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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1952
Page
1
About 1 000 children from nearby areas are expected to attend the Christmas party at Glare city hall auditorium Tuesday afternoon at 1 30. Santa will give gifts to children 12 and under and letters for Santa are collected at Citizens State Bank until noon tomorrow.
Clare High School Pioneers upset Coleman Comets 44 34 in Clare gym. Led by Hadley Elgar with height and guards Ted Hoersch and Pete Brown, Clare dominated boards and hit 16 of 26 free throws to secure their first win. The Little Pioneers fell 35 33 in a close game, both teams set to play Gladwin to face the Flying Gs.
Clarence Van and Ernest Irwin faced a total loss after a fabric aircraft caught fire at Clare Airport. The blaze started when a heat lamp was placed too close to the plane during repair and painting, but quick action saved other aircraft.
The Treasury urges Michigan taxpayers to read the rewritten guide Your Federal Income Tax 1962 explaining filing requirements deductions and exemptions. Order forms at 25 cents per copy from the Bureau of Internal Revenue via Detroit with discounts for bulk orders. Bulletin FF on Depreciation and Obsolescence also available at 30 cents.
Mr and Mrs Fred Pierson were injured in a head on crash Saturday afternoon near Traverse City while en route to visit their daughter Mrs Derry Williams. Fred has a broken leg and facial injuries while Mary Pierson reports chest and knee wounds. The other occupants, Mr and Mrs LaVern Richards of Cadillac, also suffered injuries. The family plans to return to Clare next week.
Orriene from Rosebush is named winner of two Michigan State College scholarships at the Junior Livestock Show banquet in Detroit. One five hundred dollar scholarship from Detroit meat packers and a hundred dollar add on for a 4-H Horse project follow her long record with 26 4-H projects. She showed a 1095 pound Hereford steer sold for 81 per pound and a 1125 pound steer sold for 37 cents. Orriene is active in 4-H clubs, church work, and school activities and plans to enter Michigan State College next year.
Kiwanis Club Goodfellows announce a one day sale of a special Clare Sentinel edition to raise funds for Christmas food baskets and warm clothing. Beta Sigma Phi sorority backs the effort and volunteers distribute gifts through the season. Newsboys will sell at traffic lights and street corners to help downtown shoppers.
Multiple weekend crashes reported around Clare and nearby towns. Bradley and Gerard cited for red light andexpired license. Spicer Dodson collision damaged cars 250 and 150 dollars. Hanchett Legg crash cited for failure to see on John R Boulevard. VanBuskirk fined for driving too fast for conditions after rollover on US 10. Conroy Haines crash at Frank's Corner. Haught fined for reckless driving.
Merlewayne Cotton of Clare Route 2 is among 140 students in Michigan State College two year General Agriculture Short Course. The program runs 16 weeks yearly with over 32 hours weekly covering livestock selection forage crops farm management dairy production soil management poultry and related subjects in family relations and leadership.
Rolland Krell of RMND Clare purchases registered Brown Swiss Bull Dorrs Clepe s Aseeits Man 111525 from August Dorr Jr Bay City Minnesota per report by Fred Idigé Secretary of Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association Beloit Wisconsin.
Clare merchants announce extended evening hours through Christmas Week. Stores and jewelers stay open nightly including Christmas Eve. drug stores open evenings but close at 1 PM Christmas Day. hardware stores open until 6 PM Christmas Eve. Giant Super Market until 9 PM Tuesday. Sentinel office closed Christmas Day through Monday.
The Ideal Theatre presented Abbott and Costello in Ride Em Cowboy as the holiday free show for local pupils. Attendance ranged from 380 to 850 per session with students from Farwell Edenville St. Cecilia Lake Coleman Clare County rural and Isabella County districts. Each guest received popcorn boxes and schools look forward to the annual party.
The Pilgrim Fellowship of the Congregational Church will host a Christmas party on Sunday at 7 00 p m Starting from the church the group will carol then return for refreshments and a grab bag of presents They voted to give six dollars to the Guild for sending toys to the Indian mission of North Dakota All Junior Hi Sunday School members and former Pilgrim Fellowship members home from college are invited
Clare County Selective Service Board sent ten inductees to Detroit December 8 for final induction. Names include John G. Payne Harrison Clarence J. Badgley transferred to Toledo William EH Jones Clare Howard Brown Jr Lake Eugene Simons Harrison David L. Miller Harrison Gerald I. DeBarr Harrison Melvin C. Matthews Harrison Kenneth A. Wenzel Harrison Donald C. Heintz transferred to Flint Two conscientious objectors Frank L. Buerge from Harrison and Willard H. Peters from Harrison assigned to Northville State Hospital. Five Clare county men to Detroit January 13 for pre induction physicals. Seven to Detroit January 30 for final induction January 31. Michigan draft boards to start 19 year olds in February and may soon induct married men with children to meet quotas. Local Clerk Hartshorn says February call will require calling 19-year-olds now.
Isabella Pomona Grange and Riverside Grange join for a Saturday night installation at Brinton hosted by Coldwater Grange with 113 members present. William Brake led the ceremony with his wife assisting. an oyster supper followed.
The John Q Look Lodge No 404 F and A M held a December 16 installation in the Clare Masonic Temple. Worshipful Master George Sexton and officers including Arch Beatty were installed with Dr. Hazen P. Cole and Herbert Gardiner among the guests. A luncheon followed with Attendees from O B S and local members.
Fred W. Hudson aged 79 fell from his bed while ill and broke his left hip. He lives with daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Wm Gardon Jr on Hast Seventh Street. He was moved to Central Michigan Hospital at Mt Pleasant for surgery including hip pin placement and is resting and recovering well after the operation.
Beta Sigma Phi announces the Holiday Ball for December 20 in the Wedgewood Room at Hotel Doherty. Mrs. Maxine Kirkpatrick says the orchestra hours run from 10:00 PM to 2:00 AM with Harry Wehrly’s band. Tickets available from members and at the door.
The Scott Drillers defeated Manton 57 to 36 at Houghton Lake gym. Dennis Benedict scored 13 via strong one handers, supported by 10 from Bill Dewey and Bob Gordynee. The Drillers built a lead after a 9 7 start, widened to 23 20 at halftime, then pulled away.
The Sentinel reports that all advertising and news copy must reach the office one day early for the next two weeks due to Christmas and New Year holidays. Readers and advertisers are asked for cooperation.
Local churches announce a wave of Christmas observances. Dover Tabernacle presents a Sunday night pageant with music and children’s parts. Congregational Church hosts a candlelight Eve service led by Rey ilson. Clare Methodist Church features a morning program and a children’s evening show with Santa’s arrival. Congregational and St. Cecilia’s plan pageants and mass events. Baptist Church promotes a Christmas pageant The Promised Messiah.
Mrs Carolyn Powers and her family of Clare learn their son Jack Powers, wounded in Korea last October 25, is recovering in a Tokyo base hospital. A photo shows Jack with Mrs Mark W Clark beside him, signaling hopeful progress toward surgery to remove shrapnel and a possible return home.
Isabella County reports two hundred ten students enrolled this semester at Central Michigan College. From Clare and Farwell areas are listed several names including D Jeanne Drake Dorothy Mae Miller Peggy Lon Thayer Marilee Joan Tice Nancy Jeanne Wild Binnia Hinora Wilkon Leon Bugens Schilat ay and Lorren Gray from Laké.
George Arthur Kane 34? passed away December 8 1962 at age 24 with burial at St Cecilia cemetery. Born August 24 1928 Mt Pleasant he served in Japan 1946 47 then worked at Dow Chemical and Saran Development Lab. Survived by mother Florence Kane sisters Winifred Denton and Barbara Mead.
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