1954-09-03; Clare Sentinel

              1MIHIIIJ-111111 lllllll
HjMlllWII.llWWPBlWIIIII.IflUll.. J [..J^IM.
,1   I MINI IIIIIIIHWBMWBma
*>
THE GLARE SENTINEL
E«i*blbhed 1878
S»v«a CeaiB Copy
CLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING.       FRIDAY. SEPT. 3, 1954
$2.50 Ywu- In Michigan
New Seri.i, Vol. 62, No. 50
Straits Bridge Can Pay
For Itself In 30 Years
How   is   the   Mackinac   Straits the "Straits of Mackinac" capable
Bridge tp be financed? I of carrying   48   vehicles   at   one
The financing is based on re- crossing., • ,
ports' of traffic probabilities made Kept ready for use if needed aw
throughout the past, using'present the two railroad icebreaker femes
and past Straits ferry traffic f-g-l^e s"***? Mane and the Cmef
ures as reference points* wawatam .
On January 22,  1952 the Mack
inac Bridge Authority submitted
a report of the probable revenues
from the bridge tolls': This report
was based on results of a study
made during the latter half of 1950.
In August 1952, another report
was published bringing facts and
figures up to date. Coyerdale ahd
Colpits, New York consulting engineers were retained by the Authorities in making the estimates.
Assuming that all revenues received from bridge tolls (minus
operating and maintenance costs)
ywere to* be available for interest
payment on the bonds and their
retirement), the consulting engineers assured the Authority that the
$90 million worth of bonds could
be paid off 20 years after the opening of the bridge.
Assuming, as the engineers and
the Authority assume, that the^
bridge "will be open for traffic on
January 1, 1958, it can be hoped
that the hond issue will be cdrn>
pletely retired by 1978.
"When the first report of prospective traffic was made, the ferry
traffic figures for the year 1950
were used as* a base."That year,
*50.;6l2 -vehicular units crossed" the
straits. Engineers, estimated an
annual increase of 6 per cent from
* 1950 through 1956 (which in 1952,
when the survey was" made was the
expected first year of operation
for the bridge.)
In addition/it was estimated that
an . increase amounting to about
three-percent of the 1850 ferry
traffic would be diverted from that
traffic which normally would reach
the upper peninsula by a round
about route. In this figure would
be included these travelers subject to water sickness and who
normally take the , longer, land
hound route.
/ Taking other factors into consideration," it was estimated that by
1956 traffic subject to tolls on the
■bridge would have been at a figure 25 percent higher than the
1950 ferry traffic figure.
Thus, hccqrding to estimates,, a
total of 1,989,000 vehicular units
would' have passed over the new
structure during its then estimated
first year of operation (1956). This
< figure included trailers.
However, after -further.- -invest!**--,
gation of ferry traffic figures after
'1950, engineers learned that they
had been too conservative in estimating the ihcrease in ferry traffic.   •
As a matter of fact, ferry traffic had grown in 1951 to a figure
13.1 per cent higher than the 1950
total. 1952 traffic figures showed
an even higher rate of increase
■over 1951, around 18 per cent.
Totals for the years following
1952 are now available, but the estimates of first ope-"*ating year
traffic over fhe span naVe been
altered taking into account the extra traffic increase.
This substantial grbwth in traf-
f fie is 'a reflection of the favorable
* economic conditions of the country
and the  continued high  rate  of
growth in the number of vehicles
traveling our roads today.
A largit part of the 1952 increase
'   in ferry traffic was attributed to
the improvement in ferry service
with the addition of the new boat
that year.
In that year, the "Vacation-
land", a new diesel ice-hreaker
ferry capable of .-carrying tip to
150 vehicles at once was- installed
in the Straits service.
Also plying the waters bf the
Straits are the "City of Munis-
dng" (100 vehicles), the "City of
"Petoskey" (100 vehicles) the "City
bf Cheboygan"   (75 vehicles)   and
Other facilities were installed in
1952, making "the ferry service
generally more efficient and thereby increasing -the flow of traffic.
Prior to 1952, the ferry trip from
dock to dock took 45 minutes. With
the installation of^new equipment
the time for a single trip was1 re^*
duced 88 minutes.
Engineers finally arrived at The
figure 2,123,000 to represent the
number of vehicles expected to
pass over the bridge in 1958, the
actual first year of operation.
The financing of the bridge is,
of course, dependent on the vehicular traffic over the span. These
traffic figures multiplied by the
average toll per vehicle give the
Dover Team
.f
Wins Title for
13 Spoixsprs
There are 13 happy sponsors of
thirteen happy softball. players in
Clare this week.
The fateful number proved a
lucky one to members of the Dover team, local softball champions
who clinched the title with a victory over the Clare Manufacturing
nine recently.
The Dover boys, sponsored by.
13 local businessmen came up
with a fine season's r ec o r d in
which they lost only one game.
Sponsoring the team, and each
providing one player with his "uniform were: Band Box Cleaners,
IGA (Witbeck's), White's Jewelers, Johnston's Elevator, White's
Grocery, Gateway Lanes, Mogg's
Service Station, Gordon's Speedway, Gamble's, Log Cabin Market,
Shull Ranch and Ulrich's Service
Station.
The Dover team took first place
estimated total income of the pro-1 in the Clare  Softball Association
"I REMEMBER."!
BY THE OLD HUSKS
I
i;\a
From Margaret B. Moore, Ontario, California: I remember when
a young farm hand made $17.00 a
month, and room and board, with
laundry sometimes included. This
did jaot mean he had an eight hour
day, but often was busy at field
work from three o'clock in the
morning till bine at night. There
*ere always the chores around the
barns before the early breakfast,
as milking, feeding the. stock,
pumping water by hand and perhaps, harnessing the horses he
would use for the day's work. As
there were no tractors in that long
ago day and only a few riding
plows, it all meant foot work. This
was before the Spanish-American
War.   :
'  *   *  *
From Henrietta S. GSreene, Day-
lofla, Beach, _lorida: Ih theSe days
of free-flowing tile baths, it may
be hard for the young 'uns to grasp
the* difficulty of a bath when the.
water had tb he brought into the
hoUse in two buckets ahd heated
oh the range (ours was called "The
Farmer Girl"), We had an iron
kettle andvafter cooking the roast-
fag ears for dinner I often had a
bath in the same w.'ter —■ very
Sweet Dtheiling it was, too,
Wsom J*.,. ?_ Mejceatthi Fairmont*
We-t Virginia; Do you rememher
■whali ».* . mother used a broom-
straw to see if the cake in the
oven was done? 'When bricks Covered with old pieces of carpet were
used m door stops? • Wh&n the
basic tsmttm was m% fete-eft to
ject. If the total operating costs
(payment of repairs, cleaning and
patrol personnel, etc) is subtracted from the total tolls received
We are left with the amount avai .
able for retirement of the bonds.
In a January report, we engineers assumed that the average toll
on the proposed bridge should be
about $2.00 per vehicle or approximately equivalent ;to the average
toll then existing on the ferry traf-
tic-.figures revealed that an average toll of $1.89 Was paid during
1951.
Later, however, the proposed
$2,00 figure was altered. By 1952 it-
was believed that the proposed
structure should have a toll schedule 25 per cent higher than that of
the ferry> This would place the
average toll figure at around $2,35
per vehicular unit,
The present tolls now In effect
on the ferries are comparatively
low. Over 20 years ago, they were
reduced as a depression measure.
State policy has kept them at the
same low rate since tHen.
The 25 per cent increase over
current ferry rates would, authorities s'aid, help defray "the -cost of
increased  operating maintenance.
At the same time it was thought
that the increased cost of crossing from the lower to the upper
peninsula would not have an adverse affect on the traffic.
Authorities cited the similar situation as existing on the Maine
Turnpike in 1952. In May of that
year, Maine Turnpike officials hiked their toll rates {by 25 .per cent.
Baaed _» an analysis^f ..ts-traffic "during the months of May and
■June officials found no decrease
in traffic as a result. of the toll
increase. As a matter of fact, an
increase of 1 per cent in traffic
was registered for the period.
With an average toll of $2.35 on
the   bridge,    authorities   believed
(Continued On Page -Sight)
Death Claims
Elery Wymer
Of Lake George
Elery Wymer, son of Oliver and
Myrtle Wymer, was born August
17, 1910 at Muskegon Heights,
Michigan. He passed away suddenly on August 10 at Lake
George at the age of 43 years, 11
months and 23 days.
At the age of one year, his family moved to Edmore,. "jkichigan,.
where he resided until 1946 when
he moved to* his home at Lake
George.
On January'9, 1940, he was married to Rosalie Peck, of Edmore,
and to this marriage were born
two children, Penny and Darrell
who survive along with two step
children, Wayne and Lester, all
at home.
Also surviving ate his mother,
Mrs. Myrtle Wymer of Ednlore,
four brothers, Oliver, ot "Lake
George; Olen, Of Six Lakes; Lawrence, ■St Edmore and Rex, of Eaton Rapids; three sisters, Mrs. Leona Meyers, of Edmore; Mrs. Allen
Lundburg, of Course Bay, Oregon
and Mrs. Louise Ruthruff of Six
Lakes.
Services were held Saturday;
August 14 from the Lake George
Community Building with Elder
Hobart Beavers officiating. Burial
was in Lake George Cemetery.
The Coker Funeral Home," of Ear-
well, was in charge of arrangements.
aud then went on to take county^
honors. The tournament was aTi
"round robin" type.
The "Dover" boys Will travel to
Cadillac on the 12th of September
to compete in a regional competition where, if they. are*., successful, they stand to win' prizes and
further honors.
Manager. oT the team is Duane
Hoover.
Note
Book
Girl Scouts
Make Plans
For Year
Mrs, Martha Lucy, opened her
home Wednesday evening, to the
officers. and workers of the Girl
Scout Council, to make, plans for
the comi.ng year.' Mrs, Lucy* is tlie
junior past president, and Mrs." J.
C. Marotzke is the new president.
Mrs. Ethyl Walton was named
chairman for the Menu Planning
for the year. Mrs, Charlotte
Brown's Brownie troop 2, has been
divided, *an,d Mrs. -Ida Mae Loomis
will be the other leader. Miss
Darlene Lear will be Mrs. Bro-,vn'»
assistant. '
' -It was voted to purchase ah
American Flag and a Girl Sccut
Flag, and standards for the same.
There will be one cookie sale.
Each troop will work for camp
equipment. The Leader training
classes were discussed fpr the fall.
Programs for tlie coming year
were planned. The meetings will
take place the first Monday in
each month, at 6:00 p.m.   *
October, Mrs., Hoover's troop 7,
will have charge of kitchen, and
Mrs, Marotzke's troop 10, the pro-*
gram; in November, Mrs, Thayer's
troop 6, kitchen, Mrs. Brown's
troop 2, program; December, Mrs.
Lucy's troop, kitchen and program. January, Mrs. Loomis' troop
3, kitchen, ^and Mrs._ Hoover's
troop 7, program; February, Mrsf
Marotzke's troop, kitchen, and
Mrs.    Thayer,    program;
4 Men Fill
Draft Quota
Four men left here August 31
for their final induction, September 1, according to .Bernard Wilson, clerk of the Clare county
Draft Board.
They are: George Seelinger,
Daniel Wallace, Carl Koetje and
Lyle Chaffee, all of Harrison,
Six will leave from the county,
September 23, for their physicals.
Mrs. A Haley
Takes Ladlies
Golf Title
Illness Fatal to
John Gerren
John Gerren was horn the fifth
son of Lana and James Gerren,
April 26, 1887 in Isabella county.
Se made his home there with his
mother until her death in 1927^
He then made his-home, on the
Bert Greer place near Farwell, until his illneSS, He spent sometime
with his niece in Shepherd, and
the rest in Convalescent Homes at
Morley, Clare, Farwell and Gladwin, where he passed away Wednesday morning, August 25, 1954,
He had many friends and was
always willing to lend a helping
hand. He leaves to. mourn their
loss two sisters Florence Johnson,
of Clare, and Dora Dalton of MuS**-
kegon, and many other relatives
and friends. His parents, four
-brothers and three sisters 'preceded him in death.
Services were held at the Thuf s»
ton Funeral Home in Clare, "Friday
afternoon-with the Reverend Leslie
Nevins officiating. Burial was
»ia<ie in Chewy. tkvov& mmeievf.
.- This was a bls-jVc. week for ,
youngsters In surrounding
rural communities. School
started In southeast Sheridan,
Temple, Coloncille, Vernon
Center, Brown Corner, Denver
Twp., and Herrick.
*   *   *
This year's Clare Coijnty Fair
schedule   (Sept.  14-18   packs  the
four days full of activity, but no
horse-pulling is included, which
will disappoint followers of these
events. The big band concert Saturday afternoon should make up
for it though,' Everyone likeg  to
hear the homfetown band, and seven of them will be included from
Clare, Harrison, Farwell, Marlon,
Houghton    Lake,    Gladwin,    and
Beavertpn,. "  .    ^3       ,,
' #   *,   *
More triumph's by the gajs.
Margie   Swlndlehursfs   Angus
steer took the Grand  Championship   in   that  class  at  the
Isabella , Fair,    and    Juanita
•   Green's  Guernsey  was  Grand
■Champion  in the 4-H   Dairy
Animal Contest there. Juanita
will take her Guernsey on to
the   State   4-H    show.   Joyce
Kleinhardt and Carolyn Carter
.■wijl  participate In  MSC judging events this- iveck.
»''-:•»
For those Who plan to go out on
the highways this Week end» a
word of caution; All of the "The
Life You Save May Be Your Own"
and "It Could Happen To You"
slogans have a point. Don't ignore
them on this particularly danger-
our week end.
* *   •      -
Respo.nse has been good to
ihe Sentinel request that contributors call news Into the of-
_ ilcR^sOj mor.e_peqp|e   can   be
covered. We're much jjleased._
That   number,   in   case  you'd
forgotten, is 693.
* *   *
Mr, Gus Smith, up on John R.
has a *'tremenjus" sunflower. .It's
at least twice as high as* a tall
man,  and  possibly three  or four
inches through the stalk.
* *   »
A brand new tennis racket
was found at the tennis court
this week, along with a nearly*
new tennis ball. Perhaps the
owner decided that the game
was a little too much for him
or her. They are being held in
the Clare School for the owner to claim them.
.* *   *   *
Mr. Paul Sell, who used to live
out iri West Grant, writes up from
Toledo, Ohio, that he's been taking the Sentinel for 35 years, and
wanted his, subscription renewed.
So far this is the closest anyone
has come to* Mr. Homer Pelton'S
record of 52 years.
* *   *
—One year ago—F a r w e II
girl loses life when pickup
overturns. — Lansing boys
face theft charges here — record heat wave beg i n s third
week of 95 degrees temperatures—State poljce estimate
high casualties for Labor Day
weekend — Senator Ferguson
plans area visit.
Over near Coleman, Bert Coughlin was kicked by one of his cows.
Now he's nursing a leg* broken in
two places. And at Brush College,
young Robert Davis tried riding a
steer, and Wound up with a broken
arm.   .
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs,
Mrs.
Mrs,
and
night
Brown's troop, kitchen, and
LoOmis, program; Apvll.
Lucy's troop, kitchen, and
Marotzke, program; May,
Hoover's troop for kitchen,
this   is   the   annual   award
The Clare women golfers haye
finished their annual championship Tournament with the defending champion, Mrs. Albert Haley,
winning that title again.
She achieved this honor by defeating Mrs. Floyd RosiVr, Mrs.
Jo Anderson and finally, Mrs. Wm.
Lange, who becomes runner-up.
First flight honors go to Mrs.
Norris Elden, who defeated Mrs.
Earl Baumgarth, Mrs. Allen'Mc-
Kee and Mrs, Boy Dunbar, runner-
W< ,     .     .   •
Second flight winner is Mrs. William Bowler, who won from Mrs1.
Paul, Schroeder and Mrs. Sam Wilkinson, runner-up,
A field-day was arranged for all
those -players who lost the first
match actually played and this*
took place on Wednesday, SepTem-
berfirst...	
Four prizes will be awarded to
. t,^***- following women: Mrs. Floyd
Marcn," Rosier,   low   net score; Mrs.   Jo
Anderson, longest drive from No.
1 tee; Mrs. Jamfcs Olson, closest
approach on No. 4 green; Mrs. Allen MoKee, low putts on hind
holes', 1, 3 and 5.
Mrs.  Harold Schaeffer won  a
ball   for   low   net  score,   among
Prizes wil be given again this those who were not competing in
year** for  the  best  attendance  of the field-day eontest.
the girls, and also one for ^moth*     On Wednesday, September 8, the
ers  this year.  Mrs.  Lucy  served September     Tournament   begins,
the group tea after the meeting,  j and on Sept. 15, Guest Day.
3,000 Students Ready For
County Schools Opening
Clare County rural school system
are:
Franklin School: Mrs. Bessie
Been, of Gladwin
Garfield    School;   " Howard    S,
Armstrong, of Clare; Mabel Lynch
*&*pt?;f!.osebush, and Rea -O'Gvady, of
Barbara  W".
.About 3,000 students will be enrolled in 25 Clare county schools
this year, according to school of-J
ficials. Most of them will register
on September 7, while some have
already done so as early as August* 30.-
Two   schools   h&ve   disappeared j Farrell
from   the   list" of   active   county   • Hamilton-Amble
schools since the closing of "last Amble, of Harrison
year's Spring term, spokesmen at
the County School Commissioners
office said.
Miller and Wallace Schools'have-
been closed down and their students transferred Jo neighboring
schools. This move is in line with
the .increasing disappearance of
small school districts into larger
more effective ones. "
Hew   teachers    ad&ed   to   the
Study Club To
Start Hew Season
The first meeting o_* the new
Clare Study Club year will he held
in the Methodist Church parlors
«n Tuesday evening, September 7,
at 0 o'clock^
The feature oi the evening is to
toe a talk hy Mrs. Arthur Delamsr*
ter entitled "Our Beautiful Amet*
ica". She will Show pictures.
Momhftr§ may hvin$ guests*    •
John Akins
In All State
Orchestra
John Akins Of Clare, was among
those named by the National
Music Camp,''at Juterlochen, as he-
longing to the "AU State Orchestra."
The orchestra is one of fivo
separate groups that have beeD
formed from students from more
than 375 of the State's schools.
The majority of these students
were sent to camp on sdholarships
provided by schools, clubs, or lo
cal service organizations.
Beginning in November, a series of six programs, Selected from
the Sunday afternoon concerts
performed by the All State organizations, "will be available to all radio stations iu the state. The series
Will be distributed by the "University of Michigan Broadcasting Ser*
Vice.
Akins,'Route 2, Clare, plays^the
clarinet in the orchestra.
Hatton Number 5, Mann Siding:
Pearl Brady, Harrison.
Sheridan 4, Wildcat: Homer
stinchcombe, of Farwell.
In Harrison, meanwhile, school
officials are preparing for record,,
enrollment With over 600* students
expected in the Elementary and
High i School there.;  .      •   •'
Fiy_ n8W teachers , h'&v_. hAeh
added to Bfai-risoii-. schools.; they'
arer lst grade, Mrs". BcSy6riy
Graves, 3rd; ^rade, ■ Mri*".( Mildred
Rauch, 7th grade; 'Linnea Ruddiph
8th grade, Mrs, Charles Carr.
The new Speech and English
teacher in the Harrison High
School is to be Mr. Robert
O'Brien,
Enrollment is. scheduled for. September 7 fOr the Elemenary and
Junior High School students
while the Senior High School students are to enroll the following
moriiing, according to school o_
ficials.
The figure of 600 is 20 higher
than last years total enrollment.-
Farwell also, reports a larger
enrollment this year than last in
Little League
Team Party
The Clare Little Leaguer's
Hardware team had their annual
weiner roas-t ^Saturday, August 28
at Cedar park. The weiner roast
was given for the local champion
ship team .toy Ben Burdo,- team
sponsor.    .     '
'Attending were members of the
team, managers and coaches. Sunday the team plays the last game
of the season, an exhibition game
With the Farwell Little Leaguers
Accident
Takes Life of
Lloyd Edick
Military rites were performed
for Lloyd Junior Edick yesterday
afternoon at. Cherry Grove Cemetery. The 22-year-oid Air Force
veteran was killed Monday in the
cave-in of an 18 foot deep excavation ditch near the corner-, of
State and Maple Streets.
Edick, a City employee, was at
work laying a piece of tile ia the
new sewerage system being constructed in the northwest part of
town.
About 9:30 a.m. Monday, Edick
along with Bill Barber an engineer
student, doing summer work for
the city in* the sewerage project,
Went down into the ditch.
Above them, a large crane stood
idle, with the crane operator, Don
Walker waiting to continue tile
laying operations. Other city employees were at work at the other
end of the ditch, about 100 feet
away.
Edick upon reaching the bottom
of the cut began shifting a tile
into position, Barber was standing
a few feet from him.
Barber told how . they first
noticed a trickle Of sand fall from
the opposite side of the ditch,
Suddenly, the fall increased until
it was with some effort that he
(B a r b e r) was able to move his
foot,-- ■ ■ ■    -,-   -..'..;_ .._....   _
Then, Barber said he heard!
Edick shout, "Look out, get out of
here."
Barber leaped aside feeling a
heavy object brush his leg. Edick
stood as though frozen as a hugh
three ton catch basin fell on his
body.
The basin had been lodged
above at the top of the ditch
where men had dug around it.
According to workmen, the basin
had been in that position since
the week end.
The basin pinned Edick against
the side of the ditch. Workmen
rushed to his side in an attempt
to dig him out. The attempt failed. As the basin fell away from
its position, it broke off a water
main and the water flooded the
rescue area making the digging
difficult. if
Soon it was found that the only
way to get Edick out was to lift
the basin from him with the
crane. Meanwhile, about ten minutes had passed since the huge
brick and iron object had fallen,
lodging- Itself iigai.nst...hitSi.^ ■■* >-<■
Ten hiintites later, after Several
heartbreaking attempts, the basin
was slowly lifted from Edick.
At ten o'clock, he was taken to
Clare General Hospital. There,
doctors immediately declared his
position as "very critical". It was
later learned that he suffered
from •"'multiple fractures ,of legs
and b&ck.    .* .    ,.\,      *     ;t ,   -".* •
An hour khd t6tti-'Mhutfek'!iHtfe'ff:
at 11:10- hi-! cri_ai<"idii Va'S;- tB^
same, iand Hdctoijs■■ N^re itr^itt^
him -far7 •■shodk.'-'OWfl hb|^i*w*a_
held- outj for his 'rdcovery" ahd 40
minutes* Mter he was dead.
"WorkiriOn at the scene of the
accident broke down upon the
death of the young man they had
tried so hard to save.
This is the first time in the modern history of the city that one of
it's employees had been killed in
the line of duty.
Edick was the only child of
Mrs., Minnie Edick, ^ of this city,
who lives less than seven blocks
from the scene of her .son„ tragic
death." '" --.;--     r-, —
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. Thursday at the Methodist
Church, Clare, the Rev. Hobart
Beavers officiating and Rev. Nevins assisting. .In .charge of. the
committal service at Cherry Grove
Farwell Holiday Offers
At-Home Labor Day Fun
The program for Farwell's Labor Day celebration promises bigger and better amusement and homecoming entertainment'than ever, according to those responsible for the
* events and the program.
Saturday evening will see another famous annual meet-
, ing of the" Auld Lang,.Syne Society with a banquet and-
speakers in the Farwell school gym. The ,time of the ban-'
. quet has been announced for 6:30 p.m. and Wilton Powell,
a Farwell sphpol graduate is the master of ceremonies.
a pattern" which seems to be foi-        .
lowed  by  the  entire  county  and j Cemetery were members of V.F.W
state,     , - Pettit-Kapplinger Post 5738.
Classes Begin Tuesday
At Rosebush Ag. School
Mt, Vernon Grange has announced that their meeting will toe held
Tuesday next week instead of on
Monday as planned. The change is
made because of Monday being a
holiday.
Labor Bay Wilt also see the
usual "Closed For Holiday'* ^gns (under thrdh-ecUon"orilaVbld'Low-
on moat stores ahd business I ery, .custodian.
places, The Clare postoffice will. *-r-he -kindergarten building has
have ho delivery* but mail Will he j had the .ceilitlg l0wered and has
dispatched and special fl8li*¥erieSjBeen,.coraplete,ly,.1.edecoi.atdct and
■will be made. loi'v-s cronor-ii Sinwox'i-mc-ntR h**.*/"*;
The-Rosebush Rural Agricultural School opens at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, September 7, for the
enrollment of all -students according to an announcement made by
the principal, Mrs. Dorothy Lowery.
The school -busses will bring the
students to school as usual. However, only a half day session is
scheduled for Tuesday. All day
sessions will begin on Wednesday
September 8 with general staff
meeting for the teachers scheduled
fdr Tuesday afternoon.
All the bus drivers will give
special attention to the collection
of kindergarten pupils. They will
place them at the school in the
care of Mrs. Blanid Murphy, the
Kindergarten teacher, who will
accompany the children by bus
directly to the kindergarten building, located three miles west of
•Rosebush.
Those parents who did not enroll their children at the spring
meeting of parents may do so
Tuesday, it was announced. The
child must' be five years of age
before December 1 of the current
year.
All parents of kindergarten children will toe required to present
their child's birth .certificate on
Tuesday even if they were enrolled
earlier.
Necessary repairs, alterations,
and cleaning have been completed
been made.
New furniture has been added in
the other school rooms to meet
the increased enrollment needs.
A fifth bus has been added with
Carl Wurts as the new driver.
Other drivers include Asa Andrews
Thomas: Hamilton, Kenneth Hoffman and Charles Marshall.
(Continued   On  Page  8) "
MRS. C. C. WILLIAMS ,
Mrs. C. C. Williams, 62, died at
the Midland Hospital Monday evening, following two years of ill
health. She lived in Clare a short
time and made many visits here
to see her sister, Mrs. O. W. Nash.
She was in the hospital a week.
Funeral services were held in
Midland,. Thursday morning, September 2, and the interment in-the
Grayling cemetery beside her husband. Mrs. Nash who has been in
Owosso spent the past week with
her sister. Attending 'the services
from Clare were Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Nash.
THOMAS P. GARDNER
Thomas P. Gardner passed
away at his home in Vernon township early Thursday morning, Private funeral services for the family will toe held at the Stephenson
Funeral Home at 2:00 o'clock Saturday with Rev. R. O. Thomson,
of Rosebush officiating and inter*
ment in ■ the Vernoti Township
r.prnrt<*?gi
Enrollment
Gain For CHS,
St. Cecilias
■ Schoolchildren in Clare will
start the 1954-55 school year on
September 7, at 9:00 a.m. Clare
•Public school will have only a half
day 'session on the opener.
Due tq the number of requests
coming into the school office for
enrollment information, a sizeable
enrollment increase is expected,
Superintendent T. C. Campbell
Said. *
Students enrolling for the first
time ehould stop at the main offices .at school, just. inside the
west entrance, across the corridor from the auditorium.
This year Loomis -school is sending in the fifth grade, which will
be an added enrollment increase.
In the past only the sixth, seventh
and eighth grades, have come to
the Clare school from Loomis.
Kindergarteners will start school
in groups- of ten. On the -first day
of school; ten beginners will be
called in, on the second day ten
more, and so on, until the whole
group is attending.
Parents of Kindergarten children
will toe notified by postcard when
youngsters should be brought .for
the first d^y,
Children who have not been enrolled in Kindergarten should also
be brought to the main office for
registration Tuesday morning,
Campbell said.
The bookstore will be open Tuesday morning. Lockers will be assigned on Wednesday,  September
8. The hot lunch program will
start the same day. Other details
of routine will be announced following the opening session..
School wOT he dismissed for *&*"
half day on Wednesday September
15, for School Day at the Fair.
Regular classes will be held Wednesday morning though, Campbell
said,
At St. Cecilia's, the new school
year  will  open  September  1„ at
9, a.m..       -
{.About *12Q studenfsi.are .expected
to -enr'oir this .jyeairwnich will be
a slightfincrqase, Sister,Mary Ful-
glinetta,; principal, .Aid,-        '        I
N!d- liHw- faeulty minitocrs !fra.ve
b'seix added. SiStej? Maty-Fulgiaet-
tk v/ill teach the ;Sixth, sevehth,
a[nd eighth grades. r Sister Mary
Alyihe *tyill:«k-a4h third, ifOhrttt.hnd
fifth grades, and Sister Mary Martin will teach first and second
grades*.
New maps, charts and globes
have been added in social studies
classes and new .textbooks" in other
classes. New playground equipment was added last year, but -bi-
-cycle racks have been built this
year.
"We hope to reinforce our li-
hrary this year, both in books and
film .strips"- the Principal said.
"We are also planning a health
program, with routine physical
checkups of students by the county
nurse", she said.
Thief Takes
Check, Cash
A* billfold was stolen Fridayeve-
ning from the home of Mrs. Lucille Hess, owner-manager of the
Elm Grove store. Mrs. Hess ■ said
it contained a check for $48.88
and- about twenty dollars in cash,
The billfold was missing from
the pocket of Mrs. 'Hess' apron
where it hung on a dOor-in her
home on Saturday morning when
she returned from spending the
night with her grandchildren
about a mile-and-a-half from, the
store.
Mrs. Hess notified the county
sheriff   Saturday  morning.
A twenty-dollar gift to the
church had been made only a
little while before the theSt, Mrs.
Hess said, ■'
Mrs. Robt. Gates
Called by Death
Mrs. Mabel L, Gates, of Lake,
who had been ill sinpe May 24 lost
her fight for life at 2:30 a.m. Monday, August 23, at Cadillac Mercy
Hospital, from which she never
rallied.
Mabel Lyle Black was the eldest
child of Charity. Mae Thbmas and
John H. Black. She was born in
Clinton County on April 23, 1890.
She was a graduate of Mt. Pleasant Normal and had fcaugrt in
Clinton county schools.
On June 17, 19Q8, she -'was united
in marriage at St. Johns to Robert
Gates of Bath. To this union twO
children were born, a daughter,
Myrna and a son, Clare H.
Rev.  Otto Flaehsmann 'bf near
J. nTf'i  pffip'-ltni"'   r\+  tljo -"icvf  *y*j+«j;,
A Sunday headline event
will be a baseball game to
decide the league title between Farwell and Harrison.
A preliminary game at 1:00
o'clock will see Farwell vs.
The Clare Hardware in Little
League action.
On Monday, the Midway
opens in Farwell, and the
lively program of horsepull-
ing, kids' contests, free acts,
band concerts and others will.
be continuous from 9:§0 in
the* morning. Exhibits of produce and Domestic Arts will
be arranged in the TrOWit
Hall, .'■'"''■■.'..
Michigan residents may enjoy a
feature-studded Labor Day ^eek
end involving a minimum of travel by taking advantage_ofLBexefe_
al special events^ io be-staged
within the boundaries of their,
home state.
According to a list supplied hy
the Michigan Tourist Council, six
popular events will be held in dif*»
ferent parts of the state, all during
the long holiday week end of September. .4-6.  .    ..._..._    _„__..„.__
■In the Detroit area, the,Inter*
national Silver Cup Regatta for
inboard power boats will he held
on the Detroit River between
Belle Isle and the Detroit shore- ,
line. Racing will begin Saturday,
September 4, and continue on
through Monday, September 6,
The Belle Isle Bridge and the* De- "
troit and Belle Isle shores -provide
vantage points for spectators,
Bleachers accomodating thousands
will "be erected.
On September 3rd, Michigan's
State Fair, the oldest fair in the
nation, gets under way in Detroit,
anfi Will continue through September 12. Entertainment and exhibits to interest the entire family
will ■ he tMu-iB, Tfiey •""■rjij '1h«
"chide top-flight • performers, amateur shows, band cO'nCerta, jcoh*-
tests and exhibits of all klade.
A short distance north of Detroit, Romeo's Annual Peach Festival is slated for September 4-6.
A must for festival lovers, th_ colorful event begins with a "Queen's
Ball" the evening of September
3rd. Parades, band concerts, displays and a carnival are-ofi the
festival program. .,
_arther.. ,northern! , MiciiicaiL'8 _.
famed Ati: Sable  River,  sbml bf '
the  nation _   best  canoeists   •will-
compete for two thousand'dollars
in prize money in the 8th Annual
Canoe   Championship   Marathon,
Race September 4. Starting "frora *
Grayling at 10 P.M. September 4,
the race covers a winding 240-mile
course  along the Au  Sable, and ■
ends at Oscoda the following dayv   .
Last year's winners, Bernard Fowler and Don Feldhauser, made the
non-stop run in 17 hours and 33
minutes,    breaking   the   previous
year's  ..record.    Various,., .bridges	
spanning the Au"'' Sable Serve ' as
look-out spots for spectators of
the gruelling canoe marathon.
Oivthe western side of the state
along Lake Michigan, sailing.
enthusiasts can view the Tri-Cit-
ies Sailing Race between Chicago,
St. Joseph and Michigan City.
Contestants set out from Chicago
the night of September 4; at-10.
A.M, on Sunday they leave St.
Joseph for Michigan City,: where
on Monday they set sail for tka
finish line at Chicago.
Inland    from    Lake    Michigan,
baseball fans may enjoy the Michigan   Amateur   Tournament   play-'
offs   at  Battle   Creek   September
3-6. - *
Flaming Grease
Burns Kitchen
The Clare Fire Department was
called out Wednesday at 9:50 a.m.,
to put out a grease.fire  at tha
James -Wood home .on East -Seventh, Street. ' •
It seems that some one had left
home leaving "a hot fire under a
pan of grease. .The grease apparently heated until it ignited shooting over the walls and cupboards
The fire -was quickly extinguished, but not before flames and
smoke caused' an estimated ?20(r
damage. Smoke caused most of
the damage according to Stanley
Parish, Clare Fire Chief, Most of
the damage was caused to food
cupboards.
On Inside Pages
Harrison Jtfews
2
City Briefs
n
Farweli News
-     .0
Society
7
TV Guide
S
Roseuush News
9
Lake News.
10
Sports Corner
10
Church Notes
n«
Farm Newa
13
Comics-6rosBWord
15
W-ant Acls - Notices
* 14* 15
__iM___U