Pinewood Derby crowns top Cub Scout Porter at high school event
January Pack meeting in the high school cafeteria featured 34 of 37 boys racing in the Pinewood Derby with Chris Porter winning blue ribbon and pocket knife. Charles Yancer and John Hodges took second and third, while badges were awarded to Michael Jones and Robert Horton. Announcements previewed Scout Week and a Blue and Gold banquet set for February 22.
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Duane Hagan
Den 5
America
U.S
Chris Porter
Charles Yancer
John Hodges
Michael Jones
Robert Horton
Den 4
John Smallwood
William Lewis
Lewis
Hagan
Clare Sentinel brief item February 2 1967 column note
Local item from Clare Sentinel notes a brief February 2 1967 A-2 column update. Mentions community happenings and upcoming events with concise, period-voice phrasing.
New Release Plan For Active Duty Reserve Officers
Secretary of Defense McNamara announces a policy allowing reserve officers not to be retained on active duty without consent after completing their obligated tour. The plan, effective Jan 18, requires completion of any definite term agreed to and aims to release involuntarily kept officers by June 30 1967.
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Washington
ANF
Secretary of Defense
Roberts S. McNamara
Sunday and Saturday Socials Around Mann Siding
Local residents visited neighbors across several towns. Jennie Jordan and family called at the Bennett home in Mann Siding. Stephisons hosted guests in Lansing. Beaverton and LeRoy families made Sunday calls. and others hosted or visited in De Witt Farwell and Clare areas.
Community Dinners and Visits Reported Across Local Families
Farwell and Mt. Pleasant area residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. George and Herm an Babck hosted siblings, Tony Warner's daughter and son in law hosted, and other gatherings involved the Gillum, Cook, Gainsforth, Kadwell, and Ockert families plus the Obrien children and Wilma Fountain in Edmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Babcock
Herman Babcock
Douglas Gillum
Tony Warner
Wendell Cook
Bernice Cook
Roy Gainsforth
Bruce Pelch
Garrie Irwin
Leah Wiggins
Ellen Nevill
Mt. Pleasant
Mable Campbell
Thomas McCormick
Leslie Krantz
Flint
Wilbur Fletcher
Albert Kadwell
Ewart
Lawrence Kadwell
Obrien
Melvin Ockert
James Obrien
Wilma Fountain
Edmore
Snowy Weekend Notes From Clare Area Residents
In Kalamazoo 29 inches of snow were reported by a daughter to Mr and Mrs Pearl Hanner on Sunday. Visits spanned from a Saturday call with Floy Hichhorn and son Danny who shoveled snow for grandparents Alma Perry. A Wednesday dinner guest circle included Ethel Goudie and the Goudie children visiting Flossie Jarmin in Rosebush. A supper gathering with Gary Agle and Alma Perry occurred at Waters of Lake George. Old Dobbin helped Jim Pratt of Owosso in the storm, and a Saturday home party included Vernie Hose and families. Emerson Blodgett and family attended Oscar Plumton’s funeral in Barryton.
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Pearl Hanner
Kalamazoo
Floy Hichhorn
Danny
Alma Perry
Ethel Goudie
Clare
Goudie
Flossie Jarmin
Rosebush
Jim
Vernie Hose
Vernon Pratt
Bernard Dawson
Wilbur Fletcher
Emerson Blodgett
Oscar Plumton
Barryton
Enjoy Trip To Washington
Mrs Emerson Blodgett and her children Jean and Harry traveled with her parents to Portsmouth Virginia and Washington DC. They toured the Capitol White House Lincoln and Washington Memorials viewed the Presidents Beagles and Kennedy grave and visited the USS Forrestal. They stayed at the Governor Denmindi hotel and enjoyed meals with her son Private Ted Northwood before returning home.
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Emerson Blodgett
Jean
Harry
Harry Hoffman
Barryton
Portsmouth
Virginia
Ted Northwood
Navy
Washington D.C
Capital
White House
Lincoln
Washington
Kennedy
Ports Mouth
Governor Denmindi Hotel
U.S.S
Forrestal
Blue Star Mothers Hold Meeting and Quilt Project Update
The Blue Star Mothers met last Tuesday January 24 at the hall in Farwell for a birthday lunch with fifteen mothers present. They meet weekly on Mondays for quilt sewing and report seven regular attendees, inviting more members to join.
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Blue Star
Farwell
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Beaverton Rd
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Colonville Road
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Decatur, Il
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