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CLAHE. MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNJNG.  DECEMBER 30, 1949
MICHIGAN DAIRY
PRODUCT REVIEW
FORJPAST YEAR
State      Inspection      Maintains
Higli   Quality   Of   Dairy
Products Sold
Daiz*y inspection, is never finished,
said F. M, Skiver, chief of the Bureau
of Dairying, in giving a brief summary
of the past year of dairy work under
the.Michigan Department of Agriculture.
With only'30 full time dairy inspectors to cover the entire. state, they
can always find plenty to do. The
inspectors have some 140,000 farms,
.1200 dairy plants and stations, 'and
.850 ice cream manufacturers to inspect. State. inspectors try to reach
every dairy plant for a complete check
twice or three times, a year.
During the year just past, fleldmen
from the Bureau .,ot Dairying made
approximately 6,600 official inspections
and 17,000 official calls. In checking
quality of raw milk and cream received at the dairy plants, 10,000 cans
of milk were rejected and approximately 40,000 pounds of cream intended for use in the manufacture of butter were, rejected as -unfit fOr-use in
the manufacture of dairy products.
Inspectors also condemned 6,428 milk
and cream cans as unfit containers.
In enforcement of the dairy laws,
97 prosecutions were started. In two
instances the cases were dismissed
for lack of sufficient evidence. Prosecutions were largely for violations
such as selling dirty, milk,' selling
watered milk, selling ice cream and
butter that were b'eloVr the legal fat
standards. The fines ranged from
$3 in some cases to $100 for selling
watered milk, and a flue of $200 for
selling low fat butter- One violator,
spent the Fourth ot July in jail for
failure to comply with the Justice
Court's order after conviction of a
dairy law violation.
Michigan has a widely diversified
dairy industry, Michigan dairy plants
manufacture some of practically every
known dairy product except a few of
the foreign types of cheese. The great*
est percentage (approximately 40%)
of the ihjlk prgduce d,.-lp Michigan is
consumed as fresh milk "and cream.
The hext greatest amount (approximately 30%) is used in tlie manufacture of 43 million pounds of butter.
Consumption of fluid n\ilk increased
from 891 million pounds in 1940 to
1,563,000,000 pounds in 1948. Butter
production decreased from 95 million
pounds in 1940 to 43 million pounds in
"3948. Other manufactured products
that haVe greatly increased in production since 1940 are sweetened condensed milk from 17 million pounds to
33,796,000 pounds, evaporated can milk
from 123 million pounds to 186 million
pounds, and ice cream from 16 million
gallons to 26 million gallons. The high
production of ice cream was reached
in 1946 with 31 million gallons; Consumption has decreased over the past
three years- ..   ■   .- .
Skiver stated Tthat his men are'always careful'to work with the1 local,
city and county inspectors, but never
to duplicate" inspection work. 'State
Inspectors do very little farm inspection where cities maintain adequate1
inspection of their own. State dairy
inspectors have to devote most of
their time to checking dairy plants
and checking the farms producing
milk for cities and villages that maintain no local Inspection or enforcement.      ' '      ' ■
One of the largest fields of inspection and one that has scarcely been
touched is inspection of the cream
going into the manufacture of butter.
Approximately" one third of the milk
sold is used in the. manufacture of
butter. ,The quality and grades of
butter offered consumers could be
greatly improved by Improvement of
the production, manufacturing and
handing methods used for butter.
The limited inspection personnel of
the Bureau of Dairying will not permit
a great amount of inspection on butter, and thtf state laws need revising
before such inspection can be really
effective, stated Skiver.-
Michigan's * pasteurization. law has
been very effective in curtailing the.
sale of raw milk throughout the entire
state. At the present time there are
40 licensed raw milk dealers in the
state. Twelve of these are licensed
to deliver in areas that have voted to
permit the sale of raw milk. Daily
sales of raw milk would not exceed
GO quarts per dealer—a total of approximately 730,000 quarts per year.
or .1% of the.total milk sold in the
state. Other large dairy states are
now adopting similar legislation requiring pasteurisation ot JEluid milk
delivered to consumers.      ■      ■'■'
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As we come to the close of 1949 we wish to
thank our advertisers and subscribers for
their generous patronage and friendly cooperation and our readers and correspondents
for their indulgence and contributions of
news. All are requried to successfully publish a newspaper and for all we are deeply
grateful.
We shall endeavours t<? merit your continued
patronage and confidence through 1950 and
the years to come ai?d wish for you that each
courtesy extended to us, may be returned a
hundredfold in a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.
The Glare Sentiiiel
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STATE PARKS DO
RECORD BUSINESS
MPAST YEAR
i Visitors    Spend   $398,518    For
Refreshments.   Rentals
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At Concessions
Bicknell Brothers Presidents Of
Local Rotary And Kiwanis Clubs
MASONIC LODGE
INSTALLS 1950
OFFICERS TUES.
GraxyJ   Lecturer   Presides    At
Ceremonies    In    Clare
Masonic Temple
John Q. Look Lodge No. 404, F. &
A, M., held public installation ceremonies in the Clare Masonic Temple
Tuesday evening with a fine attendance.
The ceremonies were preceded by
a delicious supper served by members
of Zenobia Chapter, O. E. S., to Master
Masons, their families and their invited guests, with the lodge dining
room filled to capacity.
Right Worshipful • Grand Lecturer
Francis D. Lambie, of Midland; presided as int;alling officer and "WftS assis*
ted by' District Deputy instructor
'Herbert Gardner, of Alma, as installing mar shall; Past Master Earl Ruby,
of Clare, as installing secretary; and
Rev. I.. J, Kevins, of Clare, aa installing chaplain. Judge Donald E. Holbrook, who was to assist with the installation, was unable to be present
because of illness.
Officers installed lor the coming
year are:.     '.
Worshipful Master—Laurenee Seiter. .
Senior Warden—Howard Everts.  ■
• Junior Warden—Archie Beatty.
Secretary—Harley Holt.
Treasurer—Gordon Mcintosh.
' Senior Deacon—Warren White.
Junior Deacon—GeOrge Sexton.
' Chaplin—David Seiter.
.Stewards—Ray- Ruby, Kenneth Roe,
Courtney Bauer, and Stanley Mullett.
-Marshal—Guy." Autry.
"• Tyler—Clarence Cotton. '
' Remarks and appreciation of the
fine attendance and efforts put forth
in dramatizing the beautiful ceremonies were expressed by Dr. Lambie, Mr.
Gardner and Past Master Earl Beatty.
Those present were favored with
vocal solos by Alma Lee Seiter, accompanied at the piano by her sister,
Connie Seiter, and Mrs .David Mair,
accompanied by Mrs .Eleanor Lehr.
Mr. Gardner -was accompanied here
by his wife, who "was among the
guests from several neighboring
cities.    ,-■■
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N. & £:.W. TO MEET
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St. Cecilia's Natioaat' C6unfell of
Catholic Women tflit'hdld tWif :regu-
lar meeting Thursiiay evenjfegrjfanu*1
ary 5th, ia the. church basement.
Ideals Christmas
Treat Show Attended
By 4300 Children
The Ideal Theatre's annual Christmas gift show for school children,
"Ranger and The Lady," one of Roy
Rogers' first pictures, was enjoyed by
4300 pupils from Clare county, the
north half of Isabella county and parts
of Midland and Osceola counties, December 13 and 14 anil 21 and 22.
The feature and Several shorts were
shown continuously from 9:00 a.m.
to 3:30 p. m. each of the above days,
with a special showing at 9:00 a. m.
December 22 for pre-school children,
shut-ins and physically disabled.
Each guest was presented with pop-
con! and candy, furnished by the
theatre with the cooperation of the
Clare Chamber of Commerce.
Fishing Shanties
Must Be Properly
Marked By Owner
The conservation department points
out to ice fishermen that the law requires all shanties be "properly"
marked with owners' names and addresses. '
Tacking a board (with the name
and address thereon) to the Bhanty
does not comply with the intent of the
law, the department's law enforcement
division emphasized. The writing must
be on an outside .wall of the shanty
and in letters of Insoluble material
not less than two inches high.
This year, a\hanty must be removed
at any tinje during the ice fishing season when unsafe conditions prevail.
Last year, there was a grace period
of 30 days before the angler was legally obligated to remove the shanty,
after the ice became unsafe or the
shanty actually went under.
Under the law, the department may
remove and 'store or destroy such
structures and assess, the costs of
same to owner in addition to penalties
which may be assessed; for violation.
NEW 1950 CHEVROLET
PASSENGER CARS TO
BE SHOWN JANUARY 7
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Million   Passenger    Cars   And
350.000   Trucks   Sold
During Past Year
A new series of "Chevrolet passenger
cars, reportedly one of the most important ever developed by, the company, will be unveiled, Saturday, January 7.   ...... .      .,-,..    • '..,"..
. W. E. Fish, genera]!. saies >manager,
made, the announcement today as sdifie
7,000 Chevrolet dealers "across 'the
country .began preparations for elaborate 'showroom presentations.
"One of the secrets of Chevrolet's
highly successful merchandising has
been the enthusiasm which dealers
have been able to build up at these
first showings of a new model," said
Fish.
"In some communities the event has
almost become a public holiday. Dealer establishments are at their sparkling be'st. Great pains are takea for
striking decorative effects. Car models
are Selected with unustial eye appeal.
Special attractions are frequently part
of the program.
"With it all the public has come to
expect something unicme in automotive progress. This year will be no
exception. We are introducing an advance that has been a subject of research and test throughout the postwar period. The cars carry a development that we believe will have a
revolutionary influence on automobiles of the future."
The 1950 car will make its appear*-
ance following Chevrolet's most successful year. Pish said retail passenger car sales in 1949 would top
1,000,000 units while truck sales of
350,000 would set a hew all-time record for the industry.
CLARE STUDY CLtjB
MEETING POSTPONED
•The Januaty meeting of the Clare
Study Club has been postponed one
week to January* 10. it will be the
annual dinner at the Methodist church
fit 6:30.. There Will be an out of town
Speaker. Reservations may be made
<tvlth Mr|s< Wallace Johnson or Mrs.
Theodore Bower,
Christmas Cheer
Brought To Eight
Needy Families
Donations of the* Clare Rotary Club
ahd Mrs. Coulson's Girl Scout Troop
enabled the Pettit-Kapplinger V. P. W»
Auxiliary to furnish baskets containing chicken, cranberries aud an that
was required lor a idee Christmas
dinner to eight needy families ot the
eommunity. Each baskei also ;&.h*
tained a check tm 15.00;      '     '    "*'*
State parks picnickerp chewed ,and
drank their way through a record
' quantity of candy, hot dogs and soda
pop in. 1949 according £o tabulations
of the conservation department's
parks division.
Including boat and bathhouse rentals, visitors shelled out small change
to the tune of $398,51$, or $81,000 more
than ih 1948. The stated general
fund will receive $65,309 from concession operators in bonuses and rentals.
Close to 50 different concessions
serviced picnickers in the 60 state
parks throughout Michigan. This is
the first year the parks division did
not operate a few of the concession
stands itself.
Biggest drain on the pop and hot
dog supply was at Dodge No. 4 where
the total take of nickels and dimes
amounted to nearly $62,000. Other
leaders were Grand Haven, $48,000;
Holland, $29,000; Island Lake, $20,000;
and Higgins Lake, $18,000.
The parks division has received bids
to operate the concessions, starting-iu
the 1950 season, at Highland, Proud
Lake, Wilson, Sleeper and Palms
Book parks. No oth^r concession
leases are open to bidding at this
time. .'•      .
Bids are cash bonuses offered in
addition to the state park percentage
of gross receipts. Service to the public, rather than the cash bonus alone,
determines the award of concessions
among competing bidders. ,The conservation commission vt§i select successful bidders at its< January 13
meeting. -
DRIVER RIDICULES
CITY POLICE BUT
GETS $100 FINE
No     Serious *  Injuries     Ovetf
Christmas   Week   End
In This Area
J. STUART BICKNELL
Clare Rotary Club
\MARK H. BICKNELL
Clare Kiwanis Club
RECORD VOLUME
OF MAIL HANDLED
AT POST OFFICE
No Lobby Or K^pt^?3ivery
Service   Ttdmt   Office *.
Next Monday
An unprecedented volume of mail
was handled by the Clare post oflice.
during the Christmas season this year,
with 112,098 letters and cards passing
through the cancelling machine the
ten. days before Ghristmas. The greatest number of cancellations in one day
was handled Tuesday, December 20,
when 22,260 pieces of mail were cancelled by machine, ,asjitompared with
the previous record volume-.of 20,000
pieces in one day last'year.
Besides this, several thousand
pieces of hand stamped mail, too large
for the cancelling machine, including
first-class, newspapers, circulars and
parcel post, Were dispatched. |
The above mail does not include
tons of incoming mail that is cancelled:
at the offices where it is mailed. j
With the local post-office staff and'
additional holiday help working, very
efficiently through the-holiday rush,
the flow, of mail was. kept moving
smoothly through the local post office
and no mall for dispatch or local, de-'.
livery was held over. •      J
Stamp sales from December 1 to
Christmas totaled $4,266.00, including
9,000 one cent, 89,000 two cent, 29,000
three cent, 600 .four cent, 1,000 five
cetat, 1,000 six cent, 4,000 seven cent,
200 eight cent,- 400 nine cent, 1,000 ten,
cent, 700 fifteen cent,'900 twenty cent
and 550 twenty-five cent regular postage stamps; 2,000 six cent air mail,
50 fifteen cent air mail stamps and 40:
ten Gent air mail sheets; 60 thirty-
seven 'cent books and SO seventy-three
cent books of stamps; and 22,500 one
cent postal cards.
Post Office Closed Monday
The Clare post-office lobby will remain closed next Monday and there
will be no window service or rural
deliveries; however, special delivery
and perishable mail 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 usual.
Trappers Advised-
. To Observe Trapping j
Season Regulations
"The isea§on's fur trapping comes to
an .end December. 3t with two exceptions.
. According to the Conservation department, trappers stiil can take
skunk and badger in any part of the
state,, and muskrat and mink in the
■Lake Brie marshes, through January
•31,
Furs on hand must be reported,.to
the department within five days after
the end of the respective open seasons in which they were taken. A
permit, allowing a trapper to hold
his furs indefinitely, can be obtained
trom the' local" conservation - officer*.'
When the pelts are fiold or shipped
later^. part of the permit tag is detached and mailed to the department
in order to keep the record of the
trapper's holdings in order.
CLARE ROTARY CLUB
; CONTINUES PERFECT
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Rev. Leslie J* Nevins Tells Of
Trip   Through   Syria
And Palestine
HENRY DOLL EQUALS
CLARE ALLEY RECORD
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21
Henry Doll.'bowling with Mason No.
2 Wednesday, December 21, tied the
Clare Alley record tor high single
game in league bowling. The record,
268, was set last year by Jerry Johnson during the City Tournaments Doll
Started his game with a sp^re, then
tied a double, spare and eight strikes
together for bis total* • • • •
Special New wear's program. nnd
Schedule at Ideal • Theatre*.iMatinaa
'ftoth Sunday md. Monday continuous
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Rotary's regular Wednesday meeting December 28, marked, the twenty-
second - consecutive week; -of 100%
perfect attendance. The ! 'attendance
contest which ,has brought the Clare
club di^tfijpt'Jahd''. statewide*' prominence, began *"oii 'tlie' +fii'S'tt'Week ' of
August. 'A. ,' ....,'r ,*.'".,' '"-'
■ Club members were divided into two
teams for the con Wt With a chicken
dinner , promised* 'the winning side.
Prospects of having to cook and serve
the dinner made both teams-fearful of
losing and was credited with the incentive for the five m.onths of unbroken attendance. The club and President Stuart Bicknell received two citations from the district president for
the achievement.
Wednesday's program for the lunch
Was a lecture by Rev. Leslie jl. Nevins
on his trip through Syria and Palestine. The talk was the second part of
Rev. Nevins' description of a trip
taken several years ago in these eastern countries and was illustrated with
color slides. The travels took ReV.
Nevins to three continents,where he
visited thirteen countries and made
several hundred photographic slides.
"Bud" Anderson was in charge of
program arrangements,
Business Places .
To Remain Closed
All Day Monday
The Clare hardwares and furniture
stores, the Kroger store, and barber
shops will be closed Saturday evening,
New Year's EVe, at 6:00 o'clock. The
department stores, other food stores,
drug stores, jewelry stores, and practically all other business places will
remain open until their usual closing
time Saturday.
Most aU Clare, business places, including the banl?, pes' office and Sentinel office, will feinafn closed al} flay
Monday, January 2, a legal holiday he-
eause,.NflW Year's,pay falls'.upon a
Sunday* The drug stores wiil. close at,
1;00 o'clock,Monday noon ior the remainder of the day... .<. **'' ,  ;
CLARE BROTHERS
PRESIDENTS OF
SERVICE CLUBS
J, Stuart And Mark H. Bicknell
Head Clave Rotary And
Kiw^nfe Clubs
Distinction not often realized by
two members of one family was be
stowed upon the brothers, J. Stuart
Eicknell and Mark H. Bicknell, when
they were elected presidents Of the
Clare Rotary Club f.ud Clare Kiwanis.
Club, respectively, during -the past,
year.
During Stuart's administration the
Rotary Club has established a remarkable record of 100% attendance during the past consecutive five months,
which has been reflected by increased
atendance in other Rotary Clubs of
the district and commended by District Govenor Sam Ball, of Bay City.
During Mark's administration the
Kiwanis Club has continued its highly
commendable service to the community and sponsored the organization of
a thriving new Kiwanis Club with 34
charter members at Harrison.
The Young men are members of the
board of The Citizens State Bank of
Clare, the Rosebush State Bank and
(Jiadwin County Bank at Beaverton
and are well known in Michigan
Banking circles- They are also actively associated with the civic, eom-
inerciali educational and religoUs organizations of the community/ *'■
Floren Pudvay Clare
County Corn Growing
Champion This Year
•Floreu Pudvay has just been named
'1949    Clare -County   Corn   Growing
Champion  for  producing a yield  of
, 114.60 bushels of DeKalb corn per acre
j on shelled corn basis at 15.5% mois-
'. ture on his farm near Clare, according
to a bulletin just received from headquarters of the 1949 National DeKalb
Selected Five Acre Corn Growing Contest,   This record yield wins for Mr.
Pudvay the coveted County Corn King
Plaque  presented  each  year  to  the
farmer producing the county's largest
officially checked yield in the DeKalb
Contest,
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Pudvay s   winning   corn   field   Was
^checked by disinterested parties and
|information gained by the study of
growing practices among the 5200 farmers who" competed will be used to
help other farmers improve their corn
yields. This is the twelfth annual contest with farmers from twenty-three
states and Canada participating.
Other outstanding yields in the contest this year made by farmers in the
county were: H. Penrose & Son, second place with 100.49 bushels; and C.
Kleinhardt, third place With 93.95
bushels.
In recognition of these achievements prizes will be awarded by the
DeKalb Agricultural Association, Inc.
SHERIDAN TAXPAYERS
■ I will be at the Citizens State Bank,
December 31 and every Saturday,
thereafter until further notice, to collect taxes t6t Sheridan township.
•im     ■'*■•     Walter Kleiner, Treas, .
Russell Lawler, 34, of Mt. pleasant,
who got away from City' Police in a
chase down US-27 at labout 3:30r
o'clock Thursday morning of last
week and awoke Justice Wm. B. Dunlop a half hour later to kid him about
the local police car, went just a little
too far with his jesting when he called the City Police'at about 10:00'
o'clock that evening to "rub it in".
When aroused from his sleep at
4:00 a, m. Justice Dunlop was a bit
drowsy and did not bother to- trace
the call from the anonymous jester,-
but when he persisted in' belittling •
local officers, the call was tra'ce'd and •'
checked with State Police af Lansing
and Justice Dunlop issued a warrant,
for Lawler's arrest. •    .r
When arraigned before Justice Dun'-'
lop in Municipal Court on a reckless1
driving charge Friday noon, Lawler
plead guilty, and Justice Dunlop; being:
imbued with Christmas spirit did not
demand the surrender of his driver's
license, but "let him down easy" with1
a fine of $100 to cause him to have-
more respect for local officers.
Stolen Car Recovered
The 1948 Chevrolet Fleetline auto*
belonging to W. A, Young, of Coleman;
which was^. tolen from the vicinity of-
"he ClareqBowling Alleys on West
Fourth Street December 18, has been
recovered hy Detroit Police in that'
city.    '
According to Detroit officers, the"
car wag in the possession of two juveniles who are charged with the theft
of  about fifteen  automobiles^ They
are alleged to have stolen a car in"
OwossO, drove it to Cheboygan, hitch
hiked to Clare and drove away the'
YoUng car, changing the license plate*-*
The two young men are being held in*
Detroit for the Juvenile Courts of that
city, t
Ra|r Keller, of Mt. Pleasant, wa&*
arrested   by   City   Police   Thursday
morning" and arraigned in Municipal
Court, charged with indecent and ob-"
scene conduct in ,a Clare service statics De«&mj*r?li. He plead guiltyand'
was fined ?is:$0 "and ?3.50 costs*
Allen Holmes, of Lake GeOrge, was**
ar-Tested by^bhief of Police Bert Head,
it Farwell at 10:00 o'clock Saturday"
evening and brought to the Clare jail
for confinement. When Arraigned in
Justice Jeff Willey's court at Farwell
Wednesday on a drunk driving charge
he plead guilty, his driver's license
waS surrendered to the court and he*
was fined $50,00 and $4.25 costs. The'
fine and costs were suspended.
Warren Woodward, of R-5, Marion,
who was arrested by City Police on a
drunk charge at 7:30 p. m. last Friday
was t arraigned   in   Municipal   Court
Wednesday,f plead   guilty   and   was
fined ?5.00 and $3.50 costs. According".
to the police, Woodward ran his car'
off TJS-10 a half mile west of the city •
limits and came into town for help. •
A 1937 Plymouth  driven west on.*.
> US-10 by Jacjc M. Morris, -of Detroit*;:'
• was"damaged an estimated-.§175 and?"
a 1940.Ford":driven east on the.high- *
Way.   by  tjeorge   Christie,   of   West*-
Fifth St., Clare, was damaged an es^'
timated $300, in a collision near Kel--'
ler's Market, in the 500.block, at 7:15*
Monday morning.
Morris told police that he dozed off'
temporarily, driving onto the wrong,
side. Christie pulled off the pavement,
trying to avoid the collision, but did
not have time to get out of the patlx.
of Morris' car,
James "E. Cunningham, of, Lansings
broke <Hf four guard rails when he
skidded on US-27 near M-61 Monday
morning. Although CunnSngham was
not injured, damage to the car is estimated at $200. . \
While 5S1 were accidentally killedl
in the nation, including 20 in Michigan, over the holiday week end, nov.
serious injuries were reported by
Clare City Police or State Police ot-
Mt. Pleasant Post,
Hunters Requested
To Mail Game E3U
Cards To Lansincp
A New Year's resolution the Co'ny
servation department would not frown-
on would be for sportsiAen to do their
fart in computing the state's game
harvest ay mailing in their game kill1
report cards,      ■    .    *    .   .
Dropping that card in the matt box
would not only help the department's "
game  division in. its work, tout the
tabulation of all cards would also permit the individual hunter to compare '
his success "with thousands of other"
Sportsmen. ^
., Duplicate report forms <jat* be Be* *
cured from conservation district, *#>■ ■
gional- and Lansing, offices by hunters* *
who haVe; lost the ha atiitg license it«& ■>
on'which.the report is, madfe.. '
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