1962-09-06; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLAflE SENTINEL, CLAR]EJ7miCHIC4Ah'
THURSDAY,   SEPT.   6,  1962
New Series,      Vol. 7Q, No. 52
Entertain
Big Crowds
At Farwel
Farwell residents, proud of
their hometown Labor Day celebration in a 1962 new revival of
the event, could thank their
Junior Chamber of Commerce
for the staging of one of the
best celebrations and, carnival attractions in many years. From
parade time on Monday morning
until fireworks time at dusk, the
affair drew crowds that stayed
and enjoyed the day.
Midway rides and games were
bigger and better than past
years, and the free attractions
included good horsepulling, ball
games, spectacles, Indian pageantry, and a fine parade.
Very good crowds lined the
main street parade route at 9:00
a.m. to see floats, ancient cars,
the FHS marching band, children
in costumes, horsemen and displays of other parade art.
Prizes for best in seven divisions of the parade were awarded as follows: Marching Units -
Clare VFW Color Guard.
Musical Units - Farwell Bar
Orchestra on a float, and 74-year-
old John Armstrong marching in
his uniform as a member of the
Farwell Town Band of 1908.
The Farwell High School band
earned much applause and lent
pep and color to the parade line.
Floats - Hose's Department
Store float depicting the Old Woman In A Shoe, and second a
•float made and entered by the
Paesens - McGuire - Terwilliger
families illustrating the back-to-
school theme represented by the
Labor Day end of vacation.
Jay Bellinger won a special
prize for appearing in the parade
with horse-drawn buggy that he
used in 1917 for delivering rural
mail from the Farwell postoffice.
Other noteworthy floats were entered by Farwell churches and
many other groups.
Horse Units - Bronc Busters
4-H Club first. Hosford's Covered
Wagon second.
Decorated Bicycles - Debbie Riley first, Linda Teachout second,
Monte Godwin third, Greg
iCowles. fourth, Beth..JBrown and
Poppy Denton on a bicycle built
for two, fifth.
Individual Horsemen - Diane
Dunkle first, Coleen Kube third,
Mark Tryon fourth and Lanny
Warner fifth. Second place npt
Identified.
Old Cars • Tom Olson from Mt.
Pleasant in a 1919 Ford roadster
first, Henry Hopkins of St. Louis
in a 1925 Dodge touring car
second.
John Bicknell
Named To
Cashier Post
John Bicknell has been named
to the position of cashier of the
Citizens- State Bank of Clare by
the institution's board of directors. He is the son of Vice President Mark H. Bicknell and a
third-generation representative of
the banking family. His grandfather, the late James S. Bicknell
was one of the bank's founders.
Bicknell is first to hold the
title of cashier since the post was
vacated earlier this year by Alan
Ott.
Food Handler
Exam Date
A clinic will be held Tuesday,
September 11th upstairs in the
Clare city hall, time 9:00 to 12:00
a.m. for all food handlers who
have been unable to obtain this
exam by their family doctor.
Anyone 18 years of "age or under
must have written consent from
parent Or guardian.
The exam is required of persons without food handler's per*
mit cards, or outdated cards.
Blood will be taken for a serous logical report and Mantoux skin
test for tuberculin screening. No
x-rays will be taken.
This will be the only clinic for
this purpose to be held in Clare
county this year.
Coleman IGA
Is Sold
In Coleman, new owner of the
IGA Supermarket, Albert Hoeft
took possession on September 25
from Robert WitbeCk, former
owner and operator of the store.
\& Mr. HOeft is a former resident
of Harrison where he operated
a food market. He will feature
art entire storeful Of fresh stock
and, will maintain large departments devoted to groceries, fresh
and packaged meats, produce
and miscellaneous wares,
Blood Program Starts
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City Commences Downtown Paving
And Sidewalk
Holley Caxtbupejtor employees and, office
staff members volunteered 144 units of
blood in the first donor program under the
newly inaugurated Red Cross Blood Program for Clare county. Here are donors in
the temporary department set up in Hoi*
ley's  "Strange" building. Nurses  are Red
Cross workers from Lansing.
Meryl Graham photo
Miss Helen Morgan, administrator of Clare General Hospital is here accepting a plaque marking the designation of
ihe hospital as a participant in the Red Cross Lansing Regional Blood. Program Center. Mrs. Ann Greer, head nurse
and Dr. Julian Gershon look on while Mrs. Doris Fish-
beck, R. C. field representative presents the plaque.
Sentinelphoto
Donate 144 Units Here
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At Holley Carburetor
Work commenced Wednesday
on Clare city projects that will
provide new sidewalks through
part of the downtown district,
and a blacktop surface on Fourth
street for a block's length west
of McEwan.    '
The sidewalk re-building is to
replace defective and wornout
surfaces on McEwan's west side
from Fifth street to Fourth, and
on Fourth street in the 100-
block east and west from McEwan.
City Manager Clarence Gum
said Wednesday that the over all
cost of the projects being started
would amount to around $3,500.
The. anticipated expense is divided with $2,800. for the side-
,walk installation for which a con-
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Tourists
The Clare County Blood Program became a reality on September 1, when the county be«
came the 29th to join the Lansing Regional Biood Program of
the American Red Cross. Official
entry into the program was the
culmination of weeks of effort
on the part of many volunteers
in the county who wanted to see
their people have the benefits
of this program.
Clare General Hospital has received a plaque, which is on display in the lobby, indicating this
hospital's participation. .
Blood used by all patients in
this hospital is now being provided free of charge through this
volunteer program.
The only charge now in connection with blood service is the
fee for laboratory work ' and
transfusion.
In addition to the blood provided for all patients in Clare
General Hospital, all residents of
the county will be entitled to
have any blood they use in other
hospitals outside the region, replaced for them free of charge
through this program.
Holly Carburetor Company in
Clare has also established a
blood bank for all of its employees, through the plant's participation in the program.
The first visit to Clare county
of the Bloodmobile from Lansing
was held on Tuesday, September
4th at the Holley plant for the
employees, and was highly successful. Two hundred and twenty-
two employees presenting themselves , at the mobile, to give a
total of 144 pints of blood.
Holly's participation means
that all employees of the plant
and their "families, even if they
live outside of Clare county will
also be entitled to receive all of
the blood they heed, in whatever
hospital they need it.
The success of this first blood-
mobile visit Was due to the
efforts of many persons. Directing arrangements for the program in 'the plant was Lyle
Skinner, Director of Personnel.
Assisting him with the arrangements were members of his staff,
including Mrs. Dorothy Fisher,
Richard Murphy, Mrs. Georgia
Bauer and many others.
In charge of recruiting donors,
and instrumental in getting so
many donors out to visit the mobile was Mrs. Nola Bauder, P. N.,
who is in charge of first aid for
the plant.
The persons^ responsible for the
entire blood»program for all Of
Clare county are the member of
the Clare County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, Mrs. Curtis
Murton, Sr. of Harrison, chairman, Mrs. Tim Frey, blood chairman, and William O'Brien, recruitment chairman, who have
been directing the activities of
all workers.
Mrs. Jean Drebert very successfully recruited the volunteer
workers for Tuesday.
Volunteers who assisted the
staff from Lansing during the
Bloodmobile visit to the Holly
plant Tuesday were seven nurses,
Barbara Kinney, county health
nurse, Mrs. Lyle Skinner, Mrs.
Janetta Woodward, Mrs. Robert
Greer, Mrs. Ella McConnell, Mrs.
Rose Ann Raymond, and Mrs.
Juanita McMasters.
Helpers v/ere Mrs. Alberta Gershon, Mrs. Joy Miller, Mrs. Ruth
Cotter, Mrs. Jean Cradit, Mrs.
Jean Allen, Mrs. Ruby Koch,
Mrs. Maxine Ritter, Mrs. Blanche
StoII, and Penny Bryant.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service was in charge of the
Canteen, headed by a committee
of Mrs. Dorothy Bader,_ Mrs. Alma Seiter, Mrs. Florence Sam-
born, and assisted by Mrs.
Frances Bergstrom.
The Citizen's State Bank donated the coffee cups, Kraft Foods,
furnished the cheese, and Wal-
deck's Market donated coffee
cream. All other food and sup
plies was donated by the Woman's Society.
Dates and places will be announced soon as to when more
visits of the Bloodmobile will be
made in Clare county. All persons interested in assisting with
the planning for these visits are
requested to contact Mrs. Frey,
or any other Red Cross officer.
The Clare County Chapter
wishes to convey their sincere
thanks to the employees at the
Holly plant and to all who assisted in any way to make the
first visit of the Bloodmobile
successful. '
Kids Day
Clare Kiwanians will sponsor
a Kids Day on September 15 and
treat seventh graders to a trip
to the Oscoda, Michigan Air Base
leaving about 9:00 in the morn-
ing. It is expected that three bus
loads will make^ihe trip, chaperoned by KiWanians. Lunch will
be provided for the youngsters
making the outing.
Pleased With
City Library
Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson,,
Clare librarian received a letteS;
of appreciation from a family of
Clare visitors to tell her that ouy
city library is appreciated: |
Dear  Librarian, i
Your library has been a joyj
to our family. (We are summer,
lake folks) We have appreciated
being patrons.
Since your "hours" are very difficult to catch, you miglit appeal
to your, very active 'Chamber of;
Commerce' for help for more
open time!
Your location and service to
your town is a value they can't
begin to measure.
Having a man camp in the!
winter woods might be a bit Qjfr
color for your town, but that IV
brary is the' real .value- Where'1
they ■ should be proud. (Along
with the Clare churches, park,
and stores and people of course!!
all are important!).
Thank you,
Marian (Mrs. J.) Mezoff
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Annual Vote
OnASC
Overseers
Farmers who are participating,
or who are eligible to participate
in the national farm programs
administered locally by Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation farmer-committeemen were
reminded today that community
elections will soon be taking
place.
Participation or eligibility is
required in order to cast a ballot
for the men a farmer wants to
represent him on the committee.
Eligible voters must also (1),
have an interest in a farm as
owner, tenant, or sharecropper
if they are of legal voting age, or
(2) be in charge of the supervi
sion and conduct of the farming
operations on an entire farm if
they are not of legal voting age.
Programs administered by the
ASC county and community committees include acreage allotments, marketing quotas, commodity loans, the feed grain program, and others.
Throughout Clare county, local elections will be held by mail.
He Flew
Before 1916
Herman Colbeck of Beaverton
is one of Michigan's pioneers in
aviation singled out for special
honors to be bestowed Saturday
in conjunction with the* (Bay
City) Valley -Aero Club's Air
Show, "A salute to Michigan's
Early Birds and Pioneer Fliers".
Along with the Beaverton man.
such figures as Ralph Phelps of
Bay City who built a plane in
1913 and flew in World War 1.
and many other WWI pilots',
stuntmen, flying circus airmen
and flight teachers of the early
1920s. They will be honored at a
dinner on the eve of the thrill
show and* exhibit of ancient aircraft September 8 and 9 at Clements Municipal Airport, Bay
City.
Appropriate
A live pony, first prize in a
contest at Witbeck's Foodliner,
Clare was won by Gerald Lassen,
Farwell, He is the father of iivfi
small children.
An idea presented in a Sentinel
editorial last week advocating
overnight facilities for trailer
tourists, recommended that Cedar Park on the Tobacco river at
the city's north edge be improved
for this purpose. Clare Mayor
Glen Cain pointed out this week
that while the town could benefit from services to expressway
travelers, Cedar Park is not the
place to invite them!
Terms of the'deed giving Cedar Park for public use expressly
bar tourists from entering or
stopping at the place.
There is no explanation of why
the Pettit family wished to pro
hibit tourists from enjoying the
riverside park, but the deed was
made in 1924 and the idea of
service to tourists as a valuable
business asset to a community
was not yet developed in those
days.
The deed provides , that the
park site will revert to the Pet-
tit heirs. unless conditions set
^SUrtft are not- violated'.' The -park
must be for public use but, "may
not be used by tourists as a
camping or stopping place".
Women End
Golf Season
A banquet, tournament, and
election of next year's officers
ended the Clare Women's Wednesday Golf League on August
29. League tournament winners
were Alma Jesse and Alice Eaton
of Harrison. Runners-up were
Betty Grisdale and Betty Zingery
of Mt. Pleasant.
Officers for 1963, elected at the
annual business meeting are
headed by President Mary Lou
Sheehan of Clare. Elected with
her are Jean Ostrowsky, vice
president, Frances Carncross,
secretary, both of Clare and
Myrtle Coil of Harrison, treasurer.
In the awarding of prizes
Jean Jabour won for low gross
score and for low putts, Betty
Grisdale for low net score, Phyllis Hartshorn for longest drive.
Nancy Appleton for ball closest
to the pin on Hole 5.
Partners for the day with low
net score were Betty Grisdale
and Alma Jesse, Fran Carncross
for low score on a "blind" hole,
Judy Hinely for high score on
another "blind" hole, and many
other novelty prizes.
tract was awarded to Seiter
Brothers Construction for seven
thousand square feet of walk,
and between $600. and $700, for
the Fourth street paving being
done by Hicks Company of Alma.
The   jobs   will   probably  end
Clare's 1962 program for outdoor
construction and improvement of
streets and curbing and sidewalks.
The new walks will improve
surfaces that have become pitted
cracked and of uneven grade due
to settling or ground heaving
over many years. Slopes will be
uniform  and better  designed to
May Go 100 Over Last Year
Clare Public School's enrollment on the first day Wednesday was 1632 in grades kindergarten through 12 according to Superintendent Richard Wheeler, He explained
that the count was not official since it represented the
classroom rollcall attendance for all students and pupils
from the second grade up, and a tally of registered pupils
in the kindergarten and first grades who will report today
and tomorrow.
The first-day count was somewhat short of the expected numbers in a projection made before the end of
school last spring, but Wheeler said that attendance usually rises during the first days of a fall semester as late arrivals report to their classes.
First-day count last year was 1557 and the total on the
school's 1962-63 "official" count day on September 28 may
reach 100 over that figure.
Enrollment in the high school grades started at 407
this year putting Clare High in the Class B bracket (over
399), This is expected to affect only Clare's position in the
annual State basketball tournaments, and some track
competition. Wheeler, said that the Class B rating has little, if any effect outside of athletic standings.
Baptists To Hear Pulpit Guest
At Rally Day For 225 Sunday
Rally .Day at. the First Baptist Church of Clare will be Sunday; SeptemBer 9thv at 10:00 a.m.
Guest speaker for the occasion
will be Rev. Mel Johnson of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, vice-
president of Youth for Christ International.
Rev. Johnson has appeared in
a number of Gospel films and is
the author of many books for
teens, with such titles as-"Going
Steady", "School Daze", "Straight
from the Shoulder" and many
more.
Sunday School Superintendent
Deaths
The funeral of Asher D.
Knght, 36, of Mt. Pleasant was
held 9:30 a.m. Wednesday from
Sacred Heart Church there. He
recently owned and operated a
dry cleanng business in Clare.
Cause of his death was a sudden
heart attack. He leaves his wife,
Rosaleen, a sister of Roy Beltinck
of Clare and four children, David,
Nancy, Sally and Mary all at
home, his mother Mrs. Rhoada
Heinlein, five brothers and two
sisters. Many friends of the family attended his last rites from
Clare.
George F. Barton passed away
September 3 at the age of 90
years, two days. Funeral services
will be held Thursday afternoon,
September 6 at 2 o'clock from the
Thurston Funeral Home. Rev.
Elza Beery officiating and interment in Cherry Grove cemetery.
Ed Schlafley, Jr., and teachers
and officers expect to see the attendance-go'beyond the enroll
ment of 255, A warm welcome is
extended to all.
Rev. Johnson will also be
speaking at the morning worship
service at 11:00 o'clock.
Car Flips
None Hurt
Two young women escaped
serious injury Tuesday morning
when their auto went out of control one-half mile east of Farwell
and flipped over in a single-car
mishap. The driver, Frances
Coughenous, 22 and her passenger Mary Ann Moreno, 22 both of
Detroit were shaken up and
bruised and their 1961 Comet
was damaged to the extent of
$600. worth.
Inventigators said that their
car ran off the pavement on US-
10 coming east from Farwell,
and that Frances Coughenour
lost control in trying to steer it
back onto the '.concrete. They
were on their way home to Detroit from a Labor Day weekend.
The driver said that she accident
ly stepped on the gas instead of
the brake.
The car skidded about 225 feet
and finally rolled over on its
top. No other auto accidents
Were reported in the area over
the weekend that saw a huge
traffic toll of lives elsewhere in
the state.
Originality and clever design were rewarded when this float won a first prize of $10.
in the Farwell Labor Day parade. Built for
Hos«'»   Department   glor»,   the   elaborate
float was One of many in ihe best parade
Farwell has seen in many annual celebra*
iiortsof th<& holiday. Sentinel photo
drain and keep icing to a minimum, Gum said. One major improvement will be better pedestrian service to the main en*
trance ^ of the new Clare Public
Library on East Fourth.
Fourth street's paving is to be
of asphalt aggregate over what
is considered a good base that
has- had "sealcoat" for many
years. During the past few weeks
the block has been cut up with
installation of new gas service
mains under the street, and with
excavating to repair a plugged
storm sewer catch basin. The city
held up the blacktopping schedule until the repairs under .the
street were completed.
A storm sewer installation in
a different city project was approved at a special meeting of
the Commission on August 22. It
will be constructed from Louise
Ave. north to the Tobacco river
and the Commission authorized
the purchase of 1100 feet of 12"
tile and 500 feet of 8" tile for the
job.
Blacktopping of an extension
of Schoolcrest street east to
Hendrie's Market in Grant township outside of Clare will have to
be delayed, the Commission decided. They held up approval of
i joint project with the township
until Grant acquires title to the
right-of-way and the question of
maintenance is settled.
Home From
National
Convention
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schroed^
er, Roxanne, Steve and Alan Lee
enjoyed a 5,427 mile trip and
sightseeing tour, enroute to and
from attending the National Cdn>
vention of Agricultural Extension which was held h&'vLaCruses,
Ne^;MeMc'o1r^tfg'astW to'307'*'";
At Rocky Mountain National
Park, Mr. Schroeder described it
as "breathtaking", and Pike's
Peak as "death defying". They
took the Oregon Trail all the
way.
Among the highlights at the
Convention were a tour into Mexico, also to the White Sands Missile Testing Grounds, where they
>aw two missile shots, one the
Nike ZeUs.
The Schroeders were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Kurtz,
while at LaCruses, and were dinner eruests of Mr. and Mrs. P. E.
Neale, for a famous Mexican
meal. These couples were workers in Pakistan while the
Schroeders were there. Mrs.
Schroeder was honored at a coffee hour, to meet many other
Pakistan friends who were at the
Convention.
They came home through
Texas and Arkansas, arriving
here early Monday morning. Roxanne left them at Denver, Colorado, and flew to Lansing where
she represented Clare county in
the Dress Review, at the 4-H
State Show, and she came home
Thursday   evening.
Gr* Champion
At State Fair
A State1 Fair award for Grand
Champion Mare of AH Ages in
the Pony of The Americas division went last week to Michapoa '
Farms* Dragon Princess, owned
and shown by James S. Bicknell,
III of Clare. The yearling went
Up against a two-year-old rival
that recently won an International Grand Champion blue ribbon
in an annual show at Kansas.
The fast-growing breed of perfect miniature horses was represented by 25 show entries at Detroit this year. Five classes were
shown.
Downed By
Wasp Stings
Roy Phillips of Garfield township was rushed to Dr. Donald
Dunlop's office in Clare Tuesday
for treatment after being stung
by masses of wasps when he disturbed their nest while bulldozing stumps from a field.
Attacked mostly about the face
and head, Phillips was swollen
ind suffering extreme pain. He
had run from the field where he
was working and his Wife called
for assistance to get him to the
doctor.
Dr. Dunlop said that more fatalities occur in Michigan frott
such insect stings than from
shake bites,