1961-01-19; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN JANUARY 19, 1961
Jean Hart's Pie
Best In County
Jean Hart, Clare high school's champion cherry pie baker
shows her winning wares after ihe three judges took
samples for flavor tasting. Jean will try for State honors in
a contest this month at'Grand Rapids.       '       Sentinel foto.
State Contest This Month
Experience counted for Jean
Hart, Clare in the Cherry Pie
baking contest held Thursday at
the high school here. Winner
over five other girls from Clare
Area Banks
Elect Same
Officers
Annual organization of area
banks Tuesday of this week resulted in no changes from I960
officers and directors.
Elected, at "The Citizens State
Bank b£ Clare -with'1 ■ offices * J wre
and in Rosebush were J. Stuart
Bicknell,. president; Mark H.
Bicknell, vice president; Roy B,
Matteson, vice president; Frank
T. LaGoe, vice president; Alan
W. Ott cashier; Walter Kleiner
and Harold Prout, assistant
cashiers.
Directors remain William H,
Bicknell, J. Stuart BiPknell,
Mark H. Bicknell, James S.
Bicknell, HI, Donald E. Hoi-
brOok, Frank T, LaGoe,.Roy B.
Matteson.
Assets of The Citizens State
Bank according to its most recent statement are over the
$9,500,000 mark.
In Farwell, the Farwell State
Savings Bank re-elected Allen
Graham president and chairman
of the board; Bernard Schofield,
executive vice president and
cashier; Allen W. Howard and
Mrs. Doris Schaar, assistant
cashiers. Directors are Allen
Graham, Franklin Littlefield,
Bernard Schofield.. Don Luce,
William Flower, Richard Bogan,
and Allen Howard.
The State Savings Bank of
Harrison also re-elected present
officers and directors, Mariqn
Roth, president and chairman of
the board; Charles Amble, vice
president; Wayne Trowbridge,
cashier;.Helen Phillips, assistant
cashier,
Women's Pin
Tourney Dates
An open meeting of the Clare
Women's Bowling Association
was held Monday evening, January 16, in the Hotel Doherty to
set up the City Tournament
There were firty-five present,
including all association officers.
The tournament will be held
at Gateway Lanes on 'the dates;
March 11-12, March 18-19, March
25-26.
Closing date for entries is
February 11. Rules of the previous years will cover the tournament
Mrs. Dorothy Ashcraft, of Harrison, president, conducted the
meeting.
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Clifford A. Powlison of Lake,
79 year-old retired mailman died
Tuesday noon of a sudden, unexpected heart attack. He was
popular and a favorite among his
mail patrons who he had served
for 42 years in the postal service
at the time of his retirement
some time ago. Funeral services
will be held at 10 a.m, Friday at
the Garfield town hall with Dr.
Hooverter from Evart officiating
and burial in Durand near relatives, Cokcr's Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements*
county schools. Jean was crediting the experience in three previous contest for some of her
success.
The pretty CHS senior is the
daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Richard Hart of hear Clare.
Judges said her pie was nearest perfect in appearance, flavor,
and all-round quilities. Second
place went to Carol Burk of Har-
rison who was competing in her
second contest
Other schoolgirl experts in the
cherry pie baking business were
Jane Thayer of Clare... Helen
Krawczynski of Harrison, and
Judy Norburn and Janet Bauer
of Farwell.
Jean was a winner in the contest last year at Clare High, but
couldn't compete in thp^cpuntyj
contest because bad weather prevented traveling to the bake-off.
Before that she. placed seventh
in her first contest, fourth in her
sophomore year.
She is entitled to enter the
State contest fa be held in
Grand Rapids on January 26 and
27 where she and other county
winners will be guests in the
Pantlind Hotel.
Judges Thursday at CHS were
Mrs. Richard Schroeder of Clare,
Miss Phyllis- Pearson of Harrison, and Mrs. Maftha Dennis of
GladWim County contest chairman was Home Extension Agent
Norleen Ackerman, and also*
helping at the contest was Janet Jacobson of the Michigan
Consolidated Gas Company. The
Gas Company treated all the
contestants to lunch before the
contest started.
Fetters Home
Is Complete
Fire Loss
Fire from an unknown cause
burned down the Lionel Fetters
rural home Tuesday four miles
east of Clare on old US-10 and a
little- north,
The loss, according to an early
estimate was $15,000. and included the stone residence with entire contents.
Six men and three pieces oi
equipment from the Clare Fire
Department reached the spene oi
the blaze after an alarm was received at 10:55 ,a,m, They reported that fire was roaring in
the basement of the house and
flames shooting from the roof
also - when they arrived,. l$c
members of the famliy were ai
home, Mr, Fetters had taken his
wife to call at a doctor's.
Returning home during the
height of the efforts to fight the
flames, the couple drove on tc
the home of Mrs. Fetters mother
where she stayed.
Firemen discovered the Fet
■ters' pet dog in the house, but
smoke, flames and the intense
heat prevented its rescue.
The stone walls of the house
contained much of the heat from
the burning interior and. defiea
efforts tp central the inferno, A
deep freeze unit was carried off
the rear porch before helpers
were driven away from the
building,
. Fire fighters with the truck
containing 600 gallons of water,
and with the 800-gallon tanker
managed to pour more than
4600 gallons into the building by
making trips with the tank
truck after more supplies. Their
fight to save some of the house
wasn't-over until 2:0Q p,m.
County Gains
New Business
The number of businesses in
Clare county as of January 1961
gained seven per cent over the
total 4h.-„19.5& an* increase of 19
in the two-year, period. Figures
contained in.the latest issue of
the Jbun and Bradstreet credit
reference book show a trend
growing since the postwar period
that has increased Clare county
retail, manufacturing and wholesale population 62 per cent from
175 names in 1947 to 285 in the
new list.
In reviewing what has happened,in the principal Clare county
communities during the past
year alone it is interesting to
note that Harrison "leads in the
number of husiness with 86 over
72 in 1960.
The City of Clare added nine
business enterprises and rose
from 140 to 149, 12 months later. Farwell dropped one to list
32 in 1961; Lake dropped one
and presently has . 13; Lake
George dropped two from 6 to 4.
New Series, Vol. 69, No. 19
Pioneers Back To Life
With 81-80 Win Tuesday
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Farwell Firemen, poured water on, smok- ^     Their iighi to save the Bar was hampered
by lack of sufficient water.   Clare sent
equipment to the scene to assist.
(Photo by Harold Love).
ing ruins of' ihe Lakeside Bar at  Lake *
Sunday after  fire  leveled ihe building.
Tavern At Lake
Burns To Ground
Clare Congregational Body
Votes For United Church
Members of the 1st Congregational Church voted unanimously Sunday to approve the proposed constitution of the United
Church of Christ. The vote,
which took place at the annual
meeting Sunday afternoon,
makes the Clare church a part
Of the new United Church.
It is expected that the Constitution of the new church will be
ratified at the General Synod
meeting at Philadelphia in June,
In order to be ratified the constitution must be approved by
two thirds of the Congregational
Churches voting and two thirds
of the Evangelical and Reformed
Synods.
So far between 90 and 95% of
the Congregational Churches
voting have approved the Constitution. ■
Other business at the meeting
consisted of the approval of the
budget for 1961, and election of
the slate of officers selected by
the nominating committee.
Special mention was made of
the good work done by various
church Officers during the past
year,      '
For 4-H
Leaders
A meeting for Clare county
4-H clothing leaders is scheduled
for Friday, January 20, at the
Harrison courthouse from 10:00
to. 3:30. Helena Penalis, Michigan
State University clothing specialist, will show how to alter a
pattern and hojv to fit dresses,
blouses, and skirts.
The Lakeside Bar a.% Lake was
completely destroyed in a, fire
Sunday, Despite efforts by the
Farwell and Clare Fire Departments which assisted in the baffle to save the building, only a
smoking hole where the basement was remains of the building and contents,
Don Flynn,; owner, and-.ope^at^
or of the Bar estimated the dam-.:
ages at about $20,000. He' had
owned the business for about'
one year.
The blaze was discovered by a
passer-by shortly before eight
o'clock Sunday morning. Due to
dense, acrid smoke and intense
heat, the fire fighters were help-s
Firemen To
Buy Radio
Clare Firemen last Monday requested the city commission to
order a two-way radio for. the
Department's use, and informed
commissioners that nearly enough money to pay for the
equipment has already been
earned by projects and money-
raising efforts by the firemen.
Commissioners said that the
city would appropriate the cash
for the balance of the cost, if
any.
The communication unit in the
fire truck would connect with
the radio of the Isabella Sheriff's Department from where
messages could be relayed to the
Clare Police station.
Democratic
Convention
Clare County Democratic Chairman, Larry Jackson corrected an
error in a previous announcement of the time and place for
the county convention, and said
that the convention for' Clare
county would be held at the
courthouse in Harrison on January 25.
The date for the convention
first announced will be for a
meeting of Democrats'at the
Clare city hall.
less to prevent the loss. Lack of
[/sufficient water supplies added
to their handicap according to
Fire 'Chief Leo Embrey of Far-
well. He said th,at it appeared
the flames started either in the
basement furnace room, or in a
men's rest room directly above
it
Badge
Ceremony
Lake Girl Scouts were given
badges for various achievements
in a "Badging" ceremony Thursday evening of last week which
recognized skills learned in outdoor crafts and recreation as
Well, as domestic and homemak-
ing attainments. The ceremony
was opened with each girl reciting one of the Girl Scout
Laws, ,
Awarded badges for one or
more achievements were: Cathie
Phillips, Judy Bauer, Roberta
Streeter, Patricia Carr, Sharon
Scott, Joyce Sowles, Jackie
Priest, Sally Winarski,
Susie DeGeer advanced from
a Brownie,, and Sharon Gordon
rejoined the Scouts. Leaders of
the troop are Mrs. Robert
Streeter and Miss Janet Bauer.
Bowling
Oddity
Bob Kennedy, a member Of the
Twin Elms- "bowling team at
Gateway Lanes on Wednesdays
scored one for believe-it-or-not
mention on January 11 when his
score for three game's was 601
and his record showed eight
splits. All the splits were unconverted in the three-game series.
Association Secretary J. C.
Marotzke discovered the unusual
situation while checking scores
after league play. To roll up the
601 total, Kennedy scored two
doubles in his first game, one
double and'four strikes in a
row in his secPnd, and five
strikes in a row in his last line.
Panel Tells
Views On
School Bond
Clare School District Parent-
Teacher Association members
heard a panel discussion of the
need for school expansion at
their meeting held Monday when
Robert Carter, County School
Board president moderated a
program by panelists Mrs. Phyllis Hartshorn, Louis Becker,
Frank T. LaGoe of the Clare
School Board, Richard Snyder,
high school principal, and David
Donovan, elementary principal.
The meeting was held in the
Elementary School auditorium
and presided over by P-TA President, Mrs. Warren Tice. Mrs.
Richard Schroeder was program
chairman.
. Also, introduced in the program was the Congregational
Junior Choir ^directed" by Mrs.
Joseph Johnston and accompanied by Mrs. Truman Glenn. The
twenty-voice group of hoys and
girls delighted their audience
with a variety of selections.
The panelists talked about the
bond issue for the proposed
building program to include construction and equipping of the
new Brookwood school, additions
to the high school, and remodeling of the present elementary
building.
A very interesting discussion
pointed out the need for the proposed building program to give
Junior High and High School
students an adequate program in
Industrial Arts, vocal and instrumental music; to give the elementary pupils better teaching
by reducing pupil-teacher ratio;
and to give all the schools a hot
lunch program through a central
kitchen in the High School
building; to make the present
Elementary School more safe as
the Fire Marshal has requested.
The bond issue for this building program will be voted on Saturday, February 4th. Any person who is a registered voter,
and who owns property (or husband or wife thereof) in this
school district is eligible to vote.
Absentee ballots may be obtained,
since this has become a registration district
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Whatever it was that Clare
basketball Coach Jim Raymond
had to tell his players'.after a
disastrous beating by St Louis
Friday, it pickld them up off the
floor, physically and spiritually
and helped spark them into. a
thrilling victory over Sacred
Heart on Tuesday this . week.
81-80. In their' listless show
against St. Louis they could
score only 57 points,
The Pioneers overcame a
lough-battling Academy team to
win by a single point and boost
their season game average over
the 500 mark.
Fans would hardly believe it
was the same quintet fighting
and controling the boards
against Academy,, that had appeared so flat-footed and inept
in Friday's St. Louis clash. The
Clare team discovered new scoring talent, too, as they laced 81
points through the ring to set a
high mark for recent years here.
Now excited by their Scrappy
victory Tuesday, and "hurting"'
Cor another Mid-Michigan B conference win to remain in that
race, the Fiqn'eers will be "up"
for their duel with Ithaca Friday in the Clare gym.
CLARE 81, SACRED HEART 80
By Larry Mogg
Pioneer Sports Writer
Pioneer fans hung limp with
excitement after the Green and'
White edged Mt. pleasant Sacred
Heart in a non-conference clash
81-80,
At the sound of the buzzer
Clare cage fans swept down to
the floor thinking the Pioneers
had won, only to discover that i
foul had been . committed with
three seconds to go by the
Pioneers stocky guard Dave Tur-
an. With the score 81-79 and the
Academy's Joe Horgan at the
foul line with a one and one sit*
uation, overtime or even defeat
seemed quite possible.
As the crowd was pushed back
into the stands, Horgan calmly
sank the first shot. Horgan
feeling the pressure took his
shot The ball carromed off the
rim and Jim Perrine leaped up*
took the rebound^ put; his, arjms
around it and held oh to it till
the whistle blew and the Pioneers had achieved a well earned
victory.
It was a nip and tuck affair
with neither team ahead at any
one time by more than 6 points.
The Pioneers controlled the
boards over the taller Academy.
The play of Jim Perrine wag
outstanding as he and Jeff Raymond swept the boards time and
again with vital baskets by Dave
Turan, Norm Davis and Ray
Murphy, and free throws by Dan"
Green.
» Mt, Pleasant led most all the
time through the-first half on
the hot shooting of Jim Fabiano
who tallied 32 points. After
trailing 38 to 36 at intermission,
the Pioneers came back on the
School Expansion Supported In Club Programs
Members of Clare's Rotary T
and Kiwanis clubs were left
something to think about when
they go to the polls in the special school election coming February 4 on the proposal to expand and remodel present school
classroom facilities. Superintend-
ent Richard Wheeler opened a
"tour" of speaking appearances
to urge school district residents
to support the program by registering and voting in favor of the
$475,000 program.
Evidence of the present overcrowding of pupils is in classrooms built forty years ago to
accomodate 25 to 28 elementary
students, and now crowded with
as many as 40 youngsters, he
said,
The district could use the proposed new elementary unit' in
Brookwood right now, Wheeler
said. And answering a question
he was sure would be asked next,
he continued; "How are we getting along without it? — By the
critical crowding in some classes, and by imposing on teachers
who cannot give proper attention to so many pupils and cannot "perform 'a good professional
job in instruction or keeping order."
About, the additions to the
high school contained in the proposed program, he told the Rotary Club Wednesday noon that
the shop'skills area is small and
inadequate in the elementary
building, _  ,
Sixty percent of our graduating boys are not anticipating
school beyond the 12th grade^and
we should prepare them better
for jobs they will be seeking.
Present vocational' training
program doesn't offer very much
for these boys, he said.
. Vocal music training is "at a
standstill", for want of proper
facilities.
The plan includes a central
kitchen too, which Wheeler said
would enable the district to restore* a hot lunch program. He
said the school could take advantage df government food subsidies to serve low-cost lunches
throughout the school system
and gain time saving in the
school day with a shorter noon
hour and better control ot students who eat at school.
Foremost among reasons for
remodeling the elementary
school is the demand for fire-
safety improvement.
The audience was reminded
that 1150 students are in classes
in the elementary building with
about 500 on the second floor
alone. The remodeling would
provide secondary means of exit,
other than the two stairways
(three fire escapes), and in addition would enclose the stairways
to isolate all floors arid prevent
the easy, spread of fire. More
exits in the auditorium and other
safety measures would be possible,
The $27,000 annual cost to the
district could be borne by a 2-.
mill levy on State Valuation, he
said. With a difference between
State and County valuations, the
millage would amount to 3.4
mills on taxed property in' Clare
county areas within the district
Parts of Isabella county in the
district Would also be billed at
more -than two mills in the proportion that their county valuation is less than State Equalized,
Polls for the election' will'be
located in the new high school
building rather than in the
elementary school as in previous
elections and absent voter, ballots must be applied for before
2 p.m. of,January 28 at the office of the superintendent.
shooting of tall senior center
Ray Murphy, who accounted for
8 third-quarter points before he
left the game on fouls. It was
60*60 going into the final stanza*
The score stayed even until
about 3:50 to go when Norm Davis scored two baskets on driv»
ing lay-ups and- Jim Perrine
sank two charity tosses to give
the Pioneer Five a 79-73 lead.
The Pioneers went into a stall
which almost proved fata.!. A Mt.
pleasant rally brought them to
within two points,
Then came the play that broke
the'back of the Academy. Norm.
Davis dribbled to the base of the
key and went up for ari appar<
ent jumper., but at the last Sec
ond flipped it off to Turan who
neatly coiled it into the netting,
The Academy drove desperately
down floor trailing by four
points with 43 seconds left and
scored on a jumper by Horgan*
But the Academy's chances went
down the drain when Horgan"
missed the important foul shot
The Pioneers' balanced scoring
attack was led by Turan with 18,
Davis 17, Murphy and Perrine
with 14, Green chopped in with
10 and Raymond had 8.
The Little Pioneers went down
to defeat to the* Academy's JVs
60-30 to mark their third straight
defeat Skip Kegg was high for
Clare with 8 points,
ST. LOUIS 82, CLARE 57
Unable to solve the St. Louis
Sharks' fast-break game, and
outplayed under both backboards, the CHS five were easily
outscored in a conference game
Friday, 82-5T.
A 4-pPint lead early in the
tilt was erased by St Louis and
they went on to win going
away. Coach Raymond's slim
consolation was the steady scoring of Senior Farward Norm
Davis who netted 18 points and
was the only Pioneer to show effective action in rebounding*
Other scoring was by Raymond
With 10, Perrine and Turan with
8 each.
Coach Jim Olson's   JVs   also
L turned cold; asd y^m% mm to, a
humiliating 68-24 defeat.
Not A
Candidate
Mrs. Sarah Schaeffer of Clare,
a member from the Tenth Congressional District on the Republican State Central Committee,
announced last week that she is
not a candidate for re-election
to that post Her decision not to
seek another term on the committee Was told at- a meeting
January 12 in Midland of District party members where she
was a representative from Clare
as county chairman,
Si. Louis cagers look charge of ihe rebounds Friday While |
Clare players' shoes seemed nailed io ihe floor. Bui ii was
a different story Tuesday when CHS outfought Sacred Heart
under Ihe boards io post iheir fourth Win of ihe season.
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