Community News Roundup From Clare and Nearby
Dozens of Clare area residents visit relatives in Flint Detroit and Bay City while family travel and hospital trips fill a busy period. Local guests include Cora Button Traverse City and the Holmes family Oakley and Flint with many short visits and weekend gatherings across Clare and Beaverton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mya
Ed. Gorr
Flint
Wm. Tryon
Lansing
Clare
Cora Button
Traverse City
D. W. Osborn
Wendell Drailette
Michele
Weidman
Howard House
Oakley
Speed Pierce
Frank Holmes
Harold Jones
Jones
Maude Callihan
Harry
Honorably Discharged WAVES Serviceman Named
Clare County board lists several discharges including Dorothy M Shepherd Barbara D Young and Charles Kuehn Jack M Phelps Cleo A Paxton received honorable discharge January 7 at Great Lakes after service in the WAVES with Daytona Beach and Lake City Florida duties She earned the American Theater ribbon and Victory medal and rests with her parents Mr and Mrs Russell Paxton visiting brother James Paxton who returns from six years in the Army Air Corps
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County Board No. 1
Shepherd
Dorothy M
Clare
Young
Barbara D
Charles
Cleo A. Paxton
Great Lakes
Daytona Beach
Lake City
Florida
Russell Paxton
James Paxton
Army Air Corps
Sutton completes sea to home posting after service in Aleutians
Staff Sgt. Sutton arrived in Great Falls Montana December 12 aboard a C 54 from Anchorage Alaska and was discharged at Fort Sheridan Illinois December 21. He arrived at his parents home January 8 and enlisted March 1 1943 in Kodiak Alaska serving in the Aleutians. He earned the Asiatic Pacific Theater ribbon with bronze battle star good conduct ribbon and Victory medal. Stanley will live with his parents for the time being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton
Great Falls
Montana
Anchorage
Alaska
Fort Sheridan
Manuel Sutton
Kodiak
Aleutian Islands
Stanley
Service member honors and family welcome home notes
Staff Sgt. Dionise arrived in San Francisco on December 22 from overseas and received his discharge at Fort Sheridan on January 2. He was met by his father at Lansing on January 3 and joined his wife Coral Gough at their home. Paul entered service January 4, 1943, went overseas with the 1st Squadron, 5th Group, Army Air Forces on November 27, 1944, and was based on Tinian during overseas service. He earned the Theater Ribbon with three Bronze Battle Stars, Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, American Defense Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, and Victory Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dionise
San Francisco
Calif
Fort Sheridan
John Dionise
Lansing
Coral Gough
Paul
Sth Group
Army Air Forces
Tinian
Marianas
Corporal Burdo Returns Home After WWII Service
Cpl Benjamin J Burdo arrived at Camp Shanks October 8 from overseas and was discharged December 2 at Camp Grant Illinois, returning home December 7. He entered service February 17 1943, served in England France Luxembourg Belgium Holland Germany and Austria earning the ETO ribbon with three bronze stars and other honors while resuming duties as manager of Clare Hardware & Furniture Company with his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Burdo
Camp Shanks
New York
Camp Grant
Ben
England
France
Luxembourg
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Austria
Clare Hardware & Furniture Company
Martz brothers inducted into US armed forces
Kenneth C. Martz and Kenneth O. Martz of Harrison are reported inducted into the United States armed forces by Clare County Selective Service Board No. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth O. Martz
Harrison
Armed Forces
United States
Clare County Selective Service Board
Church of God Sunday School Elects Officers
The Clare Church of God held a January meeting electing Roy Feighner as trustee for three years and naming Sunday School officers for one year. New duties began January 13 as the Sunday School revived with renewed order for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God Sunday School
Clare Church of God
Roy Feighner
Gladys Schug
Lois Tope
Cora Wilson
Treas
Wanda Chapman
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Harve Sarter
Dale Etter
Dansville
Nelson Ritter
Fort Knox
Kentucky
M. R. Howlett
Vaughn Lewis
Oscar Wiley
Bay City
Merritt Ogle
Detroit
Willow Run
Stanley Ireland
Laingsburg
Harry Nowlen
John Mahoney
Dayton
Richard Hall
Ralph Brown
Harold Morton
BE. W. Wilson
Midland
Theodore
William Bowler
Harrison Simmons
Grant
Will Irwin
Bill Wild
Elsie ‘Wild
Milton J
Virgil Runyon
Jack
Allen Dale Runyon
Beaverton
Danny Crowel
Roy Fuller
Andrew
Jessie
Fife Lake
Edward Mussell
William Artcliff
Ralph Stevens
Robert Archambault
Thomas Abbott
Arthur Walter
Baldwin
Andrew Bradford
I.C.C.F
Aline Andrus
John O. Tatman
Los Angeles
California
S. Vendome
Cal. Holes
Cleland Greet
Clare Henderson
Millington
Laurence Jackson
Meredith Goudie
Robert Leposky
John Bell
Stuart Bell
Pontiac
Herman Kopplow
Custer
Charles Smith
Henrietta Smith
C. A. Shields and
Famiy
Big Rapids
Roy Shields
Ernest Chaffee
Bill
Howard Richter
Marion McCaffery
Akron
Ohio
John
Dale Groves
Johnny
Wallace Johnson
Judy
Stanley Lipski
Valerie
Helen Lipski
Stevenson Lake
Calvin Hales
Roy Sobiski
Windover Lake
Grand Rapids
Ray Archbold
Ada Maxwell
William Maxwell
Helen
Algter
Mary Lytle
Arthur Goudie
South Bend
Indiana
Walter Atkinson
Raymond Hales
Ken Carr
Eaton Rapids
Wm. T. Vaughn
Capt
Lombardy
J. E. Doherty
A. K. Rodholm
Rose Marie Jackson
Chicago
Department of
University of Chicago
Chattanooga
Tenn
Raymond Pryor
Asa Park
Robert
Standish
Edgar Park
Murl Copley
Kay
Nelsonville
Yvonne
Lawrence Leonard
Jack Leonard
Naval Air Base
Clinton
Insurance Informa
Tion
Art Damoth Agency
McEwan Street
R. E. Headington
Uncle Sam
Navy
Park View
Clare, Michigan
Clare Howe. & Furniture Co
Selective Service Report
Stanley S. Sutton
Paul Dionise
Benjamin J. Burdo
Kenneth C. Martz
J. G. White
Optometry
Mr. and
Mrs. Murl Houghton
Ruth Cleveland
June Cleveland
Clare Photo Service
McEwan
Kenneth Casteel
Merle McDonald
Optometrist
Michigan
White’s Jewelry Store