Crowded Clare school seeks addition to present plant
The Clare school district asks voters on March 6 to authorize a $185,000 expansion to relieve overcrowding and extend facilities for junior high and high school, with $23,000 in treasury and a 15 year bond plan. Ballots include adjusting millage and bond authorization, aiming to preserve educational standards and local growth.
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Clare
Consumer Power Company
Mt. Pleasant Board of Education
East Side
State Securities Commission
Educational Academo
Library Story Hour Opens Saturdays at City Library
The city library hosts a weekly story hour every Saturday starting at 1:90 PM, inviting children and families to enjoy tales and activities in a community reading program.
Reverend Stick to Speak on Dark Africa at Clare
Rev Henry A Stick, head of Adams College Theological Department in South Africa, will address a public meeting at Clare Congregational Church on Thursday March 2 at 8 00 pm with additional talks at the Rotary Club and Kiwanis dinner. He has served Zululand Transvaal and Natal since 1912 and often aids missions. The program includes a Coleman High School Girls Glee Club performance and a piano solo by Miss Martha Jean McKinnon.
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Henry A. Stick
Adams College
South Africa
Stick
Clare Congregational Church
Clare
Rotary Club
Kiwanis
Harrison
Mr. Stick
Zululand
Transvaal
Inhambane
Natal
McCord Zulu
Durban
Congregational Church
Harold Collins
Coleman High School
Martha Jean McKinnon
Elmer Lackie Barn Disaster on February 11
A 36 by 50 foot barn on the Elmer Lackie farm four and a half miles east of Clare on US 10 burned in the early evening of Saturday February 11. Firemen saved nearby stacks of clover seed and straw as the structure, hay, grain, and equipment suffered about 6500 dollars in losses, with partial insurance coverage. The farmer and wife reported no other occupants and no one was seen around the barn.
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Lackie
Clare
Us-10
Clare and
Coleman
Bob Kelsey Sets New Series Record in City and Inter-City Leagues
Clare Ailey reports a City League high series as Bob Kelsey bowling for Rotary posts 204 212 258 for 674, surpassing Don Brinkerhoff's 670. Wally's Tackle Badger team in the Inter-City League tallies 2831, with game scores 977 915 939, led by L. Shélander 629 and W. Merten 626.
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Clare Ailey
Bob Kelsey
Don Brinkerhoff
Wally
City Association
L. Shélander
W. Merten
Man and Woman Plead Guilty of Serious Offense
Aieeu Berris of Farwell and Donald Lauzet of Pinconning were arrested in Clare for lewd and lascivious cohabitation. Both signed confessions and were bound over to Circuit Court on $500 bonds. upon failure, jailed in Harrison. Pleaded guilty before Judge Holbrook. remanded for probation investigation. News also reports a young Indigenous girl found nearly frozen near Rosebush, later identified as Winifred Kahgegale, 18, with recovery to return home. James Swindiehurst of Mt. Pleasant pled guilty to disorderly conduct and property destruction in a Clare tavern, ordered to restitution and costs. Home intrusion at Rosebush attributed to unknown entry through broken windows. no items reported stolen.
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Aieeu-Berris
Farwell
Donald Lauzet
Pinconning
Clare
Wm. B. Dunlop
Harrison
Donald B. Holbrook
Morris Shaw
Midland
Isabella County
Raymond Martin
Rosebush
Karl Kriener
Central Michigan Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Winifred Kahgegale
James Swindiehurst
R-2
Clare Tavern
Art Jackson
Martin
George H Phelps Dies in Greenville at 80
George H. Phelps of Greenville and former Clare resident and businessman died at the Alma Masonic Home on February 14 at age eighty. Funeral services were held in Greenville on Thursday with burial beside his wife.
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George H. Phelps
Greenville
Clare
Alma Maxons¢ Homie
Warren Decker Engaged as Clare Chief of Police
At the Clare City Commission meeting a motion carried to engage Warren Decker as Chief of Police for the city effective March 1. Decker, a former Michigan State Police trooper from Mt Pleasant, recently resigned to remain in the vicinity and will live in Clare. A motion to seek a city manager was approved to fill the vacancy. The commission adopted a tribute to late W H Erter, water works engineer for 33 years, and will present a framed copy to his family.
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Clare
Warren Decker
Decker
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan State Police
Shirley Martin
Giant
Super Markets
Deckers
W. H. Erter
City of
Rev E E Redman Accepts Paw Paw Pastorate
The Rev H E Redman, pastor of Clare First Baptist Church for the past eight years, will leave for a larger congregation at Paw Paw Michigan. He plans to move his family soon and will preach his farewell sermon in Clare next Sunday February 26.
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H. E. Redman
First Baptist Church of
Clare
First Baptist Church
Paw Paw
Michigan
Notice Nominating Petitions for Clare City Commission
Nominating petitions for Clare City Commission must be filed by March 14, 1950. Alex McKinnon 2317 City Clerk.
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Clare City Commission
Alex McKinnon
Clare Manufacturing Employees Win Second Prize in Safety Contest
In 1949 Clare Manufacturing Company earned a certificate of merit for a long standing, superior safety record. Three years of top industry performance supported by the safety committee, supervisors, and workers led to a second prize and recognition amid a field of 25 plants.
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Clare Manufacturing Company
Michigan
Portland Manufacturing Company
Holley Carburetor
Jack Jory
A. A. McCready
John Bell
Earl Morgan
Charles Hawley
Fowler Noble
Clare to Open Tourney Against Sacred Heart
District high school basketball tournament draws list Clare facing Sacred Heart Mt Pleasant Tuesday night at 9 00 p m with Beaverton to meet the Clare Sacred Heart winner and the winners advancing to the district Class C final Friday. Independent League scores note Clare DeMolay 76 Marion 60 with Wallace 15 and Johnson 18.
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Central Michigan College Gymnasium
Mt. Pleasant
Harrison
Coleman
Farwell
Clare
Sacred Heart
Beaverton
Byatt
Clare DeMolay Independents
Marion
Bob Wallace
DeMolay
Bill Johnson
Ewart
Clare Manufacturing
Hivart
De Soto and Plymouth Bob's Bales and Service
Local service facility Bob's Bales and Service operates in Clare serving De Soto and Plymouth area customers with listings of repair and maintenance offerings.
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DE Soto
Plymouth
Bob
Clare
Hale and hearty on ninety ninth birthday
Mrs. Emma Armstrong celebrated her 99th birthday February 15 with a Methodist Church and W.S.C.S. birthday dinner attended by over one hundred friends. Family present included daughters Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Davis, a niece Miss Edna Seeley, and others. she has lived in Clare County, Michigan, since 1874 and is noted for long church service and teaching.
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Emma Armstrong
Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
Gertrude Smart
WolIney Davis
Edna Seeley
Bendemeer
Jesus
Doris Gerow
Armstrong
Schoharie County
New York
Clare County
Michigan
Wilson and
Phimsey
Old Vernon School
Clare
George Armstrong
James Seeley
Farwell
Grogan Farm
Scottville
Dairy Meetings Scheduled in Harrison and Grant Township
Don Murray of Michigan State College will speak to dairymen in Harrison at 10:00 a.m. in the Court House basement and in Grant at 1:30 p.m. at the town hall next Tuesday February 28. He will cover dairy management practices to improve product quality and marketing issues.
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Don Murray
Michigan State College
Harrison
Grant Town Hall
Court House
Murray
Silver King Thactor Sales and Service Item
Norman V. Myers operates Silver King Thactor sales and service at 244 miles east of Cornwell Farm. Local agricultural dealer offers parts and repairs.
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Norman V. Myers
Cornwell Farm
Wreck Toll Mounts in Week with No Fatalities Reported
A string of police investigated accidents on US-27 US-10 near Clare and Mt. Pleasant involved many drivers from Mt. Pleasant Rosebush Clare and Harrison. Damage ranged from 25 to 400 dollars with two injuries and one possible skull fracture. Debris and icy pavement were cited as causes and officials investigated each incident.
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Coleman
Mt. Pleasant Post
Clara Mae Harr
R-3
Clare
Acker
Harr
Leonard James Keusch
Detroit
Darrill Thomas
H-1
Thomas
Keusch
Chas
A. Schafer
Rosebush
John W. West
Schafer
West
Conroy G. Moore
Lansing
Moore
Birt Lindsey
Harrison
Coleman Road
Dale Greason
Brown
Beaverton
Nilson Sharp
R-4
Donald Sharp
Dale Brown
Coulter
Gladwin
Mt. Pleasant
Isabella County Court House
John Graham
Raymond Martin
Graham
James H. Johnson
Gladvin
Johnson
Stewart McArthur
Walter J. MacMillan
Petoskey
Cornwell Road
McArthur
MacMillan
Collinge Robinson
Mt Pleasant
Bertha Carroll
Us-10
Denver
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City Commission
W.W. H. Erier
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Fathers and Sons
George Washington
Norris Hilden
America
Dexter Elden
George Beck
Don Richardson
Andrew Irving
Bill Barber
Sacred Heart Academy of Mt
Norris Widen
Ladies Guild
Church
James Rassat
Stanley Parrish
Harold Fleming
E. E. Redman
Paw Paw Church
Maurice Studio
Hale and Hearty
Harrison and
Grant Township
Thactor
Central Michigan
Robinson
Garroll
Raymond Martint
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