1956-01-19; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE, MICHIGAN.   THURSDAY   JANUARY 19. 19*8
New Series, Vol. 64, No. 18
Ml   •«
Hi
Can Still
Enroll In
Adult Classes
There's still time to join a winter term adult education course,
School Superintendent" Klchard
Wheeler has announced.
About 80 adults, enrolled in
eight courses met at the school
Tuesday evening, to set class
nights and hours.
Ceramics, taught by High. School
Principal William Harper, will
meet each Tuesday evening. There
are nine adults enrolled in the
course.
City Attorney Ted Pixie.- Will
teach General Law, and the group
will meet each Thursday night ■
Twelve are enrolled so far.
The General Sewing class* will
meet Thursday evenings also. Mrs,
Esther Williams will teach- "the
course. Eighteen adults enrolling
have made this so far the most'
popular course-of the term.,    .. , ,
Mrs. Edna Cook, girl's physical-
education, teacher at CHS, will
teach the Ladies Gymnasium
course on Monday evenings. .Ten
are enrolled. " ■ ''..'.
Photographer Lee Sowle will he:
instructor in the Photography
course, and the class will meet
Tuesday evenings. Twelve are enrolled.
Emil Pfister, Of Central Michigan
College in Mt. Pleasant, will teach
the speech course, on Tuesday eve*,
nings. There are eight adult- enrolled.
Mrs. Bcrnice Tulk is the advanced typing teacher. Her class will
meet on Tuesday evenings, and she
has eleven enrolled.
Welding will be under the direction of George Stebbins, on Tuesday evenings. There are nine enrolled.
Superintendent Wheeler said
that school officials had expected
a larger enrollment. He added
that altogether, about 100 adults
signed up, but some of the classes
were cancelled because of lack ty
interest.
All of the classes will meet from
7:30 to 9:30 on the evenings they
are held. The winter term__runs
through March 19. Tlie courses aye
open to anyone over 16 and not enrolled in high school.
Price Props
Overrated
Says Expert
Before the U. S. gets a farm program that will solve problems, people in general will have to realize
that farmers have widely varied incomes. •        .'.-
And they're going to have to get.
over the idea that price supports
can even out those incomes or make
them equal to those in some other
businesses.       ,
That's the opinion of Agricultural
Economist Lawrence Witt of Michigan State University. c
When people think of "the farm
problem," explains Witt, they lump
together many different kinds of
people — part-time farmers, retired
farmers, the highly skilled dairyman and the hog producer who
raises grand champions.
Most people would agree, says.
Witt, that, price supports give little
help to the small-Scale operator —
"the amount he produces wouldn't
make a good living if he sold it for
twice the price he's getting now,"
And while price props help some
farmers, goods they produce are'
priced out of the export market-
Along with this, continues Witt.
European farmers have applied
some of our farm technology to
help them produce cheaper .odd.
All this has helped add to our surplus and the general income price
decline of 20 per cent since 1950.
But per capita farm income declined less than 10 per cent during
that time. Reason for the comparatively softer blow, according to
Witt, was that 2,000,000 people
moved out of agriculture during
those years.
So, if many Of the poorer farmers
would move out of agriculture into
more profitable jobs, farm income
would suffer less, Witt insists.
But, he adds, it costs money to
change occupations and people resist such things for other reasons',
too.
SQ; while the government tries
to soften the blow of farm price,
declines with supports, the problem of low incomes continues —>
along with trade barriers, Witt
Says. . ,
ThreeDAR Good Citizens
Honored At Annual Tea
The IvBchUimacinac Clare Chapter ot the daughters of the American Revolution entertained the
"Good . Citizen" girls and their
mothers; Beverly Greathouse ol
Harrison, Lucille Becker of Clare,
and Vivian Schaar of Farwell, at
a tea, January 7, given at the home
of Mr. and- Mrs. Donald Holbrook
in Clare.
The girls and their mothers were
welcomed by the regent who presented pins to the girls, and said
in her remarks how glad she was
to have the honor to bestow DAK
pins on girls who so well deserved
them.
As guest speaker of the day,
Judge Holbrook told what it meant
to receive DAE pins, and how this
was a three times three occasion of
honor, since it is the third year for
this .chapter, to, bestow pins on a
group of;three girjs. . ■
• H£ pointed out that the DAR is
.one National group."of -women';so
honored by the, Government, as to
be a, part, of-the; U, £j. Congress.
' .He cited, three traditions of the
DAR -^ * first- - to perpetuate ;the
member .a.nd "spirit of American
Independence; second—to promote
institutions tot the' general dilution. .. d- .- knowledge; .third — to
maintain and foster ■ .patriotism.
6irls Honored- ; by being chosen.
Good Citizens,, /become a' part of
that tradition^ He complitidnted'the
mothers , Stfho' have, rai-ted. girls
whom-ffellow. Students and teachers
OF Wreck
"Don needs your help J" With
this slogan as a guide Ceneral
-Michigan * College students have
•launched an all out campaign to
raise funds to help defray the
hospital expense of Don Wheeler.
Wheeler, a Central Michigan Col-
jege student from Flushing lies unconscious in a Saginaw hospital.
He has been there, and in that
state since Halloween night, as
the result of an automobile accident presumably caused by a
prankster.
, Returning to. Central Michigan
that night from his home the automobile'in which he was driving
turned over when he ran over
some corn stalks on M-13. Wheeler
was thrown a distance of 65 feet
■from the automohlle.
„ Physicians, state that he has a
deep brain.in jury* Which may take
a month to a year to heal. And
then qnly enough -perhaps, for him
to regain consciousness. _
Hospital expenses have mounted
to six hundred dollars a week in
addition to operations and other
costs.
■ A committee at Central'Michigan college sponsored by; the Student senate and Life,' 'student
newspaper,, with.the. aid of other
organizations has started the
drjve.    ; .       ..     - - ,
■ Tlie * committee has designated
the week of January 14-21 asJ'Don
needs ypur help" week.. The committee will accept "contributions ot
any amount from students, organizations, faculty, and the public
during this drive. Contributions
will be accepted beyond this date
also.
During the coming week a variety of activities have been planned to raise money. They include
among other things a campus -wide
solicitation and a variety show.
Canisters will be placed in student
residence halls, and meeting
places.
A student will be on duty to receive pledges arid contributions in
the "Life" office from 8 a.m. to 10,
p.m. daily during the coming week.
Students will be given an opportunity to pledge money by requesting performances by their fellow students at the variety show-
January 21..
Of their schools,'felt worthy to be
Good Citizen Girls,
He mentioned that there are several hundred-good citizen girls in
Michigan each year chosen as especially worthy to carry on the
best traditions of the nation.    -
New Librarian
Named, New
Paintings Hung
Mrs. Virginia Richardson was
named full time librarian at .a
meeting of tlie Clare library .board
January ,10. *
The former librarian, Mrs.
Frank Shirley, had resigned, since
she and'her husband plan to buy a
home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where
they -have'been 'fo.r soine 'months,
Visiting their children.- • . ■ *' •
' A/new group of pointings * by
Ideal.-artists have b^en hiing in the,
library, replacing' those\ that had'
been shown in previous* weeks.
Included -are Mrs. .Sarah -Beck's
Daffodils; . Mrs,- ; Ruth, Marble's-
Mexican Mountain-Village; IvS-s.,
Gttjce McArthur'- Spring On'-The'.
Farm;' Mi's,- Marble's A Child; and
Mrs. -Virginia £>eitz* *-Small Town
Slum'..      :      -..'.'        /% \ ":,
Among-hew'books that have arrived, at the library are Auntie
Mami;. by Patricia Dennis;'-farewell to Valley Forge,' by : David
Taylor; and,a new Frank Yerby
adventure; Treasure of 'Pleasant
Valley. ■ :•  . -
A number of.new mystery stories for.- teen agers are " on • the
shelves, too. '"  '•   •
Mrs.  Dorothy  Mann
Daniel W. Start-
Methodist Men E^oy Films,
Supper Last Thursday Night
Thirty-one members and guests
of the Clare Methodi-t Mens'
Qroup met in the church parlor-
Thursday evening for a fellowship
hour af 6;00 o'clock, and an'dyster
supper, served at 6:30 by Lee
Greer and his committee, Rev. L.
J. Nevins gave the invocation.
Nowadays*
Garage D&ors
Open Selves
Just how many irksome chores
will, men get out of before they
come to end of Prdgreqs? Dave
Seiter, local building supply dealer
was chuckling.over the query this
week.
He specifically had in mind the
new automatic garage door operator that both Seiter Brtohers'
Lumber, and Andrew Irving Lumber have taken over selling this
week..
The new. doors operate from a
light switch, kind of device inside
the owners hotfSe, 'and. from «
shdrt-waVe device on the. dash
board inside the .owner's, car.
As the owner-drives up to the
garage doors, he, flips .the switch
In his car, and the doors open.
When .he has the car in, he flips
the switch again, and ' tlie doors
close. And the doors are closed to
all outsiders, too, till the owner is
ready to open up by his own
switch. It operates off regular 110
volt household current.
West Grant School
Meeting Galled
A meeting of West Grant school
district voters has been called to
consider reorganization of schools,
and it will be held at 8 p.m. January, 26, at the school, according to
Floyd Squires, school board member- of that district.
"Willard Bell,, president,'. presided
for. the business meeting". Reports
of the .secretary, Fred Ackerman,
and treasurer, Connie Walker were
approved. A very favorable report
ofv the Harvest "Turkey" Supper
W-a given, serving 350 people.
An Emergency Relief Fund was
discussed," -and a committee. Jay
Bellinger- and Earl Beatty were
named to .study and. get more information before action was takeb
Guests were John Hansen. a4d
Walter Wilson.
Earl Beatty, was presented with
his past president's pin,, by Mr.
Bell, with pleasing remarks for his
serYipe- as president during the
past year. •
The, Father .and Son.Banquet has
been _et for February 9; and only
two hundred tickets will be sold,
with Raymond Verette as chairman. Ralph Ackerman and. Connie
Walker, .will have charge of the
program.. Carl Lear was named
chairman, for" the March program.
J_eonel,Green, in charge of .the
evenings 'program, presented a fijm
"-The Miracles of 'Paradise Valley",
dealing .with safety on; the farm.
R£v, N.vins dismissed the group
with.prayer. -   , .- •
Doris Calkins
Corresponding
From Harrison
Mrs. Doris Calkins, of Harrison,
is the Sentinel's new Harrison correspondent, and her first newsletter appears in this week's issue.
In her first week of news gathering, Mrs. Calkins' has taken over
competently in the hard-to-fill job
of Marie Czyzewski, with whom
the Sentinel enjoyed a long happy
association of eleven years,
Marie has moved to Jonesville,
now, where her husband Dan has
gone into the restaurant .business.
Now the Sentinel looks forward to
having Mrs. Calkins on' the staff
for at least so many years.
1Day-Long
.rogramOn
Civil Defense
Your Cooperative Extension Service In cooperation with the Michigan Office of Civil Defense will
bring an all-day program on Our
Foreign Policy arid, Our Civil Defense and You to Clare county on
•'January 26.'
■ The meeting will be held from 10
J-.m. to 3 p.m. in the basement of
jflie  courthouse at Harrison.
. Heading up the program, will be
Daniel Sturt, Extension Specialist
in" Agricultural Economics at Michigan' State University- and Mrs,
Dorothy Mann, Director- of .-W_-
•rnen's Activities, Michigan Office
/'pf Civil Defense. Also appearing on
,/jihe program will be a representa-
oliife of the United States -Air Force,
••■'£hd others.      •    •' . - '-" '
.,'.Included in the program will be
k '^discussion • of our. present foreign
policy, _ and why Civil .Defense ,is
necessary.. Ypu'll; also', hear about
the Ground Observer Corps and
. how., citizens 'can participate in it.
Emphasis will be-placed upon
those things which -you can learn
in Civil 'Defense work- which v#Il
he/useful' lo'.you in 'ybiir everyday
living —-. useful' t to you . whether
there-is ar_.enemy attack, or not.
"■JChere will* also   be . demonstra-
turns and exhibits.     ."',-.,   .. '     '
Daniel Webster Sturt joined tW-
Michtgan iState' College staff Jin
:1^54.-: as.. an -' extension specialist in
public'.poJiby... Before coming„ to
Michigan State College _>r. Sturt
was a Fulbfight: scholar'at Oxford
University in England frpm 194.9-50.
Mrs. Joseph " Mann,-' Coordinator,
W omens Activities for. the y Michigan Office of Civil Defense;' will
discuss Civil' Defense, Home Pro-'
tectiOn,..and Women's place, in Civil Defense. "Mrs.'Manri is a resident
of Detroit .and has, had many
years' experience • in women's organizational work. She'was born
and educated in -England, coming
to this.coyntry shortly after "finishing her schooling. • Having chosen
this country as her home, she uses
her experience and sincerity to the
fullest extent in promoting America and the American way of life
"Polly" Earned Retirement After
Seventeen Years As Clare Fireman
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Wesley Film
The motion picture' "JOHN
WESLEY" is coming to Clare and
will be shown at the Methodist
Church on January 29 at 7:30 p.m.
according to the pastor, Rev. L. J,
Nevins.
Thq feature-length film is- in
Eastman color and was produced
by the Radio and Film Commission-
of The Methodist Church in co1
Operation with J. Arthur Rank.
It brings to the screen for, the
first time the story of the dyantfe
.and colorful 18th century eyfinge-
list and educator.
Seventeen years as an active
member of Clare's volunteer Fire
Department is quite a spell of
duty, and Assistant- Chief Omer
"Polly" Parent last week announced his retirement from the fire
fighters* organization after that
many years valuable service,
"This is a younger man's job"',
Polly said. "It's time for someone
new to take over in my place."
Parent's span of time as a member of the department witnessed
many of the important changes
and ■ improvements which haye
kept Clare's Department in it's position as one of the most modern
and efficient among small towns
in the State.       ' "       ■
When he joined the force in the
1920's, the two Ford fire trucks,
while not brand hew, were farily
recent replacements for hand or
horse-drawn carts and wagons.-
And by contrast this month at the
end of Parent's "tour of duty"* the,
city's rolling pieces of fire "equipment are crowding their quarters
until there is Jti.ll- of a. larger'new
fire hall needed *to house them and
their accessories properly*
' Some' of the' move spectacular
downtown -fires' which parent help
ed fight were at the Foss Clare
City Bakery, and one which leveled a frame building on Fourth
street. The Beale building stood
next to what is now Dr. Ballard's
office.
However, by Clare's good fortune and because of, fire prevention practices aiid 'effective fire
fighting, the <jlty has ,been free of
disasterous downtown blazes over
a period of many years.
More vivid in Parent's memory
is a fire which" destroyed the old
Borden Creamery building which
once stood where Ackerman
Plumbing and Seiter Electric firms
have their retail, stores at Maple
street and Fourth. At the time of
the fire, the biulding was used by
Bert Kane who stored equipment
and material'there.
"Polly" Parent describes that
fire as the coldest one he remembers, And It was so cold that he
'has remembered lt.well for the fifteen or sixteen years since it happened.
' It wa_ a" hot, stubborn blaze, he
tells, and the Fire Department battled frOm 'about 6:30 in the winter
evening until 1:00 a.ni. in sub-zero
cold.  Hose   lines   froze,  and  one
burst. Trains on the Ann Arboi
line had to be flagged down at the
scene because the nearest fire hydrant was across the tracks from
the fire. Passing trains would have
cut.tlie hose apart under their
wheels.,
Parent has several, photographs
of former Fire Department groups
with ;wh.Qm he served." Present
Clare Mayor Al Haley was Fire
Chief when Parent joined the Department and some of the other
members were Bill Lange, John
Groves,, .-Bob Ai'chambault, Oise
Derby, Al Crum, Henry Doll to
mention a few.
Fire Department work is not all
riding engines to the blaze and
dousing water on burning buildings, Parent emphasizes. There's
hours of work for every man on
the Department when the trucks
return- to the hall after the fire.
Hose lines must be straightened
and hung up to dry, equipment
mrfat-' be. put away' clean, ready for
the iiext-cail, trucks must be serviced.
-. Parent 'served under Fire Chiefs
Al Haley,: Richard Woodcock, Jim
Clute, .TOlm Burckart, and Stan
Parish* during his years of duty.
Capital Stock
Doubled At
Citizens Bank
At the annual meeting of stockholders and directors of The Citizens State Bank Tuesday, James
S. Bicknell, III, was elected to a
place on the bank's Board of Directors.
Officers and other directors of
the bank were all re-elected to
their positions and by the;addition
of the new director," the' board 'is
increased to six members. They
are X Stuart. Bicknell who is also
president of,the bank, Marie H.
Bicknell, vice president, and chair-
man Of the board, Frank T. iLaGoe,
vice president, William H. Bicknell
Donald E. Holbrook, and James S.
Bicknell, III, all directors*
Shareholders of the bank met
and approved a Capital Stock dividend of $100,000. The 100 per cent
stock dividend doubled the * Citizens Bank Capital investment, and
it was explained, provides a much
stronger base for the bank's operations with the increased shareholder investment
By increasing the legal lending
capacity of the bank, the increased
Capital will enable the bank to provide better service to patrons.
At the Rosebush State Bank, another member was added to the
bank's board of directors. Attorney
Robert H, Campbell, of Clare is
the newly elected director. Other
members 'were all re-elected.
In the Gladwin County Bank at
Beaverton, all of last year's officers and directors were re-elected, also. ,.--..        ,   . .
Two additional directors, • William Flowers and G., R. Bogan,_
were elected to the- board of the'
Farwell State Savings Bank. The
other members were all re-elected
from last year.
All of the banks held their elections on Tuesday, January 17 as,
did the Diti-en's . State Bank. of
Glare.
Local Teachers
Attend Reading
Problem Session
Mrs. Carelton Garthe aiid Mrs.
Robert Gravelle spent Thursday,
January 12 in Saginaw, visiting
classes dealing with reading of difficulties in primary grades, under
the direction of Miss Diana "Om-
stattd, Reading Consultant for the
Saginaw Schools.
A very profitable day was spent
observing methods in helping
children read better, such things
aa individual case studies, methods
and material .review-
Miss Umstattd will be guest
speaker ofr the Re»Medial Reading Division of the M. E. A. Re-
glon.'il meeting on April 13th in
ClUre.      - ■   . ■ '      '
t
Festival[Events Planned
Is Queen's Ball
Agriculture
Inspector's
Office Here
Frank M."Leffler, regional super*
visor of the Michigan Department
of Agriculture, Division of Plant
Industry, has established a branch
office in Glare, located in vdpn. #00
of the. Doherty Hotel Lodge.
He represents ,the . Agriculture
department in . forty spme Michigan counties, an area that Includes
the- Thumh counties, Genessee,
Gratiot and Oceana. ,
LetCler.will receive appUcationF
for inspection of perAennial;'nurs_ry
stock and shrubs, for .-insect con*
trol.and also has charge of strawberry and bramble plant<, Inspection.- The,-latter ; includes raspberries, . blackberrlea, "loganberries,
ani bO on" Annua, plants/ are not
Included. 'He ;may be-reached at
phone .9099, Clare)., '        .   '     '
CHS Meets
Ithaca Here
The fifth conference opponent of
the season will face the CHS Pioneers when they take the floor
against Ithaca here Friday evening.
In the Green and White's .first
four Mid-Michigan B conference
games of. the 1.55-56 season, they
have dropped basketball games to
Durand, Shepherd, Chesaning and
St. Louis.
St. Louis and Chesaningk who are
tied for -first place with identical
4-0 records, will tangle tomorrow
night. The. St. Louis team will depend upon versatile forward John
Palmer, while Chesaning will placo
their hopes around-their star forwards, Hank Petrosky and Orlife
Wilson. ChCsanii-g has .the hest offensive record in Conference play
averaging 64.5 point- per game to
their opponents 42.7, whilfe St.
Louis has the best defensive game
allowing their Opponents an average
of 30.5 points per game to Si. Louis
55.2. .        ~
In last Friday night's game Si
Louis defeated Clare 65-50.
In tomorrow night's games Clare
will entertain Ithaca, and Durand
will travel to Shepherd. In the
most important game ,-6f .be evening St. Louis will travel to Chesaning to play, the' Indians. ■ •_ ;
- • Tuesday, night at -Har-ison,, in Va
non-conference gau?e> the P-or-eers
tasted another defeat,. 60-41* . ' - *
High* point men' in the cohtes.
against- the-^Harrison-five wbre
-Nard Robinette, 16, and Dick Roe,
10. Harrison's Hoffman had an individual score for the evening "c.
iz points.  - -  ' " : ■ .....
-Throughout, the season,-Coach
Robert Baker has pointed to,-iagty
shooting on field goals and -rethrows as _ major factor in the
Pioneers one win, five loss record-
Clare's Freshman basketball
team will play Mt. -Pleasant at Mt
Pleasant Friday night at 7 p.m.
Tells Of Area
Child Guidance
Clinic Planned
Dr. Roy Palmer, of the Mt.
Pleasant• Eo-iri-c and- Training
School, was the guest speaker for
the January meeting of the* Clare
P.7A on Monday evenirTg? He explained tho plans to establish .a
Child Guidance Clinic in this area,
which would comprise Clare, Isabella,' Gratiot,. OscOda, and Osceola
and Would be centered in Mt,
Pleasant. A general discussion followed.
Special recognition was given to
Supt. Richard Wheeler, Principal
William Harper, and Mrs. .Vivian
Archer, the new art teacher, Who
began their t new duties at the
school this month.
An appeal was made for co*
operation of parents, in keeping
dogs off the streets of Clare. *
The rural mothers of Sheridan
Township served refreshments,
Mrs, Giebel's room had the highest
percentage of parents present
January Is Navy
Operation Sign-Up
January has been proclaimed
Operation Sign-Up month for U. S.
Navy recruiting by Governor G.
Mcnnen Williams.
The Governor pointed out that
during the month'of January, the,
Navy will be offering a special attraction. Three, volunteer Recruit
companies are to be formed in the
state, and are to be recruited from
and named ' after Flint, SagindW
and Pontiac. . , '
Clare High
ents
The week end of January 27-29 has been set for the second
annual Clare County Winter Sports Festival, and the sponsoring Clare County Chamber of Commerce has an order hi
to the weathec man for plenty of snow, and bright cold
weather. ■';;.'. :
Climax of the week end will be the Queen's Ball ;on the
evening of January 28, at. the Hotel Doherty, when Her Jligti-
ness Miss Clare County will be crowned from among .candidates entered by each town in the county, Clare,'HarF%iit
Lakei, Fal-well, and Lake George. ,. - -   : •'•'• '■  •
The candidates also wlff- be'-.eligible to compete at grayling for the
Grayling Winter Sports Q__"eri title
in February,' '■■'    '   ' ■„ .":1".'.   ''   ;'
Clare's candidate" w'iil:be;.chqseti
this Saturday afterhoVh,' JahU-iry
21, at City Hall, 1 p'.m^rim.aTfried
girls between, the • ages' Of i&s"an&
24 may enter, the- contest-iEmtilp
.blanks may T.9 picked up at; the
Sentinel "office"or'the Hotel!.'Doh|s.f-
Bright, littlo.. red and. 'White la^el
pins went on sale /in 't-iB *cjbjuk;ty
■this, week, ;promoting . ';-the"'i ibig
dance. The. purchaSft'.pt' QTBO/'ot'-Jh-
plns Is admittance''for-oh«:jCQ.u^i'e
to the Queen's^ Ball;""-''."'.;V,;_i,,;;-"..$-.
All- over the- cQuirt^-i>;6pfc{M
eporting, events aiuj,enteriai^m-ivt
have been'pl^_-d.!by;'c-i_&M)p jot
commerce in county towns.■■/.•'}•-.•"■"
^ At Lake, {here'.' will- M.''|oe."'Vfri-i-
iug contests and" 'fabpn> hunting
during all three-day- of-"th'©.;we4k
end. On Sara'day; JanuaryS29v.!-lia
special featur.e wlU'bra'vfbi'.iiuat',
starting at 9 a. ni.v -. •, " ','-i
i . ..-■-• - •.-;'- ..-■;.»*»•■•■. -,»■ ■
Prizes will be: awarded,.at tne
close of fishing contest-, for-"diti*
sions including ,;N6rthe._i., PiK£,
Bluegills, Perch;,. and. ; Speckled
Bass. .*''.';   ..*..' Vi .":..-<.
At Farwell, and Lake Georfee,-tea
fishing contests w'H-P on-all Mfek
end, witli prizes for the gbod< _M
lucky f i-herh-en..        .    '.' .;•".."''
Harrison's Chamber. ..oi} Commerce-has scheduled ice.'fiEJhi-ig
contests, too.- There,'wUlvftlso be
rabbit hunting, for. .BpoVtsmen Jto
participate^ in oif Saturday* aiid on
Sunday, a'fox hunt is. planned; ) .
Carnival goers" may enjoy skating at Harrl-on during the week
jend,' -wheii- jv- portion - of beajitl-ul
Budd lafce *ffi Bc--ftea'_h$.|l0-d*
ed, for the skating pre_-ttfr., ok all
,-ages.-.     •       _;   ' • • v.\, :."/•■• i,:-;"_
North of Glare,, the a_nuat,Snow
Stfake Mountain Slalom ra^r-'^lil
be held on. Sunday- of there.^eei.
end,. with amatuer skiers -cohlpe.t-
ing for prizes.-'    _ >,-'•> ~::1 ',;
Last year, the -first' tinie 'iot'.jihS
Carnival to be held, events" scheduled for entertainment ;in ;;-05iaty
towns ,wer6' hampered by ,_v -i^feeiK
end of drizzling rain andileet:."■.* ,
Bob Reynolds, spor.tea5terl; oyer
station WJR Detroit, wlll;ni,aj(ei^hls
t-egulur -.8:30' -broadcaltV^'roin;- |p
Hotel Doherty. gatur'Caj? -etenittg,
JanuaYy _S. He will inteivvie|?.:_fe)t-
sonallties ft o-mi.y- CucfSL- effunty
towns'. '.-.'.- <- '•"  .■'.:'-V,*'''"' ,4',' X-;:.
Earlier in the evenlngV^eynSi^l
will be"entei'tai^ea at,• i^'aiMel
given, by. the -Carniv^t- ,.plafl_il.ii.S
committee. /'  , "; '•' :-V..:;->*■ ]".H^1
• 'MusicaT in'struments are needed
■by the -Clare High School'band, and
Director Lloyd Cohley asks that
anyone having, instruments that
they would be willing to rent or
lend; notify him.
Copley pointed out that an ex-
c'eptiot-ally large number of students-have asked to join the band
this year. And even after necessary
screening and "testing for musical
aptitude, there are a good number
of potential musician- ready to
jpin the b group.   ......'
"Then the question of an instrument for each hew member arises.
Conley says, that all school-owned
instruments are now in. use. While
some students can afford to buy instruments, many can not, since
they are- costly. Consequently, Con-
ley says, much fine music potential
never gets'into the band,-for lack
of a musical instrument.
There must be many individuals
in town , ho thinks, who have
played in bands themselves, or
the.:* children have, and so have
an in_trument n,ow idle in some attic or storeroom. These are the
people to whom the band directo.
is' appealing.
He adds that it is acttialiy better
fdr'many kinds bf.instn-i^eji_3 to
be in use and cared for regularly,
than to lie idle.
Conley said hell be glad to work
out some arrangement for renting
or borrowing instruments- that individuals are willing to lend. Call
him. for details at 387.
Kraft Awards
Heifer To Area
Producer
.-, Glen. Poren, of rural Coleman,,
milk producer for Krafts' in Clare,'
held, the lucky, number that was
picked out of a hat and he was
awarded a registered" 10. month old
-folstelil- heifer January 17.
' The heifer came from the high
producing herd ot Louis Becker of
rural Clare. Kraft's bought the animal to be awarded one of their
patrons a3 encouragement for high-
milk production and herd improvement.
The drawing was held Tuesday
evening, at a dinner in Barnes
Cafe, attended by Kraft milk route
drivers, two Kraft fleldmen Jim
McGuire and Perry COlwell, local
Kraft manager Virgil Bergstrom,
and other guests.
Junior Dairyman Chuck Ruby
did the drawing.
The Kraft Fieldmen point out
that tho future of any dairy herd
depends on the quality of heifers
selected to start the herd.
High producing dairy cows don't
just happen, the fieldmen add.
They are the result- of careful
breeding, attention to bloodlines,
and past producing records.
Mrs. Bowerman
Attends State
ME A Meeting
Mrs, Myrtie Bowerman of Clare
High School, representing the Isabella-Clare District of the-Michigan Education Association attended
the mid-year Leadership .Training
Conference „t the M.E.A. Camp on
St. Mary's Lake ' near Battle
Creek, held January 13-15.
Michigan Education Association
representatives meet to attend
workshops and discussions with
outstanding  educators.
Programs are formulated and a
list of materials available through
the MEA is placed at the disposal
of those attending the workshop.
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Rosebush News
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City Briefs
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Farwell News
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Society News
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Farm News
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Sport News
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Church News
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Harrison News
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Comics
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Beta Sigma PM/
Hears Talk Chi
Introductions
The Beta Sigma Phi- SoroT-ty
met Tuesday evening; January'17,
in the Congregational Church.'Mrs.
Frances Sowle, president, conducted the meeting. Mrs. J. R. Gershon
gave the secretary's report and the
treasurer's report was given by
Mrs. Ann Reale.
The cultural program. of the
evening, Was presented by Mrs.
Hilda Pixley. Her toplcr "Formal
and Informal Introductions and Invitations", was very instructive,
telling the proper words, gesture.,
how to do, and what to *a,vold, hi
the correct way of introductiohs
and the same with Invitations.
The hostesses were Mrs. Ruby
Koch, and Mrs. Mildred Thayer,
The next meeting will be Fbruary
7, and will observe Valentine's
Day. ■
Blue Star
Mothers Elect
The James Reeder Chapter _Jb'.
33 Blue Star Mothers, held-its regular meeting Wednesday' evehing,
January 11, at the home of M^s;
Helen Cleveland in Farwell. lie*
ports" of the officers were given.
The annual election of office.*
was held with the following elected: Mrs. Edith Saddler, president;
Mrs. Ruth Herron, first vice president; Mrs. Bessie Defoy, second
vice president; Mrs. Ina Hammond
recording secretary; Mrs. Alba
Howlett, treasurer; Mrs. Winifred
Reeder, chaplain; Mrs. Cecil Bouchey, patriotic instructor; ivirs. Agnes Pudvay, historian; Mrs. Ethel
Zimmerman, conductress;. TWra
Bertha Cappaert, guarcC
Tlie officers WiE be installed
February 8, in the Clare City Hail*
with a pot luck supper, prior to
the installation. Patriotic organizations are invited.