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SHERIFF RAWSON
FATALLY INJURED
IN AUTO CRASH
Deputy   Floyd   Rice    Severely
Lacerated   But   Not
Critically Hurt
CLARE. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING.  JULY 29, 1949
New Series Vol. 57. No. 44
Glare American
Legion Junior Team
Beats Mt. Pleasant
GREEN SOX LEAD
CENTRAL LEAGUE
BASEBALL TEAMS
Bill Theunissen
Wins Central Mich.
Golf Championship
< Bill Theunissen, M year old Central
Michigan College .physical education
instructor,   who   was   leading,   Jack
Joe Rawson, Isabella County Sheriff
for the past seven years, was fatally,
injured" in an automobile accident six
miles south of Houghton Lake on US-
27 at 6:00 o'clock Saturday morning. -
According to State Police of the the
Houghton Lake Post, the car driven by
Sheriff Rawson, who was accompanied
by Deputy Floyd Rice, struck the rear
of an automobile driven by Carme Ro-
mer, of Flint, who was accompanied by
Phylis Pego, of Mt. Pleasant, and
Francis Gross, of Saginaw.
The sheriff's car was ditched, but
it did not turn over, and both cars
were badly damaged. Although it has
been surmised that the 61 year old
sheriff may have fallen asleep or suffered a heart attack, the cause of the
accident has not been determined.
Rawson, who was driving and apparently crashed by the stearing wheel,
crawled out of his car and walked to
another that too*k him to the Houghton Lake Hospital and walked from
this car into the hospital, but within
a half hour he succumbed to internal
injuries.     ;
Rice sustained severe lacerations requiring 56 stitches, but apparently escaped fractures and internal injuries,
and his condition was Improved to permit him to be taken home Thursday
noon.
The driver and occupants of the
other car were injured and treated at
the Houghton Lake Hospital. ,
Rawson and Rice left Mt. Pleasant
at 5:00 o'clock Saturday morning,to
attend a state sheriff's convention at
Ironwood.
Joe Ttawson was born and raised on
the Rawson farm in Gilmore township
and was a conscientious officer who
worked closely with City and State
Police. '
He is survived by the bereaved wife,
Ann; three sons, Donald, Itenneth and
Allen; all living on the Rawson'farm
in Gilmore township; a daughter, Emma Jean Smith, of Mt. Pleasant; four
grandchilden^a sister,( Mrs,. Jessie Palmer, of Farwell; four' cousins; oi Mt.
"Pleasant; and manyjEr'iends.
.Funeral services were held from the
Stlnson Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant
at 1:3d o'clock Monday afternoon, with
Rev. Charles Mackenzie officiating
and interment in Gilmore Cemetery.
Lewis E. Dean, under sheriff, became acting sheriff on the death of
sheriff Rawson. It Was not immediately clear on legal procedure for
naming a permanent successor, but
from past history it seemed likely
that a three-man committee, fixed by
statute, and including the county clerk,
prosecuting attorney and probate
judge, will be called upon to fill the
vacancy until the next regular election.
The Clare American Legion junior
baseball team scored Ave times in the
first inning Thursday of last week and .■.„,,., x_   „^._
went on to hand Mt. Pleasant an 11-6 Clare .Merchants Suffer Eighth Stumfig, of Midland, 1-up on the 35th
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defeat,   A walk, two singles, a triple       Loss Qf Season When Shut
and three Mt. pleasant errors brought '_.„__.u..«i.
the locals their five run lead which; Out By Rosebush
they never relinquished | Merchants baseball team
Mt. P easant scored one^r«n in the &   &   __ _.
first inning, but Clare gained one back  .   -   f .       .   ,
in the third and added two more in ^League after being shut out 5-0 vict0rieS, over  Byron  Gallagher- and
the fourth to take an 8-1 lead. How-, f Rosebush on the Glare diamond
ever, Mt. Pleasant came to within two.   *-"* ***?*• • „....
'    .  ..     ,    ,  .    „_ *_„_«,     Ti/rt      Neither Bob  Wallace, with Hollis
runs of the lead m its .fourth.    MtJ ,   . .
hole in the finals Of the championship
flight- of the Central Michigan Tournament at press,, time last week,
staved off a last minute rally by Stumfig to capture a l-Up victory.
Theunissen reached the finals 'with
™ x  x_       ~ii       _  ™i«,  „)njMi Haggart catching, for the locals, or
Pleasant then followed with singles       °" . _"?,.,, „_       _ _'" _ *„
_ _  „ it    "a „  n.nin/1  -„(.'Bob Sharp, with Bill. Sharp behind the
and a passed ball and a ground out    ,._%;.__
a. l „„°      nf f,   ' plate, for Rosebush, were too generous
accounted for the fifth score of tlie * -    ',.,.,       ' _    ° ,
7   .      „" _ x,         „„ t,-rv,„c with hits, but walks and errors al-
inning. Clare scored three more times,  ,,  ' __,_,_____ x __ ,_„__ __../_ 	
on four hits in the seventh to sew up
the ball game.
WOMEN GOLFERS
PLAY FOR TITLE
IN RAIN THURS.
Ruth Ward. Mae Rose Fedewa
Vie for Central Michigan
Championship
YOUNG MEN ESCAPE
INJURY IN AUTOMOBILE
.   ACCIDENTS NEAR HERE
Coleman Woman Seriously Hut-
When Kicked In Stomach !
«By Neighbor's Horse
Jim-McKay, of Surrey township, narrowly escaped serious injury Tuesday
when his Ford Tudor was demolished
in an accident northwest of US-"27 intersection on the Loon Lake road.
He lost -control of the car on
the slippery road and it went off on
the left side, overturned and crashed
into a pile of large stones, and came
to rest facing in the opposite direct
tion from which he was driving.
Jim, who suffered only minor cuts
and cruises, was brought into Clare,
where'he remained over night with
a boy friend, and returned to his home
at Loon Lake, "Wednesday.
Both drivers escaped injury at 6:00
o'clock Wednesday evening when cars
driven by Clarence C. Pelton, 24, of
Clare, and Delbert Hawkins, 23, of
Coleman, collided as the former approached the intersection of Washington and Marsh Streets in Coleman
from the south and the latter from the
east. Neither driver saw the other
until it was too late to avoid the
crash. The Peiton car was damaged
to the extent of $85 and the Hawkins
car $50.
Mrs. Anna Toth, of Coleman, was
taken to the Midland Hospital Sunday,
in a serious condition, when she was
kicked in the stomach by a neighbor's
horse. Her condition is reported as
fairly good.
Tournament play in the Central
Michigan Women's Golf Association
championships competition at the
Clare Country Club advanced, Thursday to the finals, and at noon only the
champion and winner, of the consolation- prize remained to be decided. .
Fifty-nine players paired off in
Tuesday's opening round of the preliminaries. They belong to association clubs in Clare, Ithaca, Portland,
Mt. Pleasant, Alma, and St. Johns.
Sixteen golfers qualified for the championship flight in Monday's round
with Mae Rose Fedewa of Portland
setting the pace with a medalist card
of 86.
Four players from the Clare Country Club qualified in the championship flight. They were: Harriet
Naumes, Ruby Garfield, Jo Anderson,
and Lucile Haley. Of the four, Mrs.
Garfield alone advanced to the semifinals where she met Ruth Ward of
Mt. Pleasant, the defending chamnion,
and -was defatted' 2-1.
Thursday afternoon's all important
championship match was a. duel he
tween Ruth Ward of Mt. Pleasant, the
title holder, and Mae Rose Fedewa of
Portland. Showers, sultry heat, and
soaked fairways made the going a bit
uncomfortable. The finals in the consolation flight also claimed attention
with Harriet Naumes and Lucile Haley, both of the Clare club meeting
for the honors.
Winners in the other flights were:
1st flight—Phillis Barden, of Ithaca,
2nd flight—Mary Gover, of Mt.
Pleasant, 3rd flight—Martha Luhdy,
of St. Johns, 4th flight — Jimmie
flight—Pat Winters, of Mt. Pleasant.
Florence Jenkins, of Portland, 6th
A "Field Day" for all in flrst to sixth
flights who lost their flrst match was
won by Clara Titus of the Clare club
with a net 37 for the nine holes.
■Despite some faults in the weather
the tournament was very much enjoyed by all the players and fans.
The local, committee in charge of
playing arrangements came in for
their share of sincere compliments
from local members and out-of-town-
ers. The Clare club men's team received a graceful "thank you" from
the' ladies for cancelling a match
with St. Johns which was to have
been played on the local course
Thursday afternoon. The ladies had
high praise and thanks also for Tim
Cotter who was official referee for
the tournament.
| lowed the visitors to tally three runs
in the fifth .jnning and two more in
the eighth.
The Merchants got men on base several times, but were unable to score
them.
Green  Sox Still  On Top
The Mt. Pleasant Green Sox ran
rampant over Weidman in a double-
header Sunday in what was supposed
to be two close games. The Sox continued- to set a hot pace by winning
13-9 and 20-4. ^
Highly touted pitcher Jake Gross
was shelled 'from the mound by the
Sox in the nightcap when. 15 men battled in the fifth frame for nine runs.
"Mt. Pleasant increased its league lead
to two^and one-half games with the
twin victory, and Weidman was
dumped to fourth place.
Harrison Defeats Farwell
Jim Eaton pitched Harrison to a 6-2
win over Farwell Sunday, giving up
eight fairly scattered hits. Losing
Pitcher Jim Rawson gave up 14 hits
in the six innings he worked.
Harrison batters knocked in one run
in tlie third and fourth innings and
two runs in the fifth and sixth. Harrison couldn't touch reliefer Jim' Joslin in the innings he worked. Farwell
collected its two runs in the sixth inning.
Coleman and Wise Split
Coleman failed to grab sole ownership of second place when Wise won
the opener of a double header, 7-0.
Pitcher Methner threw a four-hit shutout at-Coleman, but Coleman came
back to tal?e the nightcap, 4-2, when
JPitcher Morley chucked a.three,hltter.
"'\    ^League standings
Les Serier of Mt. Pleasant and Ron
Sadler' of Alma, while Stumfig, the
18-year-old state <|lass A high school
champion, advanced with wins over
Jack McLoughlin "of Ithaca, Bob Mclntyre of Mt. Pleasant, and Wallie
Moore of Alma.
The victory over Stumfig gave Bill
his first Central Michigan title as the
24-year-old Mt. Pleasant Country Club
champion continues to do a successful
job of following iji his lather's footsteps. Dr. H. H. pPheunissen won the
championship in "©31 and repeated in
1936. I
CLARE MFG. CO.
DEFEATS MARION
ALL^TARSSAT.
Clare And Mi. Pleasant League
Teams To Play In District
Tourney At Clare
The Clare Manufacturing"- Company
softball team played the Marion All
Stars there Saturday evening, in an
exhibition game, and defeated them
12-5.
Clare's lead off man, Freeman Willey, started the scoring in the top of
the first inning with a homerun and
Marion tied the* score in their half of
the third, after trailing 1-0 for two innings. "
Loon Lake May Be
Closed If Improper
Conduct Continues
ELDERLY CLARE
MAN CHARGED OF
SERIOUS OFFENSE
Complaint has been made of improper conduct by bathers visiting the
beach   on   Loon   Lake   after   closing .     —
hours.    The owners of the property,. Motorcyclist  Who Defies Sieti*
surrounding the lake have been gen-
Police Fined $100 In
Clare Court
ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Homemade ice cream this Saturday
afternoon, JFuly 30,- between Qurt's
"rfamburg Shop and Ulrich's Gas Station— 25c for ice cream and cake.
Methodist High School Hustlers Class
W
L
%
GB
Mt. Pleasant
10
1
.909
—
Leaton
1
3
.700
2%
Coleman
1
4
.637
3
Rosebush
.7
4
.637
3
Weidman
6
5
.545
4
Harrison
3
7:
.300 .
6%
Clare
2
8
.222
7%
Farwell
2
8
.200
7%
Wise
2
9
.181
8
EDITH
DIES IN MIDLAND
SUNDAJUULY 17
Former Clare County Lady Laid
At Rest In Cherry Grove
Cemetery
Mrs. Edith Irene Jenkins, wife of
Lee Jenkins, ofi Midland, died Sunday,
July 17, at 5:30 P. M. at the age of 41
years, five months and eight days.
She had been in ill health the past
year.
Edith Richmond was born the daughtei- of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Richmond,
February 9, 1908, in Clare county. She
went to Midland in 1930 and was mar:
ried to Lee Jenkins, October 31, 1933.
Besides'her husband, Mrs. Jenkins
is survived by four children, Lois Jane,
Shirley Mae, Dale Leroy and Gerald
Carleton, her parents, Mr. aud Mrs.
Ira Richmond, of Clare; three sisters,
Mrs.' Myrtle Hardy and Mra. JBlla Hanley, of Clare/, and Mrs. Dorothy WIV
kie, of Goleman; s three brothers, Arthur .RTcBn-bndf- oTCdl-ainan, CUf-otd
Richmond, of &oomis$ and Glinton
Richmond, of Harrison,,
Funeral services were held W«-hes*
day of last week at 1:30 from the
Assembly of God Churchy with Rev,
Chas, Kleinhardt, of Clare, and Rev.
Carl E. Ladd, officiating* Burial was
made in Cherry Grove cemetery at
Clare.
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Mt. Pleasant 13—Weidman 7
Mt. Pleasant 20—Weidman 4
Harrison 6—Farwell 2
Wise 7—Coleman <0
Coleman 4—-Wise _?
Rosehush 5—Clare .0
NEXT SUNDAY'S  GAMES
Harrison at Leaton
Clare at Coleman
Wise at Mt. Pleasant
Weidman at Farwell
Rosebush open date
erous  in allowing those wishing to
enjoy swimming and bathing there to
cross property used for grazing and
thousands of people are talcing advan-     Ernest E. Lowe, 65, of Clare,
tage of the facilities of the lake. arrested  by City  Police Wednesdw
It is hoped that a few apparently afternock, charged with taking inde-
less responsible persons who have an-1 cent liberties with a four year old girl,
noyed the residents of the property j UP011 complaint of the child's mother.
late at night wil} not make it neces-j    Following questioning by Chief of
sary to close the lake to the public. Police Charles Covell, Lowe signed'*
It is requested that no one visit the foriual confession Wednesday after-
.beach after 11:00 o'clock p. m. and noon and "Was taken to the county Jail
"that all conduct themselves in a man-. at Harrison to await arraignment,
ner that will not be offensive to the! Lowe had been sentenced to Jack-
In the fourth Clare scored four runs I people occupying the cottages at the S0IlL "Prison from Grand Traverse Conn-
Dr. F. E. Leeder
Says There Is No
Polio Epidemic
The fifth case of polio in Isabella
county and the first in the city of Mt.
Pleasant was reported to the Isabella
County Health Department Wednesday. While the city bathing pool has
been closed and river bathing banned
as a precaution against-the spread of
the disease, youngsters are alleviating
the effects of extreme heat of the past
week with garden hose and tubs of
water in their owii yards.
Wayne county, with 110 cases and
Gratiot county with 20, on Wednesday,
remain to be the most hard hit counties. Dr. F. E. Leeder, disease control chief, said despite the number of
cases, there is no epidemic.
Thousands of visitors are expected
valence of polio there.
South American
Physician Speaks   „
At Rotary Lunch
The Clare Rotary Club entertained
a visitor from South America, Dr,
DeCastro of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at
the club's Wednesday lunch meeting.
Dr. DeCastro, a physician, is a guest
of Dr. McArthur here and is touring
the United States as an observer of
public health practices and customs
in this country.
Praising Rotary's efforts toward
home community service and international good will, Dr. DeCastro declared his intentidn of becoming a Ro-
tarian upon his return home. In His
informal talk to the club members, he
explained social and political affairs
of his own country and Brazil's South
American neighbors.
Club President Stuart Bicknell announced appointment of all committee
members for the year, and fixed the
date for the annual visit here of the
district Rotary Governor in September;
Rotary lapel pins were presented to
Ford-Peyton, Tom McConica, and Rev. green tree, Needles dn'tne tree pierced
Leslie Nevins,. three-.members who his eye,clausing thei injury. It is hoped
have recently joined the club. ,that" .tie vision may'be saved.
to attend the Gratiot County Fair open
ing at Ithaca Tuesday, despite the pre-club,  who presened the  Invitational
BANQUET HIGHLIGHT
OF CENTRAL MICHIGAN
WOMEN'S'TOURNAMENT
Replica Of Clare Country Club
Extends Length Of
Banquei Table
The annual banquet of the Central
Michigan Women's Golf Association
took place at the Glare Country Club on Tuesday evening, July 26.
There was a large attendance with
many guests "besides participating
players, being present,
A tiny golf course extended the entire length of the tables, a^near replica of our own course. There were
.the tees, players, greens with flags
and tiny golf balls lying about—sand
traps, shrubbery and water hazards.
Some little carts bore bags and clubs,
and one lone player carried an umbrella. Centering the speakers' table
was a club house complete with veranda and drive-way where cars were
parked and carts waited for players.
During dinner and a community sing
music Was furnished hy Clyde Urquhart; -Howard Everts and Leo Brown.
They also played for dancing later in
the evening.
Velma Damoth, president of the
Clare Club, greeted the members and
guests at the close of the -delicious
dinner, and introduced Adelaide Elden,   Sports'  Chairman of  the  local
and three in the fifth, with Marion iajje
scoring three runs in this inning, to j .
go in the sixth 8-4 in favor of the
locals. Clare Mfg. scored two m"ore
runs and Marion one more in the
sixth and seventh, to end the game
12-5.
Schlafley pitched three innings and
was relieved by O'Dell, with Dutch
Allen behind the plate for Clare;
while Marion used four pitchers and
two catchers in an effort to stop the
Clare boys.    •
Schlafley, playing center field in the
fifth inning, sprained his ank-le sliding
into the plate, but is expected he will
do mound duty this Saturday night,
when Cadillac will come here for a
return exhibition game, commencing at
9:00 o'clock.
Cadillac defeated the Clare Mfg.
team 5-1 Saturday night, July 16, and
the locals will be out for revenge,
promising a good game.
League Games
Spotting Houghtons six runs in the
first   three   innings,   DeMolay   came
from behind'Wednesday evening, July
2p, to win its second game of the season 7-6.   Nice relief pitching by Earl
Bellows, who pitched two hit ball for
four innings, led DeMolay to victory.
In the first extra inning game of the
season, V. F. W.  defeated Harrison
6-3 in ten innings.    The game was
marked by a triple play in the first
inning hy V. F. W..   Trowbridge and
Ashcraft singled, Gross lined to Cradit
at first base, who stepped on first to
double Ashcraft, and Cradit then threw
to Bryant at second to complete .the
triple" play.   Neilan-Cradit led V. F. W.
hitters with two out of four.   Wayne
Trowbridge led the losers with three
out of four.
De Molay 0 0 0 0 4 2 0—7-6-0
Houghtons 3 2 10 0 0 0—6-8-4
Wallace, Bellows, Irwin; Carncross,
Musser, Woods.
V. F. W. 0 fl 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 -3—6-7-5
Harrison 0 « I 0 2 0 1 « 9 '0—3-8-1
Grisdale, Hendershot, RichteT-; Potter,
Strauss.
Thursday, July 21
In the second extra inning game in
two nights, North Bradley defeated
Farwell 4-3 fin 8 innings. Spotting Far-
well three runs in top of Che eighth,!
North Bradley came back in the last
half inning to Score tliree Tims to win
the ball game.
West, North Bradley short stop, led
the winners with two out of four, one
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ty for a similar offense and his parole
expired May 28th of this year.
Sheldon W. Shenafelt, of R-2, Evart,
was arrested by State Police of thte
Mt. Pleasant Post, at 11:45 o'clock
Friday evening of last week, and confined in the county jail at Mt. Pleasant
until Saturday, when he was arraigned
before Justice Wm. B, Dunlop in Municipal Court for the reckless driving
of a motorcycle.   He plead guilty and
.-«.- x     ni.     i i-i       n     «t ' was fined $100.
Chief    Charles    Covell    Warns     According to offlcialS) it had beea
POLICE HERE JOIN
IN NATION-WIDE
SAFETY PROGRAM
Speeders Are Losing
'   Their Licenses
Al Thayer Suffers
Eye Injury At His
Cottage July 8th
Al Thayer, who suffered p.t very painful injury to his right eye while working at his cottage' at School Section
Lake, west of Remus, Friday evening,
July 8th, was back on the job for the
first time at Thayers' Dairy, Tuesday
of this week.
, While preparing the cottage for occupants the following week, Al went
to.his car for a wrench and in the
darkness ran in the limb Of an ever-
Trophy to the Mt. Pleasant Club;
also the medalist prize to Ruth Ward,
Of Mt. Pleasant. These were won
here on June 27.
Grace McArthur, as mistress of -ceremonies, introduced the following program:
Dancing—Carol Murphy.
,   Between the acts-r-Grace McArthur.
Dramatics-^Harry Dice and Arthur
Bock.
Solos—Dr. S. C. McArthur.
Tournament committees follow:
Arrangements—Velma Damoh, Adelaide Elden, ,Beatrice Lange, Lucile
Haley, Doris Bicknell, Jean Cradit".
Entertainments— Grace,    McArthur,-
Bea  Hosier,   Dode   Bonstelle,   Grace
Frey, Annabelle Hamptop.
Decorations^-RaB" Ryan, .Clara Titus,
Leota Merton, Audrey Bicknell.
fContinued on Fasis-TWelvo)
Solicitors Claiming
Association With Boys
Town To Be Reported
It has been brought to the attention of The Sentinel that a magazine
racket misusing the good name of
Boys Town is being carried on in
various communities .throughout the
United States without tih'e knowledge
or sanction of Boys Town authorities.
Sentinel readers are warned to beware of any magazine solicitors
identifying themselves as having any
connection with Boys Town, which
has no authorized representatives
selling books or magazine subscriptions. None of the boys are permitted to do so and no arrangements
have been made with any solicitors
whereby a portion of their commissions are turned over to Boys Town.
Any magazine solicitor who\ represents himself as a Boys Town citizen, a former Boys Town citizen, or
claims to represent Boys Town in any
way whatsoever, is using £he good
name of Boys Town to promote his
own personal ends, and should be immediately reported to the Chamber of
Commerce, City or State Policed or
Sheriff's Department.
"Deadly, penny-wise, economy!"
This is what Chief Charles Covell,
who leads the July campaign against
excessive speed, calls the mental attitude of many drivers,
"This attitude," he said today, "is
what makes so many motorists who
would never risk money gambling go
out on the highway and stake their
lives, and other persons', against five
or ten minutes of saved time."
According to the State Safety Commission, if the speeding motorist has
an accident at 60 miles an hour while
gambling in this *way, the odds that
he will kill or" seriously injure himself,
his passengers, Someone in* another
car, or perhaps an innocent pedestrian, are so staggering that few* professional gamblers would touch it with
a 10-foot pole.
Emphasis on excessive speed,1 and
its consequences, is the keynote of
July traffic safety program,, which is
being conducted with the cooperatjem
of the National Safety Council. .
•"With the slogan, 'Speeders Are
Losing Their Licenses'," Chief Covell
said, "it is hoped to impress upon motorists the importance of the driver's
responsibility toward himself and his
passengers. Since one out of every
three fatal accidents involves a motorist driving too fast for conditions as
a contributing factor, the State Safety
Commission and the National Safety
Council feel that excessive speed, although recognized by the public as a
dangerous practice, has become obscured by other, more dramatic, accident causes.
"It's one of those things that a motorist can get away with for a long
time... almost until he has convinced
himself that he's built up an immunity
to death," Chief Covell said.
"But even if he gets away with
speeding, aside from the risk—it Costs
him more in money.
"In a comparison of top cruising
speeds of 65 miles an hour and 40
miles an hour," Chief Covell said,
"Prof. R. A. Moyer, of Iowa State •College, reports that at the greater speed
gasoline consumption was more than
30 per cent higher than at the lower
speed, oil consumption was almost
four times as great, wear on tires was
approximately two and a half times
as fast, and the gain iri average speed
was only 15 miles per hour,"
In the face Of the evidence, the
State Safety Commission again reminds motorists that excessive speed
is a sucker's gamble—his life versus
nothing, actually but further loss.
ANNUAL R. C.  MEETING
reported to the State Police that Sheit-
afelt had ran several cars off the road
with his motorcycle, and not recognizing the police car, he ran it off also.
When they caught up with him and
ordered him to pull over to the side-
of the road, he said, "Let's,see yoa
get me," and sped away. They followed him to Evart and arrested him.
at his home there.
Leo Joslin and Charles Ogle, Jr.,
were arrested by City Police at 8:15
o'clock Saturday evening, charged
with being drunk and disorderly, upoic
complaint of the former's fath-iv
When arraigned^in Municipal Court
Monday, both' plead guilty and each.
was given the choice of jpaying a iino
of $15.50 or serving fifteen 'days in the
county jail.
Some person or persons "broke into
Brewer's Implement Store Sunday
night, gaining entrance through a
back window by unfastening thfe latca
of the window with a piece of wire.
Merchandise was taken from a showcase and the cash, register drawee
was sprung but not opened.
Mary Ann Engleman, of Mfc Pleaa-
ant, who was wanted by police jta*
questioning ' concerning the oi-vinR
away of a car borrowed from a Mt.
Pleasant man, and to explain the disappearance of two people who left Mt,
Pleasant with her Wednesday night ol
last week, was arrested and held hy
City Police of that city on a warrant
issued by the Detroit Police Department, who wanted her for questioning
on bad check charges.
Improvements Being
Made At The Clare
Furniture Bam
Irwin Schlegel, operator of the Furniture Barn, at 210 West Seventh
Street, is improving the property considerably to better serve his many
patrons.
A new concrete floor has been laid
in the main showroom, partitions removed and a celotex ceiling is being
put up. A new fioor has been laid in
the second story for the display of
smaller items of furniture, and a deck
built along the east side of the east
wing, for the same purpose. An over-
The annual meeting of Clare COUh- head door has been installed for con-
ty Chapter, American Red Cross, will venience   in   loading   and   unloading.
be held next Monday evening, Aug-1 Red fireproof asphalt shingles are j The Board of Directors of the Clara-
ust 1 at the home of Mrs. Harold being applied on the roof and the out- j Isabella Artificial Breeding Associa-
Fleming, 214 East State; Clare. • The side walls will be finished with white (tion will meet Monday evening, Aug-
meeting will be called at 8:00 o'clock, asbestos shingles,   " |ust 1, at 8:00 P. M., at the home oE
Important matters are to come before1 The Schlegels have enjoyed an ever ;Warren White, % mile west of lUoa-
the chapter.   This is your Red Cross increasing business since opening the dall School.
and your attendance at this meeting Furniture Barn and the improvements j This growing co-operativ,e can. still
is requested. * . will enable them to extend their large use new members and all intereste*
Mabel K. Horton, |*iine of new and used. furniture and persons   are   invited   tb  attend   t-ia;,
.    ' . County Chairman '      miscellaneous items. ■ A   ■        meeting.
NEW FUNERAL HOME
TO BE OPENED HERE
MONDAY, AUGUST 1ST
Air
Conditioning,   Pipe   Organ.
Installed At Former
Goodman Home "
The Stephenson Funeral Home, a
new business in Clare, will open next
Monday in the former Fred Goodman,
home at Mc Ewan Street and Wheatoa
Avenue.
The Stephensons come from Flinjt,
where Carl Stephenson, who will con-
duct the business, has been engage*
in funeral directing.   .
Mr. Stephenson, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. J. Stephenson and tie
grandson of the late L. H. ThompsoE.
was born in Clare. Mrs. Stephenson Is
the former Miss Virginia Poet, of Sheridan township.
The Stephensons are completely remodeling the property and have £nt-
stalled a Westinghouse air, conditioning system and Seeburg pipe orgafiy
in the chapel and the chapel chairs
are decorated in rose with silver gray
ceilings and the carpeting is graige..
The equipment includes a 1949 Packard funeral coach and a 1949 Packard,
family car which will be placed at t&e
disposal of relatives for funerals.        ,
The home will be decorated on the
outside and a neon sign erected. Ced?_r
and spruce trees will be included fa
the landscaping of the grounds. Pasfe-
iiig facilities will be available off t&o
street.
The grapd opening and often hons*s-
wil) be announced later.
ARTIFICIAL BREEDERS
MEET NEXT MONDAY