1969-12-10; Clare Sentinel

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Wednesday, December 10, 1969
Our 92nd Year New Series
Vol. 78 No. 14
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SANTA WAS NOT the lonliest man in town when he
arrived in Clare last Saturday morning to officially
open the Christmas season. Coming in on a Clare
City firetruck, he distributed candy to all the youngsters in sight.  Santa will be back in town this Satur
day and will treat all kids at the Ideal Theatre to a •
free show, beginning at 1 p.m.  All area youngster-s
under twelve will'be his guest. Any children who miss
Santa can write him a letter and mail it      Green's,
Clothing Store. t
Draft Lottery Questions
Have Not Been Answered
The ^immediate effect
of last week's draft lottery on eligible young men
is not yet certain.
The lottery system of
determining draft priority will go. into effect in
January. . Starting next
month, those males who
are IA will be inducted
at random from a bowl
in the nationally-televised lottery two Mondays ago.
Those registrants having identical birth dates
will be called on the basis of the first initial of
their last names.. The
initials were also chosen
at random.
The first date drawn
was September 14, The
first initial picked was
J. Those persons between the ages of 19 and
26, or who are otherwise
draftable, and whojse last
initials are J will be the
first   to go in  January.
At this time the status
of current registrants
With the Clare County Local Board is not known.
Bernie Wilson, clerk
of the local board, has
not yet checked the files
to determine the number
of each vulnerable registrant.
By next week, however,
he will have sent a list
of available men to state
selective service headquarters in Lansing. Re-
, gistrants with the board
have the right to go to
the selective service Office at 106 W. Fifth and
find out where they stand.
The draft call for January;, according to Wil-
.s o n, has been reduced
to  approximately 12,500
for  the  entire country.
At this figure, less than
half-a-dozen  registrants
in Clare are likely to participate in the new system
during   its   first  month.
'A list of the 366 dates
drawn in the lottery appears  on page 4 of this
issue.   Look up your birth
date    under    the appropriate month and you will
find    the    corresponding
number that indicates the
order in  which the date
was drawn.
Although the new system 'was designed to eliminate much of the uncertainty of the old way,
there is' still doubt as to
how many men will be effected in the co mingy ear.
Selective Service officials predict that those
whose numbers rank be-
Snow Law
Reminder
This weekend's snowfall brought the first opportunity for area snowmobilers to practice their
sport close to home.
: Clare Chief of,Police
takes this opportunity to
advise local snowmobilers of state law affecting
the   operation   of   their
machines.
He reminds residents
that snowmobiles are
prohibited from city road
ways by Section 12 of No.
74 of the Public Acts of
1968. Violators of this
state regulation will be
ticketed, the Chief says,
tween 1 and 122 will probably be inducted during
the twelve-month period
in which they are vulnerable.
Those with numbers
between 123 and 245 are
in the uncertain category
and may or may not be
called.   Those in the lat
ter half of this group are
safer than those in the
first half.
Those who gained numbers in the last third of
the year — 246 to 366
— will most likely never
have to serve in the armed forces, barring a national emergency.
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Four Suffer Injuries In
Two Area Accidents
.Hour persons were injured in two separate accidents in Clare County
during the past weekend.
Three of the injuries
occurred Friday when a
car driven by Russell
Ferry, 62, of Chelsea
crashed into a semi-tractor at the intersection of
Clare Avenue and Surrey
Road.
Hurt were three passengers in the Ferry
car:     Brenton and Ber
tha Shultz of Dexter and
Clare Ferry of Chelsea.
They were taken to Clare
Osteopathic Hospital,
where Brenton Shultz
was admitted and remains
at this time.
Driver of the semi-
tractor was Joseph John-
sort, 25, of Osceola. He
and a passenger, Dale
Rouse of Leroy were not
injured   in   the   mishap.
Johnson told state
police he was driving east
on Surrey and attempted
to halt for a stop sign
when his air brakes
failed. He then ran the
stop sign and collided with
'Ferry who was going
north on Clare Ave.
No tickets have been
issued, and the accident
is still under investigation  by the state police.
A 13 year-old Ceresco
Michigan boy was injured
Saturday evening when
struck by a car at    the
First Meeting Held To
Form Historical Group
First steps toward the
formation of an historical society for Glare
County were taken Tuesday, December 2.
James McNamara, Clare
County Intermediate
School District Superintendent, was elected temporary chairman at a
meeting in the Clare-
Gladwin Day School on
Mannsiding Tuesday
evening . Approximately
35 persons frqtn Thro^gh-
0p^?_tieeountyattend6dtb--
Trteeting.
Purpose of the gathering
was to determine the need
for an historical society
in the county. Attorney
Alexander Strange II
spoke on the function/
purpose, and need for
such an organization.
Richard Snyder, Superintendent of the Clare
schools,, showed, slides of
old pictures taken in the
Clare area in the 1870's
and the turn of the century.
Don Luce, Chairman of
the Up-coming Farwell
Centennial, reported progress of their plans for a
celebration to be held next
Labor Day, and indicated
that the Farwell organization would like to join
with the county group in
forming a permanent organization.
Roy Dodge, of Harrison, temporary'secretary
reviewed   meetings  held
Board Still Studying
Proposals In Coleman
No new negotiating session has been scheduled
between parties in the
Coleman Schools contract
dispute.
The Coleman Education
Association, official representative of the teachers, has not been contacted by the Board of
Education since the last
meeting three Tuesdays
ago. At that meeting, the
CEA presented the board
with the latest list of proposals from the teachers.
The teachers had been
compiling their proposals
throughout November after rejecting an offer
from the board on October
28 of this year.
The School board had
proposed a two-year contract retroactive to October 1, 1969 and with all
individual contract return
deadline language Removed. This last point
was 'reportedly the major
reason for the Coleman
teachers withholding
their services for a week
at the beginning of   the
school season this fall.
Teachers rejected the offer  by a vote of 55-6.
Tom Saylor, CEA president, reiterated this
week some of the teachers' objections to the
board's October proposal.
One of the major complaints of the teachers
was a provision that called for the board of education and the teachers to
split financial responsibility for revenue losses
incurred during the work
stoppage in September.
Saylor has stated that this
is tantamount to admitting the teachers were
responsible for the work
stoppage in the first
place.
The teachers also
balked at .the board's proposal to make the new
contract retroactive it-
October 1 of this year.
This, Saylor says, Would
deprive the teachers of
several weeks under the
new base pay scale of
$7000,   an   increase of
$500  from  the previous
year.
The latest set of proposals by the teachers
calls for the new contract
to be retroactive at least
until   September  1,  1969.
One point the teachers
might be. willing to compromise on, Saylor has
indicated, is the duration
of the master contract.
Their present proposal
calls for a one-^ear contract, as opposed to the
two-year pact offered by
the board, but Saylor says
the teachers realize that
a good part of this year
is already passed and a
two-year contract might
be acceptable, if it includes certain provi-
-sions.
Today the temporary
injunction that forced the
teachers to end the withholding of services in
September will be reviewed in Midland Circuit
Court. The injunction Will
either be removed or
made permanent by the
court.
during tne past tew
months by persons interested in preserving the
old Dover country school
told how bound copies of
The Clare Sentinel dating
back to the 1880's were
placed in the Clare library last year to be preserved for posterity.
Dodge pointed out the
need for obtaining and
preserving other old documents and records that
are rapidly disappearing
front the dbunty.   ;
David Young,  Dean of
Instructional    Resources
at    Mid-Michigan   Community College, said the
college is very interested
in assisting and working
with the  historical society and offered the use
of the college auditorium
or meeting rooms. Young
also said the college can
provide .space for temporary storage of historical documents etc. until
the society obtains quarters of their own.
McNamara was given the
responsibility of appointing committee members
to draw up a constitution
and by-laws for the society for ratification at the
next  meeting,  scheduled
for some time in mid or
late January.
Atty. Strange was assigned the task of drafting an application for incorporation of the society
as a non-profit organization. Other committee
members have not yet
been chosen by the chairman.
General purposes of
the historical society, according to McNamara,
will be the collecting and
V.O.P. Meets
This Week
The Clare County Voice
of the People will be host
to an area meeting of the
tax protest organization
to be held at the Farwell
Area School community
room, 2 p.m. Saturday,
December 13.
Principle speaker of
the afternoon will be Harmon Cropsey, executive
secretary of Friends of
Michigan Schools, __ewill
give an Up to the minute
report on the progress of
the governor's
program in the legislature and what this program, if it becomes law
means to both taxpayers
and schools.
Representatives from
counties of the 8th, 9th,
and 10th Congressional
districts have been invited to narticibate.
gathering of the county's
history.  Another goal' of
the  society will be the
designating   of historical,
sites,    buildings,    landmarks and the like.
One specific project
mentioned at the first
meeting was the possible
acquisition of the Dover
School, the last one-room
schoolhouse in Clare Go.
The Grant Township
Board has already ex-
'. pressed its interest In obtaining the title to the
school to the Clare Board
of Education.
Grant Township Supervisor Paul Nass, who was
present at the meeting,
however, stated that the
Township Board might be
willing to cooperate with
the Clare Board of Education in sinning over the
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intersection   of   5th  and
McEwan.
The accident occurred
at 7:55 p.m. as an automobile operated by
Walter P. Zbojniewicz of
Ludington was going east
on 5th (US-10).
According to the Clare
Police, the boy was hit
as he was crossing on or
near the west crossing of
the intersection.
The youth, Gregory
Lawcock, was taken to
Clare Osteopathic hospital where his condition is
listed as satisfactory.
Zbojniewicz was issued
a ticket for having no
proof of insurance on his
person. The accident is
still under investigation
by Clare City Police.
Break In
At School
A  break at the Clare .
elementary      School   on
State Street was reported
to    Clare City Police  at
11:20 a.m. on Sunday. -
Entrance to the school ;
was apparently gained by
means of ^brokenwindow
-in'the-pbackdbor*.;*"-' ' .;7
The _ i_y thing reported
missing was> a record
player, owped by one of
the teachers. Its value is
estimated at somewhere
under $100.    ■
The only other damage
discovered was another
broken window in the
reading center of the
building. The break is
under investigation by_
Clare City Police.
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Coleman's       Good Citizen
Debra Jones, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Jones, 619 E; Railway,
Coleman, has been chosen
to receive this year's
Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award at Coleman
High School.
To be eligible for this
award, a girl must .be a
high school senior and
have the qualities of good
citizenship set forth by
the DARk Judging is based
on dependability, service,
leadership, and patriotism. '
Miss Jones has served
as an officer of her freshman class, three years as
a Majorette, .and four
years in the band. She
participated two years in
her school's Forensics
program, was a member
of the Future Teachers of
America for two years,'
has been a member of
the U.S. 10 Council for a
year, and a member of the
Debra Jones
National    Honor   Society
for two years.
Miss Jones was also
cast in her Junior Play
and is presently serving
on the Student Council as
Secretary.
Ambulance Service
Set For Glare County
Dr. Elmer C-. Shurlow
will be providing the ambulance service for Clare
County for the next three
years.
Dr. Shurlow, who owns
the Clare Nursing Home,
had his bid accepted by
the Clare County Board
of Supervisors at their
regular meetinglastweek
in Harrison. His Was the
only bid to furnish the
service.
The supervisors a-
greed to pay Shurlow $14,
000 annual subsidy for
the next three years. This
is an increase from the
$10,000 per year subsidy
paid during the last three
year span, when Dr. Shurlow also provided the ambulance service.
In addition to the $14,
000, Shurlov/ Will also
receive a base rate of
$15 per cali plus 50 cents
a mile. The traffic accident rate will be an extra $3, and an additional
$2 will be charged for
night service, between 7
p.m. and 7 a.m. Oxygen
will be another $2 at minimum.
Most of the other actions taken at last week's
meeting were concerned
with house-keeping. Bids
were opened for _he dn-
««-a nation . of air con-
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