1952-04-25; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE SENTINEL
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CLARE. MICHIGAN. FftlDAY MORNING. APRIL 25. 1952
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4-H Club Achievement
Day HeldiApril 18th
Members Placed
On Honor Rolls
Glare county boys and girls enrolled ln winter 4-H clubs held
tlieir Annual Achievement Day on
April 16 at Harrison. 97 boys were
enrolled in handicraft and electrical projects and 164 girV" wtefe enrolled in clothing projects.
Club members selected, lor -the
County Honor Roll in Colthing
were:
First year clothing,--Karelyn Darling, Junell9VanHoose, Nola Van
Buslttjrk, "Vickie Maxon, Ruth Ann
Spence, Hazel J_apratt, Rosella
Koehn, Thelma Robert, Patsy Cotton, Marlene Lower, Vivian Armentrout, Charlotte Gardner, Carol
Huber, Kathleen peGeer, Ruby
iStark, Judy Davis, Anna Baumahn,"
Patty Mcl-enna, and Linda Zelt.
Second year clothing: Lorraine
Clute, Sally Walter, Vernette Dunkle, Joyce Kleinhardt, Beverly
Iutzi, Lois Pudvay, Betty Randle,
Gloria Bellows, Ruth Ann Spence,
Hazel LaPratt, Karen Mattonen,
Ruby Rhodes, Patty Loar, .Joyce
Keysoi*, Marilyn Zelt, Anita Chaffee, Madelon' Cook, Audrey Henry,
Shirley Simmons.
Third -year clothing: Marilyn
Davis, Lorene Hildebrandt, Joyce
Newman, BUen Fancon, Jean
Woods, Carol Kleinhardt, MarceUle
Peters, Patricia Rorke, Ann Bauer,
Gayle Ann Shaver, Nancy Brown.
Ruth Ann Kleiner, Myrna Peprose,
Fourtji year, clothing: Esther
Chapman, Naomi Chapman, Sandra
McDonald, Nola VanBuskirk, Beverly Nash, Twyla Jean Beery.
Fifth year clothing: Lucille Becker, Alice Walter, Shirley Armentrout, Glenda' Rutter, Geneva Davis,
Alice Chaffee,, Mary Ellen Davis.
Complete costume: Joan Bates
and Joyce Kleinhardt,
The dress revue honor roll is
composed of the following girls:
Sharon Griffin, Arlene Roberts,
Lorraine Clute, Joyce Keysor, Lorraine Hildebrandt, Sandra McDonald, Geneva Davis, Glenda Rutter,
and Joan Bates.
In handicraft the following boys
were selected for the County Honor
Roll:
First year handicraft: John
Swenson, Don Swenson, Orville
Townsend, James Eichhorn, Geo.
Sprague, Tom Garver, Larjy Klein-,
hardt, Phillip Cooper, Dickie Shively, Lester Athey, Orland Hale, RG**}*
ert Switzer, Tom Spence, Don Dysinger, Patrick Pudvay.
Second year handicraft: George
Bradley, James Rawles, Frank
Sprague, Roger Lower, Walter
Krompetz and Andrew Keysor, Jr.
Third year handicraft: Elden
Coats and Allen Davis.
Fourth year handicraft: Don
Bates, Gordon Ferweda and Matt
Scott.
First year electric: Jo,& Crawford
Alvin Rockey and Myron Davis.
There were five boys enrolled in
the electrical project.
franklin Mers ~^
laid to rest at
arthur cemetery
Well   Known   Clara   County
Farmer Passes Away
Monday, Api-ii 14
At 10:00 a.m. the club members
assembled at the Budd Theatre for
a movie. The Parents-Leaders Association served hot dogs, coffee,
soft drinks and pie for lunch. The
proceeds of the lunch go to the
4-H camp fund. $37.17 was reported
cleared by Mrs. Ila Brockway, association president and chairman
of the lunqh committee, Mrs. Brockway also wishes to convey her appreciation to those who furnished
pies.
Assistant State "4-H Club Leaders
Amalie Vasold and Kenneth Oustei--
hout, assisted with the judging and
selection of the honor members.
Miss Jean Miller and Wilson Rinehart, of the Harrison High School
teachers staff, assisted with the
judging.    ^ N   .
, Appearing on the afternoon program were James Eichhorn, of
Greenwood; Twila Jean Beery, of
the Eagle Club; and Lorene Hildebrandt, of the Arthur Club.
The Quality of work exhibited
reflected *the many hours of patient
effort on the part of the leaders
Who have inspired the club members to achieve the club* motto,
"To Make The Best. Better". Attendance at Achievement Day, was
estimated at 500.
Sewage Plant
Bids To Be
InMay 26th
Sealed Bids for furnishing material for and the construction of
Clare's proposed sewage treatment
•plant will be received by City Clerk
Alex McKinnon until 8:00 p.m.
Monday, May 26.
At .this time the bids will be
opened publicly at the Clare city
hall and read aloud. The city reserves the right to hold the bids
for thirty days for consideration
before letting the contract.
Completion time for the project
as set by the Michigan Water Resources Commission, is October 1.
Details of the contract- and form
of bids wUl be found in a legal
notice On page 15 of this week's
Sentinel.
METHODIST CHURCH
HOLDS QUARTERLY
CONFERENCE HERE
Rev. Leslie J. Nevins Asked
To Return To Charge
Another Year
* Franklin M. Myers, son of Peter
and Roxanna Myers was born August 25, 1873 in Ohio, and died April
14, 1952 at tlie age of 78 years and
eight months.
He was married to Edith Spearing in 1900 in Ohio. Four children
were born to this union. Gladys,
Carl, ^Mildred and Norman., Carl
and Mildred preceded their father
in death.
He and his family moved to Arthur township, Michigan, in 1902.
Mrs. Edith Myers died in 1909.
On October 16, 1910 he married
Mrs. Bertha Mitchener, They lived
on the farm he cleared until they
moved to Harrison in 1934. Mrs. I
Bertha Myers died February 29, of
this year. i
Mr. Myers life work was farming
until ill health forced him to leave
the farm. He held the township offices of supervisor and treasurer,
several years. He was treasurer of
the first school board of the Myers
School and helped plan and build
the building.
Surviving are two children, Mrs.
Gladys Albertson, of East Lansing,
and Norman,'of Clare; nine grand*
children and one great granddaugh-
ter; four stefi-children, Guy and
George Mitchener and Angela Kennedy, of Lansing and Donna Hutchinson, of Midland; seven step
grandchildren and eleven step
great grandchildren;* four sisters,
Mrs. Ida Dallas, o£ Plymouth, Ohio,
Mrs. Ora Hurlehy and Mrs. Delia
Carpenter, of Wil(ai-d, Ohio and
Mrs. Laura Sheely of Montarfa; and
three brothers, Milo, of Clare; Earl
of Owosso, and Delbert, .of Bucyrus
Ohio. ,
The body was brought' to* Stephenson's Funeral Home Monday eve-.
■ ning where it .remained until the
funeral on Thursday at the* Arthur
Center Church, with Rev. Elza
Beery officiating, and- interment in
the Arthur Township Cemetery.
The fourth quarterly conference
of the Clare-Farwell Methodist
Churches was held Monday evening
April 2lst in the -Clare Church.
Rev. Clark Phillips superintendent
of the Big Rapids District opened
the meeting with devotions and his
.remarks stressed the special United Evangelist Mission as set up for
the year' program.
Reports were given by the various heads of organizations the officers and committee chairmen. All
departments show an infereas'e and
progress. The financial status of
both charges is very favorable and
$50.00 was voted from the, benevel-
ence fundlo bQ used for "the M.1?.F.
program.
The pastorial relations committee extended an invitation to Rev.
Leslie J. Nevins to return as the
pastor for the charge to begin his
fourth year here. Rev. Nevins gave
a very complete report of the activities, improvements, and some of
his duties during the past year, and
listed some of his hopes for the
future.
Trustees whose terms had expired and were re-elected for a
three year term for Farwell were
Wilmot Carpenter and Cecil Davison, and Donald Pitchford was elected as a new member.
For Clare, David Seiter, Theo
Wallington, and Dr. C. B. Neff were
elected to succeed themselves for
a three year term. Mr. Wallington,
is the lay leader, Judge Donald
Holbrook was elected as the lay
member, and Mrs. Leah Garchow
the reserve lay member.
Special officers for the Cflare
church are Earl Beatty, financial
secretary; Mrs. Reva Maxwell,
treasurer; Charles Church, district
steward; Mrs. Garchow", benovoi-
ence treasurer; Mrs. Ruth Neff, recording steward; Mrs. Beatrice
Seiter, communion steward; and
Harley Sowle, reserve district
steward.
Howard M. Everts
Appointed Mayor
Choice of City Commission to
succeed retiring Mayor Albert
Haley ,*
CLARE SCHOOL
TO ENROLL FOR
FALL COURSES
Faculty   To   Aid   Pupils   Of
Upper Grades Next
Friday, May 2
Spring enrollment .{or the. 19*52-
53 school year will be held May
2 at the, Clare Public Hifjh School.
At that time all high schooV students will enroll in course's for
next year, assisted by the high
school faculty, acting in an advisory capacity.
The enrollment schedule has the
Sophomores, Juniors* and Seniors
enrolling in the morning, at which
time the new Freshman class will
undergo intelligence testing. The
purpose of the testing program is
to aid the faculty iri advising Freshmen in choosing courses and setting up a program of study;,
The upper.grad'es' will.be dismissed at noon and in the' afternoon
the Freshmen will enroll* and* tie
introduced to . the staff -and th.
high school building,. . .    -
It is hoped that' this program
will facilitate the opening of school
next "fall and aid the new-students
in becoming adjusted tb the high
school program, . .
. The faculty of ilK.--3.ish; school
urges that alfparerits take some
time prior to May 2nd-,-to^ discuss
future occupational ahd educational
plans with their children.'       '■..
The only ^conditions under which
guidance can be effective at 'the
school is by the students becoming
aware of the financial limitations
at home which may affect "future
education and if they,, with the
help of their parents, can arrive at
some general decision concerning
a career after high school. Then
the school can guide the* students
into courses* *aud activities which
will benefit them in pursuing that
goal.
All eighth grade students in
school districts contributing to
Cla-re High School should arrange
to i-ide the busses on that day. Letters have been -mailed to the rural
schools announcing this event.
HOWARD EVERTS
ELECTED MAYOR
MONDAY EVENING
Mayor Albert Haley Retires
After Four Years As
Commissioner
Howard M. Everts was elected
Mayor of the City of Clare at t»e
regular Commission meeting Mojo.*
day evening. He had been a medi-
ber of the Commission the past
three and a half years and Mayor
Pro-tem the past year. .
The old Commission convened
with Mayor Albert Haley Presiding
and granted building permits/ to
Forrest Brewer for an implernent
store on Maple St., and Frank.La-
jewski for a garage at his feside.uc*.
on West Fifth St,,
Sidewalk petitions of Albert
Haley, on Beach St., and.Harriet
Kleman, on East Fifth St., were
approved. .
Following completion of routine,
business, the meeting was "ad*
journed. *   ■
The new City Commission, convened at once and the first item
of business was the election of
Mayor Everts.
The Commission voted to pay the
electric' light bills and assist wlfh
the'upkeep of the grounds for the
summer softball program. 7
General city business was discussed and the meeting wa adjourned.
. Retiring-Mayor Haley has been,a
member of the Commission since
this form of City Government was
adopted" four years ago and has
served as Mayor and City Manager
since October, 1949..       ■'• /•*'
He has given unstintingly of his
time and. attention, without compensation, and has retired to devote
more time to his personal business.
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Store Hours
Still Divided
With final agreement still uncertain on the question of keeping1
stores open Friday evenings and
closing them Saturday evenings,
the Chamber of Commerce stepped
out of the discussion as it became,
apparent that each "businessman
will -set his own store hours to suit
the individual store's-ipatrons.
Last Friday was the end of the
A pre-arranged   test   to   see if   four
weeks of shopping hours on both
-nights would produce- evidence ol
shoppers* preference.
Cards are now distributed for
window display in those stores
which will close Saturday evenings, but remain open till nine
•o'clock on Fridays.
4-H Leaders Meet
At Gladwin May 7
*4-H Club Leaders of Clare and
Gladwin counties will meet in the
Court House at Gladwin, Wednesday evening, May 7, at 8:00 o'clock.
Leaders in summer projects,
which include gardening, poultry,
livestock, crops, food preparation,
food preservation, baking, and any
other project will find this a good
opportunity to get information
from the state leaders in regard to
all phases of the summer program.
Youngsters Included In
Summer Softball Plans
Health Films
Shown At Herrick
Fined On Drunk And,
Disorderly Charge
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Clifford ItoboVts was arrested by
City PoUce teat. Friday evening and
arraigned before Justice W. B. Dunlop in Municipal Court, Monday, oh
it driffi"te and disorderly charge. Me
$>toad stiUty sipa waa JiBSd $18.00
About. seventy  mothers,  daugh-
, ters,? and teachers from the Andersonville, Phinisey, Vernon Center,
i O'Connor,   Herrick   and   Wildcat
• Schools assembled at the Herrick
School Friday evening, April. 18, to
view pictures shown by the Isabella    County    Health    Department.
County   Nurses   Charlotte   Young
and Frances McPhee brought films
i pertaining    to    ott.    health    and
"growing up".
FoUowing the picture several
songs were sung by the Andersonville and Herrick school girls.
Mrs. Frank Shirley and Mrs.
F." DeDoiph gave a humorous skit
entitled "Tillie and Millie in New
Ifork'*.
I    Reffeshmejits   of   coffee,   Rool-
Aid mi dougbnuta were served
I §*#er tins .pi,6sr_4-cu   ,
The Clare county summer-soft-
ball program is being expanded to
include teams for youngsters from
11 to 17 years of age, as well as
adult teams.
Charles Cooper, representing the
Clare Community Council, is in
charge of plans for expansion of the
entire youth recreation program
during the coming season.
Mr. Cooper reports that contributions to date for the softball project include: Gommunity Council,
$150; Board of Education,, use of
athletic field and lighting equipment; City of Clare, payment of
electric light bills and assistance in
keeping up the grounds; and Clare
dounty^ Board of Supervisors, $250.
All money will be used for equipment and maintenance, with the
services of the personnel contributed without cost-
Harrison will have te.ams in the
league hut will maintain their own
diamond there.    . ...
Farweil has already organized a
youth team, with James McGuire
as coach, and it is expected the village Will contribute financial aid to
the program.
It is planned to have from eight
to ten teams in the 11 to 17 year
group and an additional diamond
will be provided.
A committed of control will be ap-
poiht-'d, with one member io act
as chairman,
plans are aiso"being*made by the
Community Council, City of Clare,
Board of Education, and local Ser-
Grass Fire Runs
To Oil Storage Tank
On Gain Lease
The Clare Fire Department was
called to the Glen Cain Oil.Lease,
three and a half miles south and
three-quarters west of Clare, last
Friday, where a grass fire got out
of control and ignited a storage
tank.
The. heavy fire truck bogged
down,on soft ground and could not
reaft_.-$»#Mfe ■yw;|.,|_ ,,^„.:ti,i.
An estimate of the loss was not
available at press time,
vice clubs to provide swimming facilities for the youngsters "of Clare
and vicinity, with the cooperation
of the Red Cross.
A Clare County Softball League
meeting will be held at the Clare
Pubfic School, at 8:00 o'clock this
Friday evening, and all Who are interested are urged to be present,
especially the 11 to 17 year olds.
CLARE BOXERS
WIN AND-^LOSE
AT GLADWIN
Two Clare boxers .broke even,
with a win and a loss, at the amateur boxing show sponsored at
Gladwin by the Gladwin County
Sportsmen's Club Wednesday evening. About 1,000 fans witnessed
the 11 bout card at the Community
Building there.
Floyd Longstreth, of Clare fought
Jerry Engle, Of Saginaw, at 160
pounds. Longstreth lost a decision
at the end of the third round.
Walt Wilson, of Clare, fought
Wilford Larson, of Bay City, at 170
pounds. Wilson was awarded a
TKO in the second round, when
the referee stopped the fight to
save Larson, who was out on his
feet, from further punishment.
Ernie Montray, of Bay City, was'
the referee; and the Clare boxers
were taken over by their trainer,
Ray Menthen,- •
Trophies were presented to Jim
Thurlow, of Gladwin, and Walt WUson, of Clare, as the outstanding
Gladwin and visiting boxers, in appreciation of their fine exhibitions
of fisticuffs.
Plans are underway for another
amateur show at Cadillac, May 3,
and outdoor shows in Clare<"and
Gladwin, this summer.
All fighters were experienced in
Golden Gloves boxing and put o& a
fast and ihtere-tins -how tftat
pleased the fai_,
GOP Women
Organize In
Clare^ounty
Republican women of Clare county became a formally organized
group at their", organizational meeting last Friday afternoon here at
the Doherty Hotel.
Some thirty , women from the
Glare and Harrison areas attended
the meeting and werfe assisted in
their organization by Mrs. Catherine Gibson, Monroe, President of
the Federated Republican Women's
Clubs of Michigan; Mrs. Mary
Streit, Detroit, Vice Chairman of
the Republican State Central Committee; Mrs. Rae Hooker, Mt.
Pleasant, National Republican
Oommitteewoman from Michigan.
Refreshments served at the meeting were coffee and elephant
copkieS.   - ''...*'
After listening to short addresses
by the honored visitors, the ladies
elected officers for the local club,
as. follows:'i      '....-
Fres-ident, Mrs. Harold Schaeffer; Yice President; Mrs. Elizabeth
Little; Secretary-Treasurer, M*s,
Elvin Budd, of Harrison f Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. A. p. Austin-; Chairman" of, the Ways and
Means Committee, Mrs. Fred, Jones,
Harrison*. •
SPORTSMEN TO
HOLD BANQUET
WEDNESDAY
Rod And Gun Club Tp Send
.John Little And Roy
• Beltinck To Camp
The Clare Rod and Gun Club held
their regular monthly meeting,
Tuesday evening, in the new club
house across from the Municipal
Airport.
John Little and Roy Beltinck, Jr.,
-were chosen to attend the Michigan
United Conservation Clubs calnp at
Hammond Lake, near Ludington,
for a week this summer.
Jack: Hammond, of the Fisheries
Division of the Department of Conservation, announced that direction
signs to public fishing grounds at
Long Lake,. Crooked Lake and
Perch Lake will be provided by the
department on the highways of
Clare county. > _.
The . Conservation Department
has already planted legal size trout
in the Tobacco, "Cedar and Clam
Rivers and Hatton Creek, this season. More "keepers" will be planted
in this vicinity in the near future.
Last, reason | the department
planted, 7,300 brook trout, 17,600
brownjrout, and 8,500 rainbows, in
Clare County.
Plans were made for the Rod and
Gun Club Annual Banquet at Hotel
Doherty, next Wednesday evening,
April 30.
Regional" Director Harold Treet,
of Roscommon, will be the speaker
of the evening; and Assistant District Director Wayne Tennant, of
Gladwin, wi}l show the latest Conservation Department motion picture, "Web of Life."
Banquet tickets, at $2.00 per plate
will be purchased from Wallace
Johnson, Lawrence Brown, Kenneth
Gunderman, Fred Walters, Charles
Cooper,- Henry Kinsel and Ray
Archbold. - '
The clubhouse is now enclosed,
ceiling material is being, purchased,
and furniture has been ordered. It
is planned to build an addition to
the building, for a kitchen, this
summer. ,
Clare High School
Represented At
M.E*A. Centennial
Richard Wheeler and Thomas C.
Campbell, faculty representatives
from Clare High School, attended
the Michigan Education Association Centennial Convention at the
Statler Hotel in Detroit-on April
15-16.
Each district of the M.E.A. had
exhibits displayed in the crystal
room of the Masonic Temple. The
Clare-Isabella exhibit was made by
Mr. Ki'dd, an art instructor from
Mt. Pleasant High School, and depicted the old fashioned School
room. It was considered one of the
outstanding exhibits.
The high point of the convention
was a, pageant at the Masonic
Temple which told the story of education in Michigan from 1852 to
1952.
Proposed reapportionment of representation by districts to M.E.A.
was discussed, which, would increase the number of.M.E.A. regions from 9 to 18 and would therefore Afford better representation to
outside, areas.
Street
WELCOME BACK
William Holmes, who has been
convalescing at his home here following major surgery at the Veterans Hospital at Saginaw, was back
on the job at the Clare Office Supply Store Monday, following three
months absence.
MOTORCYCLE BURNS
■The/Clare Fire Department was
called to the Marsh Grain Company
Sunday. afternoon, -when % motor-
cyle* belonging to Jim Baylor, of
$>3, Glare, tm&& £Wn ia t^o street."
Dick Ulrich Winner Of
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Kiwanis Sports Award
Letter Winners
Feted   Wednesday
The Annual Kiwanis Athletic,
Award Banquet was served) to 154
club members, their ladies and
guests In the Wedgewood Room at
Hotel Doherty Wednesday evening.
Jack HaU lead the guests in singing "America'' ahd Rev, Oscar Witt
Olson pronounced the invocation.
Clare High's sturdy young athletes
"lead the 'parade" in showing the
group how to "put away" a fine
dinner.
*The beautiful floral piece oil the
speaker's table was a gift from Art
Damoth.
Club President Theo Wallington
introduced Rotary Club President
and Mrsi* Dayid Seiter, Board of
Education members J. Stuart Bicknell, Leo Brown, O. D. Bayes, Earl
Ruby and Dr. C, B. Neff and their
wives, arid other guests of club
members.
Mr. Wallington presented Leo
Brown as toastmaster and he in
turn introduced Coach and Mrs.
William Seitz, Assistant Coach and
M**_. Donald Richardson, Superintendent,, and Mrs. Austin Bates,
'Principal and Mrs. Thomas Campbell and the mothers and fathers of
Senior Athletic Letter winners who
were present (
-Mr. Brown then called upon
Coach Seitz to present Athletic
Letter winners Jim Bader, A. J.
Doherty, Mike Dwy6r, Jack Gibis,
Dick Graham, Nyle Haggart, Ted
Hoerseh, Andy Irwin, Jay Kinsey,
Mark Krienke, Floyd Longstreth,
Ray Lucy, Dick Nivison, George
Pulcifer, Irvin Ruby, Bill Setter,
Blair Seiter, Rich Smith, Dick Ulrich, Bill Ulrich, Walter Wilson,
Dick Woodworth, Dennis Benedict,
Art Sills, Don Thayer and Allen
Demarest.
Bill Carey, star end of.Michigan
State College's undefeated 1951
football team, was presented as
speaker of the evening. He thrilled
his audience and held Clare's young
athletes spellbound with his football yams and statistics and, showed films of the Michigan State-
Ohio State football game.
Mr. Wallington presented Dick
Ulrich with the Kiwanis Athletic
trophy, upon which the winners
name and year will be inscribed,
ahd a> bronze plaque, for his outstanding athletic achievement during the past year.
Dick responded with pleasing remarks of appreciation and pride in
his--fellow school .athlete^ and the,
coaches.
Former Kiwanis award winners,
commending in 1936, are John Watson, Glenn Sanford, Francis Cap-
paerti Walter Kleiner, Ronald
Brown, George Parent, Al Samborn, Carl Cappaert, Henry Eberhart, Harvey Hartshorn, George
Kane, Donald Cappaert, Joe Johnston and Douglas Fleming (co-winners in 1948). James Richardson,
Jack Brinkerhoff and Richard
Beard.
DICK ULRICH
MANY ANGLERS
EXPECTED HERE
BYMIDNIGHT
Trout And Pan Fish Season
To Open Same Day For
■ *• '■        'First'Time
The most liberal fishing season
kickoff in years, April. 26-27, likely
will draw about 300-400,000 fans or
as many as a third of the 1,200,000
some licensed anglers who will wet
a line before 1952 ends.
The conservation department anticipates fewer trout fishermen, 40-
50,000, but more general season and
other anglers, 260,000 or more, as
compared to last year. An estimated total of 250-300,000 trout and
non-trout fishermen celebrated
separate openings in April and
June in 1951.
First joint opening of trout and
general seasons and probability of
high and rilly streams jwiil tend to
lessen trout stream fishing pressure, increase army of pan fish and
pike fishermen on lakes. Many
southern Michigan sportsmen will
bypass both northern lake and
stream angling to get a mess of
bluegills close to home. Some persons will be joining the fishing
force for the first time, as customary each year.
Many ot the spring spawning
runs up rivers and creeks from
the Great. Lakes may be at their
peaks about the same time,
Every fish found in Michigan except black bass can be taken and
about all inland lakes, streams,
rivers^and creeks and Great Lakes
and connecting' waters will be legai
fishing territory by April 26.
Chemistry Students
Visit Dow Chemical
Plant Tuesday
LUwrenee Wilcox, Clare High
"School science teacher and 45
chemistry students journeyed Tuesday, Apj;il 22nd, to the Dow Chemical Comp*aay plant. Upon arrival in
Midland the group boarded a. Dow
bus, which took them on a two hour
tour of the plant.
Some of the points of interest
were the making of Epsom salts,
the making of materials used in
aspirins, the power plants the
•waste disposal plant the plastic
sales offices and some- laboratories.
Ihe trip war* very enjoyable and
adjtgationai to, tha srtn-j* <
PIONEERS MARK
UP SECOND WIN
OF THE^SEASON
Gladwin   Flying   G's   Defeat
Locals Second Time
This Season
The Clare High School Pioneer
nine marched over the highly touted Mt. Pleasant Oilers, 6-5, in an
extra inning clash at Clare Monday
afternoon. With the Pioneer's Junior moundsman, Nyle Haggart, in
form, the Green and White carved
out a ten hit performance. Nyle
hurled the entire distance, out-,
lasting the Oiler's mound staff, who
utilized three hurlers in the tilt.
The Pioneers nicked the Oilers
for ten hits'* over the route. Benedict, Pioneers shortstop, led the
team at the plate, collecting three
hits in five appearances. However,
the most dramatic moment came in
the last half of tlje eighth stanza,
after* the Oilers had rallied in the
sixth inning to tie the .game and
send it into extra innings.
After the Pioneers had retired
the Oilers in thetop o,f the eighth,
Eldean White grounded" out and
Fred Haggart, third baseman, popped out to the BhoH~stdft~""*Tl£en
Krienke doubled, Benedict singled,
and Murphy was hit by a pitched
ball to .load, the bases. The stage
had been se't.
Two- out, the bases loaded, the
first extra inning, Carlo Barberi,
Oiler mentor, yanked Mt. Pleasant
hurler Landon and added the last
player to round out the cast.
Terry Kniffen, ace moundsJman of
the Oilers, entered the game .to assume the hurling duties. He had to
face Dick Ulrich, left iielder, who
was making his tenth appearance
of the season at the plate. Nine previous trips he had gone hitless, but
this time Ulrich selected one of
Terry's offerings and placed it safe
ly between second and first allowing Krienke to score the winning
run.
Lose To  Flying G's
The Clare Pioneers fell victims to
errors and went down sliding in
quagmire created by rain Tuesday
afternoon at Gladwin. The Green
and White lost a mud splattered
14-3 decision to Gladwin's Flying
G's.
.The Clare nine Were victims of a
bad second inning when opposition
blasts and personal bobbles cost
the local horsehide heroes the- tilt.
Bay, Clare's starting hurler, was
shelled from the box in the disastrous second inning when opposition bats unloaded after Pioneer had
retired two men. Replacing him was
Wichert, currently pacing the Pioneers in winning. Wichert retired
the next man on a pop fly to retire
the side after the tally placed Gladwin, in front with ten runs. Poor
support was the main reason for
the barrage which cost Bay his
first decision.*
Seitz was the winning pitcher
but was relieved by Bill Page and
Reithei. Gladwin hurlers struck
out four Clare batters while Pioneer moundsmen whiffed two.
Eldean White, Clare backstop,
paced the Green and White hitters
connecting bne hit in one official
trip to the plate. Irvin Ruby had
one safety in two journeys. Dick
Murphy connected for Clare's only
extra base smash, a double. Gladwin's sluggers, Robertson and
Seipke collected two hits in three
trips. ■„.■ <**
To date the Piq^eers have two
wins and two losses to their credit.
They lost the season opener to
Gladwin, -8-0 aud won from the
Coleman Comets, 7-3 in the Pioneer's second game of the season,
when Wichert pitched the entire
game.
The Pioneers will*entertain Coleman on the local diamond at 4:00
o'clock this Friday afternoon. Coleman has one victor-?, against two
losses for the season. ,
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' New Series Vol, 60 No. 31
ROSEBUSH MAN
FOUND DEAD IN
R00MTUESDAY
Allen   McShea   Takes   Own
Life Apparently Because
Of Failing Health
Allen McShea, 77, a member of
one of Rosebush's older families,
was found dead in his bed at the
Clare Inn at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon.
Art Morgan, owner of the inn,
noticed that McShea had not made*
his appearance Tuesday "morning
and at 12:30 peeked at him through
a bedroom window, He was appar*
ently asleep, but whenr Morgan,
looked at him through the window
again at 1:30 and saw that he had
not moved he became alarmed and
called Chief of Police Warren
Decker.
The bedroom door was locked and -
Decker gained entrance to the
room through an outside window*
Examination revealed that McShea.
was dead and Coroner Carl Stephenson was called, Stephenson said
McShea had been dead seven Or
eight hours,
McShea left a note saying that
he was taking his own life, appa*>
ently despondent because of failing
health.
Other roomers  at the inn said .
that McShea had appeared to bs
restless during the night and they*
had heard him moving about in his
room or bed. He was fully clothed,
when found Tuesday.
Investigation revealed that Mp'
Shea had purchased about four
ounces chloroform from a Clare,
drug store Monday evening, mixed
a portion of it with wine, and
drank it. , ''■
Coroner Stephenson determined
the cause of death to be self administered chloroform* poisoning}
with a heart condition a contributing factor.
McShea had been making' his
home with relatives at Mt. Pleasant,
Rosebush ahd Farwell.
Mr. McShea was bora Dec. 11<
1874 in Marmora, Ontario, Canada,
the son of John and Sarah Jane
McShea. He came to Isabella county with his parents in 1879. The
family settled on a farm in Isabella
township near Rosebush, clearing a
place out o'f the wilderness. On Dec.
31,1904 Mr. McShea was married; to
Edith McKinley who. died .May 14,
1938. He was a retired-fariper.
.Funeral services will he held this
Friday at 2'M p.m. from the Rush
funeral chapel with Dr. C. "W;
Mackenzie officiating*. Burial wiU
•jijWde iit the Rossebusfc osmotery*
Surviving are daughters, Mrs.
Margaret Freeman of Farwell, MM.
Ruth Burdick and Mrs. Keitha
Beltitick of Mt. Pleasant, and sons,
Malcolm McShea of Mt. Pleasant
and Dale of Chicago. Two sons,
Harry and Robert, preceded theii*
father in death.
CLARE HIGH CHORUS
TO PRESENT OPERETTA
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
"Up On Old Smok*y" To Be
Staged In Auditorium
At 8;00 O'clock   ■.
The Clare High School Chorus
will present the operetta, "Up On.
Old  Smoky",  in the school auditorium' at 8:00 o'clock this Friday <
evening. The operetta is under the
direction of Miss Marilyn Rosselit
with members of the cast as follows: -
Cindy Jones—Sally Gillespie
Sue   Ellen  Buchanan — Barbara
Siel
Cindy's Grandpop—Ray Lucy
Ckidy's Grandma—Phyllis Hoover
Sam Carpenter—Bob Seiter
Frankie Davis—Irvin Ruby
Mr. Johnson—Merlewayne Cotton
Clem Buchanan—Ken McConnell
William Macon—Larry Everts,
Marilyn—Marilyn Seiter
Gary—Tom Becker
In this operetta Cindy, a young
school t teacher,   lights   a   candle
every night, awaiting the return of
her fiance, WiUiam, who has been
studying singing in-the'city. She rejects the love "of Sam, a neighbor
boy. Cindy's Grandpop has secretly
written   William,   urging  him   to
come back in hopes that Cindy will
awaken to Sam's love instead.
When WiUiam, now a snccesi_£al,
singer, returns with his entertainment troupe, Cindy is directing the
rehearsal of a church choir." Cindy
is aware of William's Ghapgiug so,
blowing out her candle, she wears
a flower for Sam, and all ends happily. s .
Some songs you will hear are,*
"Up   On   Old   Smoky,"   "Cindy,'*
"She'll   Be  -Comin'    Round    The
Mountain", "Down In The 'Valley,"
and "Sourwood Mountain."
CANCER DRIVE
JNETS HALF OF
CO0NTY QTJOf A
Mrs, Willard Sanger, county
Chairman of the .Cancer Fund Drive
reported Wednesday that approximately $500 had been subscjibed
in the city of Clare, towards the
county goal of $985. The campaign
is being conducted here by Beta
Sigma Phi Sorority.
Mfs. Daniel Czyzewski, Harrison
chairman, reported that the drive
there was started Monday, but eon*
flicting acivities made it difficult to
determine the i-esuits at this'time.
Anyone who hag- not been eon**
tacted and is willing to contribute
to this Yery worthy hnmanitaTlati
cause, is reaues'licl to notify Mrs.
Sanger or send taeir centribnlio-a,!
to her. at tar. Jioais ia Olare,
w.