Clare Manufacturing Moves to New Plant for Expanded Production
Clare Manufacturing begins operation in a newly built facility in Clare with 280 planned production machines and 200 arriving from Warren. Plant manager Harold Sandborn cites expanded service parts, rearranged layouts, new testing buildings, and a target year end completion with about 100 extra jobs beyond current 330. Local contractor Selter Electric wired the facility.
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Harold Sandborn
Clare
Warren
Sandborn
Clare Manufacturing
White Skin Dancers On Club Program
The Clare Study Club opens its fall program on September 1 in the Clare Methodist Church basement. The White Skin Dancers of Coleman will perform ornate handmade costumes and authentic Indian ritual dances with religious meaning. They have previously performed in Clare and in several Michigan towns and earned a return bid to Mackinac Island next year, expenses paid. The troupe is linked to Coleman Boy Scout Troop No. 85 and American Legion Post 207, and they sponsor the girls in the troop.
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Clare Study Club
Clare’ Methodist
Michigan
Clare
Congregational Church
Masonic Temple
Midland
Edenville
Mt. Pleasant
West Branch
Bay City
Chesaning
Grayling
Mackinac Island
Coleman
American Legion Post
Glad Show set for August 29 30 in Mid Mich
Plans for a top Mid Michigan gladiolus show at the Midlena Community Center August 29 and 30 are announced by Harold D. Johnson of the Michigan Gladiolus Society. Exhibitors from Michigan and nearby states expected. Entries due 11 30 a m Saturday. Judging completes by 3 p m. Showfree to public noon to 6 p m Sunday.
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mid-Michigan
Midland
Harold D. Johnson
Michigan
Junior Choirs Invite Boys and Girls to Meet
Choir director Mrs. Jan Johnston reminds boys and girls in grades three through six to attend Junior Choir rehearsals at the Congregational Church. Sessions are Thursday and Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m. All eligible children are welcome.
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Jan’ Johnston
Congregational Church
Clare School Opens Registrations After Labor Day
Clare Public School administrators plan a registration week starting September 7 for students not yet registered. Elementary principal Walter McIntosh will welcome kindergarten to eighth grade in the west wing, while high school students register with Richard Snyder in Room 102. School officials urge early registration to allow proper room assignments for opening day September 14.
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Clare Public
Walter McIntosh
Richard Snyder
New High School
Mr. Snyder
Wheeler
Harrison
Dorothy Saunders
Irene Schwanz
Pearl Brady
Margery Cleveland
Elmer Lepp
Ruth Hutchinson
Arthur Vince
Donald Paajanen
Wayne Bucholz
Rosebush
Dorothy Lowery
Bowen School
Jo Anne ‘Nelson
Lois Watt
Lola Fordyce
Bernice Morrison
Marie Evans
Rhea O'Grady
Ittis’ Eggleston
Agnes Epple
Eileen Jacobs
Louise Lantz
Ponder Deal For Garfield Fire Truck
Garfield township forms a three member committee Wilbur McLane Roger Russell and Elmer Hudson to study fire apparatus costs Residents are invited to a 7 30 PM equipment demonstration at the Neil Watkins farm near Andersons Superette to decide on purchasing a unit and budgeting Fire protection is currently under a contract with Farwell village
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Garfield Township
Wilbur McLane
Roger Russell
Elmer Hudson
Garfield
Neil Watkins
Anderson
Superette
Lake
Farwell
Safety Council to award first aid kit in Mt Pleasant
Isabella County Safety Council will meet September 18 in the Municipal Court room Mt Pleasant. A raffle winner from Safety Pledge signers at the fair will receive a First Aid kit. The August Good Driver will receive a merit certificate and the public is invited. The council urges safe boating and swimming to end summer without tragedy.
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Isabella County Safety Council
Mt. Pleasant
Isabella County
W. J. Frazee
The
Gouneil
Baby Hangs Self At Play
The 17 month old son of Mr and Mrs Wallace Spence of Clare accidentally hanged by a neck chain while playing near his home in Grant township north of the stockyard corner. He was rushed to Clare General Hospital at about 640 pm where Dr J R Gershon and Coroner Carl Stephenson failed to revive him.
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Wallace Spence
Clare
J. R. Gershon
Carl Stephenson
Clare General Hospital
Gershon
Grant Township
Stockyard Corner
Bowlers Elect New Clare Association President Tom Sheredy
Tom Sheredy was elected president of the Clare Bowling Association for the coming year at the annual meeting held at Twin Elms Country Club. Officers include Bill Brown and Walter Bolle as vice presidents, Dan Sullivan and Jim Perrine as other vice presidents, with J A Marotzke as secretary treasurer and several directors appointed. The group slated the officers to oversee the City Playoffs, and the next annual meeting is set for the third week of August 1960.
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Clare Bowling Association
Twin Elms Country Club
Dale Stough
Tom Sheredy
Bill Brown
Walter Bolle
Dan Sullivan
Jim Perrine
Sec.-Treas
J. A. Marotzke
Leon Dysinger
Elvn Marshall
Jim Russell
Plan For Trade Stamps Expands In Clare Merchants
A new trading stamp plan for Clare three merchants targets customers with 25c purchases earning a stamp. Stamps redeemable at any participating store or for cash at a book rate of 2.50. Merchants expect further signups and will use sales materials and local advertising to support the effort.
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Clare
Wallace Davenport
American Community Stamps
Davenport
Draft Board on Vacation in Clare County Michigan
Local Selective Service Board No 18 in Clare County will close from August 31 to September 8 1959 per clerk Bernie Wilson who is on vacation. Those of drafting age 18 who wish to register may do so with Mr Ken Ritter at the Band Box Cleaners.
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Michigan
Countdown to School Begin in Clare Area
The 10 day countdown starts as Clare Public School and St. Cecilia Parochial School delay opening to September 14 for building work at Clare High. Rosebush and Lake area schools announce reopenings with new faculty, bus routes, and kindergarten enrollment procedures.
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Dents
Freedom
Clare Public School
St. Cecilia Parochial School
Clare High School
St.Cecilia
Clare County
Farwell
Harrison
Rosebush
Lake
Three Congregations Welcome New Pastors in Clare and Brown Corners
Three churches in Clare and Brown Corners plan welcomes for new pastors over the next two Sundays. Rev Raymond A Schultz of Wayne will be installed August 30 at Clare and Hamilton St John Lutheran Churches with several pastors participating. Schultz first sermon September 6 with reception after. Brown Corners hosts Rev Charles Hull August 30 to fill vacated pulpit, Hull to replace Rev Everette Ray who moves to Ashley. Fletcher V Parker to begin at Clare Congregational September 6. Jack Richards of Olivet College to give final August sermon as supply speaker.
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Clare
Brown Corners
Raymond
Schultz
Wayne
Hamilton
Gerhart Press
Michigan Senate
Hermann Maas
St. Louis
John Brenner
Charles Hull
Ashley
Hull
Everette Ray
Ray
Fletcher V. Parker Wiihl
Clare Congregational Church
Jack Richards
Olivet College
Richards
Congregational Church
Hospital Admissions Peak in Michigan in 1958
The Michigan Hospital Association reports 1958 admissions hit a record 1,025,964, up 18,676 from 1957, while births fell 5,959 to 202,104. Daily average admissions reached 62,129 with 553 newborns. 94 percent of admissions were general, city, or state facilities, and psychiatric care accounted for 44 percent of daily inpatients.
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The
Michigan Hospital Association Today
Michigan Hospital Association
American Hospital Association
Michigan
Teachers See Rise in MEA Region 12 Membership
Region 12 covering Bay Midland Isabella Clare Gladwin Arenac Iosco Ogemaw Roscommon counties posts MEA and National Education memberships of 2 018 and 1 107 at June 30 for 1958 59 versus 2 244 and 1 024 year earlier. Giant Wrestling Show slated at Ewart fairgrounds Saturday August 29 8 30 p m features 740 pound Happy Farmer Humphrey Mexican champ and others with reserved seats 1 503 grandstand 1.00 and 50 cents advance.
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Michigan Education Association
Marjorie Guy
Bay
Midland
Isabella
Clare
Gladwin
Arenad
Iosco
Ogemaw
Roscommon
GIANT
Ewart
Fairgrounds
Happy Farmer Humphrey
Riigside
Pioneers Open Season September 25 in Final Mid Michigan B Conference
Coach George Perry leads the 1959 60 Pioneer football squad in the last Mid Michigan B Conference season with teams Glane Chesaning Durand Ithaca St Louis and Shepherd dissolving after this year. Clare joins the Chippewa Valley Conference for 60 61. Home games include four at their field and three at opponents fields starting September 25 versus Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary.
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George Perry
Mid-Michigan
Glane
Chesaning
Durand
Ithaca
St. Louis
Shepherd
Clare
Chippewa Valley
Coleman
Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart
Pioneers
Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
CMU Courses In Home Study
Central Michigan University announces home study courses to be offered in 22 Michigan cities for Fall 1959. Through Field Services the classes welcome recent high school graduates teachers seeking certification and other applicants who will receive individual consideration while attending college at home.
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Central
Michigan
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Holley
Warren, Michigan
Middle West
Johnson
Clare School
Ponder
Safety Council
Bowlers
Draft Board
Harrison Schools
St., Cecilis’s
St. Cecilia School
Glare
Mary Juliet
Mary Martia
Toledo
Mary ‘Andrew
Detroit
County
Frost
Nan Myers
Winterfield
Wava
Boonstra
Summerfield
Leota
Cyril Letson
Hatton
Arletia Waltée
St. John's Lutheran
Clare Congregational
Non-Profit
General Hospitals
MEA
CMU
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