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THEf-CLARE SENTTOL, GLAm MICHIGAN
JUNE 5, 1958
Ten Cents Copy
New Series, Vol, 66, No, 38
New City Manager
Begins Job Monday
Beginning Monday, Clare will
have a new city manager,—a man
who has made a career of being
literally a one-man government in
the up-state city of Frankfort.
Clarence Gum will take over
the job presently held by Willard
Slap Fines
On Disorderly
Celebrates
Police of the Clare city force
were congratulating themselves
and the motoring public this week
after a holiday weekend free
from serious traffic accidents
andi in their own words/'quiet".
Nevertheless, their records Monday showed several instances
when qelebrators had to be
calmed down from *a too boist-
rous mood, and other complaints
of a more serious nature-involving use of an auto while under
the influence of alcoholic beverage.
The thanks of Police Chief William Cook went to two Clare fire-
men who assisted with traffic
control during parade time on
Memorial Day. The Fire Department helpers, were John Roda-
foaugh and Floyd Woodworth,
secretary and chief of the Fire
Department.
Arrested at 2*30 a,m. on the
holiday, was Daniel Wasker-
witz, .37 from Mt. Pleasant, who
-police say was driving drunk
when* he collided his auto with
the rear of a truck auo-carrier
parked on W. Fifth. Wasker-
Witz's 1958 Buick was a total loss
and he with a companion who
had been riding win him were
taken to the Clare General Hospital.
Another man, Raymond J.
Smith, 42, ol RI, Clare was also
in-trouble for driving whSte'tt&£te*
the influence, tie also was arrested early on Memorial Day morn*
ing, and. appearing Monday in
Justice Dunlop's court, he paid
$54.30 fine and costs and surrendered his operator's license to
the court.
Ray Underwood Was jailed on
a complaint charging disorderly
conduct. Clare police picked him
■up at his home *on John Street
He drew $18.30 fine and cost and
a promise of 10 days in the county jail if he violates a 30-day
probation term imposed.
In Michigan over he holiday,
ten persons lost their lives in
traffic accidents. None of the
faalities involved local people.
Police picked up disorderly
drinkers during the weekend.
Judge Dunlop told one of them,
a Christian John Hoppe who gave
Washington D. C. as his address
to, "get out of town". Both Hoppe
and Albert E. Ott appeared in
Justice court for toeing disorderly.
James Gordon Styles, W. Fourth
Clare paid a bill of $14.30 fine
and cost for the same offense.
Picked up with Styles was a
minor boy who had also been
drinking. After subduing the boy
when he created a disturbance in
the police station, the officers
packed him off to Probate court
in Harrison.
Wedge. The appointment of ^um
came from Mayor Gerald Nivison at Monday's city commission
meeting this week, and was
immediately approved by the
town governing group.
Mr Gum who has spent practically all of his life at Frankfort,
has been listed as City Superintendent there for five and one-
half years; In addition to that
position, he was a various times
City Assessor, Police Chief,
Street Superintendent and chief
of parks and water crews.
Interviewed among several
candidates, Gum impressed Clare
commissioners favorably and
they conformed the -mayor's
appointment automatically.
Mr, Gum, 45, accepted the position at the annual salary, of
$6200. He plans to move to Clare
shortly with his wife and then-
family of three teen-age children.
Mr. Wedge is to remain on the
city payroll until the 15h of June
to work with the new city manager in an advisory capacity.
Schools Get
$11 Million
Bell Check
The Michigan Bell Telephone
Company announced its payment
to the state primary school fund
in 1957 was the largest in the
company's history.
Amounting to $11,051,000, the
payment again places Michigan
Bell as the top contributor to the
fund.
T. C. Maher, manager here for
the company, reported that
$8,941 of the total tax payment
was allocated to the public
school system of Clare.
Schools throughout Clare
county, including the city of
Clare, received a total of $22,06?
/4pm Michigan Bell's payment
The payments were based on a
school census of 1,547 in the city,
and 3,81T in the county.
The tax payment amounted to
$5.78^ for each of the 1,910,552
youngsters in the state between
the ages of 5 and 19 who are on
the census rolls.
Michigan Bell, in common with
railroads, Pullman, railway express, telegraph, and other telephone companies, pays such a
tax earmarked for the primary
fund in lieu of other property
taxes.
Graduation
Program
Tomorrow
A graduating class of seventy
Clare Big** Scool seniors will file
past School Board Secretary C-
B. Neff tomorrow evening to receive their traditiona 1 handshakes and diplomas, their last
appearance as students in Clare
Public Schools, Commencement
Week began last'.Sunday with observance of Baccalaureate.
The capped and gowned graduates will 'be honored in the
Commencement program scheduled at seven o'clock before the
stands on the school's athletic
field.
An address, Unlimited Frontiers, .to be delivered by Dean
Philip Jt Gannon, of Lansing
Community College highlights
the program leading to the a-
warding of the "Sheepskins",
The CHS Band will play for the
program.
Other 'parts of the program
feature presentation of the class
memorial, musical selecions, rec-
ognition of National Honor society members and scholarship winners, and remarks by Lionel Duncan, School Board Vice President,
Richard Wheeler, Superintendent,
and William Harper, High School
Principal.
NOTE BOOK
"Little League age boys who
ate not members of any team
can be assigned to regular
"Minor I-eague" teams at a
meeting to be held at the
LL park Friday, June 6 at
5 p.m.
Clare Hardware company is
going to make lots of friends
Friday among area housewives
because of an offer to clean
small rugs free! It's a sale demonstration and women are invited
to bring soiled throw rugs to the
store for a free cleanup job (to
show how easy the^job'c'ah be
when you have the right materials). Bring rugs in the afternoon, ladies.
Summer feolf for youngsters at Twin Elms is branching oat to a program of instruction and competition.
Monday at U a»m. teacner
Harry Coney will register
kids in 2 separate age groups
up to 18 years. There is a
tournament  at  ttte  end  or
the season,
Red Eagle
Escapes; Js     :v
Re-captured
Lonnje "Red Eagle" sent to
Ionia hospital for the criminally
insane for the slaying of John
Potter at Harrison a couple of
years ago, escaped last week from
his eonfinment. An alert through*
out the southwestern part of the
state was in effect from Thur#i
day of last week, until Saturday
when Lonnies short-lived freedom was ended by recapture.
The man had been ipiptisohed
since June of 1956.
Sidewalk
Sale Plans
The Chamber of COjrirrterce
stirred this week with the first
announced plans for the coming
annual Sidewalk Sale in .Clare.
Advance preparations are for the
event .to be held on Friday, June
27, or if that day is rainy, then
on the 28th.
A sidewalk Sale committee
from the C of C retail division
has been working on preliminary
phases of the big sale,for several
weeks.
Along the lines of former successes, the sale will feature a
McEwan street he-flagged and
colorful with heaps and heaps of
special sale values displayed on
tables and counters on the curb
in front of business places. Costumes for salespeople and* free
attractions (extra, beside? the
sale bargains) for shopper**;, are
even now being readied ior the
day which will probably see
crowds second only to the recent
"Crazy Tuesday" here.
A bulletin to all C of C members this week urged, "Give real
Values on the sale. Merchandise
must be attractive and priced for
real sale, values!"
A record breaking avalanche^pi
publicity and advertising' -will
build customer interest in the
event. The Sentinel and other'
media will list special bargains
on offer.
The committee, looking for
new features and enlivening additions to the promotion formula followed in the past two
years, promise attractions and
"new wrinkles" to lead'shoppers
from the entire central Michigan
area to Clare on June 27.
Chairman of the promotion
committee is Dan Burdo.
Six-County Child Guidance Clinic
Still Waiting State Funds Release
A sorry picture of 2,000 child-
ment was spread before the
directors of the Central Michigan
Child Guidance Clinic at their
annual meeting May 21.
The Clinic, housed, equipped
and with a staff waiting; with
thousands of dollars invested by
the participating counties of Isabella, Gratiot, Osceola, Mecosta,
Clare arid Gladwin; now needs
only the State's appropriation to
enable the Clinic to perform its
function in the area.
The Clinic has received a series of setbacks from the State
Legislature,   although   it  would
serve a six-county area the Legislature has repeatly refused to
appropriate funds.
The project has the support of
each of the six county Boards of
supervisors, Boards of Education
United Fund, as well as professional, educational and social organizations.
A report of progress for the
•past year and election of directors
and officers for the ensuing year
occupied the agenda of the meeting, which was held' at Fancher
school.
The meeting was attended by
Representative  Russell   Strange
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Honor
Tho Arion Award in music, presented annually by the fioiiuy Ciub io »
senior class band member, went this year io Richard Boe. He accepted
the plaque at a club lunch meeting last week. Left to right are Lloyd
Conley* band director, Roe, and Rotary Club president Robert Archam*
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Police
With Radio System
After First Two Weeks Trial Run
Clare Police Chief William Uool
wonders how his Dept. ever operated
before thfe radio system of cominuni--
cation was installed. Messages are
\ • now received at the station and re-
JrVJlllOUllClllg layed instantly to officers on patrol.
Lee Sowle photo
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Improvements at City  Hall include   a
new office   and courtroom   for   Clare
Tf! T\k*W Justice William Dunlop. Located on the
JJ.J. i.T""CW 2d floor of fhe birilding,%the new°"quar-
/-1       mU~ta,.   s-n-rv*  lers Prov*de snore room and   privacy
V^OlllTtXOOlXl for growing court business.
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who told the group that he felt
the "hold-the-lihe"philosophy of
this year's Legislature was largely responsible for its .refusal to
grant funds for the Clinic or
any new project. He also expressed hope that when the next
tax study was completed—it is
now in progrss—thert should be
a better chance that money would
toe available during.the 1959 session to grant the Clinic.
Dr. Charles Pool, of Central
Michigan College, stated at the
annual meeting, "These people in
their continued request to the
Legislature for the establishment of a Child Guidance Clinic
in this area, are speaking for
children who cannot speak for
themselves."
Re-elected to / serve another
year were the present officers;
President, Herbert Marshall, Isabella county; vice-president, Dr.
Loren Burt, Gratiot county; secretary, Mrs. Megan Atlee, Gladwin county; treasurer, Mr. Jack
Beatty, Isabella couny; finance
Commitee -chairman, James Morton, MecOsta county.
Elected to fill the vacancies of
dire*6ors who had resigned or
whose term, nad expired were;
Reelected, J. P, Beatty, 3 years,
Isabella county; elected, Richard
Wheeler, 3 years, Clare county,
to replace Al Tulk (resigned); reelected Merton Dean and Pauline
Hegle, 3 years, Gratiot county;
elected William Grannon, 3 years,
Mecosta county, to replace Mrs.
Dprthy Grannon; rejected Dr.
Roger Grandmaisort, 3 years,
Mecosa caunty.
Re-elected Mrs. Megan Alee
ahd Steward Woodword, 3 years,
Gladwin County; re-elected Mrs.
Beth Fisher and Mrs. Fern Bon-
tekoe, 3 years, Osceola county.
The Board of Directors for the
proposed Central Michigan Child
Guidance Clinic has made plans
>to have the various six counties
meet separately in the near future'
Annual District Session
Brings OES To Harrison
gifts presented to them, four being from Clare, Ada Hochstetler,
1929, Iva Fisher, 1942, Mabel Horton, 1949 and Dorothd Lloyd,
1956, Jay Bellinger, a past second vice president was also present, to be introdced. Two other
brother officers Hugh Glover and
Emil Bucholz were present for
the evening session. Following
these introductions a special tribute was given by Clarabelle
Harper, past matron of Harrison'
chapter, honoring Mary Weath-
erhead, the first president of the
association in 1916-17-18.
A lighted cross cerelony was
given by Job's Daughters, Bethel
No. 64 of Harrison.
A ham dinner was served at
6:00 o'clock and the invocation
was given by the association
chaplain, Mrs. Hecker presented
Pearl Clute, a past president, as
toastmistress. Mrs. Edith Bucholz gave the welcome and Betty
Cjlark "^e*Spond©^. M$an Miller
entertained with a baritone solo.
The evening session was called
to order by Frances Haroldson,
past president of Gladwin, and
Emil Bucholz, past second vice
president ,. of Harrison. Special
introductions were made and reports of committees were given.
The program of the evening included a reading "Little Bo-
Peep" by Cheryl Schlafley, Reading, "The Waltz", Ann Jackson,
both for Zenobia chapter, and
several of the members gave a
very entertaining and Unusual
style show. A piano solo by Janet Crawford and accordion solo,
by Peter Miller represented the
Gladwin chapter.
The message of the Worthy
Grand Matron was centered a-
round her motto, "Faith .in
Prayer", and cited many of the
objectives of the order, and her
projects for the year. The memorial service presented by Alice
L. Seeley Chapter, Farwell Was
beautiful and impressive.
New officers for the coming
year are: Vera Cameron, JVlid-
land, president; Alberta Brown,
Coleman, first vice president,
Frank Heraldson, Gladwin, second 'vice president; Genevieve
Born, Clare secretary; Olive
Bruce, Harrison, treasurer; Betty Adams, Beai'-tton, marshal;
Maggie Clark, Farwell, chaplain.
These officers were installed
by Mrs, Frances Reed Glover, assisted by Mildred Wall, installing
marshal, Emma Bolstrom, installing chaplain and Myrtle
Continued on Page 8
The forty-third annual session
of the Clare - Gladwin - Midland
District Association Order of
Eastern Star, was held in the
Masonic Temple at Harrison,
Tuesday, June 3, 1958.
The opening of the afternoon
session at 2:00 o'clock was in
charge of Flossie Cady, Junior
Past President and Jay Bellinger, Past Second Vice-President.
Association officers presented
were: Bernadine Hecker, Harrison, president; Vera Cameron,
Midland, first vice-pre'$Kjent;
Kenneth Clark, Farwell, second
vice-president; Genevieve Born,
Clare, secretary; Pearl Murphy,
Coleman, treasurer,; Gladys Valentine, Gladwin, marshal; Betty
Adams, Beaverton, chaplain;
Winifred Phillips, Harrison, organist.
A Bible tribute candlelight ceremony was performed by the
Beaverton chapter, with prayer
by the association chaplain, and
the Flag presentation.
Special guests included Betty
Clark, Jonesville, Worthy Grand
Matron; Mabel Shaw, Walled
Lake, Associate Grand Conductress; Mrs. Sarah Wilson, Midland, Mrs. Edith Bucholz, Harrison, Past Grand .Chaplains;
Mary Weaherhead, Harrison,
Past Grand Adah, Beatrice Mun-
dy, Pontiac, Past Grand Warder,
and Frances Reed Glover, of
Midland, Past Worthy Grand Ma
tron.
Association officers introduced
from outside of the district were
Esther Brown, of Cadillac, president of the Manistee district;
Berniee t Penzien, president of
Saginaw-Bay district, Icyle Rae
kel, Edith Fogel, Anna Krtauf,
and Esther Bell, also officers of
that district; Dorothy . Kelley,
Worthy Matron of Temple Chap
ter, Bay City.
The address of welcome was
given by Worthy Matron Lucille
Gardner bf Harrison, and the
response, Barbara Thering, Worthy Matron of Coleman. A duet,
"Song in Your Heart" was sung
hy LaVern Genaw and Jean Morton, of Harrison. Carol Witbeck
of Coleman sang "The Lily and
Bluebell" and "Romance". Two
readings, "Are Friends Great?"
and "Down td the Town of
Smiles", by Sarah "Wilson of
Midland were enjoyed,, and Mary
Jeane and Darrill Nash of Beaverton rendered a piano duet.
' Twenty past presidents of the
association were introduced and
Clare's new police radio communication system, now in its
second week of full use, is proving to be the answer to many of
the efficiency problems that
have beset the city law enforcement department.
Chief William Cook is looking
forward to the time soon when
the police desk ih the station at
city hall will be manned around
the clock by employees of the
Police Department whoSe job it
will be to receive telephone calls
of any emergency nature —
fire, police, civilian defense —-
and then by** means of the radio
facilities, to' relay messages to
officers in the Clare Department
patrol car.
Indeed, in forseeable conditions, messages can be radioed
instantly to Michigan State Police officers at Mt. Pleasant city,
Alma, Midland, or even to Saginaw and other points.
The $3,000. system includes a
base sending and receiving station and two car-units, one for
the patrol car and the other for
the chief's own car.
An 80-foot tower rises over the
roof of cthe city hall to help produce a good, clear signal from
the base.
Chief Cook said that the system is licensed to operate on a
maximum, of 600 watts and that
the signal is proving to be highly satisfactory.
Incidentally, freak interfer-
ferance with television reception
will not be blamed on the new
Clare police radio, Cook said.
What sometimes appears to
be "smothering" of TV picture
and sound by police short-wave
broadcaster has not been complained of in the locality where
the Clare system has been in
Use, and no atteh faults axe e&
pected to' develop since- the Clare
radio is operating on a wave
length far off the TV band.
All police officers of the Clare
Department are licensed to operate the radio and the chief has
recently added Jim HOskins as a
"civilian" employee at the desk
in the station.
Hoskins, who works from 4 in
the afternoon until 12: midnight
j oins, Mrs. .Virginia Kuula (12
midnight to 8 a.m.) on the telephone-radio watch. The Department is looking for a third non-
uniformed employee to man the
desk from 8 a.m. to 4 in the afternoon.
Cook said that these police
employees are qualified to receive the public's calls in emergency, or complaint 'situations as
well as routine calls. They instantly relay the message to uniformed officers, wherever they
may be. Only police officers answer the calls regardless of who
receives the telephone messages
at the station.
With the-time approaching for
the telephone switch-over to
dial sysem, Chief Cook, who is
Scout Award
Presentations
BBoy Scout Troop 120 held a
Court of Honor in St. Cecilia's
Church basement Wednesday
evening, May 28 with their parents as guests.
Awards were presented by
Mayor Gerald Nivison to the following:
Tenderfoot - awards: Dennis
Scott, Michael Austin, Gordon
Gault, Gary Gershon and Robert
Allen.
Second class awards: Tom
Dunn, Michael Austin, Michael
Haley, Michael Kolenda and Jer
ry Joe Nivison.
Mayor Nivison also presented
the Charter and it was accepted
by Scoutmaster Bill Hofweber.
God and Country Ribbon accepted by Assistant Scout Master
Phil Breen.
Boys Life award: Accepted by
patrol leader Dorr Walters.
Scout Fair award: Accepted' b^
senior patrol, leader, Jim John
son.'
Dick Smith ofMt. Pleasant,
district camping chairman, was
introduced, and after^ a few re'
marks showed a movie on scouting, -.
Several of the boys are planning on going to*Cainp Weidnian
Friday June 6, oh a Camporee.
Plana are also being made for
the troop to spend a week on an
outing at Camp Rotary, the second week in July*  "-'"'
also Civilian Defense Director
lists telephone numbers -to be
called in emergencies:,' • ■.■■'<,.
Presently, fire alarms should
be phoned to No. 210; police\will
answer No. 27.
After June 15, fire alarms will
be dialed at EVergreen -6-*79iitf
and police calls go to EVergreen
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An electric switch arrangement
Jn the police station enables the
"persOn on duty to sound the siren for fires, and also blow it on
a high, sustained note for civil
.defense emergencies, and for cur*
few call.
The radio system has a three-
part usefulness in that it makes
it possible for police calls to be.
sent and received from base to
base (station), base to car, and
from car to car. The receiving
set "hears" State Police broadcast under a monitoring arrangement, and can cut in to answer
or send if the need arises.
The Clare radio system operates on assigned wave lengths of
155.37 and 155:49. Its call letters
are KQH409.
Legion
Auxiliary
Elects Officers
The annual meeting Of the
Clare American. Legion Auxiliary Unit 128 was held Monday
evening in the 'Legion .rooms.
Mrs. ,ilna Hammond, president,
preside^. .--■, c. . .
--■Mmp'Miiie feommitt'eo reports
were- glveh, aiid worthwhile -pro*
jects more than met with-their
expectations, including the hospital and rehabilitation, the poppy sales program and commu-;
nity service1 work.
Transportation was arranged
for Marlene Haddox to attend
the Wolverine Girls State at Unit
versity of Michigan, ■ June 17- It
was voted to have the business''
meeting night On. the fourth
Monday of the month, and thd*
social meeting on the second
Monday, just an exchange ,of
What they had been before,
All members were reminded of
the district meeting to be held at
Big Rapids this Sunday, June 8;
dinner at 2:00, with the memorial-
service to follow, and several of
the Clare members taking part. „
Mrs. Fern Wright, chairman of
the nominating committee presented the slate of officers,-
Which were unanimously elected:
Mrs. Hammond, president; Mrs,
Sue Holmes, first vice president"-
Mrs. Hilda Tibbils, second vice
president; Mrs. Blanche Walker^
recording secretary; Mrs. Pat
McDonald, treasurer; Mrs- Florence-Kane, historian; Mrs. Fern
Archambault, sergeant - at-armsj
Mrs. Wright, musician, -
Chairman and committees will
be named at the next regular
meeting on the fourth Monday in
September.
Officers will be installed with
the other five units in the district at Mt. Pleasant in August.
Delegates to the Department
Convention which Will be held
July 24, 25, 26 and 27 at the
Statler Hotel, will be Mrs, Hammond and Mrs. Wright.
The unit presented the Post
with a check for $100.00 to he
used in rehabilitation work. Mrs.
Hammond expressed thanks to
the Officers and committees for
their co-operation during the
past year, and gave each a gift.
She then served refreshments at
ice cream and cake.
Odd Fellows
Elect Joe Swmm
The Clare IOOF Lodge held
their regular meeting Tuesday
evening. Horace Fancon,. noble
grand presided.
The main issue of business Was
the' election of officers, Joseph
Swairt was elected noble grand
and Frank Nessler, Vice grand,,
to serve for a six months term*
Secretariesandtreasurer hold offices for a year term. Ernest iv-*
win was re-elected lodge deputy, fr
for another year, and representative' |o Grand Lodge was Barley
Hojt, and Horace Fancon the ai
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