Cedar Park swimming draws crowds at hot July days
Cedar Park near Clare attracts many youngsters enjoying the recreation area with diving, swimming and shaded picnicking. Lifeguard Janet Norquist oversees a busy scene as city crews maintain the pool, banks, and park facilities. The park was donated by the late Walter Pettit for public use and is now managed by Clare with annual cleanups.
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Cedar Park
Janet Norquist
Walter Pettit
Clare ‘Kiwanis Club
Navy Band to Perform in Clare at New High School
The United States Navy Band will play in Clare on September 26 in the town's new high school gym. The concert features classical, popular, and martial works with soloists, sponsored by the Clare Kiwanis Club after presidential approval. Performances are at 2 PM and 8 PM with tickets on sale at Citizens State Bank Hotel Doherty or from Kiwanis members.
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United States Navy
Clare
New High School
Kiwanis Club of
United States
Citizens State Bank
Parents Can Watch Scouts Camp Fun
This year Boy Scout Camp Rotary expands youth activities with fishing rods boats canoes bows and arrows a rifle range and enhanced nature lore. Deer Lodge proves its value to campers and a rainy start fails to dampen spirit. Friday Water Carnival and the Campwide Campfire with the Order of the Arrow Callout highlight the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Order of the Arrow
Bipartisan tax reform plan garners momentum in Michigan
Lawmakers from both parties push a Ro Romario Roberts style package combining a four percent use tax withRepublican backed sales tax increases. The plan seeks to exempt food from sales and use taxes and would raise revenue to reduce the threat of a state income tax becoming mandatory for residents.
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William Ro
Iano
Warren
Farrell E. Roberts
Pontiac
Romario-Roberts
Fed
Michigan
Interest Up for GI Loans After July 2 1959
VA officials say new higher interest rate applies to loans closed on or after July 2 1959. Loans closed before that date are unaffected unless a prior binding commitment to a lower rate was made.
Hard-Handed Hawaiian Beats Bricks With Karate Power
First Class Peter Y. Y. Choo, a 132 pound Army sergeant and chief personnel clerk in the Eighth U.S. Army, shows his karate skill by breaking tile, bricks, and boards. Trained since 1943 in Honolulu, he earned a third rank in karate and a separate ludd expert title. He cites Oyama as a bull-killing benchmark of fist power and describes karate as self-defense through controlled blows.
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Peter
Y. Y
Choo
U.S. Army Aircraft Maintenance Center
Honolulu
Mitoshi
India
Far East
Masutatsu Oyama
Japan
City Scrambles Through Costs Of Last Winter Snow
City crews spent two thousand hours removing ice and snow and sanding slippery roads as reports surface on the costly effort to clear last winter. The discussion comes in mid summer as officials reflect on January’s deep freeze and the mountain of snow cleared by the public works department.
Still Hunting Supply Delays City Water Supply Tests
Layne Northern, a drill contractor, promised to supply all city water but initial test holes near Wilcox Parkway failed to find water. A new drilling site is set to probe bedrock possibly at 300 feet while Calgon rust treatment ends and Nalco 918 shows better results.
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the . Layne. Northern
Wilcox Parkway
Gunn
4-H Home Economics Judging School Set for July 28
The 4 H home economics judging school is scheduled for July 28 with judging classes in clothing home improvement study center and foods. The foods class will judge cupcakes plain unfrosted egg shopping for hard cooking salad trays poaching and frying and cafeteria menu board members select nutritious school lunch. Watch for further details in your papers.
Lawman Directory Details Michigan Law Enforcement Listings
Michigan Bell Telephone Company releases the 1959 60 Police Telephone and Teletype Directory for law enforcement. It lists municipal, county, state, and federal agencies with office and home numbers, including State Police headquarters and district posts, FBI, Secret Service, U S Marshal and Federal Bureau of Narcotics offices.
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Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Michigan
Michigan Bell
FBI
Secret Service
U.S. Marshal
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Fire at Drake’s Farm Destroys Double Garage
Clare firefighters were called just after noon on July 10 to a fire in a large double garage on the Dale Drake farm two miles south of Loomis. Postal carrier Fred Krell described thick black smoke like burning oil or tar.
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Clare
Dale Drake
Loomis
Fred Krell
Dry Months Bring Fire Warnings in Michigan Forests
Forest lands in Michigan face a high fire risk during July and August with many outdoor visitors. Northern conifer stands enable crown fires and fires from tree to tree. 95 percent of fires result from human carelessness. Michigan reports sizable forest resources and a strong 25 year fire-control record, but strict prevention, permits, and rapid reporting are essential to sustain it.
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Michigan
Conservation Department
Oklahoma Wildlife Department Receives Stocking Applications
The National Wildlife Federation notes Oklahoma's Wildlife Conservation Department has valid fish stocking applications from William Fish and Sam Bass. Earlier applications came from Finney and Wells, but no information has emerged from the Trouts, Rivers, or Lakes families.
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National Wildlife Federation
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
William Fish
Sam Bass
Finney and Wells
Internes Begin At Clare General Hospital
Dr. David Wayne Swayze of Flint Michigan starts as an interne at Clare General Hospital. He spent four years as a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division and earned a B S from Flint Junior College Missouri State Teachers College and a D O from Kirksville School of Osteopathy and Surgery in June 1959. He and his wife and two year old daughter live at 105 West 7th Clare. Dr. William A Bilyeu of Dearborn Michigan also intern at Clare General. He graduated Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery and did pre medical work at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College and studied at Fordson High in Dearborn. He and his wife Mary Anne live at 114 W Fifth Clare.
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David Wayne Swayze
Flint
Michigan
Clare General Hospital
Swayze
11Th Airborne Division
Army
Flint Junior College
Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville School of Osteopathy
West 7Th
Clare
William A. Bilyeu
Dearborn
Clare General
Bilyeu
Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery
Missouri
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Fordson High
Mary Anne
Fifth Street
Michigan May Receive 195 Million In Federal Aid For Highways
State officials say Michigan could gain 195 million dollars in federal aid for Interstate and toll road work under House Bill 6303. The plan envisions 15 year payments from the general treasury and requires use on additional toll routes beyond the current Interstate projects.
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C. E. Buckley
New York
Michigan
Higgins
General Treasury
Wardpressed Highway Trust Fund
Gladwin Evening College Opens Registration
The Gladwin Board of Education reminds all interested persons that registration is ready for evening classes at the Gladwin college. Targeted to all ages, the program invites local residents to enroll for fall sessions and continue education.
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Gladwin Evening College
The
Gladwin Board of Education
Tractor Safety Urges Care On Farm Roads During Safety Week
Richard Pfister of Michigan State University warns twenty five mph is too fast for tractors on country roads. National Farm Safety Week runs July 19 25 with calls to reduce accidents, as national and Michigan statistics show hundreds killed yearly and children injured. The piece also covers Michigan course offerings at Gladwin and Central Michigan University for a noncredit evening program starting September 21 1959, with courses in English sociology geography math biology and more.
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Richard Pfister
Michigan State University
Michigan
Alister
Pfister
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant
Gladwin Evening College
Milky Way as July celestial spectacle and legend
Hazel M. Losh describes the Milky Way as a moonless night spectacle across the sky from north to south. She notes its naked eye glow, the view through a telescope, and its cultural legends, plus how the band stages summer constellations from Cassiopeia to Sagittarius in the sky.
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Hazel M. Losh
University of Michigan
Cassiopeia
Scorpius
Aquila
Sagittarius
Michigan Vacation Attractions Earn National Spotlight
National Geographic and Esquire spotlight Michigan travel sites this season. The features praise Mackinac Bridge Soo Locks Isle Royale Detroit Mackinac Island and northern vacation areas, boosting statewide promotion efforts.
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National Geographic Magazine
Esquire
Robert J. Furlong
Michigan Tourist Council
National Geographic
Michigan
Great Lakes
Mackinac Bridge
Bridge
Upper Peninsula
Mackinac Island
City Works Progress Report Details Patch Savings and Projects
City Manager Clarence Gunn reports six months of progress across parks recreation painting and city hall prep. Hot patching saves material costs with $4.25 per ton delivered locally versus $12 per ton from Bay City or Reed City. Seventy five tons used. curb guttering on John Third and Glendale streets totaling 1464 feet. 160000 gallons of salt brine for dust control. storm sewer installed during road work. 200 bed Civilian Defense hospital unit arrived. city hall painting cleaning completed. first city tool inventory recorded and a new 4 ton heavy duty truck purchased.
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Clarence’ Gunn
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Atea
Navy Band
Lansing
Russell H. Strange, Jr
Isabella-Clare
New Rey
Clarence Gum
Lawman Directory
Drake
Finney
U. S
Highway Department
Ithaca
M46
Shepherd
House Public Works Committee
Congress
Turnpike ‘Authority
George N. Higgins
David Swayze
National Safety Council
Gladwin Rural Agricultural School
Gladwin
Garden
John Street
Consumers Power Company
Glendale
Eastwood Hills
Clara
McEwan Street
East Fifth
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