1954-01-29; Clare Sentinel

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The Clare High Schgol Pioneers
basketball team failed to break
their jinx Friday night by dropping
their eighth straight contest to
Ithaca to the tune of 41-29.
Ithaca took an early edge on the
slow starting Pioneers and held a
18-10 advantage at the half.
In the second half, Clare came
back strong and narrowed the margin to five points with Fred Miller bottling up Ithaca with scrappy
defensive playing and Kigar and
Brown making the buckets.
It was Davis and Raducha, of
Ithaca, who put the game on ice
and chalked up the points that sank
Clare's hopes for their first win,
Clare will be host to Reed City,
Friday night.
Although the Varsity squad has
failed to tally a victory, they are
still in there fighting, and refuse
to have their spirit dampened by
set-backs.
Coach Arthur Teixeira's squad
boasts some good basketball players and the team has lost a number
Of games by narrow margins that
could have easily been victories
with a .few breaks of the game,
The boys are taking their losses
in stride and are determined tp
mark up a few victories before the
season closes.
Home game attendance has been
below par, with a losing team, but
the loyal fans who have been attending have had their money's
worth and it is hoped that attendance will increase for the coming
games.
The Pioneers will play five
home games during February—
Ithaca Feb. 5, Coleman Feb. 9>
Manistee Feb. 13, Harrison Feb.
19, and Shepherd Feb. 26. They
will play at Mt. Pleasant Feb. 2
and Big Rapids Feb. 23.
Two Fracture
Twenty-five acts, are scheduled
for the Amateur Show to be held
Thursday evening, February 4, in
the Clare High School auditorium.
Auditions were held Tuesday
evening, January 26, and no prize
winners "from former Amateur
Shows sponsored by $he Masons
have won places on this year's program. .
The program will include vocal
Warns Cheap
Instruments
No Economy
Bondman Conley
Would Test Quality
On Monday,   February   lst,   at
^__o  „__„__       7:30 in the band room at the Clare
and instrumental' music^ accordian High School a musical instrument
and electric guitar numbers and
tap dancing and acrobatics.
Four judges will award prizes
of $15.00, $10.00 and $5.00 to the
top three prize winners.
A large crowd is expected to attend and enjoy the" two hour program of fine entertainment. Tickets are being sold by members of
the DeMolay.
Lim
In
Winter Sports
"GregV the 12 year old son'of Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Galusha, of West
"US-10,. suffered a fractured left leg
while tobogganing on the Charles
Krell farm Saturday afternoon.
Greg was steering the toboggan
for a group of young folks from
the Grace • Bible Church of Far-
well, of which his father is pastor,
who were enjoying a toboggan
party at the time.
He put his leg out to keep the
toboggan from running into a large
rock in his path when the accident
occured.
Both bones in the leg were broken and following the reducing of
the fractures by Dr. K. Hammer-
berg, he is convalescing at his
home.
Kay Blystone, 14 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Ndrris Blystone, of the Eagle community,
fractured her right arm while skiing at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Blystone
of that vicinity, Saturday afternoon. She fell from her skis and
fractured the arm between the
wrist and elbow.
She was taken to the offices of
Dr. Earl Wilson at Harrison where
the fracture was reduced. She
was taken to Central Michigan
Community Hospital for X-rays.
She is convalescing satisfactorily at her home.
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Baseball Here
For Teenagers
A meeting for the purpose of organizing a youth program for
Clare county and neighboring townships will be held at the Clare
High School at 7:30 Monday evening, February 1.
Little League baseball was commenced here last year with a very
good response and four teams in
the league. Pure Oil of Clare, sponsored by.Arlie Schofield and Leon
Stanley, was managed by Freeman
Willey. Speedway "79" of Clare,
was managed by Jack Russell. The
Farwell team was-sponsored principally by Phil Weaver of Weavers
Tavern, managed by Archie Bor-
der and coached by Wally Merton.
The West Grant team, managed by
Dan Dysinger, had no sponsor.
It is hoped to secure sponsors
for all four of last year's teams
this year and to add new teams.
As Little League ball includes
boys fx*om eight years old up to a
boy that has his 13th birthday before August 1, there is a period of
three years that he is left to roam
the streets with nothing to do before he is old enough to play in
organized baseball again.
This year an attempt is being
made to organize a league called
tlffl~l%Hy *League fox our nation's
youth in this group. The age of
this group is from the time the
boys graduate from the Little
League up to a youth who has his
15th birthday on or before August
1.
The money for this project was
appropriated by the Board of Supervisors of Clare county, the City
Commission of Clare, Community
Council and merchants of Clare,
and the grounds provided by the
Clare school.
The games of both leagues can
be played on the Softball diamond.
It is hoped to have all old managers and sponsors of Little League
ball, new managers, and above all,
parents and guardians and anyone
interested in these projects, at this
meeting.
Money, managers, sponsors' and
coaches are needed to put these
projects over. For further information contact Jeff Willey at Farwell
or Leonard Stanley in Clare.
Still Time To
Contribute To
March. Of Dimes
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The 1954 March of Dimes is
nearing the end.
In compiling a mailing list some
of the rural addresses may have
been omitted. If you desire to
make a contribution mail same to:
March Of Dimes, Clare, Mrs. F. E.
Hochstetler, Chairman.
sales representative will be on
hand to discuss and demonstrate
instruments to the parents of the
students who will be starting band
this year. The display and discussion is open to anyone who is interested in musical instruments or
band ih general,
Thi*s article is printed in hopes
that someone may be saved from
future grief in the purchase of an
instrument". There is a lot of
"junk" on the market, some of it
brand new and just as shiny .as
can be.
The inexperienced person, considering only outward appearance
and price is very liable to be
"taken-in" on an inferior instrument. In hopes of preventing some
of this, I have listed below some
of the things to be taken into consideration when purchasing a musical instrument.
1. PLAYING QUALITIES. A
good instrument blows easily; a
poor one takes? a lot of effort (very
important for beginners),
2. MOUTHPIECES. The heart of
any instrument is the mouthpiece.
Inferior instruments, especially
brass, generally have very poor
mouthpieces, even worse than the
instrument itself. A good mouthpiece costs a bit more but is essential to playing success.
3. INTONATION. Most of us
have suffered the agonies of an
out-of-tune instrument. It is impossible, physically, to build a
practical instrument that is perfectly in tune, but good instruments come very close to it, Inferior instruments are often so far out
of tune or pitched so far off the
standard that they are practically
useless in a musical group.
4. LIFE OF THE INSTRUMENT
The construction of inferior instruments does
standards.
5. CASES, Cases -must protect
the valuable instruments and so
must be sturdy and durable
enough to do the job.
6. COSTS, Ipferior instruments,
such as those' sold by most mail
order houses, «ost nearly what a
higher standard •'t-ystrument will
cost. The best cornet, clarinet, or
trombone from the mail order
house will cost in the neighborhood
of $110 to $125 and is inferior in
many respects. A good instrument
can generally be purchased for $10
to $25 more and will more than
repay the small difference in playing ease, appearance, duration,
tone quality, intonation, response
and resale value. A good buy isn't
always the smallest price.
These are just a few of the more
important factors to be taken into consideration. To discuss all the
angles here would take too much
time and space. I would, however
ask this; if anyone in- the vicinity
is contemplating buying a musical
instrument and has any doubts as
to what to buy and where to buy it,
please come and see me. I will be
very happy to put my experience
and library of information at their
disposal in the interest of seeing
that better instruments are put
iinto the hands of students.
Clare's New Skating Rink Being Flooded
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Although this picture of Clare's large lighted skating rink near the V.F.W. Hall was
taken before the recent heavy snowfall, ihe ice Will be cleared of snow and skating resumed soon. With a 95 by 6.0 ffcot skating, surf ace neat the, city, the rink sponsored by
th© V.F.W. Post has proven very popular for skaters of all ages since it was opened New
Year's Day. ■*'''.■ —Lee Sowle Photo
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Hammetburg
Injured
Mrs.   Kuno   Hammerberg   was
USsV^ in-u*ed to an automobile
luoeicuiqsis Association, Mis. Ber   acoiaent in ftont of the Hammer.
,oy Gordon's Death Shocks
Comwellville Residents
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All 1-C reserves or discharged
servicemen who have served less
than six months since 1948 will be
called back for processing.
Bernard Wilson, Clare County
Selective Service Board clerk, has
been advised by National Selective
Service headquarters, that all 1-C
men will be reclassified as 1-A.
The young men affected by this
ruling will be notified by their
local boards.
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A, B. White passed away early
Monday morning at his home at
Lake George after one week illness. Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 Irom
the Stephenson Funeral Home with
Rev. L. 3. Nevins officiating and
burial in the Greenwood township
eemetery.
Roy J. Gordon, life long Clare
county resident, died suddenly at
his home on the Cornwell Ranch
Wednesday morning, January 20th.
Mr. Gordon was born** in Hatton
township June 27, 1886, the son of
Georgia and John Gordon. He was
one of seven children, his twin
brother, Ray and his sister Lora,
preceded him in death.
In 1909 Mr. Gordon was united in
marriage with Maude Hartman,
also of Hatton township. This union was blessed with 11 children,
eight surviving. Three preceding
their father were: Raymond in
1941, John in 1948, Peggy in 1953.
Roy Gordon entered the employ
of the Cornwell Ranch at the age
of 18 and was a faithful' member
of this organization for over 49
years, during which time Mr. Gordon established a large acquaintance of the cattle feeders of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Mr. Gordon was recognized in the live
Stock circles as one of the outstanding authorities on feeder cattle. His radiant personality was endowed with the rare quality of being able to share his knowledge
and vast experience with others,
and to this end he took great pride
in working with young people.
Mr. Gordon was affectionately
referred* to by his friends and
neighbors as the "weatherman",
because of his untiring interest in
nature, constantly evaluating its
wonders and prpphesying its future, and greeting each day with a
smile. Many a trying situation during his busy lifetime was aptly
relieved by his quotations of Robert Burns, especially "The best
laid plans of mice and men gone
off to glee". -
Mr. Gordon was a member ot
the Riverside Grange in which he
took an active part. He also participated actively ift many live
stock organizations.
He leaves to mourn his wife,
Maude; two sons, Kobert of North
Bradley, Lee of Sanford; six
daughters, Mrs, Cecil Reed, of
Lansing, Mrs. Lora Hendricks of
Daytona Beach, Fla., Mrs. Betty
Murphy, Misses Irene and Thelma
Gordon, all of Clare; two brothers,
Glenn of Clare and Floyd of International Falls, Minn.; two sisters,
Nina Wood and Vera Alwood of
Battle Creek; and 15 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
2:00 p.m. Saturday January 23,
from the Methodist Church, Rev.
Nevins, pastor, and Rev. Chas.
Malson of the Brown Corners
Church officiating. Burial was in
Cherry Grove cemetery.
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David Seiter
Returns To
nice Tulk, community manager for
the association's Christmas Seal
sale in the*Clare area, this weelc
extended appreciation to all contributors ift the 1953 campaign.
Mrs. Tulk expressed "gratitude to
the many g*roups and persons will-'
ing to give their time, energy and
money toward fighting tuberculosis."
Locally, the Clare school teacher
said that 1953 Christmas Seal proceeds amounted to $414.50, against
.....a e.f\   .1..    iflrn
?odo.iu in  xauu,
Detailed records on the work of
Christmas Seals are available from
the Michigan Tuberculosis Associa*
tion, Mrs. Tulk said. In Clare as int
the rest of Michigan, reports show
a portion of Christmas Seal contributions is put aside for health
teaching programs. In long year-i^oC
experience, Mrs. Tulk said medical
leaders have found that building a
high level of general good health is
one of the best safeguards against
tuberculosis.
According to Mrs. Tulk, schools
of this area receive and use a
number of Michigan -Tuberculosis
Association classroom health aids
—including colorful posters, the
Children's ^Health Bulletin, and educational movies. She said records
indicate that it is partly as a re->
suit of the health teaching programs that TB has been removed
from the list of the ten leading
causes of death in Michigan.
The progress against tuberculosis, she said, "should be a source
of satisfaction to every Christmas
Seal contributor." She added that
local response in the 1953 seal sale
will help keep up work to prevent
the disease throughout this year.
As noted in earlier reports, most
of the money raised in the Christmas seal sale — ninety-four cents
of every dollar — stays in Michigan for local and state programs.
The' remainder — six cents of
every dollar — goes to the National Tuberculosis Association, which
supervises research and countrywide TB programs.
berg home on North US-27 at 8:00
o'clock Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Hammerberg drove out of
their driveway onto US-27 where
her car stalled, and Keith Bell,
driving north on the "highway,
struck the Hammerberg car.
Mrs. Hammerberg suffered severe, lacerations on the back of
her head when she was thrown
from the. car onto the pavement.
James Wood, who was driving
■by, assisted.Mrs. Han*Lm.erberff into her home. Dr. Hammerberg took
her immediately to his offices,
took a number of stitches to close
the wound, and following first aid
took her to Central Michigan Community Hospijal.
She was recovering satisfactorily at the hospital Thursday afternoon.
David W. Seiter returned to duty
on the Clar& police force January
20 following two years absence.
He left the police department
in February, 1952, and has been in
the U. S. Army service since that
time. He spent one year and five
months in Frankfurt, Germany.
Seiter was a local police officer
prior to entering the Army.
Suspend License
After Ee¥iewiag OI
James Tubbs, 22, of Clare, who
has a bad driving record, was
called to the Clare police station
Wednesday morning to have his
record reviewed.
Warren Decker, representing the
Department of State, presided 8t
the investigation and "Tubbs' operators license was suspended for
sixty days.
According to police, -Tubbs has
been convicted on a number of
traffie violations.
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How Your
Child Learns
Beading-
"School Corner", the column of
facts and interesting information
about the Clare Public School
which is written by Mr. Campbell,
or a member of the faculty each
week, has co-authorship and an interesting topic in today's Sentinel
Mrs. Kathryn Broh and Migs Effie Hales present a description of
the steps involved in a small
child's first reading lessons and
tell why reading, always considered important, is carefully taught as
ja "key" to" good study habits and
easy understanding of all other
subjects.
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Ferris Institute's 65-piece concert band, under the direction of
Nicholas L, Sabia, will present
their annual winter concert in the
Ferris Alumni building on February 11 at 8 p.m.
Featured numbers will be "Cambodian Suite" in three parts, composed by the King of Cambodia,
and "First Swedish Rhapsody" by
Eric Leidzen. The program, which
-will be largely by contemporary
composers, 'will conclude with tl"e
rendition of "Stars and Stripes
Forever" in tribute to the late John
Philip Sousa.
Included in the band personnel,
is Miss Patsy Cox,, a'forme* mem*
fees- of the varsity band at Clare
High School.
Kiwanians
Entertain At
Box Social
Kiwanis club members are saying today that their scheduled club
activities must hereafter include
an annual Box Social and Square
Dancing party, since the success
of the party which their club sponsored at the Doherty" Hotel "on. Wednesday evening of this. week.
Viewed from any angle, the affair was a very pleasant success.
Thirty-five couples attended.
Gorgeous boxes containing the
lunches were auctioned to the men
at 6:30 p.m. Table service, coffee
and dessert were provided by the
hotel.
The elaborate decorations and
trimming on the boxes was like
nothing ever seen at an old fashioned box social party. Representing -everything from beautiful girls
or monuments-to-Kiwanis International, all the way to realistic, fruit
or just plain toeribboned lunch
boxes, the sight of the unusual
packages lifted the party out of
the level of the "ordinary" right
at the beginning.
The auctioneer, Jimmy Sikora,
opened the sale of the lunches
with much bidding starting at four
or five dollars. The club realized
almost $200 profit on the lunch
auction with the-money marked for
deposit in the funds which finance
much of the Kiwanis public-spiri7
ted works.
One lunch was sold for the evening's high price of twelve dollars
and a-half, others were knocked
down for $10.00, $9.50 and downward.
Prizes were awarded to three
ladies for decorated boxes judged
as follows:
The -*most artistically beautiful,
•Mrs. Willard Bicknell.
The second most beautiful, Mrs.
William Maxwell,
The most original decorative
idea, Mrs. William Warner..
Mrs. Bicknell's lunch was packed in a box topped with a stately
monument to Kiwanis. Pillars and
Gothic roof framed a Kiwanis emblem, Mrs. Maxwell covered a
lunch box With a silk costumed
party-girl represented by a doll
with cross-stemmed wine glasses.
Mrs. Warner's' inspiration was a
box shaped and painted to represent a slice of ripe watermelon,—
seeds and all.
Merry square dancing until 11:45
followed the dinner.
larking Banned
^n Main Streets'    .
Iffy To SsOO A. If
During winter months, cats will
»ot be allowed to be parked on the
ifiain streets of Clare from 5.00
Until 5:00 in the morning, accotd-
tag? to Chief of Police Bert Head.
; This local traffic regulation will
b*, enforced to permit snow i'e-
flfi&val during the early morning
hours when traffic its Ugliest,
These Gj
nese Lasers
Learn Young
A "Tiny Tot" basketball league
for boys from the fourth and fifth
grades in school has been organized, and is playing- a schedule of
games each Saturday afternoon on
the Clare School gym floor.
Organized teams from the Public school and from St, Cecilia's
school have the following player
rosters:
For the Celtics: Jerry Hendrie,
Joe Graves, Willis Hankins, John
Ruark, Russell Graham, George
Finch. For the Tiny Trotters: John
Russell, Wayne Thayer, Gary
Ziastrow, Tom Neff, Tim Smith.
For the Musketeers: Jim Green,
Joe Bowler, Eric Hammerberg, Ray
Murphy, Doug Young, Roy Warner. For the Red Wings: John
Urquhart, Tim Keeler, Bob Green,
Dan Green, Dennis Calkins.
In games scheduled for tomorrow afternoon,. the. Celtic's -ifie"et the
Musketeers in one contest, and the
Tiny Trotters clash with the Rod
Wings. The Tiny Trotters have
scored one win, and the Red
Wings, with Tim Keeler racking up
10 points also have downed one
opponent.
Scott Drillers
Win Seven And
Lose Only Two
The Scott Drilling Company independent basketball team boasts
a season's record of seven wins
and only two losses.
The best team that Scotts have
played in two years is the White
Cloud quintet who defeated the locals £3-61 at White Cloud Tuesday
evening.
Scotts led most of the way in the
first- half but ended' the- second
period trailing White Cloud 36-32.
Bremmer paced White Cloud
with 30 points followed by Edison
with 19. Bill Bliss and Bill Beach
each accounted for 17 of Scott's
points.
Five Grads
From Area
On CMC List
One hundred and seventy-four
degrees and certificates were
awarded to 117 Central Michigan
College students at the close of
the semester, January 27, according
to Dr. David M. Trout, dean of
students.
There were no official graduation exercises scheduled for mid-
semester graduates, howevei, they
are eligible to take part m commencement exercises June 5.
Area grads included from:
Clare: Lloyd Conley, State Secondary Permanent Certificate.
Coleman: Winifred Pease, B. S.
Farwell: Florence Siegle, B. S.,
State Elementary Provisional Cer-'
tificate.
Harrison: Winifred Welch, B. S.,
State Elementary Provisional Certificate. Leonard Rose, Bachelor of
Science in business administration.
Jim McHugh Passes
Wednesday P. M. -
Jim McHugh, • 63, of Saginaw,
passed away at 1:30 Wednesday
afternoon in a Saginaw hospital,
following a cerebral hemorrhage.
McHugh was well known in
Clare, having painted the murals
in the lounge room at Hotel Doherty, the pictures on. the Charles
Strange barn and did considerable
commercial sign work in Clare.
The remains are resting at chil-
son Funeral^Home ill Saginaw.
Funeral services will be held
from Mt, Carmel Church, Saginaw,
at 9:00,o'clock Saturday morning.
nowstormSlows Traffic,
Schools Closed In County
Mail Slowed, Many Absent From Jobs
When Snow Drifts Onto Slick Ice
"Michigan weather" caught up
with the oalendai* with a fieijce
vengence -this week and the unpredictable elements first teased with
melting temperatures and a cloudy
warm spell, then tortured with
near-blizzard , weather and snowy
cold.
Forty-two degrees was the high
(unofficial) temperature on Tuesday. It melted the packed snow surface of Sidewalks and roads and
with misty conditions' adding moisture to the ice, slipperiness increased, •
Boy Scouts
Honor Court
NextMon.
The annual Glare County Boy
Scout pot luck dinner will be served Monday, February 1, at the
Clare City * hall commencing at
6:'30 p.m. ■   "■ • • ,-
Five troops and two Cub pacs
will participate from Glare, Far-
well, .Harrison and Lake George.
The Scouters and families and
Scout representtives will be included among the guests at this
social gathering.
•An interesting program will be
presented follpwing the dinner, Included will be a Court of Honor,
merit badge awards, troop and
leader awards and a short movie.
Scouting in Clare county, is at
an'all-time high with a lot of new
enthusiasm manifested.
Bring your food and "eating
utensils" and enjoy an evening
with the boys.
To Observe
Boy Scout Week
February 7-13
Boy Scout Week will be observed
nationally February 7 to 13 by the
presently enrolled 3,300,000 boy
members and adult, leaders. Since
i910f*fttOrFthSn 21 "ltaJt»bn<*fw|SW^:
have been identified with the Boy
Scouts of America.
Incorporated at Washington,
D. C, February 8, 1910 the Scouts
are observing their 44th anniversary this year. In 1916 Congress
granted a federal charter to the
Boy Scouts of America.
The movement has the responsibility to "promote the abEity to
do things for themselves and others, to develop skills, self-reliance
initiative, physical strength, endurance, courage, patriotism, and
those other qualities which contribute to the very highest type of
citizenship.
Boy Scout Sunday will be observed in churches of all faiths
Sunday, February 7.
The theme for the week is "Forward On Liberty's Team", seeking
to build sound citizenship.
Scouts, parents, »local institutions, communities, state and national officials will pay t tribute to
adult volunteer leaders* of 89,000
Cub Pacs, Boy Scout Troops,, and
Explorer Posts for" "the cohfejribu-
rtion they are making to the boyhood of America.
Cub Scouts 8-9 years of age now
number 1,080,000; Boy Scouts 11-13
970,000; Explorers 14 years old up
390,000; ScoUters and adult volunteer leaders 860,000. There are
2,760 professional leaders, a ratio of
one for every 312 volunteers.
Activities during the week will
include" recomitment to the Scout
Oath and Law ceremonies, special programs in the schools, Unit
Open House Night, Courts Of Honor, indoor and outdoor campfires,
Cub circuses, Scout expositions,
Explorer events, and other special events throughout the nation.
Rotarians
Hear Talk Of
Visit Abroad
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Mrs. A. E. Mulder, recently returned from a trip to Eqrope,
was called upon to describe
the high points of her trip as
the featured speaker before Rotarians at their regular noon lunch
meeting at the Doherty Hotel on
Wednesday of this week.
Vivid word-pictures of her voyage across the Atlantic, and many
of the sights she saw as a tourist
in Italy, France, England, were
held before the listeners. ' All
agreed with club president Dan
McDonald that Mrs. Mulder is a
very good traveller who "doesn't
miss much"-, and who can tell entertainingly of her tourist experiences.
Visiting Rotarians at "the lunch
were Lloyd Cole, of Mt. Pleasant,
and Peter Heinlein, of Reese. A
guest of Gordon Mcintosh was Elmer Salvner, of Mt. Pleasant.
To Confer Degrees
Monday Evening
Mt, Vernon Grange will meet
Monday evening, February 1, and
will put on the third and fourth
degrees.  '
Pot lmjk supper will be served.
Then with a blinding change
came the white deluge.
Schools, johs, mail delivery and
highway travel, all fell victim to .
the weather. About eight inches of
snow came whirling down Tuesday
night and Wednesday on the
glassy-smooth ice of walks and
country roads, making auto travel
slow and dangerous or .impossible
altogether.
Stiff gusts of wind lashed the
snow into- crisp drifts on Wednesday and the continuing hazard of
country road conditions vetoed the
opening of schools, and-curtailed
mail route delivery for the second "
day.- '.       . ...   .     '
Main traveled, highways were
kept clear of ice and drifting snow
by all-out efforts of state and coun-'
ty highway crews. City streets-in
Clare were quickly" scraped and
Cleared with the use. of all available equipment and full crews of
men. * ' . '   -.
With traffic choked." into oneway lanes on most side roads or
halted altogether, many found it
impossible to get to their jobs.
Clare Manufacturing Company time
department checkersreported near- •
-ly -seventeen; percent-absent-or-^lste^-
for work on Wednesday morningi
The plant lost approximately" an
hour of production time at the
start of the day's operation.
On one stretch of road north of
Willowbrook "and along the south
Of Lake Thirteen near "Harwell,
nine or more cars' were parked
along the shoulders and ditches
where drivers had lost traction on.
the ice and left the cars to be
picked up later.
M a nyv • schools abandoned . attempts to hold classes, and on
Wednesday announced recess for
the remainder of the week. Clare,
Harrison, Farwell and Rbsebush
were among, these.
A busload of Farwell school children escaped the inconvenience or
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storm-bound in a stalled bus.when
their school superintendent, Mr.
Gelston was reached by phone* au'd
went to their aid and saw them
Oh their way again after their-motor trouble was found to be wet
distributor points.
VCoromewsial, bus travel' wap-aot
rutel-fe'red with, as tfie-^^^'MgH.*^
ways were kept open throughout
the storm. •  •*     *•      • '
Mail was carried to rural route
boxholders as uBual until Wednesday, wheh heavy drifts and slippery
underfooting forced soma carriers
to skip the most difficult parts of
their routes.
Al Holbrook was- one carrier
from the Ciare post dffice who was
able to continue mail serVlca to
patrons on his rural route, by //
means of advantageous re-rout|ng:,;
for the duration of the slick driv*
ing conditions. /
Some of th© uphill miles of his
route were simply out of the question with roads so slippery, he
said, bo he followed the pavement
on US-27 to a point on James Hill
north of Clare. Here he said ha
could start oh a downhill - ride
which took him plose to neatly all
of his patron's mailboxes.
"Had to make a few left-handed
stops on account of tracking, my
route backwards ^to^get the. downhill advantage", Al safdrlBuT'iW'^
mall was delivered just the same.
Wreckers which could pull stalled cars, service jeeps with chains
and four-wheel drives, kind hearted neighbors who could shovel and
push . . . all Were called into'service. By Thursday morning conditions Were more near normal.
New '54 Olds
Pleases Crowd
At Greer's
■ More than one hundred persons
visited Greer Motor Sales on,
Wednesday, January 20 to Bee" the
1954 Oldsmobilej according to RofrJ
ert Greer, manager of the agency.
The models on display were of
the Super-88 line, said to embody
more changes and improvements
than any Olds models since the
change from the 1951 body design,
A four-door sedan of tutone gray-
took the eye of many of the visitors, Greer said. The car was equip-,
ped with Hydramatic drive, power
brakes, power steering, white-wall
tires, custom lounge seat cushions
and radio and heater. The engine
was Oldsmobile 1954 185. h.p. .version of the Rockot-88 power plant*
Public  acceptance  of  the   Olds
"wrap-around''     windshield 'a.n d
"power styling" were gratifying,
and the sales staff took orders for
several new cars to be delivered at
an early date, Greer said.
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