Election Set On School Millage in Clare Board Vote
The Clare Board of Education voted unanimously to schedule a special millage election on August 28, 1967. The panel postponed deciding the additional millage amount until early August citing limited state aid. Superintendent Richard L. Snyder warned that reaching area salary levels could cause deficits without a master contract with the Clare Education Association.
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Clare Board of Education
Clare Education Association
Richard L. Snyder
Clare
Open House Marks Clare County Government Building Dedication
Public officials from Michigan and local dignitaries attend the dedication of Clare County government headquarters in Harrison on July 22 with a two o'clock program led by D. Hale Brake. An open house runs noon to 6:00 p.m. featuring tours of the new offices, courts, welfare, and extension service centers.
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Harrison
Michigan
Clare County
John Brubaker
Arthur Township
D. Hale Brake
Brake
Michigan Townships
Supervisors
County Welfare Department
Clare County Extension Study Clubs
MSU President Hannah Urges Priorities in Commencement Speech
Michigan State University President John A. Hannah told 3,724 graduates that the nation must set clear priorities or risk betraying allies and losing national self-respect. He cited civil rights issues, urban decline, and a government structure strained to provide social services and cultural amenities. He spoke during his first spring commencement address since becoming president nearly 26 years ago.
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Michigan State University
John A. Hannah
MSU
Hannah
Dow Employs 154 Clare Area Workers
Dow Chemical Co personnel across central Michigan include 154 residents of Clare in a wider Huron Midland region. The survey lists 16 communities with over 100 employees and shows Bay City furnishing 1,008 employees in Midland, plus about 400 Bay City Plant workers. In total, roughly 12,000 Midland employees are spread over a 2,500 square mile area extending from Harrison to Essexville.
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Clare
Michigan
Dow Chemical Co
Midland
Bay
Saginaw
Gratiot
Isabella
Gladwin
Avenac
Dow’s Midland
Harrison
Farwell
St. Charles
Essexville
Dow
Bay City
Auburn
Mount Pleasant
Coleman
Sanford
Freeland
Beaverton
Shepherd
Merrill
Hemlock
Hope
Breckenridge
Saint Louis
Linwood
Wheeler
Kawkawlin
Rosebush
Rhodes
Pinconning
Alma
Bentley
Saint Charles
North Bradley
Edenville
Standish
4 H Project Leader Earns MSU Scholarship
Roberta Streeter 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Streeter Lake was among Michigan 4 H youths awarded an MSU scholarship. Active eight years in Lake Busy Beavers Club she pursued clothing knitting electrical foods leather craft conservation horticulture and junior leadership.
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Roberta Streeter
Robert Streeter
Lake
Michigan
M.S.U
Roberta
Busy Beavers Club
Washington D.C
Chatham UP
Area 12
Farwell High School
Brucellosis Free County Cattle Exemption for Fair
Blood tests for show cattle will not be required this year for cattle from herds not under quarantine and originating in Brucellosis certified free counties and modified tuberculosis credited counties. Isabella County meets these requirements so fair time will be a little easier this year.
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Isabella
Central Area Grads Enrolling At Central
Prospective CMU freshmen from Mt Pleasant area, about 300 on campus July 5 and 6 for pre registration and orientation ahead of fall term. Names include Stuart Glenn son of Truman and Mrs Glenn Clare High graduate and Sue Ann Myers Janey Fay Gou die Ruth Anne Smith Sharla Haggerty and Dennis King from Coleman. Students register for fall classes meet instructors learn dorm living as pre registration continues through summer for about 2,500 admitted.
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CMU
Mt. Pleasant
Stuart Glenn
Truman Glenn
Clare
Clare High
Sue Ann Myers
Janey Fay Goudie
Ruth Anne Smith
Coleman Sharla Haggerty
Dennis King
Clare Board of Education Meeting Recaps Re-elected Officers
Anderson heads board as E A Anderson is re-elected president and Dr A D Austin serves again as secretary. Glenn Thomas remains treasurer. Board keeps 8 p m meetings on the second Monday at the high school library. They pursue TV education on trial and continue federal aid programs. New math texts adopted for grades 4 5 and 6. resignations approved for Patricia Rapp and Delbert Nolan with tenure. both move to higher salaries elsewhere. A August 28 special election to address salary issues is planned. Non instructional salaries may be adjusted retroactively to July 1. Roof repair at the Junior High, site for relocatable classrooms, and continued student accident insurance approved.
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Clare Board of Education
E.A. Anderson
A.D. Austin
Glenn Thomas
Patricia Rapp
Delbert Nolan
Clare County Highway Jobs Bid Open for US-27 Improvements
Bids were opened June 28 by the Department of State Highways for a Clare Roscommon county project on US 27. The local contract is estimated at 80000 dollars and includes non skid surfacing wider shoulders and ramp work with a target completion date August 31.
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Clare
Roscommon Counties
Department of State Highways
Youth Corps Offers Summer Jobs for 16 to 21
Cyrus Y. AtLee of Sixcap announces expanded Neighborhood Youth Corps positions in Mecosta Osceola Clare and Gladwin Counties. Youth ages 16 to 21 will work with hospitals police welfare agencies and schools about 26 hours weekly at 1 25 per hour. Contact local offices for details and applications.
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Cyrus Y. AtLee
Sixcap, Inc
Mecosta
Osceola
Clare
Gladwin
AtLee
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Ken Williams
Sixcap
Hazel Frye
Court House
Geraldine Engle
Harrison
N. Main
Ewart
Alice O’neil
Spruce Street
Big Rapids
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Guys & Dolls
Hart
Silicap, Inc
OEO
W. J. Frazee
Elizabeth Sprague
Lake George
Ontario
Canada
Spragués
Elizabeth
Leroy
Harold Love
Clare Area
Anderson
Central Michigan Educational Resource Council
Bicknell’s
McEwan Street
Sentinel
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