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Clare Michigan. Wednesday Julv 23» m9     Q"^ 91st Year '
New Series Vol. 77
No. .  16
It's County Fair
Time In Clare
OUCH— The rock-em sock-em atmosphere of a wild west
rodeo is coming to Clare County as a part of the Clare
County Free   Fair which opens  next  Monday  at the Fair
grounds' in Harrison. The Diamond S. Rodeo will be just
one of several great grandstand shows that are on highlight
this year. '>
The sounds, the smell, •
the electric amosphere
are all unmistakable, it's
county fair time as the
Clare County Free Fair
takes over the fairgrounds at Harrison for a
solid week of • constant
activity.
The free fair one of the
big attractions in Northern Michigan during the
summer, opens next Monday, July 28, and will run
through Saturday, August
2.
Registration for all exhibitors is set for Monday July 28. Fair officials
have announced that all
exhibitors must register
with the Entry Clerk before 6 p.m. An exhibitors ticket must be obtained and taken to the
Department Superintendent who will give assistance in displaying the exhibit.
The Auto Demolition
Derby will be the big
grandstand attraction at
8 p.m., Monday.
_ Festivities get in full
swing Tuesday as it is
officially designated
Childrens day with the
youngsters enjoying reduced prices on the Skerbeck midway as well as
having an opportunity to
win a bicycle. Some lucky
boy and girl who hold the
winning ticket and who are
present at the fairground
when the drawing takes
place at 4 p.m. will take
home brand new bicycles.
Tuesday will also be
the first day which exhibits will be judged. Judg
ing will begin at 8:30 a.
m. "
The racing program,
one of the big highlights
of the fair every year,
also begins Tuesday at
2 p.m. and will run every
day until the end of the
fair. The harness racing
events annually feature
some of the best drivers
and horses in the midwest.
A free grandstand
show of 4-H speed and
action is on the bill for
8 p.m. Tuesday evening.
The exhibit judging and
racing program will highlight Wednesday and a
Pony Pulling Contest will
be the grandstand feature
at 7:45 p.m.
The   4-H    and F.F.A.
Showmanship cont
are the big doin' s 1
day morning at lOp.
the junior dairy •
contests are set
for 1 p.m.
The harness
program on Thurs
ternoon, will prec
annual Automobil
chinery andLive^
rade which will x.i
at 7:30 p.m. and
tests
rhurs-
.m. and
judging
leduled
racing
.day af-
;ede the
le, Ma-
itockpa-
ike place
will be
led by, "Mis/ s Clare
County." Shortly' after the
parade the annu  al Grand
Champion Beef,
Lamb sale will ti
with the young 4
the show anirm
the big benefici.
8:30   p.m.   the,
Hog and
ake place
jwners of
lis being
aries. At
awarding
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Voice Sets I Jp
Permanent! y
The delegates of the
Voice of the People -
Clare County met at the
Greenwood Township hall'
on Thursday, July 17, at
8:00 p.m. to set up a
permanent   organization.
A set of by-laws that
had been drawn up by the
Executive committee was
read and discussed, article by article, and approved by delegates. The
by-laws were written to
concur with the by-laws
as approved by the Michigan Voice Organization.
One of the  main points
of the by-lay /s was that
no officer  s_  iall be paid
a salary but < _ou1d be re-
embursed fo  r incidental
expenses upo in the approval of the Ex ecutive committee.      A) nother   main
point, set uj p a Board of
Directors ti o total nineteen, one fi :om each political subd; ivision within
the county.
The elect
nent' officel
approval o;
The office-
Chairman,!
low; Vice;
R.  V.  H ai
Been Postponed
ALLREADY — All animals must be innoculated before they can take part in the festivities at the Clare
County Fair. Helping Charma Kleinhardt out is Dr.
Neil Stirling- who has given several of the innova
tions in the last few days as county 4-Hers prepare
their animals for their premier performance of the
year.
The show cause hearing
in Clare County's suit a-
gainst Mr. and Mrs. Howard Eaton of Harrison
has beenindefinatelypost-
poned while the two parties attempt to work out a
settlement according to
the office of Jay Trucks,
attorney for Clare
County.
The suit filed by Trucks
for the county on July 10,
asked for a temporary
and permanent injunction
to enjoin the Eaton's from
constructing a fence across the roadway that
leads into the Clare
County Fair parking area.
The complaint filed in
Judge Robert Campell's
Circuit Court accused the'
Eaton's of "wrongfully
and maliciously fencing
the palintiff s property,"
at   the   fairground   site.
The fence was removed
early last week and the
county immediately pos-
poned the suit as the two
parties attempted to
reach a solution.
In an exclusive inter
view with the Sentinel,
Howard Eaton said, "my
wife and I are really sorry
that the hearing did not
take place last Wednesday. We're very anxious
for our side to be explained."
Eaton said he built the
fence "Not to stop the
fair, I never had that
in mind at all. I simply
wanted some action and
I've been trying for seven
years to get it without
any luck, so I decided I
had     to    do    something
drastic  and it worked."
Eaton maintains that
in 1959 an agreement between the county and the
previous owners of the
Eaton property was made
which allowed 20 feet off
the south end of the fairground property and 20
feet of the Eaton's north
property line for a road.
However that road was
never built and the Fairground entrance for several years was some 100
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ion of perma- •
:s followed the
f the by-laws.
:s elected were
Mr. LeeSwal-,
Chairman, Mr.
.       . mp; Secretary,
Mr. Joe <f Jrim, and Treasurer, Mi ,. Keelan Nixon.
-   The,ma[ in topic of bus-,.
* iness" cphj cerne.d the rental of atW x.h at the Glare
County K air.    It was voted to.. nj! laintain a booth
and Mrsi , Jack Rockwell,
Harrison .,     was    named
chairmar _    of   the ' Fair
Committi ee and MrS. Gale
Howard,|   Mr. Leo'Bischoff
Mr. Cha irles Thorne and
Mr.   R.'    V.  Hamp were
named f :o the committee.
Mr. I .. H. Brown-Frost
Townsh ip,     was    named
Public !  Relations "Director of . the permanent or-
ganizat ion.   It will be his
duty to   gather and publish
whatev. er information the
Voice'    feels   should   be
brougl it  out that would <
be of j interest to all taxpayer] s.
Shooting Accident
Wounds Young Bioy
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Gary John Fitzpatrick,
an 8 year old Fort Benning Georgia boy is in
serious condition in Saginaw General Hospital after -an accidental shooting in his grandfathers
. home late Monday even^
instate Police of the Mt.
Lands
The Mo
.  '•;' By Tim McGuire
.Man now belongs to a
new world.
-With Neil Armstrong's
first hesitant step on the
earth's moon a new era
has begun. An era in
Which nothing is impossible and an era which
brings new hope of a land
unscarred as we punish
oiirselves with brutal
____._*s
At*3:17;45 p.m. Clare
time, on July 19, 1969,
man conquered that majestic globe which has
hung over us for time
immemorial. Technical
' progress and nerve of a
magnitude yet to be matched make this an event
that must be recorded
in "-til written forms of
cb-imunication.
■;$he flight of the lunar
module, the moon landing
cx$i began shortly after
1 ;p.m. with Neil Arm
strong, commander and
Edwin Aldrin standing e-
rect and held in by Harnesses. At shortly at
3 p.m. the descent engines were fired and tension across the world became the common emotion.
The landing was difficult; dangerous and tedious as Armstrong was
forced to take the ship
off automatic landing
when the LM craft was
seen heading for what the
astronauts described as
"a football sized-crater
filled with large rocks
and boulders."
By manually operating
the landing craft Armstrong was able to take
the ship some 4.8 miles
from the original landing
site to a remarkably
smooth area that seemed
to provide exactly what
the mission was looking
for.     <j
After long hours of preparation and some relaxation and as some 500
million in practically
every corner of the
world save Communist
China, North Korea and
North Vietnam, impatiently Waited. Neil Armstrong Was at last ready
to adventure through the
lunar module hatch and
etch his name alongside
of the great explorers of
history.
Proceeding cautiously
Armstrong unveiled the
great adventure to the
tremendous ' television
audiences when he reached the second step of the
capsules ladder and unveiled a television camera. That camera enabled mankind to share with
Armstrong the greatest
adventure of all time.
From the time Armstrong put his left foot
on the lunar surface
everything after seemed
anticlimactic.
Despite the fact that the
astronauts (Aldrin joined
Armstrong some 1. minutes later) were accomplishing all the designed
aspects of their mission
it appeared to- viewers
that the two men were out
for a Sunday afternoon
romp in the park, and
throroughly enjoying
themselves.
Unofficially Armstrong
Spent 2 hours and 14 minutes on the lunar surface
and Aldrin enjoyed the
site Which, he called,
"Beautiful, absolutely
magnificent'' for one hour,
and 44 minutes. During
their romp they collected
stones and moOn soil
Which earth sceintists
hope will give some link
in the mystery of the
universe.
When   the   astronauts
_
left the moon early Monday afternoon they left
behind them an American
Flag, a heap of good
old. American 'litter and
footprints which should
last for some 500 years
in the moon atmosphere.
The hook up with the
command ship, operated
by the almost forgotten
Micheal Collins, proved
somewhat hectic Monday
afternoon as the docking
gave the lunar module
passengers what was described as a "Severe
Jostling." The docking
maneuvers, however took
place behind the moon out
of radio contact With the
earth.
Splashdown for the astronauts and a personal
hero's welcome on board
the recovery ship Hornet
by President- Nixon is
scheduled  for sometime
Thursday.
That splashdown will
put the f ini on one of man's
greatest epics, An epic
that through modern communication has belonged
to   every   human   being.
In compliance with the
National Day of Participation decreed by President Richard Nixon and
the decree by Governor
William Millikeri, the
Clare County Board of
Supervisors and the
Clare City Commission
did not meet Monday.
The Board of Supervisors postponed their
meeting until ,10 a.m.
Tuesday and the Commission postponed their
meeting until 8 p.m-
Tuesday.
Pleasant Post reported
that the accident occured
at the home of Chester
Fitzpatrick of 6054 Lor-
enger Drive, Lake, in
Surrey Township at about
10:55 p.m.
Gary's father, Thomas
E. Fitzpatrick, a former
resident of the Farwell
area but now of Fort Benning was playing cards in
one room with his father.
His three sons Were playing in another room when.
a .22 caliber pistol, which
was thought unloaded, accidentally went off.
The Mt. Pleasant State
Police Post also investigated two weekend auto'
accidents in the Clare
area.
Six people including
four members of a Clare
family were injured in a
two-car accident that occurred at 2:05 Sunday
morning. Injured from
Clare were Mrs. Sharon
Kay Wale, the driver of
one auto, her husband
Kenneth, 29, and two
sons,.Keith, 7 and Kevin
3. They were all taken
to Clare Osteopathic Hospital. Kevin was transferred to Bay City Mercy
Hospital Monday-
Police said a car driven by Calvin H. Fyfe,
41, Inkster was driving
left Of the center line^
when it struck the car
driven  by   Mrs. Wales.
Fyfej t was not injured but
was.1 lodged in the Isabella
Coui lty jail on a drunk and
diso rderly charge.
Tl tiree people from the
meti ropolitan area were
trea ited for injuries Monday at the Clare Osteo-
patl lie , Hospital when a
sinj He car crashed on the
U.i >. - 27 freeway near
Sur! rey Road at about 4:25
Mo) nday morning.
3 tate Police reported
thai c Patrick M. Murray,,
17 | of Birmingham apparent! ly fell asleep at the
wh< 2el of his auto and thecal : rolled  over several
tin les. He was issued a
Suj m mons for careless
orliving. Murray and two
pa-ssengers were treated
foj r lacerations and bruise s at the hospital.
! The Skate Police, also
ac :companied, Rosebush,
CLare and Mt, Pleasant
fijre departments to a
giant barn blaze at the
Allvin Walton farm near
R-osebush late Saturday
evening. The fire was
rleporfced about y:3U p.m.
b;ut burned on into the
vj fee hours of the morning.
E testtroyed in the fire
V i_Ich reduced the 40 to 60
i o ot bam to rubble were
1A head of cattle, 500
1 Dales Of hay, 1,000 bales
I of   straw,   a   baler,   a
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