1957-05-09; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE, MICHIGAN, THUftSDAY MAY 9- *957
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New Series, Vol. 65, No. 3*
Tornado
—Just In
BIRTH OF A TORNAPO worm wfc-n a _qil_ja_.._ a warm air mas_
collide, attd'the heavier cold *lr 1» deflected above the Jlghter warirn
air. In this topsy-turvy situation, a -ontfue of cold.air dips into the
warm air, which in turn move- upward to fill the -void thus created.
As the warm air rushes upward-In a spiral motion, other Warm air
is sucked, upward from lowe*? levels, until the ground is reached.
Ihe funnel is made visible hy -pondeasl-jr moist air, dirt and debris.
On May 12, 1956, a major h>
nado dipped into a thickly populated area pn the outskirts of
Flint, Michigan. The fury of the
twister flattened homes and a
school, destroyed trees, autos,
communications lines and other
property. It killed three persons
and "injured 116 more during its
wild rampage.
Y
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oemor trip
Starting
Saturday
By Members
Of The Pioneer Staff
The seniors of Clare High
School are all set to le^ve Saturday, May 11, on their five-day
class trip to. New York. First
leg of the trip will be by chartered bus to Detroit, where they
will board the New York Central.
Seniors who are planning to
go on the trip this Saturday
should remember to attend the
meeting at the school Thursday
night at 8:00. At least one par.
ent must accompany each senior
to the meeting.
Accompanying the 46 seniors
on the trip are Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Ruby and Mrs. Louisa Bowler.
The group plans to make its
first stop at Niagara Falls, Canada, after which they will continue directly to New York City,
arriving Sunday morning.
After a three-day stay in New
York, the seniors will return
home by way of Toledo, Ohio,
where they will spend a few
hours.
They will arrive home by bus
about 5 p.m, Wednesday, May 15.
New Owner
For City Cab
Mr. and Mrs. Orin "Del"
Wright are the owners of the
new City Cab Company of Clare.
Both Del and his wife Bethel are
driving the cab at. the present
time.
Operating under a new franchise granted them at a recent
meeting of the Clare' City Commission, the cab Will be available 24 hours a day from its
call center at the Pure Oil Station at McEwan and Seventh
Streets.
The new phone.number is 872.
At present, the Wrights have
one new 1957 model .dab, painted
white with blue lettering. Another new car will be added an
-  about six weeks, they said,
When additional drivers are
needed, the Wrights said they
will hire reliable men, who will
be checked and finger printed by
Clare Police. Cabs will be . inspected at intervals by local police. ...
Larry Everts,
Watchmaker
Larry Everts, son of jeweler
How.ard Everts, has' been notified by the Horologieal (Watchmakers') A Institute -of • America
-that he is Certified Watchmaker
44X0-     ' • v  "    •
In paper work and bench work
•? 'tests completed in April, Larry
attained a 93,2 mark. His work
Was checked by the National Bureau of Standards, Washington,
■PvCy
Teen Town
esses
.The* following day at Muske-
:gon another of the top tornados
of the year struck with similar
disastrous results: thirteen injured, over seven and one-half
million dollars in property damage, fear and helplessness striking panic into thousands of
hearts.
The list in 1956 went on and
on. May 12—Cuyahoga county,
Ohio; April 3—VanBuren, Allegan, and Kent counties, Michigan; Hudsonville, Swartz Creek
in Michigan. Belleville, 111., and
Bancroft, Wise.
Central United States is .called the world's most dangerous
tornado area.
What would you do . . . what
can "all of us do if dangerous tornado conditions approach and
place our home area under the
dreaded alert? .
Chances of escape from personal injury, and final survival
rest almost entirely on preparedness using facilities at hand, and
pn good knowledge of what to-do
during, and after such an emergency.
We depend on good communications for warning and information.
There is no way to prevent a
tornado. No way to change its
direction or to fend off its
force.
What To Do
Persons in open country. can
view the approach of a tornado
and move at right,angles to its
path. (If a twister is coming
from due west, then hurry either
north or south to move out of
the path. Don't run before it, it
will overtake you if you move
ahead of it in the. same direction
it is moving.) If there is no time
to escape, lie flat in a nearby
ditch or depression. Cling to a
heavy object if you can.
In towns or cities, DO seek
shelter inside. A preferred place
is in a substantial building . . .
away from windows.
The southwest corner of the
basement of a frame house is
safer than in a brick or stone
house. If there is no basement,
lie down on the first floor under
a stout table or a bed. Stay in
the southwest corner.
Urban schools: . It is recommended that persons stay away
from windows and remain near
an inside wall on a lower floor.
Students 'should not be collected
in the gymnasium or auditorium.
'Rural schools :In frame construction buildings, teachers
should remove students to a ra-
yine or ditch if storm shelter is
hot available.
In all cases wherever you are,
caves, or shelters underground,
or deep cellars offer the best protection, especially when timbers
or heavy bracing can be used to
hide under.
It is expected in any year,'that
about 800 tornadoes will boil up
in turbulance across the midwest. In the unstable transition
from winter cold to the heat of
late spring and summer, great
masses of cold and warm air collide.. -
When air currents force Javier cold air up above the lighter
warm air, the masses struggle
to change positions and "holes"
appear to allow heavy air to descend and light air rise. Vertical
air currents are • sometimes
twisted into "funnels."
Will Distribute
Surplus Foods
Surplus commodities will be
distributed in Harrison ^oh May
13, 14 and 15, Clare L. Davis,
director of Clare County Social
Welfare has announced,
In the Clare and Farwell area,
the dates of distribution are May
I4j IS, and 16 at pokers Grocery
Farwell, the director said.
Representatives from about a
dozen local civic, church and
service organizations met at
Clare Public School Monday evening to discuss problems of
starting and maintaining a
Youth Center for Clare teen
agers.
Dubbed "Teen Town," the
center will be established in a
building lent to the group by
Dan McDonald. It is located on
West Fifth Street, next to the
Post Office.    , ____
At another meeting set for
Monday night May 13, at the
school, Clare high school and
junior high school students will
meet with' interested adults, according to Jack Leonard, chairman, of the adult group promoting YTeen Town." He urges all
interested people to be presht.
Mr. Leonard added that ciare
householders who have furniture
they could donate to the center,
may call 863 or 722 for pickup.
Games and recreational equipment are also needed, he said.
Mrs. Wysong
Dies Of Hurts
In Auto Crash
Mrs, Henry Wysong, 57, of R-l
Farwell, died early Wednesday
morning, of injuries received in
an automobile accident near
Midland Tuesday night, in which
her husband Henry also was in-
jured.
Mrs. Wysong was taken to
Saginaw General Hospital following the accident, .where she
died at about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. Mr, Wysong is a patient
at the Midland Hospital.
Funeral servi^R for Mrs. Wysong will be h_id Saturday at
2 p.m. at the Farwell Methodist
Church, Rev. L, j. Nevins of
Clare officiating. Wilson Funeral
Home of Midland is in charge of
arrangements. Interment will be
in Surrey Township  cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Wysong had
lived at Farwell for 14 years,
where they were well-known as
proprietors of a restaurant at
the US-10, M-115 intersection,
prior to their retirement.
The couple had returned recently from spending the winter
months in Texas.
Zelda J. Wysong was born in
Pennville, Indiana, on September 9, 1899. "She had lived in
Greendale township, Midland
county, before moving to Far-
well. She was a member of the
Farwell chapter Order of the
Eastern Star.
Mrs. Wysong is survived by
her husband, Henry; four sons,
John of Ithaca, Don of Midland,
Charles of Coleman, and Dale of
Farwell; two brothers, a sister,
and nine grandchildren.
Aim Landers
Talks To State
BPW Clubs
Dorotha Kirkpatrick, Delores
Hearris, Thelma Woodworth and
Kathryn Underwood represented
the Clare Business and Professional Women's Club at the District VI Conference held in Bay
City Sunday.
' Two hundred and forty women
from Flint, Saginaw, Bay City,
Caro.Alma and Clare'were in attendance.
Ann Landers, newspaper columnist was the main speaker,
following the dinner held at the
new YMCA building. She told of
the wide variety of letters she
receives and her methods of
handling them. State Business
and Professional Women presi
dent Virginia Allan of Detrot,
also spoke to the group.
The State Convention of the
Michigan Federation of Business
and Professional Women's Clubs
inc.; will be held at Grand Rapids May 17-19 at the Hotel Pant
lind'. The fall district meeting will
be held at Midland, Saturday, October 19, 1957 and the next spring
meeting will be irt,Caro Sunday
May 4, 1958.
The Clare Club will have its
May meeting next Monday evening the 13th, in the Fifth Avenue Room at the Hotel Doherty
with dinner at 6:30. Dr. Loren
G> Burt,. a psychiatrist of Alma,
will- speak on "Hypnotism and
Psychiatry ih Modem Medicine",
Guests are'invited.
Mrs. Finch
In Flames,
Saved by Son
Quick-thinking George Finch.
Jr., age 13 saved his mother-from
possibly • fatal burns when he
threw a rug vover her flaming
blouse which ignited when she
got too close to her kitchen
stove Friday. She is Mrs, George
Finch, Sr. and her son's quick
action • rescued her from much
more serious injury.
Mrs. Finch is recovering in
Mt. Pleasant Community Hospital from severe burns on her
back.
She was getting breakfast
ready for her school age hoys,
when she apparently leaned fpo^
close to a heated electric burn*
er. .       ''.   ;]i
When her blouse burst 'into:
flames, she rolled on the floor ib,
extinguish them. Young George}
promptly threw a rug over hen
and effectively smothered •thei
fire. ' ,:\
George and his younger 'brother ride to school with Principal Allan Tulk of Clare,v ant},
when Mr. Tulk stopped for the'
boys, he rushed Mrs.. Finch to a,
doctor. She vijas taken to Community Hospital shortly after.
Mrs. Finch is the mother of
five sons. Her- husband* George,
a construction worker presently
on a job away from Clare, was
notified, of thp accident by Michigan State Police.
Drive For
More C of C
Members
The Clare Chamber of Cora'
merce went on a business-to-
business membership drive Tuesday morning following a kick-off
breakfast, "and the results so far
have been pronounced good _|$5*
Chamber Secretary Alleri Ott
" The membership teams signed
up most former members for
another year, and were successful in adding many new members to the roster, besides.
Mr. Ott said that the goal of
the drive is to raise $2,500 in-
membership fees. Chamber members working on the drive carried with them a letter outlining
projects and accomplishments
of the business group last year,
and presented 1957 members
with membership decals to put
on store windows.
Chamber of Commerce members met for a 7 o'clock breakfast at the Hotel Doherty, before
going out on personal contact
signing up of this year's members.
Junior Band
Uniformed
For Concert
The Clare school Junior Band
will" be in uniform for the first
time at it's annual concert at the
auditorium May 16, at 8 p.m.
• They will be wearing uniforms previously used by the
Senior Band members, who have
had new ones for the past several months.
The concert will include' the
35 members of the Beginning
Band, as well as the 43 .piece
Junior Band. The Beginning
Band will wear white shirts or
blouses, with dark skirts or trousers.
The program will include
marches, waltzes, a serenade,
and novelties.'
Jailed On
Check Charge
Percy Smith, formerly of Man
istee, was arrested by Clare City
Police at the.Doherty Hotel Saturday'night on a bad check com
plaint of April 17.
Smith was charged with giving
a No-Account check at Bryant's
service station.'
Clare County Prosecutor
James-S. Bieknell III, spotted
Smith after having been notji'ied
previously that he was in town.
He liotified local .police who
came and made the^ arrest
Appearing in Clare Municipal
Court Monday, Smith Was sentenced, to ten days in the Clare
county jail, by Justice William
B, Dunlop,,. Fifteen dollars was
recovered on the Bryant amount
Smith was wanted also _or
three separate bad check charges
in Saginaw and.also in Owosso.
That's What
Goes, On
At Rotary
|'We want to find out what
goes on at Rotary meetings,"
was the reason given by Rotary
members wives* who "invaded"
the Wednesday noon session of
'the clUb' 'and taking over- the
meeting,'presented an entertaining program.
The occasion was the twelfth
anniversary date of the founding
of the Clare club, and Rotary-
Amis' kept their stunt such a
well-guarded secret, that the men
were taken, completely by surprise.
Mrs, Harold Schaeffer conducted' the ', meeting for her
presideht;husband while wives of
all A Officers assumed those club
duties, -The program featured
Mrs.'.Grkce McArthur, who gave
the .,couples humor, sketching
novelties, .on a blackboard, and
levied; ,. fines, when Rotarians
failed to .answer many comic-
quiz questions.
■ Rotary-Anns captured all the
member-badges, and then charged fines against the rightful
wearers' for failure to display
the badges according to the club
rules. Fines thus "extorted" went
to Clare Girl Scouts.
Authorities Brace
Hoping Tornadoes
Never Strike Area
Area residents who have uneasy worries that tornadoes
might catch us totally unprepared, can be assured that what
can be done by way of warning
and precaution is being done.
This word comes from respons^
ble points at Clare City Police
Department, Ciare and Farwell
schools, Clare Manufacturing
company to list a few-
Local sources as well as Civil
ian' Defense authorities stressed
the importance of learning accepted practices for protection
and survival. Mentioned often,
was the desirability of remainiiig
calm as individuals in impending
crisis and avoiding useless panic
and ineffective confusion.
The urgency of a good program for tornado procedure at
Clare Public Schools was demonstrated April 24 when the news
that tornado conditions existed
in Michigan sent the children
home. The object was to empty
the school before a possible twister, was sighted approaching.
Tornado breeding atmospheric
conditions only, were warned of
but nevertheless school authorities decided to send students to
their homes.
Orderly procedure for loading
children or buses was interfered
with to no small degree by fright
ened mothers who drove autos
to.the school and rushed in and
out of classrooms to find their
children and neighbors' .young
s*ters. A sudden rush of telephone
calls'to,the Public School office
tied up. the line and delayed out
going calls notifying bus drivers
of the' -necessary trips.
• School Superintendent Richard
Wheeler, working with a group
of interested parents has determined upon the following actions
in times of future- tornado
threats: .
1) The entire' school will be
dimsissed' each time weather con
Garfield Vote Snarl
Due In Summer Court
' Ed. Note: The Sentinel
wonders, along with many
readers, how front-page news
stories finally end, particularly when a story shirts in
a surge of high local interest and then fades in an atmosphere of diminisliing new^
information. Those stories
from Sentinels of last month, •
. . . six months ago . . .
what happens to people and
events that disappeared off
the front page before the last
chapter of their stories?
Sentinel readers are going
to follow in coming   issues,
-. the thread of several of the
most Interesting of recent
Stories. During the next several weeks, progress up to
the present time, or maybe
the conclusion of some of
these stories will be published.  _
* To begin, hero is what con
foe learned about progress in
the case of "the tie vote for
supervisor of Garfield township.
The summer session of Clare
County Circuit Court is expected to decide who will represent
Garfield Township on the Clare
County Board'of Supervisors for
the balance of the term.
Attorney Harold Hughes, representing Clinton R. Case of
Lake, who is contesting the
April 1 Garfield election outcome, said that to his knowledge,
a case like this has never come
up locally. Mr. Hughes added
that there have been several
similar instances in Michigan
in the past.
Mr. Case ran on a sticker
against incumbent Stanley Oman
for the Garfield supervisor's
post in the April 1 election. ,
The circuit court will be asked
to decide whether several disputed ballots can be counted in
favor of Mr. Case. The ballots,
which involve writing of Mr.
Case's name and use of . the
stickers, were disqualified when
the Garfield votes Were counted
following  the  election.
Michigan courts in the past
have, given favorable decisions
on several of the * comparable
cases brought before them, Mr.
Hughes said.
The result of the April 1 Garfield election was a tie *^ote,
between Mr. Oman and Mr. Case.
A recount confirmed the tie, and
when the me'n drew lots to break
the deadlock, Mr. Oman won
possession of his former seat on
the "Clare County Board of Supervisors .
If. Mr. Case should win his
suit this summer, he Would
probably^ join "the county's gov
erning board for the first time
at the October session.
Last October, the supervisors
looked at the proposed budget
for the coming year, heard annual reports, approved bills for
the quarter, heard recommendations and communications, passed several resolutions, and made
some appointments to county
jobs.
Whichever of the men is
handed a clear title to the Garfield supervisor's job by \the
circuit court, these are some of
the decisions he will help make.
Grass Afire
The Clare Fire Department
Was Called to the .James Allen
farm 'to, the home, of Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Hutchinson on Wednes
day May 1.
The Hutchinsons had been
burning trash the day before and
a strong east wind had revived
the fire enough that a spark
caught near the fuel oil tank.
Quick action witli extinguishers kept the blaze under control
•until the fire truck arrived. The
honse Was damaged considerably
The Clare Fire/ pepartment
was called put Wednesday noon
this week to a grass fire near
the city dump,  ,- ..a..
Mrs. Vern Worden, of
Brush College, who has a
remarkable collection of
African Violets in bloom,
also has a nice hand with
other houseplants. She has
a Christmas cactus that has
been blooming steadily since
early last November, and it
is now getting new buds.
The Clare IOOF and Rebekah
Lodges lost all of their records
when their hall burned in the
downtown fire in January, and
they're asking for help to complete a list ■ of deceased members. If you know of any people
who were members during their
lifetime, please notify Ernest
Irwin, or any of the other lodge
members.
We misunderstood when
Mrs. Delrhar Allen called in
about a blue bird she saw in
a flock of gold finches last
week. She knew it was a blue
Wild canary, and just wanted'
to mention having seen this
rarity. Sorry, Mrs. Allen.
The Meanest Man In Town is
whoever cut a six foot blue
spruce tree out of a family lot
in Cherry Grove Cemetery. It
Was evidently cut for a Christmas tree.
Mrs. Marie Czyzewski, Harrison chairman of the annual fund drive for the American OaiiCer Society, was
pleased to report that $426.97
had been collected there by
Monday this week. She complimented her co-workers on
their all-out efforts in the
drive.
Elsewhere, a cancer drive
worker came to grief. Mrs. John
Laverty, of rural Farwell, out
soliciting for the drive, was bitten by a dog. It took six stitches
to close the wound. '
William Schaeffer became
the fourth generation of
Schaeffers to toe connected
W i t h dairying locally,
When lie took over the Dairy
Bar May 1 from his dad Harold Schaeffer. The first Julius Schaeffer started the
dairying habit when he began farming here in the '80s.
His son Julius took over the
farm, aiid then grandson Harold, with- Earl Buoy, opened
' the dairy, antf subsequently,,
tlie dairy bar*      ,
JayCees
Set May 15
The Clare Jaycees will hold
their Charter Night Banquet next
Wednesday May 15 at 7:00 at
the Hotel Doherty. After the din*
ner, the Chapter will he installed
into the State, National and' International Junior Chamber 61
Commerce by officers of the respective groups. William Kut-
chev, State President will give
the keynote address.
It is expected that .there Will
be close to one hundred guests
and members present. Tickets
are now available from Jack
Leonard at -Phone 275-Jll or Dr.
Lon Hoover at Phone 866.
, The group has grown from art
original six interested men to a
membership  of thirty-five.,
The first project of the group,
as decided at the last business
meeting will be a "Lite - A - BUm
per" campaign for the city. On
a pre-annourtced day, the date
of which is as yet undecided, the
Jaycee members will stop all
cars and ask the owners if they
would like Scotchlite tape placed
on their back bumper as a safety
measure.
Last Call
For School
Beginners
After only a small showing of
parents brought children for
kindergarten enrollment on May
2, Elementary Principal' Allan
Tulk is again asking that all beginners be enrolled before this
school year ends.
, "Parents living anywhere in
the Clare Public School District
should be sure to enroll kinder-
gartners on May 22 'or 23," Mr.
Tulk urged.
Hours are from 9 a.m. to 12
noon, and 1 to 4 p.m. on both
days, at Mr. Tulk's office' in the
elementary  building.
Good in Field,
On Mound;
Pioneers Win
A very much improved Clare
High nine trounced a good Far;
well hall club. 4 to 1 on the
Pioneer diamond Friday, May 3.
The Pioneers, committing only
two errors, were able to support
their pitcher for the first time
this season.
Don Bay pitched a masterful
ball game and held the Eagles to
three scattered hits. This was
quite a feat as Farwell clobbered
Lake .City the day before, by an
overwhelming score of 18 to 3.
Dick Roe, who had. gone hit-
less his first eight trips to the
plate, has hit safely his last
four attempts and t-aised his
hatting average to .353.
ditions warn of tornado possibility. Action will not wait for the
urgent alert when a twister is
actually sighted.
2) If school is dismissed toe-
cause of tornado. warnings, an
announcement will be made
through the facilities of radid
station WCEN. Students will be
sent home -wth buses following
normal routes for delivery oi
student passengers-
3) Parents are urgently requested to refrain from calling
the school phone number at such
times,. When necessary to pick
up children, parents are. warned
to use calm judgement and avhid
causing hysteria among children,
When transporting children
other than the parents own, a
driver must notify the child's
teacher and give the name of the
child. Parking or stopping' private cars in front of the school
building in the bus loading zone
is not permitted for obvious reasons.
Mr. Wheeler said that tornado
safety drills are practiced at
school in preparation for a possible emergency when a sudden •
storm might make it impossible
to send students out of the building.
liural Schools
Some 484 students attending
Clare county's rural schools are
under the direct administration
of the county school commissioner,- Lenord Schwanz with an office at Harrison- ,      ' ...
As early as April this year, Mr.
Schwanz' office distributed information sheets to rural schools
to outline procedure in tornado
alerts. Posters accompanied the
information lists and they were
to be displayed in the schools
for graphic illustration.Qf what
ptipils are fo d'd if an emergency
arrives. This i printed material
has the approval of the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction and was sent from his office;
In all cases the material was
sent to either a rural school's
teacher or to the secretary of
the district school board.
At Clare Manufacturing, company, a planned course of instruction in tornado procedure is designed to bring to personnel the
best possible information for aid
to survival in an emergency.
Lyle Skinner, head of personnel said that a management development program which Ha__
already been in progress for the"
past nine weeks, is continuing
With demonstrations of first aid
and fire fighting techniques and
will take in tornado procedure
in a session scheduled for late
this month.
He mentioned the possibility
that the tornado procedure study
might include something like
drills or rehearsals of group action in an alert.
Individuals employed at Clare
Manufacturing will be permitted
to go to their homes whenever
they are needed there during any
crisis within* the work hours, but
plant dismissal will not he resorted to short of sighting of a
tornado in the area. A tornado
pinpointed within the immediate
locality ■ so near that a dash for
homes might expose plant work'
ers to risk, would bring the request for all to stay within the
building, Mr. Skinner said.
Plant guards at Clare Manufacturing company are trained
spotters for the Ground Observer Corps with instant communication lines to a center at Grand
Rapids and the Weather Bureau
elsewhere.
iPolice  Plan  Warning
Chief" William Cook and' the
Clare police work closely wit-i
Civilian Defense tornado Warning networks , and State Police.
Cook told The Sentinel that the
signal for danger from approach1
ing tornadoes is short blasts of
the City's fire siren. 'The" tone
Will be a rising and failing sound
similar to a fire alarm, except
that the sound will be in short,
interrupted blasts. , In case of
power failure or other conditions
that make use of the siren unsatisfactory,, siren-equipped cars
and fire trucks will be driven
through the city fo sound the
Same alarm notes.
Chief Cook said that a number
of warning calls would be ."made
in addition .to the siren alarm.
These calls are to include schools
the -hospital and convalescent
homes, the school at Lake and
other points where people could
be Warned in numbers*