1957-10-31; Clare Sentinel

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FJB. Directors
Re-Elect
Warren White
The board oi directors of--the
Clare County Farm Bureau held
their first meeting of the year
Monday evening, October 2$,
Election of officers found
Warren White re-elected presi*-
dent, Norman Hutchinson, vice
president, and Robert Humphrey
third member of the executive
committee.
Plans for a Farm-City program were -discussed and a com*
mittee was appointed for this
proposed project. Members are
Carl Starner, Vernetta Kapplin-
ger and Robert Humphrey,
It was also planned tp sponsor the distribution of medical
record cards. These would contain a person's medical history
to aid the attending physician in
case of accident or unconsciousness.
An executive committee meeting is planned for November 5
to plan the program for the
coming year and to appoint committees, '.■'*,-
Feed Grinding
Service Comes
To Farmyard
A new farm service that brings
a complete feed processing plant
right into the farmyard .has
been started in this area by Ronald Schunk, R-2 Clare, Michigan. The mobile feed mill will
operate under the name of Ron
Schunk's Farm Supply,
In announcing the new operation which will commence with
demonstrations November 4 and
5, Ron Schunk, the owner, said
the new mill on wheels will utilize farmers' and feeders' own
grains and roughages for feeding
livestock. One main advantage
of the new service, he said, -Is
that it brings the mill to the
farmer instead of the farmer
having to take his grist to the
milL
The mobile unit, first of its
type in this area, is built by the
Doffin Manufacturing Co. of
.Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It consists of a complete feed mill
that grinds all farm grown
grains and roughages according
to the farmer's specifications,
mixes the ground material with
feed concentrates, and blends in
fresh liquid molasses to produce
any desired formula.
The truck-borne mill is powered by it's own diesel engine and
is driven from farm to farm or
a regularly scheduled route. Ir
addition to the grinder-mixer-
blender, the unit has a corn-
sheller and bulk unloader.
By elimination of much feed
handling and transporting, the
new mobile farm service wil
save feeders much time and effort, it is claimed, without loss
of feed blends desired for high
profit livestock and produce production.
Demonstrations of the new
unit are scheduled at 10 a.m.
November 4 at the Glen Poet
farm, 3 miles nort of Glare, f
east and IVz north. And at -*
p.m. the same day at Humphrej
Brothers' 2 miles north of Clare
and 2 east.
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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN OCTOBER 31, 1957.
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as Ticking'
His Back
Driving home in Ws car after
a fight early last Monday morning at Harrison,. James Crofoot
reached around to feel of - his
bade and see what was "pick--
ing." Finding his hand full of
blood, Crofoot and two companions stopped in a* filling station
to examine his back. They found
deep and extensive cuts andl" lacerations requiring hosfpfitaliza-
tion at the Clare General hospital.
His condition was called
"good" by Dr. E, J. Gershon
after treatment of two
severe stab wounds in the back.
He was djsharged from the hos-
pitar the same day,
•The cuts had been caused by
stabbing with the jagged end of
a broken beer bottle wielded by
his fight adversary, Ronald
Hatt, of Harrison. Both fighters
were 20 years old,
Crofoot was questioned' by
Clare police officers William
Bell and Gordon Smith, and taken .into custody by County Sheriff James Darling. Hatt, paroled
only just the week before after
serving a sentence for burglary,
was also arrested.
Prosecutor James S, Bicknell,
III questioned the youths and
learned that Crofoot had been
fighting outside a Harrison restaurant with a friend of Hatt's
when Hatt joined the fracus to
help his friend.
Crofoot was released from the
hospital and is confined at Harrison.
Davy Brothers
Cited For Long
Business Record
Honor? for a long business life
of distinction and ability came
this month to Mr, V. R. Davy, of
Evart who celebrated seventy-
five years of .-activity to the community life there.
Recognition too, came to Mr.
L. E. Davy, Clare merchant
whose career almost matches
that of his older brother. News
photos and stories about the two
men have been published in
many of Michigan's larger daily
papers recounting how the brothers have earned their places of
respect in their home communi
ties and beyond.
L. E. Davy, 88, started in business in Clare before the first of
the century, and V. R. Davy at
the age 95, is the oldest active
business man in the area and
possible in the State.
The Clare Chamber of Commerce last year picked L. E.
Davy as "Citizen Of The Year",
and honored him at a testimonial
dinner.
Beat A Path
To Charlie's
Charlie Strange, who adopted
Clare as his ''home town" so
long ago that most local people
especially children) just know
that he's really one of us, is
ready and waiting with treasures of ''Trick-or-Treat* handouts tonight.
Charlie has never forgotten
the youngsters on Halloween and
he won't need to worry'that they
Will neglect his doorbell either!
Stockpiles of yum-yum treats
reach halfway to the ceilings of
his spacious house on the top of
the hill at Rainbow Drive, By
the time every candy treat and
surprise gift has been given
away tonight, Charlie expects he
will. have numbered his little
guests a-way up in the hundreds,
Little hobgoblins and witches
and spooks who demand tricks-
or-treats at the house on the hill
will find the doors- open and
Charlie an open-handed friend, ■
Incidentally, Charlie's neighbors say that the overflow .crowd
of Halloween visitors do a brisk
business at all doors in the
neighborhood too!
The Clare County Board of-Supervisors' fall
session: extended into an extra day of meetings,
as members worked out details of the county's
budget for the coming year, Ind waded through
other-items of business in th% the year's prinqi-
l pal session.
The budget session, conducted by Albert
Haley, chairman of the Board of Supervisors,
ended October 21,
County revenues will come from nine mills
assessed on property valuations set for the
county at 63%   of state equalized   valuations, a
fraction of a percent over last year's county valuations. The millage rate is the same as last
year's.
The proposed budget for 1958 totals $219,372,
about $4,000 increase over last year's $215,209.
The increase has been spread throughout the budget, to operating expense, salaries, and maintenance.
At Mt. Pleasant, the recently ended October
supervisor session for Isabella county set the
1958 budget there at $55,000 more than the 1957
amount. Welfare spending in Isabella will come
to $100,000 while salaries are budgeted to rise to
$90,000.
At Harrison also a report of the Fair Board
revealed figures on one of the  most  successful
President Ray Richardson'and Secretary Ai-
county fairs in Clare- county history;
bert Haley listed a cash balance of $1,022.24 after
expenses which included prizes and premiums of
more than $11,407.
Assets of the Fair organization total $35,-
222,24 including the real estate, and the fair
proved its popularity when the Board reported
that the turnstile clicked twelve thousand times
for visitors. *x
A detailed report of receipts appears on page-
$ of this issue of The Sentinel.
Auto Plates
On Sale Nov. 1
The traditional date for the
beginning of sales of Michigan
vehicle licenses has been changed for the first time. The new
schedule for plates to go on
sale is November 1, according to
Rex Allen who is manager for
the Department of State branch]
at Allen's Insurance here.
Retiring From Postals Service
On Longest U.S. Mail Route
Roy L. Neeper. of Lake, a .rural mail carrier on a route out
of Lake Post Office, retires this
Week after 41 years service.
Mr, Neeper's 75 mile daily
trip, on R-l Lake, is one of the
longest made by any rural carrier in the United States, His
retirement Is  effective    Thurs-
Sheriff, Police Co-
n Capture Of Jailbreaker
A tight net of road blocks
throughout central Michigan
Sunday failed to capture an escapee from the Clare County
jail, but close, painstaking work
in a search of the Harrison area
uncovered tracks " leading officers   to the    fugitive's    hiding
place. The wanted man.Stanley
Cooper, 20 was found in his daylight time concealment sleeping
in a cabin near the Clare County
Seat. Sheriff James Darling had
the cooperation of State Police
officers and Clare city police in
the 13-hour search.
Public To See Plymouth
.And Dodge '58s Unveiled
Clare Police Chief William
Cook urges business men to be
sure that buildings are locked
up when the work day ends.
Door checks by patrolmen at
night are to see that business
buildings are unmolested, not to
see if they were locked in the
first place, he reminds. An unlocked door invites trouble, he
adds.
Mrs. Dan Mater, of Clare, has
read The Sentinel continuously
since 1888, Can anyone better
this record?
4-H Girls
Prove They
Are Cooks
The annual 4-H dinner was
served at the Randolph Rockey
home in Brush College Monday
evening. Each 4-H girl prepared
a dish representing her summer's work in food preparation
and baking.
The dinner menu included
meat loaf, mashed potatoes anc
gravy, a relish tray of celery
carrots and peppers, corn, peas
hot rolls, cake and ice cream, and
hot cocoa.
One cake, baked by Mrs, Rus
sell Sanders, was decorated in
green, with a 4-H emblem on it
Mrs. Rockey and daughter
Charlene were hostesses for the
evening to 4-H leader, Mrs.
Adolph Hildebrandt and Clare
county home agent, Phyllis
Pearson. Other guests were Mrs-
Bernard Allen, Nancy and Dar-
lene, Mrs. Glen Newman and
Ruth Ann, Mrs. Norman Myers
and Margaret Sue, Mrs. Rusdell
Sanders and Diane, Mrs. Galor.
Coats and Doris.
Haloween isn't over yet, and
paanl^sgivitig is weeks away,
but Santa Claus is already eclipsing the Jack-o-lantern and the
Cornucopia. Christmas, the whole
year around may soon be accom-j specially for the
•pushed. , __        1 Doors will open at
A. A. Tenth
Anniversary
/
The tenth anniversary of the
start of an Alcoholics Annohy
mous organization in Clare will
be observed Sunday at the Clare
Masonic halt. The program
which is open to the public will
feature speakers coming here
observance.
Substantial styling advances
in keeping with, the trend-setting
characteristics of the immensely
popular current model Plymouth
cars, plus a broad new lineup of
six engine Options and other important new engineering features will be seen when the Plymouth for 1958 is introduced tomorrow. New Plymouths will be
seen in the Clare showrooms of
Bruckart Sales and Bob Arch-
ambault's Sales.
The new Plymouth is improved in appearance, performance,
comfort and safety, yet retains
(many ou'tStJanding styling,
handling and riding features.
Styling features of the new
Plymouth include a bright new
"Silver Dart" side moulding
treatment, sweeping upward at
the rear on Belvedere and Sport
Suburban models to the tip of
Plymouth's ■familiar high-flung
directional stabilizer fins, with
optional dart inserts -of silvery
anodized aluminum or compatible colors,
The lower front grille of the
Plymouth for 1958 has been redesigned with a horizontal bar
effect identical to the upper
grille section.
Plymouth's new engine lineup
offers six power options, including the new 350-cubic-inch Golden Commando V-8 at extra cost,
with a 10 to 1 compression ratio
and a horsepower rating of 305.
New fuel injection is available
|,with this engine as a- limited
option.
Standard V-8 Plymouth engine
for 1958 is the 318-cubic-inch
Fury rated at 22!j horsepower.
New, and available on all Plymouth cars, is a Sure-Grip differential which transfers concentrated pulling power to the rear
wheel with the best traction in
rain, snow, ice, mud or sand for
safer, surer momentum.
Torsion-Aire ride, Plymouth's
top- engineering advance of 1957
is MsO an outstanding feature
for Plymouth in, 1958, as are the
push button automatic tr-\ns-
missions, and Plymouth's Total
Contact brakes.
DODGE DEBUT
Significant advances in safety
engineering; fuel economy, and
engine performance, plus drama-
tie "swept-wing" styling, distinguish the 1958 Dodge passenger
cars, which will make their, debut
in dealer showrooms early in November, in Clare, - Bruckart
Motor Sales will show representative models of the stylish new
cars, ,
"This is an automobile designed to maintain the brisk sales
pace of this year, and then forge
ahead to new records . during
195S," declared M.C. Patterson,
| Dodge president*
"Public acceptance of the .4.057
Dodge has been truly overwhelm^
ing," he said.
Dual headlights, mounted side-
by-side under bold, jutting fender
hoods, provide greater safety for
after-dark driving, and set the
pace for an all-new grille design
on the 1958 Dodge.' '
The inner lamp of each dual
unit is designed exclusively for
high beam operaton, the outer
lamp for low beam, with a secondary function of providing!
filHh light for 'the "brights".
A completely new line of engines, headed by the rugged Ram
Fire V-8, powers all 1958 Dodge
cars. Combining light weight,
compactness, quiet operation
and economy, the Ram Fire V-8 is
standard on all Custom Royal
and station wagon models in the
350-cubic inch version.
To provide pulling power at
either or both rear wheels at all
times, the "Sure Grip" differential will be available on all 1958
Dodge cars. With the new differential, power automatically is
directed to the wheel with the
most traction, eliminating wheel-
spinning on ice, or in snow, mud
and sand.
Embodying the all- important
feature of full-time operation,
Constant Control power steering
affords unexcelled ease of maneuvering, requiring only three
and one-half turns of the steering
wheel from extreme left to extreme right.
Cooper, a Cornell, Wisconsin
man who is waiting his sentence
on a breaking and entering conviction, "ran away" from Sheriff's Deputy Neil Kinne as the
deputy was transferring him
from one cell to another.
No violence was reported and
Kinne was not hurt. The prisoner merely walked away through
an unlocked door while Kinne
paused to unlatch the cell in
which the inmate belonged.
Since being returned to jail in
Harrison, Cooper has been in
jolitary confinement much of
th,e time, and was brought to the
office of County Prosecutor
James S. Bicknell, HI Wednes
day for a hearing on the new
jailbreaking count.
* The new troubles which Cooper
has heaped upon himself by attempting escape are added to his
recent conviction in a case of
entering several cabins at White
Acres resort on Long Lake, and
his status as AWOL from the
U.S. Army.
Sheriff Darling said- that military authorities will doubtless
be waiting for Cooper when he
is released after his sentence is
served.
Two other men also guilty
with Cooper in the cottage entering case remained in the jail
during Cooper's break, but the
Sheriff said that one other prisoner was due to be released On
Sunday after being jailed for a
game violation, had planned to
meet Cooper in the Cabin where
police found him. Cooper was to
have been helped in his getaway, the Sheriff thinks, Sensing the game, Darling postponed freeing the other man.
Foot tracks on the roadside
three miles southwest of Harrison led two State Police-officers
to the cabin where they recaptured Cooper at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon. He had been
gone from the jail since 2
o'clock Sunday morning.
day, October 31.
The popular mail man started
work July 1, 1916, driving a
horse and buggy to carry the
mail. When the automobile became common, and roads were
improved, two of the rural
routes out of Lake were combined in one, and Mr. Neeper
and his automobile took over one
of the country's longest mail-
delivery runs.
Residents on his route and
Lake Postmaster W. T. McClane
credit him with a real service
to his community, recall that
whatever the weather, it couldn't stop Mr. Neeper from delivering the mail to his patrons.
Saturday evening, he and Mrs,
Neeper attended a supper for
retiring mail carriers, held at
Beaverton. Last week, the Neep-
ers went to Saginaw and bought
a trailer house, which they'll
use in enjoying their new le^re.
Disputed
Votes Go
To Case
The law suit involving -aia-
puteft elata to GirfieM tows*-
ship votes for supervisor
came to an end last week with
an opinion favoring Clinton
B. Case, Of Eight Point Lake
' who ran on stickers against
incumbent Stanley Oman.
Attorney Harold Hughes- for
Case, and Robert Campbell
representing Oman were notified of the opinion by Judge
Howard Campbell, visijtilig
jurist from Cadillac.
Judge Campbell's opinion
was the circuit court settlement of the claim that ballots said to be improperly
marked should be counted to
break a tie. Mr. Case's claim
was based on the assertion
that ballots marked "Case'',
or "Jake Case", were intended
for him although his proper
name is Clinton R. Case.
Stickers affixed in other than
a customary mpnner made
grounds for other disputed
ballots.
The Sentinel could not
learn what next steps will be
necessary to place Mr. Caso
on the County Board of Supervisors. County Clerk Will
Henderson said that this is
the first time that a county
office has been filled, or an
election reversed by court
procedure.
Fine Reckless
Driver In
Clare Court
Clare City Police arrested Raymond L. Logan, 27, of Coleman on
a reckless driving charge, Oct,
25, shortly before midnight, and
Logan was assessed $44.30 fine
and costs when he plead guilty
before Justice William B. Dunlop in Clare Municipal Court
this week.
Clare officers arrested Logan
after he ran his automobile off
the road on East Fourth Street
in Clare.
Lawrence Thomafe 47, of Mt.
Pleasant, was scheduled for a
Clare Municipal Court appearance Wednesday, bn a charge of
disorderly conduct, after he was
arrested by Clare Police on October 24.
He was lodged in Clare County Jail at Harrison, following his
arrest downtown 'in Clare,
Thursday evening*
Rev. Schut
Speaks At
West Bn
Rev. Schut is the speaker at
the West Branch Baptist Church
each evening for two weeks in
their gospel evangelistic program.
Mrs. Schut and two. children
Will assist in music and song
during the meetings.
The pastor, Rev. Sweet will
exchange pulpits next Sunday
evening with Rev, Schut.
Project Leaders
Electrical project leaders and
prospective leaders in this project will be interested in the
electrical leaders training program which will be held at the
Union Township Hall on November 6'at 8:00. Bob Maddex, of
the Extension Agriculture En
gineering department of Michigan State University, will present the program which will include an hour workshop session
making   various items.
Give Study
To Cycles
Of Wildlife
Conservation . biologists in
many parts of the world are seeking answers, to one of the unsolved mysteries in wild life conservation—game population cycles. .
Periodically, an unexplained catastrophe sweep's"-' across the
land, killing thousands — even
millions — -of wild creatures.
These game p-opulations increase
again, only to be decimated again
in a few years.
These regular fluctuations oi
abundance and scarcity • are
known' as "cycles'" "with " "oht*
cycle covering a full swing from
peak to depression and back to
•peak.
Some species show marked
changes, while others apparently
are not affected. Cycles are
most pronounced among threp
groups of wildlife; rodents, their
predators and various gallinaceous birds such as grouse anu
certain partridges.
Various species of mice and
lemmings seem to fluctuate in
numbers .approximately every
four years, while cycles for snow-
shoe hares, lynx and grouse seem
to fall in a pattern of approximately 10 years,, c   _
Cyclic changes are most apparent in northern areas, such us
Canada, the northern United
States and Scandinavian coutt
tries.
There are other complications
in the mystery, A cycle for a
particular species may reach a
peak in one area and not affect a
neighboring area until years later. Also, it is not known how
much cycles are related — be
tween rodents and their predators, for example. It seems likely that a decrease in predators
follows a decline irt their food
supply.
Some species, such as ruffed
grouse seem to follow a regular
cyclic pattern without regard for
the cycle of other species amount
of hunting, or other known
factors.
Meanwhile, biologists are busy
studying habitat, food supply,
age composition, physical condition and other factors of various
species — seeking a solution to
the mystery.
At the annual administrators'
conference of the U.S. Army Dependents Schools in Germany recently, Chester Richard Jr. and
Stanley J. Hergenroeder, both
natives of Clare county, had a
chance to meet.
Mr, Richard is assistant prhv
cipal of .the 1500 pupil elementary school operated by the U.S.
Army at Kaisersiautern, Germany. .He arrived there in August, and has since been joined
by his wife and children.. He is
a former Clare resident.
Mr, Hergenroeder, formerly of
Lake George, is deputy director
for education of the 107 schools
operated by the U.S. Army for
American children living in Germany and France.
Ho has been in Europe since
1950 When he accepted an assign
ment as principal.
Present enrollments • in these
government operated schools
have passed the 41,000 mark, and
over 1700 American teachers are
employed.
Mayo Clinic
Rev, and Mrs. Arthur Cun
ningham and son Mark- of tho
Dover Church, left Monday for
Rochester, Minnesota, where
Mark will enter the Mayo Clinic]
for treatment.
The boy was seriously injured
while ridng his bicycle on the
highway near their home last
summer.
It is hoped that he will receive
help. It is his right arm, that
needs attention.
185 Attend
Night
•V '
Banquet
About 185 Clare business people and their area farmer
guests were present at the annual Farmer's Night banquet
and program held at the Hotel
Doherty, Tuesday evening,
' The annual event is sponsored t
by the Clare Chamber of COrh'
merce. Joe Johnston was this
year's general chairman.
After Invocation by Rev, Hugh
Kennedy, of the Clare Congregational Church, the Northern-
aires, men's quarete sang several selections. Chamber President
Ben Burdo introduced the toast-
master, and Dan Burdo introduced the guests.
Charles Goldammer offered
the welcome to the farmers, and
Harold Brooks responded for the
rural guests. Entertainment was
by James Dougherty, whose after dinner remarks were in a
light vein.
State Rebekah
Assembly Cites
Mrs. Schlafley
Mrs, Patsy Schlafley, past
noble grand, of Clara Rebekah
Lodge 167, and the one year representative to the Rebekah Assembly in Grand Rapids October
21-23 was -appointed to serve as
chairman of the by-law committee for the coming year.
Patsy served on the by-law
committee last year, working
with Mrs. Luella Otter, of Hemlock, as chairman. Mrs. Otter
received. the appointment this
year as outside guardian of the
assembly, beginning her first
step in the officer's advancement.
Mrs. Madeline Seiter, two year
alternate was the other, representative for the local lodge. Others
attending the session were past
noble grands Mrs. Eva Schlafley,
and Mrs, Eva Nowlen.
Present for the installation
ceremonies and the Decoration
of Chivalry degree on Tuesday
evening were Patsy's husband
Bill, and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Irwin.
Mrs. Seiter also took part with
the ladies auxiliary patriarch
militant, in the Decoration of Chi-
•valry ceremonies, as did the two
representatives from Coleman,
Mrs* Eva Yager and Mrs. Gertrude Pischel, All three are
members of Chemical Center
Canton Auxiliary  number 55.
William Artcliff was the representative for the Clare I.O.O.F.
at the Grand Lodge session last
week in Grand Rapids, held the
same .time as the Rebekah Assembly.
Delwin Grange officers elected
for the year are Master, Clare
McTaggart; Overseer, Murray
Mogg;
Lecturer, Bonnie Mogg; Steward, Lyle Calkins; Assistant
Steward, Alvie Walton! Chaplain, Don Moore; Treasurer,
Mary McTaggart; Secretary,
Anna Calkins; Gatekeeper, La-
Vern Rockett;
Ceres, Clare Jones; Pomona,
Maude McDonald; Flora, Mary
Morrison ;Lady Assistant Steward, Dorothy Walton; Executive
Committee, Frank Lynch,
City Fathers
Usually
Underpaid
Salary is not a major factor
to candidates seeking posts as
part-time councilman i n Michigan's cities, but nevertheless almost half say they feel they are
underpaid for their services to
the community.
These are the findings of a
survey recently conducted in botli
mayor-council and coucil-manager
cities above 4,000 population in
the state by The University of
Michigan Institute of Public Administration and published in the
National Municipal Review.
Using scientific sampling methods, questionaires were sent to
157 out of 467 councilmen in 80
Michigan cities. Replies were received from 80 per cent, or 125 of
the councilmen, which amounts
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