Vernon Township to hold meeting on fire protection
Residents of Vernon township schedule a Saturday 1:30 pm meeting at the town hall to seek a better fire protection arrangement after the Clare Fire Department contract expired December 31. Supervisor James Walsh’s illness holds up tax bills and delays clear totals for Sections 21 and up, while other sections await Isabella county action.
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Vernon Township
Clare
James Walsh
Vernon City
Town Hall
Sheridan Township
Vernon
Wise
Clare Department
Carl Seiter
Isabella
Walsh
Hem
Lip Reading and Sewing Lead Adult School Offerings At Clare
The Clare Public School Adult Education program adds lip reading for the hard of hearing taught by director Genevieve Fleming. Classes meet Tuesday 7 30 p m with a 10 dollar fee. sewing starts Friday 7 30 p m. Other Monday and Wednesday evening courses include cake decorating physical education typing knitting art and more with fees 3 50 per course except Lapidary Medication class and Lip Reading. The enlarged skating rink is open for adult use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Fleming
Clare Public School
Scouting Roundtables Set Across Mt. Pleasant District
About 50 adults attended January roundtables for Cub and Boy Scout leaders in Mt. Pleasant. Meetings coveredistrict events at Rowe Hall and Gannard School with February sessions planned. Delta College hosts University of Scouting on March 1 offering 43 courses for leaders and volunteers.
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Mt. Pleasant
Rowe Hall
Gannard
Tomahawk
Clare
Airport Community Center
First Methodist Church
Main Street
University of Scouting
Delta College
Jaycees Search for Miss Clare in Pageant Contest
Clare residents ages 17 to 24 may enter the Miss Clare pageant sponsored by the Jaycees to compete for the Winter Festival crown on Saturday night January 25. Final winner will be crowned by Bob Reynolds at the Festival Ball and earn the Miss Clare County Winter Sports title. Judging at the Doherty Motor Hotel Wedgewood Room starts Saturday at 3 00 p m with EV 6 2667 for details.
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Clare
Farewell
Lake
Harrison
Bob Reynolds
WJR Radio
Miss Clare
Jaycees
Doherty Motor Hotel
Wedgewood Room
Shamrock Not For Trout In Clare County Lakes
Bait dealers and retailers warn against ice fishing for trout at Clare's Lake. Shamrock is not open for trout through the ice though pike and panfish are allowed. Any trout planted there must be returned. Windover Lake remains the only Clare County lake where trout fishing is legal.
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Clare’s Lake
Shamrock
Clare County
Windover Lake
Winter Festival banquet and events at Clare County venue
The Winter Sports Festival features a banquet at Doherty Motor Hotel on Saturday at 6:00 PM with a prior 4:00 PM broadcast by Bob Reynolds. Miss Clare County Winter Sports Queen will be chosen, and awards include a 6 hole golf trophy. Additional activities include skiing at Snow Snake and Mott Mountains and a Penguin Dance on Shamrock Lake Sunday. Spectators welcome. Tomatoes reserved at 80 percent redness noted by MSU horticulturists.
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Doherty Motor Hotel
Bob Reynolds
WJR
Doherty
Lone Pine
Citizens Bank
Clare County
Clare
Farwell, Harrison
Lake Don Bryants Orchestra
Twin Elms
Snow Snake
Mott Mountains
Tom Dunn
Clare Hayseeders
Shamrock Lake
Michigan Tourist Council
County Blood Program Faces Quota Shortfall in Clare
Clare Red Cross Blood Bank risks ending its countywide program with a 300 pint Monday shortfall. The bloodmobile will visit Clare Congregational Church from noon to 6 pm to collect donors, aided by Holley Carburetor workers and local firms.
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Clare County
Red Cross
U.S
Canada
Clare
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Clare Congregational Church
Beaver Tool and Dow
Clare Fabricated
Residents seek state ruling over denied school transfers
A Clare area group plans to appeal to the State Board of Education after the Intermediate District Boards denied transfer petitions to Clare Isabella District No. 8. They challenge the Vernon Road division line and argue Clare transport distances and tax issues affect access to schooling.
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Rosebush
Clare
Mt. Pleasant
Clare- Isabella
State Board of Education
Isabella
Vernon Road
Clare McTaggart
Ntermediate Board
Glare
Mt Pleasant
Four Clare lakes listed in statewide winter survey
Four Clare county lakes Shamrock Upper Breman Deadman's Farwell are among thirty Michigan waters to be surveyed this winter by a Conservation Department mapping crew. They will plot bottom contours lake outlines depths and shoreline features for future fish management. Maps from the study will be reproduced and shared with fishermen and frontage owners.
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Clare County
Michigan
Conservation Department
Shamrock
Upper Breman
Deadman
Farwell Lakes
VFW District Rally Planned for Clare in February
Clare VFW Post and Ladies Auxiliary discussed plans for the 11th District Rally to be held in Clare on February 2. They outlined 1964 activities including Color Guard participation on Memorial Day and events for the 4th of July, Little League opening, and County Fair, plus a parade float possibility and building fund reports. Four or more recruits and several reinstatements are expected at the January 23 meeting, with an open invitation to members to join in community-benefiting VFW activities.
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Clare
Clare V.F.W. Post and
Ladies Auxilliary
Harrison
County Fair
V.F.W
Slow Auto License Sales Prompt Rush Warnings
Rex Allen of the Allen Insurance Agency says auto licenses have moved slowly since November 1 1963 and urges car owners to apply early to avoid a February 29 deadline. He warns of possible outdoor lines in February and notes commercial vehicles need not be re weighed if last year’s registration is shown. All applicants must bring their car title.
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George Bradley
Lake Thirteen
Bob Allen
Allen Agency
Sentinel
Rex Allen
The
Allen Insurance Agency
Allen
Farwell Residents Win in National LP Gas Contest
Two Farwell residents, sponsored by the Fuelgas Company of Clare as an LP-gas council dealer member, won prizes in a national contest. Mrs Rose Worstell received a modern fully automatic LP-gas range and Neva Mielke won an automatic LP-gas water heater.
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Farwell
Fuelgas Company of
Clare
Rose Worstell
Neva Mielke
CHS Five Routed 78-46 At St. Louis
The Sharks defeated Clare 78 to 46 in St. Louis Friday night as Jerry Russell scored 25 points to lead all players. St. Louis jumped to a 16-8 first quarter edge with heavy rotation of 11 players contributing to the scoring.
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CHS
St. Louis
Pioneers
Sharks
Clare
Jerry Russell
Shark
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Call Vernon
Clarence Gumin Clare
Pink
Michigan State University
Joseph Venner
A.R.C. Regional Blood Center
Lansing
Curtis Morton
Holley Carburetor Co
Holley Carburetor Company
Bloodmobile
Alex Strange
Red Grass
Holley
Bea=ver Tool
J.R. Gershon
Inurg
Clare General Hospital
U-M Hospital
Ann Arbor
Doris Fishbeck
Blood Center
Venner
Lyle Skinner
Clare School Board
Clare Board of Education
Richard Wheeler
Pean
Gael
Munday
Clare Seheal Board
Neil Stirling
Frank JT. LaGoe
Matt McConnell
John Marvin
Michigan Christian Advocate
Clare Methodist
D. R
VFW
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