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CLARE. MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING.  JULY 14. 1950
Seven Cants Copy
New Serie* Vol. 58, No. 42
STATE TO INDUCT
946 MEN IN FIRST
CAILJO COLORS
Selective   Service   Officials   Of
Area To,Meet In Clare
Next Tuesday
Col. Glenn B. Arnold, State Selective
Service Board chief, has announced
that 94a men -will be ordered to induction centers in Michigan by September 1, with local boards calling
more than 1,500 for pre-induction
physical examination in early August.
About 40% of the inductees *will be
called from Wayne county and most of
the others from thickly populated
counties.
The 946 men will be Michigan's quota of the 20,000 men drafted throughout the nation in the first call since
the Korean war.
This, the Army's first draft call
since January, 1949, is to bolster the
Army's ground forces and although,
according to Major General Lewis B.
Hershey, it will take sixty days before
the draftees reach camp, the draft
Should "be running smoothly again in
a short time and if necessary 300,000
men can be provided for service in
ninety days.
It is expected other calls will follow,
depending on the rate of enlistments,
whether reserve and National Guard
units are called into active service,
and the outcome of the fighting in
Korea.
In order to meet the Army's first
call, selective service expects to
screen between 120,000 and 160,000 of
the 1,466,629 registrants classified as
1-A in the 19 through 25 year group.
According to Hershey, it takes between "six and eight men classified
1-A to find a man suitable to the
armed forces."
This procedure will be followed:
1. Each state director will set local
draft board quotas, following the same
system used by national headquarters.
2. Local boards will sift their 1-A
men, and order their quota to report
to the nearest examining center for an
army physical examination.
3. If a man passed tlle examination,
his local board is noHfiei It In'turn
notifies the registrant that he is ^acceptable" for military service. He may
appeal Ms classification^ within 10
days.
4. After the registrant is notified,
there is a wait of at least 21 days before the board issues its "greetings,"
ordering the registrant to report for
induction. ,,
5. The draftee reports to the local
board on the date set and is trans
ported to an Army induction station,
and from there to camp for training.
A general area meeting of selective
service officials has been called in
Clare for next Tuesday, but according
to Clare County Selective Service
Board Chairman Arthur Damoth, no
other orders have been received by the
local board. Other members of the
local board are O. D. Bayes and Wm.
B. Dunlop, and Mrs. Phyllis Hartshorn
is clerk.
Rotary Speaker
Discusses Korean
War At Luncheon
The Korean War was termed "the
war laboratory for Russia", by Dave
McKay of Dow Chemical Company in
a discussion before the Clare Rotary
club at a regular weekly lunch meeting last Wednesday.
McKay appeared in his second
speaking engagement for the local
club with timely remarks on the interesting war situation. He was a
resident engineer in Russia for some
time before the late World War.
From personal observation of the
native people in Russia, and of their
industrial and technical methods, the
speaker concluded that modern highly
mechanized warfare and technical
operations are beyond the capabilities of the Russians on a long-time
basis. Their only important advantage in war is manpower, he said."
Mr. McKay is a very popular
speaker here, and his appearance was
arranged by Martin Loomis, program
chairman.
FIRE DESTROYS
CORNWELL RANCH
TENANT HOUSE
Fire Department  Responds  To
Call To  Save Five
Other Homes
Three fire departments aided by
other fire fighting facilities, ranch employees and neighbors, saved fi-ge tenant houses which stand in a row at the
Cornwell Ranch and were threatened
by flames when a sixth house was destroyed by fire of unknown origin
which broke out just before noon Saturday.
The home which was destroyed was
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. David Goodrich and baby. He was working on the
ranch and she was in the front yard,
with the baby when the fire started
in the back of the two story frame
building.
The Clare Fire Department, Harrison Fire Department, Conservation
Department Firemen from Harrison,
and volunteers with spraying equipment from the Fowier Orchards and
spraying equipment on the Cornwell
Ranch, ranch employees and neighbors cooperated in* bringing the fire
under control and preventing it from
burning other houses.
Mrs. Goodrich and neighbor women
on the ranch saved all of the Good-
riches' furniture and personal effects
from the burning building.
Fire loss on the house was estimated at about $3,000.
New Dentist Opens
Offices In Doherty
Block Next Week
WILLIAM UNDERWOOD
LAID AT REST BESIDE
HIS FATHER JUNE 27
Funeral    Services   Held   Here
For Little Victim Of
Traffic Accident
THREE LEAGUE
TEAMS GAIN HALF
GAMEJN LEATON
Farwell   Defeats   Harrison   To
Hold Third Place On
Baseball Circuit
Dr. Alfred D. Austin, graduate of
the University of Detroit Dental
School class Of 1950, will open his
dental offices in the J. E. Doherty
block, next Monday.
Dr. Austin, was born and raised in
our neighboring county of Antrim and
was graduated from the Bellaire High
School, Bellaire, Mich. He taught one
year in the grade schools of Antrim
county and then entered Central Michigan College of Education at Mt,
Pleasant.
Having decided in his own mind
that war was inevitable he enlisted in
the Navy Air Corps in January, 1940,
and spent five years as*a fighter pilot
in that branch of the service. After
Pearl Harbor he was shifted to the
Pacific area and was based on the
Carrier Marcus Island, participating
in the battles of Leyte, Luzon, other
parts of the Philippines, Palau, South
China Sea, etc.
At the close of the war he was honorably discharged and resumed his
studies at Central Michigan College,
obtaining his Bachelor of Science degree in 1946. He immediately enrolled
in the Dental School of the University
of Detroit, where he spent four years,
earning his degree of Doctor of Dental
Surgery in June.
While at Central Michigan College
of Education, he met one of our local
girls, Lucetta (Dolly) Bowler, and they
■were married in North Bend, Oregon,
in. January 1944. They have two children, Michael Dennis, aged four and a
M, and Susan Kathryn, aged one and
a half. -   -
Dr. and Mrs, Austin moved hare
Stai^^eelj. end have- -taken tip* their
_enldostec> in the fiswlei? apartment.
William Harold Underwood, better
known as Bill, son of Mrs. Merlin
Anderson, was born in Clare, April 9,
1943, and was taken from this world by
tragedy, Saturday, June 24, I«5fl.
He was seven years of age an would
have been in the second grade of
school next fall. A typical boy, he was
fond of baseball, swimming and all
other sports.
Everything that human hands could
do was done for Bill, but God called
him home with Him.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Doherty Funeral Home,
Tuesday, June 27th at 2:00 p.m. Rev.
L. J. Nevins officiating, with choral
renditions by Larry Rank, accompanied by Alma Rank, He was laid to rest
in Cherry Grove cemetery beside his
father, Harold Underwood, who was
killed in action in Germany and was
returned here for interment.
He leaves to mourn their loss besides his parents, two sisters, Susie
and Sharon, grandfather, Seymour
Border, uncle, David, Border, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Underwood
several aunts, "unclesand cousins, and
a multitude of small friends.
We do not know, \ve cannot say,
Why God took our Bill away;
0Perhaps He thought he was too dear
To linger any longer here.
A little chair is vacant
That never can be filled,
God bid our child come home
And a little voice was stilled;
We think of him in silence,
No eye can see us weep,
Many a silent tear we shed
When others are asleep.
Three Central Michigan League
first-division teams won Sunday and
gained a half-game on the league-lead'
ing Leaton nine which was idle.
Mt. Pleasant and Rosebush continued to chase the leader with wins
over Coleman, 14-6, and Beal City, 6-3,
respectively. Farwell, the other first
division team, downed Harrison, 11-7.
The feature game was the Rosebush-
BeM City clash in which Tom Grove
chalked up the victory, 'although he
was nicked for seven hits. Junior
Denslow, Beal City hurler, made two
mistakes that cost him the game.
Denslow pitched a double and a single to George Ellas after walking
Frank and Jim Connors In both the
first and sixth innings. Each time
Blias drove in two runs to provide the
margin of victory.
Grove pitched no-hit ball for six innings before being nicked for seven
hits and three runs in the final three
innings. Beal scored in the seventh
while Denslow singled, Norman Gross
tripled and Norman Schafer singled,
and again in the ninth when Gross
singled and Bernie Rau doubled.
Rosebush 200002110 6 44
Beal City     000000201     374
Grove and McConnell; Denslow and
Straus.
Howard Pohl was the winning
pitcher as Mt. Pleasant broke a 6-6 tie
in the eighth and then chalked up six
safety markers in the ninth for its
sixth win. Both teams had 10 hits.
Vaughn Geiger, starting Mt. Pleasant
hurler, left the game in the seventh
when Coleman tied the count.
Mt. Pleas. 2004 0 0026 14 10 2
Coleman    3 0000 0300     6 10 2
Geiger, Pohl and Kennedy; Ranck
and Allen.
Farwell remained in the title chase
by dropping Harrison 11-6. Elton Marshall was the winning pitcher. Ed
Willey, Farwell's left fielder who leads
the team in batting with a .476 average with. 10 hits in 21 times at bat,
•jhar^%i%IJg.honors with his brother,
Jcrft," the former haying two hits and
the latter four hits, all singles.
It was Ed Willey's single in the
sixth with his brother, Joe, and Jack
Sowle on base that gave Farwell two
runs and the winning margin.
Harrison 002004000 6 81
Farwell      1 2 1 0 0 2 2,3 x   11 19 1
Bucholz, Schneider and Bruce;
Sowle, Agle, E. Marshall and R. Marshall.
Clare and Leaton had open dates.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L
Leaton 6 1
Mt. Pleasant 6 2
Rosebush 6 2
Farwell 5 3
Beal City 4 5
Coleman 3 5
Harrison 2 6
Clare 0 8
THIS  SUNDAYS  GAMES
Coleman at Leaton
Farwell at Clare
Beal City at Harrison
Mt. Pleasant and Rosebush open
Clare Kiwanis Club
To Sponsor Circus
Here July 31st
The Clare Kiwanis Club will sponsor the Ayres and Kathyrn Davies
three ring circus at the Dave Ward
show grounds in the southeast part of
the city, Monday, July 31, with matinee at 2:30 and evening performance
at 8:00 p.m.
There will be no carnival, concessions or games of change, as this is a
strictly high class circus, with 20 different acts, including animal acts, and
the performance lasts two hours. The
seating capacity is 1,000 people and
admission 50c for children and 9.0c for
adults. it.
Members of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
4-H Clubs, F.F.A. and ^uch organizations who sell $10.00 worth of tickets
before July 31st will receive one free
admission-
The boy selling the most tickets "will
be made up by the clowns and will be
a elown for the day.
The girl selling the; most tickets
will be made a queen tor the day at
■the circus.
Those wishing**to selltickets should
contact the leader of their organization, who will contact #ny member of
the Kiwanis Club.
V. F. W. FIRST TO
VANQUISH CAIN &
GROVE THIS SEASON
Clare  Mfg.   Beaten  By  Dover
In   Effort  To   Finish
Before Rain-Out
STUART BICKNELL
ELECTED MONDAY
TO SCHOOL BOARD
Certified     Public     Accountant
Reports   Favorably
On   Audit '
GUEST SPEAKER AT
EAGLE CHURCH SUNDAV
Rev. Bruce Whiter ot Carson City,
will toe guest speaker at the Eagle
Church of God Sunday, July 16. H© is
a mtf able speaker. AH are welcome.
Chesaning Showboat
Presenting Splendid
Program July 12-16
With the Chesaning "Showboat"
now in full swing, July 12 through
July 16, the list of celebrities acting
as Guests includes Captains Governor
G. Mennen Williams, Ex-Gover&or,
Harry Kelly, Secretary of State Fred
M. Alger, Jr., U.S. Representative
Fred Crawford; "Ink" White, president of Michigan Press Association;
U.S. Federal Judge Frank Picard and
District Rotary Governor Ralph J,
Hyde,
The "Showboat Chorus" of 75 persons with six endmen are presenting
a show designed to please the taster,
of all. The entire show is built around
four highly rated professional comedy
acts and a name band.
TO UTILIZE NEWLY
BUILT FIREPLACE FOR
OUTDOOR POTLUCK
Congregational church people will
dine on the lawn of the church at a
pot luck affair next Tuesday evening
in the first use of the newly landscaped garden and outdoor fireplace.
The occasion is a "Family Night"
supper and mixer to be served at 6:30
p.m. A large crowd is expected to
attend and take the opportunity of
becoming further acquainted with the
church's new pastor} Rev. Oscar Olson
and with his family.
The Congregational Guild Society
announces a meeting at the" home of
Mrs, Alberta Bicknell. It is a morning
"Breakfast session", and will be called
to order at 9<:30 a,m„ Thursday July
20th,  doffee willbe served.     ■   *'
After a tight pitcher's battle for
nine innings, in the twilight game,
Thursday evening, of last week, Dover
exploded with seven runs in the tenth
inning on four hits and three errors,
to defeat Thayers 9-2, Joe McNerney
led the hitters with three out of four.
Dover 0100*000 0 17 9 10 3
Thayers 010 0000010     257
Williams and Armentrout; Curtis
and1 Dickerson.
Cain & Grove's twelv.e game winning streak came to intend in the
9:00 o'clock' game, alP*%|VW. triteher
Budd Hendershot shut them out with
three hits, while* the vets piled up 11.
The first hit off Hendershot was a
single by Larry Shellander in the
sixth inning, with two more after two
were out in the seventh. Bob Beck,
Leonel Green and Bill Campbell led
the V.F.W. hitters with two out of
four each. This was by far the best
played game of the season, with only
one walk, Millers drawing that from
Krauss in the seventh.
V.F.W. 0000 114     6 111
Cain & Grove   0 fl 0 0 0 O (*     0   32
Hendershot and Beck; Krauss and
Stanley.
At 7:30 Monday evening Cain &
Grove sewed the game up in the third
inning with 11 runs, to rout Thayers,
who gave, up 11 bases on balls, 18-3.
Leonard Stanley led the hitters with
three out of four.
Thayers 0 0   0 3 0     3 5 5
Cain & Grove       1 6 11 0 x   18 8 1
Dickerson, Dangler (4) and Fairly;
Krauss and Stanley.
In a very tight game at 9:00 o'clock,
Farwell won from Dover 9-8 in the
seventh inning, when Ellis Barber
singled home the tying and winning
runs. Johnny Colosky and Ken Ritter
had three out of four for the winners
and Henry Wenzel three out of three
for the losers.
Dover 1230002   8 13 2
Farwell 0321102   9 13 8
Carncross and Armentrout; Colosky
and Brown,
In the twilight game Tuesday, Clare
Manufacturing Company pitcher Johnny Musser shut DeMolay out for the
third time this season, with a 5-0 win;
Freeman Willey and Don Pitchford
led the hitters with two out of three.
DeMolay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 2 2
Clare Mfg, 0 0 0 - 0 3 x   5 7 0
Pulcifer and Bellows; Musser and
Pitchford.
y.F.W. won its third shut out in a
row with a 11-0 victory over Harrison
in the night game, BUdd Hendershot
struck out seven of the first nine men
to face him and ten in the game.
Neilan Cradit led the hitters with
three out of four for V.F.W.
V.F.W. 7000 310     11 92
Harrison OOO0-0O0      0 26
Hendershot and Richter; Bringold
and Langsdon.
In the twilight game Wednesday,
Dover pulled an upset, never giving
up, to eke out a 6-5 victory over Clare
Mfg. in eight innings. The factoi-y
team booted two scaring chances in
the seventh inning when two of their
base runners were put out taking long
chances at the plate in an effort to
finish the game before it was rained-
out and their runs of that inning cancelled.
H. Wenzel had four out of four for
Dover to make him seven out of seven
in the past two games. Freeman Wil-
(Contlnued on Page Twelve)
The annual meeting of Clare School
District No, 2 Fractional, Grant and
Vernon townships, was held in the
school auditorium Monday evening,
with approximately 150 in attendance.
Board President J, Stuart Bicknell
presided and called on Secretary O. D,
Bayes to read the following letter
from M..E. DoUrloq, Certified Public
Accountant, of Big Rapids:
"Pursuant to request, we-are pleased
to give you a preliminary statement
as to* our findings as regards the audit
of the books of account and records of
the Clare Public Schools for the year
ended June 30, 1050. We hayg found
the books in order and to the^best of
our knowledge and belief all monies
have been accounted for .and the records have been kept in a neat and
orderly manner.
"Audit report disclosing greater
amount of detail as regards fund bat
ances will be made at a later date."
Secretary Bayes' annual report was
read and accepted by the school patrons, i
The following budget has been set
up by the Board of Education for the
ensuing year:
Operation six mills.
Building and Sinking Fund 12 mills.
Debt Retirement two mills.
A total of 20 mills as authorized at
the special election held last March.
The final payment of $6,000 on the
present school building will be made
next year when due.
The meeting was opened for nominations for a trustee to succeed J.
Stuart Bicknell, whose term expired.
Attorney Harold B. Hughes, who has
worked closely with the Board of Education on the building committee and
bonding, spoke briefly of the efficiency
and harmony of the board and placed
Mr. BickneU's name in nomination to
succeed himself. As there were no
other nominations, Mr. Bicknell was
elected unanimously by acclamation.
The board will meet next week, as
required by^tew, to elect its officers.
A brief summary of the secretary's
report follows:
OPERATION ACCOUNT
Balance July 1, 1949       $16,471.63
-Total receipts 149,598.67
Total expenditures 126,903,22
Balance July 1, 1950       $22,695.45
In the Building and Sinking Fund
there was a balance on hand July 1,
1950, of $209,503.92, including money
for the additions to the school build
ing.
A detailed report will be published
in The Sentinel.
Contract Signed*
For Street Lights
In Vernon City
"" Efforts of residents of Vernon City
(unincorporated) to secure street
lighting became fruitful Friday of last
week when a contract for the installation wag"- signed by representatives
Of Vernon township, Vernon City and
the Cosumers Power Co.
One 6,000* watt light will be installed
a hlock south of the County Line on
US-27- two 2,500 watt lights at other
points on the l\ighway, and five 2,500
watt lights in the residence area.
Residents will pay ?168.00 of the
total cost of $208.00 and the township
the* remaining $40.00,
CLARE JR. LEGION
TEAM MAKES BID
FOR TOURNAMENT
Locals    Defeat    Mt.    Pleasant
For   4-1   Tie   And   Win
Toss   Of   Coin
The defeat of the- Mt. Pleasant
American Legion Junior League baseball team, 5-2, by the Clare Junior Legion team Tuesday, and the toss qf a
coin, gave the local team a chance to
play in the district tournament at Bay
City this Saturday.' The Clare victory
at Island Park Tuesday gives both
teams a 4-1 record and tie for first
place in the league standings.
Since neither team wanted to engage in a playoff before the tournament, the two coaches, Mt. Pleasant's
Carlo Barberi and Clare's Don Richardson, decided they would decide
who will represent this area with the
flip of a coin.
Because Midland could not yet be
figured out of the race, Coach Keith
Carey also was in. on the ceremony
Wednesday morning. Midland boasts
three wins and one loss and was a
heavy favorite to beat Coleman Thursday.
Both Clare and Mt. Pleasant played
scoreless baseball until the sixtt*. in-
nirfg, when Clare scored all five ofe'its
runs on four base hits and three errors. „
Mt. Pleasant started a rally in the
seventh on two singles and two errors,
but Rilett snuffed it out with one man
left on.
Kniffen and Bozer had two safeties
apiece for Mt. Pleasant and Rilett had
two out of four for Clare.
Clare 000 0050       551
Mt. Pleasant     0000002       243
Rilett and Haggart; Kniffen and
Keehbaugh.
GETS JAIL TERM
INSTEAD OF CITY
PARKING METER
Farwell Man Fined When Lad
Without Driver's License
Wrecks His Car
Annual Homemakers,
Conference At State
College July 18-21
Facilities at Michigan State College
are being prepared for 1,000 guests at
the annual Homemakers' Conference,
formerly Farm Women's Week, to be
held from July 18-21. Deadline for
your application to be in the county
extension office is July 10, announces
Mrs. Dorothy L. Cady, District Home
Demonstration Agent,
Although the goal of $1,200 for the
foreign scholarship fund to bring a
German home economist to Michigan
has been reached, recent word receive from the State Department in
Washington indicates that it probably
will not *b§ possible for her to arrive
in time for the conference.
However, two German guests of the
State Department' will be present at
Homemakers' Conference as part of
their June 27 to July 21 visit in Michigan. The two women are being "brought
here to study farm and' community
life and to learn about extension organization and methods, including the
home demonstration program, ttaethe
Viertel is a government worker and
Mrs. Maria Wiederer is a farm home-
maker.
WILLIAM H. HARTMAN
LAID AT REST HERE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Former Clare County Resident
Succumbs To Illness
At Bay City
Tommy Davy Very   *
111 After Drinking
Fuel Oil Tuesday
Tommy, the two and a half year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. John DaVy, became violently ill after drinking fuel
oil Tuesday morning, and was rushed
to Central Michigan Community Hospital at Mt. Pleasant, where his stomach was flushed out, giving him relief.
He was then brought to his home here,
where he was reported "as good as
ever" Thursday afternoon.
It is thought that older children,
playing with Tommy in the Davy garage, drew the fuel oil from a drum
into the pop bottle, from which he
drank it.
DE SOTO AND PLYMOUTH
Bob's Sales and Service, Clare.  27tt
William Henry Hartman died at his
home in Bay City, after a two year
illness, at the age of sixty-six years,
seven months and twenty days.
He was born in Clare County, November 14, 1883, where he resided for
34 years before he moved to Bay City.
He was united in marriage to Mabel
Blinco on June 24, 1905 and to this
union two daughters Thelma and
Vera,* were born. His wife and daug-
ter Thelma preceded him in death.
Mr, Hartman operated a-garage in
Bay City West Side for several years
before he was employed by the Defoe
Shipbuilding Co. 16 years ago, where
he had been working as a machinist.
A resident of Bay City for 32 years,
he was a past president of Local 49,
IUMSWA,
He leaves to mourn their loss, his
daughter, Vera Behmlander, two
grandsons and two great grandchildren, all Of Bay City, four brothers,
Pearl, of Grand Rapids, Claude, of
Houghton, John of Clare, and Glenn,
of Pontiac, two sisters, Maude Gordon
and Carrie Green,, of Clare, one uncle,
Henry Sunday, of Indiana, and a.host
of relatives and friends.
Services were held Friday morning
at 11 o'clock at the Gephart Funeral
Home in Bay City, with Rev. Jacob
Odendaal officiating. The body "was
then removed to Clare for services
that afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Clare Methodist Church with the Revs.
M. R. Honderich and Leslie Nevins
officiating, and burial at Cherry
Grove cemetery.
i Dewey I. Glew, of rural Farwell, was
arrested by City Police early Sunday
morning when an ofl&cer c&ught him
attempting to remove the head from a    «
parking meter,    When arraigned be- .. -
fore Justice Wm. B. Dunlop In Munici< ;
pal Court Monday, charged with malicious destruction Of property, he plead
guilty and was fined $25.00, with the
alternative of spending fifteen days in
the  county -jail.    He chose the jail
sentence.
Floyd W, Schmid, of Farwell, was
Issued a summons by State Police for
allowing an unlicensed minor to operate a motor vehicle, following an accident a mile west of Clare on US-10
Thursday night of last week.
Curtis D. Hilyard, of R-l Farwell,
who was driving a 1950 Studebaker
belonging to Schmid, tola officers that '
he took his eyes off the road fo look
at the speedometer and when he*
looked up he was only twenty feet
from the other car involved in the accident. Hilyard collided with a car
driven by Alice Maybee, of Mt. Pleasant,
The youth was brought to the Clare
Hospital, suffering chest and back injuries, where he was treated and released.
Damage to the Schmid car was estimated at $1,800 and the Maybee car
$250.
Schmid plead guilty when arraigned
in Municipal Court Saturday and was
fined $15.00.
Matthew Scott, of Lake, was issued
a summons by City Police, July 4th,
charged with allowing an unlicensed
minor to operate a motor vehicle. According to ofiicers, a twelve year old
boy was driving Scott's truck with a
large load of baled hay in July 4th
traffic on US-10 in Clare. Scott plead
guilty when arraigned in Municipal
Court last Monday and was fined
$15.00.
"Rubber" Check Artist
R. W. Patterson, 33, who is wanted
to face fraudulent check charges in
other places, visited Clara Friday of
last week and passed a worthless .
check for $30.00 in a local business
place. The check, written by Mrs. J.
W. Patterson and endorsed by R. W-
Patterson, was drawn on the Citizens
State Bank of Clare, where neither
has a checking account
State and City Police are looking for
a man of the above name who weighs
195 pounds, has squint eyes, butch
haircut, tan complexion and talked
very precisely.
At 7:30 o'clock Saturday morning,
Mrs. Lillian Bolenowski, of Flint, reported to City Police that she had
parked her 1942 Chevrolet coach in
Clare the night before and that some
time between 12:00 midnight and, 7:00
a.m. some person or persons had broken the ventilator glass in a door and
taken some of her belongings. A number of new dresses, portable radio,
suitcase and a man's wrist watch Val-
i Continued  on Page Twelve)
BLUE STAR MOTHERS TO
MEET MONDAY, JULY 17
The Blue Star Mothers will meet at
the hall Monday night, July 17, and it
is hoped a good crowd will attend.
The meeting on July 3rd had a smali
attendance, due to the Fourth, coming
the next day. Hostesses were Mrs.
John Waddington and Mrs. Grover
Updyke and they served a delicious
lunch. . -
Milton Converse
Member Of All-State
" High School Band
Professor Earl V. Moore, dean of
the School of Music of the University
of Michigan, announced that Milton
Converse, Jr., son of Dr. M. J, Converse, of Buchanan, Michigan, has
been chosen, to be a member of the
two-week All-State High School Baud
conducted by the - University at the
National Music Camp, Interlochen,
from July 17 to 30.
This fifteenth annual high school
music group wiU'include four separate
two-week sessions for orchestra, band,
chorus, and piano. The orchestra will
be directed by Robert Lint, the band
by Dale C. Harris, the chorus by Geneva Nelson, and the piano institute by
Joseph Brinkman. Guest conductors,
will include Joseph E. Maddy, Elizabeth Green, William D. Revelli, and
Maynard Klein.
The purpose of the All-State groups
is to provide special training and experience in orchestra, band, choral and
piano music for youth of high school
age. The daily schedule includes sectional rehearsals, public performances,
concerts, broadcasts, and elective
courses in student-conducting, theory
and harmony, radio-drama, electronics,
art, ensembles, and solo playing. Each
student also receives private lessons
from the artist members of the National Camp faculty. Organized recreation in Bwiiiimiflg; tennis...and outdoor sports is directed by the Department of Physical Education and Athletics of the University of Michigan.
Milton is the grandson of Mr. and
Mrs, L. M. Converse, for. many years
residents of Vernon township, Isabella
county. - •  . .
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