1957-06-13; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE, MICHIGAN,YrHtIHSI)_\Y   JUNE 13, 1957
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NewSOTiesYVol. 65, No, 39
Only Five Days Remain
Before Deadline For
School Board Candidates
With the terrag of two Clare
Sehool Board members expiring
next month, petitions are now
being circulated fpr candidates at
the election to be held July, 8 at
Clare's high school building.
School Board President Harold
Hughes and Trustee Lionel Duncan whose terms of office end in
July, 1957, each has a nominating petition being circulated m
his behalf.
A third petition is also m circulation for Stewart Kinde. who
en House
ToMarkJail
.cation
is in business with his father,
Floyd Kinde at Lone Pine Restaurant and Motel. On Tuesday
of this week the Clare school office said that these three petitions were the only ones out.
Deadline for filing as school
board candidates is next Tuesday. June 18, twenty days prior
to the election date. Not less
than twenty-five signatures of
electors is the requirement to
file a petition. Blanks are available at the school offices and
from Board Secretary Dr. Clayton B. Neff.
Considerable interest is expected in the pending election
since one immediate' decision
from the Board will invplve policy in the local school expansion
effort.
The School Board, with help
and advice from citizens must
decide whether to hold a second
election on a proposed $1,300,000
building and expansion program,
or to whittle down the size of the
various projects in order to offer a less costly borrowing proposal.
Mr. Duncan was elected to the
Board in July 1956 to serve the
unexpired balance pf the term of
Earl Ruby. Mr, Hughes has served a full term since his last
election in July 1954.
Other members of the Board
whose terms do not end this
year are Dr. Neff, Richard
Groves and Russell Eberhart.
Eligible electors will be residents for 30 days of the recently
enlarged school district and must
have lived in Michigan for at
least six months. To 'vote, persons must have reached the 21st
birthday on, or before the elect-'
ion. Superintendent Richard
Wheeler said that in a school
board election a voter need not
be a taxpayer and it is not required that he or she be registered for political elections.
Dedication ceremonies for
the brand new Clare county
jail will be held at the jail in
Harrison on Tuesday, June 25.
Included in the program events
will be an open house for public inspection of the modem
building and its facilities.
The program will begin
promptly at 2 p.m. with the introduction of Board of Supervisors Chairman, Albert Haley. James S. Bieknell III, will
be master of ceremonies.
Following the invocation by
former county treasurer Peter
A. Oman, all Clare county officials will be introduced by
the master of ceremonies.
On the program for short
remarks are Hon. Russell
Strange, Jr., district Representative in the Stale Legislature,
William Nestle, State jail inspector, Iys*n Cuthu^rt, jail
architect.
Visitors and spectators will
hear th© main, address by Hon.
Donald E. Holbrook, circuit
judge.
Benediction fey Peter A.
Oman will conclude the program.
Landscaping at the jail has
been completed and the building and area have been classed
as one pf the best county jail
facilities in the State of Michigan.
Farmers Decide
Two Issues
On Wheat
Farmers have two issues to de
cide in the June 20 wheat refer*'
endum, according to Floren J.
Pudvay, Chairman, Clare County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation  Committee. *
The first issue is whether marketing quotas will be in effect,
carrying with them penalties on
"excess" wheat from farms (with
more than 15 acres of wheat harvested as grain) on which the allotment is exceeded. The second
issue is the level of the availabl-
price support.
A two-thirds favorable VPte is
required to approve wheat marketing quotas. Once quotas are
approved penalties for production
in excess of the farm's quota are
in effect for all farms in commercial Wheat states which harvest over 15 acres of wheat for
grain. The farm quota is generally all the wheat produced on the'
acreage allotment. Under quotas,
also, price support on the 1958
wheat crpp will be available at a
minimum national average of
$1.78 per bushel - to those farmers who are in compliance witn
their farm allotments.
Mr. Pudvay explains that if
more than onethird of the voters
disapprove quotas, there will be
no marketing quotas and no penalties for excess prodUetieriT__bW-
ever, acreage allotments will remain in effect in the commercial
area, and the price' support will
be available at SO percent of party to those farmers, who comply
with, their allotments.
. All persons are eligible to vote
in the June 20 quota referendum
who will share in the ,1958 wheat
crop from a farm in the commercial Wheat area on which the
Wheat acreage, Co be'' harvested
plus any acreage to be'placed in
the' Wheat Acreage Reserve, Will
be more than 15 -acres.
Voting places for the June 20
wheat marketing ftuota referendum ih. Clare C'oiirifcy" Will be in
ihe* Sheridan Town hall*
Graduate Second Largest
Class From Clare High
Members of the second largest
graduating class in Clare High
School's history received their
diplomas at Commencement exercises held Wednesday June 5, at
the Clare athletic field.
It was the second year that
the weather has permitted a
graduating class to hold its exercises out of doors. The 1957
class of 72 members has been
exceeded in size only by lasf
y'ears graduating class of 79 seniors.
About 600 friends and relatives
saw the graduates receive their
diplomas from Clare ■ Board of
Education President Harold
Hughes,
Dr. Daniel -Sorrells, dean of
students, at Central Michigan Col
lege, addressed the Class of 1957
on Today's Design For Living-
The Clare High School Band play
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BALLOON BLAST . . .Navy ZSC-1 airship is torn from moorings
by shock waves from atomic blast at Nevada Test Site.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pringle,
on Vernon Hill, have a ten-
year-old peony bush, that
stands nearly four feet high,
and is loaded with three hundred buds. The Pringles are
looking forward to a floral
srpectacle when those buds
open.
I. M. Freeman, of Bailey Lake,
keeps a live-bait box, and he has
been missing fish out of it lately. Retired policeman Freeman
kept a sharp lookout, and discovered a crane was stopping by
regularly, making a meal of the
easy pickings. Mr. Freeman will
put a lid on the box, now.
A couple of kids were encamped under paper boxes on
West Fourth Street Tuesday
evening. Through holes cut in
the boxes they offered hollow - sounding greetings to
passers-by. Wednesday • morning the youngsters and their
boxes had moved to West
Fifth Street,
A doe deer Who was more
confused than most of us, evidently lost her way in the fields
east of town Sunday and Wandered into the Eastwood Hills
subdivision. Dale White reported that she was standing still
between his, house and that of
Dr. E. J, Gershon when his attention was called. Several children shouted in excitement at
the sight of her, and she turned
and raced out of sjght through
City Mayor Laurenee Seiter's
pine hedge. The spot might be a
possibility as a deer-runWay,
come next November.
Enters First
Air Training
Undergoing pre-flight training
at Pensacola, Florida, is Naval
Aviation Cadet Robert 1@. Jackson, son of Mrs. Ruby R, Jackson of 708 N. Rainbow Drive,
Clare, Y .- -.
Before entering the flight'program, Jackson attended Central
Michigan College,
ed both processional and recessional.
Other highlights of the Commencement program included the
presentation of the Class Memorial by Don Bay class president,
and its acceptance by Russell Eberhart, board of education trustee.
Mrs. Jane Bieknell Murton introduced the National Honor Society members of the class, and
Superintendent Richard Wheeler
presented scholarships. Principal
William Harper introduced the 72
graduates.
They are Thomas Bauer, Dan
Richard Bay, Donald Bay, Roy
Beltinck, Larry Bennett,, Sandra
Bergstrom, ^Richard Ceery, Lydabelle Bieknell, Jeannic Bowler,
Carol Bradley.
George Bradley, Gary Brown,
Judy Brown, Lois Bruner, Carol
Burmeister, Karen Cain, Bill Carter, John Crawford, Gary Davis,
Naomi Davis.
Guy DeCamp, Jerry Denton.
Vernette Dunkle, Judith Feeney,
Waiter Fort, Sharon Gaspeny,
Guy Hanechow, John Holbrook,
June Holt, Judy Johnson.
John Jourdain, Markieth Allen
Kalmar, Ruth Kleiner, Carol
Kleinhardt, Rolland Krell, Larry
Lang, Sharon Lang, Bernard
Longstreth, Kay Loomis, Martha
Lucy, Jackson Mair.
Hal Makin, Douglas Martindale
James Merillat, Joyce Miller,
Robert Miller, Robert Miotka,
David Moffitt, Charles Murphy,
Nancy Neff, James Nivison.
James Parish, Lois Pudvay,
Kay Ritter, James Rodabaugh,
Priscila Silva, Wyman Smith,
Dean Squires, Larry Thompson,
Al Terwilliger, Mary Tice.
Robert Tubbs, Barbara VanSic-
len, Carolyn VanHoose, Roger
Walter, Sally Walter, Robert War
ner, Elizabeth Wentworth, Donald Wentworth, Naomi Wichert,
Joyce Wilson, Sharon Zimmerman.
This week, the. office of Super-
intendent Wheeler declared the
Commencement exercises a thorough success. The program went
off without a hitch, Mrs. Gene
Fleming, administrative assistant ,said.
Ah open meeting, of residents .
in; the area covered* by the Glare-
Isabella School District 8,* was
held-at the school last-night, in
ah» effort to make an initial step
toward solving problems of overcrowding and inadequate facilities at Clare Public Schools.
School district residents were
asked to come and hear firsthand information collected on
the problem to date, and to. pool
ideas for its correction.
Since the defeat- in February
of the proposition to borrow
$1,300,000 for constructing a new
high school and elementary
school, this is the first move
that has been made in re-arous-.
ing public interest in the plan.
Expected to be present for the
meeting last night was • Clark
Ackley, architect on the defeated school project, and representatives of financial consultants,
Kenower-McArthur, who gave
advice on the sale of school
bonds.
An over-all review of the urgency of the crowding problem
was to be given by school administrators and board of educatidn
members. The earliest date when
another election on a bonding
proposition can be held is August 19, six months after the tin-
successful February 18* balloting.
What proposal is put on this
second ballot will depend heavily
on public opinion voiced at last-
night's meeting.
Curt Murton
ht
Michigan Firemen
ion
In Clare Tomorrow
.Visiting firemen and their
wives,'500 strong, in the annual
Michigan State Fireman's convention will be guests of the
Clare Fire Department and 'the
City of Clare, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday June 14, 15 and 16.
It is to be the eighty-second annual meeting of the State Firemen's Association and the three-
day program is scheduled full,
of work and fun for Michigan's,
firefighters.
Following registration' at Clare
high school Friday morning at 8,.
there will* be a g-heral business
meeting of the firemen in the
CHS Auditorhni-i, * With . Fire
Chief Floyd Harter; of Allegan,
presiding.
After the invocation by' Rev.
Hugh Kennedy,*   of the- Clare
Congregational ChurclJ, Mayor
Laurenee Seiter will" welcome
the visitors. Firemen . Edward
Posey, of Marine City, first
vice-president,. will, give the response. Clare Fire Chief Stan
Parish, as convention host, will
add a word ql welcome to his
fire-fighting colleagues.
Appointment of committees,
presided over by Chief Harter,
Will ;be- held at this time,
,At 9:30 a.m. an instruction
period on "Crash Fires and Rescue Procedures" will be supervised by Chief Stewart, of the
412th: Fighter- Group, Wurt-
smith "Air Force Base, Oscoda,.
Michigan.
At 11 a;m. there will be a discussion of "Ammonium1 Nitrate
and Nitrogen Solutions" by W.
Don't Park
On Route Of
Street Sweeper
Clare Police are requesting
that between the hours of 2 a.m.
and 5 a.m., there be no cars
parked bn McEwan Street, or in
the first block of Fourth, Fifth,
and Sixth Streets; on both sides
of McEwan.
The city's automatic street
sweeper is around in Clare's
business section during those
hours, and it is so the sweeper
will have open streets, that the
request is made.
Police are also asking that
business people in the same area
sweep their sidewalks in the afternoon, rather than the morning, so the dirt can be picked up
as soon as possible.
City police will issue courtesy
parking stickers to Firemen's
Convention delegates this week
end, and are asking that residents give the visitors every consideration.
Voters Give First
Winning Margin In
Rosebush Sehool Vote
•Clare Junior Chamber of Commerce members elected officers
at the regular monthly'meeting
last Thursday and made final
plans for the Scotchlite reflectoi
safety campaign for bicycles and
cars.
Officers elected are President,
Curt Murton, Jr. Vice Preiidents,
Leonard Crusen . and Harvey
Hartshorn; Secretary, Jim Cook;
Treasurer, Dale Lyons; State Director; Jack Leonard;, and Directors, Steward Kinde, Joe Johnston, Jim Dunlop and Howard Melton. The officers will assume
their duties at the next meeting
and will hold office until June 30
1958. -
In the safety campaign the bicycles will be taped this Friday,
June 14 and the cars will be taped
on the following Friday, June 21.
All the members' who were pres
ent are planning to help place the
tape on the cars-in order that as
many cars as. possible will be
taped in the shortest amount of
time so the owners will not be
delayed too long. It is hoped that
the people .of Clare will cooperate in this Jaycee Safety Program. '
Also discussed* was the Jaycees
participation in such ciVic pro
jects *as TeenTown, the Mill pond
Development, * and. the United
Fund for Clare. Some, appointments, were made arid it was. decided to hold the next meeting
the. f irst part bf July.
. One of the.delegates who represented the chapter at the State
Convention reported on the three
day affair. He said there were
about 1500 delegates registered
for the convention and that many
helpful suggestions were offered
to the delegates who attended.
m«THS
Mrs. Flora Bellinger passed
away at the Bloomfield Memorial
Hospital Monday morning about
eight o'clock. Funeral services
were held Wednesday afternoon
from the Coker Funeral Home in
Farwell', at 2:00 o'clock with Rev.
L, J. Nevins officiating and interment in the Surrey Cemetery.
Incumbent Orrin First regained
his seat on the Rosebush School
board of education by a twelve-'
vote margin in annual school
elections held at Rosebush Monday, •
Mr. First polled 215, of a total
418 votes cast in the election. His
opponent was Harold Fluharty,
who received 203 votes.
* 1
Mr. First's new term is for
three years. He has already been
a member of the board of education for seven years. A well-
known Isabella Township farmer
Mr- First is active as a 4-H leader and is a member of the Rosebush Community Council:
More than usual interest and
activity in the Pirst-Fluharty- con
test indicated heavy balloting before the election and led the election board to increase their ballot
requirements by 50% over the
normal supply.
The Rosebush community takes
justifiable pride in the intense
local participation and interest in
the operation of its public school.
The Board is responsible for the
operation and policy for a mod
ern eight-grade school which
serves the town and surrounding
area.   '
Rosebush Boy
Burned In
Tractor Fire
Herbie Fluharty, 14, of Rosebush, was taken to Community
Hospital in Mt. Pleasant, Wednesday last week, suffering from
second and third degree burns
on his leg, after the tractor he
was driving caught fire and ignited his clothing.
Leakage from a loose gas cap
wa_ blamed for the blaze. Herbie
jumped from the tractor and
rolled on the ground to extinguish the fire bn his clothes.
His 'mother, who saw the accident, jumped on the tractor* and
steered it into a garden plot.
Herbie is reported to be recovering well.
A, Higgins, Process Safety A En-.
gineer,North Ameniican CyanA-
mid Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario.
The firemen will adjourn for
lunch at 12 noon. .■ '•
From 1:30 to 4:30; p.m. a fire
school will be conducted by Lieutenant Arthur Foster, Lansing,
as instructor. Subjects covered
will be rescue, masks, minor
equipment, use of resuscitators,
hose and ladders, and first aid..
The public is welcome.
Assisting with the instruction
will be Chief Dick Hall, Leoni
Twp., Chief Val Naert, Meridan
Twp,, Inspector Phil Alber of
Lansing, and Fireman Mark
Holliday, of Lansing.
The group will adjourn for
dinner, and following dinner'.a
Memorial Service for past members of fire departments will be
held at 7:30 p.m. in the Congregational Church, with' Rev. Kennedy in charge.
At 9 p.m. the firemen will
gather at the Gateway Lanes
Roller Rink for a Get Acquainted Party.
Saturday's session will open
with another three-hour fire
school, from 9 a,m.; to. noon,
when the firemen will adjourn
for lunch.
At 1 p.m., a parade of fire
equipment, to which the public is
invited, will be held. The down-,
town parade will be led by the
Clare VFW Color Guard, and the.
Farwell High School band will
play. ;
Many of the larger fire' departments will be bringing trucks
and other modern fire righting
units to put on display for tha
public.
This parade of equipment has
drawn lively public interest when
it has been staged in previous
years.
At 1:30, another public evtent,
the annual Waterball Content
will be held in the street in front
of the Clare Public School Wiih
last year's champions, the Port
Austin team present to defe,H&
its title. Teams are to furnish
their own coats, boots and helmets. Don Rhodes of Cassopolis
is chairman.
That evening, at 6.30, the annual banquet will be served at
the Clare County Road Coin-
mission Building, with members
of the Clare Chamber of Commerce serving the meal. Chamber Past President Roy Warner
will be toastmaster. Speaker for
the evening will be Robfert
SWanson, president of Alma College.
Sunday, at 9:30 a.m., a "House
of Hazards" session will be held,
with Chief Kenneth Goodell,
GMC Truck and Coach Division,
in charge.
Following- at 10:30 a.m. WiE
be the report of committees, and
the annual installation of officers. The convention will adjourn
at 11:30 a.m.
On Friday and Saturday, the
ladies will be enjoying a program planned especially for
them.
At 1 p.m. Friday, there Will be
a Ladies Luncheon held at the
Congregational Church. Then at
2 p.mY Michigan Bell Telephone
Company will put on a program
for the firemen's wives.
That evening, at 7:30, the
Refreshments were enjoyed by wives will join the firemen for
the students, parents and friends the Memorial Service, and go on
Pony League
Begins Season
With 4 Teams
The Clare Pony League' opened
its igST" season Monday June 10*
There are four teams in the
Leagtte, Clare Manufacturing
managed by Carl Gruno, Welders
by Russell McGlain, Lions by
Roy Locke and Tigers by Bob
Coloskey.
■• Games are played Monday
through Wednesday at the high
school • field, £1:30 starting time.
The season is from June 10 to
July 31. Each team plays 12
games.
Members of the board of directors, are Chris Smith, Harpld
Sandborn and Carl Seiter.
Accordion
Recital At
Colonville
The accordion students of Mrs.
Harry Sogge were presented in
a recital May 28 at the Forrest
Sogge  home in Colonville.
Mrs. Geraldine Peatee of Tus-
tin has been the instructor 'this
past year.
Students participating were
Andrea Clute, Robert David,
Sarah Jo Sogge, James Ruby,
Susan Sogge and Kay Lynn VanBuskirk.
at the close of the evening.
DQCOR, LAWYER, MERCHANT, CHIEF.
Teachers Vacation Jn Off-Duty Occupations
School's out, and the faculty
of Clare Public School is putting
into effect summer plans that include travel, advanced *£tudy,
and in many cases a quiet twelve
weeks at home.
Mrs. Myrtie Bowerman, Who;
has accepted a teaching job in
the new * Mt. Ple&sant High
School next year, will spend one
week this summer at a National
Education Association Convention in Philadelphia, and the rest
of her vacation farming in Rosebush,
Coach and Mrs. Don Richardson are presently spending a few
weeks in' Norfolk, Virginia, and
Baltimore, Maryland, visiting
relatives. When they return to
Clare, he will Wbrk-at the school
for the summer.
Mrs. Louisa Bowler will spend
the «Whole summer at her Eight
Point -Lake Cottage with' her son
Joe. Coach George Perry will
spend the summer fishing and
golfing ih. Northern Michigan if
he doesn't go West to summer
school.
Mrs. Bernice Wilson plans to
spend some time in their house
trailer at a lake, and has tentative plans for a trip in July.
James Dunlap Will go to California, where he will do civil
service Work for the Navy Department."-
Mrs. Ellen Zinser will take
some summer courses at. Central Michigan College,' Mt.
Pleasant", William Grier Will
spend the summer fishing, and
working at the Doherty Hotel.
Mrs. Joyce Wallace looks forward to an active summer of
swimming, golfing, arid water
skiing. Wayne Patterson will do
some fishing,' and perhaps take
a summer job.
Robert McDaniel will take a
six Weeks summer course at
Michigan State University, East
Lansing, and spend the reSt of
the summer fishing, golfing "and
relaxing. Robert Beidler says »he
will go north to his hometown
of Frankfort, where he will be a
clerk in a clothing store,
Olive Evans will leave for Eu
rope about July 5, flying from' garden will get the benefit of her
New York, and will return to"summer at home. Effie Hales
New York September 2, and to 1 will do some gardening, too, but
Clare on September 3. will join a Travel Study Tour to
Dave Donovan is all set to'New England in July and early
spend the summer Working and ^ August-
swimming at. Mackinaw, the
Bridge City. Mrs. "Iva BartOW
will relax at her home On Budd
Lake at Harrison, following a
trip to Yellowstone National
Park in July. '
Joseph Svec plans to work
with the Michigan Employment
Security Commission, Labor Division, Traverse City. Band director Lloyd Conley Will have a
busman's holiday, leading summer band, tuning pianos and attending band camp.
Carleton Garthe and Floyd
Norcutt will both be in Clare for
the summer. Mrs. Edith McCor-
kle will be a stay-at-home too,
but thinks its likely that sometime this summer she Will move
with her ' family from Mt.
Pleasant to the Clare or Rosebush area.
Mrs. Blanche Giebel's   flower
t Mrs. Stella Marks will spend
the Summer at home, mostly, but
may attend summer school, as
well as Visiting Houghton Lake.
Robert *I*homas has left for
Huntington Park and Redondo
Beach, California, and will return the last part of August.
Mrs. Ethel Marshall will, take
summer school courses' at Central, -and relax at home. Mrs.
Irene Davy will also- spend the
summer at home, Mrs. Katharine Eroh expects.to.be at home,
but may .take a trip. Mrs. Leota
VanEvery Will work on Mackinac Island.
Mrs. Elsie Delamarter and
Mrs. .Verona White will both
spend the summer at home.. Mrs.
Flo Kane will take a theater
course in New York City. Mrs.
Willajoe Bush will attend, summer school. Violet Kuhnau Will
spend part of her vacation in
Minnesota, and will also attend
Summer school at Central.
Mrs. Mildred Rauch will be at
her lake summer home for vacation. Joan Bond Will Wbrk at
her parents' resort on the Au-
Sable, at Grayling.
JayCees Open
Safety Drive
On Bicycles
•The Clare Jaycees are planning to place Scotchlite .Reflector Tape on bicycles of any young
person who is interested enough
tb bring his" or her bike to the
TeenTown site just* west of the
Post- Office.
The project will be sponsored
as the first part ' of the Safely
Program for Clare by the Jaycees and will be held this Friday*
June 14k
from there to the Get Acquainted Party at Gateway Lane?, at
9 p.m.
On Saturday, they will enjoy
the parade of equipment, the
Waterball Contest, and the annual banquet with their men-
folks. .,-.'.,.
X-Ray Unit
At City Hall
Tuesday
There Will be an X-ray machine
at the Clare City Hall to take
free chest X-rays on Tuesday,
June .18 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Dr. Irwin C Sweet, M, D., Director of Health District Seven,
in making this announcement, is
urging that Clare County residents make use of this Service.
All Food Handlers are especially
invited.
The X-ray machine will be in
Beaverton on June 19, in Glad-
Win on June 20 and in Standish
on the 21st for the follow-up "of
an intensive tuberculin skin testing program which Health District Seven has been conducting in
Gladwin County.