Clare County Inducts Largest Selective Service Quota
On March 31 Clare County dispatched its largest Selective Service quota to Detroit for Army induction on April 1. Inductee George Tope led a group including Wesley Huntley Julius Mielke Clifford Wood Lyle Whitmill Gilbert Miles Gilbert Collins Kenneth Weage William Henry Jay King Joe Piwowarczyk Charles Norph John Marley and others. State headquarters expect the next quota to be about 25 percent smaller with June forecast as a heavy month.
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Clare County
Detroit
U. S Army
George Tope
Clare
Recreation program starts for school children and adults
A U S government sponsored recreation program led by Erwin Fuller began in Clare with hikes for school children and noon games at the school. A student committee from grades four through eight elected Joanne Richard as chair and Marylou Wyman as secretary to plan activities and coordinate grade participation. Plans include a reception center in the south part of the city for both adults and children.
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United States
Clare High School
Erwin Fuller
Joanne Richard
Marylou Wyman
Michigan Press Association to Meet During Trout Festival
The Michigan Press Association plans a district meeting in Kalkaska Michigan during the Kalkaska National Trout Festival and Sportsman Show on April 25. Al Weber publisher of Cheboygan is president and Gene Alleman is manager. D H Hinkley publisher of Petoskey News is president and C W Goddard publisher of Mancelona is vice president.
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Michigan Press Association
al. Weber
Cheboygan
Gene Alleman
Kalkaska
Michigan
Melvile and
Stetson
D. H. Hinkley
Petoskey News
C. W. Goddard
Mancelona
Lou Kramer
Milk tax pledge keeps prices steady for now
Dairy plants announce no price raise yet amid higher production costs. Stores will collect the three percent Michigan sales tax on past due bills after April 10 to fund operations and maintain current milk prices. Thayers Dairy, Schaeffers Dairy, Woodland Dairy.
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Michigan
Thayers’ Dairy
Schaeffers
Woodland Dairy
Methodists Plan Complete Holy Week Program at Clare
Clare Methodist Church outlines a full Holy Week schedule starting with Palm Sunday and infant baptism. Evening programs are planned through Monday Tuesday and Thursday, with W S C S breakfast on Wednesday and the Lord's Supper on Thursday. Good Friday services run from 1 to 3 PM and are open to the public.
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Clare Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
Former Sheridan Girl Mae Barter Dies in Los Angeles
Mae Barter of Los Angeles California died last week at age fifty two her husband had died fifteen months earlier she leaves a daughter Mrs R A Mulholland and a grandson T R of Los Angeles seven sisters one brother and many relatives Funeral services were held Tuesday at Wee Kirk of the Heather Los Angeles with interment there She was born and grew to girlhood in Sheridan township remembered by older residents.
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Mae Barter
Los Angeles
John W. Bell
C. C. Knapp
California
R. A. Mulholland
T. R
Millions of Norway Jack and White Pine Planting Plan
Michigan's forestry division directs CCC crews to plant 2.5 million pine seedlings across 3000 acres this spring. Stock originates at Higgins Lake nursery and will be shipped to Au Sable Black Lake Superior Houghton Lake and Higgins Lake state forests after April 15. Planting uses seven and a half foot spacing with 800 trees per acre.
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Michigan Department of Conservation
Forestry Division
CCC
Higgins Lake State
Au Sable
Black Lake
Superior
Houghton Lake
Higgins Lake
Revivals at Browns Corners United Brethren Church Begin
On Sunday evening March 30 revival meetings opened at Browns Corners United Brethren Church. Pastor Rev. Marion B. Burkett delivered nightly messages through the week urging Kingdom building and inviting all to attend for spiritual blessings.
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Browns Corners
United Brethren Church
Marion B. Burkett
Dine and Dance At Jack's In Coleman
Dine and dance at Jack's in Coleman with Saturday orchestra evenings. Enjoy good food and drinks plus a fish fry on Fridays and Saturdays.
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Jack’s
Coleman
Orchestra
Clare High School Senior Evelyn Olson Dies in Auto Crash
Funeral services were held in Clare for Evelyn Jean Olson 18, a popular Clare High School Senior killed in a Sunday night accident on US-27 eight miles southeast of Ithaca. Born April 27, 1923 in Grayling Michigan she moved to Clare in 1938 and was active in choir band Student Council and plays. She is survived by her parents and sister Marian along with many friends and relatives. A prayer service followed by the Methodist church service was conducted by Dr. John H. Hall with pallbearers listed from Clare and Grayling. She was buried in Cherry Grove cemetery.
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Evelyn Olson
Clare High School
Ithaca
Evelyn Jean Olson
W. J
Ann Olson
Grayling
Michigan
Clare
Methodist Church
Lfe
Evelyn
Marian
Olson
Clare Methodist Church
John H. Hall
John Empey
Jesus
Algey Brown
Virgil White
Albert Samborn
George Parent
John Schaaf
F. J. McClain
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Spike Horn Bears Spill in Indiana Adventure
Spike Horn and his bear caravan caused a dramatic spill near Huntington when a crate of seven bears escaped a trailer at a river bridge. Locals watched as the tame woodsman pursued Blondie the bear with a lasso, while Spike helped round up the animals before returning to the bear ranch with five bears in tow.
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Clare County
Spike Horn Myers
Indianapolis
Spike
Caravan
Huntington
Indiana
Spike Horn
You
Blondie
Detroit
O B 8 Rummage Sale At Chapter Rooms
Attend the O B 8 rummage sale today and tomorrow at the Chapter rooms with April 4 advertised.
Robert Nowland Hurt in Auto Wreck Near Ithaca
Sixteen year old Robert Nowland, son of Mr and Mrs Franklin Nowland of Mt Pleasant, was seriously injured when a car returning from East Lansing collided southwest of Ithaca. Evelyn Olson was fatally injured and Marion Olson was en route to Michigan State College. Robert remains semi conscious at Mt Pleasant General Hospital with a fifty fifty chance of recovery.
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Robert Nowland
Franklin Nowland
Pleasant
Hast Lansing
Evelyn Olson
Evelyn
Ithaca
Mt. Pleasant General Hospital
Robert
Marion
East Lansing
Michigan State College
Modern two story business block rising on West Fifth Street
Robert Mair and Donald B. Holbrook plan a brick and concrete two story business block adjoining the post office on the east. It measures seventy four by twenty feet with a twenty foot street front. The first floor will house Band Box dry cleaning, with a June move date for the new building.
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Robert Mair
Donald B. Holbrook
West Fifth Street
G Post Office
Mair
Houghton Drug Store
Murl M. Houghton
Clare Drug Company
McEwan Street
Houghton
Clare
Walgreen Agency
Clare-Gladwin Rural Mail Carriers Hold District Meeting
The Clare-Gladwin Rural Mail Carriers and wives met at the C A Perry home Friday evening last week with sixteen attending a seven o'clock pot luck supper. Mrs Sylvia Hunter secretary treasurer presided, Joe Hunter president led the business session followed by a social evening.
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Clare-Gladwin
C. A. Perry
Sylvia Hunter
Beaverton
Joe Hunter
Woodward Brother Dies Sudden at Royal Oak
W J Woodward received word Tuesday that his brother Charles died very suddenly at Royal Oak Monday evening. Mr Woodward and relatives traveled from Farwell to attend the funeral service.
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W. J. Woodward
Royal Oak
Charles
Woodward
Laurie Woodward
Tom Elliott
Farwell
Michigan Voters Urged to Support Proposals I and II
State Bar of Michigan presents arguments for and against two April ballot amendments aimed at barring fraudulent signatures on petitions. Proposals require signers to be qualified electors, allow verification against registration, empower penalties for forged names, and mandate clear 100 word summaries on ballots.
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Michigan
State Bar of
State Bar
Supreme Court
Vote NO on Proposals land 2
Critics label amendments mis leading and defective arguing they restrict initiative and referendum by adding registered to qualified voters and shifting petition checks to local officials. They urge defeating the two changes and delaying action until a constitutional convention vote.
Rebekah District Meeting in Clare Next Thursday
The Clara Rebekah Lodge No. 167 will host the Rebekahs of District No. 20 next Thursday April 10 at nine in Clare Masonic Hall. District President Mrs Hdul Campbell of Coleman and district officers will preside. about 200 members are expected. Assembly President Mrs Blanch Hill of Port Huron and other Assembly officers will attend. Members are urged to attend next Tuesday's lodge for final arrangements and practice.
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Clara Rebekah
Zenobia Chapter Initiates Members in 1900s Fraternal Meeting
Zenobia Chanter No. 129 O E B held a special meeting on Thursday March 27 welcoming three candidates after completing the Order's degrees. Visitors came from Beaverton Farwell Midland and Saginaw. Chapter representatives shared pleasure at the attendance. Mrs. Stanley Masten presented a musical program with performances by Jackie Frey Patty Hall and others. Refreshments followed in the dining room with social visits.
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Zenobia Chanter
O. E B
Beaverton
Farwell
Midland
Saginaw
Stanley Masten
Jackie Frey
Patty Hall
John R. Hall
Harold Jones
David Mair
Leo Hampton
Isabella County Home Ec District No 1 Annual Meet
About forty members attended the Isabella County Home Economics District Number One annual meeting at the Gilmore church basement with Mrs. Delia Wild presiding. A noon pot luck dinner preceded a business session led by Mrs. Wild and secretary Mrs. Marshall.
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Isabella County Home Economics District
Gilmore Church
Delia Wild
Rachel Russell
Dora Shug
Claude Fordyce
Wild
Marshall
Arthur Fleming
Gregg
Michigan State College
May Brown
East Lincoln
Bert Sanders
Charles Wilson
Union
Penick
Joseph Depung
Parole Board Member Speaks to Clare Kiwanis Club
Gerald F. Bush of the Michigan Parole Board was guest speaker at the Clare Kiwanis Club dinner at Hotel Doherty. He discussed parole administration in Michigan, rehab goals, and cited cases illustrating the board’s work.
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Gerald F. Bush
State Parole Board
Kiwanis Club
Michigan Parole Board
Clare Kiwanis Club
Hotel Doherty
Bush
Michigan
John A. Trudell
Bureau of Pardons and Paroles
Robert Mair
Clare Churches Unite For Good Friday Services
The Union Good Friday services are at the Methodist church this year with a union choir performing. Short sermons by Rev. Harry Cleveland Rev. Albert Dawe and Rev. John H. Hall will discuss The Fact of the Cross focusing on the cross in life church and world. The program runs 1:00 to 3:00 PM with flexible entry and exit during hymn singing.
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Harry Cleveland
Albert Dawe
John H. Hall
Easter Seals Campaign Promotes Faith and Hope
The Easter Seals drive named the Seal of Friendship promotes aid for disabled children. It notes the boy’s dream to run and play, the symbolism of the seal, and the 1 cent per seal price with 100 seals per sheet. The Michigan society plans to distribute 30 million seals from March 1 to April 13 and urges contributions and prompt returns of funds.
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Stength
Big Friends
National Society
State Society
Haster
Michigan
Isabella Pomona Grange Meeting Notice
Isabella Pomona Grange will meet with Delwin Grange Wednesday evening April 9. All members urged to attend. Pot luck lunch closes meeting. Nellie B White See
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Isabella Pomona Grange
Delwin Grange
Nellie B
White
Election Day Dinner at Congregational Church Cafeteria
Election day plan to dine at the Congregational church cafeteria serving starts at 11:60. Specials include pork sausage 42c, frankfurters lic, rise Bologna 18c per lb, beef stew 12c, pork steak 18c per lb, pork roast 16c, Monarch corn 23c per pound.
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Congregational Church
Ade
Jackson
Maxkefflana
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