1956-03-08; Clare Sentinel

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Girl Scottts Hostess T<>
The Clare Girl Scouts were host*
esgei Jo the Farwell Girl Scouts
and their leaders Monday evening,
March-,- ' *"   ".
About 100 girls and their mothers enjoyed the pot luck supper
which was served at the Glare City
Hajl.   A-ter the meal together,   a
Want Girl
For Dairy
Princess
The search is on for a pretty Isabella county .arm girl to represent
th^t county in the upcoming Michigan Diary Princess contest, according: to Harry Densmore, Isabella
4-H club agent.
''Requirements for the Princess
include charm, poise, speaking
ability and a dairy farm background. In addition contestants
must be between 3,7 and 20 years
old, and unmarried.
A contest to choose the Isabella
county candidate will be held at
the Mt. Pleasant High School Auditorium on March 23, Girls entering, must be from Isabella county.
Prior to the contest, a banquet
will be given for contestants at
the Hotel Chieftain in Mt. pleasant. Girls are requested to wear
formals.
Prizes will be awarded in the
contest, and first place winner
will go to the state contest in May.
The contest is sponsored by
dairying groups throughout the
state.
Mary Welch
Is Speaker
In Series
Rev. Mary Welch of Houston
Texas, who for the past eight yean
has conducted Spiritual Life Mis
sions in forty-one states, and: Canada" an has received inr'ltctfcas tp.
nineteen foreign countries, Will
open such a Mission next Sunday
evening, March 11th im the Clare
Methodist church at 7:30.
G_neral Theme for the week will
be, "Lord, Teach' Us* To Pray"
There .will be two" meetings each
day, one' at 10:00 a.m. with the
theme,. "Increase* our Faith", running through the "messages; and
the second at 7 30 in the evening
short business meeting was con*
ducted by* the President Mrs. Betty
JWarotzke,    ■ "
i She introduced the Farwell Girt
SCout Leader Mis? Ruth Smith,
Who in turn introduced the scouts.
There were 18 girls from the Far-
well council present. Miss Smith
told of their activities during the
past few rponths.
The Clare Brownies have been
busy selling cooMes in recent
weeks, and have had successful
sale.
Mrs. Alice Ruby's Brownie
Troop Four entertained the group.
Taking part were Susan Perrine
and Allyson Ruby, Sue Sheponski,
Kay Beck/ Lynn Methner, Lynn
Dralette, Katherine , Kisnosky,
Donna Chipman, Susan Weiferich,
Grace Flood, Janie Thayer, Barbara, Hankins, and Carol McCaulah.
Featured on the program was a
fashion parade of dolls, with each
doll's owner telling about its costume. The girls enjoyed group
sin'gihg.
The next pot luck will be April
2 at the ' Clare City Hall. Girl
Scout Troop 7 will have charge of
the kitchen, and Brownie Troop 1
will have the program.
Lightning
Damages
Farm Homes
A close bolt of lightning missed
the Carl Athey home on R-2 Clare
iu Tuesday evening's electric
storm, but knocked out several
windows in the house, and burned
out all the light bulbs but one. •    -
The damage occurred a little after 8 p.m. and a big front window
was among those shattered. " No
one was injured.
Mr. and Mrs. Athey and their
-hildren went to the home of her
parents, the William Hutchinson'a
ito spend the night.
Pulpwood
Pulpwood marketing opportunities will .be dlscu-sed in three
meetings sponsored by the Water;
vliet' Paper Company j_ext,'week,
and scheduled to be held in Harrison, Lake and Midland. The
meetings ate ijdjr farmers a;nd
pulpwood producers and are open
to the public. •     ■
The Watervliet Company which
has operated a pulpwood receiving
yard here since February 15 lists
the purpose of the meetings, "To
Acquaint producers with recent developments in the pulpwood field
regarding production .methods,
markets and other details".
At Harrison the meeting will be
held March 14- in the courthouse.
At Lake the meeting is scheduled
fqr March 15 at; the township ball,
and the Midland session, will be
held the following day, March 16
in the Midland", Community. Center.
Time for all meetings- is -10 a.m.
The progr_m . before lunch .will
consist of a welcome, from the
County Agricultural • Agont,-Paul
Gibson will appear in Ql&to -County
and H. ©.Parish is -o • speak .'in
Midland" county;, and following will
be short talks;
Pulpwood Specifications will be
explained by John Hanson, Watervliet'-. chief forester. "
Techniques of Producing Pulpwood will be discussed *by- Lester
E. Bell, MSU.
Chemi-Peeling of Pulpwood,Bolts
is the subject of a talk by Henry
M. Shepard, a, logging engineer of
Wausau, Wisconsin.
Availability of .Timber, from
State ahd Privately Owned Forest
Lands is th© title of remarks to be
presented by Lyle A. Barden and
Mr- Shirley GoWing both with the
State Forestry Service.
After lunch time visits will be
made to actual pulpwood locati&ns
to observe production methods,
and a chemi-peellng demonstration
will be given.
Church School Institute
All-Day Meetiiig Set Here
it
REV  MARY WELCH
'with the theme, "Increase Oiii
Love",, being emphasized. The program for the week follows:
Sunday, March 11, 7:30 p.m., •
"When A Church Prays With
Power".
Monday, March 12, 10:00 'a.m., -
"What it Means to Pray according
to God's Will". 7:30 p.m'. * "How
Love Forgives'.
Tuesday, March 13, 10:00 a.m, -
"The Secret of Asking in Prayer",
7:30 p.m. - "Am I My Brother's
Keeper?"
.Wednesday, March 14,10:00 a.m.
"Giving and Receiving", 7:30 p.m.
"Love Begins At Home'.
Thursday, March 15, 10:00 a.m. -
'Start Where You Are", 7:30 p.m.
"The Land of Beginning Again".
Friday, March 16, 10:00 a.m. -
"Turn Your Burdens Into Bridges".
7:30 p.m. - "The Land of Beginning
Again".
Sunday, March 18, 10:00 a.m. -
"Secrets of Creative Praying", 7130
p.m. - "Freedom From Fear of
Living".
Mrs. Welch is the author of
seven book.: which in addition to
American publication _ are being
published in England and also in
German translation in Switzerland
and -in Flemish in Holland. The
aim of the Spiritual Life Mission
is to .help people ito discover and
remove those mental, emotional,
physical and spiritual blockages
that keep them fi-in experiencing
in everyday living th_ "life more
abundant' that Jesus Christ bestow- on all believers. The meetings
are open to the public and anybody
and everybody wishing to attend
will find a welcome. Many people
from .neighboring communities aro
expected to attend, some coming
from Bay City*
- An Area Interde_&mi_'a.ionat
Vacation Church School Institute
to train workers for the summer
vacation schools will be conducted
in Clare, April 11, 1956, under the
ttuspifces of the Educational Divisions of the Clare Congregational
and Methodist Churches, in co-operation with the Michigan Council
of Qhurches. . .
This is one of thirty-five one-day
meetings to be held in Michigan.
The institute will be held iu the
Clare Methodist Church- located at
105 East Ytt. Street, one' half- block
east of North US-27, With the noon
luncheon at the Clare' Congregational Church, at 110 W. .5th Street
across from the Clare Post Office.
Churches _rom Clare, .Isabella,
Gladwin, Midland,' and Osceol-
counties will be sending their pastors and church school workers.
A team of five experienced leaiL-
ers, led by Mrs. Clark Phillips, the
Michigan Conference Director of
Children's Work of the Methodist
Church, will give instruction in departmental workshops dealing with
kindergarten, primary, junior junior high and administrative work.
The staff is as follows:
Kindergarten   —•   Mrs.    Harold
Bush, Children'-: work;-dvisor for
Synodical of the Presbyterian
Church in Michigan ,, ■ "•
, Primary *— Mrs, HOmer Dalrynl-
ple, Congregational Mihlsterfs wife
from Grand Rapids
Junior — Mrs. John R. Ghilda,
District Director of Children's
Work of the Methodist Church
Junior High — Mrs. Charles
Hahn, Methodist Minister's' wife,
from Alma -       .
Administration — Miss Joan
HolliSter. Director of Christian Education in the United Church of
Big Rapids.
Mrs. Phillips, team leader, will
be in charge of an exhibit of vac*
"afion church school texts and materials on tho theme "Our Bible
Heritage". .
Registration will begin at S:45
in the Glare Methodist ChurCh,
with the fee $1,50 per person or
$5.00 per church. '
■ Rev. Hugh Kennedy and Rey.
Leslie NevinS are the host, pastors.
Mrs. Willis Hankins, Mrs. Gordon
Mcintosh, Mrs. Clayton Neff and
Mrs. Norman Maxwell are representing the two churches in making
the necessary arrangements for this
institute.
Clare Study Club Hears Panel
On Services To Community
An interesting panel discussion
was presented at the Clare Study
Club meeting Tuesday evening,
when members convened in the
Methodist church parlors for their
March meeting.
Mrs. Letoa VanEvery, as moderator, Mrs. Clayton Neff and Mrs.
Robert Gravelle discussed the
topic, "The Service the Study Club
Gives 'to the Community and the
Individual".
In relating some of the past, present and future services, they
pointed out that the Study.Club
was responsible for starting th_
City Library in Clare, also for the
organization of the Garbage collection in the .City, and for the
special project each year of the
Easter Seals.
•They also, "have a number of
wheel chairs, to be loaned to anyone who needs them.
.Mr3. L. C. Garthe conducted the
business meeting, and  an invita-
Luther Film
To Show At
Church Of God
• "Martin * Luther" the film story
of the great protestant church man
Will be shown at the Clare Church
of God this Sunday, March 11, at
7 p.m., Rev. V. Brinkman, pastor,
has announced.
The publifc is invited td'attpncl
the showing'of this film that is on
its way to becoming a classic. A
free Will offering will be taken to
help pay expenses of bringing the
film here.
Tb Vote On
Glass Sc___ck_>1   I
Annexation     |
Glass School district voters \HU;
ballot next Friday or.ijhe questfpn
of ^annexing with the Farv$-ll
school district according to an olfi-
cial notice of the ejection published
this week by Mary •■ Lou Shillii|ig.
director. 4
A second question on the ballot
seeks approval of the voters tot
the sale of the. school buildingst to
the Gilmore Variety Club. I
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The Glass school .located about
three miles- south of Farwell has-an
enrollment of twenty-one pupils
who would enter classes in the
Farwell school after the annexation is completed. Students from
Hinkleville and Hatfield schools
are at Farwell now as the result: Of'
annexation of their districts by the
Farwell school, ' ,'
The sale of the; school building to
the Gilmore Variety Club will assure a place for social gatherings
and a .cqrnmumty center after the
building is no longer- used- for a
school. •••'•.
• The polling place at the school-
house is io be open. on. March 9,
from, noon until eight in the evening. ', ■    .'.•-';
Floods Drain
Red Cross
Treasury
The costliest half" year of disasters in Red Cross history including
floods on both the East and Vf.ost
Coast, has drained the Red Cross
relief fund, according tg a letter
from a Michigan Red Cross- execu*
tive.
The spring tornado and flood,
season must still be planned for,
and the Red Cross has sent out an
urgent appeal _or more funds.
Clare county's Red Cross quota
in the recent United Fund drive
was met in fine spirit by county
people. Now county citizens are
being asked to join forces, and donate another $240.
The additional money must be
raised if the Red Cross is to givir
adequate help to storm and flood
victims in the coming .critical
months, state Red Cross drive
chairmen warn.
tion was read from the Evart ClUb
to be its guests March 19.
The Tea committee was Mrs.
'Harley Sowle, Mrs. Hilda Tibbils,
Mrs. Reva Maxwell, Mrs. Kathryn
Freeman. Mrs. R. W. Scott and
Mrs. W G. Allyn, poured. Decorations were in keeping with St.
Patrick's day. '
P. Johnson
To Start
Campaign
A lifelong resident of Rosebush,
Preston H. Johnson, 57, • told the
Clare- Sentinel this" week that he
will be an active candidate for
nomination as state representative
on the Republican ticket. ■
Johnson, a farmer all his life,
has served on the school board in
his district, has been Isabella township treasurer, and an Isabella
county supervisdr, and a member
of the Rosebush Community Council1, and during World War II was
a member of the draft board.
Candidate Johnson "said he plans
to make _11 personal contacts with
area voters that he can during his
campaign, and will also use radio
and newspapers to outline liis plat-s
form.
During the past five years, Johnson has worked with the audiovisual aid program in rural schools
in the TJlare'-tsabella area.
He has indicated that he will be
pleased to. accept spe.aking engagements with grolips ■ interested
in' discussion of state and local
governmental problems.
The entire eighth grade of
Harwell Public School paid the
Sentinel a visit on Monday.
They took down copious notes
on what they saw {Including
us) and were apparently
charmed with the effect of
their names spelled upside
down and backward on linotype slugs.
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Dolls were the center of attention at the Girl Scout program
Monday evening. Young owners
had their dolls dressed in their
best, and showed them off in a
fashion parade.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Brown
are grandparents of two brand
new grandson* born during the
past month.
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Norman Hutchinson, of Eagle
community, reports seeing a robin
last w_ek. It's the first one we've
heard of aud a mighty cheering
piece of news it is, too.
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Industry Group
Met At Barnes
An organizational meeting and
election of officers of The Pallet
Manufacturers Association of
Michigan was held at Barnes Cafe
on Tuesday with .3 men attending
to represent 25 member manufacturers.
Employed in the association are
between 2,000 and 2,500 people who
make wooden pallets, or "skids"
for material storage or transportation. Sales in 1955 of members i-
this association were $5 to ?7 millions.
. Newly elected president- of the
group is John Newman, of Skidway
Box Company, Prescott. Other officers and directors named were:
O. J. Briggs, White Cloud; E. I.
BeMent, East Tawas; Regihal Bar-
jiett, East Tawas; Floyd Hoover,
Tuscola; H. Taft. Detroit; L. Mai-
thews, Lupton; E. Robey, Johannesburg.
Th_ convention dinner was Betv-
ed in Barnes' Dining Room whei _
the- business session followed. Date
of the next meeting was announced
as April 3 at Frankenniuth, Michigan.
ament
Game Tonight
' The Clare High School'varsity
basketball five is girding itself for
its first game of the annual cage
tournaments tonight.
The Pioneers meet Remus, at the
-'antral _yilchig_n College F&eld-
house, In Mt. Pleasant, at 7; 15 tonight.
Last night, Farwell played Sac.
red Heart Academy, Mt. Pleasant,
in the tournament opener. The winner of that game will play Coleman
tonight following the Clare-Remus
contesct. Play-offs for the district
championship, will be Saturday
.vening.  ;_.'
The Pioneer Five took a 84 - 68
drubbing from Cadillac last Saturday night as a disheartening
finale to the regular cage season.
It £&Yo the CHS team a one win,
1,4 Toss season's record. The Pioneers beat the Mt. Pleasant Oilers
early in the season.
John Miller and Gerry Fullerton
scq. ed 31 ah,d 18 points individually
during the game.
• Tho Little Pioneers ended the
season the same night with a six
win/ ..even • loss season record,
.- The . Cadillac jayvees • ran over
the CHS boys 79-46,. in the Little
Pioneers worst .loss of the season.
Jim Nlvison scored 17 polnta,
and1 Al Terwilllger 10 points for
Ciare. ■.     ,  •
Host To Many
nventions
The Hotel Doherty has been the
headquarters for a steady stream
of business, political and social
groups during the past week.
Last Wednesday, February 29,
an ' estimated fifty New Holland
Machine dealers from Central
Michigan gathered there for an
afternoon and  dinner meeting.
Clare Service clubs, Rotary end
Ki'wariis, both had their usual
weekly, meetings the same day.
Thursday, March 1, ,a dinner
m-etihg of Tenth District Republicans drew, about 90 followers.
That same day, the Postal Club
made up of a group of Clare and
Mt." Pleasant business people who
own a fishing camp in Canada,
held 'its annual meeting and dinner.
On Saturday, March 3, the
Utility Workers of .America, CIO,
held ari all day meeting.
Sunday, the Michigan State University Ski Club convened for its
annual banquet. 100 attended.
Tuesday, Goodyear Tire and Rubber company dealers met for. a
buffet dinner. The same day, the
CiareVlsabella Auto Dealers Association held a dinner meeting
there.       '
Russell Strange
Announces
Candidacy
Russell H. Strange, Jr. has announced that he will be an active
candidate for the Republican nomination for the office of State Representative,
In making his formal announcement, Strange said that although
newspaper • and radio advertising,
posters and cards will be used, his
campaign will be. concentrated on
making of personal acquaintance
with as many individual voters as
time will allow.
"I will be available for speaking
engagements to any group wishing
to discuss the principles, duties and
responsibilities of the office 6f
State .Representative,' said Strange
and added that "all such requests
will be greatly Welcomed and every- attempt will be made to comply
with the time and date set by any
interested group."  ' «
Strange, the son of Dr. and Mrs.
Russell 'H.- Strange, is at resident
of Clare county, having 'lived in
Arthur township since 1938, He will
receive' his bachelor degree in
June from Central Michigan College where his studies have cen-
(Contihued on Page 8),
RUSSI-LL H, STRANGE Jr.
Annexing
July Vote On TwoMembers
Of New School Board
Runaway
Team Hits
Thatcher Gar
A team of run-away .horses
charged headlong into an -automobile . in which six local people'
were riding early Sunday morning,
injuring all of the passengers' in
the car..
Mr, and Mrs. 'John Thatcher, Mr.
and Mrs.. Harlan Walter-^ and Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Becker were al.'
treated at Community Hospital1!
Mt, Pleasant after the tongue of
the wagon pulled by the frightened*
horses slammed through the windshield of the car. ._
The accident occurred on M-115,
north and west of Farwell, near
the Muskegon River, at about 1:30'
a.m. Sunday.   ■
The tongue missed Thatcher,
who was driving, but hit Mts.
Thatcher. A group of Mt. Pleasant,
people had the team and wagon out
for a hayrlde, when the horses apparently ■ became frightened and
bolted.
Mrs. Thatcher is still in Mt,
Pleasant Community Hospital
where she was treated for a gash
on the head, shock and slight concussion. She. had only recently
been released from the hospital
following an operation, and the automobile ride Sunday was her first
outing since coming home.
John Thatcher was treated for
bruises and lacerations, Harlan
Walters for broken bones and
bruises, Mrs. Walters for a broken
ankle and cracked ribs, Arthur
Becker for shock and bruises and
Mrs. Becker for-hock and sprains,.
They were released from the hospital on Sunday and Monday.
The car, a Joew one with only 341
miles on It, 'was almost a total
wreck. One of the horses had to be
destroyed by State Police when
they arrived at the scene.
, All but one of the hay ride party
had managed to jump off the W4g*
on before it struck the car. The
woman still on the wagon received
injuries when she was thrown off.
Mrs. MeArthur's
Painting Wins
At Saginaw
For the second year in a row,
Mrs. Grace McArthur, of Rosebu-lv
is a prize winher on an entry in
the Saginaw Regional Art Exhibit,
held in Saginaw through the month
of February.
Mrs. McArthur won third prize
in the oil painting division with
her canvas entitled -lappy Holiday.' Tlie scene depicted was a
typical family gathering at Christmas.
Clare people taking art work to
the show were Mrs. Adelaide El-
den, Mrs. Sarah Beck, Mrs. Aria-
gene Drebert, Mrs. Maxine Kirk-
patrick, Virginia Foss, Mrs. Ruth
Marble and art instructor Mrs. Virginia Seitz. Mrs. Edna Sellers and
Mrs*. Bertha Gardiner, of Harrison,
two others of Mrs. Seitz' students,
also entered canvases in the show.
All of the work submitted by
Mrs. Seitz' students was. accepted
for hanging in. the exhibit.
Women's Golf
Group Met
At St. Louis
The annual spring meeting of
the Central Michigan Womens1
Golf Association was held Tuesday
at the Park Hotel in St. Louis.
Five towns were represented,
Portland, St. Johns, Ithaca, Alma
and Clare.
A business meeting followed the
luncheon, and the schedules for
the year, were arranged. St. Johns
annuonced plans for the annual
Tournament,
Clare was represented hy two
voting delegates, Mrs. Floyd Rosier
and Mrs, Tim Frey. Others from
Ciare attending were Mrs. Harold
Wright and Mrs. N. A. Elden.
On Inside Pages
Harrison News ' 2
Rosebush News 2
City Briefs        ■ 3
Farwell News ,             ■ 6
Society News ' .--             7
Lake News" A
Sport News • 10
Church News " 12
Farm, New. ■               13
Want' Ads - Notices         14-15
Comicfi IS
Announcement pf a plan for more immediate representation for annexing school districts on the Board of the proposed new reorganized district was made to delegates at a school
meeting in the Clare school auditorium Thursday evening.
The plan was originated by the Clare School Board and offers two trustee positions on the new Board for filling at the
July election.
In addition to one seat on the Board which will be, vacant
•because-of an expired term, the timely compromise plan offers the resignation of a second member so that two-of -the"
five seats can be filled through the choice of the voters in
the reorganized district. ..-..-•
"A condition of the offer is that all twenty-two rural primary" districts annex With the Clare district. '      ■      '.   -
The- offer by the Clare Board has .been under discussion
between, the Clare group and the Clare County Board of/Education since -sometime in January. Thursday's meeting \?as
the first-time the idea had been expressed publicly. '•  •-- '■ ,;
More than one hundred men'and
wonlfn delegates7 and interested
residents from rural .districts itf
the area conducted .other business
at the meeting also. Included. wer«
reports from committees, and question-answer 'information•' from
County School Commissioner Lon-
ord Schwanz and Clare.-Superintendent Richard Wheeler.   '   •
New Dog Catcher
On The Job Now
Law and order "should soon be
restored to Clare's dog population.
A new dog catcher has been hired
this week.
Jim Dwyer, whose phone number is 590, is the man to call when
marauding canines are sighted
Dwyer said that after 4 p.m. is the
best time to call.
■ Dog owners are warned to keep
dogs at home. Animals running
Wild will be impounded, and if they
are not claimed in the specified
time, and fees paid, they will be
disposed of.
4-H Youths
Observe
Their Week
Isabella County 4-H youths will
join in a nation-wide event March
3*11 to celebrate National 4-H Club
Week, announced Harry Densmore,
County 4-H Clu'b Agent.
During National 4-H Club Week,
groups review their accomplishments, of the past year and make
plans for the year to come.
Michigan 4-H has set a record
this year by having the highest
total enrollment it has ever attained - 61,000 boys and girls Witl^
more than 9,000 local leaders and
2,300 junior leaders.-
Densmore continued that Michigan had also completed a high percentage of projects. Eighty-nine
and a half per cent of all projects
begun were carried through to the
finish.
Comparing - Isabella County to
the state figures, Densmore states
that 476 boys and 449' girls were
esrolled; 150 local leaders are directing these youths with the help of
29 junior leaders.
Last year Michigan youngsters
took care of 6,200 dairy animals;
2,300 beef animals; 2,600 swine;
2,700 swine; and 124,-00 chickens
and turkeys. They also prepared
277,000 dishes Of food for the table;
served 100,000 meals; preserved
136,000 quarts of food; and,made
53,000 articles of clothing; made
27,000 articles of handicraft projects; and raised 1,300 acres of
vegetables.
Grand Rapids
Musicians
To Appear Here
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hamming,
of Grand "Rapids, will accompany
students from the Reform Bible
Institute to Clare next Sunday.
They will appear on the Musical
program at th. First Baptist
church, rendering vocal duets, accordion duets and solo numbers at
both the morning and evening serv
-ice_.
One half hour of the morning
service will be broadcast over
WCEN-at 11:30 o'clock. Mrs. Hamming is a sister of Mrs. .Gerrit
Schut,
Allan Tulk At
Denver Conference
by Ruthann Spence
of the Pioneer Staff
Clare High's Elementary Princi-
pal, Allan Tulk, fend his wife, Bernice, flew to Denver, Colorado,
March G, for five days, Where they
will attend the National''Elementary Principal Conference,
This -is an annual conference, in.
which Glare has often been a participant. '
The -ommittee of ■ Frank'Rilett,
chairman and Cecil Warner, Floreu
Pudvay and Floyd Squires .presented a report from their chairman oa
interviewing an.d ' fact-finding
among nearby schools, and at- the
Lansing office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.)   .
At Coleman tho committee gathered facts on the cost of a school
addition recently built there". Mr.
Rilett said that the men learned
that the Coleman- School- Board
conferred with an architect on.tlie
size aud coat of the school construction program needed before
th„ area vote on reorganization.
Visiting the Beaverton eehObl
district, the1 report continued, -to
say that ithe im talked, to «;«ar+.
mer who gave them his-opinion -h
school reorganization and _t Beaverton they found figuyes sh._wi_g
taxes charged agaiuBt prbpeHy.
These ta_.es were compared 'with
the levy on properties in Clare aiid
Gladwin .districts. -...-,. .-.
Mr, Rilett said that the committee learned • of a schpol at Brpnson,
Michigan where a reorganized "district was operating a high fechoo'l
in the town, and at the same time
operating classes in = rural -chbcils.
for the younger students.**  •    ',
Mr. Schwanz was ast-d- to add
any information he might haive -P_
the Bronson sanool, and .h^. quoted
school authorities from that "city
as saying ithat there was i marked
niequality in the kind 6E -chool
program and classroom." facilities
between Bronsoh's city school and
the rural classrdoms, both operatiB^
by the same School Board, He said
that a program underway in Branson to construct needed classrooms,
in the city would probably raise
their debt retirement rate to an
amount comparable to what must
he paid for construction here-
Mr. Wheeler assured the area representatives that students will almost certainly be accepted ' in
Ciare schools next, year whether
their home districts annex, Ot
choose to stay out pf ' t_e; reorganized district. Doubting that
overcrowding in the school would
make refusal of non-res.deirt_ necessary, as soon as next fall, he
said that the Clare Board had indicated no such policy for heist
year's enrollment. B '■* '
Commenting on the March Ej date
which was set by the Clar- -Board
for replies to its invitation for
rural districts to annex, Mr» Wheeler said Ithat - the Clare" Board «_* >
pected letters . from each' district
willing to aixnex so that r .solutions
can be drawn up, and !appfbval of
the Superintendent of Public Instruction obtained. ""'   "■."";■
James Earl Rees, father ,of Mrs.
O. M. Ulch, of Harrison, deid Monday, March 3, at the Welcome Rest
Home, in Harrison. Mr. It_e_ was
taken to the Edgar Funeral Home
in Wauseon, Ohio.
Mrs. Frank Hochstetler and Atfs-.
tin Mayer flew to Bradentdn Beach,,
Florida' Monday evening, called
there by the death of her grandson,
and his nephew, Frank Hochstet.et'.
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hochstetler. The seventeen year old lad
was killed' in a caMrain accident
on Sunday,
Mrs. Floyd Clark, of 105 IS. Dim-
lop Roadi died at the "University
Hospital in Ann Arbor Monday
morning. She was brought to the
Stephenson Funeral Home in Clarfc
where services wiil he held Thursday at 2 p.m. Rev. Stanley Leonard
of Loomis will officiate, and burial
will be in Fork Cemtery, Mecosta
county. A daughter, Mrs. Comstock
of Loomis, is among those who sur-r
vive Mrn. Clark."