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THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 1960
Ten Conls Copy—Now Series, Vol; (?8, No, *p'
Crowds estimated to number
between 600 and 700 persons admired Clare's new high school
building Sunday in the first "invited" sightseeing day. The
Open House affair lasted from
two o'clock in the afternoon until
past seven when the last groups
departed. ,,
Expressing open and frank
pleasure with the District's modern, advanced educational facilities, visitors sauntered ' through
corridors and rooms to see "the
house their taxes built,"
Just one year ago the site was
bare of all but first beginnings
of masonry walls and skeleton'
framework.
At school opening time last
September the first classes sat
amidst stacks of material and
surrounded by temporary walls
as workmen finished the construction. But Sunday's crowds
saw the finished project — their
. monument to better education for
the District youth.
Parents, former students, interested relatives and Mends gazed
at the immense size of the bright
gymnasium, — they paused to
examine and touch the fixtures
and mysterious gadgets in the
science lab, — compared the
well-lighted cheerfulness of
classrooms with the older kind
i,    of school they remembered.
In the spacious study hall there
were comfortable seats where
scores of sightseers sat and drank
coffee and talked about the new
features they had jtist seen in
their school.
An architect's scale model of
the building created much interest and clusters of visitors
made serious examinations of
plans for an early elementary,
unit which had been proposed as
part of the District's over all expansion, but was withdrawn before the -final election to pare
the project down to budget limits.
Superintendent Richard Wheeler, High School Principal Richard Snyder and Administrative
Assistant Mrs. Genevieve Fleming received the incoming guests
** and listened appreciatively* to
compliments for the planning and
building program which had produced the school,
Many-out-of-town visitors and
observers from school districts
throughout the area were numbered in the crowds. Some had
attended a dedication of Coleman's new high school earlier in
the day and they had praise for
the residents of both districts
who had made the progress possible.
Board of Education members
at the time the building plans
were accepted, and who are yet
in office are President Harold
B. Hughes, Dr. C. B. Neff, Lionel
Duncan. Richard Groves had
since given up his seat to" Carl
Gruno, and Russell Ebe'rhart was
replaced by Frank T. LaGoe.
The architect is Clark Ackley of
Lansing.
Visiting
Speaker For
Baptist Pulpit
The Baptist Church and pastor
Rev. G. Schut feel fortunate and
honored to announce the presence of Rev. Victor Matthews at
their services of the day next
Sunday.
Rev. Matthews, Who formerly
t,t served as pastor in several
churches, now is a Professor in
English Bible, Philosophy, and
Psychology in the Baptist. Theological Seminary at Grand Rap-
ids-
As church guest, he will assist
in the Sunday School period, and
bring the messages of the day,
and also be present with the
Moody Bible Class at the 2:30
o'clock period for fifteen minutes
of instructions.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Herweyer and
family of McBain will also be
evening guests. The twin daughters Sharon and Karen will render several vocal numbers, accompanied by their mother at the
£    piano.
The. day gives promise of a
time for bibical oratory, song
and music, and all in search of a
deeper spiritual understanding
are welcomed and urged to attend and hear this devout instructor.
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Festival Events Set To
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htertain County Crowds
Looks like there should be ten "Miss Clare" candidates in. the Winter Sports Queen
,/sgeani. Actually the judges had the unenviable task of choosing just one from the
lineup of beauties they faced. She is Miss Jean Yelland, fourth from right. Jean is a
19-year-old surgery assistant at Clare General Hospital and will enter the finals Saturday to select Miss Clare County Winter Sports. Contestants reading from ihe left are
Vernette Dunkle, Kay Hitter, Barbara Scheer, Carron, Randall, .Shirley Leposky,
Sharon Andres, Miss Yelland, Sharon Grimason, Judy Johnson, and Judy Tate. Judges
were Mrs. Doroihy Maxwell, Dr. Donald Dunlop, Mrs. Genevieve McDonald, and
Tony Wedol. Lee Sowle Photo
Michigan Farm Week
Attractions Designed
For Family Appeal
Best Cook
Joyce Dunkle, popular and talented Clare high school senior
has been judged the winner of
.    the Betty Crocker award in an
i annual competition for cooking
at school.
Farm and city women alike
are invited to attend the. 45th annual Farmers' Week on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing.. Farmers'
Week will be held Feb. 1-5, with
programs especially for women
taking place Tuesday through
Thursday, February 2-4.
Elsewhere* in the varied five-
day program visitors at East
Lansing will find sights and
special activities to. arouse th'e in',
terest of menfolk and every member of the farm family.
This is to be the 45th annual
repeat of the entertaining and
intensely valuable "rural life
convention".
Many area families attend and
join tlie growing attendance at
the event.
The Kellog Center at MSU will
ready its largest banquet room
and heartiest welcome on the evening of February 4 for the Farm
Management Banquet.
Among farm accounting co-
operators to receive recognition
at the main event of the week
are Mr. and Mrs. Howard Penrose and sons of Clare with a 31-
year record of participation With
the project. Only sixteen other
farm operators in Michigan have
as long a record at MSU.
Similar recognition will go also to Floren Purvay for 23 years
with the project, Glen Bay with
17 years, and Loren Birdsall with
13 years. All are from Clare
county.
From Isabella county with enviable records of longtime cooperation in farm accounting are
A. A. Moore and sons, and Harold R. Brooks each With 17 years
of records.
Monday had been designated
as1" Dairy Day and will include
annual meetings as well as
programs of interest to every
dairyman.
250 Attend
Annual SCS
Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Clare County Soil Conservation
District attracted a crowd of 250
people. The meeting was held
Wednesday evening, January 20,
at the Harrison High School.
One director, Virgil Newman,
was lected for 3 year term.   •
The program was a quiz' on
soil and water conservation bulletins. Organized groups in the
county were invited to furnish
a contestant..
Mrs. J. B. Watters, contestant
for the Greenacres Farm Bureau
Group/was the winner.
Refreshments werb served.
Cheese was furnished by Kraft
foods.
Door prizes were furnished by
Johnson Elevator, Harrison Elevator, Morton's * Hardware
Vandewarkers, Ashcraft's Market, and Clare Soil Conservation
District, ,     ^    1
Tuesday, the beef peope will
be meeting as well as the cattle
feeders and general livestock
will be stressed.
Outstanding program on "Produce and Prosper with High
Quality Roughage" will be presented which will be of interest
to everyone on Wednesday, Also
on Wednesday will, be the Annual Bred Ewe Sale of the Michigan Sheep Breeders Association
and the "Swine Show* sponsored
by the Michigan Breeders Asso-„
ciation.
For the complete story on
what's happening at this year's
Farmers Week, you can pick-tip
a complete program at the Cooperative Extension. Office.
Miss Evelyn Zwemer, chairman of the committee for the
women's program, says the program is for all Michigan women.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday mornings, small sectional meetings will be held on
the third floor of the MSU Union building. "Household Appliances Can Become Juvenile Delinquents'," "Michigan ..Food
Laws and You," and "The Family in a Changing World" are a
few of the interesting topics
that will be discussed by experts
at these meetings which begin
at 10 a.m.
Two selected movies are also
highlighting the women's . program. In "Assignment Children", movie star Danny Kaye
visits children in India, Japan"
Korea and other Far Eastern
countries in a film concerned
with the nutritional problems of
these countries.
"Better Living through Research", produced by the Institute of Home Economics, is the
other film which should interest
all women.
Exhibits will be featured in
the Home Economics building,
Spartan stadium, and AgricultuTF
al Engineering building.
On 'Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons, large general sessions are scheduled. You can
learn about pros" and cons of
trading stamps, foods Of the future, and what you pay for advertising on Tuesday in the
Physics - Mathematics building.
Thursday features "Clothesline.
1960", presented by the textiles
clothing and related arts department in the University auditorium.
Wednesday afternoon is the
time for you to chat with other
homemakers attending Farmers'
Week at the "Get-Acquainted"
luncheon, scheduled for 12:30 in
the Big Ten Room, Kellogg Center. Featured speaker will be
Mrs. G. Mennen Williams, whose
topic is "Families Fashion Our
World." Advance reservations
are necessary for the luncheon.
Further information concerning Farmers' Week is available
through your county Cooperative Extension Office, or through
Information Services, MSU, East
Lansing. .
Teachers'
Institute
Program Set
Clare county school teachers
will hear a noted educator discuss topics of their profession,
and have an opportunity to compare notes on their jobs and
schools Tuesday, February 9,
when a one-day County Teachers' Institute will be called at
Clare.
The meeting place for the Institute is rotated annually among
the three towns in the county,
Clare, Farwell and Harrison
which have high schools "and as-;
sembly facilities to accomodate
the delegates.
The event was held in Harrison in 1959.
Clare High School Principal
Richard Snyder said that he and.
his staff are expecting an attendance of between 300 and 350.
At a forenoon session that
day, Dr. Fred Vescolani from
Michigan State University will
speak to the assembled teachers
on the subject, "Teacher Ethics
and Professionalization".
The Clare School Band under
the direction of Lloyd Conley
will entertain with selections before the start of the program.
County Gets
Home Ext.
Appointee
Clare county has a new Home
Demonstration Agent who will
begin active direction of that office on February First, according to an announcement this Week
by Extension Director Richard
Schroeder. •
Miss Noiieen Ackerman Who
will move into the Harrison office is a native of Unionville in
Michigan's Thumb Area, and
graduated from Michigan University in 1955. She was appointed
to her new job in Clare county
by the Board of Trusteed of
MSU., ,       -
With experience in department
store retailing, qualified to teach
school and with a college education in her field of Home Extension work, Miss Ackerman comes
well prepared, for her new career.
A reception next Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Richard Schroeder in 'Clare will
introduce Miss Ackerman to Extension Club leaders and. members throughout the county.
Bradley Takes
Truancy Post
The Clare; County Board of
Education appointed Harold
Bradley as County Attendance
officer at a meeting held Monday,
January 25, 1960 at the Court
House in Harrison.
Don Luce was appointed as a
member of the County Board of
Education, a position left vacant
by the resignation of Harold
Bradley,
Clare's Winter Sports Festival
liding a wave of statewide publicity and promising exciting
entertainment for participants
Ad spectators, launches into the
weekend program tomorrow.
Heavy emphasis is on Saturday's
tsVents for outdoor fun and for
revelers at the annual Queen's
Mall.
But    continuing    activity    at
Clare, Harrison and Farwell will
hold the intarest of skiers, ice-
cishermen,   fox   hunters   among
>ther outdoor pursuits,     *
A festival timetable giving approximate hours when events are
nailed runs like this: **
" Fishing Derby — Friday, Saturday and Sunday.' Harrison's
Chamber of Commerce offers
p'ri_es for largest perch, muskie
and bluegill with contestants ad-
Vised to contact Leonard Klaasse
there for rules and time of prize
awards.
, Downhill Skiing Contests —
Competition is offered Saturday
at-Snowsnake Mountain and Sunday at Mott Mountain. Open skiing may be enjoyed at Major
Mountain.
-;. Golf — A short, but hilarious
tournament begins at 12-noon on
the first tee at Twin Elms. To
enter, crackpots may contact
"Sernie Wyman, Clare who will
try to expain the rues. Prizes will
be awarded at the Winter Sports
Banquet the same day.
Winter Sports Banquet — The
Doherty Hotel will seat guests at
six o'clock (sharp) for this annual event- The dinner, and program will follow a radio network
sportscast live frpm the Wedge-
wood Room by Bob Reynolds,
WJR, Detroit. Late arrivals will
Be admitted after the radio program.
Winter Sports Queen Selection
— Tlie contest elimination to find
a winner from entries in'this annual show will be held as a feature at the Queen's Ball Saturday . evening at The Dpherty .in
'Claris, Live orchestra, special"decorations and fun.
Fox Hunt — The Harrison
committee x-epeats this popular
headliner on the Festival calendar. Hunters assemble at nine
o'clock a.m. at Kinne's Tourist
Center in Harrison. Prizes.
Costs of the elaborate program
are being met through a grand
prize contest which offers a four-
day Florida vacation for two persons. The awarding of the trip
is to include all expenses paid
with transporation via air jet.
Admission to the Saturday evening banquet is by ticket at $2.50
per plate and in addition to- the
dinner, the ticket pays for the
"ringside" seat at one of > the
area's best winter season programs.
The Bob Reynolds weekday
sports broadcast from WJR will
originate from the banquet head
table and has become a headliner
annual fixture of the affair.
Tim Cotter, new president *of
the Chamber of Commerce will
be the master of ceremonies at
the program following and Rich
ard Groves, Festival Committee
chairman and co-ordinator will
be called upon for a program
part. J
Special "Winter Wonderland"
decorations for the room are being arranged by a group directed
by Art Damoth.
Groves said Wednesday that
early ticket sales for the Sports
Banquet were disappointing and
that members of the Commerce
group Would Undertake a more
vigorous campaign to contact the
public. He emphasized that the
dinner and program are not for
C of C members only, but that
the public is invited. Tickets now
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'Penguins
Dance On
Frozen Lake
Saturday, January 23, the
Harrison Promenaders sponsor
ed a square dance at the high
school gym as part of'Harrison's
Winter Carnival events. Phyllis
Pearson called the dances to
club members from Pontiac, Detroit, Saginaw, Bay City, Lansing, Cadillac, Evart and Clare
as .well as the regular Harrison
group. Floyd Stanley of Harrison
was  guest caller.
The dance ended with a lunch
of sandwiches and coffee served
at midnight. ,
Sunday, January 24, the Clare
Hayseeders sponsored a "Pen-
quin Club" square dance by the
power house on Budd Lake at
Harrison. This was attended by
over 200 people — having 15
squares on the snow-covered lake
at one time dancing to callers
Lew Drake of Midland, Bill
Makensmith of Lansing, Nelda
Davis and Bob Clute of Clare
and Phyllis Pearson of Harrison.
* If.1 dahCers' v^ere " entitl0d» to
sign up for a Penquin Club pin.
The Event ended with a weiner
and marshmalloW roast around a
huge bonfire and coffee was
served by the Clare Hayseeders.
Area Grads
AtCMU
Seven area students ■ graduated
at Central Michigan University
in a class of 191 for whom commencement Was celebrated on
January 24. ■'
Robert Jackson of Clare,- Meredith Sikkema from Farwell, and
Ward Schanhals from Harrison
all were granted degrees.
Others in the graduating class
were John Mowery from Beaverton, Maureen Kavanuagh from
WeMmari, Linda Adams from
Coleman, Brace! Case from Marion. ;'
The Commencement speaker
was Dr. William W. Whitehouse,
president of Albion college.
available at the hotel desk at the
Doherty are ifS-SO per plate.
Many well-known writers and
personalities from television and
radio will be at the banquet. Attending as judges for the "Miss
Clare County Winter Sports" selection to' be featured later, will
be- the following:
Jack Tucker, area editor and
feature writer for the Saginaw
News; John Boles from WNEM-
TV; Gary Bentley, WJRfn-fTV;
Rod Creede, WWTV; Lou Williams, WCEN and others. Festival Publicity Director Floyd
Boardman had arranged special
releases' and photos to be circulated to all the foregoing sources.
As early as Monday night the
Festival began to receive statewide notices.
The novelty of a golf tournament in the middle of Clare's
snowiest time of year gained
much publicity for the Festival.
A "secret" material resembling
bright paint has been discovered
to aid in locating a ball under
14 inches of snow.
Bernard Wyman, tourney
chairman said that inquiries have
been received from as far away
as Grand Rapids from brave
souls who wish to play in the
tihreehole burlesque. A modest
entry fee will be accepted from
players by any of the following:
Bernie Wyman, Bud1 Anderson
Dan Burdo, Chris Demo, the Doherty Hotel, or Dex Elden. Tee-
off time is 12-o'clock noon on Saturday.
Winner of the tourney will be
presented at the evening banquet
and titled Mid-Michigan Midwinter Open Champ.
Those attending the Queen's
Ball Will be admitted for dancing
and to watch the coronation of
the contest winner by showing
a.lapel tag. The $1.00 tags and
tickets permitting a person to
participate in the Florida vacation contest may be^, purchased/
anywhere«in Claye ahd .the sur?
roliridihg area.    '"   • Y     j 'V
MOre activity than ever before
in the preliminary selections to
choose contestants for the Queen
honors brought out ten gir.s to
try for Miss Clare title. At
Lake five girls passed before the
judges and Harrison picked one
from the entire senior class at
the high school.
Finalists on Saturday night are
to be Jean Yelland-Miss "Clare,
Grace Breidenstein-Miss Lake,
Carol Sherman-Miss Harrison
and  Janet Finch-Miss   Farwell.
Last year's winner at the
Queen's Ball, Ann Jackson went
on to compete at Graying and
eventually. became a runnerup
to Miss Michigan in .the nationwide preliminaries to the Miss
America selection. Hopes appear
slim this year, however for any
repetition of such fortunes, since
the sponsoring organization
which sent Miss Jackson to Muskegon has ho plans for sending
this year's candidate to a Miss
Michigan contest.
Miss Breidenstein as Lake',s
entry in the pageant is a high
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You don't have to" be sany io have fun/ but these oddly equipped golfers are proving
that it helps. "Bud" Anderson, Dan Burdo, Bernie. Wyman and Floyd Boardman with
ihe caddy, Dex Elden are practicing for a go' at golf oil Saturday ai Twin Elms. It's
a crackpot feature of the' annual Clare Winter Sports Festival this weekend and ihe '
three-hole tournament starts al noon. In the event that more than one player finishes
the course, the winner will be given the title, Mid-Michigan Midwinter Open Champ,
Entries are welcome until 6 p.m. Friday, „„,_'' Lee Sowle Photo.
schoo senior and the daughter
of Mr, and Mrs, Tony Detore*
Blond, poised and an American
yirl type, she was selected frOin
five pretty contestants at a Sat"
urday judging. Both Miss Finch
and Miss Sherman carrying the
hopes of Farwell and Harrison
are also high school seniors, Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Finch are the
parents of Miss Farwell> and Mr.
and Mrs.. Ed Sherman are Miss
Harrison's parents, Miss Yelland
is a petite brunet. Nineteen years
old, she is a surgery assistant at
Clare General Hospital where she
came from her home near Barry-
ton.
Early Leaders
Posted In
Pin Tourney
Leaders in team bowling, AoMr
•bles, and singles events at the
end of the first tournament weekend went up Tuesday on bulletin
boards in Gateway Larfes, scene
of the i960 Association Championships, and at Clare Alleys.
Top team score with two-thirds
of the tourney yet to come, is a
2979 rolled by Morton Hardware,
a Harrison five. Next three places
are occupied by Schaeffer's Valley Lea 2918, Harrison Dairy-
2836,   and   Old »|ilwaUkee-2823-
Observers see |ji lot of room
between the present tournament's top scoring and 3060 or
better that is likely to be needed
to take the top- trophy. Last
year's winning team, Household
Appliances rolled a 3087 pin
count   (with handicap).
First three places in the dou«
bles standings are occupied by
A. Knight and B. Beck, with a
1256, L. Schfield and D, Luce
with 1241, and C. Ashcraft and
Q. Au_tih:• With 1229.
Singles contestants scoring 600
or over were D. Brant-638, C.
Marsh-620, B. Kehnedy-615, C.
Cotton-610, K. Haskell'604, Ken
Roe-601 and L. Sehofieldr-600.
The pace of the tourney continues on Saturday and Sunday
this week and next with bowlers
shooting to better last year's
marks of 1286 in doubes rolled
last tournament time by Larry
Shelander and Earl Neff, and an
all-time singles high of 710 which
took the 1959' prize for Cecil
"Pudvay.
Youngsters
Hear Police
Safety Talk
The children of the Kindergarten classes of the Clare Public
School have had some interesting
experiences recently.
On Thursday last week, Mrs."
Donovan's group were taken to
the Schaeffer's Dairy, and Friday
Mrs. Van Every's group made a
visit to the' Dairy. Here the- children were taken on a tour of the
dairy, wlipre they saw the machinery at work, the process, of
pasteurizing, homogenizing, and
bottling of the milk for distribution. They were served chocolate milk, and given pencils advertising  the  Dairy-
On Monday this week, Cpl. Mc-
Cracken of the State Police post
at Mt. Pleasant appeared before
all three groups of the Kindergarten to show movies, and give
a talk on safety in the bus, home,
and on the-street. He also gave
a demonstration of his duties as
a policeman, and allowed the
children to examine his gun, hand-
. cuffs and. badge. This is Cpl.
McCracken's third year to visit
the Kindergarten classes at the
Clare school.
To Honor
P-TAOmcers
The Clare Parent-Teachers Association, making, plans to honor
founders and past leaders has
asked that all past presidents of
the local group contact the president, Mrs^Warren Tice sometime
.before February 8.
A special program of recognition and review of achievements
is in the making and moreWws
of the details for the occasion
will be published next Week. Mrs.
Tice said. Her home telephone is
EV 6-7374.