1963-04-24; Clare Sentinel

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Tea Cents Copy
Thursday,   April 24. 1963
The   Clare   Sentinel
Established 1878
New Series, Vol 71 No. 33
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Catch Two   CHS Junior Band Plays Its Way To First
Car Thieves Before State Music Festival Judges
n 2 Minutes
Car theft  solved while
you wait I How does that
sound   for   one   of those
"interesting if true" stories"?
.    It is f!
Clare
show tl   v, v,.-n-
erts  m~de a
5;50 p.m. on
The 1962 - 63 Junior in the Michigan State Fes-
Band of Clare Public tival last Saturday at Grand
Schools has gone as far as^ Haven marked the highest
it can go in festival per- success any band from
formances for judging, .to Clare has ever received
the top! and   climaxed   a   season
First   Division ratings where   the   band   and   its
from each of four judges director, Lloyd Conley had
previously won Firsts in
the District Festival at
Roscommon on February
28. The performers and
their director w,ere jubilant
at the news of their recognition.
Only last year the Jun
ior Band had to be satisfied with a 3rd rating in
the District.Festival. First
rated bands only are permitted to play in State Festivals. The musicians lifted their performance from
a district 3rd last year, to
Mrs. Virginia Richardson, Clare librarian, (center) visited
the State Library in Lansing last week to exchange part of a
1,000-book collection loaned to the Clare Public Library last
year. Mrs. Richardson and Miss Elsa Struble, Mt. Pleasant
iibrarian, (left) met with Miss Jeannette Johnson, State Library consultant and hand-picked about 200 new books for
use by local  readers.	
Acheivement Days,-that
important 4-H spring event
will be held today, Friday,
and Saturday in the Harrison school gym. The public is welcome and a crowd
is expected.
Featured spots  on the
three-day   event   are   the
dress   revue on Saturday
Clare Em
To Distric
The 38th annual session
of the Rebekah Association
of District No. 20, met in
the Clare I.O.O.F. Temple
Friday April 19th, with
Clara Rebekah Lodge as
hostess.
Presiding for the model
session, Mrs. Ellen Henderson, and her corp of
'-officers also had the pleasure to introduce the distinguished guests. District
officers welcomed were
Madalene Seiter of the
hostess lodge, president,
Beatrice Seeley, of Shepherd, vice president,
Louise Farrow, of Gladwin
secretary, and Lillian
Johnston, of Weidman,
treasurer. Assembly officers   also   were present.
Eleven past presidents
of the district were also
welcomed    including
Clare's    Fannie   Yeoman,
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at 10:00 a.m. and the annual Achievement Day program at 1:00 that afternoon.
Judging will be on Friday.
The complete schedule
lists Thursday evening,(to-
night) fo." the acceptance
and placing of exhibits at
6 to 9 p.m.,the announcement of project winners at
1:00 on Saturday afternoon,
and an introduction to the
new Clare County Extension Director, George
MacQueen who will take up
duties in Harrison on May
first to replace Richard
Schroeder.
Clare County Extension
Secretary, Bettie Marotzke
has announced that 4-H
Service Club members are
in charge of setting the
stage for the Dress Revue
and placing tables for exhibits.
An announcement in Extension notes says that the
4-H leaders' banquet will
be held on May 8 at the
Congregational Church in
Harrison. Reservations
must be in the hands of
Mrs. Marotzke before May
1.
First Meeting
The Ladies' Wednesday
Night Golf League annual
meeting will be April 25
at Twin Elms where all
members, new joiners,
and visitors will be welcome.
Lunch   will   be served
at 8:00 p.m. to be followed by an open discussion
business    meeting.
".e records
Howard Ev-
:omplaint at
Tuesday this
week that his t,uto had been
stolen from a parking place
in the rear of his jewelry
store, the theft was solved
at 5:52 p.m., just 120 seconds later when State
Troopers at the Bridgeport Post broadcast news
of their recovery of the car
there.
Actually, the Everts car
was believed taken by a
pair of Wayne county juveniles sometime around
four o'clock, but was not
ynoticed missing until an
hour and 50 minutes later.
Unauthorized drivers of
the car had time to take
it to Bridgeport where they
bought gas an d refused to
pay. The station operator
called Troopers who discovered that the car was
stolen and before you could
say "coincidence", the
case was solved.
But there's more!
Clare Chief Milan Shepard and Department officers scouted around to
find out how the alleged
thiefs arrived in Clare
to steal a car.
They found a car in a
Clare parking lot that was
reported missing in Mc
Bain, and wasn't it simply
elementary to figure out
that the same culprits took
both cars?
Shepard will find out
for sure when the young
pair are brought here from
Bridgeport to be questioned. The juveniles, both
16 years of age gave addresses onein Detroit and
the other in Dearborn.
In another case last
week for Clare police,quick
punishment was meted out
to Roy Peters who was convicted on a drunk and disorderly charge after he
smashed two plate glass
windows in the front of
Feller's Department store.
Witnesses saw Peters
throw bricks through the
windows and police picked
him up before he had time
to leave the scene. Justice
Roger Bonham in Farwell
Cornets make up a large section of the Junior Band's 63
pieces. In this first rehearsal since Saturday's successful
performance at the State Festival, the players were at work
polishing more music for publib appearances.
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Playcrs-eyc view of "the boss," director Lloyd Conley
shows Junior Band trombonists paying attention as they are
reminded, "This phrase goes turn da-da turn, da-da tumt"
Despite their Festival First, the band is practicing to be
better. All photos by The Sentinel.
Clare Junior Band and- Lloyd Conley, director are back
from the State Festival with an enviable first rating,—the
unanimous mark of four judges at Grand Haven last Saturday! Resting on these laurels? Never! Here the full band is
at work in  a school-hour  rehearsal  In  preparation for more
appearances yet this year before the end of school. They
heard their director read the judges opinion of them as a
mature   group  giving   a  very  fine   Festival   performance.
Sentinel photo.
xtension
•mrt ■!■ -wni-wstjr ■ntpy
rector
George C. MacQueen,
who has been a Michigan
extension agent in 4-H
Club work and agriculture
since 1950 will be the new
Clare county extension
director.
MacQueen's      transfer
from Livingston county was
approved Friday (April 19)
ustness
ring
George MacQueen
Delegates from Business and Professional Women's clubs in Michigan
District Five met for an
all-day session Sunday at
the Doherty in Clare for
an annual election and business meeting and a banquet
Clare members were^
hosts.
Elected to district posts
from the Clare club were
Mrs.   Fannie  Yeoman,new
district      director,      and
Dortha  Kirkpatrick, dele-
by the State Board of Mich t^ht        • ir% -b »      « <n
igan   State   University.  It JMlCi JuniOT BOWIIIlg OeaSOU
will   be  effective May  1.
MacQueen is a native of
New Jersey and served with . .
the Indiana Extension Ser-      The     Junior     Bowling
vice at Purdue University League ended the season
sentenced him to 60 days in _efore coming to Michigan w^^ a banquet at Barnes
the county jail at Harrison.  in  1950   His first Michi- Lounge     There    were 47
gan assignment was as 4-H Junior bowlers present with
Club     agent   in    Tuscola two sponsors as guests: Mr
County from 1950 to 1955.
In 1955 he was moved to
Livingston county, serving
first   as  4-H Club agent
and since 1956 as agent in
agriculture.
Peters told officers that
he   hadn't eaten in three
days, and he wanted to go
to jail where he would be
taken care of.
Early Com
Pays In
High Yield
He received his Master
of    Science    degree from
Michigan State University
in 1958.
MacQueen     will    succeed   Richard   Schroeder,
who is on leave to carry out
a   special   assignment   in
Africa.
Early     corn     planting
really pays off! Research
shows much higher yields
on   fields   planted   before
May 10.
"During    the   past   13
.years,      Michigan,    corn   X7- _%■__• _-_^^*
yields   have   averaged  13  JSeW   SIS. OOO
percent more when the corn
Rest Rooms
was planted May 1-10
than when planted May 15-
20,"reports. E.C.Rossman
who conducted date-of-
planting research for the
Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station. "Yields
were up to 30 percent higher with the early seed-
ings than with May 25-30
plantings."
Besides higher yields
there are several other
merits of early corn planting. These are; more mature corn, lower moisture,
easier and cleaner harvest
and better quality corn with
no major lodging or weed
control problems.
The State Highway Department will open bids
May 8 on 57 construction
projects of various kinds
including one in Clare
County. Total cost of the
work covered is expected to be around eight
million.
In the local area the
project included the building of rest- rooms in a rest
area on US-27 Freeway
just north of Clare.The rest
area serves both north and
south bound traffic.
Estimated cost is $15,
000 including engineering.
Skinner with the Holley
Carburetor team, and Mr.
Flower with the Flower's
Drugs team. Mr. Gerald
Brown of the Gateway
Lanes, sponsor of the Senior .Division Christmas
Tournament, and Mr. Paul
Dreis of WCRM Radio Station, sponsor of the Bantam
Division Christmas Tournament, were present and
helped to award the tournament trophies. Everts
Jewelers were sponsors of
the Junior Division Christmas Tournament, but had
no representative present.
Coaches Don Bell and Pete
Brown; scorekeepers and
helpers Bonnie Bauder, Cal
Foss, Mike Hochstetler,
Charlotte Brown, Andy and
Irene Cruden: and special
guest Mr. Peter caredes
were   also  in  attendance.
After a very enjoyable
meal, Don Bell introduced
the officers of the past
season; President, Bonnie
Bauder; Vice- president;
Junior Smith.and Secretary
John Cruden. The team
captains were also introduced and the meeting was
turned over to President
Bonnie Bauder.
Bonnie welcomed every
body and expressed appreciation for the help and co
operation during the past
season. The election of officers was handled by Bonnie and the officers are:
President, Dennis Dawson;
Vice-president,Mike Marr
Secretary, Albert  Cruden.
gate  to the State nominating committee.
Nearly 100 attended,in-
cluding 26 from Clare.
At the; annual business
meeting, held at 11:00a.m.
in the Fifth Avenue,JRoom,
Mrs. Margaret Busch of
Alma, the district director presided.
Dinner was served at
12:30 and tables were very
attractive with yellow
roses, the Federation flower, and favors of colorful
umbrellas with individual
favor gifts from Citizen's
Bank and Trust of Clare,
and Mrs. Thelma Wood-
worth. The club collect was
sung by Mrs. Jan Johnston
accompanied by Mrs. Beverly Trucks, and the invocation was by Mrs. Yeoman. Dinner music was
played by Mrs. Bettie
Marotzke.
General chairman,
Dortha Kirkpatrick,pre-
sided as mistress of ceremonies. The welcome was DnC| TVT'ac'f£»•*•«
given by Mrs. Ina Ham- x aai -Lvxaotcia
mond,     president    of the t\t •„,_._   a -^_\
Clare Club. Special guests iNlgllt J\.pY. CM
introduced were presidents
of the clubs in the district in Alma, Bay City,
Caro, Cass City, Flint
Lapeer, Midland ahd Saginaw.
The District Chairman
introduced the speaker of
the afternoon, Mrs. Olga
Taylor, who gave a very
instructive talk on "What
B.P.W. mean to US." She
based her remarks on the
work of the Federation,
State, National and International level.
a State First for this year.
Playing three numbers
which they had prepared
for the festival, "Empire
State Salute", a march,
"Panis Angelicus", a required number, and "Two
Moods", a number selected by the band,— the band
earned the unanimous approval of all judges.
The band consists of 63
members from the eighth
and ninth grades. They
were chaperoned on the
bus trip Saturday by Mrs.
Wayne Patterson, Mrs.
Russell Foell, Mrs. Dean
Manee, and Mrs. Stanley
drum.
Next Saturday, April 27,
it will be the' Senior High
Band's  turn to be tested
at a State Festival.
The Senior High Band
will play I'nder Conley's
baton at Battle Creek in
the State Band and Orchestra Festival after also receiving straight Firsts in
their 1963 District appearance. They will be seeking
to match the Junior Band's
attainment.
More activities in the
Band calendar at CHS are
to include a Kiddie Koncert
on May 23, the Memorial
Day parade, and commencement appearance on
June 14.
The Kiddie Koncert is
to be a light performance
particularly for the entertainment of a young •
audience and the bandsmen
. are preparing fun numbers
and novelties for the amuie
ment of the expected crowd
of junior-age fans and their
parents.
A pleasant sidelight on
the story of the Junior
Band's success at the State
Festival followed the return of members who immediately penned an "open
letter" to their director
to let him know how they
appreciated his teaching
that contributed to the fine
performance:
Dear Mr. Conley,
We, the members of the
Junior Band wish to take
this opportunity to express
our pride and our sincere
gratitude for your patience
and ability that enabled us
to take a First rating at
Roscommon and again last
Saturday take another First
rating at State Festival at
Grand Haven.
Once   again,  thanks  to
you   for   your   effort and
hard  work to make these
awards possible.
Sincerely,
All members
of the
Junior Band
of Clare, 1963
Clare 'Masons are planning for their Past Masters' Night at John Q. Look
Lodge on April 30 when
a distinguished visitor will
be C. Fuller Dorr, of Bel-
ding. Dorr is Right Worshipful Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge of
Michigan.
The local lodge will
confer the Master Mason
degree on two candidates
that night and an oyster
stew supper will be served   with Art Damoth, chef
Don Bell and. Pete Brown
awarded the league trophies as follow: First place
team-TopcatS: Larry Witbeck, Gary Anderson, Tom
Foss, Bill Bryant and Greg
Gibson. Second place team-
Flintstones: Albert Cruden
Mike Marr, Steve Vance,
Jim Clute, and Tim Quer-
back. High averages: Seniors- Steve Vance; Junior
boys; Dennis Dawson; Jun
ior Girls- Sheila Haring;
Bantam Boys, Dennis Colosky. Bantam Girls; Rutn
Goodwin. High games; Sen
iors- Steve Vance; Junior
Boys- Dennis Dawson; Jun
ior Girls- Sheila Haring;
Bantam Boys- Dennis Colosky; Bantam Girls, Pat
Lewis. Second High Games
'Seniors- Junior Smith;
Junior Boys- Frank Schmid
Si JS'WSJ! For District Meeting Here
street:      Bantam     Boys;       _, „
Clare     will   play host
Monday, April 29, to a
district dinner meeting of
the Michigan Retail Hard-
Ware Association, beginning at 7:00 p.m., in the
Twin Elms Country Club.
According to chairman,
Ken Martz, Ken's Hardware & Supply, Clare, the
meeting will be open to
retailers, their wives, employees and the general
public in Clare, Gladwin,
Gratiot, Isabella and Midland counties. Special
guests wil be the Legislators and their wives,rep-
resenting   these counties.
Hardware Retailers Coming
Larry Ruby, Bantam Girls
Ruth Goodwin. M ost improved averager; Boys, John
Cruden; Girls, Christina
Cruden. Perfect attendance
Tim White, John Cruden,
Bonnie Bauder, Beverly
Martz, Tom Foss, Mary
Mott, Connie Wood, Merle
Phillips, Albert Cruden.
Schumacher, manager -
treasurer, will also participate on the program.
This 42nd annual spring
series of meetings .being
conducted in 11 northern
Michigan communities, is
designed to serve as part
of an overall program
aimed at maintaining constant communication with
member merchants, a regular Association service
since 1920. The Association annually conducts 26
meetings throughout the
State, with the fall series
held in southern Michigan.
Clare junior bowlers pose
prizes following their annual
happily with the trophys and
banquet celebrating the finish
ot another season
Gateway Lanes.
Country dining
of fun and competition
Their banquet was held at
•com. Photo by
on the maples at
Barnes Town 4.
Peter Brown.
Advance     reservations
are required for the dinner
meeting.
Featured speaker will
be J. Ed Uland of Cold-
water, nationally known human relations counselor.
His subject will be "The'
Key That Opens All Doors"
Peter M. Baudino, Calumet, president of the Association, and Harold W.
For Show
Mrs. Grace Mc Arthur
has received notice that
two of her paintings,
'' Storm Approaching'' ,and
"Fourth of July" have been
selected for exhibiting at
the Michigan Artists Show
at the Detroit Art Museum,
April 15 to June 30. They
were among 300 picked
from 3,000 entries,