1960-11-03; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE SENTINEL
Established 1878
$2.50 Year In Clare, Isabella Counties
Pick 3 Clare bidders
On All-League Team
Three Clare High School footballers have been selected on the
Mid-Michigan "B" all-league first
team..
Clare Visited
By Governor
On Monday
Clare* Democratic party leaders Laurence Jackson, Jr., and
IRex Allen were called to an unexpected meeting with- Governor
G. Mennen Williams Monday evening when the governor made an
unexpected stop here on his way
to Lansing from Cadillac.
His plane grounded hy unsuitable flying weather, Gov. Williams was driving home and
stopped to hold a paw-wow with
the local men. He told them he
had been forced to cancel a
.scheduled appearance in Ohio
for that same evening,
The private conversations ih
the Doherty Motor Hotel's conference "room consisted mostly of
exchanged reports on progress of
the campaigns for local and area
Democrats with the Governor
outlining plans for the final
week's activities*
- The meeting was interrupted
at one point when two young
girls were introduced to the Governor as they stopped for a
UNICEF Halloween donation.
Sherie Green and Bonnie Cemy
thanked the distinguished visitor
for the coins he dropped into
their collection container.
Gov. Williams stop in Clare,
though not a public appearance
was the first visit of a leading
Democratic party figure here.
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'Dead Baby
Is False
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Discovery Tuesday of what
was first reported to be the body
of a young baby in the Sheridan
township dump, set off a quick
poUice investigation and ended
at noon Wednesday with- the report that the tip $£d &u£horitijes
on a false clj#se.   ""
State Police Detective Edward
Johengen from the Mt. Pleasant
Post and Clare County Prosecutor James S. Bicknell. Ill said
Wednesday that the search for
what was reported as the baby's
body "in a new roaster", turned
up only some decomposed leaV'
ings from a turkey dinner.
Johengen' said that apparently
the information was telephoned
to the police in an effort by the
caller to do the right thing, but
that'the tip Was the result of
misinformation.
"This looks like a case of misunderstanding party-line gossip/'
he said.
City police received a telephone
call on Wednesday, saying that
the- object had been discovered on
the. day before. Further confusing the affair,fpolice were sent to
the Grant- township dump before
the mistake was discovered.
Blue Cross
Expert To
Address Club
Harold G. Pearce, Director of
the Enrollment Division of Michigan Blue Cross, will be the guest
speaker at the Clare,Rotary Club
on Wednesday, November 9, at
noon-
Mr. Pearce will speak on "The
community's Responsibility in a
Prepaid Health Care Plan," discussing three of the most distinguishing characteristics of
Blue Cross, namely, Hospital-
Doctor direct relationship; Service Benefits, and Community
Approach.
A 15-year employee of Blue
Cross, Mr. Pearce became a director in 1956, and a year later
took a leave of absence to accept an appointment" as Vice-
President of the nation-wide Blue
Cross Association, to organize a
national enrollment division.
Also active in Scouting work,
Mr, Pearce is currently a second-
year assistant Cubmaster.
These players, Tom Kozicki,
Junior back, and Paul Benchley
and Mike Walters,' Senior linemen, have been recognized all
season as three of the finest football players ever to represent a
Mid-Michigan "B" team.
Other first team selections are
ends Tom Williams, Shepherd-
and Tom Breedlove, St. Louis;
Tackle John Stroup, Ithaca;
Guards Hank Liedich, Chesaning
and Jerry West, Durand; Gyiter
Stan Seifker, Shepherd; Backs
Lyn Kinder, Ithaca, Duncan -McKay and Russell Wallis, Durand;
and Tom Liedich, Chesaning.
Doug Young,. Senior back was
chosen on the second team, while
Jeff Raymond, Lawrence Carncross, Joe Bowler, John Hinkle,
Bob Krainik, and Joe Graves
were given honorable mention.
All are Clare players.
. Further well deserved honors
were heaped on Tom Kozicki
when he was selected as a player
worthy of State Class C recognition. '
Of the ten players honored,
only Kozicki will be on hand for
the 1961 season, when it is hoped that he will lead the resurgent Pioneers in a battle for
league leadership,
Full Cast
Named For
"Incognito"
By Ardith Hardman, Janet Orvis
The stage play "Incognito" will
be presented by the dramatics
class of Clare High School on
Friday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Elementary school auditorium.
This play is a mystery-comedy
by N. Richard Nusbaurn.
Appearing    on stage will   be
Judy Presley   as Helen   Clark;
j Carol Baumgarth as Seedy Sloan;
•Janet Garver as   Miss Hildeckf
Virginia Northon as Miss Shields.
Sharon Haring as Mrs. Shul-
man; Katherine Haring as Trudy
Blitt; Donna McKee as Mrs. Bas-
com; Sue Barnes as Miss Turner; Marie Siel as Miss Jackson.
Eldonna Hinkle as Miss Geter-
son; Bonnie Bergstrom as Chic
Johnson; Laura Lynk as Mrs.
Thumbull; Jerry Witbeck as Erich Jagendorf; Jeff Raymond as
Captain Michel; Bob Krainik as
Herr Von Stumm;' and Steve-
Warner as a submarine sailor.
Admission price to see this presentation is 3Q cents for student
tickets and 60 cents for adult
tickets.
THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN
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THURSDAY, NOV. 3, I960.
Ten Cents Copy
New Series, Vol. 69, No. 8
Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams,
in Clare Monday evening for an. unscheduled stop, conferred with Democratic party leaders on campaign progress
here. Laurence Jackson, Jr., Clare county
chairman -U).$ ail<$ R^x Allen informed the
governor or* pre-election aciivlry "on ihe
local scene aHd received encouraging reports on progress elsewhere on the eve of
the national election,    •    Sentinel photo.-
Evelyn Breen Installed
As New Zenobia Matron
In appropriate ceremonies on
Thursday evening last week,
Mrs. Evelyn Breen was installed
as worthy matron of Zenobia
Chapter, OES, with Howard Everts as worthy patron.
Other officers installed were
Mrs. Mary Cotton, associate matron, Warren White, associate
patron.
Net $150.
For UNICEF
The cash collection for
UNICEF to aid needy children
everywhere in the world is $150.
richer this week due- to the generous help of Clare residents who
contributed on Halloween.
The door-to-door campaign is
a project by junior high school
boys and girls of the Congregational and Methodist- churches
who ask for coins and cash is-
stead of candy treats on Halloween. Proceeds are sent to United
Nations headquarters for financing children's aid programs all
over the world.
Mrs. Rchard Schroeder who
with Mrs. Willis Hankins helped
supervise the project said Tuesday that the collection in this
worthy cause has grown in each
of the four years that such an appeal has been made in Clare.
Started in 1958, the collection
amounted to $68.00 and, in successive years'it netted $88., $101.,
and this year it jumped to $150.
About 33 young people per-,
formed the door bell canvass in
the systematic coverage of the
city.
"Flies Only"
Controls On
Trout Waters
Although two, new stretches of
water will come under "flies
only" trout fishing, regulations in
1961 as a Result of Conservation
Commission action last week,
there will be a modest drop in
total stream mileage "covered by
these experimental controls.
Approximately two miles will
be cut from this year's figure.
About seven miles were lifted
from "flies only" rules in 1959.
Next year's major change will
take place on ;the; North Branch
of the Au-Sable -river ih- Crawford and Otfeeg[o counties.
A three-^ar order approved by
the Commission Will put some 4.5
miles of the stream under "flies
only" restrictions in Otsego
county on January 1,1961. At_ the
same time, a seven-mile stretch
from the Crawford county line to
Eaman's Landing will be removed
from these rules. The remaining
13-mile test section of the stream
will remain under "flies only"
controls.
This switch in regulations on
the first two sections will enable
biologists from the Department's
Institute of Fisheries Research
to study the role of habitat differences on angler catch and the
trout crop left after the season,
is over. This in turn will help
them to determine whether "flies
only" regulations are tlie prime
factor in bigger trout and better
fishing as indicated by studies on
the seven-mile section which goes
open to general regulations next
year.
Biologists will report their findings to the Commission after the
second year,of the experiment.
In the only other change, "flies
only" fishing will be added for
thrpe years on about half a mile
of the East Branch of the Au-
Gres river in Iosco county. Tied
in with heavy lamprey predation
on rainbow trout" rifhs in the
Great Lakes, this restriction is
aimed at protecting surviving
spawners which reach this part
of the stream.
Volunteer
Election
Day Help.\   ',
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'Several members, of the Clare
Study Club have volunteered
their services to help Get Out the
Vote on election day." Those
needing baby sitters may phone
EV 6-7940 or EV 6-7278.
Anyone needing transportation
to the polls please call EV 6-2436,
EV 6-7295 or EV 6-7975.  •
Educator
To Speak
Dr. Raymond B. Blakney, president of Orlinda Childs Pierce
College for Girls at Ellenko, Athens, -.Greece, - will speak November 13 at, the morning worship
service at the First Congregational Church in Clare.
. Dr. Blakney, who assumed the
presidency of Pierce College in
1957, previously served for eight
years as president of Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan, a liberal
arts Congregational Christian affiliated school.
Mrs. Genevieve Born is secretary, Mrs. Elithe Roe, treasurer,.
Mrs. Alba Lyness, conductress;
Mrs. Viola Campbell, associate
conductress,. Mrs. Ina Hammond,
chaplain, Mrs. Eileen Lower,
marshal, Mrs. Doris Cotton, or<
ganist. Poinds are Mrs, Shirley
Melton, Adah, Mrs, Florence Wil-"
son, Ruth, Mrs, Betty Alexander,
Esther, Mrs. Maudie Bauer, Martha, Mrs. Dorotha Lloyd, Electa,
Mrs. Beatrice Seiter is warder,:
Dr. G. C. Born, sentinel, Mrs'J
Iva Fisher, American flag hear*
er, Mrs. Erma Gephart, Christian
flag bearer, and Mrs. Sylvia Melton, OES flag bearer.
Mrs. Nina Rosendahl, a past
matron of the chapter, was the
installing officer, assisted by
Mrs, Everts, iharshal^Mrsi ,_,.
mond, chaplain, Mrs. Cotton, ,or-
ganist, and Mrs. Born, Installing
officer for the auxiliary officers.
The evening's program was
opened with the retiring worthy
matron, Mrs. "Kathryn Freeman,
and worthy patron, Warren
White, in the East: The flags-
were presented and pledges given. Mrs. Freeman extended a
welcome to the members and
guests.
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Mrs. Bernadine Hecker of Harrison, Grand Warder, and Mrs.
Lydia Day of Mt. Pleasant, Grand
Counselor were Introduced and
welcomed. The worthy matrons
Muriel Johnson of Harrison and
Dorothy Schmid of Farwell, who
had served this year were welcomed. C.G.M. officers welcomed
were Eirma Gephart, secretary,
and Olive Bruce of Harrison,
Chaplain, and Eugene Campbell,
worshipful master of John Q.
Look Lodge No. 404, F.&A.M.
was also presented.
After remarks by Mrs. Freeman, and expressions of thanks
to her officers and members for
their fine cooperation, the officers approached the East for
their tribute.
The worthy matron was presented -with the pages for her
scrap book, and the associate matron, Evelyn Breen made the
presentation of the past matron's
jewel. The marshal, Eileen Lower
presented Mr. White with a gift
from the officers. - '
Following the installation, Herbert Breen was escorted to the
East where his wife paid tribute
to "him for his understanding
help arid co-operation, and introduced her sons, Philip and Skip,
also her sister and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Wes Semig, and other
relatives and friends. The Worthy Matrons arid Worthy Patrons to serve this year were
then introduced.
The past matrons formed a circle around the altar and invited
Mrs. Freeman to join the past
matrons club. The president, Mrs.
Ina Hammond presented her with
a bouquet of roses.
Special music for the evening
was an instrumental duet by
Philip Breen and John Hinkle
accompanied by Lloyd Conley,
which preceded the  installation
Committee for fhe evening included Mrs. Blanche Walker, Mrs.
Mazie Mayer, Mrs. Doris Parish,
Mrs, Virginia Clute and Mrs.
Ethel Messecar.
The .regular meeting for Zenobia Chapter will be this1 Thursday
evening. All officers meet at ?:30
for a practice session.
Mock Vote
Goes To GOP
Clare Elementary and Junior
High students from. the fourth
through eighth grades showed a
big edge for Republicans for
President, Michigan Governor,
and State Senator in straw voting at the school's social science
classes.
In fourteen elections held in
classrooms, ' Richard M, Nixon
gained a 366-147 victory over his
opponent. John F. Kennedy;
Paul Bagwell was- "elected",
347-139.in his race with John
Swainson for governor of Michigan, and Alvin Bentley was.victorious over Pat McNamara, 335-
139 in the contest for State Senator. • -
Urge Businessmen To
Attend Workshop Today
Clare Chamber of Commerce
President Tim Cotter this week
urged all members of the or:
ganization to have one or more
representatives of their businesses at the Industrial Development
Workshop today in the Doherty'
Hotel's Wedgewood Room.
General Chairman Alan Ott,
heading the Industrial Development Committee of the local organization, has announced that a
talent-loaded program.'■will,. BEe-
sent discussions on how to'hring
more business and industry to
this area of the State.
Mr: Cotter said, ''Attracting
industry 'requires a background
of knowledge. You and your com-
To Observe
Holidays
Two holidays next week will
close the Citizens State Bank in
Cl&re and Rosebush, and United
States postoffices in Clare and
elsewhere will close on the second which fall on Friday.
Election Day Tuesday, November 8 and- Veterans' Day Friday,
November 11 are the two holidays that fall irt the same week.
- At the Clare bank, the .inconvenience that some patrons may
feel on account of the Friday
closing will be offset by extra
business hours on Thursday, the
10th when the normal three
o'clock closing hour will be set
back to 5:00 irt the afternoon.
At Holley Carburetor's Clare
Division plant, employees will be
paid on Thursday instead of Friday and Lyle Skinner, head of
plant personnel Said that the pay
schedule would be early enough
so that checks might be cashed
before the bank's five o'clock
close of business.
Postoffice patrons will enjoy
regular service on Tuesday,
Election Day, but on. Friday, the
l'lth, mail service windows will
remain closed' and there will be
no delivery. Sorting and dispatching of both incoming and outgoing mails will go on during the
day as is normal for holidays.
Lights On,
Voters Out
Witbeck^s IGA Super Market
will keep the store lit all night
Monday night (election eve) it
was announced by Marvin Witbeck. ■'
All IGA stores from coast to
coast throughout-the U.S. are
planning to do this urging every
one of voting age to get out and
vote.
Arrangements have beefi made
With American Heritage Foundation and over 17,000 American
Legion Posts, to back this better
citizens campaign. Radio and television stations ' from coast to
coast!will1 also*help' in'the promotion. .
Everyone will be urged to turn
on their porch lights to. show
that they are go'ihg to vote.
"A vote in the ballot box is the
^American Way." ■
800 Treats
— No Tricks
There wag nobody in Clare
more popular with youngsters on
Halloween than the members of
the Civitan club. They gave away
cotton candy through the evening
hours when young spooks and
goblins thronged the city.
In aq offer to treat all the
funseekers, the Civitans set up
shop in the city Fire Station
across from city hall. They had
made arrangements to use a
cotton candy making, machine
which belongs to the Junior
Chamber of Commerce,
Well, when the cold night and
the late hour had sent all the
costumed kids retreating to their
homes, those sweet-talking Civitans had passed our free candy
to 800 youngsters. — Almost as
many as you counted at your
own front door that evening.
And not contented with one
goed deed,, pivitans now announce plans for helping with
get-out-the-vote efforts and will
cheer underprivileged children's
Christmas Day too.
In the Election Day civic project, Civitans will respond with
free auto rides to the polls if
persons .unable, to walk, there
will telephone " Bob- Giles'"at
EV 6-2488, "Doughy" Foss at
EV 6-2992, or Howard Melton at
EV .6-2251. .
And-for the added cheer at
Christinas for any underprivileged child,, club members are
asking for unused or worn toys
which they can mend and repair
and then des tribute to needy
youngsters. Toys to be donated
for their campaign may be left
at the Stephenson Funeral Home
where they \yill be picked up for
painting and repair and distribution.
Homecoming
At Herrick ■
Is Sal
Lake Couple
Disappear
In South
,An elderly couple who lived
near Lake during part of the
past summer are being searched
for by authorities in Georgia
this week after they disappeared
enroute south. Their companion
at the start of the trip is reported being held for questioning as
to their whereabouts,
Mr, and Mrs., Charles Hancock,
who moved to a Lake rural address from Remus in August set
off on October 23 in their auto
which was being driven by a
handyman acquaintance, John C
Johnson.
Johnson, who is known but
slightly in the Lake area was reported Wednesday jn the custody
of Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in Atlanta, Georgia
where he was picked up driving
the Hancock's car.
The older couple were not with
Johnson when he was stopped in
the southern city, and questioning so far had failed to give a
clue as to where they are and
why their driver was in possession of their car.
At Lake,- Postmaster Wilbur
McLane told the Sentinel that the
Hancock couple were mail route
patrons on a rural route, from
August until they departed for
the south on October 23. He knew
of no relatives or close acquaintances in the area who- could
provide information in the investigation. .
A letter received, on Monday
this week requeste(fmail for the
Hancocks to be forwarded to
Milner, Ga.
Mr. McLane said that most pf
the mail being held for forwarding to the Hancocks was postmarked with the name of another Georgia town, Colburh.
* Johnson, described as a much
younger man than the Hancock
couple, is thought to have been a
pulpwood cutter who worked
near Lake during the past summer.
Clare Police Chief William Bell
said that Federal authorities have
been tracing the trio for several
days and had sought information
here concerning them. He did not
disease the reason for the F.B.I.
interest in the case.
munity will benefit from your attendance at the sessions.
"Morning and afternoon panels
will be made up,of specialists
from the Economic Development
Department Staff, after which
ample time will be allowed for
question and answer periods.
"As a special feature, arrangements have been completed
to have' representatives of the
U.S. Department of Commerce
and the Small Business Administration explain their respective
programs of community assistance and available financing.
Also, Dr, Harold Smith of Upjohn Institute and Presindent of
the newly established Michigan
Equity Corporation, will explain
the loan policies of his new organization.
"Every member is urged to
attend at least one to five hours
of this meeting between 9 and
4. It is the opinion of the Industrial Development Committee
that this meeting is of great importance to Clare and to you per-:
sonally."
ay
In the November G, Sunday
morning Worship service at the
Herrick church, special consideration will be given in observing
the 70th Anniversary of the
church building.
In the year 1890, the Methodist
people of the community, then
known as Lansingville, built the
church house and in the month
of November, dedicated it to the
purpose of worship.
Throughout these seventy
years it has been kept for that
purpose. In memory of that occasion and the. blessings of its existence through these years, this
anniversary service is planned.
Rev. George P. Stanford, Chelsea,  Mich.,  a former 'pastor  of i
the Herrick Church, will be present to give a Bible message suitable to the occasion.
All former members- of the
church, with neighbors and
friends are ifivited to attend this
anniversary .service and are reminded "of the Homecoming on
Saturday, November 5 from 1 lo .5
p.m.
Speaker At
Rock Club
Clare Rock and Mineral Club
members will ■ hear -an outside
speaker Monday when William
Ryan, geologist with Bay City
Junior College will speak on the
topic,. Identification of Rocks
and Minerals.   - .
Professor Ryan will feature a
program to be held in the Elementary School on the second
floor at £:30 following the club's
regular business meeting at seven.
Child Clinic
Volunteers
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Wanted Here
Child Health Conferences
scheduled at monthly 'intervals
in Clare and Harrison need volunteers according to Mrs. Kathryn Freeman,' public health nurse
with the local Unit of the program.
Three volunteers are needed at
once in Clare, and three iri Harrison who can give two and one-
half hours of their 'time once a
month. No mention, is made of a
need for volunteers for the conferences also held in Farwell
under the same program.
Those willing to "donate their
time and talent are asked to telephone KE 9-5111 afternoons 1 to
5'for more information,   r     .
Vote Machine
Demonstration
A demonstration of how, to
use voting machines has been
scheduled at the Clai'e 'city hall!
6n November 4 (tomorrow) from
7 o'clock to 9 in the eyening.
In preparation for wh&t is expected to be an'unusually large
turnout at the polls, City Clerk
David Adams will conduct the
demonstration to aid those who
never have voted on a machine,
or who may wish to!be advised
on how to operate the device in
voting for a national ticket. Mr.
.Adams said that familiarity with
operation of the machine can
save time and avoid mistakes on
Election Day, Nov. 8.
Clare Women
Entertain
Mrs. Phil Hart
A reception and coffee hour
Wednesday morning in honor of
Mrs. Jaiie Briggs Hart, wifeMQf-
Phil Hart, thevU.S. Senator from
Michigan was attended by 65
women from Clare county. Tlie
affair was held at the home 'of
Mrs. Sam Garfield on East- Sixth
street, Claire.
Mrs/ Laurence Jackson, Jr.,
wife of the Clare County Democratic. -Chairman MM a- .carhop
ess.
Mrs. Harty a popular campaigner in the Democrat's pre-election
drive, charmed the group with
her warm personality. Women
from both major political parties
were invited to drop in between
the hour of 9 and 11 to meet the
visitor.
Mrs. Harry Cornell of Lake, "a
member of the county committee,
and Mrs. John Weitzel of Harrison poured.
On her visit to Clare, Mrs,
Hart was accompanied by Mrs.
Phillip Epple, Isabella County
Democratic Chairman, and; Mrs*
Mildred Breidenstein, also pf. Mt.
Pleasant.   ' '
In the afternoon Mrs. Hart moved to Mfc Pleasant where she Was
guest at another coffee hour
from two to four p.m. at the
home of Mrs. C. B. Wood. Later
she appeared in the evening as a
speaker at a combined meeting
of Young Democrats of Central
Michigan University, and Ken-.
nedy for President groups held in
the Chippewa Room of the new
University Center-
Christinas
(Jlub Savings
At $42,500.
On Thursday,, November 10,
the Citizens State Bank will
place in the mail checks totaling
over $42,500.00 to the 543 members of its 1960 Christmas Club,
according to an announcement
made this week by J. 'Stuart
Bicknell, president of the bank.
The postman will deliver to
Christmas Club savers the results of their savings in adequate
time for early * Christmas-gift
spending and for the many other
purposes for which this' popular
method of fund accumulation is
used, it was stated. ■
The 1960 Christmas Club represents an increase of over
$6,000.00 over the 1959 total and
will te"; distributed among nearly
100 additional persons, all - of
whom are finding the benefits in
regular • savings as a method of
solving the problem of meeting
year-end Christmas and other expenses. ,  »
Enrollment in Citizens State
Bank's 1961 Christmas Club wni*\
open oh November 15th, and wH% ',
continue throughout the holidW'al
season. The bank extends its if^Y
VitatiOn to all, both old and n^sti,;
members, to enroll in this pop3fc$c|
lar banking service, Mr. BJckii
stated.
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