Son shoots mother in house. Sharp wounded in Kentucky incident
Jim Sharp 25, Korea veteran, shot his mother in the Sharp home injuring her scalp and floor, then fired again during a struggle with his father. Sheriff Amble arrested Jim after he confessed and was jailed. Mrs. Sharp was later reported in fairly good condition. He faced a preliminary hearing and was bound over to circuit court on an assault with intent to murder charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Sharp
Russell Sharp
Harrison
Jim
Sharp
Seaver Amble
Amble
Young Sharp
Korea
Sheriff's Department
Mt. Pleasant
Masons To Install WWM Tuesday In Clare’s Lodge
New officers of John Q Look Lodge will be seated at a public installation in the Masonic Temple Tuesday night December 16 at eight o clock. George Sexton becomes Worshipful Master with Warren White Ken Roe and Gordon McIntosh among the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Q Look Lodge
Masonic Temple
Clare’s Lodge
George Sexton
Warren White
Ken Roe
Gordon McIntosh
Harley Holt
Clarence Cotton
Charles Cooper
Richard Headington
Larry Wilcox
Monroe Marble
Carl Stephenson
Tiler
Russel Wilson
Frank Schaaf
Marshall
Howard Hverts
Hazen © Cole
Michigans
Herbert Gardner
Earl Beatty
Fred Sexton
Lodge
CHS Carnival Tops Record as Successful All-School Event
The CHS carnival on Saturday December 6 raised 553 dollars in gross profit. Carolyn Carter was crowned queen with Larry Lester as king, eight contestants including six attendants and carnival clowns performing. Net profit was shared among classes and the student council and Junior high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desmond
Carolyn Carter
Larry Lester
Carolyn
Larry
Bob Ruby
Larry Everts
Ivy Ruby
Santa to Visit Clare on December 20
Santa’s mail box fills with wishes as Clare residents await his arrival on December 20. He will come to McEwan Street aboard a fire truck from the Clare Fire Department and attend a city hall party to hand out candy to children 12 and under.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Clare
Citizen’s State Bank
McEwan Street
Drillers Basketeers Schedule Highlights Key Performers
The Scott Drillers pause for four days after a busy stretch then face Beal City on Thursday. Standouts include Bill Dewey with 15 points per game and Art McColgan scoring 18 in Midland, with Benedict at 12 in the opener. The squad travels to Houghton Lake for a double header and hosts Clare next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Drillers
Beal City
Hee Court
House of David
Clare Mig
Midland 102
Midland
Mt. Pleasant
Bill Dewey
Bob Gordynec
Benedict
Art McColgan
Drillers
Saginaw St. Peter and Paul
Farwell
Central Michigan
Clare
Ralph Brown
St. Louis
Harrison
Bob Darling
Houghton Lake
Manton
Clare High
Serious Accident At Farwell Road Junction
A heavy crash occurred Friday near the US 10 and M 115 intersection in Farwell involving a car and a bread truck. Ice on the road caused the collision injuring three people from Cadillac Roy Ulmer his wife Ruby and John Heath. They were taken to Clare General Hospital by Coker’s Ambulance and remain there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Ulmer
Ruby
John Heath
Cadillac
Clare General Hospital
Cokers
Sill
Clare Red Cross elects new officers at December meeting
At the Clare county Red Cross meeting on December 1 at Doherty Hotel, Carl Stevenson was named County Chairman with Mrs Murl Houghton as Treasurer and Leslie J Negins as First Vice Chairman. Home Service, Blood Bank, and Fund Drive roles see changes, while retiring chair Leslie J Nevins praises volunteers and urges full support for future drives and a summer Water Safety program.
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Clare County
The
American Red Cross
Doherty Hotel
Carl Stephenson
Murl Houghton
Leslie J. Negins
Mable Horton
Home Serveice
Tim Frey
Blood Bank
Leslie J. Nevins
Red Cross
Home Service
Clare
Phinisey Mothers Club Plans School Room Frames
The Phinisey Mothers Club met at Phinisey School Thursday December th with seven members. Mrs. Erwin led the meeting, Secretary’s report approved, business session held, and a motion to frame pictures for the school room carried. Marguerite Dawson is to arrange frames. Next meeting set for January 5th, 1958. Tea and cookies were served by Mrs. Dawson Mrs. White and Mrs. Erwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phinisey Mothers Club
Explosion damages West Grant School furnace
An oil furnace explosion at West Grant School tipped vent pipes and blew a damper piece across the room injuring no one but causing soot damage and closing the school until repairs were completed. Floyd Squires reported the furnace was repaired and classes resumed after a one day vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Grant
Floyd Squires
Squires
Holiday Party at Lake School Monday Night
The Lake school announces its annual Christmas Party and program for local children. The event is Monday evening December 22 at eight o'clock at the Lake. A full program of fun singing and holiday events is planned and parents and the public are invited. School buses will call for the children and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lake School
Lake
Isabella County Fair Board to Convene December Meeting
The Isabella County Fair Board, 25 members from civic and rural groups, will meet Monday evening December 15 at 8 15 in the county courthouse. They will select a manager for the 1958 fair and discuss attractions and entertainment contracts. The group will attend the State Association meeting in Detroit January 19 and 20 to coordinate midway attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Fair Board
Isabella County Court House
Detroit
County 4-H Awards Presented Last Week At Achievement Supper
At the Harrison high school 4-H achievement supper, 150 members leaders and parents gathered for a pot luck meal. Leo Fitzpatrick presented awards including the Michigan Farmer honors to Joanne Bates and Donald Shay, with several members receiving cattle dairy garden and canning recognitions. Ray Bordton spoke as Michigan 4-H Delegate, slides on Holland farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County 4-H Club
Harrison
Leo Fitzpatrick
Joanne, Bates
Donald Shay
Michigan Farmer
Joyce Kleinhardt
Bennie Rountree
Phyllis Rountree
Margaret Penrose
Morris Penrose
Joanne Bates
Pat Pudway
Joyce Keysor
Garon Kleinhardt
Joanné Bates
Rotarians Hear Coach Tell Of Football Season
Rotarians hear CHS head coach Bill Seitz describe the 1952 football season and prospects for 1953 basketball and grid play. He praises his players for a successful year and shares stories of athletic events. Clare is planned for March basketball tourney play in class B with district action at Cadillac.
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Doherty
CHS
Bill Seitz
Seitz
Clare
Cadillac
Chuck Ferguson
Ludington
Leonard Braur
Lansing
K. T. Bordice
Walt Kleiner
Ralph Myer
Saginaw
Theft Suspects Give Up After Two-Day Pursuit
A backwoods manhunt ended with the capture of Charles Valmaretta and his wife near Harrison after a two day chase across Isabella county. The couple fled on foot from theft and breaking and entering cases, abandoning a four month old baby, with police from multiple agencies converging before the arrest at Brown Garners store. Loot recovered from their truck included a television set and silverware linked to crimes in Clare and Farwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Brown Corners Store
Charles Valmaretta
Weidman
Indiana
Isabella County
Mt. Pleasant
John Graham
Craven
Rock
Bear den
Us-27
Valmaretta
Sheriff's Departments
Isabella
Gladwin
Clare
Kleinhardt
Aid Newman
Brown Garners
Claude Fordyce
Farwell
Rock’s
Fordycehams
Don Harrison
Mickey McDonald
North County
Hear den
Heys
Kiwanis Goodfellow Sale Sets Clare Christmas Drive
Kiwanis club plans a Goodfellow paper sale in Clare on Saturday December 20. Dick Groves and Ken Ritter head a committee for a special Sentinel edition sold on the streets to raise funds for Christmas baskets and gifts, with proceeds contributing to the charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanians
Goodfellow
Clare Sentinel
Clare
Kiwanis
Dick Groves
Ken Ritter
The
Sentinel
Mt. Pleasant Choir Presents Fourth Messiah Performance
The Mt. Pleasant Community Festival Chorus and Orchestra will stage Handel's Messiah for the fourth annual time on Wednesday evening December 17 in Warriner Hall Auditorium on the Central Michigan College campus. Bernard Stone conducts. soloists include Gean Greenwell Betty LaLone Eugene Grove and Miss Armeling. The 200-strong chorus draws from local business professionals students and townspeople. The orchestra is student and townspeople based under Lorentz Hansen. The concert is free to the public as Central Michigan College's Christmas gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Alma College
Betty LaLone
Central
Lorentz Hansen
Central Michigan College
Music
Grangers Set Joint Installation In Isabella County
Clare and Isabella county Granges announce a joint officer installation Saturday evening December 13 at eight o'clock with Coldwater Grange at Britton Hall. Oysters for the sapper ais to be furnished by Isabella Pomona Grange. attendees asked to bring potluck baskets and table service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Isabella County
Coldwater Grange
Britton Hall
Isabella Pomona Grange
Clare County Students Enroll at Central Michigan College
Thirty seven Clare County students are enrolled this semester at Central Michigan College. Campus enrollment totals 2096 for the fall. Names from Clare include Ann Lynn Bayes Dennis John Benedict Sidney Rolland Court and others. From Farwell Harrison Lake and Lake George list additional student names.
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Clare County
Central Michigan College
Central
Clare
Ann Lynn Bayes
Dennis John Benedict
Sidney Rolland Court
Shirley Jean Hein
Lyman H. Hemmert
Melford Leon Lueder
F. Richard Murphy
Arnold L. Newman
Kenneth Jay Schaeffer
Arthur Gilmour -Sills
Richard Lee Smith
William Edward Southern
Russell Hope Strange, Jr
Richard Lee Ulrich
Farwell
Mabel R. Brasington
Claude Elton Fordyce
Alvin Roy Loomis
Florence Marie Siegle
Art Leonard Stinchcomb
Harrison
Robert Charles Amble
Thomas Howard Brockway
Wayne Edward Bucholz
Devonne R. Cassiday
Bob James Darling
Harold G. Freeman
David Allen Prescott
Leonard
Carrol Rose
Laura Mae Skinner
Barbara Ann Stanley
Barbara Jean Walker
William Ben Young
Lake
Natalie Marie Gray
Gene T. Howell
Sharon Marie Hulin
Norman O'Neil Terwilliger
Flora (Jackson) VanSickle
Lake George
Barbara, M. Hunter
Collegian Richard Ulrich Enrolls at Ferris Institute
Richard Ulrich son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Ulrich of 205 HE 5th St Glare enrolls for the winter term at Ferris Institute. A Glare High School graduate class of 1952 he is taking a drafting course there.
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Richard Ulrich
Arthur Ulrich
Glare
Ferris Institute
Richard
Glare High
Clare Pioneers Fall to Harrison in Tight Home Loss
Clare, led by Ted Hoersch with 17 points, fell 50 to 31 to Harrison Hornets in a home game. Irv Ruby Hadley Elgar Gerald Fullerton and Mike Dwyer contributed on defense as Clare showed promise but early ball handling and inexperience hurt the effort. Reserves lost 29-28 in overtime after a late Nard Robinette shot tied the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneers
Reed City
Clare
Ted Hoersch
Pioneer
St. Louis
Green and White Warriors
Irv Ruby
Dick Graham
Gerald Fullerton
Clare Cagers
Seitz
Hadley Elgar
Harrison
Hornets
Mike Dwyer
Little Pioneers
Nard Robinette
Well Baby Conference Details and Venues
The Monthly Well Baby Conference will meet at Farwell Town Hall on Wednesday December 17 from 9 to 1 and at Clare Congregational Church Basement on the same day from 1 to 3. Additional session at Harrison Court House Basement on Friday December 19 from 9 to 11:30.
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Farwell Town Hall
Clare Congregational Church
Harrison Court House
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Mirs
Son
Masons
Basketeers
Elect New Co
Rev. L. J. Nevins
T. B. Seal Payments
Clare Area
Gerald XK. Strobel
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Strobel
Phinisey School
B. C. Mellencamp Co
Enlm
Harrison Club
Mark Bicknell
Ben Bosink
Citizens State Banke
Merlewayne Cotton
Michigan State College
Bosink
Te Bank
Bud Kane
George
Bud) Kane
Coleman
Dow
Clare High School
Army of Occupation
Japan
Dow Chemical Company
Florence Kane
Winnie Denton
Barbara Mead
Merced
California
St. Cecilia Church
Brown Corners
Messiah
Grangers
CMCE
Our. Collegians
Rosebush
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