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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN
OCTOBER 10, 1957
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New Series, Vol; 66, No. 4
v
ounty
rvisors
Monday In
udget
Clare County supervisors will be called
into session next Monday for the October
meeting. Chairman Albert Haley will bang
the'opening gavel on what is generally considered to be the year's most important session of the body.
Coming up for consideration will be the
county's budget for the twelve months to
follow, <and other various reports and activities in county business.
October sessions lasting up to six days
have bden   the   rule in recent   years and
Chairman Haley, with an eye on what the
Board is expected to accomplish, said that
he doubts that the coming meeting will be
shorter than six days, and it may go over
into the seventh.
Much detailed committee work is accomplished before the Board convenes, the
chairman said, especially in-preparing the
budget. The committee's recommendations
are then acted upon by the Board .as- a
whole during the meeting.
Teen Town
Gifts Amount
To 200 Dollars
" The Clare Teen Town organization has accepted a $100 cash
gift from the Clare Kiwanis
Club. Kiwanis members voted
the. money to the youth organization at a meeting recently.
Personal cash gifts in amounts
of $25 to $75 were also accepted from Kiwanians for the Teen
Town fund. Part of the money
is being used to redecorate and
equip the teen center building
on West Fifth Street.
The Clare Chamber of Commerce offered assistance in the
project, other than direct financial contributions. Advising Teen
Town sponsors of the reasons
why the commercial organization is unable to make a cash
donation in the campaign, The
Chamber of Commerce wrote:
Dear Mr. Greer;
"Reference is made to your
recent request of «-.the. CJarc
Chamber of Commerce for financial and other support for the
activities of Teen Town. Inc.
"It is my understanding that
it has long been the policy of
the Clare Chamber of Commerce not to make financial donations to other organizations
as usually the financial support
for those organizations largely
comes from contributions of the
members of the Chamber, thus
you can see there would be duplication in the financial support you desire, further the financial status of the Chamber as
of this date prohibits our making a contribution at this time.
You are advised that the Board
passed a resolution offering
Teen Town, Inc. its moral support for its activities and should
there be an occasion when assistance other than financial
would be desired of'the Chamber, please advise its officers.
Sincerely,
Alan W. Ott
Secretary-Treasurer
Clare Chamber of Commerce"
John Foster
Isabella's New
&GS Leader
John Foster, work unit conservationist' of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, has been assigned to the Isabella County
Soil Conservation District, and
took over his job on October 7.
He has recently returned
from a training center on conservation practices held in
Ohio. The training included engineering layout, soil and water
management research and re
lationships, woodland and, land
management, agronomy and
farm planning.
Mr." Foster has moved his
wife Wilma, and four children
to Mt, Pleasant from Marshall
soBmi
The City of Clare has ordered
the public dump closed to all
traffic and use on Tuesday of
next week beginning at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, and all day
Wednesday, the following day
while rat exterminating work is
under way there.      .'
Performing the Job Will toe
Arwell, Inc., a pest control firm
which the city has signed to a
one-year contract to treat the
city dump each month for rat
extermination.
The public is warned that a
very deadly poison is being -used
to bait the rodents and it will
be dangerous to enter the dump
during the time It i.<? shut.
Tri-County College Plans
Toward 4-Year Curriculum
Although Tri-County College—
the Bay, Midland, Saginaw dream
for the immediate future — will
at first offer only the first two
years of college training, a four
year curriculum is by no
means ruled out. Definite need for
such a program has already been
established, but until the two-
year basis, is well established,
work on the fc*ur year project
will be deferred. Prospective
students from the Clare area will
be interested in the development
of the project.
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District Rally
Of Extension
At Harrison
The Clare County Home Demonstration women will host the
annual District Rally for the.
Standish District next Wednes,
day, October 16, at'the *VFW Hall
in Harrison, announced Mrs.
Neil Watkins, Clare County
Home Demonstration Chairman.
Approximately 150 women are
expected.
Plans include a chicken bartoe
cue prepared by Paul Gibson,
retired Clare county agent. The
program will be presented by
Mrs. Ben Mukkala of Marquette,
who attended the Triennial meeting of the Associated Country
Women of the World in Ceylon
this past summer.
Reservations must be in the
Extension office no later than
Thursday, October 10.
Missionary
Speaker At
Byown Comers
Miss Edna Burton of Alma will
be a guest speaker at the Brown
Corners United Brethren Church,
Friday evening, October 11 at
8 o'clock.
Miss Nancy Hull, a teacher in
the Secondary School (High
School at Mattru, Sierra Leone,
West Africa, who is a friend of
many in . this section has sent
pictures of interest from Africa.
These Slides will be shown and
should be of interest to all Missionary minded people and students as well. There will be good
music and this is an invitation
to all churches and friends, to
atttend.
However study of nee(ds
the area indicates such an
stitution is badly needed now,
with the need multiplying with
every year that passes. This is
due to many factors — many of
them stemming from increased
birth-rates, higher perrentage of
high school students completing
their full fdur years, and the
pressures of a technological economy.
With this in mind, the needs
committee — madeup of 21 men
and women from the three
counties — have recommended
programs in both science and liberal arts designed to fulfill three
basic educational needs. These
include a well-rounded educational program; better opportunities
for adult study; and courses
beamed at occupational training.
Included in the latter category
— for instance — would be agriculture; technical laboratory
work in chemistry and other
sciences; drafting, designing,
mechanical and hydraulic courses; electronic and electrical work;
technical training in graphic arts;
homemaking and office workers.
Many other categories will, inevitably be added, either at
first or as time goes on. This
will be necessary in the light of
the expected enrollment—probably 1,600 by 1960 and 2,700 by
1970, If the four year program
is established toy the latter year,
enrollment would be above 4,000,
it is predicted now.
On a basis of an estimated $500
per student — figures supplied
by the State Departmennt of Public Instruction for projection
uses — operation costs will be
met per capita by $150 from
student tuition; $190 from state
aid; and $140 from local taxes.
These local taxes, of course, are
derived from the three counties.
.an Opening
acKinac
ge boon
All roads to St. Ignace and
Mackinaw , City will soon be
packed with visitors on their
way to participate in the Ferry
Finale-Bridge Beginning.
They will witness a history-
making transportation event,
the discontinuance of the State
Highway ferry fleet and the
formal opening of a $100,000,000
structure which will join Michi
gan's Upper" and Lower Fertin
sulas for the first time in a
physical Way.
The State ferries began their
service July 31, 1923, when the
first boat, the Ariel, was placed
In operation by the State Highway Department to connect the
roads on both sides of the
Straits. The ferry service was
Continued on page 8 > '
Gordon Kleiner
Ordained At
Eagle Church•
Gordon M, Kleiner, son .of Mr;
and Mrs. Ernest Klener of Clare,
took the vows of the church and
was ordained to the gospel m'n;
istry in a beautiful and impressive service held 'at the Eagle
Church of God, Sunday :n*gl«
October 6. :    .
Fifteen minutes of piano dnd
organ music was furnished by.
Emma Hutchinson.ahd Ruth Ann
Kleiner, just preceeding ■m'e'seis
vice. Bill Bollmer, a singing
evangelist from St. Charles. Jed
the singing of the hymns-'and
sang "Stranger of vGallilee"; accompanied by'Mrs. Bollmer' at
the piano.
Rev John Turner, pastor of the:
Pine River and Delo churches
near Vestaburg, offered the opening prayer. Rev Turner is a
member of the Board of License
and Ordination, and also the
clerk of the Michigan Eldership,
Rev. Virgil Brinkman, pastor of
the Colonville "Church of God
read the Scripture lesson.
, Rev. Mrs. Lou A. Beery, an
evangelist and wife of the pastor of the Eagle and Arthur
Center churches, who assists
with the pastoral work when she
is not in evangelistic services
elsewhere, brought the Ordination
Sermon, stressing a portion of
Acts 26:16 "To make of thee a
minister."
The Rev. F. E. Snyder, now
retired, hut formerly a pastor at
the Eagle Church pronounced
the Ordination Prayer while the
ministers laid their hands .upon
the candidate. Rev. Elza Be&Jy
then presented the KeV, KJeiher'
with the Certificate of Life-'Ordination, carrying with it the
privileges of Ordained Ministers
in the Churches of God of North
America and the special privileges afforded by many organizations.
The service closed with the
benediction asked by Rev. Mrs.
Ruth Showers, pastor of the Seville Church of God near Elwell.
Rev. Kleiner ,was in World
War; H, ' has attended , Fort
Wayne Bible College, graduated
from Findlay College, Findlay,
Ohio, and has studied at the
Winebrenner Graduate School of
Divinity at Findlay, Ohio. He is
at the present time the field
representative of Findlay College, Findlay, Ohio.
The ordination 'service was
witnessed by many friends and
relatives of Mr. Kleiner.
Singing Cop
Lieutenant Wilburn Legree,
of the safety division, of the
Flint police department, gave
two assembly programs for the
grade pupils of Harrison Community Schools pn Monday.
Known as the Singing Cop,
Lieutenant Legree impresses
Children who hear him with the
importance of practicing safety
rules.
Pioneers
Roll Over
,20-13
. In their first conference game
in the mid-Michigan B league,
the" Clare Pioneers defeated
Ithaca; 20 - 13.
Near the end of the first quarter Clare took over on its own
45 and.drove 55 yards in six plays
to score. The payoff play was a
fifteen yard pass from Dib Nolan
to Rex Robinette. Try for point
after touchdown was no good.
, Clare picked up its second
touchdown in the second quarter
on a pass from Dick Roe to Bill
Zinser which covered forty-five
yards. Bill took the pass on the
Ithaca thirty-five yard line and
went the rest of the way for the
score.  •
Late in the quarter Ithaca broke
into the scoring when E. J.
Thum ran 25 yards for a touchdown. Smith added the extra
point from placement.
The Pioneers scored their last
touchdown in the third quarter.
With the ball on the mid-field
stripe, Deb Nolan passed to Pat
^rawfoM who'took the hall ort
Ithaca's forty yard line and went
the rest of the distance. Tom
Garver made the extra point on
a run.
Ithaca concluded the scoring
in the fourth quarter when Jim
Kenck picked up a. fumble on
Clare's twenty, and went the
rest of the way to score.
Tom Garver scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter on a
forty-five, yard • run, only lo
have it called back ;heea;use of a
penalty. :       ..-•.■
Late in the fourth quarter
Ithaca drove to Clare's thirty -
five where Dick Roe intercepted
a pass to stop Ithaca's drive.
The Pioneers picked up 343
yards during the evening 20i
yards from rushing and 142 from
passing. Nolan and Roe com -
pleted seven of 18 passes.* Clare
had seven first downs.
A city-wide "Harvest Fiesta"
of bargains offered from one end
of Clare's main streets to., the
other is a two-day retailing pro.
motion for Friday and Saturday
of this week. Shoppers in Clare
during October 11 and 12 will
find the town enlivened with
colorful window displays, street
decorations, costumed salespeople,' outdoor music and enter--
tainment broadcasts and other
signs of this annual sale everit.
The Clare Chamber of Commerce is sponsor of the promotion.
Features in the attractive program for visitors to Clare during the sale days include downtown show window displays Of
products and services from local manufacturing and  convert
ing industries, and a plan ..for
shoppers' prize awards with
gifts totaling^ a value of one
hundred dollars.
Sale counters and merchandise displays are ready with in-
vfitSng bargains. Par.UcipE£ting
merchants are firmly aware
that the underpriced values they
offer are the backbone of the
success of Clare's Fiesta. Bargain hunters will find once-a-
year specials in fall merchandise
and seasonal needs for the home
"and all the family.
A contribution from each cooperating business place paid
for extensive advertising .' via
newspapers* radio and novelties:
Ken Barnes, head of the' advertising and promotion efforts
for the Fiesta has worked close
Autumn Leaves Called Cash In
The Bank For Resort Operators
Autumn leaves are money in
the bank to Michigan's tourist
business — and the first to
admit it are the bankers themselves.
For the golden crowns of the
hardwoods in fall mean green
cash in the tourism till of the
state — and what As dearer to
the heart of the banker than the
zooming deposits which result?
Today more and more vacationers are choosing the autumn
months for their recreation and
travel. This trend is being reflected in the mirror of mounting post-Labor Day deposits of
local banks.
. Bankers have joined enthusiastically in support of efforts
by the Michigan Tourist Council
and the four regional tourist
associations to extend the vacation season, in the state beyond
the June 1-August 31 limits imposed by tradition.
The move toward later vacations is creating a great benign
circle of economic growth for
Michigan communities, says Ed
Moloney, President of The Cheboygan State Savings Bank *—
"and we can't just sit around
and shuffle our mortgages while
it happens."
"We ail can remembes when
the tourist business folded up
at 6 p.m. Sharp on Labor Day
and everyone began o relax, even
a few days before," he says, "But
now,, in my commututy, at least,
in recent years our bank's de-
posists have jumped an average
of $B5.000 in the six weeks fol
lowing Labor Day. And in the
peak travel year of 1955 the
increase was $135,000. That, as
the  saying goes,  isn't hay."
And he adds, "It Was tout a.
short time ago when the tourist
business was considered a -fly-
by-night type of speculation and
if a resort operator approached
the bank looking a little short
of cash the board of directors
headed for the back-door. Today
the resort and tourist accomodations operator is as welcome
to the banker as a dividend
check. He has become a part of
a healthy, thriving, growing business. Loans to the resort .oper
at or1 as well as to the owner of
summer cottages, are looked upon with favor."
Mr> Moloney, a member of tlie
Michigan Tourist Council,- sees
this change as a circular avenue
of improvement — and there's
no better season for it!" he
says.
"Everything is better in the
fall, 'fishing is the best of the
year, hunting, is just around the
corner .—. even * breathing is better, And autumn colors make
side trips a real delight on un-
crowded ' highways "and county
roads in weather we can almost
guarantee to be perfect. Wonderful time to- bank a vault full of
memories for the winter months
ahead."
As the vacation season broad--
ens, Mr. Moloney points out, the
tourist business acquires new
stability, which in turn creates
a   warmer   investment   atmos-jest growing sport in the state.
phere. With more money available to the . (business, Michigan
then can interest more high-line
resort and accommodations operators, and with more facilities
come more stable prices and a
widened- and healthier tourist
business.
''And this takes us right back
where we began," he says. "With
greater stability in the "industry
we have fewer financing "restrictions."        ,    .
"A the same time, A. L. Wilson,
State Banking Commissioner,
says, "While it is impossible for
me to generalize or speak for
any individual banking institutions in the state, I can safely
say that as the vacation season
lengthens and its financing becomes firmer — as rt has — we
do find a definite change in the
attitude of the banker toward
this type of investment .even
on longer term financing." "
The Tourist Council* for the
third year plans an intensified
autumn and winter spor,ts" pro-
motion, according to Robert J.
Furlong* Executive Secretary.
The autumn advertising 'program alone has been boosted to
$18,000 for the 1957 season.
He also predicts unprecedented interest in winter vacations,
pointing out that since 1953 winter sports centers in Michigan
have increased from 38 to 60 in
1956," and the leveling off period isn't even in sight."
Skiing is considered the fast-
Merman Millers9 Guest For
Their Golden Anniversary
To Be Centenarian Mother
Mrs. Caroline Miller, near her
100th birthday, of Fowler, will
be one of the guests present on
Sunday, i October 20, when her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr, and
Mrs. Herman W. Miller, of Eight
Point Lake, observe their Golden
Wedding' Anniversary.
The elder Mrs. Miller will
reach the full century mark on
March 25, 1958.
Her son and his wife will mark
their half-century of marriage
by repeating their wedding vows
again in a ceremony at 2:30 p.m,
October 20, at St. John's Luther*
an Church in Clare.
Immediately following the
ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Miller
will be honored at a reception
to' be held in the church basement.
Campaign
HasStaL
The combined Boy Scout and
Girl Scout Finance Campaign organization is gradually taking
shape,,and will be prepared to
kick-o'ff" its drive for general
contributions from residents in
Clare, Harrison, Farwell, Lake
George and Lake Station soon.
A* special gifts campaign was
started earlier in Clare and Dr.
Glen Born, Chairman will announce the results on the morning of the General Kick-off.
Harrison Campaign Chairman
announced the appointment of its
campaign leaders. Howard Morton is special gifts chairman;
prospect chairman is George
Nash. Publicity chairman, EmiJ
Bucholz; arrangement chairman,
Eunice Ryan; and audit chairman, Marion Roth. Men in
charge of teams were Charles
Ashcraft, Keith First, Willard
Dancer, Wayne Trowbridge and
Carl Starner.
Clare general campaign leaders Were announced by Allan
Ott, county campaign chairman.
They are Mrs. Gladys Flood,
Mrs. JOy Miller, Mrs. Joan Gold-
ammer, Mrs. Marge Burdo and
Mrs. Helen LSGoe. A meeting Of
all campaign workers in the
city of Clare will take place this
Week Thursday when campaign
procedures will be discussed.
Two Fined
$7450 Total In
Justice Court
Lawrence Thomas, 47, of Mt.
Pleasant, plead guilty to a
charge of" disorderly conduct,
when he, appeared before Justice
William.B. Dunlop in Clare" Municipal Court on Tuesday, October 8, and was assessed $20.30
fine and costs by Justice Dunlop.
Thomas was arrested by Clare
City Police, at about U:15 the
night before when- they had received a complaint.
' William D. Dougherty, 44, of
Clare, was arrested by Michigan
State Police on US-10 in Grant
Township on October 7, and
charged with driving under the
influence of alcohol..
He plead guilty to the charge
in Municipal Court and was-assessed $54.40 fine and costs by
Justice Dunlop, and sui'rendered
his driver's license to the court.
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Their friends and relatives are
cordially invited to be present
for the occasion.
Fair Society
Meeting To
Elect Officers
Clare County Fair Board Secretary Albert Haley has announced the date of the annual
meeting to be held Thursday,
October 17 at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon in the courthouse at
Harrison.
The Fair Board organization,
officially known as The Clare
"County Agricultural Sp^iefy'^ll
elect officers and members of
the Board and transact any
other business to come before
the meeting.
Officers to be named will
guide the affairs Of the group
for the coming year and will
stage the county fair in the fall
of 1958,
Mr. Haley described how public interest can support the Agricultural Society in its work.
Membership in the organization
is obtained by payment of the
fee for entering exhibits for
prize judging at Clare County
Fair time. Each exhibitor automatically becomes a voting
member of the CCAS for the
ensuing year.
Township supervisors are also
members of the Society,
Every member is invited to attend the meeting next week to
hear the financial report of the
1957 Fair read and to take .part
in the voting for leadership for
the coming year.
7 Church
Youth Rally
At Eagle
Youth groups from seven rural churches, Arthur Center,
Brown Corners, . Colonville, Dover, Eagle, Elm Grove and Her-
rick, are ..planning their nexf
Youth Rally.
The Rally will be at the Eagle
Church this Sunday, October 13,
at 8 p.m., with Rev. Elza Beery
of Eagle and. Arthur Center as
the speaker.
All interested young people are
urge'd to attend.:
Collecting
UNICEF Coins.
On Treat -Nite r
The church school of the First
Congregational Church will
celebrate a UNICEF (United
Nation's Children's Fund) Hal-'
loween again this year.
Many of the youngsters of the
church will carry cannisters fo
receive - coins for UNICEF. The
money collected will be used to
buy food and medicine for destitute children in the world.
"One penny will buy five
large glasses of milk," Hugh
Kennedy, minister of the church
said in describing UNICEF benefits..
ly with Ben Burdo and Al Ott,
president and secretary  of the
Chamber of Commerce, and with;
various committee heads.
Business places which are par?
ticipatjng in the promotion have
been furnished with necessary
material for registering shoppers for the prizes to be award*
ed on Saturday. They emphasize that all are eligible for the
awards and that'complete in-
formation .is readily available in
any, business place» displaying
Fiesta Sale decorations .and bargains.
Taking part-in the event are
the following business places;.
Dunlop Cafe,^"Forrest Brewer
Imp,, Kinsey "Barber Shop- Clare
Sentinel, Kroger Store.    -...=*;....-.-■
Davys', Cimmerer Drug, Maxwell Flowers,' Clare Hardware,
Loomis. Machine i Shop, Bruck-
hart Motor Sales. "/•■''""■
Mannie's Bai\ Jim Olson, "Geo.
Lehr, Clare Mfg. Co./ Aliens
TV, Mich. Con. Gas.       . ;•'.  ,. ' .
Household Appliance, Houghton Drug, Art Damoth, Art Ulrich, Band Box Cleaner, Thayer
Dairy.
Fleming Shoe Store, Evert's
Jewelry, White's Greenhouse,
Lee Sowle, Clare Packing Co.,
Schaeffers Dairy. • "   1    -
Luke's .Service Statiqn, Cor*
saut's Radio, Feller Dept. Store,
Clare Huntin-Fishin, Murton
Texaco, Bob's Sunoco.
Lone Pine Motel, Bush Motel,
Pete Dionese, Hotel Doherty,
Gibis & Son, Clare Auto Parts.
Greer Auto Sales, Schaeffers
Dairy Bar, Gene Campbell «
Shear, Gateway Lanes, Northern
Insulation, Dunn's Market.    .
Watervliet Paper Co., Ander-
son Drug Store, Clare Furniture,
Gay's 5 & 10, Groves 5 &■ 10,
Witbeck IGA. .    '
Roy Beltinck, Henry Acker-
man, Giant Super Mkt.,, Seiter
Lumber Co,, Johnston Elevator,
Central State Bottlers,      .,,,.,',.
Allen Insurance,' Midway
Lunch, Archambault Insurance,
Wiite's Jewelry, BickneE's-Degt.
Store, Ernie Bryant, Jackson's
Mkt.   ' ..■•"••
Northland Hardware, Walter's
Grocery, Dan McDonald," Citizens
State Bank, Green Clothing, Alexander Shoes.
Salt River
Group Elects
Paul Gross
Officers were elected for the
coming year when the Salt River Farm Bureau group met at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Strauch on Wednesday
evening, October 2.
New chairman is Paul Gross;
vice chairman is Mrs. Paul
Gross; discussion leader, Mrs,
John Gross; Blue Cross chairman, Mrs. John Methnen; secretary, Mrs. James Callihan.
Women's activity chairman,
Mrs. Archie Jourdain; minute-
man, William StraUch; publicity
chairman and recreation, Mrs.
Kenneth Mogg.
Eight families Were represented at the meeting, and discus*
siort was led by Paul Gross.
Lunch was served by the hostess.
The next meeting will be at
the home of Mr. and Mrs, Clar-
end Methner, on November 6t   "'
Business
Women Set
Charter Night
Charter Night and Installation for the Clare Business and
Professional Womens Club will
be observed in the WedgeWood
room of the Hotel Doherty,
Monday evening, October 14, at
8:00 p.m.  '
State and District officers will'
be present, 'as well as guests
from many of the clubs in this
district, and all the organizations of Clare will be represented.
Prof. Wilbur E. Moore, Ph.D.,
dean of psycho-educational service, of Central Michigan College at Mt. Pleasant is the guest
speaker, and will talk on ''The
Professional Woman in American Life."
Musical numbers will be presented by the Alma Singers, and
the Northernaires.
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