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THE CLARE SENTINEL, GLARE, PICHI&AN
THURSDAY,   AUG.  2,   1982
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Vol. 70, No, 47
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A jETigr/z Price For
Police Service
Tlie owner of a large customer.parMng lojb in roidtovyn
Clare asked local police to assist in investigation of an auto-
damage collision which oecurrei. there. He was told that police
were not empowered to investigate and would not act to protect his customer since the mishap occurred on private property. He later obtained police co-operation after vigorous objection to this excuse. — A Clare resident who sought to
make a complaint about reckless and dangerous: driving, and
who obtained the license numbers of the cars involved learned from Clare police that since a warrant could not be issued
without positive identification of the drivers, that they would
assist in no other way to prevent recurrence of similar incidents. — Loitering, sidewalk brawling and undesirable conduct as a daily problem on West Fourth street and in the
city park were permitted to flourish with little or no police
interference until public disgust and Sentinel editorials stirred
a demand for overdue relief from the nuisance. These are examples . . . more could be cited.
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Public confidence in Clare's Police Department is ripe
for improvement measures and a good place to start is the
law's willingness to initiate action where action is necessary.
The most common dissatisfaction we have heard citizens utter about Clare police is that officers have too
many reasons for TAKING NO ACTION when they are
needed, — rather than assuming positive control and firm
initiative where these attitudes would accomplish desired
ends.
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It took only a short, but thorough survey of police
operations in comparable towns elsewhere to show that
Clare is spending more for its Police Department and receiving less in the way of performance than some neighbors in Michigan.
And other differences were likewise apparent to make
the obvious conclusion that, while most small town policing problems are similar to ours in Clare, results in many
other localities are reflected in lower offense rates while
costs of operation are noticably lower!
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Take Vassar, Michigan for instance. This city of 2680
population is located on the intersection of M-15 and M-38
and not far from the heavily traveled M-46 — all tourist
routes northward on the east side of the state. Police per-
sonel numbers four with an occasional extra man temporarily. Breaking and entering offenses are on a decrease
and the police chief told The Sentinel that complaints
average about nine per week. Youth delinquency is a non-
existant problem in Vassar.
Equipment compares with that in Clare with radio
and telephone communications except that the Department operates two cars. Vassar police depend on co-operation with State Police and say that their public relations
are "good", and have been that way with residents and
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In St. Louis with 3808 population on US-27 express-
Way and not far from the intersection of M-46, five police
officers are employed with traffic control said to he the
most time-consuming duty. In this city the police enjoy
the same satisfactory public confidence and good relations
With city hall. Delinquency and petty crime are not serious problems and the department makes best use of State
Police AND COUNTY SHERIFF facilities. Nine to 10 complaints per week are average.
The St. Louis police are equipped with a telephone
switchboard and what they call a "base telephone".
In both cities, as in Clare the police are charged with
law enforcement only within their city limits. But they
» perform somewhat fewer "extra duty" assignments or volunteer tasks such as appearing in parades,, patroling
school athletic events, answering calls on disturbances of
extremely minor nature.
In both cities the schedule calls for two officers on
night duty, but in iSt. Louis the two-man patrol ends at
4:00 a.m.
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In the area of police department cost, Clare's budget
shows the most glaring deviation:
Vassar - $24,900. annually
St. Louis - $30, to $32,000. annually
Clare - $43,216. annually
(In Standish, another town of near-comparable size,
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In New. Job
Austin F. Bates, who has served 10 years as assistant superintendent of schools in charge of
business, at Jackson, resigned
Tuesday.
He will take the position of
executive secretary of the Michigan Association of School Administrators at Lansing.
Governor Visits
Completed In
Golf Tourney
At Alma
*A,
Philip M. Park
Philip M. Park of Alpena,
governor of District 631 of Rotary International was a guest in
Clare yesterday when he address*
ed the Clare club at a regular
meeting and confered with President Warren McGuire and committee chairmen.
Mrs. Earl Baumgarth was the
only one from the Clare Women
Golfers Association to enter the
Central Michigan Tournament at
Alma last week, playing frorr
Monday through Thursday. She
was runner-up for the consolation, in first flight.
Twelve players met at Twir
Elms' on Wednesday. Mrs. Barbara Dunbar was the winner in
the first flight on blind holes,
and Mrs, Ann Olson, in the second flight.
On Wednesday, August 8th, the
Clare women will host the Central Michigan Association for a
Field Day. Players Will attend
from Alma, Ithaca, St. Johns
Portland and Clare. Coffee and
rolls will be served at 8:30 a.m.,
and the luncheon will follow play
at Twin Elms.
tO* Year Award
flarold Irwin of CJare was
honored by Kraft Foods Company on July 28 when he was
given the Kraft Award repre
seating the company's appreciation for ten years of loyal" service.
The award was a gold tie bar
with the Kraft emblem,
Boy, 13
Caught Under
Farm Tractor
Clark VanBuskirk, 13, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard VanBuskirk of Route 1, Farwell, was injured Monday evening when the
tractor which he was operating
overturned and caught hiir
underneath.
He was taken to the Clare
General Hospital under the care
of Dr. Goodell of Prudenville
where injuries consisting of a
fractured collar bone, head injuries, and badly bruised legs
and arm were found, along with
shock. He will be hospitalize,
for one or two weeks.
Class Open
In Medical
"Self-Help"
The Civil Defense Council Coordinator of the Activities Committee, Mrs. Nola Bauder, has
announced August 21 as the first
class of the "Medical Self Help
Program". Enrollees are asked
to be at the city hall in Clare at
8:00 p.m.
Mr. Bryon Maynard will be the
class instructor. Everyone is
welcome, and it is hoped that at
least one member of each family
will take this course. The age
groups start at 17 years or older.
Jim Bicknell
Re-elected By
Prosecutors
Prosecuting Attorney, Jim
Bicknell, returned last Sunday
from the annual convention of
Ihe Michigan Prosecuting Attorney's Association Where he was
re-elected to the board of directors. Jim was one of 18 elected
from the 83 prosecutors in the
state. The present Clare County
Prosecuting Attorney and candidate for re-election, was born in
this county in 1928. He has been
a resident of this county most of
Tiis life, attending school in Clare.
Later he attended Michigan State
College and Central Michigan
College. He was married to Doris
Poling of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
in 1950. He then entered law
school and graduated from Detroit College of Law in 1954 and
has practicejUaw in Clare county
since 1955."
Jim has been active in civic
affairs, being a member of the
Clare Rotary Club, Clare Chamber of Commerce and past trustee
of the Congregational Church of
Clare, as well as other civic activities.
He is a member of the Clare
County Bar Association, Tri-
county Bar Association, Michi
gan State Bar and the American
Bar Association as well as the
American Judicature Society.
His other interests are in farming and he owns and operates a
fai-m in Clare county. He has also been engaged in reforestation
of wild land.
During his tenure as prosecuting attorney he obtained the
first murder conviction in this
county in over thirty years,
which resulted in a life sentence.
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tretch Campaignin
aces A
ecide
nmary
Spirited Primary campaign
contests over the Republican
nominations for Clare County
Prosecuting Attorney, Clare
County Sheriff, and Isabella-Clare
'Representative in the Michigan
(Legislature have raised the decree of interest and participation
in pre-ejection activity to a level
seldom seen in the townships and
precincts affected.
Election is Tuesday, August 7.
Added to this heat of Primary
rivalry is the bitter infighting
precipitated by the Michigan Su-
Work now in progress a little over a week
is showing strides in early accomplishment
toward the 10-room addition being built on
the Clare high school building. H&re a portion of the scene shows workmen finishing
forms for the concrete footings near the
northeast corner of ihe school. Laurenee
Seiter, general contractor (1.) is directing
the work. Elementary building remodeling
is well along toward a goal of fire safety,
and will be ready for school's opening.
Sentinel photo.
He reports that during the
year 1961 his office issued 145
warrants, over 90% of which resulted in convictions. He stated
that this record would not have
heen possible without the
splendid cooperation received
from the Clare County Sheriff,
James Darling and the Michigan
State  Police.
State Police
Retire 2 From
Mt. Pleasant
Two Michigan State Police
corporals assigned to the Mt
Pleasant post are retiring.
Corporal Harold J. McCracken
leaves the department August 17
and will be followed 8 days later
by Corporal Richard W. Sweet.
Both joined the department
August 17,  1937.
McCracken earned three citations for meritorious service and
was especially well known for
his part in the organization of
the Isabella County Safety
Counoil and Ms safety work.
Local R.C.
To Join
Blood Program
At a meeting Wednesday evening, last, week Red Gross chapter officials discussed plans for
the proposed Clare County Blood
Program, which would make
Clare county a participating
chapter in the Red Cross Lansing Regional Blood Center.
Under their .plan, blood would
be supplied to local hospitals as
needed without charge to the
patient for the blood itself. In a
national system of reciprocity
donors here can give blood for
relatives anywhere in the United
States and Canada and patients
can receive blood here when donors elsewhere make credits available by giving blood in hometown hospitals.
To make the new blood program effective for the county,
Red Cross chapter leaders, hospital officials and physicians
concur in the arrangements.
Mrs. Curtis Murton, county
chapter chairman, and Mrs. Tim
Frey, blood chairman, say a definite interest in the program is
developing rapidly in Clare
county. Mrs. Frey announced the
appointment of Bill O'Brien as
recruitment chairman for the
county. Tom Young has been
appointed vice chairman of the
county to work with Mrs. Murton, and to take over in her absence.
The orientation for intefgsjted
people to work for the Blood Mobile visit to Clare, will be held
Tuesday evening, August 7th at
:00 p.m. September 4th is the
date set for the first Blood Mo-
bile unit which will be at Holley
Carburetor  Company. ,
Bontragers
At Mennonite
Conference
Rev. and Mrs. Floyd F. BOn-
rager, of the Herrick Mennonite
Church near Clare, are attending
he Seventh Mennonite World
Conference being held in Kitch-
ler Memorial Auditorium, Kitch-
ner, Ontario, Canada. The purpose of the conference is to bring
together Mennonites from
around the world for fellowship.
Member churches will send
approximately 750 delegates
from around the world to discuss ' a number of specific problems.
Previous conferences, have
been held in Basel, Danzig, Amsterdam, Goshen, Indiana, and
Karlsruhe.
The theme of this year's conference is ''The Lordship Q*
Christ".
COURT OVERTHREW PEOPLE
Administration Should
Never Defect To Scholle
preme Court's order for senate
re-apportionment, and the order's
temporary reversal by Justice
Potter Stewart of the United
States Supreme Court.
Clare County Prosecutor Jim
Bicknell, after three terms in
office is challenged for the GOP
nomination by Attorney Alex
Strange of Harrison and Sheriff
Jim Darling is facing a hard
campaign for Robert Rowley
.fter the place on the ballot.
Rep. Russell Strange, now a
veteran in Michigan Legislative
procedures after his youthful
start in career politics three
terms past, is finding a skillful
campaigner for his opponent in
Don Luce of Farwell.
Incumbents Prosecutor Bicknell and Sheriff Darling have
stuck to the campaign theme
that their excellent records in
office and proven abilities in
their fields make them deserving
if voter confidence. Electors are
being reminded that the sheriff's
conduct in office and operation
of the county jail are subject to
periodic inspection by State and
Federal authorities and earn
favorable citations. In the prosecutor's department Bicknell is
.citing a record of 90 percent convictions in 145 cases prosecuted
in 1961, and the first murder
conviction in the past 30 years
during his tenure with a resulting life sentence for the guilty
defendent.
Campaigning with "We Need
A Change", and "Vote For Better
Government", Strange and Rowley are ringing doorbells throughout the county in determined
concentration on the most effective method of getting attention
for "outs", trying to "get in".
Busy in their jobs, Bicknell
ahd Darling have been unable
to find the time to meet voters
at home, but the Clare County
Fair grounds is a beehive of
activity this, week with all campaigners finding the opportunity
to shake hands with hundreds of
people whom they hope will support them.
Not to be forgotten are other
candidates for county courthouse
offices who are drawing more
limited attention because they
are unopposed for their party's
nomination for the General Elections in the fall.
Republicans are County Clerk
and Register of Deeds Will He\}"
derson, County Treasurer Lewis
Rutter, Coroners Carl Stephenson and Dr. John Weitzel, Drain
Commissioner Bruce Williams,
and Surveyor Paul B. Lapham,
Democrats are Herman Brink
for sheriff, and Kathryn Drew
for clerk and register of deeds.
Don E, Smith seeks the Democratic nomination for Isabella-
Clare District in the legislature
and is certain of a place on the
fall ballot to face either Russell
E. Strange or Don Luce in the
General Election.
Preliminary Outings Training
Scouts For 20-Mile Jaunt
By: Senator Harold E. Hughes
There is no doubt but that the
recent suprerne Court Decision
calling fgr re-apportionment; pi
the Senate has done more than,
anything else .in a decade to
arouse the interest of everyone in
what is happening in Michigan
government. It is with this
thought in mind that I would like
to explain the recent events leading up to this monumental mess:
How it will affect our District —
my position on the matter as
your Senator — and what can
be done.
In the fall of 1952 two proposals for constitutional amendments were presented on the ballot. One of these provided for
election of State Senators on
purely a population basis. This
was the proposal of August
Scholle. The other proposal was
for establishing a Senate on area
and population. This latter was
the proposal approved by the
people of Michigan by a majority
of over 300,000 votes. This increased the Senate from 32 to 34
members. Mr. Scholle then began
his cases in court, claiming he
was denied equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the
United States Constitution. Or
July 18th of this year the Supreme Court declared the amendment to the Constitution which
you voted on in 1932 unconstitutional and in the opinion determined the Michigan State Senate
an unconstitutional body with
authority to act only until January 1, 1962. The Supreme Court
further ordered the legislature
to reaportion the Senate on a
population basis by August 20th
of this year and ordered the
Secretary of State to strike the
names of nominees for the
Senate from the August 7th Primary. The Senate, with some
foresight,. and realizing that the
administrative branch of government might collapse and fail to
support the'Constitution as voted
on by the people of the State,
entered appearance in the suit
as defendants by Senators Beadle, Younger and Fitzgerald. The
administrative branch of government did collapse and the Attorney General refused to support
the Constitution and the defendants, indicating that the Plaintiff,
August Scholle was right in hi.
action. The Senate, without the
aid of the Attorney General*,
office has asked the United
States Supreme Court for,a stay
of proceedings. The decision of
Justice Potter Stewart granting
the stay will permit you to elect
a State Senator on August 7th.
Our District has approximately 94,000 people. Senator Roberts
District in Oakland county has
600,000 people. We have 10
counties in our district, he has
one. Reapportionment would add
several more counties to our District. The reapportionment would
be about 200,000 people to 8
district
My position is" that the people
of Michigan spoke by an overwhelming majority in 1952 and
apportioned the Senate as they
wished it. They have, an ..opportunity to review this apportionment when the new constitution
is presented for vote. I do not
and can never agree that ihe
administrative branch of government should collapse and fail to
support the people of the State
of Michigan and instead defect to
August Scholle in suing the
State.
I cannot support those members of the Supreme Court Cfour
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Grey Ladies
A Grey Ladies service program
is being organized and sponsored
by the Clare County Chapter of
the American Red Cross, to work
in conjunction with the Clare
General Hospital and assisting
with the Blood Mobile unit when
it visits Clare. Anyone in tVie
county interested in this phase
of "volunteer work, contact Mrs.
Jane Kranik who has consented
to take charge of this program.
Boy Scout Troop 125 made a
five mile hike to Eberhart's
Grove and camped out overnight
last Friday and Saturday. Al
though the weather was damp,
the scouts' spirits remained high.
., They cooked their own meals,
sang songs around the evening
campfire, played games, went
swimming and had an all around
good time.
Two foot races were held. One
race for boys over twelve was
won by Mike Vance. The younger
boys, eight through twelve end-,
ed in a tie between Jerry Eberhart and Tom Walton and each
boy received a prize.
Twenty boys participated ir
the outing. Four younger boys
interested in becoming Scouts
hiked along and got acquainted.
They were Larry Hales, Larry
Presley, Jerry Lansing and David
Schroeder. Harold Moline chaperoned the hike out. Henry Eberhart, Paul Archbold and Norman
Schroeder met them at the campsite and spent the night and the
next day with the boys. The men
enjoyed the outing as much as
the boys.
The troop elected patrol leaders for the year. Stewart Glenn
will be Senior Patrol Leader and
Ted Papesh is his assistant. Jim
Eberhart, Mike Vance  and Don
Offset printing equipment, shining with new paint and'
nearly ready for conversion of the whole newspaper
publishing operation at The Sentinel gets test runs attd
adjustments from pressmen Oren Hartnell, (L) and Andy
Fcsldhiser. First e4iiions of the new offset newspaper, ate
iohm Itt October, iSenilnel photo.
Papesh are each head of his own
patrol.
On Sunday, August 4, at 11:30
aim. the Scouts will leave from
the Little League ball diamond
for an eight-mile hike to the road
side park north of Clare (com"
monly called "the Springs''). AH
the families of the Scouts will
assemble at the park and have a
potluck dinner ready for the
hungry boys' arrival at 3 o'clock.
After the dinner, each boy will
go home with his family.
This hike will be a step toward
getting into condition for a
twenty-mile hike on the 19th of
August. The boys will camp at
their destination, a canoe camp
on the Muskegon River, for the
week following. The Boy Scout
Troop from Harrison is sponsoring the outing.
For further information on
either of these two hikes, eon-
tact Harold Moline, Henry Eberhart, Paul Archbold or Norman
Schroeder.
To Advise
Military Vets
Sparta.Esterline Post of the
VFW has announced an 11th
District rally to be held on Sunday, August 5 in Farwell where
the service officer will answer
members' questions on benefits
due them under the Veterans'
Administration. There will also
be a school for service officers
beginning at 10 o'clock a.m. ad-
cording to George Post, Farwell
VFW service officer.
Play-off
Rain Games
Due to the wet weather last
Saturday, it was necessary tc
postpone the final minor league
games of the season. Team &
will play Team B on Friday,
August 3, at 9:00 a.m. On Saturday August 4, at 9:00 a.m. Team.
C will play Team D. These games
will be played at the Clare Boys
League field and the public is
invited.
Small Rise
In TB Here
Clare county has been report,
ed as one of 83 counties in Mich*
Igan which showed an increase,
in the number -of active tuberculosis cases detected last year.
Statistics provided by the Mich'
igan 'Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association basetl
on Michigan Department of
Health records show that •__&■
increased .throughout the state*
In Clare county, the small increase was from no*n *,w>.-
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