1958-05-15; Clare Sentinel

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THE-CLARE SENTINEL, CLARE. MICHIGAN
MAY 15, 1958
Ten Cents Copy
New Series. Vol. 66, No. 35
Make Room* Fido —It's
In The Doghouse For Kitty
There are times when we all
have to practice a little forgiveness toward our fellow beings
for their shortcomings and
faults. Charcoal, the pet cat belonging to Bob Carter, son of
Mt. fcnd Mrs. Robert Carter, of
the Cornwell Ranch is hoping
that he can earn the forgiveness
of his "family" for the predicament he got into this week.
The household pet's • Big Trouble came about when he marooned himself in the top of a 60
foot elm tree. Afraid to try the
descent, the coal-black cat had to
wait three and a half days for his
owner to think of a way to rescue him.
, The cat. is a house pet at the
Cornwell Cattle Ranch nine
miles north of Clare.
Charcoal made the one-way
trip up the big elm In the Carters' yard on Sunday and untU
yesterday had been un-coopera-
tive in efforts to bring him to
the ground, On Wednesday the
Carters began to turn their
thinking to means of feeding
their pet on his high perch, until Charlie Goodenow, ranch employee made the dangerous climb
to fetch Charcoal down,
This escapa'de was not the first
in which Charcoal refused to
come out of a tree. But always
before, he chose lower altitudes
Where he could be reached easier
Mrs. Carter says that jealousy
may have been the motive for
Charcoal's climb.
Warns That
Sight "Cure"
ay Be Fraud
A new pet joined the household, — a bird which received
rather a lot of attention on Sunday and was placed in a room
where the cat could not enter
(for a reason comfortably acceptable to birds, but unfair to
cats).
Next thing the family knew
Charcoal Was pouting up in the
elm. Attempts, to get him down
resulted only in his scrambling
to higher and higher branches-
The black-feline, may have attained a record for leafy altitude
tor house cats.
Beyond the reach of the highest ladders available, and too
high to be .snared with devices
on the end of long poles, the cat
was finally captured by Charlie
who lowered him in a gunny
sack, A forty-foot ladder reache4
barely to the lowermost branches of the elm, and Charlie inch
ed bis way up» the tree for fifteen feet more to reach Charcoal.
Earlier, rescue attempts included trys at clipping off the
cat's branch with, rifle fire, but
Charcoal responded by ascending
to perches still higher.
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Farwell Methodists Attain
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Separate Status; Invite
Rev. Nevins Back To Clare
Clare'and Farwell   Methodist
church -m'embers met Thursday
■evening,   May ,8 in   the   Clare
church for their  annual fourth
quarterly conference, This year _-■,.-      ,   _. ,       ,     ■,   ,,
is one of Special concern to the Inland was elected as lay leader for the Clare church, The
conference also voted to   renew
Road-frO
Winners
Glare1 JayCees counted as successful, their, iirst -Teien*-age 'Jrloiacl-'E^O
held here Saturday. Prize winning contestcints froiri a field of fo-urp-*
teen who scored highest on the driving "course, ^.ttd'in the test on
rules of the road are 1. to r*. Richard Musson, Farwell* 1st place winner; Charles Ulch, Harrison, 3rd place| Cleland Miller, Coleman, 2d
place,lThfe three won valuable prizes irpta Clare merchants a'ndMus
son will compete in State finals.
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County Schools ToGraduati
Thirty-tour Eighth
rs
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Revival pf a con game in which
gullible victims living in rural
areas are supposedly "cured" of
cataracts on their eyes has
brought a -Warning from'Captain
JSdward C. Johnston, commanding
officer of the detective division of
the State Police.
In" quick succession two complaints have 'been received of the
operations of a pair of fleecers,
but in only one instance was any
money collected.
The cases 'bring to mind an instance in Clare recently when a
housewife was confronted in her
home by a man who claimed to be
from the gas company and demanded d. sum of money which he
said was an unpaid bill. He
threatened to shut off the gas unless she paid on the spot. Whe.i
she could not produce the sum
demanded and" asked him to return when her. husband was
home, the man left and didn't
show up again, Tlie Michigan
Consolidated Gas company disclaimed any knowledge of such
a "collector".
The first complaint in the eye
sight cure fraud was referred by
Sheriff Robert Russell, oi Gratiot
county, who reported that Joseph
Shinline, 75, residing abou two
miles north of Middleton, was
approached by an individual who,
after examining his eye glasses
and stating they were of no aid,
said the man was suffering from
cataracts and Would go blind unless they were removed. He added
that he had a liquid which would
cure him.
His partner came in from their
car with the liquid, which was
applied and the victim Was then
shown a film like substance which
they said had -been lifted from the
eyes. The bill was $1,750, but a
profferred check for the amount
was refused. The victim went
to the bank, withdrew the money
and paid "the men at his home.
The next day State Police received a complaint that Fred
Flory, 84, residing near Mt, Pleasant, had been approached by two
men who represented they were
doctors and offered to remove the
cataracts from his eyes with a
liquid * radium treatment and a
slight operation. The price was
$300, but the intended Victim did
not pay and was not treated.
One of the two men is described
as about five feet, six inches in
height, dark hair and weighing
about 165 pounds. He wore a gray
suit. The other, wearing a brown
suit, appeared to be about 60
years of age with gray hair. They
Were traveling in a light colored
car.
A similar incident was reported
to State Police in April of 1953.
In this case one man called on the
victim, who lived near Mecosta,
md after the so-called radium
liquid treatment apparently removed a cataract with a hoolt
His charge of $475 was settled
'for $200,
A class of 34 Eighth Grade
Graduates from Clare county
schools will receive their diplomas
at exercises to be held Wednesday
evening, May 21 8 o'clock p.m. in
the auditorium of the Harrison
Community Schools.
The program includes an address by William Winchell of the
Redner school, chosen for this
honor in recent tests to determine
the top scholar Of the class.
The principal speech is to be by
E. T. Rolph, of Central Michigan
College* Mt. Pleasant.
Other parts of the program includes: Invocation * Rev. Delmar
Dravenstatt, a number by the
chords from Lake School, Presentation of Diplomas - Robert Carter, president of the Clare County
Board of Education, Achievement
Awards - Lenord Schwanz, County Superintendent of Schools,. Accordion selection - Doris Miller,
graduating student from the Win-
terfield school.
The graduates by home schools
are:
Franklin No. 1 — Mary Erskine,
Donald Hall, Fred Mathews, Glo.
ria Nash, Luella Rawles, Otto
Soyring.
Dover — Mary Kay Rillet, Bonnie Bauer.
Redner — Donald E. Clark,
JUdy Ann Kleinhardt, William
Winchell,
Temple — Beverly Lynn Carr,
Phyllis Ann Johnson,*- Sharon Lee
Schram, • NOra L. Wheeler, J.
Robert Wallace,
Garfield — Shirley A. A'ckels,
John P. Breidenstein, Charles M.
Crawford, Charles E. Eneix, Iris
Lee FerKenbui%, fisrelyn L. -Ferweda, Gerald C Heim," Jerald R.
McGraw,. Judy Carol" Sheldon,
Arlene M. Squires, Russell E.
Wamsley, Georgia E. Weaver.
Amble — Martin Koehh.
Winterfield — Ronnie Britton,
Jean Cunningham, Lawrence
Dunn, Bruce Miller, Doris Miller.
Rosebush
School Election
Going to the polls Saturday,
Rosebush School District electors will decide whether their
community is to build more
classroom space and some additional facilities for school activities. The measure involves the
bonding of the district to provide
$200,000, for the construction,
and a seven-mill levy to retire,
the debt.
Archbold and Wilmot Carpenter
were also re-elected.
Judge Donald Holbrook is the
district lay leader, and Willard
To Begin
Diocesan
Fund Drive
Members -of St. Cecilia's parish in Clare will participate io
the fourth annual Diocesan Development Fund Campaign starting Sunday and continuing for
one week.
Local parishioners will be
uniting with 179 other congregations in the 29 county area of
the Grand Rapids diocese to
raise revenues at the request of
Bishop Allen J. Babcock.
The solicitation will climax
approximately seven weeks of
preparation for the drive.
Although no quota has been
set either for the local parish or
for the diocese as a whole,
campaign leaders are hopeful
that this year's area returns will
match the $450,500 collected in
1957.
Projects to be supported from
the funds raised this year will
include the construction of a
chapel and student activities
building at Ferris Institute in
Big Rapids and a program of religious instruction for children
from the parishes at Mancelona,
Bellaire, Kalkaska and Fife Lake,
Aged Man
Badly Burned
A fire' shortly after noon last
Sunday caused serious burns to
■76-year-old Gerald Veter as it
destroyed his workshop near his
home two miles southwest of
Temple.
Mr. Veter was brought to
Clare" General Hospital where
his condition Wednesday was de
scribed as critical.,
He has second and third-degree
burns on about half of his body
and on his face and hands, according to Dr. E. J. .Gershon.
The accidental fire was caused
from overheated tar with which
Mr. Veter was about to .patch his
roof.
Mrs. Veter was also burned,
but was released from the hos
pital after simple treatment,-
Let's Hear
A Concert
In The Park
On Friday- evening, May 23rd,
the Clare High School Band will
treat local residents to an old-
fashioned concert in the park.
The band will leave the high
school at about 7:15 and march
to the city park on W. Fifth
street where they wiil Set up in
concert formation and play a
program of all time favorites
Included in the concert will be
such well-known tunes as "Shine
On Harvest Moon", "Take Me
Out To 'The Ball . Game", and
"The Yellow Rose Of Texas",
plus a variety of other typical
band music, including of course,
a number of spirited marches.
On their way down to the pari,
the band will swing down the
street to the tune of "When The
Saints Go Marching In", giving
the trombones a chance to add
some of that "tail-gate" rhythm
and providing the march with
some of the flavor of the typically  American Dixieland  band.
The band is putting on this
concert purely because they like
to play and because they believe that people like a band best
when it is playing familiar melodies in the great outdoors. So
Whether it be on foot, in a car,
or by any other means, come on
down to the city park on the
evening of the 23rd and enjoy a
bit of Americana ... a concert
in the par}.!
BP Women's
Convention
May 16th ushers in a busy
week-end for members* of 106
units affiliated with Michigan
Federation of Business & Professional Women's Clubs, when their
40th annual state convention
opens at Statler-Hilton, Detroit,
Local BPW members interested
in this convention include: Mrs.
Frances E. Kemper 108 W. Fifth
Street Clare, Michigan,
President Viola M. Wolfe and
her contention , committee, have
planned a stimulating program.
Fair Way Frolic, 1918, will be a
feature   of   Friday   Fun Night
JayCees
Elect New
Officers
Clare members of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce have
elected new officers for the coming year. Named to head the
chapter is Harvey Hartshorn
president. ,
To serve with the new presi
dent, the following officers were
named and will take office with
him at a ceremony to be scheduled soon!
Joe Johnston, vice president;
Burt Maynatd, vice president;
Jerry Forsberg, recording secretary; Bill Schaeffer, corresponding secretary.
Bob Gruno, treasurer; Carl
GrUno,* state director; Ky Cov-
eart, Russ Foell, Gerry Machul
Dale Lyons, chapter directors;
Curt Murton, Carl Gruno, Harvey Hartshorn and Tom Cook,
delegates to the state convention
Photo by Lee Sowle
To Attend
Session For
Area Industry
Industrial Development arid
planning assistance will be provided at a 33*county Conference
at Central Michigan College,
Mount Pleasant on May 20 under
sponsorship of the Northern
Michigan Development Council,
Myrton "Riggs, Council President
said today.
The conference is planned to
lend a helping hand to all counties
served by the Council which in
eludes the northern tier of counties from Oceana to Bay and
north to the Straits of Mackinac.
Attending from Clare will be
Allen Ott, -chairman of the Claro
CC Industrial Development committee.
The Michigan Economic Devel
opment Department, Central
Michigan College and the U. S.
Department Of Commerce are
assisting With plans for the all
day industrial meeting.
Eight prominent state and nationally known speakers will talk
on various aspects of how to attract new industries and expand
existing local plants.
Baby Clinics
The regular Well Baby Conference's will be held in the following places at times stated below:
Farwell Methodist Church -
Tues., May 20, 195S-9:00-ll:00
A. M.
Clare City Hall-2nd floor-Tues,
May 20, 1958-1:00-3:00" P. M.
Harrison Courthouse Basement
Fri., May 16, 1958-9:00-11:00 A.M.
Farwell church, as they have
purchased a parsonage during
the past year, in preparation for
a resident minister of their, own,
Dr. Leon Manning, district superintendent, presided at the
conference, and commended the
FarweU. .group- for progress
through the years. They . have
been- affiliated with the t Clare
church with the same pastor for
some three decades.
■" Rev. L. J, Nevins reviewed -Incomplete work of the two
churches in his pastor's report
for the year, and in a few remark's expressed pride that the
church at Farwell had, "come into its own."      .
Many other good reports were
given, by the officers of both
churches, New trustees for Clare
elected to succeed themselves for
a three year.term were Dr. C, B
Neff, David Seiter, Dr. Neil Stir
ling.    And    for Farwell,    John
the local preachers' licenses for
Rev, Arthur. Delamarter, Mrs,
Leah Garchow and Gerald Sandersfield.
New stewards and 'other committees were also approved by
McArthur
Paintings Take
New Laurels
Pony League
For Teen Boys
A Pony baseball league was
organized Wednesday of. last
week for boys of 13 to 15 years
in the Clare area.
Forty young players turned out
for team tryouts Saturday at the
Clare high school <ball diamond.
Area included in the new
league's jurisdiction is north of
Clare to the Cornwell ranch,
east to Loomis, west to Willow-
brook between Clare and -Harwell, and south to the Leaton
road in Isabella county.
Planners say they will organize teams into a four-team league
with teams to carry the names,
Seals, Rams, Giants, and Cardinals,
Elected officers of the. league
are: President, Chris Smith;
Vice President, Junior Eberhart;
Seer etary-Trea surer, Carl Gruno; Players' Agent, Bernie Wilson. Adults willing to help the
league get started in a playing
schedule are asked to contact
one of the new officers.
Boys sign-up cards are avail-'
able at the Selective Service office across from the Clare Post-
office, or at Green's Clothing,
or the Clare Hardware,
Series Tells
How To Use
Dial Phones
. . . And then there was the
woman using a dial-type tele,
phone, for the first time, Who
read the instructions about in
serting her finger in the correc'
opening to dial letters and numerals, — and tried to dial with
all the fingers of her hand in
the holes at the same time, one
finger for each number -simul
taneously. She didn't get her
hand stuck in the telephone, but
she did have troubles until" she
learned the correct way to use
her new telephone.
It's understandable that communities, long accustomed to
oider styles of phone service ex
perience difficulties in learning
new telephone methods. And the
so-called "bugs" in such new
phone systems are not always of
the mechanical variety.
Clare will see the initiation of
dial telephone Service on June
15. The new system, now almost
completely installed, is presently
undergoing tests in preparation
for the cut over.
In the Sentinel issues of June
5 and June .12, feature stories
will describe the dial-system and
the service improvements which
it will bring, to the, area. Readers will also find useful informa-
.tion about using their new dial
instruments. •
Be sure to watch for the stor
ies in coming issues of The
Sentinel.
WarOn
Wild Dog
Sheep-Killers
Clare County Sheriff James
Darling this week reported the
partial destruction of a pack of
wild dogs in Franklin township
after a complaint had been made
that the dogs were killing sheep
belonging, to Cecil Matthews on
his farm there .
The dogs, described as abandoned farm dogs whose owners
had left the area are running in
a pack of about seven or more
and had eaten some cattle which
had died in the "field from some
unknown poisoning. More lately the dogs have attacked Mat
thews' sheep.
The sheriff went to the scene
Sunday after the pack had killed
four of the sheep.
Two of the wild dogs were
killed and nine pups were discovered in an underground burrow where their Wild mother- had
given birth to them.
Efforts will be made to destroy
the remainder of the dog pack
and Matthews has the Sheriff's
permission to shoot any of them
on sight.
Laying Ithaca
To Stevenson
Lake Gas Line
the conference, . -■ ',
The pastoral relations committee extended the invitation for
Rev. and Mrs, L. J. Nevins to
return as pastor for the Clare
church next year, to "begin his
tenth year in Clare, maintaining
the same salary which*he had
formerly received on the charge.
Remarks by Mr. Holbrook an,d
Charles Tryon represented the'
Clare and Farwell churches in
Ihe good fellowship, maintained
by both churches through th.e
years.,.   , ' " ""•
At the close.o,f the.conference,
members of the Clare congregation remained for view of plans
for. the new. educational unit,
which have been revised somewhat to the original plans. This
was voted to" be accepted in
conjunction With all rules, and
Work is scheduled to begin in
August on' the new Unit.   •
One of Mrs. Grace McArthur's
best known paintings, Belle isle
Band Concert has been purchased by the senior class of Fitzgerald Public School, Warren,
Michigan to become part of a
permanent collection of work by
Michigan artists'and be hung at
that school as a departing gift
by that class.
In a letter received by. Mrs.
McArthur this week, the class
president and a faculty advisor
informed her that the project had
earned the praise of William
Bostwick of the Detroit Institute
of Arts and many other local
galleries..
The canvas joins a collection
of paintings by many other well
known .and importantly recognized artists.
. Mrs. McArthur will attend foc-
mal presentation ceremonies On
June 8, when the painting Will be
accepted by the school..
The painting along with two
others by Mrs. McArthur are
also the subjects of interest on
the part of the editors of Ford
Times, a beautiful little magazine published by the Ford Motor Company and featuring full-
color reproduction of artists'
works.
Ford Times has examined color slides of Belle Isle Band Concert, Carnival Comes To Town
and a recently exhibited canvas
Hunting Scene, and has expressed the wish to purchase all threa
Of the two available, Mrs, Mc
Arthur says that if they are illustrated in Ford Times, they
Will then become part of a col
lection to be placed on exhibit
by the company .
Friends of Mrs. McArthur who
take much admiring pride in the
recognition which her painting
has earned, are extremely pleased with these latest laurels for
her.
Hunting Scene depicts the
crossroads at Clare with red
coated hunters, game animals
and other figures familiar in the
hunting season.
Retailers To
Hear Talk By
MRA Head
Two executives ofr- the Michi*
gatt Retailers Association will
meet with Clare retailers at a
Legislative Breakfast Meeting,
Wednesday, May 21, 8;30"a.m.,at
the Hotel Doherty.
Richard O. Cook, Assistant Executive Vice President of MRA,
who was recently named to
"Who's Who in the Midwest" for
his. outstanding Legislative "activity for the retailing industry in
Michigan, and Duahe R. Vernon,
Assistant Manager of Affiliated
Divisions of MRA, arc appearing
Division Manager H. L. Ziegen
bein, of Consumers Power Com
pany, announced last week that
construction of a new natural
gas pipeline from Ithaca to Stevenson Lake is scheduled to begin May 15.
A contract for the new pipeline
has been awarded by Michigan
Gas Storage Company, a subsidiary of Consumers Power
Company, to Midwestern Constructors, Incorporated of Tulsa;
Oklahoma,
Stevenson Lake, northern terminus Of the line is 5% miles
southwest of Clare, The distance
from Ithaca is 40 miles. The
oipeline will have a diameter of
26".. It Will constitute a loop for
one sections of the Storage Company's main line between southern Michigan and the MGS
Storage fields *ln Clare, Missaukee ahd Osceola counties, increasing the Company's ability
to deliver gas from storage, to
Consumers Power Company on
winter days of peak demand,
Construction is scheduled for
mid-summer,
Mr. Ziegenbein also announced
that Midwestern Constructors
Tnc. had been awarded the contract for a new Consumers Power Company gas pipeline from
the OVerisel gas field in Allegan
County to Woodbury, on the
Barry-Eaton county line, a distance of 45 miles. The diameter
of this line will be 24". The line
will reinforce gas supplies in the
Ionia, Grand Ledge and Hastings
area and permit extension of gas
service to Middleville,
Sewing Leaders
Receive Two
Day Training
In 4-H Club work, as in other
educational programs, spmeon*
has to teach the teachers. Thi*
means that more than 350.00C
volunteer adult and junior 4-1*7
leaders have received some special training for the particular
4-H projects they supervise.
One new 4-H program design
ed specifically^ for training 4-K
clothing leaders and Extensioi
workers is now in its third year.
It is called, "Getting the Most
Out of Your Sewing Machine."
Well over 30,000 women have
received instructions, and they
in turn have taught at least
100,000. young girls enrolled in
4-H sewing projects.
'After completing the two day
training course held in various
locations throughout the state,
"graduates" receive a certificate
of merit., The Singer Sewing
Machine Company supports this
training program carried on in
44 states and Alaska in coopera-*
tion with the Extension Service
and the National Committee on
Boys and Girls Club Work.
According to reports from several' clothing. leaders, as a result , qf the sewing machine
course, new 4-H Clubs were formed for girls who wanted to learn,
proper  sewjng    techniques.
RICHARD  COOK
here as part of the MRA program to bring the 1958 Legislative Session,'as it affects retailers, 'to businessmen in over 400
Michigan communities.
The local chairman of the
meeting is Willard Bicknell of
he Wm. H. Bicknell Co. Local
firms holding .. memberships in
the MRA are: Wm. H, Bicknell
Co., Clare Furniture Co., Clare
Hardware Co., Davy's," Inc., The
Clare Sentinel/ and the Clar-e
Chamber of Commerce, Mr, Bick-
lell said that all local businessmen are invited and Welcome tp
..tend the breakfast,      .. ■/   -'   .
Cook, who is also .a registered
.Lobbyist, will discuss the major
'axation picture, the new employment security bill, the minimum wage situation, the new
shoplifting and watercraft registration laws, and several othes
ireas of vital legislative activity.
Hardware Men
Scheduled Here
A regional meeting of the
Michigan. Retail Hardware Association will be held Tuesday,
May 20, in Clare, it was an- ■
nounced today by Harold W.
Schumacher, association manager-treasurer.
Scheduled to meet at Barnes
Town & Country Cafe at- 12 $0
Noon member hardware merchants from the surrounding
area, employees and friends, .will
hear from .Senator Charles T.
l?rescott and Representative
Russell H.. Strange Jr. who will
discuss* current and proposed
legislation as it affects the hardware retailer, '.
Chairman for the day will be
Ben J. Burdo of. Clare Hardware
Co.