First Oil Well Fire of Clare Field Conquered by City Firemen
Clare County districts to share Turner Act funds on May 1. Commissioner Asa Aldrich lists amounts for each district led by City of Clare 2544.58 and totals 9056.11 with numerous townships and units receiving varying sums.
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Clare Field
Clare County
Turner
Asa Aldrich
The
Sentinel
Clare
Arthur Township
Balsley
Gut Lake
Greenwood
Robbins
Hamilton
Bailey
Rhile
Amble
Allen
Hatton
Nester Dam
Bessie
Myers
Brush College
Franklin Township
Sharp
Ladd
Frost Township
Blodgett
Reynolds
Grant
McKinley
Mann Siding
Hayes
Redding
Pennock
Temple
Norway
Sheridan Township
Brewer
Summerfield
Stoddard
Surrey Township
Winterfield
Davis
Austa
Kirby
Polat Xiao coGace
Jackson Chosen as Alternate to National Democratic Convention
L W Jackson of Clare named as alternate to the National Democratic Convention in Chicago. The Saginaw gathering drew over two thousand delegates from districts across the state, focusing on solving state and national troubles. Attys E J Richardson and Howard McDonald were chosen as delegates to the Chicago meeting. Clare attendees included Le H Thompson J A Jackson L W Jackson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
Atty. E. J. Richardson
Hivart
Howard McDonald
Bay City
Chicago
Clare
BH. J. Kavanaugh
le H. Thompson
J.,a. Jackson
L. W. Jackson
Wm. H. Caple
M. B. Gallagher
John Fitzpatrick
Card Party and Dance at L O L Hall
Card party and dance scheduled for Monday night April 26 at L O L Hall. Ladies are asked to bring sandwiches or cake. Pub He invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Hall
Meetings on Contagious Abortion and Alfalfa in Isabella County
W. C. Cribbs, District Extension Agent, schedules talks next week on Contagious Abortion and Alfalfa Growing for Michigan farmers. Meetings set for April 26 Green School southwest of Shep herd, April 27 Oberlin School west of Winn, April 28 Broomfield town hall, and April 29 Rosebush Town Hall at 8 p.m. Topics include disease handling, transmission, and alfalfa varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Cribbs
Green School
Shepherd
Oberlin School
Winn
Broomfield
Rosebush
Michigan
Man and Two Horses Killed Near St. Louis
Delbert Mathews of Rose Bush is held on 2000 dollar bond for negligent homicide after his oil truck struck a team of horses on U S 27, killing Glen Sanders, a 35 year old farm hand, and injuring another horse. Mathews says he swerved to avoid a head on collision with a passenger car. hearing set for next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Mathews
Rose Bush
Glen Sanders
Gratiot
Sanders
U. S. 27
Mathews
Roosevelt Oil Co
Delinquent Water Rents Notice Issued by City
The city warns delinquent water users to pay past due rents by April 30, 1932 or arrange payment with the City Clerk. If not paid, the water supply will be cut off by order of the City Engineer. Date April 20, 1932. Alex McKinnon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex McKinnon
Baseball Season Opens Today with Midland Game
Local baseball opens under Coach Alldread with a Midland game this afternoon. Eleven returners from last year and several new players show promise as Norman Blystone and Orrin Shaw lead pitching prospects. The schedule includes home and away games against Midland Coleman Evart Gladwin and Hivart with the first home contest set for Friday May 6.
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Alldread
Norman Blystone
Orrin Shaw
Charlie Moore
Allen
Chaffee
Kleiner
Lamb
Bigstone
Thayer
Herrick
Murphy
Shaw
Midland
Coleman
Harrison High School
Clare
Hivart
Gladwin
Evart
Epworthians Feted After Missionary Contest Banquet
The Epworth League banquet was held Tuesday April 19 at 7:00 PM in the church parlors. Groups decorated tables themed India orchids and spring colors. Miss Agnes Bauder led as toastmistress and Vivian Cunningham’s group won free tickets after a lively program of songs jokes and speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Epworth League
Lampman
Gordon
Mulder
T. ©. Holbrook
Richard
Hazel Stottlemeyer
India
Allan Bauder
Vivian Cunningham
Arthur Thayer
Agnes Bauder
League
Clare-Isabella Pomona Grange Meeting at Lake Hall
The Clare-Isabella Pomona Grange will meet Garfield Grange at their hall on Lake, Wednesday evening, April 27. All fourth degree members are urged to attend to plan the five-county grange meeting at Clare in June. Pot luck supper, Muaptey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare-Isabella
Pomona Grange
Garfield Grange
Lake
Clare Jt
Muaptey
Eight Clare County lads apply for summer training at state camp
The semi monthly report of enrollment in Citizens Military Corps shows Clare County passing its five member quota with eight applicants. Harrison residents Morrel J. Clute Rex B. Clute Willard K. Higgins Arnold H. Hughes Whilden Hughes also apply. Clare residents Donald J. Gillis William C. Hoeghstetler Royal A. Kleinhardt are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
Citizens Military Corp
Carl Holbrook
Morrel J. Clute
Rex B. Clute
Willard K. Higgins
Arnold H. Hughes
John H Wilson Becomes City Mayor After Council Session
John H Wilson assumes office as mayor after the final regular city council meeting of the year. Ex mayor R I Hether and new aldermen Ernie Ramey and Frank Holmes take seats, with Clare business leaders presenting flowers and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. I. Hether
John H. Wilson
Ernie, Ramey
Frank Holmes
Wm. H. Caple
Clare
Wilson
Family surprise marks Schuggs golden wedding anniversary
The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Schugg was celebrated at their East State Street home last Saturday. Their children and families arrived to surprise the aged couple with an evening of entertainment. The Schuggs were married in Syracuse and later moved to Clare to farm before retiring to the city. A recent oil well on their Vernon County farm boosted their fortunes. Family present included Mrs. George House, Albert Schugg, Mrs. Jas. Snider, J. W. Schaeffer, Fred Schugg and others from Vernon township and the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Schugg
East State Street
Mrs. Schugg
Syracuse
Clare
Jas. Snider
George House
Albert Schugg
Vernon
Township
J. W. Schaeffer
Fred Schugg
Help Wanted Tah Junior Class Seeks Stage Carpet
The junior class needs a carpet or rug to deaden stage footsteps for a play next Friday night. If anyone in town has an old discarded carpet to donate, please call Miss Rogers at the school house.
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Miss. Rogers
A. J. Mason
Samuel French & Co
Aunt Ida
Hazel Sutton
Lady Trenchard
Nelda Callihan
Madge ~Rockingham
Betty Doherty
Phyllis Faraday
Maxine Jones
Martin
Dale Dawson
Robert Tarver
Jay Hendrie
Jimmie Raleigh
Wayne Geeck
Admiral Grice
Stanley Kleiner
Henry Steele
Neal Biden
William Faraday
Allen Gerow
Celia Faraday
Bunicemary Bicknell
Lieutenant Smith
Lyle’ Allen
Celia
Huniemary Bicknell
Madge
Evelyn
Phyllis
Tarver
Smith
Somaliland
Africa
Marie Waganaar
Louisa Rogers
Bake Sale Saturday at Morgan's Store
Bake sale planned for this Saturday at Morgan's Store with proceeds helping St Cetiligesourity. Local residents are invited to attend and purchase baked goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cetiligesourity
Morgan's Store
Past Masters Confer Degree At Local Lodge Meeting
About one hundred Masons gathered at Harrison lodge rooms Tuesday night April 19 to witness Clare County Past Masters Association confer a third degree. Officers filled posts including John Palmer as W M and Wm Murphy among speakers. Past Masters praised the event and accepted an invitation to meet in June with Corning lodge of Farwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Carton Lodge
Corning Lodge
Farwell
Cheaters at Play and The One Way Trail at Ideal Theatre
Double bill Thur Fri twenty first to twenty two features Cheaters at Play with Thomas Meighan Charlotte Greenwood Good Sport Linda Watkins and John Boles. Also The One Way Trail on Saturday twenty third. Next week The Greeks Had a Word for Them stars Madge Evans Claire and Joan Blondell. Tarzan the Ape Man teased.
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Thur
Thomas Meighan
Charlotte Greenwood
Linda Watkins
John Boles
Tim. McCoy
Mon
Madge Evans
Iaa Claire
Joan “Blondell
Tues
Peach
O’réne
Wheeler and
Woolsey
Ahmady
Tarzan
Ape Man
Isabella County Plan for Annual Sunday School Visitation
Isabella County Sunday School Association announces visiting teams will attend local Sunday Schools on April 24 or May 1 1932. Acting superintendents are urged to welcome visitors and hear county district project reports. Secretary E Robinson Mt. Pleasant invites organizers needing help to report or request assistance by mail. The association praises the county’s forty Sunday Schools and local business support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County Sunday School Association
George Burch Dies Sudden Sunday of Heart Trouble
George Burch died Sunday morning about 10:30 due to a heart attack at his home three miles west of the city. Born February 1 1872, he lived in Wise township Isabella county, married Ida Hook in 1900 and Beulah Hinkle in 1920. Survived by his widow, his mother Mrs Sarah Buren, a sister Mrs Clyde White and a brother Frank. Funeral Wednesday at noon conducted by Rev Randall. burial Surrey Cemetery.
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George Burch
Mahlon
Sarah Jane Burch
Saginaw
Wise Township
Isabella County
Ida Hook
Glenn
Beulah Hinkle
Hinkleville
Burch
Sarah Buren
Glare
Clyde White
Detroit
Prank
Florida
Young Attorney Leo Campeau Opens Harrison Law Office
Atty Leo Campeau of Saginaw announced he purchased the late John Quinn’s Harrison law office and will reside at the county seat. He is a former Grant township boy who worked through country school and graduated from the Claré school and Detroit College of Law despite impaired eyesight.
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Atty
Leo Campeau
Saginaw
John Quinn
Harrison
Leo
Grant Township
Claré
Detroit College of Law
For Rent Farm Near Hardwood School 80 Acres
Partial OCR reads a rental notice for an 80 acre farm near a hardwood school tied to a college or institution. The fragment mentions a plan or inquiry by a group or authority and lists a cryptic address or reference 2712.
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Ste
AbEsohemia
Slave College School
Blaze At Schugg Oil Well Sparks Local Alarm
A midday Clare fire squad battled a fierce blaze at the Schugg oil well four miles southwest, fighting 85 foot water streams to save tanks and a five acre wooded area. The Mammoth Petroleum Corp faces about 2500 dollars in damages after sparks from a passing locomotive ignited grass.
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Schug
Clare
Barton
Mike Doherty
Mammoth Petroleum Corporation
Weekend Fires Keep City Fire Department Busy
Fire department responded to four blazes over the weekend with one likely incendiary. Grass fires spread at Consumer's Power Co substation and Maple Street Bone residence. A target house on Vernon Street burned grass and porch area. Firefighter Wilbur Ireland suffered a wrist cut from flying glass. no major damages reported.
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Consumer's Power Co
McCulloch
DuBoise
Wilbur Ireland
Bone
Maple Street
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Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Rooms
Audrey Willey
Parent
A. H. Gorr
Auxiliary
Walter H. Larman
Big Rapids
ST. Louis
Epworthians
Isabella Pomona Grange
Boquet
Anniv’sary
Clare and
Green Stockings
Eunice Mary Bicknell
Farwell Order
Ideal Theatre
Isabella CO
Randall
Surrey Cemetery
Schugg
Mammoth Oil Co
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