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Established 1878
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CLARE. MICHIGAN, FRIDAYf MORNING.  DECEMBER 2. 1949
Seven Cents Copy
New Series Vol. 58, No. If
SLIPPERY ROADS
CAUSE COLLISIONS
OVERWEEK END
No   Critical  Injuries  Reported
Despite Heavy Hunting
Season Traffic
With heavy hunting season traffic
and inclement weather conditions prevailing in this vicinity the past week
end, several trst-fic accidents occured,
but no critical Injuries were reported.
Donald V. Anderson, 18?» of Mt.
Pleasant, suffered, head Injuries when
he was involved in a wreck with
Clyde L. Hummell, 42, of Carson
City, a mile and a half south of Clare
on US-27 Saturday night,
Anderson allegedly stopped his
car in the highway because of a flare,
and Hummell, approaching from behind, could not stop his car in time
to avoid a collision. Damage to Hum-
ntell's car was estimated at $360 and
Anderson's ?_.50.
Richard Hartshorn, 57, Of Clare,
Wja treated at the Clare Hospital for
bruises, lacerations and shock following «n accident on a county road,
four miles east of US-27, Saturday
morning, involving a car driven by
Julius Wernefcte, 41. of Remus. It
is charged that Hartshorn failed to
yield right of way.
State Police investigating the accident estimated damage to the Wer-
nette car at ?100 and Hartshorn's at
*?175.
Cars driven by Duane Spaulding, 24,
of Midland, and Hershel Shafer, 4_V
of Brooklyn, collided four and a half
miles north of Clare on US-27, (Saturday, when it is alleged that Scha-
fer's car hit Ice on the pavement and
slid into a trailer on Spaulding's car.
Damage to the trailer was estimated
at $75 and Schaffer's car $10^
Slippery pavement is partially
blamed for a one-car wreck a mile
south of Clare on US-27, late Saturday afternoon, when a car driven by
Richard M. Threthentey, 41, of Lan*
sing, skidded, hit a guard pole and
went into the ditch, according to
police. Damage was estimated at $75.
Damage «stimate4 at $25 was done
to a 194S Ford driven south on McEwan St., by Heber Curtis, of Petoskey, at 3-30 o'clock Sunday after-
noon, and damage* estimated at $100
to a 1941 Cheyro^ti, driven by. Clayton Tawnsgndf of*_*tnslng, when the
cars were tn^lvftft"% :& KimwrJ-Si
bumper co-lls-i-on with a»1950 Studebaker, driven by Fred Kuehn, of Harrison, w.hen traffic -was Jield up by
other cars stopping for tree inspection.
Damage estimate at $250 for both
car's was done, to autos driven by D.
Hoff, of Greenville, and H. Munoz, of
Saginaw, when they collided on an
icy road nine miles north and a quar-
ter-.of a mile west of Clare at 3:00
o'clock Saturday afternoon.
KICKOFF DATE SET
FOR MICHIGAN FARM
BUREAU ROLL CALL
Campaign For 888 Members In
Isabella County Starts
December 5th
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December 5th is kickoff-day for the
1950 Michigan Farm Bureau Statewide Roll Call. Alvin Wood, Isabella
Farm Bureau president, announces
that this county's membership drive
with a goal of 888- members will start
with a noon kickoff banquet and fina'
instruction .meeting. The dinner will
start promptly at 12:00 in the^Mt.
Pleasant Odd Fellow Hall,
Fred Reimer, of Saginaw, former
State Farm Bureau District Representative for this area, will give 'thf
keynote address on the "Need and
Value of Farm Organizations". Mr.
Reimer will stress the very real issues facing agriculture today.
The banquet dinner will be prepared and served by the County Farm
Bureau Women. Mrs. J, H, Bechdolt
of rural Rosebush, chairman of the
Women's activities, has appointed
several committees to handle the details. The Junior Farm Bureau, headed
by their president, Dean Taylor, will
assist in- serving the dinner to the
175 volunteer roll call workers e*-
peeied, •
Stan McCrae, County -4-H Club
Agent, will lead the group in his own
inimitable • fashion with community
singing pf ever popular old. time
songs.   .
Another feature" of the meet will
be the special roll call panel discussion over the- M. S. C. radio station,
W K A .It, starting at 1:00 P. M.
This program will be ("beamed" to
60 County Farm Bureau kickoff dinners over the state. The panel, moderated by Don __insey,„of Grand Rapids,
information director for the Michigan
Farm Bureau, Ib estimated to reach
5,000 volunteer membership workers
congregated at the various meetings.
Other members of the panel are Carl
(Continued on Page Twelve)
County Basketball
League To Commence
Play December 15
Nine teams have entered the Clare
County Basketball League- and will
begin action December 15, according
to league Secretary Bernie Wilson.
Two more quintets may enter the
circuit, which would boost the membership to 11.
Teams definitely entered are Cla*e
Manufacturing, DeMolay, Coleman,
Coleman American Legion, Evart
Farm Bureau, Evart. Beal City, Far-
well and ^Beaverton. Weidman and
Marion still are negotiating to enter
the loop.
Wilson said all games will start at
8:15 p. m. and a $15 team entry fee
must be posted for the 12-mah squads.
The teams must carry one referee,
and $10 will be assessed against any
squad that forfeits a game.       -^
High school rules will govern all
games, but quarters will last , 10
minutes,
JOHN A. SCHAAF
PASSES AWAY AT
CLAMSIDENCE
Employed   At   Bicknell's   Store
Twenty-four Years Before
Becoming 111
John A. Schaaf, a well known and
respected resident of Clare for the
past twenty-seven years, passed away
at his home here Sunday, following
three and a half years of illness.
John Allen Schaaf was born the son
of William and Louise Schaaf, in New
Hamburg, Ontario, September 20,1874,
and passed away in Clare, Michigan,
November 27, 1949, at the age of sev-
enty-flve years, two months and seven
days.
He "lived in Alpena thirty-one years
and Mt, Pleasant two and a half years
before coming to Clare twenty-seven
years ago to become engaged as shoe
buyer for Wm. H. Bicknell & Co., in
which capacity he was employed for
twenty-tour years before being stricken with the illness which caused his
retirement.
He was united in marriage to Gertrude Bell Leadbetter, at Alpena,
Michigan, August 7, 1899.
;He   attended   the   Congregational
^inn'ch _<*■_ was a kind andt'loving
husband   and  father,  making  many
friends during his many years residence here.
He leaves to mourn their loss, the
wife, Gertrude; three sons, John, Jr.,
of Clare, Warren, of Grand Junction,
Colo;, and Clair, of Flint; five daughters, Sister Moristelle, of Chicago, 111.,
Mrs. John Howlett, of Wyandotte,
Mrs. Janice Kleinhardt, of Clare, Mrs.
Ruth Glass, of Flint, and Mrs. Phyllis
Farrell, of Gladwin; four sisters, two
brothers, twenty-three grandchildren,
three great-grandchildren, and a host
of friends.
' Prayer service was conducted by
Rev. Gordon Witmer at the Stephenson Funeral Home at 1:30 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, followed by funeral services from the First Congregational Church at 2*00 o'clock, with
Rey. Leslie Nevins officiating, and interment in Cherry Grove cemetery.
Want to Pay Judge?
It has always been a violation of
Government regulations for the public
to park on the post-office grounds or
in the post-office driveway; and with
the beginning of Highway Post Office
service here, it has been necessary
for the city to establish a "no parking" zone adjacent to the post-office
driveway to permit the unhampered
turning of the long Post Office Department trucks into the driveway,
because of the narrowness of West
Fifth St.
The public is apparently not heeding these regulations and some have
already paid fines to the City Justice.
The police Department warns motorists that tickets will be issued and
fines assessed tot all who do not cooperate with the postal service in this
matter.
Paul Edward/Inf ant
Son Of Bryan Horrs.
Laid At Rest Here
Funeral services were held Sunday
Nov. 27. for the infant son, Paul Edward, born to Mr .and Mrs. Bryan
Horr, Nov, 25, 1949.
He leaves to mourn, his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bryatt Horr; four sisters, Clara Mae, Lucille, Shirley and
Paullette; grandparents and many
other relatives.
Relatives and a few friends gathered for funeral services at the Thurston Funeral Home at 2:00 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Sari
Redman, of the Clare Baptist Churcti,
officiating, with a short sermon.
Burial was made in Cherry Grove
cemetery,
MRS.... E. BURTON
PASSES AT HOME
OF HER DAUGHTER
Life   Long   Coleman   Resident
Laid   At   Rest   There
December 23
Caroline Marie Methner, the daughter of Frederick and Pauline Methner,
was born June 15, at Coleman, Michigan, and passed away November 21,
1949, at home of her oldest daughter,
Mrs, Somantha Johnson, of Flint, after a brief illness, at the age of sixty
years, five months and six days,
She was baptised into the Re-organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints at the age of fourteen.
She was united in marriage to Alfred Eugene Burton, March 8, 1908.
Mrs. Burton Is survived by her husband and eleven children, Otta A, of
Loomis, Norman F, of Mt, Morris,
Mrs. Somantha Johnson, of Flint,
Oren P„ of Coleman, Mrs. Barbara
Bissonette, of Flint, Mrs. Beulah
Thompson, of Coleman, Ray L. and
Arlene, at home, Mrs. Dorothy McClure, of Clio, Robert B., at home,
and Alfred Bolton Burton, of Coleman
whom she raised from infancy.
She also leaves twenty-five grand-*
children and one great grandchild.
Six grandchildren preceded her in
dea"th.
She had ten brothers, five sisters
and two half-brothers. Her brothers
are William, August, Edward, Joseph, Floyd, Jason, and Elmer
Methner, of Coleman, and Henry
Methner, of Traverse City. Her
sisters are Mrs. Susan Dowd, of
Coleman, and Mrs. Emma Ouderkirk, of West Branch- Her half'
brothers were Frank Methner, deceased, and John Methner, of Beaverton. The brothers, Otto and
Fritz Methner, and sisters, Anna,
Fern and Hulda, passed on- before
her.
She also leaves one .uncle, August
Klashak, of Coleman; sixty-one nieces
and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. She was a loving
wife and mother and a true friend to
all who knew her.
Funeral services were>held Wednesday, November _!3, at 2*00 p. va., from
the L„ D. S. church at Cpleman, with
Rev. S_o^ne!,gendelton, of Beaverton,
.offfl-ia__n#, and burial in the C.Ieman
cemetery.
LEGION TO SPONSOR
"GIVE TO THE YAKKS
WHO GAVE" PROJECT
Cash    Donations    And    Gifts
May   Be   Left   At   Bank
Or   Bicknell's
The people of Clare and vicinity
are invited to join with the Walter
H. Larman Post of The American
Legion and its Auxiliary in remembering every sick or disabled wai
veteran in Michigan on Christmas-
this year.
There are 70 hospitals in the statf
now caring for these veterans, 7,000
of them a Christmas gift box. This
not ended. It is proposed to give each
of thtm a Christmas gift box. This
project, called "Gifts for the Yanks
Who' Gave", is now being sponsored
by the Legion and Auxiliary for the
sixth successive year. It is nation
wide in scope, and comprises the biggest Christmas party on record.
It's a real task to purchase the gifts
and pack wrap and deliver the boxes
to Michigan's 7,000 hospitalized veterans, and the sponsors need the cooperation of all general citizens.
The value of each box will range
from four to five dollars and donofrs
may contribute either cash Or gifts.
A collection center has been set up
at the Citizens Bank and Bicknell's
Store, where donations will be received until December 5. Time is short
as each box must be prepared for delivery to hospitals by Dec. 10. Bring
your; donations in as Soon as possible
aM help make it a "Itferry Christmas"
for, ihe "Yanks Who Gave."
l-here must be no edibles in "The
Gift B0xes"-^no liquor.
A survey made among tho hospital
patients themselves discloses that the)
following gifts are needed and desired:
Pen and pencil Bets, cigarettes, cigarette lighters, billfolds, box cameras,
toilet kits, fishing tackle, cigarette
cases, writing .kits, pipes, leather
belts, watch straps, bed lamps, tie pin
sets, books, tennis bails, key cases,
and the many other useful articles,
which can be obtained.
Now do not just read this article
and throw it aside, doing nothing
about it. The cash saved from ten
gallons of gas will make some veteran, who offered hisr life for you,
"Smile". Just think the matter over
carefully and I'm hoping that I have
sold a good idea to you.
Express Offic^;Nbw
At Marsh Gfcn &ok
On McEwan Street
 j.-.,.
The Railway Express, office has
been discontinued h-tfe, effective De*
cember 1, and a branch office established at the Marsh Grain Co., at 314
McEwan St., where express will be
received for shipment.
Delivery service will be continued
in the city from the Midland express
office and pick-up service may pe had
in the city by phoning the:-Marsh
Grain Co. It is expected that this will
give better express service he-re than
ha&been had recently* by.mixed train,
MRS. E. McFADDEN
PASSES TUESDAY
MORNING AT 89
Services Held From Si. Cecilia's
For Early Resident Of
Vernon City
Mrs. Ellen McFadden, for many
years a resident of Vernon City, who
has spent the most ojjthe past twelve
years at the Isabella County Infirmary, passed away «tt the infirmary
hospital Tuesday mOrjjing, at the age
of eighty-nine year&i eight months
and thirteen days, "o
She was born Mafeh 16, I860,-at
Toronto, Canada, the daughter of
James and Mary Holier.
She was united _n jnarriage to Pat-
rich McFadden before coming to the
"United States. Little; can be learned
about her early fan.|iy life, although
she lived in Vernoni-Clty, with a son,
Vincent, who tyas|a World War I
veteran and jjassed?away October 26,
1932/4 {\
Her only living ^'relatives are a
niece, Mrs. Mary fjibbons, of New
York City, and twomephews, Edward
Maloney, of Mt. Pleasant, and John
Maloney, Of Toledo, Ohio.
The remains were, brought to the
Doherty Funeral Hpme here, where
they rested until funeral services
were held from St. J Cecilia's Church
at 9:00 o'clock Friday morning, with
Rev. J. I. Sruba singing a Requiem
High Mass, and internment beside
her son in St. Cecelia's Cemetery.
FORMER RESIDENT
ARRESTED ON OLD
COMPLAINT SAT.
Five   Fined   For   Conservation
Law Violations In Clare
County Past Week
Cecil Feeney, formerly of Clare,
who' has been wanted by tho police
since last December, was arrested
Saturday   on   complaint  of   Stephen
Hamilton, Jr., of Mt. Pleasant, signed
December 17, 1948, on the charge of' In the prevention and Control of tu-
Mrs. Allan Tulk
Named Christmas '
Seal Sales Manager
Mrs. Allan Tulk was * named community manager of ,Clare, to direct,
the Christmas seal sale, it was announced this week-by the Michigan
Tuberculosis Association.       '. ■   |
Mrs. Tulk stated that money from
the sale of Christmas seals Is used to
finance the association's program of
health education, rehabilitation of the
tuberculous, caseflnding activities and
scientific research, i
Although forty years of pioneering
in this field have made great strides
FIREARMS TOLL
FIFTEEN FOR '49
HUNTING SEASON
Conservation    Officials    Expect
Deer Kill fo Exceed
Hundred Thousand
fraud
When arraigned before Justice Wm.
B. Dunlop in Municipal Court Monday,
he plead not guilty and bond of $600
was taken for appearance in Municipal Court here December 10.
Edward and George Ostrander, both
of R-2, Wheeler, were arrested on
Complaint of Conservation Officer Mil
berculosfs, these facts remain: Last
year there were 1,561 preventable
deaths in Michigan and 6,109 new
cases of the disease reported,
"The 1949 Christmas seal sale, by
which the work of the association is
financed, will enable the tremendous
task of saving lives and preventing
drunk: drprs ..
to lose license
duringjoudays
State  Wide Drive  To  Control
High December Traffic
Fatality Bate
The City of Clare has joined forces
with the Michigan Stnte Safety Cbm-
mission in conducting a state-wide
traffic accident prevention program
during the month of December, according to the local Police Department. "It is called 'Holiday Hazards'
and will concentrate on the greatest
single holiday hazard, that of driving
after drinking," they said.
The official slogan of the program
will be "Drunk Drivers Lose Their
Licenses." This is appropriate because
over 50,000 have lost their licenses
under the mandatory provisions of the
State law, this now at the rate of over
5,000 per year.
City Police stated that the month of
December is the most fatal month in
the year—195 people were killed last
pecember. They emphasized the fact
that drunk drivers are involved in far
too many accidents.. A study made by
the Michigan State Police showed that
during the critical hours between midnight and 3:00 A. M., one out of seven
drivers involved in fatal accidents
were reported as "under the influence"; four out of 10 were reported
as "had been drinking"; and one out
of two of these accidents .involved one
or more "had been drinking" drivers.
It showed that last, year in Michigan,
20% of the drivers involved in fatal
accidents were reported as "had been
drinking." Another study showed that
the drivers, who are definitely "under
tho influence" of alcohol, those with
as little as .15% or more blood-alcohol-
concentration, are 55 times more likely to become involved in injury accidents than non-drinking- drivers.
GOLD STAR MOTHERS
TO MEET WEDNESDAY
The Gold Star Mothers will meet
for their next meeting, Wednesday,
December 7th, for election of officers
and all 1950 dues are due now. Everyone please come as committees will
be appointed and plans made for the
Christmas party to be held at the city
hall, December 14, with the Mt. Pleasant, Midland, Saginaw and Clare chap-
tors participating.
Anyone needing assistance for
needy families, phone ina Hammond
8080 or Ssther Brown 158, Clare, or
Violet Querback at Ha___s6n.
human misery to continue in 1950,'
ton  B.   Misener  in   Frost  township jshe declared.         '
Tuesday,'  charged  with  transporting j ~
and having in possession in or upon
an automobile, firearms without being
unloaded in both barrel and magazine.
They plead guilty when arraigned in
Municipal Court Wednesday morning
and each was fined $10.00 and $7.00
court and Conservation Department
costs.
Leroy C. Mac]., 28, of R-4, Owosso,
and Albert Ariss, 41, of that city, were
arrested by Conservation Officer Don
Bell in Surrey township, Saturday, for
hunting in a game sanctuary. Both
plead guilty, when arraigned before
Justice Jeff Willey in FarweU the
same day, and were each fined $25,00
and $7.00 costs. Because Arliss was
the father of eight children and had
no money, $20.00 of each fine was suspended and the balance paid by Mack.
Robert Davis, 40, of Eflmore, was
arrested by Officer Bell in Freeman
township, Saturday, charged with having a loaded gun in his car. He plead
guilty when arraigned before Justice
Willey the same day, was fined $10.00
and $7,00 costs and paid.
Mrs. Norma Norwood, of Clare, was
arrested by Chief of Police Bert Head
in Farwell early Sunday morning, November 13, and arraigned in Justice
Court there at 7:00 o'clock that evening on a disorderly conduct charge.
She plead guilty and was fined $25,00
and $3,50 costs. She paid foil replacing a window she was charg._^' w_th
BISHOP APPROVES
CATHQUC SCHOOL
BUILDING HERE
To  Start Building In January
With Hope Of Completion
i By September
Construction of a- new five-room
school for children of St. Cecilia's
Catholic Church in Clare was approved
Monday by the Grand Rapids Diocese.
Construction is expected to begin in
January.
The school when completed will provide three classrooms and two rooms
to be furnished temporarily as a convent.
The proposed 100x60 foot one-story
building will be steam heated with
each room independently controlled.
Lighting will be furnished by a continuous strip of fluorescent lights.
The floor plan includes two lavatories, a boiler room, an office, a music
room and, in the convent, four bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchen, refectory
and laundry room.
The unit will feature a brick exterior, painted cinderblock interior, light-
_ colored asphalt tile floors, and acoiis-
brea-dhg in a'^arVeirt ceiling,  and. steel  window
fine was suspended.
POSTMASTER JACKSON
ASKS COOPERATION OF
CHRISTNAS MAILERS
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Wrap   Parcels   Well,   Address
Them. Plainly And Mail
Early He Suggests
Postmaster Frank Jackson requests
the cooperation of the public in early
mailing of Christmas greting cards
and gift packages. He expects the
greatest volume of holiday mail ever
to be received here and predicts it will
exceed considerably the record-breaking 1948 holiday season when more
than 100,000 pieces of mail were Cancelled in the Clare post office.
Christmas .cards to other states
should be mailed December 15 and to
be delivered locally at least a week
before Christmas. Christmas packages for delivery in distant states and
overseas should be mailed at once to
assure delivery before Christmas.
To assist in keeping Christmas mail
deliveries on schedule, Postmaster
Jackson asks that stamps be purchased soon to avoid the last minute
crowds. He also stresses the desfra-
bility of sending cards first class as
the first class greetings may be mailed
for three cents, only one cent more
postage than the unsealed cards and
entitle the patron to return service if
the card cannot be delivered. Oversize
and undersize greeting cards require
three cents postage, whether sealed
or not. \
Christmas packages are limited to
seventy pounds in weight and hot
more than 100 inches in length arid
girth combined. The address should
be written on the inside aS well as on
the outer wrapper of the parcel to assure delivery in case the Outer wrapper becomes mutilated or lost in
transit.
Heavy cardboard, sturdy outer paper, if used, and strong cord should be
used; and printed fourth class address
labels are desirable. "Do Not Open
Until Christmas" stickers may be used
on packages and backs of greeting
card envelopes if desired.
Motjt important of all is to wrap
your parcels well, address them plain
ly and mail them early to avoid dis^
appointment.
sashes.
The building will he erected on
church property on the south side of
Wheaton Ave., facing north, and just
across Pine St. from the public school
building.
Frederick E. Wigen, architect, will
have plans completed by Jan. 1.
Rev. Fr. Joseph Sruba is pastor.
The 125 children of St. Cecilia's parish attend school at St. Ilenry's in
Rosebush and the Clare Public
Schools. Hopes are that the new
school will be completed in time for
school's opening in September, 1950.
The erection of this school here will
somewhat alleviate overcrowded conditions in the. public schools, but with
continuance of the consistent gain in
enrollment during the past several
years, more room will still be required
in the public schools.
The 1949 general deer and bear
hunting season1 came to a close Wednesday at sundown with the number
of hunters killed by firearm remaining at 15, as compared to*'ll last season and the high record of 18 in 1943.
Apparently hunters, became -more cautious after the heavy death toll of the
early days of this season. Nine hunters
died this year of heart attack and 57
were wounded.
Wallace B. Wilbur, of R-4, Mt. Pleasant, was the first casualty reported, in
that area when he was accident/illy
shot in the leg Tuesday by his brother-
in-law, Clarence Clark, 61, of Muike-
gon, while hunting in Lee towaE-hip,
Midland county. The bullet ]_Jj|_re_l
the front part ol the leg between the
knee and thigh, and althouglilhospital-
ized, he was not hurt seriously.
Wayne Feighner, of Lansing, waa
critically burned Thursday of last
week when flames destroyed his cabin near Gladwin- He was flown t«
Lansing for hospitalization.
State Conservation Department officials said that, although final reports
were notj yet in, the kill of deer was
expected to exceed last year's total of
100,000. RJip-htlv. Ipss thor, thn expected 400,000 hunters took to the
woods, the department estimated, because of strikes, lavo<fs, bad weather
and poor road conditions.
At last count, 10,395 deer, 115 bear,
32 coyotes, 18 bobcats, eight fox and
six wolves had been brought across
the straits, as compared to 9,092 deer
brought across last year,
Antlerless Season
The special antlerless season opened
Thursday of this week in parts of Antrim, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Newago, and
Allegan counties, and will extend
through December 10. About 21,000
special permits have been issued for
hunting antlerless deer in the four
designated areas.     «'
Harold Treat, regional law enforcement chief in Region 2, in which three
of the special areas are located, instructed his staff to keep a sharpi
lookout Jdr persons in the woods with
^e%i'Vl_l_S"0-"with.^hotgti«& and ball, '
slug or buckshot loads, and to arrest
them if they no not have permit, back-
tag and seal. The common practice
in regular season of members of a
hunting party who have bagged their
deer to shoot one for the other fellow
in the party and let him put his tag
on it, is strictly "out" during the ant-
lerleaS season.
Few arrests have ever been made
-because the hunter can legally shoot
and tag his buck and continue to hunt
tift bear, with no seat required, bnt
the bear hunting season closed Thursday, eliminating this possibility during the special season. Permit hunter*
can hunt only in the area for wh_c_-
(Continued on Page Twelve)
ANDREW  IRVING, SR.
Andrew Irving, Sr., the father of
Andrew Irving, Jr., of Clare, passed
away Sunday at- Birmingham, Ala.,
where the elder Irvings were spending
Thanksgiving with her brothers.
He suffered a heart attack in the
Birmingham railway station, where
they had gone to take a train to Orlando, Fla., to attend a church convention, and passed away enroute to a
hospital.
The Andrew Irvings and daughter,
Suzanne, went to Bay City Tuesday
morning to await the arrival of? the
remains, which were brought there
for funeral services and interment on
Thursday.
LAKE GEORGE MAN
DIES SUNDAY MORNING
-AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Services   For   Frederick   Slater
Held Wednesday With:
* Burial In Alma
MRS. PEARM30MER
Mrs. Margaret Pearl Comer, of Bay
City, for many years a resident of
Clare, passed away there,, at 5:00
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, follotv*-
ihg a long illness. Funeral services
Will be held from the Bay City Baptist
Church at 2:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with interment there. The obituary will be published next week.
FOREIGN STUDENTS TO
SPEAK BEFORE STUDY
CLUB DECEMBER.6TH
Funeral services for Frederick C*
Slater, 49, of Lake George, were held
Wednesday afternoon at • Moody Fu--
neral Home.   Mr. Slater died at trai-
yersity hospital, Ann Arbor, Sunday,
following an illness of six years.
Former city employee of Lansing,
he had Jived at Lake George since h©
became ill. He had made his home in
Alma with a brother, Joseph Slater*
for the past two months.
-He was born in Sumner townshipt
-'Gratiot county, March 24,-1900.
j    Surviving are the wife, Mary, and
' eight children, Mrs. Charles Butts,
Mrs. Charles Johnson, Miss Constance
Slater, Keith Slater, Donald Slater^
Raymond Slater, and Frederick
Slater, all of Lansing, and Mrs.
Gorman .Catttrell of Jeanette, Pa.
There are three brothers, Joseph Slater, bf Alma, Harry, of Cadillac, and
Francis, of Augusta, Montana, one sister, Mrs. Ruby Gee of Alma, and six
grandchildren,   fourt   granddaughters
I and two grandsons,
j The Rev. Charles B. Hahn, ot First
Methodist Church, Alma, officiated,
and burial was in'Riverside cemetery
^there.
Thf" Clare   Study C_ub  will  meet
j Tuesday  night,  Decembet-6,  at the
Methodist Church.   The program topic
is International Christmas and will be
DANCE conducted by some foreign students
from Central Michigan College at Mt.
Mt. Vernon Grange, this Saturday Pleasant.   The speakers from Hawaii.
night.   Good music.   x j Virgin Islands and Iran will speak Ort
—Committee      Christmas customs in their countries
TROUT SUPPER
The Methodist men will serve their
annual trout supper in the _hurch
basement, Friday, December 9f commencing at 5; 30, in connection .Htii
the W. S. C. S. bazaar. Art Daxaoth
will fry again.