1963-09-19; Clare Sentinel

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Advised To
Feed Grain
It looks like farmers are
still going    to be talking
about this summer's wea- -
ther during the cold months
ahead.
^"Some dairy farmers
are going to find themselves short of hay this
coming winter," says Don
Hillman, Michigan State
University dairy extension
specialist. And it's all because summer weather
conditions wern't too suit- •
able for a good hay crop.
Clare county's Extension Director George Mac
Queen and MSU specialists
-warned several weeks ago
that the hay supply was
likely to be some nine per
q^nt under normal, and feed
supplies and market prices
would be affected.
Hillman believes farmers should consider plans
for substituting grain or
silage for hay. "They
should plan their feeding
programs so they will have
a minimum of 15 pounds
of hay per cow each day
all winter long," says the
specialist. Lower amounts
of hay may reduce butter-,
fat tests.
How much grain should
be fed? It depends on how
much milk you want produced. Hillman suggests
that dairymen feed at least
SjOOO pounds^of grain per
cow, including 500 to 700
pounds of protein supplement. "The best herds in
the state will be feeding
over 6,000 pounds of
grain," he points out.
There   were  141 herds >ChristntOS
which made outstanding ac- -T7- * *
complishments enrolled in WorkSHOp
the Extension program to
boost grain feeding last
year. The average increase in income overfeed
costs amounted to $47
per cow.
The average dairymen
in the program fed 1,000
pounds   more   grain.   The
Chamber Of Commerce
Lacks Cash, Members;
Greater Effort Asked
Heavy reinforcing steel makes
a pattern in the underground
foundation, being readied for.
the water system Iron Filtering Plant now a-buildlng- near
the corner of W. Fourth and
HeMey (Maple). A. crew of
workmen were placing the
steel to be covered hy concrete
this week. The floor and base
are beneath what will be a
compartment for 200,000 gal-
Vnis of water after It passes
through am aerator.
Sentinel photo.
results     was  2,170 extra
pounds    of   milk   and" 86J
is of butterfat per cow.
Tim Cotter
For Dodge
The appointment of Tim
Cotter as the new Dodge
car and truck dealer with
sales and service headquarters at 1200 N.Mc
Ewan,' Clare, was announced today.   .
The agency will feature
a full line of Dodge cars
and trucks, as well as the
Btttck line of automobiles
that he will continue to
handle.
Mr. Cotter has been associated with the automobile business since
1926. He came to Clare, in
1934; and outside of three
and a half years in the
armed forces, has continued to operate an agency
here. '    ,
His dealership located on
North McEwan Street.will
show the new 1964 Golden .
Anniversary Dodges, Friday, September 20th, in
conjunction with the national announcement.
t The 1964 lineup of
' Dodges with a total of 40
different models, offers
buyers a wide variety of
cars for every purse and
budget. There are three
separate lines for 1964.'
The family size compact
Dart; the standard size,
popular Dodge; and the luxurious, medium - price
Dodge 880 and Custom 880,
The public is cordially
invited to inspect these
new 1964 Dodges, that are
covered under Chrysler
Corporation's famous five
year or 50 thousand mile
warranty.
Patches Wins
Only 102 days until
Christmas!
So reminds Ruth A. Mc-
Illnay, Isabella County Extension Agent for Home
Economics as she announced a workshop ending tonight for gift ideas and hints
^Jjpw Xo mjake. "
Most of the ideas being
exhibited are for childrens
toys.
The Extension office in
Mt. Pleasant . was open
Wednesday evening for
public viewing of the exhibits.
Iron Filter Plant
Construction Now
n Second Week
Work on Clare's new iron
removal plant for city
water is now on its second
week and reinforced concrete for the water reservoir base was poured Wednesday,   -
. General' edntfa^tor for
the plant's construction is
John Sadler of Milford who
said that structuralsteelis
on the site and once the
heavy foundation is completed underground, the project should move ahead
rapidly.
Perfect weather is help- celerated    Public   Works
ing the work away to a good grant of $88 thousand and
start. partly with money from the
The heavy steel and con- city's funds on hand.  A
crete   base is of special raise in water rates this,
construction     to   support yesr   will   eventually   put
several hundred thousand ba_?| jie money in the con-
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gallons of* water that "will
filter through the iron removal process into a giant
reservoir.
account and other
city reserves.
The building will be approximately 75x30 feet with
parts of it rising two
stories high.
100 Fins Over Average
Residents who visited a
demonstration  .   with      a
"pilot" set up last May 13 T . . . «      T
in the Clare Fire station, L/lttl6 J_eagUe
are familiar with the
process that will remove
iron and gases and color
from the city's well water,
and eliminate most of the
present odor, bad taste, and
staining rust.
Water is to be pumped
from the wells to the top
of an aerating tower where
it will fall through a series
of screen devices to break
it into fine drops, or mist.
If there la a shoulder patch or award for "first nighter
champs", Mildred LeTourneau deserves «xne for her high
game on her league opening- night at Gateway Bowling
—anes. She scored a 241 with her first seven trames ail
strikes, and totaled 516 for her series. She carried a last-
season pin average of 140. Photo hy Peter Brown.
May Order Tree Stock
"Poppin
Appaloose
Patches", an
stallion owned
by Melvin and Marvin Bon-
||" ham,   won Grand Champion ribbon at the Saginaw
Fair  last   week,   Friday.
Other honors won by entries from Bonham's Sugar
Creek Ranch include Reserve    Grand   Champion,
mare, first place, yearling
stallion,    second    place,
gelding.
A   colorful part of the
show was the Indian Cos-
I
turns
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competition.
Some 10 million young
trees are now on sale
throught the Conservation
Department as planting
stock for future timber
production, erosion controls and farm windbreaks
on private lands.
Stock may be ordered
for delivery this fall or in
the spring of 1964 under a
system introduced last
year to help landowners
plan ahead with their reforestation projects.
Offered at approximate
production costs are red
pine seedlings and trans
plants, .white and jack pine
seedlings, white spruce
transplants, and Austrian
pine seedlings. Red pine
again accounts for the largest share of the Department's nursery stock.
Fall shipments win be
made from Sept. 15 to Oct.
31, weather permitting.
Official stock price lists
and order blanks are available from the Department's
forestry division in Lansing, or at offices Of district foresters artd county
extension agents,
Clean air being passed
upward through the mist
will oxidize iron in the
water. Part of it will be
blown away as gas or vapor, while the remainder
will be changed into a state
easier to filter away in the
following process.
Cleaner, colorless, softer water will be the final
product.
The plant now under construction is being paid for
partly with a Federal Ac-
Deaths Drop
In August
Then Increase
Michigan's traffic fatality toll was reduced for
the first time in eight
months when 160 deaths
were recorded in August
as compared with 177 in
the same month last year.
The State Police reported that although delayed
death reports are expected
to increase the toll somewhat, the difference of 17
deaths, or a reduction of
9.6 percent, is not expected to be overtaken
enough to put the month in
the loss column.
The provisional eight-
month toll is 1,128 or,
12.6 percent more than
1,002 in 1962.
The Labor Day weekend
toll, which was recorded
between 6 p.m, Friday to
midnight Monday, was 31
deaths in 19 accidents, six
Of them multiple deaths.
Two persons were killed
in each of three accidents,
three in one, four in one,
and five in one. The death
toll was five more than
26 in 1962, and was the
highest in 10 years.
Election Held
The Little League annual
meeting Tuesday night at
the Clare school drew an
attendance of 100 or over
persons who heard reports
of the year's activity and
elected officers for 1964.
President is Al lacco
who took one of the leadership jobs in last summer's project to light the
playing field here and return boys baseball to recognized Little League
standing.
One avowed goal for next
season is to bring district
championship games_ to
Clare for an end-of-season
sports spectacle.
Elected to serve with
the new-president is Vice
President, Lyle Gallagher,
Secretary Dale Lyons,
Treasurer, Robert Camp -
bell.
Umpire-in-chief is Joe
Greer while players'
agents are Glenn Vance for
the senior division, and
Ivan Lozen for the junior
division.
Clare's Chamber of
Commerce, currently
floundering in a low-activity cycle and' suffering
from members' lack of interest and financial support
started plans for re-juven-
ation at a meeting Tuesday
evening at Barnes' Town &
Country.
• Its president, Marlin Alexander, "laid it on the
line" when he told about 20
members there, that the
organization must have
more funds and active cooperation or else begin to
cut back some services
and projects that are designed to bring in to Clare
tourists from the cities and
travelers from the expressways.
Officers and directors of
the group called the meeting to let members know
how badly their bootstraps
need a'tug!
- There is ah expected
$800 deficit after heavy
cost of leasing three giant
expressway signs which
promote Clare as a place to
eat, shop, service autos and
stay overnight. One of the
signs is lighted, adding to
the expense,
- At least three major
promotions this year ran in
the red to deplete the
treasury still further. They
were the January Winter
Festival, Michigan Week,
and retailers' June Sidewalk Sale.
Chamber of Commerce
leaders believe that members specifically, and the
entire town generally would
suffer from the suspension
or curtailment of any of
these activities. The alternative is more members,
- more    dues   collected,
- more help with the management and working operation of projects.
Directors heldva meeting
a week ago Monday to decide what to ask members
to do,
"Its the members' organization and each one has
got to come across with
help to make it go.", Alexander said. "Too much of
the work load has been falling on too few individuals."
He asked for a show of
hands from those who assisted in promoting, first
the Winter Festival, then
Michigan Week, then Sidewalk Sale Day. When no
more than one to three or
four men claimed' credit
for working on the various
projects, the meeting was
opened for suggestions how
to enlist better co-operation.
A committee, appointed
Tuesday will analyze business activity in Clare and
recommend  a list of pres-
Friends in Clare learned las t week of the death
of Kenneth C. Poulson,65,
in Saginaw, His teen years
were spent here while his
father was school superintendent. Attending the
funeral on September 10 in
Saginaw were Judge and
Mrs. D.E. Holbrook, Mr.
and Mrs. Harley Sowle and
sons Gail, Lee and Neil,
Mrs. Myra Moline and Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Moline.
ent non-members who
should be solicited for their
support and dues.
Coming up soon on the
C. of C. project calendar
are two promotions: A
Dawn Patrol for flyers at
the Clare City Airport on
September 29, and "Lucky-
Bucks" good will event for
deer hunters in November.
Preliminary plans are
being discussed for the
Winter Sports Festival
in January, 1964;
They Caught The Big Ones
She—hi haeky fishermen emerged m winners in Holley Carburetor Company's annual fishing contest and took home
their prizes on that day of good (?) fortune, Friday the 13th.
In the photo, from left arte: Walt DeGeer whose prize was an
Ice chest for the biggest Northern Pike measuring 3294
inches; _ester Halstead- a sleeping bag for a Brown Wnont,
20 inches; Jay BeCaxnp- a portable light for his pi_ewinniug
Rainbow, 16 inches; ILeonard Sunday- a reel for his Perch,
13 inches; —loyd Eberhart, Jr. (Employees Union Representative); Lyle Skinner (Holley Personnel Director); Albert
Melius- a gas lantern tor his Smallmouiih Bass, 18'„ inches;
Wilbur Mann- a fishing rod prize for a Brook Trout, 149-4
. inches. Not in the picture! was Joft WllDey who won a camp
stove for the biggest Bluegill measuring 11 Inches.
Photo by Meryl Graham
Pioneers Lose Opener
To Gladwin, 21-6
Clare High Pioneers
were victims of Gladwin's
revenge for last year's grid
defeat when the G's took
a 21-6 decision on their own
field Friday. It was the
season opener for both
squads.
Coach George Perry
sees his team as underdogs
in nearly every encounter
this fall." Although his Green
and White gridders are,
"coming together" in the
shape of a team improving
with practice, he still isn't
promising anything more
than a brand of football
that will display courage
ahd interest for spectators.-
Clare goes to Cheboygan
tomorrow night for the second game of the schedule
and does not open at home
until October 4.
On Friday at Gladwin the
two teams battled through
a scoreless first quarter
and Gladwin 'drew first
blood with a running score
by Jim Young in the sec
ond period. Half time score,
7-0.
Clare got back into the
game with a third quarter
score when gains on the
field were aided by penalties against Gladwin and
Quarterback Tom Dunn
crossed the G's line. The
point conversion failed.
But two quick fourth
quarter scores by Dennis
Breault and Louie Edgar
shut off Clare hopes. Gladwin' s Greg Juneac converted after each of their TDs.
Other teams . in Mid -
Michigan competition fared
as follows:
Chesaning lost to Beld-
ing, 21-7, St. Louis was
downed by Shepherd, 20-13,
high-rated Ithaca eked out-
a 12-7 over Saginaw SS
Peter and Paul's, Corunna
took a victory over Perry,
8-0, Durand was swamped
by   Swartz  Creek,  26-12.
Scores reported for area
schools were: Farwell* 7,
Morley-Stanwood 7 (tie),
Coleman 7, Beaverton 7
(tie).
Improvements just completed ion
nls courts include new backstops,
enlarged playing surfaces. Clare-
Clare Public School's ten-
new steel center nets, and
JayCees Who donated the
Improvements are jflepwwerited by President Crvllle Smith
(left), and Project Chairman Dick Murphy. Girl* admiring
th© improvements are Patty Case (left) and Sue Jackaon.