Old wash tub to modern machines a history tour
Clare column traces the evolution of home laundry from 1897 Sears catalogs through early 1900s wringer benches and metal machines. It notes the 1900s Power Washing and Wringing Machine, later detergents, and the shift to automatic washers. The piece also covers a storm lodging tourists, an adventure film, and a 500 mile snowmobile race in Sault Ste. Marie with 20,000 spectators and winner Mike Nickerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Chelsea House
Clare
Sault Ste. Marie
Mike Nickerson
Vestaburg Mich
Clare Lions Charter Receives First Year Leader Gary Rayburn
Clare Lions Club received its charter last Saturday at Hotel Doherty. Twenty two charter members will meet on the first and third Thursdays. Gary Rayburn will lead in their first year declaring the motto We Serve. Small crowd at Clare races saw Burr Stoner win Ski Doo, Frank LaGoe take jump suit, M D Young win boots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Lions
Clare Lions Club
Doherty
Clare Club
Gary Rayburn
Rayburn
Clare
Twin Elms
Burr Stoner
Farwell
Frank LaGoe
M. D. Young
Milliman elected to MPA board
Richard L. Milliman president of the Clare Sentinel Inc. was elected to the Michigan Press Association board at the annual Lansing convention. He writes a weekly commentary on the Sentinel editorial page and publishes the Livingston County Press in Howell. Alfred Bransdorfer attended with Sentinel staff and his wife Ruth. Gov. Milliken and Lt. Gov. Brickley spoke at the event along with leaders from business and education. The convention ended with the All Michigan Dinner featuring Michigan produced foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Milliman
Clare Sentinel Inc
Michigan Press Association
Lansing
Milliman
the Sentinel
Livingston County Press
Howell
Alfred Bransdorfer
The
Sentinel
Osceola County Herald
Reed City
Phil Schneider
Paul Schroeder
Ruth
Michigan
William G. Milliken
James H. Brickley
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Mary Osborn 85 Dies in Clare After Long Illness
Mary P Osborn 85 of 202 East 7th Street Clare died February 5 at Midland Hospital after a long illness. Born June 19 1885 in Homestead township Benzie County Michigan she lived in Almira Center Benzonia Clare and had taught school. She married James W Noffsinger in 1905 and later Delbert Warren Osborn in 1942. Surviving are stepsons Zola Russell Kathleen Leslie and a niece. Funeral services were held February 9 at First Baptist Church Clare with burial in Homestead Cemetery.
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Mary P. Osborn
East 7Th Street
Clare
Midland Hospital
George
Lydia Potter
Homestead Township
Benzie County
Michigan
Almira Center
Benzonia
Mary
Mt. Pleasant State Teachers College
Ferris Institute
James W. Noffsinger
Grover Hill
Ohio
Dolly
WPA
Cheybogan
Lansing
First Baptist Church of
Donald Herweyer
Homestead
Stewart J. Gillard Jr
Stewart Gillard
John Street
Central Michigan Community Hospital
CMC Hospital
Deborah Ann
Amy Jo
Joseph Gillard
Tucson
Arizona
Clarence Emerson
Bay City
William H. Flower
Little Traverse
Petoskey
Jason
Madge Holden Flower
Bellevue
Reba Weller
Huntington Indiana
Bill
Collins Drug Store
Charlotte
Alma
Farwell Drug Store
Corning Lodge
Farwell State Savings Bank
Jason Samuel
Franklin
Whitehall
Terence
McMillan
Coker
Farwell
Miriam DeMint
Surrey Cemetery
William Walter Mainhood
Coleman
Geneva Township
Raye Wheeler
Marion
Coleman Farm Bureau
Coleman George Edward Young Legion
John
Torrence
California
Roderick
Midland
Enid Robbins
Pheonix
Elizabeth Mainhood
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Dorothy Mainhood
Bangkok
Thailand
Mary Ellen Zuwerink
Fremont
Elsie Barnhart
Flint
O’ Laughlin
Ralph Edwards
Warren Township
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Clare’s
High School
City Council
Burt
American
North American
Art Dubs
Oregon
Ideal Theatre
BY Schrot
Chamber
Alaska
Baja
MPA
Beaverton
GEM Theatre
SUN
Clint Eastwood
Telly
Kellys
Heroes
Walt Disney
Aristocats
Bert Head
Clare Osteopathic Hospital
Margaret
Floyd
Pearl Snyder Trowbridge
Benton Harbor
Bertelead
Ardis Nursing Home
Bert
Bert Jr
Charles
Traverse City
Yvonne Rulapaugh
William
James Trowbridge
Robert Trowbridge
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
Luke Stephan
Coker Funeral Home
Pleeeze
Owens Corning
Fiberglas
Clare Hardware
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Alan Curtis
Jonathan Frid
Grayson Hall
Kathryn Leigh Scott
Roger Davis
Nancy Barrett
John Karien
Louis Edmonds
Donald Briscoe
Joan Bennett
Collins Stoddara
Sam Hall
Gordon Russell
GPSE
Dan Curtis
Metrocolar
MGM
Ristocar
Technicolor
Butna Vista Listribeiun Co
Walt Disney Productions
Lincoln
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bank Stint Qo
Clare Rosebush Coleman
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