1954-05-28; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1954
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New Series, Vol. 62, No. 36
Memorial Day Parade and
Service 2 O'clock Sunday
Clare's formal observance of
Memorial Day with, the traditional-
tribute to veterans and to the departed dead, will have an* added
touch, of military smartness this
year on Sunday afternoon when
the Army Reserve Unit will have
a" uniformed marching detail in the
parade. The maTching music will
be performed by Clare's school
Band.
This was' the word this week
from Bob Rowley commander of
the Pettit-Kapplinger post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Both Rowley and. P. F. Creguer,
post commander of the Walter H.
Larman American Legion organization here urged veterans and
former service men to "fall out"
in uniform to support and encourage' the local Reserve Unit, -and
make the 1954 parade the best
ever.
Swelling the numbers of marchers both in Clare and Farwell will
be a trading scheme whereby veterans from Clare will be welcomr
ed in the ranks of Farwell parad-
ers and Farwell vets returning
the "visit'* by falling in to march
in their sister city's parade here in
Clare. Parade times are 12;30 at
Farwell and 2*00 p.m. in Clare.
The schedule of events for the
local observances will include
part? "in the program for local pastors of churches.
Starting at two o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday, the order is the
meeting \ at the city hall, an address and wreath-laying ceremony
at -the RoE of Honor in the park,
the parade 'beginning, to be joined
by children at the school, Memorial Service at Cherry Grove cemetery.
Rosebush will stage a Memorial
Service sponsored by the Community Council and will be held at 2
Drop Curtain
On Dramatics
Activities
Thursday, May 20, the dramatics class presented the rplay "Summer Comes to the Diamond C" a
comedy in one act by Robert
Finch.
Leo Smith played the part of
Cookie, the cowboys' chef. A cowboy and a dreamer was Curly,
played toy Bob Gingery.
Stub, a cowboy,who ©lays a gui-
>,*tar ahij sings was Eldean *White?s
part, tex, a ranch hand, more
practical-minded, was John Miekle.
Granny, a grizzled, weather-worn
cowhand, was Ray Lippold; Mr.
Houston, boss of the Diamond C,
Was played toy John. White;
The Stranger, better known* as
"Windy" was Max Milholin.; and
Sheriff Lash, a stickler for the
law was played by Earl Robinette.
Alice Walters was -student director of this well-presented play, the
final production of a busy year for
the class. '
p.m. on Monday at Veterans Memorial Field in Rosebush,
Special music is to be presented
in the pavilion there, and an address is featured with Dr. Charles
Poole, of Central Michigan College
Mt. Pleasant, speaking.    .
All veterans' organizations, Gold
Star Mothers and Blue Star Mothers, Boy or Girl Scouts and other
patriotic or benevolent organizations are invited to join the parade
marchers in Rosebush, Farwell, or
Clare.
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1 REMEMBER":
BY THE OLD TIMERS ;
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From Olive Colson, Mankato,
Kansas; Well do I remember the
little log school house built in the
early 1870's near our'home. It was
lSxl4 feet, with a dirt floor and
roof, fire place in the North, two
windows, east -and west.
There was a big latch string to
open and close the door and 25
children trooped to school in September, October and November, if
there was enough money taken in
to pay the teacher at $13 to $20
per month.
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From Mrs. W. C. Harrison, Cumberland, Maryland: I remember
moving from Tazewell County, Virginia to Greenbier County, West
Virginia in the year 1890, in a
covered wagon drawn by four
horses.
There were my father and 6 of
us children, two of mother's brothers and a Mr. Tabor. We were 5
days and nights making the trip.
9    *•    a
From Alma Forshaug, Black
Earth, Wisconsin: I remember
walking with my grandmother
down to the main road to wait for
the wagon that delivered her homemade butter Cmade in one pound
moulds) to the store. In warm
weather she wrapped the butter in
many papers and placed it under
a shade, tree until, we saw the
wagon coming.
Horsepulling
* Contest At
Winn June 6
The Sixth Annual Horsepulling
Contest staged and sponsored by
Isabella county's 4-H clubs promises to be a 'real successful and entertaining event according tm. information from Bert C. Mellencamp
this week.
Invitations to enter the competition have gone out to many of the
better known team owners and
' others throughout central Michigan
and replies are being received
daily, Mellencamp says.
The time and place for the cpn-
,  test is Winn, Michigan, on Sunday
June 6th promptly at 1:30 o'clock.
The Fremont 4*H. Clubs under
the Chairmanship of Mrs. Floyd
Curtiss will handle the refreshments that have always featured
the program.
The contest will include both
heavy and light weight teams.
The profit from the" big event
will be turned over to the 4-H club
at Coldwater Lake. Better be safe
and mark the date on your calendar now.
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Poppy Sale
With the first of the Memorial
Day Poppies appearing on the
streets and being worn in memory
of this nations military dead, both
veterans' organizations in Clare
, announce plans to put on conceh-
trated drives to sell the red flowers today, Friday May 28, and tomorrow.
Sales of the Little red Poppies
finance much work among disabled
veterans and the widows and -chil*
dren of veterans.
The VFW National Home for dependent children of members is
located right in Michigan at Eaton
Rapids. ...
"Hellcats" Win
Champ Title
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As'Bowlers*     >
The Gateway Lanes Ladies Friday Night League held'their annual banquet May 15th at the Surrey House in Harrison.
Guests present were Mrs. Patricia Barbes, Mrs. Gerald Brown,
Mrs. Earl Baumgarth, Mrs. Leo
Russell, Mrs. Marge Noe, Mrs.
Coil, Mrs. Monroe Marble, and
Mrs. Wilton Laverty. Velma Thurston, president of the city association and Frances Shelander, secretary were -also guests.
The chicken dinner was preceded
by invocation given by Mrs. Sarah
Schaeffer. President Bonnie Bauder had each guest introduced by
captains of the teams.
The program was then turned
over to secretary, Connie McNerney, treasurer, Betty Thatcher and
sergeant at arms, Laila Phillips
to award trophies and money to
team members. The Hellcats were
champions for the year and Gateway Cafe team were runner-ups,
with each member receiving individual trophies and - Mrs. Gerald
Brown presented Hellcats with the
main trophy.
Shirley Neff and Betty Thatcher
walked away with the high series
and high game trophies for the
year. Shirley Neff had a 525 .Series
and Betty Thatcher had a 222
game. Several other awards were
issued to various members.
The meeting was then turned
over to Mrs. Eleanor Lehr, toast-
mistress, who announced the acts
to be performed by some of the
teams. Marble's Auto Collision presented "The All-Star Parade". Citizens State Bank sang a song called
"When It's Bowling Night at Gateway!'.
High-Balls read Confucius say-
"ings. Gateway Cafe in grass- skirts
made toy their own members,
danced to Hawaiian music. Nes-
bitt's bottling presented "Looking
Through a Crystal Ball" Arlene
Brasington, captain of Bowlerettes
read "A Poem" made up about
the Gateway- League.
Velma Thurston and Bonnie Bauder both thanked the league. New
officers for next year are president
Donelda Colosky; vice president,
Theo Spenny; secretary, Frances
Kempher, treasurer, Gladys Dal-
ton' sergeant at arms, Mildred Le-
Tourneau.
There will be a meeting Monday
night at 7:30 at Gateway Lanes for
members of the league. All members of Friday Night League are
urged to attend.
Monday Is
Vacation, For
Business
Most Clare stores and shops will
follow the lead of the Postoffice
and lock their doors for a holiday
on Monday, May 31. Sales and services will be at a standstill for the
Memorial Day holiday.
Closed for the long weekend will
be such business places as Clare's
big department and shoe stores,
the hardwares, bakeries, grain elevators, jewelry stores and big food
markets.
Also closed for the day will be
the bank, The Clare Sentinel, and
many other- places including
garages, small stores, barber shops
and others.       •
The postal service will offer only
dispatching service. No deliveries
will be made either in the city or
on routes, but mail dropped in the^
postoffice slots will be dispatched.
Postmaster Francis R. Jackson
said,
A sale will be held at the Glare
Livestock Auction Yards as usual.
New Queen
Chosen By
Dairymen
Michigan has a new dairy queen.
She is 17-year-old Mary Lou Beal,
a high school junior from Three
Rivers.
Petite Mary Lou, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, L. Charles Beal, will
reign over the June Dairy Month
and until next May. She was chosen over seven other candidates
who are dairy queens of their
home districts.
A local candidate for the honort
was    pretty    17-year-old   Marilyn
Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Smith of Clare R-4. Marilyn
was Miss Isabella County.
As dairy queen the 4-H Club girl
will represent more than 75 per
cent of Michigan's 150,000 farm
families who have a dairy enterprise and she will appear at omany
functions-throughout the year. Miss
Beal was crowned as dairy royalty
by Dean of Agriculture C. M. Hardin of Michigan State College,
^^«^aads«^*-gii^%n *Michigan-'
competed for the title ofV dairy
queen. Here are the six\other finalists: \
Leona Himmel, 17, Gagetowrt,
foster daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Weippert; Rhoda Lightfoot,
18, Harbor Springs, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Lightfoot;
Sally Dorr, 17, R-l Grass Lake,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. P.
Dorr; Goldie Lane, 19, Conklin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Lane; Jackie Vanden Heuval, 18,
Ludington, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Vanden Heuval; Ar-
dyth Eaton, 17, Tecumseh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eaton,
Rod-Gun Club
Planning For
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Shooting Rangfc
Considerable . cleanlng-up was
accomplished on the 'dub grounds
of the** Clare Rod and' Gun Club last
Tuesday evening when the members and their friends held a "Bee"
on the property .across from the
Clare airport on the Dover road.
When the work was done, the
members enjoyed a fish supper
and. a business meeting where
plans were made and work actually
■started on the club's "trap range
and also improvements to Eberhart Park.
After "She clean-up of the grounds
Wally Johnson acted as supervisor
of the critics committee.
A very nice crowd was present
for the meeting and considerable
interest* shown in the future plans
of the club. A clean-up party is'
planned at Eberhart Park Thursday evening June 3rd. Members are
urged to come and bx*ing -shovel,
rake or ax. Work wifi start at .6:30.
p.m. or as soon as members can
get there. Lunch and refreshments
will be furnished by the club.
Secretary Bill Case reported, on
Trap Range. It was voted to pur-,
•chase a trap. Henry Doll and Bill
Case were appointed to purchase
and install trap as soon as possible.
It was decided to .purchase the
fully automatic type.
It is felt the trap--will create
considerable interest in the club.
The club went on record as being
opposed to closing of railroad
grade between Clare and Harrison.. Four hoys were selected to attend the Ludington Conservation
Camp at Hamlin Lake this summer.
AAverage
Students Top
Award List
Softball League
Starting June 1
The County Softball League and
two baseball leagues for boys have
announced plans to begin play next
week under Ohe lights pf the athletic field on the Clare Public
School grounds.  ; .     .
Teams from the."Pony" League
will take the field at 7:15 p.m. on
June 1, and "Little" Leaguers will
open their season the next evening
June 2, at 7:15.
The Sentinel's Sport Page wTE
commence regular articles and
standings4columns next Friday,
Isabella
Pomona Meets
With Delwin
Isabella County Pomona Grange
met with Delwin Grange Wednesday evening, May 19. Grange was
called to order by Fred Sexton
who substituted for Master Lewis
Dawson.
The literary program was presented by Lecturer Leita Rockett.
The highlight of the evening was
"showing of projected film elides of
actiyities -of -Delwin --Grange-prd*
grams.
Jennings Archambault also showed some pictures he brought back
from Florida. They were enjoyed
very much.
A quiz calling for comedy
answers of married men and
women's opinions of each other
caused merriment, and Dan Balog's
answer to the question, "Are
women smarter than men? Why?"
amused the crowd.
At the close of the meeting, Dan
Balog led community singing and
then the pot luck lunch was served.
Next Pomona Grange meeting
will be held -at Mt. Vernon Grange
June 23rd. Plans are being-made
at the next meeting for our Pomona Grange picnic.
Church School
Glasses To
Start June 7
The Clare Congregational church
will hold it's "annual Vacation
Bible School from June 7 through
June 18. All children from 3%
years through the sixth grade are
invited" and welcome to attend.
Classes will begin at 9:00 A.M*.
each day and close at 11:45. Anyone desiring transportation please
phone 454. Watch this paper for
further details.
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t              Harrison News
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(■              City Briefs
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('              Farwell News
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j                Society
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TV Guide
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"Market Reports
. Church Notes'
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L.            -Farm News
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v   k- *•*■ Sports Corner          *•
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/              Rosebush News
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)            Comics
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ytmt Atls * Notices
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Rotarians Off
To West Coast
Delegates to Rotary's International convention at Portland,
Oregon and visitors from Clare
number eight persons.
Leaving this week to represent
the local club was official delegate
Carleton Garthe. His alternate Dan
McDonald, Was already on his way,
and two others, John Schellhas and
Gordon Mcintosh left this morning.
All the men were accompanied on
the trip toy their "Rotarian" wives.
At this week's Rotary meeting,
an entertaining film program of
travel in the orient by airline was
presented %>y Paul Hubscher.
Friday League Champions
These "Hellcat" Team members finished the last half of
the bowling season ahead of the field in the Ladies' Friday
Night League, and then won" ihe playoffs to Wear the
crown as season champs. The team trophy and individual
awards were presented at their League's annual banquet.
Left to,xighi in ihe top row are: Mrs. Gladys Dalton.
Mrs. Dorotha Wilds, Mrs. Theo Spenny, and in the lower
row are Miss Barbara Dalton, Mrs. Olga Geiling, Miss Donna
Artibee. The team was ihe Clare Manufacturing Company's
representative in ihe League. —Lee Sowle pliotrt
. The annual spring Awards Assembly filled the Clare school auditorium on Monday of this week as
Students were recognized, for participation in many activities.
The high school chorus class
led the entire student body in ,the
singing of the "Star Spangled Banner". Then the chorus sang "Buckle Down Wensocki", "Where or
When", "It Ain't Necessarily So",
"It's A Grand Night For Singing",
and "There is .-^Nothing Like A
Dame",
After singing fhe awards were
presented! to the chorus; Receiving
awards for three years participation .were six senior girls, Peggy
Schug, Carol Hintz, Phyllis Good-
enow, Jane Jenks, Mary Miller,
Marilyn Brewer, and for two yeaj*s
Walt Bay, .Eldean White,, Martha
Rogers, Twila' Beery, Norris Bay,
Ruth Coe, Barbara Irwin, Norlene
White. ■ "'   '.
, Next on the list came the presentation of the Junior Varsity basketball awards. Coach George
Perry "handed out 18 awards. Gerald Armentrout, Roger Bates, Tom
Beatty, Don Hanel, Pat.Pudvay,
Larry Pulcifer, Bill Randall, Char-,
les Ruby, Leon Stanley, Frandis
"Weadle, Dexter Hubel, Wayne Men-
then, Jim Dwyer, Dean Squires,
Dick Hemstreet, Sam Whitehead
and Don Bay. '
The thirteen men who had stuck
put Varsity Baseball and received
awards were Norris * Bay, Walt
Bay, Bill Drake, Fred Haggart,
Fred Miller, Jake Miller, Earl
Robinette, -Nard Robinette, Ed Wic-
kert, Eldean White, Bob Sharp, Oscar Rulapaugh,* and Bill Siel.
Then the  Junior Varsity track
i awards were handed out by Coach
i Arthur  Teixeira  to  the   fourteen
'boys  who  had met the  require-
'mehts.   They   were Carl Schaaf,
Ken   Benchley, ,Nard   Robinette,
Dick Beery, Don Crawford, Charles
Murphy, Wayne Miller, Bob Tubbs
Larry    Bennett,     Roy    Beltinck,"
Shelly Burton,  Jim Nivison,  Jim
Parish and Jim Rodabaugh.
The following boys had fullfilled
the requirements for a varsity
award in Track: Joe Crawford,
Norris Bay, Clark Kinsey, Charles
Ruby, Don Bay, Earl Robinette,
Dick Clink, Gale Soules, Ed Hanel,
and Qtto Rulapaugh.
' In the absence of Mr. T. C.
Campbell, Athletic Board sponsor,
Presidents Ken Bitter awarded
medals *to the .students whp had
worked on the board three years.
They rwere: Hadley Kigar, Nancy
Bellows, Joyce Archambault, Margie Bryant, Roger Brinkerhoff and
Ken Ritter.
• Something that the school has
neVer had before was presented
by Coach Teixeira. It is a board
containing all the" track records
that have been set by the studens
of C.H.S. It will be on display in
the gymnasium.        >        ,
The presentation of the "bahd
awards were next and .there were
47 senior #fos,.majorette, aw^ar^.'
freshman letter and certificates
given out by Mr. Lloyd Conley.
Senior Pins: Sally Gillespie. Bob
Haynak, and Nancy Bellows.
Majorettes: Jbyce Archambault,
Gloria Milholin, Rosemary Zimmerman, Marlene Nolan, Carol
Friesner, Kay Ritter, Sherry Kigar
and Cherie Cain. Freshman letters: John Akins, Nancy Neff,
Martha Lucy, David Moffitt, Larry
Lang, Sharon Lang, Vernette Dunkle, Jean Bowler, Jack Mair.
Certificates for .two or more
years service;- Helen Akins, Marilyn McQuiston, Janet McQuiston,
Joyce.Delamarter, Laurene Woodward,-Margaret Waddington, J. J.
Seiter, Jim Seiter, Dick Roe, Jan
Schaeffer, Donna Smith, Kay Tice,
Bonnie Witbeck, Dick' Haynak,
Janet Nevill, Jane!Cotton, Myrna
Penrose, Bill Six, Virginia Haddox
Elt&n Hughes, Shelly Burton, Archie Dawson, Margie Wood, Mar-
jean Everts, Shirley Ostrowski,
Jill Thayer, Don Miller.
In addition to all these awards,
Sally Gillespie received the Rotary
donated Arion Award. It is an
award that ds given to the outstanding musical student of eacfh
senior class.
The speech winners were awarded next by Mrs. Louisa Bowler.
Roger Walter, •Lydabelle Bicknell,
Bill Drake, Joyce Jones, Twila
Beery and Carolyn Carter were
awarded silver keys signifying
their work.      '  -.   .       •/
Mr. Norcutt followed with his
presentation to the agriculture
boys. Jake Miller, Francis Northon
Bob Brown and Norris Bay received awards for their outstanding
work.
Scholarship acknowledgements
were given to 21 students who received no less than a "B" bn their
report card for the year. They
were: Joyce Archambault, Bob
Barber, Joanne Bates, Rita Beck,
Bill Comer, Helen Cook, Carol .Mitchell, _ Twila Beery, Janet Nevill,
Bunnie Witbeck, Markeith Allen,
Jeanie Bowler, Linda Jones, Kay
Loomis, Nancy Neff, Ruth Coe,
Marlyn Garver, Diane Grigg,
Eileen Grunp, Francis Northon,
Ruth Ann Spence, and Roger Walter. .  •
There were also three students
who received no less than an "A"
all year. They were LaRae' Dull,
Bev Thayer and Sharon Gaspeny.
Our cheer leaders were awarded
their letters by Mrs. Arthur Teixeira, their coach. They are Bonnie
Stanley, Marilyn Smith and Jean
and Janet Walworth.
Jim  Duncan,   president  of the
senior class, made  a   thank  you.
speech to the juniors for the prom
and banquet. -
Norris Bay, this year's president, of the Student Council was
S9 Seniors To Get
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Diplomas Tonignt At
CHS Commencement
presented a gavel by Nancy Randall for his strenuous work as president.
Mr, Wheeler gave twenty-one
students an excused absence from
one day of school next.year for
their perfect attendance this year.
They were: William White—award
two years, Earline Bowen.'.Bunnie
*w_tbeck, Pat Barber, Lois Bauder, Wilma Brewer, Christine Car-
row, . Rosemary Garchow, Dick
Hemstreet, Pat Pudvay- Kay Tice,
John Akins, Vernette Dunkle,
Sharon. Gaspeny, Larry Lang,
Sharon Lang, Kay Sharp, Roger
Walter and Sally Walter.
Following this- Norris Bay swore
in next years student council /president, Fred Miller.       j.     .
After Fred had taken his oath
of office, Helen Cook -called Mrs.
Allan Tulk, senior sjass- sponsor, to
the, stage and presented her with
a copy of the .1954 class book,
"1954- Highlights" which was dedicated to her.
lo Create
Huge Lake at
Big Rapids
The .long-proposed Martiny Lake'
flooding propect jumped one more
hurdle last week — perhaps the
final one—on its way to actual development work,
Five parcels of land under private , ownership had blocked the
work until -a Big Rapids court
placed prices on the acreage last
week. The state can now purchase
the jand fpr -the .court price and he-
gin "work, probably by early fall,
. -The project'can.mean much to*-
Michigan in. general and the Big
Rapids area"in particular.'
It is- placed inside' -a 'eQQO-acre
game land.'acquisition, area in the
Chippewa River state- forest east
of .Big Rapids.      ' .
The,plan is to dam the Chippewa
River and raise the water level
enough to connect several nearby
lakes into a single body of water.
If completed, it will back up water over 1420 acres, increase the
total shoreline frontage from 12
to. 31 miles and provide habitat for
waterfowl,, muskrats. and fish,;,A
number of small islands, will .be
created.     "'.,', *•■.'•.■
'This ateavwill-be;d"p.enj to";ixu_fttiii„
fishing, boating and other recreation.
The proposed floodable area is
about four miles southeast of the
popular Featherbed and Haymarsh
Lake flooding projects, completed
a few years ago. Both areas now
provide considerable recreation for
hunters and "anglers.
"Killer" Speed
Takes Biggest
Holiday Toll
"Slow down and live longer."
Drive too fast and die that much
sooner."
That's the message of Sergeant
Guy Babcock, commanding officer
of the' Mt, Pleasant post of the
Michigan State Police, in pointing
put that June, July and August are
the months when,speed, the No: 1
public enemy on the highway,
takes'its greatest toll.    , .    , ;
Michigan law enforcement agen-
"cies are now, cooperating in a
state-wide campaign to prevent Hhe
"Memorial weekend holiday slaughter on our'highways-which, if unchecked, could reach the awful
total of 430 fatalities.
"Last year '45 per cent of the
traffic violations reported in fatal
accidents were, for speeding or
driving too fast for conditions,"
Sgt. Babcock said. "Safety appeals
are meant fpr all. If drivers will
gear their speed to existing conditions, such as traffic and weather,
it will definitely cut down the
number of fatalities.
In 1953 there were more- than
1,900 persons killed and nearly
58,000 injured in .184,000 accidents
-in Michigan. This was ail increase
over 1952' of nine per cent in
deaths, »18 per cent in injuries and
15 per cent ih accidents.
Ran-off-roadway accidents, the
type most commonly attributed to
driving too fast for conditions, accounted for 435 of the deaths.
Motor vehicle travel in Michigan
during the summer months will
jump from the" dkily average ol
71,000,000 miles to $0 million,
"This means greater exposure. to
accidents;'' - Sgt,.* B-ftbrao"'e"fc*i&id--
"The state law does, not set a
specific speed limit; but it does-require that speeds be no. greater
than conditions justify, in- other
words, be sensible and use good
judgement at the wheel. Avoid
that accident. It's possible.
5 Represent
City At Meet
y MWfiA &W&& Everts*-- -:City;*Cpn*:-
missioner Charles Cooper, City
Manager H. "W. Wedge, City Clerk
Alex McKinnon, and Clyde C. Harris we're among 51 municipal officials representing 14 cities and
villages at the regional meeting of
the Michigan Municipal League's
Regio_ VI in Mt. Pleasant on -May
19.
Mary Lou Beal. 17-year-old high school junior from Three
Rivers, is the new dairy .queeh of Michigan. She was crowned in ceremonies at Lansing by Dean of Agriculture C. M.
Hardin of Michigan State College. Here, the pretty, brunette
queen and Dr. Hardin toast the dairy industry of Michigan
with milk. A 4-H Club member for seven years. Miss Beal
will reign over June, Dairy Month, arid until next May,
when a new queen will be chosen io represent more ihan
75 per ce"ni of ihe Wolverine State's f arme.rs.   (MSG Phoid)
Fifty-nine Senior students
of Clare Public .Schools will
be awarded diplomas of .graduation- at the annual spring
Commencement exercises to
be held tonight at the school.
The capped and gowned gradu-*
ates" will swing into their final
march to the school platform: at
eight o'clock when Miss ' Doris
Gerow plays the traditional- processional, .'..-■
The program in honor of the
group will include an- address by
Dr. Carl H. Gross, Michigan" State
College, a national authority* b_
the history and philosophy of education.        ■ ; .  •"■■' •■---'■'
Featured also on the program,
will be the .presentation of a class
memorial by James' Duncan, pres*-
ident of the class, and the acceptance by Richard Groves of .-the-
school board. '
Pictures of Clare high,
school's graduating; seniors are
printed on pages throughout
this issue of *ffhe~Sca'ii*3e!.i'rhe -
pictures are reproduced from
the seniors own graduation portraits, and are used by courtesy of "Senior Highlights", the *
. class yearbook.
Winners of National Honor Society keys and winners of scholar-,
ships will- be presented by-, CHS
alumni and by school superintendent Thomas C. Campbell to claim
their awards. "Finally, the diplomas
will be presented by Board of Education President Harold Hughes.
Entertainment numbers on "the
program include music on the-
piano by Rita Beck, and singing
by Norris Bay, Walt Bay, Eldean
White and Mel Walters.
, Baccalaureate services were
held last Sunday, May 23.
Pians^to hold (Commencement on
the schoolcathletic field lawn were
uncertain for the second straight
year as rain threatened. LJ-fe.
Thursday, Superintendent Ckmp-
,bell said .that flans, for, -the, out-
d,oor •t-'efemohjr woxflti nW ibegiY^n
tip until weather conditions were
certain to ba unfavorable,
Announcements will be made Friday (today) by TV broadcast
from CadiUac station WWTV on
the news program at 6:45, and by
(radio from WCEN on that station's
late news period to inform people
where the exercises will be held.
In the event the program has to
foe held inside on account of weather 'Conditions, Mr. Campbell said
that admission would be reserved
for those who hold tickets.
Each graduate has been issued
six tickets for seats which will be
held in the auditorium until 7:45
if the program is held there. Un.-
filled seats will be opened to the
public promptly at 7:45.
Keep May 23.
As 4-H Sunday
Sunday, May 23, was  observed
as National 4-H .Club Sunday, the
Stevenson Lake 4-H Club attended"
church at,Center church near Rosebush,
Members wish to thank Rev.
Moore for such a warm welcome
to the club. Fourteen members and
the leaders, Mr: and Mrs, George
Jane were present.
At noon the* club members and
families  met  at  Stevenson Lake
for a potluck dinner and the young ,
people were very' happy to hay©;
their   parents   as   guests.   There*
were twenty-four people present.
After dinner Mr. and Mrs. Jane
were presented with au electric
percolator by vice president, Carol
Hart, to* show appreciation by the
members for their assistance to
the club.
Softball was played during the
remaining hours of the afternoon
and everyone departed for their
homes at four o'clock.
Deaths
Emmett McConnell, brother of
Nick and Ed McConnell, of Clare,
and of Mrs. C. Arthur Walters of
Buffalo, died May 26 at his work in
Detroit. He had not been in appar->
ent ill health. The funeral rites
will be conducted Saturday morning from St. Cecilia's church ana
on Friday evening, tonight, Rosary
at eight o'clock from the Ed McConnell home with K of C Rosary
following at 8:30.
Mrs. Claude Rekers, (passed
away suddenly, at Clare General
Hospital U'uesday morning, jj-uner*.'
al services will foe held today, Friday at 2:00 p.m. from, the Clare
Methodist church with Rev. _l£a
Beery in charge.
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Potterville, Michigan, for
Ernest Max Richter who was a
former resident of Coldwater
township in Isabella. Mr. Richter,
who was 72 years of age, came to
this country frbm Germany Sn 1885.
He was the step-father of Charles
Barber of Clare-
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