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THE CLABE SENTINEL, CLARE0, MICHIGAN OCTOBERS-*, 1957~
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osts Homecoming
d
nt Funf are
A victorious football team, a
"spirited marching band, and a
beautiful queen and her court
rounded out a successful Homecoming event at Clare High
School, October 18.
The Clare Pioneer grid team
beat Durand, a Mid-Michigan B
conference opponent by a 19-7
score. At half-tinte the Clare
High School Band, under the direction of Lloyd- Conley, saluted
its Homecoming audience and
queen, Durand, the Clare grid-
ders, and several important
flags, with formation marching.
Clare High's Pioneer eleven
starred in the homecoming pageant by their winning perjg>rm-
ance against Durand's Eailroad-
ers, A crowd of old grads, students and fans approved the
Clare gridders top form thus far
in a conference clash.
The victor* was Clare's third
in Mid-Michigan play ahd leaves
only second-division opponents
to beat in the last hurdles to
the championship.
In the first quarter, Clare
took over on downs after the
kick off and scored in four
plays from the Blue team's forty-five yard line, Tom Garver
swept around end for twenty
yards and the touchdown. He
also added the extra point with
a plunge through the line.
Striking again later in the
first period, Clare's Peb Nolan
hit Dick "Roe with a pass that
netted twenty-five yards and
another six points. The scoring
play was the climax to a fifty-
five yard sustained drive.
The extra point failed whet
Nolah was stopped over his
right tackle. The play revealed
the Glare quarterback's powerful drive through the line as
well as any ball-carrying -effort
of the game, but a too-quick
whistle from the referee halted
Nolan as he was moving still
foreward just inches from (he
goal, and forcing defended to
give ground.
Neither team was able to
score in the second and third
quarters. The play see-sawed
between the thirty-yard lines
With Durand holding Clare out-
Side of threat area.
In the fourth quarter Durand
struck early for a touchdown
when Dingman went around
Clare for a forty-yard sprint.
The extra point Was added on a
run.
With three minutes left to
play, Dick Roe put the game on
ice for Clare when he broke
through a nice hole at tackle and
sidestepped his pursuers for
eleven yards to the~ scoring
stripe. He then added the point
on a short buck through ihe line
again.
Players on both teams finished the game on tired legs worn
out from an unusually hard
played contest, and made weak
in some cases from recent bouts
with the Hu bug.
Tomorrow night, Coach Perry's men go to St, Louis where
they meet the Red TMe in
Clare's fourth league tilt.
Queen Marilyn Brown, daughter of Mrs. Frances Brown, was
crowned as Homecoming queen
at ceremonies during game half-
time.
Earlier in the day, she and her
four attendants, accompanied by
Homecoming King Dick Roe, son
of Mr', and Mrs. Ken Roe, had
reigned over the Homecoming
parade downtown in Clare. Dick
was chosen by members of the
Varsity football team.
The FFA float entry, '"It's
Like Leading A Lamb To
Slaughter,*' with a live sheep
balking at the block was' first
prize winner in the parade. The
prize was $12. All floats represented Well-known sayings.
Honorable Mentions went to
sophomores with "Don't Tread
On Me", and the Glee Club .with
"We Have Met The Enemy."
Each received a $6 cash prize.
Attending Queen Marilyn were
class representatives, Mary Ma-
loney, senior, who .was runner-
up in the queen   contest;   .Bar
bara Scheer, junior; Karen Wor-
stell, sophomore; and Jean Hart,
freshman.
Marilyn was chosen in a popularity vote by CHS football
fans Who bought their tickets
early, and season ticket holders.
She is an honor student, has
served on the Junior High
Council, Student Council, and
Athletic Board. Marilyn was a
veteran rider of the queen's
float, having served as attendant in her freshman year. She
hopes to attend college, and favors either an airline stewardess
or secretarial career.
A homecoming ball after the
football game was voted a big
success* as partygoers danced
away the last hours of the annual weekend event. Students,
alumni and friends of students
attended.
Teem Discuss
Personal
Obstacles
Teens Club met Tuesday evening, October 15 at the Humphrey Smith home, Sixtfeeri-were
present in spite, of illness. Helen
Tice, one of the sponsors, was
ill and missed by all.  ,
The program was directed by
Lucille Smith, who had a tree
covered with paper apples, called
the 'Forbidden Fruit," Each per-
son took an apple and wrote the
thing they felt was the hardest
for them to overcome in their
lives,
Then the apples were mixed
up and put back on the tree.
Each person in turn took an apple, and the problem was dis-
cussed by the entire group. The
group agreed that faith in God
and prayer were the answers to
their problems.
Teen Club members will meet
at the Clare city park on Saturday night, October 26, at 8
o'cl$'2k for a scavenger hunt and
Halioween Party.
Tractor Mishap
Hospitalizes
Vandewarker
Orval Vandewarker, local implement dealer, received painful
back and rib injuries Monday:,
October 14, when the ligbt pom
he was pulling with his >tr4ctor>
broke off and struck him, to-th#
ground'from the tractor seat";    '
Mr. Vandewarker was- taken-
to Community Hospital, . Mt
Pleasant, for treatment, where
he remains this week. Mr, Vandewarker was. knocked abotft
five feet by the piece of broken
pole, which struck him across
the back,
Only two days before, he had
been shaken up by another tractor mishap. Driving the. vehicle
south of Clare, he made a left
hand turn off the pavement,
and Struck a rough, spot in the;
pavement, losing control "of the
tractor. •'    :,.' '   ■*.
The tractor ran into a ditch,
where it stopped against the far
bank, and threw Mr. Vandewarker about 20 feet.        '
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BETTER LOCK HOMES AND STORES
Police Hunting Robbem
Who Cracked Two Safes
RiMered Local Residence
Caught With The Goods*
3 Youths Held In Robbery
CoMewmm
Harry Densmore, Ruth Mc-tl-
nay and B, C. Mellencamp, staff
members of the Isabella County
Cooperative Extension Office,
will be in attendance at this Annual Conference. It is held in
Kellogg Center on the Michigan
State University campus and
wilt be attended by all county
staffs in the State.
A cross-country escapade ended for three out-of-state youths
in a stolen car Thursday night
when Michigan State Police of
the Mt. Pleasant post pic-ked
them up in Coleman shortly before midnight after the trio had
carried off a carload of clothing
and emptied the cash register at
Green's clothing store in Clare
less than an hour earlier.
The three young men, Joseph
Kinaszczuk, 17, of Rahway, New
Jersey; Robert Walacavicz, 25,
Of Nanticote, Pennsylvania; and
Coleman Class
Graduated
Eti First Aid
Certificates of achievement
have been awarded to ten Coleman area residents for having
satisfactorily completed the Standard First Aid course which was
""conducted by G.F. Gettel, instructor for the Midland County Chapter, American Red Cross.
The Standard First Aid course
was conducted in the Orr Community building. It covered nine
weeks With class members receiving instruction and practice in
the use of dressings and bandages, treatment for shock, wounds,
burns, fractures, artificial respiration and common medical emergencies.
Members receiving -certificates
are; Mrs- Ethel Acker, Mrs. Eva
Fike, Lewis A. Johnston, Mrs
Ruth Marshall, Mrs. Janet Meth-
ner, Mrs. Rosella Methner, Miss
Hazel Root, Allen Weihl, Mrs.
Iva Weihl and Mrs. Jean E, Weilh.
sitors
Farewells To
Straits Ferries
"Sentimental journeys" are
being taken on the Straits of
Mackinac ferryboats by an increasing number of persons as
the date of the opening of the
Mackinac Bridge nears, according to Kenneth Teysen, East
Michigan -Tourist Association Director at Mackinaw City.
"For the past month increasing numbers of persons, both
singly and in family groups,
have driven to the Straits to
take their last ferry ride on the
boat service that will soon be
history," Teysen stated. One
man told Teysen that he had
just ridden with his family on
all three remaining ferries, the
Vacatiohland, City of Petoskey
and City of Munising. Teysen
cojnmented that this past weekend, the boats were filled with
foot passengers who had paid
twenty-five cents for the crossing.       -*"
The ferries Will take their
last voyages across the strip of
water that separates Michigan's
two peninsulas on the morning
of November 1. The new $100,-
000,000 Mackinac Straits Bridge
is scheduled to be officially Opened to traffic in the afternoon
of that day with Governar G,
Mennen Williams slated to be in
the first automobile to cross the
bridge. Formal dedication of the
bridge will take place at a ceremony next June,
Ralph Woinowski, 19, of Elizabeth, New Jersey are lodged in
Clare county jail at Harrison,
awaiting circuit court action.
They appeared before Justice
William B. Dunlop in Clare Municipal Court on Friday, but
waived examination, and $10,000
bond was set for each.
The trio began their adventure on October 14, according to
State Police, when they stole a
1956 automobile in Philadelphia.
They drove to Ohio where they
stole a pair of Ohio license
plates, and were ticketed for a
parking violation.
They continued to Chicago, up
to Wisconsin, crossed from Milwaukee to Ludington, and on
Thursday night came down
"US-10 to Clare, .Arrived here,
they looked the town over, and
decided it was "a hick town
without any cops" they told
State Police.
They entered Green's through
the rear door and apparently
spent a leisurely half hour picking out complete wardrobes, according to Jay Green, store operator.
The list of items taken included three pairs of shoes, a box
of socks, a dozen set of underwear, five top coats, nine pairs
of dress pants, three trench-
coats, about five jackets, several
suits, a stack of khaki pants, a
pile of sports shirts, and dress
gloves. Most of the items were
recovered.
Mr. Green said that the range
of clothing sizes missing seemed
to indicate^ that the young men
had taken time to pick their own
sizes.
Occupants of an upstairs
apartment near Green's saw the
boys carrying the clothes out,
State Police said, and later reported it to them, Alexander's
shoe store was alsp entered,
but nothing was missing according to proprietor Marlin Alexander.
The trio was caught when
State Police making a check of
alleys in Coleman, discovered
them changing clothes. The boys
quickly drove away, and were
stopped after they ran a red
light in Coleman,
Clare City Police had just
checked doOrs in downtown bus-
iness places and were investigating a complaint when the
break-in occurred. They had arrived at the looted clothing
store when they were notified
that the three Suspects had been
arrested.
Cost of wearing apparel taken
amounted to nearly $700, and
about $32 in cash was missing,
according to State Police reports.
The two New Jersey youths
were both on patole in tliat state
for prison terms'. They were also wanted by the FBI for transporting the stolen automobile
across state lines, State Police
said.
4~H Enrollments
The following enrollments
were received this week from
the Wise Community Club led by
Mr. and Mrs. James Barager
and Mrs, Eugene Lattimer and
the McCbrmick Wood & Needle
club led by Cecil Robison, The
Wise Club has 11 members enrolled in clothing and electrical,
and the McCormiek club has 5
members enrolled in handicraft
arid electrical
r'-t^xn^'ir
National Employ the Handicap
ped Week begins in a few days,
and Mrs. Kate Stucky -Ely, of
Detroit; a cousin of the Charles
Ott family, is a good example of
how handicapped people can be
useful and productive workinjg
people. Mrs. Ely, who suffered
an attack of polio when she'waS
two-years-oldr and "has spent her
entire life in a wheelchair, is a
receptionist and ehinaware sales-
clerk for Goodwill Industries in
Detroit, She's been on the job
for 20 years.
Bernard .Allen
Grange Master
At Riverside
Riverside Grange elected • the
following new officers for this
year.
They will be installed at the
first meeting in November.
Master is Bernard Allen;-Overseer, Carmon Newman; Lecturer, Margaret Myers; Steward, Alfred Perry;
Asst, Steward, John Brubaker; Chaplain, Clara Rockey;
Treasurer, Pearl Newman; Secretary, Josie Allen; Gatekeeper,
Cecil Rowley;
Ceres, Grace Coats; Pomona,
Edith Newman; F|ora, Marie
Rowley; Lady Asst. Steward,
Alta Brubaker.
Community Service Commit-
tee, Josie Allen (chairman), Edith Newman, Dorothy, Rockey,
Eva Newman.
Home Economics Committee,
Clara Rodkey, (chairman), Margaret Myers, Mary Fitzpatrick,
Health Committee, Alta Brubaker (chairman), Pearl Newman, lone Wood.
Legislative Committee, Norman Myers (chairman), Al Perry, Leo Fitzpatrick.
Glen Newman was reelected
jjor the executive committee,
Edith Newman baked the October, birthday cake, with Norman
Myers having an October birthday.
Let us see you all out to
Grange November 5.
Mackinac Bridge Opening
Super-Celebration Planned
Opening of the new Mackinac
Bridge on Nov. 1 or earlier is
certain to benefit Northern
Michigan — but ' authorities
disagree about the amount of
economic expansion to expect.
While Upper Peninsula residents rub their hands in anticipation of a great new prosperity
boom, other observers are taking, a let's-wait-an-see attitude.
Michigan State University specialists, familiar with various
aspects of the northern economy, offer contrasting views
concerning the first direct highway link between the two parts
of Michigan,
A member of the Tourist and
Resort Service sees the straits
bridge becoming one of the nation's top tourist attractions
and a magnet for tourist dollars which already mount up in
millions each year.
.An MSU extension director in
the Upper Peninsula foresees
both advantages and new problems awaiting the northern
area. Specialists in transportation, geology, forestry and dairy
departments offer conservative
views about long range effects
of the travel.
Dr. Robert W. Mcintosh, MSU
extension specialist with the
Tourist and Resort Service, believes the.bridge "will be a tremendous stimulus to Northern
Michigan." He points out that
Straits of Mackinac traffic is
expected to nearly double irt the
first full year of bridge operation — from an estimated
1 ,000, 000 cars Via ferry and
bridge this year to an estimated
1 ,927,000 in 1958.
"The greatest ceffeet probably
will be in land use and increase
of recreational facilities," Dr.
Mcintosh said, "Land,prices are
jumping now. In some areas
frontage for a gas station now
costs $60,000 — the price once
of a whole section of land in the
area. The impact Will be felt
most in the eastern portion,
from Manistique to Drummond
Island."
The Mackinac Bridge will join
the locks at Satift Ste, Marie as
a great tourist attraction, he
added, pointing  out that  mm
are   the
-    "like
made objects always
greatest attractions
New York City, Washington and
the Golden Gate Bridge, for example, Many tourists bypass
Grand Canyon to Visit a nearby
dam site."
Dr. Mcintosh predicts heavier
traffic in both directions. Eventually, he pointed out, a four
lane divided highway from Detroit to Sault Ste Marie Will be
integrated with the 41,000-mile
national' system of interstate
highways, "creating for many
American shippers the shortest
route to the Pacific Northwest
and the Rockies." A ten-minute
instead of ten-hour crossing lor
deer hunters will help too, he
added.
"Outstanding scenery is one
of our greatest resources,"
agrees Dan Sturt, MSU's District Extension Director in the
UP. Increased travel over the
bridge, he says, "may develop
the Upper Peninsula into the
playground of the industrial
midwest."
"Of equal importance, the
bridge will mean closer markets for our farm and timber
products," he added. "The distance barrier which has discriminated against Upper Peninsula producers, industrial and
farm alike, through the years
Will be lessened.
"The .Michigan State University Tipper Peninsula resource
development program, operated
from our Extension Center in
Marquette, is attempting to encourage development of new Varieties of crops, improved farm
forestry practices, better tourist and'resort services and the
like, all of Which are in keeping
With changed conditions which
Will result in the Upper Penih-
sula from Such dramatic de
velopments as the new bridge."
"On the debit side," he cau
tioned, "more people will mean
more problems in some respects
at least. The need for greater
safety efforts and zoning to insure our scenic beauty Will no
doubt be heightened."    •'
Dr. Bennett T. Sandefur, pro
feasor of geology at MSU, con-
Contlftued o^n page 8
Hired Work To
Open for Teens
The decision to hire repair
and redecorating work done on
Clare and Farwell youth centers
so tthat they can be opened at
an, earlier date, was made at a
luncheon meeting of Teen Town
directors held in Farwell, Tuesday.
To the present time, work- h*d
been by volunteer labor. Teen
Town directors had hoped to
get at least one of the centers
open for Halloween, but may
not make it until a few days
later now, according to J. M.
Grimm, of > Farwell, publicity
chairman.
Others present for the Tuesday meeting besides Mr. Grimm
were Chairman Robert Greer,
Dr. R, B. Kring, John Cobb and
Leonard Crusen, of Clare; and
Ed Runyan of Farwell.
Mr., Grimm said that another
meeting of the board will be
held in Clare this Tuesday. In
addition, local meetings of the
Clare directors with teen aged
directors are planned.
Whichever teen center, either
in Farwell or Clare, is opened
first will be open to use of
young people from both towns.
Purchase of membership in one
entitles teens-to use facilities of
both towns..
Tentative plans are to arrange
programs for two different age
levels, younger and older teens,
and alternate the programs between the two towns, Mr.
Grimm said.
Post Office
Film On TV
October 26
A TV showing of the topic
"Men, Mail and Machines", an
official film of the Post Office
department, will be presented to
its televiewing audience by station WOOD-TV Saturday, October 26, in the fifteen minutes
immediately preceding the
"Game of* the Week."
The film "Men, Mail and Machines" is an official film of the
Post Office department in which
the antiquated systems and
prevalent over-crowded conditions of today are contrasted
with the utilization of modern
methods and machinery.
These same modern and more
efficient systems, which have
made U.S. industries second to
none, is the ultimate goal of the
post office department in its effort to give the type of, postal
service the American public expects.
Clare Postmaster Francis
Jackson and other postal officials enthusiastically endorse
the message this film conveys,
and recommends it to be highly
educational and of great interest
to any and all patrons of the
postal service.
Isabella Fair
Booster Group
Dining At Winn
It is, expected that around 100
friends and boosters of the Annual County Fair will enjoy the
banquet Thursday night, October 24 at 7:30 at Winn OES Hall,
M. S, Gilmore, Secretary Treasurer will have the complete financial report covering the* 1957
fair. The directors feel, that in a
small way this will express their
apreciaption to the many individuals who for the past years
have no nicely assisted in the
operations. This will be a very
informal meeting and plenty of
time will be made available for
suggestions and recommendations for the improvements of
this big annual event.
The Leon Stanley Oil Company service station was
broken into Monday night or early Tuesday and $123,75 in
cash was taken according to Clare City Police who are in-?
vestigating,
The break-in was reported to the police at about 7 -3.191.,'
Tuesday. Entry apparently had been made through a rear
window* into a store room, and through an inside door to the
station, where the money was missing. •   -
The break-in was another in a whole series of break-ins
that have plagued Clare police in recent weeks.
D. Holbrook, Jr.
Commissioned
In Air Force
Donald E, Holbrook Jr. was
sworn into the U.S. Air Force as'
a first lieutenant by his father,
Judge Donald E. Holbrook, at
Midland on Monday morning,
October 21.
DOn will be attached to the
Judge Advocate General's department of the Air Force. "£Je
has no orders as yet when h'e
should report to active duty, but
expects to leave about January 1.
At the present time, he is employed by ah insurance company. Don was admitted , as a
member of the Michigan State
bar on December 31,1956,
Besides the robbery at Green's
Clothing store last Thursday
evening, and the gas station
break-in, a Clare residence was
reported entered.
George Scheer, local realtor,
notified police on October 15 that
several items were .missing
from his home since early this
month. Mr. Scheer told police
that he at first thought a practical joke had been played on,
him, but after finding a clock,
a typewriter, and a hihttirig
jacket were missing, decided to
report it to police.
Oh October 10, Bruckart Mo-.
tor Sales was broken into, and
between $140 and $150 were
missing from the safe, according
to police. State Police are handling the investigation for the
auto salesroom, which is outside
the Clare city limits on West
US-10.
Conservation Reserve
The Clare County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Office is now ready to make contracts under the Soil Bank's 1958
Conservation Reserve program,
Floren J. Pudvay, Chairman,
Clare County ASC Committee,
announced today.
Chairman Pudvay said that
the County ASC Office has on
hand all the forms, and information necessary for'' making, "the'.
Conservation Reserve contracts
with farmers in Clare County,'
There have been a number of
changes made in the 1958 program. Most of these changes,
Mr. Pudvay pointed out, have
for their purpose greater encouragement of participation by
whole farm units and increased
emphasis on forestry and wildlife practices.
The basic elements of the
Conservation Reserve remain unchanged from last year. The
program remains the long-time
phase of the Soil Bank program,
under which farmers contract to
divert general cropland to soil,
water, forestry and wildlife conservation uses.
The types of payment on diverted acreage also remain the
same: ^(1) A cost-sharing payment (up to 80 percent) the year
the farmer applies the conservation measure; and (2) annual
per-aere ..rent'al* payments each
■year ;t|te -IahdVis-ttoder contract,
A" -Soil^Bank "base" for the
farm under the Conservation Reserve will be established by the
County ASC Committee before
Signing the contract. If a base
has already been established under the Acreage Reserve, that
base may be used. The "base"
for the farm .is the average
amount of land devoted to Soil
Bank "base" crops on the farm
in 1956 and 1957.
Details of the program are
available at the Clare County
Agricultural Stabilization artd
Conservation Office.
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