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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1954
Page
1
White House invites governors to a national traffic safety conference amid rising fatalities and costs. Nebraska reports sharp declines due to firm enforcement. Michigan receives a second Allstate Foundation grant to fund driver education while a U M surgeon urges safer car interiors to reduce injuries.
Protracted Michigan Bell Telephone rate case hearings ended. Michigan Public Service Commission calls for legal briefs by March 25 from all parties. Bell filed June 9, 1953 seeking about 3 cents per day local rate increase while long distance rates stay unchanged.
Lyle McDonald manager of War ren Dunes state park near St. Joseph reports visitors in bathing suits and convertibles with tops down during a warm spell reaching 64 degrees. The pattern reversed as spring faded and winter rules returned according to McDonald.
Livestock feeders and breeders plan the Annual Cattle Tour with three farm stops near Mt. Pleasant and Rosebush Michigan. Milton Brown Don Sandbrook and Ford Seibt organize the event with W. L Finley of Michigan State College and buyers from Michigan firms. A noon meal at Center Methodist Church precedes a 2:30 PM stop at Floyd and Earl House Farm.
Clare county 4-H Club members drum up public attention March 6 to 14 as part of a national celebration. County 4-H agent Jerry Malosh invites youths ages 10 to 20 to join, describing 4-H as character building and active in community service guided by extension agents and volunteers. The program ties to the national cooperative extension system sponsored by USDA, Michigan State College, and Clare county.
Softening roadbeds and frost have prompted state and county highway officials to enforce load limits on all highways and secondary routes. Truckers and commercial shippers are warned to stay within the usual axle-weight limits for this season.
John Deere sales and service move from Maple Street to the McGuire Building at 410 McEwan Street in Clare. C E McGuire now manages the business with Hiry Tice as parts manager and Jos Rethl as service man. phone number unchanged as the sole John Deere contact.
Clare led by Hadley Elgar 24 points and Bill Siel 14 in a 60-45 win over Harrison Hornets after a 14-16 first-quarter edge. Jim Dwyer disrupted Harrison’s offense as Clare snapped a four-game win streak and both teams traded runs through the night.
The Farwell election on March 8 shows a single Citizens ticket led by Bernard Schofield for President with Louis Gee Clerk Jefferson Willey Treasurer and trustees Willard Strahota Dewey Dell Vernie Hosa plus Victor Finch as Assessor. Fred Siegle, long serving Village President, declined reelection, leaving opposition candidates unlikely.
World Day of Prayer observed in Clare this year with five Protestant churches taking part. March fifth, the first Friday in Lent, features music scripture reading and prayer at Clare Methodist Church. Organised by a women’s committee, members from The Nazarene Seventh Day Adventist Congregational Church of God and Methodist will attend. Public welcome.
Diplom as to 940 University of Michigan graduates who completed requirements for degrees at end of the Fall Semester in February. The February total brings the 1953-54 year to 1,929 graduates with 989 at Summer. All 15 schools granted degrees. Larry P. Wilcox of Clare Public Schools earns Master of Arts.
The Clare High School Band will attend the District Nine Band Festival in Alpena on Friday February 26. The group will be handicapped by the absence of the trombone player and one of the two baritones due to illness.
Michigan Rural Safety Council warns unapproved electric fence controllers can kill cattle and children and may start fires. Farmers should avoid homemade units and only buy factory outfits with official approval. mail order bargains require careful scrutiny to ensure proper current pulses.
Probate Judge George Bates ordered 16 year old Hermie to be admitted to Youth Haven Camp in Michigan after admitting he shot his father. The boy remains under guardianship of uncles Grant Helmie and Don Rowe until age nineteen. The camp is described as non penal and not a corrective institution.
Two shipments of Hungarian partridge were moved from eastern Ontario to Michigan west of Sault Ste. Marie. Customs and express workers aided immediate release after rail transport and rapid clearance at the Soo. Fifty partridge were released, with a future aim to establish a wild stock while Michigan provides wild sharp tailed grouse to Ontario.
The Detroit News film The News Magazine of the Screens was shown at a high school assembly on Tuesday morning February 23 at 10 30. The program featured items about the president first atomic submarine the Vicksburg tornado fire in Pusan and Nobel Peace Prize awarded to General Marsh.
In Luce County Michigan, spruce grouse displayed a spring courtship in mid February. Males strutted around a snowed thicket while females perched in trees to avoid trampling. The odd display included plumage posturing and rapid tail shakes as the birds simulated mating behavior out of season. Conservation workers question the meaning and prevalence of this unusual activity.
Kraft Foods invites all employees families and friends to a March 8 celebration at the Gladwin Community Building Michigan starting 8:00 PM. The following evening March 9 a second event at St. Leo's Church basement Winn Michigan features The I We Dee's Trip entertainers from WJBK TV Detroit with refreshments door prizes and a motion picture after.
Clare High Band members earned multiple first place ratings at the Alpena Festival on Friday February 12 led by John Akins and Jan Schaeffer with solo and quartet wins. The ensemble included forty one students under instructor Lloyd Conley in his first year as full time band director.
Lucille's Coffee Shop opens this weekend on east Fourth street in the west side of the bus station building. Owners Herb and Lucille Vankloose advertise homemade pies soups and good hamburgers with a grand opening day offering coffee on the house. The new shop features updated stools tables and a modern kitchen with steam table units, serving daily from 6 am until midnight.
Clare High School advances automatically in the District Class C tourney at Mt. Pleasant. The Pioneers await the Shepherd Coleman winner, with Clare facing a Friday night 9 oclock tipoff and a potential final against Farwell or Breckenridge.
Central Michigan College gymnastics team will perform at about 15 high schools across the state in coming weeks. Coach Lawrence Sweeney arranges the schedule for the annual tour featuring parallel bars and trampoline acts, plus the traditional clown routines.
Members of the Clare Isabella District of the Michigan Education Association will meet on Monday March 1 in Clare. As a result the Clare Public School system will have no classes for the day.
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