1967-02-09; Clare Sentinel

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Clare, Michigan — Thuraday, February 3. 1967
Eighty-seventh Year
New .Series Vol. 75. No. 23
fe
. Measure The
Area Climate
For Industry
The Clare Junior Chamber of Commerce has launched a project to collect
opinions of local businessmen and industrial
management concerning
industrial expansion, -what
encourages it in the Clare
area, or what problems
exist that might be hindering it.
A questionaire mailed
•», this week to businessmen
asks answers on subjects
concerning taxes, labor and
pay scales, utilities, housing and others.
The opinions are being
returned to William Comer
vice president of the local
Jaycee chapter and chairman of its public relations
committee. He plans to
publicize the findings and
use them in Jaycee service
to the community.
Some of the questions
have to do with taxes on
business and ask the opinions of business on local
taxes as well as State and
Federal levies.
"How do local business
taxes compare with comparable communities? If
there are problems, what
•    is suggested as a solution?"
"Do State and Federal
taxes hurt smaller businesses by tight control?"
More questions are about
the availability of labor,
skills, and about the rate
of pay for them here in
the Clare area.
Local housing for families and recreation opportunities come in for searching with opinions asked
on these topics, too. Last
the form asks for
comments on -'siriess-
men' s     attitude ward
Clare with the p. "ion
that praise or criticism
^ would  both   be   welcome.
Assuming that improvements could be made in the
area* s desirability for
homes and industries, the
Jaycees say that questionaire answers will be the
basis for suggesting elimination, of problems and
recommendations for progress.
Bank Holiday
A legal holiday Monday
Feb. 13 will be observed
by Citizens Bank & Trust
and its branches in Rosebush and Coleman. All offices will be closed all day.
With Lincoln's Birthday
falling on Sunday, Michigan
law declares that the following day, Monday
be observed as the holiday.
Prayer Day     District Ratings
At Colonville   ||jcrii. IU.J |«
The Colonville Church of mS«.   DdllU   111
God has been selected this'' A ■   _p   ■    - .* _m
year for the annual World'Kf|jt|»flf§  Fall   |f|
Day of Prayer meeting to 1WI""!" a  * %s"m  BV
be held this Friday after- (,    Twenty of Clare's high
noon, February 10, at 1:30 ;■ school      instrumentalists
p.m. .1 brought   back   six   firsts,
Mrs. George Lauer of I four seconds, and one third
Mt. Pleasant will be the -.from the District 9 Solo &
featured speaker, with'Ensemble Festival held
other women of the area '.last Saturday at Standish.
assisting. jThis  represents  the  best
,  ? showing   in   a number of
The theme this year is ';years
l0f.. SiSvTKlng^m  lh%eA   District 9 of the Michi-
Shall Be No End' , and wlll-jgan SGnool Band and 0r.ch_
be observed throughout theveatra Association includes
world,   with   timely   pro- ?tneschdols in the area gen-
grams,    and special pro- orally  north of Clare and
jects   to receive benefits .east: 0f us-27
from     the  offerings,    students compete against
Comparing their Computer Dance questionaires are
four students planning on party fun February 17
Computer To Match
Couples For Party
Will I go to the dance
with a "neat" partner, -my
ideal? Or might modern
electronics sputter on the
code and hand me a
"punched card" for my
date?
Clare High students are
waiting the answers to
these questions until the
Computer Dance February
17. And believe me, the
wait is one of nail-biting
suspense.     .^
Girls and fellows planning tc^gcto the fiance filled
in forms last week to indicate what their appearance
and personalities were like,
-and what appearance and
personality they each wanted in a date partner. Their
answers are being card-
sorted to match them for
the dance.
Voting for any one of
four candidates is for students and the public, too.
Girls in the contest are
Debbie Querback, Joanne
Pinaire, |>am Glenn and
Allison prake.
Vote containers are in
downtown business places
where 10(i means one vote.
Anyone may vote as often
as he likes to support the
girl for the Miss Valentine
title.   /
If this computer thing
works right, they are saying, we won't know who our
date is until boy'sand girl's
matching numbers are called out at the party.
in the meantine, -here's
hoping!
Another feature of the
party, to be held in the
school gym after the basketball game with Evart,
is the crowning of Miss
Valentine.
received.
Plan Board
Elects Barnes
Chairman
The organizational meeting of the Clare County
Planning Board was held
Monday noon, February 6,
at the Town and Country in
Clare.
The meeting was called
to order by Clinton Case-
and the following officers
were elected. Ken Barnes,
chairman; Keith First, vice
chairman; and Warren
White, secretary.
The board plans to hold
meetings on the first Monday of each month with
meeting place varying as to
geographical location.
There- was complete
agreement within the board
that its purpose was to develop an orderly growth
pattern within- the county
using all available sources
of information and experiences. •'"' ■■■■■■
It was especially stressed that all residents "and
groups in the county should
: musical standards rather
than  against one another.
First Division ratings
were received by the following: Debbie Greer, piano
solo; Sue Neff, piano solo;
Jean Witbeck, piano solo;
Pat Knickerbocker, Ruth
Rynearson and Laura Mackenzie, flute trio; Peg Miller, Mary Stirling, Bonnie
Bauder, Valerie Cole, and
Sharon Czyzewski, woodwind quintet; Carole House
Jim Penrose, Sandy Tucker
and Linda Cole, saxophone
quartet.
These people are now
eligible to participate in the
State Solo and Ensemble
Festival to be held in Hastings on March 18, where
they will perform against
higher musical standards
along with students from
all over the State.
Along with their solo and
ensemble activities, these
performers are busy preparing for the Winter Concert to be held in the Clare
£Iigh School Gym on Thursday, February 16. This
concert, scheduled for 8:00
p.m., will include selections by both of the high
school bands, the 47-piece
Symphonic Band and the
46-piece Reserve Band.
Other activities for these
'-L-4cl_£ A-tnOltDXS ■"' and would be given an op^iSs.0 ^Usy groups *re the
Ir'   ■ *" nnrrunii-v    rn    hrinsr   l-Keir   atddent assemblV on Feb-
To
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Payments in lieu of 1966
taxes totaling a record
$806,000. were mailed this
week to 76 Michigan counties by the Conservation
Department for some four
million acres of state lands
which it administers.
The payments, about
$1,000 above the previous
high of 1965, were made at
the flat rate of 20 cents
per acre for such conservation holdings as state
forests, parks and recreation  areas,
They will be supplemented by the Department
before the end of February
portunity to bring their
opinions to the board for
consideration,
Barnes said special effort should be made to acquire the information and
material that had been
compiled by a previous
board and to use their experiences in every way
possible.
Malcolm Whitford suggested that the business of
the next meeting should be
the naming of sub-committees and a determination
of the areas that the Planning Board should be considering.
The next meeting will
be held on Monday, March
7, at the Surrey House in
Harrison at 11:30 _\.M.
student assembly on February 21 ac the- District
Band 'Festival^, o be held at
Clare High School on Saturday, February 25.
This latter event will
include 13 bands from the
District 9 area arid will
^provide a free continuous
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. concert for those interested in
band music.
Office Open
Saturdays
Richard Nivison of the
local branch of the Secretary of State, announced
this week, that his office
would be open all day on
Saturdays during the month
of February,
Citizens Demand Expensive Services
More older people are
living longer and providing
fewer tax dollars than they
were before they retired.
More young children are
requiring costly educations,
but are not yet providing
any tax dollars.
More persons are suc-
' cumbing to greater tensions of modern day living
and being caredfor in mental hospital but providing no
tax dollars.
Rising crime rates are
sending more persons to
prison where they produce
no tax dollars.
More cars and trucks are
demanding better highways
faster and the taxes they
provide can increase.
These are just a few of
the many reasons Michigan
residents may be facing the
prospects vof their first
state t&x increase in five
years.     Senator   John F.
Toepp of Cadillac said today.
Senator Toepp noted that
Michigan is facing its first
billion dollar general fund
budget and most of the
money it provides goes for
paying salaries of teachers
hospital workers, state
police, highway construction and maintenance crews
people who guard and rehabilitate prison inmates,
conservation crews which
Pioneers Drop 2 More;
Record Now 7 and 5
Hummm, -and then
there was Meridian.
The Pioneers made one
less field goal then the
Mustangs, but made 13 less
free throws to give the
* Meridian team a walloping
15 point margin and a 76-
61 win in Friday nights
U.S. 10 basketball contest.
The loss for the Pioneers dropped them to third
plate just one game ahead
of Farwell and two games
ahead of Reed City and
puts another dent in their
season record with seven
wins and four losses.
In their first meeting,.
December 16, the Pioneers
dumped the Mustangs 69-67
in an overtime thriller that
left both team's fans
breathless and hoarse,
Al  Patterson, with 19,
was   the only Pioneer  to
score  in  double figures.
In the preliminary game
•*the JVs dropped their third
game of the season when
Meridians  JVf  outplayed
54-47.
STANDISH MAKES
HEIGHT COUNT
The Pioneers were dealt
a crushing blow Tuesday
night when they were invaded by the Standish-
Sterling Panthers and
pounced om 78-53.
Good passing in the first
half kept Davis' squad in the
game, but the height of the
Panthers was almost impossible for the Pioneers
to contend with.
Pioneer fans saw Standish take an early 22-11
first quarter lead, but did
not give up when the Clare
five fought back to within
two points despite the blue
giants. The half ended 36-
29.
In the third quarter the
Pioneers slowly started
fading as they trailed 56-
42 at the buzzer.
In the final quarter Coach
Kit   Carson's   squad out-
scored the Pioneers 22-1'
to rack up their 78-53 win.
Grant Gillaspy was high
pointer  with   12 followed
by Tim Haring and Dan
White with 11 each and
Roger Kushmaul brought in
10.
Big. guns for the Panthers were Sivier with 27
and Forsyth with 24.
Halftime activity found
the Clare Kiwanis "Jets"?
clashing with the Standish-
Sterling Kiwanis "Follies"
Outstanding defensive work
by both 10 man teams kept
the scoring down, Jerry
"Moose" Forsberg scored
the first and last bucket
for the Clare team. The
game ended in a 2-2 tie.
Coach Gary Rayburn's
JV squad played one of
their finest games of the
year when they upended the
Central*JVs 80-70.
Tom sheredy netted 25
points for Clare followed
by Dennis Green with 17
and Tom Whitfield contributed 10.
High pointers for the little Panthers were Bill
Brown with 18 and David
pestrue with 15.
supervise and improve
parks, rivers, lakes, oil
and gas fields and mineral
resources, and to hundreds
of other employees who
daily provide state services which many Michigan residents take for
granted.
"Where does the money
come from for all these
services?" asked Senator
Toepp. "From taxes paid
by Michigan residents,
directly or indirectly, on
retail sales, motor fuel,
motor vehicles, cigarettes,
business, investments and
other items.
"In their understandable
desire to avoid new taxes,
many persons cry about
waste in state government
and demand that it be eliminated. All too often they
cannot cite specific instances of waste.
"In any billion dollar
corporation - which is what
Michigan state government
is now-there is bound to be
some waste and inefficiency. But, even if it were
possible to eliminate all of
it, the savings would be
comparatively minor, considering the overall budget.
The major saving must
come from cutting state
financed services".
But Senator Toepp, a
member of the Senate Appropriations committee,
warned that any cut in state
funds, especially for education, undoubtedly would
mean that much more
money will have to be
raised by increasing local
taxes*
Senator Toepp,,s a i d
Michigan residents should
ask themselves if 0i&y
favor giving their chfldrMi
less for education than the
52 cents of the tax dollar
they now pay.
Or would they want less
than 18 cents of their tax
dollar spent on modernizing and maintaining state
highways?
Would they want less than
eight cents of their tax
dollar used for caring for
the mentally ill in state
hospitals?
Where would they cut
the seven cents for social
welfare cases, 2,4 cents
that goes to conservation,
agriculture and resource
work, the 1.5 cents that finance police and military
services, the one cent for
public health, the four cents
for general government and
three cents for grants and
debt service?
"People who pay the taxes
should have the last word
on what they want in state
services," said Senator
Toepp. "If they want any
of these services reduced,
they should let their legislators know what they want
to do without''.
Tice Acting
Police Chief
Clare Police Chief, Roger
Depue turned in his resignation Monday, January 30,
and effective February 3,
to complete and receive his
degree in psychology at
Central Michigan University.
Although offered the job,
Sergeant Tice has refused
because, "due to personal
commitments I could not
devote the time that is
necessary   to do the best
hake George Scoutmaster Cecil Hubel
with assistants and the Scouts are
proud of these fish taken at Lake Taho
on their Polar Bear Campout last
week. The biggest catch was a Nor
thern Pike weighing 11 pounds and
4 ounces, but the Scouts said, "A&
usual the biggest ones got away".
Photo by Guys & Dolls, Clare.
Members of Farwell Boy Scouts' Buzzard Patrol
won First Place and prizes in last week's Klondike
Derby.
Farwell Scouts First
In '67 Klondike Derby
Kodiak, Sitka, Skagway,
AttiC "were strange^ names
to the Boy Scout Buzzard
Patrol from Farwell, but
strange no longer as they
mushed to first place in
the annual Tomahawk Klondike Derby competition last
Saturday %t*Camp Weidman.
Twenty one patrols from
Clare, Mt. Pleasant, Beal
City and Shepherd provided
stiff competition for the
local Boy Scout troop under the leadership of Assistant Scoutmaster Erv
Lamb.
Each patrol with sled and
provisions started from the
flag pole at Camp Weidman
at 10 o'clock on compass
courses heading out for
different Klondike stations
When they arrived at the
stations they were to identify themselves and were
given a job to  complete.
The Buzzard patrol included Gary Paesens, Le-
vern Halstead, Terry Bradley, Neal Agle, Wayne and
Mike Mater, Loel Halstead,
Lee Agle, Dean Lamb, Dean
Paesens, and Dick Rowley.
The adult leaders were Assistant Scout master Erv
Lamb and Kerwin Paesens.
First stop on the day long
trail was Skagway where
the problem was "while
following the dog sledge
your sledge struck a snow
covered fallen tree. As a
result of this simulated accident you sprained an
ankle, received a green
stick fracture of the left
arm, and- cut on the index
finger of the right hand".
The patrol was judged on
speed of treatment, correct knots used in holding
bandages and neatness of
applied treatment.
Stop number 2 was Yukon
Point 2900 feet from Skagway.
Due to the heavy snows,
' 'a high tension wire came
in contact with one member of the patrol causing
shock"?.' The patrol was
judged on first aid, care of
the injured and removal
of the victim.
It was noon when the
patrol finished here so dinner was in order. While
the patrol under Gary Paesens fired a bed of hot
coals, Levern Halstead
prepared a meal of meat,
potatoes, carrots and
onions.
At one o'clock the race
was on again with renewed
vigor as Sitka the target
settlement. But again simulated misfortune hit.
"A passenger was injured
and .sledge damaged". The
patrol had to transport the
Injured man  to the next
settlement, for treatmetSttfr
He must be carried the remainder of the way.
The object was to demonstrate three approved
methods of transporting an
injured person.
On the way to Kodiak,
"a member of the patrol
fell down a rocky ledge".
In order to rescue him, it
was necessary to tie the
following knots, square,
clove hitch, tautline hitch,
sheetbend, and bowline.
The patrol leader has
a coil, threw a line 35 feet
to the injured person and
then brought the injured
person back to the base of
the ledge. The patrol was
judged in accuracy in tying
knots, organization of rescue, getting rope to the
victim and pulling the victim over the baseline.
Attu the next settlement^
experienced 40 degree be-'
low weather. The patrol has
not been able to carry fresh
water so it is necessary to
provide water for cooking
and drinking from melted
snow and ice. Judging at
Attu was based on speed
on the entire "process, fire
building and condition of the
final product.
The last leg of the Derby
was Polar Cove where knife
and axe provide the last
skill. The patrol was judged on how well they sharpen knife and axe and the
uses of each.
Washington
Banquet Soon
The Clare Student Council will hold the 3rd Annual
Washington Banquet in the
high school gymnasium
February 18th. The banquet
will commence at 6:30 with
the program following
directly after. The theme
for this year's banquet is
"Quest For Peace",
A representative of each
function relating to the
school will participate with
a topic relating to the
theme. Glen Thomas-Peace
for the Young; Lester Putney-Peace of Mind; Delite
Kistler - Peace at Home;
William Mogg-Peace for
the Old; Laura Mackenzie-
United Nations in peace;
Robert Underwood-This
Age of Peace; Bonnie Bali-
der-Everlasting Peace,
A display of talent will
be given by a small group
selected from each high
school class.
All alumni are cordially
invited to attend. Reservations must be made by the
13th of February to Lester
Putney at the high school.
Semester Hener
Roll Names
OHSTopSehoiars
Names of students with a
B or better average for the
semester have been listed
at CHS:
SENIORS
Keith Akins
Robert Allen
Bonnie Bauder
Barb Bell
Darlene Bolle
Andrea Clute
Bill Corsaut
Linda Erhart
Sharon Flegel
Mary Foster
Diane Gies
Pat Gibson
Ben Hampton
Kathy Ireland
Cynthia Jeffery '.
*Steye Mackenzie
John'Morgan
Sue Neff
Dick Norcutt   .
Kristine Pinaire
Pam Reiberg
Ruth Ann Smith
Tim White
Nancy Whitford
JUNIORS
Sharon Bay
Archie Bell
Susan Brooks
Betty Chappie
Sharon Czyzewski
Debbie Greer
Jovanna Hacker
Shirley Hampton
Betty Jo Hankins
Mike Hartzler
Carole House
Dennis Lloyd
Ann Miller
Lorraine Morgan
Don Papesh
Joanne Pinaire
Debbie Warner
Donna Whalen
Jean Witbeck
Leona Zilska
SOPHOMORES
Sue Allen
Pat Austin
Penny Case
Bill Cimmerer
Judy Day
Ann Eberhart
Leonard Erickson
Pam Glenn
Bob Hartzler
Dennis Iacco
Pat Knickerbocker
Laura Mackenzie
Paul McLain
Steve MeNerney
Burton Northon
Kathy Owens
Mark Paxton
Rebecca Raleigh
Karl Randall
Sue Smith
Cassandra Tucker
Jim Whitford
Bill Woodworth
Marcy Wyman
FRESHMAN
Linda Bontrager
Ray Branstrom
Chris Busche
Valinda Cole
Tom Conley
Linda Dole
Ron Flones
Jim FoSs
Ken Graham
Cheryl Hardin
Roxanna Hiles
Rita Isaac
Randall Martin
Kim Montney
Dennis MeNerney
Genevieve McDonald
Mike Musser
Ruth Raieigh .
Larry R«uby
Diane, Shepard
Marlene skinner
Glenda Warner
The Jr. High Honor Roll
will appear next week,