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CLARE, M?CHIGAIi,>|l|l>A^IJQ«"|IIN*G. JULY 17, 195?
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New Series, Vol. $1, No. 43
State Roads
Get Fresh
Hillsdale Scientist Aids
Search For 'Wonder E>rug'
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Most Painting
Done Before 4th
The State highway Department,
•which has been in the process of painting lane and no-pass-
ing-zone lines on 7,800 miles of
■ blacktop and concrete state trunk-
line highways in the state since
last April, completed * the "work
last week on the major and niofe*
heavily traveled mai'n routes,
Highway Commissioner Charles M.
Ziegler announces.
Painting on the rest of the hard-
surfaced state trunklines is to be
completed by early September, except for new pavements or blacktop roads on -which construction
will be completed later in the year.
On roads now under construction, painting will be done as soon
after completion as possible.
The Commissioner states that
107,000 gallons, of paint will be
used in the work.'Of this amount,
27,000 gallons of black paint and
46,000 gallons of white paint is
used for marking centerlines. The
other 34,000 gallons will be yellow
paint, which is used for lines to
designate norpassing zones and
also for. the double lines used in
the center of four-lane undivided
highways to indicate no crossing
of the centerline.
Both white and yellow paint is
reflectorized through the use of
tiny glass beads in the paint. This
type of paint has been used for
several years past on Michigan
trunklines with very satisfactory
results. The beads cause the painted lines to look very bright at
night under the glare of car and
truck headlights.
William O. Larkin, traffic sign
superintendent of the Highway Department, was in charge of the
pavement-painting program.
Bight crews of seven men each
iu the field, did the work. They
started in the southern counties
of the Lower Peninsula and worked northward.
More than 3,000 miles of the
heaviest-traveled roads already
were covered before the Fourth of
July traffic deluge.
The work speeded up as the
machines progressed northward,
because most of the mileage of
four lane roads is < in the south
half of the Lower Peninsula and
had already been -palhted. On two*
lane roads the work proceeded
much more rapidly. ,
Commissioner Ziegler has issued
an appeal to motorists to cooperate with the Highway Department
and police agencies to prevent as
far as possible the smearing of
freshly painted lines, which results in an unsightly, appearance of
the highways. The paint crews
- placed warning cones along the
freshly painted lines and signs
which indicate Where painting
work is-in progress, with directions
which will enable drivers to avoid,
crossing lines of"- wet paint.
■Usually the maximum distance
of wet paint behind the paint machines in two miles Or less.
Commissioner Ziegler also is
asking drivers to cut their speed
to 35 miles an hour or less when
they reach an area where pavement painting crews are working
to prevent accidents involving
workers.
In the past there have been several accidents to Highway Department workers, some of them fatal,
when hit by cars.
David Woolston
Passes Away
David Francis Woolston was
horn the son of Nancy and Charles
Woolston on February 7, 1877 at
Otter Lake, Lapeer county, Michigan and passed from this life July
10 1953 at the age.of 76 years, five
months and three days.
He moved with his pioneer parents to several locations in Michigan, including some ye&rs at Loomis and at Bailey, Lake, finally settling at Colonville. As a young
man he worked on farms, at the
machine trade, in the lumberwoods
and on a ranch In the west.
July 4, 1903 he married Miss
Margaret Black. This union was
•blessed with five children, Lula,
Clyde Rose, Marie and Donald.
The family lived at Mancelona, Onaway and on a farm near Clare,
later they moved "to the present
home in Clare.
"For 15 years he has been an invalid. During this time he gave
much thought to spiritual things
and spent much time reading the
Bible. From this he derived much
pleasure and comfort and was .able
to offer much inspiration and comfort to others. Even though he
suffered much physical pain, the
last years were his happiest.
His mind was active and he
wrote many Inspirational poems of
faith and eternal cheer. Since becoming an invalid he gave his
heart to the Lord*"-*esus and joined
the Baptist Church and attended
services the .last Suuday before
his death.
He is survived by his wife, who
Bo faithfully cared for him during
his illness; his children, Mrs.
Loren Birdsall and Mrs. David Siel
of Clare, Clyder of Owosso, Marie
and Donald, of Saginaw, thirteen
grandchildren* two great grand,
.•children; a feister, Mrs. Wan. Roe,
of St. Peters-burg, Florida*; an aunt
- (Coii'tottctT on Pago Six)
Dr. Bertram A. Barber, director of Hillsdale College's biology
department since 1915, -with, a
soil sample that is now undergoing analysis to determine if
it tnay hold a new antibiotic to
follow aureomycin.
Five Youths
Hurt Sunday
Five teenagers were injured in
a freak accident eight miles north
of Clare on US-27 at 2:10 a. m.
Sunday.
Accirding to State Police, Walter
Brown, 42, of R-l, Coleman, started to pass a third vehicle which
forced him off the highway Onto
the left shoulder, Prown lost control of his car, came back across
the road and his car rolled over
Science's world-wide search for
the next new wonder drug moved
this week to the campus of Hills
dale College,
•From 75-acre Slayton Arboretum
—Hillsdale's beautiful biology laboratory-—soil samples which may
contain new antibiotic molds were
gathered by Dr. Bertram A. Bar
ber to be forwarded for laboratory
testing. Dr, Barber has been head1
of- Hillsdale's biology department
for 37 years.
Only a few years ago, another
tiny sample of earth from Missouri
Was received . by the laboratory
scientists, who processed it just as
they had tested-thousands of earlier samples in their search for a
new antibiotic.
But from this soil an interesting
golden mold appeared. Test tube
experiments produced startling results. The new mold effectively
corn-batted the growth of staphylococci, streptocci and a variety of
rod shaped germs called, bacillu
The latter property was most significant, for it acted against a-wide
variety of diseases in humans and
animals.
The golden mold, ^ureomycih
has saved thousands upon thous*
sand of lives since it became available to the public in 1948.
The quest for new antibiotics
continues today -with the testing of
soil samples from every area of
the earth. Scientists^ believe that
somewhere, perhaps at Hillsdale,
there may be soil with a strain of
miro-organisms which will prove
more effective in the war against
disease than anything now known.
Area Schools
Elect Monday
The annual school meetings of
distrcts in this area were held
Monday evening. The results of
elections were as follows:
Hayes Township "Unit, Harrison
—'Bryan Fanning, trustee. Members whose terms did not expire
--. if„ *~rt --. fi,- ,.j„i,f c.i,-„i^o,.i      were    S.    D.    Huntley,    Edmond
on its   op on the nght shoulderl    , WoodSi   paul   GntBm"miL   Fred
Donald  Hobbs,  20,  of Gladwin,  prieUpp
a\so  driving  south  on  the high-j    Farwell   Rural  Agricultural-
way,  pulled  over  onto  the  right Dayton  Brow  and  John  Layton,
over  onto  the
shoulder, lost control, and his car
rolled over several times, according to officers.
Five passengers in the Hobbs car
Were injured;- James ThurlbW, 19,
trustees for three years. Trustees
whose terms did- not expire, Donald
E. Smith, "Robert Wilson and Gene
Schmid, .,    ... „
"Fro's*. 'TOvvTl'ship- Unit-^Mrs.
Robert Da hi, 20, and Marion Grace Smith, Te-eleoted; Burdette
Rawles, 19, all of Gladwin, were Reigle to fill vacancy of ;S. D. Ulch.
treated at Clare General Hospital, Trustees whose terms did not ex-
for cuts and bruises. Ruth Tam-
rank, 15, of Midland was treated
at the Gladwin Hospital for cuts
and bruises and •Wilma Sian, 16,
also of Midland, was taken to the
Gladwin Hospital with a fractured
ankle.
Damage to the Hobbs car was
estimated at $900 ancl the Brown
c/ar "*150. Brown -was ticketed for
driving without an operator's license.
Last 3 Days
For Showboat
Tickets for all six nights, July
14th through July 19th, of the 12th
annual production of the beautiful
night spectacle, Chesaning Showboat, always a "must" in midsummer in eastern Michigan are on
sale in Chesaning, Saginaw, Bay
Gity, Owosso and Flint with every
pire, Clint Richmond, Leo Cooper,
and Lester Harris. "N
Arthur Dist. 3 — Nina Gordon,
treasurer; holdovers Rex Robinette
president; Clinton Dunkle, secretary.
Arthur Dist. *3 fractional—"Robert Carl, re-elected secretary; hold
overs ■".lerl Goodenow, president;
•Charles Ott, treasurer.
Arthur Dist. 8—George Winn,
moderator; - holdovers Margaret
Myers, director; Huth Coats, treasurer.
Gi'ant Dist. 1 fractional — Loran
Nevill, Te-elected director; hold
overs Courtney Bauer, treasurer;
Mrs. Delmar Allen, moderator.
Grant Dist. 3—Mrs. Edith D.
Davis, re-elected director; holdovers Vern Moline, treasurer; Mrs.
Rhoda Byba, moderator.
Grant Dist. 4—Paul M. Nass, reelected director; holdovers Edith
■Colmus, treasurer; Charles Krell,
moderator.
Grant Dist. 5—Emerson Hampton,   treasurer;   holdovers  Harold
indication that the huge stadium,
carved out of a hill in Showboat "D. Bradley, director; -Frank Hum-
Park, will be filled,  breaking all  phrey, moderator.
former records.
Judging from the increased number of guest captains, the strength
of the chorus, the professional acts
that have been booked, the 1953
Showboat, topping off the slow and
■winding half mile voyage of the
80 foot boat — an actual replica of
old Mississippi river days — all
this as darkness falls over the big
park, will far exceed in crowd interest any past successes.
Sheridan Dist. 2—'Ray Strouse,
treasurer; holdovers, Floren Pudvay, director; Gfarrit Hamstra,
moderator.
Sheridan Dist. 4—Ed Herrick,
director; and Lyle Dickinson,
treasurer; holdover Fred Zimmerman, moderator.
Vernon Dist. 4—Lionel Duncan
re-elected director; holdovers Mrs.
Arleigh Gorr, treasurer; Ralph Irwin, moderator.
Drs. Beck and Hepler To
Speak At Clare Church
Two oustanding members of the
English Department of the Central Michigan College of Education
will fill the pulpit in the Congregational Church for the next five
Sundays.
Dr. E. C. Beck will conduct the
services in July .while the first
three Sundays in August will find
Dr. John C. Hepler leading the
worship. Both men have filled
speaking engagements at many of
our neighboring churches and are
known to bring worthwhile messages.
A rare opportunity awaits all
Who have not heard Dr. Beck or
Wish to hear him again. He iu the
leading authority on Michigan
Folk Lore. For this he is known
all over the United States. He is
the author of leading books in this
field.
Dr. Hepler is a colleague of Dr.
Beck's in he English department.
He is a fine speaker and a recognized authority in the "literary
field.
All are welcome to attend these
summer services of worship, Many
vacationers in the area have already made the pleasant discovery
that the churches of Clare county
offer just the right tmteit la mak
ing a vacation complete.
Services at the Congregational
OhUrch begin at 10 A.M. and are
concluded promptly at 11. There
is a nursery and Sunday School
during church time.
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For Perfect
Rotarians Enjoy
Telephone Film
The Clare Rotary Club held its
luncheon meeting at Hotel Doherty Wednesday noon with President
Dan McDonald presiding.
Program chairman Walter Kleiner, assisted by Maurice Mitchell,
showed the film, "Telephone Courtesy" by Michigan Bell Telephone
Company. The pictures were enjoyed and appreciated by the
group,
Jennings Archamljault led the
group singing* with Bonnie Witbeck accompaning at the piano.
Visiting JEtotariaiis were Glen
Wolfe, of Center "Liite, Gordon
Purdy, of Gladwin and Al .Lazan, of
Dayton, Ohio.
Guests were Don A, Hunt, of
Center Line, Martin Gloor, of Belding, and Theo. Pixley and Bob Lo*
"les, of Clave,
Collect 17 Hits
Beating Farwell
With- base hits exploding off
their bats at a terrific clip, Scott
Drilling is only five games away
from an unprecedented perfect
season and the league toga.
Five Drillers are clipping off better than .400 averages led by Bill
Lucy who has smacked six homers, knocked in seventeen runs and
is swatting at a .457 clip, Mel
Lueder continues his hurling pace
that has seen eighty-four rival
batsmen whiff.
In the same of July 14, the
Scotts -charged through Farwell
14-2 on Mel Lueder's two-hitter.
Lucy and Cradit for the DrUMs
hit homers in an uprising which
saw seventeen base hits rattle Off
the bats of the winners.
Dover   remains   within   striking
distance with Rilett embarked upon a record-breaking season m
pitching and hitting both, dlaj-e
Mfg. has been the surprise'tea'in
during the past few weeks with
Snick Woods and Freeman Willey
hitting at a ultra .500 clip.
■ Smith & Weavers and Murphy
Construction fell out of contender's
roles, while Farwell and Brown's
Corners are on the verge of being
mathematically eliminated.
Bryant has hit safely in nine tilts
but the record was erroneously
stated as nine. Further research
reveals it was set in 1949 by Johnson of North Bradley in ten tilts.
Clare Mfg. began to gallop away
with Class D honors with their
adding-machine scores mounting to
170 tallies in nine games. The
Junior Plantmen have hit double-
figures in all but one game.
In other games of the week
July 9—Farwell nudged Brown
Corners 7-5 on Jim McGulre's sixth
inning single scoring Luce with,
the eventual necessary winning
run. It -was McGuire's first hit of
the season. Bernie Sunday and
Hose collected triples.
July 11—Johnny Musser hurled a
two-hitter over the hapless Dan
McDonald's giving Clare Mfg. a
20-2 decision. It marked the Fords-
men's thirteenth straight setback
over a two year span. Freeman
Willey collected five hits in five
trips, scoring all five times. Junior
Eberhart, Freeman Willey and
Snick Woods hit homers.
July 13—Dayison's exploded for
eleven fourth inning tallies and
swept past Eagle 18-11. Garver hit
a fourth inning homer.
Smith & Weaver pulled off three
triple plays as they defeated Murphy's Construction 14-7. Wicker*
and* Drake collected homers.
July 14—Clare Mfg. rang up their
sixth straight victory trampling
VFW 23-3. Hanley collected i-"""0
homers.
July 15—Clare Mfg. fogged to a
15-10 triumph over Smith & "Weaver. Freeman Willey collected four
hits in, five ,trips. but had hlscon-
sechtive hit streak • snapped at
eight. Kapplinger ahd Woods jhit
homers. \       ■       . ■
Glass C Standings
j   Scott  Drilling
'•   Dover
Smith & Weaver
Murphy Construction
Clare Manufacturing
Farwell
Brown's Corners
Dan  McDonalds
Class D Standings
Clare Manufacturing
Davison's
Eagle
VFW
Down The Basepaths
by Art Sills »
Elton Brazington has every ei-""*
cuse to be heard muttering to himself lately! After all, his Dan McDonald's nine has dropped eight
tilts this season and last season's
2 won-14 lost record is beginning
to look prosperous.
The Fordsmen have won only
five games in forty-two tilts of
league competition.
The big question mark is Why"?
they possess, some fine hitters and
certainly Lambert has turned in
some fine mound performances.
But the agony of finding Ijimself
the loser thirteen consecutive
times has sent Brazington to new
heights in ideas. He has already
commented on the possibility of
employing a radical change in
pitchers, drawing upon the opposite sex for a hurler* There is •-*.-
written rule that a Woman CANNOT play in the Softball League.
August 1st opponent for the
Stars has not yet been announced
but a deal is in the fire to bring a
class double-B team from Midland
to play the All-Star aggregation.
In 1945 twelve inen batted .300-.
or better, the only players still
•active from that class are "Freeman Willey, Elton and Ray Marshall. Here are their comparative
records-.
19.5     1953.
B. Marshall .348        .395
F. Willey .323        .536
' It. Marshall .308       .267
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Over By
itooTuesd^
Tommy Menthen, the »ine year
ol4 son of Mr. and "Mrs; Ray Men-
■the;h of Clare, was run over by a
'car. driven by Mrs- Rachel John.
,son, 20, of Clare, on the carve
■near the intersection of US-10 and
iOld US-lOat ,4j55 o'clock Tuesday
■afternoon-  .-.■.',
Tommy was brought to the
"Clare General* Hospital' and treated for possible head injuries,
ibriiises and abrasions and released to his home, • ■
L;-Mrs. Johnson told Gity Police'
that she was driving on the right
side of" the roadx and the boy, riding a bicycle, turned in front of
her.-She was.ticketed for driving
Without an operator's license and
with defective brakes.
Golf Champ
To Defend
Me Here
i Central Michigan
Tournament To
Open Sunday
The Central Michigan Men's
Golf Association championship,
tournament will be held at the
Clare Country Club commencing
this Sunday, July 19, at 9:00 a.m.
Golfers .from Midland, Alma, St.
Johns, Portland, Ithaca, Mt. Pleasant and Clare will participate.
The morning 18 hole round will
be foi- medal score. The first round
for match play will be in the afternoon. The second round will be
played Monday morning, the third
round Monday afternoon, and the
finals,' consisting of 36 holes, will
be played Tuesday.
President Tim Cotter, Vice President Harold B. Hughes and Secretary - Treasurer Norris Elden
are making arrangements for the
tournament.
Chairman O, D, Bayes, Bud Anderson and Gerald Nivison, of the
sports committee, are in charge
of the playoffs.
The   Central   Michigan   tournament was held at Ithaca last year
and Jack McLaughlin, of Ithaca, is
defending champion.
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Little League
Race Tightens
Pure Oil and Farwell kept up
their nip-a,nd-tuck race for Little
League, honors during the past
week. Pure, behind the slants *of
Nolan and Legg is setting a torrid
pace while Farwell remains undefeated led by the Mertens on the
mound. . . ••' ■ - " i
1 Sp'Cedwaf 79 still refuses tb be
counted :out, but mathematically
tlie team is already dangerously
close to being eliminate'd. "West
Grant still cannot find the winning
combination-having^ already suffered seven defeats.
With three weeks of schedules
left Farwell and Pure OU will meet
at least once more before ringing
the curtain down on action.
Little League action in resume
form:
July 9—Pure Oil edged Speedway 79 4-3 on a sixth inning triple
by Bill Wilson scoring Delamarter
from isecolid. Zinser, Nolan and
Wilson led the hitters with two
apiece.
Pure Oil   " 4   9   1
Speedway 79 3   5   2
July 10—West Grant forfeited to
Farwell. Farwell officially won 7-0,
July 15—Pure Oil downed hapless West Grant 10-0 behind Debbie Nolan's four-inning one-hitter.
Nolan collected three safeties
while Slialer hit two.
Pure Oil 10- 9
West Grant •     0   1
Little League Standings
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Farwell *
Pure Oil 5
Speedway 79 2
West Grant 0
Batting Leader—
N. Thayer,  Speedway 79
Jim Russell, Speedway 79
5-Day Run
For Disney
Feature Here
Olson With First to
See Cartoon Success
The three dimension motion picture, Fort Ti which is playing at
the Ideal here has shown great box
offlqe appeal with nightly crowds
forming early lines at the theatre
for seats. \
Being the first 3-D picture on the
local screen, the novelty of the
entertainment is responsible, partly for the crowds. But according
to some who have seen 3-D plc^
tures in other theatres before, the
Ideal's Glasscreen Image and the
near straight-line projection from
the Ideal's booth, add to the excellence of the picture entertainment.
Following Fort Ti at the theatre,
a feature, Peter pan is" scheduled
for another five-day run. This highly publicized- Disney picture is accompanied by a Disney cartoon on
the same program and is being
shown under a special agreement
for this early exclusive appearance
in, this area.
An interesting sidelight on the
story of how Peter Pan happened
to be brought to Clare for the
Ideal's program is told by Jim Olson of the Olson Theatres firm:
"Twenty five years ago, a large
group of motion picture theatre
owners from Michigan, Ohio and
Indiana were assembled in Detroit
for a preview of Walt Disney's first
cartoon character, Mickey Mouse.
"In addition to determining the
audience reaction, Mr. Disney was
seeking a franchise purchaser to
invest in his new venture.
"He came with unlimited press
acclaim, being a newspaper man
originally, but for some unknown
reason, the exhibitors did not seem
to be much impressed.
"Mr, Disney was in Detroit for
more than a week without any success and was just about ready to
leave, when he approached (me)
and asked if I had talked to anyone who would be willing to advance him fifteen hundred dollars
(quick) for an option on the Michigan franchise.
"I was one of the few who
thought there -was a great child
appeal in his film character, and
with a dinner date the deal was
closed.
"The first of this series .was sold
to the then new "Bi-oadWay "Capitol"
theatre for $500. per week for
seven weeks, a price that still
holds the record for a single reel
cartoon. .
"After this run, Mickey Mouse
-was in terrific demand and needless to say, the franchise was very
profitable. But the termination of
the first iseries brought a tag of
100 thousand dollars for the following series with no local takers.
"But it did pay off again in the
ability to get an exclusive run of
Peter- Pan _6r the Ideal."
Hammerberg
The annual meeting of the Clare
Public School District was held in
the school auditorium Monday
evening with Board President
Btuarfc Bicknell presiding.
Secretary- C. B, Neff read tjie
minutes of the 1952 meeting and
they were approved. Dr. Neff also
read the annual financial report,
which was accepted and will be
published in The Sentinel.
The proposal to raise two mills'
for school operation, in addition
to the six mills allocated under tlie
15 mill limitation, was voted without opposition. This action has
been taken the past several years.
Dr. Kuno Hammerberg was
elected a member of the School
Board unanimously by acclamation, to fill the vacancy of Stuart
Bicknell, whose term expired. Mr.
Bicknell was not a-candidate because he no longer has children in
school and felt he should not accept the nomination.
Harold Hughes President
' The new School Board met foi
lowing the annual meeting for the
election of officers.
Attorney Harold B. Hughes was
elected president, Vice President
Richard Groves, Treasurer Eavl
Ruby and Secretary C. B. Neff
were re-elected. Trustee Kuno
Hammerberg completes the board.
4-tt -Parents And
Leaders To Meet
At Court House
There will be a meeting of the
4-H Parents-Leaders Association,
July 17, at 8:30 at the court house
in Harrison, to make plans for the
Fall Achievement Day and for the
Clare c o u fl t y fair. Parents and
leaders are urged to attend.
MSC Studies
Flint Tornado
A scientific study of the human
element 4n the tornado which
struck Flint, Michigan, June 8 has
been undertaken by two public
service agencies of Michigan State
College.
The tornado, which took more
than 100 lives and injured 500
others, will be the greatest single
disaster in America which has
ever been subjected to such intensive research, according to R.
L. Gorden, special consultant from
the Disaster Study Project o£ the
National Opinion Research Center.
The study will have two objectives, according to Dr. Charles P.
Loomis, director of the Social Research Service at M.S.C. He said
these are "the advancement of
scientific knowledge about human
behavior under catastrophic conditions, and reconstruction of an
accurate picture of the work of
people and organizations in alleviating the tornado's effects."
.The study will be conducted J>y
the Social Research Service under
sponsorship of the M.S.C. Continuing Education Service, of which
Dr. Edgar Harden is director. The
research findings will be made
available to the many directly-con;
cerned groups which make use of
the on-campus training programs
of the Continuing Education Service.
The American Red Cross, the
Michigan State Police, the National Civil Defense Administration,
the Salvation Army and- others
haye recognized the need for the
survey and have requested the
study's findings, Dr. Loomis said.
East.Gilmore Farm
Bureau To Meet
The East Gilmore Farm Bureau
group-will meet with Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Phillips Monday afternoon,
July 20, at 8:30.
The discussion topic is* Trends,
Taxes and Township Governments.
Come and join in the discussion.
Runs Behind
Cousin's Auto
While Playing
Davy Lee, the three year old- son
of Mr. and, Mrs. Earl Funke, lost
his life in a tragedy that occured
at the Funke home three and a half
miles north of Clare on US-27"* at
6:50 o'clock Monday- evening.
iRobert Bauer, of R-l, • Clare,
drove into the Funke driveway,
Stopped and started to back up and
ran over the boy. Bauer told' State
Police that he did not see Davy
behind his car.
Davy was playing with .children
in the Funke yard and the children
said he apparently ran behind his
cousin's car as he backed from the
driveway.
Davy was rushed to Clare General Hospital but was dead upon arrival.
Coroner Carl Stephenson determined the cause of death was a
Cractured neck resulting from being run over by an automobile and
that it was accidental.
Robert is the son of Mr, and Mrs.
John Bauer, of Grant township.
Join Bauer suffered a broken back
wmle cutting wood last spring and
is still confined to the hospital.    '
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Funkd three 'brothers and two sisters.
Rosary services for the child
were held at the Doherty Funeral
Home at 8:00 o'clock Wednesday
evening.
Funeral services were held from
St. Cecilia's Church at 10:00
o'clock Thursday morning with Fr.
J. 1. Sruba presiding at White
Mass, the Mass of the Angels, iwith
interment in St. Cecilias Cemetery.
Wedding Vows Spoken By
Rev. Nevins, Miss Morgan
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Glare Women
Golfers Tie For
First Place
The women of the Ithaca, St.
Johns and Clare Golf Clubs, were
Invited to Crystal, Wednesday,
July 15, for a Best Ball Tournament. ...
Thirteen women attended from
Clare, and the tournament was
played in pairs. Mrs. Albert Haley
and Mrs, Leslie Bonstelle were
firs.'for Clare, and also tied with
St. Johns for first place in the
tourney.
MvS. Clara Titus and Mrs. Bernie Hampton, tied for second, and
Mrs. Earl Baumgarth and Mrs.
ftoy Dunbar, came iu third..
Mrs. Bonstelle also tied with
Mrs. 'Delores BarstoWt of Ithaca,
for. low putts, and Mrs. Dunbar received a ball for highest number
of putts.
A pot luck dinner was served at
t$r play and during the afternoon
swimming and social gol- were enjoyed, •
The Clare women wilt go to Al*
ma, Wednesday, July 52, for *s
uiatclv there.
Miss Dora E.'Morgan, of Eaton
Rapids, became the bride of Rev.
Leslie J. Nevins Sunday afternopn
July 12, at 3:30 In the 'Clare Methodist church where he is the mln*
Ister. The, double ring ceremony
was very impressive as each spoke
their vows before Dr. Oharles W.
MacKenzle, of the Mt. Pleasant
•Methodist church in the presence
of an overflow audience.
The altar was decorated with
lighted candles and baskets, of
white Gladiolus,
Mrs. Arthur Delamarter presided
at the organ, playing several musi-"
cal selections and the traditional
wedding marches. She accompanied Miss Doris Gerow as she sang
In her beautiful and reverent manner, "The Day of Golden Promise"
and "The Lord's Prayer".
For her wedding the bride chose
a pink rayon and cotton linene
suit with white accessories, and
carried a white Bible, topped" with
an orchid corsage. Her only jewelry was a strand of pearls, a gift
of the groom.
Mrs. Clifton Mason, of Nashville,
as her sister's matron of honor,
wore a blue" crepe dress with white
accessories and a corsage of pink
roses. Another sister, Mrs. Carl
Kelsey of Plainwell, as bridesmaid
wore a navy and white, nylon dress
with white accessories, and a corsage of pink rosebuds and White,
carnations.
The groom was attended by his
brothers-ih*law» Nortoh It. Gilbert
of Grand Rapids, and%aron Harwell of Muskegon. The nshers were
Harley Sowle, David Seiter, Orley
Rogersv Jay Bellingor and Howard
Everts.
The receiving line was formed
in the church parlors, and thence
to the social parlors where the reception  was  held.  The wedding
cake, topped with a miniature
bride and groom centered the serving table which was covered with
a lovely tablecloth, loaned by Mrs.
Tom Brooks of Farwell,
A floral arrangement centered
with a candle completed the table
decorations. After the usual cutting
o£ the cake by the happy couple,
Mrs. Robert Curtis of Eaton Rapids, a niece of the bride, cut and
served the cake. The bride's nie*
ces, the Misses Shirley and Cynthia Morgan of Lansing and Betty
Mason of Nashville assisted in
serving.
Arrangements of the reception
were,in charge of Mrs. Laurenee
Seiter assistd. by Mrs. Orley Rogers and a number of the W.:S.CiS.
members of the Clare and Farwell
socetles. The gift table displayed
many beautiful and useful gifts.
Rev. and Mrs. Nevins leff early
Tuesday morning, for Lake George,
N* Y. to attend the World's Mission
Conference at Silver Bay, where
Mr. Nevins Will represent the
Michigan Conference, from July 15
to 22. From -there they will spend
a few days on a motor tour in the
east before returning to Clare to
assume their duties here.
The bride Is a successful school
teacher, and has* taught .the past
twelve years in the Eaton Rapids
Public School. Rev. Nevins is beginning his fifth year as pastor of
the plare and Farwell churches,
'and the fine attendance at the
wedding, spoke more than words
of the high est'eem of his congregation.
I Out of town guests attending .the
wedding and reception were from
Eaton Rapids, Grand "Rapids, De-
itroit, Ann* Ar>oi*, Nashville, Plain-
well, Lansing, Battle Creek, Kala«
mazoo, St. Johns, Ludington, Mid*
land, Coleman, South Haven, Muskegon, Mt. Pleasant and Eosebush.
United Fund
Makes Plans
The Clare County United Fund
organization met at Hotel Doherty
Tuesday evening to continue plans
for the coming year.
Chairman Earl Morgan appointed
Joe <""r"gware^;o" Lakeland Lyman
Marsh and Atty. Rr_fr_r. 'Campbell,
of Clare, a nominating committee
to present a slate of officers for
the coming year.
Chairman Morgan appointed Gordon Mcintosh publicity chairman
for chapter.
The inclusion of such welfare
agencies as the American Red
Cross, Cancer Society and Polio
Foundation in the United Fund
activities was discussed.
Mr. Morgan said, "This is a county wide program and it must be
Worked out to the benefit of all if
it is to be successful and continue
in the future."
Another board meeting will be
held at Hotel Doherty at 8:00 p.m.
August llth for further planning of
the United Fund campaign.
The Dr. Donald
Davids Moving
To Missouri
The many friends of Donald and
Elizabeth David will be happy to
learn of the warm welcome accorded them by the Chamber of Commerce of Princeton, Mo., and the
surrounding communities, for they
have made their plans to live in
that area and Dr. David expects
to practice as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Both were born afld raised near
Clare and were graduated from
Clare High School. «
Donald spent two years in Central Michigan College and was then
called into service for his country
iu World War IT. He received his
X-Ray Tec. diploma from O'Rilley
Hospital in Springfield, Mo., and
practiced as surgical it-Ray Tec.
for three years, being a Tec. Sar-
geantMn the U. S. Army stationed
in Germany. \
After receiving his honorable
discharge from the Army he enrolled in M.S.C. at East Lansing,
whete he spent six years earning
three degrees, namely B. S. in
Agriculture (Animal Husbandy), B.
S. in Veterinary Science and
D.V.M., Doctor Of Veterinary Medicine, graduating in June of 19*53.
Donald is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. David of Sheridan township and Mrs. David's parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Krell, of Grant
township.
Between school terms they have
enjoyed their nice home on US-37
Which they built a few years ago.
Their warm friendly ways that
have endeared them to so many
friends of this locality, will Win
them many new friends in the
place of their choice, Mr, David
possessed, fine musical talent and
we are sure they, with their four
lovely children, Mona June, J.
Stephen, Maureen, and Richard
Dean will be ah asset to any com*
munityi
This fine family are being tlie
honored guests tonight,- _**. 1 d a y>
July 17, at the Family Night gathering at Eagle Church of God.
We are sure the best wishes of
their many Meads go with them
as they uiov _ to their hew home*
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