SIDEWALK DAYS! HOT BARGAINS OUTDOORS
CITY
SECTION ONE
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VOLUME 54, NUMBER 13
SECTION ONE
Pages l to 10
FOURTEEN PAGES
CASS CITY, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1960
FOURTEEN PAGES.
Costs Rise But School in Black
Record School Vote
Names Four to Board
School
Delayed
Sidewalk. Bargains for the Whole Family
The addition to the Cass CityElementary building has been delayed for
several weeks by a
backlog of work in the Municipal
Finance Commission, President
Lester Ross told voters at the
annual school meeting Monday,,
The finance organization must"
rule on all bond issues before'
they are sold. In Cass City's case*,
approval is regarded as a formality.
However, each case is numbered on arrival and the commission will ^not consider the case
until its turn arrives.
The delay means that there
will be no new facilities available
for the first semester this year.
Supt. Willis Campbell said
that he thought that the addition
would be operating by the time
the second semester starts.
Originally, it was believed that
the addition would be ready early
in December.
The bond issue for the addition is for $125,000. Other school
debt includes $36,000 of a 195*
issue and $134,000 for a 1954 issue.
There is a reserve fund of $14,020 for the 1950 issue and $15,~
880 for the 1954 issue.
A record 396 votes were cast
in the annual school election Monday at Cass City High School and
some 75 persons attended the
annual meeting that followed at
8 p.m.
In close balloting two candidates were named for four-year
terms and two for three-year
terms.
William Ruhl led all candidates
at the polls with 306 votes for
one of the four-year terms and
James Milligan also won a spot
on the board with 217 votes. Other four-year candidates were
Charles Bond, 154 votes, and
Grant Ball, 90 votes.
John Esau led the candidates
for a three-year term by a large
margin with 232 votes. The remainder of the candidates were
bunched. Donald Reid won a narrow victory for the second threeyear term with 145 votes.
The results for the remainder
were: J. William Parrott, 139
votes; Mrs. Dorothy Ballard, 133
votes, and Mrs. Elizabeth Waipole, 115 votes.
Because of the number of votes
cast, the tabulation of the ballots
Feature of Event
CMU to Give
Grad Courses
Undergraduate—graduate credit courses will be offered for the
first time in Cass City by Central Michigan University beginning in September. The classes
are open to teachers in Huron
and Tuscola counties.
Registration for these classes
will be held in the Cass City High
School 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
w, September 14.
Under present plans a minimum of four courses will be
available in both the fall and
spring semesters. '""IVo courses
v will be offered Monday nights,
- while the
remaining will be
taught Wednesday nights.
The plan calls for one course
to be taught from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
and the second from 8 to 10:30
p.m.
Education:, psychology, speech
and industrial arts will be offered
during the fall semester. The spring semester tentatively includes courses in biology,
geography, history and education.
Those desiring graduate credit
can get applications from Dr.
George Nelson, dean^f Graduate
Studies at Central.
Granting of resident credit
will be announced later.
To be given in the fall semester
are Speech 430 (2 hours), Principles of Speech Correction; Industrial Arts 403 (2 hours), Industrial Arts in the Elementary
School; Psychology 470 (2 hours),
The Deviant Individual and Education 483 (2 hours), Principles
of Guidance.
Also fall term,'Michigan State
University will offer Education
815A (3 term hours), Guidance
.Practices in the Schools.
Cass City's sidewalks will be
bulging with specials and the
town will assume a carnival air
as local merchants and the Chamber of Commerce combine to
bring area families
Sidewalk
Days Friday and Saturday.
Seeger Street, north of Main
Street, -will be closed to traffic
for one block and Rausch Shows
of Reese will move in with rides
for the kiddies.
These rides will cost only 10
cents with tickets given free by
local merchants who are paid-up
members of the Chamber of Commerce. Without the tickets, cost
of the rides will be 20 cents.
Area shoppers will find about
every conceivable type of merchandise in the sidewalks this
week end. In addition, many concerns whose merchandise is not
suitable for outside display will
have specials indoors during the
two-day event.
Stores which have advertised
specials for the event are:
Albee Hardware & Furniture
Asher's Men's Wear
Baldy's Sunoco - Service
Ben Franklin Store
Bigelow Hardware
Bush's Restaurant
Erla Food Center
Federated Store
Foodtown IGA Super Market
Frantz IGA Super Market
Freiburger Grocery
Freiburger Paint & Hobby Shop
Gamble .Store
Gross & Maier
Hulien's
Jim's Fruit Market
Kritzman's
Leeson Wallpaper & Paint
Little's Furniture
McConkey Jewelry & Gift Shop
New" Gordon Hotel
Parrott's Ice Cream
Sommers' Bakery
Townsend's 5 & lOc Store
Wood's Rexall Drugs
Name Three to
Oweng-age Board
Voters named three men to the
board of
Owendale-Gagetown
School Monday in an uncontested
Coming- Auctions election.
Incumbent Burton Roth and
Saturday, July 16—Eldon Field Fred W. Cooley were named for
and Donald Kaatz will sell dairy four years. Leo Seurynck was
cattle and farm machinery at the elected for a three-year term.
farm, four and a half miles east
of Cass City.
Saturday, July 23—Henry Roth
will sell cattle and machinery at
the farm, eight miles south and
three-quarters of a mile east of
Cass City.
was not completed until 10 p.m.
and the annual organizational
meeting of the board, normally
held after the annual meeting,
was delayed. Board officers must
be named within three days of
the election.
Financial Report
Mrs. W. E. Wai pole'presented
the financial report. It showed
that Cass City was again in the
black although costs rose some
$24,000 over the preceding year.
In 1958-59 total current operating expenses were $332,844.66.
For the year ending June 30,
i960, the operating costs were
$357,331.20.
Teachers' salaries and supplies
jumped some $20,000 from $229,-.
227.77 to $250,212.13 and administrative expenses also increased from $18,171.38 last year
to $21,655.70 this year.
Tax Rate
Taxes for the school will increase next year. Presently pro- '
perty owners are paying eight
mills for operating and two and
a half mills for debt.
Next year the millage will be
eight or~ eight and a half mills
for operating" and four and a
quarter mills for debt. The extra 1.75 mills will be for the
bonds authorized for the addition to the grade school.
Cass City School was allotted
eight mills for operating expenses by the county tax allocation board. They had asked for
eight and a half, the amount that
all other county high school districts, except Vassar, were
allotted.
They are appealing the grant
of eight mills to the State Tax
Commission in Lansing. An answer is expected Monday.
Regardless of whether the extra half mill is allowed, school
taxes will take a hefty jump
through the increase in the state's
equalized valuation. Because of
the addition of the school property from the Owengage district
and the increase in valuation, the
assessed valuation of the district
jumped from $9,331,695 to $11,360,666, an increase of 21.7 per
cent.
Other Business
Voters approved the transportation of all pupils who live at
least a mile from the school
again this year. The state pays
transportation charges for students who live a mile and a half
or more from the school.
The board expressed its appreciation to Luke Tuckey for his
six years of service on the board.
Mr. Tuckey did not seek re-election.
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Cancer Drive Over
Quota in County
Mrs. T. K. Schmidt, acting cochairman of the Tuscola County
cancer drive, said this week that
the drive had exceeded its quota.
The quota was set at $6,050 and
a total of $6,180.37 was collected.
Residents of Elkland and Novesta
townships contributed $750.
Top township in the county was
Millington which gave-$854.60.
Richard Kirn is president of
the Tuscola Chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Buying price
Soybeans
1
.
9
0
Beans
5
.
3
0
Cranberries
5.50
Light Red Kidney beans .... 13.00
Dark Red Kidney beans .... 13.00
Grain
Corn, new
1.03
Oats
59
Wheat, old
1.66
Barley
$1.50
Livestock
Cows, pound
.14 .20
Cattle, pound
18 .23
Calves, pound ...
20 .30
Hogs, pound
18%
Product
Eggs, large, doz
32
Band Boosters
Ice Cream Social, Friday, July 15,
SUMMER PROJECT—-Determined to see if the regular applicaat the park, 4 p.m. 3 servings for.
of water can keep Cass City's decorative trees alive are four
$1.00.
7-14-1 tion
locai Boy .. couts. They have volunteered to water the trees on Main
Street twice weekly this summer.
Professional Wrestling
Scouts participating, from left, are Dean Hulien, Bob Doerr and
Friday, July 15, 9 p.m. Bad Axe Gary Holik. Absent when this picture was taken was David MacHigh School Gym.
7-14-1 Rae. (Chronicle photo.)
^ OLD AND THE NEW— Behind the rubble of the old Deford
School built in 1913 is the six-classroom structure which was built
:•-(. I9o5 to accommodate Deford's increasing- school enrollment. The
debris will soon be cleared away and the last traces of the third
school in the community's history obliterated.
^he second school, pictured at the left, was of durable brick.
This is the building that served as Deford's school house prior to
1913. We have the picture through the courtesy of Miss Belle Spencer of Deford.
Log Cabin First
School in Deford
Forty-seven years ago Deford
residents were pointing with
pride to their recently completed
two-story brick schoolhouse.
' Just this month that building
Hospital Opening
was torn down. Behind it is the
six-room brick structure for
Hills and Dales General
which the Deford school district
Hospital will be formallyapproved a $125,000 bond issue
opened for inspection Aug. 11
March 14, 1955.
and 12, Thursday and Friday,
The old school, No. 4 Novesta
from 1 to 8 p.m. The Ladies
township, had as its first teachers
Thirty-four cases are listed Auxiliary will conduct guided
Miss May Bruce and Miss Joyce on the court docket for the Au- tours through Cass City's milRetherford. The school officers gust term of Circuit Court at lion-dollar hospital.
were William Parks, directory E. Caro. Included are six criminal,
R. Bruce, moderator, and George two civil cases, jury, and four
Spencer, assessor. There were civil cases, non-jury, four chan109 pupils in the school district cery cases and 18 cases in which Three Sentenced
at that time.
no progress has been made for
In Circuit -.-Court
The building was 38 by 44 feet I more" than one year,
with one large room on each j The complete docket:
story and a basement "which can f Criminal Cases
Three persons appeared before?
be equipped for playrooms or for ' The people vs. Manley Martin, •Circuit Court Judge Timothy C.
recitation rooms, should additional I appeal from justice court.
Quinn Wednesday for sentencing..
room be needed in the future,"
James D. Smith of Vassar was
The people vs. Ada A. Graves,
the September 17, 1913, issue of unlawful sale of liquor by one put on two-year probation for
the Chronicle said. The two large not possessing a license.
breaking and entering the Clark
rooms were later partitioned to
The people vs. James D. Smith, Steele Laundry in Vassar. He
make four.
breaking and entering in the was ordered to pay a fine of
The present school is Deford's nighttime.
$100, court costs of $50 and $33.fourth, said Miss Belle Spencer,
The people vs. Eobert L. Jones, 13 restitution at the rate of $7.50
who has served on the Deford removing and concealing chattel i a month.
school board as did both her par- mortgage property.
\ Robert L. Jones of W. Palm
ents. The first school, according
The people vs. Edward Robin- ! Beach, Florida, who was charged
to Miss Spencer, was a log son, rape.
\ with intent to injure and defraud,,
cabin; the second was a frame I The people vs.
Geraldine ' was put on five years probation.
building later covered with brick. ; Antoinette Hart, breaking and He was ordered to pay $2,352.21
Both were one-room structures. j entering in the daytime,
J in restitution and court costs of
i $50, payable at $40. a month. He
j Civil Cases—Jury
arrested for taking a car out
Carl
M.
Varnum
and
Helen
R.
Mom and Grandma Variium vs. Mary Brainerd, eject- i| was
of the county on which there was
j a chattel mortgage.
ment.
Geraldine Hart of Vassar, arMrs. Earl Schenk became a
Carl H. Liebertz vs. North
'grandmother and a mother within Branch Products, Inc. a Michigan rested for breaking and entering
Al's Coffee and Bake .Shop, was
three and a half hours when her Corporation, assumpsit.
sent to the Detroit House of Cordaughter gave birth to an eight- Civil Cases— Non Jury
pound, four-ounce son at 6 a.m. I Edward E. Whalen d|b|a Whal- rection for a two to five yearand Mrs. Schenk's six-pound, ' en Lime and Trucking vs. Hamp- term. The court recommended a.
seven-ounce son was born at 9:35 ; ton J. Curry d[b|a H. J. Curry, two year term.
John Wilczak of Caro, who, is'
a.m. at Bad Axe General Hospit- Oldsmobile G. M. C. Truck, writ
accused of the June 27 murder ofT
al.
of replevin.
Dr. E. C. Holdship was the atDorothy Houghtaling vs. Floyd his wife, Irene, will have countending physician. Mrs. .Schenk Marcey and Norma Marcey, ap- sel appointed by the court to defend him. He is also to have a.
and son, Kandy Howard, came peal from Justice Court.
sanity test.
home from the hospital last week.
Conciuaea ou &£>&* A-U.
List 34 Gases
For Aug. Circuit
Court Term
Gagetown May
ditor's Corner Stop Fire Runs
The condition is getting criti- To Elmwood Twp,
E
From the
cal, M. B. Auten said. With the
hospital due to open sometime
around the middle of August
more and more money is needed
to pay the bills for construction
as they become due.
He asks that everyone who has
pledged to the hospital send in
the money they have promised at
once. All of these funds
are
needed
to keep construction
rolling.
Noble Jump of Cass City
burned a little midnight oil early
this week to bring water back to
the village of Kingston.
Monday afternoon authorities
of the village brought an engine
that runs the water pump into
his shop to be repaired. The engine needed special bearings
available only in Detroit. It was
expected by bus
Monday but
failed to arrive.
Responsible persons in Kingston, afraid of a fire with no
water pressure, drove to Detroit
for the bearings.
They arrived at Jump's at 4:15
o'clock Tuesday morning and the
motor was repaired in a little over
an hour.
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Cass City is fortunate to be
better prepared for a pump failure than Kingston. The village
has two pumps and one could
carry the load until both were
back in service.
We were reminded
of our
younger days this week when we
observed a car of ancient vintage
pull up to the curb at the corner
of .Seeger and Main and unload
(we counted them) 13 kids who
promptly took off for the park.
The long smoldering controversy between the Village of
Gagetown and Elmwood Township came alive again Monday
when the Gagetown village council threatened to cut off service
to the township unless its demands for a change in the program are met.
The board voted unanimously to
have the village clerk notify
township residents that the Gagetown Fire Department will not
make any further runs outside
the village limits after Sept. 15
unless the township board meets
with the village council to solve
the problem.
A letter to this effect will be
sent to the Elmwood Township
board.
The Gagetown council wants
Elmwood Township to take over
the entire cost of maintaining,
equipping and housing the fire
department. The village would
furnish the personnel for the department under this plan.
The village of Gagetown bases
its request on the fact that village taxpayers would be paying
their share of the cost of fire
protection when residents pay
township taxes.
The issue has been under discussion for over a year.
"We'll Run Our Own"
The fire damage done to t'Re
roof of the Milton Fox home on
Argyle road has not been determined yet. The fire, started by
faulty wiring in the attic, was
noticed by Morris Adair
of
Argyle who was driving by the
Fox home about midnight Saturwanted to pay its outstanding / aid because of the added valua- day. No one was injured.
bills before annexation.
I tion of the Deford district. DeMrs. Pringle said that many ford could send its high school License Suspended
who oppose annexation have the students to Cass City without
mistaken idea that joining with paying tuition and transportaDrodeo Balderas, 30, of Vassar'
Cass City would mean closing tion. Possibly, seventh and eighth had his license suspended last
down the new six-classroom grade students from Deford could
week because of an unsatisfied?
building for which Deford put be sent to Cass City, if annexa- judgment,
according to Secretary/"
up a $125,000 bond issue in 1955. tion took place.
of
State
James
M. Hare.
"This is not true," Mrs. Pringle
Booming school enrollment is a
said. "The operation of the school problem for Deford.
and the teachers would remain
Inadequate classroom space
the same; all that would change
Plan Horseshoe
is that control would be from the faces Deford even now with the
new building. The present school Tourney Here
Cass City school," she said.
"At the present time, we are was designed for approximately
Recreation Director Mike
paying $7,000 annually in tuition 180 children; 200 are now enalone to send 55 Deford students rolled. The number keeps in- Yedinak announced this week
to the -Cass City High School," creasing, according to Mrs. Prin- that the department will spongle. One class is being taught in sor a horseshoe 'pitching
Mrs. Pringle said.
Kingston takes four Deford the gymnasium because of lack tourney, if enough persons are
of space elsewhere.
^
interested.
area high school students.
In two or three years, Deford
Interested men are asked to
Tuition and transportation are
two costly items for the Deford will have to annex or approve contact him as soon as posschool, which has not been regu- another bond issue, according to sible, Mr. Yedinak said.
Another change in the prolarly receiving its share of state Mrs. Pringle.
aid, according to Mrs. Pringle.
Those wanting annexation also gram has been announced.
Annexation to Cass City would point out that children should Adult swimming has been
have advantages to both Cass have an earlier start in band, changed from Thursday night
City and Deford, she believes. The vocal music and sports which to Tuesday night from 7 to 9
Cass City school district would they cannot get at Deford, Mrs. o'clock, the director said.
be in line for more state school j Pringle said.
Annexation Talk Monday
Residents of the Deford school
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Although the vote for member- district rejected discussion of anship on the board of Cass City nexation to Cass City Monday
Schools was the largest on rec- night at the annual meeting folord, it still is a pathetic percent- lowing the school board election.
age of the total available. With
"We're going to try to run our
an estimated 2,900 voters, the own school," said Mrs. Marjorie
396 who cast ballots represent Pringle," secretary of the Deford
less than 14 per cent of the elec- school board.
tors in the district.
Mrs. Pringle and Glen Tousley
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were re-elected to the board for
Louis Bartz received a gavel three-year terms.
Tuesday for his work as president
The board has been discussing
of the Rotary Club last year. The '• annexation for over a year, withpresentation marks the end of his j out any outcome.
career as a Rotarian and as a
In 1959, some residents of Demember of the community..
ford were waiting to see if KLou, who became widely known 12, a bill in the state legislature
in the area when he ran the bowl- providing for the annexation of
ing alley and herded turkeys with all eighth grade schools to larger
Fred Iseler, will make Ms home districts within three years,
in Florida where he has pur- would pass.
chased an apartment building in
The bill died in committee.
Miami Beach.
However, at the time of the
However, friends will be happy general meeting last year, the
to know that the genial Dutch- vote was 54-10 in favor of looking
Continued on page ten.
into annexation without waiting
for K-12 to be passed.
Band Boosters
No action was taken at this
Ice Cream Social, Friday, July 15, time, because Cass City was in
at the park, 4 p.m. 3 servings for. the process of annexing the
$1.00.
7-14-1 Cedar Run district and Deford
Roof Burns