1970-09-09; Clare Sentinel

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WEDNDSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 1970
OUR 93rd YEAR NEW SERIES
VOL. 93 NO. 1
LONG RANGE PLANNING EXAMINED
Proper use of landfills
is one of the top five problems cited most by county
residents recently during
planning sessions in each
of the county's 16 townships.
The problem of proper
land fill use was discussed by Ken Barnes and
members of the Clare
County Board of Commissioners during the ■
commissioners' regular
meeting Tuesday at Harrison. Barnes is chair-
mand of the Clare County
Planning Commission.
In addition to proper
use of land fills the problems of junk cars, sanitary disposal, county law
enforcement, ambulance
service and fire protection we're other major
problems cited by county
residents.
The problems mentioned were reported by
county residents during
a series of meetings conducted in the county's
townships with members
of   the  county's  profes
sional planning staff, En-
vironetic Research of
Chicago.
Members of the Chicago planning firm toured
each of the townships over
a four-day period with
township officials and
residents and held combined evening meetings
each   of   the  four  days.
The tour of the county
was one of the initial steps
taken in the development '
of a comprehensive master plan for land use and
sewer programs in Glare
County.
Clare County Board of
Commissioners chairman Mark McKenna emphasized the plans were
being developed with the
interest of the townships
in mind.
"We must have township participation," McKenna said, "in the planning process."
' We don't want people
to feel that the county is
ramming something down
their throats, "McKenna
said. "The plans we are
roves
making are designed to
take into account the
needs of the various areas
within the county."
Commissioner Bradley
said  the county planning
commission would formulate in conjunction with
the various townships
minimum land use regulations. Bradley said individual  townships could
place increased restrictions on land use above
the minimum standards
recommended by the
planning commission.
During    the    four-day
planning program attendance was reported to be
good in general and commissioners who attended
the meetings said residents participated well in
Bank Merger
Approval has been
granted for the merger
of the Citizen's Bank and
Trust Company of Clare
and the Farwell State Savings Bank by the Financial Institutions Bureau of
the Michigan Department
of Commerce.
Approval was granted
Friday by the state banking commission for the
merger of the two banks.
Originally the board of
directors of the two financial institutions at separate meetings on June
16 approved proposals
calling for the consolidation  of the two banks.
Stockholders of the two
banks approved the proposed merger on July 21.
Besides state approval,
the merger must still be
approved by the Board of
Governors of the Federal
Reserve System and the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
The consolidation
would mean the present
Farwell State Savings
Bank building would become a bank office of the
Citizen's Bank and Trust
Company and be staffed
by present employes.
The consolidation
would bring to the Far-
well area banking services, including full trust
services, with resources
in 'excess of $33,000,000.
and capital funds of over
$2,800,000.
expressing their views on
what they felt were problems and needs in their
areas.
On the matter of land
fills the problem of increased cost for maintenance of individual land
fills in separate townships was discussed.
While the costs vary., in
some townships the cost
of maintaining a land fill
runs as high as $1,200.
One alternative suggested to save costs was
the creation of a central
land fill in several locations throughout the
county.
Sanitary disposal was
considered to be a prob
lem of varrying degrees
in all townships, but lack,
of enforcement of sanitary regulations was considered the biggest problem on this matter.
Increased law enforcement was another major
problem cited by county
residents. As an attempt
to study the problem further members of the
county board of commissioners and Clare County
Sheriff Ray Lippold will
meet with townships officials and law enforcement officers Thursday
at 7:30 p.m. to discuss
county-wide law enforcement services.
Clare To Have
District Court
CENTENNIAL FLOAT—Farwell- residents ride on
one of the award winning floats during the Farwell
Area Centennial Parade Monday in Farwell. The
Labor Day parade climaxed a week-long-birchday
observance for the Village of Farwell and set new
for   the   number   of persons
Other photos  of  the  parade
various   sights   of  the   Centennial   celebration
be   found  on  page   5.
(Photo by Jim Ferris)
attendance   records
viewing   the  parade
and
can
Clare County Commissioners voted to provide
rental funds to establish
a branch of the 80th District Court in Clare during the regular meeting
of the commission Tuesday in Harrison.
In addition to the district court item, commissioners approved a
supplemental budget appropriation for the county's social services department to help that de- '
partment   pay   its  bills.
The additional appropriation, totalling $10,000
was necessary in order
for the department to continue operating after September 18, according to
Pat      Redmond,     Clare
1 Injured In Parade, Holiday Traffic Heavy
A Midland man was injured seriously in a parade float accident during
the Farwell Centennial
Parade Monday morning
and is listed in critical
condition in a Saginaw
Hospital.
Injured critically was
Charles E. Braund, 39,
of Midland. Braund was
a member of a parade
float sponsored by the
Midland American Legion
Post.
According to deputies
from   the   Clare   County
Sheriff Department
Braund was directing
traffic on U.S. 10 to permit the float to enter the
roadway and attempted to
jump onto the float after
it had entered the parade
route.
Deputies said Braund
slipped as he jumped and
fell in front of one of
the wheels of the float
which rolled over him.
o Braund was taken to
Clare Osteopathic Hospital and later transferred
to St. Luke's Hospital in
Saginaw where he remains in the intensive
care unit of the hospital
Tuesday afternoon.
Elsewhere throughout
the county, law enforcement officials reported
there were many accidents, but none serious.
Troopers from the Mt.
Pleasant State Police
Post reported they in-
"vestigated more than 20
personal injury accidents
on area highways over
over the three-day weekend  that saw 21 persons
killed on state highways.
Clare Police Chief Elry
Tice reported to the Sentinel that there were no
personal injury accidents
in Clare, but that members of the Clare Police
Department assisted other departments with traffic control.
Tice said traffic was
backed-up on U.S.lOfrom
Clare to beyond the M-115
and U.S. 10 intersection
north of Farwell. Tice
said traffic also was
heavy  Monday   in Clare.
School Bells To Ring Thursday
All students in the
Clare Public Schools will
report for classes on
Thursday, September 10.
Elementary and most high
school students will begin
classes at 9:00 a.m. and
attend for the full day with
dismissal   at   3:30 p.m.
Because of severe
overcrowding, a substantial number of 8 a.m.
classes have been scheduled for high school students not dependent on
school buses for transportation. Kindergarten
students will attend either
morning or afternoon
sessions as previously
assigned. Any parent with
questions regarding assignment, or time schedules, may call the school
according to Richard L.
Snyder, superintendent of
Clare Public Schools.
Snyder said some misunderstanding exists in
most areas of the state
as a result of the recent
Michigan Supreme Court
decision regarding the
' charging of fees for student services.
The Clare Public
Schools will provide free
textbooks and workbooks
to all students. However,
students in grades seven
through    twelve   should
come  prepared to pay a
$5   book deposit.
Also, students using a
school owned band instrument will be charged a
$10 deposit and high
school drafting students
will pay a $5 drafting
instrument deposit.
These amounts will be
refunded at the end of the
school year provided the
school owned books, or
equipment, are returned
in good condition. There
is no textbook deposit in
the elementary grades,
Snyder said.
In commentingon the
refundable deposits, Snyder indicated that "the
deposits appear to be low
compared to those being
charged in many other
schools and do not come
close to value of the books
and equipment loaned students."
He also indicated that
the school Was reserving
the right to charge the
student the full cost for
loss or damage to books
•or equipment in excess of
the deposit.
In addition to textbooks
the Clare schools will
furnish limited quantities
of pencils, paper and
crayons to students. The
Items and amounts furnished will be those necessary to meet class re
quirements. It is expected that many will want
to continue to furnish
most of their own school
materials.
Although it is not mandatory school officials
recommend that all students come to school with
adequate supplies until
such time as they know
exactly what will be furnished.
Because of the late date
of the court decision and
publication of Department
of Education policies, the
school still has to develop policies and procedures in some areas
and may • have difficulty
in securing immediate
delivery of some school
materials and supplies,
Snyder explained.
Students and parents
should be aware that the
law    does   not   require
schools to furnish a number of items such as free
milk, gym shoes, vaccinations and shots, caps
and gowps, football shoes,
admission to athletic contests," Snyder said.
Mild fees will be the
same as last year and
should be paid on the
first day of school Payment of $3.50 per semester will provide each
kindergarten and elementary child .with one
half pint of milk per day.
Secondary students may
purchase milk cards for
one dollar good for 26
half-pints of milk.
An estimated student
enrollment of 1,950 is expected this fall, an increase of about fifty over
last year. Eighty-three
teachers and other professional employees will
be meeting in the schools
on September 9 in preparation for school opening Thursday.
Bus     routes    will    be
changed     only     slightly
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State Police Troopers
from Mt. Pleasant attempted to re-route heavy
traffic on U.S. 27 Monday onto Surrey Road.
At one point traffic on
the interstate expressway
was backed-up for three
miles bumper to bumper.
Sheriff s deputies reported traffic was heavy
around Harrison and said
they also assisted other
departments in directing
heavy traffic.
Members of the Sheriff's Posse and the Auxiliary Police Force in
Clare volunteered man-
hours to help direct traffic in the Farwell area
over the weekend during
the" Centennial celebration and on roads in the
area.
Sheriff Deputies investigated a total of 128 complaints for the seven-day
period ending last Satur
day. Posse members volunteer hours amounted to
58. Deputies investigated
eight breakings and enterings and made 15 animal calls, issued six tickets and answered six family trouble calls. Deputies
also supervised the operation of the jail and a
total of 24 inmates over
the week-long period.
Clare City police officers investigated a total
of 77 complaints which included seven traffic accident investigations, two
fires and three dog complaints.
Michigan traffic deaths
numbered 191 in August,
a reduction of 63 or about
25 per cent compared with
the record high of 254
set for that month last
year, according to State
Police traffic division
provisional figures.
County social services
director. Commissioners
said they will appropriate
more funds as needed to
an approximate total of
$30,000.
Redmond reported to
the commissioners that
his department would be
out of funds when the department' s bills are paid
on September 18 and explained the number of
persons requiring social
service aid exceeded original budget expectations.
Originally an appropriation of $61,000 was
granted to the county's
welfare department, but
Redmond said at the end
of September the department would have a balance
of only $1,000. The funds
were used quicker than
anticipated because of a
sudden increase in the
county's unemployment
rate that stood at the 15.8
per cent mark at the end
of July, according to Redmond.
Redmond and members
of the county's welfare
board of directors estimated a total of $30,000
was needed to continue
operations for the last
three months of this year.
Over 1,000 persons in
the county receive some
form of financial aid
through the county social
services department.
Some of the aid is financed only through the county while other programs
are financed by the state
and the federal governments, Redmond said.
Of those receiving aid,
approximately 350 persons receive aid through
the federally financed
food stamp program.
Redmond said the food
stamp program wasn't
"killing our budget."
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Phone Rates To Be Increased
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It's going to cost more
for. Ion g winded callers
in the Clare area and
elsewhere as a result of
new ' proposed rate increases sought by Michigan Bell Telephone Company.
The phone company recently filed new statewide
rate increases designed
to produce an additional
$14.8 million in revenue
authorized by the State
Public Service Commission.
By a vote of 2-1, the
Public Service Commission of the Michigan Department of Commerce
has approved a $14,799,
000 rate increase for
Michigan Bell Telephone
Co.
The 3.1 per cent rate
increase, the first general increase the utility
has received since i960,
will be spread among
Michigan Bell's 2.4 mil
lion    customers    in    76
Michigan counties.
Michigan Bell was directed to file new rates
and schedules to accomplish to increase.. The
new rates must be approved by the Commission before they may be
put into effect.
"Every effort has been
made to simplify the new
rate structure so that
rates may be more easily
understood by custom-,
ers." said M.D. Thompson, local Michigan Bell
manager. "The new rates
also are designed so that
Customers pay on the basis of the amount of service and facilities they
actually   use,  "he  said.
Major features of the
new rates include a discount to customers for
dialing their own long distance calls; the dropping
of the three-minute initial
period for long distance
•calls within Michigan with
all such calls being
charged by the minute;
and a uniform $9 charge
for installing, moving or
changing service, inclu-.
ding customer initiated
number changes. This is
the • first statewide use
of the one-minute charge
for allintrastatelongdistance calls.
The new long, distance
rates in Michigan range
from five cents a minute
for calls below 20 miles
up to 35 cents a minute
for calls over 200 miles.
Customers dialing their
own calls will receive a
discount of 20 percent
on weekdays from 7 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and on Sundays
from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.
A 40 per cent discount will
be given at all other times •
and on certain holidays
(Christmas) New Years,
July 4, Labor Day and
Thanksgiving).
There is no discount
where operator work is
required to handle station calls, except in a
few areas where customers cannot dial their own
long distance calls. For
person - to - person calls
there is a 50 cent additional charge for each call
to help cover the extra
costs involved. Fewer
than five per cent of long
distance calls within
Michigan are now person-
to-person.
The new proposed one-
party residence rates will
be $4.25 a month as compared to the old rate of
$3.85. Other rate changes
include $3.25 for 2-party
residence, from the present $3.10; $2.75 for 4-
party residence, against
the present $2.50; and
$3.00 for residence budget service in place of
the current $2.25.