1966-09-15; Clare Sentinel

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Clare, Michigan      Thursday, September 15, 1966
Eighty-seventh Yean?
New Series Vol. 75, No.
Student Count Up Sharply
Portable Classrooms Considered For Next Year
Gladwin Schools To
Restore Program Cuts
Gladwin school district proposal that district tax-
voters reversed an earlier payers pay six mills extra
decision in a vote Monday for school operation.
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and approved millage for
operating the school. An
immediate start will be
made on gradual restoration of services and activities which had been out
in an austerity program.
A slim margin of 764
Yes to 711 No carried the
Beavertoti
Man Hurt As
Tractor Flips
James Seckman Jr. of
rural Beaverton is in the
Clare Osteopathic Hospital
from injuries suffered in s
tractor accident Saturday
morning.
Seckman and Larry
Breault were taking logout of the woods in the area
located 4 miles nort«. .
east, one mile north and
3/4   mile   east of Clare.
The tractor tipped over
on Seckman, and he was
rushed to the Clare Hospital by Mike Doherty ambulance.
Dr. J.R. Gershon stated
Tuesday that the injured
man has internal injuries
of the chest, a fractured
vertebra of the back, fractured left arm, with severe
lacerations of the same
arm. His condition is
favorable.
State Police investigated
the accident.
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Interest Seen
In Interact
Club Here
Courtney Bauer, president of the Clare Rotary
Club, announced this week
that Rotary Governor Iceland Harris of District 631
will be in Clare along with
other officials from Rotary
international to help Clare
begin its new service project.
In a meeting to be held
September 19 at 8:00 P.M.
*   *in   the  high  school cafeteria,  "Interact"   will  be
founded.
Steel skeleton beams rising
high above the foundation
and basement of the new
Clare Osteopathic Hospital
addition will support the 30-
bed expansion and other modern service quarters. Materia]
for walls is on the site at McEwan and W. Sixth and the
shape of the building is expected to form rapidly.
Sentinel photo.
The question of replac
ing an old part of the high
school which has been condemned will come in ano-  StdS D&V
ther  election proposing a
building program.  A date   jp TJ_^11_*t\%
in December has beencho- JU Ul   JULUlltzy
Governor Harris and
District interact Chairman
Frank M. White of Corunna
will explain to the parents
of the initiates the goals
of Interact.
Lee Sowle, a former
Clare man, will also be
on hand to give some assistance, Sowle, has been
invited to attend the ceremony as he is Chairman
of an Interact group in
Owosso.
A.
President Bauer also announced that FdrreSt B.
Meek has been appointed
local Chairman of Clare's
Interact.
Interact is a service club
sponsored by Rotary for
male high school students.
Qualifications for membership include scholarship and citizenship of the
part of the initiates.
Membership is on the
basis of invitation only* and
Is restricted to sophomores, juniors, and high
school seniors*
Forrest B. Meek has already made invitations to
approximately twenty-four
qualified boys from the
'felare High School. He expects the club to be functioning by October  1st.
sen for  the  coming vote.
Meanwhile the voted
operating millage will enable Gladwin schools to restore several services,
Superintendent George
Injasoulian  said Tuesday.
Band and glee clubs will
be reinstated in both high
school and the elementary
grades if possible.
In three grades, the 4th;
5th and 8th where overcrowding has been most
acute, the budget will now
allow the adding of more
teachers, to make four sections in each of the grades
instead of the present three
Physical education which
had been eliminated in the
austerity program will be
back in the .school's schedules as soon as a teacher
can be found.
The'superintendent said
that many of the revised
schedules and improvements in school services
will go into effect at the
start of the second semester this year.
Members Set
Season Plans
Twenty - two members
and sons of the Clare Rod
and Gun club held their
meeting Monday evening at
the club house. Results of
discussions and accomplishments made it one of
the best sessions as plans
were completed for future
activities.
The Skeet trap is ready
for trap shooting, the bow
and arrow group announces
the rifle range is available
in the gravel pit on the.
Murphy farm one mile east
of Clare.
Several new members
were signed up. The president, James Yeoman announced a plaque will be
awarded to the member who
secures the largest number
of new and active members,
starting October 3, continuing   through March  1967.
Meeting nights have been
changed from the second
Monday, to the first Monday of each month.
Holley Carburetor held
its 7th Annual Stag Day at
Twin Elms Golf Course,
Saturday, September 10.
Approximately 95 employees, vendors and guests
enjoyed this well planned
and well organized event.
The staggers played 9
holes of golf in the morning with time out for lunch
and then 9 holes in the
afternoon.
At 6:00 p.m. a cocktail
hour was held, followed
by a dinner. After dinner
began an hour of trophy
and door prize awarding
with Richard Ballard and
Albert Young MC's.
Regular league play trophies went to Sam Shepard
winner, and runner up Walt
Splindler in the flight 1
group.
Elight 2, found acer Leo
St. Germaine the winner
and Windy Colvin runner
up.
Winner of the Flight 3
group was John Moerlin and
second place went to Wayne
Cowles.
Special guest and stag
day coordinator, was former Detroit Lion, Roger
Zatkoff.
Lower Vote
Age To 18?
Michigan voters on
November 8, will decide
whether 18 year-olds
should be legally permitted to vote in this state.
An amendment to the
State Constitution lowering the legal voting age
from 21 to 18 will be a
proposal on the General
Election ballot.
Director of Elections
Robert M. Montgomery
said that the proposal will
be number one on the ballot and wording will be
simply, "Shall Section I
of Article II of the State
Constitution be amended
to lower the minimum
voting age from 21 years
to 18 years?"
Enrollment at Clare
Public Schools has soared
to 1822 students total, more
than a hundred increase
from last year's count at
this same time and the concern felt at crowding of
classrooms is causing the
Board to look at portable
temporary classrooms as a
possible relief here.
Superintendent Richard
L. Snyder said in a news
release after the Monday
evening Board meeting this
week that the student numbers were expected to
climb even higher by a few
on official count day.
He said enrollment figures were reviewed by the
Board at the meeting and
he discussed the facts that
many classrooms are badly
crowded at both the elementary and secondary levels.
Space is no longer available in present buildings
to provide the relief needed.
Use of portable classrooms was suggested as
one possible alternative to
half-day sessions next year
if enrollment continues to
grow at the present rate.
One measure has already
been initiated to relieve
crowding in this year's
kindergarten with the
authorization to hire one
additional half-time teacher to supervise almogt:
30 beginners.
Best early guesses on the
size of the incoming kindergarten group placed the
number at 140 and now in
the second week of school
the kindergarten roll is at
170 with prospects of a few
more   to yet be  entered.
Superintendent Snyder
said, "A facilities study to
determine both the immediate  and the long range
kind must be found for at
least the next two or three
years until additional permanent classrooms can be
provided.'
The Board approved teacher contracts for Miss
Patricia Mead who will be
the  new Spanish teacher,
Supermarket
Drops Move
To Lease Here
A business transaction
that came close to locating
an A and P supermarket
in Clare this autumn, has
come to an unsuccessful
end after striking a snag
on "pure economics", —
cost of remodeling the site.
The company's Detroit
region Real Estate Mana-
ter, Steven Zipay told The
Sentinel Wednesday that
talks on the possible lease
of the Tim Cotter Buick
auto sales and service
garage building at 1141 No.
McEwan had collapsed and
been discontinued a week
ago.
Reports had been circulating that the A and P
Company leased the building and property that includes a large parking area
for  a retail supermarket.
A public auction sale of
the present equipment and
contents of the building has
been advertised for September 23. The new tenant
was supposed to occupy the
premises eight days later.
The A and P Company
spokesman said that an
executed lease was in his
possession signed by Cotter but subject to approval
by the Company at its re-
Mrs, Helen Maxwell for
2nd grade, and for Jarl
Ruark to be part time high
school study hall supervisor.
1 In more action the Board
appointed George Bradley
acting transportation supervisor replacing Ray Ruby.
Ruby is leaving after , 16
years service with Clare
Public Schools and will be
employed by a private concern.
The Board also authorized the fielding of a cross
country running team which
will be added to the present
athletic program if there
is interest on the part of
students and other US-10
League schools.
The superintendent was
directed to proceed with
minor   remodeling of the
Wilcox property for centra!
office use, and remodeling
of a room in the high schooi
building for use as a counseling and guidance office.
Completion of the 1966-
67 school audit was announced by John Quinman,
C.P.A. and the complete
report will be published ir
The Clare Sentinel as soon
as the printer's copy can
be prepared.
trict is planned to "get un^r*
derway this fall. •;•'
"A 'crash' building program would be undesirable.
Temporary relief of some
DAR Meeting
Michilimacinac Chapter, Daughters of The American Revolution in Clare
will hold the first meeting of the year Wednesday
afternoon, Sept. 21 in the
Garfield Memorial Library.
The date will fall in Constitution Week
A window display featuring flags that have flown
over America will be in
the window of Maxwell
Flower Shop on Sept. 17-
20, and in the library in
Clare on September 21-23.
Judge Robert Campbell
will speak to the members
of the Chapter in their
Wednesday meeting.
Cub Facte
Boys eight to 10 years
old are invited to register
for Cub Scout membership
on the next two Mondays
during the hours 7 to 8
Boys who wish to join
Pack 3620 sponsored by
the Knights of Columbus
may report to St. Cecilia
Church basement, and boys
wishing to join the Kiwanis
sponsored Pack 3625
should come to the Clare
Elementary School.
One parent of each boy
prospect must accompany
him to register,
$100. winner a£ First Prize in the Beef
Feeders' Special (Pat Steer Contest) was
this steer shown by Jeannine Belle of
Clarei   at  Traverse   City's Northwestern
Michigan Fair, ©how judge Louis Webb
admires the ribbon. The steer is owned
by Diane Dunkle of Harrison.
quarters.
Rent payments were supposed to begin on October
1, 1966.
The last minute obstacle
arose with disclosure that
cost of renovating the
building stood at $38,000.
and the company was unable
to justify that expense in-
the budget for the proposed
Clare operation.
A letter to Gerald Cotter in Mt. Pleasant, an
attorney and brother of the
owner who is handling details of the lease arrangement said on September
7, that the company regretted the failure of negotiations and stated the above
reasons.
Other details of the lease
arrangement, including the
rent were termed reasonable and satisfactory by
by Zipay. The cost figure
was to cover remodeling
of the building front and
installation of an entirely
new heating system among
other changes.
Commenting on the
change in plans, A and P
said that it was continuing
its interest in Clare as a
location for a supermarket
but has nothing specific
under consideration for a
site.
Construction of its own
building is out of the question, but a suitable building for lease would interest
the company.
The recent opening of an
A and P supermarket in
Mason, Michigan bears out
the idea of interest by the
company in communities of
the size of Clare.
Teacher Pay
Studied At
Coleman
The Coleman Board of
Education Monday night approved a study committee
to look into salaries of
Coleman teachers in relation to salaries of teachers
in outlying areas.
The committee was appointed according to Supt.
Clarence G. Mason,
because of a complaint received from the Coleman
Teachers Education Association.
The board also approved
$88,181 in payroll and general bills, voted to sell a
48-passenger school bus
on bids, and indicated 1,429
students have been enrolled
in the Coleman Public
School system so far for the
1966-67 school year*
Practicing defensive moves Friday against
Harrison in a 3-squad scrimmage, Clare's
Pioneers wifh "C" on their helmets are
trying to stop fThe Hornet quarterback on
a run to cut "back inside his own left end.
Sentinel photos.
building needs of the^dis-^g^nai    real ..estate head-_
Pushing people around to make a yard
or more, Clare High's offense opens a
hole in the Sacred Heart line. Pioneers (in
scrimmage shirts but "C" on their heir
mets), in action from the left of picture
are Archie Bell faking wide, Rog. Kush-
maul taking the handoff from Tim Haring,
and players identified in the line are Al
Patterson, Larry Crawford, Stuart Glenn
and Dennis Green.
Winning Spirit High
For Pioneers Opener
The Clare Pioneers, with
14 returning lettermen and
an array of new talent in
key positions, will kick off
the football season with
their traditional season
opener/against the Gladwin
Flying G's.
The hard hitting game
with Glare's big rivals,
will be played at the Pioneer Field, Friday, at 8:00
p.m.
Clare High with a strong
defense and adequate offense which they displayed
Friday night against Harrison and Mt. Pleasant
Sacred Heart in a triangular meeting, should be a big
contender for the new US-
10 championship.
In Friday night's scrimmage, the Pioneers showed
a crowd of approximately
300 that they planned on
continuing where they left
off last year. The Pioneers
won three games out of
their last four football contests.
According to head football coach, Deb Nolan, the
Pioneers have the proper
attitude, desire and the
hunger to be Number One.
With the support of the
home town fans, at home
and away and Deb's good-
luck red beany opposing
teams will find the going
New US-10 League
Sports Plans Organized
In a meeting held Tuesday evening at the Doherty
Hotel, coaches and other
school officials discussed
plans for the new US-1Q
League,
According to superintendent Richard Snyder, Clare
is hoping to start a cross
country program this year.
Reed City already has this
track event underway and
Evart is working on the
program for next year.
Freshmen football was
also discussed. Clare and
Reed City have a definite
freshman program with
possible scrimmages With
Evart and Coleman who at
this point do not have the
program  fully developed.
Student ticket prices for
pre-game sale are not to
exceed 500 and a maximum
of $1.00 at the gate. Fourth
grade or utlder will be admitted free.
A new trophy' will be
added to the award side of
the US-I0t conference. The
Sportsmanship Trophy is
one that wail be awarded to
a school Judged by three
officials, -two students and
one adult.
The officials will judge
only opposing teams. Spectators, adults and students
teams, coaches, and other
school personnel will all
be under the watchful eye
of the sportsmanship officials. Cheerleaders will
also be judged on their efficiency on keeping the fans
in good behavior.
Judges will rate schools
and fans using a point system from 1 to 5. All ratings will be sent to Clare
and will remain sealed until
the final basketball game.
This award will cover
both football and basketball with one trophy going
to the school with the best
behavior.
Freshmen basketball
was also a topic Of this
meeting. Sanford, Meridian,
Reed City and Clare will
have complete programs
in this contest.
The 1967 football sche-
dule and the 1966-67 basket
ball schedule were also
discussed and agreed on.
tough against the Pioneers.
The Little Pioneers,
Clare's JV team will also
open the season this week
end with a meeting at Gladwin Saturday against the
Gladwin Junior Varsity.
Coach Gary Rayburn has
a fairly well experienced
squad looking for a successful start.
PARKING
AT GAMES
.The Clare school has
aiihounced strict parking
regulations for sports fans
and is prepared to enforce
them to reduce possibility
of injury to people and
property and eliminate
damage to school grounds
used for elementary stu-
dents' play area.
No motorcycles or motor.
bikes will be allowed inside
the gates.
Auto parking will be
directed by attendants.
Once Parked, autos cannot
be moved until after the
game except in emergencies. Autos and occupants leaving the premises
before the end of games
will have to pay to return.
This will mean game admissions and parking fee.
No driving on practice
fields, play areas or other
than parking areas will be
allowed.
Speeding, recklessness
of violation of rules will
cause a guilty driver to be
banned from the premises
for the remainder of the
season.
Parking on school property is strictly at the
auto owner's risk with the
School Board havingno liability for damage to property or persons.
Parking on the school
field will be allowed for no
athletic contests other than
varsity contests.
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