1962-11-08; Clare Sentinel

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Glare   Sentinel
firazsdai''. November 8, 1962
Established 1878
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"Health, research, and
education for the benefit of
society", is what Fred Ser-
ver describes as Ms occupation. The be whiskered
cyclist, passed through
Clare Tuesday on his way
to Grayling anddrewpienrj
of curious glances.
Server's age i$ 67 or
70 years, he guesses and
the final destination in his
bicycle trip is Manistique,,
400 miles from Detroit!
where'he started, !
He claims membership
in the National Hygiene Society of Detroit and eats
nothing but raw vegetables
and fruit, no meat.
He stayed in Clare
Tuesday night and told
questioners that he will go
to Alaska next spring to
put his regal' hair style,
beard and" stature to work
as a "model" at the University of Fairbanks. He
plans to ride his bike on the
4,000 mile trip at the estimated rate of 60 miles per
day.
Shrine Club
Orga
se
|:nj ^ Elf Khurafeh Shrine
Temple, of the Oasis of
Saginaw,is now repiesent-
ed in Clare, Gladwin, and
Roscommon counties by the
twelfth Shrine Club to be
so designated.
The new club to be known
as the Vacation Land Shrine
' Club, held an organization
meeting with a dinner gathering at the Surrey House
in, Harrison last Thursday.
Following 'he dinner, an
election of officers and directors was held. Elected
were, president, Dr, Gtc,
Born, of Clare; vice-president, Ted .-Hai\*«ry,**'"uf"
Houghton Lake; secretary
** and treasurer, Paul Weath-
erhead, of Harrison.
Directors named were,
Dave Broka and Joseph
Hunter, of Beaverton; Dr.
H D. Hartman, of Roscommon, Perry Miller, of
Higgins Lake, Tim Frey,
of Clare and Glen Poetof
Harrison.
The Vacation Land
Shrine Club plans to meet
the first Thursday of each
month except the months
of December,February,and
March and welcomes all
Shriners of- Clare,Gladwin
and   Roscommon counties
GOP ELECTS ROMNEY;
KEEPS COURTHOUSE
CONTROL FIRM HERE
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to join with them.
Monday, November 12
"will be observed by the
Citizens State Bank and
Clare Postoffice as Veteran's Day. Those places
and others not ordinarily
open on legal holidays will
remain closed all day.
ONE VOTE counts as much as another, is the spirit in
&axe county where modern times haven't spoiled the atmosphere of Lincoln township's polling place in the "Lake
George town hall, while voting machines have replaced the
paper ballot in Clare's precincts'. Election board members
seated from left in the top picture are Mrs. Beulah Abbott,
Mrs. Amy Nichols, Mrs. Jayne Kress, Mrs. William Green.
Basil Coyne is also a board member. Voters in the background near the old stove and pile of f irewood^ are Lionel
and Minnie Weaver of Lake George. Below, Mrs. Virginia
Seite chooses her candidates Tuesday from the list behind
vote machine tabs in Clare.
 Lake George photo by Harold Love
Sentinel Circulation Hits 3,400
With Student Campaign Help
Sentinel circulation,
higher than at any time in
the history of this 84 year
old weekly has passed
3,400 in November. Recent
addition of more than 70
names of new subscribers
who signed in the school's
subscription campaign
helped to give the circulation figure  a big boost.
In the CHS magazine and
newspaper subscription
drive, students set a new
record for sales with a
total of $3,692.68 and Principal' David Donovan said
that this amount v/ill be
increased when a few late
sales are tabulated.
Class sales in order of
the amounts are Juniors-
$1,220.45, Freshmen -
$1,183.95, Sophomores -
$706.72, and Seniors with
$580.71. Individual student
turning in the most sales
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BoA Simons, is ot Clare might he envied by plenty of frls
fellow hunters for this eight-point buck he brought dowa
%osl ^ s**®0*?* test day. His second as a bow hunter, it was
the iirst live deer lEod ever shot at successfully. He hit it
jvith two arrows before bagging it. mis father, Eojjert is
■ going hunting abdve the straits and he'd better bring home
f^metfiing as good. Sentinel photo
was - Roxanne Schroeder
with $222.39 for the valuable sifcst prize. " '
Otise'ir" prizewinners
numbered 71 students who
sold $19.95 worth of subscriptions or more.
Sentinel subscriptions
were sold by students on a
special offer that allowed
the student fund to keep as
high as; aSO percent of the
price »ipMd for new subscriptions.
Grange To
Publish
State History
The Michigan State
Grange at Lansing announced today that an agricultural history of Michigan,
containing some 250pages,
is expected to come out
early in 1963.
The history is centered
around the Grange, which
has steadily sought a better life for rural people
of the statfc throughout its
90 years. It traces the
Grange's reaction to and
leadership in many of the
leading public issues of the
day in this ; eriod. It is
one of the most complete
agricultural histories of
the state ever written.
The book is . entitled,
"The Grange In Michigan"
and was written by Fred
Trump, well - known agricultural writer in the state.
Doll Dress
Contest
A Christmas doll dressing contest sponsored by
Clare Civitans is looking
for older girls or women
to dress the dolls for some
child's Christmas and at
the same time become **
eligible for a prize to be
awarded to the "best dressed",doll.
Dolls taken by contestants to be dressed will
be collected again on December 8. Contest rules "-d
all information may be
obtained by calling R.Giles
Ev-6-2488. I
Enlisting
Carolers For
Good Will
An effort is being made
to organize a citywide
appeal for Christmas Basket donations.
Church choirs and
fellowships, service clubs
Boy and Girl Scouts^jH;
and other interested grcjups
are being asked to join
in for one evening of caroling for their own enjoyment
and particularly to give
all townspeople and opportunity to contribute to the
Christmas Baskets.
Tentative plans call for
dividing the town'into sec■"
tions and for different
caroling groups who can
canvass each section to
make a concerted appeal
for donations. .
A similar appeal us|hg
carolers has been in effect
'for manyyearsinSt. Louis
Missouri where many community welfare projects
aAe supported by this one
endeavor.
It is hoped that our com
munity   too,   will respohd
by participating in caroling
groups  to make this new
venture a success. *
HPO Gets
Earlier
Schedule
Donald L.Swanson.Dir
ector, Chicago Region Post
Office Department has announced that the Highway
Post Office, operating between Detroit, Saginaw,
Clare, and Mackinaw City
Michigan, will provide one
hour earlier delivery of
northbound mail, effective
November 12, 1962.
Arrival of the Highway
Post Office in Mackinaw
City at 7:00 a.m.,instead
of 8|00 a.m.,will advance
delivery by one hour to all
offices on the eastern half
of  the   Upper   Peninsula.
Many other offices,
including Gaylord, Che-
hoygan, and Wolverine will
benefit by an earlier re
ceipt of their morning mail
through this schedule re
vision.
Northbound, the Highway Post Office leaves Detroit at 11:30 p.m.Saginaw
at 2-10 p.m.Clare3.'45a.m.
Indian River 6;20 a.m,,and
arrives Mackinaw City at
7.-.00 a.m. Southbound,the
Highway Post Office will
leave Mackinaw City at
7:25 p.m.,Clare 10.-05 p.m.
Saginaw 1:30 a.m.,arriving
Detroit at 4;30 a.m.      '■■;.
These improvements
are a part of the ssrwce
improvement program of
Postmaster General J.Edward Day, and have been
accomplished at no added
expense to the Department
If aw Scrlatfi
Volum* 72, No. S     I
Michigan's General
Election over, the story
in short is: George Romney
thundered to an impressive
victory for the governor-
Ship over Democratic
imcumbent Governor John
Swainson, but failed to
carry members of the
State Administrative Board
with him to office; the Republican advantage in the
Swainson and carried
members of the State Administrative Board 'with
him to office; the Republican advantage in the State
Legislature is secure; the
balance on the State
Supreme Court is tipped
back from what ..some call
labor partisan lines; local
Republicans in Clare
county won handily over
moderately strong Dem
rivals in the two contested
offices (sheriff and county
clerk) and other GOP incumbents rolled  up.large
totals  on the close local
scene.
Clare county electors
helped return to office both
State Senator Harold B.
Hughes from the 28th District and Russell Strange,
Representative from the
Isabella-Clare District.
Bearing out predictions
on the eve of the voting,
■Michigan and Clare county
went to the polls ina record
turn out for an off-year
General Election, one in
■which the presidency of the
United States i s not at
stake.
Surpassing record 1958
voting by 467 votes, the
combined total for Romney
and Swainson Tuesday was
4,315 in Clare county(un-
officially). This big turnout approached the I960
combined total for governor.
The county vote margins
for Republicans in  state,
district,   and local races
were:
GOV.
Romney - 2926, Swainson,
1389.
LT. GOV.
Reid-2886,   Lesinski-1300
SEC. OF STATE
Stockmeyer - 2650, Hare-
1567.
Road Chief Speaks Out
To Defend His Record
Charges raised by critics of his administration
in the Clare County Road
Department and by state
auditors drew answers this
week from outgoing Road
Commission Chairman
Avery Barber. He pointed
to progress in the Department during his six-yean
occupation of the chairman*
post and said that county
"politics" were to blame
for deposing him in last
month's "election of a
Commission replacement.
On one point Barber
agreed with disclosures
published in last week's
issue of TheSentinel-JDis-
sention among members of
the Commission itself was
an impeding influence in
the effectiveries -of the
Clare County bureau.
' .'•'.'■ Barber will leave office
on December 31 when Gleh
Lloyd takes the third chair
on the Road Commission
following his appointment
by county supervisors last
month.
He said that he will be
.satisfied if, the .public will
judge, the merits of his
stewardship as commis
sion . chairman after the
public ""knows the truth'
WTiat bothers Barber
most is, in-his words,"the
Road Department was in
improved condition recent
ly since he took office as
Commission chairman six
years ago", and to him
it appears that the reward
for this achievement is
being turned out of office.
"When I became chairman the Department was
$80,000 in debt and was
having trouble meeting
payrolls. The equipment
was 'junk'. "Now, theRoad
Commission is -out of debt
and is paying its bills every
30 days. It has built a
new $25';000 office building
in Harrison and is equipped for work with what
the State Highway calls
the best equipment for any
Michigan county of comparable size."
(If the public and Clare
county taxpayers are to be
concerned   with   learning
" the truth", then let the
following   be   known.-   The
Clare  County Road Commission discontinued some
time ago the proper practice  of publishing official
minutes    of    Commission
meetings.   This was  done
for the stated reason that
it   would   save   taxpayers
money, but the only REAL
result   of   the action has
been that the Commission
has  thus allowed itself to
conduct business in dark
secret away from the eyes
and knowledge of taxpayers
who   are   called   upon   to
foot $500,000 worth of its
bills annually.  A Sentinel
editorial condemning this
hideaway conduct of public
affairs   appears   on   page
eight   -ffHof today's paper)
There, is more to his
credit that the public has
know,   Barber    declares,
A ■ reaticiion • ;l the county
. vJau labor force has meant
fi'-'t^
the saving of payroll
dollars that have gone
instead into better equipment and moreneeded construction of county roads.
He recalls that when the
Department was in tight
financial straits, he and
Tom Cook, the superintendent went out to township
Boards to ask for cash
advances to enable the
Commission to meet obligations . This township participation' in return for
value in road construction
has beeti' So successful,
Barber says, that now
township "matching
money" is' so large an
account in Department affairs that the county Cannot
handle all the demands that
townships ask and are
'ready'With funds for- '
'".■.*-Ba*^be% said- that until
the end,' of'-his-term 6n
December 31, the books
and record of the Road
Commission will be open
and available for public
inspection in the headquarters   office   in   Harrison.
in response to aquestion
about the uncomplimentary
report "on his Department
by ■ auditors of the State
Department of The Auditor
General, Barber answered,
"Yes the public can see
that too."
The record will show
that the Department has
built 59 miles of blacktop
road since he has been on
the Commission, he said.
In addition 12 miles of
finished roadbed were
completed in 1961 and eight
miles of the roadbed are
-ready for blacktop next
season.
Barber claims partial
credit for an employee retirement plan now in effect
for road workers;
Counter arguments
charging that " politics"
cost him his job are part
of Barber's answers to
critics of the Commission.
He says that he fought efforts of certain Supervisors .to be named on a
county road committee with
powers to make committee
appointments of Commission members and his resistance earned animosity
of those supervisors.
The replaced chairman
said he could show a connection between a criticism
-in the last auditor's report
on his Department and unauthorized use of county
road equipment by a
brother - in -law of Fred
Jones', Jones is a member
of the Commission and a
leading candidate for the
vacant chairman's post.
Barber said that no less
than three of Jones close
relatives hold jobs with
the Department, They are
Ed Bringman , Jones'
brother-in-law, Buck Jones
Fred Jones' son, and Dale
Brandon, a nephew. Barber
said that Bringman brought
unfavorable comment by
auditors who noticed a recorded entry that he made
personal   use   of  County
Continued on page 8
GOV.  ELECT ROMNEY
With Clare's
Best Wishes
"This is a Clare Cham
ber  of Commerce 'Lucky
Buck* worth $1.00 for you
with  our best  wishes for
hunting luck".
These words will surprise many a deer hunter
who stops in Clare on his
way northward when the
businessmen's organiza -
tion begins the annual givr
ing away of the now-famous
Bucks. -
The genuine dollars are
colorful bank checks and
may be cashed anywhere.
In the past hunters have
picked up the Lucky Bucks
and the Chamber of Commerce finds they have been
cashed in all|parts of the
-north. C-C member gas
station operators Will pafis
but the dollars and the
best wishes for, the organization this year, President
Joe Johnston said.
Con Con
Pamphlets
Available
Ready   for distribution
to anyone who asks for it,
is a new pamphlet which
describes briefly the work
of the Michigan Constitu
tional   Convention   and is
s. valuable aid to the public
in understanding the doc
ument before an election
that will approve, or reject
the convention's work. The
12- page   pamphlet   also
summarizes    what   dele-
gwteS believe are the most
significant changes propo
sed in  the new  constitu
tion-for Michigan.
Also off the presses and
ready for distribution is
another book published by
the Con Con,
Available in limited
quantity .to those who desire
a complete explanation of
all changes in the new
document is an 110-page
booklet which contains the
full text of the new constitution plus explanatory
notes.
The larger booklet has
been sent to all schools
an d public libraries in
Michigan; to newspapers,
radio and     television
stations.
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ATTY GEN.
Danhoff-2742, Kelley-1410
ST. TREAS.
Allen-2775, Brown, 1413
AUD'RGEN.
Seidman -  2817,   Farnum
1326.
CONGRESS  at LARGE
Bentley*- 2898,   Staebler-
1-295.
'(* Based on nearly completed returns from statewide . sources' it .appeared
that Neil Staebler was a
winner over Alvin Bentley)
U.S.REP.'
Cederberg -  2957, Evans
1229.
STATE SENATE
28th DIST.
Hughes, 3008-Jones 1178
LEGISLATURE
Strange-2906, Smith-1309
CO. PROS.ATTY. -
-Alex Strange-3163
CO. CLERK
Henderson  (R)  3101,Drew
(D) 1120-
SHERIFF
Darling(R)-3173,   Brink(D)
1067
CO. TREAS.
Rutter-3203
DRAIN COMMIS.
Williams-3163
CORONER
Stephenson- 3164 and
Weitzel-3097
SURVEYOR
Lapham-3072 ,
R o m n e y, s victory
equaled in interest, or
overshadowed al 1 other.
state and area election
news. The Republicans will
now have a chief executive
in the state house for the
first   time   in   14   years.
His party campai$iejd
hard on the theme that ia.
•Republican governor wording with a legislature and
state administrative board
of his own party can end
bickering in Lansing that
has led Michigan down &
path of political inaction
and -near disaster in fin-^
ances, and slow progress.
ih the field of public services.     ,
The state will expect
a government of action and
a beginning of results from
unified Republican leaders.
In the contest for the
Michigan House seat now
held by Russell H. Strange
and bid for by Donald E.
Smith (D) Of Farwell,.
Strange found the going
Comparatively easy and
won in the Isabella-Clare
District 2906 to 1309.
Clare, county * voters
gave-Strange more than a
2.to 1 edge and in Isabella
county the difference was
roughly 5 to 3 in favor of
Strange. Smith's home precinct of Surrey township
gave him a complimentary
vote tally of 250 which was
far.far ahead of the Democrat ticket. But it was felt
that straight Republican
voters contributed too
heavily, even in his home
town, to make Smith's bid
serious. The GOP vote in
Surrey was 291-
The City of Clare Went
for   Strange,   635  to  254.
Senator Harold B.
Hughes_ took a lead over
Democrat rival Carroll
Jones  of  3008  to 1178 in
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