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CLARES MICHIGAN- THURSDAY   JULY 12, 1956
Ten Cents Copy
New Series, Vol. 64, No. 43
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Advisory Committee
Resumes Meetings;
Balsley District Joins
■ The Citizen^ Advisory Committee
ofr- study ol the problem of school
building and curriculum got away
to a businesslike beginning at the
first meeting Tuesday evening. The
session was called-in the home
economics room at Clare High
School. /
Electing Frank LaGoe to the permanent chairmanship, the group
proceeded to a decision to consider
building needs for the whole area
-now serviced by Clare Schools regardless of the fact that some districts in this area have not yet
annexed, and they completed quick
arrangements for consultation next
■"Tuesday -with a representative from
an architectural firm.
. The forty-member committee is
composed of men and women from
tbroughout the area serviced by
Clare schools, now officially called
School District Number 8 of Clare
and   Isabella   Counties.  They   are
Dr. Dunlop
ens His
Practice Here
Op
. Dr. Donald Dunlop, M. D., has begun his practice of general medicine in Clare, after moving into his
new redwood and stone office building at 301 Bast Fourth Street thiB
week,
. Dr. Dunlop has lived in Clare
most of his life, and having completed his medical schooling, has
returned to his hometown to hang
out his first shingle.
Does the "prophet in his own
land" problem worry him?
"Not particularly," says Dr. Don.
He, cites the growth of Clare, and
the number of new people moving
in during the years he has been
away, at school and in tho service.
t "A good many of the people I see
on the street are. comp"*|teIi*, Hpw.1
.to me," he eomhibttts.     **' '■"''*   "'
Dr. Dunlop and his wife, the
former Donna Leitner, have two
Sons, John, 8, and Don, 6. The
"Doctor is the son of Mrs, Kate Dunlop, and the late John Dunlop, onetime represetnative to the Michigan State Legislature.
Donald graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School
In 1'955, and has spent the past
year interning at St. Joseph's Hospital, Ann Arbor .He will be affiliated with the Central Michigan
Community Hospital, Mt. Pleasant.
The Doctor's handsome new 30
_ 46 redwood sided office building
on Fourth Street is divided into
offices, consultation rooms, x-ray
room, small lab, and waiting room.
; Predominating interior wall
colors of soft green, brown and turquoise, are spiked by modern design furniture in bright colors.
called together for the purpose of.|
studying the educational needs of
the "new enlarged district, and Hiking recommendations %o the school
board.
Besides the question of "who
shall be served by the school of the
enlarged district?" on which the
committee already found agreement, other topics next for consideration are:
1.) What predicted enrollment
shall the school building be designed for? 2.) What kind of school
building shall be recommended? 3.)
What educational program is to be
offered? 4.) What Is the financial
ability of the district in relation to
the determned needs?
In recommending to the Board
that the school district should-attempt to plan a program for the entire area including those parts not^
yet annexed, the committee took'
into full account the Board's policy
of limiting enrollment to students
from Within the District 8 bound-'
aries. Committee members acted j
In the belief that as many ag five/
or possibly seven primary districts
may join the district hefore a bond
issue is successfully acted upon'
and a ban enforced aganst further
expansion of the reorganization..
Newest rural district to join wlth|
the spreading District 8 is the Balg-
|"ley District which held an official
election on Friday and approved annexation by the majority of 19-1
with one ballot spoiled.
Elections on the question of annexation will probably be held in
three other districts soon, The Sentinel has also been informed. At
Eagle, voting may be scheduled by
the first part of August and Pratt
electors might vote as early as
July 23. A request for the resolution
on annexation has been received
from the Randall District also. The
issue is still under discussion in
districts at Redner, Brown (where
a previous election failed to approve annexation), Dover, "Wildcat,
and Andersonville.
Appearance of Clark Ackley,
architect, who is familiar with the
situation in this school district before next Tuesday's season of the
committee was confirmed Wednes'-
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Conelrad To
Silence Radio
On July 20
All regular radio and television
programs will go off .tlie air for 15
minutes on July 20 coast-to-coast
to permit the Federal Civil Defense
Administration to test the emergency broadcastnig of essential in*
formation during a simulated mass
nuclear attack.
FCDA announced on June 14 details of the first nationwide daytime
CONELRAD drill. It was implemented by a directive to the radio
and television broadcast industry
by the Federal Communications
Commission. The FCC order requires all radio and television Stations'to go off the air on July. 20
opening day of Operation Time.
1956, July 20-26, for 15 minutes, beginning at 3:10 PM, Eastern Standard Time. Stations adequately
equipped will shift to the CONELRAD wavelengths, 640 and 1240
kilocycles to broadcast Civil Defense information Concerning the
simulated enemy attack by bombers
and missle-launchlng submarines on
f6 target cities aud ports. Other J
stations will remain silent during
the 15-minute period.
CONELRAD, short for "Control
Of Electromagnetic Radiation'', Calls
for the shutdown of regular broad-
Casting in order to prevent enemy
. bomber pilots from using standard
* radio station signals to guido them
to target cities, To prevent a neW's
■"vacuum in which false reports and
rumors could cause confusion and
hamper survival efforts, the Armed
Forces and the FCC developed the
CONELRAD system of emergency
broadcasting. This permits official
information, and instructions to
reach the pubic without giving navigational aid to the enemy. In co-
v operation with' tlie FCC, the broadcasting industry, and State and
Local Civil "Defense organizations,
FCDA will make use of the test to
impress further on the listening
public tho importance of knowing
the 640 ond 1240 emergency broadcasting frequencies.
Widespread Damage Iii Cyclone's Wake
T_e. Rolland Krell barn, located north .
and- east  of  Clare was blown down  in
heavy windstorms that hit the area .July 1..
One of the Krell sons, in the barn doing
chores at the time, was uninjured. y
. Krell and his two sons had gone lo the
barn to do chores thai Sunday evening,
and were in the barn when Holland took
stock of the violet winds and ominous sky,
and decided io get away from the building.
He took ihe younger boy with him, and
called io the elder to come with them. The
older son delayed a few minutes in order
to finish the chores.
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Pollutid Miw ihe barn Toliap'-e fron-. the
ditch where he and his young son had
taken refuge.
The uninjured youngster in ihe fallen
barn crawled out through a window. The
stock was? unhurt.
Elsewhere in Clare county, the Wind did
extensive damage.
At Dover church, a recently built extension was hit hard. Ceiling of the main
auditorium was also damaged.
More barns, orchards, and TV antennas
were among Other* wind casualties reported. Photo by Lee Sowle
Go. I Wins
Praise For
Battle Skill
Eighteen Clare Army reservists
of the Michigan-Indiana 70th Infantry Division, now participating
in their annual two-week summer
  traU*ing,-at. Oa»iji.M<*Coy/, climaxed
d&y m'ofning*hyl&chaxd -Wheeler. 1 their 'rugged on-the-job field oper-
The committee had asked Mr.
Wheeler to obtain ACkley ior an
early appearance.
Break-In
Nets 1 Dollar
At Farwell
$1 from the cash register, and a
steel box containing car titles an*{
real estate deeds were found missing after a break-in at tho Gulf
Station in Farwell Saturday night.
State police and Farwell Police
Chief "Don Lloyd were both checking on the theft for station operator
Ray Agle, and owner C. L. Brasington.
The box and most of the papers
were recovered by two Clare county,
highway workers, Herman Leis and
Luman Wyman, this week. The box
had been broken open and abandoned by the roadside about 3% miles
east of Clare.
atlons with a full scale march"";,followed by a two-night bivouac under
simulated battle conditions ou
Thursday, June 28.
All members of Company I, commanded by lst Lt. Orrin E. Sharp
are part-time civilian-soldier members of the Clare Organized Reserve unit which holds classroom
training every Monday throughout
the year.
Company I arrived at McCoy late
Sunday evening June 27th along
with over 2,000 other reservists representing 14 Michigan and 19 Indiana cities.
The Company I 48-hour field problem lasting two days and two
nights began on Wednesday, June
29 with a 14 mile tactical march in
full field equipment, matching combat conditions, including rapid fire
exercises in defense against mechanized and air attack. Taking part
in a full scale Divisional assault
operation on June 29 gave Company
I an opportunity to apply the lessons learned at home stations;
Lt. Sharp expressed gratifications at the ease and efficiency in
which the 18 members of the Clare
reservists adapted themselves to
the demanding problems.
Pupils And Ex-Teachers Of
Wallace School Meet Again
One hundred and fifty teachers,
pupils and friends gathered at the
Wallace schoolhouse, in Arthur
township, Sunday, June 24 to renew
old memories and add a new one.
Among the visitors was Mrs.
Ernest Wallace of Wolverine, wife
of the school's first director, for
whom the school was -Ramed'. The
first pupils to attend the school
were six of the Ernest and HOnry
Wallace children .
Wallace school was opened about
the turn of the century, and Mabel
Fisher, of Farwell, was the first
teacher. The next two teacher-*
were two lifelong residents of Clare
County.
One of them was Mrs. Nina
Kleinhardt, of BrOWn Corners, -who
the group was proud to have with
them for the day. The other is Mrs.
Belle Coulter Deller, also of Brown
Corners, who Was unable to attend,
Others among the school's, early
teachers attending the reunion
wore Mrs. Thomas Alward of De-
triot, Mrs, Hazel McGuire Alward
of Gladwin, and Mrs. Margaret Mavis Miekle of Brown Corners.
Bruce Williams, Lee Coulter,
Alice Smalley, Laura Mavis, Dobts
and Valmour Armour, were other,
familiar teacher-faces present.
The school's last teacher was
Maxine Ferrell Schiemann, who,
died some years ago. Both she and
her late husband Clarence Sqhie-
mann were residents of the "community for many years.
FoUr of the first six pupils* of
Wallace school were present, They
were   Ruby  Wallace   Shaver,   of
Brown Corners; .Ruth Wallace De-
Mars, of Glsr&f Mildred Wallace
Smith and Aubrey Wallace of Wolverine,
Other early pupils signing the roll
were Mary Mavis Miller of the
Eagle; Natalie Mielke Block and
sister Martha Mielke VonLinswaue,
of Detroit; Patricia DeMars De-
Laney and sister Mary DeMars
Copenhaur, of Detroit; and Garry
Mielke, Pauline Mielke Prezlaff and
Ben Mielke,
Ernest Kleinhardt Sr, was the
builder of the schoolhouse, and first
sohooiboard members were Ernest
Wallace,, Henry Wallace and Pete
Boots. William Mielke 86, one Of
the very early board members was
able to visit at the reunion for a
short time.
Present schoolboard is Roy
Brady, Pauline Pretzlaff, and Beulah Davis. The original school district is how being split up, part
being set overinto the Gladwin district, and the* remainder annexing
to Hayes Agricultural school, Harrison.
Eberhart. Duncan
Win Election To
School Board Seats
Light Area School Vote Reported
With Close Balloting At Lake
Two rural Clare men Russell
Eberhart and-'Lionel Duncan -were
elected to fill vaca-hcles on\'fm%
Clare school board for, a threes-year
and a one year period at Clare's annual Bchool election Monday evening, July 9. .
Eberhart, elected for a three year
term, had 172 votes cast for him,
out Of a total of 251. Duncan, who
fills the unexpired term of Earl
Ruby, got 213 votes "out of thet.251
cast.
Choice oi the two newly elected
members assures rural representation on the school board of the newly reorganized Clare district. Ruby
resigned before his term expired
in order to make another seat available to rural people.
At Farwell, Bernard McNerney,
of Lake George, and George Tiedeman, of West Grant, -were elected
to the Farwell board Monday evening.
In, other business handled at the
election, Farwell school voters decided to sell the former Hinkleville
school building to the City of Far-
well, to be used as a Community
recreation center.
In a very close election at Lake,
Delmer Scott was  elected to the
school board for one year, Roger
Russell for two  years,  and  Mrg.
f Donna. GUrv -for three years.
With one trustee position on the
Hayes Agricultural School board,
Harrison, to be filled, Bryan Fanning was re-elected to the post.
Harrison, school voters -will go to
tho polls again within three or four
weeks to vote'on a building program, an addition to the' present
school plant; according to Superintendent Charles Amble.
Preliminaries for the vote had
not been completed at the time of
Monday evening's election, so the
proposal could not be decided at
that time.
At. Coleman, incumbent "Elmer
Springer, treasurer of the Coleman
School Board, was re-elected to that
post.
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Harrison News
2
Society  News"
3-6
Lake News
4
Rosebush News
6
City. Briefs
1
Farwell News
9
Spoi'ts News
11
Church News
12
Farm News
13
- Want Ads - Notices
14-15
Comics.
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St. Ann Chapel
Commences
Building
The Clare Episcopal congregation
of the Chapel of St. Ann have started construction of their church
building.
They have two lots of about two
acres in the Dunlop estates facing
on old US-10 east of new TJS-10.
First built will be the two level]
wing in the foreground which will'
be 32 by 26 and what will eventually be the church proper will bo
added later. The present Chapel
Will be on the upper elevation and
the first floor will'be used for
church school and guild purposes.
When the entire structure is completed .the present chapel will be
used for office and parish house activities.
The Murphy Construction Company is doing the masonry work
and placing tlie beams. Members of
the congregation and others of the
community have offered to complete the construction.
On the building committee are
Allan Holmes, chairman, Robert
Soldatt, William Goodwin, and Addison Van * dampen. The mission
committee is made up of Robert
Soldatt, warden, Richard Wheeler,
treasurer, and Mrs. Lois Goodwin
secretary. The Rev. Fr.' Robert S.
Childs is the pi'iest in charge.
At present services are being
held atv9 a.m. each Sunday in the
office next door to the ideal theatre
in the theatre building. Services
have been held each Suuday at 9
a.m. since October 8, 1953 when
they started in the private dining
room of the Bames Cafe. The building committee hope to have the
new building ready for use by early
fall.
Houghton Store
Air-Conditioned
Houghton's drug store is completing installation this week of a
complete air conditioning system,
to provide water cooled and washed
air.
The air conditioner, weighing 7%
tons, was built by the "U. S. Air
Company. It is mounted on the roof
of the building and housed in an
aluminum cupola.
The system has a separate water
tower that reuses the water, and
does not dump it into the city sewage. It de-humidifies air, and removes 95% of all pollen from the
air.
Prosecutor Shreds Audit
Ten Hike
To Scout
Camp-Out
Ton Scouts of Troop 125 apd two
visitors enjoyed a campout under
the stars June 30th at the "Five
Lake fishing site. They met at the
Congregational Church and hiked to
the .campsite.
They included Assistant Senior
Leader Douglas Young, Dave Corn-
stock, Jerry Comstock, Jim Humphrey, Raymond Defoy, • Frank Rowley, Jim Richardson, Patrol Leader
Bob Williams, Larry Williams and
William Hanchett. '
The boys were accompanied by
Scoutmaster Dee Wade and Assistant Scoutmaster Ray Hanchett.
Many cooking and hikingi tests
were passed and they all had lots
of fun.
Brake Lock
Is Cause
Of Mishap
A brake locked on a car driven by
Thomas Cook, county highway foreman as he was on his way to the
doctor with a man injured at work,
and car was thrown into a utility
pole July 10.
Cook was stopping in front of
Dr. Kuno Hammerberg's' office on
US-27 when the accident occurred
Tuesday* at about 9:80 a.m.
Damage to the right front fender
of the car and windshield was estimated at $3.00.
Monday morning, at about,8:45,
Earl Thomas Beatty, 18, of Clare,
waa-driving'out,of _ gas-station
Uhto McBWfli,w*nen'Be flfoYiS into
the path of a car going north on
that Street.
Walter McCandless, of Ohio, driver of the second car, waa ticketed
by Clare Police for failure to have
his vehicle under control. Beatty
was ticketed for failure to yield
right of way.
Later the same day, at 1*46 p.m.
George Sexton,, of rural Clare, starting to make a lef thand turn, did not
stop his truck in time to avoid hitting a car driven by Phyllis Storrs
of Owosso.
The Storrs car had stopped behind other cars that were halted
ahead of it. Phyllis Storrs was
taken • to Clare Hospital with an
injured neck.
Both vehicles were going West
on TJS-ie. Sexton was ticketed for
failure to have his truck under control, and paid $12 fine and cbsts in
Clare Municipal Court.
Well-Baby Clinics
Set For July 18-20
Well-Baby conferences will be
held for the month on July 18 aad
July 20.
At Farwell. the clinic will be in
the Methodist church on Wednesday, July 18, from 9 to 11 a.m.
It will ba In the Clare Congregational church the same, day from 1
to 3 p.m.
At Harrison, it will be held Friday, July 20, iu the Court House
basement, from 9 to 11 a.m.
The case of Harrison Justice Glenn Sherman, first of four
Glare county Justices to draw unfavorable reports> M%k?<
special audits by the State Auditor General, was the first also
to'strike sparks with a return blow when Clare County Prose-"
cutor Robert Campbell attacked the audit reports as "false"*
and "unfair". He criticized the special report strongly in a
letter to Auditor Szymanski, and repeated his opinion that
Justice Sheirnan's conduct in office had been honest and
above board. ;     '   . • . • L.L -,'i'L-
Mr. Campbell will complete his investigations of the Audi",
tor General's charges and prepare the resume of. his findihgsj
he said.
The letter which Prosecuting Attorney Campbell wrote to
Auditor Szymanski left no doubt but that his on-t_'e-spot re-*
check of the examination of Sherman's books and records
revealed mistakes and oversights in the State's special audit.
The Prosecutor said he" thinks,
Szymanski owes justice' Sherman
an apology since the audit was "inaccurate, false, and a" very - poor
piece of auditing". Calling Sherman
"one of the most conscientious apd
sincere Justices-in Clare county",
Mr. Campbell asserted that "•».; \
ypu (Szymanski) have certRinJy
made an attempt to injure hls're-
putation".
In the special repprfc from "Lansing which was issued after £_<*>
Auditor General's probe into . records of Justice Sherman, it was indicated that fines and costs have
been held by Sherman for varying
periods up to three years. Further,
the report noted cases where persons had be'en placed on probation
by Justice Sherman to. himself .with
probationary fees retained by himself. And further criticism wa's included 0£ cases where fines and
costs in State law violations were
paid to the city of Harrison instead
of to the county treasurer.
Restrictions
Relaxed On
Gas For Heat
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company said today it will begin im-
medately taking on 60,721 new
space • heating customers. The an
nouncement followed an order of
the Federal Power Commission authorizing a change in the regulations covering Michigan Wisconsn
Pipe Line Company which limit the
number of space heaters its utility
customers, including Michigan
Consolidated, can serve.
The Michigan Public Service
Commission had authorized the ad
ditional customers on May 22, but
the FPC action was required before
the Company could proceed.
With this latest order, Michigan
Consolidated has been authorized to
serve, a total of more than 138,-
000 new heating customers in the
last'ten months.
The. M. P. S. C. approved the
Company's request to connect-#11
those on-its waitlng:;ilst as of May"
22 who desire to install gas/heat.
The commission said this number
should not exceed 40,000.
The M, P. S. C. also allowed the
Company to provide service for 20,-
000 new buildings and to add 721
heating customers in the towns of
New Boston, Milan and Saline to
which the Company plans to extend
natural gas service this summer.
"This order will provide gas heating for -all who desire it at this
time," sad Mr. Henry Tuttle, president of Michigan Consolidated.
Mr. Tuttle added that "this is an
other step in our program of lifting restrictions on natural gas for
space heating ^s a result of the construction of the new American
Louisiana Pipe Line which will
provide Michigan Consolidated with
a 70 percent increase in its gas
supply.
"We wll request authority to
serve additional heating customers
when the competion and operation
of American Louisiana is assured,"
he said.
The $130,000,000 pipe line, which
will deliver 200 million cubic feet
of gas a day to Michigan Consolidated, is scheduled to be finished
this summer.
The Company has also requested
the M. P. S. C. to permit it to sell
gas to industrial customers on an
intermptible basis. Hearings on
this petition have been concluded
before the M. P. S. C.
Episcopalians Will Worship In New Chapel
Episcopalians of Clare's Chapel of St. Anrt
plan lo complete the first phase of their
building program by n-ftxt fall, when, they
will begin worship services in pari of this
beautiful aew chapel. (Story on this page.)
Assailing the reports, Prosecutor
Campbell said" The idea and •pur-
pose of an audit is commendable
however I feel that an audit Bho1*ld
be accurate".
Campbell's own review' of , lh»
handling of money by Sherman revealed three specific cases whore
fines listed as "undepoBited-- *f\_d
been collected and turned oyer, to
tbe county, treasurer, and' other
cjase-* js-here irregularities bad.Men
charged to JuHtlciJ sbeartaan ;*_*§**
the cases had not even appearedia
Sherman's court.
Still other cases whera tints
were shown, by the State audlfc a*J
"undeposited", involved fines not
yet paid by the violators.
In total, the money which .re'
mains to be deposited by Justice
Sherman amounts to $81.40 according to prosecutor Campbell's Hidings. The State audit liad listed tne
amount due ad $358.40. State auditors and Mr. Campbell each arrived
at their differing conclusions alter
examination of the same' recorfls
furnished by Shermaru        '   -  *
Further study is being given ito
th6 matter of the probationafy.feeH,
and to the fines and, costs, if-,' a&f,
which the State charges were due'
the county, but paid instead.to ihe
city of Harrison.
Rev. Smith
Transferred
To Potterville
Rev. Harold Smith, pastor of the
Clare Church of the Nazarene, since
1953, has been transferred to Potterville, it was announced at thA
annual church board meeting Juno
29.
He wili preach his farewell sermon this Sunday, and the family
will move this week end. Rev.
Smith's successor has not been
named.
Rev. and Mrs. Smith and their
two children David and Joan, began the local pastorate in March
of 1953, moving to the parsonage
later in the spring after Rev. Smith
graduated from Owosso Bible College.
During the past year, the upright
part of the church has been erected
over the basement where the church
was first held. Rev, Smith spent
many hours work on the church
building, aided by the congregation,
and other area ministers.
Mrs. Smith has served as' Sunday
School Superintendent. The church
has shown, membership increases
under the leadership of the Smiths-
The Smith family spent la3t week'
vacationing with relatives' at
Snover and other parts of Michigan. They returned Sunday evening, and left Monday to spend this
week at the State Assembly meeting at Indian Lake,
Other business transacted included reading of reports of the, missionary''' so-jiety., Mrs. Darrell
Weadge was named president of
the group.
Trustees elected were Amil Middleton, Mrs. Leona Crowder, and
Mrs. Barbara; Kanaski. Mrs. Inez
Slebetton, Mrs. Amil Middleton and
Mrs. Lola McCalllBtOr were elected
stewards.