1968-05-23; Clare Sentinel

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Clafe Michigan, Thursday May 23,.1968
90th Year
New Series, Vol. 76, N 0.38  '
Trim County
Clare county's new apportionment plan was
.adopted Thursday evening
.last week and it creates five
.districts in the county which
will each elect one member
tof a Board of Supervisors.
:.- The new government body —	
will   replace   the  present
;23-man Board of Supervi- lVfr _ TVTn _QPSl
-so rs after the election com- iY-°:bo lVlUb&tMJ.
*ing November 5.
"The Apportionment Committee' s report of the meeting, signed by Jay Trucks
the county prosecuting attorney, Louis Becker   the
^bounty clerk, Ellen Ulch the
county treasurer, and Don
Luce chairman of the county
Republicans, passed over
three or more plans previously considered or discussed by supervisors and
county officials that called
•for Boards of nine and 15
'members.
Members of the new 5-
* man   Board  will have one
"vote each representing
population districts of from
2460 to 2191, and averaging 2329 persons. The
range in size is from the
-City of Clare with one supervisor, to a group of
nine townships in the west
central and north parts of
the county which have one
supervisor for their total
population and area.
The spread of difference
under the former districting by townships was from
the extremes of Summer-       District groups adopted
field township with one su- last week are:
pervisor for its 119 persons, to Surrey township
with one supervisor for its
1653 persons (1960 census
figures).
Heads P-TA
Entertainment at the
Clare PTA meeting Monday evening was furnished
by the Elementary School's
Ukelele Club, directed by
Mrs. Jeanne Hough.
Mrs. Dorsey Mussell reported that the Fun Fest
profit was approximately
$900. The fair board has
recommended that most of
this money be used to provide additional playground
equipment. This to be purchased after the Board of
Education's Master Plan
for building is developed.
Definite plans on spending and reorganizing the
Fair Board will be left to
the incoming PTA executive
board.
New officers for the 1968-
69 PTA year .were installed. Mrs. Dorsey Mussell,
president, Earl Hacker,
vice president, Mrs. Robert Allen, secretary, Mrs.
William Montney, treasurer.
Grant,  .Sheridan,      and
Arthur townships with 2460
population and one mem-     Garfield and Surrey town- ber.
ber, ships including the*Village    Hatton, Freeman, Lincoln,
City of Clare with 2442   of Farwell with total popu- Redding, Greenwood, Win-
population and one member,  lation of 2339andonemem- terfield. Summerfield,
Frost and Franklin townships together with 2215
population and one member.
Hayes and Hamilton town
ships including the City of
Harrison with combined
population of 2191 and one
member.
Candidates for the posts
of supervisors from each of
the new districts have until
June 1.8 at 4:00 p.m, to file
qualifying petitions and gain
positions on the primary
ballot.
Clare County Clerk Louis
Becker sent letters to all
township clerks this week
instructing them that the
petitions must be filed in
the office of the county
clerk at Harrison, and not
with township clerks as
formerly.
Petitions must bear the
valid signatures of qualified electors numbering
from one to four percent
of the number voting in the
latest total cast for secretary of State of Michigan.
Such signed petitions now
represent district voters,
not individual township
voters.
Memorial Day
Salute To Vets
Here Thursday
Memorial Day observances here with a parade and
salute to war dead will be
held Thursday, May 30 with
Clare Veterans of Foreign
Wars in charge of the
parade and program at the
cemetery.
Ah address at the Soldiers'
and Sailors' monument in
Cherry Grove will be by
Dr.   Emil Pfister of Cen-
Mailed Early
An early press schedule for The Sentinel
has been set for next
week so mail delivery
will be before the Memorial Day holiday.
Times for advertising
space orders and copy,
and for news and correspondence have been advanced for the week of the
holiday only and distribution of the paper will be
on Wednesday,  May  29.
Cooperation of contributors and advertisers
will be appreciated by
Sentinel staffers and
readers.
tral Michigan' University.
'Rev. Charles Hillyard of
the Colonville Church of
God will offer the invocation and the benediction
will be pronounced by Rev.
Gersch, pastor of Prince of
Peace Lutheran Church of
Clare.
In the parade the Clare
school bands will provide
music and marching tempo,
and the color guard and
firing squad are from the
VFW post. The parade marshal is Robert Rowley assisted by Ralph Ackerman
and Fred Walters. Master
of ceremonies at the cemetery is Judge Donald E.
Holbrook, Sr.
Decorated bikes and
horses with riders or carriages are invited to join
the march. Uniformed marchers and veterans are
especially urged to take
part.
Local American Legion
and V.F.W. posts ask families of veterans of any war
to contact them with
location of graves where
National flags should be
placed before May 30.
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This parade scene in last week's Clare-ify
produced something like a controversy when
different people identified the location in
different places. Answers to the question
placed the scene both in Clare, and in
Coleman. Clare-ify reprints the picture this
week along with answers that you can read
and judge for yourself.
Answers -to Clare-ify's
question about the location
shown in an old picture
came pouring in this week
and developed a mild controversy over whether the
' _scene is on the main street
of Clare, or Coleman.
The first answer said
that the house of Mr. M;
Searight, owner of the old
photo is in the scene and
the location is on the main
street of Coleman. If true,
Mr. Searight could be
excused from recognizing
the house, since the appearance would be much different now and the picture
plate was in a collection
made by late relative, Gordon Ripenburg.
** , The opinion was in an
Answer' from Mrs. Edna
Shafer of Clare.
' Two other answers agreed
that the photo was made of
Clare's McEwan street
looking south from. Second
street at the railroad crossing.
"The first building on
the right is the old Louch
Blacksmith Shop and next
is a feed barn. The time
must have been between
1-900 and 1905 because before then there were no
telephone wire s overhead,
and later than 1905 there
would. have been autos in
the street.
"The tank on a wagon
is an old street sprinkler
outfit, and the man sitting
( i-Mi top Of it is Dick Nort-'
hey who played the bagpipes
in the parade."
Robert Archaxhbault
Clare.
That detailed recollection
of the West side of McEwan
in those days was supported by Roy Cimmerer of
Clare who said one of the
buildings in the photo was
built on supports over the
Little Tobacco Drain which
now is uncovered artd flows
just south of Fullerton Implement sales.
The inquiry from Mrs.
R.D. of Farwell in the May
16, Clare-ify section has
doubtless brought replies
from birdbanders of this
part of the country, A book
on the subject, published
in 1965, has some local
connections,
"Birds With Bracelets"
or the story of bif d-band-
ing, was written by Susan
Fulton Welty of Beloit, Wisconsin, as one of a series
of Junior Research books,
aimed at stimulating interest in science among
children.
In simple language it
outlines some of the history, purposes, and discoveries of bird-banding. It
also mentions that bird-
banders must get permits
both from the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. and in most
states from the state
conservation authorities.
It is quite possible the
book is in local libraries
in this area.
A college-level textbook
"The Life of Birds", written by Dr, Joel Carl Welty
•recently retired head of the
Biology department of Beloit College, is a widely
used ornithology text in
many American and European universities, and a-
copy was presented to the
Clare library.
This book was given because of the fact the Dr.
Welty spent many summer
vacations at Lake George
beginning as far back as
1914 and it is highly probable that his life Interest
in biology was encouraged
by the wildlife of this area.
His book has many illustrations by the late Norman
Tolson and Mrs. Magdalena
Tol son   of   Lake   George.
Dr. and Mrs. Welty live
near Beloit where they
maintain a small wild life
sanctuary. p&ul s> Weky
Lake George
RARE OLD
RADIOS WANTED
"If anyone knows of an old
radio with the nameplate of
'Maxwell' attached, please
write or call. Clare-ify at
the Sentinel, or phone EV6-
7625.
"These radios were built
Special decorations and the music were bright and the lights turned low for
the CHS Junior-Senior Prom Saturday night in the school gym. The affair
followed the annual banquet held earlier in the evening at Twin Elms. Photo
by  Guys  and  Dolls  Studio,   Clare.   (A  banquet  picture is on Page 10).
Write Winning Tests
In State Scholarship
Competitive Exams
Farwell Asks 6 Mills
The Michigan Higher
Education Assistance
Authority has announced
scholarship award winners
from   Clare  High  School.
There were 19,938 state
competitors for 1968-69.
Of this number 4,791 are
monetary winners and
15,147 are honorary winners. Honorary winners are
still eligible for financial
award as money becomes
available.
All- winners can be considered for awards for the
next four years. Clare winners are:
Deborah Ann Greer, Betty Jo Hankins, Archie Bell,
Sharon E. Bay, Susan
Brooks.
Valerie Cole, Steven
Gallagher, Leoma Zilska,
Jean Witbeck, Donna Wha-
len,   Debra- Gay  Warner.
Robert Underwood, Tom
Sheredy, Tom Shanner, Joanne Pinaire, Don Papesh.
Lorraine Morgan, Ann
Miller, Dennis Lloyd,
Charles Knickerbocker,
Jay Kleinhardt.
Roger Kleiner, J. Roger
House, Carole Lynn'House
and Michael Hartzler.
Closed On
Holiday
by my father, the late Carl
Maxwell of Clare between tfr__»/e f__. /*-_t_
1923 and 1929 and a good vjr^*''3   W **'**
price will be paid for one".
Hugh Maxwell
"What would be a good
product, or home made re-
ceipe for cleaning old flatware found in the dirt?
They are very rust covered"
Mrs, B.D.
Sixcap, Inc», operating
community action programs
with federal government
assistance in Clare, Gladwin, Mecosta, and Osceola
counties, has been notified
of a federal award of
$33,019. to operate a full
year Headstart program in
Clare county.
The Post Office Department will observe regular
holiday schedules on Memorial Day, May 30.
At the Clare Post Office
there will be no regular
Window or delivery services, although special delivery   will   be available.
Mail will he collected oft
holiday schedules from
deposit points, and the lobby will be open for access
to lock boxes and stamp
dispensing equipment.
Citizens Bank and Trust
Company, the Sentinel office,, and retail and service
Stores a n d shop s Will
mostly remain closed exT
cept those customarily catering to holiday and resort
travelers.
The Farwell Board of
Education set fiye*years as
the length of the 6 mill
operational levy Which will
be voted on June 10 at the
regular school election.
This will be in addition to
the 6 mill operational levy
which will expire with the
1969 tax year.
It is extremely difficult
to determine exact millage
needs due to the fluctuations in the State Equalized Valuation for Clare
county.
As Valuations are raised
locally, the amount of State
Aid the school district receives is decreased,
Whereas the State Aid for
the 1967-68 school year was
Trade Pulpits
The ministers of the Clare
Congregational Church and
the Clare Methodist Church
Will be exchanging pulpits
this Sunday morning, May
'26th,
Rev. K4rl Wickstrom will
speak at the Methodist
Church, with Rev. Donald
Winegar, at the Congregational Church.
Members are asked to
attend the services and give
support to their gue§t
speaker,
$236.00 per child, it may
for 1968-69 be as low as
$214.00 per child.
The Board of Education
has  no  other  choice than
Sweet Elected
Civitari Pres.
The Clare Civitan Club
held their bi-monthly meeting Monday May 13 at Town
and Country, for dinner
and the business session.
Pledge to the Flag _ was
giyen. Bob Krell gave table
grace.
President Bill Koch conducted the business of the
hour, following reports of
the secretary and treasurer
new officers for the 1968-
69 term were elected:
Charles Sweet, president,
Roy Warner, president elect
Charles Palsan,vicepresi-
dent, Dick Nivison, treasurer, Don Hemstreet,
secretary.
The district convention
was discussed to be held at
Ann Arbor, May 25 and 26..
It was decide! to send the
slew president andpresident
electa
For the program. Dr.
Shurlow played a very interesting tape. Bob Rowley
showed a film on development in Michigan.
to raise the funds locally
if it has any hopes of maintaining school programs at
their present level.
A public meeting on this
millage issue and the Middle School Bonding issue
will be held in the Farwell
High School Gym at 8:00
p.m. Tuesday night May 28..
The school superintendent
and staff are available to
meet with local groups to
discuss   these   proposals.
Residents of the Farwell
Area School District are
invited to call Superintendent Harold Elenbaas at
588-9913 if there are questions or concerns about
these election issues.
Boat Class
Repeated
Clare County Sheriff
James Darling has announced names of 80 students completing the pleasure* b 0 a t i n g course
required of all 12-16 year
old operators of boats with
motors of 6 h.p. or more.,
They will receive certificates . ' », *
A new Instruction series
will begin May 28 at Glare
High School and those interested should call the
sheriffs office In Harrison
539-7 .04. •