Judges At The Winter Ball Crown Miss Clare County
A trio of finalists vie for Queen of Clare County at the Winter Sports Festival Ball to be held at Barnes Town and Country Lounge with a banquet broadcast by Bob Reynolds and a Detroit W5IR mobile unit. Contestant Ann Jackson from Clare, Sharon Griffin of Harrison, and Nola VanBuskirk of Farwell compete for the title.
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Clare County
Barnes Town and Country Lounge
Miss Clare
Ann Jackson
Ruby Jackson
Clare
Harrison
Sharon Griffin
William Griffin
Farwell
Nola VanBuskirk
Farwell High
Robert VanBuskirk
Barnes
Bob Reynolds
Detroit
Polio Shots Urged For Pre Schoolers
Michigan health officials urge immediate polio vaccination for unprotected pre schoolers amid a 1958 paralytic polio outbreak. Dr. Albert E. Heustis requests a 400000 dollar appropriation to supply vaccine through clinics and physicians to protect children before the upcoming season.
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Michigan
Albert E. Heustis
Heustis
Health
Health Service
Bellingers Honor Allan Kidder as Citizen of the Year
Mr and Mrs Jay Bellinger attended a Traverse City Chamber of Commerce dinner where Allan Kidder was surprise chosen as Citizen of the Year. Pauline Fredrick of the United Nations spoke as about seven hundred guests packed the St Francis Auditorium. Allan, past president, received a Gold Medal for his community service before the presentation and overnight stay in Traverse City.
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Jay Bellinger
Allan Kidder
Chamber of Commerce
Traverse City
Pauline Fredrick
United Nations
New York
Bellingers
Allan
St. Francis Auditorium
Mother Of 5 Finishes High School
After 13 years of marriage and five children, Mrs Leon Thrush resumed studies at Farwell High School. She earned six A grades in U S History and Biology and expects the diploma before the School Board on February 9.
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Leon Thrush
Farwell High School
Honor Farm Cooperators Honored During Farmers Week
Howard Penrose and Sons and 15 other Farm Cooperators reach 30 years of record keeping with MSU Ag Economics and local agents. Floren Pudway and Ralph Peterson join from Clare and Gladwin counties along with Maurice John and William Brickner of Isabella county with 20 years. Event set during Farmers Week in East Lansing February 2 to 6.
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Howard Penrose
Masonry Work Advances at Clare High School Site
Workers toil in cold weather as bricklayers raise new classroom units at the Clare High School site. Heaters and wind breaks shield crews while masonry walls take shape on the new location.
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Clare High School
Clare High
Telephone Growth Highlights Clare Area and Surrounding Towns
Michigan Bell executive Clarence Riedel outlined ten year growth in the Clare area and six neighboring towns. Beaverton Coleman Farwell Gladwin Harrison Rosebush and Clare now total 2288 telephones with daily local calls averaging in the thousands and long distance traffic rising. The group toured the exchange building and heard about construction costs taxes and state school funding implications.
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Clare Exchange
Beaverton
Coleman
Farwell
Gladwin
Harrison
Rosebush
Clare
Lake
Lake George
Clarence Riedel
Michiga Bell
Doherty
Bell Company
Exchange
Hast Fourth Street
Riedel
Charles ‘Goldammer
Irene Mussel
Michigan
Michigan Bell
Clare County
Michigan Bell Company
Wallace Taber to present globe circling travel lecture
Wallace Taber brings two color travel films to Clare High School auditorium next Monday February 2 under the Clare Rod and Gun club sponsorship. Road To Romance follows the Alaskan highway to the Arctic and beyond with moose caribou bear and trout while Safari Ya Congo offers an African journey with lions and other wildlife. Ray Owens praised the vivid, adventurous production as akin to a real safari.
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Africa
Tropics
Alaska
Arctic
Wallace Taber
Clare
Taber
Clare Rod and Gun Club
Arctic Circle
Death of Mrs Francis Jackson Wife of Clare Postmaster
Mrs Francis Jackson wife of Clare's postmaster died after a long illness. Last rites will be at St Cecilia's church at ten Saturday morning. Rosaries will be said at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday nights at the Jackson home 209 West Wheaton. Survivors include her husband a daughter Mrs Donald Jones and a grandson Jack Mair.
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Francis Jackson
Clare
Jackson
W. Wheaton
Donald Jones
Jack Mair
Two Vets Attend Postgraduate Conference at MSU
Dr. Neil B. Stirling and Dr. Jack BE Sauer of Clare return from the 36th annual Postgraduate Conference for Veterinarians at Michigan State University held January 21-22. About 350 veterinarians from Michigan and nearby states heard talks on farm and home animal care. Major speakers included Dr. W. Armistead, Dr. Albert F. Heustis, and G. S. McIntyre. McIntyre praised Michigan’s disease control program.
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Neil B. Stirling
Jack’ BE. Sauer
Clare
Michigan State University
Michigan
Midwest
Gilter Hall
Kellogg Center For Continuing Education
W. Armistead
MSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Albert F. Heustis
G. S. McIntyre
State Department of Agriculture
Junior Chamber Entries For Farm Industry Award
Clare Jaycees seek a local state and national nomination for Outstanding Young Farmer of 1958. Carl Gruno, a Jaycee member, has official entry blanks and can accept nominations through February 5.
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Clare
Commerce
Carl ‘Gruno
JayCee
Strange Gets Big Voice In State Tax Revision
Michigan Speaker Don Pears announces Rep. Russell Strange receives several top committee roles for 1959 60. Strange becomes Vice Chairman of General Taxation and Rules and Resolutions and continues on Elections, plus chair of the State Library Committee.
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House of Representatives
Don R. Pears
Buchanan
Russell H. Strange
Michigan
Rep. Strange
House
Rollo G. Conlin
Tipton
House Elections Committee
Louis C. Cramton
Congress
State Library Committee
Pears
Speaker Pears
Bugs Strange
Lansing
Towns Form Mutual Fire Aid Group in Central Michigan
Efforts advance to create a Mutual Help organization among eleven central Michigan towns within thirty miles of each other. Five departments would join to ensure standby protection of property across Mt. Pleasant Shepherd Coleman Gladwin Beaverton Lake George Rosebush Farwell Weidman Harrison and Clare.
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Central Michigan
Mt. Pleasant
Shepherd
Coleman
Gladwin
Beaverton
Lake George
Rosebush
Farwell
Weidman
Harrison
Clare
How Cold Can It Get
A brutal cold snap drove temperatures from 20 degrees Sunday afternoon to an unofficial 24 below zero by Monday morning. Household thermometers ranged from 16 to 26 below, sparking disputes while schools reopened and postponed exams were completed.
Methodist To Open New Annex Sunday
Clare Methodist Church marks a milestone as the new educational unit opens next Sunday. The 10:00 a.m. service features a sermon, Get Thee Up Into A High Mountain, followed by a welcome tour of the classrooms and a 2:45 p.m. Laymen and Ministers meeting with Dr. Orville H. McKay as guest speaker. Lunch at 5:45.
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Methodist
Clare Methodist ‘Church
Church School
Big Rapids
Clare Methodist Church
Orville H. McKay
Midland Methodist Church
Clare
Farwell
New Educa
Clare Church
Rodabaugh Promoted To Manager At Flushing Store
Jim Rodabaugh 19, assistant manager at Grove Brothers in Clare, is promoted to manager of the Flushing store effective Monday February 2. He has worked seven years with the Clare store and studied business management at Central Michigan College. The Grove Brothers operate stores in Clare Flushing and Durand. It is planned he will attend UM Flint Tech night classes while pursuing a degree.
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Jim Rodabaugh
Grove Brothers Variety
Flushing
Jim Grove
Clare
Jim
Central Michigan College
Mt. Pleasant
Grove Brothers
Durand
University of Michigan At Flint Tech
Clare Study Club to Hear European Chorus Travelogue
The February meeting on Tuesday will feature Harold and Mrs. Harold Kelly sharing a 1958 European choral tour with a 75 member Michigan Chorale. The Youth For Understanding program sponsors exchanges between Western Europe and Michigan.
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Clare Study Club
Harold Kelly
Europe
Michigan Chorale
Michigan
America
Amsterdam
Holland
Germany
Youth For Understanding
Austria
England
Finland
United States
Bruce Delamarter
Clayton Hardman
Clare
Ron Dull
Arthur Delamarter
Michigan Teenagers Exchange
Rachel Andresen
S. State Street
Ann Arbor
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W5ir
Snow
Snake Mountain
Ann
Clare City Four
Sharon Griffin Miss
Miss Farwell
Mother of
Finishes High School
Honor Farm Cooperators
Congo
Ray Owens
Rhiné
Tabers
Strange
Rodabaugh
Kellys
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