1957-02-21; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE,, MIGHIGANf THURSDAY FEBRUARY M 1951
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Preparing
In Science Is
Teacher Session Topic
"Careers Jn Science", ant. "Merit
Systems In Michigan", are topics
which will highlight meetings of the
County Teachers' institute to be
held in Clare at the high school
Friday February 22. Three hundred
fifty teachers are expected' to. be
present,     ,   " ,
A panel of" leaders from DOW
Chemical Company, headed by Dr.
Dennis Griffin will show the new
emphasis upon scientific careers
during the morning session.
Norman Heaim, assistant editor
of the Michigan Education Journal,
will present the problem, and -lead
the. discussion of "Merit Ratings in
Michigan", based upon studies he
*, has woi'ked on during recent years.
Others on the program will include ,Rev Hugh Kennedy, of the
Clare Cougrgeational Church, with
the invocation, music oy the Clare
High School band directed by Lloyd
Conley, and selections by the Clare
High School Chorus, directed by Ro»
•bert Beidler,
The Isabella-Clare District meeting will be held at 11 a. m., according to Myrtie Bowerman, president
with election of a member of the
State Board of Directors heading
the agenda.
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■CHS Band
Performers
Win Medals
The Clare High School Band
members who attended the. annual
Solo and Ensemble Concert held at
Houghton Lake on February 14,
brought home four 1st Division rat-
ings.nine 2nds, seven 3rds and one
4th. j
They were accompanied on the
trip by CHS'Band Director Lloyd
Conley.
Students receiving 1st division
ratings were John Hinkle, eighth
grade, alto sax solo; Eric Hammer-
berg, eighth grade, piaiio solo*, Eric
"* * Hammerberg and Tom Grogan "with
a Huts duet; and MWgafeC wad'
dington, Ann Elden, Jack Malr, and
" Dave Moffitt with a clarinet quartet.
Second ratings went to Tom Grogan with a flute solo; Jim Nor-
cutt with a baritone solo; Donell
Birdsall with a. piano solo; Martha
Lucy and Linda McQuiston with a
flute duet; Vernette Dunkle with a
cornet solo;
Deb Nolan, Vernette Dunkle, Nancy Neff, Jim Norcutt, Clayton Hard-
man, and Ron Dull with a brass sextet; Dick Roe with a tenor sax
solo; Nancy Greer, Virginia Had-
dox, Sylvia Ames, and Ruth Schroeder with a clarinet quartet, ana
Willis Hankins and Vernette Dunkle with a cornet duet.
Students receiving third ratings
were Tim Smith and Jerry Hendrie
with trombone splos; Jack Mair
with a brass clarinet solo; Jack
Mair and Dave Moffitt with a hass
clarinet duet; Dick Roe, Ray Neff,
Doug Walters, John Hinkle and
Joyce Dunkle with a sax sextet;
and Willis Hankins, Doug Young
and Eugene Duncan with a cornet
trio. *
Eric Hammerberg with his piano
solo, the clarinet quartet of Margaret Waddington, Ann Elden, Jack
Mair and Dave Moffitt, and Vernette Dunkle with the cornet- solo
were among those appearing on the
Rotary Club program Wednesday
noon this week.
Allan Tulk, elementary principal,
and members of the Clare Chamber
of Commerce have alerted eating
places in Clare'to be ready for the
many visitors during the lunch
hour.
Teachers are urged to come early
to join their friends for coffee in
the School cafeteria from 8:30 to
9:30 a.m Friday..
Scout Leaders
Roundtable,
Tomorrow
All Scout Leaders in the Tomahawk District are invited to attend
the monthly Roundtable to be held
at the Clare High School Agriculture Room Thursday- Februa*/ 21
at 7! 30 p.m. '5/
Year Avound Camping for Boy
Scouts- Units will be the topic in
addition to tips pn how to teach
Scouts proper axemanship and
knife handling,
Cu'bbers will be given tips on
how to teach Cubs several Indian
Dance stops. Indian trails is the
theme for the Cub's March program.
Governor To Speak Here
A iiieeting of the East Michigan Winter Sports Council
to he'held in Clare Thursday noon next week will feature
povernor 'G. Mennen Williams as principal speaker. A
luncheon.meeting, the time and place are 12 o'clock at the
Doherty hotel. * . , " 'Y
Clare's City Commission has received notice and'an,invitation for the meeting and plans to he represented .there.
The Clare Chamber of Commerqe will also be represented
officially, and others may obtain reservations by contacting
the hotel or.the EMTA Log Office at Bay City.
Frank LaGoe, EMTA director is assisting with arrangements for the luncheon and program.
Foreign Customs and Society
Described For Ministers
The Clare County Ministerial Association met at the Colonville
Church of God February 12th, with
Rev. Virgil Brinkman and wife as
host and hostess.
Those present were: Rev. and
Mrs. E. O. Burke, Rev, and Mrs. L.
J.. Nevins, Rev. Arthur Delamarter,
Rev. , Mrs. Leah Garchow, Rev.
Hugh Kennedy, Rev. and Mrs. Wesley Teale, Rev. Mrs. Lou Beery,
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Malson,,Rev.
Robert Fast, Evangelist at Eagle
Church, Mrs. Nina Kleinhardt, Mrs.
Elnora Honderich, Miss Uta Schweyer ahd Miss Priscilla Silva.
Following the devotional period
and the regular business meeting,
the group enjoyed lstening to Miss
Schweyer from Grag, Austria, au
exchange student attending Harrison high school. She related her
thrill at being selected to come to
America and stated the main pur-
Stories And
Drawings
Teach Safety
By Ruth Kleiner
Pioneer Staff Writer
Ray Ruby, Clare Public School
bus driver, presented a safety program for all children in the kindergarten through the sixth grade.
He first presented a'.general assembly with a movie and discussion
on safety rules. After the assembly
he talked in each room individually
and started a contest between the
roorts. The children were to either
write a story discussing rules on
safety or draw a picture describing
bus safety habits.
Two winners were selected from
six of the rooms. They were from
Miss Bond's room, Sharon Morley
and Larry McQuiston, Mrs. Rau-
ch's rom, Skippy Breen and Kathy
Archbold, Mrs. Bush's room Homer
O'Dell and Calvin Jackson; Miss
Kuhnau's, Patti Case and Vicki
Bryant; Mrs. Marshall's room, Pauline Presely and Sharon Parkhurst;
and from Mrs. Giebel's room Linda
Sivon and Gary Norcutt.
4th Graders Present Program
On Safety To PTA Meeting
•Mrs Blanche Giebel's fourth grade
students presented the program a\
the February meeting of the Clare
PTA, Monday evening, when they
assembled in the school auditorium.
During the past several weeks the
students have been studying Safety.
Slogans were choSen by each one,
and posters made using their own
version of the best way to put the
idea across. These Were shown, with
a few "remarks by each one, on the
different safety rules. The "group
then sang safety songs, and repeated slogans.
Following this, Raymond Ruby,
one of the school's bus drivers, summarized their program with a safety
talk. - "-
Mrs Earl Baumgarth, president
conducted the business meeting.
Following reports of officers, a nominating committee, Mrs. Rex Al*
len, Mrs. Kuno Hammerberg and
Mrs. Homei" O'Dell, were named to
present a slate of officers at the
next meeting. A donation of $20.00
was voted to the PTA Founder's
Birthday Gifi Fuiid.
Principal Allan Tulk announced
that the pupils  of IVJrs,  Garthe's
third grade-would present the play,
"Turn The Page" which the group
has composed and produced, to be
on Cadillac TV March 9, sometime
during the morning, iu loving tribute to Mrs. Garthe.
William Harper, high school principal gave a few remarks on the
National Education Association.
Parents percentage attendance
went to Mrs. Giebel's fourth grade.
Refreshments were served by room
mothers of Mrs. Giebel's and Miss
Kuhnau's fourth grade rooms.
pose of such an exchange wor«
is to bring a beter understandi-a,.
between nations,
"The difference in the customs of
the countries seemed large at first,"
she observed, "but now all seems
natural. One has to learn to stand
on your own feet, to be friendly
and overcome bad manners." .
She asserted she definitely felt
this program to be helpful in world
peace.
Austra has about 35,000 square
miles and has a population of seven
million people. She is f r o m the
second largest city in the country.
Most people live in apartment
houses.. In the schools the boys and
girls are in separate group. One"
group meets in the morning and the
other in the afternoon. They have
more subjects taught and tfc.c school
if* operated An "thxea seniesf-ers instead of 'tw6*"-"as 'here, 'Allude students in high school take the same
subjects, and the students are more
obedient to the teachers than here.
* Also in the home She feels the
children are more respectful to parents, than here. The boys and girl
relationship is more formal. Dating
seldom starts before the age of 17
and the average marriage age is
about 20. Also there are not so
many modern appliances as here.
Television is very limited. The common vehicle is the bicycle. -
She also told of the suffering, in
World War II when her country
was allied with Germany, but now
it is an independent republic. The
communistic party is diminishing
■since the Russians .-retreated.
Miss Silva from Cuba emphasized her appreciation of freedom as
exists in this country. They are governed in Cuba by a dictator. Numerous people in Cuba have "been killed seeking freedom.
»
Cuba is called the "Key to the
Gulf" because it has American military bases there and is only 90
miles froni Key West. The customs
of the people are largely as here but
without the freedom we have in. the
United States.
Under Cuban government there
appears to be so much indifference
among the people. She stated "In
my country we are all so selfish".
She felt the middle class of people
is what has made America great.
The group retired to the basement of the Church where the
ladies had a fine dinner awaiting
and all enjoyed it very much.
After luncheon the girls answered questions and their visit to the
Ministerial Association was greatly
appreciated by all.
By 19 Votes*
A slim, margin of nineteen
votes .Monday defeated the
proposal to build a new high
school and expand the public
school system. Success .of the
program depended on passage
of a measure to permit borrowing of $1,300,000. and taxing the entire district to retire
the debt in twenty-five yea__,
Of a total vote of 1149 cast at
the special election, 579 were
"No" and 560 were "Yes". Ten
ballots were, spoiled.
Failure of the "proposal
threw into a de'ad stall a program which had progressed
through two years of district
annexations, "population and
property value surveySj community group planning, and
architect's preliminary work.
■Many interested, observers
saw in the election reverse, an
indication that taxpayers desire a school construction program cut back substantially
from the $1.3 million plan
offered,
School Board President. Harold
Hughes said Wednesday that the
Citizens Advisory Committee
would be asked to review recommendations which were given to
the School Board with the objective of making changes necessary
before submitting the bonding
proposal for a second election,
Mr Hughes explained that the
same plan can not be voted upon
before six months have elapsed,
but that "substantial change" in
the proposal would make it possible to ballot again on a school
construction  issue much sooner.
At Mt. Pleasant, a recent school
construction plan met three failures at the election booths before
finally passing. Among other communities with similar experience,
Farwell had several tries at voting
school bond millage until the measure was successful.
School administrators have said
that delay in classroom construction will make it seriously ques-"-
tionable whether pupils now attending classes in rural schools can
be scheduled ior a move into new
buildings providing equal opportunity for all. An early start on an
elementary building included in
the proposal had held promise of
student use next school year.
Down in defeat along with the
new high school, are the kindergar-
\ton-rthru-fourth grade unit, remodeling of the present school, a
:bus garage, and funds for purchase of additional land for school
sites.
Prized For Food
The carp is a member of the minnow family of fishes. It is a native
of Asia and was introduced into
the United States from Europe. In
(both Europe and Asia it is raised^
as a priced food fish*
Can Yet Sign
Soil Bank
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Contracts
The deadline for signing Soil
Bank Conservation Reserve contracts to "begin, in'1957 is being extended to April 15 from* the original
closing date of March 15.
The Conservation Reserve is the
long-range program of the Soil
Bank. Under it, farmers may sign
contracts to divert general crop
land from the production of crops
to soil and water conservation uses,
tree planting, and wildlife protection for periods of 3, 5, or 10 years.
On the -5' to 10 year contracts, payments up to 80 percent of the cost
of establishing a conservation practice ,-mjiy he rtiade to participants!
Conditions
For Deer
About Normal
Winter conditions for deer were
about normal during the last week
in most of th'e state and no unusual
sign of difficulty for the herd has
been noted at, this time/
Upper Peninsula whitetails were
yarded of in heavy, coyef in parts
of the Baraga and Newberry dis-
trlcts„and in northern parts ,qf the
Crystal Falls and ESCanaba districts. Deer ranged, put to."feed in
southern portions of the U.P.
In the nOrthefn lower peninsula,
deer • ranged rather freely, except
in parts of the Gaylord and Traverse City districts where they
were* restricted by the, vicinity of
yarding areas by crusted snow.
Conditions during the last week
appeared less severe than a year
ago in the Mio, Baldwin and Gladwin districts.
Snow depths in most of the upper peninsula ranged from six
inches to 2l/» ft. while the northern
lower peninsula reported depths of
three inches to 11/2 fcOt.
New Series, No. 65, No. 23
In Cure For
Lake Man
Convicted In
Hit-Run Case
A resident of tSike was convicted
on a hit and run driving charge, in
Clare County Circuit Court Saturday,-and is on bond awaiting sentencing.   • •.-,",
Jamea Harold Taylor, of Lake,
Was arrested November 15, 1956, after witnesses said he struck a pedi
estrJan,'spencer Hill of Lake George
at an intersection in Lake George;
and left the scene without stopping
to help the man.
Tb.e'witnesses, two deer hunters*
chased tlie Taylor car and stopped
it. * .
Mr. Taylor's trial' began Friday,
February 15, ahd ended Saturday
With new Clare County Prosecutor
James Bieknell IU winning a conviction in the first jury case he has
prosecuted since taking office January 1.
■
Mr. Taylor will be sentenced at a
later date. He has a record of two
previous" convictions of driving under the influence of alcohol, aud
was driving with a revoked license
when the accident occurred last November.
Green-White
Need Win To
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Mrs .Harriet Phinisey, one of
..this area's pioneer residents, observed her 89th hirthday February
15, and many of her friends and
relatives dropped in to visit and
eat birthday cake with her. Story
page 7.
The Harrison Study Club is making plans to start annual Community Chorus rehearsals at an early
date. Details page 2.
John Coiosky of Fa"rwell baked
Mrs. Coiosky a cake on her birthday, February 10, and several friends and family members enjoyed
it very much when they stopped to
greet her on her day. Story page 9.
The Denver Farm Bureau members will be known as the Salt
River Group from now on. They
chose the name at a recent meeting.
Story page 16.
A skit on the meaning of the PTA
organization wa,s presented to the
Lake Parents Teacher meeting last
Friday evening. Details page 13.
Of college graduates, engineers
start work at the highest salaries,
according to MSU, Story page 13.
The Moravian Church is starting
a round-the-world "chain prayer for
peace" to mark its five century
existence. Story page 11.
When you get your soil test fe-
sult back, make use of them, says
County Agent Paul ' Gibson. * See
page 10.
Beta Sigma Phi had a session, on
Civil Defense problems and meas*
ures at its meeting Tuesday' evening. See page 3.
The Ready Rockets 4-H Club of
Rosebush learned the strategy ot
the stay-stitch, the dart and the
tracing wheel at a meeting recently. Story page 6< .
Harrison News
2
City Briefs
3
Society News
3-6-7
Rosebush News
6
Sports News
9
Farwell News
9
Church News
11
Supervisors Prc'dingS.
12
Lake News
13
Farm News
15
Want Ads - Notices
14-15
Comics
15
Clare Pioneers were eleven-point
losers in their second clash this
season with the Harrison five. The
Hornets were 49-38 winners on
their own court Tuesday night.
The Harrison team, led by two
of the district's best players, Dick
Hoffman and Don Bailey, who
could do no wrong as they picked
up 25 points for the Hornets in the
first half, overran the Pioneers by
the impressive half-time Score of
32 to 13.
In the last half the game was reversed as the Pioneers held the
wild Hornets to 16 points, while
the Pioneers scored 27 to round out
the score at 49 to 38 with the Pioneers oh the short end.
■ The Pioneers will meet 'the leaders of the Mid-Michigan B conference, St. Louis, in the Clare
gym Friday, the 22hd. The Pioneers will be fighting to regain Cas-
iper, the goat, and hold on to theus
second place league position.
Beat Chesaning
Led by the sharp-shooting ot
juniors Dick Roe, Pat Crawford,
and John Miller and rebounding of
seniors Bernie Longstreth and Bob
Tubbs, Clare defeated a stubborn
Chesaning quintet, Who have upset six of their last eight opponents, by a score of 49 to 41 Friday,
February 15, in the Chesaning
gym.
In the first quarter the Pioneers
looked like a championship team
as they completely befuddled the
Indian defense. They scored 19
points compared to Chesaning's 4.
One of the strange characteristics
oE the evening was when one ball
club rallied the other team became rattled and completely folded. An example of this was in the
second quarter when the Chesaning'Indians completely reversed
their tactics as the out-fought, and
out-scored the Pioneers 16 to 5.
The halftime score wps 24 to 20
with the Pioneers of Clare out in
front.
The third quarter was a nip-and-
tuck affair with the Chesaning Indians leading at one time by four
points. The third quarter ended
with the Pioneers still leading th3
Indians 36 to 33. Both teams played exceptionally: good basketball
throughout the third quarter.    .
The Pioneers moved out in the
fourth quarter as they out-scored
the Indians 13 to 8. By stalling the
ball' and forcing the Indians to
play the Pioneers' sfyio of basketball, they gained a 49 to .41 decision, s • '   ••
Guy Haneckow and Dave Moffit also looked good as they helped
stall the ball for four minutes.
The JV basketeers surprised
Shepherd v.'ith Gale Grant in the
vole of high scoring threat. Grant
dumped 18 points through the hoop
to become the leading Green and
White scorer in tlie 42-3G victory,
Chesaning 'and Harrison, however,
took the measure oi- the Little Pioneers in preliminary contests, 40-39
and 34-27 respectively.
Honors Go To
L. E. Davy At
Sunday Service
L. Ei. Davy Day at the Congregational Church last Sunday was celebrated in recognition of long and
devoted service by Mr. Davy as
church treasurer and in other offices. Besides Deacon, Trustee and
other various positions in the
church organization, he had"a record of fifty years continuous time
in office as the.treasurer.
At a social hour after the regular
worship servicei Mi" Davy was honored by the presentation of a scroll
bearing a message of appreciation
from the church and its members.
Present for the ^occasion and a
family dinner afterward were Mrs.
Joseph Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Duncan with their son Eugene,
Mi*, and Mrs Paul Ludewig,. Mrs.
Frances Fitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs
John. Keschman with their son Joe,
and Mrs, John Davy with her two
children Tommy and Patty. All are
children of Mr. Davy and their fam-
iies.
Ted Newman, of Harrison,
saw a robin Sunday in a tree at
his home on Little Long Lake.
The Clare post Office will be closed Friday for Washington's Birthday. There will be no window or
rural delivery service, but mail will
be dispatched.
Jesses J,' Wood, 72, of Pontiac,
a boyhood resident of Clare
county, Is a hard man to scare.
He keeps a grocery store in
Pontiac and when a bandit came
in and pulled a gun February
13, *4nd asked for his money,
Mr. Wood told him to be on his
way, he" wasn't going to take
any money from there. The
bandit decided the elderly
storekeeper was as good as his
word, and he left, with no loot.
Mr. Wood says when he looked
down the gun barrel he knew
there weren't any bullets tn the
gun.
Send Li All
W-2 Tax Forms
Taxpayers who worked for more
than one employer during 1956
should be sure to attach copies of
all their Form W-2s (withholding
tax certificates) in filing their Federal income tax returns, James F.
Deaue, Assistant District Director
of the Michigan office of the Internal Revenue Service warned recently.
They should also be sure that
they have not overpaid their social
security tax for the year, withheld
from their wages at the same time
as their, income tax, Mr. Deane
pointed^ out. The maximum social
security"* tax payable is $S4, and
anything withheld above that figure, due to having worked for
more than one employer may be
claimed for refund or applied to
any balance of income tax owed.
"Persons who worked at varying
wage levels, or who did not work
for various time intervals between
jobs, may find themselves entitled
to refunds," he said. "They shoulfl
check carefully their total Income
tax withhold against the tax owed.**
"In a few instances taxpayers
who worked for several employers
may Slid they have gone into a*
higher income tax bracket, and
owe, additional tax."
Persons who have not received
certificates noting tax withheld during short terms of employment
should contact the firms which employed them. Those who have lost
To Display
RifleJPistol ,
Club Trophy
The shODtmg trophy for the
Claro Rifle and Pistol Club wiU be
on display at the Kroger Store with
this w.eek's wiriher's name on it.
With, eighteen men - shooting
Monday night, Jack Hemstreet had
high score, with 289.72'.
Bob Lodes, second, with 289.64;
and Wayne Pitts, third, with 289.44.
Bill Davies won the shells.
Tlie" Clare Rod and Gun-Club is
holding elections Tuesday, February 26, Every member should be
presents
Commission Gets Petition Foi
Go-Ahead In Lake Flooding
Clare Chamber of Commerce
representatives appeared Monday
evening at the' regular session of
the City Commission to say tha1:
they would help in Commission efforts on several projects and then*
offer mot with quick acceptance'.
The volunteers have the blessing of
Mayor Laurenee Seiter *md commissioners ih applying their ideas
and work' on problems of off-
street parking in , Clare, and the
development of a lake-front residential area within the city.
The'delegation of interested G of
C members with their president,
Roy Wames, hear city commissioners, outline what has already been
accomplished in obtaining land for
auto parking near the downtown
shopping- area-. They agreed to help
locate mOr_ parking lot area in
the program held to be vital for
downtown business.
In the city block eajst of McEwan
between Third and Fourth streets,
the Commission hopes to obtai*)
land parcels'enough to make a 100-
car parking area.
Property on the corner of Third
and Pine has been purchased from*-
Norm. Lackie at a reported price
of ten thousand dollars and back
portions of other Third street lots
. . . enough to combine into practical parking lot size, are under consideration. Appraised value of the
property wanted by the city has
been totaled at an estimated
$35,000.
Also included in the wanted
properties % is the Dwyer estate
corner at *Fcurth and Pine. _But
this lot can only be disposed of in
accordance with procedure to be
followed by the administrator, oi
the estate.
Arthur Damoth, acting as agent
for the Commission in offers tc
purchase the property said that including the land adjacent to the
alley through the 400 block, McEwan and the proposed strip cast to
Pine streets the project wouki be(
assured of ample area and -sufficient efttrance and exit facilities
for handling 100 autos.
Plans call for the installation of
parking meters in the lot.
The Commission also plans to
approach James Olson to inquire
about the availability of his McEwan street property for parking
midway between East Sixth and
Seventh streets.
An application was approyeq
Monday evening for permission to
tear down the building there which
formerly housed the Ray Joynf
Auto Parts business.
Clare businessmen and Commissioners appear ready to make definite moves toward solution of the
urgent downtown parking problem. Reports that the State may
insist on a no-parking rule foi*
US-27 (McEwan street) through
Clare have accelerated action for
other parking provisions.
In the residential development
project, a Rod & Gun Club sponsored petition for restoring a dam
on the Tobacco river inside Clare's
northeast limits was accepted by
.the Commission. This oft-revived
project also drew support from the
Chamber  of  Commerce.
Businessmen believe that financing of survey and clearing of tlie
site will be accomplished without
asking the city for funds. If the
project moves to the point whore
the former dam is actually rebuilt
and shoreline building lots offered for sale, then a public vote may
be called *to authorize use of the
city's money for dam construction,
Monday's  meeting   determined.
The plan to create a small lake
behind a restored dam where
Clare's millpond once was, would
result in lake shore frontage enough for ninety more building lots
besides public beach and recreation spots, tourist accomodation;-
for picnics, parks, playground, and
boat landings for fishermen.
Bob Gruno
At Witbeck's
Bob Gruno, formerly employed at
tlie.Western Auto store, began this
week on a new job at Witbeck's
IGA Supermarket. Bob has returned
recently from a trip with his family
to California and decided to remain
in Clave. He feels sure he will like
the food retail field. He also thinks
after traveling the breadth of the
land, that there is no place he likes
as we'll as Clare.
John Deere Day
John Deere Day in Clave February. 27 is sponsored by McGuire
Brothers who have arranged moving .picture treats free for farmers
and their families. The movies will
be shown at the Ideal theater and
tell the story of an a.verage family
portrayed by a Hollywood cast.
Tlie plan has the tremendous advantage of being self-supporting,
according to sponsors who say that
tho sale of lots would mere than
pay for building a new dam. The
land which is now unused and undeveloped, belongs to the City of
Clare,
Rod and Gun club members who
presented their petition for action
on the lake flooding project, recalled for commissioners that a
public opinion test last spring
showed approval for the project
and much interest in buying lots
in the proposed development, As
early as March 1955, Art Damoth
said that almost forty residential
sites had been spoken for, tentatively,'
In other business coming before
the City Commission, Dave Adams,
city "clerk, reported a Michigan
Municipal League recommendatio.i
to raise trailer park fees to $2.50
per month, to which the commission agreed.
Clare Police Chief William Cook
reported to the commission on efforts to speed up contact to local
police in case of nighttime emergencies. At present, he said the,
fastest way to contact Clare police
while they are on night street patrol, is to telephone Mt. Pleasant
State Police who will radio the
Clare officers.
That US-10
Curve Again!
- - Zip, Crash!
—ftfc. accident on the West Fifth
Street curve Suuday cost Howard
O..Watters, 25, of 901 South Fan-
cher, Mt. Pleasant, $104.30 in fine
and costs when he appeared in
Clare Municipal Court Monday, Feb
ruary 18.
Coming into Clare from the west,
at what Clare Police called a high
rate of speed, Mr. Watters failed to
get slowed down behind a car
driven by Lyle O. Bates, of R-l
Clare, and struck the Bates car in
the rear.
The accident occurred at about
3:20 a.m. Sunday. Mr. Watters was
ticketed by Clare Police for driving
under the influence of alcohol, and
plead guilty to the charge before
Justice William B. Dunlop on Monday.
Annual ACP
Meetings Set
For Farmers
Annual meeting of ACP participators will be held at the Greenwood
Townhall on February 21; Garfield
Townhall on. February 26; Winter-
field Townhall on February 27;.
Grant Townhall February'28; ASC
County Office March 1; Arthur
Townhall March 7 and at the-Ham:
ilton Tonwhall on March 12.
The 1957 ACP Program offers .
Federal Cost-Share on the following
pvactices: Permanent Vegetative
Cover, Agricultural Ground Limestone, Marl, Contour Stripcropping,
Field Stripcropping, Tree or Shrub
Planting.
Establishing Sod Waterways,
Special Purpose Vegetation for protection Aganst Eroision, Field Diversions, Structures for Erosion
Control, Open Farm Drainage
Ditches, Tile Drainage, FarmPotids.
Winter Cover Crops, Summer
Crops, Green Manure Crops, Establishing of a Vegetative Cover.    '
Artists
See Showing
Of Films
Three films on color and design attracted about fifty artists
and students to a showing in the
Audio-Visual Room at Clare High
School February 13.
.Following the films,, art teachei*
Robert McDanrels, of Clare high
school, answered questions for the
group, and spoke briefly on oil
painting techniques, silk screening
and etching aud other mediums in
which he works and teaches.
The showing was sponsored by
the Area Art League, and members
were present from Clare, Harrison
and Mt. Pleasant