1952-01-25; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE, MICHIGAN. FBIPAV MORNIKfi, JANUARY 25,1952
$2.50 Y*»ar In Michigaa
New Series Vol. 60, No, 10
Bo JL00& iVou* Mr. X- Your
Tm Notice Slip Is Showing
Clare Citizen, Mr, X is a well
meaBitig taxpayer who is not. aware
that lie Is paying taxes on a city-
lot or pie*pe of property which ia improperly described on his tax notice
and also on the city and county
records- i
lie pays liis taxes on time and in
the correct amount, —been doing it
-for years, but what he doesn't know-
is that his tax notice description'
includes the hack ten feet of his.
neighbor's lot adjoining his,
"There's an error in the wood-;
pile" somewhere in the county or
city records  from which his  tax
notice was copied.
Mr. X has lots of company among
other Clarfe taxpayers! One citizen,
is paying taxes on a house and lot,
which, if the description is proper,
lies smack dab *"n th© middle of the
right-of-way in John R- street You
won't find the house there, of
course but it just goes to prove you
cannot always believe your pi-inted
prop'erty description,
;* Some niistakes are more serious
than' funny, and could cause the
land owner headaches.
, Suppose for instance that you are
a Citizen X, whose tax description
is wrong. And- suppose that there
is. another family by the same
name* <*r similar name . . . neither
of you personally known at the city
hall. Taxes paid by yon, might —
just might— b& credited to the account •of the other, Did you ever
■wonder?
The City of Clare is interested
too! Assessor John E. Hall thinks
that dome property might not be
described on the tax rolls at all. If
this is true, it means that the city
CLARE DEBATERS
TO ENTER STATE
LEAGUETOURNEY
Junior    Varsity    Teams    To
Hold Central "C"
, Tournament
The Clare High School debaters
defeated both affirmative and negative teams from Corunna Monday
afternoon bringing the local school
to a five won three lost record in
the State League. This enables
them to go on to the state elimination tournament in February. The
winners of this debate were Bill
Wentwoirlh and Carolyn Scte?eibe**
On the affirmative and Bill Seiter
and Dick; Ulrich on the negative.
The other Clare teams lost both
ends of the debate with Remus.
Although they lost, both teams
Showed that they have come a long,
way and showed a great deal of
improvement according to the
Judges, Dr. E. C. Beck and Emil
Pfister, of Central College. The debaters were Allan Demarest and
Curt Hearns on the affirmative and
Dick Murphy and Blair Seiter on
the* negative.
The final results of this year's
debating are five wins, three losses
in the *State League and three wins
and se^en losses in the-Central "C"
League.   ' i        ■' .
Junior Varsity debaters will hold
a tournabient in February with
Central "C" League school entering.
MRS. BRUNNO BRAUN
PASSES MONDAY AT
CLARE COUNTY HOME
Funeral    Services    Held    In
Gladwin With Burial In
Arthur Cemetery
Emma Bertha Sarnoske was born
in Detroit, Michigan, September
14, 1896. Here she received the
Sacrament of Holy Baptism in September of the same year and renewed her Baptismal Vow in Confirmation when she was 14 years
old.
On January 14,1931, she was united in marriage with Brunno Braun
in Toledo, Ohio. The Lord blessed
this union with one son, Brunno.
• In .April, 1931. she moved with
her husband1 to the present homestead- in Clare county, Michigan,
where'ahe has made her home until
her death.
Last Thursday night she suffered ill health, but she recovered
soon after the attack. While performing her household duties she
suffered a heart attack and) passed
away suddenly Monday evening,
January 21, at about 8:45 o'clock.
She attained the age of >55 years,
four montlfs and seven days.
To mourn her sudden departure
she leaves "her bereaved husband
and son, two sisters, Mrs,. Adaline
Pohl, of Pontiac, am} Mrs, Anna
Hirt, of'Detroit; three half-sisters,
Mrs. Bertha Rottermattn, Mrs. Ida
Schunke and Mrs, Clara Chall, all
of Detroit; and a large number of
nephews and nieces, Four brothers
and one sister preceded her in
death.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon, January 24*
from the Hall Funeral Home in
Gladwin, at-2:00 o'clock. The Rev.
E, C, Leyrer of Clare officiated! at
the service, Burial was made in the
Arthur Township Cemetery,
is collecting no taxes for any such
property.
WeU! Th© errors ahd ommissions
are going to be changed o and corrected!   '   ''"
With the help of property owners
themselves; all property descrip-|
tions are going to be brought up to,
date. From that starting, point with
the modern equipment for mailing
notices of taxes due, the records
can be'kept reasonably accurate.
Hall says. •
All property owners should com*
pare their tax notice descriptions
with the correct description on the
deed or contract. If an error is
found, then the correct description
together with the name and address
of the taxpayer should.be mailed to !
John R, Hall, Clare.
TOP BASKETBALL
TEAMS TAKE TWO
FROMjpEERS
To Play Reed City At Home
Tonight Before .Taking
To The Road
CLARE BUSINESS.
GROUP OFFICERS
ELECTED MON.
Archambault And Seiter To
Again Head Chamber
Oi Commerce
The Clare High School Pioneers
have been defeated by Harrison and
St. Louis, two highly rated Central
Michigan basketball teams, the past
week.
Harrison Hornets -Win
Clare lost a close fought basketball game to Harrison, Friday
night- Both Clare and Harrison
sliowed very strong defensive play.
At half time Harrison lead by a
small margin of 10 to 7. In the sec-,
ond half both teams continued their
strong defensive play, and a more
polished offensive,
This game was a good example
of the rivalry between Harrison
and Clare. The game ended with
Harrison the victor by a score of
37 to 26.
The high point man for Harrison
was Amble with 17 points. High
point xnan for the Clare Pioneers
was Dennis Benedict with 9 points,
followed by Richard Nivison with; 8.
Benedict has a 16,5 average per
game.
Both teams showed great spirit
and sportsmanship all through the
game. The gym was packed with a
maximum crowd. The yelling was
so loud the referees couldn't make
their whistles be heard.
.'Richard. Nivison. and Ray Lucy
both fouled out for Clare and Leo
Cassiday fouled out for Harrison.
The Junior Varsity alBo lost. Harrison had a very good Junior Varsity. The score at the end of the
game was 42-26 in favor of Harrison. Mark Ruark was high point
man tor Clare.
Crimson Tide* Victors
, The Clare Pioneers suffered defeat at the hands of St. Louis Crimson Tide who beat them 78 to 38
Tuesday evening in St. LouiB. St.
Louis was inspired by the master
of the court, Fred Cbrbus, Who
swished, slid, hooked, and pushed
in 45 points with 9 in jthe first
quarter, 9 in the second, quarter, 18
in .the third- quarter,' and 9 in the
fourth quarter. Corbus also had the
help of some Very good ball handling from his teammates.:
Dennis Benedict was the spark
of the Clare-a team with 20 points,
and Irwin Ruby followed him with
7. Although Clare^was strong it
could not beat the_mighty St. Louis
team. ...,,..
Clare's second team was also defeated, 38 to 26. Pete Brown was
Clare's high scorer with 8. Dan Reynolds was high scorer for St. Louis.
Coming Games
Clare will entertain Reed City
thia Friday evening, hoping for a
chance to reverse the 49-42 Reed
City win in early December.
Next Tuesday evening, January
29, the Pioneers will play at Gladwin. The locals defeated the Flying
G's 51-24 here January 15.
Next Friday evening, February 1,
the Pioneers will play at Coleman.
The locals defeated the Comets
65-36 here December 7.
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Hj-gh School Career
0-$iys March 27
Career Day will be held at Evart,
March 27, for High School Juniors
and Seniors, On the same day a
Career Day will be held In Clape
•Tor the OiatJ*-. m$ t*Si-& ftfumsk    ■■
Young Folks To
Lead In Church
Service Sunday
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This Sunday morning at 10:30
youth members of the Pilgrim Fellowship of the First Congregational
Ghurch of Clare will lead important
partB of the regular worship Service.
Although the young people have
always acted as ushers, this Sunday will take on special significance for them.
" Idell Urquhart will read the Old
Testament Scripture lesson for the
morning and Suszanne Irving will
read the New Testament lesson.
Gala Hochstetler will speak on
"What Religion means to me."
Roger Brinkerhoff will speak on
"Religion and' the Community."
A sermonette by the pastor,
"Hd'w Atom Bombs Have Changed
Men's Thinking," Will be directed to
young thinkers," but will be of interest*-, to all who are thoughtful
about life in otir times.
This special local service" is being
held in conjunction with similar
"Youth Sunday" observances in
Congregational Christian Churches
throughout the world1,
The Clare Chamber of Commerce
held its annual meeting and election of officers at Hotel Doherty
Monday evening, with an attendance of only about 40 because of
conflicting activities.
Following invocation by Rev.
Leslie J. Nevins, a fine roast turkey dinner was served, with music
by Ray Michilak and Clayton Dot-
ter.
The meeting was called to order
by President Jennings Archambault, who of freed the following
amendment to the, by-laws. "The offices of secretary and treasurer
sliall be combined In one office appointed by the president with approval of the Board of Directors."
The amendment Wa§ adopted.
Dr. G. C. Born read the nominations of this committee, including
chairman Richard Groves, Dr, Born
and Marvin- Witbeck. No nominations were made from the floor and
President Jennings Archambault
and Vice President L&urenee Seiter
were unanimously re-elected.
Robert Campbell, Leonard Stanley and Robert Greer were elected
to the Board of Directors for three
years to fill the vacancies Of retir.
ing directors Kenneth Hendrie,
Bill Burdo and Marvin Witbeck.
Directors whose term of. Office
did not expire are Wm. D. Elden,
Murl Houghton, Dr. A. D. Austin,
Dick Groves, James Wood, Tom
McConica, Dr. Born and Bud Anderson. John E. Doherty, oldest
member of the chamber in years of
service, is an honorary director.
Guests introduced were Ernie
Marsh, gas station; Bob Greer,
Greer Auto Sales; Paul Scott,
Sqott drilling Co., and Mel Earley,
gas station.
President Archambault thanked
his officers and directors for their
cooperation the past year and commended the following committee
chairmen for their outstanding efforts: Dr, S. C. McArthur for a
(Continued On Page Eight)
NEW FEATURES ADDED
A Big
Many things that ai-e new, and
Old events that have proved favorites to Michigan rural people
through the past 36 years are listed
on the annual program for Farmers
Week at Michigan State College.
January 28 to February 2.
Ernest v L. Anthony, Dean of the
School of Agriculture and general
chairman of the program commented:
"We believe our facilities to
handle the huge crowds that respond to our Invitation are better
than ever. We have tried to get together   a   program  that   includes
Josehphine Brighenti Notes.
Many Farmers* Week
Activities* For Women
See Hei" Column For.;
This Week On Page, 7
many of the features that have proven popular in the past and added
some new ones, with any help from
the weather man there's- no reason, why the 1952 Farmer's Week
shouldn't be one of the most successful in history.
Exhibits in Macklin Field Stadi-
Umt Agricultural Engineering build1-
ing, Poultry building, Livestock
Judging Pavilion and at the new
dairy cattle housing and researoh
center are expected to draw many
people.
. Departmental programs will be
held, each day, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in all departments. Monday will be "Dairy Day"
with, special programs for dairy:
men, •especially the purebred breeders. The agricultural engineers will
also have a farm buildings meeting ph the opening day,
• A new feature will include the
yputbi taleftt review on Thursday
night' in the" College Auditorium'
which will, be open: 16, the publifc;
Parking facilities for visitors will
be available especially on the South
•-Campus near the stadium,
"■' Nearly 30 state 'farm. Qrganiza;;
tioris will hold annual meetings during tlie .Michigan State, college
Farmers' Week,     .,
BERTRANDGETS
IN TROUBLE FOR
SHOOTING AGAIN
Coleman   Man    Pleads   Not
Guilty Of Traffic
Violation
Eleven To Be
Inducted In
Februaty*
Eleven Clare county young men
will leave here February 7 for final
induction into the Armed Forces,
at Detroit, the following day.
They are Verne Braden, of Lake
George; Francis Jesse, Harrison;
Herbert Mann, Marion; Glenn
Powell, Farwell; Lloyd Edick, Jr..
Clare; Robert Brink, Harrison; Joseph Pudyay, Clare; Robert Shees-
ley, Clare; William Campbell,
Clare; Wayne Carncross, Clare;
and. Jack Powers, Clare.
Clare county's February quota
for final induction was 14 men, but
only 11 are available at this time,
according to Miss Carole Graham,
substitute Selective Service Board
clerk.
The February quota for pre-
physical examination is 20, who
will report February 25.
Maynard- Bertrand was arrested'
by State Police in Freeman township Tuesday, charged with felonious aasult while armed with a
dangerous weapon upon Donald
Brancheau and Harry Cornell.
According to police, Betrand'
was armed With a 35 Remington
automatic rjfle and shot a tire on a
car in which Brancheau and Cornell were sitting.
He. was arraigned before Justice
W. B. Dunlop in Municipal Court
the same day, waived examination,
and was bound over to Circuit
Court. He was released under $500
bond'.*
Bertrand was arrested by State
Pqlice in August, 1951 for allegedly
discharging a pistol near Sportsman's Bar in Freeman township, in\
disregard of the rights and Safety
and property of others. At this tim^
he was sent to the State Hospital
at Traverse City for observation
and was later released.
Fay McCormick, of Coleman was
arrested by City Police here Saturday and was arraigned in Municipal
Court Wednesday on the .charges
of driving a vehicle while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor.
He entered a plea of not guilty
and trial date was set for January
30 at 10:00 a.m. in Municipal Court.
Isabella-Clare
District M. E. A.
To Meet Here
Teachers from the Isabella-Clare
district of the Michigan Education
Association will hold an institute
at Clare High School on February
14.
*• Mrs. Ivah Emery is chairman of
the program for the day,
Cecil Houghton, of Grand Rapids,
who was stationed at Greenland
during World War II, will give an
illustrated lecture at 10:00 A. M.
The afternoon lecture will be given by Mr. Hadley, of the Travel
Bureau. His subject will be Upper
Michigan.
Music will be furnished by the
Clare High School Band.
The Clare Teachers' Club will
serve coffee to guests in the recreation room at 9:00 A. M.
MATILDA LANSING
PASSES. AWAY AT
GRAND RAPIDS
NEW NEWSPAPER AT
ROSE CITY RESULT OF
EDUCATIONAL COURSE
Central   College   Eoundtable
Talks Credited With
Opening Two Papers
A new weekly newspaper, serving the community of Rose City in
Ogemaw County, published its first
issue January 10.
The first newspaper for this village of 355 inhabitants since 1935,
the Rose City News is edited and
published by Frank M. and John F.
Weber, publishers of the Montmorency County Tribune in Atlanta.
The new publication is the second
Michigan newspaper to be started
or reorganized as the result of an
educational course for retail merchants co-sponsored by the Division
of Field Services of Central Michigan College and the Office of Vocational Education,' Lansing.
I    Purpose of the course at Rose
j City and in many other Michigan
cities during the past three years
i has bfeen to increase business efficiency   through   lectures,   demonstrations and panel discussions..
In Rose City the Retail Round-
table focused attention on the business being lost through lack of a
medium for advertising. The merchants, through their Chamber of
Commerce, then induced the Webbers to start the newspaper.
Mrs. Matilda Lansing, a former
resident of Wise township, passed
away at Grand Rapids Thursday of
last week. Born in Ontario, Canada,
July 6, 1867, she was 84 years, six
months and 13 days of age.
Funeral services were held from
the Gorsline - Runciman Funeral
Home in Lansing at 10:00 o'clock
Saturday morning, with the Revs.
Dorr Garrett and Ray BirdlS'all officiating, and interment in Deep-
dale Cemetery there.
Mr, and Mrs. William Cleveland
and William Lansing attended the
esrvices. for {heir aunt and cousin.
DO YOU LIKE FISH?
Don't miss the lake trout supper
this Friday evening, January 25, at
the Clare Methodist Church. Art
Damoth will do the frying* Serving
S,*0o io 7;30< Benefit of High School
H-istters al$&& Bcholafgljiu fuad*   '
Farewell Party
For The Davises
This Evening
There will be a farewell party for
Rev. and Mrs, Noble C. Davis, at
jthe Clare V.F.W. hall, this Friday
evening, January 25, at 8100 o'clock.
■ Pot luck supper. The public is in-
iVited, . ;•    .__.'   ......
Plenty Of Bunnies
[Assured For Annual
"Wabbit" Supper
Better hop around and get your
tickets if you don't want to miss
Out on the fraternal "wabbit" supper at Hotel Doherty at 6:30 o'clock
next Tuesday evening January 29.
Reports from captains of the two
teams of '.shure shots" are that
their luck has, been excellent and
plenty of bunnies will be ready for
the pots by Tuesday.
In fact, Captain George White is
in Florida outfitting himself and a
donkey to drive a tew of those huge
Texas Jacks up this way.
We have not learned of tne plans
of resourceful Captain Mark McKenna, but you can rest assured he
is not sitting on a stump waiting}
for 'em.
Seriously, there will be plenty oi.
rabbit and' plenty of fun-and if you
don't get more than your two ptfoiss
yrattk, wq ax&a out '-&$-$--«     - „
CLARE BOXERS
ENTERING GOLDEN
I GL0VKI0URNEY
Eight   From   District   Listed
Among 140 to Box
At Bay City
Ray Menthen, local boxing trainer, will sponsor eight amateur box--|
ers from this vicinity in the Golden '
Gloves Tournament starting at Bay '
City next Tuesday, January 29.'
This is the first year of Golden
GJoves participation for amateurs
of this district.
Tournament matches will be held
in the Bay City Armory, commencing at- 8:00 p.m., next Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday and also
the following Tuesday and- Wednesday, February 5 and S.
Local entrants are; Bill 'Siddons,
126" pounds; Clare Wood, 155; Bill
Seiter 14?; Blair.. Setter 159; and
Jim .Bader. 1*44, * Others are'. Ernest
SJater- of Beaverton, 135; -torn Pap-
pas, ..of Rosebush, 154? ; and Jack
Sheefi, of'Mt. Pleasant "16Q,* ;       ,-
The; boys __ have been-, Gaining
since'mid D'ecember, with eiglttt"
out. Of .the 20 starters completing'
training' They are in good physical
condition, an'dwill be right.in there
punching for decisions.
gome 140- boxers will take part
in the tourney, from the vicinities
of Saginaw, Bay City, Gladwin, the,
Tawases, and Clare. -
The* tournament is sponsored by
the Bay City Times and Bay City
American Legion, A picture in the
Sunday Times showed Siddons,
Pappas and Slater skipping rope, in
the-rugged training that eliminates
the less sturdy.
Quoting, from the Times, ''The
cream of the crop—the guys who
have stood up under the rigorous
training program, in all centers,
and, who have outlasted the "fair
weather" fighters—will climb into
the ring to start off the Times-Le-."
gion Golden Gloves show which is
probably the- largest in the state
to be held this year from a standpoint of days . (five) and fighters
involyed".
Tickets are all. sold out for the
five nights, with standing room
only.
Menthen and several others from
Glare and other pqints in this -district will attend- the tournament to
morally support their favorites.
City Asks Delt
On Sewage Plant
to health and normal living,.
The Foundation was formed for
you and can only be supported, by
you. If you have lost or mislaid the
cards you received in the mail you
may place your money or check in
a plain envelope and mail it to your
local chairman, Those chairmen
are:
Clare—Mrs. Jack Spencer.
Farwell—Mrs. A. H, Hess.
Harrison and Temple—Mrs. Leon
Hanip.
Lake George—Mrs. Marion Wy-
coff.
Lake—Mrs. Ray Neeper.
If by any chance, you failed to
receive a card, please send your
contribution anyway. If you forget
your chairman's name, just address
it to The March of Dimes at your
local post office or Farwell and it
will be delivered to the proper persons.
Send your dimes and dollars today —■ right now! Remember, it
may be for you!
Teenagers Dance
Tomorrow Night
At Clare School
At a meeting of the Clare Community Council at the city hall.
Monday of last week, plans were
made to have another square dance
for teenagers this Saturday, January 26, at the Clare Public School.
A piano player and caller has been
secured from Central Michigan College for the dance.
There was a good attandance at
tfie dance given for the young folks
January 12 and if interest continues
dances will be held every second
week. .
Come on kid-3—let's show 'em we
appreciate their efforts in providing
good wholsome entertainment for
us. Be sure to be there tomorrow
night.
Colemdn Polio
Dance Success
The Polio Dance at Coleman,
sponsored by the Grange; was a
complete success In spite of inclement weather conditions.
^ggFirSt prize, "The Thing" (a radio), was awarded to Miss Rose
Carroll, of Clare; second, an automatic .percolator, Pete Hosinfratz,
Of Coleman; and third, an automatic toaster, Joyce Spicer, oi Clare,
The prizes were contributed by
Coleman merchants.
The March of Dimes committee
of Coleman wishes to thank those
of Clare who helped With the im-
Bortaftt dtfvo*'     .
FOUR INJURED IN
NEAR CITY SATURDAY
Alleged Thief Abandons Car
When It Overturns In
Clare Last Week
Several accidents in this vicinity
were caused by icy pavements over
the week end.
Four were brought * to Clare for
Administrative
Association To Meet
Here In February
Central-Area Administration Association met at Mt Pleasant Wednesday, January 16. Discussion was
on State Aid WW and new teacher
/retirement law, now being considered "by the legislature.   .
A delicious chicken .dinner was
served. The February meeting will
bg in Clare.
Final Appeal
For March
Of Dimes
There is just one more Week to-
gend in. your contribution to the
March of Dimes*
Those cards you received in the
mail are only part of the means of
raising money for this worthy
cause- They are however, a very
important part of the drive. It you
have not already returned; yoUrs,
$le.Sse "do so immediately. AU contributions — ho matter how small
•*— are needed and needed desperately.
The March of Dimes the past few
years has failed to keep up with
the March of Polio — hence the
$5,000,006 national Polio Foundation debt. Let's help to take that
debt down this year.
1 Remembei-.'.you or some member
of your family may be stricken
with this dread crippler this year.
Then you will be very thankful lor
the dimes and dollars, "received in treatment following a head-on col-
this drive which will help you backus*011 north ot;Clare on'US-27, Saturday. According to-State Police, a
car driven by Eva B. Kleiner, 54, of
R-4 Clare, slipped- off the pavement
aniTskidded into the path of an oncoming carY driVeri by. Adrian E"
Relgle, 30 of Mt.. Morris.
Mrs*. Kleiner and Reigle were
treated- at a "local doctor's office
for face lacerations. George F. Barton, 79, of R-l Clare, a passenger in
the Kleiner car, was also treated
for face lacerations and Audrie
Reigle; 29,' was • treated for arm in:
juries,
Damage to the Kleiner car was
estimated at $900 and the Reigle
car at $750,
Cars driven by Robert E. Owens,
28, of R-2 Farwell and Floyd Max-
son, 32, of R-2 Clare, collided northwest of Clare Saturday afternoon.
Damage to theJ)wens car was estimated at $400 and the Maxson car
?250.
A car driven by Martha L. Freel,
19, of Millersburg, ran off the high
Way north of Clare on US-27 early
'Saturday evening, in- her attempt
.to avoid colliding with an oncoming
car, and rolled over, according to
State Police. Damage to the car
was estimated at ?50l
Cars driven by Mark Shunk, of
R-2 Clare, and Eugene H. York, of
Mayville, collided at a Mt. Pleasant
street intersection Saturday afternoon, according to police of that
city. Damage was estimated at $200
to each car,
Clare City Police reported several,
minor accidents here.
A 1946 Ford coupe was found
overturned at the side Of US-10
near the Clare Hatchery Friday
morning of last week, but no one
was near the car. Investigation by
City Police revealed that the car
had been stolen in Mt. Pleasant,
and the drived apparently skipped
out following the accident,
Seth Cotton Saved
From Drowning In
Midland Accident
Seth Cotton, 19, of R-2 Clare, was
thrown from a boat into the Titta-
bawassee River at Midland! Wednesday in an accident wnich, took
1 the life of Ralph Byce, 41, of KaW-
kawlln, a Dow Chemical Co. bridge
crew leader.
The accident occured about 10; 30
Wednesday morning when the two
men andi another Dow workei-,
Robert Carrier,. 22, of * Midland-
Were thrown from the boat while
removing equipment fr^m the river
near the DoW dam.
Byce was drowned1 but Cotton
and Carrier clung to the boat and
were rescued. They were treated-
for shook ami exposufe in tncs tksw
Ji3.e4io'ai d-^tt^i-pit,
Tabs To Replace
New License Plates
'*■■ Secretary of State Fred M. Alger
has announced that tabs to be affixed to 1952 license plates will be
used in 1953, instead of new license
plates, because Of the steel shortage.
RETIRED CLARE
MANUFACTURER
PASSES AWAY
John Northon Laid To Rest
', . Following Services At
Denver, Colorado
John NOrthon, a we-U knOwn and
highly respected farmer and manufacturer of this vicinity for more
than 60 years, passed away in a-
Denvet-, rjolorado,.»hospltal at 4; 30
0'cjock last Friday afternoon. He
had been in failing health for several months, the Northons moving
to Colorado last spring because of
their healfclL '
John NortSbn was born the. son
of Charles and Emily Northon, in
Canada. .March 14, 1875 and passed
away at Denver, Colorado, January
18, 1952, at the age of 79 years, 10
months and' four days-
He moved with his parent to "Vernon township at the age of ten
years and grew to manhood there.
He was" united in marriage to
Miss Anna Grimason, in Vernon
township April 19, 1898. The Northons celebrated their golden wedding anniversary here April 19,
1948.
He operated the Clare Road Lev-
eler Works and Farm Service Shop
in Clare for years and they continued; to make their home nere, after
his retirement, until they moved to
Colorado.
He was a charter member of Mt.
Vernon Grange and attended the
Clare Congregational Church.
He leaves to mourn their loss'a
daughter, Mrs, Gordon Mowbray,
and granddaughter, Paula, both of
Denver; two sisters, Mrs. Lena
Brewer, of Vernon township and;
%r%. William KappHntreK of Grant
township; a brother, Oscar Northon
of Vernon township; other relatives
and a host of friends.
Funeral services' were held in
Denver withjnterment there.
Walter Bolle Badly
Injured In Fall In
Brother's Barn
Walter Bolle, 28, of Wise township was painfully injured Saturday'
afternoon when he fell from the loft,
of the barn of his brother, Charles
Bolle, .in the same township.
;He was getting down feed wheh
he fell through a feed chute to the
barn floor 25 feet below.
He was rushed to Central Michigan' Sospitai at Mt. Pleasant,
where examination revealed that
he was suffering from a compound
fracture of the left leg, shock and
bruises. X-rays were to be taken at
the hospital Thursday.
New Fird Truck
To Be Here Soon
Specifications are being prepared
by the Francis Engineering to advertise for bids for the construction
Of the city sewage disposal plant
near the northeast city limits,
The city has petitioned the State
Water Resources Commission for a
three months extension of time for
completion of the plant, because of
the current shortage of steel, It has
been promised that the petition will
be considered by the Water Resources Commission at its next
meeting. Original completion time
was June 1,1952.
Mayor Haley said that city funds
are available to commence construction as soon as preliminary
work is finished and steel can be
procured.
- The chassis for the new city fire
truck has been obtained and the
truck is now being equipped. It is
scheduled for delivery in Clare next
week or the fore part of February,
according to Mayor Albert Haley.
BEAL CITY AND
BEAVERTON TIED
AT ENDOF HALF
Barryton   Sets  New  League
Record With 113-30
Win From Plant
Beaverton and Beal City were
tied for the championship of the
Clare County Basketball League
for the first half of the season,
when in the closing game Beal
City defeated Clare Manufacturing
Co. 91-45 here Thursday night of
last week.
Don Schumacher scored 21 points
to lead Beaverton players and Bud
Rodabaugh had 14 for the plant.
The play-off took place in the
Clare gym last evening.
In the 9:00 o'clock game, Harrison took an exhibition tilt from DeMolay 49-42. Dean,Buchol5* was high
point man for Harrison with 10 and
Bill Campbell also scored 10 points
for DeMolay.
Farwell opened the second half
of the season with a close 62-60 victory overy Beaverton, at Farwell,
Monday evening of this week.
Barryton set a new league record
when they ~ scored 113 points to
Clare Mfg's 30 at Barryton Monday
evening. Beal City previously held
the record with 103 points in one
game. Don Smith scored 44 points
for Barryton and Ray Owens 12 for
Clare Mfg.
DeMolay lost an exhibition game
to the Central Michigan College
Frosh, 69-24, at the new college
field'house "in Mt. Pleasant Wednesday evening.
Three games, all commencing at
8:00 o'clock, will be played Thursday evening, January 31.
Barryton will play at Beal City,
DeMolay will play Beaverton -at
Gladwin in a March of Dimes benefit game,
Farwell wili play Clare Mfgj here.
Cancer Society Queries
Men On Smoking Habits
Volunteer workers in the Michigan Division of the American
Cancer Society are asking 77,000
white men between the ages of 50
and 69 what their smoking habits
are as a. part of a nation wide survey to determine the relationship,
if any, between smoking and lung
cancer, according to Dr. William
A." Hyland, Grand Rapids,, Medical
Chairman of the state organization.
Witn a quota of 300, Mrs, Rex
Allen is in charge of circulation
of the questionnaires in Clare
county.
She is beitig assisted in Clare by
members of Beta Signta-Pai Sorority and1 others, The sorority has
been in charge Of the Cancer Society fund campaign Jin-Clare county
the past five years,'
County Nurse Mrs. Kathryn Freeman is in charge, of circulation in
Harrison and the northern part of
the county. She is. being assisted by
the churches and civic organizations there. -   *
■• Questionnaires, Which volunteers
are circulating, will determine
whether men Have smoked in their
lifetime more than five to ten pack-
agss of cigarettes, fifty to Seventy*
five cigars, three to five packages
of pipe tobacco.
If so, they will be asked for
specific information including
daily Smoking habits.   4
The men questioned Will be reported on at the end of two or three
years; volunteers will report Whether or not the men are still living,
In the event of deaths, jnedical
officers associated With the American Cancer Society will study the
death certificates and verify all
lung cancer deaths.
A committee of-flon-medlcal members of the Michigan society has
been appointed to direct the -mechanics of the research project
Wade VanV&lfcenburg president
of the Kalamazoo County unit iwa
been mmM <shai«a8ft by-<3* H„-
Dreger, state president. Working
with Van Valkenburg will be Herbert Twining, Ann Arbor, Brigadier
General Martin Griffin, commanding officer of Percy Jones Hospital,
Battle Creek; Miss Doris Duxbury,
Chief Statistical Methods Section,
Michigan Department, of Health
Lansing; Mrs. Harold Heyser,
Michigan State Commander, Mrs.
Arthur Gilbert, Upper Peninsula
Commander, Escanaba; Mrs, John
Borg, Ingham County Commander,
Nelson Gilbert, Ingham'" County
President, both of Lansing; and
Mrs. Harold Cornelius, Executive
Director of the State Society.
According to Dr. Charles S. Cameron, Medical and Scientific Director, the survey will be the first
on record to be concerned with
smoking habits.
. "We have no idea of what our
survey will show," said Dr.
Cameron, "but we hope, within
three oi- four years, to'liave defin-
ate answers to the question of whether there is a relationship between,
smoking and lung cancer, which
in this state has trippled since *33.
Lung cancer is the only form of
cancer that has shown such a rapid
and unexplained iner.ease.
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