Filing dates set for Mid Michigan College trustee race
Prospective candidates for Mid Michigan Community College trustee posts must file qualifying petitions by April 23. Petitions are circulating and blanks are available at the Gladwin college office for Clare and Gladwin counties. Nominating petitions for the Board of Education ballot are at 305 East Wheaton, 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, per Gary Rayburn. Two four year terms open due to Dr. A D Austin and Walter Kleiner. Petitions with required signatures must be returned by 4 pm May 11 to appear on the June 10 election ballot.
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Mid Michigan Community College
Gladwin
Clare
Board of Education
East Wheaton
Gary Rayburn
A.D. Austin
Walter Kleiner
Kiwanis And City Plant 63 New Trees In Renewal Program
The Clare Kiwanis Club and City of Clare completed another season of tree planting adding 63 new trees including 25 in Lake Shamrock Park. City Manager Glen Cain said the best planting time has passed but future spring work will continue. The program, replanting diseased trees, has added about 35 young maples annually on Clare streets. A separate fire destroyed a Loomis Machine Company unit at 302 East Fourth Street with total loss of building and contents.
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Clare Kiwanis Club
City of Clare
Glen Cain
Clare Streets
Lake Shamrock Park
Loomis Machine Company
Rite Hite Division
East Fourth Street
Pre-Dawn Blaze Destroys Loomis Building on East Fourth
A Saturday fire destroyed the Loomis Machine Company site at East Fourth Street, with explosions and burning paint and welding fuel creating mushrooming sparks and thick smoke. The one story concrete block building, used for Rite Hite Division assembly and painting, could not be saved after a 4:30 a.m. report. neighbors helped prevent spread while Neilan Cradit said damage and rebuilding plans were not yet known. Operations will shift to other facilities as investigators determine the cause.
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Loomis
East Fourth Street
Northern Road
Loomis Machine Company
Rite Hite
Clare Fire Department
Neilan Cradit
Petition drives Wallace ballot spot for 1968 election
Petition efforts by the American Independent Party push to place George Wallace on the November ballot. Local organizers circulate locally as supporters collect signatures. Robert Gardner serves as Vernon township committee man.
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American Independent Party
George Wallace
U.S
Robert Gardner
Vernon Township
Start MMCC Building Underway in Mid Michigan
Construction has begun on the Mid Michigan Community College facility valued at two million dollars. A Harrison meeting reviewed contractual procedures and site plans with the college president Dr. Gillaspy, trustees, engineers and Alden B Dow Associates architects, contractors, and a HUD representative.
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Mid Michigan Community College
Harrison
College Board of Trustees
Dr. Gillaspy
Alden B. Dow Associates
Office of Housing and Urban Development
Navy Band Tours Latin America and supports community
Seaman Keith D. Jackson USN son of Mr and Mrs William H Jackson of 204 Dunlop Road Clare completed an 18 country Latin American tour with a Navy Show Band. The group performed 250 shows for orphans elders and inmates as locals await a new college. Groundbreaking is planned with classes to begin fall 1969 in Harrison and Mt Pleasant venues.
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Keith D. Jackson
Usn
William H. Jackson
Dunlop Road
Clare
Navy
Harrison
Clare County
Mt. Pleasant
Californian Named CMU President Dr William B Boyd
Dr William B Boyd a Berkeley vice chancellor student affairs executive was named Central Michigan University seventh president. He will assume duties July 1 1968 succeeding retiring Dr Judson W Foust. Boyd’s background spans Alma College Michigan State Emory and Ohio State with a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and Navy service. He and his wife Louise have two children.
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William B. Boyd
University of California, Berkeley
Central Michigan University
Boyd
Central
University
Mt. Pleasant
5.C
Judson W. Foust
Berkeley
Dr. Foust
College of Arts and Sciences
Ohio State University
Michigan
Presbyterian College
Clinton
D.C
Emory University
U.S. Navy
Bureau of Ordinance
IRS Says Refund Delays Often From Missing Social Security Numbers
The Sentinel reports Clare ify readers ask about refunds. The IRS explains delays commonly occur when taxpayers omit their Social Security numbers or signatures on tax forms. Michigan districts note over 11 thousand refunds tied up in verification and related checks.
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IRS
Michigan
1967 Michigan farm income rises but expenses outpace profits
Michigan State University economist John C. Doneth reports higher farm incomes in 1967 alongside faster rising cash expenses. Dairy profits improved but poor crop years offset gains for dairy farmers whose income depends on crops. Weather harmed planting and harvesting while cattle feeders and hog producers faced low prices and high costs.
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Michigan
Michigan State University
John C. Doneth
MSU
Doneth
Michigan sets records in 1968 feed grain signup
Frank J. Light announces 52,516 participants signed to divert about 836,750 acres from feed grain production with 32,000 requesting advance payments totaling 7,611,728 dollars. Wheat signup reached 43,578 growers, second highest in recent years.
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Michigan
Frank J. Light
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee
Flint Woman Dies In M-115 Auto Crash
A two car collision west of Farwell Friday evening killed Mary Pattinson 43 of Flint who rode as a passenger in the car driven by her son Weston Pattinson 21. The other car’s driver James E Meschke 26 Bay City and his passenger were injured. State Police said Meschke crossed the dividing line causing the head on crash.
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Farwell
Flint
Mary Pattinson
Weston
Proposed School Tax Totals and Local Mills
An error in a prior Sentinel report is corrected with a table showing school district millages for 1967-68 and 1968-69. Operations and debt service mills are listed, totaling 26.0 mills each year, with May 6 elections prompting a PTA info booth on May 3 for residents to ask questions.
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Sentinel
Citizens Bank Extends Friday Evening Hours in 1968
Citizens Bank and Trust Company announces Friday evening banking from 6 00 to 8 00 p m starting May 3 1968 while Saturday hours end with the close of business on May 4 1968 All offices will be closed Saturdays to recruit and retain staff and accommodate daytime workers shopping needs in Michigan communities.
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Stuart Bicknell
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Michigan
Rifle Taken In Robbery At Dan's Sunoco Station
Clare Police Chief Elly Tice said investigation points to a break in at Dan's Sunoco on West Fifth Street Friday evening. A 35 calibre hunting rifle is missing. other valuables and the cash register were undisturbed. Entry was gained by breaking a rear window pane and sash. the thief exited by a large overhead service door.
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Clare
Elly Tice
Dan
Sunoco
West Fifth Street
Dan Casteel
Development Director Appointed to East Central Michigan District
James Collison 36 of Milwaukee named development director for the East Central Michigan Economic Development District announced by Floyd Socia Essexville chair. District includes Clare county and 13 neighboring counties around Bay City Midland Saginaw to foster growth as a multi county planning agency. Collison former Saginaw County Board chair and ex mayor of Zilwaukee. district office at Delta College Room 6 A.
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James Collison
Milwaukee
East Central Michigan
Floyd Socia
Essexville
District Commission
Clare County
Bay City
Midland
Saginaw
Collison
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Kiwanis and City
Wallace
Californian
CMU
Lloyd M. Cofer
Detroit
Cofer
Dr. Boyd
Louise
Marcie
Susan
Dr, Boyd
Clare- Ify
Clare-ify
the Sentinel
Clare Mich
Internal Revenue Service
Clare Ify
Clare Citizens Committee
Citizens Bank
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