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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1956
Page
9
Next Sunday August 26 the Methodist Sunday school will hear Deaconess Lora Mae Mort of Scarrett College. After addressing parents and older youth she travels to Nashville to work with youth via the Community Center.
A group of girls led by Mrs Har old Kelly vacationed at a Long Lake cottage with Barbara Jones Mignon Mogg Shirley Bigelow Judy Curtis Peg Gamble Eileen Brow LaRue Dull Jackie Frisby Joyce Moline and Beth McNerney. All report a wonderful time.
The Farwell area items list church group picnics visitors at homes and reunion attendances. It notes gatherings at Lake Thirteen and Farwell Park with participants from Ewart Flint Grand Rapids Coleman Cadillac and more. Several residents and relatives are mentioned visiting relatives in Brown Corners New York and Detroit.
Mr and Mrs Jack Renner were surprised on Sunday afternoon by their children and families who gathered to celebrate their forty third wedding anniversary. They served ice cream and cake and received a wear ever aluminum chicken fryer as a gift.
A list of visitors to Mrs. Inez Schultz of Weidman includes her husband Edmund and daughter, the Lansing couple Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miller with son Duane, Keith and his wife from Clare, and others from Ewart Lake and Lansing. Mrs. Mary Schram has recovered enough from a broken hip to go home. Calls to Mrs. Ina Taylor included Mr. and Mrs. William Bishop of Lansing, and Mr. and Mrs. Olen Witt and Richard of St Johns.
Mrs Hilda Scott, Mrs Willard Bush and Mrs Jennie Muir displayed a Slim Trim and Diet chart at the Clare County fair in Harrison and won first prize. Local residents and visitors figure in a sequence of weekend stays, visits, and household projects across Harrison, Saginaw, Lansing, Ithaca, Milan, and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs W D Bellenger hosted the Heath family reunion in Merrill with 44 attendees at long tables for a pot luck dinner. Officers were elected for the coming year and Mr and Mrs Donald Fuller of Ottawa Lake were chosen to host next year at the Petersburg Township hall.
Grayling explorer scouts finished a three day cleanup of a 48 mile Au Sable River stretch. They removed about six tons of debris mainly cans and bottles plus tires and rope. Local businesses supplied food and residents donated to the troop to fund equipment and an annual camping trip.
Conservation Department outlines area based permits for 1956 special deer seasons in 22 regions. About 65 340 permits would allow 16 955 extra deer beyond the regular November period. Drawings may decide permit distribution when applications exceed supply. Special seasons span December 1 2 in some areas and align with the regular season in Bois Blanc Island and Lake Newayge county areas.
The Great Lakes Fisheries Commission, a six member body based in Ann Arbor, met in Sault Ste. Marie on July 30 to review lamprey control efforts. Electrical weirs block rivers feeding the lakes while chemicals target young lampreys. 97 weirs operate on Lakes Superior Michgan and Huron with 55 more planned on Lake Michigan streams and 10 to 26 on Lake Superior streams this year. The plan aims to block all Great Lakes rivers by 1960 with further lake-wide constructions in coming years. The commission scheduled an August meeting in Ann Arbor and a late November statutory annual session.
Two moose sightings were reported in the Upper Peninsula. A bull was seen at 16 Mile Lake in Alger County by trapper John Seppi from Chatham. A second moose was sighted at Crane Lake in Iron County by Ray Galbraith of Kingsford, who told Iron Mountain conservation staff the animal stood under 100 yards away. Biologists estimate fewer than 10 middse remain in the U.P., with about 70 percent released 20 years ago. remaining animals are likely leftovers from early releases or newcomers from Canada.
Harrietta hatchery in Wexford county resumed normal operations after repairs to erosion and flood damage from the August weekend. Flooding also affected Bear Creek and Platte River rearing stations with heavy fish losses expected. inventories this fall will determine final losses and enable annual grading and counting.
Conservation Department progress in the first half of the year includes 295 wildlife development plans completed or processed, over 1,035,000 seedlings supplied to 922 farmers, with 402 new participants and 520 continuing coopera tors. The department provided wire posts and seed for grass legumes and buckwheat to aid habitat development at no charge in the southern lower peninsula.
After a hot night dip at Three Lakes, Covington resident William Seppala heard splashing and saw a bear emerge from the water. The bear charged across the beach before retreating into the woods as conservation officer C. E. Deene records the sighting.
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