Soldier Reunites with Father After Seven Years in War
Staff Sgt. Joseph Carl Stoops, American Filipino, locates his father Joseph C. Stoops Sr. among Cabanatuan Prison Camp detainees freed in February. Reunited in hospital after years apart, the elder Stoops, 57, suffers malnutrition and a bad heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabanatuan
Yaepril
Joseph Carl Stoops
Joseph C. Stoops
Omer
Clare
Philippines
Hagen
Tuguegarao
Manila
Joe
Laundering Curtains for Best Stiffness and Fit
When laundering curtains, dip all curtains for a room in one batch of starch to ensure uniform stiffness. Hang curtains straight to prevent shrinkage and save ironing. Use rustproof rods and run rods through both top and bottom hems for durability.
Whats About College broadcast schedule announced
Robert S. Linton registrar will host a 15 minute broadcast series on WKAR Michigan State College radio station at 2 15 p m on April 18 25 and May 2. The programs answer questions on admission costs living arrangements and courses. Titles include Should I Go to College What Should I Take in College and What Courses Are Offered at Michigan State College.
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WKAR
Michigan State College
Robert S. Linton
Michigan
Army Service Forces seek stenographers and typists in Washington
Lt Warren H Lasher announces civilian jobs with the Army Service Forces in Washington D C for stenographers and typists. Housing and transportation are provided. Applicants must qualify through Civil Service exams and may receive refresher training at full pay.
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Im Clare
Army Service Forces
Washington, D.C
Warren H. Lasher
War Department
ASF
Union Station
Washington
Lasher
Alma
Michigan
Army
D. C
U.S.A
State
War
Navy
Congress
Supreme Court
White House
Cherry Blossoms
Classified Note Prompts Fair Sale Timing Next Week
A terse notice urges avoiding hoard sale tactics and advises fair handling of items slated for next week. It warns against reselling at inflated prices and stresses ethical distribution.
Annual Rod and Gun Club Dinner Promotes Conservation
At a Wednesday night dinner the Michigan Rod and Gun Club discussed conservation laws, enforcement aims, and education over prosecution. Prizes awarded included a sports jacket, wool shirt, cigars, bath salts, and various hunting gear to club members and guests.
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ROD and — Gun Club
Lower
Michigan
Aldrich
Byron Rockwell
Roscommon
Ervin Walters
Martin Loomis
Forest Shumway
Texas
J. T. Wilkinson
Harry Aldrich
H. Blake
Bath Salts
Emil Bucholz
Wool Sox
Paul Bennett
Dorothy Larman
Morris Pratt
Doris Tennant
Larry Dayton
George White
Woal Sox
Harold Fleming
Henry Doll
Jean Fleming
Harold Loomis
J. J. Green
Larry Beck
Wilson Bader
Clare School Notes Junior High team posts seventeenth win at Mt Pleasant
The Junior High basketball squad stretched to seventeen wins as the seventh grade went 9 0 the eighth grade 6 3 and the ninth grade 2 0. Standouts include Bellows Wright Beck Hahn Worstell Gillis Burdo Wallace Cimmerer Adams Fleming Smith and more. Baseball opens April 18 vs Coleman with twenty men out and lineup unsettled due to weather. Bud Rodabaugh Glen Gunderman among top catchers and Perry and Hartshorn return as pitchers.
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Mt. Pleasant
Bellows
Wright
Beck
Hahn
Worstell
Gillis
Burdo
Wallace
Cimmerer
Adams
Gt Fleming
Smith
Harrison
Beaverton
Farwell
Coleman
Wharvey Hartshorn
Bill Chaffee
Don Cappaert
Frank Hall
Bob Perry
Bill Hawkins
Jack Green
Larry Foss
Erwin White
Ralph Musser
Joe McNerney
Jack Woodworth
Glen Gunderman
Roland Gunderman
Doug Fleming
Bill Schlafley
Letters From Boys in Service
Letters from soldiers and family members describe wartime separations in Europe and Italy during March 1945. Messages from Pfc. Lyle Sprague on hospital duty recount his front-line experience and recovery, Sgt. John Youmans writes from France about Clark relatives and local ad exposure, and T/5 James Grover in Italy laments mail delays while hoping for homecoming and fishing trips.
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Navy Hospital
Kenneth
Lyle
Tournaments HOTEL DOHERTY Round Five Leads in Bridge
In the fifth round at Hotel Doherty this week the Hampton-Anderson team led total scores while Caple-Allen topped the evening. Grand slam honors went to Bayes-Bowler Bicknell-Wyman Artibee-Rassat and Zinser-Loomis. Evening scores show Caple-Allen 13 500 Maynard-Mair 12 770 Comes-Jackson 12 470 Anderson-Hoersch 12 080 Hail-Frey 10 530 Parker-Doherty 10 160. Accumulative leaders are Hampton-Anderson 59 190 Comes-Jackson 58 200 Caple-Allen 56 800 Green-Wallace 56 300 Bicknell-Wyman 54 180 Hall-Frey 53 790.
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Anderson-Hoersch
Hail-Frey
Parker-Doherty
Hampton-Anderson
Caple-Allen
Green-Wallace
Bicknell-Wyman
Hall-Frey
Red Cross Activity Seeks Weekly Sewers for Convalescents
Clare unit calls for weekly Thursday afternoon sewing sessions. Beginners and experienced workers welcome, with options to sew at home if needed. Volunteers asked not to refuse the opportunity to help convalescent soldiers.
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Red Cross
Pioneer staff to publish addresses of Clare boys in service
Former students write letters from the Philippines Netherlands East Indies and Keesler Field praising the news. Cpl Foell suggests a special issue with addresses to help servicemen write home. The staff plans to publish the idea soon. Cpl Brown thanks the paper for rejoining mailing list. Jim Chapman from Mississippi notes he misses the old school and fondly recalls tenth grade days.
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Pioneer
Philippines
Cpl
Bill” Foell
Clare Boys
Netherlands East Indies
Alger Brown
Keesler Wield
Mississippi
Pyt
Jim Chapman
Community Organization Meeting Schedule Sparse Across Clare
The Clare area lists weekly lodge gatherings including Farwell Rebekah No 20 on Wednesdays at 8 00 pm and Clara Rebekah No 167 on Tuesdays at 8 00 pm plus other groups such as Clara Lodge 338 LCCF Mondays at 8 80 pm and a first third Monday council meeting.
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Farwell Rebekah Lodge No. 20
Clara Rebekah
Clara Lodge No
L.C.C.F
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Risers
Purdue
Philippine Islands
Stoops
Islands
Culver Military Academy
Purdue University
Infantry
Air Corps
Pacific
New Caledonia
Bougainville
Guadalcanal
Peera Island
Solo- Mons
Sergeant Stoops
Insurance and Real Estate
Clare, Mighigan
Robert
Linton
United
Clare School
Harold Sprague
R-3
Harrigan
Pfc
Lyle B. Sprague
Youmans
John Youmans
Somewhere In
France
Brother Edward
America
O.K
Neda
Love
Johnnie
Bertha Grover
James, Grover
Mom
Jack
P. O
Italy
Bob
Grove
O. K
Howard
Bill
Jim
Zenobia
C.E.S
O.H.S
Wilma al
Len
John Rodabaugh
George Lehr
David Leiter
Gladys Witbeck
Clara Rebekah Lodge
Etta Howard
Gladwin
Edith Horr
C.F. Lodge No
Clare Common Council
John B. Sparkes
Post, V.E.W
Pac
Grant ‘Townsend ‘Club No
Glare Boy Scout
Weh ‘School
Sens Adew
Vogue Magazine
Ming
Sshoe Co
Davy Bldg
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