Junk Cars: Going, Going

Direct report from Denmark Soldier describes rescue Plan 4-diamond Little /Water's fine' at O-E INSIDE: Page 7 A Page 3 A League Park— [?qge 9 A Page 9 B School, too, to borrow- up to $350,000 The St. Johns School Board joined the family of local money borrowers last week, joining the City of St. Johns in the County 112th Year, No. 13 ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN - THURSDAY, JULY 20 2 SECTIONS - 32 PAGES Gents of Clinton as local governments in need of operating funds. The school board passed a resolution to borrow up to $350,000 so the school district can operate until school aid money is re ceived, the first installment of which won't come until late Au gust. Because of a money shortage at the state level, school dis tricts aren't able to get advances on next year's state aid as they used to, so the school board had to turn elsewhere to get Junk cars: going, going... the needed money. School dls- trlcts all over the state are traveling up and down US-27 about how some *| Focusing of public attention on the Junk "But now we've only had one In the last two see it in your own neighborhood you can never doing the same thing. car problem in Clinton County is proving weeks." realize what is happening all over a county." of these bad spots were cleaning up. 1 had effective in helping get rid of the blight, Asst. He attributed part of the success of his What was a growing problem two months two people in the area I didn't have to say THE DISADVANTAGE of it Is Zoning Administrator Bill Coffey reported department's cleanup drive to local publicity ago has now become a diminishing problem— a thing to, except thanks. They took It on the necessity of paying interest this week. which pointed out in word and picture what but a problem nevertheless. Complaints of themselves to do it. After seeing one area on the money. St. Johns will bor Junk cars are still received by the zoning cleaned up they found out how nice it looks." row its necessary funds from the Since the zoning department began the problem really was. office, and violators are still being summoned Clinton National Bank and Trust to publicize and clamp down on junk cars to court because of it. "BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE to continue Co. of St. Johns which offered about two months ago, both the number of "PEOPLE BECAME AWARE that we can't using some force," Coffey continued. 'En the best bid of 3.85 per cent new complaints and the number of old vio any longer let it exist, and I don't believe a 'As a whole people have been real co lot of them considered how much of a problem operative," Coffey said. "Some of the people forcement will have to continue because there for up to $350,000. lators has dropped off appreciably. are those who will Ignore it to the very end there really was until they saw it pictured and I never thought would get the message have The money will be borrowed otherwise. The majority are going alongwith *We were getting three to four complaints then began to look around for themselves," gotten it. only as needed, and interest a week pertaining to junk cars," Coffey said. Coffey said Friday. *To just drive around and *I have had a lot of comments from people (See JUNK CARS, Page 2-A) will be paid only for the amount ;-*.>;• and period the money is used. Henry Enochs, business man ager for the school district, ex P-W calls plained that schools have only two sources of income —tax RAYMOND PARR . The 'bugs' money and state aid. Tax mon new vote ey isn't received until the school All St. Johns school board fiscal year is half over, and officers were reelected last first state aid money doesn't Wednesday to serve in those are here! on millage come along for a couple of positions for another year.' Raymond Parr will serve PEWAMO-WESTPHALIA-An- months. Now that school dis The bugs are here I And their arrival could mean cash again as president of the other attempt will be made for tricts can't get an advance on in the pocket for you. board, while'Fred Meyer will passage of a three-mill operating their state aid, the only alter The "bugs" are Newspaper Bingo bugs which appear be secretary and Alden Liv tax levy in the Pewamo - West native is to borrow. In advertisements throughout this issue of the Clinton County ingston treasurer. Other phalia Schools district on Aug. News. There will be others in the ensuing 12 weeks in which members of the board are 28, according to Supt. William TACKLING ANOTHER knotty the Clinton County News will pass out $650 to winners Don Bast, Bill Richards Jr, of this popular give-away game. Steinke. problem at its regular meeting last Wednesday, the school board Leon Schumaker and Wen The game starts this week, and $50 will be given to the The school board set the same dell Waggoner. winner or distributed , three-mills request as was re began investigation into new wa among the winners. If no jected by the voters in the an ter and septic field problems at one wins, the $50 will be nual election June 12, the new school sites at Riley j^jflfflJWfTttj^ added to the following At the time the three-mills and East Olive. decided to build on Green Road, week's purse. extra operating request lost 218 At Riley, drillers reached wa At that time, both tests showed to 187. ter 147 feet below the surface, the land suitable for a septic field. FREE newspaper Bingo It was. the unanimous decision but- it. is -coming out of red cards are available from of the board to resubmit the mil sandstone formation "which ,'„ Board members Leon" Shu- these participating mer lage issue at a special election, promises a rust problem if that maker, Wendell Waggoner and chants: as a thorough study of the budget water is Used, School officials Alden Livingston were named Capitol Savings and Loan, Boron's, GlAsple Drug Store, and the finances of the district' said a water softener could be to a special committee to look Carol Ann Shop, Parr's Rexall Drugs, Beck's Farm Mar for the 1967-68 school year show added to the plans and this would into the problem along with ar ket, Richards Dairy, Hub Tire Center, Benson Heating and the need for the additional rev EXTENSION OFFICE IN NEW QUARTERS be able to handle the rust. chitect C. Douglas Pardee, his Plumbing, Economy Shoe Store, Nick's Fruit Market, Cen enue to continue the current ser But, they decidedflrsttocheck engineering firm of Dean, Fair- tral Michigan Lumber Co, and Eberhard's In St. Johns,, vices and educational program. Mary Libey (closest to camera) and Julia Miller, clerks in the Clin on wells on surrounding farms brother and Gunther of Grand Clark's Service, Williams Hardware and Wooley's 5£- to see how deep farmers there, Rapids, and state and county Increases in teachers'salaries ton County Extension office, fill up new racks with brochures and pam are going and what quality of health officials. $1 Store in Elsie; Maron's IGA Foodliner in Ovid; and De- and all phases of school opera water they're getting. The board It is believed the wet spring Witt Lumber Co, DeWitt Pharmacy, Reed's Thrlftway Mar tional costs plus the addition of phlets Monday as the Extension staff continued to straighten up after mov may consider drilling deeper of this year is adversely affect- ket and Dalman Hardware in DeWittj Ashley Hardware in Ash three new staff members will ing to new quarters in the remodeled basement of the welfare building on in an effort to come up with a ign the percolation tests, but ley; Becker Furniture in Fowler; and Elsie Lumber Co. In hike next year's total budget al South Oakland Street. In the other room, 4-H member Ginger Simpson better quality of water. the school board is awaiting Elsie. most $40,000 over the 1966-67 The Riley Elementary Neigh the results of their committee's Bingo numbers appearing in this week's ads can be fiscal year's budget. lends a helping hand by emptying-boxes. borhood School is being built study before making any deci used in this week's game, which uses blue-colored cards. The special millage election at the corner of Pratt and Low sion on how to handle the prob "N Each week's game will be on a different colored card using ell roads in Riley Township, lem. a different set of numbers in the ads. has been set for Aug. 28 in the Cyclist bruised high school building. The polls DeWitt George A. Ford, 22, of R-3, will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. OVER ON Green Road, the THE BOARD formally ap COMPLETED BLUE cards—with all 24 numbers crossed DeWitt, was treated at Clinton To be eligible to vote on the pro problem at the East Olive El proved a new septic tankandfield off, must be turned into the Clinton County News office by Memorial Hospital Saturday posed millage increase, the vot man 4th ementary Neighborhood School at the Eureka school. Previously 5 p.m. next Monday, July-24, in order to be eligible for morning for bruises received er must be registered with his Involves sewage.

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