1953-08-07; Clare Sentinel

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THE_£LARE SENTINEL
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CLARE. MICHIGAN, FMPAY MORNING. AUGUST 7,. 1953
$2,50 Year Xt% IMchlgm
Duty Bound
Law Officers
Bury
City's Disposal Plant
Begins Regular Operation
New Series, Vol. 61, No. 48
Raffles. Fair Games,
Others Also Chilled
Law enforcement officials in
Clare county uttered the death
knell to gambling within their area
of responsibility and the state's
Attorney General likewise stated
the official attitude" of. his office
in what they hoped to be a final
conclusion to the question of enforcement of the law banning
bingo.
Hinting that the law should be
* changed if people are not satisfied
with the present rule against
gambling. Prosecuting Attorney-
Robert Campbell issued the following:
"In view of the decent publicity
which has been given to the law in
regard to bingo, raffles and other
forms of gambling, I feel it is only
fair to the people of Clare County
to state the position of the law
enforcement officials that work in
Clare County.
"After a meeting of the law enforcement officials held last week
in my office, we arrived at but one
conclusion. We are duty bound by
our oath of office to enforce all
laws of the State of Michigan. We
cannot take any other position and
still uphold our duties of office.
"We are not the law makers and
we are not the ones to choose tlie
particular laws which we will enforce and say these other laws will
not be enforced. If a certain law
is not to be enforced, then it is up
to the people through the legislature to repeal the law, Until there
is a change in the law, the law
must be enforced.
"The present law on bingo, raffles and other forms of gambling do
not make an exception of charitable, fraternal or church organizations nor does the law except fairs
and other celebrations.
"We 'trust that we will receive
your Cooperation until there is a
change in the law."
In a statement by Attorney General Millard July 29, he said; in
part:
"As you know there is a current
agitation for strict enforcement of
the Michigan anti-gambling laws,
particularly in the field of bingo.
I cannot help but feel that the
agitation may be overemphasized.
Engineers Here
To See Start   '
Clare's new disposal plant
was officially put into operation at 1*0 o'clock Tuesday
morning when representatives of the city and Jack
Hall, plant manager, were
joined-hy Mr. Francis and
Ralph Myers, of the Francis
Engineering Co., Saginaw,
other engineers and representatives of the construction
contractor, and Henry Ackerman, the plumbing contractor
to watch the plant" begin
pumping.
All was not smooth and perfect
as the first flow of sewage turned
into the pipes and tanks in the new.
plant. Slight troubles developed
with a clogged outfall line and
high water f caused by Monday"
nights storm. Jack Hall said Wednesday that first operation of the
plant woulfi be confined to filling
the digester tank to- provide a
"bed" for bacterial action within,
and unplugging the outfall line
before chlorinating is added.
The sewer main which flows
northward to the river was broken
open and plugged with sandbags
to divert the sewage into the plant
It was then discovered that a fi_
Scott Drilling
Clinches Tie
With Dover
To Play One Game
With Brown Comers
To Assure Title
iSeatt Drilling clinched a tie for
top honors in Class C with their"
4-3 extra inning triumph over
Smith & Weaver, They now lead
Dover by on-half game andt must
^-.___4  _w, _„--,  ,- —..   'Play oiif a  rained-ofd" game' with
record by a 7 to 1 majority to ap j Brown Cornells before they can be
The opening of the plant for operation occured on a date almqst
exactly two years, after the city
commission in 1951 had authorized
finance plans for the planning and
construction of the plant. The date
of the commission meeting when
the action was taken in 1951 was
August 6..
The city had receivPd a directive
from the Michigan Water Resources Commission to complete the
sewage treatment plant and cease
strJ-am polution by June 1, 1952.
In a special city election on
October IG, 1951, voters went on
1953 Pure Oil Little League Champions
prove a fifteen-year general obligation bonding plan to finance the
plant cost.
MSC Studies
Bulk System
For Dairying
Farmers On Tour
See Milk Pickup
-t_ieMfchigan;st*ate-Sn*P*STO<4CourtlP|a« was announced as^ a public
"NitK said there is no junction in -thair, not more than fifteen er six-
Has Said there is no ais'tiriction in
the law between commercial gambling and so-called charitable
gambling conducted by churches,
fraternal, veteran and other service organizations.
"Several times in recent months
I have been asked to permit
charitable organizations to conduct
gambling games. I have no more
authority to permit anyone to violate the gambling laws, regardless
how worthy the cause, than I have
to give a permit to commit murder, to .steal or rob. Let me state
plainly that I have no personal feelings in>; the matter of charitable
bingo. I can only take the laws as
I find them and endeavor to do
my duty in the office to which I
have been elected.
* "I believe the prosecutors of
Michigan like the sheriffs in this
room are doing a Job to the satisfaction of the people who elected
them."
Districts Vote
Big Share of
Sewer Cost
A public meeting of interested
property owners who would be directly benefited by the proposed
sewers in Clare's northwest ai'aa
and in Eastwood Hills voted overwhelmingly Monday night to define their neighborhoods as "sewer
districts" and assume the obligation of seventy-five percent of the
cost of the improvements.
The city commission awaited a
report from Attorney Harold
Hughes on procedure for bonding
the district property owners to
pay their share. Mr. Hughes left
for Detroit and conferences on the
matter Tuesday morning, and has
not yet had time to prepare his
report.
The voting Monday night at the
city hall was part of the business
at the commission meeting. Before
asking for the vote, Mayor Howard Everts, City Engineer Cleo
Brink, and City Attorney Harold
Hughes spoke to the assembly in
explanation of portions of the resolution.
A crowd estimated at nearly a
hundred persons . attended the
meeting which was called to order
in second-floor ballroom to accomodate the crowd.
Bulk handling of milk—icarried
on conunenoially ip the Sagtoaiw-
Midla-idVCliare area and a feature
. this week of the State Farm" Man-
teen inch outfall tile which carries' agemeut Tour—is causing farmers
off water and harmless byproducts
was partially obstructed by pieces
of plant and broken masonry.
Clearing of this plugged line was
to be accomplished yet this week.
Jack Hall explained that rainwater is still being dumped
through storm sewers, into the
sanitary sewer main, and eventually raises the volume of sewage
to high pressure proportions in
sudden rainstorms.
"I'm glad our troubles happened
Just when they did,"- Hall said.
"If we had to have these little
things happen, at least we still
have some experts from the construction company on the spot to
help suggest the solutions."
"If high pressure had developed
during the night sometime instead
of today, and this- outfall line had
not been discovered to be obstructed, we would have had a flooded *
plant," he said.
Although the opening of the new
teen persons in all were on hand
to witness* the event.
August Quota
Three From
Clare County
The August quota of three young
men from Clare county will leave
here Tuesday August 18, for final
induction into the Armed Service,
at Detroilt the following day. They
are:
,   Ronald Wm. Yeoman, of Clare.
,  'Jack Harry Boyter, of Clare.
1   Arthur Gilmore-Sills, of Clare.
to ask a lot of questions
Michigan State College dairy researchers are seeking the answers.
"Farmers' on ttoe tour, a cooperative project between ftLS'C. farm
economists and Saginaw county
farm organizaitions, saw" an actual
milk pickups yesterday. They inspected the system at tlie Henry
Hetzner & Sons Harm' 3 miles east
of Saginaw; on M-46, and saw how
labor is reduced and milk cans
eliminated.
"We're looking ifor sanitation and
milk-loss iniforatation, comparing
milk can use with bulk anllk tanks"
points out Jewell M. Jensen, .dairy
research man. He is working with
Clyde K, Smith, dairy bacteriologist.
'College observations indicate
that buHt-Jhandled milk has a lower bacteria count generally, that
j the milk is more uniform and that
| it cools iaster.
iSome of ithe many* di-ferent
tyipes of refrigeration tanks may
give trouble-, according to Jensen,
and Ms work includes <_om|pa.ing
them.
Carl Hall, MjSvG. farm engineer,
is doing time studies on can and
bulk handling of milk.
Lloyd Spitler
Shoots Self
Lloyd Earl Spitler, of "Franklin,
township, died at 12:05 Wednesday
morning of .Self inflicted gunshot
wounds from a .22 calibre rifle, at
his home on M-18 north of Lindy
Lake.
Coroner Carl Stephenson was
called and determined that death
was caused by a self inflicted gun-
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Donna Lozett To.
Attend Bank Meet
"Broader Httrizons" is apnoui-cec.
as the theme of ithe sist conivention-
and, annua, meeting oif th© Association of Bank Women, a national
organization1 w'hic'h wiM meet in
Waishlngton D. C. next month,
■Donna "Dozen, Pf the Cdlizens
State Bank plane- to attend 'from
Clare.
The first day of the convention
is te be devoted to buslne'ss' --salons and may possibly includ- a
special tour of The Whitfe House;
'Th- a&sodiation, .founded, in 1921,
lias a national mstpber-hip of 1*700
women holdiiig exe*ei*iiv& position's
la hat*--*-**.
Selective   Service   Board  Clerk    .._... .      .
Bernard Wilson announces four will' shot wound in the chest,
leave for >prconduction physical ex-      Spitler   had   lived   in   Franklin
am'-Jation August 10 and four more, township the past five years and
in' Septemlber. The ffinal induction was known to be in poor health,
quota for Septemlber is two from      His wife was employed by Chas.
Clare county. I Jankowsky at Hunter's Paradise.
■sure rtt the crown. The game will
"be played following the tourneys
next week.
Dover, won games Monday aud
Wednesday to end the seas'on with
twelve wins and 'two setbacks .and
Burke Rilett has set a,Pew all-time
strikeout record of 13-7 wlii'DEs.
The old record was 71, set in 1949,
With a last-season sui-.ge, aided
by three straight forfeited victories, Clare Mfg. climbed into third
place. Smith & Weavers occupied
the fourth iuiug to round out the
first division.
.'Snick Woods captured tiie league
batting .ehamp'onsihip iposting a
neat .586. He -repLices Mel Leuder
who compiled a ,417 -mark to win
■the 1952 crown. «
-BLM Litcy has clinched tthe RBf
title with 22 and one: giame remaining. The slim isecond. baseman also
set a neiw homer mark with* serein
circuit clouts'.
CLASS C STANDINGS
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Scott Drilling
Dover
Clare Mfg.
Smith & Weaver
Murphy Construction
Farwell
Brown Corners
Dan McDonalds
Leading Batsmen
Woods, S„ Clare Mtg.-
P. Willey, Clare Mfg.
Rilett, Dover
Bryant, Scott Drilling
Lucy, Scott Drilling
-Hits—Lucy, 22
Runs—Lucy, 24
RBI—Lucy, 21
Homers—Lucy, 7
Total Bases—Lucy/. 48
Doubles—:Haggart, 5
Strike-outs—RiletU 137
E.R.A.—1.02
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.543
.500
.442
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Don't Sign
Until You
Investigate
Business people were warned iby
the Clare Chamber .of Commerce
•this week that a. ^credit bureau,
Salesman was soliciting business
■here 'for his- company which has an
out-of-state address, and has left
a trail of dissatisfied -Clients
■through this -part pf the state.:
BuifiPess fii-irtiis in Fremont, Big
Rapids, Gladwin and other cities
found themselves bound by Contract terms Of the ".fine .print" variety wihen they tried to withdraw
lists ol creditors after unsatisfactory relations with the outstate
collection agency,
Laurenee Seiter unged "merchants and business people to check
with Che -bank in Clare, or 'the
Chamlber of Commerce .before signing* any agreement or contract with
an* unknown collector.
Pictured above is the 19-53 Pure
Oil, chaippionshilp baseball team.
Members- are (left- to right)'
Roger Wallace", Boib Walters,
Jlnim.y Wieferich, Billy Wilson,
Jon Hintz,. Johnny Kegg, Johnny
Luft, Raymond Neflf and Chuck
Shayler,
Sitting: Billy Legg, Dennis Beck
and Delblbie Nolan. •
Not in picture are Bruce Delamarter and Mike Campbell,
Back row: Freeman Willey, team
manager; Stuart Bell and Charles
Fisher, Pure Oil eihployeas; Arlie
S-hofield and Leon Stanley, sponsors; and Ralph Ackerman, assistant'manager.
66 YEARS AGO ON MICHIGAN BELL ANNIVERSARY
"New-Fa,ngled" Phone Contraption
Had Lone Subscriber Here In 1887
Seventy-five years ago this     r-« ~--»  - /«--.-- „__™■■j"^'"[-'rp-;'
month   Michigan's   first   tele-      , '   ^^^^ * ,| ! j    :'• ' ! \
phone exchange was opened in _■_■_■_____. i I »s    .is,!
Detroit with 53 customers.
At that time, many people
considered the telephone a
"new-fangled contraption" of
little practical use.
Now, three-quarters of a century later, the Michigan Bell
Telephone Company is marking
the diamond anniversary with
well over 2,000,000 telephones.
According to T. C. Maher,
manager here for Michigan Bell,
the telephone was introduced to
Clare in 1887, when A. J. Doherty built a long distance line
from here to Rosebush. A single
telephone in Clare was connected with the long distance line.'
Doherty also was the first telephone manager here.
Doherty remained as manager
of the single long distance station at Clare until 1902, when
the .Union Telephone Company
installed a, central office here
and. initiated local exchange
service with two. subscribers. By
1912, that number Md increased
to 450.
The Michigan Bell Telephone
Company purchased the Union
Company properties here in
1919. Thus, this community
•avoided the expensive and confusing situation of having duplicate telephone systems which
plagued many Michigan communities in the early days of
telephone service.,
The central office was moved
to its present location in 1939*
whett Michigap Bell erected a
new * building here. There are
now more than 1,800 telephone
bultecribers ia the exchange.
Pure Oil Tops
Little League
Hail to the champs! Pure Oil
captured the first Little League
crown with a thrilling last game
victory over runner-up Farwell.
Pure, coached by Freeman Willey,
streaked to seven victories in
eight tilts led by Debbie Nolan's
ten gpme batting streak.
In the final game with Farwell
Monday, Pure exploded for four
tallies in the first frame, led by
Dennis Beck's three run homer,
and that was enough margin for
their 4-3 triumph.
They chased W. Merten from the
mound but J. Merten stepped into
his brother's shoes and whitewashed Pure for the final four
frames, allowing only two hits and
fanning three. But the damage had
been done and Farwell could not
muster the force to defeat the
league leading Pure Oilers,
Nolan received credit for the victory but an outstanding relief Job
was Legg's two inning, one. hit
stint.
Bill Zinser staged a last-of-the-
season drive to pass Nolan in the
batting department and capture
the top batter in t"ie circuit crown.
Nolan, however, made a sweep of
-the 'honors, including a record of
25 riins-batted-itt.    *
Speedway 79 finished with a .500
record compiled with four wins,
and four defeats. West Grant, in a
slump,- lost nine games but displayed: better ball than, the record
indicates".
Norris Thayer, who led * the
league hitters for mPst 6f the
season, finished in third place "With
.480. Pure and Speedway both
placed four batters in the top ten
while Farwell posted two.
LITTLE  LEAGUE  STANDINGS
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Pure Oil
Farwell
Speedway 79
West Grant
Hits—Nolan, 17
-  Runs—Nolan, 18
RBI—Nolan, 25
Homers—Nolan, 3
Doubles—Nolan, 6
Total Bases—Nolan,
Area Auxiliary
Units To Install
Officers Here
The Walter Larman Unit 128 of
the American Legion Auxiliary will
have installation oif officers on
Monday, August 10, at the Legion
room in the city hall. Mrs. Rox-
anne Brooke, tenth district president, will be the installing officer.
Members to be installed are
president, Celina Creguer; 'first
vice president, Alice Stough; second vice president, Flairer Archbold^ secretary, Blanche Walker;'treasurer, Gretchen Areham-
bault; chaplain, Mabel Forttn; historian, -Florence Kane; sergeant
at arms, Fern Wright.
The Mt. Pleasant and Coleman
units will be guests of the Clare
unit and installed at the same
time. A musical program will be
furnisbed and refreshmerits served
after the meeting. Ail attemsbers and
all eligible members are Invited to
be present, also the Cold Star
Mothers.
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Boy operators manned the switchboard when Michigan's first telephone exchange was opened 75 years ago this month. There were no
telephone numbers then. The boy "Centrals" had to memorize the
names of subscribers and the location of their,lines on the first crude
switchboard.
Importing Bear
Without' Permit
Proves Expensive   *
Foss C. ROCk, 32, of Hatton
township, was arrested July 19 by
Conservation Officer Dop Bell,
charged with importing a bear into the state'of Michigan without
first obtaining a permit to do so.
He was arraigned before Justice
Wm, B. Dunlop in Municipal
Ccurt July 20, plead guilty, and
was assessed fine and costs totaling $64. Hfe paid and was released.
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United Fund
Meeting Here
Next Tuesday
The next meeting of the Clare
County 'United Fund organization
will be held Tuesday, August 11, at
8; 00 p.m., at the Hotel Doherty.
The time for the fall campaign
is fast approaching and there are'
still several important matters to
be decided upon. With a good attendance at this meeting all matters can be settled. . *"•
Clare County Chairman Earl
Morgan states that the federation
pf health and welfare agencies in
their solicitation of funds into a
single campaign drive is indeed
unique. It estimates excessive, solicitation, costly administration
and leavess a greater share of the
funds for thpir respective purpose.
Matt-rice P. Beck, a United Fund
representative from Lansing, will
present a film on the Leader Dog
for the Blind agency.
Anyone ititei-Psted in health and
welfare work will be welcome to
attend the meeting.
Two From Glare
On State Tour
Among the :29 students -Wiho
left oii .he travel's tudy iCOur.se
in. Michigap ihistor.y at Central
Michigan College August 3 througlh
14 are Mrs. L. C, Garthe and Miss
JMie Hales' of dare.
The course is being conducted
by Df. Rollahd H. iviaybee, head
of the social science department at
Centrol.
fiaoiudea on -the tour are the
northertt part of the. Umet JPepin-
Mila and tne "Upner Peuin„«la.
Mrs. Anna
Weber Dies
At Age 85
.Mrs. Anna Kinney Weber,
Benton Harbor, mother- of Mrs. -
j; Doherty died at her home Monday evening, July 27. She was a
member of an old pioneer family
in Benton Harbor and had been in
ill health for four years, the past
two of which, she hadl been confined to her bed.
She had two close, companions,
Mrs. Laura Snider and Miss Maude
Turbush of Ciare, Mich., who have
been with her the past two years.
Mrs. Weber was well known in
the twin cities, having taken an active part in the community's social
welfare before she became ill. She
was a member of tlie Benton Harbor Federation of Women's clubs,
of which she had served as treasurer for three terms, the Monday
Musical club, Brownson Study club,
aud the Altar society, of St. John's
Catholic churcli.
Mrs, Weber was born October 7,
1867 in Benton Harbor, to the late
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Kinney. She
was married*to William H. Weber
in Benton Harbor, November *15,
1S99, Mr. Weber's birthday. Mr.
Weber held various .offices in the
municipal government including
those of city alderman, city treasurer and was a member of the
street Commission. He died February 6, 1945.
Surviving Mrs. Weber are her
daughter, Mrs, Alfred J. Doherty,
the former Helen Lucille Weber,
who has lived at Clare, since 1924;
a grandson, A. J. Doherty III, of
Clare; a brother, p. M. Kinney, of
Lansing; and two sisters, Mrs. W.
H. Baker and Mrs, A. G. Murphy
of Benton Harbor.
Requiem high mass was celebrated at St. Johns Catholic
Church in Benton Harbor, where
Mrs. Weber had, long been a mem
ber. Burial was in Calvary ceme
tery.      . '
Tax Returns
To Counties
And Cities
Glare County's  •
Share $47,651;
City $2,731
Net receipts of the State Motor
Vehicle Highway Fund for the second Quarter of the calendar year
1953 amounted td $26,682,633.22 and
this money is now being distributed to the State Highway Department, the Counties, and the Cities
and Incorporated "Villages of the
State as provided for in Act 51,
Section 12, of the Public Acts of
1951, H i g h w a y Commissioner
Charles M. Ziegler announces. Net
receipts of the Motor "Vehicle Highway Fund for the second-Quarter
of 1952 were 9_3,841,478.9'6V        *' »S
Under the 1951 act, all of the
State Gasoline and. Weight taxes,
the Diesel fuel tax and a small
amount of miscellaneous fees are
deposited in the State Motor "Vehicle Highway Fund, which was
created by the Act After deductions for non-highway uses and
collection costs, the rest of the
money is divided as follows: 44
per cent to the State Highway Department for expenditure on state
trunkiine highways *iii both rural
and urban areas j 37 per cent to
the counties for expenditure on
county roads, and 19 per Cent to
the cities and incorporated villages
for expenditure on their roads and
streets.
Under the above distribution formula, the State Highway Depart-
Pient Will receive $11,740,358.62 as
its share of the second Quarter of
1953 Motor Vehicle Highway Fund
collections; the Counties will receive $9,S72,574.29 and 'the Cities
and Incorporated Villages will receive "-5,069,700.31.
Following are the amounts nearby counties will receive:
Clare 47,651.32; Gladwin 41,901.-
86; Isabella 75,760.95; Midland 72,-
240.36; Osceola 51,617.18; Roscommon 42,941.12.
Following are the amounts cities
and incorporated villages will receive as their share: Beaverton
938.88; Clare 2,731.04; Gladwin
2,773.80, Harrison*. 1,513.19, Mt.
Pleasant 14,732.76.
Two Farm
Barns Burn
To Ground
Seibt, Richardson
Fire Losses Total
$36,000 Past Week
The barn on the Ferdinand, and
Jacob Seibt farm, three miles east
of Clare on US-10, burned to the
ground about 2:00 o'clock last Friday' afternoon.
Jacob iSaiibt and his nephew,
Jerry MeDhner, were working inside the north end of the barn and
Ferdinand outside when the latter
discovered the fire in tlie north
end of tbe building. It is thought
the fire smarted from a light bulb.
The Clare fire d&pai-tment was
called, -but the blaze was beyond
control when they peached the
scene. Ho\yev:er, tiliey saved the
home residence and albrooder "house
near the barn, that were threatened by the flames.
'The 40x60 barn with 32:&4 foot
wing, silo, hog house and corn
crib were destroyed. One hundred
ton of hay,-five or six tons of straw
and ensilage blower and elevator
in the bu'ildling were also burned.
The  loss,  estimated at $-0,0'00>
was partly covered by insurance.
Mrs. Florence Fall   occu/pies   the
farm home but the farm is worked
by the Seibts.
The Seibts will rebuild the buildings.
Richardson Barn  Burns
Lightning struck the Bdw. Richardson farni barn, 3% miles* north
east of Clare, about midnighit last
Monday and burned it to *tihe
ground.
Mrs. Richardson heard the _rp&h
ot thunder, looked out and saw the
•barn in ffapies. The Clare Fire Department was called but the fire
was beyond 'Control when they
reached the building,
Tlie 4i5x_0 foot barn, 100 ton of~-
-hay, 500 bushels of grain, t^vo
calves, lumber and cement and a
wagon were destroyed. Some damage was clone to imiplements near
the barn.
The loss, estimatedat ">16,0O0 was
partly covered by insurance,
Mrs. Richardson and "the seven
Richardson children were at home
and Mr. Iti-hardson was working
at the Clare Manufaoturing Comp-
an"f.plapt.^en. "^e"y**p.broke eat.
Wheat Raisers
To Vote 14th
State Commander
American Legion
Bobbie Creguer
Injured In
Auto Wreck -
Miss BalJible Oregper was a passenger in a car wihioh was wrecked
in a 'head on collision Monday in
Lansing.
Hurled /firom ithe convertible,
Bobbie was taken to St. Lawrence
Hospital, cut and bruised, with two
other, girl; friends who were with
ner fa the car.
Misss Charlotte Walker, Bobbie's
friend v/ho was driving*, wtas killed.
Both BdbiMe and Miss Walker
(w^ere telephone operators in the
"Lansing System,
Mt, and -Mrs. Peter Creguer
drove to Lah-ing Tuesday to see
their daughter in th© hospital.
On August 14, 1953, there will ibe
a nation wide -wheat referendum to
determine wihe-her or not marketing quotas will be in eSfecfc on the
1954 wheat crop. S,
If two-Uhirds o'f 't'he wheat grow-
ens Voting, in tihe ref-nendum ap'
prove marketing quotas-, ©rice
support at 9C(% af parity will be
available to •farmers' .who plant
Mreat within their .acreage allot-
ipent.      .
A wheat farmer is eligible to
vote in tlie referendum if he has
an acreage allotment of more than
15 acres or if he will nave an Interest ip a wfheat crop of more than
15 acres to be planted on a farm
for harvest in 1954.
Acreage allotments will be in effect for 1954 regariess of whether
or not marketing quotas are approved, according to Andrew Keysor, AAA Chairman. This means'
that in order to obtain price support at the 90% or 50% level (depending on the outcome of the referendum) a taraner must stay wtSt?h-
in his allotment.
Polling places for voting in th©
referendum -will be Sheridan town-
halL Growers may'also dblta'in any
othi'er information concerning
wheat- allotments and marketing
quotas from the Clare county PMA
committee.
Billy R. Wickens, 34, of Midland,
Michigan, was unanimously elected
the State Commander of the
American Legion, Department of
Michigan for 1953-54 at the 35th
annual state convention of the
world's largest veteran's organization in Detroit, August 2, 1953.
A World War II Air Corps veteran with a thorough knowledge
of veteran and civic affairs, the
newly elected commander is the
choice of more than 75,000 Michigan Legionnaires, representing 83
counties in Michigan.
In a span of five years, the new
leader has advanced from commander of his post to the highest Legion office in the .states ' I
Dist Softball
Tournament
Starts Tonight
The Big Rapids-Clare District
Softball Tournamient begins Friday
evening with a triple-header com-
men;cing at 7:00 p.m. .Scott Drilling
faces Evart,Cities Service in the -
opener. CitjrService is leading the
Big Rapids league wihile Scotts is
Surren'tly pacing the Clar. loop
1 Friday evening action continues
with Clai-e Mfg. facing John's Big
Rapids Market at 8:00 .p.m. Murphy
Construction meet*! Big Rapids
Sunoco in the nightcap.     t
Another triple-header is1 slated
for Saturday evening with Smith
& Weaver facing Reed City Miller
Industries in the opener. Dovsr
meeting Barryton Cigars at S:0O
and finishing up with Farwell end
Big Rapids Emmons Mkt.
First round action concludo.
Mond'ay evening wihen Dan McDonald's faces Brownls Corners" at
7:30. Two games nightly round out
the playoffs with semMinal action
August 12 and the finals August 13
at 8-.-Q0 pjm.
Feature clafshes in the opening
round find Seott facing Evart Cities Service Friday evening and Dover fakjing a dark-horse Barrvton
Cigar team -Saturdiiy night.
A complete tourney bracket has
bean posted in the Soffbali Park
"--'ovir's bout-..
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