1957-08-15; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE. MICHIGAN/THORSDAY AUGUST 15, 1957
Ten Cents Copy
New Series. Vol. ft., tfe. W.
Jack Rutter, 28-year-old Clare
man was lulled early Tuesday
morning by a bullet from a
hunting rifle. Investigating authorities believe that the weapon; was discharged by Rutter
himself.
'He- was found in* the living
room of his home at 208   East
Mason's
Near Ready
The building association of the
Claie Masonic Lodge recently
purchased the quarters presently
in use as the Masonic Temple
and hall, and a remodelling project on the property is almost
completed.
The association bought the
property, located upstairs over
Clarified Bakery and Gay's 5c
& 10c, for $10,500, from the estate of the late Fred Doherty.
Remodelling work included
moving partitions to rearrange
room areas, enlarging the dining
room, and relocating the kitchen. Other improvements are new
floors, new ceilings, roof repair,
new electrical wiring and new
plumbing.
After completion of the remodelling, a complete redecorating job will be done on both the
Lodge Temple, and the rest of
the rooms.
City lots on Schoolcraft
Street, owned by the Lodge, and
originally intended as a building
site for a new hall, have been
sold, since the purchase of the
downtown hall location..
Worthy Master Charles Cooper'
and Worthy Matron Lillian Barber head the Masonic order, and
Eastern Star order this year.
Both organizations are holding
'finance drives, to add to the
Lodge's building fund. Holly
Merritt and Burke Collins are
included on the building committee. Sanford Mott was contractor for the remodelling.
Bowen 4-H
Plans For
Isabella Fair
. The Bowen Busy Bees 4-H
Club met at the Bowen School
Tuesday, August 6 with Jerry
Jourdain as host.
Vice President Beatrice Cluley
conducted the meeting until the
president, Wayne Answer arrived.
Reports were given by Karen,
Billiow on the club picnic held
at' School Section Lake and on
the club tour by Larry Ander^
son. Final announcements and
plans were made for- the Fair.
The Bowen club will work at
the food stand on Wednesday
from 7 to 12 p.m.
Home Extension Leader, Miss
Ruth Mcllnay, Mrs. Slack and
Sue were guests. Shirley Moore,
gave her demonstration "Pastry
Fit for a King." Judy Hovey and
Linda Anderson demonstrated
"The Proper Way to Set a Din-
•ner Table."
Gvames . were ied by Shirley
Moore, Beatrice Cluley and Linda Anderson.
Ori August 5 the First Year
Food Preparation girls under the
leadership of Mrs. Charles
Moore.gave a party ior their
mothers. ,
[-_■ Mothers    present were   -Mrs.
John Methner; Mrs. Leonard
Matthews, Mrs. Cliff Schoeh,
Mrs. Francis Hovey and Mrs.
Harold Anderson.
Well-Baby Climes
August 21,2$
The regular7 Weil,Baby Conferences  will    be held in    the
following places at times stated
below,    according    to    County
x    Nurse Kathryn Freeman.
Farwell    Methodist     Church,
August 21, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
- Clare 'Congregational  Church,
' August 21, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Harrison   Court House   Base-
* "'      ment, August 23,'9:00-11:00 a.m.
Piease notice that the Harrison Conference is the 4th .Friday instead of the"  usual   3rd
Friday. „ _ -
Fifth street, by his wife, Betty
who told police that they had
been out together during the
evening, She arrived home some
time after he had returned there,
and she discovered his -body
about three o'clock in the morning.
The dead man was the son of
Charles A. Rutter and the late
Mrs. Rutter.
Clare County Prosecutor
James S. Bieknell, III, Coroner
Carl Stephenson and with local
State Police co-operated in the
beginning of an investigation
Tuesday morning and are continuing this week. Acting Detective Mull, of the State Police
post at Mt. Pleasant was in
charge of police investigation.
According to authorities nitrate tests of the hands of both
the dead man and Mrs. Rutter
have established that his hand
was at the trigger of the rifle
when it was fired. The State
Crimfe Laboratory, at Lansing informed Mr. Stephenson of the
nitrate test results late Wednesday afternoon and declared that
Mrs. Rutter's-test showed negative.
Mr. "* Rutter was well known
and popular with friends at work
and in social activities. His death
came as a sad shock to all who
were acquainted with him or
with other members of the respected family.
' Funeral services have been arranged for him at the Clare
Methodist church at two o'clock
Friday (tomorrow). Rev. Virgil
Brinkman will be the officiating
minister, and arrangements are
under the direction of the Thurston Funeral Home.
Surviving are his wife, Betty,
two step-children, Tom, 10 and
Jane, 9, his father, Charles A,
Rutter, stepmother Mrs. Erma
Rutter, a brother, Melvin, two
sisters, Vivian and Glenda, two
stepsisters, _3nora and Lois. All
of the surviving brothers and
sisters are married.
Mt. Pleasant
Glad Capital
Mt. Pleasant will become the
"Gladiolus Capital"' of the world
on August 16, 17 and 18, when
the Eighth Annual .Central International Gladiolus Show will
be held on the campus of Central Michigan College iri Mt.
Pleasant.
The show, which is open free
to the public, will feature an
entire acre of gladiolus exhibits
on display in the Central Michigan College Fieldhouse by an.
expected total of 9,000 exhibitors
from at least ten mid-western
states and Canada, according to
the Show Director, Charles B.
Park, of Mt. Pleasant, Director
of Special Services at Central
Michigan College. As many as
2,000 exhibits are to be air-
expressed to Mt. Pleasant for
the three-day show, Park stated.
Exhibitors will be competing
for cash awards, trophies, medals and ribbons and the Grand
Champion Award, top prize of
the. show. Divided into two sections, the show will have over
three hundred display tables in
the gladiolus section and a flower arrangement section with one
hundred display tables.
One of the special show events
will be the coronation of the
Central International Gladiolus
Show Queen, 18-year old Patti
Pickens, of Albion, Michigan,
who' was chosen from a field of
over one hundred contestants
from several mid-western states
In a contest following the theme,
"Beauty and Brains ., . . a wonderful mixture", the 'queen candidates were limited to those
girls who were valedictorian or
salutatorian of their high school
graduating class, Miss Pickens
was valedictorian of her class at
Albion High School this past
June.
Governor G. Mennen .Williams
and Miss Valerie Strong, "Miss
Michigan of 1957," are expected
to attend, the coronation ceremonies. Williams will also be
present at the Gladiolus Show
Banquet where he will present
the awards and prizes to winning
exhibitors.
Through the cooperation of the
Mt. Pleasant Chamber of Commerce, more than 20,000 gladiolus bulbs have been planted
along two miles of streets leading to the /college campus by
Mt. Pleasant residents a.nd the
"Glads" are expected to be in
full bloom during the "week Y of
the show.
Ground breaking ceremonies,
marking the beginning of construction of an addition to the
Clare Congregational Church
building, will be held at a membership potluck dinner at the
church tonight
The ground breaking' will begin
the last phase of _. finance campaign in which the membership
ijtjo.pes t0 raise ,$10,000 to complete the construction Aitohiey
Harold Hughes and Stuart Bieknell head the cajhpaign,
The total fund already raised in
the drive was incorrectly reported
last week. The correct figure is
$24,500 in cash and pledges.
Removal _f trees and excavating started this week. The new
structure will more than double
e;
Firemen Back On Job
Clare Fire Department badges, left lying on the
city commission tjable by resigning Department members last week are back on the same uniform shirts of
those who formerly wore them.
.Monday evening, the whole tangled knot of bruised
feelings and ununited efforts among firemen, city commissioners and the city manager smoothed out in mutual give-and-take. All concerned are satisfied and happy with the reconciliation and Clare breathes easier
with the word that firefighters are wholeheartedly
back on their job. ,
The Monday session for firemen was .for the purpose of selecting a new Department Chief. Members
elected Stanley Parish and the Clare City Commission
which had not yet acted on Parish's week-old resignation, accepted the Departmen. members' choice,
Parish and some other firemen had quit. the Department last week-in protest over the delay in starting construction of the new fire hall,, and other griev*-
ances. '       .       :  •
Chief Parish did not attend the opening, of Monday evening's meeting, but when his name, drew the
majority of votes for Chief*, he was asked tp come to
the meeting place and accept the job.
Newspaper reporters were barred from the meeting
by request of the firemen.
Clare Mayor Laurenee Seiter said after the meeting
that no specific promises were given to anyone' in the
discussion which led to erasing misunderstandings but
the City Commission told firemen that equipment and
supplies for the Fire Department would ,be considered
whenever funds were available for-^this purpose.
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Ground-Breaking Ceremony
Set By Congregationalists
Vote To
the Sunday School classroom
space. Kitchen facilities and the
social room will also be enlarged
in the building program.
Interviews For
School Post
Applicants for the position of
elementary principal at Clare
Public School are still being inter-
.viewed, according to Superintendent Richard Wheeler
Alan Tulk, former elementary
principal, has resigned to take a
position with Dow in Midland.
ROOM 19
Are Teens Irresponsible®
—No More So Than Adults
By Ann Ess Morrow
I like the way that boys and
girls respond to moods. On days
when spirits are high like -a
summer-time window, one needs
that extra vitamin, for human
pills are everywhere. On other
occasions, when one is weighed
down with problems, these children show adaptability and keep
in tow as if by mutual agree,
ment.
We hear so much about the irresponsibility of teen-agers. It
does exist in them as surely as
it does in adults. Often we meet
boys and girls who pay no heed
to homework, who daily come to
class without their pencils, who
depend upon their neighbors lor
the paper they must have. They
write on desks and mark in
books. Their tendency toward
being late must constantly be
curbed.
But are not many traits like
those apparent in those who
chronologically have passed this
age of adolescence? Sometimes
this trait is uppermost in individuals ;at other times, it blossoms most of all in groups. For
boys 'an_ girls' who ordinarily
feel much responsibility will
sometimes act unthinkingly
when with their friends. And
wrong impressions thrive. Y_t
are there not a countless number who assume responsibilities
Unknown to us . . .who keep a
home together, who make financial contributions to their families, who undertake to carry out
their obligations both at school
and home?
At times I am amazed at their
ability to carry on . , . in serious fashion, as well as furtny. I
remember 'the "day. when a group
of high school students was intently singing oh the stage. Suddenly, a boy suddenly ill was
seen to' stagger back and fall.
Without a quavering note, two
youths assisted him off the stage
in   matfer-ofrfact fashion,   and
nothing in the melody of voices
indicated the misgivings felt by
all. It makes me proud to work
with boys and girls of caliber
like that.
Surprisingly self ■- conscious,
too, they are . . . especially at
cap-and-gown time. Some put on
their robes with an eagerness
that proves this is a come-true
dream. And, others cannot quite
convince themselves that there
is dignity in the academic outfit^ instead of humor. One afternoon all seniors in a class appeared in cap and gown but one.
"Arid where is yours?" I asked
with wonder.
"I just can't put it on," he answered with a misery of real
depths.
"Why- don't you try it?" I encouraged him*. "All the seniors
wear them. Go to your locker
now and try it oh,"
Three minutes later he was
back in Room 19, quite unchanged. "I tried my hat," he
murmered sheepishly, "but gosh,
I just can't do it."
Lots of times "I can't" feelings overcome us, especially at
report-card. tune. This giving of
reports holds values good and
bad. The Written score is often
overwhelming, and. many times
deservedly so, for days of reckoning must come to all of us.
But much that is unwritten needs
to be there, tpo, for. I have long
believed that, all of us excel in
some particular area, arid often
this is passed right by in lightness or entirely unnoticed, with
only failures uppermost. This
child may excel in friendliness,
another be' adept in catching
fish, and someone else in making
luscious pies or assuming home-
responsibilities. Our counselors
help Us to understand this blending of the thinkers and the doers. Truly_when Understanding is
a major trait in one who is both
qualified and proud to teach, we
a,sk, "What greater gift?"
Pratt School electors, (Grant
township no. 5) voted 36 to 10 last
Saturday, to annex with Clare Reorganized District No, 8;
This was the' second time-that
the annexation proposal had been
put to Pratt voters. The measure
was defeated when it was submit
^ed last year.
. Th e one eighth grader that
Pratt graduated last spring is now
eligible to enter Clare High School
this fall.     ''
, State equalized tax valuation of
the Pratt district is $183,184.
Board of- direcors for Pratt included Edward Richardson Jr.,
director; Frank Humphrey, moderator; and Emerson Hampton,
treasurer.
Redner School District (Hatton
No. 3) will vote on the annexation
proposal today.
Robbery
Try Fails
At McGuire'!
Burglars failed Tuesday night
in a clumsy attempt to open a
large office safe in the MqGuire
Brothers, farm equipment and
auto sales business. Police are
hunting clues today.
To gain entrance to the building, the bungling burglars first
tried to force open a door on the
building's east side. Marks of a
jimmy-bar and shredded wood indicated attempts to break the
lock or pry the door frame loose.
Unable to open the door, the
would-be thieves then knocked
out a small window pane above
a work bench in the garage part
of the business place, Entrance(
was evidently made by crawling
through the broken window.
-. An • acetylene cutting torch belonging in trie repair garage was
found near the safe where it had
apparently been moved to operate on the steel vault.
Floor, walls and the front of
the safe itself were heavily
scorched from the torch flame
but the only damage to the steel
armor pf, the safe was blistered
paint.
C. E. McGuire, partner in the
firm, said that the torch outfit
had not been "working satisfac-
torily and the "safe trackers"
evidently found it impossible to
use effectively.
Clare police officer William
Bell was called and he asked
State Police officer George Hal-
verson to investigate.
Employees told police that the
jimmied "door was found ajar
when the place was opened for
business at 7:45 Wednesday
morning* Guesses were that who
ever crawled through the broken
window might have opened the
door from the inside.
Night lights which had, been
left burning Tuesday evening
were switched off when the first
employees arrived on Wednesday.
Police were also told that a
group of .men, thought to be
transient field workers were
seen loitering in front of the
building at closing time Tuesday. The loiterers were drinking
something from a wine bottle.
No money was missing from
the premises, but two steel toolboxes containing mechanic tdols
were gone.
Police officer Halverson questioned employees and photographed the scene in the office.
He also made ""tests for fingerprints in preparing his investigation.
Mr. McGuire said that the total
loss would amount to something
in the neighborhood of $100,
Isabella Youth - Farm Fair
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Features Entertainment
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By Stars; Thrill Drivers
Women Golfers^
Welcome
Guest Players
*
The Clare Women Golfers played .at Twin Elms Wednesday last
w_ek. Sixteen players were out
with two guests Mrs. Betty Fine-
out, and Mrs. Cromb, wife of the
pro.
Play was according to the Gall-
:oway System, and balls were won
by Mrs. Ruth Schroeder, and Mrs.
Doris Bieknell.
A delicious luncheon was served
served, and a business meeting
was conducted by the' president,-
Mrs. Adelaide Elden. *
The Handicap tournament began Wednesday this week, with
Mrs. Mae Baumgarth in charge.  *
Youth will have its day at the
Isabella County fair on Wednesday Aug". 21, when rides on the
Midway go at half price to the
youngsters, and a boy arid a girl
will each receive a free bicycle in
a drawing.
Other ytfuth directed activities
include a junior dairy judging
contest, and the livestock parade
with floats and 4-H awards, both
on Thursday, in addition to exhn>
it space given to 4-H groups and
members. -
The opening feature in front of
the grandstand Tuesday (August
20-24) will be the County Rodeo
Program at 8 p, m. sponsored by
the Chippewa Wrangler Riding
Club. During this 'first day, exhibits will be entered and placed.
Isabella county thrill show fans
will be able to see the famed Cavalcade of Canadian Hell Drivers
billed as the "Greatest Show on
Wheels" . on Wednesday August
21, for both matinee and evening
performances.
The climax of the* 28 event program is the catapulting of a new
convertible 80 feet through space
over the. top of another new car,
a feat that has been labelled
"Courtshho of Death" in newspapers ahd magazines
A tractor pulling contest for
entries in three different weight
classes will be held Thursday afternoon, August 22, A parade of
floats downtown in Mt. Pleasant
will precede it
A group of entertainers from
the WLS Barn Dance Show, headlined by country music stars Lulu
Belle and Scotty will be the outstanding entertainment on Friday
August 23-
Both Lulu Belle and Scotty are
natives of that part:of the country
where rnuch"*.of American folk
music had Is beginning.
Lulu Belle was born Myrtle
Cooper, at Boone North Carolina.
She learned many traditional folk
tunes from her mother, and added
to her repertoire when the family
lived in West Virginia, Kentucky,
Florida and Tennesee,
She auditioned for a spot on
WLS in 1933 where her songs and
tomboy high spirits made her an
instant hit.
Scotty was born 40 miles over
the mountains from Boone, in In-
galls, North Carolina. Like Lulu
Belle, Scotty learned many southern and old English balads from
phis mother. An uncle taught him
to play the banjo, .and he later acquired a mail order guitar, complete with lessons. Before long he
was a full-fledged entertainer
jfnuch in demand for dances( socials and other rural gatherings.
He reached WLS via an ama
tuer show and earlier radio shows
On WLS he teamed up with Lulu
Belle in 1933 and in 1934 the couple was married.
Since then they have gained a
solid following for their motion
picture releases, records and'radio shows.
Accompanying them will be
Dolph Hewitt, the Pennsylvania
country boy, who is a featured
personality on records and radio,
and the Bonelli family, also from
the WLS National Barn "Dance.
Saturday at the fair will be
horse-pulling contests, a traditional county,fair favorite. Light-
Joe Bonelli, The Pint-size. Sax-o-maniac, in
his sensational and different comedy and
novelty bits, wherein he plays odd size saxophones while doing difficult and eccentric
dance routines simultaneously. Interspersed
AT.        .       W*-***-** '?»agic m a surprise comedy vein. Joe
jt\ J\.e_il was *eatured twelve years in all leading
theaters    on the    European continent'  and
nPfv-krvrwa-**** North Africa. Has appeared from the Nile to
_L rUUp-Cl the Land of the Midnight Sun. He will appear with others in his family at the Isabella
County Fair August 20 through 24.
BPW Club
Reminded
Of Meetings
The August meeting of the
Clare Business and Professional
Womens Club was held .Monday,
evening, in the Fifth Avenue
Room of the Hotel Doherty. Dinner was served at 6:30, and table
grace was given by Mrs. Fannie
Yeoman.
Mrs. Frances Kehipher, president, conducted the business
meeting. A favorable report was
given of the bake sale recently
sponsored by the club. Dates to
remember include a conclave on
September 7 and 8,- at Hidden
Valley, also the "Professional
and Small Business Conference
to be held* November 2 and 3, at
Kellogg Center, East Lansing,
working in conjunction with the
Michigan State University.
Mrs. Yeoman, who attended a
Program Planning meeting for
this conference at. East Lansing,
July 27, gave a report'of what is
expected qf the clubs for the
conference, and plans made for
the program, for the two days.-.
It was voted to set the date of
October 14, for Charter Night
and Installation of Officers, and
if date not agreeable to state officers, to be changed at the next
regular meeting, September 8.
In charge, of arrangements for
Charter night is Mrs. Ina Hammond, Mrs. Dolores Hearns, Mrs.
Marjory LeSage and Mrs. Yeoman.
weights will compete in the afternoon and heavyweights in the evening. ,        ,
The Wade greater shows will
be on the Midway.
Western Auto
New Store
In Business
, YMM^Ua'Aijt'ry opened hep naw
Western Auto Store building; August 5, the second business place
to. be rebuilt since the downtown
fire January 17 in Clare burned
five businesses,
Mrs: Autry's new building is on
the site where Chuck's Tavern
stood before the fire.
A grand .opening event, set for
this weekend Friday .and Saturday, Will be held to let the public
see.the all new building and
stocks.
With shelves rapidly filling up,
stock is still coming Jn, Mrs.
Autry said. .. ■   *
Here ;for the grand opening, .will
be Paul Williams,* of Williams
Gun Sight company, in Davison.
An acknowledged expert in'the
field of firearms, Mr. Williams
will be on hand to' answer any
questions visitors may have on
guns,
Mrs. Autry is also expecting a
Western Auto Associates representative p here for the big day,
along with other friends.
The new store building features
a glass and aluminum front, for
maximum light and display
space. Inside, shelves are all metal and adjustable, A 20 feet long
display rack of firearms and accessories, familiar feature of the
original store, is in the right
front.
In the basement will be the auto
parts department, as well as the
gun shop.
Need For Longer-Term Farm Loans
Met By Use Of Real Estate Credit
Again in 1956, Michigan farmers met the bulk of their credit
needs through loans from their
local banks, according to Frank
LaGoe, Vice President Citizens
State Bank- During the year,
the state's banks remained the
leaders in farm credit service by
providing far more' financial aid
to^ farmers, than any other lending agency, he noted.
Using figures from the sixteenth annual farm lending summary of the Agricultural Commission of -the American Bankers Association, Mr. LaGoe
pointed put that on January" 1,
1957, Michigan banks had a total, of $125,880,000 in loans outstanding to farmers, compared
with $122,703,000 a year ago. On
the same date, $56,277,000 was
held in Michigan farm loans by
Federal Land Banks, the second
largest lender to the state's
farmers; $17,283,000 was held by
insurance companies; $9,766,000
by    Production Credit   Associa
tions; and $21,290,000 by the
Farmers   Home   Administration.
The total of farm credit outstanding in banks was made up
of $75,364,000 in production
loans and $50,516,000 in ' farm
mortgages, In addition, Michigan banks held $2,984,000 in
C.C.C. paper not included in the
above total.
Mr. LaGoe commented espec-'
ially on the greater use of bank
real estate credit, which increased 3 per cent during the
year, in relation to production
loans. "The increase in farrri
capital requirements vto the
present very high levels," he
said, "has created a growing
need for loans with longer: repayment periods, particularly intermediate-term loans longer,
than one year. At the same
time, there is a high borrowing
capacity in farm real estate on
which- farmers could draw for
non-real estate purposes.
"The    shift to   comparatively
greater use of real estate* credit
for capital, -improvements and
production purposes is indicated
by estimates that oyer one-half
of all farm real estate loans are
now used, fof production and-operating expenses, new machinery,
improvement of livestock herds,
and the like.
"A further reflection of bank;
efforts to meet increased needs
for intermediate-length loans is
the substantial portion of production credit outstanding at the
beginning of- 1957 which carried,
a repayment period of longer
than one year." '
Mr. LaGoe stated that "these
investments made through use of
longer term bank loans have
contributed substantially to the
efficiency and progress of Michigan agriculture."
" Mr. LaGoe reported that ,382
of the 40i insured commercial
banks in Michigan served agriculture by making farm loans,
during „956.
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