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CLARE. MICHIGAN, FEIDAY MORNING. JULY 2, 1954
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New Series, Vol.. 62. No. 41
Transient Sale
Law Defeated
At Harrison
Aimed At Control
Of Outside Auctions
An ordinance aimed at curbing
"transient", auction sales in the
county was turned down Monday"
.at a special meeting of the Board
'of Supervisors. The voting wass 11-
8 against the measure.  .
The ordinance, as reported out
oi committee, would have;
1. Made it mandatory for out of
state auction operators to obtain a
. license from the county upon payment of a $25 lee.
2. Forced the prospective auction
holder to post a bond valued at
twice the value of his current' inventory. • •_
3. Made failure to comply with
the ordinance punishable by a fine
of. not-more "than $100, or imprisonment'for not more than 88 days,
. * The bill included clauses to protect the right of .county residents
to conduct regular farm auctions.
Spokesmen for; the .measure stated
that Clare county.residents would,
no in the least have been, affected
by the proposed* ordinance.
The Sentinel has taken\ a.
stand along with the business-
* men in the ijojinty In their call
tor action against the "transients". As early as August 1952.
tbe editor announced opposition to thos. auction holders
who come into the county with
■'.•2*EW. MERCHAN1MSE to". sell'...
in competition with TAX !PA_-
. _*!<» county businessmen.
•The Sentinel, in a recent editorial, announced thai ii tvouJu   -
i-efijse advertising* from operators of such sales.
It was the Sentinel's, contention then, as it is now, that
such sales took away from the
community offering little in return. The. Sentinel still holds
the line on this, and will continue to refuse ' .advertising
space to the "transients".. It
does this under the Impression
that it is doing a service to tbe
county, the people, and. the
paper's advertisers.
The bill was drafte'd by Robeft
Campbell, County Prosecutor 'at
the request of a committee of the
Board of Supervisors. Making tip
the committee were, ' Howard
*Evarts;r .Tames *. _. ^arllnr %nd'
Chester Wallace.-       '._■-, /■
The bill was defeatedshortly before noon recess of tbe special
board meeting after -the legislators
had heard argument' lasting ap-'
proximately ten minutes..    '
The roll call vote was as follows:
For the measure
Cooper , ,.   i ,.|j,i
Darling
Everts
Gee
Hall
Holcbrnb " .
Moder       ' ' *   • ■
"Wallace
Against, the measure
Austin . *
Campbell
Eaton
Jones
McKenna *"* "
Oman
Reed      **      ■    '
Richardson
Rutter ' ■'
Stanley
Stockwell
Reasons offered for action of the
supervisors in turning down the
bill ranged from claims it would
be difficult to enforce tp complaints that the ordinance would
be unfavorable to the constituents
in the various areas.
Local business has for some time
been seeking a means to control
what they felt to be ''free wheeling" methods employed by out of
county auction men.
Businessmen 'were especially antagonistic toward those who they
claimed conduct their sales of inferior grade from back ends of
trucks.
The bill was Written from a model of a similar measure introduced in the state legislature during the past session. That bill was
also turned down, according to
Campbell.
Had the bill' received the approval of the Board of Supervisors
it would, not have gone into effect
until 60 days after approval from
Governor Williams, Campbell said.
Alice Walter
Wins Title In
Queen Contest
Blonde; blue-eyed Alice "Walter,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Herman
• Walter will represent Clare in the
Miss'Ihdependence contest at Harrison July 2.
Sixteen year old Alice will be a
Senior this fall at Clare High
School. She Is '5 3%" tall, and her
measurements are 34" bust, 25''
Waist, and 37" hips.
Other candidates were Martha
iiUcy; 16, daughter of Mrs. Martha
Lucy, of Clare, and. Joanne Ar
chambault, 17,- daughter of Mi*, and
Mrs. Jehhihgs Archambaultj also
of Qlare. ,
If. Miss Clare is chosen to be
Miss independence in the County
contest to be held* at Harrison, she
will be ei-owned by Gov. G. Mennen
Williams. Alice is sponsored by the
Clare Chamber of Commerce.
2 Join Staff
At Sentinel
The Clare Sentinel has added
two new employees in the past
week.
.John" Green, of Boston, is' a
senior 'student in the department
of journalism at Michigan State
College, and is working for credit
in.*a.required course. He will work
in advertising and do sports and
general reporting.'
Ruth Blanchard, formerly of East
Jordan, is a June journalism graduate' of MSC, and has previously
worked at the Central Lake Torch,
in CentrafXake, Michigan. She will
do farm and conservation and .general reporting. -
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Hamilton Twp.
Lutherans Set
For Jubilee
■ St. John's Evangelical Lutheran
Church,., Hamilton .Township on
M-6'i wiil celebrate its 50th anniversary on Sunday, July 4th.
.Prof. Werner Franzniann-of the
Michigan-Lutheran Seminary, Sag-
'Ina'w *' will' deliver the sermon, with
services beginning at 10 a.m.
At noon, a chicken dinner will
be served on the church grounds
by the ladles of the congregation.
At.3^00 p.m., Rev. M. Koepsell,
of-Remus, will conduct a short devotional service at which time the
history of the congregation will be
read-.and a roll-call of the confirmation classes made. Special
music will be furnished by the Sunday School with a clarinet solo by
one Ot the members, Lois Mielke- _
"Special invitations have been
sent "to former members of the confirmation classes and living charter, members. As mementoes of. this
occasion, the Ladies' Aid will offer
picture plates of the church with
a sh**>rt history of the church on
the rpverse side.
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Statewide And
Bnsche Occupy
New Quarters
'*'■<$$$s;.reaf^teglatt■- Officers have
moved Into new buildings recently.
Busche, Real Estate moved last
month from their former place on
;6t_ Street, to. their remodeled
building on McEwan, and Statewide Realty has moved its business
headquarters from Lake to Clare.
Busche Realtors has owned the
new location for,several years, atid
spent several weeks remodeling
and painting. A tile floor has been
put in, and the walls are paneled
in plywood with a grooved finish.
. Since moving downtown, the
business has been expanded, with
a larger listing of real estate, according to Glen Chappie, salesman
with the realtor. Also since the
move, Busche's Realty has become
an agency for FHA and VA mortgages and lpans.
Statewide Realty has constructed
a new., office building on N. McEwan, which alsd houses Eugene
Campbell's insurance agency, The
building is cement block, with a
Tennessee Stone faeing on the
front.
The interior decoration features
buff and pale green paint, wildlife
patterned drapes, and modernistic,
wrought iron furniture. There are
two private of fides and a reception room.
The building is 32x36 overall,
and is tile floored. It is surrounded
by a parking lot. Statewide has 20.
new office buildings like this One
throughout the state, according to
George Scheer, local Statewide
agent.
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:1 REMEMBER"]
BVTHS0J.D TIMERS     -
I enjoy your "I re*rnember" column in the Sentinel and as I am
one of the old timers, thought I
would give you some of my early
memories. I will be 93 in November.
I remember when I was two
years old, a strange old man lived
in town. He had no home and no
money. People gave him his
clothes, and shoes that they had
cast off. He didn't have a normal
mind, but he was harmless. He
would sew old rags on, the bottom
of his coat. He was just a wanderer.
He came to our house one morning and we had eaten our breakfast already, so mother gave him
a bowl of bread and milk, 1, a
little bit of a tot, was standing
there watching him eat.
. He put his hand on' my curly
head, and said "Oh you pretty little
giz, giz. You sweet little girl". I
•can' still sea him in my mind's eye.
•When I was three years old,
Father wanted to rock me to
sleep while mother washed the
dishes. 1 was stubborn and hung
onto her dress. Father took me by
force and got a little switch from
a peach tree and gave me a "switching.
It hurt my feelings* more than
it hurt me. But he won out. That
was the only time I ever got a
whipping.
Mrs. Ida Weaver
;.,„ i ;,       Oscoda, Michigan.
Two Children
Year's First
Polio Victims
ll-year*old , D o n e 11 e Birdsall,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loren
BirdSall, of rural Clare, is in Mary
Free Bed Guild Children's Hospital
in Grand Rapids, one of the season's early polio cases.
Donelle was taken there June 22
after an upset stomach and slumped shoulder were diagnosed as a
light case of polio. Hospital reports are that she is, doing well.
Mrs. Birdsall did not think of
polio until the child told her that
.she couldn't raise her arm or
straighten the shoulder. Doctors
told Donelle's mother that the main
attack might have occured as long
ago as last February, when the
little girl was out of school with a
sore throat.    *
Hours are long in a hospital for*
an 11-year-old, and if Donelle's
friends would like to write her, the
address is Mary Free Bed Guild
Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids,
6, Michigan.
The first case of tlie year was in
May. Little Victor Joseph Fitepat-'
rick, 23-month-old' son 6f Mr. and:
Mrs. Frederick Fitzpatrick, of:
Clare, was'stricken'with a light'
case that affected an ankle. He
spent several days in the hospital
in Traverse City. *
■Victor, is home now, with no apparent bad results of the disease.
He is still resting and staying out
of crowds though.
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$135,000 Jail jPiroposed to Replace Structure Recently Condemned
UlUIiy
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New Coach
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l Ti
City
»y
School
A new basketball and baseball
coach has been hired for Clare
Public Schools, it Was announced
by Superintendent T. C. Campbell.
Robert C. Baker has formerly
coached at Yuma, Colorado, where
he was also junior liigh school
principal. He coached at Huntfng-.
ton College in Indiana for a year,
then dropped out of' teaching for
awhile and worked as a supervisor
in a coll-factor.y.
■^nSfe."fei«rt;ci*>S' "3*i,e'„as worked'
as physical director at the YMCA
in Huntington atid, has worked with,
the high school basketball coach
there as a spare time job. He has
also done camp -counseling and
Tecreation directing in various
parts of the country.
Baker is a native of Michigan,
and went to high, school in east
Grand Rapids. He' received his
Bachelor of Science degree from
Wheaton College, Indiana. Then he
went on to take a Master of Science
degree at the University of Michigan in 1950.
The new coach is married, but
the couple have no children. He
will teach physical education, in
addition to his coaching duties.
Baker has taught for three years.
Fifth in Asm,
Golf Tourney
In Portland, on Monday, June 28
the women golfers of the, Central
Michigan' Golf Association held
their annual Invitational Tournament.. ......
The Mt. Pleasant team fook top
hono.rs, Porland was second, With
Alma, St. Johns, Clare and Ithaca
following in that order. Clare was
represented by Mrs. Sam Garfield,
Mrs,, Josephine , Anderson, Mrs*
Williknl' Lange and'"Mrs. Harold
Wright.	
At, the home course on, Wednesday, there was a flag tournament.
Mrs. Roy Dunbar was the winner,
reaching well down - the second
fairway with her extra strokes.
Mrs. Harold Schaeffer was a wel-
.come visitor.
Mr.. Andrew Irving "kindly -donated •flag-.jstleks ,to the ladies wljfle;
the 'pajiei* for, flags was cut and donated by The Sentinel*. ,"'
On. Wednesday, July 7„ there will
be a "Two-ball" tournament, play
beginning at 9:30' a.m.
Governor G. Mennen-Williams
-will, be- in Harrison Friday night.
July 2nd to send off the city's four
day Fourth of July Celebration.
A final, announcement this week
by • committees of -Harrison's
holiday affair stated everything in
3 Military
Volunteers
for
Thr*ee area men will leave
the- a-i'med services on July 8.     ---
They are Carl.F. Davis, of Glare,
Bernard _. Sparta of Farwell, and
Max Milholin, of Clare.
All three are volunteers, and this
fills the July quota.
Brake Foot
Hits Accelerator    *.''
Two cars were damaged Sunday
at about ll*a.m. when the driver
of one, attempting to make a right *
hand turn off 5th. Street into McEwan temporarily lost control of
his vehicle and-bounced oft. another
car parked in* front of Houghton'
Drug store.       '    "
The* driver, ..Edward K. Steinke,*
of 164 Meridan,' Dearborn, said
that in -making the turn,"he' attempted to brake bis car to avoid"
a. car making a left hand turn'ontp
5th, and instead touched the/accelerator, and lost control. "No' one
was injured." *  '       ■*' ■  .
The owner of the parked car is
Charles Durhin of 8691 Mission
Road in Clare. His car was badly
dented on the left' side- arid lost a
hub cap.
.Steinke's car had a right front
fender dented, and headlight
"knocked out, and, a part of the
front end was torn loose and hang-
Rosebush And a~
■-TISOI1
s For 4th
held Monday, July 5th at 1 p.m*
Musical units will be included in,
the line of march.
The variety show will be seen at
the county fairgrounds in Harrison on Sunday and Monday. The
wrestling show will be held at near
^niineSfl* iql **_   op(-1nine   ot ' * i by Snowlnake Mountain in the .out-
m,^m°   a  four-?£*y    -*-n-M»p    -tf* of-doors Saturday night, July 3.,
events and entertainment m that .*■.•»•      •*■
city.
Meanwhile in Rosebush, plans
are oomplete for the annual Homecoming Fourth of July Celebration,
to be held July 5, at Rosebush
Memorial Park.
Festivities for the Rosebush celebration will include a .parade, a
rbdeoi. a softball g"ame, a tug-of-
war, a picnic lunch, a tractor pull
■Snaa "baseball game.
\a1so' oh the^dgrana will be poh*y
riSes for the children, a variety
show- and various dancing and ac-
rcfc.iitic. stunts.  ...
Among those taking part in the
days events wilf be PresTon Johnston, :Harvey Lowery and Jim Decker, it Was announced.
Governor Williams will arrive
in Harrison by plane and follow-
Breeders' Assn.
To Hear Talk
By Benson
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Bens&i--fyiO,- *$>fr" the> nriain
speaker at the August 5 meeting oi
the Michigan. Artificial Breeders
Association, to be held at Michigan State College. The subject of
his talk has not been announced.
The meeting will be the occas-
iOh of the 10th anniversary of the
Michigan Artificial Breeders '-Cooperative.     "Extension   Dairyman
.        ,     ,      -   -. ■ , A<;-_.-"Baltzer,. secretary-manager.
mg a luncheon with.city heads and  ojf'-theJ cooperatives' is makir_;the
entrants in the ."queen"  contest, I — -*^—«—-*■-
he will be guest 'ofihonor at ,ih<e \
School to
Face Higher
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J.J&1
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rwh.-o+s,™ ~rt^v „,K«;x"""«at l^i', ""f11 *ariil organizatiohs are in-
S^^d^li't1 Xited te *36l*a -representatives to
wS?1'     msf'\ fa^ondencct:, «f the.meeting, which will be held at
Xt' .     .**•- ,''V'S-5 ^'"'•*'■•'    "&e_*Br>ed*-*r:s- Cooperative,, head-
• The queen.WiU be chosen Friday | quarters ' "'south'5 of v*'thev' "M.S.C.
night.from a line-up of girls from campus. Families coming should
surrounding .communities. bring their own sandwiches. The
A giant : parade, one that has organization is furnishing milk ana
over 50 decorated floats, will be  ice cream.
g Commenced by
Highland Shooting Club
Other men inducted recently (ing on the ground.
Were David Prescott and Norman | Steinke estimated the damage
Siebert, of Harrison. They went in at $300 to his own ear and between
June. $500 and $700 to Durnin's car.
The Highland Gun Club of Clare
has 165 members, and not a woman in the bunch,'
Al -Nystrom, -club secretary,
bopes to change this unhappy situation in the near future. The club
is ready to begin a new recruiting
program through which the members hope to attract at least a few
Former Firemen Fond of Memories That Linger
Oldest ex-fir&men who once belonged io ihe Clare Fire Department and the younger
men who have taken over the modern membership of Clare's volunteer "smoke eaters"
got together ai a dinner and "bull" -Session io retell old stories and remind each other
of the old times, Some of Clare's e„-firemen, no longer oh ihe active list are pictured
here from left io right seated: Bill Lange. Malcolm Feighner, Oise Derby, Al Haley, Bill
Stephenson. Standing are: Leo Mainpion, George Wisler, John Bruckart, Henry Doll,
Bob Archambault and John Groves. Lee Sowle Photo
of the rriembers from the fairer
sex*.
The club organized last August
to give local shoot enthusiasts a
place   to   hang   their   guns,   and
since, then, it has grown considerably, according to Nystrom-.
In  the three turkey  shoots
held last year, a total of 400
men Hocked to Clare from all
over the country.   Many were
members of other gun clubs,
some from  as   far   away  as
Ohio.
Headquarters of the Club since
its inception last August has been
in a tent. The club is located about
four and one quarter miles north
of Clare on US-27.
This will be changed by September, this year, according to Nystrom. Members have already laid
the foundation for a new club
house on the same site. The proposed 24 foot by 48 foot structure
is being built at a cost of $5,000.
It will include an indoor rifle
range, Nystrom said.
Equipment and tools needed for
foundation laying were donated by
Murphy • Construction Company,
Bader and Mayer Cement CoriTrac-
tors and Dale Montney Excavating
Company. **
An "outdoor dance" will.be
held "in the' clubhouse" in the
near future. The roof of the
building will not be completed
by; that time, and the dancers
Will be dancing, under the stars.
That is why it is billed as' an
outdoor dance, explained, Nystrom.  '
Music will be provided'by Don
Bryant and -his- band. Needless to
say,' the members' expect-to have
some ladies present for this meeting at least.
Those desiring membership in
the club can contact the secretary
by calling 559-M in Clare*
The gun club has its own
shoulder. patch, green, yellow
and white upon which is shown
a deer head, pheasant, clay
pigeon and a bull's eye.
Austin Mayer, of Clare, is the
club President. Vice President is
Dales M.ont'nf*y3 al'so oi Cl?ire»
Annual Meeting-
Scheduled July 12
Clare Public School expenditures
in the area of instruction will show
an increase of about $7,500 for the
coming year, according to Superintendent, of Schools T, C. Campbell.
Part of the increase will go for
hiring an additional faculty member to teach junior high. Another
part will be used to increase "the
general-level of teachers' wages,
in line with salary levels for-' eom«*
:parible sized •s(moo'_-*i_~thfi r"eet**iOf
the state.
In view of increased costs in the
coming year, the school adminisJ
tration favors keeping the present
extra .two .mil assessment in.the
property tax levy, even though the.
property valuaton in Clare has
been increased in accordance with
County equalization which in itself
increases revenue.
The 2-rriill assessment, {called, an increase on the ballot),
must be approved annually "by-
ivoters hvordelr to be'retained
- iii th6 ta*-Structure}  .
,{;■■&_: last*, year'8, assessment,
; '-tWif' '-mifis- ''tfaisea. * $4,400    of
I   school revenue. On the current '
assessment, two mils will raise
§6,800 dollars.
This year's total expenditures
are expected to be about $209,000.
Revenues are estimated by Campbell at $225,000. This allows an on-
hand surplus favored by the board
as a "cushion" for use in casS of
major emergencies and unexpectedly high costs.
No debt retirement is included
in  the-expenditures figure.r-rlt.is
wholly for operation which .covers
instructional   costs,    maintenance
costs,  fixed  charges,   capital- outlay, and administration costs.
The biggest item is instruction   costs,   Campbell   pointed
out.    About   $128,000    of   last
year's total expenditures. went
to this, which includes faculty
salaries, textbooks, and classroom supplies.
This year, instruction will account for about $135,000 of the total expenditures, This will allow
for salary increases', and interesting textbook and supply costs.
The program of planned salary
increases was. started in January
1953, to extend over three years,
to equalize local teachers salaries'
during that period.
A committee of faculty and
school officials made a survey of
100 schools in the state that were
comparable to Clare School in size
and finances.
After allowing for varying local
situations, the group found that on
the average, Clare teachers were
receiving  from  $300  to  $40Q less
per year than teachers elsewhere.
Now in the second year of the
three  year  leveling. off program,
the local teachers' pay scale has
again .fallen behind the state level.
Currently, the Clare school system is paying $2,950 for beginning
teachers who have no experience.
•The state average is about $3,200,
Suprintendent Campbell said,. -  •
If the school poplation remains
.steady through the eoming year,
present staff and finances are adequate, Campbell said.
If, however, there were to be any
sizeable increases in enrollment
due to parents with school age
families moving into Clare for
work, then present provisions are
inadequate and it might be necessary, to add one additional teacher,
he said.
. Voters To Consider .
$135,000 Biiilding
The fate of. a proposed $135,«
000, 18 prisoner, jail for Clare
County will be decided at the
polls, thia August. .      /'    .
I    Voters will be asked-"fo vote
' yes or no on separate propa**
sals to build, the new struc-
| ture and accept a two mill in-
j crease in property taxes to
foot the bill.       ' '
A resolution was adopted at the
.special session* of the Board pf
Supervisors Monday to submit to
the voters.at the August 3 primary
elections a referendum containing
the two proposals; *■'■•■'
-. The"referendum, .wiUvbe.-jh^'tW^
parts: ■   .     , •  ."
(l)'To allow the county.to build
and equip' a new jail, at Harrison.
. (2) To, allow the county, to'borrow $135,000 by issuing bonds for
that amount retirable. in .12. years
(maximum period) and to allow
the county to raised the tax* limitations on property two.mills on the ,
dollar ($2 on the $1,000) to pay off
the debt„ , - -. .-. -■- ...~.~..~...:,:-
The $135,000 estimate was made
by the firm .of Cuthbert and Cuthbert, AnnrArbor architects, retain-"
ed by the Board. '
The present 70 year structure,
now serving as the county.jail, "was
recently condemned and ordered
abandoned by the State Inspector
of Jails making action* necessary,
spokesman "said.
Preliminary drawings for / the
proposed, L-shaped, 7,800 square
foot .structure were, submitted to
the board at Monday's meeting*
Plans Call for a frontage of approximately 110 feet by 120 feet.
Robert H. Campbell, County
Prosecutor, prepared-the'wording
of the resolution Which* will appear,
on the August 3r_*Ballot.
"While the period requested for
payment of the bond is 12 years,
it can be paid off in less—at least
ten" he said,
"The extra two-years are tacked
on to provide a sort of eUshion in
the event of 'hard times", he -said,
Campbell said there.was. a, possi**;-
W*fy> of:retiring the* debt -witbtt
six years "if the current level of
tax collections' remains .the same
for that, period".
The. new jail would include
two dormitories, -each with capacity of seven prlsoaers; four
separate single cells for special
prisoners, a mental Ward, a *■
mugging and fingerprint room
and toilet facilities.
The. sheriff*s quarters, to be included in the building, will be,a
three bedroom, dining room, living
room"'and kitchen apartment. **•-.*""*'"-
The supervisors, voting Unanimously for the resolution, were
told that the proposed building
would provide 50 years of useful^
ness to the county.
Members of the special Jail
Building Committee set up earlier this year, are; Dan Etoli
comb, of Harrison, Ray Bich- "
ardsoh,, of Winterfield, _duis
Gee, of Farwell and Albert
Haley, of Clare.
Next   week,   the   Sentinel  will
•carry a story tracing the _istOi*yft*=-
of the jail presently in use at Harrison; .
Teen-Age Dance
Teen-age dance to be held at
Clare City Hall, Saturday night
from 8 to 12 o'clock.
Live music by the Rhythm
M^liters,   Ad?m}'"'*ion 35s,
Scotts Will
Take Diamcmd
Against Girls
The Scott "Dxillettes"" a softball
team, made up of a bevy of local
beauties, will powder their noses
next Friday night July 9th, and
prepare to take, on their big brothers.
Their, opponents, in what should'
prove to be a very interesting evening, are tlie Scott Drilling team,
currently-holding down 3rd place
in league standings.
Proceeds from the exhibition
tilt will go toward the .purchase of
new light i)oles, it was announced.
An old hand observer at these
kind of goings 6n can offer only
one tidbit of advice;
"Watch the curves, boys, watch
the curves;"
Current league standings are as
follows:
Team Won
Emmons 4
iSvart 4
Scott Drilling .4
Rodgers ' 3
Sunoco* -_''
Miller ** v        ' 1'
Johns i
Barryton -       * 0
"Lost
0
%
2
2
2
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