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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN
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Improved Plan For
Naming State Judges
Dr. Charles Anspach
During the last week the Constitutional Convention has been
concerned with two areas of government: the judiciary and the
executive branch. Some changes
have been made in the judiciary
of which I approve and some
changes have been made which
I do not think improves our present system a great deal. The
proposal to divide the state into
seven districts and elect the
justices of the supreme court on
a non-partisan ticket in these districts met my approval. There
would be three justices from
Wayne County and six from the
other districts of the state. I
favored this proposal for it
would do three things: 1, it
would elect the judges on a nonpartisan ticket; 2. a judge would
be elected by the people from
their area and give them a better
opportunity to know him and
his record; 3. it would reduce
the expense of running for office. To run for state office on
a primary and election ticket
costs a great deal of money. The
proposal was defeated on first
reading by a vote of 64-62. A
compromise was finally arrived
at which would elect the nine
justices at large to be nominated on party ticket and elected
on non-partisan ticket. An in
cumbent judge can renominate
himself by filing an affidavit
of intent. This I think is an improvement on our present system. When the proposal came
up in the committee of the whole
I voted for the method of election and voted for the procedure
of renomination in the primary
by filing affidavit of intent.
The change in the judiciary
system is the establishment of
a court of appeals. The responsibilities of the court of appeals,
and the method of electing the
judges is being left to the Legislature. The Legislature may
divide the state into districts and
require the election of jJ*d?<»s
from these districts. This had
my approval.
The article on the circuit court
which is a retention of the present system also had my approval. The justices of the peace
court may be retained of eliminated as the Legislature sees fit.
Inasmuch as the retention of the
justices of the peace designation
in the Constitution could not be
retained, I think the five-year
clause is satisfactory. There
must be a court of limited jurisdiction, whether called the
justice of the peace court or
some other court.
Some misunderstanding has
arisen relative to the justices of
probate and justices of the peace.
Justices of the peace court need
not be lawyers. Justices of probate in the future, must be licensed lawyers, unless those judges
who are not so licensed are reelected. This I think is a good
provision for it makes it possible for some of our northern
counties to use the services of
some people who are well qualified to preside over these courts,
who are not licensed lawyers.
The Convention is just starting
its work on the executive branch.
The article on the auditor-general has just passed first reading
by the committee of the whole.
The auditor-general is to be appointed by the Legislature to be
responsible to the Legislature.
In my opinion this is logical for
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THURSDAY, MAR. 22.   1962
New Series,      Vol 70, No. 28
Winter Deer Kill Increase
Blame On Marauding Dogs
Red Cross
Collection
At $1,234,
The officers and interested
worker^ of 'the Close /County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, met at the home of the
chairman, Mrs: Curtis Merton in
Harrison Tuesday evening this
week. Miss Jean Fit .simmons
the area representative was also
present.
Very favorable reports were
given Of the county drive, which
is in charge of Rev. Van Parker,
and co-chairmon Leon Stanley:
Charles Cape, -and Mrs. E. Cooley
of Clare, Farwell-and Harrison.
Total collected as 'of Tuesday this
week was $1,234, of the $2,700.
quota given the county. Many of
the solicitors are still making
contacts, and it is hoped by the
end of the month, much more
will have been received.-
The annual meeting of the
chapter will be held June 5th,
place to be announced. This is an
open meeting arid all interested
persons are expected to attend.
There will also be the election
of officers.
the function of auditing is a follow-up of the appropriations
made, by the Legislature. The
one is a phase of the other for
it is a follow-up of expenditures.
This did not have the universal
approval of the Convention but
I think it is a good provision.
New Map
Of County
In The Works
A new Clare county highway
map will get near-final okay
When chamber of commerce and
County Highway representatives
meet tomorrow evening to gc
over recommendations from all
through the county. As the project shapes up now, the map to
be produced for the coming tourist season will have roadway and
trail details showing routes to
anywhere in the county, as well
as tourist attractions for sightseers, sportsmen and vacatiom
ers.
Plans are to print a two or
three-color map with features
designated, "which will be an
asset to the county and of which
everyone will be proud."
At a March 7 meeting to discuss the project, representatives
were present from all chambers
of commerce, city and village
representatives from Clare, Harrison, Farwell, Lake George, and
Lake. Also attending were Tom
Cook, county highway superintendent, Paul Lapham, county
surveyor, and Howard Carry and
Clinton Case, supervisors on the
Tourist & Resort Committee.
To be shown on the 17x22
map ai'e highways, lakes and
streams, airports, ski areas and
•puDift^fferffng'sites, county buildings and other points of interest.
Photographs to be reproduced
on the piece will be furnished by
each separate chamber of commerce with final editing to be the
responsibility of the map committee.
Unite For
Lenten
Evenings
Special Lenten church Services
that continue for four weeks will
commence Sunday night in the
Clare Methodist church. The Sunday, evening worship experiences
are to be alternated between the
Methodist and Congregational
churches in Clare and will present outstanding pulpit speakers
enlisted from three denominations. The public is invited.
This coming Sunday, March 25,
the series will open in the Methodist church with Rev. Hartley
Metting, pastor of the Congregational Church of Rocommon
preaching. Time of the service is
8:00 p.m. and the Methodist choir
will sing.
On following weeks in the
union Lenten Series the program
is:
April 1 in the Clare Congregational Church Rev. Emeral
Price, Methodist District Superintendent will preach.
April 8 the service moves back
to the Methodist church for an
appearance by Rev. Albert Keith,
pastor of Messiah Church, Grand
Rapids.
April 15 the series concludes
in the Congregational church
with a sermon by Rev. Donald
Saifor from the Shelby Methodist Church in Shelby Michigan.
Too weak from wounds and
exhaustion to run any further
this young buck was at bay
on the ice of Lake Thirteen
Monday and staggered only
a dozen steps after the photo.
He collapsed and had to be
shot after the dog that attacked him was driven off,—too
late. Conservation Game Officer Don Bell examined the
damage that included a badly
chewed and torn rear quarter,
and neck and back injuries.
Sentinel   Photo
Band Will
Present
The Clare School Band's winter concert will be staged on
Wednesday evening, March 28 in
the .High. School .gymnasium with
a program of' variety seldom
matched in the long series of
annual concerts.
It is to be an "open door' concert with admission by invitation. Student musicians are passing out tickets this week that
admit people. A free-will collection is hoped to provide "the
gate" that goes a long ways to
help support the replacement of
worn instruments, buy music and
pay other incidental expenses of
the playing organiation. But
invitation or none, everyone is
welcome. If students miss anyone
when passing out the tickets, it
doesn't bar attandance.
The band is still collecting the
price of needed bass horn sousaphones.
Directed by Llayd Conley, the
program will include:
AMERITA, March
PEARL  FISHERS,  Overture
KANSA, Suite
 these   three   numbers   were
played at the Festival in Oscoda
on March 10. The third number,
KANSA, is the composition by
Conley that won the Kansas Centennial competition last summer.
Theme from THE APARTMENT
 featuring piano solo by Eric
Hammerberg.
TRUMPET AND DRUM
 with  duet by  George Finch
and Betty Miller, plus
CIVIL WAR SUITE
PAVANNE
KING COTTON, March
osals
ommission
Clare voters, going to the polls
on Monday, April 2 will find two
proposals offered in addition to
the selection of. three Commissioners. Proposed in the purely
local questions is the following:
"Shall  the   City  of   Clare  be
authorized to sell Lot 8, Block
27 of the City of Clare?"
The property was purchased a
few years ago and was known
as the Norman Lackie residence.
Once the Commission obtained
the lot for future use as a park-
Michigan Week
Plans Advance
Principal
Leaving CHS
Clare High School Principal
Richard Snyder has announced
that he will leave the Clare
school system at the end of this
year and has plans for more
educational preparation leading
to- a superintendency.
He h.as accepted a position
with Central Michigan Univer
ity at Mt. Pleasant where he will
supervise practice teaching in the
Ludington area during the first
part of next year, and then re
turn to Ann Arbor for graduate
studies on his Doctor's degree.
- Clare School Superintendent
Richard Wheeler has made public no plans for Snyder si replace^
tnent.
Fraternal
Pin Prizes
Bowlers in the Clare Fraternal
League ended their two-day annual tournament on March 4 and
crowned champions in four
events.
Prizewinners in Team entries
.were:
Mason No. 2 - 2903
K' of C No. 3 - 2891
K of C No. 1 - 2878
K of C No. 4 - 2835
Masons No. 3 - 2806'
Doubles winners were:
B. Collins and D. Burdo - 1328
G. Frampton & G. Thomas -
1236
J. Murphy & J. Green - 1205
W. Endres & J. Thompson
1197
G. Murphy & G. Thayer - 1190
Top Singles winners were:
W. Spindler - 653
J. Myers - 631
C. Lorenz - 629
J. Bailey - 627
E. McConnell & B. Case tied
with  623
All Events prizes went to:
Tom Beatty * 1853
Clarence Loreh.; - 1846
Jim Murphy - 1822.
Don Bell, Clare Conservation
officer:, was. called-out Monday;
to save a deer being attacked "by
a dog,—and ended by having to
destroy the deer. The young buck
was already badly mauled and
half dead by the time Bell arrived.
The incident and others like it
have been so often repeated this
winter that Bell and fellow olf-,
icers imark it as the worst season yet for deer destruction by
dogs.
Part of the reason is deep
snows that allow running cteer's
feet and legs to sink to floundering depth while dogs can pursue on the crusty top surface.
But others winters of deep www
have not seen the high rate of
deer killing. Officers blame the
present conditions on dog owners
failur to keep their pets tied
or penned.
The problem has never been
so serious, and the Conservation
Department is determined to use
serious measures against dogs
and their owners when warnings
are ignored.
On Monday, residents at Lake
Thirteen reported the pllgnt oi
the young buck.
It was a spring fawn, now
more than half grown and a large white German Shephera type
dog had chased it along ihe
south shore and dragged it aown
several times. After the dog was
driven off, the badly mauled cteer
tried to rise but collapsed again
after a few steps. Badly nurt
and losing much blood, it nad to
be destroyed.
Bare statistics of the problem
prove adequately that sportsmen
and their friends should taKie an
active interest in assisting Conservation officers to bring the
killing to a halt.
Bell said that complaints and
reports of deer being chased and
killed by dogs have run as high
as 14 in one day in just his local
enforcement area. With the killing of the young deer on Monday
afternoon, Bell said the last four
consecutive such incidents took
the lives of all bucks.
It is a costly waste to -Michigan
Conservation and especially tc
sportsmen who could find the
thinning of bucks disappointing
when next fall comes.
A cure for the problem depends on cooperation and en
forcement,
Bell said that in the first place,
dogs Whether suspected deer
chasers or not, must be tied or
confined in the city and rural
areas alike. Residents seeing
dogs running at large can notify
the Conservation District headquarters irt Gladwin with the
assurance that he is performing
a praisworthy act.
First step is a warning to the
dog's owner unless a dog is
caught in the actual killing of
a deer.
But stiffer consequences can
*fpllow if owners refuse to heed
the request to confine the dog.
It is understandably not the
fault of a dog if he becomes a
deer marauder. Canines found beside dead deer react Mn several
ways, Bell said. Sometimes they
slink away when a person appro-
ches,—as if knowing they are
doing a wrong thing. Other dogs
seem to expect praise for their
kill, and some dogs snarl and
bristle to defend the carcas from
whoever approaches. Not many
dogs appear to kill from hunger,
and wild dogs are not by any
means the only offenders.
Farwell
Boys Cut
Deer Food
Eleven members of the Far-
well FFA and their advisor, last
Saturday, had a picnic lunch in
the woods and cut cedar for the
deer.
A representative of the De
partment of Conservation marked the area and the trees to be
cut. The area is about eight
miles northwest of Farwell on
M-115, just past Doc and Tom
Creek.
The cuttings will have to be
checked and possibly another day
or two planning for cutting.
The boys found one dead deer
while working in this area.
Plans for the 1962 Michigan
Week observance are moving
forward in this area, according
to Dpnald Holbrook, Jr., Clare
attorney who is serving as regional chairman.
Following a meeting of representatives from six counties at
the Hotel Doherty last week
chairmen of various committees
have started intensive organization among all groups in their
respective fields to bring about
the greatest possible partigipa
tion in the annual celebration to
be held May 20-26.
An appeal to all citizens and
organizations in Clare, Isabella,
Arenac, Gladwin, Ogemaw and
Roscommon counties, which comprise the region, to carry forward an outstanding program in
promoting their own communities and the state was made by
Edwin O. George, Detroit Edison
company vice president and general chairman for Michigan
Week.
Mr. George headed the list of
state speakers at the Clare meeting. He pictured Michigan as "a
great state" and said all citizens
should become boosters and
salesmen for their state and their
own communities and do the selling job all 5.2 weeks of the year.
"Michigan Week i9 the occasion when we can boast a little
louder and put on a big show",
Mr. George said, "but our job
of telling the nation and the
world about the many assets and
resources of our state should be
continuous".
Wesley R. Baker, Detroit, administrative assistant of the S.
S. Kresge company and chairman of the Michigan Week business and product promotion
board, emphasized the import
ance of giving full recognition to
business and industry and the
products of Michigan during the
week.
Woodward C. Smith, vice president of Central Michigan University at Mt. Pleasant, deputy
general chairman for the northern two thirds of the state, said,
"we have everything in northern
Michigan to be proud of. Nc
other part of the state has greater resources for recreation, agriculture and industry".
Clare county chairman for 1962
Michigan Week is Dick Alexander, manager Michigan Bell Telephone Cla"re. Working with him
are various activities chairmen
who are:
Business and product promo
tion: Joseph Cheek, chief of tool
engineering, Aircraft Division,
Holley Carburetor Co., Clare;
Finance: John Bicknell, cashier
Citizens State bank, Clare; Pub
licity: Bernard Wilson, radio
station WCRM, Clare; Hospitality Day: Mary Lou Sheahan, Citizens  State Bank,  Clare.
Feed Lot
Tour For
Isabella
The Isabella County Annual
Spring Cattle Tour will take a
course through the vicinity of
Weidman beginning at ten o'clock on Thursday, March 29. A
crowd of interested beef raisers
and other spectators is expected.
It will pay feed lot operators
to be on time at the Ragolt
Hauck farm where the tour
starts with coffee and donuts
wil] be served before inspecting
the feeding arrangements for
the 260-animal operation. The
farm is on Weidman Road 4%
miles west of Old US-27.
The tour progresses first to
the Carl and Raymond Hauck
farm across from' Ragolt's then
to Gatehouse Brothers three
miles south of Weidman during
the forenoon.
Dinner is to be served at St.
Joseph's church in Beal City
where program speakers will
discuss beef specialists problems,
ajnd market outlook and conditions. Beefmen are invited to
bring businessmen guests to the
dinner.
Afternoon calls tf.ke the tour
to the Ray Tilman place three
miles south of Beal City at 2:00
P.M. and then a mile east to the
Matt Engler farm at 2:45.
The tour committee includes
William Brewer who is also the
chairman of the program at the
noon dinner, and Ray Hauck
Duane Seibt. Assisting with
plans for the day is Louie Webb,
Isabella County Extension Director.
Triplicate 110
An uncommon triplicate bowl
ing score was rolled recently in
the Ladies' Friday Night League
at Gateway Lanes when June
Schildbach scored identical 110s.
If the feat doesn't get June an
arm patch at the end of the season, it at least inspires a lot of
interested comment among her
bowling companions.
ing lot on the east side of
McEwan, but plans to buy adjacent property tc make a useful
area for shoppers' autos fell
through, and now permission to
sell the land and house is being
asked in the election proposal.
Proposition II is: "Shall the
limitation on the total amount
of taxes be increased by ^-mill
for improving and maintaining
the public library?"
With the library moving into
vastly improved quarters in the
building that was once the home
of the Citizens State Bank, public
interest has heightened and more
use and value is expected to be
a product of the move.
The library is beneficiary of
gifts from Sam Garfield and the
Mammoth Producing Company,
and The Bank. In remodeled surroundings, the library will now
be able to perform greater service to the public, and the small
tax to support it is thought to
pave the way to modern operation and improvements.
A third proposal amending the
city charter to provide compensation for members of the City
Commission and the Mayor was
to be on the ballot, but the Secretary of State ruled it was submitted too late and must appear
on a later election ballot, if at
all.
Candidates for election to three
vacant Commission seats are incumbents Albert Haley and David Donovan, and Tim Cotter, and
Mack Thomson.
Called to consider plans for a new Elementary addition to the Clare High
School building and remodeling of the
existing Elementary facilities, members
of the Citizens Advisory Committee met
Wednesday evening of last week with
School  Board  members,   Superintendent
Richard Wheeler and Architect Clark
Ackley. From left are David Donovan,
E* A. Anderson, Forrest Sogge, Frank
LaGoe, Carleion Garthe, Dr. Neil Stirling,
Lloyd Conley, Mrs. Crystal Drake, Ackley
and Wheeler. Sentinel photo
High Priced
Meter Key
The Unfortunate loss of a master key that opens parking meters in Clare has cost the city
about $60. in stolen coins, Police
Chief William Bell said this week
after eight more meters were
found empty,—robbed of nickels
and pennies.
Whoever found, of pilfered the
key has been living high ever
since mid-February, ' using the
key to open parking meters and
loading up with the coins inside.
Bell said the key turned up
missing about one week after it
was lost. Not noticed at first,
Bell thinks that officers who collect the meter change on Thursdays either dropped the key out
of their car, or that it might
have been stolen  outright.
Anyway, the loss of the key is
nothing compared to the steady
thievery of money ever since.
Picking open the boxes at
night has netted the thief an es=-
timated $60. of more and with
hundreds of meters along Clare
streets and in parking lots police have a difficult time trying
to guess which row of meters
will be victimized next.
Whoever possesses the key isn't the only one to profit. On one
morning this week an early auto-
ist found a small windfall in
coins dropped by the hasty thief
during the night before when he
evidently opened some meters on
West Fourth street.
Love That
Carnival
Harrison high school seniors
have announced the date of their
carnival in the new school gym
there, Saturday, March 31. The
occasion is to be crowded, with
fun, games, prizes, and plenty
to eat.
The entertainment begins at
eight o'clock in the evening.
Tickets for the carnival concessions cost ten cents each and
entitle the purchaser to one vote
for King and Queen. Mary Rilett
is in charge of ticket sales.
General committee chairman is
Carol Stanley who announced
that candidates for queen are Jan
Atkinson, Carole Yost, and Miss
Stanley herself. Candidates for
king are Lee Dancer, Bob Brenner and George Watters. The
coronation, a high point in the
evening is to be at 10:30 p.m.
Play Ball!
There will be a Little League
meeting at 7;30 Thursday evening, March 22 In the new High
School.