1965-05-13; Clare Sentinel

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Clare .Michigan, May 13, 1965 (
Established 1878
New Series   Vol. 73, No. 36
Mich. Week
Highlights
Dewetopin
A program of observance
here during Michigan Week
will be highlighted by the
annual banquet to honor
Clare's Citizen of the
Year, -a day-long schedule
of entertainment for the
visiting mayor of- Chesaning and his party, -open
house at Thayer Dairy
here.
More celebration of the
week may be in final planning stage.
Chamber of Commerce
Secretary - Manager Ken
Barnes said that either
Mayor Tim Cotter, or May-
6r Pro-tem Glen Cain would
extend the official welcome
when the Chesaning mayor
and village clerk with
their wives arrive in Clare
about 10:30 a.m.
Sightseeing and visits
have been arranged to take
the group to the city hall
and fire station, -to an
area tour to the Lake
Shamrock development and
the city park and Little
League ball diamond nearby.
They will drive to the
airport "for an inspection
before lunch at Town and
Country.
In the afternoon the tour
yvill continue through the
city Library, the Iron Removal Plant and public
works building.
Visits  to industry will
let the  group  see  Holley
Carburetor,   Beaver Tool,
Kraft  Foods,   and   Thayer
Dairy plants in operation.
They will be guests of
honor at the Citizens Banquet that evening at the
Doherty Motor Hotel.
At Thayer Dairy here,
the visiting party will
among the firr t to be taken
through the plant in a week-
long open house to see ice
cream manufactured and
_<-■.tne, processes of ma king,.
* wrapping and storing pop-
socles and other frozen
novelties.
Thayers manufacture ice
cream and other confection products for a large
midwest market, and distribute a large portion of
the output from their plant
here.
The public is invited to
tour Thayer's plant for a
special visitors' view during Michigan Week.
At the Monday banquet
at The Doherty, awards for
industrial and agricultural
products of the year in
Region 8 will be made.
Tickets for the dinner and
program are for sale at
The Doherty, Grove Bros.
5c and 10c, Clare Hardware and Everts Jewelers.
Area Youths
On Dairy Tour
In Detroit
Some 55 of Michigan's
top 4-H Club dairy members studied modern-day
milk marketing during the
28th annual May 7 and 8
4-H Milk Marketing Tour
in Detroit.
Delegates attending the
tour, co-sponsored by
Michigan Milk Producers
Association (MMPA) and
the Cooperative Extension
Service, learned how milk
is marketed, toured a modern milk plant and were
tested on their knowledge
; of how milk is sold dur-
, j ing   the  two-day  session.
Area youths on the tour
included Jim Walter and
Frank Hutchinson both of
Clare, and DanCaryofR-1,
Coleman.
Report Lists $456,020
New Bank For Rosebush
Citizens Bank and Trust
Company's bank at Rosebush will have a new and
modern home sometime
this fall with completion of
a  new building  on  a new
site there, it was revealed
this week.
Architect's sketches of
the handsome structure
show brick and frame construction on lines sugges-
Hold Youths
Wanted Here
Clare county authorities
must wait the outcome of
extradition action on six
Saginaw young people before they can bring
them back from Wisconsin
to    face    charges    in the
School Issue
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The Clare School Board,
at its regular meeting Monday evening, received a
statement testifying to accord with the ideals and
administration of High
ibctrodi Principal- ''Gerald
Manville through the past
school year and expressing
disappointment that he is
not offered a contract to
return   to  Clare  schools.
The statement was signed by 170 parents and residents of the school districts. It was presented
by Wayne Cowles and Malcolm W hitford.
In eight specific positions presented as beneficial to education here, the
statement urged the Board
to insist on high school
administration that will
continue the attitudes of
Manville's  year in office.
In routine school matters
the Board approved a work-
study program for advanced students, borrowed
$54,000. to be repaid out
of   anticipated   State Aid,
Members Walter Kleiner
and William Case were appointed to appear at Commencement to present diplomas to graduates.
Six new faculty contracts
were approved.
Allen Smith, an MSU
graduate will teach high
school social studies and
coach athletics.
Carol K. Jones will teach
high school English. She
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Witbeck of
Clare.
Sandra Thompson will
teach high school English.
William Morrison, formerly on the school faculty at Akron-Fairgrove
school will teach high
school math.
Mrs. Ann Thering of Mt.
Pleasant and Racheal Maloney of Clare will be on
the elementary teaching
staff.
armed robbery of Ulrich's
Standard service station
near here, and other charges of breaking into a cottage near Harrison.
Joseph Madlin 22, his
brother John, Jr. 21, of
Saginaw and Gary Roupe 19,
of Bay City are accused
of the pistol-point robbery
of  the   station  on  May 4.
Also their three girl
companions of Bay City,
Sharon Clark, 18, Madeline Bowyer 18, and Patricia Mathey 17 are implicated in the* cottage
break-in.
They are in a Milwaukee
Jail waiting hearing on
their extradition and the
Clare county sheriff who
is ..,_.£<_. bring,.tlj.eni. hack.
They were arrested on
Monday by a lake car ferry
captain after an episode on
board in which the captain confiscated two pistols and the girls turned
against one of their boy
companions.
Madlin and the Clark girl
began arguing on the ferry
Spartan, which they had
boarded at Ludington. Miss
Clark ran to Capt. Harold
Altschwager and said Madlin was molesting her. The
captain locked Madlin in a
stateroom.
The women then told Altschwager the car they had
brought on the ferry contained guns. Altschwager
took the guns and placed
Madlin under captain's arrest. The skipper telephoned Milwaukee police,
who were at the dock when
the boat arrived..
Historic
Home May Go
DETROIT The transatlantic flight of Charles A. Lindbergh in his plane, "Spirit of
St. Louis," to Paris in 1927 has
resulted in a present-day problem for Wayne State University,
Today, 38 years after the
flight, University officials ponder what to do with the house
in which the Lone Eagle was
born - - for the structure has
become a part of the "University City" area adjacent to
Wayne's central campus.
'Tearing the 69-year-old hou.e
down is advised by those who
have studied its poor physical
condition.
Wayne officials say that if
the birthplace has to go, there
is a possibility of either a mall
or a dormitory being named in
Lindbergh's honor, to recognize in some tangible way that
a world-famous pioneer flier
was born on Wayne's campus.
In Mail
Gladys Knight, Extension Specialist in
Hotel, Motel, and Institutional Management
from MSU in East Lansing, instructs the
first class  in  waiter  and waitress training
Friday  in  Harrison High  School',   Mora   oi
the lessons are scheduled.
Photo by George MacQueen
The new 1965 edition of
East Michigan's "Playtime
Country Guide" is being
sent to vacation planners at
a rate of 500 a day, according to East Michigan Tourist-Association officials in
Bay City.
60,000 copies of vacation
guides have been published
by the association, an increase of 10,000 over last
year's publication.
The 23rd edition of this
colorful, 128 - page guidebook includes complete in-
■formation on resorts, motels, hotels, restaurant and
tourist attractions. Recreation maps for 29 eastern
and central Michigan counties are featured.
Included in this year's
magazine are facts about
resorts, touring> and weekend vacations. Vacation
costs are also detailed. A
special section is devoted
to "What to Wear on Your
Michigan Vacation," by
travel consultant Emily
Kay Murphy, of Detroit.
Copies of the guide may be
obtained free of charge by
writing: EMTA, Bay City,
Michigan.
Service Improvements
ting "residential" style
combined with advantageous use of large window
areas and a pillored-co-
lonial front entrance treatment.
Bids are to be opened
next Tuesday and it is expected tha construction will
begin very soon after that.
The bank will occupy a
7-lot site at the northwest
corner of Isabella Road
and Mission on the main
intersection in Rosebush.
It is directly across the
street, east, from the present bank location.
The property was obtained from former owners, Dr. S.C. Mac Arthur
and the Rosebush Presbyterian Church.
Covering 2300 square
feet of area all on one
floor, the new building is
to be equipped in modern
facilities for service to the
public.
Roy Matteson is vice
president of Citizens Bank
and Trust in charge of the
Rosebush branch and Harold Prout is assistant
cashier.
To Discuss
Jr. College
Before P-TA
The Clar e P.T.A. will
meet Monday evening at-
8:00 P.M. in the auditorium of the Elementary
School. The main program
will feature a panel discussion of the new proposed
Junior College for Clare
and Gladwin counties.
A question and answer
period will follow.
This is a very impor-.
tant subject for all parents
with children going to the
surrounding schools as a
vote to build will be held
in the near future.
All residents of Clare
and Gladwin counties are
invited to attend.
Also all Honor Society
Students will be honored
for their excellent m,arks
and school work through
their   high   school  years.
Parents are urged to.
come and hear a good program and attend the last
P.T.A. meeting for this
year.
Vacation
Time Guide
A preliminary project
study on water and sewer
service by.the City of Clare
to an industrial area on the
former Watervliet Pulp-
wood Yards and adjacent
land is being examined by
the city commission and
came on an agenda for
informal debate this week.
- In a cost estimate provided by engineering experts, the water-sewer
project has been combined
with proposed city water
system improvements to
arrive at a total of
$456,020.
Included in the proposed
improvements are:
1.) A new well to increase the city supply of
water for all purposes. (A
recently testea new well
on city property is already estimated to be
capable of producing up to
Announce
Speaker For
Graduation
Clare High graduating
seniors and guests at
Commencement on June 11
will hear the principal address delivered by Clifford
R, Wentworth of Michigan
State University where he
is associated director of
admissions and scholarships.
The event will climax
the four-year career of
the 1965 Class and will be
the high point in the crowded events of Commencement Week at Clare High.
Wentworth holds two degrees from MSU and. has
been a school administrator and executive in business before coming to East
Lansing in 1963.
M-W Visits
Invited By
State Police
Open house will be held
at the Mt. Pleasant post
of the State Police on Tuesday, May 18, has been announced by Sgt. Dan Kostrzewa, commander.
This will be the ninth
annual open house and it
is conducted in connection
with Hospitality Day of
Michigan Week, which extends from Sunday, May
16, through Saturday, May
22.
Visiting hours will be
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and   everyone   is  invited.
"We hope there will be
a good turnout," Sergeant
Kostrzewa said. "This is
a - special opportunity to
see how a post operates and the services performed. Officers will act
as guides."
The post is located at
1011 N. Mission Rd in Mt.
Pleasant. In addition to
the reception there will
be an exhibit.
GOP Rally
Tenth District Republicans will gather for a meeting and Rally in Harrison
Sunday, May 16 to hear and
see State Chairman Elly
Peterson and State Finance
co - chairman Harold
McClure, Jr.
The two state party officials will be featured on
a speaking program.
The meeting opens at
2:00 p.m. ahd the public
is invited. All elected
county officials and county
GOP Committee members
are urged to attend.
COMMISSION   DISCUSSING
CITY WATER SYSTEM
1.400 gallons per minute.)
2.) Increased capacity
for the Iron Removal plant
to cost $42,900;
3.) A new elevated storage tank about three and
one-half times larger than
the present tank in the center of the city.. Recommended to provide a safe reserve of water, and to increase pressures to all
points served. Cost:
$79,100.
4.) Expansion of sewage
treatment facilities to accomodate increasing loads
on the present plant, and to
correct a condition of
stream pollution beyond
that permitted by the Michigan Water Resources
Commission.
Estimated cost of sewage treatment plant expansion is $152,000. but the
City Commission will hear
alternate plans to relieve
the condition, — at considerable saving when
compared with the cost of
enlarging the present plant.
Consulting engineers,
Norton, Gourdie, Miller
and Batzer, Inc. of Traverse City furnished the
survey on order of the city.
In their summary, they
made comments and offered advice on each separate part of the total project.
The proposed sanitary
sewer to reach the industrial area would have a
capacity equal to that required for serving a population of 3,000 persons.
In   area, it   would  reach
Tobacco
River Club
Host Sunday
roughly two miles west of
the center of Clare and
including south about as
far as the Clare-Isabella
county line. It was found
that the depth would allow
extension north on Grant
Road to US-10 near the
west city limits, and
west along US-10 to the
Tobacco River.
In the $55,360. cost of
the sewer is included a
pumping station to be rated at 200 gallons per
minute   and  cost $10,000.
Boosting the capacity of
the city's Iron Removal
Plant is a matter of adding one vertical aerator
and one new filter tank
with some minor piping
changes, according to the
report.
The addition to present
facilities would increase
by one-half, the capacity
of the plant and result in
the possible production of
3 million gallons per day
of pure water.
The proposed new storage tank would hold 250,000
gallons of water and stand
100 feet off the ground level to the tank's bottom.
Compared to this, the present tank holds 75,000 gal-
long and is  75 feet high.
The report recommends
that storage be approximately one-third the average
daily consumption for the
city, now placed at
650,000 gallons per day
without computing the high
rate months of June and
July.
The larger, higher tank
would provide a pound per
sq. in. pressure of 56 when
the   tank   is   full   and  43
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Contract Made
For New Lake
P.O. Building
A new postoffice building in Lake was assured
this week with the announcement from the U.S. Postmaster General that a
contract had been awarded
for its construction.
Released by Wilbur T.
McLane, postmaster at
Lake, the statement from
Postmaster General John
A. Gronouski said that Neil
Watkins and Avis Watkins
of Lake were to build the
building and rent it to the
P.O. Department.
The new building on the
southeast corner of Mystic Lake Road and Tarry
Street will represent an
estimated total investment
of $13,000.00 by the successful bidder.    It will be
The Michigan Association of Rural Recreation
Enterprises (MARRE) will
sponsor a demonstration
field day Sunday, May 16,
at Tobacco River Club near leased to the Department ^b^iTe^m *££
Clare.      The   Cooperative for five years with renewal Ior DUSiness :o Srow'
options running through ten
investment is limited substantially to postal equipment. The building will
remain under private ownership, with the owner paying local real estate taxes.
The new structure will
contribute materally to the
efforts being made by Lake,
in cooperation with the new
Federal Area Redevelopment Administration,, to
revitalize the local economy and help provide permanent new job opportunities, the Postmaster General pointed out. New employment will be provided
during the construction
phase, he said, and the
completed building will
help community efforts to
sell Lake as a good place
The
Extension  Service,  Michigan   State   University   is
cooperating sponsor.
L.F.Twardzik, extension
recreation specialist and
MARRE advisor, said the
event will be the first farm
recreation field day held in
Michigan. He added that
other field days will be
held later     in   the year.
The event will begin at
11 a.m. and continue until
3 p.m., according to John
C. Bintz, of Freeland, M
ARRE president.
MARRE is an organization composed of operators
of rural recreation enterprises.
Bintz said any Michigan
resident who operates or
is interested in operating
a rural recreation enterprise is invited.
The event will include
guided tours of a trout
fishing lake, rifle range,
camp sites, swimming area
under construction, and
trap shooting range.
There will be a side
tour to Robinett's Trout
Pond at Harrison.
Tobacco River Club is
owned by Alex Strange, of
Clare.
Lunch will be available
at the site at noon.
years at an annual rental
of $1,440.00 for the basic
term.
The new one-story building will have an interior
space of 1,081 square feet.
The new post office is expected to be completed
three months after the
plans are approved.
Gronouski explained that
the    Department's  capital
Lutherans To
Undertake
Area Canvass
Evangelism Sunday at
Prince of Peace Lutheran
Church will be held this
Sunday, May 16th.
In the afternoon a house
to house' canvass will be
taken in the Clare area.
Towns to be visited are
Coleman , Farwell, Harrison and Clare.
Clare members will be
aided in this canvass by
100 Lutherans from Frank-
enmuth and 25 college students from C.M.U.
After the canvass all the
.helpers will be served a
dinner by the ladies of the
church at the I.O.O.E.hall.
Set Date
For Probate
Court Vote
A Primary Election date .
of June 21 has been set to
provide Clare county with
a  new Judge  of Probate.
County Clerk William
Henderson said that if
more than two qualified
persons are interested in
becoming candidates, then
the primary will be held.
If two or less qualify for
the post, then the Primary
will not be necessary.
The Special Election to
finally name the Judge will
be held on July 13.
Judge Robert Campbell,
former Judge of Probate
for Clare county left the
job last month when he assumed new duties as Judge
of the 21st Judicial Circuit
in Clare, Isabella, and
Midland counties.
Signed petitions to qualify any candidate for Judge
of Probate are due in the
office of the Clare county
clerk on May 24 and May
27 is the final date when
any candidate may withdraw.
Thirty-five   young   people    and     interested
adults attended a Junior Livestock Tour in
Clare  county  Saturday.   Here they stop to
view progress in a project with two Angus-
steers owned by John Schunk,  son of Mr.
and Mrs.  Mark  Schunk,   George  MacQueen