Dunkle Repeats Grand Champion Beef at Clare County Fair
Darell Dunkle wins Grand Champion with a 995 lb shorthorn purchased for 70 cents per pound by Dan McDonald. Loren Penrose takes Reserve Champion with a 1065 lb Angus bought by Hotel Doherty at 70 cents per pound. Third goes to Larry Pudway's steer bought by Citizens State Bank at 40 cents per pound. The fair totals 27,225 pounds of beef selling for $9,840.75 at an average 36 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee “Dunkle
Dan McDonald
Loren Penrose
Angus
Hotel Doherty
Larry Pudway
Citizens State Bank
Packing House Market
Clare Packing
Johnston Elevator
Cornwell Ranch & Co
Clare County Agricultural Extension Office
Beef Club
Darell Dunkle
Chicago
Kraft Foods
Eddie
Woods
Judy Baumer
Tom Crawford
Louie Fancon
Roxanne Schroeder
Eddie Woods
Stevn Schroeder
Carol Stanley
Ron Harrold
Johnston Elevators
Clare
Hoedown At Clare High Draws Wide Dance Crowd
The third annual Hoedown hosted by Clare Hayseed Square Dance Club filled Clare High School gym on Saturday August 6. Special callers Lew Drake John Jerema j Chuck Olson and Bill Mahnensmith performed as guests while Phyllis Pearson also joined. Visitors from Florida Arizona and Lansing joined local dancers including Robert Clute Nelda Davis Forest Logge presiding as MC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Hayseeders Square
Clare High School
Lew Drake
Midland
John Jerema J ofdZilwaukee
Chuck Olson
Flint
Bill Mahnensmith
Lansing
Phyllis Pearson
Robert Clute
Nelda Davis
Forest Logge
Clare Club
Florida
Arizona
Bay City
Saginaw
Clio
East Tawas
Houghton Lake
Grayling
Frank Mitchell Awarded for Watkins Dealer Excellence
Independent Watkins dealer Frank Mitchell in Clare received a Pres Sagres Award from firm president BE L King Jr as part of a national May and June recognition program. Mitchell has served as a Watkins dealer in the Clare area for 11 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mitchell
Watkins
BE. L. King, Jr
Mitchell
Clare County Tourist Facilities Discussed by Secretary
Dr. Robert Kring of the Clare Chamber of Commerce answered a Ghana based inquiry about Clare county tourist and resort facilities. The response outlined available tourist accommodations and recreational options in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Clare schools prepare for September 7 opening
School bells set for September 7 at Clare with about 1400 students. Building improvements and new staff assignments mark the start of the year including elementary principalship, speech correction classes, and changes in grades and subjects across the Clare school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Reguar
Haseen
David Donovan
Walter McIntosh
Leota van Every
Jack Raymond
Farwell
Weidman
Blanchard
Beal City
Robert Foster
Jim Raymond
Ames Olsen
Carol Feight
Beverly Feight
Florence Villars
Yvone White
Margery Cleveland
Irwin Elected MFF Secretary at Michigan Gathering
Ernest Irwin of Clare was elected secretary of the Michigan Flying Farmers at the annual meeting held August 7 at Miller Field Reed City. Herbert Peppel of Standish was re elected president and Otto Hey of Stanton was re elected vice president. Board members include Wayne Copeland Fowlerville Lewis Lockwood Jackson Philip Jones Brooklyn Ralph Smith Scotts Joy Schmidt Standish and Richard Wardle Ypsilanti. Sherman Schmidt Standish named delegate to the National Flying Farmer Convention in Oklahoma City August 14 19. About 50 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Irwin
Route 4
Clare
Michigan Flying Farmers
Miller Field
Reed City
Herbert Peppel
Standish
Otto Hey
Stanton
Wayne
Copeland
Fowlerville
Lewis Lockwood
Jackson
Philip Jones
Brooklyn
Ralph Smith
Scotts
Joy Schmidt
Richard Wardle
Ypsilanti
Sherman Schmidt
Oklahoma City
Rotary Club of Clare to Host District Governor Visit
The Rotary Club of Clare welcomes Thom as Nurnberger Governor of District 6310 to make his annual visit to 32 clubs in northeastern Michigan. He will address the club and confer with President Gordon McIntosh Secretary Conrad Walker and committee chairmen on service activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Clare
Thomas. Nurnberger
Rotary International
Rotary
Michigan
Corfer
Gordon McIntosh
Conrad Walker
Rotary Lle Ana. Service. Activit Ies
Beaverton May Lose Ross Lake Dam Without Deal
Beaverton civic leaders meet with Consumers Power to settle plans for Ross Lake dam. The lake, formed by Beaverton’s dam, faces abandonment and drainage, threatening parks, homes, and a residential development. Local officials weigh turning the dam over to the city with repairs, amid broader Michigan hydro plants questions. Representative Walter Nakkula proposes state funds to manage such assets as public projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverton
Consumers Power Company
Ross Lake
Guerdon Schumaker
Fred L. Woodley
Clare
Nakkula
Popular Drink at the Harrison Fair
Dairy booth run by Earl Ruby and Bob Schaef fer at Harrison sold 48 five gallon cans of Valley Lea chocolate milk to 3,840 buyers, plus 600 buttermilk and 370 white milk drinks totaling 4,810 quenchers. Prizes awarded included 215 dollars to Ronald Phillips, 10 dollars to C. E. Beers, and 5 dollars to Lydia Putnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ruby
Bob
Schaeffer’s Dairy
Harrison
Valley Lea
Glassful
Ronald Phillips
C. E. Beers
Lydia Putnam
Farwell
Child Health Conference Schedule Highlights August
The August Child Health Conference schedule lists sessions for Clare at City Hall on Tuesday August 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. Farwell meets at the Methodist Church Tuesday August 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. Harrison attends the Courthouse on August 19 from 9 to 11 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Farwell
Harrison
Isabella Fair Schedules Top Local Interest Events
The 1960 Mt. Pleasant Youth and Farm Fair opens August 16 at the Mt. Pleasant Fair Grounds with new improvements including a wash rack and cooling sprinkler system. Attractions feature the Skerbeck Amusement Midway the Chippewa Wranglers horse show and rodeo the Grand Ole Opry troupe and Animal-O-Rama. Saturday livestock parade and Youth Awards lead to 4-H and FFA steer auctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant Fair
B.C. Mellencamp
Skerbeck
Mt. Pleasant
GOP Convention Seeks Holbrook For Michigan Supreme Court
Mid state Republicans rally behind Circuit Judge Donald E Holbrook for the GOP nomination to the Michigan Supreme Court. The convention on August 27 will choose a candidate for the nonpartisan November election to fill the vacancy created by Theodore Souris. Supporters include Senator Lynn Francis State Rep Russell Strange Mt Pleasant and Clare County Chair Sarah Schaeffer as they aim to win delegates from across Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Holbrook
State
Supreme Court
Donald E. Holbrook
Michigan Supreme Court
Clare
Midland
Isabella
G. Mennen Williams
Theodore Souris
Detroit
John D. Voelker
Russell Strange
Tenth Congressional District
Richard Lichenfeldt
Mt Pleasant
Clare County
Sarah Schaeffer
Michigan
Fire damages pumps and car at Ulrich Standard Service
The Clare Fire Department answered a noon Tuesday call to Ulrich Standard Service at McEwan and Sixth after a car driven by Earl Rounsville of Lansing rammed a motor oil display rack and two pumps. The wreck tore pumps from an underground tank, causing a gasoline leak and a fire with loosened wiring and fumes. Station attendant Robert Williams was injured by the car and debris. damage was about 1500 dollars to equipment and 300 dollars to the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Ulrich Standard Service
McEwan
Earl Rounsville
Lansing
Robert Williiams
Area Grads Have CMU Degrees
Central Michigan University awarded degrees and certificates to 230 students at the close of the summer session on July 29. Local grads include Clare county recipients Edith Haggart, Kinde, and James Lyon, along with Eleanor Siegle and Elsie McGregor from Harrison. Midland county grads include June Mowry and Elo ex Monroe, with Louise Corner from Osceola county. Graduates are eligible to participate in midyear or June commencements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Michigan University
Clare County
Clare
Edith P. Haggart
Stuart Kinde
James Lyon
Ethel Marshall
Farwell
Bernice Cook
Eleanor Siegle
Harrison — Elsie McGregor
Lake
John Martenkowski
State Limited
Midland County
Coleman
June Mowry
Elora Monroe
Osceola County
Marion
Louise Corner
Ex Champs Bid For Golf Title
Four top players in the Men's Monday Night Golf League at Twin Elms reach the championship flight quarterfinals. Ex champions Leo Hampton and Gerald Nivison advance, with Ray Neff, Bob Brown, and Harry Coney among early contenders. Finalists and banquet set for August at Twin Elms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Elms
Leo Hampton
Gerald Nivison
Ray Neff
Bob Brown
Harry Coney
Gary Ete Pred
Neff
Dick Ulrich
Hampton
al Luce
Hampton-Brown
Ae Elms
Clare Mourns Anna Mussell Oldest Native
Anna E Mussell 95 longtime Clare resident and pharmacist died at 1 am August 10 at 215 W 7th Clare Funeral services set for August 12 at 2 pm Stephenson's Funeral Home with Rev L J Nevins of Eaton Rapids officiating Burial in Cherry Grove She was born March 20 1865 in Clare Survived by grandson Dorsey Mussell and great granddaughter Marjorie Ann Mussell both of Clare Known for 50 years in Clare business and leadership at Citizens State Bank of Clare She recalled becoming a pharmacist in 1885 after passing a traveling state exam and noted selling wallpaper refrigerators and perhaps the first radio sets in Clare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna E. Mussell
W. 7Th
Clare
Stephenson
L. J. Nevins
Eaton Rapids
Cherry Grove
Mussell
Dorsey Mussell
Marjorie Ann Mussell
Seventh Street
Band Box Installs New Automatic Cleaning System
Band Box unveils a fully automated dry cleaning line led by owner Ken Ritter. The system controls washing rinsing and treating with electronic devices offering deodorant protection and solvent recycling. A solvent recovery unit and fume capture were added during a plant remodel closed August 1–8. Patrons are invited to view the updated operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band Box
Ken Ritter
Ritter
Rosebush Boy Polio Victim
Richard Bruce Keller nine of Rosebush died Sunday night at St Luke's Hospital Marquette from polio after a Canada vacation. Parents Roy and Julia Keller, born Ireland, had just returned from trip. He had three Salk polio shots. Service held August 10 at Rosebush Methodist Church, burial in Memorial Gardens Mt. Pleasant. Arrangements by Stephenson Funeral Home Clare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bruce Keller
Rosebush
Roy Duane Keller
R. Straley
Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant
Stephenson Funeral Home
Clare
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FFA
Hoedown
Irwin
MFF
Rotary Visit
Twin Elms Club
Clare Chamber of Commerce
Bernie Wyman
Gene Amler
Walt Nowak
Jim Bicknell
Red Pike
Wyman
Dewey Ogden
A. B. Pertileo
Clarence Gunn
Bay Gity Times
Committee For Action
Rupert Brown
Gaylord Brown
Adolph Presidio
Schumacher
Harry Wesley
David Miller
Loren McKimmy
General Ids
Schmacher
City of
Chappel
Cedar River
Gladwin
Chapel
Walter Nakkula
Isabella Fair
Judge Holbrook
Lynn Francis
CMU
Anna Mussell
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