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CLARE. MICHIGAN, THURSDAY   FEBRUARY 23, 1856
ITew Series, Vol. 64, No. 23
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Nice To Have Parties
For Birthday Surprises
Three Clare area oldsters, logged
\ip a total o£ 251 years of living as,
they celebrated birthdays lftPt
week end.
Friends and neighbors came,
bearing birthday calces, gifts tmd
cards, to help Wesley Oliver, o.
rural Clare, observe his ninetieth
birthday Saturday night, February
18.
Mr. Oliver, himself, had whacked
up a couple of pumpkin pies, to
add to the refreshments. The
eleven well-wishers spent the evening visiting and taking pictures.
Ninety-year-old Mr. Oliver takqs"
caro of his own house, cares for
his goats, and raises berries and
vegetables for sale.
That same evening,' in Clare,,
twelve of Mrs. Maggie Marshall's'
thirteen children gathered at her:
home on East Fourth Street to
greet her for her eighty-sixth birthday which was earlier in the month.
', During the evening, a bjg
birthday cake was served to children, grandchildren, and great
grandchildren. The son who could
not be present on Saturday night,
Ivan Marshall of Pontiac, dropped
_n to see his mother Sunday.     ',
On -Sunday", Mrs. Julia Hutchin.-.
Son, of the Eagle came honie'froi-
church to find a house full of friends and relatives there to wi-h.
her a happy seventy-fifth birthday.
Guests had well filled baskets
with them and the group enjoyed
a bi& potluck dinner together. ThJ)
towering, four layer birthday cake,
served'with ice cream in the'afternoon, .was baked by Mrs. Hutchinson's, daughter. Mrs. Kenneth Turner.
-Mr3, Hutchinson;s' son Norman
ahd wife who share a house with'
her, planned the party, and kept
'it a surprise. \ ■  »
Sixty-five years of Mrs. Hutchinson's three! quarters of a century
of hying, haye,beep spent in Clare
county, She has lived at Eagle for
tflfty-jiye years.. Six years were
spent, at Harrison, while her late
husband, Robert, was ciare county
sheriff. "
Guests came for the day from
Midland, Davison,, Flint, -Milford,
_>etr-it,.'"S_ Charles,- Sagin'aw.'and
Eagle. Mrs,- .Hntchihso'n'-.has. .five
chl_jr,e_7 >19'. grandchildren and 23
great- grandch.ldrer./ Among 'her
many, gifts were ;a lanyp and' radio
from the ''clitrd're'a' and grandchildren..- -.'   _•..'-•   '•   .'■". '.   •   ■'"
C-C Dinner
Honors Three
At Rosebush
Three long-time residents, of
Rosebush will be made honorary
members, lor life of the Rosebush.
Chamber of Commerce at a dinner
meeting February 23, at the Center
Church there.
and Rev. R. O. Thompson, all re-'
tired business and professional
people,, will be introduced and pre*
sented with tokens of membership.
Korean veterans living in Rosebush will also be introduced and
include Ronald Cairns, Robert
Cluley," 'William Horah, Donald
Morrison, . James Swindlehurst,
John Vargo, and Richard West.
Preston Johnson will make the introductions.
The evening's program will include group singing, a duet by Rev.
Ronald Knapp and Duval First.
Rosebush Chamber of Commerce
President Lloyd Cairns will introduce toastmaster Preston Johnson,
Father Branigan will address the
veterans honored.
The women of the Center Church
will serve the dinner.
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Note Book
All schools, in Clare and Isabella counties will be closed
Friday, February 24. Teachers
in both counties 'will all be attending a Clare-Isabella Institute at Mt. Pleasant that day.
Last week the Sentinel had Mich
igan Snow Queen, Karolyn Amble,
Of. Harrison crowned after her
triumph, at Grayling, by Gov. G.
Mennen Williams. But we found
out, too late, that it wasnt so. Instead, Mark Beltaire, Free Press'
columnist, had the pleasant chore.
The Governor's appointment missed
was Beltaire's pleasure gained, and
the Sentinel's apology is anyone.
who kindly accepts.
Lloyd Close, at Lake, ha»
some tulips coming up through
. the snow. If they lived through
this week's freezing nights and
days, they're pretty brave tulips. "
Howard Cotton says he's subscribed to the Sentinel for fifty
years. Mr. George Snider of Clare
can beat that record, (he's taken
the paper more than 60 years)., but
there's few who can.
Three Seats
Open On
Commission
With three seats on Clare . City
Commission to be filled at next
April's election; a rush of some
dimensions is', expected when the
time deadline draws near for filing
petitions of candidacy.'
Terms expire for Dale .Groves,
Charles Cooper, .and Robert -Walters,     .   , ■
Nominating petitions for each
candidate, for city ' cimmission
posts must be filed-with City Clerk
Alex McKinnon no earlier than
thirty days, "nor later than twenty
days before the election day.
Saturday, March 8 will be the
first day when such a petition can
legally be filed, and March 13 will
be the last day.,
Petitions" 'must "bear -at lea#t
twenty-iy'esninne's.'df qualified -lectors,.! but not' niore than fifty
name's.!-'     s-      .. ... ,".':. ". ,.  .",   <
No petitions w'ere being circulated'1 as late as Wednesday'of'this
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Hears Panel On
School Reorganization
•A panel; discussion' of the problems caused*by increased ■ enrollment, ..building; plans, and reorgani*
z'ation, '-wjiich. face Clare people!
was-featured on the February Par*.
eht-Teacher  Association, program.
'The meeting- was- held ih the
auditorium ot Clare Ihiblic School
on Monday eveping.
Glare School Superintendent R|*
chard Wheeler introduced the pan-
e, members who included County^
Superintendent of Schdols, Lenord
Sc_wan_, Dr. Kuno Hammerberg,
Wlllani Harper,* Dr. C. B. Neft, and
Allan TaUTc. The panel- presented
the pros and cons of reorganization, and a. general group discussion followed. ■ '.'* '.,
During' the business meeting, P.
T. A,- President Mrs. Earl Bautn-
garth named .Mrs. Bernard Tubbs,
Mrs. Leonel Green, and Mrs. Fred
Bell as members of a nominating
commUtee to present _ slate of officers, ^t .the next, meeting.       •
Among'announcement-',made* was
on_ th_tPTA week at -With-cVs
will atari Match 6, with Mrs. Clayton Neff as chairman.
■The; saving session, „of the Michigan Education! Assbci-tion teachers . conference -ik, to be held in
Clare:,*Aprii 13, ahdth_APTA is to
apoh-or ,a4-coffee hour for the
teacher*. Mrs, "Larry Shelander is
chairman oi the project. ■
■ -FollOwiiig; the' meeting, refresh
ments were, served W then-others'
of Miss Hales first -grade room.
The' room had the highest percent*
age, df parents present.        . ,
Kindergarteners
Entertain Their
Valentines
, The Kindergarten boys aiyigirl-
of • the Clare Public School' enter*
e_ined their mothers, grandmothers
and younger brothers and sisters
at a Valentine Party dh>„February
14. Two parties.were held;, one for
the morning group, and one for the
afternoon. * Approximately fifty
guests attended each party. * •«
Each mother* wai. presented.'with
a Valentine especially made for her.
The children were* introduced b_.
Mrs. VariEvery,' ahd they entertained the guests. w).th sonljs, yhythms*
poems, their rhythm to_nds/an^ the
repeatmg' of thevyi-g __4fl"***- -    •.-.■-
Cookies and coffee wete served
to the; guests by Mrs.Da'yy,.and jh"e
Roofti. Mothers, Mrs. Frank! LaGoe,
Mrs.' L. L. Shelahder,'"Mrs. R. B..
K«tig, - and Mrs. Rohert ..Pinaire.
The cookies had be?n decorated by
the .boys and girls. '   . ■ .
Fill-- Arid Musical Treats
Set At Methodis- C-Mirch
The series' of Sund_y evening
picture and song services will bQ
continued at the Clare Methodist
Church Sunday February 26th at
7:30 o'clock. "     .      '
- The title of the flint- to-be shown'
is "Invitation To The Weddifig".
This is. a moving story of a Christian marriage that almost gets off
on the wrong foot, Rev. L. J. Nevins, sa'4 ,nx describing, jt,.To.niikc
matters .more* exciting the groom
comes distressingly close to missing his own wedding. But at last, a
beautiful ceremony is held Th
which the pastor speaks on the
text: "Jesus was called to the Marriage". The, film ends revealing the
blessings to be derived from basing
a marriage on the Christian way
of life.
This film should have a large
appeal for youth, Rev. NevinB added. The public is. invited.
Following the showing of the
film, there will be a meeting of the
Official" Board in the church parlor.
On Sunday evening, March 4 the
Wings Over Jordan Negro chdir
will abpear in concert at 8:00
o'clock. This will be a real musical
treat 'for the community, Rev. Nevins said. This choir is known all
over the United States and has
sung in. several countries abroad.
Plan to. attend.
.' .On Suriday eveping, • March ' 11,.
Mrs.-.Mary Welch of Renderspi.,:
Texas* will- give; her first sermon'
in a series of "nieeting-" to- last
throughout the week with a; morning, service at-iOrOQ e^cb.day ahd
am. e.vening service. _t 7.:_0. The
geheral theme wilt be; ''I^otd,
Teach TJs" To Pray". The Morning
series will be based on. the theme,
"Increase Our Faith"; the evening,
'-ucrease Our Love".   '■-.•-■'
Mrs. Welch is the author df sevj
oral books, is an ordained Metho*
dfst Minister and is Well known
throughout the United States for
her Spiritual Life Clinics held in
many communities.
To Try Tuneful
Telephone, Tone
. This spring, the Beil Telephone
Laboratories, will .conduct a- full-
scale field trial of a new type telephone which will do its summoning
by means of a musical tone rather
than,a bell. . .
Strictly . experimental at this
stage, the newly developed Instrument uses transistors to' activate
the tone which operates on less,
than a volt as against the ordinary
telephone, bell requiring " about 85
volts.
Bell Labs tests show that the
tone stands out aboye general
room noise and can he distinguished from such sounds as tlie ringing
of doorbells, alarm clocks, and fire
alarms.
Lots Of Dogs
ButWho'sTo
Catch Them?
. A new. dpg catcher, is needed, in'
Clare since .Russell Foell, who had
held the job, handed in his resign-,
atipn to'the city; commission Monday" .night, because he will no.longer have'time for It
■ Meanwhile/Clare's "carefree'eah-
ine corps'' is' having a "field day.
Clare Police are notified that stray
dogs are threatening pedestrians,
more stray dogs are frightening
children, and even more stray.dogs
are swarming on residential front*
yards, and literally over-running
the school grounds.
The dog-catcher is paid a. set
amount by the county for each dog
picked 'up and disposed of. Board
and feeding expense, is assessed
against owners who claim impounded dogs.
Owners are urged to prevent
dogs following young-tors lio
school. Applicants for,the dog catcher job may apply at Clare Police
station. *   .    .    *
Cbn-jultaQt
On Testing
AtOareHigh ;
■By Marilyn McQuiston
On Wednesday, February 29th,
Clare High School will be honored
hy a visit of Mr. James Costar, a
Michigan State University Consultant on Testing. .,...■
.He will arrive in -tlie aiterrioorj
and. meet with the faculty after
school.
The main purpose of this visit
is to help set up a testing program,
which will, in turn, help in a school
guidance program, curriculum im-
•provement, and student personal
analysis.
FHSArmualBall
The Annual Alilmni .Washington's Ball will be held Saturday
night February _5jthiu the Farwell
High, School gym. The affair i_
sponsored by the. senior class.
The dance will .start at 8:30 p.m.
and end at 12; 00 P.M.
Tickets may be bought from any
Farwell High School senior and all
alumni are urged to "attend. Sponsors of" the' Ball hope for a big
'.'turn out" to make the 1956 party
a success.
Ralph Cole
In Hospital
"Ralph Cole, assistant cashier at
the Citizen's State Bank, entered
St. Mary's Hospital in Saginaw on
Saturday, Febtury 18 for observation and treatment,
Mrs. Cole reported after visiting
him Tuesday that he was feeling
much better, after not being "well
for several weeks.
The Cole's did not know definitely when he would be released.
They have appreciated concern
shown by friends and relatives.
Suffering
CHS Loses
To Harrison
The Harrison Hornets came to
Clare to play basketball Tuesday
eyening, and handed the Pioneer
varsity five .its' twelfth defeat of
the season. The score was 51-40.'
.It was the fourteenth straight
victory for the Hornets. The Pioneers are in sixth place in the Mid-
Michigan B Conference league.
The Pioneers had a 16-13 first
quarter lead, but lost it in the second quarter as the Hornets steadily
piled up scores.
Gerald Fullerton was high scorer
for Clare, w.lth 14 points. Hoffman
was high for the Hornets with IS.
. Th_.C_is team faces its final"
cpitter£nce .game of the-season at
Ithaca on Friday, night Clara, l|_s
nine, conference losses.   : _
" Th-.i-lttle Pioneei-.-jiinior var-
felty,. playing;' the / same' evening,
ro'mp'ed ,over'_ie Harrison jayve'es,
With a ,G4-i- scorfe. ,   ' '_   '■  .
Bob-Tu.bhs a"nd.sTlm Kivison. each'
had 18' points to tie. for,.high..point,
ma A' .Of"- the evening.; This leayes
the jayyees-season record' at five
wins,-six lqsseB,    c,    ...    •   .,.;,
- Both'-the-Va-sity -and .Little Pio.-
neers. were'defeated .b'ythe St.
LoUiS -Crnn___ Tide Iri ._ contest
last Friday -vehingv • •<     :>■ '
In the St -Ixj-ls game oh 'E*ebru*.
aryl7, the CrIn_.on«Tide put on a
last -quarter splurge.to. defeat the
Pioiieers 72-50 ph .the Tide's -honte
coiiTt. The Tide started off fast
and took }$.* 23-14 first quarter lead,
but the. determined Pioneers narrowed the margin" to -0_2 at half
time, In the third quarter the Pioneers again out-scored .'the St.
Louis team, tp - come within five
points as St. Louis led at the three-
quarter ' mark' 6247.. In the final
period Clare really- cooled -off as
they managed to Score Only three
points while the ' St Louis team
racked up 20 points."
John Palmer took»scorihg.honors
for the night as .he combined 9
field, goals and 11 free throws for
29 points. For ClareVNard RPb'in*
ette, Clare's all-state end in football, combined 10 field'goals-and 3
free throws for 23 points.
In- the pther Conference games,
Chesaning gained at least a -hate
of the Mid-Michigan ,B Conference
title by defeating Durand 66-56,
and Shepherd-, gained $t least third
place lionors by. downing .Ithaca
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Initiates Brother
And Eight Others
Into DeMolay
Master Coucllor Larry Seiter had
the privilege of initiating his brother J. j., along-with a grouj> of eight
other boys' In the Initatory DeMolay Degree, Monday evening,
February 20, .»■-■.   '.'■..:    ,    • .
Other boys were Ray fteff, Larry
Stanley, Ralph- Baumgarth, • Jerry
Lloyd, Bill W. Wilson,-Bill StiUch-
combe, Bill Iryin, and Bill.Beeiuer,
LUhch was; -Orved by the'_16th
ers Club'.'Table was de-prated in
keeping with .Washington's birthday, using hatchets and cherries
with, streamers in attractive arrangements the length of the*table.
Working, on the committee were
Mrs. Hilda Stanley, Mrs. Emma
Everts and Mrs, Mary Seiter.
The installation of DeMolay officers will be held Monday evening,
February 27, when Eugene Campbell will be installed as the new
Master Councilor. Don Harrison,
Dad of the local chapter, urges all
parents to attend.
Clare School Board Asks
Rural Districts' Decision
On Annexation Now
Chamber Of
Commerce
Elects
Roy Warner, owner of the Northland Hardware In, Clare was elected 'jpresident of the Clare Chamber
of- Commerce at the. annual meet1
Ing held ' Tuesday evening at' the
Doherty hotel. He succeeds Rohert
Campbell, 'president last" year. •
. -Other, ne^. officers- of .the group
who 'also were elected to take office, a're Vice President;' Joe. Johps-
ton.'and Director- Marve-Witheck,
Leo Sowle, and .Ken;'Barnes,".   ' ' *
A' report by Afl'an Tulk outlined
th-^activities of'the summer Tourist information * Boooth',"'_nd the
program' "time w_s rounded put
with' discussions of prpject_"for the
coming yeSiv    "
CHS Speech Contest Winners
To Compete At Durant Contest
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MEA Members'
Dinner Meeting
Members of the Regional Council of Michigan Education Association, district 12, went to. the Lindsay School in Bay City for a dinner
meeting ou Thursday; February 16.
Final plans for- the April 12 Institute were complete* and a report on next fall's program was
given.
The main business of the meeting was a salary schedule workshop
presented by members of the Economic Standards Committee of Mid-
- land Public Schools.
The Clare teachers who attended
this council were William Harper,
Clare High  School  principal  and
."Mrs.  Myrtie  Bowerman,   English
and Journalism teacher.
Work Wanted Want-Ads .... classifieds by-unemployed persons who are looking for a job, are
sold at, a special low rate in The Sentinel
only 15c
for iweniy-five words or less.
All other classifications remain at the regular rats
of 45c minimum.
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If .you need _ position, drop in at the Sentinel
office, or call in your ad copy. Your ,ad will come
to the attention of more than 2,500 local subscribers.
—-How can you tell^more people lhaiA this .;. for
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■by- Marilyn McQuiston
of the Pioneer staff
Gail -Samborn, 'Markeith Allan,
Franz Qohre, and Ruthann Spence
were the first place winners in the
annual speech contest at Clare
High School February 15 and 16.
Types of speech from which participants chose their selections for
the two assemblies were declamation, oratory, dramatic readings,
and humorous readings.
Winning second "place were Mary
Maloney, Roger Walter, Vernette
Dunkie, and Laurene .Woodward.
Participants in declamation were
Sylvia Ames presenting "The American Flag"; Shirley Moore, "The
Star Spangled Banner"; Gail Sam-,
born, "I Come for Mary Doe"; Mary
Maloney, "Without a Song"; Nola
VanBuskirk, "Tlie Flag and Patriotism'; and Kathleen Thayer, "The
Unknown Soldier".
The two students who gave ora
tions were' Markeith Allan' presenting "A' For Addiction" and Roger
Walter .presenting "The Scourge
of War'.
Dramatic . presentations were
Mary Tice with "A Little Parable
for • .Mothers'; Vernette Dunkie
with ''Portrait of a Southern Lady"
Franz Gohre.with "Act I Scene I"
of.Julius Caesar and Sharon Zimmerman with "Mickdy's Marker".
The humorous presentations
were Shirley McKay- with "Charles"; Laurene Woodward with
"China Blue Eyes"; and Ruthann
Spence with "Topsy".
Judges for tho presentations in
declamations and oration were Robert. Gravelle, Rev. Hugh Kennedy,
and Mrs. Myrtie Bowerman. Mrs.
Louisa Bowler, Mrs. Patricia Gravelle, and Mrs. Myrtie Bowerman
were dramatic and humorous reading judges. \
The first and second place will
go to Durand on March 20 to compete with several other school participants.
Cub Scout
Pack Adds
Seventh Den
Cub Scout Pack 3125 of Clare
held its regular' pack meeting at
Clare City Hall on February 13. A
good attendance of parents was
present. .
The seventh den has been added
to the pack with the initiation of 11
new cubs. There are flow 49 cubs
in the local pack. Den mother for
the new ' seventh den is Mrs.
Charles Richler.
This Sunday; all dens are attending the Congregational church services. The next committee meeting
Will 'be held at Dr. A. Dr. 'Au-tih's
residence on March 5. Pack mect-
inp will be held March i2 at 7:30
at City Hall.
All- boys wishing to join should
attend this meeting with their pais
ei1t_.
Papers But
(A' public informa^on release
from the State Bar of Michigan relates the following "first person"
account of how Important It Is to
keep original mortgage papers **
even after the final payment
brings the elated feeding that you
sholud celebrate with a "mortgage
burning" party. Ed. Note)
"The mortgage on your, home
isn't paid off y$t; but when It
Is, you'll keep the original aa a
safety measure."
Iti a great day w:hen you finally
make the last payment on your
home, pr when your. church -r
lodge owns }ts building fe- and
clear. I can't speak from experience -yet, as far as my home's concerned, but % did ti*ke part the
other day in- % cerehxony a£ oin:
neighborhood church wheh **W-
burned t_b mortgage".
The church trustees are pretty
smart pusifleS-men,,. however, ahd
I noticed that the piece of paper
they touched a match to was a
photostatic copy. They saved the
original note and mortgage as a
precaution, and that's just what
I'm going to do when I get the
written notice of discharge .on my
own mortgage.'
I've found out that your note and
mortgage are'valuable papers, even
after payrfl-nt. and should be treated &s\ such. It's best to keep the
originals in case there ever should
be a question of non-payment or;
other, irregularities. The 'Arrittei^
"discharge of the mortghge" to
which- jvoii are entitled also should
be recorded ''promptly with your
Register' of Deeds, So the Official
records" will show that the ihort*
gage lien against your'pfoperty has
baen wiped out.
Just locking the discharge in a
safe place doesn't change the offi*
leal title record at the Court
House.
You Bee, while legally a mortgage becomes inoperative the moment the debt is paid, the public
records may not so indicate. A
mortgage is evidence that you ap a
borrower have given a lien on your
property as security to the person
on lending. institution who loaned
money to you. The lender in almost
every case records and files your
mortgage with the Register of
Deeds so that prospective buyers
of the property, or ahy others who
subsequently loan you money, will
have notice of the lien. It is important that this public record be
cleared of the lien.
There is always a possibility' that
a future question ' might arise on
the title of the property, and the.
origisal' papers may be very helpful to you as evidence. It would
be a rare case, but there could
even be the necessity of paying a
second time if the note and mortgage had been destroyed, and you
had no proof of payment.
On occasion income tax author!-,
ties question deductions for interest after you have disposed of real
estate or satisfied the mortgage.
If you have your copy of the note,
with interest payments endorsed
on it, this usually is accepted as
satisfactory proof.
When that great day comes and
you pay off the mortgage, it is best
to check all the papers right at the
time of final payment. Then if
there are any errors in the written
discharge, they can be corrected
promptly while all the parties are
alive and available. All too often
Mortgage
'Em"
error- are not discovered until the
property is up" for" sale, or a new'
mortgage is being sought. By that
time the lender has his money and
may hot be accommodatnig or a-
vailable. The expense of discharging the mortgage then falls upon
you, the borrower.
■Wheti T pay off my mortgage
there'll be no "burning ceremony".
The only thing I'll set a match to
Is a satisfying pipeful of tobacco
aa I relax in the home thats all
hiine at last.
The Clare Board, of Education this week, issued a formal
invitation t.o primary school districts which are served by
Clare, to annex; to the Clare Public School.
•■ A letter to all .the schools of the area, contained the invitation and the Clare Board's proposal for community action tp
relieve overcrowding which is a serious problem at Clare.
The position stated by the Clare Board, in effect, is this;
,1) Let all districts which approve annexation with Clare
join together in an all-inclusive citizen advisory group to
develop plans for needed, school building construction and -to
study assessments and. tax rates' necessary to carry the cost.
. 2) Once a reorganization is completed among the Clare district and- those"-which annex to it," to issue no invitations for
other districts which choose not to join at' the present time.'
\ 3) Have an'understanding with districts which choo_etibt
tp. join in.rebrganizing that they .shall send their high, school
students to som&school other than Clare. V       ..' -,_.;_
- Primary school districts are asked to reply, to the invltatioii
hot lat-r than March-,1956 ;    /     •.''■"V "\-'.,- ;\ .
'Immediate actibn "promised, -py
the Clare Board will follow the receipt of. the replies from' Primary
Boards. -District-, which'-.Indicate
willingness to,,annex will h^ named
in resolution- requestlng.eieijtion-
on the issue. When the resphitipus
are approved by the -gtate Department of Education, and the; Clare
County .Board of Education, they
will be forwarded to. the districts
and election machinery will be set
in motion to obtain final,approval
by citizens of the districts^     ' ■
Following is the text of thelettcir
sent to the primary districts: .    .
To: Schools served by Cl-f- _*"_#*
lie School •
Re: School reorganization  >
The Clare Board of Education has
been interested in encouraging iTir-
al school districts to unite with the
Clare Public School to establish a
new form of school organization
for the local community" service
area. In order to; clarify .^o, .the
people of the" rural areas, ^the.po'si-
'"tioh* _* -ho"' -3_r.6'b^W&ieMtiins
reorganization,' this letter i-..b~vng
sent to each of the district-, seryed
iri whole or part by tha Cl_te labile School, to the County ^Jheeriii-
tendent and the County Board, arid
will be published in the Clare Sentinel. The time for decision is* _pdri
us and we must move forward With
those districts . which choose ; to
unite with Clare.
Due t6 the seriousness of 'the'
problem of overcrowding fesiilfing
from an ever increasing pophlStibh,
we have decided to take: a definite
stand on questions • f egardnijE. te-
o-gani2ati"on. We must know 'within,
a short period of- time, which district- are willing to annei-to-Glare
and thus plan together for "the future, We are therefore, extending!-'i
formal invitation to each r^tfal
district to annex, to the Clare Public
School.    ..-■'"-■• "    ■ ■ > '• ■>'■
—T-hose -districts which indicate a
willingness to join with"Cl?ire w"i_.
take part in making plans for the
future. These plans will he devel-*
oped through a citizen^' jadvisor^
group which will include people
from each of the .oining districts
and a group of citizens from the
city, It is this citizens group that
will have the major responsibility
of developing the plans for the educational facilities that will be ottered by the reorgani_ed district,.
They will also study the amount of
tax levy needed, along with the
ability of the district,.to p33- It
might be well. to.mention, in. this
regard, that if the citizen'- group,
felt the need to go the limit
(about 10% of the equalized valuation of the district) the tax rate for
indebtedness would not be more
than 10 mills on the state equalized valuation ... in other words,
$10.00 for each $1000 of the state
equalized property valuation.
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Of MMPA
-Notices of, cancellation of their
membership have been mailed to
eight. members of the. Michigan
Milk Producers Association, who
are officially connected with the
Fair Share Bargaining Association,
it was announced today by Howard
F. Simmons, secretary manager,
and Glenn Lke, president of
MMPA. .     ,-..-.
«According to the announcement,
the action-was taken by'the Board
of Directors oh recommendation of
the -MMPA Detroit Marketing Committee" in. the cases of three,, who
were formerly MMPA -ales coin-
mittfienie-, and. in the- other. five,
cm the initatlve of the Board.
The members whose MMPA
memberships have been cancelled,
effective March .1, "under provi*
sions of their, contract with the
association and according to its
by-laws," are Arthur J, Heslip,
Nofthville, Leo E. Kijhlman, Armada, William J. Wilson, Stock-
bridge, all Marketing committee
members; Sam Bailo, South Lyon.
Roland Brengle, South Lyon, Leo
Van Bonn.Northville; Richard Lister, Oxford, and Arnold WySB, Ca-
pac.The latter five are. either officers or committeemen of the Fair
Share Bargaining Association,
which is opposingJVIMPA's right to
bargain for Michigan dairy formers in the Detroit market.
List Bowling,
Tournament \
Prize Winners
Prize winners in the l_th Annual
Clare Bowling Tournament were
announced this week by Ciare
Bowling Association Secretary Paul
Schroeder.
.Teams winning, prizes were
Harrison Gas and Oil) $50, ahd arm
patches, for a 3017 score; Harrison
Septic, $30, for a 2964 score; Gateway. Lanes, $20 for 2956; and Hoffman Appliance $10. for 2846.
Winners in the .Doubles events
were Anthony Brannigan and Ray
Akers, $30 and arm patches, for
1251; Dale Stough and Gerald
Thayer, $25 for 1225; Don Smith and
Wally Merten, $20, for 1219; Gerald
Green and Virgil Bergstrom, $10,
1218; George Nash, and Leonard Baker $5, for 1205.
Singles events , prize winners
were Vern McCrory1, $25 and- arm
patch for 649; Gerald Green, $18,
for 643; William Mcarland, $15, for
631;, Al Walworth, $10; for, 625.
Ray Akers, $5, for 623. Ken "Gamble, $3, for 620; George Nash,1 $2,
for 516; Whilden Hughes, $2, for 611.
Francis McKenna won an arm
patch for an 1833 score in all events.
The tournaments were held at the
Gateway Lanes. The Clare Bowling
association thanked the management at Gateway for its cooperation.
For those districts 'which do not
wish to join with Clare, 'we must
again take a definite stand. .It is
logical to assume that the districts
that join with Clarej and the people
of the preseht Clare district, will
not be willing to provide, fpr the
students from district- which decided not to join. It should also be
understood that once the rergarii-
zation is completed with those districts who wish, to annex "to, Clare,
there will he no future invitation to
districts who choose not to join*
at the present time. These districts
who choose not to join" will have to
make arrangements td send their ,
high school students to some school
other than Clare.
In 'considering the question of
annexation, rural districts should
keep in mind that they, arc joining
a school district with _ valuation of
nearly $7,000,000, a building with
furnishings valued at well over
$1,000,000,.a highly competent staff
of' teachers, and , an experienced
school board which has been close
to'the problems of the present ahd
the future educational needs of the
community, area. Finally, in joining
with Clare, ypU are assuring the
students-of you_- district, tkfit they
will.have a plaBe to go to high
school.
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