Fred W. Green at Clare Draws Large Crowd
A Clinton County Clare gathering honored Fred W. Green, Republican gubernatorial candidate, with a dinner at Hotel Doherty. Mayor Green praised the people, criticized vague road promises, and highlighted his 20,000 miles of campaign travel. Local officials and attendees discussed the state of roads and good government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Green
Tenth Congressional District
Doherty
Edgar Peterson
T. Carl Holbrook
County
Fred W. Green
Ionia
Michigan
Ewart
City Park
Byatt
Holbrook
L. H. Thompson
Homer Buck
Bay City
Detroit
United States
Administratives Board
Lansing
Groesbeck
Harley
Grand Rapids
Club Winners to Go to State Fair
Winners of demonstration and judging contests from three Boys and Girls Club Camps will attend the Michigan State Fair in Detroit September 5 to 11 to compete for higher honors. Three hundred three free trips for club teams and leaders, with about 500 club members expected, are funded by the State Fair Board of Managers. Teams from the lower peninsula number 53 plus 24 upper peninsula teams and 11 from Gaylord. Contests include dairy and poultry judging and demonstration, grain and potato demonstration, clothing and canning demonstrations, food study, handicraft demonstration, and a state health contest. Winners receive free trips to the fifth national Boys and Girls Club Congress in Chicago, November 26 to December 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
A. G. Kettunen
Lower Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
Camp Shaw
Chatham
Gaylord
Chicago
Stevenson Lake Claims First Vic Tim in 18 Years
John Miotka of Detroit drowned while fishing at Stevenson Lake Saturday night. His boat overturned during anchoring and the body was recovered Sunday morning in twenty-five feet of water near shore. A 37 year old, he had visited his brother Barney at the Andrew Irwin farm for a two week vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miotka
Detroit
Stevenson Lake
Barney Miotka
Andrew Irwin
Mr. Miotka
Princess Theatre Week at a Glance
August 28 to September 3 features Lets Go Galligher with Tom Tyler and Bluebeards 7 Wives with Lois Wilson. Puppets and The Snob headline midweek. Matinee Tuesday. Coming Rin Tin Tin in The Night Cry and The Wanderer. Super special announce September 18 14 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galligher
Tom Tyler
Sun
Man
Thor
Chas
Murry
Rin Tin Tin
Wanderer
Prodigal Son
Card of Appreciation From Clare Fire Department
The Clare Fire Department thanks all who aided the August 18 celebration and especially the Clare merchants for their generous donations. The note pledges improved efforts for a better event next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Clare Fire Department
Card of Thanks for Gate at King's Daughters Event
We thank Mr. Jas. S. Bickwell for the room and M. S. Wymer for his efforts and all others who helped make the gate a success. The King's Daughters.
Schools to Begin Work Next Monday
The article notes the city schools planning to open next Monday with registration and book lists. Principal G. R. Bogan and staff assign classes across history English and more, with new equipment in the typewriting room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Roger ‘Zinn Hag
University At
Ann Arbor
Board of Education
G. R. Bogan
Stella Lampman
Pauline Zinn
Verda A. Zuschnitt
Floyd H. Alldread
Martha Bicknell
Ruth C. Hardie
Dorris Merritt
Thelma M. Ikyline
Nature's handiwork viewed from new fire tower in Clare county
Visitors can climb a 63 foot fire observation tower on Windover hills to view Clare county scenery. From Windover and Grass lakes to the Windover golf course, thirty lakes and forested shores unfold with distant Houghton lake heights and Heart streets nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Johnson
Clare County
Lake George
Windover Lake
Windover Hills
State Conservation Department
Windover
Windover Golf Course
Doc
Tom
Silver
Norway
Dollar
Houghton Lake Heights
Heart
Clare Scouts Enjoy Two Weeks With Saginaw Troop
Thomas Horton of Clare Troop scribe reports a two week camp with Saginaw Boy Scouts at Camp Rotary nine miles north of Clare. daily routine includes reveille, inspections, study periods, swimming lessons by Buck Samson, meals in a new mess hall, games, and a weekly overnight hike. scouts thank officers and hope to meet again next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Boy Scouts
Saginaw Boy Scouts
Camp Rotary
Clare
Hileven
Buck Samson
Pig Tail
Uncle Sam
Reveille
Budd Lake
Thomas Horton
George Langworthy Dies After Long Illness at Home
George Langworthy long respected resident of Arthur township dies at his home Tuesday evening after extended illness. Funeral from his residence Friday at 2:30 pm with Rev. Bacon assisted by Revs. Bates and Kleinhart. Interment in Cherry Grove. Obituary to follow next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Township
George Langworthy
Bacon
Bates
Kleinhart
Cherry Grove
Last day to register by personal application
Notice says September 4 1926 is the final day for registration by personal application. City Clerk Alex McKinnon issues the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex McKinnon
Thayer Forsberg Wedding in Vernon
A pretty Wednesday evening ceremony bonded Marguerite June Thayer to Harold Erwin Forsberg at the Thayer home in Vernon. Rev H B Johnson officiated as relatives witnessed. The couple, after a rice shower parade on a Ford truck, plan a honeymoon trip east before settling in Flint where Forsberg works as a registered pharmacist and Marguerite teaches in Grayling schools. The Sentinel joins friends in best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Thayer
Vernon
Marguerite June
Harold Erwin Forsberg
H. B. Johnson
Our City
Grayling
B. A. Anderson
Forsberg
North Bradley
Bradley
Jesse Hampton
Saginaward
Flint
Examinations for Architects Engineers Surveyors Soon Held
The Michigan State Board of Examiners for the registration of architects engineers and surveyors announces the next examination for architects at the University of Michigan on September 13 14 15 1926. Application blanks and full information may be obtained by writing to the office of the Board 1045 Book Building Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State Board of
Architects, Engineers and Surveyors
University of Michigan
Detroit
Saginaw to Host Fourth Labor Day 100 Lap Race
The Labor Day 100 lap dirt track race at Saginaw Speedway will run under A A A rules for the Michigan championship. Top drivers with Michigan A A A points are eligible with a dozen cars likely and seven fastest to qualify. Officials promise a record crowd and a premier dirt track event of the season with the championship at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Day
Saginaw Speedway
Michigan A. A. A
Saginaw
St Cecelia Church Picnic at Walsh Grove
The St Cecelia church group invites members and friends to a picnic at Walsh grove three miles south and three quarters mile west of Clare on Sunday August 29. A noon chicken dinner will be served with refreshments games and sports plus an exhibition by John Reakes Vernon’s sharpshooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cecelia
Walsh Grove
Clare
Vernon
John Reakes
Mrs Marjorie Reeder Hosts Bridge Club Luncheon
Mrs Marjorie Reeder entertained twelve members of the Bridge Club by motoring to Indian Trail for luncheon and spending the afternoon at her sister Mrs Irwin Schlegal at Cadillac playing bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Reeder
Bridge Club
Indian Trail
Irwin Schlegal
Cadiag
Funeral of Mrs Mary Miller Held August 18
Mrs May Miller nee Elmer born in Germany July 24 1858 immigrated to America at age 25 and settled in Ohio. She married J Jakob Miller in 1890 who died in 1899 leaving five children. She moved from Ohio to Herrick Isabella county in 1900 then to Alma Michigan later. Her son David was killed in France in 1918 and two daughters supported her. She died Monday August 15 at her daughter Sarahs home in Almont Michigan after tuberculosis. Interment at Cherry Grove following services at Frizs Undertaking Parlor and St Johns Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Miller
Elmer
Germany
America
Ohio State
J. Jakob Miller
Ohio
Herrick
Tsabella County
David
France
Alma
Michigan
Sarah
Almont
Mich
Clare
John Miller
Lansing
Charles Miller
Sparka
Harry McCormick
Anna
Laura
Friz’s
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Leonhard C. Bernthal
Cherry Grove
Rev E R Cochran to Speak at Clare Saturday Evening
Rev Edgar R Cochran of Lansing and former state conservation secretary will address Clare and vicinity this Saturday evening. He is noted for public speaking and wartime service as a chaplain. a Sunday talk is planned at Wilson State Park Harrison with a musical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar R. Cochran
Lansing
Ohio Wesleyan University
Methodist Episcopal Church
Michigan Conference
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
Cairns Publishing Company
Congregational
Lowell
State Conservation Department
Albert Stoll
Detroit News
Cochran
Groesbeck
Claré
Wilson State Park
Harrison
Midland Horseshoe Championship Set For August 28
A northern Michigan horseshoe tournament will be held at the Midland fairgrounds on Saturday August 28 starting at 9 30 a m eastern standard time. Entry is one dollar with all proceeds returned to contestants as eight prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Michigan
Midland Fairgrounds
Barber Shops to Close on Labor Day in Clare
The city of Clare barbers will close their shops all day on Labor Day in accordance with a local agreement. The plan affects all barber businesses in Clare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Clare
Important real estate deal seals Clare county purchase
The S M Callihan real estate agency sold the Doc and Tom ranch totaling 1000 acres to Robert Musgrave and Nathaniel Smith of Detroit. The property includes a 60 acre spring lake famed for muskies and big bluegills, a duck marsh, inlets, and a shore clearing with a ranch house. Purchasers plan a private hunting and fishing preserve with a golf course, hoping to keep forest fire risk low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
S. M. Callihan
Robert Musgrave
Nathaniel Smith
Kelly Springfield
Detroit
Doc and Tom
Doc
Isaac Walton
Republican County Convention Set in Clare City Hall
A Republican county convention is called for Clare on September 21 1926 at 7 p m to elect three delegates to the State Convention in Detroit September 28 and to conduct other business. Delegates will be chosen at the primary September 14 1926 with a detailed ward and district apportionment listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Detroit
Michigan
Sertember
Arthur
Sheridan
Franklin
Summerfield
Freeman
Surrey
Frost
Winterfield
Garfield
Harrison Greenwood
Grant
Hamilton
Ard Ward
Hatton
Clare Hayes
Lincoln
Redding
Ard
Pas
Republican
A. H. Achard
Appreciation Note From Mrs. Roy Wilson
Mrs Roy Wilson expresses gratitude for the abundance of flowers and the many letters and cards received during her illness in the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy ‘Wilson
Error Corrected Ad Misattribution to Bale Company
An advertisement for a Chevrolet automobile was misattributed last week to Clare Hardware Interment Co. It should have appeared under the name A. P. Bale and Co or a related Bale entity. The correction clarifies the proper advertiser for the ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet Auto
Clare Hardware & Interlement Co
A.P. Bale
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Princess Theatre
Ruth Hachmuth
Elizabeth Maybee
Irene Brief
Alta K. Bellinger
Mildred Anderson
Helen Wilson
Dorris Ann Bicknell
Genevieve Tosier
State
Windover Hill
Arthur Citizen
Thayer-Forsberg
Engineers’ and Surveyors Examination
ST. Cecelia’s
Mary Miller
Wise Township
Lutheran Church
E. R. Cochran
Midland
Tom Lake
Republican County Convention
Gerald H. Lamb
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