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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLABE, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, MARCH 8. 1962
New Series,     Vol. 70, No. 26
Pioneers
Advance
In Tourney
Clare edged- out a victory
over Farwell, 0148 Wednesday
night in the preliminaries of
the District Class C-D State
Tournament at Mt. Pleasant,
The close-fought game saw the
scoring lead change hands baek
and forth through all the game
until .the Pioneers forged into
a 4-point lead early in the final
quarter.
Clare High's basketball team
took the floor against Farwell
last night in the opening of the
1962 State Prep Cage tourna-
ments in a game at seven o'clock
on the Central Michigan University floor at Mt. Pleasant. In the
following game of the District
openers Harrison and Beaverton
played at 8:45. The contests were
in the Class C bracket.
Second round games on Friday
will pitt the Clare-Farwell winner against Sacred Heart of Mt.
Pleasant, and the Harrison-Beaverton winner against Coleman.
District finals will be played on
Saturday evening.
With the Pioneers untested
against either Farwell or Beaverton in regular season play, the
District play would appear to
have no favorite. Clare's record
in home-and-home games against
Coleman, Harrison, and Sacred
Heart shows identical results of
1-won, and 1-lost in meetings
with each.
Individual scoring stars to
appear with the six Class C
schools include Farwell's Gary
Martin, who has compiled a 17.4
point average with 227 points in
his first 13 games. Martin, a 6'-2"
senior has a teammate, Dale
Schofield who is next high
scorer on the Eagle team with
9.6 points.
Clare's Dan Green, 5'-10" sen
ior with a 12.5 point average in
his first 11 games leads teammate Skip Kegg who has a 10.4
average.
Outstanding scorer, however,
in the C-D schools at Mt, Pleas*
ant is 6'-5" Coleman junior Dave
Mogg who has netted 160 points
in the first 8 games for an average of 20.0 per game.
If the Pioneers get past Far-
well in the preliminaries, they
will face Sacred Heart's pair of
leading shotmakers, Joe Horgan,
6'-l" junior with 15.6, and Mick
Voisin, 5'-10" and also a junior
with an average of 12.0. More
leading scorers in the District
are a pair from Harrison, Lee
Dancer, 6'-1" senior with 14.5 and
Bob Brenner with 12.9 and Beav-
erton's Jim Newman a veteran
of 13 games this season who
scored 160 points for an average
of 12.3.
Urge More
Recreation
For Tourists
Establishment of additional
state and national recreation facilities in Michigan was urged
by the Michigan Tourist Council
at its February 5-6 meeting in
Lansing, "to stimulate more
tourist travel to the state, and
to assure the greatest economic
and recreational benefit to the
citizens of Michigan."
In a formal resolution, the
council recommended that "an
immediate and concerted effort
be made to resolve the differences over establishment of both
state and national recreation
areas * on lands designated by recreational land use
specialists, with definite provision being made for the preservation of fishing and hunting
rights pursuant to Michigan law
and for the protection and continuance of existing private and
commercially developed properties in accordance with appropriate locally-adopted zoning ordinances that are in harmony with
the nature of the given recreational areas."
The council also endorsed a
State Highway Department proposal to erect additional highway
information stations to provide
travel information for tourists.
The Department now operates
such installations at New Buffalo, Mackinaw City and Menominee, and proposes that seven
more centers be established to
provide information for travelers
at major entry points through-
. out Michigan.
Tfyel council commignded the
Highway   Department   for    its
i "contribution to Michigan tout-
ism" and cited the information
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Margaret Sue Myers, center, received her ribbon with Clare County Dairy Princess
title Thursday from State Dairy Princess Margery Mueller, left, and Louise Switzer
1961 County titlist. Sentinel photo.
Red Cross
o Elect
iinves ror
County Goal
The Red Cross is perhaps the
one symbol most recognized and
most welcomed by all mankind.
March is Red Cross month, a^d
stSIicltors are at work throughout the nation, and our own
Clare county.
A good portion collected re
mains in the county to be used
through the Home Service Department. Besides this, Red
Cross is always ready to help in
time of disaster, whether it be
tornadoes, floods, hurricanes
fires, or any type of disaster, Red
Cross is on the job to help.
Through your contributions, they
will continue to give this help.
Rev. Van Parker, Clare
County Fund Campaign chairman called a meeting of the
chairmen in the county on Wednesday evening last week. Miss
Jean Fitzsimmons, the area
field representative was also
present.
Mrs. Erwin Cooley, and her co-
chairman Mrs. Floyd Stanley fpr
the city of Harrison, reported
their plans for a kick-off on Sunday, March 3rd, which was held
at the home of the Clare County
Chapter president, Mrs. Curtis
Murton.
The film "Neighbor to Neighbor" was shown by Mr. Stanley,
the instructions given and a social hour followed.
Sixteen workers have been recruited for the work, and business places are being contacted
this week. Harrison workers are
also canvassing Franklin, Hamilton, Hayes and Frost. Their
quota is $700.00.
Charles Cope, chairman for
Farwell, with the Junior Chamber of Commernce cooperating
held a special meeting on Thursday evening last week, for members and interested persons. r
Three films were shown
"Neighbor to Neighbor", "Meanwhile . Back on Earth" and
"Rescue Breathing".
Official solicitations began on
Monday, March 5th. Included
with Farwell are the townships
of Garfield, Lincoln, Freeman
and Surrey, with their quota
$500.00.
Leon Stanley, chairman for
the city of Clare, and townships
Grant, Arthur, Sheridan, and
Hatton, stated that his group of
workers began their drive on
March 1st. He is confident that
the people of this community
will respond generously* as they
have in the past, that the quota
of $1,800. will be met, and give
up more opportunity to help in
our own community whenever
the need arises.
Rev. Parker announced the
appointment of Richard Schroeder to take care of the townships
Wirtterfiejld, Sumrnerfield, Residing and Greenwood. Miss Fitzsimmons explained the Red
Cross Blood Bank program, and
several other phases of the expansive program which is carried'on by the American Red
Cross.
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A pretty and poised Gladwin
High School senior, Margaret
Sue Myers was crowned Thursday as Clare County Dairy
Princess at the Clare Dairy Day
celebration held in the I.O.O.F.
h^ll. She was the winner in close
contest judging over runer-up
H<|len Krawzynski of Harrison.
jTwo hundred- and twenty-five
persons watched the Dairy
Princess contest and heard a program of excellent speeches and
discussion from Michigan State
University specialists on the
day's features.
The audience came from Clare,
Gladwin, Isabella, Gratiot and
Midland counties.
Speakers on timely subject-
told the dairymen that radiological atomic fallout is serious
problem on the farm, especially
for dairy milk producers. And
dairy feeding is the key to a
successful producer program.
Twenty-four door prizes were
distributed to members of the
audience. They were donated by
local merchants. Kraft Foods in
Clare were donors of the complimentary lunch of generous proportions.
Miss Myers will represent
■Clare at various public appearances through the year and is
automatically a contestant for
the Michigan State Dairy Priness
title, Shfe received her crown
from Margery Mueller of Frankenrnuth, Michigan Dairy Princess
until next month. Louise Switzer,
1961 Clare County Dairy Princess presented Miss Myers with
an armful of roses. The new
titlist is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman V. Myers of rural
Clare.
Tied for third place in the contest were Mary Rilett and Nelda
Davis, both of Clare.
(.May
Farwell electors on Monday
will, name a successor to. Willard
Strahota, present village president. In the pre-election caucuses
the People's Party nominated Elton Marshall and the Citizens
chose Allen Howard for their
standard  bearer.
Retiring President Strahota indicated   that   while  he  did   not
Farm Bill
Protests
A local campaign to register
protests against passage of the
Federal Farm Bill in Washington has Farm Bureau leaders
here enlisting the aid of many
of their own members, influential farmers, men in farm-related
industry and others. This week,
letters to Michigan Senators
Phillip Hart and Pat McNamara
from some 19 or more local people was the opening weapon in
the battle.
Local Farm Bureau groups
have long resisted what they label "regimentation" in government control of agriculture and
this week Dale Davis, prominent
F.B. member solicited the helping letters to Congress from
people who share the objections
toward excessive federal control
of independent agriculture.
Headed by the names of Walter Ehle, chairman of the Clare
County Board of Supervisors and
Louis Becker, supervisor from
Grant township, the letter writers included those from all over
the county. More messages are
planned to members of the Congressional Committee on Agriculture.
At a recent Farm Bureau
meeting at the home of Mr, and
Mrs. Cecil Pudvay, Women's
Committee Chairman Mrs. Walter Krompetz presented their proposed program for the coming
year and it was approved by the
board. This year the annual
Rural-Urban meeting is planned
for the first Thursday in May,
and complete plans will be announced   later.
The proposed farm bill was
discussed and condemned. The
board marks this bill as, "a co-
ersive attempt to destroy the
farmer as a free agent in determining his own individual program.
"A government imposed quota
which must be bought and sold
along with a farm or herd of
cows would make it almost impossible for a young person to
start farming or for a farmer to
expand existing programs."
The March meeting will be at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Hammersley in Franklin Town-
. ship,
wish to run for re-election to another term in the present office,
he would serve as a councilman
if nominated and elected.
In the annual election Farwell
will also choose a village clerk,
treasurer, three trustees for two
year terms and an assessor.
The polls will be open at the
Surrey township hall' in Farwell
from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Proposed again on the official
ballot is the Farwell property
tax levy of two mills to maintain
a summer recreation program
for youth.
Besides village president candidate Elton Marshall on the
People's ticket, the caucus named incumbent Don Smith for
clerk, Roy Putnam for treasurer,
Buryl Strong, Walter Moore and
Winfirld Godwin for village
trustees, and Bernard Glass, incumbent  for  assessor.
Marshall is a former village
president who has since served
on the council.
In the Citizens nominations the
party caucus named Larry Schofield for clerk, Mi's. Allen
Howard for treasurer, Willard
Strahota, Vernie Hose and Orville Allen for trustees, and
Grover Updyke, Sr. for assessor.
Strong and Godwin are seeking re-election to succeed themselves on the council.
Rosebush
Vets Offer
egirmer
Band To Play
The first concert appearance
!>#■ the Beginning Band of Clare
Public School will be before an
audience of Band Bjooster members and parents and friends
Monday evening in the auditorium of Clare Elementary School
at 8:00 p.m.
The occasion is a regular meeting of the Band Boosters, and
GHS Instrumental Music Director Lloyd Conley announced that
the beginners will be ready to
appear for entertainment numbers on the program.
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The newly organized Clare Local of the Michigan Milk Producers Association held their first
annual meeting Feruary 27, at
the IOOF Hall ,in Clare. A noon
dinner was served to 124 members and guests. Rev. V. Brink-
man of the Colonville Church of
God gave the invocation.
Following a delicious ham dinner, the meeting was called to
order  by   the   President,   Glenn
Bay. Guests introduced were
Glenn Lake, M.M.P.A. Pres., Don
Peterson, District Fieldman, Revert Vander Muelen and Mort
Shea, District Marketing Committeemen. Local guests included Richard Schroeder, Clare
County Agr. Agent, Floyd Norcutt, Agr. Teacher at Clare
Public School, Virgil Bergstrom
of Kraft Foods, Joe Johnston,
local feeds man, Ember McGuire
Says Dr. Anspach
Michian Constitutional Convention arguments and debates are
being heard today on provisions
in the judicial branch of State
government, Dr. Charles Anspach told an audience at the
Clare Rotary club meeting Wednesday. He spoke as the Clare
Isabella District Delegate and
then returned to Lansing immediately after the lunch meeting at
the Doherty Hotel.
Dr.- Anspach enumerated major changes in the existing constitution due to emerge in the
new document. It is no longer
considered possible for the convention- to wind up its work by
the March 31 deadline and th»
State vote on the question of
accepting the new constitution
will probably be scheduled in
Api'il of 1963, he said.
Among the changes regarded
as of major character is One
strengthening the powers of the
governor's office, and the speaker touched on new provisions in
township government and home
rule, legislative apportionment,
abolishment of the 15-mill property 'tax limitation, reorganization of the State's court system,
the field of public education, and
others.
Dr. Anspach Is deeply impressed by Michigan's leadership in
ervices
During the past two years the
Varga-Fall Post No. 383 in Rosebush, Department of Michigan,
American Legion, made some
giant steps in service to the community. This was all made possible by a concerted joint effort
of its more than sixty members.
In the past, many organizations have made an effort to do
several of these services for the
community but have had difficulties keeping up interest over
an extended period of time, The
Legion Club elects new officers
each year and these officers are
chosen with sincere thought by
the membership as to who will
do the club and the community a
good job.
The club has been very fortunate during the .past two years to
have some very fine young men
in the so-called "work offices"-
Robert Hovey has been club adjutant since its formation. Frank
Duriga has been finance officer
over the same period of time.
Merle  Calkins did  an excellent
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Kiwanis Bringing MSU
To C
eiiringers
A unique musical group at
Michigan State University, East
Lansing, The Spartan Bell Ringers have been engaged to appear
in an evening entertainment in
Clare on March 26 in the Clare
Elementary School auditorium.
They are being sponsored here
by the Clare Kiwanis Club.
Directing this ten-member
group, which offers a fascinating
form of musical entertainment
on English handbells, will be
Wendell Westcott, MSU caril-
lonneur and member of the Department of Music.
During the performance each
player controls, through deft
manipulation, from three to as
many as 13 bells, with a total of
49 bells being played by the
group. The effect is visually as
well as musically entertaining.
The repertoire of this talented
and unusual group includes
classical arrangements, folk
songs, popular music, novelty
numbers, original works for
handbills and jazz.
Among 1|h.e selections which
will be featured during the current season will be such pieces
as the melodious Welsh air
"Bells of Aberdovy", "Tambour-
in" by Rameau, the waltz from
"Die Fledermaus" by Strauss,
"Malaguena" by Lecuona, the
original composition "In a Swiss
Clock Shop" by Wendell West-
cott and rousing numbers sUch
as the march "Stars and Stripes
Forever" by Sousa.
Organized in the fall \>f 1954
by director Westcott, the Bell
Ringers is one of 13 student and
faculty groups performing under
the auspices of the MSU Cap and
Gown Series, a university cultural and entertaining service.
The group has appeared on
several nation-wide .. television
and radio shows, including the
Don McNeill Breakfast Club,
and the President's traditional
Christmas tree lighting cere-,,
mony at the White House.
Proceeds of the project here
go for a Kiwanis fund, the "Kon-
valescent Kids Klub" to equip a
room at Clare General Hospital
for   very   young   patients.
Peace Corps
Seeks Ag.
Volunteers
Men and women with farm
backgrounds and 4-H or vocational training in Agriculture are being requested through the Peace
Corps by countries around the
world. Volunteers may select the
country where they prefer to
serve.
College graduates with degrees
in Agronomy, Horticulture, Agricultural Economics, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Engineering, Vocational Agricultural and
Home Economics are also in demand in many countries, particularly in Latin America.
Countries that have requested
farmers and agricultural specialists include India, Malaya, North
Borneo and Sarawak, Philip-'
pines, Thailand, Trust Territories
in the South Pacific, El Salvador,
Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Vene-
suela, Peru, Tunisia, and the
Ivory Coast.
The Pease Corps provides all
expenses for men and women
who are accepted for service.
This includes transportation,
housing, clothing, food, medical
care, vacation, and incidentals.
Volunteers also receive $76 a
month for each month with the
Peace Corps, or a total of $1800
after two years' service.
All persons hi Isabella County
interested in serving abroad with
the Peace Corps should contact
your Cooperative Extension Service Office,
opening the convention's meetings and procedures to public
view. He said that any session of
the convention, or any meeting
of committees are wide open to
the public. In this, Michigan is
setting a world and historical
precedent not yet noted in proportion to the importance of the
idea, he said.
The Clare club's membership
was swelled by the presence of
many visiting Rotarians and
guests to hear Dr. Anspach
speak.
In more current news of Con
Con progress, Republican delegates this week said:
The report of the committee
on local government is the second to be approved by the committee of the whole. However,
the proposals face two more exposures to the critical glare of
the full convention before they
receive final o.k. for the November ballot.
If the proposal emerge unscathed from their pending encounters with the covention, voters will approve a new constitution which features these significant changes in structure of local government:
Proposal to extend terms of
office for township and county
officials from two to four years.
Instruction to courts to give
more weight to township ordi-
naces. '
Proposal to give villages and
cities broader taxing powers,
subject to Legislative restrictions.
Recommendation that county
home rule be granted under procedures established by the Legislature. The constitution will
provide local county referendum
on home rule to be initiated
through petition by five percent
of the electors.
The constitutional proposals
on local government are the outgrowth of three months of intensive study, disclosed Committee
Chairman Arthur Elliott (R.;
Pleasant Ridge).
During that time the 27-man
committee held extensive public
hearings, interviewed government experts and political
science authorities, talked with
interested citizens and pored
over volumes .bf .fact-rich .research material.
Particularly helpful was the
testimony of reputable, public
spirited organizations like the
League of Women Voters, The
Farm Bureau, labor organizations, the Governor's Advisory
Committee and the Citizen's Research Council.
"Our studies revealed the
present constitution is pretty
sound in its provisions for township and county government",
explained Mr. Elliott. "Yet the
committee felt these officials
could do better work if they
were free of the burden of campaigning for office every two
years, HenCe were recommend
their terms of office be extended to four years.,r~"
The Republican Con Con official feels the broadening of
city- and Village taxing powers
Will ease the excessive levies
now placed on property owners.
But, Mr. Elliott and his committee associates are abundantly enthusiastic about their proposals in the realm of intergovernmental relations and metropolitan government.
"Our proposals in these areas
encourage local governments to
voluntarily enter*intc* joint contracts, or share costs on projects
of mutual1 interest", explains the
committee head.
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Fieldman for Bordens, and Lyle
Gallagher, local milk hauler.
Neil Courtright, Music Instructor at Clare School, was
present and introduced six high
school girls and their accompanist who entertained the group
with several selections. ,
The main speaker of the day
was M.M.P.A. Pres. Glenn Lake,
He gave a very interesting presentation of the National Milk
Story, relating it to the Michigan
picture and the individual farmer. He brought out that a farmer has somewhere near $50,000
invested in his business and only
about $400 invested through
M.M.P.A. in marketing the
product of that business. Better
advertizing and the removal of
the scare program concerning
high cholesterol count in milk
would go a long way toward
solving  the milk  problem.
Mort Shea spoke on the proposed legislation effecting the
Dairy Farmer. Mr. Vander
Muelen our own district marketing committeeman spoke of
some of the things his group
had done and recommendations
they were making to help elev-.
iate the over supply of milk in
some areas. He also answered
questions, along with others, concerning effects of probable legislation on the farmer. It was
recommended that individuals
write their congressman concerning this matter.
Since this was a newly organized local there was no election
of officers or delegates. The
ones remaining through the
year are: Glen Bay, President;
Donald Davis, Vice President;
William Walter, Secretary-treasurer; Delegates, Clarence Bay
and Bob Clute; Alternates, William Walter and Dale Brockway.
An invitation was extended fo
any wishing to join or transfer
to the Clare Local to contact
the Secretary William Walter.
A number signed to the effect
thus making for a larger and
better group.
Mich. Week
Heads To
Meet Here
Monday evening at 7 p.m. at
Hotel Doherty there will be a
Region 8 Michigan Week dinner.
Michigan Week this year is May
20 to 26. ' "■■
Among the speakers will be
Ed. George of Detroit Edison,
State Chairman of Michigan
Week; Paul Penfield, Wes Baker
of Kresges and Woody Smith of
C.M.U. as northern Michigan
area chairman.
Region eight chairman is Donald E. Holbrook Jr. Clare county
chairman is Dick Alexander,
Hospitality chairman, Mary Lou
Sheehan. Region eight is composed of Clare, Isabella, Gladwin, Roscommon, Arenac East"
em and Ogemaw counties.
Robert Larson will become
superintendent of Harrison
Community Schools upon the
retirement of Charles Amble
on June I, 1962.
Mr. Larson, who has been on
the faculty at Harrison as
principal of the high school for
the past six years, resides on
Second street in Harrison, with
his wife, June, and two child-
fen.
He attended early school in
Bock, in Michigan's Upper
peninsula, aiid then gradtiateu
from- Northern Michigan College in Marquette, and later
received his M.A! degree from
Michigan State University in
East Lansing*