1962-04-19; Clare Sentinel

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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1962
New Series,     Vol. 70, No. X.2
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Set Tentative
Date For
Lake Flooding
Lake Shamrock is ready for
flooding any day, Ken Barnes
president of the corporation that
has developed the lake, said this
week. He said that the dike gap
could be closed on any given day
to start the backup of Tobacco
. river water that will create the
120-aere lake in Clare's northwest corner.
AH that remains to be done in
the way of prepartory work is
odds and ends of clean up chores
and street access improvement.
This could just as well be done
after the water begins to fill
the man-made basin.
Power poles presently standing
where water will rise can be removed after the lake is* there,
and Consumers Power Company
has told Barnes that flooding
should hot be delayed on this
account if the time is ready for
water fill.
The company will set poles on
their right-of-way and re-locate
the wires ready for the switch-
overt The abandoned poles in the
lake will then be dragged out
by means of winch line from
shore, they said.
Barnes said that he understood
the power line re-location would
be accomplished as soon as possible, but there was no reason to
delay the flooding for it.
May 5 was mentioned as a tentative date for the closing of the
dike and flooding operation.
Barnes said that if the Clare
Chamber of Commerce wished to
organize any special celebration
or business event to coincide
with the last act in the lake project, the time to be ready was
now.
The first application for a residence building permit on Lake
Shamrock was approved Monday
by the Clare City Commission,
Seiters Plan
Open House
Next Week
A new office and yard official
/opening and open house celebration at Seiter Brothers Lumber Co. is set for next weekend,
April 27 and 28. The public is invited to plan attendance.
The firm will show off new facilities for display and sales of
decorative building material,
paints and finishes, builders'
hardware, millwork and kitchen
cabinet units and scores of new
items carried in their new location.
In addition there will be sightseeing of expanded lumber and
building supplies storage.
Refreshments and interesting
features for entertainment and
information, are being planned.
MEA District
Honors Nine
Retirees
Nine retiring teachers with a
( total of 316 years' experience
were honored by colleagues at a
meeting of the Isabella-Clare
District of the Michigan Education Association April 12 at
Blanchard High School.
Heading the list were Effie
Hales of Clare with 52 years in
the profession and Harrison
School Superintendent Charles
Amble with a total of 47, having
served 35 as superintendent in
Harrison.
Others honored at the dinner
meeting were Rhea O'Grady
Rosebush School, 22 years; Iva
Strouse, Clare, 37 years; Thelma
Marshall, Mt, Pleasant, 46 years;
Merle Haight, Mt. Pleasant, 30Yz
years; Claudia Mellott, Beal City,
45 years, and Donna Wallace,
Weidman, 5 years.
Farwell May
Offer Adult
Education
How Farwell Area Schools can
be useful in adult education is
the subject of an opinion sampling now under way in Farwell.
The SchooL._BDa.'d is interested
in learning what district adults
think of such a project for the
coming school year.
* Those interested in adult edu-
k cation may call or write William
Dodge, high school principal with
comments on the proposed offering of courses in, Typing, Bookkeeping, Home Economics, Arts
and Crafts, af$, Law.
Getting to their feet in a show of numbers
are part of a delegation of Clare county land
developers who attended a meeting of Clare
County Supervisors last Thursday to support
their association president, Lee Swallow in
a fight against proposed minimum standards
of construction and size for residential buildings in, Clare county. Scheduled voting on
the ordinance did not come off.
Glare Sentinel photos.
F. D. McKenna, Harrison home and cottage
builder came to the microphone at last
Thursday's supervisor's meeting to ask Don
Smith (back to camera) if terms of ihe proposed planning ordinance were supposed to
become law as they stand. Smith answered
that the proposition was open for amendment. The ordinance was the subject of hot
discussion before the supervisors.
upervisors
upport
Clare County Supervisors
stuck by the Planning Commis-
ion which they, themselves had
created and passed a resolution
this week asserting their intent
to adopt minimum requirements
for residential construction outside or organized cities and villages in the county.
The action Monday followed
two days of debate and argument
on the subject of an ordinance to
forbid the erection or sale of too-
small cabins on small lots. The
proposed controls would also prevent the use of trailers for
dwellings if the trailer houses
are sub-standard. More controls
would be provided'for land use,
placing minimum size limits on
residential lots.
Sharp differences separated
the viewpoints of the ll-mer_?ber
Planning Commission on one
side, and Clare County Developers Association, organized to
fight the ordinance on the other
side.
Developers packed the supervisors' meeting Thursday afternoon to defeat the measure in a
vote they thought was due that
day.
Lee Swallow, north-country developer and president of the De-
Melopers*. Association spoke as
the representative of his organization. He told the supervisors
that his group was against any
ordinance or controls whatever
and that the legislation would
drive developers out of business.
Claiming that the proposed
two-room and bath cabins could
be afforded only by "the millionaire class", he warned that the
ordinance would close the development business, "Clare county's
largest  industry".
Swallow builds and sells cabins as small as about 15 by 18
feet on small lots in the woodlands and near little lakes.
Minimum size of cabins and
other dwellings proposed by, the
ordinance is 720 square feet, or
24x30 feet as an example.
A vote on the ordinance did
not develop Thursday, but on
Monday supervisors voted to
adopt an ordinance following
"the intent" of the Planning
Commission. It is to be in accord-
ance with, and under the provisions of Michigan Public Act 62
of 1943.
Vote on the resolution was 16
yes and two abstaining.
Don Smith, supervisor from
Surrey township and a member
of the Planning Commission was
noticably upset by the charge
by Swallow, that the introduction of the ordinance was under-
handed and without the consultation and advice of developers to
be affected by the act.
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Lilies On
Sale For
Drive Finale
This is the final week of the
annual Easter Seal Drive, and
over 70% of the goal has been
realized.
Td complete the drive there
will be the sale of Easter Lilies
on the streets of Clare, Saturday.
"To Help Them Walk, Talk and
Live like Others", your donations
are solicited. Fifty percent of
the total remains in the local
area to help those in need. If you
have not already turned in the
money for the Easter Seals received in the mail please do so
this week, asked Mrs. Neil Stirling, in charge of the fund drive.
Last year many in this community were aided by walkers,
"wheel chairs, glasses, hearing
aids etc. supplied by the local
organization.
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Wrecks Two
Local Cars
State Police of the Mt. Pleasant post reported a weekend accident involving two local autoa.
The cars, one driven by Mrs. Elry
Tice and the other a Clare taxi-
V.cab driven by Ray Klinesmiih
collided on Grant avenue (stockyard road) seven tenth of a mile
north of US-10. The accident was
reported at 11:05 a.m,
Klinesmith told police that he
was traveling north and that
Mrs. Tice headed south made a
left turn in front of his oncoming
car. The taxi was owned by Clare
auto service station owner Rucy
Dadacki.
An estimate of $1,000. damages
to the taxi and $700. to Mrs.
Tice's vehicle was made by State
Police, The mishap is still under
investigation. Mrs. Tice was
treated for injuries in the accident.      "
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Smith reminded objectors that I and the best safeguard against
the Commission invited them to' crowded, unsanitary areas of de-
attend a meeting on the subject 1 predating values. He said that
last December. He said that none J agriculture, not resort develop-
of them showed up to hear the ment is the largest industry in
proposals   and   give  their  viewpoints.
Swallow's speech Thursday
was read from several pages of
typed notes in which he attacked the aims and authorship of
the ordinance. He told the supervisors that they were being "misled" by the planning Commission
and its advisor, County Extension Director Richard Schroeder.
An answer was quick in coming Monday when Schroeder and
District Senator Harold B.
Hughes spoke to supervisors!
Schroeder defends the intent of
planning controls as a fair means
of orderly and progressive
growth in vacation land counties
the county.
With final action postponed on
the actual ordinance, the Land
Developers Association has an invitation to be represented at a
meeting in about three weeks
where a compromise on the
terms of an ordinance are expected to be worked out. The
final draft may be presented to
supervisors at their next session
in  June.
Meanwhile, supervisors and the
Planning Commission have Swallow's word that developers will,
"use all legal means to defeat
this legislation placing restriction
upon the size or type of building
which a man is allowed to build
on his own property."
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Too small? Clare county will see no more development
,with such tiny, one-room buildings and outside toilets as
this if a suggested minimum standards ordinance becomes
law. This "cabin" containing less than 150 square feet is
typical of buildings mushrooming up through the county
in extreme low-price quick developments.
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This untidy trailer and outhouse in Clare county is an
example Of planners' target in their'attempt to outl'^iv
substandard housing* Minimum accepted conditions aiid
sanitation facilities are going to be pari oi the supervisors
ordinance* '.   *     ■ . Sentinel photos*
Keep Dogs
At Home
Dog Warden Joe Barnes
is reminding canine owners in Clare that their roaming
pets are again becoming a nuisance.
All dogs must have a license,
he reminds, and even so they are
not permitted  to  run  at  large
Mrs. Melnek
Dies In
Fire At Home
Mrs. Christine Melnek of 520
W. Pine St. Vernon Hill died at
9:30 p.m. Saturday in Clare General Hospital of third degree
burns over 80 percent of her
body.
Defective wiring was the possible cause of the fire which heavily damaged the two-room dwelling, said fire chief Floyd Wood-
worth, where the 63 year-old
woman lived with two daughters.
Sitting ih her living room, Mrs.
Roy Locke of 415 W. Pine saw
the smoke from her neighbor's
home and ran over to see if she
could lend assistance. She found
Mrs. Melnek, her clothes in
flames, lying beside the entrance
steps.' Removing her jacket to
beat out the flames, Mrs. Locke
called to a fellow neighbor, Mr.
Aldrich, who helped remove the
victim's burning clothing. Mrs
Locke then returned home to se-
■ cure blankets to cover Mrs. Melnek. She returned just as the
Clare Fire Department arrived
to take the situation in hnad.
A resuscitator aided in keeping
Mrs. Melnek alive until she
reached the hospital.
Mrs. Melnek was born in Warsaw, Poland, on July 24, 1898.
She "came to Clare from Chicago
in 1920. and has been a resident
of this area for the past 38 years.
Her husband passed away on October 27, 1955, of a heart attack
on their farm in Vernon Township. ,'
Surviving are five children;
Max, who is in the USAF stationed in Omaha, Nebraska,
Charles and Donald of Clare, and
Mary and Virginia at home.
Services were held on Tuesday, April 17, at 2:00 at the
Stephenson Funeral Home. Rev.
Van Parker from the Congregational Church officiated. Burial
was in Vernon cemetery.
Announcements of special worship in Clare and area
churches for Maundy Thursday today, and for Good Friday
and Easter Sunday, tell of ceremonies and pageantry tQ
dramatize again the story of the significant Christian holy
day.
'Churches are ready also for worshippers at annual
contatas, tabeau programs and musical programs to mark the
solemn Tre Ore rites on Friday and the joyous Easter cele^
bration of Christ's victory.
Palms, lilies and other decorations adorn altars and
chancels in recognition of the anniversary of the event.
Elect Cain Mayor
Clare's new City Commission elected Glen Cain
mayor Monday in the first meeting since members were
sworn in following the April 2 election.
Mayor Cain, presently serving his second term on
the Commission was first elected in April 1960, and won
re-election as a write-in candidate in 1961. Former Mayor
Gerald Nivison was not a candidate for re-election this
year'.
In other action at Monday's Commission meeting
watched with interest, a building permit for Tom Bradley
at the new Lake Shamrock was approved. It is the first
application for the erection of a residence on the shore of
the new, to-be-flooded lake.
Albert Haley and David Donovan, both incumbents
were re-elected in this year's election along with Mack
Thomson. They serve on the new Commission with Mayor
Cain and George Wisier.
View Science
Fair And Elect
PTA Officers
Parent-Teacher , Association
officers were elected and install-
at the Clare P.T.A. meeting Monday evening. New officers fox
the 1962-63 school year are: President - Mrs. Richard Schroeder,
Vice President - Ray Owens, Secretary - Mrs. Floyd Shively,
Treasurer - Mrs. Ivan Lozen
Program Chairman - Mrs. Donald Dunlop.
A small group of approximately 75 people turn out to the
P.T.A, meeting and to attend the
Science Fair in the gym. The 7th
grade science class and the 8th
grade Michigan history class put
a lot of hard work and hours of
research into their projects.
Mrs, Davy announced that
there are over 300' children participating in, the Fluoride clinic
which is to be held this summer,
tad that the immunization cliftlic
is set iip for April 30, 1962.
Refreshments! Were served in
the gym by the 7th and 8tli' grade
mothers.
School Bonds
Sold At 2.36
Interest Rate
School Board members were
pleased and satisfied Monday
when the successful bid on the
purchase of $275,000, worth of
building bonds was for an average interest rate of 2.36 plus. A
substantial saving in net interest
cost will result from the favorable rate.
The successful bidder was
First of Michigan Corporation
with KenoWer, Mac Arthur anc"
Company among six secret bids
opened at the Board meeting
Monday evening.
Only a fraction of a point off
the best bid was the Citizens
State Bank of Clare with an offer at 2.49, while the highest
arriOftg the bidders was 2.60 plus,
Earliest possible advertisement
for construction bid_ for the ad-
dition to the- high school building
apd- remodeling of the elementary school is expected. Occupant
cy of the new facilities may come
With the opening of school in
September this year,       1
Baptist Church
Good Friday service will be
held at the First Baptist Church
of Clare at 7:30 p.m. The service
will be with candlelight, as the
ordinance of believers' baptism
by immersion is observed. The
message will center attention on
the   crucifixion   of  Christ.
An Easter sunrise breakfast
for the Senior Young People will
be held in the church basement
Sunday morning. Youth counsellors are Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rum-
rill and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schlafley, Jr.
The adult choir will be presenting special Easter selections
at the morning worship service
at 11:00 and Larry Rank will
sing "Open the Gates of the
Temple". The message by Rev.
Harold Knickerbocker will be entitled "The Signs of the Triumphant Savious-". The hand of
fellowship will be given to those
who have presented themselves
for baptism or church membership.
Evening service will be held at
7:00 p.m. All are welcome.
Brown Corners
United Brethren In Christ
On Thursday evening the congregation will observe the Sacre-
ment of The Lord's Supper in
memory of  Christ's sacrifice,
Friday afternoon there is to be
participation ih a Union" Service"
at 1:15 in the Eagle Church of
God ' and Friday evening the
Huntington College A cappella
choir will sing in a concert in the
new U.B. church in Midland.
At the Easter morning service
at 10:00 a.m. the adult choir and
junior choirs will present a con-
tata under the direction of Mrs.
Rosemary Carter, director.. A
special Easter sermon by the
pastor will be heard and Sunday
school follows the worship hour.
Dick Kleinhart will lead Chist-
ian Endeavor at 7:00 p.m, and
evening worship is at 8:00.
Colonville Church of God
The program for Easter Sunday is to begin with a sunrise
service at 6:00 a.m. Special
music and singing will feature
the service. The pastor, Rev. Virgil Brinkman will speak on the
topic, "What Is Easter For?". An
Easter breakfast follows in the
church basement.
Sermon title in the 11 o'clock
service is, "He Lives", and special music is to be presented by
the choir. No Sunday school is
scheduled for Easter day.
St. Cecilia's Church
St. Cecilia's Catholic Church
will observe High Mass at the
7:30 hour Easter Sunday. The
adult choir, directed by Mrs. Eugene Murphy will Sing the special Easter Mass, "Missa Cor
Maria", and the traditional
hymns before and during the
mass. Mrs. Murphy will also
sing a solo. Mrs. Tom Murphy is
the organist.
There will also be two other
services, one at 9:00 a.m. and
the other at 10:30 a.m.
Schedules oi special confession
hours have been announced, to
the parish.
Clare Church of God
The Clare Church of God will
have an "ordinance" service this
Thursday evening at the church
at 7:30 p.m, >
The members of the church
will attend the union Good Fri-
'day services in the Clare Methodist Church, and Rev. Harold
.Messer will be one of the speakers.
The Easter sunrise service will
be at 6:00 o'clock, and breakfast
to* follow, In the fellowship room.
Regular services will include
Sunday school at 10:00 a.m„ and
worship service at 11:00 o'clock.
A timely and worthwhile message will be given by Rev, Messer.
There has been a change in the
evening hours. The Youth Will
meet at 6:30, and the worship
service will be at 7:30 p.m,
Clare Congregational Chtirch
Easter Services at the Congregational church begin with a
6:00 a.m- Sunrise service conducted by the Young People,
Church school is at the regular
9:30 hour and there will be two
worship  services,   the   first   at
9:30 and the second at 10:45,
Baptism and reception of new
members will be a part of the
second service. Choirs of the
church will sing at both services.
Rev. Van Parker will speak on
"The Meaning of the Resurrection".
This evening members and
friends of the church are invited
to share in the Maundy Thursday Communion service. As a
part of this service, the young
people in the Confirmation Class
will be received into full membership in the church. The
Maundy service recalls the last
supper arid the gradual desertion
of the disciples.
Members of the church will
participate in the union Good
Friday service at the Methodist
Church at 1:30 p.m.
Clare  Methodist 'Church
The Clare Methodist Church
will observe Maundy Thursday
services tonight with communion
at 7:30 p.m. The Chancel Choir
will sing.
The union Good Friday ser-
vices will be held in the church
from 1:30 to 2:30, and will be
broadcast over Clare radio station from 1:30 to 2:00. Rev. Harold Messer of the Clare Church
of God, and Rev. D. R. Salisbury, of the host church will
speak on the Seven Last Words
of Christ. The chancel choir Will
sing.
Rev. Salisbury will conclude
his series of Lenten services, on
Easter Sunday, with the topic,
"Jesus Christ, King of Kings,
Lord of Lords". There will be
two services, 8:30 and 11:30 and
the broadcast at 11:00 over
WCRM. Sunday School hour is
at 9:45, and the attendance is
steadily increasing each Sunday,
with a record high of 282 last
week. The MFY will have their
early service at 7:00 a.m. with
breakfast to follow,
Dover Baptist Church
There will be an evening Good
Friday service at the Dover
Baptist Church at 7:30 Friday
evening.
Special music will be presented
by the Baptist Churches of Harrison and Lake. The message for
the service by Pastor McNeil will
be entitled, AThe Cross". The
public is invited to attend.
Dover Baptist will have a sunrise service at 6:30 Easter morning. At this service the young
people will appear in a skit type
of presentation of the scriptural
facts of the resurrection.
The Easter morning service at
11:00 will feature singing by the
children's choir and other special
music. The message of the hour
will be,  "Does He Live?".
St. John's Ev. Lutheran 'ChurcSi
Easter Sunday at St. John's
Ev. Lutheran Church of Clare,
there will be the sunrise Song
service at 6:30 a.m. followed by
the Easter breakfast at 7:30 a.m.
and the regular Easter service
at 10:45 a.m.
Sunday School 'is at 9:30 a.rru
At St. John's Ev. Lutheran
Church in Hamilton Twp, the
Easter Service is at 9:00 a.m..
and Sunday School is at 10:00
a.m. All are welcome!
Library Is
Closed For
Moving Day
Clare city library closed last
Saturday,. April 14, for two
weeks while moving to the new
library location in the former
Citizens State Bank Building.
Mrs. Virginia Richardson, librarian, said that the library will
reopen as soon as possible, but
It is not certain whether two
weeks is enough time to allow
the completion of book shelving,
a new floor and painting and
finishing in the new Quarters at
the corner of McEwan and East
I. oilrth downtown in Clare.
• Anyone having books to return may deposit them in the'
drop at the new library buil#_i^,*