1961-03-16; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE SENTINEL
Established 1878
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THE CLARE SENTmE&, CLARE, MICHIGAN
MARCH 18. 1961
New Series, Vol. 69, No. 27
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President
In Farwell
Farwell voters in the village
election Monday^cut across party
lines and split ballots lo elect a
new village president and trustee from the Citizens ticket and
the balance of their new officers
from the Peoples candidates.
New Village President is Willard Strahota, veteran Councilman and long interested in civic
affairs in Farwell. He was elected 92-50 over the People's candidate, Maurice Hosford, Also from
the Citizens' patty Cecil Davison
was named Village Trustee for
a 2-year term in a tight contest
with Winfield Godwin, 71-69.
The "People's party elected Don
Smith clerk 105-38 over Larry
Schofield and Geraldine Howard
treasurer 86-50 over Walter De-
Geer.       ,
Other successful People's candidates were:
Elton Marshall for Trustee, 2-
year term.
Bernard Glass for Assessor.
Mr. Marshall is retiring village
president, having finished the
term of Frank Coker, resigned.
Voters also elected Mervil
Hawk to the post of Village
Trustee for a one-year term. He
was not nominated by either
party, but defeated Walter
Moore, 85-55 who ran on the
People's ticket.
Village Councilmen Beryl
Strong and Victor Finch are
holdover members of the Board
Whose terms did not expire.
A proposition to raise two
mills on tax valuation for, the
purpose of financing Farwell's
summer recreation program for
young people won passage 80-54.
The election board reported
that 144 ballots were cast on
Monday with only three spoiled
sheets.
Red Cross
Drive Ready
A special meeting for Red
Cross workers was held Monday
even'ng at the Hotel Doherty.
Guests were Harold Krapohl,
regional field chairman, and
Robert Steinke, chapter chairman of Isabella county.
These workers helped to organize the workers for the City
of Clare, and assignments were
made. Rev. D, R. Salisbury is
chairman for Clare, with Mr,
and Mrs. Richard Schroeder as
assistant workers.
A film on Red Cross and its
needs, work, and accomplishments was shown to the group.
The Red Cross Drive will get
under way this week on Friday
and Saturday, March 17 and 18,
When volunteers call the public
is urged to be ready to give donations for this worthy cause.
Women
Start Pin
Tournament
The Clare Women's City Bowling Tournament completed .the
first of three week ends of competition at Gateway Lanes with
the following results.
Team scores:
Band Box Cleaners, 2665
Schaeffer's Dairy Bar, 2647
Farwell News, 2608
In the Doubles.
Ruth Stanley and Betty Marotzke, 1144
Peg Bennett and Del Sheredy,
1116
Fran Shelander and Florence
Huffman, 1107
The Singles Event results':
Barbara Mahon, 572
Ruth Stanley, 564
Fran Shelander, 561
Ruth Stanley had high game,
actual pins, 207.
Pick Carl Gruno For
JayCee Service Award
\
. Jurrior Chamber of .^aimitance:
members chose their own club
president, Carl Gruno to receive
the 1961 Distinguished Service
Award and gathered Thursday at
their/ annual Bosses Night banquet to honor him along with
six other men singled out for
special recognition by the club.
Mr. GrUno, who was credited
more than anyone else; with revitalizing the organization after
its mertibership had dwindled
fast year, was also cited for filling a valuable place on the Clare
School Board, for having performed outstanding service on
numerous    civic    fun d-raising
New Scores
Set In Boys
B-B Shoot
Picture on page §
Young marksmen with air
guns at the" target shooting contest Saturday riddled all the old
records with their high scores,
and. after the smoke cleared
-away there were new champions
and runners-up in all three of the
age divisions.
Larry Fetters topped all sharpshooters in the contest and took
the .trophy for the 12-15 year age"
division with his 139 out of a
possible 150 points. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Fetters of Clare.
The B-B Gun contest was
Sponsored by 'the Clare Junior
Chamber of Commerce and attracted 110 boys to compete.
Runners-up in the highest age
.group were Terry Eberhart in
second place, son of Mr. and
Mr j,. Chick Eberhart; Allen Bauder, third, he's the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Bauder.
Billy Branstrom shot a score
of 127 to take the first-place
trophy among the 10-11 year
group. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Branstrom, Clare.
Following him in second and
third places were Terrance Godwin and Jimmy Eberhart. The
three marksmen were only a
Single point apart in scoring.
Winner of the first-place
award in the 8-9 year class was
. Mark Krell with a score of 126.
Close behind- with second and
third places were Frank Sivon
and Dennis Bryant.
Winner and winner-up in each
group were given trophys, ahd
holders of the three top places
in their respective groups are
eligible to shoot in the State B-B
Gun Contest to be held soon at
.   Jackson,        „   •     ^__. .
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schriber who live at
411 John R. sort of got their" attention
distracted by spring fever while making
a snowman Sunday io amuse neighborhood youngsters. Result was this 7-foot
Easter snow bunny   with an armful   of
spring flowers. Mr, Schriber is not in ihe
picture, but that's Mrs. S. with their
baby iusi io the right of the bunny.
Many neighborhood children were glad
io pose for the picture because they
"helped" pat the statue into shape.
) Sentinel Photo
drivesHand for making a success
of a new business career for
himself in life insurance sales
after having been long employed
with Holley Carburetor Company in Clare.
Dick Murphy read the accomplishments in making the award.
Guest speaker on the program
which followed the banquet meal
was Harry Densmore, past president of the Mt Pleasant JayCees and presently a candidate
for States Vice President of the
organization's District 12 for
JL961-62, i» Densmore is widely
known throughout the area for
his work in JayCees, and in his
public job as director of Extension Services in Isabella county.
He spoke of the high aims of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce and how they are applied
for the betterment of community
life and progress.
In his remarks he paid tribute
to men with characteristics
Which qualify them for the Distinguished, Service Award, saying, "They are the type who
willingly volunteer for jobs that
they couldn't be hired to perform unless they were convinced
of the important public benefits
that will result from their efforts."
"It isn't enough to be good,
we must be good for something"
Densmore told the audience. He
placed the individual's service to
his church and his community on
an equal plane in judging a
man's fitness for the DSA.
Toastmaster Howard Melton
moved the program along at an
interesting pace.
The Outstanding Young Farmer award went to Ronald Schunk
for success in his farm management program in ■ partnership
with his father and for the operation of a portable feed grinding and mixing business which
he operates himself. He received
his award from the hands of Joe
Willey.
More awards given by Kyle
Hanley, program chairman went
to "Bud" Drebert of Holley Carburetor for Boss Of The Year;
Dex Elden, .Press Award; Nor-
bert Poeppelman, Radio Award.
Honorary Memberships in appreciation of special efforts in
behalf of JayCee projects or endeavors, Ben Tomaski of Holley
Carburetor, Drebert, and Jerry
Machul, proprietor of the Log
Cabin Market in Clare.
Kyle Hanley, member in
charge of the arrangements for
the affair was listed oh the -program along with club officers,
Carl Gruno, president, Keith
Marillat,, vice . president," Bill
Bowes, vice president, Bill Bailey, secretary, Bernie Wilson,
treasurers
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CHS Bands
Win Festival
"1st" Rate
The Clare school's instrumental music -program under the direction of bandman Lloyd Con-
ley attained its highest rating in
last Saturday's Festival performances by the senior band
and the Neil Courtwright directed Junior band here. Judges gave
the CHS band a straight number
1 rating, and the junior band a
number 1 position on the basis
Of a high point total almost
equal to the playing of the older
performers.
Four judges marked the CHS
senior band music of unusually-
high standard and worthy bf distinction. One other band in the
fourteen towns represented, the
Arenac-Eastern band, won the
same high rating. The judges
represented the music departments of Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, and Michigan
State Universities, and Mt.
Pleasant high school.
. "The junior band-"from Clare,
judged by the same fOUr judges,
took two top ratings and t two
second ratings to come out with
a No. 1 total.
The two bands from Clare,
Arenac-Eastern from? Standish,
Tawas Area ftom Tawas, and the
Gerrish-Higgins school band are
rated high enough to perform in
the Michigan State Festival to
be held either in Ann Arbor on
April 22, or in Grand Rapids on
April 29.
Aboua 1,000 student musicians
in 20 bands played for the judges
and an audience of friends and
parents in the all-day festival of
the District ,9 Association of
Michigan School Bands and Orchestras.
Ten On CM
Top List
Ten Clare county students at
Central Michigan University
were among those with a B or
better mark average last semester according to an honors list
released this week by the registrar's office. They are:
From Clare — Frances R.
Shelander, sophomore, Sharon
Jane • Grimason, sophomore, Ann
L. Nivison, junior, Mary Jane
Maloney, junior, Dinah L. Hall,-
senior, Julia Ann Wood, freshman.
From Farwell —' Mary E.
Gamble, sophomore, Gerald S.
Wood, senior.
"From Harrison — Sandra L.
Krchmar, sophomore.
.From Lake — Emily V. Dague,
senior.
Conferences
Child, Health Conferences .for
March have been scheduled in
Clare on Tuesday, March 21
from 1 to 3 p.m. in the city hall.
At Farwell the date is Tuesday, March 21 in the Methodist
church from 9 to 11 a.m., and at
Harrison on Friday, March 17
the conferences will be held 9
to 11 a.m. in the courthouse.
Wisler Is
City's Only   -j
Candidate "*:
Passing the deadline Monday
for filing of nominating petitions
for Clare City Commissioner
found only one qualifying for a
place on the ballot April $■
George Wisler, formerly Clare
manager for Michigan Consolidr
ated Gas is the lone candidate foir.
three seats on the Commission^
Terms of Earl Baumgarth^
Glen Cain and Harvey Hartshorn
expire this year. * None of th#
three are officially candidates for
re-election.
City Clerk David Adams said
that the election board, can Iopl£
forward to April 3 with the uh-i
pleasant certainty that the evening will be spent in laborious
counting of write-in names to decide the holders of commission
seats.
Beef Tour
For4nHers
The annual 4-H Beef Tour Saturday afternoon will make four
stops to inspect progress in steer-
raising projects. -One will take
the touring club members and
their leaders to see how a first-
year project is coming along.
The tour will begin at 1:00
this coming Saturday on the Wilbur Weldon farm, five miles
east of US-27 on the Beaverton
Road and a half-mile north on
Athey Road. Sandra and Beverly
Ann Weldon each have a steer
on feed.
, The next stop will be at the
John Simpkins farm where John
and Gary are each feeding out
two steers.
The third stop will be at the
Charles Kleinhardt farm where
Richard is in his first year project and raising one animal.
Last, the tour will stop at the
Bud Dunkle farm where Darell,
Dee and Diana are feeding out
six steers.
Power Cut
Due Sunday
In Area
Consumers Power Company
has announced to users of electricity in the Clare, Farwell, Harrison and Lake areas that there
is to be planned interruption of
service on Sunday, March 19
from 12:30 to 5:00 in. the afternoon.
Construction of the highway
grade separation overpass at the
intersection of new US-27 and
US-10 just east of Clare requires
the relocation of some electric
line poles.
Boundaries of the area where
power will be shut off on that
day are described generally as
follows:
Starting at a line about 3
miles south of" Clare and running east about to the Coleman
Road but .excluding Loomis,
then north on Coleman Road to
the north line of Clare county.
Then west on the North County
Line and including the Lake
George area but excluding the
Temple area, thence,south including Eight Point Lake.' Those*
customers who will be affected
by this interruption will be notified by postcard prior to
March 19.
H. L. Ziegenbein, Alma, Consumers division manager said
the company regrets that the interruption becomes necessary,
but, "Due to the nature of the
work the lines must be de-
energized during the work.
The time for the interruption,
Sunday afternoon has been selected with the hope of a minimum inconvenience for schools,
churches, businesses and other
users. But there are plans, if
weather is unfavorable for the
work on the day selected, to reschedule the work ort the Sunday
in the next week, March 26.
C. J. Allen, Clare area manager said that 50 men will go to
work on the job to rush it
through with fewer interruptions
ahd delays while customers are
without power.
Raise H. S.
Graduation
Requirements
The Clare Public School standard requirement for graduation
effective with the graduates in
1964 will be 18 credit units, an
increase of two over the current
graduation requirement. The
change was announced Tuesday
by Superintendent Richard
Wheeler after adoption of the
revision at Monday evening's
meeting of the Board of Education.
It means that "students who
are now freshmen will be the
first to be awarded diplomas
under the new 18-unit requirement. The class of present sophomores will be required to pick
up one extra credit in their remaining years of study and may
graduate with a minimum of 17
credits.
No change is required for
graduation of those who are in
the classes of 1962 and- 1961.
Wheeler said that some students
even now finish with as many as
20 credits through their own desire and initiative.
In addition to the present
graduation requirements of
three years of English, one year
of math, • one year of science,
onne year of American history,
one year of American history,
ment,. and one year of physical
education, students will complete two additional credits of
work elected from the fields of
English, math, science or social
studies.
Provided the necessary arrangements can be made, students in llth grade English will
elect a class section on the basis
of' their ability and vocational
plans,
The Board also discussed the
elementary school crisis that the
district faces with the start of
school in September. A final decision on this problem was delayed pending a review of the
situation by the State Department of Public Instruction.
Action was taken to continue
the speech correction program
for the next school year with
some modification.
Group Encouraged
Over New Progress
Toward Lake Plan
Law Limits
Sale Of Seed
Growers who advertise seed of
their own production for sale
without first 'having a purity and
germination test to determine it
the seed has germination of 60
percent or higher and is free of
noxious weeds tjare ^viplaiing v,the
state's seed law! "
The seed section of the Michigan Department of Agriculture
at Lansing makes purity and
noxious weed examinations and
germination tests at a nomial fee
for growers, local elevators and
seedsmen. In the course of a year
hundreds of such analyses are
made by the Department's skilled seed analysts.
_The Michigan seed law does
permit a grower to sell seed he
produces oh his own land to
neighboring .growers without the
tagging requirements of the seed
act.
But if he advertises seed he has
produced for sale by posting
signs, in newspapers or by exhibiting samples in elevators or
other places, of business, he must
comply With the law which requires the analysis for purity,
noxious weeds * and germination,
according to the Department's director, G. S. Mclntyre.
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Carl Gruno (1) proudly ^accepts ihe
.plaque and citation as Clare Junior Chamber of Commerce's winner oi ihe Distin
guished Service Award. Making ihe presentation at ihe JayCee Bosses Night,
Thursday was Dick Murphy.
Sentinel Photo
Feelings of cautious optimism
over the chances of success for
the project to restore Clare's
lake on the site of the former
millpond followed the latest
meeting of the committee here
Monday. Members of the local
authority confered again with
representatives of the Michigan
Conservation Department's Fish
Division and with James Cole,
contractor who has declared his
ability to build the dam and develop the basin that would become a lake.
The committee regarded Cole's
estimated cost figure of $30,000,
as much more reliable than previous, estimates as high as
$50,000, in light of his experience
in similar projects on the huge
Lake James project near Pru-
denville, and five other ventures
in the Pontiac-Fenton area.
In the latest price opinion,
Cole said he included a new dam
of construction approved by the
Mich. State
Singers To
Perform Here
The popular Men's Glee Club
of Michigan State University will
appear in Clare for a concert
March 29 in the high school gym
at 8:15 p.m. They are sponsored
by the Clare Kiwanis club that
has announced the sale of tickets
at $1.00 for adults and 75c for
students.
Directed by Gordon Flood, a
dynamic young member of the
MSU department of music, the
singing men "will present a
colorful assortment of musical
renditions.
Included in the Glee Club repertoire will be a mixture of music ranging from ancient chants
to populae numbers.
The singing men begin early
in the fall with a music clinic
on the MSU campus to audition
new voices for the group to replace losses due to graduation.
During the school year, the
Glee Club visits communities in
Michigan and surrounding states
for concert appearances. The
Spartan vocalists are also favorites at campus events, where
they perform frequently.
The group became known to
millions of .people across the
country through recent appearances on the nationally-televised
"Dinah Shore Show!' and "Ed
Sullivan Show."
Other recent highlights include joint concerts with men's
glee clubs from the University
of Michigan, Wayne State University, Ohio State University,
Toronto University, Colgate University and others, and an annual spring vacation concert
tour.
The group also performed at
the inauguration festivities for
President Eisenhower at Washington, D.C.
Help With Tax
Assistance in preparation and
filing of intangibles tax returns
will be given by appointment
with Thomas Brockway, Harrison who represents the Michigan
Department of Revenue, The
State tax on mortgages, contracts, cash, accounts receivable,
postal savings, corporate stocks-
bonds and similar property is
due March 31.
Conservation Department, and to
be three and one-half times wider than the old Consumers Power dam. It could be constructed
in about six weeks.
Plans discussed included a 90-
foot spillway and water elevation about the same as the old
lake. Improvement of the lake,
bottom itself would be accom>
plished by deepening parts of the
area and raising islands in.
other spots, he told the committee.
The idea was accepted as a
scenic and beautifying advance.
Conservation spokesman Jack
Hammond from Gladwin said
that creation of the lake would
be followed by planting of. Rainbow and Brown trout if the temperature of the water was suitable. Otherwise panfish and
perch would be planted with
good fishing probable in about
three to five years.
Income from the sale of new
Freeway right-of-way for US-27
through the property, and from
fill dirt taken from the site has
guaranteed $15,000. in the fund
for the project already.
Officers of the authority have
commenced a move to become a
corporation in order to accept
the money. A resolution to this
effect was made by Dan Burdo
and supported by Harvey Hartshorn and carried by a vote. Ken
Barnes is head of the committee
that was voted authority some
time ago to go ahead with plans
for the project and has agreed
to the sale of the fill dirt and
right-of-way strip.
The committee also heard a.
report from Clare City Manager
Clarence Gum after a check and
study of the dam site with Cole.
A contest was announced to
name the lake that would be: created in Clare's northeast section.
Open to all Clare school children
of public or parochial schools, the
contest invites letters suggesting
& name for the lake and, offers a,
prize of- a $25*. "iavings oi>nd tm
the winner.
Letters to enter a name in the
contest should be mailed or
brought to The'Clare Sentinel,
112 W. Fourth street and postmarked not later than the" 10th
of April, 1961.
Project
On M-61
The State Highway Department is not so busy building
super expressways that it has
forgotten to give attention to
other state routes. Bids- were
opened yesterday on 23 contracts for heavy spring maintenance Work on highways in 23
lower peninsula counties.
Among them was an eight-mile
stretch of asphalt surfacing on
M-61 from US-27 north of Glare
in Clare county east intermittently to the Gladwin county line.
The work has a June 25 completion date.
Meanwhile State Highway Com-■•
missioner John C. Mackie publicly announced .that a section of
US-27 Freeway, from Ithaca to
Alma would be open to traffic
sometime between July 15 and
August 1 this summer and that
the opening would complete a
continuous Freeway route from
Lansing to Mt. Pleasant.
He added, "We hope to have
the Freeway open north to Gaylord by the end of 1961 depending
on weather and other factors.''
The entire length of new route
to the straits is - scheduled -for
completion by the end of 1962
Rehabilitation Ups Wage
For Eleven In County
How Clare-county benefitted from a-vocational program of the
Department of Public Instruction was detailed in a report last
week that showed 11 county persons were rehabilitated into better
paying occupations during the fiscal year. If the eleven were able
to maintain steady employment, the net gain amounted to more,
than $20,000. after paying the cost of the help said Edward D.
Smith "Rehab," coordinator.
Mr. Smith counts the average weekly earnings of people in
Michigan at $57.15 after rehabilitation. Before the help the average
is $15.33.
The services in behalf of Clare county disabled persons cost'
$3,517.00 during the year and the money went this way: •  .
1. Medical examination and diagnoses, $248.00
2.. Treatment and surgery, $524.00
J-   3. Appliances: artificial limbs, braces, hearing aids, $223.00
4. Hospitalization for defect correction, $1,301-00 *
5. Training, $255.00
6. Tools, transportation, etc., $964.00
Net increase in the year's earnings could be as high- as
$20,404.04 after deducting the bill for the help prescribed by thi
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.