Enrollment Starts Monday for Clare adult education
A growing Clare area program will offer 13 evening and day courses starting the week of January 12. Enrollment may reach 180 adults. classes include shorthand, bookkeeping, cake decorating, ceramics, driver training, music, photography, Spanish, typing, tap dancing, sewing, woodwork, and more with a $3 fee for most courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Genevieve Fleming
Don Richardson
Lloyd Conley
Lee Sowle
Olive Evans
Mexico
Larry Thomas
Farwell School
Joanne Wilcox
Esther Williams
Ae Jre
Carleton Garthe
Dairy Tour Today Visits Outstanding Isabella Operators
A Dairy Tour visit to the largest and most modern Joose housing program in central Michigan is planned for area dairymen. Isabella County Extension Director Bert C. Mellencamp and the tour party will visit the Charles J. Wilson farm as the third stop on a schedule beginning at 10 am with a dinner at St. Leo's Church in Winn.
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Michigan
Isabella County
Bert C. Mellencamp
Charles J. Wilson
Wilson Farm
St. Leo’s Church
Winn
Wilson
Mt. Pleasant State Home
Base Line
Blenda Life
Mellencamp
William Block and Sons
Mt. Pleasant Police Post
Us-27
McDonald
Clint Meadows
MSU
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Big Wilson Farm
Evangelist Richard Auman to Visit Eagle Church of God
Evangelistic services will run two weeks at the Eagle Church of God five miles north of Clare starting Sunday January 11 at 8 pm. Rev. Richard L. Auman of Latrobe Penna a Navy veteran and longtime church leader will lead nightly services and bring his trumpet for musical numbers. He has held multiple church and scouting roles and will be guest speaker at a luncheon with MSU dairy specialist Clint Meadows after the stops at local farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Church of God
Clare
Richard L. Auman
Latrobe
Penna
Richard
Findlay College
Allman
Board of Missions
West Pennsylvania
C.G.Y.A
Department of Evangelism
State Council of Churches
Council
Community Juvenile Commission
Brackenridge Church of God
Commission On Scouting of the Westmoreland
Fayette Council
Valley Forge
Auman
Peasing
Elza Beery
The
PTA Leaders Conferen School Study in Mt Pleasant
A Michigan PTA statewide program holds a Studying Michigan Schools Conference at Central Michigan College in Mt Pleasant on January 10, 1959. The event gathers 12 regional sessions with educators as resource persons and group leaders from Clare and surrounding counties.
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PTA
Clare County
Central Michigan College
Floren Pudway
Clare
Richard Schroeder
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan Congress of Parents and Teachers
Mason, Lake
Oceana
Newaygo
Osceola
Mecosta
Montcalm
Isabella
Gratiot
Michigan
Charles W. Neldrett
Pontiac
Neldrett
Keeler Union
Judson Faust
Edwin Spade
Plates On One Day Sale In Farwell
The Secretary of State announces a temporary Farwell office on Tuesday January 13 from 6 30 to 9 30 for auto license plate distribution. Vehicle owners must bring registration papers and titles whether buying at this travelling branch or the regular office.
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Alien Agency Secretary of State
Clare
Farwell
Michigan
Allert
City Commission Moves To Expand Airport by 80 Acres
The City Commission resolved Monday to submit a bid for 80 additional acres at the city airport site. The expansion aims to lengthen runways to accommodate larger planes used by commercial, charter fliers, and private business firms such as Holley Carburetor Company. Clare Chamber of Commerce and local civic groups back the project via its Industrial Development division.
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Holley Carburetor Company
Clare Chamber of Commerce
New Classes For Artists Begin This Week
A new series of art classes led by Virginia Seitz started the week of January 12. Beginners to experienced painters meet weekly for eight weeks, with afternoon and evening options at 114 East Fifth Street. Enroll by calling Mrs. Seitz before January 10. Mrs. Seitz also announces art appreciation sessions for patrons, focusing on understanding and evaluation of canvas artistry, weekly for eight weeks, with enrollment by January 10.
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Virginia Seitz
Valley Trails Council Polar Bear camp set for January weekend
The Valley Trails Council schedules a Polar Bear camping trip at Camp Rotary for January 10 and 11. Over 200 scouts and leaders expected. second class rank required for eligibility. proper outdoor prep advised. Also Ledder training begins January 14 at Clare high school with sessions January 21 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. Den chiefs and den mothers welcome. Harrison Troop 145 plans hikes January 11 and 25 with a late February or early March camp rotation.
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Valley Trails Council
Rotary
Jack Scheall
Bob Pinaire
Clare
Tomahawk District
Isabella
Harrison
Bill Amble
Republicans Set Date For Convention
Robert H. Campbell announces Clare County spring Republican convention at the Courthouse Harrison January 21, 1959 at 8 00 pm to elect four delegates and four alternates for the State Convention in Detroit February 14 1959 at 11 00 am The August 1958 primary delegates are authorized and Clare County gains one delegate due to higher Republican votes. Committee officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Campbell
Clare County
Republican Committee
Harrison
Detroit
Henry and
Edsel Ford
Chaiurman
Sarah Schaeffer
Montze Gee
Fern Rose
Rival Feats Of Bunyan
Michigan communities show real life Bunyan like feats through collective effort. Citizens unite for development and prosperity, surpassing legend by turning collaborative strength into tangible achievements and progress.
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Paul Bunyan
Paul
Babe
Michigan
United States
Hercules
Mr. Bunyan
City approves Six-Point Program for workers benefits
City Commission adopts a six point plan offering a five percent wage raise a 40 hour work week with 44 hours for street crews a city paid Blue Cross plan 1 day sick leave per month up to 24 days and safety code upgrades retroactive to January 1 1959 pending employee approval. Local union plans to review terms as City Manager Gunn prepares details for the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
City Hall
Clarence Gunn
Crnie
Gunn
State Management Institute
Ann Arbor
Jackson Street
Sam Garfield
Lance Thayer
Clare Study Club Annual Meeting Includes Indian Speaker
The Clare Study Club met January 6 at Clare Congregational Church with a roast beef dinner at 6:30. Mrs Walter Eroh opened the program, introducing guest speaker Mrs E P Donald of Mt Pleasant, India, who described her country’s dire conditions before the club adjourned to vote on officers and donate to an Indian boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Study Club
Clare Congregational Church
Walter Broh
Leon Dull
Lionel Duncan
E. P. Donald
Mt. Pleasant
India
China
Eroh
Walter Eroh
Olive Evans
Reva Maxwell
Charles Day
Long Time County Surveyor Arthur Johnson Dies Here
Arthur D. Johnson longtime Clare county surveyor died Friday at his daughter’s home in Clare after a long illness. Born June 22 1870 in Richland Township Saginaw County he lived in Dover Pratt and Clare communities. He began public service in 1902 as county surveyor and served 25 years on the ballot before 1954.
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Arthur Johnson
Arthur D. Johnson
Richland Township
Saginaw County
John B
Lucinda Bennett Johnson
Laport School
Alma High School
Clare
Nellie Burd
Laport
Dover
Pratt
Johnson
Florida
Harry Foss
Blanche Smith Allen
Clare County
Claré County
Walter Moore
Courtry Drains
Deadheads in Michigan Rivers Reveal Old Logging Feats
Historical note on deadheads buried in sand beneath Michigan waters. Log drives left piles that later surfaced in rivers like Au Sable Muskegon and Manistee. Contest over ownership occurred with Muskegon Boom Co and other mills as workers recovered pine and hemlock logs decades later.
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Michigan
AuSable
Yockey
Oscoda
Louie Sands
Muskegon
Houghton Lake
Muskegon Boom Company
Muskegon River
Ann Arbor
Templé
Tom Dwyer
Clare
Otsego Lake
Oilers rout Clare High 79 to 32 in basketball clash
Mt. Pleasant’s Oilers overwhelmed Clare High School 79 32 as Dick Flynn and Matt Kirkconnell led with 17 points each. Bill Legg topped Clare with 15 and Jeff Raymond led Clare JV with 11. Ithaca visits tomorrow as Mid-Michigan B League play resumes.
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Clare High’s. Pioneers
Mt. Pleasant
Oilers
Dick Flynn
Matt Kirkconnell
Clare
Bill Legg
Jv’s
Jeff Raymond
Ithaca
Guest Preacher at Congregational Church Sunday
The Rev. E. Lynn Partridge will be the guest minister at 11 o clock on Sunday. His sermon topic is Who Killed Cock Robin. Partridge previously served as guest raini ator at the church in November.
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E. Lynn Partridge
Cock Robin
Partridge
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Bernice Wilson
Fleming
Naoma Kigar
Robert McDaniel
Child Psychology
Bver
Dairy Tour
Eagle Church
Commission
Blue Cross Insurance
Donald
Norris Elden
Ld. Nevins
Virgil Bergstrom
Willis Hawkins
James Bures
East Fifth Street
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