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CLARE. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING,  DECEMBER 10, 1948
New Series Vol. 57,
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JUDGE RAY HART
LAID AT REST IN
MIDLAND FRIDAY
Venerable Retired Circuit Judge
Succumbs To Long Illness
December 1
"Funeral services for the late Judge
Hay Hart were held from his Midland
home at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon
of last week, with Rev. Robert D.
Hotellirig, pastor of tlie First Baptist
Church, officiating, and interment in
the Midland cemetery. *
Judge Hart passed away afe his home
there Wednesday morning of last
week at the age of 76 years, 30 of
which lie had spent as circuit judge of
the 21st judicial- circuit, comprising
Clarej Isabella and .Midland counties,
-retiring December 1 of last year,
* Born April 21, 1872, iu Midland,
Judge "Hart was a son of the late
Henry Hart, who was the circuit's
first jurist and occupied the bench
from 1874 to 1S99. With the -exception
■ of the "present Judge Donald Holbrook
-of Clare and the late Peter Dodds of
Mt. Pleasant, the Hart family ruled
the circuit bench foT nearly 50 years.
Judgev Ray Hart graduated from
Midland* High School aud Che. University of Michigan and was admitted to
the bar in 1895. While at the university, "he earned letters in football
and • ba-elrall. He was a life-long
friend of the late immortal Fielding
H. Yostv
Upon admittance to tlie bar, Judge
Hart, joined liis father in operating
the Hart & Hart law 'Arm. After his
father's death in 1899, he practiced
law alone until his election to the circuit bench in 1918. On February 8,
U300, in "Midland, Juclge'HarC married
Flora Sias.
.Judge Hart was mayor of Midland
•during 1901-2 and served as prosecuting attorney for several terms before
elected circuit judge. tj,.
In his early days on the bench,
Judge Hart was particularly noted
for the study he placed on the growling oil industry in this area. He
rapidly became an expert oh oil law,
and, many of the statutes now written
-tito Michigan oil law are the result
of hia decisions.
During th_**itt*onibitibn • graf- J_d|j_.
Harfc ruled here that police officers
possessed the right to search an automobile believed /to contain intoxicating liquors. This decision was
later upl\eld by the United States
Supreme Court.
Judge Hart was a member of the
American Bar Association, State Bar
of Michigan, vthe Midland County Bar
• Association, *§tate Judges Association,
IOOF Lodge, Rotary Club, Midland
Country Club, and First Baptist
Church. At one time, he served as
president of thc State Judges Association. He was a life member of the
Masonic Lodge. '
Judge.Hart was guest of honor at a
banquet last year after he announced
Ibis-retirement. .Jurists and attorneys
from throughout Michigan were present at the affair.
Judge Hart leaves his wife, four
daughters, Mrs. Elmer Inman of Athens' Mich., Mrs. H. N. Hood, of Traverse City, Jane ;of Washington, D. C,
and jELelen ;_f iStidland, three sons^Dr.
Wilbur Hart of Casper, Wyo., Porter
Hart ■__ Freeport, Texr., and Municipal
Judge •Henry Hart, .of Midland, a sis-
_er., l~-*s. Mary Hart Anderson of
pilot, -tad ;six grandchildren.
V-eni Stockmctn
Tells Rptaricms Of
Community Economy
Rotarians heard a talk' by Vern
Stockman, of Mt. Pleasant,. Wednesday at'the club's noon meeting. Mr,
Stockman, an instructor at CMCE,
and an accomplished public speaker,
also operates a modern farm. He
spoke in the interests of close cooperation between small town 'dwellers and farm people, and the need for
mutual assistance between these two
groups in attempting solution of rural
folk's problems.
Government support of farm prices,
security, control of surpluses, and new
uses *for farm products were some of
the ideals which farmers voted for in
the latest election, Stockman said.
He warned bankers, merchants and
other tradesmen and professional
men, that to continue to eat well and
maintain a prosperous community,
they must volunteer aid in solving the
farmer's vital problems.
"Visitors were present from Berne,
Ind., and Mt. Pleasant.
THEO WALLINGTON
DISTRiCT CHAIRMAN
OF BOY SCOUTS
BETA SIGMA PftU
PREPARES CHRISTMAS
BASKETS FOR NEEDY
Officers    And    Chairmen    Will
Attend Training Meet At
Saginaw Sunday
MRS. AUCE GAR-WER PURVIS
Word has been received.lxere of the
death of Mrs. Alice .Gardner Purvis, of
St. Johns, who passed .away Tuesday
evening, following two years of ill
health. She is the granddaughter of
Mrs. Amelia Gardner and had spent
her summers here with her grandmother when she was a girl.
SCOTT HORN
Scott Horn, well known Farwell
resident, passed away at the Clare,
Hospital Wednesday morning at She
age of sixty-seven years. Funeral
services will be held from the ThUrs-
' ton Chapel in Clare at 2:00 o'clock
Saturday1 afternoom with the Rev.
Chas. B. Hahn, officiating, and interment in Surrey Township Cemetery at
Farwell.
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MRS. E. W. DAGGETT
Word was received by Mrs. Ford
Harpster, of the death of her sister-
in-law, Mrs. E. W. Daggett, of San
Juan'Bautista, California, at the age
of seventy-three years.
She had been an invalid since
breaking her hip three years ago, and
succumbed to bed pneumonia. She
\ leaves her husband and one daughter.
He lived in the Dover community in
the early nineties ,and they visited
the home eleven years ago.
SUSAN CALKINS
PASSES MONDAY ~
AT MORLEY HOME
Rosebush Pioneer Lady Laid Ai
Rest In Cherry Grove
Cemetery
Susan Andrews was born in Ontario,
Canada, March 9th, 18G2, and passed
away at Newhall Convalescent Home
near Morley, Michigan, al 2:00 o'clock
Monday afternoon, December 6, 1948,
at the age of eighty-six years, eight
months and twenty-seven days.
She came to the United States when
she was about three years old and
later was united in marriage to James>
M. Calkins, on October 2, 1879, at
Calkinsville (now known as Rosebush). To this union were born five
sons and one daughter.
Milford, Maudie, Pearl, Edward and
Erve preceded her in death.
Left to mourn her passing are one
son, Charles, of Clare; six grandchildren, nine great, grandchildren,
£over**l nieces and nephews and a host
OfVf fiends!*    *•-*"— +~-*y~i~*p
Susan Cajkins was qneTof the very
early pioneer women of Isabella county. Her husband, James M., who preceded her'in death on March 2, 1943,
followed the lumbering industry in
that section for many years. Then in
1902, with her husband and family,
Susan Calkins moved to Clare county,
where she has since resided.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, from
the Thurston Funeral Home, and interment made in Cherry Grove cemetery.
FORMER ISABELLA
COUNTY RESIDENT
PASSES NOV. 22ND
Mrs. Olive Durham Laid At Rest
In Oak Grove Cemetery
At Coldwaler
Mrs. Olive Durham, 35, a resident
of Mt. Pleasant until about six months
ago, died November 22, at the Cold-
water Health Center" to which institution she was admitted November 18th
as a patient. v *
Olive Mable Field was born June
16, 1913, in Isabella county, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Field, and
spent most of her school days in the
Clare school.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon, November 26, from the
Baggerly funeral home, with the Rev.
M. G, Safford of the Church of God
having charge. Burial was in Oak
Grove cemetery.
A Surviving members of the family
-are the husband, Joseph; a daughter,
Ruthiana; the parents, Joseph and
Pearl Field, of Cold water; a sister,
Mrs. Beatrice Merritt, of Coldwater;
two brothers, Daniel and Albert, of
Coldwater; and two half brothers,
Leon and Eugene Tower.
ZENOBIA CHAPTER
CHRISTMAS  PARTY
-THURSDAY, DEC. 16
Clare's Zenobia Chapter, 6. E. S.,
will celebrate the Christmas season
with a family party and pot luck dinner in the Masonic Temple Thursday
evening, December 16. All children
of members* families are specially invited, and the dinner will be served
at 6:00 p. m.
Each person and child attending is
to bring a twenty-five cent gift for
exchange, and each chapter member!
is requested to bring a gift of canned'
food or money for a special, and very I
urgent Christmas basket project.
PIONEERS LOSE
FIRST GAMES OF
194S SCHEDULE
Varsity And Reserves To Play
Coleman High There This   •*
Friday Evening
troduced Maxine Kirkpatrick who had
charge ot the cultural; program, with
the topic: Origin of ^peech and the
Growth of Language, j    '.    •     ■
Members of "Beta Sifcma Phi soroV-
ity met at Barnes Cafe Monday evening. All members bifought clothing
and toys for the Chfistmas basket
project. i
Maryan McDonald, "ways and( Means
Committee chairman, leave a report
on the successful outcome of the sorority's bridge party and cake ,walk,
The benefits from this>party will help
Following nominations  by a  com-j the sorority prepare ba_kets for needy
mittee, with Robert Kelsey as chair-lfamilieB at Christmastime.
man, the following officers for Clare.    Program chairman Pat Pinaire* in-
Disti-ict Boy Scouts of America have
been elected.. /
Theo Wallington—Chairman.
Judge Donald -E, Holbrook—Vice
Chairman,   . " .
Harold B, Hughes—District Representative to Council Executive Board.
District Chairman Wallington has
,chosen the following committee chairmen.
Advancement—Orville Petro, Temple, - '
Camping and Activities—Harold
Schaeffer, Clare,
Training—Rev. Chas. B. Hahn,
Clare.
Finance—Guy Autry, Clare.
Organization Extension—John Rodabaugh,  Clare.
^District Commissioner—Paul D. Gibson, Harrison.
All of the officers and committee
chairmen are expected to attend the
"Forty-Niners Confab," a training conference for district and council administrative personnel, to be held in
Saginaw this Sunday -afternoon, December 12.
ROSEBUSH LADY
DROWNS SELF IN
CISTERN THERE
Mrs. John Coyne- To Be Laid At
Rest In Rosebush Cemetery
This Friday Afternoon
Mrs. Elizabeth Coyfle, the seventy
eight year old wife of. John Coyne, of
Rosebush, and a highly respected resident of that village nearly all. of her
life, was found dead at her home there
Wednesday morning. ■ She had been
despondent over ill -health ahd her
remains were found* in a cistern
where she apparentfy had drowned
herself.
Sheriff Joe Rawson, State Police of
the Mt. Pleasant Post nad Coroner
Northway were called and invest?
gated, the latter pronouncing the
cause of death as drowning.
Funeral services will be held from
the Rosebush Presbyterian Church
at 2: Ofl o'clock this Friday afternoon,
with the Rev. R. O. Thomson officiating, and interment in the Rosebush
cemetery. .
The Pioneers lost their first basketball game of the season to Reed City
Friday night, December 3, at Clare,
The'* score was pretty jeven all
through* the gam's., .Avthe end bf the
first quarter the score was tied at
11-11. in the second half Reed City
took the lead and won the game by a
score of 40-32.
High point man for Clare was
Bob Wallace witli 13 points, followed
by Lynn Hahn with nine points.
After an undefeated football season,
Clare's 'Junior Varsity suffered a
37-16 defeat in their first basketball
game, to Reed City Friday night, at
Clare.
In the opening minutes of the game
Reed City racked up several points,
ending ^ the quarter 15-0. They kept
the lead through the rest of the
game and defeated Clare by a score of
37-16.
High point man for Clare was Kay
Green  with  six  points,   followed   by
Jim Hahn with five plnnts.
Lose To St. Louis
The Pioneer Varsity .were again defeated, by St. Louis there, Tuesday
evening, hy the score of 40-30.
St. Louis got away with a good start
•to'lead 10-6 at the quarter, but Clare
played a very good game in the second
quarter, leading at* half time 17-16.
However, St. Louis chalked up 11
points to Clare's five in the third period, for a 27-22 lead, and connected for
13 points in the final quarter while
the Pioneers were garnering eight, for
a 40-30 final score in favor of St. Louis.
Incidentally, Casper will remain in St.
Louis until January 4, when the teams
play a return game here.   ■
Wallace was .high' scorer• for Clare
with eight points and Lynn Hahn followed with seven, the rest of the scoring being divided evenly among their
teammates. Schrum accounted for 13
points for St. Louis ahd Stein 10.
Tbe Pioneer Reserves, taking to the
floor with a greatly improved team,
held the St. Louis second team to a
win of 32-31 in a Very tight game."
Kay Green and Jim Hahn led the
scoring for the Clare reserves with
eight points each and Martin and
Lehmkuhle were' high scorers for St.
Louis with 12 and 10 points, respectively.
The teams will play Coleman High
School there this Friday evening with
the preliminary starting at 7:30; and"
the St, Louis Varsity, and -Reserves
will come to Clare January 4, after
the holiday intermission with the Reserve game starting at 7:00 o'clock.
NOTICE
NO MONEY DOWN
Dan
WANTED—Grain binder. State price, On your major repair work. _;a_
make and age. Henry Schutte, Mc- McDonald, Your Friendly Ford Deal-
Bain, R-l, Box _3. nt2 er.
CLARE SCHOOL
IS CITED FOR
TRAFFIC SAFETY
.Michigan Still; Leads Nation In
Teaching.Yoiang»t«^a■.     .„
How ToDrfye
Clare public- School was among
79 Michigan schools cited for* their
outstanding traffic safety education
programs during the 1947-48 school
year when Automobile Club of Michigan presented it with the Traveling
Safety Cup award at 2:00 p. m., Tuesday, December 7.
Presentation of the award was
made by Leonard Schramm, Auto Club
safety supervisor, "to A. F.- Bates,
superintendent  of  schools   in  Clare.
Praising Clare Public school for its
well-balanced safety education program, Ernest P. Davis, Auto Club
safety and traffic director, in a written message singled out the teachers
of Clare Public school for special
mention.
"Ignorance and misjudgment which
cause most fatal traffic accidents in
all ages^are especially subject to correction in elementary and high school
children," he said. "Michigan's teachers are taking advantage of that fact
by doin,g a*• splendid education job
which is helping keep child accidents
at such a low level. The assistance
of student safety patrol members is
also a  great accident-deterrent."
With traffic volumes increasing all
over the state, it is vital that the
elementary work and high school
driver-training be carried into every
Michigan school, Davis added. Auto
Club figures show that Michigan is
still leading the nation in teaching its
youngsters how to drive, with 207
schools now offering complete courses.
MICHIGAN AAA
CHAIRMEN MEET
HERE LAST WEEK
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Conducted B^ State Committee
.    Chairman Doan, With
Andrew Keysor Host
County AAA- chairmen from eighty
Michigan Counties.assembled ih Clare
on Thursday and-*1 Friday,  December
2 and 3, at the Hotel Doherty for a
state meeting to discuss, current farm
problemp,   particularly  those dealing
with Agricultural Conservation, Price
Supports and Production Goals.
■ Andrew J..Keysor, chairman of" the
Clare  County  AAA Committee, .was
host to" the meeting which was conducted by Maurice Ar.Daan, chairman
of the State AAA Committee.
Alumni  of Clare High School *are      The committees recommended that
cordially invited to the annual Christ- increased emphasis be placed on soilj
mas Prom at Clare High School on  conservation work, that price supports
December 17, 1948, at 8:30 p. m. You be continued at a level equal to 90%
are also invited to bring one guest, \ of parity for most "commodities, and
The tickets will be single - 60c, Double that, when necessary to prevent bur-'
$1.00.   Your presence will be greatly de'nsonie surpluses,-production goals, I
appreciated,   . i acreage   allotments   and   marketing
Sincerely, j quotas be employed to adjust "produc- j
Clare High Student Council tion to demand, j
CLARE KIWANIS
OBSERVES CHARTER
NIGHT WEDNESDAY
President Holbrook Presides At
Memorial Services For
Departed Kiwanians
The Clare Kiwanis Club observed
thirteenth annual charter night in the
Wedgewood Room at Hotel Doherty
Wednesday evening.
Following, the singing of "America"
#nd invocation by President Donald
E, Holbrook, a sumptuous-joast turkey
dinner was served.
President Holbrook presided at
memorial services for departed Kiwanians E. A. Anderson, Theo. G.
Bowler, Kyle McKinnon, James^ S.
Bicknell," Jesse Hampton, Lyle Chapman and Harold Forsberg*1
Wi""h pleasing remarks, Mr. Holbrook presented guests of the evening,
who included among others, President
Harold B. Hughes and Past President
George White, of the Clare Rotary
Club, and President Jack Beattie, of
the Mt. Pleasant) Kiwanis Club.
Tenth District Lieutenant* Governor
Willard H. Bicknell, as speaker for
the occasion, reviewed the* history of
the Clare" Kiwanis Club during the
past thirteen years, relating many interesting facts concerning the success
of the club and its accomplishments.
Jack  Hall   and   daughter,   Patricia,
Scouts To Be Hosts
To Girl Scouts and
Brownies Wed. Nite|
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Clare Boy Scout Troop No. 125 held
their   regular   meeting   at   the   high'
school Wednesday evening and made! 	
final plans for the roller skating party I ~ *
to be held at Gateway-Lanes rink Clare Methodist Men
METHODIST LAY ;
LEADERS MEET BJ
CLARE SUNDAY
next Wednesday  evening,  December,
15th. j
—Irvin and Don Ruby were appointed
the admission committee and Mickey!
Dwyer  and Jay Kinsey refreshment
committee.
The party is being held with the
Boy Scouts and. Cub" Scouts as hosts
and the Girl Scouts and Brownies'as
guests. Skating will be free to all
paid up members of the four ^groups,
but members are warned to have their
membership dues paid before the
party if they wish to be admitted. Refreshments will- be served following
skating.
With Charter by Conl«ti_ii
Leader Ormiston
One of the largest ;attended awl
most successful men's meetings m. -fe*
history of the Michigan Conferee-* at"
the Methodist Church was held u
Clare church Sunday when IM
gates from the Big Rapids District assembled here to discuss the new jw-
gram of organizing Methodist M«tt"_*
groups for each pastorate of the district. ,
A laymen's rally was opened at"*f"~*
o'clock Sunday afternoon with 8_ft*ae__
District C-mmitteeman elect Harold minutes of group singing, followe* T>_r
Sctiaeffer and District Committeeman, a devotional period conducted by As-
Eugene Campbell are assisting with j sociate*\ Lay Leader Dale Griffin. «t
arrangements   and   Field   Executive Stanwood..
Fred   Beckman
guests.
will   be   among   the
CHARGE TRUCKER
LEAVES SCENE OF
ACCIDENT HERE
Delegates answered roll call fro*__
Alma, Ashton, Beaverton, Big Rapid-V
Clare, Coleman, Evart, GT-Tdvia^
Greenville, Hart, Ithaca, Marios, "JUL
Pleasant, Pentwater, Reed City, _--s«r-
bush, Sanford, Shepherd, St La-Wand Stanwood,
Associate Lay Leaders of the dfe-r
trict were introduced by District __-jf
Leader V. I. Whittemore, of Big
Rapids, who discussed the Ten "PoE-ft
Conference Program and- Six Poi_*
District Program.
favored the group with a number -f|_   , -, »■•„_,•#-■■      • '"  _-_,,.-__.
nicely rendered vocal selections, with; led a&*9eY Arraigned m Circuitt    Conference J_ay Leader Elmer Cte__?-
Mrs. Hall accompanying at the piano. Court At Mt. Pleasant j iston, of Benton Harbor, also spota-
For Nonsupport i on  the afternoon program,  choosiiiEr
as his topics, The Charg§Js>ay Le__tewv
ftjphonsus McConnell, 21, of R-l,
Rosebush, while driving his 194S
Plymouth coupe south on US-27 at
1:40 o'clock Sunday morning, was
about  to   turn   into   a  driveway  1.7
The remainder of the evening was
spent socially, with dancing to the
muMc of Bernie Mayhew and
orchestra, from Mt. Pleasant.
his
CLARE HOSPITE
TO CONTINUE ON
NONPROFIT BASIS
Two Registered Nurses, Others
Recently Added to .Hospital
Nursing Staff
As the year comes to a jplose, a sur
*5_y sho**-* the Clare Hospital; Inc., to
have an occupancy slightly above
average compared with other year's.
While...costs^have^ increased j^ the
operation*6_^evei'y* department,' th-
greatest increase haa been in food,
salaries and linen. In spite of the increases only minor increases have
been added to the rates. The hospital
shall continue to operate as a nonprofit corporation, separate from the
practice of medicine as in the past.
Deficit will continue to be paid by prl
yate capital until such time as the pub
lie shows sufficient interest in build
ing h community hospital, In such a
building there would be _pace for a
county health unit and other related
activities. There would be no doctors offices.
The hospital has during the year
added new equipment, among which is
a Resuscitator \and a new Electrocardiograph with the modern direct
recording system not requiring development of films.
Over 100 blood donors have been
typed and volunteers are called in
emergency from our list, which includes, telephone numbers. Anyone
wishing to be typed for such emergencies may do so. There is no
charge for this service. Donors are
given a card to carry showing their
blood type.
Several additions to the staff have
been made recently. Two registered
nurses have recently been added
namely", "Yvonne" Scott, R.N., graduate
Of Ford Hospital, and Margaret Jen-
son, R.ftf., graduate of Evanston Hospital. ^ Arleen Fenby, R.T., is now in
charge * of *the!*laboratory. She is a
graduate "of Michigan State College
and has had experience in Sparrow
and St. Lawrence Hospitals in Lansing. Betty Murphy and Cleo Kr.om-
petz are acting as nurses' aids. Mrs.
Pearl Murdoch is returning to Clare
and will assist the'nurses.
.The hospital staff will have its
usual Christmas party soon. This
year it is planned to have a sleigh
ride party (on wheels). When the
ride has reached its destination a dinner will be serv<fd and entertainment
will be provided. Virginia Foss, office manager, is in charge of arrangements. ,
Patients now at the hospital or recently discharged are: Scott Horn,
Farwell; Mrs. Jacob Jurgensen, Lake;
Albert Kleiner, Harrison; Katherine
Morgan, Clare; Margaret McArthur,
Clare; Edward Stingle, Clare; Margaret Eberhart, Clare; Bernice Haring, Clare; Winnie Eberhart, Clare;
Dale Carmichael, Evart; Bernice Dora,
Harrison; Evelyn Leposky, Clare;
Flora VanWagoner, Evart; and Thos.
Gullitord, Saginaw.
miles north of Rosebush and was driving on the wrong side of "the highway
according-jto investigating State Police
of the Mt*Pleasant Post, when he^ collided with a 19,46 Ford coach driven
north by foster Marshall, 42, of _03
East Fourth St.,. Clare. "McConnell
was issued a summons to appear before Justice Robert Heintz, at Mt.
Pleasant, for drivJhg on the wrong
side of the, road.
Leo Joslin, who was arrested by
State Police at Farwell November 29;
was arraigned before Justice Wji). B..
Dunlop in Municipal Court Wednesday .ton, Q|"ciare, and Associate.i-s-pj-tti*-
and plead guilty to the charge of
reckless, driving. He wag fined "$25.00
and $2.50 *__-t_.* '      ■
Chas. Williams, of Clare, made complaint to City Police Saturday that at
about 12:20 o'clock that afternoon a
truck owned by Frigid JFood Products
Inc., of Detroit, hit his 19.8 Hudson
car on the left side, tearing off the
bumper and causing the car to be
shoved against a telephone pole,
smashing the right front fender aiid
doing damage estimated at about ?50,
while the, Williams car was parked
on First S£. The charge that the
truck driver left the scene of an accident is being investigated by local
police. s
Crawford.'__. Bates, Superintendent
of Wilson State Park at Harrison, reported to City Police at 3:00 o'clock
Saturday <. afternoon, that he parked
his 1941 Olds sedanette in front of the
Hotel Doherty with the keys in it and
went across the street to Maxwell's
Flower Shop to make a purchase, and
when fie came back in about ten
minutes,, the car -was gone. The
police found the car parked at Pine
and Sixth Sts., at 3:00 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, apparently not damaged.
City-Police arrested Ted Bergey at
1:45 o'clock Monday afternoon, for
Sheriff Seaver Amble, and he' was taken before Judge Donald E.- Holbrook
in Circuit Court at Mt. Pleasant that
day to face the charge of nonsupport.
He was given fifteen days to make up
back alimony, with the alternative of
spending SO days in county jail.
JOHN DU BOIS DIES
TUESDAY AT HOME
OF HIS DAUGHTER
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Funeral   Services   To   Be  Held
This Friday Afternoon At
Thurston Chapel
Their Responsibilities, and Duties; sail
Organizing **Methodist Metf*"**; -t«_-
discussion following each talk.
At 5:30 o'clock, following invocatM--
by District Superintendent Rev, Byro__
Hahn, of Big Rapids, a deligntfal owning dinner was served by the.*W, S.
C, S., assisted by the young laaTes -f*
the church, in the church ba~*«a«&
room.
During a short table program, "MM*.
Whittemore introduced Rev. Chas. R.
Hahn, of the local charge, sayiaj-: tkat
so fine a church must be at least _«_>
tially the result of .having a __ne _w»-
tor.
Also introduced were Associate l«ef
Leader Judge Donald E.. "Hol-Mt-t
,ajj,d J$eal jbay Leader.-y^e&tgMjIfltf-
Bra"*Morr|_'v_,6hnson, of Hart, Gea_g*
McCall, of Ithaca, Jesse B. HugB-tt;
of Gladwin, and Dale Griffin, of Stanwood.
Rev. Byron Hahn, as speaker far
this portion of the day's jpr_gfi--_„
discussed Lay Leaders, __ay.i_;_n «_t
the Pastor; and Choir Birector H-JOtf
B. Dice led in the congregational --Being of favorite old hymns.
Atty J. Allen Lampman, •ol Mt,
Pleasant, was introduced sn& announced the presentation of Handfe&l
"Messiah" in Central College auditorium, tlie ^evening of December lSfe
at -:15 o'clock.
The evening session in the churcli
auditorium was opened at 7:00 o'clock!
with an organ prelude, with Misw
Doris Gerow at the console... -       ,
Judge Holbrook 'welcomed ^the 2fl#
present in behalf of the local Methodist Church and voiced his co_rei«?-
tion that, after hearing Rev. Byron
"Hahn's talk, no heights were imgf
sible in the Big Rapids -District tt
Ji-ethodist Men's groups wane <--i__-,"
ized and met their obligaSote,    *
Director Harry JEdce "and the fej_i__r
led in congregatSanal 'singii% Jw4<?*
Holbrook read the iS-tip'tsare and **-__f-
Chas. B. Hahn offered grayer.
Mr. Ormiston, iin presenting' th*
Charter to the local' Methodist Me_v
said this was the best meeting of tikis
type he had attended since he Ini:
been conference lay leader and «&»
first Methodist Men's Charter he ___£
had the honor of presenting*.
Local Lay Leader Wallington, president of Clare Methodist Men, accepted the charter in their behalf and <■__«-
pressed his gratefulness for the 'it*
tendance and cooperation of the is**17
leaders and laymen of the district.'
The^choir favored-the audience *afit__.
a beautiful rendition of. a hymrt an*
President D. D. Welch, of Alma College, was presented as apeakef oF __,«
evening,
-President Welch spoke frank!*? aa«t
John DuBois died Tuesday, Decern- earnestly on his topic, Functions of
ber  7th,  104S,   at  the home  of  liisltne Church, stressing the teaching; Off
ini the Bible and pfeaehing of the gospel.
daughter,   Mrs.   Dale   Reynolds,
Grant township, Clare county, Michigan. ,
He was born\the son of Peter S. DuBois, of New York state, January 2,
1874, and was later united in marriage in 1907 with Cora B. Armstrong,
of   New   York   and   later   settled   in
as the most essential functions of the
church, and mentioned a number of
things iri an interesting but forceful
manner that are not primary [func-tona
of the church.
Judge Hblbrook thanked President
Welch for his inspiring and enlightening talk and the meeting was close*
FOR   RENT-^-New,   furnished,   three
Michigan.
Surviving are three  children,  two' witb- the singing of the Doxology
daughters,  Mrs.  Tessie Reynolds,  of benediction. *** ^
Clare,   and   Mrs.  Vivian   Conklin   of  "~      ' "§
Onaway; one' son, Donald DuBois, of CLARE TAXPAYERS
Flint, and three grandchildren. I
Funeral services will be held,, at I will be at the Citizen's State But
2:00 o'clock this Friday afternoon, Monday, Wednesday and Friday *-*■_-
from   the   Thurston.  Funeral   Home,  noons,   to   receive   the
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room   apartment   with   bath, hot with Rev. Earl E, Redman officiating school tax for the City of Clare,
water, cooking gas, coal heat. 314 and    interment    at    Cherry    Grove                   . Alex McKinnon i.
E. Second St., Clare. lltf cemetery.   *                                        ' 1        *            City Treasurer* i
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