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THE CLARE SENTINEL, CL&RE, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1962
New Series,      Vol. 70, No. 44
The Clifford Genow home and its contents
on Lincoln Road was completely destroyed by fire shortly after midnight on
Thursday. July 5. The Lincoln Township
Fire Department was called out to battle
the blaze, but the fire had gained such
headway before their arrival that is was
impossible to save anything.
Mr. Genow  was  first  awakened by  ihe
smell of smoke, and led his family to safety, with only the night clothing ihey were
wearing at the time..
Fire Chief Ken Clark stated ihai the
fire may have been started by faulty wiring in the attic, but it was impossible to
determine the cause at the time. The home
was partially covered by insurance.
Harold  Love photo.
No Slack In
Local Road
Building
The State Administrative
Board this week approved the
awarding of a $11,922 contract
for paving nearly one mile of
US-10 in Clare. The contract was
fflven to the Rieth-Rjley Construction Co. of Battle Creek.
At the same time two other
construction contracts were let
for a total of $63,118 for the projects in Kent, Alcona, Iron, and
Clare counties.
The State Highway Department will open bids July 18 on 48
highway construction projects in
31 counties, it was announced today.
It will be the first contract
, letting of the State Highway Department's second five-year construction program which started
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Projects totaling an estimated
$800 million are scheduled to be
put under contract between now
and June 30. 1967.
Among major projects are
several in Clare county involving
10.3 miles of paving at various
locations:
One mile on Bailey Lake Ave.
seven miles east of Harrison;
two miles on Bailey Lake Ave. 11
miles northeast of Clare; 2.1
miles on Tobacco Drive seven
miles northeast of Clare; one
mile on Rogers Rd. seven miles
northeast of Clare. One and four-
tenths miles on Hoover Rd. eight
miles east of Harrison; one-half
mile on Bailey Ave. eight miles
north of Harrison; one mile on
Maple Rd. one mile east of Far-
well, and 1.1 miles on Norway
Ave. three miles southwest of
Lake George.
Completion date is November
15, 1962.
The total work to be let July
18 will cost an estimated $28 million, including right-of-way and
engineering.
Art's Opening
Arthur Thayer of Clare opened his new Norge appliances
sales and radio and television
sales and service business with a
successful open house at his new
store in Farwell last week. A
newly appointed exclusive Norge
dealer in the Clare-Farwell area,
Art's TV and Appliances awarded grand opening prizes to Dale
Cotter of Farwell,. Rose Worstell
of Farwell.
Art's expects to add a line of
tv and radios to his sales and
service business.
Charges Kill
Livestock
By Mrs. Peter Cook
Oppressive heat and sultry
humidity was relieved Sunday
forenoon by a sudden thunder
storm that brought both relief
and destruction.
In the Winterfield township
district, farmers were grateful
for the much-needed rain, but
sympathetic and somewhat awed
by a bolt of lightning that struck
near the Gilbert Chilcote place
killing three of his Holsteins and
dazing two others.      .    .
The charge crashed violently
into a tree and followed the soaked trunk to the ground where
the cattle were huddled in shelter.
Loses 31 Sheep
Near Lake a similar damaging
incident occurred when lightning
struck a tree on the Matt Scott
placjffcWhjt'.re sheep were pastured.
Thirty-one sheep died as the
charge went to ground near
where they were standing.
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The Clare City Commission
has put a new tax assessment
system into preliminary preparation with the move for a card inventory file of property values
called an equalization card system, City Manager Clarence
Gum said this week.
The information to be gathered for filing on cards in the assessor's  office  will  describe all
Deaths
Mrs. Charles Stirling, 85, passed away on Monday, July 9, 1962.
Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, July 12, from
the Thurston Funeral Home,
with Rev. Darwin Salisbury, and
p,eV. Charles Hahn officiating.
Burial will be in Cherry Grove
Cemetery.
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Graveside services were held
for the .infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Miller of rural
Clare on Monday, July 9, in the
Cherry Grove Cemetery. Otis
Lang officiated for the Service,
which was held at 2:00 p.m.
The infant was born on Sun
day, July 8, at the Central Michigan Community Hospital in Mt.
Pleasant. Survivors include her
parents, two brothers, David and
John and a sister, Rhonda. Mrs.
Miller is the former Viola White
of Clare. „   _.
Clifton Crum
Is Victim
In Drowning
Clifton A. Crum, 9, drained
Saturday, June 30, in Coldwater
Lake following a picnic with his
family. He was the son of Stanley and Virginia Crum of Clare.
Clifton was born on January
19, 1953 in Mt. Pleasant. He was
a fourth grade student at the
Clare School, and a member of
the Clare Methodist Church Sunday School.
Survivors include his pareijts;
a sister, Christine; a brother,
Erick; his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Crum of Braden-
ton Beach, Florida, and Mrs.
Murrea Mills, of Gardenia, Cali
fornia; and aunts and uncles.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday, July 3, from the Clare
Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m.,
with Rev. D. R. Salisbury. Burial
was in the Memorial Gardens,
in Mt. Pleasant.
Evans Files As
UMW Democrat
Hubert C. (Hugh) Evans filed
nominating petitions for U.S.
Representative to Congress from
the 10th Congregational District
on the Democratic ticket.
Evans is employed as a laboratory technician in the cellulose
department of the Dow Chemical
Co. in Midland and is recording
secretary of Local 12075 District
50 United Mine Workers of
America:
Co. Democrat
Convention
Democratic County Chairman,
Dave Donovan, has issued a call
for the Clare County Democratic
Convention. The convention will
be held on August 15th at 8 p.m.
in the county courthouse at Harrison, Delegates to the convention will be elected at the August
7th primary election. The county
convention will propose resolu-
tions for and elect delegates to,
the state convention in Grand
Rapids on August 25th.
In Senator
Hughes' Office
Senator Harold B. Hughes announced last week the employment in' his Claire law office of
J. Franklin Trucks, a graduate
of Detroit College of Law.
Mr. Trucks, who was "born in
Clare, is a 1955 graduate of
Baldwin Public Schools and e
1959 graduate of Central Michigan University. He moved his
family to Clare from St. Clair
Shores where they had been living while he was attending law
school.
He graduated from Detroit College of Law in June of this year
receiving the degree of Doctor-
of-Laws, one of the six out of
77 graduates) so honored.
Mr. Trucks is married and has
a daughter eight months old. His
wife, Beverly, is a 1959 graduate
of Michigan State University,
where she took the Bachelor of
Music degree.
County 4-H
Delegates
At Lansing
Mrs. Donna Carr of Lake, a
leader in the Lake 4-H club, will
accompany six outstanding 4-H
members to 4-H Club Week,
which is held in East Lansing
on July 9-13 at the Michigan
State University Campus. Attending Club Week will be Kathy
Krawznski, Harrison, Joan
Baumer, Harrison, Beth Ann
Heiser, Clare, Darel'l Dunkle,
Harrison, John Streeter, Lake,
and Tom Winarski, also of Lake.
The six delegates will have the
experience of meeting boys and
girls from other counties in
Michigan, the thrill of living in
a university dormitory, and the
opportunity' to participate in
many different activities.
Two of the activities that will
be offered are 28 various classes
on careers, and 20 interesting
skill sessions.
To add an international flavor,
the Club Week program will be
organized on the basis of 20
countries. Each county delegation has been assigned to become
"citizens" of a number of these
countries. In order to become a
"good citizen", the delegates will
learn about the people, the
customs, and other interesting information about their country.
The Clare County delegation will
become citizens of Greece.
More Cuts
At Coleman;
Teachers Quit,
The reorganization meeting of;
the Coleman Community School
Board took place July 2. Raymond Moyers was re-seated to
begin another four-year term and
all present officers were re-elected to their offices; Harry Brug-
ger as president, Helen Keller as
secretary, and Clark Dennis as
treasurer. Regular meetings will
continue to be held the second
Monday of each month at 8:00
p.m. in the building where the
superintendent's office is located.
Other business conducted at
the meeting which lasted from
7:30 p.m. until 1:30 a.m., included a resolution to allow a re-
vote by the Mayflower School
District on annexation by sub-
srtantially changing the questions
to be voted on. This resolution
will go into effect on receipt of
a formal request for annexation
by the Mayflower School Board.
The Coleman Board's previously announced policy on non-availability of building facilities was
clarified to include non-availabil-(
ity even on a rental basis but not;
to include the athletic field!
which can be rented for evening!
use.
The 1962-1963 budget was re-j
viewed again and decisions were'
made to eliminate bus service to
students living within 1% miles
of school; to eliminate bus turn
arounds; and not to transport
city kindergarteners.
Spring sports will be eliminated from the high school athletic
program but football and basketball will be retained, as will in?
strumental music. These latter,
programs will be continued for'
one year in anticipation of an
increase in operating millage. If
there is no increase in millage.
these programs will be eliminated next school year. The budget
still reflects an anticipated deficit of $5,502.
The 1961-1962 Annual Financial and Superintendent's Reports were approved and the
July 9 public meeting was discussed.
real property and be the basis for
determining value for tax pur
pose.
The new system, besides making the assessor's job more impartial and accurate, is expected
to end the cause for the most
common complaint heard by
commissioners, the city manager,
and by the assessor, "I don't
mind paying my share of taxes
if everyone else is paying his
fair share too."
The new file will contain a perfect description of each property
owner's land and buildings.
Property calculated, the information will give the assessor a fair
equalized value of the property.
The late Jack Hall, assessor
for Clare for many years, and Albert Haley, former mayor and
now a commissioner used to urge
the use of such a system. They
were the first to talk of the immense usefullness of the system
and say, "Give the city a file of
th. s accurate information and
there will longer be arguments
with the assessor about the fair
ness of real property taxes. The
city can say in such disputes,
"don't argue with the assessor,
argue with this card".
With the completion of the preliminary information gathering
some   time  in  the   future,   any
taxpayer can bring a valuation
complaint to the assessor's office
and ask for a comparison with
card descriptions of any property
in the city. Reasons for other
property tax differences will be
apparent   from    facts    showing
Brush-tip
Wayne Patterson of Clare was
among the 30 teachers who recently attended the Driver Education. Workshop at Ferris Institute.
Patterson teaches science at
Clare High School.
Mrs. Gladys Guernsey, Cole
man first grade teacher, Mrs.
Audrey Kushne, second grade
teacher, and Mrs. Mary Eaton
who has taught third grade the
past six years have submitted
their resignations. All teachers
expressed pleasure in having
worked with the pupils, parents,
and administration in the past;
however, they did not feel they
could do an adequate job of
teaching half-day sessions and
felt they should seek positions
elsewhere. Mrs. Guernsey will be
teaching at Pleasant View School
and Mrs. Eaton will be at the
Meridian Public Schools.
Contracts were rescinded for
Mr. Robert Wodarak, industrial
arts teacher, and Mrs. Helen
Minthorn, homemaking teacher.
This action resulted from the decision to eliminate these two educational programs for the junior high grades.
The hot lunch cooks, Mrs.
Juanita Mogg, Mrs. Ila Lattimer,
and Mrs. Iva Weihl were notified
their services would not be required since the hot lunch program will also be discontinued.
Mrs. Jean ViCk, high school
secretary, and Mr. Alvay Nestor,
elementary custodian, will also
be released later in the summer
when budget cutbacks force., the
closing of one school building.
With the exception of a few
vacancies in the senior high
school and some shifts yet to be
made in the elementary and junior high programs, staff requirements have now been met for
the coming school year.
A request from the Clare
Board of Education to rent sever
al rooms in the Coleman Elementary School until newly constructed classrooms Can be completed at Clare was rejected.
Highlight of the meeting Was
a detailed presentation by Lan
g-uage Arts Committee members
Jim Graveline, Pearl Howe, and
Clarence Suttles on the prelim-'
inary findings ahd tecommenda-
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Hammermill
Paper Denies
Price Fix
A news report on Wednesday,
July 11 naming the Hammermill
Paper Company as one party indicted in a pulpwood price-fixing
conspiricy drew an immediate denial of the alleged charges. An
official company statement was
issued by John Hanson, manager
of the company's Watervliet Division woodyard here in Clare:
The Hammermill Paper Company stated that they had no
official knowledge of the reported indictment by the Federal
grand jury of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, and denied the charges
as% reported to be contained in
hhis indictment to the effect that
Hammermill had conspired with
other wood buyers in Michigan
to fix the prices paid for pulpwood.
A Hammermill spokesman expressed confidence that the Company will be vindicated of the
alleged charges.
WWlVets
Slate Includes
Charles Coopers
The Veterans of World War 1
and Auxiliary held their annual
State convention at Park Place
Hotel in Traverse City, June 29-
30 and July 1st.
City manager of Traverse City
welcomed the Department Commander, Frank Anderson of Bay
City, and Department President,
Mrs. Isabell Cooper of Clare, and
their their delegations from all
over the state.
The president's reception, honoring Mrs. Cooper, was held in
the afternoon with one hundred
in attendance, and several distinguished guests from other organizations were also present.
The Veterans held their installation Sunday afternoon, and
among the new officers was
Charles Cooper, Clare, judge advocate.
The Convention will be held in
Lansing  next year.
Besides the Coopers in attendance from the Clare Barracks
and Auxiliary, were Mr. and Mrs.
Arleigh Gorr, Clare, Clarice Bellows, Inez Eaton, Harrison, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Freeman, Mr.
and Mrs. E. Fordyce, Farwell.
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White House Congratulations
Miss Effie Hales' retirement from public School teaching
was announced recently after 5J2 years in her profession. The
occasion prompted rrtay expressions of congratulation from
friends and neighbors who have admired her devotion to her
work and her success in the molding of young minds. |j
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-  Sinde tlie beginning1 t>£-the 1949 'school yea?, Miss Hales 1;
has taught the first grade in Clare Elementary School. Mem- 11
bers of the school board, administration and her friends in jh
the profession have all joined in fellings of regret at her leaving the school and in good wishes for her in her retirement.
Among her most cherished mementos is a personal letter
of congratulations from the White House, Washington, D.C.:
THE WHITE.HOUSE
Washington
February 27, 1962
Dear Miss Hales:
I am happy to extend the President's cordial congratulations on the occasion of your retirement after fifty-two years
of faithful service in the teaching profession. You must indeed have many wonderful memories.
The President has learned of the high esteem in which
you are held by your students and friends and hopes that you
will enjoy good health and happiness for many years to
come.
Sincerely,
Ralph A. Dungan
Special Assistant
to  the President
greater or lesser value factors in
property compared.
Upon the inauguration in the
system, no real property will be
assessed without a basis for calculating the tax,
Authority for the hiring of two.
property "checkers" was given to
Willard Wedge, city assessor in
the last city commission meeting in June, On the job now filling out description forms are
two new employees for Wedge's
department. Gum has estimated
that the job of setting up the
system may take as long as three
years, but Hopes it can be accomplished sooner.
Co-operation of residents and
property owners in providing
access to information is seriously requested by the city commission.
Big Field
For Primary
In Isabella
With two major offices in Isabella county government expect
ing new tenents, the August 7
Primary elections holds more interest than at any time in recent
years. A total of 11 Republicans
have filed candidate petitions for
six offices and Democrats in Isabella will present a full ticket
of six at the polls on the election
day.
Not seeking re-election are Isabella Sheriff Henry Craven, and
Treasurer Gladys Hole. Mrs.
Hole, a capable and highly regarded public servant was chief
deputy in the treasurer's office
for many years and appointed
to the top administrative spot
abo'ut a year ago. .
Seeking the GOP nomination
;foE the treasurer's post are l^goji-
ard L. Ball, Evart Bowerman,
Ronald D. Bemlow, and Ronald
F. Downing.
Another open race with three
entries for the vacated sheriff's
office has Republicans VerneH
E. Davis - former Mt* Pleasant
police chief, Thomas W. Hubbell,
and veteran Sheriff's Deputy
Ray B. Martin all qualified for
places on' the ballot.
In other county offices, Republican incumbents are unopposed
for their party's favor. They are:
Prosecuting Attorney Douglas A.
Behn, County Clerk Maynard S.
Gilmore, Register of Deeds Ray
H. Zingery, and Drain Commissioner Rollin A. Gross.
On the Democrat ticket voters
will find David Burrows for
prosecuting attorney, Samuel
Pratt for sheriff, Wayne L. Lyon
for county clerk, Gerald A. Far-
nan for treasurer, George B. Paxton for register of deeds, and
Philip R. Epple for dain commissioner.
Bears Hold
Perfect Lead .
Standings in the Little Boy's
League after the game on July
6 show that the Bears are still
holding their lead with an unblemished record for the season.
The Rams have moved into
second place by defeating the
LionS in a game on July 6. The
complete standings after last
weeks games were:
GOP Meet
The Fall Clare County Repub
lican Convention will be held at
the Court House in Harrison on
August 15 at 8:00 p.m., to elect
delegates to the Republican
State Convention shall be the
delegates elected at the August
7. Fall Primary election.
Fair Books
Books for this year's Clare
County Fair Will be mailed within the next two weeks to exhibitors. Entry blanks are enclosed
for the first time this season, to
handle the increasing number of
exhibitors at the fair. It will be
necessary to have all entries in
before the first day of the fair
J this yeai\
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Bears
12
Rams
7
Lions
7
Colts
5
Cubs
3
Tigers
2
On July 2 the Rams took their
game from the Tigers in a 23-3
win. Tim Sheredy with the winning pitcher.
The Bears slugged their way
to a close win over the Tigers on
July 3, when Tim Harring and
Jim Eberhart both slammed
home funs. Dave Genow had a
home run for e the Tigers. Tim
Harring was the winning pitcher.
Dick Norcutt pitched for the
Coits on July 5 when they overpowered the Cubs by a 8-1 score.
Dick Norcutt hit a home run for
the Colts.
On July 6, the Rams took the
honors in( a game against, the
Lions with a 7-6 final score, Joe
Squires pitched, the Rams to
their win.
Toss $21.
To Fishes
Twenty-one dollars worth oi
fish food in penny and nickel
handfuls is a lot of fish food, but
that's what-visitors tossed to the
trout at the hatchery at Grayling
over the June 30-July 1 week
end.
To accommodate tourists who
like to watch fish jump, splash,
and scramble, the Conservation
Department installed vending
machines at the hatchery on a
trial basis which apparently met
with a triple success .'". , for the
tourists, the fish, the hatchery
caretakers.
Nutritionally - correct pellets
are dispensed by the machines in
one and five-cent lots. This assures the fish of a proper diet;
cuts down on the usual popcorn,
peanuts, bread crusts and candy
and at the same time reduces
litter problems for groundskeep-
ers.
Poster Winners
'■ Poppy Posters are displayed
each year during the annual poppy days sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary.
These posters Were made this
year by children at school, and
prizes awarded for the best.
Winners announced this week
and receiving cash awards were:
First Place, Alice Aldrich, $3.00;
and second place, Carl Mott,
$2.00.
Traffic Deaths
Dropped In May
Michigan traffic deaths in May
totaled 120, a reduction of 13, or
10 per cent, compared with 133
in the same month a year ago,
according to State Police provisional figures.
This was the ninth month in
succession in which fatalities
were less than in the corresponding month of the previous year.
Delayed deaths will increase the
May total slightly. The average
for the month for the five-year
period, 1957-61, was 118.
The provisional total for the
first five months of the year is
511, a reduction of 76, or 13 per
cent, below 587 for the same
period in 1961.
More complete figures for
April include 120 deaths, 7,297
injured and 14,957 accidents.
Though there Was a reduction
of 18, or 13 per cent, in deaths,
injuries increased 276, or four
per cent, and accidents 181, or
one per cent, compared with
April a year ago.
The accumulated record for
the first four months showed 391
persons killed and 29,323 injured
in 75,819 accidents. These rep*
resented a 14 per cent drop iri
deaths but increases of 14 per
cent and 22 per cent, respectively, in injuries and accidents com*
pared with the same period last
year.
"Estimated "travel for the first
three months, the latest information available, was 7.5 biili&ri
miles, a gain of six per cent over
the first quarter, in 1961,. while
the .death j>ate of 3.7 per 100
million vehicle miles was down
16 pet cent.