1960-12-01; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLA1E SENTINEL. CLARE MICHIGAN
DECEMBER J, 1960
Ten Cents Copy
New Series, Vol, 69, No, J %
Tracks Are Giveaway
Iii Deer Theft Case
A light trackings snow of the
kind supposed to help deer hunt-
■*■    ers worked just the opposite; for
three deer thieves last week and
• aided the Clare   county   sheriff
who was huntm'g them.
Jailed and heavily fined for
taking a buck belonging to a
Long Lake resident are Randall
Foster, 17, of Sharpsville, Indiana, Charles E, Gossett, 17, also
"Say Good
Word For
>>
Michigan
The people of Michigan should
take every opportunity to publicise the state's many positive
assets and advantages, Harris K.
Miller, assistant chief of the
Area Development division,
Michigan Economic Development department, told members
" of the Clare Rotary club this
week.
Speaking on the subject "Say
a Good Word for Michigan", Mr.
Miller listed some of the statl's.
natural assets, including abundant water, 37 million acres of
forests, natural resources and a
good geographical location. In
addiiton, he said Michigan possesses a better than eight billion
dollar market and eight million
people with incomes highest in
the nation. "Michigan in 60
years created a revolution called
mass production and still had
time to produce at least a third
of the armaments to fight two
global wars."
"Another place where Michigan shines is in the 'big three'
for location of an industry —
labor, transportation and markets. A greater percentage of
■* our labor force is educated aftd
■*** for the most part, Michigan hW
attracted a better class of workers from other areas.
"If we continue to put our
faith and attention' in the bad
that we read about the state, we
are defeated now and Michigan
will not expand in the future. If
we start believing in the people
of Michigan, their ingenuity,
their technical know-how and,
above all, their imagination to
create they new, we- Will help
Michigan 'lib gb; icnrwaftl at. the
same rat6-it has, iri. the past,"
Iffr. Millfer said.  . ',      ,Y
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Auto Clubs
Edge Tractors
National winner in the 4-H
clubs' Tractor Program is a Bat-
tie Creek youth, Larry Crandall,
and the National Queen in the
same program is 4-H lass Jane
Allen of Mason, Michigan:
In Clare; county, Extension Director Richard Schroeder said,
that a Tractor Program project
was conducted by Bryan D. Miller with three boys' completing
their project during the past summer and winning pins at "the recent Achievement Day ceremonies in Harrison. -
They are Rioberfc Grigg, Kenneth Grigg, and LeRby Smith.
Clare county was one of two
north Michigan counties offering
Instructions in Tractor Programs
during 1960. Schroeder said that
AUto Clubs for 4-Hers 14 years
and over proved more popular
for boys with many girls Showing interest. ;
of Sharpsville and Douglas E.
Gossett, 28, a brother of Albion,
Michigan.
The trio, all deer hunters in
the Long Lake area were tracked down by Sheriff James Darling, on complaint of William
Eiker whose deer they took. He
followed tracks from where the
deer disappeared to the cabin occupied by the Gossett brothers
and Foster.
Eiker had shot and tagged his
buck and then tied it to a ladder Which he raised against a
tree to keep his kill far off the
ground, To his dismay, deer and
ladder both turned up missing.
Tracks from the spot led the
Sheriff to a cabin and while he
looked around there, the men he
wanted returned.
They attempted to escape in
their car, but after a short chase
they were stopped and taken into custody.
Harrison Justice H. C. Beagle
assessed heavy sentences in
what is being called a law enforcement campaign tb put a
stop to the growing problem of
"deer stealing" that plagues
hunters and law officers.
The Gossett brothers drew
$100. fines plus $4.90 each for
court costs and in addition were
ordered into jail for 30-day
terms. Foster's sentence was a
$50. fine plus costs and a jail-
term of 15 days.
The deer and ladder were recovered.
Conferences
Bring 87%
Parent Visits
"   ' ■      By Karla Cooper "
Student Reporter
David Donovan, Clare Elementary School principal reports
that the attendance of parents at
the parent-teacher conference
wa& very good, and he is* very
pleased with the large turnout
A number of parents Who were
absent called the school and expressed interest in meeting the
teachers at a later date.
" The conferences were held
November 3 and 4 for kindergarten through fifth grades and
November 14 for kindergarten.
A total of 762 pupils are in these
grades and a total 664 parents
participated in thel conferences
for *an 87% attendance, •
. *The percentage of parents Whd
caimi • to the conferences rail
from the lowest, 81% to the
jhighest; 97%'.Which was Mrs.
Strouse's third grade room.
Mr. Donovan expressed high
hopes that this good a percentage would turn out at the next
conference because he feels that
through these conferences a parent may find out the progress of
his child in school
'He also extends an open invitation to Ihe parents to visit
school at any time, they need not
Wait for a conference to come.
Hardy Rose
It's a "blooming" shame that
Winter's first blizzard couldn't
hold off for a-few more days until Mrs. H. J. Ballard's rose bush
opened one more beautiful'
flower!
Mrs. Ballard ' picked a small,
but pretty rose* just last, week
from the bush that produced
during the unseasonal warm
spell, and she was Watching one
more bud in hopes, that winter
would delay.until she picked her
first "rose growing ill December".
The State Highway Department will open bids Dec. 7 on two - contracts for this 10.6
jnile section of US-10 Freeway.
It will complete all 33.5 miles of ihe Freew ay in Midland, Clare and Isabella counties.
Included in the two contracts are interchanges at M-18, M-3D> West River rd„ a grade
separation at Hope rd. and bridges at Sanford Lake, Mud Creek, and Bluff creek.
Also included in the letting is to be the contract for 8.9 males of US-27 Freeway from
Colonville Road north io Hation Road and completing a continuous 172-mile stretch
between Lansing and Vanderbilt in Otsego county. All three projects have mid-1962
completion dates.
Biggest Contracts Yet
In Two Area Routes
An important link of the new US-27
Freeway, almost nine miles from south of
Clare's, city limits north to Hatton Road and
including an interchange near Colonville
Road north of the city is to be awarded to a
contractor at a historical bid letting in Lansing on December 7.
Another section of Freeway, a strip of
US-10, ten and six-tenths miles long from
near North Bradley east to a point past
Averill will be let at the same time in the
group of projects in the area and elsewhere
totaling more than 40 million dollars and
hailed as the largest one-day contract let-
tings in the history of road construction in
the nation.
The US-1,0 job includes a spectacular
bridge over Sanford Lake as well as
interchanges at M-18, M-30, West River
Road, a grade separation at Hope Road, and
bridges at Mud Creek and Bluff Creek.
The letting is expected to attract contractors and representatives from all over
the midwest and perhaps the nation, and
will receive extraordinary news coverage by
wire services and all area news gathering
facilities.
The mid-1962 completion date is specified for both local projects:  ,    • ."','.
Michigan Highway -Department engirt-
.eers With field'office headquarters already,
'in .Clare say; that they expect to he here lor,:
as long' as two'year's t6 supervise the work
on the giant projects now almost ready to
go into the hands of construction firms.
Of three field offices for the Highway
Deparment now in Clare, two are responsible for engineering, surveying and inspecting work now in "progress on the Freeways. The third is performing a similar service connected with the construction of
bridges.
At an apartment house, converted to office space at 203% W. Seventh a force under
Project Engineer Glenn Ehle is responsible
for US-10 construction and the work on the
Clare by-pass.
In a building just west of Clare formerly known as the White Elephant, a
lunch and dance spot for teenagers, another
State Highway Department force under the
Supervision fl| Project JDnginjeer Kenneth
Tripp is responsible for work on the* new
US-27 from Colonville Road to M-61 near
Harrison.
In an office building located on the
yards of the L. A. Davidson Co. near railroad property in west Clare more Highway
engineers headed by (Project Engineer Jack
Larson are supervising the bridge construction connected with the Freeway jobs.
About forty men are' employed in the
< engineer1 crews now . stationed in Clare.
• They are- all' directiy supervised from the
Cadillac District of.!the. State Highway department -\vhere their boss is-K. L. Baguley,
District Road Construction Engineer, and
Senior District Engineer. His authority extends over jobs in 13 counties.
New Social Security Benefits
For Disabled Under 50
On December 3, the first   Social    Security disability   benefit
Floor Show
By Kate Court
Student Reporter '
Wednesday, November 23, at
8:00 o'clock the annual Harvest
Hop was held at th*. Clare high
school. The party for students
and alumni was sponsored by the
F.H.A. Girls.
Carol Coe, winner of the poem
contest was married to Larry
Strouse at the annual Mock Shot-
"t(*f gun wedding. June Thayer, runner up was bridesmaid with Rodger Drake as best man.
Richard   Snyder,   principal  of
. Clare High was the father at the
ceremony and Dr. J. R.- Gershon
""   Was the preacher. Refreshments
^ere servetf afW the ^dtog.
checks for' people under age 50
will be mailed. Up to now, only
people 50 years of age or over,
and their dependents, could
qualify under the disability provisions of the law. Under
amendments to the social security, law enacted in September,
severely disabled workers under
65, with credit for 5 years ••of
work under social security in the
10-year period before they became disabled, can qualify for
these disability benefits. Benefits may also be payable to his
dependents, just as if he were
receiving social security retirement benefits.
Approximately 250,000 people,
— disabled workers and their dependents •— are eligible for benefits because of this change in
the law. Most of them have already applied for their benefits,
but some may still not be .awaip?
of their tights,      . , ______
in
liiare
The L. A. Davidson Company is working fr om this assembly yard
trucks load transit-mix for pouring on ihe job at the US-10 Freeway overpass at Loomis
Road. The company also expects io be a bidder on more bridge construction in highway building near here. ' Sentinel photo.
Have Exhibits
For Junior
Stock Show
The State Fair Grounds and
the Sheraton'i'CadJllac Hotel pn
Detroit will be a bee hive of activity starting Tuesday morning
when hundreds of boys and girls
and their livestock entries descend on the city, This is the beginning of a three day event -^
the 31st annual Detroit Junior
Livestock Show.
Clare county 4-H Club member
Dee Dunkle will take a pen of
three lambs, and Darell Dunkle
a pen of ten lambs.
Exhibitors from Isabella county include Linda Anderson, John
Hovey, Bryan and Wayne House,
Lynn and Tom Swindlehurst,
Nancy and Allen Hyder, Doug
and Sue Struble, Sarah and Allen Ayris, Russell Graham, Linda Warner, Tom Grogan and
Terry and Albert Bowerman.
In his program letter, "Dr.
Russell Mawby, Assistant Director of Extension in charge of the
4-H Club Program says. " . . . .
the Junior Livestock Show has
contributed greatly to the 4-H
livestock program. In its wholesome environment the show
serves to develop a sense of responsibility, create an appreciation for marketing institutions,
provide an educational experience for all who participate and
present accomplishments of 4-H
young people. We appreciate the-
support of the many friends of
4-H who make this show possible. It provides invaluable encouragement in 4-H efforts to
make the best better!"
The program for the three-day
event begins Tuesday, December
6 with the arrival of all livestock
entries. Judging of live "carcass
lambs" begins at 1:00 p.m. The
evening entertainment program
in downtown Detroit is presented by the Michigan Ford Tractor
Dealers and Tractor and Ilmpde-
ment Division of Ford Motor
Company.
Wednesday, ^December 7 is
Judging X>sy-r -judging of, all divisions begins at 8 a.m. The annual banquet for exhibitors and
guests takes place Wednesday
night, 6:30 p.m. at the Sheraton-
Cadillac. Thursday is sale day beginning, at 1:00 p.m. The morning session for lamb exhibitors
will be held at the Wolverine
Packing Company where a carcass evaluation program has
been scheduled.
Holding Man For
Attempted Murder
In Roy Peters Shooting
Roy Peters, 57 year-old. Clare
man is in fair condition in Saginaw Veterans' Hospital after
being felled by a shotgun blast
jn a quarrel Saturday at Long
Lake.
Peters assailant. Clyde B.
Ruottinen, 46 of rural Star
Route, Harrison . is    in    Clare
iff In
Search For
Missing Girls
Two teen-age girls, reported
missing from their homes in
Gladwin and Coleman since two
days before Thanksgiving, were
still not found Wednesday of
this week although at the office
of Gladwin County Sheriff Victor Edick, several reports of the
pair being seen in the area were
being checked.
Gladys Wheeiler, 15 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Clyde Wheeler just east of Gladwin, and Suzanne Holford, 18 from Coleman
are the subjects of a search by
Sheriff Edick and State Police
authorities.
The girls Were described as
similar in appearance. Both are
five-feet, -five or six inches tall
and attractive. Their weight was
estimated at 115 to 125 pounds.
No reason was reported for
the disappearance of the girl?,
but it is assumed that they left
voluntarily with police going on
the theory that they are "runaways."    •
Troopers joined the search for
the two when they became classified as missing persons forty-
eight hours after their disappearance. Sheriff • Edick fipd
deputies irom Ms office said
they have checked on tips that
the pair have been seen seyeral
times, but the reports are always too late to produce any results.
They have been seen as close
as right in Gladwin, reports
said. Anyone recognizing the
girls is asked to telephone the
Gladwin sheriff.
Winter Blows In
Despite a day Wednesday of
uncertain weather shifting from
extremes of thick blowing snow
to clear sunshine by spells, forecasts predicted clearing conditions with increased visibility
by late Wednesday night and
early todoy.
This changing climate followed a day and night of winter's
first bitterness which had the
local area and the State turning
a shivering back to light gales
and stinging, driv&n snow
Driving conditions by late
Tuesday afternoon had become
hazardous on town streets and
many rural roads.
Conditions were not serious
enough to concern the Clare
Public School transportation
system where no unusually difficult driving was reported by
school bus drivers. The school
depends heavily on Clare County
Road Commission Superintendent Tom Cook for Warnings if
dangerous weather developments. None were issued, said
Mrs. Genevieve Fleming in the
school office.
But on Tuesday night,' county
highway trucks with scraper
blades were called into action in
the possibility that blowing
snow and slippery tracking
might turn suddenly worse.
By Wednesday morning, more
equipment on roads in the
county was busy spreading sand
where Hills or intersections were
too slippery to be safe.
The official weather record
described light snow showers at
7:00 a.m. Tuesday until midnight. Continuing snow, sometimes thick enough to cut visibility down to short distances,
was the fare Until late afternoon
yesterday.
Top winds were registered at
better than 17 miles per hour
with gusts of 30 miles driving
snow^ before,them and knifing
through even heavier clothing
hastily donned by those outdoors. Temperatures Tuesday
were at a 26-degree low at six
p.m. and the high was a wintry
38.
Approved
For Interns
Clare General Hospital was
^approved for intern training by
the American Osteopathic Association Board of Trustees.
The board granted approval to
88 osteopathic hospitals across
the United States based on the
inspection report and recommendation of the AOA Committee on Hospitals. •
County jail, unable to' p*ost
$5,000. bail demanded -after his
appearance In the affair.
He is being held pending an
appearance in the Janyary: Circuit court on a charge of assault With intent to commit mur-
der.
Clare County Sheriff James
Darling was called after Peters'
shooting was reported by hunters near Long Lake, and he
pieced together the following
story of what happened:
The two men, Peters and!
Ruottinen were together on Saturday afternoon in the trailer*
house dwelling of the latter
when they evidently quarreled,
Peters was discovered lying on
the ground near the trailer after
he staggered as far as the road
and collapsed in front of an auto
carrying two hunters.
He told the hunters, "A man
in the trailer shot me." He was
bleeding from the wound in his
back.
Examination of Peters reveal*
ed that small shot from the 410-
gauge shotgun entered his right
upper shoulder and at least
some were lodged in his right
lung.
The sheriff returned to arrest
Ruotinnen for questipning.
Knocking on the trailer door,
Darling hollered the man's name
and then entered, .'finding iris
suspect asleep. He asked Ruottinen if he knew that he had
shot Peters.
Ruottinen replied that he had
meant only to "wing him" and
did not intend to hurt him severely. Darling said that he expressed disbelief that Peters was
dangerously wounded. '
s The suspect waived examination when arraigned and was ordered held for trial.
Writing
Handbook
Lloyd- Conley, Clare Public
School Instrumental music instructor will attend a workshop
sponsored by the Michigan
School Band and Orchestra Association, a department of the
Michigan Education Association,
to be held at the University. of
Michigan,, December 2-3.
Purpose of the workshop is to
continue efforts in* developing
a music education handbook to
serve as a guide for school band
and orchestra personnel in the
state.
Scouts Ready
Fund Drive
A Boy Scout funds drive to begin on December 5 has a Clare
county quota of $3,647. of which
leaders hope to raise $2,407. in
the City of Clare. Publicity Director John Bicknell said that
canvassing team captains are
now being chosen, and volunteers
for the job, would be welcome.
Clare County Chairman in the
drive is Joe Johnston, City of
Clare Chairman is Dale Lyons,
and Treasurer is Richard Ulrich.
Three hundred and seven poys
in the county &re presently actr
tive in Scouting with a censiis. revealing that a toal of 990 boys
are available and eligible for
participation in the programs.
Ike Answers
Russell Harpster of Clare has
a keepsake, a letter from-President Dwight Eisenhower in answer to Russell's recent note to
the White House. The president's
answer was enclosed with a picture for Russell to keep.
Longtime Losers, Cagers Now Have Win Streak Of One
By Larry Mogg
The chant "Victory, victory is
our cry:." finally came true for
loyal Clare High students as the
Pioneers broke their much publicized losing skein df 52 consecutive basketball losses- with a
well earned 52-40 victory over
the Coleman Comets.
It was the cage opener for
both teams. At the sound of the
final buzzer, Coach Raymond
and his fine team were mobbed
by hysterical fans.
Clare, before the win last
week over Coleman had won
doubtful distinction with one of
the longest streaks of consecutive losses in State1 prep records,
,■   A dispute is sum to arise over.
just how many setbacks Clare
teams on the court have suffered. Incomplete school records'
place the string at 57, but on the
basis of a tally of games on file
in the sports department of The
Saginaw News, the' .school has
lost 52 games including tournament starts.
The last Pioneer victory was in
a game played February 15,
1957 in which Chesaning was
beaten 49-41,
Clare lost four games in - the
final contests of that same year
and have since1 continued in the
role of doormat for every quintet they encountered. Individual
stars have come and gone with
out supporting casts to turn out
winning   combinations.
Even the hoped-for advantage
of playing on a fine' heW,'floor
in Clare's* modern gym* last season performed the magic, . of,
bringing CHS a 'winner. It
wasn't until a combination' of a
new coach, his new system, and
the addition ;of a transfer player-
student, Dave Teran . happened
this season that the sport is beginning to show a turn for the
better at Clare.
Displaying a very alert defense and a well balanced scoring attack> the 'Pioneers were,
never headed after the first five
minutes of play.        	
The all-round play of guard
Dave Teran was exceptional!
Constantly battling on defense
and" tallying the key baskets on
offense, heJ lifted the spirit and
play of the entire squad. The
play of- Jeff 'Raymond, Ray-
Murphy, Norm Davis, and Dan
Green was superb. It was a well
coached team.victory	
. The Pioneers. ' riot' only controlled the defensive backboards
but also Were: in, full control of
the.offensive boards.^
Teran was high man with-15'
points followed" closely by Raymond with 11 and Murphy with
10.    .
The Green and White seems
to be a very much improved
squad indicating that the Coleman win. Was anything but a
fluke. ;
Clare . opens conference play
on Friday, Dec. 9 With Durand
on Clare's home court.    .
The Little Pioneers also7 had
an auspicious start winning 48-
37 over the1 Comet JVs. Skip
Kegg was high point man with
18 followed 'by Ralph Buchholz
with 11 and-Skip Breen with 10.
Both varsity coach Jim Raymond and JV coach Jim Olson
are to be congratulated on their
winning start   .
Paul Benchley, senior tackle
on the CHS footbalL. varsity
this season lias been* named
to the all-area Honor Team,
reports Dan Bolle, CHS Pioneer sports writer. The selection of the Honor Team members w«s by a poll of high
school coaches and by sports-
writers.
Along with Benchley, Tom
Kozicki, fullback and Mike
Walters, guard Were honored
by selection on the second
team. Speedy Doug Young,
running back received honorable mention.
Of these.four, only Kockkt,
will return
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