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CLARE. MICHIGAN.  FRIDAt  MORNING.  FEBRUARY 27. 1948
ATE OF FLYERS
MYSTERY AFTER
WEEK'S SEARCH
Army. State Police and Civilian
Flyers and Conservation and_
Local Officers Join Hunt
The search continued Thursday
afternoon for two FHnt men who took
off from Houghton Lake. at 7:00
o'clock Thursday evening of last
week, in a three-place Cub Super-
oruiser, during a snow storm and
high winds, with Flint their destination.
Residents of the vicinity of the
Prairie Farm, southwest of Saginaw,
reported to Bay City State Police
that they had heard a light plane,
apparently in trouble, between 8:00
and 9:00 p. m. Thursday and more
than fifty planes searched the heavily
wooded area Friday and Saturday
without sighting the plane.   *
Sgt. Dan L. Wurzburg, in charge
of the Bay City State Police Post,
said that a check of airports in that
area revealed that no airplanes were
known to be flying from air fields of
the vicinity in which the sounds were.
reported.
After two days of intense search
in this area, from the air and on
the ground, for the pilot, Ivan 12.
Martin, 39, co-owner of the Flint Flying Service, and Dr. C. W. Murray,
46, Flint dentist, or wreckage of their
plane, by State Police, deputy sheriffs, private and Army planes, and an
Army helicopter, the- search turned
Saturday night to the Gladwin and
Bay county area, where low flying
planes had been reported Thursday
night.
By Sunday the search had spread
pretty well across the state in the
area between the Mt. Pleasant line
and Houghton Lake, with scores of
planes in the air, including those of
the Bauer Flying Service and civilians of Clare, who were working in
cooperation with the police in an
effort to find <fche missing men.
Reports continued to come in of
planes ilying at housetop level Thursday evening, from as far away as
Lansing and Tawas City, and increasing reports had. a, tendenejr €o,
'confuse the searcherfciMcauge' titetp.
came from such a widespread area.
The fact that the wind velocity
reached 60 miles att hour in sections
of the state and. could easily have
blown' the light plane far off As,
course, made the search even more
uncertain, and the dense woods and
nndergrowth, together with the uneven terrain, in much of the area
where the search was centered added
difficulty to the search, both from
the air and on the ground.
Little hope was held by Sunday of
finding the men alive as the plane
carried only a three hour supply of
gasoline and bdyond a doubt had
crashed. The men left Flint Thursday morning and after spending the
day at Dr. Murray's cabin at Houghton Lake, had started out on their
return trip," phoning the Flint airport
to turn on its beacon light.
(Continued on Page Six)
State Geologist
Speaks at Kiwanis
Meeting Wednesday
The Clare Kiwanis Club weekly.dinner meeting was held in the Wedgewood room at the Hotel Doherty Wednesday evening, with Dale Groves,
'Art Bock, Douglas Fleming and Wm*.
McConica, of Clare, Lear Doherty, of
Coleman, Harold !Stingle, of Saginaw,
and. Paul Dielman ot Toledo, Ohio, as
•guests,
Ted Bowler* program chairman of
the evening,, presented -State Geologist Gerald Eddy, as speaker of the evening and the latter told of many interesting facts concerning our natural
resources, "including copper, iron, gas,
oil and water, explaining the different
formations from which these minerals
are taken, .and stating that Michigan
is a leader among the copper producing states,
The Kiwanis Club Will be hosts to
the Rotary Club next "Wednesday evening and March 17th will be Kiwanis Ladies' night.
CLARE STUDY CLUB
CLARE DeMOLAY
TEAM WINS FROM
OWOSSOQWNTET
Pioneers   Win   From   Gladwin
Last Friday; Independents
Lose To Harrison
The Clare DeMolay basketball team
remains undefeated after 'meeting
their stiff est opposition of the season
when they played the Owosso DeMo
lay team in the Owosso High School
gymnasium Wednesday evening,
Owosso piled up a 10-3 lead in the
early minutes of the game, but the locals got down to business and had accumulated a 15-10 margin by the end
of the first quarter,
The down state hoys threatened in
the second period, to lead 19-18 at half
time; but the Clare team started drop-
ing them through the hoop again and
lead at the end of the third stanza 41-
34.
However the see-saw game was by
no means in the bag, for with 29. sec-
fl^SMi^j-'gfe^'a&^the crowd sit.tingL,ofc,
' *th& edge of their-s£Sats, it was all tied
up at 45 all until Red Newman pulled,
the game and,Clare's clean slate out
of the fire with, a foul shot, ending
the game 46-45 for the locals.
Newman lead the Clare boys with 1?
points to his credit and Bud Roda-
baugh accounted for 13 more.
The Clare team will play at Midland next Wednesday evening and
Flint March 10. It is hoped that return games can be arranged with Bay
City and Owosso here before the end
of the season.
Pioneers Defeat Gladwin
The Clare High School Varsity and
i Junior' Varsity teams won their
games at Gladwin Friday evening of
Clare will play Harrison at 9:00
o'clock Wednesday evening in the
District Tournament in the Central
College gym at Mt. Pleasant. The
winner will play Coleman there at
9:00 o'clock next Friday evening.
The Clare Study Club will meet
at the Methodist Church,, Tuesday
evening, March 2, at 8:00 o'clock.
Rev. Byron Hahn, of Big Rapids, will
give an illustrated lecture entitled
"Little Sermons in Pictures."
last week to give the Varsity eight
wins against six losses for the season to date and break the i losing
streak of the J.Vs.
Although never   behind   after   the
first Quarter, Clare   by   no    means
(Continued-On Page Six)
Besides members of the Economics
(left to- right) Supt, of Personnel
F. Bates, employees Russell Eberhart
and American Government classes, those in the picture are: Back row
Fowler Noble, Supt. of Production John Jory, Supt, of Schools Austin
and John Wm.  Duujop;   Front left, Mrs.  Ivah Emery,  teacher.
-^-Photo   by  Maurice   Sternaman   Studio
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL OPENS HERE
MONDAYJWARCH 1
The Public Will Be Given An
Opportunity to Contribute
For tne Afflicted
Clare County American Red Cross
Roll Call Chairman Harold B. Hughes
announces this week, that with the cooperation of Clare County Chapter
Chairman Mabel K. Horton, organizational plans have been completed for
the Annual Red Cross Roll Call,
March 1 to 31, with appointment o£
the fc-ll<jw4ng community chairman:
.Ji^v'ttiiic'e'-gifts-^rRobert Kelsey
City of Clare—Mrs. Geo Lehr
.•Hai'rltfion^Majjidn-.Roth:    -
Farwe.ll—Mrsr<£Ianche Sage
Lake~jMrs« Jack Eneix
Lake George—Mr, and Mrs. N. Tol-
son
Temple-rttfrs. Wm. Doty
Enrollment cards are in the hands
of Board of Supervisor members and
enrollment may be made in the townships with the respective supervisors.
♦ The membership campaign will com-
mence next. Monday with the slogan,
"The dollar has shrunk, but human
needs have not. When you give to
the Red Cross this year, remember
that greater sUms are required to do
an equal job."
A group of public spirited citizens
and business institutions are cooperating in bringing the Red Cross story
to the public with an advertisement
on page tert of this week's Sentinel.
FRITZ METHNER
FATALLY INJURED
IN TRUCK CRASH
Prominent   Coleman   Businessman Dies Enroute To
Hospital
DeMolay Chapter
To Entertain Guests
At Masonic Home
Members of GIenn:F, Sanford Chapter, DeMolay, will confer tne initiatory
and DeMolay degrees on several candidates, at the Michigan Masonic Home
fit Alma, at'2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, for the entertainment of guests
of the home and other Masons who
wish to attend.
Several local Masons intend to take
advantage of this opportunity to wit-j Fritz Methner, 56, prominent wholeness tho exemplification of the beauti-j sale fish dealer and former meat
ful DeMolay ritualistic work at "the market operator and alderman of
same time visit this fine home that is ( Coleman, was killed Thursday after-
conducted by the lodge for its aged \ noon of last week on US-10 near
members. !Noj;th Bradley,  when his  truck  col-
Ladies who wish to accompany their Iided with one driven by Francis
husbands or sons will be entertained. Gilbert, 2?, of Bay City, a driver for
at the home during the secret ppr- t&e B^ CIty Milling and Grocery Co,
tions of the degree work. Methner died of a broker neck, en-
*— ~. --i..-".*, trpute. to the Midland hospital, which
he suffered when he was* pinnecl,in
the cab of his panel truck.
Gilbert suffered third degree burns
on the hands and head and second
Mnnmnt   nATimTU degree burns on the right ankle and
nlMiiiL UUnfcKn ,thish when his truck- causM flre toh
  lowing the impact.
ROTARY LADIES' NIGHT
OBSERVED WEDNESDAY
Rotary-Anns     Join     Rotarians
For Banquet and* Social
Evening
Methner* born in Warren township,
Midland county, November 18, 1891,
is survived by his wife, Jessie; four
children, Mrs. Genevieve Phillips, of
Flint, Mrs. Pearl Livingston, of Detroit, Harold and Junior, of Flint;
nine brothers, Henry, of Traverse
City, John, of Beaverton, and William, August, Floyd, Joseph, Jason,
Elmer and Edward, of Wise township; Three sisters, Mrs. Emma Ouderkirk, of West Branch, and Mrs. Carrie Burton and Mrs. Susie Dowd, of
Isabella county;   other relatives and
Charter Commission Explains
Advantages of Salaried Justice
h
(This is the fifth in a series of articles explaining some of the most
important provisions in the proposed
new city charter for Clare, to be
.voted on by the people April 5.)
As another step in moderinizing
and improving Clare's city government,    the    proposed   new    charter
- would abolish the present fee-paid
justice of the peace system, and replace it with a justice court presided
over by a salaried justice of the peace
who is responsible to the city for
handling local judicial functions.
This is just one of the many desirable changes which will be made in
the governmental organization of
Clare if the proposed new home rule
qhartefi is adopted by the people on
April 5. The charter was approved
and   signed   by   Governor   Sigler   on
-, February IS.
The operation of a justice court in
Clare would be similar to the municipal court system which is growing in
• popularity among Michigan • cities;
more than .30 of them already maintain municipal courts. However, the
amendment to the Home Rule Act permitting the establishment of a muai-
cipal   court  also  requires   that  the
' municipal judge or justice be a licensed attorney who has resided for
five years or more in the city in
which he seeks election. Your char*,
ter commissioners, recognizing the
irajiracticality   of   aecuriag'  licensed
attorneys to run for this office in
Clare, eliminated this requirement.
In other respects, however, a justice
court in Clare would be similar to,
and have most of the advantages of
an up-to-date, impartial, and orderly
municipal court.
Court Becomes Part of City
Government
There are many arguments 'in favor of transferring the administration
of justice at the local level from an
independent fee-paid official to a responsible justice court which is a
definite part of the city government.
The city pays the justice of the peace,
provides the courtroom, determines
the hours, and in general brings the
court into the framework of the central city administration. The court
becomes an integral part of the city's
governmental structure, and is subject to the same controls and accountability aB other municipal departments. When a court functions
in this way, the taxpayer and citizen
can know when and where court hearings are being held, what fines and
penalties are levied for certain offenses, what salary the justice ia
paid, and how the court is financed-
The citizen and taxpayer can seldom,
if ever, find out this information
when his judicial officer is' a fee-
paid justice of the jpeaee setting Me
own hours■', tot court hearings and
(Continued On Page Sevon)
CONGREGATIONAL DAD
AND LAD DINNER WELL
ATTENDED FEB. 19TT
Brighton   High   School  Junior
Bernon Young Thrills
Guests With Magic
Boys and their dads, filled-the banquet tables to the limit at the Congregational Church Father and Son
banquet Thursday evening, February
19. The annual affair was sponsored
by the Guild Society of the church.
The program, planned especially to
interest and entertain the boys, featured Bernon Young with an exhibition of magic tricks and slight of
hand. Young is an amateur master
ot magic with the skill and polish of
another Houdini. His act was well
performed and the amazing tricks
were mixed with smooth comedy
which kept dads and sons alike in
laughing applause.
Dinner was served on long tables
decorated in Washington's Birthday
motif with candles sitting upright in
birch logs for center decorations.
Favors for the boys were miniature
hatchets. The order of the program,
following Rev. Powe's invocation, was
Donald Urquhart leading the Pledge
to the Flag; group singing with Austin Bates leading; Bob Hampton's
Toast to the Fathers; Stanley Parish's Toast to the Sons. Toastmaster
was Harold Hughes.
Baked ham was the main dfsh
served with whipped potatoes, peas,
salad, hot rolls and butter, and dessert and coffee ot milk.
The main social event of the local
Rotary calendar, Ladies' Night, was
celebrated at the Hotel Doherty's
WejSgewood Room Tuesday evening,
A banquet was Berved instead of the
club's usual luncheon and dancing
followed th6 meal from nine until
one. Many guests and special visitors attended.
Dr. Wilbur Moore, of the speech
department from Central Michigan ] m^_ __, 5fj.
College of Education, talked about'
free men's satisfaction in belonging
to groups or clubs of frierids. He
pointed out to his listeners that the
history of this country is proof that
such groups of citizens do'influence	
national life. I
Rotary    President    George    White'MCTUAniCT RATHFR
welcomed   his   special   guest,   Judge uiL-HlUUiHt million
Donald  E.  Holbrook,  Kiwanis  president, and on behalf of the club, he
welcomed the Rotary-Anns and other
guests.
The program included vocal^sslos
by T>r. S. C. McArthur, and group
singing in the manner of Rotary
custom. Harold Hughes was the
toastmaster.
Dancing music was furnished by
the Mayhew orchestra, of Mt. Pleasant.
Pupils of County
Prepare to Sing on
Achievement Day
Miss Mabel Miles, of East Lansing,
met with the Clare county rural
teachers for another music meeting
Tuesday afternoon, February 17th.
The Clare High School ' auditorium
was the meeting place, AH of the singers of the county fifth through, eighth
grades were'present to do their best.
Miss Teal accompanied, the group at
the piano. After a few warming up
exercises and some instructions on
the directions Miss Miles gives with
her hands, the singers were ready to
begin. ■Considering this was the first;
time, for thenf all to be together, they
did very well.   • (( j
March 30th the same group will
gather for the final meeting of the
year. This will be the last time for
practicing before singing for the 4-H
Achievement Day in May*
New Series Vol. 58, No. 22
ROBT. H. LOWERY
FINED ON CHARGE
OF DEFRAUDING
Boy friend Rescues Honor Girls
Stranded Here With Eleven
Cents Between Them
CAROLINE RADLOFF
PASSES SATURDAY
AT GRANT HOME
Funeral   Services   And   Burial
Here Wednesday of
.Last Week
Funeral services were held at the
North Bradley Methodist Church at
2:30 O'clock Monday afternoon, with
Rev. E. W. Doty of Beaverton officii
ating, and interment In thei Geneva
township cemetery at .North Bradley.
AND SON BANQUET
HELD FEBRUARY 19
Professor P|red Bush of Central
Michigan College Delivers
Address of Evening
Rod and Gun Club
Seeks Improvement
of Clare Dam Site
The social parlors of the Clare
Methodist Church were prettily decorated in the George Washington
theme, for the annual Father and Son
banquet, held Thursday evening, February 10th, with a good attendance
of dads and lads present to enjoy the
delicious swiss steak dinner .served
by the W.S.C.S., with Mrs. Grace Frey
as chairman.   Girls of the High and
The Clare Rod and Gun Club .met
at the city hall Tuesday Evening with
President Wallace Johnson presiding. t Junior High grades were waitresses.
Much of the time was spent in dis-:' Rev. Charles B. Hahn gave the table
cussing the dam project, the possibil- grace.
ity of getting the dam rebuilt, and im- j Robert Tucker, of the English de-
provement of the dam site. The coop-' partxnent of ^the high school, was
eration of the City of Clare and civic toastmaster of the evening. The
organizations is to be solicited oii toast to the sons was given by David
this project. Seiter, Sr., and the response to the
It was decided to  hold   club   meet- fathers, by Donald Holbrook, Jr.
ing the fourth Tuesday   evening
each month and make plans   for   the
of i    Miss Martha Jean   McKinnon sang
annual banquet and membership drive
at the March 23rd meeting.
LYLE J. MURDOCH PASSES
"Homing" and "The End of a Perfect
Day," with Miss Doris Gerow at the
piano.
Professor Fred Bush, of the English
Department of Central Michigan Col-
Caroline B. Radloff died Saturday
morning, February 14, 'at her home
in Grant township, after a long lingering illness. Mrs. Radloff was a
resident of Grant township for thirty-
one years,
Caroline Barbara Ott, daughter of
Ludwig and Johanna Ott, was born
in Gundelbach, Wirtemberg, Germany, the Sth of April, 1859, and
passed away February" 14, 1948, at
the age of eighty-eight years, ten
months and six days.
She came to America with her
father, two sisters and three brothers
In 1881. She was united in marriage
to Rudolph J. Radloff January 31,
1882. To this union were born eight
children, now Mrs. Minnie DeDow, of
Detroit, Henry L., of Meridian, Idaho,
Caroline MV Bith.ers and Albert C, ot
Detroit, LuCyM. Rank, Elsie R. Pills-
bujx Ernest R., of/'Clare^Strift Lawrr
enqe J., of Burley, Idaho.   *" *
She leaves to mourn her departure,
the eight children; one sister, Mi-s.
Charles Pfetsch; eighteen grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren,
many nieces and nephews and a host
of friends^
At the age of twenty-seven years
she accepted Christ as her saviour,
and served him faithfully for over
sixty years. * She never tired of telling others how wonderful the Lord
Jesus led her all the way. Her last
sentence was "The Lord doeth all
things well."
The funeral services • were held
from the Thurston Funeral Home at
2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon of
last week. Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt,
Rev. Fletscher, Rev. Redman and
Rev. Honderich took part in the
services. Burial was in the Ott
cemetery.
Those attending from a distance
'were Mrs. Minnie DeDow and sons,
Robert, William and Clifford Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Radloff, Mrs.
Doris Westphal, Mrs. Marvin Cham-
pine, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bithers and
daughter, 'Lois, Ray Castro, Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Stuckey and'.daughters,
all of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Hill, of Saginaw, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Pfetsch, of Mt. Pleasant, L. J. Radloff, of Burley, Idaho, and Henry Ott
of Harrison.
Robert H, Lowery, of Mt. Pleasant-
arrested by State Police and charge*
with intent to defraud, wag arraigned!
before Justice of the Peace Wm. ft,
.Dunlop Friday of last "Week and ordered to,, make restitution to Neal
and Landells, of Farwell, in the sum
of $20.00, and Was fined $25.00 aw*
$3.3.5 costs. The 'case, involve^ *
forged check and this Was Lowery**.
second; offense. > :
Robert Reid, of Harrison, reported
to City Police. Saturday evening thai
the dilyer of a car struck his 1941
'Chevrolet coach at the intersection,
of Sixth and McEwan Streets an*
drove away; and that when he, Read,
overtook the car after chasing it a
half mile on North McEwan Street, ■
(US-27),  the driver refused to stop-
The car was identified by its license plate as a 1936 Ford belonging
to Wm. Battles, Jr., of Farwell, art*
a summons was issued charging him
with leaving the scene of an accident. Battles appeared before Justice Dunlop Tuesday and arraignment was set for Friday of this weefc.
Chas. Jasmip, sentenced to pay a
fine of $60,00 and "$3,35 costs <w
spend thirty days in the county jail*
on a drunk driving charge in Justice
Dunlop's court February 13, chose
the days and is now confined in th«
county jail.
Richard W. Kinney, formerly ot
Harrison, has been tried in military^
court on the charge of being AWOIa.
from Selfridge Field for 571 days.,
and received a four months sentence.
A 1937 Ford Fordor belonging to.
Wm. Kubat was reported missing:,
from the place it was parked near th»-
Farmer's f Produce Store at 4:30-
o'clock Saturday afternoon (with last
year's license plat$ on the ear andt:
this year's in the seat). The car was
found at 10:45 that evening, parked,
on "US-27 south of Clare.
West Seinig," of R-5, .Harrison, va»
issnat,.{£ sugjnxpns-' liy City Police to."
appear ' before Justice DunloB,
charged with driving a Chevrolet,
truck at 45 miles per hour in a 35
mile zone on North McEwan Street
Tuesday.
Frank Northway, of Mt. Pleasant,
was issued a summons by City police- -
to appear before Justice Dunlop,
charged with making a right turn on
red light at Fifth "and McEwan
Streets Friday of last week.
Arraignment of James Stanley, ot
Farwell, arrested by State Police following an accident January 1$, tfttr-
failure to yield right of way, a»»;
been set for March 5, before Justice*
Dunlop.
AH In a Day's Work
Two eighteen year old girls a^
peared at the police station at-11:15
o'clock Saturday night and told City
Police that they had hitch-hiked that
evening from their home at Honor,.
near Beulah, to meet a boy Men*
from Pontiac, who did not show nfc
and that they only had eleven cent*
between them and would like to hava
the police phone their parents 'that.
they were in Clare and safe.
As the police were questioning thes
girls, in walked the-boy friend, anOt
rescued them from their plight. A
check with State Police, revealed thai;
the girls, had riot!been reported as
j missing; and evidence indicated that
their story was true.
High School Students Discuss
Labor Relations at Clare Factory
HAMBURGERS
and fitting
and   their
Large. delicious hamburgers. Our
coffee Is .still 5c, None better in
town. Lucille's liat Shop- Herb anil
and Lucille Van Hoose, Props.      1UI
Word was received hero Tuesday teB* of Educatidn, was guest^speaker
that Lyle J. Murdoch, of Northbend,
Oregon, had passed away February
24th, at 1:25 p. m., in the Memorial
Hospital at Milwaukie, Oregon. He
was- the son of Hrs, Josephine Mu>
docb, and-brother Of .Frank Murdoch,
of this city.
and gave a very timely
discussion to the sons
fathers,
Tho movie* "Beyond Our Own,"
was showa ia tho sanctuary and -was
a. fitting climax to the evening's program*
Clare Manufacturing Company was
host to 35 members of the Clare High
School, Wednesday, February 18.
This group, under the direction of
Mrs*.- Ivah Emery and Supt. Austin
F. Bates, is one of the first high
school classes to study labor .management relations. The students Were
particularly concerned with the manner in which Clare Manufacturing Co.
maintains its fine labor relations,.
The visit commenced in the cafeteria at 9;30 a. m. where the group
waB treated to coffee and foils by*
Superintenent of Production kJohn
Jory and Supt. of Per. Fowler Noble.
The students were then conducted
through the plant and were shown
the procedure and steps in manufacturing the various products. At 10:30
a. m. the group assembled in the
cafeteria for a discussion on labor
relations with Mr. Bates acting as
chairman, Misters Noble and Jory
representing management, and Russ
Eberhart and John William Dunlop.
representing labor. After a brief talk
by Mr.- Noble a discussion and question so'sfiipn Was held.
Mr. Bates gave great praifie to both
the management and labor of Clare
Manufacturiug    Co.    and    ©xteiKled
thanks for the courtesy shown Mm-
self and the class.
The combined Economics and Ames*,
ican Government classes of the laC&l
scho&l were in the group visiting tfeife.
factory, with approximately 30' ot the-
students members of the. Senior Bionomics class.
This class has completed a study oj
the history of organized labor ana la
now meeting with leaders in local itt-
dustry and later will meet with officials Of Dow Chemical Co. at MidJand.
The object is to get first hattd lisfoav
mation regarding labor aiid management problems.
The program adopted here is the
outgrowth of the study made last summer by 23 school superintendents iM
a tour of major industries in the midwest and the east, during which management told the .superintendents,
that students needed a better fcack-
grouud in labor and management
problems. The class 1s being conducted in an effort ifi that direction,
Incidentally, the material to "be listed by the class was decide upon. b%
a committee composed of representatives of Clare business firms and &*-.
dustrlss, the Clare  Board of  Educ*..
tiou, instructors, and faculty m<emb<MSL.