1961-09-14; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN
SEPTEMBER 14, 1961
New Series, Vol. 70, No. 1
timers
Dr, Charles L. Anspach of Mt.
Pleasant, and Lewis Hubbs of
Gladwin in easy victories for
seats in the coming Constitutional Convention will join other
State Republicans in a 2-to-l majority control of the convention
when it is called to order October 3 to begin writing Michigan's
new constitution.
Dr, Anspach was elected in
Tuesday's Statewide Election to
' represent residents of the Isabella-Clare Representative District
and Hubbs was named by voters
in the 28th State Senatorial District.
DR. CHARLES ANSPACH
Isabella county with Bay and
Midland form the 24th Senatorial District and will send another
Republican, Karl K. Leibrand to
the Con Con. He was the winner
over Dr. Joseph Woodka of the
CMU faculty in Mt. Pleasant.
The victory by local Republicans was part of a massive GOP
runaway with the State Election
and is declared to give tho party
a 99-15 majority over Democrats
on the Convention voting floor.
Individual margins of victory
for local candidates were not less
stunning than the wholesale victory, called the greatest triumph
since former Governor G. Men-
nen Williams swept Democrats
into a series of victories that has
lasted more than a decade.
Dr. Anspach piled up a 2708 to
1097 count over Cecil Epple, Democratic candidate and chairman
of the Isabella County Board of
Supervisors. In Ciare county the
count was Anspach 947 and
Epple 305.
The City of Clare gave Anspach 215 to Epple 47.
In the 28th District, Hubbs
took an easy victory from Democrat Hubart C. Evans of Gladwin, a Dow employee and officer
in the Dow local of United Mine
Workers. It was Hubbs-7471, Ev-
ans-2476.
In Clare county. Hubbs was a
3-to-l winner 904-303, and in the
City of Clare Hubbs received 197
votes to Evans' 43. A third place
on the ballot for the "Tax Cut"
party got 7 votes for its candidate, Arthur Thayer of Grayling.
Leibrand, a former circuit
judge beat Ms Democratic opponent, Woodka in the 24th senator's
LEWIS HUBBS
ial District, 17.445 to 7,632. Isabella county helped Leibrand
with a 2,186 to 1,469 margin.
As a statewide average, only
about 20 percent of eligible voters went to the polls on an overcast and rain-threatened day. City
of Clare voters fell far short of
even this slim turnout when
slightly over 16 percent voted.
Only .0f;2 «'"tes were cast in the
city's ^..ee'nels.
Child Health
Conferences
Child Health Conferences in
Clare county will be held be
ginning at Harrison in the courthouse on Friday, September 15
from 9 to 11 o'clock a.m. On
Tuesday, September 19th the conferences will be held in Farwell
at the Methodist Church from 9
to 11 a.m., and at Clare in the
city hall from 1 to 3 p.m.
Women End Golf Schedule
With Lunch, Prize Handouts
The final scheduled luncheon
for Twin Elms women golfers
was held Wednesday, August 30.
Following the lunch prize awards
for tournaments and season contests were made. In the forenoon,
a pitch-and-putt game ended with
prizes for Mrs. Jennie Bowler
and Mrs. Jean Cradit.
Awards for Field Day contests
hold the week previous were both
serious and comic. Prizes were
given to:
Barbara Dunbar, low gross.
Lucille Haley, runner up.
Florence Hoffman, low net.
Jean Cradit, runner up.
Barbara Dunbar - low putts
(15), Margaret Bosink - high
putts, Ann Olson - closest to pin
on No. 5, Mae Baumgarth - most
of a kind (Poker, four 7s), Lucille Haley and Barbara Dunbar -
birdies, Barbara Dunbar - chip
into a cup; Jennie Bowler - age
minus score plus handicap high,
and Dorothy Ashcraft and Margaret Bosink - low, Ann Olson -
lowering handicap the most.
Four women received prizes
for hitting trees.
Mrs. Baumgarth received the
thophy for the Handicap Tourney
with a gift to Mrs. Haley for
runner up.
Ringer ^score winners were
Grace Frey, for June; Four tied
for July, Adelaide Elden, Helen
LaGoe, Ann Olson, and Dorothy
Appoint Vet
Fund Trustee
The Board of Trustees of the
Michigan Veterans' Trust Fund
appointed Durward Terwilliger
Farwell to serve as the VFW
representative on the Clare County Veterans' Trust Fund Committee. Terwilliger succeeds Loren A. Shank who resigned, and
" *■ his term will end March 31, 1964.
The trust fund is an agency
for aid of financially needy veterans of World War II.
Ashcraft; Jean Cradit and Mac
Baumgarth  for August.
On September 6th, the women
met at Twin Elms for "A Surprise Play", and Ruth Schroeder
won the prize ball.
There are no scheduled plays
during September but the women
will continue to play each Wednesday while the weather permits.
Canadians
Are Lunch
Guests Here
A couple touring through Clare
from Winipeg, Canada were
stopped and treated to some
Clare hospitality Saturday to
demonstrate that Clare appreciates visits from Canadian
friends and invites them to remember this town in the days to
come after expressways route
traffic around Clare.
Chamber of Commerce President Bernard Wyman enlisted the
aid of Clare Police to flag down
an auto with Canadian license
plates and introduced himself to
Mr. and Mrs. John Braun, enroute to Ontario.
The couple went to lunch at
the Doherty as guests of the C
of C. Wyman explained to them
that an average of five cars from
Canada per hour pass through
Clare and that this little city has
services for tourists and shoppers that will continue to make
Clare an attractive stopping
place, — expressway cutoff and
all.
Drivers of three other Canadian cars excused themselves
when asked to stop for lunch
giving lack of time as their reason for declining the invitation,
but Wyman is sure that all the
travelers he stopped Saturday
are impressed with Clare's friend
liness and advantages as a
pause-and-relax point on travel
routes.
Producers
Milk
Processed
The annual Farm Bureau Dairy
Tour was held on August 15 ana
16, and was planned and supervised by Donald Moore, head ol
the Farm Bureau Market Development Division. Twenty-five
farmers from various southern
Michigan counties attended. Clare
county was represented by Robert
Krell. The tour started by bus
from the Farm Bureau Center
in Lansing and went first to
Quality Dairy in Lansing, a cash
and carry sales system which
processes about 25,000 pounds ot
milk daily for bottling and ice
cream, All of the products are
sold through the company's eleven
retail stores which also * carry
other groceries. All milk is sold
in half-gallon bottles at thirty-
nine cents each.
The tour members had lunch
in Detroit with George Irvine,
Southern Michigan Milk Market
Administrator; who explained the
operation of the Federal Milk
Marketing Orders. The next stop
was a tour of the Borden Plant,
a giant size plant handling up
to 1,000,000 pounds of milk daily
and  employing  140  persons.
After a supper at the hotel,
compliments of Farm Bureau
Services, everyone went to Tiger
Stadium and saw Detroit win
two games from Baltimore.
Breakfast was courtesy of the
American Dairy Association and
a representative told of some ol
the   sales   promotion  and   other
rfrograms    carried    on    by   the j
A.D.A. A look at the Risdon Dairy ]
in Detroit followed, another very
large operation with but two main i
customers, A & P and National
Food Stores.
The group next stopped at the \
headquarters   of  Michigan   Milk
Producers Assn. where they were
greeted by President Glen Lake.
From there they went by bus
to Saginaw and visited the McDonald ice-cream plant. The last
stop was the M.M.P.A, surplus
plant at Ovid where more cottage
cheese is made than anywhere
else in Michigan, about 1,000,000
pounds a month, also a great
amount of powdered milk.
The object of the tour is to
show dairy farmers a cross section of city milk handling facilities where they can see what
happens to milk after it leaves
the farm.
It was a well organized tour
and greatly enjoyed by those who
attended.
Wheat Quota
Rules Given
The Wheat Stabilization program that was approved by about
90% of the wheat growers voting
August 24th does not allow any
farmer to produce wheat for 1962
unless the farm has history of
growing wheat. If the county
ASCS office has record of wheat
on your farm you received a notice* of the 1962 wheat marketing
quota which is the maximum
acres your farm can produce
without penalty.
Not more than the larger number of acres grown in 1959 or
1960 or 1961 can be produced, and
unless the allotment is more than
13.5 that is the most that can be
produced on any farm.
If farmers wish to divert some
of their wheat acreage ASCS
can pay them for either 40% or
10 acres whichever is the larger.
Also if they take part in this program they can have price support in their 1962 wheat.
To produce more wheat than
a farmer's marketing quota exemption will result in a severe
penalty unless he signs a Feed
Wheat Exemption.
If you have any questions
about this program feel free to
contact your ASCS Office, says
Floren Pudvay, Clare county
ASCS chairman.
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Tell The World "Expressways Lead To Clare
— Not Around It"
You are looking east with the new US-10
Expressway stretching off toward Coleman in the distance. Across the foreground of ihe aerial photo is US-27
Expressway skirting the east limits of
Clare- Concrete strips are almost linked
and finished all along both new routes.
Sooner than you think, the highways will
be ready, — ribbon-cutting over, — drivers enjoying ihe new speed and iime-
saving of ihe expressway travel.
Clare' Chamber of Commerce knows
what needs io be done io remind auioisis
thai ihe ciiy is still here and has goods
and services io offer. There is dickering io
erect great billboard messages io point
out ihe easy business   route for   drivers
who want io come through Clare.
This will be a beneficial step in ihe
right direction and needs ihe teamwork
and financial support of businessmen and
ihe entire town.
Clare needs io direct travelers io its
fine eating places and overnight accommodations, stores, shops. Clare can be
proud io show off its splendid new airport, ihe soon-io-be Shamrock Lake park
and subdivision site, ihe modern library
ii will have, and ihe city's schools, sightseeing, hospiialiiy.
Helping ihe organized efforts io turn
new expressways around our ciiy into
assets is ihe immediate job for us all.
Don'i miss a chance io help.
Hope To
Organize
Xmas Giving
Clare Business and Professional! Women are advocating some
system and organization for next
Christmas' program of help for
needy families. Clare clubs, organizations and interested groups
are invited to send representatives to a meeting September 19
in the Clare city hall at 7:30 p.m.
A committee of BPW members
consisting of Miss Frances Ander-
son, chairman and Mrs. Lavina
Bowland and Mrs. Ruth Cottei
will take charge of the meeting
and explain the aims to co-operating organizations.
They want to make plans so
that all needy families can have
a good Christmas.
"While much has been done foi
needy families, it is evident that
more can be done by organizing
'as a community group", the com-
Imittee says.
BPW Committees Appointed
The Clare Business and Profes-1 presented by the  Finance Com-
sional Women's Club held their
regular monthly meeting Monday, September 11th with a 6:30
dinner in the Wedgewood Room
of the Hotel Doherty. Twenty-
four members and three guests
were present.
The highlight of the evening
was the announcement of a
Kick-off Breakfast for National
Business Women's Week October
1st to 7th. This breakfast will be
held at the Doherty Hotel, Monday, October 2nd at 7:15 a.m. All
business women of Clare are cordially invited to attend. At this
breakfast the Business Woman
of the Year will be selected from
the Clare area.
Accordion music was played by
Wilma Schriber of Freeland during the dinner and later a community sing was enjoyed by all.
Dortha Kirkpatrick, president,
presided over the business meeting. The budget for the year was
mittee and adopted.
Ella Autry was appointed Membership chairman for the year.
Boot and Shoe   Fund committee
Continued on Page 8
Publishers
Like Song
Plans by a Hollywood music
publishing company to include a
Clare songwriter's tune on a record album were revealed last
week with the news that Carol
Strouse of R-4 Clare would be
approached for rights to publish
her song, "Lover's Prayer".
The Star-Crest Recording company in California said it was
expecting to issue a contract for
the use of the song on a disc,
"Songs o* America" along with
other brand new tunes and well-
known hit favorites.
ANOTHER YVATE.R WONDERLAND "FIRST"
Michigan Floats The Most Boats
Michigan has more motorized
watercraft on its inland lakes and
streams and along its Great
Lakes shoreline than do California and Florida combined.
James M. Hare, Secretary of
State, today released figures
showing that 57,431 new boat registrations were processed so far
this year by the Department of
State for a total of 389,286.
"Despite the shorter watercraft
season in the. Great Lakes area
we in Michigan have more than
2V2 times as many boats using
our waters as they have in the
year-round vacationland of Florida," Hare said. "Michigan, of
course, is the playground of
much of the Middle West and it
is natural that vacationing Hoos-
iers, Buckeyes, and Prairie Staters with cottages here would register their watercraft with us.
"Moreover, with so many
launching sites available to residents and visitors it is possible
for many thousands of lower in
come watercraft enthusiasts to
transport their boats by trailer
to enjoy the blessings of the
many different kinds of lakes
and rivers we have in Michigan.
"Few people know," Hare went
on, "that Michigan has 3,177
miles of Great Lakes shoreline
compared to Florida's 1,197 and
California's 1,190 miles of ocean
shoreline."
Statistics assembled from sources available to the Coast Guard
list registrations lor the leading
boating states as follows: Michigan, 389,286; California, 226,897;
Wisconsin, 189,664; Minnesota
188,214; Texas, 149,413; and
Florida, 142,694.
"Watercraft registrations are
increasing rapidly in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, and other northern
states," Hare pointed out. "But
Michigan, being closer to the
large centers of papulation, has a
great advantage over other lake-
rich states and now has more
registered watercraft than Wisconsin and Minnesota combined."
hamrock Lake
-Day Today
A celebration today where up
to possibly 100 special guests and
the public will see work begin on
the Shamrock Lake project is
eagerly awaited by members of
the Clare Millpond Development
Corporation and civic leaders.
At 2:30 this afternoon (Thursday), ground will be broken for
the earth-moving operation which
will clean and deepen the lake
bottom. At the same time contractor and lake-builder Jim Cole
will commence the construction
of the dam in a scheme that
dovetails" portions of the big job
together and hurry the time
when water floods the 120-acre
area.
Among interested observers
will be 10 new owners of Shamrock Lake building sites, the
guests of the committee. Some
of the new owners are reported
ready to start building of homes
on their 100-foot lots as soon as
the locations are ready.
Representatives of the press
and other news media have been
invited to watch the celebration.
A large party of honored guests,
city government leaders, and
newsmen will sit down to a celebration lunch at Barnes Town
and Country Lounge before the
observance starts at the lake
site.
At 2:30 there will be the presentation of first prize in the
lake naming contest to Dan
White of Clare, short remarks by
officials, and then the groundbreaking signaling the commencement of work by Cole's
earth-moving machinery.
It has been estimated that the
entire project can be finished in
eight weeks, and it now appears
fairly certain that the prepared
lake basin will be filled with water this fall.
Ken Barnes, president of the
corporation has been assured
that planting of trout by the
Michigan Conservation Department will make fishing possible
in Shamrock Lake next spring.
Barnes' Promotion group is a
composite one headed by officers
elected by representatives from
community service clubs, societies, organizations. Most of the
planning and work to bring the
project to the threshhold of a
successful finish has been undertaken by Barnes, Ben Burdo, vice
president of the corporation, Bernie Wyman, now president of the
Chamber of Commerce, and Art
Damoth who has handled details
of the sale of lots.
Clare Mayor Gerald Nivison'
with the City Commission have
Seven Grades
Top Estimated
Increases
Late arrivals in Public School
classrooms raised the student
count from 1541 who answered
roll call on the first day, to an
actual total of 1575 present on
Monday this week. Superintendent Richard Wheeler says that
there was a likelihood that even
this figure might increase a little
as the last few late enrollees enter school, or transfers are added.
Giving particular concern are
giant gains in this year's third
grade where 155 pupils are bulging four classrooms, and the kindergarten of 165 beginners.
Seven of the 13 grades (counting K and high school) have enrollments surpassing the estimated increases over last year.
Elementary room counts go
like  this,  grade  by grade:
Kindergarten with six sections
— 28, 25, 28, 28, 27, 29
First grade in four rooms —•
33, 35, 35, 35
Second grade in four rooms —
35, 35, 34, 27
Third grade in four rooms -
39, 39, 39, 38
Fourth grade in five half-day
sections — 25, 25, 26, 24, 22
Fifth grade in five half-day
sections — 28, 29, 26, 29, 27
Sixth grade in three rooms -
34, 33, 35
Seventh grade  in four   homerooms — 30, 30, 30, 32
Eighth grade in four home
rooms — 31, 29, 32, 31
Freshmen, 113 '
Sophomores, 112
Juniors, 71
Seniors, 82
Wheeler pointed out that last
year's graduating class of 101
seniors is replaced this fall by
an entering kindergarten group
of 165.
The School District's annual
financial statement is published
in this issue of The Sentinel on
page two.
given valuable aid and    support
to the project.
Last week a proclamation by
Mayor Nivison urged all residents of Clare to attend the
ground-breaking ceremonies on
Shamrock Lake "D-Day", and the
committee joins in the invitation
to witness the events. The gathering will be in the city tourist
park near the Little League ball
park and the IOOF hall.
Wyman observed, "They let
out school on the day in 1944
when the old dam went out and
the drained pond was covered'
with fish to pick up. Now we
hope the public will turn out at
this more important occasion
when we're reaching success in
efforts to restore the lake bigger
and more beautiful than ever."
Officers of the Development
Association this week took special pains to call public attention
to the fact that the project has
been, and is self supporting
through the sale of property and
revenue from highway right-of-
way. The project is not tax supported, nor does it receive any
funds through contests or money-
raising schemes either directly
or indirectly.
Shamrock Lake will eventually
have more than 60 waterfront
homesites, parks, recreation
areas ... all within the city limits of Clare.
Rotary
Ger
Talks Here
The Rotary Club of Clare was
host Wednesday to D. Ferry
Lomason, Governor of District
631 of Rotary International, who
is making his annual visit to each
of the 32 Rotary clubs in Michigan. He addressed members at
the regular noon lunch meeting
at the Doherty Hotel, and in the
evening he held conferences and
supervised instruction of Club
President E. A. Anderson, Secretary Conrad Walker and all club
committee chairmen.
Mr. Lomason was the owner of
the Vassar Home Appliance in
Vassar. Michigan. Is a Senior
Active member (former classification Refrigeration Retailing)
209 N. Cass Ave., Vassar, Michigan was elected District Governor of District 631 at the recent
Convention of Rotary International held in Tokyo, Japan.
He is one of the 269 district
governors supervising the activities of more than 11,000 Rotary
clubs which have a membership
of 509,000 business and professional executives in 123 countries
throughout the world.
Wherever Rotary clubs are located, President Anderson asserted in discussing the governor's
visit, their activities are similar
to those of the Rotary Club of
Clare because they are based on
the same general objectives —
developing better understanding
and fellowship, among business'
and professional men, promoting
community-betterment under takings, raising the standards of
business and professions, and
fostering the advancement of
understanding, good will and
peace among all people of the
world.
Nurse Assn.
Re-elects
Officers
The Clare-Isabella Practical
Nurses Association opened its
second year with a fall meeting
at the home of Mrs. June Schaeffer, president in Mt. Pleasant.
Among five olficers re-elected to'
serve another year as leaders of
the group were two from Clare*
Mrs. Stanek - treasurer, and Mrs.
Jean Gust - publicity chairman.
Other officers all from Mt.
Pleasant are Mrs. Schaeffer -
president, Mrs. Bryce - vice president, Mrs. Straight - secretary.
The association has "adopted'*
a needy family and will undertake to bring cheer and gifts to
this family on holidays and at
other times when assistance is
called for.
Membership was swelled by
two by initiations at the meeting
and members invite anyone in the
two counties who is a practical
nurse to join the association.
After pleasing progress in the
first year of its organization the
association hopes to make the
second year even more successful,
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