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CLAHE. MICHIGAN. FH0AY MOHNINa DECEMBER 23. 1949
Seven Cents Copy
New Series Vol. 58. No, 13
YULETIDE SPIRIT
PREVAILS HERE
FRIDAY MORNING
Christmas   Rush   .Workers   To
Be   Rewarded   With
* Holiday Monday
As we go to press this Friday morning before Christmas, Clare stores are
filled with late Christmas shoppers
.and wide-eyed youngsters who can
hardly wait for Santa, Large stocks
of merchandise are beginning to dwindle and clerks ai1© bracing themselves
for the last grand rush, but all are
looking forward with pleasant anticipation to a two day Christmas holiday-
Stores will be open this Friday evening and the department stores and
jewelry stores will remain open until
9:00 o'clock and the drug stores until
their usual 10:00 o'clock closing time
Christmas Eve, but most other stores
will «lose at 6:00 o'clock Saturday.
The Sentinel office will remain
closed all day Saturday and not 'reopen until Tuesday morning, that the
employees may enjoy a well earned
rest following an unprecedented session of "type slinging" in getting out
Christmas shopping and holiday greeting editions.
Department stores, food stores,
hardware and furniture stores, jewelry stores, barber shops aud the bank
will remain closed all day Monday,
December 26, a legal holiday. The
drug stores will be open until 1:00
o'clock Monday noon, when they will
close for the remainder of the day.
Post Office Closed Monday
The Clare post-office lobby will remain closed Monday and there will be
no window service or rural deliveries,
however, special delivery mail and
perishable and Christmas parcel post
will be delivered both Sunday and
Monday. All mail deposited in the
mail box in front of the post office,
either Sunday or Monday, will be dispatched as «sual.
CLARE KIWANIS CLffl
f0URTEENS8 MUiffi:-._
CHARTER"*™ HELD
Lieutenant Governor Anderson
Addresses 160 Members
And Guests
Official Opening
Of Farwell L. D. S.
Church January 8
Tho Reorganised L. D. S. church, of
Farwell, official opening will be held
January 8, with the program as
follows:
9:30—Fellowship meeting
11:00—Preaching by Bishop Beck,
of Independence, Missouri.
12:00 Noon—Basket dinner in basement.
.1:30—Music
2:00—Preaching by Apostle Oatk-
man, »of Independence, Mo.
The public is invited.
Pastor Albert H. Seymour;
TWO YEAR OLD
FINE PAID HERE
WEDNESDAY P. M.
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Coleman    Man's    Car    Stolen
In   Business   District
Sunday-Evening
Donald Anderson, of Rosebush, was
arrested by City Police December 29,
1947, arraigned at that time in Municipal Court,, plead guilty and was sentenced to pay M0.QO fine and $3,35
court costs.      ^
In checking court records it was
found that the fine had not been paid,
a bench warrant was issued and Anderson was brought into court again
December 8 of thiijf year and his fine
was increased $6.00r He has paid the
*fine and been released.
W. A. Young, of Coleman, reported
to City Police at 8:30 p. m. Sunday,
December 18, that he had parked his
1948   dark   gray  Chevrolet  Fleetline
car near the Clare Bowling Alleys, in
| the 100 block on "West Fourth St., and
jhad gone into the bowling alleys, to
return in about five minutes and find
——— I it gone.   The city was searched and
With Christmas at hand, Sergt. Ray | the incident reported to State Police,
Sweet, of the Mt. Pleasant post of the wi10 With city Police are investigating
Michigan State Police, is urging driv~. the case.
ers and pedestrians alike to be un-j Perry Steele, of North Bradley, was
usually careful and not let death take ( arrested at 11:00 p. m. Saturday, De-
their holiday. i cember 17, charged with buying furs
Pointing out that last year 21 per- and causing a hazard to pedestrians
sons were killed in tra/fic accidents in and traffic near the McEwan and
Michigan on the day before Christmas, Fourth Streets intersection. He was
Sweet said that "December, the mer- taken into Municipal Court on the
riest montb of the year, is also the traffic charge and advised that if he
MOST CRITICAL
TRAFFIC PERIOD
DURING HOLIDAY
Twenty-one Killed Day Before
Christmas In Michigan
Last Year
CLARA WORSTELL
CLARE HI SCHOOL
"GOODCITIZEN"
To   Compete   For   Honors   Of
Daughters Of American
*     Revolution
most deadly." '
"We are now in the most dangerous
period of the month," he continued.
continued to cause the hazard, further
action would be taken.
Cases of truancy among Clare Pub-1
County W. C. X; U.
To Present Puppet
Show At The Eagle
The Clare County Woman's Christian Temperance Union is very .happy
to announce that, at the,naxt meeting,
Mrs. Van Note, of St. Louis, Michigan,
will put on a puppet show foj. .children.
This puppet show comes highly recommended as both entertaining and
educational.
We are indebted to ■ the Rosebush
W. C. T. U, for this opportunity. They
have promised to furnish the program
and they are sharing Mrs, Van Note's
talent with us.
" Mrs. Ida Johnson Is president of the vandewarker.    These girls were out-
Rosebush unit, and Mrs. Van Note is standing in the following things:
district    president    of    the    Gratiot      1# Dependability — which includes
W. C. T- u. truthfulness, loyalty, and punctuality;
The meeting will be held in the af- 2. Service—which includes coopera-
,temoon of December 27,-at *2:30, in tioi}) courtesys and consideration for
the Eagle Qhurch of God, Aye miles 0thers;
north of Clare on "USm^ and three     3. Patriotism--which includes un-
miles east. •   ".: ' selfish interest in family, school, corn-
Children greatly enjoy puppets. Ed- munity, ana nation,
ucatora praise puppets as a visual aid     F|.om thege three Glara Jeail Wor.
which gives children vifid and lasting  stell was chosen by the high school
On Tuesday, December 6, the Senior
class chose by ballot three candidates
for Top Citizen from the girls, of their
class. The three who were chosen
for this honor were Reine Reeder,
Clara   Jean   Worstell,   and   Kathleen
impressions. Since thi* show will be
during Christmas vacation; the children will have time tofcome and see
it,    Let's bring all thf- .children we
faculty as the best school citizen from
the class of 1950.
This citizenship project is sponsored
each year by The Michigan Society of
can and givelhem a gjpod time they the Daughters of the American Revo
will long remember.     | ' , iBti0n in high schools throughout the
j state,.
! When the name of our best school
j citizen is sent in, sbe will then receive
! a questionnaire- On the basis of the
information * received from this ques-
! tionnaire the best school citizen of the
HIP 1 ¥ «PIff f«SI*m ft ^7 state wiU be fr*"064' Tlie Wson xe-
ruilri M f ftl § 1U Y eeiving this honor will be given a Gov-
Uliilll  piUWAl ! eminent bond for S1Q0.O0.
Last year, Donna Foote was chosen
Clare High School.
Honors Top Student
. CLARA  JEAN  WORSTELL
Selected D, A. R. Good Citizen
WM. D. HARDER
SUCCUMBS TO ILL
"Last December there was an average jic school students and violation of
of more than six traffic deaths a day,
or=»a, total of 195 for the month.   But
traffic ordinances in the vicinity of
the school have been reported to City
One hundred and sixty members of
the Clare Kiwanis Club and guests attended the club's fourteenth annual
Charter Night Dinner in the Hotel
Doherty Wedgewood room, commencing at 7:00 o'clock, Wednesday evening, December 7th.
Tim Cotter presided as toastmaster
in his usual pleasing manner and presented Lieutenant Governor M. J. Anderson, of Bay City, who spoke interestingly and informatively of topics
of particular interest to Kiwanians,
lauding the local club and its president, Mark Bicknell, for the accomplishments of the past year.
A social period was enjoyed following the dinner, with Bob Spencer's
. Orchestra from Midland furnishing
music for dancing-
Much credit for the success of the
event is due to Mr. Cotter and co-
chairman Ed, Johnston, who arranged
the program.
of this total, 117 were killed during Police. Municipal Justice Wm. B. Dun
the last 15 days, an average of eight iop advises that if speeding and care-
each day, and 76 of these lost their iess driving continue and the violators
lives during the last eight days, an are brought before him, the offenders
average of nearly 10 each day.   The may loge tbeir operator's licenses^
peak was reached with the tragic toll	
of 21 on the day before Christmas." i---^f. , tit nim* n
Sweet said State Police records :MtfV A Wlf K JH § S
show that last winter the accident rate. "Uw» Ii» i\l\JlliiiiU
increased nearly 45 per cent and theS;
death rate  50  per cent.    These in*'
jun'tses were due te^j.   td. added;,
{hazards "gilch as^-slipperr^streels' and j"
highways,   more  hours  of   darkness, j
driving too fast for conditions,  andj
vehicles with defective equipment.
Three-lourths of last winter's traffic
fatalities occurred after dark, nearly
half when roads were wet, snowy or
icy, and 20 per cent when vision was j        \
obscured by sleet. More than half of An*a Eckels, pioneer resident of
the drivers were violating a traffic Gilmore township for fifty-five years,
law passed away December 15, at Central
One-third of all those killed were Michigan Community Hospital in Mt.
pedestrians i Pleasant, at the age of seventy-three
The accident rate goes up during years'. four months and twelve days,
the holidays because there Is more after an illnes of two "weeks,
traffic, people are in a hurry and be-'    She. was born August 3,  1876, m
come careless,  and  sometimes  they Wood- County, Ohio, the daughter of
PASSES AWAY AT
WTiOSPITAt
Gilmore Township Pioneer Laid
I At Rest Last Monday
1 Afternoon"
celebrate too much," he stated. "With
a little extra care and caution Decem-
Williapi and Mary Wixson
She was united in marriage in Gil-
berinstead"of"being"the most deadly j m0re township, to Rick Rickels, Sept,
month, could be made the safest and
then, indeed, it wduld be a merry
Christmas."
DeMolay Wins And
Clare Mfg. Loses In
Independent League
Beal City Center Richard Yuhckers
Sank a^pivot shot in the final minute
of play to hand Clare Manufacturing
a heartbreaking 45-43 defeat in thej
Clare Basketball League Wednesday
night of last week. The locals led all
the way until Yunckers bucketed his
game-winning shot.
The fracas was a battle of the centers, Freeman Willey finally emerging
victorious in the scoring contest with
18 markers. Yunckers came in second
With 16 points. The Beal City squad
rose from a 25-15 halftime deficit to
win, outscoring Clare, 23-11. in the
final quarter.
After battling to a 12-all deadlock at
half time, DeMolay pulled away from
a tired Evart squad and won, 34-27, in
the other contest. It was all DeMolay
in the final two periods, DeMolay's
Etriie Bryant and Gerry Brooks, Evart,
each scored eight points.
Donald Beall paced the Beaverton
basketball squad to a 48-36 triumph
over the Farm Bureau in the Clare
independent League fracas last Friday
' ■ night;
t>s.U Carinlchael's 10 points waf
HighiW'tttS'Bureau. The antatefef exchanged point for point until the third
quarter, wh6n Forward J$taw& hit the
nets for five of six flgtS goals. The
Farm Bureau outfit cottldn't recover
from the advantage racked tip by
Brown.
ODD FELLOW AND
REBEKAH DISTRICT
ASSOCIATION HERE
Clare    Lodges    Entertain    125
Members Of Neighboring
Lodges Dec. 15
About one hundred and fifty Rebek-!
ahs, Oddfellows and guests were in attendance at the District Association
meeting held in Clare Thursday evening, December 15th, in. the I. 0. O. F.
hall, with tie local lodges as hosts.
Lodges represented were Farwell, Mt.
Peasant, Shepherd, Coleman, Weidman and Clare.
This was the first meeting since
the election of officers. The new officers are Claude Anthony, of Shepherd, President; Frank Freeman, Far-
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17, 1894.
She was a member of the Rebekah
Lodge at Farwell, having joined the
Farwell Lodge 47 years ago next February.
Surviving are four children, Llye
and Ernest, of Gilmore township, Mrs.
Nella Hoag, of Mt. Pleasant, and Alice,
of Austin, Texas'; one brother, Henry
WixsOn, of Gilmore township; and
seven grandchildren.
Her husband and one son preceded
her in death.
Funeral services were held at Gil-
CLARE MFG. CO.
CHRISTMAS DINNER
ATTENDED BY 370
Employees    And    Management
Enjoy   Turkey   Dinner
And Program
The fourth annual Clare Manufacturing Company Christmas dinner was
__        . _    .1 ,    , . ■ -      ■ , . ; served to 370 employees, commencing
Prominent   In    Fraternal    And the best school citizen for Clave High at 11:30 0-cloch: Thursday noon, De-
Veteran    Orangizations , School    Donna was given a trip to { cember 22, when all operations in the
Of Community Flint where she spent a very nice day j plant cfeasefl for the retoalnder of the
— „ meeting, the many other students com-Ljv
William D. Harger, a well known peting for the title of the best school      V comBletG turkev dinner with all
resident of this city for many years, citi2en of the state. She also attended1    A comBlete tmlcey dmner Wltlv aU
a banquet given in honor of the students by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
succumbed to a heart attack at his
home here Sunday. H$ had suffered
a heart ailment the past several years-
William David Harger was born
Sept. 13th, 1895, at Columbia, Williams
county, Ohio, th^ son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Harger.
He came to Clare -at an early age
and entered the service of his country
in World War I, September ,21, 1917,
being honorably discharged April 2nd,
•1919.      .y , -^:^^^.f**';ir;     „..
Later in life he  attended  Moody
FARWELL R. A. M.
ELECT OFFICERS
OR NEXT YEAR
'ifh'.«
Bible Institute,   at  Chicago,. Illinois ' past £■ h Priesfc A_ ^  jHeRiden
after which he did missionary work,
in Northern Michigan for some time.
He was a member and Past Commander of Walter H. Larman Post
128 and Past State Sergeant-at-arms
Installing   Officer
December 15.
Farwell  Chapter,  Royal Arch Ma-
the trimmin's was prepared and
served by Art Damoth, in his usual
inimitable style, as in past years. He
was assisted by a group of company
girls.
The tables were beautifully decorated with poinsetti^s and a lovely
basket of flowers presented by Bill
Becker. There were paper hats and
noise makers galore, adding a very
festive atmosphere to the occasion.
• ■ Don Bryant directed an all ;*j.ployee
mflsf^al program that was eitjoyed* by|
the ghests.
Several fine guitar numbers were
presented by Jean McLaughlin, Teal
Leonard and Tom Spicer.
Leah Hartnell sang a beautiful solo.
Group   singing  by   Betty   Murphy,'
of"the American Lel^Tmember off ?onS' held their annual election and Elaine Bentley and Moltis Shaver was
the 40 and 8 Voiture 690 of Bay City,
a member of the John Q. Look Lodge
No. 404, F. & A. M., of Clare, and a'
member of the Odd Fellow and Rebekah Lodges, of Clare, and the Chemical City Canton Lodge, of Midland.
He passed away Sunday, Dec. 18th,
1949, at his home in Clare, at the age
of 54 years, three months and five
days.
He was preceded in death hy. his
mother, Mrs. Alice Golden, and his
father, David Harger.
He is survived by his stepfather,
Charles Golden, of Clare; stepmother,
Mrs. Anna Harger, of Clare; two half-
brothers, Frank Musser, of Ciare, and
Gene Golden,of Gladwin; three uncles
Riley Harger, of Clare, Wm. Coffman,
of Oregon, Prank Coffman, of Washington; several nieces and nephews
and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Thurston Funeral Home Wednesday
afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, Rev. L. J.
more Church of Christ at 2:00 p. ml'Nevins officiating, and burial made in
Monday.   Burial was in Gilmore ceme- the Cherry Grove cemetery under the
tery   with   Rev.   Leslie   J.   Nevins auspices of the American Legion,
officiating.
LUTHERAN CHURCHES
CHRISTMAS    SERVICES
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
CONGREGATIONALISTS
INVITED TO ATTEND
METHODIST SERVICES
installation of officers in the Farwell, enjoyed.
Masonic  Temple,  Thursday  evening, I    A vocal solo was pleasingly.sung by
December 15.    Installing vOfficer was!Bill Kubat, playing his own accompa-
Past High Priest A. L. "Heiden, of Har-: niment on his guitar.
rison,  and  Installing Marshal, Allen}    Many gifts were distributed to. the
Graham,  qf Farwell.    The following, employees from the appropriately dec-
were installed for the coming year.
Fred Sexton—High Priest
Wilmot Carpenter—King
Cecil Davison—Scribe
Warren MeGuire — Captain of the
Host
Earl Beatty—Principal Sojourner
Charles* Woodry—Royal Arch Captain
David Wiggins—-Secretary
Allen R. Graham—Treasurer
Rev. Leslie J. Nevins—Chaplain
George Sage—Master Of the Third
Veil
Oiafe Erneshagen — Master of the
Second Veil
John Goggin—-Master of the First
Veil
Howard Randle—Tyler
Clarence Cotton—Steward
Frank Schaaf—Steward
The committee, served refreshments
and a social hour was enjoyed following installation.
The first comniujiication with the
new officers in their chairs will be
orated" Christmas tree, by old Santa
Glaus himself, who was present with
all of his jingle bells and Rudolph,
the red nosed reindeer.
The General Electric roaster contributed by tbe Clare Hardware Co.
was awarded to John William Dunlop.
Honored guests attending from Detroit were N. A. Miles, secretary of
the Holly Carburetor Co., accompanied
by his son, Robert, and father-in-law,
O, J. Zick. "     '
The 1949 Christmas party was significant of all Clare Manufacturing
Co. parties, where the goodwill of
management and employees and a fine
spirit of fellowship prevails, ahd many
were heard to say that this was the
best party ever.
LIVESTOCK AUCTIONS
TO BE HELD AT CLARE
ON COMING HOLIDAYS
NINE BROUGHT TO
CLARE HOSPITAL
FROM ONE WRECK
Properly    Damage    Heavy    In
Traffic   Accidents
In Vicinity
Nine persons were brought to the
Clare Hospital Sunday morning foK
lowing a three car crash at 10:35
o'clock on US-27 on James Hill.
Arthur Graner, 52, of Liberty Gen1-
ter, Ohio, was driving down the hill «
south and ran off the right side of th*
pavement, lost control as he pulled;
back   onto   the   highway,   and   wettt ■"
across the road in the path Of a car
traveling north,-driven by Mrs. Flossie Williams, 29, of R-l, Ithaca,- and a
collision ensued.   A car driven north
by Carmon Newman, 60, of R-2, Clare,
which was following the Williams car,
struck the latter vehicle in the rear.
Examination at the Clare Hospital
revealed the following injuries:
Arthur Graner, Piney Woods, Har^
rison, sustained a fracture of the heel,
and injuries to the head. A plaster of
parts cast was applied and he' waa
discharged December 22nd.
Clara Graner, 44, Piney Woods, suffered a laceration of the forehead and
other injuries. She was' discharged
Wednesday, December 21st.
Anita Williams, R-l, Ithaca, age 12,
suffered from a laceration of the lower
leg. She was discharged December
20th.
Mrs. Gerald Williams, age 55, Alma>
sustained a deep extensive laceration
of the forehead and a fracture of the
wrist. This with other injuries necessitated her confinement to the hospital
for a period of about one week.
Evelyn Williams, R-l, Ithaca, age
five, was a patient at Clare Hospital
until-December 20th. She-suffered a
laceration of the forehead and the
apper lip.
Erwin Williams,.age eight, R-l, Ith»
ica, suffered a fracture of the right
lower leg, and injuries to the skull.
He was discharged on December 21st
I. Marion Williams., 63, Alma, was a
latient at the hospital until December
19th, when he was discharged to 'be
transferred to the Saginaw General
lOspital tojbe, under the eare of ta
bone specialist because of a depressed,
fracture of the skull", and a multiple
racture of both bones of the lower
right leg.. Both the leg fracture and
the skull fracture were -compound.
The leg fracture was much shattered,
lecessitating the attention of a'bone
specialist. "       !
» Edward Williams, age seven, Ithaca,
was treated for a fracture of the right
upper arm and injuries-to the head.
He was discharged December 20th. *
Mrs. Flossie Williams, Ithaca, was
lischarged December 22nd. Injuries
sustained were three lacerations of
the tongue with profuse hemorrhage,
laceration of-the lower lip, laceration
of the chin, loss of several teeth, and
other injuries to the legs and arms.
Damage to Newman's car was esti*
mated at $200, Mrs. Williams' car $400,
and Graner's car $500. , ,
Three Gar Wreck
Three Cars were badly wrecked
and a Mt. Pleasant young lady slightly injpred in an unusual traffic accfc
dent at Spike Horn corners 12 miles
north of CJare on "US-2? at 3:00 o'clock
Sunday morning.
Robert L. Ferris, 22, of Big Rapids,
driving a 1949 Ford north on the highway, lost control on the. icy pavement
and went into the woods, hitting two
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Children's Christmas Service will be tGi" degree will be conferred
The regular Monday livestock auc-
-c tions at'the Clare Livestock Auction
held^ JanuaryJ, when the Mark Mas-yards> 0ne mile-west of the city on
MT, VERNON GRANGE
TFS-10, will be held as usual on Mon
day, Dec. 26, and again on Monday,
January 2, according to an announcement by E. O. Prince, General Mana-
Rev. L. J. Nevins and members of held in St. John's Evangelical Luther-,
the Methodist Church have extended and Church TJ'f Clare on Saturday, De- j
an invitation to  the Congregational cember 24, at 8:00 o'clock.        ■     '      !
■church members to meet with them      Children's Christmas service will be      Mt. Vernon Grange will hold a New: ger.
Sunday, December 25. at10:00 o'clock held in St. John's Evangelical Luther- Years Eve party.   Watch for further j    Mr.. Prince  explained  the  auction
as there will be no services at the  an Church in Hamilton township on  details next week. [will beheld as usual, starting at the
Congregational chixrch this Sunday.      December 25, at 8:00 o'clock. * Committee      customary time.
St. Cecilia9s Parodhial School To Be Built By Parish Near Church
Members of St, Cecilia's Catholic parish of Clare are hoping to complete their school
in time for school next fall. The parish has never had its own school. The 100x60
building is sketched here by Frederick E. WIgen, architect. The school will provide
three class rooms, two lavatories, a boiler room, an oiSce, a music room, and a convent
comprising four bedrooms, a bathroomt kitchen, dining hall, and laundry rOOni. The
construction will feature a brick exterior, painted cinderbloek interior, light-colored.
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asphalt tile floors, an acoustic tile ceiling, and steel window sashes. ^The building will
be erected on church property in the 100 block on east Wheaton Avenue and will face
north. When completed it will AH a long felt need, accommodating many of the 125 children of the parish who now attend St. Henry's Parochial School near Rosebush and
the Clare Public Schools.
—Picture courtesy of Saginaw Daily News
PUBLIC INSTALLATION
AT MASONIC TEMPLE
NEXT TUESDAY EVENING
Grand . Lectures    Francis    B.
Lambie   To   Preside
* At Ceremony
The public installation ceremony of
officers of John CJ. Look Lodge No.
404, F. & A. M., to be held St. John's
Night, Tuesday, December 27, in the
Clare Masonic Temple, will be preceded at 6:30 o'clock by a supper for
fMaster Masons, their families ahd
their invited guests.
In the ceremony, commencing at
8:00 o'clock, Right Worshipful Grand
Lecturer Francis B. Lambie, of Mid"
land, will be Ihstalling Officer; Past
Master Donald E. Holbrook, Installing
Marshal; Past Master Earl Ruby, Installing Secretary; and Rev. Leslie J.
Nevins, Installing Chaplain.
Worshipful Master Elect Laurenee
Seiter has appointed Clarence Cotton
as Tyler, to fill the vacancy of Tyler
Elect William Harger, who was called
before the Grand Master of the Universe, very suddenly, last Sunday.
Anyone interested is Cordially invited to the installation but all are requested to be at the Masonic Tenlple
promptly at 8; 00 o'clock, that th«?
beautiful and impressive ceremony
may not be interrupted.