Family reunions flourish during weekend gatherings
Hendrie family celebrated fiest wedding anniversary with about 35 members at Clare tourist park. Walters reunion gathered 36 at Albert Walters home in Grant township for the 17th annual gathering. Davy family met in Bay City for July 4 reunion with multiple relatives present. Frank Cotten’s relatives picnicked in Sheridan township with baskets and games. Brown family reunion held July 4 in Marion with about 50 attendees and officers retained for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrie
Jos
Clare Tourist Park
Fiest
Frank Cotten
Franke Cotten
Sheridan Township
Erma Seaman
Hanna Seaman
Coleman
Harl Robison
Gladwin
Sec.treas
Eva Clemmons
Marion
Clare
Minnie Brown
Lawrence
Ralph Brown
Walter Foell
Herbert Brown
Drnie Foss
Donovan Mott
Lansing
Flint
Merrie Lowrey
South America
Clare School District Meeting Announced for Next Monday
Secretary George White announces the Clare school district annual meeting to be held next Monday at 8:00 PM in the school auditorium. Farms of Hd Johnston and Dr F Sanforg expire for trustee offices. Voting on free text books for first eight grades and other business to be transacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George White
Clare
Hd. Johnston
F. &. Sanforg
Former Clare Pastor to Deliver Address at Valley Forge Michigan
Rev. H. B. Johnson of Oxford named by Governor Murphy to speak at Valley Forge Memorial chapel Valley Forge Pennsylvania on Michigan Sunday July 17. Appointment stems from D A R state officers noting his ties to the organization and Mackinac Island work. Johnson will travel with Mrs Johnson and their sons and spend a week visiting Washington DC and other historic sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Johnson
Oxford
Frank Murphy
Valley Forge Memorial Chapel
Valley Forge
Penna
Michigan
Johnson
Mackinac Island
Walter H. Larman Post District Meeting Planned
Walter H. Larman Post and Auxiliary in Gladwin will hold the Tenth District meeting with election of 1939 officers for the American Legion and Auxiliary. District Commander candidate Conrad Walker is backed by Clare Post, with delegates Francis Jackson Leo Ben Oden and John W. Dunlop leading the campaign. A memorial service, reports, drum corps, parade, banquet, and dance are on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Gladwin
Adelaide C. Wylie
Clare
Stanley L. Masten
Francis Jackson
Leo Ben Oden
John W. Dunlop
Errnest
O. Andrews
West Branch
Edward J. Donoghué
Bay City
Ezra D. Stephenson
Big Rapids
Walter H. Larman
Tire Blowout Injures Four Near Clare County
Four people were injured when the rear right tire blew out Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs J Gomez and two women travelers from Detroit were en route from northern Michigan to Chicago when the car swerved, overturned and hit a tree three miles north of the city. Rev A D Telcher provided first aid and helped transport the injured to Clare County General Hospital. The Detroit passenger, unnamed, suffered multiple broken ribs and back injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Gomez
Detroit
Michigan
Chicago
A. D. Telcher
Dover Tabernacle
Clare County General Hospital
Bach
Barbers to Close Thursdays in Clare This Summer
We the undersigned barbers of Clare will close our shops on Thursday afternoons through July and August. Signatories include Shurway Loomis Homer Douglas Howard Brown Ralph Plerow Lawrence Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Shurway
Loomis Homer Douglas Howard
Brown Ralph Plerow
Lawrence Brown
Council Upholds Ordinance After Much Discussion
City Council, after a postponed meeting, weighs the peddlers and Huckstering ordinance. Lane Auto Sales and McConkey-Keen Sales were arrested last week. Lane paid 10 dollar fine, 6.65 dollars costs, 180 dollars business privilege. McConkey-Keen paid 10 dollars fine, 6.50 dollars costs, 135 dollars business time. Each posted 500 dollar personal bonds. Original complaints signed by Cotter, Gallagher, Hampton, McDonald, and Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
South McEwan Street
McConkey-Keen
East 5Th Street
Tred Hudson
Tim Cotter
M. B. Gallagher
Jesse Hampton
Dan McDonald
John Woodward
Golden Wedding Celebrated Here Sunday
Sunday July 3 marked the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Frank Robison Sr of Grant. Family gathered for lawn tables, a three layer cake in blue and gold, and games. Gifts included a money blessing for many more anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Robison
Grant
Honer
Robison
Edward Houge
Oakley
Speed Piercé
Flint
Harold McLeod
Lake
Odessa
Roy Robison
Rosebush
Hmma House
Charlotte
Leland Robison
Harold Robison
Harold Rambo
Saginaw
Walter Wood
Middleton
John Laverty
Caroline Laverty
John Robison
Gilmore
Frank Robison, Jr
James Wilson
Vernon Hill and
Lyle
Installation Ceremony At Clare Lodge No. 333 I. D. O. F.
District Deputy Martz Detwiler will conduct the semi annual installation of officers at Clare Lodge No. 333 Friday evening July 15 during the regular lodge meeting. James Irwin is now Noble Grand with Ernest Irwin as Vice Grand. Remaining officers keep their posts. eleven offices left to fill. A potluck dinner follows. John L. Rodabalgh to oversee the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Lodge No
Martz Detwiler
James Irwin
Noble Grand
Ernest Irwin
Alexander E. Wylie
John L. Rodabaugh
Leo E. Oden
Farmers hear law cut grain with six foot combine
A brief farmers meeting hears about a six foot combine claimed to save money and time. Arthur Thayer is mentioned as a speaker or organizer in the discussion about grain handling and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae “Arthur
Thayer
Conservation Dept Plants 1000 Brook Trout in Tobacco River
The Department of Conservation planted 1000 legal size brook trout averaging nine inches in the Tobacco river last Monday as part of a county propagation program. More trout will be released soon. Fishermen are urged to avoid fishing the area for 24 hours to protect newly released fish. Clare Rod and Gun Club members assisted with the planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Conservation
Tobacco River
The
Clare Rod and Gun Club
Edward Hawkins Dies at Home in Clare Michigan
Edward Thompson Hawkins died at his Pine Street home after a long illness. Born 1858 in Ann Arbor Michigan, he moved to Clare and married Jennie Ward in 1884. Survived by wife Jennie and children Olney J Hawkins, Sylvia Dorsey, William W Hawkins, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren, plus sister Miss Abbie Hawkins. Funeral Friday at 2:30 pm from the home, with Rev. George Stanford and Rev. Jas. Rogers officiating. burial at Cherry Grove beside his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Thompson Hawkins
Mr. Hawkins
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Clare
Jennie Ward
Bernie
Olney J
Oregon
Sylvia Dorsey
Highland Park
William W
Abbie Hawkins
George Stanford
Shelby
Jas. Rogers
Cherry -Grove
Play School Opens Tuesday For Preschool Children
Mrs. Helen Butler of Clare Public School opened a preschool play school last Tuesday morning. Sessions run 9:00 to 12:00 Monday through Friday with swings slides and teeter totters, followed by rest and light refreshments. A story hour concludes the day as nursery schools gain popularity and support for early social development and cooperation among children. The notice invites interested mothers to visit the school or Butler’s Hast Street home for summer enrollment and mentions an art display at the Gitte and Flower Shoji evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Butler
Clare Public School
Butler
Clare
Hast Sth Street
Three car crash kills 18 year old girl near Clare
A Sunday dawn crash 12 miles south of Clare claimed the life of Eleanor V. Porter 18 of Mt. Pleasant and Reese. Four others were injured including Mrs. Jefferies of Akron and William Collins 24 of Mt. Pleasant. Porter decapitated in the collision. Funeral services were held for her at Reese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Eleanor V. Porter
Mt. Pleasant
Reese
Bradford Jefferies
Akron
Ohio
Wm. W. Collins
McArthur-Strange Hospital
Pleasant
Jefferies
M. B.lockard
Porter
Collins
Houghton Lake
Lockard
Central State Teachers’ College
Turner Petroleum Corporation
Geo. S. Porter
Detroit Man Dies in Auto Crash West of Lake
Robert Lloyd Pierce, 34, of Detroit, died when his car blew a tire east of the Clare Osceola county line on U S 10, veering into an oncoming truck driven by Jesse Foster of Cadillac. Coroner A N Frizway presided at the inquest at the scene and the body was moved to local undertaking parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Robert Lloyd Pierce
Clare-Osceola
U.S. 10
Lake
Pierce
Jesse Foster
Cadiat
Nelson Truck” Lines
Cadillac
A. N. Frizway
Oil drillings shift to boost production near Cherry Grove
Oil operations in the region report increased flow at McKay Loveless No. 1 after the drill was deepened three feet, bringing 10 to 20 barrels per day from 450 feet. Gulf Refining Co tests a large gasser in Lincoln township, while J Higelmier’s No. 1 Van Horne case shows Dundee formation at 3888 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
McKay Loveless No. 1
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Gulf Refining Co
Lincoln Township
Dundee
J. Higelmier
Freeman Township
Greenwood
J. W. Schaeffer
Grant Township
Vernon Township
Large oil paintings exhibit at Gift and Flower Shop
A large display of original oil paintings is shown this week at Florence White Gay Gift and Flower Shop. The exhibit features landscapes, seascapes, Dutch interiors, and coastal scenes from Capri to France, brought by James E. Blackall of Detroit. The collection, open evenings until July 11, invites art lovers to view the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence White Gay
France
Isle of Capri
Holland
James E. Blackall
Detroit
Blackall
B N Cotton Dies at Daughter's Flint Home
B N Cotton died July 2 at the home of his daughter Mrs R L Stottlemyer in Flint Michigan after illness begun at his daughter’s Clare home in late March. He was born January 7 1862 in Braceville Illinois and married Mary B Rose in 1886. More than a half century of moving across Illinois South Dakota Minnesota and Michigan preceded settling near Clare. He left seven children and many grandchildren. Funeral at Clare Methodist Church July 8 officiated by Rev Rogers. Burial Cherry Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchard Nicholas Cotton
Calvin H
Lucetta Cotton
R. L. Stottlemyer
Flint
Mich
Cotton
Conrad Walker
Clare
Braceville
Grundy Co
Ilinois
Mary B. Rose
Buffalo Co
South Dakota
Clark
Wadena Co
Minnesota
Erskin
Polk Co
Illinois
William
West Plains
Howell’ Co
Missouri
Brandsville
Peach’ Belt
Michigan
Farwell
Mt. Pleasant
Mabel Stottlemyer
Jesse C. Cotton
Ethel Callahan
Alameda
California
Blanche Walker
Lester R. Cotton
Linden
N. J
Faier Archbold
Helen Wotson
Lansing
C. H. Cotton
Claré
Edna DuChane
Peoria
Grace Denker
Jesse
Boseman
Montana
Cumings
North Dakota
Scott
Pontiac
Frank
Howard
Ray Archbold
Methodist Church
Rev. Rogers
Cherry Grove
Reception for F D Fitzgerald Draws Hundreds in Support
A crowd estimated at five hundred gathered at the Hotel Doherty Wednesday evening to welcome former Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald and back his 1988 bid for Michigan governor. Attendees traveled from Clare and Isabella counties and cities including Harrison Farwell and Lake George. Campaign staff and sponsors from Lansing spoke of Fitzgerald achievements and criticized current deficits and payroll growth under Governor Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doherty
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Michigan
Harrison
Farwell
Lake
Lake George
Colonville
Rosebush
Coleman
Clare
Isabella County
Miller Dunckel
Three Rivers
Duneckle
Fitzgerald
Gilbert Shilson
Lansing
Associated Press
Joseph Selden
William Bishop
Young Republican Clubs
Ruth Bendell
Grand Ledge
Isabel Larwill
Department of Labor and Industry
Miles M. Callaghan
Reefs City
Citizens State Bank Promotes Prompt Bill Payments
A fragmented advertisement urges consumers to pay Mht and power bills at Citizens State Bank. It mentions ordering a new car and references Motorala radio and Bob's garages amid unclear text and stray numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens State Bank
Motorola Railio
Bob’s Garages
Popular Clare Couple Weds In Elkhart Indiana
Miss Penny Spencer and Raymond Bauder from Clare married at Elkhart Indiana on June 18 before Justice Dean. Attendants Robert Harriger and Virginia Horton, both Clare graduates, attend the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennie Spencer
Raymond Bauder
Clare
Elkhart
Indiana
Justice Dean
Robert Harriger
Virginia Horton
Clare High School
Anderson’s Drug Store
Garfield Petroleum Corporation
Thurston Rites Held for Allyn W at Cherry Grove
Allyn W. Thurston age 72 a former Clare resident died in Oberlin Ohio June 28. He was born November 20 1855 in Clarkston Michigan and survived by brother Hiram B Thurston of Oberlin and sister Mrs Erwin Smith of Midsland. Burial services were at Cherry Grove Thursday afternoon with Rev Albert Dawe officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allyn W. Thurston
Oberlin
Ohio
Charles A.thurston
Clare
H. B. ‘Thurston
Thurston
Clarkston
Oakland County
Ore
Hiram B
Foster
Erwin Smith
Midsland
Olctry Grove
Albert Dawe
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Davy
Paul Brett
EB. Davy
John
Lionel Duncan
Frances
Jeanette
Jimmy
John . Keschman
Mary Jane
Joseph L. Kennedy
Clemens
Barbers
Justice Hudson
Bata
Conservation Dept
Hawkins
Pine Street
PLAY
S. A. Peirce Co
Sec
Wise Township
Ernie Beale
Wise
Mr. Béalé
Wm. Lansing
Jacob Bellot
Phigie
Giet and Flower Shop
B. N. Cotton
Clare County
West
F. D. Fitzgerald
Tri- County
Shilson
Comstock
Murphy
Veterans of Foreign. Wars and the Polar Bear‘association
G. Emory
Grand Rapids
Governor Fitzgerald
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