Saturday Night Open Hours Voted in Poll
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SECTION ONE SECTION ONE Pages 1 to 8 Pages 1 to 8 TWELVE FACES TWELVE PAGES VOLUME 52, .NUMBER 43 'CASS CITY, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1959 TWELVE PAGEa, Chamber of Commerce To Elect Four New Saturday•/ Nigh. O t Ope-I n Members to Board Hours Voted in Poll Ballots were mailed this week to elect four new members to the After a trial period of a little less than a year, mer- Ask for Silent Cass City Chamber of Commerce chants voted to return to Saturday night openings in place board of directors. The men County Welfare of Friday nights in a secret poll conducted with 30 local named will replace four direct- merchants affected by the rule. Noon-day Prayer ors who are retiring after serv- ing- three-year terms on the On the basis of the results of the poll the retail divi- Costs to Jump sion of the Chamber of Commerce has set Saturday, Mar. 7 board. Retiring will be B. A. 91 During Lent Calka, Charles Auten, George 9 as .the date of the switch. Present plans call for cooperating Fisher and William Ruhl. In 59-Bagufey stores to be open Friday and Saturday nights on the week The nominating committee has 1 ends of Mar. 6-7 and 13-14 and Saturday nights only after Spokesmen for the Cass City submitted the names of 12 those dates. Council of Churches announced members of the Chamber and the "Look for increased costs in The balloting was close. A thai; details have been completed four receiving the most number 1959 to operate the Tuseola count showed that 16 stores fav- for a moment of silent prayer to of votes will be elected for three- County Social Welfare Depart- ored opening Saturday night and Hawks Rally be observed in Cass City daily year terms. ment," Irl Baguley, director, told 14 Friday night. However, all during Lent. Among the candidates are members of Cass City Rotary but two of the merchants said When the. noon whistle sounds Harold Janson, Phil Retherford, Tuesday noon at, the New Gordon that they would do what the To Whip Caro they are asking every resident Dan Erla, Lorn Hillaker, Prank Hotel. majority of the merchants felt Meiser, Ralph Pormey, Bruce to stop wherever they are and NOMINATED-^In one of the most hotly con- clerk and treasurer", C, R. Hunt for president, Cliff Direct relief will jump sharply was best for the community. pray for peace and the advance- Frantz and Clinton Law. In this ballot, stores that were Friday Night Others are Dale Damm, Lee tested caucuses in recent years, 47 voters nomi- Ryan for trustee and Lee Rabideau for trustee. this year, the director said. Pri- ment of "Christian work. nated a full slate of officers, for the annual village Also nominated, but not at the caucus Tues- mary cause for the increase is closed evenings or were always Two of Cass City's plants, Rabideau, Alex Tyo and Thomas "election. day were: C. J. Striffler for assessor, Leo Ware open both nights were not in- Jackson. the number of men between 22 Walbro Corporation and Anrod Nominated were: Mrs. Esther McCullough for for trustee and Mrs. B. F. Benkelman Jr. for mem- and 24 years old who have used cluded. Merchants voting were Following' its come-from-behind •t Members of the nominating member of library board, Mrs. Wilma Fry for ber of library board. Screen Cylinder Co., have agreed all of their unemployment com- those directly affected by the victory Friday night over the to the plan for the employees of committee were William John- hours. ston, Wayne Rabideau, Harry pensation. These men have from Caro Tigers, the Cass City Red their respective plants. between two and four dependents Comments ranged from those Hawks could clinch at least a Little, Bernard Ross, B. A. Calka with about a year or two of sen- who said that Friday nights had I and George Fisher. 47 Nominate Slate share of the Thumb B Conference Zontians Adopt Two From ttie iority. Most of them worked on increased their business to those title Friday with a decision over 1 .There are 12 men on the board. auto production lines and their who felt that the Friday evening } Finishing the second year of Bad Axe. The Hawks are 8-0 in jobs are gone for good,-Mr. Bag- hours definitely handicapped league play and lead second place Service Projects ^three-year terms are Fred uley said. With the present econ- them. JWithey, Alden Asher, .Dick At Caucus Tuesday Corner Most persons agreed that the Marlette by three full games' :" * omic conditions there are no odd with four games to play.- Despite the worst weather con- Hampshire-and Bob Keating. The largest crowd in recent jobs to carry them over and division of open hours among the Bob Bassett, Jim Wallace, Wal- B. F. Benkelman Jr. was given merchants has resulted in a de- The Tigers were a much im- ditions of the year, 17 of the 21 years attended the annual village they are forced on the -relief rolls. proved club over the one that members of the Zonta Club, of ter Finkbeiner and Dr. W. S. caucus Tuesday night at Elkland a round of applause Tuesday Tuseola taxpayers will also finite loss of business. One mer- Selby have completed one year Development Corp. night for his long service to Cass chant who wished to remain un- met the Hawks in-the. third game Cass City attended the dinner Town Hall as 47 voters bucked pay more for operating the Tus- of the season. In that contest the meeting of the club Tuesday on the board. drifting snow to nominate a slate City. Mr. Benkelman has served eola County Nursing Home this identified said, "With some of the for 13 years on the council, in- stores open Saturday night, some Hawks walked away with a one- night at the New Gordon Hotel. of village officers. year than they have previously. sided 49-19 decision. Friday they In the business meeting mem- For the first time in several cluding two terms as president. How much more, Mr. Baguley is .Friday night and some neither For many years he was in night, the whole town suffers as were extended to pull out a 51-40 bers voted to work with the new years there was competition for not prepared to say. But the victory. Teen Age Club of Cass -City as a Gagetown Slates several of the village posts. After Meeting Tuesday charge of preparing the village large facilities and improved customers don't know when to do service project. Appointed as B. F. Benkelman Jr. announced budget for approval of trustees. services will definitely raise the their evening shopping." Paced by Jim Storm the Tigers that he was retiring, a race for A conscientious worker,- he could cost of caring for patients. matched the Hawks basket for committee members from the Village Caucus at basket in the first half and were; club were Mrs, Willard Agar and the president's nomination was The regular annual meeting of be relied on to study any prob- Mr. Baguley pointed out that Weather Prevents Mrs. Gilbert Albee. won by -C. R. Hunt with 24 votes lem of the village thoroughly be- there are 88 patients in the 124- ahead 28-27 at intermission-^ School Monday the stockholders of the^ Cass City fore reaching a decision. Repair of Home Storm hit for 12 points in the A nominating committee to over Aimer Krueger with 18 Development Corporation will be bed home at the present time . ; votes. When convinced of the proper original estimates were that there first half on jump shots from present a slate of officers for the held in the village council room Damaged by Fire around the foul circle. club to elect at the March meet- Mrs. Wilma Fry was re-nom- answer he was -always willing to would be between 95 and 100 at the Cass City Municipal Build- "stand up and be counted" re- Early in the third quarter it ing was formed. Mrs. Edward The Gagetown village caucus inated to the clerk's and treasur- ing Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 8 o'clock, using the facilities. will be held Monday; Feb. 16, at gardless of whether or not the He said that some 12 patients Fire thought to have been looked as if Caro might spring* Baker is the chairman. She will er's posts without competition. it was announced this week. caused by a faulty chimney the upset of the year. Storm hit be assisted by Mrs. Albee and 7:30 p.mi at the Gagetown Trustees whose two-year terms At the meeting officers will be question was .controversial. The decided not to leave other nurs- Public School Auditorium. village wiil miss his services. ing hontes where they were partially destroyed the interior his only two baskets of the second Mrs. Keith McConkey. " on the council were expiring were elected and usual business trans- and contents of the Max Laming half early in the third period and The club voted to send 10 copies Officers to be nominated are Andrew Bigelow, Cliff Ryan and acted. The corporation was placed to account for the differ- village president, treasurer, clerk, Besides keeping a good many ence. He said that the hospital home near Ubly Thursday eve- Dick Hamilton added a tWo- of the Readers Digest, printed in Warren Wood. Competition for formed several years ago to ning. pointer to send the Tigers seven Arabic, abroad as another service assessor and three councilmen.