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CLARE.  MICHIGAN.  FRIDAY  MORNING,   MARCH 5, 1948
MRS. L. WALLER
PASSES AWAY AT
CLAREJOSPITAL
Clare, School  Teacher  Of  The
1800's Laid At Rest
Here Sunday
Mrs. Louise "Waller, a' highly respected resident of this city for the
past fifty-six years, passed away at
the Clare Hospital at 6:15 o'clock Friday morning of last week, .following
six months of failing health.
Mrs. "Waller was stricken in September "and was recovering satisfactorily'until she was again stricken a
week ago Saturday and was takqn to
the hospital the following morning,
where she succumbed in spite of all
that could be done for her.
Miss Louise Weeks was born the
daughter of Helms and Evelyn Weeks
at Mendon, Michigan, July 6, 1873,
and passed away at Glare, Michigan,
February 27, 1348, at the age Of seV-
enty-four years, eight month! and
twenty-one days.
She grew to young'womanhood at
Mendon and made her home with her
family there until she came to Clare
to teach in the public schools, January 1,  1892.
She was united in marriage at Mendon, to Edward Herbert "Waller, of
Clare, June 22, 1892, and this union
was blessed by the birth of six children, three who passed away in infancy; Ward, who preceded his mother in death; and William and Don E.,
who survive. Mr. Waller passed
away October 24, 1941.   -
She was a lifelong member of the
Methodist Church, taking an active
interest in the Woman's Society for
Christian Service and the church, and
was active in all charitable organizations, besides aiding the sick and
needy in every possible manner.
As a teacher, she held the esteem
of the school group and parents and
was loved by her pupils; and later in
life devoted her time and devotion
without reservation to her family.
She leaves to mourn their loss, the
sons, Dr. William Waller, of Detroit,
and Don E„ of Los Angeles, California; a sister, Mrs. Lola Sales, of
Mendon; three grandchildren, Lavon
Waller, of Deti'oit, Wilirim- Waller,
of New Orleans, Louisiana, who is
attending the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor, and Ward, of New Orleans, who is serving in the U. S.
Navy; and a host of friends and acquaintances who join the family in
their sorrow.
Funeral services were held from
the Thurston Funeral Home at 2:00
o'clock Sunday afternoon, with Rev.'
Chas. B. Hahn officiating, and interment in the family lot at Cherry
Grove cemetery.
To Discuss Farm
and Home Safety
Here Wednesday
7 Cla*e county 4-H Clubs and Home
Jilcoaoics,Extension groups have planned to do something about the matter
of unnecessary loss of time, limbs
and lives resulting from farm and
horn© accidents,, on Wednesday,
March 10, at _ p. m., in the Clare High
School auditorium. These sponsors
will .present an educational program
as An effort to reduce accidents.
There will be panel displays, moving
pictures and discussions, by Fred
Roth and other authorities. The public is urged to attend the meeting.
One half of the accidental deaths
which occur in homes—all komes —■
are caused by. falls, according to
health department reports. While data
from the National Safety Council
show that 39% of farm home accidental deaths are due to falls.
Largest Machine Built In (llare Weighs Seventy-five Tons
R. SMITH JAILED
FOR DEFAULT OF
$1160_ALIM0NY
Three    Sentenced    In"  Justice
Court Here During The
Past Week
RURAL FIRE TRUCK
DEMONSTRATION TO BE
HELD NEXT MONDAY
The rural fire truck demonstration,
which was to have been held at the
Vernon town hall Tuesday afternoon,
was postponed on account of inclement weather until -Monday afternoon, March 8th. .
\A11 citizens of Vernon and surrounding townships are invited and
urged to attend this demonstration.
Don't forget the date — next Monday.
Raymond Smith, formerly of Isabella county, was -brought before Judge
Donald E. Holbrook in Circuit Court
Wednesday of last week on a writ
of attachment for contempt of court
in  nonpayment  of  alimony.
He was in default ?1160 and the
court ordered that he pay $580 in
three equal monthly installments and
be confined in jail until he made the
first installment and then f emaiii under $500 bond to pay the balance.
Floyd Walters plead guilty to a
disorderly conduct charge when arraigned before Justice of the Peace
Wm. B. Dunlop Wednesday afternoon
and was fined ?25.00 and ?3.35 costs.
West Semig, of Harrison, who was
issued a summons by City Police for
speeding here February 24th, has
been arraigned before Justice Dunlop
and was, fined $7,00 when he plead
guilty. ^
Wm. Battles, Jr., of Farwell, who
j*'??I*_S',*d: a-'stimmfvns by,. City Police
tor 'leaving the' scenV of an accident
February 21, was arraigned before
Justice »u Dunlop Friday afternoon of.
last week, plead guilty and was fined
?20.00 and ?3.35 costs.
Eighty"" octane gasoline was taken
from four airplanes in open hangers
at the City Airport some time during
the night of Saturday, February 21,
with the thief or thieves apparently
taking advantage of the fact that
local airmen were devoting their attention to the search for the two
Flint aviators who were lost in flight
from Houghton-Lake to Flint that
week end. No arrests have been
made. The gasoline is not suitable
for automobiles or trucks because of
its high test.
City Police were called to investigate a prowler charge during the past
week and found a dog digging under
a porch.
Warrants are being issued for those
disregarding City Police traffic violation summonses.
Truck   and   trailers   weighing   twenty-nine tons required to haul this large rotary equipment built by Loojnis
Machine Company for Midland firm. » —Photo by Clare, Photo Service
CLARE DeMOLAY
QUINTET TO PLAY
FOR STATE TITLE
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Defeat   Last   Season's   District
Champions Second Time
This Se_son
Don't forget John Deere Day at
Brewer's Implement Store, -Clare,
Tuesday, March 9 th.
Blizzard Paralyzes Traffic and
Closes Schools First of the Week
Just when we Were beginning to
believe that spring was "just around
the corner," because of the mild
weather of the fore part of test week
^r-and because our good friend, Lou
Gee, found a snake at large, usually
a reliable harbinger of spring—Old
Boreas broke loose in all his fury.
Friday's sleet, isnow and rain storm
was widespread over Michigan, with
the U. S. Weather Bureau at Lansing
reporting Lower Michigan rivers from
six inches to a foot above flood level.
Telephone poles were down in
Western Michigan under the weight
of sleet, with Ludington temporarily
isolated and Milford, Flat Rock, Alma
and Farmington reporting circuits
out. The sleet and high winds damaged power and communication lines,
with damage running into thousands
of dollars at Muskegon, and fruit and
other trees uprooted or broken down.
"A northeaster" brought considerable snowfall to the vicinity of Clare
Friday afternoon and evening, with
the velocity of the wind increasing
to the proportions of a severe blizzard by Saturday morning, and ten
inches of snowfall reported at Gladwin. Many roads in the northern
counties of- the Lower Peninsula and
the Upper Peninsula were blocked
with snow.
Milder weather and heavy snowfall
Saturday and Saturday night increased the flood danger in southern
counties and the Ora&d River rose
awe than tear imk sad the Bed
Cedar more than three feet in Ingham
county on Saturday.
Fair weather and lower temperatures Sunday decreased the flood
danger, but the respite from the
wrath of the elements was brief and
the blustery weather of Tuesday increased in intensity until by noon
the roads were drifting full of snow
and school was dismissed in many
Central Michigan schoolB, including
thole at Harrison, Farwell, Midland,
Bay City, Saginaw and Owosso.
Harrison school, closing Tuesday
noon, remained closed Wednesday
but expected to reopen on Thursday.
Farwell schools were closed Tuesday
and Wednesday and expected to reopen on Thursday.
Clare Public Schools, with a lower
percentage of pupils depending on
bus transportation,! remained open
throughout the storm period, but bus
service was curtailed Tuesday and
Wednesday by drifting snow.
Despite road conditions, bus service
was not interrupted, with none of
the busses scheduled to ai*rive at or
leave Clare cancelled, although some
runs came in a little late.
Passenger train service was not
interrupted here by the storm, but
the heavy volume of mail and express
carried by trains required longer than
usual for loading and unloading and
some trains were running behind,
schedule.
Clare County Road Commission
CContlaued oa Page Twelve)
The Clare DeMolay basketball team
after being threatened by the Owosso
DeMolays a week ago, came back
strong Wednesday evening and decisively defeated Midland, last season's seventh district champions, in
another step toward the 1948 district
DeMolay championship for the locals.
Clare took a first quarter lead, but
Midland put up a- stiff opposition during the half and held the locals, to a
21-14 margin at half time. The Clare
boys really poured it on in the second
half, connecting for basket after basket, to outscore Midland 35-11 and
win. the game 56-25,
.;.. t?te*e hi£K«flcorejs -vstere Bill Chaffee* with 19:. points,"Jersey Joslin. 16,
and tfpb Perry 10; while Carey lead
the Midland team with 10 points.
The game scheduled with Flint next
Wednesday evening has been forfeited by them, but negotiations are in
progress for a return game with Bay
Annual Meeting of
Chamber Commerce
Next Tuesday Night
The  annual  meeting  and
of
election
of
officers* of the Clare Chamber
Commerce will be held at the Hotel
Doherty next Tuesday evening, March
9, with dinner served at 6:30.    ,
Plans for the coming year will be
discussed and the attendance of each
member and others interested in the
business and commerce of the city
are urged to attend. Our Chamber
of Commerce is just what we make
it and your attendance at meetings is
essential if the organization is to
function for the benefit of all concerned.
HARRISON HORNETS
ELIMINATE CLARE
AT TOURNAMENT
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Pioneers   Beaf'fivar*  Wildcats
In Final Game of Season
Last Friday   ■
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL OPENS HERE
MONDAYJORNING
Remember' — The    Dollar    Has
Shrunk — But. Human
Needs Have Not
A strong and capable Harrison
High School basketball team elimin-
City here next Wednesday evening j ated the Clare High team from the
and a return game with Owosso here  district   Class   C   tournament   when
at a later date.
Now assured of. the seventh district
championship, the Clare DeMolay
team will play in the state DeMolay"
tournament at Benton Harbor later
this month.
FARWELL METHODIST
MEN SERVE CHICKEN
;    DINNER SUPREME
Five    Hundred    Gather    From
Miles Around To Partake
Of   Repast
For some time the men of-Farwell
have been telling the ladies that
they would like to show them how to
really serve a church supper.
Although the ladies have served
many suppers during the past two
years, they are ready to admit that
the bountiful chicken dinner served
at the Farwell Methodist Church on
February 26, by the men, was the
best planned, best served, and by the
reports of. those present, the best
tasting meal served yet. •
The cooks with their white aprons
and caps are to be complimented on
the meal they cooked and made ready
for the waiters, who- by their efficient
teamwork in the dining room made
it" possible to serve nearly five hun-
they • defeated them in the 9:00
o'clock game in the Central Michigan
College gym at Mt, Pleasant Wednesday evening.
The Hornets played heads up ball
all through the game and lead the
Jocals 12-5 at the end of the first
period. The Green and White out-
scored. Harrison by three points in
the second period but trailed 19-15
at half time. Harrison came- back
strong in the third period, scoring
two points to the locals one for a
35-23 .lead and coasted through the
final quarter with four markers to
Clare's- nine for a 39-32 victory.
Hahn with 9 and Campbell with S
were high point men for Clare and
Amble with 12, Blake with nine and
Langsdon with 8 lead the Hornet
scorers.
Harrison's star, Yost, saw little
service in the game because of a
bad ankle and it is feared he will be
cut of*1 the game for the remainder
of the district tournament. Five of
Hart-ison's top flight players will
graduate in June, but those boys have
given good account of themselves
this season and with their teammates
defeated the. Pioneers twice in the
regular season before their tournament victory.
Supt. Austin F. Bates said Wednesday night that Harrison has a fine
teani and wer,e entitled to the victory. Coach Don Richardson said
that the Hornets have a good basketball team and that tie hopes they
The 1948 Red Cross Roll Call opened in Clare county Monday of this
week, with progress to date reported
to County Roll Call Chairman Harold
B. Hughes as satisfactory in the communities where the ■ canvass was
commenced.
Each township supervisor has enrollment cards and will be pleased
to receive contributions from his
township, while the towns of the
county will be canvassed by workers
under the direction of their respective community chairmen.
The canvass in the city of Clare has
been delayed a week because of
weather conditions, but will be started in earnest next Monday mornlhg.
Out of human suffering the Red
Cross was born. At the scenes of
human suffering the Red Cress takes
its place. Emergency is its call to
service. The unpredictable.' disaster
—the uncontrollable flood and raging
fire, the stealthy epidemic—when
these strike, your Red -Cross quickly
reaches the victim-, to Comfort, sustain and restore.
j The "Red Cross must be prepared
| to,spring into action, any time, anywhere, and the Red Cross will be
ready. It will be ready because your
dollars always have made possible
its merciful work.
For the sake of the unsuspecting
thousands who will be stricken this
year—for the sake of those destined
for   injury    and    anguish—the    Red
Cross now turns to you. *     ?
j    The dollar has .shrunk—but human
'needs have not.    When you give to
I the Red  Cross this year, remember
• that greater sums are required to do
an equal job.
Clare Pastors and
Ministerial Ass'n
Plan Work Here
A special meeting of the Clare pastors was held last week for the purpose of making plans for the Religious Education classes to be held in
the various churches beginning
March 8th, from 3:00 to 4:00 in the
afternoon, to continue through for
two weeks. Children wishing to attend will be excused from school
during this hour.
Each minister has set up his own
program to be used during this time,
and parents may feel that the school
and the churches will cooperate completely at to the schedule planned,
■with records being kept in both
places, *
The Clare County Ministerial Association will have their regular meeting, March 9th, at the Baptist church
at 7:30 p. m., which will be open to
the public at 8:00. All persons interested are extended a cordial invitation to attend.
dred persons in such a short time
The church is deeply grateful for4.go_on a?d win thQ touraawent,
the stoves loaned.for the occasion,
to the companies who donated food,
and to all who donated 'time, money,
or in any way" helped to make this
supper such a success.
The choir in* their robes and white
carnation   corsages   very   pleasantly  the district championship in the C^n-
entertained   the   people   who   were  ^1 College gym at 9:00 o'clock Sat-
Beaverton defeated Remus in the
7:30 game Wednesday evening and
will play Farwell at 7:30 this Friday
evening. Harrison will play Coleman
at 9:00'o'clock tonight, and the winners of these two gameB will play for
urday  evening.
(Con tin tied   oh
Page Twelve)
waiting to bo served.
The splendid spirit and cooperation
displayed by the citizens of Farwell
was indeed a fitting observation of SOIL CONSERVATION
National Brotherhood Week.
MRS. DARIUS SCOTT
Mrs. Darius Scott passed away at
her home at Lake, Tuesday evening,
March 2. The funeral -will be held at
Lake town hall, Friday afternoon at
.2:00 p. in. Obituary will Ue published
, next week.
MEETING AT GRANT
TOWN HALL TONIGHT
A group of farmers are holding a
Soil Conservation meeting at Grant
town hall, Friday, March 5, at 8:30
p. m. George B. Becker, in charge
of soil conservation in the Clare
county Soil Conservation District,
will be present to start the men on
their conservation work. Any farmer
Interested, who has not been, contacted, 3s welcome to come, to this
meeting.
ROTARIANS GUESTS
Of KIWANIS CLDB AT
WEDNESDAY MEETING
Prof. Frank Robinson of Central
Michigan College Speaker
Of Evening
The Clare Kiwanis Club was host
to members of the Clare Rotary Club
at the former's dinner meeting in the
Wedgewood Room at Hotel Doherty
Wednesday evening. Tim Cotter, program chairman for the evening, presented   George  White,   president  of
I the Rotary Club, who introduced the
members of his club who were present.
Prof. Frank Robinson, head of the
! Commerce Department at Central
Michigan College of Education at Mt.
Pleasant, was speaker of the evening
and held the. rapt attention of his
listeners as he discussed "The Spirit
of Cooperation."
Guests besides the Rotarjans were
A. P. Cole, of Lansing; Dick Holden,
Of Lafayette, Indiana, George Gasma,
of Mt. Pleasant, and Art Bock, of
Ciare.
Ed. Johnston will b'e in charge of
the program at the Kiwanis meeting
next Wednesday. Kiwanis Ladies
Night has been postponed until a
later date.
LOOMIS MACHINE
COMPANY BUILDS
HUGEJACHINERY
Seventy-Five   Ton   Unit   Built
Here for Well Known
Midland Firm
■vThe Loomis Machine Company, of
this city, has been engaged "recently
in the manufacturing of a large
rotary machine for a well known Midland firm and the equipment was
loaded here Saturday, February 21,
for transportation to Midland.
The Loomis Machine Company built
the machine in their Clare plant and
installed it in a shell furnished by
the Midland firm. The machine was
sixty-eight feet in length, seven feet
and six inches 4n diameter and the
total weight was seventy-five tons.
The principal unit, weighing sixty-
five tons, was loaded in one piece,
with the balance of the equipment
hauled separately.
Due to spring loading restrictions
on State Highways that will become
effective with thawing weather, the
equipment was loaded and liauled fV
Midland before it was entirely completed and will be finished there by
the Loomis company.
McNally & Davis Cartage Company,
of Saginaw, contracted the job 'of
loading and erecting the machine and
Wm. J. Muehlenbeck, of Saginaw, was
engaged to haul it to Midland.
This is the second largest object
ever moved by Muehlenbeck, the
largest .being a 100 foot truss moved
inside the city of Saginaw, and the
machine manufactured here required
a truck and two .large trailers weighing twenty-nine tons and mounted on
forty-two tires. ,
A special permit from the State
Highway Department ahd State
Police escort were required to haul
the huge machine over, the State
Highway.
The local plant [at the Loomis Machine Gompany is one of the best
equipped machine shops in this part
of the state, with considerable heavy
equipment, and the firm is contracting for the manufacture of the largest machinery ever built in Central
Michigan.
Now Series Vol. 56. No. 23
EARLYSEHLER
PASSES SUDDENLY
x AT CURE HOME
Mrs.   Josephine   Murdoch  Laid
At Rest Tuesday Afternoon
At Cherry Grove
Mrs. Josephine;.- Murdoch, one ot
Clare's earliest clflzens, passed from
this life February..~27th, at the home
of her son," Frank, on Hemlock street.
She was convalescing from an illness
of pneumonia of over a ten weeks
duration. Messages of the illness
and death of her son, Lyle Murdoch,
in Oregon, on the Tuesday previous,
touched her deeply in her frailty and
she apparently slept away about nine*
thirty o'clock Friday morning of last
week.
Mary Josephine Callum, daughter"
of Mr, and Mrs, Peter Galium, was
born July 13th, 1866, near Tillison-
burg, Canada, and came with the
family to Clare when she was about,
five years of age. She was active in
the community life of the early settlers and for many years has Ween
contacted as an authority on data regarding happenings in the pioneer
days of the city. Herf father was the
first post master and general store
keeper in Clare, where they labored
diligently to rear their family of five
daughters and two sons.
She met and married John "Jack*
A. Murdoch, in Clare, December 30th>
1885, and they began life together
in Bayfield, Wisconsin, where he was
employed as captain on the Great
Lakes, associated closely with the
lumbering industry. Their life and
home was blessed by eight children*
three dying in infancy, and Mr. 'Murdoch passed away August 31, 1920^.
at Saxon. The family also lived*
at Saxon and Ashland prior to Mrs„
Murdoch's returning to Clare permanently in 1928.' She deeply mournedi
the passing of her daughter, Beatrice,.
September 21, 1919, who was serving;
as a missionary nurse in China, and
two sons, Edwin, in California, in
July, 1947, and Lyle, Of Oregon, men.-
tioned above.
A' daughter, Mrs. Jean Mann, of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, son, Frank,
one-sister, Mrs. Jennie McCulloch, o_
Clare, six grandchildren and a host
of ■ friends jm Wisconsin and, central
Michigarf'mourn her sudden demise.
Mrs. Murdoch has been a member
and ardent worker In the Clare Con.-
gregational Church and Guild, also a
member and past matron of the Order of the Eastern Star in Ashland,
Wisconsin.
The body lay in state at the Thurston Funeral Home encompassed by
an abundance of beautiful flowerS
bearing silent testimony of her esteem in the family and among friends
and associates. Tuesday afternoon
at one-thirty o'clock prayer waB offered by0Rey. P. D. Powe with the
family and close associates present
and funeral services held at the Congregational Church at two o'clock
when the ritual of the Order of the-
Eastern Star was fulfilled by members of the Zenobia Chapter,
Past patrons of the Clare Order
acted as pallbearers and burial was
made in Cherry "Grove cemetery.
NEW LOCATION
Ray Tharp's Refrigeration Sales <&
j Service, 508 East Fourth St., Point
| Clare Building.    Phone  616-W.
Proposed City Charter Contains
Safeguards For Public Welfare
GIRL SCOUTS
The pot luck supper for the Girl
Scouts and their mothers will be held
at the Methodist church next Monday
night, March &, at 6:30, The Brownies
wilt have charge of the jirogrsnL
(This is the sixth in  a series of
articles submitted by the Clare Charter Commission explaining the most
Important provisions of the proposed
new city charter to the citizens who
will vote on its adoption on April 5.)
]    Honest and democratic government
will be assured the people of Clare
by  a  number  of"*special  provisions
contained in the proposed new charter which are designed to protect the
, citizens   and  taxpayers   against  the
' misuse of public funds, public property, and the city's interests.   In ad-
' dition, all of the safeguards enjoyed
under   the  old   form   of  government
will be retained.
Initiative   and    Referendum
j First, the new charter contains the
traditional democratic rights of initiative and referendum on city ordinances, and the recall of elected officials. Providing for initiatory and
referendary petitions is an important
safeguard of the citizens' interest
which is written into almost all home-
rule charters — including the one
drafted by the elected charter commission for Clare—but which is not
a part of the Fourth Class City Act
under which the city has been operating.
The provision for initiative and referendum gives city electors the privilege of initiating new legislation and
reviewing legislation already passed
by the governing body.'   Therefore,
although the city commission is entrusted with the power to legislate
for the people under all normal circumstances, the electors can, if necessary, assume the legislative power
directly.
.The charter provides that if petitions for the purpose are signed by
registered electors equal to 25 percent of the,votes cast.in the previou*
election, the electors may require the-
City commission to: (a) adopt art ordinance submitted by an initiatory petition; (b) repeal the ordinance referred to by a referendary petition;
or (c) submit the proposal provided
for in the petition to the electors.
While the powers of initiative and
referendum are seldom invoked by
the citizens of a city, they do belomg„
in every good city charter as a means
of final legislative recourse for the
people. The.power for referendum is.
sometimes relied up.on*by eity councils to determine if a piece of legis;-
laiion meets with the voters' approval; for example, a referendum ios
Toledo recently upheld a payroll tax
passed by the city council.
Recall
The  right  of recall provides that
an  elected official may be removed:-
from  office  by   citizen  action in  a
manner provided by the general laws,
of the state.   This safeguard also appears in the Fourth Class City Act,-*-
under which Clare is now ffoverneiL
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