Clare Pioneers Set August 29 Practice For 1955 Season
Clare High announces pre season physicals August 25 and practice starting August 29 under coach George Perry. The CHS squad, a defending Mid Michigan B Conference co champion, faces non conference tests with Big Rapids and Michigan Lutheran Seminary before league play begins September 30 at home versus Durand.
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Clare High
George Perry
Big Rapids
Clare
Clare High School
Perry
Clare Pioneers
Mid Michigan
Durand
St. Louis
Shepherd
Ithaca
Chesaning
Pioneers
St. Louis Crimson Tide
Michigan Lutheran Seminary
Flint
Gladwin
Michigan Lutherans
Reed City
CHS
Pat Pudway
Chuck Ruby
Clark Kinsey
Larry Seiter
Nard Robinett
Jay Lehr
Bob Tubbs
Don Ray
Carlisle Garthe
Wayne Menthen
Tom Bonham
Dick Roe
Jim Wnivson
Gerald Longstreth
Dick Beery
Michigan Lutheran
Crimson Tide
Lake Man Struck by Fishing Hook in Neck
Cari Heim of Lake was hooked in the neck by a casting plug while fishing Friday. He was treated at Clare General Hospital with tetanus shots and returned Monday for further care after reacting to the shot.
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Cari Heim
Lake
Clare General Hospital
Baptists Name Speaker at Clare Church
Rev. Paul Versluis, graduate of the Baptist Theological Seminary of Grand Rapids, will be guest speaker at Clare Baptist Church this Sunday. Services are set for 11 a.m. and 7 45 p.m. The annual Sunday School pie sale will be held tonight at Buddle.
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Paul Versluis
Baptist Theological Seminary of
Grand Rapids
Clare Baptist Church
Budde
Summerfield News to Run in Sentinel This Week
Summerfield township residents will see local items in the Sentinel this week though late arrival limits space. Mrs Nel le Curns begins sending news, Mrs Barbara Hebert contributes from Hebert's Corners, and the Farwell correspondent's mother fills in for her ill daughter Mrs Graham. Copy deadlines urge newsletters to mail by Saturday or by Monday. late arrivals miss print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle Curns
Summerfield Township
Sentinel
Barbara Hebert
Hebert
Graham
Clare County Fair Opens August 16 With Expanded Exhibits
Clare County Fair opens Tuesday August 16 running through August 20 at Harrison fairgrounds. A new exhibit building adds 11 extra displays, the racing track has been resurfaced, and professional entertainment including Joie Chitwood Auto Thrills begins the lineup. Highlights include livestock divisions, 4 H exhibits, needlework and foods contests, Children’s Day rides, and a Barnes Carruthers show nightly to close with a fireworks display. Admission details list 75 cents grandstand, parking 50 cents, weekly pass a dollar, under ten free with adult, ages ten to fifteen at 35 cents.
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Clare County Fair
Harrison
Fair
Albert Haley
Clare
Fair Board
Haley
Joie Chitwood
Chitwood and Company
County Superintendent of Schools
Barnes and Carruthers
Starnes-Carruthers Group
Barnes- Carruthers
Farwell
Barnes Carruthers
Ray Richardson
Dan Solcomb
June Rose
County Board of Supervisors
Plan County Salk Shots In Single Day
Clare County schedules August 18 to administer the second round of Salk polio vaccine to first and second graders across Lake Farwell Clare and Harrison locations with times from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Parents may choose the convenient site and bring records of the first shot. One polio case, three year old David Eaton of Harrison, is reported.
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Clare County
Tri-County Health Unit
Catherine Freeman
Lake
Garfield Township Hall
Farwell
Surrey Township Hall
Clare
Harrison
Court House
Arenae
Gladwin
David Eatoh
Campbell
Richard Wheeler
Allan Turk
Ralph Ackerman
Mrs Bellinger Celebrates Fifty Years Teaching Rural Schools
Mrs. Jay Bellinger was honored August 7 in Sherman township Osceola county for fifty years of teaching with 100 guests attending in the Noggle School District No. 6. The event included a gold crown, tributes, and remarks by Supt. William Baker and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bellinger
Noggle
No. 6
Sherman Township
Osceola County
Bellinger
Wiliam Garcon
Grace Kidder
Raymond Swanson
William Baker
Mesick
Wexford County Agricultural School
Agrcultural Board
Lansing
Strikes Hit Lake Area Homes Cause Fire and Smoke
Lightning struck the W. D. Bel linger home at Lake last Thursday afternoon. The strike shattered rafters burned out the pump television antenna and several lamps. Mrs. Bellinger was in the basement and unharmed. The locality saw power failures with pumps refrigerators and telephones out of service.
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W. D. Bellinger
Lake
Rev Kennedy Chosen For Clare Congregational Pulpit
Rev Hugh J Kennedy former ly of San Leandro California accepts call to Clare Congregational Church pulpit. Trustees suspend August Sunday services. Kennedy to start as pastor September 1 after guest sermon July 31 impresses congregation.
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Hugh J. Kennedy
San Leandro
California
Clare Congregational Church
Kennedy
Clare
Clare Congregational
Escaped From Jail Must Face Court
A Mt. Pleasant man, Claus, 26, escaped Clare City jail early Thursday then returned hours later to surrender to police. He faced DUI charges and jail breaking after the escape, with bond set at 500 dollars. His mother posted the cash bond. A separate case: Joseph White, 22, Owosso, pleaded guilty to DUI in Dunlop's court and paid fines. He surrendered his license after a State Street collision.
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Mt. Pleasant
Clare
Morris
Claus
Pine Street
Bert Head
City
Head
Wiliam ‘Dunlop
L Acm
Dunlop
Joseph A. White
Owosso
William B. Dunlop
White
Cilare
State St
McEwan
Clare Feels Water Strain as City Expands Supply
City Manager Willard Wedge reports Clare’s 3,000 residents consume about 800,000 gallons daily, far above the typical half. Water Well No. Three began a three hour test at 540 gallons per minute but showed pressure drop, yielding about 32,400 gallons per hour and just over 750,000 gallons per day, indicating insufficient supply. Well No. Two remains intermittently in use to maintain pressure, with improvements near West Fifth Street and McEwan areas not extending to John and John R Streets or the far east.
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Clare
Willard Wedge
Mit
West Fifth Street
Clare County Fair to feature The Three Dees act
The Clare County Fair announces The Three Dees acrobatic trio as part of the grandstand show from August 6 to August 20 at Harrison. The Dees, two athletic men and a woman, perform fast precise bar stunts with uproarious comedy.
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Three Dees
Clare County Fair
Harrison
Dees
Birthday Gifts and a Billing Blunder at Sentinel
Note Book recounts Jerry Jones of Farwell receiving a dollar for each year of his age. The Sentinel admits a misprint in the Lake section headline and a subsequent error during correction, causing several hundred copies to carry misspellings. Climate notes say Michigan residents may face longer tropical-like spells with a two hour siesta culture.
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Jerry Jones
Farwell
The
Sentinel
Lake
Tolson No. 17 Wells Near Lake George Highlight Michigan Pool
Wm Stewart and Basin Oil Co reported Tolson No. 17 as a strong new producer about three quarters of a mile north and west of Lake George in Lincoln township. A Short test flowed 33 barrels per hour, pinched back to 10, then to 5-6 barrels. An offset well in Lincoln Section 6 will be spudded immediately with Socony Mobil indicating a test hole southwest of the Lincoln pool in Freeman township Station 14.
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Lake George
Lincoln Township
Michigan
Lake ‘George
Wm, Stewart and Basin Oi Company
Tolson No. 17
Michigan Oil and Gas News
Socony-Mobil
Lincoln
Pool
Freeman’ Township
G O C posts expand in Clare County region
Eight Ground Observer Corps posts are now in Clare County at Lake Clare Farwell Lake George Temple Harrison Stover's on US-27 and Arthur. Clare Airport offers 24 hour service but man hours are short causing coverage gaps. Harrison reports 68 trained volunteers ready for emergencies. Sgt Duvall urges preparedness for national security and invites inquiries at Box 452 Cadillus Michigan.
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Édight
Clare County
Duvall
U.S. Airforce
GOC
Lake, Clare
Farwell
Lake George Temple
Harrison
Stover’s
Arthur
Clare
Duval
Cadillar
Michigan
Post Office Opening In Clare
J A Conner announces opening for permanent positions as Substitute Clerk and Substitute Carrier in Clare Post Office. Starting pay $1.71 hourly with night and overtime pay. Applicants must be 18 or older. residency within the delivery area required. Written test required. apply at Seventh U S Civil Service Region Chicago Illinois until further notice.
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J.A. Conner
U.S. Civil Service Region
Clare Post Office
U.S. Civil Service
New
Chicago 7
Ilinois
Rites Held For Mrs. L. E. Davy
Mrs. L E Davy a Clare pioneer died August 6 1955 after more than three years illness She and Lew Elton Davy ran Davys Department Store in Clare with six daughters and a long record in the community Memorial services were held August 9 at the Congregational Church with Rev I J Nevins presiding and burial in Cherry Grove Cemetery
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L.E. Davy
Clare
Nellie M. Stout
Cedar Sprirgs
Lew Elton Davy
Evart
Davys
Davy
Clare Congregational Church
Sori John
Joseph Kennedy
Lionel Duncan
Paul Bretz
St. Paul Minnesota
Eugene FitzGersald
Bourk Lodewyk
John Keschman
Bay Cup
I. J. Nevins
Cherry Grove Cemetery
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Baptists
Summerfield News
Clare County Organization
Plan County
United States
Nina Root Garey
Alta Allen Kidder Bellinger
Bellingers
Allen Kidder
Althea Kidder Kincaid
Clare Methodist Church
Belliiger
Harrison News Sports News Society News
T. V. Guide Church News
Farm News
Lake News
Clare Public School
Supt. of
T. C. Campbell
Board of Education
G. O. C. Post
Civil Defense
Thomas Hecker
Hecker
L. E. Davy
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