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CLARE. MICHIGAN. FHIDAY MOHNING.  JANUARY 28. 1949
New Series Vol. 57. No. 1»
COMMERCE GROUP
ELECTS OFFICERS
TUESDAY NIGHT
Round Table Business Talks To
r
Continue Here the Next
Two Weeks
Clare Marine in
Inaugural Parade
<*>v*.yj>N  ^
Following invocation by Norris Elden, a fine baked ham dinner wab
served to fifty-seven members of the
Clare Chamber of Commerce assembled in the Wedgewooa Room at Hotel
Doherty Tuesday evening for .their annual meeting.
President Dr. G. C Born called the
meeting to order and presented Howard H, Sommer s, of Central Michigan
College, who is conducting1 a series of
weekly round table discussions for
Clare businessmen.
Dr. Born thanked the officers and
directors for their cooperation during
the past year, including Stuart Bicknell, Lance Thayer and Art Damoth,
who presented programs at regular
meetings of the group, and John W,
Dunlop and Stuart Bicknell who personally financed the purchase and distribution iof Clare editions of the Michigan Trademan throughout Michigan
jand. ia.-,otsher states; and Ed Johnston,
who distributed several thousand j
Clare .county maps to business places.
Secretary Conrad Walker read his
annual report, revealing that there
liad .'been 116 firm memberships in
1948, some including three or four individuals. He reviewed the past years
activities, including the erection of
Scotch-Lite highway signs at Nortli
Bradley and the south and west city
limits, contributions to the annual
Four County Dairy Day program and
Midhigan Trademan advertising, and
contact with several groups interested
in'holding conventions in Clare. The
Gideons will hold their state convention at Hotel Doherty April 28-29-30
and the Gold Star Mothers will hold
their state convention there in September.
Secretary Walker has had 600 inquiries for tourist information the
past year, including two from persons
in England and oni1 frora Belgium,
who are interested in vacations here.
Because of the volumn of work involved, it was unanimously voted to
increase the secretary's conspensatioffj
to ?1<M> per year.
Dr. C. B. Neff's annual treasurer's
report indicated expenditures to finance several worthwhile projects and
a substantial balance in the treasury
to carry the work' of the Chamber
over until the membership drive
which will be conducted soon.
The nominating committee reported
on the wishes of the members, ascertained through a- recent mail canvass,
;and the following officers were unanimously re-elected by acclamation:
President—Dr. G. C. Born.
Vice President—"Bud Anderson.
.Secretary—Conrad Walker.
Treasurer—Dr. C, B. Neff.
Kenneth Hendrie was re-elected
member of the Board of Directors and
Leo Brown and Marvin Witbeck'were
elected to succeed Stuart Bicknell and
O. D. Bayes, whose terms had expired.
Other directors are Dr. S.C. McArthur,'
Jdhn "0^. Dunlop, Laurence Jackson,
Jr., Jennings Archambault, Harold*
Hughes, immediate Past President Art
(Continued on Page Twelve.
ETtWIN  A.  MITCHELL
ERWIN MITCHELL
IN THE INAUGURAL
PARMJAN.20
Son    Of    Clare, Photographers
Matches With Famed.
22nd Marines
COUNTIES SHARE
$32,019,088 IN 1948
WEIGHT TAX
Clare County io Receive $1,508
"For Roads And Sireets
In Fourth Quarter
Vouchers for returning to the
counties, cities and incorporated villages of Michigan the ?557,809.55 collected in weight tax by the state during the four tli quarter of 1948 have
been prepared by the State Highway
Department and sent to the Auditor
General's department for payment,
Highway Commissioner Charles M.
Ziegler announces.
All weight tax money is returned to
the counties, cities and incorporated
villages for expenditure^ on local roads
and streets,' under provisions of Act
302, Public Acts of 1915.
The fourth quarter payment snakes
a total of $32,019,088.52 collected in
weight tax during 1948 and returned
to the counties, cities and villages as
provided for by the law. This is an
increase' of $4,029,677.50 over the $27,-
989,411.02 in weight tax collected during 1947.
Following are the amounts nearby
counties* will receive in 1948 fourth
quarter weight tax money before
sharing the return with the cities and
incorporated village:
Clare—-$1,508,47,
Gladwin~?$i,286.01.
Isabella—$3,413.49.
Mecosta—$^875.12;
Midland—$3,387,807   *
Missaukee—$1,183.66.
Gseeola—$1.630,361"   /,    .   .'. ' ,.
|ioscortimon'-$l,429.6ff   '   '"'._'   '''
Marine Erwin A. Mitchell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Mitchell of
Maurice Studio, Clare, marched with
"B" Company of the famed 22nd Marines during the Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington, D. C, Thursday of last week following the inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol Building.
The 22nd Marines, activated in June,
1942, at San Diego, California, began a
brilliant combat record with the first
landing; at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, in 1944. With the First Provisional Marine Brigade the 22nd Marines took part in the recapture of
Guam and a part of the Sixth Marine
Division during the Okinawa opera"
tion, the unit received the Presidential
Unit Citation;
In iti$£iu4 to the ,&2j*}d j'Marineg,
presently stationed at Quantico, Virginia, in the Marine Corps Schools,
personnel from the Marine Barracks*,
Washington, D. C, and a company of
Women > Marines frOm Marine Corps
Headquarters took part in the Inaugural Parade.
The U. S. Marine Corps Band, which
has played at every inauguration since
that of President John Adams oh New
Year's Day, 1801, was included in the
Marine' participation. Marine Corps
officers in the Washington area are
prepared to serve as military aides to
the governors of various states.
Speaker Discusses
Social Security At
Kiwanis Meeting
Bill LaRock, District Social Secur
ity Manager, of Traverse City, addressed the Clare Kiwanis Club concerning Social Security ""at their regular dinner meeting at Hotel Doherty
Wednesday evening.
The entertainment program included a vocal solo by Harry Dice,
accompanied by Doris Gerow at the
piano; group singing, led by Mr. Dice;
and vocal solos by Alma Lee Seiter,
accompanied hy  her  Sister,   Connie.
Kiwanian guests were Sid Main, of
Houghton Lake; Dud Helfrich, Benny
Schumacker, James Kelley, Neil Van
dewarker and Dr. H. R. Willet, of
Marion; and other guests were Paul
Dulman, of the Sun Oil Company, of
Toledo, Ohio; and Ed. Burdo and
Dave Seiter.
Rev. Powe Taken
To Vet. Hospital
111 Last Friday
Rev. William P. D. Powe, Congregational minister, entered the Veteran's
Hospital at Dearborn last Friday, be
coming suddenly ill on Wednesday of
last week. He is undergoing examinations and iB Testing as comfortably
as might be expected.
Mali may be addressed to him at
the: Veteran's Hospital, Dearborn,
Michigan.
Mr. Verne Stcfckman, of Central
Michigan College of Education will be
the speaker for services at the Congregational Church on Sunday morning at the regular hour, Mr. Stockman is well known to many Clare
people who remember bim as a favorite speaker before farm groups and
service clubs. He conducted services
at the. Congregational Church on several occasions in the early spring of
1947, .        v
Your contribution to the. March of
Dimes may help a' friend or a loved
one.        ' .
C. BOLLE TENANT
HOUSE BURNS TO
GROUND SATURDAY
Damage Estimated at $5,000 with
Little Insurance on House;
None'on Furnishings
The tenant house on the Chas. Bolle
farm, three and a half miles east of
Clare on US-10, burned to the ground
Saturday morning when' fire caught
around the -chimney in the second
story of the frame house, which „was
sided with asbestos shingles.
The home "was occupied by the Vel-
mer Stevens family and Mrs.. Stevens
and the baby were in the house when
the fire started. Mr. Stevens, who
was doing chores at the Bolles', was
notified and the Clare Fire Department summoned.
The alarm was received here at
7:20 a. m. -and the rural fire truck
made the run in eight minutes, but
flames TJ?efe, shooting ten feet over
the roof of one wing of the tee shaped
house when .the  firemen arrived.
A considerable amount of the furnishings and personal effects had "been
removed when the fire truck arrived
and firemen checked the fire enough
to permit the removal of most of
the furniture from the first tfoor before
the flames became out of control.
Most of the furniture on the second
floor was destroyed with the building.
The loss was estimated at 14,000
on the house, with $400 insurance,
and $1000 on the personal property,
with no insurance.
Public Library
Invites Patrons To
Use Tax Manuals
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Tax-paying citizens, may avoid a
headache by consulting, the public
library for help on their income tax
nroblems. With the March 15 "date
for filing not too far' away, libraries
are placing their tax manuals on front
shelves,
Handy booklets like "Your Income
Tax and How to Keep Jt Down)' are
in constant demand. Tax reports like
the Federal Tax Service and the Internal Revenue Code- i3«rvice are
well-thumbed these days.; Both of
these reports are kept uji to the minute with - the addition . of . loose-leaf
pages as new information •$: received.
More tax information is found in
the Commerce^ Clearing, House -Tax
Return Forms and the "Standard Federal Tax Reports.- Tliese manuals,
deal with all tyi/es of taxes and are
in use all year around.}^
Harold B. Hughes Speaker at State
United Health and Welfare Meeting
ANNUAL MEETING
OF SOIL DISTRICT
WELLATTENDED
Norris Carrow And Chas. Heber
Re-elected 'Directors Of
Conservation Group
The first annual meeting of . the
Clare County Soil1-Conservation Bis"*-
trict held in the Court House Thursday of last week was .a pleasant surprise to the directors for the enthusiastic manner in which farmers responded. About 100 people gathered
in the meeting room in the basement
at 1:30 p. m.
Election of two (directors was the
first order of business. N.orris Car-
row, of Sheridan .township, and Chas.
Heber, of Hatton township, were reelected to succeed, themselves in this
capacity.
Following the election, the entire
audience divided into small groups
and discussed a list of questions concerning soil conservation activities
for their communities. After' 20 "minutes of discussion the group reassembled. William* Still, director of the
Soil Conservation awards program for
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., was
introduced as the principal speaker
of the occasion. Mr. Still first showed
a film entitled, This Is "My Country,"
a very fine production composed of
short glimpses of agricultural problems from all parts of the "United
States. Thirty "states were visited
in making the film.
Mr. Still gave a very good talk oft
some of the problems a new soil conservation district will encounter and
suggested ways of overcoming the resistance of those who would like to
see the hew organization fail. Mr.
Still stated that soil conservation is a
subject in which every business or
professional iman, including rural ministers, should be interested. Good
business towns just do not flourish
in the midst of worn out farms. Good
schools and churches likewise do not
exist where poverty stricken farmers
have given up the'task of making a
living on wasted soil.
The population of the United States
is rapjdly growing while the capacity
of land to produce food and liber ia
gradually going down where conservation practices are not operating.
Consequently this matter of soil fertility is important to everyone,
whether they live in a city or on a
farm, Mr.  Still stated.
While a large number of businessmen of Clare county were invited to
attend this meeting, the directors
were disappointed to find only two
present.
■ G« A. Thorpe, assistant state director Of Soil. Conservation Service, was
a visitor and spoke briefly.
BENEFIT DANCE
There will be a benefit March of
Dimes dance at Clare City Hall Saturday, January 28th ,by Mt Vernon
Grange. Music »• by Morrie Jones'
Polka Band, radio • stars of. WMDN.
Midland. Come and enjoy a, good
clean, evening of entertainment. -Beg-
ujar
MARCH OF DIMES
DRIVE EXTENDED
TO FEBRUARY 7
Hampering of Fund Raising By
Inclement Weather Requires
Longer time
Charles Hawley, city, chairman for
the March of Dimes, received a wire
"Wednseday afternoon from the State
chairman advising that because of inclement weather and -unfavorable
highway conditions: ■ tfiat had hampered the fund raising activities over
several states, the campaign would
be extended one week, closing Monthly, February 7th. This will give the
youngsters another week to fill their
coin cards and March of Dimes coin
containers will be left in public
places until February 7th.
In the hope of augmenting Clare
county campaign funds, preparations
have been completed by city chairman
Charles Hawley and his committee
for the President's Birthday Ball at
the Hotel Doherty tomorrow evening,
January 29, and tickets are in the
hands of «ommunity .tthaijm;en a.bout
the county.' MusWby*Don" *Bryant's
Orchestra will commence at 8:30
o'clock and it is hoped that all who
oonsibly^ean will heed the slogan,
"While You Are Dancing, You May
Help Some Child to Walk."
In addition to the ball at the hotel,
Mt. Vernon Grange will sponsor a
March of Dimes dance in the Clare
City Hall, Saturday evening, with
music by Morrie Jones Polka Band,
radio .stars of station WMDN, Mid-
'land; and the Clare Odd Fellow and
Rehekah Lodges will-sponsor a March
of Dimes dance, • "featuring oldtime
and modern dancing, in the Clare
I.OiO.F. hall, Saturday evening.
With the three dances presented
the same evening tot this worthy
cause, it is hoped the young folks
will <oome out enmasse and that the
older trippers of the light fantasy
will join In" and limber Up their legs
on this occasion.
Recent years have brought an upward trend in incidence of the mysterious aild crippling infantile paraiy
sis disease, Mrs. John V. Wicklund,
Jr., chairman of the Clare County
Marxh -of Dimes campaign v declared
today. She added thai; 19*48 marked
the sixth,consecutive year of unusually high* polio incidence and. urged
greater support than ever before for
the March-of Dimes drive to replenish funds of the local chapter and the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis,   "
The Mar6h of Dimes chairman disclosed that reports of the United
States Public Health Service over the
.past IS years show the totally unpredictable waves of infantile paralysis
across the nation. Further, these
charts, which have been published by
the National Foundation as part of its
education service, indicate that an
epidemic in a given area a year or
two ago does'not immunize that area
during next summer's polio clanger
period, ,
Mrs. Wicklund cited various instances throughout the country where
local chapters had paid ^ out record
amounts for patient care last year
despite - low local polio incidence.
Even without epidemics, many such
chapters found it necessary to apply
for additional aid from the emer
gency fund of the national headquarters, to care for those stricken in
previous years.
"In all, more than 400 .local chapters in 42 states received aid from the
emergency fund of national headquarters," Mrs. "Wicklund declared.
"Treatment of last year's Btricken requires record funds in'1949. That'?
why we here in Clare county must
give 60% more to the 1943 March
of Dimes."
Harold "\JcB. Thurston, Muskegon, Harold B. Hughes, Clare, and Henry
Ford ir, Detroit, look over United Fund campaign plans at the state
mobilization meeting, Thursday, January 13, in the Hotel Olds, Lansing.
All three are members of the Fund's sponsoring committee and Hughes
was speaker at the meeting, where approximately 300 Michigan leaders
representing 53 counties were in attendance. Hughes told of Clare county's
plans for the United Fund Campaign. Other speakers were Ford and
Judge Charles C. Cabot of Boston. Started under the leadership of Ford,
the United Fund combines fund-raising appeals for health and welfare
agencies. Purpose is to prevent the confusion and > annoyance of many
separate and competing campaigns, reduce the cost^of fund-raising and
provide for the* development of a total health program.
UNITED HffiTH,
WELFARE DRIVE
ANNOUNCED HERE
Dr. G. Ci Born County Chairman
For Fund Raising Drive
In February
SPORTSMAN CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
TUESDAY EVENING
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Mill Dam Project ind Bow and
Arrow Hunting Discussed
By Authorities
v Leaders    of. the    newlysOrgaflized-    Forty members of th§ Clave Rod and
United Health and Welfare Fund Of Gun Club met in the American Legion
Michigan are'all  set for their first rooms at the city hall Tuesday evening
statewide   money-raising   drive   next for their annual business meeting,
month,    _ t    The meeting was called to order by
State and county oiUcers of the one- Pre'sident Wallace  Johnson- and  the
appeal organization, meeting in Lan- following officers and directors were
sing January 13 for a "pre-campaign re-elected:
rally, heard confident predictions of     President—Wallace Johnson,
a successful venture from Henry Ford     Vice President—James  Clute.
II, president of Ford Motor company, •"    Secretary   and   Treasurer — Henry
and  from August A.  Scholle,  presi- Kinsel."
dent of the Michigan C.I.O. council,' Directors—Harold Fleming, Frank
and J. M. O'Laughlin, head of the Nestler, Omer Parent and Jack Little.
Michigan Federation of Labor. L   Henry Doll was appointed chairman
Atty. Harold B. Hughes, chairman for  the  annual Rod  and  Gun  Club
of the Clare County Health and Wei-'banquet   to   be   held   in   the   social
fare Fund, addressed the group and
-described   for   them .how   a   small
county  campaign is  organized.
Eighteen voluntary health and wel-
parlors of St. Cecilia's Church in
March. Walter .Eroh and Larry Beck
were appointed ticket committee and
other committees will be announced
fare -agencies,  which   formerly  con-,la1-er
ducted separate appeals for contribu-}    Henry m^el read his annual re-
tions, will share in the proceeds of, P°rt> which revealed that the club had
the February campaign, J. M. Shackle-
ton, Saginaw banker and fund president, fold the rally.
The new organization Tvill be active
in all but 10 of Michigan's 83 counties
during the initial campaign, officers of
the group said. Most Of the participating counties were represented at
the rally,, attended by more than 200
community leaders.
State officers of the organization
expressed themselves as surprised
and pleased at the large turnout of
civic workers interested in merging
"the multplicity of public appeals into
a single once-a-year campaign."
It was the first public gathering of
its kind since the United War Fund,
which operated successfully along
similai- lines in coriibining wartime
emergency appeals into a united
money raising venture^was disbanded
two years ago.
Atty. Hughes, who with his wife
is enjoying a well earned vacation iu
Florida, expects to return to' Clare
this week end and will assist Dr. G,
C. Born, county campaign chairman,' The Michigan Unemployment Com-
in completing plans for the drive iu'peusation Commission has found it
Clare county, which will open Febhi-, necessary   to   change   the   dates   on
had a very successful year and was
in fine financial condition.
ReY. H. B. Johnson, of Oxford, a
member of the Oakland County Club,
addressed the group, explaining successful ways in which they had raised
funds for their comprehensive budget,
and described the $50,000 club house
of this club" of 6,000 members. He invited all local members to visit their
club, with a promise of a cordial welcome. »
Benefits of the mill dam project
were discussed and Fred Dale, of Lansing, a representative-ol the Pittman-
Robe.rtson Fund, which -Is supported
by Federal tax money from the sale
of guns and ammunition, explained the
requirements 'for aid forothe dam project from these funds.    •
(Continued  oh Page Twelve)     «
Clare Unemployment
Office To Be Open
Each Wednesday
ary 12 and continue for the remainder
of the month.
' The good will -of visitors to .this
community Is a valuable assgt in any
man's busineBs.
Pfc. Theo. Bristol's
Remains Returning
Home For Burial
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bristol have
been notified that the body of-their
son, Pvt. first class Theodore C. Bristol, will arrive in the near future. Pvt.
which   applicants   and   claimants   for
|, unemployment benefits  will be  serviced in the Clare area.
Beginning with next week the representatives of the Commission will
be' at Clare on February 2 and each
Wednesday thereafter. Those people
filing new claims or registering for
work should appear between 10:00
a. m. and 12:00 noon
GLADWIN YOUNG
MEN KILLED IN
AIRPLANE CRASH
Deputy    Sheriff    Has    Narrow
Escape At Farwell
•Grade Crossing
John Knight, 19, and Fred Heinz, 20^.
both of Gladwin, were instantly killed late Tuesday when the Cessna 140>
airplane they were flying crashed in;-,
a heavjly wooded area near there and""-
burst into flame's that practically destroyed the plane.
An eye witness, the farmer over*'
whose land the young men "were flying,.,
told authorities that the plane, flying;
at approximately 1,000 feet altitudey
had done three three-turn spins, pulling out of these, over the treetops, butr
a fourth spin was tried and the plane-
crashed and burned.
Hugh Sutherland, flying instructor-
at Gladwin Municipal Airport, who operates a flying school at the field, said*
that Heinz and Knight had been informed of the low ceiling and bad"
weather and advised npt to go further
than six miles from the airport and to*
confine their flying to practice ojf
take-offs and landings.
Knight, who had been piloting the-
plane at the time of the accident, was.
formerly, a GI flight student and had*
earned his private license'and. had!
rented the plane. i
Auto Crashes Into Train ~*
Deputy Sheriff Glenn- Smith, 32, of"
Farwell, narrowly escaped serious injury, if not death, when he leaped
from his 1942 Chrysler'just before St
crashed into a freight train on a
Chesapeake & Ohio grade crossing In
Farwell at 12:15 o'clock" Wednesday
morning. ■      ,
The street slopes toward the r*i£-
road tracks at the scene of the accR-
dent and when Smith saw the ap^v
preaching train and realized that he*
could not stop the car because of the-
icy condition of the street, he jumped,'
from the car. —Smith apparently escaped injury, but damage to the. catr
is estimated at $400.' »' A
Hurt In Traffic Accident •*•'
Adam Reger, 64, and a daughter and"
son, of Clare, R-2, were seriously tor
jured Sunday, when their automobile
yverturned 'on US-10 in Midland town,-
3hip, Midland county.
Mr. Reger suffered an elbow dMo1-
eation and possible spinal injury,.
Irejie, • 16, multiple lacerations, and5
Tunior, 13, multiple abrasions and ail*
irm fracture. All were treated at the*
Midland Hospital.
According to Midland Police, the car
was driven.- by Reger's wife, Lavmia,
57, who said the vehicle skidded on*
the icy highway as she attempted to*
make a left turn off US-10.
* West Semtg Breaks Ankfe '
West Semig, manager of the Pacfcr
ing House Market, was taken to CenK
tral Michigan Hospital at Mt. Plej»-
ant, Sunday afternoon, suffering the.
breaking of both bones in his anklet
and torn ligament** on both sides, ofiS
the leg.   He was assisting Mb uncle; .
John Woods, of Frost township, with .
butchering and roped a steer,'but tn#*
critter jerked the rope from his handte
and-when West stepped on the rop*"
to recover It, the critter threw RiiBj,
causing the "injury. \
Although the ankle pains West considerably and he will be confined ta
the hospital for a least several days;
because of the nature of the injury;
he is, recov.erying as well as could be
expected.
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COMMUNITY CHORUS
There will be a meeting of the
Bristol entered the • service of his Clare Community Chorus at the
country March 1st, 1943, and was kill-' church parlors of the Methodist
ed near Guertiug France, November Church on Tuesday evening, Febrji-
28, 1944. H<@ 'served in the 378th In- ary 1st, at 8100 o'clock. There will be
fantry, Co. In, 95th Div',; of General election of officers and planning for
Patton's .3rd army, iteburiaf services* the Spring cantata,
will be- at Lowell. I    . J, George Teeter, Chairman
CONVICTIONS IN
MAJORITY GAME
LAW VIOLATIONS
Game Report Cards Returned to>
Conse7t*yati.dn Department
* Do,Not Need Stamp
Court convictions in better than J}*?
per cent of the conservation law violations during' November are reported*:
by the conservation department.
Of    the    1,341    violators    arrested;,
mostly for deer hunting offenses, 141
received jail sentences. Fines meted
out to offenders amounted to $23,181.
Court costs totaled $9,115.
A closer inspection of 'small game license   stubs   would   have   saved   20#>
hunters some trouble and postage.
Nearly eight per cent of the hunter*
turning in their report cards to the*
conservation department so far hav»*
gliied  stamps  over metered  postage*
imprints.
While the department has no pria»~
to offer sportsmen turning in tnei*-
stubs, it has made things easier fo» -
them to comply with the game law toy
providing free postage. Small game. ->
license stubs are to be returned by
February 15 even though the huntiHCr
was unsuccessful.
RUMMAGE SALE.
:n
At St. Cecilia's Catholic chui*Bfc
Friday and Saturday, January 2g MtA
29, by Unit No, X.     . '-