1959-07-16; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE SENTINEL. CLARE, MICHIGAN
JULY 16. 1959
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New Series, Vol. 67, No. 44
Swimming At Cedar Park
Attracts 75 Kids Daily
Crowds of youngsters enjoying
the qooling recreation of Cedar -
Park's swimming are being
counted as high as 75 and more
during hot July afternoons. Janet
Norquist, lifeguard and supervisor at* the spot overlooks a busy
park that has shady picnic and
lounging facilities in addition to
the diving and splashing attract
tion. ;
Earlier this season, city work
crews deepened the pool in front
of the new diving board. Submerged logs and natural debris
which had drifted into the park
were cleaned out and the beach
was leveled. ,
Now the swimming hole and
the clean banks are daily populated with fun seeking youngsters who enjoy this, the city's
most popular recreation service.
Cedar Park's acres Were a gift
to the city from the late Walter
Pettit, who made the provision
that the spot be used for recreation,^ It must be maintained in a
usable condition or revert to his
estate.
For several years the park
improvement was a project of
the Clare Kiwanis club before
the city assumed responsibility
for it.
Now the City of Clare maintains a regular park service and
Cedar Park with the others gets
an annual clean-up and raking
manicure, picnic tables and
benches are scraped and painted
grass and natural growth is kept
mowed.
Miss Norquist, a Central Michigan University graduate is employed by the city for summertime work as the park lifeguard.
She is a Physical Education major and will teach in Coleman
this fall.
Navy Band
Coming Here
The United States Navy Band,
many times called the "world's
.•greatest".is scheduled to -play, before an audience in Clare on September 26. The event will be the
first public use of the big new
gymnasium in, Clare's new high
school.
The full concert to be played by
the band consists of classical as
well as popular and martial performances, and solos by headlined artists both vocal and instrumental.
Sponsoring the concert is the
Kiwanis club of Clare whose
members arranged to bring the
event here after the itinerary was
approved by The President of The
United States.
Scheduled are performances at
2 o'clock in the afternoon, and
again at 8 p.m. Tickets are already on sale at the Citizens
State Bank, The Hotel Doherty
desk, and from any member of
Kiwanis in Clare.
Parents Can
Watch Scouts'
Camp Fun
This year Boy Scout Camp Ro
tary has again, greatly increased
the facilities for youth activities.
Among some of the new items
are fishing rods, boats, canoes,
bows and arrows, an improved
rifle range, and an expanded nature lore program. A new Deer
Lqdge^,h-js already., .proved, its
worth to Ihe campers interested
in handicraft and nature*
This first week there was a
touch of rainy weather, but this
didn't dampen tjie spirits of
campers a bit
The Friday night Water Carnival is again expected to be a big
success, with some new and exciting events added. This is the
highlight of all the activities, and,
is witnessed by many interested
parents and spectators.
Another big event, and a very
impressive ceremony for every
camper is the Order of the Arrow Callout at the Campwide
Campfire on Friday night. This
Brotherhood organization is quite
helpful in getting the camp activity areas into working order for
the opening of the camping season. !.
REPORT from LANSING
ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES
AND STATE GOVERNMENT
By State Representative
Russell H. Strange, Jr.
ISABELLA-CLARE DISTRICT
While it may appear that the
Legislature is doing nothing in
regard to solving our state's tax
problem, there is a great deal of
activity behind the scenes by
members of both parties to reach
a sound solution politically acceptable, to Republicans as well
as Democrats.
Since the beginning of the session, Republican legislators have
concentrated all efforts on the
passage of the lc increase in the
sales tax, and then later the use
tax, as an alternative to the Governor's proposed personal state
income tax.
Latest program gaining momentum and which actually has
hope of passing is a broad bipartisan package that is being
developed by Rep. William   Ho-
Interest Up-
The new higher interest rate
which can be charged for GI
loans on or after July 2,1959, has
no effect upon loans closed before that date, VA officials pointed out today.
Loans closed on or after the
July 2 date may be charged the
new higher rates unless the lender has previously made a binding
"commitment to grant the loan at
'a lawoi- rate.        . '   t
mano (R-Warren) and Rep. Farrell E, Roberts  (R-Pontiac).
This program is based on the
Republican lc use tax increase
and has coupled with it a Democrat favored proposal to exempt
food (consumed off the premises) from the 3c sales tax, as well
as the lc use tax increase.
The Romano-Roberts plan pro-
poses a 4% Use Tax on:
Fed. government sales $8 million
Commercial advertising  7
Newspaper, radio and
TV advertising   * 6
Amusements chg over 90c 1
Hotels & motels 4
Tel. and telegraph 10      *
Dry cleaning, laundry      6
Misc. services 20
Tobacco products Cnew)   4'
Cigarettes  (increase
lc per pkg.) 8
Property trans. (% 1%) 25
Inheritance tax  (increase
to yield additional)        8
lc increase in use tax      88 • '
TOTAL NEW REV1. $217 Million
Exempt food from sales . .
and use taxes     "Less/6Q.
NEW REVENUE $137 Million
If progress is forthcoming on
this compromise solution that is
presently being predicted, Michigan citizens tfiay no longer feat
becoming a captive of a state income tax.
Hard-Handed
Hawaiian
Busts Bricks
Whenever 132-pQund Army Sergeant First Class Peter.Y. 7ST.
Choo feels like letting off steam
he .simply goes outside and
punches a iew boards and bricks
in half.
The hard-handed Hawaiian is
a,, -karate and Jfldti expert who
holds the third* rank black belt
i.n both sports.
Chief personnel clerk h-i, the
Eighth U.S. Army aircraft maintenance center, Choo began practicing judo in-.1943 in Honolulu.
A few years later he started karate, and, after studying under
Japanese Professor Mitoshi, entered competition and earned his
third rank*
"Karate," Choo explains, "is,a
form of self-defense which originated in india and spread through
out the Far East. It's designed to
cause internal injury to your opponent through the use of various
blows.-       -       •     -
Choo says that when he started karate he- practiced for- an
hour and a half every day,
'punching sand. When his hands
began to harden, he graduated
,to burlap bags and rope tied
around boards.
"After practicing for two years
I was able to break tile, bricks,
and boards in half."
To give ah example Of just how
great the karate expert's power
can be, Choo cites Masutatsu
Oyama, a Korean living in Japan,
who can kill a bull with a single
blow of his fist.
Record Snow
Snow Cost
The City waited" until sweltering July weather tb publish reports on the cool cost of removing last Winter's snow and ice,
If it makes you feel any more
comfortable in. mid-summer to
recall January's frigid days, you
can reflect on the bill for pushing
and plowing . the mountains o\
snow. City crews spent two thousand hours removing ice anH
snow and sanding slippery roads.
Still Hunting
MX'
ater
The Layne Northern Wateij
well drilling company which cpni
tracted -with the city to produce
a water well -has finished ioutt
tests on separate locations wtthj
out so far finding an adequate
supply.        . .     !
Clare'.**! troubles with a - city-
water supply ,go back several
years and include dwindling resources,' excessive minerals artd
rust, or sulfur-tainted odor.     'I
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But City Manager Clarence
Gum said last week that tHe,
drillers have guaranteed to-^ro-.
duce all the v/ater that Clare" car/
use, and that there is a confident
expectation" that they can live up
to the-terms. ;
Three small te.st holes' Wei**e|
drilled in the * vicinity of the
city's park .property* near WUcoJc
Parkway without finding water!
More recently an experimental
•boring failed to discover Water
closer to the new Foell residential
subdivision.
A new location for . further?
testing has been established and
the company has indicated that
they expect to find water near,
bed rock formations, possibly at
a 300-foot depth. , !
, In the meantime, a .city report
given to the Commission by Mr,
Gum says that routine chei-nical
treatment of existing supplies
has switched 'from Calgon rust
preventative to a different material, Nalco 918 which is intendedt
for the same purpose, but is
giving better results according tq
Gum. *
He said that city water mains
are n°w all cleaned of rust, and
that the service department receives but few calls on plugged
water pipes.
Water content tests taken at
various locations throughout the
city have shown, that the wafter
is softer than when* Calgon was
being used,.Gum said. He rated
the hardness of the water at "twtf
parts, or less". This Should improve results in laundry, he saw*
and added that household water
softeners should be cheaper and
more efficient to operate.
Judging
School
The 4-H Home Economics Judging School is scheduled for July
28. Judging classes in clothing,
home improvement, study center
and foods will be provided this
year. The foods class will judge
three items: cup cakes -— plain,
unfrosted; shopping for eggs —
fpr hard cooking, salad trays, or
poaching and frying; ;and cafeteria menu board — members select nutritious school lunch,
Watch for further details concerning this activity in your
papers.
Lawman
Directory
Michigan Bell Telephone Company is distributing the 1959*60
edition of the Police Telephone
and Teletype Directory of Michigan to all law enforcement officials in the state.
The directory, compiled by
Michigan Bell as a public service, contains the names of municipal, county, state, and federal
law enforcement agencies in
Michigan together with office and
home telephone numbers.
Among the state and federal
agencies listed are headquarters
and district posts of the State
Police, FBI, Secret Service, U.S.
Marshal, and Federal Bureau of
Narcotics.   .
FigntFire
At Drake's
The Clare fire department was
called out shortly after noon on
July 10 to fight a fire in a large
double garage on the Dale Drake
farm two miles south of Looniis.
Postal carriei** Fred Krell said
that the smoke appeared dark
and thick as if oil dr tar was
burning.
Dry Months
Bring Fire
Warnings
Forest lands in Michigan can
be expected to reach the "boiling
point" soon if the traditionally
dry months of July and August
run- their normal course.
Add to this the thousands of
campers, hikers, picnickers and
Other outdoorsmen afield during
the summer and the threat becomes even more imminent
Another factor poses a serious
problem. Forests in northern
Michigan, especially the coniferous stands, are now reaching
heights which will permit fires to
travel from tree top to tree top,
An extended hot and dry period as commonly experienced- in
the summer, the right atmospheric-conditions, low humidity and
high winds concoct a highly explosive situation in these coniferous stands:. There is no type of
forest fire more difficult to combat and subdue than a crown fire.
Conservation Department offi*
cials estimate that 95 percent of
all fires can be traced to human
carelessness. Responsibilities oi
fire prevention have long been
called to public attention, but
they cannot be over stressed; not
with the stakes becoming increasingly high. Today, forests
grow on 19,682,000 acres * ir
Michigan. They provide recreation for millions annually and
valuable homes for wildlife. The
annual payroll of Michigan's forest industries exceeds $309,000,-
000. Lakes and streams are lined
with expensive cottages and resorts.
With this in view, fire preventive measures are a must. Fortunately, Michigan has witnessed
a tremendous reduction in forest
fire numbers and damage during
the last 25 years in spite of the
seasonal influx of visitors in forest lands.
This record speaks well for the
public's role in fire prevention
and the Department's mechanized
fire suppression attack.
However, a lapse in safety a-
field could quickly char this 25-
year record. Rewording an old
saw, an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of suppression.
When in the woods this summer, stamp out the last 'spark
from your camp fire or cigarette, burn debris only when conditions are safe and report fires
at once. Treat the outdoors as
your home. „
Before starting a fire, a burning permit must be obtained.
These permits, required by state
law, are issued at Conservation
Department field Offices and by
conservation officers, fire officers or forest, fire lookouts.
Finney
Wants Fish  w
Information provided the National Wildlife Federation indicates that the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation recently had valid applications for
fish to stock farm ponds from
persons named William Fish and
Sam Bass. Earlier fish applications were received from people
named Finney and Wells but no
word has been forthcoming from
the Trouts, Rivers or Lakes families.
2 Internes
Begin At
Clare General
Dr. David Wayne Svyay*?e of
Flint, Michigan is now interning at Clare General Hospital.
Dr, Swayze spent four years as
a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division. After separation
from the army, he attended Flint
Junior College and Missouri
State Teachers College receivingg
a Bachelor' of Science Degree. He
graduated from the Kirksville
School of Osteopathy and Sur.
gery in June of 1959. Dr. Swayze.
his wife and two year old daughter reside at 105 West 7th in
Clare.
Arriving with Dr. Swayze, is
Dr. William" A. Bilyeu of Dearborn, Michigan, also an interne
at Clare General.
Dr. Bilyeu recently graduated
from Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery in Missouri.
He received his pre-med work at
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, and was previously a
student at Fordson High in Dearborn. He and his wife, Mary
Anne live in. Clare at 114 W,
Fifth street.
State Highways Eligible
For $195 Million U. S. Aid
The Highway Department's
progress on US-27 is to be resumed on October 7 and December 9 this year when lettings on
construction of small sections ot
the highway will be made to
contractors.
On the first date a railroad
grade  separation  and  nine  and
DR. DAVID SWAYZE
Gladwin Evening College
Ready To Take Students
The Gladwin Board of Education reminds all interested persons of any age that registration
Tractor Can
Kill In
Just Seconds
Twenty-five miles per hour is
too fast for your tractor on a
country road, -lyarns. Richard
Pfister; 'extension -safety. specM*
ist at Michigan State University.
Nationzd Farm Safety Week,
July 19-25, is a good time for- a
solemn resolution, to watch tractor .speed. *      .
American farmers have nearly
50,000 tractor accidents a year,
killing over 1,000 -people, estimated the National Safety Council. Farm machinery accidents
killed 270 people in Michigan
alone' from 1950 to 1957.
At least 26 Michigan children
under 14 have died from tractor
accidents since 1950. Pfister says
too many people feel a natural
pride if their son drives the tractor when he's six to tea years
old. Such young children just
don't have enough skill and
judgment to handle a complex
$3,000 machine.
"Be sure your tractor is well-
lighted on the road at night,"
warns Pfister. "Use lights to
show just how wide your implements are."
'"Tractors often tip over sideways when they turn at high
speeds," says the safety specialist. "The driver almost never
jumps clear in time, as he must
jump one way while the^tractor
falls the other way."
Always use the drawbar to
pull, Pfister advises. Some people
feel a higher hitch gives more
traction, but a deadly backward
tip often results.
"Tractors are built to carry
one person, not two or three,"
warns the specialist. "A bump
often throws drawbar or fender
passengers Under the rear wheel
or in front of a trailing implement."
Pfister offers three more tips
that can keep farmers from becoming statistics:   •
"Stop the engine and wait until it cools before you put in gas.
"Back up a steep* bank or barn
bridge that you must cross.
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Legend Held Starry Way Was Buffalo Dust
By Hazel M. Losh (Ph:D.)
Associate Prof, of Astronomy
University of Michigan.
The Milky Way, stretching
across the heavens from' north to
south will be,one of the main astronomical displays during July.
f It may. be traced easily-on a
moonless night as a broad luminous band of remarkable beauty
arch'ing ' across. the heavens.. To
the unaided eye, it shines as a
soft, misty lightf :but binoculars
or a small telescope show it to be
made up of myriads of faint stars
and nebulae. The finest part of
the Milky Way is the section
which we see during the evening
hours' of summer and early autumn.
From earliest times the Milky
Way has attracted mankind as
an object of mystery and wonder.
, Today it is believed to be a
great concourse' of.stars, star
clusters, bright, nebulae, star
clouds and dark dust clouds. Its
lignt is due almost entirely to
stars; which are too faint to be
distinguished as individuals without some optical aid. If all the
stars which can be seen by the
naked eye were blotted out, the
Milky Way - would still Shine
practically unchanged,
Many legends have come down
to us about this broad hazy band.
It bears many fanciful titles, but
the idea of its being a pathway
has been.a very prevalent one,
for it is easy to imagine it as" a
starry path, a' glistening • river,
or according to an Old Indian legend — dust kicked up by a buffalo and horse racing across the
sky.
Another Indian legend holds
that it was the pathway along
which souls ascended to heaven
with the Milky Way's fright
stars being camp fires built by
the departed ones as they journeyed toward their final home,
The Milky .Way also serves as
ar fitting background for some of
the most conspicuous of the summer constellations. Beginning in
the northeast in Cassiopeia, it
shows up relatively faint.- However, as the Milky Way rises toward the zenith it becomes-more
distinct in the region' of the
Northern Cross". In that region it-
divides ,into, two branches ••— the
western one wends its* way toward Scorpiiis and the eastern
increases in splendor as it extends southward through Aquila
toward, the great star clouds of
Sagittarius, where it becomes
very bright.        .  _ _  __ __
I for the "evening college" will be
held at the Gladwin Rural Agricultural School on September 14.
1959, at 7:00 p.m. Classes will
start Monday evening, September
21,1959.
It shall be necessary to submit
an application form and be accepted by Central Michigan University before registration next
fall. Those interested in making
application are urged to do so
as soon as possible because an
estimate of the numbers who
will be taking classes is needed.
The application forms may be obtained from your high school
principal, Central Michigan University, Gladwin Eygnjigg, •• -Gplfc
lege, or Gladwin RurM Agricuk
tural School.
Those persons who would like
to. audit various courses rather
than take them for college credit may do so by paying the regular registration fees.
. The classes to be offered are
English 101, Freshman Composition; Sociology 151; Introductory
Sociology; Geography 100, World
Geography; Mathematics lOl, Intermediate Algebra; and Biology
151, Human Biology. The courses
are all three, hour credit courses.
Each class will meet one evening
each week,
Instructional service is provided by faculty members , from
Central Michigan University in
Mt. Pleasant. The classes taught
at Gladwin Evening College will
count as resident credit at Central Michigan University. Instructional standards are'the same as
for classes on the campus.
Additional information may be
obtained by calling GArden 6
7341 Gladwin, Michigan.
The Water
Wonderland
Michigan's natural and man-
made wonders were featured in
two national magazines earlier
this season with special emphasis on the state's Vacation travel
attractions.
The April issue of National
Geographic Magazine and the
May issue of .Esquire highlighted
points of interest around the
state, according to Robert J. Fur-
long, executive secretary of the
Michigan Tourist Council.
National Geographic lauded'
Michigan's recreational, scenic
and industrial advantages in a 53-
page article, "New Era on the
Great Lakes." The feature included dramatic c016r phptos of
the Mackinac Bridge, Soo Locks,
Isle Royale, industrial Detroit,
Mackinac Island and other points
of interest. •
Esquire magazine editors featured the Mackinac Bridge and
Michigan's northern vacation
areas in the' May issue of ' that
publication. Emphasis was on the
Bridge area, the Upper peninsula
and Mackinac Island.'
"This nationwide publicity is
certain to give a boost to, our
promo.tion of vacation' travel in
Michigan," Furlong said. "We
were pleased to cooperate with
the editors of National Geographic and Esquire in the preparation of these timely and inter-
eating .features."- ;
one-half miles of surface will be
bid on near Ithaca; The second
letting, a total of 8Vz miles near
M-46 and near Shepherd will be
contracted for surfacing , and
structures.'
Michigan stands to gain $195
million, including the cost of con**
struction of the Mackinac Bridge,
if House Resolution 6303 recently reported out by the House
Public Works Committee passes
during this session of Congress,
Michigan Turnpike Authority
Chairman George N, Higgins
said recently.
"An analysis of the bill introduced by the Committee Chairman', C. E. Buckley of New
York, indicates Michigan has
completed $287 million in toll
and toll-free ! road . and bridge
work on the Interstate System,"
Higgins sid. "Some federal aid
payments have been made but
90 per cent federal participation
woul require an additional $195
million. "* .
"Michiga.n r a n.k s seventh
among the states in eligibility for
reimbursement under the bill
based on work completed without
90 per cent federal aid which is
now available for new construction on the system. We are a
'have' state.
"The bill provides a total reimbursement of $4.2 billion to all
states for toll and toll-free expressway and bridge construction
on the Interstate System, to be
paid from the general treasury
over a period of 15 years starting in fiscal 1962. The money
would not come from the "hard-
pressed highway trust fund
created to finance future con-
sti-uction on the Interstate Sysfc
em. The state would be required
to use the reimbursement for
construction of other toll-free
roads."
Progressb.
City Works
In a city works progress report
to the Commission, ,City Manager Clarence^ Gum has listed
achievements in various department projects from parks and
'recreation, to painting and redecorating in the city hall. The
report sheet covered city work
performed from January 1, to
July 1 of this year.
The announcement of savings
on street maintenance gave credit to use of a "hot patching"
machine and said that the cost of
material for repairing Clare's
hard surfaced streets has been reduced by more than $580. in the
six months,
Mr, Gum detailed the advantages in the city's own hot patching
method by explaining that worlfr
men now heat and apply the aggregate directly from a stock pile
here in Clare at a delivered cost
of $4.25 per ton7Price and transportation of material from Bay
City,, or Reed City is about $12.
per ton, he said. Seventy-five
tons have been used in the six-
month period* p     .'
He told Commissioners' that a
better patching job is being done'
with the new gas-fired heater for
heating the mix.
From June 1 to July 1 this year
the city has installed curb and
gutter on 152 feet of John street,
132 ieet on Third next to Consumers Power company's headquarters building, and 1180 feet
on Glendale in the Eastwood Hills
subdivision. The three separate
jobs totaled'1464 feet.
Gravel topped streets in Clare
•have been' treated fbr surface
conditioning and dust control
with the application of 160,000
gallons of salt brine.
At the intersection of McEwail-
street and East Fifth, curbing has
been moved back to widen the
traffic right-of-way. While the
street was torn up, new storm
sewer was installed to. carry
roof water from the two adjacent
buildings.
- .Mr. Gum also made his official
report of the arrival of the 200-
bed Civilian Defense hospital
unit stored here for emergency
use/Painting and cleaning of all
walls, ceilings and floors in the
city hall corridors has been com*
pleted. The first Complete inventory of city-owned tools, equip*
ment and supplies is on record.
and the purchase was announced
of a new city heavy duty truck
rated at '1-ton capacity.