State's Produce Drive Boosts Michigan Sales 68 Percent
A ten week national Nutrition-for-Defense campaign raised Michigan purchases of vitamin rich fruits and vegetables for A and P stores by 68 percent from 215 carloads to 362 carloads. The drive ran May 19 to July 26 and followed peak production periods to move crops into consumer channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A &P. Tea Company
Atlantic Commission Company
Harvey Baum
G Commission Company
Michigan
Baum
Good Weather Draws Crowds to County Fair
Crowds flock to the county fair on a sunny day as rodeo acts thrill attendees. Injuries mar Wednesday events with Dick Garber of Detroit sustaining facial wounds after a steer incident, later returning to perform. Bucking rider Charles Edwin endured a fall and possible internal injuries, treated at Clare County General Hospital before discharge.
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Dick Garber
Detroit
Newkirk Rodeo Outfit
Garber
Charles “Fats
Edwin
Newkirk Rodeo
Clare County General Hospital
Charles Loucks
Jackson
Ford Boseker
Ludington
Clare
Us-27
Boseker
Jerry Lou Norris
Loucks
Mt. Pleasant
New Admission Price Scale at Ideal Theatre
Federal guidance sets 12 and older as adult ticket holders. Children under 12 may enter for 10 cents with no federal tax. From September 2, adult admission rises to 27 cents plus a 3 cent tilt fee, totaling 20 cents in advance.
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Ideal Theatre
Hardware Dealers Meeting Planned in St Louis September 2
Plans completed for a district hardware dealers meeting at the Park Hotel in St Louis on September 2 with dinner at 7 00 p m. About fifty hardwaremen and guests expected to attend an informative program led by H A Daschner manager of the Michigan Retail Hardware Association. Chairman A G Schnepp urges attendance due to trade conditions caused by the Defense Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Park Hotel
A. G. Schnepp
Community Hardware
H. A. Daschner
Lansing
Michigan Retail Hardware Association
Infant fatally injured riding running board in Weidman area
An infant riding on a car running board died after the driver lost control and overturned the vehicle near Weidman. Seven others were in the car, including the 15 year old driver Hala Jean Denslow. The crash occurred Saturday night and authorities investigated the scene.
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Hala Jean Denslow
Weidman
R-1
Miss Terry
Mrs Nelson Bernier Dies After Long Ill Health
Mrs Nelson Bernier died in Muskegon Wednesday night after years of heart illness. Funeral plans are not yet set but interment will be Saturday morning. She leaves husband Nelson a nine year old daughter Mary Helen her parents and several siblings. The Bernier family previously lived in Clare and Mt. Pleasant.
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Nelson Bernier
Muskegon
Berniers
W. H. Berniers
Mt. Pleasant
Clare
Nelson Berniers
Nelson
Mary Helen
September Term of Circuit Court To Convene Tuesday
The September term of the circuit court will convene on Tuesday with numerous divorce cases including Jennie Gardner versus Robert Gardner and Pearl McKenzie and Gladys Wolven versus Donald Wolven. The docket also lists contract and quiet title suits, injunctions, and a large panel of petit jurors across multiple townships and wards.
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Jennie Gardner
Robert Gardner
Pearl McKenzie
Gladys Wolven
Donald Wolven
George Lesh
Ivan Snyder
Joyce Snyder
Callie M. Bitler
Alta Mosher
Emily Pope
Bill
Homer Douglas
Mable Davis
Joseph Miller Davis
Harry E. Tope
David Smith
Pure Oil Co
John A. Struble
Lincoln Lowe
Eva Lowe
Henry Miltner
Walter A. Heintz
Ss. X
Petit Jurors
Clare
Mabel Mulder Harrison
Bertha Hughes Harrison
Ray Eaton Harrison
Jack Elkins
Arthur
John Lear
Franklin
Paul Ilmner
Freeman
William Blain Frost
Henry Norman
Garfield
Perl Tryom
Grant
John Bauer
Greenwood
Daisy Bringold
Hamilton
Milton S Benjamin Hatton
Levi Mitchell Hayes
Charles Bailey
Lincoln
Morey Mills
Redding
B. BE. Switzer
Sheridan
Glen Strouse
Summerfield
Mary Bendele
Surrey
al Graham Winterfield
D. T. Olds Clare
Arden Walters Clare
John Empey Clare
Thomas Holbrook Harrison
Lester Beavers
Flint Fisherman Nets Huge Black Bass at Stevenson Lake
Clinton Ross of Flint caught a black bass weighing eight and a half pounds at Stevenson Lake on Tuesday morning August 26. The fish measured twenty four inches long with seventeen inch girth. He used a red and white bassarena and his party also landed four pike. The Ross family, joined by granddaughter Miss Marjorie James, vacation at Stevenson Lake each summer and plan to return.
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Clinton Ross
Flint
Stevenson Lake
Here
Mrs. Ross
Marjorie James
Rosses
Marjorie
Legion Auxiliary Election Meeting Notice
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary are urged to attend the regular meeting on Tuesday night September 2 for the election of officers. It is an important year and all members should be present.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
In Memoriam Fairy B Stittsworth
In loving memory of Mrs Fairy B Stittsworth wife mother and grandmother who passed away three years ago August 31 1938 Allack E Stittsworth Mr and Mrs Emery Bonham Rodger and Virginia
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Fairy B. Stittsworth
Allack E. Stittsworth
Emery Bonham
Rodger
Virginia
Special Notice About Replacing Stolen Articles
A brief notice from Bilmer Olds warns to return parked pit articles to their original car within a week or authorities will intervene.
Barber Shops Closed Thursday Afternoons
The Clave barber shop named Clave Barbers will remain closed on Thursday afternoons until further notice. This decision affects services for all clients and staff during that time.
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Clave
Shane
The
Glare business relocates to Houghton building
Glare store moves from east Fourth Street to the Houghton building at McEwan and Fifth streets. The Vande warker grocery is also involved with the relocation and will reopen for business on Tuesday September 2.
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Glare
Vandewarker Grocery
East Fourth Street
Houghton
McEwan and
Fifth Streets
Funeral Services Held Here for Mrs John List
Mrs. John List a Hatton township resident for 29 years died at her home in Hatton township on August 20 1941. Lulu Louise Bartow born March 24 1876 in Washington Michigan married John List in 1895 and left a son four grandchildren and a brother. Services were held Saturday at Friz funeral parlors with Rev. Gilbert Appelhof and she is buried in Surrey cemetery near Farwell. Out of town relatives attended from Alma Detroit Wayne Harbor Beach Flint and other places.
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John List
Hatton Township
Lulu Louise Bartow
Washington
Michigan
Detroit
John
Clare County
Wayne Grant
Alma
George Bartow
Harry Kilpatrick
Freeman Conch
Bert Wright
May Bradford
Wayne
Gustave Moeller
William Kirsch
Leopold Pitzig
Harbor Beach
Shelly
Parker
Flint
Transgressors face fines in Clare five lakes case
Conservation Officer Wayne B. Tennant detained three Indiana anglers Arthur Drerup G A Drerup and Loyal Jordan at Five Lakes for using set lines to catch fish in Little Arnold Lake. They appeared before Justice Kyle McKinnon and were fined 10 dollars plus costs 6.85 each and released.
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Clare County
Wayne B. Tennant
Indiana
Five Lakes
Kyle McKinnon
Little Arnold Lake
Arthur Drerup
G. A. Drerup
Loyal Jordan
Corunna
Conservation Department
Justice Court
Frank Sutton
Clare
Kyle
McKinn
Sutton
Clarence Raymond
Gladwin
Community Club and Town Meetings Schedule
A community calendar lists Mt Vernon Grange meetings Mondays at 8 30 pm Farwell Townsend Club every other Tuesday Clare Townsend Club No 2 every other Thursday Hatton Townsend club first and third Friday Clare Common Council first and third Monday Elm Grove Townsend Club second and fourth Friday John H Sparbel Post VF W first and third Mondays Grant Townsend Club No 1 first and third Fridays Looms Townsend Club first and third Thursday Colonville School reunion set for Saturday August 30 in Will Gilson s grove Zenobia Chan ter No 129 O 4 5 Thursday September 4 at 8 00 pm George s Market open evenings and Sundays
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonville
Will Gilson
Grove
Thank you for your hospital visits and kindness
I wish to thank all my friends for visits flowers fruit and cards during my hospital stay. My gratitude also to Dr Wood Mrs Wood and the nursing staff for their care and support.
Private Carl Lloyd Visits Fort McPherson Family
Fort McPherson Georgia welcomed Private Carl Lloyd on furlough. He described army life including a parachute jump from 500 feet. Several Lloyd families from Pontiac Detroit Lake and Lake communities gathered to greet him before his return to camp next Sunday.
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Carl Lloyd
Fort McPherson
Georgia
Bert Lloyd
Ray Lloyd
Pontiac
Dale Lloyd
Gary
Detroit
Don Lloyd
Lake
Glen Lloyd
James Lloyd
Carl
Norge Offers New Heaters at Clare Lion Store
The Clare Lion Store announces Norge Whitator Oil Heaters with down draft ignition and porcelain L shaped heating chamber. The console design blends with homes and promises 40 percent more heat from oil while reducing soot. Dealers urge customers to view models this week before stock runs out.
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Clare Lion
Norge Whitator
Lion
Norge
Adv
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Floral Support
We thank our friends and neighbors for expressions of sympathy, flowers, and Rev. Appelhof for the service. Signed by John List Sr and family, Mr and Mrs Wayne Grant, and Mr and Mrs George Bartow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appelhof
John List
Wayne Grant
George Bartow
Clare Schools Open Wednesday for Enrollment
Clare schools open Wednesday for enrollment as administrators announce faculty new to Clare. Miss McGregor joins Kindergarten and Miss O'Donnell takes Fifth Grade, with a staff increase due to crowded conditions. School hours shift in high school with noon meal plan and renewed student handbook forthcoming.
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Paul Lowrey
aArt
Geraldine LeRoux
Helen O’donnell
Bernice Proctor
Bernice Woodward
Marian Moors
Mabel Reynolds
Helen G. Butler
Marian McGregor
Miss Cook
Clare
Ithaca High School
Central Michigan College of Education
Mildred Harwood
Gordon Collins
Mio
Proctor
Board of Education
Clare Public School
Thank You Note From Edwin Wood
Edwin Wood thanks friends neighbors and Brush College Aid for cards letters and fruit during his hospital stay. He also expresses gratitude to Dr Wood Mrs Wood and the nurses for their kindness.
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Brush College Aid
Mrs. Wood
Edwin Wood
Thanks for kind wishes and hospital gifts
A note of gratitude expresses thanks to friends for cards gifts and flowers while hospitalized. The author also thanks Br Wood the nursing staff and Grant Williams for care.
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Bcards
Br. Wood
Grant Williams
Notice to pay bills at local office in Clare
All bills should be paid at our local office at 513 McEwan St. Clare. Consumers Power Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McEwan St. Clare
Consumers Power Co
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A&p
Bruce Williams
Gladwin County Line
Williams
R-2
Henry Winkler
Bruce
Winkler Auto
Seaver Amble
Winkler
David Chambers
South Haven
R-4
Rosebush
Isabella County
Leo Showalter
Chambers
Arthur Sanders
James Grover
Sanders
Hemlock Street
Grover
Ford
Sander
Chevrolet
Frank Metz
Harrison
Donald Wagle
Saginaw
Wagle
Metz
Glare Lady
Legion Auxiliary
Memoriam
Bilmer Olds
Hatton
Mt. Vernon Grange
Farwell Townsend Club
Clare Townsend Club No
Hatton Townsend Club
Clare Common Council
Elm Grove Townsend Club
John H. Sparbel Post
V.F.W
Grant Townsend Club
Looms Townsend Club
Zenobia
Matie Laderitian
Citizens State Bank
James S. Bicknell
Clare, Michigan
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
U.S
Kennedy
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