1957-01-31; Clare Sentinel

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J&StfYwr In Clare, Isabella Comities
CLARE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 1957
Tien Cents Copy
NW Series, Vol, 65, No, 20
Election Date Set
For February 15 On
The Clare School Board has announced February 15 as the date
set for a (special election on bonding the district for $1,300,000.
-worth of improvements;- Included
in the Whole scope of proposed construction is Ja n<3w high school with
land for its site, a new elementary*
grade' school and site fori kindergarten through fourth grade, remodeling of the present school
building for intermediate and
junior high classes.
In a letter from the School Board
to all voters, the term' ol the bond
is given as twenty-five years apd
the millage rate on State Equalized
Valuations is approximately 8, or
Pay Fines
For Pilfering
After Fire
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Three Mt. Pleasant women mad*.
a Municipal Court appearance in
Clare January 24, and all paid fines
on a charge of looting, buried out
buildings in Clare, on January 21-
Mrs. Erma Mary Jacobs, her
daughter, Carol Ann and Mrs. Nora
Gilbert, all of R-5 Mt, . Pleasant,
each paid $10 fines and $4.30 court
costs to Justice William B. Dunlop.
The three women informed the
court that they were told the merchandise, which they collected in
the back of Western Auto, was
salvage for anyone who wanted it.
Clare police investigated two accidents Tuesday.
At about 4:45 p. m. Basil Cole,
of Clare, a Consumers Power employee, was driving south on Maple
street, when his car collided at the
intersection of Fourth Street, with
one driven by Raymond Postnia, of
Clare, who was driving west on
Fouth Street.
Mr. Postma was ticketed for driving while under the influence of
alcohol.
Later in the afternoon, at 5:45,
Joe John Crawford, 20, of Clare1,
driving east on Fifth Street, failed
to stop in time behind a car driven
by Eugene Allen, 66, of Clare.
The Crawford car smashed into
the rear of the Allen qar# Mr. Crawford was ticketed for failure to
have his car under control.
Two cars were involved in a
crash at the intersection of Beech
and West Seventh Streets Friday
•shortly after noon.
Leonard Martz, of Clare, was almost through the intersection
when Mrs. Margaret Williams,- of
Clare, approaching the intersection,
applied the brakes, and her car
slid Into a trailer pulled by the
Martz car.
Mrs. Williams was ticketed by
Clare Police for failure to yield
right of way.
Clare police are still working to
discover who put sugar in the gas
tank of a car Owned by a member
of the Clare school faculty. Damage
to the vehicle motor was extensive.
eight dollars per thousand valua-
tion. .The letter is part of a. mail
piece to be published soon,
Supported by-members of a Citizens Advisory Committee, the
School Board placfcd a strong recommendation for a "Yes" vote on
the proposal, for the progVam in its
entirety. ~
A stepped up schedule of education for'the public in all details of
the school building plan is ready
for the1 reniaininfe days between
now and the election time. Harold
Hughes, school board president.
Richard Wheeler, superintendent,
and Frank T. LaGoe, head of the
citizens group may be called, upon
to appear for short talks before
clubs, societies, or other gatherings
in reviewing the pressing need for
buildings and details of financing,
building plang and considerations
for the future.
Within1 a few days the School
Board is to distribute a printed
brochure, which will illustrate ■ the
need's of the district,' and tell what
the area can expect for the money
asked. Superintendent Wheeler
said that he hopes to'place a copy
of- the pamphlet-in every home in
the district and .have enough copies
left" to furnish tho'se, .who-miss the
f,irst delivery, or who lose their
own.1  *
The place the election is to
be held is the Clare Public School
and eligible voters from anywhere
within the recently re-organized,
district are strongly urged to remember the'date and place to be
snre to vote.
$1,200. Raise
For Clare
Treasurer
Pay, for the combined job of
Clare city clerk-treasurer was increased by action of the Commission at a special session Monday
evening. The yearly salary which
was $4,000., has been revised upward to $5,200.
The salary change which had
been under consideration by commissioners- for more than two
weeks, was approved by a three-toon© decision with Commissioner
Paul .Schroeder casting the lone
"Nay" vote. Explaining his view.
Mr. Schroeder said that he fa-yored
an "increase for the city office, but
would rather, see it granted in steps
of smaller amounts at intervals beginning after the city's 1957 budget
is approved.
Actually, what Clare's governing
commisiou approved, was an increase for the city treasurer from
$1,000. to $2,200. David Adams presently holds both jobs ftrid is city
clerk-treasurer, as was. his predecessor in the city hall, Alex ,Mc-
Kinnon.
Under Clare's city charter, the
clerk and treasurer positions are
not elective, but are appointed by
the Mayor and the Commission.
Other business occupying, the
Commission Monday was preliminary discussion of building and
equipment needs for the city Fire
Department. Specific proposals
along this line will be -high on the
order of business for next Monday's regular meeting of the Commission, City Manager Willard
Wedge said.
Dunlops Spill The Maple
Th0 Dunlop bowling team, rolling in the Clare Alleys
Major League Friday night, hit a new series high with
their 2971 count.
Fred DeDolph was high, man with 631, followed by Glen
Cain's 606, Al Nystrom 583, Paul Schroeder 581, and Bill
Bauer 570. The team had only one individual game below
180, Nystrom's 169. DeDolph had high game with 232.
Clare Alleys record for team series is 3029, set by a
Dunlop Traveling League team in 1951.
Standard Oil
Dealers Get
Honor Awards
A total of ninety years of service
to the motoring public in the Clare
and Farwell area was recognized
last week when three local Standard Oil dealers were presented
with special awards by the company.
J. A. Clute, Clare is the veteran
of the group, with forty seven
years as a dealer. Art Ulrich of
Clare, has sixteen years to his
credit, and Cecil Davison has completed twenty seven years service
in Farwell.
The engraved service plaques
were presented to the dealers by
(jompany represeiitjattves, O. H.
Bean and J, R. Benzie. The plaques
were among over 2,500 that Standard Oil is awarding for the first
time this year, to businesses in the
Midwest that have sold the company's . product for over fifteen
years.
Busy Week
For Biddy
Basketeers
By Judy Brown
of the Pioneer Staff
,  Biddy   Basketball   teams   have
started, an active season with sixty
boys now participating.
Elementary • principal Al Tulk
said that, although more boys
would be welcome, there are no
more uniforms.
The box scores for last week's
games were Walgreen Wings 10,
Northlite 4, Clare Hardware 12.
Rexall Rangers 10, Clare. Furniture
6, Doherty Hotel 2. **
Competition for Saturday, February 2; 9:00 is the Rexall Rangers
vs. Doherty Hotel, 10:00 Clare Furniture vs. .Northlltes, 11:00 the
Walgreen Wings vs. Clare Hardware/
On February 1 at the Clare-Dur-
and game during the half-time of
the Varsity game performance, the
Rexall Rangers will play the Clare
Hardware. For a night of good entertainment, we urge everyone to
attend.
R. Underwood
Dies Ftom
Hurts In Crash
Richard B. Underwood, 24, .of
Lansing, was .killed at about 2:30
a.m. Sunday when the car he was
driving left the road on US-27 near
M-61, south of Harrison.
He was the son of Carl Underwood, of Clare, and Harrison.
Richard was employed in Lansing as a druggist. He had formerly
worked for Bruckart Motors in
Clare.
Besides his father, Richard is
survived by his wife Dorothea. He
Was alone in the car,
Standard's
Veterans
Here'sHow
You tan
Fire Victims
A committee to investigate the
personal losses suffered' by the
families occupying homes destroyed in Clare's recent fire disaster
was appointed by the Clare Chamber of Commerce at its last meeting.
Five families lost all of their
clothing, bedding, appliances, furniture and personal items, tlie
committee learned. Only one
household was covered by insurance. All of the families have
found places to live.
- The Chamber of Commerce
members declared they were highly gratified to see the proud and
determined spirit with which its
merchant-members are setting out
to rebuild their businesses.
Four local families, though, still
need an immediate helping hand,
to begin a recovery from the
heavy personal losses suffered in
the fire, the Chamber of Commerce members remind.
Recognizing the great financial
burden on the individual families
that is cause for concern to all of
this community, the local businessmen's group has established a
fund for the benefit of the fire
victims.
Contributions may be sent either to Hugh Kennedy, treasurer of
the fund, or directly to Clare Fire
Victims' Fund, Citizens State Bank,
The Chamber of Commerce urges
Clare people to help their neighbors help themselves.
Pioneers
Meet Durand
Here Friday
The Clare Pioneers basketball
five will meet the Durand Railroaders Friday, February 1, at 8:00
on Clare's home floor. The Pioneers haVe a 3-3 record and the
Railroaders have lost five games in
conference play.
Three local Standard Oil product dealers
received special recognition plaques for being
With the company a total' of ninety years
among them. J-eft to right, company represent-
*-stive '<i. H, Bean shakes hands with J A.
Clute, veteran dealer among those honored, as
Art Ultffcb, 6/ Glarfc, Cecil Davison, of Farwell,
and cdrnpany representative J. R, Benzie look
on, ' (Maurice Studto Photo
John Asline
Dies In Florida
Johh Aslitie passed away at his
Winter resicence in Florida Monday, January 28, Funeral services
will be held Friday afternoon at
2:00 p.m. from the Thurston Funeral Home with Rev. H. B..Johnson' and Rev. Hugh Kennedy .officiating.
.Commilal services will be by
John Q. Look Lodge F&AM with
burial in Cherry Grove, cemetery.
Wood For
Watervliet
Two "railroad carloads of pulpwood loaded
"out last week we(*e'the initial shipment by the
Clare* ;Dlvision of the" Watervliet Paper Corn-
pan*/ fr.bpi its'' pulpwood collecting point in
Clare. The Wood 'c-jme'tfrom stockpiles that
have built, up. during' the past,months 'since the
pulpwooci\yards located .here.     Maurjce Photo
lans
Hear Talk On
W. Germany
Life in West Germany was
sketched for. the Clare Kiwanis
Club last week at it's regular
meeting Wednesday evening, by
a former member of the intelligence division of the U.S. Army
Engineers in Germany.
Hudson Keenan, now a member
of the Farwell School Faculty, and
-formerly Stationed with the army
in Germany, illustrated his talk
with colored slides he took while
there. '■
He began his discussion by comparing West Germany to the state
of- Michigan. By .superimposing a
map of West Germany on a map ot
Michigan, he showed how both
areas were approximately of a
size. ~Kc' pointed out that 20 million Germans live in the same
■amount of space occupied by Michigan's population of six million,
Transportation Was one of th?
subjects Mr. Keenan discussed, ISli'
cause the automobile it not nearly so common in Germany as.in
America, public transportation
there has been developed to peak
efficiency, he said.
Germans pay 65c per gallon for
their gas, but by getting 60 miles
per gallon, are still able to operate automobiles moi'e cheaply than
Americans, he commented.   ,,     '
Germany is famous for its highways, Mr. Keenan said, but they
are built with relatively little use
of ^ heavy equipment customary" in
this country, Greater numbers ol
laborers are. used in road-building,
because labor is plentiful, and
therefore qheap.
Commenting on other areas of
the West German economy, Mr.
Keenan said that timber for building purposes is scarce, so much of
the construction is of stone, with
lumber used only as decorative or
finishing material.
Trees are grown as crops and
cultivated, and most of them are
public property belonging to cities
and towns. The speaker mentioned
that wild or undeveloped land, as
Michigan people know it, is rare
in Germany, and areas like certain sections of Northern Michigan
are almost unknown there.
__ In a business meeting held ear-
lier, Kiwanians made plans for the
coming ••LafforamaX event, and
tickets were issued to all members.
"Lafforama" will he held at
Clare High School on February 14
and 16, with a special matinee on
the latter day. Tickets are available from Kiwanis. members,
Proclaim
History Month
A proclamation of American History Month came 'to the local Michi-
limacinac Chapter .of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, from
Governor G. Mennen Williams.
Governor Williams said In part,
"A thorough knowledge of the
history of United States constitutes
the best possible' basis upon which
to build a patriotic respect for our
country and all it stands for , . .
Therefore,, I, G. Mennen Williams,
Govarnor of the State^of Michigan
do Hereby proclaim the month of
February, 1057, as American History Month."
The Governor called upon the
people of Michigan to "recognize
the meaning that our (American)
history has as a device for' giving
a sense of reality to our way of life
and to the traditions of America."
IMTHS
■ Joseph Murphy. Jr.. of Potter-
ville, "near Laiisingi died^Tuesday.
Rosary Services for Mr. %ui'phy
Will be at bbherty's Funeral Home.
Clare, at Si*30 this evening. Funeral
services will be*-at 9 a.m, Friday
morning from. St. Cecilia's in GlareV
He is suVvtved by his wife, Marge,
and three ehilcii^eu, one daughter
ana* two sons.
^stivalTops
AH j^rnier
Winter Events
Favored, with perfect weather
and enthusiastic participation at all
of its featured events, the annual
Clare County Winter Sports Carnival, held last weekend, enjoyed the
most successful run since it innovation two years ago.
A crowd of over. 200 spectators
at -Snbwsnake Mountain Saturday
afternoon, saw1 a. sixteen-member
team of highly trained U. S. Army
ski-troopers put on an exhibition
of their skill on skis, with some
clowning on the side for the entertainment of their audience.
The ski troops are stationed at
a U. S. Army Cold Weather Training Command at Camp Hale, Colorado, and were on a tour Of Michigan,
They performed their routine on
slopes covered with fresh snow
that feir Thursday pight just in
time to furnish perfect winter
sports conditions for the Festival
week end, and incidentally to relieve nuxiOus Clare Chamber of
Commerce members who arranged
to bring the crack Army ski group
here.
. Newsman - from Look magaijine
and representatives of national
television hookups accompanied
the ski troops.
At a banquet at the Doherty
Hotel Saturday night, where the
skiiers were guests, a sellout crowd
of 250 gathered for dinner and to
hear Bob Reynolds, of radio WJR
Detroit, make - his weekly sports-
cast directly from the Hotel.
Commenting oh their reception
and entertainment in Clare county
Capt. Sims commanding officer in
charge of the ski troop said,
"We've had a wonderful time
everywhere we've been on this exhibition tour, but nowhere have Ave
been treated so royally as here in
Clare,"
At the Queen's Ball, held later in
the evening at the Hotel, a capacity ci'owd saw Miss Gladwin
crowned as Miss Clare County
Winter Sports,
She Was chosen from among
queen candidates present from
Clare, Harrison, Mt. Pleasant, Cole-
matt and Beaverton
Layoff Notices Given 200
At Clare Manufacturing
Slowing activity in new car sales
was a contributing factor in a
local employment cutback announced Wednesday at Clare
Manufacturing company. T w o
hundred production workers received notice of their indefinite
layoff, and the company is to op
erate two shifts only, effective immediately.
Lyle M. Skinner, in charge of
personnel at the plant said that
February .schedules from customers forecast "drastic reductions"
in automotive carburetors leaving
no choice  but employee layoffs-to
Charter Change Would Put
Commissioners On Payroll
The Clare City Commission
made a bid to receive pay for the
work of running Clare's city government, when members agreed at
a recent meeting, to submit an
amendment to Clare voters at the
Spring election that would provide
compensation   for   cornmissioners.
The city's five jnan governing
group now works without compensation, holding something over 40
meetings a year, to conduct
Clare's  official  business.
The amendment, number One
to section 3.4 of the City Charter,
would provide* that members of
the city cocmission each receive
$400 per year, with tha exception
of the mayor, who would be paid
$500.
A condition of the amendment is
that $10 be deducted from a commissioner's pay for. each meeting
not attended.
I n addition, commissioners
would be paid for official chores
done  outside of regular meetings.
The amendment will appear on
the ballot in April, when three
available seats on the Clare commission are due to be filled.
|  On Inside Pages   |
Membership on the Clare City
Commission will become a salary-
earning position if city voters approve a resolution at the April election to grant annual pay for the
job. Story on page i.
One-hundred fifty neighbors and
relatives gathered at Lake Town
hall Saturday evening to wish Mr.
and Mrs, Gordon Ferweda well on
their Twenty-fifth wedding au
niversary. Story page 4.
A playlet illustrated possible "Islands In The Community" for the
Rosebush WSCS group Monday
evening. Details page 4.
U. S. Soil Conservationist Merle*
Raber,< of the Clare county extension staff, told the local chapter of
the DAR of the good and bad ways
of using Natural Resources at the
DAR/s last meeting. Story page 5.
.The .Farwell IOOF - Rebekahs
Lodge extended the uSe of their
halls to Clare IOOF - Rebekah
Lodge nieirtbers Tuesday evening
Since the fire in Clare, the Clare
groups are without a meeting
place. Story page 5.
The mighty sturgeon has survival problems, and nlay in fact be on
hig way to extinction. Details page
3-
"A Better You" is the constructive project that 4-H girlsiat Brush
College axe tackling, story page 3.
The Big Rapids District of the
Methodist Church has engaged Dr.
Tuck as a speaker for its missionary conferences. Page 6.
The Farwell* Blue Star Mothers
installed this yearns officers in appropriate ceremonies Janiiary 21.
Details page 9.
Harrison News*
"   2
Lake News
4
Rosebush News
4
Society News
5
Church News
'    *   6
City Briefs
7
Farwell News
9
Sports' News
9
Want Ads - Notices
-10
Corniest
11
Farm News
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V
The curfew, reminding juveniles that it's time to be
home, will sound each night
in Clare, if local police can arrange with Michigan Bell Telephone company for. (operators
to sound the siren, according to
Clare Police Chief William .
Cook.
Michilimacinac Chapter DAR
will arrange a window display in
Maxwell's window, citing American History Month. Through the
work of the local chapter, a proclamation of the special montti
came from the office of Governor
G. Mennen Williams this week.
The window display will feature
Revolutionary War and Colonial
Period items.
Big fish are always news, and
Jim Sykora speared a thirty-
three inch, gJ4 piDund Northern pike at Five Lakes Tuesday. Jim. said the fish was almost too large to pass through
the hole he had chopped in the
ice.
44 Make
St. Cecilia's
Honor Roll
A scholarship honor roll listing
the names of forty-five students at
St. Cecilia's school has been issued
in recognition of high achievement
in the first semester of .the school
year.
Eighth.grade honor students are
Donna McKee, Joanne Borle, Kathleen. Doherty, Veronica Haynak
Barbara Guiette, Sandra Sexton,
and Joe Bowler.  .
Seventh grade Virginia Canel.
Connie Murphy, Mary Lou Murphy,
Sixth grade, Linda Casteel, Connie
Williams.
Fifth grade, Mary Ann Akers,
Michael Austin, Kay Beck, Michael
Haley, Kathy Kisnosky, Gerald
Nivison, Kay Noland, Terry Robison, Carol Sexton, John Seiht, Sue
Sheponski.
Fourth grade, Judy Austin,
Chuck Beltinck, Suzanne Jackson.
Barbara Legg, Christine Sexton
Mary Jo Skinner, Carol Kozak.
Third grade, Janice LaPratt,
Gerald Machnl, Diane TomaBki.
Second grade, Kenneth" Akers
John Casteel, Thomas LaGoe, Susan Austin. Darlene Bblle, Mtehitej.
Manee. ,   .*
First grade, Philip Dole, Michael
Hartzler, Lois Dunn, Elizabeth La
Goe, Kathryn Thomas.
Fire Sale
Starts Today
Shoppers in town today and for
the days ahead will be treated to
the first fire sale bargains offered
here in years, when Roy Beltinck's
Gamble store opens its doors for a
complete sell-out. One of the first
among victims of the recent big
fire to settle with insurance adjusters, the Gamble store is ready
to begin the process of disposing
of merchandise before redecorating
for a .new opening. Hardware, auto
accessories and tires, furniture and
appliances all are to go at typical
fire sale markdowhs. Tlie store is
staying open evenings during the
sale until all stock is sold.       **-•
match the lowered sale's tempo.
A bulletin board notice at
Clare Manufacturing regarding
the layoffs said that the company
regretted the necessity for tlie
reduction in employment, Affect-'
ed wage-earners were given 48
hours   notice   of   the   action,
Jobless workers in the current
layoff are fifty-two percent women .A midnight shift which had
employed 35 to 40 people is entirely suspended as tho result of
che employment downturn, and
afternoon production is also somewhat ^curtailed.
Clare Plant Manager Harold
Sandborn observed that no estimates are possible as to the duration of the layoff period. It
might be considered as normal to
see Schedules rise in March, he
said,- but predictions can not be
made as to this year's carburetor
requirements. -■  •
At Clare    Manufacturing    Company, notice of the present. schedule change arrived  only in  scant,
time " to   allow   the   usual   48-hour
warning to workers.
Employment rolls, at the plant
are leit at the lowest figure in
some time with around 630 workers punching the clocks regularly.
Send Your
Warm Clothes
For Needy
By Sharon Zimmermaa
•   Of the Pioneer biaix
Plans arc being made by the
CHS'.Student Council to begin the
annual "Save the Children Federation? clothing crusade. This project-has been an annual activity
at CHS for the past few years.
This year's drive will begin on
February 4. Parents are asked to
collect all clothing that is* still in
good* condition and either send it
with their children, or bring it
themselves.
The clothing will be sent to
needy people all over the world.
Please be sure to send only thfl
.clothing that is clean and in good
condition for immediate use, say
project sponsors.
Babcock
To New Post
Lt. Guy Babcock, former commander of the Mt. Pleasant Pb3t,
Michigan State Police, took oVe*
as assistant district commander at
Traverse City effective January 20.
At the same time, he receivad'hia
new l'ank.
New commander at the Mt. Pleasant Post is Sgt. Joe Svoke, formerly with the Gaylord Post, Michigan
State Police.
CLARE   PUBLIC  SCHOOLS- £
CLARE, MICMIOAM *?
PHONE 130 •*
TO ALL RESIDENTS OF CLARE SCHOOL DISTRICT #8
Your Board of Education faces a serious problem and it looks to you for
the answer.-   This brochure is presented to give you the facts concerning
the requirements of the Clare Public Schools.   Student enrollment is at
an all-time high.    The facilities being used by our boys and girls are not
adequate for a complete educational program.    By I960 we will have approximately 500 more students in our schools and the number will increase by
more than 1000 by 1965, bringing the total enrollment to 2500.
Recent school district annexations mean that the cooperative effort of
more people will, in turn, serve all better. Only by working together
qan we give our children complete educational opportunities.
A Citizens' Advisory Committee of the whole district has considered all
phases of the problem.    They have given invaluable assistance to your
Board of Education and have recommended a proposal for immediate action
which would relieve the present crisis and make way for the future.
To make this possible> your board is presenting for public consideration
a bond proposal in the amount Of^l, 300, 000 to be paid, with interest* over
a period of 25 years at approximately $8 on every $1000 of equalized
valuation.
the proposed program is urgently needed.    We have given much thought to
this matter and we strongly recommend your approval, of the proposed
bond issiie.    The board,  therefore, finds it to be their fluty and responsibility to recommend to ail citizens to vote "YE^" on February 15,  1957,
"We firrnly believe our district can finance this project without excessive
taxation.    We can do no less for our children.    *
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Respectfully, submitted.
Board of Education
Clare Public School Dist. #8