time. High point men
for Clare were Bud Rodabaugh with
15, Bob Perry 15 and Jersey Joslin 10
tallies to their credit.
If the Clare boys continue to play
the calibre of basketball they have
thus far, their prospects are good for
winning the state DeMolay championship in their first season.
Players on the team are Bud Rodabaugh, Harvey Hartshorn, Bill Chaffee, Willard Ireland,, Wilbur Ireland,
Jersey Joslin, Fred Busche, Bill Barber, Jim Irwin, Glen Howlett, John
Sexton, Bob Perry, Jack Stuart and
Tom Rodabaugh.
. The next game of the season will be
played in the Clare High School gymnasium, when the Clare team- meets
the Saginaw DeMolay aggregation,
Wednesday, January 7, at 8:00 p. m.
Saginaw'has defeated Midland 22-20
this geasaon and the next game promises to be one that local fans will not.
want to miss.
On Friday, December 5, it *was reported to the Sentinel editorial stal.
that the farm home* two and- a half
miles north of Clare on TJS-27, at one
time occupied by Jerome and Lena
Freese, had burned to the ground,
but at the time officials could give HO
information concerning the fire, Since
then the particulars have been learned and are as follows. .
The home was occupied by Mr/and
Mrs. Alex R.*Kurnik and family, -who
purchased the property last summer,
when fire broke out between 1:60 and
2:00 o'clock Friday morning, December 5.
When the Kumiks became aware
of the fire, it was burning in th*
ceiling, and had made considerable
headway through the dry timber, of
the home that had been built tor m
long time.
They immediately went to the bed-
'room where their two children, Billy,
six and a half years of age, and Nkn-
cy, three and a half, were sleeping-,
wrapped them in a blanket, and escaped through the bedroom window.
Al. returned into the*home, but was
able to go only a very few feet from
the window because of the extreme
heat, and threw some clothing, bedr
ding, and whatever he could get hold!
of, out through the window, but at
this time a kerosene stove in the
kitchen exploded, increasing the intensity of the heat, ancl AL was forced
to leave.
The fire occurred during a blizzard
and the Kurniks were unable to attract the attention of one passing
motorist, so they took th,e children teethe Fowler Noble home, about a half*
mile south of their home, and they?
are -making their home there lor t_L*-
present. " *
While they were taking the children,
to the Noble home, the few thing- _k»
had gotten out ot the home wertiv
burned, ahd the 'house and content*
were a" total loss, only partially cowered by insurance.
Mr*.;" Kuiiiil-   is   employed  at   t_»
•I j-nesj   '&: -tflrich   Standard   Service
Station here,
Ahdcrson   Home Damage*- -
The Josephine Anderson hOhYe-at
604 Pine Street was damagtd by fire*
early Tuesday morning "when a bla_e=
is thought to have .started in an electric mangle m-.wh.ich the heating mAt
had not been turned off.
Miss Frances Anderson was awakened by the heat at 4:20 a. m.and discovered that the mangle was burnjngr-
but the smoke was so dense that the
'appliance coald not be reached. The
Clare Fire Department was summoned,
and the firemen put the fire out with,
fog extinguishers.
-Continued on Page Eight)
Improvements In
Dr. Bom's Offices
Made Last Week
Considerable improvement has been
made in the offices of Dr. G. C. Born,
local chiropractor, the past week, Another treatment booth has been built
in addition to the three formerly in
use, and 1800 square feet of marble
design battleship linoleum have been
laid throughout the offibes. A chiropractic emblem which required twenty
three hours to design, cut and assemble graces the center of the floor
in the reception room.
"Doc" has recently received two
splendid trophies of his big game
hunt in Colorado and Wyoming in
October, 1946, and the head of his
elk has been mounted and now hangs
in the consultation room and the
head of his antelope in the treatment
room.
In the spring the porch along the
east side 6f his offices will be enclosed, providing a ten by forty foot
addition to the offices, and this space
wiil be used for treatment rooms and
the reception oflice. The same.type
of linoleum will be laid here as in the
other rooms.
CHRISTMAS TREE
BUSINESS BRIEF BUI
BRISK THIS SEASON
Department     Of     Agricurture
Checks Trees To Protect
Those on State Lands
Latest tabulations show that 939,7-1.
Christmas trees have been checked by
the Michigan Department of Agriculture, with the cooperation of the State
Police Posts, Sheriffs' Offices and
County Agricultural Agents* to determine if they are properly accompanied by a bill of* sale, 37,191 .of those
trees were shipped from the New England States and 81,096 came, frora
Canada, The reason all Christmas,
trees must be accompanied by a- bill
of sale is to show they have not beea
taken from public lands or highways.
Reports now indicate the supply ot
Christmas,, trees was nearly as large-
as a year ago, according to C, A. Boy-*-
er, Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Normally 1% million tree*
are made available to the public for-
[the Christmas season.
Mr. Boyer's   report   revealed, that
about 20% of the trees   checked,   ar*
j plantation trees, or those grown darling the past 15 years from man-plamt-
I ed seedlings on areas where the land
, owners have practiced soil   conserW"
I tion in an up-to-date land-use program.
I    "Up to last week 42 arrests had been
made for violation of the Christina*.
tree laws.   •
Attention Please!
POST OFFICE CLOSED
The Clare Post Office will remain
closed all day and there will be no-
city or rural deliveries next Thursday,.
New Year's Day. However, special
Ml advertising and news copy must: delivery and perishable mail will bebe in The Sentinel office one day* ear-' delivered. AH mail deposited in the
ly next week because of New Year's post office or mail box in front of the
Day holiday. Your . cooperation will post Office will be dispatched as;, *o«~
be appreciated. ual. ^
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