1964-04-23; Clare Sentinel

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ThuMeUy. April 23. 1964
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Sixteen Pages
New Serie.   Vol. 72, No. 33
Homework To Stay Home
Opposition to rezoning was their opportunity tp
of East Fifth street that express themselves on the
would have permitted com- question after, being noti|-
mercial use, .enlisted fied by mail and by Sentinel
enough  sentiment; Monday publicity    of   the   coming
IT'S A BEAUTY —— Take a ride on America's most
scenic highway   on 1-75  in  Northern Michigan ■■	
during Michigan Week, May 17-25- "That's the time when
everyone in Michigan, is supposed to devote himself to getting better acquainted with our great state," State Highway
Commissioner John C. Mackie said in a message urging'
Michigan citizens to drive the prize-winning highway between Clare and the Mackinac Bridge. The judges who
picked 1-75 for the Scenic Highway Award described it as
"the year's best example of a motorist's highway a
joy to see as well as to drive."
Re-elect
Cain
Mayor Glen Caifi will
,head Clare city government for another year after
his election by fellow Commissioners Monday evening of this week.
The new City Commission line up includes Mayor
Cain and members, Tim
Cotter who is expected to
receive the appointment as
mayor pro-tem, Albert
Kaley, George Wisler and
Tom Bradley.
One of their first orders
of business at the meetings
to come will be coTfifirma-
tion of the maybr"*s ap'p(_iik-
ments for the -year.
Accentuate
The Relax
A welcome to Clare for
tourists and shoppers these
days is more than just a
smile and nod of the head.
The town likes = to ask
travelers to "pause and
relax,'' and now with public park-bench type seats
spaced along the business
district, we can underline
the "relax".
The brand new benches
have appeared during the
past few days in the down
town vicinity antr each one*
is boldly lettered, "Welcome to the City of .Glare;/
Michigan/' *" -.; * ^eJT *" ar£"
sturdy,    first-a/ass    cort-
evening   to   sidetrack the
proposal.
The City planning Commission took note of
petitions bearing signatures of an estimated 40
percent of property owners
involved, and recommended to the City Commission
that the proposal be withdrawn.
The idea was to change
from Res i.dential-2, to industrial a strip bordering
Fifth street and part of
East Fourth.
Objections of only 20 per
cent of owners of property,
affected or that adjoining,
would have been enough
to force a four-fifths vote
of the Commission to make
the change.
Specatotors and persons
directly    involved   packed
the  city hall room "where'
the Commission meets. It
Submerged
Bridge
The Manisstique River
helps support the world's
larges t siphon bridge at
Manistique, according to
the Michigan Tourist Council.
The floor of the bridge
i s lower than the water,
making the bridge one of
the Upper Penninsula's
strangest man-made tourist attractions.
Ask Tourist
Center For
J State Senator.. Harold, B.
"Hiigfies" Said .last, week; "that*
he will ask approval for a
issue. ]
Interest of more and
more business and comf
mercial prospects in posi-
sible locations on the street
had prompted the Planners
to propose the change ifr
zoning class. j
t
Gasarama ;■
Show For
3 Schools \
The national award win'f,
ning science show, "Gasaj-
rama" will be presented
by its sponsor the Michigan
Consolidated Gas Company
to students in Clare High
School and three other are^.
schools including Farwell
next week.
Performing at Clare, this
show is scheduled with the
cooperation of Marvin
Bidstrup, principal and will
be Tuesday, April 28 at
9:00 a.m. ;.
Adults are invited to atr
tend this and all other performances of Gasarama*
according to John V. Rods-
enbeck, area manager fop
the utility. ;
Farwell High Schoql
students will see the show
on Monday April 27. Thfe
Presentation there is
scheduled with the cor
operation of Harold Elan-
baas, superintendent.       /<
At Mt. Pleasant Sacred
Heart Academy the show
will be staged at 1:30 and
2:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
April 29.
•*-   Arrangements have been.
ma^e  to have approxima'^
RON" WALTERS, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ethard Walters has a possible winner here in
4-H project competition hut there's a little
problem about how he is going to show it at
Achievement Day at Harrison, April 24 and
25. You see, Ron's project is a built-in kitchen, he constructed in his family's home. Don
Bay, shown, with Ron is the club leader lor
Eagle Stars 4-pfi and was instructor and progress inspector on 'this project..The ambitious
handiwork   includes   ca'binets   beneath   the
covered work counter, built-in counter space
and cabinets around the stove and sink, drop-
level area for the food mixer and other
appliances. Solving the problem of judging at
Harrison, Ron -is preparing a large show-card
panel with descriptions of the project -and
photographs to illustrate. The public is invited to Achievement Days for project exhibits, Share-pThe-Fun performances. Dress"
Revue and other attractions.
Photo by George MacQueen.
struction of steel and wood $40,000.    tourists    infor-
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MRS. THURMAN BOWERS
Gets  Extension Post
and they look comfortable.
You can try 'em yourself and see. The "relax"
is free!
The benches were made
and placed on the street
by city employees and City
Manager Clarence Gum
who made this a winter time
project.
They add to Clare's
facilities for making visitors welcome which already include a public
park and" open-air lunch
spot in the block between
Maple street and Beech
on West Fifth, short-visit
accomodations and a public
beach on Lake Shamrock.
Appoint Home Greer Opens
Ec. Agent Auto S^**5
Mrs. Thurman Bowers
of Harrison has been appointed by the Board of
Trustees of Michigan State
University, as th new
county extension agent,
Home Economics for Clare-
Gladwin counties, effecitve
as of June 8.
Mrs. Bowers responsibility v/ill be to offer leadership in program areas
In home economics and
family living.
Sponsoring
Boys' Trip
Witbeck's IGA Foodliner
in Clare and other IGA
stores in the area have
announced the kick-off of
a gigantic "Boys Contest"
to run through June 6.
Details of the contest are
found in Witbeck's Sentinel
Ad on page B-8 this week.
Each IGA store is sponsoring a number of boys
who will win a "once in a
lifetime" trip. Winning
boys and their chaperones
will depart Monday June
15th for a 5 day, all expense, trip to Southern
California,
Using the ocean front,
resort city of Long Beach,
California,' as theXt headquarters^ the winners will
spend five days being
entertained at such famous
attractions as Disneyland,
Khotts Berry Farm and
Marinelahd of the Pacific.
In addition, winners will
be guests at a major league
baseball    game
Robert Greer of Clare,
onetime associate with his
father in an auto sales
business here, has announced the opening of his own
business in used car sales.
He is located at 210 McEwan in the sales lot next
to Bob's (Skyring) Sales
and Service and will use
office space inside the
building.
Greer said he will continue parttime selling in
insurance, but expects to
devote regular business
hours to his new business.
He has had General Motors
training in sales, service
and management.
mation center to be constructed near Clare. If the
idea wins an OK by the
legislature, he thinks • it
may be a year before traffic studies could be compiled and planning finished.
The Information Center
would be located-in a Safety Rest Area on US-27
Freeway about three and
one-half miles north of
Clare.
It is the only rest area
on Michigan's freeway system that is located in the
freeway median so that it
can serve traffic traveling
in both directions.
"I arii-asking the Appropriations Committee to
appropriate funds for a
Tourist Information Center
at Clare now because the
Highway Department wants
to restudy the traffic pattern at New Buffalo for at
least a year before relocating the present Information Center."
Hughes said the Legislature approved construction
of a new Information Center at New Buffalo two
years   ago.
"The tremendous increase in traffic on US-27
Freeway north of Clare,
coupled with the popularity
of the rest area by Michigan motorist,, I feel it
is an ideal location for an
Information Center that
would serve the entire Nor-
thrn Michigan tourit industry," he said.
at    the 2:30 p.m. performance   at   Sacred   Heart.
With dramatic lighting
and staging, Ed Eskey and
Vincent Zuch, members of
the "Gasarama" cast, will
show students how geologists locate deposits of
natural gas far underground
through the use of a seismograph.
Using' black light and
florescent painted maps,
the cast shows how natural
gas is pumped 1,200 miles
to Michigan from Texas
and Louisiana  and how it
is stored underground for
use during the cold months
of winter. A minature gas
engine demonstrates how
natural gas runs large engines which are used to
generate electricity, pump
water, drive air conditioning compressors and do
other vital jobs in indiistry.
County Group
To Tour
State Capitol
Clare County Home Extension ladies will take
their annual tour; On Wednesday, April -29th; The
state capitol at Lansing
will ../toe the center of at- ,
traction. .     ~
Senator - Harold Hughes,
Clare, will host the group
abound the legislature.
__.+n_h». ladies—are- -to.meet
at the Doherty Hotel Wed-
m.
They
will travel to Lansing in
automobiles and meet
Senator Hughes at 10 a.m.
The group will have lunch
around the capital area and
be seated in the legislature
by 2 p.m.
Members should send
their reservation cards to
Mrs. Margaret Burton,
Clare.
Timed For
Mich. Week
A campaign' to get
World's Fair visitors from
the western part of the
United States to travel
through Michigan enroute
to the Fair has been
launched by the Tourists
Industry Relations Committee of the Michigan
House of Representatives.
Committee       Chairman
School Board
Candidate
list At 7
With 17 days remaining
to file candidate's petitions
for election to the Clare
School Board the list has
grown to seven who have
qualified, or whose petitions are being circulated.
At the school office inquiries have been received
concerning the probable
entry of three additional
people   in   the   campaign.
Present* candidates who
have qualified or whose
petitions are out for two
vacancies for 4-year terms
are;
Dr . Alfred Austin, incumbent. He holds a seat
on the present Board where
he was trustee until the
resignation of Mrs. Wallace Johnson, and he was
appointed acting secretary.
Alfred Iacco and Anton
Wedal, both making initial
bids for places on the Board
Walter Kleiner, another
incumbent who recently received an appointment to
finish the unexpired term
of Harold Brooks after
Brooks' resignation.
Three  more residents
have  declared for 1-year
terms:
William Case whose candidacy was reported in a
Sentinel story some time
ago.
Mrs. Joseph Johnston
and William Warner, both
first-time candidates.
Electors will name two
for single-year terms.
Prospective members
have until May 8 to return
completed petitions to the
office of Mrs. Harold
Fleming, school administrative assistant, and certify their candidacy.
The election will be held
on June 8.
Distribute
Reminders
Miss    Michele Wills6n>;. waiter G. Nakkula of Glad
the  third  member  of the*   win urged that
cast, tells the important
part natural gas plays in
the new field of petrochemicals and how many of
the things we use and wear
everyday are derived from
by-products Of natural gas.
O t h e r interesting
demonstrations include a
"Sputnik' balloon filled
with natural gas showing
that natural gas is lighter
than air and how natural
gas can be made to burn
under water with the proper gas-air mixture. A fuel
cell demonstrates how
electricity can be generated   directly from gases.
a publicity
campaign be undertaken to
encourage travelers from
western and southwestern
states to take "The Michigan Way",
"Overland Michigan is
the choice way to the New
York World's Fair," Nakkula said.
"No other overland route
to New York encompass
the world's best highways
with the/ world's best
variety of scenery, historical sites, Great Lakes
shorelines, industrial facilities, camping opportunities, water sports and
sightseeing attractions.
Robert K. Pinaire (right), and Mrs. Pinaire
were honored for civic leadership and
service Saturday when Clare Civitans picked
them for Distinguished Citizens of the Year.
The occasion was Civitan's Club Charter
Night. Presenting the plaque is George
Shayler, club president. Sentinel photo.
Women's Golf Would Form
Dates Set Stage Guild
Clare Women Golfers
will open their season with
a 9:00 o'clock breakfast
May 6 at Twin Elms. All
interested golfers and
guests are invited. Reservations must be made with
Twin Elms.
The summer schedule
with other clubs in the area
will open officially June
3rd, with Clare playing at
home. Featured this year
will be couples day, and all
clubs day.
The invitational June
22nd, and the Central Michigan 'Tournament, July 21,
22, and 23, will both be
played at Portland.
The complete schedule
will be published in the
Sentinel next week.
A second mass distribi.
tion of ZIP Code number,
for every postal address ii
the country is scheduler
for next week, Postmaster
General John A. Gronouski announced Sunday.
Clare Postmaster Larry
Jackson said that local postal carriers will begin
Monday, April 20 along with
more than 125,000 others
in the nation, to personally
deliver ZIP Code identifications to every home and
business address.
As an economy measure,
the    Postmaster    General
said,   this  year's  notices
are printed on paper stock
and are somewhat smaller
than the cards issued last
July. The front side shows
the proper way to use ZIP
Code  in addressing envelopes. It also has a space
Several-ladies met Mon- where the correct ZIP Cods*.
day evening with Mrs. J.R. number for the home or"
Gershon,   to   discuss   the place  of business  can be
possibilities  of forming a inserted and kept as a handy
theatre   guild   for   Clare.
Plans were made to have
another get-together at
Town and Country,. April
28, for a coffee hour at
8:30 p.m. to discuss this
season's play house activities.
Dr. Gene Rydahl, play
house producer, will be
present, to explain the procedures for organization.
reference.
The reverse side explains how the system
works, and also why the
Post Office Department
needs ZIP Code to cope
with its annual volume of
mail — amounting to 70
billion pieces and climbing
at the rate of more than two
billion a year.
We are more than hap-
All interested persons are py at the public acceptance
Represents
Mich. Tech.
Joe Graves, a Junior at
Michigan Technologi cal
U n i v e r sit y, Houghton
Michigan, was selected to
represent the university,
at the advance program,
26th annual meeting, of the
American Power Conference, April 14th, 15th, and
invited to attend
Fishermen's
Action Finder
Looking for some solid
leads on where to go trout
fishing in Michigan this
spring? if so, you. won't
want to pass up' the Conservation Department's
latest action-finder, the
1964 directory of lakes and
ponds planted with trout.
This free pocket sized
folder lists nearly 400 waters in 55 counties which
have' been stocked by the
Department with rainbows,
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A COUPLE OF soaking rains this week reduced the dry   .
danger of jfcasg and forest fires, but before that numerous
_i_e& And high winds caused plenty of lose, daiiger and worry
about TnorSrS^^he &ht$ Tire Department called ,.qj.t' irll;
available men to battle racing flames in a dry field on the
Jake Thayer farm "■just soujh of Vernon Hill. Flames that
roared eight to 20 feet- high were headed toward buildings
when the CFD stopped the f^e. Sentinel photo,
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Chicago, Illinois.
The purpose of the Conference is to provide a
national forum for the exchange of information concerning problems ,pf
interest .to the power "iifr
dustry and- related fields
of activity.
Joe is the son of Mr
and Mrs. Allah Nystrojij
Clare, Michigan.
trout to offer best fishing
Besides tellihg the reader how to get there* each
listing gives the number,
size and kind of trout planted.
Copies are available
trom the Department's
Publications      Room  ; in
of ZIP Code after some
nine months of operation,"
Mr.   Gronouski  said.
"Since business generates three-fourths of all the
mail, we were particularly
interested in gaining the
cooperation of the business
community. Of some 30,000
large volume business
mailers in the country> we
found that 87 per cent have
agreed to participate to
some extent in the program.
"As for the general public, we found an average
of 22 per cent acceptance
in the larger cities and up
to 50 per cent in the .Smaller communities/'
The system, he explained
is built, around the concept
of 566 sectional cental*;.,,,
The mail is shipped. ffpnv
the sectional center -liikr'-
est the point of origin to
the one nearest its dfm\p:
nation, by-passing a'n§rri*
ber of stops along tKeigiy
and eliminating mu£hc®r'
. Lansings its ..regional and hanftilihg. previously '«•
, mB^MjMfictia, SM; s&te -handlingi * previMl&L
.quired.
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