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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CLAHJ5. MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1962
New Sw.es,    Vol, 70, No. 30
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repanng campaign
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A campaign in Clare county to
acquaint voters with the need for
local Special Education for handicapped children will get a boost
starting this weekend with first
distribution of 4000 leaflets stating facts and proposals for a
county-wide program.
An election proposal to raise
one mill by direct property tax
in the county will come before
voters on June 11, the date of the
school  election.
The program has the vigorous
approval and sponsorship of J,
C. McNamara, county school
superintendent, and administrators and Board members in the
several school districts within the
county.
The proposal is to give handicapped children as near a standard education as it is possible to
do, using visiting teachers,
speech correctionists, special
rooms for classes of the mentally retarded, counsellors, and
other professionally trained personnel. A similar proposal will
come before Gladwin county
voters on the same day.
Michigan State Aid is more
liberal in provisions for counties
that have the type of local public
funds available.
In a survey conducted by the
committee it was found that
special education could benefit
185 children with speech defects,
156 children with mental handicap, but who are capable of
achieving an education, 92 emotionally disturbed, 47 with physical handicaps, 11 totally or
partially deaf and 5 totally or
partially blind, and an undetermined number of children who
are homebound because of illness, crippling disease or accident.
The number of youngsters who
would benefit by the program is
nearly the same as that in Gratiot county, also voting on Special
Education. This fast-growing
help for handicapped children is
already in operation in 32 Michigan counties.
A series of specially written
articles by Superintendent McNamara this week discusses help
for the mentally handicapped:
"Three programs are designed
for the intellectually limited
children who constitute over 2%
of the total school population.
They are designated Type. A, B,
& C.
The Type A room is a provision for mentally handicapped
children who are potentially
socially compentent but who are
better taught in a separate room,
In this room education is largely functional. Subject matter is
included only as a natural part
of activities, excursions, work
and play. Emphasis is placed on
developing skills needed in daily
living. Family, community, and
vocational adjustment are the
primary goals of the Type A
Teacher.
Children in this group, although in a special room, should
be as close to all-school activities
as possible.
The present school aid allowance for the Type A program is
$410 per membership child. The
Type A classroom, teacher, and
facilities are the direct responsibility of the constituent district
in which they are located. Class
rooms may be rented or paid I
for out of the County Special Education funds. Type B Program
is in appropriae in low population
areas.
The Michigan program is based on a belief that many mentally handicapped children may be
planned for within the regular
classroom and that a separate
special classroom would not
adequately meet their needs. For
these children the Type C Teacher Consultant Program has been
designed, This program provides
opportunities for the child to develop social competencies by aiding the classroom teacher in
understanding, accommodating
and, teaching the child accord
ing to his aptitudes and needs.
The Type C Teacher Consultant
counsels the child periodically
both individually and in small
groUpjs while the child remains
a part of his classroom groujs.
She with the aid of the diagnostician obtains a realistic profile
of the child's aptitudes and must
convey this to teacher and parent
in establishing a program of
habits and skills or attainable
(goals toward which the child
may progress.
The Type C Teacher Consultant is a specially trained teacher
for the mentally handicapped
who understands child development, the characteristics of the
mentally handicapped, the instructional program for the
Mentally Handicapped and is
skilled in working with children,
teachers, and parents. This program is .available in districts
which have adopted the Special
Education Act and employ a Diagnostician.
The school is reimbursed
$5,125 through the State School
Aid Act for salary and expenses
of the program. A student membership of 2,500 children is required to qualify for approval.
The teacher consultant may be
itinerant or resident
Bowmen End
Indoor Shoot
A very enthusiastic group of
archers completed indoor shooting for the winter at the Clare
Rod and Gun Club House, 18
bowmen making up six teams are
already planning for next season's indoor shoot.
A work bee at the club house
last Sunday found the group
busy laying out the new 14-target
outdoor range on the club house
grounds. The club will hold an-
other work session at the club*
house Thursday evening at 7 o'clock, April 5th and also Sunday
April 8th to complete the entire
range. All interested archers are
invited to attend and participate
in the outdoor shooting activities.
Final team standings were as
follows with trophies being presented to the two top teams,
Kenroe Amusement 25 points.
Mott Mountain 23 points.
Shear's Hardware 21 points.
City Bakery 91/.   points
White Tail Archery 2yk points
MBT 7 points
Awards for shooting over 400
were also presented to J. Foss,
D. Lockwood, H, Lockwood, and
Gary Wood.
Coleman's Sewage Plan
Beaten In Monday Vote
The first test at Coleman on
building of a sewage treatment
system for the town lost at the
polls Monday with the failure of
two proposals. The first to permit levying of special assessments of $89,000. was voted down
259-113, and the second asking
permission to issue $210,000. in
general obligation bonds was defeated 261-107.
New Pony
Breed To
Be Shown-
The Michigan Pony of the
Americas (POA) club is sponsoring a meeting April 14 to be held
at the Clare Congregational
Church and open to the public,
where movies of the new horse
breed will be shown and unique
characteristics   explained.
First to own and show POA
ponies in this area are Jim and
Doris Bicknell who have three
registered POA colts and several
Shetland mares bred to a registered Appaloosa stallion, War-
hawk.
The Bicknells are local members of the POA club and hope to
have several polka-dotted colts
this spring. Some of their stock
was purchased at the International Pony Of the Americas sale
held in Mason City, Iowa and
their three colts came from iil-
nois, Minnesota and Iowa.
Visitors are welcome at their
farm, Michipoa Farm one mile
north and one-half east of Clare.
Bicknell says the Appaloosa
was the chosen horse of the Nez
Perce Indians of Idaho. These
horses are believed to have been
brought from Spain to Mexico by
the Spaniards.
POA's have a blanket of white
over the hips, often with spots
on the blanket. Some known as
leopards" have spots over the
entire body. POA's are not to be
confused with pintos which have
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Mrs. Virginia Richardson, Clare librarian was presented
a check for $160. from the Clare JayCees representing the
library's share of profits from a recent club project. Jac-
Cees had declared that they would help purchase research
volumes on technical and other subjects to add to the
stock of new book? on ihe shelves in ihe library's new location. Bill Borle in charge of ihe project made ihe presentation. Sentinel. photo.
At issue was Coleman's plan
to build a half-million-dollar sewage system of tiles and mains,
and a lagoon-type drying and
treatment facility for disposal of
the sanitary sewage.
The town has no present public
system for disposal of sewage.
Many residents are users of private septic tanks, while some
other sewers are reported to connect to outflows emptying into
ditch drains and an abandoned
gravel pit.
The lagoon disposal system
had the tentative approval of
health authorities and engineering experts. Its construction, if
successful in Monday's election,
would have* dcpctufcd en approval in detail after building specifications and location were reviewed and approved.
Coleman Clerk Alger MacDonald said that it was understood
that a similar sewage lagoon
plant was operating satisfactorily at Lawton, Michigan. There
is a Lawton (pop. 1206) in Van
Buren county a few miles southwest of Kalamazoo.
With the defeat of the financing proposals for a community
sewage system in Coleman, nc
plans have been announced for
alternatives or further balloting
on the issue.
In Monday's election, incum
bent Mayor Dean Keller won reelection 176-171 over onetime
mayor William Pichel, a write-in
candidate.
Other results: clerk, Alger
MacDonald 311; Gaylord Paxton,
2 (write-in). Treasurer, Howard
Jones, 290; . Mrs. Maud
Langworthy, 44 (write-in). First
Ward — alderman, Glen Ranck,
80; Stanley Arnold, 77; Gaylord
Paxton 1 (write-in). Second
Ward — alderman, Carl Lewis,
46; Gaylord Paxton, 28, (write-
in), Supervisor, Leonard Coryea,
61; Perry Alexander, 1, (write-
in).
In the Third Ward, incumbent
Alderman Harold (Bill) Brown
lost to Harold Hellinger by an 81
to 45 vote. Floyd Waldie won the
supervisor's post with 110 votes.
New Names
For G. S. Ranks
Names for four age levels
within the Girl Scout program,
to replace the three level structure that the organization has
used since 1938, were announced
recently by Mrs. Charles U. Cul-
mar, President, Girl Scouts of
the U.S.A.
Beginning in September 1963,
age groupings for Girl Scouting
will be as follows: Brownie Girl
Scouts, aged 7 and 8 years; Junior Girl Scouts, aged 9, 10, and 11
years; Cadette Girl Scouts, aged
12, 13, and 14 years; and Senior
Girl Scouts, aged 15, 16, and' 17
years. Until that time, troops
will continue in the present pattern.
The sequence of names, according to Mrs. Culmer, has been selected to give a feeling of progression through the entire Girl
Scout age range of 7 througn 17
years.
David Donovan and Albert Haley, boih
incumbent candidates for return to the Clare
City Commission were successful irt Monday's election here and the third open position vacated by the retirement of Mayor
Gerald Nivison was won by Mack Thomson,
a newcomer to city politics.
Only five votes separated the three leaders in the race; Donovan receiving 177,
Haley 175, Thomson 172. Tim Cotter counted
149.
The Clare Public Library, to move
shortly into elegant remodeled quarters in
the former Citizens State Bank benefitted
by passage 156-70 of a proposal to tax Clare
property one-half mill for its support and
operation. The ^-mill applied on 1962 assessed valuation of $5,347,000. will collect $2,647.
to help make the library modern and useful.
Permission to sell the old Norm Lackie
residence and lot in Clare was given to the
Commission by a majority of 196-22. The
property had been owned by the city in what
was once a plan to establish a public parking lot on the east side of McEwan street
near the business district.
An apparent lack of interest in the
election issues and the contest for Commission seats kept voting down to what may be
the lowest ebb since 1948 when the present
charter was adopted. Only 226 electors expressed themselves on the library millage
proposal.
According to charter regulations governing the length of Commission terms, Donovan and Haley with the two greater numbers of votes in their favor will take two-
year terms on the Commission, while Thomson with the lesser total will be a one-year
member.
Dairy Tour To Visit
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Clare-Gladwin Farms
Car Wash Day
A car-wash work project of
Girl Scouts in Troop 8 is to be
Saturday, April 7 at Beck's
Standard service station. Beginning at nine o'clock in the morning, the girls will wash cars all
day until 3:00 in the afternoon.
Money earned is for self-help of
tho girls' .-routing program here.
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pose with one of ihe
newest additions to iheir stock of Ponies Of the Americas,
a miniature horse, ihe first new equine breed developed
in 25 years. The Bicknells belong io ihe Michigan POA
club sponsoring a meeting aiid demonstration of ihe animals ai ihe Congregaiioiiafl Church Saturday of riSKi wefek.
April Cancer
Crusade On
April signals the start of the
1962 drive for money for re
search and treatment against
cancer, and fund-raising activities
and a cancer drive canvass are
planned by members of Beta
Sigma Phi sorority.
Business districts and residential house-to-house campaigns are
planned in Clare, Harrison, Lake
and Farwell from April 15
through the end of the month.
On another front, the sorority is
sponsoring a public dance at the
Doherty hotel this Saturday evening. All members have tickets
for sale.
Donations and contributions to
the effort should be given or
sent to Miss Jo Koch, Clare
,County Cancer Crusade Chair
man, Clare.
Dr. R. J. Krainik Victim
Of Fatal Heart Condition
Dairymen from Clare and
Gladwin counties are invited to
tour three outstanding , dairy
operation layouts Friday, April
6, on a trip by their members,
and by Extension Directors
Richard Schroeder of Clare
county, and Paul Pennock of
Gladwin county.
Included in. the tour is a look-
see at the McKay Farms system
where Rex Watters manages a
milking herd of 84 Brown Swiss
cows, and a dinner program at
noon featuring dairy facts of interest discussed by Don Murray
Dr. Robert J. Krainik, a practicing Osteopathic physician in
Clare for the past ten years and
Chief of Surgery at Clare General Hospital died suddenly
Thursday evening of last week.
His death, due to a heart condi-"
tion was very unexpected and
saddened the wide circle of his
friends and professional colleagues.
Just this year Dr. Krainik had
been elected to the presidency of
the hospital Board of Directors.
With Dr. E. C. Shurlow he
operated an office and clinic on
East Fourth street in Clare.
Professional recognition came
to him some time ago with his
election to the American College
of   Osteopathic   Surgeons.
Dr. Krainik came to Clare
from Lansing. He was born
April 4, 1915 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was educated at the
University of Wisconsin, and at
Des Moines College of Osteopathy. He married Miss Jayne
CrUice in May 1940 at Newton,
Iowa and their children are a
son, Robert J. 2nd, a student at
L League
Tryouts
Little League officers elected
for 1962 are Bernard Wilson
president, Jay Green vice president, Glenn Thomas secretary
Judge Robert Campbell treasur,
er, Ivan Lozen players' agent
and Joe Greer umpire-in-chief.
Tryouts are set for Saturday,
April 14 at the Little League
park at 1:00 in thfe afternoon and
on Monday, April 16 at 4:30. Tryouts are for boys from 9 to 12
years who are not already members ,of an organized LL team.
To try out, boys are instructed
to bring permission cards signed
by a parent or guardian. Cards
may be obtained at Green's
Clothing and Shoes, or at Brand-
fonj's Mobil station. The cards
must be delivered to Ivan Lozen
On or before the day of the tryouts, address 508 E, Sixth, Clare.
League play hegins on May
20th.
Ferris Institute, and a daughter
Kathleen at home.
Other survivors besides the
family at home are a' brother
and four sisters, all residing outside of Michigan. His parents
Joseph and Rose Krainik are
both deceased.
Prominent in Masonic fraternal work, he was a 32nd degree
Knight Templar and Shriner
with his membership as a Mason
and in the Commandery both at
Hastings.
Funeral services were • held
Sunday in the Stephenson Funeral Home, Clare, with Rev. Sidney Rood of Washington Park
Presbyterian Church in Ypsilanti
officiating. Burial took place in
Milwaukee's Highland Memorial
Park with Rev. David Griffith
performing graveside ceremonies
and Knights Templar conducting
the ritual.
The announcement in Clare
that a memorial fund had been
established in Dr. Krainik's name
came late this week. The goal is
the purchase of needed equipment for Clare General Hospital,
or the outfitting of a room there.
Dr. J. R. Gershon, trustee for
the fund said that the project
would create a perpetual reminder of the devotion and skill which
Dr. Kranik gave to his profession. Contributions may be given
or mailed to Dr. Gershon, Or to
Frank T. LaGoe at the Citizens
State Bank.
PhysEd Teacher
At CMU Clinic
.Mrs. Ruth Fransted, Clare Elementary physical education
teacher, attended the 2nd Annual
Physical Education Clinic held
at Central Michigan University
Saturday, March 31.
Tony Miele, gymnastics * coach
and instructor in physical conditioning handled the demonstrations and explanations. Rope
jumping, physical conditioning
exercises, stunts, tumbling and
balancing were among the many
fields covered. ;
Visitor Studies
Work Here
A Philippine Islands observer
of our Rural Extension Director
work, Anatalio Reyes, is a visitor here until May 27. He is learning about community work of
the program in Clare and Gladwin counties as a guest first of
Richard Schroeder in Clare, and
later of a Gladwin vocational agriculture teacher.
Reyes studied at Michigan
State University last term and
his program in this country- is
now to gain some practical knowledge of his field.
After his stay at the home of
Schroeder, the visitor will go to
live a while with Richmond Simmons of the Gladwin school
staff.
Reyes job at home in his own
country is Community Development Officer. A.I.D. is sporsor-
ing his study in the United
States. ■
Local groups wishing to schedule talks by Reyes should contact Schroeder in his office at
Harrison.
Elect Brown
At Beaverton
With most candidates incumbents and unapposed, few Beaverton residents took time for voting Monday.
The results:, mayor, Robert M.
Brown, 67 votes; clerk, Effa J.
Hunter, 70; treasurer, Irene H.
Cingano, 70. First Ward- — supervisor, Joseph L. Hunter, 16;
alderman, Loren L. McKimmey,
16. Second Ward — supervisor,
M. Gordon Morris, 34; alderman
Lowell H. Witkovsky, 34. Third
Ward ■— supervisor, David S.
Ross, 19; alderman, Wayne
Evans, 12. Several residents received single write-in votes for
various posts.
Sacred Concert
Sunday afternoon April 8, Dick
Anthony, organist, piano player
and singer will be featured in a
concert of sacred music together
with an ensemble and other musical personalities. This concert
will be held in Elementary
School auditorium in Clare. The
concert is being sponsored by
Central Michigan ' Youth for
Christ. The pubHc is cordially
invited, and all seats are free.
from Michigan State University.
On the tour the producers and
spectators  will visit:
10 a.m. - McKay Farms, Rex
Watters, Mgr., five' mjles north
of Clare on old US-27. Milking 84
Brown Swiss Cows; feeding
grass sileage plus corn sileage
and hay. Uses production records.
11 a.m. - Howard Penrose &
Sons, four miles east of US-27 on
Beaverton Rd. Milking 74 cows,
feeds grass sileage, "hayledge".
Uses production records, excellent calf raising program; noted
for good roughage program.
12;00 Noon at the Arthur Center church five miles north of
Beaverton Rd. on Athey Rd.
Lunch served by the Ladies of
Arthur Center church, Don Murray, Dairy Specialist of M.S.U
will discuss Tour and other dairy
facts of interest.
2:30 p.m. - Roger McMahon
Farm three miles east of Beaverton on Glidden Rd. turn right on
Shock Rd. 1 mile. Roger has one
of the highest sales per cow of
the Farm Account Cooperators
in  Michigan,
Donovan was new on the City
Commission in April of 1961
when he polled 126 votes behind
George Wisler's 365 and Glen
Cain's 153. As Clare County
Chairman of the Democratic
party it is obvious that he picked
up support from his party members, although in Clare Home
Rule elections there are no partisan party tickets on the ballot.
His gain marked a rise in one
year from third place in a Commission race to first place under
near   alike   circumstances.
The only effort to campaign in
the election was by Thomson
who circulated handbills and
mailing pieces setting forth his
qualifications for the office.
Procedure calls for Mayor Nivison to call the Commission into
session tonight to canvass the
vote and- certify the election of
the three candidates. Then the
new Commission will begin a
new session and have as the first
Order of their business, the election of one of their number as
mayor.
A new mayor's appointments
to.city administrative jobs usually follow Within a couple of
weeks.
At stake are such posts as city
derk, assessor, supervisors to
represent the city at Harrison,
city manager, various boards and
other offices. The Fire Department members will elect one of
their number to be recommended
as Fire Chief for the new mayor's appointment.
Take Up Debate
On Apportionment
By Charles L. Anspach
Delegate, Clare-Isabella District
This week we will be in two
areas where there is likely to be'
a great deal of controversy. One
area i9 concerned with reapportionment and the other one, Civil
Rights Commission. Because of
the length of the debates arid the
fact that debate cannot be limited
in the committee of the whole,
the hours the Convention will
meet have been changed. For the
information of all who might be
wanting to attend the Convention
the hours will be as follows:
Monday - 6:30 p.m. until "adjournment, which will be approximately 10:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 9:00 a,m. tc
12:00; 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00; 1:30 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m. For the present
there will be two night sessions;
the hours of the Monday night
session as stated above and the
hours for the Wednesday night
session will be 7:30 until adjournment, approximately 10:30.
Without doubt, if debate on
proposals coming before the Committee of the whole does not
speed up, there will be more
night sessions and an attempt to
limit debate in the committee of
the whole. At the present time
debate cannot be limited. Some
of these changes may become
necessary if the Convention is to
close on May 15. I, with many
others, believe that the Convention can, and should, finish its
work by May 15. If would suit
many of us if the work could be
completed by May first; how
ever, we also feel that time
should not be the main factor in
writing a Constitution. The Constitution should .be as good a
one as we can produce.
During the week various proposals having to do with the executive branch were passed in
the Convention. I agree with the
decision of the Convention tc
elect the Lieutenant Governor
the Attorney General and the
Secretary of State; and in the
appointment of Auditor General
by. the Legislature, the Superintendent of Public Instruction by
the Governor and the Commissioner of the Highway Department by a bi-partisan commission, appointed by the Governor.
To me the individuals who are to
be appointed are persons who
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To Reopen As
Community
Dry Cleaners
Harvey and Phyllis Hartshorxl
will reopen the Community
Cleaners (formerly American
Cleaners) dry cleaning and
laundry business on Monday,
April 9 to offer full services including finished dry cleaning and
pressing, Coin-op type cleaning,
shirt laundry, pickup and delivery and the like. The business
had suspended recently under the
proprietorship of Asher Knight.
The Hartshorns will operate
the business personally and have
employed experienced tradesmen
to do cleaning, spotting and
pressing.
Plans are not finished yet for
any repainting or decorating of
Community Cleaners interior,
but a new sign is being made to
mark the location at 107 E. Third
street; across from Consumers
Power Company salesroom. The
business's same telephone number is 386-2501,
Run-Away
Turns Self In
Eighteen' year old Kenni+h
Frances Zawicki of Detroit turned himself in to Clare Police-
officer Vining stating that he
had run away from home Saturday, March 31 and wished to be
returned.
Zawicki's parents were' im*
mediately contacted at their
home in Detroit and arrived tti
CJare at 1:45 a.m. to take .custody of tile boy, .   j