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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1954
Page
11
State Police prepare for peak congestion with 20 percent more patrols and all officers on duty. Commissioner Joseph A. Childs warns drivers to avoid rushing and drive carefully to cut a high holiday death toll. He notes last July weekend saw 30 fatalities vs 20 in Memorial weekend, urging safer travel this weekend.
Jessie May Coats born August 6 1890 Eaton County Michigan died June 24 1954 Lansing after brain hemorrhage five days earlier. She married William Spence 1906 at Lake had six children, later wed Edwin Snook 1935 and had one more child. Funeral at Seventh Day Adventist Church Clare with burial in North Brinton cemetery.
Miriam J. Kelley, a 14 year home demonstration agent, will head Michigan’s new farm marketing information effort. She will supervise consumer information agents in Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Lansing Marquette Saginaw and Traverse City to boost farm product presence. The program, funded by a May appropriation of 294000 dollars, launches this week with trained agents statewide.
Roy Cleveland Wilson born September 14 1889 in Clare County died June 16 1954 at age 64 years nine months two days. He worked at Webb and Gallagher in Clare then Mt Pleasant Hardware for 25 years. He married Myrtle Tinkess in 1907 and had a son George Wesley who died in 1912. He was a Baptist and served as a trustee in Mt Pleasant. Survived by wife Myrtle and siblings Frank Wilson Burt Sible Winnifred Coveart. Funeral June 18 at First Baptist Mt Pleasant, burial Cherry Grove Clare.
Central Michigan College of Education begins televised classes for summer credit. Dr. Wilbur Moore leads Solving the Speech Language and Reading Problems of Children on Channel 13 Mondays 2 30 to 3 30 p m from June 28 to August 2. Enroll immediately through the Division of Field Services. $9 10 registration covers lesson plans and materials.
The first day nursery opened in New York City in 1854, and today there are more than 3500 throughout the nation.
Edmond Wheeler Wiggins born October 18 1898 in Gilmore Township died June 10 at his son's home Orville at 55 years seven months twenty two days He sailed the Great Lakes before settling on his birthplace farm in Gilmore He married Velma Irene Ockert November 1924 and had three children Orville and Lylia Irene Putnam plus a daughter who died at birth Surviving Velma Orville Lylia four grandchildren one brother Arthur four sisters Fannie Hunt Ruth Snyder Ethel Rickles Lottie Pockette Burial was in Gilmore Cemetery after services at Gilmore Church of Christ on June 13 Coker Funeral Home in charge
The piece notes Liberty's Department Store in London featuring a hourly figure of George slaying the dragon. It also reports Canada produced about 285 million pounds of nickel in 1953, roughly 85 percent of free world output.
Community notes from Elm Grove recount a Golden wedding in Coleman attended by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Grigg, plus a string of Sunday visits and dinners. Families including Strouse Pifer Williams and Schunk shared meals at various homes across Marion Beaverton Colonville and Tawas City with birthday celebrations for Jim Grigg and social calls from Bay City Detroit Detroit addresses mentioned.
The article notes Israel celebrating its sixth founding anniversary and claims it is the first Jewish state to exist in the last 19 centuries, highlighting a historic milestone.
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