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CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING.   SEPTEMBER 24. 1948
New Series Vol. 56, No, 52
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Large Crowd Ss.es Track Record
Broken -Friday In. Fia©
iaraess Hae©
John Dunlop New
County Chairman
The general consensus of opinion
here is that Clare county's 1948 fan-
held at-Harrison .last week v. as one
p£ the most successful in the history
of tlie' organization, with fine weath-
,!er prevailing.
Large crowds attending the four
day exposition enjoyed viewing fine
<___MMts of livestock, toy 4-H Clubs
ana the farmers of the county, home
economics displays, high class midway features and a number-of new
features, appearing for the first time
at this year's fair.
"With some fast horses brought
here from a distance to compete with
' local entrants, fine harnes.s races were
run Thursday and Friday, with the
all-time track record broken on Friday. The saddle events on Saturday
brought out several fine mounts
which participated in showmanship
new to Clare county fair spectators.
Fine horse blankets were presented
to the winners of two races on Thursday and two on Friday, by John Kemmis, superintendent of speed. The
blankets were contributed by the
Citizens State Bank and Northland
Hardware, of Clare, and Harrison
Gas, & Oil Company and Perry &
First Super Market, of Harrison,
In the lightweight horse pulling
contest Thursday, Frank Grant placed
first; Ross Renner, second; Frank
Grant, third; Frank Fogelson, fourth;
and E. Owens, fifth.
In the heavyweight contests Saturday Gerald Brewer won first money;
• Elmer Simpson, second; Frank Grant,
third; Ben Corder, fourth;  and Raymond Judge, fifth.
Grand Championship winners in the
livestock show yers Lowell Penrose
with a two year old Holstein heifer;
Hai-rold McLain, four year old Milking Shorthorn cow; and Pat Pudvay,
Beef Shorthorn. Many other exhibitors won prizes with milking strain
and beef type cattle, in the showmanship contect Joyce Simmons
placed first and second anu* Jeau__.«
Becker third. The "county's best"
sheep and swine were also exhibited,
with owners receiving prizes.
The calf scramble Saturday, a new
feature at this year's fair, saw ten
fine Herefords turned loose with seventeen boys displaying their roping
ability and the following taking home
calves to raise and return to next
year's fair to be auctioned off, the
boys to receive the difference between
the original cost of the calves and
the price they bring.
Winners and sponsors were;
Ronald Schunk, Clare, R-2, Clare
Packing Co.
Arnold Berkompas, Marion, R-l,
Ray Seelinger, Harrison..
Glenn Hales, Clare, Citigens State
Bank, Clare.
Wallace   Bringold,   Harrison,   R-l,
Clare County Cleaver, Harrison.
Rodger Bonham, Clare, R-l, Wolverine Stockyards Co., Clare.
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JOHN W. DUNLOP
REPUBUCAN HE
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OF CLARE COUNTY
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Vice     Presidential     Candidate
Gov. Warren To Speak
In Detroit Tonight
^OHN W. DUNLOP
DETROIT MAN IN
FATAL'ACCIDENT
ON M-115 SUNDAY
Glenn Amy Issued Suhunons for
Letting Unlicensed Minor
Drive Car in Wreck
Rotarians Enjoy -x
Annual Picnic At
Harrison Park
More than one hundred Rotarians
with their wives and guests filled the
pavilion in the State Park at Budd
Lake, Harrison, Wednesday evening
when they held the annual Rotary
picnic  there.
An old fashioned' good time was
enjoyed by everybody, with music
furnished by the Tune Wranglers
from radio station WMDN, Midland.
Some of the guests stayed for dancing
after the hot picnic dinner.
Feature of the program was Dr.
Beck, of Mt. Pleasant, who entertained the crowd with many of his
famous lumberjack stories. Dr. Beck
Who is much in demand for programs
of this sprt, tells amusing yarns of
early Michigan luniberjack flavor;
many of them authentic in historical
fact, and all of them entertaining.
Bob Kelsey was chairman for the
GWME COOT TY TO
. 1EGE!¥E $13,100.00
LOMTOH HOADS
To B© H©paid Fsrom Increased
Gas amd Weight Tax
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Highway Commissioner Charles M.
Ziegler reports that vouchers have
been prepared and will be submitted
to the Auditor General for payment
of $1,250,000 of Highway Department
funds to the 83 counties of the state.
The money represents the sscond
payment of $ie $6,000,000 total loan
made to the counties as provided in
Public Act No. 50 of the special session of the Legislature held early this
year. It is to be used only for county
road maintenance and construction
purposes.
Distribution of the fund, as authorized by the Legislature, is being made
in four equal payments, beginning
last July 1. The money is allocated
for road purposes in direct proportion
to each county's percentage of the
total mileage of roads taken over by
the county road commissions. It
amounts to approximately $58 for
each mile of county road. j
The money is to be I'epaid by thej
counties from-additional revenues, if(
any, received by them from increased j
gasoline or weight taxes. j
Following is _t list of nearby coun-:
ties and the amounts they will receive:
Clare—313,100.00
Gladwin—510,756.23
Isabella—016,94S.7S
M-Slana—013,142.60
MlBBatt&ee~-§14,20<..00
Oseeola—$aa,9'_i.25 ^
EoocoraiBaos—0M|S"?5.(S0 ■«,
Michigan week end traffic fatalities
included that of Vincent Denesh, 48,
of Detroit, who died shortly after entering the Clare Hospital Sunday
afternoon, the victim of a head on
collision of two cars 11.2 miles north
of the "US-10 intersection on M-115
at 2:15 p. m.
A 1942 Chevrolet coach driven
northwest on the highway by Allen
Pierce Getman, 19, Owosso, R-3, collided with a 1941 Plymouth coach
driven southeast by Denesh, when
Denesh pulled out of his lane of traffic to pass another car and apparently did not see the Getman ear.
Denesh died of internal injuries and
shock.
Mrs. Hulda Getman, 48, of Owosso,
R-3, w.«*» brought Jo the Clare .Hos--,
pital buffering a fractured Ifeft hip anu
multiple lacerations and was transferred to Memorial Hospital at Owosso, Wednseday.
Allen Getman, who sustained a
fractured right knee cap, lacerations
of the forehead and bruises, was discharged from the Clare Hospital Monday.
The remains of Mr. Denesh were
taken to the Thurston Funeral Home
here and later to Detroit.
Damage to the Getman car was estimated at $1,000 and the Denesh ear
was a total wreck.
Lad   Loses  Control
Keith Amy, 12, of Lake R-l, lost
control of a 1937 Chevrolet coach belonging to Glenn Amy, of Lake, R-l,
which was driven south by Keith on
a county road four miles west and a
half mile north of "US-10 in Garfield
township at 11:15 Sunday morning,
as he came over the crest of a hill,
went to his left to the wrong side of
the road, and back to his right and
hit the front left of a 1946 Ford dump
truck driven north and owned by
Vincent Finch, 60, of Farwell.
The injured were brought to the
Clare Hospital, including Keith Amy,
who suffered a fractured left clavicle
and was discharged the next morning; Glenn Amy, 52, who was given
first aid for a lacerated left ankle;
and Gerald'Amy, 13, whose left hand
was cut.
Glenn Amy was issued a summons
for allowing an unlicensed minor to
operate a motor vehicle. The Amy
car was a total loss.
The above accidents were investigated by State Police of the Mt.
Pleasant Post.
Arno Dennison, 23, of Clare, R-3
was treated at the Clare Hospital for
a lacerated lip, fractured teeth and
bruises; and Virginia Dunn, 21, of
Lake City, was given first aid; after
he lost control of the car he' was
driving and it rolled over a mile west
of Harrison early Sunday morning.
Passersby picked them up and
brought them to the offices of Dr.
Karl C. Wilson, in Harrison, and they
were later brought to the: Clare Hospital. The accident was investigated
by Sheriff Seaver Amble.
A 1941 Buick two door owned by
Ora B. Phillips, of Lake, and driven
by Emmet P. Sullivan, also of Lake,
was damaged to the extent of $300
September 12 when it ran off the
blind end of the road at a sharp
curve in Surrey township during very
foggy weather. The accident was
investigated by City Police.
An announcement made at the
Clare County Republican Convention
when it convened at Harrison Monday, was that Governor Earl Warren,
of California, Republican candidate
for vice president will- speak over the
radio from the Masonic 'Temple in
Detroit this Friday  evening.
Governor Warren will arrive in Detroit at 4:00 p. m. (Eastern Standard
Time)   on   a   nation" wide' speaking |
tour, when he will be met at the de-j
pot by a delegation, including a num-j
her from Clare, and will be honored .
by   parade   to   the   Book    Cadillac I arrangements. t
Hotel, where he will spend the night, j ~ .•
Emil Bucholz presided at the Clare,H ADDFDQII APPPRQ
county convention-as temporary chair-i|ji\|\0|jl\|jflvjri Jullu
man and Geo. K. Beck was appointed
.secretary in the absence of Dr. G, E.
Lamb,
John W. Dunlop was elected Chairman-of the blare County Republican
Committee to succeed Theo. G. Bow-]
ler  and  Dr. Lamb will  continue as.  -"*•
secretary. j EcL Johnston Elected President
Delegates elected to the Republican)
State   Convention   convening in  De
FORM CHAPTER IN
CLARE TUESDAY
ANN KATHERINE  ELDEN
DAVID  RICHARD. SEITER
troit Saturday are Wm. E. Bowler,
Arthur F. Damoth and James D'Arcy.
Alternates are Wallace JohnSon, John
W. Dunlop and Fred Jones.
The convention went on record as
endorsing the candidacy of Thomas
E. Dewey for president, Gov. Warren
for vice president, Kim Sigler for
Governor, Homer Ferguson for United
States Senator, Roy O. Woodruff for
Congressman, and all other State,
District and County candidates. They
also endorsed the policies of State
Highway Commissioner Charles M.
Ziegler. "* ' •
Of Local Chapter of
National Group
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK
AT  BALSLEY   SCHOOL
WOMEN GOLFERS
HOOSE OFFICE
IEXT YEAR
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Annual -"Dress,Up Day" Brings
Out Astonishing Array
Of Costumes
The event of events among local
women golfers, the annual "Dress-Up
Day" was held at the Clare Country
Club Wednesday with the galaxy of
costumes making it really tough for
the judges to pick the winners, put
the final choice included Velma Damoth and Jennie Bowler for beautiful
costumes, and Grace Frey for a work
of art that was anything but beautiful.
The ladies played for blind hole,
with Jean Cradit winning, and thirty
members enjoyed the luncheon following golf.
Officers elected for next year are:
President—Helen Lucille Doherty.
Sports   Chairman—Adelaide  Elden.
Secretary—Lucille   Haley.
Treasurer—Velma   Damoth.
Handicap Committee—Jean Cradit
and Beatrice Lange. •>
It was announced'by Sports Chairman Ruby Garfield that Mrs. Wm.
Titus is contributing a trophy Uf the
club members that would be won by
low net score on thirty-six holes in a
two day tournament scheduled for
next week.
Clare Chapter No. 77 of the-S, P. E.
B. S. Q. S. A. (Barbershop Quartets)
has been organized with twenty-four
charter members and officer's were
elected at a meeting in the American
Legion Rooms at the Clare city hall
Tuesday evening, as follows:
President—Ed. Johnston.
Vice  President—Lance  Thayer.
Secretary—Jack Hall.
Treasurer—Robert Kelsey.
Director—Walter Eroh.
Librarian—Henry  Kinsel.
Social Committee—Kenneth * and
I Jay Hendrie.
The next meeting of the "Barber-
shoppers" will be held in the Legion
rooms Tuesday, October 4th,, and will
then be held on the first and third
Tuesday evening of each month.
The purpose of this nation-wide organization js. for \th&. ^njayment of
men who sing for the love' of it, and
men who love singing bufcvdo not sing
themselves. cThe organization will
undoubtedly bring out musical harmony little dreamed of among some
of our local people and the success
of the chapter is assured by the fine
group of fellows Who are interested.
Ram Truck Coming
To Schaeffer Dairy
Farm October 5th
Sheep owners who would like to obtain a sire for this season without a
lot of driving and Searching for an
acceptable ram should keep in mind
the date of Tuesday, October 5th.
That is the day the Michigan Purebred Sheep Breeders Association
sends a truck load of rams to Clare.
The truck will arrive at the farm
of J. W. Schaeffer at the north city
limits about 2:30 p. m.
Mr. Graydon Blank, livestock specialist of Michigan state College, advises that most of the rams will be
on orders received before the truck
leaves East Lansing. Only a few extra^ will be carried.
The farmer who definitely plans to
obtain a ram from this source should
place an order with Mr. Blank immediately. Only a few days remain
before the truck starts north.
On Monday October 4th there will
be a ram exhibit and sale a^ the
College. If a farmer from this area
buys a ram at this sale he can have
it delivered On the truck.
COLONVILLE CHURCH
Rev. Paul Ragsdale, returned mis-
i sionary from the West Indies, will
speak at Balsley School Friday, Sep-
tember M, at 8.0ft p, m,
METHODIST DAY
OF RECOGNITION
COMINGSUNDAY
Dr. John Marvin Guest Speaker
At  Services Recognising
Recent Improvements
The Clare Methodist Church will
give recognition to the new addition
the north of the main building, providing a church parlor above and
nursery and beginners' rooms below.
Special attention will be given the
equipment recently installed, many
items being memorial gifts.
Dr. John Marvin, editor of the
Michigan Christian Advocate, will be
the guest speaker at the morning
Worship Service at 10:00 next Sunday
morning, September 26. His address
will have special interest in that he
will report on his attendance at the
World Council of Churches recently
held at Amsterdam, Holland.
Open House will be held at 2:00
o'clock. Friends from the other
churches of the area are invited to
visit us at that time. The W.S.C.S.
will serve tea. The public is welcome
to all the services of the day.
Members and friends of the church
have contributed generously of their
means, time and efforts in improving,
the church during the past several
years, keeping ever in their minds
the dignity and spirit of reverence
becoming a house of worship, and
take just pride in their accomplishments. >
In a spirit of friendliness, they wish
to share their fine church with any
who may be interested and all will
receive a cordial welcome; as visiting
members of other churches, or ones
who may be seeking a church home.
Rev. C. Kleinhardt
Guest Speaker At
Kiwanis Club Wed.
Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt, guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club dinner meeting at Hotel Doherty Wednesday eve- j
ning, talked on Clare county and the
city   of   Clare,   saying   that  he   was
Rev. W. H. Eirhart will be a guest proud ol the way Clare is growing, |
speaker at Colonville Sunday, October, ""factory afid all," and how proud he I
3.    Watch  for .an__ouhcetne-it  next -was to foe a resident of Cl&re county.
week giving th6 time. I    Jos? Weibie* was a guest of the club.
Two of Clare's well known "young
fry" came into their own when Ann
Katherine Elden,' the little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Elden was
crowned queen and David -Richard
Seiter, the baby son of Mr. and Mrs,
David Seiter, Jr., was crowned king
in a ceremony held in conjunction
with the presentation of a Rotary
sponsored play, "Fun For You," in
the  High   School  auditorium  Friday
evening, as the climax of an interesting popularity contest'held in the city
the preceding week.
The contest and play netted approximately $500 t*o augment the Clare
Rotary Club crippled children's fund
and will be used to finance crippled
children clinics here and' for the as>
sistance of worthy crippled children
of the community.
—Photos by Maurice Studio
Isabella County
Farmer Takes Life
Thursday Morning
Ed. Graham, 73 year old Isabella
county farmer, was found dead about
7:00 .o'clock Thursday morning, by
his wife and a tenant farmer, Stanley Jennings, itt the sheep shed at
his home one mile south of Rosebush,
Where Mr. Graham had hanged himself. An Isabella county coroner was
called and investigated the case.
{The deceased had been in ill health
for a number of years. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ralph
Stork, of Flint, besides his wife.
DeMOLAY ELE
OFFICERS MONDAY
FOR COMING YEAR
Public Installation To Be Held
Al Clare Masonic Temple
Next  Monday
Glenn F. Sanford Chapter, Order
of DeMolay, elected the following officers* in a meeting held in-the Clare
Masonic Temple Monday evening,
September 13:
Master Councilor—Bud Rodabaugh.
Senior Councilor—Don Holbrook,
Jr.
Junior Councilor—John Sexton.
Senioi- Deacon—Bob Burgess.
Junior Deacon—Bill Brewer.
Senior Steward—Tom Rodabaugh,
Junior Steward—Bob *Seiter_
Marshal—Glen Howlett.   <->
Chaplain—Harold  Irwin.
Standard Bearer—Davie Bolen.
Preceptors—Don Wallace, Andy Irwin, John "Bicknell, Herb Byer§, Bill
Barber, Don Barber and Hollis Haggart.
A public installation ceremony will
be held in the Masonic Temple Monday evening,  September 27.
Plans for the coming fall and win'
ter were discussed and a bowling
team organized to bowl in the Merchants League Thursday evenings.
It was decided to have a basketball
team this winter that should win the
State DeMolay Championship, with
Ralph Ackerman continuing as manager and Ernie Bryant as coach.
Feeding Pre-School
Child Meeting Topic
Here October 1st
i
Next Friday afternoon, October 1st,
Miss Roberta Hershey, Extension
Specialist in Nutrition of Michigan
State College, will give the first of
two discussions on "feeding the preschool child," • at the Clare High.
School auditorium.
This meeting is ^sponsored by the
Clare County Home Economics Council for extension work. The council
cordially invites all mothers of preschool children to attend this meeting
and the one to follow it, which will
be scheduled in a few weeks.
This series of two meetings has
been very popular with the mothers
of the crop of postwar babies. They
are conscious of the statistics on
physical fitness of the young men
Who were called to the armed services
and were rejected because of improper nutrition in childhood.
The north begsna at Clare. Let it
be said that hospitality "to visitors begins here also.
FARWELL YOUTHS
BOUND OYER TO
CIRCUIT COURT
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Monroe Man Fined For Having
Spoiled Meat in Concession
At County Fair
Local officials believe that the arrest in Farwell of Dewey Glew and
Ronald Bauer, both 17 and both of
Farwell ,has solved a series of rob
beries committed there recently. Officers set a trap by placing a marked
$2.00 bill in a gas station and notified
service station operators and restaurateurs, some of whom had been recent victims, to be on the watch for it.
"When the bill was fouqd .missing
from the gas station and"was*offered
by- the youth in a Farwell restaurant
Sheriff Seaver Amble was called and
arre_j£ed .Glew and Bauer.
They were arraigned before Justice
of the Peace Hagen in Harrison
Wednesday afternoon, _ charged with
breaking and entering in. the night
time, waved examination and we've
bound over for circuit court trial. ,
Floyd Walters, who plead guilty in
circuit court last week to the charge
of driving under the influence of
-liquor, appeared for sen^eface Monday,
was placed on six months probation
and fined $25.00.
The case of L.ouis Enkemann and
wife, Edith, who plead guilty of the
charge of nomsupport x>l a minor
"child, in circuit court last week, was
continued for further examination
when they appeared for sentence
Monday.      '-v /
The libel case against J. E. (Spike
Horn) Meyer,- to have been heard
before a jury in justice court next
Monday, has been temporarily adjourned becausSe of conflicting appointments of attorneys involved in
the case. " -  «     • ■     -
James Ed Smith, of Monroe, Wa&.
arrested by Harold Skeoch, food inspector for the Michigan Department
of Agriculture, at the county fair
grounds at Harrison Thursday of last
week, for having spoiled meat in an
ice*box at his concession there. He
was arraigned before Municipal Justice Wm. B. Dunlop the same day,
plead guilty, and was fined $25.00 and
costs of $3.35. t
Charles Fitzpatrick, of Clare, was
arrested by City Police Wednesday,
on complaint of his wife, and is confined in the city jail under a charge of
being drunk and disorderly.
Art Thompson, of Clare, wa's ar*
rested by City Police September 15,
arraigned before Justice Dunlop September 20, plead guilty to a drunk
and disorderly charge and was fined.
MISS MARY KEINRATH
TO BE AT ELM GROVE
.     CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT
Miss Mary Keinrath, a missionary
from Columbia, South America) will
be at the Elm Grove_-Church of God
Sunday evening, as guest speaker, in
services commencing at 8:00 o'clock.
Miss Keinrath has been on a year's
furlough, with her parents in Gladwin
county.
This will be her last meeting here
before retuuning to her post of duty.
She   expects   to   leave   in   October. |
Everyone is invited to attend.   A freei
will oifering will be taken. I
COUNTY POSTWAR
HIGHWAY PROGRAM
MAKINGJPROGRESS
To Include More Than Seventy
.Miles of Blacktop In
Rural Communities .
Clare' county's postwar highway
project, including more than seventy
miles Qt blacktop county trunklines,
is underway with three miles of
grading, completed in Sheridan township from the Gladwin county line to .
Stanley Schunk._ corners, and this job
has gone along so nicely that it 1*
anticipated the grading will be extended another mile west to Penrose's,
corners this fall.
The trunkline highways will be
graded with a thirty foot sand cushion one foot in depth and sis. inches
oi gravel twenty feet wide, to be allowed to be packed by traffic and
later coated with blacktop* The Sheridan township project will be black-
topped next year and a -five mile
project in Freeman. and Lincoln
townships from ."M-115 north and east
to Lake George, which will be commenced next Monday, Will be graded
this fall and the blacktop applied
next year if funds are available.     v
According».to an agreement entered
into by the County Road "Commission
and Freeman and Lincoln townships,
the towriships will finance their share
of the cost from returned sales tax.
funds.
The Sheridan township project was
threatened by the lack of cement to
build a bridge near the county -line
across a large county drain, but Wm.
E.  Bowler,   State  and  County -Hig&-
way Superintendent of Clare Cotrat_v_,
secured 500 sacks of cement and footings were poured for the bridge Mon*--
day morning.    Just where "Will" secured  the  cement, a  mighty  scarce?
commodity   that  is   tying   up   State?
and contractor projects at preesnt, is"
the "sixty-four dollar question" that
many a contractor would like to have
answered for them.   The bridge and
culverts   along   the   road   are   beinSg
completed this week..  .
This county trunkline, commencing:
at the Isabella county line southwesjt
of Farwell, will follow * the aUgling,
.road through Farwell to Five Lakes-,-.*
"t-ients?e4§t_ to the GISdwin <5oun£jr
line, *where it will connect with __>
Gladwin county trunkline road extending to M-18 at Beaverton, and the*
over all project will be financed by
Clare and jGladwin counties, with local-
funds matched equally by the Federal   Govrenment. -
It was provided that the work on.
the county trunkline systems be let
to contractors on sealed bids and the*
counties be required to deposit one-
half of the contract price on the day
of letting.  (Due to the financial colW
dition of all Michigan counties com1-
parable to Clare county, funds were"
not available to finance the construction program, but Clare county agreed
to furnish their half of the expense
with labor and equipment and in this
manner   the .construction   has   been
started withih the county.
; The   trunkline   highway  on  which
construction will he commenced next.
Monday will commence at the Isabella
county line south of Lake Station and
extend in a northerly direction thru
Lake  and  around  the   east  side  of
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It will pay you to pay courteous
attention to. tourists who" pay for ths
tilings they buy in Clare.
FORMER RESIDENT .*■*
GRANT. TOWNSHIP ■
PASSES_SEPT. 15
Services For Joseph L. Odette
Held From St. Cecilia's
Church Saturday
Joseph Louis Odette departed this-
life at Morley, ^Michigan, Wednesday
of last week.
The son of Charles and Josephine
Odette, he was born in Ecorse, Wayne
county, Michigan, November 28, 1875,.
and passed aw ay September .15, 1948,
at the age of seventy two years, nine
-months and thirteen days.
He grew to manhood in Eeorse.
later going west. He met with a serious accident which left, him an inw
Valid for forty-five years. Despite
his handicap he was always cheerful,
his greatest enjoyment being e^iter--
"tainihg children and writing poems.
He made his home for several years
with his sister, Edith Colmus, of"
Grant township. *
On June 7, 1947, he lejl, breaking!
his hip, from which he never recovered.
He leaves to mourn their loss two-
brothers, 2eb, of Coconut Grove, Fia.,
and Raymond, of Flint, thi'fee sisters,.
Mrs. Vella LaClair, of St. Charles,.
Mrs. Virginia Richter,"of Mt. Pleasant-
and Mrs. Edith ColmUs, of Clafe;' and>.
many nieces and nephews.
. Funeral services were held Satur--
.day morning, from St. Cecilia's-
; Church, with Fr. J. I. Sruba of&ciating.;
and interment made in the church.
demetery. '