1954-02-19; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY .MORNING. FEBRUARY 19, 1954
$2.50 Year In Michigan
New Series, Vol. 62, No. 22
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m Blast
Hearing Today On
Court Jurisdiction
A sixteen-year-old Clare school
boy was said to have admitted
firing the fatal shotgun blast
which killed his father, Frank Helmic, 9 o'clock Sunday evening.
The shooting took place at the
Helmic's home five and one-half
miles north of Clare where the
family lived as tenants on the McKay farm.
Mrs. Helmic and the hoy are
both quoted as telling authorities
that the shot was fired in her defense when her husband attempted to force her to accompany him
on a drinking spree. He is reported to have been abusive and
threatened Mrs, Helmic. -
The shotgun charge, fired at
close range; struck Helmic's ehest
and right hip and killed him instantly.
Officer Mickey McDonald.of the
Clare city police was notified of
the shooting when the boy who
fired the gun, together with his !
mother and three younger chil-'
dren drove into Clare and reported
what had happened. Coroner Carl
Stephenson and State Police of the
Mt. Pleasant post were immediately notified.
Officer McDonald took the fattm
ily in the police car, first to the
"farm home scene, and then back
to the office of Prosecutor Campbell where investigation continued
for about five hours.
The boy, now being held in the
custody of County Sheriff Everett Allen, is to appear later today
at a hearing to determine whether
his case sliall come under the authority of Judge George Bates'
Probate Court, or whether jurisdiction will he waived* to allow
the circuit court to take charge.
He is described by school mates
as tall for his age, and rather
shy. He is interested in Young
People's church groups and Sunday school having attended these
gatherings both in Lansing where
the family resided until recently,
and at local churches near the
home north of Clare.
It is expected that Attorney Joel
Kahn of Midland, and Attorney
Harold B. Hughes, Clare, will represent the boy at the hearing-.. . ...
In the meantime, neignoors who
sympathize with Mrs. Helmic and
her family have "begun the collection of a cash fund to help pay
funeral costs and other added expenses. Mrs. Helmic has taken
her children to Midland where she
is staying with relatives.
A neighbor said that Helmic had
"drunk up" and wasted his last
pay checks and there was barely
enough food in the house to feed
the family.
Messages of sympathy; and support for the boy and- his mother
were, said to foe pouring in. Some
persons offered financial aid to
make sure bond is available if
needed. Other messages and telegrams, some from as far away
as Florida were said to be reaching Judge Bates' office expressing
hope that the boy might receive
every possible consideration.
Draft Takes
Two This Week
Two young men will leave for
induction into military service
next Tuesday, February 23, according to Bernie Wilson, clerk of
the local draft board.
The selectees are : William Ban-
die, and Carl Pelcher, both of
Clare. They were recently honored
at a dinner meeting of the Kiwanis clubi
At the same time, Wilson said
that ten men would' 3>e called up
for physicals in the month of February, and two wer,e on the county
quota for induction in March.
evo Leyrer
L-ccepts Call
Poll To Test
Knowledg,
Of Schools
Clare Is One Of
Five Cities Selected
A public opinion poll is being undertaken, in Clare as part of a
statewide project to determine efficiency of various methods of public communication. Monday, February 22 has been set as the day
when interviewing will begin to
sample public knowledge of what
is being taught in our, schools in
the field of U.S. Government, History, and certain closely associated
subjects such as Citizenship.
Also included in the sampling of
opinion will be questions concerning methods of teaching in modern schools.
The survey is part of a project
sponsored jointly by The Michigan
Press Association and Michigan
Educators. The actual operation of
the poll has been undertaken by
Michigan State College staff members, and the whole project is "co-
sponsored" and financed by,The
Kellogg Foundation's Midwest committee.
Dr. Leo Haak of MSC, who is a
associate director of the project,
has declared the purpose of the interviewing to be. "to determine
what people know about public
schools, and to find where they "get
their Information."
A point was stressed in the organization of the first interviewing
to the effect that citizens in the
Clare school area are to be approached on a selective basis for
opinion sampling. "There's real importance in the opinion of every
person we interview", Dr. Haak
said.'""Much depends on cooperat
ing with the interviewer in these
easy questions."
Clare is one of five communities
in Michigan selected for this pro-
ject."
Pastor E. C. Leyrer, having served the St. John's Congregations
at Clare and at Hamilton township
since August 4, 1940, has accepted
a call to a larger Trinity Ev. Lutheran Congregation in Elkton,
Michigan.
He will be installed in his new
charge at a special service on
March 7, after holding his farewell services in Clare and Hamilton Twp. on February 21.
Farewell gatherings at both Congregations: Clare was on February 17 and Hamilton on February
22. ,
The successor to Pastor Leyrer
in the local parish has not as yet
been chosen. A supply pastor will
have charge of services and the
instructions during the interim,
until a new pastor arrives.
Weather Gets
Colder And
r'>
'ibries
.t -fr.*
.Mac Frimodig, manager at Ft.
Wilklns state park in the upper,
peninsula; reported last week that
it was so cold even the snowflakes
were shivering.
This, maintains David Balbough,
manager at Brimley state park, is
nothing. He says snowflakes are
frozen hard by the time they reach
Brimley and quite unable to shiver.
He points out, too,- that when
the temperature gets up to a balmy 10 below zero, schools let out
•so youngsters can frolic in < the
spring -air. !
But manager H. B. Guillaume at
Rochester-Utica recreation area,
' 20 miles from Detroit, merely wonders at such frigid remarks.
He said two robins were seen
in his area late last week, that, the
report *was verified, and that the
-robing seemed in no Jhurry to go
anywhere.
Spring, at least in fhe lower peninsula, may not be very far off,
Lake Map
Job Is Not
Easy One
Lake mapping is a full time job
in Michigan.
A count, made some years ago,
established that the State has more
than 11,000 lakes within its borders. -
Fishermen, vacationists .and
other recreation-minded folk want
to know about these lakes and it
is the business of conservation department lake-mapping crews to
provide answers- to their questions.
Many things go into a lake map
and the job is not an easy one.
Water depths must be determined,
shore outlines established, islands
located and shore installations noted, Workers must check to learn
bottom compbsition and must establish where a sand shore area
changes to deep-water marl or
gravel.
Steep underwater slopes, deep
holes, submerged islands snags,
deadheads, spawning ground, inlets and outlets—all must be noted
on the map.
To date, about 2300 lakes have
been mapped, including most - of
the major or "heavy use" lakes.
Large-scale maps are available
to the public at cost from the institute for fisheries research at
Ann Arbor. ' f
Five of the maps, however, have
been reduced to a convenient 11x17
inch size and are available free upon request. These five are maps of
Gull. Higgins, "Long, Orchard and
Indian Lakes.
Machine Speeds Batik Service; Proves Accuracy
A machine which can keep account of twenty totals at one time, and has been compared
io "twenty cash registers'' in one machine, is in use in the bookkeeping department of the
Citizens State Bank after a short trial period to get acquainted with the "Wizard
machine." ' -
Installed to improve and speed ihe bank's services, the machine makes if possible to
check totals on deposit slips as a "proving" operation, and depositors no longer need to
wait at ihe window while the teller totals deposits of checks.
The proper name of the machine is, "Internal Proof Machine", and pictured sitting at
the keyboard "console" is Jean Magnus, head bookkeeper, and standing at the left is Mrs.
Ethel Case. , —Photo By Maurice Studio
Teams From
Clare FF A
Win Places
The^Giare FFA* ■t'ontestf'-teams in
Farm Forum and Parlimentary
Procedure traveled to Midland
where the Farm Forum team took
second place and the Parlimentary
team took third on Tuesday February 16.
Clare is in a region which also
includes Midland, Bay City, Mt.
Pleasant, Coleman, Farwell, and
Pinconning. All schools .entered at
least one of the four contests except Cpleman.
The contest was held at "Midland
Northeastern Intermediate High
School where the demonstrations
and Farm Forum were held in
the agriculture room and the
Public Speaking.and Parlimentary
Procedure were held in the auditorium.
The Clare Farm Forum team
studied the four topics they were |     _ _
1° ,#ivem£or .*¥ past we!u andLa ' hard To get back Inlhe"game"but
half.    The judges gave them the  found   Clare's   tight   man-to-man
Manistee Is
una
Victory String
Pioneers To Face
Harrison Foe Next"
Last Saturday night, the Pion-
.eer basketball team turned on
powerful Manistee to take the contest on the local floor 56-38. It was
the third victory in the Clare
string after ten straight losses in
the current, season.
The win was in the nature of an
npset against the Manistee cagers
who had pre-game favorite status
by a 21-point margin.
Clare's cagers got off to a fast
high scoring first quarter to take
an 8 point lead which they nursed
throughout the game.
Pete Brown, with his driving
underhand delay shots, sparked
the Pioneers to a 27-18 half time
lead.
After  the  half Manistee fought
■topics on marketing so the farmer
will get more of the consumer's
dollar than does the middleman."
.Their team. was. made up of
chairman Ed Hanel and members,
Leo Smith, Mel Walters, Norris
Bay, Myron Davis and Jake Miller. ,     .
The parlimentary procedure
team included chairman, Charles
Ruby and members, Don Hahel,
Bob Sharp, Pat Pudvay, Bill Randall and Jay Lehr..
■ defense too much to crack.
Bill Siel, Clare's. sharp-eyed
forward, added wood to the fire
-with six buckets and' six free
throws.
Manistee's only bright spot was
their lanky center Danny Davis,
who racked up 14 points.
Friday nighT Clare plays host
to their old arch-rivals, Harrison.
If the Pioneers succeed in turning
the tide on Harrison it will be the
first time since 1949.
The Silent Partner
Rotarians See
Travel Pictures
Harold, Redman, o£ Alma, a recent delegate to the international
convention ,of Rotary clubs held in
Paris, France, spoke to the Clare'
Kotarians on the*' entertaining
travel highlights of his trip, and
showed film slides to illustrate his
remarks about Italy, England,
France and other places of interest in Europe*.*"
Accompanying Mr. Redman
from Alma was Rey. Charles
Hahn, a former minister of the
Methodist church here.    ,
Guests* of the club at the Wednesday noon meeting were: Dr.
Fra-see, Mt. Pleasant, H. L» Zeig-
enbein, Alma, Jim Brown of Detroit, with Bob Greer.
A new club member -was intro*
duced: V. Bergstrom, manager of
Kfaft Dairy plant in Clare*
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. Who is the silent partner? Winter, of course. With lakes frozen
solid, survey crews can speed through lake-mappihg procedures
that take much longer when working from a boat ih summertime.
Here two conservation department workers use tlie tape and
transit to gather map data,
Machine
Can Almost
Think Alone
A marvelous computing machine,
descrioed as "something like twenty cash registers all together" is
installed in -the bookkeeping department of the Citizens State
Bank,"*«w"here. it performs bookkeeping operations, prints permanent
tape records of what it accomplishes, sorts checks and notes into as-
many as twenty different bins, and
"proves" totals at the finish of
each day's business.
The machine is an Internal Proof
Machine, built by National Cash
Register. Officially it proves the
daily operations of the bank, and
accumulates dally totals for various deposits whether by check or
by cash, or both.
If your bookkeeping experience
is limited to balancing pocket money and. parking meter change
against weekly income, —or i£ you
are not a banker, this big machine
can have you plenty mixed up before you even begin to understand
it. "
The fact is, as Frank LaGoe
says, "most people can unders'tand
best what this machine can do for
us when we - tell them that it
speeds up the -window "service. in
the bank."
It is no longer necessary to wait
while a teller adds the total of
checks being deposited. Cash must
be checked while the depositor
waits, but his checks are now
bundled up and proved in the book-keeping department.
If the machine finds errors In
check totals on a deposit slip, it
locks and the error must he righted before operations can continue.
Depositors are notified later if
they forgot to list all the checks in
their deposit or if addition mistakes were .made.
At the same time the" machine is
totaling deposits and stacks of
checks, it can sort the checks into
numbered bins, each one. of which
represents a client or account in
the commercial department.
For instance, all payroll checks
of any of the larger firms can be
sorted into a bin together as they
are discovered and totaled in the
days deposits. Totals of the banks
own various departments are likewise assembled as the day's re*
ceipts, are being proved* daily.
Big Dairy Crowd Expected
On Clare-Isabella Tour;
rogram
Day
Prayer Next
World Day of Prayer, to be observed in Clare this year with five
Protestant churches taking part, is
being held on March fifth, the first
Friday in Lent. ,
Organized by a committee of
women, and, observed in world-wide-
ceremonies, the religious occasions
has real significance. Members of
The Nazarene, Seventh Day Adven-
tist, Congregational, Church of
God, and Methodist churches will
attend the services in the Clare
Methodist church as" participating
members. The public . is warmly
welcome.     ■"* . .' *
Music, scripture reading and
prayer are placed on the program
for the service.
Bring Water
To Fires Say
Firemen
Members of the Clare Fire Department praised Eagle neighbor-'
hood residents for their quick
thinking in carryingrwarer ^o"-the
scene of the' recent fire there and
dropped a word that it would be
a good idea if more people did the
same thing whenever a country
fire occurs.
"While the extra "water didn't
save the church building at Eagle"
Stan Parish, chief, said, "yet there
are plenty of times when the department goes io a fire and has a
good start in controlling the blaze,
only to have the water supply give
out". ■'    *
"When going to a. fire, just put a
couple of filled milk cans or more
into your icar and -we can surely;
use the water" he said.
Lincoln Day
Crowd Hears
VanValkenberg
Guests Include
State Figures
Hon. Wade VanValkenberg,
speaker of Michigan's House of
Representatives was headlined as
the principal speaker on. the pro-,
gram "Of the XIricoTri-Day dinner
and program in the Clare City Hall
Saturday evening, February 13.
He addressed a crowd which included the Republican -National
Committeewoman from Michigan,
Mrs. Rae C. Hooker, of Mt. Pleasant, State Representatives Hugh
Johnston of Rosebush, Harry Warner of LeRoy, 'Micbig'an in Ogtfeola
county and State Senator Hon.
Charles Prescott, of Prescott,
Michigan.
Harold B. Hughes, disrict Republican chairman presided at the
meeting -and as toastmaster, introduced the guests and speakers.
VanValkenberg's remarks included descriptions of various bills
now before committees, and some
highly educational sidelights on
the operation of the Legislature.
The meeting was rapped to order before the dinner by Mrs.
Doris Budd of Harrison, president
of the Clare County Republican
Woman's Club. Rev. Oscar Olsqn
asked the blessing in an invocation
as the guests were ready to be
seated.
Mrs. Hooker was asked for a
report on her recent trip to Washington. D. C, and besides the main
speech, another feature of the evening was the. showing of a movie
of President Eisenhower keynot-
ing the various Linco"ln-Day observances -Ihrougout the country.
% Songs for the evening were led
by Leonard Kla*asse, of Harrison.
To Inspect Modern Facilities for Bulk
Milk Handling and Herd Management
Dairymen throughout the Clare-
Isabella-area are "waiting with interest the start of .the annual Dairy
Tour scheduled for Monday, February* 22nd, when, they will see
firsthand, the latest methods and
equipment for milk handling and
production' hints from owners of
outstanding herds,
Isabella County Agricultural
Agent, B, C. MeUencamp said that
the crowd might numbver as high
as. two hundred. ,
The Sixth Annual Tour includes
Learn Good
Conservation
Conservationists have, learned
there are many ways to fight the
problems of law enforcement besides through court action.
One of the*best is through an informed public. Game hogs these
clays know they have to be wary,
not only of department field officers, but of any sportsman who
knows the need for good conservation.
Youngsters in school learn why
conservation is so necessary to
their future through the medium
of films and discussions and thoy,
too, are alert to the need for laws'
that protect wildlife.
The conservation Officer, who
leads a busy, varied life, worts
with all these groups:—sportsmen's
clubs, schools and newspapers—to
stop, law violations before they
ever start.
He is a man trying to work himself out of business.
the two forenoon visits where bulk
tanks are being used, while the
afternoon stop will enable folks On
the four to see Central Michigan's
newest and most modern dairy
barn. „       . J
Particular interest is centered on
the dinner and program in the
Methodist Church in Clare. Following the dinner a movie showing the
dairy winners, at the International
Show will be shown. -       -
Specialist • George Parsons, of
Michigan- State College and N. L.
Peterson, Public * Relations Field-
man of the Michigan Milk Producer's Association will speak.
"Mark down on, your calendar,
Monday, February 22nd, also the
schedule of stops and be sure to
take advantage of this opportunity -
of studying and observing the different dairy programs," Mellen-
camp said. .      -'
9:45 aim. ■ at the Perry Geeck
Farm - 7 miles east of St, Henry's
Church on US-27, -then-l .inil^nprth—.
or 2 miles east of Loomis on US-10
and 2% miles south. A Herd;of 18
Holsteins, D.H.I.A. record of over
400 pounds of fat, bulk handling of.
milk, Dari-Kool Tank; 200 gal. capacity, Milk house 12' by 12', registered Sire, Efficient program.
11:00 a.m. at the Frank Thering
Farm - 3 miles east of Clare on
US-10, north side of road, Modern'
dairy barn. 36* by 70', new addition
for feeding area added in 1952,
Milk house 12' by 16', Bulk Handling of Milk, Dari-Kool tank, 150
gal, capacity, 18 cows andi Rite-
Way Milker.,
12:15 Noon. At the Methodist
Church in Clare, 3 blocks north of
bank corner, then east. A program
features movies of dairy winners
at the International Show, talks by
Specialist George Parsons of MSC;
N. L. Peterson, Public Relation:*
Dept. of Michigan Milk Producer's
Association and other guests.
2:30 p.m. at the Howard Penrose
and Son farm, 4 miles north oi
Clare on US-27 and 4 miles east.
Central   Michigan's    newest   and
Doper Pupils
Party Hosts
For 3 Schools
The children of Dover School
entertained the teachers and pupils of the Brown and Randall
schools at an afternoon song fest
on Friday* February 5.
The guests were cordially welcomed by Anna Bauer, She also
discussed, briefly, Dover's plans
for the afternoon. Mrs. Ellen Gr*>
diam, teacher at the Brown, played
the piano for the singing and Mrs*.
Elizabeth Marotzke of Randall
helped to lead the -singing .groups.
Selections used included hymns,
patriotic and popular numbers.
The Brown School entertained
with a special number "Keep on
the Sunny Side". Rodney Colmus
of the Randall, sang "It Is No Secret".
After a short get acquainted recess, Anna Bauer and Ralph
Youngs showed three films, "Consideration", "The Animal Musicians"' and "How Long Will It
Last", a story of "the soil.
Mrs.  Graham showed slides of
California  scones, which she had
taken  on her recent trip to the
' West.
At the   close  of the, afternoon,  _
Anna Bajjer^isj*^ iy i>y
ing and graciously-thawed Mrs,1120V   Staadhions    for   40 " c*Sws*,. *
Willey,   teacher   at  the  Randall,
for   her   nicer cooperation,   Mrs.
Graham for her generous help and
Mrs.   Marotzke   and Mrs.   Walter
for coming to bring" the children.
Dover's committee for this event
were Anna Bauer, Nancy Burton,
Gayle Shaver and Ralph Youngs.
Prescott To
Run Again For
State Senate
Charles T.'Prescott, of Prescott,
announced today that he will be
a candidate for re-election to the
Michigan State Senate from the
28th District, 'comprising the counties of Alcona, Arenac, Clare,
Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw, Osceola and Roscommon.
Senator Prescott, an ardent enemy of high taxes", has served this
district in the upper house of the
legislature continuously since he
was first elected in 1946. In addition to frequent and well-known
stands against the * imposition of
new taxes, he is widely known for
his continued and vigorous battles
against those who would'wantonly
destroy Michigan's natural resources.
As Chairman of the Senate's
Committee on Conservation, he
has been in a key position to foster
proper conservation laws and to
protect the state from laws which
would deplete game and forest
lands.
"I have not attempted to ma"*ke
a secret of the fact I have consistently opposed the imposition of
new taxes" He said
Jamesway comfort stalls, 'calf barn
32' by 67', Registered Holsteina,
Foundation stock from Canada,
Loudin barn cleaner, Electric ventilation, D.H.I.A. record Of 440 lbs.
of fat, two new silos, Over 100
head of Holsteins on this 660 acre
dairy, farm, See dairying at its
best."
This tour was arranged in cooperation with Paul Gibson, Clare
County Agent, Michigan Milk Producer's Association, State Bureau
of Dairying, and local dairy committee, consisting of Robert Coon,
Burton Bader, Joe Stevens Chester Brown and Perry Geeck aftd
the Clare and Isabella Extension
Offices.
JV's Can't Hold
Lead; Manistee
Takes Games 37-51
-. The Clare., J.„Vs w.eEe.,.tlie,jctid-uS!
tims of a 37-51 defeat at the hands
of Manistee on the home floor last
Saturday night, February 13.
Clare took an early lead and
held it until Manistee sank a basket just before the half which ended 25-24 in Manistee's favor.
In the third quarter, forward
Nard Robinette was the only one
who could .break the ice as he
made all of Clare's four points.
Manistee sank 10 points to lead
33-28. Then with the loss of Nard
Robinette and center Bob Roe on
fouls, Manistee started to click on
long shots to increase the lead in
the end of the game 51-37.
Scrappy- Nard Robinette topped
Clare's scorers with 12 points only
Father And Son
Banquet Feb. 25
The Father and Son banquet
sponsored, by the Men's Fellowship
Of the Congregational Church has
been   set  for   Thursday   evening,
state asks its citizens to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for
government service, it seems to
me we should do everything possible to economize where it is consistent Willi"" sound business practices.
"This philosophy reflects the beliefs of the voters in this district
to the best pf my knowledge, until I receive word of a change in
that philosophy, I shall continue
to be an enemy of waste and extravagance in state government".
nposmon oi to be ±opped by Manistee's Muik-
Before tne;huna with l5 and.Martin with 14*•
Civil Service
Test Offfered
A test to select a list of persons
eligible, for appointment as "substitute clerk-carrier" at the Clare
u-eDruaryf25-.7Tickets"-arerbeing' ^Old-i.gg^jge is- slated to .be' given in
now,   and   the   program
are to be announced.
features
a former
cousin of Mrs.
resi-
Mrs. Cora Bell,
dent of Clare and
Homer Douglas and of Howard
Brown, died this week, according
to -word received here by the rela-
*tives.
.Mrs. Bell -has resided in Texas
and' the funeral arrangements are1
in charge of Thurstons.
the near future. Postofflee people
here said that February 23 is the
last day for filing application to
write the test. Papers for applications to be filed on are available
at, any postoffice.
tallies.
Tax Expert
Is Club Speaker
Kiwanis club members honored
two young men at their weekly
meeting, who are leaving for the
military service. Rev. Olson introduced Karl Pelcher and Tom Randall, and wished them Godspeed in
their new life,
Speaker. of the program was
William- Colby, who discussed tax
questions and their solutions.
Guests were Dale Groves, Frank
LaGoe and Douglas McGregor.
Pomona Grange
Clare County Pomona Grange
will hold its next meeting February 23 with Greenwood Grange.
DeMolays To
Install Officers
A public meeting is to be held
on Monday night, February 22, for
installation of new officers of the
DeMolay chaptei*. The public is
cordially invited to the ceremonies
to take place at 8 o'clock.     •
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