1956-05-17; Clare Sentinel

              THE GLARE SENTINEL
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Established 1878
$2.50 Year in Clare. Isabella CouhiiM
CLARE, MICHIGAN.
THURSDAY   MAY 17. 1956
New Series. Vol. 64, No. 35
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Mrs. Bonnie Bauder
In Critical Condition
After Train-Auto Crash
Mrs. Bonnie Bauder, 36, ot Clar?,
was critically injured. Tuesday,
night at about 10:30 v. hen she
drove an automobile into tho path
of a C & O train at the Maple
street crossing in'the city.
Mrs. Bauder who was driving
alone, was thrown out of the car,
and the train dragged the -wreckage
nearly two blocks.
She was picked up uuconqioUs,
and was rushed to Clare Hospital.
Dr. B. J. Gershon said her chest
Was badly crushed, aud pronounced
her condition critical,
Late "Wednesday, the hospital reported that she bad shown some
improvement at about noon, 'that
day, and regained cOnoiousness-,
She was moved to Ann Arbor by
Stephenson ambulance Wednesday
afternoon, accompanied by the doctor. .•
Mrs. Bauder was driving .north
on Maple Street, approaching" the
crossing at very slow speed, according to Clare police .officer Jim'
Davis, an eye witness. Apparently
she failed to see the train,'and
drove on the tracks in front of.it,
and was hit broadside, Davis said.
The impact spun the car completely across the tracks, where'it
was hooked by the train and drag-,
ged some distance. ■
A member of a local championship bowling team, Mrs. BaUder
was on her way home from the
Tuesday bowling league's annual
banquet when the accident occutr-
ed.    •.
She is employed at Clare Manufacturing company as a tabulating
operator in the production department, and has been with that company since' August 1952.
She is the mother of two young
children, Jack, 13, and Bonnie Bay,
James Bicknell
In Race For
Co. Prosecutor
Au announcement that- ho is a
•candidate for tlie >!iofcvl__i4'9tt fdt
Prosecutor for Clare County. %_Tg
made this week* by James S. Bic_?
nell, III, Clare attorney. /Eetlti.n-
for Mr. Bicknell are being circulated he said Wednesday.   -     .
With a law office ia Clare for a
year, Mr. Bicknell has practised in
central Michigan and is becoming
well konwn in legal circle?. lEjiis
residence is in Grant townshp.,
He obtained his degree from' the
Detroit College of Daw, and previous to that time he had attended
Clare Public Schools. Before be*gin--
ning legal practice, Mr. Bicknell
was a Federal Reserve Bank examiner of banks in Michigan.
Baptist Rally
Rev. Prank Brower of Kalkaska,
will be the speaker at the CeAtrsll
Michigan Baptist Youth Rally this
Monday evening May 21 at 7:30
p.m. at Dover church.
Mf. and Mrs. Brower will offer
several musical numbers including
accordian, cluster bells, sleigh bells,
cow bells, and vocal duets
Mrs. Brower wil present a chatik
drawing using "black lights". The
public is urged to come and enjoy
this rally.
6, both pupils ih Clare school. Her
brother, Jack Spencer is reported
enroute to Michigan from California.
. Clare Police investigating the
wreck did not know whether Mrs.
Bauder was alone in the car, and
spent ■ over an hour searching for
other possible victims. Clare Fire
Department equipment was used to
help light the search.
Forty five minutes were required
by Clute's wrecker to pull the
wreckage away from the train before It could continue. The car, a
new Buick was a total wreck.
3 Campaign
For Student
Council Prexy
By Marilyn McQuiston
Of the Pioneer Staff
Friday, May 18, elections for-student council president and votes
on an amendment to the constitution will be under way at Clare
High School.
Anyone.who vptes for president
must be registered. Boys who are
campaigning for this position are
Jim Nivison, Dick'Beery and Bbb
Tubbs.
The proposed amendment changes the manner of electlhg cheerleaders and increases the number!
of cheerleaders, NOn-registered
people may vote on this proposition,
___mtpllment Of Four e
SWMents Held Up Wlie^
Bfcown Annexation &ils
, A disappointing setback tp proponents, of school -district reorganization was suffered in Tuesday's school election at the Brown
When annexation was defeated by a
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stevens
were thrilled to see their seven-
year-old grandson on TV last
Thursday. A pupil at a Pacific
Palisades, California sohool,
the grandson was on the Art
Unkl ett$r show. Grandpa
Ralph -aid the lad turned out
to bo an accomplished ad
Vihper.
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* Three Ipij'al ladies, Mrs. Neilan
Cradit, MrB. .Russell Foell, and Mrs.
AHanMcKee, are taking the school
cehSUs, and the job is to be done by
May 31. They'd appreciate any cooperation they get.
There  was no  fire   Monday
. n'ght, even though the whistle
blew. The  siren  was sounded
'accidentally when  a defective
•switch set off the alarm. The
switch, had   not  been   ih   Use
since the old call  box system
was abandoned,  and  has  now
(as of Monday evening)  been
permanently removed. Firemen
Were out on a hose testing run
earlier that night.
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Jeweler Howard Everts has come
by a halMollar coin, minted in
19_5, 'inscribed on one side, "Memorial To The Valor Of The Soldier
Of The South" and on the other
"Stone Mountain". On the one side
is ■ the familiar American eagle,
but on the other, two horsemen are
engraved instead of the usual figure
of Liberty. Everts is wondering
what the odd coin is worth, besides
fifty cents.
The "Prom" Is Always
Moments To Remember
By Joyce Wilson
Of the Pioneer Staff
The annual Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom,, given in honor ol
the Clare High seniors of '56 by the
juniors, will be held Friday, May
18, at the Hotel Doherty.
"Moments to Remember" is the
theme ot the affair with,the ban-'
quet starting at 7:00 and the prom
at 9:00.
The banquet rootfi Will fee" decorated in the senior class colors,
crimson and gray. Their class f 10W-
er, the crimson rose, will be the
centerpiece  of each table    •
Dance music will be furnished
by the Three'Dukes from Flint. A
floor sho\V will also be given
which will include Jimmy. Norcutt
and liis baritone, Joanne Wilcox's
tap dancers from Clare- and Mt.
Pleasant, and Kay Tice singing her
hit of last year's prom "Young- and
Foolish."
To guarantee the success of the
.prom are the following committees: Decorations .and Entertainment: the chairmen are Lydabelle
Bicknell and Lois' jBruner, assisted
by Judy Johnson, Nancy Neff,
Dave Moffitt, Bob Tubbs, Wyman
Smith, and Jim Rodabaugh.
For Invitations and Nameca.ds
the chairmen are Jean Bowler and
Kay Ritter, assisted by Ruthann
Dunkie, Joyce Miller, Sandy Bergstrom, Sharon Gaspeny und Carol
Kleinhardt,
On the Ticket committee .are
Martha Lucy, chairman; Carolyn
VanHoose, Wayne Miller and Roy
Bcltnick,
No School
While Parents
Visit Teachers
There will be no school for Kin-
dergaftnefs at Clare Public School
today, May 17, due to scheduling of
parent-teacher conferences. _
Next week, May 24 there will be
no school for the kindergarten
through fourth grades in order .u
allow time for, the conferences,
and on May 31, there will be no
school for the first through fourth
grades.
Parents are urged to be present
for these conferences at the time
appointed,- in order to make the
closely planned schedule work out,
according to Elementary Principal
Allan Tulk.
These conferences replace report
cards for the early grades, and
parents are reminded of the importance of. a first-lxand check on
their children's progress in school.
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Harrison News  **
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Rosebush News
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City Briefs
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.Ftirweil News
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Society News
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Sports News
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Church News
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Farm News
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Lake News
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Want Ads - Notices
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Comics
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close vote",- The proposition VyptfSiJ;
on was to, annei- -the.;district- to-'■
Clare schools."        v . _ *.*'.    '.-..'■■•■'. ■•
The district is Hatton' ToW_6hip,
2' .Fractional. "Tl*. Tty-two: tlKillpts
were evenly divided,l-:4*n f_v;6_ of.
annexation, and 1_ again. t.TJi'^prb-
position to assuhi^. aj pijaporilon'ftt.e;
share of-the remaining lefct was ho-
feated 16 to 15 with *o£e blan^baj-
lot, and the millag© _nc_ea_ei"'w___'
down 18 to 14. The Bro-wn district
had been counted ■ hi a colyirfri. ,of
those which were favorable io-the
annexation plan.   . .   ;   .  .■
An announcement by .Clafe Superintendent Richard 'Wheeler Oh
Wednesday afternoon leaves 'rid
doubt that failure of the annexation
vote at Brown will bar,, eighth£ra.e
graduates from "that 'school from
entering classes at Claire he_t year.
Mr. Wheeler Baid that .four"students, Larry ' Kleinhardt, ; Impulse
Robinson, James.Trietoh, and Sharon Young tentatively enrolled ffotn
the Brown in Clare's ninth grade
will not be permitted to attehd
classes.- ".«    ,  ,     ■.'
A new election, ip thfe 'district
holds one, can be called no* sooner
thi*,n .Ylhety davs t.in the; _4ay 15:
voting-., this we&U,:-**\
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Tb tJonfirtrtffi
At St. John's
Lutheran
" Seventeen persona will be. receiv'-'
ed into communicant membership
at St. John's Lutheran Church c-h
Sunday, May 20, through the Rite
of Confirmation..- "...
An Adult Membership Class hi
four includes Mrs, William Hintz,
Miss Janis Hintz, Miss Doiina Mae
McBride, and Miss Marlene McBride.
The members of the Junior Confirmation Class, whp will speak
theii* vows of faithfulness at the
altar, are Emily Draves, Marlene
Haddox, Marvin l_r.ll, Anita Lets,
Carl Leis, John Marotzke, Judith
Marotzke, LaVale Mielke, Linda
Oliver, Ruth Janet Schroeder, Mary
Louise Walter, Robert Walter, and
David Wyman.
In this Pentecost Day Service, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Robert
Voss will address the confirmation
classes, using as the theme of "his
sermon, based on Genesis 16:8:
"Where Will You GO Now?" The
Junior Confirmation Class will sing
as its confirmation hymn, "Blessed
Savior, Who Hast Taught Me".
Census Taker
Will Come To
Your Door
Don't ignore the doorbell when
it rings these days, the school census takers are at wbrk, and there
is a May 31 deadline on the job.
Mrs. Russell Foell, Mrs. Neilan
Cradit, and Mrs. Allan McKee
point out that-they aren't selling
anything, or asking for money.
They're collecting necessary information about Clare school children. *   • •
If a householder doesn't come to;
the door on their first trip, they
must return again, until they-gel
the answers they need to the questions they must ask.   *
.So answer the door, at least un->
til the census takers have been
around.
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West Grant School
Election Tonight
The West Grant School election
will be held Thursday May 17 at
the school, ,!and -.oters in that
school district will make their decision on annexation with the re*
organized Clare school district..   •
Voting will begin at 8 p.rtrt Only
ftart of the district will.be voting
as a portion of the property there
has been set over1 to the Farwell
school district.
Band Booster
Ctub Elects
Officers
At a meeting .of the Band Boosters club* Monday evening, it • was
suggested that the executive board
of the group, .appoint a telephone
committee- ,tp notify parents of
meetings and promote better attendance.
' It was ,also suggested that tlie
Booster Club plan a party for the
junior and beginners bands. Senior .band mothers will serve re:
freshments to players in the band
room at the school, following the
concert
Officers elected for the cOmibg
year are" Fer.d WieferiChi, serving
his second term as president; Mrs.
Floyd Norcutt, vice president; Mrs,
James Perrine, secretary and pub-
licity';. and'Mrs, Kuno Hammer*
berg, treasurer.
. Included in financial reports the
group .heard,was .that.ten tfuntj. Kt
mutes''baft been purchased:. *f*'<>J-
|owjng".'_paying expenses for "'the
Senior 'banai"ban_ue'ti.a c'ash,,bal?
i&'nce* was; .left, on band^ A cake-
WJjlfe'is piann^d fpr Friday, .June
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' '**Che .executive * bo_td was. • ijV*
sttfuqted to' take care bf: any busir;
rves's of the Booster Club that may
arise during the summer. The full
club will begin meetings, again in
the'fall..'■■;.'-:.'.   """' '-■■■ '■
\%riety;0f
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Both motorists InvolveoT in a traffic accident on *t**S»10 in Clare May
11-were ticketed by Clare Police fcr
tr af£ic"cffenses.      ' ..
* PPllce said that Denald A. Cpvert
of Flint, waa driving West on US-10
at. a high rate bf speed, and could
not,stop fpr Charles Ford, 70^ of
Glafe",'who was'niakinp a lefthand
lurn.-     ■     .
Covert was.ticketed for speeding,
and "Ford for failure to yield right
of* way.' •.•".  ■   -    . ■
The satae, day, Glare Police arrested John- Wyman, of Midland,
on a ch_r,g'e of driving' while ui*4e]r
tae (influence .of ale .hoi. ,•      ,   ,-.,
"■•'j-olice $topj>.'d Wyman oh fiastr
SHfthtStreet-when theynoticed him
driving erratically, *
E4"fJn. Sniith, of- Midlatid, appeared In muniiclpai court on,May
lj oh a charge of, driving uhder the
ihfl_.ence of alcohol. He was-assessed '$-4 ih fihe'*a'hd cb_ts apd sur->
tendered, his license tothe- coiirt.
'. oVen Di. Coffpl, Of Farweli, plead
guilty to a charge of- drtmk and
disorderly donduct, and paid $12.in
finfi. and costs.
'< "'""Che men were arrested by Clare
Police on-May 10. •
Ob. May 14,' Harcld "Mallpry was
arrested fof driving under the influence of alcohol. He *as assessed
$54 In municipal court and sur-
ijehdered his driver's license to the
cOhrt.   .. • :
Ciahde Willittms, of Clare, plead
not. guilty-: May,16 to a Charge ot
dttylhg under tHeinfluehce of alcohol, 'ahd *was released On $200 bond.
Williams' trial has been set for
May 23.
Homer JacksOn, of Clare, w*as arrested on May 15 on downtown
Fifth Street, on the same charge.
He plead not guilty, and his trial
is set for May 21. He was released
on $200 bond.
Hold Area
Deninothers
Workshop
On May 10, a Denmothers Work-
Shop was held at the Kinney
School Gymnasium in Mt Pleasant. Miss Mary V. Lombard, Den-
nison Manufacturing Company
Crafts Consultant, instructed a
group of Denmothers in crepe paper handicraft. Each lady made a
crepe paper coaster, pot holder
and Den scrap book.
In attendance were eleven Denmothers from Gratiot county, ten
from Clare county and one from
Isabella county.
Another workshop will bo scheduled for this fall if enough interest
is shown.
Dotsey Mussell
Promoted
At Dow Plant
Dorsey R. Mussel! of,. Clare has
been named to the recently created
post of technical assistant to the
director of the Agricultural Chemical Research laboratory at Dow
Chemical' coihpany;
In this position, he will serve _s
liaison with the Patent department
and also with company chemists to
facilitate movement of compounds
to the laboratory's expanded com.
pound,screening program. He will
also bq concerned with other technical administrative -duties, T. It.
Norton, laboratory director, imports.
New Teachers
Engaged*
Clare School
The faculty at Clare Public
Schools (wi}l be increased by two
■members for the school year .19.56-
57, and some new names will ap-*
pear as replacements and new
teachers are returning their signed
contracts. Superintendent Richard
Wheeler announced the names of
five teachers who have been hired
since the beginning of school last
year, three pf whom will start next
fall" as newcomers in the Clare
school system.
Two teaching positions yet to be
filled Include one in Junior High
in the Social Studes classes an'
one. in High School Art.
< Joseph Svec will teach classes in
Junior 'High, gi'ades beginning, next
fall. .Mr, sVec* comes to Clare, with
pre*trtous teaching experience in the
Traverse City area. ■   •        •.
.Mts. Edith McCprkle *w_o is a
graduate, of* Central Slichigan Gbl*'
lege with this Spring's class will be
another new teacher in Junior High
next School year.      "   • , .
/Justin fVIorgaji becomes Cl&re
High's head basketball" jand baseball
coach when the schobi bell .rings
next-fall, replacing Robert Baker,
He will also assist with JV foot-
'ball coaching. .Mr*. Morgan has
taught and coached at Onaway aid
Elberta in .Michigan. ,'•
."."Mrs; Elsie Dplaniai*ter wilL return
to.tpachirig in Glare.as*a mentber
of the eariy. eleinenjtary staff.' 'A
former teacher here, Mrs'. Deiamar-
ter signed a contract for nex,t year
after a time as" Bubstitdt. teacher,
-fra.** Stella Marks who jOined. the
Junior High staff in January has'
accepted a contract as a permanent teacher next year, Wayne Patterson moves from Junior High to
High School teaching.
Replaced are: Robert Gravelle,
Who has .accepted a position as
high school principal in tha Glad-
Wla_chool, and Mrs. Gravelle, Miss
Marjalee Dull who will teach in
Farwell next year, and Robert
Baker. ... :
Mrs, aenivive Fleming hag received an appointment as Director,
of Adult Education; and will continue next year in the office of the
Superintendent in her present capacity, but with a new'title of Administrative • Assistant to The Su-
pierint_ndent. '
Child Clinic Money and
Site Ready; Submit Plans
For Health Department OK
Comedy For
P-TA Audience
By Meg Seiter
of the pioneer Staff
A one-act cpmedy, "Joint Owners
in Spain" by Alice Brown, will be
presented in the Clare High School
Auditorium at PTA May 21'. The
play, which is under th^> direction
of Mrs. Louisa Bowien" tells the
story" of how Miss Dy6r and.Mrfc,
Blair, co-inmates of a. room in the
old ladies' home, settle their difficulties. Members'pf the cast a>*e
Darylene Schunk as Mrs. Blair,
Glenda' Rutter "as MrS." Mitchell,
Sharon Zimmerman as" Mrs. -filler-
ton and Pat Rulapaugh, as* Miss
Dyer. Rosemary Garchow is student dlfectbr., . " * '
CD Man
To Speak At
liailfisiMi    "
;,William Powell, field-representa-
tiv.e for the Michigan Office of 'Civil Defense, will be present at an
organizational -meeting of the
Clare County Civil Defense workers' at Harrison on Tliursday, May
17, at 7 pan.' ,   ..
Powell will assist-coUnty Civil
Defense people '*in organizing a
working team to*standby in any
emergency .or disaster that irtight
strike Clare county, or surrounding areas. He will also answer any
questions that come up on Civil
Defense. • J
School, city and county administrators, and law enforcement
people in the county will all be
invited, and the public is urged to
attend, according to Floyd C.
WertX, Harrison director of Civil
Defense.        ,. •        s ,.. _,-.     '  •
N^rd Robinette and Don Bay
teamed together last Friday, May
11, -at Mt. Pleasant with eight
medals between themtp give Clare
third place in the regionals. Nard
set two new Clare High SchoOl records by high jumping 5'i) %" breaking the old record 'of 6*8" set by
him earlier this year, jfad' by running the low hurdles- in 21.5, breaking Larry -Setter's record .of 212.3
which was set earlier this year.
Clare's Medley Relay team con-
sistinjg of Don Hanel, Larry Seiter;
Jini Nivison, and Don Bay set a
new Clare High School record of
2:42.8 breaking the old record t>f
2:45.2.
How Clare Placed in the Finals
Broad, jump .— 4th, Don Bay 19*
i.W-', Pole Vault — tied for 3rd,
Don Bay and 5th Pat Crawfqrd 9'
6"; 120 yd. High Hurdles — 4th,
Nard Robinette; Medley Relay —
5Jh, 2:42. S (new Clare High School
records); 220 yd. dash — '2nd,
Chuck Ruby 23.5; 180 yd. Low
Hurdles —- 4th, Nard Robinette
21.8; High Jump — 1st, Nard Robinette 5'9%" (new Clare High
School record); 880 Relay — 4th.
Final Results by Schools
Lansing Everett
69%
Ithaca
28%
Clare
22%
Shepherd
1S%
Holt
17
Breckenridge
10 -
Perrinton
9
Stanton
8
Boy's Vocational
5
Houghton Lake
5
"Marion
4
Merrill
3
Lakeview
3
Farwell             '
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Study Books
Of Michigan
To understand Michigan's place
in 'American literature, all, 'the
English eleven classes," under the
iirection of Mrs. Myrtie Bowerman
are making a brochure oh Michigan books, which includes descriptive paragraphs, on Michigan, pictures illustrating them, and> maps
of Michigan with important details,
Mrs. Ivah Bartow, Clare Public
School Librarian,"had ordered about
fifty books in anticipation of Michigan Week. Both fiction -and non-
fiction range froni very easy reading to mot-e difficult- study.   .    .
-One brochure will be placed in
the library, and the other two will
be kept for further use .in the
Elnglish room.  •»
The literary map of. Michigan was
started by the 1955 classes and has
been brought up-to-date during this
s'tudy.
Junior B^tid
To Take Stage
For Concert
The second' annual Claire , High
School junior .;lp_nd coh. ert* will
feature, march and novelty muSichl
numbers when junior and el-meii-
tary band members tune up
Thursday evening, May 24.
Tlie concert will be in the high
school audiitoriun. at 8 p.m. that
evening, under the direction of
Lloyd Conley.
The elementary band will perform alone in six numbers, followed by the junior band, with
seven numbers, and then the two
groups will be massed for another
six numbers. ■ *
A special selection by the junior
band will be Jack and The Beanstalk, with Vernette Dunkie narrating the story,
There are thirty-seven members
in the junior band, and twenty-
four in the elementary group.
Tickets for the concert are available now1 from members.
Tuesday League
WomeixBowlers'
Awards Given
The Clare Alley's Tuesday Night
Ladies' Boiling League had its annual awards presentation banquet
at the ' Hotel Doherty Tuesday
evening. Sixty-eight bowlers and
guests were present.
Farwell Barber and Beauty
Shop's team was presented with
the League Champion award. Members were Pat Barbes, Mildred Le-
Tourneau, Arlene Brasington, Fran
Kempher, and Bonnio Bauder.
Other awards presented went to
Rose Neff and Fran Shelander for
high average, at 158, Frances Carncross,-high 'series, 552, and Heleh
McJames, high game, 211. Pins and
perfect attendance gifts were also
given.   ....
The Barnes- Bowling team entertained the, group .with an original
song, and the president of the Clare
W o me n * u Bowling Association
spoke to the group..Outgoing president Pat Barbes was toastmistreSs,
New officers elected are president Doris' Mitchell; vice-president
Marie Hendrie; secretary Fran Shelander; treasurer Jean Jabour, and
sergeant at arms Betty Murphy,
. Favorable action on the establishment of a Child Quidarcge
Clinic for central Michigan was definitely promised .this week,
by Dr. Aridrew V. Bedo- chairman of an action committee
which has brought the project along from early planning 'to
the present point where actual application for the" clinic has
been made to the State Department Of Mental Health.
Speaking at the Ciare Rotary club Wednesday nexm, Dr.
Bedo said that approval of the Central-Michigan Child Guidance clinic plan probably woiild be accepted by the Department without hesitation, since the $10,000 initial support
money has already been raised in the six county area tobe
serviced by the clinic. ,'■,';
't ■" \ .By ISugene Campbell
t Of "the Pioneer; Staff
; 7The • Clare Pioneers- behind the
fine pitching, of Ja'cjt Rawson, who
allowed only three "bits. and one
earned run, while . striking out
eleven,' beat the Shepherd Blue-
Jays "last Monday, May 14, by a
score of 4-3 at Clare. ' '
"Jack also was the mainstay"'at
bat,* a's he collected two hits scoring- one run and knocking in two
others. Bob Sharp also collected
two hits' while Nard Robinette,
who Sdored the Winning run, and
John Miller collected one'- _piece.
Clare. got revenge on the .Bluejays who 'beat them last week in
an extra inning 3-2. Shepherd already has the northern division -title,cinched as they hold two victories over- St, Louis and ofte over
Clare.
" The Clare Pioneer baseball team
tbok a disheartening ■ 1Q-2 beating
from'the Mt, Pleasant Oilers in a
game played Tuesday afternoon.
; The Clare teatn outhit the Oilers
nine.to eight,- but left'nine men on
base • .   ' ■■.-'*„-....
■-* JoKrt^Mll'er** ae^hM*.ated :ibth%
good .pitching for Clare/1 *but' the
Pioneers' hitting was not timely,
according to Coach. Bob Baker,
Chuck Ruby had two hits, for
Clare,    >
Clare's next game will be this
afternoon, in an invitational tournament , at Mt. Pleasant. North
Branch will be the Pioneer opponent, This- is the same tournament
that was to have been played last
week, but .was postponed -because
of rain.
New Folder
Tells About
"Wonderland"
' The East Michigan Tourist Association has announced that a
new two-color "Water Wonderland" folder, featuring many new
photographs of vacation areas in
East Michigan, is being distributed.
This attractive folder is used for
general distribution from the Log
Office, the Michigan Tourist. Council Information offices in Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago and at
the travel shows in Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago. It is also used
to answer inquiries where the
more elaborate "Playtime" guidebook would be impractical.
Frank Davis, E.M.T.A. Secretary-
Managei;, reported that Written inquiries requesting the "Playtime''
guidebook and Resort Map are
pouring into the Log Office in Bay
City at the rate of 2,000 each Week
as a result of the E.MT.A. Spring
advertising campaign.
Praise Cast
Of Operetta
The operetta, . "Golden Riyer",
which was presented last Monday
evening, May 14t ih the Clare High
School auditorium was considered
a great success. MrS. Louisa Bowler
and Miss Olive Evans commented
■that the play was very Well cast.
They also tljought the crowd was
very attentive. Both the characters
of the play and the audience contributed to a very pleasant evening.
Mrs. Nancy Jabara, the director,
stated, "I thought the whole thing
went off beautifully, considering the
confusion of the postponement".
She also wishes to thank everyone
connected with the production.
1MT14-V
WOrd has been received' here
this week that George Mc&rary,
86, of Wallaceburg, Ontario, Who
Once livbd at Dover community, is
dead Funeral services Were held
Wednesday at Wallaceburg. Mrs
Donald Brown is a granddaughter.
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Mrs. Louise Timm died at the
FSrWell Rest Home May 15. Funeral services will be held Friday at
2 p.m,t at .Stephenson's Funeral
Home in Clare.
Counties woriung together.'for
the clinic are Clafe, Gladwin. Gratiot, Isabella, Mecosta, ajtd Qscjepia,
A site.fqr the clinic, in. Mt. .Pleasant, ia already assured, Dr. Betlo
said.   ' . • ■ r     ' ■•      ":■'•••''• :
After giving' its approval.-.the
State Department of Mental Health
will hire and pay the "salaJ-iee ot
three professional mental'health
workers,-a psychiatrist, a clinical
psychologist,, and a psychiatric
social worker, who will be attached to the new clinic. •
Funds for the initial support fund
have come from 'church' civic and
farm groups, and from county
boards of supervisors, An additional $16,000 annually will be required
for continuing support,     "
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The Clare County board of supervisors- has allocated $1500 to the.
initial fund, but so far, no'steps
haye beea taken by them to.>provide funds for the continuing support. Percentage-wiSe, Clare county
is responsible for 9% ot the funds
needed to Bupport the hew, cUhio.
The clinic ,Dr. Bedo emphasized,
ig. primarily designed to give professional help to youngsters with
emotional problems, and .can not
be regarded in any Way as a juvenile insane aaylum,
Dr, Bedo went on to say th£t success. Ia the operation of the guidance cljnlc depends yery much.on
the attitude' bf parents toward It
; He added that sipce many of the
^problems,, youngsters, have- -styiin,
fre^'flji^
ful treatment will require cooperation and *' a construbtive attitude
from* parents.   *   ." '■• "".■'■■
A preliminary6 suryeytestiibJifed
the nuinber. of children In. C$_re
county schools *who would benefit
from.professional help at 231. The
survey,wa_ carried on by educators
in .tounty schools.
In the p_st, sir'ea youngsters heeding help with emotional • problems
had to be taken to Saginaw, or occasionally Traverse City. .
Since facilities at- both places
were already crowded^ a, Waiti-g
period of two or three years Was
often required before, a ybtmgSte.
could get help.     ' "
Educators in. the six coiiftty; area
took stock of the gravity of the
situation, ,a,hd started the presaht
movement, pi*. Bedo said.    ■."■""■'"
A series of meetings Stt and
among the counties were held to
enlist interest and support, and the
response has been excellent as demonstrated by the financial contributions that flowed in, according
to the chairman.
A • similar attempt to establish
facilities to help emotionally disturbed children had 'died out for
lack of interest when it was underway several years ago.
Among others serving oil the
action committee besides Dr. Bedo,
are co-chairman Tony Maran, principal, Fancher elementary school^
Mt. Pleasant; Clare county School
superintendent I^enord Schwanz,
who has* charge of intra-couhty coordination; and Dr. Kenneth Bor-
dine, director of teacher -education, Central Michigan College,, in
charge of education.'   '
Clare county members of the Action Committee, besides Mr. Schwanz, who is County general chair*
man, are Frank LaGoe, of Clare,
finance chairman; Mrs. Marian,
Roth, of Harrison, education chair*
man; Bmll Bucholz, Of Harrison>
publicity .{-.airman.
Dr. Bedo mentioned some of the
characteristics in a child that
schOqi personnel in the six county
area take note of, when recommending the youngster for professional treatment.
Children who are very untidy, excessively nervous or hostile, withdrawn, show signs of being- a vandal or truant, are excessively timid
or afraid, and the mentally retarded were listed.
• He also-suggested that if a ejtild
weeps too easily, stutters, tells lies
habitually, steals, fights more than
others, bullies younger children,
indicates 'Sexual problems, lauks
"bladder or bowel control, sucks his
thumb, or fails often in school
work, professional help may be
needed.
Dr. Bedo cautioned that a limited
amount of these symtoms will "be
displayed in normal children, tod
that parents and teachers should
try ordinary measures of discipline
or understanding before concluding
that the youngster needs clinical
aid.