Military promotions and assignments from the 1960s
Jerry E. Yates and Jerry J. Mogg receive Army rank advances after training and OCS graduation. Seaman Apprentice Guy A. Stemm serves aboard USS Oriskany near Vietnam. Sp4 Rodney Colmus stationed in Bremmerhaven. Robert W. Snover promoted to staff sergeant near Qui Nhon. Clare T. Luce assigned to the 44th Medical Brigade in Vietnam. Details include home towns and family mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy A. Stemm
USN
Roy D. Stemm
Trials End
Lake
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Oriskany
Seventh Fleet
Robert W. Snover
Robert L. Snover
Farwell
Qui Nhon
Vietnam
Sgt. Snover
Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
Maurine
Ohio St
Wurtsmith Air Force Base
Michigan
Clare T. Luce
Clare H. Luce
Elm St
Harrison
44Th
CoChi Vietnam
Luce
Ft. Knox
Ft. Hood
Texas
Harrison High
Doyle Family Returns From Frankfort Germany Visit
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Doyle and family returned home August 9 after a three week trip with relatives in Frankfort Germany. It marked the first family reunion in six years and grandparents had not seen the children since Duane was three months old. Mrs Doyle’s sister and brother plan a Clare visit next spring. Mr and Mrs Cecil Youngs of Flint called on Mrs Kate Knapp Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Doyle
Frankfort
Germany
Duane
Doyle
Clare
Cecil Youngs
Flint
Kate Knapp
Akins Family Visits Interlochen and Clare Arrivals
Mr and Mrs Royal Akins and Keith visited Mr and Mrs John Akins in Interlochen August 18 and 19. John Akins family arrived in Clare August 21 to visit relatives and planned to return to Seguin Texas after stops in Columbus Ohio and Springfield Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Akins
Keith
John Akins
Interlochen
Clare
Seguin
Texas
John
Columbus
Ohio
Springfield
Missouri
Cecil Bouchey
Lloyd Pitts
John Small
Houghton Lake
William and
Ethel Burgess
Decker
Clara Burgess
Mason
Alvin Burgess
Detroit
Emma Perry
Clare Hospital
Mary Mussell
Duane Mussell
Mt. Pleasant
Terry
Muskegon
Elsie Holmes
Lansing
Ivah Dickson
Washington D.C
William Artcliff
Mrs. M. Brown
Eberhart Reunion Held at Lake Shamrock
The 20th annual Eberhart reunion gathered 84 attendees and one guest at Lake Shamrock on August 27. Michael Leonard, son of Mr and Mrs Larry Stanley, was the youngest. Relatives came from Westland Flint Bear Lake Thompsonville Coleman Lansing Sandusky Beaverton Midland and Clare for a day of visiting and a bounteous dinner with ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shamrock
Michael Leonard
Larry Stanley
Westland
Flint
Bear Lake
Thompsonville
Coleman
Lansing
Sandusky
Beaverton
Midland
Clare
Crowded Coleman Kinship Notes From Local Visits
Recent company of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Swanton included their son and wife Gaylord LeMay of Rocke River Ohio and friends Paul Doerr of Roseville. The Swantons and LeMays visited with Fred Swanton and family in Oscoda. Families from Asbury Wilmore Kentucky and Eaton Rapids shared time with relatives here. Local gatherings featured many relatives, travels to Grand Canyon and Yellowstone, and birthday celebrations for Paul Sayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Swanton
Gaylord LeMay
Rocke River
Ohio
Paul Doerr
Roseville
Swantons
LeMays
Fred Swanton
Oscoda
Robert Bickert
Paul
Asbury Wilmore
Kentucky
Anna Reese
Kenneth Growl Sr
Larry Bunting
Valerie
Crowl
Lansing
Hazel Weage
Don Woolston
Highland
Indiana
Beth
Terry
Kenneth Weage
Plymouth
Carl Lewis
Leah Eagley
Wesley Waddington
Eaton Rapids
Cgoralee
Lewis
Eagley
George Graf
Glenn Sayers
James Sayers
Nora Mishler
Olan Mishler
Columbiaville
Bud Brugger
Pamela
Zoanne
Larry Brugger
Tucson
Arizonia
Bud
Ella Brugger
Phoenix
Grand Canyon
Yellow Stone Park
Nelson Reese
Dora Hall
Gala
Midland
John Brugger
Kenneth Kreh
Bloomfield Hills
Diane Gibbons
Carrie Brugger
Harry Brugger
Walter Brugger
Ellis Penny
Robert Nobbs
Here
Norris Johnston
Loomis
Joe McLaughlin
Lake 13
Leah Bagley
Dora Haggart
Portrait of a Holiday Traffic Watch
Auto Club General Manager Fred Rehm notes Michigan’s favorable traffic record this year in a 28 page booklet. He credits cautious driving and extra forethought to prevent injuries and fatalities. Rehm observes fewer bad drivers on holiday weekends as people stay home or drive more carefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Club
Fred Rehm
Michigan
Rehm
Trail Blazers 4-H Club Hosts Summer Horse Sessions
Clare county 4 H members rode at the Bicknell arena each Tuesday evening learning riding skills before the fair. Belinda Bicknell and her pony won Reserve Championship at Clare County Fair. A potluck supper honored Douglas Jewell for horse training help as he departs for college in Iowa. Horace Mann cited as father of the American school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County Fair
James Bicknell
Clare Trail Blazers
Belinda Bicknell
Bicknell
Douglas Jewell
Jewell
Bicknell’s
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clare Sentinel
Clare Hardware
Jerry E. Yates
Ernest B. Yates
W. Shaffer Road
R. J. Coleman
Jerry J. Mogg
Elton J. Mogg
Ft. Benning
Mogg
Graceland College
Lamoni Town
Sandra
Faraon St
St. Joseph
Rodney Colmus
Hheith
APC
New York
Bremmerhaven
Leo Colmus
R.3
Cathy Fahey
East Tax
Florence Robinette
Rexx Robinette
Barney Scott
Eberhart
Psa Oun
Rexall
Een Tao
Pbs
Blackboard
Bonanza
MinuteMan
Pace
Rex Alarm Clocks
Marvalove
Seventeen Magazine
Anderson
Rexall Drug Store
Sener Oy
Raall
Otis Aet
Yale
Clare Clare North
Rexall Drugstores
Coleman News
Clare Furniture
Mcewan ST
Clare, Mich, Co
Pesterey Bt
California
Pennsylvania
U.S
Trail Blazers
Horace Mann
Northland
Jerry Lewis
The
Roslind Russell, Hayley Mills
John Wayne
Robert Mitchum
EL Dorado
Bid Ceaser
Robert Ryan
Pauline
Pat Boone
Tony Curtiss
Gem Theatre
Sat
SUN
Kirk Douglas
Technicolor
Panavision
Tony Curtis
Claudia Cardinale
Metrocolor
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