1955-06-09; Clare Sentinel

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CLABE, MCHIGAN; %mWP&X MORNING   JWNE 9, 1955
Ten C«nls Copy
Now Series, VoL 63, No- 38
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The Dedication services lor tha
new Eagle Church of God.will be
held Sunday, June 12th, Special
services are planned for all day
With the dedicatorlal service set
ior, Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
The original church was burned
to the ground January 31, 1954.
The bethel of the new church ia
34 feet wide and 60 feet long, with
an entrance at the west extended
to the south six feet. It has brick
veneer outside finish. A small
stone, cross is set in the brick
above the entrance, and a larger
stone cross in the peak of the roof
on the if est end. Stained glass windows beautify both the exterior
and the interior.
The entranoe is approximately
ii X 9 feet. The floor of the sanc-
uary is wood partly covered with
carpeting. The side walls ol the
sanctuary are block except where
partitions have been made and
plastered.
The pews from the old bethel
were saved and are being uesd.
Two class -rooms, one (beside the
chancel and another opposite the
entrance in the rear, are located
•oft !the main floor, A beautiful arch
sets off the chancel, with two
arches to the side, and another
arch is used as an entrance to the
sanctuary from the west.
There is a lull basement, with
two closed class rooms (by use of
sliding doors) and removable partitions will make room for three
other classes. The kitchen cabinets
and counter are ready for use and
in time tables will be secured. The
heat is an oil fired hot air furnace
which can also he used for air conditioning.
the Dedication Services on June
12th will be 10:30 a. m„ Bible
School with dedication of class
rooms in charge of instructors;
11:30 a. m. Morning Worship, Presentation of children. Sermon by
the pastor, Rev. Elza Beery; 2:30
p. to. (Instrumental music starts
at 2:15) Dedicatorial Sermon by
the Rev. Robert Fast, "Wharton,
Ohio; Greetings from Clare County Ministerium - Rev. "V. Brink-
man; Greetings from Michigan
Eldership - Rev. Roy Miller.
Dedicational - in charge of pastor, Rev, Elza Beery.
8:00. p. m. Evening Worship •
Message by Rev, F; E, Snyder.
.The pastor^ Rev. Elza Beery and
the members,-of-the Eagle* ChurCh
of God invite you to he -with us
and share in this event All visitors
are invited to sign the Guest Book.
Tons of rain water running from roofs, streets and lawns
made-a lake of Fourth street at five o'clock Tuesday.
The water splashed not from curb to curb, but actually
up on the. front walls of stores and buildings on both
sides of ihe street. High water marks showed, that ihe
flood was as high, or higher than any'previous mark.
Lee Sowle made these remarkable photos at ihe height
of the rainstorm under a darkened sky. His light and
lens were fast ©dough io stop action, as cars churned,
past.
Note
Book
Within a. couple of weeks, aU
of Clare county's 4-H club
leader will receive a sign to
put out that says "A 4-H Club
Leader Lives Here." It's recognition for the time and effort they've put into leading
the county's rural youngsters
in their projects. •
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A company of would-be Durango
Kids got together out at Horton
Case's in Mann Siding Sunday and
made themselves a cowboy movie,
four reels of it. Time was when
you had to go to town on Saturday
night lor those. Nowadays you can
do pretty near anything yourself,
seems like.
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There's one well-brought up
kitten in this town. He rides
placidly around in the basket „
of his owner's bike. When she
goes into a store, he's draped
casually over her arm. Business all transacted, she takes
the cat out, puts him back in
the basket, and off they pedal.
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2 Sentenced
On Violation "
Of Probation
A Clare youth was arrested and
charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, and his two
companions were charged with'dis-
orderly conduct when they were
picked up on State Street, June 3.
John William White, 18, was
arraigned before Judge William B.
Dufilop on Monday, and pleading
guilty to the charge of driving
under the influence of alcohol, and
paid $54 in fine'and costs. He surrendered his driver's license to the
court.    "
One of his companions, Lloyd
Nixon, 20, of Clar0 and Lansing,
•paid $15 fine and costs in Municipal Court,' when he was charged
wth disorderly conduct and using
Objectionable language tp the arresting officer.
Both of the youths had been into Municipal court earlier in the
spring on a similar charge, and at
that time, Judge Dunlop put them
on probation not to associate with
each other.
In this appearance, White and
Nixon were both sentenced to 10
days in the county jail for violating that probation.
The third companion, a 17-year
old Ciare boy, paid $15 fine and
costs on a" disorderly conduct
charge. He was put on a year'f:
probation not, to associate with
the other two youths.
Gas to Cost
Less Than $1
MoreSqysCo.
The Michigan Public Service
CommisRfe-j rhaJ* taken, under ad-,
vlsement a request for a rate increase by Michigan Consolidated
Gas Company following hearings
which were completed last week
in Lansing.
City Manager Willard Wedge
and City Attorney Theodore Pixley participated in the hearings on
behalf of gas users in Clare. The
Commission Staff agreed according to the Company that earnings
were not enough to attract investment capital needed to maintain
the Company on a sound financial
footing and provide facilities for
the growing demands of its customers.
In explaining the need for the
■ rate increase, Henry Tuttle, president of Michigan Consolidated,
said that the Company's expenses
have increased $14,205,000 a year
since rates were established in
1952 while revenues'had risen only
$4,285,000 annually. The Company
is seeking an increase of $9,920,000
a year.
Mr. Tuttle said that half of this
additional revenue could be obtained by restoring a rate reduction placed in effect last May and
by eliminating the three per cent
discount for prompt payment of
gas bills. The Company said there
would be no penalty charge, as
previously reported, and the increase would be less than 10 per
cent. A light increase in the cost
of gas for heating and a minimum
charge of $1.25 for the first 500
feet of gas consumed would make
up the rest of the required increase.
The average domestic customer
would pay only about 37 cents a
month more while heating customers would pay aproximately 93
cents a month more, Company
spokesmen estimated. ,
Michigan Consolidated serves
785,000 customers in 91 cities, villages and townships throughout the
state.
Water Marooned Many in Stores
Announce
Baptist Speaker
Rev, John Wilson, professor ol
English at the Th.-jological Seminary in Grand Rapids, will fill the
pulpit at the Clare Baptist church,
next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
and in the evening at 7-45.
The daily vacation bible school"
is announced lor the week of July
18. Rev. Charles Banfield of Mt.
Pleasant wiE be director. -
Plans are also being rnade lor
the summer camp sessions at
Lake Anne.
Boarded and barricaded doors kept much of the swirling current out, but as catch basins became clogged with refuse the trapped water rose higher. Here Max Reid from
the Packing House Market struggles with the high water as he tries io unplug the catch
basin screen. ,      ■ : .    *    Lee Sowle Photo
Bible School
At Eagle Church
Cooper In The Running
For State V.F.W. Post
Wind, Rain, Cloudburst
Cause Some Damage Here
Will Improve
These Routes
The wheels, are in motion to provide Michigan with a 320 million
dollar arterial highway program
over a period ol the next several
years. Charles M. Ziegler, Michigan State Highway Commissioner,
states that work on the program
will start within 90 days.
The program is the Tesult of the
Michigan legislature's recent ac->
tion to provide additional road revenues. The revenues will be captured by a new increase in gasoline-tax of 1.5 cents per gallon, and
a 10 percent increase in weight tax
on commercial vehicles. The distribution" of the money gives the
state highway department 75 per
cent, and the counties and cities
25 per cent.
The take of the state highway
department must be spent for construction or re-construction, according to the lav.* passed, on specific routes. These routes are: the
interstate highway system; the
state trunkline system, on US-27
from the Indiana border to Lan-'
sing,, on US-127 from the Ohio border to L&nsing, on US-23 from the
Ohio border to Flint, * on ' US-23
from the Ohio border to an area
below Jackson; on US-131 from the
Indiana border to Cadillac, on US-
31 from the Indiana border to St.
Joseph, on US-31 from Holland to
Ludington, on M-33 from Detroit
to Imlay City, and on M-21 from
Flint to Port Huron.
Some people have claimed the
program to be a "Southern Michigan" program only. Governor Williams urged the passage of the Republican-sponsored measure.
A-slow rain gently falliiig over the Clare area Tuesday,,
opened up into cloudburst proportions for one hour between
4:30 and 5:30 p.m. and in that short time,
1) Flooded some streets ana" alleys from curb to curb with
coursing muddy streams,     ■
2) Backed up sewage and water into downtown basements,
3) Overflowed curbs and sidewalks into stores and business places on West Fourth street, "
4) Searched out cracks and crevices in roofs, and around
doors and windows to pound through and leak rivulets'into
buildings and homes,
Hole-in4
Scored By
John Asline
John Asline, a golfer who is ''going on 81 years", and who plays
the game mostly for the fun of it,
scored a. hole-in-one on the Twin
Elms number five hole last Wed",-
nesday.
VHittting the "perfect shot" on
the short 160-yard hole left Asline
so unimpressed,' that his first reaction was to tell his partner, John
Stojl, "well I won't have to hit it
again",
The tee shot was a little low and
short, hut straight for the flag on
the sloping green. Stoll said that
the ball rolled onto the green velvet after crossing the sand trap,
and disappeared into the cup.
Claude Williams, owner ol the
Twin Elms course, said that Asline
cap claim several prizes as a
member of the Hole-In-One club,
hut that he must register the feat
and post his card properly witnessed.
Services At St. Johns
Dedicate Church Front
j    Charles    Cooper,    11th   District
Vacation   Bible   School   at   the   VFW  Commander, is" a candidateMutions" Committee.
Cooper is a member of the Reso-
Among the  speakers' scheduled
Eagle  Church  of  God will  start   lor the office Of state junior vice
Monday morning, June 13 at 9:00, commander when the veteran's or- is *Omar B. Ketchum, national
The school will continue until 11:45 gariization convenes at Traverse; legislative director of the V.F.W.
a. m. and will be held daily. Mon- City, June 16. This is Cooper's .Notables who are expected to at-
day through Friday of each week  first try at a. State post. j tend   are   Governor   G.    Mentte**.
until June 24. j    post  Commander  Ralph  Acker-1 Williams and other state officials.
The school is planned for all de- man of Clare also plans to attend . Pageantry," an integral part ol
partments, nursery through High the convention. Five other dele-^ V.F.W. conventions in the past,
School. Children and youth ol the gates will be elected tonight to will play an important part. Champ
community are welcome to attend,   attend.
Representing   the   Clare   VFW*
FR. PAUL BERNIER
Nelson Bernier,   of Farwell received word last Thursday morning that his brother, Fr. Paul Bernier,   a  former resident  ol Clare
Davy Grandchild
Wins Scholarship
Miss Mary Jane Keschman, a
senior at Central High School in
Bay City has been awardecba $400
Olivet College general academic
scholarship Ior the year beginning
September 12. She plans to prepare Ior the teaching prolession.
•During high school, Mary Jane
has been a superior academic student, aetive in Agathos National
Honor society and the school senate. She has also served as a
member of Bay County Christian
Auxiliary at the meeting will be
Clarice Bellows, Mary Karasli,
Isabel Cooper, and Mary Thomas.
Ejection of the state leaders lor
the. V.F.W. in 1SJ55-5G Will * climax
the four day parley. Delegates
representing more than 400 V.F.WV
posts will elect seven state officers. DoK M. Draher, of Indian
River Post 7439, who resides in
Royal Oak, is expected to succeed
Leon Buer, ol Grand Rapids, as
State Commander.
This is expected to be the larg-
est    convention    ever    staged    in
ions will be decided in four major
unit classes during the annual
pageant of drums to be held on
June 18.
Defending champions are Lansing Post No,. 701, in the senior
baud: division;. Reed City Post
2964, seiiioi' mens'rifle drill team;
Mt. Pleasant High School band tli
tlie junior band division; and
Wayne County V.F.W. Council m
the men's senior drum and bugle
corps division. The latter wlil not
compete this year.   ,
Convention of the auxiliary to
the V.F.W. will be held during the
same  four-day period. Mrs.  Fran-
had passed away that morning at
St, 'Joseph Hospital, Parkersburg, I "Youth Council.
West Virginia.  Fr.  Bernier w a s |    Mary Jane is the  daughter of
forty-six  years, old.   Funeral  ar- Mr. and Mrs. John keschman, of   center   about   the   more   than' 75
rangements    had    not   been   ar. Bay City,  And the granddaughter : resolutions   submitted   by   V.F.W.
Traverse   City,   when   over   5,000-j ces Hugener, of Detroit, will sue
Veterans   pf  Foreign  Wars   stage ceec". Mrs. Janet Hutzel, of Chelsea,
tlieir 36th annual encampment
Business of the convention will
ranged.
'of Mr, and Mrs. L„ E. Davy,
retiring state head.
Charles Rennison, of Grandville,
is slated to be the next state com*
niander of the Military Order, of
posts from throughout tlie state. [ the Cootie, fun degree of the VFW.
' On Sunday, June 12, St. John's
Evangelical Lutheran Church ol
Clare will dedicate its new church
front, interior decoration", and appointments. Two divine services
wiU he hehj, >*he. Festival Service
at 10:30 a. ml and the Dedicatory
Service at 3:00 p. m.
At the Festival Service, The
Rev. R. A. Gensmer, Associate
Pastor of St. Paul's - Lutheran
Church,' Saginaw, will deliver the
sermon. St. John's Choir, directed
by Robert Schellhas, will render
the anthem "Fairest Lord Jesus"
by Protheroe,
The Male Quartet, composed ol
Robert Krell, Melford Lueder,
'John Schellhas, ahd ftobej-fj Schellhas, will offer "Open Now The
Gates Of Sea-uty" by Stoerl. Miss
Jan Schaelferv will serve as organist at the Morning Service.
At the Dedicatory Service, the
guest speaker will be The Rev.
Leonard Newman, Pastor of
Emanuel Lutheran Church, Tawas
City. Special music will include
"Lord Of Hosts" by Wennerberg
sung by the Choir. The Male Quartet will present "Sanctus" by
Schubert. Melford Liieder will
serve as organist. <
The new church front was contracted to'Sanford Mott and completed in December ol last year.
This addition afforded a Toom on
the auditorium level and one of
equal size in the basement. It
also provides inside stairways into
the nave, the basement, and the
balcony.
The contract for interior decoration was awarded to William Garchow. The nave is finished in light
green, the chancel in Hue, with a
rose arch between the nave and
chancel.
I Other innovations include an oak
] altar with matching valance, having a wine dossal curtain as backdrop. The chancel ha3 been* carpeted in red,, and various other ap-
'PPintments have been ^oh-tte-J. ig$i
the altar. ,   '•'    ' '•■
The plans for next Sunday also
include a dinner at noon and a
luncheon following the afternoon
Services,, Which* -will be prepared
and served by the Ladies Aid Society of the Church,
County Fairs
Good Salesmen
Farmers and merchants can get
in some of their best licks ol advertising at the county lair.
That's the opinion a sales expert
passed on to the Michigan Retail
Coal Merchants at East Lansing
recently.
"The county fair is one of the
most potent forms of merchandise
ing and advertising", said J. H.
Hunt, West Virginia coal lirm ol-
ficial. He said that coal dealers report making sales right from county fair booths, and what goes for
cOal goes for other commodities.
"The total draw of county fairs
exceeds that of big league- hase-
ball", he ended.
Catches Eye
On Fishhook
Mrs. Ronald Brown, of rural
Clare, snagged her eye with a fishhook when she and her husband
were fishing on Stevenson Lake
last Thursday.
The hook caught her eye when
her- line whipped back as she cast.
Mrs. Brown did not see a doctor
-till the day 'after the accident happened, when the eye began to pain
badly, but, is now under constant
tare.
She is an employee of Clare
Manufacturing,
•REV. ROBERT VOSS
Speedboaier
Drowned In
Budd Lake
A young Midland man* was
drowned Sunday afternoon at Budd
Lake near Harrison when the mo-
torboat he was in flipped over.going around a sharp tiirn.
Larry FoStej**, 25, was prortounc-*
ed dead when he was pulled from
the water after being in for a half
hour, by Dr. John Weitzel, of Harrison. Clare county coroner June
Rose was called. The boat overturned about 3 p. m.
Two young companions of Foster, were rescued by another rider
in the boat. Albert Straubel, 11, of
Midland and his sister Nancy, 16,
were'pulled out of the water by
Gene Heller, another member ol
the party.
Foster was engaged to be married to Norma Straubel, an older
sister of the Straubel children. He
had launched the boat; from the
North end of Budd Lake, and, was
headed for the picnic grdunds
when the craft capsized.
Conservation department Inen
recovered the. body by dragging,
and it was taken to the Miner Funeral home .in Gladwin.
Foster was born in Midland
April 22, 1930. He was a veteran of,
the Korean war, and spent two
years overseas. He had been employed at Dow since getting out of
the service.
He is survivevd by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James Foster ol
Roscommon, and five sisters and
three brothers.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p. m. Burial was in
Dale cemetery*          _____       j
In the week end ending with
Tuesday's deluge .threatening
skies bluffed out Clare High
School's open-air commencement
program on Friday, June 3, and
forced the exercises Inside to tho
school auditorium. •.•■',*
Monday eveping's slashing wind
with lightening and rain left farm-
ers counting many hundreds of
dollars damage to soggy field"*
with flattened wheat and rotting
seed in the ground.
In Clare, Seiter Brothers lumber yard was hard hit on Tuesday,
as in most previous cloudbursts.
Water from two blocks of sloping
Maple street and from both.directions on Fourth street converged,
on the place. Damage was held to
less than in previous hard rain*
by means of little dykes of sawdust and planks to keep much o£
the high water outside.
Basement floors were under as
much as three inches of water and
backed'-up  sewage  at Feller's Department  Store   and   the  Homer
Douglas  Barber   Shop   on  Fourth
street. Employees were still "busy
cleaning up on Wednesday.
Muddy -water rose above tho
curbs and sidewalks on Fourth
street   in   the   center   of  the
block  between  Tho  Farmers
Service Station, and Brewer's
Farm Hardware. Washing up
against the building fronts, the
water marooned employees
and   customers   in   Sewers*
Lumber office, Corky's Restaurant, the Packing House Mar-'
ket and Krogers.
On  the Packing House Marltet
building,   high-water   marks   near
the front door lacing Fourth Street
indicated   that   "waves"   splashed
Seventeen inches high up the wall
when autos passed along the, street
in front,    	
Several ■'women tfeoapsir**! H*
Krogers removed shoes and Stockings to brave the- ankle-deep <ftr-
rehts as they walked to their cars
with arm loads ol purchases'. At
least they kept their lootwear dry!
At the city's sewage treatment
plant, Manager Jack Hall said that
the' temporary swelled volume
passed through lines and valvcS
without undue strain. It was feared that storm water pouring
through sanitary system mains,
might cause flooding at the plant.
Catch basins throughout the-
city were .unable to swallow tho
flowing tide last enough. Street
corners and lawns were submerged at John R. and Maple, State
street at Beech, Pine Street at
Seventh and elsewhere.
A silo on the Ed Schlafley,
Sr. farm 2 miles soutfiwest of
Farwell came splintering and,
crashing down Monday -wfrej-*
winds tore it loose. Mr. Schlafley escaped possible hurts
when the storm struck only
moments after he left the spot
where the silo was wrecked*
Members   of   the   Schalflcy
family said that their flattened
wheat showed a swirling- pattern,   indicating   the   tornado
type of sjtorm winds.
Farwell   streets   were   -Severely
flooded by Monday evening's downpour.
Near Beaverton, another farm
family had a close escape when a.
twister demolished their house
and barn. A mother and two
daughters reported to have been
trapped in their house Were bruised when their shelter collapsed,
but their injuries were said to be
not serious.
Well Baby
Conferences
The regular monthly Well Baby
Conferences will be held in the
Farwell* Methodist Church - Wednesday, June 15, 1955 from 9-11
a. m.,
In the Clare Congregational
Church - Wednesday, June 15, 1955
from 1 - 3 p. m.; and at the Harrison Court House. Basement -June
17, 1955 from 9 - 11 a. m.
Richard Graham
Gets Ferris Award
Richard Graham, a 1953 graduate of Clare High :School, was
honored June 7 at Ferris Institute's All-Sports Banquet. Graham
has won a major athletic award in.
track.
The 1955 Ferris track team Is the
first in the 71 year history of the
College, i
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Harrison News
3-4
City Briefs
S *. 7
Farwell News
3
Lake News
9
Social News
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Farm News
13
Want Ads - Notices
14-15
Gomics - Crossword
15
Church Notes
12
Sports Corner
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