SECTION ONE
Pages 1 to 12
SECTION ONE
Pages 1 to 12
THIS ISSU&
THIS ISSUE
CASS CITY, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1955.
VOLUME 50, NUMBER 33.
.
Cjass City Livestock Club Sweeps Lamb Competitiop
Supervisors Hear
State Tax Men
In Caro Monday
jack Perry Tops Detroit
Junior Livestock Show
A discussion of the tax situaJack Perry of Cass City exhibited the Grand Chamtion in Michigan with two state
pion
lamb, a Southdown, at the Detroit Junior Livestock
experts, Dale Campbell and'Roy
Show Vv^ednesday to bring top honors in the show to the
Paff, highlighted the December
Cass City Livestock Club for the 15th time in 26 years.
meeting of the Tuscola County
:
Mr. Perry's Grand Champion
-Board of Supervisors Monday.
was
one
of
a
galaxy
of
awards
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The; experts answered quesJJ1%
copped in the lamb competition
tions of the supervisors and ex-,
by Cass City entries. About the
plained how they arrived at valuonly honor that escaped the local (
ation figures for tax purposes.
entries was the reserve champion
On a motion made by Superlamb, won by Mr. Bell of LandThe accident suit of Dr. F. L.
visor Howard Slafter of Tuscola
ing.
Morris of Cass City against
Township, the board approved the
Mr. Perry received the Fred W. Francis
Chaulkin and Mrs. Santa Claus will i make* bis an-~
X-raying of all persons in the
Couzens Memorial trophy' for Mildred Cross, Port Hope, was nual trip to ,Cass City, Thursday,,,
Tuscola County Hospital and
winning the championship.
settled out of court Monday, as Dec. 22, members of the
county convalescent homes by the
EXAMINE FACILITIES—Examining the possibilities of the hart, James MacTavish, Herbert Ludlow, Clifford Croft and M. C.
All of the winners listed in trial was slated to begin.
City Gavel Club, which sponSaginaw Valley Mobile X-ray Nestles Company plant in Cass City for use as a hospital Sunday McLellan.
Front row: Harry Little, Mrs. McEachern, Miss Helen Kelly, this story represented the Cass The case was the result of an sors his arrival-here, • said thfe
were these interested persons. Preliminary examinations make it
Unit.
Mrs. Irene Freeman, Mrs. MacTavish, Mrs. H. T. Donahue, Dr. "ity ivestock Club. Linda Sever- accident on the Bay City-Forest- .week,
A request for $300 by the Sag- doubtful if the building can be adapted for a hospital.
ance showed the grand champion ville and Cemetery roads inter-" He is scheduled to make Ms?
From left to right, back row: Fred McEachern, Leonard Urqu- Donahue and A. J. Stevens.
inaw Valley Regional Planning
pen of three lambs and Jack section, four miles north of Cass ' appearance at the village CferisfcCommission - was tabled until the
Perry, the reserve champion pen City. In the crash Dr. Morris was ;mas tree at the.corner of Mapfe
For UsQ-as Hospital
next meeting.
62 at County Farm
of three lambs.
severely injured and Mr. Richard, and Main Streets at 7:30 7p. m.
The board authorized Supervi1
In the Southdown class, Jack Montcalm killed. .
j Gavel Club spokesmen said
sors Evard Rawson, Grover
Bureau
Meeting
Perry had the first individual and
Mrs. Cross was named in the his arrival will be a half hour
Laurie and Charles Woodcock to
pen, Arthur Severance the third suit as the owner of the car ' earlier this year so that it would
attend a short course for asSixty-two members of the Tus- individual and pen and Virginia driven by Chaulkin.
!not conflict with church' prosessing officers at Ann Arbor
^cola County Farm Bureau at- Perry the 15th individual.
grams.
Dec. 12-14.
|
tended
the
annual
kickoff
memIt speaks well for the leaders,
Linda Severance had the secAs usual, Santa will have cansbership
roll
call
meeting
Monclub members and others associond individual and first pen in WSCS Hold^ Annual dy and other treats for all the
(day, Dec. 5, at the VFW Hall in the Shropshire class and in the
ated with the Cass City Live[youngsters in the community,
Caro. .
Residents of the Cass City area
stock Club that they could sweep
all other breeds class, Larry Christmas Party
' At the club meeting Tuesday at
j
A
panel
discussion
was
held
so many top honors in the lamb investigated the possibilities of
Goodall showed the first indij
Parrott's Dairy Bar, Lloyd
and several representatives of vidual and third pen.
The Chronicle's annual spe- division of the Detroit Junior converting the abandoned Nestles
The
WSCS
of
the
Methodist
j
explained the beginning of
Farm Bureau addressed the In addition, Arthur Severance
cial delivery to the North Pole Livestock Show.
Company plant in Cass City to a
Church held its annual Christmas '. Christmas decorations in the
group.
County
Farm
Bureau
containing letters to Santa
Congratulations are in order community hospital this week.
was the champion showman in| ty Monday, Dec. 5, in the--lage and demonstrated how
President Henderson . Graham the sheep division and Jack par
Claus will start next week.
Discussign was capped by an
social rooms of the ' church. jdisplays/ ire made.
welcomed the guests.
Boys and girls in the area was Grand Champion of the inspection of the building SunPerry, Arthur Severance, Leslie
Marge Parker, co-ordinator of Severance and Virginia Perry, Seventy persons attended,
who want to get in touch with show. Through our negligence, day. Although the building has
Farm Bureau women, presented all of Cass City, showed the eluding several guests and memold Saint Nick this season had we failed to'have a picture of ample room for a 50-bed or more
the principal address, "Philo-" champion county group of six bers of the intermediate class of
better sit right down and the winning exhibitor and his hospital, qualified observers are
the church.
'sophy
of Farm Bureau."
now
doubtful
if
the
building
can
write today.
lamb. Dr. Harry Crandell, nalambs from four exhibitors.
An impressive program di•
Speakers
from
the
Lansing
ofFor, there is just two weeks tionally known sheep expert, be converted at any substantial
Arthur received the Detroit rected by Mrs. Albert Gallagher,
fice were John Sexson, represent- Stewards Association trophy for
left to get your message to tipped us off before the show savings to the community.
assisted by Mrs. John McGrath,
First payment to growers from ing Farm Bureau service; John winning showmanship honors.
Santa so he'll know just what that Cass City might well have a
The three-floor buffdiHg is in
Miss Addie Gallagher and Mrs.
the
Caro
plant
of
the
Michigan
Cjotzer,
Farm
Bureau
fertilizers.
you want for Christmas. Send [winner. We were scheduled to good repair, but the installation
-"Seventv pens, of lambs for a Tom Dobbs, was presented.
Sugar
Company
was
announced
and
Oscar
Hauck,
speaking
of
your letters now and we'll see 'take a picture of the winning of heating and plumbing, costs
total of 210 sheep were "exhibited
Several
musical .selections
thatsthey are printed and sent entry, but with the press of for lowering ceilings, building this week to be $9.25 per ton for farmers' petroleum.
Concluded on page twelve.
were enjoyed. The junior choir^
.Speakers from Tuscola Countv
to Santa in time for Christ- Christmas work, the appointment rooms and adding windows is ex- 105,550 tons of beets received,
soloist Ruth Hoffman and a
The payment will amount to included: Harry Steele, general
mas.
slipped our mind and we failed pected- to place the cost too high
quartet, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mil-"
$976,337.50. Deducted from this agent for Tuscola County insur-!
to have a picture for this week's for practical purposes.
ler, Arlington Hoffman and Mrs.
Members of the parish of SL
figure
will
be
$385,200
made
in
ance;
Mrs.
James
Stiner
of
Caro.
However,
authorities
have
conissue.
Nancy Hallahan, entertained.
Agatha
Church in Gagetowre will
9
tacted an architect to look the
The program was closed with a attend Mass in the main
for
the
Caro
plant.
and
Clark
Montague,
memberbuilding
over
and
give
an
opinion
j If things go as planned, resiJ. Jay Black, acting director candlelight circle. Gifts were auditorium Sunday for the
Gilbert Smith, plant manager,
i dents of the community will have as to its practicality.
of
the Sanilac County Health De- then presented and gifts of time since May 15, Rev. Fatter
Marlie
Drew,
regional
ret>rean opportunity to look over the If the building should prove said that this leaves a cash pay- sentative of Michigan Farm partment, reported this week money received for children in Glenn W. Cronkite announced!
new Cass City Manufacturing acceptable, it would need the ap- ment of $501,137.50 to be rethis week.
that 1,546 children, from five to Seoul. Korea.
Company's facilities sometime proval of the state before any leased by the company Thursday, Bureau, was chairman of the nine years old, received their A business meeting followed
Services have been held In Unmeetinsr.
after Christmas. R. L. Bassett, action could be taken. Forty per Dec. 15.
the program and refreshments church basement for ,the last;
first
shot
of
polio
vaccine
last
Ed
Golding.
Sr.,
is
cantain
of
The money represents the first
manager, said that he planned an cent of funds used for hospital
were served by the executive seven months while an extensive
ulve inl FIMand Township. week.
4drive
Aw
ni * Students from rural schools committee
open house as soon as production construction are provided by_ the of three payments to the grow- ^ Aer
$70,00 improves &nt. -project. -wasp
s " ^
ers. In addition, beet growers ?° f are Mr. and Mjs Clare
and other opening problems have state.
in progress.
were
transported
to
various
cenAuthorities have been and are have received, or will receive Center and Ellwood Eastman.
ibeen disposed of.
Repairs are nearly finishedf
ters to receive the vaccine. Mr.
concerned over the lack of facil- shortly, a government payment of
Visitors, former members and
anct First Holy Communion for
r* t \ t
Black announced that students
ities
in
the
community.
The
30
S^nKW>|
$2.40:8 a ton. About $140,000 of
active members of the Cass City !
children will be held at the 8:30
absent on the day the vaccine
available beds in the Pleasant
Evangelical
United
Brethren
a. m. Mass Sunday.
was
administered
can
still
reHome Hospital and Cass City $254,164.40 has been dispursed.
Church attended the 90th anni-;Jlear DCCr
Rev. Cronkite reported that
ceive it from the physician who
Hosm'tal
are
full
the
majority
of
Mr. Smith said that the averversary celebration of the church
complete details of the improveattended
the
clinic.
ArrangeThe
Cass
City
High
School
age yield per acre in the district
Sunday to hear Rev. N. W. The December meeting of the the time.
ment project will be revealeci
Lack of good hospital facilities handled by the Caro plant this Music Department, under the di- ments should be made through
Klump, district superintendent 'Cass City Community Club will
ext w e e .
the health department, he said.
rection
of
Roger
Parrish
for
year was 15 tons. He said that
for the East District, in
be
held
Tuesday
at
Cass
City
Mr.
Black
said
that
a
limited
vocal
music
and
Ronald
Phillips
growers will receive $11.65:8 per
morning service ,and attend a High School auditorium. Mr.
instrumental, will present its SUT>T>IV of polio vaccine is now
ton for their beets this month, for
special service in the afternoon. Tubbs, district conservation of- Strike Oil on Land
annual
winter concert Monday available from doctors in Sanifor a $174.87 per acre gross profFollowing Rev. Klump's ad-' f jcer f rom
be the guest
evening, Dec. 19, at • 8 p. m. at lac Countv for pregnant women
dress in the morning, the group (speaker,
Owned by Mdsacks it with two additional payments the
The annual Christmas program
Cass City High School audi- and children one through 14
due from the Michigan Sugar
was served a ham dinner by the j j^r> Tubbs will bring &
of the Cass City Woman's Study
years old.
! torium.
The long fight by Mrs. Heleneladies of the WSWS. During the j "Michigan>Deer Story," to illus- Leaseholders Mr. and Mrs. Joe Companv.
Club was held Tuesday at the Striffler for the right to an autoThe concert is open to the
Mr. Smith said that the last ! public
meal several congratulatorv let- trate h|s address. He is expected Mosack of Gagetown announced
home of Mrs. Ed Baker who mobile franchise held in Caro bjr
and admission is free.
ters were read from former mem- to present the conservation de- this week that land they have beets from this year's harvest Complete details of the program
decorated for the program in her late husband, Fred, was"
bers and friends of the church partment's stand on the contro- leased to National Drillers of
delivered to the plant Tues- will be published in next week's
keeping with the holiday season. denied by the Michigan Supreme;
and church authorities said that versial "any deer" season.
Instead of an 'exchange of Court.
Lansing and 0. K. West of De- day.
Chronicle.
several phone calls were also regifts, members gave money to
troit has produced oil at three
The decision upheld a previous
ceived.
be used for Christmas gifts for one
narrow spaced levels in Ogemaw
issued by the Wayne circnfft
Several of the practices of the j
needy persons.
County, southeast of West
court,
from where the case was
church in its early years Were'
A Christmas program was one appealed.
Branch,
carried out to commemorate the j Saturday, Dec. 10—Leon and
of
the
higrhlisrhts
of
the
meeting.
The well has been acidised by
The supreme court said that
90 years of the church in the Marion Conway will sell cattle, Dow Chemical Co. with 4.500 galMrs. Keith McConkey read * the "no protection could have asOfficers
for
the
coming
year
community.
Christmas Story and Mrs. Earlsisted Mrs. Striffler in obtainingdairy equipment, feed and ma- lons of acid" and is expected to
were elected at a meeting of
As was the custom until early chinery at the farm, three miles be a commercial well within 30
Douglas reviewed the book, "The for herself or for her company
Tyler
Lodge
No.
317
F
&
AM
1900, the men sat on one side of south of Akron on the corner of days, Mr. Mosack said.
Postmaster Chester Muntz an- Other Wise Man" by Henry Van anv honpfit of a renewal. Any
Tuesday evening and will be inthe church and ladies on the North Merry j^nd West"Fairgrove
Oil was struck at approxinounced
this week that special Dyke.
so-caHM renewal wou^ not fee &
stalled in an open installation
other. The program was opened Roads.
A piano solo, "The Trinity rAnpwnl in fflct: it
mately 4.000 feet, he' said.
Christmas post office hours will
Dec.
15
in
the
Masonic
hall.
with a selection by the Sunday
Chimes,"
was
presented
by
Miss
tical effect be a
' | Stuart Merchant is the newly- start Thursday, Dec. 15.
School orchestra, under the dioffice Marilyn McConkev and the group
On
that
day
the
post
Geneva.! Motors terrw'-nntM the
Bad
Axe
School
District
voters;
elected
worshipful
master.
Other
rection of George Dillman. The
sang "Silent Night."
sales agreement Aug. 17, 1948,
approved financing f o r a new officers are: senior warden, Gil- will remain open in the afterorchestra also played for the ofContinued
OP
page
12.
j $380,000 addition to the high : bert Albee; junior warden, Hazen noon. On Saturday, Dec. 17,
fertory.
(school,
Thursday, Dec. 1, at a Brown; treasurer, Dorus W. Thursday, Dec. 22, and Saturday,
A service in^German was anspecial
election. The money will Benkelman; secretary, Arlington Dec. 24, the post office will also
other feature of the unusual
be spent for a new gymnasium,, Hoffman; senior deacon, Clarence be open from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.,
service. Mrs. Walter Anthes read
four large classrooms for Junior'Keating; junior deacon, Clarence Mr. Muntz reported.
a passage of Scripture in GerNormal Thursday and SaturHigh, a vocal music room and a Merchant: stewards, Don Koepfman and Rev. S. R. Wurtz
gen and Leb Pomeroy; chaplain, day afternoon closing times will
(band room.
talked briefly in German on the
The proposal for a five-mill John Bayley; marshal, Richard be observed after the Christmas
passage read. A German song
The
Cass
City
Red
Hawks
holiday, he said.
Continued on page 12.
ing
was
more
evenly
divided
as
Continued on page 12.
was sung by several of the men
opened their 1955-56 cage season Bob Martus, Jim Johnson and
and women present.
After deliberating for seven making arrest in the village of
Mrs. Arnold Copeland, presi- Friday evening with a 59-49 de- Dick Hanby joined the scoring
hours, a Tuscola County jury Fairgrove Aug. 27.
dent of the Ladies Aid, Mrs. B. cision at Bad Axe. Coach Irv parade as Cass City recorded its
Max Young pleaded guilty of
found Rowland Cone, Cass City,
A. Schwegler, president of the Claseman's defending Thumb B best quarter of the game with 24
Dreaking
and entering a gas staguilty
of
indecent
liberties
Thurs'
conference
champions
started
a
points, while the Hatchets netted
W.SWS, and Miss Frances Diebel.
tion
in
Kingston.
Judge Qumre
day,
Dec.
1,
in
circuit
court
at
team
with
only
one
regular,
Jack
15. At the half, Cass City led
secretnrv of the Sunday School, Clar
ordered a pre-sentence investigaCaro.
then briefly compared the activa, back from last season's 39-25.
Mr. Cone had been charged tion and sentence will be passed
ities of the various societies they ,S(*'4ad...
In the final two periods, Bad
with
indecent liberties and at- Wednesday.
13represent with the'work done by i Claseman used his entire
Axe outscored Cass City, posting
tempted rape of a 13-year-old
Frank Rettelle of Gagetown;
squad in the game and ex- a 11-10 margin in the third quarthese organizations in earlier
girl. Judge T. C. Quinn ordered asked for an attorney whe»
;
j
perimented
freely
with
nine
boys.
"
Continued on page 12.
ter and a 13-10 margin in the
a pre-sentence investigation. charged with unlawfully ' driving
jAt one time in the second quar- final period.
Sentence will be passed Wednes- away an automobile from the
jter, he used a quintet composed
Coach Claseman said that he
Comment Garage in Gagetown om
day, Dec. 14.
lot all sophomores and juniors. was satisfied with the performIn another Thursday case, Em- Nov. 14. He returned to court
j Gordon Drouillard, a question ance of the squad in the opening
ma A. Metro was granted tem- Wednesday and pleaded guilty to
i mark at center when the season game, despite a sloppy last'half.
porary alimony of $25 a week the charge. Judge Quinn senopened,
nailed
down
a
starting
Buying priceThe team's strength will be
from John Metro. Mr. Metro was tenced him to a year in the counjob
Friday
with
his
aggressive
21
given a sterner test tonight (FriA.J
ordered to pay $100 attorney's ty jail. However, sentence will
•D
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g'gg rebounding and surprising scor- day) when the Hawks play Marbe suspended when he returns to
[fees.
in
unch
lette
at
the
Cass
City
High
Dark red kidney beans .Z~ 15.50 £ P
,
Four
Arraigned
military service. Mr. Rettelle
Cranberries ...L
9.50 As expected the team made School gym.
Four
persons
were
arraigned
has
been in service for a year"
Yellow eye beans
19.00 ™ierous mistakes and suffered
Marlette was edged in their
on criminal charges Monday be- with three more years to serve.Corn, new
1.08 from opening game jitters and opener with Caro, but fisrure to
William G. Kern's attorney
fore Judge Quinn.
P .
should improve as the season be much stronger than Bad Axe
ram
Calvin Conway of Fairgroye entered a motion to quash the inQQ progresses.
which lost its opening game to
stood mute when charged with formation on a rape charge. The
Wheat, No. 2, mixed, bu 2.01 The team took only 45 shots class "C" Harbor Beach.
assault and obstructing and re- motion was taken under advlse?during the game, considerablv
Claseman said that he will
sisting an officer. A plea of not ment.
below the average of Hawk
guilty was entered for him. He
In a civil case heard' Monday,
teams in past years, but aver- start Drouillard, Clara, Martus,
Buckwheat, cwt.
1.60 iaged around .400 per cent with John Meininger and either Jim
allea-edly beat and bruised Depu- Duane C. Bogart was found?
Livestock
Ellis or Johnson in the second
ty Clarence Schroeder, who was mnlty of contempt of court for
the 18 shots they converted.
Cows, pound
.08 .10 I In the opening period, Clara conference game of the season.
failure to t»av alimony. Sentence
Cattle, pound
12 .16 and Drouillard carried the H>wks
OPENS MONDAY—«R. L. Bassett, manager of knocked down and the addition is made an integral
Clara led the scoring for Cass
Notice
was suspended on his promise^ tto>
Calves, pound .
15 .25 into a 15-10 lead. Clara picked City with 13 points, followed by f the Cass City Manufacturing Company, stands part of the building.
I will be at the Cass Citv Stat* t>av $125 now and weekly
Production of the plant was originally slated
the first two pieces of machinery erected
Hogs, pound —
Saturday, Dec. 10 and Dec. ments of $25 until money owedTfia
(up three field goals and a charity Drouillard with 10 and Martus j betweennew
mo( ern
to start Nov. 1. However, delays in shipping of Bank
in southwest Cass City.
^
Produce
Continued on page 12:
'heave and Drouillard counted a with nine*
Mr. Bassett said that the company will start heating equipment and other necessary tools set 17, to collect taxes for Greenleaf
Townshin. -I will also take taxes
Eggs, large, doz
52 pair of shots from under the The Hawk reserve squad lost iimited production Monday of auto parts and as- the schedule about one month behind.
Soecial Notice
Eggs, medium, doz.
bucket and converted four of six the preliminary contest, 50-38. semblies. The new building is built so additions
The concern is expected to hire about 25 or 30 at my home on Wednesdays and
Eggs, small, doz. ..
.32 .free throws.
Lopez was high for the Hawks can be made in any direction without interrupting persons, mostly men, at this time, Mr. Bassett Fridays. Jane Fuester, treasurer. No chickens this Friday. €%ri
Reed.~-Adv. 1£
{Work. When finished, the present wall can be has reported.
Butterfat
86i In the second period,, the*scor- with 13 points.
Santa Scheduled
In Cass City
Thursday, Dec. 22
From the
Editor's Corner Group Investigates
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Write to Santa
Announce First
Payment to Area
Beet Growers
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EUB Anniversary
Program Well
Attended Sunday
WSG Holds
Annual Yule
Party Tuesday
Club to
Coming Auction
Fleet New
Officers Tuesday
Voters Approve
School Addition
In Bad Axe
Mrs. Striffler
Appeal in Court
Muntz Announces
Holiday Schedule
For Post Office
Pll/Marlette TonigMfci
Hawks Open Season
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