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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1966
Page
1
Superintendent Richard L. Snyder announces a 3.5 percent enrollment rise to 1778 students and a faculty total of 69. Pre school meetings are Sept 6, with partial day start Sep 7 8 and full days beginning Sep 9. Elementary hours 9 00 to 3 30, high and junior high 8 50 to 3 30 with varied lunch schedules.
Zolton Ferency the Democratic gubernatorial candidate will visit Clare on August 26 from 12 45 to 2 00 p m. His bus will be on McEwan Street and residents are invited to greet him.
The Isabella County Fair at Island Park Mt Pleasant resumes with 4-H awards Friday at 6 30 p m in front of the grandstand. Thursday features Farmers Day with horse show 4 H demonstrations dairy judging and pony pulling while the livestock parade leads to an evening auction sale. Friday Merchants Day includes 28 display merchants 16 outdoor exhibitors plus tractor pulling and dairy judging with Porter Wagoner Grand Ole Opry shows. The fair closes Saturday with horse pulling class B C tractor pulling a 1 p m class A tractor contest and a fireworks finale.
The first section of US 131 from Cadillac to Ashton, 16.4 miles, will open Sept. 8. The M 115 interchange eliminates a hazardous intersection at old US 131 and M 115, where eight accidents with five injuries occurred in 1965.
Clare county faces probation from the Red Cross Blood Bank after 1965-66 collections reached 48.4 percent of quota. A Bloodmobile visit to Harrison on August 31 offers a final chance for volunteers countywide to donate and help meet the target.
The Michigan State Fair in Detroit opens Friday August 26 and runs through Labor Day September 5 featuring cattle horses swine sheep poultry canned goods cakes and needlework. Entries include Darlene Bolle and W C Cornwell Ranch Co beef cattle Jim and Doris Bicknell Appaloosa horses Kent Schmidt beef cattle and James Penrose beef cattle.
State Police with department planes and the National Guard will run special holiday traffic patrols from noon Friday September 2 to midnight Monday September 5. Planes will work with car patrols to clock speeders and monitor traffic. Dozens of speeding arrests were made during the July 4 operation and drivers are urged to stay defensive to prevent injuries. Maximum coverage runs 3 to 9 p.m. daily with focus on high accident sections.
Clare athletic director Don Richardson announced a revised fall football schedule with a home opener vs Merrill on September 16 at 8:00 p.m. The plan replaces Gladwin and seeks a future return game. gate proceeds split requires mutual approval. Merrill is a Class C school on M-46 between St. Louis and Saginaw.
Clare High announces free physical examinations for all athletic participants for the upcoming school year. Varsity candidates report Saturday at 9 a.m., juniors at 10 a.m., and freshmen at 11 a.m. at the Clare High gymnasium.
Frank Light of Lansing announces through the USDA that haying and grazing privileges on diverted lands may be obtained from the ASC county committees in Clare and Gladwin and 19 other central northern Michigan counties. Local officials note the drought and heat have left pastures dry, but extension director George MacQueen urges farmers to extend the pasture season with rye on corn stubble and fall moisture to support fall grazing. Page A continues.
The FE A and Farwell School Board remain divided over teacher salaries as MEA sanctions are issued advising teachers statewide not to accept Farwell offers. A Friday fact finding session by Howard A. Cole will subpoena witnesses and review district records to push toward a settlement before classes begin in August.
The Harrison Area Jubilee schedules a busy final week with events including a Diamond Jubilee Story pageant, a comic postcard photo project by Mrs. Tom Young, and a Friday hayride. A sidewalk sale, a Style Show at Harrison High Gym, Queen’s Ball, beard judging, square and round dancing, a teen band, and a 250 member Harrison Area Story cast perform nightly at the Clare County Fairgrounds.
Emory McLaughlin owns a Centennial Farm five and a half miles south of Clare, then west half mile and north quarter mile on McLaughlin Road. The homestead, started by Patrick McLaughlin in 1866, stayed in the family through John and now Emory. The farm holds an original homestead application signed by Ulysses S. Grant and a Centennial Farm Certificate issued by the Michigan Historical Commission signed by Governor Romney.
The Farwell Pre School Conference for teachers and administrators is set for Tuesday August 30, 1966 with students attending Wednesday August 31 in the morning only. Buses will run and noon dismissals follow. Regular sessions resume Thursday September 1 with hot lunch at 25 cents and extra milk at 3 cents. Parents urged to prepay lunches on Mondays.
Coleman Community Schools announce a half day start for all students on Tuesday September 6 with kindergarten starting September 7 full day sessions and hot lunch beginning that day. New students should enroll and kindergartners need birth certificates and immunization records.
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