1957-07-18; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE,.MICHIGAN, THURSDAY JULY 18, 1957
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Clubmen Hear
Speaker Of House
On County Tour
GEORGE VAN PEURSEM
All Purpose
Fruit Spray
Is Convenient
The home owner who likes to
have a few iruit trees or small
■fruits in his garden frequently
has difficulty finding a spray
that suits his needs. Fruit and
entomology specialists at Michigan State University have prepared a formula for an all
purpose spray for the home
gardener.
This spray should be applied
at weekly intervals. For that
reason it has been named "Every Saturday Afternoon" spray.
The home gardener should remember to perform this spray
task each weekend when he
plans to care- for his fruit and
lawn.
The materials used are Captan, Methoxychlor and . Malathion. All of these materials should
be available at local fartti supply stores and most places
handling farm chemicals. To
prepare the spray add to one
gallon of water: 2 level tablespoons of Captan, 50% wettable
powder; 3 level tablespoons
Methoxychlor, 50% wettable
powder; and 2 level tablespoons
Malathion, 25% wettable powder.
Some precautions to observe in
using this spray are: 1, use
equipment that will give good
coverage; 2, do not use this
mixture within 7 days of harvest; 3, apply throughout the
season at weekly intervals except during bloom, starting as
soon as foliage appears in
spring; 4, make a fresh mixture
each time it is applied; 5, use
Captan alone (2 tablespoons per
gallon on trees , that are in
bloom and 7 days'later). This
• mixture is safe to use on many
vegetables and ornamental
plants.
Home gardeners should also
keep in mind that fertilizing and
pruning fruits and shrubs are
very essential to their well being
and good appearance.
At a joint meeting of the Clare
Rotary Club and Kiwanis Club
* Wednesday noon, George M. Van-
Peursem, speaker of the Michi-
jgan House of Representatives,
was present to discuss problems
of state and local government
with the service clubs.
In addition to the luncheon, Mr.
Van Peursem attended a Clare
county Republican Committee
breakfast Wednesday, a coffee
hour In iljhe forenoon, visited
-Clare manufacturing company,
and attended a banquet that evening with newspaper editors and
publishers of the Isabella-Clare
district.
He had also spent Tuesday in
the county, visiting Harrison,
Lake George, Lake, Farwell, and
Riverside Grange.
Mr. Van Peursem, as House
Speaker,, is presently- the highest
elective Republican state office
holder in Michigan. :
The 44-year-old lawmaker was
elected by fellow representatives
on January 9 this year, one of
the youngest men tp be chosen
speaker since the turn of .the
century. He has served as representative from Ottawa County
four consecutive terms, from 1950
to 1956.
Thrill Drivers
Scheduled For
Fair In August
Joie Chitwood, for several
years a favorite with Clare
County Fair visitors, will appear
August "6, at the fairgrounds in
Harrison at 8 p.m.
Equipped with a fleet of 1957
stock sedans, Joie and his troupe
will present a 27-event program
of automobile and motorcycle
stunts.
The new 1957 edition of the
Chitwood stunt show combines
excitement and fun for the entire
family The stunts are breath-
taking; then, to quiet the audience's gasps, a troupe of TV circus clowns run through a comedy
routine between each event on
the raceway.
Among the new thrillers introduced here for the first time,
local fans will witness ramp racing on two wheels, a series of
acrobatic stunts with a group of
daredevils balancing themselves
on top of speeding cars and Captain "Jet" Rasini's amazing and
terrifying "rocket car" loop-the-
loop in midair, the newest of all
automotive thrillers.
In the ramp racing events, skilled performers, led by Bob La-
Bay, Canadian champion, and
Jimmy Johnson Hollywood movie
daredevil from Santa Monica,
California, put their automobiles
through grinding, hair-raising
stunts that call for- the utmost
in precision driving skill.
The show's most dangerous
event is the "ramp-to-ramp-' leap
of a new car in which a stunt-
man hurdles his stock sedan 85
feet through space from a launching platform to a receiving ramp
way.
Ulrich President Of Gas Dealers
Clare county retail , gasoline
dealers met at the Hotel Doherty
in Clare, Wednesday evening
July 10, to elect officers and complete organization of a Clare
county chapter, Retail Gasoline
Dealers Association of Michigan
During the evening encouraging reports were relayed to the
dealers of public satisfaction witli
the Association's decision to
stop giving trading stamps.
Chosen to lead the group for
1957-58 were presirent Art Ulrich
of Clare; vice-presdent, Ernie
Bryant, of Clare; secretary, William "Smokey' Stover, of Harrison; treasurer, Ray Aglet, of
Farwell.
Mr. Ulrich was also chosen
to represent the new chapter on
the Association State Board of
Directors, which governs the parent organization's activities.
A credit information exchange
was inaugurated, Which provides
for the posting of delinquent accounts among the' members. This
will have the dual purpose and
Write For Camp
Information
For more information on
camping areas you ban write to
the Michigan Department of
y , Conservation, Parks and Recre
-.--■%» ation division, Mj&S-h Building,
Lansing 20, Michigan* and the
U.S. Forest Service, Regional
Office, Cadillac, Michigan.
effect of controlling bad credit
risks while at the same time expediting the extension of credit
to responsible motorists.
Better service to the motoring
pfblic was discussed and among
plans suggested were closer safety inspections, cooperation with
local and state police and traffic
authorities, and full recognition
of the responsibility of gasoline
dealers for the welfare of customers regarding roadability and
safety of vehicles.
Reports were received from
dealers who had forgone the use
of trading stamps as- a sales promotion scheme. Heartening, to
all small business people were reports of "no reduction of volume
in my business"—and "I had the
best week end business in my history  without  giving  stamps."
Meetings to be held on the
third Tuesday of each month
were voted, with the next meeting to be held in Harrison, then
Farwell, alternately, William Stover of Harrison has charge of
arrangements for the August
meeting, and detailed notices will
be sent out later. All dealers in
the County Will be invited to attend.   *
Tom Spouse of' Royal Oak,
State Association Field Director,
and Dick Baghall of Owosso,
area Representive, told of ih-
tra-organization benefits such as
Group Insurance, Credit Unions,
Station Management classes being planned with the State of
Michigan Board of Adult Education, etc, ...'.-
5,124 Aided
By S. Security
In County
More than 480 retired workers
in Clare county were getting
mofithly social security insur-
ance payments totalling $28,650
at the end of 1956.
In addition, monthly benefit
payments were going to 140
wives or aged dependent husbands of old-age benefifiaries
and to 4504 aged widows or dependent aged widowers and parents in Clare county.
These increases result in part
from,the protection provided to
farm families and to the lowering flom 65 to 62 of the age at
which a woman may qualify for
benefits, E. O. Wiles, Social Security Administration District
Manager in Traverse City, de-
clared.-
The lowering of the retirement
age for women was one of the
provisions of the 1956 Amendments tov the Social Security Act
and became effective last Novem
ber.
Of all people over 65 years of
age, 62 percent are now drawing
benefits or will be entitled to
draw them when their income
from work stops.
In December 1956, 141 children
in Clare County were being paid
a total of $5,093 monthly. These
were largely minor children under 18 whose insured father or
mother had retired. All of these
were unmarried children under
18.
While child's benefits ordinarily stop at age 18, Wiles called
attention to a recent change in
the law which makes payments
possible for a child over 18, based
on the insured account of a retired or deceased parent, if the
child became totally disabled before reaching 18. Payments will
be made also to the mother who
has the disabled child in her care.
This provision did not become
effective until January 1957; consequently, disabled child beneficiaries are not included in the
total given above.
Neatness
Rewarded
Willard Koch, center, local Standard
Oil dealer, accepts a carving arid'steak
knife that he won in the'cbihpany's station appearance and cleanliness contest.
Company representatives made the presentation.
Jets Coming
ToTri-City
The Air Force today notified
Jack Graves, general chainnan of
the Air Show to be held at the
Tri City Airport on July 21st, that
Jet Fighter equipment will be
sent in for display the day of
the Air Show. Also, a National
Aerobatic contest will be held
open to any pilot that has the
proper equipment and a Comrrter-
cal license. In addition a. spot
parachute jumping contest will be
held.
Says Michigan Wildlife
Is Tourist Attraction
Michigan's small mammals
are a most effective advertisement for tourists.
"These animals are an asset,
but one which Cannot readily be
translated into dollars and
cents," says William H. Burt,
curator of mammals at The University of Michigan.
"The tourist business is one of
the most important sources of
income for the residents of
Michigan," he says. "The tourist is thrilled to see in the wild
a deer, bear, otter, bobcat, beaver or porcupine. The colorful
little chipmunks and graceful
tree (squirrels playing about
camp are continual sources of
enjoyment."
Professor Burt recalls driving
slowly down the winding road in
Wilderness State Park about 10
o'clock one. night looking for a.
place in which to camp.
"I came upon a group of people with flashlights and stopped
to see what was going on. Raccoons had been coming to the
camp each evening, .and, as on
Isabella
Home Extension
Tour Planned
Final plans have been developed
for the Home Economics Educa-
tionar*Tour scheduled for Friday,
July 19, any Extension member
and their friends are invited to
participate in this educational
event. The first stop will be at
10:00 A. M. at the Borden Company, where we • will view the
famous Eagle Brand Milk being
manufactured. At 11:15 we will
visit the Ray Fox farm, and look
oover his dairy operations. Lunch
will be at 12:15 at the Coldwater
Lake 4-H ClUb Camp at a nominal
chare and directly after we will
visit the County Park tat Cold-
water Lake.
The Leo Gatehouse farm will be
visited at 1:30 P> M. Here we will
see mar excavated, strip cropping,
tree planting and pasture defel-
opment as the result of the use
of marl. At 2{15 P. M. the group
will journey to the Lawrence
Scott Pine tree plantation. The
last stop will-be at the farm af
Ronald Smith, -\vhere We will see
conservation through strip planting "that prevents water erosion.
Tour will be completed at 3:30
P. M. and we beleive it will be
weli worth ydur time to participate in this event.
previous nights, the campers
had placed food (their last can of
beans) and water on the table.
An old 'coon was helping him-,
self to the food, and other 'coons
were coming from, all directions."
"The beam from a flashlight
picked up the eye shine of the
animals some distance from the
camp site," he goes on. There
were not only raccoons present,
but also deer. The campers said
that on the previous night a
couple of skunks were at their
table.
"After this natural contact
with our wildlife, these people
would almost surely return to
this spot again. Moreover, they'll
probably spread the news to
their friends, who may also come
to Michigan in their travels," the
professor concluded.
Kiwanians
Entertaining
At Outing
The Clare Kiwanis club will
entertain Kiwanians from' all over
the. Central Michigan area at an
duting today at Twin Elms Country Club.
The men will play golf at the
club, with prizes given in special events. The outing has been
planned for men only. A banquet
in the evening will complete the
day's activities.
The sports committee of the local Kiwanis club planned the
event, and arranged the program.
Jimmy Cromb
Is New Pro
At Twin Elms'
Jimmy Cromb, formerly of Toledo, Ohio, is new golf pro at
Twin Elms 'for the summer. He
took over on Monday this week.
Jimmy has been a teacher of
golf for 32 years, and a member
of the Professional .Golfers Association for 25 years. He taught
the amateur champion, Frank
Stranah'an his first golf.
The new pro will be at Twin
Elms every day except Wednesday, and any one wishing instrUc-*
tion may call 9077.
|~.  There   will   be   unior   classes
I every Monday morning.
JOHN D. CRUISE
AppointNew
State Highway
Planning Chief
Among Michigan Highway Department appointments made recently by Commissioner John C.
Mackie is one of John D. Cruise
to be director of the planning division.
The elevation of the 35-year
Highway Department veteran to
his new position was approved
by the State Civil Service Commission as part of Mackie's plan
to re-organize the ■ Department
and bring the planning division
up to the level of other major,
operations.
The announcement of Mr.
Cruise's appointment is of interest to-groups in areas where important Highway plan changes
have been Under consideration.
Mr. CrUise, 61, is from East
Lansing and is a career man with
the Michigan Highway Department.
Commissioner Mackie said, "To
me the planning division is the
key to a sound, successful, inter-
grated highway program."
Mr. Cruise is*, expected to consult closely with .J. Carl McGon-
agle, chief of the newly separated  traffic  division.
Hold Gleaner
Picnic July 21
Gleaner life members, their
families and friends from Clare,
Isabella and surrounding coun-f
ties, will meet at Island Park in
the Floral Hall, Mt. Pleasant,
Sunday, July 21, at 1:00 p.m. for
the annual County Gleaner picnic.
Games and prizes for all will
be under the supervision of Mrs.
Ernest Klumpp, county lecturer.
Swimming, shuffle board and
horseshoe is available. Dinner
will be picnic style, Ice cream
Will be furnished.
Little League At
Ithaca July 20
A team of Little Leaguers,
from "the Clare Little League
teams, will go to Ithaca Saturday
night, July 20, and play a team
from there at 8:30 p.m,
They will play a return game
in Clare at a later date.
AFTER FLOODS COME PESTS
Isabella Farmers Fighting
Plague Threat To Crops
Triple-barreled trouble has
plagued Isabella county farmers
during the past two weekSj. according to B. C. Mellencamp, Isabella county agricultural agent.
First came an outbreak of army worms, noticed first on July
1.    Aerial spraying was arrang
ed for all day, July 4, and that
day over 188 acres were sprayed
with a Malathion mixture, to
check spread of the worms.
In addition, five city lot owners
near Mt. Pleasant carried out the
same program. The infestation
was discovered in a small area
Rosebush-Walton 4-H'ers
Choose Summer Projects
Alvin Grace was elected prsi-
dent when the Rosebrsh-Walton
4-H Club met recently for its organizational meeting.
Wayne Terry House was chosen vice-president, Emily Bowerman, secretary; Robert Davis,
treasurer; Connie Johnson, reporter; Terry Bowerman, Wayne
Spickeman, Lorna Calkins, and
Charlotte Myers, recreation leaders.
Twenty-one members were present to select their summer project wok from Poultry, Baking,
Beef, Dairy, Sheep, Swine, Food
Preparation, Food Preservation,
Vegetable and-Flower Gardening,
Photography, Home Improvement, or Entomology.
Leaders for the groups are Mr.
and Mrs, Earl House, Mr. and Mrs
Orrin First, Mr. and Mrs, Evart
Bowerman, Mrs. Roy Graham,
and Mrs. Willard Morrison.
Station Wins
Award For
Bill Koch
Willard Koch, local Standard
Oil dealer, is a. winner in the
seventh annual Appearance and
Cleanlmess Contest conducted by
Standard Oil Company for 40G
dealers in its Saginaw sales division.
As monthly winner for the entire division, he was awarded a
carving and steak knife set by
C. H. Bean, Special Representative for the company.
Mr. Koch won the award on
the appearance and cleanliness
of his service station driveway
and salesi lubrication, and rest
rooms, as well as on his own
personal appearance.
The appearance and cleanliness
contest runs for four months
this summer.
Two grand champion dealers
and one salesman from the Saginaw division will be awarded a
three-day, all-expense trip to Chicago at the end of the contest.
Each grand champion dealer will
also win an engraved gold wrist
watch.
Benefits At
Age 62 Paid
At Lower Rate
Many Women will have an important decision to' make when
they attain'age 62. Under .the
1956 Amendments to the Social
Security Act women are able to
obtain social security monthly
payments three years earlier than
under the old law.
The amount of the benefit,
however, will be reduced for wo-
men workers and for wives of
retired workers. The amount oi
the reduction depends on the
number of months between the
time payments start and the time
the applicant reaches age 65
This reduction is permanent even
after age 65 is attained. Widows
and dependent mothers of de
ceased workers, however, may re
ceive unreduced benefits at age
62.
The decision must be made by
each woman as to whether it's
worth more to her to have the
benefits before 65, at a permanently reduced rate, or to wail
until * 65 and get a higher 'rate
The social security office will
furnish her with all necessary
information.
In Youth Music
Group At MSU
Silvia Ames, .£297 E. Ludington Drive, Clare, participated in
the program at Michigan State
University July 23-July 14,
More than 260 high school musicians from Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois, Ohio and other states
are enrolled in the three-week
summer Workshop, .   .
It -was decided by the group to
pay ten cents for dues each meeting.     •
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When Mrs. Kathern Mack- arrived home from work Thursday
evening last week; she discovered that lightning had struck her
TV antenna, going into the house
and considerably damaging the
TV set and other electrical wires
and appliances in her home.
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Nine-year-old Linda Hauk, of
Port Huron, visiting Mrs. Alice
Davison of Bluff Lake, stepped
out of the car where- the water
ran across the road after heavy
rains last week, and bare-handed caught a live 12-inch trout,
which she promptly put in the
car for safe keeping and future
eating.
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These are the days When
swarms of cousins, uncles and
aunts take big potluck lunches
to Grandma's house or the nearest park and spend a few happy hours catching up on what
new family history has been
made in the past year.
Langes Sell
Sho§ Shop
To Saginaw Man
John Kaiser, formerly of Saginaw, took over as new owner
of the Lange shoe repair shop on
West Fourth Street July 15.
Mr. Kaiser, who started working at shoe repairing when he
was 15 years old, spent 17 years
in the saftie shoe repair store in
Saginaw where he learned the
trade, before coming to Clare this
month.
The new owner of the repair
shop is a veteran of World War
II. He is married, and has two
children. The family has moved
to Clare.
Former owner Will Lange is
one of Clare's pioneer business
men. He began working at the
shoe repair trade in 1902, for Ed
Waller, in the building where
Jean's Dress Shop is now. Mr.
Waller sold out, and in 1907, Mr.
Lange bought out the new owners.
He later moved his location to
the Loomis Barber Shop building
on East Fourth Street, In 1914,
he bought his first finisher and
stitcher machine.
In 1922, Mr. Lange built the
present store building on West
Fourth Street, where he had
been in business continuously, up
to the*sale of the business this
month. Mr. Lange has be_n in
poor health for some time.
southeast of Mt. Pleasant, and
four locations, southeast of Shepherd.
On July 7, 74 more acres on five
farms were sprayed. The follow*
ing Wednesday, over 200 more
acres were covered.
,To add to farmers' troubles,
heavy area rains last week did
extensive damage to beans, corn
and similar crops, Mr. Mellencamp said full extent of the damage will not be known for several days.
And now, according to the
agricultural agent, a. wheat disease known as Take-All, has been
found in Isabella county.
Take-All, he points out, is indicated by spots in a wheat field
where the grain is stunted, the
stand is poor, and grain heads
are small and pale in color. The
wheat stem is black or badly discolored for an inch or two inches
just above the crown.    -
The disease lives on organic
matter, and the host plant is usually grass, so the agent, suggests farmers control quackgrasa,
brome and June grass for a year
or so.
Other suggestions' from Mr.
Mellencamp's office: Don't have
wheat in the same field next
year; put in a row crop that can
be cultivated and kept free of
grass, instead; if you put in oats
seeded next year, leave grass out
of the mixture.
With these    precautions,    the
Take-All usually    leaves    in    a"
couple of years, he added..   "
Celebrate
Founders
Birthday
The summer assembly grounds
of the Methodist Church at
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, will be the scene on July
30 and 31 of a nine-state celebration of the 250th anniversary
of the birth of the Rev. Charles
Wesley, greatest of British
hymri-writer)g, and, with his
brother, John, co-founder of the
Methodist Church.
Charles was the author -of
some 6,500 hymns which have
been credited with spreading the
Methodist movement more enthusiastically than did the
preaching of his older brother.
Many of his hymns are still
used, and it is doubtful if there
is any Protestant hymnal now
printed without several of his
better-known hymns.
They include such universal
favorites as: "Jesus, Lover of
My Soul," "Hark, the Herald
Angels sing," "Christ, the Lord,
Is Risen Today," "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing," "A
Charge to Keep I Have," "Love
Divine, All Loves Excelling."
At the observance at Lake
Junaluska (followed by similar
observances across the country),
Dr. Earl E. Harper, of the School
of Fine Arts, University of
Iowa, will be in charge of music; and there will be addresses
by the Rev. Deane Edwards,
president df «the Hymn Society
of America, and the Rev. Dr.
Philip S. Watters, former president.
New Dentist
Opens Practice
At Dr. Austin's
Dr. George William Richart
has begun his dental practice in
the office of Dr. A. D. Austin!s
new Office at 104 Wheaton Street.
Dr Richart, his wife Mary, and
their two and one' half months old
daughter came here from Detroit
and are making .their home . on
the Deller farm north of Clare.
The new* dentist is a graduate
of St, Mary's University in Baltimore, Wayne State University in
Detroit, and most recently, he
was graduated from the University of Detroit, School of Dentistry
Homer Borle
Gets 20-Year
Award At Kraft
The Kraft Foods Company in
Clare honored Homer Borle on
June 10, when he was given the
Kraft Award representing the
company's appreciation for twenty years of loyal service.    • '
The award program was established by Kraft in 1945 and
awards, accompanied by a Servace
Citation Certificate signed by J.
C, Loftis, President, are given
for ten, fifteen, twenty'and twenty-five-year periods of service.
The twenty-year award fdf
men is gold cufflinks bearing an
insignia of the original horse-
and wagon that started the Kraft.
Foods Company. For women, the
award is a gold bracelet bearing,
the insignia of the original horse
,and wagon that started the Kraft.
Foods ■ Company.   ' ...',-.
A specially engraved gold
watch is given to those who haye
completed a quarter of a century
with the company. Today, there
are over 600 men and women
Who have worked at Kraft for
2S years or mora