State Roads Get Fresh Lane Marks
The Michigan Highway Department completed painting lane and no passing zone lines on 7800 miles of state trunk highways led by Highway Commissioner Charles M. Ziegler. About 107000 gallons of paint were used with 27000 black for centerlines 46000 white for centerlines and 34000 yellow for no passing and centerline boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Charles M. Ziegler
Michigan
William O. Larkin
Highway Department
Lower Peninsula
Ziegler
David Woolston Passes Away
David Francis Woolston born February 7 1877 at Otter Lake Michigan died July 10 1953 at 76 years five months and three days. He lived in Loomis Bailey Colonville Mancelona Onaway Clare and finally Clare. He married Margaret Black on July 4 1903 and had five children Lula Clyde Rose Marie Donald. He was an invalid for 15 years and wrote inspirational poems of faith. He joined the Baptist Church and shared comfort during illness. Survived by wife five children thirteen grandchildren two great grandchildren a sister and an aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Francis Woolston
Nancy
Charles Woolston
Otter Lake
Lapeer County
Michigan
Loomis
Bailey, Lake
Colonville
Margaret Black
Lula
Clyde Rose
Marie
Donald
Mancelona
Onaway
Clare
Lord Jesus
Baptist Church
Loren Birdsall
David Siel
Clyde
Owosso
Saginaw
Win. Roe
St. Petersburg
Morida
Hillsdale Scientist Aids Search For Wonder Drug
Hillsdale College hosts soil sampling in Slayton Arboretum as Dr. Bertram A Barber conducts tests for new antibiotic molds. The golden mold gureomycin has saved thousands since 1948, while researchers seek a more effective microbe from Earth’s soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science
Hillsdale College
Slayton Arboretum
Hillsdale
Bertram A. Barber
Barber
Earth
Missouri
Five Youths Hurt in Sunday Highway Crash North of Clare
Five teenagers injured when two southbound cars jackknifed and rolled eight miles north of Clare on US 27 at 2 10 a m. Walter Brown 42 of Coleman car rolled over. Donald Hobbs 20 of Gladwin also involved. Passengers James Thirlow 19 Robert Dahl 20 Marion Rawles 19 treated at Clare General for cuts and bruises Ruth Tam rack 15 Midland treated at Gladwin Hospital. Wilma Sian 16 Midland fractures ankle. Brown cited for driving without license.
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Clare
Walter Brown
A-1
Coleman
Brown
Donald Hobbs
Gladwin
Hobbs
James Thirlow
Robert Dahl
Marion Rawles
Clare General Hospital
Ruth Tamrank
Midland
Gladwin Hospital
Wilma Sian
Showboat Tickets On Sale For July Run In Chesaning
Last three days for the 12th annual Chesaning Showboat run July 14 to July 19 are on sale in Chesaning Saginaw Bay City Owosso and Flint. The 1953 production promises a larger crowd with more guest captains stronger chorus and top professional acts aboard the 80 foot replica Pearl River boat.
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Chesaning
Michigan
Saginaw
Bay City
Owosso
Flint
Area Schools Elect Monday
Area school meetings Tuesday report lists Hayes Township and Farwell Rural districts with trustees re elected and holdovers. Names include Harrison Bryan Fanning S D Huntley Edmond Woods Paul Gibson Fred Phelipp plus many district officers across Arthur Grant Sheridan Vernon and Vernon districts.
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Hayes Township
Harrison
Bryan Fanning
S. D. Huntley
Edmond Woods
Paul Gibson
Fred Phelipp
Farwell Rural Agricultural
Dayton Brow
John Layton
Donald E. Smith
Robert Wilson
Gene Schmid
Frost Township
Arthur
George Winn
Margaret Myers
Rith Coats
Grant
Loran Nevill
Courtney Bauer
Delmar Allen
Edith D. Davis
Vern Moline
Rhoda Byba
Paul M. Nass
Edith Colmus
Charles Krell
Emerson Hampton
Harold JD. Bradley
Frank Humphrey
Sheridan
Beck and Hepler to Speak at Clare Congregational Church
Dr. E B Beck and Dr. John C Hepler of Central Michigan College of Education will lead Sunday services at Clare Congregational Church for five weeks. Beck speaks in July and Hepler for the first three Sundays in August. Both are noted authorities in Michigan folklore and English literature. Services begin at 10 AM with nursery and Sunday School provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Michigan College of Education
Congregational Church
EB. C. Beck
John C. Hepler
Dr. Beck
Michigan
United States
Hepler
Beck
Clare County
Rotary luncheon screens Telephone Courtesy film
Clare Rotary Club members met at Hotel Doher ty for a noon program led by President Dan McDonald. Walter Kleiner and Maurice Mitchell presented the Michigan Bell Telephone Company film Telephone Courtesy. Local Rotarians Jennings Archambault led a singing group with Bonnie Witbeck on piano. Visitors Green Wolfe Center Line Gordon Purdy Gladwin Al Lazan Dayton Ohio. Guests Don A. Hunt Center Line Martin Gloor Bel ding Theo Pixley Bob Lodes Clare.
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Clare
Scotts Point Eyes Perfect Drillers Season Push
Scotts Point’s Scott Drilling stands five games from a perfect season as Bill Lucy leads with six homers and a .457 average. Mel Lueder’s pitching fuels a string of wins including a 14-2 rout over Farwell with 17 hits. Clare Mfg dominates Class D after nine games and Freeman Willey posts five hits in five at bats.
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Scott Drilling
Bill Lucy
Mel Lueder
Whit
Scotts
Farwell
Lucy
Cradit
Drillers
Dover
Rilett
Chare
Brown
Bryant
Johaoson
North Bradley
Clare Mfg
Brown Corners
Jim McGuire
Luce
McGuire
Bernie Sunday
Hose
Johnny Musser
Dan McDonald
Clare Mig
Fordsmen
Freeman Willey
Junior Eberhart
Snick Woods
VFW
Hanley
Smith & Weaver
Kapplinger
Woods
Lambert
Brazington
the Stars
Midland
Elton
Ray Marshall
Boy Struck By Car Near Clare Intersection
Tommy Menthen nine, son of Mr and Mrs Ray Menthen of Clare, was run over by a car driven by Mrs Rachel Johnson of Clare at 4 55 Tuesday afternoon on US 10 Old TS 10 curve. He was treated at Clare General Hospital for possible head injuries and released. Johnson cited for driving without an operator license and with defective brakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Menthen
Ray Menthen
Clare
Igay
Rachel John
Tommy
Clare General Hospital
Johnson
Central Michigan Golf Championship set for Clare Club
The Central Michigan Men's Golf Association championship opens at Clare Country Club this Sunday July 19 at 9 00 am with players from Midland Alma St Johns Portland Ithaca Mt Pleasant and Clare. Medal play leads to match play rounds Monday and Tuesday culminating in a 36 hole final. Defending champion is Jack McLaughlin of Ithaca.
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Central
Harold B. Hughes
Norris ‘Elden
C. D. Bayes
Bud Anderson
Gerald Nivison
Sports Committee
Central Michigan
Ithaca
Jack McLaughlin
Little League Race Tightens in Close Standings
Farwell and Pure Oil lead a tight Little League race as Speedway 79 lags with seven losses. Pure Oil tops standings after wins over Speedway 79 and West Grant while Farwell defeats West Grant. Nolan Legg and Mertens lead pitching and hitting for key teams.
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Pure OK
Farwell
Pure
Nolan
Legg
Mertens
Speeddway
West Grant
Pure Oil
Speedway
Bill Wilson
Delamarter
Zinser
Wilson
Darwell
Debbie Nolan
Shaler
N. Thayer
Jim Russell
Clare Women Golfers Tie For First Place
The Clare Golf Club women joined Ithaca and St Johns at Crystal for a Best Ball Tournament on July 15. Eleven Clare players competed, with Mrs Albert Haley and Mrs Leslie Bonstelle winning in first place tied with St Johns. several others took second and third, and Bonstelle also tied for tow putts with Delores Barstow. A pot luck dinner followed with social golf and swimming. Clare women travel to Alma on July 22 for a subsequent match.
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Ithaca
St. Johns
Clare
Crystal
Albert Haley
Leslie Bonstelle
Clara Titus
Berbie Hampton
Hart Baumgarth
Roy Dunbar
Bonste
Five Day Disney Run at Ideal Theatre in Clare
The Ideal presents a five day 3-D Fort Ti showing with strong nightly crowds marking the first local 3-D feature. Peter Pan follows for another five days as a Disney exclusive with a Disney cartoon on the program. Jim Olson recounts Disney’s Detroit franchise origin and the early option in Michigan.
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Fort Ti
Ideal
Peter Pan
Clare
Jim Olson
Olson Theatres
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Detroit
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
Mr. Disney
Disney
Broadway
Capitol Theatre
4-H Parents and Leaders Meeting at Court House
4 H Parents and Leaders Association will hold a meeting July 17 at 8:30 at the court house in Harrison. The session seeks plans for the Fall Achievement Day and the Clare County fair. Parents and leaders are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H
Parents Leaders Association
Court House
Harrison
Clare County Fair
Clare Public School District Holds Annual Meeting
The Clare Public School District held its annual meeting in the school auditorium with Board President Stuart Bicknell presiding. Dr. Neff read the minutes and financial report, which were approved. The board voted to raise two mills for operations, joining the six mills under the 15 mill limit, a routine action in recent years. Dr. Kuno Hammerberg was unanimously elected to fill the vacancy left by Mr. Bicknell, who did not seek reelection. The new board then elected officers: Harold B. Hughes president, Richard Groves vice president, Earl Ruby treasurer, and C. G. Neff secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Public
Stuart Bicknell
C. B. Neff
Bicknell
Harold Hughes
Harold B. Hughes
Richard Groves
Earl Ruby
CG. B. Neff
Kuno Hammierberg
MSC Studies Flint Tornado Disaster
A Michigan State College study examines the 1953 Flint tornado and its human impact. Led by Dr. Charles P. Loomis, the project aims to advance scientific knowledge of behavior under catastrophe and document how people and organizations responded to the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Michigan
Michigan State College
America
R. L. Gordon
National Opinion Research Center
Charles P. Loomis
Social Research Service
American Red Cross
Michigan State Police
National Civil Defense Administration
The
Salvation Army
Loomis
East Gilmore Farm Bureau Meeting Scheduled
The East Gilmore Farm Bureau group will meet with Mr and Mrs Win Phillips on Monday afternoon July 20 at 8 30. The discussion topic is Trends Taxes and Township Governments. Come and join in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Gilmore Farm Bureau Group
Win, Phillips
Wedding Vows Spoken By Rev Nevins Miss Morgan
Miss Dora B Morgan of Eaton Rapids wed Rev Leslie J Nevins at Clare Methodist Church in a double ring ceremony attended by Dr Charles W Mackenzie. The service featured candles, gladiolus, organ music, and songs The Day of Golden Promise and The Lord's Prayer. The bride wore a pink rayon and cotton linen suit with a white Bible and orchid corsage. pearls were the groom's gift. The reception followed in social rooms with a wedding cake centerpiece and gifts. Out of town guests came from Iron Eaton Rapids Grand Rapids Detroit Ann Arbor Nashville Plainwell Lansing Battle Creek Kalamazoo St Johns Ludington Midland Colentan South Raven Muskegon Mt Pleasant and Roxbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora B.’Morgan
Eaton Rapids
Leslie J. Nevins
Clare Methodist Church
Charles W. Mackenzie
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
Arthur Delamarter
Carl Kelsey
Plainwell
Norton R. Gilbert
Grand Rapids
Aaron Bar- Yell
Muskegon
Harley Sowle
David Seiter
Orley Rogers
Jay Bellinger
Howard Everts
Tom Brooks
Farwell
Robert Curtis
Baton Rapids
Shirley
Cynthia Morgan
Lansing
Betty Mason
Nashville
Laurence Leiter
Orley -Rogers
W.S
Clare and Farwell Soceties
Nevins
Lake George
N. Y
Silver Bay
Michigan
Clare
Clare and
Iron Eaton
Rapids
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Lansizig
Battle Creek
Kalamazoo
St. Johns
Ludington
Midland
Colentan
South Raven
Mt. Pleasant
Roxsebush
Tragedy Near Clare Kills Three Year Old Davy Funke
Three year old Davy Funke died after being run over by a car backing from a Funke driveway about six fifty Monday evening near Clare. Coroner ruled accidental death from a fractured neck. Funeral rites were held at St Cecilia’s Church with interment in St Cecilia’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davyee
Earl Funke
Funke
Clare
Davy
Clare General Hospital
Carl Stephenson
Robert
John Bauer
Grant Township
Jom Bauer
Harl Funke
Doherty Funeral Home
St. Cecilia’s Church
Sruba
St. Cecilias Cemetery
United Fund Plans Progress in Clare County
The Clare County United Fund met at Hotel Doherty to plan the coming year. A nominating committee was named to present officers, and Gordon McIntosh became publicity chairman. Discussion covered welfare agencies including the Red Cross, Cancer Society, and Polio Foundation. A next board meeting is set for August 11 at 8:00 p.m. at Hotel Doherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County United Fund
Hotel Doherty
Chaenah Har
Morgan
Joe Grigware
Lake
Lyman Marsh
Shs. Rovert Campbell
Clare
Gordon MclIntosh
American Red Cross, Cancer Society
Polio Foundation
United Fund
Dr Donald Davids Moves to Missouri for Veterinary Practice
The Davids family of Clare area moves to Princeton Missouri where Donald Davids will practice veterinary medicine. A WWII veteran and X-ray tech, he earned his DVM from Michigan State College in 1953 and will join the local community with his wife Elizabeth and four children Mona June Stephen Maureen and Richard Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Elizabeth David
Chamber of Commercce
Princeton
David
Clare
Central Michigan College
O’rilley Hospital
Springfield
U. S. Army
Germany
M.S.C
East Lansing
Chas. David
Sheridan Township
Chas. Krell
Grant Township
Us-27
Mona June
Stephen
Maureen
Richard Dean
Fing
Haglé Church of God
Also Mentioned on This Page
David Woolston
Hillsdale Scientist
Drs. Beck
Clare Church
Fi. Marshall
F. Willey
R. Marshall
Rosebush
Mednay Lake
Churches Farm
Tom Menthen
Olson
Hammerberg Board
Gilmore Farm Bureau
Rev. Nevins
Miss Morgan
Davy Funke
Cousin
Donald Davids
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