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Thursday. January 17, 19S3
Eotablishad 1873
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TRY ANYTHING ONCE
itdoor Novice, But Shell Dare
Eight-Day Solitary 'Campout Feat
Clare's chancero enter- .
^tain an interesting - and
daring personality is
coming with the appearance
of Mrs. Layina Radabaugh
at the Sports Festival Banquet January 26,"following
her solo campout that will
be a feature of the event.
And we are- assuming
of course, that the lady can
perform the stunt to duplicate Tony Wedal's 1962
feat of solitary survival in
the Michigan woods with
only supplies and food she
can carry on her back,
*"' Last January, Mrs.
Radabaugh ( her husband's
- name in Beryl) wrote The
Sentinel, "Anybody can do
what Tony did.5', and added
"that't no test of survival
with at? that pack of food
and suppi?'es."     ■   *
Clare's Chamber ' of
Commerce promoters re-.
plied, "Why don't YOU try
it then?". And that is the
way the 1963 stum came to
be a feature of this year's
Festival.
Members of the Festival
promotion committee talked to Mrs. Radabaugh Monday at her home in Wayne
and she proved to be articulate, positive of her
ability to perform the feat,
and looking forward to
collecting the $150 offered
to her as a reward if" she
is successful. And she can
use the money!
Last year she drove a
school bus *to earn a little
extra money to help her
husband's income as a
freight truck driver. Now
she has switched jobs and
sells household products
to-housewives.' At 47 years
of age, she weighs 162
pounds. (This is admitted
freely, but she objected to
a Detroit newspaper story
that referred to her as a
■ -200-.peyndc-ri> - *-"...■" j
■t, She also makes and sells
crafted rugs 'on a 'loom
which she herself built, and
she sells her own hand-
tooled leather objects,
Mrs. Radabaugh wa's
born and raised near
Remus, where her parents
the John Sniders still live
summers. Told that she
could select a camp location near a secluded lake
of   her  choice,   she   said,
"Just  be  sure  that no
prowlers are allowed near
my camp, because I'll shoot
first    and    ask   questions
afterwards."
Plans are set to conduct Mrs. Radabaugh to a
j point near a campsite on
i Friday, January 18, and
start her on the adventure
with only what she can
carry on. her back. She will
reappear sometime around
noon on Saturday in time
to  rest  and  get  ready to
- attend the banquet that
evening at the Doherty.
Hotel in Clare..
At the end, she will
have to credit the successful completion of the stunt
to her determination, —and
a portion of " beginner's
luck" in the woods.
She  has  never camped
o. "doors in her life; has.
doi •> no ice fishing since a
girl, spent five seasons in
the w>. .ds as a deer hunter
but in 1 ">2 and before. But
still she gives you confidence th, - she can take
the campout more or less
in her stride.
Mrs.    Radai Hugh asked
only one relaxa.ion in the
rules  for  the ca npout. A
conscientious        C atholic,
she made the committee
agree to bring her in to
Clare • Sunday morning
where she will attend Mass
at St. Cecilia's, It was
easily agreed that this
slight interruption of her
outdoor endurance period
would in no way lessen
the acheivement when her
eight days are finished.
What does Tpney Wedal
think  of  this  year's  plan
to have one,of the weaker
sex   duplicate   his  widely.,
publicized     stunt    of last "
'January?      ■ %
Does he offer advice or
warning? Or does he give ;
the benefits of experience;
as a tenderfoot who;
conquered Michigan's Win- ■
ter Wonderland alone?
"Just leave me out of !
this." Tony decided. "Mrs.'
■Radabaugh is on her own." •'
ere
Winter,—real winter,
came back to the hills and
fields and roads of the area
in a weekend of stormy cold
and snow. The state and"
entire midwest took blustery punishment in hazardous driving conditions,
dropping temperatures ,
and winds that drifted snow
and pierced like an icy
knife.
The immediate area of
.*' Clare-Tawas"
Band Of 150
In Concert
. The Clare. High Band
that played a guest appearance with Tawas m usicians
on that school's stage a
month ago, will be host "at
a return concert, when the
Tawas school band plays
here Saturday evening at
the Clare High gym.
The audience  will  see
<,. a-performing band of more
than 150 members as
. Clare's 67-piece concert
band, and Tawas' 84 players ; all combine to play
four •• numbers, -on..' the
program.
The   Tawas;  band   will
open the program with two
• selections" .and.the Clare
band will also play two
before the two groups join
to perform .the final half
of the program.
•Lloyd Conley is director
of the Glare band and Edward""  Rima    directs    the
Tawas band.
The. public is invited to
the concert which begins
-,£ at 8-.00p.m. ahdisfree.
Visiting Tawas players will
. be guests in Clare students'
homes for dinner Saturday,
Clare and area businesses were warned Wednesday to be on the watch
for a passer of bad checks
known to be operating in
this Immediate part of the
State after Citizens Bank
and^ Trust Cashier, John
Bicknell said that three
phony checks turned up
.■E&.i'ti Wednesday-.-   -■•"•-
The checks are called
outright forgeries, being
drawn on a non-existant
account supposedly in the
Clare bank, and have already cost area businesses
over $350. The bank said
•Wednesday that State
Police detectives from
East Lansing were here
to help investigate the case.
Victimized hy the man
passsing the checks so far
have been Clare'Furniture
Co., Household Appliances
in Mt. Pleasant, and two
stores in Midland.
The checks are described as the small,pocket
checkbook size bearing the
name of the Citizens Bank
and Trus t Co, They are
apparently all drawn for
the amount of $98'and have
been printed and perforated
by a check protector device. The . three checks
that turned up at the Clare
bank on Wednesday morning were all drawn in
favor of "Norman D. Lock-
hart'', and were signed by
"Raymond A.   Chandler".
The passer frequently
tricks salespeople by
offering to pay part down
on a purchase and leave
it in the store while he -
takes the change from the
.$98 check in cash,
Bicknell     warned     the
public   to' make   sure   of
such  a  customer's identity,     calling    the bank if
necessary.
Care - Isabella counties
escaped the worst of ex-
ti ome .cold and drift piling
bi i after several earlier
d s of comparably milder
w ather, the turn to harder
ci nditions reminded residents that the calendar still
say it is January.
Skiers welcomed the
fluff of new powder snow
that came during early
hours of the Weekend and
the hardier stock of outdoor sports took to the
hills with only occasional
complaints of cold ears.
At Snowsnake Mountain
north of Clare, the slopes
and lodge were crowded on
windy Sunday with Clare
area skiers joined by many
out-of-area visitors.
With strong winds mostly out of the west, or southwest, .the struggle to keep
county roads and secondary
highways dear of drifts
was a continuing one.
County    plowing  crews
and  their equipment were
busy around the clock from
"the middle of Friday forenoon until late Sunc';<;,\
Abating winds and snow
■lifted* tiic*- i<£it. pinvirtg
problem, but a mass of
artic air shifted the problem to* one of fighting extreme cold.
Clare city scraper
blade equipment and operators worked through S»:-
urday night to keep strut's
from piling up more accumulation- of snow and io:
than available clearing equipment could handle.
City street crews and
highway maintenance men
enlisted the aid of. Clare
police Sunday evening to
help keep" parked autos" off
downtown streets while
plowing and scraping was
going on..
The thermometer that
hovered around 20 degrees
or below all day Sunday,
plunged to*an unofficial low
of 34 below recorded Tuesday west of Farwell near
the community at M-115,
US- 10 intersection. Readings under 20 below zero
were common all through
the ■ area and Barryton
claimed to have the coldest spot in the state with
more than 30 below on early
Tuesday morning.
Sunny spells of blue sky
during the rest of the week
took much of the bitterest
sting  out' of  the cold and
wind.
Schools closed, in Harrison on Tuesday after bus
drivers  found it impossible  ""o  make their rounds
'without freezing radiators
and heaters.
In Clare on Monday a
failure of an automatic regulating device on the main
boilers made. it necessary
to maintain heat by manual
contrdl and some students
donned coats and sweaters
part of the time to- keep
warm. The replacement of
the faulty control on Wednesday ended the minor
difficulty.
More     'cloudiness   and
slight   warming   is   forecast for today and'the remainder of the week.
Loses Foot
Pioneers Win
First Game Of
At home Stand
Debarker
William Bauer, 42, log
debarking mill operator at
the   Watervliet     pulpwood
yard  at  Clare lost a foot
as the result of an unfortunate    accident  that happened  there late jSatiirday--
afternoon. Bauer' sfoot^was
partially crushed and dismembered  in  a  bark and
chips augur and was amputated   later at the  ankle.
Working   alone   at "the
yard     at    the    time    the
accident  happened,   Bauer
had just started a fresh log
through the debarking process and stepped away for
; a  moment  to  inspect  the
I augur  which carried bark
; chips  Into the burner. He
', slipped and his foot became
'■ caught in the running augur.
Despite    the    pain and
j shock, he was able to crawl
to.a telephone in the office
building     some     distance
away. He called an ambulance   which  took  him   to
Clare    General -Hospital,
whe-e    Dr.   E.C.   Shurlow
performed   the  operation.
. Yard Manager John Han
son said that a list of emergency telephone numbers is
kept posted near the phone
desk and the time saved
when Bauer didn't have to
consult the phone book
saved him from the loss
of much blood.'
Bauer, employed at the
Watervliet Division of
Hammerrnill -Paper company' s operation since January 1957 can be fitted with
an artificial-foot and will
likely be able, to gb" back to
his regular, job in the future
Hanson said; -His progress
following the operation has
•been satisfactory.	
Mrs. Lavina Radabaugh has proved she can accomplish
many things that call for determination above the ordinary.
Now she's going to. prove she can survive eight days in
Michigan's Winteriand of Clare county with just the supplies
carried os her back. She signed a contract to complete the
stay in time to re-appear at the county Winter Festival
Banquet in Clare Jan. 26. Signing, the agreement for Clare's'
Chamber of Commerce are Richard Alexander and C-C President Marlin Alexander (both standing), and Bernard Wy-
man. Photo for The Sentinel by Peter Brown.
t .
Windblown snow and a bite of "cold didn't discourage'skiers Sunday at Snowsnake Mountain where a crowd from all over central
M:j;hlgah  filled the slopes, Clare skiers  Dan
White,   Skip   Breen,  Tom   Walton,   arid  borr
Walter (I. to r.) start up'the tow.
Sentinel ph6to>
Encouraging progress
in the collection of cash
and pledges for the city's
newest auto parkinglotwas
reported at the end of last
week by Art Damoth and
Ben Burdo. The two men
have been making a direct
calling campaign to raise
a possible $300. per month
to.,meet_ cqntracyjayments
on the' downtowrHot to accommodate 100 or more,
shoppers cars.
It now seems assured
that the new parking lot
just one-half block off
McEwan- on W. Fourth,will
include property all the way
back to the- C. & O, railroad right -of-way.
The land was recently
the property of Marve
Witbeck, and before that it
was the site of the Clare
Inn and other buildings.
James Grove agreed to sell
the city the property where
a .residence now. stands,
and- thus enlarge the auto
parking south to railroad
land.
Plans are to tear down
the residence to make additional   auto  parking.   An
entrance or exit will open
the  lot  to   Fourth  Street,
P-TA Plans
en
At Clare Hi
At the regular meeting
of the Clare Parent-Teachers Association Monday
evening, a' - - program" by
members of the high school
government class;and -an
open house in the" high
school building. Will;. both"
be featured, The meeting is
scheduled for eight o'clock
in the. HS 'All^-..Purpose
room.
The government classes
program will' be cbmmera-
tive   of" the -life  of  Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt.
La^er in the open house--
period, refreshments will
'be served throughout the
halls' for .guests at. the
meeting. Baby sitter service   will be provided free
Hughes Gets
Assignments
In Senate
Harold B. Hughes, \he~-
-ginning his second year as-
State Senator of 'the,, 28th
Senatorial District^ received his -committee as--
sign'ments .last Thursday,
following the joint session
of the legislature and the
address by Governor Rom-
ney.
Senator Hughes was ap- ,
pointed chairman Of the
important Tourist Industries Gommittee. His
other assignments - are to
the committees on Conservation, Insurance, Municipalities and State Affairs.
and to McEwan.
On the drive to secure
money to make monthly
payments on the property
Damoth and Burdo said they
had seldom- encountered
more co-operation. Outside of a few requests to
call back a second time to
obtain cash or pledges, they,
met no person or firms
that-'werg" riot Willing' to
contribute to, the project to
enlarge parking facilities
and make it more convenient for shoppers to visit
downtown stores.
Pledges and cash
amounting to $157.50 per
month were totaled at-the
end of last week and many
businesses and individuals
remain to be contacted,
Damoth said.
Under the plan being
presented in the campaign
the contract for purchase
of the property has been
taken over by the City of
Clare and the money is
coming from the voluntary subscription payments
by businesses.
With a league victory
over St. Louis last Friday
to get off to a good start
on a' long six-game home
stand, Clare High
basketeers.have the air of
a team" on the upswing,—
maybe needing only a little
change in fortune to get
them   going   some   place.
Coach .Jim Raymond's
Pioneers can use some
good fortune in their five
remaining encounters during the home-court'series.
Three of the teams they will
face are l,2;and 3 position
leaders in the Mid-
Michigan B conference
race-.
Ithaca, here tomorrow
night is occupying a strong
second place in the standings and is always a tough
test for CHS defenses.The
tip-off will start the first
action between the , two
teams in the current season. Durand's Railroaders
will invade the Clare gym
on   the   following  Friday.
Again the game is. the
first meeting between the
two schools in this season
since a scheduled game on
December 7 had to be postponed because of snowy
highway conditions.
February 1 and 5 the
Pioneers will be seeking
revenge for earlier beatings by Corunna and Mt.
Pleasant Sacred Heart,
respectively.
Then on February 8,the
Green and White will take
the home floor again,- this
time   against   first-place,
Chesaning.
Three things tint the
Clare basketball picture
slightly rose color after
the 61-57 win over St.Louis
Friday: the string of at
home games will be played
before student, crowds that
are displaying good school
spirit and team iiupp&itf.
the schedule gives Raymond's quintet three Tuesdays off for practice and
rest from competition.
And third, the squad is
arriving at an improved
level of morale and skill
after some player shuffling
and team reorganization.
Senior   Tom   Horgan  will
become  eligible after the
31st-of January to add ex-'
p e r i e.n c e      and     bench
strength in more than one   .
position.
P.i a c t i c e workouts ,
reveal better ball handling,
floor, work and shooting
accuracy.
j]is Pioneers, often
fourth quarter faders, pulled "■ ,a surprising change -
against St. Louis Friday
and came from behind after
a -"three-quarter mark
deficit, to take the decision. ■
Against the Ithaca In- ,
; dians. tomorrow, Clare will"
battle an offense that has
scored 22 points in a single
quarter in a game against
classy Durand. -The Yel-
lowjackets' three - man
pointmaking leaders of.
Ke'nch , Barrone, and
Gruesbeck dropped in 15,
12, and 18 points respectively in the game.
A recommendation by
the Clare Public School
administration to shorten
the students' lunch.period
by a half-hour was one of
several matters considered .hy the school board
at its regular meeting held
January, 14.
. The" Board 'heard reason's' -fdrf', a . change ps - a
shortened- noon which in-';
eluded a desire to relieve
the recreation problem for
students .who eat lunch "at
the-school. .Benefits would
come from the dismissal
of .'schodi.30,minutes earl-
■ierr'a't-'the day's end.
* ;I't .is estimated that as
many.Ias 90 percent of elementary children eat
lunch'es at the school. The
noon recess is now one hour
for gradgs 7 through 12,
"and; varying periods' up to
1 1/2 hours-for elementary
grades K through 6.
A survey ofparents, and
regard  for  their, opinions
in  the matter was agreed
on., ? ..   v V
In 'other ' business, the
Board.listened to a'report
from the teachers' salary
•stud^. ^committee given, by
the'-Faculty Club'president
C'a'rleton Garthe; approved
a request by the Shriners'
Club to use school buses
to transport fourth grade'
children to a Shrine Circus
at Saginaw; considered this
year's summer school pro-,
gram and reviewed the
Adult Education program
now under way hero. The
matter of a budget advisory
sheet for the intermediate
school district was also
discussed.
e«
ck
Sells Two
:es
Marve  Witbeck,   owner
of Witbeck's IGA Food] iner
in   Clare   announced   this
week  that  two .other food,
stores in his 3-unit group-
have   been  sold.   Each  of*
the   stores,. one  in  Reed
City and the other in' Evart
were sold to' their respective managers.
In Reed City the new
owner of the store is Bill
Sengelaub, a 'former manager' of ' a food store in
Cadillac, and ■ the Evart
store- was sold to Ernest
Orton, once' an employee
6f ' Witbeck's  store here;
'Both managers had
started earlier to purchase,
interests-in,the stores .as*
part of a managers'. plan
offeted. by MJf. Witbeck, and'
now^have purchased entire:
interests. The transaction'
-included no change in .-Witr„''
The City of Clare's first
Red Cross Blood Donor
program was successfully
held January 7 at jthe Clare
Congregational Church
were the Bloodmobile collected 103 units of blood and
assured the continuing program of R.C. Blood Center
for <-'•      junty.
,,ng as quotas are
met in blood • collection,
Clare'county residents are
eligible to receive blood
free in any emergency in
hospitals anywhere in the
United States and" Canada,
j - - An army of volunteer
(workers and committer
members earned the grati
tude of local Red Cross
personnel for their individual   parts  in  the  effort.
Expvpssin'i thanks to th-1
donor: of the 103- pints c
blood, the R.C. Chapter
pointed out that the quota
was r- rely met,-and tnen
only with the remarkable
co-ope■; "ion of Holley
Carburetor workers who
donated 144 »>•• its of blood
last year and
back last*
for 4q > re
103.
Giai-e cqiv -y alone of
29 count"'? •; ;,i the program
used all ./' :tf& quota last
year and the chapter is
anxious to increase there-
sponse at .Bloodrnobile
times. TIj.j traveling Blood
mobile will vi^'t Harrison
on-April 4, Farwell on Junt.
14, retu-" to Holley Carburetor on September 3,and
to'. Clare onr'ovember \.
m
*•■>
beck s   ownership   of
Clare- store.
County
Democrats      ?
To Convene
•   The Democratic county '
convention for Clare cour ry-
has been called -by Ch
man ' Dave    Donovan       -r
Wednesday,   January     2li,'
19j63  at,the courthouse in
Harrison at-8;00 p.m.
,   Delegates Avho wer6' dl- '
ected  at\the' August 1962
Primary -Election, are eligible for this convention1.'
In . case "of..-Vacancies, the'
conventioii may seat additional delegates from those
persons in attendance.
All county Democrats are
invited to-attend.
Business of the mee ir, j
will include the selection
of delegates to the Democratic State Convention in
Grand Rapids on February
1st' and 2nd,,, a*id a
discussion of .possibl; resolutions and candidates to
support at the convention.
cane right
*o account"
lait.-? of the
ces in
rNew
'>;iihe Loomis Missionary
'Gliurch will move into its
new"building for services,
o^unday, January 20; The
fir§i.serv?"ce will be Sunday •
school" at, IO.-00 the worship
Seryiee wilt follow at 11:00 .
Evangelistic hour is'; at 7
pjr'rpv -
'\Sijfice   ground breaking' .
services in 'April, construe ■
tf^n' hd's progressed stead-
ilyv ■•oh   the  new building.
The?building was d..signed
byr ^Robert Bergy who also
supervised   the  construe- ,
tip'n. Most of the labor.was'
donated by members of the
congregation and interest-
ecj:-- persons    in   the community.
•The     building    cost   .
^•f 1,000 and  is  valued "at ,
$35,000.It will seat approximately   15Q in  the  main.,
auditorium.  There is' also,
arfull y sement for class'
ropms and a large fellowship hall.
■'■ Jh,e Loomis Church has
sexy.edr|he community for
27-;- year's . having been
founded hy Rev, Wesley
Teale. Ro v-. --E,J;J3elella
has-been pastor for the'
past 2 1/2 years.
During this time, the
Sunday school attendance
has increased from an average, of 52 to 84 and has
outgrown the old building*
Dedication serviceswill
be held in the spring,"The
public is invited to -attend
the' services of thfe church.
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