1959-03-05; Clare Sentinel

              THE CLARE SENTINEL
Established 1878
$2.50 Yeas' in Clare, Isabella Couniina
THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLARJE, MICHIGAN
MARCH 5, 1959
Tap Cenia Copy
New Series, Vol. 67, No. 25
Two-Day O^n House
Features Observance Of
Bank 50th Anniversary
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On March 10,1959, The Citizens
State Bank of Clare will begin its
51st year of uninterrupted service
tof the Clare community. The
bank, was chartered under state
banking laws and began business
under that charter on March 10,
1909, having succeeded a private
toank which was known as the
Citizens Bank and which had been
in business for a few months
previous to that date.
Celebrating the Golden Anniversary, the bank, is holding ah
open house on March 10 and 11
during regular (business hours.
Patrons visiting the bank on
those days will receive special
gifts as favors and are invited
to register their names free to
participate in a drawing to award
an expense-paid -pleasure trip to
New York for two persons. Refreshments will also be served as
part of the observance.
On Monday, the bank will be
host to 200 area bankers, State
•Banking Department and Federal
Reserve officials and other out
of town representatives of financial institutions. Open house
for the special guests at the bank
will be followed by a dinner at
the Doherty hotel.
The original Board of Directors
of the bank in 1909 were William
Haley, Allen B. Mulder, James
Duncan, John W. Calkins, George
E. Brenner and Nelson A. Bloom.
Original officers were William
Haley, President; Allen E. Mulder, Vice President; and George E.
Brenner, Cashier* All of the
original directors and officers are
since deceased, but William Haley
will be remembered as the fataer
of Albert Haley; James Duncan
as the uncle of Lionel Duncan
and Allen E. Mulder as the husband of Mabel Mulder, all residents of the Clare area at the
present time. Dr. Mulder was a
practicing ^dentist in Clare for
" many y'eaxs'and"s'er^eS faiflKftill^
and well as a, director and officer
of the 'bank from the time of its
organization until his death in
1947.
"Original  shareholders of   the
bank in addition to the names al-
, ready mentioned were Tudor
Schunk, William F. Virtue and
Anna E. Mussell., Mrs. Mussell
later served as a tiirecitqr of the
bank *for many yeargYuihtil her
health forced her to <£iwa up those
responsibilities. She isiodky the
sole survivor of the list: of: original shareholders and has ec-ntih-
ued to maintain her interest hi
the progress of the bank. Tudor
Schunk will also be remembered
ag the father of Stanley Schunk,
prominent Sheridan Township
farmer. Much of the early progress of the bank is attributable
to the avid interest and "support
given the toank b^ its original
shareholders, directors , and
officers.
In late 1910 and 1911 changes in
management and control of the
bank occured which were to result in what has thus far been a
permanent change in the management of the affairs of the bank.
During that period William H.
Bicknell and James S. Bicknell
were elected to the Board "of
Directors and James S. Bicknell
was elected Cashier of the bank
. to succeed a Mr. D. McNair, Wil-
iam H. Bicknell is .presently a
Director of the bank,, having
served previously as Vice President and later President and is
now concluding his 49th year of
active affiliation with the affairs
of the bank. His wise guidance
and counsel, based upon his many
years of business experience in
Clare has been of immeasurable
assistance in the growth and
achievements of the bank.
James S. Bicknell ably served
the . bank as Director, Cashier,
Vice President and President
from 1911 until his death in 1944,
at which time he was' a board
member and President. As its
chief executive officer during the
serious depression years of the
early 1930's, his guidance, decisions and leadership enabled the
bank to withstand successfully
the events which caused tlie
closing of many banks in the
state and in this area. The bank
was able to provide complete and
uninterrupted banking service
during those dark days without
the loss of any funds to any
depositor an achievement which
alone attests to the quality of his
direction.
During the 1920's artd 1930's
Donald S. Bicknell, J, Stuart
Bicknell and Mark H. Bicknell, all
sons of James S. iBicknell, joined
the bank in various capacities as
officers ahd, employees oi the
bank and today J. Stuart Bicknell
serves as its President and Mark
H. Bicknell as its Vice President
and Chairman of the Board,
Active management of the bank
in recent years has rested with J.
Stuart' Bicknell and Mark H.
Bicknell. J>onald Bicknell is presently Vice President, Cashier ana
Director of the Second National
Bank and Trust Company, in
Saginaw.
The growth of the bank in the
50 years of its existence can be
pictured by comparing early day
capital and resource figures with
those of tlie present. Beginning
in 1909 with capital of $20,000.00,
that figure has grown to today's
$740,000.00, which figure is well
in excess of its total resources
any time during the first 12
years of the bank's history, Resource wise, the bank has grown
from early day totals of less than
$100,000,00 to th6 present total of
in excess of $8,875,000,000
The bank became a member of
the * Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation in October 1933; in
May, 1939 was admitted to mem'
bership in the Federal Reserve
System, and it maintains active
correspondent relationships with
leading Detroit, Chicago, New
York and Saginaw banks. These
relationships and the safety and
services available to the banK
through its memberships in the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve
System provide the bank with
all of the safety and most of the
services available through the
largest banks.
The bank through its entire
existan.ee has been located in its
present building at the corner
of 4th and . McEwan Streets,
Clare. The original building
housing the bank" was completely
remodeled and enlarged in 1929
and the exterior was further im-
^oSfe** ^f 19487 "3evefat interior
remod^llfigs have occurred since
1929, including a major remodeling in 1041. At that time all of
the older lobby fixtures' were removed and. the present * tellers
area installed. In 1948 a new vault
was added to its main floor artd
the old vault converted to use
for a .growing number of safety
deposit ibox patrons. Additional
office and bookkeeping department space Was created in 1953
when the' bookkeeping department was' moved into the former
directors' room and new office
'space created from the office vacated by the bookkeepers. The
bank's investment in new machinery and equipment in recent
years has kept pace with its
growth and with new equipment
designed for banking'Use.
Effective October 10, 1956, the
assets and liabilities of the former Rosebush State Bank, Rosebush, were merged with those of
the Citizens State Bank and the
former Rosebush State Bank now
operates as a branch of the bank.
The merger brought to -the Rosebush area all of the services,
safety and facilities, including
vastly increased lending limits
available in the Clare office.
Looking toward the future,
when management forsees a time
when the bank will no longer be
able to serve its' customers fully
at its present building, the bank,
in 1955 purchased the Doherty
(McKay) home, at the comer of
7th and McEwan Streets -as a
site for a future ibahk. building.
The progress of the bank
through its 50 years of existence
is attributable to many things—
the splendid comniunity.in which
it is located, the loyal support oi
its several thousand customers,
the quality of its management
and the loyal and efficent work
of its staff of employees. The
growth and success of the bank
in a very large measure, can be
credited to the cheerfulness and'
willingness of its-staff• both past
and "present to serve its customers. Presently, in addition to J.'
Stuart Bicknell and Mark H.
Bicknell, mentioned earlier in
this article, the bank's staff consists "of Frank T\ LaGoe, Vice
President* Roy B. .Matteson, .Vice
President, Alan W. Ott, Cashier,'
Walter H. Kleiner, and Harold
Prout, Ass't. Cashiers; Dale
Lyons, Freeda Brownridge, Ethel
Case and Jean O.tt, Tellers, Rutn
Ann Kleiner, Secretary, Shirley
McKay, Ruth Geyer, Vernette
Dunkle, Alma Rank and Jane
Cott6n, Bookkeepers. Directors
are J<-.Stuart Bicknell, Mark Bicknell, William H. Bicknell, James
S. Bicknell III, Donald E. Hol-
brtiok, Frank T. LaGtSe and Roy
B, Matteson,
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Clare Sending
Two Bands
To Festival
One hundred and eight of
Clare's student musicians will go
to Pinconning next Saturday to
play in the district Band and
Orchestra Festival there. .
The Senior Band of 53 members in grades nine through. 12,
and the Junior Band of 55 members "in grades seven •"md eight,
Will each play three numbers.
They will ibe judged by three
college music instructors and in
addition be judged in their ability
to sight read music by another
judge. From this total they will
be given a rating, ranging from a
first to a Sth, They have worked
&t rehearsals for some ■ time,
hoping for the best rating
possible.
The Senior Basd will pl&y
Fobtlifter March, Folk Song
Suite, Finnish Rhapsody No. 1.
The Junior Band will play: La
Banda Nacente March, Green
Valley Overture, Air and March.
Jobless
Benefits
Climb Here
In 1958, more than $733 thousand dollars was paid in benefits to Clare county unemployed
through Unemployment Security, and nearly 3% million dollars was paid to the unemployed
in Clare, Isabella and Gratiot
-counties together, served by the
Alma office of the Michigan
Unemployment Security Commission) according to figures
released by Carl . F. Olsen,
Branch Manager. This amount
is more than double the total of
$1,468,303 paid out in 1957.
The full time office in the
Alma city hall also ' provides
Weekly" service fo Isabella and
Ciare counties. "
The total paid in 1958 was distributed through the three offices as follows:
Alma, $2,117{315; Mt Pleasant- *$614,585^J-eaI-e>t> fT33-888-
Total, $3,465,788.'   -
These figures include $485,294
paid under the Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act
which was in effect during the
last six months of 1958, and will
continue in effect un|il April 1,
1959. This Act provides for a
50% extension of a claimant's
last claim.
The average Weekly payment
in 1958 for a full week of unemployment was $35.65.
A downward trend in benefit
totals for 1959 is indicated. In
January, 1959, the Alma office
paid out $175,334, exclusive of
extended benefits, as compared
with $260,590 "in January, 1958.
Olsen pointed out. that these
figures do not indicate a proportionate improvement in employment as a large number of
claimants who have exhausted
their beftefits are still Unemployed.
Compliment
Street Dept.
City Manager Clarence Grum
and all street maintenance workers can swell their vests with a
little pride in the way snow removal has kept ahead of difficult conditions this winter.
At least two local businesses,
the Clare Hardware, and the
Hotel Doherty passed along
compliments for efficient work,
Ben Burdo and Dick Groves
sent letters of commendation to
be read into minutes of the last
City Commission meeting. The
letters praised city workers for
the excellent condition in which
our streets and curbs have been
kept, through the winter.
Mr.-Groves -said .that many
travelers .in the hotel remark on
the contrast between some ill-
kept towns, and Clare's improved .snow removal program.
Stray Dogs
Running Deer
Don Bell, Conservation > Department officer in the area has
become increasingly concerned
with the problem of stray dogs
running' deer. Answering frequent calls on this complaint, he
has found that deer are handicapped when their feet break
through the crust on deep snow,
making them easy prey for dogs
and dog packs.
To help protect the'deer herd
from needless cruelty • and
slaughter, he urges special attention to keep dogs tied or
penned until deep snow conditions are over.     :_, ^
1st Petition
Out For City
Commission
First to tpike out a petition g-s
a candidate for election -to the
City Commission ' was Beit
Schleicher, 808 North McEwan.
He has been a resident of Clare
since 1957 when he purchased
the home formerly owned l>y
Mrs. Thomas Groves and moved
his- family here from Birmingham.
He is a native of Saginaw
where his family was engaged
in the grocery business but
graduated from school in Birmingham and became a .finish
carpenter and selling representative for a tool manufacturer,
Mr, and Mrs. Schleicher have
a daughter, Karen in Clare
schools.
Time for filing nominating
petitions for the City Commission is from March 7 until ;,5
o'clock on March 17 at the office of City Clerk David Adams.
Terms of three commissioners,
Albert Haley, Dan Burdo, and
George Shayler all expire this
spring. -
Ready To      j
Condemn
Airport Land
The go ahead on condemnation proceedings to acquire land
for the municipal airport wjas
given last month by the Clare
City Commission. Delaying action until a recent city purchase
offer was weighed by owners of
the property, City Attorney Harold Hughes said this week that
a suit would be commenced
since the price of the land* had
been, placed above the appraisal
price and higher than -the best
offer that the city would authorize.
Eighty acres held by the John
Tomshack estate are needed for
planned expansion of aiijjiOtt
facilities,
• There is?-a? reported difference
of $3,300.00 between the'city's
$6,700. offer and the price asked
by the estate. Robert Campbell
is the attorney for the heirs,
Mr. Hyghes said that the matter might come up on the Circuit Court schedule as early as
three to four weeks from now.
Chamber of Commerce leadens
have been sponsors of the program to improve and enlarge
the present airport, and have
interested the City Commission
in making air facilities better
for travel and charter service
here as well as more attractive
to prospective industrial firms
who depend on air transportation.
Leon Dull's
Attend M-F
Convention,
Mr. and Mr§. Jjepn.Dull, local
Massey-Fergusbn dealers were
in attendance at the two day
convention held in the Masonic
Temple at Detroit recently.
The Show of Progress of the
North American dealers was the
theme for the convention, -with
five thousand in attendance.
This began Friday morning,
February 27*
Following the chicken, dinner
at noon, the ladies were taken
by buses to see a fashion show
at Kerns Department Store. The
men were able to. tour the
world's, most »modern Massey-
Ferguson assembly plant, and
view tractors in production at
the rate of 250 a day.
Saturday morning the city
buses took the dealers and their
wives to the- Coloseum and
Annex of the Michigan State
Fairgrounds where a parade of
progress was shown, presenting
the largest display of tractor's
and equipment ever shown in
North America by one -company
at one time;
This parade included 20 M.F.
tractors, with their drivers in
special , dress for an "Act to
Music",' "making several tractor
formations on the field which
was a wonderful sight and took
months of training. Twenty
different- sets of tools had a
place in the parade.
This show required more than
fifty tractors to display the
equipment.
The parade concluded with a
wagon load of dancers and
clowns, which did some acting.
Mr.-and Mrs, t>uU are happy
to announce that their son and
wife, Leon and Joyce Dull toil!
join them in the Massey-Ferguson dealer program to carry on
this Progress in this area.   __
Planner Hired
For Zoning
:The City Commission Monday
granted approval for the hiring
of a city planner, WiUiam Day,
of Midland to draw- up a master
city zoning plan, aiid recommend
an ordinance to make- zoning
effective,
■ Mr. Day will work for the
city on a temporary basis until
the job is completed.
Mapping of the • city with
areas restricted for residential,
commercial, industrial and other specific purposes with tax
rates and building inspection
codes in accordance is expected
to cost $1,200. for the finished
project.
CHS Singers
Win Honors
At Festival
Vocal students of Clare High
School received favorable com--
ments and honors at the District V Solo and Ensemble Festival held at Mt. Pleasant High
School last Saturday.
Fifteen area schools partici-i
pated in the event sponsored by
the Michigan School Vocal Association,
Of those who participated,
Judy White's solo, "The Lord's
Frayer'\ by Malotte and Deb
Nolan's performance of You
man's "Without a Song", re
ceived superior ratings as did
also the duet "Danny Boy" by
Weatherly, sung by Larry Stan'
ley and Judy White. Excellent
rating was given the solos by
Georgia Blackmore and Larry
Stanley, "Because" by D'Harde
lot and "The Open Roa.d" by
Stickles were their numbers re
spectively.
All the vocalists were particu
larly commended for their quality of tone.
Three of the original eight
entries from Clare had to with
draw because of illness.
Other schools taking part in
the festiyal were Mt, Pleasant,
SaCred "Hearty Alma, Owtisso,
Midland, Shepherd, St. Louis, St.
Johns, purand, Coleman, Corun-
na, Ithaca and Weidman.
Adjulicators for the District V
festival were Professor Harold
Haugh of the University of
Michigan and Keith Sturdevant,
vocal .difedtor.of Highland Park
Junior College and high school.
Vocal Group
To Sing For
Kiwanians
The Central Michigan College
Men's Glee Club of thirty voices
will s'ing March 11 at the Clare
Kiwanis Club meeting. Dr. Eugene F, Grove choral* director of
the College Music Department
■will direct the group.
The usual 6:30 dinner will precede the program. This will be
ladies night and all Kiwanians
and 'wives are urged to attend
and bring guest.
An invitation is extended to all
choir groups or individuals who
are interested in hearing this
fine glee club.
The "program will start promptly at 7:00 in* the Wedgewood
room at the Hotel Doherty. In
view of the fact that the Clare
Kiwanis Club is sponsoring the
program, there will be no admission charge.
Speech Contest
For HS Seniors
Clare JCs sponsored a speech
contest in the Clare School, the
topic "My True Security, the
American Way" open only to the
senior class.
. Sixteen students participated
last week with Gloria Sickal
winning first place, Barbara
Tubbs,* second and Bonnie Lloyd,
third. "' '.,
Judges were Mrs. Baldwin,
Mrs. Bowler and Miss Evans of
Clare High School. ' Gloria's
speech was taped for entering in
the state contest. '
In Service
Kenneth Miller of Gladwin R-2
was a Clare county Armed
Forces inductee for March. He
left for Detroit on Tuesday. Bernard Wilson, Draft Boai-d secretary has announced that there
Will be no draft call in Clare
county for April, .
3 Hurt In
Wreck Of
School Bus
A collision of a Frost township
school bus and another car Tuesday near Harrison resulted in
serious injuries to one of the
children riders' and to the passenger car driver. The bus driver and
another child were shaken up
and the driver was treated for
possible chest injuries,
Danny Leposky, six year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeiry Leposky in Frost lost five teeth and
was cut in the face "when the
collision threw him against a
handrail bar in the front of the
bus. In the Gladwin hospital 37
stitches were required to close
the cuts. His condition Wednesday was described as satifactory.
. Helen Wright, 12, daughter ot
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wright was
shaken but uninjured.
Paul Yost, R-l Harrison, tlie
driver of the other car was the
Worst hurt with a broken should.1
er and loss of one eye,, He also
is waiting further examination
for possible serious chest and internal injuries,
Clare General Hospital was Unable to admit Yost because of
crowding and he was taken to
Mt Pleasant.
Sheriff James' Darling said that
the accident occured when Yost
lost control of his auto ana
swerved into the path of the bus
four miles north of Harrison and
% east.
The bus driver, Allen Johnson,
56 of Harrison Was examined for
possible chest injuries by a Harrison doctor. He was released.
The bus was operated by Frost
township for transporting* children to their rural school.
Other possible injuries were
avoided due to the timing of the
accident which happened at 5:15
in the afternoon with only, the-
tWo children remaining as riders
near the end of the homebound
run.
Hold Benefit
For Injured
Entertainer
Ralph Carpenter, popular and
Well known member of the
singing Northernaires will benefit from the proceeds of a square
dance to be held tomorrow evening, March 6* in'^he Harrison
high school's old gym.
Carpenter may lose the sight
of his right eye as the result of
an accident that happened two
weeks ago. He was target shoot-
ihg with his bow and arrow in
the basement of his home when
something pierced his eye and
cut the eyeball severely.
Two operations on the injured
eye have mended the damage
for the present, but doctors tell
Ralph that, even if his sight is
not immediately destroyed, cataracts may develop on the eye.
Not presently employed in his
regular line of work, Ralph has
been a school bus driver, bottle
gas salesman, and odd jobs man
since his layoff. He has no insurance to cover expenses of his
medical treatment and eye surgery.
Carpenter and his friends have
been more than generous in
their time and talent as male
quartet entertainers, they have
pleased and brought pleasure to
hundreds. Now some of „ his
friends are going to see that
something good is done for him
and his family.
Sponsors of the party say
that those who are unable to attend may contribute by sending
or bringing money to the dance,
or directly to Mrs. Jean Morton
at Harrison,
R. Schroeder
Is Red Cross
Chairman
Richard Schroeder,- of Clare,
County Extension Director has
been named chairman for the
1959 Red Cross fund, campaign
held annually in March, Local
chairmen working with Mr,
Schroeder are John Hanson in
Clare, Mrs. Jack Ulch in Harrison, Mrs.- Don Pitchford ih Far-
well, Mrs. Deimer SCott in Lake,
and Mrs. William Doty in Temple. Each Qf the local leaders
will recruit a committee and
workers to contact residents for
Red'Cross memberships.
Clare county Red Cross general chairman is Mrs. Curt
Murton, Sr.k of Harrison.  _  *•
Prizes Awarded
In Two Bowling
Tournaments
City Bowling Tournament 1959
champions in team and individual
events were announced last week
by Paul Schroeder, association
secretary.
Team winners were the Household Appliances five , regular
members in the Friday night
Major league at Clare Alleys.
They scored a 3087 with handicap to take first money of $50
and the tournament title.
Larry Shelander and Earl Neff
teamed in the doubles event to
take a close contest from Jim
Perrine and Ralph Musser. The
first place total was 1286 with
handicap.
Cecil Pudvay in the singles
event posted a 710 in the second
week of the tourney and it was
enough to hold the top spot
through the final Sunday of competition.
Glen Cain rolled an All Events
score of 1887 to take the first
place money. He scored 653, 653,
581 in his three entries to average 209.66 pins through nine
games with'his handicap.   .
Top prize money and champion
arm patches rewarded the winners.
Fraternal League Tourney
The Fraternal League held
their annual bowling tournament at Clare Alleys this past
week-end, February 28 and
March 1, Money winners in the
team event were K of C No. 1
Mrs. Jackson
Dies Suddenly
In Texas
Shocked friends of Mrs. Josephine Jackson who learned of
her accidental death ih Corpus
Christi, Texas while visiting her
daughter and family there, were
sorrowing with Mrs. Jackson's
family here this -week.
Mrs. ifacksdiS mxmxtifr 7M$
Sunday-evening while walking
with her* .husband, Lawrence
Jackson, Sr, near the home* of
their daughter, Mts. Rose Marie Rodholm in Corpus Christi.
She struck* her -head and failed
to* regain consciousness.
Mrs. Jackson was born on
August 31, 1882 in Saginaw
county, the daughter of Joseph
and Augusta Cpur- She had resided in CJare for sixty eight
years where she and her husband raised ' their "family and
were both active in meat and
grocery retailing.
She was active in St. Cecilia's
Altar Society, the Home ahd
School Guilds and the Clare
Study Club.
Surviving are her husband,
Lawrence W. Jackson, Sr. and
four children, Mrs. Frances
SempowskJ, of Birmingham,
Michigan, Mrs. Rose Marie Rod-
holm, of Corpus Christi, Texas,
Dr. Robert Jackson of St. Louis,
Mo., and Lawrence W. Jackson,
Jr. of Clare. Two surviving sisters are Mrs. Pearl Henderson
of Clare, and Mrs; * Bernadette
Hale of North Muskegon, Michigan.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Jackson are to be held today,
Thursday at 10 o'clock a.m- from
St. Cecilia's Church with Fr. J,
I. Sruba officiating.
The Rosary was held at the
home last night at 8 o'clock and
members of the Knights*of Columbus held Rosary services at
9.
CHS Draws
Gladwin In
Cage Tourney
Clare High and Gladwin High
will send basketball teams to the
district tournament at Mt. Pleas
ant on March -6. It will be the
finale for what has been to both
schools a cheerless and unsuccessful cage season,
Clare's Pioneers have been unable to win a. single game in a
15-.game schedule, and the Gladwin five have been victorious
only once.
The two squads are matched in
the Class B,8:45 encounter after
the opener pitts- Saginaw Arthur
Hill Tech against Big Rapids at
7* o'clock.
Winners in the two games wili
meet at 8:45 Saturday, March 7
to play off the District championship.       ,-. .
Elsewhere in the district Class
C games' "vyill be held at Harrison
and Mt. Pleasant, Class A at
Midland, and Class D at .Bianchard,
3002, captained by Dick Nivison,.
Other prize money was divided
by K of C No. 2 2989, Mason No.
4 2909. Mason No, 3 2863, Mason
No. 2 2836. . ;
■ Doubles winners were headed
by Al Haley and "Jake" Thayer
with a 1223 count. Other w^nne-nti
were J. Kisnosky - G. Wisler
1192, P. McConnell - L. Stanley
il88, B.Rau - W. McGuirii-flieS,
C. Lorenz - B. Tomaski H6&,
Joe Kisnosky, with a 66.5 score,'
won the singles event. Close be*-
hind Joe were G. Wisler 656, H.
Kinsel 647, D. Allen 645, H, O'Dell
644, G. Thayer 634.
George Wisler headed the all-
events list with his 1902, follow*-
ed by Ray Ruby 1864 and Larry
Beck's' 1840. 'High actual -series
for the tournament, was Jake
Thayer's 580 in the singles and
575 in the doubles. High actual
game was rolled by Joe "Kisnosky
with a 245,
Cole To Run
On Stickers
In Wise Twp.
With the Biennial Spring Elec-
tion just one month away, another candidate has declared his
intention to run on slips in a
nearby township election. .'!
Maynard Cole, present super--
Visor in Wise will be the sticker-.-
or write-in candidate With hopes
of regaining the office for-
which he failed of riomaina.tioca
in the township- caucus.
Mr. Cole lost te Republication
nomination for supervisor to Eugene Methner after having been
successful in six township elections. He served as Wise treasurer . for; eight years,, and ^ven
twice "V/ona mat on the board
of Supervisors. " :
He was slated to be the next
chairman of the Isabella Cotihty
Board of Supervisors |f returned
by his home voters.
No Democrat ticket appears" on
the ballot in Wise, so the Republican list of candidates is Headed
by Methner's name.
It^s(Birthday
Weekjpqr
Girl Scouts
From Marcli 8 through the 14th
Girl Scouts of Clare will joirt
with their sister scouts all over
the world in observance of tfi-S
47th birthday of their organization, and Girl Scout Week.
March 12, 1912, Juliette Low of
Savannah Georga started the
iirst troop in the United States.
With each day having a special
significance, this group is called N
the seven Service Days. March S
•will be observed as Girl Scout
Sunday, and the local girls and *
their leaders will- attend as a
group, the Methodist and St.
Cecilia churches. Mrs. Homer
O'Dell is in charge of thi»
project.
To climax the week, "Open
House" will be held at the Clara
I.O.O.F. HalL'Sunday March 15,
.from 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. The Girls,
Leaders, and Committee members cordially invite, the general
public to enjoy a coffee hour and
to visit the special displays and
exhibits.
' The Girl Scout and Brownie
troops have made a special effort
to show, the community and theur
families what they are doing.
There will be displays of Badge
activities in Arts and Crafts, International Friendships, this Exploration of the out-of-doors and
home crafts.
Girl will make house-to-house
calls during the week, and,after
in their self supporting funas
campaign of cookie sales.
Little League
To Organize
A meeting .to organize the
Clare Little League for 1959
will be held in the Clare high
school on March 19 at 7'30
p.m. President Frank Walters
said that two officers will Ue
elected to serve along with him
ahd Vice President Jay Green.
Parents, team sponsors, adult
supervisors and boys are invdt*
eft to attend the jneoting.