Welfare spending in Clare County tops two million dollars
State and federal support cover most aid costs but direct relief drives county outlays. In 1970 direct relief cost nearly $100,000 with about 135 families on this aid, while overall social services expenditures exceeded $2.1 million.
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Clare County
Pat Redmond
Clare County Social Services Department
Clifford Sanford
OAA
Welfare Department
Marigold Ave
Anytown
John Henry
Henry
Maribeth Tucker
Grady
Gradys
Harrison seeks 2.9 million bond for new high school
Harrison School District voters will decide March 8 on a 2.9 million bond to fund a new high school and facilities to ease crowding. Superintendent Robert Larson noted the University of Michigan Bureau of School Services removed Harrison High from its accredited list effective July 1 1971, signaling sub standard conditions.
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Harrison
Harrison Board of Education
Dent of Public Instruction
Harrison Schools
Robert Larson
University of Michigan Bureau of School Services
Harrison High School
Larson
Michigan
U of M
James E. Ossian
Ossian
Youth Work Program in Clare County Seeks Space
Federally funded SixCap program aims to aid low income youth in Clare and Gladwin Counties. Space is the only major hurdle to full operations, with current sites in Harrison VFW Hall and a Farwell garage. Donated space of about 1500 square feet is needed free of rent, while funds cover insurance and minor remodeling.
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Clare County
SixCap
Office of Economic Opportunity
Ken Dennis
Dennis
Thelma Varney
Clare
Gladwin
Beaverton
Brown Machinery Company
Harrison
VFW
Farwell
New 18 to 20 Voters Rise in Clare County After Court Ruling
Clare County expects about 1020 residents to join the voting pool as literacy tests end and residency rules drop to 30 days. Nationally some 11.5 million youths gain enfranchisement, with experts predicting limited impact on election results. A Youth Development Program funded by a $14,660 Office of Economic Opportunity grant involves Sixcap officials and local businessmen to train and engage youths.
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Clare County
Supreme Court
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
Ben J. Wattenberg
Richard M. Scammon
Cap
Clare Area
Farwell and
Harrison
Sixcap
Office of Economic Opportunity
County officers honored for eight week training program
Twenty Clare County law officers from the Clare Auxiliary Police Force Sheriff s Posse and Police Department received certificates at a dinner in Clare Monday night for completing an eight week training. Sgt Dan Kostrzewa praised the officers for their professional conduct. Instructors included state police troopers a Clare assistant prosecutor a probate judge a juvenile officer and a district court judge among others.
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Clare County
Clare
Dan Kostrzewa
Mt. Pleasant
Kostrzewa
Ficer
Clare Auxiliary Police Force
Clare County Sheriff's Posse
Clare Police Department
Donald Case
C. L. Shayler
Jim Carrow
Gerrit Hamstra
George Shayler
G. L. Dickerson
Gerald Gingery
D.B. McNerney
J. C. Ellsworth
Richard Riley
Jack Ridderman
Charles Paxton
Craig H. Clair
Jerry Snyder
Giles Anderson
Donald Mussell
Sharon Ellsworth
Mary Mussell
Thomas Killewald
Elly Tice
Donald Shepard
Michael W. Becker
Noble Davis
Greg Holmquest
Robert Flaugher
Alex Strange
Lyle Swanson
Ted Tetreault
Jon Ringleburg
Wayne Berg
Sentinel
Citizens Bank reelected officers and directors in Clare
Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Clare reelected its board of directors at the annual meeting. Frank LaGoe was named president with several officers elected including Miller as vice president and auditor John M Bicknell as vice president cashier and multiple assistant cashiers. The bank will observe February holidays with special Saturday hours from 9 am to noon on February 13.
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Citizens Bank and Trust Company of
Clare
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Frank LaGoe
Citizens Bank
Direc
Tors
Robert S. Bennett
James S, Bicknell, II
John M. Bicknell
Gilbert A, Currie
LaGoe
Roy B. Matteson
Dan McDonald
Murray L. Miller
Alan Ww
Ott
Richard Todd
Dirk B. Waltz
James A. Kendall
Todd
Miller
Matteson
Harold Prout
Phillip Breen
Donna Loren
Mary Lewis
Stanley Warner
Merna Yankee
Marcus Ruhle
Jon Warren
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Welfare Dept
Clare County Fairgrounds
Watervliet
U of M Bureau
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