Register By Next Monday For Primary
Voters must register by Monday for the August 5 primary. Registered voters who have not changed residence and who voted in the last four years need not re register. July 7 is urged as the final date. registration locations and names of clerks across Clare County are listed for city and township residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Michigan
Alex .McKinnon
Clare County
Arthur
John A Brubaker
Franklin
C. J. Beklin
Freeman
Syrene Goodrich
Frost
Lela Malcolmson
Garfield
Donna Scott
Grant
S. A. Dawson
Greenwood
Charles van Blarcom
Lamiltog
Jamest Zelt
Hatton
Nial Abbot
Hayes
A. L. Heiden
Lincoln
David Reed
Redding
Edwin Rrouse
Sheridan
Carl B. Bradley
Summerfield
Wart
City Taxes Due In July
City taxes are due in July with no penalty if paid by August 15. City Clerk Alex McKinnon said dates would be announced by The Sentinel once finalized. The tax rate remains 20 mills and the total city assessed valuation is about 1.8 million dollars.
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Alex McKinnon
The
Sentinel
Local Phone Calls Now 10 Cents In Michigan
Beginning June 26, local public telephone calls in this community cost 10 cents. The Public Service Commission authorized the dime rate on June 5, and Michigan Bell could not collect until dial coin equipment was updated. Less than two percent of 1,960,000 telephones are affected, about 20,500 in Detroit and 16,500 in state towns. One nickel no longer provides a connection. two nickels or one dime required.
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Public Service Commission
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Michigan Bell
Detroit
Michigan
New York
Ilinois
Washington
California
Maryland
Virginia
Indiana
Arizona
Fourth of July Holiday Traffic Toll Warned by Michigan Leader
Michigan State Police Commissioner Joseph A. Childs cautions motorists as Fourth of July traffic is expected to set records. He notes prior highs of 38 deaths in 1950 and urges safe driving to avoid a new peak, mentions speeding as a major factor, and warns fireworks are illegal and dangerous. He calls for celebration free of accidents.
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Michigan
Joseph A. Childs
Childs
City Approves Building Permits For Three Projects
The City Commission approved building permits at its last meeting for Thomas Ramey to build a house on McEwan Street Frank Murdoch to construct a garage on West Prairie Avenue and Jennings Archambault to add a sidewalk on East Fourth Street.
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Thomas Ramey
McEwan St
Frank Murdoch
W. Prairie Ave
Jennings Archambault
E. Fourth St
Wrist Radios Next Dick Tracy Style
The article explains transistors, tiny germanium pellets smaller than a match head, could replace vacuum tubes and enable wrist radios like those used by Dick Tracy, the comic strip detective. It highlights the potential of compact electronic components enabling portable devices in the future.
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Dick Tracy
Indian Camp Meeting Opens at Mt Pleasant
The Interdenomination Indian Camp Meeting began June 26 near Mt Pleasant, running through July 6 in a grove two miles east on M-20. Evangelist Rev Sammy Sparks of Circleville Ohio leads the meetings with Walter Schultz of Owosso in charge of music. Glenna Rickard and Betty Pamp direct children and youth programs. A missionary day is planned for Sunday July 6, and the public is invited to all services.
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Mt Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant
Sammy Sparks
Circleville
Ohio
Walter Schultz
Owosso
Glenna Rickard
Betty Pamp
High Quality Paints Cheaper Says Michigan State Expert
A. J. Bell of Michigan State College advises buyers to choose high quality paints by label. He notes high quality paints have 80 percent oil with linseed or linseed with other oils, and less than 10 percent thinners and dryers. Durable white pigments include zinc oxide, white lead, and titanium. iron oxide is a durable red. Peeling is often due to moisture and improper timing. paint during fair weather and avoid muggy days or high dust.
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A. J .Bell
Michigan State College
Bell
Lake George resurges as central Michigan resort
New chapter at Lake George in Clare County brings booming construction and heavy holiday crowds. Old timers return to a rebuilt lakeside with new cottages, improved frontage, and a revived economy centered on fishing, boating, camping, and weekly outdoor events.
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Lake George
Newport
Central Michigan
James Duncans
James Bicknells
Clark Sutherlands
John Dohertys
del Kemps
Clare
Frank Newsoms
Whitney
Indiana
McCrae
Shingle Lake
Clare County
Jim Luce
Sleepy Hollow
Frank Thilly
Lansing
Detroit
Jackson
Saginaw
Michigan
Dake George
Michigan State Fair pays 110000 in premiums for 1951 event
The 1951 Michigan Agricultural State Fair and Exposition will run August 29 to September 7 in Detroit. Premium books listing 110000 in premiums will be mailed from July 7, with farm entries due by August 15. The livestock auction moves to 8 80 p m on September 3 to attract more buyers.
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Detroit
James M. Hare
Atty
Sea Lamprey Infest Reach Reported at Mt. Pleasant Dam
The conservation department reports a sea lamprey run inland as far as the Chippewa River at Mt. Pleasant dam Isabella county. The parasite migrated from the Saginaw River into the Tittabawassee system and then into the Chippewa.
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Mt. Pleasant
The
Conservation Department
Lake Huron
Chippewa
Isabella County
Saginaw River
Tittabawassee River
Puffer Seeks 16th District Congress Nomination
Grayling candidate R C G Puffer filed nominating petitions with the Secretary of State for the 16th District. He confirmed he is in the race and aims to be nominated at the August 6 primaries after engaging with district constituents.
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R. C G. Puffer
Grayling
the Sentinel
Puffer
Putter
Glare School Meeting Set For July 14
Clare Public School District votes, with eight mills in operation, six mills under the 15 mill limit and two mills from last year. Trustees O. D. Bayes and C. B. Neff exit terms. two new trustees to be elected. Special levy to be voted again after one year.
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Clare Public
Grant
Vernon Townships
O. D. Bayes
C. B. Neff
Leonard Seeks Unity in Michigan Republican Governor Bid
Donald Leonard, candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, calls for party unity after returning from speeches in the Upper and Lower Peninsula. He says intra party attacks hurt the GOP and that leadership is needed to unite factions for a strong campaign to win back the governorship. He insists he aims to win, not play intra party pawn games.
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Republican Party of
Michigan
Donald Leonard
Upper
Lower Peninsula
Leonard
Republican Party
Les
Roughing Man Up Costs Volt $134.95
William Volt of Freeman Town ship was found guilty of assault and battery against Art Smith of Lake in a Municipal Court trial on June 5. He was ordered to pay Smith’s hospital bill of $1,038 and fined $91.95. James Ostrowsky of Clare was arrested June 14 for reckless driving, pled guilty, and fined $29. Frank Nowaski of rural Clare was arrested June 20 for drunk and disorderly conduct, pled guilty, fined $10, placed on 60 days probation, and banned from taverns during that period.
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William Volt
Freeman Township
Art Smith
Lake
W. B. Dunlop
Volt
Smith
James Ostrowsky
R-4
Clare
Frank Nowaski
Three men arraigned for attempted grand larceny in Michigan
Foster Smith 41 Alfred Beck 62 and Jesse Summers 53 of Lake were arraigned June 23 before Justice W. R. Stevens at Reed City on charges of attempted grand larceny. Jon W. Little 45 of Lake, shot during the incident, also arraigned and bound over for circuit court with $3,000 bond each.
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Foster Smith
Alfred Beck
Jesse Summers
Lake
Justice of the Peace
W. R. Stevens
Reed City
Matt Scott
Farwell
Osceola
Jon W. Little
Scott
Justice Stevens
Foster
Leck
Little
Joseph Lynch
State of
Michigan
Saptember & Bond
Loomis Leases Freight House and Expands Operations
Martin Loomis of Loomis Machine Co has leased the C O Freight house on McEwan Street for storage. The firm now uses its Fourth and Pine shop for metal work and builds Rite Hit adjustable loading docks at East Fourth Street plant. Loomis also owns a large storage yard between West Third and East Second Streets and is a major Central Michigan precision metal producer. The C and O and Ann Arbor Railroads are remodeling the old union passenger station into a joint freight house with a new freight dock. passenger service ended long ago.
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Martin Loomis
Loomis Machine Co
McEwan Street
Fourth and
Pine Streets
Clare Road
East Fourth St
Loomis
Wast ‘Third
East Second Streets
Clart
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Union
Union Station
Sewage Plant Financing Approved by Glare City Commission
The Glare City Commission authorized an $80,000 bond issue for the city sewage plant at its June 16 meeting. Bonds payable $6,000 yearly. They also voted to borrow $15,000 from the cemetery fund, repayable at $1,000 or more annually at 1 percent, with the money moved to the sewage fund.
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Glare City Commission
Lake City Oxroast And 4th Homecoming Added Festivities
Lake City schedules two days of gala celebration for Oxroast and Homecoming on July 4 and 5. A parade square dancing fireworks and a midway are planned for the Fourth of July program followed by boat races on the second day under the Mideastern Boat Racing Association.
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Lake City
Mideastern Boat Racing Association
University of Michigan starts rural public health degree programs
The University of Michigan School of Public Health unveils two bachelor of science tracks in public health for rural communities. One targets non medical administrators for work with Blue Cross Blue Shield and other groups. the other trains sanitary science professionals for sanitation, food and water quality, waste disposal, and disease prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Michigan
School of Public Health
Henry F. Vaughan
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Dean Vaughan
William C. Gibson
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Lake George Resort
Maurice Mitchell
Fear
Wes bin
Toledo
Frank Luce
Jim Duncan
Frank
Betty Thilly
Betty
Jane Silover
Harrison
Glare
University
Gibson
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