1955-07-28; Clare Sentinel

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Water is easily the timeliest subject in Clare these 'day's,
Ajid about Thursday of next week, Glare's brand new
waiter well "Number Three" is&hedujed to start pumping
reasonably soft, rust-free water.
Between now and next week though' there will be a three
or four day period when the whole city will be depending
solely on watej. well Number Two as a supply of. water, and
thereon hangs an urgent caution to residents of the city.
Take it easy on the water, asks City Manager Willard
Wedge.
Bright and early Monday mbrning, the city is-all set to
take off the transformers that power water well number
one, and re-install them on the new Well.The job is expected'
to take three or four days.
'- That will leave the city absolutely dependent oh water
Well Number Two for water td wash the dishes, take a bath,
sprinkle the lawn, arid/if need be put'out fires.
The city is not advising Glare householders to fill all
available pots, pans and bottles with an emergency water
supply, prior to the transformer switching operations.
But homeowners are being asked to cut lawn sprinkling
to a minimum, so that should anything go wrong the pump
during the several crucial days next week, there would be
enough water in the'big supply tank in the park for the absolute essentials of drinking, bathing, and washing, and for
fire protection.
With the present heavy, hot weather drain on the water
supply, city employees estimate that the big tank in.the
parip would be emptied in less, than four hours, should the
pump on well Number Two quit working.
City Manager Wedge points out that present lavish and
in many cases, wasteful use of water on lawns during recent
hot weather, is only aggravating a potentially dangerous
situation*.     : ' .
Wedge suggests that if homeowners must sprinkle lawns
from the city water supply, that they be sure to use no more *
than is essential to the lawn, and especialy don't ignore a
sprinkler for hours on end/While the water drains down the
storm sewer, benefitting nothing.
Since Clare city water is. not metered, there is no way to
check where overly-.heavy water users are. So homeowners,
simply-for their own protection, should make an all-out ef-
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•fort to cut down water use, particularly lawn sprinkling.
If difficulties should come up at pump Number Two, and
fire 'should'break out in the city, under present conditions
Clare would be on hard times, water wise.
Cutting Clare's new water well Number Three into operation next week, will be the climax of nearly a year's planning and work, .
Late last summer-Wedge told Clare's city commission
that the city water supply was inadequate, in spite of the
fact that here were two wells to pump from.
Both wells involved problems, though. Well Number One,
located in the .city park, across from City Hall had been
pumping since. 1928,; and the screen was rapidly becoming
Useless although it had'; been replaced once already.
Well Number Two, located just south of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad track] on Maple street, was put down in
1949, and still pumps lots of water. .
But with an unfortunately high rust content, well Number Two has been a headache to Clare housewives, who object strongly' to the extremely rusty water for household
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When the, dim water supply picture was presented to the
city commission, the group voted to shut down Number
Two, and use Number One exclusively after putting in yet
another new screen, and making other repairs.
Their solution had to be submitted to the Michigan State
Health Department, for approval. The health department
turned down the city's request, giving the,reason that water.
Well Number One was too close to sources of impurity, such
as sewer lines.
Having been turned down by the State Health Depart***
ment, the city had a choice. Either a filter system could be
put on the rusty well, at a cost of about $30,000, by various
estimates, or a new well could be drilled, which was the"
much cheaper alternative. ,-,    ..
So the city commission authorized a new well. Now, after
months of calculating costs and specifications,and asking
for constructions bids, and again getting State Health Department approval, water well. Number Three will be ready
next week to start pushing high quality, relatively soft non-
rusty water into Clare homes.
SENTINEL
E*-iabll*h*d 1878
$2.50 Year in Clar», Isabella Counties
CLARE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY MORNING .JULY 28, 1955
Ten Cents Copy
New Series, Vol. 63, No. 45
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Tigers Win I wo,
On Top For 2nd
Part Of Season
The first half of the Little
League baseball season ended
with the game c*n July 14, and the
Lions, sponsored toy Clare Furniture Company and the Clare Sentinel topped the League for the
first half with seven wins, and
two losses. I
In  games  during the  week  of i
July 11-14 which finished the first
half, the Lions beat the Tigers on
Monday,   15-6.   On Tuesday,  July
12, the Cubs 'beat the Bears 7-4.
Wednesday  July  13,   the Bears
top batter of the season had four
hits for five times at bat.
Herb Fluharty,* Denny Tucker
and Danny Green were the winning battery. Mike Tice, Tom Cain
and Don Zinser had hits for the
Cubs,
For the week's last game, July
21, the Bears nosed out the Lions,
10-7 * and won a tie for second
place in the League standings.
Jim Norcutt pitching and John
Wicklund catching were the winning combination. Norcutt led the
Ray Murphy had two hits out of
three times at bat for the Lions.
rl^xllf ^'^t^J+w^l-Bfeal* hitters collecting three hits
tSSIz 'for three times at bat
Second place for the first half
of the summer's play went to the
Bears, sponsored by Scott Drilling
company and Citizen's State Bank
They had a record of six wins and
three losses.
the Cubs, of Olson Theatres and
Bicknell's with a four win five loss
tally held third place and the Tigers sponsored by Clare hardware,
and Bryant's Gulf Service were in
fourth place with otte win, eight
losses.
During the first week of play
last week, in the second half of
the season, ithe Tigers wero on top
With two wins, no losses.
On Monday, July 18, they walloped the Bears 13-5 with Danny
Green blazing the way at the
plate. Danny banged out four hits
for four times at bat and drove
in five runs.
Winning battery was Jerry Hendrie pitching and Danny Green,
catching for the Tigers.
In the  weeks  second  game
Polio Vaccine
Available
In County
THvS hundred more 6hots of
polio vaccine are available to
first and second graders in Clare
county now, according to Dr. Irwin Sweet, head bf the Tri-County -Health office in Gladwin.      »
The shots are a part of the total
600   allocated "to Clare,   Gladwin,
and Arenac   counties   last   week.
Jdiy lgr-the^onslooiTa one'sid^d I «»e 600 are out of the total 115.000
--•'-•■ *•       - assigned to Michigan last week by
the National Polio Foundation.
Dr. Sweet said that since it appears that several hundred more
shots Wil be allocated to (the three [
counties next week, a schedule of
clinics to give the shots will ibe
published next week.
For . first and second graders,
this will be the second round in a
series of shots that was begun *tn
May.
«,„ rs,*,,   -uro, „~   o„*+„>   «*   4v,»     Clare County Parents wishing to
Sli^K^   *^t *    »•: 'have .hots given to first or second
on
15-1 victory from the Cubs
Nine-year-old     Jerry     Russell
pitching a hot one hit game and
Jarl    Ruark   catching   were   the
winning battery.
Ruark  and  Ray  Murphy  each,
had two hits out of.four times at
bat for the Lions. Mike Tice claim
ed the one hit for the Cubs,  a
double.
Wednesday, July 20, the Tigers
grabbed their second   victory   of .
the week with a 19-7 score over |
Tigers who has been the League's
IOOF Camp
Dedicated
At Big Star
Sunday was a big day for the
Rebekahs and Oddfellows ofMichi-
gan. The dedication of the new
dining room and kitchen at the
I. O. O. F. and Rebekah Camp at
Big Star Lake was the fulfillment
of a goal of many years.
Mrs. Louiva Fox a past assembly
president and member of the Camp
Board, presided for the afternoons
program. Remarks were given by
the Grand Master and the Assembly President, District No. 20, of
which Clare is a member, was
commended highly for their spen-
did contribution and fine cooperation.
Those atending from, the Clare
lodges were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Irwin, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dorn,
Mr. and Mrs. William Schlafley
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Schlafley Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Seiter and family, Mrs. Eleanor
Lehr, rs. Eva Nowlen and son Hah
ry, and William Artcliff.
Some-of the latest entries in the
livestock class at the Clare County Fair are elephants. But they
won't be. vieing for blue ribbons,
they'll toe after the-plaudits of tre
grandstand crowd "where the pon-
erous pachyderms will be featured in the show.
The three Miller-Woodcock Elephants which perform under the
talented Colonel Bill Woodcock,
will not only be the heaviest act
on the bill,  but one of the most
talented and in the realm of the
circus world, they're blue ribbon
winners.
• Classed as one of the best trained trio of bulls in the business,
each of the Miller-Woodcock animals has a trunk full of tricks. In
unison .they all stand on their hind
legs, build pyramids and walk the
plank.
Each is also a performer in his
own right. The one does a comical
hula dance, another balances precariously on its trunk and fore
feet, and the third, a colorful performer, is the peck's bad boy of
ol the trio, getting .into trouble
and getting bis two partners into
trouble.
Clare county's fair, twice rained
almost out in recent years, "has
been scheduled earlier in the fall
season than formerly and will be
held at the fairgrounds at Harri-
son from August 16 through the 20. j
Navy Visit Here Reveals
American Ski Equipment
Vital For Antarctic Flight
Class Of 1940
Annual Reunion
The Clare High School graduating class of 1940 will hold its annual reunion next Sunday, July
31, at Clare Tourist Park, at 12
o'clock noon.
Small Damage
From Gasoline
Cong-regational
Pulpit To Have
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Guest Speaker
Reverend Hugh J. Kennedy, of
San Leandro, California, will toe
occupying the .pulpit at the* Con*
gregational Church, Sunday, July
31st. , Several members of the
Church have visited with Rev.
Kennedy and it is hoped- everyone
will -make an extra effort to -be
•present, '-.•"',.,
graders before the clinics are
scheduled may take the children
to the health office in Harrison,
Where the County Nurse will administer the vaccine. The shots
are ready now.      '
These 200 shots are only for first
and second graders, * Dr. Sweet
reminds, and have nothing to do
with the $2 million that the Michigan State legislature recently appropriated to buy vaccine for two
to nine year olds.
This state order can not be supplied by vaccine manufacturing
houses until the National Foundation's order for shots for first and.
second graders throughout the nation is filled, Dr. Sweet said.
Meanwhile the staff members
of Clare General Hospital entertained Dr. Sweet at their regular
monthly staff meeting at the
Doherty Hotel July 13 where he.
was the speaker. They heaid him
discuss "Polio Vaccine and Its
Relationship to Physicians Of
This and Neighboring Communities".
Dr. Sweet said that when the
Michigan State'order for shots is
filled, further free shots will also
be available at the Health Department Clinics.      .
The polio shots will toe available
to private practi-fcionetrs ab that
children can toe taken to their
family doctors for the vaccination
if parents choose.
The physician may charge for
his service, but' can make no
charge for the Serum since it is
free to, therri, paid tOt hy the state
of Michigan. '   •
The Tri-County Health office
will be the vaccine distribution
point for Clare, Gladwin', arid Arenac counties, Dr; Sweet said. From
there, the serum will be available
to private agencies,-
If parents choose to bring
youngsters, to the .county health
office at Harrison, ih Clare county, there Will be no charge Jo*** the
polio shots either .for the iervice
or tot .the s<^uxn,
Potatoes
Fall, Injure
OLL Man
Clair Downey of Coleman, was
taken to the Clare Genreal Hospital with possible internal injuries last week, after three 100
pound sacks of potatoes fell on
him.
He was knocked to the ground
and the full toags landed on his
stomach.   The   accident  occurred
at the potato house at Houghton
Lake.
Downey was released from the
hospital Friday, and is recuperating at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Downey at
Lake.
Women's Golf Event
Opened Here Monday
The Women's Central Michigan!    A   group .of  forty   golfers'  and
Harrison
Lutheran
Services
"The Fellowship of the Sacraments an'd the Christlike Life",
was the title of the sermon delivered to Our Savior Lutheran
Church members by Rev. (Raymond   Muller on Sunday, July 17.
Rev. Muller conducts services
twice a month.'
Our nej-t service will be at the
V.F.W. Hall in Harrison. Each
service }s an expression in hyrnm,
liturgy, prayer and sermon.
Watqh the "church bulletin in the
Sentinel -and the -new'sign "erectd*
on U.S. 27 in front of theV.F.W.
Hall for dates of future services.
their guests enjoyed the ; dinner
and an impromptu program, of vocal duets by Mrs. Pauline. Meriam.
and daughter Carole of.St. Johns,
Dancing followed the dinner.
In Wednesday's matches,- Mrs.
Haley played Mrs. Edington, Mrs.
Dickinson played Mrs. Rice, Mrs.
Fedewa played Mrs. Garfield and
Mrs. Wright played Miss'Edgar.
Last year's champion to this
event was a Mt. Pleasant woman.
Since Mt. Pleasant is not competing in this association this year,
there is no defending champion at
Golf toUrnarnent opened in Clare
Monday at the Country Club with
37 contestants qualifying into four
flights, Championship, First, Second and Third in the first round
of play.
Mrs. Albert Haley of Clare was
medalist Monday with a score of
87. Women from Alma, Ithaca, St.
Johns, Portland and Clare are
competing in the week long event.
The tourney is an annual affair
and the five towns take turns as
hosts. The women will play off to
■a single women's golf championship for Central Michigan. Final .
matches will toe Friday. Consola- thls weeks match in Clare,
tion trophies are also given.
In the first round of the Championship flight, played on Tuesday,
medalist Mrs. Albert Haley defeated Mrs. Blanck, of Alma. Mrs.
Edirtgton of Portland defeated
Connie Martin of Ithaca and Mrs.
Dickinson of 'St. John, defeated
Mrs. Meriam also of St. John.
Mrs. Rice of Portland defeated
Mrs. Anderson of Clare, Mrs. Fedewa of Portland defeated Mrs.
Bancroft of St. John, Mrs. Garfield of Clare defeated Mrs. Baumgarth of Clare, Mrs. Blanche
Wright of Clare defeated Mrs.
Alexander of Portland, and Miss
Zoah Edgar of Portland defeated
Mrs. Jenkins of Portland.
Tuesday nigrt the Clare Women
golfers entertained the tournament contestants at a banquet at
Twin Elms. •
Stan Sheredy, attendant at Fletcher's Cities Service gas station
on McEwan street received burns
about the legs Sunday afternoon,
when a customer lit a cigaret'and
discarded the match- as Sheredy
filled the gas tank of -a car.
Some spilled gas ignited in a
•small explosion, burning the hose
off the .gas pump and burning
Sheredy's legs where some gas
had splattered on his trousers.
Sheredy was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor burns.
The -customer's car was not damaged. ,
Farwell Man
Pays Fine Here
After Collision
Brown Corners
WM A Plans
Musicale
The womens Missionary Association of-the Brown Corners United
Brethren   Church   is   planning   a [when Marshall collided with him,
Musical program to be .given at police said,  causing an estimated
Foster. D. Marshall, 49, of Far-
well was ticketed by Clare Police
July 19 when he made   a   short \e&. "christian Missions'in a Revo-
80 Attend
W. S. C.S.
Meeting Here
The Clare W.S.C.S. was hostess
group to the Sub-district Seminar
Friday July 22 in the "Clare Methodist Church with about 'eighty
present from the sixteen societies
in the group.
Mrs. Carrie Capling of Gladwin
president of the Big Rapids District W.S.C.S. presided for the day
which opened with registration.
Mrs. Elsie Delamater of Clare,
district Spiritual. Life Chairman,
led the Worship service. She oc-
companied Mrs. Alma Lee OWens
who sang. "Somebody Bigger Than
You Or I".
The welcome was extended by
Mrs. Erma Cole, president of the
Clare W;S.C.S. Roll Cail was taken
and most of the societies were
well represented. The Study Books
chosen for this year were explain-
Rev. H. Smith
Returned Here
Rev. Harold Smith and family
have been returned to the Clare
Church of the Nazarene for another year.
They came here in March 1953
and during his stay here the membership of the church has increased, attendance is favorable.
Many imprqovements have been
made and the financial status is
improving and the congregation is
making plans for future expansion.
The American Ski Company of Clare, and the McConica
brothers who own and operate that manufacturing business
here are making a contribution of critical importance to the
success of the Fifth Byrd Expedition to the Antiarctic by
their development and production of snow skiis which will
equip the planes at the South Pole. And the probability is ,
that Dr. Tom H. McConica himself will accompany 'the ex/
ple-rers as a member of the United States Antarctic Expedi*-
tion when "Operation Deepfreeze" gets under way this fall.
Brought to local attention this week when a U. S, Navy
party of seven officers visited the American Ski plant here
and conducted a press conference for local newsmen at the
McKay Ranch Lodge at Loon Lake, these facts arouse more
than passing interest and much pride among home town
people and friends of the McConicas.
countered at the south Pole. TheSo
tests and the research on the ma-
■te.i'ial„ioo"c McConica to North American arctic regions from north.
.Qandada and northward to the regions of the north pole. He also
personally conducted tests in
Greenland.
These tests and research activi-
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WW1 Vets To
Meet Sunday
A meeting of WWI veterans
and Auxiliary is scheduled for
Sunday July 31 at 2:30 p.m. at the
V.F.W. hall.
A pot luck lunch will follow the
meeting.
The Navy officer group here was
beaded by Rear Admiral George
Dufek, USN Ret, and Included five
other officers who are all veter/
ans of previous expeditions to
Little America and' the Antarctic
with Admiral Richard Byrd.
The importance of the military
visitors and their close interest in
the American Ski Company on
skiis for their planes is an obvious
indication of the vital nature of the
equipment being built here by the
McConicas.
By means of very extensive research and testing with various
materials and in Arctic weather
conditions, the American Ski Com-
'pany Jbas. developed the. best ski
(and probably the only one) which
will enable heavy planes to land
and take off on Antarctic snows
under difficult weather conditions
to be found there.
The U. S. Navy's part in Operation  Deepfreeze  is  to   be  mainly
logistios, or supply and transportation, it was explained  And since.      th    f a rl    ^esdSiy at
Navy air travel is to be depended    bt „..,     m
upon for much of the movement i    „.   *'™      ....   . „    . „.
of men ad material, it is seen why     Witnesses said that Paul Dionise
aircraft fitted with .American Ski -«._ f'L^cEwan Street, _Oarewas
Company equipment are necessary
for  much  of  the   success   of  the
Whole polar venture.  ,
US-27 Crashes
Hurt 5 Men,
Wreck 2 Cars
Five men received serious injuries and two cars were totally
wrecked when, according to police reports a 95 mile-an-hour car
race went out of control on US-27
Rev. Keel To Speak
To Baptists
Rev. Keel," assistant pastor of
the Baptist church of Mt. Pleasant, wiU be guest speaker at the
Clare Baptist Church at both services next Sunday.
ME«illS
lefthand turn against a red light
at the intersection of US-10 and
US-27. ' .
Marshall's car .collided with a
car driven by "Thomas A. South-
hall, 69, of Detroit. Southhall's
car was already moving on the
green light heading east on US-10
the Church. Sunday evening July
31. at 8 o'clock.
The Paster,  will give  a  short
Missionary message.
'A free-will offering will be taken
to further mission work iri Africa*
Plan to attend.
$200 damage to both Cars. Marshall was coming north on US-27.
Marshall , was charged* with
making an improper, turn on a red
light and also for careless turning. He paid $15 fine in Williani
B, -thuilop's Justice Court.
lutionary World" was given by
Miss Ella Carpenter of Farwell;
"Symposium, to Continue Efforts
for Lasting Peace", by Mrs. Leon
R. Cole, of I thaca; "The Five
Spiritual Classics", toy'Mrs. Ralph
Shull of Gladwin.
After the luncheon, served toy
the local group, clinics were held
for ithe* various officers and de**
partments of the society. Later,
they met in the auditoriurn for
reports frorh each clinic,
-?-"Mf5> Gage" Mei-cer of COleman,
sub'distriet chairman- was. in
charge of arrangements/.-.'■   ,
MRS. BARBARA LEAVITT
Mrs. .Barbara Leavitt, passed
away Sunday- night and funeral
services were held Wednesday af-
iiternoon at Carland, Michigan.
Mrs. Leavitt will (be remembered
as the mothers of Mrs. Paul Lowery who visited at her daughter's
home many times when they were
•residents of Clare.
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Admirl Dufek has been
named Commander of the task
force which will sail from fhe
east coast of the United States
sometime in November. He
previously commanded Admiral
Byrd's United States Antarctic
service Expedition, and who
commanded the Eastern Task
Group of another South Pole
trip, "Operation Hig-hjump".
He holds many other records:
of distinction in polar exploration.
With Dufek was Captain
Gerald L. Ketchum, Deputy
Commander of the task force
and a veteran of antarctic exploration,  and:
Commander Gordon Ebbe,
pilot of the Navy plane in
which the group flew from
Washington D. C. to .Tri-City
on their way to Clare,
commander uowara wooa,
co-pilot ,of the plane from
Washington.
Lieutenant   Kenneth   Enney
polar pilot   who   has   worked ,
' closely with the McConicas in
the  developmenit of their ski
design and fabrication.
Commander Fred Dustin another member of the forthcoming Operation Deepfreeze.
Commander Robert Hart,
man, Navy Public Information
officer Who will be making his
first trip into the antarctic
with this fall's expedition.
The problems in the use of the
snow skiis on airplanes at the
South Pole include difficulty in
overcoming "drag" of wet or clinging snow at take-off attempts. American Ski Company research established the superiority of plastic
surfaces on metal skiis as the method of. Overcoming this factor.
Using DuPont "Teflon", or polyethylene as a covering material
apparently racing his car againsj;
another car driven by David N.
Antepara, 30, of rural Coleman.
Riding with Antepara were
Leonard Van Sickle, 22 of E.
Third, Clare, and Robert Limbur-
ner, 37 of rural Clare. ;
Passenger in Dionise's car was
Jerry Machul, 31, of E. Fifth St.
in Clare.^
Antepara suffered a fractured
■back, Van Sickle a fractured
back, skull and concussion, Lim-
burner lacerations on ithe forehead, Dionise, fractured ribs and
a possible leg fracture, and Machul, a fractured right arm and
ba-ck injuries, according to State
Police reports.
All were taken to Clare Hospital
Where they were reported getting
along well on Wednesday morning.
Van Sickle, apparently most seriously hurt of tlie five, according
to State Police, had not regained
consciousness Tuesday forenoon,
but rallied in the afternoon and
showed improvement Wednesday*
the hospital said.
Observers said the two cars
were travelling on highway "IJS-27
Side toy side going downhill at an
estimated 95 miles an hour, The
accident occured about 100 yards
south of the intersection of M-61,
nearSpikehorn's bear den outside
Harrison.
Antepara''S >car was in ithe left
lane, State Police said and apparently was traveling 'too fast to
make* the curve. The car werifc
into a skid and rolled over* throwing Antepara and two passengers
out.
Sldd marks showed that Dionise
was also traveling too fast to
make the curve, and apparently
went off onto the shoulder and
into a. ditch striking a'tree, at a
point beyond where ithe first oar
went off the road, -police Said.
Force of the crash threw two of
the men into the mud of .a small
creek near the highway, to b&
pulled Out ■tyith'Some difficulty toy
State Police on their arrival.
State Police .charged Dionise
with reckless driving.   Arrest of
over raw,, metal, Tom Me Conica Antepara Vwas. pending, until remade tests-under conditions simi- suits of "his 'passenger's injuries
Iar to the ones expected to be en* i were known*