31 Edo Joins Haley Leiter As Commission Winners
Clare residents voted overwhelmingly for Dan Burdo to join a five member City Commission with Albert Haley and Laurence Leiter. A $25 000 bond for a new fire station carried. Voter turnout was light with 584 ballots cast amid rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edo
Haley, Leiter
Clare
Dan Burdo
Commission
Albert Haley
Laurence Leiter
Laurence Seiter
Carry Over
Paul Schroeder
Gerald Nivison
William Cleveland
Don Bay Named Clare Kiwanis Athlete of the Year
Clare High School senior Don Bay won the 1957 Kiwanis Athletic Award for track prowess scholastic achievement and citizenship. The banquet at Hotel Doherty on March 27 marked the 22nd year, with Red Cochran and Jim Podoley as speakers and 116 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High School
Don Bay
Kiwanis Athletic
CHS
Don
Clarence Bay
R-4
Clare
Norris
Doherty
CHS Rifle Club
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Clare Kiwanians
William Harper
George Perry
Red Cochran
Detroit Lions
Wake Forest College
North Carolina
the Lions
Lyle Bennett
Central Michigan College
Jim Podoley
CMC
Jack Hall
Hugh Kennedy
Clare Congregational Church
Garfield Township faces tie vote for supervisor by lot draw
Garfield voters produced a 117 to 117 tie between incumbent Stanley Oman and write‑in Clinton Case for supervisor. A drawing at Garfield town hall Friday April 5 will pick the winner, with recounts possible and election officials supervising the process.
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Oman
Case
Garfield
Township
Stanley Oman
Clinton
Jake
Garfield Board of Canvassers
Garfield Town Hall
Lot
Township Election Commission
Clare Teachers Active In MEA Activities
Clare High School principal William Harper and Ray Rose veer from Mt. Pleasant High School will represent the Clare Isabella Michigan Education Association at the MEA representative assembly in Lansing April 4 and 5. Resolutions on major education problems and state MEA officer elections will be on the program. Local faculty who attended a Michigan Teachers of English conference at St Marys Lake March 29 to 31 were Mrs Louisa Bowler Olive Evans and Mrs Myrtie Bowerman. The Clare Public Schools College Agreement Plan delegation including Mrs Bernice Wilson Mrs Louisa Bowler David Donovan and Mrs Myrtie Bowerman will attend a citizenship conference at Higgins Lake Conservation Camp April 5 and 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Harper
Clare
Ray Rosevear
Mt. Pleasant
Clare- Isabella
Michigan Education Association
MEA
Olds Hotel
Lansing
Michigan Teachers of English
St. Mary’s Lake
Battle Creek
Louisa Bowler
Olive Evans
Myrtie Bowerman
Clare FHA girls head to 1957 state meeting in Grand Rapids
Virgiline Bennett Elaine Letson Evelyn Richmond Bonnie Shafer Kathleen Thayer Kay Marrs and Betty Jo Bosserdet of Clare Chapter Future Homemakers of America will attend the April 4 and 5 1957 state meeting at the Pantlind Hotel Grand Rapids. About 1200 girls expected. Election of state officers awarding FHA scholarships and Homemaker Degrees planned. Evelyn Richmond and Elaine Letson voting delegates. Kathleen Thayer a candidate for state FHA treasurer. Betty Jo Bosserdet to sing in the State Chorus. Clare hosts committee duties assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgiline Bennett
Elaine Let
Evelyn Richmond
Bonnie Shafer
Kathleen Thayer
Kay Marrs
Betty Jo Bosserdet
Clare
Homemakers of America
FHA
Pantlind Hotel
Grand Rapids
PHA
Clare FFA Elects Year’s Officers
Clare Chapter of Future Farmers of America elected Marvin Krell as president with Larry Strouse as vice president Tom Spence secretary Donald Moore treasurer Carl Trietch sentinel and Jerry Lloyd reporter Six members were chosen to attend Leadership Training camp at Higgins Lake from April 11 to 13. Delegates Morris Penrose and Marvin Krell attended the FFA convention at Hast Lansing on March 25 and 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Krell
Clare
Future Farmers of America
Larry Strouse
Tom Spence
Donald Moore
Carl Trietch
Sentinel
Jerry Lloyd
Glen Fancon
Higgins Lake
Morris Penrose
FFA
Hast Lansing
Vernon and Grant Townships Back Fire Department Standby Pact
In separate Monday elections Vernon and Grant townships approved contracts with the Clare Fire Department to furnish guaranteed standby protection for $1,000 annually plus $75 for each fire call. Each measure won with substantial majorities on its ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Grant
Clare Fire Department
Methodist Group Grows Plans New Church Wing and Parsonage
The Clare-Farwell Methodist Churches held their fourth quarterly conference on March 27 with Rev. Leon Manning presiding. Officials reported full repayment of parsonage and church debts, increased benevolences totaling 2025 dollars, and a plan for a 50000 dollar educational unit and new church entrance. Trustees and stewards were elected to new terms. Farwell plans a new parsonage after completing current goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare-Farwell
Clare
Womans Society of Christian Service
Nevins
Jay Bellinger
Donald Holbrook
Wilson Samborn
David Seiter
Lee Greer
Don Holbrook
Reva Maxwell
Leah Garchow
Earl Beatty
Laurence Seiter
Erma Byers
Gerald Sandersfield
Willard Ireland
Garshow
Ivan Lozen
Farwell
Karashs Head VFW and Auxiliary Officers Elected
A husband and wife team were elected Wednesday evening March 27 to lead Clare VFW Post No. 5738 and its Auxiliary for the coming year. Ben Karash will be commander and Mary Karash will head the Auxiliary. Officers include Lajewski, Schelhas, Corsaut, Walters, and Ger shon in the VFW. Auxiliary leaders are Hendershot, Loomis, Van Horn, Welch, Bellows, Lajewski, and Coolper. Installation is April 11 and open to the public with invites to Gold Star Mothers and American Legion Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
VFW
Ben Karash
Mary
Frank Lajewski
Robert Schelhas
Jim Corsaut
Fred Walters
J. R. Gershon
Esta Hendershot
Ida Mary Loomis
Juior
Jennie Van‘Horn
Helen Wélch
Clarice Bellows
Mary Lajewski
Isabelle Coolper
Gold Star
American, Legion Auxiliary
Mrs Belle Deller Dies in Florida After Winter Stay
Brown Corners resident Mrs Belle Deller died suddenly Monday evening in St. Petersburg Florida where she spent the winter. She wrote Brown Corners news for the Clare Sentinel for years. Funeral services Friday at 2 p.m. at Stephenson's Funeral Home Clare with Rev. Charles Malsori officiating. Burial in Cherry Grove Cemetery Clare. Obituary to follow.
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Belle Deller
Brown Corners
St. Petersburg
Florida
Clare Sentinel
Stephenson
Claré
Charles Malsori
Plant Workers Enroll In Night Classes At Clare Public Schools
Clare Public Schools report 121 adults enrolled in evening classes by late Wednesday. 104 signed up for Blueprint Reading and 17 for Trigonometry, with most enrollees being Clare Manufacturing Company employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Public Schools
Clare Manufacturing Company
Genevieve Fleming
Clare School
Archery Enthusiasts Plan At Clare Rod and Gun Club
Members met at the clubhouse on Friday evening March 29 to organize an archery division. Leonel Green presented an arrow assembly and a discussion followed on organization and building a target range. Those listed as organizers include Leonel Green Robert Lodes Don Bell Joan Pitts Wayne Pitts Harold Schaeffer Carroll Beard James Yeoman Bill Harper Carl Fales Larry Everts Marion Wright Jack Foss and Merle Graham. Women welcome and information available from Green or others. next meeting date to be announced in the Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Rod and Gun’ Club
Leonel Green
Rod and Gun Club
Robert Lodes
Don Bell
Joan Pitts
Wayne Pitts
Harold Schaeffer
Carroll Beard
James Yeoman
Bill Harper
Carl Fales
Larry Everts
Marion Wright
Jack Foss
Merle Graham
The
Sentinel
Ballot Ambiguities Face Garfield Township Recount
Garfield township election officials worked late counting votes in a tie for supervisor. They faced questions on ballot validity including an unmarked ballot treated as a vote for the single slate and a ballot with Stanley Oman’s name scratched and Jake Case substituted. A state supreme court decision provides the basis for their guidance.
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Case
Oman
Garfield Township Election Board
Naloe Waa
Will Henderson
Henderson
Dorothy Scrimger
the Sentinel
State Supreme Court
Lansing
Stanley Oman
Jake Case
Election results show Republican wins in Clare area
Voters backed Republican candidates for State office with large margins as 2 to 1 in Clare and nearby county. The State Highway Commissioner test favored Foster with 1581 to 835 countywide and 375 to 164 in Clare city, with non partisan results mirroring the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Clare County
Foster
Mackie
Clare Foster
Reception Honored CHS Seniors
A Clare High School seniors reception was hosted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Kennedy on West Fifth Street on Wednesday March 27. Guest speaker Kent S. Morse of Olivet College spoke on the benefits of small colleges, cost differences, and spiritual unity. Punch and cake were served to about twenty guests by Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Sarah Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Zimmerman
Hugh Kennedy
West Fifth Street
Clare ‘High School
Kent S. Morse
Olivet College
Kennedy
Sarah Beck
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Charles Cooper
Haley
Leiter
Grimason
Walters
Baumgarth
Clare High School Dramatics
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Prince
Lois White
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Bill Wilson II
King
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Queen
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Stepmother
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Shirley Moore
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Ashes
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Cinderella
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Lee Sowle
Harrison
Rosebush News
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Farwell News
Alee
James
Bicknell, III
Bicknell
Board of Canvassers
Election Commissioners
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Floy Sturgis
William Bratt
Neil Watkins
Isabella County
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John Brubaker
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Glen Newman
Edwin Rouse
Josephine Wheeler
Winterfield
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Wilbur Phelipp
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Carlos Goddrich
Greenwood
Carl Bringold
Charles van Blarcom
Ethel Douglas
Clarence Beal
Ervin Bringold
Eunice Waters
Frost
Thomas Hecker
Hazel Mavis
Mearl Johnson
Allen Johnson
Jeff Willey
Dale Rulapaugh
Joe Eisenhauer
Dewey Dell
Isabella County Gilmore
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Ralph Carter
Bernard Gordon
William Phillips
Wise
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Charles W. Rockett
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Harl Walker
Charles Church
Denver
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Hubbard Kreier
Alfred Mogg
Cecil Epple
Herbert Cairns
Earl Neff
Vernonr
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Roy Wilson
Marl Beatty
Lionel Duncan
Earl Quderkirk
Clare Ffa
Methodist Group
Leon Manning
Big Rapids
L. J. Nevins
Ella Autry
James Corsant
Arthur Delamarter
Tim Frey
Robert Greer
Robert Kring
Orley Rogers
Jack Russell
H. B. Shepherd
Alma Seiter
Warren White
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Karashs
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