1956-04-12; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE, MICHIGAN/THURSDAY   APRIL 12, 1956
New Series, Vol. 64, No. 30
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Rosebush Family Robbed
In Home By Armed Pair
Two unmasked gunmen rob_>e& Herbert Storrs, of Rosebush, of between $1100 and $1200 Friday evening, after entering the house on a px*etext of borrowing a shovel.
■ Storrs, his wife, and his son were tied up, "tyhile the bandits
made off with the money. Storrs had drawn the cash from
the bank that day to pay some hospital bills.
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•About 9:30 Friday evening, two
men came to the Storrs' home two
doors north of Trainor"s grocery
in "Rosebush, and said they were
stuck in tho mud and would like a
shovel; ...
. Mr. Storrs said that when he admitted the men to the house, they
nulled guns and said, "This is a
stlckup". ,
The men tied Storrs -and **Vlrs.
Storrs with wide adhesive tape to
lets
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■. The Clare Board of Education,
in ■ their meeting on April 10, accepted and approved requests -for
annexation resolutions from the
following school districts: Arthur
No. 3, Hatton No* 2 frl., Vernon No.
1, Vernon No. 2, Grant No. 6,."Wis-
No. -2, Wise No. 1, Vernon No. 4
Grant No. 7, and Sheridan No. 2.
After approval for the annexation of these districts has been
cleared by the State Department oi
Public Instruction and the county
Boards of Education, the boards of
each district shall determine the
time and place of their formal vote
on annexation. •  '.
The Clare Board also adopted a
resolution to regulate enrollments
in districts who have not been willing to join with the Clare district.
This resolution follows
RESOLUTION
(To regulate Enrollment of Tuition students and provide for future annexations)
Whereas, the Clare Bo-fd of "_xk
ucation has extended invitations io
rural districts asking that they
join the present Clare school district, and
Whereas, the following districts
have requested annexation resolutions—Arthur 3, Hatton 2 frl, Vernon 2, Vernon 1, Grant 6, Wise 2,
Wise 1, Vernon 4, Grant 7, Sheridan 2, and
Whereas, the plans for th^ future building program will be
, made in consideration of. resident
students only (students who are
part of the newly enlarged Clare
district), and
Whereas, the situation regarding
the educational problems of the
immediate future have been made
known to the people and the Board
of Education in tlie sending school
districts through the' press and in
vafidus school meetings,
NOW  THEREFORE, '       •
BE-IT RESOLVED:
• (l)-*that the school district Qf the
City of Clare shall not acc*e£t nonresident ninth grade students be-
ginniftg with and after the 1956-57
torrti of school, and '; . ; "
(2) the eligibility of non-resident
students (students of districts not
joining with Clare) to attend any
grades in Clare shall be determined
on the basis of any one or combination of the following criteria:
(a) The sending district is a
logical Service area for the
Clare district.
(b) High school students who
are enrolled as of the present
school year 1955-56 will be given an opportunity to remain in
attendance until they are graduated.
(c) The sending district not
wishing to annex has planned
to allow property transfers to
parents of non-resident" students at that time when such a
procedure is possible. (Applies
to O'Connor and Herring.)
(3) Any district seeking to annex
to Clare in the future will be required to come before the, board
with a complete audit of its financial assets and liabilities, district
valuation, and student enrollment
prior to bonding of the enlarged
district  for  building  construction.
chair? in the living room, and took
TJerbert Storrs, Jr., 19, to the basement, where they bound him with
tape, and tied him to a .post with
wife. .
The men took the money out of
Storrs pocket and left;.' The younger Stotrs said he looked through
the basement window and saw car-
lights head north on "US-27 ana
presumed it was the men,
■. Upstairs, Mrs. Storrs managed
to worjc her- chair across the living
room floor and, loosen her husband's, 'binding with her teeth.
Once free, State Police were notified, of the robbery.
V Through some misdirection to
police, state troopers went first to
Leaton, where they thought the
robbery was, and were finally redirected to Rosebush. Besides
State Police, Isabella county
sheriff Henry ' Craven, Rosebush
deputy Ray Martin, and State Police detective Ed Johengen are
working-on the case.
Young. Storrs was taken to Mt.
Pleasant hospital, where he was
treated for , loss of circulation
where the wire had bound his
wrists tightly.
To Tell How
Students Leani
Reading
Mrs. Patricia. Gravelle, Junior
High English teacher at. Clare, attended the Teacher's- Spring Conference at Higgins Lake, April 6
and 7.
The purpose of the meeting was
.to discuss wb,at can be done and
what has been done to help students read better. Mrs. Gravelle
was on the program to describe
what Clare is doing along this line,.
All schools of the Control-Northern part of Michigan involved In
,the College Agreement. Plan were
invited to the conference.
McDonald
Dismissed
From Police
Mickey McDonald, police officer
on the Clare City force was dismissed from his position with the
department Tuesday by Chief William Cook after what Cook called
mounting complaints against McDonald's performance of his duty
and lack of co-operation.
McDonald, who is ,a candidate
for • Republican nomination* -foi
County Sheriff said that he may
appear before the city commission to ask for a hearing and review o- the Chief's action. The
new city commission meets for the
first time next Monday evening.
>Chief Cook said that no grudge
affected his decision to dismiss McDonald, but that complaints of citizens was the main reason for his
action. He did not name the ones
who told him of McDonald's "improper discharge of his duty".
The  police force  is  now  short
two officers with Don Harrison on
vacation leave while he is being
considered   for   a   position with
Michigan's State Police.
Chief Cook said that he has several applications on file from men
who want to wear the Clare Police
uniform, but that none of them
have been contacted with a job
Offer yet.
Hard Luck
ws
John Russells
Last week; end was an unlucky
one for Mr, and Mrs, John Russell
of rural Clare, and the"automobiles
they drove,     .'    . '
Saturday night, Mrs, Russell w*is
apparently unable to stop in tihie
behind another-car making a left
hand turn at McEwan and Fourth
streets, and smashing into the rear
of the other vehicle,, went' about'90
feet, aud struck a parked car, jamming it into the rear of yet another
Clare Police said.   > -
John Gross, of Mt. Pleasant, who
was stopped for the left hand turn
had an estimated ?250 damage to
his car. Damages to the Russell
car were estimated at ".4.00,
Sunday morning, when John
Russell went to examine the
wrecked car, he drove out of First
street outo McEwan in the path of
a pickup coming from the South.
The pickup was driven by Edgar
D. Price, also of rural Clare.
RusSell had borrowed a car from
Gerald Ferweda to drive to the car
lot.
Police reported that on Supday,
a car driven by Thomas Bonham,
of rural Clare Was struck, by an
oncoming car on North McEwan
street, in front of Lone Pines Cafe.
Clare police said Bonham made a
U-turn on the Wghway, in front ot
a car driven by Gilbert S. Manning,
of Grand Ledge-*
Bonham plead not guilty in justice court this week, and will have
a justice court trial at a later date.
Fred Root, 25, of Clare was ar
raigned in Clare municipal court
before William B. Dunlop, justice,
on April 3, on charges of driving
under the Influence of alcohol,
drunk and disorderly conduct, and
resisting an officer. Police arrested
Root on April 2.
"He was assessed ?60 on the first
charge, ?14.30 fine and costs, and
waived examination on the third,
and was remanded to the custody
of the Clare county sheriff, alter
being bound over to circuit court.
Harry Guston, of Clare, appeared
in Municipal court April 5, on . a
charge of drunk and disorderly
conduct.
He was arrested April 4, on
West Fifth street. He was assessed
$19.30 fine and costs.
Wally Gets
Good Wishes
Wally Merteo's neighbors. turned
out Thursday night to give a financial hand ih covering some of the
medical expenses that "have come
up in past months since Wally
found he was seriously ill.
Between five and six hundred
diners showed up at Farwell
School gymnasium fpr a - Waliy
Merten Benefit chicken dinner, on
April 5,'' '
Wally is the proprietor of % Far-
well fish bait and tackle shop. His
wife and. two young sons have kept
UP the business since his illness.
Almost everybody-in Farwell
had a hand in engineering the affair. ■'■'"-
'•' The Farwell JRotary club cooked
the chicken and gr&vy, the Rebekahs made the biscuits, and- the Letter Day Saints Church' ladies saw
to "the iTiashed potatoes and' cole
slaw.      -     * . ' ' '
The Farwell VFW was_ responsible far the* luscious, homemade
pies, the Eastern Star ladies -worked in tlie dining room, the high
school FHA girls washed, the dishes, and the Chamber of Commerce
did the final clean up job.
j*vnd after ail bills were paid, the
dinner netted nearly $735, according" to Frank Coker, general chairman.
Wally has only recently returned
from Mayo Clinic in Minnesota
where he spent over two weeks for
treatments. Accompanied by Coker, he was taken there by plane.
On his return, Wally felt well enough to sit up- in the plane.
Earlier, he had been rushed to
Ann Arbor for an operation*.
The benefit dinner came about
when Frank Coker and Don Smith
of Farwell, got together with
heads of Farwell's organisations to
find a way to bring some.financial
relief to the Merten family.
Comedy—"Not Too Absurd"
Offered By CHS Drama Class
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Expert Talks
Archery To
Clare Kiw&nis
Guest speaker at the Clare Kiwanis club last week was Floyd
Eccelston of the Chippewa Archery
shop in Mt. Pleasant,
He demonstrated tho handling of
the bow and arrow. He also explained how lethal a weapon a bow
can bo, and said ii-ihas more penetrating p'ower than a bullet.
He hopes to promote ■ archerf in
this locality. Kiwanians .aid it
was one of the most interesting
programs this year.
Frank LaGoe explained to the
club the promotion of the Mid-
State guidance clinic in this locality,   '
The play "Tlie Little Dog Laughed," a three act comedy by Vera
and Ken Tarpley, will be presented
in the auditorium of Clare High
School on Thursday and Friday
nights, April 19 and 20 at 8:00.
The Huntington family have
their faults, but it takes Laurie to
"psychologize" them logically, unmercifully, and with complete unconcern for the ordinary human
failings. She is just home from College, where she has been studying
psychology and believes she can
■remake other people's lives, and
soon has the whole family wandering around the house with thermometers in their mouth trying to
find their E. P's "Energy Peaks!"
But just wait until you see her
try out her Zombrowski Ink Blot
Personality Test on her mother's
gossipy, back-biting friends that
come to tea one afternoon. All this
is a vital part of Laurie's aim to
gain maturity, and you'll laugh
with tears in your eyes to See how
things turn out. '
Be sure to keep these dates open,
April 19 and 20, for you'll surely
not want to miss this amusing, and
not too absurd for some of the
modern-day families, story.
The complete cast is as follows:
Laurie Huntington, college sophomore, majoring in psychology,
Markeith Allan; Sid Huntington,
her touchy, forecful father, Franz
Gohre; Martha, her gracious but
somewhat strained mother, Mary
TiCe; Wally, a high school junior of
easy-going mockery, -Al Terwilli-
ger; Gus (Miss Gustavesky), a fussy, funny house woman, Louise
Miller; Joan Wood, with eyes for
Wally, Laurene Woodward; Ted
("Deadwood") Wood, Sid's business rival, Pat McConnell; Lillian,
his wife, Darylene Schunk; Mark
Bradford, a quiet, lonely fellow
who finally takes Laurie in hand—
and heart, Hal Makin; Horatio P.
Honeywell, with birds on the brain,
Leon Stanley; and Amelia, Shirley
McKay; Caroline, Ruthann Spence;
Grace,     Rosemary     Zimmerman;
Walola, Glenda Rutter; and Ther-
ese, Vernette * Dunkie, important
ladies who come to Visit.
The production staff: stage manager, Marilyn Siel; make-up, Carol Battle; business manager, Lyda-
belle Bicknell; programs, Shirley
Randle.
Publicity, Ruthann Spence; ushers, Sharon Zimmerman, Pat Rulapaugh, Rosemary Garchow and
Sandy Sandborn; student director,
June Holt; director, Mrs. Louisa
Bowler.
Dr. Hammerberg
In Hospital
After Crash
Dr. Kuno Hammerberg is recovering from a' fractured kneecap
and cuts about the face and scalp
resulting from, a train-car collision
early Monday morning on McEwan
street. A westbound locomotive
struck the Hammerberg car on the
tracks near the Johnston Elevator.
Dr. Hammerberg, who was alone
on his way to Mt. Pleasant when
the accident occurred, escaped
more serious hurts toy only the
narrowest of margins Ss the train
sheared into the auto .body mere
inches to the rear of where he sat
behind the wheel. The car was declared a total loss.
The Stephenson ambulance took
Dr. Hammerberg to his office
where Mrs. Martha Lucy, his
nurse administered first aid. Later"
he decided to enter the hospital at
Saginaw.
An operation was performed later on Monday afternoon to remove the shattered portion of the
fractured kneecap, and progress is
reported very satisfactory. The
Doctor is expected to be released
from the hospital in a few more
days but will be on crutches for
some time.
Clare's First
Gravel Dug
70 Years Ago
.' An old time picture of the gravel
pit Oil what is the Julius Schaeffei
farm north of Clare aroused memories of the town's first roads and
streets ... the way they used to
be more than a half-century ago.
Some of the older citizens of bur
time can entertain with stories oi*
conditions and events of earlier
days, — a photograph of a half forgotten scene Js usually all "that it
takes to bring back floods of memories.
Not so long ago, one of the Sentinel's readers, Paul Sell, of Toledo, Ohio, with a long memory of
his own wrote a letter to the .editor asking iU some old timers
couldn't repeat early lumber woods
stories for the entertainment, and
historical value.     v
Julius Schaeffer took One look
at the gravel pit picture in our office, and away we went with plenty
of material for our first old timer
story. (It isn't lumber camp flavor,
but it's a good start),
the vein of gravel in this pit more
Horse-drawn scrapers uncovered
than forty-five years ago, and all
Of us who walk or ride on Clare's
streets where some of the loads
were spread, have been' treading
on it' ever since. McEwan street
was first gravelled with loads from
Schaeffer's, and much of it went
into the gravel road from Clare to
Rosebush.
But the face of the town was
considerably different in the days
When Julius and his brother Rudy
helped their father take gravel
from' the vein.
Julius speaks of spreading the
first gravel on a dam north from
Clare. The dam, he explained, was
a low four-foot high earthen wall
which doubled as- a roadway for
wagons and buggies, and was located approximately north from
where the Stephenson Funeral
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^Souvenirs'.
Qf Tornado
Found Here
The tail of last week's Grand
Rapids tornado lashed souvenirs
from, that, disaster into, this area,..
and local people have been
finding theta all week.
Dennis Fitzpatrick who lives
six miles north and six east of
Clare found a rain-Stained chan*
eery court record, from Kent
county (where the storm struck
worst.) His- neighbor picked up
some receipts from a Grand Rap-
ids hospital,
George Pitts and Frank Freeman, • west . of Rosebush and
south of Farwell, found a collection that ih-luded a mortgage,, a,letter' *to" a ' serviceman,,
and "a light. Kill, all from' around
Com'stock .Park-.'and Hudsonville.
. Another'neigh-pr found a. picture c-f* a smiling'couple taken
■apparently "pruthei-' wedding day.
-The-tornado had its aftermath
of sadness),too.
Saturday "itiorAing, Rev. Gerrit: Schu$, '.pastor of the . Baptist
church. '< attended, the funeral
rites^, held , at * Hudsonville, for
those". Wiled ,,jn ,the storm, * • His
aunt was among the victims.. His
uncle > had he&t. rushed to a
Grand ; Rapids . "Hospital,' immediately after the disaster for
treatment of ga$ gangrene. •
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Fined In
Lake Robbery
The Lake Hardware-was broken
into Saturday evening, aud" four
teen-aged Detroit b&ys were arretted- .several.- hours later and
charged with the break  In.   ,
Stat© police were called when
the break-in was, discovered, and
investigating troopers on their way
to the scene stopped a* gtoup oi'
youths in a car, .on a traffic -violation, find noticed _ number of
small tools In* the car.
.'ArrivingI at.Lafeef they checked
the. hardware, and .found that a
number, of small .tools . were Missing. State troopers radioed to
Clara Police,.and "local .officers arrested the boys early Sunday.
Three.of the boys, all 17-year-
olds, were arraigned In Clare Municipal Court, on Monday, and plead
guilty. Each was assessed ? 50 in
fine and costs, .and made restitution of the stolen articles.
The fourth boy's case was taken
to probata court, since he is a
niliior.
Clare Army Reserve Unit
To Show New Facilities
Clare's Army Reserve Training
Center will throw open its doors'
to the public Monday, April 16 to
sharw off its new facilities and'
equipment, at the former Scott
Drilling location, 408 E,"4th St.,
according to M/Sgt. Robert Petersen, reserve training program ad
visor here.
. Present for the occasion will be
city and military dignitaries.
No other community the size of
Clare, in Michigan, can boast of
supporting a reserve post, or of
providing as excellent facilities.
The local reserve unit has rent-
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William E. Bowler Dies
Following Long Illness
To Deinoiistr ate
Visual Aids
AtFTA
A demonstration of visual aids
will be featured at the Clare PTA
meeetihg at* the high school auditorium Monday  evening, April  16.
The detnOnstration will be put
on by Dr. Olson, head of the visual
aids department of Central Michigan College, and an assistant.
A' 'coffee hour will follow, and
your attendance is urged.
On Inside Pages
Harrison News
2
Rosebush News
3
Society  News
5  '
Lake  News
6
City Briefs
7
Farwell News
9
Sports News
11
Church News
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Farm News
13
Want Ads - Notices
14-1.-16
Comics
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William E. Bowler,, 74, well
known Clare resident, died Sunday-
morning at Midlandehospital where
he had been a patient for the past
four weeks following several
months of ill health. He was from
one of Clare county's oldest and
best known families and had a
lifetime of activity in his church,
and in politics and farm operation.
Mr, Bowler was, born June - 6,
1881, ih Lshpeming, but had resided in - Clare and vicinity for 70
years. He was associate d 'with
the Clare County Road Com'mis-
sioh for a numbei. of years, having
served as its chairman. He was
also superintendent of- county highways under the State Highway Department.
A former member of the Clare
County Board of Supervisors, Mr.
Bowler was, in addition, the founder of the Clare Country Club and
golf course, located four, miles
north of the city on "US-27. Active
in politics, he was chairman of the
Clare County Republican Committee at the time of his death.
In his earlier years, Mr. Bowler
was a rural mail carrier and he
owned and operated farms tin
Grant Township,-Clare County. A
lifetime member of St. Cecilia-
Catholic Church in Clare, he was
also a member of the Clare Council No. 3029 of the Knights of Columbus.
Surviving, are his widow, the
former Jennie Bates of Clare; four
children, Ellis J. Bowler Qf Durand, Mrs, Margaret G. Wilson of
Midland, Sister Jean Margaret,
a-teacher jn the Detrpft Dominican High School, and Mrs. Lucetta
Austin of Clare; 12 grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren. A
son, !Th_odore, a well-known Clare
attorney, died in 1&48, and another
son, Edward, died in 1943 in the
South Pacific while serving as a
Navy flier during World "War II.
Funeral services were held at 10
a.m. Wednesday from St. Cecilia's
Catholic Church with Rev. J. I.
Sruba* officiating, Burial was in St.
Cecilia cemetery, The Rosary was
recited for Mr. Bowler at 8 p.m.
Tuesday at the residence and large
numbers of mourners joined the
family and close friends at tlie last
rites.
Curfew Law
Enforced
Enforcement of a 1943 curfew
ordinance in Clare has been authorized by the city commission.
The ordinance provides that
children under the age of 17 must
be accompanied by an adult in order to be on Clare streets after 10
o'clock week nights, or 11 o'clock
on Friday and Saturday nights.
The ordinance also outlines penalties for individuals who fail to
observe the curfew.
Local police officers urge cooperation of adults in maintaining
the curfew. Police will be authorized to take youngsters violating
the curfew into custody until par'
ents or guardians are notified, or
longer if necessary.
* When the ordinance was passed
in 1943, it met with considerable
parental resistance, and was never"
very Btrongly -nforced, ■
Now city law enforcement people are finding a more urgent need
for the curfew ordinance, and will
start enforcing it within a short
time.
An exception is made in the conditions of the ordinance for young
people who are employed, or who
are on special errands, directed _by
adults.
County Ministers Discuss
Exchange Student Plan
The April meeting of the Clare
County Ministerial Association was
held Tuesday, April 10, at the
Clare Church of God, Rev. ahd
Mrs. Virgil" Brinkman host and
hostess. ...
The president, Rev. Brinkman,
called the nieeting to order at 10
a.m. with the group of eleven who
were present singing a hymn and
spending a short time in silent
prayer.
Mrs. Arthur Delamarter led the
group in a devotional period, reading the beautitudes and speaking
of the emphasis on joy that was
found in the early Christian church
and suggesting that emphasis today should be more on praising
God and sharing together the blessed, joyful life as followers of
Christ.
A report was made of the Good
Friday services and the following
sums were ■ reported as contributions at the three union Good Friday services, f. 77.71 from Clare,
$30.02 from Harrison, and 23.6(>
from the country churches. This
money is used through the year in
McEwan Street Gravel Came From Here Iii 1890's
Wagons and teams lined up with their drivers to have their picture made in ihe gravel pit
on the Julius Schaeffer farm over forty-five years ago. Mr. Schaeffer pointed to the hill
on which the men were standing and marked ihe spot as one now under fifteen feet or
more of water, -- that much gravel was removed to spread on Clare city streets and other
roadways. The first load 0f gravel to be spread on McEwan street came from this location before a bridge crossed the Tobacco ^.t the north of, Clare. -This old photo belonging
io Joe Acker, was found and offered to The Sentinel by Cyril Letson, of Loomis.
helping with worthy causes approved by the Association.
lt was voted to continue support
of CROP (Christian Rural Overseas Program) and Rev. Arthur
Delamarter was appointed as a
representative from the County
Ministerial Association- to serve on
the Clare County CROP Board.
Rev. Ralph Claggett of Harrison
spoke of the attempt to start a
Child Guidance Clinic for Clare
and adjoining counties, emphasizing the importance of this work
and the Association voted that we
pledge $20. to help get this clinic
started.
Rev. Brinkman announced that
the May meeting would at God's
Way Camp May 8. A committee
was appointed to bring in nominations at that meeting for officers,
the committee consisting oE Rev.
Ralph Claggett, Rev. Joe VanderVeen, Rev. R. R. Widmer.
A comnyttee of three was ap
pointed to* make plans for. an exchange student program for Clare
County. Rev. Hugh Kennedy was
appointed chairman, with Rev.
Elza Beery and Rev. Arthur Delamarter as the other members.
It was suggested that the University of Michigan Audic-VisuaJ
Department would he willing to
provide an audio-visual workshop
for church workers. The matter
Was tabled until the May meeting
for consideration.
After the business meeting was
adjourned, Rev. Ralph Claggett ol
Harrison spoke on the World Literacy work that is being done around
the 'world, of the devotion ana enthusiasm of Dr. Frank Laubach
who began this work and who con
tihues, now in his seventies., to
give without reserve to this im-
portat work of developing, written
languages among people who have
had no written language, aud
teaching illiterate people to read,
providing them with the Christian
message and other helpful material
in easy-to-read form. '	
This type of program was suggested as a most effective device
for winning the, peoples of the
world to a wholesome, Christian,
democratic, way ot life and away
from totalitarianism, exploitation,
and loss of liberty.
The ladies of the "Clare Church
of God served' a. very fine meal,
after which, committee meetings
were held by some of the ministers
making further plans for joint activity on the part of the county
association.
ed 4,000 feet of floor space, including offices, from Francis Lboinig.
They are schduled to add a, 105
mm. recoilless rifle mounted on a
quarter-ton jeep, to their equipment. A 75 mm. rifle from Company M of the local unit, will be
exchanged for it,
Guests expected at tl;e open
house include commanders and
staffs from other reserve units in
the division, battalion commander
Major Hall, of Bay City, regimental commander Colonel Dumonls, of
Flint, and division commander Major General Clyde Dougherty, of
Detroit. The latter also is head of
Civil Defense in Michigan.
Invitations have also been issued
to Gov. Williams and IT. S. Rep.
Al Cederberg, .who was inriueiitifil
In establishing reserves In this
area. Mayor Albert Haley and the
city commission have been iijvitedj
and the public is urged tp attend.
This will be an "opportunity'-'to
see what- training is like, .and' to
inspect weapons . an "dequlpineht.
There will be a demonstration of
simulated mortar fir.f.; -'-''   "
Awards ' for ' -"So'r_i_r": of ' the
Year" fri. both Company I and
Company M of. the local reaervo
unit will be made that day. ,
Refreshments will be served.
The local army reserve unit was.
established in September 1953 with
(.apt, Alva Cochran £nd M/Sgt.
Bill Case in command,: In- May
1954, the army established a substation here, and by the beginning
of 1955, were looking' around tor
new- armory space, when they
came to rent the Loomis building.
The group now has enlisted
strength of 60 with' six officers,
Some of the original members of
the local reserve have reached-the
grade of corporal since joining
the unit. There are 31 men In Company M and 29 in Company I.' ';■'■.
Among available equipmeht .-..-*
Company I'b 60 mm. mortars, light,
machine guns, and a' 57 jnm,' recoilless rifle. Company M has 81
mm- mortars, and heavy machin_
guns.
Reserve members come* .from.
Clare, Beaverton, Gladwin, Mt..
Pleasant. co!em_rt_ Mrrmi,.;R-S«;
common, \V-3idman, Rosebush,- Far-
well, L,ake and Midland;     '..".'
Capt. Alva COchran, of Coiemak
and Sgt. 1/c Wayne Bei'g of Clare
command Comp_ny M. 1st Lt.'Q?-.
rin Sharp of Midland, and _gt.. 1/c.
Carl Sleder, of Mt,. Pleasant arje
Company I officers. M/Sgt Bill
Case is public information officer*
and training non-commissioned -Of*,
fleer. A promotion to warrant of-'
ficer is pending for him. -    V *    '
The Clare unit will .take 17 to
XSVs year ol_ recruits.. Six .months
active tour of duty and seven >nd
one half years as a reserve to-k-s
the individual eligible to receive
draft deferment, and fulfills-, -is;
military obligation.
The April 2 city elections
cost taxpayers just about 50c
per vote, city workers have
figured out. Only a few" over
300 people voted. If the 1225
registered voters in the city
had come to the polls, the
cost per vote would have been
only one third what it was.
Mrs. Madge Ruark split .a ?350
Bonanza Bill Jackpot with two
other people last week. She won it
on BB's puzzle- of Easter' Sunday,
in the Free Press.
In "Scottish Field", a magazine published in Scotland,
there's an unidentified picture,
of a man with a beard feeding
a pair of bears. The man Ih
the the picture happens to
be Spikchorn Meyers, from up
Harrison way and for most
Clare county people, he need-
no identification. The story -
with the picture comments on
how tame Northern Michigan
bears are. Those at Splko-
horn's anyhow. L. E. Davy hao
the   magazine. • ■
Citizens Bank Is
4309th Largest
The Citizens State Bank ranks
among the -4400 largest banks in
the United States,
It reported deposits of •*.4,909J70ii
December 31st, lto placte it -in
4309th place.
This was revealed this week by
the 1956 annual roll call of the"
larger banks in the United States
conducted by a nationally circulated trade newspaper, The American
Banker. Ther6 are a total of 14,000
banks in tho nation,