Red Cross Drive Exceeds Clare County Quota in 1958
Clare County residents contributed beyond the fund goal of 2523 by 22.70 totaling 2545.70 with donations from Clare Harrison Lake Grant township Redding Freeman Hayes Arthur Sheridan Clare Manufacturing Co Kraft Cheese Kroger Michigan Consolidated Clare Lutheran Ladies Aid Sun Off Consumer's Power Michigan Bell. Oscar Olson thanks donors and invites any additional gifts to County Red Cross officials.
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Clare County
Red Cross
Clare
Harrison
Lake
Lake George
Grant Township
Redding
Freeman
Hayes
Arthur
Sheridan
Claré Manufacturing Co
Kraft Cheese Co
Kroger Co
Michigan Consolidated
Clare Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
Sun Off Co
Consumer’s Power Co
Michigan Bell Telephone
Townships To Elect April 6 In Michigan
Township election details list candidates for ARTHUR FREEMAN GILMORE GRANT SHERIDAN VERNON towns. Officials sought include Supervisors Clerks Treasurers Trustees Highway Commissioners Justices of the Peace and Constables with multiple names and vacancies noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Arthur Township
Norman Myers
John Brubaker
Wanda Davis
Julius Mielke
Chas
Kleinhardt
Lewis Sunday
Cyril Farmer
Karl Pretzlaff
Roger Kleinhardt
Elton Geiger
Glenn Ogg
Joe Barnes
Glenn Lower
Freeman Township Union
Chester Wallace
Mabel Gates
Grace Lee
Wallace Cook
Lafayette Blain
Huon Darnell
Justice of Peace
Albert Lee
Board of Review
Jesse Lee
Robert Gates
William Bolt
Raymond Blain
Elton Darnell
George Thompson
Gilmore Township
Republican
John Laverty
Owen Jarman
Frank Freeman
William Phillips
Hart Blodgett
Ray Jarman
Varness Cook
Walter Wood
Grant Township
Clair Stanley
S. A. Dawson
Dorothy Heuschele
Glen Lloyd
Herb Gilmore
Justice, of Peace
Harold Bradley
Justice of the Peace
Frank Humphrey
Jilius Schaeffer
Herb Randall, Jr
Wilson Jetred
Harl Owens
Dale Reynolds
Sheridan Township
Lewis F. Rutter
Carl J. Bradley
John Klingelthofer
Clarence Armentrout
Wellington Badgley
Orville D. Bates
Earl Beatty
Lionel Duncan
Karl Ouderkirk
City to cut overtime parking fines on trial basis
Police Chief Don Harrison announces a new policy starting April 4 to reduce overtime parking fines from one dollar to 25 cents if paid at city hall within one hour of the ticket time. The thirty day test awaits city commission approval with potential permanent adoption along with similar moves in nearby cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Harrison
Harrison
Hoersch and Bader Earn FFA Honors at State Convention
Ted Hoersch and Jim Bader, Clare farm youths, received top state FFA awards at the Michigan convention in East Lansing March 26 27. Hoersch earned a Gold award for four years of supervised farming and both earned the State Farmer degree. Norris Bay and Melvin Walters represented Clare as delegates from the local chapter with about 10 500 members statewide.
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Michigan State Future Farmers of America Association
East Lansing
Michigan
Ted Hoersch
Jim , Bader
Clare
Ted
Theodore Hoersch
Jim
Wilson Bader
F.B.A
Norris Bay
Melvin Walters
F.F.A
Dramatic Readings From The Silver Chalice at Clare Study Club
Mrs. Russel King of Traverse City will present dramatized scenes from Thomas Costain's The Silver Chalice to the Clare Study Club on Tuesday April 7 at eight oclock in the Methodist Church. Husbands and guests are invited. a silver tea will follow in the church parlor.
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Thomas Costain
Russel King
Traverse City
Clare “Study Club
Say It Isn’t So Chick Brown Denies Marital Trouble
Mr and Mrs Chick Brown deny rumors of domestic strife and insist their marriage is stable. They explain a similarly named couple is facing issues and advertise their troubles, but confirm the Browns are not involved and request no inferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Brown
Chick
Chick Brown
Mrs. Brown
Superintendent Thomas Campbell attends state survey meeting
Thomas C. Campbell superintendent of Clare Public School attended a school facility meeting in Harrison on March 27 sponsored by the State Department of Public Instruction to discuss the Michigan wide educational survey to be completed this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Campbell
Clare
Harrison
State Department of Public ‘Instruction
Career Day Hints Vocation Paths for Clare School Students
Ninth and tenth graders at the Clare nce School attended a career day on March with Eugene Parents from Dow Chemical PR delivering the general session. Six groups toured local facilities including hospitals, auto shops, Clare Mfg. Co, and the telephone office while armed services and agriculture sessions provided career insights.
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Clarence
Eugene Parents
Dow Chemical Public Relations Department
Kiwanis
Bruckart
Dodge
Plymouth
McDonald’s
Ford
Cotter
Clare Mfg. Co
V F W Post and Auxiliary To Induct Officers
The Clare V F W Post and Auxiliary will hold installation ceremonies for newly elected officers in the Clare city hall auditorium at 8 30 oclock Thursday evening April 9. The ceremonies will be open to the public. Following the installation refreshments will be served in the V E W Post rooms. Post Officers are Charles Cooper commander Dale Bywater senior vice commander Robert Rowley junior vice commander Dorsey Mussell quartermaster James Corsant chaplain and William Lucy adjutant. Auxiliary officers are Clarisa Bellows president Dave Lucy senior Vice president Mary Mater junior vice president Esta Hendershot chaplain Naomi Randle three year trustee Isabell Cooper treasurer Virginia Hendershot conductress Florence Corsaut historian and Juanita Green guard.
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Clare V.F.W
Clare City Hall
V.E.W
Charles Cooper
Dale Bywater
Robert Rowley
Dorsey Mussell
James Corsant
William Lucy
Clarisa Bellows
Dave Lucy
Mary Mater
Esta Hendershot
Naomi Randle
Isabell Cooper
Inductees Dined By Clare Kiwanis Club Meeting
Clare Kiwanis hosted five new inductees Clarence Fitzpatrick Jay Kinsey Gordon Chilcote John Brooks and Malcom Wilson who will leave next Monday for induction Rev Oscar Witt Olson gave a talk and presented each with a souvenir booklet Using Your Head Dr Neil Stirling led 40 Club Scouts and leader Herbert Breen as guests Cubs inducted Ray Locke and Larry McQuiston to demonstrate Kiwanis procedures Several adult leaders and Cub Den Mothers attended Joe McAllister Mt Pleasant Kiwanis past president was a guest Atty R Hendrick of Saginaw won the Model T Ford in the club fundraiser for underprivileged children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Kiwanis, Club
Art Damoth
Clarence Fitzpatrick
Jay Kinsey
Gordon Chilcote
John Brooks
Malcom Wilson
Oscar Witt Olson
Kiwanis
Miri Houghton
Olson
Neil Stirling
Herbert Breen
Cubs
Ray Locke
Larry McQuiston
Pac
Roy Warner
Neilan Cradit
Cub den
Thomas Campbell
Virginia Finch
Merle Samborn
Delbert Nolan
Kuno Hammerberg
Kenneth Hendrie
Joe McAllister
Mt. Pleasant Kiwanis Club
Atty R. Hendrick
Saginaw
Last Rites Held For Mrs. F. Hinkle Grant Pioneer
Funeral services were held at Thurston chapel for Mrs. Mary Ann Hinkle born in 1867 in Ontario Canada. She died Friday at her brother H M Oliver's home in Toledo Ohio and was laid to rest beside her husband in Surrey cemetery.
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Thurston Chapel
Mary Ann Hinkle
H. M. Oliver
Toledo
Ohio
Hinkle
Zenobia Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Clare
Clair Oliver
Saginaw
Edith Stevenson
Lula Mead
California
L. J. Nevins
Clare pupils map town history in hands on project
Clare Public School fifth graders complete a long study titled Clare Then and Now. They create a miniature Clare, update a student map, and visit about thirty local places to learn how business, services, and daily life operate. Businesses visited include Lewis Meat Market Doherty Hotel The Settines and Citizens State Bank.
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Clare
Marjory Mattox
Clare Public School
Clare Sentinel
Harper
John Akins
Lewis
Doherty Hotel
Settines
Ludlow
Everts
Citizen's State Bank
Alain
Band Box Cleaners
Clare Furniture
White
Houghton
Thurston’s Funeral Home
Hach
Twelve Projects In Kraft Dairy Contest Here
Twelve contestants enroll in the Clare Junior Dairyman Project sponsored by Kraft Woods Company. N S Hem mert announces a 1953 program with cash prizes trips and scholarships as youths from Michigan and nearby regions raise dairy cattle and milk sales.
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Clare
Kraft Woods Company
N.S. Hemmert
iMore
Canadian
Michigan
Wnen
Bernard Blank
Gladwin
Mich
Edward Carpenter
Beaverton
Jersey
Donald Parker
Holstein
Walter Bay
Ronald Fairchild
Shepherd
Garry Whitmore
Jake Wilford
Dan Bay
Ronald Hamlin
Mourn Passing Of Mrs Trietch On March 24
Mrs Fred W Trietch of Brown Corners dies peacefully March 24 after a stroke the day before. Clara Emily Ott born January 31 1901 in Hatton Township became a Christ follower at fourteen. She married Fred W Trietch in Clare on June 27 1925 and lived at Brown Corners with sons Carl and Jimmy. Funeral at Brown Corners United Brethren in Christ Church. pallbearers from Sunday School Class. buried Cherry Grove Cemetery. arrangements by Stephenson Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W ‘Trietch
Brown Corners
Clara Emily
Louis
Emma Ott
Hatton Township
Christ
Clare
Kleman
Fred
Carl Frederick
James Wisson
Kenneth
Reginald
Alpena
Hubbard Lake
Harrison
Gladwin
Jackson
Howell
Brighton
Flint
Detroit
Grosse Pointe Woods
Columbus
Ohio
Elkhart
Indiana
Cherry Grove
Stephenson Funeral Home
MEA to Meet Clare County Officials in April Dinner
MEA to meet Clare County School Commissioner John F. Brown informed teachers for the MELA in the Glare and Isabella District. The meeting is set for April 30 at Harrison with dinner at 6 30 in the basement of the Congregational Church.
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Clare County
John F. Brown
Glare and
Isabella
Harrison, A
Congregational Church
City Election Nears With Four City Commission Seats
The Sentineland previews upcoming city elections with four City Commission seats up for grabs. Incumbents Charles Cooper Allen Crum and Howard Hverts face challengers Leon Dull Dale Groves Albert Haley Lawrence Jackson Jr Gerald Niysson and Robert N Walters. State races include Highway Commissioner Charles Ziegler vs Charles Van Amtwerp with other contests in courts public instruction and agriculture. Voters urged to cast nonpartisan ballots.
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Sentinel
City Commission
Charles ©. Cooper
Allen C. Crum
Howard M. Hverts
Leon Dull
Dale Groves Albert Haley
Lawrence Jackson, Jr
Gerald Niysson
Robert N. Walters
Charles M. Ziegler
Charles I. van Amtwerp
Public Instruction
Agriculture
Cancer Drive Sets April Goal in Clare County
The Marching drive designates April as American Cancer Month with Clare County's quota set at 1085 dollars. Half the proceeds stay in the county and volunteers urge reading the educational leaflet even if not contributing. Beta Sigma Phi sorority chairs the Clare effort with Mrs Rex Allen and Mrs Russell Foell leading. city chairwoman for Harrison is Mrs Dan Czyzewski, aided by the VIW Auxiliary. Contributions may be left in canisters at local businesses in Harrison and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Cancer Society
Beta ‘Sigma Phi
Rex Allen
Russell Foell
Dan Czyzewski
Harrison
VIW
Cancer Fund
Harrison and
County Eighth Graders To Graduate Here
Plans are underway for the Clare county eighth grade graduation exercises in the Clare High School auditorium in May. The date will be announced later. County School Commissioner John P. Brown has appointed teachers to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
Clare High School
John PF. Brown
Freda Kistler
Margaret Mickle
Irene Clute
Thelma Reiss
Thelma Haines
Tessie Haines
Rotary Club Hosts Greyhound Travel Pictures
The Clare Rotary Club noon session at Hotel Doherty featured Dan McDonald introducing Jack Foster of Great Lakes Greyhound Lines Jackson. Foster presented travelogue pictures of the eastern western southern United States and Northern Michigan. Guests included Casper Witbeck Malcolm Wilson and Charles Richter.
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Clare
Dor othy Kleinhardt dies at 85 in Arthur township
Mrs. Dorothy Kleinhardt longtime Arthur township resident dies at home at 4 30 am aged 85 after two years of declining health. Funeral services were held at the Dover Tabernacle at 2 00 pm Thursday with Bishop H Schneider and Rev. C H Morgan officiating and interment in Cherry Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Stephenson Funeral Home. Story to be published next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy B. Kleinhardt
Dorothy Kleinhardt
Arthur Township
Dover Tabernacle
Jamada
H. Schneider
C. H. Morgan
Cherry Grove
Stephenson Funeral Home
Easter Services Across Churches Plan Special Programs
First Baptist Church outlines 10:00 a.m. Sunday Bible study with varied classes and Easter worship at 11:00 a.m. A 7:30 p.m. Easter evening service features choirs and a message. St Cecilia’s Catholic Church schedules Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Masses and confessions. Churches of God in Colonville and Hini Grove host sunrise and evening services with youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Bible School
Burgess
Hd Schlafley, Jr
Jesus
Calvary Graveyard
Peuiae
St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church
Clare Church of God
Sixth and
Maple Streets
Barbara Brinkman
Rhea Davis
V. Brinkman
Churches of God the
Colonville
Jon. VanderVeen
Wll
Hini Grove
Easter Lily Day Boosts Easter Seal Campaign
Clare County residents rally for the 20th annual Easter Seal Campaign as the goal nears. Handicap lily pins, crafted by workers, symbolize hope for crippled children while Girl Scouts distribute lilies at busy intersections. Funds total $335.05 with one week left, as organizers urge more contributions to ensure success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Clare Study Club
Clare Coutty
Leota Vanbivery
Conservation Law Violators Fined In Justice Court
Two game law violators in Garfield township were fined 17.80 each for illegal beaver hide possession and using an artificial light to take game. Harry Cornell of Lake pled guilty and paid the fine after arraignment. Frank Henry of Lake also pled guilty, paid the fine, or faced a brief jail term but was released when friends paid the penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Cornell
Lake
Don Bell
Jeff Willey
Frank Henry
Bell
Garfield Township
Henry
Willey
Harrison
Easter church services and activities across area churches
Churches announce revised Holy Week schedules with joint and individual Easter services. First Congregational will worship at 11:00 a.m. with baptism and new members, special music, and an Easter tree project. Other churches offer sunrise and morning services, cantatas, Easter plays, and a Good Friday service, plus memorial plants and offerings for Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Olson
Harold Collins
Effie Hales
Brown Corners
U. B
Arthur Center
Phé Pringe
Haldor Lillenas
Africa
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Townships
Hoersch
Bader
Mr. Campbell
V.F.W. Post and Auxiliary
F. Hinkle
Grant
Kraft Dairy
MEA
Rotary Club
Greyhound Travel
First Baptist, Church
Clare ‘Church of God
Justice Court
Tre-Ore Services
Whder
Harry Dice
Theimed
Farwell Methodist
William Gardow
U. B. Church
Harrison News
Farwell News
Society
Bowling
Scoras
Lake News
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