Schedule heat from July 7 to 11 with local club matchups
Weekly slate lists State Highway against Kiwanis Hi-Speed and others from July 7 to 11. Clare Hi-Speed leads standings after June 30, with Ray Marshall star at short and Bill Bauer scoring in key games. Highlight is Clare Gulf vs Alma Merchants featuring Bobby Girioux, a famed speedster and pitcher.
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Kiwanis
Frank’s
Exhibition Gulf
Alma Merchants
Bobby Girioux
Harrison
Clare Hardware Lake
C.C.C
Cotter
Kiwanis State Highway
Lake
North Bradley
C.C.C. Harrison
Auto Parts
Clare
Hi-Speed
Ray Marshall
State Highway
Bill Bauer
Eberhart
R. Eberhart
Clare Gulf
Central Michigan
World's Largest Training School Opens Naval Careers
The Clare Public School System backs Navy vocational training as the Navy recruits at local stations. Openings include electricians metalsmiths carpenters store keepers Diesel engineers aviation mechanics and clerks with 17 to 50 year olds eligible. Minor enlistments require parental consent and service ends at emergency duration.
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Navy
Clare
EH. D. Kennedy
John Downes
Ninth Naval District
Downes
Naval Reserve
Kennedy
Methodist Vacation Bible School Closes With Fine Program
The Daily Vacation Bible School at the Methodist church concluded its two week session with the pageant Gates Ajar and a closing program in the church auditorium. Dr Hall led services and 142 enrolled, with 87 earning seven day certificates and over forty with perfect attendance.
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Methodist Church
John Empey
Hall
Bible School
Wileen Parent
Donald Holbrook
Donna Foote
Carol Hachmuth
Sandra Schultz
Julia Mae Ireland
Agnes Pierson
Margaret Roge Gillespie
Avis Murdoch
Lorraine Schultz
Marilyn Masten
Glenna Mae White
Willard Ireland
Roger Teale
Barbara Moliné
Kennéth Smith
Clara Elizabeth Miller
Fay Hanel
Barbara Tealé
Carol Town
Jeanette Becker
Donna
First Balloon Ascension by Blanchard in Philadelphia 1793
Francois Blanchard, a Frenchman, made the first successful balloon ascent in the United States from Walnut Street Prison yard in Philadelphia on January 9, 1793. President Washington watched as a salute, then Blanchard landed at Coopers Ferry, New Jersey, after about 45 minutes and returned to Philadelphia to pay respects at the President’s house.
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Francois Blanchard
Philadelphia
Blanchard
English Channel
America
Walnut Street
Washington
Coopers Ferry
New Jersey
Electric muff keeps Rachmaninoff fingers warm on tour
During a transcontinental tour the famed pianist composer Sergei Rachmaninoff uses an electric wool muff with inner wiring to produce heat in freezing cities. This device preserves the flexibility of his long slender fingers for performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff
Plane Drops Live Fish In Maine Stocking Effort
Pilot William Turgeon hauls 6,000 baby trout and other game fish per trip from Birch river rearing pools at Winterville to northern Maine lakes. Fish are packed in 10-gallon cans with wing air intake distributing air to each can. The plane also lands wild rice and surveys beaver dams for trapping potential.
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Maine
William Turgeon
Lewiston
Birch River
Winterville
Mt Pleasant Camp Meeting Dates Set For July 9 to 20
The Mt Pleasant camp meeting will be held in the tabernacle on M 20 east of Mt Pleasant from July 9 to 20. Dr Nathan Cohen Beskin will be the camp preacher in a return engagement. He trained as a Jewish rabbi and converted to Protestant faith after arriving in the United States.
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Mt. Pleasant
Tabernacle
M-20
Nathan Cohen Beskin
Beskin
United States
Ira Wood
Prayer and Praise Service Led by Rev Wagley Morning
Leaders announce morning prayer and praise service in charge of Rev A L Wagley. Services set for 10:00 a.m 2:30 p.m and 1:45 p.m. at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Wagley Ia
Resort News EIGHT POINT LAKE Visit notes and health update
Mrs Belle Wheaton and son Robert return home after three weeks visiting relatives in Fairgrove Flint Pontiac and Detroit. Mrs Arthur Evans and daughter Maxine visit Belle Wheaton for a week. Ray Brown to improve health. Tommy Ponds visiting Robert Wheaton. Don Brown in Clare. Hugh Barns ill at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Wheaton
Robert
Fairgrove
Flint
Pontiac
Detroit
Arthur Evans
Maxine
Davison
Ray Brown
Hope Ray
Tommy Ponds
Robert Wheaton
Don Brown
Hugh Barns
Reverend and Mrs Ira Wyrick Honored at Lake Grange Event
About seventy friends gathered Friday evening at the Grange hall on Lake to celebrate Reverend and Mrs Ira Wyrick. Speakers praised the couple while Mrs Wyrick sang Whispering Hope with Mrs Oman at the piano. A lunch followed. donations from the Hight Point Lake Good Luck Club and Civic group presented a sum of money and a substantial free will offering. Guests departed after wishing them a long happy stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Wyrick
Grange
Lake
Mr. Wyrick
Mr. Oman
Local Families Visit and Return Dinners Across Town
Andersonville residents recount weekend visits as Mrs Manley Smith and family see James Clarke's parents. Mrs James Linton and children return to Midland after a week with her sister. Henry McNerney hosts guests with William Brooks of Pontiac. William Allen and Bert Evert host Sunday dinners. Helen Kidd and son Dickey from Farwell visit John Galloway and stay for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manley’ Smith
James Clarke
James Linton
Midland
Henry McNerney
William Brooks
Pontiac
William Allen
Bert Evert
Coleman
Helen Kidd
Dickey
Farwell
John Galloway
Kidd
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Lewis Bros
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Clare Hardware
Tim Cotter
Gc. Cc. C
Frank’s Ato Parts
Cc. Cc. C
Frank
Clare Sentinel
LaVerne Hanel
Joane Marshall
Phyllis Sprague
Dick Fetters
Dick Garthe
Darylene Garthe
Tommy Rodabaugh
Naomi Becker
Paula Haring
Margaret White
Peggy Maxwell
Rena May Reeder
Richard Hubble
June Coveart
Donna Graham
Nyla Belle Walker
Betty Penny
Clark Canton
Eileen Cannon
Shirley Artibee
Evelyn Artibee
Sylvia Sue McCloskey
Laralee Haring
Louis Richmond
Donny Barber
Jay Kinsey
Ralph Falconer
Dickie Ulrich
Thelma
Penny
Billy Ulrich
Skeeter Ritter
LaVinna White
Mary-Lou Archambault
Suzanne Irving
Wainetta Roberts
Gala Hochstetler
Darylene Lear
Barbara Hearns
Martha Jean McKinnon
Methodist Vacation Bible School
Theatre
Beaverton
Buck Privates
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
Hugh Herbert
Tom Brown
Lewis-Conn
Eight Point Lake
Andersonville
Aan
Poole
McEwan
EAS Ear
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