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THE CLARE SENTINEL
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NewTelephone
Directories
Out Tuesday
Telephone users in the Clijire
area will receive new telephone
. ** directories  starting ,next. Tues
day, Michigan Bell area manager
i T.   C.   Maher    announced    this
week.
Listings for Gladwin, Beaverton,' Coleman, Farwell, Harrison
and Rosebush are included in the
new books. ,
The old telephone books should
*be destroyed to prevent "Wrong
,. ' " number" confusion, Maher suggested. However, he warned
against discarding the old books;
■■;■ . without a search through their
pages,
"Sometimes the telephone book
is used as an unofficial family
_ ;. file . . -.-and Important but infrequently used papers tucked
between its pages. We've hfe^rd
of casts, where things like auto,
titles, birth .records, - marriage
licenses, even folding * money,
have been burned up With old
telephone, books," he cautioned..
He pointed out -that .the first
few pages of the books contain
spaces for writing in fire and
'police numbers for quick reference, and such helpful information-as how to place long distance" calls, where to pay bills,
and information about other services. Calendars for 1956, 1957,
> ;» -and 1958 appear On the insitie of
the back cover.      " " ' °.
Clarabella
Extension
Picnic Held
The Clarabella Extension
Group held its second annual
'family picnic at the tourist park
Sunday afternoqn There ^ were
sixty people there, representing
twelve families: ■ the Norman
Schroeders, Ronald Murphys,
Marie Murphys, Lyle Hoxies, Duane Seibts, Orris, Presleys, Hav-;
old Molines, Duane Millers, Leo
Lansings, William Woods, Ron
Chapmans, and the Russell Efa-
erharts,
The three youngest ' present
were little 3 weeks old Shannon, daughter of the Duane
Seibts, 2Yi months old Joey, son
of the Norman Schroeders, and
4 month old Mark, son of the Ron
Chapmans.
The potluck dinner was delicious with a wide variety of
dishes. Besides the traditional
picnic menu, everyone also had
his "fill of ice cream furnished by
the group.
Mrs. Harold Moline, recreation
leader, led the children in games
of balloon blowing,, etc., and
finished off with a candy bar
hunt. •        -
In spite of the chilly wind, everyone had a wonderful time and
is already looking forward to
next year's picnic. Several suggestions were made and discussed concerning time and place
which will help in planning next
year's affair.
The first regular meeting of
the new year will be the third
. Thursday in August at the home
of Mrs. Arthur Roe. Chairman
Nelda Murphy urges that all
members, both old and-, new, be
present as election of officers
will be held and plans for the oncoming year jvill be made.
Program
Ends Baptist
Bible School
The Daily Vacation Bible
School closed Friday noon, June
.28 at the First. Baptist church
with 128 in attendance in spite
of the heavy rains.
In the evening over 100 were
present for the program which
depicted the type of work each
class completed during the two
hour study period'' each forenoon. Rev. Arthur Cunningham
of the Dover chu_ch who directed the school called on each
teacher and class ior their contribution of scripture memory
verses and contests, Bible stories and sword drills, songs and
instrumental and vocjal solp
numbers, • • *
Among those who assisted as
teachers and helpers were Mrs.
Joann Cowles, Mrs. Delphine
Sheredy, Mrs. Janet House, Nan"
cy Schut, Evelyn Archbold, Darlene Squires, Mrs. G. Schut, Mrs.
Stella Rydman, Mrs Doris Gies-
ke and Mrs. Lewis Irwin and
Barbara Trietch as secretary and
pianist. '    *
The church bus was used to
transport many from' the, Wise
and Vernon areas and several
parents were Very -.cooperative' in
■bringing children in.
, .Newly installed officers of'.Clare   Knights^ o£{klumbti_-  Council   3029:
Knights Of Columbus
Install Council Heads
1. io r.; sealed: Peter Porte, Financial .Se#©taryYEerd. Seibt, Treasurer;
Dominicf McConnell, Grand Knight* Albia SchindWle, District Deputy;
Lavern WoodYDepuiy Grand Knight; JamelsAMaloney, Chancellor. Second
row, 1. ior.: Edward McConnell, Trustee*Curt Brubaker, Advocate* M. J.
McConnell, Lecturer-* Gene Murphy, Recording Secretary^ Tnoirias
Dwyer, Warden; Luman Wyman, Inside Quaid; Max Porte/' Trustee;
Lawrence BeckYTrustee; and John Wentworth,"Outside Guard.
Lee Sowle photo
DominlcMcConnell Heads
KCTs For Second Term
Clare Council 3029 of the
Knights of Columbus has again
elected Dominic "Nick" McConnell as Grand Knight. He was
elected as the first grand knight
Of the council when it was originally organized in 1947.
Then from 1938 until 1956 he
served as • District Deputy of
District 8, including at the present time_ the councils of Clare,
Cadillac," Big Rapids, and Ludington. At the State Convention
of the Knights of Columbus held
a the Grand Hotel on Mackinac
Island during the first week of
June he was elected as one of
the eight delegates from Michigan to the Supreme Council.
He will attend the national
convention which will be held in
Chicago this coming August.
This is the first time that the
Clare Council has been honored
hy having one of its members
selected to attend the national
convention.
Other newly elected include the
following: LaVern Wood, Deputy Grand Knight; James Maloney
Chancellor; Ferd Seibt, Treasurer; I^eter Porte, Financial Secretary; Thomas Dwyer, Warden;
Curt Brubaker, Advocate; M. J.
McConnell, Lecturer; Gene Murphy, Recording Secretary; Lu-
man Wyihan, Inside Guard, John
Wentworth, Outside Guard; Lawrence Beck, Trustee (1 year);
Edward McConnell, Trustee (2
years); and Max Porte, Trustee
(3 years).
The new officers were formally installed at the regular meeting on June 18 by Attorney Al-
■bin Schinderle of Big Rapids, the
present District Deputy of District 8.
Carl Minor has been appointed
VFW Guard
Leads Parade
At Encampment
The VFW Post'5738 Color
Guard of Clare, had the honci* of
leading* the Encampment Parade
for the llth district,«at the- State
Department session in Grand
Rapids Saturday. Taking part
Were Bob Rowley, Jack Rodabaugh, Bruce Milholllh and Jim
McDonald.
Mrs. Clarice Bellows, president
of the llth district VFW auxiliary led her group in the parade,
Mrs. Nita Wisler carried the district banner, and Mrs. Mary Kar-
ash, local auxiliary president,
carried her  auxiliary  colors.
Others from Clare attending
the four day department session
were Ben Karash, Commander of
the local post, Charles -Cooper,
department Commander of World
War I Veterans, Mrs. Cooper aiid
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lajewski.
to serve for a second year as the
General Program Chairman. The
following divisional chairmen
have hd&& psele_~_i| Yo work -with'
him on the Six-Point Program:
Lawrence Beck, Catholic Activities; LaVern Wood, Council Activities; M. J. McConnell, Fraternal Activities; Eugene Bau-
man, Membership - Insurance;
Robert Miotka, Public Relations;
Paul Sheponski, Youth Activities; Albert Wentworth, Boys-
ville; Lawrence Jackson, .Blood
Donors; James Nivison, Editor
of the Council Bulletin.
A special meeting of the new
officers and Six-Point Program
chairmen was held on Monday,
June 24, to formulate plans for
the council during the 1957-58
year.
Chesafting Show
To Open July 15
The 1957 Chesaning Showboat
queen has been picked, the 30
crack amateur acts have been selected from 103 acts that were
auditioned; 24 village presidents
of eastern Miehgan. villages and
small cities Will come for open*
ing night, July 15th and the mayors of Midland, Bay City, Owosso
Sagina*w, Flint and Lansing will,
as usual be guests.
Gov. Williams will come Monday night, Amercan Legion Tuesday, VFW Wednesday, the state
tourist council Tuesday night, U.
S. Senator Charles E. Potter Friday night and Other Big names
will come to grace the annual
night spectacle set in the Chesaning village park where thousands of cars can be parked
free.
Showboaters this year , are
urged to be in their seats by
7:30 each night when the big
prolog that preceeds the arrival of the 80-foot Showboat
Will be started.
Tickets go On sale July 5th in
Saginaw, Flint, Bay City, Owosso. and Chesaning.
Plans Complete
Plans have been completed for
the "annual Rosebush Homecoming to be held at the Memorial
Park, Saturday July 13.
j There wilt be a children's
'parade in the forenoon with ball
games and an amateur show in
the afternoon and a variety
show in the evening.
The beef barbecue will be the
main feature and will be served
at noon and in the evening.
tZl^te-te*-^
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Any of us who were awake
and alert on Sunday night were
treated to one of. those spectacles
in the summer sky, — the "Northern Lights." Last Sunday's
show of shimmering lights in
the heavens was bright and
breath-taking at about 11 o'clock
and later. A phone call from Mrs.'
Gerald Brown to our house sent
us outside to stare at the beautiful ribbons and streaks of pale
illumination overhead. Reminds
us that it is nearly time for the
annual shower of bright meteors
in the August night sky.
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With peanut shucks crackling
underfoot and balloons popping
overhead, kids made a field day
of the Sidewalk Sale on both
Friday and Saturday. Hundreds
of pounds of free peanuts were
consumed in the two days.
Owosso Man To
Address Rally
Fred W. Moore an Owosso
high school chemistry teacher
Will be the speaker in the coming  seven Church Youth Rally.
The .Rally will be held in the
Dover Church Sunday July 7'at
8 o'clock p.m.
Plan now to attend. Eyeryone
is welcome.
JMM'FMS
Mrs. Nellie E. Fathers passed
away June 30 at Highland Park.
Funeral services were held at
2:00" p,m. Wednesday from the
Stephenson Funeral Home with
Rep, Leslie Nevins officiating
and interment in Cherry Grove
cemetery. She is survived by a
daughter, Marjorie SWantek, 'a
sister, Mrs, Pearl Pierce, a brother, W J. "Wager and two grand-
Children. *      -
Sterling C. Pomeroy, 48, of
Toledo, a former resident of
West Grant community, died
June 21 in Toledo. He had lived
there about 20 years. He is survived, by his wife, two sisters, a
stepdaughter, and 'four grandchildren.
William Woodb*cidge received
word Friday that his mother,
Mrs. Sadie Woodman had passed
away at her home in Lansing.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodman and
son unior left Sunday morning
for Lansing, to attend the funeral, held Monday morning.
Couldn't Help It
Publishing the paper a day
earlier than usual has built-in
problems, and one Of them is
that there is neither time nor
space for all the news items submitted to us.
This "Week, we're • particularljr
apolpgizing to all of- our correspondents in- rural areas and in
other towns whose news arrived
tbo late to be worked irito our
tight schedule.
However, -. we're hoping., that
most of it will appear in our vacation issue which is also being
printed this week, for circulation
next week.
Then the week following that
we'll be back on regular sched
ule again.
WWIVets, ■■■■
Auxiliary
Hold Memorial
A joint memorial service, for
members who died in the past
year, was held by the Clare-Isabella Barracks*228, World War I
Veterans and Auxiliary, on Sunday, June 30 at the VFW Hall in
Clare.
Five vacant, draped chairs
were placed for Eslie Harvey,
Paul Manee, Orval Sherman, _->y-
ron Hager and Hilda Scott. A
basket of flowers from Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Lutzenberg decorated the altar.
At a business meeting, conducted by Commander Vern Elwood, the group voted to send
$10 to the National Convention,
and Norman Wilson was chosen
as delegate.
Department Commander Charles Cooper gave a talk-on tlie
pension and charter, and Frank
Keplinger gave brief remarks.
Following the meeting, the
group* enoyed a potluck meal together. The next meeting will be
July 21,
istrict 8 School Voters   I
Will Choose Two Members
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF!
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FAST-SELLERS... TRY ONE
TODAY AND SEE FOR YOURSELF!
The Clare Sentinel
Ballot Will.Contain Proposal For
Raising One Mill On Operating Ilgt-s
Clare School District '-8 will
hold an annual election on next
Monday, July 8, On that day,
electors will have a chance to
vote for their choice of men to
sit On the -school board, and to
express themselves on a propos-1
al to raise the operating"millage.
Candidates for two vacancies
on the school board are Harold
Hughes,... outgoing president of
that Board, Lionel Duncan, trustee whose term also expires, arul
Stewart Kinde, 'a first-time candidate for a school board post.
AH' three men are residents
after taxpayers in the school district,, and-are parents of* school-
age* youngsters.     .' ■'
The race for membership, on
the' BOard is apparently without
an issue, since two of the candi'
dates are presently Board members and the remaining candidate has .said that, he advocates
no ■ significant changes in present Board policy.
While thinking of the loss to
the school* district as the result
of delay since February when
the bonding proposal failed to
pass*-in a special election, Mr,
Hughes has1 said that he is willing to see the same proposition
offered to district voters again.
The required six-months waiting period since the February
election will have expired in
August.
" The school board president
said that he assumes it is correct that the committee which
recommended the bonding proposal is close to the wishes and
attitudes of the people of the
district. As a school board member, he said that the committee
recommendation for the second
try. at passing the proposal
ought to have strong influence
on 'the'-Board. •-*--"
He pointed oUt however, that
ii the proposal is passed soon for
a $1,3 million building' program,
the money involved will buy
considerably less than it would
■have six mqrtths ago. It is Mr.
Hughes opinion that when the
finances fail to provide for the
entire project, as outlined in February, the swimming pool, will
probably be the first item to "be
abandoned in the effort to   fill
classroom needs with available
funds.
Mr. Duncan, now a candidate
for re-election after serving one
year, believes t^at the School
•Advisory Committee psjrformed a
valuable service in its study and
report to the Board, and that the
committee recommendations a-
iong with the determined policy
of the Board, should continue to
lay-the course of local school af
fairs.
(The original proposal for borrowing to pay for. school expansion and -the first decision to
seek ^re-organizatipn . o,f .the
school di§tript were both results
of school boafd plus Advisory
Committee efforts). «
Mr. Duncan said that in his
opinion the committee's advice
Was easy for the Board to accept
because the ideas there were upheld by the architect, and financial consultant, and ma.de logical
use of the results of thorough
study. Mr. Duncan himself had
worked as a committeeman, before his election to the School
Board.  ' '      "'      '     '    '  "
' Mr. Kinde who said that his in*
terest in school and community
affairs prompted him to become
a candidate, feels that schools
should claim part of everyone's
time and interest.
He also is a, member of- the
Citizens Advisory Committee. In
commenting on the work of that
group, Mr.' Kinde said that the
study had proven the actual
need for the expansion program
and that he would not oppose
school board policy which recognized the "committee. recommendations.
All three candidates joined in
urging all qualified electors to,
visit, the polling place; at the
school to vtfte on Juiy>8Y
On a separate ballot, * voters
may indicate Yes. or _*^o, to a proposal to raise the sehool operate
ing tax by one mill- Need for the
special ballot to, raise the millage
has been explained this way:    .
The school needed the slight
increase in operating funds and
was granted 9 mills by the allocation board in Clare county.
However , the Isabella; cottnty
board allocated only 8 mills',
Faith Scott Writes Eti~Ughts
Of Her Trip Through Europe
Faith Scott, of Miami, Florida,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Scott of Lake, and ah airlines employee, is just back
from a tour of Europe, anrj
wrote her parents recently of
the highlights of her trip.
Faith's letter says in part,
"The trip was wonderful,
England is beautiful, crisp and
cold but the 'flowers are "out of
this world." Of course we saw
Buckingham Palace where the
Queen lives. Paid a visit to Tower of London where all the
crown jewels are held, They are
a beautiful sight but says she
is sure the people could use the
money as most of the people
are not too well off.
"Saw a very wonderful wax
museum. The statues- were so
life-like it *Was debatable as to
whether they were just wax.
Friends Who»met us at the Airport in London upon our arrival had Us as guests during our
stay in England. They were1
grand to us with the most divine accent. Took a train in
England to the Channel and
crossed by boat to the France
border, then by train to Paris.
"Dad would have loved the
countryside I'm sure, reminded
me of when I was about ten
years   old ■ when   everyone   was
Give Bibles To
Contest Winners
, The Sunday School contest
ended this week, which was
based on the point system for
the individual, as to attendance,
and bringing irt ^ prospective
members. Mrs. Betty Spicer was
first and received a beautiful
Bible. Mrs. Lucille Smith was
second and also received a Bible. There were 47 in attendance
and average attendance for June
was 46,- being the same as May.
Elery Tice will be the leader
for the Young Peoples meeting
next Sunday evening.
still farming with beautiful big
work horses and there Were lots
of little vcolts< Very few tractors
in use but the farms are neat
and crops the best. The weather
is almost identical to ours for
the time of year..
"In Paris there is so much to
see, but quite a bit of poverty.
People every where we ventured
were grand to us. The establishment where we stayed most,
reminded me of Ancient times,
but was clean and only $1.00
per night per person. We saw
many things in Paris, the famous
Eiffel Tower, the great church
Notre Dame and the Louvre.
"Next was Switzerland which
we liked best of -all, everything
so eleai*C the people- so friendly.
The Swiss Alps are the most
spectacular sight you could ever
imagine. Went to Geneva, and
Zurich. From there to Rome with
the harrow streets and poor people.
"One thing we thought, was
beautiful throughout Europe
was all the huge statue water
fountains they have in the various cities. Took a two day side
tour from Rome down through
Italy to Naples, Sorrento and
Capri, it's just beautiful through
out Italy. Of coiirse Rome has
much history .behind- it. Saw the
square where Mussolini used to
make his speeches. From Rome
again into France, Nice and
stopped on tlje Riviera, took a
side' trip up to see Monte Carlo
and Princess Grace's Castle.
Wasn't much impressed by it.
"Then on to Spain. Madrid is
on th'e order of Mexico1 City,
was nice but nothing* exciting.
From there to Portugal. Lisbon
was beautiful, people different,
but nice. All through Europe except Rome was quite cold. 'In
Rome they Were cutting the
wheat.
"They plant poppies in their
Wheat fields which is the mos}:
beautiful sight you, eVer saw.
Surely was a wonderful • trip
but after many miles of travel it
is good to be hack to work and
also to relax in Miami Sunshine.
Love, Faith."
Since the rate in both-counties
is required to be equal, theYa-
mount of Clare county tax had*tQ,
be reduced to match the miHage
froril Isabella,        v .  -*■>,-...
The method of restoring the 1-
mill ^cut must be by' vote of the.
qualffied electors, so the proposal "will be found on the ballot in
that portion of the school district
lying in Clare county, according
to • School Superintendent Ricb>
ard Wheeler. * Y
The polls will be open JEr0m*3^
o'clock noon, until 8 p.m. just
inside the. school's front ?;\i$xjc
trance at the west end. -Y
Sidewalk Sale
Survives Ramf
iW2d-DayHiif
Clare's second annual Sidewalk"
Sale event, drenched by rain on
its originally planned opening
date Friday, was held uhdejc
brilliant blue skies Saturday, and
pronounced a general success. -...
>In spite of Friday's dismal
weather, some merchants moved
tables out under awnings, to
hawk their wares to sizeable
crowds. Y..
Saturday, though, the delayed
sale went off complete with balloons, free peanuts, derby hats
and bright pennants snapping,*:in
the fresh breeze. Throngs »of
tourists and regular shoppers
jammed sidewalks. ' ■' ■,
Some merchants ' reported
somewhat lower sales than for
last year's event, while' others
reported higher sales volume for
Saturday's sale. Over-all it was
pronounced a success by Chamber ot Commerce planners.
..,. ^--tfnv*street £idewa^ -. §pac,e.
was made* available this year,Ior
merchants with business locations out of Clare's main busi*
ness section. Sidewalk shoppers
could buy anything from pizza
pie to new shoes, all .out ort the
street.
A street dance held Saturday
evening ih a roped off section of
West Fourth Street drew a incapacity crowd for« dancing td liVG
or_he_tra' mtisip. •..- . '••'."[
Added'td* the derby hat and
linen jacket decor initiated at
last-year's sale, were stringsJM
bright pennants that gave'v a
-carnival flaVpr to the Citizens
Bank block. The merchants in
that block stole a march on
other retailers and provided them
selves with the eyecatching;
streamers as decoration for the
sidewalk event.
The tan linen jackets and derbies were provided by the
Chamber of Commerce, t|te
jackets rented from a linen supplier.
Ken Barnes, Chamber director,
who this week is. gathering yap
the jackets to return to the supplier is urging all merchants to
account for the jackets used by
them, and turn them in at Cla£e,
Hardware Company.        * •»'
Crowds Attend <'
Grove's Opening
Grove Brothers opened th-ifx
new 5c To $1 store building*"
Tuesday, with a Steady crowd Q-
shoppers and visitors streaming,
through to look over the all-nevV
building and stock. '.'""
The Grove store is the first
business of five burned out in the
January 17 fire to reopen for
business in its original location.
Members' of the Clara Rebekah
Lodge,* who served lunches tin
the basement of the new building
Tuesday and will serve today
reported that at least 200 people
enjoyed their noon meal there.
Tuesday, between 11 a.m. and 1
p.m.
Serving was cut "short" onjy-
when the food supply ran out.
The Rebekahs also were on hand
to serve coffee and rolls during,
coffee break time Tuesday, and
will continue today. Proceed.*?
from the .two days will go to the;
IOOF-Rebekah building fund.   .,<
Al Luce To Train
At Idaho Falls Club /.
The Detroit Tigers last week
after signing Al Luce to a Class
A Augusta contract announced
that he had been sent to Idaho
Falls in the Pioneer League of
their, farm clubs. Idaho Falls is-
A Class C farm dub,
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