1957-07-25; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878'
$2,50 Year in Clare, Isabella Counties
CLAR?/ MICHIGAN, THURSDAY JULY 25, 1957
Ten Cents Copy
New Series,~Vol. 65, No, 48
This grinning "beastie" with the appearance of a prehistoric carnivore needs a name and C. H. Sweet,   local petroleum   products distributor offers a merchandise prize to the lucky person whose idea
A nvnnp *or a nam<> *s Judged a winner. The monster is loose in the wilds of
jr\JLLy.\JXl!C Isabella county where ii was discovered recently.    It can easily be
~\T TT 0  mistaken for a weathered stump . . . since it is really made of dead
i OIX J___nOW«   wood and imagination. Details of the contest can be obtained from
H. B. Wright, Clare postoffice box 15.
Barn Blown Off Foundation
While Mrs. Tryon Watches
Strong winds that apparently
built into a small twister turned
a bam off its foundation and
snapped the tops out of trt«**s %
the Lake vicinity Sunday afternoon at about 5:15.
The barn, an 18x30 building at
the Calvin *Tryon home at Lake,
was moved about "*_() feet south
and east off its foundation. Extensive damage was done to the
walls but a flock of turkeys in
the basement was unhanned.
Mrs. Tryon reports sne was in
the backyard, putting some small
chickens in their coop when the
wind first came up. Just as she
got the chickens in, she saw the
barn ripped off its setting.
"I don't remember seeing a fun
nell-shaped cloud" said Mrs. Try-
no, "but right at the time I guess
I was too busy and scared to look
for one". Mrs. Tryon is the Lake
Offer Tips
On Clean
Combining
" Lodged wheat is making it
hard for Clare county farmers
to do a good clean job.of combining, reports Richard Schroeder, Clare county, agricultural
agent. But he says, there are a
number of things a farmer can
do to keep losses of grain at
the combine to a minimum.
According to Robert Whi'te,
extension agricultural engineer
at Michigan State University,
the greatest losses occur at the
cutter-bar. They can run as high
as several bushels per acre in
grain that is down.
White recommends adjusting
the reel' to move grain on to the
platform in a uniform manner.
. Strips of canvas attached -to
each reel slat will help by wiping grain across the cutter-bar.
He points out that special equipment such as reels and guards,
designed for lodged grain, will
also prove very helpful this
year.
Another trouble spot,, according to White, is overloading by
driving too fast or setting the
cutter-bar too low. He war-ns,
. "Be particularly careful about
speed when you are working in
wheat that is down and are
forced to cut low. Give your
machine, plenty of time to clear
itself!., of excess straw."
If may also be a good idea to,
check yourself on how high]
your losses are running says
agent Schroeder. He points out
that for every 18 to 20 kernels of
wheat lost per square foot you
are losing a bushel of wheat per
acre. Average losses run from
<-.$    one .to four per. cent of the Crop.
Schroeder adds thift most operator's manuals give'niany mors
details ori the proper adjustment
of combines. *
correspondent for the Sentinel.
She reports that the wind broke
off a birch tree on the Raymond
Spott farm next door jind several
other trees*Ih its .path^tcTthe east.
At the Fred Sowle farm, it snap"
ped the top out of a maple tree
and dropped in the garden. The
tree was about a foot through
where it was broken off.
List Farm Accident Causes
For A Safety Week Reminder
What causes fatal accidents on
the farm,
Here are the leading causes,
as listed by E. J. Brenner, M.D.,
director of the Central Michigan
District Health Department, in
connection with National Farm
Safety Week July 21-27:
Improper use of machinery.
Children driving or riding on
tractors.   *
Poor stairways, such as those
in barns or silos.
Blind corners on rural roads.
Mishandling of firearms.
Injury by farm animals.
The health officer suggested
that every person living on a
farm make an inspection of his
living and working conditions
during National Farm Safety
Wefek to make sure that all hazards to life and limb are eliminated or brought under control.
"Farming is the third most
dangerous occupation in this
country," the health officer said.
"Its 1955 fatality rate of 55
deaths per 100,000 persons employed was outranked only by
mining and the construction industry. Farmers must be alert to
the dangers around them. Only
by remaining alert can they remain alive.'"
WW1 Veterans
Initiate Three
New Members
The World War I Veterans'
Obligation was given to three
new members by Department
Commander Charles Cooper af
a meeting of the Clare-Isabella
Barracks 228 and Auxiliary held
Sunday.
The new members are Lorene
Coyne, Marion Peterson, and
William Potter. Reginald McBride and Frank Keplinger stood
in for Lorene Coyne and Marion
peterson, who,wore unable to be
present. Th6 meeting was held in
the Clare VFW Hall, with Commander Vern Elwood presiding.
Correspondence and the teas-
mrer's report were read, followed, by group discussion. Commander Cooper will attend a
meeting iii Grand Rapids this
|*Week.
Next^meeting will he Sunday,
August* 25* at 2 p.m. with a pot
luck dinner*    v
Postoffice Job
Open At Farwell
An examination for Rural Carrier for tlie post office at Farwell
Mich., will be open for acceptance
of applications until August
13, 1957, the Commission has an
nounced.
Complete information about the
examination requirements and
instructions for filing applicatons
may be obtained at the post officd
Damage Light
In Rural Blaze
A defective washing machine
motor at the James Davis home
in Clare was apparently the
cause of a small fire Wednesday
morning, but the blaze had been
put out when ' 'the Clare Fire
Department arrived, according
to Fire Chief Stan Parish.
The blaze occurred shortly before 9 a.m. Damage" was minor.
Chosen For State
4-H Service Club    .
Lois Pudvay, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Floren Pudvay of
Clare, was one of 43 4-H club
members from all over Michigan
selected to be a member of
State 4-H Service Club.
Earl House, of Rosebush; was
one of- 36 leaders Initiated by
the group. The selections were
made July 17 as a part of 4-H
Club Week activities at Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Blind Partner Day
For Women Golfers
•Fifteen Women Golfers met at
Twin Elms Wednesday July 17,
with Mrs. Adelaide Elden in
charge 'of arrangements for the
day.    .   .    ■
This was "blind partner" day
and balls' were" won by Mrs. Bar
bara Dunhar, and Mrs. Ruth
Schroeder.     '.* ■'    j  _
As Two Horn.*
Burn Down >
Fire destroyed the homes of
two area families last week, and
swept away all household-'goods
arid personal possessions of both
families, AJ   v
The' horne of Mr. and ' Mrs.
Paul Brown at Lake Thirteen
burned Wednesday night, July
17, at about 11:30, while all the
family members were away.
Mrs. Brown works for her paii-
ents at the Palace Drive-Iri,. ip
Clare, and was at work. The
Children were staying at her parents' home. Clare City Police
notified her of the fire at abou|
1:30 a.m.
About 8 o'clock Friday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Haag
of Lake, barely managed, to get
their three children' and * themselves' safely out of their home
after fire broke out. Only a
washing machine which stood on
the back step of the house,- wasj
saved.
The blaze was believed to have
started as the Haag's two-year-
old daughter played with her
father's cigarette lighter which
she had picked up.
Mr. Haag had been ill, and
unable to go to work for two
days, and the family, including
two small sons, age one and
three years, was still .in bed
when the fire broke out.
/ Although none of the family
was injured in the fire, Mrs-
Haag was taken to Clare General
Hospital Friday night, suffering
from shock.
By Friday evening, enough furniture had been collected around
Lake community so that the
Haag family could- move into a
house next door to the Lake garage.
Miss Woodward
Lifeguard At
Cedar Park
Central Michigan College co-ed
Laurene Wootlward is the life
guard at Cedar Park swimming
area for the 1957 season.
Extensive cleaning and improvement of the swimming spot have
made it a beautiful and much
safer place for children's recre
ation. Sand and fine gravel have
been smoothed on to the beach,
area on the south side of the river
and a new diving board and rope
off section for Very young tots
are recent improvements.
Tlie river was cleaned on July
20 after high flood water had re
ceeded.
Miss Woodward's hours at the
park are 12:30 till 5:00 o'clock on
Monday through Saturdays.
Swimming lessons are offered
under the direction of Miss Wood
ward who has had college instruction in swimming, life saving and
water safety.
Enjoy Drive-In
Church Service
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Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mcintosh
Mrs. Mary Joyner, Mrs. Clara
Orr and L. C. Garthe attended a
Methodist drive-in church service
Sunday at Grayling.
After dinner in the park, they
went to Mullet Lake, and visited
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Bieknell.
From there they went to the
Straits and took a boat ride under
the new bridge to Mackinac City
returning home late in, the evening.
Myers Reunion
Held July 14
At Harrison
Fifty-three people were present Sunday, July 14, at the Wil
son State Park in Harrison to
enjoy a fried chicken dinner, celebrating the ninth annual Myers
reunion.
Special guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Rehm and children
Terry and Debra, of Sulphur
Springs, Ohio. Y
The oldest person .present Was
Mrs. Milo Myers of Clare, and the
youngest was Steven "Earl, son of
Mr and Mrs. Dave Ferguson of
Farwell.
One death occurred during the
past -year, that of Herbert M.
Myers, on March 29, ,1957.
Marriages included that of
Carolyn Myers to Allan Beutler
and Karen Myers' marriage to L
John Kehl on March 24, 1957. '
The 1958 reunion will be held
the second Sunday   in   July   in
1 Owosso.
|7,400 Racing Purse Total
Viewed As Strong Bid For
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Top Horses At County Fair
Grange Group
VanPeursem Talk
Don't Blame
Your Sentinel
Correspondent
' After three weeks of overlapping' Vacations "rind tempermentai ■
jnachinery, the Sentinel is back
on schedule again, and except for
gome necessary editing, all the
news is printed that arrived on
time.   ,   :'       "
To Sentinel readers in rural
areas goes a special explanation.
If your" local news hasn't been
printed during these weeks, it was
through no fault of your neighborhood correspondent.
The Sentinel's patient and faith
ful community contributors submitted items each week, which
due td a lack of time and help at
the Sentinel, could not be converted into type for printing. Now
production is back to normal.
And it's nice to be able to print
your neighborhood news again
this week.
Riverside Grange heard George
VanPeursem, speaker of the
Michigan House of Representa-
tiyes, describe the Work of this
year's legislature, , particularly
the allocation of state money, at
its meeting July 16.
He pointed out to Grangers
that more money went this year
to-higher education and mental
health. in the state. Following
■his, talk, he answered questions
for the group.
Mr. VanPeursem is presently
the highest elective office-holder
the' Republican party has in
Michigan state government, He
was accompanied by Russell
Strange, Isabella-Clare district
representative -to the Michigan
legislature.
Following    the    meeting,    33
Grangers   and friends    enjoyed
ice cream and    birthday    cake,
celebrating the July birthday of
rmember, Mrs. Alta Brubaker.
Speed Is Danger
As a tractor's speed is increased from 3 to 6 miles per hour, the
hazard of it's tipping over is four
times as great. ,
Any Food Good Outdoors
v.,
If It Can Be Carried
'tAs long as you can .carry it,
almost any food is suitable for
eating out-of-doors," says Mary
Zwick, foods instructor at Michigan State University.
Don't limit yourself to hotdogs,
potato chips and baked beans
when you- can add variety so easily to those outdoor menus.
One of the more recent products
on the market that makes it pos.
sible to prepare outdoor -.meals
easily and quieky-is aluminum
foil. In fact, it has become as
standard as paper plates as far as
picnic equipment is concerned.
•No need to bring along pots and
pahs—wrap your hamburgers,
rolls or potatoes in foil and drop
them into tlie hot coals of the-
fire. If you need a pan on the top
of the grill, just spread out a
piece of heavy duty foil, turn it
up at the edges and there you
have lit!
So often picnic meals tend to be
too starchy. You can easily avoid
this by taking along fresh vegetables in a cellophane bag or a
vacuum bowl and toss a salad on
the spot Or, instead of a heavy
dessert, serve fresh fruit. Frozen
juices are thirst quenchers andean be easily prepared by taking
a vacuum bottlp of ice Water and
the can of juice and mixing them
after you get there-
Desserts can sometimes create
a problem because they are hard
to eat unless you bring silverware.
Instead of a chocolate or white
cake which tends to crumble,
bake a nut cake. Rather than pie,
take along, apple or cherry turnovers.
Another pie variation which
Miss Zwick suggests is apple
square. ."|t's prepared like apple
pie except that you bake it in a
square or rectangular pan and
ice it with a thin frosting. It is
not only easy to carry, but it also
serves a '^v^St&htial number of
people.      "■"   *
A final word about picnics—one
of their greatest charms is their
spontaneity, Have a box or basket
which is always ready in case
Sunday turns out to be a particularly lovely day. Prepare your
dinner as usual and just pack it
in the basket and drive to your
favorite picnic spot.
Teeterboard" stunting    is no    "child's
play" „ . . at least if it's the type of ieeter-
*    ■ board stunting performed by such jmasier
Ty/Trto-f-pi-** acrobats as the Deaji Brothers, two agiie
lY-uAolC'A young men who will .'perform in.the   big
A V.   '.-    ' 9?andsia:o-d    show, ai- the Clare    County
_r\Cr.ODatS   Free Fair from August -6 'through August
10 at Harrison,      ^
$7#400- in purses, the grandest total of racing money
ever offered at the Clare County Fair, is expected to draw
a record field of horses and drivers to this year's fair, according to June Rose, of Harrison, fair board treasurer.
This year's fair- opens Tuesday, August 6, at the county
fairgrounds in Harrison, and will include three days of
racing events, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Mr. Rose said he expects horses and drivers will come
to the Clare county fair from the Bay county fair,; since,
that is being held the same week^ but has no harness racing
events in its -final two days.
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Harness racing, omitted iri'
many county fair schedules -;of *
late years, was revived at the
Clare county fair two years
ago, and has made a strong
comeback here. 75% of the prize
money offered comes from mu-
tuel betting tracks, and ■ the
county fair association makes up
the remaining 25%, Mr. Rose -explained.
In the racing schedule for this
year's fair, purses of $800 will
be offered in eight races, and* a
$1,000 purse will be offered in
the final Free-For-AU event Saturday.
Entry Day will be Tuesday,
August 6, and all entries are
asked to be registered by 5 pan.. .
that day. In the evening, television personality Kenny Roberts,
the Jumping Cowboy, a favorite
of area youngsters, will appear
on the stage at 8:15 p.m.
He will do a pre-show program
of entertainment, and his act
will be followed by Joie Chit-
wood and his troupe of auto
dare-devils,-
Joie and company are proven
favorites with fair crowds, and
this is the third year they have
appeared at the Clare County
Fair. A new series of stunts has
been added this year, to be per-r
formed by drivers In a fleet of
new cars. .
Wednesday, the second day of-
the fair is Children's Day, ahd
the day has been planned especially for the pleasure of the .
youngsters. All rides on the mid'
way will be half-fare for children.
Cowboy Kenny Roberts will
appear again, at 2 p.m. in front
of the grandstand, and wiU be
present while contests and
games for prizes are conducted
At 4 p.m. the day will be climaxed by the bicycle drawing,
when one lucky boy and ' an
equally lucky girl in the county
who hold the winning, tickets
will take home a new bicycle
each. . -
Jury Returns
Guilty Verdict
Against Driver
A municipal court jury of five
women and one man brought in
a verdict of guilty Tuesday, July
23, against John Ackerman, 43,
of Clare, charged with driving
under the influence of alcohol.
Ackerman was arrested by Michigan State Police, Mt. Pleasant
Post, on US-10 in Clare the evening of July 13. He plead not
guilty at a hearing before Clare
Municipal Judge William B. Dunlop dn July 19 and trial was set.
At his trial Tuesday Ackerman
was accessed $87.30 fine and costs
by Judge Dunlop following the
jury's verdict. He also surrendered his license to the court.
Appearing in municipal court
the same day was Elton Duane
Spears of Saginaw, who was in
volved in an automobile accident
north of CIiire November 17,1956.
At that time he was charged by
Michigan State Police with reckless driving.
Spears plead guilty to the
charge before Judge Dunlop on
Tuesday and paid $54.30 in fine
and costs. His hearing in local
court had been delayed several
months pehding further investiga
tion of the accident.
Jay Nevm Allen, of R-3 Clare,
appeared in municipal court Monday and plead guilty to a charge
of driving under the influence of
alcohol. He paid $64.30 fin eand
costs.
Allen was arrested by Clara
City Police July 17 after- he made
a short left-hand turn in front of
them at the US.27 and Fifth
Street light.
Former Clare
Woman Makes
Musical Name
Mrs. Derry Williams, of Traverse City, the former Agnes Pier
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Pierson of Glare, is making
a name for herself as a vbcalist
She is billed as Marie Williams
and Was soloist for the Queen's
Coronation at Traverse City ax
the annual Cherry Festival." She
is currently preparing to do the
lead in the opera "Carmen" to be
presented at Traverse City when
ready. —
Mrs. Williams studied at Central Michigan College and more
recently Under instructors at Traverse City.
July Accident
Rate Is Low
Clare City Police had reported
only six accidents during the
month of JUly, up to Wednesday
forenoon, and Chief William
Cook said he considers it a good
record in view of bumper-to-
bUmpe'r weekend traffic that
has flowed steadily • through
Clare this month.        '.  •
Tickets issued for traffic violations have increased in July,
though, the police chief reports.
With a week td go this month,
85 tickets have been written for
such things as speeding, disregarding sighs, and improper
turning. During the entire month
of June, 83 were issued.
Volume of parking tickets issued is holding steady, Chief
Cook added-
Barnes and Carruthers will
begin their stage show performance Wednesday evening at 8:15 •
p.m. when top entertainment y\
from all over the nation will be
brought to the Clare County
Fair.
Master of ceremonies Tommy
Bartlett, well-known for his ap*
pearance on Welcome Travelers
radio and TV show will introduce such acts as the.vTune Toppers, Clown Happy Kellems,_and
Kay and Kay acrobats.
Bartlett, the clown and the
Tune Toppers will be presented
during the" whole fair week, but
complete new acts will be added
Friday and Saturday when Jimmy Conlin and partner Dorothy
Ryan, of Duffy's Tavern fame,
the Aerial Winters, high wire
specialists, the Dean Brothers
comedy team On the horizontal
bars, and Young China, a balaai- ,
cing act will appear.
.. Thursday, three days of harness racing will open, .The race
track at the fairgrounds has
been completely rebuilt and
sloped, making it one of the top
racing tracks in the state, coun-.
ty fair officials say. There \vill
be fireworks ^displays the last
four nights.
Season tickets for parking in
the big lot at the fairgrounds
can be purchased to solve the,
problem for all week, or can be
purchased for a single day. Ad*'
mittance for persons is free.
Named Member Of
F-I Golden Eagles
• Clare S. Henderson of Clare has
been named to membership in
The Society of Golden Eagles of
Ferris Institute Alumni Association.      s "-
The Society of Golden Eagles
is an honorary group of former
Ferris students for whom 50
years have passed since they last
attended the college. %   ■
Henderson was a member of
the class of 190.1,