1955-02-10; Clare Sentinel

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CHS Band Ready With Contest Selections For Soloists, Ensembles, Whole Group
Ten members of the Clare High
School band will play iii the Solo
and Ensemble Contest at Farwell
today. This is an annual event held
among area schools.
Among the ensembles 'entering
are a Brass Sextet, with Dick Hay-
Sak, • cornet; Jane Cotton, cornet;
David Hughes, horn; Vern Hart,
trombone; Jim Norcutt, baritone;
and Shelly Burton, Bass.
Clarinet Quartet Number 1, with
John Akins, Janet McQuiston,
Laurene Woodward, and Jack
Mair, bas_s. Clarinet Quartet Number 2, with Bonnie Comstock, Nancy Greer, Ann Elden and Sharon
Brunei',
Saxophone Quartet with Jan
Schaeffer, alto; Bonnie Witbeck,
alto; Dick Roe, tenor; and Ray
Neff, baritone;   Cornet Trio with
Janet Nevill, Jane Cotton, and
Vernette Dunkle.
Flute Trio with Martha l^ucy,
Helen Akins, and Linda McQuis-
ton. Alto Sax Duet with Donna
Smith and Kay Tice. Clarinet Duet
witli Don Miller and Janet Mc-
Quiston, French Horn Duet with
David Hughes and Ron Dull.
Several soloists are going also.
Playing   piano   solos   are- Helen
Akins, John Akins,* Bonnie .Wit-
beck, and Laurene Woodward. Jim
Norcutt will present a Baritone
solo. John Akins and Don Miller
will play Clarinet solos, and Kay
Tice, Jan Schaeffer, and Bonttie
Witbeck will play alto Sax solos.
Helen Akins will present a flute
solo.
February 24,..the band will play
in the annual district contest at
Beaverton. Most 'A., B^ aiitf -C class
bands of the "district will be •'there.
• Class B bands will'.jajay"First
Swedish Rhapsody", and. a selected
anarch and overture. ■ Bands .'will
also he judged BOnie* on "s'ightreao*.-
ing. Clare- Band will. > play the
"United States "March" "and , the
"Aurora Overture."".   r   *•'
Lee Sowle Photo
SCHOOL CORNER
School Operating Budget
Cramped By Inflated Costs
In a recent survey conducted by
Michigan-State College in cooperation with the Kellogg Foundation
Clare residents were asked, "what
do you think of the present costs
of running your  schools?"
Of those folks interviewed, 20%
.answered "don't know"; 10% replied "too low"; 60% said "reasonable";  10% said "too high".
In the following paragraphs I
would like, to present some pf the
facts and figures which, bear on a;1
thoughtful answer to lihis question.
Just what are the present costs of
running schools and are they too
high?
Back in 1945, the Clare schools
had 626 students in membership
and it cost $107.99 per child to operate the school. Hectograph
paper could be bought for 56c a
ream, an' elementary table coulcl
be bought for $10,95 in oak, and a
set of seven maps on rollers and
a wall rack cost exactly $30.00.
Ten years later, . and what
■changes have been wrought by
our soaring economy. The Clare
schools now have 859 students and
last year it cost $205.20 per child
to operate the school (this figure
does not include capital outlay or
transportation costs). Hectograph
paper today costs 90c a ream, the
same kind of elementary classroom table' costs $19.95 and a set
of seven- maps can be bought for
$86.00 - $99.00.
In all areas of expenditures for
.school operation, costs have doubled and in many instances tripled
or quadrupled. Salaries of teachers have doubled and yet not kept
up with salary increases in other
fields.
A great many more services are
being performed by "fihe public
school now than in 1945, new classes such as driver training, economic geography, expanded programs in art, music, agriculture
and shop, adult education and a
greater and' more effective program irt all areas. Yet- the rise in
costs of education have been extremely low compared with costs
in other areas of living.
What about taxes for operating
the schools during this same period? How have they fared? Do we
pay more taxes than we did 10
years ago? Of course we do!
On the local level your property
, taxes for school operation have
doubled, at the state and federal
level'- who knows? We know taxes
have gone up on Uhe state and
federal levels but its anybody's
guess as to how much.
Judging from this and other figures such as the fact that the cost
of heat, ligiht and water has risen
from $667.57 in 1945 to Over $7,000
(10 times) .you can rest assured
that the 70% of the people* who
- said that school costs were reasonable or low, knew what they
were talking about and were in
tune with the times.
The following i table gives some
insight into the rise in enrollments
and per capita costs over the past
10 years; Year, average membership and per-capita cost appear in
the following table.
5, and enrollment 5 to 19 age are
shown:
1945      174 children     621 children
1950      254 children      694 children
1954      321 children      687 children
The "number of children in this
school district under 5 years of
age will have doubled in the ten
years to the census in May this
year. This wall reflect itself in
proportionately much (higher
school enrollments over the next
tell , years.; The reason for the
small rise and fall in the 5-19
year old group is involved in
smaller birth rates during the depression and early war years, but
a steady rise is   now apparent.
In Clare we are just now beginning to approach the average per
capita cost figure for the State
of Michigan back in 1950, $219.
This was the average for the
State at that time.
I would like to suggest that education, if it did cost two to three
times what it actually does would
still be a bargain, when one con-
eiders the tremendous potential
for the future of our town and
country in the students of today.
Education is the greatest bargain available today, and the cost
is not only reasonable, it is extremely low.
Next week in The School Corner
we will take a look at the projected school enrollments through
1960, for some really eye-popping
heart-stopping figures.
Ike Lauds
Scouts During
Their Week
Clare Co. M
Has First
Birthday
The meeting at the Clare Armory Monday evening, marked the
First Anniversary of the locai reserve unit, Company M of the
332nd Infantry Regiment.
"The unit was activated one
year ago with two officers and 16
enlisted men. At its first birthday,
the- organization had increased its
personnel to*gfull authorized
strength, with additional people
training here while being assigned
to a sister unit in Bay City",
M/Sgt. Robert Peterson said. Peterson is the group advisor
Sitting in on the meeting were
Capt J. F. McCormick, officer in
charge of the Bay City sub station,
and Sgt. Travis Snyder, with a
group of men from headquarters
company in Saginaw.
All commented that they were
very much impressed with Clare
Company M's progress during its
first year. Capt. McCormick added that with a few additional enlisted personnel, another unit
could be formed in Clare.
1945 - 46
1946 - 47
1947 - 48
1948 - 49
1949 * 50
1950 t.  51
1951 - 52
1052■, 53
1953 - 51
1954 * 55
1965 - 56
626
644
682
127
740
721
740
817
816
859
$107.99
100,67
123.27
133.00
147.00,
173.71
193.68
194.48
205.20
(est) 210.00
V*:
890 (estimated)
Census figures for Shis period
give some indication as to what
we can expect in student numbers
during the next few years. Compare the following school census*
figures with" what you already
know. "The year, enrollment under
President Eisenhower, in his
message to the Boy Scouts of
America, as their Honorary President, said, "self-development and
service to others, independence
and good citizenship, a sense of
brotherhood and responsiveness to
spiritual values — these qualities
Which Scouting fosters mean much |
to America."
The Chief Executive's message
to the 3,660,000 members of the}
organization was sent in honor of
Boy Scout W/eek, February 6 to^
12, marking the 45th anniversary
of its' founding in the United
States.
The message follows:
THE  WHITE  HOUSE.
WASHINGTON!
To the Boy Scouts of America:
Boy Scout Week gives all of us
an opportunity to honor the two
million, seven hundred and sixty-
five thousand boys and their
nearly one million leaders who
make up this great organization.
Self-devOlpment and service to
others, independence and good
citizenship, a sense ' of brotherhood and responsiveness to spiritual values — these qualities which
Scouting fosters mean much to
■America. To all Boy -Scouts I extend congratulations on what they
are achieving .and oil what they
promise for our nation's future.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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Harrison News 2
City* Briefs      ■ *      3
Farwell News 6
Society 7
Bowling Scores 8
Farm News 11
Lake News 13
Church Page 14
Sports Corner 15
Want Ads - Notices 16 - 17
■Comics * Crossword 1?
TV Guide IS
18 Calls Is
Record For
Farm Photos
Residents in Clare and Isabella
county are evidently well-acquainted with their neighbors farms and
recognize them even from difficult
angles shot from an airplane.
That's what results from the
Sentinel's farm photo identification series indicate anyway.
A record Was kept of the Calls
on the Harold Brooks farm of a
couple weeks ago and 18 came in
during the first two days the
papei was out.
Ideal Theatre ticket winners,
first ones to identify the farm, get
their calls at various times. First
calls usually come in the middle
of Thursday morning .but sometimes no one calls- till afternoon.
Several times calls have come
bright and eaily, shortly after
8:00 a.m. or so.
So far the ticket winning record
is held by the three daughters of
John Bauer. They pass the credit
on to their eagltveyed brother,
who spots the farms and tells
them.
Some rural residents are at a
disadvantage in not getting their
papers as quickly as others but
they should keep on trying.
Mrs. Art Clute
New Teacher
In Fifth Grade
By Fay Dickinson
Of The Pioneer Staff
Mr. Allah Tulk, principal of elementary grades in Clare public
School, announces that Mrs.
-Arthur Clute from Clare is replacing Mrs. Rhoda Moses, who resigned as fifth grade teacher. The
new teacher started Wednesday,
February 9.
Mrs. Clute received her Bachelor's degree front Central Michigan
College of Education and is the
holder of a state permanent certificate, she has taught previous
to coming to Clare and has done
The World Day of Prayer.
First Friday in Lent, February 25, 1955 .  .'.
Theme "Abjde In Me" — Jcmn 15:4 V-v    ■    .
This year the annual observance of the -World*Day .of
Prayer will be held in the Clare Church of God;-Feb-
ruary 25 at-8:00 P.M, with women from five* denominations participating. ...       f '*.*':
Those taking part will represent the Congregatipnal,
Church of God, Episcopal, Methodist and Nazstrene
churches. All others are welcome. ""■'. *   '"/.";"
Each year the National World Day of Prayer dbrhmit-
tee asks a woman or group of women from one 0 the
countries observing World. l)ay of Prayer, to Write the
service. * .   ,
This years service is written by Miss Jorgeline Lozada
of Buenos Aires, Argentina, ..'•;'.
Leukemia      .
Is Fatal To
Pqm McCluskey
Friends in Clare have received
the sad news from Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence McCluskey, formerly of
Clare and now living in- PlainviUe,
Kansas, that their youngest daughter, Fam, passed away last Friday
night.
. Pam, who was eight years old,
had been a Leukemia patient for
some time but was in the hospital
only three days before her death.
Funeral services were held Monday aftrnoon. Besides the parents
she is survived by one sister, Sylvia Sue,
Note
Book
A goat parked on Fourth St. in
the back of a pickup got lots of
attention Monday. The blanket
wrapped goat was apparently unimpressed though, and spent the
time sitting down when tired and
bleating sadly for no apparent
reason at all.
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At Lake, Sunday, J. B. Gilman was fishing and when he?
got ta. fish, he flipped it. out on
the. ice. His faithful dog was •„
waiting, "and as !the fish hit, he
grabbed it »and took .»****». Gilman Ihot on his trail. lit was
neck and neck to the house,
Where Mrs. Gilman came out
and rescued (the fish, and ended the .race. Evidently Rover
is some new breed of retriever*- «
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As for the big fish that Michael
Brown and Rex Joslin caught, the
youngsters are sharing custody.
Michael' admires it in his deep
freeze for a few days, then Rex
comes" and gets it, and the Joslin
deep freeze does the honors for
awhile*
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A visiting delegation was at
the Sentinel on Monday. Two
packs of Cub Scouts and their
den mothers came and toured
the hack shop and surveyed
operations.
Well-Baby Meetings
February Well-Baby conferences
will ibe held at the followiiig places
and times.
At Farwell, in the Methodist
Church basement, Wednesday,
February 16, from 9 a.m. .to 11 a.
nv
At Clare* in the Congregational
Church basement, Wednesday,
Burglary
Chesaning
To Test CHS
Five Friday
Dick  Fancon   and  Bill  Siel
.. Of The Pioneer Staff
The same old 'difficulty' in taking advantage of scoring opportunity ,was the downfall of the
Clare High basketball team in the
second 1954-55 meeting with Shepherd last Friday at Shepherd.
The score was Shepherd- 61,
Clare 54.
Coach Robert Baker who ds trying to solve the enimga of a- Pio?
neer quintet' that. looks great at
times on. the floor, but la'cks the
"touch" in the scoring trys, said
he though his teams defense looked good, "tout you gotta score to
win", he mourned.
./The heartbreaking contest which
saw .the Pioneers' fight the Jays
to"a*24-16 first quarter lead and
increase to a 35-2G half time ' margin, put'the Green and White out
of 'the Mid-Michigan B conference
race."  ".•  • '
-'•The Blue and Gold caught fire
in the .third quarter, -mainly
through the efforts of. center
Harry Gelander and his effective
shooting'and outscored the Clare
five 21-11 in .the .third .quarter and
\i.-t in -the fourth quarter. *.
'For Shepherd it"was the second
conference win, the other coming
also at the -expense "of the Pioneers
against 5 losses. Two disappointing- facts are that Durand and
Chesaning -handled Jhe Bluejays
quite easily in their encounters,
while- the Pioneers have beaten
both '.the.Durand and Chesaning
teams.
'Tho CHS starting team of Fullerton, Brown, Hanley, Siel, and
R'dbinette is a seasoned outfit with
experience from the 1953-54 hard-
board campaign. At moments they
have positively outplayed favored
opponents.
But when the magic of their
early-season scoring punch faded,
they were lost in contest after contest.
Players and spectators alike began to-think that maybe some
"jinx" was affecting their shots
when even close-in lay ups and
the easiest short shots bounded
the wrong way off the hoop edge.
Tenseness lowered .even the
average of free throws.
. The Green and White Cagers
will have a chance to pull their
conference standing • up a notch
when they clash with Chesaning
on- the dotyhstaters" floor "tdmdr-
tow night, February 11.
The* Chesaning five lost to CHS
In their first .meeting of this season.
Gerry Fullerton with 16 points,
and Pete Brown with 14 were "leaders in Clare's battle with Shepherd. The Blue Jay's Gelander
carried away top scoring honors
for the evening with his 31 counters.
Jail Bond Bid Accepted
Atl.97%;$13,015.Cost
An interest rate of 1.979 for Clare county's jail bonds was!
declared lowest at the opening of the bids at Harrison last
Thursday, and the sale of the bonds to Walter Wade and
Company, of Grand Kapids was announced by Clare county
supervisors.^
Net cost 'to the county has been figured to amount to
$13,015.00.
$
A break-in at Anderson's' Drug
store was reported to.police Saturday niglit, but nothing wag reported stolen, police said". ■'_.   ._'
The building * was -<■ entered
through a rear door. Steel raesh
was pried off a door and tlie glass
broken out, and the door unlocked.
Police said, that whoever broke
iii must have Been frightened away
by something. Police said they
have no leads on the burglary.
A local couple was arrested
February" 4 by Clare police and
charged with, violation of the curfew law.
"Wilson 'and Mary Sharp were
taken before Justice William Dunlop on Monday for allowing a minor to remain,on the streets after
11 p.m.
Both were fined $10 each. Sharp
paid his fine, but Mrs. Sharp's fine
Was suspended.
Banquet For
Fathers, Sdiis
Tonight
The Annual Father and Son Banquet sponsored by the Clare Methodist Men's Chub, will be held this
Week Thursday evening, February
10th at 6:30 in the, Clare Methodist
Church Banquet Hall.
Nearly 200 men and boys attended the banquet last year ■ and a
large attendance is anticipated
again this year. Ralph Cole and
Carl Lear are the ticket committee and tickets may be secured by
phoning Of seeing thesm, The Banquet is being served by the Electa
and Mary Marta Circles of the
Woman's "Society of Christian Sev-
vice and a splendid menu , is in
store for all "Who.attend,-   •       .
As' to the program, Earl Beatty,
President of the Clare- Methodist
Men's Club, wilt be in charge.
David Seiter will give the invd*
-cation. Jay Bellinger is . to be
toastmaster, ■ '" '
Ralph Cole Will give the toast to
the Lads, The toast to Dads, will
be given by Laftdis Ruafk. Robert
Greer will contribute a musical
number.
Very .Brief devotions -will be
igiven by Rev. L. J, Nevins, This
will be followed toy the showing "of
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some substitute teaching m Clare. February 16 from 1 p.m, to 3 p.m. .
Mothers are urged to stop la to 5 And at Harrison in rthe Court-the films, •'Ke'ckless' Driver" in
visit and to get acquainted with House basement, Friday, Febru-1 color, a cartoon,' "Lorha-Doone'*
Mrs. Clute. jary 18, from i) a.m. to-11 a.m,     I in color, a feature film*
Winter
Sports
Weekend
Clare County's first Winter
Sports Festival starts off next Friday, February .18 for a full week
end of varied activities including
Bobcat hunting -and Queen crowning. '
At Clare, the Winter Sports Ball
will be held at the Hotel Doherty
on the .'evening, of February 19,
when -Miss -Clare County Winter
sports will be' chosen from four
candidates "from .Clare, .Harrison,
Farwell and Lake.
The week end will' also include
ski races at.Snow Snake, organized rabbit hunting, fox. hunting,
bobcat hunting, and ice fishing
contests throughout the county.
Surrey House
Leads Bowling
When the s nl o.k e had cleared
away after the second round of the
Men's City Tournament, now in
progress at the Clare Bowling
Alleys, new leaders had emerged
in the team and doubles divisions.
The Rosebush Oil Co. team rolled
3019 early Saturday night to lead
team events only to be deposed
the following shift.by the Surrey
House Five from Harrison with
3038.
' Paul Schroeder and Bill Bauer
•of Clare' took Sn early lead in
doubles. Sunday With 1270", but
dropped to second place late Sunday when - Jim-Russell and Dale:
Weldon of Harrison scored 1271.
John Musser of Clare still holds
the lead in singles with his "67C.
Jim Russell-came closest to knocking that score out Sunday with his
662 Count. Larry Shelander leads
all-events actual pins, with 1764
and Don- Smith* of Farwell, holds
the lead in all-events with handicap, 1961. The tournament has
two more weeks to go.
Seven bids were opened and con-
sidered at the special meeting o£
the board. Only .23 seperated th«
successful bidding firm, 'and .Th#
Citizens Bank of Clare.
Old Jail Coming Down
In action taken during a previous special session of tttie Board
of Supervisors, a majority voted
to have .the present jait building
torn down.
■ Considerable maneuvering- forestalled the aim of several of tho
.supervisors who sought to keep a
useable portion of the" old jail
building to relieve overcrowding
in the county courthouse,
A majority first agreed to
locate the new jail in a position with its north wail on a
' line directly west tof tho north
-. wall of Ithe present courthouse.
This plan waa advocated by a"
group of board members who
thought that the old ja.il structure could be remodeled where
'   it stands.
* .After the decision to locale tlie
new jail however, the majority
succeeded in a motion to tear
dpwn the jail 'building anyi\Vay>
and the location of the new jai£
was no longer of importance in the
saving of needed space for county
offices.    : -     ' -, _ ■  •
Clare County Budget .
A county budget for-1955 calling
for collection and spending of
$169,700.00 for county officers and
services was approved- and order*
ed "spread on the record"*
The Ways and Means Committee whose membership includes
supervisors J. R. Hall, Lewis Gee,
Lewis Rutter, Clair Stanley, J, R.
Darling, Ray Richardson and Al*
ibert Haley reported the JSUdge*;
out of their meeting afl4 it wa#
adopted by the board.
Phyllis Bolin Crowned 'Miss Clare'
Sparkling-eyed, seventeen-yr.-
old Phyllis Bolin won out over
a field of seven contestants at
Saturday night's 'Queen's Coronation Ball, to become "Miss
diare."
Phyllis will represent Clare at
the Grayling winter sports festival, this weekend and conir
pete for the title of "Miss Michigan Winter Sports." She is the
daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. Rob-'
ert Bolin.
Three other Queen's were
crowned at the Coronation Ball.
"Miss Harrison" is Carol Ross,
17. She is the daughter of Mr.
and- Mrs. G. F. Ross, of Harrison.
"Miss Lake" is Sue Bratt, 16,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
"William Bratt, of Lake. "Miss
Farwell" is Charlene Rogger-
mail, 17, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, Ervin Roggeriiian, of. Far-
well.
They will represent their respective towns at. the Grayling
event Otis week end. Inmiecliate-
ly following the Coronation
dance, the four winners were
asked to apear on WWTV at
Cadillac, 'Wednesday  evening.
An estimated crowd of 100 attended the Queen's Ball, held at
the Doherty Hotel, February 5.
There were 22 contestants competing for the four titles".
Rumiers-up' for the Miss Clare
title Were Jane Cottonf daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Cotton, and Martha Lucy,
daughter of Mrs. Clyde Lucy.
Ill winning the Clare, contest,
Queen Phyllis was given a complete winter outfit of snowsuit
and accessories.
Judges   for   the   event   Came
from   the   Saginaw   News,   the
Bay   City   Times,   WWTV   at*
Cadillac,   and   WCEN   at   Mt.
Pleasant. Judge Donald E. Holbrook crowned the Queens.
'.  The,  four   pretty   teen-agers.
will reign over the Clare County Winter Sports Festival to be
held February IS, 19, and-20.
•   —Loo Sowle Photo
Dairy Week
Promoted
In Isabella
Plans for Isabella county to tajce
part in the state-*ide Michigan
Dairy Food Festival, February 10-
19 have been' reviewed by SO rep*
resentatives from farms, in ttie
county, towns,- Ibuslnesses and
dairy organizations and are now
underway.
Robert Acker, former 4-H Agent'
and one of the 30 representatives,
reported committees ibusy with
plans for promotion of the sale aud
use of dairy products, <
Retail outlets for dairy products
throughout the county are being
asked to "have special displays in
their stores during the 10 days of
the Festival. Larger stores are expected to feature oooths where
samples of "ihe product are given-
aWay to customers.
.Latest statistics showed that
$2,439,<985 worth of dairy pro'dUcta
is sold annually in Isabella county.
From over 15,000 milk cows on
Isabella farms over 5($ million
pounds of .milk are sold annually.
Two New
Bus Drivers
At CHS
Harold Schaeffer has been employed by Clare"Public Schools to
drive school bus No. 4, which
serves the area north of Clare. Mr.
Schaeffer is a native of Clare anft**
owns and operates Schaeffer's
Dairy Bar on North .US-27. It is expected that Mr. Schaeffer's long
time interest in and participation
in youth activities in and around
Clare will aid him greatly in successfully handling this job. Schaeffer replaced Mr. Floyd Luke 'begin''
ning February 7, 1955.
Mike Salchert was also recently-
employed to drive school bus No.
1. Mike has made many runs oa
special trips and as relief driver
is well qualified to replace Mr.
Floyd Woodworth, who resigned
recently,.
Open House for
H. B. Johnsons'
50th Anniversary
Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Johnson,
former Congregational pastor in
Clare, will "be honored at. an open
house February 13 in the Belding
Congregational Church. The event
will observe their Golden Wedding
anniversary, and will, be held from
3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
As an anniversary present to the
couple, the Belding group is sending them to Florida for a month's
vacation, expenses and transp*orta
tion paid.
During the Johnson's pastorate
at Belding, the membership has
doubled, and the churcli has been
redecorated and rebuilt in the interior, and a long standing in*
debtedness has been paid.
No foi*mal invitations are needed for attendance -at the open
, houso.
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