All Supervisors Except Six Return in Clare County Elections
Voters in Clare County returned all supervisors except six, with three slips winners by narrow margins. In Hayes township ex sheriff Edmond Wood beat Marie Bailey for supervisor, and slip candidate June Rose won alderman in the Third Ward at the County Seat. The countywide tally lists results across sixteen townships, with many uncontested tickets and a rare split vote pattern in Arthur.
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Clare County
Hayes
Edmond Wood
Marie Bailey
June Rose
Ben Carpenter
Harrigon
Harrison
Contests in Vernon and Wise townships draw high total
The Peoples party swept Wise Township with nearly a hundred vote margin as 354 ballots were cast, the township's high mark. Officials listed include Lamphere as supervisor and multiple clerks treasurers and constables with party totals shown. A largely partisan vote followed with 144 54 for one ticket and 172 118 for another in races across the area.
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Vernon
Wise
The
Peoples Party
Wise Township
Lamphere
Wm. Chappell
Jas. Walsh
Gerald Thayer
Leo O'Grady
Fannie Shultz
Ernest Irwin
Gilbert Howard
Archie Border
Geo. Bryant
Edward Beakes
Leo Smock
Roy Thayer
Tom Polen
Fred Irwin
Wm. Daine
Olive Irwin
John Ackerman
Ralph Dé Pung
Raymond McDonnell
Consumers Power Users Promote Prompt Bill Payments
Consumers urge power customers to pay light and power bills promptly. Citizens State Bank advertises payment options and guidance for bill settlement and service continuity.
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Arid Courteouk
Citizens Stsete Bank
Oil Drillers Pause Wells At McKay Joslin Site
McKay Joslin well at north city limits halted Wednesday to cement casing at 1274 feet. After 72 hours, drilling will resume with a gas test expected Saturday. Billett-Murphy well in Sheridan township paused at 3938 feet on Dundee top. completion due in a few days. Doherty estate well near Dover road bridge active at 2400 feet.
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McKay
Joslin
North City
Billett-Murphy
Sheridan Township
Dundee
Doherty Estate
Dover Road Bridge
Tri County Bar Assn Meeting At Doherty Hotel
The Tri County Bar Association of Midland Isabella and Clare counties will meet at the Hotel Doherty next Monday at 7:00 for dinner and a meeting. Guest speaker Jas K. Brooker of Bay City will discuss ethics. Gladwin Bar members are invited. Haswell Grant of Mt. Pleasant leads arrangements.
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Midland
Isabella
Clare Counties
Doherty
Jas, K. Brooker
Bay City
Commission of State Bar of Michigan
Hthics
Gladwin Bar
Haswell Grant
Mt. Pleasant
Louise's Flower Shop Opens Reed City Branch
Louise's Flower Shop announces a new branch at 119 Chestnut Street Reed City offering the same cut flowers and potted plants as the Clare store at moderate prices.
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Louise's
Reed City
Louise Flower Shope
Local Cub Pack Exhibits Handiwork At Tibbils Store
Cub Pack No. 74 sponsored by Clare Kiwanis Club displays crafts in N. L. Tibbils Jewelry window. Boys ages 9 to 12 created items from soap and wood such as railroad engines airplanes boats and wagons under John Rodabaugh. The exhibit gained praise at the Cub Merit Badge Show in Mt. Pleasant March 28–29.
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N. L. Tibbils
Clare Kiwanis Club
John Rodabaugh
Mt. Pleasant
County Teachers Institute to convene at Farwell High
County Commissioner of Schools announces the State County Teachers Institute will be held at Farwell high school next Monday in an all day meeting. Speakers include John Hallema of the Department of Public Instruction and Dr David Trout head of the Educational Department at Central State Teachers College.
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Helen Hether
State County Teachers Institute
Farwell High School
John Hallema
Department of Public Instruction
Clare Future Teachers Club
Hlton Robbins
Michigan Education Association
B. D. Kennedy
Clare
Representative Assembly
Lansing
Farwell
Madge Lamb
David Trout
Central State Teachers College
Trout
Michigan State college to broadcast four rural school programs
The Musical Extension service of Michigan State College will air four Friday programs in April for rural schools from 10 to 10 30 am. April 15 features Mabel Olive Miles with Peer Gynt Suite insights. other dates present Collinge Thrasher and Grieg selections plus Tschaikowsky Nutcracker.
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of Michigan State College
Michigan
Mabel Olive Miles
Edward Grieg
Elsie Thrasher
Tschaikowsky
Clare County
Michigan Tourist Advertising Program Explained
The Clare Chamber of Commerce met at Barnes Cafe Tuesday with Pres. Harold Fleming presiding. Robert McMenamin of the Secretary of State spoke on Michigan tourist advertising, noting $135,000,000 spent annually by visitors and outlining four key requisites: attractions, provisions, selling ability, and community participation. The 1937 Legislature provided $150,000 yearly for two years for advertising, with up to $25,000 each for four state tourist associations to cover 80 percent of costs. the rest to be allocated by the State Administrative Board under Exec. Sec. W Norman Hill.
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Clare Chamber Ha Commercé
Barnes
Tusday
Pres
Harold Fleming
Robert McMenamin
Secretary of State’s Department
Chamber
Michigan
McMenamin
Clare
State Administrative Board
W Norman Hill
Miss Westaby Speaks at Northwest High Assembly
Geraldine Westaby, a world traveler and student of three American and three European universities, gave an engaging talk at the Northwest Assemblies program in the high school auditorium. She showcased her foreign dolls and discussed cultural misunderstandings between Europe and America, urging youth to correspond with others abroad to bridge gaps.
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Northwest Assemblies
Europe
Geraldine Westaby
Germany
America
Westaby
City Merchants Baseball Team Plans Sunday Practice
The Glare Merchants baseball team will hold practice next Sunday at 1 30 PM at the tourist park north of town. City donation includes a ball diamond and fixtures to help fix up the field ahead of the opening game. A regular meeting is Monday night and a league meeting Tuesday at Mt Pleasant.
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Merchants
Mt. Pleasant
Three Churches Unite For Good Friday Service
Three churches join in a 1:00 to 2:45 pm Good Friday service at First Congregational. Pastors from Methodist Episcopal Church of God and First Congregational share sermons on The Cross themes with a choral choir and a 15 minute organ prelude by Anna May Smalley.
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First Congregational Church
The
Methodist Episcopal
Church of God
Albert Dawe
Geo. P. Stanford
Harry Cleveland
Anna May Smalley
Camp Houghton Lake CCC Celebrates Sixth Anniversary
Camp Houghton Lake observed the Civilian Conservation Corps sixth anniversary with a dinner Friday night April 1. Ben Carpenter and Bucholz of Harrison spoke on the CCC's value to the public and enrollees. Fred White of Michigan State CCC presented graphs showing changing public opinion. Open house Sunday April 3 drew 100 plus visitors guided by CGC boys and shown camp life, projects, and routines. Sam Cline, Project Supervisor, invited visitors to Camp Heighton for tours and reception.
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CCC
Camp
Houghton
Civilian Conservation Corps
Ben Carpenter
Bucholz
Harrison
Fred White
Michigan State CCC
83-S
CGC
Heighton
Sam Cline
Dunlop Holds Unopposed Mayor Post In Clare City Election
Mayor John W. Dunlop runs unopposed for a second term as Clare voters elect a largely Republican slate. The lone contest occurs in the First Ward where Chris Reger loses to Robert Archambault by three votes. Jessie Gibbs seeks treasurer, with A Bruce Gibbs as Democrat opponent.
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Arthur
Ray Harrold
Verne Haines
D. T
Jesse Newman
John Brubaker
Mary Sanders
Lowell Shull
Burt Kinnine
Eugene Orvis
Melvin Haines
Fred Geiger
Fred Athey
Chas. Bryan
Dan Dysinger
Norman Myers
Elton Geiger
Lawrence Robinett
Ora Hale
Perry Davis
Floyd Spicer
Consumers Power Co
Franklin
John W. Dunlop
Alex McKinnon
McKinnon
Chris Reger
Ald. Dunlop
Robert Archambault
C. D. Harvey
D. Reger
Archambault
Jessie Gibbs
A. Bruce Gibbs
Ee Arden Walters
David Ward
Robt. Archambault
D. Harvey
D. Harvey, D., Ad ‘Constable— Ee Clifford Richmond, R., 171— 79 Herman Leis
John Rodabaugh
Delbert W. Osborn
Ivan E. Feighner
Martz Detwiler
Arthur Lamb
George Johnson
Omer Parent
Alderman
Arthur’ Parish
Robert Maier
de Constable
Wm, Parks
Dale Gillis
Mrs Lottie Adams Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Lottie Adams age 59 died Saturday at the home of Mrs Ethel Allens on east 5th street after a several year illness. Funeral services were held Monday at Thurston Funeral Home conducted by Rev Albert Dawe with interment in Cherry Grove cemetery. Born Lottie Dunigan in Canada, she moved to Clare as a child with her parents and married William Adams in 1908. She later lived in Chicago about twenty years before returning to Clare.
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Lottie Adams
Ethel Allens
East 5Th Street
Thurston Funeral Home
Albert Dawe
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Lottie Dunigan
Canada
Clare
John Dunigan
Wm. Adams
Chicago
Ethel Allen
Flock of Sheep Killed by Dogs on Seeley Johnson Farm
John Hichhorn of Arthur township reports a $200 loss after stray dogs attacked his pasture flock of 20 sheep on the Seeley Johnson farm in Graston township. All but three were killed or wounded with torn wool and flesh. He warns dog owners to confine animals to their premises as authorities have urged.
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John Hichhorn
Arthur Township
Seeley Johnson
Grast Township
Hichhorn
Leadership Training Class Elect Officers at Methodist Church
The Methodist Leadership Training Class held its Monday night meeting at 7 30 electing officers President Effie Stanford Vice President Doris Sparkel Secretary treasurer Elizabeth Town The group welcomed Mrs Garchow s class and about twenty attendees included Mrs William Garchow Jr Mrs Estella Holden and Rev Stanford Lunch followed at 10 30 The next meeting is set for Monday May 4 at the M E church.
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The
Methodist Church
Effie Stanford
Doris Sparkel
Elizabeth Town
Beautiful Hydranger Gift From Louise Flower Shop
A desk gift arrives from Louise Flower Shop bearing a card with best wishes for success in a new venture. The item, described as a pink plant, adds a decorative touch amid ongoing trials and relocations at the Renting office.
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Louise Flower
Offic
Ar Are
Adda
Drive for Funds for Crippled Children to Start Next Week
The drive for funds for crippled children will begin in Clare county next week. The effort is assisted by Charlie Chan and Puritans and Rapa as of the public in the Sopeennen.
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Clare
Hedin Ie
Chas
Puritans
Rapa
Sopeennen
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Leo Cooper
Hart Townsend
Freeman
High Hickok
Herbert Middleton
Mac. Hansen
r—Thos Cook
Elton
Darnell
Slip
Justice
Alfred Gaffney
Everette van Horn
John Gaffney
Clifford Darnell Agntis Hansen
Arthur Fahnestock
Frost
Fred Clark
Paul Catron
Ralph Carey
Fred Cosgrove
John D. Evans
Maude Norman
Garfield Peoples
Darius Scott
Maude Somerville
Gertrude Scott
Charles Cook
Frank Miller
Leo Cashin
Grant
Nelson Tiedeman
S. A. Dawson
VanDen Bergh
Way Gomm
Albert Purdy
Orrin
Reynolds Board Review
William Krell
George Tiedaman
Ronald Krell
Moya Waltera
Floyd ‘Squires
Fannie Schultz
Vernon Hill
Chas. Lamphere
Bert. Bunting
Jas. Swain Highway Com
Thos. Ackerman
John Powers
Gilmore
H. A. Perry
Robert B. McGuire
Harold Warner
Archie Fordyce
Tri-County
Ass’n
Doherty Hotel
Tibbils
County Teachers Institute
Farwell Mon
Mabel
Miles
Mary Ann Collinge
Rossini
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Westaby
World Traveler
Houghton Lake
Clare ‘Sentinel
Lineta
C. Roger
John W. Duttlop
Gibbs
Dunlop
City of
J. H. Doherty
Murl Houghton
A. & P. Tea Co
John Eichhorn
City
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