1956-09-13; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE, MICHIpAN^tfRSDAY,    SEPTEMBER. 13, 1956
Ten Cents Copy
New Series, Vol. 64, No* 52
SS-
ems
Ebb
Routine (Almost) As SQlutions
Appear For Seating. Travel
At the end of the first -week of
classes at' Clare Public Schools,
most problems caused by high enrollment and teacher overloads
were eliminated or on the way toward solution, Transporation continued as a minor "sore spot" with
inconvenient bus routing and timetables getting the attention of
School Superintendent Richard
Wheeler and Elementary Principal
Allan Tulk.
Increasing    enrollment    in    the
Vote Down
Annexation
At Dover
School annexation opponents
mustered enough votes Thursday
at Dover to defeat the proposal
30-20, the most decisive margin yet
registered in district elections
where school re-organization has
failed. Three other'districts, Brown,
Eagle and Pratt failed by very narrow counts on the same proposition.
One student, Courtney Dale
Bauer who was ready to enroll in
Clare Public School's ninth grade,
was affected by the annexation
failure and school policy of non-
acceptance of non-residents. Mr.
and Mrs. Court Bauer, Dale's parents, hope to transfer their property into the re-organized district
and eliminate the reason for their
boy's refusal at Clare. Dale is taking an extra long summer vacation
while he waits for the County
School Board to act on the Bauer
property transfer.
From the Pratt district, ninth
graders Frank Rowley with his
father Robert, and Stuart Hampton with bis father Emerson have:
taken residence within the re-organized district to enable the boys to
go to Clare High after failure of
annexation ip, their home^Uatrlci.
Six prospective high school
freshmen at the Andersonville district in Isabella county are waiting
out a transaction to set certain
Andersonville property over into
the Coleman district so that, their
families and others remaining can
vote on annexation with the Clare
district.
The Andersonville students are
teaching themselves at their homes
while waiting for the election sometime late this month, or next.
In the meantime, school students
•from the Eagle and Brown districts
who could not be accepted at Clare
are attending classes at Beaverton.
Tim Cotter
Takes Men's
Links Title
Double honors in the Clare Men's
Golf Club came to Tim Cotter Friday evening when he received his
trophy after winning the club championship, and was elected by fellow
golfers to the presidency of the
group. Award presentations and the
election climaxed the club's Fun
Day at Twin Elms and annual banquet in the clubhouse afterward.
Cotter succeeded Harold Hughes
in the club president post.
Qualifying in the tournament's
top flight, the new champ defeated
Jack Manee (1 up on the 19th) r Jim
Mishler, Beaverton (5-4), and runner-up Bill Watson, Gladwin (54)
to take the title held last year by
Gerry Nivison.
In other flights winners and run-
ners-up received trophy's as follows -
lst Flight: - Harry Coney-finalist
over Jim Olson, 1 up on the 19th
hole.* ' ..   .
2nd Flight - George Perry finalist
over John Young, Harrison, 2-i.
3rd Flight - John Bicknell finalist
Over Paul Manee, 3-2.
4th Flight -- Dale Brown, Beaverton, finalist over Frank LaGoe, 4-3-
Another major award went to
Jack Manee who took medalist honors in the tournament' Qualifying
play.
About thirty-five bf the Fun Day
competitors' stayed for the banquet
and meeting. Entertainment included handing out of prizes for lowest
scores on blind holes, putt scores,
accurate pitches on the short holes,
and long drive on No, 4.
A guest, Joe Kinzel, Of* Flint,
Michigan was. introduced and the
announcement made that he is considering a position as' Club Pro at
Twin Elms for next, year's Season.
Members expressed their appreciation to owner Chris Demo for %e
outstanding condition of the course
and the fine accomodations for
players there this season.
New directors elected at the
meeting are Ben Tarzwell, Beaverton, Dill Watson, Gladwin, John
Young, Harrison, and Dale IlinpiS,
Far-well.
.grades niore than offset the slight
drop in high school numbers and
elementary pupils took over space
formerly used only by upperclass-
inen,
"If there was any question about
What the capacity of the present
building te>- tliat Question has been
answered." Mr. Wheeler observed,
"We have reached what appears to
be the absolute limit with every
fopt of classroom space in use every
hour of. the day".
Fprty-nine fifth graders who
spent the first school day last Wednesday crowded into Mrs. Ethel
Marshall's classroom have been divided into two rooms under two
teachers. Mrs. Vera Williams who
started this year as teacher at the
Brewer school, is teaching half the
group at Clare. The classroom is
one formerly used by high school
classes on the second floor of the
Public School. There are now two
and one-half Fifth grades, in the
Clare building.
Mrs. WHiams was replaced at the
Brewer school by Thelma Haines,
Balsley teacher whose nine students were transferred to Clare.
This relief for the crowded Fifth
grade was decided upon after consideration of several other plans
including one to open a second
roonj. for classes in -Herrick school
building, and send the Clare overflow there. The Herrick plan was
discarded in favor of the more practical plan being tried.
Mr. "Wheeler and Mr. Tulk spent
part of Monday afternoon this week
riding buses returning rural kindergarteners to their homes after a
half-day of school attendance. They
were searchng for means of reducing "back tracking" and excessive
passenger mileage.| Part ot their
concern was with a situation where
a 4S-passenger bus covered a school
route with as few as two small
kindergarteners carried as the
"load".
,' Iji Lansing Tuesday, Mr. Wheeler
discussed the transportation with
authorities in the Department of
"public Instruction and proposed that
Clare be allowed to operate sedans,
limousines, station wagons or the
like on routes where small numbers of children have to be carried.
He said- that eight buses are operating now where seven were in use
last year, and that bus runs are
longer than ever before. Despite
the snarls in beginning schedules
and operation problems, no rural
student walks more than half a
mile and all reach home at 5 o'clock
or before.
The Public School teaching staff
totals forty-seven, - ten more than
last year and the student enrollment in the junior high and elementary classrooms is as follows:
Leota Van Every, kindergarten—
97,
Kathryn Eroh, first grade—33
Effie Hales, first grade—33.
Elsie Delamarter, first and second
grades—26 *
Verona White," second grade—26
Florence Kane,, second grade—27
Helen Garthe, third grade—33
Willajoe Bush,  third and fourth
grade—27
Blanche Giebel, fourth grade—34
Violet Kuhnau, fourth grade-—35
Ethel Marshall, fifth grade—29
Vera  Williams,   fifth   grade—25
Mildred  Rauch,  fifth  and sixth
grade—27
Joan Bond, sixth grade—31
Robert Thomas, Jr. High—41
Stella Marks, Jr. High—44
Edith McCorkle, Jr. High—32
Joe Sveo, Jr. High—36
Thelma Haines, 23—Brewer
Iva Strouse, 24—Carrow
Irene Clute, 33—Colonville
Irene  Shively,  33—Herrick
Pearl Taylor, 42—Loomis
Mary McTaggart, 45—Phinisey
Mabel Lynch, 25—Vernon Center
Rachel Willey, 26—Randall   *
Latest addition to the faculty is
William Grier, former principal at
the Lake School. Mr, Grier is the
high school social studies instructor
and JV football coach.
Strange
Nomination
Confirmed
Russell 'Strange, whose nomination to Clare-Isabella representative on the Republican ticket was
contested in a recount move by
Preston Johnson, has had his nomination confirmed after princincts
in both counties were recounted
last week.
Strange came out with a 23 vote
edge in total recount, to. better his
original 6 vote lead following the
election August 7.   '
Tlie recount was completed in
Clare county last week Thursday
noon, and in Isabella on Friday afternoon.
In Clare county, Strange picked
up ten more votes on the recount.
In the original count, he had a 175
majority over Johnson. The recount
tallied out to a 185 vote majority
for Strange.
Cobo Boosts GOP Stock Here
CHS Faces
First Grid
Foe Friday
Clare High School Pioneers will
launch their 1956 football campaign
tomorrow night under the lights of
Clare's athletic field against a
greatly improved Big Rapids team.
The Big Rapids eleven was the first
victim in Clare's undefeated season
last year.
.Only six lettermen returned from
the squad which carried the Green
and White to the championship of
the Mid-Michigan "*_*'- Conference
in 1955, and Head -Coach George
Perry has had the problem of how,
and with whom to rebuild a winning
team.
Fans got a glimpse of the new
squad in action last Friday evening
when Clare scrimmaged against
Traverse City St. Francis High
School for practice. Halfbacks who
run or pass on the option play, and
a revival of the baffling "belly
play" series promised anf-tlm* bet-
ter-than-average year for CHS.
The ball carriers worked behind
a line which is smaller than last
year's forewards and without as
much substitution depth, but gaining polish and speed with practicing.
Coach Perry is assisted by Don
Richardson acting as line coach.
Kyle Hanley, a. '55 graduate, has
worked very hard training the JV
and Freshmen teams from the beginning of practice until coaches
were acquired. William Grier from
Saginaw, has taken over the JV
team and Robert McDaniel from
Lansing is training the freshman.
Season tickets to see the Pioneers in their home games are going well. Students representing the
school Athletic Board are handling
sales with advance admissions already ahead of those at this time
last year.
All home games are due to start
at 8 o'clock p.m.
Penrose Holsteins
Named Champions
Two Holsteins, from the Penrose
farm herd, of Clare, have won prizes at the Saginaw fair.
A Holstein cow was named Grand
Champion, and a Holstein bull Senior Champion in judging at the
Saginaw Fair this week.
"Constitution Week"
Whereas, the basic need ih -our
Nation today is the preservation
of Constitutional .Government;
and
"Whcreasj in order to protect
touir priceless heritage under our
unique form of government, it is
essential io Support our Constitution, "The most wonderful wiork
ever struck, off at a given time by
the brain and purpose of man";
and
"Whereas, for it's proper support, it is necessary that our eiti-
zens understand its provisions
and principles and appreciate its*
values and benefits jas "The great--
est document ftof human liberty
in two thousand years of recorded history"; and
Whereas, "The Daughters of the
American Revolution are sponsoring the observance of Constt--
tutioh Week September 17-23,
1956, in commemoration of the
169th jmniversiiry ot the adoption
of the Constitution;
Now therefore, I, Laurence
Seiter, by virtue, of the authority
v*""*-*'!-***! in me as Mayor of the City
of Clare, in the State of Michigan, do hereby proclaim the week
of September 17-23, 1956, as Constitution Weelc in the City of
Clare and urge all citizens to pay
specialv attention during that •
week to our Federal Constitution
and the advantages of American
citizenship flying United States
'of America Flags at their businesses and homes and especially
emphasizing the purpose Mf Good
Government as set forth in the
Constitution's Preamble and the
duty of all person-iin oUr Republic to -protect wur Constitution and
the freedoms to its Bill of Rights
so that it may continue to protect
us and our posterity in "This Nation Under God."
In Witness Whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the City of Clare this
7th day of September, in the Year
Of Our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred fifty-six, and of the Independence of the United States
-of America, the one hundred and
eighty first.
Signed
LAURENEE SEMPER "*
Campaign head O. D. Bayes got his lapel button first hand
from the Republican candidate for State Governor, himself
when Cobo appeared in Clare last Thursday. Mr. Cobo
spoke in vigorous style denouncing his opponent's lack of
constructive leadership in Michigan affairs.
Lee Sowle Photo
Hundreds View Work Of
Local Artists Sunday
Three hundred and fifty art
show visitors came to look, to comment, and to buy at the Fourth
Annua; Exhibit of the Clare art
group held at the Hotel Doherty
Sunday afternoon.
Some sixty pieces, ranging from
small (8"xlO") to relatively Jarge
(3'x4') canvases, all in oilsl wer*f
displayed by fifteen area artists. ."
One of the best-known names
among those exhibiting was Mrs.
Grace McArthur, -whose work in
the American primitive style is becoming known throughout the state,
what with recognition in state papers, notably the Saginaw News,
and winning ribbons in area and
state art exhibits.
Although this year's exhibit featured only oils, Mrs. Virginia Seitz,
director of the show, said she was
pleased by the variety of styles
represented by her fifteen students.
Among those with work in the
exhibit were Mrs. Ruth Marble,
Mrs. Doriss Ann Bicknell, Mrs,
Sarah Beck, Mrs. Patricia Pinaire,
Mrs. Adelaide Elden, Mrs. Jan
Johnston, Mrs. Arlagene Drebert,
Mrs. Henrietta Verette, Mrs. Maxine Kirkpatrick, "Virginia Foss and
Ruth Blanchard, all of Clare.
Mrs. Bertha Gardner and Mrs.
Edna Sellers, of Harrison; Sam
Sherwood, of Grayling; and Mrs.
McArthur, Rosebush. All have studied under Mrs, Seitz.
Mrs. McArthur, who's had art instruction for two years, has completed 38 canvases, all in the light-
hearted, nostalgic vein typical of
American primitive painting.
"I like to keep my paintings cheerful", comments Mrs. McArthur.
Past favorites in local exhibits have
been "Our Church", "Country Kitchen", "Grandmother's Garden",
and  "Park Scene."
Mrs. McArthur does her own
framing and accents the frames
with bright paint, bark left on the
wood, bits of velvet and rickrack
and gold cord.
Her prolific painting output is
only a hobby of Mrs. McArthur's,
done mostly at night.
During  working   hours  she's   a
Two New
Teachers At
Clare High
Robert Beidler from Frankfort,
Michigan, is teaching chorus at
Clare High.
Alter attending Weber College in
Utah and Bayer University at Waco, Texas, he graduated from Central Michigan College. Mr. Beidler
was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air
Force for four years stationed at
"dtah, Texas, and Greenland,
He has plans in starting a girls-
group and entering them in competition with other schools, He also
plans to produce an operetta,
William Grier of Saginaw comes
to Clare to assume the position of
high school social studies teacher,
and J.V. football coach. Mr. Grier
earned his B.S. Degree at Central
Michigan College and previously
taught at Lake School.    '
Mrs. Zella O'Dell, who is assuming the position of secretary at
Clare Public School this year, graduated from Clare High School in
1942. Mrs. O'Dell with her husband
and family of three livo in Clare.
housewife, serves as an assistant
in the office of her husband, Dr.
S. C. McArthur in Clare, is the busy
grandmother of five, and still finds
time to amaze friends by remembering innumerable birthdays and
anniversaries.
She originally took up painting
""to -keep busy" she recently told a
Saginaw News feature writer. Now,
adays, reflecting on her full schedule,. Mrs. McArthur adds that she's
looking for a "day stretcher."
In 1957, Mrs. McArthur will have
a painting hung in the Michigan
State Fair exhibit. She won the
coveted space when her painting
"Summertime Down South." was
named one of ten Best In The
Show, at the University of Michigan invitational Amateur Art Exhibit, held last month.
The winning picture, which was
not available for the Clare exhibit
last weekend, shows a group of
small ,happy watermelon eaters, in
a rural setting.
Earlier this year, Mrs. McArthur
entered a painting in the annual
spring Saginaw Women's Club exhibit, and won a ribbon, matching
her performance of last year,
when she won a ribbon on her first
trip to that showing.
She well remembers the thrill of
selling her iirst painting. Now
buyers always take home some of
her work from the annual Clare
exhibit.
On Inside Pages   |
Clare county 4-H girls will model
a whole wardrobe of (fall school
fashions at Harrison High School
Monday evening, September 17.
Story on page 7.
The general meeting of the
WSCS of the Clare Methodist
church was held Tuesday evening,
when the group planned its work
for the year. Complete story on
page 7. ,
Recently organized Saddle Pals,
a local riding club, enjoyed a ride
and weiner roast Saturday afternoon. See page 7.
■ Feminine hunters come in aU
ages and sizes, too, from 11 to 80
years, conservation people declare.
Story on page 9.
Sportsmen -Will find changes in
bird hunting regulations on page 9'
Roadside picnics are an excellent
safety device, claims a leading tra-
el authority. The change of pace
and relaxation is att immeasurable
rest for the driver. See page 12.
A three day missionary meeting,
featuring speakers from mission
fields in Central America and
Africa, are scheduled fpr the Brown
Corners United Brethren church
this week end. -Story on page 10.
' Wheat farmers are reminded that
the reserve agreement deadline is
September 21. See page 11.
The Lake home demonstration
group takes a look at its progress
and accomplishments of the something over a year that it's been
organized. Details on page 13.
Harrison News
2-6
City Briefs             .•
8
Rosebush News
6
Society   N§ws
7
Fall Fashion News
7
Sports News
9
Church News
10
Farm News
11-12
Lake News
18
Farwell News
14
Want Ads - Notices
16-17
Comics
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Carve Out Wide Intersection
To Speed Highway Traffic
Cobo Tour
Pauses For
Clare Talk
Mayor Albert B. Cobo, here
Thursday pointed an accusing finger at Governor Williams' habitual
criticism of the State Legislature
and executive department heads,
declaring that the Governor's attitude of blame for others defeats
opporunity for co-operation and efficiency in the government's service for the people of Michigan.
The Republican candidate for
Governor of Michigan spoke informally to a group which gathered at
the Doherty hotel for a. 'c'offee
hour" meeting with him as he stopped briefly in his campaigning.
While in Clare, Mr. Cobo also
appeared for handshake and greetings at the Clare Manufacturing
Company plant as afternoon shifts
were changing. His supporters here
were headed by County GOP Chairman O. D. Bayes and Attorney Harold Hughes, who is the local GOP
campaign leader.
Comign to specific cases in which
he said the Governor's leadership
could have been more useful than
mere criticism in getting things
done, Mr. Cobo mentioned the need
for divided-lane highways to modernize state travel.
The people do not profit by real
leadership when the present Governor complains of lack of co-opera-,,
tion in the iState Highway Department, Mr. Cobo said.
"We in Detroit experience no
troubles with the State Highway
Department, and yet a successful
expressway building program has
been accomplished there," stated
Mr. Cobo. "We prepare workable
outlines of work to be done with
the enthusiastic co-operation of
citizen groups, labor representatives, engineers and traffic authorities. The Highway Department
gets cQ-operatfqn - instead Pf faultfinding, and projects move more
successfully."
The Republican campaigner
thinks the same principles can be
applied to government at the State
level.
Mr. Cobo pleased listeners when
he said he favored building four-
lane highways on the site of present main thorofares. H esaid that
property presently owned by the
State includes right-of-way strips
wide enough for the addition of the
needed lanes adjacent to the existing pavement.
Clare Men
At Methodist
Retreat
Representing the Clare Methodist
Men at the Big Rapids District Layman's Retreat at Lake Louise,
September 8-9, were Judge Donald
E. Holbrook, 'the District Lay Leader, Carl Lear, Jay Bellinger, Robert Greer, David Seiter, Laurenee
Seiter and Albert Seiter.
Special speakers Were Bishop Marshall R, Reed, Rev. Russell King, of
Petoskey; and Dr. John E. Marvin,
editor of the Advocate. District
Superintendent Leon W. Manning
was also present, and Alvin Neller,*-
conference Lay Leader gave the
opening remarks.
Widening of downtown Fifth Street (TJS-1'0) in Clare at its
intersection with US-#7 on the Doherty Hotel corner is expected to begin Tuesday.
The Clare city commission authorized the widening job at
its regular meeting two weeks ago.-
The curb will be set back in width ranging from 3a/2 to five
feet. This will allow for total widening of the highway of from
seven to ten feet.
The wide areas will extend back as far as the driveway to
the hotel parking lot on the Doherty corner, to the driveway
back of Maxwell's on that corner, to the alley back of. Evert's
Jewelry on the Dunlop corner, and the alley near Clute's
garage on the fourth corner.
The additional space will provide a lefthand turn lane for
the busy intersection. It is expected to relieve congestion
during heavy traffic flows, as when the Manufacturing Plant
changes shifts, or during week ends.
Parking meters will be removed all along the widened'
area to eliminate curbside parking, and further add to free
flow of traffic.
Motorists will be able to make
right turns or go straight through
the intersection without being trapped by left-hand turning or parked
cars when the widening is completed.
J & R construction company has
been hired to do the job. City officials favored waiting until after
Labor Day to begin the work in
order not to have the intersection
torn up during that particularly
busy week end.
Sweeper
Out Of Action
After Crash
Clare's new, mechanical street
sweeper was damaged Saturday
morning when it was involved in
a collision with a car driven by
George Kapplinger, of 303 Maple
StppeV
SWeeper operator Clifton Bouchey was working north on North McEwan, and in making a turn, drove
into the path of Kapplinger, also
coming north on McEwan.
Damage to'the sweeper was estimated on Clare Police reports at
$400, to the left front. Kapplinger's
car had an estimated $350 damage
to the right front.
The sweeper is undergoing repairs at Marble Auto Collision, and
h expected to be back in operation
late this week.
The city of Clare's record of accident-free equipment use has been
very good, according to City Manager Willard Wedge.
Wedge has been with the city ior
over two years, and during that
time there has been only one other
accident, and the city was entitled
to collect damages on that occasion.
City machinery and vehicles are in
operation on the streets daily.
The Fifth Street Curve chalked
up another accident last Wednesday
night, when Jack Courter, of Harrison, a musician at Twin Elms
Club, lost control of his car on the
curve, and crashed into a sign pole
at the Rowley Standard Station.
Courter told police he was driving East on West Fifth Street about
55 miles per hour as he approached
the curve, a 25 mph speed zone. It
was raining. The accident occurred
about 10 p m. September 5. The car
was called a total wreck.
Courter stood mute on a charge
of reckless driving. A jury trial
date has been set for September 18
by -Municipal Judge William B.
Dunlop.
Shareholders
OK Bank
Merger Plan
At meetings held on September
5, the shareholders of the Citizens
State Bank, Clare, and the Rosebush State Bank, -Rosebush, approved plans to merge the two
banks.
Plans for the merger were first
announced following approval by
the directors of the two banks oil
August 7, The merger is expected
to occur following approval of supervisory .authorities and it is Expected that the banks will be consolidated as of close of business
September 29.
Following the consumation of the
merger, total resources of the consolidated bank will exceed $7,500,-
I 000.00 and total capital accounts will
exceed $650,000.00.
Officials of both banks stated
that the larger institution made
possible by the merger will bring
to both communities additional and.
more complete banking -. facilities
and services.
Following accomplishment of the
merger, the consolidated bank, to
be known aS The Citizens State,
Bank Of Clare, with branch a#
Rosebush, will be among the larg-"
est of central Michigan's banks.
No change in personnel or .management of either bank is contemplated, officials Stated.
He's A Winner For Sure Now
"Singing Cop9'
To Bring
Program Were
Lt. Wilburn LaGree, of Flint, the
"singing Cop", will be present at
the First Baptist Church, Clare,
Sunday evening at 7:45 for a program. *
Lt. Lagree keeps weekly appointments, throughout the state, speaking and singing and attracting
large audiences.
A feature of his prograxn is an
interesting and instructive 'safety
program for children, which has
been very effective.
The public is invited to attend.
Monthly Well-Baby
Clinic Dates Set
Dates for September well-baby
clinics have been* announced by the
Tri-County Health Office at Glad-
Wm.
The health, team will, be at |he
Farwell Methodist Church on Wednesday, September 19t from 9 to 11
a.m.
At the Clare Congregational
Church Wednesday, September 19
from 1 to   p.m.,
And at the Clare county court
house basement in Harrison on-Friday, September 21, from 9 to 11
a.m,     .     .   .
Republican Candidate ior Representative in ihe Legislature^ Russell Strange was photographed shaking hands
-with his Democratic opponent for the General Election ihis
fall. Since this-piciur/e, Sifange has. been through a recount
which established his winning margin beyond a doubt.
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