Poisoning Fatal to Two Men in Clare
Two Clare men, Charles Ogle and Frank Novak, died from poisoning after likely drinking methanol antifreeze. Novak was found in a trailer owned by James Joslin. Ogle’s room contained an empty methanol can. Funeral services for Ogle were held at Thurston Funeral Home with Rev. Hugh Kennedy officiating.
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Clare
Charles Ogle
Frank Novak
Carl Stephenson
Novak
James Joslin
Joslin
Stephenson
Ogle
Ogie
Charles Qige
Onaway
Michigan
Sadie Ogle
Phyllis Jean Crandall
Thoma Olson
Belding
Merritt Ogle
Santa Rosa
California
Thurston Funeral Home
Hugh Kennedy
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Scouts Plan Bonfire With Christmas Trees
Scouts from Troop 125 and Cub Pack 3125 in Clare urge residents to place discarded Christmas trees curbside for collection or wait until January 2 when teams will collect them. Fire Department supervisors will oversee the ignition at Cedar Park north of Clare and sightseers are invited to watch.
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Clare
Cedar Park
Garfield Power Vote Postponed
Consumers Power Company will seek approval of Garfield Township to reschedule a franchise election to February 16. The attorney general of Michigan ruled no special township election can be held within 60 days of the state primary on February 16, when circuit judge nominees are chosen, but the franchise election could occur the same day as the primary.
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Consumers Power Company
Garfield Township Board
Attorney General of
Michigan
Pri
Mary
Study Club to Host Talk by India Educator
Clare Study Club plans its annual dinner on Wednesday January 6 at 6 30 p m in the Congregational Church Reservations with Mrs Norris Elden Mrs Leslie Nevins or Mrs Vir gil Bergstrom. The speaker will be Mrs Shalini Donald of India who arrived in 1953 joined husband at Ohio State University Columbus.
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Clare Study Club
Congregational Church
Norris Elden
Leslie Nevins
Virgil Bergstrom
Shalini Donald
India
Donald
Ohio State University
Columbus
San Francisco
Mrs. Donald
Isabell Thoburn College
Lucknow
Scaritt College For Christian Workers
Nashville
Tennessee
Clare County
Harrison
Patricia Coats
Galen Coats
East Lansing
Singers From Anderson College To Perform At Clare Church Of God
A male quartet from Anderson College and Theological Seminary, Anderson India, will perform sacred songs at Clare Church of God located at W Sixth and Maple Friday at 7 30 PM. The quartet and accompanist are students from the college and are praised for their singing and Christian spirit. Rev W Lee Sickal and the congregation invite all with a free will offering.
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Anderson College and Theological Seminary
Anderson
Indiana
Clare Church of God
W. Sixth
Maple
W. Lee Sickal
Michigan Rabbits Take Spotlight As Season Opens
Rabbit season began October 21 in Michigan and runs through March 1. Rabbits outpace other game in accessibility and steadier popu lations, with hunters noting a 1 585 000 kill in 1957 and does reproducing rapidly, producing up to 20 young per doe annually amid farming practices that improve rabbit habitat.
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Michigan
1958 Remembers Clare Michigan's Year of Big Stories
In Clare Michigan 1958 featured the US 27 expressway plan and US 10 rerouting as the era's top local story. New high school construction began, civic clubs marked anniversaries, welfare funding and snowbound trials shaped the year, and Clare Manufacturing eyed aircraft expansion for 1959.
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Clare
Highway Department
Clare County
Michigan
Midwest
Straits Bridge
Midland
Ladies’ Aid of the Eagle Church of God
Clare Oddfellows and
Rebekahs
Lodge Hall
Clare Manufacturing Company
Yale Parties Fill A Busy Hotel Month
December proved busy at Hotel Doherty with many group events. Highlights included a retirement celebration for Paul Bywater and a gift of a house trailer, plus two day conventions of the Northern Michigan Fair Racing Association with 150 attendees.
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Doherty
Chemical State Savings Bank of Midland
Paul Bywater
Northern Michigan Fair Racing Association
Ladies Bowling League
Hope Methodist
Citizens State Bank
Consumers Power Company
Michigan-Ohio
Mt. Pleasant
Leonard Crude Oil Company
Sun Oi Company
Gordon Oil Company
Gordon Drilling Company
Tri-County
Clare
Isabella
Gratiot
Beta Sigma ‘Phi Sorority
Glen Hammond
Midway Cafe
City Employees Vote On Representation Amid Labor Tussle
Clare city workers prepare for a secret election to decide if their interests will be represented by a local employee group or by AFL-CIO affiliated agencies. The process follows a long dispute over union versus independent representation, with meetings set in city hall to determine a path forward.
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City of
Clare
Afl-Cio
Gordon Smith
William Bell
Ray Shoe
City Commission
Smith
Police Department
Clarence Gunn
Nivison
Albert Haley
Jack Bouchey
David Adams
City Hall
Adams
Jack Hall
Clarence Ratney
Cliff Bouchey
Skidmora
Harrison Man Injured in Hunting Accident
Willard Bringold, 23, of Harrison rural area, was wounded last Saturday when his 22 caliber pistol discharged through the left hand during a hunting mishap. He had intended to shoot a rabbit with a shotgun but pulled the pistol instead. He is home on leave from the armed forces and received treatment from a Harrison doctor, who released him.
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Willard Bringold
Harrison
Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsulas Snow Crown in East
The Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan records the most snow east of the Rockies with an average 52 snowy days December through February and a 1950 January total above nine feet in Calumet. Researchers at University of Michigan Willow Run Labs study snow conditions to predict ground snow globally for the U.S. Army Snow Ice and Permafrost Establishment. Prodigious snows and rugged winters define the region.
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Michigan
Keweenaw Peninsula
Lake Superior
Rockies
New England
New York
Calumet
Peninsula
University of Michigan
Houghton
University
Willow Run
U.S Army
Paul Bunyan
Independent workers Union wins city ballot vote
City workers held a Tuesday election on union representation. Sixteen ballots favored the independent union while one favored an affiliated setup and one was blank. New by laws and details will be discussed after the City Commission's next regular session.
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Garfield
Syracuse University
Church of God
World News
Sentinel
Weidman
Gilmore Township
D. Gransden
J. Washburn
Clare Manufacturing
Maine’s Bar
Fran Kempher
Bonnie Bauder
J. Larson
Twin Elms Golf Club
Cormy Bean
Barbara Dunbar
Beverly Thompson
Saginaw
Gere Heath
Heath
Johnston
William Cook
Harry Gustin
Gustin
Clare Baptists
Wilcox Park Drive
Chamber of Commerce
Watervliet
Barking
Laurence Seiter
Gerald Nivison
Willard Wedge
Bob Carter
Charcoal
Clare Public
Clare Rotary Club
Yale
City Police Department
Wilfred Skidmore
Citizens Committee
Shoe
Commission
Ake
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