Michigan Supreme Court tackles Pere Marquette oil lease case
A quo warranto suit in the state supreme court challenges the Pere Marquette railroad right of way lease for oil and gas exploration. Attorney General Voorhies leads the case with Virgil W. McClinic, charging conservation and safety concerns as the court weighs the railroad’s authority to authorize drilling near tracks and property lines. No hearing date set. action could set future Michigan policy on resource development and railroad rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
State Supreme Court
Pere Marquette Railroad
Paul W. Voorhies
Virgil W. McClinic
Pure Oil Company
Michigan Natural Gas Corporation
Saginaw
Bay City
William J. Sovereign
P. M
Broomfield
Isabella County
Sovereign
Pere Marquette
Grant Township
Clare County
Voorhies
Pere ‘Marquette Railroad
Michigan Public Utilities Commission
Michigan Natural Gas Corp
Mt. Pleasant
Consumers’ Power Company
Detroit City Gas Company
Clare Man Weds Pontiac Lady On New Year Eve
Glenn J. Lloyd married Miss Dorothy E. Austin at seven thirty in Clare. Rev. William Pellowe of Royal Oak officiated. Attendants were bride’s cousins Erma Dohrman and George Vann. They work at Pontiac Motor Company and plan to reside on a farm east of Clare.
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Glenn J. Lloyd
Dorothy E. Austin
William Pellowe
Washington Street
Royal Oak
Erma Dohrman
George Vann
Clare
Ladies Guild Reelect Officers at Annual Meeting
The Ladies Guild of the Conese nar claves held its annual gathering with favorable reports from officers and committees. Officers were reelected: Artibee, Feighner, Kemp, Northon, and Douglas. Husbands joined for a pot luck supper and social time, with an indoor baseball game ending in extra innings to decide the victors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Guild
Estella Artibee
Nellie Feighner
Caroline Kemp
John Northon
Homer Douglas
Surprise Charivari for Penrose and Spink After 28 Years
Mrs. Owen Spink and Ernest Penrose staged a village charivari after two months of Penrose eluding friends. The 1932 revel included dynamite and saws, ending with the couple standing on their heads as guests reveled with cigars and candy before plans for a trailer ride and more mischief were proposed.
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Ernest Penrose
Owen Spink
Mr. Spink
Penrose
Robert Kleiner
Orville Bates
Tori
Clare Merchants Lead to Vic tory Through Week
Clare Merchants basketball team won at Gladwin 31 to 8 and beat Navy Blue Jackets 54 to 20 in Saginaw. In a double header at home Clare B defeated Big Rapids Commercial 32 to 15 while Clare A edged The Shubel Shoe five 28 to 21 with Lansing players noted for discipline. Next home game set for January 18.
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Clare Merchants
Gladwin
Saginaw
Navy Blue Jackets
Clare
Big Rapids
Shubel Shoe
C? Lansing
Altho
Lansing
Lansing Boys
Mrs Chas Peters Dies at Daughter's Home in Saginaw
Mrs Malinda Peters died at 8 15 Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs Sarah Morrison in Saginaw The body went to Thorton Son Funeral Home for burial beside her husband who died December 23 1930 Funeral services are set for Friday at two oclock led by Rev J M Lockyer.
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Malinda Peters
Sarah Morrison
Saginaw
Thurston & Son Funeral
J. %. Lockyer
Cherry Grove
Clare Young Man Makes Record Trip to Columbus Ohio
Donald Artibee and Robert Hubbard left Clare with forty seven hours and one dollar forty three cents for a journey to Columbus Ohio. They used a handmade sign reading please to attract rides from motorists and traveled by day with two nights of sleep. Hubbard resides near Columbus and the pair planned to stay in the city for some time.
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Clare Young Man
Columbus, Ohio
Donald Artibee
Robert Hubbard
Clare
Columbus
Ohio
Hubbard
Michigan
Hubbbard
Ohio City
Citizens State Bank Stockholders Meeting Notice
The annual meeting of the Citizens State Bank stockholders will be held at the Directors’ Room on Tuesday, January 10 at 8:00 p.m. in St. James. Directors will be elected and other business proper to come before the meeting will be transacted. John S. Bicknell, President.
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Citizens State Bank
Bank
Lot
Calvin Coolidge Dies Suddenly at Northampton Home
News broadcasts report ex president Calvin Coolidge died Thursday afternoon at about 1 15 in the Northampton Massachusetts residence. Mrs Coolidge reportedly found him dead after returning from shopping.
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Calvin
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Woods Store Burglary in Gilmore Township
Robbers broke into J. B. Wood’s General Store in Gilmore Township last week Thursday morning, forcing the front door lock and stealing most of the stock valued over 150 dollars. Guards suspect the culprits watched the premises. a truck was used to haul groceries, tobacco, cigarettes, dry goods and clothing. Sheriff Landon deputy Jos Rawson and Sheriff Woods with State Police aid search for the thieves.
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Harry
J. B. Wood
Gilmore Township
Wood
Landon
Jos. Rawson
Isabella County
Woods
Justice Callihan
Clare County
Auxiliary Luncheon Marks New Year House Event
Twenty seven members and guests gathered for a one o clock luncheon at Mrs A B Mulder's home as the club turned over a new leaf for 1933. The program featured reports on past activities, a paper on Why The Bells Ring, and plans for welfare work and layettes.
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Memmers
A. BE
Mulder
Mesdames Gillespie
Goodman
Fisher
Greenman
Hall
Schultz
Maxwell
Langston
Pratt
Parent
Richard
Kennedy
Elliott
Theda Welch
Clara Sternaman
Ruth Hachmuth
Dora Lockyer
Hachuuth
Local Theatre Schedule Highlights Classic Westerns and Comedies
At the Ideal Theatre premier shows include Ken Maynard and Targan in a frontier tale with a local resident clashing with chain stores. Also on screen are Harold Lloyd in a comedy and Blués craft film. Final lineup features Laugh-Tonie and a Monday evening movie.
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Pri
Law
Ken Maynard
Targan
Harold Lloyd
Central Michigan crude price rises to 95 a barrel
Central Michigan crude oil prices advance with Pipelines raising to 95 per barrel effective last Saturday after earlier five cent bumps. Producers Pipe Line and Pure Oil Pipe Line posted gains, signaling stronger demand and better marketing conditions in Michigan and boosting incentive for more drilling. Isabella County Times News notes renewed confidence and potential wildcatting prospects.
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Central, Michigan
Pipe Line Company
Central Michigan
Michigan
Producers Pipe Line Company
Pure Oil Pipe Line Company
Simral ‘Pipe Line Company
Peerless Oil Company
Isabella County Times-News
Liberal Donations for Welfare Baskets in City and County
The Welfare committee received strong support for Christmas baskets with donations of potatoes onions cabbage beans and sugar plus cash totaling 9 dollars 10 cents. Mrs Caple led the project with about seventy five baskets packed Mayor Wilson helped deliver them using the city truck. The committee thanks local merchants citizens and rural helpers and notes a large potato supply available through the Red Cross committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Caple
J. H. Wilson
Clare Man Don Canfield Elected Secretary of State Senate
Don W. Canfield former editor of the Clare Courier is elected Secretary of the State Senate and slated to be the new secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee whose headquarters move to Lansing. The Sentinel offers congratulations and best wishes.
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Clare Young
Senate
Don W. Canfield
Clare Courier
State Senate
Democratic State Central Committee
Lansing
The
Sentinel
Don
Annual church meeting at Congregational Church next Tuesday
The Congregational church will hold its annual meeting next Tuesday evening January 10 following a pot luck supper. Officers and committees with reports are asked to have them ready for the gathering. Supper at 6:30 and the meeting to start immediately after.
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Congregational Church
Devere Schoonover Passes Public Accountant Exam
Nevere Schoonover has passed the Michigan State Board of Accountancy exam entitling him to be a certified public accountant. He trained four years in accounting under Carter H. Dyer of Saginaw after Ferris Institute studies. Schoonover, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Schoonover, will reside in Saginaw and is praised by Clare friends.
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Nevere Schoonover
Michigan State Board of Accountancy
Schoonover
Ferris Institute
Carter H. Dyer
Saginaw
Clare
Devere
Arthur Schoonover
Sagnaw
Former Clare Resident Dies of Pneumonia in Riverdale
O H Birdsall of Grant township reported the death of his father Salma W Birdsall of Riverdale who formerly lived on a farm near Harrison. Funeral services are set for the United Brothers church in Alma on Friday with interment in Harrison. Obituary to be published next week.
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O. H. Birdsall
Grant Township
Salma W. Birdsall
Riverdale
Harrison
United Brothern Church
Alma
Kriz
Clare City Tax Collection Notice
City tax collection announced by Vera B. Peterson City Treasurer, at Citizens State Bank for Clare residents next week Monday evening and all day Tuesday January 10.
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Citizens State Bank
City of
Clare
Vera B. Peterson
Clare Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting Scheduled
The Clare Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting next Monday evening at the Doherty Hotel. After the banquet officers will be elected and committee reports given. A program by Clare High School students and faculty includes a debate on The Sales and Income Tax with the team famed for three straight wins.
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Clare Chamber of Commerce
Doherty
Clare High School
M. B. Gallagher
White
Chamber of Commerce
First Report on 1932 Sale of Christmas Seals
The Michigan Tuberculosis Association reports that Clare county raised 16.69 dollars by December 31 from the 1932 Christmas seal drive. Officials note many families could not meet quotas and urge continued support to combat tuberculosis, especially as rates rise in major cities.
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Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Clare County
County Road Commissioners Address Rumors About Bruce
The Clare County Road Commission denies rumors about Samuel Bruce. Bruce remains employed with salary and vehicle support. he was reassigned from county township duties to focus on trunk lines. The commission asserts no need to justify to Lansing or Grand Rapids and notes extra expense funds come from the county road fund.
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Clare Road Commission
Samuel Bruce
Road Commission
Bruce
Gemimission
Lansing
Grand Rapids
County Road Fund
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State
Pere Marquette Railr
W. J. Sovereign
Weil
Bloomfield Township
Theo. G. Bowler
Ponular
Clare Man
Pontiac
Mrs
Glenn Lloyd
City
Chas. Peters
Thurston Funeral Home
Jomnes
Bicksiell
Prew
Woods Store
Ideal Theatre
Digisep. John
Mexeguth
Mande
WM. A. Comstock
Devere Schoonover
Public Accountant
C. OF C
Teany
Yale Key
Sentinel Office
John. Astine, Chai Glare
County
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