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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1961
Page
3
The Clare Sentinel reports a bowling score recap from Monday April 10 1961 listing team results and high individual figures. Top performances include Mac with games 233 and 218 and Colvin totaling 563 in series while Leinback posts 543 and Cleveland 218.
Spring showers and snowmelt boost trout opener prospects across Michigan as streams rise to better levels, despite low April flows in the lower peninsula. New flies only sections on Au Sable North Branch and limited East Branch areas alter fishing rules, while Swanzy and Airport lakes remain closed to brook trout until May 15 to protect hatchery stock.
The April 1961 city league listings show teams and scores for men and women, with high series and high games led by D. Spicer, A. Terwilliger, and F. Carncross. Merchant and Ladies leagues also report weekly results, standings, and top performers across multiple teams and clubs.
Gladwin High School hosts a wrestling show Saturday night in the school gym at 8:00 p.m. The lineup features Mr XK against Red Donovan Percival B against Pringle and Louis Papineau in singles bouts. A six man tag includes both midgets and heavyweights in the ring.
Week ending April 9 saw Michigan private and public lands suffer large acreages from grass fires. Total damage reached 1,914 acres for 1961, about two thirds of last year’s low. Upper Peninsula losses totaled 141 acres with first heavy fires of the year, while the northern lower peninsula reported 1,153 acres over 51 fires and 707 acres burned in late April. Southern lower peninsula added 83 acres, bringing regional totals to 607 acres.
Mrs Forest Garver Rev and Mrs Hull hosted relatives from Hart and Scottville. Florida visiters Mr and Mrs Glen Lower arrived with children. Various local families share dinners and Sunday visits with neighbors and friends across Gilmore Clare Harrison Rosebush and Lansing. A YPME group met Marguerite Aytenraut. Several couples hosted or called on neighbors throughout the week.
Delwin Grange hosted a card party with prizes for ladies and men won by Mrs. Clare McTaggart Pansy Yost Otis Northon and Manley Smith also noted are birthday wishes and social calls including Cecil Eppl e becoming Isabella county board chair and visits to Lilly Hubble in Coleman and others in surrounding towns.
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