1954-07-30; Clare Sentinel

              THE CLAUtt SENTTNRT.
gsi«b»A_e_ 1878
Sevan Cenls Copy
CLABE. MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 3D, 1954
$2.50 Y*ar la Michigan
New Series. Vol. 62, Nof 45
Wheat Yield
., High, Storage
Men Busy
"Quantity normal, Quality highest in years and yield per acre
very high" is the verdict of local
grain elevator operators "on the
"condition of the 1954 wheat crop.
With the reduction of wheat
acreage planted last year the total
yield of wheat should "be about the
same with the increased yield per
acre, experts say.
According tp "Lyman Marsh, of
the Marsh Grain Company, it is a
normal year with (50 per cent of
the farmera asking for government
Btorage and loan and; 40 per cent
getting paid in cash on delivery.
The Marsh Grain Company naa
Obtained  government approval  to
*• *"- handle loan wheat and has facili-
""  „ ties in Bay City and Saginaw for
government -storage under bond,
Farmers deposit, their wheat at-'j
the Clare Elevator where it Is
examined for acceptance and grading standards, are issued receipts
and applications for loans (they
may receive $2.01 per "bushel).
Before acceptance by most banks
the loan, applications must be approved hy the local Price Marketing Agency,
Processing of the wheat crop at
the Marsh Grain Company iias
been speeded up this year with
tlie addition of new machinery,
Marsh said.
* However, local elevators* are re-
- maining  open  evenings  and  Sundays while the harvesting season
continues. ■
. High yield record for any single
farmer bringing his wheat, to the
Marsh Company this year was set
by Wilson Bader with an average
of 58 bushel per acre.
Chandanais
Car One of
Six Stolen
Sec. Benson
To Speak
At Lansing
There will be good reasons for
farm families from all over Michigan heading for Michigan State
College on Thursday, August 5th,
. The major attraction will be Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson,
making his first Michigan appearance since he took the top farm
job? •
Representatives of. the Grange,
Farm Bureau, Agricultural Conference, Future Farmer's of America
and many other organizations will
hear him at UOO.p.m. at the Mich-
igan Artificial Breeders Cooperative, on Forest road, on the south
college farms.
It wilt be the 10th anniversary
of -the ABC- and a big program is
planned hy the. cooperative,
Class Holds Reunion After Twenty-Five Years
Again For
Rate Hike
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Arthur Chandanais, of Clare,
found himself one of six victims
in the most brazen juvenile -crime
reported in this area recently.
Thursday morning, July 15, when
Chandanais opened 'Jus garage
doors to drive his car to work, he
was surprised to find it missing.
Bfe reported, the the# to police anW
waited. ~ ■[
*L_ter that week he learned how
. his car was involved in a wild
joy ride by two 17-year-old Flint
youths—a ride which left a trail
pf six stolen -cars in live different
fcrtics
The two Flint youths began their
spree in their home town, stealing
a car there and riding to Midland
where they "ditched" ,It for a second car.
The next stop was Clare and the
garage of Arthur Chandanais. The
second car was promptly disposed
of and the pair then drove the
vehicle to Hart.
There they got rid of their third
-stolen car of the trip and went on
the search for a fourth. Meanwhile
State Police were picking yp the
trail.
Walking along the street in
Hart, the pair spied another car
they thought they would like -to
drive a little way on their trip.
Standing about 30 feet from, the
car, two men were talking. The
youths hopped in the car and drove
off leaving the sheriff and a second
city official spellbound.
That car proved a little too
"hot" for the pair of young, would
be auto owners. They quickly
"ditched" it in Hart and went on
the prowl for the fifth car of their
wierd trip.
They found one and left Hart in
a hurry headed for Ludington.
There, they followed the same
pattern which was bringing state
police closer and closer to their
trail.
They ditched the fifth car-and
began their search for the sixth.
Their search proved as fruitful as
the previous five had been.
They hopped, in and drove off,
but this time the law of averages
began to work in favor of the police and they were caught and ar-
irested. '
Chan<|anais later discovered that
the 17-year-olds had written a
check from his blank check book
found in his glove compartment.
The youths latef admitted sneaking into the Chandanais garage,
.and -pushing the car onto the
.street. They then pushed the automobile a. distance from, the Chandanais home before starting the engine.
Chandanois had. left the key in
- the ignition, making this part that
much easier for the thieves:
• The' youths also admitted ushig
checks found in a second car belonging to the .Hart Superintendent of schools.   *
That was all they did, police say,
Chandanais     gives    plenty    ol
credit to the Art Damoth Insurance agency which, paiid immediately and cheerfully for a checkup
.and wash job on his' recovered
•car,- ■    *
The Public Service Commission
has evidence before it of increased
expenses and investment, together
(with declining earnings, for Michigan Bell Telephone Company m
the latter's efforts to obtain a rate-
increase.
At a rehearing before the Commission,  Michigan  Bell presented
testimony showing its investment
is up  about §30,000,000,  that the
company's recent wage settlement
has increased  operating expenses
over- $2,000,000   a year,  and  mat
earnings   are* down   $1,700,000   a
year  —  all   since  the. test.year
rending Sept.  30  which the  Co*n-
• mission used in denying the com-
jpany's  original  rate  request  last
May.
Keynoting the company's request
Jack H. Shuler, its general attorney, said, "telephone rates are
simply not adequate to cover 19o4
costs and provide an adequate return on a greatly-expanded investment.
Michigan Bell originally applied
in June, 1953, for a rate increase
averaging 3 cents per telephone
per day.
H^rt Campaigns
fly ifelicopter  !
With his jammed-packed campaign schedule entering the final
stages, Philip A. Hart, candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
Lieutenant-Governor, made Michigan political history Sunday when
he took to the air in a helicopter
to keep appointments at a series.]
of picnics in Macomb, Oakland and
Wayne counties. *■
Hart, former legal advisor to
Governor G. Menqen Williams,
plans to use the helicopter further
in the campaign when necessity
calls for it. Planned originally as
au experiment, Hart said that he
"was highly satisfied with its
use."
The new height in Michigan campaigning was reached, when campaign strategists found that they
had scheduled too many meetings
to be reached by other transportation. Rather than take a chance on
alienating any picnickers who were
awaiting Hai't, they decided to get
them all in by using the "eggboat-
er."
County Voters To Choose
Local, State Candidates;
Decide Jail Issue Tuesday
City Streets
Tar & Gravel
The Clare high school class of 19.-:* ii&icx its reunion Jiuy »« at Wilson state pane.
Present were left to right, seated: Lowell Schaeffer, Gertrude. Coates Kemp, Dorothy
Jordan. Schaaf, Louise Mulder Schriobor, Ruth Callihan, X>srotKy Hcisicad _*rus_._er
and Rolland Thayer. ....-•■..
Second row: Ida Gillis Bellows, Ella Sage McConnell. Ruth Dawson Stirling, Marie
Garchow Geeck, Teacher Louisa Bowler, Supt. G. Richard 'Bogan and Mrs. Bogan. and
George Ramey.
*   Lasi row: Wilson Sharp,, BernisS Moore, Neil Stirling, Donald Jones, Don Lloyd, Gerald
Nivison, Dale Stough, and Leo Joslin. Lee Sowle Photo
A. D. Johnson
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Mrs. Jean Mann; of Milwaukee,
passed away Sunday, July 18, after a brief illness, Funeral services were held July 20 -with burial in Milwaukee. She is survived
by her husband, Jack Mann, son
Tommy of Milwaukee and one brother, Frank Murdoch, of Clare.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murdoch and
daughter, Mrs. Avis Cobb, attend-
ed the funeral.
Dr. C. Urquhart and Mrs. "Urqu-
hart of Ironwood, Michigan, died
within eleven days of each other
in Milwaukee where Mr. Urquhart
Was a patient for an illness. They
were the parents of Clyde Urquhart of Clare. Dr. Urquhart died
suddenly June 30 of a heart atack,
and his wife succumbed on "July 10.
The Urquharts were buried in Iron-
wood.
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Reduce Water
Use Says City
Water supply is short and the
pressure is down. The City Commission has ordered that lawn
sprinklers operate only at designated times.
Lawns may he watered only from
S a.m. to 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 9
X>*n-° .  .     .      .  " '
Adam Reger died Tuesday, July
27, in Saginaw. Funeral services
will be held Saturday at 2 p.ni. at
the Thurston Funeral Home. Burial
will be in the Cherry Grove Cemetery.
. A complete obituary will appear
in this paper next week.
Funeral services were held Monday at Stephenson Funeral Home
for Samuel Ginsberg, 70, Rabbi M,
Robert Symes of Detroit offi<?iat-
ed. Ginsberg lived at the Hotel
Doherty when iii Clare. He died
Saturday at Clare Hospital, He is
survived by his widow of East
Tawas, two brothers and o_& sis-
ter.
John Empey, age 60* life long
resident of Clare, passed away at
2:00 a.m. Thursday morning, July
29 in the Veterans Hospital at Saginaw, where he' had been for the
past two weeks.
Funeral services will he held
Sunday afternoon, August 1, from
the Thurston Funeral Home at
3:00 o'clock. The obituary will appear next week.
As Surveyor
A name that has appeared on
Clare County Republican ballots
for the past 52 years will be missing this August.
Arthur D. Johnson, who served
as Clare County Surveyor since
1902, has announced that (he,will
not run for the post this year.
Johnson who is a veteran of 25
successful -campaigns is giving up
his place on the.Republican ballot
to Walter- S. Moore of Harrison.
The 84-yea?*7o|d Clare resident
began Ms political; career at the-
.age of 32 when lie was appointed
to the county surveyor's post to
fill a vacancy.
Since then, Johnson has done a
heap of surveying, both public and
private.
He has;
Surveyed at least 1,500 miles of
hard surfaced roads.
Surveyed at least that many
miles of other type roads.
Layed out plans' for over 200
miles of county drains. (In Clare,
Osceola, Gladwin and Isabella
counties).
Done surveying for over 75 subdivisions in the State.
Worked on magnetic bearing
posts and Geodetic markers.
Determined the volume, velocity
and power of'many of the State's*
streams among them the Tobacco
river and its branches.
Layed out at least 25,000 lots
throughout the state.
Of course the list includes other
items too numerous to mention.
Normally spry and .chipper for
his 84 years, Johnson has been ordered to take it easy for awhile,
in preparation for his next fifty
years of surveying.
Incidentally, he expects to be
available soon for any work that
might come along, (he still serves
the city of Clare as* its civil engineer.)
Johnson was born in Richland
Township, Saginaw County, in 1870.
He moved to Clare in 1890 upon
graduation from Alma High
School.
He learned his higher mathematics from Professor Bellews at
the University of Michigan. He
also has -done- teaching in local
public schools.
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27 Students
From County
At Central
A total of 27 students from Clare
County are enrolled for the summer school at pentral Michigan
College, the college News Bureau
announced. i
Among those in attendance are:
Ann Lynn Bayes, Clarice Dean
Bellows, Minnie M, Caul, Kathryn
Blanche Eroh, Marguerite T. Forsberg, Helen K. Garthe, Thelma
Irene Haines, Dorothy Marie
Heuschele, Ruby Jackson, Mary
Elizabeth Sanfofd, William Southern, Joleen Sandra Wallace, all of
Clare,
Farwell residents enrolled are:
Henry Martyn Agens,' Bernice
Marie Cook, Vernie B. Hose, K§r-
Win Lee Paesans, Anna- Jane Schofield, Eleanor -"Louise Siegle, and
Mary N. Sikkema.
Enrolled from the Gladwin area
is Marguerite J* Harrold.
In attendance from Harrison
are Pearl C. Brady, Myrtle Mays
Miller, Richard _!. Rose, LaVern
Marie St. "Clair ahd William Ben
Young,
Sharon Marie Hulin and Melford Maurice Saddler are enrolled
from Lake "Station.
Total enrollment at the summer
school is 1102,1
St. Johns Congregation
"Welcomes New Pastor
Mr. Robert Voss will be ordained) Ardelle Schulz of Lansing on July
10th. They have established their
home in the completely renovated
parsonage located at 1002 McEwan
Avenue. .
Mrs, Voss attended Sexton High
School and the Business University
in Lansing and Michigan State College in East'Lansing. She was employed in the television department
of station W.J.I.M. in Lansing before her marriage.
The new Pastor and his wife
[have been favorably impressed
with Clare and are anticipating a
happy ministry among its resi-
iants. Pastor Voss will preach his
inltjj.1 Sermon at St. Jolm's Sun-
day( August' JSUV,
Future services will be conducted in the moaning and further details will be announced in the local
paper. •
as the new Pastor at St, John's
Lutheran Church Sunday evening
in a service beginning at 8:00 p.m.
The Rev. Gerald Press, president-
of the Michigan District (Wisconsin Synod), authorized the ordination,.
The vacancy Pastor, Rev. Mar-
kus Koepsel, Remus, Michigan, will
perform this act. Rev. Kenneth
Vertz, pastor of Salem Lutheran
Church, (Owosso) will preach the
sermon.
Mr. V. J. Schulz, Educational and
Musical Director of Emanuel Lutheran Church, Lansing, Michigan,,
will, preside a. the, orfjan, Mr,
Richard Parisian. of Lansing Wiii-J
be the soloist, and the Sunday
School pupils 'froni St. John' will
sing special numbers.«,.
Pastors from the surrounding
congregations will participate in
the service and extend wishes for
a successful ministry at Clare.
Social receptiou will be* held in
the church basement following the
service.
Mr." Voss studied at Bethany
College Mankato, Minnesota; the
University of Wisconsin; Concordia Seminary at Springfield, Illinois
and the Lu £h e-l* an. Seminary,
Theinsville, Wisconsin. Before concluding his last year's studies he
vicared at Emanuel Lutheran
Church Lansing,. Michigan.
Mr. Voss  was married to Miss
Milk Inspectors
Crack Down
Recent arrest of a Clare milk
producer for. selling milk produced
and handled in an unsanitary barn
with -resulting payment "of a $35
fine and costs in a Mount Pleasant
court indicates efforts of the Michigan Department of Agriculture to
assure the state's milk consumers
of a wholesome product.   '
The Clare producer had been
warned on several occasions to
take immediate steps to -clean up
his barn and premises, according
to F. M. Skiver, chief of the Department's bhreatt of dairy industry.
The milk from the Clare owner
was sold to a cheese plant, whose
manager also was warned to exer*.
cise greater care in checking his
milk sources.
Inspectors of the Department's
bureau* of dairying are constantly
checking all places where milk is
produced, processed or sold.
Official inspection of farms supplying milk^and cream for manufacture of cheese, butter and other
products is a vital part of the
dairy program. Both milk producers and processors are required
to comply with all sanitary regulations.
The amount of milk consumed
each day in Michigan amounts to
3,700,000 quarts. The state's dairy
industry is the largest single, segment of Michigan's vast agriculture, and accounts for an income
on the farm of an estimated §212
million a year.
Milk requirements, which have
the wholehearted co-operation of
nearly all branches of the ' dairy
industry, are stringent in Michigan, but they assure the consumer
of mill, and milk products a wholesome, nutritious food in the opir.-
ion of G. S. Mclntyre, director of
Michigan's Department of Agriculture. ■       . '
51 blocks of Clare's city streets
got a new topping of sealcoat last
week at a cost just slightly under
$8,000, according to City Engineer
Willard Wedge.
Holes in the pavement, caused
hy spring breakup and general
wear, were filled .separately. Then
the' topping was put on in. a continuous operation*, a tar tank going
ahead, followed by a gravel truck
scattering fine gravel, and a roller.
Of the blocks running East and
West, 30 blocks were resurfaced
Wheaton was topped' from. Maple
to McEwan, state from Maple to
Cedar, Seventh from Maple to
Cedar, Sixth from the railroad to
Cleyeland Street, Fourth from Ma
pie to McEwan, and Third* from
McEwan to Pine.
. 21 blocks Tunning North and
South were topped; Maple -was topped from. Second to State, Beech
from Fourth to' Wheaton, Pine
from Third to Wheaton, Hemlock
from Fourth to Wheaton, Jefferson from Fourth to Sixth, Jackson
from -US-10 to "Sixth, and Cedar
from Seventh to the Cemetery.
Streets left unpaved will later
be torn up in the City's sewer
changeover..Wedge said he hopes
the work can be continued.and finished next year.
Gold Cup
Racing Boat
Seen Here   '
"Miss _".S.H was in Clare Monday and was on display for a brief
period outside of Clutes Garage..
This one, however, happened to
be a 30 foot speed boat on its way
to represent this part of the country in the Gold Cup race to be held
in Seattle August 7.'
The large trailer truck carrying
the fancy racer on its 2,500 mile
trip had a minor breakdown and
was halted for repairs. In no time,
an admiring crowd had .collected,
The Gold Cup race, known aa
the "500 anile ol boat racing" is
held annually. Entries can be entered personally or they can be
Sponsored by firms or other organizations^
- The 'competition is for craft 40
feet or under with unlimited
weight and Horsepower,
For the last four years the competition has been held in Seattle
where "Slo-Mo-Shun IVth" won
last year. '
"Miss U.S." is sponsored by the
U.S. Equipment Company, Detroit.
It was built in Mt. Clemens, Michigan and is 30 feet long and 11 feet
6 inches wide.
Its Allison Air Craft engine generates 32,000 horse power. ..
A crew member said that the
craft, when riding at top speed,,
rides on just 10 square inches of
its stern.
The Gold Cup race is a 90 mile
affair of three 30 mile heats. "Miss
U.S.'* is geared to make the distance in a half hour or less.
"About 180 miles per hour is
our limit," one of the crew said,
The boat is built of a finely fin*
ished wood body with a' light
metal cabin section.
Cost of the instrument panel is
estimated at $20,000 dollars.
In a recent trial run "Miss U.S.**
capsized and had to undergo repairs, Walter Kade of Detroit said.
"We think We've got everything
licked now and that we stand a
•good, chance to win the cup and
bring the competition back to the
Detroit river next 'year,"' Kade
said.
BY RUTH BLANCHARD
Clare counfy voters go to the polls next week, August 3,
to decide the late of the proposed new jail and its financing
and to choose party candidates for November election, of.
county officers. '
Running unopposed on the pri-
Commission
To Ask Ckairter
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Amendment
The Clare city commission will
put a special city ballot before
city voters in the August 3 primary
to amend the present charter, and
provide compensation of $10 per
meeting to each commissioner.
The suggested amendment reads,
as follows.
Compensation of Commissioners:
Sec, 3.4, chapter 3 of present city
charter.
Members of the .Commission including the Mayor shall receive no
compensation for their services,
as such, but their reasonable and
necessary expenses actually incurred in the services of the city
shall be paid upon order of the
commission.
Shall Sep. 3.4 of chapter 3 of the
city charter of the City of Clare be
amended- to provide compensation
of $10.00 a meeting for each City
Commissioner, not to exceed 30
meetings In a fiscal year.
10 Electric
Co-ops Send
Delegates
,The Prescpie Isle, Electric--pp-Op
tof dhaway was; fao&t to the anhtfal
summer conference pf the Michigan Electric* Cooperatives Statewide committee, at the Doherty
Hotel   Wednesday   and   Thursday
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Representatives^ of   10   electric'Clare in return for  property of
' equal value and area, and reported
to he more suitable for school pur-*
poses.
The, Legal committee _ajs forwarded the hecegpary papers to
the* Internal Revenue Bureau- for
acceptance, thereby making it.po_-
sjibl- for donors to deduct their do-
iriaUons;- on th,ei"£= income tax re-
'Vhfjake,.4'hjJ*,adcep.t*4nce by the In-
t'eradrReveiiue Bureau is expected
in the very near future.
To Locate
Swim Pool on
East Wheaton
The Building Site Committee for
the proposed Pioneer Swimming
Pool has announced the selection
of a building site.
The City of Clare has consented
to grant a 99 year lease to the
Pioneer Swimming Pool, Inc.,' of
the parcel of land immediately adjacent to and west- of. the Athletic
Fleldr on Ea'st' Whejifaii' ^iftijue,
The building site is 198 feet by-264
feet, and was formerly owned ^by
the Board of Education.
The Board of Education granted
the building   site to   the   City of
co-ops met to hear the annual reports, and to discuss budget, public
relations, policy and,jspeciat-power
problems. «•'. ,
About :*sfevenfy-_Vfei* >.delegates
heard talks* on-" tnana^ewient ptob-
letnS. prospect, for lowetf cost
poWe**-: andi.thi-h6st co-op, Fresque
Isis,Ele'cfc'{c'_ngWer use program.
Profes_6r'Wiir_-_f Michigan State
College spoke to the group Thursday afternoon.
Army Lists Jack Herron As
Officially Killed In Action
\ On Inside Pd^es   j
Harrison News
2-4
Lake
3
Society
5
Farwell
6
City Briefs
7
Rosebush
9-16
Vernon City      t
11
Farm News
12 - 13
Want Ads - Notices
1-
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New Suits For
Andersonville Team
•Those sparkling new baseball
uniforms currently being sported
by members of the Andersonville
Pony League team are gifts of
sponsor Fran Loomis of Service-
Welders, ;
To celebrate their new aquisi
tions, the Andersonville youngsters
went out and trounced Clare Manufacturing ih a thrilling extra inning affair last week.
Pony League officials strongly
urge fans to get out and see some
of these games.
Mrs. Ruth Herron of Route 3,
Clare, received an official verification Monday, July 19, of the
heart breaking rjews that her son
Pfc. Jessie E. Herron, was killed
in Korean action, July 14, 1953.
He has been var-ifled as missing in
action for a year*
Nidknamed "Ja-ck", Pfc Her-
ron enlisted in the Army in 1951
and served over a year in Bamberg Germany. While there he
volunteered for combat duty in
Korea. He served in the 5th R.C.T.
Battery *'B", 555th Field Artillery,
the same one in which his brother
Frank also served when he was
in Korea.
His mother was in the Clare
General Hospital for surgery when
the word came and could not be
told for a few days. She underwent a second operation on* Tuesday this week.
On Monday July 26th, one of the
four, who survived in the fatal
combat that cost Jack his* life,
came to Clare to see Mrs. Herron.
-He said he felt Sure that Jack had
not been taken as a prisoner, and
the last six days was a-terror,
with only a few- on the back lines
getting Out. "Pvt, Herron was on
the front and could not be found
among the wounded, and afterwards the equipment Was also
bombed..
.Besides his mother, Jack is survived by a sister Mary, and toro-
fther ■ "Frank, his grandmother,
Mrs. EOla McDonel and many
other relatives who mourn his untimely death.   - ."'   ■
Returns froni
Convention
Robert tt. Campbell, Clare County Prosecutor, recently returned
from a meeting of Michigan County Prosecutors held at Mackinac
Island, July 22, 23 and 24.
Also attending were Stephen
Fox, Isabella county prosecutor,
George Johnson, of Gladwin and
James Rood, prosecutor for Midland county. i
Mr. Campbell returned to Clare
Sunday, tho _5*1_*
mary ballot are Republicans Robert Campbell, Clare for prosecuting Attorney;, Wm. A. Henderson,
Harrison, .for county clerk and register of deeds, and Waiter S.
Moore, Harrison, for * county surveyor.
. This is the first lime in over a
half 'century that a new name will
appear on the ballot' for the -Count
ty surveyor's post, Arthur Johnson has previously held that post
for over 50 years._
The two candidates for the two
icounty coroner' posts are Carl R.
Stephenson, Clare and June Rose,
Harrison. Both are incumbent.   *
Bruce Williams, of Clare, was
out of town, and. did not get 'his "
petition filed before 4he deadlne,
so his name will not be listed on
the ballot as an; official candidate
for drain, commissioner.
However, Williams has announced that he is a candidate for the
office, and will be a write-in vote.
There are three candidates for
the one open seat on the road commission. Besides incumbent Ray
Harrold, of Clare, both Carl Bauer
of Clare and Isabell M. Barber of
Farwell, are running.
Mrs. Barber- is the first woman,
■on record for having sqyght ._.<_-■_
tioryto the county" road cdhiitiii-"
sion.
.   ?
Ed R. Brace of Harrison, Is opposing, incumbent Jttveren _Juen,
also of Harrison, for the. Sheriff
nomination. In the county **reasur«J
er spot, incumbent Peter A. Offian*-
of Harrison is running", opposed by
Eugene Schmid, of Farwell, ,
Brisk campaigning by the candidates for these two offices is expected to bring many voters to
th§ polls. ' -■ .   *
Another hot issue in the. election
will be the proposed $135,000 county jail.
The jail proposal on the ballot
is in two parts. The first part deals
with a suggested Jwp. -mill, increase
on **iW~_resent tax JiitiitaW0il. *P
pay off a«,bond issue that would
be used to. finance the jail. The
authorization of the bond Issue is
the second part of the proposal.
i    News paper editorials in Clare *
' and  Harrison nave  caueor attention to the pros and cons of the
jail proposal.
If the county' electorate   votes'
Yes on both parts, of th_ new jail
proposal,  they will o.k. the 'hev.';
jaildj and also the financing plan.
■■This  Would pay   off  the  $135,000 '
| bond,issue ever a maximum! _ er-.-,
lod of 12 years, Out of an extra
I two mill assessment.
If the people vote No on the
new jail; "then the state says prisoners will have to be transported
to an approved jail, since the jail
building at Harrison has "been condemned. Prisoner transportation
would have to be continued until
a jail could be provided.
Republicans seeking nomination
to offices at the state level are
maintaining -vigorous campaigns
-right up to the eve of tha-clcctioair-
Senator Charles Presoott, In- •
cumbent, is opposed, by two candidates for state senate front this
district. Harry b. Werner, and
Richard Laney. In the opinon of
some Prescott feels his position
threatened for the first time since
gaining his seat, by the .siran|£
campaigns of his opponents.
Warner is at present a repret •
sentative to the state legislature.
Lahey, a political nwcomer froni
Standish, Will carry his campaign
to T.V. late this week. Up to vpyf
he has Carried on a steady campaign.
Candidates
Wives Honored
At Tea Here
A tea honored the feminine representatives and wives of the four
Republican gubernatorial candidates, Thursday afternoon from
three to five o'clock.
Tables were attractively set in
the social rooms of the Clare Methodist Church. Mrs. W. N. Byers
was tea chairman.
The occasion was planned earlier this week to introduce wives of
the candidates to Clare county women before the coming primary
election. Clare County Republican
Women's club sponsored the tea.
Invited were Mrs. John Brake,
daughter-in-law of D. Hale Brake;
Mrs. Don, S. Leonard, wife of
candidate Leonard; Mrs. Ann
Cleary Hecht, daughter of Owen
J. Cleary; and Eugene Keyes, who
is a bachelor, was invited to send
a representatives.
Mrs. Rae Hooker, Republican
national committeewoman from
Mt. Pleasant was also inyited. Women attending were from Harrison, Gladwin, Evart« Go!em3}i,
| ^a-Wei*. s-nd Oivo.
Lady Golfers
Win Tuesday
The Ladies'of the Meceola Country Club of Big Rapids were guests
of the Clare Women at Twin Elms
Tuesday. Clare -"took the match,
winning all foursomes.
Mrs. Edith Holmes of Big Rapids received a ball for low gross
score, and she also had low stolon three blind holes, and received
the second ball.
Mrs. Lucille Haley had low gross
score for. Clare, and received a
ball. Clare's low score on three-
blind holes, resulted in a six Way
tie, Mrs.- Haley, Mrs. Beatrice
Lange, Mrs. Blache Wright, Mrs.
Mae Baumgarth, Mrs. Ann Olson,
and Mrs. Jennie Bowler. This was
decided by a putting* contest, and
Mrs. Lange was the winner of the
ball.
Several of the Big Rapids ladies
remained for another nine holes of.
golf following the luncheon at one.
o'clock,
On Wednesday, the regular golf
day for th& Clare women, the handicap tournament started with
several of the marches being1 play«
ed.*
Each player was asked to guess
her score, before she left the first
tee. Mrs. Olson guessed within one-
stroke of her. score, and received
a ball.