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ount Vernon Grange Celebrates Golden Milestone. See 50-Year Review Starting on Page One
THE CLARE SENTINEL
Established 1870
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CLARE. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1952
$2.50 Year In Michigan
New Series, Vol. 60, No. 25
St. Patrick's Ring Show
Features Hefty Heavies
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Bpxing Sana in this area will
have the opportunity of seeing
some of Central Michigan'.** best
Golden. Gloves amateurs in action
when the Clare Rotary Club spon*
sors a twelve bout show in the
Clare Hig|t School gym next Monday evening, March 17.
A feature of the evening will he
a bout between Cadillac's Harry
"Humphrey" Hagstrom, 287 pound
novice heavyweight, and Jim Myers, 220 pound Roscommon heavyweight.
Hagstrom fought in the All State
Tournament at Grand Rapids and
KO'd Henry Dijac, 220 pound "novice, in the first round of an amateur show at Saginaw, March 6.
Hagstrom- has shown much improvement since the Grand Rapids
"•show and will be out to even the
score with Myers, who defeated
him there.
Trainer Ray Menthen has paired
the following boxers from Saginaw,
Bay City, Cadillac, Gladwin and
Clare, for Monday night's card. The
comprehensive card includes boxers weighing from 112 to 287
pounds.
First bout—-Andy Irwin, of Clare,
against Dick Barry, of Bay City, at
138 pounds,
Second—Walt Wilson, of Clare,
against Don Krause, of Cadillac, at
170 pounds.
Third—Charles Osuna, of Saginaw, against Butch Nelson, of
Cadillac, at 112 pounds.
Fourth — Petey Armstrong, ot
Saginaw, .against Jim Falkner, of
Bay City, at 114 pounds. Armstrong
is trained by Patsy Crawford, of
Saginaw, Mickey Crawford's father.
Fifth—Mike Osuna, of Saginaw
against Art Hetherington, of Gladwin, at 120 pounds.
Sixth—Allen Kennedy, of Bay
City, against Dick Butler, of Saginaw, at 135 pounds,
Seventh—Jack Falkner, of Bay
City, against Dick Vasques, of
Saginaw, at ,135 pounds.
Eighth—Bill Siddons, of Clare,
against Don DeBats, of Bay City,
at 128 pounds.
Ninth—Skip Barry, of Bay City,
against Jim Wright, of Saginaw, at
i 148 pounds.
.-' ;...Temh-~tJaek .Riley, of l3*Sgi»-3_v.
against Ron Doede, of Gladwin, at
17S pounds.
Eleventh—Leon Riley, of Bay
City, opeii runner-up at the Grand
Rapids AH State Tournament,
against Jim Brooks, of Essexville,
at 162 pounds. These lads have
heen rivals for some time and will
undoubtedly put on a good show.
Twelfth — Harry "Humphrey"
Hagstrom, of Cadillac, against Jim
Myers, of Roscommon.
MICKEY CRAWFORD
State Open Lightweight Champion
It Grand Rapids
.    The Clare Rotary Club will award
' trophies to the outstanding Clare
boxer   and    outstanding   visiting
, fighter.
The Clai-e High School Band will
play several numbers appropriate
, to the St. Patrick's Day show..
I    Proceeds  of the  show will  be
■^s&d-for Boy Scouting activities In
, this dis'trict.-
I Tickets are going fast' with indications bf a packed house. Ringside seats are Offered at $1.§0 and
general admission, $1.00 for adults
and 75,c for children.
Tickets   may   be   purchased   at
Menthen's   Cafe,   Anderson   Drug
l Store, Dtinlop's Cafe and Rex Carrier Recreation. Get yours early for
. a good seat and full evening of
I clean entertainment.
COMMISSION
JOBS FOR CITY
"GOJEGGING"
Two Annojittce Candidacy To
Fill Three Vacancies
'    At  Election
Blood Needed PIONEERS LOSE -^ George Brmgolds Tough on Wildcat.
With 5:00 p,m. next Tuesday afternoon, March 18, the deadline for
filing petitions for the election of
City Commissionera and Justice of
Peace at the April 7 Election, little
interest has been manifested.
With three Commissioners to be
elected, Laurenee Setter and Alien
Crura were the only ones to announce their candidacy up to Thursday afternoon. Belter's petitions
hare already been filed with. City,
Clerk Alex McKinnon.
Mayor Albert Haley and William
C. McConica, who each served "two
terms on the'Commission, have announced that they will not be candidates.       ■'   •   v  .    . -
John Davy, who has served, one
term, Is being* urged by Mends to
run for re-election, but was undecided Thursday.
Petitions Tiave been signed for
the nomination of Justice of Peace
W. B. Dunlop, who has served one
four year term in Municipal Court
under the -Commission form of
government, and will be filed by
Tuesday. £
With the City of Clare doing business in excess of $100,000 annually
and special work coming up the
present year that will double the
above figure, it is hoped that at
least three capable candidates will
file for City Commission by Tuesday.
Blood 1 Blood for emergency
needs in Clare county, and tor military needs in Korea is needed and
asked for in a Health Department
collection drive at Clare's City Hall
Aprill.
Mrs. Tim Prey, chairman ra
charge of soliciting blood donors
said Thursday that if 150 donors
could be obtained, then three
fourths of the blood would go to
the armed forces with the balance
remaining to this county's credit.
To help realize how badly the
blood is needed, Mrs, Frey told of
one infant case in this county in
which twelve units of plasma have
been used.
And in the face of the obvious
need for inUch more blood on the
fighting front, Clare's quota was
not met in the last drive.
Hoping for better success in. the
April 1 appeal, the committee
urges people to phone 324 for appointments.
FIRST TOURNEY
GAME TO RAMS
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Easter Seals Sent
To Clare County
Homes This Week  . ,
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More than 1700 envelopes containing sheets of 1952 Easter Seals
were sent to homes in the Clare
County area Thursday as the annual Easter Seal campaign to help
crippled children got underway.
The mailing was made by Clare
County Society for Crippled Children, sponsor of the drive.
The 19th annual campaign
opened officially March 13 and continues through April 13.
"The crippled children in our
community need continuing services, expensive ones, to help them
become self-sustaining adults. We
are confident that our citizens are
willing to lend a helping hand to
help finance these services and to
expand them to reach children not
now receiving help". 'Chairman
Mrs. Leota Van Every added.
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Baptist Church
Presents Gospel
Musical Picture
The gospel musical "The Five
J's" will be presented at 7:30 p.m.
at the Clare Baptist Church, 112
E. Sixth Street.
This is a lovely, heart touching
gospel musical by moving picture
of fine, pretty and sweet Uttle girls
and their father and mother Who
have dedicated the entire family to
the Lord in service for the winning
of others to be the thrilling experience of the abiding presence of
the Lord.
The names of. these little girls
are Jean, Joan, Janet, Judy and
June Edenburn, from Traverse
City, Michigan.
Our young people will also have
an* active part in this- program.
Come early and let yor heart be
made glad with this- presentation.
Anyone and all are welcome.
Men Wanted For
Clare Robbery
Arrested Mar. 5
Two men, wanted by City Police
here in connection with the breaking and entering the Consumers
Power Company substation the
night of February 17, were .arrested March 5 by State Police of the
Sandusky Post.
' Charles Lawther, 25, and Eimer
Bailey, 27, both of Pontiac, former
"mployees of Myers Construction
Company, a subcontractor for Consumers here last year, had a flat
tire and the Sandusky police, who
stopped to assist them, found they
had a quantity of copper wire iii
their pickup. The police became
suspicious, and upon questioning,
Lawther and Bailey admitted larceny in the Pontiac and Detroit
area, but the police were not aware
ot the Clare robbery and did not
question them concerning it.
Upon learning of the incident,
Clare City Police notified the Sandusky officers, who arrested the
two men, According to police they
admitted stealing over 1,000 pounds
of copper wire and a two headed
bench grinder valued at $600 from
the Consumers substation here.
They admitted selling the wire
and grinder stolen here, in Holly,
for $100. The men had a key to the
Consumers building here, which apparently had been issued to them
while working in this vicinity.
They are being prosecu ted in the
Pontiac and Detroit area*, where
they have been in trouble before
for stealing copper wire.
SINCLAIR-ETTES
LEAD IN WOMEN'S
BOWLING TOURNEY
Shirley Querback Bowls High
Individual Series
With Handicap
Theuath -Anftiiflt Clare Woman's
Bowling Association Tournament
got underway Saturday, March 1, at
the Clare Bowling Alleys in Clare.
This year's tournament is the largest in the history bf the Clare
Woman's Association due to the
large number of teams coming to
Clare to bowl from the neighboring
towns of Harrison, Coleman, and
Farwell, and to the fine cooperation of these ladies in helping promote a "Bigger and Better" organization.
To date 16 teams have bowled
and the Don's Sinclair-ettes, from
Farwell, last year's City Champions
gained an early lead with 2718 pins.
In second place is Evert's Jewelry
with 2687 and following them is the
Holley Rollers, 2656; Tim Cotter's
Power Gliders, 2652; all from Clare.
Budd Lake Sporting Goods team
from Harrison is in fifth position
with a 2636 total.
High individual series with
handicap was bowled by Shirley
Querback, of 'Clare, 605. Donna Colosky, of Farwell, has high series
actual pins, 502, High games, actual
pins, was bowled by Helen Gagush,
of Harrison with a 1S5 game. Helen
shared high game with handicap
honors with Bernice Porter, from
Clare, 225.
Twenty-seven teams, 37 doubles,
and 64' singles were entered in the
tournament this year. Therp are
nine teams to bowl yet. The doubles and singles will get underway
March 15.
MT. VERNON TO
OBSERVE GRANGE
JUBILEEMAR. 24
Fifty Years Ol Achievement
To Be Celebrated
At Banquet
A half century of Gvange achievement and fellowship will be celebrated at the Mount "Vernon Grange
meeting March 24, when a 50th, anniversary banquet and program
will take place at 7:30 in the evening.
Charter members Archie Acker-
man, Lena Brewer, Oscar Northon,
aud Nellie White are to be specially honored, and distinguished
guests from State Grange and
from Pomona Grange, as well as
many other Grange members plan
to attend.
Celebration of this event and arrangements for the banquet and
program, are under the direction of
Lewis Dawson, Master of Mt. Vernon Grange.
Following the banquet for grangers, an excellent public program
lias been arranged. Featured speaker is Verne Stockman -of Mt. Pleasant, Overseer of Michigan State
Grange. Union Grange chorus, one
of the winners at the State Grange
Song Festival last year, will present musical selections.
Golden Sheaf Certificates representing an award for fifty years of
continuous service to the Grange,
will be presented by Verne Stdck-
man to the four Mt. Vernon charter
members.
A history of the organization and
building of this fifty-year-old
Grange, written by Miss Edith
Brewer, begins on page one of this
issue of Tlie Sentinel.
Miss Helen Akins
Wins Contest Jlward
Joseph R. Carrow
Graduating From "
Michigan State
An estimated 400 degrees, including 119 advanced degrees' will be
conferred by Michigan State College at winter term Commencement this Friday, March 14, in the
college auditorium.
Among them are Joseph It.' Car-
row, of Clare, who will receive a
master of arts degree.
Dr. Charles L. Anspach, president
of Central Michigan College of Education, Mt. Pleasant, will deliver
the Commencement address.
Amble In
Sheriff Race
Seaver Amble, Clare County
Sheriff, announced this week that
he would be a candidate for the
republican nomination to succeed
himself in that office.
. A popular vote getter in the last
election, Amble piled up nearly
twenty six hundred votes, just
short- of a record 2602 cast for Will
Henderson in his reelection to
County Clerk.
- In making his announcement
early, Sheriff Amble brings,, to
three, the candidates for the republican nomination. He plans as active a campaign as the duties of
his office will allow, and said that
he-will welcome support from his
many friends in the county.
Remus Also Defeats Shepherd
For District Class C
Championship
The Clare High School Pioneers,
who finished a successful basketball season with eleven wins to
five losses, drew a bye for tlie opening night of the District Tournament at Mt, Pleasant, Wednesday
evening of last week.
Friday evening the Pioneers lost
their first tournament game to the
Renws Rams,* wko went on to de*-
feat the Shepherd Bluejays* Saturday evening for the district title,
The 'Rams held-a slim 8-7 margin
over the Pioneera at the end Df the
first 'quarter, but Remus started hit-'
ing in the {second period for a 22-16
half time lead.
Pioneer forward Ray Lucy kept
Clare in the" game in the third
quarter with ten points, as the
Rams' lead was* shaved to four
points, 32-28; and again' in the
final quarter to 38-34. Remus'
Blowers garnered six points in the
fourth quarter while the Rams
Were scoring* fifteen points to
Clare's seven, and the game ended
with the locals on the short end of
a 01-39 score, *
Flowers scored 12 points and
Rhode 11 for the Rams, while Ray
Lucy connected for 16 points and
Dennis Benedict 14 for the Pioneers, Benedict, high scorer for
the Pioneers and second iu the
county, fouled out in the opening
minute of the fourth quarter.
In the district finals at Houghton
Lake Saturday evening, Harrison
was defeated by the Houghton
Lake Bobcats, who lost to Clare
during the regular season.
* Remus defeated Elsie 5S-49 in the
first rounds of the Regional Class
C Tournament at Central Michigan
College Wednesday evening and
will play Standish, who drew a first
round bye, in the beml finals at
7:30 this Friday evening.
RunnerS-up winning in the semifinals ..will play for the Regional
Class C championship at Mt. Pleasant at 6:00 Saturday evening.
43 Years
Of Banking
Service
Wholesale Selling
Without License
Causes Man Trouble
Gordon Schlegel, of Remus, was
arrested Wednesday hy Harold
Skeoch, State Department of Agriculture inspector, on the charge of
wholesale selling of potatoes without a dealer's license. Schlegel was
arraigned before Justice W. B, Dunlop in Municipal Court the same
day, plead guilty and was fined $20,
A day of significance .in' loCa*l
business and financial circles Was
the" forty-third anniversary last
Monday of the founding of the
Citizens State Bank of Clare.
Organized as a State bank January 29, 1909, the institution- was
granted a State Charter-March* 10
of that year. _ *
The  first report  to  the  State
Banking   Commissioner   indicated
assets of $77,725.19* as compared
with assets Of $4,434,047.67 as of
December   31,   1951,   Commencing
business, with a capital account of
$20,000.00, this has been increased
to more than $300,000.00.
j    The officers and directors of the
} bank have  been people of brpad
business  experience and integrity
who have kept the bank apace with
1 the growing community by adding
' safety features and services as the
need of them appeared.
The bank has been a member of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, since this institution has
' been in existance, now insuring de-
! posits up to $10,000 for each patron's accounts. The bank is also a
f member   of   the  Federal  Reserve
System.
The affairs of the bank are now
capably administered by J. Stuart
Bicknell, president; Mark H. Bicknell, executivevicepresident; Theo
Wallington, vice president; Donna
Lozen, cashier; Ralph Cole, assistant cashier; and Mark H- Bicknell,
Wm, I-I. Bicknell, J. Stuart Bicknell, Theo Wallington, and Donald
B. Holbrook, as directors.
j J. Stuart and Mark H. Bicknell
have been associated with the bank
for more than 20 years, succeeding
their father, the late Jas. S. Bicknell, in administrative capacities.
Theo Wallington has been with the
bank for 15 years, Donna Lozen 12
years, and Ralph Cole five years.
Ervan Bringold displays a 22 pound wildcat he shot recently north
of Lak^.O-orge, one of three fine specimens shot by the Bringold
fanjily-^tliis winter.. ...
- /"VVilHu'd' Bringold,' who lives two miles north of the village and was
hhnting with his uncles, Waiter and Johnny Bringold, shot a 29 pound
cit-m the yicidlty'Monday afternoon,  •      . .       '.'      .       ,.-".".
The, Brfngotds* Stalk their game with shotguns and when UteJf
specially trained "cat dog'.'.trees one, they "let him have it."
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Foii* Accidents Ma* Sunday Driving In
Clare ibid Vicinity The Past Week End •
rL Vernon Grange Has Lon
Miss Helen Aldus, a Clare school
musician won a second place award
for her piano solo at the district
band contest at Sterling, Friday,
"February 29. Her name wa& nnin-
teiitionally omitted from the list
of "winners in last week's Sentinel.
FATHER--SON BAHQtfET
The annual Fathef and Son Banquet will be served at the Clare
Congregational Church Thursday,
March 20, at 6:30. Price $1.50 per
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The Clare Sentinel brings its
many readers this historical account of the origit* and history
of Mount Vernon .Grange on the
anniversary of that organization's fiftieth year.
With well earned prestige and
pfjde in aecomplishm-nt, Mount
Vernon's scores of members including four charter members,
will mark this golden milestone
in cipl.ebcatiOn at a banquet and
program March 24.
The author of .these articles,
Miss Edith Brewer, has under-*
taken considerable research and
fact finding in the preparation of
the document. Foot notes are
The Sentinel's,
BY MISS EDITH BREWER
Today Mt. Vernon Grange is
proud to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary — fifty years of" good
fellowship and achievement.
Ab wc honor this special event
let us turn back the pages of the
years to see how it happened
that our fraternal organization
had its local beginnings in the
North Eastern part of Vernon
Township in the year 1902,
It was five years ago that 1
turned to our Worthy Brother.
John Northon, other pioneer
members, and some records for
information regarding this matter.
We all very much regret that
Brother Northon passed to his reward last January but his clear
mind had reviewed for me many
interesting events of the past
years.
About 1900 Gottiob Leibrand
and his fine family had moved
to this community from South
West *Vernon settling on the
farm iust south of the P".M, railroad tracks how known as the
Jake Aekermaa farm. Ho and
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John Northon discussed the need
of a community club where the
neighbors could get together and
discuss affairs,
Mr. Leibrand was the type of
man who liked to talk things
over and Mr. Northon was a good
second of his in that respect.
Mr, Olmstead, a progressive
fanner living near Shepherd, had
been organizing Granges in
southern Isabella county and in
various parts of Gentral Michigan.
John and Gottiob talked with
other neighbors about the possibility and prospective value of
having a Grange in this community,
Many favored this move so in
April, 1902, Mr, Olmstead was
asked to come to the Phinisey
school for a meeting.'^
VMh gathering was well attended and muck Merest was mani
fested, so Crauge number 992 was
organized With Charles Northon,
Sr., master, John Northon overseer and Gottiob Leibtand secretary.
Besides this group being designed by a number, it also needed a distinctive name, so our versatile friend Gottiob suggested
. that we eall it Mt. Vernon
Grange, which name it has always borne.
Before the charter closed, July
1,  1902,  a  goodly  number had
joined as charter members artd
at "the cJose of the year we had
, 97 ni embWs in good standing,
For/,iwo years Grange, met regularly' each Monday evening at
Phinisey jsehcjol,
At present this organisation
has 160 members. Meetings are
,itow held on the first and third
Monday "evenings oi each month.
Continu-ftf Next Week's Sentinel
, Cars, driven west on East Fifth
S.t, .Sunday afternoon- by Floi'en
Budvay, 46, oi R-2, Clave, and Gilbert CVJohnson, 61, of Fargo, were
layblVed'. lit an accident* a. quarter
•riile, east of US'Sl
iCi^s JiDlice said that Padvay had
s|o*bjp.ed. and was waiting for traffic- to*clear-ana Johnson told them
hie was; coming around the curve
ahd-put'on his brakes and his car
w6ujd*".not; turn, He hit the pudvay
car-on" the-.ieft-side.-Damage to the
PhUvay 'car was estimated at $100
and,the.Johnson car $26.
In another Sunday afternoon accident cars driven north on US-27
b>*Richard A. Barz, 21, of Mt. Pleasant, and-Jake Gaff net, 16, of R-3,
Shepherd, collided at the Seventh
St. intersection,
According to City Police, Gaffnet
was following Bars- too closely and
wnen Barz signalled for a right
turn and slowed down, Gaffnet
struck his car in the rear, Damago-
Stuart Bicknells
.find Floyd Kindes
Visit Old Mexico
. Mt. and Mrs, J. Stuart Bicknell
and *Mr. and Mrs, Floyd Kinde returned home Saturay, March 1,
from a seven weeks tour of Old
Mexico. '
They crossed the border from
Sua Ahtonio, Texas, at Loredo and
drove on down to Mexico City,
where they remained for ten days.
They made a trip to Vera Cruz, on
the Gulf of Mexico, returned to
Mexico City and then spent nine
days at Acaputco, the "French Riviera of Mexico", between Acapulco
Bay,and the Pacific. On the way
back they visited picturesque Tax-
co, well known silver mining and
refining center, noted for its hand
made 'textiles.
After spending three days at
Cuer-havaca, noted for its leather
goods and beautiful flo.wers,, they
returned to Mexico City for an-.
other wdek.
They .attended a* bull fight, .at
Mexico City, visited the floating
gardens at XOehiniico for a day,
shopped at TOluca in. the largest
outdoor markets in Mexico, and
visiteft the pyramids of the sun
and rhoon at'San Juan, Teotihua-
can, .They brought hdme many interesting •souvenir--'.
. 3,'bfe scenic trip from Mexico City
to Vera-Cruz, Mexico's most important gulf port, with its tropical
sugar cane, banana, . coffee and
pineapple plantations, is considered
by World-travelers" as one of the
finest any whir e.    *
Ph the way hack from Vera €ruz
they visited Cholula, very famous
for its 366 most beautiful churches,
richly decorated hy Indian •artists.
They say they never saw such
cheerful and eonrteous people, regardless of theij; station of life.
to the Gaffnet car was estimated
at $200 and the Barz car $100. Gaffnet was ticketed for following too
closely.
Bert J, Walters, 3% of Clare, was
involved, in an accident with Wm.
'Kaiser, 26, of Kewadin, at the intersection of US-27 aiid US-10, Monday afternoon. Damage to the Walters car was estimated at-$100. &hd
the Kaiser car &t $25.
Kaiser told City, Police he was
in the right hand lane of ti-affifi,
started to turn right, but changed
his mind and turned left, pulling
his car oyer into the left lane. Walters said he was in the left lane
and too close to avoid the accident.
Kaiser1 was ticketed for having no
operator's license on his person.
Raymond E. Aungst, 33, of Mt.
Pleasant, told State Police that his
car rolled over after it hit a frozen
jrut on the Beaverton Road, four
miles east of US-27, Sunday. Cat-
damage was estimated at $150.
Ervin G. Searight, 41, of Coleman, reported to State Police that
his car skidded off the pavement
and overturned when he attempted
to slow down near Loomis on US-
10 Sunday. Damage Was estimated
at $150.
Lansing Degree
Team At Farwell
Lodge Tomorrow
The third degree team of Lansing Lodge No. 33, F. & A. M., will
confer the second section of the
Master Mason degree on a .candidate for Corning Lodge No. 335, at
the Farwell High School gymnasium at 7:30 p. m. this Saturday,
March 15. -
A special dispensation has been
granted to hold lodge in the gyiu
and the first section of the degree
will be conferred there at 5:00 p.
m. Tickets for dinner between the
sections have been sold out, but all
Riaster Masons of this vicinity, a*s
well as visitors, are cordially iuyit-
ed to see the fine work presented
by the Lansing degree team.'
Extension Group And
Husbands Invited
To Mt. Pleasant
The Northwest Vernon Extension
Group is invited to Mt, Pleasant
High Sehool auditorium, at 8:00'
p.m. Wednesday, March l&«   . . 1
The topic,'"Eating Is Fun", will
be discussed by -Miss Roberta Her-
shey, food and nutrition Specialist
from Michigan State Cqliege,
There will be a meeting in the
auditorium .therms at the same
hour Tuesday, April 1, and the
topic will be "Living With Children",
All members and husbands are
invited to attend. There -will he m
admission charge,
RED CROSS. ROU
CALL TO OPEN IN
COUNTYJMONDAY
Replexiish  Fun4s Exhausted
By War, Flood Relief 4nd
Home Service
Next Monday morning, March
17, the Annual Red Cross Fund
Drive opens in Clare and throughout *Clare county, In many respects
this is the most important and urgent Fund Drive we have had in
many a year. The terrible and most
disasterous flood last summer in
the mid-west made a heavy drain
upon the resources and reserves of
Red Cross, Nearly $14,0Q0,00D were
spent by Red Cross to aid the
stricken people of the flood area.
The war in Korea continues with
the constant need and call for blood
which it is the responsibility of
Red Cross to obtain through -its
blood plasma program which must
not suffer for lack of funds to carry
forward this program.
Beside these major calls there
are the constantly recurring disasters throughout various parts, of
the country which call for and demand the services oi Red Cross.
There were twenty-four of these
in the first few months of the past
year.
The reserves of the American
Red Cross have been so greatly depleted by these heavy drains upon
its funds that the field worker for
our district told: County'Chairman
Rev, L. J. Nevins recently that
should another mapor disaster visit
any part of the United States the
American Red Cross does not have
the necessary funds to meet the
needs that would arise from such
a disaster.
This Campaign is so urgent and
so necessary that we oali upon
«very citizen of our county to make
some contribution, large or small
as he may he able. Take at least
a membership, when the worker
calls at your home.
The overhead costs of Red Cross
are kept low through the large
number of volunteer workers so
that a very sm*ill percentage of
money received through the Fund
Drive goes for cost of administration. •
*--£at. W- Aa jour mil;t!-Jc'oughw*|'
the 'county and make certain that
the great humanitarian program Ot
Bed -Cross at home and abroad
shall not be forced to curtail its
activities through lack of funds.
City Chairman Mrs. Mable Mulder hag appointed business district
and residential solicitors who Will
work immediately following a kick-
off breakfast at Hots'l'r-Doherty at
9:00 o'clock next Monday morning,
It Is hoped to complete the caityas
next week.
Let's Answer The Call.
Intangibles Tax
Filing Assistance
Offered March 20
On Thursday, March 20,1952, Mr.
G. W, Wagar, representing the
Michigan* Department of Revenue,
will be at the City Hall, Clare Michigan, between the hours of 1:00 and
5:00 p. m. for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in the preparation of
their intangibles tax returns due
not later than March 31,
Intangible personal property subject to the tax includes all mortgages, land contracts, bank accounts, cash, postal savings accounts, accounts and notes receivable, corporate stocks,' corporate
bonds and other similar types of
property. However, all United
States bonds, are exempt from the
tax, and the tax on deposits in
Michigan banks and building and
loan associations, as well as stocks
in Michigan banks, will be paid to
the Department of Reyenue directly by the banks or building and
loan associations.
Under the. present law as amended by the Legislature in 1945, ail
Corporate Stocks are-100% taxable;
including Michigan Corporations.
The Department has issued a
warning to all owners of property,
such as is outlined above, to file
the necessary return forms prior
to March 31. The Revenue Department is constantly engaged in
checldng stockholders' lists, mortgage records, income tax returns
and' other data for the purpose of
discovering evasions of the intangibles Tax Act. Failure to file a return when a tax is due subjects the
taxpayer to severe penalties.
In. addition to assisting taxpayers in the preparation of their returns, Mr. Wagar \yiU also be gla,d
to advise any person concerhing
his liability, if any, under the In*
tangibles Tax Act,
Those desiring this advice or assistance are requested to bring With
them full information concerning
then* holdings, including the face or
par value, and income received
therefrom during the year, -ahd
copy of the previous year-a fetM-^-
filed with the Department
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