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THE CLABE SEmWBU QhAWSa MICHIGAN
mmSDA% JUNE 10/ 1959
Tea Cents Copy
New Series, Vol. 67, No. 40
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National Wheat Acreage
i:f: Date Is Set
Voting On 1960 Quotas
koccti Raisers Must ilpply
For ASC Acreage AUotments
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Benson this "month took the
following actions on 1960-crop
•wheat? ■
1. Proclaimed marketing quotas on the 1960 crop. This seventh
successive proclamation of wheat
marketing quotas is required by
a wheat supply that is 99.6 percent above the normal supply
level. ,    j
2 Proclaimed a national wheat
, acreage allotment of 55 million
acres,   the  minimum  permitted
by law.
3 Announced State shares of
the national allotment
4 Set July 23,1959, as the date
for a referendum to determine
producer approval of quotas.
5 Announced a 39- State commercial and a 10-State noncommercial wheat-producing area for
1959,
•Kie program is being announced under the presently controlling legislation which requires the
Secretary of Agriculture to proclaim wheat maketirig quotas and
acreage allotments .on June 1
this year. By recent joint resolution, Congress" set this date
instead of the usual May 15 deadline for the proclamation.
. If producers approve marketing quotas, under the proclamation announced today, the national average support price available to eligible growers in the
commercial area will be not less
than the minimum support to be
announced before the referendum. On the basis of the present
supply of wheat and present legislation, the legal minimum
wheat support price for the 1960
crop would be at 75 percent of
parity. Individual farm market'
ing quotas will be the normal
production or the actual production irom the farm acreage allov
ment, whichever is l&rgm**.:   , y
All local farmers interested in
applying for 1960 Wheat Acreage
Allotment must apply in writing
to the county ASC office Ipcateo
in Harrison prior to the deadline
date of July 1, 1959.
Farmers that raised wheat in
1958 or 1959 without a wheat
acreage * allotment do not automatically qualify- for a wheat
acreage allotment.
Dairy Food
Smorgasbord
A Dairy Smorgasborn, music
and marching units frdm Big
Rapids and Midland, pretty girl
contest and a variety qf- other
events will comprise the Barryton Dairy Day program on Saturday, June 27.
The day-long program opens
with a 10:00 a.m. parade featuring the Big Rapids Drum and
Bugle Corps and the Midland Legion Drill Team, followed by
judging of the three finalists in
the Dairy Princess contest. The
Dairy Smorgasbord and Chicken
Barbecue will be served from
11:30 a.m. to 1*30 p.m., open to
the public. All events will be in
the Village park.
A field of 13 candidates for
Barryton Dairy Princess have
been nominated, but will be narrowed, to three finalists in an
elimination event at Barryton
Rebekah Hall on Saturday, June
20.
Two nearby county agricultural extension agents will serve as
masters of -ceremonies during the
day. James Myers from Big Rap
ids, representing Mecosta county,
will preside during the morning
and B. C. Mellencamp, retired
agent for Isabella county at Mt.
Pleasant, during the afternoon.
M. K. Dean, Barryton postmas-
\ ter, is general chairman 01 the
event '
Try Fruit Trees
■• Michigan's climate and soil
•make it one of the top states in
fruit production. Hotne garden
ers throughout the most of the
state have good Ittck with frUit
trees.
LL Meeting
Chet kolenda, secretary of
Clare's .Little League baseball
has called a meeting, for all
officers, managers, coaches and
umpires tor Thursday evening,
June 18, at Jay Green's store
after the game.
A I960 old farm wheat acreage
allotment will not be established
for a farm that does not have
wheat history in the crop year 19-
57 and did not have a wheat acreage allotment in 1958 or 1959 of
more.than zero acres unless an
application for a 1960 allotment
is approved for the producer.
"New-Farm" Application forms
are available at the Clare County
ASC Office for use in filing requests for wheat acreage allot*
ments.
Growers in the commercial
area who stay within their allotments will be eligible for price
support on their entire production. Growers who exceed their
farm acreage allotments will be
subject to marketing quota penalties if they have more than 15
acres of wheat for harvest. Growers who sign applications for exemption under the feed wheat
provision permitting 30 acres or
less to be used exclusively for
feed on the farm will not be .subject to marketing quota penalties. There are no limitations on
the amount of wheat which may
be grown by State, religious, or
charitable institutions for use on
the farm for food, feed, or seed.
The penalty rate on "excess"
wheat under the present law is
45 percent of the May 1 parity
price of wheat.
If marketing quotas are disapproved, there will be no restrictions on wheat marketings.
Acreage allotments * will remain
in effect as a condition of eligibility for price support at the 50
percent of parity (as of July 1,
1960) rate required toy law if
quotas are disapproved.
Pair To
nd
oys' State
Two Clare youths, Jim Norcutt, and Tom -Maloney will
arrive in East Lansing today to
join the annual Wolverine Boys'
State. They and a thousand
other boys from everywhere in
Michigan will gather on the
Michigan State University campus to open the 22nd session of
the youth activity.
Foi/ the next eight days the
youths wiU take part in a series'
of programs designed to give
them a practical experience in
the mechanics of city, county
and  state government,
"Boys' State" is a major Americanism program sponsored by
the Michigan Department of The
American Legion and its 75,000
members. The program is designed to help the youths: 1) devel-
ope leadership qualities; 2) learn
the advantages of good citizenship, and 3} cultivate a spirit of
good sportsmanship.
Climax of the eight day program comes on Sunday (June
•21) when the delegates elect the
'Boys' State Governor and other
?top officials. During the balance
;of the week the State Senators,
..Representatives, County Super-
■visors, and City Councilmen
•learn to. draft bills, enact them
5 into laws, and then administer
and enforce the laws after they
•are passed.
The youths will also publish
their own daily newspaper, and
attend lectures on subjects ranging from conservation to foreign
relations and juvenile delinquency.
Included in the schedule of
activities will be talks by Governor G. Mennen Williams; John
M. Carey, Commander, Michigan
Department of The American
Legion, and Tom Hamilton, Vice
President of Michigan State University.
legislature Would Ditch
Auditor For Appointee
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With plans nearly complete lor the fourth return of Clare's popular
and colorful Sidewalk Sale, the Chamber of Commerce announced the
date for June 26, and that it would be the biggest and best retail celebration of its kind ever held!
Very little will be changed in the -manner and style of promoting
the 1959 version of the townwide*outdoor "bazaar". Chamber of Commerce
officials and committee leaders in the project are clinging to a very effective success formula , . . "Don't change the winning system".
They take generous pbrions of sunny weather and smiling welcome,
mix with' comical costumes and attractive entertainment and free treats,
—then they spread over amazing bargains of genuine money-saving
proportions and dish it all Up to the happiest crowds ih Clare since last
Sidewalk Sale, Bay. •
Crazy displays of sale merchandise will, be strung out through the
town in front of every store and at every curb.
, It is customary to see new attractive merchandise hung on clotheslines and stacked on barrels and boxes everywhere that people might pass
hy during the day. .."..-
.And plenty_of people come to pass along Clar& streets on shopping
tours! Crowds are growing every year in the sales event that started here
in 1956,
Free to every person are suchihings as fresh-roasted circus peanuts,
and -outdoor dancing at a pavement party in the evening after nine o'clock,'
An entertaining Little German Band led by Lloyd "Von der Conley'*
has promised to rove through the sale area with musical cheer for
listeners.
By State Representative
Russell H. Strange, Jr.
A very important House concurrent resolution has just been
reported to the floor of the
House by the Committee on Revision and Amendments to the
Constitution. Labeled House Joint
Resolution F and introduced by
Rep.* Harry A. DeMaso (R-Battle
Creek) and myself, this would
amend the Constitution to allow
the Legislature to establish by
statute an office of Legislative
Auditor as well as abolish the office of Auditor-General.
This proposal is one of a series of recommendations made by
the "Little Hoover" Committee
on state reorganization several
years ago.
The proposal is designed to
equip the Legislature with its
own means to hold the Executive
Branch responsible for the execution of programs prescribed by
the Legislature. A Legislative
Auditor, with an adequate staff,
would serve as an investigating
agency for the Legislature in
looking into and reporting on
fiscal operations of all state departments, institutions and commissions.
Both fiscal audits and so-called
performance audits would be involved, and the Administrative
Branch would be subject to examination by the Legislature as
to
(1) Expenditure of public monies in excess of appropriations
approved by the Legislature,
(2) The efficiency of the administrative services performed,
as well as,
(3) Legality of agency operations in accordance of law.
Presently, the Legislature has
no continuing means at its command for providing a day to day
check of the administration of
state operations that is available
to the Executive Branch.
The key argument for this proposal is clearly pointed out in
one; of the "Little Hoover" Commission staff reports. which
states;
"The tendency to discredit the
Legislature must be stopped and
reversed. This should and can be
done not by de-emphasizing or
weakening the executive branch
but by equally emphasizing and
strengthening the legislative
branch."
If House Joint Resolution F re«
eeives the approval of 2/3 of the
members-elect of both the House
of Representatives and Senate,
the Legislative Auditor proposal
will appear on the ballot in November of 1961*
Establishment of a Legislative Auditor should be recommended and enthusiastically supported by all' citizens interested
in economy and efficiency in
state government. The proposal
will require very little, if any,
additional cost or increase in
state employees as the post-
auditing functions of the Auditor-General will be transferred
from the Executive Branch to
that of the Legislature
Strange
Introduces
Compromise
A compromise plan to s>'ife
the Michigan Legislature in forward gear toward solving the
State's cash crisis and a long
range tax program was offered
today by State Representative
Russell H. Strange, Jr. (R-Clare).
Plan calls for passage of the
Republican-sponsored one cent
use (sales) tax increase and
would have tied With it a ten
million dollar repayment. of the
Democrat proposal to mortgage
the Veterans Trust Fund. The
use tax bill would become effective only upon passage by the
Legislature of House Bill No. 23,
the Veterans T*rust Fund proposal. "This should result in a compromise politically acceptable to
both parties and serve as a
starting point toward reaching
an agreement on the remainder
of the tax program necessary to
provide for current state needs
as well as an orderly retirement
of the deficit.
"Both parties could claim a
partial victory* as Democrats will
have won the mortgaging of the
Veterans Trust Fund, and a firm
foundation for the State's necessary new tax "program will have
been attained with the passage
of the Republican one cent use
(sales) tax increase.
"While this program may fall
Short of total revenues necessary,
;t will provide a common ground
for which the remainder of additional taxes may be ironed out
through further compromise in
regard to forms and amounts.
"In view of the State's current
cash situation^ it is apparent that
the deadlock must be broken
within a matter of days. If the
Legislature is able to agree on
this package as a foundation on
which to build, the remainder of
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Pioneers
Join New
Conference
Clare High School Athletic Director Don Richardson and Superintendent Richard Wheeler are
enthusiastic about the chance for
success in a new inter-scholastiq
league for all school sports to
which Clare High has given support.
Richardson said Wednesday
that the school will definitely
join the new circuit.
Organized Tuesday in a meeting at Mt. Pleasant, the organic
zation is called the Chippewa Valley Conference and has brought
together four members at the beginning. They are; Mt Pleasant
Sacred Heart Academy, Shepherd, Clare and Coleman high
schools.
Mr. Wheeler is the first president of the conference whose,
members hope to attract at least
two more schools within an easy
driving distance.
Mr. Richardson described the
dissatisfaction with the present
Mid-Michigan 'B" Conference aS
having much to do with the long
mileage between the southernmost members at Chesaning ano!
Durand at the one' end, and Clare
at the north extreme.
"Too far to travel for both
team and spectator followers," he
summed up. .
Clare will fulfill all game contract commitments, Richardson
said, but is no longer a Mid-
Michigan member school.
Shepherd, also in the Mid-
Michigan circuit is expected to
cut her ties there as soon as the
success of the new conference is
evident.
The attachment of Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart and Coleman
will cost two other athletic conferences some members, too. The
Academy has been a member of
the Saginaw Valley Parochial
League, and Coleman was one
of the stronger schools in the
Tomahawk Conference.
All of the schools proposed for
mernjj'rship in the Chippewa Val-
Zef Conference are within distance that makes it easier to
transport teams, and fill the
stands with paying spectators at
home and home contests.    ,
Citizens Bank
Scholarship
For Don Moore
Good news for a brother and
sister in the Bernise Moore family came in large measure this
week with the announcement
that Donald, a 1959 CHS grad
has been awarded a MSU scholarship, while his sister Rhea, 16
at Coleman High will be a teenage delegate to the National Convention of Future Homemakers
of America next month in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernise Moore
and their family live on R-4f
Clare.
The Citizens State Bank of
Clare announced this week that it
is awarding a "Bankers' Scholarship" of $100.00 to Donald.
He is a 1959 graduate of Clare
High School and plans to use
the scholarship when he enrolls
at Michigan State University this
September on a 2-year Agricultural Short-Course.
Rhea and sixty others were
Chosen by the State F.H.A. association to represent Michigan at
the National Convention. They
Will be accompanied' by Miss Marguerite E. Lofink, who is a mem-
her of the State home economics
education supervisory staff.
A Junior at Coleman, Rhea has
been an F.H.A. member since
1957 and has served on many
committees and as Region 12
Parliamentarian.
At Convention
Eugene Campbell, president of
the Clare Kiwanis Club has been
in Dallas, Texas attending the
44th International Convention ol
that organization, A total of
about 14,000 Kiwanians were on
hand for the affair which ad'
journs today,
Jack Mair
Member Of
Honor Band
Jack Mair of Clare, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Jones was one
of twenty-five music students at
Ferris Institute, Big Rapids who
was invited to join the college's
Honor Band for a clinic which
ended last Sunday.
High point of the band's activities was the appearance to play
for the annual Ferris Commencement as members Of the regular
college Band.
Each of the members of the
Honors Band was an outstanding
high school musician and had
been accepted for enrollment at
Ferris for the summer or fall
term.
y Director of the Honors feahd
was Dr. Frederick Fennell, conductor of the Eastman School of
Music Symphonic Wind Ensemble, immediate past president of
the College Band Directors' National Association and widely:
known band conductor and ad-'
judicatof,
Dacho Dachoff, director of
Bands at Ferris, assisted. He was
a banquet speaker here at the
Band Boosters' entertainment for
students this, spring.
The Honors Band, under Dr.
Fennell's direction, presented a
short concert at the annual commencement exercises Sunday,
Or. Fennell has been associated
with musical development in the
United States for a quarter of a
century. He has established himself as a conductor of the repertory of the symphony orchestra,
the chamber orchestra opera,
and his own particluar music
organization—the Eastman Symphonic Wind Ensemble, which he
founded for and with the Eastman School in 1952.
Purpose of the clinic was to
provide students with an opportunity to play under the direction
of a well-known band conductor
and to become familiar with
some of the recent literature.
Can Play Ball
For Scout
A two-day baseball school and
tryout camp at Frankfort, Mich-
igan is scheduled to be held June
26 and 27 at the Lockhart Athletic Field by Ray (Red) Lucas,
midwest scout for the San Francisco Giants.
All players in the region from
17 to 25 are urged to keep this
date in mind and to report at
Lockart Field, Friday and Saturday, June-26 and 27.
As in past years Lucas will
look over all prospects who report for the camp here and at the
close of the camp will stage an
all-star game against a local
team or an intra-squad game.
Gets College
Teaching Job
Samuel 'J. Brannan, Coleman,
has been granted an assistant-
ship in mathematics at State
College of Washington, Pullman,
Washington.
Brannan received his Bachelor
of Science degree from Central
Michigan University in exercises
** held on the campus this month.
oard Candidate
Schooi
Deadline uraws in ear
Last day for School Board candidates to file signed petitions is next Tuesday, June 23, with the Clare District election date set for July 13,
Residents of the district may
choose a successor for Russell
Eberhart, trustee who is not filing as a candidate. His term expires.
Expected to be on another ballot will be a proposal for raising
the limitation on school tax mill-
age for operation of the Elementary school plant in the present
school building, and the new
High School which will be completed in time to admit classes in
September 1959.
The tax hike, twice defeated,
has been held by the school administration and Board of Education to be vital if the present
level of educational program is
maintained,
A threat of curtailment of
many school activities without
the revenue,- and even half-day
classes for three elementary
grades has roused support for
the proposed levy among a great
many parents and progressive
residents of the^schOol district-
An A-dyisory Committee to
work witli the School Board, and
the Parent-Teacher Association
have taken positive stations in
favor of the added millage for
three years.
Organizing to get out a large
vote, and to spread information
about why the money is needed,
the members of the Advisory
Committee are already engaged
in a campaign of pre-election
activity.
They plan extensive newspaper
releases in The Sentinel and
100% contact of electors by tele
phone to stir interest in the proposal and its acceptance by the
district,
Two Board candidates who
have already filed petitions are
Robert Bergey and Frank T.
LaGoe. Two other petitions are in
circulation, but not yet filed.
Report On
KC Meeting
At Mackinac
Returning from Mackinaw Island after a three-day convention
Of Michigan Knights of Columbus there, Dick Nivison and Tom
Dwyer have reported a beneficial and worthwhile program for
delegates, and fun. and relaxation at Grand Hotel.
Climaxing the many convention highlights was a speaking
appearance on Friday everting, of
Mr. Luke E. Hart, Connecticut,
Supreme Knight over all K.C.
member Councils everywhere.
Mr. Hart's address followed a
program in which delegates
heard remarks by The Most Reverend Joseph H. Albers, Catholic
Bishop of Lansing; The Most
Reverend Thomas L. Noa, Catholic Bishop of Marquette; greet-
ings from The Hon. G. Mennen
Williams, Governor of Michigan
and from Joseph J. Mainolfi, K.C.
State Deputy.
Convention sessions were held
on Thursday evening, June 11,
and on Friday and on Saturday
forenoon.
A solemn ceremony on Friday
afternooh honored the memory
of departed brothers. Delegates
and distinguished guests and all
clergy marched in a procession
to Father Marquette's statue for
The Rosary, special prayers and
memorial services. Leading the
procession were Commanderies
and Honor Guards of Michigan.
A full report of convention activities was made by the two local delegates before members of
the Council at a meeting here
Tuesday evening.
Sharon Beemer
At Girls State
In Ann Arbor
Sharon Beemer is attending
Wolverine Girls' State held on
the campus of the University of
Michigan, this week from June
15 to 25th. She is sponsored by
the Walter L. Larmon Auxiliary
Unit No. 128, and was taken to
Mt, Pleasant by the president.
Mrs. Ina Hammond to accompany the girls from there.
360 girls are expected to enjoy
the many privileges and facilities
of the great State University
Guidance, instruction and actual
experience in governmental procedures and its functions are a
part of the program offered.
This will help them in future active citizenship in our nation.
Selection to attefta WoitfeMiiW
Girls' State is indeed an honor
and an award for excelling in
leadership, civic pride, cooperation, fairness, honesty and good
character.
After spending nine days in
governmental instruction and
governing themselves, by democratic procedure, two girls will
be chosen to attend "Girls' Nation" representing Michigan at
Washington, D.C. where they will
learn how a free nation is governed.
CSC Plans
Completed
In a recent report from Kenneth Tweedy, Clare County Soil
Conservationist, he reports that
Walter Ehle has been working
part time for the CSC county
program.
During May, projects plans
were completed for Ernest Town
in Sheridan, George Teeter in
Frost, Isabell Barber in Surrey,
Ben VanHorn in Redding, Ray
and Roy Ehle in Greenwood, and
Andrew Keysor in Hamilton.
Complete tiling jobs have been
done for Harley Coats in Arthur
and Eugene Baumann in Hamilton.
he'll Teach
H.S. English
At the Clare School office this
week, Mrs. Genevieve, Fleming
announced "that a contract had
been received from Miss Georgia
Walker, Mt. Pleasant, who will
join the Clare High School staff
as an English teacher.
Miss Walker replaces Mrs.
Louisa Bowler, former English
teacher who will have classes in
languages in place of Miss Olive
Evans. Miss Evans has left the
system.
Witness
Convention
Clifford Pulcifer, presiding
minister of Jehovah's Witnesses,
announced June 14 that the Mt.
Pleasant congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses has been invited
to attend a convention to be held
July 9 to 12 in Flint, Michigan.
Mr. Pulcifer will head the local
delegation of about 55 persons
from Farwell, Clare and Mt.
Pleasant;
But a mailed statement to
each member of the Chamber
of Commerce this weejc hammered home the truth that the
sale is a first-of-all retail
event, and it wouldn't be the
success which it is, if merchants and store owners didn't
give better than usual bargains.
C of C President Ken Barnes
Urged every participating retailer to bring out his best bargains with -"'lots of value for
low prices". Many stores will
open case lots of new items
shipped in especially for the
sale.
Festive colors and gay store
decorations will festoon every
store in Clare's business district.
In the event of rain on Friday,
June 26, the sale will be automatically postponed to Saturday.
Two
Lit. Tours
From CMU
New England, with its many,
areas of scenic .beauty, is the
destination of Central Michigan
Uniyersity travellers, taking /the
stu&y tour m American Literature. The tour has become so
popular during the past several
years that two identical trips
will be made during the summer
of 1959.
Many Clare people have availed themselves of this travel
opportunity in the past.
Tlie first group will leave June
27 and return July 11 while the
second tour is scheduled for
July 18 through August 1.
More than 2,500 miles, including eight states and two Canadian provinces, will foe .covered.
The first stop on the trip will*
be Cooperstown, New York, home
of James Fenimore Cooper followed by Pittsf ield, home of William Cullen Bryant.
In Connecticut, thei group Will
stop at Hartford to learn "many
of the early stories connected
with Mark Twain. Two stops will
be made in Rhode Island; one at
Providence and the second at.
New Bedford, the whaling center.
The tour will then continue on
to Cape Cod, Plymouth and Boston where,the group will spend
four days. While in Boston, side
trips will be made to the places
which gave literary inspiration
to Longfellow, James Russell
Lowell, Whittier and Thoreau.
They will also see the Harvard
Yard, Concord Bridge and the
Gloucester Harbor.
The travel course will also include New Hamphire. 'and Vermont, a. tour of the Thousand
islands, Toronto and then turn
homeward.
Dr. .John Hepler, head of the
CMU English department, will direct both tours. Persons may enroll for three semester hours
credit or they may audit the
course.
Joanne On
Clinic Staff
Joanne Wilcox, Clare and Mt.
Pleasant dancing and -baton
twirling teacher, has been chosen to be on the teaching staff
for the International Dancing
and Baton Twirling Clinic at
Alma College, June 21 to June
26.
Joanne will teach the advanced!
ballet and acrobatic classes and
will also teach intermediate tap
dancing, modern jazz and baton
twirling classes.
Among other teachers will be
Mary Evelyn Thurman, nationally known baton twirler, Betty
Feist who is Miss Majorette of
Canada and Sharon Dreyer,
Michigan State baton twirling
champion and runner-up in the
national contest*.
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