1954-08-06; Clare Sentinel

              THE CLARE SENTINEL
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CLABE. MICHIGAN. FBSPAY? MORNING. AUGUST 6, 1954
$2.50 Year It. Michigan
New Series, Vol. 62. No. 46
Expense of Goverment
Reaches $650. Per Capita
By Dr. Eli Schwartz
Lecturer in Economics
Michigan State College'
Sooner or later everyone must,
pay his due to the. tape collector.
Now more than ever this old.
saw is true, when the total price
of providing our many state, local,
and federal governmental services,
come to a whopping $100 billion a
year.
The cost of maintaining and extending our wonderful road system; of providing public education
from kindergarten through college; ,of police and fire protection;
of supervising our economy; of
furnishing economic security to
the aged, the incapacitated, and
those, temporarily unemployed;
the provision of aid to our allies;
and above all the cost of building
Up the-, sinews of a mighty defense
program—all add up a tremendous bill. Mr. John Doe, average
citizen, • through his income earning and production activities, has
to meet it.
One hundred billion. dollars is,
a lot of money, and its impact is
difficult to conceive unless it is
related to other figures. The total,
for example, of all. the goods and
services produced in the U.S. in
1953 ran about ?37Q billion. Thus
governments at all levels purchased over one-fourth, or approximately 27 per cent, of the gross
product of the nation.    ;■'•■'
Tbe total amount of government
services and goods provided, by
every level of government domes
to around $650,, on the average,
for every man, woman and child
in the country. Of this, over $250 is
expended by the federal government for national defense. The remaining $400 per capita is split-
about half being expended by the
federal government and the other
$200 by the states, municipalities
and other local governmental units.
The major state and local expenditures are * for education,
around $60 per capita. Figure
about $41 per capita for interest
on all debt, about $33 fop foreign
economic aid and military assistance, about $32 for agricultural
programs, conservation, and atomic energy, and finally about $30
for roads and streets, and you
have most of the major items.
'By and large, the .bill has to be
paid. It is true that the federal
government may find it impossible*
during war time (when the government may be paying for as much
as 50 per cent of thejnational production) to tax in full for Its ex-J
penditures. Furthermore, it- is
often advisable for lo.cal govern*
ments to pay for'needed improve*
naents by floating bonds. *v       /.
Also fhe- federal government
may find it the.best policy during
a. depression to use its enormous
credit power. Why? so as not to
tax in full When it would seem
inadvisable to reduce further the
purchasing power of individuals
and business. \
If during normal times the various government levels spend con
siderably more than they take in
taxes1,' then the result is likely to)
be an inflation, a general rise in
prices which «iay be more disrupting and painful than the taxes.
About 29 per cent of the tax bill,
say around $210 per capita, is paid
in federal and state income.taxes,
The rest is collected by various'
sales and excise taxes, payroll
taxes, property taxes, licenses and
fees, charges for government utilities, and business corporation income taxes. These types of taxes
are in general contained in the
prices of goods.
These are the sources from
which the tax collector fills the
treasury. Together we all pay the
bill; but let us be grateful that our
country's economy is strong
enough to carry the burden* ,to be
the mainstay of Jhe defense of the
free world.
New Coach
Here to Wait
School Start
Ransacked
Four complaints by car owners,
of stolen fender skirts have been
turned in to Clare "police during
the past'three weeks, Chief Bert
Head said this week. The thievery
is part of a "nuisance" wave of
petty crime in Clare which includes window peeping, traffic violations by drivers on the city's
side streets and other "headache"
complaints.
The thefts occured* in different
parts of town. Some were stolen
from cars parked in yards of
owners. One -car was stripped
while parked at a brightly lighted
service station.
Other -cars have been reportu-3
ransacked while parked in a downtown lot. Windows Of the cars
have been broken,' and luggage
and other items stolen.
Police have no leads as yet, according to Head. He said that the
offenders probably have an outlet
for the stolen goods and are selling
them.
Hob^rt C. Baker, new basketball
•coach at the Clare High School, arrived in town* Thursday to discuss
future plans with school officials.
•Baker will.take over the assistant football coaching chores later
this month. He will be head basketball and baseball coach and teach
classes in Physical Education, "it
was announced*
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, He went
on to .take a Master of Arts degree
from" the University of Michigan in
1950.
The new 'coach is married. The
Bakers have no- children,.."■-:■■
. His last • coaching chore was
done at Huntington College Where
he was athletic director "and baseball and basketball coach. He also
coached the Freshman football
•tearri.there. '
Prior to this he was principal of
a Junior, High School in Yuriia,
Colorado where he also-served as
football, baseball and track coach.
His  wife,  Tbehna,  will" reside U!i
<hpre with;the coach, Airs. Baker1
is at present Office Scretary of the
Y.JJ.CA. in Huntingtoh where her
husband'served .as the  Physical
Director,
TheGarthes
Join Group In
11-Day Trip
"Back Where
WeStarteiT
On County Jail
Clare county supervisors were"
not sure Wednesday, what the
next move is going to "be in thei
county's problem of" providing * a
jail to meet state inspections standards. The only sure thing is this;
Voters refused to approve the
$135,000 super-jail "offered in the
referendum Tuesday.
Tax payers in a surprise' development, split their vote on the. two j
proposals.   -
They:
1. Voted in favor of proposal
number *1 which allows the County,
to borrow $135^000 for construction
of a new jail. Voting was 1054 to
964 .for the bonding issue.
2. Voted down the accpmpanyihg
proposal (number 1 on the ballot*)
which would have allowed the
county to" raise the tax limitations
2 mills to pay off the $135,000 loan,
referred to in proposal 2. Voting;
on proposal 1 was 1075 no and 10321
yes.
■.' The situation.is unique in county politics. Never, in the -memory;'
the county's, oldest residents,:
have voters "given with one hand
While' taking back with the other."
"We're right back where- we,
were' when we started"; said-Dan
Holcomb, Chairman of the Board
of- Supervisors. He * said that the:|
results of the voting left them
temporarily powerless to do any**
thing with regards to building a
jail.
The. next meeting of the Board
is scheduled for October at which
time the matter will probably receive some attention. .*. -
Reason for the surprise voting
■-.«• _ "__' _ .*— „.- .„n__ioa the* propositions is hot known.
Modern education has  reached Howeve£  peculation is rampant.
ai£l_e*LSJ_£_¥_- _n.*f-in«_v for Comment,seems to boil down 4nto
The following is an.itinerary for t      «.tate_i.pnt_
a 10-day trip beginning August 2--tw,° statements.
11, scheduled in connection with,a   .1. The voters-were confused by
credit course being offered by Cen-,tne wording of the two proposals.
tral Michigan College, £ Yo£vs wished to indicate that,
„ „. *.„„,. •-i-i.«a«'-1"-. -nir- ,r,/i while they approved the construe-
The students, including Mr. and tion ot a new jail, they were not in
3^£&£aSt- IKJ. - .m^Jfavor of the.cost of.the proposed
Wins From Harrold
In Tuesdays Primaries,
Jail Fails by 43 Votes
Allen and Oman Return;
Prescott Beats 2 Foes -
Dive Fatal
To Youth, 19
William Hunt, 19f of -Route 1,
Charlotte, was killed when be dove
off a raft into about six feet of
water, Friday, Jjily 30,- at about
10 p.ip. *
Hunt was one of a party of
youths who came to the lake to
jswim.* •       ..••■"..
The accident occured' at Arnold
Lake, nortli of Harrison, Cause of
death was ; a ' broken neck , and
drowning, according ' to Coroner
June Rose' pf Harrison. William
■vvas the son of Mr. ana Mrs.. Clifford Sunt, of Charlotte.       ',.'" ,
At ter • diving ■ iiato the shallow
water, the youth" reportedly surfaced; and shouted to the three
young people with him,- _'■ -•
•"'iJon't'dive in here, I hit something. "Then "he sank again. When
bis! body was recovered, he was
dead,  .'.'■"'. * ' ■
Fame and
John Empey
Called Beyond
John Empey was born in Vernon
township, Isabella oounty, November 5, 1893, the Son of John and
* Mary Empey. They lived oh the
old Bicknell farm on Dunlop road,
and later moved to the home on
VernOn Hill w,h ere he lived for
more than fifty years.
He received his education at
Clare High School and Central
State Normal, and was a success
.ful teacher in Isabella county, and
also the Clare Public School, until
he entered the service. He was a
World War I veteran, and on return from service went irito the insurance business, which.he conducted until his health failed. He
was a member of the John Q. Look
Lodge,, F. & A.M., for more than
twenty-five years, also a member
Of Zenobia Chapter' O.E.S.
He married Miss Doris Gerow in
Clare, August 27, 1938, and whjle
living in Clare was elected for two
different terms as supervisor of
the second ward, and served faithfully mi various committees. He
was known by his fellow members
and friends as a fighter for what
he felt the right thing, and was not
afraid to debate any question if he
deemed it necessary."
John's hobby was flowers and he
never tired talking about them or
giving advice and people came
from'far and near to see his flower garden and be helped with many
suggestions in starting flower gardens too.
He was a patient sufferer
. through his long years of illness
and was seen daily on the streets
of Clare as long as he was able,
but was confined to his home for
several weeks and- the last two
weeks Of his life was spent in the
Veterans Hospital at Saginaw for
special treatment but death called
him home on Thursday, July 29.
. He is survived* by two sisters,
Mrs, Lillian Ramey of Bakersville,
California and Miss Anna Empey
at home, several nieces, nephews,
other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held from
the Thurston Funeral Home,* Sunday afternoon, August 1,' at 3; 00
p.m. Rev. Howard Moore of Bear
Lake, an old friend of the family
*** conducted the services and Mrs'.
>   Moore sang, "Beyond the Sunset."
Burial was in Cherry Orove Cemetery, with Masonic rites. The -many
» * floral tributes spoke more'than
words of the esteem, of his friends,
and loved ones.
Relatives and friends attended
from Saginaw, Midland, Detroit,
Mt, pleasant and Clai'ft. *
Awaits Her
A search will begin shortly for
the Queen of all Michigan Beauty
Queens. .
Conducting the statewide Search
are officials of the Michigan State
Fair, who, by September 8, must
come up with "Miss Michigan
State Fair of 1954."
The lucky girl will be crowned
on that date by Governor Williams.
To qualify for the State Fair
contest the' candidate, must have
won a sponsored Beauty Contest in
Michigan since the last State Fair.
She must be at least 17 and not
over 25 years old.
Only one "queen may be sent by
the sponsoring- group which pays
her expenses. Entry must be made
by Wednesday, August 25, oh an
Official entry blank* ahd mailed to
the State Fair in'Detroit to the attention of Graham T. Overgard...,., -
The various queens wffiie invited to the opening day parade
through Detroit and will be guests
of honor to other functions on the
Fairgrounds.
Last year's queen was Miss
Catherine ShewchUck of Cheboygan, who won as "Miss Cheboygan."
The State Fair opens September
3 and runs through September 12.
Former Pastor,
Rev. Burkett
U. B. Speaker
Rev. Marion Burkett, a former
pastor of the Brown's Corner
United Brethren Church Will speak
next Monday evening at 8 o'clock
in the Brown's Corner Church,
north of Clare and two miles east
of the, Robert Shilll ranch.
Mrs. Burkett and the two sons
Who speak African Mende fluently
will also appear on the program.
Rev. Burkett has been superintendent of the Bible Institute at
Bumpe, Sierra Leone, W. Africa.
He says that African men who
-attend this school go out blip their
native land to carry the gospel to
others.
An offering for this fine school
in Bumpe will be received.
' Following the program a reception in honor of the BdrHett family
and their service bn fhe Mission
Field Will be held.
The public is invited to _ear and
meet. "The Burkett Family."
bers at Clare High School, arrive
at "Grand Central Station, New
York, where they transfer via taxi
to the Hotel Taft. .
In the afternoon,, they enjoy a
boat trip around "Manhattan Island.
The evening is spent attending the
hit stage play "Tea and Sympathy", v   ■■."■    ' i.     ■    ,     .
The, next day, ihe students attend a United Nations session andj
lunch in-the delegates dining room.-
Iji the ^y^miig, sj^dehts^proceed
to the Plymouth theatre to see
the hit stage play . Caine Mutiny
Court Martial".
The third day finds our students
touring Rockefeller Center and
the Broadcasting studio (Perhaps
one of them might "Strike it
Rich") \
Of course an everting wouldn't
be an evening without a hit stage
play. "T-eahouse of the August
Moon" is scheduled for the evening of the third day.
The next morriiSg will find them
visiting the statue, of liberty. The
afternoon of the fourth day has
•been scheduled as" a merciful respite from the gruelling "study".
But in the everting, the students
are back at the grind with tickets
in hand for the sensational stage
musical "Kismet".
By the fifth day, the pace is expected to be taking Its toll so the
morning and afternoon has been
scheduled as free time.' But, by
7:50 that .evening, they must be
up and on „their toes for- a trip to
the Alvin theatre and "The Golden
Apple", another recent hit.
Sunday evening they will visit
television studios, (those who failed to "Strike it Rich" or "Break
the Bank" on radio may try the
same on television),
Monday morning, the students
will visit Radio City Music Hall.
The afternoon artd evening of the
last day are free.
On Tuesday the 1.0th, the hard
working students leave for Detroit
and points west.
. More credit to them.
jail ($135,000)
The jail issue has been a hot
one in the County since June 28
this year when the proposal came
out of committee at a special session of the Board of Supervisors at
Harrison.
At  that   time   the Board voted
unanimously  for  a   resolution  to|
present the issue to the people inf
the form Of the two separate proposals, -■      *   '    :•:
Editorials -pro and Con- appearing in the county's newspapfers
kept the jail issue alive right up
to the eve of the voting. A reproduction of the proposed structure
appeared - as the artist saw it -
printed on page One of the Sentinel's July 2nd issue.. '   .
The $135,000   estimate,^for "the
proposed   jail- was made by   thei
firm of  Cuthbert   and   Cuthbert,
Ann Arbor architects, retained by.|
the Board.
. The present, 70-year-old structure now serving- a3 the county
jail, was recently -condemned and
ordered abandoned by William
Nestle, State Inspector of Jails., It
was this action on the part of the
Jail Inspector which forced the
Supervisors, to place the, referendum before the people Tuesday.
ector
G<&is News of\
Jail Voting
Members of the Board of Supervisors will receive shortly a notice
from the State Jail Inspector, informing them that' action is to be
taken immediately to** close the
county jail at Harrison.
Dan Holcomb, Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors, said Wednesday that he had been informed
of the state's plans by telephone
conversation with William Nestle,
State Jail Inspector.
The jail was orginally" condemned <s<?yen years ago and a letter
reminding the county of the. faet
has been sent at regular intervals
since.
This will mean, according to
Holcomb, that the county will nave
to adopt the plan of transportation
of the county's prisoner's to acceptable places of confinement.
■•-* The proposition which sealed the
fate .of the proposed new jail at
Harrison would have provided for
raising taxes to pay for the jail
loan;* i *- '* *.■ :. !.'. *
. Ih' Isabella county, an out-of-date
Jail which could no longer meet
apprOvalTof the State Jail Inspector, was remodeled some time ago
so that it was again suitable for
confinement of prisoners. This
saved the county the expense of
transporting prisoners..
' CARL'"Dutch" BAUUJft
; „ , "wins Road Commission seat
-.'•"        SEN. PRESC0TX
Old campaigner carries district,.
Mrs' Herron Receives Letter
From President Eisenhower
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1G 4748 ,
And You Hang
In Mid-Air
That's what happens when you
ride the. Rotor.,
If you ever have wanted to know
how it feels, to be suspended in
mid-air, the chance will be yours
at the Michigan State' Fair, September 3' through 12.
James M. Hare, general manager, announces that the State Fair
has secured the European ride
sensation, the Rotor, for this year's
Fair.. The Rotar is a fun-making
version of a device that was originally used to*' test the effects of
spinning at high revolutions upon
flying cadets.
The ride uses the phys.ics principle of centrifugal force and allows the riders to flpin suspended
in mid-air. They walk into an expansive cylinder and take their
places. As the drum increases the
number of revolutions per minute
to 30, which is about three feet at
the fast blink of an eye, the floor
suddenly drops away, leaving the
patrons safely held in position by
the outward force.
The Rotor is an entirely new
ride, and the only one of its kind
in the world. It was nearly two
years in the making, weighs 20
tons and is made of stress-tested
steel at a cost upward of $100,000.
It will be the first appearance Of
the device jn the Midwest.
Mrs.  Ruth Herron,  whose  son,
Jessie,  was killed   in   action   ih;|
Korea in July, 1953, received the
following letter   Monday"  of   this
week.
In grateful memory of Pfc. Jessie E. Herron who died in the service of his county.
In the military operations in
Korea, he stands in the unbroken
line of patriots who have dared to
die, that freedom might live, and
grow, and increase its blessings;
its freedom lives and through.it,
he" lives—
In a way that -humbles the undertakings of most men.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
President of the United States
The U.S.A. presents greetings.
This is to certify that the President of the United States of America has awarde'd the .Purple Heart
... To Pfc. Jessie E. Herron . . •
for wounds received in- action resulting in his death'in Korea, given under my 'hand in" the City of
Washington the 29th of July,--.954.
Major General John Klew
Robert   S.   Stevens, Secretary
of the Army.
The* Purple Heart, Coronation,
Gold Star Lapel Button, U. S. Service Medal and Ribbon Bar, pert-
Golf Tourney
Reaches Semis
At Twin Elms Wednesday, the
Clare Women Golfers drew names
for partners, and the pair who had
the lowest net score, Mrs. Sarah
Schaeffer and Mrs. Lucille Haley,
came in with a net 75; and the second lowest, Mrs. Arvilla Bayes
artd Mrs. Helen McKee, had a net
77, and each received a ball*.
The Handicap tournament has
advanced to the semi-finals. Mrs.
Grace Frey defeated Mrs. Sarah
Schaeffer, and will play the win-,
ner* of the match between Mrs,
Barbara Diunbar and Mrs. Ann Olson in the finals of the handicap
tournament.
inent to the Korean service medal,
with one bronze service star are
.being forwarded.
Mour_i Death
Of Adam Reger
After a sbort illness Adam Reger
died Tuesday, July 27 at the Saginaw General Hospital,
At* his bedside were his sons
Floyd and _>vt. Junior, who was
called home from Germany.
He was born at Whittenburg
Germany September 12, 1886, the
son of Christopher and Rose Reger.
One of seven children, all of his
brothers and sisters preceded him
in death. '      '
The family came from Germany
when Adam was four years old
and settled in Sheridan township
where he spent all but five years
pf his life, and he spent tRat five
years in the northern woods.
He** married Livina Rulapaugh
September 11, 1910.
They moved to their farm east
of Eagle and cleared it. The couple
lived there for the last 42 years.
He was" well l-;nown for his beautiful stone work. Many houses and
fireplaces in central Michigan
were built by !him. ,
To this unionwere born fourteen
children, three preceded him in
death; Willis in 1927, Louis in 1932
and baby Emile in 1938. Surviving
are his wife and eleven children,
five sons and six daughters. Theadore, Thelma, Audrey and Irene,
all of Clare, Aubrey, Ernest and
Freda of Flint, Floyd of Midland,
Mary of Detroit, Stella of Lake
George and Pvt. Junior of Stratigh-
lin-g Germany. Twenty grandchildren and* one great grandchild. A
host of other friends'.
His funeral was held at Thurs-
tons Funeral -Home Saturday, July
31 at 2 o'clock. Rev. Elza Beery
conducted the service.
The many lovely flowers showed
how highly he Was regarded. His
body was laid at rest in Cherry
Grove Cemetery along side of his
three sons.
»MeUnit
X~rays, 1396
PersonsHere
Tr_-Cbu_ty Health offiaials Have
announced that a*total of'1395 persons w;ere x±rayed last week when
ihe- ijiobile Uttit toured the area.
in Clare, 640 individuals were
#_a-$-._d, 3rt Farwell, 247, and
in'Harrisbnii 509'.' The campaign
was" declared a success, ' even
though the mobile unit is capable
of x-raying a total of 1,000 a day,
. Health officials advise that a
careful followup through famiiy
physicians wil"U.make it possible
for those who may have trouble to
get early detection of Heart disease, Cancer and Tuberculosis".
;" Tfi-county H e a lib" authorities
also sent out thanks to the many
p'ersons in the Three .counties who
helped to make £he program a.success.*
City Turns Down Charter Amendment
To Pay Expenses for Commission      _-   ._
Results pf Tuesdays primaries showed seven incunlbent
Republicans winning nomination while, in a hotly contested
vote, Carl Bauer defeated *ia*icumbent Ray Harrold for-the-
County Road Commissioner seat. Also running in the three
way battle for Road Commissioner was Isabell M. Barber.
. She was the first woman ever to do so.
In the second hot contest of the primaries, incumbent
Coiinty Treasurer, Peter A. Oman, beat, out his opponent
Eugene* Sdhmid for re-nopiinatibh. Oman got 1266 against
547 for Schmid. .     r .......  "
In othet county contests, Sheriff Everett Allen won an
■ easy re-noriiinatioh ovei% oppone.it Ed. R. Bruce; Allen- received 1266 agains. 589 for his opponent. He- received 285
votes in Clare alone against 13 _ for" Bruce.
Running, unopposed for re-nomi-
Colemen
Streets Get
Resurfaced
County roads northwest' from
Sanford, past Francis Park, to
Sanford Lake, and city streets in
Coleman, were paved with aggregate surfacing late last week.
The hot aggregate was manufactured in a field 1J_ miles west of
.Coleman," near p".S. 10, While hot,
the material, was. hauled the 12
miles to Sanford in trucks,
Material for the black sticky
paving . stuff. is mixed in a huge*
"retort" frqm the jaws of ponderous, shovels. .^erosndAUS :$66^in&,
heat is applied until the mbtture
is ready* for transportation to the
job. ■•..*.-,
The mountains of. raw material,
and the black clouds of smoke
from*.the -cooking fire" attracted
sightseers to the roadside field. ■*-
The surfacing is applied hot, top.
A supervisor at the place where
it is applied, tests each load with
an oversize thermometer .before it
is used, to check for. jecoiired
temperaturd,
. After.being plit oh„ th&.a^gr^gate
l_5pack6d with a.-wef heated rqll_r.
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des-
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Campbell's
Total Is Tops
In Light Vote
Clare County had a light
cast in Tuesdays' primaries
pite ideal voting weather.
The highest vote tot£l, 2107, was
recorded for the Number One Jail
Proposition. This was the proposition to increase the limitation on
taxes to support the bond issue
to pay for the proposed new jail.
Only county fax payers received,
the propositipns with their ballots.
The proposal was defeated 1075-
1032.
This figure falls 1292 behind the
1952 primary record vote of 3399
cast in the County Coroner race.
In the November 1952 general elections, a record total of 4,562 was
cast in the gubernatorial contest.
Accordihg to. statistics", less than
one half as many Clare County
•Voters went to the polls*1 Tuesday
as did in November, 1952.
Blair Moody,* late U.S. Senator
received 70 votes despite wide
publicity >g"iven to his recent death.
Many of these votes may have
been "memorial votes".
In the city of Clare, the voting
was Very light with only 538 voters-
appearing at the polls.
Of the 538 ballots issued to Clare
voters, only 490 were acceptable.
The rest were fqr one reason or another, unacceptable. In many
cases votes were" split between
party ballots making them invalid
Gathering 1577 votes, 25 more
than any other single candidate oh
the ballot was Robert'H. Campbell
running unopposed for County
Prosecutor, William A. Henderson
running-for County Clerk received*
1552. Henderson ran unopposed.
Running third iri tbeN total votes
cast for single candidate was R _
Publican Homer Ferguson, incumbent U.S. Senator running for
3,-eeldction. He 'carried the county
cunning- -uno-oTiosc^
Voss
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Ordained
At St. John's
1,:
01>
On  Sunday  evening, August
The Rev. Robert J. Voss was.
"dained   as  pastor   of   St.   John's
Evangelical Lutheran Church'.. *"""""'
The service which began at 8:00
p.m., was conducted by The Rev.
Markus Koepsell of Remus, Michigan. The sermon was delivered by
the* Rev. Kenneth Vertz, Owosso,
and assisting in the ordination
were: Rev. Alfred H. Maaske, Manistee; Rev. E. C. Renz, Scottyille*
Rev. Otto J. Ecker't, Saginaw; and
Rev. G. M. Cares, Saginaw*
Following this. service, a reception "was held in the church basement. The officers of the congregation as well as the pastors whp
were, present spoke briefly,. wishing success to The Rev. and Mrs.
Voss. ~
As. a climax to. the festivities, the
new pastor and his wife Were given a pantry shower..
Among the out-of-town friends
who attended the ordination were
guests from Lansing, Chicago, Mt.
Pleasant, Saginaw and Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Vobs and their daughter," Marilyn, of North Fond du.Lac,
WiiSconsin.
On Sunday morning; August 8,
Rev. Voss will preach his first sermon in St. John's' Church. The
theriie of the sermon will be: "The
Lord's Instruction Concerning Our
Future Work in His Kingdom."
The time of this service will be
at 11:00 a.m., but beginning August
15, according to a recent resolution of St. John's Church council,
the Sunday morning services will
be held at 10:30 a.m.
Clifton E. "Tip" Schultz widely
known and respected businessman
died Tuesday morning after sev-.-,„._ _,    _       .  .,       _„.,„       __
eral   years   of   slowly   declining j fjate Representative, William M.
nation, Robert H.* Campbell received 1577 votes for County Prosecutor.
William A. Henderson running
unopposed for.itbe County Clerk's
position garh*e*r_d 1552 'vdtes'r---=?^----—=
'   Oman received a heavy plurality j
in Clare with 246 votes against 159
for Schmid. «
• Running unopposed on a write
in for the County Drain Commissioner was incumbent Bruce Williams of Clare. Williams was out
of town and did not get his petition
filed before the deadline.
BUninp'g for*the two open seat-
as. County Coroners were Carl R,
Stephenson and June Rose, both
incumbents. Stephenson received
1196 votes with Rose getting 871.
With the absence of A, P. Johnson from the race for County Surveyor for the first time in over 50
years, Walter S. Moore fan unopposed for that office. He recei-
't*fed.aMt^yjfl228yg|itg^ .,„,„,. :w*>-**. -.
ShiCe the Deffiberatic ticket*listed no candidates for County offices
Tuesday,. nomination of Republicans was almost considered election. ,
By the vote of 345 to Hi the citi-
.zens of Clare turned down a proposed City Charter amendment
which would have allowed members of the City Commission) $10 a .
meeting for up to 30, meetings %
year. The ten dollars was intended ■
to cover expenses for the members*.
i State and* BisiMfct - '
! *_, ikdlfe Brake. itfepuMnian ciitt-
didata for idrOVefhdr,; carried the
■douhty'by1 -4-*narr6v>"'>matfgiti Tuesday, receiving 511 votes, ,97 more
than his nearest rival Eugene C.
Keyes with, 414. ■    *
Running third in the Republican
ranks Was Donald's. Leonard with -■
403 votes, —-ringing up *the Republican rear, in the  County voting ,
was Owen J. Cleary with 38 _ votes.
On  the  Democratic  Ballot,   G*
Mennen Williams,   running  unopposed for Governor^ received r244-~~
vote?, the heaviest vote received
by any Democrat in. the County.
In the Lieutenant Governor race
Clarence A. Reid, Republican, running unopposed/ garnered 1453
votes.
On the Democratic ballot, tandi-*
date for Lieutenant Governor,
Philip A, Hart edged out opponent
George S. Fitzgerald 124 votes to
80. ~
Senator. Homer Ferguson, running unopposed on the Republican
ticket picked up 1545 votes, in the
County.,
Patrick V* McNamara,,, running
unopposed on the Democratic tic**
ket for US Senator, received 117
Votes. „       ,   '
McNamara was running unopposed the result of the sudden
death of Blair Moody in ihe mid-*
■die of the campaign. A total of 70
x's were marked beside Moody's
name on the ticket, nevertheless,
In the race -for the U. S. Repre^
sentative for the 10th District the
Democrats had two candidates on
their ticket while.. Republican El-
ford A. Cederberg^ picked up 1477
votes,- running alone.
Democrats Kelly and Vaughn re*
ceived 105 and 41 votes respective-
ly- _-      -
'.Charles T. Prescott; incumbent
State Senator,from the 28th District, swamped-opposition on the   ,
Republican Ballot with a total of
913 votes. ■'*
His nearest rival, ' Bichard C.
Lariey, received 434 votes while
third in the three way, battle was
Harry B. Werner with 338.
For. Representative in the State
Legislature Isabella-Clare District
Republican Hugh D. Johnston, rtra-   *
ning unopposed g'athered-1404*
On the Democratic   ballot   for
health. He leaves a wife and three
children.
Frequent trips to the University
Hospital at Ann Arbor during the
period of Mr. Schultz' illness had
failed to bring any ..permanent cur-"
ing effects.
Prayer services "were at 1:30
Thursday at the Stephenson Funeral Home,. followed by the last
rites at the Congregational Church.
Burial was in Cherry Gxove ceme-
BeE carried the comity's Demo*
cra'tic vote by a narrow 91-62 mar--
g_i winning out over opponent
Biobert L. Sawyer.
Gladwin County FFA
Names President
Robert Switzer of Clare County,
was recently named president of
the Gladwin County Chapter of the
] Futtirfe Farmers at America*
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