1954-07-09; Clare Sentinel

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^FHE CLARE SENTINEL
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CLAIIE. MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 9. 1954
$2.50 Year In Michigan
New Series. Vol. 62. No. 42
"Charge It" Easy to Say,
•- Burdensome To Pay
*•*'   The easiest -way to buy something, is merely to say "charge it!"
The only real difficulty with this
method is that the first of the following month finds the mail-box
crammed with charge account bills
Except for this one rather disillusioning dement, there is nothing
that one can find to say against
buying things with a' charge account.
In fact, the method has everything, to recommend it.
" In the first place, you, -can "buy
Something", without using any
money. This in itself is a fascinating experience. There once was
a tirhfe when only the rich, the social blue-bloods, the elitej could
walk into a store, look around, select what they wished, and. say,
"Bill me'* with an airy flick of.
their wrist.
'■*■ Now anyone -an do it. This is
truly democracy at work; In older
days only the elite got bills the
first of every month. But with democracy in action, now everyone
gets" billsthe■.■first of the month.
Charge accounts-, as well as
other forms of credit for consum
ing charge accounts as a method of
•buying things. It is a highly respected American institution, it inflates
the ego, it builds self-confidence,
you can buy without spending any
money, and. last, but not. least,
everybody does it. All in all, it
sounds perfect.
Did   somebody   say   something
about the first of next month . . . ?
Queen, Court
Steal Show
At Harrison
Governor Is Her
Waltz Partner
_U_: _ by JOHN GREEN"
Pert,   blue  eyed Nancy Mavis,
__       _     ._ ,               'Miss Independence of 195-" danc
ers, has risen, greatly since the end    d ^ Go* ernor Q< Mennen Wil-
_.fW?ria War II, Total, charge ac-^^w     u^ .       v* ^  &
count  -credit   outstanding  in  the„.„t-.--- ■an-..-..-4.„-_'".j   .?.*-..- _-._-]    «**»
U. S. atthe end of 1945 was a little
over one and one-half -billion, dollars. -At the end of 1953 it was close
to' three and one-half billioh"" dollars.! This does not count other
"types.of -consumer loans, -such as
those to purchase automobiles,
Which is the largest item of this
sort, itself- totaling over ten billion dollars as of the end of-1953,
Of course, there are some i who
object to the good old American
institution of easy-to-get charge
accounts-. But, these dissatisfied
souls are easily dismissed'. The
chances are great that they are
•perennial malcontents who .grouch
at everything and believe in nothing. They are likely to be either
Communists, whose basic aim it to
overthrow the social order anyway, or husbands, who keep thinking pf that one fly in the ointment-
the first of the following'month.
- In either case we cannot f5ke
them very seriously. There are
always a, few who never appreciate
the finer things in life and object
to true progress. The best thing
to do is to assume that they had
unhappy childhoods atid not get
angry at them.
We can therefore recommend us-
JEnd Baptist
School With
SuecessNote
, ■ ■ ■ *
■The Daily "Vacation Bible School
held at the Clare Baptist Church
last week was declared a success
by sctiool sponsors.    .
A total of nearly 200 enrollments was registered with 11
special teachers being called upon
.to do the teaching. The total cost
of the project was announced as
$106. The total offering was $100,
it was announced.
The school was sponsored by
the Clare Baptist Church in Cooperation with the Rural Bible Mission.
. Assisting iii the direction of the
program were Rev. A. Cunningham
and Pastor P. T. Burgess of the
Clare Baptist Church.
In an announcement of the success of the 'school, the sponsors
said they were "'happy for-the continued good cooperation" of the
people of Clare and the surrounding Community . . . assistance and
encouragement has helped us do a
better work for the young people
and children, and we trust, bring
blessing into many, many of our
homes."
Jlittle flustered when asked the
name of the tune to which they
danced, She couldn't recall.
4'Just say it was a waltz," she
sighed.
The five foot one inch, Harrison
Sigh School senior, daughter of
Mr- and Mrs. Karl Mavis, of Harrison, was crowned "Miss Independence" by the Governor shortly after his arrival in her home
town by air and motorcade.
After the dance, the Governor
discussed her -plans for the future
which, she said, included graduation from Harrison High School
next summer to be followed by a
college career.-
Miss  Independence"   and  her
School Debt
Tax Rate io
Be Reduced
Clare school district taxpayers'
have a pleasant surprise in store
for themselves, come December,^
A one mill reduction for debt
retirement has been promised for
the Decehber collections, Thomas
Campbell, School District Supervisor, announced Thursday.
Millage for the 'retirement of the
$185,000 bond issue floated in 1950
for the building of additions onto
the Clare Public School will be
-reduced from its .present 12 mill
level to 11 mills, Campbell said.
This will mean a real reduction
to taxpayers- since the one mill
reduction will not be tacked onto
some other school district, debt,
it was said. '   •   '.     **"-***.
Campbell gave as a reason for
the reduction, the higher valuations placed on property which
automatically increases; the coun-
_v' s coff&rs.
Of the 185,000 bonded debt, only
$115,000 remains yet to be retired,
Campbell said, The School Board
plans to work out a program
whereby further reductions in
school taxes may be made* -
According to Campbell, the
School Board has recently saved
the district some $6,000 by using
accumulated reserve cash for the
redemption of bonds prior to their
maturity date. The $6,000 saving
was made on the interest that
would have accured otherwise, he
said.
Future plans call for further retirement of -bonds in order to reduce indebtedness; without, burdening the ..taxpayers, he said. At the
same time, the board plans to follow its millage reduction prograjm.
Occupy New Real Estate Office Building
atte*nTantr^tole*the ~show"~at the !^__*"COUUt_7"
X-ray Unit
Due in Clare
i*W»niym  i|im*ip»i»fHr*t'i' ■n.-iiH^"*1!*'
".REMEMBER"1
SV THE OLD TIMERS
iijit 'Turn r-Tr' •"*■ * r  ~ y" ' -*""--*■-*»■-*"*  ■»■ «■■**»
From Frank P. McNichol, Camden, New Jersey: I remember
•some forty odd years ago, when
the Victor Talking Machine Company was still an infant industry.
I can remember that shares in,
this, at that time, youngest of
Camden, New Jersey, industries
were being offered from door to
door, for twenty-five cents a share,
five shares for one dollar—with, believe it or not, very few takers.
a__ny New Jersey residents of
those days? myself Included, have
lived to lament our'lack of foresight in this respect—a lamentation
that is all the more tragic for with
the' right perspective wo could certainly have been in the money today. 1 remember the first phonograph horns made of wood for the
^Victor people by the old Excelsior
Drum Works of Camden, later discarded in favor of the more reso;
_ant Morning Glory type of horn of
metallic composition.
But we of those days should not
be too Critical of our shortcomings
in' this respect;   for our lack of
perspection  in  not discerning or
".knowing a good thing when we saw
it. For our viewpoint at the time
.was strictly speaking, that of the
typical man in the street, on the
'outside looking in, and the Victor
-Talking Machine Company from its
-seemingly unpretentious headquar-
■t tors in the old Camden City Hall on
'.'North'  Front   Street,   showed   no
visible indication ?is to its ultimate
emergence as the. mammoth industrial Empire of the Radio Cor-
j^KTStio*-! at America. „
parade, Monday, held in conneo
tion with Harrison's annual Fourth
of July celebration.
Nancy rode on a float consisting
of four Grecian columns of white,
adorned with red roses attached
with green ribbon.
On either side of her sat members of her court, runners up in
the "Miss Independence" judging.
Attired in ankle length, pink
gowns Were Marion Longstreth",
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Longstreth of Gladwin and Alice
•Walter, the daughter .of Mr. and
'MtSr-^rmaa 'Waited of-'-e.ai'e.
Marion was 2nd in the Miss Independence contest while Alice
came out a close 3rd, judges announced.
"Miss Independencte" and her
attendants smiled broadly affile
applauding viewers as their float
made its way through Harrison's
business section.
The "Queen" wore a long, blue
gown and atop her brunette head
perched the crown of gold. A silver ribbon was draped across her
shoulder with blue letters for all
to see reading "Miss Independence".
A record turnout saw the parade and the rest of the city's four
day celebration, it was announced.
Mr. C. L. Bates, Superintendent of
Wilson State Park nearby, told reporters that the holiday week end
saw a new record for park attendance.
Bates reported that" a total of
20,000 people flocked to the park
on July 3rdv smashing all previous records. '   ,
"Quite a bit of this record attendance included those folks here
to be present at the Fourth of
July Celebration" he said.
One of the highlights of the 50
float line of march was the Harrison Chamber of Commerce entry,
a red, flowered boat in which rode
Martha Burkhalter, of Harrison,
Jean Stamman of Harrison, Thelma Matthews of Gladwin and
Elaine Perry of Harrison.
Written across the bow pf the
boat were the words "You are now
in Michigan - America's Water
Wonderland".
Many marching bands were included in the line of March. Leading off the parade was the unit
from Marion High School.
To Auction
Sta,te Land
At Gladwin
Three public auctions of state-
owned lands in northern lower
peninsula counties Will be held later this month, conservation department lands workers report.
The first sale is slated to start
at 10 a.m. on-July 21 in the courthouse at Gladwin. Lands, in Arenac, Clare, Iosco, Isabella, Ogemaw,
Roscommon and Gladwin counties,
will be offered.
On July 22, the auction will be
held at the courthouse in Baldwin, starting at- 10 a.m. Lands in
Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau;
Manistee, Mason, Newaygo,
Oceana, Osceola, Wexford and
Lake counties will be offered.
The final sale is slated to start
at  10  a.m.  in  the  courthouse  at
Gaylord on July 23. Lands in Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix,
Cheboygan,    Crawford,    Emmet, I
Kalkaska,   Montmorency,  Presque '
Isle and Otsego counties will be'
offered.
Lists detailing lands to be offered "may be obtained upon request
from the conservation, depart-
menl'g lands division at Lansing,
2G.
A State sponsored, mobile X-
ray unit will tour Clare County
July 20 through the 27th, the Tri-
County Board pf Health announced
Wednesday.
The unit, one of many that have
been touring the State during the
past year, will begin its County
tour "at thevFajgweil^ City Hall pn
Tuesday, July 26./Attendants will
be on hand for free X-ray service from 12-8 p.m. on that date,
it was announced by Katherine
Freeman, R. N. Clare County
Health Nurse.
The traveling unit will be in
Clare on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd
of July at the Clare City Hall. X-
raying hours will be as follows:
on Wednesday, from 12-6 p.m., on
Thursday, from 12-8 p.m., and on
Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The next and. final stop will be
in Harrison at the Harrison Motor
Sales where the unit .will be set up
for X-rays on Monday, the 26th
from 12-6 p.m. and on Tuesday
12 to 8 p.m.
Richard J. O'Mally, Tri-County
Health Sanitarian urges' "everyone "to take advantage of this free
X-ray service".
"Everyone should be X-rayed at
least once a year- "he said.
The mobile units are loaned to
eaph county which in turn prepares the schedule of stops.
While the^ program, has been
a success,, State. Health officials
are trying 'to get larger turnouts
wherever the mobile units appear.
Gladwin Girl
Gdins Honorv
Among the eleven winners of
Blue Cross nursing scholarships for
1954 is Violet Irene Molesworth,
17, of Route 5, Gladwin.
Miss Molesworth graduated from
Winegars High School, Winegars,
in May, with an "A" average, the
highest in her class of fourteen.
She has, been senior class treasurer and a member of the school paper and yearbook staffs.
The scholarship award of $300
will be sent to the school of her
choice, Hurley Hospital School of
Nursing, at Flint, in her name.
Competition in the contest was
open to all high school seniors and
graduates in the State and the 11
winners won out over a field Of 388
competitors, from 183 different
communities.
The contest was conducted and
judged by the Michigan League of
Nursing, official state nurse recruiting organization, on the basis
of a written application, scholarship, reference of the high school
principal, and apparent aptitude.
New District
Home Agent
, The home economics extension
councilsT" of Clare and Gladwin
counties accepted the appointment
of Miss Mary Lou Muller, of
Grand Rapids as district home
demonstration agent for this two
county district.
Miss Muller has had 8 years experience as home agent in Menominee county and has been assisting in Kent County the past
few months. Miss Muller recently
finished work on her masters degree af Illinois University. She
will begin her work in the Clare-
Gladwin Biptrict on July \% .
■ Shown above is ihe new #uildift_ on North.McEwan Street ihat "will house' Statewide
Real Estate. The building is one of twenty like ■& throughout.ihe.'State. The business recently moved its headquarters io Clare -from Lake; Lee Sowle Photo
Hurt
G
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Three local youngsters were
found playing with homemade, dynamite cap "firecrackers" during
the holiday week end. They .had
made, them out of dynamite caps
and short pieces of dynamite fuse,
according to Police Chief Bert
Head, None of the three were hurt.
The boys, a nine-year-old and
two twelve-year-olds, said they had
purchased the caps and fuse locally j The father .of one of the
boys found his son in possession
of the lethal playthings, and reported it to the police.
The boy gave police the names
of the other two. Police found a
dozen of the nitroglycerine loaded
caps on one of the boys.
The third .youth had several of
the dangerous cartridges loose in
a dresser drawer, with a long piece
of fuse. He was believed to have
supplied the others, Head said.
The youngsters had manufactur
ed the "firecrackers'' together, but
were exploding them near their"
own homes in the First Street, Cedar Street, and Airport areas.
One of the boys in the ■ Cedar
Street area, had a group of other
children around and was giving a
demonstration of his deadly toys.
Dynamite caps are not playthings. Charged with super-explosive nitroglycerine,,they are sensitive, unpredictable, and capable of
blowing off an arm or face when
unwisely handled.
Children should be made to. understand this. Parents should' be
on the'lookout for any.stray caps
that might have been traded off or
given away by one' Of the boy's.
Townships
Organize to
Keep Control
A. meeting oft the Michigan
Townships Association has .been
scheduled • for August 10 at Mt,
Pleasant. The MTA is an, organization of appointed township officers whose declared purpose is to
"hold as'much self government on
the local level as possible".
•James C. Walsh, Supervisor of
Vernon Township, received notice,
last week of his appointment as a
member of the Board of Directors
of the group representing the entire 10th Congressional District in
the MTA.
This 10th district includes Alcona, Arenac . Bay, Bay, Clare,
Crawford, Gladwin, Isabella, Iosco, Mecosta, Midland, Ogenaw,
Osceola, Oscoda and Roscommon
Counties. <«___J_ll
Girls' Team
To Oppose
iScott Drillers
A large turnout is expected tonight as -the Scott "Drillettes", the
feminine counterpart of the Scott.
Drilling softball team take to the
field against the men folk.
Proceeds from the tilt will go
ian
On Job For
3 Counties
Richard J. O'Mally, a recent
graduate of Aquinas College,
Grand Rapids, has taken over the
duties as Health Sanitarian for the
Tri-County Health Department.
He received his appointment June
1st, this year.
* His duties will take him throughout the .counties of Clare; Gladwin
and Arenac, which make up the
j Tri-County Department.
O'Malley was appointed to fill
the vacancy created by the departure of James Ruhl, former
Health Sanitarian now with the
Saginaw Health Department.
The 23-year-old resident of Bay
City holds a Bachelor of Science
degree with a major in. Biology
and a minor in chemistry.
The Tri-County Health Department is made up of a Director, one
Public .Health Nurse for each
County, a Health Sanitarian and
one office clerk.
The, Department operates with, a
budget of approximately $30,000
annually of which about one half'
is provided by the State. The remainder is paid by the three counties involved, O'Malley said. *
Tri-County mirse for Clare County is Mrs. Katherine Freeman,
R, N. who is located at Harrison.
O'Malley's duties as Health San-
toward the1 purchase of new light itarian include the inspection, and
- "poles for the ba_*.fied' it was, an-. regulation\of; food, |iandl-&s|_jJri-
riou'need ' '••" '*■* **' ' _■ '• •'{ t-■ vote, public'-o.r-* municipal .wafer
' Starting battels* ha#not been' suPP1je*M1^yis^*^i? *°f f^ft-
announced bv etther club " H-'w- Pnvate * and'-muniC'iM -je^er^b
IveSnvthing anKverfthmlS tecUftfcs,'.:ana'to_''r_^lfo_irtI_B„.
ever,, anyxning ana, everyimng.^*.*. sC(_t£,    summed * Vafcatibri-;* fcatttpls;
and milk pf^dticefcsV and distributors. ; . ■-, %
,The< iyoungt'nea,lth officer considers as 6he *6f his" most important
duties the "servicing of complaints
affecting public health, in any
way".
Jail's History Lives On
While Walls Crumble
b(i^x^e(Jted('tp.occii- withjjio prte-
dictidns having vb'ee&'-ifaaae thus
far as to* the; oXikdiAe. ;0f tHe contest.
Clare Company 4M' Earns
Praise At Camp McCoy
Clare's Company "M" the
"youngest" unit in the 70th Infantry Division, is' coming in for
mere than its fair share of praise
"at Camp McCoy, Wis., at the division's two-week summer training
encampment.
The 24-man unit, headed by lst
Lt. Alva Cochran, Jr., of Mt.
Pleasant is composed of men
from Clare, Lake, Weidman, Coleman, Beaverton and Harrison and
was activated only last February.
Despite its comparatively short
service, however, the men from
Clare are earning kudos for their
excellent training and administrative record already set as the summer training period heads into the
home stretch. The training ends
July 10, when the unit will entrain for its' return trip to Clare.
Company "M" is in the Third
battalion of the 333rd Infantry Regiment, commanded by Lt. Col.
Harold C. Dumanois, of Flint. The
Division is. commanded by Briga?
dier General Clyde E. Dougherty,
of Detroit director of the Detroit
Office of Civil Defense.
Division officers have indicated
that the enthusiasm and above-1
average showing of the company
may set in motion a new study by
the   Army's   Organized   Reserve
Two Glare Women
Attend Hot Lunch
Session At M.S.C.
Two Clare women attended the
three day (June* 29-July 1) School
Lunch Cooks "Workshop held at
Michigan State College.
Mrs. Adrian Foote of 210 John R,
and Mrs. Marie Schug, of 311 El-
State, were among the 300 school
lunch cooks and managers who
were told that their work "is important to the whole educational
.picture!', and "a real service."
The annual workshop, held for
the past eight years, is designed
to provide for discussion of tested
operations in school lunch programs, and an exchange of new
ideas between school lunch workers. ,
Sessions were held oil equil''*
ment, purchasing, menus, training
,of attuleni'. liolp, aiicl otlior topica.
Corps on the possibility of -organizing more units from the smaller
•communities scattered in profusion across the country.
ORC offices are generally found
in the. largest cities of a state,
where population density would
indicate the best chances for realizing reserve (potential. BuFClares
activities have already rated it the
establishment of an ORC sub-office
headed by Master Sgt. Robert
Peterson.
In its brief life, the Clare unit
has already signed up 28 men, and
has approximately six more waiting to join when the company returns from here. Only three men
bf the unit were unable to make
the two-week training period.
Said one ranking division officer: "If Clare is an example of
the interest to be found in and
among the smaller communities,
perhaps we've been missing a bet
by not turning to more of them
for aid in recruiting".
Company "M" is 'a typical reserve unit of civilian-soldiers who
meet several times a month to
train as an Army unit, and to pre-
-pare for eventual duty should national emergency warrant.
The first sergeant,- William A.
Case, is a production foreman at
Midland's Dow Chemical Co.
Other cadre personnel range from
insurancemen, through farmers
and oil field employees, to salesmen, butchers and students.
Company ranks include only a
few World War II veterans, headed by Lt. Cochran, who saw combat in the Rhineland and Central
European campaigns in Europe,
More Cadre Were recruited from
among those who Were called to
duty during the recent Korean
conflict.
And the company has nine
"rookies", who have never -been
on active duty. They are learning
the Army's "ropes" in basi.e training here with the division's 70th
Replacement Co.
One of these is Pvt. William L.
Comer, Clare RFD 2, who just
■graduated from high school and
who will enter college this fall.
Others include Pvts. Emerson L.
Johnson, Howard G. Johnson, Robert L. Marshall, John H. Miekle,
Phillip E. Goiidie, Raymond O.
Lippold, Jr., Donald C. Magnus,
and h. Ct„ eToTitfin frfcrj-'-mw:**'.
Jack Hall to
Attend Tax
Conference
John R. Hall, Sr., county supervisor from Clare, was appointed
county representative to attend a
"tax conference" to be held at the
Kellogg Center, Michigan . State
College. <■
The conference will take place
September 27 - 28, this year.
The planning committee for the
conference hopes to have at least
40 county representatives present
for the meet.
Chosen to act as substitute for
Hall was supervisor Ray.Richardson of Winterfield.
The announcement was made at
the special session of the county
board held June 28, at Harrison.
It was a cold October day in 1885
When Samuel Johns, a Canadian
born, Saginaw resident was committed to the Clare County jail at
Harrison. Since that time, 4,704
prisoners have called the light
stone two-story structure their
temporary home for periods ranging from a few hours to 90 days.
In February of the same year,
the 23-year-old Johns was sentenced to three years at Jackson
State Prison,
The jail was built in the year,
1385 and in its near 70 year history it has held on the average of
67 prisoners annually. Last year,
a record was set when a total of
198 prisoners were confined.
Included-in the jail records are
confinement orders for' every type
of offense imaginable, murderers
to horse whippers, drunks and vagrants.
Others included persons booked
for assault, forgery, rape, cruelty
to animals and prostitution.
One case on record tells of a
man confined for keeping a house
of ill-fame "while his wife was
jailed "at the same time for prostitution. Records further indicate
-that the man was- sentenced to a
nominal fine and 12. months -in
prison. The wife received a 10 year
sentence.
Fraud, adultry, desertion,
abduction make up part of the ■
long list of varied offenses
which have led a bizarre parade of prisoners into the 13(0*
year old building.
The jail itself clearly shows the
results of its long history. From
the outside, a person can prepare
himself for the sad condition of the
interior. Corrosion and pock mark,s
Where the cement has given away
give the impression of some of
the bomb rubble of post-war
Europe.
Entering the east side of the
building, to the right*, one can see
the Sheriff's office (present sheriff is Everett Allen). To the left
are the living quarters for the
sheriff, his wife and one house
keeper.
Included in the downstairs apartment is a sitting room, dining
room, kitchen and pantry where
aE the prisoners meals are prepared.
Continuing through the Sheriffs
living room, one passes through a
steel door into the east part of the
building where is located the cells
where prisoners are "kept.        ,",
One enters a 40 square foot
room in the middle of which i
is built a steel barred cage.
The edge of the cage is about
three feet from the edge of.the
building. The room has all the
-atmosphere of a zoo.
Scheduled'-_4i-
Cedar Park
Beginning swimming lessons are
now underway at the swimming
hole located at Cedar Park. Classes were begun last Tuesday and
will continue through fhe summer ^to^VeliafeT the-Twere'
each Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-t   At the extreme west end of the
Adjoining the cage are two
smaller cells for special prisoners. One is a single cell with toilet
facilities. The- other is a two prisoner cell with no plumbing.'
In the main "cage", are facilities to sleep six prisoners, with a
wash, room containing toilet and
shower plumbing.
Looking out through the barred windows, evidence is seen
of places where the bars art
coming loose from the casements. In many castes, a good
strong shove would be sufficient to rip tnem completely
out. '.    '   ■■■' ■
Prisoners are served food
through a tiny opening in the
cage., -.' "";:
Leading into the street from
this "cage" room is another steel
door. This door is located in such
a position that it is, "in Allen's
words, "useless". He tells of the
time when it was necessary.to.f ake
a prisoner out of this door in a
stretcher, "It was a tight squeeze,
but they finally managed.'' he
said.
In   the    cellar    conditions   are
about the same, A large coal furnace supplies heat for ■the~entirsi-
buildirig.  The furnace  is  a  good
one though, according to AUe,n.
However, where the furnace pipe
is joined to the wall, the. plaster
is ripped away creating a definite
fire hazard. Overhead, a huge *six-
by six ceiling beam; Is,ba&ly split, >
accounting for the. collapsed floor
above. * .
The only drain in the cellar consists of a hole in the cement which
allows water to be absorbed in the
sand below,
A modern fuse box is a maze of
exposed wire leading off in several^
uncertain directions.
Leaving the cellar, the visitor
might want to ascend to the second story. . He* will have to be
careful of the narrow, halfbuilt
stairway which takes years of experience to manipulate, according
to the Sheriff.
Leading up to the second
story is another narrow stairway, the bannister of which is
all "hand carved".
On this level are located two
bedrooms, one used by the
sheriff and his wife, .the other
by the housekeeper. Both these ..
rooms are lit with antique fix- '
tares aangiini; precariously
*• from the ceilings.
Across the hall, which runs'the
length of the -building, are located
four bedroom type -cells with barred windows and narrow barred
openings on the doors.
Only one of these cells is in a
useable condition, according to
Allen. The other three do hot con<
tain toilet or washing facilities.'
Here -i$ where "woroen and juvenile confinees arO'kept to keep them
aw"ay from more hardened criminals; who might be downstair A in
the 3 ail' proper.
On the hallway ceiling is located
an outmoded •fuse box " with its
quota of bare wire. This" was built
years ago, according to Allen,
When it was thought that the closer a fuse box was to the lighting
Health Conferences
For Well Babies
Regular meetings of the. Well
Baby Conference have been announced by the Clal*e County
Health Department.
At Clare, the meeting place will
be the Congregational Church on
Wednesday, July 14 from 1 to 3 p.
m.
At Far well; the Methodist
Church wiiu be the meeting place,
on Wednesday, July 1.4, from 9 to
11 a.m. •
The Harrison meeting will be in
the Court House basement, from 9
to 11 a.m. on Friday, July 16,
urday from   11   a.m.   to   12   a.m.,
Joyce   Holbrook, .life   guard   and
swimming instructor announced..    jiy an(j guests.
hallway is located the main bathroom, used by the Sheriff's fam-
Beginning swimming lessons are
for those children ages 7 to 11
years, she said.       \
Intermediate lessons for boys
and girls older than 11 will be held
on Wednesdays and Fridays from
10' a.m. to 12 a.m.
Plans for the summer program
include supervised swimming from
1 to 5 p.m. daily except on Sundays and Mondays.
Joyce recently returned from a
Red Cross Aquatic School held at
Whitehall, Michigan, where she
received special training in swimming instruction and life saving.
She was sent to the school by the
local Red Cross chapter. Joyce
earned her Red Cross life saving
certificate two years ago.
Parents have been asked not to
bring dogs into the park,
Clare F.F.A.
Plans Safety Drive
The Clare F.F.A. Chapter held
its second meeting of the summer
at the hofhe of Norris Bay, on
Thursday evening, July' 1.
After/ the recreation, Advisor
Floyd Norcutt outlined a proposed
safety program to members. AH
members would participate in a
safety drive. The club plans to
sell reflectors for .cars, according
to Charles Ruby, club" reporter.
At the next meeting Thursday,
August 5, each member Was requested to bring some suggestions
to put in a new set of by-laws. .
1929 Seeds Grow Poppies
Some 1929 California poppy seed finally got a chance to
bloom this spring, and then only by accident.
25 years ago, Mrs. Emma Whalen, molher of Mrs. Elmer
Lyons of Lake George, brought a package of poppy seed
from California. .'
Last spring, Mrs. Lyons found ihe pack of seed in her
mother's old Bible. She planted them under glass and fended ihem gently, but the plants Would not grow, and she
gave up.
This spring, three poppy plants from some of ihe seed thai
Mrs. Lyons had accidentally dropped in her flower border*
grew up and bloomed, without benefit of either fender care
or glass covering^    '    _■ i '	
There are three layers' of linoleum covering the floor, and if a
person is not careful he may step
through the rotting floor and into-,
the' ceiling below.
This is the result of work done
installing plumbing where the
floor boards were ripped up and
improperly replaced.
There is no fire escape leading from the second story* to
the ground level. A rope tied
around-a radiator pipe offers
the only means of escape for
persons caught upstairs during
the fire. -   *•
' In the' four single cells on the
same floor; occupants would not
be quite so lucky. Should a fire
break out while they were locked
in the cells, they would- merely
roast there if the stairway was
cut off.
Throughout, the upstairs' several
radiators have worked loose from
their fittings and in some cases
lean against the walls.
Still, they heat fine, says Allen.
The jail was condemned fast
November by William Nestle,
State Jail Inspector. At that
time,- "Nestle submitted his report, calling the jail a fire trap
and unsanitary.
Previously, in 1947, the jail was
condemned by the same office.
This time, however, the Board of
Supervisors was ordered by the
State to take action- on the construction of a new jail within 90
days.
On the ballot of the August primaries, a proposal for the construction of a new $135,000' jail
building will go before the voters.
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