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Next Week!
Sentinel's Special
Xmas Edition
Tmt,
Ift the
Christmas
Season
CLARE
8s*abH»_ie4 1876
$2JO Year In Mlchlg_n
clare. .Michigan. phw?ay mohningttocembeh iTlWf
"Seven Cbnii Copy'
^eW-SertBg-Vol. 59, No, 10
JOSEPH NAUMES
WILL SUPERVISE
RECOUNT HERE
County Canvassers Expected To
Commence Vote Check
Monday Morning
Atty, Joseph K, Naumes, of Clare,
received word Wednesday from the
office of Auditor General Murl K.
Aten of his appointment as special
attorney general to supervise the recount of the votes for Governor in
Clare county. He was advised*" that
be would receive specific official instructions for the procedure from the
office of Attorney General Stephen J,
Roth.
The ballots will be picked up in the
several precincts of the county by
State Police and be transported to the
court house in Harrison in county
trucks under State Police guard. Upon
their arrival at the' court house they
will be placed in the custody of County Clerk Wm. A. Henderson, who will
be required to post a twenty-four hour
guard over tbe ballot boxes until such
time as tbe recount is completed.
The ballots will be recounted in the
Circuit Court room in the court house,
where the public will be permitted to
observe the recount, but will not be
permitted within the enclosure where
the recounting will take place. The
recount will be conducted by the Clare
County Board of Canvassers, namely
Ben Carpenter, Nealie Cook and Perl
Tryon, under the supervision of Special Attorney General Joseph K.
Naumes.
Although the State Police bad not
received ofllcial notice to pick up the
ballots, as of Thursday noon, it is expected this will he accomplished in
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Blizzard And Sleet Cause
Many Traffic Accidents
High winds, snow and sleet that derson car and it hit the Graham car.
swept the North Central State? oyer After driving all the way from De-
the Thanksgiving week end, causing troit last Friday on extremely hazard-
great havoc In many localities was ous roads, Ben Burdo, 35, of Clare,
largely responsible for heavy acci- was involved in an accident at 1:55
dent property damage, in thiB vicin- p.m. at the Fourth St. and US-10 in-
Ity, but fortunately no serious per- tersection
sonal injuries were reported.
Damage to eleven cars and injury
to three persons were reported by
City Police in four accidents here.
In an accident near the Luke Service Station on US-10 at 2:55 p.m.
November 23, a 1948 Nash driven
west on US-10 by Marybelle Anderson, 53, of Detroit, was damaged an
estimated $550i; a 1950 Chevrolet pickup driven west on US-10 by Wm.
Brewer, 17, of Clare, $300; and a 1949
Ford coach driven west on US-10 by
H. Graham, 32, of Sarnia, Ont, $75,
Rita Epple, 16, of Clare, suffered
a btuised head when thrown against
the windshield, and JoJo Epple, 15,
of Clare, body bruises. They were
passengers in the Brewer car. Mary-
belle Anderson was given first aid
for bruises.
When stopped vehicles ahead were
retarded in starting by slippery pavement, the Brewer car struck tbe An-
FORMER DONNA
LANGSTON KILLED
WEDNESDAY P. M.
Clare Plans Special Attractions
For Christmas Shopping Season
DNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. JOS. MURPHY
HELD NOVEMBER 22
Requiem High Mass Sung At
St. Cecilia's Church
By Fr. J. I. Sruba
Mrs. Joseph Murphy, Sr., a lifelong
resident of this vicinity, passed away
at her Grant township home early
Sunday morain"*v November 19,
Philomene L. Little .was born the
daughter of isabelle and Charles
Little, in 1891, in, Isabella County,
Michigan. She passed away November
19, 1950 at the age of 59 years and
nine months after a brief Illness of
two weeks, brought about by a cerebral hemorrhage.
On April 15, 1913, she was united
in marriage to Joseph P. Murphy and
moved to their farm home, one and
a half miles east of Clare.
To this union were born four children, now Joseph E. and Harold F.,
both of Clare, and Mrs, Belle Naven,
of Traverse City. Thomas, the youngest, preceded his mother in death at
the age of eight months.
Besides the bereaved husband and
family, she leaves to mourn their loss,
six grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.
Alec Paris ,of Buffalo, N. Y.; seven
brothers, Bert, of Saginaw, Edward,
of Detroit, Ernie, of Clio, Gus and
Earl, of Lansing, John, of Coleman,
and Henry, of rural Clare.
Funeral services were held at St.
Cecilia's Church on Wednesday, November 22, with Rev. J. I. Sruba
singing the Requiem High Mass, and
interment in St. Cecilia's Cemetery.
Arrangements were in charge of
the Doherty Funeral Home.
Road Commissioners
And Engineers To
Meet Next Monday
Road Commissioners and engineers
from nearly every county in Michigan
will gather in Grand Rapids on December 4 and 5, 1950, for intensive
discussions of all pertinent road problems from cost accounting to traffic
zoning.
The occasion for these conferences
is the annual meeting of the Association of Southern Michigan Road Commissioners.
"These meetings give us a chance
to exchange ideas and experiences on
road administration, construction,
maintenance and legislation. If one
county has devised a method of doing
a better job at less cost, then the
other 82 counties -have a chance to
learn about it at one of the sessions/'
says "K. L. Hallenbeck, Washtenaw
County Road Superintendent-Manager,;
President of the group. |
Highlight of the meeting will be[
the annual banquet at which the noted
after dinner speaker, Dr. Tennyson!
Guyer, of Findlay, Ohio, will make the j
principal address, p Recently elected \
state officials will be Introduced at
this occasion. ;
... i
!
Ernest H. Jeffers, 53, of Flint,
driving a 1947 Chrysler sedan west
on US-10, stopped for traffic to clear
to turn left, and Burdo, driving a 1949
Nash coach in the same direction on
the highway was unable to stop due
to icy pavement and struck the Jeffers car. Damage to the Burdo car
was estimated at $100 and the Jeffers
car $25.
Four cars were involved in a traffic "tangle" on slippery Schaeffer'B
Hill just north of the city, at 6:15
p.m. Saturday, when visibility was
poor because of the blizzard.
A 1950 Chevrolet pickup, driven
north on US-27 by Ralpb W. Salisbury, 33, of Midland, was damaged an t
estimated $200; a 1951 Nash sedan i
driven south by James F, Scrlpter, 29,,
of Dansville, $250; a 1948 Nash sedan
driven south by Frank Scripter, 32,
of Webberville, $75; and a 195'0 Buick
sedan, driven south by Joseph A.
Bachler, 47, of Marine City, $50. -
Salisbury, going up hill, skidded
and hit the James Scripter car, com- i
ing down hill; "a two wheel trailer
drawn by the Scripter car "jackknifed
to the left and was hit by the Frank
Scripter car; which was hit by the
Bachler car when it skidded on the
ice.
~ ' Ralph Salisbury, issued a summons
Mrs. Charles Seguin Steps by City Police for failure to keep to
Into Path Of Detroit .-right, plead guilty in Municipal
Street Car ICourt and was frued $10.00.
i Cars stopped near the intersection
Mrs. Charles Seguin, nee Donna ' of State and Pine Sts. for school
Langston, was killed instantly late children to get out, slippery streets
Wednesday afternoon when she -.Continued on Page Twelve)*
stepped from the curb of a Detroit
street after an automobile had passed Iffwjn And Zettel To
and- into the path of a streetcar,
Mrs. seguin is the daughter of Mr. Receive Letters For
and Mrs. James Langston, who were „ , .. _ -
well known here before moving to r QOtDCCll At t QXTIS
CommerCemen Map Holiday Plans
^Chamber Of Commerce Cooperating With
Merchants To Bring Shoppers To The City
Blooming like Holly berries in season, a#d with bright lights,
color, and plenty of Christmas Spirit, Clare will usher in the
Greater Christmas Shopping Season next week. Santa Claus will
be a regular visitor in Clare to see how things are doming during
the rest of the weeks before the holiday, and merchants along
McEwan street and edch side street are ready with .the very best,
of gift offerings, services, and holiday food and entertainment.
■ — •*■ Chamber of Commerce plans for
Clare's special Christmas shopper's
attractions have been long in the making and represent the most elaborate
efforts yet to make this city the favored gift buying headquarters for
every family in Clare and a wide shopping area in central Michigan.
A special edition of the Clare Sentinel will come off the press in holiday
reel and black to mark the opening
week of tbe season. The Sentinel
will be distributed to all families in
and near Clare and nearby towns.
Timely offerings of special Christmas;
merchandise and services are to bo
featured in the edition.
For the accommodation of out-of-
town shoppers, mo£it businesses are
advertising longer store hours in tho
WINTER SPORTS
BECKONVISITORS
Special Events Scheduled For
Opening Of Season In
Western Michigan
Winter play at .Caberfae, Boyne
Mountain, Briar Hill, Mad Cap, Echo
Valley, Bull Moose Hill, Elberta Mountain and other places in Western
Michigan will be in full swing just
as soon as the weather man gives
out with the go-ahead signal.
The winter sports areas of this
Chamber of Commerce President Bud . Anderson showing specimen
sheet of Clare Sentinel December 8 special Christmas shopping edition winter if snow and weather condit-
front cover page to Vice President Jennings Archambault (standing) and ■ ions get "back to normal". Everything
directors Marvin Witbeck and Fowler Noble. ,has been set In readiness for the in
flux of snow-time play enthusiasts
from midwesteru metropolitan cent,
ers.
At Caberfae near Cadillac, one of
the midwest's most extensive winter
sports developments, improvments on
all of the 16 principal ski runs are reported and a new run which will be
restricted to use by expert skiiers has
been cut through the scenic hills in
the heart of the Manistee National
Forest.
More accomodations will be avail-
section of Michigan are anticipatingj December days before Christmas,
a record-breaking patronage this * Thur£.day afteril00n8 wiU b6 alive witb
Merchants Announce
Longer Store Hours
Christmas Week
Special hours for stores to remain
open during the Christmas shopping pvt. John R. Williams, reported
weeks have received the approval of wounded in the Korean War in last
the officers of the Chamber of Com- week's Sentinel, was shot through the
merce. Included in the plan for longer left arm during a spearhead maneuver
shopping hours are evenings till 9:00 with the 24th Infantry Division and
John Williams
Suffers Shrapnel
Wounds In Leg
in their gr.et. young_men listed to receive letters |hag requested members to Indicate shrapnel from the grenade lodged In
She was employed bythe^ Michi- as ^ members^the Ferris Institute their individuaI approval, or contact. his leg and grazed his forehead.
m.,._- .. «_ ..__ „...,„>„ - ,, .„ ... . „ wm if they Mye Qther sugg6stionSi ^ ^s necessarily left behind by
St. Charles several years ago. The ^ ^ *.__„.„„_ ~., .„...„.
Langstons have kept in frequent con- Jim Irwin, of Clare, and Charles "J^^ during the week of" December wai' later "hit with"a' Chinese"hand able in the Cadillac region for winter
tact with local friends who join them Zettel, of Gladwin, are among the lg to 2g preBiaent E. A. Anderson grenade A considerable amount of sports visitors than ever before as a
,_x_-i____. ""'»J * '"- ■""<---* i - • result of winterizing at many summer
resorts in the Lake Cadillac, Lake
Mitchell, Wellston and-Brethren areas
all of them close to the Caberfae
Winter Sports area.
The Boyne Mountain Ski club at
Boyne Falls, is, one of the newer winter sports areas in Western Michigan and the only club in tbe midwest
where a chair lift serves the skiiers.
The new Boyne Mountain lodge,
gan Bell Telephone Co. in Saginaw Bulldogs football team for the 1950
before her marriage last May 27 and season. Athletic Director Robert
since then has been in the employ of Sherman announced today that he
the phune company in Grand Rapids would *:'m^ thirty-eight major and
and Detroit. She was active in young three minor letters to the team,
peoples work in the St. Charles Meth- Sherman said he considered the sea-
odist Church before and during her son the best in three years and that
employment in Saginaw. the spirit of the team was the kind
Funeral services will be held Sat- that made coaches happy, although
urday afternoon, from the Kendal the team did not win all its games
Funeral Home in St. Charles, with nor did it escape without serious in-
interment at Montrose. jury to quite a list of players.
comrades who escaped during the
j night, because he could not walk, and
; laid fdr four days without hospitallza-
i tion. When he was finally evacuated
The Dover Tabernacle will have as and flown to a hospital in Japan, it
SPECIAL SERVICES AT
DOVER TABERNACLE
attend this service.
Coleman High School Glee Club To Sing Here Tuesday
guest speaker the Rev. Henry Bucklu, was necessary to amputate the arm.
evangelist representing the Christian He was then flown to San Francisco '
Home League Service, Sunday, De- and later to a Government hospital at • near ^e base of the 1,800-foot main
cember 3. All who can are urged to Washington, D. C, from where his' S]u si0pe, has been opened and pre-
„«__.-■ «-•-, *.,,, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Verlin "Chic*' j season visitors to the area here find
- Williams, talked with him by tele- J the finest accomodations at popular
— phone on Thanksgiving Day. It was rates,
not until during this conversation that in addition to the Boyne Mountain
the parents learned of the shrapnel
wounds.
The "Chic" Williams started for
Washington; last Saturday, to viBit
John,- but were forced back by tbe
severe storms.
In a telephone conversation Tues-
Lodge winter sports, visitors find accomodations at Boyne City, Petoskey,
Charlevoix and other nearby communities with year-around hotels and winterized cabins at Boyne Falls.
Ski jumping will be among tbe attractions at Briar Hill at Mesick and
day evening, John told his parents j Elberta Mountain at Elberta, where
that he had been moved ont Into a considerable work has been completed
ward but was still weak from his
wounds apd gruelling experiences
<♦>
Gladwin, while hunting deer Thanksgiving Day, is being investigated by
—Photo By Maurice Studio state Police, the Gladwin County
Sheriff and Conservation Officers.
The officers questioned persons who
were hunsing in the area where Cassidy was shot and an autopsy was
performed to recover the rifle slug.
,. , _, ,, , ., . . . . „. , „ !._* » ' State Police are running ballistics
may be slightly higher this year in; cense and have not already shot a tests on the bullet removed from Cass-
to enable exponents ofi, the art of
jumping to attain greater distances
in their leaps.
- Petoskey has become the ice skating center of Western Michigan and
as a result of increased interest in
this sport, a new xink for hockey has
been built. This brings to three the
number of major ice skating rinks
The death of Everett Cassidy, 37, of at Petoskey for a full program of
(Continued on Page Twelve)
POLICE SEEKING
PERSON WHO SHOT
GLADWIN HUNTER
Unsuccessful Buck Hunters To Have Second
Chance During Special Seasons In December
The deer hunter success average have a general season hunting li-
Pioneers Open
Court Season
Here Tonight.
Girls Glee Club
To Sing At Study
Club Meeting
The Cla.re Study Club December
meeting will be held in the Clare
Methodist Church next Tuesday evening, December 5, at 8:00 o'clock.
Harold Collins will present his! of this region. Most of the animals.
Coleman High School Girls Glee Cliib j taken are spikehorns, he adds, indi- an outline of legal hunting areas at ^bullet which might have"been"th_ their flrs' °PP0"--ents
the northern lower peninsula,
Harry Rub.1, conservation depart-
deer.
The state legislature authorized the
business "better than usual" and most
stores open. Crowds are invited to
shop evenings in Clare during the entire week of December 18 'til Christmas Eve.
A Santa Claus mail box in front of
the Citizens State Bank will receive
good boys' and girls' letters addressee!
to the jolly Saint, or youngsters may
post the letters there themselves. Children can see Santa collect his matt
from the box each Saturday afternoon
at 1:00 o'clock when he will be
whisked up to the corner in a big red
fire engine, to see what requests have
come his way from the pens of young
admirers. Santa will remain on the
streets of Clare for a little while after
collecting his mail each week, to^meet
the kids and talk to their Moms about
What to bring for Christmas.
All children everywhere are invited
to bring their Santa letters to thiB
big mail bo;x on Clare's main street.
In the Christmas spirit, Clare poliC6
officers are going to be extra generous
about parking time in the metered
area of Clare's shopping district. Out-
of-town drivers will receive courtesy
as usual, and the Chamber of Commerce is planning special courtesy
parking reminders instead of tickets
for them during the gay season.
Everywhere the town is taking on a
festive air of Christmas. And everybody in Clare will be making special
efforts to make local patrons and visitors most welcome.
Churches and societies are sponsoring gift sales and bazaars early in
December and at stores and shops,
displays and special sales of toys and
other gifts are ready for Clare's biggest Christmas yet.
NEW 1951 CHEVROLET
CARS AND TRUCKS TO
BE SHOWN SATURDAY
For Retailers Presentation
Will Climax T_*eir
Greatest Year.
ment game chief, reports a fairly; first special season to help reduce
heavy kill in the soutbcentral sections farm and fruit crop damage last year.
idy's body in an effort to determine
who shot him.
New 1951 Chevrolet passenger cars
and trucks will go on display simultaneously at 7,690 dealerships on Saturday, December 9.
Announcement of the showings by
W. E. Fish, general sales manager of
The Clare High" School Pioneers the company, was coupled with an es-
begin their 1950-51 varsity basketball timate that more than 10,000,000 peo-
schedule this Friday evening, Decern- pie will inspect the latest 'series dur-
Investigating officers believe Cass-
„ .. , ,, .,._■■» idy was the victim of a freak acci- . , . ... „„„, „.. „„
Permit holders were able to pick up ^ They haye tracefl ^ path o£ school gymnasium, with Reed City as,
ber 1, at 7:30 o'clock, in the local ing the introductory period.
"Reports from tbe field indicate one
of the most successful Showings in
in the following program as a feature i eating the majority of the fawns got | the time they secured their original
of the' even'ng's entertainment. j through last winter's light starvation
Spirit of God Descend TJpon My i period.
Heart—Atkinson. | At the Rifle River area checking
Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty-
Johann Neanders,' 1680
applications from license dealers.
To hunters who bagged deer merely 0f£ one tree, bored through another
for sport, or who are using only part and was on a i.-ne with the spot where
station, field* men counted 3.8 bucks m|0'{ the venison, the conservation de- cassidy was found,
the first four days of hunting as partment suggests making,a contribu- According, to Gladwin
Jesus, Priceless Treasure—Johann against the 1949 season total of 36.: ti0n to some charitable organization, sheriff Arthur Kelly, if the slug did nisht>
:-riiof>-or 1<U9 But fewer 2%-year-old deer were! Tjofhc »><» Timm ttio Aaav -maatort. ,-**, ~, •-._ .-. _, ._ __ .- -JL ^..n_i Ne*v
„ «. . -, -ii a v.- «,,.- v, -.en Returning Pioneer letter winner- our-history", said Fish. "Not only
one that killed him through a 150 Jolm Gr Dave haye we found ,videspread interest in
foot wide swamp. The slug ricocheted ^.^ Curfc ^^ ^ -^^ th6 new m&A features, but dealers
aud Art Sills. Clare went to the dis- are working on eI_borate programs in
triefc finals in the tournament last connection witb the event. In many
pmirtv year, losing to Harrison the final centers the showings will take all of
oouniy „,_,__ the aspects of a civic celebration,
Crueger, 1649. But fewer 2%-year-old deer were j Rather than have the deer wasted, kiu cassidy, it seems as if tiffe bullet
New candidates for the Pioneer "For the Chevrolet retail organiza-
team are Dick Nivison, Andy Irwin, tion the presentation of the 1951 ser-
Awake My Heart-Johann Crueger, noted in the bag, thus far, as in other the Salvation Army and other local went out of its way to hit him. Ca*s- D - y ies will come as a climax of its great_
chanties would welcome ^be addition idy was standing lar t0 the right of f- ± ^SL t! .„ „,™!,f %£%. est vear. Sales during IBBtt wfll es-
f parts of the region.
While hunter report cards eventuai-
lly will tell the statewide deer season
•' story, field reports received by the
1648. .
(A Capella)
Lullaby—Noble Cain.
Angels We Have Heard On High-
French Melody.
Skip To My Lou—-American Folk gests a somewhat smaller hunting covered by conservation officers, reg-
of "deer-meat to their holiday season £e ^"^^^ ^Tw^Ir_4 j ^ ^on -Thayer and Dick Wood- est year- ^bb^^ WBJ^l*
larder. • • and the bullet ricocheted at almost w"**' alL up from the Junior Varsity, tablish a new record and once again
Venison from illegally killed does an impossible angle to travel through
conservation department to date sug- and'fawns, still in good shape and re-> the swamp
Song, Concert Version, Griffith. , army and an average to slightly larg-
Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jericho— er kill.
Concert Version, HoWorth. | Following the close of the general
(Accompaniment-Harold Collins) deer season November 30, the conser-
Rev. Leslie J. Nevins Will show' vatioh department says up to 21,800
slide pictures of "My Trip To The hunters will be able to stalk deer in
Holy Land," which will, be of special the special western Michigan season.
interest at this season of the year, December 1-H, eligible hunters can
ularly is turned over to public and j tt TJ * C *% «
charitable institutions and organlza- ■*-** XlarVeSt OUpper
tl0£8 „ . ,„ 'rtrm ,* r». , . ^^ Achievement
Dr. Reginald Williams, Ishpemingr mT. , . m, u « . j
was not content with Ms legal limit JNignt 1IUS friaay
of one deer which he bagged during •
the recent bow and arrow season. Don't forget the harvest supper and
Getting a general firearm season achievement night, this Friday eve-
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Hostess Effie Hales will greet the take deer of either sex in parts Of license, he went hunting again but. nfng, December 1, at the Harrison
guests. The tea committee, Mrs. A. Charlevoix, Antrim, Grand Traverse, Shot a buck near Sand River, Mar- Congregational Church, for all friends
Artibee, Mrs. A. Bates, Mrs. H. Dice Leelanau, Benzie and Manistee coun-.quette county, which was too large and members of the Clare County 4-H
ties. December 1-10, other qualified for him to. drag out of the woods Club Parents and Leaders Association.
hunters can bag antlerless deer only,' alone, He proudly explained his over- The theme of the meeting will be
iii Allegan and parts of Newaygo ly successful season "to an unidentified "Your 4-H On Parade," and a pot luck
county. . - hunter appearing on the scene. Would luncheon will be served at 7:00 o'clock,
DE SOTO AND PLYMOUTH The department'*- law enforcement he give him a hand? * followed by a social evening. Guests
—-■— division cautions permit holders that1 Conservation officer Alger Lahti are requested to bring their. Own table
Bob's Sales and Service, Clare. 27ti the cards are Valid providing they .said he Would be glad tfa. service.
and Mrs. R. Kelsey, will serve tea.
The public is cordially invited to attend.
The Reed City Coyotes have made will .top all competition by a sub-
life unpleasant for the Clare squad in stantial margin".
past seasons. They have five letter . m >
winners returning from a team that RotarianS ReCIUiting
fought their way to the quarter finals •er,<-k,.*Tn_-ref0« F"_-\»
last season, losing to the eventual ^ ) „° ® P _
champions, East Grand Rapids. . LOCal Boy ScOllt TrOOp
The inaugural tilt should be a first _,—
rate clash. . j Movies of the Boy ScOut National
The Junior Varsity will play the I jamboree at Valley Forge were shown
preliminary of the twin bill with the at th*e regular meeting Of-the Rotary
Junior Coyotes at 7:30.
The gym floor is refinished with
Club Wednesday. Fred Beckman, Valley Trails Council executive wa»
green borders *and the RoU-A-Way speaker on the program, and outlined
bleachers offer patrons the tops in the qualifications of a suceessful
this area in comfort and Convenience.] Scoutmaster.
The Pioneers will play at St, Louis The Rotary Club, sponsor of the
December' 5 and at Coleman December local troop, is taking applications for
8. These games promise to be real the job of 'Scoutmaster here, having
contests, with Casper at stake in the I lost Jack Rodabaugh to the military
St. Louis game. servide..
Object Description
| Title | 1950-12-01; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1950-12-01 |
| Publisher | R. G. & F. A. Jefferies |
| Description | An issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. In 1923, absorbed the Clare Courier. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | 1923-1999: Copyright to the Clare Sentinel is held by the newspaper. Copyrighted material is reproduced with the permission of the newspaper. |
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| Language | English |
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| Title | 1950-12-01; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1950-12-01 |
| Publisher | R. G. & F. A. Jefferies |
| Description | An issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. In 1923, absorbed the Clare Courier. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | 1923-1999: Copyright to the Clare Sentinel is held by the newspaper. Copyrighted material is reproduced with the permission of the newspaper. |
| Type | Newspaper |
| Format | JPG/JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Transcript |
% Next Week! Sentinel's Special Xmas Edition Tmt, Ift the Christmas Season CLARE 8s*abH»_ie4 1876 $2JO Year In Mlchlg_n clare. .Michigan. phw?ay mohningttocembeh iTlWf "Seven Cbnii Copy' ^eW-SertBg-Vol. 59, No, 10 JOSEPH NAUMES WILL SUPERVISE RECOUNT HERE County Canvassers Expected To Commence Vote Check Monday Morning Atty, Joseph K, Naumes, of Clare, received word Wednesday from the office of Auditor General Murl K. Aten of his appointment as special attorney general to supervise the recount of the votes for Governor in Clare county. He was advised*" that be would receive specific official instructions for the procedure from the office of Attorney General Stephen J, Roth. The ballots will be picked up in the several precincts of the county by State Police and be transported to the court house in Harrison in county trucks under State Police guard. Upon their arrival at the' court house they will be placed in the custody of County Clerk Wm. A. Henderson, who will be required to post a twenty-four hour guard over tbe ballot boxes until such time as tbe recount is completed. The ballots will be recounted in the Circuit Court room in the court house, where the public will be permitted to observe the recount, but will not be permitted within the enclosure where the recounting will take place. The recount will be conducted by the Clare County Board of Canvassers, namely Ben Carpenter, Nealie Cook and Perl Tryon, under the supervision of Special Attorney General Joseph K. Naumes. Although the State Police bad not received ofllcial notice to pick up the ballots, as of Thursday noon, it is expected this will he accomplished in (Continued on Page Twelve) Blizzard And Sleet Cause Many Traffic Accidents High winds, snow and sleet that derson car and it hit the Graham car. swept the North Central State? oyer After driving all the way from De- the Thanksgiving week end, causing troit last Friday on extremely hazard- great havoc In many localities was ous roads, Ben Burdo, 35, of Clare, largely responsible for heavy acci- was involved in an accident at 1:55 dent property damage, in thiB vicin- p.m. at the Fourth St. and US-10 in- Ity, but fortunately no serious per- tersection sonal injuries were reported. Damage to eleven cars and injury to three persons were reported by City Police in four accidents here. In an accident near the Luke Service Station on US-10 at 2:55 p.m. November 23, a 1948 Nash driven west on US-10 by Marybelle Anderson, 53, of Detroit, was damaged an estimated $550i; a 1950 Chevrolet pickup driven west on US-10 by Wm. Brewer, 17, of Clare, $300; and a 1949 Ford coach driven west on US-10 by H. Graham, 32, of Sarnia, Ont, $75, Rita Epple, 16, of Clare, suffered a btuised head when thrown against the windshield, and JoJo Epple, 15, of Clare, body bruises. They were passengers in the Brewer car. Mary- belle Anderson was given first aid for bruises. When stopped vehicles ahead were retarded in starting by slippery pavement, the Brewer car struck tbe An- FORMER DONNA LANGSTON KILLED WEDNESDAY P. M. Clare Plans Special Attractions For Christmas Shopping Season DNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. JOS. MURPHY HELD NOVEMBER 22 Requiem High Mass Sung At St. Cecilia's Church By Fr. J. I. Sruba Mrs. Joseph Murphy, Sr., a lifelong resident of this vicinity, passed away at her Grant township home early Sunday morain"*v November 19, Philomene L. Little .was born the daughter of isabelle and Charles Little, in 1891, in, Isabella County, Michigan. She passed away November 19, 1950 at the age of 59 years and nine months after a brief Illness of two weeks, brought about by a cerebral hemorrhage. On April 15, 1913, she was united in marriage to Joseph P. Murphy and moved to their farm home, one and a half miles east of Clare. To this union were born four children, now Joseph E. and Harold F., both of Clare, and Mrs, Belle Naven, of Traverse City. Thomas, the youngest, preceded his mother in death at the age of eight months. Besides the bereaved husband and family, she leaves to mourn their loss, six grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Alec Paris ,of Buffalo, N. Y.; seven brothers, Bert, of Saginaw, Edward, of Detroit, Ernie, of Clio, Gus and Earl, of Lansing, John, of Coleman, and Henry, of rural Clare. Funeral services were held at St. Cecilia's Church on Wednesday, November 22, with Rev. J. I. Sruba singing the Requiem High Mass, and interment in St. Cecilia's Cemetery. Arrangements were in charge of the Doherty Funeral Home. Road Commissioners And Engineers To Meet Next Monday Road Commissioners and engineers from nearly every county in Michigan will gather in Grand Rapids on December 4 and 5, 1950, for intensive discussions of all pertinent road problems from cost accounting to traffic zoning. The occasion for these conferences is the annual meeting of the Association of Southern Michigan Road Commissioners. "These meetings give us a chance to exchange ideas and experiences on road administration, construction, maintenance and legislation. If one county has devised a method of doing a better job at less cost, then the other 82 counties -have a chance to learn about it at one of the sessions/' says "K. L. Hallenbeck, Washtenaw County Road Superintendent-Manager,; President of the group. Highlight of the meeting will be[ the annual banquet at which the noted after dinner speaker, Dr. Tennyson! Guyer, of Findlay, Ohio, will make the j principal address, p Recently elected \ state officials will be Introduced at this occasion. ; ... i ! Ernest H. Jeffers, 53, of Flint, driving a 1947 Chrysler sedan west on US-10, stopped for traffic to clear to turn left, and Burdo, driving a 1949 Nash coach in the same direction on the highway was unable to stop due to icy pavement and struck the Jeffers car. Damage to the Burdo car was estimated at $100 and the Jeffers car $25. Four cars were involved in a traffic "tangle" on slippery Schaeffer'B Hill just north of the city, at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, when visibility was poor because of the blizzard. A 1950 Chevrolet pickup, driven north on US-27 by Ralpb W. Salisbury, 33, of Midland, was damaged an t estimated $200; a 1951 Nash sedan i driven south by James F, Scrlpter, 29,, of Dansville, $250; a 1948 Nash sedan driven south by Frank Scripter, 32, of Webberville, $75; and a 195'0 Buick sedan, driven south by Joseph A. Bachler, 47, of Marine City, $50. - Salisbury, going up hill, skidded and hit the James Scripter car, com- i ing down hill; "a two wheel trailer drawn by the Scripter car "jackknifed to the left and was hit by the Frank Scripter car; which was hit by the Bachler car when it skidded on the ice. ~ ' Ralph Salisbury, issued a summons Mrs. Charles Seguin Steps by City Police for failure to keep to Into Path Of Detroit .-right, plead guilty in Municipal Street Car ICourt and was frued $10.00. i Cars stopped near the intersection Mrs. Charles Seguin, nee Donna ' of State and Pine Sts. for school Langston, was killed instantly late children to get out, slippery streets Wednesday afternoon when she -.Continued on Page Twelve)* stepped from the curb of a Detroit street after an automobile had passed Iffwjn And Zettel To and- into the path of a streetcar, Mrs. seguin is the daughter of Mr. Receive Letters For and Mrs. James Langston, who were „ , .. _ - well known here before moving to r QOtDCCll At t QXTIS CommerCemen Map Holiday Plans ^Chamber Of Commerce Cooperating With Merchants To Bring Shoppers To The City Blooming like Holly berries in season, a#d with bright lights, color, and plenty of Christmas Spirit, Clare will usher in the Greater Christmas Shopping Season next week. Santa Claus will be a regular visitor in Clare to see how things are doming during the rest of the weeks before the holiday, and merchants along McEwan street and edch side street are ready with .the very best, of gift offerings, services, and holiday food and entertainment. ■ — •*■ Chamber of Commerce plans for Clare's special Christmas shopper's attractions have been long in the making and represent the most elaborate efforts yet to make this city the favored gift buying headquarters for every family in Clare and a wide shopping area in central Michigan. A special edition of the Clare Sentinel will come off the press in holiday reel and black to mark the opening week of tbe season. The Sentinel will be distributed to all families in and near Clare and nearby towns. Timely offerings of special Christmas; merchandise and services are to bo featured in the edition. For the accommodation of out-of- town shoppers, mo£it businesses are advertising longer store hours in tho WINTER SPORTS BECKONVISITORS Special Events Scheduled For Opening Of Season In Western Michigan Winter play at .Caberfae, Boyne Mountain, Briar Hill, Mad Cap, Echo Valley, Bull Moose Hill, Elberta Mountain and other places in Western Michigan will be in full swing just as soon as the weather man gives out with the go-ahead signal. The winter sports areas of this Chamber of Commerce President Bud . Anderson showing specimen sheet of Clare Sentinel December 8 special Christmas shopping edition winter if snow and weather condit- front cover page to Vice President Jennings Archambault (standing) and ■ ions get "back to normal". Everything directors Marvin Witbeck and Fowler Noble. ,has been set In readiness for the in flux of snow-time play enthusiasts from midwesteru metropolitan cent, ers. At Caberfae near Cadillac, one of the midwest's most extensive winter sports developments, improvments on all of the 16 principal ski runs are reported and a new run which will be restricted to use by expert skiiers has been cut through the scenic hills in the heart of the Manistee National Forest. More accomodations will be avail- section of Michigan are anticipatingj December days before Christmas, a record-breaking patronage this * Thur£.day afteril00n8 wiU b6 alive witb Merchants Announce Longer Store Hours Christmas Week Special hours for stores to remain open during the Christmas shopping pvt. John R. Williams, reported weeks have received the approval of wounded in the Korean War in last the officers of the Chamber of Com- week's Sentinel, was shot through the merce. Included in the plan for longer left arm during a spearhead maneuver shopping hours are evenings till 9:00 with the 24th Infantry Division and John Williams Suffers Shrapnel Wounds In Leg in their gr.et. young_men listed to receive letters hag requested members to Indicate shrapnel from the grenade lodged In She was employed bythe^ Michi- as ^ members^the Ferris Institute their individuaI approval, or contact. his leg and grazed his forehead. m.,._- .. «_ ..__ „...,„>„ - ,, .„ ... . „ wm if they Mye Qther sugg6stionSi ^ ^s necessarily left behind by St. Charles several years ago. The ^ ^ *.__„.„„_ ~., .„...„. Langstons have kept in frequent con- Jim Irwin, of Clare, and Charles "J^^ during the week of" December wai' later "hit with"a' Chinese"hand able in the Cadillac region for winter tact with local friends who join them Zettel, of Gladwin, are among the lg to 2g preBiaent E. A. Anderson grenade A considerable amount of sports visitors than ever before as a ,_x_-i____. ""'»J * '"- ■""<---* i - • result of winterizing at many summer resorts in the Lake Cadillac, Lake Mitchell, Wellston and-Brethren areas all of them close to the Caberfae Winter Sports area. The Boyne Mountain Ski club at Boyne Falls, is, one of the newer winter sports areas in Western Michigan and the only club in tbe midwest where a chair lift serves the skiiers. The new Boyne Mountain lodge, gan Bell Telephone Co. in Saginaw Bulldogs football team for the 1950 before her marriage last May 27 and season. Athletic Director Robert since then has been in the employ of Sherman announced today that he the phune company in Grand Rapids would *:'m^ thirty-eight major and and Detroit. She was active in young three minor letters to the team, peoples work in the St. Charles Meth- Sherman said he considered the sea- odist Church before and during her son the best in three years and that employment in Saginaw. the spirit of the team was the kind Funeral services will be held Sat- that made coaches happy, although urday afternoon, from the Kendal the team did not win all its games Funeral Home in St. Charles, with nor did it escape without serious in- interment at Montrose. jury to quite a list of players. comrades who escaped during the j night, because he could not walk, and ; laid fdr four days without hospitallza- i tion. When he was finally evacuated The Dover Tabernacle will have as and flown to a hospital in Japan, it SPECIAL SERVICES AT DOVER TABERNACLE attend this service. Coleman High School Glee Club To Sing Here Tuesday guest speaker the Rev. Henry Bucklu, was necessary to amputate the arm. evangelist representing the Christian He was then flown to San Francisco ' Home League Service, Sunday, De- and later to a Government hospital at • near ^e base of the 1,800-foot main cember 3. All who can are urged to Washington, D. C, from where his' S]u si0pe, has been opened and pre- „«__.-■ «-•-, *.,,, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Verlin "Chic*' j season visitors to the area here find - Williams, talked with him by tele- J the finest accomodations at popular — phone on Thanksgiving Day. It was rates, not until during this conversation that in addition to the Boyne Mountain the parents learned of the shrapnel wounds. The "Chic" Williams started for Washington; last Saturday, to viBit John,- but were forced back by tbe severe storms. In a telephone conversation Tues- Lodge winter sports, visitors find accomodations at Boyne City, Petoskey, Charlevoix and other nearby communities with year-around hotels and winterized cabins at Boyne Falls. Ski jumping will be among tbe attractions at Briar Hill at Mesick and day evening, John told his parents j Elberta Mountain at Elberta, where that he had been moved ont Into a considerable work has been completed ward but was still weak from his wounds apd gruelling experiences <♦> Gladwin, while hunting deer Thanksgiving Day, is being investigated by —Photo By Maurice Studio state Police, the Gladwin County Sheriff and Conservation Officers. The officers questioned persons who were hunsing in the area where Cassidy was shot and an autopsy was performed to recover the rifle slug. ,. , _, ,, , ., . . . . „. , „ !._* » ' State Police are running ballistics may be slightly higher this year in; cense and have not already shot a tests on the bullet removed from Cass- to enable exponents ofi, the art of jumping to attain greater distances in their leaps. - Petoskey has become the ice skating center of Western Michigan and as a result of increased interest in this sport, a new xink for hockey has been built. This brings to three the number of major ice skating rinks The death of Everett Cassidy, 37, of at Petoskey for a full program of (Continued on Page Twelve) POLICE SEEKING PERSON WHO SHOT GLADWIN HUNTER Unsuccessful Buck Hunters To Have Second Chance During Special Seasons In December The deer hunter success average have a general season hunting li- Pioneers Open Court Season Here Tonight. Girls Glee Club To Sing At Study Club Meeting The Cla.re Study Club December meeting will be held in the Clare Methodist Church next Tuesday evening, December 5, at 8:00 o'clock. Harold Collins will present his! of this region. Most of the animals. Coleman High School Girls Glee Cliib j taken are spikehorns, he adds, indi- an outline of legal hunting areas at ^bullet which might have"been"th_ their flrs' °PP0"--ents the northern lower peninsula, Harry Rub.1, conservation depart- deer. The state legislature authorized the business "better than usual" and most stores open. Crowds are invited to shop evenings in Clare during the entire week of December 18 'til Christmas Eve. A Santa Claus mail box in front of the Citizens State Bank will receive good boys' and girls' letters addressee! to the jolly Saint, or youngsters may post the letters there themselves. Children can see Santa collect his matt from the box each Saturday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock when he will be whisked up to the corner in a big red fire engine, to see what requests have come his way from the pens of young admirers. Santa will remain on the streets of Clare for a little while after collecting his mail each week, to^meet the kids and talk to their Moms about What to bring for Christmas. All children everywhere are invited to bring their Santa letters to thiB big mail bo;x on Clare's main street. In the Christmas spirit, Clare poliC6 officers are going to be extra generous about parking time in the metered area of Clare's shopping district. Out- of-town drivers will receive courtesy as usual, and the Chamber of Commerce is planning special courtesy parking reminders instead of tickets for them during the gay season. Everywhere the town is taking on a festive air of Christmas. And everybody in Clare will be making special efforts to make local patrons and visitors most welcome. Churches and societies are sponsoring gift sales and bazaars early in December and at stores and shops, displays and special sales of toys and other gifts are ready for Clare's biggest Christmas yet. NEW 1951 CHEVROLET CARS AND TRUCKS TO BE SHOWN SATURDAY For Retailers Presentation Will Climax T_*eir Greatest Year. ment game chief, reports a fairly; first special season to help reduce heavy kill in the soutbcentral sections farm and fruit crop damage last year. idy's body in an effort to determine who shot him. New 1951 Chevrolet passenger cars and trucks will go on display simultaneously at 7,690 dealerships on Saturday, December 9. Announcement of the showings by W. E. Fish, general sales manager of The Clare High" School Pioneers the company, was coupled with an es- begin their 1950-51 varsity basketball timate that more than 10,000,000 peo- schedule this Friday evening, Decern- pie will inspect the latest 'series dur- Investigating officers believe Cass- „ .. , ,, .,._■■» idy was the victim of a freak acci- . , . ... „„„, „.. „„ Permit holders were able to pick up ^ They haye tracefl ^ path o£ school gymnasium, with Reed City as, ber 1, at 7:30 o'clock, in the local ing the introductory period. "Reports from tbe field indicate one of the most successful Showings in in the following program as a feature i eating the majority of the fawns got the time they secured their original of the' even'ng's entertainment. j through last winter's light starvation Spirit of God Descend TJpon My i period. Heart—Atkinson. At the Rifle River area checking Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty- Johann Neanders,' 1680 applications from license dealers. To hunters who bagged deer merely 0f£ one tree, bored through another for sport, or who are using only part and was on a i.-ne with the spot where station, field* men counted 3.8 bucks m 0'{ the venison, the conservation de- cassidy was found, the first four days of hunting as partment suggests making,a contribu- According, to Gladwin Jesus, Priceless Treasure—Johann against the 1949 season total of 36.: ti0n to some charitable organization, sheriff Arthur Kelly, if the slug did nisht> :-riiof>-or 1 |
