1960-02-25; Clare Sentinel

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Clare Draws
Mayor Trade
With Pentwater
Mayors and village presidents
|n several hundred communities
have started making plans for
the annual exchange of mayors
program which will be a feature
of Government day on Monday;
May 16, of Michigan.Week.
Glare will trade mayors for the
day with Pentwater, a Lake Mich'
igan resort town located 15 miles
south of Ludington in Oceana
county* Population of pentwater
is listed on the latest census as.
1097 but summer season-residents
raise the number greatly.
Following the annual draw for
pairings held recently at the new
Lansing city hall, the Institute
for Community Development and
Services at Michigan State University, which handles details of
the exchange, sent information
Easlicks
Are Awarded
$200,000.
total damages of $200,000
were awarded to the members of
the Easlick family of Farwell in
settlement of their suit against
The Michigan Consolidated Gas
Company. The jury-awarded
amount was announced shortly
after noon on Wednesday.
The verdict ended a suit in
Wayne County Circuit Court in
which the Easlicks were asking
$687,500.00 damages for personal
injuries to four members of the
family and the death of another
in an explosion which flattened
their home near Farwell in August, 1956.
Actual out-of-pocket expenses
which the family sought to recover amounted to $25,9$l-86 but
added: to this were ether 'clalttfe
for interrupted earnings, suffer'
ing and shock of the injured persons, and the fatal injuries to
the Easlicks' infant granddaughter, little Laurie Ann Roslund.
Also defendants in the action
wer Theodore Thompson, a Far-
well plumber with his two employees Roger Decamp and Clare
Schaaf.
Dick Wilson, Clare-Farwell
manager for the Gas Company
with George Wisler, ' former
manager and other employees at
the time in 1956 when gas mains
were being installed to bring service to Farwell all had been called to Detroit to testify in the
court case.
First news of the end of the
case and awarding of the damages was made known in Clare
and Farwell by a story carried
in the Saginaw News on Thursday.
Worst injured in the blast of
the Easlick home were Mrs.
Lucy Easlick, wife of William
Easlick, and her daughter Mrs.
Shirley Roslund who with her
daughter was visiting her* parents.
The force of the explosion Under the floor of the house caused
very serious injury to the worn
en's feet and legs besides other
hurts and shock. Thompson also
was seriously injured by the
blast and suffered physical hurts
and amnesia.
A. separate claim against the
defendants was on behalf of the
Home Insurance Company of
New York who carried a $5,000.
policy on the Easlick residence.
to the mayors and village presidents of the state's more than
500 incorporated communities.
Although Clare's April election
and spring elections in other
communities may result in personnel changes in the office of
mayor/ or village president, the
Institute is urging all towns to
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Nearby towns have drawn
Mayor Exchange pairing for
Michigan Week as follows:
JFarwell will tmde< With
Kochester, Harrison with
Grosse Point©, Coleman With
Baraga, Gladwin with Suirfielo,
and Beavertonwith. Reese,
contact the community they drew
in the exchange so that plans can
move forward, for this part of
Michigan Week observance,
' Mayor Ralph Crego of Lansing:
chairman of the mayors exchange committee, has appealed
for wide participation in the annual event, emphasizing its importance in getting communities
and "areas of the state better acquainted.
Mayor David Calhoun of Huntington Woods, chairman of Government day, suggested that all
communities join in the observance of Government day even
though something prevents their
participation in the exchange.
He recommended:
1. That each community select
a student mayor or village president to welcome the visiting chief
executive and be with him
throughout the day.
2. That communities plan now
to hold open house in all government buildings, to show off their
fire departments, police departments, public works facilities and
get all citizens better acquainted
with the many services they receive from their tax dollars.
The Clare Fire Department's new Rescue TJnil is going lo.save valuable lime and could
save lives, firemen agree. Contained in this shiny red and. white- panel truck are gas
and smoke masks, portable electric generator, smoke exhausting fan, resuscitator and
emergency equipment of all sorts that were formerly difficult to finoV being carried on
several trucks. Chief Floyd Woodworih and the men invested only $50. in the vehicle and
they earned that by serving a fish supper recently, ' ' ' ----...
Sentinel Photo
Off-Expressway Signs
Tell'Em "Stop In Clare"
300 PoundMan
Fights 5 Cops
Clare police had their hands
full subduing a prisoner Tuesday when a Coleman " man arrested on a "disorderly" offense
went berserk in the police station and tried to fight five officers-all at dnce.
John J. Kascheck, 42, of Coleman caused a disturbance at
Mannie's Bar and when later arrested at his home and brought
back for questioning, he nearly
defied the efforts, of officers to
put him in a cell.
Clare Chief William Bell
brought in Kascheck, a 300-
pounder described as "hard as a
rock", without incident, but
when filling out a personal description record in the Clare station found that the prisoner objected to telling his weight. Kascheck struck State Police Trooper McArthur, a bystander and
knocked him across the room.
In the struggle which followed
immediately, Kascheck struck
his head on. an iron radiator and
also had to be "slowed, down"
with a police blackjack before
handcuffs could be put on him.
It took the combined efforts of
Chief Bell, Trooper McArthur
and three other officers to tame
the huge man.
Kascheck's family told police
that he has been subject to mental attacks since the war where
he served with the air force.
Suggested plans for the design
and placement of "self help"
signs to be erected at local expense, which would direct expressway travelers to nearby
business places, have been announced, by Michigan State Highway Commissioner John C.
Mackie.
The plan is.being recommended to chambers of commerce and
tqurtet and resort groups to supplement the Highway Department's "GAS - FOOD - LODGING" signs, on the expressways.
President Tim Cotter of
Clare's Chamber of Commerce
said this week that the business
group would request copies of
the .Highway Department's lay*
out sketches and instructions for
installing the commercial signs.
It is assumed that the signs
Would be used as close as allowed to the new State expressway
approaches to Clare.
Mackie said the plan was developed by the Highway Department at the request of Michigan
Tourist and Resort Association
officials as a "guide" for local
interests along expressways who
want to attract business and provide motorists with needed information.
"State and federal laws prohit-
it use of highway property for
commercial signs," Commissioner Mackie pointed out.
"Both the motorist and established business concerns on old
routes deserve a coordinated
signing program which will di-
Area Farmers Invited
To Dairy Management
Congregational
Trustees Meet
At the first meeting earlier
this month of the Congregational Church Board of Trustees
since the annual meeting, organization was completed as follows:
President is Dr. J. R. Gershon,
Secretary, Mrs. Charles Day,
Treasurer* George Beck. Other
members of the Board are ,JOe
Johnston, Jerry Forsberg, Dr. R.
B. Kring, and Carleton Garthe.
rect travelers to necessary-'services. Local private enterprise
must assume part of the respond
sibility and expense of providing?
adequate directions^ to specific
restaurants, filling stations, motels or other facilities. The state
cannot list them on its signs..
Signs naming the establishments
must be located off the highway
right-of-way on private- property."
Clare Hosts
At Senior
Gov't Day
Senior Government Day at
Clare High school Friday of last
week assembled senior class students from Clare, Farwell and
Harrison to hear informed resource people discuss topics
ranging from Elections and Law
Enforcement to State Finance
and Conservation.
Information on our State and
local government purposes and
procedures was given by an able
staff of lecturers headed by figures from Lansing, Harrison,
Clare and Mt. Pleasant.
A speech of welcome to the
entire assembly was given by
James Norcutt, Student Council
president of Clare High school,
and Mrs. Ivah L. Bartow of the
Clare school faculty was the
day's chairman.
Resource people were • introduced by Dr. Laurence J. Taylor
of Hillsdale College, and the
closing summary of discussions
was spoken by D. Hale Brake,
president of the Institute Of Local Government.
Civitans
Organizing
Hiring Staff
For Clrild
buide tunic
Directors of the new Central
Michigan Child Guidance Clinic
at a meeting in Mt. Pleasant
.were told that the staff for the
clinic would be completed within
a* few days after March 1. The
clinic is expected to begin functioning in the spring.
Archie J. McKinnon, formerly
of Saginaw is scheduled to take
over as the project's first director oxi March 1. *      >
Dr. Herbert E. Marshall of Mt
Pleasant, president of the clinic's
group of directors set May 4 as
Ithe.date for 4he annual meeting
and named a nominating com*
mittee including Leonard Sch-
wanz of Harrison, Jackson K.
Beatty of. Mt. Pleasant, Merton
H. Dean of Alma. William Gannon of Mecosta, Stewart Woodward of Beaverton and Mrs. Fern
Bontekoe of Marion.
'"Dr. Marshall also has named
the following standing committees:
Executive — Dr. Marshall,
Mrs. Megan Atlee of Gladwin,
Dr. Loren G, Burt of Alma, Dr.
Roger Grandmaison of Remus
and Jackson Beatty of Mt. Pleasant.
Finance — Dr, Grandmaison,
chairman; Beatty, Rev. Richard
Anderson of Alma, Guerdon
Schumacher of Beaverton, Mrs.
Fern Bontekoe of Marion, Leonard Schwanz of Harrison, Dudley
Tice of Barryton, Orlo J. Mac-
Murray of Gladwin and Ernest
Simon of Reed City.
Personnel — Miss Helen Johnson of Mt. Pleasant, chairman;
Mrs. Kay Freeman of Clare, Harlan McCall of Alma, Mrs. Megan
Atlee of Gladwin, Walter S. Horn
and Dr. Andrew Bedo of Mt,
Pleasant, Mrs, Dan Russ of Barryton and Steven J. Martin of
Evart.
Housing — Beatty, Miss Johnson, Horn, Dr. Bedo and Dr.
Marshall.
Prepare For More Job Opportunities
In Agriculture Say 4-H Leaders
Mb
•Leaders in 4-H are viewing the
demand for qualified job holders
in agriculture as their chance to
help the careers • of farm-reared
boys and girls. The discovery that
15,000 college graduates are wanted for new jobs in the nation's
agriculture. each year is a spur
to 4-H efforts to prepare America's youth for the opportunities
being offered.
At a local level, Isabella
cpunty's 4-H Council will sponsor
a Career Program to show leaders more about some Special
opportunities for youth.
The" program is to be March
19 at Mt. Pleasant Senior High
School from 9:30 a.m. to ZiSQ
p.m. Luncheon will be provided.
Leaders attending the program
will learn to develop ways of
Working with club rhembers to
hot only show them the career
opportunities available to them,
but also to provide this growing
field of employment WithA the
trained personnel it needs.
Edward Poole, Isabella -County
Extension Agent for 4-H work
said that of the 65 million people
employed in the United States, 26
million work at jobs somewhere
in the field of agriculture.
•This is around 40 percent oi
all the jobs available.
"Consider also'', Poole continues, "for every job requiring cot
lege trained personnel, there are
five jobs available for those with
less than a college degree.
"these are astounding facts
when wc realise that in, the farm
ing segment of this giant field of
agriculture the number employed
is steadily decreasing. This means
that opportunities for farm reared boys and girls in farming its
self are becoming: less and jess
each year.
. "With' opportunities in the
broad field of agriculture gr5w-
ing each year, how can our farm
boys and'girls miss?
"Only, if they are hot aware of
these opportunities and fail to
prepare for them. The theme
should bet Be Aware; Then Prepare!
"We hope-that ail of our 4-H
leaders will (plan to attend the
Career Program planned by the
4-H Council to learn more about
career opportunities*"
A Civitan club whose aim will
be civic service in Clare will be
organized at a meeting announced for next Monday evening. Alex Strange acting secretary of the new group said that
32 prospective members are interested in Civitan.
Officers Pro-tent vof the club
are: President Carl Stephenson,
Vice Pres. Homer O'Dell, Secre
tary Alex Strange and Treasurer Cal Foss.
Directors now are Don Bell,
Virgil Brinkman and Willard
Koch.
The final organizational meeting next Monday will be the
group's fifth and is to be called
at the Clare city hall at 7:30.
Strange said that if the mem
bers are successful in their organization plans, then permanent officers will be cho'sen*
Help With the steps toward organization has been given by
Civitan members from Mt*
Pleasant including Warren Deck
er, former police chief here, and
Jim McLean, Ed Johnson, and
Max Stokes of Lansing, Regional director.
When the new club is chartered, it Will bear the distinction of
being the farthest north in Mich'
igan of any Civitan club. Its
purpose will be the building of
good eitjgenship through efforts
for the community.
Publicity and Membership —
Horn, chairman,* William Gannon of Mecosta, Dean Mrs. Pau*
line Hegle of Ithaca,' Bernice
Ritchie of Gladwin, Stewart
Woodward of Beaverton, Mrs.
Beth Fischer of Reed City, O. J.
North of Evart, Mrs. William
Flower of Farwell, Mrs. Irene
Davy Of Clare , Mrs. Stanley
Oman of Lake and Mrs. Kay
Karar of Big Rapids.
Annual Show
At Gladwin
The Gladwin Rotary ^club's
annual Minstrel Show and entertainment is scheduled for Friday
and Saturday evenings of this
week, February 26 and 27, Thirty-two entertainers will be in the
cast for the show that begins at
8:15 o'clock in the Gladwin
school gym.
Special vocal music and a 4-
piece band are added to blackface humor, Endmett jokes, patter, and a singing ehorhs -to
make the amusing program
lively and interesting for the
-whole family. The Gladwin
club's annual - entertainment is
well known through the area and
is usually played .to large and
»appreciative audiences.
Program At
The second Annual Glare County Dairy
Day program will Ipe held next.Tuesday in
Clare at the Oddfellow Hall. The afternoon
event will present a dairy-topic motion picture, a discussion panel of five local dairy
farmers, and remarks by Extension specialists from Michigan State University at East
Lansing.
More topic discussions are scheduled
from Richard Schroeder, County Agriculture Extension -Director, Joe Johnston grain
elevator operator,  Dr. Neil Stirling,   Clare
Explain
Vet Pension
New Law
A Veterans of Foreign Wars
Service Officers* Conference was
held in Detroit at the Veterans
Memorial Building on February
20th and 21st, when more than
400 Post and auxiliary service
officers from over the state
gathered for the purpose of becoming better informed on veterans benefits and especially on a
new law 86-211, which was passed by Congress in August and
will become effective on July 1,
1960.
Present from Clare county
were Mrs. Inice Eaton of Harrison, Veterans' Counselor for
Clare county, and Charles Cooper of Clare, Past State Commander for Veterans of World
War I and with VFW connections, and Mrs. Charles Cooper
and Mrs. Clarice Bellows, representing the VFW LSdies' AuxuV
iary.
William. J. Driver, chief benefits director of the Veterans Ad-
ministration in Washington, explained details of the plan and
stated that each person on the
pension roll at this time would
receive a card next month on
which to indicate whether he
wanted to continue Under the
old pension program or change
to the new law.
It must be 'understood that
once a pensioner elects to come
under the new' law,, he can not
change back again.
Due to changes in income
limitations and what is considered as income, this new law is
quite complicated and each pensioner should consider carefully
before making an election. If in
doubt on the matter the veteran
should consult an informed Service Officer or Veterans Counselor before making a, choice.
One good part of the new law
is that the World War II and
Korean widows are considered
under the same ruling as World
War I Widows and many of these
widows who were unable to
qualify for benefits Under the
old law, may now he eligible.
This will also benefit children of
deceased World War II and Korean veterans.
Winner of $10,000. in a na
tional prize contest is Mrs. Alger Brown, daughter-in-law of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard (Chick)
IBrown of Clare. Sponsors of
the contest, the Quaker Oats
Company announced the recent
outcome of the contest to provide education for children or
payment of the prize in cash.
The younger Browns live in La-
Grange, Illinois arid are the
parents of a son, Michael, 13,
and a daughter, Patricia, 10.
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veterinarian, and Harley Holt, Kraft Foods
fieldman.
Preparations   are   being   made for an "
attendance of 350 or more based on the response   to last   year's similar   Dairy   Day
event. /
The informative and educational movie
starts the program at one o'clock and bears
the title, "Calf To Cow." Following the movie, the afternoon's .program includes interesting features for every producer of milk,
and every dairy-animal owner. V
Richard Schroeder will intro*
duce two MSU Specialists'. Don
Murray who is to speak on the
subject, "Feeding The Dairy
Cow For Profit", and Hi Brown
whose remarks are titled,
"Trends In Dairy Cow Management", ' '.
At 3:Q0 o'clock a five-member
farmer panel composed of Russ
Gamble, Keith Eddck, Lewis
Dawson, Eugene Bauman, and
Louis Becker will describe their
practical experience in .dairy
management from breeding\aiid
feed programs to production
record-keeping.
More speakers and their topics
are Joe Johnston, "Bulk Feed
Handling"; Dr. "Neil Stirling,
"Antibiotics In Milk"; Don Murray, "A Review of Panel Remarks."
Kraft Foods is contributing
door prizes and a free lunch at
the conclusion of the program at
4:45. •
Joining in the sponsorship of
the program are Clare County's
Co-operative Extension service
at Harrison, Michigan State University's Extension service from
East Lansing, and Kraft Foods,
Clare.
The invitation to attend is
[pp£ft, afld cordially' exuded;-%
all interested persons m the
area. . "
Appointed For
Michigan Week
Appointment of Harold B.
Hughes, Clare, as Clare County
Chairman" for the 1960 Michigan
Week "Celebration Was announced
today by Harding Mott, vice president Of the ,Mott Foundation,
Flint, and Central Region Michigan Week Chairman.
The Michigan Week Celebration is scheduled for May 15-21
this year.
Hughes is an attorney with
offices at 532 McEwan Street,
Clare. He has practiced law in
Clare for the past ,15 years. He is
president of the Clare Board of
Education, a member Of the first
City Commission and former
prosecuting attorney for Clare
County.
Mr. Hughes is married and the
father of three sons.
The Central Region, headed by
Mott, includes Bay, Clare,v Clinton,
Genesee, Gratiot, Isabella, Midland, Saginaw and Shiawassee
counties. The I960 Michigan
Week State Chairman is T. Austin Saunders, president of General
Telephone of Michigan, Muskegon, •      .
Representative Russell
Strange has turned "song plug-
ger" in Lansing to get recognition for a Harrion man's song
as the .official state Song- of
Michigan, A legislative bift now^
in the the "hopper" would designate "Water Wonderland" as
the-State song. It was written
by Ralph Carpenter, son of
former State Senator, Ben Carpenter and local people have
heard the tune sung by the
Northernaires, well known
male quartet with which Carpenter performed. Along with
Strange's bill is a rival measure to make "Michigan My
Michigan" the State song. A
similar bill for a third tune last
session failed to come out of a
House committee.
Household 14th
Year Celebrated
Literally carloads of new appliances and home furnishings
have been arriving, during the
past few days in stock-up preparations for Household's Anniversary . Sale and Appliances
Demonstrations this Thursday.
Friday and Saturday.
The occasion is the 14th anniversary of the Household beginning in business in Clare and
customers or visitors will find
the building interior rearranged
and brand new items added for
the occasion.
On-hand in the" store will be
a staff of specially trained factory representatives to demonstrate new equipment in the home
and kitchen furnishings lines, as
well as furniture and appliances.
Prizes and special gifts and
sale events are described in
Household's* Sentinel advertising
which appears in pages of this
issue of The Sentinel. •
Fire Damage
Closes School
An accidental fire which disabled the heating boiler at Claire
Elementary schobl Wednesday
of last week caused the building
to be closed, for lack of heat the
following day and sent some 1100
children, home.
Ralph Ackerman said that a
plugged gas valve failed to close
and overheating started a small
blaze in the pit in front of the
boiler. Wiring controls and elements of the burner which were
damaged had to be replaced.
He said that damaged would
probably not exceed $500.
The sehool alarm system emptied the building of students
from Kindergartners up through
the eighth grades.
FFA Teams
In Area
Contests
The Clare school chapter of
Future Farmers of America was
host February 17 to annual District Contests for Mt. Pleasant,
Midland, Bay Cityt Handy, Pin-
conning and Clare* high school
members.     «
Leadership contests were staged in the fields of Farm Forum,
Public Speaking, Demonstrations, and Parliamentary Procedure.
Clare chapter members competed in' Farm Forum, Public
Speaking and Demonstration. A
team consisting ol Leader David
Comstock, with members - Larry
Kleinhart, John Cotton, Jim
Crawford, Bob Miller, Lawrence
Carncross and Willis StrOuse
were given a Silver rating.
In the Public Speaking contest
Bruce Dale took a Silver rating.
In the Demonstration competition, Russell Graham and Tom
Grogan achieved a Gold rating"
and became alternates to attend
the Reginal contest. The Clave
entries were coached by Floyd
Norcutt, faculty member at
Clare High and FFA advisor.
Judges were from Mt. Pleasant, Midland, Bay City and Pin*
conning and also included Mrs.
Louisa Bowler and Mr. Mcintosh
J'rom the schood faculty in Clare,
Richard Schroeder, County Extension Director and Kenneth
Tweedy, Clare county Soil Conservationist.
Land Bank
Managers
Meet In Clare
The Federal Land Bank Association of Clare was host to an
area meeting Wednesday, February 17th, at their new office lo-
cated on U. S.-27 south of Clare,
according to Paulus Haller, manager.
Mr. Hans T, Hagen of the Federal Land Bank of St. Paul, Minnesota, presented the new loan
regulations and the associations
responsibilities ' from the new
Farm Credit, Act recently passed
by Congress.