1961-04-13; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE gENTJNSL,CLARE, MICHIGAN APRIL 13, 1961
New Series, Vol. 69, No. 31
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Recommend Site For
New Farwell School
At a meeting of the Farwell
Citizens School Committee April
5, the Site sub-committee recommended the Bernard Glass property, which is about two blocks
east of the present school, for
the proposed new building. Part
of the property is also owned by
Don Luce and Artie Schofield, A
motion was added to the minutes
to make the recommendation
read, "providing it meets specification". Soil and drainage tests
are being taken this week,
The criteria for judging the
various sites was as follows: appearance to community, room
for expansion, accessibility, availability of utilities, nearness to
present facilities, center of population, water drainage and soil
condition, and cost of insurance.
Insurance within the city limits
is approximately 15%, to 20%
less than out of the fire protection area.
In other action, the Curriculum committee recommended
that the parents of this school
Golfer
Leagues
Set Start
Two evening golf leagues, one
for men and one ladies' league
have announced opening dates,
for their seasons at Twin Elms
course.
Don Richardson, secretary of
the Monday League has asked
membership registrations to be
returned to him not later than
April 24 before the May 1 start
of a 14-week season. It is a handicap league. A fee for league
and tournament entry together
with a charge for the banquet at
the close of the season amounts
to $6.25 and Richardson says it
can be paid immediately, or in
installments. After the first three
playing dates during which player handicaps will be computed,
the schedule of team meetings
will be posted. ,
For the Women's Wednesday
Night Golf League, an organizational meeting is called on April
26, and will follow a steak sandwich lunch at Twin Elms at 6:00
p.m.
Two women will comprise each
team and they will play a 12-
week schedule starting on May
3.0. For information about joining the-league, wotneii are invited to call Fran Carncross, pfesw
dent at EV 6-7603, -of Ruth Stan-
ley-, secretary at KE" 9-5141. To
join, players musj: -make . their"
registrations on or before April
26.
Dairymen
Meet Here
The annual spring sales meeting of area Valley Lea 'Dairy
Foods distributors was held at
the Doherty hotel here last
Monday evening. Attending were
representatives from Schaeffer's
Dairy in Clare, and Others from
Mt. Pleasant, Barryton ahd Midland.       :
A promotional program for
spring and summer was featured
at the meeting along with introduction of three new products
whill will be presented to the
public in, May. The meeting closed with some humorous re-
. marks by Earl Ruby, Schlatter's
Dairy representative.
area should inform, themselves
on the enrollment proceedures
of junior and senior high school
students.
Beginning in September, 1960
every student was required to
take five classes. A schedule of
required courses by grades, plus
electives by grades will be available to every student.
Selections of required courses
and electives will be determined
cooperatively by the student,
parent and school counselor. The
selection must be made on individual student capability as evaluated by school personnel, interests as determined by the student and parent, and probability
of future need as determined by
student, parent and school working cooperatively for the student's welfare.
A student may take six courses with the principal's approval,
and students with special abilities may be required to take six
courses. These exceptions are at
the discretion of the high school
principal.
Academic requirements for
high school graduation as posted
are minimum requirements.
More units may be required for
particular students. Required for
graduation in 1961 are 17 units,
1962 are 18 units, 1963 are 19
units, and in 1964 20 units. No Vz
credits will be granted or accepted.
The committee' also recommended that beginning speech be
required in high school, and that
science be elaborated. A full
time counselor and counseling
room was also recommended.
They suggested that the present
curriculum could not be improved or increased until we had
room to expand, therefore many
courses that should be offered
can not be.
The curriculum committee al-
so recommended that arfollow-up
study be conducted on all students who had graduated during
the last five years.
Elected To
Honors Band
Eight Clare High bandmen,
chosen to represent their school
at a clinic-concert at Standish
April 15, are members of the
1961 Honors Band. They are
among 96 performers selected
from ten high schools in the region.
Leonard M. Meretta, director
bf bands at Western Michigan
University is to be clinic consultant, ahd guept {director of the full
band ih a concert there at 7:30
in the evening.
Taking part from Clare High
are Donelle Birdsall and Tom
Cradit, clarinets; Darlene Bird-
sail, Janice Brown and Charlene
Cole, french horns George Finch,
baritone; Eric • Hammerberg,
flute; Tim Smith, trombone.
The best performers from the
school bands at Standish-Sterling,
Pinconning, Gladwin, Tawas, Oscoda, Wittemore-Prescott, Beaverton and Arenac-Eastern will
make up the band for a day of
rehearsal and then the concert.
The public is invited to attend
the concert.
Start Small
When .experimenting with
herbs, home economists at
Michigan State University suggest you start with about one-
fourth teaspoon of fried herbs in
a recipe for four.
They Came
Here To
Cheer!
The Michigan Division of Girls'
and Women's Sports might be a
little-known organization, but it
made itself heard from Saturday
in a regional meeting and instruction session for cheerleaders
at Clare. Cheering and gymnastics by the 138 girls attending
fractured the normal Saturday
quiet in the CHS gym and shook
the building rafters.
Mrs, Carol Feight, Clare faculty cheer squad advisor with her
girls were hosts to other pep
and cheer squads from the region's 17 schools.
Beginning at 10 o'clock in the
morning with registration and a
welcome, the day was filled with
practice and workout sessions
and mass cheerleading. The day
was finished at 3:00 in the afternoon with individual squad performances and demonstratioons.
Mrs. Marge Engle of Warren,
Michigan the Cheerleading
Chairman for DGWS was in
charge of the doings, She advocates cheerleader training for developing personality and leadership ability in girls.
Mrs. Feight explains that the
girls organization seeks to promote active participation in
many sports in which girls dan
participate as players, and teaches knowledge of games and good
sportsmanship in other sports
where pep and cheerleading is
their main role. Mrs. Feight is
the region chairman for one of
the state's 18 divisions.
Party To
Show Lounge
The Doherty hotel's New Cock-
tail Lounge re-opened to the public only a few days ago is ready
for an official unveiling and
grand opening on Saturday evening this week. The gala party
is to be complete with dancing
from 9 until 1 o'clock with the
public invited.
Gone are the famous wall murals, long a familiar sight in the
room. They depicted elves making brew in th#*totests and hills,
The new remodeled, redecorated
and ultra modern lounge has a
dropped ceiling, new lighting, the
bar re-located along the south
windows, and mahogany and pastel tones throughout. The exterior of the corner more nearly
matches the style of the hotel's
Burgundy Dining Room on the
northwest corner of the building.
FHA Delegates
Three members of Clare High
School's chapter of Future Home-
makers of America, Joanne Borle,
Carol Coe, and Janet Walter'attended the 15th annual State
Meeting of FHA as representatives of their school chapter. They
were part of the crowd of 1,100
teen-age girls at the three-day
session in Grand Rapids on April
5.. 6,  and 7.
Theme of the meeting was
"FHA — Key to A Homemaker's
Future", Miss Ida Bentley, Clare
faculty member is advisor for the
local chapter.
Highlight of the three-day
meeting was the "Over the Rainbow" banquet held Thursday evening. At this time the new State
officers for 1961-62 were presented. State Homemaker Degrees of
Achievement Were awarded and'
the scholarship awards were presented to outstanding future
homemakers who will major In
home economics in college next
fall.
<0liM-«r High's 3V cheerleaders strut before an
audience of more thj-it 130 cheerleading squads
from other schools in the ttil-day Saturday
clinic ana liistotettoii herfc Wtbm l are Carol
Gum, Caro-l Bourgeois in ,the handspring,
Coleen. Spencer on the floor, and Sharon Park-
hurst, • Sentinel photo
Walter Ehle ;
Is Supervisor
Chairman
Walter Ehle, on the Clare
County Board of Supervisors
from' Hamilton township fbr 12
years won election as chairman
of that Board at the opening of
the April session at Harrison
Tuesday. He succeeded Albert
Haley, supervisor from Clare
Who held the chairmanship longer than any other man in the
history of the county.
Chairman Ehle, affable,, businesslike, a recognized authority
in county tax equalization was
elected for a term in 1935-36,
again in 1940-41 and then [has
represented his township continuously since 1953. He is a native
of Hamilton and has lived there
for all but a short part of his
life.
Last year he was named chairman Pro-Tem of the Board in
What was regarded as a step to
this year's elevation to the chair.
His election Tuesday was unanimous,
During the tenure of Chairman Haley, Ehle became chairman of the supervisors'. Committee on Equalization, and chair-'
man also of a new Equalization
Board responsible for eliminat-
ing inequalities in assessments
on like properties in, various
parts of the county. He has also
served, or is serving on committees for Bills and Accounts,
Ways and Means, Toyrist and
Resort, Resolutions and others.
Chairman Ehle at one time decided to drop out of politics*
after having been* elected £nd
serving his first term-as supervisor. He asked a nominating
caucus to leave his name off-the
ballot. But he later accepted-'-an
appointment to fill the term of a
supervisor who died in office;
and then continued tin the'Board.
He lives in the West side of Hamilton township where he owns
240 acres of farming land.
Elected to the post as chairman pro-tem for this year was
Ray Richardson another veteran^
Tnember of the Board. * .-)'
When Albert Haley stepped
down as chairman, he left a record of 4*,_ years in that position
to top any previous length of
service. He was elected chairman
of the Board in 1956, '57 and '58,
then became chairman pro-tem
under Thomas Hecker Who wag
elected in 1959. Mr. Hecker's sudden death called Mr. Haley back
to the leadership of -the Board
again and supervisors re-elected
him for his fifth year-in 1960.
One Ot Ehle's first actions as
new chairman was to call for a
vote of approval for Haley's last
action when he wired disapproval of legislation contained in
House Bill 443 that would eliminate gas storage underground
as a taxable property.
On Tuesday afternoon the new
chairman made his committee
appointments.
Fight Direct
Sale Of Gas
The State Senate has before it
this week a bill which could prevent threatened increases in gas
rates in this area.
The bill — Senate Bill 1195 —
would minimize danger that gas
rates here might be increased because of utility "raiding" operations in the Detroit area.
The bill was reportedly favorably by the Senate utilities committee last week, and will be
voted On by the full Senate this
week. It must pass the Senate
by Friday and go to the House
if it is to survive.
The bill is frankly .aimed at
slowing down the efforts of Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, an interstate carrier, to
make direct sales of gas to industries in the Detroit area.
Senate Bill 1195 would not prevent direct sales by. Panhandle to
industry, but would require a
vote of the people in the community where such a sale was made.
Play Abroad
Eric' Hammerberg, Clare High
junior and accomplished musician in the school band' has been
notified that he is accepted for
membership in the School Band
of A,merica and will go On a
European tour with the 75-mem-
ber group this sumiher, The concert tour Which Will begin in
London, England on July 2 takes
the group through middle Europe erfding in Paris fbr the final
appearance on July 23*     ,
Right To Tax Underground
Gas Periled In Legislature
Alarm over the effects of a bill close to a vote yesterday in the legislature which would deprive
Clare county of $90,000. or more annually in taxes on stored natural gas, has fanned local protests
into efforts to block passage in Lansing. The measure,   House   Bill 443   was reported in its third
reading and ready for a vote on
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Highway construction crews are proving this mud hole north of
Clare's airport bridge is not a "bottomless" swamp. All but a few
last feet of the gap across the hole are filled with sand to make a
solid foundation for the new freeway bypassing Clare. Muck is
lifted out? while fresh, clean.! sand Is poured M to tb\d solid footing
deep ih the earth. ""    '      ' ' Sentinel photo
Be A Flag Waver
Michigan Week
A major goal of this year's .observance of Michigan Week, according to Roblee B. Martin*
iiewlyrelected chairman, of Michigan's Industrial Ambassadors
and chairman of Region 15 for
Michigan Week, and John H.
Carton, general chairman for
Michigan Week 1961, is to acquaint Michigan residents with
their own state flag.
Both men have been conducting unofficial surveys during
their speaking tours around the
state and have discovered that a
vast majority of Michigan people have little knowledge of the
origination of the Michigan Flag
and indeed, are not familiar with
its color and design. '
Mr. Martin believes that the
general apathy of the state's residents toward their flag is not
confined to one area of the state
or any age level, and is generated by very limited display of the
Flag. Repeated inquiries' on his
part have uncovered only two
firms that manufacture the Flag
(George P. Johnson Company of
Warren and Spartan Flag Company of Northport) and few retail stores have it available for
sale.
Mr. Carton said: "It is our
hope that every school child and
adult in this state will be thoroughly familiar with the Michigan Flag and will take pride in
its display before we are finished
with Michigan Week 1961."
Both men practice What they
preach. As a newcomer to this
state in the role of President of
the Dundee Cement Company,
Mr, Martin has a small set of
flags of the United States and
Michigan on his desk and a similar, but larger set in his company's conference room. Mr. Carton likewise proudly displays the
state's ensign in his Battle
Creek offices where he serves as
President of Wolverine-Federal
Insurance Companies.
The Michigan Week,leaders
have this information to pass
along to residents of the state
who are a bit hazy on the identity and history of their flag:
The present State Flag of
Michigan consists of a blue field
Upon Which is -delineated the
state coat of arms* It Was sanctioned by legislative action oh
April 29, 1911,
* However,   the Michigan,Flag
had its origin back oh Feb. 2-V,
BOO&
1837, when Stevens T, Mason,
first governor of Michigan, presented a flag to the "Brady
Guard" of- Detroit. This flag is
now in the Capitol .building at
Lansing. It bears upon one side
the devices and inscriptions of
the state seal, together with a
Brady Guard and lady; on the
reverse, the portrait of the "Boy
Governor." This was the first
flag in use bearing the Michigan
coat of arms.
(It was Governor Lewis Cass,
a general, who designed Michigan's coat of arms. He was Michigan's territorial governor from
1813 to 1831. A veteran of the
War of 1812, Gen. Cass was impressed with Michigan's strategic
geographical position oh the international boundary where he
had fought in the war's land "operation. So, on the shield in the
state's coat of arms he placed
the word "Tuebor", meaning "I
will defend" (the , nation).
The Brady Guard was the first
uniformed company of militia in
the state. Organized in April,
1836, it was called into the service of the U.S. in the winter of
1837 to serve in the Patriot War,
which formed the occasion of the
presentation of the flag.
From that time numerous
flags were in use bearing the
state coat of arms with various
•designs and emblems, but not
uhtil 1865 was there adopted an
official flag of the state. The design of this flag, recommended
by adjutant general John Robertson and approved by Governor
Crapo, bore in one side the state
coat of arms on a field of blue;
on the reverse side the arms of
the United States.
The flag was first unfurled on
the occasion of the laying of the
cornerstone of the monument of
the Soldiers National Cemetery
at Gettysburg on July 4, 1865.
By the Act of 1911 "the state
flag shall be blue charged With
the arms of the state" -r being
as formerly with omission of the
national arms from the reverse
side. ■ '
Mr. Martin is carrying his plea
for recognition and observance
of the Michigan Flag throughout
his Michigah Week area Of acfr
vity. He is hopeful •his fellow
chairmen in thfe remaining 15
Michigan Week districts, of the
state will follow suit.
Mr. Carton assures him they
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An aerial picture of part of
Interstate 94 freeway — the
longest continuous toll-free interstate highway in the U.S. — is
on the cover of Michigan's 1961
Official Highway Map,
The final, section of the 203-
mile freeway, which extends
from downtown Detroit to Stev-
ensville on Lake Michigan, was
opened to traffic in December to
give Michigan another highway
"first".
State Highway Commissioner
John C. Mackie said nearly half
of the 600,000 maps to be printed
are being shipped directly from
the printer to tourist associations, chambers of commerce,
hotels, travel bureaus and other
organizations.
Mackie said copies of the map
are available free of cost by
writing: Motorist Services Division, Michigan State- Highway
Department, 732-W Mason Bldg.,
Lansing 26, Michigan.
Ciyitan
Anniversary
A celebration Saturday evening
by the Civitan Club of Clare5 will
observe its first anniversary, and
the forty-first birthday Of Civitan International. Each club is
planning to initiate one new
member on its meeting night
nearest the anniversary date,
and Clare's club will also honor
a local citizen With a special ceremony.
The program for the Clare
Civitans will follow a banquet at
Barnes Town and Country
Lounge and Restaurant where
the members" held charter-granting ceremonies one year ago.
Cancer Drive
Kick-Off
The t h r e e-w o r d imperative,
"Guard Your Family" wi II again
be the theme of the American
Cancer Society Crusade. For the
third successive year, the family
theme will be used in Conjunction with the life saving phrase,
"Fight Cancer with a Checkup
and a Check", it was announced
by Mrs. Ruby Koch chairman for
the Clare County Unit.
There will be a Cancer Kick-
Off Hour at the Hotel Doherty,
April 24th at 10:00 o'clock. The
workers will pick up their envelopes for the house to house canvass.
Mrs. J, M. Van Tassell, will
take charge of the Harrison drive
after a Kick-Off luncheon.
The village of Farwell will be
solicited, with the cooperatid»6r
Hiram Gates and the Farwell
schools- and the Boy Scouts.
Mrs. Neil Watkins of Lake is
in Charge of the fund drive for
that area. ' -,
The Clare County Unit' has purchased for each high school in
the county a film to "To Smoke
or Not Smoke." The films have
been presented to the schools for
their film libraries. This film
was produced by the American
Cancer Society With special interest for children from 6th
grade thru high "school.
This years goal for Clare
County will be $1,700.
Child Health
Conferences
The April schedule brings the
Child Health Conferences to
Clare on Tuesday April 18 at the
city hall from 1 to 3 o'clock in
the afternoon. .
At Harrison the conference is
to be at the courthouse Friday,
April 14 from, 1 to 3 p.m., and in
Farwell at the Methodist Church
April IS from 9 to 11 in the
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Wednesday,
The heat is on Representative
Russell Strange (R. Clare-Isabella district) named as one of several introducers of the Bill. He
was quoted on Tuesday by the
Saginaw News Lansing Bureau
as saying he will take a second
look — "a hard look", at the Bill
and its effects on township tax
rolls,
Outspoken in criticism that the
elected representative of the district should lend support to the
move that means a tax loss for
this county, supervisors, county
officials and many residents endorsed protest telegrams 'to
Strange in Lansing and deluged
him with telephone calls to make
the local position emphatic.
But there was serious doubt
Wednesday morning when the
Bill was due for a vote on the
floor of the House, that the hinted change of attitude by Strange
would accomplish any good-
There is widely expressed belief
that Strange's name as co-spon-
sor of the Bill affecting his own
district would influence other
House members' votes in favor.   .
Telegrams Monday morning
from Albert Haley,of Clare, then
chairman of the Clare County
Board of Supervisors were sent
to representatives in Lansing:
Rep. Strange, Rep. James Folks
an author of the Bill, Rep, Rollo
Conlin, House Tax Committee
chairman, Rep, Arnell Engstrom,
chairman House W ays and
Means committee, Rep. Donald
Pears, speaker of the House. Mr.
Haley's copy of the telegraph
'message said-
"Clare County Board of Supervisors has gone on record opposing HB 443. Would mean loss of
$2,538,000. — In future years of
$4,000,000. Signed, A. Haley,
Chairman Clare County Board of.
Supervisors." .„,.
""Three' townships ih Clare eotht-
ty: Winterfield, Summer-field" and
Redding all with underground
gas storage belonging to utilities
stand to lose directly if the measure passes. Lincoln township,
ready to tax similar gas inventories if legality is cleared,
counts itself a loser under terms
of the Bill.
Elsewhere in Michigan, Mis.
saukee, Osceola, Allegan, Montcalm, Mecosta and Newaygo
counties will feel the damaging
effects of lost revenue under the
proposed law.
Mecosta County Prosecutor-
William A. Harper said Sunday
that he viewed the Bill as resulting from -a strong lobbying ei-r
fort by Michigan Consolidated
Gas Company. This company is
one owning underground storage
facilities relieved from assessment by the legislation.
The supervisors' Committee on
Tax Equalization wryly admitted"/
the county was- "in the middle"'
in a "now you have it, — now
you don't" game with assessments. Rolls show Winterfield
with $1,900,000. worth of valua^
tion for Michigan Gas Storage
Co., a division of 'Consumers
Power; Summerfield with $300,-
000. worth; Redding with $325,*
000. These would be Wiped out
with the law being considered.
All was assessed according to
figures submitted voluntarily by
Consumers and placed on the
Roll for the first time last year*
To date, supervisors say that
Michigan Consolidated Gas has
side-stepped disclosure of its gas
storage inventories in Clare ,
c.ounty. Some utility interests
contend that natural gas locked
in Michigan's underground storage is in transit awaiting Ultimate public consumption ahd not
taxable as personal property. -
First Order of business at the
April Session of Clare county
supervisors on Tuesday morning
following the election of Walter
Ehle as chairman^was the unanimous endorsement of the action
taken by outgoing Chairman Hai> *
ey in wiring the protest against
HB 443.
If the legislature excuses utilities from property taxes on
Underground storage inventories
of gas, then townships will have
no alternative other than collecting higher rates from remaining
property owners to make up the
difference.
Opens Season
The Sundown drive-in theatre
between Clare and 'Rosebush has
re-opened for the summer season
and in an advertisement on page
13 Of today's Sentinel* lists the
screen attractions for its first
week*