1970-11-04; Clare Sentinel

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WEDNESDAY,   NOVEMBER 4, 1970
OUR 93rd NEW YEAR SERIES
VOL. 79 NO. 9
Voters Reelect Holbrook, Toepp,
trange In Heavy Election Turnout
By Phil Schneider
Managing Editor
As in most off-year
elections, it was a year
for incumbents, and voters in Clare county followed form similar to the
rest of the state and reelected incumbents in
most cases.
In a race that was nip
and tuck nearly all the
way voters in Clare and
Gladwin Counties elected Alex Strange to serve as probate court judge
for both counties. In
other election contests in
Clare County, voters gave
approval to incumbents
Donald E. Holbrook Jr
for the State House and
John F. Toepp for the
State Senate.
Republican   candidates
received the backing of
county voters in most races except for the U.S.
Senate race the State Supreme Court contests.
Tuesday's voter tumour for the county was
heavier than usual for
mid-year elections and
heavier than officials anticipated because of the
poor weather. Voter
turnout averaged 70 per
cent throughout the county, and in some of the
County's 21 election dis-
ELECTION RESULTS
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tricts the average was as
high as 78 per cent.
All county commissioners were unopposed
in  the  genera 1 election
Task Force Fee
OK'ed by County
Clare County Commissioners, reacting to demands for law and order
according to one commissioner, decided to a 4-1
vote to maintain membership in a 14-county law
task force.
The decision to maintain membership in the
law task force organization was made by commissioners during their
regular meeting at the
Clare County Courthouse in Harrison, Monday.
In other major action,
commissioners voted to
close the Harrison Airport November 10 and decided to study possible
ways of using labor by
persons receiving welfare support from the
county on county road
crews.
The one lone vote on
continuation of the county' s participation in the
task force was cast by
Commissioner Tom Bradley of Clare. Bradley
said he was in favor of
the training the task force
could provide members
if the counties various
law enforcementagencies,
but said he didn't want to
vote for the matter without knowing the "real
costs  of the program".
Membership in the
task force will in part
qualify the county to receive supplemental funds
to train new law officers
in order to comply with
a new state law that requires all law officers
after January 1 to have
240 hours of classroom
instruction.
"I probably got more
criticism to my face than
on anything in the past,"
said Commissioner Stan
Oman concerning the
membership.
It was Oman who made
the motion to pay the
$205 membership fee for
the task force.
In other action commissioners decided to close
the Harrison Airport from
November 10 to April 1
in order to permit use of
airport grounds for snowmobile trail use and operations.
and were reelected as was
Clare County Sheriff Raymond Lippold. Lippold,
who tallied 3,265 votes,
was elected to serve
the remainder of a term
that became vacant when
Sheriff James Darling resigned earlier this year.
In the governor's race
voters in the county favored Republican incumbent William G. Milliken
2,537, over his Democratic challenger Sander
Levin who polled 2,366
votes.
The governor's race
remains in a state of confusion today because votes from the heavily Democratic Wayne County
were not .counted as of
9 a.m. because-of computer problems.
It appeared from unofficial state returns that
Democrates had caDtured
the Secretary of State's
office and the Attorney
• General's office.
In the probate court
race between Strange and
George C. Johnson of
Gladwin, Strange out-
polled Johnson in Clare
County 2,299 to 1,883.
Gladwin County reported
all votes were in except
for one township at press
time. Indications from
Gladwin officials were
that Strange may not
carry Gladwin County, but
his more than 400 vote
margin in Clare County
will insure him of a victory.
In Harrison voters elected Dan Sullivan mayor
over Cecil Philips, 214 to
202      votes.      Harrison
councilmen elected were
Arthur G. Foote, Kirk A.
Nigro and Robert E. Roth.
Voters in the county
elected Emil Lockwood
over Richard Austin for
secretary of state, but
state wide results should
put Austin in the state office.
Incumbent democratic
U.S. Senator Philip A.
Hart out polled Lenore
Romney on the Republican ticket 2.853 votes to
1,931. In the 10th Congressional District race/
Clare joined other coun-
tied in reelecting Republican Elford Cederberg,
2,902 votes to Gerald Parent who polled 1,732
votes.
State Senator John
Toepp defeated Erika
Belmoor 2806 to 1748,
and Donald Holbrook easily defeated his opponent,
John Wolfe of Clare; 2,805
to 1,912.
Clare Rubbish
Rates Critized
EARLY VOTER— Leonel Green, right, was the fourth person to vote in precinct two in Clare Tuesday morning at 7:04 a.m.; four minutes after the polls
opened. Assisting Green in signing the voter rolls are (left to right) Wendell
Drallette, Mrs. Loretta Harrold, both election inspectors, and Mrs. Madge
Ruark,   Clare   city   clerk. (Sentinel Photo)
Citizen complaints
over a 100 per cent :in-.
crease in rubbish pickup rates highlighted a
three and half hour meeting of the Clare City Commission Monday at the
Clare City Hall.
Approximately 45 city
residents, most of whom
where senior citizens, attended the regular meeting of the commission and
for nearly an hour and a
half questioned commis-
Hospital Fund Drive Half Completed
Momentum continues to
rise in the fund raising
drive for the Clare Osteopathic Hospital. To date
the drive has reached
nearly half its goal of
$700,000.
Members of a citizen's
steering committee learned Tuesday morning that
approximately $350,000
has been pledged and contributed in the drive.
Committee members are
now exploring the possib
ility of a financial institution purchasing the remaining $ 350,000 inbonds.
Steering committee
members decided to sell
bonds in $500 and $1,000
denominations as a means
of raising the needed
funds. The money raised
will be used to make improvements in the hospital facilities that are
required by the Michigan
Department of Public
Health.
The bonds will earn
eight per cent interest
over a 15-year period.
For example, if a person
invested $1,000 in the hospital building fund, the original investment would
be paid back in nine years
and for the remaining six
years the bond holder
would earn interest on his
bond as a form of profit.
On a $1,000 investment
over the fifteen years, the
bond would earn $773.13.
MMCC Financial Status Studied
HARRISON— An intensive study of the budget
for Mid Michigan Community College occupied
the majority of time of
'college trustees during
their regular meeting
Tuesday evening at the
college.
Members of the board
of trustees examined a
detailed financial report
submitted to them by
college president Eugene
Gillaspy.
The financial stability
of the college was in question earlier and trustees
ordered a detailed report
for their November meeting.
Because of a drop in
full time students from
an anticipated enrollment
of 500 full time students,
anticipated state financial
aid was less than expected. For each full time
student    the   college re-
NEW OFFICE——What some thought was a new office for the Clare Police Department really turned out to be a Halloween prank that some members of
the police department believe to be an "inside job." Elsewhere on Halloween
night   Clare Police  Chief Elry Tice reported there were no serious -mishaps
city by officers and members of
(Sentinel Photo)
during the night, which was patrolled in the
the Clare Auxiliary police force*
ceives from the state approximately $700.
MMCC officials based
their budget projections
on the 500 full-time student enrollment level, but
when fall semester enrollment was completed
the college found it had
only 349 full time students, the state aid appropriation has been reduced to pay only for the
349 students.
Added to the financial
troubles brought about by
a drop in full-time enrollment was a sharp increase in total enrollment
or head count for the college.
Enrollment for all types of classes totaled 805
students, some of which
is faced with providing
services to 805 students,
approximately 300 more
than lastyear, while being
forced to operate on reduced state aid.
As a means of making
the financial accounts balance, college trustees
authorized Gillaspy to apply approximately $35,
000 in funds from the college building program to
help' meet expenses. The
borrowed building funds
would have to be paid
back from other college
funds that officials hope
will come with 1970 property tax assessment revenues and student tuition.
In other action trustees tabled for an indefinite time consideration
on construction of a food
services instructional fa
cility on the college's560
acre campus.
Trustees also appointed Bernard Schofield of
Farwell to the board to
fill a vacancy created
when Mrs. Mildred Land
resigned. Schofield's appointment is Until 1972.
A $500 bond would earn
$389.07 in interest over
a 15-year period for a return of $889.07.
Members of the hospital's board of trustees
will meet next Tuesday
to explore other possible
financing methods.
Last Wednesday a
group of youths sponsored
a rock concert to raise
money for the building
drive. The concert, conceived by Tom Conley,
Tim Wood and Rex Raymond, earned $250 for
the hospital fund.
Besides the rock con-
concert, additional funds
came from a bake sale
conducted last week at
St. Cecilia Church and a
barn dance sponsored by
Dr. Elmer Shurlow.
Hospital trustees have
been working on building
plans for future construction of two new patient
floors and remodeling c
existing facilities at the
hospital. The plans have
been submitted to the
state health department
and the state fire mar-
shall' s office f orapproval.
Beside the two patient
floors, plans call for
moving diet, x-ray and
surgery facilities from
the oldest portion of the
hospital into the lower
two floors of the newest
portion   of the  hospital.
Only three days remain for city residents to register to
vote in the December
9 Clare School District bond proposal election, in which it is
not required that individuals be property
owners to vote in the
upcoming election.
Registration can be
made in the Clare City
Hall until 5:00 p.m.
November 6.
sioners on a 4-1 vote passed an increase in rubbish pick-up rates from
$18 to $36peryear. Commissioner Bob Walters
was the only one to cast
an opposing vote. Included in the increase is a box
of 100 plastic rubbish bags
valued at $5.
As it now stands, the increase in rubbish rates
will take effect January
1. On that same date, all
city residents will be required to use plastic
bags in order to have garbage pick-up.
Clare Mayer Bill Koch
stressed during the 90-
minute question and answer period that "services
must be operated on a pay
as you go basis." He
explained that under the
old rate the city's rubbish
pick-up program was not
breaking even.
Many of the senior citizens present at the meeting complained that they
were being charged for a
program that they use
much less than average
families.
Koch proposed that
commissioners reexamine the rubbish increases
and consider charging
senior citizens at the old
rate of $18.
In addition to the rate
increase, residents complained about the required
use of plastic bags and
damage done to bags by
stray animals.
The rate increase of
a $36 annual charge
amounts to a charge of
36 cents for twice a week
rubbish pick-up.
Death Claims Two Prominent Clare Men
Death claimed the lives
of two prominent Glare
residents, Roy E. Cim-
.merer, a Clare businessman, and Joseph A. McKay, a member of one of
Clare's pioneer families.
Mr. Cimmerer died at
the Clare Osteopathic
Hospital last Thursday
after a brief illness at
the age of 68. Mr. McKay died Friday in Royal
Oak.  He was 73.
Roy Cimmerer was born
June 28, 1902 in Isabella
ROY E. CIMMERER
County and as a small
child he and his parents,
Levi and Christine Cimmerer, moved to Clare.-
He attended Clare public
schools and on October
24,1923, he married Minerva Bowen in Big Rapids.
A 1930 graduate of
Ferris School of Pharmacy, Mr1. Cimmerer for
six years was employed
at Anderson Drugs. In
1937 he purchased the former Mussell Drug Store
and renamed it the Economy Drug Store which
he operated until hisdeath.
While in Clare Mr.
Cimmerer was active in
civic activities and was
a member of John Q.
Lodge F. & A.M. .404,
the Order of Eastern Star,
Michigan and American
Pharmaceutical Associations. He is survived
by his widow, two children
Mrs. Keith Schultz*
and Robert Cimmerer,
both of Clare, six grandchildren, three great
grandchildren, and one
brother, Fred Cimmerer
of Flint.
,Mr. McKay was part
owner of the McKay Centennial Ranch near Clare
and a member of one of
Clare's pioneer families.
The ranch has specialized
in raising Hereford
feeder and dairy cattle.
Mr. McKay was born
August 24, 1897 in Clare
and moved to Detroit in
1917 where he went into
the contracting business
with his father. In Detroit he was president of
J. A. McKay and Sons
Construction Company
and president of Ready-
Mix Concrete, Inc. of
Warren.
Joseph A. McKay was
the grandson of Joseph H.
McKay who started the
McKay ranch as a 400-
acre homestead and now
covers several' sections
of land. He was a retired Army Air Force
colonel.
For several years he
sponsored an annual fund
raising drive for boy
scouts at his ranch and
was an active membei. in
the Saginaw Valley Boy
Scout Council unrf had -■ -
ceived many awards for
his scouting work. He was
also a member of the Bay
City Country Club and the
Detroit Athletic Club. He
maintained homes in both
Clare and Detroit.
Separate funeral ^services for both men were
conducted at the Brokering Funeral Home in
Clare, and burial for Mr.
Cimmerer and Mr. McKay was in Cherry Grove
Cemetery.
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