1961-04-27; Clare Sentinel

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Loses Arm
Caught In
Stone Crusher
Otto Rulapaugh of Clare is in
lair condition in the Mt, Pleasant
Community hospital after an
accident, on Monday in which he
lost his left arm in a gravel
erusher on the job near Mt. Pleasant Reports from his family are
that he is mending and in good
spirits despite the injury and loss
of blood.
Rulapaugh, 51, is foreman on
the gravel crushing job at the
Hubscher and Son pit west of Mt.
Pleasant at the Deerf ield location
and was operating the machine
when the mishap occured.
In some manner not known, the
Victim's arm became caught in
the machine's rollers and in a
violent effort to pull himself
free, he severed the arm at the
elbow. More of the arm had to be
removed following his admission
at the hospital.
In the accident where Rulapaugh narrowly escaped being
dragged bodily into the crusher,
he also suffered some additional
bruises and laceration. He lost
blood in a large amount and- sub-
stained, shock.
An experienced veteran on the
job with the Hubscher firm,. Rulapaugh had operated gravel
crushing machinery for four or
five years, part of the time at
another gravel pit south and east
of Clare in Isabella county.
He and Mrs. Rulapaugh reside
4% miles east of Clare on Old
US-10. The couple have two children at home and three married
daughters.
Following his recovery from
the accident and amputation, he
plans to return to work with Hubscher where he has been told his
foreman job will be waiting for
him.
Appoint
Manager
For
THE CLARE SENTIJfflfcpt.ARE, MICHIGAN
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APRIL 27,1961
New Series, Vol. 69, No. 33
300 A t A chievement Day
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See 4-H Merit Rewarded
Modeling their own creations at the Clare
County 4-H Achievement Day Dress Revue are (from 1) Patricia Carr in night-
wear and robe which' she will exhibit at
the State 4-H Show, RoxAnne Schroeder
from Clare in her skirt. Poncho and print
blouse thai will go to the State Fair ex
hibit, Helen Krawczynski of Greenwood
whose outfit won for her ihe right io be
alternate delegate to ihe State Fair, Judy
Marotzke of Randall in a tailored two-
piece outfit as Dress Revue Delegate io
the State 4-H Show.
Photo by Guys & Dolls, Harrison
Valuation In County
Reaches $43 Milli
Clare County Supervisors ended their April session
Thursday of last week with a main order of business being
the adoption and approval pf county equalization reports
and placed on the records the highest ever State Equalized Valuations totaling $43,433,806.
The figure represents a gain for 1961 of $6,387,533.
over the "previous year's $37,046,273.
Interesting comparisons of State Equalized Valuations
for various units in the county show the City of Clare
first with the highest amount, and Winterfield township
close in second place. Winterfield showed the most gain
to take # close behind Clare- in*, the cQltKcun.,*r;„
James H. Hall, 31-year-old tourist research associate at Michu
gan State University, today was
named secretary-manager of the
East Michigan Tourist Association.
Hall's appointment to the post
made vacant last fall by the
death of H. Frank Davis, was
announced this morning by Kenneth C. Teysen, Mackinac City,
EMTA president. Hall will start
his; new duties May 15,
Tfiy$pnv4dso announced ithat; Jfy
seph R. McDermott Would remain as EMTA membership secretary. McDermott, an EMTA
staff member since 1945, has
been serving as acting secretary-
manager since Davis' death last
Thanksgiving Day.
Halls appointment was made
by the EMTA executive committee which acted on a recommendation by a special committee
named to find a permanent successor to Davis, Teysen said.
Hall is the third administrative
officer to head the tourist association, now in its 51st year. Tom
F. Marston was the organization's first . secretary-manager,
serving from its origins in 1910
until 1942. He was succeeded by
Davis.
A graduate of MSU, Hall received a BS degree in hotel management in 1952. The university
awarded him a master's degree
in tourist travel education and
development in 1955.
Hall served as director of publicity for EMTA from 1955 to
1959 when he left to become director of special services for the
Florida Motel Association at Orlando.
Since last.September, he,has
been a research associate in the
MSU Department of Resource
Development, working on a national study of outdoor recreation for the federal government.
Offer MSU
Scholarships
Two Clare students are among
outstanding high school seniors
who have been offered scholarships or other financial aid to
attend Michigan State University. The award offers were
made public by the university
early last week.
Lawrence Cafncrdss and Shirley Leposky are the two Clare
seniors specially recogrrized.
From the nearby area more
seniors are among the honored
Michigan students:
•Beaverton —* Larry Knapp.
Gladwin — Patricia Shaw,
Wayne Gertz, Elwin Haines,
Weidman — Jameg JNteubecfcer,
Clare County
City of Clare
Winterfield
STATE EQUALIZED     *'' V
1960              1061 -   GA_N
$37,046,273   $43,433,806 $6,387,533
8,513,359       8,696,342 182,983
3,231,152       7,679,200 4,448,058
In the City of Clare, local assessed valuation for 1961
reached $5,145,800 to show an increase over 1960 of
$148,850.
ConCon Endorsement
Up To Lot^l G^iips
Plans to lend party support ih
the primary to candidates for
delegate positions at the forthcoming Constitutional Convention were discussed Wednesday
night at a 10th Congressional
District Republican Association
meeting in Gladwin.
Almost 50 persons representing
all 14 counties in the congressional district attended the meeting- .
Those present generally concluded that local party organizations should encourage and support those candidates who are
otherwise qualified and Who Will
definitely subscribe to broad Republican principles.
The question of direct endorsement of primary candidates by
party organizations, a practice
generally avoided, was left to individual county organizations.
Some counties present indicated
that such endorsement would be
given to candidates but that it
might not be limited to 'a single
candidate for individual ,-posts in
cases where more than one well-
qualified candidate' was seeking
the party nomination. '
Those present at the meeting
also instructed District President
Alfred O. LaPorte of Standish to
arrange for a 10th District Workshop for party delegate nominees
elected in the primary. The
workshop would acquaint nominees with constitutional convention procedures and aims..
County representatives present
Wednesday night offered the
names of 16 persons who have
announced or will announce
shortly as primary candidates for
the 11 posts covered by state
representative and senatorial
districts wholly or partially with
in the 10th District. LaPorte
agreed to keep all counties' informed of additional delegate
candidates from within the district "as they announce.
In other business, the 10th District organization agreed to
sponsor six Young Republican
members from Central,Michigan
University in Mt. Pleasant - as
guests at a legislative dinner
and Republican   State   Central
Committee meeting in Lansing
Friday night.
Counties in the 10th Congressional District are Alcona, Arenac, Bay,-Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Isabella, Mecosta,
Midland, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda and Rqscommon.
Banquet
For Youth
Preparations are nearly completed for a Youth Banquet at
the Clare Congregational Church
on Sunday, May 7. The invitation
has gone out to all young people
of the church, both Junior and
Senior youth groups. The plans
are for the dinner to be served
at 6:00 p.m.
The speaker for the occasion
will be Rev. Harry Suttner, pastor of the- First Congregational
Church, Saginaw. Rev. Suttner,
besides having ah outstanding
youth program in his own church
has a Jkeen interest in the needs
and problems of yoUng people in
general.
A feature of the banquet will
be recognition of high school
seniors of the group, each of
whom will relate plans "for his
or her own future in school or
career.
C-H-C Women
Bowlers Get
Year's Prizes
Members of the Colemari-Har-
rison-Clare Women's Bowling
League enjoyed {heir annual banquet Wednesday evening April
19 at the Surrey House in Harrison. Forty-one bowlers and
their guests were present. The
tables were beautifully decorated by the Thayer Dairy and Coleman Drug teams. The invocation
was given by Florence Hoffman.
After dinner a delightful program, arranged by Hoffman Gift
Shop and Farmers Co-op Was
presented. It included humorous
TV Commercials, an Indian
dance and skit, and an "It Could
Be. You" program. Mrs. Hoffman
acted as mistress of ceremonies
for the evening. *
Mrs. Mudd of Coleman also
read her original poem,.an annual feature of the .affair which
included inrerefeting remarks
about every bowler on all teams.
. .Trophies were-presented to the
mehibers of the winning team,
Hoffmans Gift Shop of Harrison.
Awards were also given to Audry
Bicknell and Jean Cradit for
their 200 games. Those receiving
trophies for their 500 series were
Bernice Porter, Jean Cradit and
Fran Shelander. Gag prizes were
distributed by Mrs. Shelander.
Mrs. H. Bradshaw then gave out
the prize money to each team.
Officers fdr. the next season
are: President, Jean Cradit;. Vice
president, Lucille Austin; Sec-
Treas., Mae Baumgarth; Sgt. at
Arms, Hulda MacDonald; Flower
Chairman, Marie Sweet.
Can Save
On Sentinel
Sub Renewals
New subscription rates for The
Clare Sentinel go into effect on
May First and have been set at
three dollars in advance for one
year, delivered in Clare county or
adjacent counties.
All new subscriptions after
that date will be sold for new
rates, but subscribers already receiving The Sentinel will be offered a money-saving deal to renew for two years in advance at
no increase.
Automatic notices of the new
rate will go out to readers in
their notides of their subscription expiration date.
The Clare County 4-H Achievement Day was held Thursday and
""riday, April 20-21, in the Harrison High School gym, with
about 300 parents, leaders, and
friends in attendance.
The program starting at 1 p.m.
on Friday, with Share-the-Fun
acts, Public Speaking, Demonstrations. The Dress Revue was
announced by Del Kleiner, president'pf the Parent's and Leaders Association and a leader of
the Eagle Stars 4-H club.
Winners in these events were:
Evelyn Ferweda of Lake 4-H club
in Public Speaking; Connie
Butcher, Helen Krawczynski and
Margaret Krchmar of the Greenwood, 4-H with a pantomime of
"Along Came Jones"; and Helen
Penrose, Mary Quigley, Jane
Walters, Ronald Walters, Robert
Hutchinson, Roger Kleiner and
Donna Squires of the Eagle Stars
4-H with a skit of a "Radio Mix-
Up".in the Share-the-Fun acts.
The John R Clan with their
"4-H Club Meeting"; and an Auto
Club demonstration by the Advanced Auto Club members Judy
"Marotzke, Margaret Sue Myers,
and Chris Schroeder.
Others competing in these
events were the 1st year Auto
Club with their Auto Light Sextette,, reading by members of the
Winterfield14-H club, skits by the
Lake Busy Beavers, and demonstrations by Bertha Lake 4-H
with a Beef Feeding Demonstration and a Telephone Etiquette
demonstration by the Brush College 4-H Club.
Ninety 4-H'ers, including two
boys in their chef's aprons, modeled their aprons, skirts, blouses,
slacks, shorts, dresses, dressy
dresses, and semi-formals, which
were made during the past w_i
teremonths.
From this, group a team of
three Gladwin County 4-H Leaders chose seven winners. •
, Judy Marotzke of the Randall
4-H club, was named Dress Re-
>U£-tLeJegate,, an£ wiE represent
"ClaVe> County in the State 4-H
Dress Revue in East Lansing in
August. The alternate delegate is
Helen Krawczynski of Greenwood 4-H club.
The other five dress revue pin
Winners were:* Darlene Allen,
Brush College; Kathy Krayvzyn-
S-Seasons
Club Party
The first of what is to be an
annual event, a dinner-dance of
the Five Seasons. Club was held
Saturday night at Barnes Town
and Country LoUnge in Clare.
Thirty members and their guests
attended.
A delicious dinner was served
with beaver as tfie main meat
course.
Tim Cotter and Dr. R.. Krainik
Were co-toastmasters and they
presented the ladies present with
gifts. After a short program,
dancing was enjoyed.
ski, Greenwood; Patricia Carr,
Lake; Margaret Blaekledge, Winterfield; and Betty joe Hankins
Of the John R Clan. Dress Revue
Named Scout 5
Cliairmen
At the annual meeting of the
Tomahawk' Boy Scout Committee at Camp Rotary, Robert Pin-
aire of Clare was elected district
chairman and 'Bernard Wilson,
Mt. Pleasant accountant was
elected district representative to
the, Saginaw-Bay area council.
Among important items discussed was, the importance of
promoting attendance to the
Scout Fair in Saginaw On May
20-21,
Fran Carnqross
It! jTc>p Ten
■ At the halfway point last Week
in Cherven Lanes Three-Man
tournaments, Clare bowler Fran
Carncross was in first place for
women's All-Events, and held a
21-pin margin over, her nearest
competitor for second place in
women's Singles. Both men and
women bowlers from all over
Michigah Were entered in the
tourney.
Mrs. Carncross' Singles score
Was 693 with her handicap, and
in All-Events she had posted a
1314 to head the list. She appear-
'e« during the sixth week of the
scheduled tourney and bowled a
high.actual game of 226 and a
high actual series of 597.
' Dick Danbury of Harrison
placed eighth among the men
with his 695 with handicap score.
Over 500 teams were scheduled
in all divisions of the event.
Opening At
Cashway Elec.
A grand opening Saturday at
Cashway Electric on US-10 halfway between Clare and,Farwell
will introduce a' new line of outdoor camping supplies and travel
coaches recently added to the
line there by owner C, E.
"Doughy'" Foss.
Special attractions for the day
include prizes for visitors'at the
store and special giveaways for
children accompanied by parents
ot adults. Free coffee and dbnuts
will be given to all.
Set Reunion
After 48 Years
The Clare High School classes
of 1913 and 1914 Will hold an
Alumni dinner meeting, Sunday,
June 18 at 2:00 p.m., Hotel Doherty,
All persons who attended these
classes but did not graduate are
/invited as well as husbands and
wives of the class members.
For reservations and further
information call EV 6-7498 or EV
6-7402.     ,
Rosebush
School In
Dedication
Crowds are expected Sunday afternoon at the dedication
and open house at the new
addition to the Rosebush Elementary School between the
hours of 3 to 5 o'clock. Mrs.
Dorothy Lowery, principal has
announced thai the ceremony
of dedication and a special pro-
gram are ready.
Parents, P-TA members and
all members and all residents
are invited to see the program.
Two Will
Retire From
County Board
Robert Carter, president of the
Clare County Board and Education and Ullman Collins, both
charter members of the Board
with 12 years of continuous service have indicated they will not
be candidates for re-election
when their present terms expire
this summer,
Election for the County Board
is held in July.
In counting Reasons ior retiring from the Board, both men
Cited ther facts' that"1 th% no
longer have children in school in
the county, and expressed the
wish to see others assume the
responsibility that they have executed for so many years.
Mr. Carter has been president
of the Board since his first election to serve there, and Mr. Collins in addition to his> membership on the Board served the
Greenwood No. 3 District as
treasurer and director in former
years. _ ■
Candidates" to fill the vacancies
created by the retirement of the
two will need to qualify by the
filing of petitions.
Bridge Toll
To Go Up
Travelers across "Mighty Mac"
Michigan's straits bridge will pay
increased toll charges after May
First. The Bridge Authority, under* a trust agreement securing
the bonds has no choice other;
than to follow recommendations
in that effect from a New York
firm of traffic engineers. The
bulk of new revenue derived
from the higher rates on only
some classes o'f.vehicles will fall
most heavily on passenger cars
whose increase is from $3,50 to
$3;75 including driver and passengers.
Pursuant to his agreement
with the purchasers of Mackinac
Bridge revenue bonds, which financed the bridge construction,
tolls "at all times" must be sufficient to provide for a cushion
of 20 per cent over the cost of
interest, operation, maintenance,
and repair. ($417,000 of this annually comes from highway
funds). This 20 per cent amounts
to $850,000. In. 1958 the Authority met this requirement. It fell
short by $288,000 in 1959 and by
$524,000 in 1960.
It is because of this 20 per
cent "cushion requirement" that
tolls must be raised, and not as
has been recently claimed that
the bridge is in need of "bailing
out," the Authority insisted. The
bridge is paying, its current
charges in full and has increased its reserves for the ultimate
redemption of its bonds (hot due
until 1993) every year since its
opening. The Authority has in
its various reserve accounts
more than $4,^00,000 in the form
of cash and government securities as" of January 31, 1961. The
Trust Agreement requires a far
greater amount before the Authority can redeem bonds, and it
is for the purpose of building up
these reserves that the tolls
must be increased.      . ., ,
winners are chosen On the basis
of fit, color and style of costume
on the girl, and on modeling
poise,
An honor group, based on the
sewing construction in 4-H clothing projects was also named, The
pajama and robe outfit made by
Patricia Carr of Lake will be exhibited at the State 4-H Show, in
East Lansing in August. The yellow wool skirt and poncho with
print blouse made by RoxAnne
Schroeder, of the 'John R Clan,
will be exhibited at the State
Fair in Detroit in September.
Other members of the Honor
Group were Nedra Fellows, Amble 4-H;. Judy Marotzke of Randall 4-H; Ronald Walters, Eagle
Stars, and Roger Kleiner also of
Eagle Stars; Grace Holdeman,
Faith Ann Holdeman of Amble;
and L y n e 11 e Hildebrandt of
Brush College. Clothing judges
were. Clare County 4-H leaders.
The script for the Dress Revue
entitled   "A Day at the County
Fair" was written and narrated
by Bettie Marotzke, Randall 4-H
Leader.
In the 4-H Electrical project,
special awards were made by
Consumers Power Co. These Special Awards and Vnedals were
awarded to Dennis Deegan,
Lake; Ronald Walters, Eagle
Stars; Kent Schmid, Bertha
Lake; Dennis Green, Roger Cole
and Steven Schroeder of the
John R Clan. Cash Awards of
$10, $7.50, and $5 respectively
were awarded the three outstand*
ing Electrical clubs: John R Clan,
Leader Basil Cole; Lake's Lone
Star Electrical Club, Robert
Streeter _as leader; and Bertha
Lake, Vwth Jim Smith leader.
The Honor Group in the 4-H
Handicraft project included Danny Blaekledge, Winterfield 4-H;
Donald Benchley, Colonville 4-H;
Darrell Dunkle, Bertha Lake;
Garry Miller, Winterfield; and
Roger Kleiner of Eagle Stars.
Mrs. Yeoman Elected
District BPW Officer
Delegates to   a District  Five
meeting of Business and Profes-
BOO&
Rubbish around farm buildings
is ope of rural America's worst
fire hazards, say farm safety
"specialists. To which we add that
unguarded trash burners ' and
carelessness in burning lawn arid
garden rakings have proved to
be even more dangerous and
costly.   •
A NOTEBOOK item, a little
late in appearing in print but of
good local interest is the "naming
of Dr. Neil Stirling, DVM, Clare
to the Board of Directors of the
Michigan Associations of Professions at their recent annual
meeting. The association claims
members from the fields of architecture, dentistry, engineering, medicine, law, pharmacy,
and veterinary medicine. Dr.
Stirling is one of 13 directors all
re-elected or re-appointed - hy
their respective professional "societies to serve on the statewide
Board membership.
A fellow wouldn't mind loaning his lawn mower if the borrower promised not to take it
out of the yard.
sional Women's Clubs Sunday in
Bay City/elected Mrs. Fannie
Yeoman district vice-chairman
along with other new officers,
Chairman Margaret Busch of
Alma, Secretary-Treasurer" Lois
Steiglemire of Bay City and
members of the State Nominating Committee Eleanor Kinsey of
Lapeer and Alternate Helen Sims
of Flint.
Attending from Clare were
Club President Dortha Kirkpat-
rick, Vice President Grace Higel-
mire, and members Bessie Woodcock, Bettie Marotzke, Thelma
Woodworth and Mrs. Yeoman.  ,
One hundred and twenty-five
members attended a one-o'clock
luncheon at the Bay City YMCAi
and-saw a program of speeches
and entertainmeht in.addition, to
the business of the district election-.
The speaker was Rose Her-
shon, member of the Johannesburg, South Africa, B.P.W. club
for nine years. She has been in
Michigan one year and is employed in the Accounting "dept.
of University Press, Ann Arbor.
Topic of her talk was "Dimensions in Democracy." She said
the "art of living and the art of
giving" go hand in hand, Money
cannot buy friendships but Ohe
must give of one's self and time*
Her talk Was most inspiring to.
all members.
Special guests Wer6 Mrs. Mildred Chamberlain, State President and Mrs. Olga Taylor, State
2nd Vice President.
The B.P.W. Fall Conference
Will be held in Lansing September* 23-24. Fall district meeting
will be held in Midland, Oct. 15,
State convention Will be held at
Hotel Statler, Detroit May 19-20
and 21st,
Some Feiice Controllers
Can Cause Barn Fires
Thousands of Michigan farmers, haVe endangered their buildings by installing "weed-burner"
type electric fence controllers,
"A controller that eliminates
weeds Will also burn barns," says
Richard Pfister, agricultural
safety engineer at Michigan
State University. "Farmers
should buy controllers approved
by the Underwriters Laboratories
or the Industrial Commission of
Wisconsin."
UL and ICW standards allow
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Officer Berg
Resigns
Wayne Berg, Clare city police
officer for the past two years
submitted his resignation this
week to Chief William Bell. Berg
is leaving the Department to
take a new position as insurance
investigator for a large national
concern.
He will go into training imme--
diately and upon completion of a
special cqurse, will maintain a
sub-office in Mt. Pleasant. He expects to reside in Clare.
In his letter to Chief Bell,
Berg commented on the accomplishments pf the Clare Department in crime prevention and
said that he was proud to have
been included in the attainment
of these objectives. He also praised the businessmen and citizens
of the community. for the cooperation which law enforcement
officers have received from
.them. * '     ,
the maximum current that Won't
start fires or harm livestock and
humans, according to PfisteR
Other states have outlawed the
sale of Unapproved fencers. Michigan hasn't, so it's a prime target
for manufacturers of weed-bUrh"
er controllers.
Some insurance companies are
reluctant to insure buildings'
that include electric controllers.
Pfister blames unapproved controllers.
"It would be unfortunate, indeed if such danger forced farmi
ers to stop using controllers entirely," the engineer warns.
"Approved controllers installed
properly are. both safe and
efficient."
The saifety engineer suggests
three basic steps in making sure
approved controllers will do
their job.
"First, put fence supports in at
a 45-degfee angle rather than
vertically. Then you can easily
mow weeds near the wire.
"Second, make sure insulators
have no cracks or defects that
drain away electricity. Good insulators get maximum current
over the full length of the fence..
"Third, check the controller
short indicator every two or
three days, especially in the
spring when weeds are growing
fast.
Farmers who already have
weed-burner controllers should,
make sure the controller and all
wires' charged by it are more
than 16 feet from buildings.
Better yet they should discard
the controllers before they learn
the hard way.