1960-06-30; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE SENTINEL, QLAftfi, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY. JUNE 30, 1960
Ten C»ni* Copy       New Series, Vol. 68. No. 42
New System Speeds
State Mail Delivery
Sweeping mail service improvements aimed at providing,
next-day first class letter deliv-
ery for the 6,500,000 people in
the entire lower Michigan Peninsula embracing over 40,300
square miles was announced today by Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield.
The new system was explained
Wednesday morning at the Lansing Post Office by Field Services Officer Bruce Baughman, Detroit, in behalf of the Postmaster General.
"A month's shake-down period
has proven," Mr. Summerfield's
statement said, "that, barring
occasional human errors, all
first class letters deposited before 5:00 p.m. on a business day
will be delivered to any destination within the 64-county area
on the first delivery trip of the
following  business  day."
The changes that have proven
the system's advance in fast delivery of mail begin with two
fundamental innovations'. A revised transportation network
serving the 64 counties in the
lower peninsula, and work schedules that permit truck and rail
mail dispatch almost around the
clock and all-hours sorting and
routing of preferential-class material.
2,690,460
Contract Let
For US-27
Ishpeming contractor, A. Lind1
berg and Sons was low bidder on
the contract for 7.9 miles of
US-27 expressway and two structures between Rosebush and
Clare, including a business route
connection from the expressway
to existing US-27 south of Clare.
His    bid    for    the job    was
»    $2,690,460.
The '"structure's are a famp'to"
carry the business route's northbound lane over the expressway's southbound lane, which
will be 233 feet long with a 30
foot roadway, and twin bridges
to carry the expressway over
Spring Creek drain. Each of
these bridges will be 30 feet
long and each will have a 42
foot roadway.
Completion date for this project will be Oct. 15, 1961.
Two other contracts for 10.5
miles of US-27 from Deerfield
rd., south of Mt. Pleasant, north
to Rosebush with completion
dates of Oct. 15, 1961, were also
let June 22.
Rosebush
Homecoming
In the post office here at
Clare, Gordon Mcintosh explains
that, while the 5 o'clock afternoon, mail deadline assures delivery anywhere in the lower peninsula on the following day, yet
patrons are urged to mail letters before 3:30 if possible to assure best possible service.
He said the co-operation of patrons mailing large numbers of
pieces is asked because early
mailing helps avoid pile-ups just
before the late afternoon deadline.
The incoming mail that is left
at Clare in a pre-dawn exchange
is sorted at six a.m. and ready
for window delivery at 8:00.
Clare rural carriers can begin
their daily route delivery at 9:30
instead of 10 o'clock.
Mail bound for Saginaw leaves
the Clare post office at 3:30 on
the Hiway Post Office, and again
at 5 o'clock.
Postmaster General Summer-
field's release explained that
next day delivery of first class
mail in the Lansing-Detroit
Metro is now possible because of
closely integrated timetable
which governs the work of the
area's postal units and the transportation linking them together.
Lansing is the hub of a gigantic
postal transport wheel. Leading
out from this center are transport lines running to "sectional
centers" at Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Saginaw, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Jackson, Flint, Port
Huron, Cadillac, Grayling and
Detroit.
Post Offices in the area surrounding the sectional centers
feed in to the latter.
Non-stop night trips via highway and rail service, leaving between 8:10 p.m. and 11:40 p.m.,
have been set up carrying First
Class Mail from Sectional Centers to the Concentration Point
at Lansing arriving the latter
point between midnight and 1:20
a.m. ,
Exchange of mails are made
and highway operation return to
their respective Sectional Centers (with some slight varian-
cesl, arriving between 3:45 a.m.
and 5:15 a.m. Local area service
by highway is provided to complete the exchanges to outlying
offices.
"Hard working postal employees race against time throughout
the night in order to make possible next day delivery of about
two and three-quarter million
first class letters the next day
in the Lansing-Detroit Metro
area," Postmaster General Summerfield revealed.
"Approximately one third of
this total would be receiving
later than next day delivery in
the absence of Metro. Hours of
duty have been increased in
many area post offices and later
Imajl collections established in
order to guarantee that letters
posted by 5:00 p.m. would be delivered the next morning," the
Postmaster General said.
July 1-2
A two-day celebration a 1
Rosebush over Friday and Saturday before the Fourth will
present baseball and softball
games, entertaining acts on an
outdoor stage, parade, and a 4-
H talent show.
And high    on the list of    aV
tractions during the event is the
famous Rosebush Beef Barbecue
and Homecoming   at   Memorial
«     Park.
Evart Bowerman will supervise the preparation and serving
of the barbecue at 11:30 a.m.,
and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Friday evening's entertainment will feature a girls' soft-
ball game at 7 p.m. and an old
timers' ballgame at 8:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served
during the evening.
At 10:00 a.m. on Saturday the
Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Little
Leagues will line up, for a parade followed by pets, ponies
horses, decorated floats, and
other parade spectacles.
The main feature of the day
will be a baseball game between
< the Leaton    Sluggers  and   the
• Green Sox teams, at   2:30 p.m.
Little Leagues and Pony Leagues will be playing to fill out
the day's program.
An attractive Home Talent
Variety Show directed by the lo-,
cal 4-H clubs will be presented
on the outdoor stage at 8 o'clock
p.m.,   on   Saturday.
Special numbers will be presented by Vincent Puzar's Accordion Institute and by Joanne
Wilcox's dancing and acrobatic
classes of Mt.  Pleasant.
The public is invited to attend
< this ever-popular event, sponsor-
T  ed by the Rosebush Community
Council. It's a good time to renew acquaintances, meet friends
from near and far, and have an
enjoyable time. rf ,
Excitement mounted around the tournament score sheet Monday as Women players in
the Central Michigan Invitational figured their team's chances of winning. Here
watching Tournament Chairman Mrs. Adelaide Elden add Alma's victory total are
(standing,from. 1.) Mrs. Jennie Bowler. Ann Olson, Barbara Dunbar,, Delores Barsiow
from Ithaca, Lillian McKinney from Ithaca,, Helen Hendershot, medalist and teammate
Betty Carter both from Alma. Seated are Mrs. Grace Frey, Miss* Ann Elden, Sentinel
reporter, and Mrs. Margaret Bosink, Harrispn, president of; the association.
Sentinel Photo
Alma Team
Takes Women's
Golf Title
New Agency
Formed In
Ins. Merger
A merger of four insurance
agency operations this week
named Bernard Wyman of Wy-
man-Damoth in Clare as its
president. Included in the new
.organization are the former
Wyman-Damoth Agency in
Clare, Wyman-Canning Agency
in Mt. Pleasant, The Woodruff
Agency also in Mt. Pleasant, and
the Merrill Southern Agency in
Clare.
Mr. Wyman said that the merger forms a single corporation
which is the largest in this part
of Michigan and will be active in
writing and servicing insurance
through all of the central State
area.
Operations of the new firm become effective today. It is to be
known as The United Agency,
Inc.
Officers besides Wyman are
Ed. Canning, a partner in Wyman-Canning, Mt. Pleasant, vice
president; E. C. Brossard, formerly a Mt. Pleasant accountant, secretary-treasurer.
Stockholders and representatives of the firm are "Barney"
Woodruff, Art Damoth, and
"Shorty" Southern.
A total of 87 years of insurance experience is represented in
the combined length of professional service of the principals
in the new agency, Wyman said.
The agency will offer clients
the facilities of major insurance
companies, and in the field of
; service will provide the area
with six representatives besides
company adjusters whenever
any emergency heed should
arise*    ,     ■'■...
A team of women golfers from
Alma wrested the Central Michigan. Invitational clfinmpionship
away from the Portland 1959
title holders in an exciting match
which was decided by a single
stroke Monday at Twin Elms.
Mrs. Helen Hendershot, Alma's top player carded the low
medalist score of 87 over the 18-
hole tournament route.
Waiting for the last member
of the Alma team to finish,
Mrs. Hendershot^ totaled opponent's scores and made mental
notes of what her team mate,
Mrs. Betty Carter needed to give
the team a victory.
There was a joyous scene of
dancing and hugging congratulations at the 18th green when
Mrs. Carter holed out with a 107
to give Alma the one-stroke win,
Portland had held the title for
several years.
The Monday victory was   AI-
Mrs. Helen Hendershot shot
an 87 Monday to take medal
ist honors in the Women's
CMG Association Invitational
tourney and pace her Alma
♦team to the 1960 title. Tending ihe flag is Mrs. Margaret
Bosink, Assn. president from
Harrison. Sentinel Photo
Red Cross
Budget Set
The. annual summer meeting
of the Clare County chapter of
the American Red Cross was
held June 14, 1960 at the Doherty
Hotel in Clare. There were
thirteen members present and
three new members were elected.
The two main topics for the
meeting were Red Cross Home
Nursing  and Water Safety.
The budget for the next annual Red Cross drive has been
set ■ at $2,597.01. The chapter is
also taking contributions for
disaster help to Chili. Anyone
wishing to partake in this may
contact  Marion Roth   of  Harri
son.
niwms
Otto Lewis Burmeister, nine
months old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Burmeister Of rural Clare
passed away Tuesday, June 28
at home. Funeral services will
be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June
30 from St. Johns Lutheran
church with Stephenson Funeral
Home in charge of arrange'
mentis. - .       .    -   	
ma's first in the history of the
event.
Four-member teams competed
from Clare, Alma, Portland, St.
Johns, Ithaca.
Mrs. Hendershot's feat in winning medalist honors included a
sensational three-over-par 40 on
the second nine. She carded bo-
No. 6, and No. 9, all the rest of
geys on the uphill No. 3, dogleg
her card showed par scoring.
Perfect golf weather with
bright sunny skies and a cooling
breeze made the day an enjoyable one for 20 players.
Clare was represented by
Ruby Garfield, Jean Cradit, Jo.
Anderson and  Barbara  Dunbar.
The winning team of Alma
turned in a "total score of 391.
Following were Portland, 392, St.
Johns, 405, Clare 417, and Ithaca 429.
Helen Hendershot, Alma 87
Doris Hicks, St. Johns 91
Ruby  Garfield,  Clare 92
Lilian McKinney, Ithaca 95
Dee Watson, St. Johns 96
Mae Rose Fedewa, Portland 96
Ola Waara, Portland 97
Dorothy Newberry, Alma 98
Sally Edington, Portland 98
Mary Brewer, Alma 99
Jean Cradit, Clare         • 101
Elsie Dickinson, St. Johns 101
Grace Megarah, Portland 101
Betty Carter, Alma 107
Blanche Martin, Ithaca 110
Helen Rayburn, Ithaca 111
Jo Anderson, Clare 112
Barbara Dunbar, Clare 112
Dolores Barstow, Ithaca 113
Sue George, St. Johns 117
Farwell
Ox Roast
■ The city park at Farwell will
this year play host to an Ox
Roast on July 4th. Serving will
begin at 11:00 a.m. and serve as
long as participants are present.
Every year the Labor Day
Committee of Farwell has Something different as a fund raising
enterprise, and this year the ox
roast turned up. It is a public
affair with everyone from the
surrounding area pr just passing
through invited and welcome*
Farwell School Appeals
Tax Allocation Decision
Disputing the decision of the
County Allocation Board to
grant Surrey and Lincoln townships each one-half mill, and the
Farwell School District only 7Vz
mills, the School District filed
an appeal Monday with the
State Tax Commission.
A hearing on the case must
now decide the question whether
the millage given to the townships was granted on the basis
of a faulty claim.
For want of a half-mill which
the Clare County Allocation
Board denied the School District,
the loss to the District of $16,-
339.00. may result.
Launch Drive
For S.A. Funds
The  Salvation Army  has  set
dates in July for an annual   ap
peal  for    funds  in  Clare    and
named local leaders for the finance drive.
From July 1 to 15 a local service until will have established
headquarters here under the di
rection of B. F. Littleton, De
troit, Salvation Army field representative.
Chairman for the Clare unit
for this year's coverage is Bernard Wyman. Other officers are
C. E- Goldammer, secretary, Dr.
R. B. Kring, treasurer, and Mrs.
Irene Davy, welfare secretary.
A circular was mailed to everyone in Clare county during
the month of June with a coupon at the bottom. Contributions
may be sent to Dr. Kring, Clare,
Michigan, accompanied by the
coupon.
Farm Bureau
Plans Booth
At Fair
The regular meeting of the
board of directors of the Clare
County Farm Bureau was held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Krell, Monday evening:
June 27.
Plans for setting up and servicing a booth at the Clare
County Fair Were discussed and
approved: Further plans for the
September 15th Rural-Urban
Supper were considered.
A meeting of the membership
committee will be held on July
12 at the home of Walter Ehle.
Preparations for next year's
membership drive will be made.
The July meeting will be held
at the home of Mr', and Mrs.
Walter Khlc. '
City Hires
Guard At
Cedar Park
The Cedar Park recreationa
area is once again crowded with
youngsters daily to enjoy the
swimming provided, Last year
in July record crowds were
counted up to 75 daily at the
"swimmin' hole,"
The lifeguard who has been
hired by the city for this year is
Mrs. Carol Jean Scott, of Far-
well. Mrs. Scott, already Carol
to many of the kids, has her
Junior and Senior Life Saving
Certificates. She was lifeguard at
the Nazarene Church Camp in
Vicksburg, Michigan for the past
two years.
Air Force
July Show
Attraction
The first global aircraft to arrive at Wurtsmith AFB for duty
with the Strategic Air Command
will be put on public display at a
Reception Day open house on
the base Friday, July 1.
The planes are the 150-ton,
KC-135 jet stratotankers of the
920th Air refueling Squadron.
Their mission is aerial refueling
of the B-52 heavy bombers assigned to Wurtsmith AFB as
SAC's primary deterrent tc
atomic attack.
One of the giant strato fortresses to be assigned to the base
later this summer will be on the
field for close range viewing during the open house.
The day's program, largest
ever planned at Wurtsmith, includes top flight military acts
and displays, musical entertainment and the christening of the
KC-135, "City of Oscoda." Miss
Susan Flanders, Oscoda beauty
queen, will christen the massive
airship with a bottle of Lake
Huron water. State and national
officials will attend the ceremonies.
The world renowned United
States Drum and Bugle Corps,
from Washington, D.C, heads a
list of musical entertainment
that includes the two vocal and
instrumental groups that played
the top supper club and big
band circuits before joining the
United States Air Force Band;
The Four Saints and the Top
Hats. Also' on hand will be the
Second Air Force Band from
Barksdale AFB, La.
Aerial demonstrations by outstanding acrobatic teams, flyovers by various types of Air
Force aircraft and a ground display of SAC and Air Defense
Command aircraft and weapons
are part of the day's program.
Acclaimed as the World's most
spectacular drum and bugle
corps, the 61-man Air Force unit
has drawn extravagant praise
for its artistry and precision in
the more than 15 countries in
which it has appeared, including
a magnificent exhibition last
year at the World's Fair at
Brussels.
Air Force command personnel
attending the Recognition Day
open house will be headed by Lt.
Gen. John P. McConnell, Second
Air Force commander; Brig
Gen. Harold E. Humfeld, commander of the 40th Air Division
who makes his headquarters at
Wurtsmith AFB; and 'Col. John
H. Kunkel, Jr., commander Of
Wurtsmith's SAC ' unit, the
4026th Strategic Wing.
The base will open to the public at 11 a.m. Ample free parking is available on the base, Food
concessions, featuring fried
chicken, will be available
throughout the. day,
Since the full benefits of State
Aid to schools depend on the
levying of eight mills local tax.
Farwell Superintendent Kenneth
McLaughlin figures that the IVz-
mill allocation-will cost the District $12 Thousand in Aid, and
the %-mill reduction in local tax
revenue will cost the District
another $4 Thousand.
The law firm of Cotter and
Cotter in Mt. Pleasant prepared
and filed the briefs which claim
that the allocating of Vz mill
each to the two townships was
based on claims which erred in
asking for   Vz  mill rather than
Freight Cars
Smashed In
Sears Wreck
The de-railment of 14 cars in
a C & O freight train last Sunday tore up a section of track
near Sears, Michigan, smashed
nine cars with their contents and
scattered them in the farmyard
of the Lawrence Norris family
there, and caused a temporary
revision of traffic schedules until emergency rails could be laid
around the scene of the spectacular wreck.
Damage including the expenses involved in repairing all
the havoc were rumored to be
many thousands  of dollars.
An undetected "hot box" which
overheated and broke an axle
was blamed for the wreck 3
miles east of Evart.
The train was a 105-car freight
pulled by five locomotives.
The cars which left the track
were up-ended and sprawled
over the wreck scene were just
in, frottt of the caboose.-Luckily
the'last car and the caboose remained on the rails and no per*
sonal injuries were reported.
Torn up track made train passage impossible after 3 o'clock
Sunday, time of the mishap.
Crews worked Sunday night
to lay a new track curve around
the area so that traffic on Monday morning could be routed
along the line.
for a specified amount of money,!
and also failed to show need.1
Notice of intention to appeal thel
Allocation Board's decision had|
already been served.
If the Tax Commission rulesl
that sufficient grounds exist fori
a special hearing, then a repreT
sentative will probably set a|
date for the arguments to bel
heard in Harrison, Mr. Mc-|
Laughlin said.
Splitting of the full 15-milll
tax iVz mills for the Farwell I
schools, Vz mill each for the two!
townshipfc, left just &Vz mills|
for the county.
The action of the Allocation |
Board was unanimous in the division of the millage and according to one member, the twol
townships presented budget fig-[
ures demonstrating genuine need|
for the revenue.
In the case of Lincoln township, it had been estimated thatl
proposed projects would require!
the allocation of as much as two!
mills. This budget met recom-j
mended cutting in the Allocation!
Board  deliberations.
Lincoln wanted the money to I
finance  needed work    on roads
and parks,   and   on repairs   to[
township, buildings.
At the same time, the   Board ]
agreed that the Farwell School's
budget was   "not   exaggerated"
and a need was recognized but |
there simply were   not   enough
mills to satisfy all the demands.
The Allocation Board thought |
as late as last Sunday, that appeal would not be resorted to. It
was believed possible that an adjustment involving millage now I
allocated for the Farwell Library would solve the problem of
the school's need.
The Board chairman, Lenord
Schwanz of Harrison is out of
the county on a vacation trip and
other members of the Board had
not been advised of the appeal
move.
If the School fails to obtain
the needed Vz mill by present approaches, then Mr. McLaughlin
said that taxpayers of the school
district would be asked to vote
on an increase in local tax to
save the State Aid which would
otherwise be forfeited.
Sportsmen Begin
Raising Pheasants
To Restock Area
Mrs. Forest Ames, R-3 Clare,
was notified Sunday, June 26,
that she was the first prize winner of the Clare Rod and Gun
Club's "Pheasants for the Future" program. The prize she received was $100 worth of merchandise from any one of the 10
merchants who supported the
program by donating $10 each.
Second prize winner was Bud
Drebert of Clare, who won four
ducks to shoot at the Tobacco
Rod and Gun Club.
The "Pheasants for the Future" program was started by
the Rod and Gun Club in an
effort to redistribute pheasants
throughout Clare county. In the
last few years due to numerous
reasons, the pheasant supply in
the area has dwindled.
A total of $748.75 was raised
for the pheasant project. $702
was raised through a scheme
supported by Northland Hdwe.,
Western Auto, Gamble Store.
Clare Hdwe., Huntin *n Fishin',
and Royal's Bait, all of Clare;
Rocky's Bait, Shear Hdwe., and
Hosford's Sports of Farwell; and
Lake Hdwe., of Lake. These are
the merchants who provided the
cash to build the fund for the
first prize in the contest.
The balance of $46 was raised
on June 26 at a Pigeon Shoot
made possible through the courtesy of Alex Strange at the Tobacco River Rod and Gun Shooting Preserve.
With this money, the Clare
Rod and Gun Club bought 1226
day-old pheasants, which arrived
June 22. Under the supervision
of Alex Strange, the baby pheasants Will be raised at the Tobacco River Shooting Preserve until they are 17 weeks old or until maturity. Then the Rod and
Gun Club's share is to be distributed under the, supervision of
the Conservation Dept. and other
interested persons, through adaptable country in Clare county.
Special concentrated feed for
the baby pheasants was made
available to the Rod and Gun
Club through Johnston's Elevator at a liberal price by the courtesy of Joe Johnston, who is interested in the project.
Estimated expense for the
whole project was $865, $117
more than the amount raised.
However, the Rod and Gun Club
is going to try and raise the
balance in August or the first
part of September to complete
the program.
Co-operation from the merchants and interested persons
was overwhelming throughout
the entire program, and members of the Rod and Gun Club
felt that the project was very
successful. The Club has been
assured by the Conservation
Dept. that pheasants in Clare
county should be up to par with
any area in the state when the
pheasants have been distributed.
Dale Lyons
Finishing Bank
Study Course
Dale Lyons, employee at the
Citizens State Bank in Care, is
one of forty-five junior banking .
executives from throughout the
state Who enrolled as "freshmen" at the University of Michigan's School of Banking, and
will finish their course July 1.
During their two-week stay on
campus, they will hear classroom lectures by U-M School of
Business Administration faculty
members and leaders of the state
banking profession. In all they
wili spend between four and
five hours a day in class, and a,
comparable amount of time do-,
ing "homework." *
ill.