City report shows six months of growth across Clare
City revenues and department activity for the first half of the fiscal year show new building permits totaling 28 with value 252 325 including commercial, residential, garages and churches. Police added one officer and a woman night desk clerk. Water and sewer work upgrades, new equipment, and a near completion of a $20 000 fire station are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Wedge
Clare
Police and Justice
William Cook
Frens Kuula
William Dunlop
Clare Police Issue Good Will Parking Tickets Before Christmas
Clare police paused parking tickets during the rush to issue warning notices on expired meters. The benevolent tickets advised drivers that meters were expired with holiday wishes from the Clare Chamber of Commerce and Police Department. Police later reminded drivers to feed meters once the amnesty ended. Three accidents followed in the week: James L. Howlett, 18, collided on Pine Street and was cited for reckless driving. Ruby Garfield sustained a concussion and her husband sustained injuries in the crash. Elva Gruno received head lacerations after a fifth street collision with Dr. Harry W. Guinand driving the other car. Mary Ann Barnhart and William Corrie were involved in a backing-out incident, with Corrie cited for failure to yield right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare City
Clare Chamber of Commerce and Police Department
Clare
James L. Howlett
Pine Street
Ruby Garfield
East Sixth Street
Howlett
Garfield
Clare General Hospital
Sam
Elva Gruno
Farwell
Leonard Gas Station
West Fifth Street
Fifth Street
Mary Ann Barnhart
R-3
Fourth
Fifth
William Corrie
A-1 Lake
Damage In Two Fires At Rosebush
The Rosebush Fire Department responded to two fires last week. On Sunday December 15 the Norman Johnson home near Weidman Road suffered heavy interior damage due to defective wiring. Occupants were Ed Diehl and Larry Randall and Mt Pleasant aided. On Wednesday evening a fire at the Joe Baronik farm shed northwest of town destroyed tractors and tools with Mt Pleasant assisting to protect other buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosebush
Norman Johnson
Us-27
Weidman Road
Ed Diehl
Larry Randall
Mt. Pleasant
Joe Baronik
Texaco Introduces Speed Charge Service In Clare Area
Residents with Texaco credit cards receive new plastic cards enabling the Texaco Speed Charge Service. Grand Rapids official G B Fraser announces the system, effective January 1, 1958, featuring an imprinter that prints 80 percent of the invoice in one motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Texaco
G. B. Fraser
Texas Company
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Sentinel Sets Early Press For Holiday Issue
The Sentinel moves up deadlines for next week's holiday edition with copy for news and advertising due by 10 o clock Monday morning, a full day and a half before regular schedule.
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the Sentinel
Skin Divers Test Winter Waters at Higgins Lake
Seventeen Michigan State Police skin divers faced a winter training test in near freezing air at Higgins Lake. They broke a 40 foot ice rim, swam up to 15 minutes underwater, and were trained since August to recover drowning victims and gather evidence in cold and balmy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State Police
Higgins Lake
Conservation Training School
East Lansing
Higgins Jake
Two Penrose Holsteins Set Milk Records
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America reports two Penrose cows with record production. Carliska Penrose Maxine yielded 17,606 pounds of milk and 645 pounds of butterfat after 350 days of twice daily milking. Montfor Penrose Loreen Laura produced 16,009 pounds of milk and 673 pounds of butterfat over 357 days. Michigan State University aided weighing and testing under the Herd Improvement Registry program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Howard Penrose & Sons
Clare
Carliska Penrose
Montfor Penrose
Loreen Laura
Michigan State University At
East Lansing
National Holstein Organization
Odd Fellows Dedicate New Clare Hall in 1958
The Clare IOOF Lodge plans a 1958 dedication for its new hall on Wilcox Parkway at Clare Tourist Park. A 2 PM ceremony will feature dignitaries, with a 5 PM dinner. reservations due January 5. The 40 by 80 foot concrete block building includes dining room lounge and lodge rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Clare Ioof
Lodge
McEwan Street
Grand Lodge
Rebekah Assembly
Ina Hammond
Noble Grand
Rebekahs
IOOF
Michigan
Wilcox Parkway
Herbert Randall Sr
Ioof Lodge
Andréw Irwin Sr
Robert Archambault
Clarence Ramey
Eva Schlafley
Fern Archambault
Carrie Green
Ernest Irwin
Fannie Yeoman
Farwell Ioof
Rebekah
Coral Bromley
Baldwin
Earl Marmon
Ludington
Bromley
Rites Held for Ellen Graham Farwell Lifelong Resident
Ellen Louise Graham 62, of Farwell Michigan died December 19 1957 at Community Hospital Mt. Pleasant. Survived by sons Meryl Farwell and Clelan Palos Verdes Estates California grandchildren Judith Ann Dana and Lucinda and many relatives. Funeral services were held December 22 at Farwell Methodist Church with Rev L J Nevins officiating. Interment Surrey Township Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Louise Graham
James
Catherine Davison
Farwell
Michigan
Mt. Pleasant
John Albert Graham
Gilmore
Meryl
Clelan
Palos Verdes Estates
California
Ann Arbor
Flint
Judith Ann
Dana
Lucinda
Farwell Methodist Church
L. J. Nevins
Surrey Township
Funeral Services for Alma Emaline Coe
Funeral services for Alma Emaline Coe 82 of Loomis die December 23 will be held today at 2 pm at Thurston s Funeral Home Clare with Rev J Nevins officiating and burial in Wise Township Cemetery Survivors include daughter Mrs Harley Sowle and son Ross Coe both with families in Clare Loomis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Emaline Coe
Loomis
Thurston
Clare
J. Nevins
Wise Township
Gee
Fred
Harley Sowle
Ross Coe
Fire prompts smoke damage at East Fifth Street home
Clare fire crews responded to a home on East Fifth Street last Thursday at about 9 30 a m after a dishpan on the stove burned dry and the dishcloth smoldered causing smoke damage to the house. No flames were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Fire Department
Mid Wentworth
East Fifth Street
North State Fair Boards Elect Rose President
Rose North State Fair Boards elect Rose of Harrison as president of the Northern Michigan Fair and Racing Association at a December meeting held December 12 13 at Hotel Doherty. He succeeds Senator John Minnema as association head with fair board members from Clare Harrison Traverse City Petoskey and other counties participating in talks on fair dates exhibit upgrades midway bookings and entertainment contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Rose
Harrison
Clare County Fair Board
Northern Michigan Fair and Racing Association
Doherty
Mr. Rose
John Minnema
Traverse City
Association
Fair Board
Clare, Harrison
Petoskey
Cheboygan
Alpena
Hale
Imlay City
Croswell
Midland
Cadillac
Ludington
Caro, Standish
Mt. Pleasant
CHS Falls to Tall Ithaca Pioneers in Conference Clash
Ithaca high school's basketball team handed Clare High School a 73 to 31 defeat at Ithaca. Four Yellowjackets scored in double figures as the hosts pulled away after a close first quarter. John Miller led Clare with 16 points. The CHS JV also lost 66 to 28. Clare will play Mt. Pleasant January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca High School
Clare Pioneers
Ithaca
Pioneers
Yellowjackets
Ithaca Cagers
Clare
John Miller
Ithaca Jayvee
Mt. Pleasant
CHL Basketeers
Shepherd
Durand
Lehr Station Wins 3rd Award for Holiday Decor
George Lehr's Shell service station on East Fifth Street Clare wins first place for holiday decoration and general appearance among 65 Shell stations in the Saginaw district for the third year in a row. The award includes a $75 check. stations are judged on appearance convenience facilities restroom cleanliness and holiday atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lehr
Shell
East Fifth Street
Clare
Saginaw
Lehr
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James S&s. Bicknell
State Highway Department
Mance
Schoolcrest
Sunset
Sewers and Sanitation Department
W. Fourth Street
Little Tobacco
Parks Department
Harry W. Guinand
Ewart
Barnhart
New Texaco
Avwards
Roy Phillips
Ray Agle
Ernie Biyant
David Mirton
Penrose
Odd
Rose Jerred
Ellen Henderson
Mat Brown
Cecil Bouchey
Yth
Hammond
Ellen Graham
North State Fair Boards
CHS
Lehr Station
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