Farwell Class Sees Swede Imogene Rawson Shine
Imogene Rawson known as Swede leads the Farwell class as musician and officer, active in school events. Third graders list top averages and perfect attendance while fourth graders map the United States, with notes on spelling, art, and visiting Mrs. Reiss. Seventh through eighth grades report on cards, activities, graduation plans, and a new classmate Clarence Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imogene Rawson
Imogene
Merchant Marines
Janet Schofield
Eugene Glass
Virginia Graham
Jeanette Miles
Ione Pattengill
Eddie Pitts
Nancy Reiss
Edith Shear
Eleanor Siegle
Alan Luce
Elizabeth Coren
Curtis Hilyard
Richard Hose
Margaret Schmid
Shirley Schaar
Elaine Wardell
James Burroughs
Joan DeGeer
Riley Hilyard
Doris Marshall
Ronald Taylor
Leonard Wixson
Josephine Withey
Coun
Mary Martin
Bing Crosby
Clarence Adams
Clarence
In Service of Their Country Pvt Stanley Parish Update
Pvt. Stanley Parish 36492994 now assigned to Co. B 82 Battery 15th Regiment Camp Fannin Texas. Clarence B. Doak and Clayton John son both of Clare county are serving in the Merchant Marine and can be reached at the Marine Post Office Detroit 22 Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Parish
Co. B
Camp Fannin
Texas
Clarence B. Doak
Clayton Johnson
Clare County
Merchant
Marine Post
Detroit
Michigan
Old Relic Clock Sent from Germany to Clare Family
Pfc. Jerome C Flood sends a twelve by twenty two inch clock with a sixteen and a quarter inch pendulum from Germany to his parents Mr and Mrs Peter Flood of Clare R 3 The piece is described as an old relic and quite interesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Jerome C. Flood
Peter Plood
Clare R-3
Germany
Purple Heart Awarded to Arthur Woman’s Son in England
Mrs. Rose Athey of Arthur township receives the Purple Heart from her son Pvt. Carl R. Athey. He earned the honor for wounds received in Germany and is now out of the hospital in England and back at his training center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Athey
Arthur Township
Pvt
Carl R. Athey
Germany
England
Marine Private Brecker Returns Home From South Pacific
Pfc. Raymond E. Brecker of the Marine Air Corps and his wife Dorothy Davis are visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Russell Davis in North Arthur after his sixteen months in the South Pacific. He arrived home on April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond E. Brecker
Brecker
U. S. Marine Air Corps
Dorothy Davis
Russell Davis
North Arthur
Pfc
South Pacific
Sgt William C McJames Promoted at Camp Blanding
Sgt William C McJames of the Infantry Replacement Training Center at Camp Blanding Florida is promoted to sergeant. He entered service in 1941 and is the son of William H McJames of Clare. A Glare High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. McJames
William C. MceJames
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Camp Blanding
Fla
William H. McJames
Clare
Glare High School
Pvt Albert Melvin Rutter New Address Notice
Private Albert Melvin Rutter 36492959 of Company B 82nd Battalion Camp Fannin Texas receives a new address notice. The record lists his unit and camp location indicating a personnel update from military records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Melvin Rutter
Co. B
Camp Fannin
Texas
Pfc. Lyle Sprague Receives New Address
Pfc. Lyle B Sprague of the USMC now resides at Receiving Hospital Ward 16 Mascogs Street and Geniva Avenue San Francisco California 12 The update records a change of address for the serviceman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Lyle
Sprague
Lyle B
Sprague Usmc
USN Receiving
Ward
Mascogs St
Geniva Ave
San Francisco 12
Calif
Frey Brothers and California Visitors Spend Leave at Home
Cpl. George Frey of Lexington Kentucky spent his furlough with his brother and wife Mr and Mrs Tim Frey and family. Mr and Mrs W J Walter of San Diego California arrived Tuesday evening for a two weeks leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Walter and his brother Bert and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
George Frey
Lexington
Tim Frey
Bkr
W. J. Walter
San Diego
California
Arthur Walter
Bert
Groves Begins Naval Training At Great Lakes
Richard D. Groves aged 27 husband of June Groves of 315 West State Clare enters initial Naval indoctrination at the U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. He will undergo seamanship drill and naval procedures with aptitude tests to decide assignment to Naval Service School shore station or immediate sea duty. A leave period follows training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard D. Groves
June Groves
Clare
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ilnois
Naval Service
Joseph Junior Methner
Joseph Methner
Ilinois
Navy Recruit Methner Begins Training at Great Lakes
Joseph Junior Methner age 18 son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Methner of Clare Illinois starts basic naval indoctrination at the U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois His recruit training covers drill and general naval procedures.
Soldiers Return and Junior Gunner Earn Wings
Pfc. Mearl Fetters of Clare returns from overseas service and reports to the Miami Beach Redistribution Station to await his next assignment after eighteen months as a rifleman in Europe. Lial E. Clausohm earns aerial gunner wings at Tyndall Field Florida and becomes part of a RAF bomber combat crew. he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Clausohm of Evart Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Mearl Fetters
Clare
Continental
United States
Army Ground and Service Forces
Miami Beach
Fla
Fetters
Armed Forces
Lial E. Clausohm
Army Air Forces
Tyndall Field
Panama City
Florida
Army Air Forces Training Command
Guardians of America
Mrs
A. Clausohm
Evart
Mich
Time Tables and Bus Schedules for Clare 1945
Bus and rail timetables issued for Clare area list Eastern War Time and Central War Time departures. Greyhound lines show multiple daily departures to Detroit Jackson Mt. Pleasant Ithaca St. Johns Lansing Saginaw Flint Pontiac Detroit and more. Yellow and Dow Workers buses operate from Clare with various daily departure times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
R. Harter
Pere Marquette
R. W. Ryan
Great Lakes
Greyhound Lines
Sixth St
Greyhound
Clare
Detroit
Lansing
Jackson
Mt. Pleasant
Alma
Ithaca
St. Johns
St. Ignace
Petoskey
Sault Ste. Marie
Marquette
Calumet
Saginaw
Flint
Pontiac
Bay City
Reed City
Scottville
Ludington
Traverse City
Servicemen Noted for Combat Service in Mediterranean Campaign
The 321st B 25 Mitchell Bomb Group of the 12th Air Force marked two years of combat with Lt Norman J Sutton among observers. The unit flew in Tunisian Sicilian Italian and Southern France campaigns earning five campaign stars and a War Department citation for distinguished service in battle. Pvt Samuel B E Kushmaul of Clare received the Combat Infantryman Badge for action on the Fifth Army front in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
12Th Aafp
12Th Air Force
Norman J. Sutton
Manuel Sutton
Cedar St. Clare
Roberta
Lake City
Sutton
France
War Department
Charles F. Cassidy, Jr
Denver
Colo
321St
Po Valley
the Brenner
Fifth Army
Italy
Samuel BE. Kushmaul
Alvaretta I. Kushmaul
Clare
85Th
10Th “Mountaineer
Profitable Woodlands Plan Promises Seasonal Dividends
Well managed woodlands pay dividends when a cutting plan preserves valuable trees for maximum returns. The advice stresses following a strategy that balances harvesting with conservation to ensure long term financial benefit.
Rationing at a Glance for Red Blue Sugar and More
The notice details rationing across meats cheese butter fats canned fish ganned milk with red stamps and blue stamps expiration dates, sugar stamps and shoe airplane stamps, gas gasoline stamps with quantities and required inscriptions. It also covers tires and fuel oil rules including inspections and unit values and salvage collection and how to file price complaints with the local War Price and Rationing Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
War Price and Rationing Board
Harrison
Man Spends Day Off Fishing for Dick's Dream
Bob passes his day off by fishing Seward's Creek as Dick imagined, cooking trout and keeping beer cold in the stream, plainly doing it for Dick's sake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
South Pacific
Dad
Seward’s
Seward’s Creek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farwell
Thayers
Nature
Pfc. Mearl Fetters
Joe Marsh
Dick Newcomb
Bob Newcomb
Seward's Creek
United States Brewers Foundation
THE
Sentinel
Just
the Trading Post
Neal Joslin
Farwell, Michigan
Lave
AGP
New Texas
KARO
A&p
Iki
RED Circle Bk
Flou
Lee
White House
Sunnyfield
Ibs
Ann Page
Macaroni
Jar
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