1960-01-07; Clare Sentinel

              (4
ENTINEL
&
«S
ft*.
;<#•
i. v'1"
Established 1878
$2.50 Year in Clare; Isabella Counties
-'■I/Ha CLAHE Bhfl-rUNEiL. CLARE, MKCTO&N
THUnSDAY, JAN. 7, 1360
Ten Cants Copy    Naw Series, Vol. 68, Ho. 17
Tour Wednesday
To Visit Isabella
Dairy Operators
Dairymejn. and interested onlookers will start Wednesday
morning next week on their annual tour to outstanding dairy
.farm operations to visit three of
the best in Isabella county.
The tour arranged by the local committee of Richard Stev.
ens, James McDonald, Ronald
Ervin, William Block and Raymond Fox cooperated with the
county Extension Service 'headed by Director Harry Densmore,
and with dairy organizations.
Explorers
Name Five
Post Leaders
Twenty-six Explorers and their
leaders attended the third and
final training course held at
Sid's restaurant in Lake, Michigan last month.
Jack Scheall, instructor for the
three sessions said the interest
ran high on the new Explorer
program. Post 117, Lake Chamber of Commerce had six of
their members attend. Post 20,
Mt, Pleasant Oddfellow had five
members. Post 125, Clare Rotary
club had 16 members attend.
The following Explorers were
elected presidents of their respective posts: Post 117, William
Scott of Lake; Post 125, Jack
Bauder of Clare; Post 202, Terry
Meier of Mt. Pleasant; Post 147,
Ted Scheall of Mt. Pleasant;
Mike Blizzard of Post 203, Mt.
Pleasant.
Two Explorers from each post
were appointed to the Tomahawk District Cabinet, which is
set up in the area to plan events
that a small unit could not do
by itself. Post 117 is William
Scott and Jerry Heim of .Lake*
Post *125 is Larry Calkins apd
Tom Sweet of Clare; Post 202 is
Phil Mead and Robert Berryhill;
5ost 147 is Paul Celauro and
Robert Bergquist; Post 203 is
Frank Foltz and Mike Blizzard.
Tentative plans were made by
several posts in regard to their
doming events and program,
Post 202 will specialize in horseman ship and one of their highlights: will be a trail ride. Post
125 and Post 117 have picked
rifle marksmanship. Post 147
chpse conservation.
. A new Explorer post is planned for Farwell. Several organisations will be asked to attend
an organizational meeting to
(discuss the Explorer program.
Hiram Gates, scoutmaster, said
some of the older fellows would
prefer the Explorer, program because of the types of activities
Exploring has to offer:
Church Union
Topic For
Annual Meet
•
The Rev.'Robert Harrison of
Saginaw will answer questions
on "The United Church" • following the annual 'meeting of the
Clare Congregational Church on
Sunday, January 10. The United
Church of Christ is the new denomination formed by the union
of the General Council of Con-
gregatonal Christian Churches
and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Next year the
local congregations will be asked
to Vote on the constitution for
the* new denomination. >
The afternoon will begin with
a potluck supper at 4:30, followed by group singing, the annual business meeting and a
showing of "The youngest
Church", a movie of the Uniting
General Synod of the United
Church of Christ. Mr. Harrison
Was a delegate to the second
General Synod in 1959 and is in
an excellent position ^o , report
on the union and what effect it
would have on local congregations.
New Years Baby
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald ^ein believe they are the parents of the
first baby born in this area hi
I960* Their soft Duane .'Gerald
was born at 5 a.m. January 1, at
Central Michigan Hospital, Mt.
Pleasant ahd weighed eight
pounds six ounce&t«:h arrival.
Committee member Ron Ervin
will be the host at the group's
first stop 1% miles west oi
US-27 on Packard Road in Mt,
Pleasant, and % mile north.
Here Ervin has 30 Holstein cows,
12 older heifers and 11 calves
whose 1959 DHIA record shows
14,000 pounds of milk and 498
pounds of fat, an increase of
2,000 and 72 pounds .respectively
over their 1958 record.
A.B.A. service is used, and
feeding consists of 30 pounds of
silage a day, good quality hay
and grain according to production.
Another stop will- show the
very modern dairy plant on the
Pasch brothers farm 5 miles
west of US-27 on Weidman road
and &, mile north. Sixty Holstein? are in new loose housing
set up in 1959. A paved lot covers 12,000 square feet, a milking
parlor is 48x12 and has five
Surge stalls in line — smaller
version of cow pool.
The last Visit on the tour will
takev the dairymen to the Leonard Parker farm near Beal City
Where another enviable operation where modern methods and
machinery are used to care for a
herd of 32 Holsteins.
Dinner at 12:45 will be served
at St. Philomena's church in
Beal City and. the following, program will feature a talk by Don
Hillman, Dairy Extension Specialist at MSU, East Lansing.
The invitation to go on the
tour is open to all farmers and
others interested in dairy operation.
You -might dare the weatherman io do his worst, — if
your auto was equipped wifh snow tires like this one.
Maybe even travel without the auto. Just roll in the
casing! It actually is a huge tire for a logistical cargo
carrier Used in military transport, over cross county
snow, mud, soft sand, or swampy terrain. In Michigan's
winter show-tread season it is interesting to see the
way traveling caii be easier. The figure of the soldier is
not-that of a midget "either, the tire is nine and one-
half feet in diameter and gives powerful footage io the
vehicle. Army Foto
TAKE NEW LOOK AT NATURE'S LIMITATIONS
Water Problems Expected
r*
ion
•The 1984 edition of Michigan's
water story will be headlined by
increased public demands. For
the most part, it will be authored
by a population expected to
number almost 14,000,000 water
users . . . nearly twice .the present figure.
" Although the state's water
supply will remain essentially
the same as it is now, competition for its use will be much
keener. The surging population
growth will boost domestic and
municipal water needs ... expanding industries will demand
more and more water . . . recreation will continue to forge ahead
in water usage . , . more farmers
will find irrigation profitable,
How will the state's water
supply handle this growing load
of users? The framework of
Michigan's water-use regulations
has already been challenged as
inadequate ■ for today because
water is sometimes in short
supply and conflicts arise over
its use.
Many resource leaders feel the*
answer to water for future generations lies in legislation to develop a new code of water
rights.
As one approach to this, it has
been suggested that a compromise be enacted, involving surface
water rights, between the appropriation doctrine (used in other
states) and the riparian doctrine
presently, employed in Michigan.
By lumping desirable parts of
the two doctrines together, several alternatives are possible.
According to one proposal,
water in excess of domestic
needs (including livestock requirements) might be divided on
the "first come, first served"
basis. Users would be allowed to
use certain amounts of water at
certain times for useful purposes, Minimum lake levels and
flows of streams would be estab-
Ask End Of,
Snow Piling
Oil Streets
Clare's City Commission last
Monday recommended enactment of an ordinance to prohibit
the collecting .or dumping of
snow on city property or streets
after the snow Is removed from
private property.
The action will be aimed at
operators of auto service stations and motels who have scraped snow from their driveways
onto street corners or public
property". Officialfte say that
snow hauling facilities are taxed
and owners of private property
must dispose of their own snow.
Waiting for advice from City
Attorney Harold B. Hughes this
week, commissioners and police
eyed piles of snow near a filling
station at the corner of Seventh
and McEwan which were apparently blocking part of the traffic right-of-way on the corner.
lished to. safeguard broad^ uses
such as waste disposal, recreation, and others.
This system would eliminate
some of the uncertainty stemming from unused; riparian
rights and could make provisions
for non-riparian owners.
Another. possibility under the
riparian doctrine is ,a system in
which the state would issue
Water-use permits for reasonable
and beneficial purposes.
Riparian rights for domestic
uses would be continued while
rights ' to water beyond . these
needs would then be granted by
issuing permits. In practice, waters above a.certain stream or
lake level would be available for
assignment. Use permits would
allot a specified amount of these
waters and would remain valid
for a given period, depending
upon the type of use.
. Permit holders would apply
for renewals or apply for a permit allotting more water. All applications would be reviewed by
a controlling commission charged with considering supplies and
demands.
Like the first proposal, the
permit system would give water users, especially irrigators
and industries, more assurance
for the future than they now
have under the present doctrine.
It would also remove obstacles
to progress found in the appropriation doctrine.
Rights to Michigan's, other
water source . . . ground water
Continued on Page 8
Say State
To Start New
US-27 Here
;■ Revealing that the State Highway Department will start the
-US-27 relocating project through
Clare.county on February 7,. a
representative of the Department has arranged a meeting,
with; City Manager Clarence
Gum today to bring information
up to ■ date on location of • sew-
■ers;'.underground utility Service
installations and any construction which must be re-located or
rebuilt • under the proposed line
Of highway construction.
Mr/ Gum x said that it is not
clear .what is meant by wording
in his letter which says the Department, is to "start" the project. Hehas noticed ■ no evidence
of contract letting or material
assembly indicating that actual
.operations are to' begin,
', An outfall sewer line With direct connection to Clare's- Sew-
fage-. Treatment Plant is presently a'15'inch tube. Gum said that
he has5' requested-that this tube
which must be replaced before
the construction of the proposed
interchange at the intersection
of :US-10 and US-27 near-the east
city limits, be replaced 'with a
36-inch sewer,
. The-Highway Department's L,
B. Nugent, district forester was
to arrive this morning to consult with city officials.
Speech Topic,
Brainwashing
War Captives
Members of the Clare County
Ministerial Association will meet
next week Tuesday, January 12,
in the Clare Church of God, corner of West Sixth and Maple
streets, at 10:00 a.m.
. The meeting will Open with devotions and the business session
following.
Guest speaker for this meeting
bf the association will be Dri
Donald KilboUrn of the Personnel Division at Central Michigan
University, Mt. Pleasant. »
„ Dr. Kilbourn's address is to
deal with the "Brainwashing of
United States Soldiers", in Korea. The address Is of such Significance that It has been tape recorded and used in many places.
It is an interesting, informative,
and challenging address. It is
sincerely hoped that every minister in the county will take advantage of this opportunity to
hear Dr. Kilbourn at this meeting of the association.
A pot luck luncheon will be
served following the lecture at
12:00 o'clock.
Announce Enrollment
Beginning Monday In
Adult Classes At School
If the trend of past years in
adult-class education holds steady
for 1960, neyt Mon. and Tues.
Will find up to 200 "students" enrolling in courses-for spare time
practice and study in recreation
and useful skills. The sign-up is
to be' January 11 and 12 at 7:30
p.m. in the new Clare high school.
More than a dozen courses have
been listed for opening enrollment
and. Mrs.. Genevieve Fleming, administrative assistant, and director of adult education said that
any class not listed, could be
established if sufficient interest
is shown.
It was requested that registration be done on Monday if poss-.
ible, so '-that organization of
classes would be possible early.
Five subjects on this year's list
of adult courses are ..offered as
new courses which did not appear
on the .1959 list.
Offered, as classes in recreation
subjects are:
"Rock Hounds",, a study of
rocks and their natural formations. The course is to be taught
by Robert Pinaire and will include study of what to look for in
gathering rocks, for polishing and
cutting. The hobby of collecting
rocks for ornaments or jewelry it
growing in general popularity and
this new class is expected to be
very interesting.
Boating is to be offered in an
other new subject for adults. The
class member does not need to
own a boat to join this' class,
some of the topics covered in the
ten  weeks   are   equipment  am
More Housing Ready
For Farm Week Visitors
More 'new 'housing facilities will be available to
visitors to the 1960 Farmers' Week at Michigan State
University, Feb! 1-5.
Two new motels have been constructed in'the-Lansing-East Lansing area since last-year to make at least
200 more rooms   available for overnight   visitors to  the
program.
This housing is in addition to Kellogg Center on the
M.S.TJ. campus and other hotel and motel facilities already existing m the area. .     ' '      *
Rebuilding M-30
In Gladwin Co.
Work has started on a $448,980
reconstruction job of 14.3 miles
of M-30 in Gladwin county.
Highway Commissioner John
C. Maclrie said the project runs
north from M-61. Work started
earlier on modernization of 11.8
miles of M-30 south from M-61 to
the Gladwin - Midland county
line.
Most of the 26.1 miles of M-30
to be rebuilt in Gladwin county
has been gravel road and these
two projects are part of Mack-
ie's program to modernize all
gravel trunkline highways.
Hears Siren;
Finds Own
Home Afire
City fire-mat! Sob Cimtherer
with members of the Department answered the second alarm
on Wednesday only to find the
fire at his own home. An oven
connection became loosened
while Mrs. Cimmerer was preparing dinner and the stove was
enveloped in flames.
Fierce blazing gas prevented
her from switching off the supply control, But neighbor Buss
Bell' ran to the basement and
shut off the gas at a valve in
the line there.
Damage, according to Fire
Chief Floyd Woodworth was
slight The dinner didn't even
burn^up!
Earlier, the Department was
called to the. Dull Farm Service
office and sales room where a
tractor in-for repairs was damaged when it caught fire. The
trucks made the run at -shortly
before three in the afternoon.
Cause of the tractor blaze is
unknown, but Woodworth said
that damages amounting to an
estimated $400. to the building
and $100. to the machine resulted from burned tires, battery,
wiring and paint on the tractor
and smoke and fire scars in the
shop.
Leon Dull, Jr. told firemen
that no one was in the repair
shop, and he was in the Office
when he heard the fire start
with a muffled boom. His fire
extinguisher was in the center
of the area ablaze where it
couldn't be reached.
The fire was quickly controlled before it endangered gasoline
supplies at the nearby auto service station on* McEwan.
Change Hours
At Postoffice
The Clare postoffice will
whittle a half-hour of working-
time off the end of the window
servicei d»y »n* *#ft ft <hi ,*#'
the beginning, — to provide
better service to local patrons.
Beginning January 11, the
hours of window service from
monday through Friday will he
8:30 in the morning to 5:00. in
the afternoon. Remember that
when you want to call for
mail, or buy stamps, or pick Up
your parcel post, buy a money
order or any of the other .errands you might have at the
postoffice. "
Saturdays you will find the
windows manned from 8:30 to
1% noon.
' Postmaster Francis Jackson
explains that the new hourS
will provide better service to
many patrons who need, fo
make calls at the service windows before reporting on their
job s for work at 9 in the
mornings.
A change to be remembered
in dispateliing- mail is the new
deadline at 5 o'clock which
formerly was 5:30.
ABA Annual
Meet Jan. 26
Plans for their annual meeting
were made by the Board of Directors of the Clare-Isabella Artificial Breeders Association at
their regular meeting, held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Barager, Monday, December 14.
A supper, to be served at the
Orr Community Hall, will precede the regular business meeting set for January 26th.
government regulations; rules of
the nautical road; water safety;
aids to navigation; charts and
piloting; seaboard manners. Even
those who get no closer to navigation, than rowboat fishing .will
benefit from this novel class. The
instructor is Dr. E, C. Thompson
Physical Education for both
men and women is offered in two
similar classes. Designed for ex-
sreise, general health and fun
more than strenous game.compe-
ation, the classes are-billed as ex.-
remely useful recreation. Mrs;
Dezelsky for the women, and
Steve Bakita for mett are the. in",
jtructors. '■■■'-. '■■■■*,''"■''".'•
The Other  class new on this
/ear's offering is Law and Will;
.nstruct in ■elementary legal principles as they pertain to everyday
iyihg. Your rights as a member
if society; in your community hi
ontracts, investments, insurance,
ogether with any other phase of
he law you wish, will be discuss-
' id. Instructor is attorney Robert
JaihpbelL. "   -.
Other subjects On the school
course list are repeats of mpst
popular classes from last year
ind since the program was*start*'
jd in Clare: 	
"' Ceramics with Robert McDaniel,
instructor.   The   opportunity.., to-
make articles of clay, and to fire,
glaze, and decorate them.
Photography with Lee Sowle instructor. Learn how to use a"
camera to get best results.
Cake Decorating with Naoma
Kigar Instructor. Again we .are
able to offer this popular class of
six meetings,
■Sewing with Esther Williams instructor. Both beginning and advanced students will be given
instruction. *
Woodworking, Woodcraft, Hobby shop, Home .mechanics with
Garleton Garthe instructor., You
;W'li receive ins;tructM)n; in whatever you Wish to do with Wood <or
team the mechanics Of your household, ..;..-.."
Tap Dancing with Joanne Wilcox instructor. Enjoy the fun of
learning a few tap steps. Both
men and women are invited,    j.
(Typing With James.Punlop instructor. Learn to type or brush
up on what you already know.
Driver Training With DOh Rich.
ardson instructor. -Sail the school
—Evergreen 6-9945-- to enroll in
this course and you will be noti-
field as to the time of the &t$t
meeting. -    '     ■ •*- -..
. Mrs. Fleming said that the-fees
for the course are $3.50 each With
thk exception of Driver Training;
Which is listed-at ?25. A minimum
of ten members must be enrolled
in a class to guarantee Its place
in the program.
Time of the class meetings will
be arranged by instructors and
members with most of the classes
scheduled to hold, sesions weekly
for ten weeks, two hours a night.
The program is for adults, or
persons not enrolled in regular
high school classes.
Missing from the offerings-are
four courses offered last year.
They are shorthand, bookeeping,
music, and Spanish conversation.
An important note in Mrs.
Fleming's announcement of enrollment time was the reminder
that adults from anywhere in the
schol district are welcome and
urged to make up groups to join
the classes. It is hoped that with
the large school, district and more
useful facilities in the new high
school building, the registration in
the adult courses will make a sizeable gain over. 1959's high mark.
akes Courage  To Attain Real Honest County Equalization
This series of Sentinel articles has led you through
steps of ideal procedure , in
placing value upon property
for tax purposes. It began, by
saying- that it is important
that your supervisor use ,the
same BASIS FOB ARRIVING
AT THE VAXUE when he* is
assessing your property as
,that used for smother's properly-.
" This practice will eliminate
"bad judgment", "pressure
deals" and offhand evaiita-
tions that all cause inequali-'
ties In tax rolls.
The Sentinel discussed this
informative series with two
local authorities in tax valuation procedure, Assessor John
tt&tl, and Supervisor Chairman,
pro-tern, Albert Haley. They
agree that tlift author, jl>, Male
Brake, is a foremost authority
on the question, and that the
series is worth while reading
for local taxpayers. Following
is the third and final installment in the series.
By D. Hale Brake
We were in a county last year
where we were fold that for at
least twenty years all that had
been done in county equalization
Was to take the assessed values,
brought in by the supervisors of
all the townships in the county
and the city assessors of all the
cities in the- county, and add those
figures, together.' That is hot
county equalization and is not a
compliance with the law.
Even assuming a board has
the necessary courage to do this
job and every intention of doing
it correctly, the task is not easy.
The county Is A big unit and to
determine just what the value of
each township and each city in
the county should be, in relationship to all the other units of
the county, is a tremendous
task. Many counties have taken
advantage of a statute passed in
1957 and' have set up, within
their counties, tax departments
with a paid staff, whose job is
to assist' the supervisors and
city assessors in . assessment
matters, but more part; arly
to assist the supervisors in the
matter of equalization. The
number of such counties is increasing rapid. It is a good answer
to a problem that is complicated
. . . in the opinion of this writer,
a much better answer than to
have a county assessor, and_, certainly a much better answer, than
to push this whole job on up to
the state level.
When the board has made its
determination and placed the
value on each township and city
in the cquhty, .the result -may yet
not be final because any such
government unit which believes
itself aggrieved in the matter of
unfair property valuation may
appeal to- state tax commission. In
that event the state commission
does only what the board itself
tried to. do . . , namely, to get the
various townships and cities in
proper relationship to each other.
It does not then attempt to
chainge the relatinship in values
as between individual property
owners within a township or within a city.
The values so . fixed by the
board, of supervisors . ., . adjusted vif an appeal is, taken to the
state tax commission . . . constitute the county equalized
values.
Since taxes are not levied upon
county equalized value, the vital
thing again is not whether those
values are high or whether they
are low. Uniformity is the thing
of importance and again if uniformity is not achieved, and some
townships or some cities are high
while others are'low, the injustice
is irreparable." It means that the
people in the townships or cities
that .have been equalized high
will pay more than their fair
share of the county taxes and
that those townships or cities
which have been equalized low
will escape part of their just burden, and of course it affects the
sel\ool districts and townships
that receive any millage.
We have seen that a's the
township supervisor or city assessor establishes the assessed
valuation   for    his township or
his city, the vital thing is that
he achieve uniformity in his
unit, and that as the county
board'of supervisors establishes
the county equalized value' it is
vital that they achieve uniformity as among the various townships and cities of the county,
. Now we come to the third
step . . . slate equalization. That
is achieved by the State board of
equalization, which consists of
the three members of the stale
tax commission ,plus two others,
appointed by the Governor.
The state equalized, values are
the values on which taxes- are
actually levied. The State1 'board
of equalization does two things.
First, it establishes the total
valuation on the taxable property of the entire state and, second, it apportions that total valuation among the 83 counties of
the state. While the supervisor
or city assessor, equalizes as
among the individual parcels of
property, and the county board
of' supervisors, equalizes as
among the townships and cities,
the state board of equalization
equalizes as among counties,
and its job is to see to It that-
each county has its fair share of
the total tax valuation of the
state. Here again, uniformity is
the big word.
In fixing the total valuation
for the state, the state board
may say that new property subject to taxation . . . new houses,
new factories, new stocks of
goods'. . . have added 5 per cent
to the valuation of the taxable
property of the state during the
year and that therefore the, total
valuation   shall be 5 per   cent
Continued on Page 6