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Bell Plans
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Construction
- Michigan 'Bell Telephone Company plans to spend $144,000 ior
new construction to expand ano
improve service in Clare during
1959 and 1960, the company announced today.
Clarence B. Riedel, Michigan
Bell manager here, said the company will, spend $48,000 this year
and $96,000 next year.
The outlays, when added to th«
1956-through<L958 expenditures,
will 'bring Clare's total to $60u,
000 for the five-year period.
The $144,000 earmarked for
Clare is part of the $171 million
construction program Michigan
Bell has planned throughout its
territory for 1959 and 1960.
"The"... 1959*60 expenditures,"
Riedel said, ^represent the com-.
pny's;best estimate as to what
will be required to fill customer
demand -for better grades of
service, to place in effect many
of the technological advances
which have been developed to
make telephone service more convenient and useful, and to provide service to customers when
and where they, want it;..
"A program of this magnitude
means much to the economy or
Michigan,"      *
Breaking down the scheduled
constiruction program for Clare
during the 1959-60 period, Riedel
said the company plans to spend
$87,000 for cable, wire, poles, and
other outside plant $4,000 -jor
additional central office equipment $53,000 for equipment on
customers' premises; and the
blance for miscellaneous facilities,
Riedel said one phase of the
two-year construction program
is to convert five more Michigan
communities from the manual
"number please'* type of service
to dial.
"Ninety-seven per cent q$ Michigan^Bell's customers now have
dial service." he said. "By %ie
end of 1960, the company will bisr
98.5 per cent dial." •        Jy. -  -     , T- ** -■---*-—•■"•"
Riedel said part ^themon^SS^^^^^^
in the two-year-fcwfram Will gof-H"*1**** *®hm to   hear   the
for expanding local calling areas
THURSDAY. JULY 23,1959
Tea Cantt* Copy *■    New Series, Vol. 67, No. 45
Residents interested in watching progress on Clare's new high school building saw rooters Bearing the finish oi
.their work while other workmen began setting window glass. Inside the building, work on the'lighting system and.
ceiling and floor finishing continues. This Saginaw News photo was taken from Cedar and Schoolcrest. •
Voters Save Program
For Elementary Grades
As School Millage Wins
A victory for educational poll
cies backed by the Citizens Committee For Better Schools was
finally obtained in 2 to 1 vote
landslide at the district election
Saturday,. July 13, It was a. pro.
posal for raising needed .operat-.
ing revenue that failed twice pre
viously.and had thug driven the
School "Board ito reluctant cutbacks ,in elementary, programs.
Winning overwhelming- approp
val this month, the 4-mill tax garnered 836 .favorable votes to 408
against.
Frank T. LaGoe was elected to
the School Boards seat by 667
votes over his opponaht, Robert
Bergey's 547. A separate proposal
for the sale of unused rural
schood properties was also   ap-
Birthday
Surprise For
Mr.L.K£>avy
. E, Davy was very pleasantly
surprised Thursday evening last
week, while sitting on the lawn
Pf his home at 805 McEwan, with
in many parts of the state, lie
said the number of telephones*—
not counting extensions — in
Clare's local calling area increased from 1,082 in 1948 to 7,277 at
the beginning of this year.
RayNeffsSl
Wilis "Junior
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Ray Neil, winner of a junior
golf tournament held here July
9 is a State Tournament competitor. The Clare contest was
sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Dick Ulrica
was chairman of the event held at
Twin Elms.
Six. entries all under the age
of IS played the 18-hole contest
with Ray carding a 3942 for his
81-stroke winning score. Ralph
Baumgarth was runner-up.
CallCCBS
Members of the permanent
Citizens Committee for Better
Schools to. aid and advise the
Clare School Board will meet
Tuesday evening, July 28 to or
ganize and elect leaders.
strains of "Happy Birthday" as
the employees of Davys' their
-husbands and wives .arrived to
give him a birthday celebration
for his 90th birthday, on Saturday July 18.
A social hour of visiting and
showing old time pictures was.
followed with refreshments of
ice'cream, and a beautiful decorated cake in his honor. He was
presented with a box of candy,
and best wishes of the.group.;
Also guests of tlje evening -included his daughter Mrs. Flor
erce Kennedy who keeps house,
for him, and another daughter"
and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Lionei
Duncan and son Eugene
On Saturday, he was honored
when members of his family
arrived from Bay City, Mr. ana
Mrs. Bourke Lodewyk, Mr. and
Mrs. John Keschman, and Mm.
Eugene FitzGerald, taking him
and Mrs. Kennedy for a family
dinner at the Hotel Doherty,
Mr. Davy also had the distinction of having his picture and
an interesting and commendkble
article concerning his. 90th birtii
day on the front page of the
Detroit Free Press in the Saturday edition; The reporter was in
Clare during the week and inte-,
viewed this grand old man, who
is believed to have the distinc
tion of being the oldest business
man throughout the state,
proved.
In the breakthrough by forces
seeking to provide sufficient
school operating tax money, the
school district gains the funds to
schedule full-day classes for 4th<
5th and 6th grades and' can now
offer elementary instruction in
music, art, physical education,
and can provide essential library
facilities.
These educational services had
been threatened by lack of money until action by the public com'
mittee aroused voter support for
the tax raise.
Efforts of the Citizens Com'
mittee and the District School
Board had the backing of  the
Guests Dine
At YMCA .
Mystic Lake
The Eighth Annual "Good
Neighbor Day" at YMCA Mystic
Lake Camp attracted a record
attendance at the camp Tuesday
July 14. I$f ty eight local suppliers
merchants,-as well as friends ano
officials of the 3TMCA at Lanv
ing were guests for the evening
meal following-^''toSxt through
camp. -
• Guests were given special wel«
come and greetings by'Homer
Shepard President of the Boartt
of the YMCA.
A special program was enjoyed
in the new recreation hall whicu
included talents by campers.
Guests attending from the
local area included: Mr. Charles
Scott, Wilbur Scott, Mr. and Mrs.
L. A. Anderson and son, Mrs.
Jean Dendor, Mr. and Mrs. William Bratt, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
Case, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Scott and sons, Mr. and Mrs.
James Ankney all from Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Luce from
Farwell.
Clare residents included: Mr.
and Mrs. Crittenden and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. K. Hammer-
.toerg. Rev, and Mrs.. L, Nevins,
Mr. and Mrs. Onier Parent, Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry' Alien, Mr, and
Mrs. J. Green Jr., Mr. and Mrs,
Henry Magnus, and Lee Sowle.
Going To Ag.
Conference
Floyd Norcutt of the CHS
faculty and other teachers of
vocational agriculture from high
schools throughout the state will
brush up on teaching" methods
and technical agriculture at
Michigan State University July
27-31. ■
Participating with the teachers
in their 40th annual conference
will be Michigan school superintendents, principals, directors of
oi vocational education and teac.i-
ers of institutional on-farm
training. About 350 are expected.
Theme of the "week-long event
at Kellogg Center will toe "Quality Leadership and Scientific
Agriculture for Today and Tomorrow." ;
The conference will highlight
talks by M.S.U. faculty and
authorities from the vocational
agriculture field on quality
teaching, how to help farmers
with their credit problems, vertical intergration and the effects
of irradiation on agricultural
products.
County Board of Education and
many serious-minded citizens outside the committee membership.
Numbers of voters in the election fell short of the high record
mark, but the total of 1263 persons went through the booths in
the all-day election. A late rush
to get in line at the eight o'clock
closing hour boosted the total
after a slow afternoon.
Election Board workers Counted ballots for more than three
hours after the polls closed They
were Mrs. Genevieve Fleming, L.
C, Garthe, Carl Gruno, Mrs.
Katherine Eroh, Florence Field.
FarweH School Election
In a school election at Farwell
held the same day, two new
Board members were voted to po
sitions as trustees. They are Ken
neth Kapplinger with 149 votes
and Ray Agle with 84. The two
led a field of six candidates for
two vacancies.
The Farwell school district had
seen more than Usual interest in
the election after replacement of
the superintendent had divided
support for the Board. Incumbeni
members Bernard McNerney and
George Tiedeman were not can*
didates for re-election.
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frtmans '%'cg-teg" Bates t*> dance at Clare County Fi!ce Faiv
Buzz Boats
More than a quarter of a mil
lion inland boats have been registered under the Michigan water-
craft licensing law.
Secretary of State James M.
Hare,' reports that registrations
have zoomed up sharply from
less ' than 200 per day during
April to 800 or more per day in
Juno and July,
Isabella V
Twilite Tour
Most farms in Isabella county
have some need for surface
drainage, according to Harry L,
Densmore, County Extension Director. This is true in- a lot of
cases even though the farms are
well tiled, he said. To show the
results of what good surface
drainage can do there Will be a
Twilight Tour starting at 6:30
p.m. today, July 23, 1959.
The tour will start at the Bill
Weller farm, 4 miles south and
XVz east of Rosebush. At 7:00 the
group will visit the Russell
Robertson farm, 1 mile north of
the Weller farm. A combination
of waterway and tile will be
shown. At 7:30 the .group will
tour the House-Bowerman sou
waterway. This is a large area
drainage project located 3Yi miles
west of US-27 on the Weidman
Road, The fourth stop will be at
8:00 t the Raldon Pasch farm,
4-& miles straight west of Rosebush. Here you will see a series
of ditches that are being farmed
and also a drop box to the drainage ditch. This tour is being
sponsored jointly by the Isabella
County Soil Conservation District
and the Cooperative Extension
Service. A representative from
the Area Conservation Office will
be present.
Clare C of C
Stag Day
A golfers Stag Day, sponsored
■by the Clare Chamber of Com-
.merce is to be held all day on
Thursday, August 6 at Twin
Elms, Clare. Invitations have
gone out to surrounding towns
for golfers who might like to
attend.
■Players may tee off at 9 a.m.
with a buffet supper crowning
the day when it grows too dark
to play. A fee will include golfing
arid the meal.
McArthur
Cards In Stock
. Residents of the community
who have been asking when the
Christmas cards bearing Grace
McArthur's painting /'Christmas
Time" would be marketed wili be
glad to know Cimmerer's Drug
Store and Grove Bros. 5c to $1
store have two versions of this
card. One card is a 'general'
greeting card and the other is a
/special" for Dad,
Annual Picnic
Attended By
Area I00F
The Oddfellows annual Clare-
Isabella County District picnic
Was held with the Central Chip*
pewa IOOF Association as guests
at the Clare Hall on Sunday,
July 12, with around- 135 enjoying the most bountiful picnic
dinner.
The program that followed
was in charge of Mrs. Maude
Langworthy of Coleman, presk
dent of the district and Harrison
Simmon of Clare, president of
the association. Lodges of Tru*
fant, Greenville, Alma, Ithaca, El-
Well, Midland, Mt. Pleasant, Coleman, Shepherd and Clare were
represented and welcomed by Ernest Irwin of the Clare Lodge,
With a response by Ashley Lip-
pert, past association president
of the Alma lodge.
- Harrison Simmons, Howard
Cotton and Ed Schlafley participated in an Old Fiddlers contest,
with Ed Schlafley carrying off
first prize.
* Reading and anecdotes were
given \?y Nellie Childers of Shepherd, Joe Swain of Clare, Ed
Nelson and Melvin Hunt of Mt.
Pleasant. And more of the program continued with dance -numbers by Vicky and Cheryl Schlafley and song by Darlene and Eva-
line seiter.^ Glare* mditemoxhs.
by the Clare Noble Grand Jamts
ST-eoman.
The oldest Oddfellow present
was George Graham of the Midland lodge and the oldest Rebekah was Rhoda Byba of the Clare
Rebekah lodge. This sister and
brother also had the most years
of membership. The youngest
Oddfellow was Carl Strouse and
the youngest Rebekah was Connie Strouse, both of the Clare
lodges.
Mrs. Naomi Wright of Alma
Inside Guardian of the Rebekah
assembly was introduced ' and
gave a few remarks.
The visitors complimented
Clare on their very lovely hall,
Ann Jackson
Places In
State Pageant
Ann. Jackson continued to win
honors,. as she competed in the
''Miss Michigan" contest, held at
Muskegon July 9 and 10.
She won first place rating in
the swimming suit division, and
Ann Marston of Detroit was selected as Miss Michigan. Bonita
Kolean, Miss Central Michigan,
was chosen Miss Congeniality by
the contestants.
Ann was sponsored by the
Grayling Chamber; of Commerce,
and her mother Mrs. Ruby Jackson accompanied her to Muskegon. Previous honors received by
Ann were Miss Clare, Miss Clare
County, and then Miss Michigan
Winter Sports Queen in a contest
held at Grayling.
County Fair Spectacle
To Open For Six Days
With Outstanding Events
Officials of Clare county's Free
Fair will be watching attendance
figures with more than usual interest during the 1959 run at the
Harrison fairgrounds to see if
the stepped-up program of
attractions and the lengthened
schedule will be reflected in new
attendance marks.
Outstanding billings in tlie
entertainment field make the
shows resemble a "little State
fair".
With the Clare County Fair
among the few rural occasions
Strange Hits Desperation
State Tax Proposals
Another attempt was maoe
this week to provide a tax compromise that would end the legislative stalemate.
Fifty-eight members, twenty-
nine from each party, introduced
a 4-bill package at the tail end
of the July 16 session.
Under the state Constitution's
5-day provision, the package may
be voted upon next Wednesday
(July 22). Known as the Lesin-
ski-Green tax program, this program would:     ,
(1) Revise the Business Activities. Tax by raising the tax on
utilities from IVs mills to 4 per
cent. The rate on general business would go to 50 mills (5%)
from the present 6% mills. Added
exemptions would toe 75% of payroll and personal property depreciation. This would produce
an additional $38 million in B.A.U.
revenue,
(21 Increase the use (sales) tax
to 4c, removing exemptions foi-
hotels, motels, and material used
in Federal construction projec-s
Thjs would bring in about $120
mliti6«7  J7"- -■■. "'-y ',
(3) Increase hy 5c iter $1,000
the intangibles tax on banks ana
corporations to yield two million
dollars. This would raise an additional $2 million.
(4) Reduce the .corporation
franchise,tax from 4 to 3 mills.
Revenue loss would toe $11.5
million,
While the package might well
deserve an "A" in political expediency, it fails miserably from
the standpoint of tax equity or
long-range planning.
The number of legislators who
signed the bills without first
reading them is a shameful disgrace. It appers that the heat and
a desperate urge to get out of
Lansing far exceeded logic and
reasoning in reaching a compromise-
I would personally predict that
as public awareness of this package increases, changes.of legislative approval will decrease proportionately.
Scott Oil
Business Sold
The gasoline and oil distributorship at Lake, formerly operated under the ownership of Frederick Scott was sold July 1, to
Jenkins Phillips 66 oi Marion,
according to an announcement by
Scott. Jim Ankney Will toe the
new resident agent at Lake.
Beginning in business in 1929,
Mr. Scott enlarged with the purchase of business interests belonging to his late father, Georgt*
Scott in 1945.   .
He plans to continue with
other business centered around
the .sale and' distribution o$, £»<£>.*
gas and motor oils, •'■•.'<
JC Officers
Installed
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7 Clare Junior Chamber of Commerce officers taking office at
the first of July are: President
Burt Maynard, vice presidents
Jack Dillon and Russ Foell,
secretary Bernard Wilson, and
treasurer Bill Chaffee. The club
plans to continue sponsorship ol
the Air Rifle Shoot for boys, teenage drivers Road-E-O, and oilier
projects.
Watery "School" For Fledgling Skiers
If the "busman's holilay" wasn't such an overworked phrase,
it would apply readily to tWo
teachers of physical education
and health who hold free classes
during their vacation to coach
youngsters' in swimming ana
water skiing at Eight Point Lake.
For Marian Petrequin ana
Betty Smithj who own a pretty
cottage at tjie Clare county resort and teach school in Detroit
for their professional livlihooa,
there's nothing in the recreation
program but the satisfaction of
watching the children .develop
skills.
. But for the boys and girls who
are treated to expert instruction
in loved sports, — well, they will
.remember ihe grownup pals w.io
helped make their vacation one
of fun and proud .accompiisn-
meht. '
The two women are busy off
and on all summer as they teach
water sports to classes of youngsters, and help supervise teen-age
dances in the clubhouse.
A dozen to 15 boys and girls
turned out to learn to scoot over
the lake towed by a fast boat,
and balancing on twin slivers ojl
wood! That's water Skiing, and
while a few of the beginners hat-
been on skis before, Other had
not.
After many dunking*-, and
patient ehcouragement from the
teachers, every child had learneu
the thrill of a new sport
ren of Eight Point Association
families and every learning session sees the lake shore crowaea
with mothers, smaller sisters and
brothers and other spectators
Who enjoy a real pjl-ide in watering the kids progress
It's all in the summers lun
for the teachers who say it helps
the general recreation program
directed by their friend and
president of the association, Mrs.
Betty Ruhl. -
Both the women have long experience in working .with youngsters, and Miss Smith is going
back to a hew job in the fall,, the
Department Head - for Healtn
Education in the Detroit City
Public School System. She is the
Tho classes arc limited to fchild- first woman to hold the position
still offering good harness racing
Secretary Albert Haley and the
Board have elevated the racing
spectacle to one ot the top
attractions Here.
Twelve thoijsand dollars is to
be divided in purses for winners
in the four-day racing meet. The
rich offerings have attracted
more than 100 horses including
most of the finest trotters and
pacers in the upstate circuits.
On the big vaudeville stage m
front of the grandstand, entertainment will bring all sorts of
variety from animal acts and
country music to top-rated acrobats, night club singers and television singers'and dancers,
Big names and show-world reputations will follow one another
irt change after change as fourteen "acts" will introduce stars
from past successes as Ed Sullivan and Arthur Godfrey show
appearances, TV network pro-
grams such as the teenager:**
Dick Clark show On American
Bandstand, and still others who
have appeared at The Desert Inn
at Las Vegas.
The entertainment has been
planned with variety to please all
tastes and preferences, Fireworks
is featured on each evening pro-
,gram, . '■    '■ *
With" two children's days, August 4th and August 7th, attrac
tions include four give-away
bicycles in free drawings. Iha
giant midway promises more f*ui
and thrills than ever, •
Described as the largest and
(best ever at a Clare County Fair,
the midway boasts new rides
called The Scrambler, Octopus,
The. Coaster, and has also the
Dodgem, Tilt-A-Whirl, Rocfco-
plane plus five kiddie rides, live
ponie's, Merry Go Round, and
Ferris Wheel.
DVer 40 concession spaces Will
include five midway shows.
tn the exhibits Department,
higher livestock premiums are
Offered "this year, and sp^cimdhli
of prize vegetables and flower*-*
are expected, to outnumber those
of fprmer years.
Mary Sue Hodge, State Dairy
Princess, will visit the Clar»
County Fair on-the afternoon and
evening of August 7th. Virginia
Dunham, Clare County Princess,
will accompany her for tie afternoon attd evening* of the fair.
LaVaile Mielke and Sharon
Butcher the other members in
the Clare County Dairy Princess
Court will be present for the evening affair in front of the grandstand.
Organized groups of 4-H members and Future Farmers and
Future Homemakers are nbw
preparing exhibits, and some
plan toooths and stands Where
they Will sell meals and other refreshment's.
Large audiences are expected
to witness special entertainment
furnished by 4-H talent shows
and a Saddle Club performance
on August 4th.
Replacing the auto thrill show
of former opening nights, the
Board has scheduled a professional wrestling card at 8:15 on
August 3. Three bouts in the
ring will be climaxed by the
punishing "Austrailian Tag
match".
Fair dates this year run from
Entry Day on August 3, to the
Saturday night ending on
August 8.
School Boards
Organize
Jim Start, Farwell School
Board member and pharmacist at
Houghton's Drug store was elected president of that Board in*a
re-organization meeting held
Thursday evening following the
July 13 .election. He replaces
Bernard McNerney as head of
the Board. McNerney was not a
candidate for re-election.
The re-election of Dayton Brow'
and Allan Rawson, secretary and
treasurer "was also voted.
In the re-or,ganization meeting
for the Clare School Board, held
Monday ol this week, Harold
Hughes, was returned to the
presidency, and Dr. C. B. Nell,
the secretary. New member
Frank T. LaGoe is the treasurer.
No Licenses
James Darling, Clare County
Sheriff has announced that no
auto operators licenses will be
issued at Oils Harrison office Monday through Thursday of next
week. Mr. and'Mi's. Darling will
be at Escanaba attending a state
convention.