1961-11-02; Clare Sentinel

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,    THE CLAHE SENTINEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN TBUHSDAY,   NOV.   2,   1961
Half-Day Pupils
Need Extra Help
Parents Can Give
Parents of Clare Elementary
School fourth and fifth graders,
eighty strong attended a general
meeting Wednesday evening of
last week to confer with teachers and school administrators on
solutions of problems created
this year for the first time here
by half-day school attendance.
Short days for pupils in the
two grades were inaugurated this
year because of lack of classrooms for growing numbers in
Discover
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Artists
Pic Contest
Clare Civitans who sponsored
this week's contest for window
painting as a Halloween feature
for kinds, breathed a big sigh of
relief at the finish, — and vowed
to repeat the contest bigger and
better than ever next year. They
discovered so many talented and
eager student artists that judging
was difficult.
"It was lots of work, but loads
of fun and satisfaction, (too",
said Bob Greer, chairman of the
club committee in charge of the
contest.
Judges gave first prize honor
and a $25. Savings Bond to Don
Shepherd for his orginal painting on the window of Everts
Jewelry, second prize and a
merchandise certificate worth
$10. to Christine Crum who
painted a Halloween scene on
the plate glass at Ken's Hard-
Ware in North Clare; and third
prize with a $5. certificate to
Linda Endres for her painting
on Gay's Variety Store window.
Ten honorable mention prizes
.wprth ,$1,Q0 each in merchandi^
certificates go to: Billie Luke,*
Shirley Walters. Suzie Allen,
Beth Humphrey, Cary Randle
Rebecca Sue Allen, a team of Pat
Gibson and Lois Eberhart, another team of Charlene Bennett
and Ellen Ackerman, and two
wjnners who are not identified
yet, but whose winning designs
are on windows at" Clute's
Garage and Alexander Shoe
Store.
Prizes to the first three places
will be given at a Civitan meeting scheduled for Tuesday evening, November 13.
Judges were Robert McDaniel,
chairman, Bob Greer, Bob
Graham, Bill Koch, George Shay-
ler, and Leonard Crusen. McDaniel is the art instructor at Clare
High and all others are members
of the club.
The committee wishes to thank
school principals at Clare Elementary school and at St. Cecilia's for their co-operation in enlisting student contestants.
Merchants honoring the prize
certificates are instructed to present them to Civitan Treasurer
Charles Shayler for full redemption.
Football
SquadMatch
Wednesday
Clare High's football players
will be starred in. strictly local
show for hometown fans when
they appear in an intra-squad
game Wednesday evening. The
regulation game will set the team
against itself, split with seniors
on one team and underclassmen
on the other. Game time is to b"e
7:30 p.m.
Tickets are for sale by members of the CHS Varsity Club,
and at Greens Clothing Store.
Regular "admission prices will be
charged and the Wednesday
game will afford many businessmen fans and their families to
watch the squad in action on a
night when stores are not open
to prevent owners and salespeople from seeing a contest.
Both teams will wear the
school colors with the seniors in
White, and underclassmen in
green.
The Clare High Band plans a
musical halftime show to entertain the crowd and refreshments
Will be available from the concession stand as usual.
The intra-squad match will
wind up gridiron activity in one
of the most successful seasons
in CHS history, and follows
only live days after the last inter-
scholastic game on the schedule,
tomorrow's tilt on the Clare
field with Sacred Heart Academy
of Mt. Pleasant.
the 40-year-old Elementary building.
Dave Donovan, principal and
Mrs. Leota VanEvery, curriculm
coordinator, discussed the half-
day session situation in the two
grades.
Special emphasis was given to
the needs of children, how the
.school program of instruction
has been changed because less
instructional -time is available
and how parents can help at
home.
Parents were asked for their
opinions concerning pupil re-
porting methods. Although
school officials believe the parent-
teacher conferences -to be educationally the soundest method
of reporting, the need for economy of time dictated a change
for this year.
The agreed-on plan will include
conferences by invitation from
the teacher to parents of pupils
who are having problems. Parents not invited, and who strongly desire a conference, may request one and it will be arranged.
To fill the void created, report
cards will be sent home in these
two grades about the first
week in December.
Many questions were asked by
parents about the needs of the
school; possible solutions, both
temporary and permanent; why
the crowded situation developed;
the need for remedial programs;
and many more pertinent questions.
The general meeting was adjourned and coffee was served.
Classroom teachers, Mrs. Ethel
Marshall, Mrs. Blanche Giebel,
Mrs. Irene Shively, Mrs. Ruth
Schunk, Mrs. Jean Whitford and
Mrs. Whitford's student teacher,
Mrs. Judy Kriener met with
parents in their rooms.
Parents who were unable to
ask their questions or who were
unable to attend are invited to
visit th superintendent's and
principal's office at the school.
Mr. Wheeler -and Mr. Donovan
have expressed a desire to be
available to district citizens for
informational  services.
State's 4th
George Perry, Clare High
football mentor is grinning
with obvious satisfaction this
week, — Ms Pioneer gridders
have finally attained statewide
recognition and are iistejH
sixth in Saginaw News coverage area (Class C-D), and
fourth in Michigan by Detroit
Free Press sports writers.
George, his players, and we
fans knew it all the time!
It was nod exactly that the
Pioneers went unnoticed in
their victorious strides to the
present 6-wori, 1-tied record),
but week after week it just
seemed that the headlines went
to larger schools, drama-packed contests elsewhere, or maybe the big-time reporters and
experts happened to be looking
the other way when the Green
and White was stirring up the
biggest dust clouds.
Happy fans are "high" on
the squad's teamwork,. A
strong line is giving good protection to Perrine and Kozicki,
the two passers. Blocking is
decisive, and defense asjsfenw
ments, especially against aerials are well executed;
J. W. Prince In
Washington
J. W. Prince, treasurer-elect of
the Livestock Industry Markets
Association will leave for Washington, D. C. this week to attend
a two day meeting of the Pack
ers and Stockyards Act Industries Committee Of which he is
a member.
The committee was formed last
March by leaders in the trade associations of those segments of
business subject to the federal
Packers & Stockyards Act. Jurisdiction extends to all livestock
marketing in commerce and
meat packers. It is administered
by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Prince was elected to his present office last June at the annual
Livestock Marketing Congress in
Dallas, Texas. He takes office
December 1 in the trade association which represents 37 state
associations and more than 2,000
owner-operated livestock markers
throughout the nation.
As head of the Wolverine Stockyards, founded by his late father,
Prince operates markets in St.
Johns, Carson City, Lake Odessa,
Lapeer and Kalamazoo, Michigan
on consecutive days of the week
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Farwell High's homecoming was ruled over by Queen
Pamela LeGears. At ihe halftime show before a football
crowd. Para stood beside King Art Denton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Denton while they both received cheers
and honors as Homecoming Royalty. Weekend festivities
included a parade where the tenth grade float won top
honors, snake dance and pep rally on ihe evening before
the big game, and a 7-0 football victory over Beal City.
The school dance climaxed the weekend.
Photo by Meryl Graham.
Pioneer's Ratings Rise
After St. Louis Victory
Clare's gridiron steamroller,
ranked fourth in the state in
classes C and D by the Detroit
hny? Raises
Retired: Pay
Under S.S.
Are you a working person 65
or over who has never applied
for social security benefits? If
so, you will want to ask your social security office for a copy of
a new leaflet. .»
Entitled, "You Don't Have to
Retire Completely to Get Social
Security Benefits," the leaflet explains changes in the law recently enacted by Congress which
raises the amount an older worker can earn and still collect some
benefits in addition to his earnings.
Older working people, made
eligible to collect some benefits
because of these changes, will
need to get their applications on
file before the end of January
1962, according to E. C. Wiles,
district manager of the Traverse
City social security office. Otherwise, they stand a chance of losing some of the social security
payments now due them.
He cited the example of a
couple who would be entitled upon application to a monthly pheck
of $180, about the maximum now
payable to a retired worker and
dependent wife.
Under the law in effect Until
the beginning of this year, Mr.
Wiles said, this couple could not
be paid any benefits for the year
if the husband's, earnings exceeded 52080. Under the new law, his
earnings could go as high as
$3610 before the couple would
have to forego all of their social
security  benefits.
A retired worker with no dependents, entitled to a benefit of
$74 (the average now being paid)
could earn about $2300 in a year
and still get some of his benefits.
Many older people in this area
have not yet applied for their social security benefits, Mr. Wiles
noted. He said that many of them
may not realize that their earnings are at a level which will now'
permit them to get Some payments.
Some others may be under the
impression that if they earn more
than $1200 in a year, they cannot collect any social security
benefits. This is not so, he said.
Another thing many people
don't realize is that regardless
of their annual earnings, a social
security beneficiary can be paid
his benefits for any month he
does not earn more than $100 in
wage's nor work in self-employment.
The social security district
manager suggested that working
peopie 65 or over who have not
yet applied tot their social security benefits Write or phone his
office to get a free copy of the
new leaflet. '
Free Press and rated a sixth
place pollster by the United Press
Int ern'ati'Onjal seers, ripped through the St. Louis Sharks
last Friday 48-20. but had to
settle for a share of the circuit's
championship with Ithaca, when
the Yellowjackets over-powered
Chesaning 26-6.
Coach George Perry's, men.
close their '61 prep seasontornor-'
row night when they tangle with
Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart here.
The high scoring Green and
White wasted no time in crashing into the scoring column. Tom
Kozicki and Jim Perrine, following a fumble recovery by Ralph
Benchly on the Sharks 42, hammered to the 5 in 3 plays. Then
Kozicki wheeled to the outside,
spotted a gapping hole and cut
into the end zone, Perrine converted.
The Sharks then rallied for the
deficet on the ensuing kickoff.
Dick Lau whirled 29 yards to
paydirt for the tally, with Ron
Siminovic knotting the score, at
7-7 with the extra point.
Then came the play that broke
the Shark's teeth! Jim Perrine
took the kickoff on the 20, swept
straight up field, and found himself in the open, thanks to some
timely blocking. Pat Murphy
made the extra point.
.Following a punt, Perrine unloaded his throwing arm from
the "shotgun". He flipped three
straight complete passes for 55
yards to bring the ball to rest
on the Shark's 9. In three plays
Skip Breen bolted in from the
one. Sophomore Jerry Russell
then picked up his first prep
point when he converted.
In the waning seconds of the
first half Clare 'again struck.
Kozicki, who set up the TD with
a 27-yard jaunt, lofted a bull-eye
pass to end Joel Ruark in the
corner of the end zone for. the
counter. Murphy's second P.A.T.
made the halftime score Clare 28
St. Louis 7.
The Sharks brought the second
half kickoff in for 6 points. Sim-
onovic,' after faking beautifully
swept around left end for the
score. The conversion failed.
The Pioneers made it 35 - 13
when Jerry Russell hammered 11
yards into the end zone. Perrine,
who's key 37-yard gallop put the
pigskin within scoring range,
added the extra point.
After the Sharks had tallied
their 3rd touchdown, the Pioneers went in for their final two
markers.
Murphy, packed the pigskin for
14 yards and touchdown, and
Breen whipped the same yardage
for a score, Tom Kozicki booted
the extra point.
A tremendous 67-yard TD explosion by Perrine was calledi
back in the fading moment of'
play, but this didn't seem to
bother the; Clare fans.
First Downs
Yards Rushing
Yafds Passing
Passes
Fumbles Lost/
Iinterception
Punts ■
Yards Penalized
Clare   St. Louis
14 —   15
255 — 349
103 —     0
,8-16 — 0-7
2 —    >2
%~~     0
2-34.5 —1-33
70
40
ror riiway
Right Of Way
Circuit court commissioner's
decisions in two important highway Condemnation actions were
announced yesterday when increases amounting to $8,435. over
amount's offered for Eberhart
and Whiteside properties were
fixed by the court's appointed
boards.
Both land takings involved
right of way for the new US-10
freeway east of Clare. Attorney
James S. Bicknell, 3rd, representing both property owners said
that the Eberhart property consisted of 5.2 acres for which the
Michigan Highway Department
had offered $2,110. and the Whiteside taking totaled 70 acres for
which the offer was $11,000.
Commissioners fixed the
amounts at $4,830.00 and $16,'
715.00' respectively and the decision is expected to stand unless
the Highway Department
appeals,
The appraisels make heartening news for the parties involved
and others in the path of freeway
construction. Numerous other
actions remain still unsettled
while property owners seek revision of what they consider unfairly low offers by right-of-way
buyers.
Mr. Bicknell has seven clients
whose cases have yet to be called
into court. Three of these are
US-10 right-of-way disputes, and
four are involving US-27 takings
in, Isabella and Clare counties.
There are undoubtedly more also.
H.S. Play
Built On
Novel Story
The Clare High School dramatics Class play, "Six Stiches- for
^EgO", a ■three act comedy by,
Vera and Ken Earply, will be presented in the auditorium of Clare
Elementary School on Friday
November 10 at 8:00 P.M.
"Ego", is under the direction
of Mrs. Ida Long and promises
to be even better than the always
entertaining plays of past years.
- In the story, psychologist Dr.
Soloman Bell (Leonard Strouse)
conducts the Bell School for
adults. In the Bell School, the
students can let feelings and impulses run riot.
Among Dr. Bell's students are
Velvet Skinner (Janet Walker)
a girl who eats too much and
loses her job; John Bedford
Judson, a banker (John Meyer)
who shouts at everyone except
his wife, Elmira (Elaine Grigg);
Greta Jones a spinster who can't
stop traveling (Barbara Notter);
Beaver Williams, frustrated artist who draws feet all day long
(Jim Haring); Edie Setzer a sixteen year-old mother of triplets
(Janet Ames; and Rochelle Judson, an unhappy debutante,
caught up in her parents' feuding
(Marjorie Rowley).
Dr. Bell helps the students
overcome their frustration by directing them in twd "psychomotor dramas",—an • airplane
trip to Nicaragua, and the "sheet
of the subconscious."
Psycholgist Bell has his own
difficulies when his daughter
Merry Bell (Linda Casteel) becomes involved with Melvin Stoddard (Bill Haring), a university
student. Then, too, Dr. Bell becomes very frustrated when he
finds his landlord, Mr. Ryan
(Diana Kleiner) constantly pursuing him.
When the school is closed by
police the pupils find themselves
in a lineup with some other
characters played by: Karen
Verrette, Dan Green, Bob Jef
frey, Don Hamstreet, and Rodney
Colmus. The woman in the
audience is played by Myrna
Colosky and the theatre manager is Bonnie Bergstrom.
Release
Wildlife Fund
Conservation Department officials received word recently
that some $305,000 in withheld
federal Pittman-Robertson funds
has been apportioned to Michigan's game management programs by the U.S. Department
of the Interior.
The money represents half of
the amount held, back from Michigan since the 1959-1960 fiscal
year because of disagreement
between state and federal officials over a 1958 solicitor gen
e r a 1' s interpretation which
changed the formula or counting
paid hunting license holders.
New   Series,   Vol   70   No.   8
chools Announce
ducat
Observe AH
Clare Classes
Clare Public Schools, elementary and high school buildings
will Open their doors to visiting
parents and other interested residents at an open house observing American Education Week
and a local visiting day on Tuesday, November 7 during the regular class hours 9:00 to 11:30
a.m. and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Everyone who possibly can is
urged to visit the Open House at
some time during the day. Teachers and children will be inspired
by a public show of interest in
our local school.
Principal David Donovan announces that classes will be conducted as usual so visitors may
get a true picture of the average
school day. Parents wishing to
attend a specific class can check
with their child as to the time
of day that class is scheduled.
In the Elementary School building guides will be at all doors to
direct visitors to classrooms.
Superintendent Richard Wheeler, Principal David Donovan, and
Co-ordinator Mrs. Leota Van
Every will be on hand to answer
questions visitors may wish to
ask.
Banquet
In Rbman
Tradition
A colorful gladiator fight, a
grueling Roman - Grecco wrestling match,* and a fabulous
slave-auction were just a few of
the exciting thrills that prevailed during a gala Roman evening
as portrayed by the Clare Junior
Classical League (Latin students) last Thursday. "The evening marked the first in what
will become an annual affair",
said Mrs. Louisa Bowler, Latin
Club sponsor.
All members dressed in the
ancient  Roman  styles.
A festive bouquet opened the
evening, but to stay in the night's
tradition everybody was required
to lie or sit on the floor whiie
eating.
The wrestling match followed
which pitted Glenn (The Great)
Garchow against (Terrible) Tim
Walters. "Terrible" Tim was declared the winner.
A girl sextet next sang Trans-
ivit Urus Montem (The Bear
Went Over the Moutain).
Jim Johnson and Jerry Nevill
competed in gladiator combat.
Johnson came out victorious.
Next came the judging for the
best costumes, boys and girls.
Loretta Kleiner and Charley
Meyer were the winners with
their picturesque, clothes.
The last event of the evening
was the initiation of the Latin I
stu'Afnts. Latin II students
bought the underclassmen at the
slave auction, where the following day they were at the mercy
of the 2-year student?.
Mrs. Eroh
Elected DCT
Director
Mrs. Kathryn Eroh. first
grade teacher, of the Clare Pubic
School system, and also serving
as director of Area 12, Department of Classroom Teachers, has
been elected to the State Board
of Directors of the DCT at Lansing. George Lauer, Michigan Education Association president
laud's Mrs. Eroh for her untiring efforts in her profession of
teaching. He complimented the
Clare Public School on having
Mrs. Eroh on their staff.
- Mrs. Eroh has been and is very
active in' the district and regional work of the ME A and the department of Classroom teachers.
Before eoniing to Clare she
taught in the Detroit Schools.
Part of her duties includes attending the- monthly board sessions in Lansing, and the "MESS-
camp at St. Mary's Lake.
In the Senior High building
too, students will act as guides to
conduct visiting persons to any
classroom, or on tourns of the
building. To many, it will be
the first occasion to go on an inspection tour of the building and
observe classes in session.
Coffee will be served in the
faculty room by members of the
Clare School District P-TA.
American Education Week i9
being observed all over the .nation during the week of November 5 to 11. This is the 41st observance. The American Legion,
the National Congress of parents,
and Teachers, the U.S. Office of
Education, and the National Education Association are all sponsors of American Education
Week.
Interested patrons will find
programs on the television channels during the week which will
acquaint the public with what is
going on in our schools today.
US-27 Open
Sure For
Buck Hunters
Assurance to deer huinters
and other motorists that US-27
Freeway will be- opened to traffic before November 11 has
come from the State Highway
Department.   -
Drivers on the diviued-lane
freeway can travel from Lansing to a point two miles north
or {flare before lOaYlnjgi Wi-e
freeway for old US-27. An interchange .hear M-61 south of
Harrison will lead them back
on the fast fig^eway again to
Every effort will be made to
open traffic more than 60 miles
of US-27 Freeway in Northern
Michigan before the deer season
opens next month, the State
Highway Department announced
last week.
Hundreds of thousands of deer
hunters use this route to reach
deer camps and other hunting
areas in Northern Michigan and
the Upper Peninsula. The deer
season opens Nov. 15.
Managing Director Howard E.
Hill said 18.3 miles of US-27
Freeway from Mt. Pleasant to
Clare definitely will be opened
to traffic on Nov. 10.
This will give motorists a con-,
tinuous four-lane divided highway from Lansing to Clare, a
distance of 85 miles.
Special ceremonies to mark
the opening of the $9 million
Mt. Pleasant-Clare section of
freeway will be held at Mt.
Pleasant that morning.
Hill said Nov. 10 also is the
target date for completion of
43.3 miles of US-27 Freeway from
a point south of Harrison to
Grayling.
Completion of 26 miles of freeway from Harrison to Houghton
Lake before the deer season
"looks good," Hill said, " and we
will try our best to open the
freeway all the way to Grayling."
He cautioned that completion
of the freeway between Harrison
and Grayling "depends entirely
on the weather during the next
three weeks."
"We'll need every break we can
get in the weather in order to
have the freeway open as far
north as Grayling," Hill said.
Completion of the freeway to
Grayling would give deer hunters nearly 140 miles of divided
four-lane highway between Lansing and that city. It would all
be continuous except for a 10
mile section between Clare and
Harrison which will not be completed until next summer.
The Mt. Pleasant-Clare section
starts at M-20, where the present
freeway ends, and extends to a
point about two miles north of
Clare.
Included in the project are inter changes at Rosebush and at
Colonville Rd. north of Clare, an
interchange between US-27 and
US-10 Freeways at Eberhart Rd.
southeast of Clare, twin bridges
to carry the freeway over the
Chippewa River north of Mt.
Pleasant, Spring Creek north of
Rosebush and the Tobacco River
east of Clai*e as well as structures to carry the freeway's southbound lanes over' business routes
into Mt. Pleasant and Clare.
en House
ights At
Farwell - Lake
The week of November $
through the 11th. has been design
nated as American Education
Week. The theme for this year
is "Your Schools: Time For a
Progress Report".
The ideal way for parents and
all people of the community to
see the progress of our schools
is to observe the classroom during the regular school day. We
invite all interested persons to
visit our various classrooms during American Education Week.
The Farwell and Lake P.T.A.S
have decided to host another
Open House program this year.
Due to the great interest shown
in this respect last year, they
have decided to have Open
House spread over three nights
instead of one night.
.The following is the schedule of
Open House this year.
Monday, November 6 — Far-
well Elementary System. The
rooms will be open and teachers
will be in their respective rooms
to meet parents and other interested persons.
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Tuesday, Novemebr 7 — Far-
well Junior-Senior High. A back
to school night for parents is
being planned. All parents will
have a duplicated schedule of
their students' schedule to follow. Classes will meet for ten
minutes. ■-•■■
Wednesday^ November S —
Lake Elementary. The rowns
will be open and teachers will be
in their respective rooms to meet
parents and other interested
persons.
The time for all three of the
above nights will be from 7:30
until 9 p.m.
Refreshments will be served
after the programs all three evenings.
The staff and administration
of the Farwell Area Schools feels
that progress -has been made in
the system during the past year.
They cordially invite the public
to attend the above listed programs and judge for themselves.
State Leads In
Communication
Ad Proclaims
Good communication is important to industry, industrialists
and industrial location experts
explain.
In a pubic service advertisement on page four of this issue,
The Sentinel proclaims Michigan's leadership in providing information through weekkly and
daily newspapers and other media
and especially the responsibility
of the press in leading civic improvements, industrial appreei*
tion and new developments.
Good communication enables industrial management and workers to know what is going on in
their particular field of our industrial complex. It enables them to
know, almost the minute it hap*
pens, what local, State and national governments are doinjgr
that might affect their particular operations. It permits them
to keep abreast of expansions
and developments in the industry,
It tells them what to expect in
the days and months ahead.       •
fThese services are important to
the operation of industry, it is
pointed out.
It is satisfying to know what
our neighbors are doing or what
is happening in our' 'old -home
town," Our newspapers, daily attd,
weekly, keep Michigan people in*
formed of these happenings in
which they have so much interest.
In taking into consideration the
advantages Michigan has for industry, our means of communi*
cation is given a high rating by
those charged with the location
of an industry.
Michigan has x*adio and televi*
slon which complete an outstand.
ing system of communications in
our 'State.
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