1953-02-06; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE. MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 6, 1953
$2.50 Year In Michigan
New Series. Vol. 61, No. 20
December Pread Traffic Month, '52 Worst Year
Traffic Deaths and Injuries
Mise to New State Records
The highest monthly traffic toll
in the hisstary of the state was recorded in "December when 175 per-1
eons were killed and 5,122 injured
a total of 5,297 casualties.
The record also mMe 1952 the
Worst year with 50,331 casualties
divided into 1,716 deaths and
48,615 injuries. The previous all-
time high was in 1951 with 50,058
injuries and deaths. j
The figures were  contained In!
the   State  Police  monthly  report,
which was released only January
30, after the long job of tabulating the shocking totals. Some de-1
layed reports are still expected. '
Among other things, the report
disclosed surprisingly enough that
although there was an increase in
casualties, there was a decrease in
accidents in December of 1952.      I
The total for the month was
17,345, a drop of 2,547, or 13 per
cent, under the previous year's December total of 19.29, the highest
ever reported in a single month.  J
This,   police   attributed   largely
to  weather  conditions.  December I
weather in 1952 was unseasonably
clear and motorists were able to i
drive at high speeds, which in turn!
accounted for greater severity in
accidents. The heavy snow that accompanied   Devember   1951   tend",
ed  to  hold  down  driving speeds
considerably, but resulted in more
accidents of less severity.
Compared with 1951, the record
for 19l52 shows an increase of 76
deaths, or five per cent, over 1,640
the previous year. Injuries increased 759, or two per cent, over
47,856. Accidents totaled 159,429,
a decline of 15,388, or nine per
cent, under 174,808, the all-time
record.
The death toll for 1952' was- the
fifth highest ever reported and 70
pei% cent of the deaths occured in
rural areas—another new record.
Estimated- travel- in the state
during the first 11 months of 1952
!the latest information available,
was 22 billion miles. This was less
than one per cent more than the
total mileage during the same period in 1951, but the death rate of
7.1 per 100- million miles of travel
was three per cent higher than the
6.9 rate for the same period of the
previous year.
ity Without
A Librarian
„Need Successor
To Mrs. Hochstetler
Mrs. Frank Hochstetler, longtime
librarian of the City Library, resigned her position to take effect
July 1, 1953. Her announcement
was given to the Library Board
Thursday evening at a business"
meeting at the home of the board
president, Mrs. Harold Fleming.
Mrs. Hochstetler and Mrs. Alex
Artibee have served intermittently as librarians of the City Library
•for twenty-eight of the library's
thirty year existence with Mrs,
Pratt and Mrs. Waller serving the
remaining two years. Mrs. Hochstetler was the first librarian to
receive a salary, and Mrs. Artibee
and, Mrs* Hochstetler ,#j_-. paaj.
presidents" of" the Library Board.
The President announced that
applications to fill the vacancy
were in order. Each applicant must
be a High School graduate and
attended one library work shop
and be approved by the State Library Board.
Any Clare citizen who is interes-
1 ted ih the City library is eligible
to be a member of the library association, and an increased membership is desired by the Board
who are appointed hy this" AssocU
ation.
At the -conclusion of the meeting
Mrs. Fleming served appetizing refreshments.
Reckless Driving
Brings Fine In
Municipal Court
An auto driven by Gertrude
Querback, 51, of Harrison, was
struck in the rear by a car driven
by Edwin Fields, 28, of -Mt. Pleasant, on the top of James Hill early
Friday, evening, according to-Sher-
iff Everette ^Allen. Both cars were
traveling south.
Nina Fields, 34, was treated for
laceration of the left arm at Clare
General Hospital and released that
evening.
■Fields was issued a summons by
Sheriff Allen for reckless driving.
He plead guilty, when arraigned
before JVidge Wm. B. Dunlop in
Municipal -Court .Saturday, and was
fined §29.00.
Interesting Films
To Be Shown At
Methodist Church
The public is invited to the evening service to be held next Sunday evening, February 8th, at 7:30
p. tn.., at the Clare Methodist
Church.
The pastor, Rev, L. J. Nevins,
will take the congregation with
him through Yellowstone National
Park and to the Teton Mountains
With his Kodochrome color screen
pictures taken oh his trip last
summer. '
This will be followed by the
Bhowing of the film, "Alaska, A
World To Be Won." This is a new
sound; color film which will prove
instructive and interesting to all.
Ithaca Edges
Out Pioneers
The Clare High School Pioneers
lost their last chance for a winning
season as the Ithaca Yellowjackets
overcame.a first quarter lead to
end up on the winning side of the
ledger, 40-39.
Clare used its controlled style of
play to advantage until the final
period, when Ithaca obtained a
five point lead which dwindled
away to a lone marker as the gun
sounded.
Ted Hoersch, team scoring leader; again proved his worth as he
dropped in $J!teen points from
his guard position, Pete Brown
and Irwin Ruby each hit for 10
markers to hold their*own ih the
scoring department, but it was not
enough to stem the tide of Ithaca
field goals as Clare's defense
cracked slightly at the seams in
the final stanza.
The reserves also lost a well
played game in the final minutes,
45-44. The little Pioneers turned
in their best effort of the season,
Avith Nard Robinette slipping five
field goals past the Ithaca-defense
in the first period.
The Pioneers will play at Coleman Tuesday and will meet Evart
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Earr Beatty
New "Dad" For
Clare DeMolay
At a special meeting of the
Glenn F. Sanford Chapter, Order
of DeMolay, held at the local Masonic Temple last Monday evening,
two new members, Thomas Becker and Leon Stanley, were given
the Initiatory Degree. Wm, Seiter.
Master Councilor, was in charge of
the degree. The flower talk was
given to the new members and
Dick Graham, by Judge Donald E.
Holbrook,
Wm. Setter, * M.C., introduced
Earl Beatty, P.M., as a new "Dad,"
who together with Clarence Cotton
will fill the duties of "Dad" of the
Chapter this year. "Dad" Beatty
responded with appropriate remarks.
Judge Holbrook, "Dad" of the
Chapter since it's inception in
Clare, when called upon by the
Master Councilor for remarks,
thanked the Chapter and the boys
for the fine cooperation in the
past, and assured them of his continued interest in them and their
work.
Refreshments were served by
•Ray Ruby and lien Roe, Advisors.
Campbell Consults
Authorities On
School Financing .
On January 23 Superintendent
of Schools Thomas C. Campbell attended a meeting of the Michigan
Association of School Administrators, at Grand Rapids, with the
main topic centered on school finance. Mr, Campbell also talked
with industrial leaders of the state
about common educational problems in the schools today.
A few days later Mr. Campbell
attended a meeting January 31 at
the Kellogg Center at Michigan
State College. Mr. Campbell met
with the school administrators
and state officials to discuss further the problem of school finances.
Deaths
MRS. FRANK BICKNELL  .
Mrs. Frank Bicknell, of Detroit,
passed away there at 5:00 o'clock
Wednesday evening. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Frank
Bicknell, four little (laughters, a
brother and a sister.
Requiem High Mass will be
sung in a Detroit Cathedral at
9:30 o'clock this Friday morning,
with arrangements in charge of
the Verheyden Funeral Home *.
10,300 Mack Avenue at Third
Drive, Detroit. Burial services will
bft held in Clave at 3:00 0'rlock
ti»,is afternoo. .
Senior Week
At Witbeck's I.G.A.
February 9 through February 14
is the designated week in which
the Seniors Of Clare high school
plan to replenish their much depleted treasury. One percent of the
net profit at Witbeck's IGA Store
is -to go to them to aid in obtaining the,necessary amount of money for the senior trip.
Free coke is to be given out to
everyone who buys more than 'five
dollars worth of merchandise during Friday or Saturday. A bake
sale will also be held there on
Saturday, February 14.
Last year two such weeks were
held at Witbeck's, The .seniors
made $155. which helped provide
funds for their trip.
Members of the class have expressed appteeiation to Witbeck's
fov tlio generous interest shown.
Need More
School Space
At Coleman
Building Bond
Up To Voters
The need of more room to care
for the increasing enrollment at
the Coleman Community Schools
has already made itself manifest.
The Board of Education called a
public meeting Wednesday, February 4th, for the purpose of discussing the erf. nding needs and
requirements of the school,
The topics of discussion were
the present elementary school
building debt; the addition of two
more rooms on that building.; the
building of a garage, and the explanation of the registration requirements for those wishing to
vote in a school district election.
The alternatives to ease the
overcrowded situation are 1.) half
day session; 2) transporting some
grades to the rural school buildings of* the district; or 3) enlarging the elementary building.
At Wednesday evening's meeting, a general discussion took
place of the feasibility of the two
room addition to the new elementary building or the building of a
bus garage. The' purpose, of the
meeting was to get the viewpoint
of the taxpayers of the school district concerning a bond issue tO
finance the building program.
Principal of Schools Glenn
Brookens said Thursday morning
that a bond issue will be voted upon  within  the  next  two  months.
Board of Education President
Charles Clark presided at the
meeting. Superintendent Ray Hamilton did not attend because of
illness.
Further discussion of the building program will take place at the
regular meeting of the Board of
Education in the" superintendent's
office of the Coleman High School,
next Monday evening.
Blue Cross
Rates Go Up
An increase in Blue Cross rates
for hospital coverage, effective
April 1st, was announced today
by" Wm. S. McNary, executive vice
president of Michigan Hospital
Service.       .    »_•,'"•-...■
For the 90 per Gent of tho Blue
Cross members covered by the
comprehensive group contract, the
increases range from 20 cents a
month for single subscribers to 80
cents a month for full family coverage.
TheVe is no Increase in rates for
companion Blue Shield surgical or
medical-surgical coverage which
most of the Blue Cross members
also carry.
McNary said that developments
in the last 18 monthg dictated, the
upward adjustment in rates:
"The cost of hospital care has
gone up. The average hospital
charge per Blue Cross case has increased 12 per cent—from $134 to
$150.
"A higher percentage of Blue
Cross members are getting hospital care. For each 1,000 members,
an average of 140 are admitted to
hospitals as compared for 128 per
1,000 in 1951, an increase -of nine
per cent."
McNary emphasized- that inflation is only one factor in higher
hospital costs.
Methodist Men
Plan Program
For Next Week
Next Thursday evening, Febru-,
ary 12, the regular meeting of the
Clare-Farwell Methodist Men's organization will meet in the basement of Clare Methodist Church,
for a dinner at 6:30, and program
at G:00 p. m.
Preceding the dinner at. 6:00 p.
m. another of the regular Bible
study periods will be held with
Harry Dice, Chairman of the
Spiritual Education Committee, in
charge. Much Interest has been exhibited by the men in this new
study plau.
In keeping with the birthdate of
the great emanicpator an outstanding rendition of a story from the
life of Abraham Lincoln, will be
given by the local pastor, Rev.
jSeslie J» Nevins.
An entertaining and instructive
film "By Jupiter" has been obtained by loan from the Leonard
Refineries of Alma. This film is
one of only a few copies in the
United States, it' being originally
filmed for Mars Hall Field and
Company, of Chicago, and made
available only recently through
special arrangements 'With that
company.
The February program promises
to be one of the most interesting
and beneficial to be afforded the
members and friends of this
group during the entire year.
Ed White Has
Convention Role
Ed White, of Clare, will have an
active part in the Michigan State
Florist Association's convention to
be staged on February 22, 23 and
24 at the Hotel Statler in Detroit,
Michigan.
Mr. White will represent the
Florists Telegraph Delivery Units
4 A and 4 B when he takes part in
the "Time, Labor and Money Savers" demonstration on the February 23 morning program.
Death Takes
John Davy,
City Leader
Traffic Light
Considered At
State. McEwan
John E, Davy, who fought cour^
ageously for life through months
of  discouraging pain and illness,
died quietly at his' home Saturday i jn reSponse t0 u request of mem-
evening. He had been confined to ^ers 0? tlle 01are study c_ul)| w__0
his bed constantly during the last teel the need of a tra_fic lignt at
days as his strength failed slowly.   the intersection of State and Mc-
His wife, Irene, his parents,
other members of his family and
many friends had maintained a
constant vigil at his side. Everything was accomplished for his
comfort which loving care could
provide.
Returning home from the Mayo
Clinic at Rochester last summer af
Ewan Streets, H. L, Frier, district
tVaffic engineer of the Michigan
State Highway department, met
with interested Clare citizens at
the high school Wednesday afternoon to discuss the matter. .
"Feeling the necessity of a traffic light at this junction, many,
many school children cross US-27
■ter' surgery there, Mr. Davy and  ?acll daYf the study Club hag- un-
his   family   were   encouraged   by   dertaken this civic project,
marked  improvement in  his. conv    "s        t, ltt        .        lfc.
^T'^Z^T^l^^ f" to .the State Highway Depart-
ment   in   Lansing   requesting   ar.
of doors and met his friends and
.welcomed callers.
But his health failed again and
despite the best care, his disorder
overpowered him.
Just past his forty-fifth birthday,
Mr. Davy had lived in -Clare nearly
all his life. He graduated from
Clare high school and shortly afterward sailed on the Great Lakes'
on an ore boat for three seasons.
He then became associated with
his father, L. E. Davy in the department store firm here where he
remained except during the war
years, when he served his country
as a member of the U.S. Army.
' While in military service he* met
his wife,, the former Miss Irene
Potter of COleman. They had been
married six years at the time of
his passing. Two children .$.
born to Mr. and ,Mrs. Davy, a son
Tommy and   daughter Patty.
Resettling in 'CJ'are after the
close of the war, Mr- Davy became
interested in civic government and
was elected to a seat on the city
Commission. This •position he still
held at the time of his death, having been re-elected to another
term,
•He was a member of the Masonic order, belonging to John Q,
Look Lodge, and attended the Congregational church and veteran's
organizations.
"Last rites for Mr. Davy were
held in the Congregational Church
Tuesday afternoon with the Thurs-
"ton Funeral Home in charge of the
arrangements. The array of scores
of beautiful floral pieces paid silent testimony to the high esteem
in which he was held.
(Rev. Oscar Witt Olson conducted
•the sea-vice, being assisted In the
'ceremony at the grave by Rev* Joseph Kennedy, a brother'-in-laAV of
Mr. Davy. The last resting place is
in the family lot in Cherry Grove
cemetery.
-Surviving besides the bereaved
wife and two ^children, are Mr. and
Mrs. L. E.,Davy, the parents, six
.sisters together with their families, and many cousins and other
relatives.
interyiew. The department turned
the matter over to H. L. Frier, of
Cadillac.
Much discussion took place at
the meeting Wednesday. There are
many stipulations to be taken into
Consideration. Mr. Frier said that
a thorough investigation would be
ihade, and his report would be sent
in to the. State Highway Department in Lansing. He also stated
any formal request must come
through the city commission.
Clare Snow Queen .Will
Be Selected Saturday
The Clare Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Clare Snow
Queen Contest to be held at the
City Hall at 3:00 P. M., Saturday
February 7. The only qualifications
for the queeii Is an age limit of
from 16 to 25 years of age. Contestants must wear sweaters and
skirts.   -
The queen and her chaperon will
be guests of the Grayling Winter
Sports Park, Inc., for the week
end of February 14. The queen
will receive $25.00 from the Chamber of Commerce and will also be
given a complete snow-suit ensemble through the courtesy of various
Clare merchants. Second and third
choice will receive $10.00 and $5,00
respectively.
The week end at Grayling is absolutely free, including meals and
lodging, to both the queen and her
chosen escort.
During the week end at Grayling
the 1953 Michigan Winter Queen
will be selected.
If you have any questions, please
call .0-W.
Pioneers Win
From Coyotes
The Clare Pioneers, backed with
some excellent ball handling,
dominated play the entire contest
as they sent the Reed City Coyotes
scrambling into the safety of the
locker room, 37-31.
Guards Ted Hoersch and Pete
Brown combined to exhibit some
fancy ball control in mid court
as Clare had possession of the
spheroid most of the game.
The contest was well attended
for an out of town" affair as the
student? are awakening -to the fact
that they are supporting a capable
ball club.
The Pioneers will, enter the
Class B District Tournaments at
Cadillac this season- and will compete with Manistee, Big Rapids
and Cadillac for District plaudits.
Qoach Seitz is optimistic about
the chances of his squad and concedes they have a chance- of adding a;, trophy to the trophy Case.
February-^
10    Basketball, Cowman,  there.
13   Basketball, Evart, here
17   Basketball, Shepherd there,
27   Basketball, Evart there
March—
4-5-6    District Tournament
11-12-13 •  Regional Tournament
20-21-22   State Tournament
Friday, February 20 Is
World Day Of Prayer
"Walk as Children of Light", Prayer girdles the globe. Ser-
will be the theme for the annual vices begin in New Zealand and
j World Day ot Prayer to be obser- the Fiji Islands, west of the date
ved for the sixty-sixth time on Fri- line and continue through the day
,day, February 20, 1953. Millions of closing with the observances in
women in the United States and" Alaska and on the Tonga Islands
countless others throughout the i where Queen Salote leads her de-
world will join in united prayer vout subjects in prayer,
on that day, the first Friday in
Lent.
In Clare, women's organizations
from three churches cooperate to
bring the brotherhood hour to the
community.   Mehodist,   Church   of
The purpose of the day is the
Christian 'fellowship of prayer,
around the world and the building
of world brotherhood.
The service of worship originates In a different country each
God,   and  'Congregational   women .year. The 1953 service comes from
join in" the invitation to the service
at the Congregational church at
8 p.m. All persons of any denomination are welcome.
There will be "special vocal music
and organ numbers by Harold Collins.
This regular annual observance
began in 1887, with just a few devoted- women. The response was so
great that finally this date, the
first Friday in Lent was set .aside
for the annual observance of a
World Day of Prayer*.
Today the program is sent to
114 countries with 17,'0OO observances in the United States alone.
Scout Group
To Attend
Church Sunday
Clare Boy Scouts and Cub
Scouts will attend the 11:00
o'clock morning services at the
Congregational Church, Sunday in
a body,, in observance of National
Boy Scout Week,' February 7
through 13. Rev. Oscar Witt Olson, pastor of the church, has
chosen a topic of particular interest to the Scouts. Parents and
frierfds of the Scouts are invited
to attend the services.
During Scout Week displays of
Scout lore, camping and handicraft will be placed in the show
windows of Northland Hardware
and Grove Bros, stores. The displays will, feature many interesting activities of the troops.
A pot luck supper for the
scouts and cubs was served in the
Methodist Church basement,
Thursday evening. Awards were
given and a fine program was presented.
Scoutmasters are Jack Rodabaugh, Troop 125, and Thomas
Dwyer, Troop 120. Pacmaster of
Pa<$ 3*125 is Herbert Breen,
Christian women of Africa.
Let  all Christians join in
•world observance.
this
Frank LaGoe
Returning To
Clare Bank
Frank LaGoe, cashier and director of the Gladwin County Bank at
Beaverton the past five and a half
years, has resigned as cashier to
accept a ■position as a vice president ot The Citizens State Bank
of Clare. He was associated with
the Clare bank before going to
Beaverton.
The directors of tlie Beaverton
bank announce that LaGoe will remain a director of that bank.
Mr. LaGoe will commence his
duties in the Clare bank next Monday.
H. Stuart Woodward, former assistant cashier of Central State
Bank at Beulah, will succed LaGoe
at Beaverton as cashier.
Mr, LaGoe will continue to live
in Beaverton for the time being in
order to render such assistance to
•Mr. Woodward as he can and pending finding suitable housing -for
his family in Clare.    '
Mr. LaGoe was active In Beaverton civic and community life.
He was elected to the Beaverton
Rural Agricutural School -Board
of Education last summer' and has
•served as president of the organization since that time. His deep
interest in the future of the children of the district has been ex*
emplified in the many hours of
diligent effort put forth in helping
to get the building program under
way.
•He was particularly instrumental
in making the necessary contacts
which allowed the district to obtain practically -all of the outstand*
ing ndn-callable bonds on the present high, school building, .aving
the school district a'eSasideratsle
sum of money which would have
been paid had these bonds* run
through to maturity.
He has also served as secretary
to the Beaverton Lions Club and
the Beavertop. Businessmen's As*
sociation and as president of the
bowling league. He is an, active
members of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Gladwin, as a member of the Ushers Club and past
president, of. the Holy. Name Society. He Is a member of the
Knights, of .Columbus."
Fran . and his family will be welcomed back to Clare by their many
friends aiid his former business associates here,
Records Fall
In Big Fish
Contest
Fishing is reported "good" all
over Michigan's frozen lakes, but
two Clare fishermen are leading
the field in the contest for the biggest ones brought in.
Winston Raymond, of> Elm Grove
and a friend, Cliff Payne, of Beaverton caught a. monstrous 40-inch_
Northern Pike while fishing at
Houghton Lake last Saturday.
They were lucky to land the giattt
fish after his weight broke one
point of their triple hook, and
straightened another. But he was
finally brought through the hole
ip the ice with the aid of ja gall
hook.
The men were ready for trouble
with the big fellow after losing another huge pike two weeks ago
when a light line parted.
The prize weighed 19 pounds and
5 ounces, and measured 19 and one
half inches around the large part
of the body.
The excited pair exhibited the
fish to all the other men and women fishing" nearby, then took him
ashore to be entered in the Big
Fish Contest of the-year.
Marion Hildebrandt took the fish
to the Clare Manufacturing Plant
Saturday night to show his fellow
workmen,
Bert Bergey of near Loomis called the Sentinel just before press
time to report his catch of an 18
pound Pike in Beaverton Pond.
This big beauty rivals the one
caught Jn Houghton Lake and is
said to .measure 89 inches in
length,"
Clare High Ag.
Students Visit
State College
Floyd Norcutt, Vocational Agricultural teacher at the Clare Public School, and 36 agricultural students, .attended Farm's Week at
"Michigan -State College in East
Lansing,  Thursday  January  29,
They Visited the agriculture engineering building, the horse barn,
and dairy cattle barns, noting the
many improvements made. Of
special interest to the boys were
the many new agriculture exhibits
such as the pen type and pole
barns, A.B.A. barns and, the swine
experimental barns. '
It would be* useless to try to discuss the many individual exhibits.
Probably the most Interesting
Was the A.BiA. barns where Mr.
Carpenter, a field man fOT-Michigan,, State Gollege, conducted the
boys through the laboratory ahd
explained the procedures.
After a rather strenuous but interesting day, Mr. Woodworth
drove the tired group back j:o Clare
arriving about 7:30.
Highway Funds
To Be Issued
To Counties    *
Net receipts of the State Motor
Vehicle Highway Fund for the
Fourth Quarter of the calendar
year 1952 amounted to $23,884,962.-
81 and this money ■ is now being
distributed to the State iilghway
Department, the counties, and the
cities and incorporated villages of
the state, Highway Commissioner
Charles.M. Ziegler announces.
Of the above amount, Clare
county will receive $41,333.73...
Nearby counties will receive
amounts as follows: Gladwin $36,-
318.87, Isabella $60,643.43, Midland
$76,466.04, Missaukee $40,092.4 .
Osceola $43,206.25 and Roscommon
$40,718.38.
Cities and towns will receive:
Clare, $2,486,33.
Beaverton, $857.06; Coleman,
$1,158.89; Evart, $2,433.58; Far-
well, $1,214.00; Gladwin,. $2,526.80;
Clare County
Republicans
To Convene
A County "Convention of the delegated representatives of the Republican Party of Clare county will
be held at the Court House in the
City of Harrison, on Monday February 9,1953 at 10:00 o'clock in the
forenoon, for the purpose of electing four delegates to the Republican State Convention to be held
in the City of Detroit, Michigan, on
Saturday, February 21, 195'3, and
for the transaction of such other
business' as may properly come before said assembly.
The delegates to this convention
shall be those who were ■ elected
at the regular Primary Election
hqld on Tuesday August 5, 1952.
Following is the apportionment
of delegates by precincts: Arthur
4, Franklin 2, Freeman 2, Frost 2,
Garfield 4, Grant 5, Greenwood
3, Hamilton 3.
Hayes 2, Hatton 2, Lincoln 2,
Redding 2. '
Sheridan 5, Summerfield 2, Surrey 6, Winterfield 3.
City of Clare: 1st Ward 3, 2nd
Ward 8, 3rd Ward 7.
City of Harrison: 1st Ward 3,
2nd Ward 2, 3rd Ward 3.
The convention is called, by Har-"
old B. Hughes, Chairman, and Ruth
Jones, Secretary.
Drama Group
Names Cast
For Mystery
With announcement of the players who Will take the various partst
CpnstrtMjtien of- the* settings .egwi,'
and rehearsals now in progress, the
production of "Night of January
16th" scheduled for February 25th
and.26th is how in progress.
This play, -which is being put on
by the Dramatics Class of Clare
High School, will be given two performances with a partially double
cast. The male parts will be played
by the same students both nights,
but all women's roles will be portrayed by an entirely different
cast the second night.
This plan wa's devised in oTder
to .give as many dramatic students
,as possible an opportunity to appear before the public. Proceeds of
the play will be divided equally between the Junior and Senior classes.
The cast:
Prison Matron—"Glehda Haring
Bailiff—Ken Bauder
Judge Heath-HBud Elliott ■
District Attorney Flint—Philip Van
Every.
His Secretary—'Cherie Cain      1' ■.
Defense   Attorney  Stevens—Irvin
Ruby,       * ! *       *     * ^
His Secretary—Kay Friesner
Clerk of the Court—Ken Ritter:
Karen^Andre—Ina Kajfez and Marilyn  Seiter
Dr. Kirkland—Tom Becker
Mrs.   John   Hutchins—Cleo  Raymond and Avondalee Barber
Homer Van Fleet—John Little
Elmer Sweeney—Bob Ruby
Nancy    Lee    Faulkner—"Madeline
Brockway and Laureen Seiter
"Magda    Svenson—-<.  roi    Mitchell
and Gayla Hochstetler.
John Graham Whitfield—Ken Mc-
.onnell
Jane Chandler—Dbnna Louch and
Joyce Holbrook    *
Sigurd Jungquist—Dave Holt
Larry Regan—-Mike DWyer
Roberta   Van    Rensselaer—Joyce
Thayer and Nancy Bellows  ,
Court   Stenographer—Marge    To-
maski. .
The production personnel Is as
follows: Director, LpuiSa Bowler;
tudent Director, Patsy Cox; Publicity,, Carol Mitchell;
Business Manager, Glenda Haring; Stage Settings, Gerald Adams
and Bill Ulrich; Lighting Effects,
Jim Chandanais and Glen Hales.
Veterans Hospital
Administrator
Rotary Speaker
The Clare Rotary Club luncheon
meeting was held at Hotel Doherty
Wednesday' noon, with the program in charge of Chairman Carl
Stephenson.
He presented Norman Sheib,
special service administrator of
the Veterans Hospital at Saginaw,
as speaker. Mr. Shelb gave an interesting talk on special services,
there.   •
Guests included Rotarian Jay
Swarthout, of Alma; Rotarians
Roy Chimner and Donald Brown,
of Cheboygan; Rotarian Larry
Vredievae, of the University of
Michigan, was accompanied to the
meeting • by Lester Anderson and
Kent Leach,  of Ann Arbor;  and
Harrison. $1,373.54; Midland. $18,- Turner Solterman, of SaginaAV, was
■693.00; Reed City, $2,374.12; aM a guest of Rotarian Gordon Mcln-
Rosconuuon, $1,220.33. „ -•--..— | tosh.
Talent Show
Plays To Big
Crowd Here
March of Dimes
Masons Benefit
An acrobat dancer, .singers, instrumentalists and a puppeteer
shared prize money and honors In
the Masonic Amateur Show held
Wednesday evening in the high
school" auditorium.
High quality acts of entertainment were presented by amateurs
from the Clare community area,
and from six other towns in central. Michigan. The fine audience
and the unusual and varied talent
displayed made this show one of
the best ever staged in the series
of annual affairs.
While the audience assembled,
music was furnished by- the orchestra, Rita Beck, piano; LaiVy
Everts, saxophone; Irvin Ruby,
trumpet; Don Cobb, clarinet; Bob
Haynak, drums.
Charles . Cooper, general chairman welcomed everyone, with a
few remarks, concerning the contest, and named the judges, Mrs.
Harold Fleming, Mrs. Joe Johnston
and Mrs. Myrtle Miller. Judging
was done by point system, 50 tor
talent; 30 for presentation and 20
for originality.
Harley Holt was introduced as
master of ceremonies, and he presided in bis usual entertaining
mariner, sometimes helping the
contestants, to feel more at ease,
perhaps not. ;        -   •       .*   -
Farwell, Harrison, Evart, Mt,
Pleasant, Coleman. Clare, ahd Kalkaska were some of the towns represented.   ,
In the five-to-twelve age group,
first place winner was Nancy
Forbes, 10, of Kalkaska, who was
an acrobat dancer, and performed
in' many difficult stunts, having
trained herself.
Second place winner, was 12
year old Kenny McWilliams, of
Evart, with 83 points, who, sang
"Any Time", and then in a clever
manner displayed a puppet in a
dance number. Third place winner,
John Akins of Clare, 13, with 78
point . played a very difficult
piano solo.
In the twelve and over group,
first place went to Sue Reese Of
Coleman, a vocal .solo, "I'll Be
Seeing YOU", haying 80 points.
Second place, Marilyn Yarhouse,
and Janice Yarhouse, of Evart, a
duet, -^JPlay.f .• .Simple Melody",
with .8 fcBihtg. Ma mm phi.*.
Sally Gillespie,, of Clare, a vocal
solo, "My Hero", with 65 points.
Many of the other numbers on the
program were interesting and well
received by the audience. Special
mention of come of them in costume included Janie Bell, 5, and
Jeanie White, 6, dressed as penguins, in a tap dance; Al Terwilliger, 13, in a patriotic song medley,
with appropriate costume; Janet
Nelson, 16, in a rope tap dance.
Kay Florla. li, and Sherry Navarre, 13, in.a Spanish costume and
tap dance; Dick Myers, 13, Patsy
Cox, 17, Carol Wieferich, 17, and
Idyl tJr quhart, each ih tap daiij.
numbers; SUe Browu. 10( in a toe
' dance.
Piano solos were played by
Laurene Woodward, Helen Akins;
A saxophone solo, Dick Roe, 13;
Accordian solos, Darlene Hoffmey-
er; Bonnie, Booher, 14; and she
also played in a duet ,with Marilyn
Yarhouse, 13; A guitar solo, La-
vine Fike. .       ■'
Vocal solos, with guitar accompaniment, Jack Brown, 13; Edith
Colmus; Lois Farrell; Rodney
Colmus, 5, a vocal solo, accompaniment ^by his brother John with
guitar;- Vocal Solos, with piano accompaniment, Phyllis Reedy, 13,
Lelamae Kile 15, Monta McCallis-
ter, 15; vocal duets, Delma IMiller,
and Helen Brink. Joanne and Monta McCallister; guitar duet, Arlene
Baldwin, 14 and Rolland Phelps,
14; violin and guitar, John and
Edith Colmus.
While the .judges were making
their final decisions, the auaience
had the pleasure of hearing Mel
Leuder, the winner in the contest last year, entertain them with
a piano solo, a boogie number,
"The Five". His brother, Irvin
Leuder of Mt. Pleasant, a professional entertainer sdng, "My"-*Wild
Irish Rose", and "The Hole in the
Bottom of the Sea", "playing his
accordian accompaniment.
Accompanists for the evening
were Mrs, Iyone Gorr, for most of
the tap dances, Miss Rita Beck,
for part of the solos, "Mrs, Llda
Court, and Miss Keller, and Several of the out of town contestants brought their own accompaniment.
Proceeds of tlie evening will be
divided between the- March Of
Dimes campaign, and charity fund
for the local Masonic Order. Plans
are being made- to present this
show at the State Home for the
Aged, Masonic' Order at Alma.
Committee members who developed the amateur show project this
year are: Charles Cooper, Howai'd
Everts, Larry WilcOx, Ken " Roe,
Monroe Marble and Harley Holt.
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