Michigan State Fair Showcases Record Prize Stock and Entries
Visitors to the 1963 Michigan State Fair at the Detroit Fair Grounds September 2 will see more Michigan live stock and farm products than ever, with a record 141000 in prizes. Local beef cattle exhibitors include Clare residents John Simpkins Larry Pudway Helen Penrose and Loren Penrose. Ponies of the Americas are shown by Jim Bicknell of Clare. The Michigan State 4-H Show opens in East Lansing with Clare county sending 25 youths led by George MacQueen and Donna Carr to a campus organized event with dormitory housing and meals.
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Detroit Fair Grounds
Michigan
Walter A. Goodman
John Simpkins
Larry Pudway
Helen Penrose
Loren Penrose
Clare
Dee Dunkle
Diane Dunkle
Darell Dunkle
Carolyn Bowers
Roger Bowers
Harrison
Jim Bicknell
Michapoa Farm
MSU
Donna Carr
Ask Review Of Road Signs By Good Roads Federation
The State Highway Department asks the state Good Roads Federation to review gas, food, and lodging labels on freeway exits to ensure accuracy and helpful guidance for travelers. Officials seek timely recommendations on improving signage consistency and consumer clarity.
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Ask
The
State Highway Department
State Good Roads Federation
Deer Surplus Antlerless Harvest Plan Awaiting Review
Michigan's Conservation Commission approved an antlerless deer harvest of 60 000 in northern overbrowsed areas for fall firearms season. Final action on the special season rules is pending review by the Legislature's Joint Committee on Administrative Rules in Lafising. Permit totals include 156 000 to meet the department's goal of 17 000 in the upper peninsula and 43 000 in the northern lower peninsula. A blue racer snake was killed at Perch Lake, with local residents noting its rarity and unfamiliar appearance.
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Michigan
Conservation Commission
Joint Committee On
Conservation Department
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Perch Lake
Ross Ferrenburg
J. W. Wyrick
Trudy
Old Clare landmark House Burns With Fire Department Training
A vacant house behind Clare's Fourth Street parking lot is being destroyed by fire to clear space for auto parking. The Clare Fire Department has used the blaze for practice including rescue drills and water fog demonstrations. Firefighters test plastic face shields on helmets as part of safety upgrades, while observers watch the ongoing training.
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Clare
Fourth Street
James Grove
Harger
Stanley Parish
Glaze
Pioneer Football Starts Under Perry In 63 Rebuild
Clare High opens practice for the 63 Pioneer football candidates with George Perry leading a rebuilding effort. Seven veterans return amid graduation losses as eight games grow to nine with planned road tests at Cheboygan Ithaca and Durand, Homecoming hosting Corunna, and a late home opener against Gladwin.
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Clare High
George Perry
63 Pioneers
Perry
Big Rapids
Cheboygan
Michigan Lutheran Seminary
Pioneers
Jerry Russell
Chuck Stirling
Glen Badgley
Tom Dunn
Dave McNerney
Mike Austin
Richard Hughes
Bob McDaniel
Gladwin
Durand
Ithaca
Corunna
Varsity
Jvs
Mid-Michigan
Cheésaning
Gorunna
Tig
Library Story Hour at Clare City Library Opens Saturday
Beginning Saturday August 24 at 1 o clock, Clare City Library hosts a weekly Children's Story Hour led by Mrs. Beyer. The program features stories crafted for child enjoyment and runs each week thereafter.
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Clare City Library
Beyer
Testing For Sodium In Farwell Water
The Michigan Department of Health and United States Public Health Service survey sodium levels in Farwell and 77 other Michigan towns as part of a two year study of municipal water supplies. Samples will be tested quarterly at the Heart Disease Control Laboratory in Atlanta and shared with physicians to aid salt restricted diets. Other central Michigan communities in the study include McBain and Bay City.
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Michigan Department of Health
United States Public Health Service
Farwell
Michigan
Public Health Service
Heart Disease Control Laboratory
Atlanta
Georgia
McBain
Bay City
Great Lakes stabilize weather and reduce storms in Michigan
Climatologists say the Great Lakes act as a buffer that cools air and limits violent weather in Michigan. They contrast Michigan’s stable patterns with Midwest tornado-prone areas and cite drastic temperature swings elsewhere. Fog is most common along the Great Lakes and coastal Maine regions.
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Great Lakes
Michigan
Wolverine
Midwest
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Michigan State University
Lakes
U.S
Spearfish
South Dakota
Rapid City
Browning
Montara
Appalachian Mountains
United States
Pacific Coast
Maine
Donovan Resigns Clare High School Leader Rejoins New York District
David Donovan principal of Clare Public High School resigns to take an administrative job with Whitesboro Public Schools in New York. He cites better professional advancement and plans to move soon. A school board meeting will discuss filling the vacancy as he leaves the City Commission and several local posts.
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Clare Public High School
Donovan
New York State
City Hall
Clare Library
Donovany
Whitesboro
New York
Clare County Credit Action
District 12
The
Michigan Education Assn
Clare
Clare Congregational Church
the Sentinel
Whiteshoro
City
Hospital Board Cites Dick Groves for Service
Clare General Hospital board of trustees met August 13 at Johnsons Rustic Resort in Houghton Lake. Richard D. Groves received a gold engraved wrist watch for faithful service while chairing the board and ten years of trustee work. Dr Elmer Sharlow presented the gift as physicians nurses and staff expressed gratitude. After the meeting a dinner followed and guests attended Monique Van Vooren at the Houghton Lake Playhouse.
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Clare General Hospital Board of Trustees
Johnson’s
Houghton Lake
Richard D. Groves
Clare General Hospital
Groves
Elmer Sharlow
Monique van Vooren
Houghton Lake Playhouse
Can't Keep Up With Road Building and Car Growth
Since World War II state highway departments built over 163 000 miles of new roads while automakers produced so many cars that it would take more than 264 000 miles of highway to park them bumper to bumper.
Expecting Hay Profit in Clare County Says Extension Chief
Clare County Extension Director George MacQueen notes farmers with surplus hay can expect higher profits selling this winter. National hay crop down about 9 percent, shipments hindered by Cereal Leaf Beetle quarantine. Rain delays second cuttings, but better weather could boost third cuttings with fertilizer top dressing boosting returns. Alfalfa in blossom and nearing harvest.
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Clare County
George MacQueen
Ford
MacQueen
Mac Queen
200 Visit Hobby Show at Eight Point Lake Draws Crowds
The hobby show at Eight Point Lake drew about 200 visitors with 160 exhibits. A 1918 threshing machine engine, fired up on the clubhouse lawn, drew the largest crowd. owner Mr. Davison of West Beach appeared with other displays including loom weaving, knitting, ceramics, printing, fly tying, photography, painting, carving, and coin rock and stamp collections.
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Eight Point Lake
Davison
West Beach
Blue Shield Seminar Teaches Ins Claim Methods in Clare
More than sixty doctors' office assistants are expected to attend a Blue Shield seminar in Clare on Thursday August 22 at the Hotel Doherty. Over 1300 assistants have attended twelve seminars in ten Michigan cities this year. Helen M. Schick educational coordinator of Michigan Medical Service leads the all day program to help interpret contracts and reduce mispayments and delays in Blue Shield operations.
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Clare
Doherty
Tenichigan
Helen M. Schick
Michigan Medical Service
Blue Shield
Miss Schick
Detroit
Chrysler and Plymouth Dealers to See 1964 Line in Detroit
Chrysler and Plymouth dealers in Clare and nearby cities will view the new 1964 Valiant Chrysler and Imperial cars for the first time Friday August 30 in Ford Auditorium Detroit. Executives and salesmen of Brackart Motor Sales of Clare are invited to the preview with other dealers.
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Chrysler
Plymouth
Clare
Valiant
Imperial
Ford Auditorium
Detroit
Brackart
Motor Sales
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Gordon Carncross
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