1960-03-17; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE SENTINEL
Established 1878
$2.50 Year in Clare. Isabella Counties
THE CLAftE SENTINEL, CLAHE* MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, MAR, 17, I960
Ten Cents Copy       New Series, Vol. 68, No. 271
LEAVE IT TO THE VOTERS I
On Election
or School JDistriet
The Clare .Board of Education
reached a final decision Monday
to seek voter approval of the proposed elementary classroom ex"
pansi'on and four other improvement projects.
Encouraged by results of a recent opinion sampling among
District Eight residents, the
Board will hold a special election
to get approval for;
1.) Constructing a new early
elementary unit on Clare's northwest side.
2,) Equip a cafeteria to provide
meal service for students in any
Clare school building.
3.) Complete new facilities for
holding    classes    in    Industrial
Area Farm
Leaders To
Visit Russia
Richard Schroeder, Clare county agriculture and extension director has been named host and
delegation leader for a group of
jiorthern Michigan agricultural
leaders on a special twenty-one
day goodwill inspection tour
throughout Europe and the Soviet Union.
The Michigan farm leaders will
depart New York's International
Airport on Monday, August 22...
They will take part in,iiume.r
ous farm visitations, as well as
meetings   and   interviews   with
United States and foreign  government agriculture representa
tives, throughout Belgium,   Holland,   Poland,   Germany, France
and4 the Soviet Union. While in
Russia,    the  Michigan  farmers
will visit the three principal cities of Moscow, Kiev and Odessa.
Arranged and designed to implement the aims and purposes
of President Eisenhowers' "People To People" campaign and the
United States Cultural Visitation
Exchange program, the purpose
of the journey will be to    promote     understanding     between
countries, and to receive a summarizing glimpse into the different ways the farm people of Europe and Russia conduct    their
farming activities. They will observe methods and   learn   first
hand,  something  of the    conditions that exist behind the Iron
Curtain.
Mr. Schroeder said Tuesday
that he had sent 250 invitations
to local and northern Michigan
individuals who are leaders in
farming, or farm-connected occupations. The meetings, interviews and schedules of the three-
week tour left no doubt that it is
fulfilling its purpose as a special agricultural exchange enter
prise, and not a tourism trip.
It is intended that the group
of Michigan northerners will
carry a message of goodwill to
farmers and tradespeople in foreign countries, — and bring back
something of understanding of
- how these counterparts in the
world live and work.
The tour is privately sponsored and organized. • "Delegates"
are asked to meet their own individual trip costs of something
like $1,600.
In connection with the People
to People program, President
Eisenhower recently said, "The
hope is that, little by little, mistrust based on falsehoods will
give way to international understanding based  on truth.
"The People to People program is one of the most promising gateways for reaching our
most sought after goal, — a
just and lasting peace. "We need
more individual diplomats from
our farms, from our main
streets, schools, laboratories —
from every walk of life."
Arts ^nd iri Vocal and Instru-
mentai^TVIusic in the new high
school building.
4.) Remodel the present elementary building to conform
with late demands for safety in
case of fire,
A questionnaire sent to hundreds of area families by the
Citizens Advisory Committee
asked District residents to indicate whether they would vote
for such a program at an estimated total cost of $420,000., or'
whether portions of the whole
project would .get "Yes" votes if
the entire schedule is not approved,
(A recent story in The Sentinel said that 'a bus garage was
included in the list of proposed
improvements, but only the
items listed here are presently
considered.)
Robert Bergey, president of
the Committee told the School
Board Monday that answers to
the questionnaire indicated a 2
to 1 approval for the program.
The Committee gathered what it
believes is a dependable cross-
section of opinion throughout the
big School District which lies
partly in Clare county and partly
in Isabella.
Many of the building expansion and improvement items being proposed, were originally in
proposals before voters during
the attempts to finance the new
high school. They were eliminated at that time to gain easier
passage of the finance package'
for the critically needed high
school building.
In the meantime, growth of
elementary enrollments has
brought'" overcrowding" in the
lower grades to critical proportions. The school system has
four kindergartens each near the
limits of size. Other grades are
becoming similarly crowded near
limits,
Prospects for immediate increases in school population next
year and the following years
bring the District to a point
where expanded classroom facilities must be provided.
■ The .site for the new elementary school unit is already owned by the District. Plans for the
unit to accommodate kindergar
.ten-through-fourth grade pupils
were drawn three years ago and
the actual construction depends
only on voted permission by
electors.
A central cafeteria that would
provide the means to prepare
food for lunches in all public
school buildings is offered as the
solution to the present situation
where no food is prepared or
served in any school. The cafeteria is rated high on the list
ot desired improvements by parents of students who must carry
lunches, or would like to buy
them in school.
No Industrial Art, or vocal and
instrumental music classes may
be held in the high school due to
lack of facilities. This would be
remedied by the expansion program.
• Included also is the vitally important necessity of providing
exits from the elementary building to make the building safer.
Recommended by the ( Fire
Marshal's office are fire escapes
Tax Help
r
Tom H, Brockway representing the Michigan Department of
Revenue is available by appointment to assist taxpayers in preparing their intangibles tax returns, due not later than March
31, To contact Mr, Brockway,
telephone him at KE 9-569G,
Whatever kind of an insane
error got Clare High School's
basketball team listed on the Associated Press roster of leading
teams in the State we don't
know . . .
But we've been chuckling
along with Athletic Director Don
Richardson ever since he received a comic note from a brother-
in-law who is sports editor of a
newspaper in Monroe. Clare's
name was mistakenly listed as
19th best team in Michigan's
Class B basketball powers and
the writer gleefully asked Don
how this could happen-to a Class
C team which didn't break into
the winning column — not once!
located at the extreme outside
ends 0;_ the second-floor wings.
Present escape could only be
provided down the stairways located nearer the building's center, and which could be useless
if. flames cut off the exit of
children in the far east and. west
classrooms. Safety demands also
that the ground floor and second
floors be separated by fire resistant partitions to close the
stairways, -the inspector said.
School Superintendent "Richard Wheeler said that following
the Monday 'decision, of the
Board,, moves are in progress
that will bring the propositions
to voters at the earliest possible
date. It ■ is possible that an
election may be held in May.
Furnace Blast
Closes Lake
Grade School
A furnace .explosion at the
Lake school Monday which shook
the building and rained soot and
smoke throughout the classrooms closed the school" until
Wednesday for repairs ,and
cleaning.
The heating plant is a warm-
air furnace, fired with oil and
with -forced distribution of the
air. Delmer Scott a member of
the School Board said the blow
up was thought to have been
caused when oil failed to flow
into the fire chamber properly..
A small air leak was discovered
in the fuel line which might
have contributed to the trouble.
No injuries resulted from the
accident.
Elementary grade pupils who
attend the school were sent
home at 9:30 in the morning following the explosion. The school
was closed for the repair and
cleaning all day Monday and on
Tuesday.
The furnace was back in use
again late Monday, but was tested during the remainder of the
time before pupils returned on
Wednesday. A 'State inspector
approved the re-opening.
Damage consisted mostly of
displaced smoke pipes and heat
pipes which were blown down by
the blast. A glass window near
the furnace was blown out.
The school custodian and helpers worked Monday and Tuesday
to mop up and sweep the soot
and scattered dirt which lay
over the whole building interior.
A similar accidental furnace
blow-up occurred about three
years ago and, according to Mr.
Scott, the cause of the previous
explosion was eliminated by adding height to the furnace smokestack.
On Patrol,
Students Do
Safety Job
Organized Safety Patrol service that provides street crossing
protection for boys and girls going to and from school is a project undertaken by some ninety
boys and girls who are members
of the' Clare Public School's
three sixth grades.
Pupils from each of the three
rooms take "duty" a week at a
time with members working-in
groups of four on shifts. T*hey
occupy posts of duty at the south-
east corner of the elementary
school grounds, at the southwest
corner of the school property
and at McEwan and State streets.
The room that assumes the duty
for a' week, elects a captain who
checks the posts to make sure
that members are doing their
j6bs.
Patrol members do a valuable
service and contribute to tlie
school's enviable safety record
They work in all kinds of weath
er and are familiar figures on
dark or rainy days when they
wear yellow rain coats an.
hOods.
Faculty sponsors who oversee
the program are currently Joani
Bond, Mrs. Mary McTaggert and
Mrs. Christa Kamanetsky, wlic
replaced Mrs. Bilyeu,   .
City Clerk David Adams' desk is unnaturally clean as he prepares information for the
ballots in the coming city election April 4. No petitions for Commission candidates
showed up so his desk wasn't cluttered (and there will be not one official candidate).
Here Adams checks signatures on the petition nominating William B. Dunlop for
Municipal Court Justice. Clare Sentinel Photo.
Beef Tour
To Visit Four
4-H Projects
The Third Annual 4-H Beef
Tour, billed by Clare County Extension Director, Richard Schroeder as having special interest
for 4-H club members and Future Farmers of America .will be
held next Saturday, March 19.
The tour will lead a crowd to
four farm locations in Sheridan
and Arthur townships where
young beef are being raided on
recommended programs. Ralph
Morrow of Michigan State University will be present on the
tour to make comments at each
stop.
All 4-H beef project members,
FFA beef raisers along with parents, sponsors, neighbors and
their friends are invited to join
in the tour.
Getting under way at the
Floren Pudvay farm on Brand
road at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, -the group will be shown
four Shorthorns which Larry
Pudvay has on feed. The next
stop will be the Penrose farm
whore four -Angus are to be
seen.
The tour will stop next at the
Norman Hutchinson farm to see
three 4-H Herefords on feed. Finally the last stop will bring the
tour to the Glen Newman farm
where there are two more Herefords.
Visits Rotary
Coker Wins In Farwell
At Monday's village election in Farwell about 100
voters turned out to re-elect Frank Coker to the office
of Village President. Mr. Coker arid four other candidates
on the Citizens' Ticket went into office. The People's
Ticket candidate for top job in Farwell Village government Was Morris Hosford.
Elected also were Bon Smith, People's candidate for
clerk; Mrs; Mary Deforest, Citizens' candidate for treasurer; Bernard Glass, People's, choice for, assessor; Buryl
Strong, Willard Strahota, and Viator Fin'-h Citizens' candidates for trustee posts.
Voters also OK'd a proposal, for Village tax support of
the summertime recreation program for youth. Two mills
per $1,000. valuation is to be levied for this purpose.
At Coleman, an election on April 4 will name officeholders from candidates presented by two parties. Lack
' of opposition for places on the Coleman ballot made it
Unnecessary to hold a primary elecfion this week.
Voters at next months Clare city election will choose
at least two members of the City Commission by writing in
names of "irregular" candidates. Monday's deadline for
candidate qualification passed with only the petition of j
Robert Walters being filed.
There are three vacancies.
Some possibility developed following the Monday petition deadline that Walters' candidacy 'might be withdrawn, I
Mr. Walters said that  he was undecided whether to  leave]
his name on the-record as a qualified candidate, or not. He
did not discuss the reasons that might lead him to change.
his mind about a try for ie-election. /'   '
If Walters does withdraw and leaves the ballot completely devoid'of regular candidates, voters will then have a
free selection of new commissioners and create a situation
where "write-in" candidates will be elected and form a
majority on the new Commission.
Members of the Commission whose terms do not expire
this year are Earl Baumgarth and Harvey Hartshorn, both
elected in.1959.
Present members who did not file for re-election are
Mayor Gerald Nivison and Mayor Pro-tern Paul Schroeder. |
Clare's city charter has but meager information to cover
the possibilities of an election with fewer candidates than
there are offices to fill.
One paragraph under a general heading' regarding pincers and personnel of the city rules that: "xxx an elective
officer of the city shall after his term has expired continue
to hold office until his successor is elected and has qualmed.
Questions already raiped by the seeraing possibility that
three write-in candidates might be elected to the Commission will be referred to officials for answers.
The two successful candidates polling the largest number of votes are declared elected for terms of two years
each. Will this bold true if write-in votes are so scattered
that the actual winners have 25 or less votes?
 = —      with   random    selections    of
scattered candidates bound to be
iniportant   in   the final   count, |
what will happen if   a winning
number of votes falls to a pe_-|
son not qualified to hold a Commission  seat?     Clare's    Charted J
provides that, "Th& Commission;
shall be sole.judge of the elect']
ion and qualification of its own
members, subject only to review j
by the court."
The challenge of one petition
prevented at least one more candidate from entering   the    city
At Wednesday's Rotary lunch, an
audience of club members and
some of their "Rotarian" wives
greeted Miss Mary Sue Hodges
American Dairy Princess Who
appeared on the special program.
Miss Hodge a native of Michigan,
and this State's Princess before
gaining her national title told the
club about her personal appearance tour experiences and did»<a'
charming "selling" job 'on* the
tlairyrnan's product, milk. Sh_
was introduced by Earl Ruby as
program chairman.
3 Speakers
Appearing
Lenten Series
Y
A special series of midweek
services will mark the Lenten
season at the Clare First Congregational Church. The services, three in number, will be held
on March 23, 30 and April 6, all
at 8 p.m.
The Rev. Al Stenner, head of
the Westminster Foundation at
Central Michigan University will
speak at the. first service. On
March 30th the Rev. Wm. R.
Catton of the Harrison Congregational Church will deliver the
message. Judge Donald Holbrook
oi Clare will speak at the final
service on April 6th.
The services are open to any*
one who would like to attend.
Red Cross
Fund Drive
Near $800.
Reports from various locations
in Clare county this week announced the annual Red Cross
drive is well in progress, stated
Mrs. Ralph Nash, drive reporter
this week.
A total of $768.00 has been reported to date with many units,
localities and organizations still
to be heard from. Of the amount
•collected, the following townships are included: Redding,-
$75.00, Hamilton $100.00, Greenwood 50.00, Winterfield ,$60.00,
Hayes $25.00. In Clare Mrs. Ben
Burdo announced her house-to-
house campaign 'has thus far
amounted to $325.00. Mrs. Leah
Ulch at Harrison stated her
workers are about one-third finished with their groupings and
reports are favorable,
Mrs, Richard Schroeder assumed the role Of chairman of the
City of Clare drive just prior to
the- Opening of the campaign,
replacing Curt Murton, Jr., who
had resigned,
Rosebush
To Have New
Posto-fice
in
12 Seniors
Win Honor
Membership
Clare High School Principal
Richard Snyder- announced this
week that selections for student
membership iri the National Honor Society have been made for
the 1959-1960 school year. Twelve
graduating students were named
to tlie coveted membership.
They are:
Ron Dull, Joyce Dunkle, Ann
Elden, Charles Gum.,
Janet Hanchett, Karen Kegg,'
Pam Koch, Thomas Maloney.
Deb Nolan, Jim Norcutt, Car'
olyn Seibt, Julie Wood.
All are senior students and
have been selected on the basis
of scholarship, leadership, character and service by their fellow
pupils and the faculty.
Each student in the upper one-
third of the class is given an
equal number of points for
scholarship. Members of the senior class and faculty then rate
the candidates on the other three
qualities and those given the
highest rating are accepted into
the Society.
Appointed
Appraiser
Roy Dunbar, Clare realtor announced that he received san appointment this' month as a Federal' Housing Adminstration
property appraisor for the Clare
area. He is available for consultation and service in connection
with appraisals and advice ifl
FHA loan applications.
Mr. Dunbar has a record of ten
years as a resident and real'
estate salesman- and broker in
Clare.
Wildlife Week
"Water . . . Key To Your Survival" is billed as this year's
National Wildlife Week  theme.
Rosebush residents were
formed this week that they are
to have a new postoffice of entirely modern design and new
construction as soon as the government completes arrangements
with anyone who can build a
suitable building for such use.
The announcement was made by
the Postal Department through
local Postmaster Bellinger at
Rosebush.
The facility will be leased under the Department's Commercial
Leasing Program. Specifications
call for a facility containing approximately 1,000 square feet of
floor space with an adequate area
for parking and truck maneuvering.
According to Postmaster Bellinger, bids should be sumitted
to Paul C. Bridgman, Real Estate
Officer, Post Office Department,
Box 2656, Detroit 31, Michigan.
The Real Estate Officer will supply bidding forms, specifications,
lease provisions, and other information.
"The suce'ssful bidder," Postmaster Bellinger said, "will pro
vide the modern postal facility to
Department specifications, and
will rent it to the Post Office Department under a long-term
lease." (The Postmaster added,
"the postal facility will remain
under privite ownership while
leased to the Federal Government
with the lessor paying local reai
estate taxes, like any home or
business property owner."
Congressman Cederberg also
pointed out that Postmaster General Summerfield has indicated
the need for modernizaion or replacement of a total of 12,000 of
the nation's post offices because
of lack of space and obsolescence.
Mr. Summerfield further noted
that Congressional approval was
given to the Postal Modernization
Program to provide in fiscal year
1960 alone 1400 new post offices
with several hundred facilities
scheduled for complete modernization in every part of the nation.
"Making this announcement
pleases me greatly,' "Congressman Cederberg concluded. "Your
modern Post Office will provide
citizens of Rosebush with the
latest in modern'postal improvements, assuring patrons more
convenient mail service as well
as providing a much better place
to work for our dedicated postal
employees."
City Clerk David Adams
said Wednesday afternoon that
Robert Walters, incumbartt
City Commissioner, and only
qualified candidate for that
city post in the April _. election, had ordered his name
stricken from the ballot and
had withdrawn from the race.
race last week. A petition bearing signatures in behalf of A. J.
Doherty was opposed on the
grounds that Doherty does not
meet the qualifications necessary
to be a commissioner. Mr. Do-
herty's legal residence is outside
the city.
Another petition which had
been intended to place Marvin
Gies in candidacy was never
filed with 'David Adams, city
clerk. Gies petition lacked the
required number of signers.
In the filing for Justice of the
Peace in Clare Municipal Court,
incumbent   William   B.   Dunlop
was    the only    candidate.    The,.!
term as judge is for four years.
In last year's City Commission
eieclion, 516 electors cast their
ballots with five candidates in
the contest. Baumgarth, Hartshorn and Walters won the majority votes, but Albert Haley,
not named on the ballot as a
candidate received 22 write-in
votes.
Ladies Bowl
919 Game
Another sports note this time
more serious, credited some
mighty talented, girl bowlers-
with setting a new high score
mark iri women's team appearances.
A new season high went down
on the records when the Ford-O*
Matics ladies' team rolled along
in high gear last Friday night
at Gateway Lanes and posted a
919 game. The gals entered the
night's competition with a 745
team average. Their-respective
contributions to this team tally
were: Myrtle Coil 201; Catherine Wlock 157} Lucille Austin
190; Fran Carncross 210; and
Rose Neff 161,
Adding their other two games
to this high score, the Ford-O-
Matics netted a 2458 actual series, which also is a new season
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