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Eighty-Six* students at Clare
high school have won places on
the Semester Honor Roll, according to lists published this week
in the office of Principal Richard
Snyder. A point rating now in
use at CHS gives the honor students the equivalent of "B" or
, better marks.
Sharing the top on the honors
list, eleven students with perfect
grades for the sirst half of the
school year have 4.00 point averages (all A),
Seniors Tom Maioney, Judy
Ulrich, and Julie Wood lead the
fourth-year  class.
Juniors are Karla Cooper and
Elaine Wilson. Sophomores are
Eric Hammerberg, Darleen Hein,
Top Ratings
Go To Seven
CHS Players
First Place ratings for seven
Clare school band performers in
the Solo and Ensemble Festival
here last Saturday will make
them eligible to play later in the
State Festival to be held at East
Lansing.
* Winning the top ratings for
their performances here were
"Jim Norcutt and George Finch
with a trombone-baritone duet;
Darlene Birdsall, piano solo;
Sharon Brazie and Ann Elden
with a clarinet duet; Sharon
Brazie again with a clarinet
solo; John Hinkle and Phil Breen
with an alto saxophone duet.
■All the above winners were in
the senior division of the contestants.
Taking first place ratings in
the junior division were Calla
House with a piano solo; Bob
Shelander, Jean White, Patti
Case and Joe Ackerman with a
sax quartet; Barbara Hankins,
Charles Stirling, Diane Demo,
Karen Bergstrom and Calla
House with a woodwind quintet;
Bob Shelander with a sax solo;
Calla House with a piano solo.
Only senior division players
were offered the state trip for
top awards.
Stockmen
Elect Officers
At the annual meeting last
Friday evening of the Clare-
Gladwin District of the Michigan
Livestock fixchange, officers for
I960 were elected as follows:
Chairman, Stanley Schunk;
vice chairman, Arthur Dull; secretary, Alvin Shearer. Delegates
elected from Clare county are
Floren Pudvay, Walter Krom-
petz, Wilbur** Sheldony Ferd Seibt,
Ray Harrold, Al Perry. From
Gladwin county the delegates
are Ed. Pawley, W. H. Stevenson, Melvin Greer.
The new officers and delegates
will attend the annual State
meeting of the stockmen.
At the local election and meeting held in the Grant townhall,
speakers were William Fhiley
from Michigan State, and Ike
Walton of the Detroit office of
the Livestock Exchange. In attendance were. 32 farmers and
many wives, besides six visitors
or guests.
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Cubs Given
20 Awards
Clare Cub Scouts of Pack 125
received a total of '20. awards for
their achievements at the Blue
And Gold Cub banquet held Tuesday evening at the Congregational church dining room. Willard
Bell, in passing out the awards
said they represented recognition
for individual advances in January.     '
A total of 104 Cubs and parents
from a possible attendance of 112
were present.
The short program followed a
potluck dinner. The tables were
decorated to suit the occasion and
the boys themselves had made
place mats and party-style hats.
Ati achievement banner was
presented to Mrs, Thomas' "Den S.
and Chris Schroeder. Freshmen
are Gordon Carncross, Mark
Hampton, and Carol Young. '
Representing less than three
percent of the student enrollment
the AU-A group are leaders, in
scholarship attainment.
Seventy-five more honor roll
members are rated- with a point
average of 3.00 up to 3.80 indicating a "B" or better mark average
for the entire semester. lasted.by
classes, they are:
Seniors Ann Elden, Judy Marotzke, James Norcutt, Carron Randall, Joyce Dunkle, Janet
Hanchett, Sandra Teall, Robert
Walter, Sharon Beemer, Ron Dull.
Darleen Goodenow, Charles
Gum, William Legg, Gloria Olson,
Delbert Nolan, Sharon Brazie,
Pamela Koch, Sandra Wentworth,
Beverly Badgley.
Gayla CarroW, Angelika *v"on-
Weiss, Wesley Waddington,
Frank Rowley, Sharon Jackson,
Carolyn Seibt.
Juniors Joyce Horn, John
Ruark, Judy Presley, Douglas
Young, Lawrence Carncross, Vickie Cook, Shirley Leposky, Marcia
Lynk, Mary Hogue.
William McNeil, Virginia
Northon, Janet Garver, Rochelle
Leeth, Ray Murphy, Donna
Piippo, Jeff Raymond, Joanne
Kay Borle, Eugene Duncan.   .
Catherine Haring, Janet Hart,
James Mercer, Donna McK*ee,
Jerry Mogg, Eugene Notestine.
Sophomores David Hintz,
Michele Kinde, Bonnie Bergstrom,
A r m o n d Hagerman, Virginia
Kushmaul, Russell Graham,
Thomas Kozincki.
Freshmen Diana Kleiner, Linda
Casteel, Faye David, William
Hanchett, Lois Presley, Etna
Thompson, Oharlene Cole, Colleen * Spencer, Theola Leeth,
Janice Wood.
■Robert Carrow, Janice Brown,
Lloyd Eberhart, Gerald Prather,
Lawerence Pudvay, Stanley
Breen, Ralph Bucholz, Richard
Krell, James Youngs.
Grade averages represented
half-year class markings together
with results of several six-week
tests and semester exams completed earlier this month. Mr.
Snyder said .that the point system followed a numerical value of
4. for A, 3. for B and so on. The
"plus" and "minus" factor sometimes following an alphabetical
mark was not considered.
A total point sum for all
grades is divided by the number
of subjects studied by the individual student. Physical Education and Driver Training are exceptions and are not considered
in marking values.
Sports Listed
On Calendar
Winter sports competition is
at its peak in Michigan, with 21
Skiing, skating and hockey
meets scheduled during February and March.
The total includes 16 ski meets
offering some of the best amateur skiing in the nation, at winter sports centers in both Michigan peninsulas' The meets in-
elude jumping tournaments,
downhill and slalom races and
cross-country contests.
Also on tap are speed skating
races and amateur hockey playoffs at Alpena, Detroit and
Houghton.
Ski meets are slated during
February at Cadillac and Houghton in the central Michigan area,
and Iron Mountain, Cheboygan,
Boyne Falls, Mesick, Harbor
Springs, Mancelona, Ishpeming
and Ironwood.
Next month's events include
the State Amateur Hockey Play*
offs at Houghton, March 4-5; the
Mt. Mancelona Club Ski Races,
March5S.
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Officer Passes
New Course
Ronald P. Sweet, Sanitarian
for Health District Seven, has
been awarded a certificate by
Kenneth Altland, M."D., associate
health"* commissioner, Michigan
Department of Health for completing a special short course in
environmental sanitation at the
University of Michigan in, Ann
Arbor* * ,
Clare Police Chief William Bell is a squirrel warden these
days with this little Red fellow held captive af the station
until authorities were sure no rabies developed. The
jnean little varmint, bit 8-year-old Cathy Johnson of Clare
when she tried to tame and feed him. Bell, ordinarily an
efficient police officer admits he was backed down by the
ferocious nature of this "prisoner", so the picture was
appropriately posed before bulletins describing other
desperate characters." Sentinel Photo.
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Hangs Self
In Jail At
Harrison
William J. Bertrand, 20 of
Saginaw who got into the news
two weeks ago when he was arrested for trying to steal a tire
from his own car while it was
held for payment of a repair
bill, took his own life Thursday
in the Clare County Jail at
Harrison.
Sheriff James Darling said
that Bertrand was discovered by
Turnkey Max Stanley at 10:50 in
his cell. He had Jiung himself.
The youth was apparently unsettled by a series of events and
circumstances during the past
two weeks. Daring said Bertrand
had climber on a table in his cell
and fastened his blanket around
his neck and secured the other
end to a bar in the cell overhead. He jumped and broke his
neck.
Stanley said that the youth
was all right when checked at
nine o'clock, and had been a
very co-operative prisoner.
Bertrand was apprehended by
Clare police February 1, when
he with a companion tried to
remove the auto tire. He was
jailed while awaiting advice
from Empire A.F. Base near
Traverse City Where he was an
enlisted man in uniform.
In jail, he complained of being
ill and was moved to the maximum security cell where he
could be segregated away from
other prisoners.
Also While in jail, Bertrand
was married in a ceremony by a
Justice Of The Peace with his
bride being brought from his
home town, Saginaw, '■"
His family returned the remains to Saginaw for burial
there.
Dads and Lads
The Congregational church
Father and Son banquet is Scheduled for tonight at 6 o'clock
when the annual dinner and program will attract a crowd of
men and boys. Tickets for this
all-man event are being Sold at
the door,
Pioneers
Lose 59-*
To Hornets
Clare High basketeers couldn't
pile up enough of a lead in
Tuesday's game with Harrison
to hold the Hornets through the
last half, and the final score
read Pioneers 46 and Hornets 59,
More than 500 fans watched the
contest.
Behind the steady scoring of
Harrison's r.f. Warren, and r.g.
Roth, the visitors came from an
11-13 deficit-at quarter time'to a
1-point lead at the half.
Clare's Bill Le#g was almost
completely bottled up through
the first half and counted for
only three points.
After the intermission, Harrison drew away with every member of the quintet finding the
mark, and reached the three
quarter rest with a five-point
lead. Then outscoring the Green
and White squad 19-11 in the last
period, the Harrison boys showed
a very steady and well scoring
offense.
Clare Coach George Perry
made generous use of a new
varsity recruit when he started
Danny Green at the right fore
court position and gave him experience in the first, third and
fourth quarters.
Legg's second - half .efforts
earned him a 15-point total, only
2 counters 'behind Harrison's
Warren for the high total oi the
contest.
Jeff Raymond, Len MeJames,
Larry Kleinhardt, Norm Davis
and John Kegg also saw action
in the game. •
JayVees in the preliminary
shower the crowd what might be
a winning combination in another year when they beat the Harrison JV squad in an overtime
match, 46-43. The hardworking
team made the victory theirs
without the help of their star
forward, Dan Green who had
donned a varsity suit for the
evening.
Government
Day Here
Senior Government Day, an
annual 'event where high school
twelfth graders learn first-hand
about" their county government
and politics, is scheduled to be
held here at Clare High tomorrow.
Important lectures and question periods will be under the
direction of resource people who
will show students what makes
our government "tick".
The upperclassmen from Clare,
Farwell and Harrison * high
schools will attend the event.
Bit The
Hand That
Fed Him
Cathy Johnson, .eight-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Johnson, Clare was bitten by a
ReS squirrel which she sought
to**tame and keep for a pet. And
because the little . animal was
Urigrateful enough to bite the
hand-that" tried to feed it, he
wound up as a prisoner in the
city jail while authorities made
sure he didn't transmit rabies,
dr some "other   disorder to   the
*> ^rapped on Saturday, February 6 in the trees near the Johnson-- home on Forest street hvthe
\Wpell subdivision, the squirrel
w$s. destined for a life of ease in
^^mall cage, while Miss Cathy
atoired him and fed him choice
tidbits.
■ '■'" the squirrely little varmint
had other ideas,
Now, after biting Cathy and
serving a 10-day jail term to see
if he developed symptoms of rabies, he has been released in the
trees again to forage for his own
nuts and find a warm bed at
night. Serves him right!
Clare Police Chief William
Bell was relieved when no serious complications developed,
but he has a word of warning
for others who might be tempted
to catch, or try to tame wild
animals:
The chance that one might be
bitten by an animal carries .with
it the possibility that rabies can
spread to the person. He called
attention to a recent Michigan
Health D'epartment release that
warned of increasing rabies
among both wild and domestic
animals.
Skunks appear to be common
spreaders of rabies and 19 cases
were reported last year in the
state. But other animals contributed to the high State total,
too. There were 20 dogs, 5 .cats,
4 .cows, 2 foxes, 1 horse and 1
bat..
Rabies is caused by a virus
that travels along nerve tissue
to the brain, destroying tissue
as it moves. Once symptoms develop, rabies always is fatal.
Saliva from a rabid animal transmits the disease either through
the bite, or any way it may
enter through a cut or scratch in
the person's .skin.
An early symptom of wild animal rabies is when the animal,
normally shy, changes its behavior and invades human settlements. Any such bites should be
immediately reported to a physician.
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or
iousands In
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In a court, action now m progress- in Detroit, members of the
William Easlick family of Far-
well are asking damages from
the Michigan Consolidated Gas
Company for various injuries
resulting from a gas explosion
which wrecked the Easlick residence and killed one person in
August 1956.
Asking recovery of wages
lost, expenses of caring for the
injuries, and damages for the
death of the Easlick's infant
granddaughter, the separate lawsuits named a total of $687,500.00
Other reports since the beginning of the action say that the
amounts have been increased
and are now rumored to amount
to more than a million dollars
including recovery for the loss
of the home itself,
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George Wisler, a former Gas
Company manager in Clare and
Late Rush
Seen For
Auto Tabs
The Department of State must
sell ten times as many plates per
day during the rest of this
month than it did during the
past three months to get everyone tabbed by the March 1 deadline.
According to Secretary of
State James M. Hare less than
12,000 cars have been licensed
daily since tabs went on sale
last November,
"We will have to process about
140,000 applications each day to
reach our goal of licensing ail of
Michigan's three million automobiles by deadline-day," Hare
said. "We hope that these tardy
persons will come in immediately. If they don't they'll be standing in line for hours at the end
of the month."
School Has
New Teachers
Four members of the Clare
Public Schools teaching staff assumed their duties with the beginning of the second semester
February 1. "They are Meredith
Sikkema who replaces William
Greer (resigned) in the high
school Social Studies classes.
Mary Roe in the third grade
who replaces Mrs. Haggart who
has enrolled at Central Michigan
in work toward a degree.
Linda Adams, second and third
grade who takes the place of
Mrs. Rachael Willey who also
has enrolled at Central Michigan
for advanced work..
.Christa Kamenetsky who has
replaced Mrs. Mary Ann Bilyeu
(resigned)* " ,
Dick Wilson, present manager.
Marin, Alexander a former service man and other employees
have been called as witnesses in
the trial.     ' .   * .
Defending the suits are Michigan Consolidated, Theodore
Thompson, a Farwell plumber
who was engaged in adapting
the Easlick's bottled-gas appliances to the use of natural gas,
and Thompson's two employees,
Roger Decamp and Clare Schaaf,
In the trial the Easlicks are
attempting to show that Thompson was negligent in leaving a
loose gas pipe joint which allowed the ignitable gas to escape,
And they charge that the Gas
company failed to lock shut the
To Repeat
Fluoride
Application
Survey letters will go home
this week with children in
grades two, five and eight of the
Clare Public School and the
Clare Parochial School to determine -how many are interested in
the summer topical fluoride program. "This will be the third summer for this program in Clare.
The topical application of Sodium fluoride to newly erupted
teeth will reduce new tooth decay by 40% in groups of children.
In.addition to these benefits the
program offers a valuable educational experience with no discomfort involved, and dental health
education is given the chikl by the;
clinic personnel.
"The entire procedure consists
of four visits to the topical
fluoride clinic which will be held
in the Clare Elementary Public
School. At the first visit the
teeth are cleansed and the first
application is given. An application of sodium fluoride consists
of the teeth being isolated With
cotton rolls; then the teeth are
dried with compressed air and a
2% solution of sodium fluoride
is applied to the teeth with cotton tip applicators. On,the second
third and fourth appointments
the application of the sodium
fluoride is repeated.
Any child who is a pre-schooler,
second, fifth or eighth grader is
.eligible to enroll in the program.
Special cases referred by the family dentist will also be accepted,
The fee for the cleansing and
four applications is $3.00.-
Parents of any pre-school child
who is interested may receive the
necessary forms from Mrs. Truman Glenn at EVergreen 6-2559
who is the topical fluoride chairman in Clare county or Mrs. Irene
Davy, school nurse at the Clare
Public School, The fee and consent card must be returned by
March 20 'in order for applications to '|je accepted.
Deadline
Clare's City Clerk David Adams reminds voters that the last
day for registration for the Municipal Election is March 7. The
voting to name members of the
City Commission and other city
officers and proposals will be
held the first Monday in April.
If all the Valentine party celebrators had as good a time as these kindergartners at
Clare Public School, then ihe holiday Was a merry success. Excited little folks found
their treats on this colorful Valeniine Tree in ihe kindergarten room, and the pariy-ing
continued through all five of the beginners' classes which divide the (.roup among Mrs.
Van£very, Mrs. Donovan and Mrs. Neff, all teachers. The gay school room symbolized
the spirit of Saint Valentine's Day everywhere* • In this picture from fhe left are Bobby
Showers/ Nancy Ford, Daryl Bigelow, and Cindy Mahon before a background of their
classmates, Sentinel Photo
main line valve so as to prevent
gas from entering the lines before a safety inspection could be
made, v
At the time of the disaster,
natural gas was being installed
in Farwell for the first time and
the Easlick home, like others
was being equipped to change
over from bottled gas.
Plaintiffs also say' that the
company failed to add odorant
to the gas supply as means of detecting escaping gas,
Pre-trial statements have established that the Easlick gas
meter was not turned . on, and
that the main valve to the house-
was supposed to be shut., Yet
the family cooked a dinner on
their gas stove shortly before
the explosion and the meter
showed that 300 feet of gas had
passed through the line.
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How did the valve happen to
be open before the appliances in
the house were all connected,
and before the company made
the required inspection of gas
lines for safety?
Members of the Easlick family
deny opening the valve, The Gas
company says that Thompson,
the plumber opened the line.
Thompson suffered severe in*
juries about the head and face
and the shock caused amnesia
so that he cannot say exactly
what occurred. But he cannot
deny opening the valve since he
does not remember.
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The explosion made a total
shambles of the home near the
US-10 and M-115 fork west of
Farwell. Fatally injured was
little Laurie Ann Roslund, infant granddaughter of the Easlicks.
Also injured were WiHiany
Easlick, an employee of the
County Highway Department,
"tos. "LUck Easfiek,'his" 'wife, .Mm.' ■
Shirley Roslund their daughter
and mother of the dead baby,
Albert Easlick a young sOn,.<aM
Thompson who was. working in
the house at the time of the
blast.
Immediate cause of the explosion was thought to be gas
which accumulated in the crawl
space under the house and became ignited when a water pump
started.
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Clare Attorney James S.' Bicknell, III was counsel for Thompson in a separate action started
in' Clare County Circuit Court,
but later abandoned when a
crowded court calendar forced
postponement.    -,
Develop New
Hog Breeding
Advances
Planned parenthood for porkers is the idea behind a research
grant of $32,500 made to Michigan State University February A
by three leading Michigan farmer co-operatives;
- The project, one of ten in the
nation working on the artificial
insemination of swine, utilizes a
hormone product consumed by
female porkers in their feed.
Within four days after the end
of the feeding period, sows become fertile.
"Knowledge of this type provides farmers with a measure of
control ■ over stock production,
cost factors and the calendar
never before possible," reported
Dr. Ronald Nelson, head of
Michigan State's Animal Husbandry Department, in accepting
the grant. "It also makes possible the artificial insemination
of large numbers of sows at a
central location in a single, mass |
production operation."
The grant, $17,500 from Michigan Artificial Breeders Cooperative, $10,000 from Farm Bureau
Services and $5,000 from Michi-|
gan Livestock'  Exchange,    was
presented to Dr. Nelson on behalf of the University at brief |
ceremonies held during Farmer's
Week, an annual event at MSU.
It also marked the first time in
the history of. Michigan cooperative farm groups that three such I
cooperatives had joined forces to |
back a research project.
' A portion of the grant will be |
used to construct, a boar building and a small swine research I
laboratory. Work on the project
will'be conducted by Drs. Neal
First,   J. A. Hoefer   and   Johnl
Nellor, all of the Animal Husbandry Department at MSU,