1955-03-24; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878
$2.50 Year |n Clare. Isabella Countioa
CLARE, MICHIGAN* THURSDAY MORNING   MARCH 24, 1955
Ten Cents Copy
New Series, Vol. 63, No. 27
$170,1
So County Rejects All
All bids for the construction and equipping of the Clare
county jail are rejected as too high, and as a consequence,
the timetable for the new jail construction is set back five
to six weeks or longer, Dan'Holcomb, chairman 6i the
county Supervisors' Jail Committee, said Wednesday,
The bids were opened on March
16 as had been advertised, and
the lowest one for the completion
of the whole project was $170,000.
Holcornfb announced. Clare county
proposed only $135,000 for the new
13.11
The delay caused by the reject
tion of the bids is a disappointment to many who had hoped for
an early start on the much discussed project.
Actually, it was explained, the
lowest bid by the Collision Building firm at Midland Michigan was
for $118,000. But this figure, did
not include the cost of' heating,
electrical work and plumbing.
Other firms bidding for these
parts of the construction and
equipping of the building would
raise the total cost to the $170,000
which was turned down by the
committee.
The committee of Dan Holcomb,
Albert Haley, Louis Gee and Kay
Richardson conferred in Harrison
again on "Wednesday, March 23.
Members were not optomistic
about the  situation.
Asked about the next step In the
procedure, Holcomb said that it
was not likely that the same jail
specifications would toe re-submitted for more bids.
Rather, the architect will be
directed to prepare plans to bring
Jthe cost down within the budget.
Chairman Holcomb said that he
might recommend specifically
that the thousand-dollar fireplace
in the sheriff's quarters be eliminated or brought down within a
more reasonable cost. This change
could be followed by many more
cutbacks to reduce cost.
The plumbing installation for
the whole project has been regarded as too costlyjand a possible target for lost reductions also.
A representative of the architect finm which drew up the plans
attacked the bids as all too high,
Holcomb said. The architect was
reported to have told the supervisors that the construction could
be bought substantially cheaper in
the Ann Arbor area, and that was
the reason his building plan didn't
fit in the budget of this community farther north in the state.
Whichever solution i^ finally
settled on to allow the building of
the jail to proceed, it is apparent
that the architect's idea of what
ja jail and sheriff residence should
be, does not fit Clare county's budget and will have to be revised.
Schoolmates
Get Together
After 45 Years
About 20 former school mates of
the Colonville school in Sheridan
township, known to many as the
old Bradley school, met at the
Lake Maggorie Park in St.- Petersburg, Florida for a nine o'clock
breakfast March 15.
This was the first meeting of
the group in over 45 years.
After the usual hand shaking
and renewing of friendships, they
all sat down to a decorated table
shaded by Australian Pines and
Royal Palms, with a delightful
breeze sweeping into the • Park
from Lake Maggorie.
They ate a big breakfast of
bacon and eggs, American fries,
toast, coffee, and donuts. The
group then moved on to the
Park's small pavilion, where they
were served cool drinks. They
spent several hours reminiscing
and then at about 1 p.m., left tor
their homes.
Present were William Roe, Ma-
deria Beach, Florida; Alice Roe
Cox of Coleman; William Grounds,
Clare Grounds Morrison, May
Grounds Neeland, Louise McGivern
Janson, Minnie Bowen Burch, Lu-
cile Roe Dearmin, Evelyn Gilson
Cranfield, of St. Petersburg; Effie
Gerow Belknap and Mabel GeroW
Root of Gulf port, Florida; William
and Ethel Gerow Neithercut, of
Flint, and Beraie and" Lou Hampton, of Harrison,
LCC Props
Charge Against
Twitx Elms
A penalty against Claude and
Irene Williams, owners of the
"Twin Eiins", on. US-27 in Clare
was suspended.
. The LCO decided after a hearing
of a charge of selling to a minor
that the minor had produced false
identification and that the licensee
had taken proper precautions in
questioning the minor.
V
ist.
Members of the Township and
District schoolboards met together
in the Clare -school last Wednesday evening to study the problem
of school enrollment growth and
its effect in the total program., of
education in this area.
Meeting -with the .group was
George Schutt" and James Brough
of the Michigan State Department
of Public Instruction who entered
into "Town meeting" style discussion, of^ school problems _ and
answerd questions.
A motion was adopted to -meet
again in April with one representative from each interested School
board. The proposed April meeting will attempt to recommend
measures for consideration in the
fields of re-organization of the
districts and school overcrowding,
in general. .
SCHOOL CORNER
Conference Between
Parent-Teacher Develop
Understanding of Ghilct
Collide At
tersection
m
A Cadillac man- was ticketed by
Clare police March 16 when he at*,
tempted to pass at the intersection
of W.= Fifth and Beech Streets,
and plowed into a truck making a
left hand turn unto Beech.
John LaBar, 19, was driving
west on West Fifth, when he attempted to pull around a two ton
druck driven by Harold G. Fuller-
ton, of Clare, as Fullerton turned
off at the Beech Street intersection. t
The accident Occurred a little
before five o'clock. There was" an
estimated $500 damage on tlie La-
Bar car. No one was injured.
On the same day, Clare police
arrested Ronald Boylen, 42, of
Clare, and charged him with reckless driving. Boylen was arraigned
before Municipal Judge William
B. Dunlop, and fined $75.
On March. 9, a teert.age youth,
John William White, IS, was picked up early in the morning when
police found beer in his possession.
He and his 21-year-old companion
Lloyd Mixon, also of Clare, were
taken before Municipal Judge Dunlop, where each paid a §;1G flue*
Allan Tulk, (Clare's elementary principal, explains -some
of   the   reasons   why   parent
teaoher interviews have been
adopted as one of [the -means
of reporting student progress
to parents in the Clare t»ab.ools.
Mr.  Tulk has been on the
Clare faculty for   five   years
and proved himself a capable
•teacher and a truly interested
friend of the boys and girls in
Clare. His [influence* will surely be felt in the local school
program as he  and the  elementary   teachers   seek   new
and  better ways  of teaching
the 3 R's and allied studies.
An awakening of the many purposes  to  be  served by Teacher-
Parent   interviews   is   something
that comes with time ajnd experience.
In the beginning most schools
had some difficulty with the organised parent-teacher conference.
Each party felt a little insecure
and in some cases the interview
-•developeS into": a pei'iod of inform--
ing the parent what the child
needed in the line of supplies, of
what mother's assignment was at
the next P.T.A. program. After
the first conference the insecure
feeling usually left and succeeding interviews led from one thing
' to another with the way opened
for mutual understanding of the
child as never before.
An interview should "be a natural, free, easy talking together
between parent and teacher. It
should not 'be just a happy "Time
of Day Talking" but should take
on the serious purpose of trying
to discover and informing one another of the work, accomplish-
tments, the learnirig and the difficulties that take place as all of us
live and learn together, day after
day, and week after week, through
all the months of the school year.
Experience shows that there is
much to be .gained by this form of
(talking, not only for the child, but
also for the parent and the teacher.   '
As far as the child is concerned
there is much to 'be gained by
having   "mom"   and   the   teacher
strain they  are inflicting on the
child.
The parent is likely to question
why a teacher does a 'certain
thing or why they do not appear
to put more emphasis on something else.
The teacher may wonder about
this or that, may feel the child
meeds more rest or may think
rthat something could 'be done
about one thing or other. In the
meantime the child continues to
toe pulled from one side or the
other.
There is no reason why the
teacher and the parent- should see
eye to eye on everything about the
child. When both parties feel comfortable about discussing the differences of opinion the need to
make each other over is lost or
twill -be reduced. The important
•thing is, they now have an "understanding of the child's school and
•home living conditions and this
is of-the greatest improtance to
the child.
The rrtpre th*. school, ^ife is
•fashioned^ to take into account
home life, the smoother the sailing for the youngster.
As„ far as reporting a child's
school, progress is concerned it
seems all to the good of the child
-for teacher and parent to get together.
A report card is a cold hard fact,
at is impossible for it to express
all the things that a teacher may
desire. It gives a mark for this
or that, but it doesn't tell you that
your youngster took the new boy
under his wing and helped him to
get off to a good start in the
school or that he respects school
property. It doesn't tell you. that
your child is going through a period of rapid growth and needs encouragement and should not be
laughed at when he looks a bit
awkward.
We know the report card usually contain comments but sometimes it makes a difference as to
what word receives the accent as
to what is meant by the statement.
The thing, as parent and teachers, we must remember is that we
.are like a team of "runners in a
Meetin&Set
Before Schools
Conference
On Thursday, March" 24/at 7*45
P.M. -there will be a meeting at
the Clare Public School for the
'Clare people who are planning to
attend the Regional White House;
Conference at Mt. Pleasant on
March 29, i
The entire time will be used to
discuss problems to -be raised a*
the regional conference as they
affect the local education system-
All persons planning to attend,
the Mt. Pleasant conference should
try to be present at this short
but very important preliminary
meeting.
talk together.  These two persons i three legged race,  we are bound
make up most of his early life and
training and often the interview
eliminates a tugging in opposite
directions when these people do
not understand  the  objectives  of
each part and do not realize what' ally.
together in such a way that if we
should fail to learn to "jog-trot"
in harmony we will not only fall
down on the job, but perhaps
shortchange  our  child  education-
4 Set High
Marks In Mail
Sorting Test
. Four Clare post office employees
took their annual mail-sorting,
test Tuesday and all passed it with
flying colors.
That means that the four*
George Teeter, Herb Breen, Max
Allen an* Ray Owens, managed to
toss 100 letters into the right Ibun-"
dies inside of about six minutes,
and still keep, within the narrow
margin of error allowed.
But the four didn't even make
as many mistakes as they were
allowed. They were so good in
fact, that the Inspector giving the
test .commented on their excellence.
Teeter and Allen both made 99
out of 100, and Breen made 98.
They were only required to make
a U.S. Government set, score of 95.
Because Ray Owens is a compari-
tive newcomer, he was only required to make 90 right throws,
but he racked up a 97 instead.
Post office-mail sorters are required to take the test every year
for 25 years. They have to know
the routings of mail to 1150 Michigan post offices, and that means
keeping up on all of the transportation schedules and route
changes, too.
This was George Teeter's 25th
time on the test;, so he's through.
It was Ray Owens' first time to
take the test, since he's only been
in. the Post Ofjice sometbing-.oyej-;
a year.
Employees set up nights studying for the test, putting sajtriple
cards into cases marked for the
various mail routes running up
and down and across the State of
Michigan.
They need to know just what
route carries the mail directed to
anyone of the 1150 postoffices.
When the inspector comes around,
he tests and times them on 100
post office destinations, chosen at
random from the entire 1150, so
they must know the whole 1150.
"B" league
es
Nine Clare County Schools
Send Speakers To Festival
Cockroaches
To Outnumber
Spectators
The managers and directors of
the Clare high school Dramatics
Class play, "The Man Who Came
to Dinner"* say they certainly
have their hands full with this
production!
Not only is a large cast diffi-
'cut to collect together for rehearsals,  tout  stage, props  are tough
Louis ! to manufacture.   The   production
icalls for a mummy case, four pen
By Gareld Armentrout
Of The Pionei' Staff
.  The Mid-Michigan B conference
coaches   elected   officers   for   the
coming  year  when  they met in
Ithaca Monday night, March 21.
The new officers are Donald
Richardson as president, a delegate frc-m, Durand as vice-president
and Richard Wheeler as secretary-
treasurer.
They presented the basketball
trophy, to St, Louis, first place
winners in the first season of
league competition.
Delegates   set  the  first  league
track meet to he held at St
on May 10.
The baseball schedule was made, I'guins -and (of all things!) ten
dividing - the groups into "North • (thousand cockroaches. Oh yes,
and   South.   The   North   includes 'and" thirty-two actors.
The play, one of the most fatrn-""
ous to come from Broadway to
ithe  amateur  stage,  will be pre-
Clare,   Shepherd   and   St.   Louis,
while the South is Ithaca, Durand
and. Chesaning. The winners irom _
the North will play the winners'.sented by the Dramatics Class in
Korean Bonus
Blanks Ready
Korean Bonus application blanks
are available, V.F.W. Commander
Charles Cooper has announced.
Cooper has received 125 of the
blanks, and will be at the VFW
Hall to distribute them tonight
from 7:30 to 12. He was aiso there
to distribute them Wednesday
night.
If Cooper's supply of 125 is not
enough, the blanks are also available at the County Clerk's office
in Harrison.
frdm tlie South on the South field
May 22 - 27. . ..,,   .
M.ID-MJ.CHIGAN   "B"   BASEBALL
April 28—-Chesaning at Ithaca
St. Louis at Shepherd
May '2—Durand at Chesaning
Clare at St. Louis
May 5—Ithaca at Durand
Shepherd at Clare
May 9—Durand at Ithaca
Shepherd at St. "Louis
-   May 12—•Ithaca" at Chesaning
May 16—Clare at Shepherd
May 19—Chesaning at Durand
St. Louis at Clare
AH games will start at 3:30.
Note
Book
the Clare school auditorium March
30 and 31.
Easter Seal
Campaign
Underway
Contributions to Clare county's
1955 Easier , Seal campaign are
coming in splendidly, according to
Mrs. Donald Richardson, campaign chairman. '<
In urging county contributors, to
make their gifts as large as possible, "Mrs, Richardson pointed out
the personal satisfaction to the individual.
So, Mrs, Richardson saidj if you
are-one of those who has not yet
sent in your contributions, will
you do so soon? In/the busy days
coming up before Easter, she
urges that no one who can contribute should forget. The campaign closes Easter Sunday, April
10.
P-TA Votes $150 For Band
Uniforms, Visual Aids
The name of this week's unident-
fied farm is right* in the picture,
if your eyes are sharp enough to
see it. .i_.iU
Out At Brush College, Mrs.
Vern Worden has some daffodils growing on the east side
of the house that are already
to bloom. Anyway they were
uetore   l*u,esday's   blizzard.
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A youngster, peddling his bicycle .down Fourth. Street the
other day had a big box tied on
the back of his bike and was using it as a trailer. It's something
new/ in the way of transportation,
but the box took quite a beating as
it scraped and bounced on the
cement. '
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The Clare Sentinel, along
With newspapers "all- over the
United States, sends out ia little
book to 'rural correspondents
each week, called Folks. The
book features a mystery rule
for newswriters each month
that's a series of scrambled
words. Our Temple correspondent, who is Mrs. Stella
Fraser, solved the rule recently and got her name in the
magazine, and we think (she's
a pretty good    riddle-cracker.
The Clare P.T.A. met in the
Multi-purpose room of the Clare
Public Sdhool Monday evening,
March 21, The meeting was well
attended by parents, teachers and
friends.
It was voted to give $100.00 to
the band uniform fund, and ?50.00
to the school Visual Aide program.
Allan Tulk, elementary principal
gave a few remarks, dealing with
a proposed amendment on the ballot at the spring election, of vital
interest to schools, and spoke of
the**- White House Conference program. The play "The Man Who
Game To Dinner", was announced,
to be presented by the High
School Dramatics Class, March 29-
,30.
Mrs. Kathryn Freemart, program
chairman presented -Dr. Sweet,
head of the Tri-County Health Department, who spoke on "Mental
Health", and showed two pictures,
"Routes of Happiness", * and
"What's On Your Mind."
Mrs. John Wicklund, president
conducted the meeting, with Mrs.
Warren White, acting secretary
far the evening,^ favorable treasurer's report was given by Mrs.
Royal Akins.
Royal Akins, chairman of the
P.T.A, week at Witbeck's announced proceeds for the P.T.A. of
$90.58, and that Mrs. Garthe's
room had received the most groceries vote, and each student received a sack of Easter Egg
candies from Witbecks.
Mrs. Wicklund announced that
the April meeting would be the
Installation -of the new officers for
next year. Refreshments were
served by Mrs. Giebel's fourth
grade mothers.
Mrs. McArthur
Takes Prize
At Saginaw
Mrs. Grace McArthur, of Rosebush, won. third prize hi the oil
painting division at "the Saginaw
Women's Club Art Show, for her
painting,  "The Farm".
Mrs. McArthur is a student in
one of Mrs. Virginia Seitz' art
classes.
The exhibit "will be on display
until March 31.
Schedule Famous Play At CHS March 30 and 31
The CHS Dramatics Class5 production of
"The Man Who Came To Dinner" io fee
presented March SO and 31. calls for 36
actors and here ihey axe.   *
Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley will be played
by Twila Beery; Miss Preen by Shirley
Armentroui; Richard Stanley, Dexter
Hubel; June Stanley, Carol White; John,
Larry Seiter; Sarah, Earline Bowen; Mrs.
Dexter, Glenda Armentrout; Mrs. Mc-
Cuicheon, Mary Garver; Mr. Stanley. Fred
Miller; Bert Jefferson, Ron Garthe; Mag
gis,Cutler* Ivalee Foss? Dr* Bradley, Char-
life Zeiter; Sheridan Whiteside, Roger
Bi-Mcerhofi* Harriet Stanley* -Joyce "Afc*
chambault; Professor Metz, Leon Stanley;,
the Luncheon Guests, Howard Madison,
Gus Wilson, Dick Johnson.
Mr. Baker will be portrayed by Ed New**
man; Expressmen by Tom Green, Dick
Johnson,- Lorraine Sheldon, Alice Walter;
Sandy, Tom Van Hoose; Beverly Carlton.
Kyle Hanley; WeSicott, Bob White; Radio-
technicians, Tom Green, Ellis Mussell;
Banjo, Dick Lajewski; Two deputies, Joe
Humphrey, Ed Newman; A Plainclothes
Man, Ed'White,*; Choir Boys, Phillip Breen,
Robert Ames, John'Hinkle, David Bailey,
nM Jeray Witbeck.
"The Easter Story" to Be
Presented At CMC Apr. 3
The Ghoral Pageant entitled,
"The Easter Story", sponsored by
the Clare Methodist Church, will
be presented this year for- the
eighth time in Warriner Hall, Central Michigan College, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan on Palm Sunday
Evening, April 3, at 8:15 o'clock.
It was so enthusiastically received
there last year that the cast was
invited to bring it back another
year. '
The pageant depicts the events
of the last week of Christ's life
on earth as recorded in the Scriptures. A new scene was added last
year which introduces the pageant
entitled, "Christ Washing the disciples feet." The larger stage at
Warriner Hall, together with the
splendid lighting equipment installed there* made it possible to add
much of beauty and impressive-
ness to the seven scenes in the
pageant last year.
The cast for the pageant numbers more than 40 people with
about 60 in the chorus, including
people from Clare, Rosebush, Far-
well, .and Harrison. The Soprano
guest soloist taking some of the
soprano solos itt the choral hum-'
bers, and contributing two other
numbers, will be Mrs. Agnes (Pierson) 'Williams.of Traverse City.   ,
The* large chorus will be conduc-
FFA Elects
New Officers
By Chuck Ruby
Of The Pioneer Staff
In their -regularly scheduled
meeting on Wednesday, March .16,
the Clare Future Farmers Of
America elected officers for '55-
'56. TheSe officers were elected
early because they will be sent to
Leadership Training Camp at Hig-
gins Lake the latter paft pf this
month.
The next years officers" are president, Pat Pudvay;* vice president,
"•Don Hahel; * sectetary, Francis
♦Northon; treasurer, Bob Sharp;
reporter* Tom Beatty; and sentinel, Carl StBotise, -     -
ted by Hary Dice. Emil Bucholz of
Harrison will again direct the
cast and play- the role of The
Christ. Circuit Judge, Donald Holbrook acts the part of Pilate in
The Trial scene. Miss Doris Gerow
will serve again as organist.
TJie sponsoring group through
the years since the pageant was
first presented five years ago, has
been the High School Hustler's
Class under the leadership of their
leader and advisor, Judge Donald
Holbrook. The loyal cooperation of
the Church'people and friends of
the phtirch, .together with that of
people In surrounding communities
has "made" the continued presentation of.,this great choral pageant
such a'-success through the years.
The -Mt. Pleasant Ministerial Association is sponsoring the* pageant
this yeaf in Mt. Pleasant. There is
no admission charge, but a free'
will offering" is taken to cover the
expense- of presenting this production. It is given through the consent and approval of Mr, H. R.
Evans, coniposer, Music Director
of the Bay City Schools, with Cyrus A. L.aBreek of Bay City, Gos-
motologist.        ;.
Storm Closes
Schools, Roads
Icy For Day
A few inches* of snow blew into
Clare county on a very big wind
Tuesday, . making, driyiflg conditions hazardous, and closing many
of the- county's schools on Wednesday.
The weather station at Gladwin
estimated snowfall at about two
inches, carried by guests of wind
up to 34 miles per hour.
There was no school at Clare
Wednesday* Younsters were notified by Mt. Pleasant radio on the
early morning broadcast.
On Tuesday afternoon, school
let out twenty minutes early, to
give buses a start on the storm.
No serious trouble was reported
by bus drivers, according to Superintendent T. C. Campbell's office.
Harrison put the stay-at-home
Signal on Mt. Pleasant radio on
Tuesday night as the storm showed no signs of stopping.
School buses were about an
hour late getting back into Harrison Tuesday night after delivering
youngsters to their homes, according to Superintendent Charles A.
Amble. Most of the delay was due
to general bad road conditions,
Amble said.
One of the buses did get stuck,
and one of them stalled, apparently from snow blowing into the motor. The children had been taken
home already when the bus quit,
though. A number of rural schools
in the county closed too.
But at Farwell and Lake, the
snow did not gain youngsters a
holiday. Farwell school' opened as
usual after a report on roads
showed Superintendent W. L, Gelston that conditions were worse
on US-27, aud m the east part of
the county, than in the ** Farwell
area.
He was told that bus routes out
of Farwell were easily passible, he
said. The Farwell Superintendent
added that" buses reported - no
serious trouble, and only one was
late, about 10 minutes.
The absence rate throughout the
school was no higher than usual,"
he said*
The third annual Clare County
Rural Speech Festival was held
under the sponsorship of the Clara
County Board of Education at the
Colonville Church on Friday,
March 18th at 8 p.m.
This was the first Festival typo
public speaking meeting held in
the county, and will set the pattern for future annual meetings,
County School Board ' President
Robert Carter said. • •
The County Board and teaching
staff have been working under the
direction ot Emil R. Pfister of the
Central Michigan College Speech
Department, who also acted as
evaluator for this meeting.
Nine students participated, giving three to five riiinute speeches
of their own choosing under the
tutelage o£ their teachers at their
respective schools.   -
A very high quality of the speaking talent at this Festival is a definite indication that public speak*
ing is fast becoming a popular
study in our rural 'schools, and
that members of the teaching-
staff are highly qualified instructors, Carter said.   . .
Pfister evaluated each speaker
and presented certificates of merit
from himself and the • County
Board attesting to the outstanding
qualities of the student, following
along the lines of Speech Festivals
held by high schools and colleges
throughout the Nation,
Rev. Joe VanderVeen opened
the program with Invocation. Then
Carter   introduced   the   speakers!
Audrey Iserhoth of Lake School
gave "Land of Destiny"; .Gayle
Ann Shaver of Dover school "Are
We Blind?"; and Karen Spence ot
West Grant, "Who Is Uncle Sam?" *
Edith Colmus of Randall school'
chose "Washington's Farewell Address to His Troops"; Aldon Peters, of Franklin school, "Michigan
and the St, Lawrence Waterway"; „
and Patty Hains, of Balsley school, *
"I Speak For Democracy."
Douglas Walters, of Brown
school chose "True Glory of the
Nation"; Barbara Kleinhardt, of
Redner school, "American Flag";
and Rebecca Rodenish, of Redding,
"The Windows of Our Mind."
Floyd D6.vis of the Eagle had
prepared a speech on "Americanism" but was not able to give it
because of illness.
Initiates 5
The ■ Clare " Glenn * F. Sanford
Chapter Order of DeMolay had a
meeting Monday evening and put
on the Initiatory Degree.
Fifteen> boys from Mt. Pleasant
came Over to* help with the work.
Mr. Bacheldei* from Mt. Pleasant
gave the flower talk. .   ' '
The new members initiated were
Bill Randall, Carl Schaaf, Vic
Finch, Elton Hughes, and Glen B.
Borh. Dad Don Harrison was very
pleased with the nice turn out.
Lunch was served by the mothers. Master Councilor Dick Fancon
announced that Monday night,
March 28th, a special meeting "will
be held to form a DeMolay "Degree
team.
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Schoolboys
Suspected of
Stealing Guns
Two young teen-aged boys who
are suspected of breaking into a
Clare business place and stealing
firearms, are going to have a long
time .to, think and worry about
their punishment if they're guilty.
The parents of one of the youths
are out of town, and police have
talked to the boys, but are*, holding the case open pending the return of the mother and father
from their trip.
Chief Bert Head of the,Clare
police said that he received a call
to investigate^ two boys carrying
loaded pisols. State Police troopers helped question one Of the pair
who lived outside the Clare city
limits, the chief said, and he told
where he obtained" the gun and
gave other details,
The boys have no* record of previous trouble with police authorities, and being minors, "might
come before Probate Judge, Geo.
"Bates for an appeai?ance(
Qo|Ujqiissioii
Frowns At
Tire "Switch"
City Commission members at
Monday's regular meeting called
on Police Chief Bert Head, to explain a tire-switching deal, by
which it had been heard, Head
took the tires off the police.prowl
car before it was traded, and used
them on his own personal car.
A written statement from City
Manager Willard Wedge who said
that he knew of, and approved the
tire deal, stated that Head didn't
"switch" the tires, but instead he
offered to buy the tires as soon as
it was known that the police car
was to be traded.
Wedge said that two of the tires
were actually placed on Head's
car, but that the police car was
then appraised for a trade before
the remaining two tires could he
traded, so the whole deal was call-.
Bd off.
Also questioned about a similar
battery-trading deal, it was explained that the police car battery
Went down, and Chief Head Jput
his own battery in the prowl car.
Later, the letter stated, when both
batteries. finally went "dead", the
Chief bought a new battery for his
car, and the city alsq had to buy
a new battery for the police ear,
.each replacing a worn-out battery
.for the other.
Commission members listened to
the explanation of the '"switch."
deals, and each individual member
of the commission spoke out in
disapproval of such "deals". With-;
out stating so in so many words,
the commission went on record as
warning against repeating such
action. *
Upset, Tie
Change Ijtftfc
Of Toutiiaiiient
Ih the second week of Women's'
City Tournament play, Farwell
Barber & Beauty held their lead
in team events.
Cecille Johnson of Coleman,
came up with 617 in the singles,
to tie Martha Sullivan of "Harrison in tliat event. Arlene Brasington of Claire fell on pin short with
616:
Doubles division took -on a new
complexion when last week's Jead*
ers, Ashcratft and Baker of Harrison, were pushed into fourtii pb*
sition by P. Hartshorn and D,
.Harris of Clare with 1189. Close,
behind the leaders atre G. "Doherty
and A.' Harsh of Coleman with.
H86 and G. Haring and L. Phillips of Clare with 1178. ■
• Rose Nerfif of Mt. Pleasant rolled.
502 actual in the singles con-spa*
tition and Mary Jean-Roth of Harrison haid 520 atctual ih doubles
competition.1 However, "Laila "Phil- '
lips of Clare outdid them all wltft
a 236 game and 545 series, 'Totirn*
ament competition will be, com*
fpieted this coming Sunday*  '   . ■*
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