1958-03-13; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE SENTI
Week Full Of Activity For
Girl Scout Anniversary
"You can count on vher", is
the theme for Girl Scouts for
the next three years. The Girl
Scout week is celebrated each
year during the week of March
12. This year marks the fourty-
sixth birthday of Girl Scouts in
Flying To
on
Ag. Visits
Harold Brooks, of Clare, and
Franklin Switzer, Shepherd, both
Isabella county farm operators,
will fly to Washington, P.C. on
Sunday, March. 16, for four days
of tours and "meetings in the Nation's capitol,
They will leave from Willow
Run Airport with 35 other peo-.
pie who have been studying-
farm policy problems in a series of six meetings- held in, Midland recently.
While in Washington, the
group will visit the U.S. Department of Agriculture and talk
with Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Benson and other officials.
The farm group will tour the
U.S. Government's Beltsville Experiment Station, and visit Congress, as well as officials in the
Department of Labor, Farm
Credit Administration and other
departments closely identified
with agriculture.
the United States. The first
troop was organized by Juliette
Garden Low at "Savannah, Georgia in 1912. Being the largest
girl organization of over three
■million members, Girl Scout
week is being observed all over
the world.-"
Each day of the week has a
special significance. Monday is
Homemaking day; Tuesday, Citizenship; Wednesday, Health and
Safety; Thursday,- International
Friendship; Friday, Arts and
Crafts; and Saturday will be observed as Out-of-Doors day. The
troops in Clare plan to use all
or part of the suggested program to bring home to every
member what it means to be a
Girl Scout. Citizenship and service are inherent in Scouting.
In conjunction with their daily
projects, the Senior girls have
prepared a Special Girl Scout
window at the Clare Furniture
Store. This display shows the
story of Scouting through badge
work, and arts and crafts are
from all the troops.
■Sunday March 9 the .protest-
tot girls, along with their, leaders, attended the Clare Congregational church. The Catholics
also attended the church of their
faith. '
Girls' adult leaders observed
the week in remembering the
old saying, "The eyes must be
focused on the far horizon," and
its meaning for them in Girl
Scouting too.
"We must keep our eyes on
the far things in the future so
the girls will be the kind of women we leaders hope they will
be."
Go Sight-
Seeing At
Dairy Plant
Both morning groups of the
Kindergarten grade at the Clare
School with their teachers, Mrs.
Shirley Donovan and Mrs. Leota
VanEvery, enjoyed a trip to
Schaeffer's Dairy, Friday morning last week. Ray Ruby took
them in the school bus.        '
The children saw the milk received, bottles washed, milk
pasteurized, bottled and stored.
Returning to the school, the
children then made pictures,
sang songs, wrote thank you
notes, and had a discussion period, showing much had been
learned. ,
P-TA Panel
On Curriculum:
A lively and interesting program .has been arranged, for presentation at Monday's meeting
of the Clare Parent-Teachers. Association when a four-member
panel will open up on the subject of, Our Schools, Do They
Prepare Young People For Today? .   :     .   ■
Panelists are, Alan Tulk, former Clare teacher arid administrator, now with Dow Chemical
Co., Mrs. Louisa Bowler and
Mrs. Leota VanEvery, both on
the faculty at Clare Public
Schools, and Roy Warner, hardware 'store owner. Rev. Hugh
Kennedy, of the Clare Congregational Church is to be the
moderator. -     ■ -
Arrangements for the program are by Florence Field.  :
Dairy Princess Choice
Planned For This Month
Clare County will be represented during the June Dairy Month
activities this year, with a Dairy
Princess, who will also vie for
the* title of Michigan Dairy Princess.
The plans were made at a
meetings* Friday evening, -of-in-f
terest"*d farm and dairy people who have formed a Clare
Dairy Committee under the
Chairmanship of Richard Schroeder, Clare County Extension
Agent.
To give every girl, between the
ages of 17 and 20, an opportunity
to become Clare, County Dairy
Princess, an elimination contest
will be held at which time those
'Who have made application for
Girl Scouts
Observe Their
Special Week
One hundred forty-eight Girl
Scouts, Brownies, their leaders
and mothers were present for
the March meeting of the Girl
Scout Council Monday evening
in the City Hall. '
As this is Girl Scout Week,
Sunday, the scouts observed the
day by attending the St. Cecilia
and Congregational Churches' in
uniform.
For the dinner Monday eve
ning, Troop 6 and their leaders,
Mrs. Jim Johnson and Mrs. Lester Cox, were in charge of the
kitchen. The menu was fried
chicken, scalloped potatoes,
tossed salad and cake. The dining room was supervised by
Mrs, William Jackson and Mrs.
Jake Seibt, and the Senior Troop.
St. Patrick's decorations prevailed. »
The Senior Troop were thanked for the window display of
Girl Scout activities, in the
Clare Furniture Store,
A nominating committee, Mrs,
Jim Johnson, Mrs. John Calkins
and* Mrs. Guy Comstock were
named to present a slate of officers at the next meeting.
There is io be a leaders meeting March 2? at the home of
Mrs. James Perrine, for all leaders and officers of the council,
and everyone is asked to make a
special effort to attend.
Mrs. Earl Ruby and Mrs, Leo
Lansing's troop 4 presented ihe
program. Linda Casteel was
master of ceremonies. The group
sang "Peggy O'Neil",' Norma
Jackson sang "Tammy"; Impersonations of Television Stars
Was very capably done by Kathy
Williams and Kay Bellinger, The
program closed with the song,
"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling/'
Mrs. J. C. Marotzke presided at
the piano.
All troops are having special
ac)tivitie.*j during Giel Sc6Ut
weefc
the title will be judged by a panel
of qualified judges, who will be
announced later.
All applications must ibe in not
later than March 22nd, The necessary forms can be obtained
from the Superintendent of any
S£.thfcfd«untS"* high schools, -from
the Kraft Company office in
Clare, from Harley Holt, of the
Kraft Company, or from tho
Farm Bureau and Grange.
The Extension office in Harrison
will also have the forms, The
committee hopes to have several
qualified contestants before the
deadline.
The Princess will be chosen at
a Dairy Banqquet to be held Saturday evening, March 29th, the
placfe is not definite at this time,
but will be announced later.
.Tickets ,for the affair will be
available from farm organization
leaders, the extension office and
other interested persons.
It was decided that at this preliminary judging, that those seeking the title of Dairy Princess
would not be required to wear
formal gowns, but all contestants
would appear in street-length
frocks.
Each girl will be required to
give a three-to-five minute talk
on any phase of the dairy industry she may choose. Judging
will be based upon appearance,
poise, ability and knowledge of
dairying, according to Mr
Schroeder.
While there is nothing in the
rules that requires a contestant
to -come from a dairy farm, 25
points are given 'her if she does,
and of icourse a dairy princess
should know something about
dairy farming, Mr. Schroeder
observed.
While dairying has not 'been
looked upon by many people in
Clare county as one of our major
Attend
Leadermete
Mr. and Mrs. Clearance Beal
of Greenwood 4-H, and Mrs. Bernard Allen of Brush College, 4-H
leaders, attended the second 4-H
Leadermete March 1 and 2, at
Kellogg Center, East Lansing.
Purpose of this meeting was to
provide discussion on 4-H leadership,, to give local leaders recognition, to exchange ideas and to
give local leaders inspiration.
• There were over 300 delegates
present to enjoy these two days
of fine entertainment, furnished
•by the Michigan 4-H Foundation.
Rotary Elects
Officers elected at Rotary this
month are: Omer Parent, president; Frank LaGoe, vice president; Gordon Mcintosh, second
vice president; Joe Kisnosky,
secretary, Walter Kleiner, treasurer.
The newly elected group will
take office in the Clare club
aiext Jul£#     	
industries, Mr. Schroeder pointed
out* that according to the last
report, the county produced Over
three-quai'ters' of a million dollars in • dairy products' in 1956,
and has ibeen on the increase.
Some sizeable dary -herds are* located irt>^Glare^tStmty,- and the
importance of dairying to the
county's economy is -certain to
increase. , ,
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Ask Fluoride
Questionaire
Early Return
Letters went idnt iri.tnd 'mail
this: week f o= isdi'-jnts:; of :< scopes
of elementary school children In
Clare Public Schools and St. Cecilia's Parochial school, asking
for information this week on
whether children would "be sent
to have fluoride treatment applied to their teeth.
Answers to questionnaires are
asked on or before Friday.
Pupils in grades 2, 5 and 8 are
to be first in the treatment
which has been shown to be a
preventative of tooth decay.
The program is being vigorously sponsored by the Parent-
Teachers Association in Clare
who have announced a rally of
parslnts of pre-Kindergar'ten
childreh Thursday at' 3:30 p.m.
at the Clare Public School.
County Nurse Katherine Freeman said this week that the
program is being sponsored also
in all schools in the county.
CHS Student
Takes Ribbon
At Science Fair
James Seiter, son of Mr, and
Mrs. Laurenee Seiter and a junior at Clare High School, won
first place inr the electronics, division, and an honorable mention
in over-all judging at the Eighth
Annual Science Fair held in Midland on March 1 and 2.
Jim's entry was an electronic
tube tester. He represented
Clare High School at the fair,
which was sponsored by Dow
Chemical Company, Dow Corning Corporation, Amerioan
Chemical Society; Midland
schools and the Midland Daily
News- .   .
He was awarded a plaque and
a subscription to Scientific
American Magazine by the Engineering ■ Society ..of Midland.
CHS Science Instructor Floyd
Norcutt accompanied Jim ..'to the
Show.
As a blue ribbon, winner, Jin-
qualifies to enter the first- Tri-
County Regional Science- Fair,
April 11-13.in the Midland l^igh
School gymnasium. The bpy-.an'd
girl with the best exhibits there
will go.to the National Science
Fair in Flint. •     , '
Projects were judged on creative ability, - scientific thought,
thoroughness, clariity, dramatic
value and skill. Besides 'his regular course of studies at Clare
High School, which includes
Chemistry, Jim is takkihg-a correspondence course in electronics.
On Saturday, Mr. Norcutt and
Wanye Patterson, the other CHS
science instructor, took 17 students to Midland to see the exh)
bits at the fair.
Announce
Easter Seal
Sale Start
A pretty little girl, looking
forward to discarding her
crutches in favor of rpller
skates, features one of two designs for the 1958 Easter Seals
... messengers of hope for
crippled children . - .which are-
being mailed to Clare county
hOmes this week, according to
an announcement by Mrs. P&t
Pinaire,  local  drive   chairman.
The campaign is timed to co
incid-i with the statewide; appeal
of the-Michigan Society'- ■i'fc
Cr^p^led Ch^4rin,^n^'adults*, j
Opening now, the drive for
needed funds will , continue
through Easter Sunday, April
6.
In the individual mail pieces
are sheets of horizontal Easter
Seals engraved in two designs.
The appealing new pair of
Seals are in bright Easter color
tones of rose and blue. They
were designed by Earl Gross of
the Stevens-Gross Studios in
Chicago for the National Society
for Crippled Children and Adults
and its 1,655 Easter Seal affiliates across the nation.
One Easter Seal design emphasizes the stylized lily, offi
eial insignia of the National So
ciety, * signifying new life and
hope for the crippled.
The other Seal features the
artist's conception of the little
crippled girl who wants to roller skate like other children.
NEL, C&A&E. MICHIGAN MARCH 13, 1858
Ten Cents Cooy
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New Series, Vol. §6, No. 26
Would Off
er
Local Sites
A special meeting of members
of Clare's Chamber of Commerce
Was called last week to Inform
the membership of progress in
the organization and work of the
newly, formed Industrial Development committee.
Alan Ott, committee head and
Frank LaGoe, C of C president
spoke of projects already underway, and of other matters now
receiving the committee's attention,    -'
Enlargement of the local airport has been held to be a primary "objective, and the committee is working toward a plan to
use state- and federal, funds
which.are guaranteed if' the city
can contribute a.share.   *■"    ," .
'' Under -this arrangement,' Mr.'
LaGoe said, the qity- airport can,
get. a maximum of-$19,006 worth
of -improvement '\ arid .-ehlstrge-'
'ment. Committee.-members- have
iearned: that good- airport, facili-.
tjqs ,are*„ among the first - ,lpcal
services desired by."modern -industries-locating away, from ur-
•ban areas.* ' ■ •»
. Arnong ether " progress' . discussed at the meeting 'was a
plan for obtaining, building sites
for ' industries under ownership
Of the Chamber of Commerce,'
then selling parcels of the land
to employers to erect plants
upon.
Enthusiasm was sparked for
Such a program when successes
Were scored ' by other comparable communities using the idea.
At Reed City,' Michigan for
example, Mr. LaGoe 'said that
three buildings erects by. the
Chamber of Commerce are now
in use and being paid- for by industries in that town,' and a
fourth is in preliminary .stages
of development, Individuals Who
4nvested varying amounts in the
venture have all received full
repayment, with interest. .
At another meeting on Monday this week, plans fog' community participation in Michigan
Week were discussed. ■   •   •—
Quartet On TV-,",
The Northernaires, singing
fOresome from Clare •Manufacturing Co, Will launch a new
venture Monday evening when
they Will be heard and seen on
WNEM-TV in a live show* -at
9:30 p.m.
The quartet's new. show has
excellent-prospects of. becoming
a. regularj feature of Channel-5
telecasting and the boys are
polishing some new numbers "arid
routine for . their entertainment
series. ■.':-'
Well Baby
Conference
A new location has been announced for the Clare Well-
Baby Conference on Tuesday,
March 18. It is to be held in the
Clare.City Hall on the second
floor from 1 to 3 p.m, Elsewhere in the county Conferences
are to be held in Farwell at the
Methodist Church on the "same
day from 9 to 11 a.m., and in
Harrison Friday, March 21 in
the courthouse basement from
9 to 11 a.m.
This reminder of ike "days long gone" will stir memories of. many older citizens who
saw Clare's streets when horse and wagon traffic was all there was moving. William
Forbes is ihe owner of this picture of the Live and Let Live smithy . and wagon shop,
dnce a thriving business in Clare. Mr. Forbes identified the figures in th© photo left to
right asi an Agent, Denny Regan, Al Louch the blacksmith, Perce Louch, a Mr. Ready,
Berl Carpenter/ Frank Forbes a wagon maker, and Charlie Johnson*
BEANS, FLOUR. DRIED MILK
Welfare List Of Staples
Wholesome Food,
The Best County
Clare County's Welfare Department Director, Mrs. Clare
Davis and Probate Judge Honorable Donna Hecker could tell
of the extreme need for, aid
which prompts many families to
seek county aid.
The Department receives referrals from the Probate Court
and. .other county offices, as
.well" as' recommendations from
Welfare Department personnel
and direct; appeals from persons
themselves who need assistance.
'All/ .or, most of the cases
Where -aid, is .asked, get' routine
investigations to- determine the
kind and amount of assistance
necessary.
'"'Orders for. food" and fuel are
given. The food orders are honored'at most stores arid markets arid store proprietors clairn
payment from the Department
for the goods delivered according to order. "
Foodstuffs from a list of available Government commodities
stock are also purchased by the
county and issued to individuals
Operetta
Presented
Two Nights
The Familiar Stranger, a musical* . -operetta presented last
Monday and Tuesday by CHS
students introduced some very
■able new talent and an entertaining story and score. Crowds
saw the V&r2or*h*aHce"s in the
school auditorium on both
nights.
The direction and staging
Were under the diredtion Of Mrs.
Pearl Howe, and accompanist
was Miss Sally Gillespie. With
momentary pauses for scenery
changing the whole performance
Was done in well within an
hour. .
Many of the songs such as
Buffalo Gals, The Wayfaring
Stranger, Black Is the Color of
My. True Love's Hair, Nelly Bly,
Skip to My Lou, Ol' Dan Tucker, Seen Her' Before ahd Juanita were familiar enough to keep
even the very young fascinated.
Some of the less familiar
tunes were Morning Is the Nicest Time Of Pay, an excellent
effervescent choral number,
John Henry, a less familiar folk
tune, and Looking for You, a
haunting love song supposedly
Written by the leading character
Davey Fields whose real name is
Obadiah Flummery.
This part was very ably portrayed by DeLorne Loucks who,
as the story goes, is home from
the bustle of stage, screen, television and recording engagement's, for a few weeks' rest.
The leading lady was Judy
White, daughter of the Harold
Whites of rural Clare, who in
the play is Jean Myers, a girl
from Midwestern University doing graduate work On folk music. This part was particularly
well cast since Judy displayed
remarkable ability in her constantly changing role, besides
having most of the lead lines to
cue in other characters.
Her vocal range and singing
ability added much to a very
difficult role.
The most lovable character
audience-wise was 'that of the
old postmaster Clint, portrayed
very admirably by Clayton
Hardman. He remained, sincere
and jovial throughout and produced the fun part of the show.
Other" members of the cast m
order of importance were Linde
McQuiston as Mother Flummery, Karen Worstell as Sue,
David Bailey as Tommy, Beverly Badgley as Mabel, Jim Green
as Bill. Minor roles for dances
and pantomime were assumed
by Dorothy Bauer, Dick Van-
Sicklejti, Rich Davenport and
Sharon Young.
See Refining
Explorers of Boy ScoUt Post
2125 are having a roller skating
party a week from next Wednesday at the Gateway Rink, A trip
through Roosevelt Refineries
has been scheduled for them on
Saturday, this week,
and families entitled to welfare
aid.
Present schedules of food issues which are distributed by
welfare order to stores are limited by the number of persons in
the family.
Beginning with a Weekly order
for $5.00 worth of essentials for
one person, the schedule ranges
like this:
2 persons, $7,50 .';'•'
3 persons, $9.00 ;
4 persons, $10.50 ■ '
*■: Continuing upward, the allowance per week is an additional
$1.5Q per person' up to the top:
of $20.00 per week fqr ten in the-
fafnily, or.inQre., •
. In certain cases as need is
shpwn, as, much as 25% of the
aid is-for essentials other than,
food, 'but Mrs. Davis explains
that the aim is to use no less
than 75% of the county funds for
things for the table.
Procedure in granting food orders at county stores is to inform store managers just what
articles are to be sold for the
money allowed. Clerks or checkout cashiers mtfst then write on
the back of the order slip, a list
of the items purchased.
This is to prevent the sale of.
non-essentials, or non-approved-
items.
Not allowed are cigarettes,
wine or excessive amounts of
luxury and confection items.
Surplus commodities furnishes wholesome items considered
as staples in family diet.
An example is given of what
surplus food is issued for a
family of Six:
Beans, 6 pounds per month
Cheese ' (process), 5 - pound
loaf.
Cornmeal, 15, pounds
White fioyr 9H4 whole. • whe^t,
flour, 20 pounds each
Dried milk, two 4%-pound
cans
Rice, 6 pounds -
Mrs, Davis said"' that wholewheat flour is not popular and
that the Department may try to
replace the allotment of .that
item with double the allotment
of white flour.
* Welfare workers and investigators agree that "cheating" on
assistance is not a major problem, although some instances
have been found from time . to
time.
Investigators are watchful for
those who might attempt to
casb in fuel orders for gasoline
instead, and operate an auto at
welfare expense.
Then too, there haye been
cases when mothers have applied
for aid at childbirth time testifying that the father had abandoned the family, only to have the
-husband * reappear after the
blessed event and the medical
bliss had all been paid for by the
county.
Desperate people do desperate
deeds and one case is on record
of a man who refused to accept
aid for food alone, — he demanded cigarettes also, and
'stariiped out of the store in a
rage (leaving his family's eats)
when tobacco was denied him.
But for the most part, those
on welfare abide willingly by the
rules and only count the unfortunate days until they can get
back on their feet and be self-
supporting again.
Mrs, Davis, who is an example
of.kindness and consideration, is
careful to avoid any implication
that the acceptance of aid is a
disgrace.
Circumstances beyond people's
control has swollen our case
load, she says, and many people
have been compelled to seek
aid for the first time in their
4feej&* .;-• ■'- •     ','*.■■■"
Names of people on welfare
roles- are strictly private. The
Department discusses facts and
eases, but never names.
First Quarter Lead Holds;
Academy Beats Clare 52-45
An uphill battle to overcome
odds in their first District basket1
ball game last Weekend came to.
nothing for the Pioneers and
they Were dttmped by Mt. Pleas-,
ant Sacred Heart 52-45. /* ■   ;''   •
Struggling to overcome a first-
quarter lead of eighteen points,
the Green and White were
caught by the final' gun, still
seven counters short of a tie. But
their game fight represented one
of the best team efforts of the
year and almost scored a tournament urpset.
In a bad first quarter the Pioneers didn't score a field goal.
The Irish built up a 17-0 lead
before Bill Zinser dropped in a
Brafce Is
Speaker At
Riverside
Riverside Grange held their
"Grange Open House" on Tuesday
March 4th, with.35 people present
A delicious ham dinner was
served at 12:30. The tables looked
very pretty With flower bouquets
made of the Grange colors for a
center piece. Favors were nut
cups, filled With mints and peanuts. After'the dishes were clear-
away the meeting w?as Held, The
The following program then took
place. ,,
Welcome — Master, Bernard
Allen. Song "America the Beautiful" was sung. Worthy Lecturer, Margaret Myers, introduced
Harley Holt of Clare,,who is
Krafts Food,, Fieldman,- He show-
us a film taken in Krafts Plant in
Clai-e. This was very interesting
to see, as one of our own Grangers
is a milk tester there. This film
showed what is done with our
milk 'When it leaves the farm.
Worthy Ledturer then gave some
Grange History. •   •
The guest speaker of the day
was "Our Grange State Master,
William Brake of Lahsing. He
Was introduced and gave a interesting talk on "Agriculture
Policy. "Other guests were Mr,
Agent, Mr, and Mrs. John Scheli-*
has of Clare, Mary Lou Walke?
and son> Charlie VanBlarcom of
Greenwood Grange
free throw. The score at the
quart&r was 19-i. It was'the only
quarter in which the Irish were
able to outscore the Pioneers.
.The second quarter was all
Clare with the boys out scoring
the Irish 15-11. John Miller poured in six points and controlled
both backboards.
The third quarter again was
all the Pioneers as they out scored the Irish 16-13 with Dick Roe
Scoring five and Bill Zinser four
to make the score, 43-32.
In the fourth quarter the
Pioneers kept hitting and closed
the gap to 46*43 when the Irish
went into a stall.
High for the Pioneers were
John Miller and Bill Zinser with
13 each. Jim Fox had 25 for the
Irish.
Bill Zinser won a position on
the honorary district'team in a
competition among players from
four Class-C schools.
„ After squeezing .by Clare, the
academy went on to. take th.;
District title in a victory over
Coleman 53-29.
Club Hears
Selections By
Junior Band
The Band Boosters Club met
in the Band Room, Monday evening and were royally entertained by selections from the Intermediate Band. They played
"Dutch Corrall", "Sailor Song",
"Sandman's Serenade", "Her-
mina Waltz", "Indian Boy",
"March Majestic" and "Sky
Rocket March."1
Lloyd Conley, band director,
announced the dates of coming
activities. On March 25, the Senior "Colorama" Concert; March
27, Senior Band Banquet, with
parents as guests at the Hotel;
April 15, Junior Band Concert;
and May 7, the Band Festival at
Big Rapids. On April 24 Beaverton Band will come to Clare to
join with the band here, in practice for the festival.
The business meeting was conducted by the president Donald
Bryant, with   Mrs. Earl   Baum-
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