1958-01-23; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN JANUARY 23, 1958
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New Series, Vol. 66. No. 19
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Planning
US-27 For
I mine
Personal reactions to the announcement last week of the
Highway Department's selection
of a proposed route for a new
expressway through Clare
county ran the scale from resignation and deep gloom, to optimism over anticipated progress
fOr the area.
Conversation everywhere dwelt
on the effects of the proposed
bypassing of Clare ahd Harrison
by the limited access through-
way.
Route Location Engineer John
E. Meyers, of the State Highway Department told The Sentinel in a new interview this week
that many up-state objections
to the limited access type of expressway do not take into account the fact that Highway
planners must build roads now
for accommodation of 1975 traffic volumes.
Meyers said that over a three-
year- study of traffic conditions
on US-27, the daily average number of autos passing a given
point in the Clare area, is 4,000.
Peak traffic on busiest summer
holiday weekends brings the
count to 7,000-8,000.
He said that* by 1975, the
highway must be able to move a
peak of 18-20 cars each minute,
or about 8,000 on an AVERAGE
day! His department's view is
that even in rural areas, such a
number of autos cannot be accommodated with speed and
safety except on a limited access road.
Federal agencies which will
spend 90% of the money for
Michigan's proposed highway development are of a like view,
Meyers said.
The Highway Department offered advice along another line
too, when spokesmen' said that
it has proven to be good business
for towns or townships to re-
zone property near the_ site of
highway interchanges/ Commercial, or residential develop-
ment ns dgsUed, can. -fie ■■ permitted in such locations by means
of enforcible zoning regulations,
it was pointed out.
An accurate picture of the proposed 'US-27 route through
Grant, Hatton, Hayes and Frost
townships locates the right-of-
way, not on property lines necessarily, but on a line varying
from Vs mile to Va mile from the
present US-27 location. Maps for
news publication have been
promised soon by the Highway
Department. These will show detailed lines of the new proposed
route. ; __,
Royal Arch
Masons Have
Degree Work
Royal Arch Masons of the
Farwell chapter met in the Far-
well Masonic Lodge Thursday
evening, January 16, with about
25 present, including the district's deputy instructor and
four other visitors front Mt.
Pleasant.
The deputy instructed the
group in the Fourth Degree.
The Royal Arch designation if
art advanced degree in the Masonic order. Masons from Clare.
Harrison, and Beaverton, a?
well as Farwell are included in
the Farwell lodge's Royal Arch
group.
At the close of the meeting,
refreshments were served to
conclude an enjoyable and in
structive evening.
Citizens Bank
Adding Newest
Posting Machine
Ordinarily, people are not
much concerned with behind-the-
scenes routine, in business and
commercjal establishments, but.
a new electronic posting machine soon to be installed at the
Citizens State Bank has an ef<
ficiency which is almost human,
—or maybe superhuman. The
machine is a most interesting
advance in the trend toward
"automation". ,
Called the Post-Tronic posting
machine, the device makes use
of electronics and magnetic ink
in "reading" one set of figures
and duplicating them to make
accurate entries on customers'
bank . statements and on the
bank's own account ledger
sheets.. ,.
The sensitive machine will
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Clare People
Can Preview
Rubinoff
Local viewers will have a
chance to get a preview of Rubinoff and his Violin next Sunday evening when he appears on
the Steve Allen Show on the
NBC television network at 8:00
p.m. (Channel 5).
Rubinoff will appear in Clare
on February 7, sponsored by the
Clare Rotary Club. His appearance on the popular Allen- TV
show points to the fact that
local residents will be seeing
and hearing first class entertainment when they attend the
concert here.
Tickets are available now at
the local drug stores, from Clare
Rotafians, or from Lloyd Conley, general chairman.
2 Youths Held
In Robbery
Investigation
The Murton Texaco station in
Harrison was broken _mto Sunday night apd late Tuesday,
Clare County Sheriff James
Darling left for Cincinnati,
Ohio to pick up two Harrison
youths and bring them bapk for
examination in the case.
Sheriff Darling was accompanied by County Prosecutor
James S. Bicknell III and State
Police Trooper Samonek, of the
Houghton Lake Post.
They left about 5 p.m. Tuesday, after they were notified by
Cincinnati police that the two
boys, Lester Sprague, 22, of
rural Harrison, arid his cousin,
Earl Sprague, 18, also of Harrison, had been picked up in a bus
station at about 3 a.m. that day.
The sheriff was notified of the
break-in Monday morning at
about 6:30 ahd worked on the
ease with the prosecutor and
State police all day. By evening
he had strong evidence that
pointed to the two boys, and
put out apprehension • cali& -The
two boys were reported on their
way to Florida.
The service station was entered by removal of a window.
About $600 in cash was taken,
but the burglars overlooked another 5700. They used keys on
all locks, the sheriff's office reported,
Reports List
Congregational
Church Gains
Two new members were elected
to the board of trustes, annual
reports were given, and a proposed church budget for 1958 was
submitted at the annual meeting
of the Clare Congregational
Church, held January 12,
Ronald Cooper and Dr. Julian
Gershon are tlie new trustees.
Other officers are: Gordon Mcintosh, chairman and Allan Tulk,
trustees; Ronald Cooper, Frederick Scott and Harold Hughes,
deacons, Mrs. N. A. Elden, church
clerk; George Beck, Church treasurer; and Norris Elden, choir director. Outlook and social, religious education, -membership,
Olivet college, and nominating
committees were also named.
A proposed bdget for 1958 of
$11,125 was submitted for approval by the minister, Hugh Kennedy. As of January 8, fund
pledges for the new addition to
the building totalled $31,090.40,
with cash received on the pledges
amounting to $11,971.70.
Other church , progress made
and action taken included the
launching of the building program in April; the letting of the
contract for the bildihg to Sanford Mott in July, and the retirement of the mortgage on the
church in September, Expansion
of church youth programs was
another important part of the
year's work.
E* h Foss At
Baker's Conventidtt
E., J. Foss of Clare City Bakery, was in attendance at the
sixth annual Michigan Bakers'
Educational Conference at Michigan State University last week,
A feature of the conference
was a "Breads of Ail Nations"
display, showing the many foreign and special kinds of bread
baked and on sale in the state,
and included "such standard favorites as ' Vienna and French
bread, Danish ry6. pumpernickel,
Farmers' Week Speakers
To Lead Discussion On
Rural Land Condemnation
A claim to fame came recently to .Charles Scott, Lake dairyman,
Whose banf. picture was selected for the cover of The Kr'aftsman,
producer edition. Carving .farms out of the wilderness was commonplace for our forefathers,- but in modern times it is real news.
With true pioneer spirit, Scott took wild land, with only a'hoiise
for buildings, and transformed ft into ohe of the most beautiful
and productive dairy farms in, Clare County, A feature article
tells how land covered with stumps, brush an-J stones was changed
to the setting reproduced on the magazine-cover.
The picture of Scott's barn will be seen by approximately 60,000
dairy farm families hi the United States and Canada. The magazine, published as a public service to dairy farmers; is designed to
help dairymen keep abreast of the times and acquainted with'new"
practical developments in the dairy farming business,     Story p. 3
The farmer's rights when his
land is in the path' of-a hew
highway or other public development, will be the subject of a
full half-day of talks and discussions Tuesday during Farmers' Week at Michigan State
University '(January 27-31).
At 10 a.m- ."Condemnation
"Facts You Ought To Know",
will be outlined for farm people
by R: Barlowe," MSU economist.
Then at 10:20, _V. Eichhorn, of
the Michigan State-Highway department will discuss ''Determining A Fair Value And The
Damage."
At 10j45, Orville Walker, Kalkaska county agent and owner
of a farm in Antrim county,
Will tell of his experiences with
property condemnation. This
will he,followed by a talk on
"What To "Do If You Face Condemnation", by E, Walley, head
of a farm management service,
Ft. Wayne, Indiana. The forenoon will end with a discussion
period for the group.
Tuesday morning, January 28,
in room 118 of the Physics and
•Mathematic Building, MSU, will
Outdoor Sports, Queen's Coronation
Highlight Winter Festival Days
Janet Cole, 17, daughter pf
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Cole,, has
been named Miss Clare, to represent the city as candidate for the
Miss Clare County Winter Sports
crown, to be awarded during.
Winter Sports Festival activities
this weekend, January 25,* 26.
The queen will be chosen at
the annual Queen's Ball, Saturday night, a featured event of
the Festival weekend.
Miss* Clare of 1958, who is a
pretty, brunette senior at Clare
High School, is interested in all
sports, especially skiing, and
horseback riding. Janet was
chosen from a group of, seven
candidates, by a panel of judges
from Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.
The sorority was in charge of
the contest.
Festival events will officially
get -underway Saturday morning
with skiing competition at Major Mountain ski area six miles
north of Clare on US-27. Here's
the schedule: v
At 11:00 a.m., down hill races;
at 1 p.m. slalom races; 2:30 p.m.,
Kiddies' races; 3:30 p.m, cross
country races; 3:30 to 5 p.m.,
exhibition skiing will entertain
spectators. '
At 5:30 p.m., * prizes for the
above events will be awarded.
Saturday evening the annual
banquet will be held at the Hotel
Doherty. Guests must be seated
by 6 p.m, at the latest, to allow
f<jr the sportscast by WJR's Bob
Reynolds, .who will make his
evening broadcast directly from
the hotel ballroom.
Tickets are available from Rod
LeSage, Dick Ulrich, Larry
Jackson and Floyd BOardman,
Shirley Moore's
Cherry Pie
Wins Contest
Shirley Moore, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore of
Route-1, Coleman, won the first
prize in the cherry pie baking
contest 'held at Glare High
School. ■   •
Joyce Dunkle, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. Clinton Dunkle of
Route-1, Clare, Won second prize.
Kathleen Thayer, Janet Garver, Ann Warner, Jean Hart, Janet Hart, Erna Northon, Evelyn
Bradley, and Shirley Leposky
also took part in the contest.
Miss Ardel Adam from the
Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.,
Miss Phyllis Pearson, Clare
County Home Demonstration
agent and Mrs. George Morley,
former Clare homemaking teach-'
er, now of Mt Pleasant, were
the judges pf the contest,
Shirley- and Joyce will participate in the ' Isabella county
Cherry Pie bake-off at the Michigan Consolidated Gas Co, in
Mt. Pleasant on Wednesday,
j-January^. .
At 9:30, to open the Queen's
Ball, the new Miss Clare County
seven miles north of Clare on
US-27, under new management
this year, will begin. •
Prizes will be given tq. the
youngest ."skier, the-oldest sldei*-
and her court Will be chosen-
Judges will be representatives of
radio, television and newspapers.
Dancing will follow the
queen's coronation, with music
by a four piece band. Admission
to the dance .is by(« displaying
1958 winter sports festival lapel
pins.
The annual Fo-x Hunt will
start off Sunday's events* bright
and early. Starting time is 9
a.m. at Kinne's Pure Oil Station,
in Harrison. There is no entrance fee, and everyone is -invited. The hunt will be held two
miles south and 2V& east of Clare.
Prizes will be given for the
best dog, for the best dog
handling, and to the person getting the first fox. Arrangements
for the hunt were made by
sportsmen clubs of Harrison,
Lake George, and Lake.
At 11 a.m. Sunday, the sports
day at Snowsnake Mountain,
and the skier travelling the farthest to reach Snowsnake- A
door  prize will  also be  given.
Harrison
Investment
Club Elects
On January 15, Mullenponder
Investments, a Harrison investment club, held its annual election and heard from the treasurer
its annual financial report,
The club elected to continue
for another year with the same
officers. Re-elected were George
Balmer, president; William Henderson, vice-president; Dan Sullivan, treasurer and Vern Mc-
Crory, secretary.
In the two and one half years
the club has been operating,
With an investment of, $10 per
member per month, their treasury has accumulated an impressive array of stocks and dividends Whose theoretical worth
constantly fluctuates with the
whims and fancies of the market
In these days of a downward
trend in the affairs of business,
the choosing of a stock is highly
selective and.- considerable research goes into the selection Of
a stock for purchase. The three
mpst recent purchases by the
club haye been American Airlines, Dow Chemical and Wickes
Corp.
The educational value of the
club is evident when**the membership in their. discussions use
such terms as growth stocks,
odd lots, round lots, and price
earnings ratios. In December the
club suffered the loss of one of
its members in the death of
Fred Schaaf,
Slalom races will start at 2:30
p.m. and a prize will go to the
winner.
Between 11 a.m. and 6 * p.m.
vSkiing, tow facilities and instruction will be free to all be-
-ginner-skiers.
Area Banks
Announce
1958 Officers
Bank officers and directors
for banks at Clare, Farwell and
Harrison were chosen at elections held Tuesday.
Citizens' State Bank of Clare
ahd Rosebush again will "be
headed'by J. Stuart Bicknell, as
president, with Mark H. Bicknell,
Roy Matteson and Frank T.
LaGoe as vice presidents.
Alan Ott was re-elected cashier, and Walter Kleiner and
Harold Prout, assistant cashiers.
William H. Bicknell, J. Stuart
Bicknell, Mark Bicknell, Roy
Matteson, Frank LaGoe, James
S. Bicknell III and Donald E.
Holbrook are directors.
At Farwell State Bank, Allen
R. Graham was re-elected president Franklin. Littlefieid is
vice-president, Bernard Scho-p
field is cashier and assistant
cashiers are Allen W. Howard
and Doris M. Schaar,
The board of directors is
made up of the president, vice-
president, and cashier, in addition to Richard Bogan, Don Luce
and William Flower. JVIr, Graham
is also chairman of the board.
At Harrison State Bank, Marion Roth is again president,
John F. Brown is vice-president,
Wayne Trowbridge, vice-president and cashier, and Helen
Brink, assistant cashier.
Serving on the board of directors, are Charles A, Amble,
Russell R. "Boyer, John F-.
Brown, Keith R. First, Marion
Roth, Wayne Trowbridge .and
Paul Weatherhead.
Elections at Coleman 'State
Bank have been postponed until
January 31.
3MLfl0xM^
be the time and place of these
meetings. ,    ...
Recognition will be given at a
farm management banquet .on
Thursday evening, January 30,
to 135 families from 47 Michigan
counties, who have cooperated
with county extension and MSU
Agricultural • economics    people
for 20 years or more in the
farm account and business analysis project.
From Clare county, Howard
Penrose and son and Floren
Pudvay will, be among • those
provided special seating at the
banquet. The Penroses have cooperated with the program for
ed
Talk To Rosebush PTA
The Rosebush parent-Teacher
Association "met at the school,
Monday evening with the president, Mrs. Duane Prout in
charge,
The meeting opened with
group singing conducted by Mrs.
Wilford Stilgenbauer, accompanied, by Mrs, John Jacobs at the
piano,
Mrs. Prout read a letter received from Herbert Marshall,
president of the Child Guidance
Clinic in Mt. Pleasant, reporting
the progress made in securing
the clinic for six counties of the
Central Michigan area.
Mrs. Dorothy Lowery, principal, announced that hearing
tests for the kindergarten and
Iirst grade would be given On
Wednesday, January 22, and to
the rest of the students in the
Rosebush School on Thursday,
January 23, at the school.
She also announced the development of glans made for
the school building program.
The group voted to give a donation of $15 to the Cub Scouts
for expenses involved.
An Unusually interesting program was presented when Mrs.
Lynda Patterson, counselor and
adviser of ^ physically handicapped children, Miss Dorothy
Lavoie, teacher for the blind,
and Mrs. Margaret Marquardt,
who has charge of speech correction in Isabella county and
nearby _areas explained the challenging work that is being done
to help meet the needs of those
children who need special education,
A discussion followed.
Mrs. Lois Watts' room won the
prize for having the largest per
cent of attendance.
Funeral services for James O.
Sutton, 62 for many years a rural
mail carrier out of Clare will be
held Friday," January 24 at 2 p. m.
from the Clare* Methodist Church,
With Rev. Leslie *f. ifevins officiating, and arrangements in
charge of Thurston's Funeral
Home. Burial, will be is Cherry
Grove Cemetery, with the Walter
t-arman post,. American Legion,
irt charge, .Mr, StCtton died in
Glare Hospital, Tuesday, January
21, after a long illness. He will
be at the Thurston Funeral Home
until 12 noon Friday,
Children Need
Ride To
Speech Clinic
The Clare PTA held its January
meeting Monday evening at the
Clare High School. Mrs. Floren
Pudvay, president conducted the
meeting.
Volunteers are needed to take
children to the speech correction
classes in Mt. Pleasant on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each
Week: Please contact Mrs. Irene
Davy, the school nurse, if you
have available time. This is Very
worthwhile. The children are making -progress and it is necessary
that they attend all the classes.
Supt. Richard Wheeler spoke
briefly on the school building
plans,
Miss Olive' Evans, who spent
the summer in Europe, told of
her trip, and showed slides of
France; England and Switzerland,
which were interesting, and enjoyed by all.
Refreshments were Served by
Mrs. Eroh's first grade mothers.
Mrs. Donovan's morning Kindergarten group had the highest
percentage of parents in attendance at the.meeting.
Visitors In
Methodist
Pulpit Stinday
Dr, Erriil pfister and two stu
dents from Central Michigan College Will have charge of the services at the Methodist church
Sunday morning, .January 26.
Ihey are representing the Wesley
Foundation which is the Methodist Youth Work in out colleges
and "universities, There are
twelve Wesley Foundations in
Michigan.  ■■'•.-<
Rev, L, J, Nevins will be the
guest speaker Sunday . morning
at the Mt. Pleasant Methodist
church,
Refreshments were served by
Mrs, Wilford Stilgenbauer and
Mrs, Francis Mead.
Big Snow
Stalls Drivers,
Closes Schools
Snow, in such quantities as
ta remind people of Clare county
winters in the the good old
days, fell in another blanket of
seven inches (estimated) Tuesday night, and on top of Sunday
night's heavy snowfall, served
to clog roads,, maroon automobiles, and close schools all over
the county.
Snow removal crews in Clare
worked a straight 12 hour shift
without relief Tuesday night in
a valiant effort to keep streets
and highways passable. They did
an excellent job.
By 7 o'clock Wednesday morning, when the snow had stopped*
all streets, and .Highway's-US-27
and ltf were plowed arid the hi'i
job of hauling the snow away
could begin.
Schoolchildren all over the
county, and particularly at Clare
High School, where term examinations were scheduled to begin had an unexpectedly carefree
day of it Wednesday. Huge
banks and piles of show made
wonderful tunnelling and snowballing under clear blue skies
and bright sunshine.
The snowstorm moved from
northwest io southeast in such
calm weather that there was almost no drifting, but in sheer
volume the snow was enough to
bind up normal highway movement.
Prospects that there will be a
heavy covering of snow for a
successful 1958 edition of the
coUnty Winter Sports Festival
this weekend seem to be the best
they have ever been.
Annexation
Offered Again
Four Clare county School districts which have voted against
annexation with others in .the
Clare-Isabella District were re*
minded this week that the Clare
School Board has a policy
against admitting new districts
after the date when taxes begin
to be collected for debt service
on the new high school.
Eagle, Wildcat, Dover and
Redner district board members
received the reminder by letter
from Clare School Superintendent Richard Wheeler, Clare
School district officials,said that
it is very urgent that the reminder becomes known to res*;
idents of the four districts in
case popular sentiment favors
other elections.
Refusal to allow'ttew districts
to join the large Clare district
and make free use of partly
paid-for facilities was a pledge
of some two years ago when annexation was a new issue in this
area.
January 15, 1958
To the Directors of
Dover, Eagle, Wildcat,
and Redner School Districts:
Dear Director:
The Clare Board ol Uducatior
Would like to inform the people
of your school district that; no
requests for annexation will be
accepted by the Clare district
after May 31, 1958. The people
of the reorganized district will
be paying taxes on the new
$795,000.00 bonded indebtedness
in December of 1858. The Board
policy cKariy states that no re*
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29 years, and Mr. Pudvay for -2L
Clave county livestock men
who attend Farmers* Week will
have a chance to look at fast-
gaining steers and market hogs
and talk with their producers,,
Interest is high in the beef
and swine feeding projects that
conclude during Farmers' Week,
reports Richard Schroeder, Ciare"
county agricultural agent      ' '
According to MSU animal hus-..
bandry Extension specialists,
about 60 pens of hogs, a record
number, will probably qualify
for the swine feeding project
show, About 40 head of steers
are expected to qualify for that
feeding project show., Both hogs
and steers must meet certain
rate-of-gain requirements to
qualify.
Other features of the animal
husbandry prograrn include a
livestock banquet on Thursday
noon at which winners of the
various Farmers' Week livestock
events will be honored- The annual auction sale of steers and
hOgs is scheduled for that afternoon.
Corporation type farming and
how to boost dairy income arc
two other topics that are getting
top billing at Farmers' Week. *
' The current talk about integration, contract farming and 'the
disappearance of the family
farm has prompted a discussion
entitled "Where do we go from
here.", scheduled for Wednesday
morning, January 29.
MSU agricultural, economist
Glenn Johnson will outline the
probabilities of the development
of corporation type farming and
contract farming and how last
they will come. Another agricul*
tural economist, Art Mauch, Will
list some of the choices farm
people have before them today.
. Mepy' agricultural -leaders
have presented plans which they
feel would raise dairy income
and stabilize the industry in
Michigan. On Thursday morning, January 3D, an agricultural
economist, tWo farm organization heads and a dairy marketing
group president will tell how
they think dairy income might
be boosted.
Wheeler Named
Child Clinic
Director
The Board of Directors of the
proposed Child, Guidance Clinic
decided at their meeting last
week to purchase the Presbpter-
ian Church House at 402 S. College, Mt- Pleasant
This building has been examined and highly recommended by a
representative of the State Mental Health Department in December.
The Board voted unanimously
to use the pledge money turned
in by organizations toward the
purchase arid authorized the officers of the Board to arrange .financing of the balance; Organizations are urged to turn in the
balance of their pledges as soon
as possible.
Richard Wheeler, Superintendent of Clare Public Schools was
elected new director to the six
county board. He xepla,ces Al
Tulk of Clare on the panel.     ,
Funds for "the staffing ,of the
Clinic will be requested of the
State Legislature during this
session by Senator Lynn "Francis
and Representative Russell H.
Strange, Jr.
Refreshments were served to
the group after the business session by Mrs, Herbert Marshall
and Mrs. G. R. Dehison.
Offer Second
Adult Class
In Typing
A,second class in typing has
been organized ,for the Adult Education program at Clare Public
School according to Mrs. Genevieve Fleming, adm-{-iistrati%
assistant, and enrollments in it
ire still being taken.
The new class meets Wettnes*
day nights, at 7:30.
More enrollment; can b'e taketv
through this ' week in sewihg,
"basic art, and' child ^psychology,
too, Mrs, Fleming said. All sec*
tions close after this week.