1959-09-10; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLAHE SENTINEL, CE.ABE, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1859
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Opening Postponed
In New Hi-School
\
Official "postponement of the
starting date of high scnooi
classes was announced early this
week by Superintendent Richard.
Wheeler, School officials have sev
the new opening date for September 21, a change of one weeK.
Postponement was announced
definitely because? of delays in
vital' material needed for the completion of the new school. Delivery has still been held up for
the window glass, and defective
ceiling material had to be returned.
In spite of the close deadline
that has been scheduled on tne
finish of the project as late as a*
week or ten days agd there was
every possibility that classes
would start in the new school t"«
14th.
'Even with the delay of another
week, however . ,there will tie
some unfinished construction, lt
will probably ' require after
school and week-end labor for a
while to complete the work. General contractor for the new. building is Davison and Son, Tawas.
Work commenced there one year
ago.
Air. Wheeler gave ah answer to
arf of ten-heard question asking
why there is no penalty clause
for failure to complete the scnooi
on the. scheduled date. He explained that-the use of suci a
•-•condition is only coupled with a
bonus payment for finishing
ahead of the required date. An
arrangement like this cannot oe
made part of a contract when
funds are vo'ted for specific purposes not including the bonus m
question.
Because the school was scheduled earlier in the year to open
on the 14th, plans were made for
a June 10 commencement, whlca
is a week later than Clare's usual
date.
The change in the opening oi
school is very unlikely to have"
any effect on the night of com-
4 „ mencement,    according   toy Mr.
**% WheeierV ,^a^^a^»hlAf'
Y-i ''will -be needed td fulfil1/the inquired   schedule Will   he  taken
out of vacations. Christmas vacation, which is the longest, will
probably provide, several of the
• make-up days required.
There are 180 school days required for a school year. Clare
has scheduled 182, and will probably not be shortened any.
Although the high school
will 7$iot start "Until Septeirt-
■ ber 21, all grades from kiitd-"
ergartett through eighth will
-start on the 14th as they
were told before.
Students have had varying
opinions about the extra vacation
K this summer. From many come
yells of joy, and from .others*
who have waited With great anticipation for the first year in a
new school, moans of disappointment
Bill Legg, who will be a senior
this year, has been working out
of town this summer. He asked
his mother to find out about the
definite date for schools opening..
Postponement means an additional week of work for him, which
will, mean more money for his
college education next year.
Karla Coper, a junior this year,
found the delay very disappointing. "I want to go to school. 1
have been ready for a week now.
My vacation as all over and I'm
ready to settle back down to
some studying." was what 'she
said when questioned.
Deb Nolan, who is going to be
a senior has a point worth worrying over. Because school won't
be out until the 10th it will cut
down his chance for getting a
job for the summer. Most employers want • to hire new employees right at the beginning oi
the summer. .-    /
With college coming up next
fall, Deb is trying to make "some
more pennies" for the expenses.
Getting out later and starting
earlier will cut down on his time
Jo prepare for college.
Gayla Carrow, who is also go-
ipg to be a senior, has a little
different point of view. "I would
like to have the school all finisn-
ed before we start. 1 really don't
mind waiting if it can be nicer
when we finially do get into it.
Besides, it is still nice enough to
go swimming and enjoy a little
more summer vacation," were
her opinions on the subject.
Water Wonderland On Wax
With Northernaires Singing
'A recorded version of The Northernaires male quartet "Water .Wonderland" will soon be on sale to the
public.
Clare Manufacturing Plant Manager Harold Sandborn
and Chris Smith, agent for the songmakers told the public
about the record Wednesday. Clare Manufacturing sponsors the popular foursome.
Distribution of the Water Wonderland disc will make
the" piece more widely heard, and the Northernaires have
hopes that the number will receive serious consideration
for selection as Michigan's official State Song.
' Words and music of the song were written.by Ralph
Carpenter, member of the quartet.
. The number was taped Sunday in preparation for the
final pressing of records. In Midland the Northernaires
performed in the studios of the Fredericks. Recording
Company who will manufacture and distribute the platters. Dick Jessop's orchestra from Saginaw accompanied
the 'Aires
Smith said that the records will appear on sales
counters in about six weeks. He hopes to find retail outlets both here and in other areas.
The reverse side of the record, has another numbel
that local audiences have heard the Northernaires sing,
"Blues Stay Away From Me". According to Smith, the
number "has been re-arranged with a rock 'n roll beat to
appeal to younger record fans.
Dependent
Oldsters Can
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Rev. Parker
Conducts
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County Sells
$60,000. Notes
Borrowing against anticipated
property tax revenue, Clare
county sold $60 thousand worth
of notes recently. B.uyer was. the
Detroit firm Kennower-McAr-
thUr and Company.
Quoting the same percentage
figure for interest on, the loan,
.The Citizens State &ank of Glare
and Rosebush was second-place
bidder by only less than six dollars.
County officials say the loan
is needed for budgeted Operating outlay af ter ,the last, fiscal
.year left the government about
•'$J?6,$Qfl In th"*- red.
In a release last Week from the
office of E. O. Wiles, District
Manager ol the Traverse City,
Mich, social security district, n
Was learned that some senior
citizens who live on limited budgets may be entiltled to payments which they are not now
receiving.
Who are these people? Why
are they not receiving payments?
What can they do to get them
now?
These senior citizens are fathers, age 65 and over, and mothers
age 62 and over, who depended
• on deceased son or daughters tor
at least one-half of their support.
In August 1958 Congress
changed the social security law
to permit dependent parents to
collect survivor benefits even it
the deceased worker was survived by a widow, a dependent widower, or a child under age 18.
Before the 1958 amendments,
dependent parents could not
qualify if other surviving members of the family were eligible for present or future benefits.
Many of these" now eligible parents may haVe asked about benefits before the change and have
been told they did' not qualify.
An application must be filea
before a social security benefit
can be paid. Application may oe.
retroactive for as much as
twelve months. Therefore, a ae-
perident parent who had reached
retirement age by September la-
58 will lose no benefits if he files
an application in September lSby.
Further delay will cause the loss
of one or more month's benefits.
The new provisions of the law
to all dependent parents whether
the .worker died before or after
the change in the, law in 1958.
The depentent parent of a work
er who died before September
1958. must file proof of the support received'from the deceased
child, by September 1960. This
proof of support must be filed
even if the parent is not yet old
enough to collect benefits. The
parent of a worker who died after August 1958 must file the
proof within two years after the
death of the son or daughter.
Mr. Wiles stated that the important thing to remember is
that dependent parents w-aose
claims were hot Billowed because
of the survival of the workers
Widow br child are urged to get
in touch with Jheir local social
security district - office at 235
Grand View Parkway, Traverse
City, Michigan for further information.
Dwelling upon a most illuminated and straight-to-the>point
lesson in Saint Paul's first fetter to the Corinthian Church,
Rev. F. V. Parker laid down a
foundation stone of his ministry
in the Clare . Congregational
Church Sunday. In his opening
service, Rev. Parker read the
apostle's words, "But we preach
Christ crucified-, unto the Jews
a stumblingblock, and unto the
Greeks foolishness; tout unto
them which are called, both Jews
and Greeks, Christ the power of
God, and the wisdom of God."
He developed a significant
point in his sermon along the
theme that, "The Christian
Church is djscipleship". And asserting his belief that churchmen are called upon to be constant examples of practical
Christians, he encouraged his
listeners to hide not their lights,
and not be ashamed to boast of
Christ's works in the lives of
men.
The 'new minister's initial service in the Clare church was attended by a congregation somewhat larger than that of an
average summer Sunday. The
announcement that services
would continue at 11 o'clock
a.m. and that church school
would begin fall classes next
Sunday at the same hour was
made.
Rev. Parker' is a native of
Winchester, Massachusetts
where his father was a Congregational minister, now retired.
With his A.B. degree from
Middlebury College, Vermont, he
went, on to graduate from the
Divinity School at Yale University.
Since the summer- of 1954,
Rev. Parker has been the pastor
of the Mt. Holly Congregational
Church in Amelia, Ohio where
he built an enviable record in
membership increases, church
building addition, other physical
improvements, and growing de
velopment in the religious edu
cation department.
Dr. R, B. Kring, chairman of
the church's Pulpit Committee,
in earlier announcing Rev,
Parker's acceptance of the call
to this church, said, "It is the
belief of the Trustees, Deacons,
Deaconesses and the Pulpit
Committee that the Congregational Church of Clare has. a
definite obligation in meeting
spiritual needs of this commu-;
nity, and also that our church
has a big future".
The church plans a reception
soon- for Rev. and Mrs. Parker
where friends and members can
be introduced to the new minister,.
Celebration
Pleases Crowd
At Farwell
By Lois Birdsall
Homecoming day in Farwell
started off with a fine Labor
Day crowd on hand to see the
parade, which was much, longer
than ujjfal and seemed to be the
best yet.
The business places were certainly well represented; also
there were the V.F.W. Post, the
Ladies Auxiliary, the Blue Star
Mothers, the Scouts and 4-H.
Everyone enjoyed the fine horses, since we don't see one very
often these days. There were
many fine floats and many
thought the one by the Latter
Day Saints was very nice.
Along with the many interesting features was the Farwell
School band, and also the Marion
and Coleman bands ahd one other group of musicians, The
Coleman White Skin Daricers
also did some real entertaining.
The recreation area was a
lively place, hot as the day was,
fov the oldsters as well as . the
youngsters. All the booths in the
midway were Farwell sponsored.
Farwell won the ball game
against Rosebush. -V
. The Band stuck to their guns
until the last, playing for their
Cake Walk in ah effort to earn
money for new uniforms..  .*
Homecoming day was preceded on Saturday night with the
Annual Auld Lang Syne banquet. A fine group of old friends
enjoyed the visiting hour EirtH
at banquet time 10Q persons
were seated, at tables brightly
decorated with gladiolus. On the
speakers tables were red, white'
and blue candles; with colorful
program folders for all.
Following the very delicious
chicken dinner served ib)y the
ladies, of the R.L.D.S. Churchy
the program was held and was
very interesting. Francis Thbm-
as, a former Farwell -student
and teacher was the Toastmaster, whose introductions were
,nau,eh^ appfceciated**'";-^--.. -.^..Yte**
The presiaeht, Mrs. Inezi^fa
ley gave the warm welcome ""$hd
the response was by Helen
Tanner of Midland. Mrs. 'Edith
Schroeder, who was a member
of the first Farwell 12th grade
graduating class, did some very
interesting reminiscing. Hazel
Littlefieid Smith was a member
of the last gradiiatng class from
the former old high school
building. She spoke at length of
the part her father played, in
the village -of Farwdl in the
early days, the schools and the
Welfare of the people in general.
She said that where ever she
might live, FarweH would always be home to her.
Jay Bellinger spoke in appreciation of all who were present
and had a part in making the
event such a pleasant one.
Mary Barlow is the newly
elected president and all other
officers were re-elected-
Water Tank
Repairs Start
This week Clare's water tank
is getting a new face. The big
'tank which is located across the
street from the City Hall in the
park, supplies Clare with tlie
water needed.
The first step in the repairs
being done'was to empty the
tank of all water. The sides wiu
then be scraped to search for any
leaks or corroding sections.
After all of the leaks have been
repaired, the entire tank will be
reribbed, to prevent any*further
trouble with leaks for* a while.
Finally the exterior of the tank
will be given a complete paini
job.
■Pittsburg Tank and Tower
Company from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, is the company In
charge of all the work being
done.
lays Away
Day Leaves
dent Record
With the nation and many
parts of Michigan aghast at the
Labor. Day traffic toll, Clare ana
the nearby area in Clare and Isabella counties were an island of
safety for motorists. Sheritt
James Darling and Clare City
Police reported a long week end
unusually ' quiet and free from
highway injury and property
damage.
A picture window in the front of Clare's new Village Art Market
frames an exhibit within of tapestry and ceramics ready for
"Viewers on Sunday. The mart built on the side of the home of Mrs.
Virginia Seitz will have continuing sales of art objects and paintings. The opening is Sunday when area artists also stage tlijsir
annual exhibit in the Doherty hotel* * Lee Sowle phpto.
Art Mart
And Show
Open Sunday
On Sunday September 13 Clare
will have its own art market,
one of the very few in the
state outside of the Detroit
area.
At noon on the 13th Virginia
Seitz will open the Village Art
Market to the public with an
exhibit of Louis Raynor's ceramics and Alice and Howard
Gniswold's 'handwoven textile's.
Mr. Raynor teaches ceramics in
the Michigan State University
Art Department arid for many
years has exhibited in craft
shows and museums throughout
the nation.
Alice and Howard Griswold
are independent* craftsmen from
East -Lansing . whose handsome
textiles have been shown at
America House, Smithsonian
Institute, Chicago Art Institute,
Detroit Art Museum and many
others.
The Market is a studio addi-,
tion to the Seitz home at 114 E
Fifth street. It will be open
from 10 to 5 daily , the year
around As in any art market,
all exhibit items will be for
sale.
Louis Raynor and the -Oris
wolds will provide the Village
Art Market with their crafts the
year around. Other Art and
Craft shows will be brought to
the community through the
Market at intervals throughout
the year. The May, 1060 show
will feature Robert Engstrom's
handcrafted jewelry,, The No
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Trout. After
Sept. 13
Fishermen are reminded that
September 13 is the final day of
Michigan's 1959 regular trout
season. This date also marks an
end to all fishing. in designated
trout lakes and'-most trout
streams.
Some trout streams or portions of these streams'will remain open to fishing for other species after the regular
trout season closes.
Brook trout will remain on
the legal catch list through
October 15 in Swanzy and Airport lakes of Marquette county.
This experimental regulation is
part of a Conservation Department research project.
Rainbow trout may also be
taken during an extended fall
season . . . September 14-Novem-
ber 30 ... in lakes and streams
designated by the Department.
A listing of lakes and streams
open to hook and line fishing
during this season can be obtained from the Department's
fish division, Lansing 26, or any
of the Department's district
field  headquarters.   -
4 Leave On
Award Trip
On Thursday of this Week,
four boys and girls from Isabella county left on their award
trip to the Toronto International
Exhibition. Shirley Moore, Coleman; Wayne Anderson, Rosebush and Margie Swindlehurst,
Rosebush selected as the outstanding > 4-H club members
along with Allen Ayris the boy
Achievement Booth winner are
making this trip. They are also
to be-congratulated lor., their
,fine efforts in Club work.
Stricken
Clifford Muterspaugh, 52, of
Jackson was' in Harwell on Labor
Day and just after having dinner
with his family at a restaurant
he suffered a cerebral hemmor-
age. He was removed to. the
Clare General Hospital by Coker
ambulance and is on the critical
list. Mr." Muterspaugh is the oldest son of Mrs. Irene Muterspaugh of Rosebush.
1960 Tabs In
Production
Judging from inquiries at 250
Michigan Department of State
Branch Offices there are many
people in Michigan who are not
aware that they will not have
new license plates in I960.
Instead, starting on November 1, 1959, owners of passenger
vehicles Will, when registering,
get a metal tab, 3% by lVa inches in size, which is affixed to the
upper right hand corner of the
1959 license plate.
The tab carries a serial number etched in the metal and the
number '60 in green on a golden
yellow background. This is the
reverse of the 1959 plates which
carry yellow numerals and letters on a green background. The
serial numbers will" not be identical with the two-letter four-
digit county-designated license
plates but wilf run numerically
starting at 1001. According to
Secretary of. State, James M.
Hare, the low numbers will be
shipped to Upper Peninsula
branches and the' highest numbers, which run into seven digits, will ba sold iri Wayne
county branch, offices.
"Production on these tabs is
well under way at Jackson
Prison," Hare said.
A new law passed by -* the
Legislature this year calls for
completely reflectorized plates
in 1961.
Census Jobs
Are Open
Robert H. Campbell, Clare
County Republican Chairman
announced this week that ap
plication can now be made for
enumerators for Clare County
1959 farm census. Qualifications
are that applicants must be citizens of the U.S. and at least 18
years of age; be a high school
graduate or equivalent; * able to
devote full time to the position;
licensed to ' operate and' provides,
a privately owned- car; physically vigorous with good hearing
and vision -^ be able to read maps,
conduct interviews and ' pass
written tests.
Applications 'are * available
from Robert H. Campbell, Sarah Schaeffer, Montze Gee, Fern
Rose, F.mil Bucholz and Joe
Grim. Applications should be in
by September 19th.
In Clare, Police Chief William
Bell's Department was reinforced
by the addition of three Guardsmen who rode patrol routes witn
local uniformed men on shift
duty. '
Records covering the four days
'beginning with September 4
showed almost no complaints or
traffic emergency- situations. A
very few auto violation tickets
were issued and police investigated one reported case of car
"stripping" where someone was
thought to be tampering wiui
cars near the Dan McDonald
Ford sales.
No one was found at the scene
when police arrived.
Only at Farwell were law officers called on a local' holiday
weekend auto accident involving
injury and damage amounting to
more serious proportions.
An accident at the intersection
of M-U5 and US-10 injured three
people and damaged two autos,
one being a total wreck.
Requiring hospitalization ior
their hurts were:
Clifford Depaw, 50, driver ot
ope of the cars colliding. He hau
Severe lacerations and other injuries to his head, left leg, and
chest.
Donna J. Eaton of Farwell, a
passattger in the car driven by
Max Eaton, Manton. She was
hospitalized with painful burns
on her back and legs, inflicted
when the car in Which she was
riding burned after the crasn.
Linda Eaton, two year-old
daughter who had scratches and
bruises.
The accident was described to
State Police from the M. P. post as
happening when Eaton's 1948
Plymouth sedan stopped at the
intersection' and. Was struck? Jh
tm tear hy a 195s Raafbier5 stfe
.tionwagon driven by Depew, Of
Marion. The■■ blow in tho reai
caused the Plymouth to explode
and burn.
The Depew car continued onward after the collison and veered across US-10, knocking over
a telephone booth there and coming to a halt some 40 paces farther on across the crowded highway.
The accident happened at 8:40
p.m.
Police reported that blame in
the mishap had not yet been
determined, but that Clare
County Prosecutor James is,
Bicknell, III was to interview De
Pew further before recommendations were made.
In the Clare county vacation
and resort areas, no Water or
highway accidents marred a
quiet Labor Day according to the
sheriff. This, despite heavy trar-
fic and near record crowds at
every resort, beach and recreation spot.
Perhaps it was a fortunate
coincidence that violators staged
out of trouble during this particular time, Darling, said, since
the county jail was already more
than full.
T\yenty-four inmates are crowded into the 20-bed jail.
Four armed robbery suspects
from Bay City are being held
in maximum security cells Xor
Gladvvin county officers. Tftij
quartet are suspects awaiting examination in the case of'the thelt
at gunpoint of a Conservation
Department car and officer's
weapon.
Caught in the upper peninsula,
the four were returned 'arid are
being held here.
Other prisoners filling the jail
to the limit are waiting settlement of various charges- from
breaking and entering, to drunk
and»disorderly. They were lopk-
ed up before the holiday weekend
began. Darling- 'said that bri«
woman prisoner had to be rts--
fused because of the crowecied
condition of the jail.
4-H Judges
Place In
State Show
The Livestock Judging team
at the State 4-H Show, composed
of Wayne Anderson, Bowen
Club; Terry House, Rosebush
Club and Don Moore, Bowen
Club placed sixth in this strong
and very competitive contest.
Land judgng. a new 4-H contest was received very well and
the Isabella' team composed of
Terry House, Rosebush; Don
Moore, Clare; Roy Muterspaugh,
Mt. Pleasant; Russell Graham,
Farwell and Alvin Grace of
Rosebush 'placed third in this
new contest.
All county participants ih .this
44th annual 4-H State Show are
to be congratulated for the fine
efforts on their exhibits, in
judging and demonstration competition and. their interest and
enthusiasm while at the show.'
Thanks to Mrs, Ray Slack, Mt.
Pleasant who chaperoned the
State Show delegation, Miss
Rutfi Mcllnay, home agent, who
assisted the club, agent in numerous Ways* and to Harry- Densmore. extension director who
likewise made the trip very sue-
A ressfuU .
Quills No
Match For
Police Guns
Clare police officer Ray Li*{£
pold has his second porcupine
"scalp" hanging from his pohsn-
ed uniform belt today after •***
quill-throwing quadruped, was*
cornered, treed and executed
Tuesday night. ,
The wild critter was discovered
at about 10:15 Tuesday evening,
lurking about in the vicinity of
Seventh and Beech.
Officer Lippold and Chief William Bell decided he was gUUty
of disturbing the peace and vio-
lationg the town curfew. The
"porky" tried to make a tdn" tor
it, but; he. couldn't hide on "the
maple branch he seltert-ed: apt*
Ihree .22 rille sfiois dropped Kfia;
A little crowd of neighborhood
residents gathered to witness•&»<•*
execution.
It Was the second wild porcupine to meet his finish in a brUsii
with Officer Lippold.
A month ago, Mrs. HarViuy
Hartshorn called police to de&l
with a quilly intruder that had
climbed a tree in her yard. Barking dogs chased the animal ,Up
there at 7 a.m. , . 7
That timeLippoldh^diknexcited audience bi neighborhood
youngsters who watched hiiii-
empty his revolver into the victim before the porcupine gave u^
his grip on the branch and tUiri-
bled to the ground.. The quill artits
did not return the fire.
Conservation Officer Don Seu
confirmejj that porcupines are
not protected by games laws.
"There's open season on them the
year around", he said.
They are considered damaging
to trees, — mostly orchard varieties of apple trees and cedars.
They girdle the bark and kill the
trees.
Owners of hunting dogs consider them a dangerous nuisance
because a dose of their baroea
and poisonous quills in the
mouth and face of a dog is
enough to disable him or eVen
cause the dog's death.
Bell guessed that perhaps some
river-bank clearing work among
cedars in the newly developed
Brookwood subdivision may have
routed the porcupines from their
natural habitat arid caused them
to wander into town.
Dow Workers
Offered Stock
An offering, of 120,000 shares
of common stock of The Dow
Chemical Company to its employees and those of its subsidiaries and certain associated
compainies was announced today.
The new offering, to be known
as the 1959*60 Employees* Stock
Purchase Plan, will be thi
eleventh since the company
started sejling common stock to
its employees on. an installment
basis in 1948.   •.
Approximately 29,500 employ
ees will "toe eligible to subscribe
for. stock. this year under th-h
Usual payroll deduction plan.
The pricfr of the stock will be
announced by the company on
September 30 and subscriptions
will be accepted from October 12
through October 30.
- For the past several years
about 40 per cent of eligible employees have subscribed for
shares on the installment basis,'