1960-10-27; Clare Sentinel

              THE CLARE SENTINEL
Established 1878
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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLAttE, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY. OCT. 27, 1960
Ten Cents Copy
New Series, Vol. 69, No. il
Defeat Con-Con
Farm Groups Urge
Outstate Members
The Michigan State Grange
went on record against the Con-
Con proposal with'the powerful
opposition of 500 delegates in the
annual convention. Represented
were 30,000 members of the farm
organization.
The expected resistance to the
Constitutional convention is inspired by fear of, "metropolitan
domination it would give", the
resolution opposing the measure
called it, "detrimental to the best
in^rests of the citizens of Michigan."
The controversial Con-Con proposal, will appear as Proposal
Noi 3 on the ballot in the General Election November 8. It provides for amending the State constitution to permit a changed
method of apportioning representation at a new constitutional
convention, and also provides
that the convention may be called if a majority of voters on
this proposal favor it.
The Con-Con issue has been
twice defeated under present
rules that direct that a majority
of the number voting in the election must favor it. In past elections this provision has made
blank ballots effective "No" votes
on the issue.
Delegates at the Grange session did not argue that Michigan's constitution needs no
change, but they insisted that it
can be best modernized by
amendments as it has been 66
times since 1908.
Delegates and Grange members throughout the state were
shown maps of Michigan to show
that under the present unchanged
system of apportioning delegate
strength of a convention, each
senatorial district is entitled to
three delegates, while.under the
proposed new system proposed
on the coming ballot, ope delegate would be permitted fqr each
senator and each representative
in the State Senate and House,
The result of a "Yes" vote' on
Con-Con, the statement asserts,
would be to "black out" the control of outstate counties and
leave the State dominated by
Wayne, Macomb, and Oakland
counties.
More US-27
In County
To Be Bid
The second section of US-27
freeway construction between'
Clare and Harrison will be up for
contracts for 4.1 miles of the
double-strip highway from Hatton road north to the junction of
M-61 near he County Seat.
The Deparmtent has set completion date of August 31, 1962
for the stretch.
At M-61 the job will connect
with another 6.7 miles of freeway on whcih bids were opened
October 19 with a Saginaw firm,
Pierson Construction Co. the
low bidder at $2,334,660.
After the November 16 letting,
about 14 miles of the new freeway in Clare county will be under construction or contract and
only a nine-mile section, from
Clare to Hatton Road will remain to be negotiated for.
In Isabella county, the contracts for construction bring the
road up to the south limits of
Glare.*
We're Poised For Disaster
If Deficit Grows, Speaker
Tells Banker Group Here
Bank presidents, officers and
directors fo Gratiot County Bankers' Association meeting in Clare
Thursday last week, elected new
officers and listened to a timely
speech on "The Gold Crisis" delivered by Dr. Lewis Lloyd, economist With Dow of Midland.
Elected to lead the organization in 1961 was Hamilton J.
Stroupe, president of Commercial National Bank in Ithaca. He
succeeds Frank LaGoe, Citizens
State Bank of Clare vice president.
The Association's new vice
president is Alfred Bush of the
Commercial Savings Bank in St.
Louis, Michigan, and the secretary-treasurer is William Davis
of the Bank Of Alma.
The group's annual meeting
was held in the Wedgewood room
of the Hotel Doherty at the invitation of the outgoing president. About 64 members and
guests were served the banquet
dinner which preceded the program.
Dr. Lloyd who heads Dow's Research Division scrapped his pre-
Send Nineteen
To Regional
F.F.A. Session
By Helen Kennedy
Pioneer Staff Writer
Nineteen girls, two .mothers^
and the faculty advisor, Miss
Bentley, from the Clare Chapter
of Future Homemakers of America went to Gladwin for their
regional meeting On October 22.
The meeting started at 8:45
and with a coffee hour and adjourned at 3:00 p.m. During the
morrting session, members heard-
speeches by tlie. candidates for
(Offices.
The featured speaker of the
morning was Miss Martindale,
Dean oJj Girls from Midland
High School who spoke on "Lean,
Learn, Lead."
Miss Lofink, state FHA Consultant, brought greetings from
the. state office.
The installation of hew officers, a very beautiful ceremony,
took place in the afternoon.
pared notes when foreign gold
traders on Thursday caused market headlines with a wave of exchanging .United States dollars
for bullion.
Predicting that the United
States would ultimately have to
devalue the dollar to protect
gold reserves in this country, Dr.
Lloyd took a gloomy view of
what will happen to the economy
of this nation if electors send a
"tax-andsspend" administration
to Washington.
He said that in the opinion of
economists like himself, the loss
of value and prestige of the U.S.
dollar in international exchange
are being caused by speculators
who expect inflation to follow if
Presidential Candidate John Kennedy is elected and carries out
his campaign promises to use big
government spending in this
country's economy.
Only disaster can follow planned deficit spending and further
devaluation of United States dollars to try to protect gold reserves, Dr. Lloyd warned. , He
sees the current lowering of Dollar prestige as an early uneasiness in fear of American inflation growth if Democrats win the
election.
Trick - Treat
Handout
Children who are underprivi-
ledged or mentally retarded will
be made glad at Christmas time
through a program announced
this week by Civitan in Clare.
Club members will gather discarded or Useless and outgrown
toys to repair and give to children.
Donations of toys or playthings which need moderate repairs, to be usable again may be
left at the Stephenson Funeral
Home where Civitan members
will pick them up for painting or
repair attention.
Civitans, in a child-delighting
Halloween project will give away
cotton candy on Monday evening
at the Clare Fire Hall between
the hours, of 6:00 and 8;00 p.m.
All youngsters • are invited to
come in for a sweet ireat,
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"Outstate Michigan, will lose,
most, if not all, of its voice in
state government if proposal
three is passed," members of
Clare County Farm Bureau said
as they met in annual convene
tion on Tuesday, October 11, at
the Clare County Court House.
President Franklin Schaaf conducted the regular business meeting and the members heard the
various committee chairmen report on last year's progress arid
proposed programs for 1961.
A special committee announced
their selection of Mr, and Mrs.
Donald Davis as county Farm
Bureau co-operator of the. year,
The following resolutions, submitted by the community groups
and the county resolutions committee, were read rand received
unanimous approval, ,
We continue our opposition to
any extension of the use of Federal funds in the field of education,
Believing that the present
practice in loading and unloading
school buses is confusing, we recommend that drivers remain on
the pavement when stopping, instead of pulling off on the shoulder. 	
We commend the efforts of
the State Police,' national and
local safety councils, and other
law enforcement agencies in
their efforts to reduce the^ terrible slaughter on our nation's
highways.
Since no practical, conY/truct-
ive suggestions have been proposed for revising Michigan's
constitution, and since 'the various interests in Michigan would
find it nearly impossible to arrive a% a new constitution acceptable to all the people Of Michigan, we oppose attempts to completely revise Michigan's cdnstV
tution.
We place our confidence in the
people of the State Of Michigan
to make any changes they feel
are needed by due process of
amendment.
We advise proponents of
change to put their desires in the
form of amendments and let
each stand or fall on its own
merits.
The members also favored a
Unified dairy inspection under
the State' Dept. of Agriculture.
New board members elected
from community groups were:
Walter .Garver, Jr.„ Howard
Ryckman, Clarence Davis, Franklin Schanf, Roy Hammersley,
Walter Ehle, and Robert Krell.
Mark McKenna Was elected Director at large.
Delegates elected to represent
Clare county at Michigan Farm
Bureau's annual convention at
East Lansing on November 9, 10,
11 were: Bryan Miller, Dale Davis and Chester ^Wallace. Everyone is invited to attend any or
all sessions of the convention.
Those interested should contact
Mrs. Wilbur Weldon for reservations for luncheon or banquet
tickets.
Appoint Dem
Committee
Clare county's Democrat Party
chairman, Larry Jackson at a
meeting on Thursday of last
week appointed a county vice-
chairman, and seven members of
the County Committee.
Mrs. Edna Markell of Harrison
received the appointment as top
assistant to Mr. Jackson, and
other newly appointed committeemen are:
Elmer L. Lepp, Harrison; Mrs.
Harry Cornell, Garfield; John
Laverty, Fai-Well and Surrey
Twp.; Hugh Markell, Greenwood; Otto Sharp, Franklin;
Fred Zimmerman, Sheridan; Roy
Hoover, Grant.
For UNICEF
Members of Congregational
and Methodist youth groups will
ring doorbells on Halloween, in
the cause of their less fortunate
young friends in other countries
when they ask .for cash donations instead of sweet treats. The
benefits will go to UNICEF, a
United Nations. . program for,
underprivileged children in back-
Ward countriesi
Any residents willing to give to
this very worthy cause are asked
to have coins or cash ready to
place in officially marked collection boxes the' young people
will carry,
Connecting 600-Gallon
Well To Water System
Only the final operation of connecting a pump system
remains to be done before Clare -will begin to use water
from the newest well in the city's chain of supply points.
Clarence
Advice To
Head down and legs driving, Jim Perrine, 180-pound halfback for Clare- High
•fought his way across ihe Ithaca gdaMine
stripe during the third period bf ihe hont©-
coming game here last Friday. Two blue-
shiried defenders couldn't stop him, but
costly fumbles that led to thr#e Yellow-
jacket touchdowns did offset his score and
Clare went down 19:7.   -   Sentinel photo
ete
Speaker List
For Workshop
•An industrial development
workshop, announced last week
for leaders of communities in
central and northern areas of
Michigan's lower peninsula will
offer ideas of practical and useful application in an all-day session at Clare on November 3 at
the Hotel Doherty.
' Specialists on the panel discussion program will discuss financing, federal assistance, h'ow
to find industrial prospects and
interest them in a community!;
providing sites, organizing loca-1
committees and fact surveys, —
and other phases iri the upstate's program for locating vital industry in the area. ,.. s
• Success Stories of- comparable'
Michigan communities will be
explained and studied in detail
in order to benefit by tried programs for attracting businesses
and manufacturing.
General Chairman Alan W
Ott, heading the Clare Chamber
of Commerce's Industrial Committee, and cashier at the Citizens State Bank will introduce
Mayor Gerald Nivison for a welcome to Clare.
. They will share the5 leadership
of the workshop program with
Don C. Weeks, director of Michigan Economic Development Department and an array of speakers with state, federal and area
connections in this field.
The workshop will start at 9
a.m. and close at 4 p.m. with an
intermission for lunch. It will
bring together a group of experts
trained ih the industrial development field, including govern^
jrtent officials, who will tell community representatives how to
organize for the purpose of
bringing more industry and jobs
to their areas.
Communities are .being urged
to send representatives to the
meeting, which will <JevelOp
many worthwhile ideas on industrial  development.
Among the subjects to be discussed will be: Make-up and Operation of a Working Industrial
Committee, How to Make an'Industrial Survey. Developing Sites
for Industry, Forming an Industrial Development Corporation,
Assistance to Local Industry,
Looking for Industrial Prospects,
and Selling Industrial Prospects
to a Community.
Robert Lehman, Small Business Administration representative from Detroit, will explain
how industries can obtain loans,
and William F. Jewell, Area Development representative of the
U.S. Department of Commerce,
will outline his department's program for assistance to communities working on industrial development.
, Dr. Harold T. Smith, of the Upjohn Institute, Kalamazoo, and
president of the newly-formed
.Michigan Equity Corporation,
will explain loan policies of his
organization.
Representing the Michigan Economic Development department,
in addition to director Don Weeks
and participating in the panel discussions and question , and answer period which -ivill foil, will
be:
Robert Byers, chief of the Industrial Development division.  .
. Industrial.   agents Ben Clark,
South Haven, and Ken Hottck, of
Port Huron.
. - Harris Miller,, assistant chief
Of Area Development division.
italph F. Swan, chief of the
Administrative division, , i
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Homecoming Over
Clare High School's homecoming; marred by a gridiron
loss to Ithaca on Friday, was an otherwise.festive event, enjoyed by crowds of dancing, parading students and downtown spectators, and a game turnout that filled the football
stands, bleachers, standing room and scores of parked autos
around the playing field.
The Homecoming Ball in the school gym was attended
by students, alumni and many guests.
Donna McKee, CHS senior was selected in student bal-
Loting to rule as Queen of the annual festival. She appeared
on a featured float in the Friday afternoon parade and Was
honored during half time ceremonies at the game that evening. Later she led student celebrating at the annual party
which ended the weekend.
Ithaca's alert Yellow jackets pounced on ten Clare
fumbles and converted three of their charity chances into
scores. They let all the way through the game and finally
posted an important 19-7 victory. .
The Pioneers, now 1-5 for the season will meet Chesaning here tomorrow in a contest that can have no possible
affect on the outcome of the Mid-Michigan Conference race.
The Clare final game is November 5 on Sacred Heart's field
at Mt. Pleasant. '    .    .
Rebekah Program Observes
70th Year Qf Clara Lodge
The 70th* anniversary of Clara
Rebekah Lodge, and the honoring of the Veteran members of
that organization was a gala
event on Tuesday evening this
week.
Mrs. Erma Rutter, noble grand
gave the welcome, and presented
Mrs. Patsy Schlafley as program
chairman. Mrs. Rutter and Mrs.
Helen Welch, vice grand, acted
as escorts for the evening.
Distinguished guests who attended the ceremonies at Clare
IOOF hall were Mrs. Luella Otter of Hemlock, Warden of the
Rebekah Assembly, Mrs. Naomi
Wright of Alma, Marshal of the
Rebekah Assembly, 'Mrs. Genevieve Irwin, Right Aide to the
Chaplain, of the Department of
Ladies Auxiliary Patriarch Militant. Special recognition was given to Grand Lodge representatives present, Willis Wheatley of
Hemlock, Finance Committee,
James Yeoman, Camp Inspection
Committee, and George Husson
of Farwell, District Deputy.
Rebekah Association No. 20 officers introduced were Mrs. Ila
Atterbury, of Farwell. vice president and Mrs. Madeline Seiter,
of Clare, Secretary. Many other guests were welcomed from
Hemlock, Farwell, Shepherd, Mt.
Pleasant, Weidman, Coleman and
Owosso.
Mrs. Eva Schlafley reviewed
briefly the history of the lodge,
and what the order stands for,
using Rebekah at the Well., and
the Widow and Orphan and the
three links. Mrs, Fern Wright
was at the piano and Mrs. Margaret LaVoye was the soloist.
Veteran members present and
seated in a circle were Mrs. Etta
Snider, Mrs. Alice Erter, Mrs.
Fannie Yeoman, Mrs. Fern Archambault, Mrs. Margaret Irwin,
Mrs. Alba Lyness, William Art-
cliff and Andrew Irwin Sr.
New twenty year veteran jewels were presented to Mrs. Eva
Schlafley and Mrs. Mary Mussell,
and th6y were honored to have
Mrs. Otter, the Assembly Warden pin their jewels. They were
then seated with the other honored guests. A crbss formation
was made by the officers, headed
by the chaplain,. Mrs. Chariot
Wilcox, who gave the prayer, and
Mrs. LaVoye <■ sang "The Old
Rugged Cross." .
Mrs. -Otter gave a very inter
esing talk on the program of
Rebekah-Oddfellowship; and con«
gratulated the Clare lodge on its
accomplishments, and fine spirit
of cooperation with their OddJ
fellow lodge,
Several other remarks by the
guests concluded the program,
and refreshments were served in
the dining room. A three-tiered
anniversary cake, flanked with
lighted candles was given the
first cut by Mrs. Snider, the oldest Rebekah in years, and Mrs.
Otter. It was then served with
other cakes and coffee, buffet
style. Committee for the evening
was Mrs. Patsy Schlafley, Mrs.
Virginia Stevenson, Mrs, Lucelia
McDonald, Mrs. Olive Irwin.
At the Rebekah business meeting prior to the program, the
November committee was named, Mrs. Helen Welch, Mrs. Iva
Fisher, Mrs. Myrtle Nash, and
Mrs. Erma Rutter. The Past Noble Grands night, and the November birthdays will be observed next Tuesday evening. Mrs.
Schlafley will give her report of
the Rebekah Assembly next
Tuesday evening.
At the Oddfellow meeting, led
by their noble grand, Earl Henderson., several guests were also
present, and remained for the
joint program at the close of the
meeting. James Yeoman gave^a
complete report of the Grand
Lodge session, and presented the
Grand Master's program for the
year.
Home Again
After U.P.
Bear Hunt
Home' again last week from, a
bear hunting trip in Michigan's
upper peninsula six young men
from the Eagle neighborhood
have no , Bruin trophys and
steaks in the freezer, but they
can remember the exciting event
as their first bear hunt as a
group.
The oldest Was 23 and the
youngest 18 yeai-s in the party
that included Dan Bay, Don David, Garry Simpkins, Walter Pui^
dy, Ted Reger and Leo Lopez.
In their, expedition which lasted five days, the fellows said
.that they sighted some bears.,
but failed to get iri any telling
shots. If they decide to repeat
their big-game trip next year,
they can mark this outing up to
valuable experience in ,the art of
stalking and bringing in 'one of
the State's mbst sought game
ahimals,'
ung
Hobgoblins
To avoid a witch's brew of
trouble this Halloween, pediatricians at The University of Michigan Medical Center offer these
guides for the safety of your
favorite s^ook:
Most important, they say, is
to make sure your demon has
plenty of "visibility." He should
be able to see through his mask
or shroud, and others should be
able to see him.
Luminous tape is in vogue for
all sprites:. ghouls and wizards
say the U-M doctors. It can be
seen easily, enhances the spooki-
ness of the costume and helps
ward off such dangers as automobiles.
It's also a good idea to carry a
flashlight, but no open flame
such as candles or oil lanterns.
Each Halloween, hospitals repair
burned goblins who became careless with, fire.
The doctors urge homeowners
to keep porch lights on for the
guidance of amateur and inexperienced spooks. Although these
hoodoos have legendary ability
to walk through walls, the doctors observe that they have an
uncanny way of tripping over
bushes, steps and lawn furniture
and skinning their ectoplasm.
Low-flying witches and galloping goblins should positively not
carry sharp or pointed instruments, warn the University pediatricians, or they may end up
haunting a hospital.
One" of the most common diseases at Halloween, say the doctors^ is "Poltergeist Dyspepsia,'"
a sudden stomachache caused by
too many and too varied trick-
or-treat goodies.
Science knows of no sure cure
for this eerie indigestion, except
moderation. However, if it comes
and if it persists it would be best
to hop on your broom and go see
your family doctor.
The U-M doctors recommend
five additional precautions if you
want to come through Halloween with a whole hoodoo: Check
cpstumes for fire hazards; use
burnt cork and cosmetics in
preference to masks to aid visibility; warn youngsters repeatedly about going into the street;
make sure spooks Under age 8
have an older wizard to guide
them; and, finally, when staging
a party at home, don't make it
too ghoulish or you may frighten the wits out of the younger
goblins.
Homecoming
At Herrick
A homecoming for residents
and former residents of the Herrick -community will be observed
at a program in the church there
on the afternoon of November 5
from 1 o'clock until 5. The pastor of Herrick Mennonite Church,
Rev. Floyd Bontrager has invited
all former residents and descend-
ents of the early settler families to the affair.
Many acquaintances will be
renewed and there are plans to
gather historical information for
presentation to the audience.
Two descendents of the Lansing families, first permanent
settlers in the area will aid in organizing the observance. They
are Mrs. Emma Sager of Clare,
chairman, and Mrs. Margie Foster, secretary.
Historians familiar with the beginning of recorded information
here say that the neighborhood
was homesteaded around 1875
when, families from Ontario
came to live there. Prominent
among them were four Lansing
brothers who named the settlement Lansingville.
When a postoffice Was opened
some twenty years later, the
name was changed to Herrick to
avoid confusion with Michigan's
capitol city.
Other early settlers were William Bowen, James Marlin,, Robert Maxwell, John Presley;, Petei
Murphy, John Edwards, Mel
Loomis, Abraham Jennings, Wil-
liam^adgley, Samuel McJames,
Thomal, Robinson, Thomas Wal-
toy, Worden Parsell,. Petet? Renner and their families.
City Manager Clarence Guml
said Wednesday, that the job mayj
take 10 days,
When the new well begins  te
put  water into  city inains,  the
available supply will be increased
by 600 gallons per hour.   Work-I
ers last week   connected   pipe-|
lines from the ho}e location
the Katherine Dunlop ,farm< un-j
der the railroad bed to the near-|
by water main,     '
Next a pump will be moved t°|
the site and set on a foundationl
and enclosed in a permanent!
pumphouse.
Gum said that a pump now|
used on City Well No. 3 at
west end of John R. street would
be moved to the new well and al
pump to be disconnected froral
the City's Well No. 4 <now,4ry)[
would replace the one at Well-3.1
The Layne-Northern Company,!
drillers of the new well are do-[
ing the pump moving jobs, Thel
drillers guarantee the No.. 5 well|
to deliver 600 gallons per hour,
Enlargement of the ready sup-l
ply of water will relieve a condl-l
tion revealed in the spring ofl
this year when a consulting en-[
gineering "firm reported thati
Clare's water supply and presT
sure was not adequate to pro-j
vide a safe minimum fire-fight-i
ing flow to most sections of the|
city. \
This week the   city   manager]
said that   the new well   would
not   change the pressure   avail-l
able to water users on a day-to-|
day   normal basis.   But in   ar
emergency the boosted volume
water would maintain pressure
and flow over a wider area t
before.
Clinic Today
Dog Shots
Plans have been completed fori
the holding of the first clinic fori
the inoculation of dogs against!
rabies in Isabella county. It Willi
be the first of several clinics tol
be held throughout the county asl
directed by the resolution passed I
by the Isabella County Board of |
Supervisors.
This first clinic will be held atl
the Union Township Hall onl
Thursday, November 3rd froml
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The towri-j
ship hall is located at the corner!
of Preston Road and SoUth|
Washington Road.
A charge of $1.00 per dog willl
be made to cover cost of vaccine!
and supplies. Local veterinar-f
ians have agreed to donate theirl
time. They will be assisted byl
interested local citizens. Ar-[
rangemepts for conducting thel
clinic are in charge of the Isa-f
bella County Health Department,!
All owners of dogs are urged!
to take advantage of this opporY
tunity to have their animals pro-l
tected against rabies. The recent!
resolution passed by the Board!
of Supervisors makes this pro*|
tection mandatory before a H.|
cense can be issued. Failure tol
show proof of -vaccination before!
applying for license will result inl
refusal to issue license and thel
dog will be subject to being pick-j
ed up and destroyed.
The increase in rabies in. this]
area, in the past year;, makes itl
necessary to enforce this resolu-l
tion. The vaccination given- at!
this time will be good for two|
years.
The clinics are being -held at|
this time to provide a convenient!
opportunity for dog owners tol
cooperate in thii program. No!
other clinics will be held after!
this series is completed. Dog I
owhers will have to take theirl
dogs to their Vets after that.
O'Day Rolls
696 Series
Frank O'Day rolled the second!
highest sanctioned series in the!
history of the Clare City Ass6-|
ciation Friday, October 21 when I
he put together games of 233)
220, and 243 for a total of 696.  "M
The old record is held; by Jake
Walker with a 739 series.   The j
only   other   sizable    threat   JKjJ
Walker's record was a 690 series!
bowled    by    Larry    t"  '
some time ago. , «-
O'Day rolled   his big   series!
with the Bogle Bar team ih ttii
Major Le»#ie^ at Clare   Alle^
'where h£$f tgirreritly av*ra*$
f89,    * ;j