Michigan Highway Dept expands CWA road projects and federal grant plans
The State Highway Department reports 7.45 million dollars in road contracts and 12.79 million federal grant funds allocated for Michigan projects. With 168 federal grand road projects under contract in 68 counties, the department aims to place all grant funds under contract early next year, barring right of way delays. The CWA program continues with 29,377 workers on 536 road projects and 1,906 trucks and 597 teams in use, with over 1,000 new projects prepared for Civil Works Board approval to sustain employment as funds permit.
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State Highway Department
Murray
van Wagoner
State Administrative Board
Michigan
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Highway Department
Civil Works Board
Former Clare Lady Escapes Serious Injury in Wreck
Mrs Lucille Nutter of Clare survived a collision when a car carrying her and two cousins Max and Rex Helman struck a moving train on an icy crossing at the hill bottom. Nutter sprained wrist and minor bruises. Max suffered a crushed chest. Rex required twelve stitches for a head wound. car was a total loss.
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Clare
Red Cross Distribution Plan and Lost Cash Notice
The Clare County Chapter of the American Red Cross will distribute clothing from the L O D F ball weekly on Friday afternoons under Mrs Leah Gardon instead of twice weekly. Lost on Clare Street Thursday were about $60.00 in bills. Finder should return to Farmers Ind Produce Company for reward.
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Clare County
The
American Red Cross
Leah Gardon
Clare
Rules On Processing Tax Speaks To Farmers And Purchasers
The Commissioner of Agriculture stresses strict rules for processing tax. Farmers who butcher and sell hogs may be first processors and liable, but they must not have the tax paid or deducted by buyers. Report attempts to shift the tax to the farmer to the State Department of Agriculture and to the Detroit Internal Revenue Collector. Taxes on home grown food for family or household use are not required.
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Samuel T. Metzger
State Department of Agriculture
Lansing
Internal Revenue
Detroit
City Basketball Teams Win Pair Wednesday Nite
Wednesday night featured two City League games with Clare Merchants defeating Remus Independents 29 to 28 in a tight opener. In the second, Doherty Travelers from Clare beat Gover's Sport Shop 50 to 46 after a late surge and rough play.
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Clare Merchants
Remus Independents
Jead
Merchants
Gover
Mt. Pleasant
Doherty Travelers
Doherty
College Town Boys
Clare
Brow
American Legion Meeting at Grayling Next Tuesday
The Tenth Congressional American Legion holds its regular Mid winter meeting at Grayling on Tuesday January 16 with Legion Post 106 organizing. The event runs from 1 PM for four and a half hours of winter sports followed by a business session and banquet then dancing or night sliding.
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American Legion
Grayling
Congressional American Legion
Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Legion Post No. 106 of
Boy Scouts of
Holger IF. Peterson
The
Commander Hall of
Xmas savings club join at The Citizens State Bank
Readers are invited to join the Xmas savings club at The Citizens State Bank with details about money position and tax planning due next December.
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Xmas Savings Club
Citizens State Bank
Former Clare Co. man killed near Owosso Monday
Himer Kress 26 son of Mr and Mrs Harry S Kress of Lake George was killed Monday evening when struck by a car on State trunk line M21 eight miles east of Owosso. He was returning from Flint with Benjamin Buck and was not facing traffic when the vehicle hit him. George Worley of near Flint drove the car that struck him. Kress died en route to Owosso Memorial hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday at Jennings-Lyons in Owosso with interment at Oak Hill cemetery.
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Owosso
Flint
Himer Kress
Harry S Kress
Lake George
Kress
Benjamin Buck
George Worley
Mr. Buck
Worley
Owosso Memorial Hospital
Jennings-Lyons
Oak Hill
New Year Pageant Dazzles Congregational Church Audience
The Congregational church pageant sponsored by the Ladies Guild drew near full attendance on Sunday evening. Grandma narrates a New Year reminiscence to two grandchildren with quilts recalling courtship, Indian camps, and cow boy trails while a choir performance and soloists enhanced the tableaux.
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The
Ladies Guild
A. Artibee
Grandma
D. Kempa
Gloria Perry
Betty Sutton
A. B. Wylie
Anny May Smalley
Austin Bates
Norris Hiden
Jane Davy
Marjorie Sanford
Russel Koch
Wallace Creguer
Arlo Oden
Frances Davy
Bride
Irene Radcliffe
Elinabeth Feighner
Betty Gardineer
Virginia Kirkpatrick
Patricia* Doherty
Lola Sanford
Margery Parrish
L. EE. McCulloch
Li BH. McCulloch
Albert Dawe
M. D. Feighner
Harold Fleming
Oyster Supper Tonight for Dover Busy Bees
The Dover Busy Bees host an oyster supper at the Herb Gilmore home Friday night January 12. Tickets are ten cents and include jello and cake with the oysters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover Busy Bees
Herb Gilmore
Auction Sale of Five Horses on East 6th Street
Public auction for five horses to be held at my barn on East 6th Street Tuesday January 16 at 2:00 p m cash terms. A J Morgan conducts the sale with good stock ready.
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East 6Th Street
Clare Debaters to Meet Petoskey in Final Season Tilt
Clare high school debate team will face Petoskey in the last league debate of the season Friday at 8:00 p.m. in the school auditorium. Clare will support the affirmative on the radio broadcasting question. Petoskey will defend the negative. Representing Clare are Frank Reger Mary Baxter and Margaret Maloney. Public invited.
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Clare High School
Petoskey
Clare
Frank Reger
Mary Baxtey
Margaret Maloney
Fire department rights of way clarified in city rules
City chiefs cite repeated issues with motorists tailing fire trucks during alarms. New guidance quotes Section 4714 of the 1929 laws, requiring vehicles to pull aside and stay clear, and banning following within five hundred feet or parking within a block of a stopped apparatus.
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North City
Nmtil
East Fifth Street
Haley
Fire Department
Unique 1902 Sears Roebuck Catalog Displayed at The Sentinel
The Sentinel reports an intact 1902 Sears Roebuck & Co. catalogue donated by Everette Allen of Hatton township. The cloth bound book sold for $1.00 and features engravings of watches jewelry and no automobiles. A skirt description highlights heavy repellent cloth velvet trim watersilk and three folds with a 125 inch flounce.
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Sentinel Office
Sears Roebuck & Co
Everette Allen
Hatton Township
Rev R J Devine Chart Talks Tour Michigan Clare
Rev R J Devine pastor of a Fundamental church at Oak Park Alabama tours Michigan and Canada delivering chart based talks for parents Bible school teachers and Christian workers. The first week at Clare Baptist church features nightly talks except Saturday focusing on youth issues and practical solutions. The second week offers seven sermons on the Prodigal Son.
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Clare Baptist Church
R. J. Devine
Oak Park
Michigan
Canada
Cradle Roll Harbor
Pastor Devine
Clare
Clare Study Club Holds January Meeting with Address by Mrs Green
The Clare Study Club met January 9 at Mrs Nellie Sherwoods home. A luncheon at 1 30 was served by Mesdames Doherty Sherwood and Feighner supervised by Mrs Gleason and assistants. President Mrs Mary Green spoke on giving and read a New Year verse referencing 1934. Program included a piano duet by Mrs Wylie and Frances Anderson and a solo by Verna Harrold with Mrs Sherwood at the piano. The meeting covered business including a juniors party report.
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Clare Study Club
Nellie Sherwood
Helen Doherty
Nellie Feighner
Leon Gleason
Mary Green
Edgar Guest
Amiles
Green
Adelaide Wylie
Wylie
Frances Anderson
Victor Herbert
Verna Harrold S
Sherwood
Oil Derrick Erection and Wells Progress Near Section 26
Construction materials are hauled for Russell No 2 derrick on section 22. Sincci No 2 on section 26 shows spudding completed Wednesday night and drilling downward. House No 3 in section 26 has casing finished and drill below 1300 feet. Brooks No 1 in section 14 has reached 385 feet. Smith No 1 in section 30 has passed gas level at 1309 feet toward the oil-bearing zone.
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Russell No. 2
Section 26
House No. 3
Brooks No. 1
Section 14
Smith No. 1
Wise
Congregational Church Holds Annual Meeting and Social
Members and friends gathered for a pot supper at 6 30 p.m. Tuesday for the church annual meeting. The banquet followed by addressing reports from officers indicated encouragement and hope for the year.
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Congregational Church
Norris Hiden
L. 3. Davy
A. EB. Wylie
Sam Loomis
Norris Hilden
J. Rodgers
A. FE. Wylie
W. EB. Tichenor
Wellman
Basset
Rogers
Woertgen
Clare High Suffers Narrow Defeat in Open Clash
Clare High boys put forth their best game of the season at Coleman Friday, scoring 21 points to Coleman’s 23. The Clare offense shone at times, but fouls and free throws swung the score, with nine fouls called on Clare and 11 Coleman free throws. Bowler Doherty and Gillis fouled out as eight Clare players saw action while Coleman used five men.
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Clare High
Coleman
Brown
Clare
Doherty
Gillis
Clare Boys
Sutton
Bowler
Charls Lee dies in Hood River on New Year day
Charles Lee a former Clare resident died January 1 in Hood River Oregon after a heart attack early New Year morning. He was born May 18 1868 in St Charles Michigan and had lived in Clare and Portland before moving west in 1917. He leaves a widow two daughters three grandchildren and a brother in Owosso Michigan with services held at Andersons Funeral Home amid Idlewild cemetery interment.
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Chas
Lee
Oregon
Vernon Township
Chas. Lee
Clare
Hood River
St. Charles
Michigan
Charlotte Martin
Portland
Ore
Apple Grocer's Association
Zana Lee Carnes
Charlotte MacLeod
Willard Lee
Charlotte June Carnes
Jimmy MacLeod
F. WH. Lee
Owosso
Mich
B. P.O. BH
Anderson’s
Buckley
Idlewilde
Prof Larzelere Addresses Clare CofC Monday
The Clare Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting at the Doherty Hotel Monday night with Rev Albert Dawe invoking, Norris Hiden leading singing, and Geo White introducing Austin F Bates and Norris Elden. Prof Larzelere of Mt Pleasant spoke on the money question focusing on Roosevelt’s silver policy and the gold standard's shift, detailing currency history and proposed silver purchases.
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Clare Chamber of Commerce
Doherty Hotel
Albert Dawe
God
Norris Hiden
Geo. White
John Doherty
Austin F. Bates
Norris Elden
Larzelere
Mt. Pleasant
Roosevelt
Beaver Caught Alive in Wire Trap Near U S 10
Beavers from Clare County drew crowds as residents viewed a live beaver on Tuesday courtesy of Chas Ford. The pair has troubled the Clare County Road Commissioners by damming a creek near US 10 west of Lake, risking road overflow. The alive trap captured the male, with the female to be relocated after care.
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Chas. Ford
Clare County
Ford
Harrison
C. A. Hildebrandt
Clare
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Clarettes
Clare CO
Owosso Mon
Harry Kress
Alex Artibee
A. J. Morgan
Clare Debaters
INI
Fire Dept
Albert Haley
Baptist Church
State
Study Club
Evart
Gladwin
Cee
Prof. Larzelere
Clare C
S. Carl Holbrook
Able Corp of Assistants
U.S. 10
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