1961-12-14; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN DECEMBER 14, 19B1
ttefcr.ltorto, .    Vol. 71, No. 14
' Construction of the 330-mile
Qhio-to-Mackinac Bridge freeway
will pass the two-thirds mark tomorrow when nearly 35 miles of
freeway on the route are opened
to traffic, the State Highway
Department announced this week.
State Highway Commissioner
John C. Maekie said 25 miles of
the US-10 freeway between Midland and Clare will be opened to
traffic Friday while nine miles
of US-23 freeway between Hart-
, land in Livingston County and
' Fenton in Genesee County will
be opened next Monday.
Completion of these two sections will give motorists more
than 250 miles of freeway between tne Ohio-Michigan state
line and the Mackinac Bridge.
Of this amount, nearly 190
miles will be continuous , . .
from Hartland to the community
of Waters In Otsego County. This
section . of freeway bypasses
Flint, Saginaw, Bay City, Midland,
Clare, Harrison, Houghton Lake
and Grayling.
One mile east of Clare an
$100,000. interchange allows to
flow from US-27 to US-10, or also
takes the east-west freeway
traffic on to US-27. Easy connec-
*- tions provide "business route"
access to Clare, a convenient
point for shopping or overnight
and food and service accomoda
tions.
The Ohio-Mackinac Bridge
freeway is made up of a combination of four superhighways . . .
US-23, US-10, US-27 and Interstate 75 freeways.
The remaining 75 miles of
freeway under construction on
the Ohio-Mackinac Bridge freeway are scheduled to be completed by the end of next year, providing a continuous superhighway from the Michigan-Ohio line
near Sylvania, Ohio, to the
Straits of Mackinac. It will be
extended to Sault Ste. Marie by
the end of 1963.
The 25 miles of US-10 Freeway
to be opened next Friday .was
built at a cost of $14.5 million.
Included in the freeway projects
> is a 365-foot bridge spanning
Sanford Lake, just west of Midland,
Prime contractors were the
Cooke Contracting Co. of Detroit,
W. H. Knapp Construction Co. of
Monroe and the Pierson and
Sargent Construction Companies
of Saginaw.
"Completion of the highway
between Midland and Clare
means the elimination of another bottleneck in Michigan's
ever-growing freeway system"
Maekie said. "Motorists from
populous southern Michigan now
have another long continuous
stretch of freeway to use on
t trips to northern parts of the
state."
The nine miles of US-23 Freeway between Hartland and Fent
on was built in stages.
The freeway's southbound lane
was opened to traffic in 1959 ?wd
old US-23 carried northbound
traffic,
The new northbound lanes,
built at a cost of $3 million, Will
bring US-23 up to freeway standards from Fenton south to M-59,
about eight miles north of
Brighton.
With the opening of the new
northbound lanes, old US-23 will
become a service road.
Carleen
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Christmas
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Six beautiful, - matched little
Palomino ponies made their
second appearance in Clare Santa
parades last Saturday. The spirit-
, ed little beauties made as big
a hit with youngsters as they did
a year ago, but this time they
shared the spotlight with little
"Miss Merry Christmas", a new
feature of the event and largely
sponsored by Clare firemen.
Carleen Stephenson, 10-year-old
daughter of, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Stephenson won the voting contest and the right to ride in the
parade as Santa's companion in
the pony-drawn parade wagon.
In addition to the thrill and
coveted honor of appearing in the
parade as Miss Merry Christmas,
Carleen was presented with a fine
camera and flash outf$ for making hetr own pictures,
i She is a cute little blond fifth
grader,, in Claire Public Elementary School, Carleen is in the
room taught by Mrs. Marshall,
and Jier teacher and classmates
were intensely interested in her
good fortune and prize.
The Santa Party attracted
hundreds of youngsters for the
Saturday afternoon spectacle
and the candy treats which Santa
handed out at the Clare Fire
Station. During Friday afternoon
and Saturday before and after
the parades the ponies pulled
wagon loads of happy youngsters
around for free rides, and pony-
back rides were also popular,
The little Palominos were loan-
•v, ed for the occasion, together
with the driver and bright wagon
by the John F, Ivory Moving
and Storage Company of Detroit
The Santa parade in Clare moved through
snowy weather Saturday, but ihai didn't
dampen the happy mood of hundreds of
curbside spectator's and children after ihe
annual candy gifts from Santa. Here ihe
jolly old fellow1 waves id his friends on his
way through town. Sentinel photo.
Christmas In Area Churches
ughes
Milan
North State
Fair Group
Elects Haley
Members of the Northern Michigan Fair and Racing Association
held their two-day annual meeting and program in Clare Friday
and Saturday of last week with
the Doherty Hotel as convention
headquarters.
With about 100 registrations
for the official business sessions
on Friday and on Saturday forenoon; the agenda for the affair
included business meeting reports, the annual dinner on Friday and a program of speaking
and trophy awards.
In the election of officers for
1962, Albert Haley of Clare was
elected president of the association. He has been a long-time
member of the group as well as
secretary of the Clare County
Fair and the county society that
is officially sponsor and operator
of the fair in Harrison. Haley
Was elevated from the vice president's chair in the NMFRA.
Registrations were accepted by
Irving Pratt, NMFRA secretary
from throughout Michigan and as
far away as Tippecanue, Indiana;
Dorchester, Wisconsin; Tampa,
Florida, Together With guests at
the Friday evening dinner, the
group numbered 141.
Speakers appearing on the programs included B, J. Mclllmur-
ray, speed secretary for NMFRA;
Edward P. dimmer, chief of the
Bureau of Agricultural Industry;
Alvin Ahrens from the track department, U. S. T. A.; Orlow
Owen, executive viee-pres. Wolverine 'Raceway; Charles Coon,
secrfetary of Michigan's Harness
Horsemen's Association,! and
Other's." .  V       "
Glare's Acting liayor Glen Cain
Welcomed the convention members to Clare.
Other officers elected to serve
next yfea> with Haley are Thur-
rtian Seofield, vice president from
Hate; Irvjing Pratt, sec.-treas.,
from Scottville; Kenneth Ruby,
second vice-pres. from Imlay
City; % J. Mclllmurray, legislative fepfeseHtative.
Christmas pageants and church
school activities of special meaning in the Advent season are
scheduled in many of Clare and
area churches. The seasonal observances begin on Sunday and
will continue in many congregations through Christmas Eve.
Dedication of special worship
to the joyous holiday theme Of
Christ's birth in some of ihe
local churches are outlined in
the   following: .
Children' of the church school
and the junior choir at the Clare
Congregational Church will combine their talents to present a
Christmas Pageant "Silent
Night" this Sunday evening at
5 o'clock p.m.
At 6:30 the Senior High Fellowship together with the Methodist
Youth Fellowship will go carolling at the Home and Training
School in Mt. Pleasant, returning for. refreshments at the
church.
Rev. Parker's sermon topic
Sunday continues the Advent
series with "Why Did He
Come.".
The annual Christmas program
of the Dover Baptist Church will
be Sunday Evening, December
17, at 7:00 p.m. There will be
welcome pieces, songs, piano and
vocal specials, along with a special choralogue which will present
the Christmas message by means
of song and pantomime. The
public is cordially invited to
attend.
The Clare Methodist Church
will have baptism and reception
of members at the worship services Sunday morning, December
17th. Rev. D. R. Salisbury announces   his   topic   "Wonderful
Local Leaders
At Farm Bureau
Institute
Farm Bureau leaders from
fifty counties attended the 13th.
annual Michigan Farm Bureau
Institute held on December 5 and
6 at Kellogg Center, Michigan
State University, East Lansing.
"Farm Bureau Members Working Together" was the theme of
the two day session made up of
general sessions and workshops
designed to provide instructive
training^ and information for key
Farm Bureau committees.
The 250 delegates attending the
workshops met with Mich. Farm
Bureau staff members to work
qut problems and ideas dealing
in the areas of legislation, resolutions, administration, citizenship, community groups and
public relations.
Representing Clare county
were; Mrs. Wilbur Weldon, chairman, Citizenship committee, Mrs.
Walter Garver, Jr. Resolutions
committee, Franklin Schaaf,
county president, Dale Davis,
chairman Legislative committee,
and Warren White, chairman
Resolutions  committee.
Child Health   *
Conferences
Child Health Conference dates
are set for-Tuesday afternoon,
December 19 in the' city hall from
1:00 to 3:00, according to Dr. Irwin Sweet, director of District
Health Department Unit Seven,
In> Farwell on.the morning of
December 19, the conferences will
be held in the Methodist Church
ftom .9 to 11 o'clock. And in Harrison the conferences will' be on
Thursday, December 21 in the
courthouse from 9:00 to 11:00
a.m,' ' ,
Counselor", a continuation of the
Christmas series. If ydu are unable to attend church, plan to
tune in on the radio at 11:30 for
the broadcast! hour1, ?over the
Clare station, WCRM.
The Sunday School will present
the annual Christmas program
on Sunday evening at 7:30. This
will include the different departments of the church school.
On Thursday evening this
week, the Methodist Men are
sponsoring a Christmas family
pot luck." All members and their
families are urged to attend.
Time is 6:30 o'clock. Bring a
dish to pass and own table service.
The Clare Nazarene church
will hold their Christmas program at the morning church
hour, Sunday, December 17 at
ten o'clock. There will be recitations and songs by the children.
A play $ Down and $ a Week,
will be given by an adult group
of the Sunday School.
On   Sunday,   December 17  at
8:00 p.m., at St. John's Lutheran
Church the Sunday school child
ren will give their annual Christmas service.
On Sunday morning, during the
regular service at 10:45, the
council members for the year
1962 will be installed. They are:
Robert Giles, prea, Wilbur Stone,
vice-pres., Glenn Thomas, sec'y,
Earl Baumgarth, treas. The
elders of the congregation for the
coming year are: John Schellhas,
Harry Kaul, Earl Gerlach, Ray
Lucy, John Kaiser, and Robert
Krell. The Finance committee
consists of Norman Berhenke,
Robert Schellhas and Paul T^ass.
And the trustees are: Paul
Schroeder, August Walter and
Walter Garver Jr.
Jim Perrine, rugged senior guard ai CHS found his way
blocked as he drove in' within short range in ihe Durand
game Friday and since he couldn'i go "through" two
opponents, he went Over ihem io drop in a two-point
score. The team ran over Durand 48-31 for ihe win, too.
^ Sentinel photo.
CHS Ricks Up
First Cage Win
Clare High basketeers, looking
like a steadier team after their
opening night loss to Coleman
last week, put a game in the win
column at the expense of Durand,
48-31.
It was a colorless contest, featured only by the Pioneers' determined play under both backboards and a solid, balanced
scoring offense, but it was
enough Jo, serve notice to the
Mid-Michigan "B" Conference
that the Green and White is going to be off the floor* and become
a team to be reconed, with,
Winners of just three league
games in the past four years,
Clare looked strong on an e%>e*
nlng when Ithaca mahaged only
a 55-43 edge over St. Louis; Harrison |: scored only 46 points in
beating Barry ton .46-42; Chesan-
ing found an easy victory over
Buena .Vista,.75-50.,  .     ...
Clare led all the way with Dan
Green finding the hoop from
short jump-shot distances and
Tom Kozicki and Jim Perrine
and Eric Hammerberg working
hard for rebounds Under the
basket.
The team eased into a 11-10
quarter lead and by halftime had
opened the gap to 21-16,
Clare Coach Jim Raymond's
promised defense was just as
tight in the second half and held
the favored Railroaders to only
15 points while Clare sharpshooters dumped 28 markers
through the rim to win going
away.
Individual scoring honors went
to,Dan Green With 12 points. He
was followed by Jim Humphrey
With «10.
In 'another. area contest Coleman took a tight decision from
Fflrwell, 51-47..
Harold B. Hughes of Clare who
passed the big test of his candidacy for the Michigan Senate
from the 28th District when he
lead a field, of seven Republicans
in the Special Primary Election
last month, was a better than 2
to 1 victor over his Democrat
rival, Hubert Evans. The election
drew only a meager turnout of
voters Monday.
'Vote count in the ten-county
District was Hughes - 5924, and
Evans- 2486.
Mr. Hughes said Tuesday that
he expects to take his seat at
the beginning of the State legislative session on January 10 after
his swearing-in which will un-
doubtly take place in Lansing.
His election must be certified
after the Boards of Canvassers
examine the returns.
He will go to the senate with
a background of able public
service and experience in elected office, although he has never
before held a political office in
a larger field than Clare county.
Well known as a former Clare
County Prosecuting Attorney arid
president of the Clare School
Board, he has also been active as
a practicing attorney in Ciare for
16 years, a leader in Clare City
government as a, member of the
City Commission and City At'
torney, former chairman of the
Clare County Republican Com'
mittee and of the Tenth District
Republican Committee, He ■ has
been on the State Central Committee for the party for two
years.
In other public affairs Hughes
has been a trustee and deacon of
the First Congregational Church,
Clare, and active in Scouting for
boys. He has been active in legal
associations and State Bar com*
mittees.
He and his wife, Vivian are the
parents of three sons, David,
Richard and Donald. The youngest two are at home where they
are students in Clare High
School.
Citizens State Bank Most
ankers Open House
Bankers from throughout the
area and all of Michigan were
treated to an open house viewing
and building inspection at Clare's
new Citizens State Bank Tuesday, and received the red-carpet
treatment as dinner guests of
the bank officers and directors.
It was the final big affair in the
new bank's round of opening
celebrations and observances
since moving into the modern
quarters on McEwan street at
Seventh.
One hundred and thirty-eight
visitors admired the building and
its up-to-date facilities for the
speedy and efficient handling of
business, and all the newest conveniences for patten* and customers,'
Members of the Clark'bank's
staff heard pleasing compliments
on the fine building. The lobby
swamped with gifts of flowers
and plants for the public open
house just ten days ago, was deluged   again  with floral  tokens
Mason
To Install
Frank Poet
Clare Masons of John Q. Look
lodge will install Frank Poet as
WorsTupful Master in their annual ceremonies, this year to be
held on Saturday evening this
week, December 16. The installation will take place in the Masonic Temple at 7:30 p.m.
The solemn pagentry, symbolic
of the passing on of the lodge's
highest authority to the new
Worshipful Master is customarily
portrayed in a public meeting so
that friends and guests may
watch the ceremony. It is one of
the rare occasions when non-
members of the order are invited
to attend performances of Ma:
sonic ritual. .   ' "
New officers named, or re-elected to serve in 1962 with Poet are:
Senior Warden Georjge Wilson,
Junior Warden John Green, Secretary Carroll Beard, Treasurer
Burke Collins: • ■■       .
Senior Deacon Robert Seiter,
Junior Deacon ■ Ed" Strouse;
Chaplain R'ussell Thurston,
Marshal Warren White.
Stewards are Gene Brandon,
Lester Cox, Donald Holbrook,
Jr., Sam Shepard .and Tyler
Courtney Bauer, Organist Robert
Greer.
On Saturday the opening ol
the lodge will be conducted by
retiring Worshipful .Master
Courtney Bauer, and for the
ceremonies of the evening the
Installing > Officer is Howard
Everts, Deputy District Instructor, Kenneth Roe is Marshal, Earl
Beatty is Chaplain, Donald E.
Holbrook is Sr. Deacon, Mrs
Lee Greer is Organist, and
Clarence Cotton is Secretary.
Food Pickup
A pickup campaign to gather
food for Christmas baskets for
needy families is to be tonight
from 4:30 p.m, on. The drive is
part of the project to provide a
Christmas for families in the
CIa?e School District area and is
joined by many service <jlubs and
societies In Clare,
Clare, county voters gave ihe
•winner a 943-199 edge over Evans,
In the senate, Hughes will fill
the unexpired term of the late
Charles Preseott who died shortly after his re-election last year,.
Johnston
Elected To
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to carry messages of congratulations from the banking profession.
Open house guests began to arrive at 4:30 for tours of the building and sightseeing through the
offices, bookkeeping department,
lobby, teller stations and vault
and basement lounges and storage rooms. Refreshments were
served the guests with the large
employee lounge being converted
to  serve cocktails.
Dinner was served later in the
Wedgewood Room of the Doherty
Hotel.
Among numerous distinguished
visitors at the affair were
Charles D. Slay from Lansing,
Michigan Commissioner of Banking and members-of-his ©flice:
Herman Taylor, Deputy Commissioner; I. E. Quick, DejUity Cdm-
missioner; Del Nagel, Deputy
Commissioner; John Aldrich,
Chief Examiner. Present also was
Russel A. Swaney, vice president
of the Detroit Branch of the
Federal Reserve Bank.
Donald Bicknell, formerly of
Clare and now vice president and
cashier of The Second Natioilai
Bank of Saginaw was introduced
by his brothers, Stuart, president
of the Citizens State Bank ahd
Mark, its vice president.
Michigan Banking Association
officials present were: Ralph
Stickle, executive manager; Ben
H. Timmer, assistant executive
manager; Gerald Phalen, public
relations officer.; ■ •  •
More distinguished guests were
introduced from banks in Saginaw, Detroit, Chicago, Bay City
and in the large audience" were
leading bankers from scores of
smaller Michigan  communities.
Several of the visiting bankers
brought their wives who were
entertained by wives Of the Citizens State Bank officers during
the afternoon and evening.
Invited for the occasion also
were owners and managers of the
several firms who won contracts
or provided services in the design,
construction and equipping of the
building. Leading this group of
guests was the architect, ErWin.
L. Broeqker of Detroit and his
son Charles who is in the firm.
* Nyle Haggart of Ackerman
Plumbing and .Heating, Albert
Seiter of Seiter Electric, Miles
Benchley .and Jerry Yeager bf
Benchley and Yeager were' local
contractors among those introduced  for  acknowledgement.
Elected president of the Clare
Chamber of Commerce for 1962
was Joe Johnston, operator of
Johnston Elevator in Clare and
former director and vice president of the businessmen's group.
He served in the latter capacity
during 1961 while Bernard Wyman was head of the organization.
The meeting was held after a
lunch Monday noon in the Fifth
Avenue Room of the Doherty
Hotel and besides the annual
election, the nearly thirty members attending heard the outgoing president review the activities
of the "Chamber" during the
year just past, and all participated in a discussion of planned
events for the next 12 months.
Elected with Johnston as the
new vice president, was Marlin
Alexander, owner of Alexander's
Shoe Store. The two new chiefs
of the organization are now completing a list of appointees to
various committees and boards
to carry on work of the Chamber
of Commerce.
The nomination of Johnston
and Alexander was by Tim Cotter, chairman of the nominating
committee. Wyman was immediately named to the Board of Directors as is customary for the
retiring president.
In a financial report, Wyman
accounted for items as a beginning cash balance of $2,500., expenditures of $5,400., and a $2,700.
-balance oii futhd. The foregoing
are in round figures and the detailed report Was approved by
thg meeting.
Supervisors
District Meet
Members from the Third District of the State Supervisors
Association met Tuesday in the
Harrison school to trade ideas on
the subject of equalization and
how to even many of, in equalities
in like properties now assessed
for widely varying amounts in
different parts of the area, or in
even the same county.
' Louis Becker, Daniel E. Smiith,
and Clinton R. (Jake) Case from
the Clare County Equalization
Board were hosts at the meeting.
Included in the District are
County Boards of Supervisors
from Osceola, Lake, Wexford,
Manistee, Mason, Missaukee, and
Clare   counties.
Carol Season
A group of 22 selected members of the Junior High School
chorus, under the direction of
Neil Courtright will be "caroling"
in the downtown area Friday evening, December 22nd.
The tour, the second of an
ahnual series, will begin at the
school at 7:30 sand will proceed
to the shopping district where
they will add'their voices to the
sounds of last minute Christmas
preparations.
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What looks like a sober moment ai ihe speaker's table
wasn't really that serious as Albert Haley.of Clare accepted ihe presidency of ihe ftoriherri Mich. Fair and Racing
Assn. ai ihe group's aiihttal itteeiirig here last Friday. Story
on this page. Sentinel photo.