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THE CLARE SENTfflEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, NOV.,10, 1960
Ten Cents Copy
New Series, Vol, 69 NO, 0
Hear Advice On Adding
New Industries, Jobs
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Communities from 23 northern
Michigan counties sent representatives to an industrial workshop iri Clare at the Hotel Doherty Thursday to find how they
can go about the job of getting
more industries and jobs.
Industrial agents from the
Michigan Economic Development
department in Lansing, tlie U.S.
Department of Commerce and
the Small Business Adminstra-
tion explained the various steps
that should be followed. The
meeting was sponsored by the
Economic Development department and the Clare Chamber of
Commerce.
Local leaders on the program
included Alan Ott, head of the
Clare Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee who made
opening remarks, and Frank LaGoe, past president of the Clare
C of C, who told the group how
Clare's new airport was obtained
and how necessary such a modern facility is for the use of today's industries.
Clare Mayor Gerald Nivison appeared in a welcoming speech at
the 9:00 a.m. start of the workshop, and C of C President Tim
Cotter and other businessmen
here were observers and took
part in the question-answer
portions of the program!
The fact industrial planning
does pay off was illustrated by
the Traverse City, Elk Rapids
and West Branch delegations
which described how they formed
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industrial development groups
and raised money to provide facilities that attracted industry to
their communities. All three have
obtained several new industrial
payrolls in the last few years.
The' first step toward getting
industry is to make a survey of
what a town has and what it
lacks, then go out and get.the
things that are lacking,' Ben
Clark, industrial agent of the department, pointed out,
Ken Houck and -Harris Miller,
department representatives, ex
plained the next steps are to start
an industriall development committee, raise local funds and acquire sites that have good transportation connections to highways and railroads and where
water,.power and other utilities
are readily at hand.
Robert J. Byers, department
Industrial Development division
head, explained the steps needed
to find and sell a prospect on locating in a town. Federal 'heli;
for area development will 'be
furnished communities through
the U.S. Department of Commerce, William F, Jewell, of the
department's Detroit office, said.
Federal loans are available to
small industries, Robert Lehman,
SEA representative from Detroit,
advised. Harold T. Smith, president of the Michigan Equity
corporation, Kalamazoo, said his
company-is ready to make loans
for operational expenses after
buildings have been obtained by
a new industry.
ROBERT CAMPBELL
Wins Probate Court Post
Elect Campbell To Probate Bench;
Strange Wins Third Term
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vClare "gbunty''with- ptheE, jseptions, of upstate
Michigan remained, solidly Republican in Tuesday's Election which saw industrialized popula*
tion centers of the State filfiM - a- Democrat 'administration in Lansing,      y
In one purely local contest, the non-partisan
election Of a Probate Judge for Clare county,
Robert Campbell won with a 12-hundred vole
margin over Alex Strange.
Campbell, a Clare attorney who once held the
post of county prosecutor here rolled up a total
vote of 2747 to defeat Strange. Mr. Strange is
Surrey Proposal Fails
Residents of Farwell and Surrey township in Tuesday's Election marked their ballots three to two against a
local proposition there to allow the sales of liquor by the
glass.
Opposed by Temperance groups and some church organizations, the measure would have permitted the licensing of a new bar and cocktail lounge at Mott Mountain ski park near Farwell.
Moti.Mt owner,. Charge:^alme^had.:campaigned for
passage of the proposal asserting that expansion of the
winter sport park facilities to include the Bar would increase tourist patronage for the area, and would be vital
to the profitable operation of his business.
Supporters and opponents of the proposal took sides in
newspaper ads and other public appeals to voters.
Of 590 votes cast with separate ballots on the issue,
368 were-No on the proposal and 222 were Yes.
Surrey Township Clerk Jeff
Willey- made an interesting observation on the direction of the
yotipg there when he.noted .that
straight tickets totaled even numbers with 350 marked straight
Republican, and 150 straight
Democrat. He said the voters
were well informed and careful
with marks, spoiling only two of
the 601 ballots cast.
Another liquor-by-the-glass proposal, this one in Isabella connty's
Union township was rejected by
the close vote of 724 No to 698
Yes. The measure, if passed
would have permitted two taverns in the township to serve liquor over the bar.
REP. RUSSELL STRANGE, Jr,
Republicans Sweep
County Seats Posts At
Clare county Republican caij'
didates,   unopposed   for    re^eleg-
down followed the same pattern
With the largest margin given to
tion to courthouse posts, swept GOP incumbent Russell Strange
Little League
Contest Prize
Won For Clare
The Clare Little League learned, today that they are winners
in the Kraft Foods $20,000 Baseball Park Contest.
The Clare Little League will
Soon be receiving two complete
sets of catcher's gear for use m
next season's baseball games.
The Clare Little League worked all summer long collecting
empty bags from Kraft Candies
in .the contest. Similar efforts
were made by young ball players
in hundreds of cities all over the
United States.
In all, there were eiglity-six
winning teams or leagues In the
contest. Results were judged on
the highest average number of
empty bags collected per player
in the group entering.
Top prize, complete equipment
for a baseball park, was won by
a team in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, Bentleywlle's. prize included grandstands, a pitching machine, fencing, a public address
system, a backstop, night lights,
an electric scoreboard and uniforms and playing equipment for
two complete teams. In addition,
"Bentleyville won $4,000' iri cash
to pay for installation of the
equipment.
Mr. John Wilson, District Sales
Manager for Kraft Foods, said
in presenting formal notification
to the Clare Little League, "All
of us at Kraft want to extend our
warmest congratulations to you
pn, your success in this contest.
Low Value
Farms Have
High Taxes
Michigan farmers in low income brackets pay a bigger percentage of their earnings in state
and local property taxes than do
farmers in higher income brack-
es, according to Claude Bitner,
former Michigan State University agricultural economics researcher now at Texas A & M
College.
Taxes with this effect are
known as regressive taxes as
compared to proportional taxes,
which take a fixed percentage of
all incomes, and progressive
taxes, .which take a bigger percentage of a large income than
of a small.
•TO gather his tax information,
Bitner studied the farm account
records of 922 Michigan farmers
in ah MSU farm account record
project.
He found that farmers in the
three lowest income brackets received only 16.1 per cent of the
farm income but paid 31,5 per
cent of the taxes.
At the other end of the scale,
farmers earning 49.9 per cent of
the income paid only 3S.1 per
cent of the taxes.
Regressivity was apparent in
all regions of the state.
Several ways..exist to lighten
the regressive impact of farm
property taxation, Bitner believes.
For example, assessment could
be based more nearly on income
producing ability where that is
the best measure of market
value.
The present farm personal
property exemption could be increased. Property taxes could be
lessened and provisions made
either for tlie use of non- property taxes by local Units of
government or for an increase in
stale aid to counties, townships
and schools.
Score-Starved
CHS Wild
Against Irish
By Larry Mdgg
The Clare Pioneers closed their
1960 grid season with a bang last
Saturday by trouncing a hapless
Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart squad
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The Pioneers,..who haven't had
mUch to cheer about, this year
with a 3-5 season record, seemed
to score with ease as Coach
Perry constantly shuttled players in and out of the tilt.
The Green and White served
notice on the Academy at the
outcome of the game when, on
the second play from scrimmage.
Doug Young broke through tackle and dashed 52 yards for the
first tally. The conversion attempt failed.
. Fpllowing a pass interception
hy Torri Kozicki, the • Pioneers
churned 73 yards in eleven plays
with Jim Perrine capping the
drive with a touchdown dash
from the six. Again the extra
point attempt failed When Dan
Green's dropkick was blocked.
Bob Krainik halted a Sacred
Heart drive with a pa.ss interception when he slipped in front
of a Red and White receiver, to
steal the ball and gallop 35 yards
for the third Clare score. .Jim
Perrine added his first of three
conversions with a smash off
tackle.
With the first half drawing to
a close, Jim Fortino found the
Pioneer safety man asleep and
fired a 53 yard touchdown pass to
End' Robert Witte. The conversion attempt fell short and the
Pioneers left the field at intermission with a 19-6 lead.
The Pioneers broke the game
wide open in the fourth quarter
with a barrage of touchdowns. A
fumble recovery by Bob Simons
gave Clare the pigskin on their
own 15-yard line and in nine
plays the Pioneers were in, with
Tom Kozicki driving over the last
two yards. The big play of the
series was a 55 yard scamper by
Doug Young. Jim Perrine added
the extra point.
After Norm. Davis had returned a punt 44 yards to the Academy 18 yard line, Jim Perrine
broke through the Red and White
forward wall for his second
touchdown. Joe Graves ran for
the conversion.
Mt. Pleasant then scored on a
62-yard pass-run play, James
Young to Jim Fabiano. .
Clare ended the scoring when
Tom Kozicki hit Jarl Ruark With
a 43-yard touchdown pass which
was followed by Perrine's third
conversion run.
into office Tuesday far in the
lead over State and National
leaders who carried local majorities but lost in complete Michigan counts.
Elected to succeed themselves
in office at Harrison and With
strong increases over their totals recorded in the General
Election of 1958 are:
Co. Tot."
COUNTY PROSECUTOR -=-
James S. Bicknell, 3rd,, 3731
COUNTY SHERIFF —
James Darling, 3799
CLERK & REG. DEEDS —
William A. Henderson, 3763
COUNTY TREASURER —
Lewis Rutter, 3751
DRAIN COMMISSIONER -,-
Bruce Williams,'3706
CORONER —       -
June Rose, 3659     ,
Carl Stephenson, 3699
SURVEYOR —
Paul^ Lapham,' 3681
Sheriff Darling was the leading-
vote-getter with an edge over all
other candidates including county, state, district and national, f
In Clare county, a trend of
slowing growing Democrat sentiment noticed in recent elections
was halted this year and Republicans opened up a gap of almjst
3-to-l favoritism for their candidates.
Hinting that perhaps they are
a little less conservative than
their voting-age elders, Clare
High School stMenfe "elected','
Nixon and Lodge but only by
241 to 120 in mock voting in a
government class project.
It was a slimmer margin
than the Bepublicans actually
received in counting of Tuesday's votes cast by school district parents.
The school vote gave the
team of Bagwell-Keid a majority of 228 to 131 over Swain-
son-Lesinski and Bentley only
226-135 in front of his rival,
McNamara.-
in his successful .bid for reelection to; the House of Representatives seat in Lansing.
Ready To
Broadcast       :
Radio station WCRM with its
broadcast site just south of
Clare has announced plans to
commence regular broadcasts
November 15, or November 19
according to Manager Norbert
Poepplemaiiu The broadcast day
will be from 7:15 a.m. to 5:15
p.m., on a frequency of 990.
Never in election history of
Clare county has a majority been
delivered to any party other than
the GOP. Of the 21 precincts in
the county, only Redding township appeared in the Democrat
column with majorities of 34-23
for Senator John Kennedy over
Vice President Nixon; 32-24 for
SwainsOn over Bagwell for governor ahd similar slim margins of
five votes or less for other Democrats on district levels and up.
The turnout of electors everywhere in the county Was an indication of the high interest
which the election issues and
candidates held for citizens.
At Clare city hall where both
city precincts voted, over 26 percent more voters visited the polls
than in the last General Election.
At four o'clock in the afternoon
over half of precinct Two's 600
registered electors had voted and
precinct. One had seen 405 of the
900 persons registered pass
through the booth.
In t Isabella county where Republicans are firmly\in control of
the cdurthduse- Voters in, Gilmore, Vernon and Wise town
ships joined their neighbors in
the county to give whopping ma
jorities to Dehn, 6997-4231 over
Burrows for prosecuting attorney; Craven, 7319-4056 over .McNerney for sheriff; Gilmore 7719-
3549 over j-.;-BO wen for county
clerk; Kirkconnell, 7545-3885 oyer
Switzer- for treasurer; Zingery,
7407-4107 over Ervin for register
b£deeds; McGuirk, 7158-4205 over
Epple for drain corqmissioner.
All those elected were Republicans.
Isabella voter majorities for, all
j Republicans from    Nixon-Lodge
Honor Roll
Lists 62 With
B Averages
By Carla Cooper
Pioneer Staff Writer
Sixty-two students in the sixth,
seventh and eighth grades of the
"Clare Elementary and Junior
High schools have won places on
the honor roll for the first marking period. They achieved B or
better average.
Five of the list earned perfect
grades., The all-A students are:
Bonnie Bauder, Linda Erhart,
Dick Norcutt, Lorraine McDonald, and Carol Walter.
The complete list names:
Ellen Ackerman, Jeff Arnold,
Sonnie Bauder, James Bauer,
Caroline Bechtel, Barbara Bell,
Charlene Bennett, Andrea Clute,
Judy Comstock, Bill Corsaut.
, Linda Erhart, Mary Foster,
Patricia Gibsonf Ben Hampton,
Beth Humphrey, Kathleen Ireland, Charlotte Keehn, Tom Koch,
Robert Leash, Deborah Lucy.
Billie Ann Luke, 'Martha Martz,
Mathew McGuire, Susan Neff,
Dick Norcutt, Judy O'Dell,,Allan
Patterson, Russell Rowley, Tim
Sheredy, Steve Silvan.
Gail Smith, Sarah .Jo Sogge,
Gretchen Brooks, Linda Drake,
Sandra Fay, Sue Ann Foss, Betty Keehn, Mary Logic, Lorraine
McDonald, David Murray.
Sandra Pence, Sallie Samborn,
Joanne Snell, Karen Walters,
Sara Wilson, Janet Worstell, Jane
Bell, Arlene Bradley, Gregory
Brooks, Elaine Burdo.
Patty Case, Jane Elden, Sher-
rie Green, Catherine Grogan,
Melvin Hampton, Mary Ann Mel
lin, Constance Mogg, Gary Norcutt, Lary Norcutt, Mary Roda-
baugh, Connie Salisbury, Carol
Walter.
Girl Scouts
In Drive
For Funds
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A "show-stopper" at next Monday's hair fashion, presentation,
in Clare will be Mrs. Jane Calkins modeling this imported
Italian-designed jump suit with wool jersey pants and printed top. The overskirt matches ihe bodice. The unique head
piece represents burning leaves and is designed with various
colors in felt topped with gold glitter. Concealed dry ice
emits simulated smoke wisps.
Adults sponsoring the Clare
Girl Scout program have announced the immediate beginning
of a finance drive to obtain
funds for their activities during
the coming season.
Without organized .aid from organizations or groups, the Girl
Scouts say they will try lo raise
enough money to finance a program that will Cost six dollars
per girl for their registration of
186 girls.
The girls themselves already
raise some of their money with
cookie and peanut sales, and by
individual payment of their national, enrollment fee and uniform cost.
The balance needed is for materials, paying for group trips
and activities, lights and heat contribution in their meeting place
at the Congregational church
and other .costs.
Epery dollar of what can be
gathered in. the fund drive will
remain in Clare and be used for
local girls, said Mrs. Gladys
effort. Contributors may send or
Flood, one of the sponsors of the
take money to the Citizens State
Bank and be sure it is plainly
marked or Clare Girl Scouts. A
team of canvassers may call on
businessmen foY their help.
Parade Of
Hair Fashions
A charity-benefit show sponsored, by cosmetologists and hair
dressers belonging to a local unit
of their National Association will
be open to the pu'blic in the Hotel Doherty on Monday evening,
November 14 at eight o'clock.
The show will feature the very
latest in hair fashions and makeup demonstrations on live models
and a timely presentation of holiday flower arrangements by
Mrs. Dorothy MaxWell.
A highlight of the affair will
be the modeling by Mrs. Jane
Calkins of Clare of a spectacular
jump suit, a creation designed
and. imported from Italy, The
costume was Worn by Mrs. Calkins ih an appearance at a State
Conference. and Fashion Forecast in'Lansing's Civic Center
last month. It will again be
modeled at a later date in a Channel 12 television appearance from
an art program at Central Mich
igan University.
Appointments
Completed
In addition to Richard Groves,
of Clare, whose appointment as
Michigan Week-chairman for this
region was announced several
weeks ago, 15 other outstanding
civic leaders of the state have
now been appointed to complete
the regional organization for the
eighth annual  state  celebration.
Although "tlie'state has been
organized, into 16 regions rather
than nine" as before, 1he' regional
organization has.been completed
by John. H, Carton, 1961 state
chairman, much earlier.
Mr. Groves; riianager of the
Doherty t Hotel, has now begun
organizing the " counties within
his area, which are Roscommon,
Ogemaw, Clare," Gladwin Arenac
and Isabella setting up a Michigan Week council "iri each, The
county councils Will in turn organize community councils to
carry forward. iMichigan Week
programs locally.   .
Among" the other 15 regional
chairman is Dr. David H, Morgan of Midland,director of college relations fpr Dow Chemical
Company.
also an attorney at lav/, but is not so well known
in many parts of the county.
In another race of interest chiefly to local
voters, incumbent State Representative Ru$sell
H. Strange, Jr. (R) beat off a challenge from his
Democrat rival James R. MacLean of Mt,'Pleas*
ant. -  .
Strange who will return to
Lansing to represent Clare au*»
Isabella counties, was given
11,026 votes in the district to
more than double MacLean's total of 5,291.
In Strange's total vote, 3,545
tallies came from Clare county td
place him even with others on the
State and National ticket here,
while 7,481 voes for him came
from Isabella.
Governor-Elect John B. Swain-
son, Democrat from Detroit and
the State administrative board
candidates on the same ticket
were unable to muster a majority vote in Clare and Isabella
counties and other strong GOP
areas upstate, but proved that
they didn't need it when the
heavy vote for them in Michigan
cities was enough to put them
far out in front.
Clare county unofficial totals
in the • voting for governor and
other offices at Stater Congressional, and Legislative levels
went as follows.
Rep. Dem.
FOR GOVERNOR —
Bagwell 3512, Swainson 1441
LT. GOVERNOR -,
Reid, 3491, Lesinski 1388
SEC. OF STATE —
Kreger 3327, Hare 1583
ATTORNEY GENERAL —
Miles 3430, Adams 1451
STATE TREASURER —
Calhoun 3405, Brown 1495
AUDITOR GENERAL —
Clements 3425, Smith 1420
U. S. SENATE —
Bentley 3475, McNamara 1448
HOUSE OF REP. —
Cederberg 3523, Reid 1382
MICH. SENATE-—'
Prescott 3599, Blumenthal 1364
DIST. REPRESENTATIVE ~
Strange 3545, MacLean 1360
Local voters were with Michigan majorities on two of the
three proposals in Tuesday's
election.
The First, providing aid for
school district financing, allows
the State to borrow funds for
loans to local school districts, exercise control over use of such
money, and approve local tax
levys to repay.
The Second Proposal called for
a Yes or No decision on raising
the Michigan sales tax from
three percent to four' percent.
Pre-election discussion of this issue claimed that the alternative,
if it failed to pass, might be adoption of a state income tax.
Proposal Three presented new
conditions under which a constitutional convention would be
called and new method for sek
lecting district representation
therefor. It also set up machinery
for the placing the Con-Con call
on an early ballot for another
election,
Proposal No. 1 received 2435
Yes to 1825 No. It carried in
Clare county and won easily elsewhere in the State,
Proposal' No. 2 received 2374
Yes to 2010 No. It carried successfully in Clare county, arid
throughout the State.
Proposal No. 3 received 1675
Yes to 2312 No. Defeated in Clare
county, it won a resounding approval in statewide returns and
will assure the calling of a new
Coristitutibnal convention.
Crowds Visit
Laundromat
Opening
Clare's newest do-it-yourself
laundry, The Laundromat opened
last Friday and showed the public completed facilities for automatic washing and drying of
laundry like has never been seen
before.
Twenty-four commercial type
washing, machines in a double
row do a customer's wash efficiently With easy instructions on
shiny plates fastened to each
machirie front. A bank of seven
gas dryers with huge capacity do
the equivalent of 4 to 5 washer
loads at one operation.
Rates with a heat output greater than most home furnace heating plants, the dryers each expel
1350 cubic feet of air per minute.
Or a machine called an extractor spins loads dry enough to iron.
Located in the former Greer
Auto Sales building on North
McEwan, the Laundromat is
bright with polished aluminum"
and new" blue paint. A Clean tile
floor and modern tube lighting
add attractiveness.
Conveniences and pleasant out-
fittings are everywhere.
A folding table is large enough
for four customers at one time;
there are plenty of comfortable
chairs for resting while the load
spins.
Free off-street parking is available" in front and at the rear.
Telephone, rest rooms, coffee and
soft drink dispensers, a change-
maker returns dimes, and wheel
carts for heavy clothes are all
available.
Hundreds of people visited the
Laundromat on opening day, Mrs.
Charles Jackson who with her
husband are proprietors of the
business gave away 216 bottles of
pop -(donated by Central State
Bottling), 300 cups of coffee, 30
dozen donuts, 200 each of aprons
for mother and balloons for the
youngsters.       :      . .
Customers ran through 456
free washer loads and 489 free
dryer, loads.
helping to serve refreshments
and greet the visitors were Mrs.
Jackscon and her brother Stanley
Parish, Mrs. Florence Parish,
Mrs. Erma Byers, and Miss Ben-
nie Parish.
FFA Takes
Ten New
Green Hands
• At a ceremonial meeting of the
Clare school chapter of Future
Farmers Of America Tuesday,
ten candidates for the beginning
degree, "Green Hands" faced the
chapter officers and Heard the
ritual of membership.
The new members are Sam
Kushmaul, Lauren Haggart, Louis Fancon.
Dennis Tucker, Larry Squires,
Robert Grigg, Jack Kleinhart.    ,
John Simpkins, Donald Ervin,
Glen Badgley.
The half-hour ceremony that
made the boys members of the
schoolboy farmer organization
was only a prelude to the initiation hazing of the nervous ten.
Blindfolded the boys were conducted through the secret rites
and then proudly, became full
working members bf the group.
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