1959-08-27; Clare Sentinel

              THE CLARE SENTINEL
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THE CLARE SENTINEL. CLAHE, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, AUG. 27, 1959
Ten Conia Copy
New Series, Vol. 67, No,
>h.
Clare Manufacturing
Begins Production In
New Clare Building
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Hardly any of the thousands df
people who visited the new Clare
Manufacturing building at the
open house party last May would
recognize it for the same place
this week as loads of production
machines are being settled in
place and a few workers are already on new jobs there.
Plant Manager Harold Sandborn said that floor layout plans
call for the installation of 280
pieces of production machinery
of all types and thatothe i-nove into''the hew plant*°building is
scheduled to. be finished by tne
lend oi 1959.     ,:
The Company is gearing for the
production of, several additional
models of the aircraft'air valve
control similar to What is now
being manufactured on a smaller
production scale in the older
Clare plant.
The Holley" firjn's Warren,
Michigan operations in this fieva
are discontinued and the equipment is in the process of tranfer
for the resumption of the work
here.      - ' ,
Some 75 separate machines and
pieces of equipment are leaving
the present Clare Manufacturing
plant here for the short haul into
the hew building across the railroad, and'.there .they will fit into
operations alongside 200 pieces
arriving from Warren.
The move of equipment out of
the present plant building will
make room for a greatly expanded service-packing department,
SandbOrtt said.
The company anticipates rising:
business activity in this line and
already has orders waiting to oe
filled for service parts.
Rearrangement of the layout
in the present plant also is planned for the assembly, of .the con*-
troL".^it&-finish^^fe|^M^u-i
factoring operations. arid ihspeci
tion will be packed on" trays irt
the new plant and trarisfered to
assembly tables in a larger department in the old building.   .
Testing facilities for the .'complete, assembled.control are to be
in a second new building. This
department was added to the expansion plan after the start,ol
the huge plant.
A testing routine formerly pei>
formed on three stations .eqUip^
ped for the test of cohtrols under
actual-use conditions, now will oe
expanded to a 20-unit set Up in
the new building of its own.
Highly specialized equipment
for examination and tests will
shortly'be moved into this'build,
ing. • ■   •   .
Here, "air conditioning" is a
protective measure for a product
which may not come in contact
with harmful dust Or extreme
conditions that might cause, rust,
scratching or any damage to *na;
chined and highly polished surfaces.
•■ In the test building the air is
changed every five minutes by
automatic equipment that also
wash-filters it, and water-cools
some of the equipment.
Yet to be constructed is a
water reservoir for reserves in
the circulating system. The reservoir is to be in the field south
of the new main building, and is
planned as a 100x80-foot pit eight
feet deep.
Estimates last spring that tne
plant would be in production
early in the f all have been revised
to a new date a little later.
Although about 20 employees
arc working now in the new
building and more slowly joining
them as machines are readied lor
•use, the move won't be complete
until the last oi the year.
Mi*. Sandborn said that shifting
of operations is being accomplished according to ' plans ana
sometimes may be timed so
closely that a machine operator
completes' one job on his equipment just as it is next to I>e
moved, then he follows it to the
new position in the new building
and begins the next job with almost no loss of time on the work.
Previous estimates ' that tne
new plant addition would bring
several hundred new jobs has also been modified with Sandborn &
later view that; "about -one hundred or a few more jobs would be
added to present employment
- rolls of 330". .
Pride in the new facilities and
what they will contribute to the
swa prosperity are evident every
where at Clare Manufacturing.
Mr. Sandborn said that the company is especially pleased that a
local contractor, Laurenee Seiter,
and local labor were successful
bidders on all the construction
and work on the buildings. Seiter
Electric did the wiring and ligftv
fixture installations,
Management of the firm is already looking forward to an open
house and demonstration of
plant facilities which is tentatively planned for a public affair
after full production is attained,
White Skin
Dancers On
Club Program
The Clare Study Club will
open its fall program Tuesday
evening, September 1st. The
meeting will be held in the
basement of the new addition of
fhe Clare" Methodist Church.
Guests are welcome.
The entertainment for the
evening will be the "Woby-po-
Kegans", the White Skin Dancers of Coleman.
These young people have
•gained fame all over Michigan
for their beautifully ornate costumes which are hand made and
their authentic Indian ritualistic
dances of religious meaning.
• This is their third appearance
in Clare, having been at the
Congregational Church and the
Masonic Temple. Other places
the"** .hava presented their .program aire Midland, Edenville,
Mt, Pleasant, West Branch, Bay
City, Chesaning, Grayling, and
Mackinac Island. They have received a return bid to dance at
Maekinac Island next year with
all expenses paid.
The boys belong to the Cole
man Boy Scout Troop No. 85
sponsored by the American Le-
gion Post 207, and they themselves sponsor the girls in the
troop. They are self-supporting
and have their own bus and
equipment.
Glad Show
Aug. 29-30
Plans are completed for one of
the finest gladiolus shows ever
held in mid-Michigan according
to Midland's Harold D. Johnson
Vice-President of the Michigai
Gladiolus Society and general
show manager of the Mid-Michi
gan Show.
The Mid-Miohigan Gladiolus
Show will be held at the Midland
Community Center on August 29
and 30 with exhibitors expected
from all over Michigan, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois.
This show has come to be
known as one of the best shows
held each year in the middle west
This year according to Johnson
extra effort has been expended
to make the show outstanding
and pleasing to the general public. Special trophies wiil go it>
the champions of the show bourn the gladiolus competition ahd
in the flower arrangement competition.
Entries for the show must be
place by 11:30 a.m. on Saturday
the 29th. Judging will be completed and the doors will be open
to the general public by 3:00 p.m.
on that day. The show, which
is free to the public, will remain
open until 10:00 p.m. on Saturday and will open at noon ano
close at 6:00' p.m. on Sunday
August 30th.
Junior Choirs
To Meet ,
Choir director, Mrs. Jan Johnston, wishes to remind boys arid
girls -that the Congregational
Church Junior Choirs will meet
Thursday and Friday mornings
of this week at the Congregational Ghurch at 9:30 "a.m. All
hoys* and girls who are in
grades throe through nine are
welcome and invited in attend.
Clare School
To Take New
Registrations
Clare Public School administrators will start their year on
the customary day after Labor
Day even though students with
a week's grace period won't
show up at classrooms until the
following Monday.
Walter Mcintosh, elementary
principal, and Richard Snyder,
new high schpol principal will
spend the week of September 7
in their respective offices to
register all students who did not
previously register, before the
end of the past school year.
All children in kindergarten
through the eighth' grade, not
already registered. • may present
themselves at Mr. Mcintosh's'
office in the elementary school
\yest wing any time that week
from Monday through .Friday.   *
High school enrollees not
previously registered will find
Mr, Snyder in Room 102, next
to Superintendent Wheeler's office.
Both stressed the importance
of registering early.so that assignments may he made 'to
rooms and classes.   ■'-.■■
Mrs. Fleming in the superintendent's office said that the
school telephone is being
swamped with calls from parents who wish to know what
room their elementary child is
to be assigned to, and where it-
is located " in the remodeled
building?
She said that a very good system of room placement and corridor signs directing children
to their rooms Will be ready on
opening day, September 14, and
it should not be necessary to
call the school to inquire before
that day.
For Garfield
Fire Truck
Members of three-man committee in Garfield township have Invited residents there to attend a
fire engine and equipment demonstration Saturday evening and
help decide whether the township
should purcase a unit, and how
much should he budgeted for the
fire fighting equipment.
Wilbur McLane, Roger Russell,
and Elmer Hudson were appointed to the committee at the last
township ' annual meeting to investigate Costs of various fire de
partment apparatus and types of
equipment recommended ior residents of Garfield.
The public demonstration oi
equipment is set for 7:30 Saturday evening at the Neil Watkins
farm, 1% miles north of Anderson's Superette near Lake.
Among Other equipment to be
shown are low pressure Water
pumping gear, and fog nozzle
equipment.
If Garfield residents decide to
purchase and operate their own
Fire Department, it will be at
some central locatiun not yet se
lecfed. The township now has a
fire protection contract with tne
village of Farwell.
Safety Council
Will Award
First Aid Kit
The Isabella County Safety
Council will meet Tuesday, September 1, 8 p.m. in the Municipal
Court room in Mt. Pleasant.
A feature of the meeting will
be the drawing of a name from
the hundreds who sighed the
Safety Pledge at the Council's
booth at the fair. The winning
person will receive a First-Aid
kit.'
The "Good Driver" for August
will be honored and presented
with a certificate of merit by tne
Council. ~
The public is cordially invited
to the September'1 meeting.
Isabella County has enjoyed a
fine record in safety .this summer on its lakes and streams.
Everyone' is urged to continue
safe operation of motor boats
and careful observance of safe
sWimmjng practices. "End the
summer season without trageay'
urges Dr. W. J. Frazee, chairman
of the Council.   >
Baby Hangs
Self At Play    v
The infant son' of MK.l "and
Mrs. Wallace Spence of .Clare
was accidently killed Tuesday
afternoon when jie rolled off his
bed and hung himself on a'ifiet-
al chain, which he was weaying}
around his neck. The little necks
lace chain caught artd strangledj
the child.
The grieftetricken mother
told Dr. J. R. Gershon and Cor-*
oner Carl Stephenson that the
boy was playing in the next
room when the accident happened, around 6:40 in the afternoon,
She rushed the 17-month old
baby to the Clare General Hospital where Dr. Gershon attempted resuscitation and other methods of reviving him hut
was not successful.     7„ . ■     .
The family's home is in Gnmt
township north of the stockya-rd
corner area. .
Tom Sheredy
Bowlers'New
President
Officers for the following "year
were elected by the Clare Bowl-;
ing Association at their annual
meeting held at the Twin Elms
Country Club Thursday of last
week.
The meeting was called to order, by President Dale Sstough. Roll
\yas taken and seven leagues and.
twenty teams were represented.,
The president elected for the
coming year was Tom Sheredy.
Officers elected to serve With
<him are 1st Vice Pres,, Bill
Brown; 2nd Vice Pres., Walter
Bolle; 3rd Vice Pres., Dan Sullivan; and 4th Vice Pres., Jim
Perrine.. Sec-Treas. is J. C,
Marotzke. .Leon Dysinger. Elton
Marshall] Jim Russell,.and Dick
Paxton were appointed to the
Board of Directors by the new
president, Tom Sheredy.
Larry Shelander made a "few
remarks about the coming bo^fe
ing season. The motion Was made
and passed that the officers of
the Association should f&ke
charge of the City Playoffs at tne
end of the season.
The next annual meeting will be
held the third week in August,
1960.
.'     '
Present
Plan For
Trade Stamps
With the beginning' of a heW
trading stamp plan for customers of three Clare retail merchants, the participating businessmen and owners of the promotion explained features of
their plan to other businessmen
at a meeting Monday evening.
Sponsors of the plan had hoped
to sigh more participants after
the Monday discussion, but although the meeting was lightly
attended, they expressed .optimism with the reception they
said they were getting and are
continuing their campaign to expand the group.
Wallace Davenport, sales director for the American Community Stamps gave a prepared
talk outlining the claimed advantages for the plan.   .
1 He said that the stamps themselves would be given customers, one with each 25c that they
spend. Unlike some Other plans,
he "said, the stamps are redeemable not at a gift center, but at
any store or business Where
they are given. They are also
redeemable for cash at the rate
of $2.50 for a full book.
A portion of the money paid
by merchants for the stamps
will be returned tb the group,
Davenport said, to be used for
conimunity improvement projects, arid participating businesses will be supported in their
plan by sales campaign material
and local advertising as well as
store interior and show window
decorations.
10-DAY COUNTDOWN BEGINS
Schools Open Se
For Most Area Students
For most of the children of the ar§a, Labor Day weekend signals the end of summer vacation. Hundreds of stu-
Three Congregations
Planning Welcomes,
For Their New Pastors
Two churches in Glare and another at Brown Corners will greet new p-astors 'during services on the next
two Sundays. The "ministers are making their first pulpit
appearances to fill, vacancies where former pastors &o
cepted epulis elsewhere*     ;       ., », ■' - *   ■   *
Rev. Raymond,A,.'Schultz, of Wayne will be installed
Sunday, August:;;3Q, asUhe! new'--pastor s'of the. Clare, and
Hamilton St. John Lutheran Churches in. appropriate
ceremonies at' 8:Q0 p,m. in -the Clare church. Both church
councils will be present.     •
Taking part in the special services will be Rev. Ger-
hart Press, of Wayne,* who is president of the Michigan
Senate; Rev. Herman Maas, of St. Louis; Rev* John
Brenner, of Bay Gity^and,several other pastors who are
•expected to participate. ■" '."■:-
Rev. Schultz has served as assistant pastor to Rev.
Press at Wayne, and' comes highly recommended for his
work. He will deliver his first sermon on September 6.
There will be a reception, in the church parlors immediately-following-the-installation. The Clare Lutheran
Aid wiih be* in charge of the reception,
^Sruiwu (Cnxutxa. Ctpttrfy
Sunday, August 30, Rev, Charles Hull, formerly of
Ashley, \yill deliver Kis first sermon from the pulpit of
the Brown. Corners Church., Bev. Hull came to fill-the
pulpit.vacated by Bev. Everette Bay.      .   . ,
Earlier this week, -several friends and neighbors met
at the school house fof a farewell party for Rev. Bay and
family.-They, were presented- with a gift from the Community, and then lunch wasserved.
Rev.- Ray and family are moying to a pastorate at
Ashley.
Rev.* and Mrs. Hull-will arrive at their liome some
time this Week. - .   i
..•..-■■.•'" (tflaxt (CongztQalionaly' ........
Rev. Fletcher V. Parker wiiiibegin'-hiS ministry at {he
Glare Congregational Church hn* September 6 when he
will conduct his first worship service here. A church
bulletin notice and a_ more recent letter to families in the
parish informed them of his acceptance of the.call to the
Clare pulpit.
Jack Richards, student at "Olivet College will deliver
his final Sermon in the role of supply speaker on August
30. Mr. Richards has beenpreaching in the Congregational
Church during the month of August.
Hospital Admissions At Peak
In 1958 Wiile Births Decline
Draft Board
On Vacation
Michigan Local Selective Service, Board No.. IS (Clare) will
be closed from August 31, until
September 8, 1959, according to
clerk, Bernie Wilson, who is on
vacation.
Young men of drafting age,
18, who wish to register may do
so. with Mrs. Ken Ritter at the
Band Box Cleaners,
The Michigan Hospital Association today announced that'ftos-
pital admissions throughout the
state reached an all-time high In
1958' with 1,025,964 patients, an
increase of 18,676 patients over
last year's record total of 1,007,-
288.
For the first time in ten years
the number of births failed to
surpass a previous year's total.
The 1958 summary shows 202,104
babies born in 1958, which is
5,959 less than the 208,063 births
recorded in 1957.
These statistics were compiled
from questionnaires sent to 248
hospitals in the State, 89 percent
of which are members of the
Michigan Hospital Association
listed by the American Hospital
Association in its annual, directory of hospitals.
The ratio of hospital admissions
to population in Michigan exceeded the total population increase fbr the past year at a rate
of over two to 6ne.
In 1958 the rate of admissions
to all hospitals was 130.4 per
thousand population as compared
to 129 per thousand population in
1957. Had the ratio of admissions to population remained constant at the 1957 level, there
would have been 10,464 fewer
admissions in 1958, rather than
the 1,025,964 reported.
The questionnaires showed that
number of admissions in 1958
climbed nedrly 2% over 1957.
The report disclosed that dur-,
ing any day in 1958, there was an
average of 62,129 patients 'ana
553 new born infants in Michigan,
Hospitals.
Of all the people admitted to
hospitals in Michigan last year,
94 percent went into general
hospitals.   •
Of the'average 62,129 patients
irt Michigan hospitals on any.
giveh day in 1958, - 69 - percent
were in * state and government
hospitals', 24 percent jn non-profit hospitals, 6 percent in federal
hospitals,, and less than 1 percent
in proprietary,
Although less than 1 percent
of all admissions were to psychiatric hospitals in 1958, 44 percent of all patients in hospitals
on any given day were, in psychiatric istitutions in Michigan as
compared to the national average
of 51 percent.
• On the average for every dollar
spent in providing patient care
in Michigan, non-profit general
hospitals 4.2% was for house
keeping, 11.3% for dietary, 4.5%
for pharmacy, 1.3% for medical
records, 5.7% for laboratory, 5.1%
for radiology, .5% for physical
therapy, 4.0% for depreciation,
2.3% for repairs and maintenance
4.3% for plant operation, 2.9%
for laundry, 11.8% for administration, 11.9% for medical and
surgical service, and 30.2% lor
nursing service and education.
Teachers
Join MEA
Region 12 of the Michigan Education Association showed an
increase in MEA and National
Education memberships for.1958*
59, according to figures just released by Mrs. Marjorie Guy,
membership secretary.
At the close of the June 30
fiscal year,- Region 12, Bay,
Miidlahd, Isabella, Clare, Gladwin, Arenac, IoBco, Ogemaw and
Roscommon counties, had memberships of 2,318' and 1,107 for
both associations. This figure
compares with 2,244 and 1,024
registered in the corresponding
period, one year ago.
GIANT WRESTLING SHOW
At Evart- fairgrounds, .Saturday* Aug, 29, 8:30 p.m. See Midgets, 6 Man Australian Tag
match, 740 pound Happy Farmer
Humphrey, Mexican champ,
others. Reserved ririgside seats
$1-50; 'grandstand $1.00 and 50
cents, , ndv,
dents are preparing to troop back to classrooms September
8, after a last holiday fling at freedom, *
Only at Clare Public School and at St. Cecilia Parochial
School will the opening day-fee postponed until September
14, The week delay was planned some time ago to allow the
extra time for finishing work on the new Clare High School
building. St., Cecilia's opening was timed to coincide With
the start of Public School transportation schedules.
Rural schools throughout Clare "county, and at FarwelJ*
Harrison, Rosebush and Lake-have reported some general
increases ift student enrollment.
Lists of faculty members include new members hired
for the year, and changes in teaching assignments for several others. .
At the Rosebush school, preparations haye beep riiade tp admit pupils who were formerly
taught at'.the Bowen School.
.They will he jbrbught to Rosebush by regdlar school , buses.
They are trading places with
that district fifth'graders, who
Will be transported to the Bowen Schbol building for their
classes there. „    .
Miost other changes-in transportation schlklules are minor
and have been announced by
schbol authorities.
Harrison Schools...
The. Harrison §chool will
open with an expected enrollment of approximately 650.
This is" about 15 or 20" "more
students than the school closed
With last year.
Changes in the elementary
faculty this year are: Dorothy
Saunders, first and second
grades; Irene Schwanz, second
grade; Pearl Brady, third and
fourth grades; Margery Cleveland, sixth grade; and Elmer
Lepp, principal and cafeteria
supervisor. The changes for high
school are:, Ruth : Hutchinson,
eighth grade; ■' Arthur Vince,
science and. mathematics; Donald Paajanen, science and biology; and Wayne Buehofc*", history
and physical education.
" Rosebush ftpmmit    ~
The Rosebush School will open
Tuesday at 9 a.m." according-to
an announcement by Principal
Dorothy LoWery.  •'
All children who have not
enrolled in kindergarten are
asked, to enroll Tuesday morning at the kindergarten, three
miles west of Rosebush. Children must be 5 years old before
December 1, and must present
birth certificates before they
can be registered as entrants.
Kindergarten children, who
are previously registered, will
enroll on .Wednesday, September 9. Those children living
south of the east-west road of
Rosebush will go in the morh-
ihg-.'- Those living north of the
east-west road ahd ih Rosebush
will go in the afternoon after
the first week. For the first
week pnly, the morning kindergarten will go to school on
Wednesday morning, and the
afternoon group Will go on
Thursday and Friday mornings.
Buses will pick up the children on much the same schedule
as last year. Students who attended Bowen School last year
will be transported to the Rosebush School, except for the fifth
grade of the entire Rosebush
District, Which will be transported to the Bowen School.   •
Students will be returned
home shortly after 12 noon the
first week of school. Half-day
sessions will be" held the first
Week Only to coincide with the
Mt. Pleasant Junior and Senior High School schedule. Full
day sessions will begin on Monday, September 14. All new registrants are to enroll, at the
principal's   office.
Milk will be provided for 15
cents a week per child beginning Wednesday, September 9,
for kindergarten, and on Monday, September 14, for the
grades. Children living near, the
school are. urged to go home
for "their lunch.
A - fee of $1.50 a semester
will be required from each
child to help pay for schoo!
supplies. ' .       1
The faculty members for the
year are: Jo Anne Nelson, kindergarten; Lois Watt, ' first
grade; Lola Fordyce, second
grade; Berniee Morrison, third
grade;' Marie Evans, fourth
grade; Rhea O'Grady, fifth
grade; Irus Egglestort, sixth
.grade;' Agnes Epple, seventh
grade; Eileen Jacobs, , eighth
grade, Louise Lantz, music, and
Dorothy Lowery, principal.
At St. Cecilia's
St. Cecilia Schbol in Clare
will have its first day of classroom study on September 14.
The expected enrollment for the
first day is About 1*10, This is
an increase of approximately 10
students over last year. Everything, has been set up so 'that
Classroom assignments are expected to be given the first day.
Principal Sister Mary Juliet
will continue in the same position and will also teach grades
one, two and. part of three.
New members of the faculty are:
Sister Mary Marita, who is formerly of Toledo, will teach the
other part of the third grade
and also fourth and fifth; Sister Mary Andrew, who taught
last year in Detroit, will teach
the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades.
Lake, or Garfield School will
open. with. only one change "in
the faculty. Mr. Kenneth Karcen-
kowski will take, over the position of principal and also will
teach the upper grades.
County* grade schools will
also open On September, 8, according to County School Commissioner, Lenoi^l Schwansj.
These schools are: Franklin,
Frost, Grant, Greenwood, Hamilton, Hatton, Redding, Sheridan and Winterfield.
New teachers hired to fill vacancies in the county schools
are: Frost, Nan Myers; Winter-
field, Wava- Boonstra; Summer-
field (Leota), Cyril Letson; and
mum, mh Ai-i&ns waits*. "
Season Start
Sept. 25
For Pioneers
Coach George Perry this
year will send his '59-'60 Pioneer
football squad in quest of what
Will be the last championship of
the Mid-Michigan "B" confer-
ence. ,
The six-school conference
which indtudes dlane, Chesaning, Durand, Ithaca, St. Louis
and Shepherd will end athletic
ties at the end of the coming
school year. One of the reasons
given for dissolving the league
is the long distance between
towns and the problem of team
and spectator transportation. •
Ticket sales to fans from visiting towns have been at a dis*.
appointing low when Durand
and Chesaning at the far south
of the conference area played
northern towns..
In the middle of May Of this
year, Ciare joined a new conference, which Will start with
the '60-'61 season. Schools schedr*
uled to play in the new Chippewa Valley Conference are Shepherd, Coleman, Mt. Pleasant
Sacred Heart and Clare.
The Pioneers are opening
their current season on September 25 oh- our own field in ;a
game against Saginaw Michigan
Lutheran Seminary. .
Clare football players will
have their first practice bn the
field on September 8.
This year the Pioneers will
play four games' at home and
three games on other school's
fields. •   "
Offer CMU
Courses In
Home Study
Central Michigan University
classes will be available in-. 22
Michigan cities during tho Fall
semester, 1959.
These classes, offered through
Field Services, are open to recent high school graduates who
wish to attend college at home as
Well as teachers who are working toward certification.
Other persons may also apply
since each application is given
individual consideration,