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CLARE SENTINEL
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Established 1878
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CLARE, MiCHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 5, 1951
Seven Cents Copy
New Series Vol. 59, No. 15
State Police 195Q Report
Shows Fewer Area Deaths
The Michigan State Police entered
the new year after the busiest 12-
month period in their history, according to Donald S, Leonard, Commissioner,
patrolling Michigan's highways con-
tinned to he an ever growing problem.
Traffic during 1950 took its heaviest
post-war toll, with an estimated 1,600
deaths as compared to 1,441 in 1949.
Provisional figures disclose there
were 45,812 persons injured as- compared to 41,647 the previous year;
156,067 accidents as compared to
143,197; and 2,423 motor vehicle registrations as compared to 2,184,003.
Because more than, two-thirds of
all the fatal traffic accidents occured
ip rural areas, a special study of the
rural trunkline highway traffic problem was conducted by the department's safety and traffic bureau, resulting in determining the location
«of a number of high accident sections.
This and other information gathered
during the study now enables command officers to utilize most effectively the limited number of officers
•available for patrol duty,
Complaints handled in matters other
than traffic totaled 69,760 , as compared to 67,079 the previous year.
These ranged from requests to locate
missing relatives to homicide investigations and resulted in 20,617 arrests
as compared to 18,915 in 1949. The
troopers also made 246,000 property
inspections and 41,000 liquor inspections.
General supervision and participation in gathering, delivering and
guarding ballot 4boxes in each of the
state's 83 countieB during the recount
for the office of governor Were among
the many special details the department was called upon to perform. .
During the year 51 officers received
promotions, eight others retired on
pensions after having completed 25 or
more years of service, and two died in
the service, one of them being killed
by a drink crazed man. Two retired
officers also died.
"With the 63 new troopers who graduated from the December 11 school
the total strength of the department
now stands st 637.
Fewer Deaths in This Area
State Police at the Mt. Pleasant
Post reported that while arrests were
up for 1950, fatalities, in the area were
down, as shown by a review of 1960
{Statistics.
Seven fatal accidents were recorded during 1950, while in 1949 a total
of 21 were reported.
There were 1,693 arrests by State
Police in 1950, while the year before
1,267 were recorded. In 1950 complaints numbered 1,346, while in 1949
the number was 1,182.
ISABELLA PMA
COMMITTEEMEN
ELECTED FOR '51
Gerald S. Puller, Fremont farmer,
was elected to his thirteenth term as
Isabella county Production and Marketing Association board chairman,
along with four other long-term members.
Returned with Mr. Fuller at the
annual election of the PMA board was
the vice-chairman, Dan Mogg, R-l,
Rosebush, now beginning his twelfth
term. >
Leander Biershbach R-l, Mt. Pleasant, was re-elected as regular member
and Bruce- Morrison, R-4 Clare, was
re-elected as first alternate, both
members beginning their twelfth
terms on the board,
Three ballots, however, were necessary to choose the second alternate
with Clayton Ward, R-2, Mt, Pleasant
finally winning the position.
Thirteen townships were represented by delegates with delegates from
Chippewa, Lincoln and Sherman absent,
The first four candidates were returned to office on the first hallot.
MOTORIST NARROWLY
ESCAPES WHEN AUTO
HITS FREIGHT ENGINE
Coleman Young Man Painfully
Hurt When Car Goes Out
Of Control On Ice
New Additions
At School To Be
Ready April 1st
The new school, additions are nearing completion but some work still
needs to be done.
A new combination gas and oil burner will be used to heat the school
instead of coal, as in the past. It was
put into use during vacation.
Besides the new burners being installed, the floors have been poured
and the new additions have been
broken into at each end* of the school
building.
Part of the glass arrived Tuesday
and it has been installed. When the
. remainder, which haB been shipped,
arrives and is installed, the heatingf
can be turned into- the additions.
When the walls are dry, the plastering
and painting can be done. It is hoped
that the new rooms can be occupied
by April 1.
In the east and joining the old
building, the new shbp,will "be located,
with new lathes, modern saws and
separate drafting room which will accommodate 20 students with spacious
room for everyone to work.
Joining the shop wil! be the Agricultural room located on the first
floor making it convenient for exhibiting machinery. The new room will
have overall department features and
since it is located near the shop, the
two departments will be able to Work
somewhat together.
Also on the east Wing of the school,
will be the new band room "with conveniences of ample space for instrument storage, a separate practice
room, and plenty of space for entire
group practice.
The west end of the building will
feature the new kitchen with a large
banquet and serving room which will
be Open to serve students lunches the
year around. New modern fold-away
tables and chairs which can be folded
into the wall after use, allowing for
dancing and other entertainment, are
being installed.        \
Besides many more classrooms we
will also have a new library with
"*Wenty of book space and other eon-
.leniences.
Owen Cox, 19, of Traverse City,
narrowly escaped serious injury when
he crashed his car into, the rear of
ths first diesel engine on a Chesapeake & Ohio freight train at the
McEwan Street grade crossing at
10:35 o'clock Tuesday morning. Cox,
driving a 1949 Plymouth coach north
on McEwan Street, said he was following a truck which turned left into
tie Johnston Elevator or C & O
freight station, and did not -notice the
approaching train or tb.$ warning sig-
rials-until it was too late to avoid the
collision. Fortunately the train was
traveling at only about 15 miles per
hour.
Cox escaped unhurt but the front of
his car was badly smashed in. Damage was estimated at $200 by investigating City Police.
Dick Forsberg, 21, of Coleman, was
painfully injured about '9:00 o'clock
Sunday evening when he lost control
ot his car on an icy intersection just
south of that village. He was alone
in the car at the time.
He was taken to the Midland hospital following the accident, and to
Saginaw General Hospital Monday,
for treatment for a broken jaw and
the loss of several teeth. He is reported getting along fine and was expected to be returned to his home
Thursday. He plans on resuming his
studies at Ferris Institute next Monday.
Dick is the son of Mrs. H, E, Forsberg, Coleman druggist, and the
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thayer, -of Clare.
F.I.A. Projects
Prove Profitable
At Clare School
Students enrolled in classes of
Vocational Agriculture carred on supervised farm projects which were
recorded and summarized at the end
of the year,
In 1950, Ag. boys of. Clare High
School had $22,665 worth of business
which resulted in a net profit of
$9,077.18.
The^productions from these projects
totaled 18,000 pounds of beef, 118,000^
pounds of milk and 12,000 pounds of
pork in addition to other farm products.
The boys with the more extensive
programs were Bob Larman, Alger
Smock, Lyle Bates, Neil Aekerman,
Norman Smith, Lyle Armentrout anfl
Bernard Blackledge.
COMMENCE WORK
ON DOHERTY EARLY
Hotel
Be
Banquet    Capacity
Increased  To Five
Hundred Seats
To
CLARE COUNTY
PMA ELECTION
HELDJDEC. 29TH
Andrew J. Keysor Chairman Of
Production - Marketing*
Administration
The election of County PMA Committeemen was held at the local PMA
office on Friday, December 29th, at
10:00 a.m. Committeemen and Alternates were elected for 1951 as follows: Andrew J. Keysor, Chairman;
Floren   J.   Pudvay,   Vice   Chairman;
Work was commenced this week on
further expansion of the Hotel Doherty to double the capacity of the
present coffee shop and provide seating for 120.
The former public library entrance
has been closed and bricklaying and
glass installation was commenced
Thursday for an Early American bay
window front.
The new Early American Room will
be decorated and furnished in the
style of the period, with Armstrong
acoustic ceiling- Electrical equipment
and lighting" fixtures are here • and'
new furniture and carpeting' have
been purchased and delivery is expected daily.
The Early American Room will be
used as the hotel's main dining room
for banquets when needed. .Completion of this room, in about sixty days,
together with the Wedgewood Room,
Fifth Avenue Room and Emerald
Room', will provide facilities for serving banquets to 500 persons at one
time.
Plans include installation of a hew
neon sign of modern design.
The hotel expansion: program includes future plans to provide more
guest rooms for Central Michigan's
Arthur A. Lower, Regular Member; (
Floyd L. Garver, First Alternate, and' largest and most widely; known host-
Simon   Vanderwoude,   Second   Alter- elry. v
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A total of 330 votes were cast by
Clare County farmerB voting in the
annual election of Community PMA
Committeemen and Delegates to the
county PMA convention. Following
is a complete list of the newly elected
township (community) PMA committees:
Arthur Township—Floyd L. Garver,
Chairman; John A. Brubaker, Vice
Chairman; Albert Shaver, Regular
Member; Ralph Athey, 1st Alternate;
and Aubrey Chatterton, 2nd Alternate-
Grant Township — Paul M. Nass,
Chairman; Frank R, Humphrey, Vice
Chairman; Harold V. Bradley, Regular Member; Andrew Colmus, 1st Alternate;" W|l8on Jerred, 2nd Alternate.
. Greenwood, fiedding and Summer-
field Townships t- Fred W< Kuehl,
Chairman; Andrew Saul, Vice Chairman; Max E. Stanley, Regular Member; Theodore Vancil, 1st Alternate;
Math Sehmid, Jr., 2nd Alternate:
Hamilton and Franklin Townships—
Oswald Mlelke, Chairman; Robert
Fanslau, Vice Chairman, Mark R. Mc-
LUNKERS LYING
IN SHINGLE LAKE
FISHERMEN SAY
Fishermen have reported seeing
some "old. rankers" lying in Shingle
Lake and Gene Purvis, of Lake
, George, came through with substantiating evidence about 8:00 O'clock
Wednesday morning.-When spearing
through the ice on the, lake he landed
a 36 inch Great Northern pikeweigh-
ing 12% pounds and: measuring 18
inches in girth, ; .
A 12 inch live sucker was used as
a ;decoy and he was spearing) "In 14
feet of water over a weed/hed. Purvis
landed the pike with a seven tine
Neeley spear. He says a mate about
the same size got away.
It has been reported by several
fishermen that much larger pike have
been spotted at times in various
places about the lake.
ST. LOUIS TEAM
BEATS PIONEERS
HERE WEDNESDAY
... The Clare Pioneers fell to a strong
St. Louis team 52-26, Wednesday, January 3rd, at the Clare High gymnasium, A sparse crowd witnessed the
tilt.
The* Pioneers trailed at ha^time,
33-11. The Clare team was no match
for the rebound snatching St, Louis
quintet. In the last half, the Green
and White scored 15 counters, while
the Crimson Tide chalked up 19, After a slow start, the Pioneers showed
flashes of aggressiveness in the last
stages of the game. Three men were
lost to the Clare team on fouls, Fred
Corbiss led the St. Louis five with
19 points:
The Junior Varsity dropped their tilt
to the St. Louis Junior Varsity 51-24,
in a hectic game.
The Pioneers journey to Harrison
this Friday for an interesting game
at 7:30 p.m. Next Tuesday the Clare
squad travels to Shepherd for a game
beginning at 7:30.
Sixteen Clare County Men
Reporting For Induction
GEORGE ANDERSON
PASSES AWAY AT
LANSING HOME
Former Clare Businessman Laid
To Rest At Kalamazoo
Last Saturday
George ,W. Anderson, 75, of Lansing, passed away Thursday evening
of last week at a hospital there, following a long illness. •
Anderson, a former Pere Marquette
ticket agent and general, freight agent
and business man in Clare, for a
number of years, had been a resident
of Lansing the past ten years and was
a member of the Elks Lodge at Manistee.
. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs,
Georgia Verrette, of Lansing, and
Mrs, Octavia Jones, of Clare; and
three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held from the
Palmer-BuBh - Funeral Home in Lansing, at 10:00 o'clock last Saturday
morning, with Lansing Lodge No. 196,
BP-O.E., conducting the services. The
remains were taken to Riverside Cemetery at. Kalamazoo, where Rev. B.
Lenton Sutcliffe, pastor of Stock-
bridge Methodist Church there, officiated at commitment services.
Those attending from this vicinity-
were Mr. and Mrs, Donald Jones, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Verrette and Mr. and
Mrs. Ferd Seibt.
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Kenna,    Regular,    Member;    Arthur'
Fisch, ist Alternate; Ernest zeit, jr„ Wild Strawberry Plant Incentive To
2nd Alternate. ■     ' ,
Hayes, Hatton and Frost Town- Develop Three Leading Everbearers
ships—Hobart L. Beavers, Chairman; j
Chas. J. Heber, Vice Chairman; Leo; The story of the development of
Skinner, Regular Member; Francis, three leading varieties of strawber-
Cosgrove, 1st Alternate, Harlow Cos- ries by Frank Keplinger, of Farwell,
grove, 2nd Alternate. Clare county, Michigan, from a pas-
Freeman, Garfield, Lincoln and Sur- time  hobby to  a nationally recong-
rey Townships—Math Sehmid, Chair-jnized  horticultural   project  parallels
to
CITY TAXPAYERS
I will be at the Citizens State Bank,
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
afternoons, to collect taxes*
. Alex McKihaofl,
Mtt City Treasurer.
Deaths
JOHN   PRESLEY
John Presley, a lifelong resident
of this vicinity, passed away at his
Wise township home Wednesday afternoon following several weeks of
illness. Funeral services will be held
from the Clare Methodist Church at
2:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with
Eev. Leslie J. Nevins officiating, and
iate'rment in Cherry Grove cemetery.
Arrangements are in^ charge of the
Stephenson Funeral Home.
JOHN AUGUST KAUL
John August Kaul, 87, of Sheridan
township passed away at 3:00 o'clock
Thursday morning. Funeral services
vill be held from the Thurston Funeral Home at 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Oscar W. Olson
tfficiating, and interment at Cherry
Grove cemetery. Friends may call at
the home from 4:00 p.m. Friday until
10:00 a.m. Sunday, when the remains
will be taken to the Thurston chapel.
CLAYTON WADDINGTON
.Clayton Waddington, of Fort Worth,
Texas, formerly Of Vernon township,
pasped away Wednesday January 3-and
the remains will be brought to Glare
for burial. Funeral services will be
held from the Thui'ston Chapel at
1:00 o'clock Monday afternoon, with
interment at Cherry Grove cemetery.
man; Stanley Oman, Vice Chairman;
Grant W. McLane, Regular Member;
Chester J. Wallace, 1st Alternate;
Arthur DeGeer, 2nd Alternate.
Sheridan Township — Stanley G,
Schunk, Chairman; Horace R. Fancon,
Vice Chairman; Elmer Youmans, Reg-
the fairy tale of Cinderella.
Keplinger first became interested
in strawberry propagation \when he
found a thrifty looking wild strawberry plant beside an old stump on a
railroad right of way and nurtured
it until it finally developed into his
ular Member; Harry J. Grigg, 1st Al-jfirst    discoveryj    the   /famous    Gem
ternate; Floren J. Pudvay, 2nd Alter
nate.
Winterfleld Township—Simon Van-
derWoude, Chairman; George V.
Laughlin, Vice Chairman; Tony Bo-
ven, Regular Member; Lear Diment,
1st Alternate; Wilbur Prielipp, 2nd
Alternate.
Charges Reduced In
Jourdain Case In
Mt, Pleasant Court
Eugene Jourdain, of Clare, who
plead not, guilty and demanded jury
trial when arraigned on drunk driving charges previously, plead guilty
to lesser charges and paid a fine of
$75 and $5.40 costs in Mt. Pleasant
Municipal Court Saturday.
Prosecutor Byron P. Gallagher told
Municipal Judge James E. Ryan that
further   investigation   by  his   office
1951.     Brilliant   is   a   strawberry
await with anticipation."
With nursery and seed catalogs rolling off the presses for early mailing
and the strawberry season coming up,
Keplinger will be getting headline
mention in many midwest horticultural magazines and periodicals. His
New Brilliant has already been fea-
tured in Emlong's Nursery and Stahe-
lin's Nursery advertising and its
future is assured.
Keplinger, just another one of the
boys with Clare county farmers and
nurserymen, is not a man to rest on
his laurels and is constantly endeavoring to produce bigger and better
strawberries, along with his potato
and fruit interests.
Everbearing variety, in 1928, and he
released it in 1933.
His next discovery was the Super-
fection, which has vied with the Gem
for  popularity   since  its   release  in
1946. His most recent development is >	
the  Brilliant,  which has  been men-  Junior ClaSS PlanS
tioned   with   considerable   favor   in   _ _ __ _
national horticultural publications.      j Annual Flay TOr
In quoting from the Ohio Farmer, .February 15 COld 16
"TwO strawberry growers have really j •
done a lot to elevate the growing of
everbearers from the novelty to the
commercial class. These men are_
Frank Kplinger, of Farwell, Michigan,
and Karl Michener, of Orrville, Ohio.
Keplinger first developed the variety
Gent and more recently Superfection.
Both are very productive and! dependable varieties. He also originated
still another good one called Brilliant,
which will be introduced in 1951".
The American Fruit Grower says
of  the  Brilliant,  "One  of the  most
Grocer Clinics
At Clare School
Jan. 9 and 16
Raymond J. Higgins, marketing
specialist of Michigan State College,
will lead a class of retail grocers in a
demonstration of care and trimming
of produce at the Clare High School
next Tuesday evening, January ft, at
8:00 o'clock. This is the second of
three meetings which County Agricultural Agent P. D. Gibson has arranged
for the grocers of Clare and neighboring communities, All grocers are welcome.
At the. first meeting Mr, Higgins
presented a discussion of merchandising food in general. This second meeting and the one following a week later
will deal with the preparation and
display of perishable produce. In the
third session Mr, Higgins will lead
a demonstration of preparing a vegetable rack display. He will also discuss ways to figure margin and makeup.
A special merchandising calendar
prepared by the food merchandising
class of Michigan State College will
be presented to the grocers who attend the complete series of meetings.
©Special Registration Of Doctor*
To Be Held In Clare
January 15th
SYLVESTER E. HARRIS
DIES AT MT. PLEASANT
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29
Former Clare County Resident
Laid To Rest In Surrey
Township Cemetery
Sylvester Eugene Harris was born
August 2, 1880, in Clare county, Michigan the son of John and Laura Harris
and passed away December 29, 1950,
at his home near Mt. Pleasant. He
spent most of his life in Clare county.
He was united in marriage to
Maude Martha Stevenson, November
15, 1899, in Mt. Pleasant. To this
Uniod; were born eight children, Carl,
Lyle, Earl, Glen Lee, Hazel, Esther
and George, Glen preceded his father
in death at the age of 27 in 1934. Carl
Lyle and Earl passed away in early
childhood. Hislwife preceded him in
death February 9, 1944.
In 1945 he was married to Harriet
Williams, near Mt, Pleasant.
He leaves to mourn, his wife, Harriet, four children, Leo and family,
near Lake George, Hazel Yeo and son,
of Battle Creek, Esther Harris, of
Battle Creek, and George and family,
near Lake George; five grandchildren,
eight stepchildren, several nieces and
nephews and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held at the
Stephenson Funeral Home at 2:00
Sunday afternoon, December 31, with
Rev. Leslie J. Nevins officiating, and
interment in-Surrey Township Cemetery.
and1 State Police brought the request
for  revised  charges.  Jourdain plead j outstanding new varieties is Brilliant.
guilty Of reckless driving after the for
mer charges were withdrawn.
' ■  I   NOTICE
Effective next week, copy for
all cards of thanks, memori^ms,
appreciations and other reader
notices will be accepted up to
10:00 a. hi. Wednesday for publication in the issue of the following Friday morning.
•"The Clare Sentinel
Clare High Seniors
Plan Class Trip To
Chicago Next May
It produced over 8,000 quarts the first
growing season. This strawberry was
developed by the. same Michigan fi'uit
grower and nurseryman who developed Gem- and Superfection. It is now
being patented and should be available for distribution in the spring of
Three members from each of the
third and sixth hour English 11 classes are starting plans for the annual |
Junior Play which will be presented
on the fifteenth and sixteenth of February. These students are as follows:
A. J. Doherty, Chairman; Ray Lucy,
Jeanne Drake, Connie Seiter, Betty
Bellows and Janet Everts as his
helpers. They are under the supervision of Mrs. Bowerman. When the
play is picked out by these students
and Mrs. Bowerman it' will be announced over the P. A. system.
Kraft Foods Farm
Meetings Announced
January 10 And II
The Senior Class of 1951 has
reached a decision in regard to their
trip this year.
The class will leave on May 14, fOr
Holland, Michigan. From Holland they
will go to Chicago oh the boat.   They
will be ori the boat Overnight and Willt Farmers are cordially invited to at-
arrive in Chicago about seven o'clock, tend the Kraft Foods Company farm
ott Tuesday morning. [meetings at 8;00 o'clock Wednesday
They will  spend the day in  Chi- evening, January 10, at Geneva town
cago, then at midnight they wiil board hall in Midland  county;  and 10:00
the boat again.  They will arrive at o'clock Thursday morning, January 11,
Holland about seven o'clock and then in Mason Hall at Winn.
will return to Clare by school has.     }    The program will consist of slides
The advisors wito will accompany and movies. A prize will he given
the Seniors are Mrs. Bowler, Mr* and lunch will be served. iSringyottr
Harper and Mf» Richardsoiu [friends.   Everyone welcome.
Anna Mae Cox Gets
Scholarship From
Michigan State
Anna Mae Cox, a graduate of Clare
High School with the class of 1950,
f»who has attended Michigan State. College during the fall term, has.been
awarded a scholarship at that college.
Michigan State offers one scholarship to a Clare High* School graduate
each year, and the scholarship re-
m&ins effective as long as the recipient maintains a 2.6 average at the
college,
ALFRED E. MATTESON
PASSES AT ROSEBUSH
HOME DECEMBER 28
Retired   Businessman  Laid   To
Rest   At   Mi.   Pleasant
Sunday Afternoon
With an increased selective service
induction quota, members of reserve
corps recalled- and post-holiday rush
of volunteer enlistments, a greater
number of Clare county young men
will enter service in the Armed Forces
during January and February than at
any time since the beginning of the
Korean War,
On December 6 the following six
men left Clare for final induction at
Detroit:
John Melchoir, transferred from a
Detroit Board,
Allen W. Howard, Lake George
John E. Rutter, R-l, Clare
John W.  Shaw, Farwell
Arthur S, Woznick, Harrison
Lyle   William   Hutchinson,   Rural
Clare.
With a January quota of ten, eight
Clare county young men and one
moving here from another Board left
here at 3:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon for pre-induction physical
examination at Detroit.
With   a   January   final   induction
quota of ten, Francis D, Wright, of
Temple,  has  transferred to a Flint
Board   and   the   following  nine  will
leave here for Detroit January 17:
John Seats, Jr.-, Lake George
Glenn C. Blackerby, R-2, Clare
Walter L. Haag, Farwell
John W. Sternaman, Clare
Edward E. McCartney, Harrison
. Norman B. Ulch, Star Rt, Harrison
Clarence E. Ostrowsky, R-2, Clare
William C. Armentrout, R-l, Clare
Oliver Q. Myers, Harrison.
„ Although Local Board' Clerk, Mrs.
Phyllis Hartshorn has not yet received notice of the number to be called
for pre-induction physicals from Clare
county   February   6,   Col.   Glenn   B.
Arnold, State Selective Service chief
announced Wednesday that the following- quotas Would  be  called  for
final induction from nearby counties
in February:
Clare county, 6; Gladwin, 8; Isabella, 20; Mecosta 8; Midland, 15;
Missaukee, 2; Osceola, 11; and Roscommon 2, ■ *
" Professional' Registration
In compliance ^gith directives of
the National Selective Service System* for registration of male persons
in certain medical, dental and veterinary categories the following order
fixing dates for special registration
has been issued:
"The Director of Selective Service
has ordered the registration on January  15,  1951, between the hours of
8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. of all male
persons   who  have  received  any  of
the degrees listed below, who are under 50 years of age on that date, who
are   subject   to   registration   under
Public Law  779,  81st  Congress,  and
who are not already registered under
Special Registration No. 1:
Bachelor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Doctor of Dental Medicine
Doctor of Veterinary Surgery
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Those in Clare county will register
at Michigan- Local Board No. 18, Citizens State Bank Building, Clare, Michigan.
Alfred Charles Matteson, 84, retired Rosebush merchant, and father
of Roy Matteson, cashier of the Rosebush State Bank, died at his home
there Thursday evening of last week.
He had been ill for only five days.
He was born the son of Beriah and
Eunice Matteson, March 20, 1867, at
Aurelius, Michigan.
» He was united in marriage with
Maria Johnston, December 25, 1897,
soon after he moved to Rosebush, and
the couple have made their home
there Over a half century. As a general store owner and operator from
1897 to 1937, he was widely known*
throughout the community.
He leaves to mourn their loss, the
bereaved wife, Mariah, and son, Roy,
besides other relatives and a multitude of friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Rosebush Presbyterian Church at
2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, with
Rev, R. O. Thomson officiating, and
interment in Riverside Cemtery at
Mt. Pleasant.    •'■ ■ ''':
Motorists Escape
Injury In Traffic
Accidents In Area
glare w.am
A meeting of the W.C.T.tf. will be
held at the home of Mrs. Ruth Her-
ron, on Vernon Hill* next Tuesday
afternoon, January 9, at 2:30, Everybody welcome.
Youll Enjoy Eeadincf
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Ivan  L,  Leosh,  52,  of  Clare,  and
Royal   G,   Gilman,   32,   of   Shepherd,
were involved in an auto accident a*
mile and a half south of Clare on TJS-
27 last Friday.    According to State
Police,    a    collision    occured* when
Leosh, attempting to make a16ft turn
into a private driveway, was struck^
by the Gilman car, which was attemp-'
ting to pass.
•Both drivers told police that they
had given the proper signals.   Damages were estimated at $500 to the
Gilman  car and  $175  to the Leosh'
vehicle.
■An auto -accident occured a mile
north of Rosebush on US-27 Monday,
when according to State Police, J.
Edward Brandbery, 33, of Clare, attempted to pass a car driven by Richard L. Wentworth, 16, of. Rosebush,
and Wentworth then attempted to
pass another car in front of him and a
collision ensued.
Damages were estimated at $75 to
the Brandbery car and $35 to the
Wentworth car, Brandbery was issued
a summons for improper passing and
failing to signal.
An accident occured a mile and &
half east of Loomis on US-10," Wednesday, State Police said, when William Gillison, 17, of Arcadia, attempted to pass* a tractor trailer driven by
William Bauer, 30, of Clare, oh the
slippery pavement.
According to the officers, the Gillison car skidded sideways, striking1 the,
cab of the truck, and threw both vehicles into the ditch, after hitting a
i patch of slush. Damages were estima-
j ted at $50 for both vehicles, The car
• and truck drove away under their
| own power after being hauled from
the ditch by a Wrecker,
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