1958-07-31; Clare Sentinel

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•THE CLARE mmtmU -OfcAHR. MICHIGAN
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Clare County Fair Opens
August 12
Entertainment
The Clare -County Free Fair
•will continue its reputation as
one ot the most entertaining and
worth while. events on the area
calandar when the gates, are opened at Harrison on August 12 for
the annual 5-day run through
August 16. This is the' forecast
voiced by Agricultural Society
officers and directors.
Under leadership of Fair Board
Secretary Albert Haley, of Clare,
the Society has arranged and
given approval for an entirely
new and improved fair week program to be presented on the
t    county fairgrounds.
Construction and remodeling of
exhibit facilities^ have formed a
"background for what may be the
best ever In produce and livestock exhibits, and in commercial
displays.
The midway area promises
varied and exciting games, shows
and rides with new thrills for
those who like to be whirled,
swung, and tossed to "the tune of
caliope pipes. Plenty of dining
spots will Jaffei? refreshments for
children and adults.
Free entertainment acts and
harness racing for the grand-
■* stand audience are high on the
popularity ratings. Topmost performances have been arranged for
those who enjoy this entertainment •
With stage acts including
acrobats, dramatic performances,
trained animals, the quality of
these spectacles rivals some of
the best headline vaudevillt Per-
, sonalities from television and
radio programs, and from recording successs are listed for the
fair at Harrison.
Racing purses which total
$7,400.00. have attracted more
than 80 fine trotters along with
their drivers and handlers for
racing events to be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.,
Mr. Haley said this week that
<w. while, .the racing program listS
nihe races of two heats each, the
large number of horses expected
to enter the events will make
"split" races* necessary artd
spectators may see more racing
than the printed lists indicate,
Rich prize money comes from
a fund contributed 25% by the
State. The starting gate will again
be used to assure even racing
starts artd elimination of time-
wasting calls back to the starting
line.
Horses with "many of the best
track records from Bay County
to the straits and from Detroit
-,      and Nothville will appear in the
oval track at Harrison.
The almost unbelievable skill
and discipline of working sheep
dogs will 'feature one stage performance when these intelligent
animals show off before the fair
audience.
A new 48 x 98 steel .building has
been erected on the fairgrounds
to be used for displays by auto
mobile dealers. Any commercial
product space can be arranged
by calling Fair Treasurer June
Rose, Harrison.
Under the supervision of Floren
Pudvey and assistants, livestock
will be judged and awarded cash
prizes. Assistant Superintendent
Lowell Penrose will be in charge
of the purebred dairy cattle
k judging which includes junior
and senior calves, and junior and
senior yearlings.
The beef cattle division will be
headed toy Frank Littlefieid,
assistant superintendent. He Will
also handle grade beef cattle. In
the open class sheep division,
Assistant Superintendent Pete
Mosher will be in charge.
Assistant Superintendents Roland Krell and Bryan D. Miller
will judge the swine, and poultry
and rabbits respectively.
The farm produce department
will be headed toy Max Stanley,
superintendent. This division in-
t      eludes   tree   fruits,   vegetables,
potatoes, and grain and seed.
Home arts will be under the
supervision oi Superintendent
Mrs. Howard Brockway. Under
this heading are included needlework, crochet work,' embroidery
and other handicraft, baked
goods* canned and frozen foods.
Also included in this department
are garden flowers, headed by-
superintendent Mrs. Max Stanley,
, and home hobbies.
Clare County Schools are urged
to prepare a group exhibit for
the rural schools, county organizations department. This division
is headed by Lenord Schwanz,
superintendent. An exhibit for
this should be built around a
theme or idea and developed by
v     the pupils as a unit.
F. H. A- achievement exhibits
aftd Clare County Organisation
Exhibits will be included in this
division. Organizations include
4-H Clubs, F. F. A. Clubs, Junior
Farm Bureau, Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts and others. Adult
groups include Orange. Farm
Bureau, Home Demonstration
Groups and the like. Each exhibit
must be educational.
Mort Shea, Jr., superintendent,
Will head the 4& and FFA exhibit
department. In this division projects under headings similar to
those mentioned above will be
judged.
Cash prizes ranging from $ .25
to $10,00 and ribbons -will be
given to winners of exhibits,
projects, and entries,   <
Movie cowboy Pat Buiiram, in person, will greet
Ajl hundreds of boys and girls ai ihe Clare County
**■*■ Fair on Friday and Saturday, August 15 and 16.
-|ji   • This well-known,, ridin' and shooiin' star is  fre-
JL*011?      quently   seen   on   movie screens   and   ia   TV
features.
Vote Machine Practice
A voting machine demonstration will be given for
the residents of Clare by Gity Clerk David Adams this
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the City Hall.
The purpose of a demonstration of this sort is** manifold. Although the machines are simple to operate,
occasionally there is a slip-up and the person's vote is
void. If voters have a chance to see the machines in
operation and are able to use them before the primaries,
the likelihood of a mistake is diminished. This beforehand practice will enable the primaries to move faster
with less confusion and fewer errors.
Another voting machine has been added this year
which gives voters a total of three. This, too, will alleviate problems that arise.
ROOM 19
Catch A Teacher Behaving
Naturally? It's Vacationtime
Teachers in the summer time
seem to grow in courage. At
least, some women teachers do.
They often attempt experimentation.
They relax from the pressure
of regular sessions with their
beauty Operators and decide for
economy and convenience on a
do-it-yourself program except
for special occasions like showers that don't get one wet and
teas that just aren't teas at all,
for coffee is the only beverage
served,
Sometimes they are amazed at
the results and firid they have a
bobby-pin adeptness while others
of less skill wear looks of pleasant relaxation, appearing neither
dowdy nor dapper, but at a halfway point between the two.
Let no one say, though, that
teachers t are half-there. Why,
Room 19 would bangits door and
startle sleeping hinges i Then
just before the fall return there
is a general rush for permanents,
the \vay there is for pop and ice
cream any warm day.
At* first sight in mid June,
men-teachers often appear to be
both free and breezy. Many of
thern fast free themselves from
ties ;...,. in the conventional way,
of. course . . , for tee-shirts hold
■more comfort than tie*shirts in
perspiration weather.
50,000
g
The ground has been -broken
and construction -has begun ori
the $50,000 building and remodeling program for the Clare ,Meth
odist' Church, reports Rev. L. J.
Nevins, pastor. ■
Plans include remodeling the;
present kitchen and a two-story
plus basement addition to the*
building. The addition Will he;
composed of 11 or 12 religious'
education unifck which will be
used as classrooms for Sunday
School students from nursery
age through high school.  J
Also, a room for youth assem!
blies and Youth Fellowship is he-
constructed. It is hoped that there
will be a separate room for each
class. '.
Other building and remodeling
programs instituted by the
church in - recent years include
the parsonage which Was built
four years ago this fall and remodeling the basement. i
"Weather permitting, the pro-,
gram will be completed and
ready to use in December,
JULY 01. 1958
-Rolls 278
So you, sometimes think that
alleys aren't straight, huh? Not
so proves Joe Joseph, professional bowler, who visited the Gate*
way Lanes recently and rolled up
a 239 ten-game average. His high
game '■ in this practice session
was 278.
Joseph, who recently completed a 26 week TV performance in
Miami, Florida, was passing
through Clare on his way to his
cottage at Budd Lake when he
decided to get in his practice for
the day. Professionals must practice every day, usually rolling 20
to 25 games,'/he told Gerald
Brown, manager of Gateway
Lanes,
A former team member for
Strohs Bewing Company, Joseph
now plays for Pfeiffers. Last
season he had 204, 212, 221 aver-,
ages in the three leagues in
which he participated.
Also, Joseph had rolled 10 perfect games m his career.
Brown reports that there is a;
possibility that George Younger,
another "pro, and Joseph 'will ap-
fear at the Gateway Lanes on
August 15,
Isabella Youth Fair
1958 Program
Of Fun And Exhibits
The 13th annual Isabella Coun-*
ty Youth and Farm Fair is gaining momentum, as Fair officials
are making every effort of affording rural and urban youth
better opportunities of exhibiting
their project activities; providing
good entertainment . . . With
such stars as the Glaser Brothers, Bobby Sykes, Bun Wilson
who are featured with the Minnie Pearl Show; and of staging a
truly agricultural and educational Fair encouraging more, efficient farm practices and to provide the residents of the a-c§a
with a fine program.
There will be a meeting of the
board of Directors tonight (July
31), at 8:00 p.m, in the Court
House. All members of the Fair
Society are welcome to attend
these meetings.
Robert Heintz, Commander ol"
the American Legion, which is in
charge of the merchants building
this year reports that the space
is being sold satisfactorily. Any
merchant -desiring space should
contact Mr. Heintz.
All inquiries concerning exhibits and exhibit spaces should be
directed to Richard Hickman,
President, at 1021 South College,
Mt Pleasant, or phone SPring 3-
0982.
Children's Bay
One of the highlight features
of this year's Fair will be Children's Day, on Wednesday, Aug-
DaVy Crockett will be on hand
to greet his young admirers. All
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Of Re-Nomination For
County Seat Offices
Voting polls will open at 7 a.m.
and remain open until-8 p.m. at
the City Hall for the August 5th
Primaries informs David Adams,
city clerk.
Political parties will elect
nominees lot .State and local
offices and for United States Senator and Congressional Representative at the Washington level.
Successful candidates will then
apear. as their-parties' choices on
the ballot for the General Flection
next fall.
Electors, will be voting for primary candidates for Clare County
Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff,
County Clerk. County, Treasurer,
Drain Commissioner, Coroners,
ahd "Suveyor.        -, . .  ' , ■
Candidates will also .be- elected
foy ,M|chigan State Governor and
Lt, Governor and for State Senator ahd District Representative
at Lansing. - .
•■ In a non-partisan election, candidates will be nominated for Circuit Court Commissioner.
■ Observers aye of the general
feeling that lack of contests for
county offices will result in a
light election.
Present office holders in the
■major county posts of Prosecuting Attorney (James S. Bicknell,
in), County Clerk (William Henderson), Sheriff (James Darting)
and Treasurer (Lewis Rutter) are
all candidatesv to succeed themselves and none has opposition.
In the case of a voter who
wishes to write in a name where
none is printed on the ballot.or
on voting machine spaces, the
correct name of the eandiate must
he written. In voting for Clam
County Proseutor where write-in
candidate James S. Bicknell, III
is unopposed, his name must be
correctly written* in (full to be
Accepted. The same rule governs
counting of votes for any ether
.write-in candidate.
The voting procedure will be
the same this year as it has been'
in the past with the only change
being that Clare is divided into
two precincts instead of one. All
registered voters will enter
through the main entrance of the
City Hall artd pass through the
corridor to the voting roomA
Residents "of the different precincts will be separated and told
which room to go to where they
will find the voting machine. Ind-
rides will be reduced in price for
children.
Msi 20.   As an added attraction,
Earl House, member of the
Livestock Producers Association
reported that Milton Brown, Ernest Klump and Robert Acker
Will be in charge of the livestock
Parade on August 22, at 8:00
p.m.
At a meeting of the Executive
Board on July 21, it was reported
that the machinery exhibits
would be about the same size as
last year and would be in the
•same location as in past year;*.
Fair officials are certain that
this exhibit will interest city
dwellers, as well as farmers.
The McKeown Amusement
Shows will provide' spectacular
rides and thrills for the young
and old alike. This will be their
first showing at the Isabella
County Fair.
The Fair will be held at Island
Park in Mt. Pleasant, August 19
through August 23.
L. L. Tilt
Clare Little Leaguers will play
hosts to the Roscommon L.L.
team next Tuesday, August 5 at
the Little League park.
This is a return match for
Roscommon since Clare defeated
them Tuesday by the score of
6-0.
New Pastor
To Serve
Nazarenes
Rev. Gerald Ulrich, formerly of
the Church of the Nazarene in
Jackson, Michigan, will be ' the
new pastor for the Clare Church
of the Nazarene,-
Rev. Ulrich, who has been very
active as a youth leader in the
Jackson - cht'-re*v' *1m$ his,   wife
will he MtiviMi ta Ciare in the:
next few Weeks to take up permanent residence.
He will begin his duties here
Sunday, August 3.
Lake Cof C
Marks Streets
Under the direction of Bill
Bratt and Neil Watkins of Lake,
the Lake Chamber of Commerce
has almost completed the task of
erecting more than 80 sign posts
and street signs at all road intersections in Garfield Township.
The signs were purchased by
the Garfield Township Board and
the Lake Chamber of Commerce
assumed the job of erecting
them. Many members have helped with the job.
Suspend
Postage
Penalty
The recent .05c penalty act on
deficit postage has been suspended for 90 days beginning August
1, post office authorities report.
It will be remembered that in
a previous article published in
this, paper, the provision Fpy9yid-
ed for a ,05c penalty oh any or
all letters, packages, and other
mailed material lacking the proper postage due. This became effective July 1.   .
Clare post office authorities
feel that the reason the hew pro-
vi'fon was suspended is because of the increase in postal
rates effective August 1, 1958,
■These increased rates are as
follows: first class. letters—.04c
an ounce; post and postal cards—
.03c each; airmail, not exceeding
8 ounces—.07c per ounce; air-
post and postal cards—.05c each;
third Class mail—.03c for first 2
ounces, lVt cents for each additional ounce; "and unsealed letters and postals with no Writing
—.03c.
If both oi these changes were
put into effect at once, many
complications Woujld arise and
many penalties would be levied.
Beware Sparks
tJ.S. l-faVy .researchers have revealed that explosions from, sparks
ein be caused just as easily by
tool* ritRde of "non-sparking" ma*
Wrisli jiuch a* copger,
Some even wash their cars in
sunshine strong enough to warrant a surprising lack of clothes,
And With their upper bodies
bare, they seem amazingly like
folks that do not daily write
with chalk. They too are human.
Children come to realize this on
their occasional glimpses. Ahd
this holds values in later person-
to-person relationships.
Most men, though, have many
money needs, with parents or
families of their oWn whom they
support. -Often this is true for
Women teachers, too. Because the
summer vacation is not accom*
panied by pay but is a pleasant
form of layoff that they know
that they will have when they accept their teaching jobs, they
find temporary employment if
they are lucky in their quests.
They put on'heavier clothes
called coveralls and take to jobs
of different nature.
Thus we see both men and women teachers in factories, in
stores and offices, on foot with
satchels which they seek terpen
at doors that often don't; we see
them weilding paint brushes,
both for themselves and others.
Sometimes the men work at
maintenance at school, repairing
walls and busily hammering
away at nails, instead of facts,
They work with grownups, not
With children now, and the ex
perienee,is good for all.
How true it is then, that a
teacher must be versatile, both in
and out of schooli
The   Blackboard:   Monkeys
catch measles, just like child-
, ten, *     '7'7
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_. The pronounced black line In ihe City of Clare map   divides   ihe city into two voting precincts.   This
TlWO system WiU hte used for ihe first time in ihe August 5th fcrhnarieS.   Following Sevenih street from the
east side of the city io ihe west, ihe line separates the area north of it as Precinct 1, and the area south
T>*g^£x,r»in*r*i-o 0* ** as Precinct 2, Resident voters are urged to attend the vbiing machine demonsjtraiion which will be
JTlt^UX^LO 9iv6*i this Safurday from 9 a.m. io 12 hoo»k at ife« City Hall, '
dentially, ail voting-will be carried
on on the ground floor.
If in doubt as to which precinct
you are in, take a look at the
boundary map with the pr^cinet^
defined which appears on this
page. Residents will notice that
all area north of the heavy
black line 'following Seventh
Street! from the east side of the
city to the west is considered
Precinct number 2, and the area
south of this line is Precinct
number 1.
At the west side of town, the
follows the Ann Arbor RR track.
At the east side of town the line
turns north on Cedar and continues north to SchoolcreSst, east
to the city limits and curves
north again around the Foell
subdivision.
There will be a Space provided
pn the ballot machines for write-
in candidates as will he Ihe ease
for the office of prosecuting
attorney. .. . ,
Gas Retailers
Elect Bryant
Ernie Bryant of Clare was
elected president of the Clare
County Gasoline Dealers Association for the ensuing year at
the election of officers meeting
July 29.
Other Officers elected were:
Robert MacRae of Harrison, vice
president; Smokey Stover, secretary; and Ray Agle of FarweU,
treasurer.
Art Ulrich, past president of
the organization, was elected as
first trustee for the next -three-
year period.
. Many* other intei-cstiftff points
were brought Up and discUSsNL
*fhe meeting was held at
Barnes' Lbtinge.
Church Of
Christ Begins
Services Here
Church of Christ worshipperis
of the area will begin services of
their own starting Sunday, August 3 at 3:00 p.m. in the First
Batist Church building located
on the corner of East 6th and
Pine streets. Previously, residents had to travel to other
towns because .Clare lacked facilities.
This building has been purchased by members of the Church
of Christ. They will continue to
hold services at 3 p.m. until the
new First Baptist Church build'
ing has been completed-
Evangelist John Clark, present
minister at Shepherd and graduate of Florida Christian College,
will speak the first three Sunday
afternoons. This Sunday's subject will be "The Glory of the
Church.'V
Housemother
At Central
Mrs. Mae Fleming of Mt.
Pleasant has been appointed as
new housemother for Larzelerfe
Residence Hall for men, it was
announced recently by President
C, L. Ahspach.
Mrs*. Fleming will assume her
duties in September, replacing
Miss Florence Twiestj, who wiu
take charge oi Tate Hall. She hais
attended Central Michigan College and has had eight years of
public school teaching experience. Last year she taught al
Beal City.
Two other housemothers havie
been appointed hy President !An-
spach. These are: Mrs. Elise
Paull, Coldwater, who replaces
Mrs. Edith Moore; and Mrs. Helen McLaughlin of St. Louis, replacement for Mrs. Marcia Palmer, -
Useful Fish
More Menhaden have beea taken
from American waters Hum any
other £sh. The species is alsrf
called bughead, bugash, oldwifej
alewife, greentail, chebog, white-
fish, bonyfish, and bunker. Hen-
hadeh "oil goes into soap, linoleum,
' efetlle food, and steel,  ,