1959-02-05; Clare Sentinel

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Winter Festival Events
Draw Big Crowds Here;
Ann Jackson
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Sellout crowds attended every event sponsored as part
of Clare county's Winter Sports Festival last weekend with
ski parks at Snowsnake Mountain, and Mott Mt. reporting
fine conditions and the annual banquet and Queen's Ball in
Clare filling Barne's Lounge to capacity.
Ann Jackson who was Miss Clare in the contest to name
a Miss Clare County Winter Sports was judged the winner,
and reigned over a gay party which saw the dance floor and
every available seating place filled with Festival merrymakers.
A Winter Sports Banquet program at 6 in the Skyline room
featured a radio sportscast by
WJRs Bob Reynolds with his
station's mobile unit. Tim Cotter
as master of ceremonies later
introduced the Northernaires in
several singing numbers for entertainment.
Winners of numerous drawing awards at the banquet were
George Brokema of Grand Rapids, winner of a TV set; Elsie
Carlson of Harrison, a transistor radio; Mrs. Doris Bicknell
and Dan McDonald both of
Clare, savings bonds. Other
prize winners whose names
could not be obtained were from
Mt Pleasant, Flint and East
Tawas.
At Snowsnake, prizes also
were awarded to: Paul Stukey
from Archbold, Ohio who came
the farthest distance; Phyllis
Pearson of Harrison who had
the most admission tickets attached to her jacket. Race winners were: Tom Dunn of Clare
with 1st place in both downhill
race for skiers under 14 years
and the cross country race. His
prizes were mittens and ski
poles.
A door prize which was a pair
of ski mittens was won by Clare
Mayor, Gerald Nivison. Other
valuable prizes for winning contest events were claimed by
skiers from Midland and Mt.
Pleasant.
A season pass to Snowsnake
made out to Miss Clare County
was presented to Ann Jackson.
At a Chamber of Commerce
lunch meeting held Monday,
President Ken Barnes skid that
incomplete accounting of costs
[and expenses in the project indicated -a possible profit of
nearly $300. for the local organization.
ANN
JACKSON
Lee Sowle Photo
Test Cattle
r, Farmers
Are Advised
Early,
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Dairy and beef herd owners
planning on selling cattle this
spring should have brucellosis
tests taken now to allow time
for herd retests in' event a -reactor is found. This is the advice of Director G. S. Mclntyre,
of the Michigan Department of
Agriculture.
Michigan last year gained the
status of a modified certified
brucellosis-free state. The ultimate goal is eradication by 1960
of brucellosis, which has cost
cattle ' owners millions of dollars over the years. A highly
contagious disease of cattle,
brucellosis under some conditions is transmissible to man in
the form of undulant fever.
Need for having herd tests
taken well in advance of a spring
sale of cattle will eliminate
chance of delay in completion of
transactions because of quarantine requirements.
Herds are quarantined in instances where brucellosis reactors are found. The quarantine
is lifted 30 days after the reactors are sold for slaughter on the
basis of the remaining herd
passing a retest.
On the initial test .when no reactors are found in the entire
herd, 90-day certificates for sale
or movement will be issued the
owner.
Where herd owners plan to
sell or move their cattle to associate with other cattle on the
basis of a blood test, owners
should not wait until just before
sale or movement to have the
cattle tested. Tests should be
run 80 to 85 days in advance of
the time they plan to sell or
move animals. In this way if
reactors are found there is still
sufficient time for one or two
30-day retests after reactors have
been disposed of.
Area Artists
Sponsoring
Lecture Here
On Wednesday evening, February 11 at 8:00 *p.m. at the Hotel
Doherty, Clare area artist will
sponsor a lecture by Allen Leepa,
nationally known artist. The
lecture will toe open to the public.
Allen Leepa has studied art at
the American Artist's School,
New York; Art Student League*
New York; the New Sauhaus,
Chicago; Hans Hbffiman School
of Fine Arts .and 'at Grand Chau-
miere, Paris, France. Mr. Leepa
also attended Columbia University on a Dean's Scholarship and
has studied in France under a
Fulbright Award. Mf. Leepa'S
book "The Challenge of Modern
Art" is a meaningful exploration
of contemporary expression in
the visual artia,
Eagle Losing
Two Families
Two Eagle community couples,
Mr. and Mrfe. Glen Poet, and Mr.
and' Mrs. Bryan Miller were
guests; of honor Friday evening
at a "Family Night" -party there.
The special occasion was to bid
them a 'farewell, since they are
moving to new homes. The parting .was not really serious however, since the Poets and the
Millerb are moving only as far
as little Long Lake near Harrison and to Long Lake, also in the
county and their Eagle friends
and neighbors are looking forward to visiting frequently with
their friends.
CHS Students
Bundles Drive
The Student Council of Clare
High School is sponsoring a
Bundles Drive this week, for
needy families here and in disaster areas. Anyone having
clothes to donate please bring
them to the side door in the
main hallway during school
hours this week only, and some
one will be there to take care of
them.
Institute
For Teachers
At Harrison
A Clare-Isabella district Teacher , Institute at Harrison next
Wednesday will present /an all-
day program under the presiding
gavels of Lenord Schwanz and
James Knapp, County Superintendents in Clare and Isabella
counties, and offering program
discussions by Univerbity faculty-
members from Michigan State.
A principal address, "Teacher
Ethics and Professionalization" is
scheduled by Dr. F. Vescolani,
MSU for the afternoon session
and in the forenoon Clarence A.
Peters of the School of Speech at j
Northwestern University will
speak on "Getting* Along With
Our Hum'an Relations".
Mrs. Grace Rinehart of the Harrison high school faculty will preside at the annual business meeting, and an afternoon discussion
group will-be under the chairmanship of Mrs. Louisa Bowler of
Clare high school.
Music And Entertainment Fill
IOOF-Rebekah Dist. Program
FEBRUARY 5, 1959
Ten Cents Copy
New Series. Vol. 67, No. W
MSU Farm Week Crowds
Get Expert Views On Taxes,
Hiway Land Condemnation
Michigan's farm operators, coming to the adjournment
tonight of the 1959 Farmer's Week'program at Michigan
State University have shown attention to many convention
topics of wide current interest. Discussion of problems   in
Methodist Men's Convention
Told Of Lay Glub Growth
The Clare-Isabella District Association of Oddfellows and Rebekahs and guests met in the
Clare IOOF Temple Friday evening, January 30, with one hundred and twenty-five present
from Farwell, Shepherd, Weidman, Mt Pleasant, Coleman and
Clare.
Mrs. Patsy Schlafley, program
chairman, introduced Miss Phyllis Pearson, who presented the
"Half  Pint Hayseeders    Square
SCS Years
Gains Tpld
A recent report by Kenneth
Tweedy, Clare county Soil Conservationist, tells of many activities undertaken as part of the
Soil Conservation program in
the county last year. As land
management practices where
soil conservation is applied
greatest, the report listed Con-
sex-vation Crop Rotation, construction of farm ponds, cover
crops, strip cropping* and tree
planting and reforestation.
Exactly half of all farm ponds
constructed in the county to
date, were completed in 1958,
and much interest was evident
in programs for rotation gracing, and field drain construction.
Tweedy said that 80 cooperators were helped during the year.
Twelve complete soil and water
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INCOME TAX FAX
How To, Claim
Medical Bills
The United States Internal
Revenue office at Mt, Pleasant
has announced free assistance
to taxpayers who have special
questions or problems.
Representatives Will be
available ih. the office at 115
E. Illinois Oh Monday and
Friday each week between the
hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
telephone number of the office is SP 3-1171.
Q: I had substantial medical
bills during the year but my insurance covered, most of the
medical and hospital bills. How
much of the medical bills can I
deduct?
A: In determining the medical
deduction, you must first sub-,
tract from the medical bills the
amount of money which was
received from the insurance
company. The deduction for
medical expense is the amount
in excess of 3% of the adjusted
gross income shown on the face
of the return. Includible, however, as a medical expense is
the premium you paid during the
last year for the medical and
hospitalization insurance.
JOHN COTTER'S OLD LOGGING TALES
Lumber Company Flourished
In Clare More Than 70 Years Ago
The Big Rapids District Methodist Men's Midwinter Retreat
was held in the Clare Methodist
Church Sunday afternoon, February 1, with two hundred and
twenty-five in   attendance.
The Clare-FarweH Methodist
choirs directed by Harry B. Dice
presented live anthems during
the devotional hour: "My Faith
Looks Up To Thee", Let Mount
Zion Rejoice", "Fear Not Ye, O
Israel", "Battle Hymn ofjthe Republic" and "The Lord's Prayer".
Solo parts were rendered by Miss
Sally Gillespie, Mrs. Ray Owens,
Some old timers remember
hearing—Of the Clare Lumber
company, over 50 years ago, but
no one ever knew where their
office was.
The- company's men lumbered
at night, mostly logs that they
had rolled' from log trains. As
about 40 trains loaded with logs
went through-Clare daily at that
time, the small crew working
Was kept pretty busy. No time
could be lost. When the train
went on a siding, they started to
log. •    •  .
At night, by hand, they sawed
off the ends of the logs so the
mark was gone before they went
to 'the rtiill, and this way they
managed to get past at the expense of the lumbering firms for
quite a.while.
One of the party wrote the Detroit Safe company that they
were in the market for a safe, so
the company sent a salesman to
Clare who inquired where the
Clare lumber company office
Was,
No one knew* but he Was told
to talk with the bar tender at one
of the hotels. This fellow told the
salesman: that he really thought
the lumber company needed a
safe all right so he showed cuts
of all they had on hand, but no
sale, as they were all too small.
The high powered salesman
hastily informed him that they
could make any size, but gave up'
at "last when he was told that
this special safe would have to
hold a 16-foot log or a cord of
bolts.
The Clare Lumber company
lumbered 40 acres "of pine near
the town of CJlare and when they
had finished they wrote to the
oWer, E.Hall of Detroit, and
asked where he wanted them to
lumber the next winter.
. Being unaware of this activity,
Mr. Hall at once sent his nephew
to investigate.'He met With poor
success as he too, was unable to
locate the Clare Lumber company
office and he gave it up as a bad
job.' •     '
In the lunibering days Clare
was one of the best small towns
in the state. At one time there
were about 150 camps within 10
miles of the place and at the
present time it. is surrounded by
good farms. Many oil wells are
located in that vicinity and it is
still a very -prosperous towii-,
Dance Club." These are children
from six to twelve years old,
and they demonstrated a series
of square dance numbers.. This
was much enjoyed by the audience.
A skit by Ernest Irwin and
James Yeoman, with Mrs. Irwin
as chairman, in which the two
brothers vied for their speech
on the program, brought many
laughs.
A "boxing match." followed
with Harley Holt as referee, and
challenging a brother Ford
Welch of Mt. Pleasant Needless
to say, the brother was unaware that his opponent was
not blindfolded, but in spite of
his blindfold, he nearly won the
match.
"Catching the train" by Ef.
nest and Olive Irwin, was typical and true to life.
The concluding skit on the
program was "The Lighthouse
Keeper's Daughter." Characters
in appropriate costumes were:
Eva Schlafley, the keeper, Ina
Hammond, his wife, Pat Holt,
the daughter, Fern Archambault,
the lighthouse, Carrie Green,
the villain, Olive Irwin, the
doctor, and Patsy Schlafley, the
narrator.
At the business meeting Mrs.
Maude" Langworthy, of Coleman, president, and Mrs. Lillian
Johnston, of Weidman, secretary, presided. A donation of
$10.00 was voted for the Sister
Kenny Polio Foundation Fund.
The next association meeting
will be at Shepherd, February
20.
A pot luck supper was served
by the Rebekah chairman, Mrs.
Fannie Simmons and her committee to conclude the evening's
festivities.
Prayer Day
Call Sounds
For Feb. 13
The annual World; Day of
Prayer observance in Clare is to
be held in the Congregational
Church under auspices of the
Council of Church Women and
will open at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Following an order of service
this year Written ispecially for
the day by Christian women in
Egypt, the ceremonies Will include petitions, prayers and collection of offerings to ibe used
in Home and Foreign Missions
for education and religious Welfare projects.
Parents' Night
At St Cecilia's
Open House is being held tonight Thursday, from 7:30 to9:30
at St. Cecilia's- Catholic School
with 'all parents of students there
Invited arid urged to attend.
Sponsored' by the school, and
the Home and School Guild, the
Open House will afford an opportunity for parents to consult with
teachers concerning their children's progress and classwork, and
for inspection of sohool facilities
and work displays. Refreshments
are to toe served iii the church
basement.
JANET  BAILEY
Guys 'N Dolls Studio Photo
She's Finalist
In State
Pie Contest
Miss Janet Bailey, Clare county
Cherry Pie Baking Champion
who went to the State contest at
Grand Rapids, became the first
local champion ever to place in
the statewide finals. The popular
and cute Farwell High senior was
one of eight finalist in the 64
county contestants and proved
that she is as talented as she is
vivacious.
Janet was awarded a cash
prize for her achievement in
gaining the place in the final
judging. It was her third year in
Cherry Pie Baking competition.
The contest itself was something o'f a thrill for the girls
who were at the Pantlind hotel
for the two-day affair. Accompanying Janet was her home
economics teacher from Farwell
High, Dolores Engstrom.
Contestants themselves, as Well
as their pies were judged in the
contest, Janet said. Points were
awarded on their >method of preparation in the baking, and on
personality qualifications.
Janet is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Bailey of Rosebush.
Lenton Series
To Begin At
St. Johns
The Passion of our Lord Jesus
Christ will be Observed in special
week-day Lenten Services' at, St.
John's Lutheran Church.
Beginning, , on February 11,
Ash Wednesday and each, Wednesday evening during Lent,
services will begin at 8:00 p.m. ■
•The theme "Were You There
...'?" will be carried out in the
messages to be delivered by
Robert Voss, pastor. Special
music will be provided by the
junior choir. -
The public is cordially invited
to attend these weekly jLenten
services.  _ : ^^.^^^.^
Mrs. Floyd Norcutt, Jim Seiter,
and C. B. Storey, of Farwell.
Judge Donald Holbrook, district lay leader, gave a few
opening remarks, and presented
Dale Griffin of Stanwood, -program chairman. Rev. L. J. Nevins
gave the welcome, and recognized
Laurenee Seiter, his sons Robert
and Jim, for their efforts in the
building of the new addition to
the church, also Carl Lear, for
his faithful work in getting the
debris cleaned up and the building ready for use, to the plumber,
Henry Ackerman, and electrician,
Albert Seiter.
Devotions were led by Evert
Thompson of Alma, stressing the
needs of today, and the responsibility of each layman to his task.
For the program, an illustrated
talk and slides were presented by
Dr. Orville H. McKay, pastor of
the First Methodist Church at
Midland, showing the work of the
Midland church missions work In
Portuguese East Africa.
Recognition was given to
three new clubs in the district
since September, Evart, Farwell
and Weidman, with eight more
soon to be organized, with the
assistance of other Methodist
Men's groups. At present there
are 21 clubs in the district.
Announcement was made by
Dr.. Leon Manning, district superintendent, •' of" the state-wi<Se
Methodist Men's meeting at East
Lansing, April 11, and the annual
retreat September 12 and 13, held
at the Lake Louise Methodist
Youth Camp in Northern Michigan. He also stated that the
health unit building, at Lake
Louise Camp, sponsored- toy the
Big Rapids District, had been
completed, and this; was also
built by Laurenee Seiter, contractor. .
At the close of the njneetirig,
Clare members led the 'visitors
on a tour of the new educational
unit which was open for inspection, and had been put in use for
the first time Sunday morning.
A lunch Was served in the
recreation room of the new unit
by the Women's Society ol
Christian Service.
farm management as a business, products and marketing
research, and farming opportunities for youth, have been
sharing attention with such topics as a landowners rights
when his farm is taken for public use, also Michigan's tax
problem and how it affects an individual.
At the annual Farm Management Banquet tonight
where MSU's Kellogg Center Big Ten and Centennial rooms
will combine to hold a sellout crowd, cooperators in farm
record keeping are to be honored.
Marked for special recognition are several farm operators from the Clare and Isabella and Gladwin counties area
including Howard Penrose and Sons, and Floren Pudvay, all
long time cooperators.
Speakers on subjects to do
with rural appraisal and condemnation procedures Tuesday
claimed the attention of farmers whose land lies in the path
of the States advancing highway
network.
Wednesday morning, a farmer
audience heard Victor Eichhorn,
director of the Right-of-Way Division, Michigan Highway Department speak on "How We
Get Property For Highways."
■Eichhorn's discussion was followed by talks by George Edwards, State Supreme Court
Justice on, "How Does Condemnation Take Place In Michigan",
and a U of Wisconsin speaker
on what farmers in' his state
have learned about condemnation practice.
In the field of State finances,
the audiences learned of Michigan's tax problems from State
Representative Rollo Conlin,
and from farm representatives
of the State's Tax Study Committee.
Farm equipment displays and
an exhibit summarizing facts
farmers should know about insurance against crop and property loss, and physical^ disasters
were of high interest to crowds
all week long as farmers and
their families examined the displays and studied Agricultural
Economics  shows.
Kellys Show
Trip Photos
To Study Club
The Clare Study Club held their
February meeting Tuesday evening in the Methodist church parlors -with thirty-five members
and guests present. Mrs. Walter
Eroh, president, called the meeting to order with the members
reading 'the club collect, and the
secretary read the 'annual meeting report. Committee reports
were approved.
The World Day.of Prayer pro-
grain was announced for February 13 to be held in the Clare
Congregational Church at 2:00
p.m. A communication from the
National President, reported that
she would appear on the Edward
R. Murrow Person to Person
program on February 20, and
urged all to observe the G-A-R-E-
Program, through which 14,000
persons were fed during the past
year, and taken into 11,000
homes.
Mrs. Leon Dull, program chairman presented Patti Case who
■played two instrumental numbers. She then introduced Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Kelly of Farwell,
who gave a travelogue of their
trip with a choral group in Europe during the summer of 1958.
The slide's shown depicted
beautiful scenes Of interest, and
showed many of the homes
where they stayed while there.
The Kellys were enthusiastic of
the program and the fellowship
gleaned throughout their travels.
The tea committee were Mrs.
Floyd Norcutt, Mrs. Melvin Bonham and Mrs. George Beck. Mrs.
A. D. Aulstin was hostess' for the*
evening.
Teen Drivers Can Lead
In Safety, Booklet Says
How youthful drivers, — long
blamed as "the goats" in climbing traffic accident statistics,
can turn the tables and become
real leaders in highway safety is
told in a free -booklet of safe-
driving tips. The booklet which
is available now has the endorsement of driving "Aprofessiojnals
and is hailed by the National
Safety Council as an important
contribution.
The safety booklet is being
produceced and distributed as a
public service by Standard Oij
Company.
"We want to do everything we
can to reduce the traffic toll,
and this is one way we can
help," said Chairman Frank O.
Prior of Standard.
General G. C. Stewart, executive vice president of the Na-
tonal Safety Council, said, "we
regard this as one of the most
important contributions to safer
highways and better teen-age
driving that has ever been made
in this country. We wish every
young driver in the country
could read this booklet.
In the United States last year
there Were 22,400,000 young people between the ages of 13 to
21. "In the early 1960's this situation will undergo a sudden and
tremendous change upward,"
according to Mr. Prior*
"In a single year, for example,
i960, the number of Children
crossing the threshold of age
13 will increase by nearly 40 per
cent . . . from 2.75 million to
more than 3.8 million. To be
Sure," he declared, "this partic*
ular group won't be driving cars'!
but many of them will be a
few years later."
Teen-agers, the new booklet of
safe-driving tips reveals, are
involved in twice as many fatal
accidents for the number of
miles they drive as drivers over
25. Teen-agers who have had
driver education have fewer
than half the accidents of those
who haven't had it.
Written by the National Safety
council, the booklet is available
free arid exclusively from Standard Oil (Indiana) dealers in the
Midwest, Amoco dealers in the
East and South, and Utoco dealers in the West.
The safe-driving tips for teenagers are from professional
drivers like the state patrolman,
the test track driver, and the
trucker, who have found safe-
driving is a matter of experience,
and attitude:
"1. Don't show-off or clown
behind the wheel.
"2. Have guts enough behind
the wheel to chicken out   when
common sense tells you it's time
to give in. Never   mind   who's
(right. Be smart * . . stay alive!
"3. The public highway is for
sharing, not competing.
"4. The squeal of tires and
roar of the exhaust may sound
like hot stuff to a driver who
needs it to build up his ego. But
it tags him as strictly an amateur to the real pro.
, "5, The pro gives in to badj
weather, bad roads, and traffic
jams, and slows down.
-'& Would your coach send ill
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Ron Cooper
Granted Five
New Patents
The United States Patent Office
has granted Ronald H. Cooper,
of Clare five patents covering
improved Phenolic Resin compositions..
The inventions are related to
improved plastic coating of molding of sand and refractory
aggregates. The coated sand
formulation is used in the foundry for the preparation of shell
molds from which metal castings
are produced. The plastic coated
refractory aggregates could be
used in the fabrication of hot
top devices and like for retaining
steel in ingot pouring.
The improved plastic binder is
an aqueous phenol-formaldehyde
liquid resin which is catalyzed
with active magnesium oxide at
room temperature. This significant advantage eliminates employment of heat of a flammable
solvent to dry the resin upon the
aggregates prior to final cure.  "
The U. S. Patents were granted
January 20, 1959 and were assigned to Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Michigan.
Elect Vestry
At St. Ann's
The annnual meeting of the
Episcopal Chapel of St. Antt was
held Thursday, January 29 at
the church.
Robert Soldatt, retiring Warden gave a very interesting report of work accomplished during his term of office. Father
Charles Stuart, Vicar, read a
proposed plan and budget for
1959.
The* following Vestry was
elected for 1959: Warden—C. J.
Allen, Carter Young, Wlliam
Goodwin from Glare and Dr.
James Clapperton and Richard
Corey from Coleman, With Robert-Soldatt serving as ah advisory mehiber on the board. Mrs.
Floyd Boardmah was re-elected
treasurer and William Goodwin
wiE act as secretary. St Ann's
will have a celebration of I-loly
Communion at 10:3Ch'a.ms FebrUf
ary 11, Ash Wednesday,
The Vestry will meet the second Thursday of each moritii
during the year* 7^