1957-08-01; Clare Sentinel

              Established 1878
52.50 Year in Clare, Isabella Gouhiies
CLARE, I.JCHKJAN, THURSDAY AUGUST 1, 1957
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New Series, Vol 65, NaT!?
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Clare County Is Ready
With Top Entertainment
The 1957 version of the Clare
County 'Free Fair will have to
"go some" to equal,, or beat the
success of last year's event, but
it's a good bet that the five-day
Show will do just that.
The Fair, scheduled to open
Tuesday evening, August 6 and
run through Saturday night has
•marks of a "hit production" that
Will attract 'hundreds of spectators qnd exhibitors. Attendance,
prize exhibits, entertainment and
spectacles all bid to top previous
records for Clare County Fair
successes.
Since Fair Week was moved
ahead to August a couple of
years ago, the event has enjoyed
improved weather and has suffered not at all from other Fair
competition and local harvest
times duties/
Leading attractions are the niid
way with rides, shows and games
and plenty of lunch stops; the
Barnes and Carruthers stage acts
representing the best in open-air
vaudeville; spectacular fireworks,
the Joie Chitwood auto thrill
show.
The harness racing program
with purses offered aTmost doubling the amounts of the past previous years is certain to please
trotting and pacing fans, and
bring ih horses that normally
travel the topmost circuits in
Michigan racing. Even those who
never were harness race spectators before are sure to feel the
tense excitement and thrill of
seeing beautiful animals and skill
full drivers race for rich prizes.
The "track has been rebuilt and
saucered at the turns, y-
tndications are that/new track
records may be set inttfie three-
day program that begins on Thurs
day and continues through Saturday. The first race is called for
1:30 P-m. each day.
Children's Day always packs
the fairgrounds when midway
rides go for half tare and the
grandstand is free to youngsters.
Scheduled on Wednesday, Children's Day is -highlighted by the
annual drawing for the award of
a bicycle to both a lucky boy and
a lucky girl.
Exhibit spaces will go to a probable ninety or more adult entries,
and more than sixty youths in
4-H and FFA projects if numbers
follow former patterns.
The fairgrounds may he entered by auto for convenient parking, or through the pedestrian
gates. Persons are admitted free,
but a charge is made for aUtos
or vehicles.
Say Shavings
Are Superior
Nest Material
Shavings proved superior to
Straw, ground corncobs & oats
as a nesting material in tests at
Michigan State University's Upper Peninsula Experiment Station
at Chatham.
For production of clean, unbroken and unchecked eggs, shavings came out on top in tests con*
ducted by Floyd Hicks, district extension poultrymah for the Upper
Fenninsula. Shavings were also a
superior material from'the stand
point of cost of materials and
labor required.
Htcks set up the study to determine which of the materials Readily available and relatively inexpensive in that area would help
keep eggs clean after they were
laid. Research has revealed that
99 per cent of all eggs are clean
when laid.
On shavings, 94.2 per cent
clean eggs were produced; on
Straw, 91.9 per cent; on oats, 90.6
per cent and on ground corncobs,
87.7 per cet.
Using shavings in the nests resulted in 1.6 per cent broken and
checked eggs; straw, 2 per cent;
oats 1.6; per cent; and ground
corncobs, 1.S per cent.
Although oats rated well in the
production of clean, unbroken and
unchecked eggs, they were more
costly to maintain. Oats had to be
replaced three times more _ften
than other materials.
As might toe expected, the study
also showed' that the percentage
of dirty eggs increased for all 4
types of nesting materials as the
weather conditions*' became more
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Billed
At Fair
Aug. 6-10
Young China, a team of oriental balancing artists will be one of the featured
attractions of the Barnes and Carruthers
stage shows presented at the Clar_ county
fair this year. They- will be billed along
with other artists that include musical
and comedy acts, acrobatics and aerial
stunts for grandstand entertainment
Wednesday through Saturday nights at
the fair. The whole pleasure-packed program will be emceed by Tommy Bartlett
of Welcome Travelers radio and TV
show fame. August 6 through August 10'
are Fair days.
Cooper Leads
State WWI
Vets For Year
Charles Cooper, former Clare
city commissioner and mayor protein, and presently serving on the
Clare County Board of Social Wei
fare, was named State Commander of the Michigan Division,
World War I Veterans of U.S.A.
Sunday in Grand Rapids.
Mr. Cooper's election to the top
position in the Michigan WWI
Vets organization came as a climax to a three day convention
held last weekend.
Besides his work in city and
county government ( he has also
served on the Clare County Boarcl
of Supervisors.) Mr. Cooper has
been active both in Veteran of
Foreign Wars organization in the
county, and was instrumental in
establishing the Clare-Isabella
Barracks 228 locally. He is also
an active Republican party worker in the county.
Don'tGMase
Firemen, Warn
Police Again
Forty cars followed a Clare
Fire department truck out on a
practice run Monday night, and
Clare Police Chief William Cook
warns that tickets will be given
when motorists are caught chasing fire trucks.
. On the practice run, to Wilcox
Parkway, spectators had the location so blocked that a secohc"
truck could not have gotten to
the scene in case of an actual fire
the chief said.
Butterfat Tests
OK In Tank
Tests have shown that the
butterfat testing method used in
bulk tanks is accurate if the milk
is agitated long enough. Three
minutes is the recommended
length of agitation time.
You'll See Them Featured At Clare County Fair
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Annexation
Eagle, Pratt
Two Clare county rural
school districts, both of which
last year voted down-^ pro**1-
Reorgahized District Mo. 8ft
posal to annex with the. Clare
will reconsider the proposal
within coming days.
Eagle District. (Sheridan
annexation proposal Friday/
Twp. No. 1) will vote on the'
and Pratt District, (Grant No,
5) will go to the polls August
In last year's elections, both.
schools approved the annexation move itself, but balked/
at other   parts of the   measure. Eagle school district, vot*
ing.August 13, 1956, defeated,
proposals to increase  statua*
tory limitation on school tars-:
millage,    and   to assume "a
share of the Reorganized District 8's debt.
Pratt district, voting July;
30, 1956, defeated the annexation measure by a negative-
vote on the proposal to •assume a share of the larger
district's debt. Y
One of the immediate effects
of the elections in both districts
will be to establish whether six
eighth graders who graduated
from the two schools this spring,
will be admitted to Clare High
School this fall.
If the proposal should be defeated at either school district,
that district's spring graduates
can not be admitted to Clare High
School, according to rules established by the Clare Reorganized
District 8. Pratt had one eighth
grade graduate, and Eagle had
five this past spring.
A Michigan State Supreme
Court decision, -handed down recently in a Grand Ledge test case
agreed .that the acceptance of pu*
pils from out-lying districts would
be a matter for the school district
in question to decide.
With the acceptance of the annexation proposal, the districts
voting become eligible to vote on
the Clare district's bonding proposition, due to be submitted to
the voters later this month.
The board of education pf the
Reorganized District No. 8 has
passed a resolution that no rural
districts not a part of the reorganized unit, will be approved for
annexation once the bonding
proposition has passed.
If annexation is approved in
the two coming elections, over a
half million dollars will be added
to the tax valuation of the Reorganized District 8. State equalized
valuation of the Eagle district is
$346,846, of the Pratt, $183,184.
The location of the presently
unattached Eagle and Pratt districts cuts the Clare districts into
a north and a south sector.
Meanwhile, property transfers
from the Wildcat (Sheridan No.
4) and Hinkleville (Farwell area
7) districts, have added 18 children to the Clare district census
count.
The Clare and Isabella County
Boards of Education approved the
transfers at a joint meeting on
July 11.
Property owners transferring to
the Clare district include John
and Grace Bell, Floyd and Irene
Shively,* Ross and Bernice Coe,
Blanche and James Paxton., Russell Paxton, Otto Rulapaugh and,
Bryan D. Miller, from the Wild^
cat, and Ernest and Hazel Foss,
and Victor Finch from Hinkleville.
Help Protect
State's Wildlife
On Highways
Michigan motorists are reminded
to be on the alert for wildlife
crossing roads.     ~*     ,.
Rabbits, pheasants' and other
game species are raising their
young at this time of year and
fast-moving automobiles on highways make life increasingly
uncertain for wildlife parents and
youngsters.
When it can be done safely, a
touch of the brake often will
allow the moment needed for a
bird or'animal to clear the road.
At sight, changing the light beam
and sounding the horn usually
does the trick.
Better Serving
Slice 'tomatoes vertically, .from
stem to bottom, insead of making
the Usual horizontal slices. This
Way you get neater, fifrner slices.
HOPE FOR PURE, FRESH GUSHER
Can't Squeeze
Sand-Plugged Well, City
Decides To Explore Deeper
City commissioners, in an effort to solve problems of
Clare water supply,*4iave approved deepening of Well Num-
'ber Four to 300 feet where drilling will likely -tap a plentiful
vein. Nelson> of Farwell, will be the driller.
It will be known in one-to-three weeks whether the
"experiment" proves successful.
.Paul Scott# former head of his own oil drilling firm said
that locations as close as a half-mile to the present sandi
plugged well delivered water at about 250 foot depth during
former oil boring operations. . The rushing flow of pure,-
'fresh water encountered in the search for oil was enough to
make "extreme difficulty in, shutting-off operations, Mr. Scott
remembers.       .   ■
Auto Accidents
In Low Gear
July
Clare City Police investigated
two more July traffic accidents
last week, both involving out-of
town drivers.
July 24, Vernis Rueben Pearce,
18, of Ortonville, drove in to the
rear of a car driven by John William Smith of Birmingham, as
Mr. Smith slowed down to turn
off the highway.
The accident occurred as both
cars were travelling east on US-
10, at about 2:15 in the afternoon.
Thursday last week, Robert
Leonard- Smith, an Alma truck
driver, struck the rear fender ot
a parked car as he made a right
hand turn onto US-27 from West
Fourth Street.
The parked car was .owned by
Lela M. Allen of Clare.
A 22-yearold drag racer plead
^guilty in Clare Municipal Court
July 24, to a charge of reckless
driving on July 6.
John L.-Rodgers, of Ionia and
Farwell, was arrested by Clare
Police on McEwan Street in Clare.
Justice William B Dunlop assessed -him $29,30 fine and court costs.
Foot Painfully
Injured In
Tractor Mishap'
Russell Wilson, of R-2 Farwell
was injured Friday morning at
his farm when the front end of a
tractor fell on his foot.
Mr. Wilson was changing the
front tire of the tractor, when -he
accidenally kicked the jack out
from under the front end of the
vehicle and it dropped on his foot
He was taken to Mt. Pleasant
Community Hospital'. for treatment of foot injuries.
Cancelled
Alarm Slows
Firemen
An automobile belonging to Art
Dull of Beaverton, burned for a
total loss Tuesday evening, about
Yz mile south of Clare. Cause of
the fire was unknown, Fire Chief*
Stan Parish said.
Mr, Dull was on a trenching
job in the vicinity, and had his
car parked there, when one of the
men with him noticed it burning
and tlie fire alarm was turned in
to the Clare Fire Department.
Action to control the blaze was
slowed down when a call came in
from a pary line user to cancel
the alarm, Chief Parish said, and
firefighters and equipment did
not go out immediately.
The chief went out to'investigate, and found that the fire was
not Under conrol and promptly
sent for the Clare Fire Department equipment.
The fire logg.ajso. included several hundred dollars worth of
tools and parts stored in Mr.
Dull's car.
91 Receive
Shots At
Polio Clinic
Ninety-one polio shots were
given at the Polio Clinic held in
the Lake school Thursday evening July 25. . *
, Dr, Sweet of the Tri-County
Health Department and the nurs
es that assisted him are to be
commended   on their wrk.
The PTA sponsors this drive
for this community, is making
further plans to hpld the third
and final clinic sometime in January.. The time and date will be
published as soon as final ar
rangements can be made.
Mayor Laurenee Seiter at a special commission meeting*
Tuesday morning, told the members that two alternatives
presented the most promise in bringing more water to Clare
users.
He recommended testing the present location for .water,
at a deeper level, but said that the city could resort to a
move to an entirely new-location to begin, prospecting for
water all over again. ,Y,
"' Beginning again at a new location would have to require the approval of State Health authorities concerning
the site, and would prove to be more costly, it "was held.,
,  The Commission agreed with Mayor Seiter's desire to
see the existing well tested at the 25Q to 300 foot depth.
The decision to bore a test
hole through the casing of Well
Number Four spells the end of
attempts to restore this water
source.
Evidence Hints Arson
In Majority Of Auto Fires
' The- majority of total loss automobile fires result from arson
the 29th annual Fire College at
The University of Michigan held
recently.
William J. Davis, secretary and
manager of the National Automotive .Theft Bureau, said numerous laboratory tests have
shown that shorting of the dome
light, headlights, battery, ignition
generator, or other wiring does
not, in-itself, cause fire of suffic-
"ent intensity to destroy a modern
automobile unless inflammables
(like gas) are present.
With the exception of cars
which catch fire after collisions
or those destroyed, in burning
garages, he continued, the modern -automobile seldom burns accidentally and totally.      '
Bureau studies "have shown direct relationship between econom
ic conditions - especially the
availability of new cars - and the
ratio of losses froni auto, fires,
Davis declared.
"Prior to automobile rationing,
begun at the outbreak of World
War II, a great number of cars
were being destroyed by fire in
many sections of the country.
Immediately following rationing
and the developing scarcity of
vehicles, total life losses declined
rapidly and actually became a
rarity.
"From reports made to this
Bureau, a renewed upward trend
hi these losses was noted immediately following V-J Day.
This upward swing was evident
■for a few months until formal
announcement was made that
new vehicles would continue to
be scarce. Once again reports re'
ceived on** total automobile fires
declined rapidly.
"Similarly, in those sections of
a state where farms are productive and business conditions are
generally . good, the population
will be generally law abiding citizens demanding good law enforcement, with few total automobile fire losses. Conversely, in
those counties having marginal
land, a poor standard of living,
and limited production, one end
result will be .an unusually large
number of automobile fire losses
reported.
"The prevalence of this vicious
practice (of auto arson) indicates
both a disregard for the law and
a lack of fear of detection in the
minds of the offenders', David
concluded.
Canning Hint
Before canning season gets under way, check the working order
of your pressure canner by putting water in it and bringing if up
to pressure in the Usual way.
Nominated
For 'Kindness
Award'
Mrs. Ruth Cornwell, of Ithaca",
would like to make a nomination
for . a i "Kindness To Animals"
award candidate, following an in
cident she saw while in Clare recently.
She says, in a letter to the Sentinel:
"There was a thin, bedraggled
kitten in the middle of the street.
(In front of the bus station.). . ,
After several close calls . . , with
its nine lives, including one when
a car, followed by a semi-truck
passed over the kitten, a man in
a '56 Mercury, license number LJ-
4723, stopped, got out and proceeded to carry the cat to the
curb and place it ,on the grass.
Then he returned to his par, m$
cohtinued on hi_ way"*
Being a stranger in town, Mrs.
Cornwell said she was impressed
Will anyone step forward to claim'
this bit of praise?
Stage Fright
May Add To
Performance
Those annoying butterflies in
your stomach may be a boon to
your career - whether you are
an actor, public speaker or a
salesman.
Stage fright is a* normal, natural feeling, present in varying de;
grees in virtually all speakers,
even experienced ones, says Professor G. E. Densmore, chairman
of The University of Michigan
Department of Speech.
"This fear simply means that
the speaker is responding to the
Stimulation created by the presence of listeners", Professor
Densmore explains.
"The mind always does its best
work when stimulated. If the
speaker does not respond to audience stimutetio'.n, he is not
functioning to the best of his
ability. Since platform fear is a
product of imagination, it can
never„be eliminated, but it can
be reduced .and controlled and
made to improve your speaking"
Densmore adds.
How about an antidote for
stage fright?
One answer is to select a good
subject logically "planned and
carefully organized. Determine
you objective, then construct an
outline, including introduction,
and conclusion.
Don't commit the cardinal sin
in public speaking, Professor
Densmore . Warns. "The short
speech conforms to the pattern
of American life, and nearly every subject cart be better treated
ih a short speech." He recommends a self-imposed limit of 25
to 45 minutes. •
Another way to avoid those
butterflies is to prepare your
speech to the point where you
are' just short of memorizing it
wbrd for Word. "Memorize your
Outline or take it to the platform
with you. But unless you have
a prodigious and reliable memory, don't eVer memorize your
speech,"
The basic prerequisite for a
good delivery is sincerity, and
you must let your audience know
ydu are sincere, the professor
points out. You must also be
heard, and your audience is a
sure gauge for measuring your
own volume. Be direct, establish
eye contact with individuals In
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The well is located on the city's
property which was -bnce the
Phillip Geeck farm near the east
limits of Clare.
Drilled only last winter, the
well was intended to raise pressure for east side residents and
provide adequate gailonage without the constant use of water
from rusty-colored,. or mineral
laden supplys.
The well proved a disappointment when it pumped only one
day before sand entered the intake and plugged the well almost
dry. Further surging of the well
failed to improve the fault.      -■''
The mayor said that the efforts
to develop the well as it is have
only proved that the hole will never be a satisfactory water producer. But the city government
and drilling experts alike agree
that there was. no mistake in locating the well in the first place.
Water discovery is often a matter of pure luck, Mayor Seiter
said, At the, time lastwinter when
the well showed promise of being;
a. good water producer, it was
sound' sense, "not- to drill past
this vein ( of water-bearing strata) without trying to bring in the
water that was found there".
The sand interference was ah
unforseen development which oc-
cured later.
How sure can commissioners
be that the deep test will mean a
gopd: Well? Well, the testing is
within "perhaps a half-mile" of
where good water has been found
at the level stated.
But it was explained that location may, or may not mean much
unless the driller strikes a good
vein. This might be a very srhail
target.
The procedure will include'drll-
ing a four-inch hole to the level
where water is expected to be
found, and then a two-week period pumping of the supply to determine volume.
Commissioners are also investigating the merits of chemical
"cleaning" of water from the
city's other wells to eliminate discoloration from rusty brown iron
in Jthf! supply.
Present at the special meeting
dn Tuesday were Mayor Seiter
and commission members Gerald
Nivison, Paul Schroeder and Dan
Bui'do. Commissioner Albert
Haley who was unahfe to atend,
had Studied the situation and had
been fully informed. He had expressed himself, in agreenient
with the decision of the group.
Rites Held For
Schlafley Baby
Amy Fay, the infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Schlafley,
still born Sunday July 28, 1.57. in
the Community Hospital at Mt.
Pleasant, was laid to rest Tuesday
afternoon, July 30.
Prayer service was conducted
by Rev. L. J. Nevins at 3:30 p. tp.
from the Coker Funeral Home in
Farwell, and burial in Gilmore
Cemetery.
Besides her parents, .the little
Miss is sUrvied by~"a sister, Debbie,
grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. Edward Schlafley Sr., of Farwell,
and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer McLau*
chlan of Evartf and other relatives. ■■■:■■
"We cannot know but one day
we'll Understand
The leading of God's hand;
We only know He sent his Messenger today,
To take' our little girl away
away;
To shine as a jewel rare
In His garden so fair." ..