1966-04-14; Clare Sentinel

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Clare, Michigan   April 14, 1966
Eighty-seventh Year
New Series   Vol. 74. No. 32t
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A local election on May
9 in the City of Clare will
submit to voters the question of whether the city
shall borrow 85 thousand
dollars for constructing a
sewage treatment lagoon
and improvements to the
sanitary sewer system, and
175 thousand dollars to pay
part of the cost of improving the city water supply system.
The listed improvements
and modernization of the
water s u p p 1 y system
include a new larger elevated water tank, an addition to the iron removal
plant, a new water supply
well and extension and enlargement of water mains.
Voting will be on the
question of whether the
city should be bonded to
pay the share of the cost
of the improvements.
A majority of voters saying "Yes" on the propositions will authorize the
city commission to borrow
a total of $260,000. to pay
the local share of an esti-
Two Wa&an&ies
On Coleman
School Board
The Coleman Board of
Education met for its regular session Monday night
and called for a special
meeting to be held on Monday, May 2, to receive
bids for the alterations
which are to be made to
the Intermediate School
building during the summer.
Of prime importance,too
is the coming annual school
election to be held on June
13, for which the Board
passed the necessary
resolutions.
All persons registered
with their city or township clerks are eligible to
vote; anyone not already
registered must do so by
May 16.
There will be two board
positions on the ballot at
that election, one for a
four-year term in which
incumbent Murray Moore
will seek re-election and
one for a one-year term
with incumbent Carl Toth
seeking election.
Others wishing to run
for either of these positions may pick up nominating petitions at the superintendent's office. These
must be returned by May
14.
Under a recently adopted
policy, the Board has approved an equivalency diploma for Andrew W. Jackson now serving with the U.
S. Navy where he completed
the requirements for High
School graduation.
_ The Board approved the
hiring of eleven new teachers for next school term
and has called for a brief
special meeting for next
Monday, April 18, to ratify
the master labor relations
contract with the teachers.
Negotiations on the master
contract are still under way
but it is anticipated that
they will be concluded before that date.
Intermediate school principal Keith D. Wing gave a
report on the recently completed Adult Education program, the first such
-program for Coleman, in
which 27 adults took part.
mated total project cost of
$650,500.00.
Two propositions to appear on the May 9 ballot
will list the specific uses
for the money in more detail. The first will describe
the sanitary sewer system
improvements as;
A waste treatment lagoon.
A pumping station at the la-
gon together with compressors and piping. A road
and fencing on the land site
east of the city where US-
27 and US-10 expressways
intersect.
More listed improvements in this part of the
over all project are sanitary sewer extensions in
a westward direction to the
Clare city limits where an
industrial site is being
developed.
Detailing the proposed
water system improvements, the ballot will list:
Purchase and installation
of water mains (replacement with larger mains
where needed -Ed.). An
elevated water storage tank
An addition to the city's
present iron removal plant
to increase capacity.
As part of the project,
Clare's water supply will
be increased by the addition of a new well with
"appurtenances and attachments,' which are assumed
to mean a water pressure
pump, piping and valves,
and a well house or structure to enclose the pump
and well head.
In the lengthy resolution
acted on at the March 21
meeting, Commissioner
Tom Bradley made the motion for its adoption and
voting was unanimous in its
favor. It directed City
Clerk Madge Ruark to conduct the election and named
electors who have property
in the city assessed for
taxes, or the husband or
wife of such elector as
being eligible to vote.
The election will receive
more than the usual amount
of publicity through what
Mayor Willard Koch called
an information campaign.
The usual legal notices of
election will be published
prior to May 9.
Mayor Koch said that the
engineering firm employed
by the city would assist in
preparing articles for The
Sentinel which will explain
the need for the proposed
improvements and exactly
what was to be accomplished by the projects.
City Attorney Harold B.
Hughes said Wednesday that
no proposition was included
on the May 9 ballot for the
levy of specified millage
to repay the debt because
the general obligation
bonds provided for were to
be retired from ordinary
revenue obtained from
taxes and fees on property
owners and users of city
sewer and water services.
Application for federal
funds to use in the projects
has already been made and
notice of whether such funds
have been granted may be
expected after passage of
the proposals at the local
election.
Hughes explained that if
the proposals are approved
on May 9, and then the city
is denied federal money,
then the projects would be
halted until new applications or other means were
successful in obtaining aid
funds.
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On hand at Clare Municipal
Airport Monday to greet Senatorial Candidate G. Mermen
Williams were Willard Koch,
Clare mayor. Larry Jackson ™—
the postmaster and Mrs. Jack- W
son Who is vice chairman of
the Olare County Democratic
Committee with their family,
Mrs. Madge Ruark the Clare
city clerk, Don Smith the Ear-
well postmaster, Jarl Ruark
about to declare as a primary
candidate for district representative, a"-* it _;_■ ri_j.t arc
Mr. and Mrs. James Grigg.
BELOW: Williams alights from
his plane.   Photos by Stan Crum.
Stuart D. Huntley of Harrison, veteran member of
the Clare County Board of
Supervisors was elected
Tuesday as chairman of
that Board for the next
year.
He takes over the office
from Clinton R. Case of
Eight Point Lake, the Garfield supervisor.
Named to succeed himself as chairman pro-tem
is John Brubaker of Arthur
township.
Huntley's election was
an early order of business
in the opening of the April
Session in the courthouse
in Harrison. The new
chairman took immediate
charge in presiding over
the session and will announce committee
appointments later this
week.
The new chairman has
been a member of the Board
for 15 years divided into an
eight - year stretch, and.
more recently the present
terms of membership
which number seven years.
He represents the third
ward in Harrison.
He takes pride in having
held a variety of assignments as a supervisor and
circumstances will likely
bring him the honor of calling the first session to
order in new quarters when
the county building is completed    in    time    for   the
December session. This
could be viewed as appropriate since he has headed
the county building committee for two years with
the primary assignment of
developing plans and financing for the new county
building.
The county building is
supposed to be ready for
occupancy by October 23,
but guesses about the actual
date of moving in are varying from November 1 to 15.
In other government
experience at Harrison
Huntley has headed, or been
a member of nearly every
important committee of the
Board.
He re calls that some 27
years ago, he was with the
late John W. Dunlop, then
mayor of Clare and a member of the county supervisors, set up the first
organized County Welfare
Department that has since
grown into the number one
place in the county budget
and one of the most important departments.
The new chairman announced his committee appointments Wednesday
morning and following is
the list for 1966-67.
First named on each
committee is its chairman.
WAYS & MEANS
Clinton Case
STUART  HUNTLEY
CHARGE TO BE  MODEST
Child Clinic Adopts New Fee System
The Central Michigan
Child Guidance Clinic has
begun    a    system   of fee
charging which became effective April 1, 1966. At
its last regular meeting
the Board of Directors of
the Clinic voted
unanimously to adopt the
fee program which had been
the subject of study for
.^any months.
The fee system has two
major aims;  (1)  To give
clients of the Clinic an
opportunity to make personal contributions: and (2)
To provide an additional
source of Clinic revenue.
It is not anticipated that
the fee system will be a
major source of revenue.
The fees have been carefully set at moderate levels and are designed to
reflect the family's ability
to pay. The system takes
into account the factors of
gross  family income and
the size of the family.
Fees are expected to be
quite modest in most cases
and the subject of fees will
be discussed thoroughly
with each family during
the first Clinic appointment
In its statement of philosophy regarding fees the
Board of Directors emphasized that no one would be
refused Clinic service because of inability to pay-
fees.
The fees are not intended
to cover the actual cost of
Clinic service. They are
simply a way of adding to
the Clinic financial base by
giving clients an opportunity to make direct contributions.
The major sources of
Clinic revenue will continue
to be the State Department
of Mental Health, County
Boards of Supervisors,
County and local Boards
of Education, and United
Funds.
Albert Haley
Ray Richardson
R.V. Hamp
John Brubaker
Clarence Riedel
Mark McKenna
BUDGET
R.V. Hamp
Ray Richardson
Glen Cain
Albert Haley
TRI-COUNTY HEALTH
John DeForest
John Brubaker
George Nash
SHERIFF
Ray Richardson
Albert Haley
Glen Cain
BONDS & INSURANCE
Frank Rilett
Mark McKenna
George Nash
Wendell Drallette
APPORTIONMENT
OF TAXES
R.V. Hamp
Clarence Riedel
Earl Prielipp
AIRPORT
George Nash
Earl Preilipp
Thomas Austin
EDUCATION
Wendell Drallette
Frank Rilett
Don Davis
BOATING
Howard Carey
Percy Barlow
Myron Dunkle
COMMUNICATIONS
John DeForest
Roy Dunbar
Carl Bringold
SALARIES
Mark McKenna
Albert Haley
Glen Cain
EQUALIZATION
John Brubaker
Mark McKenna
Glenn Cain
Clinton R. Case
R.V. Hamp
WELFARE
Clinton Case
John Brubaker
Wendell Drallette
Frank Humphrey
BUILDING
Clarence Riedel
Albert Haley
John DeForest
Clinton Case
Continued  on  Page  A-8
School Outlines New
Tornado Precautions
Huntley Is  Supervisor  Chairman
The Clare Board of Education in a regular meeting
Monday this week heard
detailed plans for the care
of students in tornado
threatening conditions,
-accepted a budget for next
year's operation, and conducted other business
including a free health
examination service for
young pre-schoolers in
which the District Health
Department and the public
schools will co-operate.
The Board approved the
proposed 1966-67 school
budget to be filed with the
County Allocation Board
later this month.
In other action relating
to financial matters repay-
men of bonds totaling
$27,548, including interest
and principal, was approved.
Richard Snyder, superintendent, reviewed
procedures to be followed
in the case of either a
"tornado watch", or "tornado warning". He
emphasized the fact that
in either case children will
not normally be sent home
before the usual dismissal
time.
If a "tornado warning"
is issued in the area, students are to be moved to
predesignated parts of the
school buildings offering
greatest protection and are
to be kept there under teacher' s supervision until the
immediate danger is past.
New TORNADO warnings have
been approved by authorities
of Clare and C-D. Printed on
page B-l of this Sentinel, they
are for you to clip and post at
home. Calls to the police department during tornado conditions are NOT advised.
A teaching contract for
Micheal Tate of Clarkston,
Michigan, was signed for
the   1966-67  school  year.
Bicknell On
CouiicSE To
Advise Toepp
J. Stuart Bicknell, president of Citizens Bank and
Trust has agreed to serve
on a nine-member council
to assist the candidacy of
John Toepp for senator in
Lansing from this 36th District.
The council will help develop opinions andpolicies.
Toepp said that he intends
to meet regularly with the
council members on matters of agriculture, business, labor, local
government and other local
and state problems. Bicknell will advise t h e
candidate on matters of
finance and taxation.
Pest Control
Tate will graduate from
Central Michigan University this June and will teach
either in the intermediate
grades, or in the Junior
High School.
It was also announced
that the District Health Department will conduct
vision and hearing testing
for three and four year
old children in the Clare
area. The-tests will be
free and will take place
in  the elementary school.
Parents of children in
this age group will be sent
letters offering this service as soon as final
arrangements can be made.
Royce Cole
Gets 1966
Williams Here
For Disfriof
0  Dem Rally
G. Mennen Williams, in
Clare Monday evening for
a meeting and rally of
Democrats of the 36th Senatorial District, smilingly
accepted the greetings of
95 who attended a dinner
at the Doherty, and accepted also the unanimous endorsement of his candidacy
for U.S. Senator from
Michigan.
He is former governor
of this state and recently
resigned as under secretary of state for African
affairs.
A delegation of well-
wishers met Williams when
he landed at the Clare Municipal airport at about 6:15
Monday and they formed a
motorcade to escort him
downtown. Fifteen counties were represented at
the dinner where he was
received by the crowd.
His remarks were on
present day Africa, and
about the Peace Corps.
Endorsement was also
given John Wilberding of
Shepherd, candidate in the
Democratic primary for
State Senator from the 36th
District.
Come Home
Parakeet
"K" Award
Royce Cole, Clare High
senior and son of Mr. and
Mrs. Basil Cole became the
31st athlete to w i n the
Kiwanis Award when the
1966    announcement    was
ROYCE   OOLE
made Wednesday last week
at the annual banquet.
Members of the club together with many guests,
CHS athletic letter winners
and parents of the senior
team members were in the
audience that enjoyed the
after-dinner program and
the surprise announcement.
History of the award goes
back to 1936 and has been
an annual affair since.
Names of many outstanding
and popular athletes are on
the plaque in the school
trophy case.
Cole's school record
shows that he earned letters in football, basketball
and track in his sophomore
junior and senior years and
two JV letters as a freshman.
He has an above-average
scholastic rating and is
president of his graduating
class. Besides this he is a
member of the Varsity Club
Latin Glub, a dance band,
and belongs to the Individual Sports Club.
After graduation he will
attend Michigan State where
he plans to major in business administration.
A little blue parakeet
that left his owner, Mrs.
Ella Mead and ran away
from home Tuesday has
probably repented by this
time and would like to find
his way back. You could
help if you see the bird
and notify Mrs. Mead.
"George" is very tame
and is normally allowed the
run of a room at 206 Mark-
ley St. in.Vernon City where
Mrs. Mead lives with her
mother. Tuesday he became
excited when children were
playing, and flew into a
stove-pipe hole, -up the
chimney and out!
Mrs. Mead said that
George talks some, will
hop on your shoulder but
doesn't like to be picked
up, -and by now is probably pretty hungry and
chilled. He may be in the
neighborhood if wild birds
haven't   led him a-stray.
If any bird watchers
should see George they can
call his owner at 386-9880.
Play Date
Is April 22
Clare High Thespians
have re-scheduled their
play, The Many Loves of
Dobie Gillis for the evening of April 22 and are
continuing rehearsals of
the comedy.
The presentation was
postponed almost one
month because of illness
among the members of the
cast.
Thirty characters appear in the three-act play.
It was adapted from a story
by Max Shulman and made
popular in a recent television series.
Dobie, the title character is played by Tim Sheredy
and two girls in rivalry for
his attentions, Bonnie and
Helen are played by Debby
Warner and Debby Greer.
Some    new   regulations _, .
are  in  effect  on  the  use P- J. A J_-ieCtlOH
of insecticides and pesticides on corn planted in
1966
Complete information on
the acceptable insecticides
are in a revised Extension
Bulletin 439 now available
at county Extension offices.
Louie Webb Isabella
county Agent, warns that
Dieldrin in any form can
be used only for seed treatment.
The Clare P.T.A. Will
meet at the high school
building, April 18that 8 p.m
All members are urged
to attend, as the election
of officers, and other important business will be on
the agenda.
A special feature will be
the Science Fair.
Refreshments will be
served by the Room Mothers committee.
Ban Bird
Dog Training
With one exception, field
dog training goes into a
three-month recess in
Michigan, starting April
16, the Conservation Department reminds sportsmen.
Not sidelined by the
seasonal shutdown, which
continues through July 14
to protect nesting wildlife
and their young, are dogs
trained on - foxes. Under
a law passed in 1965, they
may be put through their
paces at any time of the
year.
Women's OoBf
Breakfast
The Wednesday morning
Womens Golf Association
will hold their annual opening breakfast on Wednesday April 27th at 9:00 a.m.
Call Twin Elms 386-7093
for reservations.