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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLABE. MICHIGAN
OCTOBER 12, 1961
New Series, Vol. 70, No, S
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Edge Over Railroaders
By Larry Mogg
Clare's Pioneers, ringing up
three scores on quick thrusts
early in Friday's game, then
hung on desperately to nip Durand 19-18 for a homecoming victory before an over-capacity
throng of partisan fans. The
triumph gave Clare a share of
the conference lead along with
Ithaca as the season approached
the halfway mark.
Clare's record to date is almost spotless with 3 wins, no defeats, and one tie. Ithaca downed
St. Louis in the circuit's only
other contest,  20-6.
Jim Perrine, versatile Green
and White fullback was once
again the thunder and lightning
of Clare's attack. He chalked up
120 yards on the ground and
blistered the "Railroaders' defense
for 166 yards passing.
Pioneer ..defense, a key factor
in other victories, was unimpressive through the lattervpart of
the game. But Larry Hawkins,
Bob Green, and Ralph Buchholz
were outstanding with fine play
diagnosis ana rib-racking tackles
from their line positions.
Clare dazzled the crowd the
first two times they passed the
ball. After Tom Kozicki returned the opening kickoff 19 yards
to the CHS 38, Perrine slanted
through tackle and raced 41
yards to the Railroaders' 21. In
three carries Pat Murphy and
Kozicki put the ball on the one-
yard stripe and Kozicki then
blasted into the end zone for the
score. Tom also added what proved to be the vital point after
touchdown.
Clare jarred Durand again
following a punt when Perrine
lofted a beautiful pass to right-
end Jarl Ruark behind Durand's
secondary. Ruark took the ball
over his shoulder in stride and
scampered, untouched 57 yards
for the score. The point conversion failed.
An apparent rout was in the
making when the Pioneers drove
for their third touchdown at the
.otttset Of the second quarter. A
64-yard aerial "Bomb", Perrine
to Dan Green set the ball on
Durand's seven. Perrine cracked
Glass Company
Opens Sales
Opening of a new sales room
and work shop in Clare is announced this week by the Chemical City Glass Company with
headquarters in Midland. The enterprise occupies a building on
East Fourth street once the home
of Scott Oil Well Drilling.
Larry Costello, manager of the
new business in Clare says that
>his company specializes in auto
glass and trim, residential or
commercial glass work, and auto
radiator, gas tank and heater
service. "Everything in aluminum
or glass".
Driver Award
An award for one year's safe
„ driving as an employee of Darling Freight, Inc. was given to
Alvin Rise, Lake at an award
dinner in St. Joseph last Saturday evening.
through for the tally, and PAT
again failed,
The Railroaders started to roll
late in the second quarter and
broke their scoreless skein with a
20-yard pass, play, Lee to Ring-
man. After a scoreless third period, Durand scored twice more
after long gains with end
sweeps. Failure to score a single
point after TD cost Duran a tie,
or a possible win.
Coach George Perry sends his
powers against Chesaning tomorrow night while Ithaca plays
non-conference  Hart.
Worker Dies
In Car Crash
A single-car accident left one
dead and one injured near Far-
well last Saturday morning at
1:30 when two construction workers in their auto left the road
at high speed and struck a tree in
a roadside park at the highway
fork of US-10 and M-115 just
west of Farwell.
Dead is Charles E, Carmichael,
24, of Ruskin, Florida. He was
employed by a pipeline construction company working out of
Rosebush. He suffered, severe
head injuries according to Clare
County Coroner Frank Coker.
Dan Barton, from Elsie, Michigan was a passenger in the car
and is in Clare General Hospital
with hurts from the mishap.
Mr. Coker said that Carmichael had been living in a cabin
near Lake with his brother, William, His body was sent to his
home in Florida.
Name Wedge
City Assessor
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The appointment of Willard
Wedge, former Clare city manager to the post of city assessor
was approved by the city commission at its last meeting.
Wedge will fill a vacancy caused
by the death on August 13 of
John Hall. The appointment made
by City .Manager Clarence Gum
and approved by the commission,
is effective as of October 2* 1961.
Another appointment, that of
Robert Kennedy as acting superintendent of the municipal sewage treatment plant has also been
approved. Mr. Hall had held both
jobs during a long term as a city
employee.
Mr. Kennedy is expected to
qualify shortly for a Class C license to operate the treatment
plant. He now holds a Class D
license.
Child Health
Child Health Conferences in
Clare county will be held October 17 in Farwell at the Methodist church at 9 to ,11 a.m., in
Clare on the same day the conference will be at the city hall
from 1 to 3 p.m. At Harrison on Friday, October 18 the
conference will be 9 to 11a.m. in
the courthouse basement.
Cutting the ribbon stretched across ihe
paved runway at Clare's airport dedication last Thursday, Mrs. Elford Cederberg,
wife of ihe congressman from this district
officially opened ihe expanded air facility
here. She was assisted by Clare Mayor
Gerald Nivison while a crowd of nearly
100 watched. Sentinel foio.
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Planes
Early morning fog Sunday over
parts of Michigan was blamed for
cutting attendance at the Clare
Dawn Patrol to 90-to 95 airplanes
with their passengers, but those
who flew in at the newly improved airport and local townspeople there enjoyed a day-long
entertainment. Visitors who braved the early morning conditions
saw the weather improve until it
was  ideal for  outdoor fare.
The dawn patrol was sponsored
by Clare Junior Chamber of
Commercemen as the first of
what is hoped to be an annual
affair here. It showed off the
city's airport just three days
after the dedication* of a newly
opened 2,500-foot paved runway
with taxiway and large apron
near the waiting room, and came
at the season, famous hereabouts
for breathtaking beauty in the
autumn foliage. Countless sightseeing flights took off during the
day from the field.
On the program were prize
awards, a spectacular, sky-diving
and parachute show, games and
contests for youngsters. Crowds
of hundreds of local spectators
came and went during the day
making total attendance at least
as big as JayCees had hoped.
Art Carroll from Oil City, head
of the Chippewa Sky Divers Club
thrilled the crowd with a delay-
drifts in for an easy landing at the Clar*e
airport Sunday as one of the featured en-
jtefiaiftefs on ihe Junior Chamber: of Com-
jyatrot program, tie tell
several hundred feet before Opening his
big red and yellow chute.     Sentinel foio.
ed-opening jump from 7,000 feet.
Carroll with other members of
the club performed several double
/end of the strip at the same time
with as many as four more circling or approaching the descent
jumps with a clear blue sky foj:..^ Resourceful    JayCees   placed
a background and perfect wind
conditions.
Airport Manager Court Bauer
had predicted that 100 planes
would fly in bringing dawn patrol visitors to the affair, but
JayCee sponsors hoped that the
event would attract up to four
times that many pilots.
Dick Murphy, on the JayCee
program committee for the day,
said that the club learned a lot
about managing and sponsoring
an affair of this kind, and that
next year's dawn patrol would
aim at increased attendance.
Thirty-six planes were on the
ground before 8:30 a.m. and at
times the incoming flyers created an air traffic problem with
landings coming so fast that two
planes would be coasting to -fb,e
traffic directors equipped with
red and green signal flags to direct pilots. A little motor scooter
acted as a "follow me" guide* to
lead planes to their parking
spaces on the edge of the field.
JayCees served almost 400
breakfasts in the dining room of
the Clare Rod and Gun Club near
the airport, visitors being logged
fxom Detroit, Jackson, Battle
Creek, Muskegon, and Kalamazoo, Saginaw and many points
nearer.
The largest plane to fly in
was a twin-engine Beechcraft belonging to Dr. Arnold Ott in
Muskegon. His faiiWer and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Ott with members of their family
were on hand to greet him on the
field.
State's Bright Foliage
In Best Colors Now
"Autumn in Michigan," Mother Nature's re-make of last
year's colorful outdoor extravaganza and a perennial favorite of travelers, will have its
premiere in the upper peninsula
in late September, Cool, autumn winds carry the show into
the lower peninsula during October.
In the Clare county area and
nearby countryside, brilliant
hillsides of maple woods will vie
with scarlet sumack and brown
and yellow oaks and aspen to
color the autumn scene.
The frost-free September and
prospects of sunny and dry
October days will likely add a
few precious days to the length
of the season. Ripeniing leaves
are already showing spots of
color in advance of the first
frost in this area.
Easily traveled back-country
roads invite* sightseers and
photograph hobbiests. At the
Clare airport, Bauer Flying
Service offers special sightseer
ing from the air each autumn.
The opening scene is Set in
Michigan's renowned "Copper
Country," the Keweenaw peninsula. This arching finger of land
juts into the gun-metal surface
of Lake Superior and seems to
beckon the frost-filled winds
which/ cue a colorful costume
change for 19 million acres of
green-cloaked Michigan forests.
Brightly costumed extras, performing in bowl-shaped settings,
steal the scene for a few hours
during football weekends but
Dame Nature is- the real star of
the -show. She gives a brillant
performance with her portrayal
of the flamboyant beauty,"Autumn," who dons her gaudiest
finery for this .fleeting season.
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The Michigan Tourist Council
•has arranged to give advance
notice to those who want to see
the show. Based on recent years
October 1-17 is the most likely
time to enjoy Michigan's fall
color spectacular, but a cax-d or
letter to the Council office, Lansing 26: Michigan, will bring a
post card announcing just when
Mother Nature's performance is
about to start.
The northern half of Michigan's lower peninsula begins its
autumnal transformation about
a week after its start above the
Straits  of  Mackinac.
Alpena suggests that the fall
traveler follow a circuit using
US23 to Lakewood then along
East Grand Lake road which
skirts the Lake Huron shore and
returns to US-23 up to Rogers
City. Cadillac has outlined four
tours "Varying in length from 20
to 70 miles.
Charlevoix is another central
point from which three- planned
color tours emanate' through the
surrounding area, which is interlaced wtfih tree-bordered
lakes • .
Cheboygan fall color enthusiasts recommend, four circle tours
for fall color and offer a brochure of deailed. instructions
Grayling offers a marked tour
along the old DeWard Trail and
suggests a canoe float trip
down the picturesque Ou Sable
River.
From Houghton Lake, • color?
tourists will find the trip on
M-76 and M:55 through the Oge-
.maw Hills and US-27 south to
Harrison "especially attractive.
The Grand Traverse region has
eight planned tours covering a
five-county area,  ranging  from
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Clare celebrated the formal
opening and dedication of its expanded and remodeled airport
with a projgram on the field
Thursday morning, and a luncheon afterward where 90 people
heard a short program. There
were speeches and credits for
leadership in completing the airport improvement.
At the 11:00 a.m. ceremonies
on the airfield, important visitors and local officials were introduced to a crowd of perhaps 170
spectators. A high point of interest in 'the outdoor program
was the cutting of a ribbon to
officially open the airport. Mrs.
Elford Cederberg, wife of the
congressman in Washington from
this district did the honors with
Clare Mayor Gerald Nivison assisting.
The field opening placed in
use, Clarefs $122,000, improvement to the existing airport. Before the ribbon-cutting ceremony
it had already been announced
that further refinements of air
facilities at the field would be a
$6,500. lighting addition to mark
the landing strip at night and on
occasions when incoming pilots
need the visibility aid. State and
local funds are ready and work
will begin soon.
Listeners at both the dedication ceremonies and the luncheon that followed were told that
success of the project resulted
from co-operation from local
government and agencies in
'Clant, and State and Federal
authorities.
Grateful recognition for parts
played in the development of the
project went to Clare's Mayor
Nivison and the City Commission, also to the State and Federal agencies, and especially to
Holley Carburetor Company. On
hand to witness the ceremonies
and to respond to the community's thanks were George C. Holley, Chairman of the Board of
Directors; John C. Holley, his
son, who is executive vice president of the firm; Earl Morgan,
onetime plant manager for the
Clare Division and now Aircraft
Manufacturing Manager with his
office in Detroit; Harold Sand-
born, manager of the company's
Enjoying- the occasion ami
the Clare hospitality, George
C. Holley, 82 year-old chairman
of the Board of Holley Carburetor was a scene-stealer at the
outdoor exercises for the dedication-of Clare's airport.
When five pretty majorettes
with Clare High School's band'
were introduced to Mr, Holley,
lie lined them up like a stage
chorus and taking a place in
the center of the line he taught
the girls a few kick steps,
dancing- right along with them.
The little inipromptu act
brought cheers and applause
from the crowd, and especially
band members who got a front-
row view of the fun.
Earlier, Mr. Holley had led
a delegation of his company's
representatives from Detroit
who flew to Clare for the day's
events. Their DC-3 plane is one
of the largest to ever land here,
and got much interested
attention.
operations in Clare, and others
of the company's high, echelon
executives.
The Holley Company was an
important contributor to the fund
raised locally to match .government grants for the job.
The elder Mr. Holley was introduced by his son at the luncheon
in the Hotel Doherty where he
spoke a few moments. The 82
year-old manufacturer was a
pioneer in aviation and his company now manufactures automobile carburetion systems and aircraft components.
He complimented Clare on the
completion of the airport improvement and said he expects to
see more expansion take shape
at the field in the future.
Other speakers introduced by
Program Chairman Frank T. LaGoe were James Ramsey, State
Department of Aeronautics who
congratulated the city on the
"significant improvement to' the
airport", and James Waedekin,
district airport engineer for the
Federal Aeronautics Agency who
expressed his best wishes to Clare
for a rising future as an area
aviation center.
Letters of congratulations were
read from Michigan Senators
Philip Hart and Pat McNamara.
Mrs. Cederberg expressed her
husband's interest in the development of Clare's air facility.
Present also were Isabella-
Clare District Representative
Russell Strange, Michigan Department of Aeronautics repre-
sentative G. D. Card from Lapeer,
Clare Chamber of Commerce
President Bernard Wyman and
Airport 'Manager Court Bauer
among others,
John C. Holley, in remarking
on the convenience to his company now provided in the larger
airport, recalled that 17 years
when he first flew to Clare in
connection with business, he
came in on a cow pasture.
"We had 'to dive sharply to
approach the landing", he said,
"and on the take-off again, we
had to zoom up after leaving the
ground in hopes of clearing trees,
wires and obstacles."
Holley's big DC-3 now lands
with ease on the long, paved
runway.
He had words of praise for the
Clare High School- band that
played during the program on
the field. Some of the most lavish
credits were reserved for Alan
Ott, Citizens State Bank Cashier
in Clare for his work as airport
project co-ordinator. He was
chairman of a committee for the
Clare Industrial Development
Corporation responsible for the
entire job from procuring the
land for expansion, and obtaining
government aid to help finance
the costly improvement.
earner, Luck Smue
On CHS Homecoming
Clare High School's Homecoming had all the enjoyable qualities
of a perfect celebration, — a football triumph over conference rival Durand, — ideally beautiful
weather for the parade through
downtown Clare, — a fine, performance during Friday night's
game halftime where a tremendous crowd watched the show, —
and finally the colorful Homecoming Ball for a party hall full
of celebrators.
Downtown streets were jammed with hundreds of spectators
at 3:15 Friday when parade time
brought the spectacle of music
and entertainment. The CHS
varsity band and junior band
both marched and played and
floats moved along the line with
carloads of cheering pep leaders
and football players.
Georgia Shayler, picked as
Homecoming Queen was carried
in a place of honor on the largest
float. With her were six other
high school co-eds as her "court",
all beautifully gowned in form-
als. Pat Murphy rode at Georgia's side as King of the hbme-
coming celebration.
The freshman class float depict-
C-D Meeting
At Garfield
The Garfield Township Extension club is sponsor of a Civilian
Defense meeting to be held tonight, October 12, at 8 p.m. at the
Garfield town hall.
A motion picture will be shown
and OCD leaflets passed out with
time reserved for a discussion
period after the film. Mrs. Ina
Hammond, Clare county OCD director will speak. Refreshments
of coffee and donuts will be
served.
ing a "monstrous" gieon dinosaur trampling an a Durand football player was judged first
place winner. Thome of the parade float designs was "B.C.",
second place went to the sopho-
more class, whose float scene
was an ancient pyramid tomb ~
to "seal up" Durand's team,
McEwan- street -^s^epoKitt'd
with streamers d?' school idlorS"
and ripe cornstalks tied to po**s
en the curbs. Spectators were
packed from curbs to building
fronts to applaud the procession.
Back at the school there were
no dull moments after Thursday
evening's pep rally and big bonfire.
The most exciting football
game in many seasons produced
a thrill-a-minute for the crowd
estimated at over 1,100. They
saw Clare win a flashy contest
over Durand, 19-18 to remain undefeated in the Mid-Michigan "B"
Conference race.
The halftime show was given
noisy approval by the audience
in the stands and standing in
overflow depth completely a-
round the playing field.
CHS varsity and junior bands
massed for the fanfare to accompany the crowning of the
Homecoming Queen, and then
were featured in well rehearsed
entertainment.
Poking a little fun at "long
hair" opera, the band burlesqued
scenes where the "Anvil Chorus",
the "Quartet from Rigoletto", an
operatic "Bullfight" were enacted by players and majorettes.
The comedy delighted those at
the packed sidelines.
Band Director Lloyd Conley directed the show while the commentary came over the public address system from Neil. Court-
right, instrumental and vocal
music teacher.
Later at the annual ball, dancers moved to the beat of modqrn
rock 'n roll tunes until 11:00. Refreshments of soft drinks and
potato chips were served.
A parade feature on Clare High Homecoming last Friday afternoon was this queen's
float carrying George Shayler (top center)
and Pat Murphy beside her in a place of
honoi**,  thiey w#r© selected Homecoming
Queen and King.  Six pt&tty members ol
the queen's  court  also  on  the float ar»V
Janice Brown, Diane Bryant, Sh&rdn PrnW"
hurst,  Starr  ParJdmM, Bldonaa Mrikle*
and Micheis Kind** " •:."    ' mWBi&A i&iol^