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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY. AUG, 4, 1960
Ten Cents Copy      New Series, Vol. 68, No, "M
Ruby Garfield Adds
Women's Central Mich.
Title To Golf Laurels
Mrs. Ruby Garfield, of Clare,
defeated three opponents in the
tournament held here last week,
to become the Women's Central
Michigan Golf Association Champion; She is the first woman
from Clare to capture the crown
in the last eleven years, since
Mrs. Lucille Haley was champion. ,
Mrs. Garfield won a beautiful
silver platter, for her prize as
champion. All of the prizes given Jn the tournament this year
were gifts • instead of trophys.
Mrt|. Garfield, defeated Elsie
Bancroft, of St. Johns in the finals by a score of 2-1. Earlier she
eliminated Elsie Dickinson, of
St, Johns, 3-2, and Sally Eddington, of Portland.
Mrs. Garfield started out the
tournament right this year by
scoring an 88 on qualifying day
to become medalist of the tournament, During her three matches in regular play she scored two
Fair Crowds
ed At
Beef Auction
Expect*
9  ■
The Clare County Free Fair
roiled on Wednesday with big attendance, and a big schedule of
racing, entertainment and rural
youth activity. Fair Board members are looking forward to a
weekend windup that, by Saturday night may show new records
for Fair success.
Rain that fell lightly on Tuesday afternoon and grew into a
summer electrical storm during
the night failed to slow up the
activity.
.' Fair Secretary .WUbeJ?!: Haley of
Clare said that the race track;
would be in good condition for
Harness Events scheduled8 every
afternoon through Saturday.
Sandy subsoil and good drainage
facilities would reduce the problem of a wet track, he said.
An important feature sure to
draw many buyers and spectators on Friday is the annual Prize
Beef Sale of animals raised by
m;eirib£rs of county 4-H and FFA
groupi     i
' County Agricultural Extension
Agent Richard Schroeder predicted that the current beef
price, about 5-cents per pound
lower that at this time last year,
would tend to liven the sale bidding,
The sale is only one feature of
the day which will also witness
a 4-H Talent Show, a parade of
livestock and farm machinery,
and the appearance of Michigan's
Dairy Princess on the fairgrounds.
The Entertainment program
tonight is headlined by The Virginians, a comedy juggling and
plate-spinning act.
On Saturday night the classy
show featuring Kitty Wells and
Johnny & Jack with their country and western music will appear before the grandstand
crowd.
The Kitty Wells — Johnny &
Jack Show will make its appearance in the grandstand on Saturday, August 6, at the Clare Co.
Fair. They will be part of the
Grand Ole Opry Show, direct
from WSM in Nashville, Tennessee. Entertainment for the evening will be the finest country
style music heard anywhere.
Starring along with the Kitty
Wells — Johnny & Jack Show
will be Bobby and Carol Sue
Wright, comedian Cedric Rainwater, and the Tennessee Mountain Boys with Bill Phillips.
The group makes personal appearances., and does radio and
television work. Kitty Wells and
Johnny. & Jack are also record*
ing stars in the field of country
music*
They'll Need
A Large Hall
The Third Annual Hayseeders
Hoedown sponsored by the Clare
Hayseed Square Dance Club will
be held August 6,, at 8:30 p.m.
in the new Clare High School
Gym. ,   t
Tickets are $2 per couple m advance or $2.50 at the door. Spectators will be welcomed free of
. charge,
Costumed square dancers are
expected from all over 1ha state
for the event,       ,
41s and never turned in a card
With anything higher than a 49
on it,
Having been runner-up for the
championship three times, Mrs.
Garfield felt that this might be
the year • . . and sure enough it
was.
The First Flight winner was
Lylyan Lake of St. Johns, who
defeated Grace Frey, of Clare;
Donna McCrum, of Portland;
and Vera Bartlett of Alma.
Second Flight honors were taken by Mae Baumgarth, of Clare,
who was matched against Velma
Reiss, of Clare; Florence Jenkins, of Portland; and Ann Olson, of Clare.
Mrs. Jennie Bowler, of Clare
won all of her matches in the
Third Flight to become the winner. She defeated Margaret Bosink, of Clare, and Adelaide Elden, of Clare.
Members of the tburnament
were more than usually interested in the outcome of the Third
Flight!, when Mrs. Jennie Bowler, 75 was matched against Mrs.
Adelaide Elden, 74, in the deciding game. The winner was not
decided Until the twentieth hole
of what was scheduled as an 18
hole match.
Consolation winners were as
follows:
Championship Flight was Barbara Dunbar, of Clare, who defeated Betty Carter, of Alma;
and Elsie Dickinson, of St. Johns.
First Flight match was won
by Lil Ricker, of St. Johns by
defeating Grace Frey, of Clare,
and Adeline Phillips, of Alma.
Claudia Holms, of Portland
was the Second Flight Consolation winner. She defeated Helen
LaGoe and Velma Reiss, both of
Clare.
Margaret Bosink, of Clare, defeated Marguerite Bromley,, of
Clare in a match deciding the
consolation for the Third Flight.
Members of the Clare Women's Golf Association thank Mr.
iFim Cotteffor His. time and services as referee. Also Mrs. Cotter and Helen Lucille .Doherty
for their help on qualifying day.
Film Slides
At Library
Clare's history in pictures
from the days when the main
street was just a lane of stumps
until the buildings began to appear like the modern fronts of
today recently was collected and
made into film slides.
First showing of the collection was during Michigan Week
in May this year.
Chamber of Commerce Secretary Dr. Robert Kring and Lee
Sowle undertook the project,
combing the area for old pictures, and often memories to go
with them.
Now the slides have been donated to the Clare Public Library
where they are available for public or private use, much as
books are.
People may check the slides
out of the library for daytime
use, or for public programs, or
they may be kept over night if
wanted for evening showing.
Bids Taken
On Freeway
Low bids were determined in
Lansing yesterday on another
14.6 miles of US-27 freeway iin
Northern Michigan, the State
Highway Department announced
today.
The work will be let in three
contracts and will extend the
new route from Grayling in
Crawford County north to the
Crawford-Otsego county line.'
With these three projects, almost 140 miles of four-lane divided US-27 between Lansing and
Mackinaw City — a distance of
220 miles — will be either in
use or under construction.
Thirty-two miles are now open
to traffic between Lansing and
Ithaca and more than 105 miles
will be under construction (after
the August 3 letting) in Gratiot, Isabella, Clare, Roscommon, Crawford and Cheboygan
counties.
At a point about four miles
north of the Crawford-Roscommon county line, the new US-27
freeway will merge with and become Interstate route 75 north
to St. Ignace.
The separate contracts are':
Five miles of freeway and nine
structures from M-72 at Grayling
north to M-93. Completion date:
Juno 30,1962*
Easy Re-Nomination For
All County Incumbents;
Prescott Defeats Hubbs
Mrs, Ruby Garfield, winner of the Women's Central Michigan Golf Championship at Twin Elms last Thursday
accepted the prize, an engraved silver iray and bowl set
from Tournament Chairman, Mrs. Adelaide Elden. "Hie
victory marked the first time a Clare Club player has won
ihe crown in eleven y'reas. Clare Sentinel photo
150 Attend
K.C. Picnic
The Knights of Columbus held
their annual picnic this year at
Eberhart's Grove, on Sunday,
July 31. Attendance for the event
was approximately 150.
A bike to be given away was
won by Richard Thayer. Usual
games were played and prizes
were won by all, of the children.
Tells What
School Tax
An election leaflet circulated in
the Farwell school district reminds residents that they will
decide at the coming August 24
election whether their school
system will have the necessary
operating funds to offer a full
program.
A list of improvements which
the mpney will provide includes:
Foreign language instruction;
full-time industrial arts, counseling and guidance, freshman social studies; 'speech correction
program ;increased instructional
equipment, and other specific
improvements.
The election is on a proposal
for millage increase and the leaflet urges all electors to vote on
that day.
Collision
Injures 3
From Coleman
Three persons are in serious
condition following a two-car accident yesterday at Baker and
Lewis Roads, two miles northeast of Coleman".
State Police at Mt. Pleasant
said a car driven by Howard A.
VanCamp, 44., Coleman R-l, collided with one driven by Gary L.
Walter, 19, also Coleman R-l.
VanCamp's wife Meredith, 35, is
in Midland Hospital With a fractured skull and pelvis and concussion. She also lost a toe. Walter's brother, Philip, 17* is in
Bay City Mercy Hospital with a
concussion and skull fracture,
Gary suffered a skull fracture,
head cuts and a chest injury. He
is in Midland Hospital. Van-
Camp suffered legs serious injuries.
Rural Traffic
Deaths Climb
Clare county, with an estimated registration of 5,809 motor
vehicles,, listed 41 deaths among
the 8,159 fatalities suffered in
Michigan during the past five
years.
According to James M. Hare,
Chairman of the Michigan State
Safety Commission, both rural
and Urban areas showed substantial increases in injuries and
deaths last year.
Michigan State Police reports
show that rUral areas still account for 7 out of 10 highway
deaths but show that injuries-in
city areas were up 14 per cent
last year compared to 9 per cent
for rural areas*      ,   .
Cut Road
Funds After
'60 Census
Clare county, and the cities of
Clare and Harrison along with
others of Michigan's 83 counties
and 510 incorporated cities and
villages will feel the first financial effect of the 1960 census
this month when they receive
second quarter payments from
the Michigan Highway Fund.
Highway Commissioner John
C. Mackie said. 1960 census fig*
tires were used to. apportion fee*
ond quarter payments based' oiv their time and energy,
gasoline tax and license fee toF^ Senator -Prescott carried
In the General Primary Election Tuesday, marked by extreme voter indifference at local
polls., Republican officeholders
in the Clare* county courthouse
were ""re-nominated without opposition.
Clare county totals indicated
that only about one voter in five
cast his or her ballot* ■ Precinct
Election Boards in Clare reported long Waits with no voters in
■th"* booths during slow periods of
the; forenoon.
,,Unofficial county    totals   for
GOP nomination showed:
James; S. Bicknell, III for
prosecuting attorney, 959.
James R, Darling for sheriff,
950.
William A, Henderson for
county clerk and register of
deeds, 969.
r   Lewis F.    Rutter for    county
treasurer, 943.
Bruce Williams for drain commissioner, 926; June Rose for
coroner, 623; Carl Stephenson
for coroner, 790; Paul B. Laph-
am for surveyor, 859.
In district contests affecting
the local area,, incumbents were
re-nomihated in four important
races.
State Senator Charles T. Prescott survived a strong bid by
Lewis Hubbs of Gladwin to win
his place on the fall ballot as the
Republican candidate for the
Michigan Senate from the 28th
District.
Mr. Hubbs, GOP county chair-
tnan in Gladwin county made his
first start in district politics.
In a public announcement of
his defeat during a Rotary Club
talk Wednesday in Clare, Hubbs
re-affirmed his belief that citizens, and particularly business
men have an obligation to give
government a larger   share   of
lections made during April, May
and June.
Population is a major factor
of a complicated formula used to
determine distribution of Highway Fund money to counties and
incorporated cities and villages.
The formula also includes mileage of state highways and Primary and local roads and
streets. *<
Mackie said the second quarter
checks also will include an adjustment of first quarter payments. Distribution of first
quarter payments was made in
May but 1950 census figures
Were used because the latest population count was not available
at that time.
"Based on the new preliminary
census figures^ many .counties
and larger cities received more
money than they should have
from the first quarter collections," Mackie said. "Others received less money than they were
entitled to.
"Adjustments will be made in
the checks mailed out early next
month," Mackie said. "Further
adjustments will be made when
the Census Bureau announces
the final population figures,
probably late this fall."
In order to receive an upward
adjustment, a county had to
show a rural population gain of
at least 31.7 per cent, while cities and villages had to gain, a
minimum of 9.7 per cent in population between 1950 and 1960.
Counties and cities and villages that gained less than the minimum required, or that lost population will have their first quarter payments adjusted downward.
Under state law, the Highway
Fund is distributed on the basis
of 47 per cent for the State
Highway Department, 35 jper
cent for counties and 18 per cent
for incorporated cities and villages.
Dismiss For
Camp Meet
Services at the Clare Church
of God will be as usual next Sunday- morning, but will be dismissed in the evening so all may
attend the camp meeting at St.
Louis.
The Young People's meeting,
will be at 6 p.m. on August 8,
and all will go to the camp
meeting in. a group from there. t
A picnic.and. swimming party
for members is * being planned
fqr Friday, August 5, at Lake
George. •    .
Al*
cona, Clare, Crawford, Iosco
Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda, and
Rdscpmriton counties in piling up
Three Girls
Hospitalized
After Accident
Six young people were injured
in an siuto accident late Tuesday
afternoon, when the car in which
they were riding was wrecked
near Farwell.
Sally Jackson, driver of the
car, had her four cousins and a
guest with her as passengers.
The accident occurred about
5:15 p.m. on Maple Grove Road,
just west of Farwell. The group
was returning from the Clare
County Fair at Harrison, and
had just dropped off four of Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Jackson's children in Clare. The car was thrown
into a tree when it struck loose
gravel and went out of control.
The car they were riding in
belonged to Mrs. Rodholm.
Most seriously injured was
Marion Cope, of Columbia, Missouri, who is a guest of Dr. Bob
Jackson and family of Columbia. The car turned over on her,
and she suffered a cpneussion.
She was reported unconscious
until early Wednesday * afternoon. Her father, from Columbia,
is driving up' to Michigan to be
with her.
Also injured were Sharon and
Jane Sempowski, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Henry Sempowski,
of Birmingham, Michigan. Sharon has three broken ribs and a
serious abrasion on her arm.
Jane Was treated for shock.
Jack and Patty Rodholm, children of Mrs. Rose M. Rodholm
of Corpus Christi, Texas, were
also passengers in the auto.
Patty was treated for shock and
mouth injuries, and Jack suffered shock,
The driver of the car, Sally
Jackson, is the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Bob Jackson, of Columbia, Missouri, She was hot injured.
All of the occupants of the car
were taken to Mt. Pleasant Hospital, and Marion Cope, Sharon
Sempowski, and Patty Rodholm
were hospitalized for further
treatment. The others were released Tuesday evening.
All of the passengers of the
car except Marion Cope ' are
grandchildren of Laurence Jackson, Sr., bf Clare. They were all
.vacationing at the Laurence
Jackson; Jr. cottage ■ at Eight
Point Lake.
an unoffical lead of 2,435 votes.
Challenger Hubbs maintained
a lead in Arenac and in his home
county, Gladwin.
Totals were Prescott - 7901,
Hubbs - 5466.
Martin Blumenthal, Democrat
for State Senator was nominated
with a total that included 243
voters in Clare county.
In the Senatorial race for Republican   nomination   from   the
24th District which includes Isabella county, Bourke (Dutch)
Lodewyk's bid to replace Senator Lynn 0- Francis of Midland
got off to a poor start in Isabella where incumbent Senator
Francis collected 1,481 to Lodewyk's* 1,184.
For the Democrat nomination,
Isabella county gave Clifford
Mapes 698 over Erwin Rathke,
194.
Norbert Salchert Dies After
Being Attacked By Angry Bull
Norbert Salchert, 53 an Isabella county farmer was the victim
of a fatal farm accident Monday
when he was crushed by an enraged bull. He died minutes after being taken to Central Michigan hospital at Mt. Pleasant.
It was the second area death
in eight days caused by farm
animals. Leo Haring died July 25
as the result of being stepped on
by a horse at the E, Hubel
ranch.
According to accounts of the
accident given to Isabella County
Medical Examiner Dr, Leo Wick-
ert, Mr, Salchert was attacked
suddenly by the bull as he entered the animal's pen in the
barn at eight o'clock Monday
morning.
The 1700-pound bull pinned
him to the ground and inflicted
chest and rib injuries.
The victim's wife, Rose was in
the barn at the time and came
to Mr. Salchert's aid immediately calling their priest, Fr. John
McGee of St. Henry's church-at
Vernon.   ;
Fr. McGee and a neighbor
took the injured man to the hospital where he lived only about
20 minutes.
Mr. Salchert had been recovering from a heart attack several
weeks ago. He was the operator,
of tlie farm owned by Hollis
Walton of Clare.
A son Mike had left the farm
earlier Monday morning with a
truck load of cattle, telling his
father not to try to do the chores
alone, but that he would come
back in time to do them himself. -
Mr. Walton said Wednesday
that the bull had been destroj'ed
following the accident, but that
it had no record of previous dangerous behavior.
Family survivors of Mr, Salchert are his wifej. Rose; four
children, Michael of Clare, Robert • of Reno, Nev., and two
younger children at home, Joan
and Thomas.
The funeral will take place
Friday at 10; 00 o'clock a.m. at
St. Henry's Vernon church with
burial in the churchyard cemetery.
Announce
Exam For
Postal Jobs
Frank Jackson, postmaster at
Clare announced the opening of
a New Civil Service Examination
beginning on July 28, 1960 for
clerk and carrier positions at the
Clare postoffice.
'To apply you must be at least
18 "years old, and be a resident
or bona fide patrd'n of the Clare
postoffice.       '   > '
The postal clerk and carrier
positions offer a starting pay of
$2.16 per hour, automatic annual
increases, liberal vacation and
sick leave benefits, low cost
health and life insurance plans,
and generous retirement plan,
and a uniform allowance.
Complete information and application forms may be obtained
from the office of the executive
secretary, Board of U.S. Civil
Service Examiners, Room 217
Post Office Building, Lansing,
Michigan; or! from the Clare
postoffice.
Colonville Church Of God
Recalls 1891 Beginning
There is no horse barn or shed
for the parking of carts and
buggies alongside the Colonville
Church today., but the arrival of
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Newman and
their small grandson at worship
on a recent Sunday in a horse-
drawn cart reminded members
that there once was.
Cooper Is
Vets National
Delegate
THe World War I Veterans and
their wives met at the y.F.W,
Hall in Clare, Sunday, July 31,
About thirty enjoyed a bounteous pot luck dinner.
" Guests at the meeting were
Floyd and Mary Simonds, and
Myron and Beatrice Shaw,-, from
Jackson, Michigan.
Commander Frank Freeman
opened the meeting. A report of
the State Convention, held in
Grand Rapids, was given by
Frank Freeman and Charles
Cooper.   A   discussion  followed.
Mr, Cooper was "elected as a
delegate to represent "the Clare-
Isabella Barracks at the national
convention to be held in" Miami,
Florida in October.
The next meeting will be a picnic at the Norman Wilson home
on Sundayr August 28th.
Class Of '50
The graduating class of 1950
will hold Jts reunion on Sunday,
August' 7 in the Clare Tourist
Park, at 1:00 p.m.
— And church members there
fell to reminiscing of the
church's early days. Reading of
the old church records brought
back many halMorgotten facts
in her history.
In 1891, after conducting a
series of religious services by
Rev. J. H. Lown and Rev. M. D.
Rodgers, of the Church of
Christ, it was decided to hold
meetings in the Bradley School
in Sheridan township. At this
time membership was conferred
on many converts to Christianity, and officers were elected to
organize the church.
Those elected were: Elder, J.
W. Hampton; Deacons, Julius
Davis and Harvey Jones; Treasurer, Archie Richmond; and
Clerk, J. Armour. The church
had now begun with a membership of 18.
In May of 1896, a meeting was
called by Elder Eakins to change
the name of the church from the
Church of God at the Bradley
Schoolhouse, to the Colonville
Church of God. The article of
association for this change was
signed by Elder Eakins, J. E.
Hampton, Wm. Reed, Harvey
Jones, M. D. Clute, James Hampton, Curtis Palmer., Walter Bowen and Allen Gerow.
At present, Mrs.. Minnie Hampton is the oldest living member
of the church organization. She
became a member in 1895.
The Colonville Church 'today
has a membership of 40,   .
During the past 69 years, the
following have helped and encouraged while the church grew
to what it is today. Rev. L, J.
Teed, Rev. Frank Bates, Rev. M.
R. Hdndrich, Rev. Charles
Kleinhart, 'Rev. Hubert Sturgill,
Rev. Joe Vanderveen, and for
t|ie last four years/ Rev, Virgil
Brinkman,
Electors in the Clare-Isabell
District for representative*'Iri!
State Legislature, "chose Mt
Pleasajnt businessman * Jaime!
McLean for the Democratic nom
ination over Mrs.''"Elizabet:
Hradel also of Mt. Pleasant,
763-507.
It was Mrs.   Hraetel'^   seconi
campaign to carry; Jaeiv , party';
standard   in the   State, 'ejeetip:
against  Representative    Russel
H, Strange, Jr>,- Republican,
Rep, Strange' was not Appose
for the GOP nomination and hisl
total primary   vote in the   tw.ol
counties was 3,431.
Congressional Representativ<
Alvin M. Bentley of OwosSo won
the right to appear on the falll
ballot for Michigan State Sena
tor in Washington when he de-i
feated Donald S. Leonard for
the Republican nomination.
Senator Patrick V. McNamara
won the Dem. nomination without opposition.
In Clare county the totals for
the three were Bentley ■ 778,
Leonard - 204. McNamara received 275.
John B. Swainson, who will be
the •Democrat's candidate for
governor scored 100 votes in
Clare county against Republican
Paul Bagwell's 969,
For Lieutenant governor, Republican nominee Clarence Reid
counted 566 votes in Clare county while the Democrat who will
oppose him in the fall is T. John
Lesinski.
Agriculture
Wide Field
Teachers Told
Floyd Norcutt, -vocational agriculture instructor at Clare
High School was one of 300 educators challenged to profit from
a "new look" at the personal
areas of development to build a
stronger profession at meetings
at Michigan State University
July 25 through 29.
Michigan school superintendents, principals, directors of vocational education and teachers
of. institutional on-farm training
joined with the Vocational agri-1
culture teachers for a week-long
conference at the Kellogg Cen*
ter for Continuing Education.
"Today, agriculture means
more than operating a farm,"
said Harry E. Nesman.. chief of
agricultural education for the
State Department of Public Instruction. "It includes processing, manufacturing, science, business, education, journalism,
sales and agricultural services."
Vocational agricultural education provides a gateway to opportunities in agricultural occupations, Nesman declared, and
should provide a broad, basic education in agriculture, leading to
further education to prepare for
an agricultural occupation when
needed.
"We will accept the I960 challenge facing us with a dynamic,
expanding program of" agricultural education to serve current
and future needs in this field/'
Nesman concluded.
Other conference topics included successful .adult farmer
programs, Michigan FFA activities, preparing for agricultural
occupations and others.
Once again, awards were presented to those teachers with 10,,
20 and 30 years of continuous
service to vocational agriculture.
Sponsoring the conference
were the State Department of
Public Instruction and the.Michigan Association of Teachers.of,
Vocational Agriculture, in co-'
operation with both the MSU
College of Agriculture and Coir
lege of Education.
Methodist
Summer
Schedule
Members and friends of the
Clare Methodist Church are urg-'
ed to keep in mind the schedule
for the month of August.
There will be only one church
service, which will convene at
10:00 o'clock; Sunday School has
been vacationed for the month.
Further announcement will be
made for the new worship ser*
vices and church school sessions
beginning in September.