1954-05-07; Clare Sentinel

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CLABE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING May 7,1354
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Now Ssriw, Vol. 62, No. 33
Clare Has
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Clare received her visiting
mayor, Francis Hansen, of Allegan in fitting -style. last "Wednesday. Mayor Hansen was boss for
a day in Clare in a Mayor Trading
deal as part of the statewide observance of Michigan Wee}*:.
Our owii genial City Manager,
"Wedge, traveled to Allegan as the
official representative of Mayor
Howard Evarts, >
Wednesday could have "been
somewhat confusing what with two
Mayors on the job around town,
but Howard Everts moved over
gracefully and honorary Mayor
Hansen did" the honors without the
slightest hitch.
*    Mrs. Wedge and   Mrs.   Hansen
I   v„aded   towns   right   along   with
their honorable husbands and each
was  entertained in their adopted
for-a-day cities.   .
Wednesday meetings of the "Rotary and Kiwanis clubs were fairly buzzin' with city officials and
visiting Mayors and department
heads as iguests. Commissioners
and City Clerk McKinnon, Fire
Department Chief Parish, Police
Chief, Head, and Justice Dunlop
all attended.
Honorary Mayor Hansen received the Keys to The City, many
handshakers and friendly back-
slaps. He returned the compliments saying that Clare was a
•beautiful town and much busier
than he had expected.
«• „ Mrs. Howard Everts, Clare's
First "Lady, met. Mrs. Hansen at
the Hotel Doherty Wednesday
noon, and they enjoyed a drive
around the city, and returned to
the Hotel at one o'clock for luncheon.
Other guests at the luncheon
were Mrs. Charles Cooper, Mrs
Stanley Parish, Mrs. G-. C, Born,
Mrs. 'Ben Bosink, Mrs. Robert
Walters, Mrs. Dale Groves, Mrs.
Winnie Coveart, Mrs. T. C, Campbell, Mrs. Laurenee Seiter ahd
Mrs. Ben Burdo. .Following the
luncheon bridge and canasta were
played. Mrs. Hansen was presented with a bouquet and vase, the
table centerpiece.
Several of th ladies took Mrs.
Hansen on a tour through the hospital and city hall. Dinner guests
in the evening at the' Hotel with
Mrs. Hansen and Mrs. .Everts
were Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Bom ahd
Mrs** Bosink.
Mayor and Mrs. Everts felfc that
,' r.   they could hot leave the cit_f .for
the visiting mayor day a't Allegan
due to the serious, illness of his
father.
Dr. G. C. Born local Michigan
Week" Chairman and Ben Bosink,
handled details of the entertainment of Mayor Hansen.
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From M. D, Merry, Hndsop, Wisconsin: Bed McDonald, a pioneer
cowboy, who came to lJIontah**i in
the early 'eighties told of one day
in late. October, while tiding along
the ridges that bordered 'the Ifel-
lowstpne. He heard an unfarniliar
sound and saw a large, black cloud
of dust north of the river,
; He rode to the highest pinnacle
and soon an angry, bellowing buffalo herd appeared out of the bad
lands, jumped itxto the river and
started across. He watched the
migration for several hours. Often
one would fall'., but the herd trampled him to death without paying
any attention. Some would wander
away from the herd and stay pe*
bind. These the. cowboys killed for
their, winter meat.. ,' '
. The herd was, qnroute to Indian
Territory and Texas,. where.' they
.would ' feed during ' the whiter
months and rear their young. When
spring- opened $iey would again
head north until, they reached Sas*
katchewan to feed during the summer. ..   *'.'•*-. ■'•*.,  " '
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- Frc-ro Edn* P. Mecuni, PoHland,
'Oregon: tremember 7?"years ago
"fa Indiana when i; after* being the
;|"baby" of the family fpr-six years,
,had( to give up my, favored spot "*by
I mother for a new sister. And, then,
later on she had to do the same for
another newcoiri-ier. I'd like to cross
those miles again and' see both
their faces, as they were then, or
as I last saw.them in 1912 and 1927
respectively. I could again be a
happy tittle girl.
H* M* Everts
Returned to
Mayor Job
Howard Everts was reelected to
a third term as Mayor of the City
of Clare and tied the record of Albert Haley for length of time In
the city's executive office. Both
have held the chair for three year
—firms ■
After the first year under Clare's
"Home Rule" charter, Haley held
the mayor's chair during 1949, '50-;
and 51. Everts was Clare's mayor
iit*l95g, '53* and now '5„
_lffii(ifia Of" Everts to succeed
himself, as mayor was part of the
official business at the first meeting of the new commission since
the. election.
Robert "Walters, newly elected
member of the commission was
seated at this meeting.
Fishy Psychologists Prove
"Wild Training" Helps
An interesting ,experiment in
teaching tame trout to be wild,
Feel wild and/act wild", is being
conducted at 'the site of an old
Tobacco river trout rearing pond
north of Lake Thirteen.
Don Bell, Conservation depart-
men officer reported some of the
unusual facts of the experiment.
T*he Michigan- project to train
hatcherey-reared trout to be wary
game fish has already received
•much national attention. Psychologists have actually taught fish
to feed at night, •*—to avoid stir-
face feeding in streams, —to survive in wild streams as wild fish.
■Now with a blocked off section
of a stream planted full of known
numbers of trout, both wild and
tame, the test is being conducted
•to determine whether the training
has taught the fish how to be wild.
Bell says that equal numbers of
•foUr different kinds of trout have
been planted in the stream.    "
1. Wild native fish. 2.) Some
hatchery trout with complete
"wild training". 3.) Hatchery
trout with "little" training. 4.)
Hatchery fish with no training
whatsoever.
The test 'comes when teams of
fishermen "fish" the 200-yard section of stream and record the kind
•of marked fish they "catch.   - The
Improvement
'   Asked Here
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield - has announced the
week beginning May 17th as "Mail
* ! Box Improvement "Week." This will
be the sixteenth Consecutive campaign to tidy up the official mail
receptacles.
Postmaster Francis Jackson is
requesting the rural patrons in this
area to repair and beautify their
mail box equipment and approaches to help lend brightness to the
scenic beauty of the highways,
roads, and drives.
The Post Office Department is
the most important agency.in keeping the pepple of the nation in*
formed.  The rural  delivery is  a
/post office on wheels and many
times these services are taken for
granted and not fully appreciated,
The carriers are trying to serve,
patrons promptly with as few mistakes possible. Errors are sometimes caused by patron's name
being omitted on the mail box.
* **" Postmaster Jackson a s k e d the
. patrons to cooperate in improving
thejr mail box equipment during
; this period, May 17th to 24th*
value of the training seemed to
be proved on the first day when
Bell, says 30 percent of the trout
with little or no,,' training were
caught with hook and' line ih the
first three hours of fishing.
Don Bell, himself, taking a temporary part tri the fishing'experl-
rneht: caught .'-je, legal sized trout
iii a'single hdjjr, using worms for
bait on a'hook. ■ (The sportsman's
heartbreak came when he found
he had to keep the fish in an under
water mesh bag to be •counte'd,
and then dump them, in a free section of the stream, alive!)
While some 30 percent of the
untamed fish were being taken,
only five native trOUt were snagged and just 19 of the "completely
trained" hatchery variety grabbed
the bait. 100 of each of the four
classes of trout had been planted
to begin the experiment.
The test will come to a finish
next Thursday when the scientists
plan to "shock out" the stream to
count all the live fish remaining.
All fish will then be released in
■the free stream for sportsmen to
tempt.
Flag Tourney
Starts Golf
A Men's Flag Tournament at
Twin Elms Golf Club is the opening-day feature May 27 for the 1954
golf season. A banquet is to be
served to the men on the same evening.
A hotne-and-home schedule has
been arranged with St, Johns, Portland, Alma, Ithaca, and Big Rapids, and special tournaments and
features have been arranged. The
full Schedule will appear next
week.
Marilyn Smith Is Chosen Isabella Dairy Queen
To Get Diplomas
Womesi Bowlers
Elect Officers
Members, of the Clare "Women's
Bowling Association met at the
Hotel Doherty, Monday, May 3, for
their annual meeting and election
of officers.
Following were Selected: President—Florence Hoffman, 1st Vice
President —• Hazel Bradshaw, 2nd
Vice President —-Betty Thatcher,
Secretary—Frances Shelander,
Treasurer-*-VerVa Brown, Sgt* af|
Arn*s-*-Bonnie Bauder.
Tournament prize money was
distributed to the winners and
meeting closed with a "thank you1
to all the leagues for their-fine
cooperation from theretiring pres
ident, Velma Thurston*
"Queen" Marilyn, ruler of Isabella county's Dairy Association activities for ihe year is
posed between her two "court" attendants after she was selected io'be ihe county Dairy
Queen last Friday at Mi. Pleasant.
Juaniia Green, daughter of Howard Green, Shepherd Route 2, was a very close second
followed by Carla Carter, of Winn and a student in ihe Shepherd High School.
Marilyn Smith is ihe daughter of Mrs. Marion Smith of Clare Route 4. She was^ selected -in a very delightful judging ceremony in the high school auditorium before a large
crowd. She is expected io compete for ihe honor of State Dairy Queen.
The contest was sponsored by the Michigan Milk Producers' Association, Mi. Pleasant
Milk Producers', McFarlane Dairy, and ihe Mi. Pleasant Dairy.
Earl Lackie, Fieldman for ihe Local Milk Producers' Association crowned ihe queen
and complimented ihe local sponsors for a splendid gesture.
Judges for ihe conies! were Mrs. Georgia Martin, Dan Balog, and Alger Hansen. The
contestants received corsages at their banquet in the Hotel Chieftain preceding the prd-
gram. ..,,,'. Phoio courtesy _f Mi. Pleasant Times-News
Cooper Gets
District Post
' Charles Cooper, of Clare, wae
elected Eleventh District VFW
commander, Sunday, in a district
encampment at Harrison.
Cooper, a veteran of the 1918
war who has been a district officer for many years, succeeds Walter Jacobs, of Bay City.
Other officers elected at the
election held at District Encampment at Harrison are Maynard
Johnson, Mt. Pleasant, senior
vice-commander; Kenneth Nelson,
Liriwood, junior vice-commander;
Elwood Smith, Midland, Quartermaster.
Auxiliary officers elected according to Jacobs, were Mrs.
Hazel' Kutz, Standish, president;
Mrs. Hazel Tolan, Roscommon,
senior vice-president; Mrs. Clarice
Bellows, Clare, junior vice-president; Mrs. Bernice Whipple, Midland, chaplain; Mrs. Helen Fenske
Bay City, conductress; Mrs. Katie
Bradfish, Standish, 'guard; Mrs.
Regina Nelson, Linwood, treasurer; Mrs. Inez Eaton, Harrison,
one-year trustee.
Fellowship
Delegation
At Durand
Five members of the Congregational Women's Fellowship attended an all day meeting of the Central Association, in Duafand, on
April 30. These were MrJ3, Oscar
Ol'son, Mrs. Gertrude (Bardiner,
Mrs. F. Hochstetler,' Mrs. M. D.
Feighner and Mrs. N. A. Elden.
Featured, speakers w'ere the
State President, Mrs. Retha Olson
of Detroit and Mrs. Ruling, who
spoke of her missionary work in
South Africa.
Masons and Stars
Plan Potluck
And Card Party
There will be a social meeting
for all Masons, Eastern Stars and
members of the DeMolay and
guests, to be held at the city hall
Saturday, May S. As pot luck supper at 7:00 will be followed toy
dancing and card playing.
Bring food and table service for
your family and guests. Coffee
and milk will be furnished.
Sharp Swings
Powerful Bat
Bob Sharp was the only "Little
Pioneer to solve Mt. Pleasant * hurling with any degree of success
last week when Clare and Mt.
Pleasant JV's met twice on the
diamond. The Green apd White
went down in defeat both times, —
on April 29, 7-2, and on May 3, 4-1.
Costello, the Oilers' starting
pitcher "on April 29, struck out ten
while giving up only 2 hits in five
innings.
Don Bay pitching for Clare
couldn't be saved by Sharpe's 2-
for-3-hitting when team mates com*
mitted four critical blunders.
Bay pitched again on May 3
when the two teams continued the
series. He struck out ten of 18 bat-
\ ters to face him, but shaky support
again allowed four unearned runs
| to score for Mt. Pleasant.
I Clare's run came in the first inning when walks to Don Bay and
the next hitter and a single by
Wayne Menthen filled the bases,
and Bob Sharp's long fly scored
Bay after the catch.
Grigware and
Groves Club
Delegates
Two Clare couples, delegates to
-th**-* * International convention .of Kiwanis clubs at Miami, Florida, expect, to, take their places at the,
convention next week, having arrived there by different routes.
Mr. arid Mrs. Joe Grigware left
last Tuesday to drive to the con*
vention city, and Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Groves, representing the local club as'the President ahd-'Lady,
are flying tomorrow. '.'",*
Mass Commencement Program To Be Held
Iii.Clare Hi_to School Auditorium
Diplomas. >t«. mark graduation
from-the Eighth,grade will be presented to members of the county
class of candidates in a mass Commencement program in the auditorium of the Clare Public School
On.Thursday evening, May 13.
Fifty-four hoys and girls will receive their certificates from. Robert
Carter,' president 'of the Clare
County Board of Education.
Foremost attraction on the pro*
grani preceding the presentation
of the diplomas, • will ■ be a Commencement address by "William
Neithercut ,•" "The Force That
Wins." Mr. Neithercut himself- is a
Michigan Week Salutes
While, most out-of-staters generally regard Michigan, as an industrial state, most Michigan-farmers could tell them that cars, gray
iron and.cereals aren't the only
thing their state produces in
quantity. .   .-'
rIfthe state- suddenly were cut
off from the .rest of the world,
Michigan residents "would, continue
to eat fairly well, according' to
facts supplied by the Michigan
and U. S. ^Departments of Agriculture,
For while Michigan ranks only
about 10th in the nation as an agricultural state, it can boast ot
being one of the most diversified
of the farming states. This agricultural diversification and wealth
in the midst of industrial power is
only another aspect of Michigan's
greatness which is being emphasized during the current observance of Michigan Week.
An ideal climate and soil for
fruit trees along Michigan's West
shore has earned the state the
title "Fruit Basket of the Middle
West". N
In the growth of red tart cherries, Michigan ranks first in the
nation, and Grand Traverse County holds the honor of harvesting
more cherries of any kind than
any other county in the "United
States. In tytyr Grand Traverse;
harvested a bountiful icrop of
31,395,000 pounds of cherries.
In the growth of peaches and
apples, Michigan has lost and
gained ground. Formerly in second place in the growth of peaches, Michigan fell to fourth when
last year's"'peach crop feE 18 per
cent below average.
But apple .production has in*
creased to such an extent id Michigan that the statS now^issoheioi
the top three apple-growing states
Open Season
For Women
At Golf Club
The Clare Women Golfers enjoyed breakfast at Twin Elms on
Wednesday, May 5, with a good
attendance.
Many guests werfe ^welcomed and
it is hoped that they will all come
regularly and enjoy the season's
golf.
After tlie business meeting many
remained for bridge. No one seemed brave enough to try golf in the
wintry wind.
It was -decided that on Wednesdays through May, the golfers will
assemble at one o'clock for play.
in the union. Previously it had
-only ranked' iifth", " averaging
7,070,000 bushels: from 1942-51.'The
. indicated ;1953i figures 'Shows that
Michigan- increased its apple production- to 8,094,000 bushels.
Although still .in third place,
Michigan, has also shown an impressive -gain in the growth of
-grapes over the past few years.
Its 1942-51 average was 31,580,000
tons and its 1953 crop, 43,000,000
toiis.
' In plums Michigan ranks second among states, and in pears,
fourth. Growth- of the latter fruit
has also increased considerably
in Michigan—in 1953, GO percent
over its 1942-51 average.
Truck crops also play an important part in Michigan agriculture. More cantaloups and pickle
cucumbers are grown in Michigan
than in any other state, and the
state ranks second in the growth
of fall and summer celery, onions
and spearmint,
" Michigan ranks third in the
growth of carrots, cauliflower,
sweet corn, cucumbers, strawberries, and tomatoes, and fourth in
snap beans and peppermint. In
field beans Michigan also stands
among the leaders—in acreage it
ranks firs,t;.in production, second*
For most Michigan farmers,
however, hay, corn, oats; and
wheat are still the staple c?o_S8""of
importance. Even in those widely raised .grains, Michigan doesn't
fare badly, ' ranking eleventh in
hay. production, tenth in corn,
sixtfh in oats and ninth in winter
wheat.
: Located in the largest hay and
dairy region of the United States,
Michigan' farmers receive about
30% of the income through the
:,sale .of ,milk and dairy products,,
'{Michigan • 'franks seventh in milk
production, and currently is experiencing sizable growth in the number of chicks hatched, and turkeys
'and cattle raised.
One can't cite all the impressive
aspects' of Michigan agriculture,
but a few of the individual facts
of interest might be mentioned:
Bay City has the largest sugar-
beet factory east of the Mississippi. Kalamazoo is the celery center
of the world. The Upper Peninsula's Delta County has set state
and national yield records for the
growth of potatoes. The world's
largest • bean ■ elevator is located
•in Saginaw. Benton Harbor's municipal' fruit market is the largest
open air fruit market in the world.
Add them up and you have one
of the top agricultural states in
the country. Consider that Michigan is also high-ranking' in such
industries as mininjg, lumbering,
and manufacturing, and you Can
only conclude that Michigan is a
pretty remarkable state.
Clare School Concert Bands To Be Presented In Annual Spring Appearance
The Clare High School Band will present the annual concert program from the stage of ihe school auditorium on
the evening of May 14. one week from tonight. Mr. 1,10yd
Conley, instrumental music instructor at Clare, will conduct. ■
This year's Band is Mr. Conley's first ai Clare. It includes
many individual performers who have won recognition as
top-rated student musicians.
The specially arranged concert program presented for
public entertainment, will include both serious and pbpula-**
numbers, and Is designed to please musical tastes of all
KiiluSi
Again as in former years, a part of the program will be
featuring selections by the junior band. A rousing finale
will be a spectular routine n u m b e r by the brightly clad
marching Majorettes of the Band.
Included on the program are such well known and entertaining numbers as "Poor Butterfly", Eh, Cumpari" - a comic piece, and the beautiful "Children _ Prayer" by Humper-
dinck.
Tickeis ai popular prices are on sale by each member of
the Band, and will also be sold at the door on ihe evening
of ihe concert, •   .   .    ■■-'■'
member of a former Clare county
graduating class.     -
Also featured - on the prdgrafct
will bp an oration by a member tit
the class whose identity is yet unknown, but will be" declared, the
winner of the Clare County Speaking Contest in the final elimination
next Monday evening.
* Other numbers on the prograia
for the. Commencement are musfc,
by the Colmus children, * and the
Brown children,' and by* groups
from, the Randall and. Browjt
schools. The invocation and Benediction will be pronounced by "Rev.
Joe VanderVeen.    , _•
Special Certificates of Award,
will be presented to selected- students by John F. Brown, * county
superintendent of schools." .
-   Clare' coimty   Eighth   Gr"a,dfc
Graduates are': '   -■--.--.« ■■.,-,«■-.*.■
Arlene Hogue, Thomas .Garver,
Dan Shimmel, Elizabeth Bauer,
Marvin Krell, Mary 'Walter, ,Jr,
Tessman, Qlen Stephensen,, Virgl-
lene Bennett, Charlene*.Isoar. .'■;
Bob Green, Patty Loar. Philip
Cooper, Bobby Randall,* Ley!s Colton, Carrie Lokef, Uvelyn Vinton.
Carol Bergy, -Duane *Brees6,. Jack
Sanderson.     ..    ....   •-. ..'"'.'..
Alice Jackson, Dennis Wheeler,
Alfred Erskine, James Keysor,
Walter Mathews, Dale * Varney,
Donald Varney, Louis .White,* Carl
Trietch; Nanpy Burton,' Juhell VanHoose. *
-Carl Leis, Ota Root, David Bennett, Cha3. Barlow, Otto Bunheis-
ter, Shirley Slater, Vivian Armentrout, Calvin Cooper, Gary miick-
lem, Gloria Bellows, Elizabeth Fer-
weda.
Glenn Lourle, Marcia " Barber,
Hazel LaPratt, Beverly Curns," Win.
Doty, Clyde Pruden, Richard Bates,
Doris Hall, Russell' Letson, Roger
Townsend, Jerry Varney, Dagmar
Bates. '
The' county speaking contest, originally scheduled for May 7, ia now
going to be held on Monday evening, May 10 ,at the Colonville
ehurch. ' .
Fifteen local winners, one front
each of fifteen schools in the county wiil compete for the honor and
prize which go to the county finala
winner.
Contestant**- to appear on the Colonville stage are;   ... . .'-" , >
Nola Van Buskirk, .Colonville;
Arlene Hogue,: Redner; .Beverly
CurnB, Leota; Junell VanEtdose,
Pratt; Nancy Burton, DoVer;;Evelyn Vinton, Lake; -Pattie" Haines,
Balsley; Floyd Davis, Eagle.
Thomas Garver, Brown; Hazel
LaPratt, WeBt Grant; Edith Col-
m.us, Randall; Kay Bristol, Temple; Richard Bates, Franklin; Patty Loar, Brewer; Bobbie Randall,
Wildcat.. , • .
ConMIttee     !
Chiefs Report
Pioneer Pool
By-Jtidge D. E. Hdlbrook
All of the Committees of the
Swimming Pool project of the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, with 42
in attendance met Wednesday evening at the* Doherty Hotels to-discuss the duties of the various committees and to make reports on
progress thus far accomplished.
The presubscription canvas was
reported as being well ?accepted
With a final report to be made on
this- phase this next Wednesday
night when the committees are
again scheduled to meet'and give
their reports.
* , The policy committee made their
report and recommended that the
swimming pool project be and re*
man a Rotary-Kiwanis project, now
and forever, and. to be controlleij
by the two clubs. That it be and
remain a, public swimming pooi and
that the laud and all thereon be
deeded to the corporation.
Harold Brooks and Lewis Dawson of .the Vernon Grange were in
attendance and indicated their interest in this area .undertakihij.
The Public Relations committee
were requested to ask all civic
groups in this area to attend ail
of the meetings of the general committees on Wednesday evenings,
with their advice and cooperation
on the questions and prnblerns to
he met. It was stressed that all
should feel that this project is a
community endeavor and that the
two service clubs are acting as thd,
vehible to do the job. '. ;
A great deal of time and effdrt
is being exerted by all of the Members of both of theBe service Clubs
thrii ctunmittee assignments and
study, and Work to the end that
Claps and surrounding area will
have thfi benefits of a modern and
efficient, public swimniing pocli.     ,
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