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New Series Vol. 77  No. 33
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Isabella Man
Dies In Fire
Glenda Warner
Tops Finalists
In Speech Test
Appreciation for your interest
and support, was the message
from junior livestock producers
to buyers and sponsors of their
projects at the 5th Annual Junior
Livestock Banquet April 3 at the
Farwell    school    cafeteria. A
large crowd of project youths
with their parents and many
buyers from last fall's sale
were on hand for the program
and to witness the trophy awards
Sentinel photo.
James Swindlehurst, an him dead from suffocation,
aged resident of Isabella Clothing was completely
county died Monday evening burned from his body,
in a fire that completely .The fire was not far from
destroyed the interior of the home of a brother, Hugh
his house three miles north
of Mt. Pleasant. The Rosebush Fire Department and
assistants at the scene
from the Isabella Sheriff's
Department and Mt. Pleasant Fire Department were
unable to rescue the 87 year
old man from an upstairs
bedroom.
Swindlehurst was partially disabled from old injuries and reports said he
appeared to have been over
come while trying to escape
down the stairway. Officers
Frank Stevens and Les Bon-
stelle of the sheriff s department found signs that
the victim may have been
smoking in his bed of bedroom in a corner of the
second floor.
The six finalists trying
out for the United Nations
pilgrimage trip competed
in a speech contest on Wednesday afternoon at the
Clare High School. They
were Glenda Warner, Bill
Mogg, Randy Martin, 11th
graders, Sylvia Brooks and
Wendy Hillebrand, 10th'
graders.
Sponsored by the Oddfellows and Rebekahs of the
United States and Canada,
this pilgrimage takes place
each summer and is the
only one where viewers are
allowed to set in on sessions of the United Nations.
The Clara Rebekah Lodge
of Clare are again sponsoring a youth this .year
with Miss Bambach counselor at Clare High in
charge of the preliminary
tests when some twenty
students participated.
Winner this year is Glenda
Warner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Warner,
with the runner-up, Sylvia
Brooks, daughter of Mr.
and  Mrs.  Harold Brooks.
Bob Hartzler was master
of .ceremonies for the assembly at the school on
Wednesday and introduced
Patsy Schlafley, past president of the Rebekah Assembly and member of the
committee of the local lodge
project. She presented
Connie Strouse, the chairman, who is also serving
on the United Nations Pilgrimage committee for the
district, also Pauline
Whiteside, noble grand of
the Rebekahs.Several other
Rebekahs also attended the
assembly.
Judges for the elimination were T. Allen Nichols,
Dean of Student Personnel,
Mid Michigan Community
College, Jim Hughes, News
Director, WCEN Radio Station, Mt. Pleasant, Mrs.
•Kerwin -Paesens,substitute
teacher of the Farwell Area
Schools.
Leonard Erickson, last
year's winner spoke to the
assembly, telling some of
his experiences while the'
judges were making their
decision. Leonard has also
spoken to several organizations giving them many
highlights and his impressions of the UN.
Mrs. Schlafley stated that
Windstorm Damages
Homes Near Loomis
A violent windstorm,
--many called it a tornado,
struck without warning
Wednesday ni'gftt.and<.ama-
ged homes, trees andutill'-
ties    in    a    path   several
Ladies Golf
Starts Apr. 30
hundred yards wide and
more than two miles long
in Wise township .near.
Loomis, The area n_sffefen
hit by dangerous brush
•fires and windstorm*
damage repeatedly in the
past three years.
Damage reports reached
The Sentinel from Mrs.
Hunphrey Smith, the Char-
The Wednesday morning
Ladies   Golf   League  will
open its 1969 season with
the annual breakfast meet-
this year Michigan will have ing  April 30th at 10 a.m.
their own bus with nearly     Ladies interested in join-
40 students going from the  ing the league are reques-
les Defoys, and the Gerald
Longstreths,    —all neigh-   Con_T1 ________T_
bors   in the general area.   ^"UiriUUUUll
various lodges in the state,
This 'year, its 50th, is being
dedicated to Judge Edward
M. Sharpe of Bay City, who
was soverign grand master
at that time and the instigator   of   the pilgrimage.
ted to call Mrs. Ruby
Alexander for their reservations.
Laura Frisbey, sports
chairman states the complete schedule will be announced in the near future.
Screening Children
For Eye, Ear Defects
At Defoys' who live at
10330 N. Shepherd Rd., the
wind tore heavy branches
out of trees and lifted part
of the roof on the residence.
Windows in the downstairs
rooms were blow in and the
house was soaked by rain.
A line of poles carrying
telephone or power wires
was blown down, along the
road in front of Defoys'.
The family was away and
returned after nine o'clock
to   discover   the  damage.
Mrs.
For Clinic
The largest contribution
.from Clare county for the
Child Guidance Clinic's
building fund was recently
given by the Delta Psi chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi
sorority. Making the presentation were. Karla Lehr,
president of the chapter,
and Barbara Poet, the
treasurer.
Board member Kenneth
McLaughlin received the
money with thanks and told
the women that their organization was the largest
donor so far from this
county in the campaign
Tests for pre-school
children's vision and hearing will be offered this year
for area youngsters in their
elementary schools. The
screening tests .are performed with the local Health
Talent Show
Seeks Young
Entertainers
Talented singers, actors
and musicians are sending
entries for a talent show
to*be held next month and
sponsored by Clare United
Methodist Men, Larry
Everts, chairman of the
show says that entries are
coming in, "pretty good'
for the early date and many
more are expected,
The show will be held May
17 in the Clare Elementary
Auditorium. All those who
expect to be in the variety
show will have a chance to
polish their acts at a tryout.
Applications may be obtained from the Clare United Methodist Church office
at 1G8 E. State St., Clare,
or from- area grade school
principal's offices. There
are no age restrictions.
Tryouts are to be J__eld on
May 10, 1969 and all applications must be in by that
time.
Talent classifications include bands, individual specialty     acts,   instrumen-
graffi is 50P for adults ajtd  taiists, dance acts, andvo-
'250 for students. calists.
Bands In
Spring
Concert
The Clare High School
Reserve and Symphonic
Bands will 'present their
Spring Concert on Wednesday, April 16th at 8 p.m.
in the High School Gym.
Bo.h of these bands received first division ratings
at their district festival
and will go on to participate in the State Band-Festival in Lansing on Saturday, April 26th. ■
vjhe program will be a
varied one. The festival
selections will be presented as well as 'Caucasian
Passacagl'ia' by Nelhybel,
'Blue tango' by Anderson,
'Peanut Vendor', 'Man
From La Mancha', 'America, The Beautiful',   and
others.
Admission  to  the pro-
District and Michigan Department of Public Health
cooperating.
A report from Health
District Seven says the
tests will be given during
the final week of April and
through May. There is no
cost to parents nor to
schools.
The screening is to detect
eaf and eye disorders early
in the life of the child when
they may be easily corrected, and before permanent damage   might result.
Information is already in
the mail to parents of children ages three and one half
to five years as reported
on the last school census.
Parents of children in this
age group not receiving the
material should contact the
District Health Department
in Gladwin or telephone
426-9431. Appointments
will be sent to parents one
week ahead of their child's
appearance.
Director On
P-TA Program
Clare P-TA members and
friends will hear about the
coming season's community recreation program for
children when Director
John Wolf appears at their
program April 21. The
meeting will be in the Elementary School Auditorium
at 8:00 p.m.
A panel discussion will
follow Wolf's talk.
Smith reported a
roaring sound of a tornado
and a large, old pine tree
near the rear of the house
was laid over with a crash.  _^ g~^
Inside the Smith home, £>OJit   ._iOUTSe
Mrs.   Smith   remembered
hearing the roar of the wind
and warned, "There is
going to be a tornado.' 1
hear it."
Occupants of the house
hurried to the basement
until quiet returned. They
said their radio had been
playing and there was no
Fifteen students successfully    completed   the
required   material in  the
Pleasure  Boating Classes
held in Clare and Farwell.
Two students received a
score of 100 and they are
Richard Hillebrand and
Gary Hillebrand.
Charles   Defoy  examines  empty   window
frames in his home at 10330 N. Shepherd
Rd. between Glare and Loomis where Wednesday night's stirong winds blew in all the
Swindlehurst who had called
earlier in the evening to
look in on Swindlehurst and
bring him some smoking
tobacco.
Mt. Pleasant firemen
went to the scene with
masks when smoke and heat
barred entry attempts.
They assisted with the
removal of the body and
County Medical Examiner,
Dr. R. Brewer pronounced
Clare JC
Picketing at Consumers Power has been
peaceful in Clare since the start of the
strike last week. These workers marched
in shifts in front of the company's offices
on E. Third street until Saturday morning
when the scene was brightened by wives
and families of workers taking over the
picket duties. Sentinel Photo.
warning of an approaching
toianado or tornado watch.
^fe^fU^g^eths' home
.6?sc oTEbomis on Old US-*
lb, the storm wind ripped
away.an awning and rattled
and shook the house. A roof
board blew off their garage
and a car inside was damaged, they said.
Auxiliary        p^.SGhool Roimdup
•fixe ..Clare. Jaycee. Auxiliary1 hosted -' t .!£'" -pir-Tig-;'
Meeting of District 5 Wed^
nesday evening, April 9, in
the multipurpose room of
the Clare School.
Fifty-eight were registered from the Detroit area
Standish, Omer, Sterling,
Traverse City, Coleman,
Freeland, Bay City, Midland, Auburn, Beaverton,
Pinckney, Lansing, Hemlock and Meridian.
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Special guests were Patti
Lance of Madison Heights,
member of State Executive
Board, Lee Formicola of
Rochester, president of
Michigan Jaycee Auxiliary,
Joyce Hamilton, Midland,
District  5 vice president.
State officers to be elected at state convention May
9 and 10 at Lansing presented their qualifications.
A business meeting was
held and a salad buffet was
served.
Nola Kennedy, director
for the auxiliary was general chairman for the
meeting. Officers of the
local auxiliary are Myra
Comer, president, Sharon
Russell, vice president,
Candace Garchow, treasurer, Wanda Bailey, secretary.
The auxiliary expressed
thanks to the business men
for their donations and publicity.
The Clare Elementary in the
School will hold its annual
Kindergarten Round-up on
Wednesday, April 16at 9:30
in the morning and 1:30 in
the afternoon. Parents are
invited to bring their pre-
kindergarten children with
them.
The Round-up will provide an opportunity for the
parents to become acquainted with the school,
the teachers, and the program offered for the coming year. It is mothers
mostly who attend and they
will recei ve information
about the five year old child
so they can ready their
beginners for the first day
of school.
Parents of students
whose names were on the
school census list were
mailed pre-registration
material several weeks
ago. This material should
be brought to school with
the child's birth certificate
so that registration is completed at this meeting.
Kindergarten registration  material is available
Elementary Principals' office for children
whose names were not on
the May 1968 census list.
Children on registration
day will spend their time in
the kindergarten room getting acquainted with a
teacher.
Give
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glass and tore up the contents of the room.
Extensive damage also was evident on the
house roof and trees nearby. Sentinel photo
Hobo Ride,
Marihuana
Trip Hippies
Eight young persons,
hobo riding in a railroad
boxcar - here Sunday, and
with police charging two of
them with having
marihuana in their possession, were all arrested,
jailed and fined when the
C and O line objected to
them taking their "trip"
as unauthorized riders.
State Police from Mt.
Pleasant and Clare police
answered a call from a
railroad detective who shotted the group boarding the
car in Frankfort.- Clare is
the next stop for the train.
Arrested and jailed at
Harrison were Anthony
Tucker, 19 and Dan Wilk,'
20 who were charged with
having the narcotic in their
possession. They, like all
the others gave Ann Arbor
as their address a n d
claimed to be students at
the U of M.
Six others faced charges
of disorderly persons and
paid $35. fines and costs.
They were: William Burgel
20; Joe Cutler,' 19; Edward
Foss, 20 who said his home
is in Wisconsin but attends
the university; Judith Ca-
hill, 19; Joyce Cheney, 18;
and Linda Wearne, 20.
Clare County Sheriff
James Darling said a professor from Eastern Michigan University at Ypsilanti
represented the accused at
their court appearance be-
for Judge Jon Ringelberg
Tuesday morning.
Tucker and Wilk remained
in jail at Harrison when
they were unable to furnish
bond set at $3,000.
Sheriff Darling described
the whole crowd as a pretty
scummy bunch that stunk up
the jail.
"If these are students,
it makes you wonder what
conditions are Like at this
tax-supported university" t
the sheriff remarked.
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