1964-01-23; Clare Sentinel

              entiLnel
T©jn Cents Copy
Thursday, January 23.1964
Established 1878
Fourteen Pages
New Series, Vol. 72 No. 20
Examining the lease and property title to Dow Chemical
Company's new Clare Fabricated Plastics building in Clare
are (from left), Norman Myers, chairman of the Clare County
Road Commission, Robert Caple of Dow's real estate department, and Tom C. Bliss, manager in Clare for Clare Fabricated Plastics operations. Story in on this page, more pictures on
page A-5. Sentinel photo.
Buiiasng
ease Signed
A few hours after Dow
Chemical Company in
Midland announced the expansion of Clare Fabricated PI a s t i c s here,
representatives of the firm
were in the city for formalities that completed
negotiations for the needed
plant space.
With a lease agreement
signed yesterday afternoon
Clare Fabricated Plastics
got the 15,000-foot building that has been the County Road Department maintenance and storage garage
in Clare. It is located on
East Fourth street near
another C.F.P. building
that was formerly the Army
Reserve Armory,
The, deal to lease the
building to Dow has been
in, the making for several
weeks. The .Clare C-of-C
Economic Development
Corp. offered to buy the
building to lease to Dow.
Cash and pledges in the
amount of $70,000. were
raised a month ago to buy
the building.
Doubling the space already under lease here for
Clare Fabricated Plastics,
the building will make it
possible to produce new
lines of products and materials for test marketing
nationally.
The list of new products
that may be produced here
include meat-boat trays,
trays used as dividers in
packing cases of apples and
other fruits, food trays
with compartments for different foods.
These are all plastic and
manufactured by a vacuum-
forming process
Full Week
AtMSU
For Farmers
Farmers' Week at Michigan State University, February 3-7, is slated to be
filled with programs and
exhibits for all types of
farmers, homemakers,
young people and those interested in new developments in agriculture and
agribusiness.
Spartan Stadium will be
the site for most of the
Farmers' Week exhibits.
Some of the feature exhibits show the new methods of free stall dairy
. housing, improved egg
grading equipment, cattle
grading and marketing,
new swine feeding equipment and farm machinery.
TelFarm, a new educational program in farm
management, is the theme
of an exhibit by the Department of Agricultural
Economics, Data supplied
by farmers who wish to find
out how their farming practices stack up .with those
of other farmers will be
analyzed by the 1620 computer. This will be in the
new engineering building.
Agricultiral engineers
have prepared exhibits
showing the latest in building plans, liquid manure
handling, rural civil defense developments, waste
disposal and solar heating
and drying.
Other exhibits include
controlled heating units,
new harvesting and threshing equipment, tillage and
planting equipment, power
transmissions for tractors
student careers and other
Clare Blood Quota Met In All-out Effort
A 3PECIALI APPEAL for blood doners brought out crowds Monday that engulfed facilities of the Red Cross bloodmobile and crowded the Congregational Church from noon until far past 6 p.m. 274 donors filled tfie quota.
and assured the continued Red Cross Blood Bank program in the county.
Line-ups and waiting were the conditions all afternoon. In the photo, tests
are being made before people are accepted as donors. Sentinel photo.
EVERYTHING ELSE READY
Snow Wanted
For Festival Fun
That old worry about
winter sports weather that
usually bothers the sponsors of the January Festival here is not just a joke
this year!
.at Mott Mt. and Snowsnake
to start the activities on
January 24, tomorrow.
A fishing Derby on Budd
Lake at Harrison is another
feature.
With an unseasonally hot
and brass-yellow sun in
blue skies, and with snow
implications for the future, and ice turning to slush in
mid-day  temperatures  up
For the ladies, the Home to 45,—
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Company        spokesmen, Engineering      Laboratory
sa,?d, rtjRL,#taut JL2. people - bas - a,.^^ern ^p~to-dat§:;-
_ , ,T .tg&Tr&f- SWe^imployed    and
group of county l^ad-; more may be added as con-
in  local -government;   dltions warrant.
Already added to the Sa-
kitcheo^wlthfalithe c!6n^sPorts.     weather and
■ Saturday is packed with
a golf tournament starting
at noon at Twin Elms, skin
diving through the ice of
Lake Sham rock, and the
featured banquet and Fes-
ill, , it's just, not,winte^lfeal iBall..;inp;; the evening
"""""■ thrift      -     "
A
ers
farming, business, education and a whole range of
endeavors last week began
the re-organization of an
official Area Redevelopment Committee.
What they recommend in
an Over All Economic Development Plan for Clare
county may well have a
vital effect on relieving
unemployment here, putting local assets to greatest use, and even qualifying for Accelerated Public Works grants such as
the county has applied for
' to help construct a new
county building and court
house.
An attempt to organize
such a committee for local
guidance and action was
first made more than 16
months ago when Clare
county was designated a
5-b county (distressed) on
the basis of chronic unemployment.
Richard Schroeder, then
Extension Service director
here called county leaders
to a meeting to explain
what government services
were available under the
Area Re- development Act.
■». The project made no
gains after Schroeder
moved from the county, but
last week, Clare County
Supervisor Chairman Louis Becker called the committee to resume work on a
over all plan (OADP).
He warned that a plan,
or at least a statement of
intent to produce one, must
be filed ahead of a com ing
deadline in order to qualify for ARA benefits.
Thirty-two of 35 representative county leaders invited to the organizational
meeting in Clare last Wednesday evening, attended to
*■' hear plans outlined and get
counsel from Harris Miller
representing the Michigan
department of Economic
Development.
General Chairman is
Louis Becker* Heading
various subcommittees are
agriculture and forestry,
Cecil Hubel of Lake George
business and industry, C.J.
Allen of Consumers Power,
Clare; education, Richard
Wheeler, school superintendent from Clare; county
government, Stuart Huntley
Harrison; recreation, Art
Downing, Harrison; transportation, Norman Myers
.Of Clare; finance, Marion
' Roth of Harrison.
/,.   the committee hopes to
*pick up the thread of pro-
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ran Wrap Squares that the
company processed and
packaged here originally,
are Maspac tower packing,
and processes including injection molding of plastic
cafeteria plates, and facilities for spool rewinding of
Rovana Saran fabric monofilament.
Tom C; Bliss, manager
here for Clare Fabricated
Plastics operations is to
supervise installations of
equipment in the newly acquired building.
The Road Commission
said that it would continue
to occupy a portion of the
building not needed immediately by C.F.P.
When a new County Road
garage is built, the building
here will be entirely occupied by C.F.P,
Rumored location of the
new garage is on a rural
site between Clare and
Harrison.
Dow officials said that
Clare was selected for this
expansion because of
competitive labor rates and
because of community support.
In the party here in the
afternoon yesterday to sign
the lease were Vincent
Simmons of Dow's legal department, Robert Caple
from the real estate
department, Bernard
Tubbs, manager of fabricated plastics production
in Midland, and Gordon
Sears of Dow public relations ,
, Earlier in Harrison representatives of the Clare
Economic Development
Corp. called at the office
of the County Road Com-
' mission to deliver a check
for the building and take
the deed.
Mrs. Magnus
On WJR
A singular honor was
experienced by Mrs.
Marion Magnus, Clare
recently. She will be
the guest on the W.J.R.
4-H Leader of the
Month program on Sunday January 26 at 7:30
A.M.
Mrs. Magnus has
been an active 4-H, Club
Leader in Clare county for nearly 20 years.
veniences and the latesMn
home laundry facilities.   '-
For high school students,
there is an exhibit and information describing opportunities in the fields of
agriculture.
The animal husbandry
department has several
displays showing meat
grading. The MSU Meats
Laboratory will be open to
visitors and the university's swine, beef,
horse, sheep and dairy
herds   can  also  be  seen.
The dairy department
will be exhibiting its loose
housing barns and milking
parlor. The Brown Swiss
and Jersey herds housed
there are used primarily
for breeding purposes and
is one of the- most intensively inbred herds of cattle   in  the  United  States.
MSU's new Abrams Planetarium will be a featured
attraction. The circular
auditorium seats 260 persons, and a Farmers' Week
special will be 30 minutes
"trips to the moon' on
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Many other departments
will have exhibus on display, including the Army
ROCT, biochemistry,
botany and plant pathology,
entomology, forest products, fisheries, and wildlife and horticulture, to
name a few.
committees are hoping for
enough snow andtce toleh'd
success to winter games
this, coming weekend.
All other details of the
Saturday and Sunday Festival are "go", according
to General Chairman Jerry
Forsberg.
Skiing contests and down
hill exhibitions will beheld
le Doherty.
picked Calla House from a
record-breaking 21 contestants.
Miss House is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs: Homer
House and was a contestant for homecoming queen
at Clare High.
The three girls and their
excorts will be guests at
the dance following Saturday night's banquet. The
diners, at^ the banquet are
tOijJbe-'.seated "before 6:0,0
to hear "the sports program
Girls representing Clare.;-"broadcast by Bob Reynolds
Farwell, and Harrison will of W.J.R.
vie for the-1964 title, Miss
Clare Colmty Winter Sports
Farwell- will send 17 year
old Ginger Fisher, this
year's school homecoming
queen,' and from Harrison
is coming Martha Sherill.
Selection of Miss Clare
was Saturday when judges
Events continue on Sunday with the annual Penguin Square Dance on the
ice of Lake Shamrock
where coffee and a bonfire will welcome spectators. Also more ski
events are scheduled at
Snowsnake   and   Mott  Mt.
Calla House as Miss Clare gets a 'bright
new white sash with gold lettering Saturday while five finalists watch. Awarding
the sash and sparkling tiara, is Richard
Murphy, in charge of the Miss Clare contest  for  sponsoring   Jaycees.    From   the
left are runners-up Alice Van Sicklen,
Diane Demo (partially hidden). Miss House
receiving her award, Connie Savoix, Kathy
Kisnosky, and Jane Thayer. Another finalist,   Rcxanne   Schroeder   is   not   in   the
picture.
Sentinel photo.
Kresge Art Center will
be open from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. each day for art
enthusiasts. Exhibits of
paintings
Museum
play, A demonstration on
the  use of pottery wheels
is  schdeuied  for Tuesday
and  Wednesday mornings.
A  rural defense exhibit
Postpone
Vernon Tax
Again
A  further
delay in  the
from the Newark billing   and   collection   of
will  be  on dis- taxes  in  Vernon township
was announced Wednesday
by Treasurer Carl Seiter.
First  collections  are already late in Vernon because     rolls     were    not
completed  and  bills sent.
Many   residents   of the
showing first aid practices
ways for medical selfhelp township "have" still not re
and emergency food supply in case of emergency
will be set up in -the Union
Building.
Miss Martha Sherill, popular
Harrison Community School senior
was named "Miss Harrison Winter
Sports of 1964," at a school elimination last Friday afternoon.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Sherill of North Lake
Street and has attended the Harrison school throughout her entire
life.
Miss Sherill will represent Harrison Saturday evening in Clare
where she will compete in the Miss
Clare County Winter Sports contest
and will be chaperoned by Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas R. Young, representing the Harrison Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the Fish Derby
during the county Winter Sports
Festival.
ceived a bill notifying them
of the amount of their taxes
Besides     the   exhibits,
each   of   the departments
Seiter said Wednesday
that he had set Friday and
Saturday this week for
dates when he would receive taxes,  but has had
has its own program for to postpone 'the date indef-
those who have a special- initely, or until further no-
interest   in   one of these tice
areas.
Farmers' Week programs, available from
county extension offices,
giV e more details on exhibits,
It was discovered late,
that more corrections and
work are necessary on rax
roils before individual property owners can be billed
for the correct amounts
due.
Miss Ginger Fischer, 17, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Fischer,
is "Miss Farwell, 1964". Selected
from a group of seven contestants,
Ginger is a senior at Farwell High
School and plans to continue her
studies iii the nursing or teaching
field.
She also reigned as Homecoming Queen, and Will represent Far-
Well in the Winter Sports Queen
selection at Clare and other activities  of the festival.
Other contestants were Lynn Laverty, runner-up, Helen Doonan.
Kathy Couts, Vicki Bentschneider,
Teresa Sahctow, and Carol McLaughlin.
Sponsored by- the Harwell Jaycees, judges Were Rev. John Allan
Bud iLdomis, Bernard Schofield.
Dale Laverty, Charles Cape, Harold Elenbaas, and Allen White,
Vernon Votes
For Contract
With Clare
A hall full of Vernon
township residents being
called together Saturday to
decide the question of fire
protection for their property, gave an unmistakable answer by voting for a
contract with the Clare
Fire Department.
The new contract was
signed on Monday and was
effective immediately. Instructions to Vernon residents to call Coleman or
Rosebush in case of fire
we;r-e ; cancelled - and the
 j        _      Glare and Rosebush num-
progranTwili'be e^ntihu^d^f ^^*^f ? <£Y-6
*    to ' 7911, and GE-3-5451, GE-3
5692, or GE-3-5410).
An agreement between
Vernon and Clare had expired on December 31,1963
and the Township Board
hesitated to renew at higher
prices until some expression of the residents could
guide them.
At the same time, a
contest over the possible
replacement of Supervisor
James Walsh had been
hinted at, but did not develop at Saturday's meeting.
, The expired fire contract
which left the township-with
out protection from Clare,
was the reason for the large
turnout of residents at the
meeting.
Clare's offer to make a
new contract with near by
townships included rate
raises to double the 1963
stand-by fee and an
increase also in the amount
per trip to answer fire
calls.
Vernon residents said
they hadn't    seen so many
Blood
Bank
Saved
In response to the appeal
for blood donations at the
Red Cross Blood Bank
Monday, there were 274
donors, with 115 appearing
for the first time. Of
this number 61 came from
Harrison, and 50 from out
of the county.
John Archbold of Farwell
has contributed a full gallon of blood, a record for
the local area.
Although the quota of 300
pints was not attained,
Clare county has been assured, that the Blood: Bank-
here. The Red Cross personnel are indeed grateful
and the people of the community are still covered
in this vital program.
Sincere thanks v/as expressed to the doctors,
gray ladies, to all the
donors, St. Cecilia's Guild
for the canteen, to those
who helped load and unload
the equipment, the licensed
practical nurses, and the
use of the Congregational
Church and to the telephone
volunteers, and news media
in placing it before the
public.
Under the Blood Center
program, the only cost is
the administration fee, and
residents of the county may
receive blood locally or in
any hospital in the United
States or Canada. More
than 30% of the persons
receiving blood last year
were away from the county
and obtained over 200 pints
through this program.    '
_. _. t»    i  •■■ •     people attend a town meet
MOney Jti,Xmblt  *ng  in  the past 30 years.
Coming
To Bank
The tone of remarks during
the debate showed gratitude
for the offers of assistance
from fire departments at
Rosebush and Farwell, but
the belief that Clare's equipment and close location
made it desirable to have
a Vernon contract here if
possible.
In words of one voter at
the meeting, "It's like
being over a barrel to
realize that we need a contract with Clare, even at
the higher price. But if
the Clare firemen save only
one residence or barn, or
business in  V e r no n —
An interesting and valuable collection of money
is to be on display for two
weeks at Citizens Bank &
Trust in Clare. Coins several centuries old andpap-
er money of rare vintage
are parts of the exhibit
which is on loan from
National    Bank of Detroit.
The "Money Museum"
exhibit is expected to attract many visitors to the
bank from January 28 thru something that wouid have
February 6 while it will burned without them, then
occupy a prominent space the protection will have
in the bank lobby, more than paid for itself"
Coin collectors students      Vernon   maintains
groups   of   any   kind   are another contract with   the
specially invited to inspect Rosebush Department for
the exhibit. r
In the display are coins
of every denomination and
design used in this country  since the  Civil  War.
A story of The Penny
Section of the exhibit traces
for viewers the origin of
our one-cent piece in copper and silver coins as
early as the second century before Christ with the
Roman denarius.
Paper money on display
includes the American
Continental currency note
that was so weakened by the
sinking credit of our
nation s revolutionary government and 0 r i t i s h
counterfeiting in 1780, that
the phrase was born, "Not-
worth a Continental".
extra protection of the
south part of the township.
The rate is §500. annual
fee plus $75. per run.
Clerk Roy Wilson outlined an offer the township
had received from the Far-
well Fire Department for
protection to nine sections
in the north-west corner of
the township. It would have
cost the township $500.
annual stand-by fee plus
$64. for each call answered
More discussion in the
meeting brought out opinions about savings on fire
insurance rates with protection of a well-equipped
department close by*
Several residents spoke
of the desirability olsome
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