Montgomery Wards Opens New Catalog Sales Agency in Clare
A ribbon cutting marks the opening of Montgomery Wards new Catalog Sales Agency at Witbeck's Plaza on Thursday September 3 at 9. The Clare agency will display Wards merchandise including appliances apparel and hardware with fabrics rugs paint colors and more. Purchases will be ready for pickup within days unless delivery is specified and catalogs will include general sale and special editions. Bob and Gladys Witbeck and their children Candy and Jeff are longtime locals who returned recently.
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Montgomery Wards New Catalog
Witbeck’s Plaza
Bob Witbeck
Clare Agency
New Ward
Wards
Bob
Gladys Witbeck
Candy
Jeff
Death claims Mrs. Dempsey
Dorothy M. Dempsey died Friday morning at Gratiot Community Hospital Alma after a short illness. She was born February 29 1912 in Fredericktown Missouri and is survived by two sisters Mrs. Samuel Garfield and Mrs. Pearl Wooley, and one brother Carl Sands. Requiem mass was offered Monday August 24 at 10 a.m. from St. Cecilia's Church, with burial in St. Cecilia's Cemetery.
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Dorothy M. Dempsey
Gratiot
Alma
Dempsey
Fredericktown
Missouri
Samuel Garfield
Pearl Wooley
Carl Sands
St. Cecilia’s Church
St. Cecilia’s Cemetery
Holbrook Builds Support Across District After Court Bid
Judge Holbrook's campaign shows strength in Clare Isabella Midland Ottawa Allegan Eaton Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties with strong backing from districts outside the new 3rd. Kenneth Thomas Crawford born August 21 at Clare General Hospital weighs three pounds three ounces to Mr and Mrs Crawford of Clare.
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Holbrook
Supreme Court
3Rd
Clare
Isabella
Midland
Ottawa
Allegan
Eaton
Kalamazoo
Calhoun
Thomas Crawford
Kenneth Thomas
Clare General Hospital
Primary Races Spark Voter Interest in Clare County
Clare county sees strong interest with little opposition to Governor Romney and Congressman Ced erberg renomination. Three candidates seek the U.S. Senate nomination and several for state and district posts while county races heat up with Sheriff Darling challenged and Prosecutor Strange opposed. Democrats remain unopposed for several key offices including Staebler Hart Evans Gershon Crawford.
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George Romney
Elford Cederberg
U.S. Senate
Clare
James Darling
Alex Strange
Jay F. Trucks
Hughes
Trucks
Robert Rowley
Darling
Julian R. Gershon
Carl Stephenson
Walter Ehle
Bruce Williams
GOP
Will Hender
Son
Reg
Wilson 4 H Club Plans Exhibits For County Fair
The Wilson 4 H club met August 11 at the club house to plan exhibits for the upcoming fair. Members reported on MSU club week and sign ups for winter projects in September. Various activity groups shared summer events including shooting practice scores, gardening tours, forest conservation trips, cooking demonstrations, and a county park pic nic at Coldwater Lake.
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Wilson 4-H
Harold Cassidy
Grace Flood
Michigan State University
Harold West
Melvin Allen
Paul Nass
Vince Allen
Tom Dwyer
John Cassidy
Ferris Graham
Elaine Flood
Jerome Flood
Coldwater Lake
Local Social News Highlights from Ypsilanti to Anchorage
City briefs document visits and gatherings across multiple households. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Grigg and Greeb in Ypsilanti, the Brown and Zahn families, Mrs. Harvey, and Alicia Hathaway in Alaska with Hobart Martins. A Mackinaw City trip and various lunches, dinners, and weekend stays are noted.
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James Grigg
William Greeb
Bernard McNerney
Danny
Géorge Brown
Ypsilanti
Todd
Meilamie Brown
Brown
George Zahn
Ann Arbor
Larry Zahn
Harry Sonntag
Cheryl
Effie Harvey
Mackinaw City
Indian River
Alicia Hathaway
Major
Lloyd Hathaway
Anchorage
Alaska
Hobart W. Martins
Eight Point Lake
Cookie
Nashville Tennessee
Leta Gillespie
Reno
Neveda
Sylva Sowle
Lorraine Schneider
Red City
Green
Avon Company
Paul Sheponski
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Don Calkins
Charles Jim
Tom Hanley
Portland
Arlie Schepperley
Charles Schepperley
Gaylord
Don Schepperley
Midland
Thomas Douglas
Grayling
Schepperley
Social Briefs Highlight Dora and Acker Family Gatherings
Sunday events feature the Dora family reunion in Gladwin Rosebush and Clare. Attendees include Maurice Dora Edward Dora Helen Dora Judy and more with illness preventing Ollie Rausch from attending. A separate Meet-a-White Club gathering on Dunlop Road awarded prizes to Hazel Lennox Mildred Rawson and Edna Robinson. Next meeting set for September 2 at Mrs Robinsons home.
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Dennis Fitzpatrick
Dora
Maurice Dora
Gladwin
Edward Dora
St. Louis
Clair Wentworth
Flint
Sylvester Wentworth
Mike
Rosebush
Mike Lynch
Helen Dora
Clare
Fred Dora
Judy
Winn
Tony Brannigan
Linda
Tim
Farwell
Ollie Rausch
Lansing
Joe Acker
Gus Bechtel
Carolyn
Eldean
Ker
Wally Acker
Forest Dens
More
Brenda
Coleman
Carl Cotton
Thelma Letson
Dan Reed
Mt. Pleasant
Maud Ramey
Dunlop Road
Hazel Lennox
Mildred Rawson
Edna Robinson
Clare City Commission Notes July and August 1964 Actions
The Clare city commission held meetings July 20 and August 3 1964 with attendance by Mayor Glen Cain and Commissioners Cotter Bradley and Cain. Builders permits were approved for some applicants, with Lawrence Waite excluded. A zoning board resignation by Nick Jabour was accepted. A rezoning petition to commercial use for Lots 6-10 Block 15 and adjacent areas was approved. City staff sought permission to buy a sewer cleaning machine and to address street grade on Manee Street. Debates covered Shamrock Court abandonment, a new fire truck, and 1964 65 contracts. Also included is a stockyards price report for Aug 24 1964 listing cattle hogs sheep and other market data.
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Bradley
Cetter
Sioner
Lckts. Mav
Charles Melnek
Ken Roe
Cleveland Street
South Rainbow Drive
U.S. 10
Wisler
Cotter
Point Clare
Haley
Hazel Odens
Randall Vining
Cliff Richmond
Mackie
Shamrock Court
Glen Cain
David Adams
Lerk
City Commission
Cain
Cottter
Lawrente
Waite
Ken Barnes
Dewey Paxton
Lawrence
Nick Jabour
Zoning Board
Sotter
Alberta Bicknell
Comal
Harold
Kile
Manee Street
Clare
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Milan Shepard
Peter Brown
Montgomery Wards
Mrs. Dempsey
Houghton Drug Store
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Gater
Houghton's
Neil
Tate
Thermos Bottes
Blake
PY Een Ward
Bob Eaen
Wilson
LUCH
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Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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Clare City Commission
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