1958-07-24; Clare Sentinel

              THE CLARE SENTINEL
Established 1878
Little Gary Haring
Killed In Accident
$2.50 Year, in Clara, Isabella Counties^
THE CLARE SENT1MEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN
JULY 24,1958
Tragedy struck the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haring Wednesday forenoon when their 17-
month-old son, Gary was acci-
dently killed in the yard at their
home near Clare. A hay chopper
pulled behind a tractor driven by
the tot's uncle, Lanny Haring
ran over his body and inflicted
fatal injuries.
Gary was playing in the driveway at his grandfather's place,
the Charles Haring farm, 4 miles
south of-Clare and' 1% east on
the Coleman road when the tractor was driven into the yard and
could not be stopped in time
when he ran tod' close to the
wheels.
Lanny Haring, 17, is a student
at Clare high school.
Lanny and his older sister,
Mrs. Hitchcock rushed the child
to Clare where an emergency operation was performed. The
child -died at approximately 11:05
a.m. Cause of death was internal
hemorrhaging.
The mother of the child "was
working at the telephone office
at the time and the father, a former pipeline worker, was at the
unemployment office.
Horse Pulling
Scheduled At
sabella Fair
A horse-pulling contest to be
featured at the Isabella County
Youth and Farm Fair on August
20 is being billed as one of the
top attractions during the five-
day run at Mt. Pleasant beginning August 19,
In the afternoon the lightweight class will perform and
the heavyweight contest will be
in the eyening. This event will
offer $700.00 in prizes and Avill
feature the Earl Hafer award.
The Frank Harlngs live in a
trailer house on Charles Haring's
farm. They have one other child.
Danny who Is 4-years-old.
Funeral services will be held
at 2:00 p.m. at the Clare Methodist Church with' interment at
the Vernon Township' Cemetery
in Isabella county. Rev. Virgil
Brinkman of the Colonville
Church of God officiating.
Local fooup
Entertained At
Mystic Lake
- Forty guests-were-present at
the seventh annual Good Neighbor Day prograhl 'held Wednesday, July 16 at the YMCA Mystic Lake caihp two miles west of
Lake.    •
The program was attended by
local residents who represented
neighbors and friends as well as
suppliers to camp.
Committee ^people and Lansing
supporters were also present to
enjoy a turkey dinner and a
talent program conducted by
campers. A tour of inspection
preceded the program led by
Duane H. Perry serving his sixth
.year, as canm .direct*?**-.
Those present from the local
community included*' Mr- and
Mrs. Don Luce, Mr- and Mrs.
Earl Ruby, vMr. and Mrs. Robert
Gruno, Mr. "and Mrs. Fred Scott
and sons, Harry Cornell, Mr.
and Mrs. Clinton Case, L. Anderson and son, Dr. and Mrs. K
Hammerberg, Mr. and Mrs, Omer
Parent, Robert Ruby, Burke Collins and Henry Doll.
Since 1953 the camp has undergone a rehabilitation with new
modern facilities enabling the
camo to serve groups of all ages
[on a year arotrnd basis, in Aug-
ttsi' the csnnp will serve a church
fgmUy camp followed, by-•a, week
Many of Michigan's bestrtesuns. ..v^ -,,. „- .....„„ s- ., ,s
are entered in this contest, Wffiehf^rth the Rogers City hand and
will be under, the direction -M\ Jhf_ tS^tL ^h°°L^^. ?5^Li°
Ernest Klump and Earl Hafer.
A total of 2,500 fair programs
and premium books are presently being distributed in Isabella
county and surrounding areas.
The book is distributed thru
the cooperation of 168 merchants
in the county, according to Jack
Cheney, publication director.
Jim Rush, publicity chairman,
completed the initial distribution
of posters and fence signs, and it
is anticipated that this job shall
be completed by the middle of
next week, The publicity chairman said husiness establishments
are to be commended for their
fine cooperation.
County Agriculture Agent B. C.
Mellencamp ,calls attention to
the fact that the health requirements for livestock are contained
in the premium book.
The County Fair Rodeo, under
the supervision of the Chippewa
Wrangler Riding Club, will have
ten contests with local participation. Jack Cheney and Ken Hel-
mer will serve as superintendents
and the program will feature
"Buck" Barry.
The Isabella County Farm Bu-
dise prize to the 4-H club mem-
reau will award a $10 merchan-
ber keeping the most complete
and accurate records in the livestock project, as an achievement
special, under Section 1 —
Dairy, in the Junior Department.
H. B. Johnson
Preaching
In Clare
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Members of the Congregational
Church greeted two of their former pastors at services Sunday
where Rev. H. B. Johnson preached as a guest minister while Rev,
Hugh Kennedy is Vacationing. Attending the worship were Rev.
Oscar Olson with Mrs, Olson and
their family.
Both men are former pastors
of the Clare church.
Rev. Johnson will conduct services again on July 27 before the
church is closed until ReV. Kennedy returns from his .summer
leave on vacation.
Water Hours
- Clare City Manager Clarence
Gum announced this week that
the hours for sprinkling lawns
have been changed to 6-9 a.m.
and 6-9 p.m. daily.
The previous schedule has been
disregarded due to a misunderstanding concerning sprinkling
■procedures-. ^_.
help the two bands get in shape
for the fall .season* "
The camp emphasizes swimming and canoeing — the latter
for older boys. Other program
features include archery, riflery,
outdoor living, crafts, fishing
and boating, nature lore and conservation.
Scouts Open
Gamp For
Girls* Day
The Explorer Boy Scouts at
Fort Scott had their first Coed
Field Sport Day for this year
Thursday. Fort Scott is the program for the older boys at Camp
Rotary, seven miles v north of
Clare.
The following girls from Harrison attended the coed event
and enjoyed archery, rifle marksmanship, canoeing and swimming: Beth Hughes, Kathy Darl-
(Jng, Karen Harper, Marilyn
Rorke, June Lang and • Sally
Wright, all of Harrison, Judy
Norquay of Detroit .and' Carol
Mead of Royal Oak.
Mrs. Mondelle Wright of Harrison accompanied the girls. Mrs.
Jack Scheall of Mt. Pleasant also
attended.        7
Eunice Demerest
Wins Wings As
Air Stewardess
Eunice Mabel Demarest, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schrei-
ber of 113 Helen Street, Midland
and formerly of Clare has won
her wings as an American Airlines steWardess and is currently
based in New York.
Miss Demarest was graduated
from stewardess college at 'Ft.
Worth, Texas, after a course of
training which included such subjects as flight operations, principles of :cnetcrology, -navigation,
radio techniques, airline schedules, and tariffs, customer relations, as well as beauty culture,
posture and poise.       ■
Before entering stv^ardess
training,-Miss Demarest had been
Miss Midland for two years and
also was in the Miss Central
Michigan Pageant for two years
placing third each time,
She is one of the several hundred stewardesses to be employed
by American Airlines during
1058.
Ten Q-miB Copy
New Series, Vol. 86, No. 45
For
Jack
Bearing the inscription, "In Memory, of Jack Russell ^'. .
1957" this water fountain was dedicated last Sunday
at the Little League ball park.
The late Jack Russell, killed in an automobile accident
last Labor Day, was an energetic worker and a founder
for Clare's Little League program. Jack was also one
of the first managers of a local L.L. club.
Compliance In '59 Affects
Future Wheat Allotments
Farmers who comply with their
1959 farm wheat acreage allotments will receive credit for the
acreage "diverted" from wheat
production this year in establishing future wheat allotments,
Floren J. Pudvay, Chairman,
Cl^re County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, pointed out todayl
Legislation enacted in recent
years provides that a farm's
"base acreage" shall be used as
Telephon
Rates Up
*■
This Month
The basic rate for residential
telephone, service in Clare was
increased 10 cents a month effective July 8,. 1958 under the recent Public Service Commission
order granting Michigan Bell
Telephone Company an increase
in revenues, the company announced recently*
The 10 cent increase applies to
1-party, 2-party and 4-party residential service. Rural rates generally are not affected. The new
rate schedule boosts the cost of
1-party and 2-party business service 20 cents a month.
Additional directory listings
for business service are increased 25 cents a month, while additional residence listings go up 10
cents a month. -     ■
The $1 charge for spring cords
is eliminated in cases where a
charge applies for other telephone work being done on the
premises.
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Illness Fatal
To Floyd Kindle
Floyd Leonard Kinde passed
away early Tuesday morning,
July 22 at the Gratiot County
Hospital in Alma following an
illness of 10 months:
He was born in Sebewaing
Sept. 18, 1897. He was married
to Geraldine Stewart of Caro on
April 23, 1918,
Mr, Kiride was a restaurant
and motel operator in Clare for
the past 11. years, coming here
from Traverse City. He was a
member of the Congregational
Church in Clare.
Surviving him are his wife,
Geraldine, one daughter, Mrs.
M. J. Pratt of Traverse City, one
son, Stewart of Clare, three
grandchildren, his mother, Mrs.
Anna Kinde of Traverse City.
Funeral services will be held
today, July 24, at 2:00 p.m. at
the Congregational Church. Rev.
Hugh Kennedy will officiate and
burial will be in Oakwood Mausoleum, Saginaw, Mich.
Friends may call at the Stephenson Funeral Home from 6
o'clock Tuesday until noon on
j Thursday.       w . „
the wheat acreage history for
1959 and future years if the
farmer complies with his wheat
acreage allotment. The "base
acreage? ia the farm allotment
plus the acreage .considered diverted from wheat for the "year.
On the other hand, farmers
who exceed their farm's wheat
acreage allotment in 1959 will be
credited only with the allotment
in the determination of future
allotments, unless any excess is
stored in accordance ..with regyM
tionsl 77   "'    /      '..'■-.,, •
If such a farmer .arranged to
store-the excess wheat (or deliver it to the Secretary of Agriculture), however, his farm would
be credited With its "base wheat
acreage" for the year in deter;,
mining future allotments. But if
he later used or marketed any of
the excess wheat and a marketing quota penalty became due,
his farm would be considered as
"not in compliance" for 1959 in
determining future wheat acreage allotments. Thus, the farm
would be credited With the 1959
wheat allotment (not the base
acreage) • in establishing future
allotments for the farm..
Under a marketing quota program, approved for the 1959
wheat crop in a farmers' referendum on June 20 of this year,
price support in commercial
wheat states is available only on
wheat produced in compliance
with farm wheat allotments. "Excess" wheat, produced on farms
with more than 15 acres of wheat
and not in compliance With the
wheat allotment, is subject to a
marketing quota penalty.- This
penalty may be avoided or postponed by storing the excess
wheat or by delivering it to the
Secretary of Agriculture.
Farmers taking, part in the
feed wheat program may grow
up to 30 acres of wheat for feed
or other use on th'e farm without
being subject to marketing quotas. In determining future wheat
allotments, however; such a
farm would receive credit only
for the farm allotment as production history in 1959.
Wilson 4-H'ers
Hear Densmore
The Wilson. 4-H club haS a
busy schedule last Week as they
had two meetings in three days.
Sixteen members were present at
the regular meeting July 12 at
the home of Mrs. Clarence Tucker.
Mrs. Wilbur Gingery and Mrs.
Dayton LaVoye served refreshments and led games after the
business meeting. The next meeting will be held August 9.
A special meeting was held at
the Ferris Graham home July
15 with Harry Densmore as special speaker.
There was a short business
meeting followed by a question
and answer period concerning
projects and exhibits for the
county fair.
After the meeting everyone enjoyed a weiner roast and a short j
ball game.        .„_._„.„        *
School Electors turn Thumbs Down
On Tax Proposals; Elect Gruno
School District, voters gave feeble support to dual tax
proposals at the annual election.held hexe last week, and the
two measures failed of passage- by wide margins. And in
what some residents considered-an.upset,'Carl Gruno won a
place "on the Board of Education over incumbent Richard
Qrove$.        ■  •
t Dr. C, B, Neff, also seeking re-election trailed Gruno to
take the second of the two Board posts vacated by term expirations.
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Pakistan
Group Visits
Cfere Rotary
The Clare Rotary club was hosjt
Wefhiesday noon at lunch t6*a
group of touting teachers ' and
academy administrators" from
Pakistan. ".' -      .     ,   '
Studying American life, and
particularly agricultural methods,
the visitors from abroad" made
the trip to Clare from East Lansing where they have, been observers at Michigan * State University. They were made welcome
here by Rotarian Richard
Schroeder, Clare.. county Ag,*
Agent, who has (spent some time
as an agricultural instructor in
Pakistan, the visitors' native
land.
In the group were eighteen
men and • on - the Rotary lunch
program was a Pakistan woman,
member of the traveling group.
Club member -Dan McDonald
arranged the program at the Doherty Hotel witli the assistance
of Mr. Schroeder.
ers
In4-H
ging
The following are the* results
of the recent home "economid's
judging contest held at Island
Park for 4>H club members to select members to represent Isabella County at the'District Eliminations Contest in August. We are
only giving the top. ones in the
various divisions.
In Food Preparation in the Senior contest for girls fourteen
years and .older by January 1—r
First place went to Rose Marie
Dole of the LoomiS BeaVefs club,
second place Mary vLee Sandbrook of the Cracker jack, third
place Mary Jo Slapk of the Jolly
Jokers, fourth place Bonney
Comstock of the Loomis Beavers,
fifth place Sharon Baughn oi the
Pony Creek club and sixth place
went to Barbara Prout of the
Bowen club.
In the Jr. Contest for girls between ten and fourteen by January 1 — First place and over-all
winner Pauline Gagester of the
Pony Creek club,' second place,
Carol Coe of the Loomis Beavers
club; third, Saralee Uebele of the
Rolland; "fourth place, Nancy
Zingery of the Lincoln Center;
and fifth place, Sharon Seiler of
the Cracker jack club.
In Food Preservation Janet
Bajiley, * of the Stevenson Lake
club was the winner. Home Improvement judging in the Senior
division was won by Linda Mathews of the Bowen, second place
Joyce Travis of the Esteev third
place, Sue Slack of the Jolly Jokers; fourth place, Karen Haas of
the Jolly Jokers and fifth place
to Ann Warner of the East Vernon Busy Beavers.
In the Junior Division of Home
improvement judging: First
place, Judy Neilson of the
Blanshard club; seclwid, Saralee
Uebele of the Rolland; third
place, Louise Pihl of the Bianchard club; fourth place, Karen
Veit of the Jolly Jokers; and
fifth place, Linda Walkington "&$
the Bianchard Busy Beavers.
ROOM 19 *'■'*
Police Nab
Gang Of
"Three Midland youths, 14;, 1$,
and 17 were captured Monda*^
evening by State Troopers after a
day of rural robberies and armed
threats.
Clare, city officers who had beef
asked to help man a road bloc!
here in belief that the trio weri
headed this way were tipped oik
by ,a. local man that the youths
had been seen in the forest neay
Sanford Lake earlier in the day
Although the tip proved false, *th|
descriptions of the young des
pei-ados matched the youths.
Sanford closely and, police .checi
eb\ 'before the wanted gang wjj
finally baptured later.
Thomas Engel, 17, of Midlani
and his two younger companion
are in custody. Engel being hel
for a Circuit court appearanci
bn an armed robbery count, -an
the   16-year-old   accomplice   xh
Boy's Vocational School while the
youngest of the three is detained,
by juvenile .authorities..
After they had stolen a car
fron% Bay City, the threesome*
armed with a gun, entered' the
Swartout home near Gordonvillfe.
Tlifiy did not take .anything from
the; -Swiartout, farmhouse but
forked ieb&'thd? iele-blionfe wire's^
to prevent residents from calling
police. -       .   * -
The, trio continued on the rural
roads leading to Breckenridge.
The, next place the boys entererid
was the Stanley Shaver home.
Here they took pop and a broken
knife.
The youths intended to enter
the Hoyt farm further up Pine
River Road but were discouraged
from doing so by a large unfriendly dog.    .
•Changing -over to the LaPOrte
road, the boys held up the
William Cdohey farm threatening
Mrs. Coohey with a gun concealed
under a cloth and an opened
knife. They took $4.50.
The youths were taken into
custody on M-10 near the intersection of M-30 by Troopers
Charles Clark and Fred Wille
from the Bay City Post after they
spotted the Car answering the
description of the one stolen by
three boys.
Aware oi the police, the boys
abandoned the car and took to the
woods. They were soon captured.
Bookmobile
Coming
To Coleman
Residents of Coleman will have
the' opportunity of using the
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library's bookmobile service Saturday, August 2, announced
Hugh Warren, supervisor of the
bookmobile.
In memorial of Grace A. Dow,
the library on wheels will visit
various towns in Midland county
during July and August.
While in Coleman, the mobile
library will be at the Keller
Electric Shop from 2 to 5 p.m.
Control of school affairs — policy making, progress in
education, and important supervision of district school ad--
ministration plus the levying and expenditure - of district
school taxes — these passed into the hands of a minority of
district residents who jolted the school budget with a failure
to provide operating revenue.
Of some less immediate concern was the disapproval of
the -four-mill tax proposal which would have built a building
construction fund in advance of need, and thus avoided interest on a future loan.
Actual balloting on the 'several proposals totaled this
way:
2-mill tax to provide school operating money. Yes—130,
No—265
*   4-mill tax for building sinking fund. Yes—89, No-r-301-
Permission to establish the sinking fund. Yes—92, No*--*
303
properties in rttral*
Permission, to sell .various school
areas. Yes—281, No—108
Election   o$ Board members.   Gruno—251,- 'Nefff—202,'
Grovel—179'    "  * '    ' ■ "" '" "     ;; ."' *T*
Coming closely oh the heels of the recent bonoT passage'
to provide financing for a new high school, the taxing pro* :
posals needed heavier support among favorable voters to win*'
at the polls, The support wasn't there. "■'   ■'
Clare County
Fair Readying
it
Vacation Shifts School Noise
Outdoors To The Vacant Lot
By Ann Ess Morrow
Summer is the time for boys
and girls to carry on. They do
this often with a blast that's all'
but fatal to their lungs and to
our ear-drums.
They take to vacant lots and
wear bald spots" on areas once
green with grass. They make a
face at dishes, though the home-
plate lures.
The matter of two wheeling is
not confined to bikes. These
youngsters sublimate dfesire to
fly by doing so in" vehicles built
only for the ground. They
scream, they blast, they jeopardize, and generally create problems, rather than solve them the
way they do in math.
Through    all    this whirlwind
process of carrying on, they seem
to make up all our population,
tContlnued on P&ge 8J,
June Rose and the Fair Board
have earned compliments for
their efforts and expense involved in trying to make Clare
County Fair one of the best
Sheep and Swine Housing has
been entirely reorganized with
larger and more accessible pens
available.   *
Floren Pudvay has his supply
of hay and straw already stored
away at the fairgrounds.
Tables and booths  have, been
built into 'the. .area under the
grandstand for 4-H and Extension
Club use. Reports have been re
ceived. in our office that We .will
he" having more lives!lock *e%hfls
itors both in the open and '4-H*.
classes.
Floyd Norcutt and Richard
Schroeder* county agent, have examined all the beef animals in
the feeding project within the
last few weeks.
Ah the round feeders are really trying to do a first class job
in getting their animals prepared
for the show. ^
A meeting is being held on
Thursday, July 24 at the David
Tice farm to show the boys and
girls and parents how to fit and
prepare for the show ring.
Ralph Morrow of MSU will be
present to assist in the demonstration.
Only a fraction of registered
eligible electors turned but for
the test and the more, than three-
to-one defeat for the program re*
suited. -
Early discussion of another
election on only the 2-mill Operating levy has not developed into
a definite plan this week.
School Superintendent Richard
Wheeler said that an immediate
result oJLthe failure to provide
operating funds wfll likely be a
need to borrow money when
school begins in September, and
until State Aid funds arrive,
A small balance in the school
district treasury will not be sufficient to provide for salaries
and other expenses. 7
Prospects will continue to-be-
bad, or worse-through the oper-.
J atirtg year because of-falltag* revenue from "taxes which •*■£•**., how
levied on a shrinking valuation
in the district. * "■*
' It is extremely doubtful wHteift
er an education program equal
to last year's level can be maintained on reduced income.
Firemen
Douse Two
Grass Blazes
Two grass fires, one in Clare
and the other approximately IVs
miles West, demanded the attention of the Clare Fire Department this week.
On Monday at 5:00 p.m. a grass
fire was reported behind Fuller-
ton's garage on South McEwan.
Firemen put out the fire and
there was little damage caused.
At 10:00 a.m. Wednesday another grass fire was reported iVs
miles West of Clare., Again, little damage was sustained.
Incidentally, there have been
no more false alarms recently.
Boy Burned
Throwing
Gas In Fire
Terry Jones, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Jones of Averill- re-
ceived first, second and third degree burns on his leg last Thursday when he threw a can of gasoline, thinking it was water, on
a grass fire at the home of his
grandfather, Fred Soulfe, at Lake.
His clothing caught fire and
he became frightened and ran.
His grandfather caught the boy
and smothered the flames. The
little boy was rushed to the Clare
General Hospital to have the
burns dressed.
His parents took him back to
the hospital on Friday where it
was discovered' that tlie bums
were worse than previously
thought. He was kept in the hospital.
Mr. Soule received burns on hig
hands when he smothered the
fire.
Fountain
Dedicated To
Jack Russell
The late Jack Russell, one;of
the founders of the Clare Little
League baseball organization for
boys Was remembered with honors last Sunday, July 20 hi a
ceremonious program at the
Little LeagUe ballpark in Clare*
As will be remembered, Russell
was fatally injured in an auto*
mobile accident here last Liabor
Day.
The honor was bestowed in the
form of a water fountain bearing;
an "in Memoriam" plaque.
His wife, Mrs. Violet, Russell
was presented with a bouquet of
red roses, after which Rev. V.
Brinkman gave the benediction.
Following the dedication ceremonies, two Little League ball
games were played. In the game
between the Lions and the Bears,
Gerry Russell, son of Jack Russell, was the winning pitcher and
chalked up 3 hits and 3 RBI's.
In the second game, Jim
Youngs of the Tigers pitched his
second shutout and defeated the
Cubs 5-0 striking out 11 and allowing only thre singles.
Sam Kushmaul led the Tigers
with 7 hits and two RBI's.
L-L Picnic
The whole family is invited to.
the Little League picnic to be
held Monday evening at 3:00 at
the Little'League park. Parents,
brothers and sisters of ball players are encouraged to attend this
semi-potluck*- dinner.
Bring one dish to pass ahd
your table service and the League
will'furnish hot dogs and pop*.   .
Bible School
At Farwell
Under the • direction of Ida
Fruick, the Grace Bible Church
of Farwell will begin its daily
vacation Bible school July 28.
Bible school will last until
August 1..    ,
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