1957-03-21; Clare Sentinel

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clare, Michigan; thursdax march 21,1957
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New Series,. Vol. 65, No. 27
Clare FFA Chapter
Has 2 Candidates
For State Degree
Donald Bay and, Charles Murphy
'members of the Clare Future
Farmers of America Chapter, will
be recommended by the State Executive Committee of the Michigan
Association of Future Farmers of
America for the State Farmer Degree,
Awarding of the degrees wil be
a part of the 29th Stdtte ' Future
Farmer Convention to he held at
Michigan State University, East
Lansing on March 25 and 26.
Donald is the son of Mr. and
Mrs, Clarence Bay and Charles is
the son of Mr, and Mrs, Jack Murphy, both of rural Clare. The boys
are president and treasurer, respectively, of the local chapter.  A
, A third member, of the Clare
FFA Chapter, Dan Bay, son of Mr.
and/Mrs. Qlen Bay, completed
■minimum requirements for the
State, Farmer Degree, but due to
State FFA Constitution limitation
to 2 per cent of state membership,
Dan will not .be awarded the degree this year.
.•Marvin Krell and Morris Fen-
rose are the  official delegates re-
.presenting the Clare Chapter at
the convention. Floyd Norcutt,
Clare high, school vocational agriculture teacher, is- Chapter advisor.
A total of 11;000' FFA members
aye expected at the annual event,
Naming of the Star ■ Farmer of
Michigan will highlight the two
day .'session,
State Grange
Warns Of
i
ssss^-
CHARLES MURPHY
WlUiam-J. Brake,* State Grange
head, warns local businesses,
Granges, and other- groUps-about
the particular type < of "fly-by-
night" operator, several of which
have victimized .businesses and
Granges, iii rural communities in
Michigan. * , ' '      Y
The operator comes '• to the
Grange with the proposition that
he will secyre advertising space in
the Grange Hall from local businesses (simiar to advertising in
city.buses). The Grange is to provide the space, arid gets a small
part of the advertising' fee.  ',     :,
The : operator pressures the
Grange in hasty *permission.Then
he obtains money from ' business
firms in the community for the
adyertisisng, and promptly leaves
town with the money.
As is often trie case with other
deals the "fly-by-night" operator
gives his own crooked twist to a
legitimate business activity.
Coming Election
Has
Issues A-plenty
Candidates who win local
gov-rnment positions at thj:
co'ming April 1 Election are
going to be deciding many
highly Important Issues:
Supervisors   will    have    a'
large part In, th-s tax levy and
disbursement of what may be
a record Clare county budget.
In the City of Clare, elected c o m m i s.s i o n epi will
wrestle with the problems oi
a big .budget of their own,
plus Off-Street Parking, needed Improvements for the Fire
Department, pressure for the
lake restoration development
Inside the city limits,
These, yesl And all the
while, attention to the routine of business in local government at both city and
county level,
In next week's Sentinel, we.
. will'" present some editorial
discussion of issues in the
election. We hope also to be
able to.publish remarks from
candidates to let' you read
■their impressions of what the
- significant issdes are:
Letters to the editor, concerned with these or other
subjects are also invited,
Keep letters as brief a.6 possible and sign-.your name
(which may be withheld in
printing If you wish).  -
Rotdrians
See How
Johnny Reads
A "class" of Rotary members
sitting- in a. row of chairs and
studying the words, read:
"Look, Jane. I see a' dog. Bowwow, bow-wow.":
The Wednesday noon program in
which they were taking, part was- a
demonstration to dhow that' Johnny,
CAN read; Miss Efffe Hales,- teacher of the public school's first grade,
conducted the mock class to show
methods used to teach this all-important elementary grade subject
School Principal AUart Tulk said
that in recent *controvel'ies fired by
a series of nationally published
articles, criticizing teaching "methods, not one? call or letter at Clare
Public School found fault with progress under local teaching.
Election Qf club officers at the
meeting gave the president's post
to Robert Archambault for 1958.
Omer Parent and-Frank LaGoe be-,
came vice presidents in'line fpr
the top club honor in the next-two
years.    '. J •
RESTORATION DEPENDS ON "GIFTS"
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Time To Make 'Dream' Real;
Lake Project Needs Funds
.The collection of'funds for financing Clare's lake flooding pro*
j'ect is scheduled to start the first
part of next • month in the hope
.tfrat beginnipg work on the location can .be done without the use
cjf • city' money.
-A Working for an early start li)
the undertaking to provide lake
fr.ont residential sites within
Clare's city limits, Dan Burdo said
this week that cash or pledge contributions are'going to be collected
to,pay for>survey work and, first
clearing operations in the' basm
area'and future shore hne of the
lake.'
The' planned city improvement
involves clearing brush and undergrowth where the former millpond
lay,' -building - & new dam "at the
east end of- the* basin, northeast of
Clare proper, and subdividing, the
shore property of the lake which
would ha formed of Tobacco river
fresli witter.
Estimates say that nearly 100
lakefront, or close-in lots could be
laid'out. In addition, the plan gives
the city shoreline recreation parks
and tourist park' facilities.
• .With no financial aid committed
from city hall, private contributors*
will become something like stockholders in a venture to "get the
ball rolling"' and demonstrate that
th.e project has popular' approval.
Backers of the plan have an indefinite promise from the city commission to aid the work, once a
start has been made with subscribed capital. ?10,000. has been named
as the goal, in the public Contribution campaign.
Handling of the money being
rased, will follow an idea like this:
"Olfts"' Will be " acknowledged
with a redeipt and certificate ident-
B-j-g&F
GOP Election
Team Plans
District Tour
An election. " cairipaign in the
Tertth Congressional District Saturday, March 23, -will be climaxed
with a dinner at 6:30 that evening
at the Hotel Doherty, Clare County
Republican Chairman O. D. Bayes
announced this week.
Republican Candida t e s for
Spring election will tour the Tenth
District during the day, and be
on hand to meet voters at the dinner.
Republican legislators, county,
city, village, and township officers
and nominees, incuding-candidates
for non-partisan jobs, are urged lo
be on hand.
Dinner ticket are available,from
Mr. Bayes. Roscommon GOP
chairman Herbert J*. Smith Jr. will
preside at the meeting.
2943 Tops
Women'sTeam
Bowlers
Weldon Contractors women's
bowling team rolled a 2,943 team
score last week end to Win the
team event in the Clare City Women's Tournament, and set a new
high team mark in the history of
Clare women bowlers,
Arlene Brasington held her top
position to take this year's women's singles championship title
with a 617. Arlene bowls with
Drewry's team, and substitutes on
other' teams.
Margaret Robbins and Betty
Stark jare this year's doubles event
chamfiioj-ts. with J205.       .    .      .,   .
Ruth* Stanley" pf'-farrisdn won*
the All-Events with Handicap,
with an 1831 total. Betty Stark had
high Actual All-Events with 1483.
High series actual went to Fran
Shelander, with 546. The tournament ended on fyfarch 17.
Mrs. Whitford
New Teacher
Of 3d Graders
Mrs. Jean Whitford recently joined the teaching staff at Clare
Public School to take over the
late Mrs. Garthe's third grade
room.
Mrs. Whitford formerly taught in
Saginaw county. Before coming to
Michigan she taught in Pennsylvania. She makes her home on US-10
west of Farwell.
The new teacher- says she especially enjoys her new job because
of the friendlines shown her by
students and fellow teachers. Parents and teachers extended her a
group welcome at the monthly PTA
meeting Monday evening.
Mrs. Whitford'S hobby is collecting china. Her husband is a Clare
Manufacturing Company employee.
Banquet For
Athletes
Next Week ■
The annual Kiwanis.. Athletic
banquet has been announced for
Wednesday evening, March 27 at
the Doherty hotel. Invitations have
gone to athletic letter winners at
Clare High, along with coaches and
parents Of graduating athletes.
A fine program has been announced by the club with Red
Cochran, backfield coach of the De-
troilt Lions for speaker; High point
will be the surprise award of the
Kiwanians athlete of the year trophy.
Band Pleases
Good Crdwd
Iii Concert
The Clare High School Concert
Band presented i{*4 "Moods In.
Music" to as large as group of
listeners as the annual event has
drawn in several years Tuesday
©vening.
Th* performance offered modern;
descriptive arrangements, contemporary numbers and light classics.
■ Nearly sixty young musicians
took part in the presentation under
the direction of Lloyd Conley,
Clare high school band music * instructor.
State EsJiibit
Publishers have been, asked to
supply materials for a. proposed
Michigan newspaper exhibit at the
Michigan State University Museum. , The MSU School of Journalism seeks -old presses, historic
front pages and similar materials
to depict the newspaper's part in
-developing' Michigan*
The Law Has
A Long Arm
Gary C. Spraj-Jue, of Midand,
appeared in Clare Municipal Court
March 18, and plead guilty to a
reckless driving charge of lajst
October 14.*
He was assessed $25 fine and
$4.30 in court costs by vMunicipal
Judge William B. Dunlop. Sprague
had failed to answer the October
traffic summons, and a warrant
was issued for him on Marph 15.
First -place winners in ihe   Dip-trie. Speech Contest, held   at   Clare,
March 12, admire the gold cup won by the Clare speaking tedm.
' Dr. Emil Pfi__er, center, of Central' Michigan College, Mt. Pleasant,
who served as one of the judges, holds'the trophy -up for the approval'of
left to right. Dr. EJbert Bowen, "pf CMC,.the"other judge; Mrs., Louisa
Bdwler, speech and drastics coach"cijr* Clare Higli School; Lydt&elle Bifck-
Gold Gup For
^tTO T*- X.      /^- J-ow-er, speecn ana araniaucs coacn ajf Laare Jtiign..p>cnop-; juyaapewe _-ici_-   r
V>t-tta. ^JUXOBIiy'ilbaSe, Y :W-kp£ CHS? J$.ana G.owe*/-y>t .pMrandtClif*lo'fd',Priex.l#., of X&e^ningi A„ - -
:;_■-".        .     *Y   ".   V        'i ,       and Hal Makin, also of CI.-?:   ''y. ■,'■*-:    Y ""—   : /■1?'". ■-:' — "V
ifymg the contributor as a "stockholder" iu the development project.
Money gathered through all private subscriptions is to be deposited under escrow and used for only
the purpose specified. If tire necessary a-mount is not raised and. work
does not commence, refunds will
be made. .
Those who are most familiar
with the details of the undertaking
expect that when a, time arrives "
when lots can actually be sold in-
the development,* the income pro-,
vided thereby will finance progress
from that point.
The Clare Rod and Gun Club and
Chamber of Commerce have been
most  active among supporters 8t..L:.
the   program   to   give   Clare   the"
waterside  improvement with  Dan
Burdo credited as much as any one
person with effort to keep the pro- •
ject alive, '
Encouraging sponsors in their,
campaign are results, of unofficial
surveys which indicate that a high
percentage of residents aud othei's
favor the scheme and are interest'-
ed in obtaining building lots Hear
the proposed lake.
Hot in fo't'P .is' Gwen Johnsoj-r, frora. Ithaca,
Lee Sowle Photo
Polio Shots
For Students
By Sharon Zimmerman
of the Pioneer Staf
Doctor Irwin Sweet of the district health unit corrects' an article
printed in the March 14 Sentinel.
He states that graduating students
from Clare High School, who are
in Clare next fall when their third
polio shots are due,' may- obtain
them through 'the Tri-County
Health Department. Announcement of dates when.' the vaccine
will be administered are to be publicized at the Clare School ahd in
-The   Sentinch
Advocates
U.S. Aid
For Schools
Michigan's public schools need
federal aid, says Howard R- Jones,
professor of school administration
at The University of Michigan.
"We must reach, into -the pocket
where the money is, not one which,
is exhausted," h& declares. "The
federal government collects 80 per
cent of all tax monies and we have
been overlooking our greatest
source of revenue."
He points out that the state's
drastic need for more school buildings has been brought about by a
population increase which has
mounted steadily dver the last 1(3
years.
"In this period of time we have
more than doubled the number of
births in Michigan. We're adding
about 70,000 school children a year.
By this, time, it's obvious that the
people who thought the birth increase was a war-time bulge were
wrong,'' he says.
What tax sources are we going
to draw on to meet this need?
Says Professor Jones, "Many of us
feel the property tax is already
overburdened. This has been the
traditional source of local school
revenue for school building purposes."
"Generally, we would turn next to
the state. In Michigan this would
mean additional forms of taxation
because the sales tax is at its present rate proving inadequate. We
are running about $20 million short
Jn sales tax revenue to meet state
aid to educate iii full for 1956-57.
There's not much likelihood of additional state aid unless we have
some additional revenue measure at
the state level,*' he says.
In Professor Jdnes' own opinion
"There is not the risk of federal
control' in aid to school biuldiiig
that there might he in current operations or school' salaries. Further,
we have at least two instances
which show we can have federal
aid for education without federal
control: the G. I < Bill, which was
administered, with very .little con1
trol, and federal aid to hospital
building, which most people feel
has been given without much control.
Offer Nurse
Scholarships
At Wayne
The College of Nursing at
Wayne State' University announced that six. scholarships for
student nurses are again available
for the 1957-58 academic year. '
Five Helen Newberry Joy Scholarships are available to Students
in tlie Metropolitan Detroit area
and an Alumni grant is availaole
to  students  throughout Michigan.
These scholarships offer $&50 to.
cover the major part of tuition
costs for the eight semesters and
one summer session of the basic
professional program. The grants,
are offered on a competitive basis to selected students who wish
to enter the College of Nursing- in
September, 1957.
Applicants face no age, sex
race or creed restriction when applying for the scholarships. For
-information write Dean Katharine
Faville, College of Nursing, Wayne
State University. Deadline for applications is March 25, 1957.
Teen Club
Studying
St. John
- The meeting of the Teens Club
opened March 19 at the home of
Jack;.V_h' Sicklen. They visited
with •' Mrs. ' Frances Van Sicklen
who, had 'been quite* ill.
The Bible Chapter read by Watn-
eta" Neeland!. was John 3. It was
brought-odt that all must be born
again.. Along* .with * the happiness
froin' salvation, Christians must be
ready, to suffer for Christ. Then a
few choruses- were .sung and there
was*, ptayer.
* They had devotions, a story
"M?_ger'Beaver" from the book,
Teens Are Almost Human, and a
series of questibns from the Bible
were asked.
The meeting April 2 will be held
at Frank Walters with Barbara
Van Sicklen leading devotions.
The Chapter from the Bible fo."
that week is the 20th Chapter of
St. John.
Bulletin Board
The Band Banquet will be held
Thursday evening, March 21 at
6:30 p.m. in .the Multi-purpose
rdom -at the scftqol.- All members
of the Senior Band and their pai*-
ents are invited-and urged to attend.
Pitched High . . !
guaranteed to raise sales
to a NEW HIGH PITCH
With this issue, The Sentinel introduces a terrific Want-
Ad classification guaranteeing reader attention
Feature Displays
On.the Want-Ad pages.
Take a look on page's 15 aiid 16 of this paper to see what
impact and selling, opportunity are'featured in several
ads with borders, illustrations, larger type sizes, and
special treatment to- make' them OUTSTANDING!
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Restrictions governing' standard Want-Ad make-up do
not apply to Feature Display class. The sky's the limit,
(you might say, — and there is NO LIMIT to the
possibility for effective'* results in the use of this new
type of advertising.
Call the Sentinel for information on prices of Feature
Display on Want-Ad pages, and for cheerful help in
preparing layout and copy.
Sentinel Want-Ads
Phone 693, or 35
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Mrs.v Frank t3jlrnaH_» of Lake,.
observes that .With'the 'tce:'oi-t,
of. the., Jakes  there,,Ait  isv-h-
. earliest. •- _pring■'•  break-up   're--
corded  in  many, years.,
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. Dan Baiog,' former U..S., Soij
Conservationist for Isabella county
has made* a survey of problems and
needs of oominei'cial fishermen on
the. Great Lakes, which will be submitted to a congressional commit
tee in Washington studying the
lamprey eel.
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Count-rs and desks at the
Sentinel office have been completely rearranged,- so many a
customer (and isome of the
help) has-done a double-take
after starting through the front
door this past week.
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Pastor Hirani" Gates, of the Gilmore Church" of Christ preached a
unique sermon Sunday evening on
what girls today are seeking in a
husband. He bj&ed his conclusions
on answers reBfeiredr-vfrom young
women questioned on the subject.
The gist of the discussion will appear on the Sentinel's church page
next week.    -"•"
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Sgt. and Mrs. Bill Lucy, Sunset Beach, Oahu Island, Hawaii, Wrote 'her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy' Harter about the
excitement a tidal wave caused
there recently. When families
were ordered to evacuate, highways wei'te iclosed, and .Bill
made a Wild trip home through
sugar cane fields* and open
country to g$t his family but. .
% Residents took to the mountains, where- '-they stayed for
two hours before the all clear '
was "given. Describing the
wave, Dare said the yvater
would - dram out of the bay,
then come churning back in,
tossing stones as big as cars
up on the beach, and demolishing many homes. Force of the
flood tore out a fifty-six ton
cement bridge abutment, and
threw it 150 feet just a short
■ distance from the Lucy home.
Explorer. Scouts of Clare Troop
2125 went to Bay City Saturday for
a guided tout of 'a destroyer escort ship. Going on the trip were
leader D. Wade, Robert Williams,
Chuck Pi'ather, Larry Calkins.
Frank Rowley and David Corn-
stock.
Mrs. Pudvay
Elected New
PTA President
The March meetng of. the Clare
PTA' -was held in the. school adui-
toriiim;Monday evening. Mrs. Earl
B-umg^rth/ president, conducted
the,hus;in-ss meeting.   -'
■the slate .of officers- for the coming yeaiS' were presented _y Mrs.
■Rey ■Allen,'- chairman of the nominating; .cbjninittee, and were unanimously*" elected.
They are Mrs. Floren Pudvay.
president, Mrs<" Warren Tice, vice
president, Mrs. Harold Hughes
secretary, and James Dunlap, treas-
urei*. These officers will he installed at cthe April meeting.
Principal Allan Tulk introduced
the new member of the faculty
Mrs. Whitford, who has charge Oi
the third grade room, replacing the
late Mrs. Garthe.
Mrs. Marjorie Hughes of the Vocational Rehabilitation Center at
Saginaw, was speaker. She discussed the rehabilitation program, anfi
showed a film to illustrate her tall*
on how handicapped people were
trained, and assisted in getting a
place as wage earners.
The Colonville mothers served
refreshments.
PTAPeople
To Meet
At MSU
"Education iii Moral and Spii'
itual Values'' will -be one of 2C
topics to be studied atAthe annual
Michigan PTA Prdblem Clinic a*
Michigan State University March
2Si '
More than-600 Michigan parent!*
and teachers .will discuss the 2f
educational' problems determined
by. 'questionnaires, sent; to each
local PTA organization.'.
Among the problems for consid-
'era'tion at the one-day cbnference
will be- curriculum study and im-
.provement, the kind of • schools
needed for. the future, home and
family living, and science training. • •■
' The event also will cover such
topics as youth clubs and organizations, financing an adequate
program and the.role of the PTA
in civil defe'nse. .. .
. The major speaker will be Dr
Lawrence Haskew, vice-pi;esiden<
of the "University of Texas, whe
will talk on "A Climate for Adequate Education."
Joining to _ sponsor the conference will he' the Michigan Con*
gress of Parents and Teachers and
the MSU College of Education.
Problem Is
16th Century
Stage Props
By Judy Peeney
of the Pioneer Staff
Plans for the stage production,
"Cinderella of Loreland" by Fraiv.
ces Homer, to be presented by the
dramatics class on April 4, are
moving steadily forward. This play
will be especially interesting because it is the first children's play
presented to a Clare audience in
many years.
Costuming has been a particular-
Ij5 difficult job in this prpductlpU
Sslnce the, pl§y is-aet Jn the, Siuike--..
■spefateau *peVi_a.-M-auy toWIispeKspt_ •
have been solicited for old draperies, pieces of velvet, and other
heavy fabrics rich in color to be
made over by the staff. Blcknell's
store has donated several fornials,
which are being adapted to the
Shakespearean period for use in
the play.
Mr. Robert McDaniel's art classes have done an exceptional job
on posters and are .now working
on a birthday cake and rats (the
kind which magic transforms into
white coach horses). The art classes also made a large pumpkin
which will turn into Cinderella's
golden coach.
"Cinderella of Loreland" promises
to offer a most enjoyable evening
of entertainment for children who
love this story and for adults who
enjoy having their childhood memories brought to life.
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Six states have established clear-
ing houses for adoption for children in groups that are usually difficult to place in homes* Story
page 12.
This is Wildlife Week, and
Homes For Wildlife is the theme
and farmers and sportsmen are
urged to establish and preserve
improved game habitat. Page 9.
The Clare County Ministerial Association heard Rev. C. W. Mackenzie describe his trip to the Holy
Land. Story page 10.
Farwell Girl Scouts presented a
program at the Farwell Woman's
Club March 11. Page 13.
Creativity is frightened out of
most children at an early age says,
a psychology professor at MSU.
Page 13.
, The Grange, the Farm Bureau,
and th_ Farmers Union, the nation's biggest farm organizations)
are working together to promote a
jilan for world "peace with honor",
■Page 14.
Classified ads, a whole extl*a
page1 of them appear as hew feature on page 1.5 this week.
Sharon Gaspeny won honorahl-
mention in DAR Gbod Citizen. Finals for tile state of Michigan recently. Page 7.
Walton FB at Rosebush discussed local versus state control of
schools at its meeting Monday evening. Page- G. ;
Lake School students deceived
awards for safety pdsters at the
PTA meeting March 15. Story page
G.
So much appreciation was expressed to members of the Harrison Congregational Women's Fellowship after recent visits to rest
homes, that the group has decided to make it a regular practice.
Details page 2.
Harrison News
City Briefs
Lake News
Rosebush News
Society News
Sports News
Church News
Farwell News
Farm News
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