Mayor Everts Re-Elected Monday Night
Howard M. Everts was returned to the office of Mayor by a unanimous vote of the new City Commission at its first meeting. The old Commission met at city hall with citizens present and unfinished business was completed. The new Commission will appoint Mayor Protem and city officers at the May 4 session and Everts will present the next year's city budget. A new water main is being laid on West State Street to replace the old wooden main.
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Howard M. Everts
New City Commission
McEwan Street
Maple Street
Unely Road
Protem
Everts
West State Street
City Patrons Asked To Aid Mail Delivery
City leads post office asks residents to label mail with street numbers and names rather than householders. With Clare growing, precise addresses speed delivery and reduce misrouting. Postmaster Francis Jackson notes rural patrons already improved mailboxes and urges further cooperation.
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Clare
Cartiers
Francis Jackson
The
Sentinel
Rod and Gun Club Banquet Set For Thursday
The Clare Rod and Gun Club will host its annual banquet in St. Cecilia's Church social parlors on Thursday evening April 30. Dinner at 7 00 followed by wildlife motion pictures shown by a Michigan Department of Conservation representative and prize awards. The event is open to the public.
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Clare Rod and Gun Club
St. Cecilia’s Church
Michigan Department of Conservation
X ray explained at Clare Kiwanis luncheon
Rodney LeSage led the Clare Kiwanis Club meeting at Hotel Doherty with Lester Gilson, registered X-ray technologist, from Clare General Hospital. Gilson showed X-ray images and explained their role in aiding surgeons. Vice President Richard Groves presided. guests included Dr. Harvey Wiles from Marion and W Olmstead of Coudersport, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney LeSage
Clare Kiwanis Club
Hotel Doherty
Lester Gilson
Congregational Men Host Blue Water Fish Fry
The Congregational Church hosts a Friday fish fry at 6 30 p m. The Congregational Men's Fellowship leads the event with tickets selling fast and available at the door for those who have not yet bought.
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Congregational Church
Congregational Men’‘s ‘Fellowship
Plans Made For Softball Season Here
The 1958 Clare County Softball Association outlined its season during a VFW hall meeting. Charles Cooper was named president with Bernie Wilson as secretary-treasurer. opening game slated for June 1. The Class D league for youths ages 17 and under will continue with added emphasis and new management for publicity by Art Sills.
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Clare County Softball Association
VFW
Charles Cooper
Jeff Willey
Rocky Roggerman
Leonard Stanley
Bernie Wilson
Cooper
Wilson
Clare
Art Sills
Korea Thanks Study Club For Relief
The Clare Study Club received a certificate from Korea thanking the club for CARE packages sent through the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The award honors food and clothing aid to Korean women and children, with Michigan Federation funds totaling 8,500.84 dollars and a presentation by state president Mrs. William O. Merrill.
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Clare Study Club
Republic of Korea
Ivah Emery
Leota van Hoery
You Chan Yang
United States
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Korea
Federation
Michigan Federation
William O. Merrill
Fred C. Doty Laid To Rest
Frederick Eugene Doty longtime Clare County resident died April 14 in Pontiac General Hospital after a brief illness. He was born December 14 1869 in St Clair County and lived in Pontiac 42 years. His wife Sarah Abbott Doty died in 1949. He leaves a sister Mrs. Walter Sunday of Delton and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held April 17 at the Clare Congregational Church with burial in Cherry Grove Cemetery beside his wife.
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Frederick Eugene Doty
Greenwood Township
Clare County
Pontiac General Hospital
St. Clair County
Arthur E
Marissa Doty
Sarah Abbott
Cadillas
Pontiac
United Presbyterian Church
Walter Sunday
Delton
Congregational Church
Clare
Olson
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Dramatics Class Praised At Ninth Annual Play Festival
Claré High School dramatics earned highly favorable comments for the one act The Dear Departed at the Ninth Annual Play Festival held April 18 at Central Michigan College of Education. Dr John C Hepler praised Clare and rival entries Heaven Can Wait Mt Clemens and In the Zone Mt Pleasant as instructional festival participants. Several other schools including Grand Haven Manistee Mt Pleasant Shepherd and Waterford participated in the event.
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Claré High School Dramatics
Louisa Bowler
Central Michigan, College of Education
John C. Hepler
Clare
Mt. Clemens
Mt. Pleasant
Grand Haven
Manistee
Shepherd
Waterford
Clare P T A Elects New Officers for Next Year
The Clare P T A met in the Clare Public School as 193 members were reported. Elected unanimously were Mrs John Wicklund president Miss Oliver Evans vice president Mrs John Calkins secretary and Mrs Royal Akins treasurer. The program featured panels on reporting to parents and the senior trip with a saving plan for high school students. The May meeting will install the new officers and Supt Thomas Campbell will speak. Refreshments were served.
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Clare P T.A
Clare Public School
Howard Everts
William Hawkins
John Wicklund
Oliver Evans
John Calkins
Royal Akins
Leota van Every
Harold Hughes
Charles Day
Thomas Campbell
Wallace Johnson
Doris Gerow
Effie Hales
Verona White
Kathryn Brohs
Donald Richarson
Senjoy
Carleton Garthe
August Arndt
Leon Dull
Everett Moffitt
Elza Beery
Irah Emery
Albert Seiter
Willard Bicknell
Laurence Seiter
Ed Mussell
Robert Carter
Joyen Jones
Helen Cook
Phillip van Every
Supt
Sst. E. Ireland Returns From Overseas
Set. Barl Ireland arrived home Monday evening to spend a 30 day furlough with his mother Mrs. Mary Ireland and relatives. He has been in Army service in Korea for nine months after enlisting in 1949 and training at Fort Riley and Fort Hood. He served in Austria until July 1952 before being sent to Korea. He will report to Camp Custer May 19 for reassignment and expects his honorable discharge next July.
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Barl Ireland
Mary Ireland
Korea
Barl
Fort Riley
Kansas
Fort Hood
Texas
Austria
Camp Custer
Bert Head Joins Clare Police Force
Bert Head former city engineer and village deputy sheriff joins the Clare police force to fill a vacancy. He said he resigned as deputy sheriff Wednesday evening to devote his full effort to the local post.
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Bert Head
Farwell
Clare
Head
Local Women Attend National Conference in Washington
Mrs. Harry Wild of Isabella County leaves for Washington D C as Michigan delegate to the spring conference of the Women s Division of the Republican National Committee. Mrs Harold Schaeffer a board member also attends with plans to hear President Eisenhower and cabinet members. The event, themed New Horizons, aims to brief GOP women on objectives for the 1954 campaign.
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Harry Wild
Isabella County Republican Women’s Club
Washington D.C
Michigan
Republican National Committee
Harold Schaeffer
State Federation of Republican Women’s Clibs
Hisenhower
GOP
White House
Republican Party
Pioneer earns high ranking at conference
The Pioneer, Clare School paper, received a second class honor at the sixth annual North Central Michigan Interscholastic Press Conference held at Central Michigan College of Education on April 18. Judges praised Features Columns and Editorials and commended editing and copyreading. Mary Sanford, co editor, was congratulated on her editorials. Myrtie Bowerman advised the staff in Editorials Columns and Feature discussions.
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The
Pioneer
Clare
John Akins Wins First Rating in Music Contest
On Saturday March 28 four Clara students earned first rating at district and advanced to the state contest in Ann Arbor. Jan Schaeffer earned a second rating on sax, piano ratings went to John Akins first and Bonnie Witbeck third, Helen Akins also rated. Jane will receive a red state medal and John a blue one. Mr Akins and Mrs Schaeffer drove, with Harold Collins, the band director, joining.
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Clara
Ann Arbor
Jan Schaeffer
John Akins
Helen Akins
Bonnie Witbeck
Jane
John
Akins
Two Cheboygan youths sentenced for break in at Har vison market
Melvin George Gaynor 17 and Richard James Duftinay 16 pleaded guilty in Circuit Court on March 25 to breaking and entering the Perry and First Market in Har Vis on March 14. Judge Donald B. Holbrook gave Gaynor one year to 15 months at Jackson Southern Michigan State Prison and placed Duftinay on probation. Both youths were bound over from Clare Municipal Court on breaking and entering charges.
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Melvin George Gaynor
Richard James Duftinay
Cheboygan
Perry & First
Harvison
Circuit
Donald B. Holbrook
Gaynor
Michigan
Jackson
Duffinay
Clare
Women Bowlers Attend International Convention in Detroit
Mrs. Velma Thurston and Mrs. Frances Shelander of Clare head to Detroit for the Women s International Bowling Congress Inc convention held April 20 and 21. The event, tied to the National Tournament, awarded Marion Lodewig as Woman Bowler of the Year and named Omaha as 1956 Tournament City. The gathering featured talks by Mary Beck and others and included a Crystal Ball Room open house at Fort Shelby Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Thurston
Frances Shelander
Clare Women’s Bowling Association
Detroit
International Bowling Congress Inc
Detroit Recreation
Marion Lodewig
Grand Rapids
Sam Levine
Cleveland
Ohio
Bowling Proprietors of America
Mary Beck
Dick Peters
Detroit Free Press
Fred Walff
WXYZ
Chamber of Commerce
Dayton
Thurston
Shelander
Fort Shelby
Agnes Eckstrom
Chevrolet
Wurn
Wurn’s Recreation
Connie Powers
Hivira Toepher
Dorothy ‘Brichta
Marie Shamrock
Doris Kneghtes
Clare Woman’s Bowling Association
Doherty
Misread emergency call leads to Lake Tavern rumor
A false alarm of murder at the Lake Tavern stirred residents after a TV alert whispered murder while the real report described a fight among railroad section gang laborers. One injured man was taken for treatment. police increased railroad police presence and the offenders were sent back to Chicago.
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Lake Tavern
Lake
Holly Merritt
Chicago
Upper Atmosphere Rockets Fuel Postwar Army Research
The Army's V-2 rocket program at White Sands, begun in 1946, yielded nine static firings and five high altitude flights, one reaching 132 miles. The research covered two‑stage firing, aerodynamics, atmospheric properties, radiation, radio waves, photography, testing of guidance and radar, and debris handling methods.
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Army
White Sands
N. M
America
White Sands Praving Ground
Army Ordnance Missile
Fort Bliss
Texas
General Electric Company
Army Ordnance Camps
Harth
United States
Prison Warden Banning Addresses Clare Rotary Club
Warden William H. Banning of Jackson Prison spoke at the Clare Rotary Club luncheon. He discussed riot conditions last spring and current improvements, noting his 24 years in prison work support better home conditions and religious training to reduce crowding. Rotarians Fred Bush and others attended from Mt. Pleasant and area guests included George Farent and William McConica.
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William H. Banning
Jackson Prison
Clare Rotary Club
Jennings Archambault
Banning
Fred Bush
Harold Preston
Ed Thompson
Sid Thompson
Bimil Pfister
Ray Monroe
Art Skeets
Mt. Pleasant
George Farent
Omer Parent
William McConica
Marl Morgan
Donors Offer 4 H Project Scholarships
4-H Club members in this state may compete for five 1958 national awards including medals of honor and all expense trips to the Chicago 4-H Club Congress in November along with $300 college scholarships. The State Club office reports rising participation with projections of enrollments across Farm and Home Electric Field Crops Girls Record Poultry and Tractor Maintenance.
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Chicago
State Club
Cooperative Extension Service
County Extension
Club Agency
Kraft Employees Aid Free Berlin Refugees
Kraft plant workers join a nationwide drive to aid Free Berlin refugees with food clothing and other items. Noel Hemmert district supervisor and plant manager urged contributions to support the International Rescue Committee in delivering relief amid anti Communist efforts. G C Pound Kraft president praised the effort as part of the global struggle against communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kraft
Kraft Foods Company
Noel Hemmert
G. C. Pound
Chicago
International Rescue Committee
Youth Groups Meet Sunday at Church Parlor
The Methodist Young Adult Fellowship held a 4:00 PM Sunday gathering with twelve members and sponsors Mr and Mrs Fred Ackerman. Willard Ireland chaired the meeting and a nominating committee formed to prepare officers for May elections. Members set monthly meetings on the third Sunday at 4 PM starting May 16 with Mr Ackerman teaching.
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Methodist Young Adult Fellowship
Fred Ackerman
Ackerman
Y.A.F
Willard Ireland
Ray Owens
Ralph Cole
Duane Kelley
Ireland
Normal Walters
Robert Greer
Mr. Ackerman
Donald Holbrook
Aest NE
Pomona Grange To Meet Tuesday in Clare County
Clare County Pomona Grange will hold its meeting on Tuesday April 28 at Riverside Grange with members expected to attend and discuss local agricultural and community concerns.
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Pomona Grange
Clare County Pomona Grange
Riverside Grange
Ousted Policeman's Story Sparks Clare City Fire
A Detroit daily's report on officer George Cook's dismissal stirs Clare officials who deny Tammany tactics. They defend procedures, dispute interview methods, and rebut claims of unfair persecution tied to Cook's voting in the city election.
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Clare City
Detroit
Clare
George Cook
Taramany
Cook
Clare Women Golfers Open 1953 Season
Clare Women Golfers opened their 1953 season with a breakfast at Twin Elis on April 22. Mrs William Lange led the meeting as new president while Mrs Leslie Bonstelle was elected sports chairman and other officers named. A round of golf followed with bridge and canasta continuing indoors. prizes awarded for bridge and canasta. Next event April 29 includes lunch and golf if weather permits.
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Clare
Twin Elis
Harl Baumgarth
Wim. Lange
Arthur Damoth
Walter Hales
Clare DeMolay Convention Set for May 2 3 In Clare
Plans for the Order of DeMolay district convention in Clare include registration at the Masonic Temple at 7:00 p.m. Saturday with initiatory degree at 7:30. Rooms and meals are requested from locals, with entertainment planned at city hall auditorium and swimming facilities at Central Michigan College. Sunday features church attendance and a 1:30 p.m. business meeting and officer election.
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Order of DeMolay
Clare
Masonic Temple
Howard Everts
Clarence Cotton
Earl Beatty
Donald B. Holbrook
City Hall
Central Michigan College
Pancake Supper at Clare Methodist Church Next Monday
The High School Hustlers and the Ninth Grade Church School class at Clare Methodist Church sponsor a pancake supper with sausage and trimmings next Monday from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Chefs are Dave and Laurence Seiter and Howard Everts. The program gathers church youths for a first of its kind event and invites all to attend.
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Clare Methodist Church
Dave
Laurence Seiter
Howard Everts
Grass Fire Extinguished At North McEwan Street
Clare firefighters responded to a grass fire at Jack Rube home on North McEwan Street Wednesday noon. The blaze grew to threaten nearby structures but was controlled with no property damage reported.
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Clare
Jack Rube
McEwan Street
Inside Pages Bowling Scores and Local News Index
Inside Pages lists sections and page numbers for local coverage including bowling scores Harrison News Farwell News city briefs market reports lake news farm news Ruth Melinay churches Rosebush News comics crossword want ads notices and more across pages 2 through 18.
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Harrison
Farwell
Lake
Ruth Melinay
Rosebush
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Rod and Gun Club
Fred C. Doty
P.T.A
Wm. Bainning
Berlin
Touich
Arthur Morgan
Mich
Morgan
Harry Bailes
Charles C. Cooper
Jackson Police Dept
John Hudson
Mr. Cooper
Hudson
Charles Phelps
Francis St
Johanna H. Sissen
Jackson County
Bailes
Don Harrison
Harold B. Hughes
George
Methodist Church
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