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THE CLAHE  SENTSNEt. CLARE, MICHIGAN THURSDAY. MAY 7, 1959 Ten Cenls Cofo
New Series, Vol, 67,.No. 34
o veraor*s, Tax
ipender's- Delight
By Russell E, Strange
State  Representative
Michigan's three-ring political
circus is now reaching a climax.
The Democrat administration,
the solid Republican Senate, and
the evenly-divided House of Rep
resentatives have competed for
public approval for almost foui?
months.
While drama. crUies are writ
ing their reviews on editorial"
pages throughout the state few
are pointing out the deep-rooted
philosphies which make up Michigan's most evenly-matched partisan fight in history.
Compromise? How do you compromise between ***, personal graduated state income tax as. advocated ly the Governor and a one
penny increase in the sales (use)
tax as promoted by Republican
legislators.
The situation is similar to that
of an expectant family in which
one parent desires a son and the
other a daughter.
How do you compromise?
Twins? poes anyone want both
—an increase in the sales tax
AND a state income tax?
The truth is that both partiei.
believe that they are holding
steadfast to what is best for our
state.
Republican legislators believe
that you and the overwheming
majority of Michigan citizens do
not want a * graduated income
tax, but prefer a penny increase
in our state sales tax. ■
We do not take this position
simply to differ with the Govet
nor or to create a political issue,
much less to embarrass our state
nationally.
We do take this position tx»
cause we»sineerely and honestly
believe that this is the majority
sentiment based on all the public
indicators we have—your letters
s to us, your letters to editors of
newspapers, and your expressions
of sentiment at public meetings
held throughout the state.
To review just a bit, you will
remember that in order to m-
, crease the sales tax, it was necessary to amend our state Constitution.
The bi-partisan support necessary to provide a % vote in both
the House of Representatives and
the Senate in order to place the
question on the April 6 ballot
was not forthcoming from the
Democrat membership.
Whether the Democrats knew
that you preferred the sales tax
increase in lieu of an income tax
or they just didn't care isn't important. The point is, you were
deliberately deprived of expressing your approval of a sales tax
increase by a direct vote neces*-
sary to amend the Constitution.
Now it appears that it is poss-
, ible to legislate by statute a one
cent increase by amending the
Use Tax Act which is not part
of the Constitution.
The pure theorist will cry, with
justification, that the Republicans are wrong in combining the
cash crisis with the long-range
tax program. They are right—m
theory.
In practice, however, the Gov-
ernor has already been bailed out
once when a large number of
corporations paid, at tlie Governor's own request, certain business taxes weeks before they
were due.
Beeaure the Legislature has
been in session since January 14,
it is felt toy many that it is high
time to enact tax legislation
.NOW!
To have the Governor bailed
out again, this time with the
Veterans Trust Fund, would
only prolong the stalemate' until
possibly July or August,
Attempts to conclude the tax
battle are now going on. Beforu
too long, we hope to present to
the public the last act of this
motional and partisan tax drama.
If the Republican Party is successful, Michigan will have onlv
a one penny increase i n sales tax
through statutory amendments in
the Use Tax Act. If Governor
Williams and his.Democrat Party
succeed, Michigan will have fallen
victim to "a spenders delight"—
a graduated state income tax.
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They're Iii
Business Now
i A project of combined Women's Extension Groups in Isabella county has brought artistic
and business ability together
and may well produce a handsome profit for the sponsors!
The women have produced a
stationery item, — 12 attractive
sheets for social notes and envelopes to match, all packaged
in a unique folder for a dollar.
They hope to sell two thousand
of the packages and early sales
are making the goal appear entirely attainable.
The stationery has a happy
combination' of professional appearance with a personal touch.
The designs were chosen from
many submitted by students
from Isabella county schools.
Etchings were made and the
haftd-<3rawn patterns then reproduced on the commercial
presses at The Clare Sentinel
printing department.
The notes are delightful pas-
. tels on finest Strathmore paper.
In addition to the Michigan
scenes reproduced on the pieces,
. the Women selected choice recipes Which are printed on the
backs of the notes,
Miss Ruth Mcllnay, county
extension director for Home Economics organized the project
and student artists whose work
is reproduced on the stationery
are Connie Slates and Anita
Brenner Of Shepherd High, and
Pamela Reihl and Jim Schafer
oi Beal City Hifih,
FFA Judging
Team Wins
Gold Award
A Dairy Products judging
team from the Clare High School
chapter of Future Farmers of
America, brought home a Gold
Award from East Lansing where
they had competed in a statewide contest at MSU on Satur
day.
The Gold Award symbolized
second place in the State and
entitles the team to alternate
position in National contests to
be held at Waterloo, Iowa next
-fall. •      *
Members of the successul team
-*_- "Kirk^HiM-V mmm Dole, and
Willis-.Strouse,
A Livestock Judging team in
another contest won a bronze
award, similar to an Honorable
Mention. On this team are Larry
Kleinhardt, Don Moore and
Russell Graham.
Faculty advisor and coach* of
judging teams is Floyd Norcutt.
John C* Krell
Chosen For
Alumni Honors
At Saginaw High School's 21st
Distinguished Alumni program
one week ago, members of the
Krell family watched a relative
receive honors in the school's
series of commencement cere
monies to recognize achieve
of former grads.
Miss Pauline Kress, Mrs, Chris
J. Krell, Mrs. Roland Krell, Mrs.
John E. Methner with Jill, anc
Mrs. William Kapplinger all
attended the program to see honors bestowed On .John Christian
Krell, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Adolph ICrell, 3905 Hiland.
.John is flutist and piccolo
player with the Philadelphia
Symphony orchestra, appearing
in Ann Arbor at the University
of Michigan May Festival.
At the 1957 Festival John
appeared on the program as one
of the principal soloists, playing
Vtvaldis Piccolo Concerto in A.
Minor.
During Thursday's program
two neices unveiled a handsome
photograph of him that will hang
ih the school. His life history was
related by Mary Jane Jurgens, a
student.
After acknowledging the honor, Mr. Krell played "Night
Soliloquy" for flute and piccolo
by Kent Kannah.- He was accompanied by Danford Byrens.
A reception in the west hall
followed the ceremonies, where
he and his wife and members of
his family greeted their many
friends.
His father Adolph, Krell was a
former employee of the Sentinel
many years ago.
Group Organizing
A giant trophy, -won by this'ieam from Gateway Lanes was :no more" than a match, for
the accomplishment which gave the ieam its possession. They topped the biggest league
bowling in Clare, the Gateway Men's League with 18 teams."•' {Takes 'em two nights to
bowl one match); The proud trophy's three columns support a silver cup topped with a
figure of a bowler in action. Members of the team are T* Sheredy, L. Dysinger, N.
Mahon, G. Sheldon, and G. Neier. They all received arm patches while their sponsor,
Gerald Brown kept the silverware. The League banquet story-is on page 11.
To Offer
School's
For
ram
■A group of Clare school district residents who would like to assist the Board
of Education, with. an. improved program
here say they will choose leaders Saturday
evening and send them to- attend the School
Bpard meeting Monday of next week.
Organization of the group and unifying
its efforts will be the business of the meeting to be held Saturday evening in the
school auditorium at eight o'clock. The
meeting is public and all residents of the
school district' are invited.
■Alarmed particularly by the final necessity to trim the elementary grades program
and. reduce the faculty here, the citizens are
looking for ways to restore the cuts, — or as
much of the program as can be salvaged.
Reason for the curtailment of school
services is a financial crisis following failure of the district to grant local tax support
for.the school. Together with delays in State
Aid and gradually inflated costs, the local
tax situation has been the reason for discontinuing school services, one after another, to
bring operating costs down to match school
income.
In the opinion of School Board president
Harold Hughes it may already be too late
Band Also Having Trouble
n School Budget Pinch
Mrs. Eveline Caner.- passed
away Tuesday, May 5 at her
home in Sheridan township. The
funeral services will be held on
Friday afternoon, May 8 at 2
p.m. at the Harrison Congregational church" with Rev. Elza
Beery   officiating.  The Fanning
.Mortuary in charge of arrange-
I ments,
The outcome of the recent local election on additional operating-* millage-*lo>'tAe-school, and-
subsequent -decisions by the
Board of Education, has resulted
in some very definite curtailments of the music program in
the Clare schools.
The vocal phase of the music
program has been eliminated
completely, including .all vocal
music, instruction in the grades.
Any singing or other music activity to be done by students in
any grade will have to be initiated by the classroom teacher,
and even that will be impossible
in those grades having half
days.
The summer band program
has been elimihated. The; main
function of this summer work
Was to provide for the individual help so much needed in this
type of work and for which there
is very little opportunity during
the regular school schedule.
Group work and full band rehearsals were a part, of the program too, however, as was a
week of band camp for the -Senior Band members.
Plans we're under way to take
bands to camp this summer for
both the Senior and the Junior
a half day each ,over a period
of a week, giving each group five
sessions. This-plan has. been discarded. '
Mr. Conley states that*
through the cooperation of parents of band members, some
sort of summer program will be
held, financed by the parents of
participating student*?!- While
this program will be effective to
those participating, probably less
than half of the students will be
benefitted.
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The half-day sessions schedult
ed next year for grades four*
five, and* "Six .will-result • lit >furtti\
er curtailment of the instrumen-fK
tal program. The three-hour
school day provided for these
students will not allow time for
music.
Students who started this year
as beginners in the fifth grade
will not have the • opportunity,
for practice as in the past. Because of the split day, taking
half of the students in the morn
ing and the other half in the
afternoon, and because of the
lack of time for music, in the
half day schedule, the only possibility for rehearsal for these
students will be for rehearsal
outside of school time, probably
at noon.
This Would, of course, mean
that these students would not
have the use of school transpor
tation for this purpose, since it
is planned that the buses will
take the morning students home
at noon and bring back the afternoon group in time for a one
o'clock session.
Students who were planning
on starting band next year in
the fifth grade will not have the
opportunity to do so, again due
to the lack of time in the school
day and difficulties involved in
any other type of schedule. They
will have to Wait until time can
be found In their schedule of
classes or until such time as the
present sub - standard program
has been rectified and a normal
schedule resumed.
Anyone interested in further
discussion on this subject is invited to attend the Band Boosters Club meeting next Monday,
May 11, at 8; 00 in the high
school, at which time questions
and comments on the • situation
will be invited.
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'-New
Appointments
Approsed
Mayor To Trade Places
With Orchard Lake Pres.
Clare is planning a welcome
for Fred J. Walls, Village President of Orchard Lake who is to
exchange jobs and towns on May
18, with Clare Mayor Gerald Nivison. The trade is part of a
traditional observance of Michigan week and helps towns get
to' know each other better.
Orchard Lake is an Oakland
county village of 700 population
a few miles southwest of Pon-
tiac. But the population figure
might be deceiving since the
place is near Livonia and Keego
Harbor in one of the fastest
growing and most populous rural areas in the entire midwest
United States.
A letter to Clare City Clerk
David Adams says   that   PreSi-
. The regular meeting of Clare's
■"Gity Commission on May 4th
was the farewell for outgoing
members of the old body, and
initiation 'for new Commissioners elected on April 4.
Going through the formality
Of electing a mayor, the Commission chose Gerald Nivison to
succeed himself, then okayed his
appointments of the following.
Mayor Pro-tem, Paul Schroed-
er'
City Manager,  Clarence  Gum
Supervisors,     .Albert     Haley,
John Hall, Earl Baumgarth, Gerald Nivison
Board of Review, Paul Schroeder, John Hall, Gerald). Nivison,
Harvey Hartshorn
City Attorney, Harold Hughes
Cemetery Board, "Joe Johnston,
Ed. White, William Maxwell,
Chick Williams.
City ttfanager Appointees
John Hall, City Assessor and
Supt. of the   Sewage   Disposal
Piant. .
David Adams, City-Clerk and
Treasurer
Floyd  Woodworth,  Fire  Chief
William Bell, Police Chief-
Clarence  Ramey, Street    and
Water Supt,
FarwelFs
School Needs
Under Study
dent Walls will bring no one
with him and expects no dazzling, red-carpet treatment. Members of Clare's City Commission
and Chamber of Commerce will
entertain the city's visitor. [
Mayor and Mrs. Nivison plan j
to spend Monday night in Orch-j
ard Lake  after  their    day-long
visit there.
Wins TV
Jim Grove was the winner of
the portable TV set, main prize
in a recent. -Pony League fund-
raising contest. The prize was
awarded on May 1st.
The Farwell Board of Education expects to hear shortly
from a study on building needs,
and will know what an impartial
boax'd thinks about whether present school facilities are adequate.
Bernard Schofield and William
Flower from FarWell, Max How;
ard from Lake George, Morris
Kapplinger from. Grant Township and Elvin Larrance from
Gilmore have' been asked to take
a preliminary look at the whole
school picture in Farwell, and
tell the Board whether a full-
scale investigation and citizens'
recommendation is needed.
With buildings- beginning to
show signs of slight crowding,
Farwell Superintendent William
LaVine said the committee will
examine the enrollment trends,
the curriculum being, offered,
and the district's tax structure. A
report is hoped for before the
school annual meeting in July.  ,
The district is presently paying Sor modern buildings which
will be debt-free and clear about
.12 years ahead of the planned
term.
SUMMER ON THE GREENS
Dinner Late On Wednesday?
—Golfing Missus Had A Date
"Blind Partners", "Poker Scores" and similar terms are
creeping back into the vocabulary of golfing women from
Clare and vicinity as they begin another season on the links
of central Michigan.
The puzzling words refer to golf games and special contests with which the wpmen golfers add variety and liven,
interest in- their playing meetings which began -yesterday
strid will -continue through 'Augtfst, arid, probably'"Intb September.
The schedule includes tournaments and inter-club meetings "at which the women entertain other golfers at Twin
Elms, and also travel to play on courses at St. Johns, Portland, Alma, and Ithaca.
The full schedule is printed on page seven' of this Sentinel and includes'activity for each Wednesday besides dates
for association tournaments which fall on Monday, June 29,
and on Monday, Jfuly 27.
Golf League
Opener Set
For May 18
With Men's Monday Night
Golf League play' about to begin on May 18, letters have now
been sent to all prospective
league contestants informing
them of entry fees, playing rates
at Twin Elms, and handicap systems.
The noisy rise and 'fall of
many golf clubs and men's championship hopes will mark the
start of the 12-week season.
The league will take a $3.25
entry- fee on the first night, and
the Banquet and season tournament advance is going to cost
another ,*?3.00.
But golfers get a break on the
greens fees for their nine-hole
Monday night matches.. Twin
Elms charges just 85c,
An innovation this year is the
system  of  handicapping    which ^,-» tg-f^    a t •
fixes a players /cap according to r jy^ AlUmill'
his, first three Monday    scores. |
Thereafter   his    handicap      can
change  only downward no matter what match scores he posts.
LaGoe Is
Speaker At
Rosebush CC
. Frank T. LaGoe, a past president of Clare's Chamber of Commerce and vice president of The
Citizens State Bank was the
speaker at the Rosebush Chamber
of Commerce annual meeting ana
pbanquet.
The dining room at St. Henrys
Catholic church was the scene of
the affair. About 100 joeop-e
attended.
Mr. LuGoe who headed - the
Clare business group in one of its
most successful years, detailed
some of the satisfactions and
profits to the community resulting from cooperative action in
C of C projects.
The Group's president, Albert
Campbell opened the meeting, and
entertainment was provided by
pupils of. Joanne Wilcox's dancing classes, Dr . S. McArthur
sang.
to reconsider the highly important issue of
half-day classes for the .beginning of school
next fall. He said that naturally the que?-.
tion would have to be considered by the full.
Board, but on the basis of funds known tO'
be available for operation of next year's
school, half days, are planned for grades V
5, and 6,
Superintendent Richard Wheeler agrees
with the probability that advance planning-
for school- opening next year is beyond tlie"
point of revision. But he ventured the personal guess that if more money was voted
for the school, the restoration of the best
program possible would be undertaken immediately- and placed in operation as soon
as ready whether it was at a semester beginning or at any other time.
Important among aims of the citizens
organization is a proposed campaign to,give
the public a more complete understanding,
of why extra income for schools is important.
Heard often following the election
where the latest millage hike was defeated,
was the' complaint that* voters didn't know
the facts behind the school district request
for the tax raise.
The Board,' faced with increasing enrollment and rising costs
has had to come to grips with
the actual loss of part of the income needed to operate with;
Some lowering of property valuations and the possible reduction of part of the money allocated to schools from local tax
collections account for this.    . _]
Loss of a single mill as the
result of a decision by the Allocation Board would reduce the
school's direct income by $12,500.
But this is not the worst of it.
Legislation now pending at
Lansing would penalize school
districts who" d6 not levy "the
full 8-mill tax. for education.. Effects of the State law now pending would take away one-sixth
of Hie district's State Aid if seven mills were levied, and take
away one-third of the State Aid
if six mills were levied.
Only if a full eight mills were
collected as a local school tax
could the district obtain a complete share of State Aid. Millage
given is to be assessed on Stat*
Equalized Valuation and would
amount to more when figured on
Clare   County  Equalized  Valua-
Prizes Will be awarded each
week, and at the end of the season. President of the League is
Ken Ritter, Secretary is Don
Richardson and " treasurer is
Chris Demo. More than thirty
pairs of contestants are expected
to join the play.
To Dance For
School Guild
Dance pupils .of Mrs. Joanne
Wilcox will be presented in a
program tonight for a meeting of
the St, Cecilia's Home and School
Guild. The ^meeting Is to 'be at
eight ocldck in the church basement. ■ Members are urged, to
make a special effort to attend.
Meeting Set
Central - Michigan College
alumni 'from Isabella, Clare,
Gratiot and Mecosta 'coUntj.es wili
hold their annual spring meeting
Saturday, May 9.   ' x
The banquet,^ scheduled for (i
p.m. at the Keeler Union, will
feature .such * Keeler specialties
as chickan, * roast beef and
Swedish meat balls.
Following the dinner, alumni
will have frbnt row, Center seats
for "Dream Girl" being presented
in the Warriner Auditorium by
the dramatics fraternity, Alpha
Phi Omega.
As a special after-theater treat,
alumni will entertain the "Dream
Girl" cast and production crew
on stage immediately following
the final curtain.
Family and guests of CMC
alumni are also welcome to attend this annual event,
nons.
After the second failure of
residents to vote operating mill-
age, the School Board and administrators began trimming operations to bring costs down to,
anticipated revenues.
As early as September of 1958
saw the first of economies and
cost cutting here and there to
save school district mc^aey.
Sharper cuts followed until- Elementary music, art, physical education all we're dropped from
the program.
The Health program and a
full time nurse were discontinued and then reinstated when it
was determined that savings in
that cut wduidn't justify the loSs
of a valuable service.
Critics of the athletic program
received a similar answer when
they were told that the small
amount of saving from dropping
games and an athletic program
wouldn't save the school from
going in the red.
Finally ' the reluctant decision
was made to put tho upper three
elementary grades .on half-day
sessions to eliminate five-classroom teachers, save bus purchase and upkeep, and avoid
classroom, remodeling in what
formerly was high school quarters.
$25,000. saved in the halMay
pog'ram would only just balance,
the current budget. And the
School Board will probably decline to borrow money until mill-
age is raised with which to repay the debt.
Give It To
Rummage Sale
If you don!t use it, give., it
-away, say home management
specialists -at Michigan State
University. This, applies to
clothes, dishes, toys, magazines
and kitchen gadgets. Unused
items take ■ valuable storage
space and contribute only to
clutter ih your home,.
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