1953-01-23; Clare Sentinel

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CLABE, MICHIGAN, FBIjDAY MORNING. JANUARY 23. 1953
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Red Cagers
Clare Gives 28     -
Tosses and Game
A team of tall St. Louis basket-
eers spoiled a Green and White bid
for victory as they trounced the
fighting Pioneers on the Clare
floor 6548 Tuesday night.
' The score does not reveal the
most prominent reason for the
Clare defeat however, as the boys
in red had many gleeful moments
in tlie charity circle. They cashed
in with 23 out of 28 attempts at
free throws.
In the individual performance He,
partment,    guard    Ted    Hoersch,
scored 22 points 'to lift his season
average to a healthy 17,5.
He eased ten field goals and two
free throws into the cords tn spite
of superior height advantage on
the St. Louis team.
This height -advantage was the
determining factor in slowing
other Clare player's scoring rush,
The down staters boast three regular team members exceeding 6' 3".
Although the Seitz coached five
was soundly drubbed in the free
toss ring:, they gave an Impressive
demonstration of scoring ability
from scrimage. They scored only
two less field goals than their
sharp-shooting rivals.
The loss gave the Pioneers a
Jt and 5 record for less than an
even break in the season so far.
The boyS'-hope to improve this situation when they meet the favored
Harrison Honets on the Clare High
floor tonight.
Beat  Gladwin   Last   Friday
The varsity ended the 1052 dom-
iuence held over them by the
Gladwin Flying G's as they trounced them 5S-55 in an exciting contest on the local court. It was the
highest s"core made thus far by
Clare as the basketball season
reached its halfway point.
The scoring was evenly divided
as four players hit for double
figures with Ted Hoersch leading
the way with sixteen points.
Clare again came through in
the clutch as they remained cool
in the final three minutes to
prove themselves the better balanced ball club.
The reserves finally pulled one
out of the fire as they ^trounced
a small Gladwin five 40-35. It was
the first win to date for the little
pioneers who now seem to be ori
the road to recovery.
Tons Green and John Roe frsre
the hall, handle^ aa4hey«cons*ia$4
fine play making with superlative
shooting eyes to wrap It np in the
final minutes.
The totals:
FG
FT
T
Ruby
4
0
8
Van Every
5
1
11
Kigar
4 ,
2
10
Hoersch
6
»   4
1<5
Brown
5
3
13
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James Lower
Laid To Rest
James Lower, a pioneer resident
of Clare county the past 71 years,
was laid to rest here December
27. '
James Jefferson Lower, son of
Joseph and Elizabeth Lower, was
born July 1, 1866, in Stueben county, Indiana, and passed to his reward December 24, 1952, at the
age of 86 years, five months and
23 days.
He came to Clare County in 1882
at the age of 16.
He was united in, marriage April
G, 1889, to Eliza J. Cookson, who
preceded him in" death February
12. 1920.
He had been in poor health for
a number of years and ,a stroke
confined him to his bed last February, where he had been a patient
sufferer up to the time of his
passing-
He leaves to mourn their loss,
one daughter, Edna, who has kept
house and cared for her father;
two sons, Wilbur, of Hubbard
Lake. Arthur, of Clare; two
"brothers Ira and Al, of Elmer, Indiana; two granddaughters, Marguerite Harrold, of near Gladwin,
and Arlene Walter, of Mt. Pleasant; and five great grandchildren;
together with other relatives and
friends.
Two brothers. William and
Frank; and one sister, Mrs. Elmer
Miller, preceded him in death.
Funeral 'services were held at
the Stephenson Funeral -Home,
■-Saturday. December 27, .ith Rev.
Chas. Malson, pastor of Brown
Coruers' United Brethren Church,
officiating. Burial was made in
Cherry Grove cemetery.
Out of town relatives and friends
attending the services were: Mrs.
Daisy Sweeney and children, of
Mt. Pleasant; Veriie Lower, of
Flint; far. and Mrs, Ray Gransden,
of Saginaw; Loren Miller, of Roscommon; Mrs. Elsie Itchue and
■ Ed Cookson, of Midland; Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Cookson, of Bowling
Green, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Enger, of Alpena; Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Diamond and Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Thiem, of Hubbard
Lake.
Donald Holbrook
Named District
Scout Chairman
Don Holbrook was elected to be
District Chairman for all Boy
Scout activities in Clare County.
Harold Hughes was elected as
Vice-Chairman and Bob Campbell,
District Representative on the -Executive Board at the annual Clare
County Boy, Scout committee-catch
and fry fish supper at Camp Rotary, January 15.
Mr. Holbrook has appointed the
following men to assist on the District Committee;.
Harold Schaeffer, of Clare,
Camping and Activities Chairman
Guy._Autry, at Farwell, Health
and Safety Chairman
Ben Bosink, of Clare, Organization and Extension Chairman
Orley Rogers, Jr., of Farwell,
Leadership, and Training Chairman.   ■  ■ " ,   ■
Ralph ."dole, of Clare, Advancement Chairman.
Bob. Piuairfe, of Clare, Finance
Chairman, "
Earl Morgan, of Clare, District
Commission.,." ;
Other meinbers of the District
Committee? are; Rev, Oscar .Olson,
Rev. Leslie. Nevins, Rev. Ralph
Claggett, Don Luce, and Frederick
Scott. ■■■'.'-
Clare county is part of the Valley Trails Council; which, in addition covers Tuscola, Saginaw, Gra
tiot and Isabella Counties,
Robert Wilson of St. Louis, is
the Council President.
The Clave District reported a
fine increase in Scouting activities
for the year 1952.
Scott Drillers
Win Two More
The Scott ' Drillers charged
through two triumphs-, their seventh and eighth, during the past
week to boost their cage fortunes.
It stretched their victory skein to
three entering the hardwood' hassle with.the strong Cadillac Redhorses Wednesday evening.
•Saturday evening the Drillers
had little trouble trampling a top-
Tahked Mt, Pleasant quintet, Ut-
terhacks, 65-40. The Drillers never
trailed in achieving their th ltd victory over Mt. Pleasant quintets and
held a 2$-13 half-time lead.
Bob Darling and Wayne Bucholz
each collected fifteen while Bill
Dewey notched fourteen. Dean
Bucholz chipped in with ten. Wes
Gross, playing his first game since
December 3 when he sustained a
wrist injury, made his return a
profitabl& ok;*, its he* hit seven. •
■- .3fo«tai. *¥?. faf"Si. tfs-3 .fthey--
ed to Morley and carried off their
eighth victory 57-46. After the tilt
had been fairly close for three
Stanzas the Drillers pulled away in
the - final quarter on a nineteen
point outburst.
Hampered liy the lack of space,
the court was the smallest the
Drillers have appeared on this
season, they restricted their pattern to spot shooting. Bob Gordynec and Bill Dewey each- netted
fifteen Vhile Sills collected twelve.
The pfillers recently filled in
their injury-riddled llne-uP with the
iaddition of 6-4 Al GrechiS from Mt.
iPleasant.
! With an eye on the calendar the
Drillers prepare for another heavy
week of action facing Beaverton
Monday .evening and Midland 702
come to Clare Thursday night.
Midland Art Cleaners will meet
the Drillers at ■ Clare Saturday
evening,. January 31.
Rotarians Enjoy
Scientific Talk
The Clare ROtary Club held
their luncheon meeting at Hotel
Doherty Wednesday, noon.
Program chairman M^Ttin Loomis presented Maurice C. Hommel,
of the technical Information ser-
tvice section of the advertising department of Dow. Corning Corporation, as speaker. He chose as his
topic °How Silicones Have Grown"
and gave an interesting and informative talk on the subject.
Rotarian Marv Norton, of Gladwin, was a make up guest of the
club; Lyle Skinner, of Clare Mfg.
Co. was a. guest of L. D. Richmond
of Mt, Pleasant; Art Rowe was a
guest of Earl Morgan; Louis Becker a guest of Ed White; Paul Hub-
Scher a guest of Dan McDonald;
Joe MeGuire: a guest of Lyman
March, and.Bart Dempsey a guest
of John White,
State Funds
To Aid School
Cut Short
Will Not Borrow
School' Board Says
A warning of a cut in state financial aid for our schools: was the
subject of a letter to -parents from'
(Superintendent T. C, Campbell this
week. He said, "The state government, because of its inability to
.ork in harmony on new legislation, is far In arrears financially,
lt is Indeed difficult - to find a
sympathetic ear in Lansing for the
plight of the schools, .indeed, a cut
in financial aid. from the state is
the gloomy picture".
The serious problem .facing local
authorities 1. how to maintain the
current level of education on less
money.
Mr. Campbellsaid that the baste
for adjusting the amount of aid
from the state to local schools in
any year, has been the enrollment
in the immediate preceding year.
The state, with its treasury in poor
condition, has redetermined the a-
mount of aid on the basis of school
enrollment in the school year 1951-
52 when Clare Public school students numbered 744. Next year's
student enrollment is expected to
reach 900, with a budget to care
for education for 744, the situation
will be critical.
. Mr. Campbell and the Clare
school board agree that public
opinion urging the return to a
full aid program should be heard
in the state Legislature at Lansing.       - •    _
The increasing practice of borrowing against future aid payments, now resorted to by many
schools, is not contemplated here
according to Stuart Bicknell, president of the Clare school board.
Car Skids Into
Path Of Train
William, Siddons, 19,' of Clare,
drove the' ear he was driving into
the path 61 C & O freight train No.
55 at 11:35 Saturday evening at
the US-27 intersection. >He was
treated at Clare General Hospital
for a head injury and abrasions
and  released Monday,
Siddons told City Police that he
saw the railroad signal but could
oiiot stop because of road conditions.
The 1941 Chevrolet, belonging-
to MeGuire Brothers, was totally
wrecked by the delsel engine,
Health Aid
To Include
Older Child
The same immunization service
provided for babies is again being
offered to school children who
need it. Dr. Sweet and Mrs.
Kathryn Freeman from our County
Health Unit will visit our schools
sometime in May*
A card, requesting information
-on the- shftts fen . Imkku. already
given, is being sent home with
each school child from kindergarten through fifth grades.
Thank you for your cooperation
in filling out and returning the
cards to .your child's teacher.
John Deere Day
A Success
John Deere Day sponsored here
Wednesday by Clare Farm Equipment was an outstanding success
with between 500 and 600 in attendance. According to Norm
Deane, proprietor, it was the biggest promotion of its kind in this
area.
Following free movies at the
Ideal Theatre, lunch was served at
Clare Farm equipment on Maple
St. and an interesting demonstration was presented.
Helping to'make the event a success were 34 merchants and businessmen who contributed small prizes and sums of money for gifts.
Sharp To Be
Sentenced
For Shooting
The sentencing of Jim Sharp for
guilt in the shotgun wounding of
his mother, Mrs. Russell Sharp, of
Harrison, is scheduled in the term
of Clare county Circuit Court due
to open at the Harrison court
house, on Monday, January 26.
The abbreviated criminal calendar includes only one other case
besides the Sharp appearance.
Kenneth Loomis will answer charges of larceny,
Attorney Robert Campbell will
appear, for the peojue in his first
court term as prosecutor.
Sharp, a 25 year old veteran of
the Korean war, shot his mother
Avith a shotgun last December 7,
inflicting a serious head wound.
The shooting followed an early
Sunday morning scene at the
Sharp home with the young man
threatening his parents with the
weapon, and struggling between
Jim and his father until the elder
Sharp succeeded in disarming the
crazed youth. ■.
Appearing in a court examination after the shooting, Jim plead
guilty. He had been pronounced
normal after examination at Traverse City.
The full list of jurors:
Wesley Andrews, Garfield;
Frank Humphrey, Grant; Doris
Budd, Greenwood; Kenneth Tuck,
Hamilton; Joe Cunningham, Hatton; Eueroy Sanders, Hayes.
Delos Dunkle, Lincoln'; Robert
Carson, Redding: Bernard Eberhart, Sheridan; Mable Lamb, Sum-
merfield; Ruth Miller, Surrey;
Carlos Goodrich, Winterfield.
Mildred Wentworth,. Clave; Clarence Davis, Harrison, 1st ward;
Richard Pfanne, Harrison, 2nd
ward; James Gatton, Harrison, 3rd
ward; Margaret Myers, Arthur;
J. R. Moore, Franklin.
Jay Beard, Freeman; Adah Fry,
Frost; Harry Spence, Garfield;
Chas. Stores, Graut; CarirBringold,
Greenwood; Lloyd Keysor, Hamilton.
Teen Age Dance
January 31st
The Clare Community Council
is sponsoring a teen age dance in
the city lmll auditorium Saturday
evening, January 31. All teen agers
are invited but adults will not be
admitted.
Adult Courses
Commence
Next Week
Nine Glasses
To Be Offered
The program of adult activities
to be offered by the Clare'Public
Schools has been set by choice of/,
the people interested.' )
Nine courses received all of the*
attention during the hours of registration and those nine courses
!are the ones being offered-as the
second adult program gets undei-
irt'ty next'"Monday evening.
Part of the expense of operating
an adult program is paid through
State funds and in order to qualify for reimbursement by the state,
each course must represent 200
clock hours Of instructiol).' This
means that a course with 10 persons involved must meet tor .20
hours of actual instructiou time,!
Therefore .11 persops enrolled are
requested to make -every-poss&iblo
effort to meet the classes when
scheduled.
The classes where materials are
needed in-order to carry on the
•activity, those materials, will be
furnished by the individual. All
courses offered are non-credit
courses and open to out of school
youth and adults only.
Dr. Curtis Nash of the Psychology and Education Department at
CMCE. Mt. Pleasant will teach the
Course in Psychology being offered. He is- the only outside instructor on the list for this program.
Dr. Nash teaches parallel courses with Dr. Gerald Poor, and the ^^
two men share many similar views i HP/ieiVit-i gx-fc   Al_.
on psychology and education, A Cd\_L.lv_L o XTlIv/
He  will  be teaching an  exten- -r-j •■•     •«■
sion course at Manistee also dur- JrirDlIS  In
ing this temubut felt that .the op-| _^,_**IjJ    "
portunity to work with a group of'f^A/Tf^  f'lcicockc
interested   Clare  Adults   was  far V. l.TJ.V_>* V>U  ..ooC.
too interesting to pass up.
The  following are  the  courses     Clare,   Isabella,'   Gladwin,    aiid
offered and the time of the first • Midland counties were represented
with the name of, at tlle ciarB High School on Tues-
I day evening, January 20, when a
group  of  teachers   assembled  for
classes in two  extension courses
being offered in Clare by Central
Michigan College of Education.
This was the first in a series ot
fifteen meetings to be held each
Tuesday, beginning at 4:30 p.mr
A class in political science will
State College Goes All-Out
For Farm Week Visitors
Farmers' Week Headliners
Top Program
In 38 Years
Outstanding speakers from Michigan and other states will appear
at Michigan State College all during Farmers' Week, January 26 .1.
-Among those on the 38th annual program will be Dr. Milton S.
Eisenhower,, rjght, an4 Herbert Philbrick, left. Dr. Eisenhower,
who will speak Thursday afternoon in the MSC Auditorium, is
president of Pennsylvania State College, chairman of the American
Association of Land Grant Colleges ,nd formerly head of information for the ..-_, Department of Agriculture. Philbrick, a former
Boston area advertising man, will report Tuesday af ternoon in the
Auditorium on "2 Was a Counter-Spy for the F.B.I." Philbrick
gained countrywide notice for his part in helping convict U Communists in New York, before Judge Harold Medina. Students will
present the Wednesday afternoon program in the Auditorium, with
the MSC band, football team members and coaches, Olympics athletes, gjee clyb and, other activity groups.
meeting along
■the instructor;
Beginning Typing, Monday, Jan-
nary   20   at   7:30,   Bernice   Tulk,'
CHS.
Advanced Typing/Tuesday, January 27 at 7:30, Gerald Strobel,
CHS.
Basic Bookkeeping, Thursday,
January 20 at 7:30, Gerald Strobel,
G.S.
Interior Decoration. Wednesday,
January 28 at 7:30, Virginia Seitz.,
Slipcovers and Drapes, Thursday, January 29 at 7:30, Mrs. Wava
fra .
Robert Carter
Retires As
Soil Chairman
Two Comlnittee
Members Elected
For District
Agriculture is facing a growing
cha.llenge--turning less land and
labor supply into fuller food and
fibre production—and Michigan
farmers will, seek answers to many
problems next week in Hast Lansing. Some will drive in for tlie
day j others will stay is college or
private housing. ', '*
The most complete educational,
yet entertaining, program for farm
folks that can be covered in one
week has been planned at Mlehi-
tgan State College for its 38th annual Farmers' Week, January 2<S-
31. From Monday morning uttfil-
ISatiirday afternoon, every day aiid
evening will" be filled. Parking; lots
are available at the stadium and
on the south campus,
Macklin Field Stadium will be a
bigger exhibit area this yearr-with
the jvest concourse, under the stadium, also enclosed and heated.
Exhibits in the east concourse, enclosed two years ago, will include
insects, soils, landscaping, farm
economics, museum and art displays, farming ahd nursing education, short courses, crops, forest
products, wildlife, zoology, conse.
vation, plant pathology, engineering, 4-H Club, Michigan State Police and Flying- Farmers. Among
west concourse features will be
"Animal Industries" exhibits of
beef and dairy cattle, hogs, sheep
and- poultry.
Exhibits will be in place at noon
on Monday, and will remain on display -until Friday noon," announces Ernest L. Anthony, longtime
MSC agriculture dean and Farmers' Week general chairman.
Those at the stadium, will be open
for inspection until 6 p.m. Monday
and Wednesday and until 7 p.m. on
Tuesday and Thursday".
Farmers can find something of
interest every day with programs
featuring everything from apiarists to zoologists,
Monday is "Dairy Day" with Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernseys,
Holstein, Jersey, Red Dane and
other   dairymen   joining   in   pro-
The fifth annual meeting of the
Clare   County   Soil   Conservation
_ ciass in political science win  V**1* was held at VFW Memor-
Tip tautrht hv Austin Knann   a f or-, ™1 Building at Harrison, Tuesday,   sr-uns ana it wm aiso learaie laoor
ue laugai oy Austin iuiapp, a ior   Janua     lg° *    saving and life-saving programs in
Chairman Robert Carter opened  agricultural engineering.   Visitors
mer student at Clare High School
and now assistant professor of political science at Central.
Irwin Cainpbell, -assistant profes*
Psychology, Wednesday, January sor in industrial "arts, will instruct
28 at 7:30, Di'. Curtis Nash, CMCE a class in- English, or school pub-
Square Dance, Tuesday, January | Hcity, following the science class.
27 at 7:30, Bonnie McQueen,
CHS.
Blueprint Reading and Drafting,
Wednesday, January 28 at 7:30,
Carleton .Garthe, CHS-
Welding, Monday, January 26 at
7:30, Francis Loomis. *
Top $1% Million Annual Payroll
At Clare Manufacturing Co, In '52
This group will convene at 7:30,
Professor Campbell is editor of
"Appleblossom" and "Centralight",
campus publications at ; Central
Michigan College.
'Several local teachers are availing themselves of this- opportunity
to advance in education.
Twenty-eight persons are enrolled in the English class and approximately thirty-seven in the
class in political science.
A statement released this week
by the Clare Manufacturing Comp-
.any compares total annual payroll
amounts for employees in the year
1951 and 1952. Revealed also, was
the tremendous value of the company's payroll total which amounted to $1. 50,125.00 in the year just
passed.
Reflecting increases in the citys
Republican Women's
Annual Meeting
Clare County Republican Women
will hold their annual meeting
Tuesday afternoon, February 3,
from 2:00 to 4:00, in the Fifth Avenue Room, Hotel Doherty. All Republican women are urged to attend.
[New Hdhoraty President of Boy Scouts'
n
Audition For
Amateur Show
Au amateur show audition will
be held in the Clare High School
gym Wednesday evening, January
2 . at 8:00 p. in. Any amateur
wishing iw.ako part is rccj.uot«tcd
toS;8m<ict Charles Cooper.
£resi<"teht Eisenhower, seen With Boy Scouts at the National
Jatrtboree at Valley Forge, Pa., in 1950, has become Honorary
Prfcsidcnt ti the organization. He said he accepted the honor
$» JUlI.copfistence that I can stepport Ahe aims and principles
.«*. *&•"! Boy Scouts -without reservation*"      *
Reckless Driving
Brings $44 Fine
Robert Eldon Dunkel, of Lansing
was arrested by City Police last
Friday, charged with reckless driving. He was arranged before
Judge Wm. B. Dunlop In Municipal Court Saturday, plead guilty,
and was fined $44.00.
AMVETS Officer
Stanley J. Burmeister, Field Service Office, AMVETS, will be at
the Bureau of Social Aid in the
Court House in Harrison, on Wednesday, January 28, 1953, at 9:00
a. m,
retail business volume during
every year of the companys operation here, the figures iii this latest report show the highest payments ever, to wage earners of the
area.
Clare Manufacturing Co. is a manufacturer of fuel systems and carburetors for Ford Motor Co. and
several other auto- makers. It is a
member plant of the Holley.Carburetor industry.    •
The 1952 payroll total is-
$457,554.00 greater than the comparable total for last year, and
breaks down into benefits for
group insurance, §40,140; vacation
benefits,;- $39,000; paid holidays,
$2S»,300; payroll, $1,742,685.
Part Of the increase of this year
over 1951 is because of Increased
employment. More than five hundred persons are now working
steadily at the Clare plant.
The company recently, began
construction of an addition to the
main building here which will provide 6000 feet of extra space *for
storage of rough aud finished
machine castings. The building is
scheduled for completion soon.
New Oil Well
Nears Dundee
In Lud Segerlund's Charles ge-
ger No. 1, NE NW NE, Section 11,
Greenwood township, Gordon Oil
Co,, contractors, had readied 3775
feet in the traverse formation at
7:t)0 o'clock Thursday morning,
wifh rotary tools.
Formations were running from
three to 11 feet higher than in the
discovery well and it was expected
to reach Dundee tonight.
Federal Income Tax
Assistance Offered
While most taxpayers will be
able to prepare theii- return themselves, a representative of the Internal Revenue Service will be at
the Clare postoffice, January 27
and 28, 9':00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to
give any advise or assistance
needed. No charge will he made
for this service.
Red Luxuries Are 'Musts9 In U. S. Army
(Editor's note:   Following is
the fifthvbi a series of six articles comparing a U. S. Army
combat infantry division with
the   infantry   division   of   the
Soviet Russian Army.)
The basic difference between a
democratic army and a police state
army means that a "U. S. division
always   will   have   more   service
troops than a Soviet division.
American soldiers have a number
of services provided them whether
they are stationed at a post in the
United States or overseas, or engaged in combat. Troops in the
field, for example, have access to
mobile shower-baths and laundries,
and they are supplied with many
sundries such as razors and blades,
cigarettes, towels, toothbrushes
and toothpaste.
The Russian idea of how often
a soldier should bathe depends on
how often he becomes covered
with lice. Often water from a ditch
or from a hole in tho ice suffices
for his bath. Seldom is a shower
accessible to him. Neither are
mo:«t Of (he other sundry items
and services which are considered
essential to au American but luxuries to the 'Russian. All of these
supplies and services require manpower to operate. Manpower would
be, savetl by eliminating them, but
to do so would result in a decrease
in combat efficiency.
The American people have a
high reverence for their dead.
Since the time of the Civil War,
the United States has maintained
a policy of returning the remains
of deceased military personnel in
accordance with the wishes of the
next of kin.
Painstaking care is taken in locating the temporary graves of
those who fall in battle. Tennis of
the American Graves Registratipn
Service search battlefields for remains of American servicemen.
The remains are carefully, and
scientifically identified. They are
placed iu metal caskets and the
caskets are placed in shipping
cases for reutru to the United
States or elsewhere as requested
by the next-of-kin. Each deceased
is accompanied to destination by a
military escort for interment in a
national cemetery if desired, or in
a private cemetery. Military honors accompany the interment. This
sorvice, too, could be eliminated.
But neither the U.S. soldier nor
U.S. public would permit it—nor
would the D.S. Army.
The Soviet Army provides no
caro for Its soldiers once they are
dead, unless thuy happen to stand
high in tho Soviet political regime,
The slain are buried where they
fall and their meager personal effects are sent to a central collecting agency. Thereafter, the fallen
are ignored. Next of kin have to
depend upon the»unit commander
to- notify them by letter,
The American repatriation program requires a large number of
highly trained, conscientious, and
competent personnel to accomplish
this mission, All of this personnel
is saved to the Soviet Government by the simple expedient of
leaving its dead to remain where
they fall,
The Army's postal set-up is as
efficient . as the nation's postal
system, A division is • authorized
27 persons—two officers and 25 enlisted men—to operate the main
post office. A post office in a city
the size of an Army division employs 40 full-time personnel—iu addition to special delivery messengers aud truck drivers. The Russian Army bas no postal service
worthy of the name.
Moreover, these 27 postal clerks
iu a, U. S. division are trained -soldiers who can pitch into combat
when the occasion demands it. Tho
same is true of other service personnel 'of all categories except,
medical men and chaplains, who
do not bear arms,
the meeting by welcoming those
present and. expressed the. gratitude of the directors tor the* ll'h&h^
cial aid and cooperation given the
eolhmittee to make its success
possible during the past year.
Following the reading of the
minutes of the fourth annual meeting, Charles Heber gave the financial report. Objectives for 1953
were announced by director Eugene Bauman.
Two new directors were elected,
Chester Wallace replacing Robert
Carter; aud Mark McKenna replacing Eugene Bauman.
Mr. Bauman. a charter member
of the committee the past five
years, had been chairman two and
a half years. He Was not a candidate for re-election because of conflicting personal interests.
Mr. Carter had been a member
of the board three years, two and
a half as chairman. He was not a
candidate for re-election because
of the demands of personal business, but is still a very active co-
operator of the district.
Orville Walker, County Agricultural Agent of Kalkaska and Crawford counties, discussed building
up light soils.
He explained his "Quickie Method." His first problem is to rid
the field of quack grass. This is
done by repeated workings with a
field cultivator. When he has his
field clear, he, plants six pecks of
buckwheat to. the acre in early
spring, He fertilizes this with 400
pounds of 12-12-12. Approximately
June 15, he disks this to incorporate it in the soil.
The last of August rye is planted, two bushels to the acre, and
plowed down. For fertilizer,. 400
pounds- of 4-16-8 is used. This is
followed with three years of alfalfa brome, fertilized with 400
pounds of 4-16-S.
Mr. Walker explained he tries to
get a layer of soil and humus 12
inches deep. Onfe limiting factor is
soil moisture and this humus acts
as a sponge in holding the water.
As an additional help Mr, Walker
uses strip cropping.
The nitrogen in the fertitlizer
promotes rapid root and top
growth which provides maximum
amount of green manure.
Following Mr. Walker's interesting address, se*veral slides Of his
methods and results were shown.
Refreshments served by Itraft
Pood Company, were enjoyed by
the approximately seventy persons
in attendance.
Kiwanis Convention
Pictures Shown       -
■Sid Main, of Midland, was a
guest speaker ot the Clare Kiwanis
Club Wednesday evening and presented color slides and a movie
report of the 1952 Kiwanis' Intel*'
national" Convention at' Seattle,
Washington, last June. Pa . Pres-<
idetjt ,*ioe Grigware of tho C :are
club, also attended the convention.
Guests of the club were Stan
Hansen, of Holly, Mr. Giaham, of
Grand .Rapids, aud Paul Manee,
.Mr, and Mrs. Howard Everts
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Grigware attended the mid winter meeting of
the Michigan District of Kiwanis,
held in Grand Rapids Sunday iiiid
Monday, January IS ami 19. I
to the new Giltner hall, veterinary
medicine headquarter, will find
'SXBWtS' _ -paWStties, ~ .Iseases,
te ,s, surgery and bacteria, from
10 a.m. until noon and from 1 to 3
p.m. all week long.
Tuesday will open . the various
agricultural economics meetings,
will be "Farm Machinery", "Horse
Day", "Sheep Judging Day", "Sugar Beet Day", "Egg Marketing,
Day" and opening day for an expanded • horticulture program covering fruits, vegetables, nuts and
ornamentals. Tuesday afternoon ih
the auditorium, Herbert Philbrick
will report "I Was a .Counter-Spy
for the F.B.I." and Tuesday night
Inving Johnson will show color
movies on his 18-months Yankee
Clipper trip.
Wednesday afternoon, visitors
will "Meet the Students of M.S.C."
with the b'and.Qfootba'11 team, glee
club and other-activity groups and
Wednesday night there "will be
three major banquets,-followed by
conservation movies. Dr. Tennyson
Guyer, humorist from Findlay,
Ohio, will speak to short course
alumni. Dr. H. H. Kildee, dean-
emeritus of Iowa State College division of agriculture, will talk to
livestockmen, C. W. ""Bill" Otto,
of Lansing Chamber of Commerce
will talk to the. crops-soils group.
Beekeeping, drainage, beef cattle,
swine, maple syrup, grass silage,
muck farming and community and
labor problems are other items
Wednesday.
One highlight Thursday will be
an afternoon message by Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, president of
Pennsylvania State College.. In the
evening, 4-H youth will present a
talent show. A farm management
banquet and a fat stock sale are
other Thursday features. Soil conservation and muck farmer meetings will continue Friday and Sat*
urday. Dairy breeding will be big
Friday feature, with open house
at Michigan Artificial Breeders
.Cooperative.
Rabbit Dinner
In Near Future /r
A red letter event on the local
fraternal calendar is the annual
Mason - K. ot C. rabbit dinner with
date tentatively set as Thursday
evening, February 5," at Hotel Doherty. General chairman is Atty.
Theo. Pixley.
The rabbit hunt will take placo
in the afternoon with Jim Murphy
K. of C. captain and Ray Ituby
Masonic captain.
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