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CLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 20, 1952
$2,50 Year In Michigan
New Series Vol, $0, Np, 19
Heart Attack
K&eps C. Haft
From Filing
, At tlie deadline at 4:00 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon eight candidates
including one Democrat, had filed
-petitions to compete for the Tenth
District Congressional sekt occupiedby Roy 0. Woodruff, of Bay
City; the past 32 years. Seventy-
six year old Woodruff is not a candidate, because of failing health.
The? Republican candidates arc
E.. A. .Cederberg, Arthur Ellico and
William Swan, of Bay City, William. K, Gaffney and Albert Nuttall,
of Essexville, George S. Metcalf, of
Midland, and Wilford Pressor, of
Au Gres.
The lone Democrat is William J,
Kelly,'of Bay City, who has been
a candidate repeatedly without sue-
PASS
R, C- Puffe****, of Grayling,, who
had aunouced his * candidacy, was
not reported as filing.
Charles T. Prescott, incumbent,
of Prescott, will seek're-electioh as
State Senator from this district.
BE A GOOD CITIZEN
Register Not Later Than July 7
To Vote At The August 5
Primary Election
Clarence Utterback, of Mt. Pleasant, tiled petitions during the last
few minutes Tuesday, as a Demo-
.cratic candidate to oppose Hugh
D. Johnston, of Rosebush, incumbent Republican candidate for
State Representative in the Isab3l-
la-Clare District.
Charles Hart, of Clare, circulated
petitions for nomination to the
State Legislative seat, but through
misunderstanding took his petitions to Harrison for filing, When
ho learned that the petitions must
be filed with .Secretary of State at
Lansing, Hart had 8C* minutes to
file.
He made the trip to Lansing, but
suiferftd a heart attack there before reaching the Secretary of
State's office. He was taken to a
"Lansing hospital, where "hid physician has ordered complete rest.
; County Candidates
The "hot spo},-* -In Ur-y. Tiara
<?oun.t^,'^lrii«arlea Stems iy "cwiter-
around. the campaign for -Sheriff,
with five candidates filing, Thpy
are Everette Allen, of Grant township, Seaver Amble, incumbent, of
Harrison, Charles Cooper, of Clare,
Harold Sprague, of Greenwood
township, nnd Edward Wygonlk, of
Hayes township.
" Frank E. Coker, of Par well,
June Rose, of Harrison, and Carl
.It, Stephenson, of Clare, have filed
*as candidates for County Coroner,
■"■villi two to be elected.
The only other competili6n On
tijie, county ticket will be for the
office of County Road Commissioner, with Bornie F, Hampton and
Ed. It. Bruce, both of Harrison, in
the race,
(Candidates without oxipositiou
are:
William A. Henderson—County
Clerk.
PA'er Oman—County Treasurer.
Bruce Williams—County Drain
Commissioner
Arthur D. Johnson—County Sur-
veyoi*.
Air four candidates are now serving in their respective offices and
seek o*e-nomination.
W. B. Dunlop, of Clare, and
George Bates, incumbent, of Harrison, are circulating petitions for
the office of Clare County Judge
of Probate, Non-partisan candidates have until July 1 to file.
Baptist Daily Vacation Bible School Closes After Benefitting Nearly 200 Children
■ **&*!
Daily vacation Bible School
came to a successful close at the
Clare Baptist Church, Thursday
of last wepk, with appropriate
exercises.
The Bible School was held under
the direction of Mr. Arthur Cunningham, with the help of Rev. R.
T. Burgess, pastor ot the church,
and a complete staff of ten teach-,
ers -and officers. N
The staff was taxed W the limit
with an enrollment of near 200.
The high attendance or the school
was 163 and the low was 101.
The cost of the school was
,$79.23 and the total offering
amounted to $1.40.00. The total
amount was sent in to the Rural
Bible Mission office at Kalamazoo,
Michigan, for the work of the mission.
The Clare Baptist Church is
helping support two of the Rural
Bible Mission missionaries as well
as sending in special offerings
from tme to time and are happy to
see this extras money going into
the support of the Summer Bible
School program.
it is planned that the school
will be held July 6-10 next year ni
order to avoid conflict or hurt the
attendance of other Bible Schools
in the area,
Highway Echoes, the voice of
the Rural Bible Mission, says,
"Guiding the youth is the work of
'the Rural Bible Mission," This has
been proven since 1030 with a constantly oxpaning program until
now, 60,000 children are ministered
to in 1,000 schools, 31,000 children
are taught, in 210 .Summer Bible
Schools, and GOO older children are
trained at the* Rural Bible Mission
Youth Camp at Gull Lake, each
year, — Maurice Photo
Five Men Arrested On
nious
ges
in.
Methodist
Bible School
Successful
The- Clare Methodist Daily Vacation Bible School closed a successful- two weeks Friday, June
13th. and held a very interesting
program that eyening, to acquaint
parents and friends of the many
things accomplished during tlie
school.
The program opened with all
singing the hymn.' "Tell Me The
Stories of Jesus," and Mrs. Nettie
Holbrook, general superintendent,
extended a welcome and gave a
few fema r k s concerning the
school.
Mrs.J Holbrook presented each
department leader, and they in
turn announced the numbers:
Mrs, Jimhita G**een, kindergarten department, and the children
gave ihe group recitation, "Thank
You," and the song, "Good-bye-anil
God be With you";
Mrs, Helen Maxwell, first and
second grade group and they gave
two songs, "A Happy Day".
"Thanks for Helpers," and a
riddle on Friendly Helpers;
Mrs. Ruth Neff, third and fourth
grade group, gave a dramatization.',
"Words For Her Heart," and sang
with the fifth and sixth grade
group, "Men of Good Will." Mrs.
*. Nina Bird, leader of the latter
group, presented them in the voice
speaker choir number, "I Will Follow the Upward Road"; the Ten
Commandments, and the song,
"I'll Be Somewhere Listening."
Mrs, June Dull, seventh and
eighth grade group, sang "Why
Do 1 Sing About Jesus/' a verse
(Continued On Page Eight)
Beef Stolen From
Wrecked Train
Five men have been arrested on
felonious larceny charges as an
aftermath of a wreck on the Ann
Arbor Railroad near Farwell, June
7, which strewed quarters of beef
along the right of way.
Eight refrigerator cars hung full
of the beef were derailed and six of
them wrecked. While salvaging
the beef, it was discovered that six
quarters were missing aand Railroad Detective Patterson, Michigan
State Police of the Mt, Pleasant
Post, and Farwell Chief of Police
Bert Head were called to investigate.
Howard Earl Hanner aud Russell
Ray Mills, both of Farwell, - were
arrested last Friday, charged with
stealing a portion of the beef and
were arraigned before Justice W.
B. Dunlop in Municipal Court, Saturday. Both waived examination,
were bound over to Circuit Court
and were released under bond.
Roy Wellington Thrush, of R-l.
Farwell, was arrested Saturday, on
the same charge, and arraigned in
Municipal Court here, Monday. He
also waived examination, was
bound over to Circuit Court, and
was released under ?500 bond.
George Crydeman and Robert
Crydeman, both of Millington, were
arrested in Flint Wednesday, on
the beef stealing charge, and were
brought to Clare Thursday. They
had not been arraigned in Municipal Court up to press time Thursday afternoon.
More than fifty jars of beef,
which had already been canned,
and a number of cases of Borden's
evaporated milk were confiscated
by the State Police.
It was planned to arraign at least
some of the men in Circuit Court
this Friday morning.
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Stranger" Bounds
Over C?n ^utirnabUe
Larceny
Richard Hughes, who said his
home was at Zanesville, Ohio, was
returned to Harrison last Friday
morning, from Hammond, Indiana,
by Sheriff Seaver Amble, charged
with unlawfully driving away an
automobile. '
Hughes was arraigned before Justice Glenn Sherman, in Harrison*
Monday evening, and hound over
to Circuit Court under $1,000 bond.
In lieu of the bond, which he" was
unable to raise, he is being held in
the county jail. , ■
Wm. Earl Kreiner, owner of the
car, who lives east of the Airport
Tavern, north of Harrison, said
that he loaned Hughes the car to
drive to Houghton Lake, Thursday,
June 5, but when he had not Returned the car by the following
Monday, he reported the -incident
to the. police.
Kreiner said that Hughes was a
stranger that had heen staying
with him for a few days.
Child Health
Conferences For
Clare And Farwell
Child Health Conferences for
Farwell and Clare will be held on
Wednesday, Juhe 25, at the following .time and places:
Farwell, New School—9:00 to
11:00 A, M.
Clare Public School—1:00 to
3:00 p, M.
There will be no Child Health
Conferences during July and
August.
Republican Women Plan
Old Fashioned Rally
The Clare County Republican
Women's Club met Thursday evening, June 12th, in the V.F.W. Hall
at Harrison, with G8 ladies present.
Mrs. Harold iSehaeffer, president,
called the meeting to order. The
Pledge of Allegiance was given,
aand "America" was sung.
The report of the last meeting
was read and the township chairmen gave their report. Of special
interest was the fact that Mrs.
Ruth Jones, chairman for Suminer-
Jield township, reported that she
had contacted every woman in the
township, and found only one who
had not registered, but promised to
do so immediately. A report of the
treasurer .was also'given.'
It was voted to. have a float in
the 4th of July parade at Harrison
and the president appointed a committee, Mrs. Lue Hampton, Mrs.
June Stockwell and Mrs. Ruth
Jones, to make the arrangements.
"Final- plans were completed for
an old-fashioned Republican Rally
to be held Sunday, July 27th, at
State officials and all county candidates wilt be given an opportunity
to speak.
The advertising committee for
the rally include Mrs* Louis Gee,
Farwell, Mrs, Clarabelle Titus",
Harrison, and Mrs. William Bowler,
Clare.
Mrs. Ray Smith, of the Town
Club at Lansing, was the guest
speaker. She gave an interesting
talk on "Housekeeping," comparing
home housekeeping with the housekeeping of our . government. To
have a capable and decent American administration is the aim of
the Republican party.
This is the second meeting of the
Clare County Women and there are
now 83 paid up members.
Ice Cream Social
This Saturday
The High School Hustlers class
of the Clare Methodist Church will
hold their annual Ice cream social
the Clare County Fair grounds at on the Wm. H. Bicknell lawn, on
EARLY
COPY
A special summer vacation issue of The Sentinel is planned for
the week of July 4tH. The Sentinel
'office will be closed from June 30;
to M'onaay rn&rwing, JUly' 7 whlje
all personnel enjoy a vacation.
Ready to go into the mail on
Thursday, July 3, the special issue
will be smaller than usual, but
Will contain as much news and
feature materials as possible. Advertisers will be requested to skip
that particular ' issue, or keep
space orders to a minimum. Classified Want-ad users will be asked
to observe a Friday deadline of
the proceeding week,
Ail legal advertising and contract orders will be printed as
usual.
Jap "Big Shots"
Visit Schaeffer
Dairy Bar Here
A group of 25 high ranking Japanese citizens spent an hour at
Schaeffer'* Dairy Bar here the evening of May 30. The party was
enroute to The World Assembly for
Moral Re-Armament at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, by Greyhound bus, and stopped here for a
rest period.
They left Japan" by air the preceding Wednesday and arrived in
Detroit Friday morning, Following
the 13 day meeting of more than
1,500 delegates from 40 nations, at
Mackinac Island, they will go to
Europe to attend other meetings.
The party included four Senators (their House of Representatives), leaders of the Government
party and the opposition party
former Minister of Finance, industrial labor leaders, Labor Party
leaders, representatives of the Universities, students, and other influential citizens.
Among them were Mis. Sokma
the daughter of Y. Ozlaki, the Ambassador to the United States who
brought the famous cherry trees
from Japan to Washington, D. C,
Mr. l^oto, of the Socialist' Labor
Party; and Mrs. Koto, the noted
writer. There were three women in
the party. ,
A member of the party who was
educated at the University of Utah
and could speak English fluently,
as interpreter for the. party aud
Harold Schaeffer, Harold was Introduced to several of the group
but could not spell their names for
The Sentinel.
Most of the party had been in tho
United States only one day, and
were not -familiar with our customs
food and currency, which caused
the Dairy Bar employees to really
"work out?' their ingenuity in serving the group.
Harrison, with a picnic dinner at
One o'clock, There will be special
Eepnblicau speakers, including
McEwan St„ commencing itt 12:00
o'clock Saturday noon, ice cream,
pie and cake will be served.
Blue Star Mothers
To Meet June 25th
The Blue Star Mothers of Clare
met Wednesday night, June 11. at
the City Hall. The next meeting
will be held with Minnie Ediek.
101 Maple St., the evening of June
25, at R-Ofl o'clock, Mothers be
sure and come, as this will be a
social meeting, Please bring a gift
for a prizo.
Dover, Murphy
Undefeated
In the twilight game iu the Clare
County Softball League Thursday
evening of last week three hit
pitching hy Ted Hoersch gave Murphy Construction Co. a 0-3 victory
over Colonville. Ted Hoersch^ aud
Tom Murphy each had three* for
four for the winners. Norm Cooper had two for two for Colonville.
Murphy 9 13 3; Colonville 3 3 3.
Hoersch and Murphy; Strouse and
Wichert. \>
Clare Mfg. defeated McDonald
14-6 with a 12 hit attack, Denny
-Benedict led Clare Mfg. with three
out of four, including two doubles,
and drove in two runs. Andy Irwin had two for three for McDonald and drove in two runs.
•Clare Mfg.-14 12 2; McDonald
4 6 8. Musser and Haggart; Shull
and Brasington.
Friday evening Colonville defeat
ed the VFW youngsters 26-2 in tho
twilight game.
At 9:00 o'clock Dover defeated
Beaverton 6-5, in an ^exhibition
game, with Mel Leuder pitching
five hit ball. Don Armen trout had
two out of three for Dover and
Dean Mishler' had two for 4 for
Beaverton. i
Beaverton 5 5 3; Dover 6 6 6.
Fassett and McMan; Leuder and
Ulrich.
In Monday's twilight game Murphy Construction defeated Eagle
12-1. Bill Brewer led Murphy with
three for four and drove in three
runs. Lyle Bates had two for
three for the losers.
Murphy 12 11 1; Eagle 16 3.
Murphy and Slough; Bay, Whitmer
4 and Armentrout •
Clare Mfg. took over second
place with a 7-5 victory over Smith
& Weaver at 9:00 o'clock. Junior
Eberhart had three out of four, one
a double,, to lead Clare Mfg. Elton
Marshall led Smith & Weaver with
two for three.
Clare Mfg. 7 9 3; Smith & Weaver 5 6 3. Musser and Haggart;
Colosky and Marshall.
in Tuesday's twilight game, Davison defeated DeMolay 25-12 to
take over second place in Class D.
Davison was helped by 15 walks
and 12 DeMolay errors. Joe Wil-
IContinued On Page Eight)
Fourteen Inductees In July
New Record For County
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Joanne Wilcox
Presents Pupils
In Dance Revues
Joanne Richard Wilcox presented her pupils in spectacular dance
revues, in the Clare High School
auditorium, Friday evening, June
13, and Central Michigan College
Auditorium at Mt. Pleasant, Friday evening, June 20. The revues
were enjoyed by appreciative audiences which packed, the houses on
both evenings.
Polar settings were used for the
opening scenes, replete with igloos,
huge icicles and a general Arctic atmosphere. The second scene
depicted a summer Scout camp,
with tent, open fire and real trees.
The program included snappy
tap dance numbers,, graceful ballet,
and skillful acrobatics and baton
twirling. The children, ranging
from pre-school through college
age, did their numbers exceedingly well, as was evidenced by the
generous applause of the audiences.
The cute costumes of tho little
tots, glamorous outfits of many
others, and shimmering, feathery
ballet costumes were a credit to
the planning of their teacher and
needlework of mothers and dressmakers,
William Lewis
Purchases Hendrie
Food Store Here
William Lewis has purchased
Heudrie's Market from Ken Hendrie and took possession Monday
morning,
Bill operated a grocery and meat
market at Walled Lake for 12 years
before entering Air Corps service
in 1942, He received his honorable
discharge in 1946 and has been
employed at the Hendrie Market
since that time. He and his family
have made their" home in Clare
since 1946.
He will offer the same high quality line of groceries and home butchered meats, with the best of service. His Grand Opening will be
announced in The Sentinel as soon
as details can be arranged.
Ken has operated the market,
since 1942 and his brother, Jay,
was a partner until two years ago,
Ken will continue to serve his
custom butchering -customers at
his slaughter house east of the
cemetery, and may be found there
during business hours.
Bowling Ass'n
Picks Officers
For Next Year
The Clare Bowling Association
held its eleventh annual moeliug
at the Twin Elms Country Club
und tho following officers wero
elected for the coming season:
President, Paul Schroeder; secretary and treasurer, George Wisler;
First Vice President, Dan Sullivan,
of Harrison; Second Vice President, Harvey Hartshorn, of Clare;
Third Vice President; Charles
Blake, of Temple; and Fourth
Vice President, Roland Witbeok,
of Coleman. *
President Sciiroedei* appointed
the following four Executive Directors: Lyman Marsh, Frank
Mitchell, Dale Stough and Earl
Baumgarth.
The next annual meeting will be
on Tuesday, May 5th, 1953. President Schroeder explained some of
the new playing rules adopted at
the annual meeting of The American Bowling Congress and among
them is the one whereby in the
case of a tie game or a tie in total
pins for the series, -there will be
no play-off but each team will
receive one half of a point.
President Paul Schroeder is
very much inthused over the prospects of the coming season. He
states that there will he several
new and stronger teams in the
various leagues.
Both bowling establishments are
redecorating and putting their
alleys in tip-top shape and both
alleys have an ample supply of
good new pins.
The Annual City Tournament
will be held at The Clare Alleys
next March.
Farwell RAM
Accept 13
New Menbers
With their regular meeting
Thursday evening closing their activities until fall, officers and members of "Farwell Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons, are justly proud of
their accomplishments thus far
this year.
Thirteen new members have become Royal Arch Masons, including
a class of eight who received their
Royai Arch degree Thursday evening, June 5; two others have had
the Most Excellent degree conferred upon them, and at .least one
new application for membership
was voted on Thursday evening.
The evening of June 5, Chapter
was opened by High Priest Earl
Boatty, with the following companions occupying the chairs^
King—High Priest S, R. Jones,
of Cheboygan Chapter,
Scribe—Past High Priest W,
Sills, of Mt. Pleasant, Deputy of
District 24.
'Captain of Host—Wihnot Carpenter.
Principal Sojouner—Fred Sexton
Royal Arch Captain—Past, High
Priest Charles' McCamment, of Mt.
Pleasant Chapter.
First Veil—Elvin Larrance.
Second Veil—George Sexton.
Third Veil—C, Wsodring.
W. H. Harmon, or uneboygau,
Deputy of District 25, was present
and assisted with the exemplification.
The degree work was presented
in a beautiful and dramatic manner
followed by a social hour and an
appetizing baked ham luncheon.
Other guests included Past High
Priest E. J. Smith, of Cheboygan;
King Charles Robbins, Past High
Priest Harry Cosford, Principal
Sojourner, John Frisbey, and Past
High Priest Robert Kennedy, of
Mt Pleasant Chapter; and Companion John La Rae, of Chaplin
Falls, Ohio.
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Finish At CMC
Fifty-eight Of Michigan's counties and 169 cities and towns were
represented among the approximately 350 students who received degrees and certificates at
Central Michigan College's 57th
Commencement June 14. Two other
states, Ohio and Illinois, besides
Hawaii and Iran are also represented.
Commencement exercises this
year took place in Central's new
million dollar fieldhouse;
Those being awarded degrees
from Clare county included Beverly Joan Brown, Clare, B. A, Secondary; Leon Arthur Martin, Far-
well, B.A. Secondary.
Seniors and their friends heard
au address by Leslie A. Holmes, president of Northern Illinois. State Teachers College.
To Dedicate New Health
Center At Camp Rotary
The Garney Health Lodge, a new<8>:
health center at the Valley Trails
Council Camp Rotary, will be dedicated with appropriate ceremony
at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, at
the camp which is located nine
miles north of Clare on US-27.
The building was made possible
by a $5,000 bequest in the will of
the late Dr, T. J. Carney, of Alma.
After considering various other
projects, the committee decided to
turn the money over to the Saginaw Rotary Club, who own the
Camp property, with the recommendation that it be used to construct a new health center at the
camp as a memorial to Dr. Carney,
who was a long-time member of the
Valley Trails Council Executive
Board and prominent Rotarian of
the district.
Wedding Day"
At Congregational
Church Sunday
A Church Wedding Day will be
observed in the Congregational
Church this Sunday, June 22, when
all couples present will re-affirm
their marriage vows as Rev, Olson
conducts a group wedding service
following his sermon, "Where Communism Doesn't Work". With June
the mouth of weddings and anniversaries it seems only fitting that
the church give emphasis to this
vital part of our Christian life. A
reception follows the service in the
church parlors to wEIch all are invited. ,
The largest contingent of. inductees to leave Clare County dnrili'f
the ^present war jsrill leave hero
Monday, July 14, for final Induction
into the Armed Service at Detroit
the following day, .
The names and addresses of the
July inductees', as announced
Thursday by Selective Seryice
Board Clerk Phyllis Hartshorn, are
Ronald L: Nevill—-R-l, Clare.
Bernard L, Blackledge --> R-3,
Clare.
George W. Bennett-r-R-3, Harrison,
Arthur R, Ferguson—R-l, Lake,
Cornelius E, Keysor—R-2, Gladwin.
Edwin L. Smith—Farwell,^
Jack F. Chaffee—R-l, Harris-on.-
William C, Defoy—Clare,
Wayne C. Riley--Farwell.
Donald C. Heintz—R-3, Harrison.
Robert V. Garver—R-2", Clare.
William R. Zimmerman—Farwell
Kenneth C. Ramsey—R-l Farwell
Carl F. Hladik—R-3, Harrison.
Thirteen young men will be seat
from Clare county for pre-indiiction.
physical examination' in July, *
July final induction cruotas for
nearby counties are Gladwin 9, Isabella 30, Mecosta 1Q, Midland 10,
Missaukee 8, Osceola* 15, and Roscommon 2, *
Dunlop Take
Bows From SS
Honored For
Duty To State
The "heroes without medals,"
Selective Service board members
and their associates who have contributed voluntarily of their services to the operation of the draft
•for more than a decade, will be
honored by the Michigan Selective
Service System at the conference
and dedication program to bo held
June 22 at the J. W. Sexton Auditorium in Lansing, it has been announced by Lt. Colonel Arthur A.
Holmes, acting state director.
-Glass county- board ffiSmbera
wh# HviH ^©-h'onQr'ei."a*i" ttecer*^
mony are: Art Damoth and William Dunlop. .
Major General Lewis B. Hersh-
ey, national director of Selective
Service, will give the principal address at .the dedication ceremony.
Lawrence L. Farrell, executive secretary for Governor Williams, will
present certificates of commendation to the Michigan Selective Service veterans.
These men are the ones who
made possible the rapid build-Up
of the nation's armed, forces during World War H. They are repeating the assignment on a.much
smaller scale for the current emer-*
gency. All local board personnel,
except office clerks, serve'voluntarily without pay".
Laymen Conduct Congregational Church
Worship Services Sunday Morning
Two prominent laymen appeared
in leading rales at tho Congregational Church's Layman's Day services Sunday morning with Harold
B. Hughes as pulpit speaker, and
Oeorge-Beck as scripture reader.
The sermon, "The Spirit and the
Sword," took note of two opposed
manners of solution o£ mankind's
problems, Mr, Hughes reduced all
methods of solution to human problems to methods of Force, or application of Christian Spirit, Those
of us who manifest Christian belief, must have practical faith in
the power of the spirit in the constant battle for a better world, he
said,
Layman's Day is an annual observance at the Congregational
Church among others both here
and in other localities. On, this
Sunday, lay leaders take over portions of the service as their con:
tribution, under the direction of
the pastor.
Many men of the parish attended
the service, and; tho day being
Father's Day, tho congregation also
included many families including
"Dad,"
New Owners Now
Occupy Twin Elms
Country Club
Mr. and Mrs, Claude Williams
and Mr, and Mrs. Charles Nodus,
all of Detroit, have purchased the
Twin Elms Country Club and golf
course from Lester and Richard
Johnson and took possession June
Rev. L. Nevins
Returned Here
Rev. Leslie J. Nevins, who has
been attending the annual Michigan Conference of the Methodist
Church at Albion, was re-appointed to the- Clare-Farwell charge, to-
begin his fourth year here. He
was also re-appointed as conference missionary secretary for
another year.
Both, churches have accomplistt-
ed many improvements during his
pastorate here, and under his
guidance, many new members
have affiliated themselves-with the
church.
At the last quarterly conference meeting Of the churches,
Rev, Nevins was1 voted an increase
in salary and also traveling expenses, speaking more than words
of the high esteem he is held by
his congregation.
New Business
Possible Here
Directors of the Chamber OE
Commerce and local businessmen,
believed they might be on the
favored list of locations for a,
small manufacturing bus! n e s*J3
seeking to locate away from the
"big city" Detroit area.
At a directors lunch meeting last
Friday noon, C of C president Jennings Archambault and others discussed ways and means Of attracting the, plant which manufactures
hard steel drilling tools to build
and locate in Clare,
This week,, Archambault said
he thought the project was not yet
in the' "negotiations" stage, but
that several interested men and
C of C officers Were planning a
trip to the plant's present location to Intorview the Owner
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Object Description
| Title | 1952-06-20; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1952-06-20 |
| 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. |
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| Title | 1952-06-20; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1952-06-20 |
| 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 | m ' ■iV *■ .- > Eniablished 187$ jji.i.ii..» ■"-. ■.- j.... Sftven Cents Copy CLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 20, 1952 $2,50 Year In Michigan New Series Vol, $0, Np, 19 Heart Attack K&eps C. Haft From Filing , At tlie deadline at 4:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon eight candidates including one Democrat, had filed -petitions to compete for the Tenth District Congressional sekt occupiedby Roy 0. Woodruff, of Bay City; the past 32 years. Seventy- six year old Woodruff is not a candidate, because of failing health. The? Republican candidates arc E.. A. .Cederberg, Arthur Ellico and William Swan, of Bay City, William. K, Gaffney and Albert Nuttall, of Essexville, George S. Metcalf, of Midland, and Wilford Pressor, of Au Gres. The lone Democrat is William J, Kelly,'of Bay City, who has been a candidate repeatedly without sue- PASS R, C- Puffe****, of Grayling,, who had aunouced his * candidacy, was not reported as filing. Charles T. Prescott, incumbent, of Prescott, will seek're-electioh as State Senator from this district. BE A GOOD CITIZEN Register Not Later Than July 7 To Vote At The August 5 Primary Election Clarence Utterback, of Mt. Pleasant, tiled petitions during the last few minutes Tuesday, as a Demo- .cratic candidate to oppose Hugh D. Johnston, of Rosebush, incumbent Republican candidate for State Representative in the Isab3l- la-Clare District. Charles Hart, of Clare, circulated petitions for nomination to the State Legislative seat, but through misunderstanding took his petitions to Harrison for filing, When ho learned that the petitions must be filed with .Secretary of State at Lansing, Hart had 8C* minutes to file. He made the trip to Lansing, but suiferftd a heart attack there before reaching the Secretary of State's office. He was taken to a "Lansing hospital, where "hid physician has ordered complete rest. ; County Candidates The "hot spo},-* -In Ur-y. Tiara - Stranger" Bounds Over C?n ^utirnabUe Larceny Richard Hughes, who said his home was at Zanesville, Ohio, was returned to Harrison last Friday morning, from Hammond, Indiana, by Sheriff Seaver Amble, charged with unlawfully driving away an automobile. ' Hughes was arraigned before Justice Glenn Sherman, in Harrison* Monday evening, and hound over to Circuit Court under $1,000 bond. In lieu of the bond, which he" was unable to raise, he is being held in the county jail. , ■ Wm. Earl Kreiner, owner of the car, who lives east of the Airport Tavern, north of Harrison, said that he loaned Hughes the car to drive to Houghton Lake, Thursday, June 5, but when he had not Returned the car by the following Monday, he reported the -incident to the. police. Kreiner said that Hughes was a stranger that had heen staying with him for a few days. Child Health Conferences For Clare And Farwell Child Health Conferences for Farwell and Clare will be held on Wednesday, Juhe 25, at the following .time and places: Farwell, New School—9:00 to 11:00 A, M. Clare Public School—1:00 to 3:00 p, M. There will be no Child Health Conferences during July and August. Republican Women Plan Old Fashioned Rally The Clare County Republican Women's Club met Thursday evening, June 12th, in the V.F.W. Hall at Harrison, with G8 ladies present. Mrs. Harold iSehaeffer, president, called the meeting to order. The Pledge of Allegiance was given, aand "America" was sung. The report of the last meeting was read and the township chairmen gave their report. Of special interest was the fact that Mrs. Ruth Jones, chairman for Suminer- Jield township, reported that she had contacted every woman in the township, and found only one who had not registered, but promised to do so immediately. A report of the treasurer .was also'given.' It was voted to. have a float in the 4th of July parade at Harrison and the president appointed a committee, Mrs. Lue Hampton, Mrs. June Stockwell and Mrs. Ruth Jones, to make the arrangements. "Final- plans were completed for an old-fashioned Republican Rally to be held Sunday, July 27th, at State officials and all county candidates wilt be given an opportunity to speak. The advertising committee for the rally include Mrs* Louis Gee, Farwell, Mrs, Clarabelle Titus", Harrison, and Mrs. William Bowler, Clare. Mrs. Ray Smith, of the Town Club at Lansing, was the guest speaker. She gave an interesting talk on "Housekeeping" comparing home housekeeping with the housekeeping of our . government. To have a capable and decent American administration is the aim of the Republican party. This is the second meeting of the Clare County Women and there are now 83 paid up members. Ice Cream Social This Saturday The High School Hustlers class of the Clare Methodist Church will hold their annual Ice cream social the Clare County Fair grounds at on the Wm. H. Bicknell lawn, on EARLY COPY A special summer vacation issue of The Sentinel is planned for the week of July 4tH. The Sentinel 'office will be closed from June 30; to M'onaay rn&rwing, JUly' 7 whlje all personnel enjoy a vacation. Ready to go into the mail on Thursday, July 3, the special issue will be smaller than usual, but Will contain as much news and feature materials as possible. Advertisers will be requested to skip that particular ' issue, or keep space orders to a minimum. Classified Want-ad users will be asked to observe a Friday deadline of the proceeding week, Ail legal advertising and contract orders will be printed as usual. Jap "Big Shots" Visit Schaeffer Dairy Bar Here A group of 25 high ranking Japanese citizens spent an hour at Schaeffer'* Dairy Bar here the evening of May 30. The party was enroute to The World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, by Greyhound bus, and stopped here for a rest period. They left Japan" by air the preceding Wednesday and arrived in Detroit Friday morning, Following the 13 day meeting of more than 1,500 delegates from 40 nations, at Mackinac Island, they will go to Europe to attend other meetings. The party included four Senators (their House of Representatives), leaders of the Government party and the opposition party former Minister of Finance, industrial labor leaders, Labor Party leaders, representatives of the Universities, students, and other influential citizens. Among them were Mis. Sokma the daughter of Y. Ozlaki, the Ambassador to the United States who brought the famous cherry trees from Japan to Washington, D. C, Mr. l^oto, of the Socialist' Labor Party; and Mrs. Koto, the noted writer. There were three women in the party. , A member of the party who was educated at the University of Utah and could speak English fluently, as interpreter for the. party aud Harold Schaeffer, Harold was Introduced to several of the group but could not spell their names for The Sentinel. Most of the party had been in tho United States only one day, and were not -familiar with our customs food and currency, which caused the Dairy Bar employees to really "work out?' their ingenuity in serving the group. Harrison, with a picnic dinner at One o'clock, There will be special Eepnblicau speakers, including McEwan St„ commencing itt 12:00 o'clock Saturday noon, ice cream, pie and cake will be served. Blue Star Mothers To Meet June 25th The Blue Star Mothers of Clare met Wednesday night, June 11. at the City Hall. The next meeting will be held with Minnie Ediek. 101 Maple St., the evening of June 25, at R-Ofl o'clock, Mothers be sure and come, as this will be a social meeting, Please bring a gift for a prizo. Dover, Murphy Undefeated In the twilight game iu the Clare County Softball League Thursday evening of last week three hit pitching hy Ted Hoersch gave Murphy Construction Co. a 0-3 victory over Colonville. Ted Hoersch^ aud Tom Murphy each had three* for four for the winners. Norm Cooper had two for two for Colonville. Murphy 9 13 3; Colonville 3 3 3. Hoersch and Murphy; Strouse and Wichert. \> Clare Mfg. defeated McDonald 14-6 with a 12 hit attack, Denny -Benedict led Clare Mfg. with three out of four, including two doubles, and drove in two runs. Andy Irwin had two for three for McDonald and drove in two runs. •Clare Mfg.-14 12 2; McDonald 4 6 8. Musser and Haggart; Shull and Brasington. Friday evening Colonville defeat ed the VFW youngsters 26-2 in tho twilight game. At 9:00 o'clock Dover defeated Beaverton 6-5, in an ^exhibition game, with Mel Leuder pitching five hit ball. Don Armen trout had two out of three for Dover and Dean Mishler' had two for 4 for Beaverton. i Beaverton 5 5 3; Dover 6 6 6. Fassett and McMan; Leuder and Ulrich. In Monday's twilight game Murphy Construction defeated Eagle 12-1. Bill Brewer led Murphy with three for four and drove in three runs. Lyle Bates had two for three for the losers. Murphy 12 11 1; Eagle 16 3. Murphy and Slough; Bay, Whitmer 4 and Armentrout • Clare Mfg. took over second place with a 7-5 victory over Smith & Weaver at 9:00 o'clock. Junior Eberhart had three out of four, one a double,, to lead Clare Mfg. Elton Marshall led Smith & Weaver with two for three. Clare Mfg. 7 9 3; Smith & Weaver 5 6 3. Musser and Haggart; Colosky and Marshall. in Tuesday's twilight game, Davison defeated DeMolay 25-12 to take over second place in Class D. Davison was helped by 15 walks and 12 DeMolay errors. Joe Wil- IContinued On Page Eight) Fourteen Inductees In July New Record For County -> Joanne Wilcox Presents Pupils In Dance Revues Joanne Richard Wilcox presented her pupils in spectacular dance revues, in the Clare High School auditorium, Friday evening, June 13, and Central Michigan College Auditorium at Mt. Pleasant, Friday evening, June 20. The revues were enjoyed by appreciative audiences which packed, the houses on both evenings. Polar settings were used for the opening scenes, replete with igloos, huge icicles and a general Arctic atmosphere. The second scene depicted a summer Scout camp, with tent, open fire and real trees. The program included snappy tap dance numbers,, graceful ballet, and skillful acrobatics and baton twirling. The children, ranging from pre-school through college age, did their numbers exceedingly well, as was evidenced by the generous applause of the audiences. The cute costumes of tho little tots, glamorous outfits of many others, and shimmering, feathery ballet costumes were a credit to the planning of their teacher and needlework of mothers and dressmakers, William Lewis Purchases Hendrie Food Store Here William Lewis has purchased Heudrie's Market from Ken Hendrie and took possession Monday morning, Bill operated a grocery and meat market at Walled Lake for 12 years before entering Air Corps service in 1942, He received his honorable discharge in 1946 and has been employed at the Hendrie Market since that time. He and his family have made their" home in Clare since 1946. He will offer the same high quality line of groceries and home butchered meats, with the best of service. His Grand Opening will be announced in The Sentinel as soon as details can be arranged. Ken has operated the market, since 1942 and his brother, Jay, was a partner until two years ago, Ken will continue to serve his custom butchering -customers at his slaughter house east of the cemetery, and may be found there during business hours. Bowling Ass'n Picks Officers For Next Year The Clare Bowling Association held its eleventh annual moeliug at the Twin Elms Country Club und tho following officers wero elected for the coming season: President, Paul Schroeder; secretary and treasurer, George Wisler; First Vice President, Dan Sullivan, of Harrison; Second Vice President, Harvey Hartshorn, of Clare; Third Vice President; Charles Blake, of Temple; and Fourth Vice President, Roland Witbeok, of Coleman. * President Sciiroedei* appointed the following four Executive Directors: Lyman Marsh, Frank Mitchell, Dale Stough and Earl Baumgarth. The next annual meeting will be on Tuesday, May 5th, 1953. President Schroeder explained some of the new playing rules adopted at the annual meeting of The American Bowling Congress and among them is the one whereby in the case of a tie game or a tie in total pins for the series, -there will be no play-off but each team will receive one half of a point. President Paul Schroeder is very much inthused over the prospects of the coming season. He states that there will he several new and stronger teams in the various leagues. Both bowling establishments are redecorating and putting their alleys in tip-top shape and both alleys have an ample supply of good new pins. The Annual City Tournament will be held at The Clare Alleys next March. Farwell RAM Accept 13 New Menbers With their regular meeting Thursday evening closing their activities until fall, officers and members of "Farwell Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, are justly proud of their accomplishments thus far this year. Thirteen new members have become Royal Arch Masons, including a class of eight who received their Royai Arch degree Thursday evening, June 5; two others have had the Most Excellent degree conferred upon them, and at .least one new application for membership was voted on Thursday evening. The evening of June 5, Chapter was opened by High Priest Earl Boatty, with the following companions occupying the chairs^ King—High Priest S, R. Jones, of Cheboygan Chapter, Scribe—Past High Priest W, Sills, of Mt. Pleasant, Deputy of District 24. 'Captain of Host—Wihnot Carpenter. Principal Sojouner—Fred Sexton Royal Arch Captain—Past, High Priest Charles' McCamment, of Mt. Pleasant Chapter. First Veil—Elvin Larrance. Second Veil—George Sexton. Third Veil—C, Wsodring. W. H. Harmon, or uneboygau, Deputy of District 25, was present and assisted with the exemplification. The degree work was presented in a beautiful and dramatic manner followed by a social hour and an appetizing baked ham luncheon. Other guests included Past High Priest E. J. Smith, of Cheboygan; King Charles Robbins, Past High Priest Harry Cosford, Principal Sojourner, John Frisbey, and Past High Priest Robert Kennedy, of Mt Pleasant Chapter; and Companion John La Rae, of Chaplin Falls, Ohio. 2 From County Finish At CMC Fifty-eight Of Michigan's counties and 169 cities and towns were represented among the approximately 350 students who received degrees and certificates at Central Michigan College's 57th Commencement June 14. Two other states, Ohio and Illinois, besides Hawaii and Iran are also represented. Commencement exercises this year took place in Central's new million dollar fieldhouse; Those being awarded degrees from Clare county included Beverly Joan Brown, Clare, B. A, Secondary; Leon Arthur Martin, Far- well, B.A. Secondary. Seniors and their friends heard au address by Leslie A. Holmes, president of Northern Illinois. State Teachers College. To Dedicate New Health Center At Camp Rotary The Garney Health Lodge, a new<8>: health center at the Valley Trails Council Camp Rotary, will be dedicated with appropriate ceremony at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, at the camp which is located nine miles north of Clare on US-27. The building was made possible by a $5,000 bequest in the will of the late Dr, T. J. Carney, of Alma. After considering various other projects, the committee decided to turn the money over to the Saginaw Rotary Club, who own the Camp property, with the recommendation that it be used to construct a new health center at the camp as a memorial to Dr. Carney, who was a long-time member of the Valley Trails Council Executive Board and prominent Rotarian of the district. Wedding Day" At Congregational Church Sunday A Church Wedding Day will be observed in the Congregational Church this Sunday, June 22, when all couples present will re-affirm their marriage vows as Rev, Olson conducts a group wedding service following his sermon, "Where Communism Doesn't Work". With June the mouth of weddings and anniversaries it seems only fitting that the church give emphasis to this vital part of our Christian life. A reception follows the service in the church parlors to wEIch all are invited. , The largest contingent of. inductees to leave Clare County dnrili'f the ^present war jsrill leave hero Monday, July 14, for final Induction into the Armed Service at Detroit the following day, . The names and addresses of the July inductees', as announced Thursday by Selective Seryice Board Clerk Phyllis Hartshorn, are Ronald L: Nevill—-R-l, Clare. Bernard L, Blackledge --> R-3, Clare. George W. Bennett-r-R-3, Harrison, Arthur R, Ferguson—R-l, Lake, Cornelius E, Keysor—R-2, Gladwin. Edwin L. Smith—Farwell,^ Jack F. Chaffee—R-l, Harris-on.- William C, Defoy—Clare, Wayne C. Riley--Farwell. Donald C. Heintz—R-3, Harrison. Robert V. Garver—R-2", Clare. William R. Zimmerman—Farwell Kenneth C. Ramsey—R-l Farwell Carl F. Hladik—R-3, Harrison. Thirteen young men will be seat from Clare county for pre-indiiction. physical examination' in July, * July final induction cruotas for nearby counties are Gladwin 9, Isabella 30, Mecosta 1Q, Midland 10, Missaukee 8, Osceola* 15, and Roscommon 2, * Dunlop Take Bows From SS Honored For Duty To State The "heroes without medals" Selective Service board members and their associates who have contributed voluntarily of their services to the operation of the draft •for more than a decade, will be honored by the Michigan Selective Service System at the conference and dedication program to bo held June 22 at the J. W. Sexton Auditorium in Lansing, it has been announced by Lt. Colonel Arthur A. Holmes, acting state director. -Glass county- board ffiSmbera wh# HviH ^©-h'onQr'ei."a*i" ttecer*^ mony are: Art Damoth and William Dunlop. . Major General Lewis B. Hersh- ey, national director of Selective Service, will give the principal address at .the dedication ceremony. Lawrence L. Farrell, executive secretary for Governor Williams, will present certificates of commendation to the Michigan Selective Service veterans. These men are the ones who made possible the rapid build-Up of the nation's armed, forces during World War H. They are repeating the assignment on a.much smaller scale for the current emer-* gency. All local board personnel, except office clerks, serve'voluntarily without pay". Laymen Conduct Congregational Church Worship Services Sunday Morning Two prominent laymen appeared in leading rales at tho Congregational Church's Layman's Day services Sunday morning with Harold B. Hughes as pulpit speaker, and Oeorge-Beck as scripture reader. The sermon, "The Spirit and the Sword" took note of two opposed manners of solution o£ mankind's problems, Mr, Hughes reduced all methods of solution to human problems to methods of Force, or application of Christian Spirit, Those of us who manifest Christian belief, must have practical faith in the power of the spirit in the constant battle for a better world, he said, Layman's Day is an annual observance at the Congregational Church among others both here and in other localities. On, this Sunday, lay leaders take over portions of the service as their con: tribution, under the direction of the pastor. Many men of the parish attended the service, and; tho day being Father's Day, tho congregation also included many families including "Dad" New Owners Now Occupy Twin Elms Country Club Mr. and Mrs, Claude Williams and Mr, and Mrs. Charles Nodus, all of Detroit, have purchased the Twin Elms Country Club and golf course from Lester and Richard Johnson and took possession June Rev. L. Nevins Returned Here Rev. Leslie J. Nevins, who has been attending the annual Michigan Conference of the Methodist Church at Albion, was re-appointed to the- Clare-Farwell charge, to- begin his fourth year here. He was also re-appointed as conference missionary secretary for another year. Both, churches have accomplistt- ed many improvements during his pastorate here, and under his guidance, many new members have affiliated themselves-with the church. At the last quarterly conference meeting Of the churches, Rev, Nevins was1 voted an increase in salary and also traveling expenses, speaking more than words of the high esteem he is held by his congregation. New Business Possible Here Directors of the Chamber OE Commerce and local businessmen, believed they might be on the favored list of locations for a, small manufacturing bus! n e s*J3 seeking to locate away from the "big city" Detroit area. At a directors lunch meeting last Friday noon, C of C president Jennings Archambault and others discussed ways and means Of attracting the, plant which manufactures hard steel drilling tools to build and locate in Clare, This week,, Archambault said he thought the project was not yet in the' "negotiations" stage, but that several interested men and C of C officers Were planning a trip to the plant's present location to Intorview the Owner On Inside Pages Harrison Pages 2 - 3 ■ •16 City Briefs 3 Markets 3 Farwell G -9 Lake , Tl Farm News 12 - n Rosebush l§ - 1-7 Want Ads - Notices IS * 19 * m Comics 19 |
