1966-05-05; Clare Sentinel

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Clare. Michigan Thursday May 5. 1966
Eighty-seventh Year
New Series  YoL 74. No. 35'
Clara Soldier
Is Viet Nam
War Casualty
The first casualty of Viet
Nam in- our local area has
saddened the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Clemens W. Sch-
rank, residents on Herriclc
Road, south of Clare. A
telegram notified the family early Monday.
Their son, Karl F.
Schrank, died May 1, as a
result of wounds received
while on combat operations
against a hostile force. He
was a member of the special forces of the Green
Beret.
Karl was 18 last September and attended Clare High
School. His greatest ambition was to wear the Green
Beret.
Another son, Eugene is
with the Marines in Viet
Nam and efforts are being
made for him to accompany the body of his brother
home.
Extension
Tour Covers
Frankenmuth
• One Hundred twenty-five
Clare and Gladwin county
Home Extension club members and their guests -
toured Frankenmuth Michigan Tuesday, April 26. The
Extension Councils chartered three busses leaving
Clare, Harrison, and Gladwin at 8 a.m. and arriving
in Frankenmuth at 10:00.
Their first stop was to
watch sausages, hot dogs
etc. being made at the Rup-
precht's Sausage Company.
When Michigan history came to
Clare with the Historymobile
on Saturday and Sunday, mem-
bers of the Business and Pro-
tessional Women's Club were
in costumes to welcome visitors to the traveling museum.
900 residents viewed the displays and historical exhibits.
Mrs. Tim Cotter in dress of the
late 1800s was typical of the
appearance of the clubwomen
hostesses. Also welcoming visit-
ors was Mrs. Richard Groves
and Mrs. Jame? Yeoman. TOP
PHOTO: In tie spirit of the
•Historymoibile trip to Clare,
business folks wore costumes
of old days, too. Here Jim
Oove (of Grove Bros. 5c to $1.
store) poses in front of his historical window display with:
from left, Mrs. Grove, Mrs.
Agnes Sheahan and Mrs. Dor-
ofihy Battle       Sentinel Photos.
$121,526. Bid
Then the groups divided
to  see  Bronner's Christ- j~       --,   ,
mas House,  Mrs.  Hubin- (Jn fJOleman
ger's Collection of African
Violet     varieties    and to QfT^rfcot   TrfcK
sample   her chees a,  the O^AJJUUl JUU
Country  Store,  the Fran-      The  Coleman Board of
conian   Museum,   the  Old, Education     met     Monday
World Gift Shop, and Rau's 'night •*-   -—-•-'— *«-*-»~-^--
■to
Colonial Galleries.
A famous Frankenmuth
chicken dinner was served
at Zehnders. Afterward the
ladies were taken on a tour
of the kitchens to see how
they keep modernly "old
fashioned", and yet serve
thousands of meals each
day.
After more sightseeing
the group left for home at
three-thirty.
Coleman Hi
Prom May 7
Moonlight and roses in
May?
Absurd? Not on your life!
That is the theme of the
Coleman High School Junior
Senior Prom. There will be
a garden swing for swinging, or you might stroll
through the rose arbor,
and dance to the music of
the famous Marauders.
Those   who   attend will
enjoy  the festive atmosphere, complete with butlers
and    French   maids.   The
,*., dance will be on Saturday
Ivlay 7j,beginning at-9 p.m.
and last until 1 a.'m.
-       Also  oh May 7, at 5:30
p.m.,   the   Coleman   High
School -Juniors will hold the
annual Junior Senior Banquet, with Terry Shumaker
- as toastmaster.'
Featured speaker will be
State Senator Guy Vander-
Jagt.
State Police      Public Camp
Visits Invited    Rates Upped
consider bids on
the repair and alterations
to be made at the Intermediate Building. The contract was awarded to the
Sullivan Construction Co.
of Alma at a bid price.of
$121j526.00. The workisto
begin on May 31 and must
be completed by the end of
August.
The Board also approved
the lease of a 7th Mobile
Classroom in order to start
a Type A Special Education
class. In addition contracts
were signed for several
teachers for the coming
year.
Evart Man
A Candidate
Archie McLachlan , a
farmer of Evart, has announced that he will seek
the Republican nomination
for the Michigan House of
Representatives in the 99th
district, comprising Clare,
Osceola, Mecosta and New-
aygo counties.
" McEaeh&n was", borri on
a farm south of Evart and"
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
-Russell McLachlan. He
still farms there
For many- years he has
Worked with the Osceola £,e taking part in the annual
County Republican party 4„h conservation tour,
and served on numerous. plans are being comple-
committees. The past six ted now for this day-long
yea-rs he has been- a trus- event, says George C. Mac
tee on the Evart board of Queen, county Extension
education Agricultural agent.
State Police will hold
their 10th annual Michigan
Week Open House on May
20 it was announced this
week.
At Mt. Pleasant, Sgt. Dan
Kostrzewa, the post commander said that visitors
will be welcomed from 10
in the morning until 4 p.m.
A reception is planned
Starting June 1, vacationers will pay 25 to 50
cents more a day to stay
at modern equipped state
park campgrounds in
Michigan, following action
taken recently by the Conservation Commission.
The exact increase in
their campin g fee will depend on the extetit of elec-
and tours will show'&rc-ex- .txj.ca.1 service available at
hibit of equipment campgrourids they use,    .
Wafer, Sewer
ore issue
In the city election Monday, May 9, Clare residents
will decide whether to
modernize and enlarge the
water system, -and vote in
a separate question on how
the city shall pay for an
improvement scheduled for
Glare's sewer treatment
system.
These proposals have
been the subject of official
study and debate by the
city commission since 1959
and" a water improvement
plan was voted down in one
previous election. But the
present proposals list wider and more complete
municipal benefits.
They also provide for
easier methods of paying
for the projects.
Freedom
Fighter Talks
ToHS Class
Leslie Molnar, of Grand
Rapids was a guest speaker Monday May 2, 1966 at
Clare High School. He
visited Forrest B. Meek's
World Geography and Con-
temporty Civilization classes.
Molnar is a native of
Hungary. He fled his home-
An entirely new condition has entered the picture
.with the State asking for
completion of the new
sewage treatment plant by
October 1 this year and
showing, determination to
forc^pie City of Clare to
comply;'
City Manager Glen Cain
and Commissioner Roy
Dunbar, commenting this
week on the election issues said that the improvements in water supply
and distribution are needed
principally for fire safety,
public health and the city's
economic growth.
In the case of the proposed borrowing to pay for
a secondary sewage treatment facility, the decision
to construct the 5-acre
aeration pond and a pumping station has already been
made.
or roughly one and one-half
times Clare's I960 census
size.
Capacity of the expanded water system would
also'permit service to the
city of future residential
and industrial growth. It
would even encourage such
growth.
In the view of the present commission the length
of usefulness of the expanded facilities is 40 years,
but many elements of the
project would have indefinite periods of usefulness
much longer than 40years.
Construction on June 1
this year of the secondary
sewage treatment facility'
is to comply with a Michigan Water Resources demand to abate pollution of
the Tobacco River.
Approval of Clare's lagoon system- was obtained
from the State Health Commission last year and completion is timed on or before
October 1, 1966.
Eighty to 90 percent removal of contamination in
sewage is to be effected
by settling and aeration
in the new lagoon.
A
'Yes"   vote   on the
proposal to borrow part of
the money for this project
will enable the city to use
federal funds for the remainder of the cost. If the
proposal fails in Monday's
election, the project must
go ahead anyway but the
city will be forced to bear
the entire cost without aid.
In the most direct terms
the issues are this:
Proposal   1   is for the
land with his wife and dauf  „„,„„- „„„„,.•„„ i~„™„ ,„j
-i-..    _*..__   .t._   „i,.J^"- -sewage aeartion lagoon and
&aoxm%?*e,     pumping    station with
ghter   after   the
coup  in   1956.    Since "j|pil|
time he has been a teachl?
in    the  KentWood.   public
Schoolslfe
During WW II he was a
member of th^Second Hungarian Army serving on the
Russian front until he was
captured in 1944.
He was placed in a concentration camp in Khabarovsk where he labored in
the.--coal mines for four
years., When he was released in August 1948, he
weighed a mere 90 pounds.
His normal weight is 170.
mal   life in Hungary an^STae!?^ built Mgher
and holding 300,000 gal.,
necessary incidentals - and
extension of a sewer line
to industrial sites at the
west city limits. Cost is
$212,500, with the proposal that the city borrow
$85,000. to pay its share.
Proposal 2 is for water
system improvements including the development of
new well sources to add
1.4 million gallons per day,
-expansion - of the iron
removal facilities from 2
to 3 million gallons per
day capacity, -replacement of the oldjgetevated
"    _J*~00 gal.)
the Soviet Union. He depic
ted the differences between
the westernized concept of
humanity and that form of
life as experienced under
the Communists.
Forrest Meek taught with
Leslie Molnar for two years
prior to his accepting a
teaching position with the
•Clare Public Schools.
6th Graders Conservation Tour
Sixth grade pupils of all The tour will be.conduce
Clare county schools are ted. mostly in Arthur town
impatiently awaiting May ship with part of it in
10th. On that day they will .Ha'tton township.   Students
will visit the Upper Bren-
-installation of large water
mains to increase water
circulation and safe pressures in areas of the city.
Cost of the water system improvements total
$438,000. with the voters
asked to approve borrowing
$175,000. for the city's
share.
Repayment of the loans
will be made from normal
city revenue ove|||a long
term schedule antHfo special millage or tax increases are needed, City,
Attorney Harold Hughes ex-,'
??niDT,1S~ Pained when the proposi-
"~"~J """ tion was readied for the
ballot earlier in the spring.
It .seems   unlikely that
voters will turn down Pro--
posal   1 for the- sanitary -
sewage   treatment expansion. '." A  yes vote means
that Clarewcan qualify for
$127,500.(|||||-ral aid, while
a' no yote'^^^ns that man-
sons from the" Gladwin of- datory improvements cost-
fice      of t h e Michigan-ing at least$160,000. would
Conservation Department    J1^ to be-paid-for out of
are  joining in this effort. local city funds alone.
f-
S..
Simons proves il"-'- n»t .ill u»i.i r.'.h r-
men had a poor day Saturday. This 23.inch'..
speck weighed 4 pounds and 13 ounces anil '
gave Hod a 15-ininute fight in the Tobacco  *
river just hortth of Clam Also in his creel
were four other smaller fish.
Photo toy Peter Brown
Sen. Hart Approves
Rural Zoning Laws
Owens On
Commission
Clare's City
sion Monday appointed Ray
Owens, 214 W. Seventh
street to fill the unexpired
term of Glen Cain.- Cain
had resigned to take an ap-
•pointment as the city manager.,
Children should bring
sack lunches and wear
strong footwear.
Meanwhile, back in the
classrooms, teachers will
Zoning regulations are
soon going to be as important in the north woods as
they are in the city, Senator
Philip A. Hart said at the
University of Michigan. -.'
Hart, speaking ^rfgJiL an
Honors Convocafiofl||l||he'
School.. of Natur&sSsSle-
sources, .warned that, '/land"
pollution' by unsightly development is as. great a
danger   to "the   state £&■
water pollution by unclean. ■
.wastes.      •   • ' ,
' "We are responding to
increased Recreation; de-:
mands by-buildinghighways
into regions- of" beauty and
remoteness," he said.
"But with this new access,
the pressures for land de-'
velopment will be.obvious,
"We must take steps to
see. that natural scenic
beauty isn't destroyed by
jumbled development.
Hart recommended:
-That      FHA-i n su r e d
loans be extended to cover
vacation     homes,    giving
builders   easier financing, /
in return for strict observance of minimum-lot sizes „ _
and natural landscape pre--- -
servation. ..
-Any   federal   matching -
funds for scenic highways
be contingent on state ac-- ''
•tion" to   preserve natural
beauty along the way.
-That, a vigorous  educational-    program    be    ',
undertaken     to    convince **
rural government officials -%
of the importance "of plan-  *-
nan   Lake   area   to  study
waterfowl,* wildlife, water
plant reproduction and the
aging process of lakes. #A
soils   stop  of interest is
nearby. .
The'   stream   improvement project on the North
Branch of the Tobacco River should be interesting,-
Students will observe soil
erosion that followed the      .    .    . . .
-cutting off of a white pine .%&; Qkjffinpzjng
at   a nearby   crossroads-':."*■*.-v**ixe«>i*p
af e<i. They will view a saw-
.mili in-operation, and see a
newly constructed fishpond,
The-"noon stop will be at
•"Sho-Snake resorts-
be   picking   the . top   fpuf'the water system;coSt.
conservation   scrap-books      It   is., the-, best"' oppor,-
in each 5th and 6th-grade, tunity. yet,for- Clare resi-
The election decision oh
Proposal 2 is likewise ex^-       ' •     ". -
SR*? o?afS g Radio Auction
$263,000. federal aid with
Certificates and pins will
he given to each boy 'and
girl . . who completes his
workbook   and • scrapbopk.
CMb Planned
The main purpose of the
tour is to better acquaint
students with natural resources in Clare county.
■This will help them tremendously later on as they
reach a position of making
decision s as to how our
resources should be used
for the benefit of the most
people.
School principals and
teachers will have detailed
instructions soon. The Cooperative   Extension Ser-
The Farwell vets, Sparta
Esterline Post VFW are
trying this week to measure interest in a senior
citizens club
dents to relieve conditions
of low water pressures,
lack of circulation in small
mains and inadequate well
supplies,- and absence of
water delivery pipes and
tubes to industrial sites.
In a report to the city
commission by professional consultants as early
as4li$0' i* was Pointed out
thaWemergency use of water (as in the case of a
large   fire),   would cause
Persons past middle age present supplies and water*
are invited to register, if
interested, by sending information to B. Glass,
Information wanted is the
name and addressfwhether
the senior citizen has
transportation or not,
CedeHberg's
ftfian Coming
Walter Nafckuia, district
pressures to drop to zero,
or unsafe levels in certain
sections of the city.
Other inconveniences and
chronic shortcomings in
Glare's old water system
Would be overcome and
cured by the improveineht
program.
Present consultants   on.
the problem, Norton, Gourdie, Miller and Batzer *
A $100. $k Stoia Citizen* Bank and, Trust
prse-awted by Mark Bicknell to Mrs. James
Bsrilng goes to help piuxsljase thfe palrating
of Mkfolgsnfa Ipim feae to Wm ia the capi-
_     in
vice, Michigan State Uni* staff man for Congressman Traverse Gity report that
versity, Claire County Soil Elford  Cederberg Will be the proposed improvements
Conservation District, and at the courthouse inHarri- in the    saMita|y   sewage
Soil Conservation Service soft May 9 10 a.m. until treatment    fadflities will
as well as the several per- noon to talk with residents serve a population of 3800
JSig Project
Of Kiwanians
An auction sale where
the buyers can sit comfortable at home and place
bids by telephone is a May
21 project of the Clare
Kiwanis club.
For sale will be a variety
of articles, mostly brand
new, and donated to the
club by businessmen where
they are displayed with
identifying signs.
Partial lists of items
are to be advertised in
The Sentinel weekly, beginning to day on page A*7
and aired by the Clare
radio station. Bidders may
listen to the auction on May
21 and place bids by°phohe*
Items range from ©ar-
peting to a veal calf p doe%
ing, food, appliances. $0.
ittore, They maybeinsj^i*
ted where they are wm-»<
played* * .' -'*T
Kiwanians   say   fehife"J
fheir main hioney^rats:
venture  of the year
hope for success to cjfti
tinue' their programs >M
charity and civic benfei
ning and zoning,
Tree;PGture
Exhibited'At
Bank
• The oil picture of a
towering pine tree hanging
on display in Citizens Bank
and Trust this month is on
its way to where Mrs* Jim
Darling hopes it Will be
hung permanently, —in the
Capitol building at Lansing.
A project to purchase
the painting: of Michigan's
state tree^is headed by
Mrs. Darling, wife of Clare
county's sheriff.
She said that Citizens
Bank contributed $100, toward the fund to buy the picture and brought to $300. the
total amount collected.
Two more events are
scheduled to help publicize
the campaign to send the
painting to Lansing*
Mrs. Darling said she
would, appear on a WWTV
telecast on May 16 at 1:15
with the picture to talk
about the project, and on
May 22, Sunday, at 2 p.m.
the artist, Mrs. Maude Hof-
fmaster of Traverse City
would conduct a program
in the; Cl&r§ Elementary
School auditorium with
lecture, slides and music*
The public is invited and
there is nb charge.