1967-01-12; Clare Sentinel

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Hospital Will
Campaign For
Public Gifts
Clare Osteopathic Hospital's corporate members
Tuesday night elected one
new Board member, reviewed the year's business
and took reports on the
progress of the hospital's
new addition, approved reorganization of the Board
of Trustees and launched
a program of public relations to improve the hospital' s "image' and solicit
public help in equipping and
furnishing the expanded
building.
Malcolm Whitford, a
member of the corporation
was elected to a three-year
term on the Board replacing Dexter Elden who resigned, and two incumbents
Frank Coker and Clarence
Riedel were re-elected.
New president of the
Board is John Quinnan who
was elected along with Dr.
William Hendrickson vice
president, Malcolm Whitford secretary and Clarence Riedeltreasurer.
Dr. John Weitzel of Harrison was renamed to his
post as midic-al director
for the coming year.
Ken Barnes of Clare accepted an appointment as
chairman of a new committee to promote favorable
public relations within the
area served by the growing hospital. He will concentrate his work in Clare,
Harrison, Farwell, Coleman, Rosebush, Evart,
Gladwin and Beaverton and
the area around each to
present a story of the services provided only by the
hospital tc this general region.
A strong eff jrt will be
initiated to obtain public
contributions for the equipping or supplying of needed
scientific devices and hospital furnishings as civic
projects, gifts from public
spirited Gxganiz'iT.ovis
indivitinals, or as memorials _n the names of ? boss
benefitted by the hospital's
services or of public
figures whose memories
should be perpetuated.
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Clare. Michigan — Thursday, January 12,1967
Eighty-seventh Year
New Series Vol. 75, No. 19
Seek $313,400.
In Project Aid
Interact Sends
©is Sports Mag
Our fighting forces in
Vietnam will receive copies of the "Sporting News"
sent by the Interact Club
of Clare.
The Interact Club is also
corresponding with a sister
Interact Club in Clare,
Australia.
Ambulance
Is On Call
New information on how
to obtain ambulance service in Clare county came
this v»«3k from Louis Becker, county clerk.
Service is now provided
from the office of Dr. Elmer
Shurlow and the telephone
number to call is 386-9255.
An announcement last
fall tha t the four funeral
directors in the county
would discontinue ambulance service at the end
of 1966 brought action from
the Board of Supervisors
who conducted an election
to approve a tax for maintaining ambulance service
as c public iacility,
1-Day Change
For Students
The Student Councils of
^ the Clare and Coleman high
schools arranged a student
exchange wiiich took place
last Friday, January 6th.
Five students from each
school spent the day observing classes and students of the respective
school.
Students from Clare were:
Janet Carey, Darla Carrow,
Leonard Erickson, Tim
White and Bill Warner.
The Coleman students
received into our high
school were: Rick Ramsey,
Eira Palin, Kay Fox, Rick
Nielson, and Paul Vogel.
Eira Palin is an exchange
student at Coleman from
Finland.
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Views inside the nearly completed
county building in Harrison reveal
much finishing work to be done, but
the word is out that offices may be
moved in on the weekend of January
27-28. Just a little imagination is needed to see the furniture uncrated and
people all in place ;with business humming amid new conveniences and efficiency never possible in the old quarters. Top picture here is the Circuit
Court chambers With the bench being
assembled in the rear, center. Workmen are hanging the ceiling and in-
stalling the floor. Lower photo is inside the large room to contain most of
the county clerk's staff. Separate office
spaces and the vault adjoin on two
sides. Improved lighting and air circulation are features of this department and telephone and electric outlets are placid on the floor beneath
each desk position. Garfield Supervisor C. R. Case and County Clerk
Louis Becker were in the building on
a short progress checking tour.
Sentinel photos.
A mission to Washington
D.C. leaving today from
Clare is to present this
city's needs for Federal
funds for three projects
pending on water supply
and city sewage treatment.
If the trip is entirely
successful, the group will
return with cash or credit
in the amount of $313,400,
to swell local moneys
raised and State matching
funds promised.
The other extreme possibility is that denials of
Clare's applications will
make the appeal a useless
gesture.
Ken Barnes, manager
of Clare's Chamber of
Commerce and a member
of the group going to Washington today said that final
disposition of the applications may take some time,
but a reasonable expectation would be somewhere
between a grant df the entire amounts and a denial
for the time being of any
Federal funds whatsoever.
At least 16 local industries, service facilities,
utilities, and the general
public will breath a sigh of
satisfaction and relief if
the granting of all or part
of the needed money permits a go-ahead for expansion of facilities.
The projects have been
in a state of inertia on a
"dead center" for many
months while attempts were
being made to arrange financing.
The projects are for, 1)
Enlargement of the city's
water supply and a large
storage tank with circulating mains. Tied in with
this portion is expansion
of the water, purification
plant (iron<| removal) to
serve more population and
growing industry. 2) Extension of sanitary sewage
system to serve existing
and proposed industrial
development in the city's
northwest section. 3) Construction and equipping of
a new secondary treatment
plant for sanitary sewage.
It will be of the lagoon
type and contracts for construction have only just
been signed.
Arrangements to make
the trip to the capitol to
expedite the applications
have been made for Barnes
Glen Cain, the Clare city
manager, Harold Hughes
the city attorney, Bill Koch
Nursing Home, The Garfield Memorial Library,
Municipal Airport, Lake
Shamrock Corp., and numerous civic clubs, churches
and organizations.
The mission group will
present facts on increases
of water consumption and
escalations in new home
building and employment,
plus known prospects for
more city and industrial
growth.
Stuck On "Dead Center"
Awaiting Vital Grants
Sewase Plant Contract Given
Skaters Must Waltz
To New Rink Rules
Winter recreation in the
City of Clare received
some new rules this week
to make skating more popular and enjoyable for
youngsters of all ages. The
rink on public school property is now organized for
safety and fun.
■*- The use of the rink is
free to everyone.
City Manager Glen Cain
announced that a rink
director will supervise all
activities to make sure that
older skaters don't bowl
over the little beginners
and that these small fry
don't wander out in the middle of a rough hocky game.
Included in new regulations are provisions for
skating parties by groups,
—the control of too much
"rough stuff and unsafe
behavior, —and even the
closing of the rink when
ice is so soft that blades
^would ruin it.
In making the new. rules
public, Cain said that willing compliance a n d
courtesy on the ice would
make the rink a better
place for outdoor recreation. The general rules in
effect immediately are:
Evening hours Will be
6:00 to 9:30 every evening.
Electric lighting is provided.
The rink will be supervised by a Rink Director,
Marlon Loses
Postmaster
The U.S. Postmaster at
Marion, Michigan, Carle-
ton Morton has resigned his
job after three years.
No replacement has been
'flamed.
Morton Ms said that he
wishes to devote full time to
other   business
who will be present while
skating is in progress.
The rink director is
authorized to supervise the
activities on the rink.
In general, the early
evening, 6:00-7:00 will be
considered the time for the
little tots, 3rd grade & below. They will be given
priority at this time.
The balance of the evening will generally be considered for students above
3rd grade. The later part
of the evening 8;30-9:30,
older students and adults
may be given priority.
The rink director may
divide the rink in 1/2 for
skating, 1/2 for hockey, or
if he feels it necessary,
alternate skating and
hockey during the course
of an evening.
Rowdyism and unsafe behavior will not be permitted. Refusal to abide by
proper safety suggestions
of the rink director will
result in suspension of
skating privileges.
At times, special skating parties may be arranged with the rink director. These should be arranged prior to the time of
the party.
At times when the weather is very mild, the rink
director may suspend skating for the evening, rather
than allow skating which
could completely destroy
the ice or the rink.
If these suggestions are
followed and skaters show
courtesy toward one another, an enjoyable tithe can
be had by all.
The city of Clare does
not assume liability for
any injury or accident that
occurs on the rink premises.
The Clare City Commission has authorized the start
of construction on the new sewage treatment lagoon to
increase the capacity and efficiency of waste disposal
facilities, it was announced after the Commission's last
meeting of 1966.
Authorization came after the sale of $85,000 Worth of
General Obligation Sewer Bonds, and $48,000. in Sewer
System Revenue Bonds.
A contract for the construction of the lagoon has been
signed with Dunigan Bros., Inc., contractors of Jackson
Michigan.
Purchaser of the $85,000. issue of General Obligation
Bonds was Watling, Lerchen and Co. stock exchange
brokerage firm whose nearest office is located in Mid-
Taking Blood   Have Funds
Donations Here For School
January 17       For Retarded
land, Michigan. Their low bid at the reading December
27 was to bear an average interest rate of 4,469 percent
The Sewer System Revenue Bonds in the amount of
$48,000. were successfully bid by Kenower, McArthur
& Co. at the interest rate of 5 percent.
The Commission paid a tribute to Frank T. LaGoe,
vice president of Citizens Bank and Trust Co. for his
assistance in the negotiations for sale of the bonds.
A letter of appreciation to him said in part, "This
is to thank you personally for your fine interest and
cooperation, without which necessary improvement
to the city's sewage disposal system might not have
been immediately possible' . The entire letter was
made part of the minutes of the meeting which are
reprinted on page A-8 of today's Sentinel.
Clare mayor, and Dan McDonald, president of the
Chamber of Commerce.
They have been in touch
with congressmen who can
be of help and meetings
have been arranged by
Senator Robert Griffin with
Senator Phillip Hart, Congressman Elford Cederberg, and representatives
of the national Economic
Development Authority.
The Clare delegation has
a   good   case to present.
Testimony of all industrial and business leaders
in Clare is in accord on
the view that present limits
on water supply and sewage
disposal shuts the door on
growth of existing manufacturing and industry, and
even more, it blocks the
establishment of new industry desiring to locate
here and limits housing development and growth of the
city.
Such opinions and evi
dence are in the form of
signed statements and copies of letters andquestion-
aires which the Clare
mission will take with theni
to show in Washington.
Adding to Clare's arguments are pressures from
the Michigan Water
Resources Commission to
make this city bring sewage treatment up to acceptable capacity for the
town's size and demands of
industry   and   the   public.
Still other factors favoring the granting of
Clare's applications are
hard facts in evidence that
show Clare has made more
than reasonable efforts to
relieve its own situation
and has arranged for its
share of funds for the projects.
Joining employers and
the public in stating their
opinions on the need for the
projects are public or semi-
public service establishments such as the Public
School system, Clare Osteopathic Hospital, The
Doherty Motor Hotel, Clare
Help Offered In Claims
For Medicare Patients    Worldtronic
Clare county's Red Cross
Blood Bank Chairman
Larry Acton has given
January 17 as the date for
the next visit of the Blood-
mobile in this county for
collection of blood.
It will be in Clare at the
Congregational Church
from 12 noon until 6:00 p.m.
"The need for public cooperation is just as great
as ever", he said.
Clare county was placed
on probation in September
1966 because of the failure
to meet quotas of blood donations and later an upturn
in giving maintained the
temporary good standing of
the county in the State Blood
Bank membership.
Acton and other sponsors of the program hope
that a favorable margin of
donations can be volunteered so that blood used by
residents.of the county will
not be more than the number of units collected in
Bloodmobile visits.
House Bums
A fire Monday evening
ruined the interior of a
small house at 1030 McEwan, and the damage was
described as heavy. Water
used to fight the blase flowed on to the street in
front of the locations of
neighboring Giant Super
Market and Statewide Real
Estate and froze causing and may be used as an
a temporary traffic haz*- essential part of the func-
zard. »     tion  of special • education
New plans to construct
and equip classrooms and
facilities for education of
the area's mentally retarded were discussed Monday
this week in a meeting
held at Clare Public
Schools. The building would
serve Clare and Gladwin
counties and might be located on the campus of
Mid-Michigan Community
College.
The Intermediate Boards
of Education of Clare and
Gladwin Counties and the
local Boards of Education
of Beaverton, Clare, Far-
well, Gladwin and Harrison
met with state officials who
Would be involved,
Joseph Homminga of the
State Department of Public
Health told the group that
46 to 48 percent of the funds
for construction were
available. State and federal
funds would account for
$72,000 and the Clare and
Gladwin Intermediate Districts for $40,000 each, he
said.
The Mid-Michigan Community College Board of
Trustees has agreed to
to provide a 20-acre site.
James C. McNamara,
Clare intermediate superintendent, said that the local
cost of $40,000 for Clare
and Gladwin Intermediate
Districts is "available is
Special   Education  Funds
Older people in this area
who have paid doctor bills
but have not yet claimed
their medicare doctor bill
insurance payments are invited to have their claims
checked by the Mt. Pleas-
and social security office
before mailing them to the
medicare carrier, according to Armand W. Ross,
district manager.
"in the first six months
of the medicare program
some benefit payments
were delayed because the
applicants did not include
all the necessary information with their claims",
he said.
Ross believes that most
people will need this help
only the first time they
make a medical insurance
claim.	
Contestants
Wanted For
"Miss Clare"
Judging for Miss Clare
for the Winter Sports Festival will take place Saturday afternoon January 21
at the Hotel Doherty.
Girls 17 or older and
unmarried in the Clare
school district are invited
to   try  out  at 2:30 p.m.
A committee from the
Clare Business and Professional Women's Club,is
in charge of arrangements,
and will be there with the
judges to assist in the selection of Miss Clare.
"The Medicare Handbook TT*_i_^*%   X7_-_._-.~_,
which is given to all bene-   UniOU   VOteS
ficiaries, explains how to
make the claims", he said,
"and the form is relatively
simple, but most people
can use    some advice
"We're glad to offer assistance, and we believe we
can help many people to
avoid some delay in their
payment".
The Mt. Pleasant Social
Security office is located
at 316 N. Mission and the
phone number is 773-9924.
For the added convenience of the public, the Mt.
Pleasant social security office   is   now  open   every T"W    f^_l11_-i«1W
Friday until 8:00 p.m. 1JT'  VJllM&py
A plant election Wednesday this week at Worldtronic was held to decide
the question of union representation for workers
there.
The union seeking to
represent production and
hourly rated hands in bargaining is the International
Allied Industrial Workers
Union and balloting was
scheduled for 4:30 Wednesday afternoon.
Facts, not claims on the
risks and danger to health
and safety if water and
sewer services are not enlarged will be a part of the
Washington presentation,
Barnes said.
An alarming example, also part of the case, is one
in which water main pressures were checked by an
insurance firm October 18,
1966.
A fire hydrant in the
northwest part of the city
was opened to simulate
conditions that would prevail in case of an emergency. While this hydrant
was open, a test at the next
hydrant one block away revealed that pressure dropped to zero, indicating that
the water supply and pressure was disastrously lacking under the present conditions.
- CHS Cagers
In Slim Win
fjhrer Coleman
The Pioneers continued
their winning ways Friday
night by edging Coleman
in a slow-fought battle 52-
47.
The win gave the Clare
club its third conference
win and'keeps them tied for
first place with Evart.
Evart dumped Sanford-
Meridian 74-69 Friday
night and will clash with
the Pioneers tomorrow
night (Friday) in a head
to head battle for solepos-
ession of first place.
The game will be played
in Evart with reserves getting under way at 6:30 and
the varsity game to immediately follow.
The Ciare five will have
to stop the fine shooting
of Bob Stark and Doug Ros-
ser in Friday night's contest if they hope to remain
in first place. Stark and
Rosser dumped in 26 and
22 points respectively a-
gainst. Meridian in their
third straight conference
win.
The fans, the Pioneers
and the Evart squad should
classify this coming game
as "Super Friday' . Clare
fans and the Pioneers
should- also classify this
game as a MUST!
In Friday night's contest
the Pioneers bounced to a
13-8 first period lead after trailing 5-4 with 3:42
remaining. Captain Dick
Norcutt drew first blood
at the 6:14 mark to give
the Pioneers a 2-0 early
lead.
P-TA TO Hear        Continued on Page B
Ross noted that the medicare claim may be made
either by the patient or by
the doctor, if he accepts
assignment of the insurance. If the doctor applies
for the medicare payment,
he bills the patient only for
any part of the $50 decu-^
ctible that still remains to
be paid and for 20 percent
of the bill over the $50
deductible.
Under the "other, method
of payment the doctor bills
the patient, the patient pays
the bill, and then the patient sends the completed
request for payment form
to the medicare carrier.
A statement from the doctor showing the treatment
given and the charges already paid by the patient
must be furnished
See Medicate, page A-8
The Clare P,T.A, will
meet Monday . evening,
January 16 at 8 p.m. in the
Elementary auditorium.
Dr. Eugene Gillaspy,
president of the new Mid
Michigan Community College will be the speaker and
give some interesting information on this project.
Memberships will also
be accepted one more time.
There is now an enrollment
of 203 to date.
Open House
An open house at the
Farwell Bar is advertised
for Wednesday, Jan. 18 beginning at 6 p.m. to introduce the public and new
owners Bill and John Rice.
Special entertaining in*
dudes dancing with music
by the Drifters from I
o clock until closing.
Call GOP To
Convention
Chairman of the Clare
County Republican Committee Don Luce of Farwell
has issued the call for the
1967 county convention on
January 31 to be held at
Harrison.
Delegates will name
their delegates to attend
the State convention and
transact other business on
the agenda now being completed.
The delegates going to
Harrison were elected in
the 1966 Primary and who
were certified.
The official notice of the
time and place fbr the
county convention signed by
Luce and Mrs, Ellen Ulch
the secretary is published
elsewhere if. this isiire at
The Sentinel.