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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1964
Page
1
Clare High School defeated Ithaca 50 to 47 in a pivotal boys basketball clash. Coach Bob Sippel’s Pioneer team leveraged defense and free throws to topple the top-ranked Yellowjackets, snapping Ithaca’s 13-2 record and tightening the CHL standings.
Five March of Dimes canisters were taken from Farwell business places by preteen youths, shocking campaign workers. The Gallops and Sharps hosted an auction on February 16 with donations of baked goods clothing and furniture. proceeds totaled 300 dollars, 45 of which came from March of Dimes cards. Clare County has raised over 28 thousand dollars in 12 years and spent 27 thousand for local patients, with 96 cents of every dollar staying in county.
A timber operation seven miles northeast of Clare cuts several thousand board feet of Gray Elm from Orville and Lyle Bates land. Weber Brothers load and mill the logs while LH Shay Veneer Co of Germinsk buys for export to European veneer makers. Elm price is $125 per thousand feet f o b car. Dutch Elm disease drives sale as trees age and become useless.
Bob Davenport, Taylor University football coach, spoke at Clare over the weekend. His address at the Clare Ithaca basketball game and at an open house at Clare Methodist Church stressed giving one’s best in sports and daily life. Davenport also lectured youth and adult workers at breakfast and spoke again during Sunday School and worship.
Plans for this summer’s Girl Scout day camp in Clare are underway with co directors Mrs William Ulrich and Mrs Richard Ulrich training in Saginaw. Civitan volunteers have cleared the camp site owned by the Clare Outdoor Girl's Club and about 150 local Girl Scouts are registered.
The Conservation Commission tentatively approved a seasonal dog ban from May 1 to September 30 in state parks due to complaints about dirt, noise, and nuisance. Dogs are banned on beaches year round. leashed dogs may enter October 1 to April 30 in designated areas, with exemptions for seeing eye dogs, employee dogs, and hunting or training areas where permitted.
Harrison clipped the Pioneers 60 30 as Clare prepares for Reed City in the district first round. Chuck Stirling led CHS while Clare beat Ithaca last Friday and the March 7 start time is 7 30 p.m. in Reed City gym. The district final will pit the survivor against Lakeview or Big Rapids on March 6.
Six Clare and Rosebush beauty operators traveled to Ardis Rest Home as part of National Hairdressers Week. They performed twenty permanent waves, 28 haircuts, and 22 wave sets, bringing joy to residents. Supplies were donated by Ray Kerns of Saginaw and Pierce Supply Co of Lansing. towers were loaned by Reliable Linen of Cadillac. Operators included Erma Eliott, Evelyn Lutz, Emma Lee Kaiser, Erna Kay Northon, Madeline Hinkle, and Ruth Schroeder.
Secretary of State James M. Hare warned that more than 1 million Michigan motorists have bought 1964 licenses but over 2 million still must purchase. He cautioned that a final week will see long lines and crowded branches as the rush peaks starting February 24.
Clare police interrogate George Leman Bailey 24 of Harrison after his Tuesday arrest and confession to an attempted armed robbery. He allegedly admitted while being fingerprinted. Victim Charles E. Buchholz and officers described a lone man who demanded money and struck a car window as he fled.
Three Clare county families pioneer a new aid to farm record keeping with the Telfarm system. George MacQueen explains the program provides an electronically computed farm record for the manager and a broader state agriculture health gauge.
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