Installation Ceremony for Clare Rebekah and IOOF Lodges
A joint installation on Wednesday January 14 inducted Genevieve Irwin and Joseph Swain as noble grand for 1959 with their corps of officers. It lists numerous officers for the Rebekahs and Odd Fellows, notes postponement of Theta Rho Girls installation due to weather, and records a January 17 follow up in Shepherd with staff changes and a total attendance of thirty from Clare lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Irwin
Noble Grand
Clare Rebekah Lodge
Joseph Swain
Clare Ioof Lodge
Rebekahs
Erma Rutter
Ada Beemer
Helen Welch
Alba Lyness
Harley Holt
Frank Mitchell
Eva Schlafley
Harrison Simmons
Fannie Yeoman
H B. Shepherd
Ernest Green
Olive Irwin
W. C C. Artcliff
Dorothy Shepherd
Green
Yeoman
Archambault
Patricia Holt
Rebekah
Fannie Simmons
Rose Abbott
Cecil Bouchey
Sorority Programs Highlight Four Study Topics
The Beta Sigma Phi sorority met at the Congregational Church with Exemplar and Delta Psi chapters presenting on Writing Art Nature and Awareness of Blessings. Plans included Founders Day banquet April 30, Queen Miss Clare selection, Valentine dinner February 17, pledge rituals, and outside speaker event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Beta Sigma Phi
Helen Anderson
Edgar Allan Poe
Delta Psi
Esther Davies
Louvre Museum
Jean White
Jerry Gallagher
Ann Busche
Margaret
Ann Jackson
Valentine
Busche
Campbell
A. J. Doherty
Barbara Schunk
James Sykora
Mary Moose
Jean Allen
Free tax help offered at Mt Pleasant office
The U S Internal Revenue Service in Mt Pleasant offers free help for taxpayers with special questions at 115 EH Winds on Mondays and Fridays from 8 am to 4 pm. The Sentinel and IRS team also publish a Q A section on income tax returns with expert answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Internal Revenue Office
Mt. Pleasant
the Sentinel
The
Revenue Service
St Johns Church Elects Officers
St Johns Lutheran Church in Clare names officers for upcoming terms. George Lehr is Council President, Fred Walters Vice President, Harold Schaefer Secretary, Norman Berhenke Treasurer, and other leaders include Deacon John Kaiser Trustee Ervin Walter Financial Secretary Nelson Bauer and Stewardship Board member Robert Schellhas for terms of two to three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of
St John's Lutheran
Clare Are
George Lehr
Fred Walters
Harold Schaefer
Norman Berhenke
John Kaiser
Ervin Walter
Nelson Bauer
Robert Schellhas
Miss Clare County Winter Ball Honors Named
Miss Ann Jackson from Clare is chosen Miss Clare for the Winter Sports Festival events and will compete January 31 at Barnes Town and Country Lounge Clare. Nora Van Buskirk and Sharon Griffin are runners up in the Clare County pageant with plans to represent the county in future contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Jackson
Central Michigan College
Clare
Clare County
Harrison
Farwell
Barnes Town and Country Lounge
Ann
Ruby Jackson
Clare High School
Business and Professional Women’s ‘Club
Nora van- Buskirk
Farwell High
Robert van- Buskirk
Sharon Griffin
Harrison High
William Griffin
Chamber of Commerce
This Beaver Leaves Trail Of Stolen Cars
Sara Beaver an 18 year old Indian girl from Hastings is jailed in Clare on stolen car charges. Police traced her route via Clare to Newaygo and Coopersville after she allegedly hijacked several vehicles including a 1956 Chevrolet from Mrs Elva Russell Farwell. Chief Wilford Skidmore says she resisted arrest and awaits full investigation with possible charges depending on where she is held for accounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Beaver
Hastings
Uskegon
Clare
Newaygo
Sara
Beaver
Wilford Skidmore
Earl Willey
Rosebush
Alma
American Cleaners
Third Street
Elva Russell
Route 2
Farwell
Russell
Chevrolet
Coopersville
Muskegon
Grand. Rapids
Skidmore
Skate Rink Supervison Schedule For Clare Area
The ice rink is supervised on school days from 4 00 p m to 9 30 p m and on weekends and holidays from 1 00 p m to 9 30 p m. Parents should not leave younger children unchaperoned as vandalism has occurred when no adult is present. Fire is allowed only during supervisor hours. Citizens may use the free pond supported by the city co op and local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superviors
City of
Clare
Clare Public Schools
Curt Murton Appointed District Agent
Curt Murton Jr. of Clare has been appointed district agent for Equitable Life Insurance Company with offices at 424 McEwen Street Clare. He will supervise company activities in Clare Rosecommon Medista and Isabella counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis $. Murton, Jr
Clare
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Town
McEwen Street
Claré
Rosecommon
Medista
Isabella Counties
Dead Man's Lake name tale from Clare County lumber camp
The Sentinel publishes two series of old near Clare tales from the Cotter collection. A central Michigan 1870s lumber camp, run by P. C. Andrews, forms the setting with Owen Feeney tied to the Dead Man's Lake naming story. Mrs. Ezra Stringer recalled the episode from Miss Hurch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cotter
Mt. Pleasant
Sentinel
Dead Man's Lake
Clare County
Michigan
Ezra Stringer
Miss Hurch
P. C. Andrews
Owen Feeney
Feeney
JayCee's Bosses Night Honors Alan W Ott At Clare JC Banquet
The Clare Junior Chamber of Commerce Bosses Night drew about forty guests at Dunlop's Cafe. Alan Witt Ott received the Distinguished Community Service Award for leadership in industrial development, Boy Scouting, and Kiwanis. Harold Sandborn earned Boss Of The Year for civic cooperation. The Clare Sentinel and WCEN were cited for support. The club also donated 100 to Clare High School for an electric football scoreboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Jay Dees
Harold Sandborn
Clare Manufacturing Company
Carl Gruno
Sandborn
Jay Cees
Clare Sentinel
WCEN
Mt. Pleasant
Try Again To Organize Honkers Band Class
Last Thursday night Clare Public School Adult Night School held a music class in the band room with four attendees. Enthusiasm urged a larger group, as ten enrollees are needed to continue. A second meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 in the High School Band Room with instruments available and a $3 fee for ten weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Public School
Wally Taber to Show Wildlife Thrill Films in Michigan
Wally Taber, famed photographer and big game hunter, will lecture in Michigan this winter under local rod and gun club sponsorship. He will screen two all color features, Congo safari life with Ituri forest pygmies and Road to Romance on an Alaskan hunting and fishing trip. He claims photographs require extreme closeness to wildlife and presents rare Arctic Circle fish footage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Taber
Michigan
American Rifleman Magazine
Globe-Trotting
Coloradoan
Africa
Taber
Congo
Ituri Forest
Area Banks Name Officers Area Banks Name Officers
Citizens State Bank named 1959 officers with J. Stuart Bicknell as president and Mark H. Bicknell as board chair. Harrison State Savings Bank directors and officers were elected with Marion Roth as president and Wayne Trowbridge as cashier. Farwell State Savings Bank named Allen Graham as president with Bernard Schofield as executive vice president and cashier and Allen W. Howard as assistant cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens State Bank
J. Stuart Bicknell
Mark H. Bicknell
Royb. Matteson
Frank T. LaGoe
Alan W. Oit
Walter H. Kleiner
Harold Prout
William H.bicknell
Stuart Bicknell
James S. Bicknell, III
Donald E. Moolbrook
Harrison
Harrison State Savings Bank
Clare County
William A.henderson
Charlies A. Amble
Russell R. Boyer
Keith R. First
Whilden M. Hughes
Marion Roth
Wayne Trowbridge
Paul Weatherhead
Harrison Bank
Russell Boyer
Helen Phillips
Farwell State Savings Bank
Allen W. Howard
Allen Graham
F.S. Littlefield
Bernard Schofield
Don Luce
William H. Flower
G. Richard Bogan
Farwell Bank
Franklin 8S
Littlefield
Doris Schaar
The Insidious Danger of Social Drinking
Febru ary Reader's Digest cites Herbert Brean in The Insidious Nature of Social Drinking. He warns that gradual daily excess dulls senses, narrows interests, harms sleep and mood, and lowers productivity. The piece consolidates Brean's book How to Stop Drinking and urges self reevaluation of intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reader's Digest
Herbert Brean
Brean
Harrison Job’s Daughters Install Officers in Harrison
Installation of officers for Harrison Bethel 64, Order of Job’s Daughters, occurred January 11 at the Harrison Masonic Temple. Janet Randall was crowned Honor ed Queen, with Beth Hughes Senior Princess and Karen Harper Junior Princess among those installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Bethel
Job
Joan Bruce
Jean Lang
Kristine Darling
Mary Ann Hudson
Sally Wright
Nancy Archambault
Bethels
Harrison
Midland
Houghton Lake
Lucille Gardiner
Bethel
Reverend Kennedy Resigns from Clare Congregational Church
Rev. Hugh Kennedy, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Clare, resigns this week and will leave in April to take a charge in Illinois. His tenure includes building a large annex to the main building and enlarging the church school and social facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Kennedy
First ‘Congregational Church
Clare
Ilinois
Gladwin Board Hears Plan for Evening College
The Gladwin Board of Education may start an evening college at Gladwin High School in fall 1959. Courses would be liberal arts taught by college staff, allowing a full load or selective enrollment and potential completion of two years. Interested individuals should file names with Superintendent W. E. Hartman by February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladwin Board of Education
Gladwin High School
Garden
W. E. Hartman
Gladwin Rural Agricultural School
Gladwin
Michigan
Scouts Plan Scout Dad Camp Out and Weekend at Camp Rotary
Leaders of Boy Scout Troop 125 schedule a meeting for January 27 at the Methodist church to finalize plans for a dads and scouts weekend at Camp Rotary on February 6 7 and 8. Activities include hiking and fishing as part of joint recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Methodist Church
Camp
Rotary
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Rebekahs and
Odd Fellows Lodge
Charlotte Wilcox
Janet Bouchey
Madeline Seiter
Velma Cook
Guardian
Mae Brown
Ellen Henderson
Patsy Schlafley
Ina Hammond
Mildred Strouse
Fern Archambault
James Yeoman
Albert Seiter
Ernest Irwin
And
St. Johns Church
Curt Murton
JayCee
Alan W. Ott
Bosses
Ficates
Dex Elden
Dick Wood
JC Club
Harvey Hartshorn
Bill Kelly
Central
Dick Ulrich
Kelly
CMC
Western Michigan
JayCees
Clare High School Athletic Fund
Don Richardson
Pioneer Booster Club
Wally Taber
Big
Harrison Job’s Daughters
Kennedy
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