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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLABE, MICHIGAN
Inspired Pioneers Take
Shepherd Cagers To
Final Bell In 46-45 Game
In a basketball game of furious
excitement for Clare players and
fans, favored Shepherd was held
to the slimmest possible victory
margin Friday, 46*45. It was the
worst scare of the season for the
Bluejays, ranked fourth in the
state in their class.
And on Tuesday of this week
the Pioneers took out .their disappointment by drubbing a. game
Coleman quintet, by 20 points,
6949 iri, a non-conference clash.
The Coleman victory raised the
Leaders
Toppled
season   W-L
wins  in   12
The second week o*c competition in the 1961 Clare Bowling
Association championships tournament at Clare alleys saw new
leaders take over in every division- of the event with the exception of Singles, where Don Melnek with a 688 bowled on the
opening weekend clung to his
top spot.
In .the Teams division, Farwell
Insurance replaced the Log Cabin Market Five as highest scorers with handicap. A scant 6 pins
measured the difference and the
top four teams now read:
Farwell Insurance 3018
Log Cabin Market 3012
Midnite No. 1, 3010
Holley Carburetor No. 13, 2969
Only one pair of Doubles tournament entries, Sweet and Pryor
survived the second weekend of
onslaught by pinspillers. Early
claims to second, third and
fourth places didn't stand up and
the top four rankings, are now:
Ray Houghton & Cecil Pudvay
1285
J. Randall «&.B. Meyer 1248
C. Sweet & B. Pryor 1235
-   J. Kisnoski &. J. Perrine 1223
In the Singles pace, • Melnek
with 688 and second-place Leon
Dysinger with 673 were not disturbed by second-week bowlers.
But the next two places in.the
standings were occupied by newcomers R. Armentrout who rolled a 664, and C. Pudvay with a
657.
The scoring in All-Events Was
hot enough to bump Bob Pryor,
last Week's leader completely1
out of the standings as *newT
names went up on the scoreboard in the three leading spots.
They are:
J. Randall 1939
• C. Pudvay 1930
C. Marshall 1891 '    I .
WWTVBack
On The Air
Television Station WWTV returned to the air Tuesday, Just
two weeks after its transmitting
and sudio facilities were destroyed by fire in below- f zero
weather.
Station engineers completed installation and preliminary testing
of a new RCA transmitter and
associated equipment iri time for
Tuesday evening's programs to
be telecast to Channel 13 viewers
over a 36-county area.
The station "is now telecasting
its CBS and ABC network programs, plus film shows, daily
from noon until 1 a.m- Live news
and weather shows, and other local studio productions, will,be
resumed as soon as new studio
cameras and equipment are received and installed. Meanwhile,
abbreviated newscasts and weatn-
er shows are being presented.
Green and White
standing to seven
starts.
The next opponent in the Clare
three - game home stand is
Chesaning who brings a conference team here tomorrow night.
By Larry Mogg
Pioneer Sports Writer
Struggling desperately for an
upset victory in the Shepherd
game, the Pioneers battled- to the
buzzer only to lose a heartbreak*
er to the undefeated Bluejays.
It was the Green and White's
second successive single-point defeat, -Clare in the waning seconds
of the game lost numerous
chances for victory or even a tie,
on missed free throws and hard
luck shots. •
Chesaning topped Ithaca and
St. Louis stopped Durand in other
conference action.
An over capacity crowd in at-
tendence to see Michigan's fourth
ranked Class C Bluejays and the
improved. Pioneers, witnessed- a
close and exciting contest with
the defenses showing the way
throughout most of the game.
In the opening minutes Clare
took an 8-4 lead on 2 field goals
each by forward Norm Davis and
Jeff Raymond. But the Jays
wrested the lead from the pioneers on the shooting of 6-6 center'Stan Seifka and assumed a
12-10 first period lead. Then they
proceeded to mount the lead by
3 points, to take a 25-20 score to
their locker room at halftime.
The Green and White bounced
back to cut the lead by two mostly because of the cold shooting of
„the Bluejays, who were only able
to put 8 third period points
through the hoop*
Then the taller Jay's quintet,
with less than 5 minutes left,
pulled away to what looked like
an insurmountable 8 point lead,
But once again Jim Raymond's
boys returned to life on the hot
shooting of Davis and the rebounding . of Captain Jeff Raymond, who controled the defensive backboards throughout the
battle, to trail by a big 4 points
with 59 seconds remaining on the
scoreboard, clock.
After a free throw by each team
Norm Davis -brought the crowd
to its feet With a twisting jump
shot to narrow the margin. Following another charity toss by
Shepherd, Clare started down
the floor trailing by two points
with but 7 seconds left. Reserve
Tom KOzicki attempted a lay up
but was fouled. Tom, with seconds on the clock Overshot his
first try to the dismay of the
partisan crowd, then sank his
second. Shepherd took the ball
out of bounds, hut couldn't find
a man to pass it to in the alloted
5 seconds, so the referee awarded, the ball to the Pioneers, who
promptly called time out to set
up a last ditch play. Kozicki took
the ball out of bounds, whipped
it to Davis, but before he could
get off a shot the buzzer sounded ending all hope.
Norm Davis with 17 and Raymond with 14 led the Green ana
White in scoring.
The J. Vs. tripped the little
Bluejays 40-33, with Skip Kegg
hitting for 15 points.
Coleman Falls Again
•Trailing 15-14 against Coleman
at the end of the first stanza,
the Green and White," following
two. Comet points, reeled off 16
straight points in the shooting
of Norm Davis, Ray Murphy, and
Dave Turan and were off and
running never to be threatened
afterwards.
Davis with 20 points and Turan
with 16 paced the winners.
The Little Pioneers continued
on the winning path counting
their 44-38 victory over Coleman.
Skip Breen and Skip Kegg led
the attack with 15 and 13 points
each.   '
FEBRUARY 9. 1961
New Series, Vol. 69, No, 22
Nikki Is Clare County's
Entry In Grayling Pageant
Showing their coach, Jim Raymond iheir
best game in a season of steady improving play, ihe Pioneers outfought highly
rated Shepherd here Friday and came
within   a  single  point   of gaining   the
\-ctory they "v-intod mo t. Here "Norm
Davis (14) and Jim Perrine on ihe floor,
and Jeff .Raymond- (3Q) make sure thai
ihe loose ball doesn't get into' the Blue-
jay's hands. Sentinel photo.
Sink School Bond Hopes
The Clare School District's expansion and remodeling
program calling for a $475,000, bond issue and local tax levy
to repay, was buried Saturday under an avalanche of disapproval at the polls and lost by nearly a "7 to 5" margin. The
vote was 683 No, and 495 Yes.   '
Suffering its worst defeat in four times the issue has
been presented in various forms to district voters, the idea
of a package plan to build a new elementary Unit school,
add cafeteria and classrooms for shop, music and art in the
new high school, altering the older elementary building ior
purposes of fire safety with other inclusions in the proposal
is now considered .farther from attainment than ever before.
A discussion on the next approach to gain the most,
needed phases of the progress for the system will likely be
on the agenda at the regular School Board meeting Monday
evening.
Leonard
Honors
Retiree
Retirement ceremonies for Er-
win White Qf Route-3 Ciare, a
gauger for the Leonard Crude
Oil Company, were held January
31 at the company office in Mt.
Pleasant.
Charles A. Schrader, president,
John C, Horning, vice president;
Wallace. C. Parker, office manager, Gerald F. Watson, general
field superintendent, and Delmar
Allen, Eastern Division Field
Superintendent, all of Leonard
Crude Oil Company, participated
in the retirement ceremonies.
White, a former Leonard Pipe
Line Company employee, was
presented With a personal letter
of recommendation from Reid
Brazell, President of Leonard
'Refineries,1 Inc., Alma, and an
engraved watch in recognition, of
his eighteen years of faithful
service to the company.
At (Farm Week
Members of the Clare FFA
and of agriculture classes at
Clare High visited Farmers'
Week exhibits Wednesday of
last week and reported many
events of high interest for them
at East Lansing.
The delegation spent much
time examining The Farm of
The Future, FFA exhibits, modern methods in feeding and
caring for poultry, livestock
feeding, and the experimental
cattle barns at MSU. -
It was a day of special interest for FFA and youth visitors
with organizations visiting on
the campus from as far away as
New York state,
A.R. Promotes
Bill Case
A promotion in rank to Chief
Warrant Officer Tuesday night
for Bill Case was the occasion
for a troop inspection and pin-
ning-on ceremony by Clare
Army Reserve unit Commander,
Major Sylvester L. "Gielda. The
ceremony was held af the USAR
Armory on East Fourth street.
Warrant Officer Case is a vet-
erah of World War H and has
held an active assignment in the
Army Reserve program since.
He is assigned to Headquarters, USAR Reception Station, Jrt
Saginaw, but is attached for duty
to the Troop Command of the
USAR Reception Station in
Clare.
Actual pinning on of the new
rank insignia was performed by
Capt. Harry Day of Saginaw, in
charge of Case's work in Classification and Testing at Saginaw.
This Bird
Likes North
One Clare family has found a
robin who behaves like many of
his human friends do in the winter season . ; . he remained in
Michigan and waved goodbye to
all his kind that went to the
sunny southland for the cold
months.
At the Roy Wentworth home
this redbreast has been seen all
winter, appearing to eat the food
that the Wentworths put out for
him. "To show his appreciatiion
he brightens the winter scene by
perching on the window sills, and
in trees in the family's yard.
They report that he is quite
tame.
On July 25th, 19.00, readers of
The Clare Sentinel were occupied
with summertime picnics, the
state conventions of both the. Republican and Democrat parties,
and with special prices in clearances of merchandise at Clare
Stores and shops. Times may
change but people don't, according to accounts of by-gone days.
Old copies of The Sentinel are
continually turning up in subscribers attics and the latest .one
to be .shown us records the lazy
happenings in Clare county nearly 61 years ago--    '
Mayor Maybury of Detroit
was nominated by Michigan
Democrats for governor at the
convention in Detroit. Attending
from Clare were W. Woolsey, A.
R, Canfield, R. M. Mussell, and
A. J. Lacy. Republicans named
S, C, Kirkbride of Clare a member of the congressional committee for this district, and a
neighboring editor- ih Cadillac
observed that A. J. Doherty
'would probably be the Republican nominee for state senator (he
was, - Ed.), and identified him
as a leading hardware businessman of Clare with plans to
open a branch store at McBain.
Ball games, railroad excursions with round trip to Toledo
for $1.50, picnics and just visiting occupied residents while the
Sentinel editor asked, "Is Clare
to have'a street Fair? It is high
time for a.meeting to be called
to arrange for one. We 'never
yet had a street Fair and in this
regard we have not kept apace
with bur sister cities."
Clearance' sales advertised
summer dress goods by the yard
as low as 6c, and print cottons
of 5c and 6c quality on sale at
3%c the yard.
Settlement leaders in Clare
were about decided that the town
ought to pay a share of the cost
of laying cement sidewalk in
front of residential premises as
an inducement for occupants to
improve the streets.
The Clare Junior Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor Clare
county's winter sports queen,
Miss Nicole Bristol, as a contest-
'ant for state honors at the 36th
l annual winter sports carnival to
be held in Grayling this weekend, February 11 and 12.
Miss Bristol, a Harrison High
School senior who, as Miss Harrison, placed first for county
honors at the    annual    winter
Hogan fells
GofCTo
f 'Help Selves"
Clare businessmen Tuesday
heard Hugh Hogan, president of
the Mt.' Pleasant Chamber of
Comme'rce warn them that
strides in community business.
are gained only when individual
members are willing to put as
much into their organizatic-ii as
they expect to take in the'way
of benefits, Hogan listeners were
members of the JayCees ahd
Senior Chamber of Commerce in
Clare,
The speaker echoed U.S. President John F. Kennedy's sentiments on patriotism in his inaugural address when he said,
"Ask not what 4s the country-
going to do for me. But rather,
say, what can I do for my country."
The speaker also had some observations on the competition for
industry to locate in communities
saying that competition for industry exists between states as
well as on local area levels.  .-
sports carnival in Clare January
28, will be one of 30 girls vying
for the honor of the Miss Michigan Winter Sports Queen title.
Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs,
Alex Strange, Harrison, "Nikki"
will have a full schedule during
the coronation weekend, Jaycees
announced today, Saturday, February 11, from 9 until 11:00 a.m.,
queens from Michigan counties
will be registered and photographed in the Grayling High
School gymnasium. At 11:30
there will be a rehearsal for the
Queens' Ball presentation, and
at noon the contestants will depart for Lake Valley resort,
Where they will be honored at
luncheon before the judging
takes place.
At 3:30 in the afternoon there
will be a rehearsal for the coronation in the Grayling winter
sports park, and at 6,;15 the
queens will gather at the Michel-
son Memorial church where they
will be guests at a banquet.
At 9:00 in the evening, the
Queens' Ball will begin at the
Grayling High School gymnasium, where at 11:00 Miss Michigan Winter Sports Queen will be
presented. Dancing will continue
until 1:00.
/
Sunday will begin with a
breakfast for the queens and
their chaperones at Wert's Lorie
Pine Inn, followed by a parade
to the winter sports park where
at 1:30 the coronation of Miss
Michigan will take place at the
ice throne. ,
Following the coronation, ski
racing will conclude the carnival
festivities.
Nine Lose
Jobs In Road
The meeing was held in the
Hotel Doherty where Clare C of
C President Bernard Wyman presided.
Elsewhere in the program
members heard' reports that the
Winter Festival produced a pro?
fit of near |500. and other reports on the financial condition
of the chamber's treasury and
the special Industrial Development Committee fund.
Schools To
Close For
Institute
Problems Of Aging New Sentinel Series Topic
The decisions a person makes
today determine . what he does
tomorrow and gives direction for
his whole life.
Dr. Beatrice Paolucci, associate
professor in home management
.and child development at Michi*
gan State University, notes there
are some facts about the needs
of older age which can guide
people in making realistic decisions, Ift general, income tends
to decline in later years and may
drop more upon 'retirement.
Physically, one's body begins to
deteriorate so medical costs go
up.' More personal services,may
be needed.
There is a drop in other kinds
of expenses. The.house mortgage
is paid up, ,fixed payments such
as social security and insurance
come to an end, durable' goods
already are purchased and tax
exemptions are broader.
Dr Paolucci lists five critical
managerial decisions a person
must make concerning his older
years. The first ia adjustment to
retirement itself. For a man, it
means leaving a world of.work
for a world, of other activities.
For a woman, it may mean adjusting to having a retired, husband around the house.. Dr, Paolucci notes that adjustments to
changes in living are not the
same for all people" and do not
come at the same age for every
one. A woman, for instance,
must adjust to children leaving
home and this may begin -when
she is in her late 30's.
A second consideration concerns, the type of activities needed for later years. Dr. Paolucci
■suggests people plan to "retire
to" something, rather than."retire from" their old way of life
Commencing an- interesting, and
different set of artivities makes
the future look brighter.
' Changes in manner of living
is a third consideration. Many
family members and iamiliar
neighbors are nO longer around.
•There is a gradual shift from an
active, going life to a less active
routine.
Housing suitable for one's
needs is a fourth decision. Even
if the house is paid for, a change
may be needed. Perhaps it is too
large, or there should be no
stairs to climb or the doors mus,t
be wide enough to accommodate
a wheel chair.
Providing an income is the
fifth consideration. Some people
have saved for bid age all their
lives and then find it difficult to
spend these savings. They see no
way of replenishing the reserve.
Social security and retirement
funds which have no end offer
psychological as well as financial
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' Public schools
Isabella counties
A midwestern magazine,
"Successful Farming" shown us
recently by Frank Walters at the
city equipment garage bore the
dateline May 1916 and was interesting chiefly ■ because of the
prices then quoted on automobiles and some other merchandise.
In tha^year an Overland auto
boasting 35 horsepower was
priced at $675.00 f.o.b. Toledo. A
comparable model built by Maxwell was $635, and the - luxury
Chandler "6" was in the $1,295
price class.
Farm tractor advertisements
named the Denrting, a Rumley
8-16, and one ad described the
Allwork 4-wheel tractor as being
"dependable as a horse."
■As a subscription premium for
a year's issue of the magazine,
the editors promised to send boys
and young men photos of six
baseball stars free. They were
Grover Alexander, J. Franklin
Baker of the N.Y. Americans,
Joe Jackson, Napoleon Lajoie,"
Heinie Zimmerman, and John J.
Evers of the famous Boston
Nationals infield,
in Clare and
will be closed
on Monday, February 20 when
teachers are meeting in sessions
of the two-county Teachers institute at Mt. Pleasant.
Presiding over the general assembly program in the afternoon
will be Lenord Schwanz, Clare
County - Superintendent of
Schools, and at the morning assembly the presiding chairman is
to be James Knapp, 'Isabella
C .o u n t y • Superintendent of
SchoolsT
Speakers include Bithia Jane
Whitney who has spent a lifetime working with youth and
possesses degrees from many
schools .and universities. Her address is titled "The School —
Democracy's Greatest Laboratory."
And in the afternoon a program speaker, Catherine E.
Cleveland, world traveler, speaker and entertainer on the topic(
"Meet Your Middle Eastern
Neighbors"*
At the business session, Robert
Larson, principal at Harrison
Community School will preside.
Mackie To
Speak Here
Michigan State Highway Commissioner John C. Mackie is to
be guest of honor and the after
dinner speaker at a public dinner set for Friday, February 17
in Clare. The dinner will be held
in the Wedgewood Room of the
Doherty Hotel.
Larry Jackson, in charge of arrangements for the affair, said
that Mr. Mackie has been invited
to discuss the progress in Michigan's highway program and will
bring latest information regarding significance to local areas
soon to be affected by freeway
travel. The speech will be «on-
political in nature.
Tickets for the banquet and to
hear Mr. Mackie will be on sale
this weekend and all next week,
Jackson said.
Prayer Day
Observance
February 17
"Forward through the Ages",
is the theme fdr the World Day
of Prayer Worship Service to be
held this year on February 17,
in observance of the seventy-
fifth anniversary^ and sponsored
by the United Church Women.
The program is prepared this
year by Sue Weddell, former associate general secretary, Division of Foreign Missions, N,C,C»
Locally* the Clare Council pf
United Worn£n will pastklpalB in
the program to be fteld\in the.
Congregational Church on thai?
date, at 8:00 p.m. Representatives .from the different churches will take part, and there will
be special music.
From a day set aside back in
1887 at the suggestion of one
woman of one denomination to
pray for the success of its home
missions and' to bring gifts for
their I support, World Day of
Pray|r has grown into a giant
interdenominational, international prayer cycle.,
Now the people of 145 countries take part and their gifts
help provide schools, colleges,
hospitals, doctors, nurses, teachers, vacation church schools, daycare centers, mobile clinics,
scholarships and spiritual nurture in America and in many
lands overseas.
Seventy-five years have passed
and the observance has gathered
the faithful on all of the earth's
far-flung continents and distant
lands.
In America more 'than 22,000
communities hold special services. Millions of men, women
and children will join in the
same prayer of thanksgiving,, repentance, and appeal for a
peaceful world that is being
voiced simultaneously in Europe,
Asia, Africa and Latin America.
As prayers rise around the world
in sixty languages and more
than one thousand dialects; there
will be a complete band of prayer encircling the earth. Some
•who pray cannot read; some will
be hungry or cold; others will
have all the material comforts
that wealth provides".
When the World Day of Prayer celebrates its Diamond Jubilee
this year marking seventy-five
years of unbroken observance,
one of the goals is an offering of
$750,000 for the regular on-going
projects and..for two anniversary
specials, one a massive literature
program for the new Africa, and
the other a creative mission in
Alaska, our newest state.
Grove Bros.
To Expand
The site of the old Oddfellows
building on McEwan -• street
which burned in 1957, together
with the Anna Harger property
on W. "Third which adjoins it
Was recently purchased, by James
and Arlene GrOve, owners' of
Grove Brothers 5 & 10 Store.
Plans are^lng made for an addition to the store building.
In addition to the enlarged
building, the property will afford customer' parking area for
about 30 gars, Mr. Grove said.
Notices of dismissal from their
Jobs were served this week tp
nine employees of the Clare
County Road Commission in
what has been described as payroll cutbacks to compensate for
diminishing revenue for the Department. «
Superintendent Tom Cook said
that the men affected received
their   notices   on Monday   this,
week and that tomorrow would
be their last work day.
"A budget study conducted
over the past 18 months . has
shown the necessity for bringing
our payroll into line with expected receipts," he said. "We knew
last fall that cuts were going to:
have to" be made."
Cook said that the dismissals
were not regarded *as layoffs, but
rather permanent termination of
employment. Some of the nine
men might be hired next sura*
mer as mowing machine, or
sprayer operators, but only on a
temporary basis, he said.
Weather conditions have added
to the difficulty in keeping the
fuli force of inert at work, too.
Unusually light snow during
ail but a few work days has
eliminated the normal winter
:|0ad pSttwingf assignment* «"4
Cook said that it was impossible
to maintain full crews with nothing to do except light brush trim*,
ming on right-of-ways/.
The extremely light srtow conditions have resulted in other upsetting of normal operation, too.
The county ordinarily collects
state reimbursement for man-
hours of wdrk on State Trunk-
lines, and collects rent for the
use of county-owned equipment
in maintenance of state, roads.
This revenue has dropped With
the lighter than normal season's
work requirement.
Cook said that a threatened
deficit for the County Road Department might run as much as
$16 to $17 thousand dollars a
quarter.
The budget adjustment which
dictated the cut in the working
force is expected to lower the
Department's annual payroll
from approximately $262 thousand,  to  $200 thousand. •
Recommended in the budget
study was the elimination of 11
men from the department, but
the recent death of one employee
and re-consideration of the problem brought the decision to compromise with the nine dismissals.
Cook said that eight of the men
are truck drivers and hand help,
while one is a front-end loader
operator.
Seniority of the men ranges
over three years back to January
1, 1958.
Savings to the Department includes about $800. in fringe benefits involved;
Prior to the notices, being given to the men, a proposal that
the Department work week be
cut by one hour per day as an alternative to the job cuts was
turned down by the employees'
grievance committee.-
Winter
Camp-out
, Thirty-five Boy Scouts of
Clare Troop 125 with.dads spent
the weekend at Camp Rotary
where they camped out under
winter conditions and the boys
had a contest to see who could
catch the largest fish. Bob Bergey was the winner with an 8*
inch bluegill.   •
.Saturday night the Scouts enjoyed    a fish fry    with "Scout-,
master Robert Bergey as   their
cook.
A project presently occupying
the boys jis a window display
they expect to have-Te*ady toi?
Boy Scout Week early in ' the
spring. ,"• ■   ,      7*
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