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Clare Michigan, Thursday October 10, 1968
91st Year
New Series, Vol. No. 77     No. 6
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Roger Cole, 6-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Cole
in Wise township is outweighed by "The Great Pumpkin"
one of a crop of giants that came out of his mother's
garden. The Coles are giving some of the pumpkins away
to anyone who can carry them. The one Roger is measuring
with his arms weighs 105 pounds. More of the interesting
garden is planted to Unicorn vines now bearing fruit, a
row of cotton plants in blossom and rich colors of fall
flowers. Sentinel photo.
Of Water Bonds
s Approved
Attorney General Frank
J, Kelley, chairman of the
Municipal Finance. Commission announced today
that the Commission ap.-
proved $75,000.00 of Water Supply System Revenue
Bonds for the City of Clare1.
Attorney General Kelley
said, "The proceeds will
be used to pay part of the
cost of acquiring and constructing improvements to
the Water Supply System of
the City of Clare. These
bonds will run until 1984."
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Other members of the
Municipal Finance Commission are Allison Green,
state treasurer and Ira Polley, superintendent of
Public Instruction.
At Clare City Hall, officials were advised of the
Commission's approval and
said the action would speed
the start of at _least two
parts of the water supply
improvement project here.
FJ3e County
KATHY OWENS
One thing can turn heads away from those
football heros, and that is the parade of
Homecoming Queen candidates, the event
scheduled for halftime show Friday on the
PAMELA GLENN
STEPHANIE GALLAGHER
ANN EBERHART
CHS field. From the left are the four senior
class girls nominated by the 9th, 10th, 11th
and 12th grades.
Lack of a killing frost so late in Michigan's autumn gave
this Easter Lily a chance to produce a second set of
blossoms. It is in the flower hedge of Mrs, Russell
McDonald of Mt. Pleasant showing brightly among the
fall flowers.
The members of the
Clare County Farm Bureau
will meet on Monday evening, October 14, at the
Hamilton Township Hall to
conduct their annual
convention.
- In addition to the regular
business meeting the mem-
i>e:r_-willhear rejjorn. .rf"■
the various county 'committees, elect one director
at-large to the county board
elect delegates to the state
convention and consider resolutions relating to local,
state  and national issues.
By Dex Elden
Charles Springsteen,
Clare county's equalization
director was hired last De-*
cember to fill a demanding
and unpopular job. Among
other responsibilities, he is
to bring township tax rolls
up to date, —correct property descriptions, —determine values of property
—advise and assist in balanced equalization among
townships within the county.
He has been assailed,
understandably enough by
property owners who have
their-sown axes t&-"■§__..,..
but more damagingly by the
very township supervisors
who hired him, and now
apparently lacking support
for him in performance of
the   duties  of his  office.
Last July the supervi
sors fired Springsteen and
nobody has a clear answer
to, "why?".
"Philosophical about this
I might be", says the unruffled Mr. Springsteen,
"but I won't be a philosophical whipping boy."
"Iwon'tgo."^
Two things" a.re wrong
about firing Springsteen
with less than a year on
the important job;
1.) While the job is by
no means done, Springsteen was making admitted
progress, and:
2;) Destructive criticism
iS-rno good. If anybody wants
Springsteen out of his office, -they should suggest
something better.
In his gloomier moments
since supervisors voted
11-7 to terminate his con
tract, Springsteen feels that
he   has  no friends.  "I'm
the   most  disliked man in
the county."
With property owners
he's in a class with the
hated tax collectors in New
Testament times of Roman
occupation of Israel.
There might be several
reasons for hostility among
members of the Board of
Supervisors. He is attempting to do what Equalization Committees at Harrison have failed at for
.generations,- —and that is
to arrive at a systematic
and fair "equalization" of
valuation totals among all
the townships and precincts
so that ail pay a fair share
of taxes.
Clare High students are
making bigger and better
plans than ever for the
celebration of Homecoming here on Friday. The
school and empty garages
and barns where parade
floats" are being built, all
buzz with activity and excitement.
There's suspense in the
contest to name a queen
where popularity voting will
be tallied and the result
announced at the annual
bonfire and student rally
Thursday evening.
There's praying for good
weather Friday afternoon
and hoping for big crowds
in downtown Clare to watch
the parade.
School bands are practicing for an entertaining
halftime show, and Coach
Rayburn' s football players
are ready for the big game
with Evart's Wildcats invading the CHS field.
After the game the scene
will shift to the gym where
students and alumni will
attend the Homecoming
Dance amid festive decorations and gay company.
Candidates for queen this
year are Kathy Owens, Ann
Eberhart, Pamela Glenn,
and Stephanie Gallagher, all
seniors. Students will elect
one and the others will be
the honor court.
oints
Eugene W. Gillaspy, president of Mid Michigan
Community College, this
week announced the appointment of Mrs. Shirley
Lampky, R.N., as director
The hub of the issue at
Holley Carburetor Company' s Clare Aircraft Division plant was identified
this week as pre-election
campaign intensity. began
to sharpen. There will be
a ballot choice soon to-
name- either the local Employees' Association, or
the United Auto Workers
as sole bargaining agent
for Clare plant employees.
Holley workers who are
anxious to see the UAW
in the role of representatives are labeling the Association a "child of The
Company*'.
They feel that the present
contract, written in 1965
and expiring at the end.of
this year, is weak in grievance settlement and arbitration terms. Compared
with what they want, their
present   ' contract     lacks
_fentine. To
Be Wednesday
Newspaper-
- . The Sentinel will change
from a Thursday morning
newspaper to Wednesday
publication beginning with,
next week's issue.
It will be necessary to
move deadlines ahead for
news and advertising copy.
Want ads being taken on
or before 2:00 p.m. Mondays instead of 11:00 a.m,
on Tuesdays. Other adjustments will be announced as
they become necessary.
Some personal mention
and neighborhood news copy
from rural areas may find
deadlines moved to later in
the week for publication in
the following issue, but an
advantage for advertisers
is hoped fo r with a longer
shopping weekend after circulation of retail advertising in a Sentinel delivered
Wednesday morning,
tough  strength in protection" of worker rights.
"A contract with stronger
terms and more provisions
binding on the company is
No. One, —more money is
next", one Holley. worker
told The Sentinel Tuesday.
The Sentinel invited Holley employees or anyone
with community interest in
the issues to air their opinions and beliefs in these
columns. Responses, both
direct and indirect have
increased and the offer
continues.
The Association, a self
governing local union that
has enjoyed bargaining
rights for all employees
with Holley management
since 1947, must dispel the
idea that it is in the company's pocket if it would
hang on to its members'
loyalty and confidence.
A United Auto Workers
spokesman, Ronald McKin-
non of Traverse City who is
an international representative on leave from his
place of regular employment, is helping organize
UAW supporters among
Holley's Clare employees.
He ridiculed the present
contract between the Association and Holley saying it
permits the company to
exercise final authority
where union bargainers
should be guaranteed more
control over workers'
rights.
In a broad charge that
the, "present contract only
guarantees the Company's
rights in all matters and
decisions with no rights
being guaranteed to the employees on any issue," the
UAW is sure to draw a
rebuttal from the Association's executive committee
that was negotiating a new
labor contract with Holley
until the petition for an
election halted progress.
Holley employees loyal to
their Association* say that
the   UA"W displays  a  re
cently signed contract negotiated for Holley workers
in the company's Warren,
Mich, plant as an example
of improvements the UAW
could obtain for Clare workers.
"This is comparing a
relatively new agreement
with our old one (1965)
that we expect to improve
in current rewriting anyway", is the Association
answer.
The Association's executive committee and UAW
organizers traded propaganda in printed handouts
at the plant gates Tuesday
afternoon.
The UAW's two-page letter said rumors are being
heard about strikes, dues,
and timing of the petition
for an election. Am implication was that the "rumors", were planted and
the letter said that management and the Association
have teamed up to oppose
the union.
The Association's message was apparently in answer to an earlier UAW
sheet on the subject of a
dispute over who may be
eligible to vote in the
coming election. The Association executive committee said they insist on all
employees including some
disputed job classification
units, to be entitled to vote.
City Will
Take Leaves
Glare City Manager Glen
Cain advised residents that
leaves and autumn lawn
rakings will be hauled away
by city crews if placed by
curbs in boxes or other
containers.
Burning of leaves and
trimmings on blacktop
streets- is strictly prohibited because of damage
to the surfaces.
The Association repeated
the claim of support from
a majority of workers who
will vote in the election.
With significance attached
to the true answer to which
side made the first overtures toward UAW organizing here, The Sentinel
hears conflicting stories.
The UAW says that officers of the Association
themselves invited union
organizers to Clare. (See
a letter to The Sentinel
elsewhere in this paper.)
Richard VanBuskirk, a
former committeeman with
the Association is named
by the UAW as having been
present at the meeting with
organizers in his own home.
He says that it's not quite
like the UAW tells it.
VanBuskirk's account is
that UAW organizers, who
may have been contacted
by Holley employees, asked
Cornell and himself to meet
with them. The two Association officers decided
there was no harm since the
understood purpose of the
meeting was only to listen
to what the UAW would offer
to~ do for Clare workers.
VanBuskirk characterized
the meeting as one where no
decisions w ere expected
' and none arrived at.
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The Sentinel has been
asked to correct an impression created in a
story last week about the
coming election of a bargaining agent by Holley
employees, and is glad to
explain the following:
In reporting that there
would be an election to
determine whether the
Employees' Assn., of the
UAW would become sole
agent for Holley's Clare
employees, it was not
mentioned that four, and
not just two choices "Would
appear on ballots.
The United Mine Workers of America is an
intervening party in the
issue, and could be voted
for by any worker desiring UMWA representation
and the remaining Indication could be that a
voter chooses no union
representation of any
kind.
(On the basis of The
Sentinel's information on
the issue's, it consi<lers
that the choice will^be
finally between the
Association and the UAW.
—Ed.) _____
What They Say
Involvement
How did the U.A.W. become
involved?
Fact. About a year and
a-half ago the U.A.W. was
contacted by President William Cornell of the Association asking for a meeting.
Fact. Shortly after,
representatives of the U.
A.W. met in the home of
Richard VanBuskirk, an officer of the Association,
along with William Cornell
president of the Association
Fact. The purpose of the
meeting was to gain information on how to settle the
grievances that the Association had pending with the
Company, as the Association was incapable of set-*
tling them.
Fact. The Association
officers at this meeting,
raised the question of joining with the U.A.W, and the
'method  of going about it.
Fact. On April 11, 1968
the Association officers
called a membership meeting and a committee of
JoAnna Lettick, Chuck Seymour, Ernest Lane, Lawrence Eschenweck and Dunk
Koeplinger was formed by
President William Cornell
to investigate unions with
the intent  of Joining the;,
best.
Fact. In June 1968 a
membership meeting was
called and the committee
reported, their investigation proved the U.A.W. was
the best union to join.
Fact. The officers of the
Association at the July 1968
meeting, shelved indefinitly
a motion to vote to
affliliate  with  the U.A.W.
Fact. Individual employees then combined as a
group (now known a s the
U.A.W. Organizing Committee) and contacted the
U.A.W. asking that a organizing drive be started
so the employees of Holley Garb. Co. could join
the U.A.W.
Asking
For It
There is a lot of Holley
employees feel this with the
U.A.W.   and Holley  Corn-
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Clare High's defense c.i
the gridiron stiffened in
the last half of Friday
night's game against Coleman Comets and with Coach
Gary Rayburn trying Steve
Luplow at quarterback,
scoring gained the Pioneers
a 27-13 victory. Clare now
stands 1-1 in US-10 League
play behind Reed City with
a 2-0 record.
Dennis lacco great pass
catching accounted for all
Clare's first half scoring.
The Pioneers from Clare
rebounding from a surprising shellacking at the hands
of unbeaten Reed City, 32-0
had to overcome.an alert
Coleman defense to beat the
Comets.
Steve Luplow passed to.
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of Health Occupations for
the college, and gave notice
of support of effort for the
Practical Nurse Education
Program by the State Board
of Nursing.
Gillaspy said that the recent action by the State
board is a result of many
months of planning by both
Mrs. Lampky and Francis
J. Mitchell, dean of Applied Arts   for the college.
Initial plans call for the
establishment of a practical nurse education program in Mt. Pleasantinfa-
cilities provided by Central Michigan Community
Hospital.
Gillaspy noted that these
facilities are excellent, and
are a valuable addition to
the college development.
He said that special thanks
must be given to Richard
Pieratt, hospital administrator, whose complete cooperation made the arrangement possible.
This is but a first step
in the development of a
comprehensive program in
the health sciences, and
other programs are being
planned which v/ill operate
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Clare County Supervisors Tuesday opened
.their last regular session before going out
of existance at the end of this year. Chairman John Brubaker of Arthur gets the first
cup of coffee at a table prepared by County
Building employees. Serving is Hilda Bring-
man,  ohe  of a  committee for the lunch.
Souvenirs for each supervisor were booklets
on the history of Clare county tJre_ta3 hv
Mrs     Ruth Stanley.  SuperSo^lg?^
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(Thursday). Sentinel photo. y*
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