1955-06-16; Clare Sentinel

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New Serle*. Vol, 83, No. 39
Man Here On
Check Charge
A former Alpena man, whq is
■wanted by six police departments
in Michigan on bad check passing
charges, -was arrested by Clare
police, Tuesday afternoon when he
cashed a -worthless check at the
Hotel Doherty.
Hotel employees became auspicious of the check that Gordon
A, Budreau, 27, wrote them on an
Alpena bank. They called the bank
and were told of the charges
against Budreau.
Chief of Police Bert Head was
called and he arrested Budreau
and questioned him. Budreau was
taken to Clare County jail at Harrison to await a heaving, wnich
will probably be held today.
The checks were written on a
check writing machine, Head said,
but the machine could not be found
in Budreau's luggage. Head said
he- would question Budreau
further.
In. Municipal Court, Robert
James Ennis, 23, of Midland, appeared June 2, on a charge of
reckless driving and plead guilty.
Clare police had "picked him up
early that morning, at about 2
a.m. as he drove his car at 60 miles
per hour through a 25 mph speed
zone on E. Fifth Street, Ennis paid
$29 in fine and costs.
On June 11, Pilar Ramos, 32, of
Shepherd; paid a $60 fine and
costs on a charge of driving under
the influence of alcohol.
He was arrested on McEwan St.,
where the offense occurred. He
surrendered his license to the
court.
Hustlers
lake Irip
To Kentucky
Forty one members of the High
School Hustlers class of the Methodist Church visited Mammoth
Cave, Kentucky, this week, on
money they had earned themselves. '        I
The group left at 5:30 a.m Moil-
day morning, from the Methodist
church, after Rev. L. J. Neyins offered a prayer ior their safety on
the journey. They arrived at
MammBlh Cave that evening St
five, and slept in cabins in the
woods, after dinner ahd an even-
teg's entertainment at a hotel.
On Tuesday they took the seven
mile walk through the Cave, with
a cafeteria lunch served at 1 p.m.
in the Snowball cave. In the afternoon, they finished the seven mile
hike, and met a bus that took them
back to the hotel.
The Hustlers left for home Wednesday morning, arriving that evening. Drivers of the cars donated
car expenses. Judge and Mrs. Donald Holbrdok, Mrs. Leon Dull,
Mrs. Nearine Keller, Mfs. .C. B.
Neff, and William Brewer drove
the cars,
Harry Wehrly
Moved to Top
In Dow Dept.
In a move to extend and improve the quality control program
in the Midland Division, all activities in this phase of the division's
operatons have been brought under one head.
Dr. William H. Schuette, assistant to the general manager, has
announced the appointment of
Harry L. Wehrly as manager of'
Quality Control for the division.
Wehrly, who will coordinate quality control programs in all Midland Division operations, has been
head of the sales adjustment section of the Sales department since
1953 and prior to that was manager of plastics quality control ior
seven years.
He has been active in the American Society of Quality Control
since 1948 and will become chairman of the society's chemical division July 1.    '
With Dow since 1942, he also has
served as inspector in Saran Fabrication, chief inspector in the Saran Development Laboratory and
assistant superintendent of the
Methyl Bromide plant..
Objectives of the program will
include continued emphasis oft activities designed to help Midland
personnel maintain "quality conscious" attitudes; development of
methods to meausre . and report
quality conjtrol so that findings
can be made useful to production
and sales people; and utilization
of the most modern methods available to carry out: the over-all program.
Two County Men Get
Degrees jit JJoiMi
Two Clare county men were
graduated in the annual Commencement exercises at the University
of Michigan in Ann Arbor Saturday, June 11.
Donald A. Dunlop, of Clare, re-
ceivecl his Doctor of Medicine degree. Curtis Murton, Jr., of Harrison received his Bachelor of Arts
degree. '
Dedicate
Eagle Church
Sunday
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fhe new Bethel of the .Eagle
Church was dedicated in a formal
service Sunday, June 12, and with
a *'housewarming- of the new social rooms Friday night, June 10.
The Ladles Aid had charge of the
latter.
* At the Friday Night Service,
which was "Family Night", held
in the church basement, the Ladies presented a review, the "Aid
Of The Past". Events which-happened years ago were called to
mind, pictures of the "Aid" in
years past were presented, > and
some of the hardship of the early
day were portrayed. Then a
younger group of women presented the present day and the work
done by the organization at this
time. Following this came the Aid
of the future, presented by the
yoKnger girls, supposedly arriving in their atomic planes, living
on capsules - dispensing with all
the present day "drudgery" of
electrical appliances, and no need
of such things as washing dishes!
Following   a   fellowhip   period,*
pastor Rev.  Elza Beery led the
group in the prayer of dedication.
Refreshments were served to the
group present.
At the Sunday Morning Service,
during the Bible School hour, each
class had its own dedication for
its own class room. This was in
charge of the various teachers and
various iorms of dedication were
used.
During the Worship Hour, at
11:30 a. m., a service of presentation of Children at the Lord's Altar
was held, and Dianne Carncross,
Jill Ann Calkins, Lynn Marie David, fhoman N. Hutchinson and
Michs-xJl Walter Kleiner were presented for the Lord's Blessing.
The Choir" used the Anthem,
,"Fse.d , My Sheep!!. „ The pastor
spoke on "The Meaning of Dedication" and referred to the dedication of the Temple by Solomon and
his dedicatorial prayer.
The Dedication Service was held
at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, and was
preceded by 15 minutes of instrumental musical meditation presented by Vernette and Joyce Dunkle, Emma Hutchinson and Ruth
Ann Kleiner.
Rev. Lou A. Beery gave the Call
to Worship, Rev. Joe VanderVeen
led in the Invocation; Norman
Hutchinson, Ruling Elder of the
local church* gave the Welcome to
all. The Rank sisters, who used to
attend here brought a special
number in song. Rev. Ruth Showers read the Scripture Lesson.
Frank Humphrey chairman of the
local church and also the Building
Committee spoke concerning the
building; problems and achievements.
The Eagle Choir used for their
Anthem "Open The Gates of the
Temple", after which Hev. Robert
Fast, of Wharton, Ohio, brought
the Dedicatorial Sermon.
Marjorie Jane Kleiner sang
"Bless This House", and the pastor Rev. Elza Beery led in the Dedicatorial Affirmation, after which
Rev. John Turner gave the Prayer
of Dedication.
Rev. V. Brinkman, pastor of the
Church* of God in Clare and president of the Clare County Ministeri-
um brought greetings from the
County Ministerium. Rev. Roy
Miller, pastor of the New Haven
Center Church of God and Clerk
of the Michigan fildership of.the
Churches of God, brought greetings from the Michigan Eldership.
Flowers were presented to Mrs.
Nina Kleirthart, whose husband
Rev. Charles Kleinhart served
churches in the eldership, and to
Mrs. Jennie Bates whose husband
Rev. Frank Bates served the Eagle
Church at two different times, and
to Mrs. EInora Honderich, whose
husband Rev. M. R." Honderich
served the Eagle Church as pastor
for 20 years. Rev. F. E. Snyder,
who served the -Eagle Church
some.years ago gave the closing
prayer. -
At the evening, service, a good
number were present and an informal service was held. Mrs.
Beery led the group singing of
hymns and choruses, fhe Men's
Chorus from the New Haven Center Church brought two numbers.
The evening Sermon was brought
by Rev. F. E. Snyder.
Inclement weather Kept a number from attending the services. A
Public Addtess System had been
installed in the basement-for an
over-flow crowd, but it was needed
for only a few.
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Eagle community Church of God services are being held in this beautiful, modern
building. It was recently completed to replace the stone church which was destroyed by
fire. Dedication services on June 12 featured appearances by some of the congregation's
former pastors, special music, prayers and recognition of the successful efforts of'the
building committee and the work of the entire church membership.
Aid Beaverton
Tornado
Victims
Twenty five neighbors turned
out Saturday to help the Norman
Robacks, of Beaverton, to clear
away debris, and start building a
new home after a tornado struck
there the evening of June 7
fhe twisted structure of the
house was completely removed,
and the footing poured for the
foundation of the new house,
which the Robacks are building.      ,
Mr, and Mrs. Edwin Degg bar-'
becued hamburgs to go along with
the potluck lunch that the. workers
had at noon.
A fund is being raised to help
the Robacks finance their new
home. So far, $470 has been collected.
The Robacks sxe presently making a temporary home on the Er- j
nest Scheele farm, across the road
from their home. * '-
Expect Big Crowd For
Farwell's Rotary Event
Democratic
Rally
„A Democratic Party rally will
be held at the Surrey townhall In
Farwell, June 23 at 8 p.m.
Neil Stroebler, 'democratic state
chairman will be present, also
Other party notables. Everypne is
welcome,
Operation
"CutoveV'Due
Early Sunday
The Michigan Bell Telephone
Company today was making final
checks and inspections in readiness to open the curtain on a new
dial telephone system that will go
into operation in Farwell and
Rosebush early Sunday morning.
In a simltanepus operation,
Michigan Bell technicians stationed in the new telephone buildings
in both communities will cut dial
service into operation at 2:01 a.m,
Sunday. Automatic switching
equipment will then take over the
handling of local calls.
T. C. Maher, area manager here
for Michigan Bell, said that although local calls would be handled automatically under the new
system, operations will be on duty
in the master office at Clare to
handle long distance calls, information, assistance and other service
calls.
Inauguration of the new service
will climax months of preparation
by. the Michigan Bell Telephone
Company to bring one of the most
modern telephone systems in operation to Farwell and Rosebush.
The total cost of the complete improvement project for both communities is around $200,000, Maher
said.
When the signal is given to cut
the ne-vv system into operation*
Farwell and Rosebush -customers
will begin dailing their own local
calls on a metropolitan-type dial
numbering plan which will introduce the central office name, LU.d-
low preceding FarWell telephone
numbers, and* GEneral, preceding
numbers in Rosebush. Calls within
th,e communities and betwen them
will be made by dialing the first
two letters of the name, followed
by the five numbers identifying
each telephone.
Maher reminded- subscribers
that complete dialing instructions
are contained on the inside front
cover of the new telephone direc-
toris, including instructions to
parly-lino subscribers who wish to
reach other telephone on their line.
The "manual type telephoncMnstru-
mnts in subscribers'^ homes will be
ermoved after the conversion.'
Maher said that even though the
new system is designed for fast,
accurate and convenient service,
customer can add to-its efficiency
by first making sure of the number they want before dialing by
chepking it in the new Clare Area
directory.
"We know our customers will
like the new service," Maher said,
"as it has ben indicated "By other
areas where the improvement is
now in operation.
A Charter Night program on
June 22 will mark the launching of*
Farwell's Rotary club. The event
expected to draw something over
three hundred interested Rotarian
visitors and their wives and
friends, will be held at Farwell's
school gymnasium.
William H. DeHart, past Rotary
District Governor and school superintendent at Sparta, Michigan,
has been obtained as principal
speaker at the banquet.
The Rotary Club of Clare, as
sponsoring organization, has been
accorded the special honor of hav,
ing a member, Harold Schaeffer,
named to represent Rotary International's president at the ceremony. Schaeffer has been prominent in groundwork organization
for the new. club,   ,    „•-, ---._■. „ \
The Farwell "Rotary Club will
meet each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
at Twigg's restaurant. Club flag,
gavel, and other equipment has
been presented, following custom,
by nearby clubs of Mt. Pleasant,
Alma, Clare, Gladwin and others.
Clare members prominent in the
program arrangements are L. C
Garthe,    general    chairman,    and
committee members Dan McDonald, Harold Hughes, S. C. McArthur, George White, Earl -Ruby,
Gordon Mcintosh, G. C. Born, L.
Marsh, and others..
Rev. Nevins
Returned To
Clare Charge
Rev. and Mrs. L. J. Nevins, have
been returned to the Clare - Far-
well Methodist churches to begin
his seventh year as minister here.
The annual Michigan Conference
was held at Albion, Wednesday,
June 8 through June 12, and they
were in attendance.
Judge Donald E. Holbrook, lay
member from the local charge, received an honor at the conference.
He is one of four lay delegates to
Be chosen to attend the General
Conference which will be held in
Minnesota in May 1956. This meet
is once in four years. Judge Holbrook will also be a delegate to
the North Jurisdictional Conference to be- held in Des Moines,
Iowa in July 1956.
During the past six years since
Rev. Nevins has been the minister
of this charge, much has been accomplished, through his untiring
efforts in all phases of church
work Many improvements, addictions, and repair work programs
have been completed, and the most
recent, that of the new parsonage,
which adds beauty to the church
property.
The * membership is steadily
growing, and the activities of the
Church, both in Clare and Farwell,
are progressing in faith and
stature, under his guidance, and
the members »look-forward to a
pleasant year ahead with Rev, and
Mrs. Nevins.
Elsewhere in the central Michigan area, Rev. Charles Halm was
returned to his Alma charge. He
was a former Clare minister.
Rev. Larry Grubaugh was returned to the Beaverton charge*,
and Rev. Vernon Michaels to the
Coleman charge.
A new pastor in Gladwin is Rev.
Walter S. Easton, who comes from
Reed City. He replaces Rev. John
R. Scott, who has taken the St.
Louis charge. Rev. Ronald Knapp
was returned to Rosebush,'
Area 4-H'ers
Judge In
Canada
Nine area 4-Hers went to Ontar-
i io, Canada, last Saturday to com-
Ipete in .•judging events .at the annual   Shorthorn.  Field  Day   held
there. - *   ^     _
Bringing home Second Place
Team title for the judging were
Phillip House, and Larry Anderson, of Rosebush and Bill Carter
of Clare. Phillip was also high individual in the contest. *
• Another three man team of the
iIsabella,, group were Mignon
ilogg, Joe Burch, and Bob Neeland, the Third Place team in the
-contest. Wayne House, and Margie
Swindlehurst, of Rosebush, and
Mitchell Geasler of Lake, were
Seventh. Earl House was the high
adult in the contest.
i Bill Carter and Phillip House
tied for first in a contest of selecting the top four heifers, in a group
of twelve.
The club members left Friday
for the trip, and had a number of
workouts in Genessee and Lapeer
counties. Earl House drove one
car load of the young people.
Will Present
New Jail Plans
A different set of plans will be
(.'rawn up for the construction of
he new Clare county jail at Harrison, since the final rejection, by
the County Board of Supervisors,
of. the second set of bids for the
v *ork.      .
Albert Haley, chairman of the
C lare County Board of Supervisors
nd jail committee member, made.
<hq announcement this week. At
the May meeting of the supervis-
i rs, one of the bids had be&i kept
i pen for further consideration
Meeting Monday of this week,
I "ie supervisors rejected that bid,
too, and the matter was turned
oyer to the Jail Committee, Dan
"■lolcomb, Albert Haley, Lou Gee,
"■nd Ray Richardson.
Working with Cuthbert and Cuthbert, Ann Arbor architects who designed the first jail, the committee
will work out entirely new plans.
Nobody would offer to biuld a jail
as first designed, for the $135,000
maximum set -
Special meetings of the committee will be called before the next
general session of supervisors,
Haley said, for work on the plans.
So far, no meetings dates have
been set, he added.
The question of the new county
jail has simmered for over a year,
since a state inspector condemned,
the present structure.
Half of the two-part, proposition
to bond the county for $135,000 for
construction of the jail was defeated in county elections last August.
Put to the voters again in November elections, it passed by only
a narrow margin, fhe Superivsors
had asked for bids in the winter
for building the new jail, according to the proposed plan, and all
were in excess of the amount authorized by Clare county voteis.
New bids were taken and rejected
in turn for the same reason over
again.
Now, with the jail-building still
in its most preliminary stages, the
immediate step is to find a plan to
fit the money,   '
• An/estimated prowd of 2,200 people, at the Harrison far'grounds
munched hotdogs, and pitched
horseshoes in spite of brisk showers Saturday, for the Clare Manufacturing company's annual employees' picnic.
Dauntless youngsters sat in
pools of water to ride a drenched
chair-plane and merry-go-round,
and took turns; on dripping ponies.
fhe kids and their parents managed to do away with 4,000 hotdogs
Clare Group
Host To Area
Gun Clubs
Clare Rod and Gun Club was
host at an inter-club trap shooting
match to Lake Rod apd Gun Club,
Lake George Rod and Gun Club
and Highland Gun Club on Sunday, June 12.
While there were no records
broken, Highland Gun Club finished high with 105 broken targets.
Lake had 98, Clare 81, Lake
George, because of disfault, had
only 73.
Roy Phillips, of Lake, had high
gun for the day with 21 out of 25
targets.
The next interclub shoot will be
held at Lake George Rod and Gun
Club on Sunday, June 26.
Anyone interested in trap shooting should contact one of the clubs
mentioned above. At the end of
four Sundays of shooting a trophy
will be presented the winning
club.
Food Handlers
Blood Tests
Announced
Food handlers in Clare and surrounding areas will have blood
tests next Tuesday and Wednesday, June 21, 22, at City Hall.
Hours will be from 9 to 11 a.m.
and 1 to 5 p.m.
The tests are under the supervision "of the f ri-County health
unit, Unit 7 of the Michigan State
Health Department. A registered
nurse will administer the tests.
Dr. Irwin Sweet of the Tri-County unit will be in attendance with
another doctor from the state
health department. Tests will bo
given at Farwell and Harrison at
a later date.
RAY VOIGE
, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stevens received word that their son-in-law,
Ray Voige, passed away Monday,
June .13, ih SanJose, California.
Fred Jones
NamedTo
Road Board
Fred L. JoneS, of Summerfield
township has been named to fill
the vacancy created on the Clare
county road commission by the
death of Carl Bauer last week.
Jones'will fill'out Bauer's term.
Bauer was1 elected last August.
The County Board of Supervisors
made the appointment at its regular meeting June 13.
Mt. Pleasant ,
Traffic School
The final meeting of the Traffic
School' sponsored by the Isabella
County Safety Council, will b<*'
held Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30 in
the Municipal Court room in Mt.
Pleasant.
Everyone who Is interested in
becoming a better aud a safer driv
er is invited.
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Note
Book
Class Of '25
Sets Reunion
The Clare High School graduating class of 1925 will hold a re-"
union at the Hotel Doherty,
4.
Former   teachers   of  the
will   be   invited    to   attend    the
gathering, along with 'the' 30 graduates of thirty years ago ■-
The 1025 Class hste'.-.tentattjr-j
plans to spcJnSor ^ddl prbniote the\
purchase of a new cftrtain'for the
auditorium at the high school, to
replace the one left as a class
memorial by that class.
A former kindergarten
teacher at Clare public schools
phoned Mrs. Marve Witbeck
last Saturday bright, and asked-
tp "b^ remembered |Q.her erst-
waile kindergarteners* the 1555
graduating class at CHS. Mrs.
Catheryn Kitsman Saxton, vrho
now lives in Lansing, plans to
visit Clare this summer.
■Keep in mind that phone num-
jUlyibers of many Sentinel correspondents will be changed after the dial
group 'switchover this  week.  This  is  a
th a'roundabout    way    of   reminding
those who have news, to call it in
io their locarcorrespohdent, or the
Sentinel, for thht maijter, instead
of, Waitingto1 be"called;.*
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Summer 4-H
Starts June 23
Thursday evening, June 23, will
start the Summer 4-H work in Garfield Township.
The meeting will he held at the
town hall at Lake commencing at
8 o'clock. Movies of 4-H work will
; 1,800 barbecued beef sandwiches,
70 gallons of -coffee and 500 half
pints of milk, furnishd by the company, fhey topped it off with 4,000
.ice cream cups, and 11® cases of
pop. The food Was served under
the grandstand, at the fairgrounds.
In the evening, the manufactuj>
ing company's employee'? assbeia*
{tion had its annual dance in the
Harrison VF hall. The picnickers;
also used the hall for ga^nes and
the amatuer show in the afternoon.
Door prizes given away included
a floor polisher, fishing ^equipment, electric roaster, electric flying pan, window fan, tool chesfc
portable icebox, a tricycle, $ncl
two bicycles.
The prizes were'won hy jSdwia
Fenton, Mary Lou Khmard, Thelma Louchs, Esta Miller, Dale Richardson, Elton Barbes, Lida
Cook, Wayne Cowles, and Normatt
Cooper, Nell Denten and Vera
Wood. .-...:'_,
During the afternoon, the crowd
was .entertained by recitations,
musical numbers, a baton twirling
exhibition and a mock wedding. A
delighted audience saw '-bride"
June Yager carry off, "groorn."
Jeanette . Bailey, complete, with
ball and chain, attached* ■■ '..
Other girls who took part in the
uproarious ceremony were Evelyn
Koontz, Betty Burke, Rhea Davis,
and Melba Jean Beavers.
In the amatuer contest, Judy
Haines was a first-prize winner
with her vocal selection, Robe Of
Calvary. In the instrumental division, Connie Crook -won first
prize with an accordion solo.
Cheryl Schlafley won a first
prize for a tap dancing number*
Consolation prizes were awarded
in all divisions.
Youngsters at the picnic spent
part of the rain soaked afternoon
competing in games and races.
Robert Ames won the crackei
race, Richard Norse the nipple,
race, Carol Bogue the bubble gum
race, and Jerry Russell was the
best, in the, ball throwing contest
Sucker race winner was Carol
Baumgarth.
In the boys' bag race, Bob Bailey was,the winner, and the girls*
bag race, Barbara Jean Brown
was'winner.
The ice-cream race, a; team
race, was won by Sonia Crowl and
Susan Miller. Another team-race*
the boys* three-legged race, was
won hy Bob Bailey and David
Comstoqk.. ...      ,
' Th<5 fIve^ear-aftd-nnder filvfeioii
in the sawdust scramble WaS won
by Rickey Carey atid Wayne
Schmidt The six-to-nine division
was won by Jim McKinnon and
Linda Eberhart.
. The nine-to-twelve division was
won by Annie Slater and Robert
Eichhorn. Bob Bailey* Dave Cem-
stock and George Brown were Win-
'ners  of  the twelve-to-sixteen  di-
I vision.
j Among the adults, the best
horseshoe pitching team was Henry Carmen, and Bob Witmer.
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*' Wesley Oliver went out to Investigate an animal in his garden the other day, and it turned out to be a. 'possum. Mr.
Oliver cornered the animal,
and with due respect for the
rodent's business like teeth,
got ahold on the tail, and cooped him up between two wash
tubs. But the animal worked
his paws in a 'crack betwen ihe
tubs, and is now a free 'possum again, somewhere*.
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Along with being Dairy Month,
June is also strawberry month,
and locally grown strawberries are
beginning to furnish a nice sup-
be shown by Jerry Malosh, 4-H j ply just now. Area growers should
Club Agent, and a pot luck lunch be especially happy to see the rain
will be served after the meeting. J end for a while.
Discuss
Zoning Laws
Clare's city planning committee
met Tuesday night, and made tentative plans for zoning the city
into business, industrial and residential areas.
Further meetings will be held
before definite plans or recommendations are made, according to
committee chairman O. D. Bayes,
.Other members of the committee
are E. A. Anderson,- -Harold
Hughes, Stuart Bicknell, and
Laurenee Seiter.
As Last Calls Come Through Before Dialing Begins
Mrs. Dorothy Coughlin, of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Bell chief operator, watching Mrs.
Thelma Ouderkirk, of Rosebush, handling some of the final calls coming through the
manual board af Rosebush. At 2:01 a.m. Sunday, automatic switching equipment of a
new telephone system will begin operating here,
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