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THE CLARE SENTINEL
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Established 1878
CLARE. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING,   SEPTEMBER 23, 1S49
Now Series Vol. 57, No. 52-
CLARE KIWANIS
CLUB SPONSORS
HARRISON. GROUP
Joe Johnston To
Be Varsity Tackle
Local Kiwanians Participate In,
Organization And Charier
Night Monday
Through; the initiative of Circuit
Judge Donald E. Holbrook, past president of the Clare Kiwanis Club, with
the cooperation of Willard Bickneil,
Past lieutenant Governor of District
Four, and President Mark Bickneil
and other officers and members of the
Clare club, the local organization has
sponsored a Kiwanis Club at Harri- j
son. * j
The orjganization of a club for Harrison  was  first suggested by Judge'
Holbrook last October, but it was not
until this spring that definite action'
was taken, and following a series of!
dinner meetings at Harrison and a
visit   by   the   Clare   club   that   the|
"groundwork" was established and the
actual organization was under way.
The efforts of'the local Kiwanians
and officials of the service club were
brought to a successful climax witli
the Harrison Club's first Charter
Night held there Monday evening of *
this week.
Past Lieut. Governor Bickneil, wno!
has been very active in the organiza--
tion of the Harrison club, was chair-1
man from the sponsoring Clare club
and presided as "master of ceremonies
during the presentation of the following program:
Opening—Willard H. Bickneil, Past
Lieut. Governor, Clare.
"America"—Assembly,
Invocation—Judge  Dopald  B.  Holbrook, Past President, Clare.
•Dinner.
Introduction of Guests—Willard H.
Bickneil.
Group Singing — Led by Arthur
Bock, Clare, accompanied by Dr. Joe
Sweeney, Mt.'Pleasant.
Presiding Officer—M. J. Anderson,
Lieutenant Governor, District 4.
Presentations
American Flag — Fenton Kiwanis
Club, Aldrich C. Locke.
Canadian Flag—Owosso Kiwanis
Club, Charles Grace.     .   */--•     *»Y f v.
Road Sign—Mt. Pleasant Kiwanis
Club, Gerald Cotter. . .
Gong and Striker — West-Branch
Club, Charles H. Turner.' '    \
Club Shield and Meeting Place Card
—Midland. Kiwanis Ciub, T. Chester
Maher.
Club Banner — Bay City Kiwanis
Club, James, B. Crabbe.
Road Sign—Saginaw, Kiwanis Club,
James Spence.    •   ..
President's Kit — Tawas Kiwanis
Club, Harold L. Gould.
Club Luncheon Flag—Flint Kiwanis
Club, R. F. Thalner.
(Continued on Paj?e Four)
Pictured above is Joe Johnston, 201-
pound sophmore tackle from 'Clare,
now beginning his first year of varsity football with the central Michigan College Chippewas.
Although lacking in experience,
Johnston shows signs of becoming one
of the most capable linesmen in 'Central College history.
A standout on both offensive -and
defensive football, Johnston is big
and fast and plays the game like he
invented it. He probably will be in
the starting lineup when fflae Chips
meet the Ferris Institute Bulldogs
this Friday 23, at Big Rapids.
SIX BREAKING AND
ENIERINGS IN CITY
DNESMY NIGHT
t*
YOUNG PEOPLE OF
LOCAL CHURCH TO B
ORGANIZED SUNDAY
Congregational   Sunday   School
Plans   Special   Rally
Day Services
A full day's program of worship service, a Sunday School Rally Day
event, and a young people's group
meeting, at the Congregational Church
is set for next Sunday, September 25.
Mr. "Verne A. Stockman, of Mt. Pleasant, will occupy the pulpit as guest
speaker at the morning worship service, and lead in plans for complete
organization of the young people's
group of the church.
Mr. Stockman's sermon topic is,
"Tides of the Overso.ul." In his recent
Sunday services here, Mr. Stockman
has spoken to increasingly large
crowds, and a record attendance is
expected. A full choir will sing special
music with Mrs. Mildred Bretz and
Mr. Norris Elden, soloists. Mr. Harold
Collins, organist, will play.
Rally Day is scheduled as a special,
event at 11:35 for the Sunday School
and is also expected to bring a record
attendance of young folks. Program
plans for special music, small favors
for members, and adult. visitors are.
nearly complete. Primary department
children will, attend and take part in
the event, and teachers of all classes
have made an urgent invitation to all
members and friends to, be present.
.Sponsors of a group for upper high
school people, and all others up to age
25 will hold a meeting in the "church
at 5:30 where young men and women
are invited to talk to Mr. Stockman
in a discussion panel on the subject of
permanent organization. Efforts have
been made, to contact Congregational
"'young people with sponsors hoping
for success in this first session. Refreshments will be served at this
meeting, with Mrs. George Becjc's
class of high school girls in charge.
Married couples of the church will
receive bids to moot with this group
as sponsors.
Consumers Power   ' -
Celebrating 100,000
Farm Connection
Connecting of Consumers Power
Company's 100,000th farm ■ customer
will be celebrated October 6 with a
public barbecue, farm exhibition and'
speaking program on the Cletug R.
Fredericks farm in Wheatland Township, Hillsdale County, the.Company
announced today,
Serving an area embracing Imost of
the counties of the Lower Peninsula,
Consumers claims more farm customers than any other electric company
in th,e United States. Its total of
100,000 represents about 56 per cent
of all Michigan farms receiving electric service from any source, "About
99 per cent of all Michigan farms are
now electrified.
Speeder Dallies With Payment
Of Fine; Given "Double
Dose" 'By Dunlpp
Six breaking and enterings of Clare
business places, by some person or
persons during Wednesday night, were
reported to City Police Thursday
morning.   They include:
Gulf gas station-^—broken rear door
and inner door glass broken.
Lucille's Bat Shop — side window
broken.^
Gillespie Body Shop—broken window, exit apparently made by rear
door.
Brown & Bruckart Sales & Service
—small window broken.
Bob's Sales & Service — window
broken in rear.
Marsh Grain Company — window
broken.
At the Johnson Elevator a front office window and an elevator window
Were broken, apparently with stones,
Wednesday night, but there was no
evidence of entering.
"BUI Brings 'Em Back"
Gordon Nelson, Star Rt., Sears, who
plead guilty to the charge of excessive
speed and involved in accident, when
arraigned before Justice °Wm. B. Dun-
lop in Municipal Court January 31,
1948, and was fined $10.00 and $3.35
costs, did not pay his fine.
Justice Dunlop ran onto the record
Of the incompleted 'case, when checking his files about two weeks ago and
Thursday of last week issued a bench
warrant for Nelson. The latter appeared in court last Friday, when an
additional fine of $10.00 and $3.35 costs
was imposed for contempt of court.
Nelson paid up and was released—
and we'll wager that in the future he
will have more respect for our Municipal Court.
James Ostrowsky, of Clare, was arrested by City Police at 11:00 o'clock
Wednesday morning of last week,
charged With reckless driving on N.
TFS-27. He plead guilty when arraigned
in Municipal Court the next day and
was fined ?25.00 and $3,50 costs. Another reckless driving charge was
pending against Ostrowsky, at the
time.
The 14 year old Coleman girl, reported missing in, last week's Sentinel,
has returned to her home. The 12
year old Grant township girl, also
reported missing last week, was found
on the streets of Clare by City Police
and returned to her home.
Martin Loomis reported to City
Police at 11:00 o'clock Thursday evening of last week that two of his
trucks had been drained of about GO
gallons of gasoline.
City Police^ when notified Sunday |
that  cattle  were  roaming  about on
j Wheaton  Ave.,   turned* cowboy  and
roundest' up the cattle and returned j
them to the Clare Livestock Auction
Yard, from whence they had strayed. J
The city cowboy was not named Gene
JAutry, however his name was Gene. ,
HELEN LUCILLE
DOHERTY VOTED
CLUTPRESIDENT
Beatrice    Lange   Wins    Nellie
Hampton Golf Trophy
At Country Club
Beautiful weather at the Country
Club attracted many women golfers
for Ladies' Day Wednesday. It was
Nellie Hampton Day with Mrs, Lu.
Hampton of Harrison in charge of
•the program. . * ■
An engraved -tray was offered as
•a trophy in memory of Mrs." Nellie
Hampton, and was won by Mrs. Beatrice Lange in an eighteen hole low
net score game. Mrs. Lange's winning card was an 83 and a very close
second was posted by Mrs. Jo Anderson who had 84.
Pot luck lunch was served with the
main part furnished by Mrs. Lu.
Hampton, the hostess. Next week's
program begins at 10:00 a. m. and
the lunch'will consist of sandwiches
brought from home, and a main dish
to be furnished at the club.
The ladles' business meeting featured an*electibn of officers as follows: President, Mrs. Helen Lucille
Boherty; 'Vice President, Mrs. Lu.
Hampton, SebjTreasurer., Mrs, Velma
Damoth; Spor't Chairman, Mrs. Adelaide Blden. A* committee will be. appointed to share the work and supervise the player's handicapping.
CONVENTION OF
WOMEN'S CLUBS
HEREJJCT. 13-14
Thirty-one Northeastern District
Clubs To Convene At
Hotel Doherty
The Clare Study Club, with its new
Officers," Mrs. B. E. Cook, Mrs. Neil
B. Sterling, Mrs. Harold Collins and
their- efficient staff, is geared to a
tempo of preparation, for the reason
that it is to be hostess at the annual
convention of the Women's Clubs of
the Northeastern District October
13th and 14th at the Hotel Doherty.
The Farwell and Harrison Studj
Clubs will act as co-hostesses.
The Hotel Doherty will be an ideal
setting for this colorful affair, which
will be the highlight of the autumn
season, for the thirty visiting Clubs.
The District Program Committee,
with thefr president, Mrs. B. C. Beck,
of Mt. Pleasant, is planning a program
with outstanding speakers, patterned
after the Adult Education Institute,
The Convention will also have it's
festive side. Thursday evening there
wilL be a banquet for all Club members and Friday noon a luncheon, honoring the Past Presidents of the thirty-one Clubs!;    ; >        - : '
For the pleasure of the- guests, there
will .be music, by outstanding musicians, at each session..,:
This will be a reunion of the old
friends and an opportunity to form
new friendships, in the Northeastern
District.
PROPERTY LOSS
HEAVY IN WEEK >
ENOiCCIDENTS
Two   Ladies   Injured   Saturday
Night By Chain Tied
Across Sidewalk
-The front endof a 1946 Ford coupe,
driven south on McEwan Street by
Nelson Rutter, £3, of dlare, R-l, at
5:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon of
last week, was badly damaged in a
collision with a 1947 Chevrolet Cities
Service oil truck driven East on
Fourth Street by John Myers, 27, of
Clare, R-4. Damage to the car was
estimated  at  $550.
Investigating City Police issued a
summons to. Myers for running a red
light-
Raymond Burr, ,34, of Mt. Pleasant,
driving a truck north on US-27, three
miles south of Rosebush at 5:00
o'clock- Monday afternoon; w;as involved in a collision "with George E. Dixon, 69, of Rosebush, R-L driving a
car south on the highway, when Dixon
is alleged to have made a left turn
in front of Burr. Damage to the truck
was estimated at $500 and the car
$300.     ,-.•;*.
State "'Police .of the Mt. Pleasant
Post, who investigated the accident,
issued a ticket to Dixon for failure
to yield-right pf way.
A car driven east oh". US-10 near
M-115 by Glen G. Blackerby, 19, of
Lake, R-2, was involved'in an accident Monday with an auto driven in
the same direction by Leonard B. Rehkopf, 25, of Stanwood, R-l, when, according to investigating §tate Police,
Rehkopf started to pass Brackerby
as Blackerby started to pass a school
bus, and a collision ensued. Damage
to the Blackerby car was estimated
at $30 and the Rehkopf car $300.
Kenneth Schaeffer, 20, of Rosebush,
R-2, escaped injury at 1:30-o'clock
Sunday morning, when he apparently
fell asleep while driving a 1946 Ford
coupe on M-61^, five miles east of
US-27, ran off the highway, struck a
culvert and rolled over several times.
Damage to the car was estimated at
$600 by investigating State Police.
Two Ladles rnjUjritf • * '
Mrs. David Mair, of Clare/ was badly bruised and her sister Mrs. John
Griffith's, Who was visiting her from
Sarnia, Ont., suffered a cracked rib
when they fell over a chain stretched
across the sidewalk on East State
Street near the Groves home at 8:30
o'clock Saturday evening.
The ladies were, walking on State
Street when the accident occurred
and did not see the chain until they
fell over it. They were taken to the
Mair home and Dr. Howard P. Potter
was called to attend them. Mrs. Griffiths, who was confined to her bed,
was able to be up and about the
Mair home Tuesday and both are recovering satisfactorily.
Although it is not known who tied
the chain across the sidewalk, small
boys were seen playing with it a few
days previously. The case is still
being investigated by City Police.
Kiwanians Active In Organization
Of New Kiwanis Club At Harrison
WILLARDVH. BICKNELL
Past Lieut. Governor Who
Presided Charter Night
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MARK H. BICKNELL
President of Sponsoring Clare
Kiwanis' Club
ADA JANE SEXTON
PASSES AT CLARE
HOSPITAL FRIDAY
Funeral    Services    Held   Here
Monday With Interment
At Vernon, Mich.
Ada Jane Sexton, daughter of Fred
and Winnie Sexton, wa'sWorh in Vernon, Shiawassee county, Michigan,
August 22, 1922, and passed away at
Clare, Michigan, September 16, 19"49,
after a long Illness and several days
hospitalization. •
She came to .Clare with her parents
at the age of ten years.
She was a. member of Zenobia
Chapter, O. E. S., Mt. Vernon Grange,
the Pomona Grange and State and
National Grange. She was of a quiet
nature and a lovely person to know.
She is survived by her, parents;
two sisters, Beulah at home and Mrs,
Clarend Methner, of Coleman; and
two brothers, George and John, both
at home; besides a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held, from
the Thurston Chapel at 10:00 o'clock
Monday morning, with the •Rey.^Les-
lie J. Nevins officiating, and interment in Greenwood Cemetery at Vernon, Michigan.        .
FLOOD CONTROL MEET
AT BANCROFT HOTEL
TUESDAY, SEPT. 27
To Discuss Saginaw, Kawkawlin
And   Au   Gres - River
Basin Projects
Deaths
MRS. HERBERT BOODY
Relatives in Clare received ■ word
early Thursday morning of the death
of Mrs. Herbert Boody, of Detroit,
who passed away very suddenly, after
only a few. hours illness. Mrs. Boody
was the former Lyda Allen and'her
early life was .spent in Vernon township. She was a sister-in-law of Ward
Boody, Mrs. Roy Feighner and Mrs.
Olive Oliver, of Clare.
READERS NOTICE!
News omitted from this issue will
appear in next week's Sentinel.
The Saginaw Valley Regional Planning Commission will meet in the
Crystal Room at the Bancroft Hotel
in Saginaw Tuesday, September 27,
W. E. Dennison, Commission chairman announced today. A flood control
meeting is scheduled for 2.00 P. M.
and all persons interested In projects
in the Saginaw, Kawkawlin and Au
Gtes River Basins are urged to attend
this meeting and participate in the;
discussion. Few formal reports are
planned in order that ample time for
questions' and discussion will be available: '• '._ ,
Col. Louis J. Rumaggi, Detroit District Engineer, tf.' S. Army, will be
present and discuss the status of the
surveys and plans developed to date
for the three projects int the Saginaw
Valley Region. Representatives of the
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
from Minneapolis will also attend and
report on their studies of the possibilities' of a wildlife program as part of
the flood control plan.
. The "Interim Legislative Committee
on Water Resources., of ■ which Rep.
David E_..Young is chairman and representatives of several other interested state and:federal agencies will
also attend. -
Other items on the agenda include
the possibility and desirability, of the
Commisssioh seeking an authorization
by Congress during its 1950 session
for a portion of the Saginaw Valley
project and problems in connection
with furnishing, assurances to. the
Army Engineers of-local cooperation,
Dennison reported.
AUTUMN FOREST
FIRES THREATEN
LARGE ACREAGE
Permits Required For Outdoor
Burning Of Rubbish,
Grass And Brush  .
WILLIAM S. HIBBARD
President of New Harrison
Kiwanis Club
AMERICAN SKI CO.
-EXPANDS RESEARCH
FOR UJ. ARMY
Charles W. Kapplinger, Former
Clare Boy, To Devote Time
To Research Projects
A warning from conservation officials that the autumn forest fire season
is approaching is accompanied by a
reminder that the new fire law as
passed by the recent legislature is
now in effect.
Conservation Officer Don Bell said
that under the new law a permit,
which is issued free of charge, is re-'
quired for all fires, except fires for
domestic purposes, even though a
freshly made fire-break has been constructed. This includes the burning
of rubbish, leaves, weeds, vines, brush,
grass and other debris.
Permits may be obtained from any
of the Conservation Department field
offices, conservation officers, fire officers towerman and authorized key--
men, and when circumstances necessitate they may be obtained by telephone.
. Each fire officer has an entire couh-,
ty to protect against . uncontrolled
fires 'and during a hazardous period
fires without"a permit are a danger to
the entire . community. The purpose
of the permit is to prevent the sending of badly needed equipment and
manpower to check on false alarms
When it might be sorely needed on legitimate fire fighting.
Officer Bell warned that, the issuance of a permit does not relieve the
holder of any responsibility regarding
the control or spread pf any "fire he
sets. The new law provides for the
collection of suppression costs from"
any person who' negligently allows
fire set by himself to escape: This
is nn addition to the fine and costs
and/or jail sentence imposed under
the permit law. The collection for
damages to slate-owned, land and prop-
erty are also recoverable under tlu
state law.
Additional contracts have been a
warded the American Ski Company
here by the Quartermaster General's
Office of the U. S. Army to increase
the scope of the local company's re
search and development work,
Charles W. Kapplinger, who was
born and raised in Clare County and
has worked as an application engineer for the Allis-Chalmers Company in
Milwaukee for the past 2Y2. years, has
accepted employment with the Amer<
lean Ski Company and will devote
his efforts to Army research projects
Mr. Kapplinger is a graduate in
metallurgical engineering oi the Michigan College of Mining and Technology. He also received nine months
training at Yale University and spen*
six months in theeresearch laboratory
at Wright Field While.in the Army
Air Corps. Mr. Kapplinger states
that both he and his wife, the former
Barbara Caple, are very glad to be
back living in Clare.
DONALD HAINES
SENT 10 JACKSON
BY CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Clare Young Man Sentenced For*
Indecent Exposure By    ''.<
Judge Holbrook' "'
Donald'Haines, of Sheridan township, who pleatd guiltyof fraud in-
Circuit Court Monday of last weelt,-
was sentenced by Judge Donald Hi
Holbrook on Wednesday to one and a-
half to ten years in Jackson Prison,
Ah amount in excess of $1300 was inr
volved in the fraud charges.
The statement in last week's Sentinel that, "Elton Allen, of Clare, plead
guilty of the charge of taking indecent-
liberties with a minor child . . ." was
erroneous. Actually the cliarge was*
a much lesser charge,'being merely
a charge of indecent exposure*
Judge Holbrook sentenced Allen*
Wednesday of this week to sixty days-
in either the Clare county jail at Har,-
jison or the Bay county jail, the remainder of the year on probation to
the Probate Department at Bay City>
and ?150 costs.
It is reported that Paul James Bol-.
enbaugh, 24, of Coleman, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering charge*
in Midland County Circuit Court after- -
police caught him breaking into the
Merritt Oil company there on MarcHs
25, and implicated Burley Hall, Jr.,
.25, of Coleman, in confessing otherr
crimes. Bolenbaugh admitted breaking into the Rosebush Elevator company among other business establishments, according to police.
The two men were sentenced to twp
to fifteen years, by Judge Holbrooke
Tuesday.
According to. reports from Grand*
Rapids, John Shiraef, 15, of Rosebush,
one of the youngest defendants ever-'
sentenced in Circuit Court there, was
serving a seven to thirty-five year
prison term.
He had  pleaded guilty to hitting-;
John LaBaron, 18, on the head with'
a black jack and robbing him of $45-
When LaBaron gave him a ride while
he  was  hitch  hiking,   according to
news releases.
*-    Court's Busiest Day
Wm.  A.  Henderson,  clerk  of the*
Clare County  Circuit Court, reports-'
the following court work on September 12, 1949: ■-■*.-
On motion of Harold  B. Hughes,
Prosecuting  Attorney,   five   criminal^
cases were put on the calendar as follows :
Walter Broh charged with issuing:
fraudulent check, plead not guilty and>5
trial will he^set later.
Donald Haines charged with fraud
plead guilty and sentence will be made-
September 21.
Elton ,Allen charged with indecent?
exposure plead guilty and will be sentenced September 21.
(Continued on Page Ten)^
SPECIAL
Michigan fish and chips at Schaef-
fer's Dairy Bar every Friday.
Most Agreeable
Business Person
Will Be Honored
John Vukin, and Carl Stephenson
were .welcomed into membership in
the Clare Rotary club at the noon
meeting Wednesday at the 'Hotel
Doherty. Mr. Vukin, manager of the
Kroger supermarket and Mr. Stephenson, funeral director received their
membership pins and wall plaques
in' a- short informal ceremony conducted by Dr. S. C. McArthur,. past
pres'ident of the club.»
Rota'ry's ,„" Couxtes^ . Contest was
given a "shot in the arm" when Jay
Hendrie and club president Stuar,t
Bickneil gave pep talks and urged
more activity in the affair. Jay Hendrie repeated the club's invitation for
voting and comment by the public.
Voting for all patrons of Clare business, costs nothing and is intended to
determine Clare's most friendly business person. People are asked to send
the name of friendly, "courteous business people to Gerald Green, Clare.
Local business places are cooperating
by'displaying contest stickers. Running 60 days, the contest will close
the last of October, and the contest
sponsors are hoping for a big rush of
mail naming Clare's favorite downtown neighbors.
A colored movie -was shown by
Court Bauer. It pictured a thrilling
fishing catch of giant salmon and
game' fish.
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
MEET SEPTEMBER 3R1T
AT HOTEL DOHERTr
Local   Trustees   Interested'  Jm
Qualifying    For    State
Aid Library Funds:
• The trustees of the libraries of seven cities and three counties gathered1-
at the Hotel Doherty, September 3j.
for dinner and a meeting later. The--
cities represented were Reed". Cityv
Evart, Farwell, Harrison,- Marions-
Rose City and Clare, and the counties,*.
Ogemaw, .Osceola -and Clare.
- Miss Jean Johnson, field representa*-
tive for the State Library Board, corn-
ducted a discussion and answered
questions on the new provisions in the
State Aid to Public Libraries Law.
The most important part of the'new-'
law that interested the trustees" off
Clare is as follows:
General Library Fund(70% of totaf-
State Aid appropriations; is available*
to all public libraries).
Qualify by having: Local tax support equal to at least 3/10 mills o»*
area served. Meeting State Board-
tor Libraries certfication standards oa*
staff and hours. , .   . ._        '.':    ■*«
Apply by: Submitting application!
form not later than November, ,1949^
for share in the 1949-50 State Aid.appropriation (Form to be'sent to" libraries about Oct. 1). Basing application on report, of last completed fiscal
year prior to July 1, 1949.
Amount to be expected by qualified,
library: Per capita share of General*.
Library Fund approximately 8c (a»>
compared with 6c this year), ,1st installment to be mailed 'by' end of Jaa—
uary/1950, probably. • 2nd installment-:,
to be mailed by end of ■ May, 1950„-
probably.
The trustees from Clare were Mm.*..
Alec Artibee, Mrs. Ledta Van. Every, -
Mrs. Harold Fleming, n President «£*'
Clare Board J Mr3, Robert Pinafore*^.
Secretary of Clare Board; Mrs. HHfiaw
iTibbils, Treasurer, of Clare Board?
! and Mrs. F. E. Hochstetler, LihrariaA-.