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CLARE. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING.  SEPTEMBER 2, 1949
New Series Vol. 57, No. 49
HARRISON SCHOOL
WILL OPEN NEXT
TUESDAY MORNING
Elementary   Pupils,   Freshmen
To Enroll Wednesday, Upper
Classes Thursday
There Will Be A Million Kids On
Their Way To School Next Week
The Harrison school will open on
Tuesday morning with teacher's meet
ings. There will be, no registration
of pupils until "Wednesday and Thursday. Busses will pick up the ninth
grades and all elementary grades Wednesday morning and return them ai
noon. On Thursday all pupils except
ninth grade will register.
It is hoped that ail pupils who plan
to attend will register on these days,
Otherwise, there will be sure to toe
disappointments in the assignment ol
subjects because elective classes "will;
be filled on these-days.
The school building has been completely redecorated this summer. The
heating system has also been overhauled. With"* the fine group of
teachers in charge, the school will "be
able to offer a good program for the
coming year.
During the summer, walks have-
been built in front of the new primary
building and the yard has been graded!
and seeded. The gravel pit has been
closed and filled in so the playground
will be safe for the little tots. Seesaws and slides are being installed at
ihe north side of the building.
Faculty for the year is as follows:
Kindergarten — Winifred Phillips,
First Grade — Winifred Welch.
Second Grade — Nina feosendahl.
Third Grade — Olive Bruce. „
Fourth Grade — Marion Amble.
Fifth Grade — Ruth Hutchinson.   '
Sixth Grade — Betty Jean Terwilliger.
Seventh Grade -*- George Maidnint.
■    Eighth Grade — Myrtle Miller,
English and French — Glenn Kar-
senboom.
Commercial — Iva Orcutt
Biolgy and Girl's Physical Educa-.
tion — Grace Rinehart.
Social Science and Boys Physical
Education — Gene Denney.
Shop and Agriculture — Wilson
Rinehart.
Home Economics — Grace Nevins.'
Band and Music -**JEjenryHqek&ril?:■-
Principal and Science — John
Young.
Superintendent and Social Science
— Charles Amble.
The newcomers to the faculty are
Mrs. Betty Jean Terwilliger, Mrs,
Grace Nevins and Gene Denney.
Mrs. Terwilliger had her College
•preparation at C. M. C. E. and has
taught in the rural schools of Isabella
County and at Shepherd.
Mrs. Nevins is a graduate of Kalamazoo and lias had postgraduate work
afc Central and Michigan State. She
taught Home Economics at Elk Rapids
last year.
Mr. Denney is a veteran of World
War II, having served the greater part
of the war in the South Pacific area.
He is a graduate of C. M. C. E.
"Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Dr. Lee M, Thurston, today announced
the launching of a Child Safety Program for the month of September,
"Nearly 4,600 school children -were
killed or injured in pedestrian and bicycle accidents in Michigan, last year,"
he said."       .
Dr. Thurston emphasized the fact
that with the reopening of schools
over one million children once more
will be crossing the street. Tens of
thousands of them will be crossing the
street on the way to and from school
ior tlie flrst time.
The September Child Safety Program is sponsored "by the Michigan
State Safety Commission, of which the
State Department of Public Instruction is a member, and its 69 Member
Advisory Committee. The Commission
has conducted a series of nine zone
meetings throughout the state at
which the program was presented to
law enforcement, school and safety^
officials. Over 200 communities and
over 300 law enforcement agencies will
participate in the program.
""I hope that every school in Michigan will invite a law enforcement officer *o participate in ita~safety program," Dr. Thurston said.
The schools of Michigan, with the
cooperation of the safety agencies, are
doing one of the best jobs in the country 'of teaching children to walk safely.
But even the best trained child is apt
to iforget, especially in September
when they have been away from their
teadhers for three months. Thus, all
drivers should adopt the slogan
"Watdh (Out for Kids."
"Nearly 9,000 parents had their homes
saddened by traffic accidents to their
children "last year. I appeal particularly to 'the parents in Michigan to support ^this program. "Remember, the
next saddened home may be your
own'"
Dr. Thurston expressed appreciation
for the assistance given to the public
educational part of the program by the
Michigan Oil Industry Public Information 'Committee. The oil industry is
cotttfibuting 127 outdoor advertising
billboards, 3,700 posters in filling stations, ■B.fOWO leaflets, 400 street car
and "bus posters and over 100,000 safety bU-.ar_«&for children, Alt carrying
the message "Watch Out?for Kids."
Crippled Children
Orthopedic Clinic At
.. Gladwin Sept. 13
Health District Seven and tlie Rotary Club of Gladwin County in cooperation with the Michigan Crippled
Children's Commission are sponsoring
an orthopedic clinic for the crippled
children of Clare, Gladwin and Arenac
counties. The clinic will be held at
the Gladwin court house on Tuesday,
September 13. In charge will be one
of Michigan's orthopedic surgeons.
Attendance is limited to crippled
children who have been notified', crippled children who have recently moved
into the county and new cases. All
cases not notified should call Mrs.
Freeman, Clare County Nurse, for an
appointment. Telephone Harrison 2111.
Age is limited from birth to 21 years.
There is no charge for examination
at the clinic. X-rays, if ordered by
the examining surgeon, will be taken
without charge to the patient.
A representative of the Department
of Vocational Rehabilitation of the
State of Michigan will be Invited to
attend. He will consult with patients
16 years of age and over regarding
vocational training within the capacity
of their physical handicap.
Orthopedic nurses and a physical
therapist from the Michigan Crippled
Children Commission will assist in
conducting the clinic. Also present
will be a, field representative ^pf th,e
Michigan' Society for Crippled
Children. ' ,'     ■ ;
Local physicians are welcome to be
present fOt consultation on any of
their patients who plan to attend.
"We are especially anxious that no
crippled child will be overlooked and
miss the. opportunity to attend this
clinic especially designed tot him,"
declared Irwin C. Sweet, M. D„ direc
tor of the' Tri-County Health Department, "-'-Jenee this Concerted effort to
Veacil every crippled child ih our* area
ahd make the benefits available to
every otte."
480 PHEASANTS
LIBERATED HERE
DURING AUGUST
Dam "Being Restored To Flood
"Fur "Farm Project In
"Summerfield Twp.
Bill Laycock, district game supervisor, Conservation Officers Don Bell
and Milton Misener, Keith Cooper,
equipment -man at Gladwin, of the Department of Conservation, and Henry
Doll, of the Clare Rod and Gun Club,
liberated 240 cock pheasants and 240
hen phesants in Clare county Friday,
August 19.
The twelve weeks old birds were
raised at the Conservation Department game farm at Mason and are
among the 25,000 pheasants raised by
the game division this -year, for liberation.' In addition approximately
50,000 pheasant eggs are distributed
annually to sportsmen's organizations,
hatched and raised for liberation.
Nearly 3,t)0O pheasants will be liberated tins year in this district, Comprising of Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin,
Isabella and Midland counties.
These pheasants are all handed and
it is requested that anyone shooting
any of them this fall turn the hand
over or report the band number to
their conservation officer or the Michigan Department of Conservation,
Lansing, Michigan.
Hungarian partridge liberated in
Isabella county in 1938 have recently
shown some progress and 180 more
birds were liberated there in August.
This species of partridge, about midway between quail and native ruffed
grouse in size, have proven to be
good game birds in some1 western
States and an attempt is being made
to introduce them as game birds in
Michigan.
The game division of the Conservation Department has advertised for
proposals for repairing and remodel*
ing the dam at the fur farm wildlife
flooding project in Summerfield township, Clare county. This project will
flood some 400 acres of State land
for waterfowl and fur bearing animal
habitat development. This area was
flooded some years ago and the present project Will include restoration
of the dam.
STUDENTS NOTICE
No students are to report at, the
Clare Public Schools On Tuesday.
Grades'" J-indergarten through ninth
are to report ea Wednesday. All grades
except the i|i&fli,#fe io-r&port fhurtf-
day.  AH grades are to report Friday.
BOUND OVER TO
CIRCUIT COURT ON
ROBBERY CHARGE
Rosebush Indian Charged With
Incest Involving Little
Daughter
Joye Sersaw, Basil Sersaw, Howard
Bailey and Nelson Bailey, ranging in
age from seventeen years npwards and
residents of Hamilton and Franklin
townships, were arrested-by State Police of the Houghton Lake Post and
arraigned before Justice Wm. B. Dunlop in Municipal Court Tuesday,
charged with breaking and entering
with intent to commit larceny.
It is alleged that the boys broke Into
the house of Chas. Bates, iri Hamilton
township, Sunday evening, and took
a safe out of hit home and onto the
Sersaw farmViipout a mile away in
Hamilton fownship and broke it open
with a tij*e iron and took money and
tJ. S'. Bcmds from the safe.
The hoys each admitted their guilt
in Muni<5i#al Court and were bound
over to the September ternrof Circuit
Court under $2,000 bond each. They
were unable to furnish the bond and
were remanded to the custody of the
sheriff to await trial.
Ernest L. Painter, 61, of Muskegon,
who plead guilty of uttering and publishing a forged instrument, in Circuit
Court July 18, reappeared before Judge
Donald E, Holbrook Friday and was
sentenced to from two and a half to
fourteen years in Jackson Prison. He
was taken to Jackson Monday by
Sheriff Seaver Amble.
Accused of Incest
Henry Wheaton, 51 year old Indian
farmer living a mile north and a mile
and a half east of Rosebush, was arrested by State Police of the Mt. Pleasant Post at 3:00 o'clock Tuesday morning and is being held in the Isabella
county jail, charged with statutory
rape involving his nine year old
daughter. Complaint was made by a
neighbor.
Carl Allen was arrested by City
Police near the Ulrich Standard service station, at 3:45 o'clock Sunday
morning, charged with disorderly conduct. He was released under ?25 bond
and appeared in Municipal Court Monday afternoon, when he plead guilty
and Was fined $5.00*^and $3.50 costs.
Opening Number Of
Lecture Course In
Clare October 13
The first number of the Clare Kiwanis Club World Travel Series, to
be presented in the Clare High School
Auditorium during the coming season,
is scheduled for Thursday evening,
October 13, when Julian Gromer will
discuss "On the Shores of Lake Mich'
igan."
The series will open with a vacation
trip, around our own Great Lake with
Gromer as our guide. His colored
moving pictures are conceded to be
among the most brilliant ever filmed,
and we are bound to enjoy our tour
with him. It starts iri Chicago, theD,
to Gary where we will see the making
of steel, "up the" coast with pauses at
Holland for the'Tulip Festival, Inter-
lochehahd its young musicians, cherry
time at Traverse Gity, South Haven
and its peaches-—these are but a part
of it. Thrill riding on the sand dunes,
log rolling with its fun atfd skill, Mackinac Island, the beautiful passion
play at Zion. Space is too limited to
list them all but an evening of sheer
delight is promised. Besides the
familiar places there are many that
Michigandere- have never visited before. _...>■
Season tickets may be purchased
from any member of the Clare "Ki*
wSttis Club, who-.report that advahce
sales"are progressing rapidly arid that
nc- ticket- -will be gold after the first
program,      "   ' *' '"*" *-""    * *
JOINT SERVICES
FOR MOTHER AND
Mrs. Johr. E. Hall And Daughter*
Lillian, Laid Al Rest In
Surrey Cemetery
Many residents of. Farwell and this
vicinity, who wfere shocked Thursday
of last week when "Mrs. John E. ^all
and daughter met with tragedy: *?at
their home hear there, attended joint
funeral services held for them Sunday afternoon. <*        . ;
Pearl M, Larkins was horn the
daughter of William and Martha Larkins, in Gratiot* county, Michigan, October 3, 1895, and passej- away August 25, 1949, at the age** of 53 years,
ten months and three days.
When a young girl she moved with
her parents from Gratiot county to
Grant township, Clare county, where'
she lived until she was united in marriage to John E. Hall, of Farwell, Jan'
uary" 31, 1913
This union was blessed with 15
children, six boys and nine ignis, Ilah
Colmus, Lucy Easlick, Marion Hall, of
Farwell, Wilmot Hall, of Clio, Lucille
Funke, of Flint, Lillian, *who parised
away with her mother,. Clarence, Alma
Florence, MUflred, Bobby, and Evelyn, all at honie, A sonv Floyd, died
in infancy,. ^        '.
She became a'^member*1 of the Reorganized Chnrc_i of Jesus Christ of
the TJatterday Saints in 1915, of which
she remained a "faithful frien.d tp^the
end. She was a member okthe*Miue
Stfir.5iotJ.ers and also a member* of
the Gold Leaf *R«beccst:Lodg^ :Ncy208,
She wa*a a.weet arid lpv|rjg Jwife,
moti-eiy ana Master** adwiy* had kind
words for everyone she tnel/.and .was
always Tea-ds* -or'help anyone in need.
She leaves to rhOur hep passing) her
bereaved _M*;sharid, thirteen* children,
twenty -grandchildren r three sisters,
Mrs. -"yiva Hayward, of Elsiet Lojretta
Shaw and Ida Bauer, of JFaTw.ell";* nieces, nephews, and a host of -friends,
'plfian Frances Hall ,
ISlHan Frances -Hall, the daughter
of John and Pearl Hall, was born Oo
feoher 22,19128, and passed _iway August _V 19-9, at the^aga of 20; years, 10
months, -ami three days.
came a member of tne Reorganized
Church (df. Jesus Christ of Latterday
Saints, January 27, 1947.
She leaves to mourn her loss, her
father, eight sisters, five brothers,
uncles, 'aunts, nieces, nephews*, and a
host of friends.
She was a kind and loving daughter
and sister. She had a sweet smile
and gentle word for everyone she met
and will be greatly missed by all who
knew her.
Joint Funeral Services >
Joint  funeral   services  for mother
and    daughter ' were   held    at   the
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McGUIKE BROTHERS
STUDEBAKER DEALERS
IN CLARE TERRITORY
Offer "En-ire "Line Of Passenger
Cars And Trucks With Two
Models (On Display
MeGuire Brother's, of Glare, have
been appointed Studebaker dealers in
this territory and offer the complete
line of 1950 Stnilebaker automobiles
and trucks. They now have the Commander and Champion models on display.
The new models In the Champion
line include four door, two door, five
passenger coupe and three passenger
coupe in both Deluxe and Regal Deluxe models, and besides itihsse, a convertible in the Regal Deluxe model..
The Commander line includes four
door, two door, Ave passenger coupe
in the Deluxe and Regal Deluxe lines
and also land cruiser and convertible
models in the Regal Deluxe.
There are a wide variety of models
of trucks suitable for all commercial
and other uses.
The new dealers invite their patrons'
attention* to the fact that foam rubber
seat cushions are standard equipment
on all 1950 Champion Regal Deluxe
models, except the convertible, and
also standard equipment on all Commander models, except the convertible.
Foam rubber seat cushions will soon
be available in both of these convertibles. The passenger cars come in
a wide variety of colors,
This year, for the first tim,e, coil
spring suspension in front is Used, and
motor compression has been increased
to the ratio of seven to one, offering
85 horsepower in Champion models
arid 102 horsepower in the Commander
line. ,
The body lines and upholstery styling' are particularly pleasing arid any*
ott# interested iri passenger or commercial transportation is invited io
cair'at jMcGlttiM Brothers' salesroom
arid inspect the is-vf riiddels, a_ta^t#y
a toad d_*»6fl_«t-on if:interested*;:
Plane Cuts High Tension Wires:
Mother And Daughter Electrocuted
-Photo by Maurice Studio
The Piper J-3 two place airplane which was rented from Courtney Bauer,
manager .of the Clare City Airport, by Robert G. Cale, of Colusa, California and Glenn Davey, of Weidman, Thursday morning of last week, developed motor trouble near Farwell, and snapped high tension wires which
Caused the electrocution of a Farwell lady and her daughter, when Cale
went into a glide in an attempt to land the plane. The plane nosed over
and was completely wrecked.
Mrs. John 13. Hall (left) and her daughter, Lillian Frances Hall, who were
^electrocuted while picking beans in a field near their Farwell home.
JOSEPH E. BRIAN
FATALLY INJURED
SUNDAYAFTERNCON
Negro Railroad Employee Fails
Beneath Wheels Of
Work Train
FREE FAIR OPENS
SEPTEMBER 14TH
EASINESS PEOPLE   .
TO COMPETE FOR
FRIENDLY TITLE
Expect Two Hundred Exhibitors Rotary Club   Sponsors  Contest
To Participate In 1949
Four Day Event
The Clare' County Free Fair will be
held September 14 to 17 with a full program for every one. The fair board is
asking all exhibitors to bring in their
exhibits on Tuesday, September 13,
which is eritry day. All exhibits will
be judged on September 14. We had
141 exhibitors in 1948 and we are asking 200 for the 1949 fair. This is your
fair, so why not help make it the biggest and best ever. The fair board will
appreciate it.
On Wednesday night you will see a
real big time circus.
Then Thursday will be school day,
-with special events for school children,
with band concert, ball games, races,
and many other attractions to make
a full day, and at night, a circus.
Friday, there will be a band concert,
ball games, races, and a lightweight
horse pulling contest with a state dynamometer, with a variety show at
night, followed by fireworks by Columbus Fireworks Company.
Saturday at one o'clock we will sell
the 1948 calf scramble calves, followed
immediately with the 1949 calf scramble. There will be heavyweight pulling contests with a state dynamometer,
running races, and at night, a variety
show followed by fireworks.
To Choose "Friendliest
Business Person"
Fred Russell Infant
Passes Away Here
Saturday, Aug. 27
, Little William John Russell, infant
son of Fred and Arlene Russell, was
born Tuesday morning, August 23,
1949, at the Clare Hospital, and passed
away Saturday morning, August 27,
1949, at the Clare Hospital, at the age
of four days.
He leaves to mourn their loss his
parents; one brother, Robert; his
grandparents, Mrs. Laura Russell, of
Grant township, and,Mr. and Mrs. Dee
Shaw, of Farwell; besides a host of
relatives and friends.
Prayer Services were held from the
home of his parents, Monday, August
29, at 2:00 P. M.,with Rev."I-. E. Redman officiating, and his little body
laid to rest iri Cherry Grove cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were in charge
of Thurstons.
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Bob's Sales "arid Service. Olare. titr'
"How to Make Friends and Influ
ence People", is the guiding idea' behind a townwide courtesy contest for
i businessmen   and   customers   beg*
here this week.   Jay Hendrie, member
I of a Rotary club committee sponsor-
; ing the contest said the purpose is to
• point attention  to   Clare  as   central
j Michigan's friendliest shopping town.
"The contest is expected to improve
local business and benefit the whole
community", he said.
The Rotary club gives much attention to -"community service" as one
of its primary objectives. Along with
advertising and publicity for the contest, the club will distribute little
stickers lor auto windows and stores
—reminders for business patrons to
enter the contest and patronize Clart
business places.
The Contest, which has been successful in other towns, provides for
voting by customers and patrons, to
determine the most friendly business
person in Clare. The sponsors explain that acts of special friendliness
or consideration by store clerks, ser
vice men, waitresses, professional
men, tradesmen, or anyone engaged
in business, should be reported to Gerald Green, secretary of the, Rotary
Club. Anyone may make a report ot
such neighborliness, whether directly
involved or just an onlooker. The
Rotary club will tally these "votes"
arid announce the winning person at
the contest end. This person, "Clare's
Friendliest Business Person", is to be
honored at a banquet, awarded a valuable prize, and publically commended
by the contest sponsors.
No special rules will govern the contest, Hendrie said, and "membership
in any club or organization doesn*'
mean a thing". All busiaess people
will get as many votes as theft court
osy merits and .every customer and
patron is invited to get into the spirit
and Vote far courteous downtdwh
friends.
A display on page eight of this is;
sue of the Sentinel-announces the contest with peppy slogans and the tempting invitation to patronize your home
town friends in business. The contest
is to run for sixty days..
Jeseph B. Brian, 48 year old Mt
Pleasant oil field worker, was fatally
injured and Helen Woods, 33, also ot
that city, who was riding with hin_,
was injured when Brian lost control
of the car he was driving just east
of Farwell on US-10 at 4:15 o'clock
Sunday afternoon. Brian was drivin_r
his 1946 Chevrolet coupe west On the
highway when it careened from tfce.
pavement and crashed into a tree.
The injured were brought to ttte
Clare Hospital, where Brian succumbed to a concussion of the brain an*
severe head lacerations about two
hours after admittance. He was given
transfusions of blood plasma bat-
failed to respond to the treatment.
Helen Woods was treated for an injured right knee, lacerations about
the head and shock and was discharged from the hospital Tuesday.
The accident was investigated _y
State Police of the Mt. Pleasant Post
Brians   remains   were   brought !•
the Stephenson Funeral Home kere
and later taken to Logan, Ohio, for
funeral services Wednesday afternoo_u
Negro Killed on Railroad
The dismembered body of George
Griffen, 30 year old St. Louis, Mo_,
negro, was found on the Ann Arbor
Railroad about three miles south at
Mt. Pleasant at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, by the Shepherd =secttom
crew of the railroad.
According to Isabella County
Sheriff L. B. Dean, Griffen was oil *
work train that pulled through during
the night on the way to Mesick to
lay track and apparently slipped an*
fell beneath the wheels when passing
from one car- to another, both legi
being cut off.
Coroner Northway was called an*
determined that the cause of death
was accidental. The remains "were
taken to the Rush Funeral Home to
await arrangements.
Injuered In Collision
Sirs. Aim "Cooper, :wh& operates the
Mobi^^a^atatiott elevien* in-les npTth^
of Harrfsbtt on trS-27, arid her .dat-gfc-^
ter, Mrs. Beverly Blackledge, were
brought to the Clare Hospital follolr-
ing an Occident at Harrison Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Cooper was driving her 1929
Ford north on the highway when Phil
Smith, of Hayes township, who was
driving a 1936 Ford truck south, apparently lost control as he was rounding the curve near the Harrison elevator and a head on collision ensued.
Examination at the hospital
revealed that Mrs. Cooper was suffering shock and lacerations of both
legs and was badly shaken up and
bruised.
Mrs. Blackledge sustained a fracture of the right knee cap, lacerations
of the right elbow and bruises.
Smith was given first aid and 2C-
rayed at the hospital and discharged
the same day.
Gerry Tiedeman, 14, of Clare, R-2,
who was riding a bicycle three miles
north of Clare on US-27 at 2:10 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, was struck by a
Ford car driven by Novirt Bourgain,
of Detroit. *
The lad was brought to the offices
of Dr. G. C. Born and later removed
to the Central Michigan Hospital at
Mt. Pleasant, suffering a fractured
segiment of the spine. He was reported recovering satisfactorily Thursday.
Bourgain was not held by City
Police who investigated the accident.
CLASS OF 1949
You may pic"k up the. refund, due
you, from the class treasury at the
Glafe High School.
Addition Planned
For Giant Market's
Store Oji Fourth St.
Schultz Brothers, of Clare, and Giant
Super Market, with headquarters, ia
Mt. Pleasant, completed a deal this
week to build an addition onto Giant's
Clare store building and to completely
modernize the store. Approximately
1,000 feet of floor space will be added
on the west side of the present building.
Burton Northon Construction, ot
this city, are general contractors a*A
work will start on the addition within
a few days.
Giant's expansion program at their
store on West Fourth Street will eiR-
able them to, offer a larger stock anil
greater variety of food Items' ana
better service to their patrons.
FARWELL W. S. a S, TO
SERVE MEALS MONDAY
On .Labor. *Day=tbe W. S. C. S. aS
thfc Farwell Methodist Church*'will
serve meals cafeteria style beginning
at 1.1 o'clock The church will fee
open all day for those who care to
ffest,-. You are welcome through-wit
.the. day.. ... '.'" .'*'
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