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THE CLARE SENTINELV CLARE, MICHIGAN
OCTOBER 5, 1961
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New Series, Vol. 70 No.,4
Eighty Club Delegates
Hold Convention Here
The two day session of the
Northeastern District Federation
of Women's Clubs was held in
Clare this week, Tuesday and
Wednesday at the Clare Methodist Church. Between 75 and 80
delegates registered on the first
day and the coffee hour was
hosted by members of the Coleman Study Club.
Mrs. Leon Dull, Sr., president
of the Clare Study Club, in
charge of arrangements, presented Mrs. Edward Gwizdala. of
Bay City, district president, who
in turn introduced Mrs. Malcolm
McQueen of Detroit, president of
the State Federation, and   Mrs.
Accident
Victim
S
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A rural intersection crash Monday inflicted injuries on two
drivers, one extremely serious,
and reduced their two autos io
total wrecks. Cars driven by
John W. {Bill) Foell, and Mrs.
Vera Beemer collided early Monday afternoon at the corner of
Beaverton Road and Eberhart
Road iVs milesi northeast of
Clare.
Both drivers who had been
alone in their cars were brought
to Clare General Hospital where
Mrs, Beemer, 19 of rural Shep»
herd was found to have suffered
a cerebral concussion and internal injuries. Her condition was
made more serious by cerebral
blood clots.
On Tuesday, she was transferred to Samaritan Hospital in
Bay City in serious condition,
Mr. Foell, 37; of R-2 Gladwin
remains is the Clare hospital recovering from face lacerations
and bruise injuries to his shoulder and arm. He is "doing well".
State police were able to, ob-
'tain a statement from Foel?" describing the accident, but would
say only that their investigation
was "not complete" on Wednesday, pending questions that must
wait until Mrs. Beemer is able
to answer.
She was driving a 1958 Ford
pickup, and Foell's car is a 1960
Buick.
Reports
Child Guide
Activities
A report for the first 18
months of operation of the Central Michigan Child Guidance
Clinic in Mt. Pleasant reveals
that busy staff members have
' seen 302 cases and performed diagnosis and treatment for 27 percent of them. In 237 cases there
was diagnosis only. .
The Clinic is jointly sponsored
by the State Department of
Mental Health and the people of
the six county area of Clare,
Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Mecosta and Osceola counties.
Walter S. Horn, publicity chairman for the clinic committee explains, "We see children from
birth through school age. The
children have problems with
learning such as difficulty with
reading, day-dreaming, lack of
concentration, or overactivity in
school.
. "Some of the children are shy,
withdrawn, and without friends;
some have headaches, stomach
ac'hes, and other physical symptoms with no physical basis;
some have bad difficulty getting
along-with-others and fight and
quarrel easily; and- some have
been bedwetters or thumbsuck-
ers.
"We are supported by funds
from the State Department of
Mental Health, local Boards of
Education, and Boards of Supervisors as well as the United
Funds of Gratiot, Isabella, and
Mecosta counties."
Canvas Wins
For Grace
McArthur
Grace McArthur's oil painting,
"A Summer Day In the Country"
won first prize ribbon in an exhibition of paintings done by doctors and their wives. Sponsored
by the Women's Auxiliary of the
Michigan State Medical Society.
The show was held in the Pant-
lind Hotel, Grand Rapids in conjunction with the fall meeting of
the Medical Society.
James Quinn, of Rogers City, second vice president of the Federation.
Mrs. Glen Hammond presented
the colors, the pledge of allegiance was given and the national anthem was led by Mrs. Floyd
Norcutt, with Mrs. L. R, Cotton
at the piano. Mrs, Cotton then
gave the "Tribute to the Flag,"
written by Mrs. Donald Holbrook, Sr. The club -collect was
led by Mrs. A. E. Mulder.
Mayor Gerald Nivison extended
a welcome, and the courtesy of
the city, providing parking stickers, and urged them to visit the
stores and business places. Mrs.
A, E. Bartow, of Harrison, second vice president of the district,
responded to the welcome.
The business of the morning
was the annual reports and announcements. The club presidents
of the 32 clubs represented gave
very fine and interesting reports
of the activities giving many suggestions with varied ideas and
helpful programs.
The luncheon at noon on Monday was served at the Clare Congregational Church. Mrs. William Klein of Bay City, district
Religion Chairman, pronounced
the table grace. Three vocal duet
numbers were sung by Mrs. Joe
Johnston and Mrs. Truman Glen,
accompanied by Mrs. Lionel Duncan. Mrs. Quinn was the speaker
for the luncheon.
For the afternoon session,
after the completion of the presidents reports, speakers included
Miss Esther Bain, director of
"Loch Rio", home for delinquent
girls at Belleville. She gave an enlightening account of GMs'
Town, a project of the Federation.
The election of district officers was held at this session. Officers are: Mrs. Ed. Gwizdala, of
Bay City, president; Mrs. J. R.
Gehrke of Alpena, first vice president; Mrs. A. E. Bartow, of Harrison, second vice president; Mrs.
Robert Tope, of Mt. Pleasant, recording secretary; Mrs. Neil
Stirling, of Clare, treasurer; Mrs.
John Proctor,, jif East Tawap,
parliamentarian and member of
the state nominating board; Mrs.
Thomas Crawford, of Gaylord',
Girls Town board, Mrs. Ruth.
Coleman, of Alpena, chairman of
District nominating board.
The banquet Tuesday evening
was one of the highlights of the
two-day session. This was held at
the Hotel Doherty. The invocation was given by Mrs. Carl
Taylor of Essexville, and welcome remarks were given by
Mrs. McQueen. Eric Hammerberg entertained with several
piano solos. Dr. Emil Pfister,
head of the speech department of
Central Michigan University was
the speaker. He talked on improving "Communications". He
was humorous, informative, and
gave them all something to think
about.
He stressed that there are tw<>
ways of communication — writing and reading, and speaking
and listening, and m'ost of us
need to learn to listen. With better communications between
countries, it would give a better
understanding, and help in prevention of war.
Following the banquet, »he
Harrison Study Club was in
charge of the reception.
Mrs. Cotton presided at the organ to open the Wednesday, morning session. Rev. D. R. Salisbury, pastor of the Methodist
church gave the invocation. A
memorial service was led by
Mrs. Klein, and a representative
of each club lit a candle for their
departed member. Mrs. Harley
Sowle represented the Clare
Club, in memory of Mrs. Myr-
tise Allyn. The ceremony closed
with a solo by Mrs. Norcutt.
The luncheon on Wednesday
was served in the Methodist
church with Mrs. D. E. Bowland
of Coleman giving the invocation.
At this time the past district and
club presidents were honored.
Community singing was led by
Mrs. Norcutt with Mrs. Cotton at
the piano. The color movie,
"United Nations" was shown by
Gordon Parks of Bay City. He
also answered questions on the
United Nations and the Pilgrimage Program.
Completion of reports and other convention activities followed
the luncheon with adjournment
at 3:30 o'clock.
Working with. Mrs. Dull on arrangements were Mrs. Charles;
Goldammer, publicity; Mrs. Norcutt, music; Mrs. Stirling, banquet and luncheons; Mrs. Harf»d.
Fleming, reception; Mrs. Norman Wilson, decorations; Mrs.
Glen Born, registration; Mrs,
George Beck, election and exhibits; Mrs. Harry Roberts, housing:
Mrs. Wilson Samborn, pages;
Mrs. Paul Haller, credentials;
Mrs. Robert McDaniels, program
and speakers.
Guests Due
Here Sunday
O.ne hundred or more planes
are expected to give Clare Air-
.port's new runway a real "workout" Sunday when the JayCce
sponsored Dawn Patrol will bring
them to Clare, j
The affair is complete with ef
tertainment, Sunday breakfa^
sightseeing, and a schedule c
special events to please pilol
and public visitors, j
Widely circulated handbills an
advertisements will bring plane;
and their passengers from aj
over Michigan and even out c
the state, said Court Bauer, ai<
port manager.
The event follows by onl
three days, the formal opening
and dedication of the newly sai
faced and improved airpoi
landing strip.
A breakfast will be serve
starting at 7:00 a.m. with, th
public invited. Transportation t!
local religious services will b
available.
Special events for the day it
elude sky diving by the Chippi
wa Sport Parachute Club of MJ
Dedication and formal acceptance of Clare's $122,000!
airport improvement will be at
11;00 today with lunch at the
Doherty Hotel at noon. The
public is invited to attend both
the outdoor ceremonies at the
new paved landing strip and
the lunch. Tickets for the meal
are $1.50 at the hotel desk. J
'To get to the airport, drivers
may go north from Clare or
US-27 to the new freeway over|
pass, then east on the blacktoi
road one mile, then south U
the airport.
State and Federal aeronaU
tics officials will be present
and John C. Holley arid Nelson
A. Miles, vice presidents of
Holley Carburetor Co., will be
present.
Many other Clare officials
and political figures, both state
and national, have been invited!
to attend.   .
Pleasant, awarding of 50 prizes
to pilots, guided tour of Thayers
Ice Cream Company, old car di&
play and display booths by Clare
firms.
Fun for the children include
Go-Cart races, pony rides and
other amusements. Refreshments
wil be available for everyo'he.
Homecoming Queen Choices
market expecting to move to a
new location on North McEwan
around the first of December,
Marvin Witbeck announced this
week that Feller's Department
store has taken up his lease on
his present building.
Fellers, in business *in Clare
for the past 15 years, expects to
open for business as soon as the
IGA building is available. It will
be a one-floor general merchandise store. Mr. Feller said'that
about the same time he expects
to open his store on W. Fourth
with a whole store full of shoes,
which he says will be the largest
shoe stock in central Michigan.
Swamp Of "Jelly"
Has Solid Bottom
For Road Builders
Michigan is building freeways
through some of the State's
worst swamps, thanks to modern
equipment and techniques used
by highway contractors.
"We're building superhighways in some areas where it
never was dreamed a highway
could be built," State Highway
Commissioner John C. Mackie
said.
An example of "solid" results
from the new technique is the
new US-27 Expressway over
what was thought to be a bottomless swamp hole between
Clare and its airport just northeast of the city.
Earlier generations as far
back as any now living can remember, repeated the belief
that the hole had "no bottom"
Once containing more water than
lately, the wild spot was a winter skating place for youngesters
who had a deathly fear of breaking through the ice and disappearing into the depths of the
swamp.
•But all swamps, according to
road engineers, have bottoms.
Scooping out some of the soft
muck from the swamp near
Clare before beginng the filling
process for a roadbed, highway
builders unearthed such objects
as ice tongs, saws, loggers peavy
hooks and other rusted material.
By the looks of what came
out of the swamp bottom, it had-
also been a catchall for old car
bodies and junk for many years,
It was supposed that people
living in the area had become
so accustomed to seeing this
junk swollowed up by the swamp
that they began to think there
was no bottom to it.
"We found it though", the
job engineer said, "and it made
a splendid foundation for the
new freeway. "
"Although this type of construction is more costly, we often
save money bgcause it allows
us to avoid going through highly-
developed areas where property
cost are high.
"At the same time, fewer
homes and businesses are affected," Mackie said.
Chief Construction Engineer
C.B. (Larry) Laird described several other areas where contractors have replaced jelly-like soil
with soild roadbeds. They include
an '.ocean of mud" near Indian
River, a "sea of muck," near
Brighton and a "bog hole" near
New Buffalo.
The job of building a highway
across a swamp begins many,
months before construction
starts. Highway Department soil
engineers test the swamp for
depth and type of soil.
The information ithey gather
is put on plans for the highway
and the best method of replacing soft soils beneath the proposed roadway is determined.
Michigan has many swamps
and they vary in length and
depth. Many are shallow but
some are as deep as 75 feet.
Laird said a highway contractor recently completed a roadbed across a swamp a mile and
a half long and up to 35 feet
deep in some spots.
"The contractor starts by
making a pile of sand and gravel
on top of the swamp," Laird
said.
"He, keeps adding ,to the pile
until its weight becomes greater than the weight of the swamp
dirt beneath."
Some of the piles of sand and
gravel reach a height of 50 to 60
feet and eventually the swamp
material is "squeezed" to the
side and the sand and gravel settle to the solid bottom.
"It's like dropping a big rock
into a pond," Laid said, "On
some projects, you can actually
see ripples and geysers on the
surface of the surrounding earth.
"The contractor continues
across the swamp, repeating the
process and building a continuous pyramid of sand and gravel,
This makes a solid base for the
highway."
All swamps, according to Laird
have bottoms. "Although a few
sidewalk superintendents -think
we're crazy when they see us
building a road, across a swamp*
Girl Scout
Training
A leaders training course for
Girl Scout leaders will be offered next check at the Girl Scout
cabin in Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Mac-
Farland, of Chicago, who is a
Girl Scout specialist, is conducting the course.
Monday, October 9- is being
devoted to Brownie leaders only
and on October 10 the course
will be for Intermediates lead-'
ers. Wednesday through Friday,
October 11, 12 and 13 all leaders
are invited and special stress
will be on outdoor aetivites.
The Clare Girl Scout Council
will pay all tuition for any leaders who will attend and there
is real need for more leaders in
this work.
Transportation in car pools to
Mt. Pleasant for these meetings
is being arranged by Mrs. Earl
Hacker,
Girl Scout sponsors in the
Clare area are looking for additional women to serve as group
leaders in both Brownie and intermediate age work.
Women who enjoy working
with young girls in projects
are invited to contact Mrs. Kenneth Doyle, Girl Scout Council
president who has additional information on the school in Mt.
Pleasant.
omecoming
Durand Grid Game
Weekend Schedule
Clare High student activities
that traditionally overrun the
whole town with school homecoming color and high spirits
one weekend out of the autumn
season, will begin tonight and
continue through tomorrow with
a noisy and fun-filled celebration.
The "Big Game", parade,
Homecoming Ball, student rally
and snake dance, bonfire ... all
these will return to heighten the
interest in the 1961 version of
the exciting student week-end.
Opening with tonight's snake
dance through Clare's main
streets toward the school and
pep rally around the homecoming bonfire, the program will
continue' Friday with the entertaining spectacles of the parade
and night football game. The
dance after the game will wind
up the celebration.
Clare is to meet Durand on the
gridiron in the only Mid-Michigan
"B" Conference to be played on
Clare's field this season. Dur-
and's Railroaders are already
winners of one conference tilt.
Voting for a student Homecoming Queen will lead to an announcement of the winner at the
rally tonight. Candidates are
four senior girls, each a representative of one class at Clare
High.
Georgia Shayler is the senior
class candidate, Michele Kinde
was nominated by the junior
class, Eldonna Hinkle represents
the sophomores, Diane Bryant is
the candidate for freshmen.
The queen's court will include
one girl from each underclass
grade. Sisters will .carry their
class honors when Sharon Park-
hurst, a sophomore and Starr, a
freshman mount the parade float.
The junior class court member
will be Janice Brown.
A king of homecoming will be
named -by the football squad
from their own members.
Tomorrow's downtown parade
starts at 3:15 and will form at
the School to move the whole
length of McEwan street and
back to the football field. Both
of Clare High's marching, playing bands . will perform, and
floats, cheering students and
shiny cars will add to the spectacle. The parade never fails to
draw curbside crowds to watch
and applaud.
Extension
Rally At
Midland
One way for Home Extension
club women to "travel around
the world in 40 minutes" is to
attend the District Rally of Gratiot, Midland., Saginaw,?- Bay and
Isabella Counties. Their meeting
-thfe year will be held October
17th in Midland, from 9:30 to 3:0d
in the afternoon.
Midland county clubs as hosts
are planning a wonderful day's
program which includes Miss
Irene Myers from Fort Wayne,
Indiana who will be the main
speaker. She comes highly rated
for her •humorous stories, and
her work with General Electric,
where she served for 35 years.
i
Fortune magazine described
her as, "Not a woman of cramped
imagination ... an irresistibly
commanding personality." She
has conducted many tours in various areas of the world.
Mrs, Harold Fluharty, District
Chairman, will preside over the
day's activities, which will begin
with a registration and social
coffee half-hour with reports
from each county on the outstanding activities they have
done.
Noon luncheon will be served
by the Methodist Women at the
church where the meeting is to
be held. Following the afternoon
program, the women who want
to can tour Dow Gardens and
will have the opportunity to do
so,
An elaborate float for the
queen and her court with the
king is being made by the Student Council and Athletic Board.
All four high school classes and
most of the clubs and student
activity groups have floats ready
also.
Two groups of cheer leaders
and members of the grid squad
will have prominent places in the
parade.
Survey To
Find Local
F.O. Shelters
The task of surveying and
marking existing public buildings and other facilities as fallout shelters throughout Michigan
has been assigned to the Detroit
District, U.S. Corps of Engineers,
This project is considered of ma
jor importance in the expanded
Civil Defense program recently
announced by President Kennedy.
Clare county OCD Director
Mrs. Ina Hammond said that an
engineer has been assigned- to
make a survey soon in Clare and
his report will- be made public. •
The project 'will be carried out
in this manner:
Phase 1. A study of available
existing data to determine facilities with, shelter capability. The
study will also determine the
number of shelter spaces required, based on population density.
Phase II. Physical inspection of
facilities selected in the study,
determination of degree of protection offered and modifications
needed, and their rough cost.
Qualified shelter areas will also
be marked.
Phase III. A more detailed analysis of design requirements.
Refined estimates will be made to
determine the cost of/modifying
structures previously selected as
particularly suited to provide
adequate shelter for a maximum
number of people at minimum
cost per occupant.
Chairmen of county boards of
supervisors, mayors, and principal officials of Michigan cities,
towns, and villages have been
notified and asked for their cooperation and support. The Michigan Office of Civil Defense and
county and local Civil Defense organizations wili assist in a program of public information; The
survey will take more than a
year.
Ithaca
Held To
18-18 Tie
A Clare football team, outgain-
ed and outcharged by Ithaca's
Yellowjackets last Friday night,
summoned enough will to come
from behind twice and tie the
score with their opponents, then
throttle a late fourth period assault to salvage an 18-18 deadlock. It was a bruising, erratic
contest with favored Ithaca as
the Pioneers launched their '61
conference campaign.
A queer feature of the game
was the failure by each team to
hammer over an extra point in,
the evening's total of six tries.
The Pioneers who were never
in the lead, appeared lifeless in
the first stanza and were victimized for 12 quick points. Following an exchange of punts, the
Yellowjackets found Clare's
weakness in defense against wide
running plays and ripped 55
yards in but six plays to open the
Scoring,
' Jack Raducha, junior halfback
and giant 6-foot-4 Eric Grues-
beck, another junior exploded
with runs of 27 and 14 yards.
•Gruesbeck capped the drive
when he scored from the 6-yard
line.
Clare received the kickoff and
two plays later, following a pilfered pass, Ithaca stunned the
Green and White again when
QB Sparky Kei;ch punched over
from the CHS one-yard mark.
Pioneer play-caller Tom Kozicki rallied his forces to the Ithaca 16 with the key play being a
38-yard aerial. Perrine to Jarl
Ruark early in the second quarter. But in four plays Clare failed to gain. Late in the period
Pat Murphy recovered an Ithaca
bobble on the foe's 31 and Perrine and Kozicki set up the first
CHS score with runs of 13 and 8
yards. Murphy kicked up the
touchdown in a one-foot plunge.
The all-important extra point
failed and at halftime Clare trailed, 12-6.
A break for Clare came in the
third period when Perry's players took advantage of a bad pass
from the Ithaca center on their
fourth-down punt play.
Jarl Ruark snared a 20-yard
touchdown pass from Perrine to
knot the score, but again the
PAT failed.
Ithaca again surged into a
lead in the final quarter when
Gruesbeck climaxed, a 71-yard
march and stabbed over from the
one. Kozicki blocked the conversion kick.
Clare took the ensuing kickoff
and set up the final touchdown
with a tremendous pass catch by
Dan Green. It was another Perrine throw and the play covered
39 yards. Pat Murphy plunged
for the six-counter.
Near disaster followed the
Clare kickoff When the Yeilow-
jackets took the - ball inside
Clare's five-yard line. But with
just 40 seconds to go, a Kozicki
tackle jarred an Ithaca back so
hard, he fumbled. Bob Carrow,
junior tackle fell on the ball for
Clare on his own 2-yard line and
time remained for* only two
plays.
Pioneer line play was easily led
by big, 210-pound Bob Green
who was in on many tackles and
stopped plays through, the center
of the wall. Larry Hawkins,
Lloyd Eberhart, Jerry Russell,
Bob Simons and Jarl Ruark were
all stout aiders of the Pioneer
cause.
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Clare Ithaca
First Downs
9
13
Yards Rushing
94
232
Yards Passing
115
46
Passes
6-16
2-6
Interception
1
2
Punts
1
1
Fumbles Lost
1
2
Yards Penalized
26
50
The Pioneers go against Durand in the homecoming football
game with a tie in their only
conference tilt this season. The
Railroaders dropped Chesaning
last week with a 6-0 victory.
Durand's forward line, said the
most experienced in the conference has been called the team's
biggest chance to make it into
a title contender. It will meet a
Green and White eleven that has
wins over non-conference Gladwin and Michigan Lutheran Seminary, and a tie with top-favorite
Ithaca.
Opening kickoff is scheduled
for 8:00 p.m. Friday.
Halftime ceremonies will feature the crowning of the 1961
Homecoming Queen by last
year's winner, and a colorful
show by Clare's splendid high
school band.
The dance following the game
is sponsored by the CHS senior
class and is open to students,
their guests and all alumni.
Club Names
Woman
Of Year
Thirty-five memhbers and
guests of the Clare Business and
Professional Woman's Club were
in attendance at the "kick-off"
breakfast (Monday morning at
the Hotel Doherty, Mrs. Donald
Holbrook, Sr. gave the invocation,
Dorotha Kirkpatrick, president
of the club} asked each member
and guest to introduce themselves, telling of their occupation. She welcomed the group,
and gave appropriate remarks
on the observance of National
Business Woman's Week, October 1-7.
•She presented Judge Holbrook,
who had the honor of naming the
Business Woman of the year,
elected by the club members at
their September meeting.
Mrs. Floyd Boardman " was
overwhelmed as she was asked to
approach the speaker's table",
and the president presented her
with a corsage of yellow roses
(the club flower) and paid tribute to her faithfulness to the
club during the three years she
has been a member. No job was
too large or too . small for
"Leone" to tackle and she is always ready to lend a helping
hand. Mrs. Boardman expressed
sincere thanks and spoke feeling
ly of the high honor given her.
Judge Holbrook, as the speaker for the morning, paid tribute
to the business women of the-
community, and the importance
of their jobs. He gave very timely remarks on "Communism and
Our Democracy" and the part
each individual plays in our
mode of life, that the value, of
the individual is what America
stands for. He stressed we exemplify our values, and work together in the battle against
Communism, as America is one
big family working together for
one aim ... to keep our Freedom.
School Bus
Stuck In Mud
Ten school children Were late
for their classes at Clare Tuesday, but with good excuses. *•—
Their school bus got stuck and
couldn't get ihem in on time..
A bad-spot in the county road
4% miles south of Clare and A3
miles west has been wet and be-i
•coming worse until Tuesday
When a foot of water across the
road was too much for the school
bus. It slid into a position, where
it couldn't be driven out and the
10 kids aboard had to be rescued
by another bus that picked tap
the remainder of the load and
finished the run.
The driver, Mrs, Frank Walters has a 3-year record of good
driving. And at the Clare school
office, it was told that repeated
requests have been made to get
the road repaired.   .
"Now maybe something will
be done to make this spot passable," the school hopes,
The bus was stuck so firmly
that one wrecker couldn't move
it, and another with a winch was.
called to assist.
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