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CLAftE, MigHIQAK. TliyRSPAV M0HNiNG   JULY 14, 1955
Ten Cents Copy
New SerUw, Vol. 63, No. 43
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Is All Smoke
Some Asmoke damage "was done
to the Dover Church in rural
Clare, Sunday, when a transformer in a sound-^mjilifier system
became pverheated.
The amplifier was in the "cry-
room" of the church, where
mothers may take younger children that become restless during
services.
A resident of the neighborhood
near the' church saw the smoke
and -called 6ut the Clare Fire De
partment at a little before 5 p.m.
Sunday*
When the firemen arrived,, a
resident nearby had carried the
smoking piece of sound equipment
into ihe yard. Damage to the
building was limited to smoke
stains..   .
This* was the second near-
disaster at the Dover church Within the past year.
Xiast October,* the entire front ol
the building collapsed while an
addition was being put on the
church. That accident was believed due to au excavation close to
tbe base of the church front,
•Although several workmen, including pastor Arthur Cunningham
were in the immediate area at the
time, none were hurt.
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For Present Location
Seal Coating
On M-61, M-30
Near Gladwin
Low bidders are to be determined in Lansing, July 20, on twelve
state trunkline construction projects including over six and one-
halt miles of seal-coat topping
surface on M-61. and M-30 near
Gladwin.
Roads to pe seal coated are from
a point 800 feet west of Gladwin,
east to M-30, and the approaches
to the bridge carrying M-30 over
the "west branch of the Tittabawas-
see River.
The project Is to be completed
next September 15. „....,
MeanwSllerwilic*nYgan"*l"" '** I f *\
comprehensive highway fiscal
Etudy was launched early this
month for the declared purpose ot
finding the answer for financially
bringing our road systems up to
the leVel of the need and demand.
The study by the Joint Legislative Committee on Highway needs
was ordered by the Legislature
this year to determine the soundness of Michigan's highway, road
and street financing, and to provide proposals for a solid basis
of financing in the,future. I
The Study is being directed by
Richard M. Zettel, Assistant Director, Institute of Transportation
and Traffic Engineering of the
University of California. Zettel, an|
economist, has majored in fiscal
studies for the past fifteen years.
He has served as Director of Re-
search for the Washington State
Tax Commission, the "United
States Naval Intelligence ,and directed both of California's major
fiscal studies which resulted in
Increased revenues.
The fiscal study is following
right on the heels of the statewide engineering study ordered
last year. The engineering study
is being conducted by 300 engineers on all highway, road and
street systems in Michigan, and
will be completed September 15,
It will determine the need, and
show where the needs are greatest. The fiscal study, to be completed December 1, is expected to
determine how these needs can
financially be fulfilled.
The Claxe City Library board,
at its annual meeting Tuesday
night, voted to accept Mxitl
'Houghton's offer of a new live
year lease on the library's present
location, at the same price.
Five years ago, Houghton was
the only property owner in Clare
who offered the library a, spot after they had io move out of (he
Hotel Doherty. This year, Jim
Grove, of (Grove's Five and Dime
also offered the library a home.
The board voted to remain in
the present location, though, since
•they judged it to be slightly more
conveniently located than the
rooms over Grove's store. And,
too, the 8.OQ0 books won't have to
be packed and moved.
The library "board also voted
in the Tuesday night meeting
to have the library -rooms re--
decorated this summer -while
, librarian, Mrs. Frank Shirley
is away at a librairy workshop.
Since August is a slack month
for the ilbrary anyway, and the
Walls and floor need painting
badly, the board decided to do the
work as soon as possible.
Houghton did a rather extensive rejuvenating job when the
library moved in five years ago,
tout the library has not had funds
to do more during its occupancy.
Mrs. Shirley was authorized to get
estimates on the job immediately.
Houghton lias said that he will
make a personal cash gift toward
a redecorating fundi The library
board said that it will approach
various organizations in the city
to swell the fund.
Election of officer was held
at the meeting. For the coming year, Mrs. Virginia Ric-
narason    win    oe    presiaem,
Mrs. Marjorie Norcuttj vice
president, Mrs Ella McConneli secretary, and Mrs. Mary
Legge, treasurer.
The new president appointed
Mrs. Peg Hammerberg, Mrs. Betty Shpponski, and Mrs:. Genevieve
Fleming to the library board of
trustees.
The treasurer's report shows
that the board has a little over
Bigger Bass Are Biting
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Frrank Lorenz, of Oakley, Michigan is holding a 6-1 b., 6-oz, bass
which he and his friend John
Mikulcik took from Lake George
July 2. The big fighting game variety is possibly a record of some
kind for Lake George, as all the
residents and resorters there were
buzzing with excitement over the
catch.
The bass equals some of the
largest caught this season in
Michigan's small lakes, but was
topped by a beautiful six and one-
half pound small mouth bass taken
on opening day by Henry Wilier*,,
of Saginaw. Willert Was fishing In
his favorite Chippewa Lake and
came in with a limit-sized string
of bass topped by the monster,
bta-jest seen this season.
Reunion For
1917 Class
Of Clare H.S.
One might say, "it was only
thirty-eight years ago when this
class graduated from Clare Public
School, -but it seems like a long
time" And anyway eight members
] of the CHS grads of 1917 can hardly 'believe it has been that many
years. They held their first reunion in that time Sunday at
Crooked Lalke as guests of Cleo
Beale Bush and Hilda Smalley
Scott at Mrs. Scott's home there.
Some of the class .members
from as far away as Detroit and
Grayling and others from nearer
home made up the total of eight
out of the original twenty. One
graduate of the class has died,
and others who are well and happy, wrote to the group on the occasion of the reunion.
The gathering started at the
Garfield Township Hall at Lake
where potluck dinner was served
around one o'clock. Later the fortifier-schoolmates and their wives
or husbands drove around to Mrs.
Scott's new home and visited for
the remainder of the afternoon.
The dinner table at the Hall was
decorated with sweet peas and
roses. The cake in the table's cen-
tr bore the slogan; "Class of '17".
And the dinner was delicious.
Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Scott said
that every single member of the
class has been located and notified
of the reunion. Members now living Arizona and Chicago sent regrets, although Mrs Ethel Louch
Baker in Phoenix had planned to
come to the party until last minute changes were necessary.
Class members who did attend
were: Mrs. Marian Levinson Goldstein, Detroit; Myrle Rogers Mil-
nes, Grayling; Lionel. Duncan,
Clare; Andrew McKay, Evart.
Russell Alexander, Coidwater!
Cleo Beale Bush, Lake; Hilda
Smalley Scott, Lake; Gladys Ar-
rand Hamilton, Ithaca.
Other members of the 1917 class
were John Haring, Arthur Har-
rold, Edna Howard Tufobs, Sara
Levinson Goldstein, Douglas Moo-
ney, Alcthea Veeder Goostrey,
Iva Fox Hirtzel, Beulah Fox Hart.
Before the grads parted after a
pleasant afternoon, they held a
business meeting at which they
voted to have another similar reunion at the same place next year
on the Sunday after the Fourth oi
July.
$1,600 left to last till next March
or April, when city tax money is
again alloted.       .
That $l,ei00 will have to .pay the
rent, buy new books, pay the librarian, and pay lights and gas,
during the next nine months and
possibly foot .the bill for a large
sha*re of the redecorating according to the board.
The Antics
Of Some
Autos Yet *
Anyone thinking ahead to the
age, of -'pushbutton'! civilization
might hold the example bf the
modern automobile as one machine developed to the point of
being nearly automatic, what
With electronic dimmers, automatic gear selection, fingertip,
controls and what-not, But two
Clare drivers can tell you the
autos they drive are not thinking for themselves just yet . . .
or if the cars are doing their
own thinking, their judgement
Is not of the best.
Norris Elden backed his auto
out of the garage at his home
the other day, and then left the
machine in low gear on the
sloping drive when- he got out
to turn off a garden hose. The
hydrant faucet is located just
Inside the wide open doors of
the garage, and reaching for the
handle, he heard a noise and
turned to find his driverless auto
rolling toward him in the garage
doorway.
One frantic jump cleared him
from the path of the oncoming
auto and he had barely time to
slam the car door closed as the
juggernaught rolled into the
garage, and Into the far end of
the building.
The car was not hurt much,
but the end of the garage is
yawning three feet-or-so open
where it is bumped off the
foundation.
Norris probably sympathizes
with the plight in whlsh Jay
Green*- another-' ©*'*rB •.%riv<****<
found himiself one evening recently. Jay had trouble with not
only a car and a garage (which
really should go together quite
well) but he was caught in the
middle in a tangle among a car,'
the garage and a boat!
Coming home from a fishing
trip, Jay forgot that while his
old garage door was high enough
to accomodate his equipment
without unloading, the new wide
door swung overhead was an
unknown dimension. He drove
without stopping right into the
garage   with    his   fishing    boat
From Cradle to Combine
Asks Program
For WWI Pensions
Terming a "divorcement" of the
veterans' benefit program the only
way World War I veterans can obtain a pension, Omar B. Ketchum",
national legislative director of the
VFW addressed delegates at tile
36th annual encampment at
Traverse City.
Ketchum said that W. W. I men _
will have to wait until their pen-,
sion   program   is   separated   from
pension pre-gi'ams for World War,
II and Korean War veterans.     '   1
T -l h'stoiy of Irirvt.'.t-n'"', fiom ci.-'llr- to cumb.nr-, is. ''raphio-jlly pom a red hy students from
the departments ".ot agricnltu-eai engineering- and drama at Michigan-State University. The hand
cradles, patterned.after the ancient sickle of the Egyptians, remained in use as late as 100 years ago'.
A comparatively recent innovation. in harvesting, the self-propelled combine in the background
was introduced in the original model in 1938. From cradle to combine was a forward stride which
reduced labor, permitted more* timely harvest ahd helped make America .the greatest small grain-.
producing nation on earth. The* role which power farming equipment has played in minimizing
this danger .of crop failure in achieving maximum yields will be highlighted at the big free Centennial of Farm Mechanization, Aug. 15-20, on the Michigan State University campus and farm.
The daily pageant will depict a hundred years of progress in agriculture. People from all parts
of the world are expected to visit-the 20 million dollar display, largest of its kind ever held
anywhere, at East Lansing. (MSU Photo)
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IOOF Rebekah Picnic
Draws 75 From Area
The annual picnic of the Clare- male members of the group, with
Isabella District Association of some of the stars of the Little Lea-
Oddfellows and Rebekahs was held  gue teams, participating,  as well
Sunday, July 10, in the Ernest Irwin Grove at Stevenson Lake.
Seventy-five were in attendance
from the lodges in the district,
Farwell, Mt. Pleasant, Shepherd,
Weidman, Coleman and Clare. A
bounteous! pot luck dinner was .eft-
Joyed at noon.
•  jtyirs, J?el*tfe."C3j|lders- s>t Sh^M^flJ
presided for the program, assisted
by   Bob   Philo   of   Mt.  Pleasant.
Awards were presented to several
members
William Artcliff, 84 years, was
the oldest man; Mrs. Emma Won-
sey, 77 years, of Mt. Pleasant, tha
oldest woman; Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Seiter, had tl\e largest iainily in attendance andj their six months old
daughter Mary Darlene was the
youngest child present.
Claud Anthony of Shepherd, had
the distinction of being a member
of the order for the longest period
39  years;   Mrs.   Childer has  the
as the older ball players of former
•years.
riding on top of his car, and yes j longest Rebekah membership,   33
. . . c-r-runch  The boat failed to  ;years.
clear the overhead door. Jay
says he had quite a tussle getting his boat off the "shoals."
Result, small dents in the car
top, but not too much damage
to the boat.
A delightful program was presented by thef younger children,
interspersed with reading^ and anecdotes by the.older folic. Group
singing was led by Mrs, Childers.
To conclude the day's events a'
ball game was in session for the
VACATION
TIME
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AGAIN
It's Vacation Time again for the Clare Sentinel, so on
Saturday, July 16 the staff is closing Up shop for a week
of relaxation.
The doors will swing open for business-as-usual on
Monday morning, July 25. In the meantime your news
and some advertising will have to be put off for" a week.
Look in your mail ancl on the newsstands for the
Sentinel's special Vacation Issue which, is to he printed-
ahead of the regular schedule, but released on the iregu-
1-ar publication date. Articles, pictures and news which
do not appear in today's paper are being held over for
use in the July 21 issue. '     ";'■■*   • •
In addition to regular news, much space is to be devoted this year to another df the Sentinel's Vacation
Features. This time the resort area publicized is Crook-,
ed Lake, and the Lake, Michigan community.*     : *
All of the local news which.can be gathered and print--
ed in the short time allowed will also be included in
what promises to be a very entertaining, issue. We'll see
you July 21.
THE CLARE
SENTINEL*
Groves And
School Board
Three-tenths of one mill additional -tax rate over the amount
set by the county Allocation
Board was voted Monday evening
at the annual school meeting foi
the- Clare - Isabella Fractional
District. The meeting was held in
the Clare school auditorium and
only sixteen persons attended.
Two members of the-board, Br.
C.   B.  Neff - and   Richard   Graves'
were  re-elected   to   fill   vacancies
caused by, the expiration of their
terms,
,The "additional fraction of a mill
tax was asked for by the school
board to reach the minimum levy
necessary to qualify for Michigan's state aid program. Millage
set by the1 county allocation board
was slightly short of the necessary
amount.
Year's Permits
For Building
Top $289,000.
Between July 1, 1954 .and June
30, 1956, the City of Clare authorized 41 building permits, to a total
valuation of slightly over a quarter
million dollars.
Twenty of these permits were
for homes, that added up to $176,-
900. "'       •
Seven of them were for commercial buildings, at a total of
$89,000, eight for garages, at
$5,450, and six for alterations and
repairs, totaling $17,700.
The whole thing adds up to
$289,050 worth of growing for
Clare in the past year.
From Mrs. Rhodes Ing-ertoa,
Center, Texas: I remember when
1 used to try to explain to my
children about the carpets which
we^e woven on a pig hand loom
when I was a child., I might as wall
haye spoken to them in a foreign
language, as" they couldn't understand how anyone Would be inters
ested in weaving a carpet, but I'm
sure there are rnany old-timers
who remember this almost forgotten art
My grandmother- puij"t one big
room especially fpr the hand loom
which was so huge, with its old-
fashioned carpet-warp harness and
four tall.posts it almost filled the
room. At one end of the room f-ras
a big open fireplace. "We sat for
hours on cold days and tore rag«
just the right width to fit the loom
and when grandmother was positive we had enough balls of torn
fags to weave a carpet, the big
moment came. We took turns at
weaving. Until your turn came,
you had to wind the torn rags on
the bobbins, anxiously waiting until
you could crawl up on a bench and
start treadling, throwing your
shuttle and beating the big beam
to.tauten the filling. The constant
clatter of the shuttles and bang of
the beam was deafening and it
was pleasing to stop ever so often
and ' observe the twill you. were
Weaving.
Certainly one could nof; weave a
carpet in a day; it took weeks.
Yet we enjoyed -every minute.
Grandmother's cook prepared "our
meals around the open fireplace—
biscuits baked in the Dutch oven,
ribs roasting on a spit, potatoes
1 baked in the hot ashes, etc.
j Wouldn't it be fun for those of
us who have happy memories to
drag  out  an  old  handloom  and
Doug Young
Honored At
Camp Rotary
Douglas Young, troop 125 of the
Clare Boy Scouts, was awarded an
Honor Camper Award at Camp
Rotary this week for outstanding
leadership ability, scouting spirit
aad acoutcraft skills.
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One hundred sixty-two Boy
Scouts are at Camp Rotary for
July 10-16. The program Is changed each week.    ,
Still attending from Clare are
Doug Young, Merle Samborn, and
Edward Gackley. The latter is
from troop 129.
Reunion At Mt. Pleasant
For CHS Glass Of'50
Highlanders
Take 1st In
Gun Match
Lake Rod and Gun Club was host
on Sunday, July 10, to the third
inter-club trap shooting match
between Clare County Sportsiuans
Clubs. Clare Rod and Gun Club,
Lake George Rod and Gun Club,
and Highland Gun Club took part
j in the four-Way match.
Highland Gun Club again finished high with 120 broken targets.
Lake Rod and Gun Club and Clare
Rod and Gun Club were tied for
second place with 85  broken targets each, while Lake George was
third with 83 broken targets,
j.   Al   Nystrom   of   Highland   Gun
iClub  had  high  gun  for  the  day
1 with 24 Out of a possible 25 targets.
The next intei'-club shoot will be
held   at  the   Highland  Gun   Club
grounds on Sunday, July 24th.
Jail Pelcher
For Violation
Of Court Order
Raymond Pelcher, 41, of rural
Clare, was picked up by Clare
Police July 8 after he violated a
court order that he should hot
come into the. city of Clar6 under
penalty of 15 days in jail.    .-
Pelcher was also charged with
drunk and disorderly conduct when
he appeared in Municipal Court
before Judge "William B. Dunlop,
July 11.
Pelcher was sentenced to 15
days at the Ciare county jail in
Harrison*
The Class of 1950 of ClarfLHifjh
School, held its reunion Sunday,
July 10. Members and their- families met at the home*of Mr. and
Mrs. Ervin Traines (Bunnie
Brown), in Mt. Pleasant,, and
from there went in a group to
School Section Lake, for '■' their
picnic dinner and weiner roast.
A short business meeting was
conducted, and the group voted to.j
meet again in 1958. The committee
in charge of the day's planning,
Mrs, Alma Lee Seiter Owens, Mrs.
Barbara Hearns Krell, and Mrs.
Traines, were commended for
their fine efforts, and retained for
the next get-together.
Games, foot races, and swimming was the entertainment *of
the afternoon.
Speaker From
Wheaton At
Baptist Church
Daniel Moore, Wheaton College
graduate and former camp director will be the speaker at the
Clare Baptist Church, Sunday
morning at 11:00.
Mr. Moore is athletic director
and.head basketball coach at Way-
land High School. With his "Wife
they will be guests of "~* their
friends, Coach and Mrs. Robert
Baker, while in the city.
"Rev. .Charles Banfield,. of Mt
Pleasant will bring the evening
message at ,7:45. He will also open
a daily vacation bible school here
on Monday morning. All boys and
girls are welcome.
More Bowling
Results In
Clarice Bellows, captain of the
Nesbitt 'bowling team has received
a check for $45 won by her team in
the Jackson bowling tournaments.
The Nesbitt team placed 70th,
just two positions behind the Marble Auto Collision team, with a
score oi 2772. Team members are
Donna Bailey, Aletha Jackson, Eva
Bolin, Ncta Wisler and Clarice
BelloWs*-None had ever attended
a state tournament before, except
Eva Bolin.
Bety Gallagher, accompanied
the team  as sponsor and substi-
Many of the members attending
are residents of this vicinity and
surrounding communities,
Women Golfers
In Final
Play-Off
Eighteen Clare women met at
the Country Club Wednesday, July
6, to play for high and low net
scores, using the Galloway System
of Handicap.
Low score went to Mrs. Mona
Wilkinson, and the high scores to
Mrs. Blanche Wright and Mrs
Mae Baumgarth.
The , regular monthly business
meeting was held during the
luncheon hour. The group were
pleased to have as luncheon
guests, Mrs. Marie Hoersch of
East Lansing, and Mrs. Rae Ryan.
The handicap tournament is
now in the final play-offs, with
Mrs, Ruby Garfield and Mrs.
Lucille Haley in competition. Mrs.
Garfield defeated Mrs. Jo Anderson and Mrs, Ann Olson, while
Mrs. Haley defeated Mrs. Blanche
Wright, and Mrs. Bea Rosier.
Did You Stop
In Clare? Asks
Highway Dept.
An auto traffic count was recently completed in Clare with
survey data collected concerning
the number of vehicles 'passing
through the city on US-10 and
US-.27, The project was a brief one,
being finished in just a half-day.
Checkers at stations just outside Clare's city limits north and
south on US-27 and East and west
on US-10 asked drivers for infor;
matlon whether they paused or
stopped in Clare, and for how long.
Guesses were that the Highway
Department might be collecting
information on the value of Clare
as a tourist, or traveller's poiut
for stopping to shop, eat or accomplish, other errands.
Results of the survey and conclusions of the State Highway De-
tuteVThe money will he used for j partment are not known -here as
the* team's annual three day; trip,  yet,
Hit By Gar
Murphy Boy
Hurled 50 Feet
Three-year-old "James Murphy*
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Murphy, Sr., of Clare,/'was thrown
fifty feet when he was hit by a cat
at Lake George, Sunday, but suffered only bruises.
The child was struck when he
ran into the road in front of a car
driven by an Eaton Rapids man,
His parents rushed himto Glare
General Hospital, where it was
found that no bones were broken.
He remained in the hospital until
Monday.
The accident nappened about
1:30 Sunday afternoon. The speed
of the car was estimated at
between 35 and 40 m.p.h. The driver was not held.
Downtown
Boxes For
Parking Fines
Unwary motorists Who are given parking tickets can pay them
downtown now instead of at the
police station.
Clare polLc are issuing different tickets now that have an envelope atached. Boxes to ^receive
the envelopes have been installed
at the intersection of Fourth and-
•McEwan to receive the envelopes.
Now when a driver gets a ticket
he can just put the money in, and
put it in the bo.x.
The time limit has -been changed top. r*fow tickets paid inside oi
24 hours -will only cost a quarter.
Over that is the usual dollar.
Police collect the tickets each
day.
Drivers Told
Rules For
Safety On Road
Summer months invariably witness a peak in traffic fatalities.
Most of this rise is in Tural, non-
pedeBtrian deaths — the deaths of
motor-vehicle' drivers and passengers on the open highway. This
ghastly seasonal trend -can be reversed only by the personal efforts
of every vacationist who takes to
the open road.
By Way of assistance, Gladys M.
Wright, president of the Michigan
Trucking Association, offers these
rules for a safe highway vacation:
1. Have your car checked to be
sure it is in condition for the trip.
Be sure you have the necessary
equipment for. changing tires. Ifs
a good idea to have flares* or
.fuses in the car in the event of a
breakdown. If you have to stop,
get off the traveled portion Of the
road if at all possible.
2. To avoid dangerous fatigue,
don't spend long hours behind the
wheel. Allow time for occasional
rest stops. Get a good night's sleep
each night. Don't mix driving and
sightseeing. If you want to see the
scenery, stop in a safe place and
really enjoy it. Don't become part
of it. If yen must cover long distances, get an early start and stop
early.
3- Get acquainted with the traffic laws of the states througn
which you expect to travel. The
most Important regulations to
abide by are speed limits, no-passing zone regulations, and school-
bus stop laws, which are generally
posted on roadside signs. Be a
Welcome traveler. Respect the
right to peace of mind of local
residents. Slow down in built-up
areas. Stay in line in heavy
traffic.
4. Drive with caution on unfamiliar roads. Don't let the open
road lull you into a false sense ot
security. ISeep alert. Stay in your
lane. In forested areas or in open
range, watch for janimals on the
road. In mountainous country-,
don't crowd the center of the road*
Reduce your speed at the top of
a long grade and use your brakes
only to keep your speed down.
Don't hold them oh for long
distances.
5. Pack your car safely. Put
everything in the trunk, if possible. Make sure luggage and vaca-"
tion gear do not obscure your
vision. Pack things where they
can't- blow around and where they
won't be trown onto the dl'iver 0*
passengers in the event of a sudden stop. '    ■ ■    ,
On Inside Pages
Harrison News- 2
City Briefs 3
Social News 1
Lake News 8
TV Guide 8
Markets 8
Sports Gorner 9
Farm News 10
Beaverton News 12
Church News 12
Rosebush News 18
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