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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1956
Page
3
A 1950s style writeup highlights home upgrades from integrated vacuum cleaning to microwave ovens. It mentions a chimney heat recovery device for warming rooms and a wall to wall remote control system linking kitchen to living areas with intercom and PA features. It also notes a multi room speaker and music system with baby monitor and fire siren function.
A Large turnout marked the funeral for Mrs. Kitty Brown at Gilmore church with burial at Gilmore cemetery. The week included visits, calls, and social gatherings as neighbors and relatives paid respects and shared meals after services.
The article lists numerous visits and reunions among families in Lansing and nearby Clare. Mya Heintzelman and relatives journeyed to Lansing and Lautzenheiser relatives near Alliatics Ohio for a reunion. Other households hosted relatives from Midland and Sage, and various local trips included skating at Gateway in Clare.
Mr and Mrs Charles Coe and Mr and Mrs Ralph Taylor of Walled Lake visited Fred and Ross Coe families. Wilbur Siel of Lansing spent Saturday night with his sister and family, the Ernests, and Siel visited other relatives. Mrs Jim Bradley and Evelyn called on Hola Mc Donel in Clare. Dean Heintzeman and Marilyn of Clare stayed with grandparents.
The ASC office offers copies of the Soil Bank Acreage Reserve agreements for farmers to sign by July 20. Chairman Floren J. Pudway notes Michigan deadlines and eligibility rules, with payments of 1.20 dollars per bushel or four dollars per acre for underplanting and other qualifying actions in 1956.
The Michigan State Fair Commission will assume control of the state fairgrounds on July 1, consolidating authority from the Department of Agriculture and the State Fair Board of Managers after 35 years of dual control. Senate Bill 1070, passed unanimously, ends absélude landlord ship and allows five year service contracts and leases up to five years with renewal options. Public and private groups may receive leases for permanent exhibit buildings, which may later become state property.
Old Glasses New Eyes For The Needy Inc supported by the Short Hills League and endorsed by the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness and Essex County Medical Society. Members sort glasses mailed nationwide and distribute sunglasses magnifiers and lenses to clinics. Metal scrap sold funds prescription glasses and glasses are sent worldwide via mission channels.
University of Michigan alumni recount the bird trapping sport tied to stools used to lure pigeons for trapshooting. The piece notes 19th century practice, a 1878 Petoskey slaughter record, and early conservation push by Michigan Sportsmen's Association. It closes with the warning that once plentiful resources can vanish without care.
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