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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1961
Page
1
The new US 27 freeway redirects northbound traffic away from Clare's main streets. Counts show about 136 cars per hour through Clare versus 220 continuing on the bypass, with total hourly traffic around 3,500 at noon. Hunting season and mild weather also slow business activity, while a billboard promotes local services.
Citizens State Bank will occupy its new corner location at McEwan and 7th Streets on Monday November 27 after two years of planning. Moving progress starts November 16 with night depository and vault work, expands November 18 with bookkeeping transfers, and finishes November 25 26 with cash vault transfer guarded by a pony drawn wagon posse. public can witness at 3:00 p.m. November 25 with police escort and riding-club participants encouraged.
Lieut. Wilburn Legree known as Flint's Singing Cop will perform at the First Baptist Church of Clare during the Sunday School hour on November 19. He leads the Child Safety Division with oversight of 35,000 students and will present gospel solos police experiences and an object lesson with handcuffs. The event caps a six week Association contest averaging 228 attendees per week as teachers strive for class goals. Rev Knickerbocker emphasizes wise steering over horn blowing.
The Parent Teacher Association will meet Monday night November 20 at 8 in the Elementary Auditorium. Lois Mae Boyles Nutrition Consultant of Michigan State Health Department will speak on Foods Facts and Fancies and will show a movie. Everyone is welcome.
Clare swells with hunters on opening day leaving a quiet town of leftovers telephones silent schools closed business slowed and clubs empty. 15 year old Larry Fetters at his first hunt bags an 8 point buck four miles east of Clare. Reverend Bontrager also fills a license early as openings day cheers echo in empty barber shops and clubs while shops reopen to a busier tempo.
Frances Wood 83 of Gilmore Township has run Wood's Store at Vandecar and Coleman Roads near Farwell for 61 years and may sell. The J and Wood Grocery, once Gilmore Post Office, opens about 9 and closes 10 30, with Sundays open. Mrs Wood recalls horse and buggy days, notes change in shopping habits, and says she might travel to California rather than Florida. She was born March 17 1878 and has no taste for supermarkets.
Twenty six men and women in an adult Red Cross First Aid class at the Clare Knights of Columbus hall completed the course last Thursday and earned certificates. State Trooper James Thomas instructed the sessions, with the Clarabella Extension group and Isabella Chapter of the American Red Cross organizing. Coffee and cookies were served at meetings, donations paid for the refreshments, and leftovers funded two dinner gift certificates for Trooper Thomas at Embers in Mt Pleasant. The K of C provided the meeting space.
Dr. Frank Bicknell associate professor of urology at Wayne State University joined a pediatric urology seminar at the University of Missouri School of Medicine on November 15. He serves as director of urology at Harper and Children’s Hospitals in Detroit.
Democratic candidate Hubert C Hugh Evans filed nominating petitions for the 28th district Senate seat. Evans was born in Beaverton Township Gladwin County and is a Dow Chemical employee with prior construction and Army combat engineer service in Africa and Europe.
The bank mailed 550 Christmas Club checks totaling just over $44,000 to 1961 club members this week to cover year end needs. Savers used funds for gifts taxes vacations debt repayment and boosting other savings plans. The bank is enrolling members for the 1962 Christmas Club and urges former members to re enroll.
E. E. Tucker of the Conservation Department says posted no hunting signs do not bar landowners or invited guests from hunting during regular game seasons. He notes many landowners think posting closes land to all, urges sportsmen to seek permission and respect owners wishes.
A near thousand Farm Bureau members gathered at Kellogg Center East Lansing for a banquet featuring W Cleon Skousen author of The Naked Communist and national security commentary. Clare county delegates joined statewide discussions on resolutions and policy views with about 120 resolutions reviewed on topics from annexation to welfare practices and a trade embargo against communist nations.
Seven GOP candidates compete in Michigan 28th District for the seat left by the death of Charles Prescott. Harold B. Hughes leads a wide field with intense campaigning while entrants include Orle J. MacMurray and Herbert J. Smith Jr. Voters will choose one candidate on Monday with a December 12 run-off possible.
The board of directors held a quarterly meeting at the Embers on November 8 with members from Clare Gladwin Gratiot Mecosta Isabella and Osceola counties. Herbert Marshall president presided. Richard Berkes represented the Society for Mental Health. The gathering introduced the new psychiatry staff including consultant social worker psychologist and administrative director.
The special school district bond election of 275000 slated for December 16 was cancelled by the Board of Education. The vote was abandoned after the District Primary Election was set for November 20 and registration conflicts arose with city and township precinct books. A new date may be announced near the end of January. The Senatorial run off on December 12 will delay clerk registration.
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