1966-04-28; Clare Sentinel

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Clare, Michigan   Thursday, April 28, 196S
Eighty-seventh Year
New Series    Vol. 74, No. 34*
Awards, Honors Go
To County 4-Hers
Months of winter work
by 4-H'ers on their projects were rewarded Saturday when club members
from Clare county exhibited
at the Spring Achievement
held in Harrison.
Long lists of prize winners testified to the excellence of handicraft projects
ranging from style apparel
creations to woodworking,
and from electronics to
leathercraft.
Many adults took parts
in the program of awards
and citations and to praise
the project workers for
their accomplishments.
Entertainment spiced the
affair, too, when a singing
group from Clare High was
presented \_th their
accompanist Jim Whitford
of Clare, and a vocal trio
from the Farwell Nimble
Fingers club sang with Mrs.
Cook accompanying.
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School Bands Busy;
Concert Here Tonight
All three of Clare's
Bands have been active
during the past two weeks,
two of them at State festivals and the third in a
student assembly program.
On Thursday, April 28,
the 75 piece Junior Band
will present its Spring Concert in the High School Gym
at 8:00 p.m.
While they will play a
few numbers of a formal
nature, most of the concert
will be on the light side.
_j Features will include a
sight reading demonstration and an appearance of
the corp of majorettes.
On April 16, the Junior
Band performed in the
Class D section of the State
Festival at Freeland High
School.
This large and relatively
inexperienced group did a
good job in getting a second division rating, considered better than average
but not quite up to top
quality.
One week later, on April
23, the Symphonic Band
performed in a class B
(Sr. High) section of the
State Festival at C\io High
School. They received a
***' disappointing third division
rating, considered to be
just average.
"A number of causes
can be given for this lowered rating Director Lloyd
Conley commented, "but
the fact remains that the
band obviously did not perform as well as in the past.
These causes and some
possible remedies will be
considered for another
year".
On April 19 the Reserve
Band performed in a student assembly, along with
the High School Chorus under the direction of Mrs.
*" Meek. These two groups
offered a variety of light
music for the student body
as a part of the regular
State Divides
School Funds
Public schools in Clare
county received $6,680. and
parochial schools $179. in
a split up of funds for libraries and instructional
materials under Congress'
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act. In Isabella
the amounts were $11,214.
and $2,603.
The funds  were distributed   by the State Dept.
""of Public Instruction on a
basis   of  per   capita and
need.
Will Rain
Spoil Trout
Opener?
Unless the weather betrays them in the next few
days, trout fishermen
should find stream conditions normal to better than
^average in northern Michigan when their regular 1966
season   debuts   April   30.
Brightest opening day
prospects are in the northern Lower Peninsula where
Conservation Department
fisheries men report that
things shape up as the best
in a number of years.
In this region, where the
spring runoff is over,
stream levels are still
fairly high but stable and
clear, which bodes well
for next Saturday's turnout of anglers*
If the warming trend
continues, temperatures of
these waters should be
higher than normal. This
".^..should make trout more
active and striking better
than they usually do at the
outset of the spring season.
weekly activity period program.
Band activities during
the remainder of the school
year include a trip to the
Massed Band Festival at
Big Rapids on May? 4 (Reserve Band), ,a combined
concert by the Tawas and
Clare (Symphonic) Bands
on May 14, the Little League Parade on May 15 (Junior Band), the# Memorial
Day Parade on May 30
(Symphonic and Reserve
Bands), and finally, the
appearance at Commencement exercises on June 10.
This will conclude a year
in which the Clare instrumental groups have
appeared in close to 40
performances!
Retailers In
Sale Event
A retailers promotion
keyed to offerings of old-
fashioned bargains during
pioneer days here in Clare
is displayed on page' B-4
of this Sentinel.
Inspiration for the special days Friday and Saturday comes from the appearance in^Clare of Michigan's traveling museum
on Saturday and Sunday.
It is expected to draw
crowds of viewers.
Members of Clare Business and Professional
Womens Club will dress in
costumes of olden days to
act as hostesses at the mobile museum in city hall
parking lot, and businessmen and salespeople are
requested to wear old- fashioned costumes Friday
and Saturday in the spirit
of the promotion.
Shepherd's
Maple Syrup
Ag. Product
Maple syrup and a textbook were chosen as
Isabella county's agricultural development and
product of the year in conjunction with Michigan
Week celebrations which
will   be held May   15-21.
In keeping with the Mich-
igan Week theme of
"Michigan - Dynamic i n
Progress", local judges
from Isabella county have
selected Shepherd's famous maple syrup as the
agricultural development
of the year for the county.
A textbook written on
Michigan history, compiled
and authored by Ethel
Praeger, a retired associate professor of Central
Michigan University, was
chosen as the county's top
product of the year.
The citizens of Shepherd
have been holding a maple
festival since 1958, with
the community pitching in
to make the festival a success.
Proceeds from the
festival, which amount to
about $14,000 since its inception, are being invested
to be used in the construction of a community
swimming pool for the
residents.
Gladwin County
1966 Product
A jack used for the supporting of camper trailers
on small trucks has been
named Gladwin County's
"Product of the Year" in
conjunction with Michigan
Week, which will be held
May 15-21, according to
Paul R. Pennock, chairman
of the Gladwin County
awards committee.
Style Revue winner was
Jane Ann Walters, of the
Eagle Stars 4-H Club of
Clare. First alternate was
Christine Crum of the
Clare John R. Clan; second
alternate was Carolyn Bur-
do, also of the John R.
Clan, Clare.
Other style revue pin
winners were Candy Witbeck, John R. Clan, Clare;
Janelle Cook, Farwell
Nimble Fingers in the Senior Miss.
In the Junior and Young
Miss group winners were
Sandy Baumer, Amble 4-H;
Kim Montney, Eagle Stars;
Sue Baumer, Amble 4-H;
Judy Dutcher, Willing
Workers; Kim McGuire,
Farwell Nimble    Fingers.
Robert Streeter 4-H club
member from Lake was the
master of ceremonies.
George C. MacQueen, Clare
County Extension Agricultural Agent gave the welcome and Carolyn C. Bay,
4-H Youth Agent, paid acknowledgements.
The style revue narrator
was Elaine Russell, leader
of the Lake 4-H Club and
the piano accompanist was
Mrs. J. C. Marotzke of
Harrison.
Honor Roll in Photography, Conservation, Woodworking, and Leathercraft
projects were read by
Paul Nass, president of the
4-H Leaders and Parents
Association. They were
Michael Kleiner, photography, John R. Clan; Conservation Roberta Streeter,
and Sharon Gordon, Lake
Busy Beavers, and Tim
Kleinhardt of Nass' Wood-
chucks.
Woodworking: Donald
Nevill, Tim Abbott, Robbin
Minton of the Eagle Stars;
Tim Kleinhardt, Bob Ben-
chley, Rich Garver, Don
Benchley all of the Nass'
Woodchucks; Mike Roda-
baugh .of Bertha Lake 4-H -
Club; Ronald Walters and
Alan Montney of the Eagle
Stars 4-H Club.
Leathercraft: Ron Russell of the Lake Busy Beavers and Gary Fletcher of
the Farwell Bronc Busters.
Honor Roll in knitting
and clothing and dog care
was read by Elmira Fletcher, vice president of the
4-H Leaders and Parents
Associaion.
They were: Knitting Su
Ellen Cooper of the Clare
Knitting Purls; Donna Cob-
leigh, Harrison Willing
Worker; Karen Krchmar
of Harrison Handy Hands;
Mary Lou Krchmar of the
Harrison Handy Hands.
In Clothing Young Miss
series: Susan Dent, Far-
well Nimble Fingers; Connie Poet, Eagle Stars;
Karen Kleinhardt, Brown
Corners; Kim McGuire,
Nimble Fingers; Christe-
ene Mathews and Sandy
Baumer of Pins and Needles-Amble.
In Junior Miss: Judy
Dutcher of Harrison Willing Workers; Sue Baumer,
Amble 4-H; Suzanne Allen,
Eagle Stars; Margaret
Karbill, Lake Busy Beavers; Dawn Hildebrandt,
Brush College.
In Senior Miss; Jane
Ann Walters, Eagle Stars;
Barbara Baumer, Amble;
Deonna Varga, Eagle Stars;
Cheyleen McGuire, Nimble
Fingers, Candy Witbeck,
John R. Clan, and Christine  Crum, John R. Clan.
Dog Care; Rebecca Streeter, of the Lake Busy
Beavers.
In the Electrical Project
■winners were announced by
Dennis McGuire of Consumers Power Co., Alma.
They were: Jamal Khabir
and Bob Foote of the Harrison Electrons.
On Saturday morning the
4-H'ers were personally
interviewed by evaluators.
The evaluators were; Knitting, Beaulah Agle, Donna
Cooper, Jean Leach; Clothing, Betty Priest, Inez Pud-
vay, Gerry MacQueen,
Vivian Schumacher, Delpha
Kleiner, Dorothy Baumer,
Del Butcher, Jean Leach.
Handicraft and Electronics, Don Bay, Paul Nass,
Gene Right, Robert Streeter, Morris Kapplinger,
George Jennings, Dennis
McGuire; Leathercraft,
Elaine Russell, Elmira
Fletcher, Helen Schmid.
Conservation, Don Bell,
Norma Gordon; Foods Educational Exhibits, Rella
Bowers;
Mich, Bell Plans
Downtown Move
For Clare Office
The annual Dress Revue during 4-H Spring
Achievement seems to capture most of the
headlines and largest crowds of spectators.
Here are three reasons for the attraction, —
stylish clothing "outfits modeled by the award
winners who made them. Left to right are
S Area Men
Picked On Deer
Carolyn Burdo 2nd alternate and a member
of the John R. Clan club of Clare, Jane Walt-
ers the winner 'and a member of Eagle Stars
club; Chris Crum the 1st alternate from the
John R. Clan.
Committee
Two men from Clare were
appointed to jthe Michigan
Conservation Department's
new Citizens' Advisory
Committee on Deer for the
Gladwin District with the
list being made public this
week. Two more from Mt.
-Pleasant and from Gladwin,
and one from Beaverton
also appeared on the list.
Clare members are David Olsen of 708 Sunset
Ave., Clare and Alex
Strange, II of Cornwell Ave.
rural Clare.
The Gladwin District
committee of 35 members
has representation from an
area reaching from Lansing
to Pinconning, and from
the Saginaw Bay to Grand
Rapids. Other committees
represent seven other Conservation Districts.
From Mt. Pleasant are
Fred Grewe and Nick Cuth-
burt, from Gladwin are
Robert McMahon and
Lavern Bowman and from
Beaverton is Gaylord
Brown.
The Department described as "overwhelming*
the response to its program to acknowledge great
Schedule
Tests For
Preschoolers
Vision and hearing tests
and screening of pre-school
children ages 3 1/2 to five
years will be conducted at
Clare Elementary School
on May 2, 3, and 4 by the
professional staff of Health
District 7 in cooperation
with the Michigan Dept. of
Public Health and Clare
Public Schools.
Irwin C. Sweet, M.D.
director of District 7 said,
"each year many thousands
of children in Michigan
develop a hearing loss
which will affect the child,
or perhaps become a handicap later.
"One purpose of this
screening is to detect a
loss of hearing early
enough for it to be corrected before permanent
damage can result."
Mrs. Elinore Koch will
do the vision screening,
and Mrs. Merle White will
do the hearing screening.
Both technicians have received special training for
this work.
Another aim of this program is to prevent "one-
eyed blindness".
A child sometimes
learns to see with one eye
only. Vision in the other
eye does not develop because that eye Is not used.
By the time these youngsters enter school it is often
too late to treat this condition, and permanent
blindness in one eye results
Continued on Page A-8
Showing their winning creations in leathercraft are (from
■right): Elaine Russell from Lake, Debra Fletcher from Far-
.well and Ronnie Russell from Lake. Mrs. Elmira Fletcher
is leader of the Farwell Bronc Busters club.
Winning handicraft projects were shown by Michael Roda.
baugh, Bertha Lake member and Robert Streeter of Lake.
From left are: Michael, Don Bay the leader of Eagle Star3
cl'ub, Robert, and Paul Nass the leader of Nass' Woodchucks.
Miller Feed Celebrating
With Open House Event
Eggs! Eggs I and more
eggs may be seen this week
end when Mr. and Mrs.
Ezra Miller Jr. of Miller
Feed Service will hc'A- open
house, Friday and Saturday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There
will also be prizes and
refreshments.
Tours of the buildings
to see their egg processing
plant in operation will be
the main attraction.
The Millers started in
the business about six
years ago, with 3,500 hens.
Grading and candling of
eggs was done by hand.
Today five women operate
the large machines with
production between 110 and
120 — 30 dozen cases of
eggs a day.
Four buildings have also
been added* Now they have
a total of 32,000 plus, layer
hens, all in individual cages.
During 1965 production
totaled 380,000 dozen eggs,
and expectations this year
is for 500,00p dozen eggs
with the production from
50,000 hens.
Mrs. Miller stated that
hens begin laying at 22
weeks old, and lay for 12
to 14 months. They are continually checking their
flocks, records are kept,
so that they know what the
cost of production is, and
how much it costs for one
dozen eggs. When production is  down on a flock,
Pictures On
Page A-3
it is then time to ship
them out to a cannery,
sometimes they are sold
locally.
A year ago the Millers
took on the Purina Feed
dealership, and all feed is
trucked out of Lansing to
supply birds and some cattle in the area, and they
also handle a complete line
of Purina products.
One bulk feed tanker, a
16 ton pay load, and two
egg delivery trucks are on
the road at all times. Deliveries are made as far
north as Gaylord and south
to Ann Arbor, Lansing and
Jackson,
Plans for moving the business office into larger
quarters and expanding the
Clare central office were
announced today by the
Michigan Bell Telephone
company.
The entire ground floor
'of the building on the southwest corner of Fourth and
McEwan has been leased by
Michigan Bell for a commercial business office.
The location has been
most recently used by The
Butcher Shop, and by
Worldtronic for an occupational training school, but
has been vacant for a short
time. It is about two blocks
from Michigan Bell's present business office at 206
W. Fifth.
Clarence B. Riedel,
Michigan Bell manager,
said continued demand for
telephones, increased
usage and further growth in
Clare have required the
expansion of telephone facilities here.
Michigan Bell will begin
work on expanding its central office at 136 E. Fourth
St. on April 25.
A rearward addition to
the building will house added local and long distance
switching equipment at a
total cost of about $108,000
Riedel said the central
office addition is scheduled
for completion in July.
The building contract on
the project has been awarded to a local firm, the J.
and R. Building Contractor.
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Associates, Inc., performed the architectural
work.
Riedel said the leased
quarters will undergo ex-
tensive     alterations    and
Mt. Pleasant
School Tours
Dr. Wm. L. Harrigan,
medical superintendent of
the Mt. Pleasant State
Home and Training School
has announced that Mental
Health Week will be observed from May 1st
through May 7th.
Dr. Harrigan cordially
invites the public to visit
and become acquainted with
the institution. It was announced that tours would
be conducted by the institution staff on Wednesday
evening, May 4th from 6
to 7:30 p.m., and Thursday Friday 'and Saturday
beginning at 1 o'clock p.m.
Tours for the general
public will be formed at
the Administration Building on East Pickard Street
at the above scheduled
times. No children under
14 years of age will be allowed to take part in these
tours.
Weekend
Milk Tour
Nearly 70 of the state's
top 4-H Club dairy project
members including Dick
Kleinhardt representative
from Clare county—w ill
participate in the upcoming
annual 4-H Milk Marketing
Tour in Detroit.
The tour, sponsored by
the Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA
in conjunction with the
Michigan Cooperative Extension Service, will be held
on Eriday and Saturday,
April 29-30.
Purpose of the tour is
to provide 4-H Club dairy
members with information
on the complex milk marketing business, says
Carolyn C. Bay Extension
4-H Youth Agent.
Delegates on the tour
will visit the MMPA
The youth will also attend a Detroit-Baltimore
baseball game April 29th.
Promoted
Don R. Harrison, one
time police chief in Clare
and more recently a State
Policeman has won a promotion according to a
headquarters release on
April 21,
Harrison is promoted
from trooper to corporal
and transferred from Cadillac to Erie, one of seven
promotions and transfers
announced last Weekend by
Col. Frederick E, Davids,
director.
modernizing and that a date
has not been  set yet for.
the actual move.
Besides providing for the
additional office space
needed, the new location
will bring more convenience to customers visiting the office. Riedel
pointed out the new office
is adjacent to city parking
facilities and that customers will not have to cross
busy U.S. 10 to make an
office visit.
CLARE, GLADWIN
To Provide
Day Dare For
Handicapped
The Clare County Intermediate Board of Education
took the first step toward
the establishment of a Day
Care center for the trainable mentally handicapped
at its April meeting.
It employed Lucille
Prielipp, Amble School
teacher, to initiate the program in September '66.
Duane Whitman, diagnostician of the Intermediated
staff, has identified and
examined 17 children who
qualify.
The Gladwin Intermediate
District has indicated a
willingness to cooperate.
Plans for a facility and its
location  are being made.
Other action of the Intermediate Board included:
1.) The employment of
a second visiting teacher,
Evelyn Woolever on the
Special Education staff to
serve children with personal, social, emotional
problems.
2.) Adopted a resolution
to cooperate with five other
intermediate districts in a
Federal Title III Study to
determine the need for supplementary educational
centers and services in the
area to advance creativity
in Education.
A $68,000 study grant
has been awarded for the
study.
3.) Directed the superintendent to proceed with
an election authorized by
the State Committee on Reorganization, on June 13,
1966 to vote on the recommendation of the Clare
County Reorganization
Committee to combine the
Clare Public School and
Grant No. 1 Frl School
(Dover) Districts.
4-H Leaders
Activities
Mrs. Robert Streeter and
Mrs. Donald Kleiner from
Clare county, and Mrs.
Francis Dicken from Gladwin county are attending
the Foods and Nutrition
workshop at Camp Kett April 28-29th. The objectives of the conference are
to acquaint leaders wish the
new 4-H Bulletin, Food For
Fun.
Leaders of 4-H programs in Clare, Gladwin,
Isabella and Mecosta counties held a planning meeting in Clare on April 19
to discuss common problems and organize the area
activities for the advance
year.
From Clare county were
Paul Nass, and Mrs. Donald Kleiner. A picture is
on page A-8.
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Tryouts For
Coleman L.L.
The Coleman Little League has announced tryouts
for boys to be held on May
7 at 10 a.m. The registration deadline is May 1
and the league's first game
is scheduled for May 28
on  the school ball field.
Election of adult Little
League officers was Tuesday last week with Harvey
Bushey the commissioner,
Charles Long assistant
commissioner, Irvin Phillips president and Bob Decker assistant. Jim Washburn is secretary-treasurer.