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CLARE SENTINEL
Established 1878
$2.50 Yea? in Clare, Isabella Counties
CLARE. MICHIGAN. THURSDAY   MARCH 1. 1956
New Series. Vol. 64, No. 24
Clare, Farwell, Harrison
Name Honor Students
Twelve Clare high school seniors were named by classmates and
teachers to the National Honor Society for 3,956.
Tlie twelve are Beverly Thayer,
Meg Seiter, Phyllis Bolin, Jan
Schaeffer, Wilma Brewer, Lucille
Becker, - Louise Miller, Charles
Ruby, Darylene Schunk, Francis
Northon, Margie Wood, Lauren.
Woodward.
Formal initiation, of the group
will he held during graduation
week. '
Clare High School has belonged
to the National Honor Society
since 1933, when they stopped
choosing a valedictorian and salutatorian each yea*.
With th. Honor Society system,
about the upper fifteen pet, cent
ot the graduating class is named
for membership.
The upper third is determined on
a scholastic basis, and of that percent, other seniors and faculty
members are .asked to rate the
students on leadership, service and
character,
In other county high schools,
valedictorians named were tooth
chosen DAR Good Citizens earlier
in the year.
At Hayes Agricultural school in
Harrison, Beverly Greathouse,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Greathouse,   is  valedictorian.
Besides being chosen Harrison's
DAR Good Citizen by the HHS
senior class and faculty members,
Beverly has played on the girl's*
basketball, team, is editor of the
school paper, and is active in the
Harrison "United Brethren- Church
youth group.
Following graduation, she plana
tp attend Central Michigan College,
■ and tentatively has a teaching career in mind.
Salutatorian at Harrison is La_-
renc Cook, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Cook of Long Lake,
Laurene has been on the girl's
basketball team two years, was
in the junior play, is secretary of
the Christian Youth Club, and a
glee club member. She attended
Frost township school at one time.
The salutatorian said she will
take up a two year . elementary
teacher's course at Central Michigan College after graduation. She
lias done practice teaching in? t_-
grades in Harrison school.
Farwell High . Schdol's valedictorian for 1956 is Vivian Schaar,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Schaar, of tho former Hatfield
school district..
Vivian has been active in F.H.A.,
and earned the Junior Home-
making degree while a junior. She
has held sophomore, junior and
senior class offices, and was chosen DAR Good Citizen for the
year. She also sings in the Methodist choir, is in the Youth Fellowship and has'a job at Flowers
Drug Store.
The valedictorian plans to go on
to school, but is undecided as to
where,
Evelyn Stinchcombe, daughter of
Mr. .md Mrs. Homer'Stinchcombe
of Farwell, has been named salutatorian.
She has participated in the
F.H.A., the Pep Club, was a cheer
leader, acted in junior and senior
plays, sang in the glee club, and
is Helping Teacher of 'the first
grade.
In earning the salutatorian's
place, Evelyn keeps up a family
tradition of scholastic achievement,
Her father was valedictorian' in
1926; a sister Rose .in 1952; and
another sister, Alice, in 1953.
Evelyn plans to attend Central
Michigan College next year, and
hopes to be a math teacher,,
CHS Draws
Remus In
Tournaments
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Clare High School's varsity basketball team drew Remus as it's
first tournament opponent, in the
upcoming Mt, Pleasant District
tournament.
The drawing was made Tuesday
evening this week. Clare plays in
the District Class C School tournament, although throughout the regular cage season the pioneers competed in the Mid-Michigan Class B
conference.
The game with Remus will be
played Thursday evening March S,
at 7:15 at Mt. Pleasant. Earlier In
the week, Farwell will meet Sacred Heart Academy of Mt. Pleasant
on Wednesday March 7 at 7:15 p.m.
there,
The winner of this early contest
will meet Coleman on Thursday
evening at 8:45 following the Pioneers contest with Remus. Then
the winners of each of the Thursday night contests will meet In a
game- Saturday evening to determine the district champion.
Before tbe tournaments though.
C_ttfu»pas one more game to play
in the regular cage Heason schedule. The Pioneers meet Cadillac
Friday night, Marcji 2** .iii ia non-
conference home game.
The CHS, cagers wound up a season of winless conference play last
Friday evening when they were
defeated by Ithaca at Ithaca 61-63.
High scorers for Clare were Guy
Haneckow, with 15 points and Gerry Fullerton, with 14 points. Ithaca's Howes piled up 26 points
during the evening.
The same evening the junior varsity lost its game to Ithaca 72-56.
High point men for dare were
Jim NjviSDn with 19 points and Al
Terwilliger with 14.
County 4-H
Will Publish
New Plat Book
The Clare County 4-H Club Leaders-Parents Association is working
on a project to provide a new up to
date plat book for Clare county.
As it has been about 18 year,"
since the last plat book was published, land owners and many others who have use for plat book-
will be glad to know they will have
a new one soon.
To help p_y expenses of publishing the plat book .advertising js
essential. Mrs. Floren Pudvay, Mrs.
J, C Marotzke, and Mr§, Marion
Magnus are the committee soliciting advertising" copy for the new
book. One thousand copies are
contracted for.
Business advertisements in the
plat took are one of the best buys
in advertising. The one investment
is good for many years and gets a
wide coverage. Many requests for
the new plat book from" business,
people, 'land owners, -and prospective investors in* land. have been
received.    •   .
The new plat book will be a real
service "to a great many people. Cd-
operation with the 4-H Club Committee oh advertising and orders
for copies of, the plat book is
Urged. *   .
Gene Campbell Jr. Installed
As DeMolay Master Councilor
The Clare Glen F. Sanford-Chapter of DeMolay, held its annual installation Monday evening, February 27. Larry Seiter, Master Councilor introduced Don Harrison, Dad
of the local chapter, who in turn
introducel Sam "Wunderbaum, District Governor of District 3 of Michigan iJeMolay. He then presented
. the past master councilors of the
Mt. Pleasant chapter who were to
assist him in the installation ceremony.
A short program was presented
by JHoward Everts, chairman. A
clarinet duet by Laureen Woodward, and.Joyce Delbmarter. and
a piano solo, by Nancy Greer,
were much enjoyed.   Nancy-  also
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Here's The Way
The Mail Goes
For mail patrons who like to time
their trips to the post office with
mail arrivals and dispatches, • the
Clare Post Office has listed daily
times of dispatch and receipt.
Earliest mail received in .the
morning, comes on ihe Highway
Post Office, up from Detroit, Landing, Saginaw,'Midland, Coleman,,
and the general area of the east
states, at 8 a.m, or, a little after.
At 11 a.m. mail from offices between Lansing and Clare, southern
Michigan, western states and airmail comes in. At 11:15, mail from
between Cadillac and Clare and
from west Michigan comes in.
In the afternoon, the mail from
Harrison comes in at about 4:30.
Mail is dispatched to West Michigan and Harrison, Farwell, Lake
and bther points, at .8:15 in the
morning.
Southbound mail goes out in. the
morning at 11:30, to Rosebush, Mt.
-Pleasant, Alma, Lansing and to
destinations from there.
Mail goes north at 1:15 p.m., to
towns,' west of Cadillac, and north
- to Petoskey. This doesn't include
the Houghton Lake area.
At 6 p,m., just about everything
but Farwell and Lake and Harrison
are dispatched. Air mail is dispatched all of these times except
the first one in the morning.
Robbers
Enter The
Autry Store
- Fifty dollars in cash and a
specially fitted and mounted gun
were taken from the Western Auto
store Friday evening during the
night..
The building was > entered by
breaking the front door in, Mrs.
Quy Autry, proprietress, said.
The money was taken out of the
cash register, and the gun out of
a rack of several in-the front display .window,
A strip was broken out- of the
front door frame, and had to be
replaced,. * .
Rural    •'"<■'
Teachers
Wor.
Chief Reports
Fire Losses
For 1955  r
There was a total fire loss ,f
$4,295 in the city of Clare during
1955, according to a report filed By
Clare Fire Chief Stan Parish writhe Fire Marshal division of Michigan State Police.
$55,650 was* lost in rural fires in
the area immediately surrounding
Clare, Loss on dwellings w*a& $10,-
950', while; the loss on buildings
other than dwellings was -$24,500.
Contents lost in dwellings was
$4,200, and in' buildings other than
dwellings, $15,400.
The total fire loss for Clare' _nd
surrounding areas of -$59,945 is a
little larger than the 1954 loss,, i.'
is only about half as high as fife
losses ran in 1953. That year, total
loss was; estimated at $112,-75, <
Major causes of fires in the city
We're listed by the-Fi_e Chief as
rubbish burning, (which caused the
most) followed by such thirigs as
carelessness -with • iiiflammiible
materials, defective electrical - appliances, juveniles, u n known
causes,-fuel oil burners, and misuse
of electrical appliances. One false
alarm was reported.   ' .
The Clare Firemen made a total
of 23 runjs, with an average ot
13.9 firemen present on each run,
Other activities of the depart,
ment included test Tuns, " hose
testing, regular meetings, practice
sessions, and "business building
fire hazard inspection.   .
Clare's fire department has fire
protection contracts with Sheridan, Vernon, Grant, arid Wise
townships. They made fir&vfig-vt-hg'
trips to other rural areas wl-Ch'
they were occasionally called by
mistake. -.',.•"'
Fire Chief Parish wiU malte his
annual report to the Clare City
Commission in a coming meeting,
There is no specified time for the
report to be presented to the commission.
een Cars Jump Track
And Tear Up Clare Yards
School Meeting To Hear
Committee Report Tonight
Fined For
served as guest musician   for the
evening.
Officers installed were: Eugene
Campbell Jr., Master Councilor;
Ken Rutter, Senior Councilor; Dick
Roe, Junior Councilor; Larry Everts, Treasurer and Scribe;' Jim
RodabaUgh, Senior Deacon; Charles
Ruby, Junior Deacoh. Leon Stanley,
Senior Steward;
Vic Finch, Junior Steward; Jay
Poet, chaplain; Keith Merrilat, sentinel; Gus Wilson, Standard Bear-_
er; Jerry Lloyd, Almoner; Bill Irwin, marshal;-Larry Seiter, ora tot.
The preceptors are BilltStinchcombi
Ralph Baumgarth, Ray Neff, - J. J.
Seiter, Larry Stanley, Bill Beemer
and. Bill Wilson.  *
The Master Councilor introduced
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Campbell, and the Junior Councilor introduced his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ken Roe,
Earl Beatty had the privilege of
presenting Blair Seiter ."with his
past master Councilor pin. Bb.ir
entered service before his term
expired, and Mr. Beatty was Dad
at that time for the boys. He gave
appropriate remarks and introduced Blair's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Seiter.
Their son, Larry Seiter, .the junior past master councilor %vas
presented his pin by Dad Harrison. The Seitcrs other son, J. J.,
just -joined the DeMolays -recently,
making a complete DeMolay family.
Larry Seiter expressed appreciation for the co-operation he had
received during ' his year, from
Dad Harrison, his officers,' and
Larry Everts, who is a past master
councilor, also had the chevalier
'degree, anl served as Scribe of the
chapter for  several years.
At the close of the meeting, the
group retired to _ie( dining room.
Tables ■ were decorated with blue
and gold streamers, and lighted
tapers. Rev. L. J. Nevins gave the
table-grace. ,    ,
The. lunch had been prepared, by
Clyde Rogers, chef at the Hotel
•Doherty, assisted by'Eugene Campbell. Girls serving were Margaret
Seiter, Sally Porter,. Jatiie Cotton, Mar jean Everts anl Kay Rit-
tei\
The Fourth Area Workshop of the
Michigan Rural Teachers association will be held at Central Michigan College March 3, it was announced today.
Included on the day's program
will be talks and workshops led by
W. C. Smith, director of the Central Michigan College. Division of
Field Services and president of the
association; Mrs. Fannie S, Noonan,
director state aid.to public libraries; ' Betty McKinley, consultant
State public library; Barbara King,
Art supervisor at Central Michigan;
Grace Ryan, head of women's physical education at Central Michigan
and Maurice Garmany, M.E.A. representative  to   the  association.
Workshops arc scheduled in the
area of library service, art, recreation, and improving school-community relations.
County 4-H
Parents Plan
Achievement
The Clare Gounty 4-H Parents
and Leaders meeting' was held
February 21, at the Harrison, court
house.
Topic for the evening was a discussion on selling advertising in
the new County Plat Books that
are being sponsored by. the' Clare
county 4-H clubs. They are expected to be ready for sale sometime
this coming summer.
The spring '4 __ Achietement Day
was also discussed and will be held
sometime in April,
The' next parent-Leader meeting
will be held at Harrison ih the
Court House Basement on Tuesday
March 27, at 8 p. m.
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Robert J, Render, of Rosebush,
was. assessed $75 in fine and costs
in Municipal Court on February 27
when he plead guilty to a charge
of reckless driving. •    s
He was ticketed by' Clare Police
Monday when he failed to make a
curve on West Fifth Street, because of excessive speed police reported.
Render's car went off the street
west of Maple- Street and hit a
pole, and then spun back across
Fifth, street and hit a pole on
Maple street
Donald Winkler of West US-10
waived ' examination in Justice
Cotirt on Wednesday on a charge
of larceny by conversion, and was
bound- over to circuit court" to
await trial.
-Winkler was arrested by state
police at his home early Wednesday,
On the eve of tonight's meeting
at Glare high school for representatives of primary districts, the division pf opinion for and against
school, consolidation and annexation has been judged about the
same as on January 30, when the
same* districts met at Harrison to
report, progress on deciding the issues. •■ .:     ,' ■
A month -ago,, the Clare county
districts- represented at Harrison
Were divided^with seven 1- favor
of .r'-organij-ation, five opposed and
two .without voting'delegate's present., .    . ■   "',   '"
.Gatherings' at which - separate
districts, -V-ve. discussed the problem la the uy.antima hav.e chang-
"ed the balance little, if at all.
It is seen j. robable that when the
roll call, is answered tonight on the
question, of school districts joining
with the Clftre district, there could
be"eight Clare county districts in
favor, and others either opposed, or
seeking a condition that the district rural schools be maintained
Trucks In
At Lake
• Wayne Scott, of Lake, lost control of his gas truck on the ice
west pf Lake on old "US-10 Friday,
and the vehicle rolled over in the
ditch, .   '
S-Ott jumped from the truck and
was uninjured except for a scratched knee. 2800 gallons of gas were
spilled in the mishap and extensive
*__mag&- was dojieithe truck,*        ••
The day before, on Thursday, the
Robert Laribee milk truck was
involved in ari accident at Lake.
Laribee, while trying to avoid
hitting aty oil truck in front of the
Lloyd Close home,- collided with a
care belonging to Fred Sowle.
The. Sowle car was wrecked, and
an estimated $300 damage done to
the truck.
by the new school organization.
The idea of rural schools being
maintained as part of the centralis?'
ed district's public school system
has been recently introduced In
the discussion of the project by a
tour-man committee headed by,
Frank Rilett.
The committee was appointed to
study operation and cost of comparable schools and to confer* with j
representatives 'of- Michigan   De-:
■p&ftment of Public Instruction in
Lansing. At the capitol, they learned that another centralized, school:
district in Michigan is continuing
to operate rural one-room.schools
for   small   pupils   while   a   high.;
school-   accomodate- . the   upper
grade  students  from.' all .."the district. They determined to;find out!
if the same plan was workable in'
the local situation. ■
Isabella county school districts
served by the Clare school have
generally indicated jnore inter eat in
annexation. Delegates from as
many as six Isabella districts may
report in favor of "annexation
tonight.
. A straw-vote count at Pratt di*v
trict meeting Monday evening
showed consolidation favored by
seventeen voters, and eight others
casting their votes for consolidation With continuation of their rural school. „
Opinion so far against annexation in some districts has softened
very little even in the face of the
argument that proceedure for consolidation might take as long as
two years and as Clare Schdpl Superintendent Richard Wheeler advises, "We haven't got two years
to wait before increasing enrollment will make our classroom
space acutely inadequate".
The Clare School Board last week
invited all rural districts served by
Clare, to annex with the Clare district.  Along  with   the   invitation
w-fii rji-tice of ;C decision $o tatfc p.
reorganized district including all
districts who would annex to Clare,
and then to invite no other districts
to join after that point At the same
time the' letter stated that students
from outside the reorganized district could not be accepted as "nonresident" students. The letter indicated no deadline for the acceptance of non-resident tuition pupils.
A railroad accident in the Clare yards Wednesday. noon
derailed fifteen cars in the Chesapeake and Ohio's westbound
freight train No. 63, and ripped up some 400 yards of tracks
and switches. Total damage could not be estimated until
wrecker crews could clear cars and smashed rails and ties.
No injuries to train crew members or other personnel were
reported.       ' • '
Clare's railroad station narrowly escaped damage when
several derailed cars jacknifed on the tracks within a few
feet of the building. One heavily loaded boxcar tilted astride
both the C & O, and the Ann Arbor tracks where they cross
just a dozen feet or so from the offices of Jake Walker and
Koy Harter, agents for the two lines.
The front and rear car section of the long freight remained.
on the track after .the accident, and traffic on Maple.'street
was/blocked by the standing cars. \    '. /',.
Cause of the accident W^ll^er
said, was a brbken brake'be^m
which dragged along the. trade'under one of the cars*and jammed-
open a switch as the Cfir-.-piksSed
the east end of the station, yards.
' Along the quarter-mil." str-t.h'.bf
track past the Clare; statfo_v'a,;l--i6
of the" derailed care .stood <,w3th
wheels . off ■ the rails ■where, 'they
stopped. Broken rails lay among
scattered and s"hredded ties". Heavy
plates which once held rails in position on the ties were torn loose
and heavy bolts and spikei. w'ere
thrown along a strip several yards
wide- near the trades.
For Clare
Golf Club
. The Twin Elms Country Club has
been sold U> Mr, and Mrs. Chris
Demo, of Pontiac, and final details
of the transfer are now being arranged.
The Demos hope to re-open the
country club on April 1. Demo is
an enthusiastic golfer himself, and
pl_h_ improvements for the golf
coyrSe at Twin Elms.
The couple would like to build a
residence at the country club property. In the mean time they plan
to rent a home.
Roy Dunbar Real Estate handled
the sale. The Demos have had an
option on the Twin Elms property
since January.
Carolyn Amble Day
At Harrison Honors
Micliigaii Snow Queen
Robert Hanes'
Married For
61 Years
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hanes, of
Dover community, observed 61
years of marriage on Monday,
February 27.
The couple spent the day very
quietly, since Mr. Hanes is not
\veU. Except for some years spent
in Flint, the Hanes' have spent
much of their life together in Dover.   -
Mr. Hanes- sitser, Mrs. Charles
Merrill of Flint, is staying with
the couple, helping care for him.
The couple has two daughters in
Flint. A granddaughter,. Mrs.
Court Bauer, liv.es in Clare,
Penrose Animal
Completes
Dairy Record
Announcement has been received
from • The Holstein-Friesian Association of America of the comple-,
tion of an official production record
by a registered Holstein cow
owned by Howard Penrose and
Sons, of Clare.
Beaverburn Clarise Echo produced 19,694 pounds of milk and 574
pounds of hutterfat, ahd ah average
of 25 quarts daily. The cow was
eight years and four months old
when the 365 day, two milkihgs per
day testing period began.
Michigan State University supervised the weighing and testing of
the milk for this record arid it is.
part of the Herd Improvement Registry Department of The Holstein-
Friesian Association of America in
Brattleboro, Vermont.
' This program is designed to give
an official production record on
every ■ cow in the herd every year
so that wise selection for increased
efficiency can be made.
Farwell B _?B
Will Defend
Bowling Title
Entry may still be made through
this week in the Women's bowling,
tournament, which starts the week
end of March 17 and 18. at Clare
Alleys.
Farwell Barber and Beauty shop,
last year's champions in the tournament,, will he defending their
title this year. A big list of entries'
is expected in the tournament.
Bowling events in the contest
are scheduled for the March 17
weekend and the two weekends
following.
Saturday Was- -Carolyn Amble
Day at Harrison, as Harrison's
Chamber of Commerce set aside an
afternoon and evening for winters
sports and merrymaking to honor
__arolynr who won the Michigan
Snoty Queen title at Grayling two
weeks ago,
Karolyn reigned over the afternoon's skatiug races and distance
races with sleds, and awarded
three prizes to the winners, all
children. .
At eight o'clock that evening,
youngsters under 12 years took
part in a Clown chase. The clown,
with prizes attached to his costume whizzed around the ice, with
the kids in hot pursuit. Whatever
of the prizes they could grab, they
could keep.
Queen Karolyn presented awards
to all the winners of the sports
events at 8:15.
Then she was presented with a
set of rhihestone jewelry, bracelet,
earrings, and choker necklace, all
engraved with Miss Winter Sports
Queen 1956. The gift was from the
Harrison Chamber of Commerce.
A public skating party followed,
sponsored by the Chamber of Com-
County
Teachers At
Area J Meeting
Area J, Department of Classroom Teachers,, met at Keeler
Union in Mt. Pleasant Saturday,
February 25, to consider topics of
.research, public relations, 'professional problems, legislation, and
educational planning.
Area J includes roughly the
counties bounded by Traverse
City, Bay City, Alma, and Muske>
g-n.
Clare County and northern Isabella were represented by Gladys
Thayer of Farwell Public Schools,
Mrs. Margaret Micl-le ot Lake Publics Schools, Mrs.. Bernice Morrison
of Rosebush Rural Agricultural
School, and Mrs. Helen Garthe and
Mrs, Myrtie Bowerman of the
Clare public Schools,
merte, during-which 1,000 hotdogs
and accompanying soft drinks were
provided for .hungry skaters.    .
Earlier last week, on Thursday,
Karolyn appeared on WNEM-TV,
at Bay City, when she thanked
Clare CoUnty Chamber of Commerce for her opportunity to attend the Grayling winter sports
event, and also thanked the Grayling sports committee for her sub-,
sequent choice as Michigan Snow
Queen.
Gene   Genaw,   of   the   Harrisoi
Chamber oi Commerce, accompanied Karolyn to Bay City and also
appeared ou the program.
Sunday night at 6 p.m. Queen
Karolyn did the regal honors at
the Regional Speed Skaters meet
at Midland, sponsored by the Michigan Speed Skaters association.
The blonde, blue-eyed Central
Michigan College coed -presented
trophies to the winners. The mayor
and city manager of Midland were
members of the royal party.
• Construction of a new Rosebush
Community Building waB the topic
of .discussion at a meeting of the
Rosebush Community Council og
Monday evening at the Rosebush
School.
Those present agreed on the
need for such a project. A committee was appointed to determine the
estimated cost of the construction.
Harold Fluharty was named to
investigate the - cost of- a quonset
type building; Russell Cowden, the
cost of a- cement block building;
and Jim Decker to look for a suitable location near the school.
A special meeting to hear the, reports of these committees was set
for Monday evening, March 5, at
the school. •
Ronald Knapp outlined the idea
of a radio program to promote
Rsebush community. No action was
taken. '
CHS Band Wore
New Uniforms at
Oscoda Festival
The Clare Band appeared at Oscoda, Michigan for the Ninth District Band and Orchestra Festival
Thursday, February 23. They were
given a third divisional rating.
The Band made a splendid showing wearing their new uniforms
which were purchased this winter.
The judges were Norman Dietz,
Paul Harder and Edgar Ross for
the concert .performance.
Sight .reading of a inarch and
overture the band had never seen
or rehearsed, was judged by Russell Friderwald.,
Other bands participating' in the
contest were Houghton Lake, Sterling, Staudish, Farwell, Beavertoh,
and Oscoda in ciass C, and Gladwin. 'Tawas, 'West Bi'Anch and
Clare in class B.
' The musical groups were judged
on individual achievement. of the
band, rather than on a convpetitve
basig.
Cong'l Pilgrim
Fellowship
ganizes
The newly organized junior, high
Pilgrim Fellowship of the Clare
Congregational church held its
first meeting at the parsonage
Sunday .and elected officers.
President is Karla Cooper; Co-
president, John Kegg; Secretary,
Joy Groves; Treasurer, Ann Eldon.
The Pilgrims, made up of the
junior high, class of the Congregational church school, plans to
meet each Sunday evening from 7
to 9 p.m.
Allan Tulk and Hugh Kennedy
are group advisors.  .
Local Teachers
At Reading
Conference v \
Mrs. L. C: Garthe, representing
the lower elementary grades, 'and
Miss Violet Kuhnau, representing
the upper elementary grades, from
Clare Public School, attended a
special Michigan reading conference at Kellogg Center, East Lansing on Tuesday ancl Wednesday.
About 800 educators gathered
there to discuss reading at the
special meeting.
Dr. Clair L. Taylor, state superintendent of public iristrufctipn, said
the conference was called because
of redent widespread discussion of
methods used to teaeli readingf
West of the statioU three pars
were jacknifed into a -positiou
across the rails, and two other cArs
with broken trucks st6od\ where
they stopped on the station platform.
A "diamond" crossing switcti' located where the C'&- 0 tod the
Ann Arbor cross was. badbl; damaged, and Ann Arbor - line' .rails
were loosened ahd bent" jukt*"wjfest,
of the station. More .damagerfccM-1*
ed when the derailed dars.-m.aB___
a power switch at tlie w_st.ipittd pi
tho station. .  """"•'■•*.
Wrecking trains and.c-ewa w.
immediately called pn both, railroads. Roy Harter said;' that ihe
Ann Arbor crew was on -tar Itjtife
from Owosso. _*ak_ -_ -vlillaip. aseiid *.«.
'.trW'n&8W"G*-i w^'-^rdtf" - 8t$|#r
would probably .arfiVt-r ia,:;Clara'
about three' 6-lock to. ;t&)r-vthe
track clearing; job. It w„_ p_xp-ct*
ed that midnight W-dn.esdi^v^<iald
be the earliest time. ^J.efl-^ traffic
could be resumed on thfe Bgl-fc;P-*
way for both lines. ■ /'.
-'■'•■-•      » ;>  -'-' '-i:"/•;.
Section workers in. ther station.
during their noon hourf inad&l'i.,
fast exit through a door:awayf ifptb.
the track-side of the bUildih|. *»fJi-J.
they saw the tracfc-jU-hpitfg cars
endangering the: station. Both; railroad agents were 'away -rpBt.t_i.ir
offices when th- -.ccident'hap'peiiefll
but returned from the_r • l-ftch
hours tb" fltid'the •wre'b_ag'.;" •-.:>
: ■ '■■• ' "'».■'.-.-:N:-'.:-V
- Resid-nts nearby _^idr^t.hat^t_ie$•
heard , what sdunded likey;'$?$&
usually noisy train; -4d:_tiSt_ ;tjhte
ground jarred when tfte' der^Heft
care passed over the- tlesi Sightseers gathered qu}cl_ly|6-;_«!-.tlie
damage and watch ■ the"" wr-Ckef-
Working. ' V. ;
Baptists
IncreaseTime
On Radio
Beginning Sunday, morning.
March 4, the Clare Baptist church
will increase its radio broadcast
time over station. WCEN. Mt.
Pleasant and the pastor. Rev. Ger-
ril Schut will present a thirty min.
ute gospel message -at 11.30 o'clock.
This effort will increase, the
church mission program to ' two
half hour periods each Sunday, The
"Melody and Meditation" feature
on the air since last November, attracts hundreds of appreciatve listeners in central and western Michigan, also many in the Cadillac and
Gaylord areas where R_v, Schut
first promoted the work when
pastor of the J/TcBain Baptist church
previous to coming to Clare in
October. • •     ,
Talent from the McBain congregation has been retained for thes-
broadcasts.
The commendatons 'and praise
from listeners of this program over
WCEN's listening area expedited
the expansion and "increase of radio time. Details, have- been favorably arranged by the - .mechanical
staff for the opening half hour ot
this Clare gospel broadcast next
Sunday morning at 11:30- o'clock
over WCEN . , . 1150 on jrour dial.
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