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T#E CLARE SENTINELYCLAftEr MICHIGAN
THimSDAY, SEPT 15. I960
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New Series, Vol, 69, No.
Four Are Hospitalized
After Three Cars Collide
A 'highway accident Tuesday
evening just outside Clare's west
city limit took a toll of four victims with extensive injuries, and
made jumbled and torn wreckage
of three autos.
Admitted to Clare General hospital immediately follo\ying the
crash at 7:50 p.m, were:
State Fair
Firsts Go To
Dee Dunkle
Dee Dunkle, 11-year-old beef
showman might say that he is
satisfied with the results of, his
efforts, -— for this year. He has
winner's ribbons from first the
Clare County Fair and then the
Big Time State Fair to attest the
excellence of his prize steer, and
his own showmanship.
At the Michigan State Fair in
Detroit on Labor Day his steer
was judged the Champion Shorthorn of The Show, First Place
winner for Junior 4-H Livestock
shown in the Open Class, the
Champion 4-H Shorthorn, and he
himself was awarded a First
Place blue ribbon for showmanship.
You might say that Dee didn't
leave much to be desired in the
way of honors and awards.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Myron Dunkle of rural Farwell
and belongs to the Bertha Lake
Hustlers 4-H Club where his
dad is the adult leader, He attends Farwell public school
where he is in the sixth grade.
Success at the Clare County
Free Fair youth show encouraged Dee to take his steer to Detroit.
In Harrison his animal was
Grand Champion among 28 entries and took top honors including another first for his
owner in Showmanship.
Dee and his family couldn't be
Snore* proud of his at"oomplisfi-
ments in his first sfidW trip "to
the State Fair.
Joining also in the pride for
Dee's success is Dan McDonald
of Clare who contributes to 4*H
beef projects by financing the
original presentation of the
young animal which some boy.
raises for his project. McDonald
was the sponsor for Deefs ydung;
steer;. Y ;: " f Y.Y;U;MY;
Beil Karash, 49 oi 103 Maple,
Clare who has severe head and
cflaest injuries and a possible pelvic fracture.
Mrs. Virginia Dougherty, 29 of
E. Herrick Road, Clare With neck
injury and a possible fracture
of the skull.
Edward Leroy Wixson, 60' of
R-l Lake whose hurts include
fractures of the nose and face
bones and lacerations of the lips
and mouth His wife, Clara Wixson a passenger in his car- received a compound fracture of
her right foot and multiple contusions and abrasions of the face
and head
Condition of all victims was
described' by Dr. E. J, Gershon
Wednesday as "good,". Doctors
E. J,, and J. R. Gershon were
treating the four
"Troopers from the Mt. Pleasant State Police post after on-
the-scene questioning said that
their investigation was not complete on ' Wednesday.' No summons or violations tickets had
been issued.
The three-car catastrophe occurred when Mrs. Dougherty
drove onto the pavement heading
east, according to police" and was
struck in the rear by Karash's
auto which then veered across
into the westbound lane and met
the Wixson car head-on.
Witnesses said that the Karash
auto was so badly wrecked that
it was scarcely recognizable. All
three vehicles were declared totally wrecked.
Dr. Gershon said that Mrs.
DaUgherty suffered from a
"whip-lash" injury to her neck
which is the result of the impact
of the other car from behind,
snapping her head back.
She told Troopers that she did
not see what happened after the
initial crash when her car was
struck.
Karash was taken to the hospital in too serious a condition to
be questioned by officers, and
Wixson driving car No. 3, told
the Troopers that he didn't know
what had 'happened, but that it
appeared to him that the car he
met was attempting to pass.
Clinic
The Child Health Conference
schedule for September is: Harrison Court House, Friday, September 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. Far-
well Methodist church basement
on Tuesday, September 20 from
9 to 11 a.m. Clare City Hall Tuesday, September 20, from 1 to 3
p.m.
Club Championships
Decided At Twin Elms
Bob Brown
Downs Ulrich
For Title
A club banquet tonight at
Twin Elms will celebrate the end
of the tournament season and
will feature the awarding of
trophys and prizes.
In the afternoon, a mixed two-
ball match tournament will be
the first men-women event to be"
staged this season.
At the program after the dinner, Dan Burdo will preside as
MC and inake the trophy presentations.
Club champion is Bob Brown
and Dick Ulrich, runner-up and
also club president this year Will
have parts in the ceremonies.
A party follows the dinner and
program and live music for
dancing will be a feature,
President Ulrich has announced that there will be a "kicker's"
tournament for club members
who are not matched in the mix-*
ed tournament, and that reservations for the meal may be accepted up to 1:00 p,m. today.
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JCs Seek
Candidate
Clare JayCees have announced
that they are looking for candidates for their annual award to
the Outstanding Young Farmer
Of The Year, and nominations
from Granges, the Farm Bureau
and other organizations,. or from
individuals are welcome.
Last year's winner, Robert
Clute came within a fraction of
■-.Jty a point in the judging to choose
a Michigan candidate
Carl Gruno, Junior Chamber
of Commerce in charge of the
local contest said that details and
entry blanks are available from
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Jean Cradit
Is Women's
New Champ
Mrs. Neilan Cradit is the new
champion of the Women Golfers
of Clare, having defeated the defending champion, Mrs. Roy Dunbar, in the finals of the Club
Championship Tournament, at
Twin Elms. Mrs. Cradit was also
medalist on qualifying day.
The first flight winner was
Mrs. Hersehel Reiss with Mrs.
Paul Schroeder, runner-up.
Second flight honors went to
Mrs. Norris Elden, Mrs, William
Bowler being runner-up.
A Field Day was held on Wednesday, the 14th for all those
who lost first matches, with several prizes to be awarded various
winners will be reported next
week.
On Wednesday September 7,
players attempted to guess their
scores previous to playing, Mrs.
Kuno Hammerberg and Mrs.
Frank LaGoe each received a ball
for guessing correctly.
Ties from the previous week
Were decided as follows: Mrs.
Neilan Cradit and Mrs. Roy Dunbar, low net score, Mrs. Cradit
winning the ball.
Mrs, Dunbar, Mrs. LaGoe, Mrs,
Bowler and Mrs, Schroeder, --for
low putts on holes 2, 7 and 8 —
the winner, Mrs. Dunbar,
Mrs, Sam Garfield has invited
the Women Golfers to her home
for a pot luck luncheon on Thursday September 22nd at one
o'clock. Mrs. LaGoe and Mrs.
Jack Bromley are in charge of
arrangements.
The- final monthly luncheon
and business meeting took place
on September 7th, at Twin Elms,
with reports and other business
cohcluded for the season.
Play will continue on Wednesdays as long as weather permits.
LOW    CHARGING    PIONEER    FORWARDS bend a bulge  in the St. Francis
wall in a scrimmage play Friday.     The
Clare line,   rated by Pioneer coaches   as
one oi the best in recent  years  tussled
with ihe Traverse City leain in a pre-,
season practice before meeting their
tough test,\ against 'Gladwin,. tomorrow
night at Clare.
Photos by Clare Sentinel
SPEED gets Clare's defensive line away
and into the enemy's backfield on many a
play. Clare has been picked as "ihe ieam
io beat" in ihe Mid-Michigan "B" Confer
ence and faces ihe ioughesi schedule la
years with five league games and Gladwin, Lutheran Seminary of Saginaw, and
Mi. Pleasant Sacred Heart.
Gs Test Glare In Opener
Gain Of 90 Student
Revives Proposition
To Build Classroom
The Clare District School
Board after one look at the
packed condition of the grade
rooms hi the Elementary building resolved to hold another
election on the proposal to construct a small elementary unit on
Clare's Brookwood site to relieve
the pressure of classroom crowding.
It's the same story as before
when the proposition was introduced for the first time,
"Now the situation is becoming
more painfully real," Superintendent Richard Wheeler repeats, "Some rooms are actually
filled to the point where not a
single additional seat and desk
could be squeezed in."
The Elementary building holds
1,130 pupils in kindergarten
through the eighth grade. The
count was made in the latter
part of last week after classes
commenced on Wednesday,
A total school system enrollment of 1,515 is 90 more than
the school counted at the finish
of last year.
The high school classes in
their new building and containing
two grades with less than 100
each, accounts for 385 of the
total.
In this year's elementary
building two rooms have 39 students each. Eighteen rooms have
33 students or over.
Five separate kindergartens
are necessary to accommodate
the 150 beginners enrolled there,
and elsewhere in grades One
and up just one teacher faces a
class with fewer than 30 children.
Modern day educators reeops-
mend classes of not more than
25 per teacher to obtain the highest level of effective training for
pupils and to use a teacher's professional skills to best advantage.
Lake George Fish Survey
Clare apd Gladwin.- each enjoying pre-seaspn ratings near the
top of their class in the central
Michigan area artd will settle their
supremacy question early when
they open the football season at
Clare tomorrow night.
The two elevens are loaded
with returning talent from last
season and sportswriters are already tagging them as choices tp
dominate tHeir respective ;coril
ferehces.1      *   "' .;    Y : , •,■ y
-. Clare High's P'oheer!s,' convinced '.that ,.th6y", h&ve a; "i960
iootbali "aggregation* With"' the
makings of championship con-
tenders, showed fans Friday the
evidence that leads to their conviction. _ .
An unscheduled pre" - season
scrimmage with St. Francis of
Traverse City played to a small
audience of sideline watchers and
while Clare will undoubtedly
meet a stronger test against
Gladwin tomorrow, the team
showed it hasn't far to go to be
ready.
The foreward line of probable
starters boasts a weight average
of 194 pounds and the players
look bigger than that! They have
speed and maneuverability.
If Head Coach George Perry
could feel pleased with the tough,
well-conditioned performance of
his line, he could   turn his   at
tention to his backs who showed
areas where polish needs to be
applied.
Carncross
Elected FFA
President
Swift to organize their FFA
chapter after the start of school
last week at Clare the young
farmers elected Lawrence Cam-
cross chapter president. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Carncross of Clare R-2.
Faculty advisor for the group
is Floyd Norcutt.
Completing their organization,
the members elected Vice President Willis Strouse, sdn of Mr.
and Mrs. Willis H. Strouse,, Clare
R-4. Secretary RuSs. Graham, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ferris Graham,
R-2 Farwell, and Treasurer John
Cotton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cotton, R-2 Clare.
Bruce Dole, son of Mr, and
Mrs. William A. Dole, Clare R-2",
is the reporter and Kirk Hills,
son of Mr, and Mrs. Don; Hills,
R-3 Clare is sentinel. Parliamentarian is Tom Drawford, soil of
Mr. and Mrs. Don Drawford, R-2
Clare;
• The chapter has an aim toward
increased progress   and activity
and point to their early start as
the indication of the planned inv
, provement in their program,.,
Farwell
School Must
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Denying the Farwell School
District's appeal from a County
Allocation Board decision giving
the District 7% mills, the State
Tax Commission formally notified the Board in the following
letter quoted in part:
An examination of all the allegations contained in the appeal
of the Farwell Area School District No. 7 was conducted by the
State Tax Commission, referring
especially to the budgets as submitted by the Townships of Surrey and Lincoln, after which a
hearing was ordered and held by
the State Tax Commission in the
County Courthouse.. Harrison,
Michigan, on Monday, August 29,
1960. Statutory notices to all interested parties were given.
The State Tax Commission decided that there was iio evidence
of material mistake of fact,
fraud, or error of law in the proceedings of *the Clare County
Tax Allocation Board and found
that it had acted properly in allocating to those townships requiring it, the statutory minimum millage as requested and
required by the budgets as originally submitted and thereupon
the State Tax Commission adopted a resolution to deny the appeal of the Farwell Area School
District No. 7 from the final order of the Clare County Tax Allocation Board for 1960 and confirmed the tax rates as allocated.
Voters of the District had given permission to levy the extra
half-mill anyway, so the District
could collect the fu)l eight mills
in order to participate in State
Aid to the maximum amount.
Cub Scouts Start
A meeting for parents arid
others interested in Cub Scouting
for boys is to be called at 7:30
Monday in the basement of St.
Cecilia's church, Clare.
Robert Williams, chairman
said that boys may attend with
their parents if they wish -and
that adult help with leader and
supervisor jobs is needed*,   ..
"While the Pioneers and Flying
Gs couldn't schedule a meeting
last year and so lack any direct
comparison with each other, yet
they figure to field opposing
lines that will make the contest a
power struggle between giants.
Clare has exceptional speed in
its big, tough line and shows
end-to-end balance. Likely to
start as the offensive forward
wall .are Jirl, Ruark and Jeff
Raymond, ends; Larry Cafn-
cross and Paul Benchley, tackles;
Mike Walter!; and Joe . Bowler,
guards] Bob Krainik, center.   >'
Head coach George Perry calls
this the best line he has coached
in six years. Outcharging the St.
Francis line in scrimmage, the
players showed mighty confidence and a willingness for the
slamming contest that makes a
line great.
Their test comes against the
hardrock center of Gladwin's line
with Mike Breault, 205-pound
all-state tackle back from last
year along with Larry Hall, all-
area guard and Leo Martonosi,
all-area center. Both are 190-
pound veterans with plenty of
experience.
In the CHS backfield fleet halfback Doug Young explodes ior
spectacular gains.
Without the over-shadowing
prominence of Deb Nolan's 1959
power running, Young may be
on his Way to becoming Clare's
leading scorer.
Lack of an effective aerial
threat narrows Clare's attack,
but Perry vowed io keep the air
full of passes in the strategy of
"loosening up" the Gs behind
their line.
A combination of tosser Norm
Davis hitting Danny Green With
spot passes may provide Some
surprise gains.
Continued on Page 13
To Discuss
New Church
Constitution
' Rev. A. Robert Harrison* Associate Pastor of the First Congregational Church of Saginaw,
and Dr. George V. Bohman of the
Department of Public Speaking
at Wayne University, will discuss
the proposed constitution of the
United Church of Christ on Sunday, September 18 at 3:30 p.m. at
the Congregational Christian
Church of Merrill — 24 miles
west of Saginaw on M-46.
A question and answer period
will follow their discussion after
which light refreshments will bo
served. All interested Congrega-
tionalists are cordially invited, .
A survey at Lake George for game-fish inhabitants in the water
there was a, project of the Michigan Department of Conservation
Tuesday of last week. In the picture above workers are starting
their operation! by looping back their seining net in sections to
trap all fish for examination and counting.
Gathering' in the fish, the survey crew finds bass, pike and
smaller perch and panfish in proportions that indicate Lake
George needs no extensive elimination and re-stocking- treatment.
Crowds of interested residents watched the operation from shore.
Clare P-TA
Opens Fall
Season Mon.
The opening meeting of the
P. T. A. wilr be held Monday
night, September 19 at 8 o'clock
in the Elementary Auditorium.
There will be an opportunity to
meet the teachers and a film
"The School That Went to Town"
will be shown.
Refreshments will be served in
the Kindergarten room and a
good attendance is desired.
"Your P. T. A. is only as good
as- you make 'it," Said Mrs. Richard Schroeder in urging parents
and District residents to join
early*
Spring Color
Next spring, the first welcome
spring colors in a yard can come
from early flowering bulbs planted this September. Tulips, daffodils, crocuses and hyacinths are
good flowers to plant in the fall,
say Michigan State University
: horticulturists* ' , ,
Different species were sorted,
counted and weighed as they
were taken from the nets and
Conservation experts compiled
a record as to the Lake George
fish population. Here Don McGregor is measuring a pike
taken out. of a huge live box.
Scores of pounds of fish >vcre
netted, surveyed and then released back into Lake George
water. AH photos in tlie series
by Maurice Mitchell Studio.
More photos on page 8
But the Clare system has abaa
doned any effort to attain   th*|
"ideal" ratio,   and instead,   ha
hopes set on gaining only enougl
extra room to relieve the crow<f
ing at most critical points,
"A  teacher with a elassrpoij
packed to the limit such as sor.
of our are,"   Wheeler  explainj
"is   continually  called  upon
waste instruction time and e_
ergy in maintaining order   an|
even the normal noise in   larg
groups becomes a hindrance
good school work."
A date for the coming eleetiol
on a bonding proposal has heel
tentatively set for sometime i|
November. November 20 marl
the end of the legal 6-mont|
waiting period following the las
previous election on the sam|
proposal.
School District voters last Mai
came within 17 votes of approi
ing a $420,000. program that ill
eluded a small unit school build!
ing for early elementary pupilj
residing south of US-10 and wes
of US-27.
A similar proposal to be ballo"]
ed on again would locate the
ditionai building on the same sit|
at the west end of John R Stree
in Clare.
The    school    administratio
pointed out that the new buildinj
would have provided exactly er
ough extra   room to    el*rninat|
crowding that has resulted fror
the 90-student increase this yea
The eighth grade has "foul
roomsful" of students squeeezef
into three rooms of 36 each*
Present seventh grade number!
are 38, 39r 38 — enough to fi"f|
four rooms with ease.
Sixth grades of 38, 38, 39 nee
the additional    room    too,  anl
down the lipe are ."seven xporps o\
4th and 5th graders who   ne
space to spread   out into   eighf
roorhs.
•Finally, next year's kindergs
ten registration will find tot
enough to fill one additions
room.
This many new rooms is
actly what the Brookwood £choo|
was proposed for.
In the coming try to pass th^
proposal, the School Board, ac"
ministration and citizen groupJ
sponsoring    the   measure    wilj
doubtless remember that the pre
vious defeat was a close one wit
just over 2 voters in every hun|
dred making the margin of fail
ure.
In previous elections ori simil
lar issues there has been a eonl
certed effort to inform District
residents   on the necessity   fon
the   improvements    asked    and
combat what one former Boarc
member recognized as "expectec
protest against the general idea*
of tax increases ... for any obj
jective."
Downed along with the nev
school last May was old building
remodeling for fire safety,
a bus garage besides outlay foi
music, art and other programs.
Consumers
Aid Going To
Stricken East
Four Consumers Power lh^
men and repair workmen frOii
Clare were among 178 sent this
week from Michigan to Sostonf
Mass., to assist in the repair of
electric utility systems in tha
east damaged in the recent htfcrr&J
cane.
The group left Willow ftUiil
airport near Detroit Tuesday td|
fly to the disaster area.
H. L. Zeigenbein, nianager oil
Consumer's Central Division saidl
that eleven in all were in thel
group' from the company division!
with headquarters at Alma.
Others were   from Alma   aaidl
Big Rapids. From Clare were Jt*J
Tickle,    Tom   Mickle,, Berna
Gray> and Marvin Sartor*
Most of the men iri the Centrall
Division group are well prepared for the job ahead reports!
Zeigenbein, after their Labor Day!
weekend "rehearsal" when they!
worked around the clock to re-l
pair storm damage in the Harri-I
son, Gladwin area after thel
State's big windstorm on Sep*!
tember 1. P
The men will report lo a ce««|
tral manpower pool in Bostor
and be assigned to work by sup*!
ervisors  iront   seaboard   utilityl
i itms. ,
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