1961-07-20; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARK SENTINEL. CLARE, MICHIGAN
JULY 20, 1961
New Series, Vol. 69, No. 45
"The destiny of Farwell JayCees is in my
hands for the first year," is probably the
thought going through Larry Laverty's
mind as he takes the new charter for the
club from District V.P. Harry   Densmore.
Laverty, on the left in this speaker's
table photo is the first president of the
new club, and the charter night was last
Thursday
Meryl Graham photo
Farwell JayCees
Receive Charter
Farwell Junior Chamber of
Commerce attained club status
Thursday evening of last week
when new officers accepted their
charter in formal presentation
ceremonies. President Larry Laverty was given the charter and
membership scroll by Harry
Densmore of Mt. Pleasant, district vice president of JayCees.
A banquet dinner of ham and
a complete menu were served to
members and many guests in the
Farwell school gymnasium by
ladies of the Eastern Star.  .
Carl Gruno, past president of
Clare JayCees, was master of
ceremonies. Dick Murphy, Clare's
president, had the pleasure to
present Mr. Laverty with his
president's pin. ■««.--■-•-'■
Honored guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Gernard Glass, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Coker, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Grim, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert
Poeppelman, Mr. and Mrs. Her-
schel Reiss, and Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Scott. Several received
special service awards.
The keynote address of the
evening was given by M. L. Benton a former president of the
Michigan JayCees, and now national vice president.
Other officers to serve with
Mr. Laverty are Leon Schlafley,
vice president, Bill  Stittsworth,
secretary, and Larry   Schofield,
treasurer.
Links Tourney
Has Started
First-round matches in the
Monday Night Golf League an-
"nual tournament are under way
with two contests set for completion before July 24. In Flight
Four, two eliminations were called for before final pairings could
be made with no more than IS
players in the brackets.
League Secretary Don Richard-
Son said that all first-round contests could be played now.
' Assignment to flights were
made on the basis of players' in-
dividal handicaps where possible,
but season averages • were also
used where this was necessary.
Matches are paired between players with the same or as near as
possible handicaps.
The league Fun Day and evening banquet have been scheduled for Monday, August 28. Arrangements for the tournament
and Fun Day were made by
Richardson and Keith First of
Harrison, president, and Chris
Demo, treasurer.
Black And
i White Titles
Isabella county's most outstanding Black and White Show
as far as number and quality
took place with 56 head being
shown and judged by John Baker, County Extension director of
Gratiot county.
Penrose Farms had both th»
Grand Champion Bull and the
Grand Champion Cow with Albert Bowerman, of Rosebush,
showing the Reserve Grand
Champion and Junior Champion
with an excellent Senior Calf. *•
Other-first place awards went
to Nancy Moeg&enberg with the
Reserve Jr. Champion;*r Robert
Recker,' Reserve Sr. Champion,
and Norman Gross, Best Udder-
ed
What? Glass
Under Tires
Autoists in Michigan are driv
ing their tires over 375 tons of
new glass particles these days, —
and most of them probably don't
even know it!
But the glass is being deliberately placed on pavements to
help autoists, not hinder them.
«»The*-Highway Department is
spreading 750,000 pounds of tiny
glass beads on fresh paint used
to tbuch up centerlines and no
passing zones on Michigan highways.
The clear beads reflect the
light of headlights and help define white and yellow markings
at night. Black markings will not
get a bead coating.
The beads are microscopic,
about the size of grains of sugar,
but are made to withstand the
constant pounding of millions of
cars and trucks.
The Highway Department said
the beads stick to the paint and
are repleced every year or so
when highway centerlines are
repainted.
About 7,500 miles of state highway centerlines are getting a
new coat of paint in Michigan
this summer.
The cost will be about $600,000.
The Highway Department has
purchased 78,600 gallons of
white paint, 49,600 gallons of
black paint and 38,500 gallons of
yellow paint for the job.
Piggyback
Pike Catch
Ray Baker,  of Detroit    went
fishing   on   Crooked  Lake    last
Saturday morning, and after fishing for some time without . . .
But now wait just   a   Hula-
poppin' minute until we make
sure you're gonna believe,what
we say, because we don't stand
for any unbelievable fish stories being told or printed in this
column! Nozzir.
We're    telling    you    with    a
straight face   just    what    Tne
Sentinel's Lake news correspondent    heard    from   ,a   "reliable
source",  that  "Truthful"  Baker
was fishing for some time without a bite and decided to give up.
And he did give up, and started for shore.
As he was coming in, he felt
something hit him in the back
(his words).
A 24-inch pike jumped up and
hit him, and fell in the boat.
NOW are you surprised?
Witnesses said that Baker's
back was wet, and no marks
were on the fish. So his advice to"
you and me is this, "Just cruise
around and you may be lucky."
P.S, Baker was only out fishing
20 minutes before the. pike found
him and jumped on his back.
Show Benefit
For Lincoln
Fire Dept.
The spirit of Grand Ol' Opry
straight from Nashville, Tennessee, will be captured Saturday
night, July 22, at the Lake
George Community Building,
when the Lincoln Township Volunteer Fire Department presents
Justin Tubb and others who regularly star on the show. Other
parts of the show include special
performers from parts of Michigan.
The fire department is sponsoring the project to raise money
for additional fire equipment for
their crew. The outstanding need
is for a siren to place on the fire
station. ,*        ,
At this time, the fire trucks
are stored in Lake George. The
company has two trucks, one
they built from a used chassis,
and the other was purchased two
years ago. They are using a
John Bean high pressure pumper
which was donated by the Clare
Fire Department,
The department was organized
in '53 or '54, and has approximately 15. active members. No
calls outside their township are
taken care of, but a present plan
to join with Freeman township
is tentative. Freeman has no
present protection of their own.
Combined efforts of the volunteers, their wives, and the merchants of Lake George have seen
the project take form. Workers
have completely cleaned the com'
munity building, created a back
drop for the performers, and decorated the hall. Lighting effects
were attained by hanging tar
paper over the windows, and
temporarily installing lights to
give the proper atmosphere to
the show. Folding chairs are being transported from various
places in Farwell and Lake
George to provide seating space
for the 8 or 9 hundred capacity
of the building. The Farwell
School has offered 300 chairs,
along with Coker's and other
businesses. The department owns
about 150 themselves. Local merchants have donated both time
and money to prepare for the
event.
The show will be presented
twice on Saturday, once from 1
to 3 p.m. and the other showing
from 6 to 8 p.m. In case of latecomers to the night feature be.
cause of mealtime interferences,
the curtain time will be delayed
until 6:30.
Tickets are available ac several Lake George businesses, and
also can be purchased at the door
on Saturday. Refreshments of
pop and a popcorn wagon full of
goodies will be available on the
grounds during both presentations.
Weather will present no difficulties except in th-2 number of
people who turn ou::. The show
will be held regardless of the
weather, as the entire event .will
be staged indoors.
Airport
Work To
BeginAug.7
' The awarding of a $61,592,13
contract for Clare's airport expansion and improvement, and
the completion date for September 22 were announced last week
Thursday by Alan W. Ott, Citizens
State Bank Cashier and head of
the Chamber of Commerce appointed committee to expedite
work on the project and coordinate efforts of local agencies
in cooperation with state and federal authorities.
The successful bidder was the
firm of Benchley and Yeager,
road construction contractors
who will begin the clearing-grad-
ing-paving operation on August
7.
Mr. Ott said that the awarding
of the large contract on July 13,
total cost of the airport project
was brought to $96,000. Brewer
Engineering of Owosso, Michigan
got a contract for engineering
and supervision to an over all
value of nearly $11,000.
Of the total cost of the project,
$11,400 has gone for land acquisition for that portion of the expansion that lengthens the runway to 2,500 feet for use by large
multi-engine planes.
A small part of available funds
has been earmarked for project
administration and -contingency,
and Ott said that original plans
to pave a 200-foot square "apron"
near the airport office and waiting room has been changed to
make the apron 200x250 feet.
The $2,500. cost of enlarging the
apron is to be divided between
the State of Michigan and Holley
Carburetor's Clare Aircraft Division.
Holley's voluntary share in the
project cost amounts to more
than $19,000.
Clare County Fair Begins
Six-Day Program July 31
Looks Behind
Reasons For
State Con Con
Our Error
In last week's Sentinel, the
name of the new pastor at the
Clare Church of God was given
as Rev. Harold Nesser, instead of
Messer, Our apologies.
Dependable
Source
A woman stopped at the State
Highway Department ' Tourist
Information Center recently, and
asked for directions to a gas
station. ;  * *
Supervisor Ralph Olson was
eager to help and asked, "What
kind of gas do you want?"
Replied the woman, "Qh, 1
don't want any gas, I just want
some tourist information,"
Much has been said about the
importance of the coming constitutional convention and the necessity of voting in tlie Juy i.5th
primary election. I would like to
point out and emphasize some
reasons for the importance of
this constitutional convention.
The objective of rewriting
Michigan's fundamental law is
not the same for all persons who
favored the holding of the constitutional convention. Some have
valid reasons for wauting modification, however there are those
who favored Con-Con as a means
of gaining control of the legislature. These people would change
our fundamental approach to
protecting areas of snirill population from the standpoint of
having an adequate voice in the
affairs of the state. The stated
objective of these people is to use
the straight population method
in apportioning our legislature
to adjust what they call an unfair situation. The hidden and
unstated objective is to dominate
and control our Michigan legislature by extending their present
power through organizations
they now dominate .If these persons have their way, Michigan
will no longer be governed by the
people but by a handful of unscrupulous bosses. If the coming
constitutional convention is to be
successful, in that the freedom
and rights of all Michigan citizens are preserved and strengthened, we must be aware of the
dangers of revising the constitution in certain areas and be especially alert to vigo.-iusly defend and maintain geographical
apportionment.
Reapportionment is not the only objective of these would-be
dictators, there are other schemes
designed to Weaken local government and to centralize authority.
These schemes, if permitted, will
eventually result in a disastrous
state socialism that will not provide genuine benefits to society-
These schemes, if permitted, wijl
unleash uncontrolled government
spending and increased tax burdens, they will result in the
strangulation of our economic
system which has served us so
well and only occasionally appears to be sick because of improper government intervention
and meddling With sound economic law.'
The government is best* that
governs least and favors the natural forces of free individuals so
that society in general benefits
from the productivity of free
men. Your interest in my views
is appreciated, I solicit your comment, your ideas and your support in my effort to Stsrv<3 you as
your delegate to the constitujfcjon-
al convention In the 28tn ,Sena»
torial District.
Lewis T. Hubbs
> The six day stand of the Annual County Fair .will open Monday,
:July 31 at the Clare county fairgrounds in Harrison, Attractions
in the grandstand and on the
midway promise to draw bigger
crowds to the fair this year, and
give them better entertainment
fhan ever offered here before.
i| Headlining the stars lined up
for . the gx'andstand shows are
Minnie Pearl and Red Sovine
With his recording orchestra, the
zany Hurricane Hell Drivers, and
& portion" of the Grand Ol' Opry
show from Tennessee. On Child-
iren's Day the Olympia Circus
Will thrill and amaze the young
hearts  of all in attendance.
The dream of sunny, warm
weather for the entire stand of
the fair at Harrison seems to
'have a good chance of becoming
.a reality this year. So far this
summer the sky has remained
clear, and the sun hot almost
every day. With luck, it will also
be that way for the fair.
The horse racing program is
again pxpected to draw large
crowds this year, with the program presented Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Better horses, larger purses, and
better winnings are promised as
the harness racing is started
each day. Stage acts will be seen
between races.
Fair Secretary Albert Haley
told The Sentinel that last year's
record collection of 180 harness
racers would certainly be topped
if early indications prove accurate. Stall accommodations and
feed are being provided for more
horses than ever visited the Harrison track before.
In addition to the starting gate,
now a permanent refinement in
racing here, Haley said that a
"photo-finish" camera device
would be employed this year to
assist judges in determining the
winners of close heats. The
equipment is to be installed at
the track on a lease arrangement
for the fourday meet and an operator can flash a projected view
of the picture on a public screen
before the grandstand if desired.
the drawing at 4 in the afternoon. A bicycle will be awarded
to a boy and a girl, who must be
on the fairgrounds at the time of
the drawing, The grandstand
show will be the Olympia Circus,
which promises good fun for all
the children and adults too.
Clare Day is Wednesday, and
,'Stonewall Jackson, Recording
Artist" will appear on the outdoor stage offering country and
hillbilly songs.
The Hurricane Auto Hell Drivers are to be featured in the evening on Thursday, August 3
with a 28-event thrill program.
Replacing the Joie Chitwood
show that has appeared with the
fair in recent years, the Hurricane Drivers are making their
first tour of the United States.
Featured driver in the show is
"dapper Dan" Fleenor, a Texan
noted for his ability to balance a
speeding car on two wheels for
ELECTORS CONFUSED, UNINTERESTED
Will Minority Elect
Convention Delegates?
A prediction that as few as 20
percent of the electorate in many
Michigan districts would vote in
the Constitutional Convention primary on Tuesday. July 25 has
been made '' by James M. Hare,
Secretary of State.
"Unless there is an acceleration
in interest in all 83 counties,"
Hare said, "we may find that the
delegates to the Con Con may
in fact represent only a minority
of Michigan citizens".
On Tuesday, August 1, the
Junior Dairy " Judging Contest
will be sponsored by Kraft Foods
of Clare. Supervised by Harley
Holt and Bryan Miller, this contest is for any youth under -20,
who has not had any training or
experience in judging dairy cat-
tie beyond that 'received in 4-H
or FFA. Awards will range from
$25 to $10 certificates at the
Clare Hardware for each of the
five winners.
Judging for awards and ribbons will be held in several departments. They are: Livestock,
Farm Produce, Home Arts, Exhibits by Schools and County Organizations, and 4-H and FFA. A
Michigan State Fair special gold
ribbon award will be given in the
needlework, canning, and baking
classes. The winner of each ribbon is especially invited to exhibit the article at the 1061
Michigan State Fair.
The Skerbeck Amusement Company will again be on the midway, because of the popularity
it has gained through former appearances at Harrison. Thrill
rides, amusement shows, and concession stands will add to the excitement of the fair atmosphere.
Monday night, Minnie Pearl
and Red Sovine with his recording orchestra will provide the entertainment in the  grandstand.
Tuesday has been set aside as
Children's Day. The Youth Program will be at 2 p.m., directed
by James McNamara, County
Superintendent of Schools, followed by Lonzo and OscarOscar
of Grand Ol' Opry. '
Lucky ticket winners will become the owners of new bikes at
Farmers Told
Don't Gamble
On Wet Grain
It doesn't pay to gamble on
storing grain with a border-line
or higher moisture content, says
Leyton V, Nelson, farm jcrops
specialist at Michigan State University.
Not only are granary insects
more active in wet than in dry
grain, wheat is subject to "sick" /
and mold damage . . . especially
during warm weather . . . when
it is above 14 per cent moisture.
If grain on the border-line for
moisture is to be farm stored,
some protection from insects can
be provided by using a wheat
protectant chemical to keep insects away, Nelson says.
It is wise to check a current
label of any chemical before it
is used on grain to be sure it
does not leave a residue that is
not permitted by the Food and
Drug  Administration.
If there is a- question about the
legality of a material, the chemical distributor or the county agricultural agent can be asked for
information on its use.
Since excessive moisture is the
cause of much of the loss from
either insects or mold in stored
grain, it is essential that . tiie
moisture content of the grain be
known before it is stored. If it
■is not feasible to have the local
elevator check the sample, there
are low-cost moisture testers
available from farm implement
dealers.
Moisture or insect damage can
cause contaminated grain whicn
will not pass federal inspection,
Nelson warns.
Left unsaid was a possibility
worrying many upstaters that
domination from heavy population counties in southern Michigan will result in a dictated constitution that will be less than
fair or beneficial to outstate interests.
"If the questions we get from
all parts of the State are any indication, the Con-Con election is
most perplexing to Michigan'
voters," Hare said. "The fact that
so many people are confused
about the July 25th primary may
be one of the reasons why there
is so much apathy throughout the
State.
Make Your
Problems
Seem Small?
Did anybody have troubles
with lace curtains last spring
when it was time to houseclean?
Think of cleaning all of the
drapes and stage curtains at the
school auditorium!
Spring housecleaning in the
elementary School auditorium is
a little late for spring, but it is
being done anyway, with the
usual pains and problems of a
"routine" job such as taking
down the curtains and drapes,
All of the drapes at the win*
doWs, along with the heavy
stage curtains have been taken
•down for cleaning processes. This
is done every few years, along
with" completely cleaning the auditorium floor, seats, walls,
lights, and ceiling.
Boat Races
At Sanford
Professional boat races, which
are becoming an annual^event at
Sanford, will be held there
again this year on Sunday, July
23, „With racing entered from six
classes of boats, and professional
and world champion drivers in
action, the day should be filled
with suspense and enjoyment.
The races are held each year
3% miles north of Sanford on
Francis Grove Road, and • this
year will start at 1:30 p.m.
Classes A, C, D, and F Hydros,
and CI and C racing runabouts
are the events scheduled for the
day's races, Harry Demski, world
champion- driver, of Midland; and
Warren Shaw of Midland will be
driving for thet crowds, and Joe
Katsesare .will "do death defying
stunts on' skiis. If the kite stunt
is attempted, he will fly through
the air on water skiis.
Art Skuve, a singer from
WMDN, will sing at the intermission, and a show of ski performers will be presented from 12 to
1:30 p.m, . 1
Refreshments will be available
at the races.
Vote For Two
"For one thing, many voters
do not know that they will be
able to vote for two, not just one,
nominees at the primary. The
letters I get," Hare said, "show
that many citizens are unaware
that they will nominate a Senatorial area delegate and a Representative district delegrate this
month.
Republican voters in Clare and
Isabella counties will choose between Donald E. Holbrook, Jr.
attorney of Clare and Dr. Charles
L. Anspach, retired CMU president from Mt. Pleasant. The
Democrat ballot will carry only
the name of Cecil W. Epple,
chairman of the Isabella Board
of Supervisors.
#
But in the wider area comprising the 28th Senatorial District,'
Clare county electors will join
those in the counties of Alcona,
Arenac, Crawford, Gladwin, Ios-
eo1 Ogemaw, Oscoda and Roscommon to name either Lewis
Hubbs of Gladwin or George W.
Myles both Republicans, and either Hubert C. Evans or Gilbert I.
Stewart, Democrats.
Local voters will help to elect
two pairs of candidates to oppose
each other in the election to
follow.
"Few people remember which
is their State Senatorial District
and their Representative District. This is particularly true of
voters in the heavily populated
metropolitan areas.
Names Confuse Voters
"There is also considerable confusion over 'name candidates' in
some areas. There have been
charges made in some districts
candidates with the same name
as legislators are running on the
strength of the Senator's or Representative's reputation. There
is nothing wrong," Hare said,
'with having a famous name. After all, Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
Democrat, was helped by the fact
that his cousin, Theodore Rosse-
velt, Republican, had preceded
him to the presidency, and John
Quincy Adams followed his father into the White House. Nonetheless, many voters tell of con
fusion over name candidates in
this upcoming primary.
If "name" candidates In the
sense of such nationally khoWn
families as Roosevelts and
Adamses do not affect the local
election, at least some recognition is associated with the name
"Holbrook", and perhaps with
the well-known Hubbs, Myles
Anspach, and Epple.
Donald E. Holbrook, Jr. bears
the same name as his father,
judge of the 21st Judicial Circuit
of Michigan and almost as equal
ly well known for various attainments in Masonic lodge and Methodist church circles.
Lewis Hubbs stumped through
the Senatorial area as a primary
candidate for Michigan Senator.
Anspach has a wide reputation a."
an educator, writer and speaker,
and Epple has a local political
background for his work in township and Isabella county affairs.
"We must have an across-the-
board vote, in this important
election-and each voter should
have the right to get enough information on all local candidates
to enable him to make an intelligent choice," Hare concluded.
long distances. Other high-speed
stunts include the deliberate,
crash-roll contest and other stock'
raceway daredevil performances,
On Friday, Farwell Day comes
the annual parade of aucomo-'
biles, machinery and livestock led
by Clare County Dairy Princess
Louise Switzer, and at 7:45 p.m,
the Grand Champion Beef and
Lamb Auction Sale before the
crowded grandstand. Following
that evening will be the Youth"
On Parade 4-H Club talent performance.
On the stage Saturday, closing
day will be Grand Ol'. Opry with
singing, personalities and entertainment straight fyom big-time
radio.
Fireworks will make a glowing
"finis" to each evening's show
from Wednesday on througn the
close on Saturday night.
Celebrating
Gladwin Co.
Centennial
Clare officials were reminded
last week of the neighboring
Gladwin county's First White Settler Centennial celebration being
held today through Sunday when
the costumed Centennial Hostess
Mrs. Lois Clarey and her court
visited city hall to invite Mayor
Gerald Nivison and the general
public to the celebration.
Four attractive ladies in the
party were dressed in dresses and
hats depicting' fashions of 100
years ago at the time when Mar-
vil Secord settled in what is now
Secord township,
In Gladwin, Centennial Program Chairman Kenneth Kers-
well said that public entertainment and reminders of the "old
days" will be in the center of
everything going on during the
fourday attraction.
As township historians in Gladwin County delve deep into the
past in their .efforts to gather
material for a county history,
they are unearthing many interesting and absorbing discoveries.
This research is being carried
on as part of the observance of
Gladwin County's First White
Settler Centennial.
Though the tract of land now
forming Secord township was the
first in the county to attract a
settler, it was among the last to
be organized into a township.
One hundred years ago, Marvil
Secord chose this. area, through
which flows the Tittabawassee
River, as his combined farming
and trapping location; but it was
not until 1912 that its citizenry
broke away from Gladwin township to set up its own local
government unit.
In 1839 the expanse now constituting Gladwin county was attached for. judicial purposes to
Saginaw county and later to Midland county. In 1869 Gladwin
township was organized still under the auspices of Midland
county.
An old Gladwin Towiship record book filed away on the
shelves of the small rural town
hall shows that there were ten
men present at this first election
(nine settlers being the minimum
at that time required to organize
a township).
To the casual observer this
book would appear to be just
mother- dusty -old record of uninteresting details but Gladwin
County folks, fired with the en*
thusiasm of their centennial research, appreciate the brave audacity of these first stalwart
pioneers.
Six years later, two road districts having broken away from
the original Gladwin township to
form Grout and Billings townships, the three units separated
themselves from Midland county,
and Gladwin county came into
being,
As the years went by other
townships formed and broke
away from Gladwin township until in 1912 it was. reduced to its
present boundaries.
In the meantime, a little settlement, had been growing adjacent
to the banks of the Cedar River
and in iS7fr the newly organized
county decided to make it the
county seat, The settlement had
come to be known as Cedar, In
1893 the postoffice department
declared that due to the existence
of so many other Cedars the
name should be changed to avoid
confusion. Thus the town was'
officially named Gladwin.
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