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THE GLAJtE SENTINEL; CtAfiE, MICHIGAN THURSDAY. APRIL 16, 1959
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lare High Students Musicians
To Dine As Boosters' Guests
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On - Thursday • evening the
memers of the Clare" High
School Band will he honoreid at
a, banquet, an annual affair put
on hy the Clare Band Boosters
Club. The 52 bandi members, together with their parents and
other special guesas, will meet
at the Methodist church at 6:30
for this year's dinner and program.
Bev; Nevins, pastor, will be
present to give the invocation*
Other special guests from this
area will be Richard Wheeler,
superintendent of schools in
Clare, and William Harper, high
school principal, together with
their wives..
As special guest and speaker
of jthe evening,   the   Boosters
P'.y •*
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"K" Trophy
Award Set For
Next Week
The Clare Kiwanis club's' annual award to an outstanding
boy from Clare Highfe senior
class will be a feature of tne
Awards Banquet next Wednesday evening at the Doherty
hotel.
Richard Groves, arranging the
program has announced that
Howard, "Hopalohg" Cassady,
T>etroit Lions halfback will be
the speaker and program highlight.
Ten boys' from the CHS .graduating class are eligible for the
Kiwanis medal and trophy award.
They are letter winners in major
sports at school. Twenty-four
other athletic letter winners from
underclassmen ranlas will be
banquet guests to see the award
presentation.
Parent ot all 34 boyis are specially invited guests to be honored
'at the affair. The public may attend also and tickets are available at the D.oherijr hotel.,
Cassady promises rare entertainment and an outstanding
program for sports fans. He lis
called the Lions* most accomplished banquet speaker and
entertainment personality. His
gridiron experience includes one
of the most successful and
publicized high school and college,
sports careers.—topped off with
a "fiction hero" performance as
a pro in 1957. He was shut out of
scoring records as a rookie, but
in the crucial Colt-Lion game he
helped his team come from behind when he carried seven times
for 71 yards including one 57-
yard dash, and he caught six
passes for 113 more yards and
two TDs. Last year Cassady was
the fourth leading ground gainer
and second leading pass receiver.
Off the gridiron, he is an insurance executive in Detroit.
At the banquet, the toastmaster
will be Richard Wheeler, school
superintendent and introductions
and presentation of the trophy
will be made by Kiwaniis Club
President Eugene Campbell.
Identity of the winner will be
a secret until the banquet
announcement.
Boys' Team
Tryouts
Baseball for boys is feeling
the seasonal stirrings of life and
making motions to come out of
its winter hibernation.
Announced for April 18, is the.
annual try outs for boys who
want to play in the Little
Leagues and are looking for
teams. The try outs will be
held at 9 a.m. at the Little
League park.
Boys who have played in Little Leagues before need not try
out, but any new boys in the
area, or those players who have
just reached the player age are
invited to come, bring birth
certificates and fill out parent
consent cards, -7
The Little League is looking
for an official charter this year,
and sponsors hope to have a
' team eligible for state and na
tional playoffs at the season's
end.
For boys 13-15, the Babe Ruth
League will hold try outs on the
high school ball field at 10
o'clock.- Any boys between the
ages Of 13 and 14 are invited.
Club was happy to secure Mr.
Dacho Dachoff, director of music at Ferris Institute in Big
Rapids since 1955, Mr. Dachoff
is a graduate of Wayne State
University, and is presently
completing work toward the
doctorate in educational administration.
He. is a member of no less
than five music fraternities and
honor societies, and is also a
member of five professional
music organizations. Mr. Dachoff is listed in Who's Who In
Music In America and in Band-
men Of America. He has served
as director, assistant, and master of ceremonies of various
state music programs and has
been guest conductor with the
United States Army Band and
the United States Ah" Force
Band.
• Mr. Richard Schroeder, Clare
County Extension Director, will
be toastmaster for the evening.
A film, "Mr. B Natural", produced and loaned by the Conn
Musical Instrument company,
will also be a part of the program.
Roy Warner, president of-the
Clare Band Boosters club, says
that this year's banquet promises to be the largest held in the
four years since its start. The
Boosters Club feels that the affair is a fitting tribute to the
band members for the hours of
extra time spent in serving the
community through their music
and for making the Clare band
the outstanding organization
that it is today.
legislature
Meets Gloria
The State winner of the Junior Chamber of Commerce "My
True Security" speech contest 17
year old Gloria Sickal received
the plaudits of Michigan Legislators, on Tuesday.
Miss Sickal Clare high school
senior met with Lt. Governor
John B. Swainson, and Speaker
of this House* Don R. Pears.
Later that afternoon she was
presented to the Michigan Senate by the President Pro Tempore Charles" Prescott, who represents Miss Sickal's district.
Rep. , Russell Strange, Jr„
(Rep. Clare) introduced Miss
Sickal to the Michigan House of
Representatives. Rep. Strange
pointed- out to House members
that Gloria had competed with
1900 high school seniors
throughout the state 'and had
emerged as the JCC's state winner to represent Michigan in
Washington, D.C. in July of this
year.
Accompanying Miss Sickal
were her mother, Mrs, Dorothy
Sickal, Curt Murton, 10th District vice president for the JCC's,
and Carl Gruno, regional chairman for the JCC speech contest
FHA Delegates
In Grand Rapids
Delegates from the Clare
Chapter of Future Homemakers
of America left Wednesday April
15 for their State Convention
meeting in Grand Rapids. They
will be gone until April 17.
•Those attending are Shirley
Moore, Evelyn Richmond, Elaine
Letson, Carolyn Seibt, Ruth
Shafer, Marietta Garchow, Jean
Hart, Joyce Dunkle and Mis)5 Ida
Bentley, Home Economics Teacher and chapter advisor at Clare
high school.
•Joyce Dunkle, who is president
of both chapter and region, will
be running for state president.
Pulpit Guest
Guest preacher in the Congregational Church pulpit Sunday
morning will ibe Rev. Albert Sie-
mon, assistant pastor of The
First Congregational Church of
Saginaw, Michigan, Arrangements for Rev, Sletnon to appear
here as Sunday's speaker were
made last month, by the church
Board of Trustees.
Sunday School at the Congregational church will be held at
11 o'clock instead'of the usual
9:45. Children will attend the
opening of church worship service, and th&i be dismissed to
assemble fbr their classes
Top Their
Class In
Farwell H$
FarweH'High School's valedictorian of the 1959 graduating
class is Janet Ann Bailey, daugh-.
ter of. Mr. and Mrs. * Claude
Bailey of Rosebush, Janet scored
a point total of 3.688 out of a
possible 4. and iii addition, she
has been active in FHA , and
school student affairs,
Salutatorian Mary Ellen Gamble is the daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. Arnold Gamble, and • was
also active in student affairs,
music and- drama. Her marks
averaged 3.663 to place closely
behind the top average.
Both girls plan td attend Central Michigan University at Mt
Pleasant.
Killed When
Auto Crashes
In Greenwood
Marshall Gordon, 26, of Flint
was killed last Sunday morning
in Greenwood township when his
car ran off the road and wa-»
wrecked. He.was a member of a
Clare county family and was born
and raifced' in Greenwood, later
making his residence in Flini.
He was one of twin sons of Mr.
and Mrs. James Gordon.
There were no witnesses to the
accident and Gordon was alone
jn the car. Sheriff James Darling
said that marks and signs at the
scene indicated the car veered
off the road out of control.after
striking a- tree at the roadside
shoulder The accident happened
at a straight stretch on M-61
west of liarrfeon.
The victim was dead on arrival
at Clare General hospital.
Funeral services were held for
Gordon, during the -week, and
burial was in a cemetery near the
spot where the accident occured.
Ten Canig Copy
New Series, Vol. 67, No. 3i
Youths Say
Man Sold
Them Liquor
Clare ' Police Chief Williani
Bell believes that a check en
drinking by local youths may .result from the arrest one Week
ago of a man identified by three
boys as one who sold them intoxicating beverages. \
Luther Smith, 43 who ,lWe$
five miles southeast oi Clare
was charged with the illegal sal*?
of intoxicating drink, and. after
waiving examination in Justice
Dunlop's court, he Was qrciere<i
held for the April term of Circuit Court.
Bell said that Smith has been
suspected for some time of furnishing* alcoholic beverages to
minors^ and that when he and a
State Police office**" arrested
Smith and brought him to Clare
last week, three boys_ said-that
Smith was the one who sold
them drinks. ,   -    ,
One youngster readily identified the suspect and another
who was brought*from school to
be questioned- about what hfe
knew-of the case,.turned out to
be more reluctant, but finally
agreed that Smith was the mart.
No charge was placed against
the boys.'
Justice Dunlop placed bond
for Smith at $2,000. He is now
free waiting his appearance be**
fore Judge Holbrook.
Chief Bell said that police
have known for a long time that
minors and even very. _youhg
boys were obtaining intoxicating
drinks from some source.
"We don't have reason to
think that this is a large-scale
operation or that the liquor was
being sold to the boys in wliola-
sale amounts," he explained,
"but stopping even one source
will slow up this teen-agje drink;
ing problem to some extent." ,
He said that police are determined to follow every possible
lead and explore every aVenu|>
for the illegal furnishing of liquor to youngsters, until the
problem is wiped out
Services Get Ax,
Trimmed; Still
Expect Deficit Next Year
Full impact of the school's
financial plight may not be felt
for some time after the beginning of classes next fall, but
(shrinking ihcome and no immediate, pr-ospectb for relief through
additional operating miljage wSH
bring the beginnings of operating
cut backs as early as next
September.
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Operating millage. asked for by
the" Board of Education was-refused by tjie voting majority at
a special election last April 2.
* GMng ground as slowly as
possible in the problem ot how
to provide the footst education
facilities with fqnds available the
Boa-pd arid .Superintendent Richard Wheeler decided Monday evening on a" two-way revision of
former standards here.
11,) The schools will be operated
on a deficit budget. — That i*s,
the anticipated expenses * will be
greater than expected income, or
revenue.
Mr. Wheeler toofe pains to explain definitely that deficit
financing Would be practiced only
if the coUnty allocation remains
at eight mills for schools, and
further, that the formula for
granting State Aid remains tie
samp as this year, — $190. per
<:hild, and the State's obligation
ean be fully met.
," If the District must spend an
expected $21,000. over revenues',
then the present small fund will
be cornpletely erased and schools
will actually be in the red to the
tune of some ten thousand
dollars. TTiis- debt could not be
mefc other than by borrowing.
2.) Parts of-the school program
ate t° be eliminated, other por-
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A year ago, "ihey said it couldn't Me done!'
Business was'bad. People were hanging on to
their money. Sales were of f.
Merchants were casting about in desperation for
means of increasing sales of good-jhonest merchandise- People needed things, but were uncertain about
spending at the time!
THEN CAME CRAZY TUESDAY TO CLARE
D'you know what Crazy Tuesday is? It's one day
in the year when Clare merchants get loose in their
heads, and offer such fantastic crazy bargains that
the zany business is contagious and thousands of peo:
pie come rushing to town to spend money and take
the bargains home*
" After Crazy Tuesday last year, there wasn't a
sugar,.bowl, or a sock under the, mattress anywhere
' that had sb'much as a farthing left in it! Everybody
bought things like Crazy! Rut lots of shoppers went
home from Clare with somethin' better than dash . ..
bargain merchandise that they couldn't have bought
so cheap anywhere else, at any time.
• The Clare Sentinel sponsors and promotes this
retail event. Clare storkeeepers and merchants make
it possible by offering merchandise worth hundreds of
dollars for prices of only a few pennies.
It's the greatest!
Last year more than 118 special one-day Bargains
s- were advertised in  The Sentinel  at prices from one
cent, (yes Icj up.
Now, Clare business people and shoppers from
all over central Michigan are looking forward to another Crazy Tuesday. Many stores are stocking merchandise bought specially for the event. The unbelievable low prices will amaze you.
The Sentinel will distribute   the April 23 issue to
everybody in Clare county and beyond, in a colossal
. free circulation deal that assures everyone will get a
paper and can come hunt for their special sale bargains. The sale will be held on April 28. ;
Watch for next week's Sentinel with Crazy Tues*
day Ads, and your Lucky Serial Number.     f   .
tions of the program- will see
costs shifted to students, and a
general shortening on services
offered will be effected to reduce
spending.
. For the f h-st time, elementary
grade children will be charged for
the books and working materials
they -use. The fee Will be for
school books formerly furnished
free and for part of .the cost of
"one-time" class work books. It*
spells the end of free textbook
service for tlie time being. -
Junior high grades will see an
increase in the cost of their
books, too.
The school .will no longer
maintain a Health Department
with a full-time nurse. And a
second "job elimination will involve the elementary vocal music
teacher.
With the departure oi Mrs.
Irene Davy, school nurse', the
school will discontinue first aid
and health care in the buildirig-
and supervised immunization ana
4-H Achievement Days
April 17th and 18th are the big days for the 4-H members with winter projects in Clare county. The Harrison
school gym will be the scene of this gala affair.
Some 300 boys and girls will be exhibiting their
handiwork on these two' days. Exhibits will be in place
by* noon, on Friday and the judging will be completed Dn
Friday afternoon. The public is invited to view the projects of* the 4-H members on Saturday.
The girls' Dress Bevue will take place on Saturday
afternoon along with the "Share The Fun" program. Approximately 15 events, one from each club, will be presented on the stage. Clothing, handicraft, conservation,
electrical science, and, personal improvement projects
will be on exhibit.
Martyr Film
Story Coming
A program of colored film
slides, "Mid Century. Martyrs"
will be shown at the' Colonville
Church of God on Friday night,
April 17 at 8 o'clock p.m. The
church's* pastor, Rev. Virgil
Brinkman invites the -public to
attend the progam. * 7-   .
Slid Gerttttt-y M&rtyih givfes kit
Account oi the five young Christian missionaries who were killed 'by AUca Indians recently in
the jungles, of Ecuador. Many
pictures that will be shown were
taken by the young missionaries themselves before they were
killed. Their pilot, Nate Saint
flew their films out each night
when he returned to a home
base from where they . were5
camped among the savage .Indians.
The story along with the pictures is narrated on tape in.the
voice of Bob Savage of missionary radio station HCJB, Quito,
Equador South America.
Before the program, beginning
at 7 p.m., there will be a pot
luck dinner in the basement of
the church. Members are to
bring their table service.
Pete's Photo
Wins Trophy
Marine .Corps Corporal Pete
Brown, son of Mr. and Mx*s.
Gerry Brown sent word home
from Japan to his folks last
week that he had won a first
place award in photo excellence
in a Marine Corps Air Force
contest last month. Pete's black
and white photo of a native
Japanese grandmother, a character shot, won the top prize for
him, and gave him possession of
a trophy. He also got page-one
mention in the MC Air Force
newspaper published in Japan.
Here at home, his family have
received a copy of the photo
which won the laurels, and the
trophy iri the shape of a minia
ture Japanese prayer house.
Operation
Friendship
, Open house at the Mt. Pleasant State Home and Training
School from April 27 through 30
will help observe Mental Health
Week. -And at the same "time,
visitors are to be welcomed at
the Traverse City State Hospital,
The special Week is supported
locally by a proclamation by
Clare Mayor Gerald Nivison
Supervisor
Announced
Clare lt " county Supervisors
gathered1 ??l Harrison this week
for the% Amil s$ss\on.: .$0$&::
senimg the city of Glare on the
County Board '-are John Hall,
Clare assessor, Mayor Gerald
Nivison, and Commissioners" Albert Haley and Dan Burdo.
Important e6mmitt£e-'posi-i
tions fell to Clare's representatives when Hall and Nivison
were named to the Equalization
committee, Haley and Hall were
'•jMaced on the Ways and Means
committee,' Nivison and Burdo
we're, named members -of \ -the
coflMtiittc-'e 'ori apportionment of
tajte^' HEtl'ey and Hall Were placed on the budget committee and
many other assignments were
given to Clare men. Complete
memberships are:
• Footing of Rolls — Chester J.
Wallace, chairman and the entire Board of Supervisors. *
. Agriculture — Louis W. Becker, chairman and Carl Bringold,
Loren Krug.
Equalization — John Hall,
chairman and Ray Richardson;
John Brunn, Clinton Case,.. A. E.
Bartow, Gerald Nivison, C. J.
Wallace.
Rejected Taxes — Donald
Smith, chairman and Ed. Moder,
Earl Prielipp.
Bills and Accounts — Walter
Ehle, chairman and Henry Austin, Carl Bringold
Report of Township Clerks -
Clinton Case, chairman and Orlie Stockwell, George Nash.
, Tri-County Health — Stuart
Huntley, chairman and Carl
Bringold, John Brunn.
Ways and Means — Albert
Haley, chairman and Ray Richardson, Russell Kress, Carl Bringold, A. E. Bartow, John Hall,
Louis Becker, Walter Ehle.
Apportionment of Taxes —
Gerald Nivison, chairman and
Dan Burdo, Stuart Huntley,
Clinton Case, Donald Smith,
Loren Krug, John Brubaker.
Airport — Orlie Stockwell,
chairman and Dan Burdo, Donald Smith.
Insurance — John BrUbaker,
chairman and Ed* Moder, George
Nash.
Bonds — Henry Austin, chairman and John Brubaker, Stuart
Huntley.
Probate — Carl Bringold,
chairman and George Nash,
John BrUbaker.
County Clerk and Register of
Deeds — Ray Richardson, chairman and Gerald Nivison, Donald
Smith.
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professional   instruction   in*' ihy,
genei and.good health practices.
Mrs. Pearl Howe, instructor'in
vocal mUsifc for both elementary
and high school groups finds her
job discontinued. It' is assumed
that there will an end of group
concerts and vocal entertainment
for tooth school affairs and public
appearances.
Other partial cutbacks involve
the school band where the new
budget will allow for no summer
camp practice, or summertime
instruction and teacher help, and
physical education program.
where high school classes and instruction will be discontinued entirely.
Student transportation, while
hard hit in plan's to move more
children next year than ever before, will not be changed as much
as will be the riding, habits of
many students! No rides wiU be
provided for children who live
within a mile and a-half of the
school."
Reimbursement by the state begins with travel 1V% .miles from
the school.
It was explained, however, that
no amount of service cutting
would eliminate the need- for
some new buses next year when
elementary pupils from nine rural schools would come in to the
school in Clare.
Teaching staff salaries totaling
some $220,000 this year, are
budgeted at $22fc,85Q. next yeaiv
Despite the elimination, of some
jobs as described earlier, the
staff will be .larger over allwhen
school starts next September.
Thfe School Board revealed no
discussions either ior: or against
holding another election to obtain
tax relie-t for the climbing budget.
Suchan.election hag,evideht#-*»l
■come tip for consideration as? yet*
Mr. Wheeler will appear at the
meeting of the Clare * Parent-
Teacher Association rieXt Monday
with details on the School Board's-
effort to pare costs to irieet the
new budget. Whatever new developments are ready for discussion will doubtless be introduced
at that time.
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Dover Church
Counts Gains;
Elects Officers
The Dover . Church of rural
Clare held its annual meeting-
Saturday, April 4. The churcn
noted several encouraging reports for the fiscal year. Offerings have totalled $6,750.00. Thtt
attendance has increased steadily.
New officers elected at the
annual meeting are: Deacon —
Harold Curtis, Church Clerk -*
Erwin White, ^treasurer —
Dwaine Hoover, Sunday School
Superintendent — Nial Abbbt,
Jr., Sunday School Treasurer —
Phil Goudie, Missionary Treasurer — Winifred • Abbott, and
Deaconess' Mavis Curtis, Marie
Goudie, Mary White, Betty Abbot, and Elsie Hill. In the morning service,'April 12, the officers
were installed into their hew
positions. Following the charge
to each arid the mention of their
/responsibility to God • and the
church , by the Pastor, a dedicatory Prayer was led by Ted Hill.
Goals for this year include: A
Missionary Budget of $1,200.00,
a new parsonage to be built, and
a Sunday School average attendance of 109 in '59. The Pastor of
the Dover Church is Rev. IX
McNeil.
Well Baby
Conference
The April schedule of ..the
Child Health Conference Is As
follows: ■'       *
Harrison Courthouse Fnidayi
April 17, 9-11 a.m.     ''
farwell Methodist Church,
Tuesday, April 21, 9-11 a.m.
Clare City Hall, Tuesday
April 21, 1-3'p.m.
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"Craxy Tuesday",
On April 28.
Fabulous Day Is Coming Back To Clare