ST. JOHNS; MICH..— THURSDAY, April I I , I968

112th Year, No.5i

2 SECTIONS —34 PARES

Big costs big hurdle

About those 13 fires this past week .

Ask public drive to open swim pool A community effort proposal to open the St. Johns swimming pool this summer has been given cautious approval by the city commission. i , St. Johns attorney Timothy M. Green suggested last week that a non-profit corporation could be set up to operate the pool. Green offered his services as a central point for questions, c o m m e n t s and contributions should such a plan prove feasible. He'll also act a a 'clearing house," he said, for information on the costs of operating the pool. City commissioners had no objection to the pool being open this summer if funds could be obtained to operate it. Last year the cost was about $18,000, including $12,000 for salaries, city officials said. Gross incomefrom lessons and admission p r i c e s was aboul $4,300, Ma/or Charles Coletta pointed out the pool's filters are in bad shape and he estimated it mtght cost about $11,000 just to get them working properly again.J This alone, oh top of normal operating costs, would bealarge hurdle to overcome in opening the pool, ho said, GREEN'S SUGGESTION carried a plea for community service clubs and veterans' groups to become involved, as well as individual citizens. H The commission last week also accepted civil defense f o r m s A DEEP-friedChickenSupper, sponsored by P i l g r i m E.U.B. Senior Youth Fellowship, will be held at the V.F.W. Hall on Saturday, April 20. Serving begins at 5:30. F r e e Will Offering. Proceeds will go for Youth Fellowship's trip to British Honduras. 5l-2adv

from Dr R, L. Wohlers, a member of the city's civil defense committee, for licensing the municipal building and the F i r s t Methodist Church as civil d e fense shelters. The municipal building would provide about 64 shelter spaces and the Methodist Church about 57 spaces. Wohlers also urged regular testing of the five air horns in the city which are used as civil defense sirens. They haven't been tested since their use last April 21 when t o r n a d o e s bounced around the area. In other business last Tuesday night: *The commission denied a r e quest by Moriarty Lumber of Michigan to place 4 x 4-foot bu'ldings for safety patrol shelters at the corners of either State and Traver or Baldwin or US-27. The request was denied because of proposed advertisingon the shelters. * MUNICIPAL JUDGE Harold Reed requested student help during the Easter school vacation, but the commission denied that request, too, referring to their earlier agreement for an austerity program* CLINTON COUNTY

traffic deaths Since January 1, 1968

8 THIS TIME LAST YEAR; 2 Related story, obituary on Page 7-A

*The commission votedtoopen the road on the east side of the park athletic field so it could be used as an alternate route in getting to Smith Hall for the Chamber of C o m m^ r c e' s upcoming Farm, Home, Auto and Sports Show the end of this month.

County's 8th fatality recorded

ROBERT LUNDY

SUE WARSTLER

St. Johns names top senior scholars The two top scholastic students from the Rodney- B, Wilson High School senior class of 1968 were announced last week. Robert Lundy, son of Mr and Mrs HaroldLundy of 201 E. Clark Street, will be valedictorian of the class, and Susan Warstler, daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Warstler of 306 S. Oakland Street will be salutatorlan. Bob has maintained a 3.837 average ove^flisfour years in high school and is taking a college preparatory'program. He plans to attend Western Michigan University in the fall and major in liberal arts. Extra-curricular activities include band and orchestra, track, basketball, Creative Writing Club and participation in the junior and senior plays. He is the chairman of the local Teen-Age Republican Club. Sue Warstler will attend Central Michigan University in the fall, majoring in secondary education and math. At Rodney B. Wilson High she maintained a 3.805 average over fouryears on a college prep program. She has a wide range of extra-curricular activities. She's been In orchestra four years, FTA three years, GAA three years, Drama Club and Art Club one year, Wilson Torch staff member two years and editor one year, she was in the pit orchestra for the school'musical three years, has been an office assistant one year and has been in the National Honor Society two years. She's also been in the Teen-Age Republican Clubtwoyears, has beeri in the cast for the junior and senior plays and has been a member of the Junior prom committee, Christmas ball committee and homecoming committee. )

St, Johns firemen are still answering fire calls. The first one last week involved a roof, and wind-fanned flames did considerable damage to the home of Mrs Mary Gorbenko at 1526 S. Lansing Street, south of Townsend Road. The fire a p p a r e n t l y was touched off by sparks from the house's chimney. It started on the southwest corner of the house and then, fanned by the wind, ate its way under the roof andprettymuch u n d e r m i n e d the whole thing. Firemen had a tough time putting out the flames because they kept springing to life in the wind. Water damage to the interior of the house was lessened when firemen immediately covered all the furniture.

Disaster unit here prepared The Clinton County Red Cross D i s a s t e r Committee which worked so fast in the April 21 tornado at Fowler last year is hoping for a breather this year — but they're ready for more such duty if the need arises. The Clinton County Disaster Committee is made up of Robert Prowant and Willis Hettler Jr. of St. Johns. Bernon Wlllett is in charge of the disaster communications. Charles.J. Shawnee, disaster committee chairman for the MidMichigan Chapter of the American Red Cross for Clinton County, lauded the work done byProwant and Hettler last year and said they have put In many hours already this year in making arrangements for possible future needs. Arrangements have been made with food distributors for emergency rations and for clothing, shelter and medical aid if needed in the event of any natural or manmade d i s a s t e r in Clinton County. Shawnee said the d i s a s t e r committee is tied in with the state police alert network and in case of disaster the committee would be immediately notified and ' then local and area volunteers would be alerted.

Clinton County's eighth traffic fatality of 1968 — compared with only two at this time last year — occurred early Saturday morning when Donald L.Gunderson, 21, of Maple Rapids Road, Fowler, died in a one-car accident. i The mishap occurredonFrancis Road just south of TaftRoad. Sheriff's deputies said Gunderson's northbound car left the road at a high rate of speed after clipping the Stoney Creek bridge and then hitting a culvert about 200 feet north. (Story continued on Page 2-A)

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A PASSERBY called firemen' and another a l e r t e d Mrs Gorbenko, who was not aware the roof was on fire. She had been cooking at a coal-fired cook stove. Less than 18 hours after the area has been wahed down by two heavy rain showers, firemen^were called out for a grass fireC The alarm came in a 12:50

Cheese Counter roof blown off

County flaps in high winds Clinton County stood up fairly at the new St, Johns High School, well under the constant force of where a wall forming the north heavy winds Monday, but major side of the music rooms was damage was reported at two toppled by a strong gust of wind places In St, Johns, including about the same time Herbruck's the new high school. roof went. , The wall, standing alone, had Winds gusts raised the back portion of the roof at Herbruck's been firmly braced, but It was C h e e s e C o u n t e r from the broadside to the wind and the building and smashed It down on bracing and everythingwas blown two automobiles parked in front down. of the store on US-27 just north Winds were so strong that of the city. workers weren't permitted to go It was the second time in less back on the job during the afterthan a year the roof has been* noon a s a s a f e t y p r e c a u t i o n . blown off. A tornado last April There was no estimate of the ' 21 took the same section of roof amount of damage, although It off, but "that time there were is covered by insurance. no cars damaged.The winds were accompanied Monday's wind damage came by blue skies and bright sunabout 12:45. The car smashed shine all day. The w e a t h e r worst was one driven by M. J. bureau at Capital City Airport Lamphere of Tampa, Fla. He reported a constant wind of about and a companion, M.M. Mc- 30 miles an hour, and some gusts Clellan, also of Tampa, had were estimated as high as 65 stopped at the Cheese Counter miles an hour. for refreshments and had been The wind was responsible for ipside the b u i l d i n g about 10 tree limbs and whole trees being minutes when the roof blew off. toppled all Qver the country, The other car belonged to an _ and in many places electrical employee, Mrs Althea Conklin, (Story conUnued on Page 2-A) ,

p.m. Friday, but the fire at the Donna Carter home at 500 W. Walker Street didn't amount to much, and the fire trucks were out only about eight minutes.' Since then, however, firemen have really been hopping, answering mostly' g r a s s f i r e s brought on my trash burning during windy,weather. Saturday a f t e r n o o n firemen spend about an hour out on a fire on the Huguelet farm 3 1/2 miles west of US-27 on Jason Road. Sunday there were four fire calls. Two were grass fires, one 4 1/2 miles east of US-27 on Price Road in Victor Township and the other at the corner of Williams and Maple Rapids roads in Greenbush. The first call was at 3 p.m. and the call at 3:26, while fire equipment was still at the first fire. At 6:11 and 7:15 p.m. firemen were summoned to the city park where foam rubber padding in the pole vaulting pit at the a t h l e t i c field was afire. Monday was a daytime nightmare of activity. At 10 a.m. firemen made their first run for a grass fire on DeWitt Road 'near Hyde; at 12:30 p.m. they answered a grass fire call at Beck's Orchards where flames from burning brush swept across a field and into some woods; at 12:45 p.m. the stand-by force in town was called to 201 S. Mead (Story continued on Page 2-A)

Major damage in Monday's high winds was caused-at Herbruck's Cheese Counter-just north of St. Johns where the back portion o f the roof of the building was blown off. Parts of it landed atop two cars parked in front of the b u i l d i n g . Just about a year ago the same p o r t ion of roof was blown o f f in a tornado.

THERE WAS NO estimate of damage available. The portionof roof blown off was at the rear of the store over a storage room — the same place where the roof was lost last year. The roof was also blown off the building about 12 years ago. Other major damage occurred

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This portion o f w a l l at the new St. Johns High School was blown in^about noon Monday by high winds,

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The Keusch Brothers apartment complex, south of Herbison Rd, lost a carport Monday when the high winds h t the area.

Storm.

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and t e l e p h o n e w i r e s w e r e snapped by the falling trees, St. Johns had a rash of this sort of thing. The winds also blew down a carport between two apartment houses on US-27 north of Clark Road in DeWitt Township, and ripped aluminum' siding off several buildings, i n c l u d i n g an apartment house on the south edge of SU Johns owned by Dr Paul Stoller.

Street where broken electrical wires threatened to start a fire; at 1:44 p.m. a grass flreonWest Centerline Road across from the Chapman School'sent f i r e m e n. running; and at 3:08p,m,firemen went back out to DeWitt and Hyde roads for another grass fire in the same area as the first one of the day.

A PLATE GLASS window at Lundy Motors was blown out by a gust of wind, a golf driving range shack near Daley's ResHOMER D. HENDRICKS taurant was reduced to rubble, and the front door at the 2 Brothers Food Store on East State Street in St. Johns was blown out. Individual homes around the county s u f f e r e d roof damage from shingles being raised up by the strong winds. On top of the winds, St. Johns firemen had a rough time with fire calls during the day, four of State Rep, Lester J.AUen anthem for grass fires. Fortu- nounced last week he won't seek nately, none of them caused any another term of office in the 88th real damage. District seat he has held for 12 years, and this week two Gratiot Republicans a n n o u n c e d their INSTRUMENTS STOLEN candidacy for the vacancy. The hopefuls are" Homer D. The Bell Telephone Co, re- .Hendricks, superintendent of the. ported to the' county Sheriff's Alma Public Schools, and Thell office last week that a box of M. Woods, Alma real estate telephone instruments was stolen broker and land developer. from a truck in the southern A l l e n ' s announcement was part of the county. brief and was at the opening of

Tuesd-ay morning the fire whistle blew again, this-time summoning firemen to the corner of steel and Ottawa Streets in St. Johns where an air compressor motor filled a corner garage building with smoke. THELL M. WOODS

Allen worth seek reelection; Hendricks, Woods candidates

supplies and expenditures this past .year. Allen is a Republican. Hendricks in running on the Republican ticket and is the first announced candidate for Allen's seat. The 88th District includes all of Gratiot County and porAllen has been representative tions of Clinton (10 townships),. m from the 88th District since first' Eaton and*Midland 'counties. being elected inl956. He has been a member of House committees HENDRICKS HAS been superon agriculture, private corpora- intendent of the Alma Public J tions, roads and bridges, • and Schools for the past' 12 years. His previous administrative ex-, perience consisted of three years as superintendent of schools in Bangor, Mich,, and four years as -high school principal in Williamston. Before coming to Michigan in 1949, he taught physics and coached football and track for five years in a private 'boy's school in Seattle, Washington. His first teaching experience was in Farmer City, 111., where he taught chemistry and physics, and coached for five years. He also taught for the United States Air Forceforthreeyears, and worked for • Boeing Aircraft in missile research. He received his bachelor of, science degree from the University of Illinois and has taken graduate courses at C e n t r a l Michigan University and Michigan State University. He is an active member of the F i r s t Methodist Church in'Alma, has served on the church board, and also as lay leader. He has been a member in both Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs, and is presidentelect of the Alma Rotary Club, He has s e r v e d on the Alma Planning Commission, Recreation Committee, Northwood Institute Board, and Alma Arts and Crafts Advisory Board, Hendricks has been active in regional, state, and n a t i o n a l school a d m i n i s t r a t i v e organizations, and has served as president of the South Central Region of the Michigan Association of School Superintendents, "I BELIEVE MY background If your New Home is to be.a MOBILE HOME „ . Come and experience of over 25 years of public service well qualifies to the Only Bank in Clinton County which specializes me to represent the 88th Disin Moblile Home Financing at low rates and up to trict in the M i c h i g a n Legis7 years to pay. lature," Hendricks said. *Avail-e , able.money from out-state taxes in this state should be used to provide a quality education progranij welfare services and governmental functions for the outstate people, and we should not raise our local taxes to finance the excessivexosts of the.Michigan inner city programs..! will work to the utmost in allocating the available funds to provide the 88th District the •bestfor its tax dollar*" Woods' announcement of candidacy was r e c e i v e d Monday, He's a long-time resident of Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Gratiot County, graduating from Alma High School and from Alma College with aBAdegreelnl96l. He continued with g r a d u a t e studies at Michigan State University and the American University where he completedhis master's degree. Woods also studied local his April 8 1 e g i s l a t i v e newsletter, *I wish to announce that I will not run for reelection to the jHouse this year," he said. *I wish to thank all my loyal supporters for the confidence and trust they have placed in me,*

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Mr Gunderson was thrown out of the car by the impact. He •was dead on arrival af'ciinton Memorial Hospital in SU Johns about 12:45 a.m. Funeral services for Mr Gunderson were held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Burns-Schnepp Funeral Home in Carson City. Burial was in the North Plains Cemetery near Mulr, Mr Gunderson was an Oldsmobile employee. Surviving are his wife, Ella; a daughter, Debra Lyn; his parents, Mr and Mrs Merlin Gunderson of Greenville; a sister, Mrs Shelby Goretzka of Battle Creek; a brother, Ronald of Greenville; his grandparents, Mr and Mrs Carl Demke of Greenville and Mr 'and Mrs Martin Gunderson of Big Bay; and a great-grandmother, Mrs C a r o l i n e McMeeken of Greenville. '

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Deputy Sheriff Richard May inspects the smashed car in which Donald L Gunderson, 2 1 , of Fowler was killed early Saturday morning on Francis Road. His death was the eighth on Clinton County highways so far in 1968.;

Sidebars By LOWELL G. RINKER Several persons questioned us last week about why the American flags were being flown at half-, mast. It was by orders qf Gov. Romney in respect for the memBy ROBERT ELDRIDGE ory of Dr Martin Luther King, Road Clerk who was a s s a s s i n a t e d last Thursday evening. The Clinton County Road ComDr King's death has stirred mission owns a number of areas the country up as much as any — there are at least three that come instantly to mind — that death since, perhaps, the assasare naturally scenic and would sination of President Kennedy make ideal spots for small parks over four years ago. A lot of or recreation areas. A l o c a l people have expressed the feeling community group has expressed" that news coverage of Dr King's interest in taking over one of death was overdone, and I felt these areas, and the commission that way myself for a time. But is very willing to have them do because of,the racial overtones this. The other areas are not involved, it got extensive covsituated well enough for any other erage on radio, TV and newssuch organization to readily take papers and in mouth-to-mouth conversation, them over,

and state government at the University of Michigan, Serving as an active Republican for many years, Woods was elected Republican county chairman in 1965, Through the years he has served as delegate to many county and state Republican convention. In 1964 '• Woods was selected as secretary w These areas should be develof the Republican State Convention and in 1967 as chairman of oped and would undoubtedly' be well used by county residents if its Credentials Committee. they were improved. They are all Among his earlier effort's in readily acessible and are lothis area, in 1958 Woods founded cated at bridge sites on the the Alma C o l l e g e Republican county's larger streams. The Club, while also serving as pre- c o m m i s s i o n is interested in cinct captain and deputy clerk making picnic areas and fishing of-' Arcada Township.-Woods-wash sites lafc^these locations and?will honored by -Michigan Republicans do so if and'when funds a r e when he was selected from Re-, available.,., publicans throughout the state Last Wednesday the c o m to work on Governor Romney's mission spent part of the morning leadership council task force, attending the bid openingatCivic whose purpose it was to examine Auditorium in L a n s i n g . They and develop the foundation for were interested, naturally, in the the Michigan Republican position bids on the Tallman Road Bridge and platform. Woods in now ser- over the Maple River, Initially,, ving as a member of the Repub- the C-Way Construction Co, of lican County Executive C o m - Spring Harbor submitted the low mittee. bid. Their bid was rejected, howPresently vice president of the ever, because they: were low Gratiot Isabella County Board of. bidder on another project and Realtors, Woods has been in the were qualified todoonlyoneproreal estate business since 1959 ject at a time. The next higher when he began development of bidder, Parmalee & Carpenter of Willow, Bend Subdivision, As a Lansing was awarded the bid, real estate broker Woods is now their price being $234,552.00, working with business and in- Other bids on the project ranged vestment properties throughout on up to $257,991.00. The comthe state of Michigan. Most of mission has 30 days in which to his work consists of dealingwith deposit a check for half the business and industrial concerns amount of the bid with the State 'in the transfer of ownership and Highway Department and then in providing new sites for plant construction will be started. relocation and/or expansion especially In the central Michigan Load limits oh county roads area. * will be lifted by the time this is The component contracting di- published. Originally, ithadbeen vision of his T.M.W. Enterprises planned to lift restrictions last has built an apartment house and Monday morning, but at that time builds p r i v a t e h o m e s in the there were still areas that were Gratiot County' Area. As a part- soft and wet. The high winds ner inSandwoodlnvestments, Monday and Tuesday's sun dried Woods has worked to develop the them considerably and so it was partnership interest in r e n t a l decided to remove the limits properties and in several other Wednesday morning. business concerns in Alma and in Lower Michigan. The high winds Monday, inUnder theleadershlpofWoods, cidentally, kept both our teleThe Bi-Partlsan Political Action phone lines busy a good share of Committee of the Alma and St. the time all afternoon. Trees Louis Chambers of Commerce were going down all over the has examined and adopted posi- county and all our crews were tions on such issues as lower kept busy removing them from court reorganization and with the road ways. Some of our men the help of the national Chamber put In overtime before all the has worked to inform its mem- roads were opened to traffic. bers of many issues affectlngthe I received a call from Fowler business "community. The com- requesting that we put up warning mittee is also sponsoring a non- signs at the approaches to a bad partisan citizens political action area of Wright Road south of course. the town. The caller stated that As an active member of the at least one driver had damaged Alma Jaycees, Woods is pres- his auto "by going through this ently chairman of its parks and stretch at high speed not knowing community surveyproject,InKi- in time that it was there.. In wanls, Woods chairs the business checking with theforemanforthe and community a f f a i r s com- district, I found that on three mittee, and is presently heading different o c c a s i o n s w a r n i n g a multi-county drive to establish' signs had been erected as rea Big Brother Agency for the quested. Once, someone had de r communities. Woods is also an liberately smashed them both' active member of the Arcada down by driving against them and Sodbusters, the Local Chapterof bending them completely over. the Michigan Farm Bureau, a Another time blinker. warnings member of the Alma chamber of were put tip and fastened securely Commerce and the First Pres- — these were stolen that same night. Red flags were, put out byterian Church. • Born in 1939, the son of Rev and these too were stolen. The and Mrs R. V, Woods, Thell mentality of people -who do these Woods, his wife, Bobbie, and things is difficult to fathom — his six months old son, Micah, 'they are the cause of an" exnow make their home at 4239 pensive problem through their Rlverview hear his subdivision childish actions that ho reasonable person would make exist* west of Alma..

Mrs Marvin Moore had words of praise for the department Friday when I talked to her about the fire at the home of" h e r mother, Mrs Mary Gorbenko. She said they immediately covered up all the furniture in the house, and apparently it prevented any water damage to the furniture while firemen worked on the roof with water and axe. ' They had a tough time of it. for awhile because a brisk wind kept fanning sparks- alive. '

There's s t r o n g competition among firemen when it comes to getting to the fire hall first. On a country fire the first six'ihthe hall get paid for a fire run while the others are paid for stand-by. Fire Chief Clare Maler 'was moaning Monday. He wasin the municipal building and handled a fire alarm call himself, but he didn't get to the fire hall intime to* make the run. Other firemen o o o had just returned from another St Johns firemen don't seem fire and were still in the hall. to be running down much in their quick response to fire calls; They BICYCLE STOLEN still manage to get one truck out of the garage and under way beA bicycle belonging to 'Greg fore I have a chance to gather up Lundy of 305 E, Walker ^Street my camera, light meter and coat was stolen last Thursday, he and get downstairs. , c-** reported to city polioe.

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The House Education Commit- tabllshing their programs for tee has proposed a comprehen- the coming school year. sive revision of Michigan's State Legislative activity reached School aid formula, with the aim a high level of intensity last of providing more support for week, and the pace promises, poorer school districts. The bill, to continue . to increase over incorporating the aid formula v the next several weeks. changes, also p r o v i d e s some The House of Representatives $615 million in general fund passed 38 bills last week, more payments to schools for 1968-69, than doubling the total for the about $5 million more than re- entire year. A total-of 72 bills c o m m e n d e d in G o v e r n o r have now been approved by the Romney's Ludget. The bill will House during, this session. now be considered by the House On an 84-1 vote, the House A p p r o p r i a t i o n s Committee, approved G o v e r n o r Romney's to see if the funds are available. •sweat equity" plan. The State School aid appropriations for Housing Authority could start the present fiscal year total putting up three-bedroom houses some $555 million, about $60 for persons in the $5,000 and million less than recommended under income range. Many lowfor next year. income families don't have inUnder the new bill, the pres- dividual homes because they canent two-phase aid formula would not afford a down payment, be changed to a four-phase plan. pherefore, instead of a down -> The classifications would be de- payment, the person buying the termined on the basis of state home would pledge to devote equalized valuation of property at least 500 hours in helping in the school district. Most of to build the house. House Rethe increase in school aid would publicans strongly support this be directed at districts with a concept, since it promotes inlow state equalized valuationper dividual initiative and pride in school child. For^example, a" home ownership. Once a person district with only $5,000 valua- has put his own sweat and effort tion per pupil would receive an into building his home,he is more increase of over $50 per child. likely to want to protect it and High valuation districts would keep it in good condition. receive a smaller increase. For The House also passed a Reinstance, a school district with publican's p o n s o r e d bill last a $30,000 S.E.V. per pupil would week which would make it a receive an increase of $1.92 per felony to interfere with a firestudent. man in the performance of his One of the most significant duty. This bill would make it improvements proposed by the a felony offense to use a firec o m m i t t e e is a $6.3 million arm with intent to obstruct or " m i d d l e cities* proposal for interfere with firemen on duty. Y r inner-city school problems. This Damage or destruction of fire new money would be used pri- fighting equipment would also marily to aid children of indigent be a felony, and refusal to cofamilies, minority groups, bro- operate with a fireman's order ken homes, sub-standard hous- would be a misdemeanor. ing, dense school population, and House members also approved low-grade level achievement. a G.O.P. highway safety bill, House Republicans are en- aimed at restricting reckless couraged that the new school drivers,-The bill provides that aid bill has-been reported out anyone involved in a fatal acciof committee this early in the dent or three accidents over a session. Early final approval two-year period may be called of the school aid measure will in for a review of his driving be beneficial to schools in es- record, and possibly facelicense

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Most of the Clinton County News' teen page w r i t i n g staff were on hand Saturday for a tour of the newspaper plant and a luncheon at the L & L Restaurant. News Editor Lowell,Rinker explains the Justowriters to Joan Kramer (left) of Pewamo-Westphalia, Mary Shepard of Bath, Marcia Feldpausch of Fowler, Marilyn Sidel of Bath, Cathy Robinson of Ovid-Elsie and Caroline Ramsey of Fulton. Diane Huhn, the current teen writer from P-.W, was unable to be present for the tour. s u s p e n s i o n . Another was approved which would allow Viet Nam soldiers to qualify for various veterans benefits. The bill extends the definition of "veteran" to include those having served in the Viet Nam era. The bill specifies this era as the period beginning Aug. 5, 1064, and ending on a date set by the President or the Congress. , Another bill raises veterans h o m e s t e a d tax exemptions across the b o a r d , but gives special consideration to disabled veterans. House members alsoapproved a G.O.P. bill establishing a state commission to determine salaries of legislators and other state elected officials. The measure (HB 3775) removes the authority for setting executive, judicial, and legislative pay from the Legislature. N a m e service squad girl of month

News' teen writers tour paper The Clinton County News was host Saturday morning to the members' of its teen writing staff from high schools around the county. The eight writers spent the latter part of the morning touring the newspaper plant and reviewing assignments. About noon they were guests of the newspaper-at ah informal' luncheon at theiL & L restaurant.: The teen writing staff members present for the tour were Mary Shepard and Marilyn Sidel of Bath High School; Cathy Robinson of Ovid-Elsie High; Carolyn Ramsey of Fulton High School; Marcia Feldpausch of Fowler High School^ Mike Galvach of St. Johns High; and Joan Kramer of Pewamo-Westphalia.

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Announcements Olive Grange No, 358 wHlhold its next regular meeting Friday evening, April 12, at the homeoi Mr and Mrs Norman Schultheiss of 505 S. Baker Street. An Easter program is being'planned by the Junior Grange. A potluck lunch is to follow the meeting. Those planning to attend are asked to bring a white elephant for white elephant Bingo.

Hey , reader! If you have cut a new tooth, celebrated a birthday, eloped, been married, had a baby, been on a trip, caught a fish, had company, sold out, moved, sold your house, lost your hair, been robbed or1* shot or arrested or entered into politics, call us at St. Johns 224-2361 and tell us about it. That's news, and we want to know about It.

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A car owned by Robert FrechBy Mrs Wilbur Bancroft ; en of 510 S. Ottawa Street was Phone 682-3553 stolen from the parking lot at the Redwing Bowling lanes Monday evening but was later recovered Clare Kidder of Chamite AFB, In a field near Townsend Road, III and Miss Connie Connor of Cedar Springs were dinner guests Navajo Superstition of his grandmother, Mrs Seltna A Navajo Indian, in the be- Bailey S a t u r d a y . Sunday her lief that creation of a perfect g r a n d d a u g h t e r , Mr and Mrs would mysteriously end George Brown and family, were Clinton County News design his career as a weaver, pur- luncheon guests. The Browns are Use Clinton County News posely weaves imperfections from Grand Rapids. classified ads for best results. into a blanket. Mr and Mrs Orrlson Bailey enter.tained in honor of their granddaughter at a b a p t i s m a l dinner Sunday. Included were Mr Vern Miller of Jackson, Mrs Margaret ChristensonofCrystal, Mr and Mrs Brent Bailey of L a n s i n g , Mr and Mrs Blng Bailey, the parents of the honored guest, Mrs Rita Havens, Mrs Ruthann Stanley and Mike and Mrs Ruth Cludy and Mrs Selina Bailey the great grandmothers of the baby, Kiffiny. Miss Melissa Miller, daughter of Mr and Mrs RobertMiller Jr., was the winner of the giantEaster basket, given by the MRIA. The children attending Fulton schools are having spring vacation until after Easter. Dr Norma Eleson returned to her home Saturday evening after spending several weeks at the home of Mrs Mildred Matthews of Edinburg, Texas. Mildred returned with her to spend some time with relatives here. On the way home they called on Mrs Cora Parr at the home of her daughter, Theo of Indianapolis. The strong winds of Monday took the large tree down in back of the Congregational C h u r c h parsonage, damaging the garage SIGN OF QUALITY and breaking a stained glass window in the church. Mrs Myers had been hanging clothes, when she heard the cracking and ran into the house, then watched as the tree fell where she had been standing. Forest Heller and family from Pioneer, Ohio, spent Sunday at the home of his sister, Mrs Dorothy Settering and son, Ed. Other guests were Mr and Mrs Perce Upton, Mr and Mrs Clive Warren, Mr and Mrs Paul Heller and children of St. Johns, Mr and Mrs Max Loudenbeck and family and Mr and Mrs Ron Bruner and son.

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'Parity prices only answer for farmers': Coloradoan A united effort by agriculture to obtain parity price for farm products is necessary if family farming is to continue to exist and if the world's future food needs are to be met. That was the gist of a talk by Homer Jackson before some 400 persons who stayed for the last part of a Clinton County NFO Swiss Steak Dinner and program at Ovid-Elsie High School Saturday night. Jackson, manager of the Production Credit Assn. at Rifle, Colo., said parity prices appear to him, through years of experience in the farm c r e d i t business, to be the only hope. "We have too many organizations now, and so none are as e f f e c t i v e as theyshouldbe," Jackson said. "We are wholly ineffective 'when our voice is broken down.* Jackson claims the rule of supply and demand in setting farm prices is outmoded now by large chain-stores. America has a $94 billion annual food bill, he said, and ,80 per cent of It is handled by 36 companies. He said purchasing agents for the large stores set the price they will pay for dressed meat, and only two of 25 of the companies have procurement agencies that bid for farm products.

THE RESULT, HE said, Is that the farmer is at the mercy of non-competitive campanies. He claimed the large chain stores control prices at the farm, on the wholesale level and for the customer, and as such they are a monopoly. He called for legislation to control such monopoly and protect farm prices. "I'm not advocating that government run our business," he said. *But if farmers' are to survive, we must obtain a parity price floor. The government role would be to govern buyingprices Use Clinton County News so that firms cannot buy proclassified ads for best results. ducts below parity." Jackson said that many people in agriculture sell at prices below the cost of production *and iat - a time when we have the greatest demand for food and are paying the highest prices." The downtrend in farm prices, he said, is putting the farmer "in the most d i f f i c u l t cost-price s q u e e z e ever experienced in agriculture.

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Because of the squeeze, Jackson said, farmers are borrowing twice as much money now to operate their farms astheywere five years ago and five times as much as they were 10 years ago. "Interest cost is now a major cost of farming," Jackson said, "and it has. built up so high farmers can .never pay off the principal." He'said the loaning agencies have reached the point where they are seriously wondering how much longer they can support a losing business. •Our rural economy is facing bankruptcy," he said. "We are now In the most critical financial position that has ever faced rural America."

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Homer Jackson (right), PCA manager from Rifle, Colo., and speaker at last Saturday night's NFO Swiss Steak Dinner, chats with county NFO . Vice President Elmer Smith and President Paul Love prior to his talk before more than 400 persons at Ovid-Elsie High. More than 800 persons were served at the dinner. foodstuffs fasterv than it is producing it. "Oversupply is nothing but a m i s l e a d i n g myth perpetuated through food channels," Jackson charged, "in order to force low p r i c e s being paid." He said American farmers are thus subsidizing retail business and consumer-paid prices, "Unless we receive immediate help, farms will fold up so fast that even the large corporation farms won't be able to save the situation." How do we get price out of a controlled m a r k e t i n g system? Jackson asked the audience. "The holding action is now considered workable. Set the price and hold it until the buyer meets your price. This is the same that is done in all other areas of the economy," More than 800 persons a t tended Saturday night's NFO dinner, served in the cafeteria at Ovid-Elsie High School. Less than half were on hand for the post-dinner program.

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Mrs Mable Cook returned to her home Wednesday after spending most of the winter months with her children. In early winter she spent several weeks with Mr and Mrs Robert Fedewa of Westphalia and Mr and Mrs Clare Boak at Lansing. Mr and Mrs Joseph Klein will entertain their family with an Easter dinner. Their son, Henry of St. Joseph's Seminary of Grand Rapids will be home for Easter vacation. Mr and Mrs Lee Dase and family of Lansing spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs Clara Klein. Mr and Mrs John Dwyer were THE IRONIC THING about visitors of their sister, Mrs lower farm prices, Jacksonsaid, Mable Cook. Mr and Mrs Joseph Klein and is the growing need for food. There was a 70-million person' daughter Theresa and Mr and increase in world population last Mrs Myron Schafer v i s i t e d year without any improvement in Father Hackett at ShelbySunday. food production, he said. There DOWN AND OUT are less than one-half the number Many a woman snares a husof sheep there were 100 years ago, and'cattle today are being band and then finds she Is chained slaughtered faster than they're to the missing link. raised. The world p o p u l a t i o n will double in the next 30 years, and Give them there will be a 300-miUion increase in the next four years alone. And America is exporting ^

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A PONY for sale; saddle,bridle, 25 good u s e d tractors cart and harness I n c l u d e d . 40 used plows, cultivators and Phone Pewamo 824-2672, Lawdrags Delivered P r i c e in 80-lb. Bags rence Blauwiekel. 49-3p Complete line of h a r v e s t i n g ' 8-32-16 ..^77^50 1965~"BU13DY""MOBS!E""H6ME" machinery 6-24-24 .$70.50 10 x 47, 2-bedroom priced to AU SABLE OATS, 1 year from sell at $2,400. For more inforSat., April 13, 1968 Red Mammoth Clover bu. 16.00 certified. H o w a r d Martens, , mation call Wastphalia 587-3439, 9:30 a.m. 51-1 Other analysis a n d seeds 'phon'e'626i 6642. Alex Spitzley^'3 miles wes!: and "available.-= the fields of cropland on his.farm that do not already have an; official acreage. -^ .The value of measurement services is especially important: to f a r m e r s i n c e r t i f i c a t l o n counties. The entire state is on certification for the 1968 crop year. That, means., farmers In. all counties who participate in federal farm programs will be reporting their acreages to the local county office. We will spot check a certain percentage of these farms to be sure that they are correctly reporting their acreages. Some farmers, who guessed at their farm acreages in 1966 and 1967, had substantial reductions in their wheat or feed grain payments because they erred in their estimate. T h e r e are four distinct advantages of having a measurement service.

1) Money will hot be lost in labor," machinery, seed and fertilizer;, 2) The producer will be able to plant the entire permitted or intended acreage of wheat, feed grains and other crops and will not lose money from underplanting acreage in order to be sure that he is within the permitted acreage. 3) Additional income will not be lost from excess diverted acreage that could have otherwise^been planted to a n o t h e r crop, and , 4) The farmer will be sure of being eligible for price support . and other program payments. The cost of this'service is only $5 plus 10 cents an acre. A small price to pay for all the advantages and just plain peace of mind. FARMERS SHOULD MAKE their requests as soon as possible so our office can complete the measurement service prior to planting time. We will need a few reporters to - help measure acreage this spring and summer. We a r e looking for people who have a farm background, are good with f i g u r e s , and have t h e i r own transportation. This is a part time Job and w o r k s well for people who wish to earn extra money. , It has come to our attention that there is a new variety of corn on the market that is called sterile high sugar corn. Some dealers have been selling this sterile high sugar corn for silage and stating it is not a feed grain; they are in error. Sterile high' sugar corn grown for any kind of feed grain will be classified as a feed grain. Anyone having a question about what is considered a feed grain should contact our office. Remember, there can be no pasturing of diverted acres from March 31 to September 1.

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West Elsie By MRS. WAYNE MEAD CANCER CHAIRMAN ENTERTAINS WORKERS Mrs Raymond Thornton of S h e p a r d j s v i l l e Road, Cancer chairman i of Duplaln township, entertained 13 of her workers at a breakfast at the Village Inn' Tuesday morning, April 2. Five year certificates were presented, to Mrs Dorothy Ballantlne, Mrs Corrine Erickson, Mrs Bernlce Walker and Mrs Marge Staley. Workers this year and those attending the breakfast were; Mrs Helen Fabus, Mrs Florine Peabody, Mrs Dorothy Ballantlne, Mrs Bernice Walker, Mrs Mildred Whitaker, Mrs Helen Peck, Mrs. Anabel Peck, Mrs Corrine Erickson, Mrs Rose Fabus, Mrs Nellie Washburn, Mrs Esther Rademaeher, Mrs Eva Libey and Mrs Dorothy Harmon. Mr and Mrs Joe Fabus and family o f S h e p a r d s v i l l e Road were recent visiters of her sister and husband, Mr and Mrs Charles Sedlarik of Flint. He is getting along very well following a severe heart attack several weeks ago.

4-H CLUB PLANS BAKE SALE The Maple River Craftsmen 4-H Club met Monday, April 1, at the home of Mr and Mrs Russell Libey. At the business meeting plans were made for a bake sale to be held at Darling's Hardware in Elsie Saturday, April 20, at 10 a.m. The dates of July 13,14 and 15 has been set fortheSilver Lake Camp trip. John Dunham, Larry and Gary Bernath are the program committee for this trip. The 4-H girls will plan the meals, Tom Roof, representative from the club, attended a meeting at Smith Hall in St. Johns Monday evening, April 8. Theymadefinal plans for cleaning all road sides in Clinton County. -This is to be done by 4-HclubmembersSaturday April 27. Russell Libey passed out award Certificates to each member. John Dunham and Roger Roof won state show on their handicraft. Annie Roof was a Young Miss Style Review winner in sewing and knitting. Refreshments were served at the conclusion of the meeting. Mr and Mrs Floyd Betzer of Shepardsville Road were in Flint Wednesday at attend the funeral of her cousin, LeRoy Rice. He was born and raised near Ovid and passed away at the age of 93.

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Next Sunday In Clinton County Churches All Churches in Clinton County are invited to send their weekly announcements to The Clinton County News. They must reach us by 10 a.m. Monday to insure publication in the current week's issue.

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ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH US-27 a t Sturgis S t r e e t ' R e v Herman E . Rossow Vacancy P a s t o r F i r s t Tuesday ot the month, 8 p . m . . Ladies' Guild. 9 a.m.—Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. H.S. Bible Class a t parsonage 8 a . m , — Divine Worship, Holy Communion first Sunday of the m o n t h . Church nursery Third Wednesday of t h e month, 7:30 p.m., L u t h e r a n Women's Missionary j-eague. Aault information courses held a t the convenience of interested parties. Phone 224-7400 for specific information. Church office hours: Tuesday through F r i d a y , 9-12. Telephone 22*. Jo44. *

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CIIUKCII Gerald C. Churchill, Minister Maundy Thurs,, April 11—7;30, Candlelight Communion Service with r e ception of new m e m b e r s ; 8:30, Senior Choir rehearsal; 8:30, Church Council, April meeting. Good F r l „ April 12 — 1:30. Comm u n i t y Service or Devotion a t St. John's Episcopal Church. Sat., April 13—12;30, Youth Choir rehearsal: 1:00, Children's Choir r e hearsal. Easter, April 14—B:00, Sunrise a t city park; 9:3D a n d 11:00, E a s t e r Worshfp Services. Sermon: " T h e Hope o£ Life E t e r n a l . " FIRST METHODIST CHURCH R e v Harold E . Homer, Minister Easter Sunday 6 a.m,—Sunrise Service a t the City P a r k sponsored b y the youth groups of First,Methodi3t and .Congregational Churches. , 7 a.m.—Easter Breakfast in NHes Hall. 9:30 a.m.—Morning Worship 0:30 a.m.—Church School .10:30 a.m.—Coffee Hour 11 a.m.—Morning Worship The 9:30 and 11 a.m. services will be identical with all choirs taking part. * Maundy Thursday, April 11 2 p.m.—Holy Communion for our Golden Link members and others who wish to come. Fellowship t i m e will follow in the church lounge. 7 to 9 p.m. — Sacrament of t h e Lord's Supper. People m a y come a n d leave as they desire. Good Friday, April 12 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.—Service will b e held a t t h e St. John's Episcopal Church. R e v Hugh Banninga will be the llturgist arid Rev Harold E . Homer is the speaker. His topic: " T w o Mountain Experiences."

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES Kingdom Hall 1993 N . Lansing St, Thursday, 7:30 p . m . — Theocratic Ministry School. Study " M a k e S u r e . " P a g e s 295 to 300; 8:30 p . m . . Service meeting. Sun., 9 a.m.—Public Lecture. "Courageous Yet Cautious in the F a c e of Persecution," 10 • a.m., Watchtower Study. March- 15 issue. ('True Worship U n d e r Challenge." Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.—Congregation Book Study, Held at Schroeder residence in Ovid. T e x t : "Life Everlasting in the F r e e d o m of the Sons of God." Public invited—no collection t a k e n . ' CHURCH O F T H E NAZARENE * 515 North Lansing Street R e v E l d o n Raymond, Minister 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School • 11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship 6:15 p.m.—Young People's Service ,7:00 p.m.—Evening Worship l Wednesday, 7 p . m . — P r a y e r m e e t i n g SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS 6B6 North Lansing Street Elder, B . K. Mills, P a s t o r Services held on Saturday .1:15 a.m.—Church Service 10:30 a.m.—Sabbath School Service

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F R E E METHODIST CHURCH 305 Church Street E . E . Courser, Minister 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School 11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship 7:45 p.m.—Evening Worship Thursday, 7:45 p.m.—Prayer service 8:00 p.m.(2nd and 4th Thursdays) F r e e Methodist Youth meeting

CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH ,Maple Rapids, Michigan R e v Robert E . Myers, P a s t o r 10:00 a.m.—Worship Service 11:15 a.m.—Sunday School 7:00 p.m.—U.C.Y.M, meets o n alternate Sundays 6:45- p.m.—Thursday, Cherub a n d junior choir. 8 p.m.—Thursday, Chapel choir. 1:30 p.m.—Third Friday, Women's Fellowship, church basement, 8:30 p.m.—Service meeting ST. S T E P H E N ' S EPISCOPAL MISSION — CHURCHMOBILE • 122 S. Maple Rev Richard Anderson of St. J o h n ' s Alma, in Charge Services e v e r y Sunday a t 9 a . m .

Matherton Area. • UNITED B R E T H R E N CHURCH Matherton Michigan Rev J e s s i e Powell, P a s t o r 9:45 a.m.—Worship Service 10:45 a.m.—Sunday School 8:00 p . m . — Wednesday, Midweek prayer meeting We welcome you to the fellowship of our services. Our desire is that you may find the warmth of welcome and the assistance in y o u r warship of Christ. F i r s t and third Sundays Matherton Church, second and fourth a t Fenwlck Church

DeWITT METHODIST CHURCH

North Bridge Street, B e r t r a m W. Vermeulen; P a s t o r 9:45 a.m.-^-Sunday School 11 a.m.—Morning Service. Nursery available for all pre-school children during the worshfp service. , 6:30 p.m.—Methodist Youth Fellowship (all sections), EMMANUEL METHODIST CHURCH Corner Clark and Schavey Roads „.. B e r t r a m W: Vermeule'n, P a s t o r ' ! - . , . 9:30-aan.—Worship S e r v i c e " * ^ - " ' • 11 a.m.—Sunday School, adults a,nd children. •."< \ .' Newcomers and old friends a r e always welcome ST. ANNE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Corner US-27 and Webb Road R e v Hugh E , Banninga, Vicar Rectory 224-2800 Office 224-2385 2nd and 4th Sundays—9 a.m., Holy Communion, a n d sermon. Other Sundays — 9 a.m., morning prayer a n d sermon. Church school e v e r y Sunday, 9:30 a.m. EAST DeWITT BIBLE CHURCH (Non Denominational) Round Lake Road V« m i l e East of US-27 Glen J . F a r n h a m , P a s t o r • Sunday—• 10 a.m.—Sunday School. Classes for all ages, 11 a.m.—Morning Worship 5:45 p.m.—Youth Fellowship. Senior, 14 and u p ; J e t Cadets, 10-13, 7 p.m.—Evening Service Wednesday— 7:30 p.m.—Bible Study and prayer. Supervised nursery for babies a n d small children in a l l services'. "An open door to a n open b o o k " , , . A Bible preaching church with a message for y o u . . . ST. T H E R E S E CATHOLIC CHURCH Fr R o b e r t T . P a l m e r , P a s t o r F r Eugene Sears and F r J a m e s Murray, Assistant P a s t o r s -' R e c t o r y : 102 W. Randolph, Lansing Phone 487-3749 Mass Schedule—Sundays: 6, 7:30, 9, 10:30 a n d 12 Weekdays—6:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m, (8 a.m, non-school d a y s ) . Confessions—Saturdays: 3:30 to 5, 7:30 to 9 p . m . E v e s of Holy Days and First Friday—4 to 5, 8 to 9. P e r p e t u a l Help Devotions, Saturday, 7:30 p . m . Holy D a y Masses—7, 8, 10 a . m . ; 5:30 a n d 7:30 p . m . F i r s t F r i d a y Masses—6:30, 8:30 and 7:30 p . m , (8 a . m . non-school d a y s ) .

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DeWitt Area

Valley Farms Area

CHURCH O F GOD Rev D e a n Stork, P a s t o r Whlttemore and Railroad" on US-27 10:00 a.m.—Church School 11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship 0:30 p,m,—Youth Fellowship 7:00 p.m.—Adult P r a y e r group 7:30 p.m.—Evening Service Wednesday, 8 p.m.—Prayer meeting; choir practice, 7 p . m .

MAPLE RAPIDS METHODIST CHURCH R e v William Tate, P a s t o r Sunday "9 a.m,—Morning Worship 10:15 a.m.—Sunday School Monday 7 p.m.—Webelos Tuesday 1:30 pirn.—WSCS, first Tuesday of month. l 7 p.m.—Chapel Choir rehearsal 8 p.m.—Official Board m e e t s on second Tuesday of month, Wednesday 3:30 p.m.—Chancel Choir rehearsal 7:30 p.m.—Boy Scouts Thursday 8 p.m.—Bible Study Friday 3:30 p.m.—Junior M Y F

DcWITT COMMUNITY CHURCH (lnter-denomlnational) Rev Sidney J . Rowland, P a s t o r Bonnie Wickerham, Supt. Lee Greene, Co-Supt. 10:45 a.m.—Sunday School 11 a.m.—Church Worship

ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Corner of E a s t Walker and Mead Sts. < R e v Hugh E , Banninga, P a s t o r Rectory 224-2600 Office 224-2885 1st Sunday of Month—8 a . m . Holy VALLEY FARMS BAPTIST CHURCH 241 E . State R o a d Communion: 10:30 a.m. Holy ComRev. LaVern Bretz, P a s t o r munion and Sermon 9:45-10:45 a.m.—Church S c h o o l . Other Sundays—8 a.m. Holy Comis a class for e v e r y o n e from munion; 10:30 a.m. Morning P r a y e r There the youngest to the oldest. The Bible and Sermon is our textbook Fall Schedule 11 a.m.-12 Noon—Morning Worship, J0i30 a.m.—Nursery School 11 a.m.—Church School, kindergarten Junior Church for children through, 6th grade to 6th grade 5:30 p.m.—BYF for both Juniors and Seniors ST. JOHNS BAPTIST T E M P L E 7:00 p.m.—Evangelistic Service 400 E . State Street 8:00 p.m.—Morning Choir practices Rev Floyd Mathls, P a s t o r Wednesday, 7:00 p . m . — Mid-week Mr T h o m a s Coe, Minister of Music P r a y e r Service; 8:00 p.m.—Morning Sunday School " a t 10 a.m., with 'Choir practice classes for all ages. Teaching from Saturday 10:00 a.m.—Jr. Choir pract h e Book of Genesis. 1st Thursday 7:30 p.m.—Woman's Morning worship a t 11 a . m . Sunday, 6 p.m., study hour, with Mission Society , . adult group, young people's group 2nd Saturday 2:00 p,m.—Ann Judson and J e t Cadets group. Guild for J r . Hi. girls , „ , Sunday, 7 p.m., evangelistic m e s 3rd Tuesday 6:30 p.m.—Men's Felsage, lowship Wednesday a t 7, prayer meeting and study hour. ASSEMBLY O F GOD S. US-27 & E . Baldwin Joseph F , Egcr, Jr., P a s t o r 1 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School 11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship 6:30 p.m,—Youth Service 7:30 p.m.—Sunday Evening 7 p.m.—Wednesday, second a n d fourth, WMC 7:30 p.m.—Wednesday evening service

Maple Rapids Area GREENBUSH METHODIST CHURCH Rev William T a t e 10:30 a.m.—Church School 11:30 a.m.—Morning Worship

Eugene W. Frlesen, Minister West Pilgrim EUB Church ( F o r m e r l y Bengal E U B ) 9:30 a.m.—Worship Services 10:30 a.m.—Church School E a s t Pilgrim E U B Church ( F o r m e r l y Bingham E U B ) 1 1 a.m—Worship Services 10 a.m.—Church School /

P R I C E METHODIST CHURCH John C. Huhtala, Minister 9:45 a.m.—Church School 11 a.m,—Morning Worship Men's Club m e e t s the third Saturday of each month at 7:30 p . m . Women's Society, m e e t s the fourth Wednesday of each month. Dinner a t 12:30. Meeting a t 1:30. Youth Fellowship meets the first and third Sunday of each month a t 6 p.m. Commission an education m e e t s the first Monday of each month a t 7 p.m. Official Board meets the first Sunday of each month following a potluck dinner a t noon.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Rev William G. Hankerd, P a s t o r R e v Joseph Labiak Associate P a s t o r Rectory—100 Linden St.—Ph. 224-3313 -Convent—110 S. Oakland—Ph. 224-3789 •School—201 E . Cass—Ph. 224-2421' X Mass Schedule Sundays —7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12 noon and 7 p.mV / Holy Days' —6:00, 8:30 and 0:30 a m . ; S:30'and 7:30 p . m . Weekday Mornings —7:30 on nonschool days, 8:15 on school days. Holy Communion a t 7:15. Weekday E v e n i n g s : 7:15 p . m . Sacrament of Penance—Saturdays: 3:30 to 5:00 p . m . ; 7:30 to 9;00 p.m. Monday thru F r i d a y : 7:00 p . m . ; after Novena on Tuesday. First Fridays Sacrament of P e n a n c e — Thursday from 3:30 to 5:00 p . m . ; 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.; during Friday Masses. Mass and Holy Hour on Thursday at 7:15 p . m . Holy Communion on F r i d a y a t 6:00 and 7:15 a.m. 'Masses on F r i d a y : 7:30 and 8:15 a.m.i 7U5 p.m. - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: 8:30 p . m , on Thursday thru 7:15 p . m . ,on Friday. Devotfons—Our Lady of Perpetual HelD Novena: after 7:15 p . m . Mass on Tuesday. Religion Instruction Classes—Adult instruction and Inquiry Class: Monday a t 8:00 p . m . High School s t u . d e n t s : Wednesday a t 8:00 p . m . P u b lic Grade School, children: Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Baptisms—Each Sunday a t 1:30 p.m. by appointment.

GUNNISONVILLE COMMUNITY CHURCH Olark and Wood Roads R e v Marcel B . Elliott, P a s t o r 9 a.m.—Sunday School 10:00 a.m,—Morning Worship A friendly church where all a r e welcome

EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN CHURCHES

SHEPAKDsVlLLE METHODIST CHURCH Rev John C. Huhtala 0:30 a.m.—Morning Worship 11 a.m.—Church School

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH R e v Roger Harrison, P a s t o r 512 S. Whlttemore St. (South US-27) 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School. Arthur Romig Supt. 11 / a.m. — The Morning Worship Service, Broadcast on WRBJ. 11:00 a.m.—Children's Church 7:00 p.m.—The Evening Worship Service Nursery for babies: activity f o r toddlers during.Sunday School, morning and evening Worship services ' 6:00' p.m.r^Junior-High -Youth: Fellowship. 6 p.m.—Junior Youth Fellowship 6:00 p.m.—Senior Youth Fellowship 7;00 p.m. — F a m i l y Night Service (Wednesdays) The Second Monday—Monthly Deacons Meeting The First Tuesday—Ladies' Missionary -Society " T h e Singing Church with the Salvation M e s s a g e . "

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MOST HOLY TRINITY CHURCH R e v F r A l b e r t ' J . Schmitt, P a s t o r Sunday Masses—6!30, 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Weekdays—During school y e a r , 7 a.m. and 8:15 a . m . ' Holy Days—5:30, 7:30 a , m . and, 8 p.m. Sorrowful Mother Novena—Friday, 7:30 p . m , Saturdays—7:30 a . m .

MATHERTON COMMUNITY . , CHURCH 2":00 p.m.—Sunday • School • 3:00 'p'.m'i—-Worship s e r v i c e ' '

Fulton Area -

FULTON FULL GOSPEL CHURCH

'A m i l e e a s t of P e r r l n t o n on M-57, 'A mile south Rev. F r e d Wing, Pastor 9:45'a.m.—Sunday School 11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship 7:00 p.m.—Youth Service 7:45 p.m.—Evening Service 7:45 p.m.—Thursday, P r a y e r and praise service SALEM KVANGEHCAL UNITED , B R E T H R E N CHURCH Rev Ralph Conine 10 a.m.—Sunday School 11 a.m.—Morning Worship 7:30 p.m.—Midweek Services ST.

MARTIN D c P O R R E MISSION Middleton, Mich. F a t h e r Charles L . Ganley, P a s t o r Sunday Mass—9!15 a.m. No Weekday mass

Eureka Area CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH Eureka, Michigan Rev William D. Moore 10 a.m.—Sunday School * 11 a.m.—Morning Worship

Bath Area BATH METHODIST CHURCH R e v Ronald Benson, P a s t o r Telephone 641-6687 10 a.m.—Worship 11 a.m.—Church School BATH BAPTIST CHURCH R e v . J a m e s L . Burleigh, P a s t o r 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School 6:30 p.m.—Youth Fellowship 7:3D p.m.—Evening Service Midweek service on Wednesday 7:30 p.m, • ROSE LAKE CHURCH . Reorganized L.D.S. E l d e r J a c k Hodge, P a s t o r Corner of Upton and Stoll R o a d s 10:00 a.m.—Church School 11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship 7:00 p.m.—Evening Worship 7:30 p.m.—Wednesday, evening service

Elsie Area E L S I E METHODIST CHURCH R e v Gordon Showers, Minister 3:30 a.m.—Morning Worship 10:30 a,m.—Sunday School, Supt. Merle B a e s e . DUPLAIN METHODIST CHURCH R e v Gordon Showers, Minister 10 a.m.—Sunday School, Supt. Kenneth Klger 11 a.m.—Worship service FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev Norrls Beck, P a s t o r 10:00 a.m,—Worship service 11:00 a;m.—Sunday Scho*' Paul Brown, Supt. 6 p.m.—Junior and Senior B Y F 7 p.m.—Evening Service 3:30 p.m., Wednesday—Junior and Senior'Choir practice. 7 p.m., Wednesday — P r a y e r a n d Bible Study.

DUPLAIN CHURCH O F CHRIST 3 miles west Ovid-Elsie High School 5594 E , Colony Road Justin Shcpard, P a s t o r J a c k Schwark, S.S. Supt. Mrs. E a r l Dunham ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH 10 a.m.—Sunday School Fowler, Michigan 11 a.m.—Church Service H. E , RossoUV P a s t o r 7 p.m.—Junior and Youth FellowB p . m - — Maundy Thursday Com- . ship munion Service 7:30 p.m.—Church Service 1:30 p.m.—Good F r i d a y Service 7:30 p.m., Thursday—Choirs prac0:30 a . m . — E a s t e r Morning Service tice. 10:30 a.m.—Sunday School a n d Bible Class ST. CYRIL CATHOLIC CHURCH Rev F r C. D . Smolinski, P a s t o r R e c t o r y : Bannister, Phone 862-5270 ST. P E T E R LUTHERAN CHURCH - Sunday Masses—8-10 a . m . MISSOURI SYNOD Dally Mass—7:30 a.m.* F i r s t F r i 4>£ miles west of St. Johns on M-21 days 8 p . m . 5'A miles south on F r a n c i s road Holy Days, Mass—7 a.m. a n d B p.m. 2 miles w e s t on Church road Confessions—4 to 5 a n d 7:30 to 9 David Voorhees, V a c a n c y P a s t o r e v e r y Saturday except F i r s t F r i d a y s 0:15 a.m.—Sunday School before Mass. 10130 a.m.—Worship Service

Riley Township.

COUNTY NEVyS, St. Johns, Michigan

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ELSIE BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH 115 E . M a i n St. Roy F , LaDuke, P a s t o r 10 a.m.—Sunday School 11 a.m.—Morning Worship 7 p.m.—Evening Service 7 p,m,—Wednesday "Bible Study r

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Eagle Area

Stra&wrg, Va,

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EAGLE METHODIST CHURCH R e v Alfred Tripp, P a s t o r 14246 Michigan Avenue Telephone 627-6533 10:00* a.m.—Morning Worship 11:10 a.rh.—Church School 7:30 p.m.—Evening Service 7:30 p.m.—Senior M Y F Sunday 7:00 p.m.—Junior M Y F Wednesday EAGLE FOURSQUARE CHURCH Rev. and Mrs Royal Burnett, Pastor 10:30 a.m.—Sunday School 11:15 a.m.—Morning Worship 7:30 p . m . — Wednesday P r a y e r meeting

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OVID FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH .Main a t Oak Street R e v E a r l C. Copelin, P a s t o r Myron Woodruff, Church School Supt. D e e Johnson, Organist 9:45 a.m.—Church School 11 a.m.—Morning Worship Wednesday, 7 p.m., Senior Choir Wednesday, 8 p . m . . P r a y e r a n d

HALLELUJAH

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH Ovid, Michigan Corner M-21 and Elsie Road George Rogers, P a s t o r 10 a.m.—Sunday School 11 a.m.—Morning worship hour 6 p.m.—Youth training hour 7 p.m.—Evening gospel hour Wednesday, 4 p . m . — Youth eholr practice Wednesday, 7 p.m.—Bible study and p r a y e r service

Eddie was the smallest one in the choir today. He stood at the end of the front row, stretched' tall as he could, and sang with his whole heart; I looked up at his. round freckled boy-face and wondered what he was thinking as the Easter anttyem rose in crescendo and blessed the April air. Were his thoughts on chocolate bunnies and i'ainlw-colored eggs, or on the stirring story he was singiiig >—• "He-is not here, but is risen"?

CHURCH O F GOD 1 Ovid, Michigan Rev. L. Sanders. P a s t o r 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School 11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship 6:00 p.m.—Youth Fellowship 7:00 p.m.—Evening Service 7:30 p.m.—Wednesday, Bible Study; 8:45 p.m.—Choir practice

Of one thing I am certain. When ho is grown and thinks of Eastertime back home, it won't bo the candy eggs-and Easter baskets he'll remember; but the smell of lilies at the chancel rail, the joy of joining his voice to a Hallelujah chorus. v

T H E UNITED CHURCH Ovid, Michigan Gordon E . Spalenka, Minister Mrs C. E . Tremblay, Church School Superintendent Sunday 9:30 a.m.—Church School a t the Front St. Building. 10. a.m.—Adult Bible Class at the church office. 11 a.m.—Morning Worship 5 p.m,—Junior High Youth Fellowship 5 p.m.—Senior High Youth Fellowship Each Wednesday—Immediately after school, Children's Choir. Immediately after school. Junior Choir. ' 7:30 p.m.—Chancel Choir 8:30 p.m.—New; D a y Adult Class Second Tuesday each month—Official Board Second Wednesday each month — Women's Fellowship Third Monday each month—United Men's Club.

Give your child a lifetime gift. Celebrate special Sundays and every Sunday by going to" your church and taking him with you.

THE CHURCH FOR ALL . . . . . . ALL FOR THE CHURCH The Church is the greatest factor on earth for the building of character and good citizenship. It is a storehouse of spiritual values. W i t h o u t a strong Church, neither democracy nor civilization can survive. There are four sound reasons w h y e v e r y p e r s o n should attend services regularly a n d support the Church. They are: (1) For his o w n sake. (2) For his children's sake. (3) For the sake of his community and nation, (4) For the sake o f the Church itself, which needs his moral and material support. Plan to go to church regularly and read you Bible daily.

OVID F R E E METHODIST CHURCH W. William St. R e v , Richard Gleason, P a s t o r Telephone 834-2473 Sunday School—10:00 a . m . Church services—11:00 a . m . Evening services—7:30 p . m . P r a y e r meeting—Wed. a t 7:30 p . m .

HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH Ovid, Michigan Rev F r Cummings, P a s t o r 10:30 a.m.—Sunday Mass 7 p.m.—Evening Mass on Thursday. Confessions following evenfng Mass.

Pewamo Area ST. J O S E P H ' S CATHOLIC CHURCH P e w a m o , Michigan Rt R e v Msgr T h o m a s J . Bolger, M.A., Pastor . ,'Sunday Masses—6 a.m., 8 a . m . and 10 a.m. . , , . - . Daily Mass—7:30 a.m. Holy Baptism—Sunday, 1 p . m . Sacred Confession — Saturday, 3:30 and 7:30 p . m . F a m i l y Holy Hour for Peace—Saturday, 7:15 p . m .

Victor Township GROVE BIBLE CHURCH Rev. Robert P r a n g e , P a s t o r P r i c e and Shepardsville roads 10:00 a.m.—Sunday school. Classes for all ages 11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship 6:30 p.m.—Young P e o p l e 7:30 p.m.—Evening Service 7:30 p.m.—Wednesday, p r a y e r m e e t ing Ladies Missionary circle meets 4lh Thursday Couples Club meets 4th Saturday in month

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Antes Cleaners

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Phillips Implement

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Ovid Conv. Manor

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.Hazel Dietz, L P N Adm. 94S0 W. M-21 Phone 517-834-2281

Purr's Rexall Store The Comer Drug

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Phone 224-2837 A Maundy Thursday Communion service will be held at the Price Methodist Church April 11. This will be conducted by the Price and Shepardsville MYF CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Crec Camper and Trailer Coaches General Building Contractors members. A special love offering 110 W. Higham P h o n e 224-2345 110 N . Klbbee * Phone.224-7118 will be taken, > A Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m. will begin the Easter Worship at the Price MethodlstChurch April 14. The service will be ledbythe CORPORATION COMPANY members of the Price and Shep313 N. Lanslnc St. p h . 224-2777 St. Johns P l a n t ardsville MYF. An Easter breakfast will follow at 8 which will be served by the members of the Price and Shepardsville Woman's Society, o The Worship service will begin at 11, Rev Huktala hap chosen "Come and See, Go and Tell, I Am With You" as the Easter sermon topic. The senior choir Whatever your printing needs, we,serve will sing "That I May Too Arise" and the youth choir will present them right! Latest modern offset and "An Easter Day." And will appear letterpress equipment to assure you of for the' first time in their new choir robes, the best results in every wayl

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Sunday School will convene at 9:45 a.m.

Friday I Corinthians 15:12-22

Thursday John 20:11-18

Wednesday Luke 24:28-35

THESE CLINTON COUNTY FIRMS MAKE THIS CHURCH PAGE POSSIBLE

Wacousta Area WACOUSTA COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH Rev Dale Spoor, P a s t o r P h o n e 627-2516 10 a.m.—Morning Worship 11 a.m.—Sunday School 6:30 p.m,—Senior a n d Junior Youth Fellowship Thursday, 3 p.m.—Children's Choir Thursday, 7:30 p.m.—Senior Adult Choir Official Board meeting a t 8 p . m . on 4th Monday of each month. Methodist M e n ' s Club Meetings — Potluck a t church a t 6:30 p . m . on 1st Wednesdays of Sept., D e c , F e b . and April. Sunday morning breakfast on 1st Sunday morning of Oct., Nov., Jan., March and M a y a t 8 a . m .

Monday Matthew 27:62-66

Bee's Chevy-Olds Federal-Mogul

DeWitt Pharmacy DoWltt

1 Mile West of Ovid on M-21 P h o n e 834-5446

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> RECEIVE MAJOR DEGREES Receiving the major degrees in the Knights of Columbus held at the K of C club room in Portland Sunday from Westphalia and other councils In the d i s t r i c t were: Rev Walter S p l l l a n e , Jerome H'engesbach, Donald Platte, J a m e s Pline, Michael Cook, Tom H e c k m a n , Ronald Pohl, Laverne Schneider, Larry S m i t h , B e r n a r d Bierstetel, Ronald S i m o n , Duane Platte, Richard Pung, Steven Kozachik, James Fedewa, Larry Meyers, R o b e r t S c h n e i d e r , Michael Brown, Stanley Pohl, Benedict Dipzinski, Donald B a r k e r , Richard George Leon Stump, Leroy Schafer, David Piggott, Bernard Schuller, M e l v i n Stump, Maurice Schmltz, Gerald Rademacher, Martin Miller, Allan Thelen, L a r r y Thels, Gordon Thelen, David Koenigsknecht, Donald Stump, Ronald Schafer, Ronald Schomlsh, David Miller, Ronald Brown, Lester Thelen, Steven Splcer, Stanley Platte, Richard Feldpausch, Dale Pennington, D o u g l a s C a m p b e l l , Gerald Blount, Dennis Keller, Roy Gardner, Phillip Gallup and William Causack. EASTER EGG HUNT

iary will be the Easter egg hunt which will be heldSaturday, April 13, at the Daniel Droste Memorial Park. This event will start at 1 p.m. and is for all children from ages 2 to 10. There Is no charge and lots of prizes will be given away. Many from this community attended the "AprilShowers" Fashion Show and Card Party at Fowler HighSchoolThursdayevening s p o n s o r e d by the Christian Mothers' Confraternity. Those attending who won prizes were Mrs Herman Fandel, ironing pad and cover; Mrs Tillie Wltgen, sheet and pair of pillow cases; Miss Celine Martin, casserolej Mrs Sharon Halfman, bathroom scale and Mrs Joseph Trlerweller won scissors. Recently Mr and Mrs Robert McKlnstry and Mr and Mrs Ted Simon and son, Roy, of Lansing and KenSlmonwere dinner guests of Mrs Dorothy Platte. Sunday Mrs Virginia Platte spent the day with her son and family, Mr and Mrs Dale Platte of Vermontvllle, CARD PARTY The Singles Club will be sponsoring a card party at St. Mary Hall Sunday evening, April 21, starting at 8 p.m. Prizes will be given away.

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Fulton Schools will be sending 20 delegates to -the state FHA convention In Grand Rapids April 18 and 19. Anne Brown, Jane Mahler, Melanle Smith, Linda Whltford, L i n d a Braman, Sheila Stead, Alvllda Ayen, Susan Wood, Linda Smalley are regular delegates. Jemery Van Sickle, Ruth Kockenspargar, and Linda White will sing In the all-state c h o r u s . Connie Cooper, Region 11-S chairman, is a candidate for state vice presldentofdegrees.Margie Troub and Theresa Proko are voting delegates. Betty Todd is state songleader and will also receive her state FHA degree along with June Wright, Colleen S h i n a b a r g a r , and P a . t r l c i a

ST. JOHNS WOMAN HURT I N ACCIDENT Mrs. Gertrude Criner of 1009 S. Lansing S t . , St. Johns, was injured early Saturday morning when this car she was driving left US-27 just north of Centerline Road and hit a tree. Witnesses said the car veered onto the median, then went off the right (east side) of the highway, skidded on its side, hit a tree and righted itself before hitting still another tree and coming to a stop. Mrs. Criner was reported in "good" condition Tuesday morning at Clinton Memorial Hospital.

Four new benches in the downtown area of Ovid are the work of Warner Briggs. The Ovid City Council last week issuedapubllc thank you to Briggs for the contribution . . . Ovid will e x c h a n g e village presidents with the community of Qulncy during Michigan Week this year. Making arrangements at Ovid for the exchange a r e councllmen Larry M a r t i n as chairman and Lawrence woodworth and Clifford Caslerj Woodworth is president pro-tem . . . State sales tax collections for the first six months of flscall968 are running 5 per cent ahead of the same period last year, the Michigan Department of Revenue reports. The largest monthly increase was 8.34 per cent for November 1967 on October 1967 taxable retail sales . . . Sunday and Monday mark the 56th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic when it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic .in 1912. Some 1,517 persons lost their lives. Henry Dellar of St. Johns tells us one of the victims was his brotherin-law, Walter Barringer, who was a first-class steward on the Cunard lines ship . . .

and sewer c o m m i t t e e , Larry Martin c h a i r m a n , Laurence Woodworth and Clifford Casler; finance c o m m i t t e e , Monroe chairman, Martin and Saxton; street c o m m i t t e e , Woodworth c h a i r m a n , Saxton and Casler, parks committee, Casler chairman, Martin and S h i n a b e r y , health and public buildings committee, Shinabery c h a i r m a n , Monroe and Woodworth.

Death call hoax attempted here St. Johns police and the American Red Cross are cautioning local parents of s e r v i c e m e n against believing telephone calls that their son has been killed. A St. Johns family was the victim of such a hoax call last week, and it caused considerable grief before the truth was known. "A boy's death is never r e layed to the family over the telephone," Mrs Jeanne Rand, executive secretary for the Red Cross in Clinton County, said last week. "In all cases, two military personnel from the nearest military installation come to the home with the news, and then details follow the next day by telegram." Mrs Rand urged that anyone receiving telephone messages of military deaths call her immediately so that a quick check can be made by the Red Cross. "We can find out within an hour at the most if there is anything to it." In the death call hoax in St. Johns last week, the distraught mother telephoned Mrs Rand, who immediately checked with officials at Ft. Knox, Ky., where the youth was stationed. He and his mother were talking to each other on the phone within 20 minutes of the mother's call to Mrs Rand.

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By Mrs Don Warren Phone 834-5020 Forty-five m e m b e r s and guests of the WSCS met Tuesday, March 26, at the Middlebury Church dining room for the last of the co-operative dinners of the winter with Esther Tubbs, Grace Putnam and Helen Potter as hostesses. The tables were decorated in keeping with the Lenten season. M r s Richard Whitmyer, vice-president of the Society conducted the business meeting. Mrs Richard Semans led the devotions using the Sermon on the Mount as her t h e m e . Mrs Ward Slocum presented the slate of new officers to be elected in April. The present officers will continue until September 1, 1968. There will be a candlelight communion service at the Middlebury Church Maunday Thursday evening, April 11, at 8.The Middlebury WSCS Is sponsoring a rummage sale In the Bates Building in Ovid which began on April 1 and will continue until April 13. A Lenten family night was held recently at the Middlebury Methodist C h u r c h . About 50 were present for the co-operative supper. Rev George Somers of Albion, a missionary to India who is home on leave, was the guest speaker. He also showed slides of his work there. A free-will offering was taken. Mr and Mrs Worden Garber, Mr and Mrs Earl Hathaway and Dr and Mrs Leon Montague of Owosso spent the weekend In Chicago where they attended the wedding of the daughter of Rev Wennell EC* former minister of Grace Bible Church. Mr and Mrs Charles Berthume and sons, Gavin and Gregory, of Blaney Park in the Upper Peninsula spent several dayslastweek with her parents, Mr and Mrs Max Slocum and family. Mr and Mrs George Warren attended Baptismal services for their granddaughter, Vicki Sue Barber at the First Methodist Church Chapel in Jackson Sunday afternoon. Rev Robert Smith, a former Ovid minister, performed the rites. Amy Margaret Craig, Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Craig, received baptism during the services Palm Sunday at the Middlebury Methodist C h u r c h . After the services, a family dinner was held at the church. Those present were Mr and Mrs Gale Craig, Mr and Mrs Chauncey Green and Ben, Pete Smith of Michigan State University, Mr and Mrs J.B. Kaufman and family, Mr and Mrs Walter Kaufman and Rev Mrs Townsand. They were hosted by Mr and Mrs Don Craig and family.

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BY DIANE HUHN P-W High Joan Kramer has been selected by the student body as the "outstanding cheerleader" of P-W. She will be one of many cheerleaders that will be announced at the League Dance In DeWltt. The FFA will have their banquet for members and parents on April 24. Rosemary Smith, president of P-W's 'Student Council, attended a league student council meeting last week.

BATH—Persons found in the Bath cemetery after c l o s i n g hours and "without good intent" are now subject to being ticketed by Bath Township police.

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OVID—The naming of Laurence Woodworth as president pro-tem of Ovid topped a list of appointments approved by the village council last week. Cecil Madden was reappointed Ovid fire chief, D r L e w i s Terpstra was again named health officer, and Woodworth was named street c o m m i s s i o n e r . Clifford Saxton will represent the council at meetings of the planning committee. Orson HubThe first community service bard was named sewer and water project sponsored by the newly- superintendent and Charles Batest formed Westphalia Jaycee Auxil- street superintendent. Council committees include: Police c o m m i t t e e , Clifford Saxton chairman, Robert Shlnabery and Marshall Monroe; water

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WeMphatia KICK-OFF DINNER The following from the Westphalia area attended the "Cancer Kick Off dinner at the Episcopal Church 'of St. Johns Monday evening, April 1: Mrs Grace Simon, chairman, Mr and Mrs t Joe Bengel, Mr and Mrs Herman Geller, Mr and Mrs Julius Pohl, Mrs Caroline Piggott, Mrs Rose Smith, Mrs Tillie Thelen, Mrs Germaine Miller and Mrs Louise Platte. The following ladies were given special recognition for five years of service as a volunteer worker: Mrs Mary Pohl, Tillie Thelen, Hilda B e n g e l , Rose Smith, Germaine Miller, Caroline P l g g o t t , Caroline Wlrth, Eileen T r i e r we 11 e r , Jeanette Kellen, Romllda Manning, Carol Martin, Hope Fox, Jeanine Cook and Marie Hanses.

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Ovid Mrs Aphra Pixley A St. Johns safety patroller will be among youths from 100 Michigan communities who will take an annual four-day, all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., as guests of the Automobile Club of Michigan. The patrollers leave Detroit by bus May 9 and return to their hometowns May 12. Each safety patroller here spends an estimated 180 hours at street crossings every year protecting classmates as a public service,... The annual'banquet of the Bath Alumni Assn. will be May 11, according to Mrs W.E. Horton, assistant secretary . . . Peace Corps placement tests are scheduled In the mid-Michigan area again April 20. The tests will be given at 1:30 p.m. that day at federal buildings or post office buildings in Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing and Saginaw . . . North Star Lines, Inc. has purchased three bus routesfrom Short Way Lines, including one through St. Johns. The local route runs from Grand Rapids to St. Johns via Lowell and Ionia. North Star also reported the purchase of six new buses, three of which are additions^to cover the new routes. Purchase of the three routes includes charter bus rights In all of the communities served...

Chairman Mr and Mrs Charles Bracey and co-chairman, Mr and Mrs John Baker announce that plans are underway (or the 10th Annual PTA Carnival to be held at the North Elementary School, April 27, from 7 to 9 p.m. A meeting for all chairmen and their committees to complete final plans will be held at 8 p.m. in the All Purpose Room of the North Elementary School. It is urged that all articles for the grocery basket be brought to Bancroft's Clothing Store in Ovid before Thursday, April 18. Women's Fellowship general meeting is to have a Lenten luncheon at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at the Main Street Church. Several area church Fellowship's have been invited. Program chairman is Mrs Gordon Spalenka, S p e a k e r "A Lenten Meditation" Mrs Roy Schramm, devotations, Mrs C.L.Squier and decorations, Mrs Wells Monroe. The Fellowship is to hold arummage sale April 19-27 in the Main Street Church. Plans are underway for the 64th Annual Convention of the Clinton County Federation of Women's Clubs which will be held May 7 at the Main Street United Church in Ovid with the Crescent Club and Acme Society as hosts. There will be speakers, music and exhibits as well as a noon tour of the Ovid Public Library. It is hoped as many of Clinton County's Club women as possible will attend. Mrs Sarah Buck and Mr and Mrs Malcolm Angell were in Flint Wednesday where they attended the funeral of Roy Rice, 93 year-old brother of Mrs Buck. Mr Rice was a native of Ovid but had lived in Flint several years. Mr and Mrs Dale Bancroft and Greg and Mary Zeigs spent a few days at Great Lakes recently and attended the graduation of Gale Bancroft from recruit training. Larry Gruesbeck, son of Mr and .Mrs Vaun Gruesbeck, returned home March 22 from Ft. Carson, Col., after completing his two years in the Army. He served one year in VietNam. L a w r e n c e B r i g g s entered Owosso Memorial Hospital for treatment Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Jack Bracey have returned home from Florida where they spent several weeks. ' Misses Myra.and Beulah Jack-, son returned home Saturday after spending the winter at Daytona Beach, Fla.

SPRING ALONG THE MAPLE RIVER There hasn't been any over-abundance of snow around Clinton County this winter, but still the streams and rivers through the county are running full and in some cases spilling out of their banks to flood wooded and crop lands. The Clinton County News camera of Sandi Rathbun caught this scenic look at the overflowing Maple River near Hubbardston. Mr and Mrs Frank Sillaway of Lansing called on Mr and Mrs George Sillaway at the Convalescent Manor Sunday. Mr and Mrs Richard DePond and Mr and Mrs Bruce Wiegel spent Sunday at Newaygo, Mrs A.H. -Phelps -and Mrs.C.A.-> Sherwiri have returned home from Florida where they spent three months.

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DAVID J. HENRY, son of Mr and Mrs Donald Henry of St. Johns, was sworn into the United States Air Force April 2 in Jacksonville, Fla., by his sister, Lt. (j.g.) MARILYN I. HENRY, currently stationed at the Naval Air Station Hospital in Jacksonville. He is to report to Lackland Air Force Base, Tex., May 10 where he will undergo basic training.

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HN DEAN R. ORMSBY, son of Mr and Mrs Russell Ormsby of R-6, St, Johns, recently graduated from electrocardiogram school'at the Naval Hospital at B e t h e s d a , Md, He is now stationed in the hospital at the Naval Air Testing Center, Patuxent River, Md, His address is: HN Dean R, Ormsby USN, B 51 29 82, Station Hospital NATC, Patuxent River, Md,, 20670 * * Electronics Technician 3,C. LEE R, ORMSBY, USN, son of Mr and Mrs Russell M. Ormsby of 3314 Watson Road, R-6, St, Johsn, has satisfactorily completed the prescribed course of study at the U. S. Naval School as an electronics t e c h n i c i a n , class A, radar. This was a 52week training course on repair of radar and associated elect r o n i c s e q u i p m e n t , ETR3 Ormsby is being transferred to Glynco, Ga., Naval Air Technical Training Center for 18 weeks of training In maintenance of ground contrdl approach equipment for aircraft. His address is: ETR 3 Lee R, Ormsby, USN B 51 25 15, GGA Maint. School, NATTIC, Glynco, Ga. 31520,

GALE R. BANCROFT, son of Mr and Mrs Dale Bancroft, East First Street, Ovid graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Chicago, 111. on March 29. He is presently spending a 14 day leave at home and upon his return will be attending a submarine school. Army Pvt. TERRY E. DEAN, son of Jack E. Dean of Ovid, and Mrs Dorothy J. Marton of R- 3, St. Johns, and Army Pvt, LOUIS S. SMITH, son of Mrs Mary E. Smith of Bauer Road, Fowler, have been assigned to Company C, 13th Battalion, 4th -Brigade in the United States Army Training Center, Armor, at Ft. Knox, Ky. Both will be spending the next two months learning the fundamental skills of the soldier. Following the completion of basic training, both Pvt. Smith and Pvt. Dean will receive at least an additional eight weeks of either advanced instruction or on-thejob training to qualify him in a specialized military skill. * * HN 3 EDWARD A. ZIEGS, son of Mrs Frances Zieges of 125 W. Williams Street, Ovid and husband of Kae Ziegs of 428

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Business and Professional Announcements, Legal News COURTHOUSE April 1: John Kirby, Hyde Road,' Greenbush twp.,' dwelling Ernest Carter and garage. County Clerk April 1: National Adv. Co., t / Shirl Leathers and Charlotte M-21, Ovid twp., sign. April 1: National Adv. Co., Leathers vs Pennsylvania-New US-27, DeWitt twp., sign (2); York Central Transportation Co. April 1: National Adv. Co., D e r r l l l , Shinabery, adm. of estate Stephan Cipo a/k/a Steve M-21, Bengal twp., sign. April 1: National Adv. Co., Clpo vs George Mt Dayton et al. State Farm Mutal Auto Ins., M-78, Bath twp,, sign. April 1: National Adv. Co., Co. subrogee of James Carson et al vs Albert Ledesma and M-21, Bingham twp., sign. Mario A. Ledesma. April 1: Benito R. Sanches, Bunker Hill Road, watertown Marriage Licenses twp., dwelling and garage. March 28: Leon King, 3739 John. Lee Gundry, 41, of R-2f N, Cedar Street, DeWitt twp., Lansing and Sigrid Dianne Chappell, 28, of 16591 DeWltt Road, garage. Lansing. " Real Estate Transfers f r David Gale Kuhns, 25, of 306 (Prom records in office of Church Street, St. Johns and Register of Deeds) Barbara Jane Deibert, 20, of A. Earle and MableP; Rowland 204 Church Street, St. Johns. Frank A. I. Kobel of Lansing to Richard and .Elizabeth M. and Lillian T.Spitzley of Fowler. Rosier, property in Watertown twp. Paul V. and Sharon Catherine Probate Court HON. TIMOTHY M. GREEN Houghten to Carlton R. and Mary Beth Jarvls, property in theCity Judge of Probate of St. Johns. HELENA M. BURK Mary E. Winson (Est.) To Register of Probate Claudlne V. and Coralene JackWEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1968 son, property in DeWitt twp. Pearl E. West, Claims. Walter L. and Betty Ebnlt to W i l l i a m Irvinng B e a r c e , ' Harold W. and Rose M. Stevens, Claims. property in DeWitt twp. ' Joseph Stehlik, Sr., License Richard L. and Jane A. Brock to Sell. to Herman and Grace Bosma, Margaret Seperlc, Claims. property in the City of St.Johns. Hattle Pope, Final Account. Ernest H. and Lenora A.Gwltt „ ( Charlotte Minnie Tallmadge, to John V. and Betty R. Leppala, Claims. property in DeWitt twp. Ada Davis, Claims. Pauline L. (Wilson) Bullard Alice Marie Oven, License to Thomas D. and Lucille L. to Sell. Clayton, property in Bath twp. George Rashld, Claims. Herbert J.andCatherineClark V i o l e t M. M a u r e r , Final to Robert J. and Noraen J. SiAccount. monsen, property in Eagle twp. Lawrence and Ruth R. Maier THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1968 to Gutav O. and Linda K. Lange, George Tufford, Final Ac- property in Olive twp. count. James H. Doten to Thorny John T. and Thomas E. Red- Acres Sportsman Club, property man, Minors-License to Sell. in Duplaln twp. Sherri Lynn and Robert Mark Robert K. and Jo Ann Sperry Gault, Minors-License to Sell. to Dorr M, Anderson, property Ted Jackson, Final Account. In the City of St. Johns. John W, Rose, Determination Arthur A. Reed to Roy Van of Heirs. Velsor, property in Ovid twp. if 1 Helen R, Fowler to Stern F. City Building Permits Pariscoe, property in the City March 8: Andrew M. Kuhn- of St. Johns. muench, 1007 E. Walker, single Ina Gail Barton Fillingham to family dwelling, Roger R. and Rita C, Snowberger, March 28; Phillip Howe, 608 . property In DeWitt twp, W. Baldwin, build new porch. Adeline F. (Herndon) Whitney to William R. Norse, property County Building in OUve twp. Permits William R. and Sarah J. Morse April 3: Michael R. McMann, to Thomas D. and Lucille L. 101 E. Bennett Street, DeWitt Clayton, property in Olive twp. twp., attached garage. Karl B. and Evelyn G, Bunker April 3: Alden Bunge, corner to Benito R. and Catherine SanUS-27 and Chadwich Road, Olive ches, property in Watertown twp. twp., garage, Floyd M. and Beverly A. DlnApril 2: Oliver A, Gilson, gec to Michael L. and Linda V \ 5872.Meridian Road, Victor twp., DetziPr, property in DeWitt twp, dwelling. Edwin L. and Eunice F. WoodApril 1; Margaret Dennis, 5226 ard to Larry D. and Linda N. Grand River, DeWitt twp., Evitts, property in Victor twp. utility building. Furman Day Investment Co. April 1: Edgecomb and Son,, to Leonard D. and Mary rQ, Builders, Tallman Road, Eagle Steare, property In Watertown twp., dwelling and garage. twp . April 1: Samuel A. Barber, Lake Victoria Land Co. to Chadwick Road, Riley twp., Robert E. and Ruby Tate, propdwelling and garage. erty in Victor twp, • —

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ROBERT WOOD Attorney -at-Law 115 E . Walker St. Phone 224-4604

Dr. H. A. Burkhardt, D.D.S.

TIMOTHY M. GREEN PAUL A. MAPLES Attorneys and Counselors 210 W. Clinton __ Phone 224-2454

JACK WALKER JAMES A. MOORE

General 201 Brush St.

Dentistry Phone 224-7599

OPTOMETRISTS

DR. ALBERT H. NELSON Optometrist , Phone 2244654 110 Spring St.

DR. H. D. SHANE, Optra.

Attorneys-at-Iaw N a f l . Bank Bldg. Phone 2Z4-J241 105 S. Ottawa

HAROLVB. REED PATRICK B. KELLY Attorneys-at-Law Olllce Hours by Appointment Only Phone 224-7484 St. Johns, Mich.

OSTEOPATHIC

Phone 224-4U5 PHYSICIAN

HARRY J. DeVORE, D.O. LARRY W. BADER, D.O.

Hours by Appointment KEMPER & WELLS St. J o a n s , Mich. William C. Kemper, Richard D . Wells 206 W, Walker Phone 224*2368 Attorneys a n d Counselors 100. N. Clinton Ave. Phone 224-3228

William M. Steigerwald, D.O.

CHIROPRACTORS

A. N. SAUDERS

Physlcan and Surgeon Maple Rapids Resident Phone 682-4435 Office Phone 682*4311

Chiropractic Physician 204 N . Oakland St, Phone Z24-Z157 PHYSICIANS a n d DENTISTS

DR. H. L. OATLEY Dentist IPS Maple Ave.

Phone 224-7012

DR. D. R. W H I T E , D.D.S. General Dpntistry Phone 224-2U68 10B Brush St. fit. Johns

DR. R 7 W O H L E R S , Dentist"

SURGEONS

S. R. RUSSELL, M.D., F.A.C.S. J. M. GROST, M.D. Office Hours 2:00 t o 5:00 p . m . Dally except Thursdays and Sundays 210 E . Walker' Phone 224-2338

~ P A U L P. STOLLER, M3>. Office Hours by Appointment Only 308 N . Mead Phone 224-2HiO

101 Spring s u p h o n e 244*4712 W. F . STEPHENSON, M.D. Office Hours "by Appointment Closed Saturdays 510 E . Walker St, Johns P h o n e 224*2752 DR. BRUCE GRDJICH

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General Dentistry By Appointment Phone 669*3220 , -East DeWitt Medical-Dental Dldff. 13020 B. US-27 E a s t DeWitt

?*DR. C. W. LUMBERT, D.i>7s~

103 S. Ottawa

VETERINARIAN

DR. NELSOtf S. HOWE, JR.

Olfice Hours: 1-2, 7*8 p . m . Weekday* Phone 224*4787 903 N . Clinton Ave, Phone 224-2308

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John and Mary A. Bartell to John F. and Ernestine E. Bartell, property in DeWitt twp. Mary E. Page to Alden M. and Mary Ellen Page, property in Ovid twp. Clare W. and Lizzie Stone to Charles and Walter Clock, property in the Village of Ovid, Robert E. and Rosella M. Ballard to LaVerne E. and Valerie A. Tudor, property in DeWitt twp. Robert E. and Rosella M. Ballard to' Lloyd E, and Marjorie Ballard, property in DeWitt twp. Arnold C. and Pearl L.Tucker to Keusch Bros., property in DeWitt twp. St, Johns Development Co. to Bruce H. and Virginia Fowler, property in the City of St. Johns. John and Dolores J. Kazenko to Ernest J. and Ruth T, Timko, property in DeWitt twp. Gels Agency, Inc., to Capitol Savings and Loan, property in DeWitt twp. Thomas M. and C a r o l E. Schafer to John H. and Elsie L. Douglas, property in DeWitt twp. David E. and Marjorie M. Mohnke to Charles and Patricia. Zarka, property In Watertown twp. Steve and Victoria Slamka to .Frank C. Rivest, property in Duplaln twp. Ronald and Virginia McCcumb to Loyal L. and Edna C. McCrum'b, property in the Village of Eagle. Lyle G. and Marcia Greenwood to Richard G. Dershem, property in Essex twp. James R. and Evelyn J. Boyce to Alice L. Shivley, property in the City of St. Johns.

Kincnid District Mrs Porter C. P a r k s Mr and Mrs Clyde Jenks J r of Lansing were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Porter Parks and girls. The Jenks have just returned from a two week vacation in Florida. Mrs Don Hennlng and children visited Mr and Mrs Porter Parks and girls Sunday afternoon. G e o r g e B a l m e r and Dell Schmldtman attended the open house at the Airport Sunday, The Neighborhood Society will meet at the home of Thelma Schmldtman A p r i l 18. T h e r e will be a white elephant sale.

M. ZippeVAdmlnistrator, 108 Dunlap, Lansing, Michigan, prior to s a i d hearing. . Publication a n d service shall b e m a d e a s provided b y Statute a n d Court Rule. J- m . TIMOTHY M . G R E E N , J u d g e of P r o b a t e . D a t e d : M a r c h 20, 1968. Robert S, Brooks Attorney lor E s t a t e 621 W. Allegan St. Lansing, Michigan 49*3 Claims Cunningham—June 12 S T A T E O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e Court for the County of Clinton. E s t a t e of MARION T . CUNNINGHAM, Deceased I t is Ordered that on Wednesday, J u n e 12, 1968, at 9:30 A.M., in the P r o b a t e Courtroom In the Courthouse ip St. Johns, Michigan a hearing b e held at which ail creditors of said deceased a r e required to prove their claims a n d heirs will be determined. Creditors m u s t file s w o r n claims witn the Court and s e r v e a copy on L. G. Cunningham, Executor, 122 W. Howe, Lansing, Michigan, prior to said hearing. Publication a n d service shall b e m a d e a s provided by Statute a n d Court Rule. TIMOTHY M. G R E E N , J u d g e of P r o b a t e . Dated: March 20, 1968. Robert H. Wood, Attorney for E s t a t e 115 E . Waiker St. Johns, Michigan 49-3 Claims EUwanger—June 12 STATE O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e Court tor the County of Clinton. E s t a t e of DANIEL ELLWANGER, Deceased I t Is Ordered that on J u n e 12, 1968, at 10:00 A.M., in the P r o b a t e Courtr o o m In St. Johns, Michigan a hearing b e held at which all creditors of said deceased a r e required to p r o v e their claims. Creditors m u s t tile a sworn claims s t a t e m e n t with t h e Court and serve a copy on Howard Ellsworth Shaffer, P.O. Box 546, Lansing, Michigan, prior to said hearing. publication a n d service shall b e m a d e a s provided by Statute a n d Court Rule. TIMOTHY M. G R E E N , J u d g e of P r o b a t e . Dated: March 21, 1968. William C. K e m p e r Attorney for E s t a t e 100 North Clinton Avenue St. Johns, Michigan 49-3 Claims Zischke—June 12 STATE O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e Court for the County of Clinton. * E s t a t e of MARIE ZISCHKE, Deceased I t is Ordered that on Wednesday, J u n e 12, 1968, a t 11:00 A . M . , . i n t h e P r o b a t e Courtroom a t St. J o h n s, Michigan a hearing b e held a t which all creditors of said deceased a r e required to prove their claims, and heirs will be d e t e r m i n e d . Creditors m u s t file sworn claims with t h e court and serve a copy on Lynden A, Zischke, Administrator, R-4, Lansing, Michigan, prior to said hearing. Publication a n d service shall b e m a d e a s provided by Statute a n d Court Rule. TIMOTHY M. G R E E N , J u d g e of P r o b a t e . D a t e d : March 25, 1968. " Ronald VanBuren Attorney for E s t a t e 242 Kent Street Portland, Michigan 49-3

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LEGAL NOTICES

Claims Harr—June 12 STATE O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e Court for the County of Clinton. E s t a t e of CHRISTINE HARR, Deceased I t is O r d e r e d that on Wednesday, J u n e 12, 1968, a t 9:30 A.M., in the P r o b a t e Courtroom at St. J o h n s , Michigan a hearing be held a t which a l l creditors of said deceased a r e r e quired to prove their claims. Creditors m u s t file sworn claims with the Court and s e r v e a copy on M a r v m H a r r , 105 W. P a r k , St. Johns, Michigan, prior to said hearing. Publication a n d service shall b e m a d e as provided by Statute a n d Co«rt Rule, ^ Q ^ M, G R E E N ) J u d g e of P r o b a t e . D a t e d : March 20, 1968. Walker & Moore B y : J a m e s A. Moore Attorney for Administrator Clinton National Bank Bldg. St. Johns, Michigan 49-3 Sale ' Harr—May 1 STATE O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e Court for the County of Clinton. E s t a t e of CHRISTINE HARR, Deceased I t is Ordered t h a t o n Wednesday, M a y 1. 1968, a t 9:30 A.M., In the P r o b a t e Courtroom in St. J o h n s , Michigan a hearing be held on the petition of M a r v i n J . H a r r for license to sell real e s t a t e of said deceased. Persons interested in said e s t a t e a r e directed to a p p e a r a t said hearing to show cause why such license should not be granted. publication a n d service shall b e m a d e as provided by Statute a n d

Gonigal, Administrator tor allowance of his final account. Publication a n d service shall b e m a d e a s provided b y Statute a n d Court Rule. TIMOTHY M. G R E E N , J u d g e ot P r o b a t e . D a t e d : March 27, 1063. R o b e r t H. Wood. A t t o r n e y for E s t a t e 115 E . Walker St. Johns, Michigan 50-3 P i n a l Account Humphreys—May 8 S T A T E O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e Court for the County of Clinton. E s t a e of BASH, E R I C HUMPHREYS, Deceased I t is O r d e r e d that on Wednesday, M a y 8, 1968, a t 9:30 A.M., in the P r o b a t e Courtroom In St. J o h n s , Michigan a hearing be held on the petition of Basil Humphreys, J r . , administrator for allowance of his final account. Publication a n d service shall b e m a d e a s provided b y Statute a n d c o u r t Rule. TIMOTHY M. G R E E N , Judge of P r o b a t e . D a t e d : March 28, 1968. Walker & Moore B y : J a m e s A. Moore Attorney for Administrator Clinton National Bank Bldg. St. Johns, Michigan 50-3 O R D E R TO ANSWER S T A T E O F MICHIGAN—In the Circuit Court for the County of Clinton. Derriil Shinabery, Administrator of the E s t a t e of Stephen Clpo, A / K , A M e v e Cipo, D e c e a s e d PlainUif vs. George M. Dayton, Mrs George M. Dayton, M a r y C. h a l e , M a r y c h a n d ler Hale, J a m e s Vv. bander^on, M r s J . W, Brooks, Deltla M. Horer, Administratrix De Bonis Non W/W/A of t n e E s t a t e of J o h n - T . R e m e y , Deceased, Uien D . Cain, Nina Cam, George Vansinger, M r s George Vansinger, J . W. Sanderson, J a m e s W. banderson, Grace Vv. Sanderson, Sahll R e a l t y Company, Inc., A Florida Corporation, Santl Realty Co., inc., T r u s t e e of 09 Northwest itf3th Avenue, Miami, County of u a u e , Florida, William W. Flanagan, Executor of the E s t a t e of G r a c e W. Sanderson, Deceased, George L. Baker, M r s George L. Bauer, n a t i o n a l State B a n k of Burlington, Iowa, F i r s t Iowa State 'iTust ana Savings Barm of Burlington, Iowa, Iowa s t a t e Savings bantt, and their unknown heirs, aevisees, legatees, assigns and successors Defendants On the 1st d a y of April, A.D. 1968 an action w a s u i e a by Derriil Shinabery, Administrator of the E s t a t e ot Stepnen Cipo, A / i V A Steve Cipo, Deceased against tne above captioned .uetendants and tneir unknown heirs, devisees, l e g a t e e s and assigns, in tnis Court to quiet u u e to a certain piece of property described a s : The West one halfM'A) of the Northeast one q u a r t e r (NE'A) of Section Twenty JBive (^5), l o w n *1vc (5J Norm, Range I w o (2) West, DeWitt Townsnip, Clinton County, Michigan. I t is hereby o r d e r e d that the above captioned Defendants, and their unknown heirs, aevisees, legatees, and assigns shall answer or take such outer action a s m a y b e permitted by l a w on or before the 3rd d a y of J u n e , A.D. lutitt a t 9 o'clock in the judgment by default against such Del e n a a n t s ior the reilet d e m a n d e d in tne c o m p l a i n t filed i n this Court. LEU W. COHK3N, Circuit Judge D a t e of Order: April 1, 1968 R o b e r t H. Wood Attorney for Plaintiff 50*4

Will Coykendall—May 1 STATE O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e Court for the County of Clinton. E s t a t e of Claims Harr—June 19 FRANK D E E COYKENDALL, ' S T A T E O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e , Deceased Court for the County ot Clinton. I t is Ordered that on Wednesday, E s t a t e of May 1, 1968, a t 9:30 A.M., In the P r o JOHN B . HARR, Deceased bate Courtroom in St. J o h n s . MichiIt is Ordered that on Wednesday, gan a hearing be held on the petition or Charles E v e r e s t for probate J u n e 19, 1968, at 9:30 A.M., in the of a purported will, and for appoint- P r o b a t e Courtroom In St. J o h n s , m e n t gf Administrator and for a de- Michigan a hearing b e held a t which all creditors of said deceased a r e r e termination of heirs. Publication a n d service shall b e quired to prove their claims. Credimade as provided b y Statute a n d tors m u s t file sworn claims with the court and s e r v e a copy on M a r v i n Court Rule. TIMOTHY M. G R E E N , Harr, 105 W. P a r k , St. Johns, MichiJudge of P r o b a t e , gan, prior to said hearing. Publication a n d service shall b e D a t e d : March 25, 1968. m a d e a s provided b y Statute a n d William C. K e m p e r Court Rule. ^ ^ M< G R E E N , Attorney for E s t a t e J u d g e of P r o b a t e . 100 North Clinton A v e n u e St. Johns, Michigan 49-3 D a t e d : April 3, 1968. Walker & Moore B y : J a m e s A. Moore Claims schmltt—June 19 Attorney for Administrator Clinton National Bank Bldg. STATE O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e St. Johns, Michigan 51-3 Court for t h e County of Clinton. E s t a t e of REGINA SCHMITT, Deceased Heirs Oden—May 8 I t is Ordered t h a t on Wednesday, STATE O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e J u n e 18, 1968, at 9:30 A.M.. in the P r o b a t e Courtroom in St. J o h n s , Court for the County of Clinton. Michigan a hearing b e held at which E s t a t e of all creditors of s a i d d e c e a s e d a r e ISABEL A. ODEN, Deceased required to prove their claims. CrediI t is O r d e r e d t h a t on Wednesday, tors m u s t file sworn claims with the M a y 8, 1968, a t 10:30 A.M., in the court and s e r v e a copy on Rev AlP r o b a t e Courtroom in St. J o h n s , b e r t J . Schmltt, c / o Holy Trinity, Michigan a hearing b e held on t h e Fowler, Michigan prior to said hearing. petition ot Leon H. Wlrth for appointment of an administrator, and Publication a n d service shall b e for a determination of heirs. m a d e a s provided b y Statute a n d Publication a n d service shall b e Court Rule. m a d e as provided by Statute a n d TIMOTHY M. G R E E N , Court Rule. ^ o ^ M> G R E E N , J u d g e of P r o b a t e . D a t e d : M a r c h 27,1968. J u d g e of P r o b a t e . Walker & Moore D a t e d : April 1, 1968. B y : J a m e s A. Moore Louis E . Wlrbet Attorney for Executor Attorney for Petitioner Clinton National Bank Bldg. 200 S. Bridge St. St. Johns, Michigan 60-3 Grand Ledge, Michigan 51-3

Claims Newman—June 19 STATE O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e Court for the County o t Clinton. E s t a t e of LOELLA NEWMAN, Deceased I t is Ordered that on Wednesday, J u n e 19, 1968, a t 10:00 A.M., in the P r o b a t e Courtroom in the City of St. Johns, Michigan a hearing b e held on claims of the above eBtate a t which all creditors of said deceased are r e quired to prove their claims; Creditors m u s t .file sworn claims with the court and serve a copy on F . Merrill Wyble, Administrator, W.W.A., 3938 Capitol City Blvd., Lansing, Michigan, prior t o said hearing. TIMOTHY M . G H E E N , Publication a n d service shall b e J u d g e of P r o b a t e . m a d e as provided by Statute a n d Court Rule. D a t e d : March 21, 1968. TIMOTHY M . G R E E N , Walker & Moore J u d g e of P r o b a t e . B y i J a m e s A. Moore ' D a t e d : March 27, 1068. Attorney for Administrator F Merrill Wyble Clinton National Bank Bldg. St. Johns, Michigan 49-3 Attorney for J a c o b N c w m a i r 3939 Capital City Blvd. Lansing, Michigan 50-3 Claims Zlppel—June 12 S T A T E O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e F i n a l Account Dolton—May S Court for the County of Clinton. STATE O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e E s t a t e of Court for the County of Clinton, DALE I>. ZU7PEL, Deceased E s t a t e of I t is Ordered t h a t on Wednesday, . HARRY EDWARD DOLTON J u n e 12, 1968, a t 10:30 A.M., in the A / K / A J A K E DOLTON, Deceased P r o b a t e Courtroom In St. J o h n s , Michigan a hearing b e held at which I t is Ordered that on Wednesday, a l l creditors of said d e c e a s e d a r e M a y B, 1968, a t 10:00 A.M., In the required to prove their claims. Credi* P r o b a t e Courtroom in the Courthouse tors m u s t file sWorn claims with the in St. Johns, Michigan a hearing be Court and s e r v e a copy on H e r m a n held on the petition ot Chester M o

F i n a l Account Gwllt, Durham—May 8 STATE O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e Court for the County ot Clinton. Estate.of E R N E S T o r LENORA GWSLT, K E N N E T H DURHAM, et a l Owners of Abandoned P r o p e r t y I t Is Ordered that on Wednesday, M a y 8, 1968, a t 11 A.M., in the Pro* b a t e Courtroom, St. Johns, Michigan, a hearing b e held for the examination a n d allowance of the F i r s t and Final Account ot Glenn T . Cheney, Public Administrator of said estates, and on his petition for allowance ot fees and assignment of the residue of said e s t a t e s to the State Board of E s c h e a t s , ' as provided by law. Publication a n d service shall be m a d e a s provided by Statute a n d Court Rule, ™ 0 T H y M. GREEN> J u d g e of P r o b a t e . D a t e d : April 1, 1968. Glenn T . Cheney, Administrator Attorney for E r n e s t or Lenora Gwilt and Kenneth Durham, e t a l 518 N ; Washington A v e . Lansing, Michigan \ "*3 Claims Mayer—June 28 STATE O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e Court for the County of Clinton. E s t a t e ot J O S E P H MAYER, Deceased I t Is Ordered that on Wednesday, J u n e 28, 1968, at 8:30 A.M., in the P r o b a t e Courtroom in SL J o h n s ,

Michigan a hearing b e held a t which all creditors of said deceased are r e "quired to prove their claims. Creditors m u s t file sworn claims with the court a n d s e r v e a copy on Arthur P . Bond, Administrator W.W.R. of 1189 E . Walker, St. Johns, Michigan, prior to said hearing and that heirs m a y b e determined. Publication a n d service s h a l l . b e m a d e a s provided by Statute a n d Court Rule. TIMOTHY M . G R E E N , J u d g e of P r o b a t e . D a t e d : April 5. 1968. Walker & Moore B y : J a m e s A. Moore Attorney for Administrator W.W.A. Clinton National Bank Bldg. St. Johns, Michigan 51-3 Sale Clark—May 15 STATE O F MICHIGAN—The P r o b a t e Court tor the County of Clinton. E s t a t e of ARTHUR J . CLARK, Deceased I t is Ordered that on Wednesday, M a y 15, 1968, a t 9:30 A.M., In the P r o b a t e Courtroom In St. J o h n s , Michigan a hearing b e held on the petition of Gerald Shepard for license t o seU r e a l e s t a t e of said deceased. P e r s o n s interested in said estate are directed to appear at said hearing to show cause w h y such license should n o t b e granted. Publication a n d service shall be m a d e as provided by Statute a n d Court Rule. TIMOTHY M . G R E E N , Judge of P r o b a t e . Dated: April 3, 1988. * Walker & Moore B y : J a c k Walker Attorney for Administrator W.W.A. Clinton National Bank Bldg. St. Johns. Michigan 51-3 NOTICE O F MORTGAGE SALE Default having been m a d e in the conditions of a certain Mortgage m a d e by Wilbur H. Crane and Nancy A. Crane, husband and wife, to National Homes Acceptance Corporation, an Indiana corporation, dated January 22, 1955, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for t h e County of Clinton and State of Michigan, on J a n u a r y 26, 1955, In Libfr 211 of Mortgages, on page 451: and said mortgage having been assigned to T h e Onondaga County Savings Bank, Syracuse, New York, and sub* sequently assigned from The Onondaga County Savings Bank to National Homes Acceptance Corporation, by assignment dated F e b r u a r y 13, 1958, recorded March 4, 1963 in Liber 251 page 32, Clinton County R e c o r d s ; and said mortgagors having subsequently conveyed said premises to Sidney W. Martin a n d Donna V. Martin, husband and wife, by warranty deed dated May 31, 1956, r e corded J u n e 4, 1956 in Liber 285 page 223, Clinton County Records on which Mortgage there is claimed' to be due at the d a t e of this notice, for principal and interest, t h e s u m of F o u r Thousand Six Hundred Fortyfive and 77/100 ($4,645.77) Dollars, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now r e maining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby t h e power of sale contained in said Mortgage has b e c o m e operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby G i \ e n that by virtue of the power of sale contained In said Mortgage and i n pursuance of the statute i n such case m a d e and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or s o much thereof a s m a y b e necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the north front door of the Courthouse in the City of St. Johns, and County of Clinton, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and t o r said County, on J u n e Z5, 1968, a t 10:00 o'clock local t i m e in the forenoon of said day, and said premises will b e sold to pay the amount so a s aforesaid then due on said Mortgage to-

Fatty-Eight and 22/100 Dollars (?3,gether with legal costs, Attorneys' 748,22) principal; and the s u m of fees and also a n y t a x e s and insurTwo Hundred Twenty-Five and 64/100 ance that said Mortgagee does p a y Dollars ($225.64) interest; a n d no on or prior to the d a t e of said sale; suit or proceeding a t law or in equity which said premises a r e described in said Mortgage a s follows, to-wit: . having been instituted to r e c o v e r the debt or any part thereof, secured by Property situated In the Village of said indenture of mortgage, and the DeWitt, County of Clinton, State of power of sale in sala indenture of Michigan, described a s follows; m o r t g a g e contained' having become L o t I and the E a s t 7 feet of L o t operative by reason of such default. 2,"Evelyn Cutler R e p l a t of Lots NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that 21 and 22 of Viewcrest River Adon the 30th day of May, 1968, a t 11:00 dition to the Village ot DeWitt o'clock i n the forenoon, a t the front on the South fraction of t h e NW entrance of the Courthouse in the . V* of Sec. 8 and replat of p a r t of City of St. Johns, that being the Outlot G Assessor's P l a t of VHplace for holding the Circuit Court . lage ot DeWitt, T5N, R2W, Vill o r the County oi Clinton, Michigan, lage of DeWitt, Clinton County, there will be offered for sale and Michigan, according to the r e sold to the highest bidder a t public corded plat thereof a s recorded auction or vendue, for the purpose September 24, 1054 in Liber 2 of of satisfying the amounts due and P l a t s on page 43, safd Clinton unpaid on said mortgage, together County records. with all legal costs a n a charges uf The redemption period a s d e t e r m bale, including an attorney lee in ined under Section 27 A. 3240 of Michthe a m o u n t of One Hundred Fifty igan Statutes Annotated is twelve (12) and No/lUO Dollars ($150,00) as pro*" months from the time of such sale. vided lh said mortgage. The lanas NATIONAL HOMES ACCEPTANCE and premises in saia mortgage menCORPORATION, Mortgagee tioned a r e described as follows: Dated: March 28, 1968 The entire of Lots 1 and 2, and Fraser, Trebllcock, Davis Be F o s t e r that p a r t of Lot No. 3 which lies Attorneys for Mortgagee Southerly of and adjacent to a Michigan National T o w e r line described as beginning at a Lansing, Michigan 49-13 point which Is N 88" 19' 30" \Vest 33 feet lrom the Southeast corner of said Section 36; thence N 6U" MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE 32* 40" West 414.25 feet to the NOTICE point of ending of this described D E F A U L T having been m a d e in land; All in P l a t of Culver's Sub*he t e r m s and conditions of a cerdivision, Watertown T o w n s h i p , tain nvrttK-ee m a d e b y Stanley Clinton County, Michigan;; C h a f e s Wrieht imd Judith R. Wright, AND husband pnd wife, of the Township That part of the Northeast F r a c ' of Ovid. Countv of Clinton and State tional »A of the. Northeast Fracof Michigan, mortgagors, given b y tional 'A of Section 1, T4N, R3W, them to the Administrator of Vetdescribed a s : Commencing 33 feet erans Affairs, whose principal office West of the Northeast corner of and post office address is: T h e Vetsaid Section 1, thence West 1671A e r a n s /Administration. Washington, D . feet; thence South 49 feet; thence C , dated J a n u a r y 19, 1965 and r e E a s t 107ME feet; thence North 49 corded in the Office of the Register feet to the place of beginning; of Deeds for Clinton County, MichiDelta Township, E a t o n County, gan on F e b r u a r y 1, 1965 in Liber 242, Michigan. pages 268 through 271 inclusive, on which mortgage there is claimed to NOTICE IS F U R T H E R HEREBY' be due as of F e b r u a r v 26, 1968 the GIVEN that the period for redempsum of $15,068.89: and no suit or tion of said lands and premises shall other proceeding at law or in equibe six («) months from the date of ty having been instituted to recovsale hereunder. er the debt, or any part thereof, s e - ^ Dated: F e b r u a r y 29, 1968. cured b y said I n d e n t u r e of Mortgage, AMERICAN ANNUITY L I F E and the power of sale in said indenINSURANCE COMPANY, ture of mortgage contained having A Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee become operative by reason of such Foster, Campbell, Llndemer and default; > McGurrin, Attorneys ior Mortgagee NOTICE is hereby given that on Business Address: Tuesday, the 28th d a y of May, 1968 WW American Bank and Trust Bldg. at 10:G0 o'clock in the forenoon of Lansing, Michigan 45-13 said d a y a t the Main E n t r a n c e t o the County Bldg., in the City of St. Johns, Michigan, that being the MORTGAGE SALE place for holding the Circuit Court Default having been m a d e in the for the County of Clinton, there will conditions of a m o r t g a g e , o n single be offered for sale and sold to the residence properly not m o r e than 3 highest bidder at public auction or acres in size made by CLAUDE L. vendue for the purpose of satisfying B U T L E R and KAYE BUTLER, his the amounts due and unpaid on said Wife, Mortgagors, to Citizens Mortmortgage, together with all legal gage Corporation, a Michigan Corpo. costs and charges of sale. Including ration, Mortgagee, dated April 21, attorney fees allowed by law and 1965, and recorded on April 23, 1965, also a n y sums which m a y h a v e been in Liber 242 of Mortgages, on P a g e paid by the undersigned a s neces956, Clinton County Records, and assary to protect its interest in the signed by said Mortgagee to MANUpremises, the premises described as FACTURERS NATIONAL BANK O F follows: DETROIT, a National Banking Association, by an assignment dated Bcglnlng at the Northeast l corMay 10, 1965, and recorded on May ner of the West >A of the SE A of 20, 1965, in Liber 243 of Mortgages, Section 25, Town 7 North, Range on P a g e 239, Clinton County Records, 1 West, thence South 165 feet, Michigan, on which mortgage there is thence W 25i feet, thence North 165 claimed to be due at the d a t e hereof feet, thence E a s t 264 feet to the the sum of T H I R T E E N THOUSAND place of beginning, in the Twp. of NINE HUNDRED TWENTY - FOUR Ovid, County of Clinton and State and 13/100 ($13,924.13) DOLLARS, inof Michigan, eluding interest at 5V*% per annum, the period of t i m e during which this .which is m o r e than 66-2/3% of the property m a y b e r e d e e m e d is s i x original indebtedness secured b y said (6) months and the redemption permortgage. iod shall run until six months from the date of sale, which is May 28, Under the power or sale contained 1968. in said Mortgage and the statute in such case m a d e and provided, notice W. J . Driver, Administrator of is hereby given that said mortgage Veterans Affairs, will be foreclosed by a sale of the By N . A. McLEAN mortgaged premises, or s o m e p a r t of Glassen, P a r r , Rhead & McLean them, at public vendue, at the main Attorneys for Mortgagee entrance to the County Building, in Business Address; 800 Davenport the City of St. Johns. County of ClinBldg., Lansing, Michigan 48933 ton and State of Michigan, a t 10 o'clock fn the forenoon, on Friday, D a t e d : February 26, 1068 45-13 the 14th d a y ot J U N E , 1988, with a redemption period of six months. NOTICE O F MORTGAGE SALE Said premises a r e situated In the Default having been m a d e in the Township of DeWitt, Clinton County, condition of a certain indenture of Michigan, and are described a s : mortgage m a d e on the 11th day of Lot No. 150, Clinton Village No. 2, October, 19b5, by Joseph A. Glasoa Subdivision of p a r t ot the Northvatz, Sr. and Elizabeth (also known east y« of Section 27, Town 5 as Elizabeth B.) Glasovatz, husband North, Range 2 West, DeWitt and wife, as Mortgagor, given by Township, Clinton County, Micht h e m to A m e r i c a n Annuity Life Inigan, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded on Febsurance Company, a Michigan corruary 10, 1956, In Liber 2 of P l a t s , poration, of Lansing, Michigan, as on P a g e 53, said Clinton County Mortgagee, and recorded on the 13th Records. d a y of October, 1965, i n the office Dated: March 5, 1968, of the Register of Deeds for Clinton County, Michigan, in Liber 244 of MANUFACTURERS NATIONAL Mortgages, on pages 648-9; and reBANK O F DETROIT, corded on t h e 5th d a y of November, a National Banking Association, 1965, in the office of the Register of Assignee of Mortgagee. Deeds for Eaton County, Michigan, Mr Marlon H, C r a w m e r in Liber 371 of Mortgages, on pages Monagham, McCrone, Campbell & 515-6; on which m o r t g a g e there is Crawmer, Attorneys claimed to b e due and unpaid as 1732 Buhl Bldg., Detroit, Mich. 48226 df the d a t e of this Notice, the sum 47-13 of T h r e e Thousand Seven Hundred 1-313-961-0473

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FARM SERVICES Purina Feeds Means $ S $ in Your Pocket

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CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, St. Johns, Michigan

First Mule The first mule bred in this country of which there is a r e c o r d was one bred by George Washington. The first jack Drought to America was resented to Washington by le king of Spain.

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Soybeans 'fastest' state crop Soybeans, the fastest expanding major crop In the United States and Michigan, are the most Important U.S. export crop, according to Stuart C, Hlldebrand, Michigan State University crop sclen-

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Barley • Oat3 • Corn • Navy Beans • Soybeans • Potatoes • Wheat

M I C H I G A N CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Michigan State University/Room 412 A g Hall East Lansing, Michigan 48823

Lagoon system bid letting halted OVID-Blds will not be let on construction of a v i l l a g e sewage Jagoon system until the M i c h i g a n Municipal Finance Commission approves a date for . the bonds to be sold, Village President Harvey Darling reported last week. Bids have been advertised and received. The sewage system will •cost about $682,000.

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BOB FEDEWA Agent DeWitt, Mich, Phone 669-9815

tion facing farmers at this time. MMPA's policy states: "Under no circumstances should extraordinary governmental regulations or bans be Imposed in r e s p o n s e to uninformed even though well-meaning pressure g e n e r a t e d bynon-agricultural groups." Strbng moves advocated by conservationists in r e c e n t months may be needed, but they should be undertaken only with careful study and then by those who have long worked with pesticides, the MMPA delegates indicated. "WE OPPOSE ANY attempt to remove authority for control of pesticides from the Michigan 'Department of Agriculture, and we urge that department to work closely with other agencies of

New barley OK'd by MSU

Faultfinders usually carry a microscope with them, but they seldom look into a mirror.

THE SALE IS ON . . .

MMPA wants pesticide control retained as is

tlst. The scientist said-that U.S. Farmers produce about twothirds of the world's soybean consumption. In 1967 Michigan's soybeans passed the 500,000 acre mark, The Michigan Milk Producers p r o d u c i n g over 10 m i l l i o n Assn. has taken a strong stand in bushels. The national figures were one billion bushels from favor of keeping control of agriabout ,40 million acres, Hilde- cultural pesticides in the Michigan Department of Agriculture. brand said. The action came at the MMPA . Although soybeans are basically a Midwest crop, they are annual delegate meeting, when also being grown in the southern 400 representatives of the 7,900 and southeastern states. Illinois members of the state's largest leads the nation In acreage (about dairy farmer cooperative adopted six million) and bushels and fre- policy guidelines for the future. Besides the position on pestiquently In yield per acre. The cides, MMPA delegates endorsed 1967 Illinois average was 31 bushels per acre, compared with a proposed new advertising proMichigan's average of 22 bushels gram to be paid for through a mandatory contribution by all per acre. Michigan dairy f a r m e r s , and Hlldebrand reports an esti- strongly backed adequate state mated 30 per cent of the nation's financing of research on cattle soybean crop is exported in the problems. form of whole beans, oil and The pesticides matter, now numerous oil meal products. The chief importers are Japan, before the Michigan Legislature, Canada, Pakistan, India and sev- may be the most pressing queseral western European countries. THE BEANS AND their products are used in a variety' of forms. About 90 per cent of the A new winter barley variety, oil used In the United States goes into margarine, shortening, salad e s p e c i a l l y adapted to t h e and cooking oils, and mayonnaise northern fringe of Michigan's and salad dressings, Hlldebrand winter barley growningarea, has said. Almost all of the oil meal been released by Michigan State Is used as protein supplement University. in poultry and anlmalfeeds. About The variety, Lakeland, was one-third of Michigan's soybeans developed by Dr John Graflus, are grown in Monroe and Lenawee MSU crop scientist. counties in the southeastern part The field trials conducted at of the state. Saginaw County has East Lansing over the past five the next largest acreage, he said. years, Lakeland has averaged 82 There are very few acres in soy- bushels an acre — 12 more than beans north of Isabella, Midland the a v e r a g e for the Hudson and Arenac counties because the variety. northern growing season is too In announcing the new variety, short The earlier varieties that Dr Lawrence O. Copeland, MSU are available yield less, he said. crop s c i e n c e Extension spec"Soil quality is just as im- ialist, said the Lakeland Is best portant to soybeans as It Is to adapted to the northern fringe of corn," Hlldebrand said. "Soys the winter barley area which indo better on fertile,well-drained cludes counties as far south as soils and yield poorly on drought Ingham and a s far n o r t h as soils." They are grown success- Gratiot. He said the variety has fully on muck or organic soils in not performed well in southern the southern part of the Lower M i c h i g a n w h e r e its w i n t e r Peninsula where late spring and hardiness is not as critical to early fall killing frosts are not good yields. a serious problem. Michigan's a v e r a g e soybean yield is 22 bushels per acre. This doesn't sound bad until we consider that some growers average higher than 40 bushels per acre and others are producing less than 15 bushels per acre. "At this lower level of production, soybeans are not aprofitable crop," Hlldebrand said. "We need more growers in the 40 - 50 bushel class."

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Thursday, ^ p r i l 11, 1968

Copeland further noted that Lakeland is superior to Hudson in lodging resistance, but is slightly inferior in test weight (kernel size). However, Hudson is superior in yield In southwestern Michigan. • Copeland and Graflus further noted that Lakeland does not have good malting quality and will be used as feed. They said both certified and foundation seed forthe new Lakeland variety will be made available In 1968. The certified seed will be sold at most grain elevators, while the foundation seed will be sold through the Michigan Foundation Seed,

Corn growers must consider early varieties

Corn farmers must c h a n g e their prejudices against early maturing varieties to minimize harvest losses, get more dry grain, and have a longer and better harvest season. This is the opinion of John Comstock of Adrian, county Extension agricultural agent in Motorists looking for greener Lenawee County, one of Michipastures in the spring of the gan's largest corn growing counyear should be on the alert for ties. deer grazing along the highway, Speaking at a recent marketthe State Highway Commission ing clinic at Michigan State Uniwarns, t versity, he said farmers were The big Michigan whitetails, "confused" about moisture disso evasive during the hunting counts at elevators during most s e a s o n , are an increasingly corn harvest seasons. Much of deadly target for motorists. the discount problem could be There were 7,077 car-deer avoided, he explained, if farmers accidents In 1967, an increase would plant early maturing vaof nearly 14 per cent over 1966. rieties that yield high in trials. Three persons were killed and Too many corn growers haul investigating authorities suspect too much grain to elevators at that deer were also responsible peak harvest time in the Octofor some one-car f a t a l i t i e s . ber-November harvest in MichiAttempting to avoid deer at high- gan, said Comstock.- When eleway speeds can lead to serious vators get more corn than their collisions with other objects. facilities will dry, many increase Lower Michigan m o t o r i s t s , the price discount deductions for secure in the belief that/'it can't moisture, primarily b e c a u s e happen here," should be extra they want farmers to quit hauling. cautious. More than 6,000 of The Lenawee County agricullast year's car-deer accidents tural agent said elevators would were in"the Lower Penlnsulaand have better public relations with more than half of these were near farmers If they would refuse to heavily populated areas. The take wet corn when they are heaviest tolls were near Howell, loaded to capacity, rather than Jackson, Battle Creek, and in raising the discount on wet grain. Barry County. Standardization of methods of The Department of State High- measuring moisture by elevators ways has experimented with sev- would also help farmers undereral proposed methods of keeping stand the moisture problem, he deer off highways, to no avail, noted. so It's up to motorists to be on i the lookout. Farmers should plant s o m e The highway commission r e - land to the good early varieties minded d r i v e r s that a d e e r listed in the MSU Extension Bulgrazing along a highway is a letin "Corn Hybrids Compared," s p e c t a c u l a r sight, but if the Comstock said. These hybrids animal turns and leaps in front will help farmers get more cribof a car it can be a frightening or bin-ready corn at harvest and often dangerous experience. time this fall.

Watch out for deer on highways

AUCTION SALE 4 miles north of Owosso, via M-47, then 1 1/2 miles west at 2100 W. Juddville Rd.

SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 10:00 a.m. THIS IS A PARTIAL LISTING 1960 Massey Ferguson Model 65 Tractor, with rear oil v line control, 1939 IHC Model H Tractor, 2 row cultivator with tool bar extension for 4 row and 2 row bean puller, new rubber; both tractors have new paint Job. Massey Ferguson 3-14 in. Trip Bottom Plow. Ford 4 row Rear mount Cultlvatdr." John Deere 4 row Planter, No, 66 JHC No, 37 Eleven ft. Wheel Disc. Case 12 ft. Spring Tooth, A C Model 66 Combine with bean pickup. Oliver 18 Combine, 7 ft., with bean pickup, 13 hoe Grain Drill. 5 Sec. Roller, 13 ft. Rubber tired wagon and gravity box. IHC Cylinder, '4 bar rake. Spring Tooth. Disc. 300 gal, gas tank. 2 wheel trailer and stock rack. Garden Tractor, mower, disc and cultivator. 1929 Model A Two Door Sedan, hydraulic brakes, running condition. Built in Kenmore electric stove, double oven on top, glass , doors.

Mr & Mrs RICHARD SVARC, Props. BEN GLARDON, AUCTIONEER, PHONE CORUNNA 743-4142

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government to assess effects of farm use of p e s t i c i d e s , * the MMPA resolution said, "We believe that programs of information and education on pesticides should be undertaken by the Agriculture Department, and that such programs should be directed to both urban and rural residents.*

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The Facts Are In... AND SO IS MILKYWAYI!

The resolution on pesticides also praised the work of the Michigan State University pesticides research center, established last year with backing from MMPA members, and noted that Information concerning the "many unanswered q u e s t i o n s concerning pesticides'" can best come from such research facilities.

Certified seeds give pure variety

SKOKIE MILKYWAY His USDA Proof: 29 Dous. 29 Records Predicted Difference

14891 M 505 Fat A superior variety farm crop +515 M + 4 Fat will'resist diseases, have better winter h a r d i n e s s and give Mi Iky way Leaves the Young Sire Program greater yield results when crop farmers plant certified seeds, To Join a Select Group of Plus-Proven A.I. advises George McQueen, ClinSires at MABC. Ask Your Technician for ton County Extension agricultural agent. MilkywayH Certified seeds are grown under specific requirements set up by Michigan Crop Improvement Assn., which is closely affiliated with state agricultural experiment stations. Phone: Michigan State University crop scientist Larry Copeland explains that first foundation seeds DICK SOVEREIGN MARVIN MILLER GEORGE HAZLE are freed of o f f - v a r i a t i o n s , St. Johns 224-4586 Fowler 582-5251 Laingsburg 651-5430 weeds and/ disease, and a r e planted in field where other varieties have not been grown for several years. The field must be 'at a distance from other variety crop fields to prevent cross bredding, A pedigree record of the seeds is filed with the Michigan Crop Improvement Assn. as an application for certification, according to Copeland. Fields are inspected andseedlots are tested to meet standards before an official tag labels the seeds as "certified." Information on certified seed varieties that will give the best production for your particular area is available at your county Extension office.

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4 Green Meadow cows win credits Lifetime milk and butterfat production levels for Registered Holsteln cows in this area have been announced by HolsteinFriesian Association of America. The individual animals have been credited with career production totals exceeding 100,000 pounds of milk under official testing supervision. Local Holstein breeders and their long-time producers reported by the organization include: Green Meadow Stella Dolly 4680015, 103,505 pounds of milk and 3,560 pounds of butterfat In 2,808 days; Athlone Fobes Ginger 4477543 (EX), 102,389 pounds of milk and 4,300 pounds of butterfat in 2,960 days; Athlone Fobes Clarabelle 4662465 (VG), 101,123 pounds of milk and 4,563 pounds of butterfat in 2,655 days; and Green Meadow Venus Peg 5002902 (GP), 100,480 pounds of milk and 3,569 pounds of butterfat in 2,228 days. All are owned by Duane and V e l m a r Green of Elsie.

includes 3 4 " Mower and TAX

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ATTENTION TAXPAYERS Unnecessary, Uncontrolled and Potentially Unlimited Spending must be stopped in the Michigan Legislature in Lansing,

YOUR SENATOR LOCKWOOD

SPONSORED THE STATE INCOME TAX THAT DENIED YOU THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON THIS TAX. The Michigan Income Tax Act of 1967 can be put to a vote of the people by signing and circulating an initiative petition to amend the State Constitution to

OUTLAW A STATE INCOME TAX Petitions available by writing or phoning collect:

Sound Taxation Association of Michigan 100 Church S t * , St. Joseph, Michigan 49085 Phone ( 6 1 6 ) 9 8 3 - 2 2 1 0

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Crosses mark photo routes

necessarily mark an area of planned highway construction, K The 15-foot crosses, painted on the pavement or made of oil cloth and staked to the ground, a r e reference points for aerial photography. Early spring, when trees and bushes are void of foliage, i s the best time for the work.

Certified seeds improve crop

THE BOARD RECEIVED a letter from the Department of Commerce, Office of Economic Expansion stating that our1 Urban Planning Assistance C o n t r a c t had been approved and it would cost the township $2,164.00. The board extended the time alloted to receive signature for the sanitary sewerage project In the village of Bath until our next board meeting in May.

PESTICIDES and INSECTICIDES

AUCTION SALE Located 7 miles East of Imlay City from M53 & M21 Junction at 15536 Imlay City Rd, on

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 9:30 a.m '

FARM AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

Including 60 F a r m & Industrial tractors, New 1968Oliver 1950 T - over & under hydrapower, New 1750 dies el-loaded w/extras, 2 1850 Oliver Diesels, 1900 Oliver GM diesel 4 wheel drive 2900 h r s . , Oliver tractors, Farmalls, Case diesel, J.D.'s MM UB diesel, Fordson Majors, F e r g s , 2 Farmall Cubs w/mowers, Allis Chalmers, 4 l / 2 y d . E v e r s man earth mover, 350 Farmall w/back hoe & loader, Oliver OC 9 dozer, Case 310" dozer, OC 3 w/loader, choppers, chuck wagons, forage Talowers;' forage boxes, New rotary mowers, New Gehl 54wHi Throw blower, new gravity boxes w/running gears, bale boxes, hay conditioners, wagons, packers, drags, New 36 tooth Oliver drags} harrows, cult's, New 325 N. I. 12 roll picker, New 325 N. I . 8 roll picker, pickers, choppers, balers, manure loaders, New" sugar beet topper, sugar beet harvester, rotavators, drills, 50 plows, New Oliver 4-5-6-bottom steerable plows, elevators, bale movers, New tractor tires, blades & many other items. ,

SOIL S A M P L I N G WORTHWHILE Essex Township farmer Stanley Bunce b e lieves in soil sampling to determine his s o i l additive needs, and he uses a soil capability map when taking the samples. Each soil Is numbered and sampled separately for lime and f e r t i l i z e r need's.^"

TERMS: CASH

RAY TOSCH, Owner ' YOUR OLIVER, GEHL, NEW IDEA DEALER PHONE CAP AC 395-4985

AUCTION SALE 4 miles east of St. Johns, via M-21 to Chandler Rd., 3 miles north, to Colony Rd*, and 40 rods west on Colony Rd.

SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1:00 p.m. • THIS IS A PARTIAL LISTING, ' Massey Ferguson Model 135 DleselTractor,900Hrs.Freeman Loader. 1950 Ford Tractor. Ferguson 3-14 in. Bottom Plow. New Holland Baler. A C Model 60 Combine.. 1950 Ford 1 1/2 Ton F-6 Truck and Rack. J, D. 490 P l a n t e r . ' J , D. 13 Hoe Grain Drill. Cunningham Crimper. A C 2-16 in. Bottom Plow, slat bottom, 3 point. New Idea Rubber tired Wagon and Chopper Box. 3 point Spring Tooth, Dunham 10 ft. Cultipacker. 5 ft. Mower. 3 Point Weeder. J. D. 7 ft. Field Cultivator, 3 point. Ford 3 point Cultipacker. J. D. Model 12 Chopper, 6 knives. J. D, 4 Bar Rake. IHC No. 5 Green Chopper. Set of A C Cylinder Bars, new. New Idea No. 200 Manure Spreader. 16 ft. Auger, 4 in,, with motor. 14 x 20 Canvas. 8 x 14 Canvas, _ Coleman Lantern. Tap and Dies for Bolts. Tap and Dies for Pipe, Pipe fittings, , 500 ft, Elec. Cord. Wagon Unloading Hoist, Mayrath 32 ft. Elevator and Drag, PTO. Steel Fence Posts. HogFence. David Bradley Wagon& Rack, 2 Single Chore Boy Units. Milkkeeper 180 gal. Bulk Tank. Water Heater. Choreboy Cabinet. Double Wash Tubs. Cow Clipper. Co-Op Pump, Record Box. F a r m Gates, * Double Water Fountain, Ricky, Badger 50 ft. Bunk Auper. New Holland 14 ft. Silo Unloader. 3,00 Gal. Gas Tank. Coro' nado 15 ft. Chest Freezer, good. ' Pole Shed, 40x60x12, open side. Double Corn Crib, 24x28x12. Vestaburg Silo, 14x50. Pole Barn 56x105x14, open one side. Some used lumber, SOME FURNITURE

May seed clover in wheat in April

Garland News By Mrs Archie Moore Phone 834-2383 Mr and Mrs Kirby Hudson attended the wedding of their grandson Saturday evening. He was married to Nancy Darling of Carland. Mr and Mrs Neil Stlnson, Mr and Mrs Clyde Gilbert and Mrs Larry Kadolph attended a meeting of the Round table for the cub Scouts, Tuesday evening in Corunna. Mrs Clara Horn has taken over her duties in the post office again after being off due to illness. ' Your correspondent wishes to make a correction of the news item in the paper last week , which s h o u l d have read Mrs Archie Moore, instead of Archie Moore, attended the travelog In' Owosso with Mrs EJdlthSimpson. The Carland community were s a d d e n e d by the passing of Albert Latz of N. Carland Road. He had been in the hospital for a month. Sally Jo Clirtls i s out of school for a couple of weeks as she has the mumps now,. Archie Moore was In St. Johns Friday morning on business.

BEN GLARDON, AUCTIONEER, Phone Corunna 743-4142,

THE BOARD ADOPTED the 4 mill 4 years road Improvement program as presented by the county road engineer as the road program for a4yearperlod if the voters approve the extra millage at the May 4 election.

Minutes of the

City Commission

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Meeting Commission Room

Municipal Building ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN MARCH 19, 1968 The regular meeting of the city commission was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Coletta. The invocation was offered by Rev L. Dean Stork. Commissioners present: Furry, I r r e r , Rand, Sirrine, Coletta. Commissioners absent: None. Staff present: City Manager Greer, City Atty. Kemper and Asst. Richard Ric WetfsV City' CleWc$r«I J * u ;? Motion by C o m m i s s i o n e r Sirrine, supported by Commissioner I r r e r , to approve the minutes of the M a r c h 5 ^ meeting as p r e s e n t e d YEA. Commissioners Furry I r r e r , Rand, S i r r i n e , Coletta. NAY: none. Motion carried. Motion by Commissioner I r r e r , supported by Commissioner Furry, to authorize the city clerk to draw checks in payment of general fund voucher numbers 1431 - 1493 inclusive, library fund voucher numbers 133 through 138 inclusive, w a t e r operation and maintenance fund voucher numb e r s 263 through 269 inclusive. YEA: Commissioners F u r r y , Rand, Sirrine, Coletta. NAY: none. Motion carried. Motion by C o m m i s s i o n e r Sirrine, supported by.Commissioner Rand, to a p p r o v e the agenda with one (1) addition. YEA: Commissioners Furry, I r r e r , Rand, Sirrine, Coletta. NAY: none. Motion carried. Mayor Coletta read the approved agenda and allowed persons to be heard from the floor. Mr RaySmlt, r e p r e s e n t i n g Ayres, Lewis, Norris & May, consulting engineering firm a p peared before the city commission to present a final oral r e port on the water plant. City Atty. Kemper requested the public hearing for special

assessment roll 1-1968 and 21968 be continued until the next meeting. Motion byCommlssioner Rand, supported by Commissioner I r r e r , the special a s s e s s ment hearings for 1-1968 and 2-1968 be continued until the next meeting. YEA: Commissioners Purry, I r r e r , ' Rand, Sirrine, Coletta. NAY; none. Motion carriedj i Motion by C o m m i s s i o n e r I r r e r , supported by Commission-' e r Rand, toappbintRexC.Sirrine to the board of supervisors for a term to expire November 1968. YEA. C o m m i s s l o n e r s I s i r r i n e , Coletta, NAY: n o n e / C o m m I s s l o n e r F u r ' r y ab_ stalned. Motion carrIed. The city manager reported on the city-owned residence at 108 Spring Street and that no bids had been received for the r e moval of said building. The city assessor reported the assessed valuation for the City of St. Johns as confirmed, by the board of review would be

LEE D. REASONER. Township Clerk. NOTE: Any Registered e l e c t o r desiring to work on the election board of Bath Charter Township should apply in person and file an application for same at the township hall 14480 W e b s t e r Road, Bath.

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5% Discount on all cash sales of fencing sold before April 22nd. SAVINGS by the TRUCK a n d CARLOAD passed on to the farmer. STOP IN TODAY! NOW IS THE TIME TO

Classes of 1908, 1918, 1928, 1938, 1948 and 1958 will be honored June 8 at the 65th annual Ovid High School alumni banquet at the Ovid Junior High School.

addresses of Ovid alumni who have moved away . . This would r e TIUB present an Increase of approxImately 3.2 3.2 per per cent. imately There being no further business to be brought before the city commission the motion to adjourn .was s u p p o r t e d and carried. Mayor Coletta declared the meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m. DONALD H. CLARK, City Clerk CHARLES C. COLETTA, Mayor

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THE BOARD APPROVED a request from the police chief to have signs made for the cemet e r i e s stating the hours same were to be open. Signs to read from 8 a.m. to Sunset. Request to use the township building by a group of ladies organized under the Office of Economic Opportunity was tabled for one month.

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Sow red and sweet clover in winter wheat with a grain drill for early April plantings, advises Michigan State University authorities. To get a better stand, Michigan State University crop scientists recommend using a grain drill withfertilizerwhenplanting the red clover varieties — medium red, J u n e and o n e c u t mammoth clover. MSU c r o p scientists a d v i s e seeding clover by drilling across the wheat rows. "The disks on the grain drill should be set to cut about one inch deep, and the clover seed should fall through the grain and fertilizer tube into the drill disk furrow," MSU scientists say. •Seed red clover at 6 to 10 pounds per acre and sweet clover at 12 to 15 pounds, * MSU agriculturists advise. They recommend using'100 pounds'of 0-20-0 or 0-20-10 fertilizer p e r acre."1

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Regular meeting of the township board was held April 1, 1968 at the township hall 14480 Webster Road. All board members were present. M e e t i n g called to order by the supervisor at 8 p.m.

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Motorists and property owners will see some strange y e l l o w crosses on and near several of By upgrading quality of seeds Michigan's state highways this planted, Michigan crop farmers spring,' the State Highway Comcan I n c r e a s e production and mission reports. raise their profits, according to The commission said, however, that the crosses do not F o r Classified *Ads — 224-2361 George McQueen, Clinton County ' Extension agricultural agent. Seeds certified by state certifying agencies are a high-quality genetic seed, free of noxious weeds, and have high purity and germination, according to MichSMITH-DOUGLASS igan State University crop sci•entist Larry Copeland, He says that a superior crop variety from certified seeds will increase proWITH TREL? duction, r e s i s t disease and adapt to Michigan conditions. ,A survey conducted by MSU crop scientists showed that Michigan farmers could Have $25 million Increase in profits if and other nitrogen products they p l a n t e d certified seeds. When the survey was taken, 15 to 20 per cent of Michigan farme r s were planting certified seeds and 80 per cent were planting their own seeds or seeds grown by their neighbors, i A soybean survey comparing complete crop protection the use of certified and uncertified seeds showed a three to See us for your fertilizer needs\ . . f Ive-bushel-per-acre 'increase in . y i e l d for the certified seeds. Extra return per acre was $8 to $13. After deducting the price SMITH of seeds the net increase was DOUGLASS $6 to $12 per acre.

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CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, St. Johns, Michigan

Thursday, A p r i l / 1 1 , 1968

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CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, St. Johns, Michigan

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You A special report by the Michigan State Chamber of Commerce March 26 contains some facts and ideas we must all consider It has been an easy matter In the years now behind us,to fix the blame for our pollution problems, Each of us has accused either industry, our communities, or our neighbor for the mess we now find ourself in as a nation. And yet by our apathy we have permitted this degradation to occur while we have merrily gone on our way, too busy with the important things in life, to worry about anything except our own comforts and happiness. We have listened to the conservationist preaching on the street corner and called him' radical. We have read over hurriedly the reports that pointed up dangerous crisis in £he near future and. then ignored them until some future time. It is a well' known fact that with very few exceptions the people of this country will not move together as a unit, until the time of crisis is upon us. And this is true of water pollution. Suddenly we have realized that what the radicals were saying was really true. A serious pollution problem is upon us, and It is going to take a tremendous amount of money and work to correct a situation that should have been corrected' /two decades or more ago. NEW STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS For the first time both state and federal governments have passed new and far-reachinglaws. The Michigan State Chamber of Commerce has worked hard in this area to seek better legislation that would do the job. From time to time we have suggested that the authority for pollution control should remain with the state, where it rightfully belongs. The fact that many states were not moving fast enough to effect reasonable pollution control caused much of the local control to pass to the federal government by default. Along with federal control came the inevitable promise of more federal funds to do the job properly. Unfortunately, these funds are not being supplied in the amount promised, and we in Michigan find it hard to build sewage treatment plants on promises alone. BONDING BILLS ARE PROPOSED Two identical bills have been introduced in the House and Senate that would set up the machinery for the individual to assume a direct role in combating pollution on a broad front. Hous'e "Bill 3852, and Senate Bill 1189 would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $335,000,000 for the express purpose of providing a complete construction program

of facilities to abate and prevent pollution of the water in and adjoining the state. On Feb. 9, House Joint Resolution NN was introduced by Rep. Copeland and 40 others which would amend article 9 of the Constitution to authorize a vote on the bonding issue to combat water pollution. \ ,The goal of the proposal is to affect full control of pollution by 1980. At the present time there is a need for'at least 210 new sewage treatment plants, improvements on 126 i V existing plants, and sewers for 8 1/2 million people of Michigan. "' The total of $335 million is all earmarked for pollution control, and will provide $285 million to pay the state's share of the cost of treatment plant construction, and to < pre-finance half of the federal share. The rest.of the money, or $50 million, will provide sewer construction assistance and a loan fund to help the hard pressed communities which want to move toward pollution control but do not have the money. _. One of the key values of the bond proposal is that it will guarantee local bond issues to hesitating communities, thus reducing interest costs and local sewer charges ,by up to one-third. It should be remembered that progress in pollution control on an individual and community level is just as important and essential as it is for industries. INDUSTRY IS MOVING AHEAD TOO In recent years there has been many indications that industry, with some exceptions, has started to move ahead in pollution control. New laws, both state and Federal, have added Impetus'to this movement. But aside from this, industry has long been aware of its problems with pollution and have moved, atad improved as the public has demanded It improve. Individual apathy then, is as much to blame for industrial pollution problems as community pollution and yes, individual pollution. Industry has never been something apart from the public but is an inseparable phase of it. Industry is really an arift of the public and exists only to fulfill public demands for the essentials, and conveniences of life. Industrial management, including the labor force and the stockholders are people with the same likes and dislikes and the same desires for clean water as anyone else. They enjoy fishing, swimming, water-skiing and all other waterbased recreation. They must have the products of water-based agriculture to live. They must have water fit to drink. If it

Easter—faith This is the Easter season when faith is the^y-word. Faith in thVauthentieity-ot. the first Easter is the basis for Christian-" ity. Just as it is in religion, faith is the basis for life. It is the basis for democracy — faith in our elected officials. It is the basis for our day-to-day living — faith in our friends, in the quality of the food we eat and actually in such things that'gravity will continue and we won't fall off the surface of the earth. Easter has a touch of thanksgiving — we give thanks for the resurrection of Christ, and we give thanks for the awakening of plants and trees with the coming of spring. But most of all, Easter is atime to renew our faith, to tell ourselves that in•deed Christ did r i s e from the dead, did ascend into Heaven and is at the right hand of God. And it is time to renew our faith in mankind that struggles here on earth against all .kinds of troubles. Mankind is basically good, and we must be willing to be flexible and to yield a little, whether it be on the battlefields of Viet Nam, with the hot political issues of our n a t i o n and our communities or whether it be in our own personal confrontations with others. Easter is a symbol of man's faith, and it is effective. But it must be observed year around.

OPINION COMMENTS FROM OTHER PAPERS ALAMOSA, COLO., VALLEY account lying in the bank may COURIER: "Disrespect for the grow with interest, but it actually Flag. . .has angered many . . . diminishes in value. It means veterans and all other patriots. that a $3,600 car last year cost Our Flag represents the greatest $4,000 this year. . .Is the fate of country on earth. It represents America like that of 'GreatBrltour freedom, won and preserved aln'? Will federal waste and defwith the blood of many good men. icit spending finally and c o m And many good men are still pletely ruin the already deval•sacrificing their lives—proudly uated dollar7 It's your decision, so—In the name of the United in many ways. It's your collar, in every way." States 'and freedom." COVINGTON, LA., ST. TAMMANY FARMER: " T h e r e a r e many ways to devalue money. In Great Britain, they did it deliberately and openly. Here in the United States, we are doing it subtly and insidiously, but every bit as damaging. . .In effect, devaluation—or inflation— m e a n s simply that your dollar buys less. It means that your savings

LOYALTON, CALIF., SIERRA BOOSTER: 'Schoolteachers are considered little morethanbabysitters by some parents. During the recent vacation one parent was heard to say, 1 can hardly wait for school to take up again— those kids are driving me nuts.' If parents turn children like that loose in the schools, you've got to sympathize with the teachers,"

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could do so, industry would tomorrow begin returning wastewater in fully as good quality as it receives it. By and large, industry has no money of its own, any more than government does. It creates wealth and distributes It to its product consumers, its labor force, Its tax receivers and its stockholders. These are the INDIVIDUALS—which is to say, the general public—who must pay for pollution control. So again, pollution1 will be brought under control only to the extent that the Individual wants It and is willing to pay for it. Make no mistake about this. HOW SERIOUS IS OUR POLLUTION PROBLEM? Following a nine-day conference in Chicago, conferees from the four states bordering Lake Michigan, working in cooperation with the Federal Water PoUution Control Agency, a series of conclusions were outlined which suggest that we can no longer wait for someone to do the job for us. WE are going to do it. All water uses of Lake Michigan for municipal water supply, recreation, commercial fishery, sports fishery and esthetic enjoyment, are presently impaired by pollution says the report. The sources off this pollution include wastes from municipalities, industries^ federal installations, combined sewer overflows, agricultural practices, watercraft, natural runoff, and related activities throughout the drainage basin. The report details many other related problems, such as the rapid aging of Lake Michigan, the bacterial pollution of tributary streams entering the lake, excessive inshore algae problems brought on by phosphate concentrations in many areas, excessive sludgeworm populations in certain sections, oxygen depletion near stream mouths, excessive heating in industrial areas, spills of oils from vessels, pesticides and the discharge of untreated and inadequately treated sewage, which all contribute to the total problem and which we must attack vigorously if we are to win the pollution battle. There were some encouraging statements regarding some of the findings reported at the Chicago conference which should spur us on to new efforts, Including the proposed bonding proposal, aimed at curtailing further polluti6n of our waters. For example: The oxygen depletion is confined primarily to tributaries emptying into Lake Michigan and in some harbors. At present the main body of Lake Michigan has not

Clinton County News

By LOWELL G . RINKER Last week was a week of high points for me, beginning when my wife told me to go fly a kite. There was no malice in her voicej it was more of a plea because Kathy had been bugging her all one day about flying kites, and she remembered that we had several left over from last year's gas station visits. This yearllearned some good lessons about kite flying—by experience and from neighbor Cliff Minier. There were adjustments made to the string tension on the kite Itself and to the length of the tall. Most of these adjustments came after h a r r o w i n g experiences with kite-eating trees. Such trees are real and not merely "figments of the imagination of Charlie Schultz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip. We don't have any tall trees in our back yard, but there are trees in the neighbors yard that seemingly sit and sulk until a kite wanders by them and then they suck it down to doom. ' Kathy could probably have made It work, but I demanded that she let me get the kite up in the air first and then she could fly It. She agreed; that way we could share, she said.

his house about then and offered assistance in getting the string out of his tree. He probably wondered how I could manage to get the kite tangled up In two different trees. I didn't want to brag, so I didn't tell him I was good at such things. I got my ladder out of the garage and with him holding it I stealthily climbed as high as I could talk myself into ana then used a small, broom to unhook the string from three or four b r a n c h e s . Then we waded through shrubbery, winding up string until we got out into McConnell Street and Iwas finally able to pull the kite out of the second tree. IT NEEDED ALITTLE patching up with tape and three or four more strips of cloth for the tail before it was ready to fly again. This time it went all the way up, expending all my string. Unfortunately, by this time Kathy had tired of watching dad climbing around in kiteeating trees and had run off to the neighbors to play. Thus she was not present to share in my moment of glory, I was just patting myself on the back for having earned my wings when the s t u p i d kite started showing off again with loops, figure-8's and twists. I was a good 120 feet away from the nearest tree, but t h e r e proved to be 125 feet of string and when the kite came down you know where it wentl Again I was lucky? it pulled' free from the tree quite easily and required only a few string ajustments to be ready to fly again. But alas, something so simple as a strong gust of wind proved the kite's final undoing. The v e r t i c a l stick snapped cleanly. No sooner had I gotten Into the house than Kathy.cam'e around wondering about the kite. She , was perturbed to s6e it broken and stuffed in the wastebasket and somewhat disbelieving when I told her I really had gotten the "kite up as far as it would go. She put up a little static, and for one day I was about to tell her -to go fly a kite. But I couldn't; that's howvthis whole thing got started. t , ' ' -rink

I HAD BEEN A LITTLE too conservative with the tall of the kite, and before It was up in the air too far it began a series of fatal swoops that carried it too near the kite-eating tree. The surface-to-air string tangled in twigs and branches of the tree and the whole thing was hung up. The spot of entaglement was about 15 feet high. The kite itself, I noted with a quick, investigative glance, was still f/ee of the tree and straining at the string as it was pushed by southwesterly winds. Perhaps, I surmised, I couldpay out some of the string here and let the kite blow on out away from the tree. When It got far enough away, I could jerk the string off' the branches without running the risk of tearing the kite. Good thinking, Batman! The wind blew the kite out and away from this 'particular kiteeating tree, as I had planned, but with such vigor that it finally POINT OF VIEW wound up e n t a n g l e d in the In'the spring, children count branches of another neighbor's the days until school Is overtree on McConnell Street. late In summer, mothers count Cliff Minier happened out of the days until it begins.

evidenced signs of oxygen deficiency, - . Another example: Although the bacterial quality of Lake Michigan is generally good in deep water, the water is degraded at some points along the shoreline and in harbor areas. HERE IS WHAT WE MUST DO Following the nine-day conference a set of recommendations were adopted, which is in effect,, a timetable for the establishment of pollution control throughout Lake Michigan. We should assume that similar controls will be affected on a^ state-wide basis through the activities of the Water Resources Commission. , 1) Waste treatment Is to be provided by all municipalities to achieve at least 80 per cent reduction of total phosphorus an affluent that will not result in degradation of Lake Michigan's water quality. This action Is to be substantially accomplished by'December 1972, 2) Industries not connected to municipal sewer systems are tp provide treatment that would meet the water quality standards for Lake Michigan. This action shall be accomplished by December 1972. ' 3) Within six months each state water pollution agency shall list the municipalities and Industries discharging waste water to the Lake Michigan basin, Detailedactionplansfor treatment of all wastes having a deleterious effect on Lake Michigan will be developed, . 4) Continuous disinfection is to be provided throughout the year for all municipal waste treatment plant effluents. This action is to be accomplished as soon as possible and not later than May 1969. 5) Adjustable overflow regulating devices a r e to b e i n -

stalled on existing combined sewers, and treatment facilities shall be modified where necessary to minimize bypassing of effluents at critical times. 6) Effective immediately, combined sewers are to be separated in coordination with all urban reconstruction projects, and prohibited in aU new developments. Pollution from combined sewers is to be controlled by July 1977. 7) Each of the state water pollution control agencies are to accelerate programs to provide for the maximum use of area-wide sewage facilities to discourage the proliferation oi small treatment plants in contiguous urbanized areas and ' foster the replacement of septic tanks with adequate collection and treatment. r8) State water pollution control agencies shall compile an inventory of all sites where potential oil spills may occur which may affect the water quality. A report will be submitted within six months. 9) The water pollution agencies shall arrange for a broad spectrum of water quality analyses,Uncludingplanktonic algae counts, to be performed at least twice weekly at certain key points. Results will be reported on annually. STATE CHAMBER ACTION PROGRAM Forbears the Michigan State Chamber of Commerce has supported a more aggressive pollution effort on all fronts. We cannot effect ^ull pollution control without the support of every citizen. The State Chamber urges that you support proposals for a minimum of $335 million bond issue as a positive approach toward cleaner water In the State of Michigan. ' It is going to cost a lot of money, even more than these proposals. But without this beginning there will never be an end to pollution. It Is time for the individual to assume'his rightful role in pollution control.

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'opening pool Dear Editor: We wish to express to you that your editorials since the recent city election have been meaningful and well written. We do have a fine town and everyone should be proud of it. It is like an unpolished diamond that is waiting to be polished. The problem that we have now cannot be settled overnight, in one month, or in three months. During this interim, we know, the good thinking people will compromise and the City of St, Johns will start forward again. Everyone should read the late President John F. Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage.''This shows and states how men have to compromise for ^progress. Enough said. Our biggest problem now during this lull or interim is the children of St. Johns for their summer program, primarily the swimming pool. There are at least 80 per cent of the families aiid children who cannot go swimming during this coming summer unless it is good weather when they go on vacation with their folks. You can remember when we were kids before World War n we went swimming at Baker's or Walling's gravel pits. This was all we had. We will never forget the Sunday at Baker's Gravel Pit when I helped pull out the McFaddehi boy who had drowned. This is a subject that no one in St, Johns wants on his conscience this summer. We would like to suggest a plan on how to solve this problem. F i r s t , have two people from both sides of our city problem meet with the city commission and find out what the minimum cost of opening the pool would be. There would not have to be any lessons this year. Have it open with life guards only In the afternoons and evenings. Figure-the income from swimming at the same rates as last year and subtract it from the cost. Last year was a cold summer, but this summer could be the hottest one we have had In years. If it is, God help us, because these kids will be hitchhiking, riding their bikes, or walking to a unsupervised swimming place. After an estimated cost Is settled on, then go to the service organizations with the Idea of opening the pool through free contributions from everyone, including the whole county and not just St. Johns, Possibly the Veterans organizations "should lead

Letters to the editor for publication must bear name and address of the writer, but these will ...ibft jwjthheld, from publication oniy" f l f f ^ u e s C Tne Clinton JCounly ' News reserves the right to edit for grammar, spelling and punctuation. Letters on all topics are welcome but should not be of excessive length, Letters-must be received by Friday noon preceding date of publication.

this because when we built the pool through contributions it was named the Veteran's Memorial Pool. The Chamber of Commerce office could be the center of the drive and handle mailed-in contributions. Your newspaper and the radio station could give free plugs and advertising. Just think about the fruits of this project. The children would have a place to swim that is supervised and possibly save one life. This would be a community effort and could get the city back in' a forward mood. We have only 2 1/2 months until the swimming season, and this should be moved on quickly. You can print this if you want to, but the only reason for the letter is for someone to take an idea like this and make it work. Good luck. Sincerely, JOHN BOND 210 S. Oakland

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'Bath drains just too much burden now 7 To The Editor: First off, we would like to say that we have nothing but the highest regard and respect for the county supervisor, and for those who so ably run our community. But we have a few comments. If we are wrong, we will listen to correction. Our real value was recently raised a full $1,000 on, what as far as we are able to determine, a structure that has been on our property for some six years. It was there when the state assessor came through a couple years ago, and our taxes took a jump then too. No one would ever give us, for our home, what they now have is assessed for taxwise. Now comes the question of a costly drain. It would take another very huge bite out of our already stretching budget, what with rising grocery prices, and other rising costs; we get only half as ^any groceries for our money now, as we were able to get a short time ago. We personally have no need for this drain—we have our own, sotfar very efficient, d r a i n system. Many of us will be hurting badly if the drain prqjectgoesthrough. Some of us just can't do It, at this time. If that drain, that is going toreally hurt many people, badly, financially, really necessary? A drain that will put some of us on the verge of bankruptcy? If it is for the benefit of the school, as we have been told by some that it is, then v/hy are only a small percentage of the Bath residents asked to finance it? Isn't the school a community thing? In a few years, if the population of Bath does grow as some predict,' then a drain probably would become necessary, but if and when that happens, if it could be financed as a community tax for all, and not just a few, it might seem more reasonable. By then there'd be more people to divide the cost up among, and it'd be a little for everyone, and not a lot for just a few. We cannot believe that a drain, at this expense to so many of us, is really necessary.

Dear Editor: The names of 66boys and girls appeared in the CCN issue of March 28 appealing for the r e opening of the city park—but about two out of three erectors in the recent election for either an increase in millage. or an income tax practically demanded that the park be closed and other services suspended for lack of funds. The city commlssionshouldbe commended for not entering Into a program of deficit spending. At the moment there Is no hope of resuming normal city functions. In the future an accumulated debt would only complicate another problem which from past performances t h e "taxpayers c o m m i t t e e 1 ' could not comprehend either. This self-appointed organization must feel We, like many others, have a mighty proud. I wonder if they son in s e r v i c e . Even though have stopped paying dues at the it sounds like now, maybe, Pray country club, God, the war just might end, our IRVING FITZPATRICK boys will still, have to remain in 816 Lincoln Street service to serve their time out. Jackson, Mich. 49202 Is it right to make the sacrifice all theirs. It is our war, and our P.S. The article "When It country too, not just theirs. We'd Rains" Is arithmetically incor- like to help our son through these, rect. An inch of rain on an acre years that aredifficultandlonely does not amount to even 1/I0th for him, by giving him something of 300,000 gallons. specific to look forward to. We'd

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like, for instance, to be able to bank a little each month, so that when he gets out he'll have a little to fall back on. We r e member how hard it was to get started after World Warn. We'd like to be able to allow him thet } f privilege of phoning home now, and then. And when furlough time finally rolls around, from time to time, we'd like to be able to help him get home as fast as possible, so he doesn't have to spend all his leave time on the road, going to and from base. We'd like to by able to pay his plane f a r e horde, hopefully twice a year till 1971. This costs in the vicinity of $125 a leave. . It's just that a guy's paycheck will only go just so far. For those of you who have no boys in service, and for whom there Is no war we envy you. But fori jr those of us who do have sons away from home, and daughters who are with their servicemen hubbies, we'd like to be able to help make things just a little bit easier for them, until they can once again behome.Pleaseletus do so. What this drain will do to the finances of many people, to us, seems unthinkable. Sincerely, A BATH RESIDENT (Name available on request)

Lenten services . coverage praised* Dear Editor: Thank you so much fdr the splendid coverage of our union Lenten services. We certainly did appreciate it and ,all the publicity you give the churches. Sincerely yours, MRS ALBERT'ACKLEY Church Secretary Ovid United Church

Hospital staff, program wins her praise Dear Editor: After five months stay at Clin- > ton Memorial Hospital, I would) like to evaluate Its many services to its patients. I place good care as number one. Many of the nurses and aides have a talent for radiating happiness to.their patients. I put nurses, Bandt, Haske, Barnes, Love, Lee and aides Brltton, Houghton, Cook, Henry and many others In this category. A -sick person responds to a cheerful person. A word of praise and thankfulness to those who are caring for us will help them to carry on day by day, and keeps the patient from too much self-concern. Food is a necessity to which the hospital gives a'great deal ofy thought The patients are given menu cards whereby we are See LETTERS page 17-B

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Pesticide control authority destined to be a hot issue Pesticide poisoning of humans general concern, far beyond the and wildlife is a growlngconcern scope of agriculture alone. for many conservationists, and GENE GAZLAY, assistant di' a g r i c u l t u r a l leaders. Both rector of the Department of ConI^groups recognize the' potential servation, said that present legW y I and r e al danger of such chem- islation is limited and that a icals as DDT and agree that '"new approach* is needed for ; controls are necessary. control. He noted that the proDisagreement arises over the posed c o m m i t t e e would have best control methods. Those in members with "''diverse backagriculture note that ^harmful* grounds,* including representapesticides are being replaced by tives from conservation, agriless toxic chemicals with shorter culture, public health, univerlives. They stress the need for sities, and the public at large. insect and disease control In The Department of Conservamodern farming, estimating that tion, says Gazlay, is responsible crop yield would drop up to 20 for protecting "the. entire enper cent if insecticide use were vironment," as compared to the prohibited, narrower interests of agricul\ They feel that" p r e s e n t : r e - ture. * i • search methods can develop still Public hearings will bring to f-,ra^j-'£&fer chemicals and keeppestigeneral attention many of the '* cide residue below the danger ramifications of the issue. It level. They see little need for can be expected that the issue : f additional controls, pointing out will become a hot one.before that such existing bodies as the it is settled. - Conservation, Agriculture, and Consumer acceptance of imiPublic Health departments have tation milk may take longer than power to control pesticide pol- was. originally feared by the lution. dairy industry. When the product \ Legislation proposed by the. was test-marketed a few months Department of C o n s e r v a t i o n ago, there was serious concern •would.establish ajilne-man com- over the fate of "old bossy* and. mittee with absolute authority the dairy farm. over pesticide use. The departPerhaps the new "milk" has ment feels that the problem is of not sold rapidly due to taste, psychological reasons or marketing methods. The farmers Clinton County News main interest is that the product hasn't caused a drop in milk Want Ads ' consumption. * "bring fast results Although the industry is still worried over milk substitutes, t l Phone 224-2361 It may have Ample time to develop new products which use

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There's more quick remuneration *Fer the toller from day to day Who punches time-clocks In the shop. 'N greater take home pay; Still there's many satisfactions That tend to drive away the gloom, In the realm of self-employment, Tryln't* make the desert bloom. There's no hours of traffic bucking, Gobi' to 'n from the Job, There's no bowing of neck to mandates, Or dictation from the mob; There's no rat race,no pollution, -*N no lack of air or room, When you're strlvln' n' connlvin' . How t' make the desert bloom. I've no quarrel with manufacture, Or the cities boom n' bust There is hope in greater effortOrganization Is a must; But come time fer laurel countln' I would carve upon my tomb, Here lies one who tried a little To help make the desert bloom.

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Dear Editor: One night my husband arid I walked the sum of two miles a picking up beer cans, liquor 'd P > J bottles and shattered bits of bottles. This covered only one . side of the road. By the time we finished, we had our trunk full. The walk didn't hurt us, but the more I picked up, the angrier ,1 got. I'm sure that most of them were thrown by teenagers who aren't able to sit in a bar or at home so t r a v e l around the countryside releasing them from their car Windows. If they were, made to clean the countryside of , the littertheyhaveputthere,they The original WIDE OVAL...the not get so 'throw happy," most widely copied tire ever built! •might Not only did this litter frustrate me, but seeing tracks In, t h e WIDE OVAL is nearly. 2 " our wheat field was too much. wider than your present tire! Have these people ever given Tho Super Sporln Widen Oval.,, anthought that these fields are our other, Firestone firtt. Developed and engineered attar yearn o[ extensive reliving and not for driving in?i'm 1 search to build a tafer, easier riding;. sure they wouldn't like us'driving better traction lire for your car.* It starts taster, corners caster, runs cooler, on their lawns, stops quicker and provides a smoother ride lhan conventional tire*. It's the .Yours, truly, tire that" cornea on' ArnerieaV finest, : ; ; , •1008 hfgh-piirtorrtince tare; Get (hetk-" ': " ."" .ryRSi'NEit/^B'ARNllAilT' •iWlOE now (or your car. (tandsohie white or Conventiona OVAL red stripe. Don't miss this special Oder. 2250 E, Townsend Road St. johnsj Mich. 48879

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Letter of praise to ex-city clerk Dear Editor: This is a copy of a letter I "have written to Don Clark, now city m a n a g e r of Swartz Creek. Dear Don: First I offer my sincere cori-

By Steven Hopko

Personal or class prejudice reared its ugly head again last week with the slaying of the Rev Martin Luther King, King had spent many years leading his Sen. Ernest P. Hollings (S.C.) fight for equal rights for all, * . . Reeenily there appeared in especially those of his origin* Pace magazine an article' en- the negro race. Many people did not always titled "The Silent Invasion,' concerning pur returning young vet'- - agree with King in his struggle, erans from Viet Nam . . . This but I believe most admired him article should be of interest to for What he was trying to do every member of this body and and the-way in which he conI ask unanimous consent that it ducted his fight. be printed in the Record.* (The FOR THOSE WHO have never condensed article follows). been part of a minority' group, By Malcolm Roberts it is hard to understand or even Watch out, America, they're comprehend what one must go coming. through, or endure, to be acThe vet invasion, silent, with-, cepted as a human being. Yet, out fanfare, has begun. Last year the reasons that all minority 609,791 discharged servicemen groups are kept within their hit US shores with a quiet yet small world is basically due to bulldozer determination. a»personal or class prejudice This year 790,000 will come, by those in the majority. with more than a million to follow These personal or class prein 1969. Where are the veterans judices are not always confined headed? What do they think? HoW to race, creed or national oriWill they affect the election of gin, but can and do take place 1968? within a society or area where most are considered equal. Something happened to these men In the jungles of Viet Nam ALTHOUGH REV KING died that has put -maturity into their from a bullet fired by someone t h i n k i n g and determination in with a personal or class pretheir guts. They are trained men, judice, many other worthwhile disciplined and sobered by the attempts to improve our society wrenching experience of living or our area are killed by balthrough a shooting war. As a re- lots marked by those with only sultj though they are moving al- a personal or class prejudice most Unnoticed Into schools, jobs against an individual, rather _ and pplltics. they could become than against the principle inthe most powerful influence in volved, the country. • Our own city and county has seen prejudice against an inONE. OF THE SCORES of re- dividual or group of individuals turning veterans interviewed by cause the rejection of worthPace for this penetrating report while projects. Also, in our summed up the feelings of many, "One thing I learned overseas: If you get down In the same ditch continually baited by such prowith a Vietnamese or anyone else fessors. Asked if war had soured his then you know you're just two men," Said another, "Iwaspretty desire for involvement in curing wild when I was younger. I had to social issues, Sammy Marquez go to Viet Nam to find out what an shot back, "It has added fuel to the fire. When you see the VietAmerican should be." namese civilians dying, t h e i r The colleges particularly the children crying and your buddies junior colleges, are filling up shot up, you want to make sure ' with veterans manyof whom were that never happens here." high school and college dropouts. • By Jos Crump .

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CLINTON COUNTY ZONING APPEAL BOARD MEETING A meeting of the Clinton County-Zoning Appeal Board will be held on Monday, April 15,1968 at 8 p.m. in the Courthouse, St. Johns, Michigan. At that time the Board will act on the following appeals: ,

BATH TOWNSHIP The appeal' of Iva Redoutey to occupy a trailer coach on the following described parcel of land: i . Commencing at a point 40 rods West of North11/4 post, Section 21, Bath Township, thence West 10 rods', South 80 rods, East 10 rods, North 80 rods to beginning:

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* 1 YEAR AGO From the Files of April 13,1967

. St. Clair Pardee, local architect, was authorized by the board of supervisors Tuesday after'noon to advertise for bids on a proposed renovation project for the front of the courthouse here. Attorneys for e i g h t Ionia county farmers charged with malicious destruction of property ini the alleged dumping of milk In the DFC-inspired milk .strike violence, here last fall, filed a , motion in circuit cdUrt here Tuesday afternoon for dismissal. ,of the. charges.

.The Clinton County Board of S u p e r v i s o r s elected Ernest Carter of Watertown Township as their chairman for the next year Tuesday, but beyond that there was little of significance to come out of their regular April meeting. Two more C l i n t o n County youths died last week In combat action in Viet Nam, raising the toll to three from the county in. the last two weeks. , • • • At"spriukUtte'rOf; voters \ went ; ' . 2'5:YEAlls''AGQ- ';'-•• . Fro'mth'e'Files'of AprU 8,1943 and flatly rejected two proposals put t o j t h e m by the city comClinton county has been given mission at a special election. a quota of $560,000 in the big Second War Loan which starts i0 YEARS AGO Monday* April 12. From the Files of April .10,1958 ^Clinton county farmers will be Interested to" learn that 100 A week's program of Centen- million bushels of governmentnial activities gets under way' owned, wheat has been recently here next, Monday as the St.' released for live stock feed. Johns Lodge No. 105, F & AM, It is now available In all prinbegins observance of the 100th cipal terminals and is ready to anniversary of Its establishment go as soon as orders can be In 1858.. - ' , handled.
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By MRS. EDWARD KRAFT—627-2039 Wacousta Community MethoMr and Mrs Edward Kraft were dist Church Holy Week services Sunday dinner guests of their will be a s follows: M a u n d y daughters, 'Joan and Nancy Kraft Thursday service 7:30 to 8:30 in Grand Rapids. ^ p.m.; Good Friday service 8 to Andy Hager, sonofMrandMrs 8:30 p . m . and Easter Sunrise Gardner Hager, i s a medical service and breakfast at 7 a.m. patient at Sparrow Hospital. All Easter breakfast reservaMrs Jay Friday, Mrs Paul tions should ,be made by calling Garlock, Mrs Hobart Page, Mrs 626-6632. Easter worship s e r - Ken Feazel and Mrs David Benvices will be held at 8:30 and ninger bowled at the tournament 10 a.m. There will be nq Church in Grand Rapids over the weekSchool. end, Wacousta Masonic Lodge No. Mrs Cleo DushandMrandMrs 359 will serve a public fish din- Otto Dickinson called on Mr and ner Friday night from 4:30 to Mrs Royal Ricker in GrandRap8 p.m. at the Temple. OES No, ids Sunday. 133 will hold a baked goods and Mrs John Palsgrove of Dayton, candy sale. Ohio, has returned to her home , WSCS clean-up day will be held after spending several w e e k s next Wednesday starting at 9 at with her daughter, M r s J o h n the church. Bring a sack lunch, Morrow and family. coffee and donuts will be furDr and Mrs Gary Nobel of nished. Dr and M r s Gary Nobel of Center Circle had a change of Anchorage, A l a s k a a r e t h e date. It will be held next Tues- parents of a daughter Sara Ann day a t 12;30 for lunch at the born April 2. Mr and Mrs Rollin home of Mrs Victor Misner. Nobel a r e the grand parents. There will be election of officers. Mr and Mrs Albert Craun a r e The Pairables Club of the Wa- the grandparents of a grandson, cousta Church will hold an "Out James Albert, born April 4 to to Dinner* meetingSunday,April Mr and Mrs Dick Craun of Grand 21. Ledge. He weighed 7 pounds and Wacousta Boy Scout Troop No. 13 ounces. 60 a r e out to earn money to send Mr and Mrs Carl Miller a r the 34 boys to camp this sum- rived home this week from their mer at North Woods, T r o o p winter in Tucson, Ariz. T h e y leader Guy Baker passed out called on Randy Wright at Ft. Tom-Wat Kits last week to the Knox on their return home. boys. It costs about $23 for a boy Sympathy is extended to the to attend. Hemingway family in the passing N e i g h b o r h o o d Society will of Marguerite Hemingway, 71, at meet next Thursday for a 12:30 their winter home in Bradenton, potluck with M r s Ken Schidtman. Fla. Funeral services were conMrs Miles Becker and Mrs Gay- ducted Tuesday from Wacousta lord Pyle a r e co-hostesses. Mrs Community Church with burial Earl Beagle will have the poll at Wacousta Cemetery. call and devotions will be by Mrs Mr and Mrs Charles Rose Jack.Lange. Mrs Alberta Brace and Barbara called on Mr and will be in charge of the p r o - Mrs Ed Rose in Eagle Saturday gram. There will be a white night. elephant sale. Wacousta OES No. 133 annual mother and daughter banquetwill be held Friday, April 26, at 6:30 All reservations ,must be made with Mrs Herman Openlander. • Wacousta OES No. 133, will hold a special initiation April Food sales in Clinton County 23 at 8 at the Temple. during November 1967 accounted M r a n d M r s H o w a r d Mc- for $47,406 in state sales taxes, Donough and M r and Mrs Rob- according to the Michigan State ert C r a m e r returned F r i d a y Department of Revenue. night after vacationing in the 1 Food was the highest sales Carolinas. tax category among eight listed Mrs Victor Misner returned by the department. Total sales after a tour in South America. taxes c o l l e c t e d on November Mrs Richard Mooney is home sales amounted to $149,145.69. after surgery. Other tax categories and the Mr and Mrs Wayne Spray and amounts collected included autofamily spent the week at Chemotive $40,751, building material boygan. $27,367, g e n e r a l merchandise Mr and Mrs Clayton Willard $5,243, apparel $2,772, furniture and Karen of Owosso and Mr $6,455, miscellaneous r e t a i l and Mrs David Hodge and Tammy $4,947, and non-retail $14,207. of Holtwere Sunday dinner guests Total use tax collected during of Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Oden. Tammy Hodge was Christened the same period amounted to Sunday at the Wacousta Church. $4,082.02. There were 514 businesses Mrs Tate Stephenson of Lanwhich reported sales taxes. sing spent the weekend with her son, Brandt Stephenson and famF a r m families eat well, but, ily. they pay for it, too. A recent Mrs Edward Kraft and Mr-and study of Michigan State UniverMrs Vaugh- M o n t g o m e r y a t - sity TelFarm users showed that tended the OES meeting in Elsie food i s the largest farm-family last Thursday evening. living expense, taking n e a r l y Mr and Mrs Ken Mattsonspent twenty-five cents of every dollar the week in Florida. spent.

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