1953-04-10; Clare Sentinel

              THE CLARE SENTTNET,
**
Established 1878
Seven Cents Qopy
CLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 10. 1953
$2.50 Year Xn Michigan
New Sifles. Vt>t 61, No,89
Barn Burns
To Ground
Qrctss Fifes Threat
To Property In
This Vicinity j
. The 24x40 foot barn on the Mrs.
Nora Langworthy farm was burned to the ground Wednesday
noon. The fire was discovered by
neighbors who notified Mrs. Langworthy and called the Clare fire
department at 11:50 a. m.
When the firemen reached the
scene of tlie fire seven miles north
and two and a half miles east of
Clare, the flames were beyond
control. A grass fire had burned
up to the building and; set it afire.
Loss of the harn was estimated
at §3,500., partly covered by insurance, Robert Kleinhardt, who
works the farm, lost $265 worth of
hay, which was stored in the
building.
Fire Threatens Home
Clare firemen were called to the
Allen Tulk home, 2^_ miles southwest of Clare, at 5:20 p. m. Thursday ol last Week, where a grass
fire was out of control. The firemen brought the fire under control within 15 feet of a wooded
area in which the Volney Davis
home is located,
The fire department was called
one mile east of Clare early Monday afternoon, where some 60
acres, of land was hurnedi over before a grass fire was brought under control.
At 5:45 Monday p.m. the fire
department was summonded to the
Jim Blackmore farm, three miles
southeast of Clare, to extinguish
a grass fire that was out of control.
The firemen were again called
to extinguish a grass fire .on the
Murphy farm, the old Presley
place, ahout 3% miles northeast of
Clare, at 3:30 Wednesday p. m.
Persons starting grass fires are
urgently cautioned to watch them
closely. Burning permits are required to start fires in areas outside the city.
Women Plan
Golf Schedule
For Season
Women of* the Central Michigan
Golf Association met for luncheon
■at the Park Hotel in St. -Louis,
Wednesday. Representatives from
Portland, St. Johns, Ithaca, Alma,
Mt. Pleasant and' Clare were present.
Schedules for the coming season
were arranged.
The Central Michigan Tournament will be held in Ithaca, beginning July ' 27 and continuing
through the week.
The invitational will be Monday,
June 29.
Watch for announcement of
Clare's schedule and for' the date ot
the opening'breakfast which will
be in. the near future.
Those attending the meeting
from Clare were Mesdames Albert
Haley, Harold Wright and Norris
Elden,
Blood Clink
Here Succes
At the Red Cross Blood Clinic
last week, 75 pints were taken,
with 28 rejections, aud many
•others offered but were unable to
give at this time. ,
Carl Stephenson, chairman of
the Clare County Red Cross, and
Mrs. Grace Frey, Blood Bank
Chairman, wish to thank the donors and all who offered to give;
the nurses and nurses aides; ladies
of the Methodist Church for the
canteen; the registrars; Boy
Scouts, for advertising; the Clare
Manufacturing Company for sending donors on company time; doctors McGinnis and' GershQn, for
their services; Lucile Haley, Arvilla Bayes, Ralph Ackerman and
the Harrison V.F.W. for their recruitments; Station W.C.E.N., the
Clare Sentinel and Clare County
Cleaver for publicity and any
others who assisted in any way.
Voters Reject
School Issues
At Coleman
Propositions
To Be Voted
Again May 5
Voters .of School District No, 1
Fractional, Warren township, Midland county, defeated both the
bond issue Jpr ?65;000 and the
three-mill tax at the special election held in the Coleman High
School gymnasium on Saturday,
March 28.
The purpose of the election -was
to" furnish a way, tp care for a
$27,000 indebtedness on the new
elementary huilding and for the
construction and equipping of two
more classrooms to that building.
At a meeting of the Board of
Education following the rejection
of both of these issues, the school
officials decided to give thosj. people interested in the progress atttl
development of the Coleman Community School another opportunity
to express themselves by holding
another special election Tuesday,
May 5.
■ Jt is hoped that all qualified voters of the district will support the
ussue with an affirmative vote
when the time comes.
Highway Commissioner; Supreme Court Justices
Haley, Everts Top
City Candidates
CHARLES  M.   ZIEGLER
State  Highway  Commissioner
JOHN R. DBTHMERS
Justice  Of  Supreme Court
HARRY F   KELLY
Justice Of Supreme Court
Rosebush Youth
Loses Life In
Burning BamA
A small barn leveled by flames
at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday brought
tragic death to 21-year-old Marvin
Republicans Sweep State
Biennial Election Monday
Lily Sale To Be Repeated
Fund $100 Short Of Goal
An expression, of sincere gratitude on behalf of crippled children,
of Clare county was given today
for local paftMptttrou'-jv. th_ _-Ui
annual Easter Seal campaign by
Mrs. Ivah Emery, president of the
Clare Study Cluh.
"Although the campaign officially ended Easter Sunday, we believe that returns will continue to
come in for some time. We have
not yet reached our goal in Clare
County, and the contributions so
far are ?100.00 less than the
amount contributed last year,"
said Mrs. Leota VanEvery, local
chairman of the Easter Seal Campaign.
"Public spirited citizens of "Glare
county have demonstrated that
they want to help, they are doing
their part. Now it is up to us to
establish, develop, and maintain
the many services bur crippled
children so desperately need. You
can he assured that we will do the
very best that is in our power."
The Clare Girl Scouts sold Easter Lilies in the business district
Saturday,   and   realized!   the
sum of $59.76. The girls were very
enthusiastic in their -work and owing to the poor weather conditions
lasf Saturday, w*_ttld<»ffi-e;- to continue their project tomorrow (Saturday).
Contributions amounting to
?67.76 have been received from the
children in Kindergarten through
the sixth grades of the Clare Public Schools.
A total of 91.7 percent of the
funds raised will remain in this
state for local services. The balance will be used to help finance
a nationwide program of research,
education and direct services.
The Clare Study Club is just
one of the National Society's more
than 2,000 Easter Seal affiliates
tjiat participated simultaneously
In the campaign.
last
Civilian Defense
Exercises Friday
For Michigan
Operation Wake Up—an exercise calculated to emphasize the
responsibility of private citizens
and Civil Defense organizations,
rather than the Armed Forces, for
providing measures to protect and
provide for the welfare of the civilian population is an attack—is
scheduled for 11 northwest states,
among thein Michigan, on Friday,
April 24, starting at 2:00 p.m. ESC,
and continuing for eight hours.
Elements of the Fifth Army,
Tenth Air Force, Ninth Naval District, the appropriate Army Antiaircraft, and Air Defense Forces
will take part in ihe exercise, and
facilities of the Fifth Army Headquarters in Chicago will serve as
a joint control center.
Plans for the .exercise call for a
series of simulated Jsltuations involving cities- ani|„4hgt^llatioilS in
the participating area, with- theoretical action, and movement based
strictly on the state of. readiness
existing at the time' of the test.
Participation of the'Armed Forces
will be confined to activites which
would be their responsibility in a
war emergency,
Michigan     Republican  _ voters, . ■          Circuit Judge
_._-•__„_-_-__-,-  .--    swept   the   slate"   in   Monday's Circuit Judge   Donald   E.   Hoi-
Pasch, son of Mv"andMrsTMichael.Biennial Spring Election, including "brook' was re-elected to the 2-lst
Pasch who reside five miles west the election of two nonpartisan judicial Circuit including'Midland,
of Rosebush. How the youth, a Supreme Court Justices. iSome Isabella and Clare counties, for his
student at St. Joseph's Seminary, .-10,000 electors voted, the second second six year term, without op-
Grand Rapids, home on. vacation, j largest TOte in history, exceeded position. •"
"            '   only by that in 1949.         .               | Clare County Helps
happened "to be in the barn remained a- mystery. An unfired
shotgun was found beside him.
Isabella County Coroner Russell
E, O'Neill, has ordered an autopsy.
State Police of the Mt. Pleasant
post are investigating the fire and |
death, but were without comment
pending the official inquiry-
Rosebush and Weidman fire departments were called, but the
barn, valued at about $1,500 was a
pyre of flames when they reached
Adult English
Class Visits
Titles-News
Members of the Clare Residence
center English class No, 266, visit-|;(D) and Thonias N> Roblns(m (D)
ed  the Daily Times-News  at Mt.'wth almost fwo t0 0ne maiorities.
Pleasant, Thursday, April 1, where
modern   machines   were   seen   at
State    Highway    Commissioner'    .glare county voters did their bit
Charles M. Ziegler, Republican in-  in  the Republican landslide with
cumbent swamped his Democratic  the following voting:
opponent, former Mayor Eugene 1,   state Highway Commissioner-
Van Antwerp, of Detroit, by more      Charles M. Ziegler (R) 1452.
than 100,000 votes. " \    Eugene I. Van Antwerp (D) 414.
On the nonpartisan ticket, Re-  Regents of U of M—
publican approved candidates won      (Two elected)
the    two   State    Supreme   Court i     Charles S. Kennedy (R) 1446,
seats.     For the first time in ten '     otto E. Eckert (R) 1403.
*years an incumbent Supreme Court.    Hazen J. Hatch CD) 349.
Justice was defeated. I    Thomas N. Robinson (D) 362,
Chief  Justice   of  the  Supreme  Supt, of Public Instruction-
Court, John R. Dethmers and for-;     Clair D. Taylor (R) 1446.
iner Governor Harry F. Kelly de-      Mack Monroe. (D) 314.
feated  Democratic  approved  can-'    Member State Board of Educa-
didates Justice Clark J. Adams and   tion—-
Talbot Smith in a closer contest,    i    Walter F. Gries (iR) 1426.
.Dr. Charles S. Kennedy (R) and ;     Freda C. Parmelee (D) 351.
Otto B, Eekert (R) were re-elected '
Regents  of  University of  Michigan by defeating Hazen J. Hatch
work.
With almost two to one majorities.
.-. Clair'L. Taylor, Republican candidate for the post of iSuperinten-
TT        . .,, . .   ,aent of public Instruction, piled up j
How  typesetting  was   done  by ^ miajorit~ 0f about 150,000 votes'
Lipotype and intertype machines, |tyer  nlg VpPOnent  Mao^ M<mr0Q
how   a   Fairchild   photoengraving| .j.-/ vt ■
machine operated, how- press news i K  ''
is received, how" the press prints,"
Pioneer Lady
Laid To Rest
Congregational
Church Enjoys
Easter Service
Easter morning services at the
Congregational Church featured
the reception of new members and
baptism of infants, with special
music and a record attendance.
Mrs. Norris BIystone, Mr. and
Mrs, Ben Bosink, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Brown, Mrs. H. E. Forsberg,
Mrs. Harold Jones, Mrs F. C. Sanford, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Thayer,
and Mrs Rolland Thayer entered
the fellowship of the church. The
following babies were baptised,
James Albert Grove, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Grove; Jean, Ann
Curtis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Irvin Curtis (formerly Sarah Pryor) ; and Janet Kay Lettick, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Clifford Let-
tick,
The .Monthly All-Church Pot-
Luck will be held this Sunday evening at 5:30 with committee meetings following the supper and
group meeting.
Roger Brinkerhoff, Clifton
.Schultz, and Jim Duncan leave today to attend the Annual State
Meeting of the Pilgrim Fellowship
in Detroit.
iSunday School classes this Sunday will dedicate their vOne Great
Hour of Sharing" table banks, and
in the upstairs department, the attendance contest will continue, to
conclude in June with a trip to the
Detroit Zoo.
m
Visit Many
Cathedrals
While the Bernard Fitzpatricks
were on their trip this winter they
visited the oldest cathedral west
of the Mississippi, located in St.
Louis, Missouri, It's dedication
took place in 1834.
They also saw the newest cathedral located in the same town at
Lindell Boulevard and Newstead
Ave. The central dome with it's
cross rise 227 feet, while the sentinel like towers are 157 feet above
street level. The length is 305 feet
and the greatest width is 205 feet
at the transepts.
The /cathedral seats 1900 people
but many thousands more may be
accomodated in the four chapels.
There are 45,000 square feet of
floor space between the walls.
St. Louis Cathedral is world renowned for its exquisite masaics,
about 10,000 shades of color a_4
an abundance of gold leaf are
being used to bring out the magnificent effect. Over 100,000 pieces
of mosaic will.be need'ed before
the work is complete.
The new organ in the St. Louis
Cathedral is one of the most perfect Liturgical instruments in the
world.
folds and cuts the editions ready
for circulation, as well as many
other duties which go to make the
daily activities in a news office,
were shown and. explained to' tne
group.
A series of class discussions &hd
moving pictures were given by Instructor Irwin Campbell about the
editing of newspapers before visit-
Members  State Board of Agriculture^—
(TWO elected)
Clark L. Brody  (R)  1424.
Arthur K. Rouse (R) 1400.
Floyd Himes (D) 350.
Connor D. Smith (D) 344.
Circuit Judge—
Donald E- Holbrook (R) 1455.
The hoards-of Control-af both*
the University and Michigan State
College remain firmly in Republican hands.   „•   ;
Veteran bi_mjbiir :of the State
Board   of   Agriculture' Clark   L..        . ,Bro,-il„,1 >,,__,
Brody, and ArthurK, Rouse, both |, The new 1953JE3MTA Guidebook,
Republicans, unseated Dr. Connor! Playtime,' is now off the press
X>, Smith (D),- incumbent, and de.' 5,nd he™S dastnbuted, according to
feated Floyd Himes. (I>) as mem ,w'-QTl1-   1ns"r,°    ™rpA    aD"~favv'
ffa^M^^gmk
TouristBook
InCirctMation
hers  of  the  governing  board  of
Nazarene
Church Has
New
Funeral services for Mrs. -Ernest
Kleinhardt were held from the
Dover Tabernacle Thursday-afternoon of last week. She departed
this life at her home following a
lingering illness, at the age of 84
years.
Dorothy Barbara Ciiiax was
born in Detroit, Michigan, July 4,
1868, and was united in marriage
to Ernest Kleinhardt 59 years ago.
This union was blessed with ten
children.
Mr. Kleinhardt passed away
June 26, 1944, at the age of 81
years. She was also preceded in
death by three of the children,
Charles three years ago, and Amos
and Esther, who died in infancy.
Those left to mourn their loss
are three sons, Benjamin, of Clare
county Reuben, of Detroit, and
Ernest, Jr., of Clare county; four
daughters, Mrs. Dolphis T. Hebert,
of Cl_re county, Mrs. Morris Johnson, of Detroit, ahd Mrs. Albert G.
Ott and Mrs. Gordon G. Witmer, of
Clare county;' a daughter-in-law;
Mrs. Chas. Kleinhardt, of Clare
county; 25 grandchildren; 31 great
grandchildren; and a sister-in-law.
Mrs. Bertha Landstra, of Detroit,
who is 103 years of age.
The Kleinhardts purchased land
near Gladwin in 1898 and lived
there more UhaB" six years as pioneers. They cleared the land, built
a home and established! a farm
during this time.
They helped organize and build
the Evangelical A IS, s o c i a t i o n
Church at Smith Cfceek in 1903.
Mrs. Kleinhardt endured the
hardships and privations of pioneer life with a cheerful, patient
Christian spirit. Her home was
open- to all who needed comfort
and hospitality.
Traveling salesmen, with horse
and buggy, rode miles out of their
way to  Stay at the Kleinhardits'
(COntined   On Page  Eight)
ing  the Daily  Times-News.   This;MicW       state College, with decis-
furnlshed the class members with ..        *£_.«_,,
a  much  better  Understanding  of   V®    ®    "  ^V    ,„s _    „-,    „
the importance of these machines!    Walter .F. Gries (R). handily de-
and what they mean to one of the, feated  Mrs.   Freda   C.   Parmelee, _
most  needed  industries   of man- Democratic nominee tor member of <
kind, printing.
ithe State Board of Education.
Coleman City Officers
Elected with Stickers
Coleman was in an unusual predicament at election time this
year. Every local candidate was a
sticker candidate, because Of confusion over the filing deadline. No
candidates had filed for "oilic.e be-
for the deadline.
. Fire Chief William Pischel, Sr.,
upset Incumbent Mayor Lear J.
Doherty in the battle of stickers
Monday, Two incumbent aldermen
were also defeated.
Pischel, a former mayor, won
with 160 write-ins to 75 for Doherty. Pischel is a retired Cleveland,
Ohio, fireman.' who has served as
chief of Coleman's volunteer fire
department for several years.
Frank Davis, ;-EMTA secretary-
manager. He said that the 50,000
copies will be USed primarily to
supply inquiries coming in by mail
as a result of Efi-TA and Michigan
Tourist Council advertising.
Tlie book is 128 pages and contains a full colofe covert & complete'
writeup on every County within
the area, plus aspecial feature sec^
tion and an "E|t, Sleep and Shop"
Directory. -.
Early spring -Inquiries' are coming In very fast and there is already a backlog of 5,000 requests
for the new publication. Judging
from the volume of early season
Alderman Carl Lewis of the sec-1 requests for --formation and the
ond ward was defeated, by Robert' interest shown^M the three travel
Simons; and Alderman Verneli shows m which EMTA^pancipated
Berk of the third ward lost to recently m Cleveland, Chicago and
James Young. Alderman John Cut-, Detroit, Davis predicts another out-
Stickers Fail
In Townships
G.O.P. Approved
Nonpartisans -
Win Easily
James Walsh, vetei'an Vernon
township Supervisor, and, A. E.
Burton, four year- member of the
board from Wise township,- were
re-elected Monday. Walsh won 161
to 128 over'"Flying Farmer" Ernest Irwin. -
A recent controversy over township participation in county road
financing work is reported to be
the issue that hrought Irwin into_|
the race.
Wise Township
Wise township elected a straight
Republican ticket with only contest between Burton and,, sticker
candidate Christopher Porter.
Following is the vote:
Supervisor — A, E. Burton 126,
Christopher Porter 99.
.    CJerk—Maynard D. Cole 226.
Treasurer—Vera Slocum 229.
Trustees—(Two elected)--Earl
•Walker 226, Ray Srauch 227.
Highway Commissioner—Henry
Russell 227.
Justice of Peace—(Full term) —
Perry Geeck 228.
Justice of Peace—(Four years)
—Floyd Tubbs 227.
Constables — (Four elected)—E.
A. Burton 226, Norman Rockett!
226, Sidney Carey 227, Geo. Wehl
225.
A total of 230 votes were cast.
Garfield Township
Following is an official tally of
votes cast in Garfield Township:
Supervisor—Stanley Oman 97.
Clerk—Donna Scott 97.
Treasurer—Floy Sturgis 91.        :
Tustees—(Two elected)-^-Roy O.
Cook 91, Herman Miller 88.
Justices of Peace—(Three elected) — Grant McLane, 1953-1957,
Walter. Cornell, 1953-1956, Garnet
Ferguson, 1954-1958.
Highway Commissioner — James
Sweet 92.
Member of Eoard of Review—
•Grant-'McLan*?-".2.-*;----'^ .- • «/..- '
Constables — (Four electea)—-"
Neil Watkins 92, Alfred' Sturgis
87, Herman Miller 86, Tom Shilling 91.      .-./..
Signal Befqre
You Turn
Coope_v Groves Also
Elected To City
Commission
Albert Haley, former City Commissioner and! Mayor, lead in the
nine man race for four- seats on
the City Commission,. with 383
votes, ih, Monday's nonpartisan
City election, Haley will serve for
two year's. _
Mayor Howard M, Everts, incumbent, won the other two year
term with 280 votes.  '      •
.Commissioner Charles 0, Cooper, was reelected with 269 votes
and Dale Groves- received 267
votes' in "his first aid bid for city
office." Each will serve one year
terms, *
Other candidates and votes ire-'
ceiVed were Laurence Jackson, Jr.,
248; Gerald Nivison, 221; Alien Q.
Crum,; incumbent, "213; Leon Dull,
166; and Rohert N, Walters, 1.0,.
The Commission will elect one
of; its member? as mayor at its
.first meeting, according to the
terms Of City Charter.
Despite the contest for City
Commissions posts and keen competition for state offices, the vot*
ing was very light. Only 60S of the
-City's some 1700 registered electors cast their votes.
standing tourist season provided
that there are'-no unforseen difficulties,.
tis was unoposed,
Alger McDonald had ^o opposition for  city  clerk.  He replaces	
veteran Fred Menerey, Who refus-1 _ _    . .    -
ea to run after Serving 12 years in. j Memorial' SerVlCeS
Howard'Jones   was t re-elected For   John'"'Wilson
treasurer without opposition. j c
While no one had declared him-      Memorial  services  for the  late      _ -     . -       ....
self a candidate for justice of the John Wilson will be held Sunday he has the important respohsibil-
peace, Russell Thering received 12 afternoon, April' 12, at 2:00 o'clock' «*-  -* -*—«— *-n   **•   °-i™-^
write-ins arid Sidney W. Delamar- at    the    C1 a j: e    Congregational
ter seven. Church. ,;c,
ISecretary Of State Owen J.
Cleary today announced the opening of a statewide emphasis program aimed at reducing traffic a;c-
cide'nts due to .dangerous turns. It
is sponsored by the Michigan-'State
Safety Commission and the Michi-.
gan Traffic Safety Federation.
' Throughout the state thousands
of posters and leaflets will carry
the message "Signal Before You
Turn".
Commenting on the importance
of the program, Mr. Cleary said,
"The driver who turns, right or
left at an intersection has a far
greater responsibility than a driver who goes straight ahead. In
so many cases the turn moyes the
Car in front of the paths of other
vehicles thus inviting an accident.
In other cases the turn interferes
with a pedestrian who has the
right-of-way. Because the turning
driver takes the initiative in changing the pattern, of moving ■ traffic
Forest Fire
Watch Begins
jMachinery of Michigan's important forest fire .control system has
-■e&i put to work as the spring fire
.hazard* Season, approaches.
Already,   1,000   "keymen"   have
•been' appointed   to   keep   sharp
watch   on  forest  lands   in   their
areas.
KeJ-ften are generally farmers,
loggers, and land owners, persons
with a rested interest in forest
protection. They are provided with
basic fire fighting equipment to
ke_p jit home, When fires .occur
nearby, keymen are ofter first to
arrive and" may "take quick action
'toward halting the blaze,
■?''__!__, _^V_t_h-__riP_:'__ ¥''--s-rre'
fighting force for the conservation
department when big fires threaten.
The 140 fire towers in Michigan
also soon will all be manned and
operating. About 30 men will be
hired as lookouts this year for
work in these towers, many to be
hired without need of civil service
exams, The department's field administration 0 division is accepting
applications now for. this work, .
Department" airplanes also have
been up this yelp filing smbke pit-
rolt Most flying has. "b$en _bh_ In
the( southern lowef /tjenins-jria; but
as ; the spring -hazard develops,
planes will so to work; in the
north also.
(Spring is generally the most
hazardous time for forests. Woods
are tinder dry and fires that develop- often race trrough large
areas In short. Order^
Forest "Users .are urged to use extreme caution while in the woods
this spring.
issil.es
Assembly Line
Well Baby Clinics
Coming Week
The Monthly Well Baby Confer-1
ence will be held1 at the following"
places at the times stated below:
Farwell, new school ■—'Wcdnes:
day, April 15, 9:00 to llfld a. m.
Clare Congregational Church
basement — Wednesday, April 15,
1:00 to 3:00 p. m.
Harrison court house basement
—Friday, Anrii 1% 9:00 to iliOff
a. a, :_■;;_;
Rev. Harold Smith, of Owosso
assumed pastoral duties Mar. 29 at
the Clare Church Ot The Nazarene
and_,will continue Ms Sunday pulpit
appearances here until his school
is finished aibout the first of June,
Rev. and Mrs, Lewis Cobib have
moved to Elmdale, Michigan,
where Rev. Cobib has accepted a
call to a church.    '
The new pastor has announced
that Sunday evening services are
to be moved ahead one half hour
so that he may have the time to
drive the 84 miles back to Owosso
after the service is over. New time
for the evening meeting is 7:30
p.m., and the Young People's meeting is changed to 6:30 p.m.   '"
All friends and memlbers ol the
church   are   specially  invited  to
[corns and hear the new pastor.
Fathers-Soils To
Banquet At The
Methodist Church
The annual Father^Son banquet
at the Clare Methodist Church will
be held Thursday evening, April
16th at 6:30 o'clock which will
take the place of the regular
Methodist Men's meeting this
month,
Howard Everts will be the toast-
master, Robert Seiter will give the
toast to the dads and the toast to
the sons will he given by Norman
Wilson. Harry Dice will be in
charge of devotions.
t    An outstanding movie in technicolor will be shown for the feature
! ot the evening.
On a chilly morning ,in March,
1952, Brigadier General Merle H.
Davis appeared before a Congres-
-Sionai subcommittee which was
Seeking information about, guided
missiles development by the
Army.
"Gentlemen", he v said, "for
many years Army Ordinance people appearing before this Subcommittee have talked about; futures.
Now some of-these missiles are a
reality''.
Army Ordnance finally had
reached the production. s$age on
two Army missiles.
This was heartening news to the
peole of a nation. Who Vividly 'recalled the advent of Hitter's rocket blitz against England and Belgium in 1944 ahd T9i45. It also was
heartening to the Army .ordnance
technical intelligence teams which
raflged through Germany on the
heels of the American Atmy during the closing phases of World
War II in search of the devastating supersonic V-_ rockets.
Their discovery of the test stations, the great underground production lines and the evacuation of
scientists and rockets'* to the
united States, greatly asalftted the
.Army ta  developing   the   guided
■
missiles to which Davis referred.
"We have reached the stage
where we are ready not only to
produce them for more extended
firings, but we are actually organizing units to use these missiles,"
Davis continued. ,
What the general referred to was
of far greater importance than a
mere supersonic rocket such as
the Germans unleashed in 1944.
He spoke of guided missiles—rockets which could be guided in
flight to their destinations. Once
launched, the- V-2's " flight path
could not be controlled or changed
by external means.
The whole story, of how the V-2
German Vengeance Weapon Number Two—got to the United States
is a thrilling tale of wild adventure. German scientists and their
families, rockets, everything that
looked like it might be a part of a
rocket, and documents were found
and evacuated. All this had to be
done in a precise few days and in
the face of a Russian advance toward Hitler's rocket laboratories.
- The fact that it was done—that
120 scientists and 100 V-2 rockets
were evacuated by the Army to the
United  Stasias—gained   additional
On April 16, 1946, the first American-fired V-2 rocket shot into the
air above the New 'Mexico desert
to initiate the Army's V-2 program.
"We were merely babes in the
woods when my staff brought back
the V-2.S from Germany", said
Brigadier General H. N. Toftoy,
Director of the Ordnance Missle
Laboratories "at Redstone Arsenal,
Huntsville, Ala.
"Since then, we-have made tremendous strides in this brand new
field of American military technology".
Totfoy—who since World War
II, fathered the Army rocket and
guided missile program in the
United States continued: "The
V-2's provided us ,with such fundamental data that we were able
to §ave more than ?50-,0O0,0O0 (M)
in our guided missiles program,
and five years in research and development time."
Although much was learned from
V-2 rocket firings at White Sands,
the rocket—forerunner of guided
missiles—has been serving the
Army as a research workhorse for
many years.
If It were not for this rocket,
guided missiles now rolling off as-
sembly lines for the Army in all
ity of- signaling Well in advance
his intention to turn and in what
direction—he then has the obligation of being sure that his turn
does not interfere with traffic"*.
The Michigan Association ot
Chiefs of Police has prepared
training materials which will be
used by many local police departments to instruct their_ off leers in
the best method of apprehending
violators who fail to signal and
make illegal turns. The Secretary
of State congratulated the Chiefs
and Sheriffs and their Associations
on .the splendid support they have-
given state-wide accident prevention emphasis programs supported,
by the Safety Commission.
In conclusion Mr. Cleary stated;.
"Any motorist who has qualified
for a driver's license is expected
to have knowledge of the Tules of
the road, including proper signals
and turns".
Rural School
Speech Contest
This Evening
Competition for final county honors between the group winners of
the-Glare County Rural Eighth
Grade Speech Contest will take
place at the Colonville Church
Friday evening, April 10, at 7:00
o'clock.
Each contestant will use the
same topic at the final speech elimination which won him place
recognition in his group. However,
due to the helpful criticism of the
group judges the speech contestants have had the opportunity to
improve their^speeches.
President of the Clare County
School Board, Robert Carter, has
informed the eighth graders that
The Citizens State Bank of Clare
will give a war bon_ to the final
winner of the contest.
importance   eleven  _iont!iD  later. | probability would bo _.on-e_i_£ent.
V.F.W. Honors
F. Keplinger
Frank J. Keplinger, of Rural
Route 1, Farwell, a member Of
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
No. 3039, has been appointed a
V.F.W. national aide-de-camp by
the overseas war veterans' commander-in-chief, James W. Coth-
rau, of Bishopville, S. C.
At national V.F.W. headquarters
at Kansas City, Mo., it was stated
that the appointment was given
Mr. Keplinger in recognition of his
membership recruiting attainments. To qualify for stich an ap*
pointment, one must sign up »i
'minimum of 50. new or reinstated
members -oFthe- Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Youth Rally At
Elm  Grove  Church
The Michigan Eldership Youth
R&Ily will be held at the Elm Grove
Church of God! at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, April 12.
Rev. Cunningham will be the
speaker. AU are invited to attend
this rally.
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