Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 10

Vermontville Woman 106 Michigan Week Calls Her State's Oldest Livingston County Names Ohio Firm For Reappraisal A-10 THE STATE May 18, 1966 Lansing Michigan mile from her Chester Township) home. This school later becamei During those early years the Grants had little in the way of (Nora) McNabb of Granger Highway, Vermontville; two sons, GroTer of Brown Road, Vermontville, and Lynn of R. 2, Newaygo; three grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. In 1959, Mrs. Grant attended the 50th wedding anniversary party for her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.

and Mrs. McNabb. As a child, Mrs. Grant attended the Olin School, a half Alma's Oldest Firms Are Honored During Livelihood Day Fete preliminary allocation of 5.35 mills granted to the county by the County Allocation Board. The county had asked for 6.25 mills.

Last year their final allocation was 4.70 mills. Because of the county's increased needs, the allocation to the schools has been sliced in this preliminary report from an average of 9.1 last year to 8.5 this year. The schools have been counting on at least as high an allocation this year because of the increased costs of teacher salaries. The Intermediate School Board two firms, a number of em JJs LI Uwww-fcriJ: HU Mrs. Emma Grant Michigan's Oldest Resident known as the Ames.

On her wedding day, the bride-elect, along with Mr. Grant, and their attendants, Miss Emma Crocker and the bride's step brother, Dexter Clark, drove to Charlotte by horse and buggy. They went to three different parsonages before they found a minister. It was a beautiful day; no snow, but mud up to the hubs We Meet? Disagree meeting for Thursday of the Green Oak Township Board. Last week, at the regular meeting, a long-standing feud between Green Oak's clerk Mona Wenzel and Munzel came into full bloom as Mrs.

Wenzel insisted that Munzel go by the agenda written by her. Munzel refused and started the meeting with his own agenda so Mrs. Wenzel made a motion to adjourn the meeting and it ended in a 2 to 2 tie. She and another member of the board walked out, leaving Munzel without a quorum to carry on busi ness and the meeting had to be adjourned. Munzel said today that he couldn't see what all the fuss was about.

He said that Mrs. Wenzel had a year before he came into office to make agen das, and never did, and now she insists that her are the only legal ones. In his notice, which is ad dressed to Mrs. Wenzel, Munzel said: Green Oak's township clerk, Mona Wenzel, is hereby notified by the undersigned that there will be a special meeting of the township board on Thursday, May 19th, 1966. At 8 p.m.

in the Green Oak Township Hall. and said clerk is hereby request ed to notify the members of the township board, as required by law, of the time, place, as well as the agenda of the meeting, either in person or by written notice. Mrs. Wenzel reported that Munzel's agenda's were far too long, included unnecessary material, and ignored items re quested by other members of the board. Munzel agenda cov-i ered 16 points.

The township board has lim ited the meetings to an 11 o'clock deadline. According to Mrs. Wenzel meetings had often lasted until the early morning hours. ALMA As part of the "Ouri Livelihood Day" of Michigan Week observance today, the Alma Chamber of Commerce and city officials honored two firms that have been in the city for 40 years. These are Lobdell-Emery, the city's largest employer, and! Crippen Manufacturing Co.

Lobdell-Emery, manufacturer of auto parts, came to Alma from Onaway following a fire loss in 1926. At that time they were the world's largest manu facturers of bicycle seats and rims. Crippen Manufacturing came -to Alma the same year. This "firm manufactures seed clean ers, separators, scalpers, grad ers and polishers. In addition to honoring the Lightning Hits School At Dansville DANSVILLE Lightning gave pupils all grades of the Dans ville School a holiday today.

Supt. Serai Briggs said exten sive damage was caused during a thunderstorm early this morning when lightning struck the building which houses the entire 6chool system. Clocks in the building showed that electrical power was cut off at :30 a.m. The chimney was hard hit, a gaping hole was found in the roof and there was considerable exterior brick damage, Briggs said. Classes are not expected to be dismissed for more than today although considerably longer time will be necessary to com plete repair work.

School officials were assessing the amount of damage today. Briggs said twice before the building had been hit by lightning in recent years and in all three instances the date was within five days of May 18. Williamston Women Hurt In Collision Two Williamston women and another from Detroit were in-1 jured in a collision at Grand River Ave. and Okemos Road east of East Lansing, State Po lice said. Treated at Sparrow Hospital were the drivers, Belle Thomas of Detroit, who sustaed head and chest injuries, and June Christensen of Will i a bruises.

A passenger in the Christensen car, Sharon Larson, of Williamston, had a bruised right leg. Troopers said the Thomas car drove out on Grand River Ave. in front of the Christensen ve hicle and was thrown out of con trol into a third vehicle driven by Rodney R. Robinson, 16, of Haslett, a student driver. Footlighters Choose Six CHARLOTTE The Footlight ers of Charlotte High School! have admitted six new members as a result of the annual spring! tryouts.

They are: Steve Marsh Jim Daggy, Jane Martens, Chris Fulton, Kris Nelson and John Swanson. Officers elected for the year. 1966-67 were Dwight Burton president; Val Nelson, vice pres ident; Gigi Dreger, secretary; Roxy Vale, treasurer; and Thais Dudley, historian. money. Their household needs were met by bartering eggs or other farm produce for articles they needed.

Wild game pro vided meat for the table. The Grants made maple sugar in the spring. They put it up into four-pound blocks which they sold in Nashville and Vermont ville for five or six cents pound. Mr. Grant cleared 40 acres on their farm.

In time, they built a fine farm home where their son, Grover, still lives. After 32 years on the farm the Grants moved to East Main Street in Vermontville. where she has lived the past 54 years. Mrs. Grant has taken an interest for many years in com munity affairs, particularly her church and the vermontville Maple Syrup Festival.

She continued to bake pis for the an nual festival until four or five years ago. She seldom wears glasses. Until recently she enjoyed sew ing and making quilts. When she was rearing her family of four, Mrs. Grant did all the sew ing, even to making overalls for, the boys.

She recalls she also; knit their mittens and socks "by the dozen. Peace Corps Work Told Elsie Pupils ELSIE Chris Meriam, re cently returned from two years with the Peace Corps in South America, was guest speaker for the Future Teachers Club at Elsie High School when parents of the members were also guests. A graduate of Elsie High School and Michigan State Uni versity, he worked for a publish ing company in New York City for a year before joining the Peace Corps February 1964, With the aid of Mrs. Thelma Rule, FTA sponsor, Chris showed colored slides of his work and travels in South America. Meriam was assigned to a bar rio (slum) outside of Cucuta.

Colombia, a city of about 150,000. His barrio was inhabited by near ly 7,000 persons, most of whom were poor, many unemployed The average family consisted of eight children and the average worker made eight pesos or 40 cents a day. As he showed several pictures of the work projects, Meriam explained how a "junta" similar to a village council, was organ ized to discuss needs and prob lems. Once organized, they built bridges, sewage systems and en gineered a water supply for pip ing water from Cucuta's main line to the barno, which saved them a half mile walk every day for water. The volunteer has to learn to adjust to a slower pace and a lonely kind of life, he said, as the sun went down at six o'clock and everyone was in bed by nine.

Meriam is now attending Michigan State, working on his master's degree in anthropology. He hopes to go back to Latin America soon. Boy, Girl Win Jaycee Road-E-0 GRAND LEDGE Karen Hoi ben and Bill Teller were the first place winners the Jaycee sponsored Teen-Age Safe Driv ing Road-E-0 in Grand Ledge and will compete in the State! Safe Driving Road-E-0 in Colo- ma, June 4. The j'oung couple will also be honored at the local Jaycee Dinner Meeting May 26. ine local Koad-t-u was ar ranged by Edward Werner, gen eral chairman, assisted by Ross Alguire, Thomas George, and Ronald Olds.

most recent ones at Delta Mills. After more than 12 of her al most 18 years in the profession, at Delta Mills, Mrs. Harry Larson will end her teaching ex perience this spring. Mrs. K.

L. Maxson, mathe matics teacher in the Grand Ledge High School and sponsor of the future Teachers Asso ciation, will discontinue teaching after 18 years. Beginning her teachingin Charlevoix County, Mrs. Walter1 HOWELL The Livingston County Board of Supervisors Tuesday accepted the $161,000 bid of an Ohio firm to conduct a county-wide real estate reap praisal. The bid was entered by Coles, Layer and Trumble of Dayton and was approved by a 16 to 5 vote.

Bids for the job ranged from 576,000 to $234,000, with super visors explaining the Ohio bid as the best overall offer. In other business, Chairman Robert Beers directed the chair-i man of the Finance Committee. Harold Armstrong, to appeal the Singers Perform Thursday The Grand Ledge High School choir and Junior High chorus present their concert, "Spring bing," inursoay at 8 p.m. in the high school cafetorium. The program will include se lections, of both sacred and secular music.

Also included will be performances by the Aeolian Singers, Girls Ensemble, a quartet and a In observance of Michigan Week, Janice Keupfer will sing "My Old Michigan Home." Linda Wiseman will perform the title song from "The of Music. Several other selections from "The Sound of Music" will be sung by the Junior High chorus. A highlight of this portion of the program will be the duet "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" by Jane Wilson and Randy Williams. A special feature of the senior high singers will be Vickie Mur phy portraying the song "I Could Have Danced All Night." Accompanists for the evening are Linda Williams, and Cindy beooon. There is no admission fee.

Eaton GOP Will Pick 189 Delegates CHARLOTTE Eaton County- Republican chairman Dave Hicks has announced that 189 delegates will be elected to the Aug: 17 County Republican Con vention. The number of delegates from each precmct is as follows: Bellevue Benton 4: Brook- field Carmel 5: Chester 3 Delta 1st 2nd 12; 3rd 4th 5th Eaton 1st 4, and 2nd Eaton Rapids Hamlin Kal- amo Oneida Roxand Sunfield Vermontville Wal ton Windsor 1st 5, 2nd 6. The City of Charlotte 1st dis trict, 1st Precinct 1st District 2nd Precinct 2nd distnet, 2nd precinct Eaton Rapids 1st 5, 2nd 4, 3rd Grand Ledge 1st 6, 2nd 4, 3rd Olivet 3, and Pot- terville 2. Petitions to qualify a resident to be a candidate for a delegate from a precinct must have at least 15 names and be filed by May 24. Hicks stated that the county convention will elect delegates to attend the state convention in Detroit Aug.

26 and 27. 2 Inmates Flee Ionia Hospital IONIA To trusty inmates were reported missing Tuesday, from the state hospital here. They were Aaron Smith, 24, Richland, who walked away from a farm crew, and Richard Figley, 32, Hazel Park, who dis appeared from the maintenance department. Officials said they belived the pair fled together. Retiring Brett has included teaching as signments in Boyne City, Lan sing and Eaton County rural schools as well as Grand Ledge! Greenwood and Neff Elementary Schools.

The teachers are looking for ward to traveling following their retirement and are already map ping out trips. The Grand Ledge Education Association will honor the five at a tea in the Greenwood all-purpose room this Thursday. By GLADYS MILLER State Journal Special Writer VERMONTVILLE Mrs Emma Grant, 106, of 354 E. Main; is the oldest woman in Michigan, it was announced today by the Michigan Week headquarters in Lansing. Mrs.

Grant, the former Emma Olin, was born Jan. 9, 1860, in Chester Township, five miles east of Vermontville, a daughter She married Hiram Grant 86 years ago on Dec. 3. He died in 1940. There are three close runners up for the state title.

Mrs. Anna Miller, of was born Aug. 29, just six months later in the same year. Mrs. Louise Kampinnen of Chat ham, Alger County, was born Dec.

20, 1860, and Mrs. Sarah Hensley of White Cloud, on March 13, 1861. Incidentally, both Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Hensley are now resid ing at Cook's Nursing Home in Fremont.

Although bedridden since a fall! last July 27, Mrs. Grant is "very comfortable," according to her daughter, Mrs. Jesse Baker who looks after her. Mrs. Grant en joys the cards she receives and occasionally reads a newspaper Besides Mrs.

Baker, she has another daughter, Mrs. Allison Williamston City Clerk Quits Post WILLIAMSTON Mrs. Gloria Alexander, city clerk, unexpect edly resigned at the council meeting Tuesday. Mrs. Alexander gave the press! of family duties as the reason for her resignation.

The resig nation was accepted with regret by the council. It will be effective July 1. Under the city charter, the city manager Arthur Whitting- ton, must appoint a clerk to fill the vacancy. Councilmen gave Whittington a new title, city assessor, and aj 1600 a year raise in pay. Whittington has been actins assessor, without pay, for sev eral months.

The council action followed the receiving of lower state equalization figure, 1.47 from the 1965 figure of 1.54 from the state tax commission Tuesday. The council decided to continue the test run on the new city well in the county park for an other 30 days. The iron content in the water has been varying sharply, the council was told. C. R.

Benner was confirmed by the council as a member of the zoning appeal board. He was named by Mayor Harold Me Clenathan. The council also approved the 10 week recreation schedule which will begin June 13. Worried? Williamston Budget Fails to Arouse City Interest WILLIAMSTON The public1 hearing on the city budget Tues-I day evening was very "unpub- lie. No one attended except citv officials of course to go over the final details.

The 1966 budget will have $133,300 in the general fund and $79,000 in sewer and water. The general fund is up about $10,000 from 1965 and the water and sewer fund is up $2,500. Driving Charge Denied by Youth CHARLOTTE Lyle Dean Ty ler, 19, of R. 2, Vermontville, pleaded innocent on a charge of failure to stop in an assured clear distance, before Judge Robert C. Ballard in Municipal Court Monday.

His trial was set for May 24 and he posted $25 bond. Tyler was issued a summons by Eaton County sheriff's officers May 10 on vermontville Highway. a Fellow of the American Col lege ot usteopatnic Surgeons: a Diplomat of the American Os teopathic Board of Surgeons, and a member of the Michigan board of Osteopathic Registra uon ana examination, since 1956. He also has served on the Board of Trustees of the Michi gan Osteopathic Association. and is a past president of the Michigan Osteopathic Hospital! Association.

A native of Albuquerque, N.M: ha rprpivpH his nr.mpr1iral ori. ucation at Quincy College, Quin- cy, and received his degree from the Kirskville, Mo. College; CAME HERE IN 1933 After interning at Detroit Os teopathic Hospital, he began his practice in Carson City in 1933. Established first as a three-bed private hospital, it was later or ganized as a non-profit corpora- tion, with the doctor remaining as chairman of the board and chief of staff. It has been enlarged through the years to its present capacity of 65 beds, and announcement was made last month of plans to add a 42-bed extended care facility.

For many years the hospital has been certified for intern training, and many young doc tors have been indoctrinated into the profession under the personal attention of Dr. ployes who have been with Lobdell-Emery for 40 years were recognized. Among the guests at the luncheon were Alma May or Robert Anthony; the presi dent of the Lobdell-Emery Local CIO-AFL, Walter Hagen, and presidents of Alma service clubs. Master of ceremonies at the noon event was Kenneth Plaxton, Alma attorney. AT ALMA Instructor Will Be Ordained ALMA Joseph G.

Walser, in structor in religion at Alma College', will be ordained to the min istry by the Presbytery of Grand River of the United Pres byterian Church in the U.S.A. in a service in the college's Dun ning Memorial Chapel at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Rev. Nicholas T.

Keizer, mod erator of the Presbytery, will preside. The ordination sermon will be given by Dr. Charles J. Ping, associate professor of philosophy at Alma. An informal reception in the chapel basement will follow the service.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina with a major in economics, Walser also stu- ied at the University of Chicago and Duke University and he holds a bachelor of divinity de gree from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va. He has been a member of the Alma College faculty since 1964. Ovid Host To Mavor of Ferrysburg OVID Mayor Exchange Day Ovid ended with an informal dinner, sponsored by the Ovid Lions Club. Harold Beardslee was the speaker. The Ovid Lions Club and Business Association presented a plaque to visiting Mayor Gene F.

Babcock of Ferrys burg. I The Business Association and Lions Club presented the annual Distinguished Citizen award to Albert D. Ackley "in recognition of his many years of' untir ing efforts in the service of his community." Ackley has been Ovid High School vocational agriculture teacher and Future Farmers of America adviser for over 30 years. Mayor Babcock and Council man Robert Cernoch expressed their appreciation of the lunch eon. Hearing Tests Set in Howell HOWELL The mobile testing unit of the Michigan Association1 for Better Hearing was at Fowl- erville today and will be in Howell Thursday and Friday.

ihe service is free for those 18 and older, and is intended to identify individuals with hearing defects, so that appropriate rec ommendations can be made. The unit will be stationed at the Howell Court House annex from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thurs day, and p.m. Fridav.

The program is sponsored by the United rund, the Livingston County Health Department, and the Michigan Association for Bet ter Hearing. of staff at the hospital, Fowler; Mrs. Leroma Henderson, direc tor of nurses at the Carson City Hospital, of Sheridan; and Carson City Mayor Herschel Hara- dine. Dr. Binkert, who has been the principal force behind the Carson City Hospital since its founding in 1935, has not limited his activities to the hospital.

He is a charter member of the Carson City Lions club; a member and past president of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons; 1 -i1 Jj 3 1 DR. BINKERT was allocated .15 mills, and spe cial education was allocated .75 mills. The townships receiving mill-age were Brighton with one mill, Deerfield 54 mill Genoa .2, Green Oak, one mill. Handy .7, Hartland, one mill, Howell .2, Iosco .5, Oceola .5, Putnam .5, Tyrone .9. The supervisors also voted to approve the appointment of Spencer Handy as acting manager of the county airport.

There were several questions put to the chairman concerning the apparent inability of the airport to pay its way. Board member Clifton W. Heller replied: "Pretty soon some of you supervisors will have to look above and beyond your township lines in order to move this county ahead. I maintain that whatever is good for the city of Howell is good for the county, and vice versa, and I will always maintain that the airport is good for Livingston County, even if it never pays its way." The supervisors also voted to take bids on the installation of a generator that has been donated to the county jail, and to look into the possibilities of obtaining a portable generator from civil defense supplies. OVID The VFW Post 8964 recently installed officers at the Veteran's Building.

New officers are: Charles Pa-len commander; James Huyck, Sr. vice commander; Frank Kiter vice-commander; Ezra Dunkel, quartermaster; Harold Mead, adjutant; Reuben Hamilton, chaplain; Robert Black, surgeon; Don Young, Robert Moore and Bernard Wieber, trustees; district delegates: Bernard Wieber, Vincent Csapos, Frank Kiter, Don Youngs, Robert Wilber and Ezra Dunkel. Alternates are: Reuben Hamilton, L. D. Everts, Harold Boyer, Larry Fivecoats and Earl Sperow; Department of Michigan at es: Charles Palen, Vincent Csapos, Bernard Wieber, Robert Cornell, Robert Wilber and Reuben Hamilton.

SUNFIELD The Sunfield District Library Friends will meet Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the community room. MULLIKEN The Mulliken School PTA will have a talent show and sixth grade recogni tion night at the school Wednesday, May 25 The Mother and Daughter Banquet will be Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the Mul liken Masonic Temple Mr. and Mrs.

Albert Boucher will host the PNG Club Friday evening at the IOOF Hall. There will be a late luncheon. ASHLEY The Band Boosters Club met in the Ashley Community School Band Room Monday and elected new officers for the year 1966-67. The following were elected: president, Anita Kindel; vice president, Lucille Beck; secretary, Joan Keck; treasurer. Rose Viles.

For their project this year, the Band Boosters Club presented the school with a tape raording machine. VESTABURG A representa tive from the Ithaca State Po lice post will give a demonstration of artificial respiration and resuscitation at the meeting of the combined Community 4-H Clubs in the school cafeteria Monday at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. CHARLOTTE There will be a meeting of all veterans of the First World War Friday at the American Legion Home in Char lotte. All veterans, whether or not they are now members of any other veterans organizations are invited.

Those eligible include anyone who served honorably in the armed forces of the United States during the period beginning April 6, 1917 and ending Nov. 11, 1918 All wives, widows and sisters of World War I veterans also are invited to attend the meeting. Department officers, both bud dies and auxiliary members, will be there. The Barracks will have an election of officers at this meeting. C.

of C. Manager Wins Scholarship ST. JOHNS Mrs. Betty Jane Minsky, manager of the St Johns Chamber of Commerce, has been awarded a scholarship to Michigan State University's Institute for Organization Management to be held from June 19 through June 25. The scholarship was awarded by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Executives Association and will cover tuition and accommodations for the week long Institute.

When Do Officials By BARBARA BEKKERING State Journal Special Writer HOWELL Will there be a meeting, or won't there? Green Oak Supervisor Herbert Munzel claims that there will be. In an official letter, including an agenda Munzel has called a GRAND LEDGE The film, A Voice in the Wilderness," will be shown at the Oneida Gos pel Church Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The movie is the life of John The Baptist. OLIVET Delegates to the Congregational Conference of the state conference of the United Church of Christ in Ben ton Harbor are Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Miltes and Rev. and Mrs. Daniel Boxwell Plans are under way for a church camp scholarship fund to aid young people of the church to attend summer camps The annual senior high school girls luncheon was set for Tuesday noon, proj ect of the Women's Fellowship of the church. Martha Dixon, was named speaker, with all ar rangements under leadership of Mrs. Ernest Nelson Fellowship president.

VESTABURG The Area Church of Christ Ministers will hold their monthly meeting and dinner at the Rock Lake Chris tian Assembly grounds here Mondav at 6:30 p.m. Wil Iiam Bush of the Vestaburg Church of Christ will be the speaker at the baccalaureate services to be held in the school gymnasium Sunday. 7:30 p.m. The Vestaburg seniors of the class of 1966 who attend the Ferris Center Church of Christ will be honored at recognition services Sunday morning. Five Enter School Race ST.

JOHNS One woman and four men have filed petitions as candidates for the annual school board election in St. Johns. They are: Mrs. Eunice Marz- ke, William Richards of St. Johns; George J.

Hazle and Dar- rel L. Marten of R. 5, St Johns, and Wendal Wagner of Eureka. Richards is the only incum bent. The other term which ex-pires is that of Mrs.

Lucille Gallagher. Voters will elect two on June 13. Area Births PORTLAND To Mr. and Mrs. Richard s.

Wiliemin, 1038 Maynard Road, a son. Tommy Joe, May 9, at St. Lawrence Hospital, Landing. BATH To Mr. and Mrs.

Earl F. Harmon 13704 Main a son, Troy Wil liam, May 6, at St. Lawrence Hospi tal, Lansing. DeWITT To Mr. and Mrs.

James A. Schaefer, 11415 Francis Road, a daugh-ter, Lorl Lynn, May 11, at St. Law rence Hospital, Lansing. GRAND LEDGE To Mr. and Mrs.

Donald E. Morrow. R. 3, a daughter. Linda Marie, May 11, at St.

Lawrence Hospital, Lansing. WEBBER VILLE To Mr. and Mrs. Jesus1 Medina, U4 iosco Koao, a son, jesus May 11, at St. Lawrence Hospital, Lansing.

GRAND LEDGE To Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Roth. R.

1. a son. Brian d. ward. May 10, at St.

Lawrence Hospi tal, Lansing. FOWLER To Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Feldpausch, R. 2, a daughter, Leah Marie, May 6, at St.

Lawrence Hospi tal, Lansing. Mrs. Feldpausch is the former Janice Martin. PERRY To Mr. and Mrs.

Gary G. Wil- kins, 7275 M'7B, a son, Ricnard Troy, may at sparrow Hospita Lansing Mrs. Wilkins is the former Mary V. Davis. CHARLOTTE To Mr.

and Mrs. Edward W. Strobel, R. 3, a daughter, Tamela Kay, May 12. at sparrow Hospital, Lansing.

llilllHl'Bifflll'iliiililllWW'TWiMi1irii'iiiiitttiNfli Five Will End Careers Grand Ledge Teachers 250 to Honor Dr. Binkert Testimonial Planned for Hospital Founder GRAND LEDGE Five teach ers from kindergarten through high school will retire from the staff of the Grand Ledge Schools at the end of this term. Mrs. Melvin Liermann is fin ishing 40 years of teaching, 20 in Lansing schools and the last 20 teaching kindergarten in the Greenwood Elementary School. Another kindergarten teacher, Mrs.

Lloyd Dunn, has 23 years of teaching to her credit, the CARSON CITY Dr. Emmett Binkert, founder of Carson City Hospital, will be honored here Tuesday at a testimonial dinner at St. Mary's Hall. The event was started as a project of the Lions Club but public response has been so great it has developed into a communi ty affair. Twenty civic, social and service clubs are involved.

A citizen's planning commit tee, headed by Gil Vaughan, has completed arrangements. Reservations, handled by James Rehmann, were limited to the 250, most of which have already been taken. Principal speaker will be Mich igan's Chief Justice Thomas M. Kavanagh, native of Carson City. Toastmaster will be Dr.

John P. Wood of Birmingham. Music will be provided by the music department of the Carson City Crystal Area schools, under the direction of DeVere Fader. OTHER SPEAKERS Among the testimonials to Dr. Binkert will be those by Dr.

Ben F. Dickinson, president of the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Pontiac; Dr. Paul R. Koogler, president of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, Mount Clemens; Dr. Clifford W.

Millard, president of the State Board of Osteopathic Registration and Examination, Hillsdale; Dr. William Jordan, chief MAPPING PLANS Five Grand Ledge school teachers who will retire at the end of the term plan to travel. Shown checking the road map are, left to right, Mrs. Melvin Liermann, Mrs. Walter Brett, Mrs.

Robert Maxson, Mrs. Lloyd Dunn and Mrs. Harry Larson. 4.