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v CLARE.   MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY  MORNING,   FEBRUARY 20,  1948
New Series Vol. 56, No. 21
ER
PASSES SUDDENLY
AT CLARE HOME
Funeral   Services   And   Burial
To Take Place Here
^—-        This Afternoon
Mrs. Oise Derby, a well Known, and
respected resident of Clare for .more
than forty years, passed away suddenly aB the result of a heart attack
suffered while Working about her
home Tuesday morning.
Oise, who was also working about
the home, had talked with her as
she was washing a window on the
east .side of the- house and later she
went around to the front of the home
to wash a window there. A few
minutes later he went around in
front of the house and found her lying dead'on the ground.
Miss .Margaret I. LeMont was horn
the daughter Of Daniel S. and Isabella LeMont in Rosebush, Michigan,
April J6, 1888, and passed away in
Clare, Michigan, February 17, 1948,
at the age of fifty-nine years, ten
months and one day.
She grew to young womanhood in
Rosebush, where her father was postmaster'for a number of years, and
was united in marriage there to
Oise Derby, of Clare, July'15, 1906,
and this union was blessed by the
birth of two daughters, Reva and
Mildred.
The Derbys have made their home
in Clare since their marriage and
have always lived here except for a
•short time when they resided at Harrison during his service there as
County Treasurer.
The Derbys owned and operated
a confectionery store in Clare for
more than twenty years and in recent
years have conducted a tourist home.
She attended the Rosebush Presbyterian Church as a girl and later the
Clare Congregational Church and
was a member of the Lady Maccabees
and'Rebekah Lodge.
She leaves to mourn their loss, the
bereaved husband, Oise; two daughters, Mrs. T. G. Bernthal, of Charleston, South Carolina, and Mrs, Wm.
Wentworth, of Clare; -Ave grandchildren; an aunt, Hiss Mg^S^^$^
den, of"SnrsselUs, Ontario;. a^epusln,
Mrs. Bfltte Little, oi Brusselis; other
relative^ Ind a :hodt of friends.
Funeral services Will be held from
the hdme on-,East .Fifth Street at
2:00 O'clock this Friday afternoon,
with RevV-H, B. Johnson officiating,
and interment in, the-family lot in
Cherry Grove cemetery.'
Organization Meet
Of Clare-Isabella
A.B.A. February 25
The development of the proposed
Clare-Isabella A.B.A, has reached the
stage that an organization meeting
will be- held on Wednesday, February
25. It will be conducted in the Wise
township hall, .at 2:00 p. in.
Already 23 members have signed
up .approximately 200 cows, "All
dairymen are' urged to attend the
meeting and have a part in the election of officers, selection of a manager,  and formulating policies.
Interest is increasing daily in this
dairy project. At the last meeting,
held on' Wednesday, February 18, a
fine group met and discussed the
value and benefits that would result
from, this new program.
A committee of dairymen are now
contacting their . neighbors. An opportunity will be given to become
members on Wednesday, February 25
at the Wise hall, at 2:00 p. ni.
Stated
now      - "w- «r rw/»;w wJf-*S*»
„, Kiwanis Meetirkj
•l'A-,'7
The '.Clare JClwanis- ClaK',alttrier
meeting was.held in"the;Wedgewood
Room at the~Hotel Doherty Wednesday evening, ..with t Art Bock, of this
city, and Bay'!Stoehs,*,6f Jthe'-Aistna
Insurance. Company in' Grand Rapids,
as guests'.    '■.',',/''  "'      ••'.-''       :_...
Ac,e.. Par jeer, who was in-'Charge of
the.^program, for the evening, con;
ducted' a spelling bee, with' Ed. Johnston  and  Theo  Wallington winners,
Ted Bowler will preBent the pro
gram next Wednesday evening,- when
Gerald K. Eddy, of the State Department' of " Geology,, will be gueBt
speaker.''' ■        -•'
GREEN AND WHITE
UPSET THE DOPE
AND BEAT EVART
Pioneer   Quintets   To   Play   At
Gladwin Tonight And'At-
Evart Next Friday *
Coach Don Richardson's Clare High
School Pioneers defeated the Evart
High \School basketball team here
Friday evening of last week for the
first time in several years, despite,
the pre-game predictions of the dope-
sters.
The^Green and White held a one
point margin" of 6-5 at the end o'f the
first quarter, but started hitting the
hoop in the second period to end it
with a 25-13 lead. The Pioneers' usual "third quarter jinx" nearly cost
them^the game as they allowed Evart
to score eleven points to the locals
four to end the period 29-24.
In a thrilling fourth quarter the
Green and White held tenaciously
onto a one point margin ol 32-31 with
three minute*^, to ago, when Evart
canp \ tfcroji# jritif..,tour;Jijpoftiis to
niometrtariiy- itiolit'lttefrisa^P'hut In the;
final seconds*of the period the Pioneers came through, with four points
to .win by the narrow margin of $&:
-Campbell .and Wallace .shared scoring honors for the Pioneers with ten
points each and Mor'com led his'
teammates with .thirteen1 points. • -
• JChe Green„apd. White Junior Varsity iQBt theirt game, 29-22,'With-'Hoi'
b^oo^..scoring ejgji't points'1 ibr'Clare
and, Sherman ,t'eriVpeint|r :forvBvarti'
-i.jThja Pioneer "learns'" will'-^playi at
GJa&win thiB Friday eywring-'and JwUl
gpi-tb Evart for "a "return' game and
•the* last oneM th^j.sejawan^'trext Frir,
Aay. levening, 'Eebruary" 27; V * . '" '';
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My- la'etdate 'to receiye-reaj estate
taxeB at: Citizens State Bank before
they "will ; be, returned- to ...County
Treasurer'will' be: ;Feb'r,uary 23. The
last day to receive themj3it,my hpme,
at 206 E.-6th St„ will .be February
28. ;.;      ,      __•      .'■■
Also anyone Wishing ■ dog licenses
must get! .them by--the. Jaat'.named
date.   ;'      <>■;.      - :■.,,;   ..    ..._ #   ';
. ■■•   "•;      -  Vera. B, • Lucas, '/'.'
'■>'■'        ■ City. Treasurer
Commission Explains New
City Charter to Be Voted April Sth
the adoption on April 5 of Clare's
proposed new charter will mean that
future elections of city officers will be
held on a non-partisan "at-large" basis, and city officials will >e nominated by petitions circulated among the
citizens rather than by the present
caucus procedure.
Providing that city elections will be
non-partisan means that your Clare
officials will be elected without party
designation and therefore they wilt be'
elected on the basis of local interests
and issues and net because of any
national or local political party affili'
ation.
Providing for city elections at large
nieans that the entire city will constitute one ward; electors will vote
for all five commissioners, and every
elector will be represented by all five
commissioners.
■Providing for nomination by petition will insure that the nominees are
selected'by all Of the citizens interest-,
ed enough' in city elections to sign al
petition' for the candidates of their
choice. Under the procedure now followed) only the small group- of . citi-
Vsehs present at a city -caucus, can select the nominees,'and. very often the
caucus fa dominated i?y;a qjnall',group
'of influential persons.;.- , , :>< ..'",,
Why Noft»Part{$an Elections '.'.;'
For Clare?        ' *
Non-partisan elections are the only
reasonable and sensible kind of elec
tions for a City the size of Clare. Political party affiliations and partisan
elections are important at state and
national levels of government, where
candidates are seldom known personally and the voter must, in effect, often vote for a party platform rather
than for an individual.
In a' city government, however,
candidates for, city offices can almost
always be known personally, and their
positions on various local problems
and issues can be secured. Under the
present system in Clare, where one
political party predominates, it is- possible that a candidate for a city position .with a recognized interest- in
city affairs .could' never be elected because he. was running on the minority
party ticket.
City alderman in Clare are now
elected not at large (that is, with all
citizens voting for all candidates) but
are elected under the ward system. A
ward is simply an' arbitrary geographical- division of a city into smaller units for political purposes. The
.City b£ Clare is divided - into three
wards. An elector votes only for two
aldermen, selected from the ward, ir
which he lives and - representing his
ward ori'the city council..■-.•-.«■
Therefore, when citizens YQte ir
municipal elections-in. Clare/ each citizen' really scants a vote for, .only,, one,
third of the city's legislative" body;' aft
(Continued On Page Seven)
GAS EXPLOSION
INJURES FORMER
iplllOUNGMAN
"Billy"    Butcher    In    Critical
„  Condition In Saginaw
•'■' Hospital
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William H. jjutcher, 24, Saginaw
Consumers Power Company employee,
was' injured When an eight inch gas
main burst under 175 pounds pressure at 8:45 o'clock Friday morning
of last week and hurled him from a
fqur foot deep pit.
He was taken to St. Mary's Hospital, suffering severe face abrasions pos-'
sible Serious injuries to the eyes and
possible internal injuries. Wheli
chemical pneumonia, caused by inhaling gas fumes, developed, he was
placed under an oxygen tent and remained in a serious condition at last
reports,
Two other. Consumers workmen,
who were working with Butcher on
the job of tapping the transmission
line for a service connection, were
above ground some distance away
from the main when it broke, and escaped injury.
Butcher is the husband of the former Miss Jane Ann'Young and both arc
former residents of Clare.
Word was received late Wednesday
that he had .suffered a fractured skull
and was still critically ill with pneumonia. The effect of the explosion
on his eyes had not yet been fully determined.     ,
GOOD CITIZENSHIP
PILGRIMS GUESTS OF '
ISABELLA CHAPTER
Betty    Hutchinson    Represents
Clare High School At
D.A.H. Meeting
The girls chosen as Good Citizenship Pilgrims by the ten different
high scHools sponsored by Isabella
Chapter Of Daughters of the Ameri-
CanRjB^pi^on., .of Mt; Pleasant, to-
'fe&'er>*Mththsir- mothers, werdenter-
t»Ji^.|^V$^ihapterj Saturday, Fe.b-
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Each girl was presented with a pin,
A.|if^yhe«h4ttte't,:ftna.,,'A\\ .of the
gffis■'w¥re"fiviiEed7:j5> attend the assembly and luncheon for all : of the pilgrims of the State at "the Detroit
meeting, March 17.
The questionaireS which the girls
sent in are now in the' hands of the
judges apd'the winner to represent
Michigan at'the National meeting in
^Vashington,' D." &, itr>Aprfl, will be
.amjounqe^ * •   :»      ..
; ;"Thp."irf48; gophy^ltMrMirr piigriaB
of Isabeha'.7,GhSpier 'apd:itne'r«ero<>lB
they-Teprese'at^-arer'"'\ '•? u>   • • •*{"■< f-
'I'Mi. Pleasantr^Nancy Jean Fortes •'»,
Bianchard—Ruth  Ellen   Sandb'rook
of Edmore,    . r ",]'  'I:*   ;,,r; '■''"•     ;,
Clare—Betty^Ha|Chinpo'n. *''' "-
BidL.Rapidls^oattivright. *• :
; Wei^m'an-^-D'orha Navarre, dt Lake.
• Gladwinr-nJeahne Heiihei;   '  •?'
ir Shepherd—Wenha 'Anne"'   Leonard,
of. St. Louis.       ■'""■•     ■"'"'* '  V ■
:. Evart—Caprine'Peel.'1'-•'        - ••• ■
.   Remus—Mary Miller;''" ••   '
... Harriaphr-^Patsy Merrill.
Tri-Gounty Medical
Society Meets Here
Moaday Evening
. The Tri-CoUnty Medical Society
composed of the doctors of Clare,
Isabella and Gratiot counties, held
their monthly meeting at the Doherty
Hotel Monday  evening.
The Hotel served a, delicious steak
dinner-(to the doctors and their wives.
After dinner the women met at the
home of Dr. S. C. McArthur and
the doctors held a short business
meeting at the hotel.
This was followed by a splendid
scientific paper read by Dr. Waldbott,
of Detroit. Dr. McArthur, president
of the' society, presided. After the
doctors meeting, the men adjourned
to the Doctor. McArthur home. Dr.
K...Hammer.berg is secretary of the
society.
ROD AN0 GUN CLUB
TO MEET AT CITf HALL
.OTESDAY   EVENING
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..-The. .regular monthly meeting of
the.-.OlivJcfe- Rod. and Gun Club will be
held_ih';the .Ai&eric'an Legion rooms of
the"'iityT.!haJH~at "8:'0O- o'clock Tuesday
evenin"g,„JNehruary 24th, and at the
saw^itimeceach-. fourth Tuesday eve-
nTpg.'.afTf'he month.
\'Kfemhers are urged to attend and
anyoniadnterested in the conservation
and"r. propagation bf our natural re-(
sources ^[ill be "welcomed. Consjer-
vatioif"iB"i ea^eritial ;to the perpetuation ''of"huniifig;:!fiBhing and,out of
ffo'or"JSBortK an* it, is- .the, .duty of
everyone tp "cooperate with the club
oiHcersfn. this work In this vicinity.
Story Hour To Be
* Resumed At Public
Library Saturday
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' We are happy to announce our new
stbry hour beginning Saturday, February 21st, and conducted every alternate Saturday as long as interest
is shown:' It Will be held in the basement of the library rooms from 1:Q0
to 2:3j> o*clook. As we do not have
chairs, it would be well for each
child to bring a small rug on which to
sit. Mrs, Robert Pina'ire will be the
stoi'y, teller.
The; seventh grade .pupils of the
local school are preparing scrapbooks
illustrating the Preamble To the Constitution and the three departments
of government. These books: will be
on display at the library during the
week February 21st to 28th, ' The
public; is invited to come in and inspect them.
Among the newer books are "Eagle
in the1 Sky," "Vain Citadels" and
"Home Country";* also" many new
mysteries  and light fiction.
We jare indebted to Mesdarqes
Drew, McCohnelL. PJnaire, Richardson and Cook for ".The House Divided?',: by Ben Ames Williams.
Mrb. F. E. Hochstetler, Libi-arisin
THE FIRST CIRCLE"
v ORGANIZED BY YOUNG
MOTHERS FEBRUARY 10
Congregational   Young   Ladies
To Promote Interests of
Primary Department
On Tuesday, February 10, several
young people met in the Congregational Church parlors, with the idea
in mind to form a Mother's Club.
After a. discussion, the.^roup named
themselves "The First Circle." All
young persons are invited to join,
not only mothers, as originally
planned. Election of officers took
place as' follows:
President—Mrs.  Paul   Sheponski.
Vice President—Mrs. Jack Spencer.
Secretary—Mrs. Charles Jackson""
Treasurer—Mrs. Austin Bates.
One of the main interests will be
the Primary Department of the Sunday School, Ahyo'n& -having used
toys, please" brings-th.eift'..>~*-i^
Mrs. Dfaf Grovefe^^Ws: Rolbert
Kelsey volunteered to care for1 the
primary childr^h.in the church basement during church services this
Sunday, February 22.
The nexfcjneetfng will be Monday.,.
March 8, "with regular meeting night
the second Monday of each month in
the  church parlors.
Mrs. Jaclc Spencer and Mrs. Stanley Pariah :are * on the refreshmpnt
canmitfoasfor.-the next .meetlnt;.;<;Ai>y-
'ohe% Intenirttea* wiUabeTJw«10c-m#f-.to
4t'tend.. • *  .! " "" ";
wm;Amain e-laYwroN^g.,
. Mrs,? J<Mie rBoyntop,fi)C iKlint^sasft*,
ed .awaysgarly Ttttes^ty .mor.nteet.in!
Hurley; "Hospital, *of that city. • Mrs.
£oyntbh,a*ormerly Jessie rKidd^-waa
a f ormernaresident of this; comraanity
and leatfeB two sisters, ,Mrs. Clyde
Allen, orSClare, and Mrs. Lucy earr,
of Washington, D. C. .Funeral,afirv;
ices Will he held at the. Dpdds Chapel,
in Flint lOiis -Friday morning atilO;3Q;
and; interment will - be -held at ^:00'
p. m. this afternoon in- the. Farwell
cemetery.
AMANDA' HACHMUTH
Word was received here - - early
Tuesday morning, of "■the death of
Miss Amanda Hachmuth, who. passed
away Monday night at Grand Rapids,
following a long illness. Miss Hachmuth is the aunt of Mrs. Donald. Holbrook, and a sister-in-law of Mrs.
Ruth Hachmuth,- and has visited, here
many times, and spe.nt one winter
here, making many: friends;, with her
pleasing smile and winning ways.
Mrs. Holbrook and Mrs. Hachmuth
went to / Grand Rapids Thursday
morning to attend the funeral services held at the Congregational
Church in Comstock Park at 2:00
o'clock.
SCHOOL GYM OPEN ,
FOR LADIES PHYSICAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Every. Thursday n}jjh.t, beginning
February"3'2ff,; thA Clai?e-/High* School
gymnasium will-be open from 7; 00 to'
9:00^or all ladies and girls oyer
highaschool age who. wish' to take
part.'in a physical education, program/
Mts. Harvey Hartshorn will be in
charge, assisted by. Miss • Joanne
Richard. There: .-will. be volley .ball,
basketball arid 'badminton games, as
well ..as various exercises and. calisthenics, for those who wish-to: participate.
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msOTQ AND JPLlYMQima
S»6K*'.«ft1«iA"*n'd ^Kvice^Clawwr.^tJ
BURT SCOTT DIES
IN MT. PLEASANT
HOSPITAL FEB. 12
Early   Settler   Of   Lake   Laid
At Rest There Sunday
Afternoon
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Burton, son of'Darius, and Sophia
Scott," wag born March 3, 1869, at
Scotchridge, Ohio. He passed a\yay
at Central Michigan Community Hospital iifMt. Pleasant, Michigan, February'12, 1948j at the-age of seventy-
eight years, eleven, months and nine
days.
On March 23, 189?, he was united
in marriage to Louisa Seagar, at
Scotchridge, Ohio, Four sons and a
daughter blessed this unior^ They
lived a short time at Whitehouse,
Ohio and arrived at Lake, Michigan,
April 1, 1902, coming by covered wagon.
During his lifetime he held several
public offices, among them being
township treasurer, deputy sheriff,
justice of peace and for the past
twelve years he served as chairman
of the Social Welfare Board of Clare
County.
Left to mourn are the faithful wife
with whom he celebrated his fiftieth
anniversary in March, 1943; four sons,
George, Matthew and Manuel, of
Lake, and Myrl of Evart; a daughter,
Mrs. Pearl Shook, of Balwin; fifteen
grandchildren and nine great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs, Eva Morse
at A^ron, Ohio, and "Mrs Mamie
Fausnaugh, of Chesaning; two brothers, Darius and Robert, of Lake;
many nieces..and nephews and a host
of friends.
One sister, Minnie, and two brothers, William and Charles, preceded
him in death.
Funeral services, in charge of Russell Thurston, of Clare, were conducted Sunday afternoon from the
town hall at Lake, by Rev. Charles
B. Hahn of Clare. Burjal was in Garfield Township Cemetery at Lake,
CLARE HIGH SCHOOL
OPERETTA WILL BE
. PRESENTED. MAR45
Fifty Voice Chorus To Appear
*n;'jp&^ Pinafor*" In
\ ,    School Auditorium
The Clare High ' SchboJ. Operetta,
sponsored fby, and participated iii by
members; of the, high^school chorus,
will be,;presen.ted in't]fcie.school auditorium Th.ursd.ay, ,Ma?CIl'2!*5, u.nder the
direction. qJl^vocal.muaic'teacher Mrs:'
Geoy^ia Warner '   '       ;'-*'"
leadiiag roles wiil 'be'sup4';b'y;We!iioP
lowing ca.^-.? -j,;.- .,,1.v"**5*■i'^5',r''',
JpaephiSQ^Mart^a^cr^nnp^
P^Uttercup-^Alma Lee §ei'£er -'" ' \,
- Cousin Hebe-rNorma .Smith ' *''r'v": rj
_ Captain—Dona^.-^bro'ok^Ji-/1 ;»';f'
^ Sir/Jos-eph Porter^Dayid. F^eifiipg
• Ralph-^RoberitJci^ ',""-.""*'' ':""^'f',
^ Dick .Deadjeye^Elwooii" Worstell ''/"'"
."•"'Boatswain—Jerry Eroh   *'    -"'•''•"'
Boatswain's Materr^ee<.SQ;wl|ej"
' Midshipmite-^Jim^liend^sTKbt
Other junior high and high' school
boys and'girls .whp..are members of
the fifty voice school chorus will form
the chOl^'for:.^'-e W.erett'ai.f;^'•"..'")../■
MORE :SINGEftS^' WANTED O ?
OUT TOPRAQTiCE WITH
.    COMMUNITY   CHORUS
Singers J ;H'ave you joined the .Com-
niunity Chorus?- Sunday, February
22nd,' will be a good time to . begin.
The group will meet at the Lutheran
church for their practice at 3:00
o'clock. Attendance has been' centered around tne fifty mark each .week,
and Clare's population, we know there
a^e that" many more who should join
the group.        '.•''•
Tenors and Basses are very much
in demand, and we" solicit any who
sing these'parts to start now and give
us ybur support. This program is to
be presented on Palm Sunday afternoon at the school auditorium, and it
is necessary to get in as many practices as you can. Wre will be looking
for you next Sunday.
roller skating in.
School gymnasium
» .;     tuesday   evening
' '"a1' roller skating party is being
sponsored by <the Student .Council in
•the Clare1 "High. ..School, gymnasium*,
next Monday;-iFebruary ,23, .for all'
sclioOl 'pupils, ■ :      ■ .   ,. ■
Grade school children wiil skate
fr6m' 3;'30 tp 5:30 in'.the 'afternoon!
when "admission will be.,25c.
' High' .school students, will" skate
from,' 7:30 to 10:00„. o'clock', in ' the'
evening, when j the. skating will also
be- open "to the students', parents, families- 'and friends,- and, the admfaBion
■will-'he tiOct.   « >..... 0     ..   .' •    '.     '
"March^Of Dimes"
Success In Clare
v       County This Year
Belated report of March of Dimes
contributions:
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Randall S5.00
Harrison   Simmons  $1.00
Duane Archbold $1,00
Ed.   Schlafley  50c
Ralph Irwin $1.00
I.O.O.F,  and. Rebekahs  $9.25
Total amount taken in for Clare
county was $1077.52, some $400 more
than, was- contributed here last year,
which was very gratifying to area
fund officials-.   ' ,
Mrs. Ernest Green an.d Mrs. Geneva Pearson, city and county chairmen, wish to thank each and every
one who helped make the drive a
success; especially Supt. Bates and
his office staff for their wonderful assistance, James Ryan for use of the
trailer for display purposes, and the
City Police Department for permission to park it on McEwan Street
throughout the fund campaign.
DRUNK DRIVER
, GIVEN CHOICE OF
fINE 0RJ0 DAYS
Mt. Pleasant City Police Trail
Gilmore Suspect Through
Five Blocks of Snow
CLARE SINGERS
WILL APPEAR IN
STAH CHORUS
High School Pupils To Sing At
Michigan Educators Meet
In Detroit
Three Clare High School songsters
have been honored by being chosen
to sing in the four hundred voice
all-Michigan chorus for the Michigan
Educators Music Convention in the
Masonic Temple in Detroit April 21.
Bernard Stone, of Mt. Pleasant,
president of the Michigan School
Vocal Association, was in Clare Sunday evening for try-outs and selected
Martha McKinnon to sing second soprano, Donald ^Holbrook, Jr., tenor,
and David Fleming, bass, with Alma
Lee Seiter alternate second soprano
and Robert Krell aj^rngte^bass.
The other two" singers to complete
the Ave chosen,, from the* Clare-GIad-
win county district, were chosen at
GIffdwin, w|th Dorothy Rogers selected as flrgt soprano," Maryjyn Clen-
deping as alto, Dorothy Wyeotf at
ternate first, soprano and, .Nina Aph--
strqag alternate alto.  - _       "",   >
Chorus ; members,, from the Mt'.
Pleasant, Midland, Gladwini Clare'and'
Alma high schools Will holcf a rehearsal in the Clare High School
auditorium Tuesday, March 2, under
the direction of Mr. Stone, "and this
wjli bei-followed by a pot luck dinner
in the school, cafeteria, ,An all-state
rehearsal' of; th§ four .h'und'red 'singers
"will' be. held, in Lansing March' 6. :
' Th^.,Aocal singers.", hftVe; been-' in-
stjructe.d.. £bis :.year! hyi "Mfe; Georgia
"Warner:, teach'e'r.-oi'vocal ni'tisicin the'
?, For ChilfeH^ilK^':
?; DK'VJVI&rk?" Ostetlin, riPediatrician
froip.' the ' children's 1.center, on ; T.rav-'
ers4 City.'wiii holditslitiic -ifpr 'Ciare
cbu^yWedne6da"y7 -February. ,25v .The
clinic^ will be -held* in 'the offices, ^pf
'the COUTity' Health? Department In.
the city hall in Clare.
This clihlc^is for* children.- frprn in*-
•fgpey to eighteen '-years of /age; who,
"Have health problems. They will be,
seen by appointment- ..only, the appointment to -be-madei through your
family physician or the local Health
Department. "There'is no charge for
this sendee.        ■'     '       ='■ ■ .-
Charlie Bailey, of Harrison, was arrested by Sheriff Seaver Amble Monday on complaint of his wife, Amy,
that he hit her over the s head with a
stove poker, causing an injury that re^ ■
quired several sutures.
When arraigned before   Justice   oti
the Peace Wm. B. Dunlop Wednesday,   >
he plead guilty to the charge assault   ■
and battery and   will   be , sentenced
March 4. .-.'■-
Marion Hall, of Farwell, was arre** ■■
ed by State Police Wednesday, charged with assault and battery on com-
plaint of his wife, Mary Ellen. He was
arraigned before Justice Dunlop Wednesday afternoon, plead guilty, .and
was placed on probation for <»ir
months and ordered to pay his wife , *
110.00 per week support. He was aV
so assessed $3.35 court costs.
Chas. A. Jasmin and Joseph A. Jasmin, both of Rosebush, R-l, were arrested by State Police Thursday after,
noon of last week and confined in the
city jail overnight.
When arraigned in Justice Dunlop's
court on Friday, Charles plead guilty,
to the charge of drunk driving and
was fined $60,00 and $3.35 costs, with
the alternative of spending thirty
tdays in the county jail; and Joseph
plead guilt of being drunk and disorderly and was fined $10.00 and $3.35
costs, with the alternative of spending ten days in the county 'jail.
Richard W, Kinney, formerly of Harrison, who was AWOL 571 days from
Selfridge Field, was apprehended by
CID men January 9th at Harrison,
and was returned to military status
and confined in the guard house to.
await military-trial.
Tracks Him Down
While   investigating   the*   breaking'
and entering of the Mt. Pleasant' Cooperative Elevator, City Police Officer
Glenn Hart followed foot prints in the
snow for two blocks to   where   they-
had: been* obliterated by a snow; plow,',
found the trail again in an alley imdL ♦
foilawe'd footprints, and toe and* heel' '
priSeMa^lfead'^eh cut off -by. tir<*   ^
marks, and after trailing the fugitiye
ot his intermittent"trail'to --a.  fc^lj&.v
five blOcks from the elevator, found
Ronald Riggle, 18, of   Gilmore   town-   '
Sllipl '. .-. ;.-,
The officer noticed that the boots- 2
worn bv Riggle   matched    the .toot-"'
prints left by a burglar at the Minor'
Clark & Soii filling" "station two w»%;
previously. '•  '•"'.'•   ?    .-;    ):;,
According to Chief of- Police  Ver-
■'ne'll- Davis, Riggle admitted   both   o<
tie-Mt. Pleasant crimeB-anci^Kj^ellrti'^v
questioned jabouf ^other-ilaw, yiol^ttpjOfy
faking^place in"!.nefgh^6rinisr viltage*}.
reHntlyj-^Kf;:^   tf^^-^.-^ '  .1
Chief Davis reports„that hia'depar^
mfent ch^splv^ all but   two   of   the*
eleven-^urgjapfes an^^'oidups 'report*,;/:
ed the^Mhith^'pa^jtwo-'yBarBi'^ sa;;^.
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*: Monday, February "23rd," the "day/fbi^^'4"'''
"lowing 'Washington!s   birthday,";witl\ '"
be observed  as .a  legal, holiday ' tor'*
The Citizens State Ilank.' The bank ''■'■
is to be ^closed ^all. day. .; •",     ; ■ "■*
HAMBURGERS.
Large  delicious' hamburgers.  ;OuV.
coffee  is   still   5c.    None   better ? ip^,
[town.   Ducille's Eat Shop.   Herb and
and- Lucille Van. Hoose, Props.
18tf
Mechanical Sugar Beet Harvesting
More Profitable Than Hand Method
: Records of average actual farm
costs show mechanical sugar beet
havesting to he $8.83 per acre more
profitable than hand harvest, says the
Sugar Beet Journal.
It costs only $7'.25 per ton to grow
Sugar beets if harvested mechanically
as opposed to $8.35 if harvested by
hand, on the basis of an 8.5-ton yield,
the publication says»v
The figures are revealed from a
cost study by Clarence E. Johnson of
the farm management department,"'
Michigan State College, working under a Beet Sugar Development Foundation scholarship. The study compiled the average of cost records kept
by dozens of cooperating 'farmers in
1947.
Farmers themselves placed a pei*
acre value of $f2'.75.". on tops from
beets yielding'8.5. tons of roots. Some
farmers computed the tops at feriilia-
er-'value when, plowed under, others
as livestock feed< In terms of '• the
1947 average fajm price .of corn, sugar
beet tops-were worth $31.20 per acre
as a livestock feed, the Sugar Beet
Journal says.       , , -; .
'  The cost studies show , that ( sugar
beets should   -foe   .thet.tprofit,.leader
among crops in 1948 in practically every sugar beet section, it declares.
Based on prevailing price levels of
other crops throughout 1947, and the-
indicated per ton price of sugar beets.
of $15.45 in 194S, sugar beets occupy
the top spot in a list of nine crops
commonly grown in Michigan, thef-
magazine says.
Indicated net profit per acre in 1948
ranges from a high of $69.69 for. machine harvested beets to a low of 49'
cents per acre for rye. Winter wheat
at an indicated 1948 yield of 26 bush*
els will net $31.7S per acre, the Sugar
Beet Journal states. Wheat is fifth
on the list. Hand-harvested beets,,
second on the list, 3hould net $60.86..
Twelve-year average yield, figures-
were used in the Sugar Beet Journal
compilation of probable profits, Cost
studies- by M.SC included- plowing,.fit+
ting, planting, cultivating, seed, fertilizer land use, miscellaneous and overhead hand labor harvesting and deliv-'
ery.
Deducting only the cash, costs "of
seed fertiliz6r, hand labor and delivery, an average ■ acre of sugar beets,,
hand harvested, should-return I76.5S-
per acre, or $9.01 pen ton in >948, thai
magazine reports'. -...,,   .,    v     'V
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