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TH? CLARE SENTINEL, CLAHE? MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, JUNE 16, J960
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Seven School Board
Petitions Circulating
As Deadline Nears
With three days remaining to file candidates* petitions
for the school election next  month,   seven residents are
' considering entering the race for the four vacancies on the
Board of Education for Clare-Isabella District Eight,  The
Clare Public Schools.
Board President Harold Hughes said Tuesday that he
would not be.a candidate to succeed himself. His term expires.
Another vacancy caused by the expiration of the present term is that of present Board trustee Lionel Duncan. Mr.
Duncan said that he is considering.becoming a candidate for
the office, but he will wait until the Monday deadline to file,
Two more positions on the Board are created by Michigan law which raises the membership from five to seven of
school boards in districts which operate schools with grades
Kindergarten through 12. ,
Mrs. Genevieve Fleming at the office of Superintendent
Richard Wheeler said that seven petitions are presently out
in circulation, but she could not say who they were being
signed for.
Open House To Show
Doherty Motor Hotel
With as many as 500 to 600
guests expected at an open
house Sunday at' the new Doherty Motor Hotel in Clare, the
management expects to show
off the newest and finest travel
accommodations in Michigan.
Willard Bicknell, hotel executive and Richard Groves,
manager are confident that no
similar facilities in the state or
possibly in the midwest measure up to the modern standards
of the new units, Travel-wise
tourists and salesmen bear out
the claims.
Overnight guests in the motor
hotel will be treated to "easy
living* innovations such as a
private swimming pool, individual lounging patios with each
steps of the rooms, and the most
.room ,easy parking within a few
, ultra-modern room decor .ofJUix*
Ury carpeting, gleaming clirome-
glass-tile surroundings.    -
Comfort is assured with individually controlled heat, lighting and air conditioning.
The living looks so inviting to
many Clare residents who have
been dropping in for previews,
that Groves said reservations
are already on the books for local families who are planning
Motor Hotel weekends right here
a few blocks from their own
•doors.
•Long, cool promen&des lead(to,
the rooms on both Ihe " ground
floor and the second deck level.
The brick construction is relieved with painted doors of different hues.
Inside the rooms open house
feightseers will find textured
walls, carpet of modern striped
or tweed design. Each room unit
is equipped with bright chrome
and tile shower and lavatory,
toilet and powder bar. Huge
mirrors brighten the walls,
Leading to the patios outside
each room, ceiling-to-floor glass
panels slide open or close to
make a wall. Soft, pleated draperies may be drawn across the
lass wall to afford privacy. Attractive indirect lighting makes
the interiors cheerful and inviting.
Television is in each room and
the telephone signal you if a.
message arrived while you were
absent from the room.
Have they thought oi everything? Listen, — If you were
ever caught in a shower when a
water tap was opened somewhere else and disturbed the hot-
cold balance, you were iced, or
scalded. This cannot happen in
the new units. An automatic
valve keeps the water as warm
as you set it.
In the boiler room, one conditioning system provides heat for
polder days and nights. A flick
of Jus? one simple switch reverses the automatic facilities
for one kind of comfort, and
substitutes the other when the
conditions change- outside.
Expressing regret that the
construction is a. little behind
schedule, Groves pictured more
to come when the project is soon
to be completed.
A great marquee-style sign
facing McEwan street will have
interchangeable letters like the
front of a theater. Blacktop paving Will *cover the entire lot
from Fifth to Sixth streets.
Floodlights will be installed
around the heated pool for evening swimming.
Invited to the open house are
many local people, hotel managers and executives from many
parts of the state, and others.
General contractor for the entire project is Seiter Brothers,
Plumbing and heating was subcontracted to Ackerman Plumbing, electrical work to Seiter
Electric, TV installation to Allen Television all of Clare.
Michigan's I960 Dairy Princess was in Clare Thursday of
last week on a iour to publicize Dairy Month, and fo inspect;
a new addition to the Thayer Dairy ice cream plant here^
Here with Donald Thayer, general manager at Thayers
Traverse City plant, and on the right Truman Glenn, Clare
plant manager. Miss Linda Grinage samples some of the
frozen fudge that the Thayer plant makes. The princess is
an 18 year-old farm girl from Martin, Mich., and was acr
companied to Clare by Maynard Skiver, chief of the Bureau of Dairy, Mich. Dept. of Agriculture.  Lea Sowle photo.
Groundbreaking Soon
For New Rosebush P.O.
Tea Cent* Copy
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New Series, Vol. 60, No, 10
READY WITH
FOR CLARE'S SIDEWALK DAY
Selling attractions other than
the Christmas season don't come
any bigger than the Sidewalk
Sale in Clare tomorrow when
bargains come out of the-stores
to find buyers on the sidewalks.
Crowds of thousands of shop-
Farwell Has
Drive For
ion
Perfect Day Draws 2200
To Mfg. Plant Picnic
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield announced today
that a contract has been signed
for the construction and lease to
the Post Office Department of a
new post office building at Rosebush, Michigan.
The successful bidder is Doctor Stewart C. McArthur, Rosebush.
Groundbreaking and construction of the new post office is
expected to begin immediately,
with completion due November
1, 1960. The lease will run for 5
years, with renewal options extending it an additional 10 years.
This modern jwst office; will,
be located on a 66 foot by 82.6
foot site on the northeast corner of Main Street and James
Street Built of face brick and
waylite block, it will provide
1,028 square feet of interior
floor space, a 24 square foot
platform and 4,272 square feet
of hard-surfaced parking and
truck maneuvering area.
Specifications call for new
modern lighting and equipment,
including a low, open patron-
service counter.
Postmaster General Summer-
field stated, "this is another important step in the Post Office
Department's Modernization Program authorized in the last session of the Congress to improve
postal services for the public by
providing new buildings and
equipment, designed for efficient
and   economical  mail-handling."
He said that, "Under the Post
Office Department's unique Commercial Leasing Program, the
Department now is awarding
contracts for new postal facili
ties at the accelerated rate of
over five buildings every work
day."    -
He pointed out that the postal
facility to be built at Rosebush
is typical of many others going
up elsewhere throughout the
country. "These new post offices," he said, "contain not only
the modern patron-service counters and eye-saving fluorescent
lighting, but provision Is made
for patron service after regular
business hours."
Enjoy 2 Days
In Clare
Postmasters, postal employees
and guests from everywhere in
Michigan were in Clare Monday
and Tuesday of this week for
{Heir "annual convention. Headquarters were at the Doherty
Hotel where all sessions were
held.
The annual Clare Manufac-j
turing Co. employee's picnic was
held on Saturday, June 11, at the
county fairgrounds in Harrison,
boasting an attendance of approximately 2200. The picnic,
drawing record crowds of shop
workers and their families every
year, has been an annual affair
ever since about 1950.
The weather was perfect for a
picnic ahd certainly drew many
people out for the day. The sun
shone all day to provide sunburns and tans for the many
Who spent several hours outside.
IJhp    picnic    commenced    at
10:00 with the opening of the
ehildreni's   entertainment).    This
year   the fairgrounds   sprouted
-five rides.
- There .Were, two pony rings
with seven or eight ponies per
'ring, and one team bf ponies on
a wagon, which held the attention oi children of all ages
throughout the day. There were
also three mechanical rides . . .
the octopus, airplanes and an
auto ride.
The next thing on the schedule was games for all the children. Included were sack races
for girls and boys, a wheelbarrow race for the boys, the fancy
slipper race for girls, a three
legged race for boys and a balloon head race for the girls*
With three or four winners in
each raqei.
;;   Concession  stands were ' open
'during the whole day where hot
dogs, soft drinks, milk, coffee,
ice cream and cotton candy were
available to everyone.
At 11:30 the Bingo games with
prizes given were started for the
women only and other games
were held for the men.
Winners of the Horseshoe
contest for the men were Ed
Schlafley and George Eicholtz,
and Harold Sandborn and Frank
Warner.
Winner of a portable record
player in the Pea Guessing contest was George Harris.
Next on the agenda was the
platform entertainment. Mae
Hawks was welcomed back again
this year with her modern western music, which she accompanies on the guitar, ■ The Don
Schnell Trio, which is now appearing at the Twin Elms Country Club, was also featured..
Added music was provided by
the Plant's own quartet, the
Northernaircs.
A combination of .talent from
all three groups was enjoyed as
well as their individual performances.
Drawings ior the door prizes
was done with the tickets received at the gate and ten winners were announced for this
event.
Dancing was held in the exhibit building on the fairgrounds
from 3:30 to 5:30 with music
once again provided by the Doii
Schnell Trio. ,
Coleman Plans
Fete For
Dr. Maynard
On Saturday, June 25, the
community of Coleman and surrounding area will pay tribute to
Dr. William A. Maynard with a
banquet in his honor. This year
marks the 25th anniversary of
Dr. Maynard's opening of his
medical practice in Coleman.
The banquet will be held in
the Coleman Senior High School
at 6:30 p.m. There are 300 tickets available' for this event and
they may be purchased in Clare
at Houghton's DrUg Store,
A gift is to be given to the
high "school in horior of Dr. Maynard. For those unable to attend the banquet* there is to be
an open house in the high school
gym from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on
the 25th.     "
Library To
Get Books
Clare Librarian Mrs. Donald
Richardson announced ithe arrival this month of the final
1960 payment to Claire from the
Michigan General Library Fund.
The check in the amount of
$113.02 completes the grant for
the year ending June 30 and will
be used to purchase books* she
said, , ,    ..
Comments from members attending this 48th convention
were that they enjoyed their
two days in Clare, received wonderful co-operation from all of
the city officials, and thought it
Was a very fine convention.
The banquet, held Monday
night, was highlighted by speakers from Michigan and Chicago.
Those attending the banquet
were addressed by the Honorable Edward M. Sharpe, Past
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Michigan in Bay City;
the Honorable Earl Gill, from
the Post Office Department of
Chicago; and the Honorable
Lewis McNaughton, Field Service Officer from the Grand Rapids Post Office Department
During the two-day convention
a meeting was held to elect the
new officers for the '60-'61 year.
They are as follows: President,
Raymond F. Michalski, Postmaster of Bitely; 1st Vice President,
Norris Miller, from Sears; 2nd
Viqe President, Mrs. Velma
Petchell of Chase; Sec,-Treas„
Lewis D. Capen of Millbrook.
The executive committee con*
sists of the following: Ward W.
Baker of Union City; Bonnie L.
Smith from St. Helens} and
Clifford F. Osborne, from Cedar
Lake,
At Lutheran
Convention
Rev. R. A/. Schultz, pastor of
St. John's Lutheran Church in
Clare, along with Mr. George
Lehr and Mr. Wm. Schaeffer, attended the District Convention of
the Michigan District of the
Wisconsin Synod this week. The
dates of the convention Were
June 13 through 16.
Meetings for the conventioh,
which is the eightieth biennial
one of the Michigan district,
were held at Michigan Lutheran
Seminary in Saginaw: A total of
about 225 pastors and delegates
attended.
The 1960 Summer Recreation
Program for Farwell children
has been assured for approximately an eight-week period despite |ai}ure of the 2-mill tax for
recreation to pass at the village's last election. A decision
of the Village Council recently
was to go ahead with improvement work at the swimming
spot. An earth moving crane will
be employed to do the major
share of the work.
; Several interested mothers
Who. saw the need for supervised swimming lessons and
other recreation for the Farwell
children, solicited the town for
pledges to See if enough money
Could be raised to cover expenses of the program.
Nearly all residents contacted
were very cooperative and
pledges were made to cover the
expenses of a supervisor and assistant.
Money which was left over
from last years recreation tax
will be used for crane work and
to purchase equipment for the
Little Leagues.
At this time no decision has
been made on a Pony League
team, Last year's season saw
the pony league short of players
many times as the players
seemed to lose interest.
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School coach Gerald Danhoff
has been hired as supervisor, he
will select his assistant.
The program has been scheduled td .begin Monday, June 21 at
1 p.m. and run five days a
Week, 1:00 to 5:00, Children will
come to the swimming spot on
the river where it was held last
year.
Mrs. Beulah Agle, Mrs. Lucille
Jones, Mrs. Joan Grimm, Mrs.
Dorothy Ingrham, Mrs. Mary
Ashley,' Mrs. Tina Funnell and
Mrs. Virginia Embrey are solicitors for pledges and will be
collectgin money and pledges
this week and next.
They emphasized that persons not contacted for contributions could give their money to
any of the women if they wished to help with the finances for
the program.
The committee expressed special thanks to Farwell business
men who contributed heavily, although many of them have no
direct interest in the project ahd
would have no children of their
own to be benefitted.
pers- in the town's business district are not unusual on this
carnival day and the streets will
become one giant bazaar to display the best season values
since last June on Sidewalk Day!
Chamber of Commerce promotion chairman Jay Green is predicting that with bright, clear
weather, the day will top any
such event in the history of the
sale starting in 1956,
New features have been added
to the time--proven attractions
and the celebration is due to skyrocket to the very top as central
Michigan's one-day selling spree!
Hundreds of dollars have been
collected through special assess-
ments on participating businessmen, Promotion of the sale has
gone heavily to emphasize on
bargains for "shoppers plus a
happy, carnival atmosphere helped by costumes for salespeople,
free circus peanuts, ■ street music, prize giveaways and other
ballyhoo.
But underneath all the noise,
and crazy goings-on, — the sale
offers a whole town full of unbeatable  merchandise  bargains.
Everything    will    be at   the
curbs and out on the pavement
and sidewalks. Stacked, hung,
piled, loaded on tables . , , there
they'll be, the Real attractions!
To make sure that all members of the fahiily will be entertained, the. committee has arranged prize drawings for four
bicycles plus tWo free' shows*at
the Ideal Theatre in addition to
other features.
Extensive advertising pf special   bargains   for   tomorrow's I
sale appears in this issue of The j
Sentinel. Other promotion of the
event is over the air and by pthyj
er means as well,
Chamber of Commerce members and others joining in the I
sale efforts are identified, by the
trademark of the occasion, white
footprints leading to their doors,
Grads Finding New
Places In Society
In just a little less than a
week after the CHS Senior Class
of 1960 left the "ivy halls" oi\
their school as graduates, most
of them have scattered to the
four winds of jobs, vacations,
marriage careers, and preparation for college.
Half forgotten already are the
crystal-bail jokes contained in
their class prephesy which kidded the boys about traveling to
the outer planets,   or  inventing
New Well May Ease
Clare's Water Problems
Semester Of
Perfect Grades
The Clare High School has
announced the students who received an all A average for the
second Semester of the school
year. They achieved a straight
four poiftt average, which means
they have earned A's in all of
the subjects they were taking.
The students earning this honor
were:
Freshrrienr Gordon' Carncross,
Mark Hampton.
Sophomores; Eric Hammerberg, Chris Schroeder.
Juniors: Joyce Horn, Elaine
Wilson.      .
Seniors Karen Kegg, Thomas
Maloney, ''James Norcutt, Car-
ron Randall, Julie Wood.
Acompiete list of honor roll
students for the semester will
appear in next WeekV Sentinel.
Conferences
Week Late
For this month only, the three
clinics in the Child Health Conference for Clare County will be
held one week later than usual.
The schedule for June will be as
follows: Clare — City. Hall, Monday, June 27th, 1-3 p.m.; Farwell
—• Methodist Church, Monday,
.JUne 27th, 9-11 a.m.; Harrison ■->•
Courthouse, Friday, June 24th,
941 d.m.
Ask any Clare City Commissioner what has been the greatest
single problem in city management continuing to defy solution
. . . yes, go back even to the days
of aldermart type of Clare city
government as early as the year
1945. The answer could well be
the problem of providing an adequate water supply!
Public water well Number Two
was drilled in 1945 when the hand-
writing was apparent that the
city's first well couldn't last forever. Number Two was .a big producer, but it H&sfbeen complained
of as lacking the quality of
Number One.
'Fact is, — the good old days of
Clare's reputation for sweetest
drinking water disappeared with
the shutting off of the sparkling
flow from the town's first and
best public well.
/The story since 1956 when the
big well in the Fifth Street Park
was finally abandoned has been
a story of expensive efforts to
find the water we need. The reward? Dry disappointments.
The survey by a highly professional water engineering firm and
a report to the city, confirmed
What householders already know
about poor quality and inadequate
supply volume of public water.
But the remedies suggested in
the report were harder for taxpayers to swallow than the bad-
tasting water.
What the George E. Snyder
Associates report recommended in
the way of new wells, new elevated storage tank, additions to the
choked-up circulation system,
perhaps even a water purification
plant, — these are too costly for
a town that has had water almost
free ever since anyone can remember.
The Clare resident wants lots of
water (We use 259 gallons of
water dally per capita), but supplies are not inexaustable and the
hard fact is, to get more water is
going to cost plenty.
Commercial, industrial and
other non-domestic users need
plenty of water, too but they are
now metered so that 'they pay for
what they use. The Snyder report
recommends that all householders
be placed on metered charge for
their water for the same good
reason.
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Normal average daily per capita Consumption amounts to from
100 to 150 gallons where service
is metered.
The report suggests strongly
that we are a city of water wast?
ers when it goes on to say 'that
it has been the experience of
many • other water departments
that consumption is decreased
often as much as 50 per cent after installation of meters on individual services.
It has been pointed out that the
things,  and pretended that £111
the girls would become famous
actresses or marriage    counselors. What are they really doing?
This summer,    many of   the J
new graduates    have    obtained'
jobs in various fields, and others
are just   resting    . . . to'   get J
ready for the fall terms at many
of the colleges and universities
of their choice. ."'
Several ex-students'' are working at different places of busi-
ness around or in Clare.
The Hotel Doherty is a new
working grounds for Beverly
Badgley, Charles Gum, Mary
McNerney and Sharron Beemer-
Point Clare is employing Rose
Dole, Margo Haring and Janice
Shull.
Larry Calkins is working at
the Dairy CJueen, Tom Maloney
and Jim Norcutt are both making popcicles at Thayer's Dairy,
Sandra Wentworth is employed at the Ideal Theatre, Ruth
Schroeder is working part time
at Maxwell's Flower Shop, and
Gayla Carrow has employment
at the Citizens State Bank.
Farms surrounding Clare have
claimed the energies of quite a
few of the men from the class.
Among those working on farms
for the summer are Mark Armentrout,   Dale   Bauer,   Larry
requirements upon a false estimate of the town's size and rate
of growth. But even if Clare is
not as large as to require the proposed volume of water, it will
certainly grow somewhat, and
needs water that will be adequate
for normal use, fire fighting, and
commercial requirements.
Clare also needs water fol
household use and for drinking,
— water that has good taste and
pure color,
Mayor Gerald Nivison was encouraged on Wednesday thjis week
when he told the Sentinel that a
test well newly completed on the
Dunlop farm near the railway
station seems to be capable of delivering 700 gallons per minute
of good water.
Mr. Nivison and Commissioners
however, are being cautious with
predictions for success of the
newest of the well ventures. Too
many of the former promising
wells have disappointed the city.
The first well in Clare's mod'
ern Avater system, was drilled in
1928. This Well is known as Well
No. 1 and is located in the City
Park 100 ieet west and 20 feet
north of the elevated water storage tank.
This is a gravel Wall well 62
feet deep in a sand and gravel
aquifer. The well contained 30
feet of well screen.
Upon its completion, the well
was test pumped at 1000 gallons
per minute. In 1956 this well was
abandoned because it did not meet
the clearance .requirements of the
Michigan Department of Health
which would not, because of this,
issue a permit to make necessary
repairs to the Well,
A second well, known as Well
No. 2, was drilled in the spring
Continued oh Page 8
Rev. Darwin Salisbury Takes
Methodist Pulpit On Sunday
Rev. Darwin Salisbury has
been assigned as the new pastor
of the Clare Methodist church
and will preach at the morning
worship services Sunday morning. He will replace Rev. L. J.
Nevins who retired this year.
Bishop Marshall R. Reid read
the appointments last Saturday
at Albion where the Michigan
Conference convened last week.
Rev. Salisbury has been pastor
at the Shelby Methodist church
the past ten years and he and
Mrs. Salisbury, who are the parents of four children, will be
moving into the Methodist parsonage on Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. Nevins moved
their household goods to Eaton
Rapids   on Wednesday -where
they will make their home.
In Rosebush Rev. Robert Stra-
ley, formerly Of Leaton, will
take over duties in the pulpit of
the Methodist Church Sunday
morning. He will be replacing
Rev. Joel HUrley, who is going
to the Seminary in Kentucky to
continue his studies.
Rev.. Straley is moving to
Rosebush with his wife and family this week.
The Farwel.i Church is also going to have a change, although
plans are not yet complete. The
Conference is arranging to supply the parish with a new minister.        ■      _•■„.■-
Comstock, Gerry Dole, Glenn:
Fancon, Larry Haggart, Larry
Kleinhardt, Bob Miller, Charles
Prather, Jim Trietch, Wesley
Waddingtbh artd John Zinser.
Two of the Class members are
working in local drug stores*
Pam Koch is at Houghton's and
Dick Poet at Anderson's. Robert
Williams is pumping gas at Ul-
rich's, and Rich Canel is at
Marshalls,
Deb Nolan is working on the
other side of Detroit for the
summer. Carolyn Seibt is at the
Clarified Bakery and Roger Wallace is Combining pleasure with
work at the Twin Elms Golf
club.
Jim Elliott and Sharon Endres
are still checking out groceries
at Giant Super Market.
Judy Ulrich is learning the
busines's while working for
James Bicknell III in the field
of law, and Sandra Teall is
working for Circuit Judge Donald E. Holbrook.
Ann Elden is employed at the
Clare Sentinel, Sharon Young is
working for Dan McDonald,
Julie Wood is working at Household.
Ron Dull is spending the summer working for his dad at the
Implement Store. Erna Northon"
is really jumping the gun and
starting her "higher education"
at school this summer. *•.    ■    •
Prospective wanted jobs include a secretarial position 'for
Linda Blystone at Dow and one
at the Mt. Pleasant Training
School for Karen Bowers. A few
of the boys are joining the Air
Force either right away or later
on in the summer. They are
Frank Rowley, Stuart Hampton
and John Marotzke.
The traditional Wedding marcH
will be! played for some mem-'
bers of the class of '60 also.
Dawn Bennett, Judy Fancon*
Janet Hanchett, Carron Randall.'.
Sharon Endres and Brands'
Trietch are the ones for whom"
"the bells Will toll."
Two members of the class are
leaving'the state for the sUrni
mer. Bill Legg is going to Chicago and Jack Bauder is going
to California. •
This year's foreign exchange
student, Angelika von Weiss is
returning to her home in Bavaria, July 15, leaving behind many
fjiends she made during her
stay in the United States.
K Convention
Robert H. Campbell, Clare Kiwanis Club secretary will attend
the Forty-Fifth Annual Convention of. Kiwanis International, at
Miami-Beach, June 26-30; He wili
join some 16,000 other Kiwanians;
their wives ,a'nd families,