1955-04-14; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE. MICHIGAN THURSDAIf. MORNING   APRIL 14, 1355
Tfen Cents Copy
New Series, VpI. 63, No; 30
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Clare Has A Mind To Grow -alid Here's Room To BouMe In Size
Hope To Begin
Here Next Week
How Clare's residential area is doubling with the addition
of new, or already established building sites is shown in the
bold lines on ihe city area map. In the top left (N.WJ corner is Brookwood. a new subdivision with lots soon available
along the wooded river bank. Business lots form a strip
along McEwan, but northeast of the school is a hugfc 7Q-acre
tract partly accepted in the plat of Clare already,.and with
plans for quick development by Russell and Bill Foell and
their father Walter, when demand comes. Eastwood Hills «i
the east corner is not yet completely improved, and figures
in ihe building plans of many.
"Brookwood", and "Eastwood
Hills" arid ."John W. Foell Hardwood Park Addition" they're
brand new words, and in the next
few years they may mean hundreds of families moving into new
homes "in a sweeping half circle of
real estate development to the
Northwest and North and East of
Clare.
A stream of Clare Manufacturing Plant, and Dow, and oil field
workers into Clare hss bright
-With it in the last decade, i. whole
string of housing subdivisions,
now in all stages of progress.
One of the newest of these projects is Brookwood, a 65 acre plot
fronting on the Tobacco River to
the North of West US-10 owned
by W. C. McConica and his brother, T. H. McConica III.
"About two thirds of the 850
employees of Clare Manufacturing Company presently live outside the city limits, and many of
them drive 25 miles or more each
way to work" W. McConica commented.
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Because of this, in (his opinion, there is a xeal .need for
additional    building    sites    in
Claro to help the city's future
growth. And he's' backing tip
his opinion by having the survey of 50 new lots^underway
now.
"If enough desirable building- sites are provided, the
city's population -should Increase appreciably within the
next several years", McConica
said.
The Brookwood addition is in
the process of being platted, and
still has to be. approved by* the
Clare city commission. Only 50 lots
willVe readied for sale at the present and*the remainder of the 65
acres will be laid out over a period of time.
The first series of lots will to***
a double row running north in
Brookwood, from, the west end of
"Wheaton Avenue to the Tobacco
river, and a single row of lots
fronting the south toankX of the
river.
These river-front lots come at
a point where the banks of the
stream are nicely wooded,": and
where the Tobacco makes a picturesque bend.. In marking off the
lots, the McConicas plan to leave
as many as possible of the trees
standing.
The John W. Foell Hardwood
Park addition northeast of the
city o'n the Beaverton road is
owned by Bill Foell, of Gladwin.
Tlie thirty acres have been
platted, and approved by the
city, for two years. Inhere, are
several houses already- built
on it, and other lots have
been sold for houses to be
built* Well* planned streets run
through Uard-fttf&d Park to
mark city blocks similar to
those in thfe older, section of
the city. The "east-weslt streets
will extend on lines to join
with streets proposed in the
Russell and Walter Foell addition and with streets which
might be laid out through
some property owned by Mrs.
Agnes  Gleason adjoining.
Foell has instituted certain restrictions that the lot buyer must
agree to, before buying. It is to
be totally residential, and no business or '•jtAprt-f-J will be allowed
building sites in the addition.
outside with some type of permanent siding. Trailers can not
be parked on the lots for homes.
There will be a set of restrictions also in effect in the Mc-
Conicas Brookwood Addition. Both
McConicas and the Foells say-
that their building sites will qualify for FHA building loans, "'
North of the Clare Schttol
property, and adjoining it at
one point, Walter and Buss
Foell hold 40 acres between
them that they plan to turn
into a subdivision. This has not
been surveyed yet, but the
Foells have roads and grading
plans ready.
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They have hopes that eventually
the Beaverton road will be extended west to US-27 past their property. Walter arid Russ are the
father and brother of Bill Foell.
Now shining new homes have
gone up all over forty acres of
slightly rolling land. A set of the
same sort of restrictions is in
effect here as those that govern
the Hardwood Park area, ' and
will govern the Brookwood Addition.
National Rules
Considered for
Little League
' A* call is out this week for Clare
area boys age 8 through 12 years,
and their parents who are interested in Little League Baseball, to
attend* a meeting Monday evening
to make plans for the organization
of a Little League.    ' " .
Jay Green, in charge of preliminary plans for the meeting, said
that if enough interest is shown,
the formation of the local four-
team, league will move ahead under National Little League rules.
fed Friedl, district Little League
Commissioner is planning to be at
Monday's meeting to speak briefly and show motion pictures -describing the formation of a league.
Time for the meeting has been
announced as 7:30 p.m. April 18,
in the Visual Aid room at Clare
Public school. Green said that boys
would be invited and welcome
when accompanied by parents.
Others invited to the meeting are
team sponsors, managers and fans.
Green said that the National
League rules are strict and the
possibility of organizing a local
league depended upon willingness
of players and adult officials to
abide by accepted procedure.
Note
Book
There will
requirement
homes   must
be a minimum size
for homes, and
be  finished   on  the
Still strictly in the planning
stage is the proposed flooding
of the old mill pond morth ot
tOYfn into a G00' x 3,000' lake,
fronted by new building sites.
There Will be other smaller parcels of land available for subdivision, or single .building sdtes.
Altogether there is a choice of
some 175 lots immediately available to the prospective home
builder.
This is in addition to the lots
now being filled and levelled for
business sites along North US-27
in the city limits.
Mrs. Lehr
Honored At
O.E.S. Affair
Eastwood Hills, on East *#S-4#*
is the oldest of these new developments, and is weU on the way to
completion. The land was platted
nine years ago, but intense build-'
ing activity did not start until the '
past couple of years.
iTH-LWj.ii Ontinel p&wwwnoro
articles describing some of
the financing'plans available
to those who will buy and
build pn Jthese new subdivisions, and methods being taken
to provide zoning restrictions.
Memorable Holy Week
At Congregational Church
Holy Week   was   an   especially' len and Rebecca Sue AUen   chil-
memorable one for the Clare Con-1 dren of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Allen,
gregational Church this year.
Palm Sunday,, a beautiful lighted
cross for the sanctuary was' dedicated.
It was presented by Mrs. Wm.
Garchow in memory of her father,
Fred Hudson, a" life time member
of the church.
New members received at the
Maundy Thursday Communion
Service were Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Day, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Messe-
c&r, Miss Myrna Messecar, Craig
Jackson, Keith Jackson, Tom Cradit, and Raymond Hinkle.
In the Easter service the Junior
Choir, directed by Mrs. Joseph
Johnston, sang two numbers,
wearing for the *.«*st time, new
robes of white and red which had
been provided and made by mem- j
ibers of the Women's FeHowship. |
Mrs. George Beck was chairman of
the project.
Janet Sue Anderson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, E. A. Anderson.
Karen Sue Chapman, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chapman,
Thomas Alan Forsberg, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Forsberg,
Rebecca Ann Streeter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Streeter,
Jock Allan Tulk, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Tulk, and Robert
TOwer, son* of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Tower,  of Mt. Pleasant. •
The new silver bud vase which
was used to hold the roses in the
service of baptism was presented
to the church by Mrs. Stanley
Masten and .children in memory
of her husband and their father,
Stanley Masten.
Miss Cleveland
Opera Soloist
Miss Ella Cleveland was recent-
The    following    children    were   ]y ^^ ag & ^.^ ^ ^ Bat
Suzanne ., y^^   clvjc   0pera    gllQ  wag
baptised in the  service:
■!Beth Allen  and Claudia Kay
len, daughters of Mr.  and    Mrs.
Duane Allen,     James Dewey Al*
New Personnel -
At Greer's
New personnel and new equip'
ment will be added at Greer Auto
- Sales in the near future and a remodeling job is underway now> it
Was alinouijced this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack McPherson,
Lee Greer's son-in-law and daughter . will move to Clare from Detroit to joiri the family business.
Jack will manage.the gas station
at which he has had three year's
. experience, and Donna will be office manager at the sales room.
The couple have a daughter, Jill,
who is two years old.
The sales room office will nave
a paint job done, and Some new
equipment installed.
one
field  of
of three  chosen  from a
about fifty.
Miss Cleveland has spent the
past year at Peabo'dy Conservatory Studying for her Masters Degree. She is the,daughter of the
H. L. Clevelands bf Clare.
Credit Bureau
Has New Head
Hugh Hogah is the new owner
and manager of the Credit Bureau
of Clare and Mt. Pleasant located
at 214 E. Broadway in Mt. Pleasant.
The Bureau will mail out to subscribers a monthly information
bulletin on Clare and Isabella
counties. It"* will include information on mortgages, repossessions,
statistics on births, deaths, marriages and divorces, accounts collected in full, and law suits.
Hogan said he will try to build
the Bureau's present 130 businessmen subscribers, to 200, in Clare
and Isabella counties.
The Bureau can furnish information to members on call on
2,000 individuals in Clare and Isabella counties. The files go back
to 1931.
■ Hogan said the business will be
expanded and some new personnel
has been hired.' He comes from
Detroit, where he was treasurer of
a steel fabrication firm. He plans
to move his family to Mt. Pleasant from Windsor, Ontario, where
their home i's at present.
New collection division manager
of the Bureau is Harold Montgomery, a native of Michigan. Montgomery has a bonis near Mt.
Pleasant.
Contract Given for
New Water Well
On Inside Pages
Harrison News
2
Lake News
8 - 9
Rosebush News
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Society
5
Farwell News
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Bowling Scores
7
City Briefs
7
School Corner
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Sports Corner
10
Church Notes
12
Farm News
13
Want Ads - Notices
14 - 15
Comics - Crossword
15
TV Guide
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Pete Brown
On WWTV
Pete Brown, high-school senior
athle-te cErom Clare received an
honorary award for his outstanding basketball ability in a ceremony before the 'cameras at WWTV Cadillac in the eyening of
"March 28. ^     ,-v
Brown's basketball activity included three years of varsity play
for' The Pioneers, and one season
of JV play. He was accompanied
to -Cadillac by his coach, Kober* |
Baker*      _ . ,_,_.!
In exactly one hour by the clock,
the Clare City Commission Monday
evening, recorded a final decision
on the city's water well . . . after
ninety days of fact-finding, discussion and testimony by persons
with water well experience.
Commission members voted
unanimously to drill a 12-inch well
on the site of the city's test hole
near the west end of John R-
street.
The" successful bid was that of
Hugh -Nelson,. Farwell driller who
was awarded the job for $2,810.
By acting favorably at this time
on the question of drilling the. water well, the Commission made
reasonably certain that Clare's water supply will be adeduate in time
for spring gardening and lawn
season. '
The large well in the city park
between Fourth and Fifth 'streets
no longer delivers enough water,
and a new well located one block
south of W. Fourth street on
Maple cannot be used because of
the "rusty" condition of the water.
Commissioners were told in
September 1954 that the city Would
need tb find new water sources
when City Manager Willard Wedge
included that information in a re'
Po-'t- .'       .   ,
The new 12-inch well is expected
to deliver water from a gravel
vein formation 124 feet below the
ground surface. The water sampl-
led from the test hole was found
to be much softer than Water presently used from the city'iS existing wells.
Volume of water expected from
the new well may reach 750 gallons per minute according to some
estimates. Terms qf the drilling,
agreement include test pumping
for eight hours continuously at a
700-gallan per minute rate.
Building  of  a pump l>puse,
piping the water eight hundred
feet to city mains Will probably
make total cost . approach the
$10,000 mark, Wedge estimated.
Work For
Yourself And
Community
"Your business will not be successful unless you can take your
eyes off the dollar signs long
enough to work for the betterment
of your community."
That  advice  was  given to  the
110 delegates at the Third Annual
! Tourist  attd  Resort  Institutte   at
I Michigan   State   College  by  Prof.
I Earl A. Mclntyre of -the Journalism
Department.
"Bigger profits and a richer life
Will come back to you it you take
part in the chamber of commerce,
PTA, community chest, and other
civic groups," Mr. Mclntyre assured.
The three-day conference was
sponsored by the Tourist and Resort Division of the Land and .Water Conservation Department, Conservation Division of the School of
Agriculture, Cooperative Extension
Service and Continuing Education
Service.     - s
Mrs. Eleanor Lehr, grand com-
mitteewoman, of the Grand Chapter, OES Qf Michigan, was honored by Zenobia chapter, with a dinner in the Hotel Doherty and a
reception in the Masonic Temple,
on Thursday evening, April 7.
One hundred and twenty members of the Grand Family, the local chapter, and guests were served- a ham  dinner in  the Wedge-
wood room. Tables were attractive
with floral arrangements of white
stock and hiums. Lighted blue tapers  flanked the arrangement at
the speakers table.
■*   Mrs. Greta Masten, also a member of Zenobia chapter, and a pa3t
grand matron of Michigan, presided    as    mistress    of    ceremonies.
Among   the 'special   guests   were
Mrs. Grace L. Richards of Goodrich,   worthy   grand   matron;   Dr.
Grant E. Born of Petoskey, worthy
grand patron; Mrs. Ina Hammond,
and Jay Bellinger, worthy matron
and patron ot the local  chapter;
Mrs. Edith Bucholz, a past grand
chaplain, who gave the table-grace.
Mrs. Hanfmond extended a welcome, with Dr. Born,  giving the
response.  Kenneth Roe, Worshipful Master of John Q. Look Lodge,
extended   greetings.   The   dinner
program   concluded   with   a  solo,
"Tenderly",   by  Mrs.  Erma  Cole,
accompanied by Miss Bonnie Witbeck.
A receiving line was formed* m
the Masonic Temple, by the honored guest, her family, and the
Grand family. The program opened
with' the presentation of the flag,
and prayer by Miss Olive Evans,
the chapter chaplain.
Other Special guests introduced
were past grand officers; C.G.M.
officers; officers of the Greta Mas-
ten club, and the worthy matrons
of the visiting chapters.
Judge Donald Holbrook was the
speaker, and gave some interesting facts concerning Zenobia chapter, paying tribute to some of the
early members of the chapter, and
to the honored guest of the evening, who have served their chapter and the grand chapter faithfully. He likened the Five Star
Points to five steps of- stairs-
Fidelity, Constancy, Loyalty, Faith
and Love. ■     ,,
Mrs. Coie sang, "This Is My
Prayer", accompanied by Miss
Witbeck; Dr. S- C. McArthur sang
two solos, "'Star Of The East" and
"Trees", accompanied by MrS. McArthur. "The Laughing Boy Song",
by "Mrs. Lillian Wonsey of Shep-
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;   As of the middle of March, some 400 of the 600 first and
second graders in Clare county had parental permission to  '
have the Salk polio vaccine shots, according to County
Nurse Mrs. Catherine Freeman.
Mrs. Freeman said she anticipates that some last minute,
requests will come in, too. .
If any parents should change their minds and" decide that
their children should have the shots, they may still give
their permission.
To give permission they should. '
send a note to school with the
child, giving the child's name,
and school, and the parents signature. No child can have the shots
without parental permission. Mrs.
Freeman said that health officials anticipate (having enough
serum to innoculate these late
comers, too.
Meanwhile, the staff of Tri-
County health unit, headed by Dr.
Irwin Sweet, has instructions out
and equipment all ready to launch
the' vaccination schedule.
Dr. Sweet does not know when
the vaccine will be available, but
hopes it will be this week end," so
they ran start Monday. Just as
soon as he gets notification "that
the vaccine is in Lansing, he will
drive down and get it, he said.
Vaccination vpH start a* tbe
East side of the Tri-County •
health unit, at AuGres in Arenac county, move across Gladwin and Claro counties and
end at Clare schools. The first
round of shots will be completed in five days, and then
the health team will go back
io AuGres, and start over
again.
At present, serum for two
rounds will be provided Dr. Sweet
and his staff. On completion of
the second round, they will report
the number of children -having the
first two shots to the Health department, and for the third shot,
only the exact amount needed will
be provided.
The Michigan State Medical Society has recommended a voluntary priority system, ia"'distributing the early supply of the'SalJc
vaccine.
'"Doctors of medicine are urged
to reserve the commercially available supply for children between
1 year old, and first grade level,
children in igrades three 'through,
eight and pregnant women"*
Robert H. Baker, M. D., of Pontiac, Medical Society president,
said.
The voluntary controls would
be necessary only: until the nations drug "manufacturers could
make enough vaccine to supply
the public demand, Dr. Baker
g-ggjainiyj
Publicity for the Congregational Church and Mt. Vernon
Grange Blue Water Fish fries
went a little further than the
Sentinel. One of the Sentinel's
subscribers, Mrs. Edward Hardy, in Ohio showed it to an
official of the company that
supplies the Blue Water Fish
for the Fries, and he had both
of the advertisements published in the company news letter
called Blue Water Soundings.
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The weatherman says April
Showers fOr the rest of the week
and week end. If so, the grass fire
scourge should get a setback, besides bringing the usual May flowers.
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This is really the ideal time
of year for lawn owners. The
grass is a delightful fresh
green, but still not long
enough to mow.
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There were some perplexed motorists on McEwan street a couple
times this past week as the Fourth.
Street and McEwan light got a
little freakish and presented a red
light to Fourth Street and yellow
to McEwan, and nobody had the
go-ahead sign. It straightened itself out shortly though.
Haley Named
Chairman Of
Supervisors    .
Albert Haley, Clare city commissioner and one time mayor, was
elected chairman of the Clare
County Board of Supervisors at
the opening session of that body
at the courthouse in Harrison,
Tuesday. *»— '••   ■.—. in «*•»■■«
Haley, who polled 442 votes to
lead a field of six candidates for
the Clare Commission in the April
election, is popular and respected
in both city and county government. His business of stock farming in the area has helped make
his widely acquainted.
In his office of Supervisor chairman, he follows Dan Holcomb, of
Harrison, Michigan.
No "School For
Kindergarten
jtaching a pump arid" fittings, and . conferences.
There will not be any school on
April 21 and April 28 for the kindergarten at Clare Public School
at-1 because    of    the    Parent-Teacher
Operetta
Under#ay
Plans, for the annual Spring
operetta* at Clare High School are
developing rapidly. ■>
A cast tods toaen selected, a date
Set, >and some of tlie committees
named toy Nancy Keller, vocal
music instructor' at CHS.
The operetta, "Mississippi Melody'*, is based on the lives of Tom
Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn,
and will toe presented April 28 in
the CHS Auditor, ium,      .„„.._
WWTV Mast
2d Tallest In U.S.
Television station WWTV, its
new 1,282-foot transmitting tower
nearly completed, will be operating with a temporary antenna for
a -period of several days during
the last half of April.
The temporary antenna will be
used during the time that WWTV's
regular transmitting antenna is
toeing transferred from its present 530-foot tower to* the new
toWer.
Steel work on the new tower
has been completed and the structure - second tallest TV tower in
the United States, now stands
1,*202 feet above the ground. The
addition of the ;80-f oot regular. antenna will bring the total height
to 1,282 feet.
Baptist Youth
Rally April 18
The Central Michigan Baptist
Youth Rally will be held Monday
evening April 18. at 7:30 at the Dove*? Tabernacle.
Rev. Carl Briggs of Skeels will
-be the speaker of the evening. The
public is urged to attend.      '
Clare Entries
Place At
Ann Arbor
Three Clare entries placed first
or second in the State Solo and
Ensemble contest held at Ann Arbor, March 26. ^
John* Akins took a first place
with a piano solo. He played tihe
second movement of Beethoven's
"Sonata Pathetique".
The Clarinet Quartet, composed
of John Akins, Janet McQuiston,
Laurene Woodward and Jack Mair
took a second place. They played
"Schertzo" by Erickson.
Bonnie Witbeck, in a saxophone
solo, played "Alicia" toy Stinson^
and took a second place. She was
accompanied toy Lloyd Conley.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill McQui-fton
attended the con'test with the
group.
Cancer Drive
"Kick Off
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Ministerial Group
Meets April IS
The next meeting of the Clare
County Ministerial Association will
be held Tuesday morning, April
19'at 10 a.m. at the Clare Metho
dist Church. The program will he
on the theme. ."The Minister's
.Mental Health", presented by the
Rev. Oscar Olson.
Free lunch reservations ' are
being taken by. ReV« N&vins-
The Clare County Cancer Cant*
paign got under way this Week
with members of Beta Sigma Phi
Sorority and volunteers through**
out the city meeting for a "Kick*
Off" breakfast Tuesday morning
at 9:00 o'clock. Each volunteer
was assigned to her special place
in the drive for a house to house
campaign.
The volunteers will not only be
Seeking contributions, but willbS
appraising the public of the latest
discovered facts about cancer*
The public Will be informed <*■£
the vital necessity of early treatment if sufferers are to be Cured.
Banquet Next Week
The annual Father and Sou
Banquet for Congregational church
families and tbeir tfriends is,
scheduled for Thursday evening*
April 21. Tickets are on sale at
the Citizens State Bank, or reser*
yations may be made with mem*
Hers ol the Men's FellowsMp, - - --
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