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"PAGE TWO , Barstow, California: ; This city of 12,000 is situated in southern California al- *most in the exact center of I the Mojave Desert. < My own prime memory of •"parstow is getting caught in Ija sandstorm during a night ^crossing of the desert and ar- ; giving with all the paint gone '|rom one side of the car and *;|he windshield so badly pitted *it needed replacement. '/jr But the main thing about Bar- *'stow is that it gets hot there. '. - "This is the hottest place in ' -the world during July and Aug- • just," one oldtimer said. "I don't '-care if you go to the Sahara ' or the Libyan desert or whatlever they claim for southern ^Arizona. This is it. One of my •chief pleasures in life is watching the tourists step from their ; air conditioned cars, and wilt." Temperatures during the summer months range from an average 100 degrees to 120 degrees, and while it's a dry desert heat, it's a hot heat, to coin a phrase. Nobody more enjoys telling stories about how hot it gets than the natives. A barber: "I've seen glasses of water boil away before I could get them to my lips. I've gotten blisters on my feet just thinking about going for a walk. I've known my hair to move by itself to cover up the part so my scalp wouldn't burn." ONE FOR THE ROAD Barstow: catch By Dan Marlowe BPW RUMMAGE SALE IULY 16-17-18 STARTING 9:00 B. m. AT FORMER JEW'S FRUIT MKT. Sponsored By WOMEN Exaggeration? Surely, but it must be admitted that the hardy citizens of Barsto^-have something to exaggerate. A filling station owner: "I've actually seen lizards on the edge of town carrying sticks in their mouths. They run along on the hot sand, get winded, set down the stick and climb on it. The sand's too hot for them." A beauty shop operator: u l recall a day so hot that when I dropped my glasses on the sidewalk and bent over to pick them up all there was left was a lump of plastic bubbling on the concrete. And I got a third degree burn on the backs of my legs where my skirt raised when I bent over." A bartender: "One day I saw a 300-pound friend of mine across the street and called him over. He took three steps on that hot asphalt and sank out of sight. We never did find him. Owed me a dollar, too." A sheriff's deputy: "I had two live rabbits ready for the pot this day but they got away from me and ran out the door. Fell into a bucket of water and stewed themselves. Easiest meal I ever fixed." A former resident of Alaska: "Up there we had to do our fishing through the ice. Around here, we catch them already fried." Hyperbole, thy name Barstow,, California. is WATCH FOR Sponsored in The Community Interest By Michigan Mirror CASS CITY CHRONICLE-THuhSDAY, JULY 16, 1970 Dem "name" candidates in bid for high court posts "WILLIAMS RUNS AGAIN" The man whose name was once synonymous with the Democratic Party in Michigan, G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams, is making another try for public office this year. Williams, who won six consecutive terms as governor between 1948 and 1960, is running for one of the two nominations which the Democratic Party has for the Michigan Supreme Court this year. The Democrats, who are scrambling around trying to fill several other spots on their ticket, actually have an overabundance of candidates for the high court. In addition to Williams, those contending for the nomination include former Gov. John B. Swainson, now a Wayne county circuit judge, and former Lt. Gov. T. John Lesinski, now chief judge of the State Court of Appeals. While the veterans of Democratic Party politics view Williams as something of a patron saint, he is handicapped by the fact many of the younger party people who have come in since 1960 don't hold him in the same awe. En fact, when Williams attended a Democratic fund raiser in Lansing earlier this year, ANNUAL AAUW BOOK SALE JULY 16-17-18 DURING SIDEWALK DAYS JARTS OUTDOOR LAWN GAME PERMALUBE MOTOR OIL BANKAMERICARD 20 and 30 WEIGHT 10-W 30 THURSDAY FRIDAY-SATURDAY AT CULTURAL CENTER Cass City QT. a secretary handing out name tags was heard asking him, "And what is your name?" To combat this, Williams has mounted a fullscale, well financed campaign to secure , the nomination. He recently hired Howard Lancour, the man squeezed out of the job of press secretary to* Detroit Mayor Roman Gribbs, to handle press relations for the campaign. One rnark against Williams is the fact that he lost the last statewide race he ran by losing to Robert Griffin in the U. S. Senate race in 1966. But that is also true of Swainson, who lost to former Gov. George Romney the first time Romney ran for governor in 1962. Lesinski, on the other hand, won two terms as lieutenant governor, the first under Swainson and the second under Romney, before moving to the court of appeals. The crucial moment for Williams and the other two men will come at the Democratic State convention Aug. 22-23 in Grand Rapids. It will be then the party decides whether to follow its former undisputed leader into battle one more time or whether to pick two relatively newer faces to lead it. ****** "TAXES UP EVERYWHERE." Michiganders who are chagrined over the tax increases voted by the legislature this year shouldn't feel alone. The same thing happened all over the country as lawmakers searched for ways to finance programs without offending taxpayers ,any more than was absolutely necessary in an election year. Five other states have raised their cigarette taxes. West Virginia took the biggest jump, going from 7
CASS CITY, MICHIGAN CASS CITY CHRONICLE-THURSDAY, JULY 16, I970 PAGE THREE Cass City SjDE WALK SALE OFF ENTIRE STOCK MANY SPECIALS UP TO OFF r Cass City Chronicle Classifieds Bring Fast Results-Phone 872-2010 Uncle Tyre t/ * Dear Mister Editor: Clem Webster reported to the fellers at the country store Saturday night where he had sajy by the paper about this suicidl by a young feller jest out of college. Clem said the feller left a note saying he was kill? ing hisself fer "no reason at all," and Clem allowed that note has a lot to say about the way things is in this country. Follering up on the discussion about not being able to decide things, Clem said he was of the mind that too many choices is making folks do things fer no jeason at all. Farthermore, went "on Clem, young folks is caught between choices that seems to be equal bad. Fer instant, said Clem, they is the first generation that ever growed up knowing the world could be blowed up and everbody wiped out in 30 minutes. Being young and allus seeing their lives in front of em instead of behind, these young folks have a hard time deciding if they want to plan a life or do nothing. They have trouble figgering out a reason to do anything, Clem said. Bug Hookum was agreed with Clem that young folks ain't having aeasy time making sense out of life, but that problem has been around since way afore Hector was a pup. Bug said he got sick reading where Guvernment officials, preachers and all kind of people in high places was speaking to college graduates this spring. Bug said the speakers was congratulating the younguns fer not rioting, fer not burning down the school and fer not throwing rocks at policemen. %% ..^pmiiii^i^ ^4 Now.. .year's lowest prices. We're taking in more trades because of our new car clearance sale. So our used car choice is great...and the prices are right! Shop the No. low-price dealer. Your Ford Dealer It is a sad day, allowed Bug, when people git high praise fer not breaking the law. If you think about that some, it really means the natural thing to do is riot and bust ever law on the books. It ain't no wonder young folks have trouble figgering out which way to head out in life, Bug said. Clem butted in to say he has saw where this woman had wrote to the editor of her daily paper to complain about all the news of crimes, stock market troubles and wars. She was special upset about the Sunday paper that was the biggest of the week. She wrote that it upset her day of rest to read nothing •but bad news on Sunday, and she suggested that the editor set aside ever Sunday as "good news" day. Practical speaking, said Clem, the pore woman ain't got a case. They ain't that much good news, but Clem said we had ought to be thankful that crime still is news instead of jest a routine part of everbody's life. Personal, Mister Editor, I didn't learn much from the session Saturday night. I still figger killing yoreself fer no reason is as good a reason as any, but they is a lot of good reasons not to. Yours truly, Uncle Tim A life is more precious than the time you'll save speeding. MONKEY WRENCH An executive is a man whointerferes with a smooth-running machine just to make others think he is necessary. KEEPING A WATCHFUL eye out for the swimmers in one of the various swimming classes at Cass City Recreational Park pool is Karen Kerbyson, right, swimming instructor, and her assistant, Karen Martin. The classes are Red Cross approved and the teachers work with students in all stages of swimming proficiency. Gail Hoffman said one of her most satisfying projects was teaching a fearful swimmer not to be afraid to put her head under water after two weeks of classes. She is the pool's other swimming instructor. INTENTLY LISTENING for instructions in a Red Cross course are, from left: Stuart Venema, Glen MacCallum, Carrie Carpenter, Duane Smith, Noreen MacCallum, Maryki Venema and Susan Kappen. THERE ARE TWO SWIMMERS WORKING on this exercise although only one is visible. The "phantom" on the right is Dennis Meredith. Plainly visible is Mike Newman. ORDER OF PUBLICATION State of Michigan, Probate Court for the County of Tuscola. Estate of Hattie D. Turner, deceased. File #20543 It is Ordered that on July 30, 1970, at 9 a.m., in the Probate Courtroom in the Village of Caro, Michigan > a hearing be held on the petition of Garfield L. Turner, administrator for allowance of his final account. Publication and service shall be made as provided by Statute and Court Rule. Dated: June 24, 1970. C. Bates Wills, Judge of Probate. ; A true copy. • Beatrice P. Berry ffi Cgss Cjty Register of Probate .-.v'.;-'; Go modern with the jet-age heating fuel ... Gulf Solar Heat Every drop of Gulf Solar Heat* is scrubbed clean with hydrogen by an extra refining process called Gulfining. It burns cleaner and hotter, yet costs no more. CaH us today. heating oil CASS CITY OIL & GAS Phone 872-2065
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