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THE CLARE SENTINEL
EEiabliohad 1878
Seven Cents Copy
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 16. 1952
$2,50 Year In Michigan
New Series Vol, 60, No. 3*
lutzi No. 1 Among Best
R cMeld Wells In State
^.
For Gas Nearby | CLARE GIRL SCOUT
Watchful waiting of petroleum COUNCIL REVIEWS
interests was amply rewarded
Wednesday when Sun Oil Company's Iutii No. 1 Slowed 100 barrels .
in two hours and ten minutes, following acid treatment the' fore droops
PROGRESS OF YEAR
part of the week. It is expected the
well will be pinched down to 200
barrels a day to retain pressure in
the newly discovered field,
Commercial production of the
lutzi NQ. 1, Section 5, 19N, 3W
Hamilton Township, opens a new
field tor. exploration, and leasing
and royalty dealing has become
very active.
Oil was struck in the Richfield
formation at 5,125 to 5,239 feet and
production from this formation in
the past has proved to be indefinite. ' !
This oil strike is considered by
the industry as the most important in Michigan thus fat this year.
It is one1 of »the heaviest producers
from Richfield in the State, »
Iu completing the discovery well
drillers went through good, gas
pay andiSun Oil is at present drilling a gas well west of the lutzi,
Display Handicraft
At May Meeting Held
Monday Evening
The Clare Girl Scout Council
held their May meeting, Monday
evening, in the Methodist social
parlors, with a good attendance of
Scouts, leaders and mothers.
Tables were decorated with May
baskets filled with wildflowers,
and vases of flowering almond.
After the, dinner, Mrs. Theodore
Hoersch, president, opened the
meeting with the reports of the
secretary' and treasurer. It was reported that the Girl Scouts sold
876 boxes of their cookies.
Troop leaders gave a report of
the troop activities, Mrs. Leonard's
Troop 6 received sewing and second class badges and two gold service stars.; Mrs. Campbell's Troop
7, received cooking badges, and
on the center of the southeast, tj,ey are working on sewing but not
quarter' of section 6, Hamilton jyet completed; Mrs. Baujngarth's
township. Troop 9 Will receive pins to at-
Both the oil and gas test a.re lo-| tach to their Brownie pins. They
cated near enough pipelines to af- have studied leaves,, rocks and
ford convenient outlets when they
go into *produetion.
CLARE ALLEYS
.LADIES LEAGUE
ELECTION HELD
Everts Jewelers Awarded
Championship Trophy
At Annual Meet
The Clare Alleys Ladles League
held their annual meeting and banquet in the Wedgewood Room of
the Hotel Doherty Tuesday eve-( .
ning, April 13th. Sixty-eight bowl- ing the past year, wished everyone
ers and guests were present for a happy summer, and closed the
birds, and gone on. several excursions. Mrs. Bell's third grade
Brownie Troop have made valentines and, various Christmas gifts.
Mrs, Wallington, Mrs. Wilson
and Mrs. Wood were named a committee, for finding leaders for next
year.
Mrs. Hoersch introduced Rev.
L. J, Kevins, who talked about the
advantages of our way of life in
America and, of the Girl Scout program. Mrs. Martha Lucy, camp
chairman, showed pamphlets about
camp and anyone with questions
were to contact- her following the
meeting. The registration* fee at
camp is $8.00 to be in at once.
Mrs. Hoersch thanked everyone
for their work and cooperation dur-
this annual event,
The .following officers were
elected for the coming season:
President, Mrs. Naomi Smith, of
Far well; Vice President, Mrs.
Doris ^onsteller Secretary, Mr3.
Frances Shelander: Treasurer Mrs,
Berhiee Porter;" Sargent at '.Arm's,
Mrs. Louise Hales, all of Clare.
The Everts Jewelers te'&m 'was
presented with a team trophy and
individual trophies for winning the
league championship this past season, by Mrs. Naomi Smith, Captain of last year's winners.
Mrs. Smith also awarded a trophy for high average to Mrs. Rose
Neff, of Mt. Pleasant; high individual game to Mrs. Delores Robl-
son of Farwell, with a 209 score;
and high series to Mrs. Neff for a
550.
Perfect attendance pins -went to
Mrs. Leda Stough, Mrs. Grace Irwin; Mrs. Irene Beck, Mrs. Beatrice
Rosier, Mrs. Naomi Smith, Mrs.
Laura Merten, Mrs. Bernice Porter, Mrs. Doris Marshall and Mrs.
Maxine Green.
"200" Club pins were presented
by Clare Alleys to Mrs. Delores
Robison, 209; Mrs. Pat Barbes, 204;
Mrs. Donna Colosky, 203; .Mrs.
Irene Mussell, 202; and Mrs. Irene
Beck, 201.
The American Ski Co. trophy
went to the Hill Top team this
year.
Group singing and a short program presented by members of the
league and their guests wound up
the bowling season.
meeting.
A-social time was spent inspecting the troop displays, which included a rock display, scrapbooks,
leaves and valentines, by Troop 9;
scrapbooks, baskets, change purs-
esvrnstaKwork* cook baoksf and
sewingf .Troop fi; 'feather change
purses, paper flowers, Easter baskets, valentines, second grade
Brownies; painted twigs, posture
charts, personality charts, activity
posters, raffia-wrapped objects, different badges, Troop 5.
CLARE DeMOLAY
OFFICERS ASSIST
AT CONCLAVE
Graduating With
Honors In June
Clare School Musicians To Appear In Annual Concert Tonight
„ BEVERLY BROWN
Mr, and Mrs. G. W. Brown, of
Clare, have received word from
Dr. Charles Anspach, President of
Central Michigan College of Education, that their daughter, Beverly, will graduate June 14, with hon-,
ors. "
She * is a candidate for the
Bachelor of Arts degree and has a
major in French,with minors in
Latin and English,
She is president of Epsilon Eta
Chapter of Ka,ppa Delta Pi and
vice-president of Sigma Tau Delta.
She has worked for three'years for
the Foreign Language Department
doing tutorial work in French and
also clerical and library work.
Before starting her first year of
teaching next year, she plans to
spend several weeks in Quebec in
August on a travel course in
French conversation.
New Pharmacist
Now Engaged At
Houghton's Store
James Start, a Grand Rapids
young man, has been engaged as
pharmacist at the Houghton Drug
Store and commenced work here
Wednesday morning.
Mr. Start graduated from the
University of Grand Rapids School
of Pharmacy in 1841 and since that
time has been manager of a Peck
Drug Store in Grand Rapids and
has worked as phannasist in a Wal-
A number of the local members
of the Glen F. Sanford Chapter,
Order of DeMolay/attended a District Three conclave at Mt. Pleasant last Saturday afternoon and
evening.
The Initiatory Degree was exemplified by the district officers
with P.M.C. Hollis Haggart,.as district Senior Councillor; William
Seiter, District Senior Deacon;
Master Councillor Harold Irwin as
District Chaplain; and Blair Seiter
as District Second. Preceptor. The
George Washington Chapter, of
Saginaw conferred the DeMolay degree.
. Kenneth Thomas, of Clare, received the DeMolay .degree and the
Flower Talk at the district meeting.
The election of district officers
'for the ensuing year followed, with
the Glen F. Chapter being well represented by William Seiter elected
as District J'unior Councillor; Blair
Seiter, Senior Steward; Merle-
wayne Cotton, First Preceptor;
Larry Everts, Second Preceptor;
P.M.C. Robert Seiter, Fourth Preceptor; and Robert Roe, Sentinel.
Master Councillor Harold Irwin
was the local state representative
to the District meeting.
At the banquet held Saturday
evening, Dr. Charles Anspach, Presides of C.M.C.E. gave an inspiring
address to the youth, followed by
installation of the new district officers, With "Dad" Harold Koch,
Three Enlist
In Navy From
Clare County
Enlisting in the Navy for a Minority enlistment from Farwell, was
Curtis D. Hilyard. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph C. Hilyard, of R-l. Curtis left Clare for enlistment May
5 and is now undergoing recruit
training at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Dennis C. Horning, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence C. Horning, of
• 201 Maple St., Claro, left for enlistment on May 12 from Clare and
is also in Great Lakes, taking his
recruit training; "■„...,.
\- Dantfii M, llpuipos^^n ,u|^rSf
Amy Darling, of Harrison, left
Clare May 5th with Curtis, and is
also in Great Lakes.. '.
These three men after completion of their basic, re|ruit training
will be granted two weeks leave
and upon completion of leave will
.return1 to Great Lakes for further
assignment. Assignments are usually to a service school or a ship or
station for duty.
Chief John Plummer, local Navy
Recruiter, also announced that
there is still many vacancies existing in the Navy both for women
and for young men. Chief Plummer
will be in- Clare again on Tuesday,
May 20, and when in the city will
make his headquarters in the Citi*
zens Bank Bldg. He urges all interested young, men and women
to investigate the opportunities offered by serving in the Navy Blue.
jgreen Agency store in Grand Rap
ids and a drug store at Ludingtoh. State DeMolay Deputy," as Instai-
Mrs.' Start is also a registered^ ling Officer,
pharmacist. , | The Clare delegation was ac-
The "Starts and their five year companied by P.M. Earl Beatty and
old daughter, Sherrie, are now mak- P.M. "Dad" Donald Holbrook.
PROCEDURE
CLARE SCHOOL \
BEINGREVISEO
Return To -Full Hour Noon
Period Among Changes
Being Considered
Two committees chosen from thft!
Clare Public School faculty are
now at work on two revision jobftj
for next year. . |
One job is revising the t student
handbook. Carleton Garthe is chairman and the committee is composed of both teachers, and stu*i
dents, Mrs. Myrtie Bowerman, Mrs, j
Bernice Tulk, Phyllis Hoover,
Joyce Thayer, and Sally Gillespie,
The handbook is a guide for students' decision and action during
their course of four years at school.
It is made up of the. school policies,
the procedures of the teachers, and
other valuable school information,;
The other job is to improve the
noon hour program. William Harper is chairman, and. his commit
tee members are Allan Tulk, Richard Wheeler, Miss Doris Gerow and
Miss Clara Zelenka.
Letters have been sent out to
twenty-five other schools to seer J
bow they control their noon hour,*
and from the retilrn letters two
recommendations have been put
forth for Glare. *
1. We should return to the hour
noon.
2, We will use the gymnasium
during bad weather for games, dancing, etc., and will be able to use
the auditorium for showing movies.
Farwell Has Own
Newspaper After
Thirty Odd Years
Clare county's third newspaper
appeared in the mails last Thursday with the publication of the
first issue of The Farwell News.
Joe M. and Mrs. Grim are publishers and the newspaper is edited by Joe. veterafl Central Michigan newspaper man. It is printed
in the office of his brother, Art
Grim, publisher of the Isabella
County Republican at Shepherd.
The first issue carried a newsy
front page and good volume o£ advertising. Although the. inside
pages were a hit shy of news, we
anticipate this will be taken care
of in future issties.
The original Farwell News discontinued- publication some 35
years ago and the' village has been
without its own newspaper since
that time.
ing their home in Clare.
Deaths
WILLIAM E. MYERS
Arrangements have beeh com-
'pleted to have a DeMolay softball
team in the Clare County ^Leagues,
with P.M.C. Hollis Haggart as-manager.
Two Year Old Jeante
William E. Myers, 77, passed Go6S To Church
away Tuesday at his home in Lansing. Funeral services Were held The Lloyd Woods, of 603 Pine
from the Stephenson Funeral Home St., became quite alarmed Sunday
Thursday afternoon, with inter- morning when their little two year
nieut in Cherry Grove cemetery, old daughter, Jeanie, became
Mr, Myers leaves- a brother, MTlo missing. _
Myers, of Clare, besifte other rel- Following a, diligent search of
atives, The obituary will b© pub- the home and neighborhood, they
lished next week. .reported to the City Police that
■ —-- ' Jeanie was lost,
MRS. MARGARET MeKlNNQN ' ,In the meantime, Jeanie had de*
Mrs. Margaret MeKinnon, a resi- cided to go to church and showed
dent of this city for many years, up in Mrs. Burgess' Sunday School
passed away just before noon class of youngsters. The little tot
Thursday, at the home of her convinced Mi's. Burgess that it
daughter, Mrs. John Murphy, in was alright for her to be there
Saginaw. She had been ill the past alone, ...
several months. The remains were After Sunday School was dis-
brought to the Thurston Funeral missed the Woodses were, to say
Home Thursday afternoon, Funer- the least, delighted when some of
al arrangements, were incomplete the Sunday School children
?»t press time. " brought Jennie home, .
Garage Fire At
Fullerton Home
Friday Afternoon
The Clare Fire Department was
called to the G. O. Fullerton home
on McEWan St. at, 12:40 o'clock
last Friday afternoon to extinguish
a fire in the garage,
The flames were put out after
they had bunjed some studding
and a hole through the roof. The
cause is not known. Damage was
estimated at about $50.
The firemen responded to a call
for practice Monday evening.
Burning Without
Permit Costs $10
Matthew Scott, of Lake, was arrested May 1 by Conservation Officer Don Bell, charged with unlawfully starting an open fire Without first procuring a permit to do-
so, in Garfield township..
Scott plead guilty, when arraign*
ed before. Justice-, w. B. Dunlop in
Municipal Court May 9, and was
fined $10, According to officers,
Scott had been previously warned
against this violation*
Two Receive
Citizenship -
Ptipers Mon.
- Ait impressive naturalization
ceremony took .place in Circuit"
Court, Monday afternoon, when
Bruno Braun, of Arthur township,
and Muriel Helena Harvey, of Far-
well, received their final citizenship papers.
Following invocation by Rev.
Leslie J. Nevins, of the Clara
Methodist Church, County Clerk
Wm. A. Henderson made motion
for acceptance of the petitioners.
Prosecuting Attorney Harold B.
Hughes addressed them in an impressive manner, telling them of
the advantages, privileges ahd responsibilities of being an American citizen.
Circuit Judge Donald E. Holbrook granted the petitions and
gave a nice talk on Americanism.
The ceremony was brought to a
close with benediction by Rev,
Nevins.
A number of school children attended the naturalization session.
A varied and interesting program of band music to please all. will be presented by The
Clare School fcands on stage in their" annual spring concert tonight at 8:15 o'clock in the
school auditorium. Selections will Include popular tunes, overtures, martial music, and
both solo and feature numbers. The junior band will appear in a group of selections and
both organizations will play under the baton of Harold Collins, Instrumental Music
Instructor at CHS. Advance sale of tickets has shown a real interest in this event, and a
large-crowd is hoped for. — Photo Courtesy of Lee Sowle.
SIX TEAMS IN EACH " ~~
DIVISION OF COUNTY
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Urgent That Team Managers
Attend Meeting Here
Next Tuesday
Chamber Commerce
And Service Clubs
To Meet Wednesday
Tickets for the Clare Chamber of
Commerce dinner meeting at Hotel
Doherty at 6:00 o'clock next Wednesday evening, May 21, may be
had at Houghton's, Anderson's or
Jackson's Market.
Members of the Clare Kiwanis
Club, Clare Rotary Club, and ladies
are invited to attend.
Superintendent of Schools Austin F. Bates and retiring Mayor
Albert Haley will be honored and
a fine program of entertainment is
planned..
Teachers Attend
DistricJ Library
Meeting At Evart
On May 8, Mrs. Ivah Emery and
Miss Doris Gerow, traveled to
Evart to attend a library meeting.,
The main event of the meeting
was a panel discussion led by
Jesse B. Thorpe, assistant profess
sor of library science at Central
Michigan College of Education.
The theme of the discussion was
on the different types of books
ithat are best to use in school libraries. After this, Miss- Eudocia
Stratton, of the State Library, discussed the magazines to use in
school libraries.
Now Enrolling
Kindergartners
For Fall Term
Mothers of children who will be
in the kindergarten of "the Clare
Public Schools next fall are asked
to see Mrs. Van Every at the school
within the next ten days, to enroll the children.
'..Enrollment thus secured will be
of great help in planning for next
year.
Clare P.T.A. To
Hold Last Meeting
Monday Evening
The Clare P.T.A. will hold its
last meeting of the school year,
Monday night. May 19, at 8:00
o'clock, . {
There will be installation of officers and an excellent program. It
is hoped there will be a large attendance present.
Well Baby Clinics
Planned Monday
The Farwell and Clare Well Baby
Conference, with Dr. Irwin C.
Sweet, M.D., in attendance will be
held at the following places:
Farwell New School—Monday,
May 19, 9:00 to il:00 A.M.
Clare High School, main building
entrance-—Monday, May 19, 1:00 to
3:00 P.M.
"Congregational Mothers And Daughters
Enjoy Inspirational Fellowship At Banquet
Thursday evening, May S, an almost overflow crowd of 108 mothers and daughters assembled in
the dining room of the Congregational Church for a dinner given
in their honor by the Men's Fellowship of the church.
After singing the doxology the
guests sat down at tables decorated with individual carnations and
dolls at each place for the banquet
of baked Virginia ham, sweet potatoes, peas, cabbage salad, clover-
leaf rolls, coffee, milk, macaroons
and blocks of ice cream attractively decorated with silhouetted faces
of mothers.
Group singing of songs with particularly appropriate words was
led by Vivian Hughes with Nelda
Jones at the piano. Bernice Johnson then introduced the toastmis-:
tress, Greta Masten, who gave a
brief talk on the origins and meaning' of Mother's Day, and. aptly introduced the members of the program with fitting stories, and presented the following guests with
gifts; an orchid to Mrs, Byla for
being the oldest mother there; a
plant to Marilyn Masten Lament,
who was the youngest mother
present; a plant to Mrs, Alice
Groves, who had the most daughters present; and a teddy bear i^
Linda Lee Olson, who was the
youngest daughter in attendance*
Gala Hochgtetler gave the toast
to the mothers, which was return
ed by a :toast to daughters given
by Elizabeth Elden,
The girls of Sarah Beck's and
Doris Parish's Sunday School
classes gave a poem, "My Mother,"
with Elaine Wilson, Benny Parish,
Joy Lynn Groves, Kaiia Cooper,
Beth Ann Schuitz, Ann Kay Elden, Becky Sue .Groves, and Linda
Bivstone reciting separate verses.
The program concluded with a
group of songs by Marilyn Brown,
Judy Johnson, Kay Blystone and
Linda Jones, members of Velma
Damoth's Sunday School 'class.
The girls sang "Fairest Lord
Jesus", "Spring's First Song," and
"Soldier, Soldier Will You Marry
Me,"
Mrs. Masten closed the evening
with the reading of a poem, "Sharing."
The committee chairmen of the
[Men's Fellowship who worked so
'hard to achieve the banquet's success included Dick Groves and
Stuart Bicluiell in the kitchen,
John Davy and Tip Schuitz in the
dining room, George Beck in
charge of tickets and. publicity,
Carleton Garthe heading the cleanup crew, and the many willing
workers of the club. *
The program was planned by
Doris Parish, Bernice Wilson,
Midge Schuitz, Dorothy Spencer,
and Sally Olson. Table decorations
were made by the piembers of Hie
First. Circle,
At the deadline for registration
in the Clare County Softball.
LeSgues Tuesday- evening six
teams had entered each the Class
C and D divisions. This is the same
number that played in the C League last season. The D League was
organized this year.
C League teams are Scott Drilling,. Dover, Weaver & Smith, Dan
McDonald's Clare Manufacturing
Co,,-and Allen Implement. >
D League teams are DeMolay,
Eagle, Colonville, TerwtlUger &
Davison. Murphy Construction and
V.F.W.
All team managers are to be .at
the Clare High School at 8:00
Tuesday "evening, May 27, for the
final meeting before the opening
of the season Monday eveningJune
2. It is urgent that all managers be
present.
There will be a big parade
through <the streets of Clare at
7:00 o'clock on the opening evening. The season will be opened with
fitting ceremonies at the Clare
Public School athletic field.
No admission will be charged for
games in either division this season and it is expected attendance
will be good.
Rural Eighth Graders
To Graduate Tonight
Veterans At Lake
Orion Pleased With
Aid From Clare
James Reeder Chapter 33, Blue
Star Mothers, was justly proud of
the town it represented when
going to Lake Orion, Wednesday,
May 7, after a drive which netted
them ?120. cash donations, clothing, groceries and home canned
goods to present to their rehabilitation home for veterans.
Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Gardner,
managers, and the boyg were made
very happy and expressed all when
one „of the boys said, "It's folks
like these that makes it all worthwhile and establish faith in the
American Way."
The boys, mostly on crutches,
took them about the buildings and
grounds, ^ where pictures were
taken of the home in its beautiful
lake setting.
The Home was dedicated 10
years ago, has 14 beds and at
present 12 boys are enjoying its
privileges.
It is located on Indian Lake,
composed of 87 acres, which the
boys help farm as they are able.
In mid afternoon the ladies were
served coffee and rolls by "one
who served," on crutches.
The boys join the Clare Chapter
in thanking each and everyone
who helped in any way and will
welcome all visitors to the home.
Outstanding Former
Grads Honored
Graduation exercises for the
rural schools of Clare county will
be held at the Harrison High
School at 8:00 o'clock this Friday
evening.
Invocation will be pronounced
by Rev. R. P. Claggett, of the
Harrison Congregational Church,
and Donelle and Darlene Birdsall,
of the Randall School, will siug
"Mocking Bird Hill,"
County Superintendent of
Schools John F. Brown will present diplomas to the graduates.
Clare Women
Bowlers Mleci
Officers Here
The Clare Women's Bowling Association held their annual meeting in the Wedgewood Room of the
Hotel Doherty Monday evening,
May 5. The following officers were
elected for the coming season:
President, Mrs. Velma. Thurston of
Clare, for a two year term; 1st Vice
President, Mrs. Bernice Porter,
•of Clare, 2nd Vice President, Mrs.
Florence Hoffman, of Harrison;
Treasurer, Mrs.- Pearl Smith, of
Coleman; Sergant at Arms, Mrs.
Martha Sullivan, of" Harrison; the
office of secretary was filled last
year when Mrs. Frances Shelander
of Clare, was elected for a two
year term. . • *
The prize money from the City
Tournament was presented to the
winners. *
Mrs. Dorothy Buzard, past president, of the Assdcta'tion, extended
her appreciation to all Committees
for their assistance and; gave gifts
of thanks to the officers who served with her this past year.
"Three Of A Kind"
Keep Business Good
In Municipal Court
Clifford Ernest Camp, of R-2,
Midland, arrested by City Police
May 3 on a reckless driving charge
plead guilty when arraigned before
Justice W, B. Dunlop in Municipal
Court May 5. He was fined ?54.
King Blackledge, of Harrison,
was arrested May 10 by City Police
on a reckless driving charge. He
plead giully in Municipal Court,
May 13, and was fined-$29.
John A. Green, of Clare, was arrested by City Police May 11 on a
reckless driving charge. Following
a plea of guilty in Municipal Court,
May 13, he was fined $20.
County W.C.T.U. To
Meet Here May 27
The Glare County W.CT.TJ.j
meeting scheduled for May 20 is
postponed until May 27, at 2:30.
The meeting will be held «t the
home ot Mrs. Ray Archbold on
^fest Wheaton Am,'Clare.
Crippled Children's
Society Reports
Successful Drive
Mrs. Leota Van Every, chairman
of the Clare County Society for
Crippled children, announced May
12, that the proceeds from the sale
of Easter seals totaled $738.54.
Harrison reported a total of
$54.03 from the sale of Easter seals
and the Lily Parade. Lake reported
$10.45, while Farwell totaled $5.60.
The Clare schools collected
137.37 and, the rural schools totaled
$44.16.
The canisters placed in the various business establishments of the
county totaled $6.85.
The Lily Parade in Clare netted
$73.93 and was largely due to the
efforts of the Girl Scouts of Troops
5. and. 6. Lidabello Bicknell, Jean
Bowler, Virginia Haddox, Judy
Johnson, Linda Jones, Mary Ann
Leonard and Kay Ritter sold the
lilies.
Mrs. Van Every greatly appreciated the work done by the Girl
Scouts and especially wants to
thank the following ladies for their
help, Miss Effie'Hales.' Mrs. Greta
Masten, Mrs. Hild,a Tibbtls, Mrs.
Leta Bates, Mrs. Edna Cook and
Mrs. Virginia Richardson.
Clare County can well be proud
of "responding so generously to the
call for help by the crippled children of the county.
Bertrand Stands
Mute On Felonious
Assault Charge
Maynard Bertrand, bound over
from Clare Municipal Court "on a
felonious assault charge, was ai--
raigned before Judge Donald E.
Holbrook in Circuit Court Monday
morning. .
Bertrand stood urate and Judge
Holbrook set Tuesday, June 3, as
trialdat©.
Two outstanding graduates of
the rural schools of Clare county
will be presented with certificates.
Rev. Gerald Brady, of Harrison,
will pronounce benediction.
Graduates from the various,
schools and their teachers are:
Hamilton No. 4 (Amble)—Carol
Minuinger, Pat Petoskey, Jim Wilson; Annabel^ VanderVeen, teacher, g
Hatton No. 2 Fractional
(Brown)—Shirley Armentrout, Eugene Blackledge, Marilyn Grover,
Mary Garver, Nellie Walters; Margaret Mickle, teacher.
Sheridan No, 4 (Brewer)—-Jack
Bennett, Basil Lear, Robert Warner; Ruth Schunk, teacher.
Sheridan No. 2 (Colonville)-—
Janet Barlow, Faye Cooper, Rath
Cooper, Patrick Pudvay, Charles
Ruby, Glenda Rutter; Irene Gluts,,
■teacher. T : v
Sheridan No, 1 (Eagle)—-Maty
Ellen Davis, Billy Randall; Mrs.
A. Schofiejd, teacher.
Grant No. 1 (Dover)—Alexande*
Goudie, Janice Hintz; Ina Davis,
on, teacher.
Franklin Township Unit—Donald Bates,' Dean Gleason, Nick
Matijevich, Beverly Nash, jNorman
Pelch, Marceille Peters, Delbert
Riske, Patricia Rorke, Irene Town-
send; Valda Greer, teacher. -
West Grant No. 6—Donna, Barber, Naomi Chapman, Ruth Ann
Spence, Terry Tiedemftn; Rhea
Vasbinder, teacher.
Greenwood No, 2 Fractional
(Miller)-—Mildred Davis, Waverly
Randall; Odel Z. Lamb, teacher:
Arthur No. 8 (Myera)---Hehry
Boyer; Tessie Haines, teacher.
Garfield Township Unit—Nancy
Brown, Leon DeGeer, jean Howell,
Bonnie Hunt, Eddie Loomis, San*
dra McDonald, Matthew Scott,
Lloyd Snook; Mrs Jessica Thomas,
principal.
Hatton No. 5 (Mann Siding)—
Dee Beavers,, Eva Bennett, Ronnie
Krocker, Karen Stephison; Clarice
Bellows,, teacher.
Grant No. 5 (Pratt)—Carrie
Bauer, Leo Myers, Augustus Wilson; Ellen L. Gi-aham, teacher.
Redding Township Unit—Luella
Cutler, Clara Gallery; Thelma De-
vereaux, teacher.
Hatton No, 3 (Redner)—Dick
Hemstreet, Arthella Wenzel; Opal
McGilvery, teacher.
Sunvmerfield Township Unit-— •
Elmer Curns, Leslie Eargood, Jos«
ephine Lewis; Freda Eargood,
teacher.
Arthur No. 7 Fractional (Wallace)—Braun Bruno, Roger Mielke,
David Sheets; Maxine Schieman,
teacher.
The graduates will receive their
diplomas in the order listed.
Ushers will be Ruth Ann Klein*
er, Anita Chaffee and Sally Waters.
The class colors are red and
white; class flowers, red and
white carnations, and the class
motto, Launch Out Into The Deep.
Teachers who have graduated
from the eighth grade in Clare
county rural schools who are now
teaching and the schools ffofa
which they graduated are: Minnie
Keith, Hazelton School; Opal Me**
Gilvery, Bessey School; Tessie
Haines, Nester Dam School; Freda*
Kistler, Colonville School; Anna-
belle VanderVeen, Colonville
School; and Margaret Mickle,
Bessey School.
The Glare County Board of Education is: Robert Carter, president; Leonard Jackson, vice.presi*
dent; and Arthur Lower, Ullman
Collins and Harold Bradley, members.
On Inside Pages
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Object Description
| Title | 1952-05-16; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1952-05-16 |
| Publisher | R. G. & F. A. Jefferies |
| Description | An issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. In 1923, absorbed the Clare Courier. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | 1923-1999: Copyright to the Clare Sentinel is held by the newspaper. Copyrighted material is reproduced with the permission of the newspaper. |
| Type | Newspaper |
| Format | JPG/JPEG |
| Language | English |
Description
| Title | 1952-05-16; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1952-05-16 |
| Publisher | R. G. & F. A. Jefferies |
| Description | An issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. In 1923, absorbed the Clare Courier. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | 1923-1999: Copyright to the Clare Sentinel is held by the newspaper. Copyrighted material is reproduced with the permission of the newspaper. |
| Type | Newspaper |
| Format | JPG/JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Transcript |
mi J'l.J"UW-U'uH"A«!(iM. '.I* * 1 THE CLARE SENTINEL EEiabliohad 1878 Seven Cents Copy CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 16. 1952 $2,50 Year In Michigan New Series Vol, 60, No. 3* lutzi No. 1 Among Best R cMeld Wells In State ^. For Gas Nearby CLARE GIRL SCOUT Watchful waiting of petroleum COUNCIL REVIEWS interests was amply rewarded Wednesday when Sun Oil Company's Iutii No. 1 Slowed 100 barrels . in two hours and ten minutes, following acid treatment the' fore droops PROGRESS OF YEAR part of the week. It is expected the well will be pinched down to 200 barrels a day to retain pressure in the newly discovered field, Commercial production of the lutzi NQ. 1, Section 5, 19N, 3W Hamilton Township, opens a new field tor. exploration, and leasing and royalty dealing has become very active. Oil was struck in the Richfield formation at 5,125 to 5,239 feet and production from this formation in the past has proved to be indefinite. ' ! This oil strike is considered by the industry as the most important in Michigan thus fat this year. It is one1 of »the heaviest producers from Richfield in the State, » Iu completing the discovery well drillers went through good, gas pay andiSun Oil is at present drilling a gas well west of the lutzi, Display Handicraft At May Meeting Held Monday Evening The Clare Girl Scout Council held their May meeting, Monday evening, in the Methodist social parlors, with a good attendance of Scouts, leaders and mothers. Tables were decorated with May baskets filled with wildflowers, and vases of flowering almond. After the, dinner, Mrs. Theodore Hoersch, president, opened the meeting with the reports of the secretary' and treasurer. It was reported that the Girl Scouts sold 876 boxes of their cookies. Troop leaders gave a report of the troop activities, Mrs. Leonard's Troop 6 received sewing and second class badges and two gold service stars.; Mrs. Campbell's Troop 7, received cooking badges, and on the center of the southeast, tj,ey are working on sewing but not quarter' of section 6, Hamilton jyet completed; Mrs. Baujngarth's township. Troop 9 Will receive pins to at- Both the oil and gas test a.re lo- tach to their Brownie pins. They cated near enough pipelines to af- have studied leaves,, rocks and ford convenient outlets when they go into *produetion. CLARE ALLEYS .LADIES LEAGUE ELECTION HELD Everts Jewelers Awarded Championship Trophy At Annual Meet The Clare Alleys Ladles League held their annual meeting and banquet in the Wedgewood Room of the Hotel Doherty Tuesday eve-( . ning, April 13th. Sixty-eight bowl- ing the past year, wished everyone ers and guests were present for a happy summer, and closed the birds, and gone on. several excursions. Mrs. Bell's third grade Brownie Troop have made valentines and, various Christmas gifts. Mrs, Wallington, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Wood were named a committee, for finding leaders for next year. Mrs. Hoersch introduced Rev. L. J, Kevins, who talked about the advantages of our way of life in America and, of the Girl Scout program. Mrs. Martha Lucy, camp chairman, showed pamphlets about camp and anyone with questions were to contact- her following the meeting. The registration* fee at camp is $8.00 to be in at once. Mrs. Hoersch thanked everyone for their work and cooperation dur- this annual event, The .following officers were elected for the coming season: President, Mrs. Naomi Smith, of Far well; Vice President, Mrs. Doris ^onsteller Secretary, Mr3. Frances Shelander: Treasurer Mrs, Berhiee Porter;" Sargent at '.Arm's, Mrs. Louise Hales, all of Clare. The Everts Jewelers te'&m 'was presented with a team trophy and individual trophies for winning the league championship this past season, by Mrs. Naomi Smith, Captain of last year's winners. Mrs. Smith also awarded a trophy for high average to Mrs. Rose Neff, of Mt. Pleasant; high individual game to Mrs. Delores Robl- son of Farwell, with a 209 score; and high series to Mrs. Neff for a 550. Perfect attendance pins -went to Mrs. Leda Stough, Mrs. Grace Irwin; Mrs. Irene Beck, Mrs. Beatrice Rosier, Mrs. Naomi Smith, Mrs. Laura Merten, Mrs. Bernice Porter, Mrs. Doris Marshall and Mrs. Maxine Green. "200" Club pins were presented by Clare Alleys to Mrs. Delores Robison, 209; Mrs. Pat Barbes, 204; Mrs. Donna Colosky, 203; .Mrs. Irene Mussell, 202; and Mrs. Irene Beck, 201. The American Ski Co. trophy went to the Hill Top team this year. Group singing and a short program presented by members of the league and their guests wound up the bowling season. meeting. A-social time was spent inspecting the troop displays, which included a rock display, scrapbooks, leaves and valentines, by Troop 9; scrapbooks, baskets, change purs- esvrnstaKwork* cook baoksf and sewingf .Troop fi; 'feather change purses, paper flowers, Easter baskets, valentines, second grade Brownies; painted twigs, posture charts, personality charts, activity posters, raffia-wrapped objects, different badges, Troop 5. CLARE DeMOLAY OFFICERS ASSIST AT CONCLAVE Graduating With Honors In June Clare School Musicians To Appear In Annual Concert Tonight „ BEVERLY BROWN Mr, and Mrs. G. W. Brown, of Clare, have received word from Dr. Charles Anspach, President of Central Michigan College of Education, that their daughter, Beverly, will graduate June 14, with hon-, ors. " She * is a candidate for the Bachelor of Arts degree and has a major in French,with minors in Latin and English, She is president of Epsilon Eta Chapter of Ka,ppa Delta Pi and vice-president of Sigma Tau Delta. She has worked for three'years for the Foreign Language Department doing tutorial work in French and also clerical and library work. Before starting her first year of teaching next year, she plans to spend several weeks in Quebec in August on a travel course in French conversation. New Pharmacist Now Engaged At Houghton's Store James Start, a Grand Rapids young man, has been engaged as pharmacist at the Houghton Drug Store and commenced work here Wednesday morning. Mr. Start graduated from the University of Grand Rapids School of Pharmacy in 1841 and since that time has been manager of a Peck Drug Store in Grand Rapids and has worked as phannasist in a Wal- A number of the local members of the Glen F. Sanford Chapter, Order of DeMolay/attended a District Three conclave at Mt. Pleasant last Saturday afternoon and evening. The Initiatory Degree was exemplified by the district officers with P.M.C. Hollis Haggart,.as district Senior Councillor; William Seiter, District Senior Deacon; Master Councillor Harold Irwin as District Chaplain; and Blair Seiter as District Second. Preceptor. The George Washington Chapter, of Saginaw conferred the DeMolay degree. . Kenneth Thomas, of Clare, received the DeMolay .degree and the Flower Talk at the district meeting. The election of district officers 'for the ensuing year followed, with the Glen F. Chapter being well represented by William Seiter elected as District J'unior Councillor; Blair Seiter, Senior Steward; Merle- wayne Cotton, First Preceptor; Larry Everts, Second Preceptor; P.M.C. Robert Seiter, Fourth Preceptor; and Robert Roe, Sentinel. Master Councillor Harold Irwin was the local state representative to the District meeting. At the banquet held Saturday evening, Dr. Charles Anspach, Presides of C.M.C.E. gave an inspiring address to the youth, followed by installation of the new district officers, With "Dad" Harold Koch, Three Enlist In Navy From Clare County Enlisting in the Navy for a Minority enlistment from Farwell, was Curtis D. Hilyard. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Hilyard, of R-l. Curtis left Clare for enlistment May 5 and is now undergoing recruit training at Great Lakes, Illinois. Dennis C. Horning, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Horning, of • 201 Maple St., Claro, left for enlistment on May 12 from Clare and is also in Great Lakes, taking his recruit training; "■„...,. \- Dantfii M, llpuipos^^n ,u ^rSf Amy Darling, of Harrison, left Clare May 5th with Curtis, and is also in Great Lakes.. '. These three men after completion of their basic, re ruit training will be granted two weeks leave and upon completion of leave will .return1 to Great Lakes for further assignment. Assignments are usually to a service school or a ship or station for duty. Chief John Plummer, local Navy Recruiter, also announced that there is still many vacancies existing in the Navy both for women and for young men. Chief Plummer will be in- Clare again on Tuesday, May 20, and when in the city will make his headquarters in the Citi* zens Bank Bldg. He urges all interested young, men and women to investigate the opportunities offered by serving in the Navy Blue. jgreen Agency store in Grand Rap ids and a drug store at Ludingtoh. State DeMolay Deputy" as Instai- Mrs.' Start is also a registered^ ling Officer, pharmacist. , The Clare delegation was ac- The "Starts and their five year companied by P.M. Earl Beatty and old daughter, Sherrie, are now mak- P.M. "Dad" Donald Holbrook. PROCEDURE CLARE SCHOOL \ BEINGREVISEO Return To -Full Hour Noon Period Among Changes Being Considered Two committees chosen from thft! Clare Public School faculty are now at work on two revision jobftj for next year. . One job is revising the t student handbook. Carleton Garthe is chairman and the committee is composed of both teachers, and stu*i dents, Mrs. Myrtie Bowerman, Mrs, j Bernice Tulk, Phyllis Hoover, Joyce Thayer, and Sally Gillespie, The handbook is a guide for students' decision and action during their course of four years at school. It is made up of the. school policies, the procedures of the teachers, and other valuable school information,; The other job is to improve the noon hour program. William Harper is chairman, and. his commit tee members are Allan Tulk, Richard Wheeler, Miss Doris Gerow and Miss Clara Zelenka. Letters have been sent out to twenty-five other schools to seer J bow they control their noon hour,* and from the retilrn letters two recommendations have been put forth for Glare. * 1. We should return to the hour noon. 2, We will use the gymnasium during bad weather for games, dancing, etc., and will be able to use the auditorium for showing movies. Farwell Has Own Newspaper After Thirty Odd Years Clare county's third newspaper appeared in the mails last Thursday with the publication of the first issue of The Farwell News. Joe M. and Mrs. Grim are publishers and the newspaper is edited by Joe. veterafl Central Michigan newspaper man. It is printed in the office of his brother, Art Grim, publisher of the Isabella County Republican at Shepherd. The first issue carried a newsy front page and good volume o£ advertising. Although the. inside pages were a hit shy of news, we anticipate this will be taken care of in future issties. The original Farwell News discontinued- publication some 35 years ago and the' village has been without its own newspaper since that time. ing their home in Clare. Deaths WILLIAM E. MYERS Arrangements have beeh com- 'pleted to have a DeMolay softball team in the Clare County ^Leagues, with P.M.C. Hollis Haggart as-manager. Two Year Old Jeante William E. Myers, 77, passed Go6S To Church away Tuesday at his home in Lansing. Funeral services Were held The Lloyd Woods, of 603 Pine from the Stephenson Funeral Home St., became quite alarmed Sunday Thursday afternoon, with inter- morning when their little two year nieut in Cherry Grove cemetery, old daughter, Jeanie, became Mr, Myers leaves- a brother, MTlo missing. _ Myers, of Clare, besifte other rel- Following a, diligent search of atives, The obituary will b© pub- the home and neighborhood, they lished next week. .reported to the City Police that ■ —-- ' Jeanie was lost, MRS. MARGARET MeKlNNQN ' ,In the meantime, Jeanie had de* Mrs. Margaret MeKinnon, a resi- cided to go to church and showed dent of this city for many years, up in Mrs. Burgess' Sunday School passed away just before noon class of youngsters. The little tot Thursday, at the home of her convinced Mi's. Burgess that it daughter, Mrs. John Murphy, in was alright for her to be there Saginaw. She had been ill the past alone, ... several months. The remains were After Sunday School was dis- brought to the Thurston Funeral missed the Woodses were, to say Home Thursday afternoon, Funer- the least, delighted when some of al arrangements, were incomplete the Sunday School children ?»t press time. " brought Jennie home, . Garage Fire At Fullerton Home Friday Afternoon The Clare Fire Department was called to the G. O. Fullerton home on McEWan St. at, 12:40 o'clock last Friday afternoon to extinguish a fire in the garage, The flames were put out after they had bunjed some studding and a hole through the roof. The cause is not known. Damage was estimated at about $50. The firemen responded to a call for practice Monday evening. Burning Without Permit Costs $10 Matthew Scott, of Lake, was arrested May 1 by Conservation Officer Don Bell, charged with unlawfully starting an open fire Without first procuring a permit to do- so, in Garfield township.. Scott plead guilty, when arraign* ed before. Justice-, w. B. Dunlop in Municipal Court May 9, and was fined $10, According to officers, Scott had been previously warned against this violation* Two Receive Citizenship - Ptipers Mon. - Ait impressive naturalization ceremony took .place in Circuit" Court, Monday afternoon, when Bruno Braun, of Arthur township, and Muriel Helena Harvey, of Far- well, received their final citizenship papers. Following invocation by Rev. Leslie J. Nevins, of the Clara Methodist Church, County Clerk Wm. A. Henderson made motion for acceptance of the petitioners. Prosecuting Attorney Harold B. Hughes addressed them in an impressive manner, telling them of the advantages, privileges ahd responsibilities of being an American citizen. Circuit Judge Donald E. Holbrook granted the petitions and gave a nice talk on Americanism. The ceremony was brought to a close with benediction by Rev, Nevins. A number of school children attended the naturalization session. A varied and interesting program of band music to please all. will be presented by The Clare School fcands on stage in their" annual spring concert tonight at 8:15 o'clock in the school auditorium. Selections will Include popular tunes, overtures, martial music, and both solo and feature numbers. The junior band will appear in a group of selections and both organizations will play under the baton of Harold Collins, Instrumental Music Instructor at CHS. Advance sale of tickets has shown a real interest in this event, and a large-crowd is hoped for. — Photo Courtesy of Lee Sowle. SIX TEAMS IN EACH " ~~ DIVISION OF COUNTY SOFTBALL LEAGUE Urgent That Team Managers Attend Meeting Here Next Tuesday Chamber Commerce And Service Clubs To Meet Wednesday Tickets for the Clare Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting at Hotel Doherty at 6:00 o'clock next Wednesday evening, May 21, may be had at Houghton's, Anderson's or Jackson's Market. Members of the Clare Kiwanis Club, Clare Rotary Club, and ladies are invited to attend. Superintendent of Schools Austin F. Bates and retiring Mayor Albert Haley will be honored and a fine program of entertainment is planned.. Teachers Attend DistricJ Library Meeting At Evart On May 8, Mrs. Ivah Emery and Miss Doris Gerow, traveled to Evart to attend a library meeting., The main event of the meeting was a panel discussion led by Jesse B. Thorpe, assistant profess sor of library science at Central Michigan College of Education. The theme of the discussion was on the different types of books ithat are best to use in school libraries. After this, Miss- Eudocia Stratton, of the State Library, discussed the magazines to use in school libraries. Now Enrolling Kindergartners For Fall Term Mothers of children who will be in the kindergarten of "the Clare Public Schools next fall are asked to see Mrs. Van Every at the school within the next ten days, to enroll the children. '..Enrollment thus secured will be of great help in planning for next year. Clare P.T.A. To Hold Last Meeting Monday Evening The Clare P.T.A. will hold its last meeting of the school year, Monday night. May 19, at 8:00 o'clock, . { There will be installation of officers and an excellent program. It is hoped there will be a large attendance present. Well Baby Clinics Planned Monday The Farwell and Clare Well Baby Conference, with Dr. Irwin C. Sweet, M.D., in attendance will be held at the following places: Farwell New School—Monday, May 19, 9:00 to il:00 A.M. Clare High School, main building entrance-—Monday, May 19, 1:00 to 3:00 P.M. "Congregational Mothers And Daughters Enjoy Inspirational Fellowship At Banquet Thursday evening, May S, an almost overflow crowd of 108 mothers and daughters assembled in the dining room of the Congregational Church for a dinner given in their honor by the Men's Fellowship of the church. After singing the doxology the guests sat down at tables decorated with individual carnations and dolls at each place for the banquet of baked Virginia ham, sweet potatoes, peas, cabbage salad, clover- leaf rolls, coffee, milk, macaroons and blocks of ice cream attractively decorated with silhouetted faces of mothers. Group singing of songs with particularly appropriate words was led by Vivian Hughes with Nelda Jones at the piano. Bernice Johnson then introduced the toastmis-: tress, Greta Masten, who gave a brief talk on the origins and meaning' of Mother's Day, and. aptly introduced the members of the program with fitting stories, and presented the following guests with gifts; an orchid to Mrs, Byla for being the oldest mother there; a plant to Marilyn Masten Lament, who was the youngest mother present; a plant to Mrs, Alice Groves, who had the most daughters present; and a teddy bear i^ Linda Lee Olson, who was the youngest daughter in attendance* Gala Hochgtetler gave the toast to the mothers, which was return ed by a :toast to daughters given by Elizabeth Elden, The girls of Sarah Beck's and Doris Parish's Sunday School classes gave a poem, "My Mother" with Elaine Wilson, Benny Parish, Joy Lynn Groves, Kaiia Cooper, Beth Ann Schuitz, Ann Kay Elden, Becky Sue .Groves, and Linda Bivstone reciting separate verses. The program concluded with a group of songs by Marilyn Brown, Judy Johnson, Kay Blystone and Linda Jones, members of Velma Damoth's Sunday School 'class. The girls sang "Fairest Lord Jesus", "Spring's First Song" and "Soldier, Soldier Will You Marry Me" Mrs. Masten closed the evening with the reading of a poem, "Sharing." The committee chairmen of the [Men's Fellowship who worked so 'hard to achieve the banquet's success included Dick Groves and Stuart Bicluiell in the kitchen, John Davy and Tip Schuitz in the dining room, George Beck in charge of tickets and. publicity, Carleton Garthe heading the cleanup crew, and the many willing workers of the club. * The program was planned by Doris Parish, Bernice Wilson, Midge Schuitz, Dorothy Spencer, and Sally Olson. Table decorations were made by the piembers of Hie First. Circle, At the deadline for registration in the Clare County Softball. LeSgues Tuesday- evening six teams had entered each the Class C and D divisions. This is the same number that played in the C League last season. The D League was organized this year. C League teams are Scott Drilling,. Dover, Weaver & Smith, Dan McDonald's Clare Manufacturing Co,,-and Allen Implement. > D League teams are DeMolay, Eagle, Colonville, TerwtlUger & Davison. Murphy Construction and V.F.W. All team managers are to be .at the Clare High School at 8:00 Tuesday "evening, May 27, for the final meeting before the opening of the season Monday eveningJune 2. It is urgent that all managers be present. There will be a big parade through |
