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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLAKE, MICHIGAN
OCTOBEH 19, 1961
New Series, Vol 70 No, $
KIDS' HALLOWEEN CONTEST
Civitans Offering Prizes
For Window Paintings
Clare Civitans are announcing
a project for Halloween window
painting and will award three
valuable prizes for youngsters'
best pictures on store windows.
The contest, — for fun, "artistry",
and cash rewards, is be open to
all Clare school students up to
and including the eighth grade.
Robert Greer, head of the Civ-
ita committee conducting the
contest said that on the evening
of October 31 every plate glass
window in stores and commercial
buildings where permission is
given, will be painted with water-
washable colors. Winners of the
three, prizes will be selected by
judges.
First prize is to be a $25. Savings Bond, second place winner
will receive a $10. merchandise
gift certificate, and third prize is
a $5. merchandise gift certificate.
The contest idea for a picture-
painting contest to entertain
youngsters on Halloween has
never been tried in Clare, but has
proven to be a huge success in
other communities.
Members of the Civitan Club
are in the process of asking permission  of   building  .occupants
Service Pins
Awarded To
Holley Men
At an awards banquet Wednesday evening fof last week in
Barnes Town and Country
Lounge, 15 Holley Carburetor
Company employees received
honors and gifts for long seniority in service with the company's
Aircraft Division here in Clare,
Twenty-four guests at the>din-
ner and ceremonies which followed saw lapel pins awarded to
eleven 10-year employees and engraved watches along with jewelled lapel pins given to four 20-
yeaf ^employees.
In the class with ten years of
seniority as of December, 31,
1961 were;
Leonard VanBuskirk, Edmund
Owens, Rayford Wild, Archie
Beatty,
Carl Lloyd, Robert Walters, Joseph. Ashley, Earl Cruden, Jr.
Hugh Bell, Ronald Marr, Clyde
Westfall.
Twenty-year Cognition went
to:
Robert Bentschneider, Ray
mond Leinback, John Moerlins,
Thaddeus Zywicki.
All of the fifteen men were at
the banquet to accept their congratulations and gifts in person.
In addition to the service
awards, a U.S'. Savings Bond
went to 'Robert Walters for his
10-year Best Attendance record.
Walters, a^pfant guard has
averaged less than one day's absence each year over the past
ten years.   .
The presentations were made
by Clare Division Plant Manager
Harold Sandborn, and on hand to
congratulate the honored men
was John Ter Keurst, Holley Industrial Relations Director who
made the trip for the banquet
from his office in Warren, Michigan.
to allow their plate glass windows
to be used for "canvases" in the
townwide art exhibit.
To enter the contest, school
students should sketch their picture, or the idea they want to
convey on tablet paper and turn
it in at their school office. The
judges will accept as many
sketches as there are windows to
be painted upon, and assign certain windows to contestants by
name.
At Clare Public School, sketches are to be submitted at the
office of the Superintendent, and
at St, Cecilia's School, at the
principal's  office.
Predicting that there will be
more contestants than there are
windows to paint, sponsors have
decided on this means to enter
only the best ideas. The small
sketches will then be copied in
colored paint on the large plate
glass windows.
The pictures will vary in size
from those to fit glass as small
as four feet square up to the
giant size of the plate glass in
Clare's largest show windows.
The Citizens State Bank has a-
greed to allow the use of wind-
bws in its present downtown
building, and also the windows
newly installed in its new structure at McEwan and Seventh.
The Chamber of Commerce
has given hearty approval to the
colorful scheme.
To allow time for contestants
to finish their paint work, the
committee has set the time for
selecting entry sketches on paper for 4:30 p.m. on Monday,
October 23. Final judging of the
actual window paintings will be
announced at 8:00 p.m. on Halloween, October 31 at the Clare
Fire Hall.
Bennett Child
Dies Following
Gladys Irene, daughter of Mrs.
Florence Bennett of Farwell and'
Dale Bennett of Alma was born
May 4, 1958 in Mt. Pleasant and
died October 13 of injury received when struck by a car driven
by Lionel Burrows of Ferndale
on U.S. 10 in front of the Far-
well Hotel. The child was pronounced dead on arrival at Clare
General Hospital.
Gladys was one of three children in the family. She is survived by her parents, two brothers, Jimmy and Howard, Paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Garland Bennett of Clare, Maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Madison of rural
Farwell, great grandparents Mr.
and Mrs. Galand Bennett of
Clare and Mr. and Mrs. James
Joslin of Clare and several aunts
and uncles.
Funeral services were held at
2:00 p.m. Monday from the Far-
well Methodist Church with Rev.
John Allan officiating with
burial in Cherry Grove cemetery
in Clare, 'Funeral arrangements
were by Coker Funeral Home in
Farwell.
Deb Nolan
Sidelined
For Season
Deb Nolan, Clare High product
who is a sophomore gridiron
standout at the University of
Michigan will see no more action
in the current season due to a
back injury in Saturday's game
with MSU at Ann Arbor. 'His
mother, Mrs. Delbert Nolan, Sr.
returned home to Clare after a
weekend spent with her son in
the University Hospital to confirm that he suffered a fractured
vertabra and damage to spinal
discs.
Nolan, a starting right guard
in Saturday's big game was hurt
in the opening minutes of the
first quarter.
At Clare High, Nolan played
four years of varsity football
until his graduation in 1960. He
won recognition both as an out.
standing football player and all-
round prep athlete, and excellence in scholastic grades* that
earned him a place in the National  Honors   Society.
Far And Wide
Some interesting old picture
postcards, mailed in the 1800s
from Clare to Newpaltz, New
York, turned up again back in
Clare recently after an old family home in the New York state
town was sold. A cousin of Mrs.
Dale Reynolds found the cards
among old papers when the Newpaltz place was being emptied for
new owners. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds now have the postcard view
of an early scene on McEwan
street and a flock of grazing
sheep on a riverbank.
Postponed
A Clare county 4-H officers
leadership training school sponsored by the Clare County 4-H
Service ' Club has originally
scheduled to be held on October
21 in the Farwell Hgh School
but is now postponed until further notice.
Virgil Newman standing
proudly by some of the largest
corn he ever raised. Surprisingly many stalks stand 14 and 15
feet tall 90% hard when filling
his silo last week. This is a
variety planted May 17th. His
12x35 foot silo could not hold
all of five acres and he claimes
the Weather Man should have
most all the credit.
Views Of
Europe ■
At P-TA
Monday evening those who attended the meeting of the Clare
Parent-Teacher Association had
a chance to learn about Europe
— through the descriptions and
views of* modern youth. Two
Clare high, school students and
an exchange student from Germany were guides on the European
"trip".
Speaking on the program were
Margrit Theysohn, international
exchange student "from Germany
who is a senior as Clare High
during her one-year stay in-the
United States. She told of her
family life, explained the German educational system and
compared it to ours here in
America, and described how she
came to be chosen over several
hundred other teenagers for the
visit to this country.
Willis Hankins showed many
beautiful film slides of dykes,
windmills, churches and scenery
while he told of his three-month
visit earlier this year with a family in Holland.
Eric Hammerberg talked to
the group about his four weeks
tour in Europe with the High
School Band of America through
parts of western continent including London, Paris, Switzerland and many other places.
Refreshments were served in
the elementary ,gym by first
grade room mothers.
P-TA members are reminded
of the mascot dog, given at each
meeting to the schoolroom with
the highest percentage of parents
present at the meeting for the
month. The aim is to double the
membership in November b„y
each member bringing another
person for a new member.
Rev. Harold (Knickerbocker of
the First Baptist Church wat the
guest minister at Monday's meeting.
Baptists
Call Pastor
To R
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The annual meeting of the
"Clare Baptist Church was held
Tuesday evening, October 10th.
The pastor Rev. Harold Knickerbocker presided, and the hour
opened with Bible selections and
the invocation.
The .clerk, Mrs. Reginald
House gave a very acceptable
report of the year's activities of
the church and board. Of special
interest is the accepting of 40
persons into membership, several
by letter and other by baptism,
and a fulfilling and meeting the
needs of growing and expansion.
Treasurer Vern Whitford gave
his annual and well-compiled re-
port of receipts and expenditures.
Each member received ja. fullje-
port for future reference. This
too, is worthy of mention as the
receipt column was over $5,000.
more this past year, than previously, having a total receipts of
$27,270.13. Several generous gift
offerings were received from anonymous givers, to apply on
building   fund   indebtedness.
The expenditures $26,079.14 included purchases of additional adjoining lots, and another lot
cited for a new parsonage, new
hymnals, public address system,
and a new organ.
The "Missionary budget also
was increased during the year,
assisting in seventeen home and
foreign projects. This fund was
again increased to 15% for the
coming year.
Reports were also given by
the pastor, the King's Daughters
president, Mrs, Wayne Cowles
the Sunday School Superinten
dent, Ed Schlafley Jr., which
were all commendable in cooperation and service.
Rev. and Mrs. Knickerbocker
who came to the church "last
April will continue to serve the
church and community. Officers
chbsen by ballot for the new
year are: Gordon Rydman, deacon, three years; Mrs. Raymond
Eaton, deaconess; Mrs. Lynn
Archbold, clerk; Vern Whitford,
treasurer, returned for the
fourth year; Ed Schlafley Jr..
Sunday, School Superintendent,,
returned for the 18th year. '
The meeting adjourned with
prayer by the pastor, and all adjourned looking ■ forward to another successful 'year of service.
At Coleman
Installation
Members of Zenobia Chapter
OES who attended the Coleman
Chapter OSS installation on Saturday evening, October 26th
were Evelyn Breen, worthy matron, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cotton, Alba Lyness, Nina Rosen-
dahl, Lil Thayer, Pearl White,
Nellie Hatch, Faye Stephenson,
Mazie Mayer, Kathryn Freeman,
and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Campbell.
Joint Meet
Clare County Pomona Grange
will meet with Riverside Grange
on its next date, Tuesday, October 24 to hear a lecture by Richard Schroeder, Clare County Extension Agent. The talk will describe Schroeder's trip last year
to Europe and behind the Iron
Curtain into 'Russia, and will be
illustrated by film slides taken
there.
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By Larry Mogg
Clare's gridiron chances for a
successful league season have
orbited to pew heights following
the team's 21-0 conquest of the
Chesaning Indians last Friday.
The victory was won on the down-
stater's home field in Chesaning.
The Green and White, thus far
undefeated in the 1961 schedule,
sport a 4-won, one-tied record
and are the Mid-Michigan "B"
loop kingpins with a 2-0-1 mark
in conference clashes, Clare
could claim at least a tie for the
league title with a triumph over
St. Louis on October 27,
The coming St, Louis tussle
is the Pioneers' last game against
a league foe while Ithaca, preseason favorites for the championship of the Mid-Michigan conference, must still deal with
strong Durand and Chesaning
on  successive weekends.
The Durand Railroaders who
threw a real scare into Coach
Perry's team before going down
19-18 last week are a strong
threat to Ithaca's chances for
a tie with Clare.
Any Grownups Challenge
Youth's Physical Fitness
Coleman Hosts District
Oddfellows, Rebekahs
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A .Belleview man and his wife jumped
io safety from ihis auto, seconds before
it was hit and demolished by a train
Sunday afternoon in, Farwell. Kenneth
Williams, driver of the car, a" 1955 Ford
said it stalled on ihe Asm Arbor tracks
on Stale Ro-d .-u.d a-.t , ilrrnk by an
easibound freight. Farwell Police Chief
Don Lloyd took statements from Mr. and
Mrs. Williams, and from the* engineer,
Charles Ne'ckvll, of Owosso*
Meryl Graham photo.
The Clare-Isabella-Gladwin District Association Oddfellows and
Rebekahs held their October
meeting at Coleman Friday evening last week, with the Coleman
Rebekahs as hostess.
James Yeoman, president, presided for the meeting, and officers were elected for the coming
year by representatives from
each lodge. Clare delegates were
Earl Henderson, Joe Swain, Mrs.
Harrison Simmons, and Mrs.
Henderson,
•Officers elected were: Jerry
Servoss, Mt, Pleasant, president;
Mrs. Mildred Bowers, Coleman,
vice president; and Mrs. Florence
Allen, Shepherd, secretary-treasurer.
The next meeting will be in
Clare at which time .a sp.eciahpro-
gram, and recognition awards
will be made. Grand Lodge officers are also to be guests.
For the program, a group of
children, presented "Circus Exhibitions" which Was enjoyed by
both young and old. A delicious
pot luck lunch was served, to
conclude the evening's festivities.
New Cong'l
e»
Budget $12,945
Trustees of the Clare Congregational Church drew up a proposed 1962 budget calling for the
spending of $12,945. in the parish program. The budget proposal represents an increase of
$415.00 over last year's figure.
A committee headed by Jerry
Forsberg is making plans for the
annual "Christian Enlistment", a
one-day campaign during which
church members and Mends will
be asked to pledge, "time, treasure, and talent" rfor the use of
the church in 1962. As in recent
years the men of the church will
conduct the enlistment and present the needs of the church to
every family,
Sunday, October 22 is to be a
special Sunday Of recognition for'
the church choirs. Both Junior
and Senior groups will sing at
the morning services of worship,
Mrs, Joseph .Johnston is the director Of both choirs.
Clare's seventh, eighth, and
ninth grade students are presently competing in the nation-wide
Youth Development Program,
known as the physical fitness
testing program and planned and
recommended originally at the
suggestion of President John F.
Kennedy, In the program, boys
and girls compete with others
their own age to determine their
athletic abilities in given tests of
endurance and skill.
The project has the aim of
building physical fitness of American youh to help them become
stronger mentally.
Mrs. Carol Feight and James
Raymond, physical education
teachers at Clare High. School
are administering the program
here. They test boys and girls in
seven different exercise and skill
catagories.
In the competetive "games" are
a few specialties for boys, and
some for girls, but generally the
youngsters are tested in push»ups,
chinning the bar, sit-ups, running and jumping events, and
the softball throw.
Awards will be presented to a
boy and girl in the ninth grade
who attain the best scoring average for all seven events. An intensive short course in firearms
safety is being taught at the
same time as the testing program.
Delegation
Attends BPW
District Meet
Dorotha Kirkpatrick, president,
Fannie Yeoman, vice;-chairman
of District V, Thelma Woodworth,
Grace Higelmire, and Eunice
Smith, were representatives of
the Clare Business and Professional Woman's Club at the District V meeting held in Midland,
! Sunday, October 15 at the
1 Country Club.
Special guests present included the state president, Helen Taylor, of Battle Creek and past
State President Viola Wolfe, of
Detroit. Several other state committee workers were also guests
and introduced.
The program featured a panel
on BPW history, objectives, and
ajms, and "What it Means to All
of Us", which was followed by
a message by the state president.
Mrs. Margaret Busch of Alma,
district chairman, presided for
the business meeting. She an
nounced/ a new club was being
instituted on November 4th at
Cass City, and other possibili
ties in the district.
Bettie Marotzke of Glare was
named to the district nominating committee. The next council meeting will be November 12.
A donation was given to the Virginia Allen Secretary Fund. Mrs.
Allen, a native of Michigan, is
second vice president of the National Federation, and all Mich
igan Clubs are joining in this
project to help with her finances.
The spring district meeting
will be held at Caro on April 1,
1962.
Claim Steaks
*
Many contestants- staked their
"claims" last weekend at thenew
location of the coming IGA/Food-
liner in a contest sponsored by
Witbeck's supermarket. The new
store is under construction across
US-27 from Gateway Lanes on
North McEwan. Names of contest
winners Who collected free beef-
Steak, of "hamburg are listed on
page 16 of this issue.,
The instructors have this to
say about the results of tests to
date.
"Physical fitness of most of
our students is good, but they
should continue to try and improve in each event."
And if improved fitness would
be good for boys and girls, what
about "their elders? How many
push-ups or sit-ups can you do,
Mom, or Dad?
Count them smartly as you
go now! Ready! Get set, one . . .
two three UGH!
Sentinel
Circulation
At New High
Circulation - of The Clare- Sentinel, already more than ever before in the history of the 83-
year-old newspaper is on its way
tcf new record heights with the
increase of 42 mail subscribers
gained during the Clare Public
School magazine sale just finished. The new increase brings circulation over the 3,320 mark.
The gain is in new subscriptions only. Scores or renewals also
were sold by students during the
campaign.
The four high school classes
sent members on a door-to-door
sales campaign that grossed
slightly over $3,000.00 in subscriptions to popular magazines,
and The Sentinel.
Profits to student class funds
from the sales of Sentinel subscriptions only amounted to
S177.05. The money goes for student activities and the sale is
the only major money-raising
project for students.
Mail copies of The Sentinel
will begin arriving for new subscribers just as soon as mailing
plates are processed.
If CHS can sweep the last
three games of the schedule with
Morley-Stanwood here tomorrow
night and then at St, Louis and
back home against Sacred Heart
of Mt, Pleasant on the following*
two weekends, the team will
gather in a big jack-pot.
At stake is an undefeated season record, the league title or a
share of the crown, an impressive improvement for Coach Perry over last season when he suffered through his first losing
campaign (3-5) since becoming
head coach at CHS.
Clare's three touchdowns came
on long marches of 83, 91, and 87
yards, to the enjoyment of Pioneer fans who followed the team
to Chesaning. The defense showed effectiveness against the fir-
ed-up Indians playing before a
large Chesaning homecoming
crowd.
Chesaning managed to get inside the Pioneer 20 twice but
both times were halted by alert
defenses. Once following Tom
Kozicki's fumble, the Indians recovered and moved to the Clare
12, In this series, defending end
Gary Hawkins twice nailed Chesaning backs for large losses so
that they had to surrender the
ball.
The other Chesaning threat
was lifted when Clare safety man
Jerry Russell picked off an Indian aerial at the goal line.
Hawkins, Russell, Lloyd Eberhart and Kozicki led the Pioneer
rampaging defense.
Passing only often enough to
loosen Chesaning's defensive
secondary, Clare showed new
speed and variety in their powerful ground game. Backs time and
time again exploded for sizeable chunks of yardage.
Tom Kozicki rushed fbr 109
yards, Jim Perrine reeled off 95
yaVds-, and Skip Breen, playing
in his first game of this season,
picked up 98 yards. Breen whd
has been out with a back injury,
ripped for the Green and White's
first score after a fumble recovery by Eberhart in the early
stages of the first quarter. Breen
tore around right end and behind
a beautiful block by Kozicki,
scooted 23 yards for the tally.
Perrine made the score 7-0 with
his conversion,
The Pioneers stifled by four
first half bobbles, didn't score
again until the onset of Jthe
second half, Kozicki, Pioneer
play caller, cashed in on a 91-
yard drive when he bulled into
the end zone from the ten. Breen
converted.
Clare's last counter came in the
final stanza when Koziki joltea
3 yards for the score. The key
play of the series was a 24-yard
pass from Perrine to Kokicki.
Perrine added the point.
The Pioneers will meet Morley-
Stanwood tomorrow night in a
non-conference game at Clare.
Friday ihe 13th this month was a LUCKY day for Wayne
Pitts of Farwell who bagged his third, bow and arrow deer
in as maily years on that day. Ipiits scored with a single
shot from about a 50-foot range after stalking ihe spike
buck for 45 minutes. All his kills have been bucks.
Meryl Graham photo.