1962-11-29; Clare Sentinel

              In
Sentinel
tm Ceais Copy       Thursday, NciTember 29, 1982
County's Festival
In Winter Listing
Established 1878
New Series, Vol. 71     Np. 12
Four new ski resorts,
improvements to seventeen
other ski parks and resorts
and festival planning tell
the pre-season story for
- winter sports in eastern
and central Michigan,
according to officials of
the East Michigan Tourist
Association   at Bay  City.
More than twenty special events are already
planned for the winter season. They include ice
festivals at Pinconning,
.Alpena, Houghton and Higgins Lake; special skiing
jstr* competitions and carnivals
at Mt, Frederick, AuSable
Ranch & Ski Club, Mio
Mountain, Apple Mountain
Grayling, Tawases, Clare
County, and. Lewiston.
Area Groups
Like
■■- For Parties
With only 26 days before
Christmas, the season of
"office parties" for employee groups is in jolly
swing. Barnes' Town &
Country Lounge and the
Doherty Hotel party accomodations are booked
near solid for dates
between now and Lie "iol*-
day.
Local res<"'-rv*t.".ons ard
out-of-ic -*n groups  i"   • <>
,w area    of   35    miles  ha---t
pi '.£    Glare   spots    for
eni  -:a" dtxg.
M:-t:y :'ther Christmas
par- ios w 11 \ follow a custom
of siorr.:1 t:. srtainment for
members of clubs, and
social groups or for small
employee gatherings.
At   The   Doherty,   with
~V% facilities  to  offer in both
* the Wedgewood Room, and
the   Fifth   Avenue   Room,
Manager     Henry    Tornga
said   that   most available
j evening   daces   had   been
Hspoken  for by Yule party
Organizers  or were taken
for some of the numerous
affairs constantly using the
■~*vi Doherty" s   accomodations.
Evening reservations in
the Skyline Room at Barnes
include dares for the Sun
Oil Company, Dow Chemical Company, a women's,
group from Holley Carburetor Company, an Extension Club party, and
employees from the
Gladwin Hospital, all for
parties between now and
Christmas,
In addition to these,
scheduled meetings and
dinners for business
groups and a State Conservation Department dinner
****** meeting have helped to
"load" the calendar.
Plans for most cf these
festive parties include a
dinner, an exchange of gifts
or perhaps the opening of
presents from company
management. Special
decorations will be Christmassy, and holiday music
or special entertainment
may add to the merriment
at some affairs.
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! Skiers will find many
'changes at ski parks and
resorts including -new
slopes and trails, new
uphill lifts and ski tows,
{expanded meal service and
iski shop facilities, and
highter ski hills.
Four ski parks, and
resorts have been added to
; the list of parks and resorts
i to increase the variety of
[Opportunity for skiers in
;the region including Gay
I El Rancho resort at Gaylord, Indian Hills between
West Branch and St.Helen
'Fonro Ski Resort at Comins
and Timberline ski park at
Hubbard Lake. (Note- a ski
;park has only skiing facilities and food service; a
i ski resort has ski'ing.food,
accommodations, and other
facilities complete).
Tourist association officials state that to improv<
over the 1961-62 winter
season the weatherman will
have to be more than cooperative; the last season
set records at many ski
parks.
"We hope that the snowfall will at least equal last
year's," commented Barry
MeGuire, publicity director for the EMTA. Parks
operators share this hope
as do skiers throughout
the midwest.
Carols Wil
Businessmen's
Welcome Mat
Out For Shoppers
The tone of the season
"'iat says, "Welcome
Merry Christmas" is
brightening Clare's main
streets and business district. It appeared in lights
and store decoration that
began to sparkle on the
day after Thanksgiving, and
will grow brighter and
more festive up to the very
last shopping day.
And, lest we forget,after
today there are
Clare students are. watching the suitcase with
a "mind of its own" as it balances on a
corner and spins about under its own power.
The secret to the mystical case is a gyroscope
mounted inside which reacts strangely to any
forces eje-eried Upon it. This was one of nine
exciting demonstrations when General Motors
"Previews of Progress" was seen by Clare Jr.
and Sr. High students on Monday.
t:
he 18th
The      date      for     the ;
community    Christmas
■ caroling is set for Tuesday ;
December 18, at 6:30.Some
150 singers plan to participate      and   -will   carol
throughout  the city, each
group covering an assigned
section,     then    will meet
downtown  at  8:00  to sing !
all together.
There will be no door
'to door solicitation, but the
community is invited to
respond to the carolers
with donations of food,and
money to the Christmas
Basket Fund in keeping
with   the  spason's  spirit.
Enrolled In
Dentistry
Ninety - four students
from 48 Michigan communities have registered this
year at the university of
Michigan- School of Dentistry to begin their four
year course to become
practicing dentists.
Only one of the 94 is
a  woman,  and  all  but 13
: are Michigan residents.
Among them is Ralph
Baumgarth, graduate of
Clare High School and
recent  student at Central
i Michigan University. He is
the  son of Mr.  and  Mrs
, Earl Baumgarth at 312 John
! R.,Clare.
Clare. High School students Bob Carrow, Gary Endres, Mark
Hampton, and Linda Castee-I are getting a first hand, look at
the amazing sunmobile — the car powered by sunshine. Gus
Buenz, General Motors lecturer, is indicating the photoelectric
cells on the hood which convert sunlight into electrical energy
to run the model.
Career Opportunities Seen
In. Science Show At School
The
Clare Junior and Senior
High School student saw
an unusual demonstration
of gyroscopic principles,
essential to space travel
when General Motors edu-_
cational science show,
Previews of Progress, was
presented at the school on
Monday, November 26.
Designed to stimulate
more student interest in
scientific and engineering
careers, the 45-minute
stage presentation was
narrated in non-technical
language by Bill Winters
and Gus Buenz of General
Motors Public Relations
Staff.
The  gyroscope demonstration     in     the     show j adults are scheduled to see
featured and attempt by Don |the show this year
"misbehaving-"-
'suitcase served to illustrate how gyroscopes ai&-
used to indicate direction
and to safely guide ships,
planes and missiles along
predetermined courses.
Among other highlights
in the non-commercial
show were a model car
powered by sunlight, a
roaring jet engine and a
i vehicle know a a Ground
Effect Machine that skims
over land or water on aj
cusion of air.
The two-man team that.
appeared  here  is one of
seven Previews teams now
; touring the country. Nearly
'two   million students  and:
Blue Cross
Asking For
Rate Hike
The Blue (jros>s Board
of Trustees last weekend
instructed management to
consult with Blue Shield
Management in developing
a joint approach to meet
their common fiscal problems.
The Blue Cross Board
reviewed the plan's financial experience which t
showed a loss of 4 1/2
million dollars for the;
calendar year 1962 to date.:
William S. McNary, 1
president, stated that the-
Blue Cross reserve is now
only one-half of what it was:
a year ago, with hospital*
benefit costs increasing
almost 1% per month. McNary said he expected to
be able to submit a Blue;
Cross rate request to the
.State Insurance Depart-,
"ment within the*-.next 30
- to 60 days.
Blue Cross rates must
be approved by the commissioner of insurance and
McNary said,"I know that
Commissioner Colburn ,-
will give prompt and
judicious consideration to
any reasonable rate increase which may be:
required if Blue Cross,
benefits are to be* main-;
tained for our 3 1/2 million members.
The board of trustees
of Michigan Blue Cross
has revamped the cor-,
porate structure, creating;
new unpaid board posts of i
Clare merchants are offering special eye appeal with
lights, color and special
holiday store trims,—and
will match this with special
accomodations of extra
shopping hours when most
stores and shops remain
open evenings until 9
o'clock for the last eight
shopping days before
Christmas. Many stores
will be open evenings with
full staffs of clerks and
salespeople beginning December 14 and will close
at 6:00 p.m. on Christmas
eve.
Strings of colored lights
and downtown sidewalk
decorations went up a week
ago and Clare's city hall
is festooned with more of
the colored electric lighting.
An annual high point of
the Pre-Christmas season
for area youngsters will
be the visit of Santa to
Clare as a special guest
of Clare Firemen. This
year his  visit  will be on
through town in the biggest
fire engine, then leads
throngs of kids to the park
near the fire station
where he hands out free
treats of candy and Christmas goodies.
(Firemen will meet to-
pack the sweet stuff in
bags on December 5 at"
the fire, station and would
welcome volunteer help in
the task.)
If a letterbox for Santa
is located downtown this
year, it will be on the
Public Library corner.
Businessmen who are
generally agreed that the
shopping season, is starting *'slow",'this year are
expecting a December upturn in  customer volume'
and sales totals. Advertising columns, show Window*
trimming     and     interior_.
store  displays all feature
better   holiday   merchan-'
dise   and  greater variety
of   choices   in   gift   lines
than ever before.
Unseasonal warm
weather has held back the
start of gift shopping,some
retailers think, and snow;
or a bright, cold snap will'
get shoppers to thinking of
Yule buying.
Past Officers Recognized
With Ceremonial Honors
Past Noble Grands of
the Clara Rebekah Lodge
and Clare I.O.O.F. Lodge
were honored Tuesday
evening, November 2Qth,
following . the regular
lodge sessions.
Sixteen Rebekah past
noble grands honored were
Alba Lyness, Margaret
Irwin, Effie Harvey, Dorothy Presley, Nellie Jordan
Fannie Yeoman, Olive
Irwin, Madeline Seiter,Ina
Hammond, Geneveive Irwin
Mary Mussell, Patsy
Schlafley, Helen Welch,
Erma Rutter, Charlet Wilcox and Fern Morse.
From the I.O.O.F.Lodge
were Earl Henderson, William Artcliff, Ernest Irwin
James Irwin, James Yeoman, Charles Rutter, Joe.
Swain, Ralph Stevens, Carl
Strouse, Lloyd Langworthy
Rex Morse,   Miles Harsh,
and Gilbert Waddington;
The     ceremony ui the
Pink and Green, the Blue
and the Red was presentee '
by  the  noble grands, Ada
Beemer and Gilbert Wad-
dington, assisted—by—Elle^-;
Henderson, Rex Morse,Jo^
Swain,      Agnes     Pudvf
Frances  Roggerman,   j i •
Yeoman, Cecil Bouchey at i
Charles     Rutter.    Con-. ...
Strouse represented "'."I"
Future", and Fern "'.•/rig--.--.,'
presided at the piano* ^n%l.
the  soloist Mzrg?.:-ei Li-
Voye sang "May ?nc Go-:-"
Lord Bless and kt-ep Vol
Delicious reiresnrneiis-
w'ere served at the close
of the program, with Mrt.
Effie Harvey pronoun. ir<|
the table grace. In 'charge
of arrangements were die
vice grand^ELlenJHerjdgx- „
son and her November
committee.
SR%rotZ*SiceThe61" 8usuai!Better Hospital-Service With
custom,   Santa  arrives  in -»r -r^. . - ,   j-^-t __
glare, and is given a nde.X-ray Department Chang*
Information
Ready On
Works Aid
! The Clare General Hos-
' pital has recently com-
i pleted an e x t e-n s i v e
i remodeling of the X-ray
;' Department. The entire
: layout of the department
- _. .    . ,   ,;Was   changed, for   more
Two meetings scheduled: efficient, operation and to
at   the   Doherty Hotel  onigive better service to the
December 6 are part of a patients      and      doctors
series  to  acquaint public; according     to     Julian R
officials    of   25  northern • Gershon,     D.O.,    medical
lower   peninsula   counties director
with details of the federal       The radiologist's office
Accelerated Public Works and  the  dark  room  were
(APW)    program.    Assis- re-located   and   enlarged
tance   will   be  offered in*A   new   room   was  added
preparing applications for making   two   radiographic
Hamblin, a student at the
school, to manipulate an
ordinary looking suitcase.
A small gyroscope, whirling
at 13,000 revolutions per
minute inside the suitcase,
made this seemingly simple task difficult—to the
delight of the audience.
Praised    by   educators
'and civic leaders for its:
■ role in pointing out career'
opportunities  in  technical ■
fields, Previews has been
seen by nearly 30-million*
people in the United States; vicelpresident'and general
Canada   and   22   foreign
countries since 1946.
Forgotten
.,::,'4,
- '■'•■   -;vlv\
The crafts-of an earlier
Christmas Will be featured
in the annual holiday .exhibition at Henry Ford
Museum in Dearborn,
Michigan December 7
through December 30.
Christmas ornaments ,
gifts ahd greeting cards of
late 19th century style will
be fashioned by skilled
craftsmen of the museum
and Greenfield Village.
They will demonstrate
their handcraft skills as
part of a unique exhibition
of antiques associated with
holiday customs and traditions of the American past.
Antique cookie cutters
will be used by a baker
working over a 19th century
cast iron stove. A glass
blower will create Christmas tree ornaments
reproduced   from antique
"vamDles.
The Museum* s early
19th century "Washington
Press," operated entirely
by hand, will print Christmas cafds representative
3f those sent at the time
this press was in commercial operation.
Candle making, an
important 17th and 18th
century domestic craft,
will   be  featured
ACCOMMODATION MAKES FRIENDS
Parking Fine Contributors
Say Generosity Succeeds
.   .    . -    .     Jt*    .        -   --  =   two
chairman of the board and; project grants. rooms, while two new lav-
two vice-chairmen. Representatives of atorys were installed.
These replace the pre-; ciare' county and Ros-' The radiographic rooms
vious unpaid board posts of, common, Missaukee, Me-; are lead lined for protec-
president and vice-pres-; costa -and all communities 1 tion of personnel frorr
ident. In addition, the chief! within  these counties will radiation exposure.
meet at 9 a.m. while those \ Additional x-ray equip-
attending from Arenac, ment of current design and
'•ratiot, Bay and Osceola Targe capacity was insia J -
will hold their session at 'ed in the new radiograph z
2:00 in the afternoon. room.    On    this   unit  t e
Invited to the meetings .fluoroscopic spot films a. e
are township supervisors,
city managers, mayors,en-
gineers   or   any   officials
administrative  post previously    that    of executive'
—    is now titled
manager
president.-
Elected chairman of the
: board was John W. Paynter,
Vice-president  and treasurer   of  the  J. L. Hudson
Company,  He .had served
planning   to   apply   for   a itions
controlled by photo timing-
of the exposure.
Body  section examma-
can be mada which
as vice-president under the j public "works 'grant.   The maVesTe'lecrive'exppsiires :
~*n<,<„,«. ,.—,—,..„ „..*..-   . Michigan^Economic Devel- ,at  levels  aeep within the"'
Clare merchants' customer courtesy program
that advertises, "We will
pay    shoppers'    overtime
I Grove takes charge of ■ downtown parking meters
j collecting all the tickets ,; and merchants supporting
t from merchants on the ; this unique Glare service
i west side of McEwan and ' say that their plan takes
parking fines" is finishing 1 Ben Burdo collects those ; most -of the sting out of
its second month of opera-i that shoppers leave with j the small overpaying levy,
tion with a record of public i east side stores. One west! It's really a little apprecia-
reaction that is slightly j side storekeeper has paid 1 tion gimmick -toward
unbelieving, but of whole- i eight of the 25iJ tickets for ; shopper friends who pat-
hearted approval  just the \ the    highest    "score" on.: ronize our businesses,say
same!
James Grove, one of the
originators   of   the  offer
here says that up to now,
the courtesy has cost participating   merchants   very
li tie,  and has more than
\ returned the investment in
. goodwill and customerde-
; light that businessmen will
make downtown parking a
little less  of a nuisance.
Shoppers whose meters
; expire      and     who     find
J violation tags on their autos
: while parked downtown in
■ Clare may take the tags to
selected    merchants    who
Groves record. Others
have paid as high as three
and several haven't seen
any since the idea began
the last week in September.
Collecting scraps of
public opinion as well as
friends in the operation,
merchants say that comments reveal people's
appreciation of
worthwhile gesture",
of town drivers in Clare
are especially taken with
the idea.
Businessmen are joining the scheme voluntarily
and   7they    identify    their
the store men.
Vaccine
Shortage?
display   notices    in  their [stores with window posters
■Windows.   The   merchants
j pay the 250 fines.
j      Grove said that the offer
■ hasn't been abused by habi^-
;tual   overparking and the
average cost to partici-
-pating merchants since the
;. start of the scheme has
iCome to about $1.00 each.
Physicians and public
health officials are faced
the j with a dilemma concern-
Out | ing influenza,according to
Dr. George H. Agate,director of the Michigan Department of Health's Division of Epidemiology.
"On the one hand,the
U.S.Public Health Service
has predicted an outbreak
previous corporate struc
ture. Paynter has been a
member of the Blue: dross
board of "trustees since
1947.
opment Department is cooperating with • federal
agencies in arranging the
programs.
New Name Better Describes
Citizens Bank Area Service
The Citizens State Bank
of Clare in an official
change of its title Tuesday
this week became The
Citizens Bank and Trust
Company following addition
of trust powers to Its full
service as a banking institution.
J.Stuart Bicknell,presi-
dent of the bank said that
the new name would'
describe more fully the
services now offered to
patrons. The bank is the
only one in the immediate
area offering the services
which include the power of
trusteeship under instruments of trust, executor
or administrator or
guardian of estates, registrar of stocks and bonds,
agent   for   transaction   of
Permission   to
the  name and title of the
• bank was granted on State
land   federal   levels    just
• recendyand the final auth-
«ority was voted this w^ek at
ia shareholders meeting of
j the bank here.
| Notices to patrons are
f being   prepared   with
structions   for
body. This unit can be used
'for complete diagnostic '?**!'
• The re,-design of the
[dark room with the addition
•of more tanks and a fast*
dryer allow films to be
iready for interpretation
studifco except for vciy
special examinations -that
change require . extensive acces-
[sorles.
Happy Seniors
Dunbar
that say they will pay meter i of   Asian   flu this winter 1 business in management of
fines for autoists who are j and recommended immun-' funds or estates and powers
' while
! time
unintentionally 'detained! ization against the disease j to act in other fiduciary i to remain in Clare perman-
•capacities. Frank LaGoe j ently and will devote full
has been appointed the trust \ time again to his business,
officer. i      Mrs.   Dunbar and   '   *
The bank was founded i children are to remain injlating
53 years ago in Clare under   the  south until the end of
its former name, I the  present  school  term.
shopping   past the
on    their   parking
j meters,
i It is common for shop-
jpers to "grumble" a little
(at having to put coins In
with influenza vaccine
Dr. Agate said. "However,
the demand for the vaccine,
is exceeding the supply,
and theres just not enough
of it for everyone.
Oldei    people    can   be
happier and healthier if
in- I they keep active, according
check im- [to a doctor at the University
printing and other material [of Michigan Medical Center
! using the bank's new title, j     &K- C.J. Tupper, direc-
i tor of employees' periodic
examina ions, offers a concrete program of daily
activities to help the aged
_ ' . ihelp   themselves.     He
ReOpenS \ advises them to:
*     * —Cultivate appropriate
Roy Dunbar, real estate (extrovert activities. Mod-
broker who returned early j erate sports and club ar-f-
this week from a 15-week j ivities, he says, can "lead
stay in Florida will re-open to a i .^ling of belonging
his business here on Mon-| and of being a contributing
day, He said that he expects j individual,"
—Keep . in touch with
current affairs. An older
person's conversation ^can
theirf be interesting and stiflfu
if he's up-to-
on Sports, politics^
books^Dr, Tupper expi"3Sfts.
approximately" 30 to~4^
minures after the examination has been "cdmpTBtSc'.
New -furnishings were
installed in the radio
logist' s office ' while tht
entire department was
painted to match the decor
of the hospital.
The X-ray Departmen'
is staffed by A.S.Mackenzifi
certified roentgenologis*,
Keith McKenzie,registerec
technician, ai.d Miss Hele
Mielke, seci itary.
Class Play
Scheduled   ~ ■>
On 2 Nights
The speech class: oi'
Clare High School will
present the three act
comedy, "Onions in. the
Stew", on November 29
and 30 at 8:00 p.m. in the
Glare school auditorium.
jEfae play is a dramatization by William Dalzell
atid Anne "Martens from,*
the book by Betty Mac-f
jSpnald    who   also    wrottsi
he Egg and I"..
|||,The.play.is a. delight-^
Ifd different comedy? 4n
W much more than juf
t?'- series of humo'roul
incidents. There is a ra
Understanding in it of youiig-',*,,,
people and a -valtiabl*-?^'*,
lesson in getting somethln-;*^
worthwhile from life.
The* following  student"^
appear in the cast: •;,-"**
■   Marcia Schlafley - - «
Mike Austin _   *]_!,
Mar-yln Allen— ■   '' *->,»■
Connie- Savoix ;.*-^
Kathy Mickle ;  -
Donald Hemstreet        - -
John Shayler ;   *
Steve Bryant .j,\
Kathy Williams >-V
Jane Thayer i
joy Mester ^!.
Laura Shrank ^- ,
Evelyn Bellinger "*<
Kaiuy tfasriosky ^jCij
Candace Walton • -rrj
<      Dan Bolle \. '<
Charles Stirling \',_
Jim Johnsoa ."'fj
Mary Jankowsky ~7. j
Pauline Presley
Tom Thayer
j      Tom Hargan___ ^
Kay Gilson
Betsy Kisnosky
Tom Walton
Sam Kushmaul
Don   Hemstreet *s hi
inesg     manager,
Thayer is Stu^CTTaifi
land   Mrs.   Ida   Lohg  k
i director. _
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