1965-02-25; Clare Sentinel

              The
Ten Cents Copy
Twelve Pages
Clare, Michigan February 25,  196S
Established 1878
New Series Vol. 73, No. 25
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Cl-C Directors
Fair Share Plan Is Base
With Assessments Added
WL_.
A plan for revising the
dues schedule for Clare
Chamber of Commerce
members was given unanimous approval by directors
on hand for a regular meeting Monday noon at Town
and Country.
The new formiila, based
on income, salary and wage
levels, benefits possible
only through teamwork efforts, number of employees
and other factors will assess restaurants and
motels, industries, retailers, professions, and
utilities different amounts
according to scales within
each class.
The system for new dues
rates  was    submitted   by
Water Levels
Continue At
Record Lows
A recent report on Michigan water levels and natural supplies furnished the
latest figures on stream-
flow for the last quarter in
1964.
In the southern part of the
Lower Peninsula drought
'conditions prevailed as
streamflow was deficient
all three months. For
seven consecutive months,
and 17 of the last 18, stream
flow has been deficient in
this area.
In tl":-*k * *■ part of the
Lower Penin__j.a stream
flow "Was slightly below median for October and November, but slightly above
median for December. December was only the second month in the last 16
in which streamflow was
above median. In the Upper
Peninsula streamflow decreased during the quarter, but was just below median for December.
Concerning the ground
water situation, most of
the key wells water levels
remained at or near record
lows   during  the  quarter.
Inland lake levels are
also of current importance.
Levels of unregulated lakes
were generally below
median and in the southeastern part of the state
some lakes were at the
lowest December levels in
20 years.
Cub Theme
In Memory
Of Presidents
Cub Scout pack # 3620
held their monthly pack
meeting, Monday evening.
The" theme for February
was "Blue and Gold", in
honor of Lincoln's and
Washington's birthdays.
The Boy Scouts of America also celebrated their
55th  birthday  this month.
A pot luck dinner for
the Cubs and their families
was served at 6:00. The
tables were beautifully decorated in keeping with the
month's theme.
John Quinnan, assistant
cub master, spoke on the
"Aims of Cub Scouting and
Need for Parental Assistance.",
Mrs* William Wood read
several poems appropriate
to the occasion.
Several of the Cub Scouts
had earned badges and
arrow points, which were
presented by Quinnan.
Mrs. Joseph Johnston led
the group in community
singing to close the meeting
Banquet
Time 6:30
A father ahd son banquet
to be held this evening
(Thursday). at the Clare
Congregational Church has
had a time change: due to
availability of the program
feature.
Announced first as a dinner to be served promptly
at 6:00' pifli., the time now
has MM- set for 6:30 In
th. dfirfg room of th.
church.
Secretary - Manager Ken
Barnes and recommended
by C-C officers after a
study of the changes from
previous years.
Some members for 1965
will find themselves assessed less, and some
more than formerly while
many others will remain
nearly the same.
Dues paid by a substantial percentage of prospective members, together
with expected income from
the C-C money raising
promotions throughtout the
year will be enough to support the organization in
budgeted spending of
slightly more than $7,500.
in the year ahead.
Proposed as a Fair Share
Minimum Dues Schedule,
the plan breaks down membership into eight groups
with basic dues amounts
arranged according to
benefits and values expected to come to the various members as the result
of C-C activities and cooperative efforts.
In the retail business
division where most members will find themselves
classed, the dues are $100.
for those businesses with
15 or more employees and
all will pay an additional
$2.00 per year for each
person employed.
A scale of $100. or $75.
or $60. for industries according to annual salaries
is the base and fifty cents
per employee is  added.
B.an&SfcancJUfinancial .--institutions will pay $50. or
$100. according to size and
add   $2.00 per employee.
Restaurant's annual dues
are $30. motels $40. plus
$2.00 for each employee.
Public utilities will pay
$50. per year if they serve
one to 600 customers and
five cents for each meter
over 600.
Class A hotels with 15
or more employed will pay
$100. plus $1.00 for every
job holder. Smaller hotels
will be billed a reduced
base cost.
Professions, service
businesses and insurance
sales offices are listed at
$30. with the price upped
to $50. if the business is a
partnership or double operation and $5,00 for each
employee is added.
Auto service businesses
membership price is $40.
for each station and $2.00
added  for each employee.
Newspapers, radio and
other advertising businesses are to pay a flat $50.
per year.
In 1965 special asses-
ments for C-C promotions
on the schedule for all
members will be:*
Industrial Development,
$10.
North Expressway Sign
(lights), $5.
Sidewalk Sale, $15. with
a reduction to $5. for those
not in active participation
with sale promotions on
that day.
The Santa Claus promotion and special expenses
at Christmas time will cost
each member $5.
Organization officers
are urging members to pay
dues and special assessments in a lump sum all
at one time to budget expenses ahead of-time for
each promotion. "Advance
planning and purchasing of
supplies will allow committees to get more for
money spent."
Looking ahead at expenses for 1965, the budget
allots $2,470. for lighted
expressway signs and their
upkeep.
Going to advertising in
tourist guides, magazines
and tourist promotion
group dues is $1,885.
Office expenses and
operation of a local headquarters will cost $3,367.
with $850. moire for equipment, supplies, printing
and miscellaneous.
The city is counted on
for half of the cost of advertising in the East Michigan Tourist Association
"Playtime Guide", and the
expressway signs.'
The birth of two sons at nearly the same
hour at Cl'are General Hospital to two Clare
women, a mother and her daughter, was
marked as an unusual occunance there last
week. Mrs. Adelfoert Keller (left), holds
her new son, George Owen who was born
about an hour and one-half before little
"Jeffrey Gordon arrived. Jeffrey is held on
the right by his mother, Mrs. Patrick Craw-
ford, who is Mrs. Keller's daughtar. If
mixed up identity could hotter the infants-
they might puzzle over their relationship to
others in -the picture. George Keller is a
son, a brother and an uncle while Jeffrey
Crawford is a grandson, a son and nephew.
They can figure this out while they celebrate future birthdays  on February 20.
Photo by Peter Brown
Five Accept
Authority
Board Posts
Clare County Supervisor
Board Chairman Louis
Becker this week announced the membership
appointments of the five-
man special authority that
will build a new county
building and lease it to
Clare county.
Tentative appointments
have been accepted by Bernard Schofield of Farwell,
Judge Robert Campbell and
Frank T. LaGoe both of
Clare, Marion Roth and
Russell Boyer both of
Harrison.
Final election* to 4_ie
Building Authority for the
five men waits only the
formality of action by supervisors.
The plan of action to obtain a new county building
was announced by supervisors two weeks ago and
will result in a $340 thousand building to house
county offices, government
agencies and the circuit
court.
Sons Born Here Same Day
To Mother and Daughter
Mother-Daughter teams
have been noted for many
activities and events, but
it is somewhat unusual, for
the two to give birth to
babies  at  the same time.
This happened at the
Clare General Hospital
February 20th, for Mrs.
Adelbert Keller and her
daughter Mrs. " Patrick
Crawford, when they gave
birth to sons, born about ;
an hour and a half apart.
George Owen Keller',
weighed eight pounds and:
six ounces, and Jeffery;.
Gordon ^Crawford weighed.
seven pounds.
Mrs. Keller and son left
the hospital on Tuesday,
and Mrs. Crawford and son
were released on Wednesday.
World Day
  \
Of Prayer
On March 5
.Lincoln Day
Isabella county Republicans will hold their Lincoln
Day Dinner in the University Center Ballroom, Mt.
Pleasant on March 25 with
Lieutenant Governor William Milliken featured as
the program speaker.
Jack Fluharty of Rosebush is in charge of ticket
sales in the area from
Rosebush north.
Region 8 Plans
Michigan Week
Advance plans for observance of this year's
Michigan Week were discussed     in     a -   regional
10:30 in the forenoon and
again after lunch at Town
and Country, where Ken
Barnes    who- represented
meeting here Saturday when Clare as the host city, had
leaders "of the big 6~county made reservations
Region Eight met with
Chairman Gene Umlor of
Mt. Pleasant, and compared reports of progress
toward this years celebration.
Umlor, manager of radio
station WCENinMt. Pleas-
ant conducted meetings at
Name New
CMU Building
For Anspach
Contracts have been a-
warded and construction is
scheduled to begin within
a week on a General Classroom Building at Central
Michigan University, according to Dr. N.C. Bovee,
vice president of business
and finance.
The general construction
contract in the amount of
$1,260,851 was awarded to
the Omega Construction
company of Grand Rapids.
Sub contracts amounting to
more than $662 thousand
were also let.
The building will be
named in honor of Dr. C.L.
Anspach, president-emeritus of the University. He
served as president for 20
years from 1939 to 1959.
Departments to be housed
in the building include English, sociology, history
and political science, journalism and Information
Services, in addition the
University's television offices and studios* will be
moved into the building.
The office of the Efean of
School of Art and Sciences
will also be housed in the
building.
Clare county chairman
is Barnes and Farwell was
represented by Charles
Cape, Harrison by Dan Sullivan, and the City of Clare
by Floyd Boardman.
Lowell Treastor, administration executive from
Michigan State University
at East Lansing, and who
is one of six deputy general state chairmen for
Michigan Week was present
in   an   advisory  capacity.
County and city chairmen and publicity men were
present from most of Isabella, Clare , Gladwin,
Ogemaw, Arenac and Roscommon counties included
in the region.
There was an informal
exchange of ideas about how
to better help other people
know about Michigan and
its products.
It was agreed that those
persons who are in the
food, beverage and service
industries are in the front
line — when it comes to
informing others about
Michigan and individual local communities.
TO be successful, each
year, Michigan Week needs
the full cooperation of
every person in Michigan.
Deadline for entering
county possibilities for designation as "Product Of
the Year" (in industry and
agriculture) is April 12th
—with judging being done
the following Saturday.
April 17th.
Region Eight officials
will meet again late in
March in West Branch.
Michigan Week will be observed this yea* the week
of May 16th.
The World Day of. Prayer, in its 79th yearly observance? will be observed,
in Clare, Friday, March
v■.*?* ^-5i.-y©i_iing' in^a* world, wide
community of prayerful
supplication.
The local church women
of Clare have planned this -
year's observance to be
held in the Clare Methodist
Church, at 8:00 p.m. in the
evening, to give the working people a chance to attend.
Uniting six continents
and more than 125 nations,
this first Friday of the
Lenten season has been set
aside as a time for prayers for peace and brotherhood on the theme "What
Doth the Lord Require."
This calls the church "to
a radical and deep involvement in the affairs of the
world in the name of
Christ."
The service consists of
familiar passages from the
Old and New Testaments,
meditations, entwined with
hymns, and prayer, and
will offer each participant
the warmth of fellowship
through Jesus Christ which
transcends all barriers.
This day of prayer has
given Christian witness
through re-dedication and
mission, person to persOn,
race to race and nation to
nation.
Participating in this special service will be women
from the Methodist Church,
the Church of God, and the
Congregational Church,
headed by Mrs. Joseph L.
Kennedy, Mrs. Virgil
Bergstrom and Mrs.
George Teeter, represen-
tating their church groups.
Register
To Vote!
An effort to get interest
in voter registration for
the April 5 election is under way here with the reminder that March 8 is the
last day for registering to
be eligible to vote.
All residents who have
not voted in recent elections, or who have recently
changed their addresses,
or who have established
residence here since voting last are urged to register with their local ward
or township clerks.
Safe Robber
Takes $2,500.
At Nannie's
Clare police and State
Police from the Mt. Pleasant post are working on an
investigation of a robbery
at Mannie's Tavern which
was discovered early Wednesday morning.
A smashed open safe
there yielded more than
$2,500. according to estimates by Warren Kaiser,
proprietor of the tavern at
114 W. Fourth street in
• Clare.
Entrance to the locked
building was ■ gained by
breaking a small pane of
glass in a jalousie style
front door and reaching
through to unlock the door.
Working rapidly, the
thief located the safe in a
basement office and hammered off the door handle
to expose the lockingbolts.
Kaiser said that a bag of
bills and coins was taken,
as were wrapped bundles of
larger bills, a quantity of
old U.S. silver dollers and
some newly minted Kennedy , half-dollars.
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Ian Shepard and Officer
Roger -•EfePtte* -viewed—the'
job as the work' of an experienced safe robber.
The tavern closed between 2:00 and 2.-30 a.m.
and Kaiser returned shortly
before four o' clock and discovered the crime. He told
officers that he had planned
to be away from Clare on
business Wednesday and
wanted to complete some
book work before he departed.
He said it was necessary
to keep cash on hand to
cash checks for customers
but that insurance on the
contents of the safe and the
building would cover most
of the loss.
Hospital
'65 Officers
The annual meeting of
the Board of Trustees of
Clare General Hospital was
held at Town and Country
in February.
Officers elected were
Frank Coker, Farwell,
president, Dr. George
Dalby, Evart, vice president, Dr. John Weitzel,
Harrison, treasurer, Dr.
Andrew S. Mackenzie of
Clare, secretary.
Trustees are Donald
Holbrook Jr., Clare, H.
William Hendricks on.
Houghton Lake, Dr. W.F.
McGinnis, Mt. Pleasant, Dr
Elmer Shurlow. Clare Dr.
William  Roth,   Beaverton.
Mrs. Ann Greer wa. reappointed Director of
Nurses, and Dr. Weitzel,
Medical Director.
Invited On
Beef Tour
Clare county cattlemen
will have the opportunity
to - tour several beef cow
herds with Wednesday
March 3rd having been set
as the date. Bill Finley,
popular Extension Specialist from Michigan State
University will be on hand.
The first stop is sche-
duleded for Matt Scott &
Sons at one p.m.. This
farm is on U.S. 10 half
mile east of Lake Station.
Manuel Scott is carrying
on a real good cutting over
feeding program with his
Hereford cow herd.
Second stop will be 2 p.m.
at Franklin Littlefields
farm at Bear Lake. This
farm is one-quarter mile
east of M-115 on the West
Dover Road. Max Eaton,
farm manager, will be on
hand to exhibit a real fine
Hereford herd sire and
yearling heifer crop. The
tour will then move to the
corner of Bringold and
M-61 at -around 3 p.m.
where John Bringold will
tell about his herd
improvement program
which will include artificial insemination in the
near future.
Swinging back into Harrison the group will have
an opportunity to see the
4-H, club project of Roger
Bowers, housed at the Al
Collins barns at 1849 West
Temple Drive. This is
approximately 3 1/4 miles
east of Bringold Road.
Its been^estimated there
are some two million acres
of suitable pasture land in
TUNE-UP
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KIT
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Introduce -
New Holley
Carb. Kit
Holley Carburetor Company announced this week
the introduction of hew
items for distribution to
auto service garages and
repair* shops.
Including a new Pep tune-
up kit for all carburetors
on American made autos, a
new 1965 issue of Holley's
carburetion sales catalog,
a newly designed Holley
parts cabinet, and an electric sign and outdoor clock
to identify each ' service
garage with Holley service,
—the entire list of items is
distributed and sold
through Holley's, replacement department.
The company identification and the name, "Pep
Tune-Up Kits" are protected by trade mark
registry.
Holley's new line of
"Pep" Tune-Up Kits now
provides "all vehicle coverage" to service any carburetor on American
passenger cars — 240 kits
make up the complete.line
according to S.D. Jursek,
replacement sales manager, Holley Carburetor
Company, Warren, Michigan.
Jursek said, "Each kit
is packaged in a brand new
attractive blue and white
carton readily identified
with the Holley name. This
is a uniform one size carton and is used for the
entire 240 kits eliminating
many of the stocking and
handling problems encountered by distributors and
dealers."
Each Holley "Pep Kit"
contains all parts, hardware, float gages, and detailed installation instruct
tions for carburetor tune-
up.
"Another major feature
of the new "Pep Kit" line
is the availability of a complete line of gasket kits,
plus viton needle and seat
pump piston and pump diaphragm assemblies, Jursek stated. Complete application .'■■■- information is
contained in the 1965 issue
of Holley's Carburetion
Sales Catalog.
RC Meeting
The Clare County Red
Cross will hold a meeting
at the Hotel Doherty tonight
at 8*00 V.M. AH people
intefested in our Red Cross
should attend.
northern Michigan and
Clare county has its share.
Part time farmers as well
as full time commercial
cattlemen are interested .
in breeding program that
will provide for dropping
the calf crop within a few
weeks time, marketing this
calf crop, over wintering
the • cow herd, and pasture
improvement.
The public is invited on
the tour.
Pioneers Lose
To Harrison;
Tourney Next
Clare High Pioneers finished their regular cage
season in the local gym
Tuesday with a loss to Harrison in an exciting seesaw contest that ended 65-
64. It was the second
loss to the Hornets this
season.
In their final conference
game on February 19, CHS
dropped the game 90-59
to league-leading Ithaca on
the Yellowjackets' floor
and marked up only two victories for the season.
Al Patterson came
through as the leading
scorer for the Green and
White with a big 24 points
for his ten -ield goals and
4 free tosses.
Other scorers in double
figures for Clare were Tim
Haring with 15 and George
Kushmaul With 10. Steve
"•Schroeder ojourited 9 and
O'DeU one to. .complete
feamH^resV r    "
Carter was high man in
Ithaca's balanced attack
with 16 points.
In State Tournament
district openers drawn for
on Tuesday this week,
Clare will start on Tuesday, March 2 against Central Montcalm High.
The game will start, at
7:30 in the Alma High
School gym.
Ithaca High, co-champions of the Mid-Michigan
B title this year will play
the winner on Thursday,
March 4 at Alma at 7:30.
Ithaca holds two victories
over Clare in season meetings, one by three points
and the other on Ithaca's
floor, by 31 points.
Home Skills^
Hobby In
March Plans
An outline of coming
events and interesting,
meetings for Home Extension club members and
leaders during the early
part of March has been
announced by Mrs. Rella
Bowers, home agent for
Clare county's Extension
Service.
On March second Mrs.
Bowers' Office will sponsor and conduct a session
on food buying and preparation called, "More
Meals For Your Money".
The meeting is to be held
in the Highway Tabernacle
at Harrison from 10 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m.
The lesson that day-is
designed to be a practical
One with meal planning and
budget balancing combined.
She promises to show the
homemakers proof that it
is possible to feed the family delicious, attractive and
hurishing meals on a small
budget.
' Later, on March 16 a
workshop will be held on
the interesting home hobby
of chair caning.
A preliminary meeting
one month ago determined
that there is much interest
in learning the skill. ,
Other activities include
classes in knitting where
organization was completed on February 24 and
Mrs. Alex Gavin of Long
Lake engaged as the th*
structor. Classes ire
meeting in Hartison'ihfgii
school. Next year's pfoi.
gram planning is the there
for a meeting of group vice
chairmen who will meet
March 4.