1968-10-03; Clare Sentinel

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Clare Michigan, Thursday October 3, 1968
91st Year
New Series, Vol. N . 77     No. 5
"Bigger than abreadbox" is this giantpuffball mushroom.
The record for large size is claimed by Mike Elden who
picked it along with two others about half as big. This,
one measured 51 and a-half inches around the largest
way. Sentinel photo.
TI_e Pioneers from Clare
High cornered the Coyote
pack in their lair Saturday
and found out how fierce
the cornered animal can be.
Limping back from the encounter, the defeated Pioneers had the hide clawed
off their pride (32-Q), a
fractured record of 16
straight wins, and a tattered hope of another US-10
Conference  championship.
Wha' happened?
"Reed City just grabbed
the ball and ran away from
us all afternoon."
The Coyotes received the
opening kickoff and marched
to a touchdown without giving up the ball. Clare took
the next kickoff and fumbled on the first play from
scrimmage with Reed City
recovering the ball and
scoring again.
Two TDs behind and the'
game had only started! '"
When Pioneer Coach Gary
Rayburn had recovered
from the shock of the onesided defeat, he described
the remainder of the game
as a nightmare of frustration with Reed City doing
everything right andbene-
Continued on Page 7
Construction on a new
building for the Farwell
State Savings Bank has star-
X-Ray Unit
The Michigan Department
of Public Health mobile
x-ray unit will be at the
Clare City Hall on Wednesday, October 9th; 12:00 to
2:00 p.m. and 3:00 to 6:00
p.m.
Only persons who have
had active tuberculosis or
a   positive  reaction  to  a
i. tuberculosis   test  will  be
accepted for an x-ray.
ted this week after groundbreaking Saturday. The
modern new structure is
expected to be ready for
occupancy by June first,
1969.
Bernard Schofield, president said the building will
follow the currently popular Colonial design in
exterior appearance. It will
be 44x73 feet.
Property on the corner
of Main street and Corning
will be the site and is
ample for the needs of
parking where  a blacktop
Continued on Page 8
A preliminary hearing
Tuesday this week paved
the way for an expected
order by the National
Labor Relations Board for
a representation election
at Holley Carburetor's
Clare Aircraft Division
plant. The question to be
voted' on is whether the
UAW or the local Employees' Association shall be sole
bargainer for workers in
negotiations with the company.
Holley Plant Manager
Robert Mettler and Personnel Director Lyle Skinner were unconcerned with
the UAW claim that 30
percent of Clare plant eligible employees indicate
interest in such an election. If true, it makes the
legality of the petition for
the vote automatic.
But William Borushko,
NLRB hearing officer who
presided at the meeting in
the new County B.uilding at
Mt. Pleasant decreed a
postponement .in issuing the
election order until another
meeting scheduled October
14.
If there is to be an election, it will be ordered by
the NLRB regional director
on-" re.e.mmendation-'' by
Borushko.
The extra time was requested by both sides, —the
UAW will seek to subpoena
company records on layoffs and Wrings, and Holley
agreed that time is needed
to prepare accurate terms
in the petition defining eligibility to vote in an election.
Production workers and
certain other classifications of employees at Holley
have always been represented by an independent, local union called The
Employees' Association.
Plan Clinic
Fund Drive
The Central Michigan
Child Guidance Clinic plans
a drive for funds to enlarge
facilities in Mt. Pleasant
and expand services to include counseling for adults.
It is hoped to raise $15,000
in a six-county area for
building additions and remodeling.
A background story is
on Page 9 in this week's
Sentinel.
Legal counsel present at
Tuesday's meeting for The
Association insisted that
the present Association
claimed, and would continue
to claim a majority of the
employees eligible to vote
on representation.
The Association claim
met no argument or dispute.
On  other points,  how
ever, Holley Attorney
Richard Fritz of Detroit,
and Attorney Charles Marshall from the UAW legal
department in Detroit aired
their differences in exchanges across the conference table.
Fritz fired the charge
that the UAW's attempt to
call an election was timed
to interfere with current
negotiations on a new con
tract between Holley and
The Association. (The filing of a valid petition for
the election halts all progress toward such a new
contract and "freezes" the
status until workers decide
who shall represent them.)
In a quick denial of the
charge, Marshall objected
that, "We have never timed
an election to interfere with
contract negotiations.
"We (the UAW) didn't
come to Holley employees
with a proposal to take
over their representation.
They  asked us to come."
The Sentinel learned
however, that the UAW's
challenge to The Association's authority at Holley
has been prepared by years
of pamphlet passing and
circulation of UAW litera-
HUDDLE. United Auto Workers representatives at a nesting with Holley Clare plant management and officers of
the Clare Employees Assn. Tuesday before a NLRB
hearings officer ■> listen .4. ^'Walter Schultz of Detroit
(back to camera) tell them what's going on in the closed
door session that preceded the meeting. Schultz is a
UAW International representative in organizing.
CONFERENCE. Richard Fritz of Detroit, Holley attorney
and Donald Bramlage also of Detroit, the Holley personnel director (seated with backs to camera) discuss a
ppint at the conference'table Tuesday before answering
William Borushko (standing at left), the NLRB hearings
officer. Across the table at right is Clare Holley Employees Assn. President William Cornell with Kent Vana
the  legal counsel for the Association. Sentinel photos.
Let The Bars Down and Talk It Over
**$&
"Holley Carburetor Employees'
Association committeemen are
nice people, but— their election is
a sort of popularity contest. I
think a committee chosen with the
help of outside UAW advisors would
help us get a better contract".
*    *    *
"The UAW says Holley employees
came to them first and the idea of
organizing under international
union domination originated among
Clare employees of Holley. That's
pure bunkl I know for sure that UAW
organizers have tried for years to
get us to ask them in and make it
look as if the idea came from us!
"Affiliation with the UAW that
has headquarters and direction
outside of this area, and that would
collect and spend dues money from
Clare Holley plant workers'; would
take thousands of dollars out of the
local area. Local businessmen like
me are going to feel this differ
ence and we hope that if problems
exist at Holley, they can be worked
out without surrendering authority
and money to the UAW."
.    *    *
"There's a lot being promised
us if we vote in the UAW. I wish we
could let them take over just long
enough to see if they make good,
—like a trial period, you know?"
* *    *
"Now-a-days we all want all we
can get. Is this wrong? Maybe we' re
not so particular any more how we
get it when we see other people
having so much. ..."
* *    *
With the Holley Employees Association and the United Auto
Workers competiting for the
exclusive right to represent wage
earners at the Holley Plant in
Clare, there's going to be intense
interest and activity between now
and election time. The Sentinel will
have something to say about what it
thinks. All Holley employees, their
families  and the public are all
invited   to   do   the  same  in  our
columns. (They're already starting, —see above.)
The job of The Association's
Plant Committee is to protect workers rights and improve conditions.
Holley employees can judge their
results and decide if the UAW
could do it better.
*    *    *
Let's let the bars down and say
what we think out in the open! The
same rules as for Letters To The
Editor will apply. Try to keep your
letters brief and all must be signed.
Names will be withheld if requested and The Sentinel will carefully
respect  the  writer's  confidence.
.     *    *    *
Lets hear it for what you believe
on the question of the UAW vs. The
Association. Send letters to The
Clare Sentinel, personal to Dex
Elden.
ture near the plant gates
and by other means to employees.
Complaints in the plant
about how the local committee runs the Association business have further
chipped away at employee
acceptance of The Association as agent in bargaining
and negotiations.
Loyal Association members sensed this attitude
and blamed some of the
more recently hired employees. An appeal to support the Association and to
air complaints at meetings
where they could be acted
on, was posted on plant bulletin boards by committee
members and former Association officers. It was
torn down by UAW organizers, The Sentinel was told.
Opinions registered Tuesday in the give and take
of opposing sides at the
table included Company Attorney Fritz' score with the
point that the UAW petition
for an election at this time
was a nuisance tactic aimed
more at disruption of the
current bargaining with The
Association on a new contract, than with hope of
success at the polls,—since
it is doubted that the UAW
could command a majority
of eligible voters.
This opinion was upheld
by management spokesmen
Continued on Page 8
Band Needs
Green Ties
Are you willing to part
with an old school tie?
Lloyd Conley, instrumental music director at Clare
Public Schools says that
band members are at the
end of their ropes for some
thing to put around their
necks. They need Kelly
green ties.
Coming up with this shortage of part of their uniforms, and lacking time to
order a supply, -they are
appealing to former band
members who might have
green ties hanging in
closets or folded in
drawers.
Call Conley at 386-9945
if you will sell or give
your old school tie to the
school and prove that Action Line isn't the only place
to   get   problems   solved.
Two Boys Semifinalists In Tests
Ground was broken Saturday for Farwell State Savings
Bank's new building to be built on the south corner of
Main and Corning_ streets. In the ceremony and observing are, back row, left to right: Hershel Reiss, Jr, the
builder. Bank Director Larry R. Schofield, Allen W,
Howard -cashier, W.H.  Flower -director, Herbert R.
Miller -assistant cashier, Donald R. Luce -director.
Front: Carol Jean Pirber, Linda K. Smith, and Mary E.
DeForest -all bank employees, Bernard Schofield -bank
president, Frank L. Littlefield -chairman of the Board,
Allen R. Graham -vice president.
Clare High School has
two National Merit semi-
finalists this year:
Leonard W. Erickson, 16,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Erickson, 804 Beech
Street. Leonard is a member of the National Honor
Society, the US-10 Council,
the Debate Club, the Junior
Classical (League, the Student Council, and plays
varsity golf. He is planning
to attend one of the Ivy
League colleges.
Karl W. Randall, 17, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Randall, 10718 S, Grant
• Avenue. Karl is a member
of the National Honor Society, the Symphonic Band,
and the French Club. He is
planning to attend Michigan
;j State University or the University of Michigan.
They are two of the15,000
semifinalists who were the
highest scorers in their
States on the National Merit
Scholarship Qualifying Test
given last February. They
constitute loss than one per
cent of the graduating secondary school seniors in
LEONARD ERICKSON
the United States.
Semifinalists become Finalists by receiving the endorsement of their schools
and submitting scores from
a second examination.
Every Finalist will be considered for one of the 1,000
National Merit $1000 Scholarships allocated by state.
Many "will also be considered for the four-year
Merit Scholarships provided by some 400 corporations, foundations, colleges
professional   associations
KARL RANDALL
and other organizations.
Names of the winners in
the 1968-69 Merit Program
will be announced by early
May, 1969.
In addition to the two
seniors at CHS, a letter
of commendation for a high
score was awarded to
James Whitford, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Malcolm Whitford,
Principal Donald Spencer
announced.
Special Dates
Guidance  Department-
Special Dates:
1. October 3, Thursday
7:00 p.m. College Night at
Farwell.
2. October 7th, Monday
7:00 p.m. Financial Aids
Discussion for parents of
Seniors.
3. October 14th, last day
for registration for Michigan Competitive. Scholarship Exam.
4. Saturday, November
9th, Michigan Competitive
Scholarship Exam at Far-
well.
5. Tuesday, October 8th,
Adult Education Classes.
Fall Registration.
6. Thursday, October 10,
7:30 p.m. Adult Education
Investment Class Begins at
High School.
Child Clinic
Child clinic dates in
Clare county are October
8 in Harrison at the New
County Building from* 10
a.m. to 12 noon, and in Clare
and Farwell on October 10
at the Clare City Hall from
9:30 to 11:30 a.m.