1955-08-04; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY MORNING   AUGUST 4. 1955
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Phone Rate
Increase
Won By Bell
Tlie rate for individual-line residence telephone service in Clare
"will go up 30 cents a month and 15
cents at Farwell and Rosebush,
.under' last week's order by the
Public Service Commission, ac-
coi'din to T. C. Maher, manager
here for the Michigan Bell Telephone  Company.
Rates in all other classes of service in the community will remain
unchanged, Maher said, except for
exchange line mileage charges for
both residence and business customers and a number of adjustments involving auixttiary services
furnished business customers. Included in the latter category are
such items as private switchboards
"key telephone systems, inter-office
communication   systems,   etc,
It was pointed out that while the
cost of providing these auxiliary
services has risen substantially,
there have been no rate increases
affecting most of them for five
years.
Maher pointed out that the increase in. residence individual-line
rates recognized the greater value
of this high-grade service and
•would help compensate for the additional investment involved in
furnishing it.
"Telephone service," he said, "Is-
no different than other services or
commodities. People expect to pay
the higher price for top-auality
goods and services."
In commenting upon the Commission's order, the company termed it "disappointing because it
gives inadequate recognition to our
increased oosts and denies the
company an adequate return on
the money invested in the business,       t
"Leas than half of the rate increase ordered by * the Commission will remain with the company, the balance going to the
Federal Government in  taxes.
"Although the order recognizes
the fact that our rates have been
•too low, it is only a partial solution to the difficult problem of
operating in an economy where
prices in general have increased
three times as much as tlephone
rates."
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TJ. S. Navy Lieutenant Kenneth
Enney* polar pilot who will "take
aircraft on supply and-exploration
missions wlien "Operation Deepfreeze" reaches South Pole region   bases,   examines   details   of
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construction and design of a rods for the skis have, been-develop-
' plastic-coated ski to equip- planes ed.-This picture ' was , made last
for the flights. At his left is Bill .week when a. group of high-ranking
McConica of The American Ski Navy officers visited Clare to
Company where the only success- make pre-test examinations of the
ful design and construction' meth- skis. Saginaw News Photo
More Clare
Scouts At
Camp Rotary
; At the echoing roar of the camp
cannon, one-hundred and fifty
scouts snapped to attention. The
clear, bell-like notes of the bugle
signalled the descent of the American flag as evening colors officially initiated the opening of the
fiflth eventful week at Camp Rotary, the Valley Trails Council
Boy Scout Camp.
Fifth period enrollment raises
the total number of Scout camper
weeks to' seven hundred and thirty-two iboys, an appreciable in-
« crease over last years attendance
over the first five periods.
The 480 acres" of Camp Rotary
property will ring with the enthusiastic' shouts of boys during the
next 7 days as they utilize every
resourse and facility that 'this
vast reservation has to offer.
The boys attending from the
Clare District were Troop 120—
Dennis Deck, John Hinkle, Bob
Green, Jim Green, Joe Bowler,
Tom Moff, Eddy Williams, Tom
Smith, Tom Cradit, Jerry Hinkle,
Troop 145—Mike Morison, BUI
Harper, Dale Rom.
New Storm Sewer
To Drain 4th St.
Those small floods that used to
sweep into many business places
oh Fourth Street during heavy
rains are on the way to being a
thing of the past.
After a year and a half of negotiations, the C & O railroad has
given the City of Clare permission
to go under the railroad tracks
with a storm sewer.
The new sewer will go near
the Seiter Brothers Lumber building, oU« at the businesses usually
hardest hit during rainstorms. The;
sewer will then go under the
tracks at a point to the south ot
Seiter's.
In perivous times, rain water,
running slightly downhill from
Beech and Maple Streets would
stop at low places on Fourth Street
where there was not enough outlet
for run-off water.
aud the city had in agreeing on
plans and specifications for the additional drainage.
In order to get the job done as
quickly as posible now that an
agreement has been reached, tlie
city will not advertise publicly ti
bids, according to City Manager
Willard "Wedge.  .
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Instead, Wedge Said lie will send
plans and requirements for the
sewer construction directly to contractors who he knows may be interested, and ask for bids.
Ordinarily, a,public request for
bid*? on city ,cpunstruction-wprk
is required. We4fie said,," but in an
emergency, this quicker plan may
be followed.
Out at the new Water Well Number Three, work "Was held up for
awhile    when    construction    men
_    . ... „.  „ „„„x ( ran out of shafting for the well,
During one of,the most recent      d h     t d    *
of these cases, a cloudburst June
9 set new highwater marks on
Fourth Street, when waves splashed up 17 inches oh the Packing
House Market building.
The deluge ran over curbs into
many stores, and backed up sewage and water in downtown basements.
The new storm sewer that will
soon be put in was held up by
difficulties   the  railroad  company]
Even with the delay though,
Wedge said he expected the well
to start pumping either Wednesday night or today, barring further
serious holdups.
Joanne Curtis
Competes For
State Honor
Joanne Cutiss representing Isabella County in the Achievement
Booth Contest wil be competing
with nine other boys and girls for
the right to represent Michigan at
the National 4-H Cluh Camp next
spring.
Joanne has already won the
county Achievement Booth Contest and wa£ selected amc-ng the
top eight iu the lower peninsula;
ot Michigan at the annual &-H
Club We,ek. in June. % She has an
outstanding record as a 4-H Club
member, Jr. Leader and Service
Club member in the County. Credit
also goes to the leader of Jpanhe's
4-H club Mrs. Freman Curtiss. Joanne has completed over 60 projects, during her years Of club
work. .- ,
She has taken part in many
judging contests, demonstration
contests and other county ahd
state wide events. She has given
tinve in helping younger club
members in the Club get off to a
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! Michigan Conservation
Gains Fame In Britain
Michigan conservation, it turns that in the TJ. S„ hunting and fish-
out, has gained international fame ing are sports available to every-
via the London to Sctoland fish one. In Scotland, only the wealthy
lorry. i are able to hunt and fish.
Dr. T. .J Peterle, formerly a " So Peterle requested Depart-
member of the Conservation De- ment films and they were shipped,
partmenfs game division, recently In London, the rail strike held hp
returned from a year's Fulbright; the shipment, but finally the film
study in Aberdeen, Scotland. j cans arrived  at Aberdeen  aboard
While there, Scotch friends be- the weekly fish lorry. So the films
 „         _,_.  came interested in knowing more  were shown in color, sound AND
ested in the future of the church' about   Peterle's    Michigan.   They, smell,   to   the   cheery   delight   of
be there • were surprised to hear, for eample, \ Peterle s Scotch wildlife friends.
Congregational
Guest Speaker
Dr. Eay W. Barber of Jackson,
Michigan will fill the pulpit at the
Clare Congregational Church next
Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
Dr.? Barber conies very highly
recommended and church commhV
itees urge that those who are inter-
Navy Visits Sid Plant Producing Equipment For Polar Flight
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Leading figures in the U. S.
Navy group of officers who flew to
Clare last week on a' visit to check
American Ski Company progress
in t h-e preparation o f aircraft- skis for Antarctic re-
4 gion flights 'wore photographed
' * r f with Dr. T o mi McConica
and Bill MCConica of.the ski firm,
A steam-engine" caused.^ fire; In
a sawmill owned by5 Jim Gerow, i
two and one half ■ miles north of
Loomis e&rlyTuesday..
The old-tinie engine ty as. Used to
power the,mill, Gerow had been
sawing . pnV Monday, and closed
dqWn the mil* as. iisus} that 'evening. "Neighbors . discovered . the
blaze e'afly Tuesday morning,shortly after 3'a. m,.        -      ' ' V
Sawdust and logs were burlng
when the Clare fire-depaj-tment-arrived, and. had .apparently. been
started; . in. sawdust, around the
steam engine. .<• -
Three Clare firemen . went out
with the- dity'a iargest'fire truck,
and put the* blaze. Out;
About one hundsced feet of electric Wiring' burned, at McDonald's
Auto Sales on. MqEwaa St.; 'Thursday night," wlien *.a fusebqx was
knocked logs© from the wail causing a short.,
The fusebox was hit by a dirt
loader that wag breaking -up a
cement floor,at McDonald's. -When
the box shorted the line, .It caught
firfey-and- burned .100 feet'of line
outside the*\buildlng. • • .
Clare firemen were called, but
the fire extinguished itself before
they had to go into action. Proprietor Dan McDonald- said It caused
possibly $300 damage.      •
•" First a sharp cloud bur£t just
before noon on Wednesday and:
then a longer thundershower which
lasted most of the afternoon, wet
scattered locations in the Clare
and surrounding area and brought
the first "relief in,the record-breaking heat spell of tthe past ten 'days.
Weather reports were not definite in predicting cooler days but
outside thermometers registered
as low as a cool 74 at six o'clock
Wednesday following the rain.
Temperatures had dipped to tho
playoffs "of    the    Championship
Flight on Friday. •
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Mrs. Haley was medalist in the
Qualifying rounds that, opened the
THAT "LAKE" STORY.
Corrected On
Name Of Lake
"We find ourselves wondering
what old timer made< the state-
fivfetft1' Th'e correct Sam? it Uol
Ldke Station but Is and always
was just plain Lake".
What' is h&w known as1 Lake,
Clare County Michigan used to be
officially Crooked Lake. The Post
Office was Crooked Ldke and the
railroad station was. Lake Station.
Somewhere in' the north country
waS a small post-office named
Lake. When that was discontinued by the U. S. P. O. department.
Correspondence with P- O. department in "Washington requested
the "Crooked" from the now Lake
be dropped.,
The post master at Crooked
Lake then was .Thomas Maltby. He
said:
"I get worn.'out writing Grook
ed so lilany- times each day. Its
useless." .
It took many months of corres-'
pondence, finally the permission
was granted.
In the meantime neighboring
postmasters did not know about
the name change and money orders
issued on. Crooked Lake were
promptly sent to the iBsulng office for repayment.
This was early in this century,
*06 or '07.
•Showers but were climbing ba.ck
.to over ninety when the second
storm hit.
., Few reports of damage had
reached the Sentinel by press time
.Wednesday evening.
Bright lightning strokes stabbed
the horizon to the west and south
of the area and the deluge during
the afternoon flooded Fourth St.
in Clave from Seiter Brothers
Lumber company to the Clare Inn.
Many people watching the sudden
downpour spoke the wish that the
70's in the brief time between the  dry countryside  could have this
Mrs, LucUle "Haley, of ..Clare, 'Second Flight - -Lillian Lake of
becanife- .this., year's .ch-rmpion. of -St. Johns defeated Doris Summer
■the Women's- Central .Michigan*'of Ithaca, J. Mathews, St. Johns,
Golf tourney* held .at Twin Elms, and 'Ann Olson of Clare, runner-up,
last week,,after winning the final, consolation* -   Doris   Summer   of
toUrney laSt'M.onday, She won" the Ithaca .defeated Ruth Schroeder of
contest championship by' defeating' the runner-up in this central.
Michigan golfing event, 16-year-old
Zoah (Butch) Edgar, of Portland,
Michigan.
>4h -earlier matches. during--the
week, Mrs. Haley .had defeated
Elsie Dickinson, of St, Johnft,* Sally
Eddington, of Portland, and Leona
Blanck of Alma.
Spectator at the championship
playoff was the 1954 title holder,
Mr.s. Ruth Ward, of Mt. Pleasant.
Since Mt.PJeasnt has dropped 6Ut
of this particular golf *curcuit,
Mrs. Ward was not competing.
Winner of the consolation aw*-A
In the championship flight, was
Pauline Meriam of St. Johns. She
defeated Virginia Alexander, of
Portland In final playoff, after defeating Jo Anderson of Clare,"and
Connie Martin, of Ithaca earlier.
Avis Ginther Of Ithaca was winner of thg first flight, defeating
runner-u-i- Clara *Titus -of'pjar*"v
and Pauline Hicks, of St.. Johns,
and Rae Marie Mitchell of Clare in
earlier niatcheS. Jeanne Stough, oi.
Clare, won* Consolation, over Beat
Rosier, of Clare, amd Adelaide Elden of Ciare, runner-up.
Ithaca defeated Florence Kennedy
of • Ithaca" and Jennie Bowler, of
Clare, runner-up,
Third; Flight - Vivian  Swet of
Clare; Helen* McKee of Clare, and
A. Phillips of Alma, runner-up.
Consolation - Ruth Schroeder drew
Bye and was atomatically the winner.
Trophies were given the cham
pion, 1st, 2nd and 3rd flight win
ners. Runner-up in flights, consol
atiOn, and runners-up in confeola
tion flights, received beautiful,
useful prizes-
There were thirty-seven to Qualify on the opening day of the tournament,
Mrs. Ruby Garfield gave the
qualifying prizes, and the winners
were Avis Ginther of Ithaca, who
for the closest drive on green to
pin on No. 5, received a golf pin;
Sally Bddington, of Portland, for
the closest approach on No. 9 received a cooler; Elsie Dickinson of
St. Johns and Mae Rose Fedewa of
Portland tide for low putts on IS
holes, with 30-putted out, Dick-
enspn-Winner, of golf pin.  .   '.   "
"Th'S i^G* Tournament wlii ne
held in St. Johns. The five towns
in this golfing association will take
turns entertaining the tournament
group, in the annual Week long
contest.
2d Polio Shots
To Be Given
In Isabella
The Central Michigan District
Health Department will give the
second series 'of Salk vaccine shots
to the frist and second graders of
the northeast area of Isabella
County at St. Henry's School on
US-27 north of Rosebush, Monday,
August S, from &:00 to 12:00, according to an announcement this
week by Dr. Earl D. Hamilton, M.
D., district director,
"All of the first and second
graders who had their first Salk
vaccine shots at the St. Henry's
School Center in April will be eligible foi* a second shot on that day,"
he said.
Thfe schools included in this
("enter are* Rosebush Rural Agricultural School, St, Henry's School,
LoomiSi Phinisey, Herrick, Ver-
nbn Center, Bowen, Glass, Wise,
Bader, AndersonviUe, Keller,
Maple . Grove, Leaton, Longwood
and Riverside.
and Joe and Don McKayfi hosts at
a Tuesday afternQqn, reception-
press conference for ■ the group.
The trip focused local attention on
the .vital contribution which the
American Ski Company is making
toward the success of the government's     "Operation     Deepfreaze"
The event was reported in state
newspapers. , The airplane skis
will permit the take-off and use of
large planes in the Navy's job ,of
supplying the explorers in Little
.America, and make possible the
success of flights lo the South
Pole  to  supply a  scientific  data-
gathering outpost to be established
there. Back row: Capt. G. L. Ketchum, Deputy Commander of the
polar taslt; force, Joe McKay, Don
McKay,' 'Bill McCouia,' president
of American Ski. Front; Rear Admiral George Dufek, Navy Task
Forec Commander and Dr. T. H.
AtMSUVo-Ag
Conference
Floyd Norcutt of Clare was in
for a double treat at the 36th annual Confarence for Teachers ol"
Vocational Agriculture at Michigan State University July 25-29,
He not only received the latest
information about agriculture at
his conference but he also participated in the University's College
of Education Centennial Symposium, which was hold concurrently
McConica.      Saginaw News Photo ,on t]ic Spartan campus.
Busy Police list Many
Area Traffic Mishaps
Clare's honor roll of servicemen
in City Park narrowly missed being smashed Monday when a. dar
turning unt6 West TJS-10 from
Beech St. went out of control, and
grazed the hameboard after smashing into a parked car.
Mrs. Celia Weber, 65, of Ohio,
lost control of her car as she made
the-turn unto US-10, August 1.
Her car smashed into a car
parked on US-10 in which Mrs.
Christene Foster, of Farwell, was
sitting. The Weber car bounced off
the Foster car, 'uriiped the curb
into the park, and bumped the
honor roll structure, without breaking the glass, however.
Mrs. Weber was ticketed by
Clare Police for not having her
car under control, and paid $15
fine and costs in Judge William
Dunlop's Municipal court on the
same day.
Clare officers policed an accident at Fourth and McEwan
August 2, when the brakes on a
car failed and the vehicle-rammed
a trucli waiting at the,** intersection's  stop  light.
Driver of the Car was Carl
Schaff, 11, of rural Clare. He said
his brakes suddenly went out as
he drew Up behind the truck,
driven by Jack Nichols, of Luther,
Michigan, and so smashed Into the
truck's rear. *
There was about $100 damage to
the front of the car. The truck
was undamaged. Schaff was ticketed for failure to?have cdntrol of
his car.
Church Of-God
•Camp Meeting
The Michigan State camp meeting of the Church Of God 3s being held'Augtist 7-14 at St.* Louis
Michigan. The camp .meeting evan
gelist is Rev* O. L, Johnson of
Warsaw, Indiana, 4
Rev* Johnson is well known.
among all religious groups as he
has for many years spoken in all
parts of United States and Canada.
. At -the. Clare Church of Qod
there wili be Sunday School at
10:00 A.M. and morning worship
^>t 11:00 A.M. But there wii! be
no evening services the Sundays
of August-7 or 14.
Rev. Brinkman, pastor of the
Clare Church of God invites and
welcomes all to come to Sunday
School and morning worship Sunday during camp*meeting at St>
Louis....
Earlier in the Week, Clare Police
arrested Robert Bowling 27, of
Farwell, and charged him with
driving under the influence of alcohol.
Bowling was arrested July 28, at
about 2:30 a. m.-, when police
noticed his car weaving down the
street. He plead* guilty when arraigned in Municipal Court the
same day, and Judge Dunlop as
sessed Bowling !*>54 fine and costs
Bowling also surrendered his license to the court.
The same evening at about 9,
Robert Porter, 27, of Shepherd,
was arrested on a similar charge,
and his companion, MauHce A.
Chubb, of Coleman, was charged
with disorderly conduct by Clare
Police.
Glare officers had been warned
that the two men were causing a
disturbance at Coleman, and when
the pair arrived in Clare, police
were expecting them.
They Were arrighed in Municipal Court, where Porter paid $75
fine and costs and surrendered hijs
driver's license, and Chubb was
assessed $35.
Saturday evening, July 31, Virgil Arthur Hillis, of Ascoda was
picked up on US-10 in Grant township, by State Police, and charged
with reckless driving.
Hillis, according to police reports passed the scene of an accident at a high .speed, endanger
ing Several onlookers ahd helpers
at the scene. He was arraigned in
Clare Municipal' Court on August 1
and paid $29 in fine and costs,
He is a serviceman, stationed at
the Oscoda air base.
Ward Foster, of Clare, was
charged with disorderly conduct
by State Police, on August 1. He
paid $6 in costs, in Clare Municipal Court, and was placed oh a"
year's probation by Judge "Dunlop.
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Library
Closed
Next Week
Clare City Library will be closed all next week, August 8-13, but
will reopen on Monday, August 15.
During the week that it is closed,
a redecorating job will be done on
the library rooms.
Librarian Mrs, Frank Shirley
"will speild the week at Library
workshon.
much water slower - to allow soalt-
ing-in for the good of dry fields
and crops,
A lightning-set blaze threatened to become a, dreaded muck fire
when jib out two acres of marsh
land burned during the afternoon
Wednesday, The grass and brush
in the marshy field on the Dale
Lloyd place two miles north of
Clare ■ and, a mile east were sun
dried and tinder for the fire. Mrs.
Lloyd said that a Conservation
fire fightiVig team of two men and '
neighbors who helped put qnfc the
blaze, might have had ,real trouble,
if it had not been for the rain.
They finally succeeded in subduing the fire at 6:30.
Cattle in the Lloyd field where
the lightning slammed into, the
low ground were apparently not
injured by the close hit. Mrs.
Lloyd drove theih out of the danger path when she could see thai
fire was going to spread.
Another lightning stroke before
the extreme dry conditions near
the same 'mot had failed to start a.
fire. Mrs. Lloyd said.
Dense .white smoke from the
scene i oiled across the country
before the breeze which accompanied the rain.
P-eople who were beginning to
think that the prolonged hoafc
wave was more than they could,'.
stand were interested in a "timely article in the August issue bf ai
national magazine which stated
■that human beings can survive)
many minutes in heat as high an
240 degrees. The article also listed
teix important ways to gain relief
in 'beating the heat" of summer
weather.
So efficient are the human
bodys cooling Units - a syBtem. of
sweat glands, a network of blood
•vessels and a layer of insulating
fat - that a man can survive ,in an
oven that would cook a stea;k beside him. So state Ruth and Edward Brecher in the August Reader's Digest.
'Man's ability to withstand extreme heat is sometimes amazing,
A kiln technician stated that occasionally' he has weathered exposures of 500 degrees F. A research-project volunteer' stayed
■for 23 minutes in 240 degree*
Mofit**v The atifhSrS polhi -fltit'tSaifc' ■
" a club steak in an oveft at 240
degrees "will be ready to eat iii 26
minutes".
The article offered the following ideas for hot, humid weather
comfort.
1. Drink plenty of liquids. Don'fc
rely on thirst as a guide foe sometimes it lags behind the actual
need.
2. Increase salt intake sligjrtly '
to replace salt lost in sweating.
S. Relax. Muscular activity is a
primary producer of heat.
4. Use fans but don't sleep witli
a fan aimed directly at your body.
5. Keep your child's head moist
with a wet handkerchief in very-
hot weather. The sweat gland "capacity of babies and small children is limited, therefore they aiq
more vulnerable to heat exhius--
tion.
6. Avoid too mruch exposure to
the sun at one time; it can lead.
to sunstroke.
Clare IOOF
Officers
Installed
The Clare I. O. 0. F, Lodge helil
its semi-annual installation Mon*
day evening August 1. Carl Seiter,
district deputy, was the installing
officer, assisted by several past
noble grands.
Officers installed were: Harold
Irwin, noble grand; Emil Giers,
vice grand; Glen Shafer, warden;
Carl Stephenson, conductor; William Artcliff, inside guardian;
Chester Griffen, outside guardian;
Leonard' Irwin, right supporter t
noble grand.
William Irwin, left supporter to
noble grand; Ernest Irwin, right
supporter to vice grand; Forest
Jerred, left supporter to vice
grand; Andrew Irwin, Sr.,~right
seam supported; Clarence Ramey,
left seam Supporter; William Schlafley, chaplain; Ralph Stevens,
color bearer,* Chris Smith, musician.
Officers serving year terms are:
Frank Nessler, recording secretary; Robert Arehambault, financial secretary; James Irwin, treasurer. Bud Shepherd, is the retiring
noble grand.
It was voted to have the next regular meeting of the lodge on
August 29, due to the severe hot
weather.' Officers unable to be installed will be installed at a later
date.
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Harrison Hews
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City Briefs
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Farwell News
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Society News
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Beaverton News ■
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Rosebush News
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Sports News .
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Church News
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Farm  News
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