1958-04-03; Clare Sentinel

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Plan Protest
On US-27
Re-location
Fifteen directors and "officers
of the Clare Chamber of Commerce will come before their
membership at a meeting Mon
day with plans for organized ob
jections to the re-location of
US-27 in Clare county. The State
Highway's proposal for bypassing Clare with the principal
north-south tourist highway was
labeled a "needless catastrophe"
for this city.
Viewing Clare as one community in Michigan probably more
dependent than any other upon
US-27 and US-10 for business,
the commerce group is certain
to raise hot and forceful resist
ance to moving the vital traffic
stream out of the business dis
trict.
A , campaign to bring re-consideration of the Highway Department's plan has begun with
efforts to enlist the help of
County Supervisors, the government of the cities of Clare, and
of Harrison, and other groups of
civic or service connection.
With the problem seen as one
■Which affects the whole county
and the economy and well-being
of all its residents, the Clare
commercemen are ready to ask
the county supervisors to throw
their official weight into the
struggle to keep the highway
Where it now is.
Ken Barnes pointed out that
every county taxpayer benefits,
directly or indirectly, when tourist .trade "booms" business along
the highways. Sales tax and local property tax revenues from
businesses depending on highway-traffic carries a large part
oi the county revenue burden. If
highway re-location causes a
downturn in business, the fax
loss will be felt by every other
local taxpayer and resident even
to the farthest corners of Clare
county, he said.
At a hearing in Harrison on
April 10 where Highway Department engineers will take testimony regarding economic ef**
feet of the re-Ioeatiori of US-27,
the Chamber fit Commerce pt#iSf
to ask spokesmen from civic and
government bodies to present
the «ase for retaining the high-
Way an its present location.
Kiwanis Helps
Study Choice
For Students
The Clare Kiwanis Club is
cooperating with the high school
to provide vocational guidance
for students before they enroll
for the 1958-59 school year. The
Vocational Guidance Committee
of the Kiwanis Club under the
chairmanship of Dr. Neil Stirling has helped the school find
resource people for discussion
groups.
At nine o'clock, April 1, this
year's eighth, ninth, tenth and
eleventh grade pupils met in the
school auditorium. They were
directed to discussion groups designed to answer questions
about vocations of the individual's choice.
Besides the junior high and
high school staff, the following
citizens acted as resource people: Mrs. Coloma Warner, Mrs.
Philiis Hartshorn, Albert Seiter,
Earl Baumgarth, Dan McDonald,
Sgts. Carpenter and Smith from
the Armed Services, William
Nekervis and S. M. Englund
from Dow Chemical Co., student
teachers from Central Michigan
College who are externing in
Clare, Robert Campbell, Alan
•Ott, John Hansen, Leonard Kru-
zen, Richard Schroeder and Allen Tulk.
No classes were held on April
1. Seventh and twelfth grade
students did not attend school
that day.
The Kiwanis committee and
the high school hope this program will aid the students in
making wise subject choices for
next year, .
Betty Lou Wins
Prize Skates
• Betty1 Lou Keehn, 9-year old
daughter of the Gerrit Dicker-
son's is the proud winner of third
prize in a recent nation-wide contest in which children entered
phand colored pictures cut from
cereal boxes. Betty Lbu "was
notified in February that her
entry had been judged a winner,
and last week her prize arrived-
•A pair of shiny new roller skates
is her reward lor excellence.
Mow Series, ¥ol $6, fl"o, 2&
Cub Scouts On
Woodyard Tour
Cub Scouts from Lake, Michigan Dens 1 and 2 were taken
March 26 on a conducted tour of
the Watervliet' company's pulpwood shipping yard near Clare.
The boys and their adult leaders
got a first-hand view of how
wood is received, stored, ,and
debarked in preparation-for shipping to the pulp mill.
From Den 1 were Bill McLane,
John McLane, George DeGeer,
Gail Watkins, and Kenneth Russell. From Den 2 were Danny
McGuire, Gary Scott, Douglas
Scott, Richard Wilds, and Kenneth Wilds,
Leaders accompanying the Cub
Scouts Were Mrs. Betty Scoff.
Mrs. Lee McGuire, Mrs. Grat-p
McLane, and Mrs. Elaine Russell
Displaying
Vote Macliipes
Clare's voting machines aie
being displayed until noon next
Saturday at the city hall when*-
City Clerk David Adams will
demonstrate their use for resi
dents who will vote there next
Monday in the city election. The
public is also- reminded that the
deadline for applying for absent
voters ballots is 2 p.. m. Saturday,
after which time no more 'can bQ
issued. « .
ROSCOMMON
Gun Club
Range Wrecked
By Vandals
Extensive damage, apparently
wilfully caused, was reported
this week by members of the
Clare Rod and Gun Club at its
field range near the old mill
dam site. Windows were broken
in the clubhouse, broken bottles
were found strewn along river
banks and range targets Were
destroyed.
Club members are very much
disturbed by the malicious destruction of club property again
this spring. They say that apparently the/vandalism is the
worir-of - persons oM enough to
realize that their actions'are in
violation- of/the .law.
The outdoorsmen are asking
that parents of children who
frequent the area on hikes or
other recreation discuss with
youngsters the consequences of
willful acts of destruction.
CLARE FIRE FIGHTERS did a good professional job in saving fire from spreading io
other buildings last Thursday when this Johnston Elevator blaze took part of a feed
manufacture and storage plant. Photos her« show the, fire shortly after pari of ihe
building rear collapsed and fireman were conquering ihe'- blaze in ihe pari ihai remained. * •'/_ Lee Sowle photo.
Good Friday R ites
A Solemn Prelude
To Easter R ejoicing
THE ROUTE OF US-27 is shown as ihe Highway Department plans ii through Clare and pari of Isabella counties. A
hearing io determine economic effects is scheduled ai Harrison at 1:30 p.m. April 10.
Services of special meaning
will bring hundreds of worshippers to Clare and area churches
tomorrow, Good Friday and on
Easter Sunday for the observ*-
ance of the anniversary of the
Saviour's rising from the tomb,
Music, special pulpit messages,
and pageantry will mark the ariv
nual occasion wherever Christians gather.
A Union .Service of four Clare
city churches will be held at* the
Methodist church on Good Friday
with Congregational, Nazarene,
and Church Of God denominations participating. The worship
time will be 1:30 to 2:45. Rev.
Hugh Kennedy, pastor- of the
Congregational 'Church will'
preach and the music is to be by
the choir from that church, The
other ministers will take part in
the devotional services.
I Another Union Good Friday
Service will- be held at the Eagle
Church of God from 1:30 to 3:00
with seven rural churches joining. Co-operating are: Churches
Of God at Arthur Center, Colonville, Eagle, and Elm Grove and
the Brown Corners United Brethren Church, Dover Church a'nd
Herrick Mennonite Church.
Speaking on the general theme,
"Going With Jesus To Calvary",
Rev. Elza Beery, Rev. Everett
Ray, Rev. Virgil Brinkman, Rev.
Mrs. Lou A. Beery,-Rev. Floyd
Bontr'ager, and Rev. C. Arthur
will appear with gospel messages. Special music will be performed by vocalists from all the
churches.
Elsewhere on Good Friday,
traditional worship hours will
bring   congregations -to the   sol-
Cancer Drive
Quota $1,700
Mrs. Robert H. Campbell of
Clare, will.lead the 1958 Cancer
Crusade in Clare county. The
educational and fundraising
drive will begin April 6.
As chairman of the local campaign, Mrs. Campbell will direct
the raising of $1,700.00, the quota
for Clare county. The goal of
the state-wide campaign is
$30,O00.Qq.
The Assistant chairmen thru-
out th£ county are Mrs. Ralph
Eaton >f Harrison, Mrs. Donald
i-itchf'ord of Farwell, and Mrs.
Neil'Watkins of Lake .
£19Is
Red Cross Day
Curtis Murton, Jr., local Red
has set April 9 for "Red Cross
Cross campaign drive chairman
Day" in Clare. A kickoff breakfast for workers will be followed by a town-wide canvass to
collect contributions. Mr. Murton
pointed out. that because no
funds were raised in 1957, the
county chapter activities have
been curtailed and a greater -need
exists for fund building now.
Volunteers can call Mr. Murton
at 932 or 201, Glare.
emn observance of Tre Ore Rites,
At the Clare Methodist church
there will be two services Easter
morning, at 8:00 and 10:00.
Rev. Leslie Nevins' sermon
topic will be "The Good News of
The Gospel', and the choir will
render three Easter anthems,
jtmder the direction of Harry
Dice.
fe A candlelight communion ser-
tvfcewiU he held Thursday .eve*
ning at 8:00 o'clock and Rev-
Nevjns will bring a brief message. Everyone interested "is
invited to attend any of these
services.
The Easter Sunrise Service
sponsored by the young people of
the Eagle and Arthur Cehtet*
Churches of God will be. held at
•6:15 a. m. Easter morning at the
Arthur Center Church, with the
young people in charge .of the
service.
•The' customary "breakfast"
will be held in the basement of
the church at -approximately
8:00 a. m.
Bible School will be at 10:30
a. m, with Superintendent Mrs.
Clara Rockey in charge. Morning
Worship at 11:30 a. m. Subject
of morning message, "He is not
here, He is risen.", by Rev. Elza
Beery,, pastor. At this service
there will be opportunity for a
Presentation Service for smad
Children, and for church fellow-
Ship.
The Eagle Church of God
Bible School will meet at 10:30
a. m, with Vern Hains as Superintendent. The Morning Worship
will be at 11:30 a. m. There Will
be time afforded for a Presentation Service for children and
church fellowship. The anthem
Will be "He Rose Triumphantly".
Sermon: "Behold The Place
Where They Laid Him", brought
by Rev. Lou A. Beery. Evening
Service at 8:00 p. m.
Easter morning services at the
Clare Congregational Church Will
feature a special sermon topic
for Rev. Kennedy's pulpit appearance, and music by combined
junior and adult choirs.
The Chapel of St Ann, Episcopal Church will hold services on
Easter Sunday beginning at 9:00
a. m. with the celebration of
Holy Communion. All members
and friends are extended a cordial invitation to attend the service and'the coffee Tiour following.
The Rev, Fr. Charles Stuart
has also announced that „ Good
Friday services will be .held in
the Chapel at 7;30 p.m, This
Will be an Evening Prayer
service.
At the Colonville Church of
God at dawn service will begin
at 6 a.m. on Easter morning
with special music and the pastor, Rev. Virgil Brinkman speaking on the subject, "The Meaning of The Empty Tomb". Sunday School is not meeting on
Easter, but a regular . worship
service is scheduled at 11:15
a.m» with the pastor's sermon
titled, "The Necessity of Easter".
At 8 p.m. Rev. Gordon Kleiner
begins his revival series at the
church*
Johnston Elevator Co.
Building
A fire Thursday night at the
Johnston Elevator in Clare rose
in intensity from a small jilaze
to a roaring fury in only short
minutes after it was reported,
and was finally subdued by the
Ciare Fire Department after
about $30,000 damages to the
building and its contents.
Threatening for a time to spread'
from the feed mill and storage
building where it started, to the
big • grain elevator structure a
few. feet away, the fire raised
fears of a repeat ,of the town's
great fire of January, 1957,
Clare firemen, called on Mt.
Pleasant for men and equipment
and- were grateful for assistance
given by that city's pumping
truck unit and portable electric
generator to boost water pressure and supply electric lights
after power was cut around the
burning .building.
The rear part of the building
Was burned to the ground and
damage in the remaining part
made it a total loss said Joe
Johnston, manager of the business. The 30 x 140-foot frame
plant fronts on McEwan street
near , Third and is part of the
business which Johnston's acquired recently from the Fruchey
Bean Company, of Saginaw.
Lost with the building were
some • forty tons of animal feed
concentrate, equipment for feed
grinding and mixing and other
supplies, stock and equipment.
These Top Women Bowlers
Final standings at the end of the'Clare City Women's
Bowling Tournament have winners as follows: Teams: Manie's Bar - 2803, Ford-O-Maties - 2763, Citizens State Bank -
2759.
Doubles: Kempher and Bauder 1175; Hoffman and Shelander 1167; Larson and Blackledge 1159. . *
Singles: J. Larson 617; F. Hoffman 616; M. Baker 588.
All-Events actual winner was F. Shelander with 1493
and All-Events with handicap winner was J. Larson with
1797. Complete lists of prize winners will appear in next
week's Sentinel Sport page.
Potter Coming
For Reception
Senator Charles Potter will
meet the public, and Tenth Con-,
gressional District GOP party
workers at a short reception and
luncheon Tuesday, April 8 at
the Hotel Doherty. The tune for
the luncheon has "been announced
as 1^:30' hy^5ffafpldr1|tfgh(e^ $f
Clare. The affair is open to the
public With everyone - interested
being invited .to make reservations and attend.
The senator is expected to
make particular reference to his
official stand in support of Federal Aid-to Highways.
Band Banquet
Served To
104 Thursday
The Third Annual Band Banquet was held Thursday evening,
March 27 in the Wedgewood
room of the Hotel .Doherty, sponsored by the Band Boosters Club,
and honoring the Senior Band
Members and their parents.
One hundred and four parents, band members and guests
were served a delicious dinner.
Arrangements for the banquet
were in charge of Mrs. Earl
Baumgarth and Mrs. Floyd Norcutt. Programs at each place
were attractive with a designed
cover by Mr. McDaniels, the art
teacher at the school.
The Invocation by given by
Rev; Gerrit "Schut of the Clare
Baptist Church, and Don Bryant, president of the Band Boosters, extended a welcome.
Dr. Kuno Hammerberg presided as toastmaster, and introduced the guests and presented the
program.
Dr, Olaf W. Steg, Head of the
Music Department at Central
Michigan College gave the address, "To Inspire Young People
To Go On With Music", and he
stated that whether it be used as
a Vocation or an Avocation, he
urged the,youth to keep up with
music, suggesting the church
Choirs, as a big help, or any type
of musical ability one may attain. He also cited prominent
people who enjoyed music as
their hobby.
Fdr the musical part of the
program, students from Central
Michigan College were presented. A flute solo, "Serenade" by
Hue, was played by •• Audney
Wickstrom, accompanied at the
piano by Carol Listing; a clarinet
solo, "Divertissement" by Troje-
Miller, accompanied by Nancy
Lowery; a piano solo, "Nocturne" by Chopin, by Miss Listing;
Remarks by the toastmaster
concluded the program, and a
social hour followed.
CROWNED  DAIRY   PRINCESS
Harrison Girl
Is Dairy
Princess
In Clare county's first Dairy
Princess contest and banquet,
held last Saturday evening in
the Clare Methodist church, Beverly Nash, of Harrison was first
place winner. She became automatically eligible to compete
later this spring in a state contest for Dairy Princess" honors.
Virginia Dunham, Harrison
was second and Connie Beal,
Lake George, was third.
Other contestants were Elizabeth artd Evelyn Boyer, Patricia
Coats, Ellen Fancon, Marilyn
Jean Davis, of Clare, and La Vale
Maraineta Mielke of Farwell.
Judge Donald Holbrook, Mrs.
Georgia Martin of Station
WCEN and Dr. Emil Pfister, of
Central Michigan College acted
as judges.
For the program, Earl Ruby
was master of ceremonies and
Harley Holt introduced' the contestants. Princess Beverly was
crowned by Judge Holbrook.
Miss Allaire Schlickler, of Gaylord, who is a senior at Michigan
State University, spoke on her
trip to Uruguay as an exchange
student*
Organizations helping to make
the contest a success Were Kraft
Foods, Schaeffer Dairy, Thayer
Dairy, Citizens State Bank, Bor-
den Milk, Johnston Elevator and
Michigan Milk Producers Association.
The contest!)- joirganized by
Richard Schroeder, was conducted1 in co-operationi with the 'American Dairy Association., , ,. (>
Move Jones Shop
The Jones Floor Covering Shop
has moved this week to new
quarters on McEwan street in
the building formerly occupied
by Jean's Dress Shop. The business features floor covering and
drapery material and supplies. It_
was formerly in the rear** of the
Jackson grocery .and meats
building.
The fire was reported just-
before 11 o'clock p, m, by Jim
Rodabaugh and within minutes
the rear of the building was a
towering -conflagration. Clari
firefighters were given credit for
skill and effectiveness in bringing the 'blaze under control in a
very short time and preventing
its spread to nearby buildings,.
Close-by were the Johnston Grain
Elevator on the East side of
McEwan, and Consumers Pow
er's new area substation building
and showroom.
Cause of the fire remains undetermined, Mr. Johnston said
that no one had been m the building since noon Thursday, and
that there was no heat in that
part where the'fire started.    "
Lack of water hampered firemen in their first minutes on the
job when an automatic valve in
the city water system failed to
function. A hydrant valve on
the -Citizens Bank corner was
later broken when the fire was
out and firemen were disconnecting lines. Repairs were made
Monday.
Of other alarms answered by
the Clare Fire Department in the
past ten days, nine were for
grass and brush fires. The
Department again warns all
persons that windy days arc
dangerous for fires, —■ even if a
permit has been granted, and
that grass and brush fires anywhere should be reported only to
the Conservation Department
with a fire station at Harrison,
tower at Farwell, and officer
Don Bell at Clare,
City Voters
Will Elect
toners
City election day next Monday
will see voters going to city hall
to elect' three City "Commission
members, and to express them'
selves on a charter amendment
and .one other proposal for restoration of Clare's old "millpond".
Indications are that a light
vote will toe cast, although efforts of mill dam restoration
sponsors before Monday may induce more trips to the polls. At
last year's election only 584 votes
were -cast with the fire station
bond issue as art inducement.
Monday will probably see no
important rise in voter volume-
Candidates for three vacancies
on the City Commission are
three incumbents; LaUrenee
Seiter, -present mayor and Gerald
Nivision and Paul Schroeder,
commissioners. They are joined
in the contest for commission
seats by George Shayler who was
first to qualify as a candidate
with a petition early in March. .
Hiram Grimason, who took out
a .petition also but did not file it
to become a candidate, said that
hours of his employment will not
allow him to attend Commission
meetings regularly and .because
of that, -he did not wish to*
become a* candidate at this time.
Since eliminating himself from
the contest, Mr. Grimason has
been a supporter of George
Shayler's campaign.
A proposed amendment to
Clare's charter would give $400
annual salary to commissioners
and $300 to the city .mayor witn
deductions for meetings missed.
On this .ballot, a "Yes" vote is
in favor of the salary*
Another ballot asks for expression on a referendum proposal to
allow transfer of promotion
rights for the development of a
river dam and lake within tha
city limits on the site ol the old
milipon&' Sponsors emphasize
that the proposal calls for no
spending of public money, nor
collection of taxes, toeing Self*,
supporting from the sale of residential sites. The project would
create a water-front subdivision
and recreation area in the city.
A "Yes" vote on this • question
will permit the city to turn over
the property to a non-profit
group for development with the
express right of recovering city
ownership if the project does not •
succeed under efforts of the local
promoters.
Polls will be open Monday,
April 7 in the city hall until
8 p. m. David Adams, city clerk
said.