1953-11-27; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1953
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New Series, Vol. 62, No. 10
Beer Kill
Near Normal
The  fair,  mild weather which
brought a ruiih oi hunters to Michigan's north woods for the opening of the deer season, continued,
through the second week end and <
until mid week. It was interrupted |
only by two dull, cloudy days and
at no  time   did the  temperature
drop to seasonal normal.
The warmish weather was the
most newsworthy fact of the season so far. The end of Michigan's
big game hunting is not at hand. A
preliminary count of the kill
seems to indicate that deer harves?
is somewhat lighter than some
years, but still near "normal".
Those who thought the deer
herds were depleted to "the point
of ruin were mildly surprised at
the success of so many hunters.
Following is -the Conservation
Department's actual -report of the
first few days observation.
Although too early for any sort
of accurate count of the kill, estimates ran from light to normal
and in some areas a heavier kill
was noted than, last year.
With temperatures ranging from
45 to 60 degrees over the state,,
hunters were able to Stay in'the
woo'ds for long periods of stumpr
sitting and, for many, patience
paid off.    *
One consistent comment from
hunters was that tlie antler racks
were bigger this year than last.
At the Rifle River tract, where
conservation officials keep an accurate check, 25 bucks were -taken
opening day where only 12 had
been shot last year. The deer
weighed about the same as last
year, but a number of deer with
eight-point racks were bagged.
In the upper peninsula, weather,
roads and hunting conditions were
described as good. The number of
hunters was about on a par with
last year in the western two-thirds
of the peninsula and somewhat
higher in the east. The kill was
heaviest in the Seney, Naubinway,
Cedaxville and Pickford areas. The
illegal kill was light, violations
totaled 200—about normal, and
traffic at the Straits of Mackinac
continued heavy.
In the northern lower peninsula,
a sample count of hunter's cars
showed considerable increase from
last year in the Gaylord district,
but about normal numbers
throughout the remainder of the
-region. Weather, roads am. hailing conditions were gbodi" The legal kill was reported light to normal, and the illegal kill ran the
same way. •
In the southern lower peninsula,
field workers counted 125 bucks
bagged in the southwest district,
13 in the south 'central area and 16
in the southeast. Hunter numbers
were heavier than last year.
Travel Talk
Program At
Rotary Club
An interesting trip to England,
France, Scotland and Ireland was
described at Wednesday's Rotary
club meeting' by Richard Bogan,
who made the trip, with Mrs. Bogan; and others in a CMCE group
last summer. j
bogan, a former school superintendent here showed colored slide
pictures on a large screen ti illustrate the talk and help exAain
many points of interest. FrankjLa-
Goe was in charge of "the program.
Guests at the lunch "meeting included: Herb Breen with GoMon
Mcintosh, Paul Campbell, OflLa-
Verne, Minn., with Bis son lorn
C. Campbell; Paul Guider, Ian-
sing, with Paul Hubscher; ind
Mt. Pleasant Rotarians, Ed Thoi ip
son, Lyle Bennett, and Tim Bbr
land.
W. C. T. U. To
Show Film In
This Vicinity
"The Choice Is Yours" a W.C.T.U.
film, will be shown at the Eagle
Church of Gbd on Friday evening,
December 4, at 8:00. Young people
have a special invitation to attend.
The film is so popular that it has
been difficult to obtain its use,
Another highlight of -the evening
will be Mrs, Elizabeth .* Irwin, a
state W.C.T.U. officer, as speaker.
She will be remembered as the
speaker who. was so well received
at the 10th District Convention in
Clare in November of 1952. She
radiates a contagious enthusiasm
and many will be glad to hear her
again. ,
On December 2 .the Elm Grove
Church of God will see the film at
their prayer service.. Colonville
young people plan to show it at
Colonville Ghurch of God on December 6 during their youth meeting.    ■
Everyone is welcome to these
meetings.
Residents On
Sewer Route
Ready To Pay
The Northwest District (John R.
street) sewer trunkiine was ready
to begin the last leg of construction "Wednesday, after completion
of the tile line along both sides of
McEwan street to John R. where
the line turns west.
A race with the weather . will
probably continue to the finish,
with the outcome depending upon
how soon and how hard the first
freeze, hits.
"Material, equipment and men are
all- on the job, but according to
city officials, money is an uncertain factor with funds for this
project exhausted.
More than twelve thousand dollars has already been spent to bring
the big 15-inch trunkiine tile from
the disposal plant to McEwan
street. *
Property owners on John R. are
being called upon to settle With
the city on a $2.00 per-foot cost
basis so that the job can be paid
fpr as it progresses. This amount
is- -an estimator City- Engineer ;Glco
Brink and commissioners say, but
should be close enough, to make
only a small adjustment necessary
after the job is done and final
costs are computed.
If the pre-payment isn't enough,
then more will be collected in the
final assessment, and if the city
has money remaining, then credit
adjustments will be made for
those who have paid.
Andrew Irving was conducting
an unofficial canvass of the property owners on the street Tuesday
and Wednesday, With more than
one thousand dollars promised for
immediate payment to the city, he
was hopeful of raising better than
$2,500. to assure continuing tha
construction without  interruption.
A last minute change of right-of-
way along the west side of McEwan speeded the job considerably
and saved expense too according
to Mayor Howard Everts and commissioners. The tile was laid along
the rear line of the business property from Greer's Oldsmobile
Sales to the Charles .Cooper residence on the McEwan street-John
It. ^corner,  .
This change saved the time and
expense of tearing up the business
frontage belonging to Greer's,
Dairy Phil Ice Cream, The Palace
Restaurant, and others.
Carolyn Carter
Wins Contest
In Speaking
Carolyn Carter, of Clare High
School, won the regional Voice of
Democracy contest over eight competitors On Saturday, November
21. This contest, held in the Municipal Building in Mt. Pleasant was
sponsored by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Though competition was very
close in content and originality, she
won by a wide margin in delivery
which included expression, pronunciation, and adaptibility to radio speaking.
The identity of the contestants
was a complete secret as the par-
tipipants were only a number and
the judges sat in an entirely different room. Carolyn received a
Zenith radio and a rotating plaque
for the school.
A student from Mt. Pleasant was
runner up and received a war
bond. All contestants received certificates and pins.
After the contest, "the contestants, faculty, advisors, and parents were entertained at^the Hotel
Chieftain by the Junior' Chamber
of Commerce,
A tape, recording, of Carolyn's
voice will .compete with other reg-.
ional winners in the state contest,
The Clare High faculty and students are very proud-of Carolyn's
achievement and wish her success
in her future contest.
This remarkable photo was taken inside the fire-gutted
Masonic Temple at Farwell last Monday while the smoldering tattered wreckage was still hoi. A heating stove and
the chimney are partly visible at the extreme left of the
view. This is the spot in the room where the fire is thought
to have originated.
The Altar and Throne are clearly visible in the space
under the collapsed roof and ceiling. Undamaged, they survived the fire and disaster by a miraculous coincidence.
Phoio by Lee Sowle
Flames Leave Gapin
Of Farwell Masonic
K & D Furniture Store on Ground Floor
Is Threatened Too; Quick Help Saves
Mucli Fteatiife and Other Buildings
A fire in the Masonic building
at FarweE caused great damage
in the lodge Temple ot the building's second floor and endangered
the stock and fixtures of the K and
D Furniture store on the ground
floor Monday.   ■
under control and stop the threat
to buildings on both sides along
Farwell's main street.
The building's roof, undermined
by fire below, finally caved-in more
than an hour and thirty minutes
after the first alarm. Clare Fire-
The buUding^the oldest business %^ae on the job for nearly 4w0
^e collapse of the roof gave
fire fighters their chance to get
closer to the heart of the blaze with
fog nozzles and high pressure lines.
The battle was finished.
Mrs. Mina DeForest, Sentinel
correspondent in Farwell, described the damage to the building and
contents as "very heavy".
A further alarm was sounded
shortly after one o'clock .a..m'.
Tuesday when a small blaze was
discovered tin the charred wreckage of the afternoon's fire.    This
block in Farwell, was built in the
1870's, and was a landmark on the
Inaih street.
Considerable damage from fire,
smoke and water occured to the
furniture stock, but quick action
in emptying the building saved
most of the furniture.
The fire was reported to have
started on the second floor near the
Chimney.
Firemen from, the Farwell department called on Clare for help
in   subduing  the   stubborn  blaze.
Equipment and men from both de--second fire was put out without fur-
partments fought to bring the' fire | ther damage.
Central Michigan
Hospital Auxiliary
Seeking Members
The Central Michigan Comm|n-
ity Hospital Auxiliary is makin
drive to increase its members!"
in order to better support its
erations in the various work
contributions which it makes
Ward the support of the hospiti
In order to carry out the wo
it is very necessary that they hale
ithe support of the women of t|e
community.
They wish to extend an invi
tion   to   the   women   to becorci
members and they are making
personal appeal to all to assist
ithe necessary and helpful work
They have both active and aj
sociate memberships. The dues ail
$2.00 per year, and new membei
ships will be for 1954. Checks ma]
be made out to Community Hoi
pital Auxiliary and mailed to Mrs
A. H. Ledbeter, Mt. Pleasant,      f
The next meeting of the Auxil;
iary will be held Friday, Decem-
. ber 4, at 2:00 p.m. f
The speaker will be Mrs. Mar;
shall Joy and she has chosen ai
her topic, A Christmas Story. The
Almost Anything
Even Neighbors
Can Cause Hives
will present a program.
. Hives are funny to some folks,
but »ot to the sufferer.
Dr. Kenneth P. Mathews, assistant professor of internal medicine
and assistant in allergy in the
"University of Michigan's Health
Service, reports:
"Some patients have a severe
form of hives which can be most
uncomfortable and occasionally
dangerous."
Big mosquito-bite looking welts,
called "wheals" by doctors, can
create a frenzy of digging and
itching reminiscent of Chinese torture. And some acute attacks are
associated with vomiting,' nausea,
diarrhea or abdominal cramps.
Hives, medically identified as
"urticaria," may be caused by drug
allergy, food allergy, localized infection, nervous tension or a pet
cat.
Dr. Mathews, in assessing the
importance of determining the
cause of hives-, suggests that the
sufferer keep an accurate 4iary of
all the foods or drugs he took prior
to each attack. „
You might be allergic to aspirin
or penicillin;   your  system ."might
Farm Bureau Membership
Drive To Open Next Week
A Sentinel
For Every
Family
A special issue of The
Sentinel With a circulation increase to "blanket" the shopping area
will go into ihe mail next
week.
More than 2A00 extra
copies will be delivered
in Clare, Farwell, Harrison, Lake George, Lake/
Marion, Rosebush, Gladwin and Coleman.
Advanced ad rates for
this issue only will help
to "put-over" this big 1G0
percent coverage project
to advertise Clare's
Christmas shopping offerings.
UF Drive Is
Yet Uncertain
With only three' working days
and a Sunday yet to go before December First, the known results in
the 1953 United Fund drive are too
sketchy to show whether the present campaign is comparing favorable with previous ones, or whether the quota is being approached.
Frank T. LaGoe, campaign chair
man for the city of Clare, said
'•that only a very few workers.haye
completed their assigned area
calls. n
"About four hundred . dollars
have been turned in so far", "LaGoe
said Wednesday, "This has been
collected mostly in downtown
business places, and the results are
4oo incomplete yet to tell how the
campaign is going."
The canvass of residential
streets which 'commenced last Saturday morning with a pep-talk and
"Kickof Breakfast" at the Doherty
hotel, is still in prbgress.
Area 'captains have agreed to
have the drive completed by December 1st, if possible.
A large-group of Clare County
Farm Bureau members and their
wives will attend a Roll Call School
of Instruction on December 2nd, at
Brush College Community Building at 12:00 o'clock starting with
a dinner.
They are.the membership workers for the County Farm. Bureau
membership campaign to be conducted the week of December 1st.
The county goal is 150 member
families. The same week some
6,000 Farm Bureau volunteer workers in 63 counties will endeavor to
increase the Michigan Farm Bureau to 61,320 families or more.
Don Webster, of Lansing, who
is associated with Michigan Farm
Bureau, will speak to about 30
Roll Call workers on the advantage of farmers thinking, planning
Congregational
Men to Hear Bogan
Congregational Men's Club will
hold a regular meeting on Monday
evening November 30 in the church
basement.
The program will feature Richard BOgan's story and slide illustrated account of his recent trip to
England, France, Scotland and Ireland.
Mt    Pleasant  Hish  School   choi^ nofc ae able to tolerate shrimp ot
ivit.   Pleasant  jsign  acnooi  cnon «,tt,B.whftrrjfel.,  rtr Vrt., „.»_!,* woi.
Clare Public School
Report Cards Out
The Coming Week
The second six weeks period of]
fthe school year came to a close on1
Wednesday of this week.   Report1,
cards will be sent out early in thefthe cause and in managing the con
weeSs oi November SO* (dition.
strawberries; or you might break
out in an itching rash at the very
sight of your neighbor.
A rigid diet may he necessary, or
a prescription of antihistamine. Or
some common sense psychotherapy
On the subject of neighbors.    ^
In any case, it's not funny. But
Di*. Mathews assures the sufferer
that allergists have "become pretty
adept detectives in tracking down
U-M Helps Better
Stores'' Services
Services provided by many Michigan stores and businesses are
being changed and improved as- a
result of investigations - of customer reactions carried on by the
Bureau of Business Research at
t}ie University of Michigan.
and acting together on many questions and projects through a farm
organization.
President Carl Bradley said,
"Clare County Farm Bureau's goal
for IDS'! is a membership of 150
families. I think we .can do it because we have a lot of farmers who
believe in the Farm Bureau program. They have seen results of
working together and they are giving their time to help invite every
farmer to membership in the Farm
Bureau".
Frank Humphrey, of Chatterbox
Group, is Roll. Call Manager. '
Florence Bedell
To Address Clare
Study Club Tuesday
The Clare Study Club will hold
its regular meeting Tuesday, December 1, in the Methodist church
parlors as usual.
Miss Florence J. Bedell, of Central Michigan College, will speak
on "The Land of Opposites" which
js New Zealand.
Men's Fellowship
White Elephant
Sale Planned
The Men's Fellowship of the
Congregational Church is planning
to hold" a white elephant sale in
the former Tim Cotter Garage
building across Fifth St. from Hotel Doherty.
Stuart Bicknell is chairman and
will be assisted by a committee
including Dick Groves, Joe Johnston, Dick Wilson, L. C. Garthe and
Rev. Oscar Witt Olson.
Ihe date of the sale will be announced later.
Sidney Court
Has Spanish
Class Club
Sidney Court, of Clare, is teaching Spanish in the Marine City
High School this year, and has organized a Spanish Club called
Quince Loco.
Court .received his degree from
Central Michigan College and attended summer school at the National University of Mexico last
summer.
The sixteen members of his
Spanish I class are tremendously
enthusiastic-about their club. The
organization meets weekly in the
evening for the purpose of assimilating Spanish culture and customs:
through any uva}lahle->m©an&~siM5h
a# literature', iri&vies, slides, recordings, games, or short-wave
radio programs.
At the opening of school the
individual members of the class
were polled to determine why the'y
were taking Spanish. The results
indicated that these sixteen are of,
a serious bent.
The largest number declared
that they wanted Spanish to fulfill the college language Requirements for an AB degree. One girl
wants Spanish because she plans
to practice nursing in Mexico. The
remainder are learning the language to be prepared for travel in
Spanish speaking countries.
Today thorough study of a language can prepare a young person
for employment with thei United
Nations Organization or an International Trade or Travel Agency;
also the United States Government
keeps large staffs of personnel in
all the larger countries.
For every North American citizen who speaks English there is a?
South American resident who
speaks Spanish. It is important for
us to learn the language of our international neighbors-if we would
understand their problems.
The   treaty   sighed   recently   in J
Madrid might well be a harbinger
of good will between Spain and the
United States. If so, it will stimulate trade and travel.
Girl Escapes
Hurts In Wreck
Tuesday A. M.
Three Car Crash At
Downtown Corner
Ruth Taylor, 13, of Clare R-3,
closely escaped serious hurts whenv
she was thrown from a car driven
by her mother and beneath a two
ton truck in an accident near the
Ulrich Standard Service Station at
8:00 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The trucks passed over the girl
but the wheels did not strike her.
She was rushed to the Clare
General Hospital and following X-
ray examination was released.
The another, Pearl Gay Taylor,
42, drove from E. Sixth street onto
McEwan- street into .the path of a
truck driven south on McEwan by
Aaron Brink, 57, of Harrison.
Following the collision with the
Taylor car, the Brink' truck
Struck a Department* of Conserva*
tion car parked on the. west side
of McEwan. .
The three-car smash-up partially
blocked morning traffic at'the.intersection where the wrecked cars
and spilled gravel and . broken
glass covered the pavement.
Fyewitnesses to the crash were
attendants at the Art Ulrich. Stan*
dard Service station on the corner. One of the men, Phil Bauder
said that he could see the cars
heading for a collision and that he
phoned for an ambulance withiii
secohds after the crash.
Bauder saw ^ the Taylor girl
thrown from the 'car in which she
was riding and under the wheel*
of the truck.
"That truck had tons of gravel
in the box", he said, "It's a miraeltrr
that the girl wasn't run over and
crushed."
The truck pushed the Conservation. Department car 135 feet and
then traveled approximataly anotlii
er 100 feet with the right front
wheel knocked out of line, accord*
ing to City Police,
The Taylor car, a 1948 Plymouth
was totally wrecked. Damage to
the Brink International dump
truck was estimated at $300. The
1951- -Ford Conservation Department, oar, parked by E. I. Stewart,
supervisor, of Roscommon, was
damaged an estimated $600.
Mr. ;and Mra, Stewart aiso escaped poSSft)lev hurts nt IfiSfr
smashed car, having parked and
stepped out of the car only seconds
before the accident. Extent of the *
damage to their oar indicates that
they might have been seriously
hurt if they had been inside when
the collision happened.
Brink said he did not see the
Taylor car in time to avert tha
collision. He was'issued a ticket
for excessive speed.
Larger Antlers Found On
Weil-Fed Young Bucks
HARVEST DINNER,
•The annual harvest festival dinner will be served by the Methodist Men at Ciare Methodist
Church Thursday, December 3.
Turkey wilh all the trimmings will
he served "commencing at 5; 00
o'clock.
Looking for a large rack of deer
antlers to hang over yotif fireplace?
Hunters seeking such a prize had
best stay clear of the "old bucks",
according to a University of Michigan professor.
Prof. Warren W. Chase, jchair-
man of the U-M wildlife management department, points out that
bucks boast, the largest antlers between the ages of three and six
years. After that age, he says, the
antlers become smaller, due to
lack of vigor, which prevents development.
The young deer win nave small
antlers, usually spikes, at about
one and a half years, the professor
continues. Nutrition plays a large
role in antler development, and
the larger" deer can reach food unavailable to the young buck fawns.
Professor Chase explains that
"hunters who want large racks of
antlers are most likely to get them
In areas of rich land with plenty
of food, where the buck law has
■not been in effect continuously",
antlers at least three inches long.
Speaking of deer longevity. Professor Chase states that deer can
given the opportunity. H'e points
out that wild deer are seldom mere
than seven or eight years old, and
if they are being hunted heavily,
the average is usually two to three
years.
t>r. Chase explains that there
usually is a high proportion of
young in the annual hunters' take,
especially since the yearly deer
population is approximately one
third young and since, under the
buck law, only the younger bucks
are left.
Among deer kept in Captivity,
Professor Chase explains the average age is 15 years. He points out
that one Michigan doe, recorded
as being 17 years old, give birth
to a fawn.
Jive *'jiuite long", but seldom are j 15.
WWTV To Present
Amateurs Dec. 15
Winning contestants from each
of several amateur talent shows in
northern Michigan will appear in
the opening night program, of tele-
Vision station WWTV, Cadillac,
The new station's schedule calls
iot opening on about December
Blood Pressure Ills Cut
By U-M Medical Research
Second Cottage
Burns At Lake
In Two Days
As part of a large research program intended to make life better
for the average man, University of
Michigan doctors have announced
the use of a dramatic and effective
drug in the treatment of high
blood pressure, or hypertension.
Called Rauwolfia Serpentina, the
drug is the powdered root of a
climbing shrub which grows in the
foothills of the Indian Himalayas,
Only recently has it gone to work
in treating such patients, although
for centuries it has been used in
the control of certain types of
mental Illness.
Republican
Women Hear
State Leaders
Emery Harris
Bound Over To
Circuit Court
Emery L. Harris, 20, of Clare,
waived examination when arraigned on the charge of breaking and
entering in the night time With intent to commit larceny, when arraigned before Justice Wm. B.
Dunlop in Municipal Court Saturday.
He was bound over to Circuit
Court under $1,000 bond and remanded .to the custody qt the
sheriff.   ■
It is charged that Harris broke
into the Calvin Harvey Cities service Station at Farwell November
9 and took a car radio, car radio
batteries and other articles.
A luncheon meeting of the tenth
district Republican Women was
held at the Midland Episcopal
church, Friday, November 13, sponsored by the ladies of the state
central committee.  _,
Among those present were Mrs.
Elizabeth Smith, Evart; Mrs. Peter Gibson, Monroe; Mrs. Ella
Koeze, Grand Rapids and national
committee woman, Mrs. Rae Hooker, -of Mt. Pleasant
v Mrs Leota Morris, president of
the Women's Republican Club of
Midland county, presided. State officials present were Mr. and MrS.
D. Hale Brake; Mrs. John Martin,
wife of the attorney general; Mrs.
Owen Cleary, wife qf the secretary
of state. The speaker was Wade
Von Valkenburg, of Jackson.
Attending from Clare county
were Mrs Elizabeth Little, Mrs.,
Isabell Cooper, Mrs, Leitta Woods,
Mrs. Doris Parish, Mrs. Dolly AuS-
(tin, Mrs. Sarah Schaeffer, MrSv
Eleanor Lehr, Mrs. •Emma Rad-
clif and Mrs. Doris Budd.
The Davison cottage near Bass
Lake burned to the ground, Wednesday morning. A faulty oil burn*
er is thought to have caused it.
Everything was lost except Mr.
Davison's hunting clothes and gun.
The Farweil fire department was
called but the cottage was destroyed before the truck arrived.
This is the second .fire in two
days that has destroyed cottages
and their contents.
Fire eauipment is needed very
badly In the community. These
cottages might have been saved if
there was fire fighting equipment
in reach. A little hand extinguished
doesn't make a- very big dent iu
a big blaze.
Teen Age Dance
Saturday Night
There will he a teen age dance
at the Clare city hail auditorium
Saturday evening from 8:00 to
12:00, Admission will be 35 c.
« The dande is sponsored by tho
Clare Community Council. All teenagers interested in dancing are
urged to attend.
Clare Hospital
Auxiliary Meets
Last Friday
Friday, November 20, the newly
formed Glare Hospital Auxiliary
met at the Doherty Hotel for
luncheon and their meeting.;,
Mrs. R. J. Kranik was' elected
president; Mrs, R. D. Wirth.vtce'
president,. Mrs, E. J. Gershon, secretary-treasurer and Mrs. H. W.
Guinand, parliamentarian and historian.
Plans were discussed for giving
a tea and the forming of a Hospital
Guild in the near future.
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