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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1961
Page
1
The Clare Board of Education moves to call a special election to bond $275000 for district improvements and re-vote the existing operation millage. The plan trims $200000 from the earlier $475000 request and outlines changes across classrooms arts and food services with a Dec ballot.
Clare Girl Scout Adult Committee seeks to expand the program by enlisting more leaders and adult volunteers. Training is offered for newcomers. Interested individuals should call Mrs Shewis, Mrs Hoxie, or Mrs Allen at listed exchanges.
The Clare Civitan Club will hand out free cotton candy to children at the Clare fire hall starting at 6 30 p m The candy machine runs full time and every child is invited to enjoy the sweet treat The club also announces a forthcoming big event
The combined seventh and eighth grade groups will collect coins on Halloween to aid underfed and homeless children through UNICEF. Volunteers wear official arm bands and ask for generous coin contributions to surpass last year’s $150 from area households.
A community toy drive will pick up donations next week in Clare using fire trucks on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Residents signaling with porch lights will have possessions collected, and volunteers welcome all cooperation to repair or paint toys for needy children.
The Clare County Civil Defense Council will hold a meeting on Wednesday evening November 1 at 8:00 p.m. in Clare City Hall. Sheriff James Darling will supervise communications and present the film Communist Encirclement. All members are urged to attend, guests are welcome, and organizations should be represented.
A frightened deer bolted from northwest Clare fields Friday afternoon and darted through railroad yards to hide in an open garage behind Dunn's grocery. Children saw the escape, and State Conservation officer Don Bell released the exhausted animal to safety in woods farther west along US 10.
A string of weekend mishaps in Clare County left one man dead when Evart teacher Robert Malcomson crashed a light plane near Beaverton amid hazy skies. David Tideman escaped with broken ribs after a tree strike on North Grant Ave. Don Rosenfield lost his right hand in a corn picker accident at the Dale Drake farm. Four year old Steve Jesse was struck by a car near Harrison but survived, with police ruling the incident unavoidable.
LaVern Bullard 36, Rosebush restaurant owner, died in a single vehicle crash on US-27 near Vernon Road two miles north of Rosebush. The White Wagon operator was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. S C McArthur. He left a wife Florence and three children.
The piece recalls extraordinary vegetables from past seasons including a 17 inch circumference potato. It mentions onion giants by John Le Tourneau and Virgil Newman’s tallest corn tale. The text then shifts to a local obituary for a Rosebush resident, detailing family, service, and burial arrangements.
Michigan State University agricultural engineer Robert Maddox notes that storage and batch drying units for shelled corn are gaining use in Michigan. He explains heated air drying raises moisture removal efficiency, with storage driers offering permanent storage and batch driers providing higher capacity for cold or wet conditions.
Clare High School's Pioneers dominated Morley-Stanwood 45-7 in a home game highlighted by an aerial attack in the spread shotgun offense. Jim Perrine rushed for 189 yards with two touchdowns and two shotgun passes, while Tom Kozicki added 113 yards and a TD as Clare moved toward an undefeated season.
Clare High students marked United Nations Day with an assembly and luncheon. Principal Richard Snyder urged support for the U.N. Barbara Walter showed film slides of U.N. headquarters, and Clare Mayor Gerald Nivison read a proclamation.
Clare Elementary announces fall Parent-Teacher Conferences for grades K through 5 on November 9 and 10 with a third kindergarten session on November 16. No school for the grades on conference days. Last year 92 percent of students were represented by a parent.
New officers for the Clare County Farm Bureau were elected at the regular board meeting on October 23 at the Schaaf home. Franklin Schaaf will serve as president, Warren White as vice president, and Walter Garver Jr. was elected to the executive committee. The committee will meet November 13 to select year ahead panels.
A Clare county holiday program unites the Clare Junior Chamber of Commerce the Business and Professional Women Rotary VFW Kiwanis Civitan and JayCees with church groups to collect and distribute food and gifts for needy families. Mayor Gerald Nviison offers city hall space for storage as the effort targets Clare School District families first and countywide outreach second.
The State Highway roadside park eight miles north of Clare passes to the Clare County Road Commission for a dollar. County officials say the park acres toilets stoves tables and a tool shed are now owned by the county and will remain open to motorists after US 27 ceases to be an Interstate with the new expressway opening next season. The site is a premier picnicking stop and the only one in Clare County, with the state offering similar sites elsewhere.
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