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THE CLARE
1878— Celebrating the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of This Pioheer Michigan Weekly — 1953
Established 1878
Seven Cents Copy
CLARE, MICHIGAN FRIPAV MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1953
$2.50 Year In Michigan'
New Setles. Vol. 62, No. 12
lit *•
foney Spent; Sewer Halted
Short Of Goal On John R.
■ ■" Corrimission Members Say "Ho
To Proposal To Borrow $10 Thousand
City commissioners, unable to'ances on hand together with ex-
fittd seven thousand dollars to pay pected income between now and
for the last of the John R, street \ April, 1954, are- n6 more than
sewer, dropped the projects from J enough to pay normal operation
active Status and will order no (costs of the city,
more work for an indefinite time.
At the regular commission meeting Monday evening, members of
the % city governing body made it
clear that temporary borrowing
was out of the question and that
they were not now considering any
means of paying for the completion of the project except a bonding' issue to secure, money for
John R and also sewer construction in Eastwood Hills *all together-
The meeting on Monday was attended by several home owners on
John R, who expressed the desire
to have the job continue at once.
John R. home owners at the
meeting argued that the city
should use money already prepaid,
and borrow enough more to pay
for the whole job. Several residents on John R. had contributed
to a fund on a basis of two dollars
a frontage foot which was estimated to be the cost of the sewer.
Of the ?S,000 which is needed,
about half has been promisedj but
only a* little oyer one thousand^
voluntarily paid.
City commissioners opposed this
plan, and explained that the bal-
Don Benchley
Barn Burned
Donald Benchley lost his farm
barn and three head of cattle^byjB^chV'ltorident' of"?!^ Bast
Borrowing to the limit now,
would leave the city in a bad position without means of obtaining
emergency funds for any purpose
before the beginning of the next
fiscal year, they said. .
State's Resort
Spots Welcome
First Snowfall
Skiers" Beady
' For North Trip
Two Old Rivals
Beat Pioneers
In Cage Starts
JV'S Beat Harrison
First Time In
Four Years
Coach Art Teiiiera was sending
the basketball squad through -some
strenuous' drilling to perfect the
boys' ball handling and floor work
this week after the twice-beaten
pagers took a weekend breather
following the season's start.
"These boys have limited experience playing together" he said,
"tout I know they are going to irfi-
prove as they come * along because I see improvement already".
He praised the shooting eyes of
ithe Pioneers for a -high average
of scoring on shots, and said that
'Had Kigar and Pete Brown, tbe
two who share scoring leadership,
are going to be hard to stop.
Other players on the varsity
lineup were given credit "for aggressive ball hawking and sure
handling.
The Clare Freshmen have eight
1 games .scheduled with. Junior
With four inches of new snow; Highs from Midl&nd and Mt. Pleas-
sifted on the area by Wednesday's ant
storm,, winter'jesort and recreation .operators of Michigan ihad
their hopes ■ spurred for an early
start for what is expected to be
their biggest winter sports season"
according to Frank Davis, Secretary-manager of the East Michigan
Tourist Association at Bay City.
The increased volume of early
retail sales of winter sports«equip-
jnent during the past few weeks
back up this contention, he said.
He also pointed to the unusually
successful fall tourist season as another indication.
According to Cliff Abbs, of West
fire at 6:45 Tuesday evening. The
40x24 barn was built about 1931
and Benchley had added a dairy
stable with new stanchions and
drinking cups in 1953.
A. J. Hampton, a neighbor, discovered the fire and the Clare .Fire
Department was called to the scene
a mile north and two miles east of
Clare.
Of the twenty cows and six feeder cattle in the building, Hampton
and Harold Bradley .were able to
get all but two cows and one calf
put. , '-''"',
■ The fire was beyond control
when the firemen arrived and the
Michigan Winter Sports Council, a
committee of the association, the
most rapidly growing winter sport
is skiing, although it is still exceeded by the number of ice fishermen. His organization this year
is planning $7,500.00 promotional
campaign to increase winter patronage.
Organized skiing is offered or
Waiting "the first snow in 11 areas:
SNOWSNAKE MOUNTAIN located between Clare and Harrison has
threes improved rope tows and five
slopes for the skier.
GRAYLJNG, Michigan's pioneer
barn, three cattle, 5,000 bales of in winter sports, has several fine
hay, 500 bales of stravf, milking i slopes and four rope tows, plus one
machine and barn equipment were i of the most complete whiter sports
destroyed. j parks in the Midwest, including a
None of the family were at home . three course steel sided toboggan
when the fire started. i run.
Firemen saved the silo, which -, One of the newest parks is GRIS-
was damaged, and tool sheds, gar-: WOLD MOUNTAIN, 1 mile north
age and corncrib, which were of Indian River in Cheboygan
threatened by the flames. : County. They have several fine
The loss, estimated at $20,000,: slopes and two tows,
was partly covered by insurance. I (Continued On Page Eight) ,.
Clare County Farm Program
Meetings Start Next Week
• *
The Clare county farm program' Friday, December 18, 10:00 a.m.
committee will start holding edu- Garfield town hall,
cational meetings on the 1954 ag- Friday, December 18, 1:30 p.m.
ricultural conservation program _ Winterfield town ball,
next Wednesday, December 16. j Tuesday, December 22, 10:00
Seven meetings will be held over -, a.m. Hairiilton townhall,
Farwell Votes
To Build Jen
Room School
Electors Approve "
Expansion1 To
Believe Congestion
the county giving every interested
farmer an opportunity to get the
farm program information and if
he wishes he can make his application for participation in the
schedule of practices lor which he
can obtain assistance payments.
Farmers should plan to attend
one of these meetings as there will
pot be a farm to farm canvass by
community 'committee men this
year to explain the program, to
them. *
The schedule of meetings is as
follows:
Wednesday, December 16—10:00
a.m. Arthur townhall.
Thursday, December 17—10:00
Grant townhall. *
Thursday, December 17, 1:30
p.m. Sheridan town hall.
Tuesday, December 22, 1:30 p.m.
Court House Harrison.
Christmas
Party For
AX. Auxiliary
Farwell Lodge
Building To
Be Rebuilt
Work has begun on repairing the
Masonic Temple that was partially
burned November 23. The city
council granted a permit to repair
the .building and put it back as
near as possible like it was before
the fire. *■ .,
Three Masons were appointed'to
meet*with the trustees of the lodge
and it was decided that no contracts would be made.
Local labor is being used with
six or seven men now working.
Don Luce is supervising the work.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will hold its annual Christmas
party on December 14, at 6:30.beginning with pot luck dinner. ,
The children's program will follow. .
All members of the Legion and
Auxiliary and all their families
are specially invited to come.
Bring your own table service and
a dish to pass. The party is being
held in the Legion room at the
Clare -city ball.
Clare's cagers dropped their first
game of the season last Friday,
51-39 to a veteran Reed City squad.
In a seesaw first half Reed City
took an.early lead 13-8.' Th3 Poh-
eers battled back to a tie score late
in the second quarter 19-19 but,the
Coyotes ccsted a couple of quick
baskets just Defcu*e halftims to mad
23-40.
In the s * oatl half, Reed Ci'y's
tight zone" defer &e limited Clare io
19 points while the Coyotes scored
28 to post the win,
Hadley Kigar was high man for
dlare with 12 points, Eodnve":! iy
Jim Dwyer with 10.
After a popr first quarter the
Clare JV's came back to tie up
their game with Reed City, 15-15 at
half-time. However Reed City won-
the game 43-32. ■
»At the end of the first quarter
Clare was trailing* seven to "one,
but tied it uy four times in the
second quarter to end the half 15-
15. Jay Lehr made 11 ou; of 13 free
throws.
Lehr mads lo points to be bigh
man for Clare, Gene Campbell followed him twilli'* eigiti, Miller was
high for Reed/Jily with \5 points
Clare's Pioneers battled the Harrison Hornets to the wive Tuesday
night but dropped their second
game to their arch-rivals 45-34. In
the first quarter, Clare fought their
opponents to a stand-still and took
a four point lead in the second
quarter to maka the score 22-13 at
3e -half. »
The third and fourth quarters
;re free:for-alls when b.otb teams
ayed fiercely bpt were tdo. evenly matched for a lead until the
Pioneers becamebandicapped by
a
every advantage and racked up
successive scores to post their second win of the season.
Pete Brown was the game standout as he dropped in four buckets
and five free throws to lead Clare's
score columns with 13 points.
The little Pioneers came out the
victors of a thrill-packed basketball game 35-34^1 Harrison Tuesday night. Fans saw the lead
change 11 times. It was the first
time since 1949 ■ that any . Clare
team had defeated the Hornets.
In the thrilling closing second
with the score 34-32 in the Hornet's
favor, Gerald Fullerton proved to
be the hero of the game as he
sank three points to put Clare
ahead;
Then with the closing whistle
Clare fouled Sharp, its th'e gym became so quiet that you could hear
a pin drop, be held Harrison's bid
for a victory. He missed both shots.
Clare won its first game in sixteen
starts with Harrison.
Santa9$ Letter
Box In Service
At Bank Corner
Have you youngsters written
your letters to Santa? His.letter
box is now in place at the Citizens
State Bank -corner in Clare, and
Santa will pick up his mail here
e a c li Saturday afternoon ' until
Christmas.
Hundreds of children nave posted their mail in Santa's letter box
here in recent years and all are
welcome to write to him again this Farwell Consolidated School
vear . ' . District electors voted Monday
The annual Christmas party! f™nmg to float a^ bond issue for
sponsored by Clare firemen will. «**■•?, *"**?* °* a ten room school
ft^r£LSe?fi XrK'^SeS brueifcconsest"011 an
ri^1TSSSr5S!t0W!J their SJielming d.sire
iiartv with ei«-«s fov all the vounc- see ulelr young people given
tPrs ine.youut, p,.opel. educati0nal facilities 'and
a™,,^ ^.,-=i,5r,o. +„ ..cei'af -an-fh • fire-proof equipment, the voters of
■. Anyone wishing to assist with. th d)stvlr(,■ V£*P(1 tn'«nifm#vrr the
the party in any way is requested.. Sw SdiL ™osaL
to contact Stanley Parish or John *ew oWldms Pioposai.
_, A total of 387 ballots were cast
On the question of raising the mill
age, There were 323 "yes!" votes to
57, against.*Seven spoiled ballots
Were thrown* out.
On the question of borrowing the
sum :of <?175,OO0 for the purpose of
erecting this building, a total of
,36S ballots were cast "with 299 -in,
favor and 65 against. There were
nine spoiled ballots and two declared void by the election board.
Spoiled ballots were those'marked improperly and the two Whllots
declared void were marked by mis-,
rtake and so» discarded by the
board. ...-,■
Commencing- immediately the
School Board -will meet with the
architect and, draw up a contract
that immediate planning of the.
work may. be started.- Construction
Will be commenced! as soon as the
frost is« out of the ground in the
spring. It is hoped- that the building and heating plant will be available early next fall if at all .possible.
The attorney will now move rapidly to set in motion a program
designed to finance and sell the
Voted bonds in the near future.
Samuel C. Allen, of Saginaw,
Rodabaugh.
The party is .open to all children
of Clare and Vicinity. Besides the
multitudes meeting Santa at his
letter box "last year, some 850 attended the Christmas party. Plans
are being made for 1,000 this year.
County Jail
May Be Closed
ire
Belief Grows U.S. National
Economy To Remain
New Jail Question
On. Spring Ballot?
After five years and more of discussion and thought on the problem of Clare county's- aged and
out-of-date jail at Harrison, the
State Department of Corrections
"has condemned the building, and
inspector W. H. Nestle labeled it
"a serious fire hazard".
The jail was actually condemned.1 who has recently provided plans
last month, but the news was made,! for the Harrison, Coleman and
public upon the receipt of ihe inspector's letter -and the sending of
copies fo members of the board
of county supervisors. ..■>
The inspector's letter to Dan
Holcomb, Chairman of the Board
of Supervisors of Clare County,
promises that on February 6, or
ninety days from November; 6, the
matter would be turned over to the-
state Attorney General for action'
to'close the present jail unless the
building was replaced or improved.
Mr, Holcbmb said this week that:
1be seventy-two year old jail is
without question, out of date and
old fashioned. >.,■■. ,.
"But I don't agree that the condition of-the jail is as hazardous as
tbe report states", Mr. Holcomb
said.
He said that the sheriff main-
^ tains a 'constant watch making it
host'of fouirTi^Hornets^lookl^1^ unlikely that fire would be
ery advantage and racked ur, ' a »al danger to a prisoner in ^cie
jail.
However, Mr. Holcomb said that
since the state has taken steps to
condemn the building, the question
of remodeling it or building a new
jail should be up to the voters in
an election. He said "that it is barely possible that the January term
of the supervisors might move to
place such a proposal on the ballot
for spring election.
Many public offenders from
Clare used to be transported to
Harrison for (holding in the county
Greer Auto Sales
Completes New 4
Auto Body Shop
Greer Auto Sales has" completed
the construction of their 24x30 foot
cement block - addition to their
body bumping shop.
They haye the very latest equipment and tools to meet any factory
specifications in bumping and
painting. •
The public is invited to come in
and iaspeet the..new shop, \
Principal Wheeler
Confers With
College Students
A conference between Richard
Wheeler, Clare High School principal and freShm'en attending Michi*
gan State College from Clare was!
held on December 2 on the campUs
at East Lansing. '
The aim of the conference was
to secure information which will
help students in high school now
to make, a better adjustment for
college work in the future. .
Students at Michigan State College from Clare are, Gala. Hochstetler, Bob Ruby, and Ted Hoersch.
State Police .
Arrest 6,758 »
During October '
Michigan State Police made
6,758 arrests dusjng October, of
Which 5,810 were' for traffic offenses. 6 In addition, there Were 318
wayward and delinquent mindrs
and juvenile traffic© offenders.
Offficers made 22,391 property
Inspections arid 3,110 liquor inspections. Total miles traveled in
all activities was 976,898,
The Bast-Lansing Headquarters
received 5,132 sets, of criminal
fingerprints and 3,262 non-criminal
fingerprints. • Of 1,182 sets* processed for licenses to carry concealed
Weapons, 122 of the applicants
Were found to |iave criminal records, Wanted persons identified
through fingerprints totaled 24.
Tbe bureau of identification also
compiled 3,078 criminal records
and furhished 9,496 copies to po*-
lice and. sheriffs', departments
throughout- the state.
6.
Citizenship
Winner Is
Scliool Leader
Elsie DeBarr, daughter of Mrs.
Rena and tbe late Howard DeBarr
is a life long resident of Clare
county. She was born August 15,
1935 at Harrison and attended the
Caher school before coming to Harrison High School.
. In High School ber quick wit
and rnature charm soon won her
many friends. Outstanding among
many achievements in school bave
been in the field of basketball, dramatics and school polities.
After having been voted into the
toffice of president of the student
council by her fellow students, she
has worked untiringly to better
their social and academic life.
Elsie's interest in the future, lies
in the commercial field, as either
a teacher or a" secretary.
Beaverton schools, is the architect
awl will meet with the Farwell
Board of Education today.
The Farwell' Rural Agricultural
School District includes the townships of Freeman, Lincoln, Surrey,
and Beech district and Gut Lake
district. Pupils , are also being
teinsporjed- to the Farwell school
from the Hinkleville, Schofield,
Wilson,; Glass, Hatfield, Lake, Herring, O'Connor ahd West Grant
schools.
Congestion has become serious
Ja the school buildings with both
the high school and. elementary
school crowded. Two rural schools
have been moved in and are now
being used as classrooms.-
This year's enrollment of 655 is
an increase of 80 over last year.
There are now 72 pupils in the kindergarten alone, necessitating balf
day sessions for the little folks. A
study of the census records indicates a further increase next year.
Scott Drillers
Win Opener
,. The Scott Drilling basketball
team opened their season Thursday evenihg of last "week with a
66-43 victory over Barryton. Bob
Amble was high point (man for;
Scotts with 17.
Thursday of this week Scott
Drillers played the Central Michigan .College freshmen in the field
house at Mt. Pleasant.
This Saturday night, December
12, Scotts will play Cadillac in the
Clare High School* gym at 7:30.
Scotts will play Barryton tSere,
next Monday, evening, and the
Home Training team at Mt. Pleasant next Tuesday night,
Mid-Michigan
B Conference
Title Chosen
The Mid-Michigan B Conference
was the name chosen for the* hew
league, which was formed; at an
athletic conference beld at Ithaca
on Monday everting, November 30,4
Richard Wheeler", Clare High
School principal, and Donald Richardson, Clare High coach, represented Clare at this conference.
Each school in this new league
will be assessed $15.0'd' per year
for membership.
The league track meet will be
beld on May 11 or 12, depending
on the weatber, at St. Louis. The
finals will be 'held in the evening, *
The 1954-55 basketball league
schedules and 1954'football schedule were,also made out. at this
meeting. «
The next meeting of the confer-
.ence will be beld -on March 22,
1954. '
1954 Football Schedule
Big Rapids, home, September 17.
Shepherd, away, September 24.
Reed City, away, October 1,
St, Lotiis, boSue, October'8,
Durand, away, October 15.
Ithaca, away, October 22.
Chesaning, home, October 29.
Gladwin, away, November 5
Experts Say Farming and Business
Will Suffer But Little In*l§54
Spokesmen ,.in the important
realms of agriculture and finance
are saying that, despite widespread
belie'f that cur "boom" economy
is do- for some downward adjustment, the level of farm prices, in-
'As indications that the boom is
ending, he pointed out that inventories are growing larger; farm
prices are 12 to 14 per cent lower
than last.yea*? industrial activity
is declining, and unemployment is
duslrial production and credit will, increasing slightly in some areas,
remain fairly high. The American* economy is inher-
The twin opinions which .rather ! ently sound and will 'cushion the*
follow the» pattern of statements" change, he said. "Banking in par->
by industrial leaders and govern- ticular, is in good condition, es*,
Went everts, were uttered only peciially when supported by the *
Chandanais Wins
First Honors Again
Contest Among
Musical Groups
At Clare School *
A Christmas Concert composed
of the chorus class, band, and girls
and hoys glee clubs will be held on
Monday evening at 8:00 o'clock in
the Clare High School auditorium.
The concert is under the direction
of Miss Nancy Keller and Lloyd
"Oonley. *
December Dates
For Baby Clinic
The regular monthly "yyell Baby
.Conferences Will be held ih, the following places, at times stated below:
PairWeE Methodist Church—Wednesday December 16,-1953 from &
td 11 a.m.
Clare Congregational Chuich
Basement—Wednesday December
18, from 1 to 3 p.m. ,
Harrison Court House Basement
—Friday, December 1$, from 9 to
11 a.m.
MMIWWH
Jim Chandanais, Clare High
School senior, first choice for
guard on the Detroit Times All-
State football team, has again been
honored Ja statewide football
circles.
A recent edition.of the Detroit
Free Press named Chandanais on
their All'St'ate Class C football
team as first team Selection at
guard.
recently with the ddwnward bus
toess index already started.
Far from, darkening the outlook,
or casting' gloom? the experts insist that the position of our economy is a good one to take a slight
setback. They even offer some bits
of advice on how to make the
most of the drop wbicb everyone
believes will hit sometime next
year. . '
Although the business boom is
ending, the American economy Will
continue, at a bigh level, and a
Sharp -and disastrous decline is out
of the question.
That is the opinion of Raymond
Rodgers, professor of banking*-in
the Graduate School of Business
Administration, New York University. Prof.: Rodgers spoke to members of the SiKchigan Bankers1 association in a session at Michigan
State College.
He said that'-most statistical indicators have been showing a
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpor*
ation; and the. increased security
of the people through pensions and
welfare funds, old-age and survivors insurance,, and unemployment
insurance are favorable" factors,
..' He also 'cited the increase in
home ownership as an element of
strength. .
"The <main reason why our econ-"
omy will not go into, a tailspin'%
be added, "is the dynamic Character of the American economy". .
By this be meant America's rising standard of living, the.' rapidly
increasing population, the desire
for new productive equipment,
n e w a ri d i m P r o v e d products
brought about by research, and
tbe free nature of the economy. %
He said be believed that military
expenditures will continue large,
especially with the official warnings of -an atomic threat. The business pattern, be concluded, will be
duward trend^ince the early'marked h* competition, increased
naK the vear ThfiL said b£ efficiency, strengthing- of sales
parioixne year, xnis, ne saiu, nas -.„„„ __,, c__-n„_ wnf;t martf ns.
occurred in spite of record-break-
ing's^les, higb levels of manufacturing activity, high rates of steel
production, glowing earnings reports and large dividend payments.
School Vacation
Announced
Clare High School will be dismissed at noon on December 24 for
Christmas vacation and will reconvene at 9:00 a.m, on Monday
morning, • January 4, as reported
Monday by Thomas Campbell,
Clare High School Superintendent.
Play Written
And Acted By
S. School Class
The Congregational "vj&omen's
Fellowship met Monday night at
8:00 o'clock in the church parlors
with Mrs. George Beck in charge
of devotions. Her Sunday School
class presented a short play, en-
titled,"The FishermanvWho Dared".
This play was written by the
-.class using their Sunday School
lesson material.
Mrs. Stuart Bicknell was in
charge of the program, assisted by
Mrs. Harold-Hughes, Mrs. Gordon
Mcintosh and Mrs. Ken Hendrie.
They presented a pantomine entitled 'A Lamp Beside The Door.".
Refreshments were served by
Circle III.
« *
U. F. Campaign
May, Reach Top
The United Fund campaign in
the city of Glare lias been extended to allow all workers and captain's to ma.ke"their" reports in a
final f&rm.
Campaign Directol* Frank LaGoe
sjaid Wednesday that the drive
would net an amount very hear to
the goal when final tabulations are
made.
Trio Arrested
For Thefts In
This Vicinity
The arrest of three area residents has solved a number of robberies in this vicinity recenly.
; The three arrested by Clare and
State Police here Tuesday were
Albert J. -McPhall, 25,. of-Clare, his
wife Carolee Joyce McPhall, 19,
and her "father, Vern Owens, 56, of
Leaton/ The arrests were made "at
the home of relatives in Clare.
They reportedly said that they
were attempting to raise $14.'0Q
each to take a trip to Ohio.
Among the loot reported stolen
was two .22 rifles, a 30'-30 rifle, a
*mix-niAster, knives, blankets, a
lady's wrist watch, muskrat pelts,
canned goods, food, some* $20 from
a piggy bank, more than a dozen
chickens, cigarettes, , mackinaws,
jackets,* dresses, tools,' and btner
items.
The three admitted taking part
in'at least seven thefts.
The "victims apparently were all
relatives and friends. Among those
reporting thefts were Raymond R.
Tigner,. R-l ..Farwell; Robert Randal, R-2, Clare; Frank McPhall R-3,
Clare; Alton David., R-2 Clare; the
Welsh house by' the Vernon
church, the Wardwell bouse on
Stevenson Lake, and the "Vv'ayne
Mogg garage in Rosebush.
All three are being held in the
Isabella -county jail.
Officers have located all of the
rifles" and most of the other items.
In Giant
One week after next Saturday, —
December 19, is going to be a day
which kids of* Clare and for miles
around will, never forget!
Santa Claus is earning to Claro
on that day to visit all tbe children, and the jolly old dare-devil is
going to drop dotvn in front of the
crowd in a big helicopter , » » all
the way to the ground* and then
hop out right before their eyes!
•'■• Santa loves to surprise all his
friends, —especially the little boy
and girl friends who wait all tha
year foi4 his ChristmsiS-tinie visits.
Past trips to Clare have been
made by sleigh, auto, in parades
and crowds Of excited youngsters
. . . Santa has eyen appeared on
screaming fire ' trucks painted
bright red to match Ms suit.
But this year Old Sanfa wants
everyone to See a sight they nev-
er" dreamed of before! His giant
"whirly-bird'f helicopter will swoop
down in front of all tbe children
that can be packed in Clare, and
Santa himself will step &ut to cdl-
lect his mail and give tho youngsters little gifts.
Every child in Michigan will
want to be la Clare on that day to
see Santa Glaus make his exciting
landing from the sky,
Member tit the Clar& Fire, Be-
partment and the" Clare Kiwanis
club have joined forces to put oh
a whopping party for all the boys
«nd girls who come,to Clare that
day.* i
Just like last year, the party will
he a afternoon-long jolly time at
the elt/ hall where kids are to be
given big portions of free candy
and merriest holiday wishes.
Most of the details of. the big
day will be told |n a story to be
in next week's clars Sentinel. And
in the .meantime, all th© children's
letters for Santa should be placed
in his Mg mail box ih front of The
Citizens Bank where he will pick
them up.
Move To Buy
Fire Equipment
At Lake George
A mass meeting at Lake George
on December 19, has been announced for the purpose of acting on the
'question of purchasing fire fighting equipment for Lincoln township.
Sponsored by the Lake George
Chamber of Commerce, the meeting is to be held iri the Community
Building at 7:^0 in the evening,
and the invitation is open for the
public to attend.
Questions' of finance and. types
of equipment will be discussed in
the open meeting.
■ ■ - #
Rev. Hahn Speaks
At Rotary '
Rev. Charles B. "Hahn, of4Alma,
who formerly" occupied the Methodist pulpit in Clare, was the speaker,, at. Rotary's lunch meeting Wednesday in the Doherty Hotel,
Rev. Halm's remarks were titled
'Watcb'man, "What of Th© Night",
and were appropriate for religious
thought. , , " v
Guests of the. club included Emery McLaughlin With Dr. McArthur, Marvin Dale with Frank LaGoe, and Harold Redman, a meni-
.ber from Almar
for-ees .and smaller profit margins,
"The readjustment, at best"r be
said "will be of the order of 1948-
49; 'at worst, 1938; but in no event
will it approach 1932".
The Sentinel's own comparison
of market prices for farm produce
•reveals tbe following figures for ,
1951, 52, and 53,
Starting in 1951 tbe drop by"
years in local prices offered are
shown for Wheat: $2:30, $2.03, and
$1.81, Grade "A" Meditah Eggsj
55c, 44c „ and 37c. Good. Butcher
Steers and'Heifers: $33.00, 28.00,
and $22.00.
Dressed Hogs were recently up
as shown toy the three-year comparison: $27.00, $26.00, and $27.00,
to $29.00 for 1953.
..tPjices. of ^products, the farmer
has itf sell \Wii tie m'terne* ia
1954,.and they nnay be slightly lower. Prices of things the farmer bas
to buy will be about the Same on
the average—some up and some
down.
, That's tbe way the farming situation looks to Michigan State College agriculture economists. And,
they add this:
Prices of land will be steady to *
lower.
There will be wheat acreage al*
lotments and marketing quotas*
For corn there will be acreage allotments only.
Credit Will be tighter, but it will .
be available where needed.. '
To help maintain income, the
economists .have this advice for <>
farmers:
Look for ways to expand operations—rent more land, use capital
in places that Will yield tbe largest
returns; postpone large investments for family Hying until the
farm plant is built up. -
Cut down on capital needs by,
joint ownership of machines, or by
purchasing, good used machinery,
exchanging labor, -doing as imucb
farm construction as possible with
family labor, and custom hiring.
Protect the family through in*
surance. • *
If in debt ancj payments become *.
burdensome, consolidate and convert to a long term loan, and pay
particular attention to management tips. Pay attention to seasonally (high ptices and sell at the
best time. c
The key to profits will not be in
favorable prices for farmers, say
the economists, but in good, efficient management.
Brink Resigns
. City. Engineer Cleo Brink is
away* from the «ity on- a three-
weeks vacation which has been
granted as terminal leave, He has
giyen Mayor, Howard Everts ia verbal r&signatiori to take effect, on
December 31,1953", ' **
Replacements are being interviewed for the position*
Masons To
Install
The formal installation of the.o&
ficers of John Q. Look Lodg6, Mat
sonic Order will ibe beld Tuesday
evening, it was announced thia
week.
The installing officer will" be the
honorable Dr. Hazen Cole, a for*
mer Grand Master of the State o£
Michigan, ' '
Local masons' to be'installed iQ
their stations will bet
Warren White, Worshipful Master; Kenneth Roe, Senior Warden;
Clarence Cotton, Junior Warden;
Gordon Mcintosh, Treasurer; Har*
ley Holt, Secretary; Charles Cooper, Senior Deacon; Larry Wilcox,
Junior Deacon; Howard Everts,
Marshal; Frank Schaaf, Chaplains
Leo Bolen, Leonard Staul&y, Ralph.
Cole and Herb Byerst Stewards.
On Inside Pages
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Farrell News
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Market Reports
Ruth Mcllnay y
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•Church News
Comics * Crossword
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Object Description
| Title | 1953-12-11; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1953-12-11 |
| Publisher | R. G. & F. A. Jefferies |
| Description | An issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. In 1923, absorbed the Clare Courier. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | 1923-1999: Copyright to the Clare Sentinel is held by the newspaper. Copyrighted material is reproduced with the permission of the newspaper. |
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| Language | English |
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| Title | 1953-12-11; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1953-12-11 |
| Publisher | R. G. & F. A. Jefferies |
| Description | An issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. In 1923, absorbed the Clare Courier. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | 1923-1999: Copyright to the Clare Sentinel is held by the newspaper. Copyrighted material is reproduced with the permission of the newspaper. |
| Type | Newspaper |
| Format | JPG/JPEG |
| Language | English |
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1%. THE CLARE 1878— Celebrating the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of This Pioheer Michigan Weekly — 1953 Established 1878 Seven Cents Copy CLARE, MICHIGAN FRIPAV MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1953 $2.50 Year In Michigan' New Setles. Vol. 62, No. 12 lit *• foney Spent; Sewer Halted Short Of Goal On John R. ■ ■" Corrimission Members Say "Ho To Proposal To Borrow $10 Thousand City commissioners, unable to'ances on hand together with ex- fittd seven thousand dollars to pay pected income between now and for the last of the John R, street \ April, 1954, are- n6 more than sewer, dropped the projects from J enough to pay normal operation active Status and will order no (costs of the city, more work for an indefinite time. At the regular commission meeting Monday evening, members of the % city governing body made it clear that temporary borrowing was out of the question and that they were not now considering any means of paying for the completion of the project except a bonding' issue to secure, money for John R and also sewer construction in Eastwood Hills *all together- The meeting on Monday was attended by several home owners on John R, who expressed the desire to have the job continue at once. John R. home owners at the meeting argued that the city should use money already prepaid, and borrow enough more to pay for the whole job. Several residents on John R. had contributed to a fund on a basis of two dollars a frontage foot which was estimated to be the cost of the sewer. Of the ?S,000 which is needed, about half has been promisedj but only a* little oyer one thousand^ voluntarily paid. City commissioners opposed this plan, and explained that the bal- Don Benchley Barn Burned Donald Benchley lost his farm barn and three head of cattle^byjB^chV'ltorident' of"?!^ Bast Borrowing to the limit now, would leave the city in a bad position without means of obtaining emergency funds for any purpose before the beginning of the next fiscal year, they said. . State's Resort Spots Welcome First Snowfall Skiers" Beady ' For North Trip Two Old Rivals Beat Pioneers In Cage Starts JV'S Beat Harrison First Time In Four Years Coach Art Teiiiera was sending the basketball squad through -some strenuous' drilling to perfect the boys' ball handling and floor work this week after the twice-beaten pagers took a weekend breather following the season's start. "These boys have limited experience playing together" he said, "tout I know they are going to irfi- prove as they come * along because I see improvement already". He praised the shooting eyes of ithe Pioneers for a -high average of scoring on shots, and said that 'Had Kigar and Pete Brown, tbe two who share scoring leadership, are going to be hard to stop. Other players on the varsity lineup were given credit "for aggressive ball hawking and sure handling. The Clare Freshmen have eight 1 games .scheduled with. Junior With four inches of new snow; Highs from Midl&nd and Mt. Pleas- sifted on the area by Wednesday's ant storm,, winter'jesort and recreation .operators of Michigan ihad their hopes ■ spurred for an early start for what is expected to be their biggest winter sports season" according to Frank Davis, Secretary-manager of the East Michigan Tourist Association at Bay City. The increased volume of early retail sales of winter sports«equip- jnent during the past few weeks back up this contention, he said. He also pointed to the unusually successful fall tourist season as another indication. According to Cliff Abbs, of West fire at 6:45 Tuesday evening. The 40x24 barn was built about 1931 and Benchley had added a dairy stable with new stanchions and drinking cups in 1953. A. J. Hampton, a neighbor, discovered the fire and the Clare .Fire Department was called to the scene a mile north and two miles east of Clare. Of the twenty cows and six feeder cattle in the building, Hampton and Harold Bradley .were able to get all but two cows and one calf put. , '-''"', ■ The fire was beyond control when the firemen arrived and the Michigan Winter Sports Council, a committee of the association, the most rapidly growing winter sport is skiing, although it is still exceeded by the number of ice fishermen. His organization this year is planning $7,500.00 promotional campaign to increase winter patronage. Organized skiing is offered or Waiting "the first snow in 11 areas: SNOWSNAKE MOUNTAIN located between Clare and Harrison has threes improved rope tows and five slopes for the skier. GRAYLJNG, Michigan's pioneer barn, three cattle, 5,000 bales of in winter sports, has several fine hay, 500 bales of stravf, milking i slopes and four rope tows, plus one machine and barn equipment were i of the most complete whiter sports destroyed. j parks in the Midwest, including a None of the family were at home . three course steel sided toboggan when the fire started. i run. Firemen saved the silo, which -, One of the newest parks is GRIS- was damaged, and tool sheds, gar-: WOLD MOUNTAIN, 1 mile north age and corncrib, which were of Indian River in Cheboygan threatened by the flames. : County. They have several fine The loss, estimated at $20,000,: slopes and two tows, was partly covered by insurance. I (Continued On Page Eight) ,. Clare County Farm Program Meetings Start Next Week • * The Clare county farm program' Friday, December 18, 10:00 a.m. committee will start holding edu- Garfield town hall, cational meetings on the 1954 ag- Friday, December 18, 1:30 p.m. ricultural conservation program _ Winterfield town ball, next Wednesday, December 16. j Tuesday, December 22, 10:00 Seven meetings will be held over -, a.m. Hairiilton townhall, Farwell Votes To Build Jen Room School Electors Approve " Expansion1 To Believe Congestion the county giving every interested farmer an opportunity to get the farm program information and if he wishes he can make his application for participation in the schedule of practices lor which he can obtain assistance payments. Farmers should plan to attend one of these meetings as there will pot be a farm to farm canvass by community 'committee men this year to explain the program, to them. * The schedule of meetings is as follows: Wednesday, December 16—10:00 a.m. Arthur townhall. Thursday, December 17—10:00 Grant townhall. * Thursday, December 17, 1:30 p.m. Sheridan town hall. Tuesday, December 22, 1:30 p.m. Court House Harrison. Christmas Party For AX. Auxiliary Farwell Lodge Building To Be Rebuilt Work has begun on repairing the Masonic Temple that was partially burned November 23. The city council granted a permit to repair the .building and put it back as near as possible like it was before the fire. *■ ., Three Masons were appointed'to meet*with the trustees of the lodge and it was decided that no contracts would be made. Local labor is being used with six or seven men now working. Don Luce is supervising the work. The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its annual Christmas party on December 14, at 6:30.beginning with pot luck dinner. , The children's program will follow. . All members of the Legion and Auxiliary and all their families are specially invited to come. Bring your own table service and a dish to pass. The party is being held in the Legion room at the Clare -city ball. Clare's cagers dropped their first game of the season last Friday, 51-39 to a veteran Reed City squad. In a seesaw first half Reed City took an.early lead 13-8.' Th3 Poh- eers battled back to a tie score late in the second quarter 19-19 but,the Coyotes ccsted a couple of quick baskets just Defcu*e halftims to mad 23-40. In the s * oatl half, Reed Ci'y's tight zone" defer &e limited Clare io 19 points while the Coyotes scored 28 to post the win, Hadley Kigar was high man for dlare with 12 points, Eodnve":! iy Jim Dwyer with 10. After a popr first quarter the Clare JV's came back to tie up their game with Reed City, 15-15 at half-time. However Reed City won- the game 43-32. ■ »At the end of the first quarter Clare was trailing* seven to "one, but tied it uy four times in the second quarter to end the half 15- 15. Jay Lehr made 11 ou; of 13 free throws. Lehr mads lo points to be bigh man for Clare, Gene Campbell followed him twilli'* eigiti, Miller was high for Reed/Jily with \5 points Clare's Pioneers battled the Harrison Hornets to the wive Tuesday night but dropped their second game to their arch-rivals 45-34. In the first quarter, Clare fought their opponents to a stand-still and took a four point lead in the second quarter to maka the score 22-13 at 3e -half. » The third and fourth quarters ;re free:for-alls when b.otb teams ayed fiercely bpt were tdo. evenly matched for a lead until the Pioneers becamebandicapped by a every advantage and racked up successive scores to post their second win of the season. Pete Brown was the game standout as he dropped in four buckets and five free throws to lead Clare's score columns with 13 points. The little Pioneers came out the victors of a thrill-packed basketball game 35-34^1 Harrison Tuesday night. Fans saw the lead change 11 times. It was the first time since 1949 ■ that any . Clare team had defeated the Hornets. In the thrilling closing second with the score 34-32 in the Hornet's favor, Gerald Fullerton proved to be the hero of the game as he sank three points to put Clare ahead; Then with the closing whistle Clare fouled Sharp, its th'e gym became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, be held Harrison's bid for a victory. He missed both shots. Clare won its first game in sixteen starts with Harrison. Santa9$ Letter Box In Service At Bank Corner Have you youngsters written your letters to Santa? His.letter box is now in place at the Citizens State Bank -corner in Clare, and Santa will pick up his mail here e a c li Saturday afternoon ' until Christmas. Hundreds of children nave posted their mail in Santa's letter box here in recent years and all are welcome to write to him again this Farwell Consolidated School vear . ' . District electors voted Monday The annual Christmas party! f™nmg to float a^ bond issue for sponsored by Clare firemen will. «**■•?, *"**?* °* a ten room school ft^r£LSe?fi XrK'^SeS brueifcconsest"011 an ri^1TSSSr5S!t0W!J their SJielming d.sire iiartv with ei«-«s fov all the vounc- see ulelr young people given tPrs ine.youut, p,.opel. educati0nal facilities 'and a™,,^ ^.,-=i,5r,o. +„ ..cei'af -an-fh • fire-proof equipment, the voters of ■. Anyone wishing to assist with. th d)stvlr(,■ V£*P(1 tn'«nifm#vrr the the party in any way is requested.. Sw SdiL ™osaL to contact Stanley Parish or John *ew oWldms Pioposai. _, A total of 387 ballots were cast On the question of raising the mill age, There were 323 "yes!" votes to 57, against.*Seven spoiled ballots Were thrown* out. On the question of borrowing the sum :of The inspector's letter to Dan Holcomb, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Clare County, promises that on February 6, or ninety days from November; 6, the matter would be turned over to the- state Attorney General for action' to'close the present jail unless the building was replaced or improved. Mr, Holcbmb said this week that: 1be seventy-two year old jail is without question, out of date and old fashioned. >.,■■. ,. "But I don't agree that the condition of-the jail is as hazardous as tbe report states", Mr. Holcomb said. He said that the sheriff main- ^ tains a 'constant watch making it host'of fouirTi^Hornets^lookl^1^ unlikely that fire would be ery advantage and racked ur, ' a »al danger to a prisoner in ^cie jail. However, Mr. Holcomb said that since the state has taken steps to condemn the building, the question of remodeling it or building a new jail should be up to the voters in an election. He said "that it is barely possible that the January term of the supervisors might move to place such a proposal on the ballot for spring election. Many public offenders from Clare used to be transported to Harrison for (holding in the county Greer Auto Sales Completes New 4 Auto Body Shop Greer Auto Sales has" completed the construction of their 24x30 foot cement block - addition to their body bumping shop. They haye the very latest equipment and tools to meet any factory specifications in bumping and painting. • The public is invited to come in and iaspeet the..new shop, \ Principal Wheeler Confers With College Students A conference between Richard Wheeler, Clare High School principal and freShm'en attending Michi* gan State College from Clare was! held on December 2 on the campUs at East Lansing. ' The aim of the conference was to secure information which will help students in high school now to make, a better adjustment for college work in the future. . Students at Michigan State College from Clare are, Gala. Hochstetler, Bob Ruby, and Ted Hoersch. State Police . Arrest 6,758 » During October ' Michigan State Police made 6,758 arrests dusjng October, of Which 5,810 were' for traffic offenses. 6 In addition, there Were 318 wayward and delinquent mindrs and juvenile traffic© offenders. Offficers made 22,391 property Inspections arid 3,110 liquor inspections. Total miles traveled in all activities was 976,898, The Bast-Lansing Headquarters received 5,132 sets, of criminal fingerprints and 3,262 non-criminal fingerprints. • Of 1,182 sets* processed for licenses to carry concealed Weapons, 122 of the applicants Were found to iave criminal records, Wanted persons identified through fingerprints totaled 24. Tbe bureau of identification also compiled 3,078 criminal records and furhished 9,496 copies to po*- lice and. sheriffs', departments throughout- the state. 6. Citizenship Winner Is Scliool Leader Elsie DeBarr, daughter of Mrs. Rena and tbe late Howard DeBarr is a life long resident of Clare county. She was born August 15, 1935 at Harrison and attended the Caher school before coming to Harrison High School. . In High School ber quick wit and rnature charm soon won her many friends. Outstanding among many achievements in school bave been in the field of basketball, dramatics and school polities. After having been voted into the toffice of president of the student council by her fellow students, she has worked untiringly to better their social and academic life. Elsie's interest in the future, lies in the commercial field, as either a teacher or a" secretary. Beaverton schools, is the architect awl will meet with the Farwell Board of Education today. The Farwell' Rural Agricultural School District includes the townships of Freeman, Lincoln, Surrey, and Beech district and Gut Lake district. Pupils , are also being teinsporjed- to the Farwell school from the Hinkleville, Schofield, Wilson,; Glass, Hatfield, Lake, Herring, O'Connor ahd West Grant schools. Congestion has become serious Ja the school buildings with both the high school and. elementary school crowded. Two rural schools have been moved in and are now being used as classrooms.- This year's enrollment of 655 is an increase of 80 over last year. There are now 72 pupils in the kindergarten alone, necessitating balf day sessions for the little folks. A study of the census records indicates a further increase next year. Scott Drillers Win Opener ,. The Scott Drilling basketball team opened their season Thursday evenihg of last "week with a 66-43 victory over Barryton. Bob Amble was high point (man for; Scotts with 17. Thursday of this week Scott Drillers played the Central Michigan .College freshmen in the field house at Mt. Pleasant. This Saturday night, December 12, Scotts will play Cadillac in the Clare High School* gym at 7:30. Scotts will play Barryton tSere, next Monday, evening, and the Home Training team at Mt. Pleasant next Tuesday night, Mid-Michigan B Conference Title Chosen The Mid-Michigan B Conference was the name chosen for the* hew league, which was formed; at an athletic conference beld at Ithaca on Monday everting, November 30,4 Richard Wheeler", Clare High School principal, and Donald Richardson, Clare High coach, represented Clare at this conference. Each school in this new league will be assessed $15.0'd' per year for membership. The league track meet will be beld on May 11 or 12, depending on the weatber, at St. Louis. The finals will be 'held in the evening, * The 1954-55 basketball league schedules and 1954'football schedule were,also made out. at this meeting. « The next meeting of the confer- .ence will be beld -on March 22, 1954. ' 1954 Football Schedule Big Rapids, home, September 17. Shepherd, away, September 24. Reed City, away, October 1, St, Lotiis, boSue, October'8, Durand, away, October 15. Ithaca, away, October 22. Chesaning, home, October 29. Gladwin, away, November 5 Experts Say Farming and Business Will Suffer But Little In*l§54 Spokesmen ,.in the important realms of agriculture and finance are saying that, despite widespread belie'f that cur "boom" economy is do- for some downward adjustment, the level of farm prices, in- 'As indications that the boom is ending, he pointed out that inventories are growing larger; farm prices are 12 to 14 per cent lower than last.yea*? industrial activity is declining, and unemployment is duslrial production and credit will, increasing slightly in some areas, remain fairly high. The American* economy is inher- The twin opinions which .rather ! ently sound and will 'cushion the* follow the» pattern of statements" change, he said. "Banking in par-> by industrial leaders and govern- ticular, is in good condition, es*, Went everts, were uttered only peciially when supported by the * Chandanais Wins First Honors Again Contest Among Musical Groups At Clare School * A Christmas Concert composed of the chorus class, band, and girls and hoys glee clubs will be held on Monday evening at 8:00 o'clock in the Clare High School auditorium. The concert is under the direction of Miss Nancy Keller and Lloyd "Oonley. * December Dates For Baby Clinic The regular monthly "yyell Baby .Conferences Will be held ih, the following places, at times stated below: PairWeE Methodist Church—Wednesday December 16,-1953 from & td 11 a.m. Clare Congregational Chuich Basement—Wednesday December 18, from 1 to 3 p.m. , Harrison Court House Basement —Friday, December 1$, from 9 to 11 a.m. MMIWWH Jim Chandanais, Clare High School senior, first choice for guard on the Detroit Times All- State football team, has again been honored Ja statewide football circles. A recent edition.of the Detroit Free Press named Chandanais on their All'St'ate Class C football team as first team Selection at guard. recently with the ddwnward bus toess index already started. Far from, darkening the outlook, or casting' gloom? the experts insist that the position of our economy is a good one to take a slight setback. They even offer some bits of advice on how to make the most of the drop wbicb everyone believes will hit sometime next year. . ' Although the business boom is ending, the American economy Will continue, at a bigh level, and a Sharp -and disastrous decline is out of the question. That is the opinion of Raymond Rodgers, professor of banking*-in the Graduate School of Business Administration, New York University. Prof.: Rodgers spoke to members of the SiKchigan Bankers1 association in a session at Michigan State College. He said that'-most statistical indicators have been showing a Federal Deposit Insurance Corpor* ation; and the. increased security of the people through pensions and welfare funds, old-age and survivors insurance,, and unemployment insurance are favorable" factors, ..' He also 'cited the increase in home ownership as an element of strength. . "The |
