1962-09-20; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLABE SENTINEL, CLARE, MICHIGAN
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1962
New $eries.      Vol. 71, No. 2
WATER TABLE RISING
;<
hamrock Area Troubled
With Flooded Basements
The successful flooding of
Lake Shamrock has been a reason for pride and celebration fpr
almost everybody in Clare except
Ray Leinback, Holley plant supervisor.
The rising water -that attracting home-builders to its shores,
■— providing boating and swim-?
ming and fishing fun for residents,   —   creating an enviable
L oi..v Lists
*62 Projects
Members of the Clare Chamber of Commerce received an
accounting of the year's activities
and finances to date in a general
letter dated September 17. Thein-
formation follows the latest information mailed to members in
May.
A General Fund balance of
$1,357. was reported after expenses including Michigan Week
promotion spending, a share of
the printing of county tourists
maps, Lake Shamrock Day, entertainment for members.,of.,the
traveling Old Car Club and «i:
cidentals of office expense and
secretarial work.
Announcements in the letter included a date for a Dawn Patrol
to be held at the Clare airport
probably on October 7, and a
meeting between the C of C highway sign committee and the Wolverine Sign Company to discuss
redesigning and painting of
Clare's expressway signs. Marlin
Alexander heads the. local com*
mittee that will probably reconv
mend re-doing of the billboards.
Two money-raising projects re*
ported profits when Stag Day at
TWih Elms raised $261.'for the;
Chamber and ticket sales for last.
May's Citizen Night Banquet
turned in $272.50.
A nominating committee has
been named to come Up with a
slate of new officers for the coming year. On the committee are
Jerry Forsberg, Bernard Wyman,
and Ben Burdo.
In the line of service to the organization and the city, the C of'
C reports that eight families of
Beaver Tool and Engineering
Corp. have been assisted in finding homes in Clare and will be
ready when the firm makes the
move from Gaylord and begins
operations here 'within a few
days. Jerry Forsberg Was acting
as a central, source for listing
rental property available to Beaver employees.
Quarterly
Road Funds
Share Due
The State Highway Depart-
"*'. ment has started distributing second quarter Motor Vehicle Highway Fund collections to Michigan counties and incorporated
cities and villages.
State Highway Commissioner
John C. Mackie said net receipts
of the Highway Fund during
April, May and June of 1962,
amounted to $44,778,480, an increase of $984,365 over the same
period of 1961.
Clare county will share in
$15,672,468. for the counties to
the tune of $84,535.
Neighboring counties will receive the following: Isabella *
$124,312., Gladwin - $73,497., Midland - $122,841.
Cities and incorporated villages
in the area will receive in addition the following amounts:
-** Clare-$4,329., Coleman-$2,571„
r iBeaverton-$l,982., FarWell-$l,9.99„
Gladwin-$4,823., HarriSon-$2,906.,
Mt. Pleasant-$21,875.
beauty spot 'where there was
only a brushy swamp . . , "le
same.water is apparently caus,„-g
ihe flooding of Leinback's basement in his new home and
threatens property depreciation,
fantastic repair burdens, and
maybe even abandonment of a
portion of his showplace residence.
The house, purchased in May,
1960 .by Mr. and Mrs. Leinback
had a dry, sound basement and
foundation When it was built by
Kendall Wood, but that was before Lake Shamrock was flooded. It is at 509 Forest in the Foell
Subdivision, and only about 440
feet from the south' shore of the
lake;" • .     ■
If builder and purchaser had
been aware then of what they
know now, the house would
never have been built with a
basement, or at least sure steps
to prevent high-water invasion
would have been taken.
• "Water that started seeping into the finished basement about
six ' weeks ago in driblets of
moisture through low places, is
presently flooding the floor in a
rising inundation that defies two
pumping units and has worn out
a third in the effort to keep the
place dry.
The underground water table
is- within five-feet and one-inch of
the ground level at' Leinback's
house" "foundation. The basement
is some, seven inches below the
point where water stands.
The tiled recreation room has
had to be vacated since water almost two inches deep at times
runs across the floor and stands
like a small lake. The piano,
some early American maple furniture, all other furnishings in the
room are either moved out or
raised, on blocks to avoid damage.. Floor tiles are loosened and
floating,
•In the utilities room, the new
gas furnace is in water and
laundry -'equipment hats to be
^operating gingerly « lest ■damp
fjoors "coriclupt" electric shocks.
/Leinback. is concerned for his
Water supply since the well
could collect contamination from
floor runoff.
Leinback is a man with two
complex problems: How to prevent further damage and inconvenience, .and to repair what he
has suffered; who is to assume
the responsibility for man-made,
conditions that he is sure have
caused the situation?
. And be is not alone in his
problem, Homer House, a near
neighbor is jittery over the prospects that his basement, too, will
be flooded from the same high
water lev«l underground.
• House has discovered the rising level • to be several inches
above the basement floor level-of
his house at 420 Forest. It may
be only a matter of a short time
before he, too, will i-'ind water
running into his basement where
the walls meet the floor.
More neighbors regard the
problem as a community concern
and will hold a meeting tonight
to determine what can be done
to halt the condition - or correct
it. They are in touch with authorities with the City of Clare, and
with the Millpond Development
Corporation asking for.relief.
The answer from Clarence
Gum, city manager was that the
city's responsibility doesn't begin,
until the entire plat is approved,
and the project is turned back
from promoters, the Millpond Development Corporation.
Ken Barnes, corporation president said that his group is studying the situation to make a true
determination of the cause of the
high Water, and to attempt to fix
the extent of liability, if any.
Engineers and attorneys are
being called in to consultation by
both property owners and by
pubic authorties.
In the meantime, Leinback said
that his wife and he are sick with
anxiety. They have fought water
with brooms and pumps for six
weeks and cannot see immediate
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prospects of improvement. Well-
meaning advisors have told them
they have three choices, all involving crushing expense and disappointment.
They can sell their home and
find another -but at a certain
loss and the difficult decision to
leave a home and location they
like. They can fill the basement
and seal it -sacrificing hundreds
of feet of living area and involving the re-locating of their heating plant and utilities and the
loss of. an expensive fireplace.
They can raise the house 30 to 40
inches and construct a new basement floor -presenting almost impossible  structural problems.
A suggestion that water being
pumped out of the basement can
eventually go into a city storm
sewer to be constructed in the
future is viewed by Leinback as
not much relief of.' the problem,
"but at least something". He
would have to pipe the water
some 200 feet to the location of
the proposed sewer at his own
expense and would still have the
wet-basement and the constantly
running pumps with indefinately.
He told The Sentinel, "I guess
that rumors of damp basements
in this subdivision are prizewin-
ning understatements. I thought
everybody had heard of this
situation."
"What am I going to do this
winter when water being expelled outside freezes and stops the
pumps while more underwater
flood fills my basement a foot or
more deep?"
Color Key
Tested To Aid
On Expressway
Michigan is experimenting with
color to aid motorists driving on
its freeways.
Harold H. Cooper, Director of
the State Highway Department's
Traffic Division, said today that
the "on" and "off" ramps on
three US-27 Freeway interchanges in the Mt. Pleasant-Clare
area are being marked with blue
and yellow paint.
The blue will help define "off"
ramps while the 'on" ramps are
being- trimmed in yellow. The
through roadway has white edge
marking.
In addition, Cooper said blue
and yellow reflectors are beng
placed along the "on" and "off"
ramps to help define the freeway
ramps at night. The main roadway is lined with white reflectors.
"We eventually plan to go one
step further and put a blue background on all signs referring to
exits at these interchanges",
Cooper said.
- The interchanges being used in
the experiment are at the south
end of the Mt. Pleasant and Clare
business loops and at M-20 east
of Mt. Pleasant.
Michigan is one of about five
states experimenting with the
blue, yellow and white edge
marking to define the main roadway and ramps on freeways.
"If the experiment is successful, we plan to extend the color
code to all freeway interchanges
in the state and urge its acceptance as a national standard on
all freeways", Cooper said.
The experiment is being conducted in cooperation with the
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads.
Organize
Grey Ladies
A general meeting for Grey
Ladies will be held Monday evening, September 24 at 7:30 in the
Clare Genera] Hospital dining
room," Everyone interested is invited to attend.
Michigan's biggest summer travel season in history has been recorded by the
Stage's tourist industry, and backed up
by the Highway Department's report of
traffic volume.. Now ih£ Senate is looking for ways to aid local tourist caierers
in keeping   the   gains   and   adding  to
them. Views on this topic will be welcome at a meeting in Clare -with the
Senate members on September '25.
Scenes like Ihe above .were common
near Clare where July and August expressway traffic was up nearly 10 percent above last season.
New State Constitution
Would Guard Taxpayers
Owners of real and personal
property are provided with new
safeguards against exorbitant
taxation in the proposed new
Michigan constitution.
There- was a general feeling
among delegates to the conven-
Pioneers Start Season
With 13-0 Win Over Gs
Clare High's Pioneers disposed
of Gladwin, 13-0 in the 1962 season opener for both squads Friday and extended to 10 their
streak of games without a defeat.
The game drew a crowd that filled that stands on both sides of
the field and overflowed with
scores of fans lined two and
three-deep on the sidelines.
For a team "without" a passing attack after graduation took
Jim Perrine's arm, and the receiving skill of Dan Green and
Tom Kozicki, the Pioneers showed a surprise when they went to
the air for a touchdown and later point conversion.
Skip Kegg three 15 yards for a
touchdown to End John Russell
for the evening's first score, and
tossed again for a point conversion when Back Jerry Russell
outmanuvered the defense for a
■fine-eaten m*iffie-.er£j zb'riet"*- °*v"r}*"
The other touchdown came at
the end of a sustained match
toward the Gladwin goal line
when Skip Breen slammed
through the line for two yards
and the TD.
Head Coach George Perry now
Farwell
Turned Back
In Opener
By Helen Mielke
Morley-Stanwood downed Far-
well by a seven point margin in
Farwell's first home game September 14th. The score was 20-13.
Morley-Stanwood started the
game with a touchdown and went
on to lead throughout. Half-time
score was 7-6.
Farwell had two touchdowns,
one made by Dewey Barber, and
in the last few minutes of the
game Rodney Rumrill scored the
Eagle's  second  touchdown.
Spectators were entertained by
the Farwell Senion Band under
the direction of Mr. Brown, new
instructors, during pre-game and
half time. The half time entertainment consisted of formations
and routines lead by their new
head majorette Linda Schofield.
A record dance followed the
game in the gymnasium given by
Farwell cheerleaders, the dance
was well attended by many of
the game's spectators.
Hornets Win, 14*12
Harrison was two points better
than Grayling, 14-12 in a non-
league season opener for both
teams played at Harrison Friday.
Roll Over Coleman
Beaverton, watched as a possible "surprise" team of the area
defeated the Coleman Comets
Friday on the Coleman field, 12-0.
Beaverton touchdowns* were
scored in the first quarter by-
Hugh Calhoun, and in the fourth
by Gary Agin,
adds to his rather meager store
of weapons the indefinable advantage of team confidence.
, He has fielded a team with" a
sprinkling of veterans playing in
new,' untried combinations. His
squad faces the odds of unequal
Weight in nearly every contest
-hey enter and graduation took
the hard experience of such
stalwarts as Jim Perrine, Bob
Simons, Bob Green, Tom Kozicki,.
Dan   Green,   Jarl.  RUark,   Pat
Seek Help
For Tourist
The Senate Tourist Industry.
Relations Committee of the Michigan Legislature will hold special
hearings on September 24 at Cheboygan and at Clare on September 25.
. They will be the second and
.third in a series of hearings by
the six-man committee that started earlier this month at Houghton in the upper peninsula. The
hearings will be headed by committee chairman Thomas Schwei-
gert, of Petoskey. Senators Arthur Dehmel, Unionville; Garland
Lane, Flint; Harold Hughes,
Clare; William Milliken, Traverse
City; and Charles McManiman,
Houghton are committee members.
The Committee, established in
the Senate this year, will hold
hearings in all regions of the
state in cooperation with the regional tourist associations and local chambers of commerce. Their
purpose is to seek, out the problems of the industry at the grass
roots level and to assist where
possible in their solution. The
establishment of the committee
on tourist industry relations in
both houses of the legislature has
opened new opportunities to
tourist areas, communities and
operators to carry their problems
to the stater level.
Schweigert commented that
the large attendance at the
Houghton hearing . revealed a
high interest by the people in
helping to recognize and resolve
serious problems confronting
Michigan's $650 million-per-year
tourist industry.
PYF Officers
Officers of the Congregational
Youth Fellowship were elected at
the regular meeting Sunday evening. President is to be Donald
Hamstreet.
Others named with him for the
coming year are: vice president,
Terry Cooper; secretary, Jane
Elden; treasurer, Jim McNeil.
Murphy and others.        '   '
If Perry's crop of • prospects
and returning lettermien give
him much hope in the conference
title race, he's not showing it,
yet- But he has some fine players
up from Coach Jim Raymond's
Jay Vees of 1961, and varsity veterans Butch Eberhart, Ralph
Buchholz, Jerry ahd John Russell, Skip Kegg, Skip Breen, Larry Hawkins, Me'rv Davis. They
turned in very creditable performances Friday.
The last team to hand Clare a
setback on the. gridiron was
Ithaca when the two Mid-Michigan "B" powers "met in I960.
Since then The Green and White
has put together a skein of wins
over Chesaning twice, Gladwin
twice, and Michigan Lutheran,
Durand, Morley-Stanwood, St.
Louis, Sacred Heart, and has battled- a '"favored Ithaca' eleven-' to*
an 18-18 tie.
Clare can be rated no better
than second, or possibly third in
the beefed-up conference this
year. But if the Pioneers' speed
and deception can be polished to
offset the superior weight and
greater experience they will encounter in the Durand and Ithaca
battles, they'll be hard to beat
for the title.
On Friday, Kegg's pass to John
Russell put the Ferrymen ahead
in the first quarter. Glare saved
their margin late: in the second
quarter when a Gladwin threat
.led on the CHS five-yard line as
the gun sounded. The Flying Gs
ad pushed down the field for
70 yards, only to see time run out
with the tying score a couple of
■strides away.
Clare's ground game proved
adequate in the second half with
Kegg playing quarterback and
•ailing the plays in a short T
formation and Merv. Davis with
Jerry Russell at the HB positions
and Tom Dunn running inside
the tackle spots from fullback.
Veteran linemen Butch Eberhart, Ralph Buchholz, and Larry
Hawkins steadied a forward wall
that looked good for a "first
light"  performance.
Tomorrow night the Pioneers
will travel to Saginaw for a non-
onference game with Michigan
Lutheran. Seminary. Perry may
'ise Butch Eberhart sparingly
since he suffered a sprained
ankle in $the Gladwin tilt. Bill Mc-
Nerney 'and Darrell Loar will
probably see action in the center
of the line if Eberhart is unable
'o play the entire game.
Convention
Five Harrison women are
among those in the state attending the Federation of Womens'
Clubs convention ih Grayling
Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week. They are Mrs. Mildred
Rauch, Mrs. Marilyn Miller, Mrs.
Clarabelle Titus, Mrs. Sally
Reidel, and Mrs. Ivah Bartow.
Library
Hours Are
Doubled
New hours for the Clare
Public Library will give patrons more than double the
time to use the recently expanded and modernized facilities. The longer week announced by librarian, Mrs.
Virginia . Richardson will
start on September 24.
The library will be open
from 1 to 5, and from 1 to
9 every week day except Saturday, and on Saturdays
from 1 to 5 only.
The 34-hour week will replace the old schedule that
called for only 15 hours divided between Mondays,
Wednesdays, Fridays and
Saturdays. The new usefulness and convenience of the
library in its main-corner location has been reflected in
greater patronage and traffic, almost from the day it
opened. A noticable upswing:
in library use by young
people has led the increase.
FRIENDLY SEVENTH GRADERS PRAISED
"A Credit To Their
Teachers"
A group of about 90 Clare
teenagers earned . an Unusual
cottiplinient;, for themselves when
^a proprietor of a gasoline station
4nrest-room noticed their considerate and mannerly behavior while
visiting his business, ~~ and took
the trouble to send his compliments to .their parents, their
school, and the youngsters, tool
The occasion was the trip last
Saturday for seventh 1 graders to
the Air Base at Oscoda. It Was
a sightseeing trip sponsored by
Shriners of the area, and the;
teenagers were transported in
school buses uVider supervision of
Ray Ruby,
From Tawas City came the following'   letter,     addressed    to
Richard Wheeler, superintendent)
of Clare Public Schools:
"Dear Sir; . ■■ ;    '
"On September 15, three
school buses from Clare filled
With students made a rest stop at
my place of business.
"I Wish to commend the children on their good behavior and
manners. They are a credit to
their parents and teachers. I also want to compliment the bus
drivers for their competent supervision.
"I take pride in keeping my
rest rooms clean for my customers, and upon the departure of
these students, I was pleasantly
surprised to find the rooms very
neat and. clean'. This indicates
sincere* consideration for the
rights and property of others.
"Of course your business is
appreciated, all of you feel free
to use my facilities any time you
are in the area.
"Once again, I extend my compliments and gratitude for the
business opportunity to serve the
students, and their consideration,
Warm friendliness, and good
manners.
Sincerely,
R, yt Peters, manager
Peters Marathon Service
Tawas City, Mich."
Discuss Keys
To Higher
Farm Income
Means by which farmers may
^attain a higher': net- ineomes*for~
their labor and' investment wak
the subject under discussion at
the meeting of the Five Lakes
Farm Bureau Group, held Thursday evening, September 13, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Erhart.
Preceeding the discussion the
following officers were elected:
Donald Armentrout, chairman;
Basil'Cole, vice chairman; Warren White, secretary; discussion
leader, Kenneth Kapplinger; Calvin Erhart, minute man; Earl
Owens, package reporter,
Chester Wallace, discussion-
leader, brought out several opinions as to how farmers might improve their financial situation.
These were; a closer evaluation
of expenses, an aim for greater
efficiency, a resistance to the
temptation to "keep up with the
Jone's" in machinery purchases
and a reliance upon our own
managerial ability instead of
government programs.
The group felt that due to the
complexity of the farm situation,
the independent nature of farmers in general, the large number
of people farming who did not
depend upon farming for their
income, and the meddling by government agencies, farmers
should resign themselves to the
fact that they would not receive
the percentage return on this labor and investment that labor
and business could expect. They
further felt that farmers must
partially return to the idea that
farming is "a way of life" and
that our city friends drive hundreds of miles and spend hundreds of dollars to enjoy the
things we already possess.
Our next meeting will be at the
home of -Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Wallace.   ' ■    .'      . .
You'll Know
When Colors
Are Showy
There's no guesswork involved
■h planning a fall color four in
Michigan, according to the state
tourist council.
For the eighth consecutive
year, the council is conducting
its personalized reporting system
to let prospective travelers know
when the state's autumn colors
are best for viewing^
This Unique service alerts travelers to the first showing of color
as the autumn display moves into
Upper peninsula forests, and then
iourneys down the lower peninsula.
Anyone wishing to be posted
on fall color conditions in Michigan can get the free service by
sending his-name and address td:
Fall Color Service, Michigan
Tourist Council, Lansing 26,
tion that property, as a base for
taxation in Michigan, is frequent-,
ly overburdened, New measures
were written into the state's proposed basic law to protect owners
of real and personal; property-
from excessive levies,
A major revision in the prop*
erty tax structure is that which
eliminates the present constitu-
tional requirement of assessment
at cash value. The new constitution specifies that the standard-
for assessment shall be set by
the legislature and should not exceed 50 per cent of cash value.
Recognizing that some jurisdictions currently assess some prop?
erty in excess of this limit,
effective date of the limitation is
postponed by the new document
until 1966.
A stardard of value fixed .py
law gives the legislature freedom
to change the standard to re-?
fleet changes in the general'priee
structure/Current inequities have
resulted, in many cases, from the
inability of assessors, with inadequate staffs, to keep up with
changes in the dollar value of
real property. Personal property
assessments have tended to follow inflationary trends more rapidly.      ,
The 15-mill limit ($15 per
$1,000 of valuation) remains effective in the new document and
county tax allocation boards, set
up by statute, would continue to
be responsible for allocating the
millage among the county, townships and school districts.     	
However, the new section
would permit the legislature to
authorize initiative procedure
within a county which would allow a majority of the qualified
electors to adopt a fixed division
of the millage among the local
units, so long as the total does
"not exceed 18. This fixed division
and limit voted by the electors
would, stand until such time as
they change it in another vote.
This exception to the 15-mill
timitation would be entirely a
"local option" matter Which
would -never be effective without
authorization of a majority o£
ihe electors' in the' cotmiy affect?
ed. The setting of a fixed division
of millage would do away with
the necessity for a county tax
allocation board and could be welcomed in some areas where the
annual tax allocation sessions
have become highly controversial
affairs.
Still another new protection for
property-owners in the proposed
document is a provision which,
places limits on eligibility for
voting on millage increase proposals. The new constitution specifies that such tax increases pro;
posed for periods longer than,
five years may be authorized only by a majority vote of property owners and their spouses.; —
those upon whom the burden pf
additional, tax will direetiy fajlv'
This is a change from the cut1-
rent provisions which permit, all
qualified electors' to ballot on,
long-term millage increases,     .--.
H.S. Classes
Elect Officers
At Farwell
Election of class officers wast
in order for FarWell High School
students, Thursday September,
thirteenth at their first class*
meetings of the year.
The    freshmen    officers .  are.
president,    Lynn    BarteU;    vice
president, Doug Allen; secretary,
Jan Warstell and treasurer, Dale*
Ruckle, ■■'.'■'..
President, vice president, sec?
retary and treasurer of the sophomore class are Lynn Laverty,.
Bruce Barber, Howard Ray, and
Helen Hilyard. The juniors s'ev,'
lected Sharon, Scott, Darrein
Dunkle, Lynn Methner, and.
Kathy Couts for their officers./,,.
Seniors elected officers for the-
last time, they are Gary Ruckle,-
president; Astrid Juster, vice-
president; Fern Dickinson* secre-'
tary, and Archie Agle, treasurer^
; In the remainder of the time
the classes discussed their se^
mester social and money making,
projects, and also attention Was
given to their forth coming,
homecoming parade, game, and.-,
dance, w<"
Wives Party
Clare and Isabella county at-,
torney's wives entertained their
husbands at a social meeting oi
their society on September 13,
held at the Tobacco River Rod
and Gun Club. The hosts weye,,
Alexander T. and Mrs, Strange^
Fishing,   s'wimmlng, and   outdoor games were enjoyed by th"en       ,«
members. -»«-      ™