1956-05-31; Clare Sentinel

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CUmtt, M1^H^^»^WIISDAY   MAY 31,1956
Church Gains Reported At
Methodist
g
The annual meeting of the Clare-
Farwell Methodist Churches was
held in the Clare church Monday
evening, May 28, with Rev. Leon
.Manning, district superintendent,
in charge, He opened the meeting
With devotions and,prayer.
The annual reports were given
from the various groups and departments of both churches, closing
with the report of the pastor, Kev.
L. J. Nevins. f
Rev. Nevins stated that during
the past year new members have
been, received, several transfers,
and a few of the members who have
moved away have asked for transfers. Ther.e has been an 8,9% increase in church membership; 7%
increase in Church school enrollment, aud a 52.3% increase in the
Youth Division.
The year is closing for both
churches, with a fine record, All apportionments having been paid, and
extensive repairs and improvements
made, leaving very little indebtedness.
Looking to the future, Rot. Nevins cited some of the goals; to
work for, and problems to be considered both in Clare, and Farwell.
He commended the flue work accomplished in all departments,- and
expressed appreciation for the loyal
cooperation of the members and
friends of the churches and to his
good wife, for her extensive help
with all the pastoral work .of the
charge. k
The pastoral committee extended
an invitatlou for Rev. and Mrs.
Nevins to return to the charge for
the coming year, to begin his eighth
year of service. So much has been
accomplished during that time, and
these speak more than words of
his faithfulness and untiring efforts given to the work of the Clare
and Farwell churches.
The nominating committee presented the slate of officers for the
coming year. For Clare-Laurenne
Seiter, and, "William Garchow were
re-elected to suceed themselves as
three year trustees. Clyde Allen, a
member of the Board of Trustees
for'many years, and whose health
has failed was made an honorary
member of the Board, other members are, Lee Greer, Dr. C. B. Neff,
David Seiter, Dr. Neil Stirling, Jay
Bellinger, Donald Holbrook, Wilson
Samborn.
Special Stewards are: Lee Geer,
District; Donald Holbrook, Lay
Member of Annual Conference;
Ernest  AVolters,   recording;   Earl
Dow Chemical
Plans For
New Center
Flans to build a new Administrative Center in Midland were announced this week by The Dow
Chemical Company.
The Center in its final form wi}l
be a group of buildings in an area
almost a half mile long . arid0 a
quarter mile wide containing headquarters for the entire company.
Ground is to be broken for the
first units of the Center this summer, according to Leland I. Doan,
Dow president.
A site of approximately 80 acres
has been selected for the Center
at the northwest intersection of
US-10 {Saginaw Road) and M-20
(Bay City Road), Dr. Doan said.
The area is bounded on the north
by the Michigan Central railroad
and on the west by Washington
street.
A master plari for the denter was
approved by the Company's Executive Committee earlier this month.
The plan calls for construction of
the first three units of the Center
as soon as plans have been finalized and bids taken.
The company's announcement
came after about 18 months ol
planning by Alden B. Dow, architect and director of the company,
Engineering, and other company
units. Bulldozers are already at
work in the 80-acre 'site accomplishing the preliminary work for
underground structures arid Utilities.
The entire area between Austin
street and the Bay City road, Which
it parallels, will be devoted to
parking lots. Parking lots will also
be located ori the north side of the
site alongside the Michigan Central
tracks, and a second street laid to
provide access to the Center and
parking facilities.
Beatty, financial;' Mrs, Reva Maxwell .church treasurer; Mrs, "William GarchbWi benevolence treasurer;-David Seiter, charge lay leader,- Mrs, Laurenee Seiter, communion. New stewards added to the
Board, are Mrs. Fred Bell, Mrs.
Erma Byers, Bourke Collins, Leon
Dull Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Orlando
Grubber, John Hansen, Mrs. Glen
Lloyd, Merrill McQuiston and Connie ."Walker. Willard Ireland will con
tinue as janitor, Mrs. Alma Seiter,
"W-S.C.S. Pres., Carl Lear, parsonage
fund; Mrs. C. B. Neff, S. S Supt,
Linda McQuiston, M.Y.F. President,
For the Farwell charge-Raymond
Scott, and Charles Tryon, were
elected for three year trustees;
others are John Archbold, "WHmot
Carpenter, Donald Pitchford, Tom
Brooks, and. "William ,S. LaVine.
Special.. Stewards are Mrs. Inez
Bentley, Mrs. Jennie Bingham, recording; Mrs. Mae Carpenter, communion; Miss Ella Carpenter, treasurer- church and benevolence; Sidney. Hood, janitor, aud other stewards' are Mrs, Tom Brooks, Mrs.
"Willis Gelston, Dale Hines, "Virginia
Horn, Mrs. William LaVine, Kerwin Paesens, Mrs, Raymond Scott,
Mrs, ChriBtine" Stinchcombe, Mrs.
Earl Town, and Mrs. Charles Tryon.
Many of these stewards, and
other members of the church were
named on the  special committes.
Rosebush
Firemen
Kept Busy
The Rosebush Fire Department
answered two. calls early Tuesday
morning.
At six o'clock they were summoned to help fight a fire at the
Chicken Hatchery at Weidman.
Then about 7:30 a.m. a fire broke
out at the Bud Cairns residence.
The Clare Fire Department was
called and with the help of neighbors the fire was extinguished before the Rosebush Fire Department
was able to return.
Extensive damage was caused by
the fire and water.
• Returning from, the run to Weidman, the Rosebush fire truck collided with a school bus when the
two vehicles met on a, narrow
bridge.
Both vehicles were damaged
somewhat, but no one was injured.
The bus was loaded with high
school "students on the way to Mt.
Pleasant.
Approves
Annexation
Three more rural.school district
elections on the proposal to annex
with the Clare school have heen
scheduled for next week. Districts
whose voting days have not been
announced in previous news stories
are: ■ .   •
Pratt School —• The election on
June 4 will take place at a school
meeting to be held in the school
house at 8:30 p.m. •   .
Loomis School — On June 5
Looniis citizens will be voting on
the annexation proposal from 12
noon, to 7 p.m. The election will be
held at the Loomis* 'Town Hall.
Vernon Center School — .Oh June
7 school electors. will • make(' their
decisiou on the annexation riropos}-1
tions. Voting will be at the school
with polls * open from 12 noon- to
7 p.m,      t   .      ','•..."
These elections are- reported <in
addition to those "at Colonville,
Phinisey and Herrick to be held
May 31. (tonight), June 4, and June
6 respectively.     .'-.,.      '  ■    '
In an election Monday evening at
the Wilson School, {Vernon Twp.
No.»4) voters passed, favorable by
large majorities'on all three, parts
of the proposals td join with. Clare
in the reorganized school district.
"The plan includes the proposals
to annex -with the Clare, public
school, system, to assirme a share
of .the remaining bonded Indebtedness of the district, and to increase
the constitutional limitations on
taxes for indebtedness.
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New Series, Vol 64, N©,37
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The Ladies Union of the Congregational church meets June 8 at the
home of Mrs. Catherine Beale.
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Tlie Monday -night* golf league
will start June "4 at Twin Elms
country club. Anyone interested in
playing should contact Bud Dre
bert no later than Friday, .June 1.
Twenty-three 8th Graders
Graduate At Rosebush
' Twenty-three students received
diplomas at the Eighth Grade Commencement- at the Rosebush school,
on Tuesday evening.
. The Commencement address was
given by Carlo Barberi, principal
of the Mt. Pleasant High School. He
pleased the audience with his topic "Tips for • Teen-agers."
The Roy. R. O. Thomson gave the
benediction. f'Tis Spring Again"
was sung by the seventh and eighth
grades, accompanied by Mrs. Catherine Nelson at the piano.
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Bonnie Bauder
Improving
Mr-*. Bonnie Bauder, seriously iri
jured in a car-train crash at the
Maple Street crossing May 15, "-Jitas
doing "very well*" at last reports
Dr. E. J. Gershon. has received.
She is still in University Hos-
' pital, Ann Arbor, where she was
taken May 1G. .      1
Dr. Gershon said,no definite date
has been set for Mrs. Bauder's re;
lease.
On Inside Pages   |
Harrison News 2
City Briefs 3,
Farwell News <3
Society News ■*?.
Want Ads - Notices 10-11
Farm News    . . 11-12,.
The Sentinel missed reminding correspondents and other
contributors last week that the
paper would be printed a day
ahead of time this week and
that copy* would be needed early. But several of our rural
newswrlters, with wonderful
presence of mind, put their
riewis in the.mail sa we got it
Monday morning, just when we
needed it most.
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The Claude Cassidys have an elm
tres in the backyard at their farm
home that measures eleven feet and
five inches around. They'd like to
know if anyone else has a tree that
can, equal the monumental old
landmark,
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. While Mrs. J. R. VanBuskirk,
of Farwell, and her niece were
out hunting mushrooms last
week, their sons were exploring a deserted house, and surprised a good sized snake, which
coiled to strike arid rattled furiously. After the boys hit i£
with a rock, the.snake crawled
Into a brush pile. A iook in the
n encyclopedia convinced them it
was a Northern Diamond Back
rattler.
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Mayor Laurenee Seiter received
a nice letter from Mayor R, P. Anderson of Iron Mountain .this week.
Mayor Anderson who was Glare's
excilange mayor during Michigan
Week* thanked the city for the nice
visit h.e and "Mrs. Anderson enjoyed.       '■■■■■.'.
The Class Prophecy was given by
the Eighth Grade Class and the
Class Will was read. Piano selections were presented arid an- ad-
cordioh selection. ' •
Emily Bowerman presented a
gift to the seventh grade. Wayne
Seiter accepted On behalf oi the
seventh grade.
The graduates were introduced
by their teacher, Mrs. Eileen Jacobs, and were presented their,diplomas by Lloyd Spaulding, president of the Board of Education.
Graduates were Emily Bowerrnan,
Darlene and Luella Bullard, Beverly Cameron, Tweedie Chamberlain,
Bonnie Dangler, JoAnn Ervin, Herb
Fluharty Mas Frick, Lowell Graham, Lonnie Haggart, Douglas Higgins;
Gloria Halstead, Wayne Terry
House, Julian Kampf, Larry Lamb,
Janet Lewis, Teddy Mathews, Larry Miller, Melvin Seiter, Robert
Shaner, Gary Sova and Floss Ann
West.
Rev. Ronald Knapp gave the
Benediction. »
\ ■■ . M.S.Ur EDUCATION' BUitBiNCJ^A model.-shows how the $4 million College of Education buUdintf.
.will* appear when completed "In i958^or*.the ■Michigan State University campus at East I^nsing. % wj-U
•overlook thVRed Cedar river at Shaw and Farm lanes. An unusual feature will be acircular auditoriur-fl,
classroom,,.(shown In left foreground;", for use.by.large'groups and experimental instruction. The building
•'WSP**' wiU* include facilities for closed-cfrcqit, televlslorC '.     . .   ...   *   .;
MSUim^ Begin $4 Million
Plans for- a" $4 million College of
Education building" we're announced
this week by Michigan State University, officials.        ...,..-.'     ...
The new buildings, to be completed by gprlng, 1S38, will .Overloolc
the Reel Cedar" river at Shaw and
Farm Lane, according to Dr. Clifford E.. Erickson, dean of the College of Education.        \.'
The building will be constructed
from funds appropriated by • the
State Legislature. The..current session appropriated ?2"nilllloh of the
total cost.  '■■      ' .       *.
Jiiodern in design, the new building will have wihgs eohstructed-of
reinforced concrete framing, with
the center portion of structural
steel. The'central portion will be
fiv.e stories, the wings two stories
and the auditorium classroom one
story. The building-will- be constructed of brick, stbiie • t}-lihftie<L
with ah aluminum'and glass curtain
wall. .."■„■■".
The structure will house the departments .of administrative and
educational services, foundations of
education, teacher education and
vocational education. The department of health, physical' educatio'ti
and recreation will continue to be'
housed in. Jenison Fieldhouse. .
"The new building will make it.
possible 'to integrate and unify the,
educational instruction program at
Miehigaii. State," Dean Erickson
Said, "It .will fill a critical need
now. in   the. instruction • of   3,756
^Attend
Rosebush
School Picnic
The Rosebush School held its anr
nual school picnic at the Rosebush
Park, Thursday.
Approximately 500 children, parents, teachers and friends enjoyed
a bounteous pot luck dinner at
noon. *
The afternoon was spent visiting,
playing games arid ball.
undergraduate . students earning
teaching, certificates and 454 stu-
dents'working for graduate degrees.
.In.,adliURn.,.the.new' facility will
make It possible to plau constructively for the doubling of student
enrollment by 1965".
M.S.U. educators explain that the
circular auditorium-classroom  will
Summer
Band Session
To Graduate From
Business School
Janet E. McQuiston, daughter of
Mr. and Mi's. Merrill McQuiston of
Route 2, Clare, is one of 140 graduates of Davenport Institute in
Grand Rapids who will receive diplomas at commencement exercises
in Ottawa Hills High School auditorium   June 4.
She is completing the stenographic course and plans to work
in Lansing. Janet is a graduate of
Clare Public Schools.
Wilson 4-H
Club Elects
Officers
The Wilson 4-H meeting was held
May 25 at C. Tucker's home.
Officers were elected," President,
Buddy Grogan; vice president Linda Bolen; secretary and treasurer,
Shirley Tice; recreation "committee,
Gene Duncan .Russell Graham arid
Frank Schutt.
After the meeting,* ■ group .meetings were held."      \
4-H leaders are Mr. and .Mrs*
Cook, Mrs. Tice, Mrs, Graham and
Mi*. and'Mrs. Wilbur Gingery.
The next meeting will' be held.at
Vernon -town hall June 13.   » <
Mr. Lloyd Conley, Instrumental
■music instructor at Clare Public
Schools has announced a School
Summer" Band program to begin
■'June 11 and continue for six weeks.
Lessons are to be given for students in small groups according to
the Instruments played, and a. music
recreation program along with the
lessons will provide entertainment
plu& an opportunity to play for students arid interested townspeople
too.
. Purposes outlined are: 1) to provide more individual instruction
especially for those players in the
lower. grades. 2) to keep students
playing through the summer and
help eliminate the "starting over"
problem .in school's fall term. 3)
give students,and those past school
age the opportunity to join, an organized group to play music for
recreation.
There is to be rio cost for participation, in the program. The Clare
School Board views the project as
worthy of including in the school
operating program.
Divided into a Junior and a Senior Band, the schedule calls for rehearsals in the band room at the
school for the Junior group Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. and the
Senior group Tuesday evenings at
7 p.m.
Mr. Conley explained that the instruction groups will be arranged
according to instrumental skill and
proficiency, and that the music
played will be easy.-"It will consist
mainly of marches, waltzes, popular
tunes and other light material' so
that nolle should be afraid of not
being able to play well enough."
Inviting non-students to take part
in the Summer Band, Mr. Conley
said that the -program is' open to
anyone who plays an instrument
and wishes to come and join just
for the-fun Of- playing. -- ■»
The Band Boosters Club which is
helping raise money for the purchase of a tape recorder* for- the
band, will sponsor a, "Cake "Walk"
entertainment in the* Clare city
park Friday evening, June 1 at 7
p.m. Cakes being contribiitedShoUld
be at the park to be boxed by 6:30,
the committee said.    *    -      .   ••
make possible experimentation with
large classes. The large, instructional space will be utilized and,." at
the, same tune, students will be, in
close proximity to the lecturer or
■discussion group. Thus, the teacher-
student ratio could be increased
without decreasing the efficiency of
the learning process. •
The new building, containing 101,
700 square feet, will include 14
regular classrooms, plus classroom
facilities for industrial. arts , and
homemaking and an auditorium-
classroom with a capacity for 300
students. .  .
Also Included in the new building will be nine graduate seminar
classrooms, seven conference-classrooms, two office areas aud secretarial pools, and one tool center and
classroom. '   .'   K
Dean Erickson. said that .among
other imprpven-ents the new build
ing will provide: ;
1. An improved educational ".pro^
.gram, because Instruction, research
and public service activities
of the College of Education would
be centralized. '-...,
2. An expanded program... of
teacher training. It Is estimated
that 42,025 new teachers will * be
required in Michigan by 1959.-*
3. Expanded services to -local
communities including school surveys and related educational needs.
4. Facilities for closed* circuit
television to aid in experimention
with, large class groups."
Lake Baptist
Bible School
June 4-15
Summer vacation Bible school at
the Lake Baptist church is set for
June 4 through June 15, from 9 to
11:30 each forenoon, and is for
youngsters from two to twelve
years.
The children will hear Bible stories learn memory verses, and handwork. A picnic for the group will
be held sometime before the end of
the session.
Each child will complete a workbook. Mrs. Kenneth Mack, wife of
the Lake Baptist pastor, will be in
charge of the program, assisted by
Ray Graham, Richard Bell, and
many others.
Pitts Wins
Pistol Trophy
. Wayne Pitts had a high score of
224 Monday night to take home
permanent possession of the trophy
of the Clare Rifle and Pistol club,.
Franz- Kuula was second high
With a i 209. There were twelve
men shooting.
Camp Rotary To Open For Scowl Fun, Learning
Summer camping tune is almost
here arid the Camping Committee
of the Valley Trails Council, Boy
Scouts of America, is rapidly com-
pletlrig all preparations for the reception of the first Scouts at Camp
Rotary on June 24. Training of the
Camp staff will be Completed the
week Of June 17. ,
Camp Rotary is located nine
miles north of Clare ori US-27. It
covers 480 acres of land that harbors wild" life.in abundance to interest and challenge the young
camper. The property eorripletely
surrounds Lake Rotary, a. sixty
acre spring-fed lak,e, Which teems
with bluegills, perch ^and bass.
Scouts thrill to the '.wonderS Of
nature . as tliey hike through the
woods- They learn new handlcaris
and earn outdoor Merit Badges.
They participate in games, contests,
stunts, outdoor cooking campcraft,
singing, swimming and a multitude
of fun and skills,
Of particular interest are the
field sports, such 'as archery,
riflery, Mo-Skeet-0 canoeing and
boat handling. * The - fishing •* at
camp can hardly be beat. These and
other activities % are a real challenge to the Scout's skill arid ability, arid these and the* experience
he, has in group participation and
group living, will be valuable to
him the rest of his life.       *
The Explorer campsite known as
"Fort Scot);" Is located on the ndrta
side of the lake. This site accomodates 24 Explorers with their own
cooking, aquatics and program facilities. Highlight-* of the.program
at the' "Fort" 'include .3 to'5 ..day
canoe trips on Michigan rivers,
a'rcheiy, fiflery, * aquatic "activities
and other Scoutcraft skills.
Six Troop sites are Iocated on the
southwest side of the lake, arranged in a semi-circle around the
main camp area. Each site has
twelve two-mart wall 'tents with
cots, straw ticks* and platform
floors. The camp dining hall,
Where most meals are eaten in
carm>," is a large building * fully
equipped to assure sanitary care of
the food for the boys-from receiv
ingtand storage.,to the preparation
arid clean-up.
The Dr. Carney Health Lodge is
carefully equipped to meet any
emergencies that rriay 'arise and
*boctor.<5 are available, on call/ to
the camp, The camp is maintairiVd
by the Rotary Clubhand operated
for the t registered Scouts and Explorers'of the Valley Trails Council, by a camping committee of"volunteer Scouters, headed by .Lyle
Turner, chairm&n. The Staff of approximately 35 is selected from outstanding ScOuters and Explorers,
and trained ift advance,
The camp will operate for eight
weeks this summer. There is still
plenty of room for. Scouts or.Explorers to sign up for Camp Rotary
this summer, Alt registrations received by June 1 will receive one
of the new Camp Rotary T-Shirts
free of charge.
Scouts and Explorers should, forward their registration fee of $2,00
through their Troop or Explorer
leader, to the Valley Trails Council office before June l if possible.
Begin Final Week At
Baccalaureate Service
Baccalaureate services for seventy-nine graduating seniors at Clare
High School will be held Sunday
evening, June 3, at 8 o'clock in the
high school auditorium.
Rev. Gerrit Schut of the Clare
Baptist-church will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the largest
class ever to graduate from Clare
High School.
On the program, Mrs, Nancy Jabara, high school music teacher,
Will play the processional and recessional. After invocation by Rev.
Schut, a girls' quartet will present
Open House
Pleases 3,000
At Glare Mfg.
Three thousand visitors made a
steady, stream of-traffic through
the Clare Manufacturing company
building at the company's Open
hpuse Saturday: "It:marked Clare
Manufacturing's tenth anniversary
in Glare. ■ .'
Fifty gallons of ice cream were
consumed by the crowd, in addition
to quantities of coffee and milk
and other refreshments. Youngsters
touring the plant took home 2200
balloons.
* One-of the features of the day
that interested the crowd most was
a products display inside the plants
west end1 entrance:
Truck and automobile carburetors from Holley Carburetor division iii Bowling Green, Kentucky,
and Paris, "tennessee, southern
cousins of the..Clare plant were
shown. '
Also on display were fuel systems,' sometimes called "after burner control,' for aircraft, including
models of the J34 jet by Westinghouse, and the Pratt-Whltney J48
jet. These are products of the firm's
Detroit plant.
The company's newest product,
the Kemiphill Automatic Brake for
autosj which .the plant expects to
start building In August, was
shown.-
Clare Manufacturing plant management complirtiented those* -whtf
worked on the display for the good
job.      " ■ .
. The " Hotel .Doherty has asked
that a similar .display, be .arranged for the lobby .at the hotel.
Clare .Manufacturing plans to .reassemble, a part of the open house
display for the hotel,
* "Management also cited cafeteria
workers who served the .visitors,
and foremen and experienced
workers conducting tours for their
smooth performance.
Visitors arrived at such well spaced intervals that.no parking problems arose. It is company policy to
open the plant to the public every
three to five yfears.
* Many Clare businesses sent
flowers to mark the occasion. Appreciation for these, and other expressions of congratulation was
spoken by Clare Manufacturing.
musical selections. Following the
sermon, the audience will sing, a
hymn, God Be "With You.
The six junior girls acting as;
ushers will be Martha Lucy,. Mary
Tice, Karen Cain, Carolyn V-jri
Hoose, Lois Pudvay' and Jeaa Bowler. •'.. ■'" '.
Commencement exercises will be
held next week Friday, in spite of
having been rained out in previous
years, the'seniors will go ahead
With plans for holding Commnce-
ment out of doors, at the athletic
field.
With the large graduating classes
of recent years, seating In the auditorium, traditional site of Commencement, has been ori a strict
invitation basis. .    '.'      _
If the weatherman favors this
year's Beniors, their families-and
friends will all find room to attend
the exercises. '".'..
Motto for the class of 1956 is "If
You Can't Find A Way Make' One".
The class has* chosen crimson and
gray for its colors, and the crimson rose ia the official flower.     -.
—And Yptyrfy
StartWith ■
Feed Bags
It's an accomplished seamBtress
who can visualize stylish appearance in garments made from ordinary material's ... and twice happy
will she be who can win a prize for
original* or stylish clothing when
material to start with is nothing
moi'e than a flour bag! -
"Sew It Yourself With Cotton
Bags" will be the theme of the.Cotton Bag sewing Contest, (sqlieduied
to take place again this year at the
43rd annual Saginaw Fair, September 9-15th. .....*■■'
ThlB Fair sponsored contest haa
been one of the most popular fe|-
tures in past years as area women
vie for top honors with clothjtag aid
other articles sewn from the
world's moat -rei-Battle food ' containers, the cotton, feed bag". •  ..-.;
Clarence Harnden, Secretary-
Manager of the Saginaw Fair announces that cash prize* will he
awarded for .the beat home, sewing
"|h the following ciaireeir; .^JtcbBri
curtains, blouses, pajamafr- or
lounge outfits, meri'B.OT boy's sport
or western shirts* lunch-fori ,Bet's-,
mother- and daughter dresses,, i-.t-lt-
fed toys and. chlldreriH qtdltS or
comforters. .The. grand prize, a
r-Tecchi Portable Sewing Machine,
will be presented at the.*,Fairgrounds during' Saginaw Fair "Week*.
A record number of entries ip expected this year, according to Moila
Mulrooney, Saginaw Fair women's
superintendent. Mrs. Mulrooriey
cautions aspiring winners that all
articles must be made from; cotton
bags used as containers of * feed,
flour ahd other staples,' with the
exception of trim.   ' :
The local grand prize winner will
compete In Chicago on Novemhei-*
15th. This judging will determiiie
the 1956 National Cotton. Bag:. Sewing Queen. "    .
Beaverton Vet Retires
After Forty-Two Years
When Dr. W. H. Michaud discontinues his practice of veterinary
mfedicine ih Beaverton June first
Gladwin county will be without a
practicing veterinarian.
Dr. Michaud opened his practice
here in 1914 following his graduation from the Grand Rapids Veterinary College, and has served in
Beaverton and the 'surrounding
community since that time. He
received his early education in
New Yorl-r State at the Cortland
Normal and later attended high
school at Nashua High School iri
Nashua, Iowa. He was graduated
from the Oklahoma Business College in Oklahoma City in 1909.
Looking 'back' over the years, Dr.
Michaud can recall many varied
and interesting experiences,* for the
country was relatively new at that
time, and gravel and concrete roads
were not known here. He first
drove a team of driving horses to
make his calls. Later.he bought a
Brush one cylinder car, which he
drove for awhile. His next extreme
luxury was a Model T Ford roadster. Incidentally this was the first
Ford car sold in Gladwin county by
an authorized dealer, who was Robert'N; Morris.
Bad roads arid weather never
kept him from making a call. In
his'Own words he says, "lee, sleet,
rairi on snow, even a tornado, never
kept, me from making a call."
His wife is the former Miss Clara
Koyl qf Shepherd. They were married October 6,1915, and have made
Beaverton their home since that
time. They are the parents of twb
daughters, (lola) Mrs. Edward
Henderson of Lowell arid (Ruth)
"Mrs. Melvin Kale of Shelby, North
Carolina. They have five grandchildren. . ■    .
Dr."*Michaud says his chief hobby
is making friends and keeping
.therri. 'Other hobbies* are his. Hawaiian guitar and raising flowers.
As far as is known the Michauds
have the only Magnolia tree in
Beaverton, and it was loaded with
blooms this spring. He loves to
grow ■rosea too.
In reminiscing over the years
Dr. Michaud says, "It was a very
pleasant 42 years, and I would do
it again." He expresses his very
grateful appreciation and many
thanks to his customers for their
patronage over the years. Their
friendship has«helped make 42
years seem like a very short time.
Ill health is the major factor for
the discontinuing of his practice.
IREMEMBBT
BVTHBOLP'IIMEBS* •    i
From Bessie Summerfield, Ella-
more, West Virginia.: 1 ferrienv
ber back in 1901 in the beautiful
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, the
State of the Old Dominion, of Southern hospitality—where everyone
loved his neighbor as himself,     •
On every occasion, each person
seemed to understand his neighbor' i need of help. On butchering
day, the neighboring then came
early. The, wives came later to help,
prepare the dinner ■rid help get
the "cttseings" ready for the stuffing of sausages. They *would cook,
the heads for puddings arid rrtince
meat, then take the broth the meat"
was cooked in, cool it, jskiht thei
grease from it and stir in corrie
meal to make pouhoss, which Was
sliced  ahd fried like  mush, .,
In the evening, everyone- went
horiie wjth•.*■ generous rriess of
meat, no charge. The man's work
was well done, as Was the Wives',.
The work was ail done for all
the rieighhors. without one cent of
cost. If one neighbor was ill and not
able to work, the heighborhood
Wfcht together,, planted and harvested lils crop. The womeri. saw tc-
it that the wife of the sick' mail'
lacked nothing, I think hack many
times to that time of life and 1
never want to forget it. It is a
therlshed memory, j