1958-09-25; Clare Sentinel

              THE CLARE SENTINEL
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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLABE. MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, SEPT. 25.1958
Ten Cants Copy
New Series, Vol. 87, No. 2
Convicted Slayer,
Hendershot Faces
Gun Charge Trial
An old warrant on a charge of
carrying a concealed weapon;
issued in 1950 against Kenneth
Hendershot, killer of Clare attorney Joseph K.. Naumes, is the
basis of action due soon in which
Hendershot will face a fresh trial.
The charge *was never pressed at
the time of Hendershot's murder
trial in 3,951."
Clare County Prosecuting Attorney -Tames S, Bicknell, III said
this week that he will write the
Michigan State Department of
Corrections notifying that office
of his intention to continue in
the long-unfinished matter.
: "it tried and convicted on the
Vjeapon count, Hendershot might
bfe sentenced to as much as five
years imprisonment.
• Mr- Bicknell plans to ask for
the -appointment of Attorney
Hughes as special assistant prosecutor in the court action.
Now Serving his prison ; sentence for the 1950 slaying, Hendershot would serve part of the
possible new sentence concurrently with time remaining in his
manslaughter term. -,
Mr. Bicknell points out, however, that conviction and sentence on this "concealed weapons" charge would remove the
possibility that Henderson could
be paroled as soon as he might
if serving manslaughter time
only."
Circuit Court Judge Donald E,
Holbrook meted out Hendershot's
punishment of 14 and one-half
years to 15 years on the manslaughter conyiction after the
jury failed to find the killer
guilty of murder. The prisoner is
confined at Jackson prison.
Authorities are prompted to
move at this time against Hendershot and convict him on the
old charge, because of a Michigan
, statute which demands that such
complaints against convicted
criminals %n confinement must
be acted upon within a certain
limit of time, rather than waiting
until the prisoners sentence is
Served and he is re-arrested at
his release and then tried on the
second charge.
Hendershot has completed seven years and seven months of his
sentence and would complete the
whole time at some date in 1965.
With time allowed off for good
behavior, however, he could be
eligible for parole as early as
1963 unless he is finally sentenced to more time on the pending weapons charge.
The 1950 slaying of the well
respected Claire attorney came
during a sudden dispute between
Mr. Naumes and Hendershot who
Was a divorce-case client. Hendershot, in a drunken, unreasonable* rage accused* his attorney of
delaying the case. The killer admitted drinking quantities of
gin and arming himself with a
loaded pistol to go hunting for
Naumes. ' ' *
In the trial where Hendershot
was charged with first degree
murder,   Harold   Hughes,   then
County Prosecutor introduced
testimony by some twenty, witnesses and made a strong plea to
the -jury in support of the prosecution's request for conviction on
the murder charge.
. Hendershot's defense was based
primarily on his record in the
United States military service,
and the evidence that he was intoxicated at the time of the
shooting.
Clare Meets
Seminary In
Grid Opener
By Bernie Wilson
Opening the 1958 football season Friday against Michigan Lutheran Seminary on the Saginaw
field, Clare High's Pioneers will
seek to gain their first victory
there. They defeated Seminary
last year at Clare, 32-6. It is a
non-conference game.
Probable starting lineup for
the Green and White has been
announced by Coach George
Perry:
Ends — Jerry Lloyd, Bill Zinser.
Tackles — -J. J. Seiter, Lanny
Haring.
Ouards — Mike Walters, Bill
Merrilatt.
Center — Don Casteel.
L. Half, John Kegg and 'R.
Half, David Young.
Fullback •— Deb Nolan and
Quarterback, John Zinser.
The Pioneers will open their
Mid- Michigan "B" schedule on
October 3 against Shepherd on
the Blue-jay's field.
Diner hikes
Barnes9 Menu
Barnes' Town and Country
Lounge, Clare was handed a
warming and sincere compliment
in the September issue of Motor
News, a Michigan publication tor
autoists who travel. The staff
member who dined in The Skyline Room wrote that he "didn't
remember eating a better steak",
than the T-bone which Barnes'
served him. And the rest of his
dinner earned compliments also
for the delicious soup-through-
dessert courses.
Mr. and Mrs- Barnes this week
are attending the Michigan Table
Top convention . where Mr.
Barnes was elected first vice
president of the State organization. The winning of this post
customarily results in election
the "next year to the office of
Table Toppers' President.
PROPOSED relocation; U.S. 10
CLARE & ISABELLA COUNTIES
PROPOSED EXPRESSWAY
EXISTING TRUNKLINE
COUNTY ROAD  •
c*miOb PROPOSED U.S. 27
INTERCHANGE
BRIDGE
The State High-way Department has proposed r*»-routing TJS-10 from Clare to a point
near Midland. The solid black line represents the p^^fferithighwa'jr and the proposed new
limited access, divided-lane super expressway is shown just to the north, and roughly
parallel to the existing route.
X-Ray Survey Unit
Coming Three Days
3-tettnath Heiidershot was photographed at the time of his
arrest in 1950 for the fatal sh<?otiiig of Clare attorney, Joseph
K-. Naumes, Now in prison, he will likely be brought to court
Ott a "mnce&led Wfeaport" wawant undl if COnvicfi&d, be may
serve an additiomi Evf yeaitriir
Skywatchers
Cited By
Air Defense
Long hours of "operation sky-
watch." by civilian members of
the Ground Observer Corps were
rewarded by sincere words of appreciation and Certificates of
Commendation from the State of
Michigan this Week When M/Sgt.
Lawrence Kitchen made the presentations to local residents Who
have manned watch posts.   ' *
At Clare Manufacturing, the
certificate went to Post Supervisor Lyle Skinner, at Lake, Post
Supervisor Stanley Dendor, at
Arthur Township, Post Supervisor Robert Carter. Together they
had maintained the watch for
35,000 hours.
Their citation said in part,
"They have rendered a material
contribution to air defense of
The United States. By patriotic
devotion to home and Country
exemplified by this service is an
inspiration to all Americans and
reflects great credit on the United
States Civil Defense Corps."
Pays $2,013
In Clare
Fair Prizes
June Rose, treasurer of the
Clare'County Fair has paid all
the exhibitors .for their premium
winnings,. a total of $2,013.50.
Open class exhibitors received
$.1,462.50 and the 4-H received
$551.00.
The heavest winner was Carroll Wells of Vermontville with
$151.00 in premiums from his
sheep. There were a total of 218
exhibitors showings 1,132. exhibits. Mrs. Ha Brockway had
10 official exhibits which was
the top number. Mrs. Henry Ott
followed with 38 official exhibits.
Others with ten or more exhibits
were: Mrs. Inice Eaton, Mrs.
Frank Roundtree, Floren Pudvay's, Frank Krchmar, Dorothy
Baumer, William Fansleau, Minnie Prielipp, Ethel Jones, Don
Swindlehurst, and Mrs. Wilma
Walters.
Holy Land
Lecturer At
Clare School
An assembly program to be
presented for the students of
Clare Public Schools Tuesday
will feature a lecture and display
of Holy Land costumes and curios by Stephen Haboush, native
Galilean Shepherd, Americanized
in 1923.
Mr. Haboush is a Christian by
faith' and is descended from
Christians of the time of the
early Gospel story.
A lecturer and traveler all his
life, Mr. Haboush holds degrees
from three universities and is
considered a foremost advocate
of the Holy Lands in America,
Governor Williams
On Clare County
Tour This Morning
The Michigan Department of
Health X-ray mobile unit is returning to Clare County on September 30, October 1st and 2nd
to complete chest X-raying all
persons who were unable to be
X-rayed during the June chest
X-ray survey.
At that time only those persons
who had had a positive reaction
to the tuberculin skin test were
X-rayed.
"Fof the purpose of this survey, Dr. Irwin C, Sweet, Director
of Health District Number Seven, said, "previous i-ules an&reg-".
ulations are going to be waived
and all persons Whd have had a
positive reactor in the family will
be X-rayed regardless of whether
they themselves have even had
the skin test."
Finding tuberculosis in its
early stages is one of the goalsiof
chest X-ray surveys.
"Today, no one needs to die of
tuberculosis," Doctor Sweet stated. "Discovery of new drugs has
made the outlook of the tuberculosis .patient much better than it
was a few years ago.
Today, a patient has a 100%
chance of complete recovery
When tuberculosis is discovered
early." .
The X-ray schedule is as follows: Clare —.Bob's Sales & Service, 210 McEwan St., Tuesday,
September 30th, 11:00 a.m. 7:00
p.m.
Harrison — Congregational
Church, Wednesday, October 1st,
3:00-9:00 p.m.
Frost — Frost Twp. School,
Thursday, October 2nd, 1:00-7:00
p.m.
Red Cross
Leaders
Appointed
The Clare County chapter' of
the American Red Cross met
Monday at the home of their
chairman Mrs. Curtis Murton Sr.
at Harrison.
After a discussion of the service program led by Miss Mae
Jordan, field representative from
Cadillac, the following chairmen
were appointed. First Aid—Mrs
Erwin Nash, Mrs. Albert Lyons,
Hamilton township; Home Nursing—Mrs. Kathryn" Freeman of
Clare; Water Safety—Principal
LaVine of the Farwell School;
Disaster— Curtis Murton Jr.,
Clare; Home Service—Mrs. Howard Everts, Clare; Frank Coker,
Farwell ,and Curtis Murton Sr.,
Harrison; .Annual Drive Chair
man for 1959, Richard Schroeder,
Clare; Publicity—Mrs. William
Doty, of Temple.
The annual budget was studied
and accepted. Announcement was
made of the State Red Cross
meeting at the Civic Center in
Lansing, October 12 and 13.
Fveryone is welcome.
Other officers presented were
Mrs. Mary Roth of Harrison,
treasurer, and Mrs. Albert Lyons
secretary. The next meethig will
be held in January at Clare, the
date and place to be announced.
Give Awards
At Twin Elms
Golf Bust
Twin Eims golfers gathered
September 18 at the clubhouse
for the annual Golf Banquet with
mixed men and women club members attending to see the club
Championship Tournament trophys awarded, and to elect officers for next year.
The banquet dinner Was followed by dancing to orchestra
music.
Club tourney medalist with a
72-hole 69 was Cormy Bean, who
also won the title for the year.
Jtunneriip was Dale Hines, Far-
well.
,. .The Championship consolation
trophy wbs Won by .Dewey Og-
den, Gladwin.
For the First Flight the trophy
went to Rod Kigar, Gladwin.
Runnerup .was Herschell Reiss,
Farwell."
Second" Flight winner was Ron
Castle and runnerup Bill Watson,
both from Gladwin.
Third Flight winner was Warren Perry and runnerup Don Dti-
gan, both from Beavertbn.
Fourth Flight winner was Stuart Woodward, Beaverton, and
runnerup Clarence Behnke, Gladwin.
Prizes for the Woman's Championship Tournament .were:
Club Championship was won
by Mrs, Jean Credit. The runner-
up was Mrs. Blanche Wright.
First Flight thinner was Mrs
Ann Olson, runnerup was Mrs
Helen McKee.
Guests at the banquet Were
pleased to find small souvenir
"trophys" at each place setting,
so no one went away without a
"prize".
Next year's officers elected
were: ttewey Ogden, president;
Dick Ulrich, vice president; Don
Richardson, secretary; Homer
Douglas, treasurer; Rod Kigar,
sport chairman.
Warns Speeders
Chief of Police Wm. Cook
wishes to remind the public that
traffic regulations apply to all
persons, including emergency
vehicles and persons attempting
to reach emergency vehicles to
render assistance. An effort to
save time by running red lights
may men a loss of life or serious
injury to some pedestrian or
driver. The quickest way to
reach a destination is the safe
and right way, and all infractions of regulations must receive
the same attention as violations.
Clare ccunty is rolling out the
red carpet of welcome today for
a visit from G. Mennen Williams,
Michigan's Governor who plans
to spend the greater part of the
whole day among residents of
the county. \
According to James Yoder.
Democratic County Chairman,
the Governor Will eat a Clare
county breakfast at 8:30 at Far-
well where he will be -joined by
Farwell Village President Frank
Coker, In the Governor's own
party will he State Treasurer
SanfOrd Brown and others from
Lansing, and Clare-county Democrats who are accompanying
him. ,
The Farwell school band will
play a short concert in honor of
Mr. Williams.
Scheduled to arrive in Clare at
9:30, the Governor and his party
are to be .greeted by Clare Mayor
Gerald Nivison. The tour for the
party in Clare includes stops to
meet the public at the Clave
Manufacturing- Company pliant,
and the City Hall.
Harrison will be ready to welcome the State's Chief Executive
when he and his party arrive at
the Surrey House hotel for lunch.
Mayor Curtis Murton and city
officials plan to meet the party in
Harrison at 10:45.
Mr. Yoder invites all the public to attend the various Welcome
ceremonifes in the county as the
tour progresses; ' •
Another visit in Clare county
by Democratic Party dignitaries
is scheduled to follow closely on
the Governor's toUr.
Senator- John B. Swainson,
Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor will arrive at
the Surrey House in Harrison at
11 a.m., Saturday, September
27. While in Harrison the Sen
atdr will have lunch at the Surrey House Wiih 31m Yoder and
ether   members "of the    Clare
County Committee,
Hon. G. Mennen Williams
Governor of Michigan
"he's welcomed here today"
Wagon Kills
Little Boy
Near Evart
Six-yfear-old Michael Wellman
died ini the :Clare"General. Hospital Saturday -from injuries inflicted when a wagon at his parent's farm home ran over him.
The boy Was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Miio Wellman Who live
north of Evart.
Michael Was riding the wagon
While the silo was being filled
and was run over when he acci-
dently slipped and fell under the
wheel.
Surviving are his parents, three
sisters, Virginia Ann, Cherylann
and Kimberly Kay; grandfather
Willis Richardson, Harrison and
grandmother Marie Nichols, Marion, great grandfather" Ralph
Cowles and great grandmother
Alice Richardson, both of Harrison.
The funeral was held Tuesday
at the Coker Funeral Home with
burial in Surrey Township Cemetery. '      •
Ask Funds
For Elections
A political breakfast Tuesday
morning at the Doherty Hotel attracted 16 Republicans froni
Clare county to hear Don Ahrensj
of Detroit, State Republican Firir
ance Chairman describe the
Neighbor To Neighbor campaign
lo obtain support for political
campaigns. Sponsored by the
American Heritage Foundation
the donations are sought by all
parties.
Hit $1,000
In CHS Sale
Of Magazines
Clare High School student
magazine salesmen, with a record-breaking start in the first
clays of their subscription drive,
are pointing toward an all-time
high in. subscriptions sold and
money collected for financing
class activities.
John Freeman, student manager of the selling campaign te-
-ported that -sales -by Wedft&sdaiy
'afternoon total over $1,000.
The sales drive continues until
evening on Friday, October 3.
Giving prospects a choice of
more than fifty varied magazines
and publications, the students
are writing orders for mail subscriptions and renewals of subs
already bought but due to expire
in the future.
The" students emphasize that —-
any special offer for magazines
residents may have received in
the mail, or from the publisher
of the magazine can be matched
by salesmen from Clare High.
New subscriptions for The
Sentinel are also being sold by
students.
Receipts from the campaign
go to finance school class activity.
JayCees Support
"Vote" Drive
A-."Get Out The Vote" campaign to alert citizens to register
and vote in the coming fall election is being sponsored by the
National Junior Chamber of
Commerce, and actively supported in Clare by Clare JayCees.
William Schaeffer, chairman of
a JayCee committee for publicity
on the effort said that continuing
efforts from now until November
4 will 1.) Combat apathy on the
part of qualified persons who
might stay away from the polls.
2.) Recommend a "Yes" vote on
the measure to hold a State Constitutional   Convention.
In both directions the JayCees
are truly non-partisan, Schaeffer
said, since they endorse no political party and neither do they
advocate a stand on the State
constitution, — only holding the
position that a convention should
be called to study revision of the
r resent State document with its
amendments.
Other persons of interest who
will be 'there include the candidate for the State Senate, Lawrence Raymond; Donald Reecf,
the candidate for congress for
the 10th congressional District
and the candidate for State Rep'
resentative from Isabella • and
Clare Counties, Ernie Schmidt.
Order
Heath Held
For Trial
The examination on a first
degee murder charge of Gene
Donald Heath in the Farwell
couff of Justice John DeForest
came to an end Monday after
just a few minutes of the third
day of sessions.
Heath was ordered held iat
trial in the November term ".oil
Clare County Circuit Court.
If a conviction is obtained
against the accused Saginaw 18-
year-old who allegedly, killed Mrs.
Beverly Thompson in north
Clare county last month, it will
be only the third successful prosecution for murder in Clare
county in recent times. : ,4
According to County Clerk
William . Henderson, Alfred
Spencer was sentenced to life
in prison for second degree
murder on July 28, 1936, and
Albert Gruno was likewise
sentenced for a slaying in 1930.
That Stranger — He May Offer Town Industry
Each of us is a salesman for
our town. Our attitude toward
industry, our town and our people could determine whether our
community will get additional
jobs.
It's not a question of whether
we want to be salesmen. We are
—good one or bad ones. Here's
haw we all are involuntary
"salesmen" whether we realize
it or not . . .
All' of us carf be readily contacted by a "stranger" in town
as w6 walk in the business district, shop or stop at a lunch
counter. From us he can obtain
information on industry and the
[ progress of our town. As a salesman, each of us is a "very important person." The "stranger"
may be a prospective employer
seeking a location (See interesting advertisement on page 15
this paper).
A generally favorable reaction
to questions concerning community attitude may bring further
study and eventual location of a
manufacturing plant here. On the
contrary, an unfavorable attitude may terminate the survey
and eliminate us from further
consideration.
Assurance that our town will
receive full and careful evaluation as a plant site can be gained
if we form the habit of "talking
up" our good points* Our people
are our town's spokesmen.
Clerks, housewives, cab drivers,
shoppers and others frequently
hold the balance which determines whether a community obtains a new industry or if it goes
elsewhere.
Necessity for this positive approach on the part of all of us is
stressed in the series of advertisements appearing in, and
.sponsored by The Clare Se'nlinel.
Harpist To
Appear Here
Otto Baganz, rated among the
top concert harpists in America
today, will present a concert at
St. John's Lutheran Church,
Clare, on Friday evening, September 26.
Mr. Baganz is the only living
exponent of Lutheran Choral and
Christian hymns on the harp in
the nation. He studied under
such greats as Enrico TramontI,
recognized as the World's greatest harpist; Edmund Schluecker,
the great chorale harpist; and
Joseph Vito, of Chicago.
For many years Mr. Baganz
was a member of symphony orchestras in the midwest.
Of more than passing interest
is Mr. Baganz' harp. Valued at
$10,000 and requiring two years
for construction, it is claimed by
experts, to be the.last word in
the harp maker's art." Its tone
is of superlative beauty and volume, so much so. that the instrument has been termed "The
Stradivarious of Harps."
.The public is invited to attend
this concert which begins at 8:00.
p.m. A free-will Offering will be
received.
Question Value i
Of Fire
Extinguishers
Numerous complaints by Clare
area residents who have pur
chased glass-bulb fire extinguish-
ers from itinerant peddlers, only
to find tlie extinguishers less
then represented, have prompted
authorities here to warn the
public that such products should
be clearly marked to show what
positive action the chemical Contents will have on a 'blaze, and,
should also state the exact ingredients in the container.
Reports of sales of some bulb-
type extinguishers which contain chemicals that are positively
dangerous when released is of
interest to County Prosecutor
James S. Bicknell, III who said
this week- that he is -awaiting re;
ports of chemical analysis of one
such globe sold to a resident near
Clare.
Earlier this month law enforcement heads in Saginaw county
discovered several cases of the
sale o'f questionable extinguishers
in rural areas near Saginaw.
Tested, those globes were found
to contain toxin poisons judged
injurious to humans.