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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1963
Page
1
Michigan voters pass the new constitution by a narrow margin of under 11 000 votes and it takes effect January 1 1964. The drive drew a record turnout of 1 600 000 electors amid a long campaign and convention effort.
Dover church announces Rev. Duane McNeill will begin a new pastorate at Bethel Baptist Church in Britton Michigan on April 21 Easter Sunday marks his final appearance in Dover after five years The Sentinel corrects last week error in Clare Hardware store hours and notes Thursday afternoons open The Gladwin County Extension Groups hold Achievement Day April 15 at 8 p.m. at Gladwin Intermediate School with a wedding budget talk and bridal fashion display
The Men's Monday Night Golf League will open on April 22. An entrance fee of 6.50 is due on or before opening day. League rules were revised to improve fairness for all twosomes in this handicap association. The season runs 15 weeks with an elimination tournament and a concluding banquet.
Beta Sigma Phi members seek clean white cloth such as old muslin sheets to prepare bandaging material for cancer patients. Donations welcome and may be left at Anderson's Rexall Drug Store.
A meeting of interested persons is planned for Thursday at 7:30 in Glaré High School. Officers will be elected and field lighting discussed. Adults managers and parents are urged to attend.
Judge Donald E. Holbrook, who said he did not enter the race to lose, looks back on a vigorous campaign for the Michigan Supreme Court. He carried more than half a million votes in Isabella Clare and Midland counties, trailed leaders Black Adams and Smith, and returned to work after the vote count.
In four townships area voters chose new boards in a day of spirited contests. Franklin elected Otto Sharp over John Brunn with Millard Coon as clerk and new constables William Brooks and Richard Ecklin. Freeman and Lincoln also saw changes as new supervisors and clerks claimed seats, while Garfield endorsed new officers and rejected parts of the state constitution.
Mayor Glen Cain and commissioners George Wisler and Mack Thomson won re election totals of 496 440 and 339 respectively in Clare. Robert Walters and Wendell Colvin were unsuccessful. Cain and Wisler serve until April 1965 Thomson for one year through April 1964. The commission will certify results at a special meeting and organize the mayor at the next regular session.
Clare High School will host the Region D District 2 Forensic Association contest today at 9 00 a m in the auditorium and chorus room. Beaverton Farwell Harrison Oscoda and Clare schools are represented with contestants listed including Diane Sanders Sheila Quider Brenda LeVee Madonna Hitchcock Judy McKimmy and Anne Presidio.
Parents of eighth to eleventh graders are invited to conference day on Tuesday April 9. Each teacher has sixteen students for counseling. Seventh and twelfth graders are excused as they schedule no classes for next year.
A grass and pine blaze west of Clare grew in gusty wind up to 40 mph, threatening Holley Carburetor and Stanley Oil storage. Fire fighters, volunteers, wet tools, and water halted the flames near Dunlop Road and railroad tracks, killing six year old trees on Mrs. John W. Dunlop acreage. Conserva tion officers warn permits are needed for outdoor burns outside towns.
St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Clare offers Palm Sunday 10 45 a m worship with 930 a m Sunday School Holy Week services include Maundy Thursday 8 00 p m Holy Communion Good Friday 1 30 p m Easter Sunrise 6 30 a m followed by breakfast 7 30 a m and 930 a m Sunday School The regular Easter service is 10 30 a m A second entry notes Hamilton Township Palm Sunday 9 00 a m with 10 00 a m Sunday School and an 8 00 p m Good Friday service with Holy Communion clarify sources.
Red Cross blood mobile will be at the Harrison Municipal Garage on Thursday April 4 from noon to 6 p.m. Call KE 9-7112 to schedule or visit without an appointment at your convenience.
A Friday hearing in Harrison before a subcommittee of the Clare County Planning Commission examined a proposed building code. Resort developers Lee Swallow and James Hamp urged no county level restrictions, while officials said the ordinance would regulate quality, lot size, subdivision rules, health and safety standards, and zoning to guide orderly growth and protect tourist resources. James S. Bicknell III argued current state law may cover goals, with enforcement the issue, as developers advocate letting townships decide.
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