1955-05-19; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE. MICHIGAN. THUBSPAY MORNING   MAY 19, 1955
Ton Cents Copy
New SttrlM, VoL 63, No. 35
Junior-Senior Prom
Held At Doherty May 13
by "Laurene Woodward*,
of the Pioneer Staff
Tne social highlight ol the year
for the high school students was
the annual Junior-Seniorv Prom
held Friday , May 13, in the
Wedgewood Room of the Hotel Doherty. The banquet began at 6:30
with the Prom following at 9:00.
Music was provided by the Big
Rapids High School Dance Bartd.
The juniors played hoists "la the
Clare Board of. Education,, the
high school faculty, the senior
class, Reverend and Mrs. .Leslie
J. Nevins, and the* guests which
the juniprs and s'eniors invited.
The main speaker for the occasion was Thomas Campbell, Superintendent of the Clare Public
Schools, Leon Stanley was the
Master of Ceremonies,.
The welcome to the seniors was
given by the junior class president, Clark, JCitisey, and the response by Don Squires, president
of the senior class. Reverend L. J,
Nevins. of the First Methodist
Churcb in- Clare, offered grace at;
the banquet.
' Entertainment for the banquet
and* prom was provided by a junior girls' quartet, Lois Bauder,
Pat Barber, Ruth Coe, and Glenda
Ratter, Two well-known dance
couples from Mt, Pleasant, students of Mrs. Larry Wilcox, were
one of the attractions at the prom.
Kay Tice sang at both the banquet
and the prom
Gyp Warning      Honor Group on Celebration Of First Communion
Didn't Mean
Local Painter
A story in The Sentinel' April 7
issue concerning a dispute between Charles  Storrs  and H.  A*
Clark JCinsey, Louise Miller, Meg
Seiter, Jan Sehaefferk Eileen
Gruno, Judy Tate. Bev. Thayer,
Darylene Schunk, Diane Grigg,
and Leon Stanley, and Mts. Ivah
Bartow, class sponsor. Publicity
Was handled by Laurene Wood-
Ward.
The   committee  responsible for j storrg over ,a barn-painting trans-
the success of Jthe prom mcludea (action.caused aggravation of some
hard feelings between the two men
over the incident.
Charles Storrs, who was quoted
in the article, says that it was not
hi3 Indent to refer to any local
painter, arid specifically, not to
H. A. Storrs as a. •'gyp*', or "transient" painter, After reading an article in The Michigan Farmer, it
-was his intent to have The Sentinel
publish ari article/warning all
farmers in general in a similar
manner as the article in The Michigan Farmer, to advise them to
"know their painters".
As to the remainder of The Sentinel's article concerning a lawsuit, H. A. Storrs is bringing the
suit for $85Q.52, and Charles Storrs
is defending, claiming that he
owes H.'A. Storrs $270.00 only, The
suit was started, op'March 'IS,
Drama Students
Win Praise
For Play
The dramatic class presented
"Special Guest" by Donald Elser
at the Eleventh Annual High.
School One Act Play Festival at
Central Michigan College on Saturday, recently. •
: The play was about the scheming
Tevenge of a hard-hearted mother
in attempting to square her (murdered son's death. The cast included Twila Beery, Howard Madison,
Leon Stanley, Alice ,.Walter and;
Dick Lajewski. Ivalee Foss was
student director.
The commentator Hazel Emry,
an English instructor at Central,
h^s formerly had experience at
the Richmond Community Theatre
in Indiana. She complimented the
Clare players highly and gave no
adverse criticisms.
Other schools participating Trere
Mt. Pleasant, Saginaw, Waterford,
Marlon, Belding, Flushing, "Sontli-
field, and Muskegon. *. -
• All persons who attended Hie
Festival were admitted free to
Mary Ellen Chase's comedy, Harvey, which was presented in the
evehing. Phil Van Every, former.
Clare student, played Doctor
ChUrtvley in Harvey.
"Special Guest" was also presented to the Clare Study Club
Monday, May 2, at the Hotel
Doherty. Roger Brinkerhoff was in
charge of the lighting.
Sign Six
Teachers In
Clare Schools
By Fay Dickinson
Of The Pioneer Staff
The Board of Education of the
Clare Public Schools has hired
new teachers to fill six vacancies
for next year.
The four teachers hired in the
elementary field are Mrs. Mildred
Rouch, from Harrison; Mrs. Willa-
joe Bush from Traverse City;
Miss Joan Bond, from Grayling,
and Miss Violet Kuahnau from
Windom, Minnesota. Miss Catherine Van Gordon from Albion will
teach vocational homemaking in
the high school. A position as instructor in junior high social stud
ies has been tentatively filled,
awaiting final certification by the
State Department of Public instruction.
Don Bay Hurls
11-0 Shutout
Qver Jays
The CHS Pioneer baseball team
powered to'its first conference win
of the season Monday afternoon
with a 11-0 victory over the Shepherd Blue Jays.   '
After' live innings of the Pioneers'playing errorless ball that
piled lip the lopsided score, the
coadhes decided to call it a game.
Winning pitcher Don Bay held
the JayB-tO two hits, tie struck out
six players and. walked. three, in
some pfthe.hottest Pioneer pitching of the season.
Bay -at bat did all right too. He
knocked out a triple, and drove in
three runs. Fred .Haggart matched
him on driving in runs.
"We had the breaks," said
Coach Bob Baker, "and we made
good use of them. Our hitting
showed plenty of improvement
too."
.In tournament play at Mt. Pleasant last Thursday, the Pioneers
took a IO-'? beating from Bay
City St. Stanislaus, after losing a
6th inning lead score.
The score in the 6th was 6-3 fa-
yor of the Clare .Nine, when Bay
City suddenly caught hold and
whacked out five runs.
"Errors were our big trouble,
and the pitching was spotty" commented Coach Baker.
Clare used -three pitchers, Don
Bay, Bill Siel, and John Miller.
Kyle Hanley and Fred Haggart
both had two hits a piece.
The Pioneers played Mt. Pleasant here yesterday at 3:30, and
will play St. "Loui3 at Clare today
at 3:30.
Salk Shots
toft
42 Join
Two-County
WW1 Group
Clare - Isabella County Barracks
of World War I 228 instituted and
elected officers. The installing
officer was. Merle Hopper from
Higgins Lake, who is State of
Michigan legislative officer, and
organizer of World War I Barracks. Forty-two individuals joined
the organization.
The. ladies made plans for an
Auxiliary and will institute and
elect and install their officers at
a later date. The next meeting will
be & joint meeting with the men,
Sunday, June 26, with a potluck
difiner at 2:00 p.m.
Officers elected were: Commander, Charles Cooper, Clare; Senior
Vice Commander, Elwood Smith,
Midland; Junior Vic© Commander,
Harry Taylor, Mt. Pleasant; Quartermaster, Frank Kaplinger, Far-
weli; Chaplain, Jay Bellinger, Far-
well; Judge Advocate, Arthur Damoth, Clare; Adjutant, Paul
Manee, Clare.
Mrs. Catherine Freeman, Clare:
county health nurse, told the Clare
PTA Monday night that. Salk' polio
vaccine was not available to be
administered on schedule this
week.
When the Trl-County health
has. more serum released to it,
first and second graders in the
county will be given the second
shot regardless whether school is
in session or not, she said.
Parents will be notified, and
youngsters collected to central
points again, she added. ,
The PTA meeting was held in
the Multi-purpose room of Clare
Public School on Monday evening.
Newly installed president, Mrs.
Earl Baumgarth, conducted the
session. She wbb also program
chairman.    . ,
•A special feature of the "evening's program was a panel discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of parent-teacher conference replaclrfg report cards.    "
Panel moderator -was Larry Wilcox, Clare high school teacher.
Memberfi, of the panel were Mrs.
Verona" White #M Mrs. Irene.
Clute; representing -the teachers,
and Mrs. Larry Shelander, Mrs,
Erma Cole, and Mrs. Harold
Hughes, representing this parents,
At the business meeting, Mrs,
Baumgarth announced her coinmit-
tees. Mrs. Ben Bosink is program
chairman, Mrs. Percy Lansing is
membership chairman, and Mrs.
E, J. Gershon heads the room
mothers committee.'
The group was .entertained by» a
short musical program. Nancy
•Keller directed the. High School
Chorus in three numbers, the
third graders put on a little musical play, and Kay.Tice sang two
solos. **
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Freel's third grade mothers,
following the meeting.'
John Bruckart Mending
After Auto Crash Hurts
Taking their first Holy Communion Sunday, May 8, were: Left to Eight, Front Row:
Thomas Sfanek, Lee Funnell, Oha^ene Dei?l©r, Kathleen Scotl> Suzanne Jackson, Sara-
Wood, Timothy Querback, Charles Beltinck. .        ,   .
Second Row: Mark Campbell, Robert Weniworih,. Kfancy. Rudolph, Elaine Burdo,
HelenRobison, Judith Austbv William Thering, James Youngs. .
Third Row:  Robert Kebibeck, Marvih Thompson, Stephen Dole, Susan Sogge, Barbara
-Keblbeck, Mary* Skinner, Barbara Legg,-Jane Thayer, Doris Winter, Melvin Thompson,
Leonard Winter, Rev. Fr. J. I. Sruba,:  '...."' thxto by Lee Sowle
Take License
From Drinking
Driver Here
Lewis Horvath, of Mt. Pleasant
paid a $60 fine and costs in Municipal Court, May 16 after State Police arrested him Sunday' and
charged him with driving under
the influence of alcohol.
He was stopped on US-10 in
Grarit township after police noticed his driving was erratic. He surrendered his driver's license to
Justice William B. Dunlop's court,
Also fined was Harold Mogg, of
rural Rosebush on a -disorderly
conduct charge. He was HorVath's
companion.- Mogg paid a $15 fine
and costs.   -  ".    ' •
ers
Has Season's Last Meet
On Inside Pages
Harrison News
2
City  Briefs.
3
Rosebush News
3-9
Lake News
6 - 13
Farwell News
6
Society
7
Farm News
11
Want Ads - Notices
16-17-18
"'The' Clare County .Ministerial
Association met last-week Tuesday, May 10 at God'B Way Camp,
o^ned and _, operated by Rev. and
Mrs". Arthur "Delamarter hear
Clare, for t"he last meeting of* the
season. The next meeting will be
held in Ocjtoher.
The monthly meetings of the*
Association have;, provided* rich
arid "joyful fellowship since it was
organized last fall, and all who
have attended will look forward
to the resumption of the -meetings
in the* fan, Eer* t*»U« NarrfM
said.
* At the  meeting,   Rev.  "Wiidmar
Take Tour
Of Dairy: Farm
By Janet McQuiston
Of The Pioneer Staff
On Tuesday, May 16, Mrs. Ethel
Marshall and her 5th and 6th
graadrs traveled by bus to tlie
Zeiter Dairy-. Farm in Isabella
County. This was a field trip in
observance of Michigan Week.
The students visited the big
dairy barn and the calf barn, and
had a chance to ask questions of f ins.
Don Zeiter. Mrs,. Roy Warner accompanied the group and Ray
Ruby drove the bus.
On the way home from the trip
they all stopped off at the Dairy, the
opened the gathering with devotions. This period was followed by
the business meeting conducted by
the president, Rev, L. J. Nevins.
. It was decided to extend an invitation to the ministers and their
wived in near-by tdwps even
tlwmgh not in Clare County.
Rev. Beery announced that the
new Eagle Church wduld hold a
service of Dedication; on Sunday,
June 12th in the afternoon. Rev.
Brinkman of the 'Clare Church of
God will bring 'greetings from tho
Glare County Ministerial Aseoda-
tion.
The report of the Nominating
Committee named by 'the Rev.
Nevins at the April meeting was
given by Rev. Beery. Rev. Brink-
man was nominated as President
to succeed Rev. L. J. NevlnB, and
Mrs. L. J. Nevins was nominated
Secretary to succeed Rey. Oscar
Olson.
The report of the comhiittee was
accepted and Rev. Brinkman and
Mrs. Nevins were elected to these
offices for the. coming year. The
Secretary also acts as treasurer
for the association.
Words of appreciation for the
excellent work of the retiring secretary, Rev. Oscar Olson, were expressed for the group by Rev. Nev-
Rev. Olson spoke for the
group expressing appreciation of
the work of the retiring president,
Rev. L. J. Nevins.
A period of fellowship followed
business   meeting   concluding
Class Of 27
Receives First
Communion
Freeze.
1 with a delicious pot luck dinner.
Sunday, May 8 marked an important occasion for twenty-seven
young members of St. Cecilia's
parish. These children received
their First Btply Communion at'the
7':'30'MaSs*   . ,
Tne cKufcb "was decorated with
lovely floral arrangements and Fr.
J, I. Sruba honored the communicants by addressing his sermon directly to them.
Monday morning the young people again received communion in
a group and were presented with
their ScapulaT medals. After these
ceremonies they were guests at a
breakfast sponsored by The Home
and School Guild.
Mrs. Roy Beltinck had •charge
of "the arrangements and was assisted *by Miss Ethel Gleason, Mrs.
James Wood, Mrs. Thomas Campbell, and Mrs. Forest Young.
The tables Were decorated with
spring flowers and favors, while
the very "delicious menu consisted
of fruit cocktail, ham. and scram-;
bled eggs, hot cinnamon roll, jelly,
and butter cookies with hot chocolate.
The many hours of effort by the
Sisters in instructing the children
and the contributions of time and
effort by all others connected with
the ceremonies helped to iijake
the occasion a very happy and
memorable one for all.
To Show Off
New Building
You, and 199,999 other people
who live in the Central Michigan
area served with electrioity and
natural gas by Consumers Power
Company have been Invited to a 3-
day "house party" at the company's new Central Division Service Center in Alma, May 25-27,
from 2 - 9 p*.m. daily.
There tho Company's customers
will inspect the headquarters of
the division, which occupy a 12-
acre site on Wright Avenue
(US 27-A) opposite the State Masonic Home.
Division Manager H. L. Ziegeu-
bein, who has sent letters of in
vltatlpn to,the 50,000 customers of
the company served by the Central
Division, said that many special
extiibits and displays will be located around the public tour route
to add: interest to the facilities.
Ziegenbein said the company
will award door prizes of applian*
ces to 14 visitors, and that each
visitor will receive a, souvenir of
his visit.
Guides will be stationed along
the to-air TPUte oh ;«11 three,days
to answer visitors' questions about
the r buildings, the activities that
take* place there, and about the
special displays.
The day before the three days
of public open house begin, the
company's board of directors will
hold its regular monthly session at
the Service Center meeting room
and will tour the facility with a
small group of special guests from
around Central Michigan.
Mr. Ziegenbein said that the
company looks forward to greeting several thousands of its customers, and hopes in this way to
better acquaint them with the
company and its operations as a
public service utility.
John Bruckart, 48, Clare auto
dealer, wap seriously injured and
a Mt. Pleasant man. wa» fatally
hurt in a two car crash on West
US-10 near the stockyards, Friday
night, May 13. The accident occurred at about 10:45.
The driver of the second car,
Edward Walker, 30, of rural Mfc
Pleasant,.* had apparently JpUllpd
out to pass, .according, to' State -
Police, and smashed head-on. lx>i&
Bruckart's car. a 1955 Dodge,
. Walker's companion, Charles *M«
Ferris, 23, of Mt. Pleasant, died
slightly less than two hours after
lie was admitted to the hospital,"
Walker received lacerations attd
bruises. He was released from the
hospital Sunday.
Bruokart's injuries were report*'
ed to be severe lacerations pf tho
hfead, arms and body, ancl boft©
fractures in the pelvic regioii*   ,'
His condition was described'1 as
"improved", Wednesday^* .byatten*
dants at Clare Hospital, where gll
three were taken.- '■■    -";• •'. -
Walker was arraigned before
Municipal Judge William B, Dun*-
lop, on Tuesday, **' May 17, -. and
charged with neglicent homicide.
He wag bound * over to - circuit
court to await trial. Bail "wa^RBe-i
at $5,000 by Judge, Dunlop* a,nd
Walker was turned over to. -"bd
custody * of the £ I ft re-. County
Sheriff at Harrison.     •:'■'.... ;■  '-■'■■
Carolynheads
MSC Team As
Cattle Judge
Carolyn Carter," daughter" of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Garter, of Corn-
well Ranch, and a freshman** at
Michigan State College, recently
was chosen a member of MSC's
Junior Livestock Judging team.
In her first judging event-as*-*
team member, Carolyn*went to ,th.e
R e g i o n,a 1 Collegiate. livestock
Judging contest at Pur'dife,„Indiatta
last Saturday, and topped the cOn*
test in beef cattle, judging.. "'.
There were 60 contestants, jit
the meet, and Carolyn was .the
only girl. As a team, the. Michigan
State group took - third place.
Carolyn was the only* individual
on the five member team t'oVbring
back a first. Ted Hoersch, *»6jC
Clare, is also one of the "member!*'.
pre-veterinary medicine student at
MSC. She ia* a 1354 graduate of
Clare High School.
Music As You Like It Promised At Friday's CHS Band Concert
High School Hears
Indiana Band
by Fay Dickinson
of the Pioneer Staff
Warsaw, Indiana's sixty - five
piece high school band put on a
concert May 12, under the direction of Bazil O'Reilly, in a junior
and senior high school assembly
at the Clare Public School. This
band was making a tour of Michigan and Included in the itinerary
Cheboygan, Ithaca, and Mt. Pleasant.
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Deaths
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MONROE <3. DUStIN
Monroe G. Dustin, age 74, died
Sunday in a Pontiac Hospital from
injuries received Saturday in an
auto accident in Waterford township. He was a former resident of
Clare and Kalkaska. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 at the Thurston.
Funeral Home with burial in Cherry Grove cemetery.
MRS.   RUTH   RITTER   DIESEM
Last Saturday noon, Mrs. Walter
Eroh received notice that her sister, Mrs. Ruth Ritter Diesem was
in very critical condition and had
been taken to the hospital. The
Erohs drove to .Northville, Michigan Saturday afternoon where her
sister resided. On Sunday Mrs.
Diesem- passed away at 12:10. The
funeral was held in the Casterline.
Funeral Home in Northville on
"Vi'odnestlay at 1:00 o'clock.
Note
Book
Several innovations will mark
the 1955 Spring Concert of the
Clare High School Band when the
musicians make their apearance
on the stage of the school auditorium Friday evening. Director is
Lloyd Conley.
For the first time since the organization of Junior and Elemen
tary Bands, the members of these
groups staged .their own concert
separate from the High School
Band this year. The two concerts
formerly shared the spotlight on
the same evening. They were
separated this year to shorten the
programs' lengthy and give bptn
groups a better chance to appear
to best advantage. The Junior and band sight-reading demonstration
Elementary Band Concert was well* when music not familiar to the
received on May 12. '   j players will be placed before them
The program announced for Fri- for a perforni&nce  under the  di-
rittv   evenWv   entertainment   in- rection  of   a  guest  leader.  Band
day   evening's   entertainment   includes   novelty   numbers,   marc'h-'
time airs, a stirring rhapsody, a
tango, and light melodies.
A  first-time  feature Will  be  a
Director. Harold Kelley of Farwell
schools.
A piano solo by Bftnnie Witbeck
wilt be accompanied by the Band.
Eleven numbers on the program
and exhibitions by baton-twirling
majorettes will complete, the evening's entertainment. Ticket sales
were reported good on.Wednesday,
'and seats will be available at the
door.
Members of the newly fol'nied
Band-Boosters Club will be ushei'S
for the evening.
Lee Sowle Photo
Well, school's out for youngsters
in several rural areas, and ahead
of    them   are    twelve    delightful
weeks of freedom.
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Mrs. Fannie Yeoman, the
Sentinel's society reporter, is
out of town visiting a new
granddaughter for a time, so
the city's social news this
week is somewhat skimpy, in
spite of our scrambling to
pick it up. Naturally, we'd appreciate It If you have news
to contribute, if you'd just
pick  up your phone and call
693 or 35.
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Out at Greenwood Grange, Al
Collins accidently plowed under a
wallet containing some checks and
money five years ago. Since then
he's put a couple of grain crops
and a seeding or two for hay on
the ground.. Last week he broke
up the ground for this year's crop
and turned up his long lost wallet.
It was mouldering rapidly away,
but the social security card still
identified it. *
0 V e f in Beaverton, the
Petunia Brigade is underway
again., The Garden Club sponsors the project, and they offer to furnish petunias to
business places for" free, just
to get the hardy little char-
■ mors in circulation." Last year,
they passed out some 2500
plants to brighten Beaverton
businesses.
Leon Stanley
Heads CHS
Council
by Gerald Armentrout
of the Pioneer Staff
Leon Stanley, a "junior, was
elected president of the CUire High
Student Council on Friday^ 4he,
13th. '    '.
He was chosen over two other
opponents* Larry Seiteir, aiid J-fard
Robinette, also juniors. The cah*
didates eacli had a manger ito conduct election campaigns. -They
were Jack Bailey^ Phyllis Bolin,
and Bill Siel.
• Leon has been president of tha
Junior High Council, has been on
the High Schbol Council *>r twt»
years, and is vice president of the
junior class.
His other activities include three
years of JV football, two years in
JV baseball, on e year in JV basketball. Leon has also been in
three dramatics cla&s plays.
Local Men
Join Navy
Chris D. Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Chris W. Smith, And ThOtotes
H. Van Hoosey son of Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Van Hoose, Both of
Clare, have applied for and wilt
enter the United States Navy
after Graduation from the Clara
High School in June. Both have
been accepted for the Construction.
Battalion' Schools."     »
Chief Johnny Plummer, recruit*
er in charge, announced that t%p
newly re-opened High School
Training program allows a young
man who is a High School graduate or who will graduate, *"$*
choose a, school prior to actual enlistment,, and be assured of going
to a school of his choice upon,
meeting the qualifications' for enlistment and meeting the school
requirements.
Clare Scouts
Registered
For Camp
Boy Scouts of KC Troop 120,
Clare were among the first to register for the summer camp session .at Camp Rotary, north of
Clare according to Camp Director
William Doser. The scoutmaster is
Larry Beck.
Babysitter
List Ready
Girls in Clare high school's
Home Economics I classes
have come up with a solution
for those eleventh hour searchers for a baby sitter.
They've .compiled a' list of
available baby sitters, their,
phone numbers* and hourly
rate charges. It will be printed
in next week's Sentinel.
Farsighted mothers . should
clip the list, and keep it handy
for reference when at the last
minute they're looking fbi*
someone to keep junior company for an afternoon or an
evening.
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