Clare shoppers receive $15 prizes in side walk sale event
The Sentinel notes nine shoppers in Clare received $15 cash gifts during the Chamber of Commerce Sidewalk Sale promotion though amounts were previously misstated. The piece also highlights local remodeling projects including Rosebush Addition for Citizens Bank and Trust, the Doherty Motor Hotel’s updated facade, and a convalescent home crane lift near Clare's east edge.
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Sentinel
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Chamber of Commerce
Rosebush
Citizens Bank and
Trust
Doherty Motor
Michigan to Consider Striped Bass Introductions Next Spring
Michigan fisheries officials will tour the state with Ro bert Stevens, a South Carolina biologist, to evaluate striped bass suitability. They plan to study spawning areas and hatchery rearing prospects and decide before next spring whether introductions will go ahead. The striped bass is a long lived saltwater species adapted to fresh water, known for strong fights and prized meat.
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Michigan
Robert Stevens
South Carolina Wildlife Resources Department
Stevens
Conservation Department
Department
Great Lakes
South Carolina
General Math Needs Reform Says University Educator
University of Michigan education professor Joseph N. Payne argues that general mathematics is neglected in high school reform funded by the NSF. Teachers design new units to boost interest, stressing mathematical ideas over traditional consumer problems, while noting a shift away from tax rates and insurance topics.
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Joseph N. Payne
University of Michigan
National Science Foundation
The Great Lakes State water feature praised by Michigan
In a Michigan Challenge inspired feature, The Sentinel highlights Michigan as a water wonderland with its long shoreline and many lakes and rivers. It emphasizes water as essential to industry and recreation, describes lakes as jewels, and notes conservation alongside shared use for tourism and growth.
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the Sentinel
Great Lakes State
Michigan Challenge
Michigan State Chamber of Commerce
Harry R. Hall
William C. Callahan
Michigan Lakes and Lands Stand Out in Great Lakes State
The article extols Michigan’s lakes from Lake of the Clouds to Higgins Lake and Lake Gogebic, noting over 11 000 lakes and the nation’s longest freshwater shoreline. It highlights public access to waters, four of five Great Lakes borders, 36 350 miles of streams, and 68 state parks with room for 67 000 visitors nightly. It also mentions a million fishermen yearly and ongoing conservation programs.
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Lake
Lake of the Clouds
Porcupine Mountains
Upper Peninsula
Mirror Lake
Carp River
Conservation Department
Great Lakes
Alaska
Union
U.S
Maine
Florida
Courage at Clare General Hospital During Tornado Alert
During a June 22 tornado alert at Clare General Hospital, doctors E. J. Gershon and Elmer Shurlow coordinated staff to move 50 patients to the basement shelter in one hour and five minutes with no panic. Nurses remade beds and arranged supplies, while infants and bedridden patients received extra attention and auxiliary power was readied for emergencies. The observer praised the staff for protecting patients and avoiding delays.
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Clare General Hospital
Clare
J. Gershon
Elmer Shurlow
CGH
Kostrzewa Declines Promotion to Remain at Mt. Pleasant
State Police Sgt Dan Kostrzewa at Mt Pleasant declines the promotion to Staff Sgt. and will stay at his current post for personal reasons. Sgt HW Simmons from Alpena replaces him and transfers to East Lansing with Corp Gene Rooker of Detroit, who is promoted and placed in command of Alpena.
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State Police
Dan Kostrzewa
Mt. Pleasant
East Lansing
Kostrzewa
Sgt
H.W. Simmons
Alpena
Corp
Gene Rooker
Detroit
Travel Information Center Opening Delayed Near Clare
The opening and dedication ceremonies for the Travel Information Center north of Clare are postponed as construction runs behind schedule. Michigan Highway Dept. news director Will Hardy said the opening date is uncertain due to delays in material delivery to the contractor.
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Clare
Will Hardy
Michigan Highway Dept
Fatal Accident Report Reveals Michigan Toll This Year
Michigan State Police provisional figures show 152 water accidents in the first half of the year killing 110 people. The report also notes rural school bus incidents in 1964 with 5 killed and 290 injured across 321 accidents, up from 1963, including injuries to 21 boarding or alighting children and 10 vehicle-related fatalities.
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Michigan
Childre
Word Cornage coined for fermenting corn in silos
Clare County extension director George MacQueen coins cornage to describe high moisture corn stored in silos. He argues the term is more accurate and shorter, though others simply call it high moisture corn.
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Clare County Extension
George MacQueen
MacQueen
Michigan Laxpayers Assn Jabs at Legislature Spending
The Michigan Laxpayers Association comments wryly on big state spending asking if readers are earning 46 percent more than in 1961. If so, you have kept pace with state spending.
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Michigan
Laxpayers’ Assn
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