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Establiehed 1878
$2.50 Year in Clare, Isabella Counties
CLARE. MICHIGAN, THURSDAY MARCH 22, 1956
New Series, Vol. 64,:N«>, 27
Justice Annual
Salary Raised
To $3,200
Two new city ordinances haye
been passed recently by the Clare
city commission, one adjusting the
salary attached '"to the office of
Clare Justice of the Peace, and the
other regulating inspection, slaugh*
ter and sale ot local commercial
meat supplies."
Ordinance number 206 raises the
Justice of Peace salary and clerk
hire' from J.1-00 to $3200 per year,
effiedt-v. Immediately. The new
ordinance revises that section of
Clare's city charter prescribing
compensation of the Justice of
Peace job.
Ordinance number £07 supple-
meats an earlier ordinance regulating slaughter houses and meat
markets. The first section of 207
'provides that meat venders be licensed by the local Board of Heal*
th, and the inspection by the Health Officer prior to licensing.
The second section requires that
persons .who want approval and inspection of meat or meat products
to be delivered outside of the city
of Clare, -should apply to the City
Clerk for Inspection, and a licensed veterinarian will- be retained to
do the job. The inspector's fee is to
be paid by the individual aski-g
the. inspection.
Opinions of the inspector on
quality of meat, sanitation, and
methods of handling will be final,
and violations will be reported.
Number 207 takes effect on April 4.
Pull, official context of ordinance
207 will be published next week.
Ordinance 206 is published in official form this weelc
Mumps Stop Some, Bat
Other CHS Speakers Win
An untimely outbreak of inumps
winnowed out some of the CHS
forensics class members who
should have competed in District
trials this week.
But the rest of the group of winners in a recent Clare High School
speech contest went to Durand for
the Michigan High School "Forensic "District Contest Tuesday March
20, and took some top places,
_*ranz Gohre, Clare's exchange
student from Germany, placed first
in the interpretive readings. He
gave a selection from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar,
Vernette Dunkie placed third
with her reading, "Portrait of a
Southern Lady."
Gail. Samborn gave her declamation, "I Come From Mary Doe"
and Mary Maloney gave "Without
a. Song." In humorous readings,
Laurefce Woodward presented
"China Blue Eyes".
The- group was accompanied on
the .trip by Mrs. Louisa Bowler.
CHS speech and dran.taics coach.
Other schools represented were
Ithaca,' St. Louis, Durari- and
Chesaning. .
Ruthann Spence, Markeith Alien
and Roger Walter, all recent winners in the local speech contest at
CHS,; stayed1- home with the
'mumps*.
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Change
Entrance To
Cedar Park
The short road leading off US-27
to Cedar Park and the swimming
hole is being changed to give motorists leaving the park a better
view of oncoming cars on the highway.
Entrance to the road has been
moved about fifteen yards back
toward downtown, and fill dirt has
been hauled to make it level with
the shoulder of Highway US-27.
Now it needs to be graded.
Previously there was a sharp
drop from the shoulder to the
park's en trance-road, and besides
that, motorists coming out had
their vision blocked by the bridge
abutment, making entry on the
highway hazardous.
Clare City employees have done
the work between snow hauling
jobs. The road is expected to be
ready for use by swimming and
picnic time this-spring.
Slate Of Officers Named
At PTA Meeting Monday
Pistol Club
Now Has
32 Members
Membership in the newly organ
ized Clare Rifle and Pistol clul
has grown to 32, Twenty-three of
the members had a shooting workout Monday night-
Shooting on a handicap, Jack
Hemstreet was high, with a 292.23
score. Close behind came Bob
Lodes, with 292.02, and Floyd Norcutt 291.81.
On high actual shooting scores,
Wayne Pitts was top gun with 239,
Tom Bryne next with 194, and
Jack Hemstreet with 189.
The organization is sponsored
by the Clare Rod and Gun Club.
Meetings are held at Clare Public
School at the pistol range, on Monday evenings. The group plans to
shoot outdoors when warmer
weather comes.
With 32 members, the group nOw
has the required number' to be
eligible for chartering the club
under National Rifle Association
rules. The Association refluires 3.
members.
Men Interested in joining may
contact Don Bell, or come :to the
school on meeting night.
The Clare P.T.A. met Monday
evening, March 19, in the multipurpose room of the Clare School,
with a good attendance of parents
and teachers. ,
- Mrs. Earl Baumgarth, president,
conducted the business meeting. A
favorable report was given of the
P.T.A. week at Witbeck's IGA
store.
Mrs. Bernard Tubbs, of the nominating committee presented the
slate of officers for the coming
year Included were Mrs. Baumgarth, president; Allan Tulk, vice
president; Mrs. Larry Shelander,
secretary; and Mrs. Dale "White,
treasurer.
The question of stopping traffic
from both directions while school
buses are unloading was presented. After discussion, it was tabled
and Ray Ruby was appointed to
get more information on the subject, and report at the April meeting.
Dr. Arnold Form, a staff member
of .the Personnel Division of Central Mfchigan College was the
guest speaker, and spoke on the
"Problems of Adolescence". He has
had experience in his various
fields of work, and gave many interesting and helpful suggestions.
A discussion period followed, when
he answered questions to help parents, who might have a problem.
Miss Joan Bond, acting for Mrs.
Nancy Jabara, who was ill, displayed pictures of the Grade
School Christmas program, and
orders were taken.
Mr. Tulk made a plea for drivers
to-'take children to Mt. Pleasant
for speech correction lessons.
There are 24 more trips to be
made, and anyone who will give
their time for a trip are to contact
nhh.
Miss Kuhnan's room mothers
served refreshments.
Scholarship Leadbxs ftt Coleman High
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Patricia Phinisey and Hazel Hall
have been named top scholarship
students in Coleman High School's
senior class, and will be honored as
valedictorian and Salutatorian respectively in school graduation
ceremonies later this spring.
Rhea Acker, another member of
the class was recognized by the
school for her high scholarship
rating, In the announcement this
month from the principal's office,
Rhea's mark average was only ._.
points behind the salutatorian rating;
Patricia Phinisey, highest rated
student for the four-year period, is
also active in many school affairs
and student groups. Before her
family moved to Coleman, she was
a popular student in Clare schools.
She was credited with a top 3.78
average out of a possible 4 points.
In addition to toeing a.n excellent
student, she belonged to the Student Council during her sophomore
year and was class treasurer in her
junior year, She waS-also a member of the Coleman Girls' Glee Club
for two years,_3he hag taken part iri
both the Junior and Senior Plays,
and the speech: activities. At pes*
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ent she is editor of the 1956 Yearbook, Co-editor of the Comet, treasurer of the Pep Club and Secretary of the Coleman Chapter of
the National Honor Society. Next
September she plans to enter Central Michigan College on an elementary teacher's curriculum.
Pat • is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Phinisey. .
Hazel Hall, also an excellent student, earned a 3.65 rating for second place. This year she is on the
Annual and' Comet Staffs and took
part in the Senior Play. She has
been a member of the Coleman
Glee Club, FHA and National Honor Society. She has been a Pep club
memb-r and an assistant in the
principal's office for the past three
years. In addition* to this, she has
been a member of the Theta Rho
Girls' Club all during high school,
two years of which she was secretary and treasurer. She plans to enter" Central Michigan College next
fall. '
"Hazel is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Burley.Hall.
Rhea Ack.r earned a close1 thii'd
place with a point average of 3.61.
Rhea is the daughter of Mr, and
.Mrs. Lotence Acker;
Flag Will Proclaim School's Safety Record
1493 Leads
All-Events In
Pin Tourney
Frances Shelander leads the
singles and all-events scoring In
the Clare Women's Bowling Tournament which opened last week end
at Clare Alleys and her pin count
offers serious competition in singles
and all-events, rivalry when competitors resume tourney action Saturday and Sunday.
Fran's actual count of 1493 In
all-event tops last year's highest
score by 67 pins, and her 594
single series is a mark difficult to
beat.
Twenty-eight teams, 48 doubles
pairs and 72 singles entries are
rolling in the three-week event.
Leaders in the team and doubles
lists are Hamp Sportswear Center
team from Harrison with a 2774
score, and Jean Conn-Laura Fris-
bey with a first place doubles pin
count of 1180 for their series.
Close behind the leaders are Dan
McDonald Ford-0-Matics with second place team score of 2751, and
the Brasington-Bauder doubles
with 1101. A popular saying at
tournament tiine is, "a team with a
score over 2700 should be sure of a.
place in the money".
The winning team in 1955 was
Farwell Barber afld Beauty whose
score was 2853.
A pair of Clare public school.ra|etyi>sirQl boys'get ready to hoist the school's newly
acquired safety flag, that .will keep the school's iree-irom-ajcciden*. record flying high.
Roy Warner Jr., on flagpole base* and.Russell G_;ah_n_ attach the'flag for raising, as
Clare Police Chief Bill Cook, lar left, and Michigan State Police Sgi. Guy. Babcock, Mt.
Pleasant Post, lend a hand. . . - ■•■''.
Roy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Warner Sr.. Russell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferris
Graham. * . .
The flag may be flown as long as the school,is -without accidents that keep youngsters
from attending. Youngsters received fiaf-typhis _s personal reminders. Photo is by Lee
Sowle. ". . " ''._.. .■■-.■-.
Tell Aims
For Child
Guidance
Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella,
Mecosta and Osceola counties were
represented at a Child Guidance
Clinic meeting Wednesday evening
of last week at Mt. Pleasant Their
efforts are aimed toward obtaining
a Child Guidance Clinic for this
area.
Partial returns from a questionnaire indicate that over eight hundred children in this six-county
area are in need of help, and cannot get it with present facilities.
The Child Guidance Clinic is designed to provide facilities for ear*
ly detection and treatment of children with emotional conflicts, by
working in close contact with the
parents and the child.
Funds may be provided, by the
Michigan State Mental Health
Commission to pay the salary of a
psychiatrist, a psychiatric social
worker, and a clinical psychologist.
The area served must provide a
clerk, an office, and office equipment
The Child Guidance Clinic idea
is based on the assumption that
most adult maladjustments to life
have their roots in early childhood
and can be treated more easily and
Successfully while patients are
young,, '
Concern is not essentially with
attitudes which result in crime or
serious mental illness, but -those
which are known to cause bad adjustment and unhappiness in our
family, social and business life.
(Proponents of the child care_ say
that guidance clinics pay for themselves by decreased crime and de*
linquerioy. Proof'has been offered
that they aid in making healthy
responsible adults of children Who,
with former conflicts have been
prevented from enjoying more normal social reiafiohship-i
Any interested persons in the
above counties are urged to attend
the next meeting of this group,
March 2. at eight p.m, at the
; county court house in Mt, Pleasant.
Warn Against
Strep Throat,
Scarlet Fever
While it may not be wise to shut
your children indpors at the first
sign of a sniffle, the Michigan Department of'Health today cautioned
that an illness starting out like a
cold may turn out to be scarlet fever or strep throat, which can result in serious damage.
Dr. F. S. Leeder, director ol dis
ease control for the state health department, reports that as of the
end of February, tho state's score
was 1,616 new cases of strep throat
and scarlet fever, compared with
1,058 cases in the same two months
last year.
"All we can do," Dr. Leeder said,
"is to repeat the same advice we've
been giving every time a parent
calls us on this, If your child has
an illness which hangs on for more
than 48 hours, or seems to be particularly severe, with a pronounced
sore throat, get in touch with youi
doctor immediately."
Dr. Leeder said strep throat is
among the more dangerous forms
of 'upper - respiratory infection,
since it may ignite an attack of
rheumatic fever, a leading cause
of heart damage in children.
"It's not always possible," he
said, "to stop the development of a
strep throat or its complications
but if good medical care is given
and the advice of the doctor is followed, then parents can be assured that they're doing everyttring
in their power to protect their
children. We don't recommend that
a child be shut in at the first sniffle, but we do strongly urge parents to seek and accept medical advice for any illnesj. which doesn't
respond promptly to bed rest and
other medically approved home-
care techniques."
The health department specialist
added that the current wave of
sore throats can be expected to
"get worse before it gets bettei;,
since.infections of this type always
arise in March and April."
Aiithor--__ecturer Will Climax
Congregational Study Series
Dr. Sidney E. Mead, author and
lecturer at the University of Chicago', will speak on "Our Religious
Heritage and Prospects" when he
appears at the Congregational
Church March 28, at 8 p.m.
Dr. Mead's lecture comes as a
climax to a five weeks study and
fliscu^sipfiu course on American religious expression, sponsored "by
the Congregational Church. .
Test Balloon
Found Near
Beaverton
A huge balloon, identified as a
U. S. government testing device
came down "on the Sam Asch Jr.,
farm in Tobacco township, Gladwin county, Tuesday afternoon at
4:15. A tag on the airhourne sphere
carried the information that the
launching site as in Iowa, but it
Was not known whether the balloon was the property of the
Weather Department or some other government agency.
The balloon was spotted first by
a group in Beaverton, and later by
neighbors of Asch's. * The Asch
farm-is a half mile south and three
quarters mile eas't of Beaverton.
The spotters traced it to wh.re
it fell, and sent the card attached
to the balloon to the federal agency in charge, as notification that it
i had descended here. No instruments or other .equipment were
found.
Observers said the balloon in its
nearly deflated state, somewhat
resembled an immehse chunk of
ice, almost of iceberg proportions.
; as, it rested on thfe ground.
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DR MEAD
A lecturer in American History
as well as a professor in the Divinity School at the University of
Chicago, Dr. Mead is also the author, of "Nathaniel "William Taylor,
A Connecticut Liberal". He has
also Written extensively for magazines and scholarly journals.
He was one of the men chosen
to speak during the University's
Walgreen Lecture Series during
1954, when a group of men outstanding in their own fields discussed various aspects of American culture.
Work Starts .
On CHS
Class Play
Intensive preparations are now
under way for the production of
the annual play by the Dramatics
class of Clare High school. The
play selected for .presentation this
year is a three act comedy, which
deals with a psychology theme.
The cast of character- and production staff will .appear in this
paper at a later date. '
The play will be presented
Thursday and 'Friday nights.
April 19 arid 20 at 8:00 o'clock,-in
the school auditorium" under ' the
direction of Mrs. Louisa Bowler.
| On Inside Pages |
Harrison News
' 2
City Briefs
. 3
Farwell News
6
Rosebush News
6
Society News"
7
Sports News- "**
9
Church New-
■ 10
Farm Ne'ws .'
11
Lake News
13
Want Ads * Notices
16-17
Comics
- 1?
• Following the Clare engagement
Dr. Mead will go to Iowa, where
he will bo principal speaker at a
Midwestern religious conference.
Tickets for the Wednesday evening lecture are available from
members ot Circle I of the Congregational Women's Fellowship.
Admission is 50 cents.
Chemi-Peeling
Demonstrated
For Woodmen
As many as twenty pulpwood
producers came to meetings held
last week in three locations to
learn of recent developments m
marketing their woodlot and forest harvest. The meetings were
sponsored by the Watervliet Paper
company and John Hanson, chiet
forester arranged the programs.
Largest attendance was at the
Clare County Courthouse at Harrison on Wednesday, March 14.
Other groups heard the program at
the Township Hall at Lake on
March 15, and at the Community
Center at Midland on March 16.
Short talks covered the topics,
Pulpwood Specifications, Producing Techniques, Chemi-Peeling,
Availability of Timber from State
Or Private Land.
The Company opened its receiving yard at Clare on February
15, and reported that they received
twenty-five cords of wood there on
the first day of operation. With the
yard open for receiving Monday,
Wednesday and Friday each week
since the opening date, the company
reports more than 400 cords of wood
stocked to date.
John Hanson, Watervliet's chief
forester who is in charge of the operation at.Clare, said that contracts
for pulpwood .are still being given.
He expects that purchases may
reach 4 thousand cords of rough
wood, and 7 thousand cords of the
peeled bolts.
, Last week, the yard began operation on a daily schedule, Monday
through Friday and the company
added a yard foreman to help receive and check the supply of
wood. .
Trucks are Unloaded and the wood
piled by the use of a machine which
has "clam" jaws and handles huge
loads of the stick's. The loader
moves on wheels and the "clam" is
hydraulically controlled .with a full
360-degree swivel of the load. 4-
vSheel drive and 4-wheel steering
assures maneuverability of the
machine.
Use of a recommended chemi-
peeling process will make easier
production of peeled wood as the
sap season starts, Hanson said.
Since the company pays more for
peeled sticks, producer income from
the sale of wood should rise as more
peeled wood is delivered. Cost of
chemi-peeling is estimated at $1,50
to less than $2.00. The simple pro-*
cess of girdling the tree and applying the chemical was explained
and demonstrated at the three
meetings last -week * to explain
pulpwood marketing opportunities.
Workmen who can do a fast, pro*
fltable job of stripping logs with a
'draw**shave are few. but 'Mt. Hanson planned to present a demonstra*
}ion of peeling by a man who is reported to peel as much as seven
cords of wood pet day. .
Two Hurt When Train
Overturns
Two Clare men were injured in
an accident Friday morning when
a railroad motor car on which they
were riding collided with a freight
■train near the railroad station.
Orison Huntley and Leo ColmuS
both Ann Arbor railroad' employees were hospitalized with leg
fractures at the,ankle,
Tlie accident happened on almost the exact same spot where
derailed cars threatened to hit the
station when a C. and- O. freight
jacknifed across the tracks three
weeks ago. None were injured in
the February 29 mishap which tore
up track and derailed, cars along a
quarter mile stretch of Clare rail
yards.
The collision Friday happened
when the section crew motorcar
approached the diamond crossing
switch where the Ann Arbor, and
C. and O, intersect' The men saw
a westbound freight coming across
their path but were unable to stop
on the slippery rails.
The motorcar struck the engine
of the train and was overturned,
Safety Flag
Given School
To keep Safety First in the
minds of Central Michigan school
children, Clare and Isabella county
law^ enforcement people and safety
groups have presented safety
flags to area schools, to be flown
as symbols of safety observance
And each grade schooler in this
Central Michigan area received a
safety button, to emphasize the
program individually.
The Isabella Safety Council, in
conjunction with Mt. Pleasant and
Clare Police departments, Isabella,
and Clare county Sheriff's departments, and the Michigan State Police is responsible for the safely
program.
The safety flags, green centered
with a big white cross, may be
flown and the buttons worn each
day, so long as youngsters attending school have been in no traffic
accidents since March 1, 1956.
Should any youngster lose school
time because of being involved in
any accident, the flag and buttons
cannot be displayed for -**"« wgeks.-
Objectives of the sponsoring
adult group include encouragement of safety through radio and
press, school safety patrols, civic
organizations, .driver training,
school bus driver courses, and in
home safety practices.
All are aimed at lessening traffic deaths in Central Michigan.
Parents are urged to cooperate in
the program.
To Stage Pageant
Palm Sunday
At Mt. Pleasant
The much-talked about, arid enthusiastically received choral pageant, The Story of Easter will be
presented on Palm Sunday evening, March 25, in Warriner Hall,
Central Michigan College, Mt.
Pleasant' Because of its great
beauty, both in pageantry and In
the choral interpretive music, the
pageant has drawn increasing
crowds to Witness it. It was taken
to Mt. Pleasant upon invitation" of
the pastors of that city who sponsor it, and in order to accomodate
the many people who wished to
see it,
The pageant with the accompanying musical numbers that interpret the seven scenes was com-
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throwing the men off to tiie side Of
the roadway, One other WQ.krh.ari
on the car was not hurt,
The accident happened at '.
o'clock is the morning and the-im*
pact of the car against .the enigine,
broke an air line causing a thirty-
five minute delay while repairs
were made. Highway traffic .'was
halted on US-27 where the stalled
train stood across the highway, ■'■
| Note Book |
Joe Grimm, over at the Far-
well News has finished printing the new Clare County ,
maps now, and they are ready
for distribution. Clare people
and visitors who have made
many inquiries, will be glad to
know that the maps have been
altered and improved.
* * *
The Circus (and that means
Ringling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey)
will he on television Tuesday,
April 3, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. It
will come live from Madison
Square Garden, New York, over
Channel 13, CBS.
'Tee_i Dance
A. dance for teen-agers, Junior
High and High, School Freshmen,
is to be held Saturday evening,
March 24tli in the social rooms in
the basement of the Clare Congregational Church. Sponsors of
the affair are members of the Junior Pilgrim Fellowship who plan, to
spin modern dance records from 8
to 11 for the music. Tickets are
being sold by members of the JPF.
Correction
In the matter of the decision of
the City of Clare to abandon a seci*
tion of East Third Street, ari error
appeal's in the published copy of
the Commission resolution, A correct copy of the resolution appears
on page - of this Sentinel issue, '
DAR Chapter
Wins __iree
State Awards
Michilimacinac Chapter of Clare
and Farwell, known a's the 'baby
chapter of Michigan, because "of Its
small membership and re-cent organisation, jn-oved that -hard work:
pays dividends, . , _',' ;,". • "■■•.'
At the 56.h. State Goriterence
held In Jackson, Michlg_h, 'Marie, h
15, 16 and 17, the chapter's Regent
Mrs, Donald Holbrook' of. ("Usre attended and received threa avyar^s-
for her chapter. "." -..-'; .-.
One was the Gold Ribbon and
Corsage, fpr making the National
Honor Roll. There are 61 chapters
in Michigan who could participate
and 17 won Gold Ribbons for answering yes to all twelve que__.ona
which, if answered shows a Chapiter is up and doing and fulfillinifV
the D.A.R. program. There were 11
who received silver, roll' ribbons
and 7 honorable mention. Michilimacinac was the first report received by the State Honor Roll
Chairman, Mrs Harry Deyo, of Plymouth.
For the second .award, Michili-
macinac won a . check .for $25.00
from the state organization for
having the largest net increase in
membership for the year, February
1, 1955, to February 1, 1956.* ; -
The third recognition" was a
Certififcats of Award from, the
National Society, for net l_creases
in Membership. These awards were
presented by Mrs. Roy B_rnes,
State Vice Regent, and chairman
of membership.
-, TWft.B.QtBfet.din&'Pt.e^ej.I t<W
heard during the conference; Representative to TJ.S. Congress" Alvin
Bentley spoke concerning Brlcker
Amendment Status of Force
Treaty and Federal Aid .to Education, both subjects which D.A.R.
is vitally interested in.
• Dr. Fred C. Schwarz of Sydney,
Australia, surgeon and psychiatrist, who is ou lecture tour now,
speaking on the ever increasing
hold which Communism is gaining.
Saturday morning was ".Good
Citizens Day".. Miss Vivian Schaar
of Farwell, Miss Beverly _re'at-
house of Harrison and Miss Lucille
Becker of Clare, who, w^re 'chose-,
from their respective school- aa
Good Citizens attended and' together with 300 other" girls'received Good Citizens Certificates'froni
the National Society of" Daughters
of the American Revolution; Dr.
Hoover Rtipert was the speaker for
this nieeting with the girls.
Mrs. Holbrook will attend „tha
Continental Congress in Washington, D. C, in April.
U-M Speaker
Talks Art To
Capacity Crowd
Michael Church, of the University of Michigan art department
told a group of Clare and Harrison'
art patrons Tuesday evening that
in art, " It is not so much- that the
individual knows what he likes
(of art), but that he likes, just so
much as he knows."
Speaking to a crowd of over
sixty in the Multi-Purpose , room
at Clare Public School, Church
went on to give some basic methods for looking at a picture, to
get the inOSt significance out of it.
He explained that besides seeing
just the story content of a picture,
tlie amateur art buyer or gallery
visitor might train himself to notice details of craftsmanship in art
works.
Church pointed out that the individual's - enjoyment of an art
work could be heightened by hlsfc-
ing note pf the careful planning of
such things as light, color and Hne,
all of 'which supplement inspiration on the part of the artist.
* The lecturer illustrated his talk
by the use of slides and films. The
Tuesday evening program was
sponsored as a community service
; by the Clare Adult Art Classes oi
Mrs. Virginia Seitz, and Principal
Bill Harper, of Clare '. Public
School. : ■ •'
Church is a riiember of th,- Mich*
igan Water color Society and the
Michigan Academy of Science,
Arts and Letters. He has been on
the staff of _nter.o-h.eh National
Music Camp. He serves as S#_r-
visor For Special Projects. Art'_5jt-T
tension, at the "University, '. .
. -"resent for the evenihg were _
large grouri of * Harrison artists,
members of the Clare Study Club,
Beta Sigma Phi sorority, and'other interested local -people, .
On display were oil pairitingg.
and ceramics projects done by local adult ait classeSi
Object Description
| Title | 1956-03-22; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1956-03-22 |
| Publisher | R. G. & F. A. Jefferies |
| Description | An issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. In 1923, absorbed the Clare Courier. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | 1923-1999: Copyright to the Clare Sentinel is held by the newspaper. Copyrighted material is reproduced with the permission of the newspaper. |
| Type | Newspaper |
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| Title | 1956-03-22; Clare Sentinel |
| Date | 1956-03-22 |
| Publisher | R. G. & F. A. Jefferies |
| Description | An issue of a Clare, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1896. Previously known as Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press. In 1923, absorbed the Clare Courier. |
| Subject/Keywords | Clare (Mich.) - Newspapers; Clare County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
| Copyright Permission | 1923-1999: Copyright to the Clare Sentinel is held by the newspaper. Copyrighted material is reproduced with the permission of the newspaper. |
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______■_-____■■ Establiehed 1878 $2.50 Year in Clare, Isabella Counties CLARE. MICHIGAN, THURSDAY MARCH 22, 1956 New Series, Vol. 64,:N«>, 27 Justice Annual Salary Raised To $3,200 Two new city ordinances haye been passed recently by the Clare city commission, one adjusting the salary attached '"to the office of Clare Justice of the Peace, and the other regulating inspection, slaugh* ter and sale ot local commercial meat supplies." Ordinance number 206 raises the Justice of Peace salary and clerk hire' from J.1-00 to $3200 per year, effiedt-v. Immediately. The new ordinance revises that section of Clare's city charter prescribing compensation of the Justice of Peace job. Ordinance number £07 supple- meats an earlier ordinance regulating slaughter houses and meat markets. The first section of 207 'provides that meat venders be licensed by the local Board of Heal* th, and the inspection by the Health Officer prior to licensing. The second section requires that persons .who want approval and inspection of meat or meat products to be delivered outside of the city of Clare, -should apply to the City Clerk for Inspection, and a licensed veterinarian will- be retained to do the job. The inspector's fee is to be paid by the individual aski-g the. inspection. Opinions of the inspector on quality of meat, sanitation, and methods of handling will be final, and violations will be reported. Number 207 takes effect on April 4. Pull, official context of ordinance 207 will be published next week. Ordinance 206 is published in official form this weelc Mumps Stop Some, Bat Other CHS Speakers Win An untimely outbreak of inumps winnowed out some of the CHS forensics class members who should have competed in District trials this week. But the rest of the group of winners in a recent Clare High School speech contest went to Durand for the Michigan High School "Forensic "District Contest Tuesday March 20, and took some top places, _*ranz Gohre, Clare's exchange student from Germany, placed first in the interpretive readings. He gave a selection from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Vernette Dunkie placed third with her reading, "Portrait of a Southern Lady." Gail. Samborn gave her declamation, "I Come From Mary Doe" and Mary Maloney gave "Without a. Song." In humorous readings, Laurefce Woodward presented "China Blue Eyes". The- group was accompanied on the .trip by Mrs. Louisa Bowler. CHS speech and dran.taics coach. Other schools represented were Ithaca,' St. Louis, Durari- and Chesaning. . Ruthann Spence, Markeith Alien and Roger Walter, all recent winners in the local speech contest at CHS,; stayed1- home with the 'mumps*. "-N Change Entrance To Cedar Park The short road leading off US-27 to Cedar Park and the swimming hole is being changed to give motorists leaving the park a better view of oncoming cars on the highway. Entrance to the road has been moved about fifteen yards back toward downtown, and fill dirt has been hauled to make it level with the shoulder of Highway US-27. Now it needs to be graded. Previously there was a sharp drop from the shoulder to the park's en trance-road, and besides that, motorists coming out had their vision blocked by the bridge abutment, making entry on the highway hazardous. Clare City employees have done the work between snow hauling jobs. The road is expected to be ready for use by swimming and picnic time this-spring. Slate Of Officers Named At PTA Meeting Monday Pistol Club Now Has 32 Members Membership in the newly organ ized Clare Rifle and Pistol clul has grown to 32, Twenty-three of the members had a shooting workout Monday night- Shooting on a handicap, Jack Hemstreet was high, with a 292.23 score. Close behind came Bob Lodes, with 292.02, and Floyd Norcutt 291.81. On high actual shooting scores, Wayne Pitts was top gun with 239, Tom Bryne next with 194, and Jack Hemstreet with 189. The organization is sponsored by the Clare Rod and Gun Club. Meetings are held at Clare Public School at the pistol range, on Monday evenings. The group plans to shoot outdoors when warmer weather comes. With 32 members, the group nOw has the required number' to be eligible for chartering the club under National Rifle Association rules. The Association refluires 3. members. Men Interested in joining may contact Don Bell, or come :to the school on meeting night. The Clare P.T.A. met Monday evening, March 19, in the multipurpose room of the Clare School, with a good attendance of parents and teachers. , - Mrs. Earl Baumgarth, president, conducted the business meeting. A favorable report was given of the P.T.A. week at Witbeck's IGA store. Mrs. Bernard Tubbs, of the nominating committee presented the slate of officers for the coming year Included were Mrs. Baumgarth, president; Allan Tulk, vice president; Mrs. Larry Shelander, secretary; and Mrs. Dale "White, treasurer. The question of stopping traffic from both directions while school buses are unloading was presented. After discussion, it was tabled and Ray Ruby was appointed to get more information on the subject, and report at the April meeting. Dr. Arnold Form, a staff member of .the Personnel Division of Central Mfchigan College was the guest speaker, and spoke on the "Problems of Adolescence". He has had experience in his various fields of work, and gave many interesting and helpful suggestions. A discussion period followed, when he answered questions to help parents, who might have a problem. Miss Joan Bond, acting for Mrs. Nancy Jabara, who was ill, displayed pictures of the Grade School Christmas program, and orders were taken. Mr. Tulk made a plea for drivers to-'take children to Mt. Pleasant for speech correction lessons. There are 24 more trips to be made, and anyone who will give their time for a trip are to contact nhh. Miss Kuhnan's room mothers served refreshments. Scholarship Leadbxs ftt Coleman High •".-flfcS-- •; .*. : „ »_«—_ Patricia Phinisey and Hazel Hall have been named top scholarship students in Coleman High School's senior class, and will be honored as valedictorian and Salutatorian respectively in school graduation ceremonies later this spring. Rhea Acker, another member of the class was recognized by the school for her high scholarship rating, In the announcement this month from the principal's office, Rhea's mark average was only ._. points behind the salutatorian rating; Patricia Phinisey, highest rated student for the four-year period, is also active in many school affairs and student groups. Before her family moved to Coleman, she was a popular student in Clare schools. She was credited with a top 3.78 average out of a possible 4 points. In addition to toeing a.n excellent student, she belonged to the Student Council during her sophomore year and was class treasurer in her junior year, She waS-also a member of the Coleman Girls' Glee Club for two years,_3he hag taken part iri both the Junior and Senior Plays, and the speech: activities. At pes* ■-•-—___WTO—w___w?_——_??W£_—3—_Q—____tt ent she is editor of the 1956 Yearbook, Co-editor of the Comet, treasurer of the Pep Club and Secretary of the Coleman Chapter of the National Honor Society. Next September she plans to enter Central Michigan College on an elementary teacher's curriculum. Pat • is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Phinisey. . Hazel Hall, also an excellent student, earned a 3.65 rating for second place. This year she is on the Annual and' Comet Staffs and took part in the Senior Play. She has been a member of the Coleman Glee Club, FHA and National Honor Society. She has been a Pep club memb-r and an assistant in the principal's office for the past three years. In addition* to this, she has been a member of the Theta Rho Girls' Club all during high school, two years of which she was secretary and treasurer. She plans to enter" Central Michigan College next fall. ' "Hazel is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burley.Hall. Rhea Ack.r earned a close1 thii'd place with a point average of 3.61. Rhea is the daughter of Mr, and .Mrs. Lotence Acker; Flag Will Proclaim School's Safety Record 1493 Leads All-Events In Pin Tourney Frances Shelander leads the singles and all-events scoring In the Clare Women's Bowling Tournament which opened last week end at Clare Alleys and her pin count offers serious competition in singles and all-events, rivalry when competitors resume tourney action Saturday and Sunday. Fran's actual count of 1493 In all-event tops last year's highest score by 67 pins, and her 594 single series is a mark difficult to beat. Twenty-eight teams, 48 doubles pairs and 72 singles entries are rolling in the three-week event. Leaders in the team and doubles lists are Hamp Sportswear Center team from Harrison with a 2774 score, and Jean Conn-Laura Fris- bey with a first place doubles pin count of 1180 for their series. Close behind the leaders are Dan McDonald Ford-0-Matics with second place team score of 2751, and the Brasington-Bauder doubles with 1101. A popular saying at tournament tiine is, "a team with a score over 2700 should be sure of a. place in the money". The winning team in 1955 was Farwell Barber afld Beauty whose score was 2853. A pair of Clare public school.ra etyi>sirQl boys'get ready to hoist the school's newly acquired safety flag, that .will keep the school's iree-irom-ajcciden*. record flying high. Roy Warner Jr., on flagpole base* and.Russell G_;ah_n_ attach the'flag for raising, as Clare Police Chief Bill Cook, lar left, and Michigan State Police Sgi. Guy. Babcock, Mt. Pleasant Post, lend a hand. . . - ■•■''. Roy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Warner Sr.. Russell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferris Graham. * . . The flag may be flown as long as the school,is -without accidents that keep youngsters from attending. Youngsters received fiaf-typhis _s personal reminders. Photo is by Lee Sowle. ". . " ''._.. .■■-.■-. Tell Aims For Child Guidance Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Mecosta and Osceola counties were represented at a Child Guidance Clinic meeting Wednesday evening of last week at Mt. Pleasant Their efforts are aimed toward obtaining a Child Guidance Clinic for this area. Partial returns from a questionnaire indicate that over eight hundred children in this six-county area are in need of help, and cannot get it with present facilities. The Child Guidance Clinic is designed to provide facilities for ear* ly detection and treatment of children with emotional conflicts, by working in close contact with the parents and the child. Funds may be provided, by the Michigan State Mental Health Commission to pay the salary of a psychiatrist, a psychiatric social worker, and a clinical psychologist. The area served must provide a clerk, an office, and office equipment The Child Guidance Clinic idea is based on the assumption that most adult maladjustments to life have their roots in early childhood and can be treated more easily and Successfully while patients are young,, ' Concern is not essentially with attitudes which result in crime or serious mental illness, but -those which are known to cause bad adjustment and unhappiness in our family, social and business life. (Proponents of the child care_ say that guidance clinics pay for themselves by decreased crime and de* linquerioy. Proof'has been offered that they aid in making healthy responsible adults of children Who, with former conflicts have been prevented from enjoying more normal social reiafiohship-i Any interested persons in the above counties are urged to attend the next meeting of this group, March 2. at eight p.m, at the ; county court house in Mt, Pleasant. Warn Against Strep Throat, Scarlet Fever While it may not be wise to shut your children indpors at the first sign of a sniffle, the Michigan Department of'Health today cautioned that an illness starting out like a cold may turn out to be scarlet fever or strep throat, which can result in serious damage. Dr. F. S. Leeder, director ol dis ease control for the state health department, reports that as of the end of February, tho state's score was 1,616 new cases of strep throat and scarlet fever, compared with 1,058 cases in the same two months last year. "All we can do" Dr. Leeder said, "is to repeat the same advice we've been giving every time a parent calls us on this, If your child has an illness which hangs on for more than 48 hours, or seems to be particularly severe, with a pronounced sore throat, get in touch with youi doctor immediately." Dr. Leeder said strep throat is among the more dangerous forms of 'upper - respiratory infection, since it may ignite an attack of rheumatic fever, a leading cause of heart damage in children. "It's not always possible" he said, "to stop the development of a strep throat or its complications but if good medical care is given and the advice of the doctor is followed, then parents can be assured that they're doing everyttring in their power to protect their children. We don't recommend that a child be shut in at the first sniffle, but we do strongly urge parents to seek and accept medical advice for any illnesj. which doesn't respond promptly to bed rest and other medically approved home- care techniques." The health department specialist added that the current wave of sore throats can be expected to "get worse before it gets bettei;, since.infections of this type always arise in March and April." Aiithor--__ecturer Will Climax Congregational Study Series Dr. Sidney E. Mead, author and lecturer at the University of Chicago', will speak on "Our Religious Heritage and Prospects" when he appears at the Congregational Church March 28, at 8 p.m. Dr. Mead's lecture comes as a climax to a five weeks study and fliscu^sipfiu course on American religious expression, sponsored "by the Congregational Church. . Test Balloon Found Near Beaverton A huge balloon, identified as a U. S. government testing device came down "on the Sam Asch Jr., farm in Tobacco township, Gladwin county, Tuesday afternoon at 4:15. A tag on the airhourne sphere carried the information that the launching site as in Iowa, but it Was not known whether the balloon was the property of the Weather Department or some other government agency. The balloon was spotted first by a group in Beaverton, and later by neighbors of Asch's. * The Asch farm-is a half mile south and three quarters mile eas't of Beaverton. The spotters traced it to wh.re it fell, and sent the card attached to the balloon to the federal agency in charge, as notification that it i had descended here. No instruments or other .equipment were found. Observers said the balloon in its nearly deflated state, somewhat resembled an immehse chunk of ice, almost of iceberg proportions. ; as, it rested on thfe ground. *t, *>y*r fj^yv^t^r r 'v»i-*ww'*»1. DR MEAD A lecturer in American History as well as a professor in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago, Dr. Mead is also the author, of "Nathaniel "William Taylor, A Connecticut Liberal". He has also Written extensively for magazines and scholarly journals. He was one of the men chosen to speak during the University's Walgreen Lecture Series during 1954, when a group of men outstanding in their own fields discussed various aspects of American culture. Work Starts . On CHS Class Play Intensive preparations are now under way for the production of the annual play by the Dramatics class of Clare High school. The play selected for .presentation this year is a three act comedy, which deals with a psychology theme. The cast of character- and production staff will .appear in this paper at a later date. ' The play will be presented Thursday and 'Friday nights. April 19 arid 20 at 8:00 o'clock,-in the school auditorium" under ' the direction of Mrs. Louisa Bowler. On Inside Pages Harrison News ' 2 City Briefs . 3 Farwell News 6 Rosebush News 6 Society News" 7 Sports News- "** 9 Church New- ■ 10 Farm Ne'ws .' 11 Lake News 13 Want Ads * Notices 16-17 Comics - 1? • Following the Clare engagement Dr. Mead will go to Iowa, where he will bo principal speaker at a Midwestern religious conference. Tickets for the Wednesday evening lecture are available from members ot Circle I of the Congregational Women's Fellowship. Admission is 50 cents. Chemi-Peeling Demonstrated For Woodmen As many as twenty pulpwood producers came to meetings held last week in three locations to learn of recent developments m marketing their woodlot and forest harvest. The meetings were sponsored by the Watervliet Paper company and John Hanson, chiet forester arranged the programs. Largest attendance was at the Clare County Courthouse at Harrison on Wednesday, March 14. Other groups heard the program at the Township Hall at Lake on March 15, and at the Community Center at Midland on March 16. Short talks covered the topics, Pulpwood Specifications, Producing Techniques, Chemi-Peeling, Availability of Timber from State Or Private Land. The Company opened its receiving yard at Clare on February 15, and reported that they received twenty-five cords of wood there on the first day of operation. With the yard open for receiving Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week since the opening date, the company reports more than 400 cords of wood stocked to date. John Hanson, Watervliet's chief forester who is in charge of the operation at.Clare, said that contracts for pulpwood .are still being given. He expects that purchases may reach 4 thousand cords of rough wood, and 7 thousand cords of the peeled bolts. , Last week, the yard began operation on a daily schedule, Monday through Friday and the company added a yard foreman to help receive and check the supply of wood. . Trucks are Unloaded and the wood piled by the use of a machine which has "clam" jaws and handles huge loads of the stick's. The loader moves on wheels and the "clam" is hydraulically controlled .with a full 360-degree swivel of the load. 4- vSheel drive and 4-wheel steering assures maneuverability of the machine. Use of a recommended chemi- peeling process will make easier production of peeled wood as the sap season starts, Hanson said. Since the company pays more for peeled sticks, producer income from the sale of wood should rise as more peeled wood is delivered. Cost of chemi-peeling is estimated at $1,50 to less than $2.00. The simple pro-* cess of girdling the tree and applying the chemical was explained and demonstrated at the three meetings last -week * to explain pulpwood marketing opportunities. Workmen who can do a fast, pro* fltable job of stripping logs with a 'draw**shave are few. but 'Mt. Hanson planned to present a demonstra* }ion of peeling by a man who is reported to peel as much as seven cords of wood pet day. . Two Hurt When Train Overturns Two Clare men were injured in an accident Friday morning when a railroad motor car on which they were riding collided with a freight ■train near the railroad station. Orison Huntley and Leo ColmuS both Ann Arbor railroad' employees were hospitalized with leg fractures at the,ankle, Tlie accident happened on almost the exact same spot where derailed cars threatened to hit the station when a C. and- O. freight jacknifed across the tracks three weeks ago. None were injured in the February 29 mishap which tore up track and derailed, cars along a quarter mile stretch of Clare rail yards. The collision Friday happened when the section crew motorcar approached the diamond crossing switch where the Ann Arbor, and C. and O, intersect' The men saw a westbound freight coming across their path but were unable to stop on the slippery rails. The motorcar struck the engine of the train and was overturned, Safety Flag Given School To keep Safety First in the minds of Central Michigan school children, Clare and Isabella county law^ enforcement people and safety groups have presented safety flags to area schools, to be flown as symbols of safety observance And each grade schooler in this Central Michigan area received a safety button, to emphasize the program individually. The Isabella Safety Council, in conjunction with Mt. Pleasant and Clare Police departments, Isabella, and Clare county Sheriff's departments, and the Michigan State Police is responsible for the safely program. The safety flags, green centered with a big white cross, may be flown and the buttons worn each day, so long as youngsters attending school have been in no traffic accidents since March 1, 1956. Should any youngster lose school time because of being involved in any accident, the flag and buttons cannot be displayed for -**"« wgeks.- Objectives of the sponsoring adult group include encouragement of safety through radio and press, school safety patrols, civic organizations, .driver training, school bus driver courses, and in home safety practices. All are aimed at lessening traffic deaths in Central Michigan. Parents are urged to cooperate in the program. To Stage Pageant Palm Sunday At Mt. Pleasant The much-talked about, arid enthusiastically received choral pageant, The Story of Easter will be presented on Palm Sunday evening, March 25, in Warriner Hall, Central Michigan College, Mt. Pleasant' Because of its great beauty, both in pageantry and In the choral interpretive music, the pageant has drawn increasing crowds to Witness it. It was taken to Mt. Pleasant upon invitation" of the pastors of that city who sponsor it, and in order to accomodate the many people who wished to see it, The pageant with the accompanying musical numbers that interpret the seven scenes was com- (Continued On Page 10) throwing the men off to tiie side Of the roadway, One other WQ.krh.ari on the car was not hurt, The accident happened at '. o'clock is the morning and the-im* pact of the car against .the enigine, broke an air line causing a thirty- five minute delay while repairs were made. Highway traffic .'was halted on US-27 where the stalled train stood across the highway, ■'■ Note Book Joe Grimm, over at the Far- well News has finished printing the new Clare County , maps now, and they are ready for distribution. Clare people and visitors who have made many inquiries, will be glad to know that the maps have been altered and improved. * * * The Circus (and that means Ringling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey) will he on television Tuesday, April 3, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. It will come live from Madison Square Garden, New York, over Channel 13, CBS. 'Tee_i Dance A. dance for teen-agers, Junior High and High, School Freshmen, is to be held Saturday evening, March 24tli in the social rooms in the basement of the Clare Congregational Church. Sponsors of the affair are members of the Junior Pilgrim Fellowship who plan, to spin modern dance records from 8 to 11 for the music. Tickets are being sold by members of the JPF. Correction In the matter of the decision of the City of Clare to abandon a seci* tion of East Third Street, ari error appeal's in the published copy of the Commission resolution, A correct copy of the resolution appears on page - of this Sentinel issue, ' DAR Chapter Wins __iree State Awards Michilimacinac Chapter of Clare and Farwell, known a's the 'baby chapter of Michigan, because "of Its small membership and re-cent organisation, jn-oved that -hard work: pays dividends, . , _',' ;". • "■■•.' At the 56.h. State Goriterence held In Jackson, Michlg_h, 'Marie, h 15, 16 and 17, the chapter's Regent Mrs, Donald Holbrook' of. ("Usre attended and received threa avyar^s- for her chapter. "." -..-'; .-. One was the Gold Ribbon and Corsage, fpr making the National Honor Roll. There are 61 chapters in Michigan who could participate and 17 won Gold Ribbons for answering yes to all twelve que__.ona which, if answered shows a Chapiter is up and doing and fulfillinifV the D.A.R. program. There were 11 who received silver, roll' ribbons and 7 honorable mention. Michilimacinac was the first report received by the State Honor Roll Chairman, Mrs Harry Deyo, of Plymouth. For the second .award, Michili- macinac won a . check .for $25.00 from the state organization for having the largest net increase in membership for the year, February 1, 1955, to February 1, 1956.* ; - The third recognition" was a Certififcats of Award from, the National Society, for net l_creases in Membership. These awards were presented by Mrs. Roy B_rnes, State Vice Regent, and chairman of membership. -, TWft.B.QtBfet.din&'Pt.e^ej.I t |
