Swearing in and local notices at year start
Judge Jon Ringelberg takes office with Clare and Gladwin county officials present. New board chair Mark McKenna and Clarence Gunn named director of equalization. Effie W Harvey laid to rest after short illness. Clare Pioneers win first basketball game 74 73 over Farwell. Junior bowling league grows. Upcoming events include a Country Jamboree snowmobile races and Clare Winter Sports Festival.
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Jon Ringelberg
Ringelberg
William Hall
Gladwin
Louis Becker
Clare
Mark McKenna
Board of County Supervisors
Clarence Gunn
Gladwin County Record
Clare Pioneers
Farwell
Pioneers
Clare Jv’s
Twin Elms
Clare County Snowmobile Association
Michigan Snowmobile Association
Charles Koch Dies Suddenly at Home in Beaverton
Charles Clarence Koch born September 23 1911 in Temple died January 11 at his Beaverton home. He leaves brothers Donald and Walter and sister Margaret Ragan of Detroit. Services were held January 13 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Thomas Smith. Burial in Cherry Grove cemetery.
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Charles Clarence Koch
Beaverton
George August Koch
Temple
Cornwell
Sheridan Township
Charles
Donald Koch
Flint
Walter Koch
Pontiac
Margaret Ragan
Detroit
Brokering Funeral Home
Thomas Smith
Flint Baptist Church
Cherry Grove
Funeral Held in Saginaw for Wallace Cook
Wallace Cook 70 of 281 Grass Lake Ave Lake passed away at home January 11 1969. Born March 28 1898 in Unionville he married Cecilia Taylor in 1946 in Detroit. He was caretaker of S J Walker Farms Windover Lake and lived in Clare County 21 years. Survived by widow three stepsons seven grandchildren a sister and a brother. Funeral held January 14 1969 at 10 30 a m Case and Company Chapel Saginaw with Rt
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Wallace Cook
Grass Lake Ave
Lake
Unionville
Cecilia Taylor
Detroit
S.J. Walker
Windover Lake
Clare County
Cecilia
Arthur Taylor
Saginaw
Gerald Taylor
Freeland
Elaine Huffman
Death Claims Mrs. White
Mrs. Mary Alice White born July 25 1879 in Bethany township Gratiot County died January 11 1969 at Ar dis Nursing Home where she had lived since November 27 1968. She married Joseph Gillis in 1897 and Edward A. White in 1927. they operated the White House Hotel and later lived at 407 East Sixth Street Clare. Surviving include four daughters three sons fifteen grandchildren and many relatives. Burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery Saginaw with funeral services conducted by the Brokering Funeral Home and Clare Nazarene Church with Monsignor Eugene Forbes.
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Mary Alice White
Lorenzo York
Bethany Township
Gratiot County
Ardis
Gratiot
Joseph Gillis
Mt. Pleasant
Edward A. White
Clare
White House
East Sixth Street
White
Pythian Sisters
Elma Clure
Idah Bellows
Adah Kinsel
Clare Mary Ellen Walters
Coleman
Roy Gillis
Detroit
Dale
Mount Olivet
Saginaw
Coker
Farwell
Snowmobile registration classes offered at Clare High School
Sheriff announces adult education registration for snowmobile related courses at Clare High School in the room of the all purpose area on January 16 from 7 to 9 PM and by contacting Larry Eastley. Investment class starts January 16 in room 211. Additional students needed for refresher typing and blueprint reading.
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Clare High School
Larry Eastley
Gene Bullard Buried in Isabella County Funeral
Gene Bullard 49 of R 5 Mr. Pleasant died Saturday January 11 at Central Michigan Community Hospital. He was born May 25 1919 in Isabella County and married Elinor Mogg December 20 1939 in Rosebush. Surviving are his wife two daughters four brothers and eight grandchildren. Funeral at O Laughlin Funeral Home January 14 with Rev. Forest Drum officiating. Burial at Riverlawn Cemetery in Isabella County.
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Gene Bullard
Pleasant
Central Michigan Community Hospital
Isabella County
Elinor Mogg
Rosebush
Elinor
Robert
Darlene) Monroe
Jerry
Luella) Billington
Coleman
Kenneth Bullard
Flint
Alden
Paul
Mt. Pleasant
Larry
Shepherd
O’laughlin
Forest Drum
Riverlawn
Former Area Man Edward L DeForest Dead at 78
Edward L. DeForest 78 formerly of Adrian and Farwell died Thursday January 2 at 4 00 p m in the Oddfellow Rebekah Home in Jackson where he had lived with his wife Mina for three and a half months Born August 27 1890 in Camden he married Mina Randolph November 29 1912 He was a carpenter in Adrian and Toledo later moving to Clare County returning to Adrian in 1956 He served in World War I with the Navy He was a member of West Adrian United Church of Christ the Men s Fellowship and the World War I Barracks of Clare a Past Grand of Farwell ICOF Lodge and a member of the Farwell Masonic Lodge Surviving Mina two sons Melvin of Adrian John of Farwell one daughter Mrs Audrey Warner of Willcox Arizona nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Preceding him in death were one son Edward DeForest Jr and four brothers and two sisters Burial was at Adrian Center Cemetery with funeral services held January 4 at 1 30 p m at Everiss Funeral Home officiated by Rev Joseph Hedrick.
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Edward L. DeForest
Adrian
Farwell
Oddfellow Rebekah
Jackson
Mr. DeForest
Camden
Mina Randolph
Toledo
Clare County
DeForest
Navy
West Adrian
John DeForest
Audrey Warner
Willcox
Arizona
Edward DeForest Jr
Everiss
Joseph Hedrick
Adrian Center Cemetery
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Effie Harvey
Effie W. Harvey
Clare Osteopathic Hospital
James M. Wood
Dover
Eagle School
Coridon Harvey
Bay City
Mildred Johnson
California
Basil C. Harvey
Burt
Mona Jean Sonntag
Rebekah
Charles Hilliard
Colonville Church
God
Cherry, Grove Cemetery
Oddfellows
Future Stars Gateway Lanes
Lauri Thompson
Scott Foster
Steve Bonham
Jim Neiderheide
Jim
Kay Bonham
Ideal Theatre
Solumbia Pictures Presents
Stanley Kramer
Spencer Tracy
Sidney Poitier
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton
Pever Wotten
William Rose
Zero Mostél
Dick Shawn
Barbella
Jane Fonda
Their
Sun
Featuring
Tex Ferguson
Farwell, Michigan
Charles Koch
Mrs. White
Darling
Michigan
Michigan Department of State
Robert Cimmerer
James Hamp, Jr
Harrison
THE
Clare Sentinel
Citizens Bank and Trust Company of
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Penson Bank
State of
John M. Bicknell
Gashier
Ansan
J. Stuart Bicknell
Mark H
Bicknell
F.T. LaGoe
State of Michigan
Bresiion
Burke & Gould Water
Ackerman Plumbing & Heating
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