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CLARE. MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING* DECEMBER 9, 1949
Seven Cents Copy
New Series Vol. 58, No. 11
MOTORIST HIT!
FRIEND'S BRIDE
REAKS TEETH
Ohio   Lady   Suffers   Fractured
Pelvis    In    Collision
South Of Clare
Mrs. Catherine Mazurek, 39, of
Cleveland, Ohio, was brought to tho
Clare hospital suffering a fractured
pelvis following an accident a half
mile south of Clare on US-27 at 8:00.
o'clock Saturday morning. (
The accident occurred when George
"Wisler, driving a Dodge pick-up owned
by tha Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.
south on the highway, allegedly attempted to make a "U tur^n and collided
with a Nash sedan driven north by.
Verny Mazurek, husband of the injured
lady. i"
Mrs, Mazurek, who was placed in a
Plaster  of Paris, cast, is  recovering
satisfactorily and it is expected she
will "be discharged from the hospital!
this week end. i
Damage to the left front corner of
the Nash was estimated between $300 j
and ?4Q0 and the pick-up was slightly'
damaged on the right side. I
» Isabella County Deputy Sheriff Lowell Young, who investigated the accident, issued Wisler a summons for
failure to yield right of way. He appeared before Justice Clarence Conrad, in Mt.^Pleasant Monday, when the
case was adjourned, and was- ar-j
raigned "Wednesday, when he plead
guilty and was lined $8.3,5 including
costs. This was his first accident in
many years of driving.
Bride Gets "Socked"
City Police were called to the Midway Cafe at 2:30 o'clock Monday
morning, where Wm. Glen Burton,
30, of Pontiac, said his wife was injured and he wanted her taken to a
hospital. l?he Burtons and her sister,
June Little, 30, of Cadillac, were
driven to the hospital, where it wasi
necessary to carry Mrs-J^jton in,    j
Burton told police the$" had just
been married, and with her sister's
boy friend, a Mr. Stewart of Detroit,
were on their way to Cadillac, They
parked on McEwan Street and Burton
claimed that while he wot tc the
Midway to see if it wc3 open, Mrs.
Burton and c^^r^^^P^^ argument about a minor; thing and the
latter set all gripS oitlr ohto the sidewalk, allegedly 'Striick Mrs. Burton,
and drove away leaving the party.
Burton told police "they had all been
drinking a little hut not to excess."
Burton returned to the car and
•found his wife lying on the ground,
assisted her to her feet, and went into
the cafe, where she collapsed. Examination at the hospital revealed that
she had sustained a small cut on the
right ankle, a badly bruised mouth,
and a partial plate in the upper front
jaw was broken in three pieces. X-ray
examination on Tuesday proved negative and she was released that day.
Damage to a 1947 Ford coupe driven
■ hy Mrs. Grace E. Irwin, of Clare, was
estimated at $75, and a 1947 Chevrolet two door driven by Jack Green, of
Clare, $50, when Green's car slid into
the back of the Irwin car on the icy
pavement, while the latter was waiting for the traffic light on US-27 at
the US-10 intersection, at 10:30 o'clock
Tuesday evening.
City Police are investigating a
breaking and entering reported by the
Clare Office Supply Company Monday.
A window at the rear of the building
was broken, apparently from the out-
Side, the window catch released, and
the window opened. The adjoining
Olson storage and garage was also
entered but nothing was missing from
either place.
Chris Loeffler reported Monday that
live or six wreaths valued at $4.00
each had been stolen from the. driveway at his home On East Seventh St.
Mrs. "Van Sickle reported to City
Police Saturday that $19.00 had "been
stolen from her home at 108% Dunlop
Road.
Thrilling Niimber Of,
World Travel Series
• Next Thursday Night
The third number of World Travel
"Series sponsored 'this season by Clare
Kiwanis Club, will be presented in the
Clare High School auditorium Thursday evening, December 15, at S:15
o'clock.
Alfred Wolf will deliver an interesting lecture on "Festive France," augmented by colored motion pictures.
With a very interesting' lecturer as
guide, his audience will visit the poetic Pyrenees and their mysterious
inhabitants, the Basques. Astounding
Le Puy high in the central Masif and
Carcassonne in the foothills—the medieval walled fortress city that few
•Americans have ever seen.. Then the
luxury of the Riviera with its fun-
loving spas, historic villages, and the
"Beautiful Maritime Alps reaching
down to the sparkling Mediterranean,
famous personalities, novel beach-
wear and provincial dancers are a
part of thiB famous film, as are Versailles, Avignon and other cities.
Tickets for the balance of the season may be secured frpm any member
of the Clare Kiwanis Club at $3.00.
TEN INCH GAS
MAIN EXPLODES
AST OF CLARE
Truck     Pjilis     Electric     Line
Down   Near   Point   Clare
Last  Friday
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Marquette Publisher
Purchases Isabella
County-Times-News
George W< Campbell, publisher of
the Isabella County-Times>-News since
March 1 of this year, has sold the
daily newspaper to James W. Slattery
formerly M Marquette, who will assume active management January 1-0.
Mr. Slattery has been associated
with the Daily Mining Journal Of Marquette, the largest daily in the Upper
peninsula, as advertising manager the
past twenty-two years, and Is experienced in, advertising, management and
radio, work.
Mr. Campbell, -Who had been Ca-pub-
lisher and secreary-treasurer of the
Owosso Argus-Press for inany years
"before coming to Mt. Pleasant, will
return after the first of the. year to
Owosso, to renew Ms activities with
hia brother, J, Evans Camphell, on
the newspaper there.
City Police were called to the Leslie Bonstelle residence on East US-10
at 4:00 o'clock Saturday morning
when a loud noise awakened him, and
investigation revealed that a ten inch
high pressure gas main had broken
or blown apart on the north side of
the Chesapeake & 0}iio Railroad under
about four feet of water and was
"spouting" ton feet high.
Although the gas main is about
twenty feet from the nearest rails
the explosion had thrown .dirt onto
and across the tracks.
George Wisler, local representative
of the Michigan Consolidated Gas
Gotiipaay,. was- 'called* and informed
police that the line was owned by
Dowell, of Miijland, and when Dow-
ell was notified employees were sen-1
to investigate. The gas was blowing
towards buildings in the vicinity, ere
ating a fire hazard, until the pres
sure was turned off. A railroad section crew cleared the tracks.
Electric Line Down
According to City .Police, a G.M. C
truck belonging to C« W. Collins,' of
Mt. Pleasant and loaded with oil
well equipment, measuring fourteen
feet above the ground, tore down an
electric line running to Point Clare,
on E. Fourth St., at 2:30 o'clock Friday morning of last week.
Jack Merrifield, of Mt. Pleasant,
driver of the truck, was located and
advised of the damage, and the Con
sumers "Power Co. was notified and
replaced the wire.
It is reported that another truck
had been stuck in the Point Clare
driveway the night before and a cable
attached to the pole supporting the
wire, to pull the truck out, had pulled
the pole over, slackening the Wirt
and pulling a meter from a .nearby
residence.
SWMTY ANNOUNCES
CHRISTMAS BALL
HOTEL DECEMBER 17
Beta   Sigma   Phi   To   Sponsor
, Third Annual Holiday
Social Event
POLICE LOOKING    -
FOR FORGER IN
THIS VICINITY
.Sports Enthusiasts
Organize Ski Club
Here Last Saturday
A group of local winier sports enthusiasts met Saturday to  organize
a ski club here for the promotion of
Dupes Mt. Pleasant Merchants the interests1 of skiers ih this vicinity
With Checks Drawn On        . and to secure more economical group
Clare Bank
State Police at the Mt. Pleasant
post- issued a warning to all merchants in this area to be on the lookout ■ for a professional check artist
who has  collected Nearly ?2,000  by
admission to Snowsnake Mountain
winter sports park. Tfcp' name, Snowsnake Mountain Ski Club,' was adopted and Richard Groves elected president. •     ,
Arrangements have been made with
the James A. D'Arcy Enterprizos for
season tickets to Snowsnake Moun-
cashing worthless checks. .
The-artist  is   described   by  state t tain for club members.. Family mem
berships, including the(headB and all
minors in the "family, are now available for $25.00 for the, season. Individual adult memberships will cost
lu J..V, jwv.1^, , $15.00 and children under high school
He has been known to drive an old  age may secure memberships for the
Chevrolet pickup  truck, police said,  season for $10.00. ,,
police as being between the ages of
50-60 years old, about five-six inches
tall, stout build, medium complexion,
sandy hair and weighs between 150
and 170 pounds.
and is a very poor penman. The Majority of the checks- have been issued on the Citizens State Bank, of
Clare and range from five to $600,
The checks have been issued in payment for purchases ranging -from fishing equipment to cattle.
The "artist" generally writes a
check for a large sum of money in
payment for purchases of a small
amount, obtaining the difference in
cash from his victim, police said. He
also has made a few small purchases
one day by paying cash and then returns a few days later and issues, a
large cheek, according to police. On
a few occasions he has been known
to issue a check for the exact amount
of the purchase.
Police ask merchants and banks to
notify either city police or the Mt.
Pleasant state police post if any person fitting the description asks that
a check be cashed. Police emphasized that persons should attempt to
obtain the license number of the car
if the suspect is driving.
.' Memberships entitle) members to
free use of all facilities on. Wednesday, Thursday and Fricfay afternoons
and. evenings for skiing and entitle
them to one-third discount on tow
fees on Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holidays.
Another meeting of the club will
be held soon to discuss details.
FORMER CLARE
LADY PASSES AT
AUGHTER'S HOME
FORMER CLARE
ATTORNEY DIES
LAST THURSDAY
Ross
D*   Thompson   Succumbs
jtl> H&!irt,Aitafck 'M—    '
""•Lansing. Home
Ross D. Thompson? 44, Lansing attorney who won commendation for his
part in organizing the air war against
the Japanese, died unexpectedly of a
heart attack about 11 o'clock Thursday night of last week at his home
there. He was stricken on, returning
to the house following shoveling of
snow and died about 30 minutee after
the heart seizure. Dr. Kenneth Tooth-
aker, a close friend and physician,
was sunimoned^ and he was in attendance when Thompson died.      »
Mr. Thompson had been ailing for
more than a year, following his collapse during a trial being conducted
in Judge Louis E. Coash's court. Hi?
illness then was diagnosed as an ul-
ceric condition, but he was later found
to be suffering from heart trouble.
Active in local and state American
Legion affairs, Mr. Thompson also
found time ta devote as chairman of
the 1949 March of Dimes and hei was
preparing to fill that job again in 1950.
For 20 years he had practiced law
in Lansing, going there from Clare in
1929, where he had initiated his legal
career after graduating from the Detroit College Of Law in 1927.
Like many another patriotic citizen,
he left his career behind to enter the
armed forces in 1942.   He served as
adjutant of the Seventh Bomber Com-
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Mrs.    Margaret    Pearl    Comer
Dies In Bay City After       j
Long Illness •
Mrs. Margaret Pearl Comer, resident of Bay City for more than 20
years, died Wednesday of last week
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Floyd Guinup, 1109 North Lincoln avenue.   She had been ill for some time, t
Born in  Saginaw, March 17, 1887, |
she lived for a time in Clare in addi- j
tion to her long residence at Bay City.
She was a member of the First Baptist
church.
Surviving are a son,. Herbert Ellsworth Comer, of Clare; two daughters,.
Mrs. Marvin Webb and Mrs. •Guinup,
of Bay City; six grandchildren; a
brother, itoy~-Tatmiuv of- Clearwater,
Fla.; and two sisters, -Mrs* -Ralph McDonald and Mrs. Henry Gainer, of
Bay City. . ,
The remains rested at Vallendar and
Penzien Funeral Chapel there until
Saturday noon, when they were removed to the First Baptist Church of
Bay City to lie in state until services
at 2:00 o'clock, with Marshall Hier
officiating and. Interment in Elm Lawn
Cemetery.
REV. L J. NEVINS
COUNTY CHAIRMAN
FORJED CROSS
Mrs. Murl M. Houghton Elected
Treasurer; Mrs. Kenneth
Borror Secretary
Rev*. Leslie Nevins was elected
chairman of tlie Clare County Chapter
of the American Red Cross, at a meeting held recently at the Hotel Doherty. Rev, Nevins will fill the vacancy
created by the -resignation of Mrs.
.Mabel K..Horton, who has_ served* as
County Chairman since January, 1946,
Mrs, Horton has been active in Red
Cross work for many years and her
resignation was accepted with regret.
■ Mrg. Murl M'. Houghton was elected
.county Red Cross treasurer, succeeding Mrs. Harold Fleming, who has
been treasurer for the past four years,
and whose resignation was also accepted with regret. Mrs, Kenneth
Borror was re-elected secretary.
Elected to serve on the Board of
Directors were Laurence Jackson, Jr„
and Mrs, Tim Frey, of Clare, Rev. H.
B, Fairman, of Harrison, and R. W.
Jones, of Farwell.
The Red Cross is known best as an
organization aiding In time of war or
disasters, but much good work is also
done every year aiding" families in
distress, those who have had homes
destroyed, by fire or other causes,
veterans needing assistance, etc. This
part of Red Cross work is handled by
the Home Service Chairman. Mrs.
Dan McDonald has been Home Service
Chairman for the past several years,
and has generously given much of her
time to the Work- She is unable to
continue and Mrs. Mabel Horton will
carry on the work until a new Home
Service Chariman is appointed.
Rev. Nevins expects to call a meeting soon to make plans for the coming
year.
Local Minister To
Head Red Cross
V. F. W: POSTS
SPONSOR COUNTY
MARCH OF DIMES
State  Representative  Of  Polio
'. . Foundation Speaker At
Poi Luck Dinner
REV. LESLIE J. NEVINS
Elected County Chairman At
Annual Meeting
FORMER RESIDENT OF
COMMUNITY DIESAT
LANSING NOV. 28TF
Services    For     Mrs.    Blanche
Ankney   Touroo   There
December   1st
Beta Sigma Phi sorority announces
December 17 as the date of the Holiday Ball to l&ke place in the Wedge-
Wood Room of the Hotel Doherty.
This will mark the third year that the
Beta Sigma Phi women have sponsored
the affair, and completed plans indicate a good party.
Proceeds from the ticket sale will
finance Christmas baBkets £or many
|ocal families. More than $250 was
collected last year at holiday time,
and was used to buy mittens, shoes,
other clothing and .food for needy
ones. Sorority members also packed
,many toys and articles of clohtlng
which they had cleaned and repaired
for gifts.
Bob Spencer's popular orchestra has
been engaged for the Ball, and the
10:45 floor show includes Joanne
Richard Daneers. a gypsy fortune
teller, and other numbers. Harry
Wehrly is master of ceremonies.
Committee members in charge of
the arrangements saia tliat dress is
optional as in former years. Accommodations are being readied for a
capacity crowd.
DELBERT W, OSBORN
A message was received here Tuesday night, from Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Nichols, of Detroit, that her father.
Delbert W. Osborn, had passed away,
Death was due to a heart attack sttf
fered at 7:00 o'clock that evening at
Bradenton, Florida.
The body will be returned to his
home in Clare, Friday, and funeral
services will be held from the Baptist
Church at 2:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
County Basketball
League Season To
» Open Next Friday
The ten teams in Clare County's
new basketball loop will square off
in their first games December 14, according to league President Ernie
Bryant, Ail tilts will get under way
at 7:30 p. m.
Games slated for opening night
are Farwell at Coleman; Beal City at
Clare Mfg; Evart at Clare ttemolay;
Farm Bureau at Beaverton j -and
Weidman at Marlon.
Mrs. Blanche Ankney Touroo, a former resident of this community, passed away at 10:55 p. m. November
28, 1949, at St. Lawrence Hospital in
Lansing, Michigan. Funeral services
were held at Gorsline, Runciman Funeral Home at 2:30 Thursday after-
rioon,December 1st, with interment in
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Lan-
sin. Rev. Buboltz officiated. Pallbearers were the nephews Marion Ned
row, James Ankney, Kenneth Ankney,
Noble Ankney, Manley Ankney, Roy
Diamond and Don Carpenter.
She leaves to mourn, her husband
James H. Touroo; one daughter, Beulah Freeman; one granddaughter, Pa
tricla Fritz; and one great grandson
Jeffry Fritz, all of Lansing; one bro
ther Calvin Ankney, of Coleman, other
relatives and many friends.
The John Ankney family moved to
Clare county from Pautdipg county
Ch'o, in 1902. There were six children.
Calvin, Frank, John Ernest, Blanche
and a stepson, Isaac Nedrow.
With the exception of Calvin, alT
the family preceded Blanche in death
Her mother, M&ry, died in Clare, Sept.
7,1912. Her father, John died in Clare,
March 11, 1914. Both were taken back
to Paulding county for burial. The
brothers, Frank Ankney, died July 11,
1986, John Ankney, Sept. 20, 1937,
Earnest Ankney, Jan. 12 1946, and
Isaac Nedrow, Nov. 9,1946, all buried
in Arthur Cemetery.,
Calvin Ankney still survives her and
lives two miles west of Coleman. Mr.
Ankney lost his wife, Carrie, Nov, 11,
1949.
NOTICE
Members of John Q. Look Lodge No.
404, F. & A. M., please meet at Temple
at 9:30 Sunday morning and attend
church at 10:00 at Metftodiat church.
Signed
SJart Beatty, W. M.
ONEERS LOSE
TWO RASKEIBAL
GAMES; CASPEE
To  Play  Coleman  High cTiam
Here   This   Friday
Evening At 7:30
The Clare High School Pioneers
opened their basketball season losing
a 52-26 game to a powerful Reed, City
team on the Coyotes' floor last Friday
evening.
In the first quarter Clare played
even ball with Reed City, ending the
period 10-all, but after a bad second
quarter, when the Coyotes scored ten
points while the Pioneers were being
held scoreless, the hoys just couldn't
seem to recover from the uprising.
Reed City's veteran team displayed
the power, ball handling ability and
aggressiveness which is expected to
make the Coyotes one of the state's
top Class C teams this season.
High point men for Clare were Jim
Joslin with 10 points, and Jack Brinkerhoff with seven. BUI Mitchell was
high point man for Reed City with 11,
followed by Hart and Schulte with 10
A desperation field goal, hy Jack
Lacknen in the final two seconds of
the game brought the Reed City reserve team a 27-26 victory over the
Junior Pioneers. Gerry Redman was
high point man for Clare with nine,
while Bill Armstrong led for Reed
City with 11.
Pioneers Lose To St. Louis
The Pioneers dropped their second
game of the season to St. Louis Tuesday evening by a 38-36 score on the
home floor. The game was fairly close
all the way through, with the deciding
factor being the ability to cash in on
free shots. Clare was able to make
only four out of 16, while St. Louis
connected for 10 points.
Jack Brinkerhoff of the Clare team
was high point man of the evening
with 20 points', nine field goals and
^two free throws. Corbus was high for
St. Louis with 11 points.
By virtue of their victory, St. Louis
took "Casper" home with them to hold
and cherish—until the Pioneers go
there for a return game'January 3.
The Little Pioneers defeated the St.
Louis reserves 35-22, with Redman accounting for 10 points and Walker
eight for the locals.
This Friday evening the Pioneers
will play Coleman High in the Clare
gym, with tip-off for the preliminary
game at 7:30. Farwell "upset the
dope" by defeating Coleman 46 to 39
last Friday evening, but this doesn't
mean that the Pioneers have tonight's
game cinched. Let's turn out and see
what happens. *
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HOLIDAY BALL—DEC. 17
LOUiS O.OMAN
LAID AT REST
LAKE_CEMETERY
Lake -George Resident   Suffers
Heart Attack While Hunting
Near His Home
Louis Olof Oman, of Lake George,
passed away enroute to the Ciare Hospital Monday, November 28, following an attack of coronary thrombosis
aufflered while hunting in the vicinity
Df his home about a half hour previously, He had consulted his doctor a
.veck befcire and had been advised, to
take it easy.
Louis Olof Oman was born the son
of Andrew and-Anna Greta Oman, at
Soken, Jempland, Sweden, January
'.0, 1879, and passed away at CUre,
Michigan, November 23, 1049, at the
lge of seventy years, nine months
md twenty-nine days.
Mr. Oman, who had never married,
:ame to the United States at the age
of twenty-six years, and had been
employed as ■'■lumberman, cook, .farmer and carpenter during his fortyf-
*oer years residence in this county.
He was a member of the Lake Rod
and Gun Club and was interested in
reforestation and conservation.        .
He leaves to mourn his departure,
hree brothers, John, Peter and
Charles Oman; three sisters, Mary
Oman, Carrie Ruby aud Anna Wells;
lieces and nephews and many friend's.
j. Funeral services were held fronr
he Garfield township hall at 3:00
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, November 30, with Rev. Earl E. Redman, of
the Clare" Baptist-Church, officiating
.nd interment in the Garfield Township Cemetery. The Stephenson Fun
eral Home was in charge of arrange
ments.
MS.
PASSES
MSHACi
T LANSING
TAL SUNDAY
Funeral    Services   Held   From
St. Cecilia's Church For
'      Former Clare Lady
Mrs. John Tomshack, -of Jackson,
)assed away Sunday night, December
i, at Mercy Hospital, in that city, after several years of failing health.
Maud Pratt was born the daughter
-£ Edward and Melissa Pratt, at Clare,
Mich., July 1, 1880, She attended the
Clare school and was married to How-
ird Leach, and one daughter, now
Mrs. Luella , Sieloff, " of Whltmore
Jake, was born to this union.
January 28, 1908, she was united in
marriage to John Tomshack and this
union was blessed with the birth of
3ix children. One eon, Arthur, died
in infancy.
Mrs. Tomshack is survived by the
bereaved husband, who ■ is a retired
railroad conductor; three sons, Edward, of Port Huron, Joseph, of Jackson, and Raymond, of Ann Arbor;
three daughters, Luella Sieloff, of
Whitmore Lake, Mrs. Don Crawford,
of Clare, and Mrs. Joe Phfister, of
Ann Arbor; twenty-seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren,
several nieces and nephews and many
friends.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday morning, December 7, at
10:00 o'clock, from St. Cecilia's
Catholic Church, with Fr. J. I. Sruba
officiating, and interment at Cherry
Grove cemetery. Doherty Sons were
in charge of ai'rangements.
Members of Pettit-Kapplinger "Post
and Auxiliary, V. F. W., and their families to the number of 65 met in the
new* post home at the Clare tourist
park Monday evening for another ot
their sumptuous pot luck dinners. To
say that the generous quantities oC
food were well prepared and greatly
enjoyed would be putting it very
mildly.
Following dinner,' Post Commander
Charles Cooper introduced Ernest L,
Bates, of Grand Rapids, state refite-
sentatiye of- the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, and announced
that' Pettit-Kapplinger Post would
sponsor the March of .Dimes campaign
in January in the southern halt ot
Clare county and the Harrison V, F-j
W. Post the*north half. He promised
that local members would get behind
the program and push it to a successful conclusion.
Mr. Bates said that the National
.Foundation was caring for 90% of the
polio cases in the United States an£
expended $31,000,j)00 last year for patient care and $5,000,000 this year for
the cai*e of 1948 patients.
He said there had been 11,000 afflicted with polio in 1938 through 1944,
20,000 in 1944 through 1948, and 42,000
in 1949, the average case costing
; $1,000 and about a score of cases in
the state costing $50 a day.
Michigan, with 548 cases in 1947,
712 cases in 1948 and over 2,800 cases
t in 1949, set a record this year exceeded only by Illinois Snd New York, and
was probably the hardest stricken per
capita of any of the states. £n average of three iron lungs a week were
flown into Michigan during the epidemic. With the center of the scourge
moving northward, it is predicted that
the number of cases will be equalled
or surpassed in" the north central
states-in 1950.
With the spread of polio recognized
as an epidemic when 20 eases per
100,000 is reached, the number *ra&
two and a, half times this much the
pagtr year aM; National 'Foundation
funds haV6 become' depleted. 'Michigan raised $600,000 in 1W9, retaining
$300,000 in the State and sending the
jalance to National headquarters, but
with $900,000 expended for polio treatment here, it was necessary for the
National Foundation to grant $600,000
to the state. One grant for Clare
county was included in this amount
and another grant is now being arranged.
$21,000,000 have been expended in
research and it is hoped that Within
a few years a dependable means of
control may he attained. Over 1,000
Jrugs, including all of the new miracle
Jrugs, have been tried and* althpugh
3ome sources of polio have been dis-
iovered, not one drug has been found
.hat will destroy the polio virus.
Mr, Bates stated that people of any
lge, race, color or. creed may have' aid
'gratis from county, state and national
.'unds, v
Among other suggestions made hy
Mr. Bates for raising funds during
the March of Diriies, January 16
.hrough 31, was that of placing tags on
all city parking meters informing motorists that dimes placed in parking
neters will not register and that all
limes the public may wish to drop
into the meters could go towards the
local March of Dimes quota.
Mr. Cooper assured Mr. Bates that
March- of Dimes cards and canisters
would tyo distributed soon and the
local post and auxiliary would put the
Irive Over in a big way.
Tq close the evening's program Conservation Ofilcer Don Bell showed
three interesting and instructive Teels
of Conservation Department movies,
entitled "Buck Fever," "Michigan Canoe Trails" and "Michigan Marsh and
Shore Birds."
NOTICE
Gypsy fortune tellef and a sparkling
floor show review will entertain you
at the Beta Sigma Ball Dec. 17 at the
Doherty.
School and Sunday School Teachers!
Witbeck's Super Market is giving
special discounts on fine quality
Christmas candy.
There Is Still time
For "Give To Yonks
Who Gave" Program
y..—
The  shipping date for the "Gifts
to the Yanks""program has been ex-
! tended to December 17th, so you still
j have time to deposit your gift in t&e
container at the Citizens State Bank
j or at Bifcknells Department Store.
You are giVen a chance to show
your appreciation to the boys who-
have   offered   their   lives  tor  yodr
safety. Give anything you would like
to' receive or your son would like-
There must be no edibles or liquor.
This program has been sponsored
by the American Legion and its Auxiliary for six consecutive years, let's,
not fail them this year.
DE SOTO AND PLYMOUTH
Bob's Sales and Ssnrlce. Ctare, *ftr
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