1952-08-29; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE. MICHIGAN. FHlOAT jlOltfUNG, AUGUST 29. 1952
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Celebrate
Labor Day
Auld Lang Syne  *
Annual Dinner
Saturday Night
Farwell's 43rd Annual Homecoming and Celebration will get
underway Saturday, August 30,
when the Auld Lang Society hold
their regular party, at the Farwell
school. This year the society will
have a pot-luck supper, at 6:30 p.
iu„ followed by a fine program and
general good time with old friends.
Sunday morning all churches
will welcome any -who wish to
Worship with them and at 1:00 p.
m. a tug oi* war between the North
and South sides of Farwell will be
staged, at the river. Bill Flower
is captain of the Southerners and
Cecil Davison, captain of the
Northerners.
"Vestaburg will cross bats with
the Farwell team, which has not
lost a game of baseball this year,
at 2:30 p. 111., Sunday.
Merryland Shows will be all set
up and ready to start their music
and ballyhoo early Monday morn*
ing. As in former years they will
set up in the park.
At 8:45 light and heavyweight
horse pulling contests will take
place, at the ball park, starting
the planned program. Other
features include bike race 10:00;
pet show 10:30; children's races
11:00; farm exhibit 11.30; lunch
12:00.
Professional acts 1:00 to 2:00;
baseball—Farwell first place team
vs- Lake George second place team
promptly at 2:30; amateur acta
4:30 to 5:00; professional acts
8:00 to 9:00; fireworks at 10:00,
bringing to a close a full and
happy week end with old and new
friends.
The celebration committee is
president Jeff Willey and secretary
and treasurer, Frank Coker. Mrs.
Louis Gee, Venue Hose, James MeGuire and James Stanley have
charge of the agricultural and domestic arts exhibits in the town
hall.
PMA Ballots
Must Be In
Mail Sept. 8
Andrew J. Keysor, Chairman of
the county PMA committee, advises that ballots have been mailed
to all Clare county farmers who
aj-e known to be eligible to vote
in the Production and Marketing
Administration -farmer- committee
elections. To be counted, ballots
must bear a postmark not later
than September 8, 1952.
A farmer is generally eligible to
vote if he- is an owner, operator,
tenant or sharecropper of a farm
and is participating in or carrying
out practices in-accord with programs administered by the PMA
committees Farmers who are eligible but who have not yet receivT
ed a ballot should notify the county PMA committee.
Ballots have been prepared and
the voting will be for" three farmers to serve as members of a community PMA committee, a delegate from each community to the
county convention where the delegates will elect the county committee, and alternates.
Keysor urges every eligible voter to get his ballot in the mail before the deadline and to vote for
the farmers he thinks are most
able and willing to take on the responsibilities of program administration in 1953. In the coming year,
he points out, community committeemen will visit all fkrms in their
area to help farmers develop their
conservation program.
This procedure was followed in
one county in each State this year.
Increased participattion, more
acres protected by conservation,
and greater concentration on practices of a more permanent nature
have resulted in these counties.
Deaths,
MRS. IDA WALKER
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Walker received word Sunday of the death
of his mother, Mrs. Ida Walker, in
Chicago.
jETOIL.  ELIZABETH   RANDALL
Etoil Elizabeth, wife of ThornaS
Randall, passed away last Sunday
morning at her home in Sheridan
township following a long illness.
Services were held at the "Eagle
Church Wednesday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock with Rev. Joe Van-
derVeen officiating. Burial was in
Cherry Grove cemetry, Doherty's
were. in. charge of the services. A
formal obituary will appear in next
week's Sentinel.
MRS. LESTER COTTON
Mrs. Conrad Walker and -Mrs.
Ray Arcbbold received the sad
news Thursday of last week of the
death of their sister-in-law, Mrs,
Lester Cotton, of Linden, New Jersey. Lester, being a former Clare
boy will be remembered by his
many friends. Mrs. Walker and
Mrs. Arcbbold were unable to attend the funeral, which was Monday, August 25th„
School Time
s
Safety Plea
With the reopening of schools
and nearly one and one-half million Michigan children crossing
streets and highways on their way
to and from classrooms, ,Sergt.
Ray Sweet, commander of the "Mt.
Pleasant State Police post, is urging all persons to take part in the
current statewide, child safety
campaign.
'"Last year," Sweet said, "8,247
children under 15 years of* age
were killed or injured in Michigan traffic, an average of about
160'casualties each week.
"More often than not the children were victims of their own
carelessness, but many of the
tragedies could have been avoided
if drivers had been more alert and
expecting the unexpected.
"Drivers should take special precautions, not only in school aud
playground areas, but in all areas
where children are likely to be.
They also should always remember
that thousands of pre-school age
children will be outdoors during
all hours of the day. In other
words, children may be anywhere,
'any time.
"Likewise, adult pedestrians,
parents especially, can help prevent accidents involving children
by practicing safe walking habits.
Adults should realize that their
own actions are examples boys and
girls observe and follow. Too often these are examples of carelessness.
"Help protect children. For their
sake — as well as your own —
walk and drive carefully."
Tbe slogan of the campaign,
which is sponsored by the State
Safety Commission is "Watch Out
For Kids,"
Yester-year
.. and Before
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One Year Ago
August 31, 1951
The Calvin Arnold and. the Ray
Harrold barns burn in $12,000 4oss,
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Members and friends of the Congregational church at Harrison
will have the opportunity to hear
their new minister, Rev. Ralph P.
Glaggett, of Pontiac .Sunday, September 2.
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Ground was broken for the third
addllle-W ih(J Clare General Hospital since its re-opening under
new management early this year.
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Two Years Ago
August 25, 1950
Farwell prepared for record
crowds at the 42nd Annual Labor
Day Celebration of Farwell Homecoming and Aujd Lang Syne reunion. 1,500 full page circulars to advertise the event and lists the show
premiums were ordered from the
Clare Sentinel for $15.95.
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Ranking British dignitaries from
posts" ,in Detroit -yld Washington,
D. C* together with local leaders
attended a ceremony to dedicate
a British warship renamed. "Clare".
A huge bronze medal was placed
in the city park to comemorate i-lae
event.
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Alice Janet Bicknell and Lawrence Foss were united in marriage
at the home of the bride's grandfather, William H. Bicknell.
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The fifth annual Brooks reunion
was held at Budd Lake Sunday.
Five Years Ago
August 29, 1947
The "New Arrivals" column announced babies born to Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Walter, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Lackie, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Stambaugh, Mr .and Mrs. Kenneth Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. George
Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Lee
Thompson.    .
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The Clare County Fair Board
predicted increased attendance at
the 1947 Fair. $300 in prizes* was
offered in each of four harness
racing events.
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A second freight train, wreck
within thirteen days occured near
here when a C and O gravel gondola left the tracks near the bridge
west of Clare.
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The Brown Corners correspondent reports that Mr- and Mrs. Forest Garver and daughter Mary, Mr.
and Mrs. -Camion Newman and son
Gene, and iShirley Armentrout
spent the fore part o£ last week
camping near Pratt's Lake and
report some" good Bluegill catches.
From the Want Ads: Litter of
seven female pigs, seven weeks old.
Will sell at $15.00 each. Walter 6.
Cornell, Lake Mich.
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Grocery values advertised atKro-
gera were, Lean Hamburg', 49c;
Flour, 25 lbS: $1.84; Michigan potatoes, peck 55c,
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Mr. and Mrs. Orley Rogers, Jr.,
and children were Sunday dinner
guests at the Lake home of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Scott and Billy.
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4? Years Ago
August 25, 1905
The fourth annual picnic of the
Wise Farmers' club was a grand
success at Stevenson Lake. Over
1,000 rigs Were counted at Duncan's, Deremer's and Keller's Landings*, Michigan's governor Fred M.
Warner" was the honored guest and
stores in Clare closed on the day
of the picnic.   * * *
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REMEMBER "GOOD OLD PAYS"?,
The Sentinel Opens Files
For Golnnin of Memories
An old time feature with interest
for "old timers" and many others,
is revived in the columns of The
Sentinel this week
"Yesteryear, and Before That,"
will appear in-this paper regularly
to bring memories of people and
events as the accounts were printed In The Sentinel.
Next year, 1953, the Clare .Sentinel will observe Its Diamond anniversary. Seventy five years of
reporting the home town news*, and
doings of generations of citizens.
The years have seen-an accumulation of filed copies of this .papjer
and its predecessors. These file
copies are priceless records of our
own history and will furnish many
columns of interesting reading.
In today's tsolumn, the first of a
new series, news items were selected at random from the bound
files of one, two and five and forty-
seven years passed, A system- will
be initiated next week i*or printing
news from regular issues of- anniversary dates so that readers may
look forward to reading'reprints of
small news items as they*, remember the actual happenings "iifform-
er "years. •. •.v . *■
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Harrison Lad
Killed When
Car Overturns
Thomas Rolland
Passes Enroute
To Hospital
Thomas Rolland, 15 year old of
rural- Harrison youth, was killed
when the car in which he was riding went out of control when they
turned out to pass another car.
Melvin Gordon, 18, driver of the
car, said he lost control when he
hit the loose shoulder and the car
rolled over in a ravine and landed
on it's wheels. The accident hap-
pended about 10:30 Sunday morn'
ing;.
Tommy was brought to Harrison
and rushed to the Clare General
Hospital, but was dead upon ad»
mittance.
Billy Rolland, 13, also a passenger in the car, was unhurt.
State Fair To
Feature Unusual
Fireworks
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"Michigan State Fair officials are
convinced that fireworks furnish
more entertainment for more people than a _• other n^at-Won. Consequently, General Manager James
M. Hare has arranged the greatest
fireworks show ever seen at a
State Fail* to be featured nightly
at 10:'30 p.m. in front of the
grandstand. The Fair starts August
29 and runs through September 7.
Artists, mechanical engineers,
chemists and carpenters under contract with the Thearle-DuffieM
Fireworks Company of Chicago,
have been busily engaged in devis
ing and building new productions.
There'll be. comedy numbers to
amuse, the youngsters, educational
features of farm life, set pieces of
beauty in addition to the spectacu*
lar cloud-piercing bombshells,
One 0 the unusual features will
be a portrait of Governor G. Men-
nen Williams. Another outstanding
piece will be the "Fountain of
Youth", glowing jets of fire ending
in golden fountains of fire while
the entire fountain changes color.
Over two-tons of equipment is required to make up these displays,
and over a mile of electrical firing
wire will be stretched across the
field.
MasonsPlqy Ball
At Area Picnic l
Last Thursday •
Two hundred and fifty- "MajS-'ons,
their families and guests gathered
at Wilson State Park at Harrison,
Thursday afternoon of -last yreQk'
to enjoy what it is hoped will *be
the first annual Central Michigan
Masonic picnic.
One of the highlights of the afternoon was a softball game between Our Side and Your Side,
chosen from all sides from stars of
a generation ago. Needless to say,
some are still applying liniment
freely to remove the kinks from
their anatomy.
Ben Dunham, Worshipful Master
of the Harrison Lodge, did the hurl
ing for One side with a Houghton
Lake "lad" behind the plate. Smo-
key Stover occupied the mound for
the Other Side with Bob Marble
on the receiving end. Worshipful
Master Earl Sanderson, of Houghton Lake Lodge played in the outfield.
The rules were made up mostly
as the game progressed, with some
taken from Spaulding, Hoyle and
Emily Post.
The score was 11-6 at the end of
the game, but no one knew which
side had the 11 aud which side had
the 6, so it was called a tie.
There was an interesting sports
program for the youngsters, with
prizes for the winners.
The pot luck dinner at «oon, with
ice cream, pop and coffee furnished by the committee, was greats
ly enjoyed. Late comers sat in at a
"second" table early in the evening.
There was dancing in the evening, with music furnished by the
Schlafley Orchestra, and most ot
the grownups and young folks parr
ticipating—except a few of the casualties of the ballgame.
Members and guests were present from the Houghton Lake, Harrison, Gladwin, Beaverton, Farwell
and Clare Blue Lodges and Farwell
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
All in all, it was a great success,
with all looking forward to another
such picnic next summer.
New Attractions Featured
Clare County Free Fair
Legion Auxiliary-
District Meeting
September 14th
Mrs. Fern Wright, president of
the American Legion Auxiliary announced that the district meeting
of the American Legion Auxiliary
will be held in Mt. Pleasant" September 14th, at St. John's parish
house, beginning at 3:00 p.m. Ail
members are urged to attend and
rthe Gold Star Mothers are also invited.
LIST OF EVENTS
Announce Day Programs
For State Fair Visitors
When to go to the State Fair?
That may' be a hard question for
many people of Michigan to answer.-
The 1952 Michigan State Fair,
to be held in Detroit August 29
through September 7, will be so
chuck full of exhibits, special
events*and entertainment that it's
going to be difficult to choose any
one time for a visit.
Of course, most of the agriculture, livestock and general exhibits are open during the entffre
Fair, but there are many special
judging, entertainment and other
events Which will be held on
special days.
The program of days, as announced by General Manager
.Jamea M. Hare, will be as follows:
Grand Opening Day will feature
the opening day parade, starting
from downtown Detroit at 11:00
a. m. There will be a repeat, by
popular demand, of last year's Sunrise Service on Young America
Day, Sunday, August 31, at 8:00
a. m. and the speaker will be the
dynamic and youthful Dr. Charles
Templeton.
The "Fairest of the Fair" beauty
queen will be crowned by Governor
Williams on Governor's Day, Wednesday*, and all- veterans, with
proper credentials, will be admitted free on Veterans* day, Saturday, September 6.
The Nation's top recording artists will make personal appearances in the Coliseum. The show
for the first four Says, August 29
through September 1, will be Les
Paul and Mary Ford, Ella Fitzgerald, Al Martino, the Gene Kru-
pa Trio, Kirby Stone, Billy Ward
and his Donlmoes and the Harmon-
ieatg.
The Coliseum will then be closed
foi*   three    days,    September    2
through 4, for livestock judging
and agricultural events. The famous trained Border Collie demonstrations will be at this time.
The final three days, September
5 through 7, will bring in more
artists: Guy Lombardo and His
Royal Canadians, Don Cornell,
"Her Nibs" Georgia Gibbs and the
Harmonicats will stay over.
The Jimmie Lynch Death Dodgers will appear in front of the
Grandstand oh opening day and
the first Saturday night. The 100
mile AAA championship big car
race will be held the first Saturday afternoon.
There will be se'ven days of contest rodeo starting Sunday, August
31, under the direction of Col.
Cliff Gatewood of Flying X Ranch,
Montana.
The 150 mile race for midget
cars will run the final Sunday afternoon and in the final Sunday
evening the Grandstand will feature Irish Horan'sTlell Drivers.
Judging dates are: Horses, September 2, 3 and 4; 'Beef Cattle,
September 1, 2, 3, and 4; Dairy
Cattle, September 2, 3 and 4;
Sheep, September 1, 2, 3 and 4;
Swine, September 1, 2,* S and 4,
Poultry will* be judged August
30 and 31; Pigeons, rabbits agriculture, horticulture, vegetables,
dairy products, apiary and maple
products, August-30.
There will be daily band con*
certs, musical and amateur shows,
and nationality programs at the
Band Shell, The Old Timers', Platform will have daily drum major
and majorette contests, square
dancing and musical programs,
As' usual there will be daily
parades on the Fairgrounds and
free fireworks nightly in front o*
the Grandstand.
To Entertain At Clare ,County Fair
"The Three Atomic Bombs" present, a bit of everything in* their
comedy knock-about act, including peppy novelty, tomfoolery, and
side-splitting comedy.      ' ,
The extreme "Nutiness" of this trio is always getting them into
impossible situations that even their expert acrobatics cannot untangle,
The results being rounds of applause for their knock-down, drag-
out antics of this trio, plus their real skill at tumbling, is an act you
cannot afford to miss,
Appearing with Klein's Grandstand Circus on Wednesday and
Thursday, September 10 and 11, at the Clare County Free Fair, Harrison, Michigan.
Vernon Pioneer
Passes Away
Last Saturday
Oscar "Northon, a pioneer resident of Vernon township, passed
away at his home there Saturday,
after a prolonged illness. The cause
of death was pneumonia.
Oscar Otis Northon was born the
son of Charles and Emily Ramey
"*<forthon, -at Mt, Bridges, Canada,
MHrch 14, 1874 and passed away
in Vernon township, Isabella county, Michigan, August 23, 1952, at
the age of 78 years, five months
and nine days.
Seventy years ago as a boy, Mr.
Northon came to Clare and has
lived on the same section until hfs
death. He settled and cleared the
present home site in 1904.
He was united in marriage to
Naomi F. Hales, April 6, 1984, at
Clare, Michigan, and this union was
blessed by the birth of three
daughters and two sons.
He made farming his life work
and became a charter ■ member of
Mt. Vernon Grange.
He leaves to mourn their loss,
the bereaved wife, Naomi; three
daughters, Mrs. Marion Becker
and Mrs. Esther Roe, of Clare, and
Mrs. Erna Hawley, of Ithaca; one
son, Otis E. Northon, of Clare;
two sisters Mrs. Lena Brewer and
Mrs. Charlotte Kapplinger ot
Clare; 11 grandchildren; four
great grandchildren, several nieces
and nephews; and a host of friends
made during his many years residence in this vicinity.
The youngest son, Geor.ge Burton
passed away here March 27 of this
year. Mr. "NOrthon's five brothers
also preceded him in death.
Prayer service was held at the
home at 2:00,, o'clock and funeral
services from the Seventh Day Ad-
ventist Church at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. Elder Chester Clough officiated and interment was made in
Cherry Grove cemetery. The Stephenson Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
Srecko Kajfez Tells
Rotarians About
European Affairs
The Clare Rotary Club held their
regular Wednesday noon luncheon
meeting at Hotel Doherty with
President G. C Born presiding.
George White, program chairman, presented Srecko Kajfez as
speaker and he gave a very interesting talk on the economic, political and civic conditions in
European and North African countries, as ho saw them on his recent trips.
Visiting Rotarians were Rod
Wiley, of Pontiac, Floyd Armstrong and Fred Arts, of Mt. Pleasant Bern Baldwin of St. Joseph,
Forest Baldwin, of Grand Rapids,
and Jim Broad of El Centro, California,
Guests were Ben Bosink Ken
and Bill Schaeffer, August Arndt,
6f Clare, and Cornelius Armstrong,
of Pontine.
Wednesday Night
League To Meet
At Gateway Lanes
A meeting of all members of ihe
Gateway Lanes Wednesday night
league has been called for 8:00
o'clock p. m. the evening of Ttte*3-
day, Sept. % at Gateway,
FerryTraffie
Record Set
At Straits
The State Highway Department's
new icebreaker ferry, the motor-
ship Vacationland, is proving
worth not only as a -winter vessel
but on a year around basis, judging
from the record traffic being handled at the Str.aits of Mackinac this
summer, according to Highway
Commissioner Charles M. Ziegler.
On August 2, the State Ferries
fleet of five ships, including the
Vacationland, set an all-time record for one day traffic when they
carried 8,432 vehicles across the
Straits of Mackinac. This would be
a heavy day of traffic for any one
of the busiest and widest highways
in the State of Michigan.
The important part the Vacation-
land played in handling this record
flow of traffic is best indicated by
the fact the big ship carried 33.2
per. cent .of the entire total of the
day's traffic. The sTeamers Munis-
ing and Petoskey carried 22.8 per
cent and 22.9 per cent respectively;
the Cheboygan, 16 per cent and
Straits of Mackinac the remaining
5.1 per cent.
The Vacationland will handle all
State Ferry traffic in the Ice
months of the winter season, replacing the railroad car ferry
Sainte Marie, which the State formerly rented for this service. This
savings will eventually pay for the
Vacationand, which, incidentally,
carries more than twice as many
Vehicles as the (Sainte Marie.
CMCE Frosh
On Grid Squad
Freshmen will play an important role on Coach Kelly's Central
Michigan College football team this
fall. He has included 19 in the
squad of 51 that will open practice August 31.
Kelly will have less than two
weeks to get his squad in shape for
the season's opener with St. Ambrose College of Davenport, Iowa.
The game will be played at Saginaw September 12, before a crowd
that is expected to exceed 12,000.
Rounding out the squad will be
23 lettermen, five reserves, two
transfers from Michigan State and
two former lettermen from military service.
According'to Kelly, the incoming
freshmen will add considerable
weight to the Chip forward wall.
He points' out that none of the new
linemen will weigh less than 185
lbs. and several tip the scales at
225 or more.
One License Plate
For Two Cars Costs
Clare Man $10.
Orin Ward, of Clare, was arrested by City police Monday, charged
With using a passenger car license
plates on a passenger car and also
a panel truck. The violation was
brought to the officer's attention
because the flag was up hnd no
more money had been put in tie
parking meter where the truck
was parked, with PY license plate
on it. . .
Ward was arraigned before Justice Wm. B. Duhl&tt, in Municipal
Court Wednesday, plead guilty and
wa.s fined $10. He paid when threatened with a jail sentence*
Harness Races To Be Popular
With Crowds This Year
With the annual Clare County
Free Fair opening for entries Tuesday, September 9, the youth of
Clare county are busily engaged in
putting the finishing touches on.
their livestock and poultry for 4-H
Club and F.F.A. competition,
Fathers and sops, mothers and
daughters, are fairly watching their
vegetables, fruits and flowers grow
and picking out choice specimens;
finishing their needlecraft and handicraft projects; and the families
are living pretty good on the practice cakes and pies and samples of
preserved foods. '
Secretary Ray Harrold said this
week that "all indications are that
exhibits this year will surpass
those of any previous fair.
The exhibit buUumg and barns
are being made ready for opening
day. Exhibit space was already
practically sold out in the merch-
Six Hurt In
Auto Accident
Six persons were brought to the
Clare General Hospital, ' Wednesday of last week, following an accident south of Harrison on "US-27,
Cars driven by Henry Gruno, 65,
of Harrison, and Zimmell Miller,
34, Of Dayton, Ohio, were involved
in the collision.
Gruno suffered a possible skull
fracture and Susan Brown, 4, a pas-
senger in the Gruno car, sustained
a possible skull fracture and lacerations.
Miller suffered chest bruises and
his wife, Katherine, 33, sustained
body bruises. Their daughter,'Patricia, 10, was admitted to the hos
pital for observation for a possible
skull fracture, and another daughter, D'ebra, 6, was treated for cuts
and bruises.
According to State Police, Gruno
pulled onto the highway from a
county road..He was ticketed for
failure to yield right of way.
Two persons were severely
bruised in a collission at a county
road intersection l^A miles south
of Loomis last Friday. A car driven
by Kenneth B. Haggerty, 25, of
Coleman, and a truck driven by Albert H. Williamson, 42, of Mt
Pleasant, were involved in a collision. State Police said a building
and trees partially obscured the
vision of both drivers.
Haggerty was treated for a
bruised hip and his wife, Arthell,
25, for head and leg injuries, at;
the Clare General Hospital.
Damage to the car was estimated at $850 and the truck $50'.
In another accident near Coleman on US-10, cars driven by Jacob
Weber, 37, of R-2, Coleman, and
Rosalie Playford, 38, of R-2 Coleman, and a truck driven by Max E
Carey, 38, of Freesoil, were involved in a three-way collission. None
were injured.
Vera Bartlett» 44 of Alma, suffered a sprained neck last Friday
when the car she was driving was
involved in a collision a mile north
of Clare on US-27. According to
State Police, two cars stopped for
traffic and Edward Davison, 49, of
R-l Eagle, rammed them. Davison
was ticketed for excessive speed.
Jay B. Blackledge, 30, of Harrison was arrester by State Police
last Friday because he failed to
stop for an accident, according to
officers. He was issued a summons
for reckless driving and driving
while his license was revoked. Police said he was the driver of a car
that collided with one driven by
Clayton D. DuPuis, 27, of Saginaw,
Friday, resulting in estimated damages of $100 to each car.
Dale Wysong 21, of Farwell, was
ticketed by State Police Saturday
for excessive speed after the car
he was driving collided With one
driven by LeRoy McDaniels, 33,
of Lansing, a half mile north of the
Coleman cutoff, on US-27. Damage
to the Wysong car was estimated
at $60 and the McDaniels car $15,
Cars driven by Albert C, Heusch-
ele 26 of R-l Clare and Paul Cowell
27, of Chicago, were involved in a
collision north of Clare on USL27,
Tuesday. Damages were minor.
Cowell was ticketed by State Police
for improper passing on the right
side.
Blue Star Mothers
Bequest Overseas
Service Addresses
Anyone "Who has a son or daughter now serving overseas would
you please send the names and addresses to the Blhe Star Mother's
of Clare, so we can get our list of
names, for we will soon be getting
our overseas boxes ready to send
for Christmas, Please send the
names to Mrs, LeDolia Blanchard
or Mrs, Ruth Herron, both of Clare,
' The next social meeting will be
held at Mrs. Blanebard's home on
"ES, Fourth Street,
ants,, building. The-30x150 tefit has
again been secured for the displays
of car dealers.
A new feature of this year's program will bfe £he gilt scramble,
Saturday afternoon. The' event will
be open to boys and girls 13 to 17
years old, with ten registered gilts
to scramble for. Each winner will
give a note for the-cost.of the pig,
payable in one year at one of the
Clare county banks.
Another Saturday afternoon feature will be a tractor pulling contest, open to residents of Clare and
adjoining counties. All tractors will
Be weighed in at -the Harrison Elevator. Awards will be made on the
percentage basis, with premiums "of
$70, $60, $50, $40, $30, $20, $10, and
$5.
Wednesday will be school day.
Ail exhibits will be judged, commencing at 9:00 a.m. The highlight
of the day will be the awarding of
a bicycle to a boy and girl at 4:00
p.m. One bicycle is being contributed by the Clare Chamber of Commerce and the other by the Harrison Kiwanis Club.
There will be school children's
contests, with prizes, a 4-H Club
program, and a stage sliow at 8:00
p.m. The grand stands will be free
on this day.
This year's stage show will be
the-biggest and best ever presented
in Central Michigan. The same
show was presented at the Ohio
State Fair at Columbus last week.
There will be a change of program
Friday and Saturday evenings.
There will be a magnificent display of fireworks Thursday, Friday
and Saturday evenings, with
change of program each night.
" The Fair Board announces a
special feature event for the 1952
Cake Baking competlons." This will
be a Betty Crocker Chiffon Cake
Contest, sponsored by Softasilk
and Wesson Oil. Three special prizes will be awarded; First prize,
a lovely .silver plated cakft plate;
sMcoh'd, fielty Crocker's famous
new picture cook book; and third,
Queen Bess pattern silver plated
cake server.
Other features on Thursday will
be the livestock parade, band concert by county high school bands,
harness races inofeiding 2:25 pace
or trot, 2:21 pace and 2:26 pace,
with free acts between heats, and
ball games and fireworks.
On Friday there will be the band
concert, baseball game, 2:19 pace
and free for all, free acts, stage
show and fireworks.
On Saturday there will fy a _un-
n;ng race, tractor pulling" "c6ntkst,
gilt scramble, stage show ind Sire-
works. '.*
The Fair Board, President 'Hay
Richardson, Vice President tfted
Clark, Secretary Ray Harrold,
Treasurer Dan Holcomb, Clair
Stanley, Floren Pudvay, Louis Gee
and Louis Rutter, are putting forth
Qjrery effort to make this the biggest and best Clare* County Fair in
the history of the exhibition. Mark
down the dates—September 9, 10,
11, 12, and 13—and come every day
if possible.
The complete program will be
printed in an advertisement in next
week's Sentinel.
Three Fires
In Three Days
The Past Week
The Clare Fire Department
made three runs with the rural
fire truck to extinguish fires in
this vicinity this week.
Monday morning they Were called to- the vicinity of the Kleinhardt
Service Station- nine miles north
Of Clare on tJS-27, to extinguish a
fire in a 1049 Plymouth suburban
belonging to Dr. H. J. Behttdict, of
Ann Arbor._
The fire' was caused by an overflowed carburetor. The blaze wa3
brought under control with the
damage confined mostly to medical
supplies but the loss was estimated
at $4,000,-
Tuesday morning the* department was called to the Earl Denton farm southwest of Clare, where
fire in a tractor was extinguished,
confining the loss to an estimated
$350. The cause of the fire is unknown.
Wednesday morning the firemen
were called to the McKay farm,
five miles north of Clare On US-27,
where a short in the wiring* had
set fire to a tractor. The estimated
damage here was also $350.
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