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New Series, Vol. 62, No, 52
Big Rapids
Clash Opens
CHS Season
Hope to Speed-up
Pioneer Offense
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If it rains Friday night, (tonight), the Clare Pioneer
football team will be prepar-.
ed. The squad has spent a
busy week sharpening up
their offense and defense for
the coming contest with the
Big Rapids rivals.
Most of the practice has been
in the midst of mud and rain. It
isn't the pleasantest kind of practice to go through, but the boys
have worked hard to get up for
the first game of the season.
Wednesday afternoon "was spent
mostly in going throught blackboard drills with coaches determined to put the finishing tpuches
on an offense and defense design-j
ed to carry the Pioneers through al
successful season (their first in1
official league play in the ne"w
new Mid-Michigan Class "B"
League). ■        .
A large turnout is expected on
Clare's Athletic field to launch'
the team on its league cdmpeti-l
tion. While the season 'ticket'
campaign undertaken over the
past week has not met with the
success anticipated, a brisk ticket
sale is expected at the gate.
Starting lineups have not been
announced, but coach Perry is
sure to count heavily on. many
seasoned veterans from last years
varsity and Junior varsity elevens.
Reserves might he a major factor in the outcome of the gatae.
Big Rapids, while it probably does
not carry as much weight in the
line, always comes up here with a
fine squad of boys. They are never a pushover.
The local gridsters want this
game very much however. The
Big Rapids boys took them over
the hurdles last season in the first
game of the season.
Win or lose, rain or shine, there
is one big bright spot in the picture. The Big Rapids game is not
in official league competition.
This means that Perry can use
the contest as a sort of scrimmage
for the regular league play to foi-*
low. if the boys click Friday flight,
then the coaches can .concentrate*
on what they have, 'should "the
evening end up in a rout, then-
Perry and company will just have)
to polish, reshuffle aud pare the
squad.
At any rate, a good turnout is
expected for the game to see jU3t
what the boys have this year.
Short Courses
At Michigan State
Short course careers in agriculture are covered in a new Michigan State College catalog now
available, points out P. D. Gibson,
Clare county agricultural agent.
The publication describes tha
short course program, the various
courses and the subjects offered.
An enrollment card is included.
Registration for courses in elevator and farm supply, commercial floriculture, nursery and landscape management, and farm
equipment service- and Sales will
be on Friday, September 24.
General agriculture and . home
econoniics, courses will Start with
registration on Monday, October
25,
Catalogs are available from the
county agent's office, or from vocational  agriculture  instructors.
Wedge%tood
Room to Hold
Art Exhibit
The Second' annual art exhibit
showing Work of the students of
Virginia Seitz will be held in the
Wedgewood Room of the Hotel
Doherty on Sunday, September IS.
The Wedgewood Room *will be
open from noon until five o'clock
and the public is cordially invited.
Art entries this year will be in
the mediums charcoal, tempera,
water color, pastel and oil.
Knowing that all art is a product of the painter's personality,
last years classs conducted a particularly interesting study. A still
life including four objects was
set up and each student interpreted the still life in his own manner. Colors were transposed, objects deleted or added to the composition to please the individuals
imagination;
The interesting results of this
study will be included in Sunday's;
exhibit.
Exhibitors    will   include    Doris
Ann Bicknell, Adelaide Elden, Lu->
cile Haley, Dode Bonstelle, Sarah
Beck.   *"
Edna Sellers, Pat Pinaire, Helen
Anderson, Coloma Warner, Frank
Nash, William Warner.
Dr, E. J. Gershon, Eleanor
Schlafley, Maxine Kirkpatrick,
Jean Drebert, Wilma < Randall,
Eric Hammerberg.
Billy Maynard, Bob Hales, Dale!
Thornton, Dixie Thornton, Virgin
ia Crum, Ruth Marble.
PTA Opening
With Speaker
From Lansing
The PTA of Clare Public School
is fortunate to have Miss Esther
L.. Middlewood, as their guest
speaker next Monday evening,
Sept. 20 at 8 p.m,, according to an
announcement this week toy Mrs.
Kuno Hammerberg, program
chairman for September.
The meeting will be held at the
High School.
Miss Middlewood comes highly
recommended. She is a Director
of Mental Health Education for tne
State of Michigan, with offices in
Lansing.
She speaks throughout the year
in various cities of the state. Her
topic will be '"The Teen-age
Years".-
Miss Irene Waryas, consultant
for the Clare area will accompany
Miss Middlewood to the meeting.
Everyone is urged, to attend this
first PTA meeting of the year.
Clare PTA President is Mrs.
John Wicklund. ,
Two Winners At 4-H State Show At MSG
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BY THE OLD TIMERS
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From Joe Vire, Mtontlcello, Kentucky: I remember when the fire
wood run low I would drive up old
Buck and Berry, throw a yoke
across their necks, take a chain
and,ax and hike to the hills.
Later on when I wanted to take
my best'girl to church, I would
hook Old Dobbin to the buggy and
away we would go.
Alter a while we got married.
Three boys arrived, three years
apart, and the buggy was too small,
so we bought a Model Tee and all
piled in and away we went.
Now, as we near the 80s, we just
sit on the front porch and watch
•- the world go by in V 8s and hear
the planes roar overhead. We have
witnessed changes from ox-cart to
airplane.
•   *  *
From Mrs. Martin Madison. Spokane, Washington: I remember
1893 . . . that was the year I lost
my job with a Pullman, Washington mercantile company that went
broke after farmers lost their
crops. ' ,
I went to Colfax, Washington, in
search of another job. My girl
Mend and I went to the PalouSe
Eiver to watch the log drive come
in. X thought it would be fun to
take a walk out 6n the logs . . .
slipped and ,fell betweea the logs
... the logs were heavy and Water
icy _ .. my friend screamed ... a
*£. young hunter passing nearby ran to
the rescue, diving deep under the
logs to bring me; to safety.
« Those days of unguarde- log
firivdo are over now.
Watch Kids,
Say Police
Police Chief Bert - Head, today
announced that the city of Clare
is cooperating with the State Safety Commission on the annual September "Watch Out For Kids"
traffic safety program. *y
"Each year", the Chief said,
"motorists need to be reminded
that children are returning to
school and that there is a special
need to watch out for them - many
of whom have just returned from
carefree vacations' have not adapted themselves to the routine of
going to and from schools".
According to Head, over 3,000
children (0-14 years of age) were
struck down by automobiles on
tlie streets and highways <)f Michigan during the last "twelve months
«• 2?3 of them died and many were
crippled fo_ vlife.
"Our department will pay particular attention to speeding near
schools during the first iew weeks
of September as a forceful reminder to all motorists to watch
their speed as they watch out for
kids itt school areas", the" Chief
continued.
A state-wide educational program using several hundred thousand leaflets and thousands of posters is underway. In every com-,
munity motorists can expect to see
the poster depicting a little girl
running out from between parked
cars with the slogan "Watch Out
For Kids".
The leaflets give excellent advice
to parents. They are urged to
teach their children this simple'
rule by repeating it over and over
again.
Stop at the curb
Look both ways
Wait until it's safe to cross
Walk across the street
Meanwhile State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, Clair L. Taylor, announced the opening of a
state-wide traffic safety program
aimed at reducing accidents to
school children.
Right after Labor Day 1% million children have returned to
school. The superintendent said
140,000 of these are attending
school for the first time and motorists must remember that this
is a brand new experience for
these children.
According to Dr. Taylor, there
will be a record number of children and cars on the highway and
unless we redouble our safety efforts sheer mathematics Will give
Michigan the blackest traffic record in years.
Officials ' say the prime responsibility rests' with the motorist because no parent can be at the side
of each child all day. The few minutes required to slow down for
children is a small investment that
will pay a rich dividend and it will
protect a valuable possession, your
driver's license.
This program is sponsored by
the Michigan State Safety Commission and the Michigan Traffic
Safety Federation. Special assistance is toeing given by the Michigan Oil Industry Information Committee and it is a fine example of
coordination and cooperation between public and private agencies
working together through the
leadership of the Commission to
save lives on Michigan highways,
. "Child traffic safety education
.is a continuing process atid is* the
responsibility of all of us" according to Sgt,- Guy Babcock, Cdm»
manding officer of the Mt, Pleasi
ant post Of the Michigan State Police.
Sgt, Babcock offered his comment in connection with the current child safety campaign being
'conducted by police agencies' and
safety groups.
In. conclusion the Chief said,
"Hitting a little girl or a little boy
with a tott and a half of steel is
not a pleasant thing to do. You, as*
a driver in such an accident, would
find small cotmiot t in the fact that
the police may decide that the
mishap-was caused primarily by
the child's earrtegsnef-ft".
Improving
Schools Is
Forum Topic
The ever-acute problem of "Attracting More and Better Teachers" will be the "subject for one
of the forum sessions at the Sixth
annual meeting of the Michigan
Association of School Boards, set
for Oct. 20 at Michigan State College.
The one-day conference, which
will draw about 400, is developed
.around the theme of "Improving
Schools and School Board Members".
Local school board members are
not scheduled to attend as yet, according to Atty. Harold HUgJhes,
president. The matter will probably come up at the October 11
meeting of the board, he said.
An innovation will hi a special
meeting of all members of all
county boards of education. They
will hear Dr. Harlan Been, of the
Midwest Center, University of
Chicago.
Other sessions will discuss legislation, school insurance, special
education, public relations, curriculum, bonding, architectural
and legal Service, and other subjects.
Advance registrations have been
received already from a large percentage of counties. The organization has a membership of 7,000
school board members from 82
counties.
The winning' team in ihe State 4-H'Show family   living, demonstration   was   Marilyn
Davis  (at  ri<_fhi)   and  Lorene  Hildebrandt, feoth of R-l, Clare. Their kitchen arranger-•
ment demonstration presented at Michigan. State  College won  them  an  expense-paid
trip io the Westinghouse Research Center in Columbus, Ohio. "The story was published ■
in the girls' home county in the Sefiiiiqfel's l£sue of last week.   ' MSC Photo *       .
Note
Even though the Scott Drilling
softball team lost the big one down
at Cadillac, they are still in line
for congratulations after a most
successful season. 21 victories and
only four defeats - a championship
record in our books.
***
According to school officials
the football seasou ticket sale
is not_ going so well. This is
particularly sad in view of the
fact that there is a.' brand new
league this year, which is liable to show some good action.
Every community, should support its sport representatives;
whether it be baseball, football
basketball .or checkers. The
boys give up a lot of .spare
time, and struggle to' keep
their grades up at the same
time. They deserve the best we
can 'give them. In this case,
the best is our support at the
games.
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A great-great-great grandson of
Chief Pontiac enlisted in the Navy
this week. 19-year-old Leonard Leroy Pontiac, of Harrison, went to
•Saginaw for his Physical exam
Monday.
Druggist Murl Houghton sub-
_ scribes to an advertising service, that furnishes him with
model layouts and a hand lettered signature. The other
day he opened the September
issue of the service, and found
one of the sample layout illustration was for his own store.
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The Sentinel ran a story on the
Dover softball team a week or so
■ago, and after mentioning 13 sponsors, named only 12. The unlucky
13th was Gay's Five and Ten. Our
apologies.
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For anyone who is struggling. t
to make a pet African Violet '
grove, here's something inspirational. Mrs'. Serrta Worden out
at Brush College has 100  of
them, all thriving.
Mrs.   Hattie   Haddox   and   two
daughters now take  the  Sentinel
at   Truth   Or   Consequences,   N,
Nexico.
* *   *
15 years ago . . . Verdict of
no cause for action reached in
Geller case at Harrison, . . an- .
nual Twin Elms banquet
Scheduled for the 88th . . .
tenth district Legion meeting
set for the 22nd » . Clare fans
travel to Detroit, to watch the
Brown Bomber (Joe Louis, in
castj gome have forgotten)
knock o_t Blob Pastor at Briggs
"Stadium,.,.
State Parks Gontinue
Be Vandal Victims
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Efforts to fight vandalism in
state parks this year have met
with only limited success and .the
problem has continued to disgust
both state officials arid private individuals alike. |
A growing attitude toward such
problems was summed up by one
park manager recently who ended
a long report on vandalism by
."wondering, somtim.es, if it is*
worth the state's time and money
to give the public something decent to use "for recreation.
Each week, managers from various parts of the state report bathhouses or toilet buildings smashed, windows broken, picnic tables
torn apart or hurled into lakes and
streams, signs uprooted and destroyed- and doors and gates ripped from hinges.
One manager during one week
reported 19 acts of vandalism at
his park. Others regularly experience half a dozen or more. Work*
men sorely needed for work on
"basic park facilities must continually   be   diverted   to   repairing
damage caused by these hoodlums,
. In a few, cases this year, vandals
have been captured, but punishment has to be fitted to the specific crime and the tot&i effect of
vandalism has obviously not been
reduced very much.
Rain Damps
Guest Day
For Golfers
The weather took over the plans
for the days activities of the Clare
"Women Golfers when they held
"Guest Day" at Twin Elms on
Tuesday, Sept. 14.
Instead of the golf which had
been planned following the noon
luncheon, members and guests
spent the afternoon playing bridge
Canasta and Pepper.
Two door prizes were won by
Mrs. Leonel Green and Mrs. Dexter Elden. Mrs. "Frank LaGoe and
Mrs. Green each won a visitors
bridge prize.
Priie for Canasta went to Mrs.
Robert Voss and Mrs. "Walter
Hales took the pepper prize. Bridge
prizes for club members went to
Mrs. Earl Baumgarth and Mrs.
Tim Prey.
Members are hoping that another guest day will be favored by
fair weather and that many of the
guests will become members when
another season comes along.
If weather permits, regular golf
will fee in order on Sept. 22, ari5
the September Tournament can
■be played any time this month.
At Clare
Octobers
Sheepmen in Clare and Isabella
counties will be able to get a top
quality registered ram again the
easy way.
', They will be able to get one toy
attending Sam Day at Michigan
State College on October 4, or at
one of the six scheduled Ram
Truck stops in outside Michigan,
according to P. D. Gibson, Clare
county agricultural agent.
For those planning to obtain a
Ram at one of the truck Stops Mr.
Gibson urges them to let him
know the breed and age of a ram
they want and the price they wish
to pay, A ram will be selected for
them arid held until the truck
stops in Clare bn October 5 in the
afternoon.
These events ate sponsored by
the Michigan Sheep Breeders association, M.S.C.'s - animal husbandry department and county extension offices. This year's offering of rams will be limited to
yearling and two-year-olds, but
they are a selection of top quality animals from leading purebred
flocks in Michigan.
All rams are placed in pens according to the price the breeder
wants to pay for them.    *
At the same time, a committee
of the sheep breeders organization and animal husbandrymen
will select rams for the Ram
Truck and fill special orders for
delivery from the truck.
. The Ram Truck schedule: October 5, a,m.—livestock yards, St.
Louis; October 5, p.m. — Julius
Schaeffer farm, Clare; Oct. 6—
feeder cattle yards, West Branch;
October 7—Joe Lilley farm, Glen-
nie; October 8—Alpena auction
yards, Emerson; Oct, 9 — feeder
cattle yards, Gaylord.
HER BEEF ENDS .RUBBER
Skillet Skill Takes Prize
When do food inspectors 'of the
Michigan Department of Agriculture drop their roles as enforcement officers and become pundits
of the parlor?
The answer is when they happen
to stumble into the ladies weekly
bridge session while answering
one of the routine complaints,
hundreds of which are directed to
the Department's Bureau of Marketing & Enforcement each year,
according to G, S. Mclntyre, director of the Department.
The inspector who switched
from checking foods for grade and
condition to oratory was Joseph
A, Eckhout, who for 12 years has
been with the Detroit office of
the Bureau, which is headed by
Miles A. Nelson
Park residence when a housewife
complained that some • canned
corned beef she had bought had a
peculiar smell and taste when hot,
and that it was stringy. Eckhout
arrived when the bridge club was
busy dealing them out foi* the next
rubber. Play halted.
The Inspector asked if the corned beef had been washed in cold
water, and then brought to a boil
to remove salt and corning brine.
No, Had the meat been cut across
the grain of the tissue so 'it
wouldn't, be stringy? No.: Wasn't
Eckhout found notning wrong
with the square of meat left for
his examination. But it didn't end
there. What about cooking corned
beef? Eckhout explained its preparation, aftd other ladies at the
bridge tables asked about other
meats. They plied him with questions about meat grades and economical cuts. About poultry aud
cut up chicken. Then they asked
the Agricultural department's laws
on food products. What were the
standards required by such
statutes that the Department- was
entrusted to enforce.
Eckhout answered the numer-
out questions showered upon him,
and left after ah han't of verbal
deluge. He was "thanked for his.
prompt and -courteous Service, and
Eckhout  called *t  a n^^S^^^T^^^^^^l
food grades right, along with their
no trump.
Clare Shooters        /
Set Target Date    -\
The Ciare Rod and Gun Club
has announced its first skeet
shoot of the season to be held Sunday, September 26 at 9:30 A.M. The
Shoot will last Utttil 4:30 that Afternoon.
Prizes will be awarded and the
"public is invited.   The Clare Rod
tlie meat satisfactory when cool?,and Gun Club is located across
Jjfes, aeUftlitfnl.*
[from -the air port*1'
County Fair
Fizzles In
Rainy Week
The Clare County Fair was all
but cancelled out this week, in the
most unfavorable fair week weather in the memory of mosf'county
people.
The opening attraction, Joie
Chitwood's Auto Thrill Show, was
called off because of the rain.
Then School Day, scheduled for
Wednesday afternoon, was rained
out, and hundreds of county school
children, dismissed Wednesday
afternoon for the occasion, were
disappointed. Grounds were too
wet to permit carrying out planned events.
On Thursday, which was Harrison Day at the Fair, a very fine
rain was falling.
Harness racing, scheduled to
start the first of three days of
racing events* Thursday, was cancelled fpr that day. in spite of efforts on part of fair workers, the
track remained, too muddy to be
run.
Fair officials hoped that another
Children's Day -can be-held successfully today. Clare Public
Schools will not be dismissed, however.
Kurt's Duo, one of the most
thrilling and artistic high pole acts
ever to come- out of the field of thil
circus, will appear in- fhe gr.andf.
stand show running .through^.,tomorrow at "garrison. . .' "»'
The ddredeyitduo works from
a high .pole balanced On the shoulders of the male member of the
act, performing amazing gyrations
head stands* and numeorus other
daring acroballet stunts.
Giant Cake
Shows
Saginaw Fair
The folks at the Saginaw Fair
knew you were coming ... so
they baked a beautiful cake, A
replica of the Saginaw Fair, faithful in many' details', was created
from cake by Mrs. Frances H. De-
Sonia, 8041 E. Bristol Road, Davison, Michigan. Hour after hour of
work went into her masterpiece W
make_it one of the "showpieces"
of the Saginaw Fair, on exhibit in
the "Woman's Work" Building.
in the very center of this cake-
eater's dream is a Merry-Go-
Round that actually revolves*
Made of igaily decorated candy
canes, cookies and cake, the lifelike animals were put to action by
an electric motor installed in the
center of the cake by Mr. DeSonia.
In each corner of this giant-sized
dessert is a "barn" labeled in sugar for the various animals on
display such as Horses, Sheep and
Cattle. Complete down* to the ticket house, the whole "Fair" is enclosed with a licorice fence.
Game Patrons
Can Park at
Ball Field
Clare High School officials have
announced that tickets for tonights
(game with Big Rapids will be on
sale at the field. The box office
opens a 7:15 ip,m.
There %ill be a 15 cent charge
for parking at the field, it was announced. There will be an attendant on duty there.
Superintendent Titornas C.
Campbell requests the cooperation of drivers Mifollowing parking
instructions in order to facilitate
the movement of traffic after the
game, the game is scheduled to
begin at 8 s.m. '
For those fans who do* not have
season tickets yet, it was announced that they will also be on sale at
the box office tonight,
Prices for single game .admission are 60 cents for adults and 30
cemts tot students*
May Need New Well
To End Rust Troubles,
ommission Told
The, City of Clare has developed water troubles.
Willard Wedge, City manager and Engineer announced
today that the city may soon be forced to sink "a new water
well to replace the'one now. operating.
Although the city h'as two wells i       ~ '' """"
available for its water supply both
do not satisfy * needs. Here's why,
according to Wedge.
Well number one, the one now1,
operating,    is 'located   on   Fifth
Street across, from the 'City police
station. This well, says Wedge is,
capable .of  supplying  150   gallons ■
per • minute. It was sunk in 1928
and a. new screen, was  installed
ten years later.
This screen, according to Wedge
has outlived its usefulness. It will
not allow the pumping equipment
to - operate at its maximum efficiency.
'Well number two is located
just south of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad track south
of town. It, was sunk in 1949
with a capacity to produce up
to 1700 gptn (gallons per minute).
This socond well would take
care of any of the demands of a
city the size of-Clare, Wedge says,
but unfortunately it can't.
Housewives' Jn the City can tell
you why not. The newer well un-|
luckily  contains  a  great  amount
of  iron  which produces   a   high'
percentage of rust. According  to
Wedge, complaints have been arriving at ihe City Manager'- of-,
fice remarking   about   the   rusty'
water.
As a r-sult, the City Commission decided to close down the 1949
well and use the- older one exclusively.
The solution to the problem
Is not quite this easy, however,
Wedge adds. There is a chance
that a recent request to repair
the old well and replace the
worn out screen may be turn-
etl down by the State Department of Health in Lansing.
The City Commission is at
present awaiting a reply to the
Gov-giptiot  .    ..,
Sells Rotary
To Rotarians
Rotary Clubs in 89 countries and
geographical regions throughout
the world are united in an endeavor to promote international understanding, .good wjll. and peace.
TJhat was -the message; of Fred J.
Fen-ke, of. Bi_y City,. Governor of
District 220 of Rotary International, in.addressing the Rotary Club
o_ ClaSe, Wednesday ftooil at .Hotel
Doherty, ,.following *'a- conference
with locai rotary officers and committee chairmen.
In addition to the activities of
Rotary's 8,300 .clubs within their
own communities to promote this
Objective, Mr. Fenske explained,
•Rotary International , has spent
more than $1,500,000 in recent
years through its program of student fellowship, which enable outstanding college graduates to
study for One-, year in countries
other than their own, as ambassadors of good will. Sinde 1947, when
this- program was established, 606
Rotary Fellowships have been
awarded to students in 57 countries. "
The last . fellowship awarded
from District 220 was to Miss'
Mary Nevins, daughter of Leslie
J/ Nevins, Pastor of the Methodist
Church, Clare, Michigan. She has
spent the past year in post-graduate* work at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and during vacation periods has made short
tours to several other European
countries, addressing Rotary Clubs
gnd visiting in homes of Rotarians,
Libraries
Profit From
Law Violators
Conservation law violators contributed $25,974 to libraries in
Michigan during the seven-month
period ending July 31, reports ihe
conservation department.
By laws, fines paid by conservation law violators remain in the
county in which the .arrests were
made for use by libraries in that
county.
Largest single group of -contributors to the library fund were those
who fished without licenses. They
numbered 959. Fishermen who
thought they could get away with
undersized fish made another sizeable contribution. There were 106
of these violators. •
Forty-two nonresidents helped
defray library expehses toy telling
license dealers they lived in Michigan. *  ,
The long list of arrests eovers a
variety of violations. * To' name a
few: careless1 operation of a motor-
boat, killing protected song birds,
loaning fishing license to. another
depositing rubbish on state land,
hunting on lands of another '-without written, consent of- the Owner,
.aitiag sad po&sessiwg a sMafe
request sent last week. They
should know by Monday whether it has been approved or'
turned down. '*_■■*
If the request to do work on the
old well is okayed, then city planners can go ahead and their problems will be ended, for1 the time
.being anyway...
On ihe other hand, should the
State Health Department turn
down the city's request, a new
well would have to be' sunk.
There is one other alternative,
The  city could install a filtering
system which would eliminate the
rust in the large 1,700 gpm. well •
currently out of use.       .
Wedge recently returned
from a trip to St. Johns and
Carson City where he inspected filtrating plants there and
received estimates of cost of
building a similar set uj* in"
Clare. "It couldn't he done for
* much less than $30,000", he
said.
This is many times the edst-of-
sinking a new   well, . h'e   added,
Should the request to repair the
old well be refused, the city,  in
all likelihood, would go ahead with
plans to build the new well in any
qf  four proposed  sites  near the .
outskirts of town. The city would
make   a  big   saving   by   moving
pumging equipment from the old
well   site   to   the   new location.""
Wedge said, making   it   unnecessary to purchase much new pumping equipment. "
The   1949   Well   would;  not   be
touched and would remain stand- .
ing  as  an emergency source for
water  supply,  he explained.
If a newt well were dug, it
would not have to have capacity
for more than 350 gpm. "This
would be plenty", Wedge said.
M necessary, work on the
project would begin soon probably after the end of the sewage work in District Z. (Northwest part of Clare).
No estimate is available* al present of the actual cost of sinking
the new well or transferring the
equipment from the Fifth Street
site.
Also occupying a lot of the City
Manager's time these days is construction of the new sewage sys-
em under construction throughout
the city.
"We've   run  into  a   lot   o£ .
trouble and interruptions what
with fall rains,"  said Wedge,
"but we're not: discouraged'V
"We expect to finish up with
District.% work m about *t*FO._
weeks, and then jump over id
the Rainbow Drive and begin
work on sewerage construction
there", he said.
"We have to finish in the.
Rainbow Drive section before
winter since there's a lot of
building going on there".
Incidentally, while figures are
not available at the present, City
planners hope to come out of the
sewerage work with a considerable saving out of the amount allocated for the work.
The city voted to allow the7 City"
Engineer's office a total of $37,000
for the sewerage project. At least
one quarter of this and perhaps
more, may be an outright saving.
They'll know when final bills are
in and tabulated, tout according to
Wedge, things look pretty good. ,
Wedge had an interesting sidelight to offer On 'the' 'matter of
fluoride ^nd the ciy's water supply.
Fluoridation is the means by
which a chemical (fluorine)
is added to the water supply
of a community to reduce the
incidence of tooth decay.
Where it has been used in
the past, it has proved extremely effective,, in most
cases showing a 60 to 65 Jier-
cent reduction in tooth decay
in children.
Experts have discovered that in
order to be effective, the amount
of fluorine in the water supply
must be 1 ppm (one part Huorina
to one million parts Water),
Some areas are fortunate to
have a natural fluorine content to
their water supply. Clare is one
such community.   . ■
After testing, Mr. Wedge said,
ii was found that the Clare water
supply contains three tenths of
One part of fluorine per million,
parts of water, that is one third
of an ounce to each one million"
cunces of water.
This   means   that  the  chil-,
dren of Clare are enjoyijlg one -
third  natural   pro t e <j t Jo tt
agains,* tooth decay,   *
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