112th Year, No. 39 ST. JOHNS, MICH. — THURSDAY, iJANUARY"l87V967 2 SECTIONS - 28 PAGES 15 Cents Clinton bogged down 1 day by weekend snow Schools • •- • • • • • • • closed Monday Carter named Clinton County gots its first real winter snow storm Sunday night, and the seven inches of heavy snow which fell succeeded in clogging things up to a great extent all over the county. county clerk All schools were closed Monday as winds and the accum­ ulation of snow drifted rural roads and driveways—partic­ ularly east-west roads, although some north-south roads were in Tiedt equalization director the same conditions. Clinton County Road Commis­ Two changes in Clinton County officialdom were confirmed sion spreader trucks worked all this week with the formal announcement that Ernest Carter of day Sunday salting the state high­ ways and the principal primary Watertown Township has been named county clerk and Lorenz roads of the county, and Monday Tiedt of St. Johns has been appointed county equalization director. morning 14 snow plowers were mounted on trucks and sent out Circuit Judge Leo M. Corkin announced the appointment Monday to clear the roads of snow. Three of Carter, who is presently Watertown Township supervisor and motor graders and five trucks spreading salt were also out. chairman of the Clinton County Board of Supervisors. His new appointment is effective Feb. 1. BY MONDAY NIGHT, almost all east-west roads had been Carter replaces the plowed once, and Tuesday morn­ ^Y. late Paul Wakefield, ing county road crews started in the other directions. Many of who died Dec. 26 fol­ the truck operators put in long lowing a suddeh attack hours over the weekend, and the mechanics had a busy day of pneumonia. keeping the equipment in condi­ ' Carter has been a supervisor tion to move. since 1957 and in 10 years has "Everything has to function served on almost every com­ perfectly to keep a snow plow mittee of the board of super­ going,» Road Commission Clerk visors. He was chairman of the Robert Eldridge pointed out. "A equalization committee twice, small thing like a windshield and he has been a member of wiper malfunction can cause a the tri-county budget and finance truck to have to come into the committee, the salary and clerk garage." 'The moon on the breast of new-fallen snow . .' hire committee, highway com­ mittee, education committee and Eldridge said many calls were The moon on the breast of new fallen snow created a pretty picture of a worked-over cornfield received at the road commission building and grounds committee. office, but most were merely along Round Lake Road at the east edge of DeWitt Monday evening. The clearing skies following a He also served as chairman of the Clinton County Zoning Commis­ Sunday night snowstorm dropped temperatures back to around zero Monday night. (See WEATHER, Page 3-A) sion. ERNEST CARTER LORENZ TIEDT Kuntz appointed chairman HE WAS ELECTED chairman living in Watertown Township for TIEDT, WHO LIVES at 404 City election of the board of supervisors by the time being butwouldprobably Meadowvlew Drive in St. Johns, his fellow supervisors last April. move to St. Johns if he is suc­ has been active in local public Carter said his township board cessful In the county elections affairs. He served on the city set; 2 issues has been aware that he has been next fall. His appointment Is to commission for 13 years until First citizens committee under consideration for the fill out the remainder of Wake­ 1962, and he has represented the county clerk job, and he said field's term, which would ex­ city on the county board for 16 on ballot Monday he would notify them that pire this fall. years as supervisor. He has The placing of a charter day of his acceptance and his The Watertown Township been chairman of the equalization meeting on schools Jan. 25 resignation as Watertown super­ committee this year. amendment question on the spe­ Board will name a successor to cial election ballot Feb. 20 in visor. Carter as supervisor; his term Tiedt also served on the St. St. Johns has been ruled legal The St. Johns School Board MEMBERS OF THE citizens "It is with great regret that there runs until 1970. The Clin­ Johns Board of Education for by St. Johns City Atty. Harold last week verified March 23 as committee include: I leave as representative of the ton County Boardwllllikelyname 1 l/2 years, and is currently a Reed. the date for a school operational Bruce Amos, Mrs Robert people of Watertown," Carter a successor to Carter as chair­ member of the board of direc­ State law prohibits cities from * millage election and named An­ Boettger, Earl Barks Jr., Wil­ said. "I feel we have all gotten man of the board at their Feb. 5 tors of the Clinton National Bank submitting the same charter is­ thony Kuntz'of St. Johns to head liam Cox, Mrs James Crosby, along well together, and I have meeting. and Trust Co. and the board of sue within two years of its de­ a citizens committee of 115 per­ Mrs Bruce Irish, Allan Foy, had a great township board to directors of Clinton Memorial sons to study the financial sit­ Ray Hamer, George Hazle, Mrs work with." Tiedt was expected to offer his • Hospital. He has served as presi­ feat, but Reed ruled recently resignation as supervisor from that the 15-mill tax limitation uation prior to the election. Blllie Holmer, Mrs Alden Knight, Carter was a dairy farmer dent of the St. John's Lutheran The board scheduled the cit­ Lee Ormston, Mrs Porter Parks, until 1955 and has been past St. Johns when the city commis­ Church and is a Rotarian. which the proposed amendment sion met Tuesday night (Jan. 16), izens committee meetings for Mrs Doug Rice, Richard Root, president of the Clinton County Tiedt resigned last April after would provide Is substantially and his appointment as equaliza­ Jan. 25, Feb. 22 and March Mrs Merritt Scharnweber, Cecil DHIA, was on the state board of 34 years of association with the different from the 20-mill pro­ tion director was effective yes­ JACK IRISH 14 in the basement of the First Smith, Mrs Valentine Stoy, James DHIA; was past president of the Wolverine Stockyards Co. of St.' posal defeated last June. terday (Wednesday) He has been Congregation Church In St. Viers; Clinton County Holstein Assn.; Johns, and in late July he was Reed said it was his opinion handling the equalization direc­ Johns, The meetings will start Mrs Robert Whltmore, Clair and was past vice president of named secretary-manager of the that the proposal could be put tor's duties for the last week. on the ballot because the new Irish, 2 at 8 p.m. Wilson, Mrs Richard Woodhams, the Clinton County Farm Bureau. St. Johns Chamber of Commerce. limitation was under the pre­ The first session next Thurs­ Mrs Virgil Yanz, Douglas Cook, Tiedt replaces Jerome Vin­ Tiedt said he will resign from vious one in amount, making day evening will undoubtedly John Schlarf, John Ballinger, HE SERVED AS A trustee on cent, who has been transferred to that position, too. He has been it a different issue. others delve into how much extra-voted Richard Kingsbury, Mrs Elmore the board of the former Clark the Clinton County zoning office on a leave of absence from that millage will be needed by the Randolph, Gilbert Baker; School District for 11 years prior where he is handling affairs in post since Jan. 1. THE CHARTER amendment school dlstrlctto operate inl968- John Aylsworth, Rev. H. E. to its consolidation with DeWitt. the absence of Zoning Admini­ The new equalization director will be proposition Hon the ballot promoted 69. A 4 1/2-mIll levy which Banninga, W.W. Barber, R. Berg- Carter said he contemplates strator Bill Coffey, who is ill. said the department will likely Feb. 20. Proposition I will in­ ran for five years just expired dolt, H. Bouchey, L.A. Brew- be expanded to a two-man oper­ volve the city income tax. Here Federal-Mougal Corp. has this year, but school officials baker, Duane Bunce, Mrs J. E. ANTHONY KUNTZ ation, If the thinking of the county is the wording on the two issues: awarded three more promotions to St. Johns employees, but all have said more than this will Burnham, Ken Catlin, Rev Ger­ board doesn't change. The board Proposition I; "Shall the City three — Jack Irish, Jerry Shoe­ be needed for future operations. ald Churchill, Dick Cornwell, K. Mrs Kenneth Williams, Iva Mae acknowledged at their January of St. Johns adopt a city income maker and Ken Rinke — have Dakers, BobDitmer, JackDown- Warner, Robert Kridner; Many calls -. %entedj<ti$i meeting that the work required of tax as provided by Ordinance or are being transferred to the THE CITIZENS committee, Ing, Donald Findlay, Bruce Fow­ Wayne Ward, Ward R.Leonardt the department was becoming too No. 210? ( ) Yes ( ) No." firm's Mooresville, Ind., plant. with Kuntz as chairman, is being ler, Lyle French, R.S. Gay; Robert Dedyne, Keith and Janet -; Mai Locher of -9443 S. t)eW|tt,Road raft this CliritW •;*• great for one man to handle. Proposition II: "Shall Section -dountyrtfews^iwaltit ~act*wd 'sald-Jie. rented the nome fast. - Jack Irish, an F-M employee asked by the board of education James Grost, Earl Haas, Rev Murray, Raymon Teijpenlng, 1 under General Taxation in „ and had'ntany mfife phone tails, s -** . " ". 21 years, and plant superinten­ to make a recommendation on Roger Harrison, Marlene Hopko, Barry Dean.