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CLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 4, 1948
New Series Vol. 56, No. 36»
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ANNUAL SESSION
C-G-M DISTRICT
S'N AT FARWELL
Mable Horion. of Clare, Elected
Association President
For Coming Year
The Thirty-third Annual meeting of
Clare-Gladwin-Midland Counties District Association, Order of Eastern
Star, held at Farwell High School
auditorium, Thursday, May 27, was
the largest session ever held. Two
hundred and fifty members attended
the evening session. This year's
session honored the district's own
Grand officer, Greta Masten, Grand
Conductress of Michigan, from Zeno*
bia Chapter, Clare. The session was
naraed in her honor, "The Greta Mas-
ten Session."
The afternoon session was opened
at 2:00 by Ji\ Past President Grace
Ward, of Gladwin. The Association
officers -were escorted by the Association Past Presidents, with Past President Ada Hochstetler, of Clare, Marshall; and Anna May Lockwood, Far-
well, organist. Mrs. Ward very graciously greeted the officers and turned
the gavel over to President Mpntze
Gee, of Farwell. President Gee and
Vice President Glenn Lake, of Midland, extended greetings to the assembly. All joined in singing "America."
A beautiful Bible tribute was given
hy the chaplains of the seven chapters in the Association, with the Bible
being opened by Association Marshal
"Frances Haroldson, of Gladwin,' and
prayer by Association Chaplain Belle
Mair, of Clare.
The Flag presentation was made by
Marshal Frances Haroldson.
Worthy' Matron Blanche Frisbey,
of Farwell, gave a very hearty welcome to all. Worthy Matron Lillian
Alkire, of Harrison, in her response,
spoke especially of the beautiful decorations and friendly feeling which
prevailed.
The auditorium was a lovely picture, the stage, in front of ihe curtains, was decorated with evergreen
trees and baskets of flowers, the wall
at the base of the stage was covered
with the boughs and on the curtain
were the large letters, GRETA- fastened with spmll pink flowers^, Bas-,
kets of flowers llhed'-the ha&tt*a,t^the
side. The labyrinth was beautifully
set up with baskets of flowers at each
star point and the altar covered
with a new large white satin cover,
where reposed the white Bibles.
(Continued on Page Three-
County Horsemen
Sponsoring Pulling
Contests June 26
The Clare County Horsemen's Association announces that they will
sponsor hoi;se pulling contests at the
Clare Tourist Park Saturday, June
26th, commencing at 1:00 o'clock,
Harry Moxly will bring the Michigan State • College dynamameter here
for the contests, which will be participated in by some of Michigan's
best horses, including the world's
light weight championship team.
Indications are that fifty or more
teams will be entered in the light and
heavyweight contests for the large
purses which will be offered.
Clare Public School Students Receive Driving Instruction
THIRD DAIRY DAY
PROMISES TO BE
GRMSUCCESS
Dairymen From Fdur Counties
To Meet Here For Banquet
And Exposition
Man Who Tries To
Set Jail Afire Gets'
Stiff Sentence Here
Charley Koch, of Clare, R-l, arrested by City Police Monday evening of
last week and charged with' resisting
an officer mid drunk and disorderly
conduct, was arraigned before" Justice of. the Peace Wm. B.s Dunlop and
plead guilty to' the charge of assaulting an officer. He was lined $50.00
and costs of $7,80 and ordered to pay
a $10.00 taxi*, fare which was largely
responsible for instigating the trouble.
Koch gave local authorities con.
siderable trouble, first striking one
of them in the face, and then setting
fire to paper he found in his cell when
confined to the city jail.
FORMER CLARE MAN
PASSES AWAY AT HIS
HOME IN DETROIT
Funeral Services For John R.
O'Grady Held In Detroit
Monday, May 24
John R. O'Grady, son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John O'Grady, of Vernon
township, passed away at his home,
3918 Nottingham, Detroit, May 20,
following an illness of three months,
John was born September 10> 1890,
at the farm home in Vernon township.
He spent his boyhood1 there attending grade school at the Wilson, later
entering the Farwell school, after
which he worked on the farm until
he entered the service of his country,
spending twenty-six months in World
War I. s
He moved to Detroit in 1923, where
he was employed by the Briggs Manufacturing Company up until his illness. -
In June, 1036, he was united in
marriage with Bertha Claeys, of Detroit. Besides his wife, he is survived
by three sisters, Mrs. Katherine
Judge, of Mt. Pleasant, Laura and
Rose, of Detroit; one brother, Leo,
of this place; six nephews, six nieces,
and other relatives and close friends.
Funeral services were held Monday
morning, May 24, from the Verheyden
Funeral Home at 9:30 ami St. Clair
Church at 10:00, with burial at Mt.
Olivet cemetery. Pallbearers Were
his six nephews.
With four county dairy day little
more than three weeks away, a directors meeting was held in the Citizens
State Bank Wednesday evening, May
26, to make final arrangements for
the third annual event in which the
counties of Clare, Gladwin, Isabella
and Midland will participate Friday,
June 18, preceded by a dairymen's
banquet Thursday evening at Hotel
Doherty, which will be attended by
dairy farmers, F.F.A. and 4-H Club
members, businessmen and others interested in dairying.
Charles Figy, director of the State
Department of Agriculture, will be
the principal speaker at the banquet
and entertainment features will include the Consistory Quartet, of Bay
City; Charley Paul, popular Detroit
"one man show;" and tap dancer
Buddy Budd, of Harrison.
General chairman Mark Bicknell
presided at the meeting, with a gootl
representation from the four counties
present.
Eighty-five purebred dairy cattle
will be exhibited.at the tourist park
grounds dairy day; and twenty-three
£#*%. ot pUxfetifcM* 4»tty. cattle to >foe
orfered -at the consignment sale run
strongly.to Guernseys and Holsteins
from high producing herds.
Judging contests for F.F.A. and
4-H Club members will precede the
sale, with prizes for the winners.
Ribbons will be given for placing of
show cattle and cups are offered for
breed champions.
4-H Clubs will provide sandwiches,
coffee, milk and soft drinks, ice
cream, pie, etc., and the proceeds
will go for 4-H Club camp funds in
their respective counties.
Left to right—Barbara Brewer, Lor:aine Birdsall, Rose Ostrowsky, Lorraine Miller, Jane Ann DeJongh,
Diana Wilson, Bonnie Seiter, Collette Barnes,, Arbutus DeJongh, Instructor Wm. B. Dunlop, Darlene Mason,
Ann Bicknell, Donald Reynolds, Jr., Beverly Brown, Margaret Rose Gillespie, and William Zimmerman. Julia
Mae Ireland and Emily Brinkman are also receiving instruction, but were not present when the* picture was
taken. .,
The program is sponsored by the Clare Board of Education, cooperating with the'Michigan Department of
Public Instruction and American Automobile Association, with the specially equipped car furnished through
the courtesy of the Ford Motor Company and Dan McDonald. The project has been very successful and it is
anticipated that it will be continued, using cars furnished by other dealers as they are made available.
Photo by Clare Photo Service'
NEW OWNERS NOW
OPERATING TOURIST
BUSINESS HERE
Traffic Accidents
' Held Down By Police
In City and Area
F.
L. and S.
Possession
Cabins Jfane 1st
With motor vehicle- traffic in the
state stepped.up to 21% more than
that on Memorial Day week end last
W. Kinde Take year and 10% above .the previous
of Lone Pine - *-'ecord set ln 19^1> locaI oflicers were
kept busy dividing US-10 traffic between Fourth and Fifth Streets and
reported that a count Monday afternoon revealed that 33 cars a minute
were passing through, the city.
Despite the heavy holiday traffic,
City Police report that no accidents
in
MASONIC GRAND
LODGE HELD IN
DETROIT TEMPLE
Elect Hazen Cole Grand Master
And Hugh Johnston'Deputy
Grand Master
F. L. Kinde and son, S. W. Kinde,
recently of Paris, Illinois, have purchased the Lone Pine Cabins and
Service Station from Charles Wilcox
and took possesion Tuesday, June 1st. j occurred in the city; while State
Mr. and Mrs, F. L. Kinde will make Police of the Mt. Pleasant Post report
their home in the smaller residence that only one fatal accident and a
which will be improved for -their oc- j very few minor ones occurred in
cupancy; ^pd Me* and Mr£f. S. W^ICin-'their territory.
demand litt^ £^/aattghters will live-' The fact that, th$ <gta1e IPolIce is-
in the larger*residence. sued 68 tickets for. traffic violations in
They will'tent thfe twenty modern their territory May 28 to Miay 31, in-
all-season cabins to ipurifits and con- elusive, is thought to have convinced
Worshipful Master Earl Ruby, Senior Warden Earl Beatty and Warren
McGuire, of John Q. Look Lodge, F.
-,& A. M„ of Clare, and Worshipful
Master Boyd Wiggins, of Corning
Lodge, of Farwell, attended sessions
of Grand Lodge held in the Scottish
Rite Cathedral at the Masonic Temple
. in Detroit May 25 and 26.
« Gran4 Lodge officers are: ;
Grand Master—Hazen Cole, of Itlflt4-
ca. . ■ « ■
Deputy Grand Master—Hugh Johnston, of Traverse City, a brother of
Edward G. Johnston, of Clare.
j Grand Treasurer—Past Grand Maa-
! ter Clark McKenzie, of Kalamazoo, re-
J elected.
I Grand Secretary—P.G.M. Homer
i Newton, of Grand Rapids, re-elected.
Qt-m S M-rre+c-rtr ' Graild Lecturer—P.G.M. Francis B.
OU11 n. mybieiy Lambie, of Midland, re-elected,
1 Grand Chaplain—William C. Donald
FARWELLxPASTOR
INSTANTLY KILLED
' SUNDAY_EVENING
Rev. Oliver Vasbinder Struck
By Passing Car In Driveway
Of H. Shear Home
FLAMES DESTROY
COUNTY INFIRMAiM
EARLY_SATURDAT
Grass Fires Threaten Lumbeir
Yards and Buildings
At Clare ;
The Clare Infirmary residence,,,
which has stood about a half mile-
south of Harrison on the old Clare to-
Harrison highway the past thirty-nine>
years and has recently been lease*
as a veterans memorial building, wa*
destroyed by fire of unknown origin.
early Saturday morning, &
The" fire alarm was turned in ^afc
about 6:00 a. m., but it is thought the-
fire had been burning for some time
previous to this. When the Harrison-
firemen and residents of the vicinity-
reached the scene of the fire, flame-sand smoke were pouring from tlie
upper floor of the building and th-*
flames, swept by a stiff wind, were
beyond control. When firemen, broke
open the ground ,floor, doors, they
were forced back by the intense heat
and smoke.
Mr. and Mrs, Melvin Norman, wlr»
have been caretakers of the building
„ _.. T ,r ,. , ,_ . the past year, were away on a vacs-
Rev. Oliver,!. Vasbinder 47 pastor tion fa.. ^ , J e ^
Farwell Baptist Church, was, The Har}..gon ypw post and ^
motorists that cautious driving is desirable.
HAS YOUR CHILD LOST
ANYTHING AT SCHOOL
DURING THE PAST YEAR
Many children's coats, caps, mittens, scarfs, and miscellaneous
items that have "been brought to the
lost and found department at the
Clare Public Schools and not claimed,
will be on display in the kindergarten
room Friday evening after the Commencement exercises and all day
Monday, for the inspection of parents
whode children have lost such
articles.
Items must be claimed by adults, as
children will not be allowed to look
over the articles unless accompanied
"by parentis. 'The school officers feel
that these articles are of. value to
their owners and want them to have
them.
AMERICAN LEGION
JUNIOR LEAGUE TO
OPEN SEASON HERE
Clare Team to Cross Bats With
Alma There Next Thursday
« Afternoon
A meeting of the American Legion
Central Michigan Junior Baseball
League was held in the Blackstone
Cafe at Mt. Pleasant Wednesday evening to plan for the coming season.
The league includes teams from
Clare, Mt. Pleasant, Midland and Alma; with players from Clare, Harrison, Farwell and Coleman and 'vicinity eligible for play on the Clare
team.
The age limit includes players up
to and including seventeen, years and
twelve' regular season games will be
played . by each team, besides the
tournament.
Practice will be held at the Clare
Public School athletic field at 4:00
o'clock next Monday afternoon, June
7th, and all from this area who are
interested are requested to be present. ■
The Clare team * will play Alma
there at 5:00 o'clock next Thursday
afternoon and .it is essential that all
prospective players attend the practice Monday afternoon.
. As many stores will be closed here
Thursday afternoons, it is hoped that
many fans will accompany the team
to Alma for the season opener and
will support "the team by their attendance whenever and wherever pos*
sible.
CHRIS REGER INJURED *
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
IN FALL FROM STEPS
duct the service station and trailer
park. Pete Carediss will continue to
operate Lone Pine Cafe. I :
Mr. Wilcox has improved the prop- Pi-nViori f^lfYnH
erty considerably, incjudlng tne build- -t U_-_-S>Il ^1UU.U
ing of the modern new service station SiCfhted In CitV
and cafe to replace the building des-' " *-■
troyed by fire last year, and five log
cabins with bath and accomodations
for four. The Messers. Kinde will en-* n q£ u ^ of Fllnt, re.eIected.
Lf?Lth/„^1!L^ria!i1bf„le^hi^hcih moved"into Saginaw from Tri-! Senior Grand Warden-Morgan J.
or ten Cabins for four, with bath and
other conveniences, in time for the
1949 season.
The Kindes have been in the hotel
business for a number of years and
are experienced in handling transient
trade, assuring their success in busi-j
ness here.
City Airport,,and was also visible in'rSmead, of Rochester.
Clare, startled some folks Tuesday! Junior Grand Warden—Guy Powell
forenoon and remains a mystery for of Detroit.
the time being.
Observers at the CAA Weather Sta
• tion at Tri-City Airport attributed the '
j gaseous cloud to Dow Chemical Co.,
but a check there brought denials i
Men Golfers Play
For Low Putts Here
Last Week Thursday
that any chlorine gas had been released.
Observers at Tri-City Airport
at The News smelled what seemed to
be chlorine in the air.
Dow Chemical Public Relations department, which contacted several
plant experts, suggested the cloud
might be fly ash with a chemical
Senior Grand Deacon—Paul Shlan
derer, of Ann Arbor.
Jr. Grand Deacon—French
Schell, of Kalkaska.,
Grand Marshal—Mr. White,
C.
of
The men's golf team played on the
Clare Country Club course Thursday
of last week for low putts, with Elton
Allen placing first with 27 on 18
holes; Clyde Harris Second with 29;
Tim Cotter and Homer Douglas tied I
with 30 .apiece and Tim won the de-j
cision for third place; and Floyd' *gan chemical Co., at St.
Rosier, proprietor of the course, won
the booby prize with 41.
The men's team played at St." Johns
Thursday of this week; and will play
Mt. Pleasant here June 10th; Portland here June 17; and Ithaca there
June 24.
Grand Rapids.
I Grand Tyler—Albert L. Marlott, of
and: Mt. Clemens, re-elected.
Mesdames Ruby and Beatty accompanied their husbands and Mrs. Ruby
visited friends and relatives in Detroit and Mrs. Beatty friends and relatives in Pontiac. Carl Beatty, of
German Sister Asks
Aid In Locating Long
Lost Brother Here
Pontiac, a nephew of Earl, joined the
smell that had taken an unusual ap-1 men at some of the Grand Lodge
pearance because of atmospheric' sessions,
conditions. They said that if it defin-j
itely were chlorine it must have come
from some other plant, possibly Mich-
Louis.
Clare Baccalaureate
Service. Impresses
Visitors ,To City
A sister, Minna Hinkelmann, is attempting, through Red Cross Home
Service, to locate her brother, now a i
U. £. citizen, who came to America in
1906 or 1907 and whom they have not
heard from since 1936. i
His name is Albert Flax, or' Ilax
(Konopka) and he was born in Berlin,
Gfermany, January 26, 1889, the parents' names being Konbpka and Ehe-
frau geb Lohoff.
It will be greatly appreciated if
anyone who knows, or ever has known |
such a person, will notify Clare Coun-)
The cloud hid the sun as it took
about an hour in passing, CAA observers said. The cloud appeared
first as a heavy overcast at about Supt of schools Austin F. Bates
1,000 feet. As it moved m, a tree-top has received the following ■ message
height blue haze was. observed. No j from Misa Gertrude - s. Moorer of
fliers reported on the cloud from the! coldwater, who visited Clare recently,
air, but numbers of aviation enth'us-1 *Qear jjr Bates:
lasts and mystified cloud-watchers j My "sis*ter and* j §pent iast night ln
called the Tri-City and Municipal Air- Clare Hote]) and to while away the
ports for information. , evefl'ng dropped in to see what Clare
CAA observers were ready to use Baccalaureate was like. We were
their newest service, a transmitting impressed by the dignity and beauty
unit on 111.1 megacycles, to contact;of the service and think the.schools
private planes in the area for any
details on the cloud formation they
could add. —Saginaw Daily News
Judy Lynn Schultz-
Laid At Rest Here •
Saturday Morning
Chris Reger received a badly
bruised head Thursday afternoon,
when he became faint on the steps di
the Johnston Elevator office And fell
backwards, striking his head on the
cemeht sidewatt:. JSte was tafeen koine
by the city police,
Judy Lynn Schultz, the stillborn infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Keith SehultZi of this city, was laid
,A ,_ _ . ,at rest in Cherry Grove cemetery
S S°m?, ™1Ce °5Srman' Mr3' DaQi Saturday morning, May 29, following
McDonald, Phone 392 or 231, Clare. • sei.viCeg ]ieid at 10:30 o'clock from the
Doherty Funeral Home, with Rev. E.
must be doing a fine work. Georgia
Warner's chorus work was beautiful.
Sincerely, ,
Gertrude Moore
'Bill" Hutchison
Navy War Casualty-
Laid At Rest Here
LUTHERAN LADIES AID
The Ladies Aid Society will hold
its regular social meeting in the
honae bi Mic$.. John Bohson, Wsdnes-.
I day, jfune-S, at 2:00 p. m.
The remains of "Bill" Hutchison,
the son of . Mrs. Lottie Hutchison
White, of Detroit, and a U. S. Navy
war casualty of the Pacific Theatre,
were brought to Clare Saturday afternoon from Detroit and laid at rest in
E. Redman officiating. [Cherry Grove cemetery at 2:00
The little one is survived by. her o'clock, with members of Walter H.
parents; sister, Sharron Sue; and Larman Post, American Legioh, in
grandparents, Mr. ahd Mrs. Roy dim- qharge of military commitment Serv-
mererj of Clare,-and Mr. and Mrs. fid- ices; Arrangements were in charge
of the
instantly killed and two young girls
were injured Sunday evening, when
Dorothy Weaver, 16, of Parwell, lost
control of a 1948 Studebaker pick-up
she was driving nine-tenths of a mile
south of *yS-10 ^on the Mill Road, a
county road west of Fa**well.
According to State Police of the
Mt. Pleasant Post, Miss Weaver had
borrowed the car from a friend, Robert Costello, 21, of Pontiac, and she
was accompanied by Dawn Costello,
15, of Pontiac, when the tragedy occurred.
While returning home, Miss Weaver
lost control of the car and it left the
road and struck Rev. Vasbinder, who
was near his car parked in the driveway at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Shear, where he had- been visiting.
Joan Vasbinder, 10, daughter of the
minister, and Edith Shear, 12, with
whom Joan was playing, were injured
and treated by a doctor.
Costello was issued a summons for
allowing an unlicensed minor to operate armotor vehicle.
Mrs. Sthea Vasbinder, wife, of the
minister, was leading the'Singing at
the church when state police arrived
to tell her of her husband's death, and
another daughter, Barbara, 11* was
playing the organ. The scene was
described by the officers as dramatic.
Told of her husband's death, Mrs,
Vasbinder informed her daughter of
the fatal accident, and then asked
the congregation to join in prayer for
the pastor.
The remains of Rev. Vasbinder were
brought to the Thurston Funeral
Home here, where they remained until funeral services were held from
the Farwell Baptist Church at 1:00
o'clock Thursday afternoon, with interment in Rich cemetery at Vassar.
MRS. ELMER MERRIHEW
PASSES AWAY AT HOME
IN LEATON MAY 23RD
*
Isabella County Pioneer. Laid
At Rest In Forest Hill
Cemetery .
M. Victoria Huguelet was born
October 1, 1862, in Clinton county,*
Olive township, Michigan, and passed
away at her home in Leaton, May 23,
1948, at tl^e age of eighty-five years,
seven months and twenty-two days.
She was united in marriage to
Elmer Merrihew, October 11, 1882.
To this union were born seven children, now Mrs. Chris Comstock, of
Blanchard, George and Orrie, of Weidman, Mrs. Winton Neelands, of Pontiac, Eva Merrihew, of Leaton, and
Theodore, of Trenton. One son, Otto,
preceded his mpther in death.
In 1887, they came to* Isabella
county and established their home in
Sherman township, near Weidman,
being early pioneers in that region.
Soon after her marriage, Mrs. Merrihew united with the Methodist
Church and devoted her life to being
a Christian mother and homemaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrihew observed
their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary
last October, with all their children
with them. .
Besides her husband and children,
Mrs. Merrihew- leaves two sisters,
Mrs. Timothy Purl, of Okemos, and
Miss Rose Huguelet,'of St. Johns; one
brother, Amiel, of Lansing; also mahy'
grandchildren and great grandchildren.
iliary have been using the building aa
their headquarters the past year an-i
have made ma.ny improvements, tk>
the old building, which together wit*
the organizations' flags and other yn>
aphernalia, were destroyed. •
Grass Fire» Here «, '•"
The Clare Fire Department war
called to the grounds lying between
the Consumers Power Company eajb^-
station" and the Seiter Brothers L_o*n-
ber Company yards on the east sid»*
of McEwan Street, Friday afternooitv
of last week, to extinguish a graa-^*
fire that had burned into the lumber-
piles and destroyed $25.00 woctlii at*
lumber and threatened, the entire^
yards before the fire was checked/.
The loss is covered by insurance.
The Seiters have highly praised th*
firemen for their -prompt response ta>
(be alarm and work in extinguisliias
the fire. David Seiter states in an ft_-
terview with the" writer that Wayii-p*
Creeck, Who is,employed at the Loomi*.-
Machine Company shops at Pine uf
Fourth/-streets, noticed that the ibtff
was clo's^f to the lumber piles -iff -
phoned Mr. Seiter, The latter turne*
in the fire alarm, immediately jumpe*
into a pick-up with hand extinguishera
and drove to the yards, but the fir«r
men were there when he arrived.
The rural fire truck was called 'tc*
the vicinity of Hilltop Tavern a_3
11:25 Tuesday morning, where a gra*»-
fire was burning between the T>j*h
bacco River and Ann Arbor Railroad*
right-of-way, but when it was foani-i
that access to the location by truck
was impossible, Conservation De>-
partmfent firemen were notified a_._K
brought the fire under control.
The city fire departmeht was cane£;
to the west city limits at 1:30 o'clock;
Wednesday afternoon, where a gr_-»*
fire threatened three buildings in th»
former W. C. Artcliff property. "N^
damage was done.
CLARE COMMUNITY
COUNCIL APPROVE?
UNITED FUND PLAIt
Mr. Harold B, Hughes Elected.
President Ol Group for
Coming Year
A meeting of the Clare Commniiity
Council was held In the City Library
on Tuesday evening of this week. Mtv.
Harold B. Hughes was elected pce*-
ident, Mrs. Harold Fleming Treas____V
and Mrs.. Frank Hochstetler Secro-
tary.
• A plan was presented whereby si'
solicitations in the county for fB3_*_p_s*
for the various causes would be tratiear
the direction of a state organization
The United Health and Wel-taK*
Board. The plan was approved aza&i-
Mr. Hughes spent Wednesday in TLxmr-
sing in conference with the Boarra-
and members from other counties.
The next meeting of the Coaneiii-
will be held in the Library at 8:<W-
p. m.* September 23rd, at which tim»
it is hoped there will be a representative from every society in the eIt*K.
Chalk artist to
draw at baptist
church sundat
win Schultz, of Weidman.
of ttoherty Sods.
Sunday, June 6th, at 7:45 o'clocSti,.
Mrs. Ire>ne Brower, of Lima, OMsi,
will give us a chalk drawing. 'Mmy"
of you have seen her draw before andl.;
ji'm sure, you'll want to come ag»ia&-.
Funeral services were held at the So don't -forget this Sunday ere- -
jStinson "Funeral Home, May 26, at ning service arid bring your frieitMsi .
2:00 o'clock, with Rey, C. W, Mackeh- along. All are Welcome to attend mm ■
nie officiating. Mrs, Merrihew *flras special service and also we *will 3ace» -
laid to rest in Forest* Hill Cemetery, special numbers in song.- ^eftl fara*
near.her early home in Sh^rmaia looking for you.
toWiisWp. | . - B. E. Redman, |?a-3&*g.'
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Object Description
| Title | 1948-06-04; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1948-06-04 |
| Publisher | R. G. & F. A. Jefferies |
| Description | An issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. In 1923, absorbed the Clare Courier. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | 1923-1999: Copyright to the Clare Sentinel is held by the newspaper. Copyrighted material is reproduced with the permission of the newspaper. |
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| Title | 1948-06-04; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1948-06-04 |
| Publisher | R. G. & F. A. Jefferies |
| Description | An issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. In 1923, absorbed the Clare Courier. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | 1923-1999: Copyright to the Clare Sentinel is held by the newspaper. Copyrighted material is reproduced with the permission of the newspaper. |
| Type | Newspaper |
| Format | JPG/JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Transcript |
•T^ ^ #«^"i,-:PpPWtP1^*f3Wt7!*,*((°pp*a^^ *Ssp*Rsn*s^lmnw^u^^ulJJUII>ftiB\llL.*-'»J>> J-.J V'JI.'I " Plii.PiPPjpUH _ ■ ILU III" P« ■■—PpSW^-^S^W^^P-WW!^^ f^ •flH^ H-'^l"'-!-"^-"^ ,»,pl„l,^iiWiim..i>.. H" iir-.n-.Wl ' ' EvwybodT BmS1« The fclar« pS-M-Hxm* All Horn* Print ■**~>m CLARE SENT -# ThU Week—20 pa-pw- r 140 Columns . 2800 InchM I Established 1878 CLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 4, 1948 New Series Vol. 56, No. 36» =F ANNUAL SESSION C-G-M DISTRICT S'N AT FARWELL Mable Horion. of Clare, Elected Association President For Coming Year The Thirty-third Annual meeting of Clare-Gladwin-Midland Counties District Association, Order of Eastern Star, held at Farwell High School auditorium, Thursday, May 27, was the largest session ever held. Two hundred and fifty members attended the evening session. This year's session honored the district's own Grand officer, Greta Masten, Grand Conductress of Michigan, from Zeno* bia Chapter, Clare. The session was naraed in her honor, "The Greta Mas- ten Session." The afternoon session was opened at 2:00 by Ji\ Past President Grace Ward, of Gladwin. The Association officers -were escorted by the Association Past Presidents, with Past President Ada Hochstetler, of Clare, Marshall; and Anna May Lockwood, Far- well, organist. Mrs. Ward very graciously greeted the officers and turned the gavel over to President Mpntze Gee, of Farwell. President Gee and Vice President Glenn Lake, of Midland, extended greetings to the assembly. All joined in singing "America." A beautiful Bible tribute was given hy the chaplains of the seven chapters in the Association, with the Bible being opened by Association Marshal "Frances Haroldson, of Gladwin,' and prayer by Association Chaplain Belle Mair, of Clare. The Flag presentation was made by Marshal Frances Haroldson. Worthy' Matron Blanche Frisbey, of Farwell, gave a very hearty welcome to all. Worthy Matron Lillian Alkire, of Harrison, in her response, spoke especially of the beautiful decorations and friendly feeling which prevailed. The auditorium was a lovely picture, the stage, in front of ihe curtains, was decorated with evergreen trees and baskets of flowers, the wall at the base of the stage was covered with the boughs and on the curtain were the large letters, GRETA- fastened with spmll pink flowers^, Bas-, kets of flowers llhed'-the ha&tt*a,t^the side. The labyrinth was beautifully set up with baskets of flowers at each star point and the altar covered with a new large white satin cover, where reposed the white Bibles. (Continued on Page Three- County Horsemen Sponsoring Pulling Contests June 26 The Clare County Horsemen's Association announces that they will sponsor hoi;se pulling contests at the Clare Tourist Park Saturday, June 26th, commencing at 1:00 o'clock, Harry Moxly will bring the Michigan State • College dynamameter here for the contests, which will be participated in by some of Michigan's best horses, including the world's light weight championship team. Indications are that fifty or more teams will be entered in the light and heavyweight contests for the large purses which will be offered. Clare Public School Students Receive Driving Instruction THIRD DAIRY DAY PROMISES TO BE GRMSUCCESS Dairymen From Fdur Counties To Meet Here For Banquet And Exposition Man Who Tries To Set Jail Afire Gets' Stiff Sentence Here Charley Koch, of Clare, R-l, arrested by City Police Monday evening of last week and charged with' resisting an officer mid drunk and disorderly conduct, was arraigned before" Justice of. the Peace Wm. B.s Dunlop and plead guilty to' the charge of assaulting an officer. He was lined $50.00 and costs of $7,80 and ordered to pay a $10.00 taxi*, fare which was largely responsible for instigating the trouble. Koch gave local authorities con. siderable trouble, first striking one of them in the face, and then setting fire to paper he found in his cell when confined to the city jail. FORMER CLARE MAN PASSES AWAY AT HIS HOME IN DETROIT Funeral Services For John R. O'Grady Held In Detroit Monday, May 24 John R. O'Grady, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John O'Grady, of Vernon township, passed away at his home, 3918 Nottingham, Detroit, May 20, following an illness of three months, John was born September 10> 1890, at the farm home in Vernon township. He spent his boyhood1 there attending grade school at the Wilson, later entering the Farwell school, after which he worked on the farm until he entered the service of his country, spending twenty-six months in World War I. s He moved to Detroit in 1923, where he was employed by the Briggs Manufacturing Company up until his illness. - In June, 1036, he was united in marriage with Bertha Claeys, of Detroit. Besides his wife, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Judge, of Mt. Pleasant, Laura and Rose, of Detroit; one brother, Leo, of this place; six nephews, six nieces, and other relatives and close friends. Funeral services were held Monday morning, May 24, from the Verheyden Funeral Home at 9:30 ami St. Clair Church at 10:00, with burial at Mt. Olivet cemetery. Pallbearers Were his six nephews. With four county dairy day little more than three weeks away, a directors meeting was held in the Citizens State Bank Wednesday evening, May 26, to make final arrangements for the third annual event in which the counties of Clare, Gladwin, Isabella and Midland will participate Friday, June 18, preceded by a dairymen's banquet Thursday evening at Hotel Doherty, which will be attended by dairy farmers, F.F.A. and 4-H Club members, businessmen and others interested in dairying. Charles Figy, director of the State Department of Agriculture, will be the principal speaker at the banquet and entertainment features will include the Consistory Quartet, of Bay City; Charley Paul, popular Detroit "one man show;" and tap dancer Buddy Budd, of Harrison. General chairman Mark Bicknell presided at the meeting, with a gootl representation from the four counties present. Eighty-five purebred dairy cattle will be exhibited.at the tourist park grounds dairy day; and twenty-three £#*%. ot pUxfetifcM* 4»tty. cattle to >foe orfered -at the consignment sale run strongly.to Guernseys and Holsteins from high producing herds. Judging contests for F.F.A. and 4-H Club members will precede the sale, with prizes for the winners. Ribbons will be given for placing of show cattle and cups are offered for breed champions. 4-H Clubs will provide sandwiches, coffee, milk and soft drinks, ice cream, pie, etc., and the proceeds will go for 4-H Club camp funds in their respective counties. Left to right—Barbara Brewer, Lor:aine Birdsall, Rose Ostrowsky, Lorraine Miller, Jane Ann DeJongh, Diana Wilson, Bonnie Seiter, Collette Barnes,, Arbutus DeJongh, Instructor Wm. B. Dunlop, Darlene Mason, Ann Bicknell, Donald Reynolds, Jr., Beverly Brown, Margaret Rose Gillespie, and William Zimmerman. Julia Mae Ireland and Emily Brinkman are also receiving instruction, but were not present when the* picture was taken. ., The program is sponsored by the Clare Board of Education, cooperating with the'Michigan Department of Public Instruction and American Automobile Association, with the specially equipped car furnished through the courtesy of the Ford Motor Company and Dan McDonald. The project has been very successful and it is anticipated that it will be continued, using cars furnished by other dealers as they are made available. Photo by Clare Photo Service' NEW OWNERS NOW OPERATING TOURIST BUSINESS HERE Traffic Accidents ' Held Down By Police In City and Area F. L. and S. Possession Cabins Jfane 1st With motor vehicle- traffic in the state stepped.up to 21% more than that on Memorial Day week end last W. Kinde Take year and 10% above .the previous of Lone Pine - *-'ecord set ln 19^1> locaI oflicers were kept busy dividing US-10 traffic between Fourth and Fifth Streets and reported that a count Monday afternoon revealed that 33 cars a minute were passing through, the city. Despite the heavy holiday traffic, City Police report that no accidents in MASONIC GRAND LODGE HELD IN DETROIT TEMPLE Elect Hazen Cole Grand Master And Hugh Johnston'Deputy Grand Master F. L. Kinde and son, S. W. Kinde, recently of Paris, Illinois, have purchased the Lone Pine Cabins and Service Station from Charles Wilcox and took possesion Tuesday, June 1st. j occurred in the city; while State Mr. and Mrs, F. L. Kinde will make Police of the Mt. Pleasant Post report their home in the smaller residence that only one fatal accident and a which will be improved for -their oc- j very few minor ones occurred in cupancy; ^pd Me* and Mr£f. S. W^ICin-'their territory. demand litt^ £^/aattghters will live-' The fact that, th$ |
