Water Sewer Project Moves Forward Amid Cost Disputes
City Manager Clarence Gunn says construction on a Clare area water and sewer system will begin soon despite objections from some property owners. The project, now priced at 140000, includes two lift stations and covers Foell subdivision and Wilcox Parkway.
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Clare
Foels
Shamrock
Clarence Gunn
City Hall
State Health Department
Gunn
Drainage, Inc
Willard Wedge
Wilcox Parkway
Hemlock ‘Street
Rotary Gov to Visit Here for Rotary Club Meeting
Dr John Hepler governor of District 631 Rotary International arrives here Wednesday noon to address Rotarians and discuss administrative matters with local officers. Hepler is professor and head of English at Central Michigan University and former president of the Mt Pleasant Rotary Club.
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John Hepler
Pleasant
Rotary International
Rotary Club
Rotary
Hepler
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant
Golf Club Championship Set at Twin Elms
The Twin Elms Golf Club announces the Men s Championship Tournament starting August 5 with the last date for posting a qualifying score. Final rounds finish by August 26 ahead of the August 29 banquet. Players are split into eight flights, championship flight has 16. Paul Hoffman is sports chairman.
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Twin Elms
Paul Sheporiski
Paul Hoffman
Cloud Seeding Success Across Basin Reported
Leslie M. Spencer of Crossroads Motel on Vernon Hill says cloud seeding by 13 operators hired by Dow Chemical of Midland markedly boosts rainfall in the area and along the Tittaba wassee river basin to raise the river’s predicted low level. The giant chemical firm leads the program.
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Tittabawassee River
Leslie M. Spencer
Crossroads
Vernon Hill
Dow Chemical Company of
Midland
Water Resources Development Corp of
Denver
Colorado
Clare
Spencer
Bees Occupy New Bird House Then Storm Lightning Hits
In Clare a man reports his wife doubting his carpentry skills as a bird house project ends with a swarm of bees occupying the finished home. Nearby, Walter Longstreth observed a lightning strike that toppled a large tree west of Clare near the Packing Company plant.
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Bob Chapman
Bob
Walter Longstreth
Us-10
Clare
Clare Packing Company
Retiring At Holley Plant Orew G Downs Near Michigan
Orew G Downs 64 will retire from Holley Carburator Company Aircraft Division July 26 1963 after 21 years of service. He moved to Clare in December 1959 from Warren Michigan. He and wife Pearl live at 6075 Dorr Road Falmouth Michigan and plan an extended trip to Hawaii in October.
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Orew G. Downs
Holley Carburetor Company
Aircraft Division
Mr. Downs
Clare
Downs
Warren
Michigan
Pearl
Dorr Road
Falmouth
Hawaii
Lake Shamrock project struggles with money and sales
Lake Shamrock, a long promised Clare lakefront community asset, faces slowed lot sales and rising costs after a court dispute threatens funding. Promoters warn public support is waning, while existing owners and nearby residents watch progress and await a favorable judicial outcome to keep the project alive.
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Lake Shamrock
Clare Lake Shamrock
Lake Park
Shamrock
Tobacco River
Lake Shamrock Corporation
Wheels of Justice
Clare’s
Chamber of Commerce
Clare
Art Damoth
Watershed Improvement on Tobacco River Phase Underway
State and Federal funds fund the Tobacco River watershed project to clear obstructions and improve banks from Cornwell Ranch in Arthur Township to Lake Shamrock. Two crews work under Newt Miller, with jobs for local landowners and a focus on preserving tree plantings along banks.
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Cornwell Ranch
Arthur Township
Surrey Township
Lake Shamrock
APW
Jack Hammond
Gladwin
Newt Miller
Nestor Lakes
Michigan Unemployment Security Commission
Hammond
Ithe
Lake
Shamrock
Variety of Attractions At Clare County Free Fair
Clare County Free Fair opens Monday July 29 at Harrison with harness racing a giant midway and free entertainment. 4 H and FFA events highlight youth activities including beef, dairy, sheep and swine classes plus saddle horse competition and showmanship. Grandstand events feature livestock and machinery parade and an auction of 4 H and FFA animals with local bidders.
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Clare County
Harrison
Clare County Fair
John Baker
Gratiot County
Carolyn Bay
W. C. Cornwell Ranch
Clare
Ray McMullen
Bellaire
Alger
Smock
Vern Pratt Farwell
Saddle Club
Trailriders Bring Young Pony Of The Americas Riders To Detroit Show
Trailriders from Charlotte Michigan travel to Detroit for the Pony Of The Americas international show with about 22 young riders under 16 and 140 show ponies. The program includes judging trick riding and a White Skin Indian Dancers performance from Coleman. A gelding donated by Mr and Mrs Bicknell will be awarded as first prize in a Saturday contest.
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Belinda Bicknell
James S. Bicknell
Detroit
Charlotte
Michigan
P.O.A
Tomorrow Evening
Coleman
Canada
Michigan Health Dept reports low radiation levels statewide
The Michigan Department of Health states that environmental radiation across the state remains at low levels and does not pose a public health threat.
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Michigan Department of Health
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Rotary Gov
Holley
James Sykora
Sentinel
Ken Barnes
Ben Burda
Yveturn
Carl Stephenson
Stephenson
Faith
Jim Sykora
Ruth Simpson
Leonel Green
Harold Tucker
Sham« Rock
Young County Fair
James Bicknell,iii
Michippa Farms
Donna Carr
Stephen
Pudvay
D Pudvay
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