Grand Jury Indicts 24 Over 1941 Banking Bribery Plot
Judge Louis B. Coash in Ingham County signed a blanket warrant charging 24 men with conspiring to obstruct legislation and corruptly influence lawmakers and Governor Van Wagoner in the 1941 bank bill dispute. Four immunity recipients avoid prosecution. some defendants already face or appeal graft sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis B. Coash
Ingham County
Grand Jury
Coash
Murray D. van Wagoner
Supreme Court
van Wagoner
Charles B. Bohn
Detroit
Bohn Aluminum and Brass Co
Michigan National Bank
Simon D. den Uyl
Charles F. Hemens
Harold Vandenberg
Kalamazoo
Doubleday Bros
Ballard
Hemans
Vandenberg
William Green
George C. Harms
James B. Stanley
Raymond J. Snow
Flint
Chas, S
Blondy
Leo J. Wilkowski
Ernest G. Nagel
James A. Burns
Charles C. Diggs
Democrats
Robert B. McLaughlin
Gilbert H. Isbister
Port Huron
Carl F. DeLano
Francis J. Nowak
William G. Buckley
Earl G. Gallagher
Walter W. Stockfish
Adam W. Sumeracki
Edward J. Walsh
Joseph J. Kowalski
Earl W. McEwen, Sr
William ©. Stenson
Greenland
Former Sheridan Boy Graduates From Medical College
Dr. Maurice C. Guest, son of Mr and Mrs Calvin J Guest of Pontiac, formerly of Sheridan township, who attended Hagle school and moved to Pontiac eighteen years ago, graduated from White Memorial College of Medical Evangelists in Los Angeles California and received a commission as first lieutenant in the U S Army. After internship at Loma Linda he will serve two years in an army hospital. He was Pontiac High School class of 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice C. Guest
Calvin J. Guest
Pontiac
Sheridan Township
Hagle School
White Memorial College of Medical Evangelists
Los Angeles
California
Guest
U. S. Army
Loma Linda
Calif
Pontiac High School
Alma Women Golfers Defeat Clare In Interclub Match
Alma women golfers won a home match against Clare on their course. Twenty six players enjoyed fair weather for social golf foursomes and afternoon bridge in the clubhouse. Jo Anderson earned Clare low score prize, Helen Hendershot had Alma low score. Beatrice Lange seeks drivers and passengers for travel to future matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Clare Women's Club
Jo Anderson
Clare
Helen Hendershot
Beatrice Lange
Featherston Buys Central Motor Sales in Clare
Gene Featherston of Pontiac buys Central Motor Sales and building from M B Gallagher. Elmer and Lee Featherston move to Clare as general manager and assistant manager with families joining soon. Featherston Motor Sales will represent Chrysler and stock parts for Dodge and Plymouth vehicles. John Bruckart to manage the service department. expansion planned for parts and service offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Featherston
Pontiac
Central Motor Sales
M. B. Gallagher
Featherston
Elmer Featherston
Lee Featherston
Clare
WHHL
Featherston Motor Sales
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge
Plymouth
John Bruckart
Controlling rabies by restraining dogs urged by expert
Dr. B J Killham of Michigan State College warns that rabies spread hinges on dogs and quarantine rules. He notes delays between infection and symptoms, dogs traveling up to 60 miles, and vaccines offering about a year of protection after one dose. He urges strict dog laws to curb the disease and protect children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Killham
Michigan State College
Killham
Kiltham
Farmer Schaaf Shoots At Tractor In Wheat Dispute
Franklin Schaaf on his grandmother’s Sheridan township farm fired at a tractor operated by Lowell and Howard Penrose after a dispute over wheat. He was arrested for reckless use of a firearm following a quarrel over leasing and sharing two acres of wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Schaaf
Lewis Slater
Sheridan Township
Seaver Amble
Lowell Penrose
Howard Penrose
Schaut
Joseph K. Naumes
Justice of the Peace
Jennings Archambault
Schaaf
Slater
Lowell
Penroses
Early Pioneer Catherine Dwyer Dies at Clare Homestead
Catherine Dwyer a longtime Clare resident died at her sister in law Florence Battle’s home near Clare Michigan after a short illness She was born April 22 1868 in Burlington Virginia and came to Clare at age nine She lived on the family farm on the old homestead after marrying William J Dwyer in 1888 Her children were William A Earl and Frances Ann She lived through Clare counties pioneer days and returned to the homestead due to ill health
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Dwyer
Florence Battle
Clare
Vernon Township
Catherine Helena Battle
William and
Nancy Ann Battle
Burlington
Virginia
Michigan
Mt Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant
Page Hight
Mrs. John Duncan Dies in Michigan. Rites Held in Vernon
Mrs. John Duncan, longtime resident of the community, died Saturday morning in Ferndale Michigan. The body was brought to Ivan McIntosh's Vernon township home. Funeral services were conducted at Thurston Funeral Home at 2:00 PM Monday by Rev Chas B Hahn. Interment followed in Cherry Grove cemetery. No obituary was available at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Duncan
Ferndale
Michigan
Ivan McIntosh
Vernon Township
Thurston Funeral
Chas
B. Hahn
Cherry Grove
Two Local Women Graduate From St Marys Nursing School
Miss Doris Calkins daughter of Mr and Mrs 5 J Calkins Clare and Miss Anne Prockton home with Mr and Mrs Thomas Schroeder Vernon Hill graduated from St Marys Hospital nursing school in Saginaw at 7330 o clock Sunday evening July 14th. Commencement address by Rev Murray Shulen with Bishop William D Murphy of the Saginaw Diocese assisting by Rev Fr Felix Bogt. Diplomas awarded to thirty two graduates after Mass and Baccalaureate services in the hospital chapel followed by a breakfast in the new nurses home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Calkins
J. Calkins
Clare
Anne Prockton
Thomas Schroeder
Vernon Hill
St.Mary's Hospital
Saginaw
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Pr. Murray Shulen
William D. Murphy
Felix Bogt
Wayne Tennant Promoted to Assistant District Supervisor
Conservation Officer Wayne Tennant, long assigned to Clare County, is promoted to assistant district supervisor of the Gladwin district with headquarters in Gladwin. He has served since 1935 in multiple roles across Mio Baldwin Isabella and Clare counties. His Clare successor is not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Tennant
Clare County
Gladwin
Clare
Wayne
Conservation Department
Mio
Baldwin
Isabella County
Department of Conservation
Abbie Metcalf of Lake Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Abbie Metcalf known as Aunt Abbie died Friday after twenty three weeks of illness. She was born August 4 1866 and died July 19 1946 at age 79 11 13. Funeral Tuesday at Cory Funeral Home Evart with Dr. Hoverter officiating. Interment at Heart cemetery. Survived by one sister and many nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Abbie Metcalf
Abbie
Valentine
Rebecca Cross
Free Will Baptist Church
Geo. Metcalf
Charles H. Metcalf
Nettie Cook
Hattie ‘Race
Cory Funeral Home
Evart
Sherman
City
Wile May Barneard
Harryton
Theo Gunderman
Lillia Berry
Clare
Man Dies After Car Hits Truck Load of Gravel
One person was killed and several injured in four traffic crashes over the past weekend in the area. At US-27 near Clare a southbound motorcycle rider Harlow Smith and passenger Willard Mann were involved in a collision with a truck driven by Nathan Gray. Smith sustained lacerations and was released after treatment. Mann was injured. A separate crash on US-10 near Clare left Leighton C. McArthur dead from a fractured skull, with Detroit residents Aubrey Harrison and George Robert Harrison treated for injuries. The continuation note references a Seaton crash and a victim later dying at Central Michigan Community Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Us-27
Harlow Smith
Battle Creek
Nathan Gray
Gladwin
Smith
Clare Hospital
Willard Mann
George Robert Harrison
Detroit
S. C. McArthur
US 10
Harrison
Aubrey R. Harrison
Leighton C. McArthur
Weidman
Central Michigan Community Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Seaton
Page Hight
Mrs. Floyd Beckett Dies at Home in Mt Pleasant
Mrs. Floyd Beckett a nurse known in Clare and Mt Pleasant area died unexpectedly at her Mt Pleasant home. Born Velma McKnight in Rosebush Michigan on October 5 1908 she grew up there and studied at Clare High School Central State Teachers College and St Luke's nursing school in Saginaw. She married Floyd Beckett in Angola Indiana on May 8 1936 and they lived in Mt Pleasant where four children were born two of whom died in infancy. She leaves a husband two surviving children a sister and a brother. The service is at Mt Pleasant Church of Christ with interment Riverside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Beckett
Clare
Mt. Pleasant
Beckett
Pure Oil Company
Velma McKnight
Wesley and
Mary McKnight
Rosebush
Michigan
Frank W. McKnight
Clare High School
Central State Teachers College
Woman’s Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital
Saginaw
Angola
Indiana
Elizabeth Pauline
Floyd Wesley
Mary Jo
Donald
Rebekah Lodge
County Nurses Association
Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ
Duane Davis
Ithaca
Pitman
Riverside Cemetery
St. Luke’s Hospital
Joseph Sproat
Rotarians See War Pictures by Leo Beard
Rotarians at the Wednesday lunch program viewed war scenes from France and Belgium filmed by Leo Beard, an expediter with the Third Army in Europe. Stan Sutton introduced Beard, while President Mac McArthur noted Rotarian Bill Byers is now able to receive visitors at home during recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Belgium
Leo Beard
Third Army
Beard
Europe
Stan Sutton
Mac” McArthur
Bill Byers
Bill
Clare County Fair Plans Underway For September Return
Secretary Dan Holcomb reports Clare County Fair grounds modernization progressing ahead of the September 11 to 14 event. A 40 by 60 foot Quonset hut becomes display space, a new stage fronts the grandstand, judges stand on the track is rebuilt, and harness racing is planned. Livestock and agricultural exhibits plus women’s groups will display, with horse pulling contests and free acts as highlights. The fair aims to be one of the state’s best small fairs with substantial funding and public support requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Holcomb
Clare County Fair Grounds
Clare County Fair
F.F.A
Fair Board
Clare City Library Association Elects Officers
Mrs. Jay Green presided at the Clare Library Association annual meeting held July 22 in the Library room. Reports by Secretary Effie Saul and Treasurer Don Richardson were read. The revised slate elected includes Estella Artibee President Harold Fleming Vice President Pat Pinnaire Secretary and Don Richardson Treasurer. Plans for library school update, juvenile section, and broader county library service were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Green
Clare Library Association
Effie Saul
Don Richardson
Estella Artibee
Harold Fleming
Pat Pinnaire
Clear Lake Camp
State Library Board
Michigan
Cloverleaf Dance Hall Promotes Weekend Night Fever
At Cloverleaf four miles north of Mt. Pleasant the Mac and the Fogey Mountain Boys perform weekly dances. Admission covers the lively party from 4:00 p m to 2:00 a m each Saturday night with operations starting July 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Mac
Central Michigan Golfists Vie For Alln Title Here
Under a hot July sun the Central Michigan Golf Association Championship opens at Clare County Club with a record field of sixty entrants. Defending champion Dick Dandy from Portland faces stiff challenges from top players in Midland Ithaca Alma Mt. Pleasant Clare Portland and St. Johns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Michigan Golf Association
Clare County Club
Dick Dandy
Portland
Midland
Ithaca
Alma
Mt. Pleasant
Clare
St. Johns
Dandy Defends CMGA Crown In 36 Hole Final Twist
Jim Kelly of Portland top qualifier with a five under par 69 at Clare CC. He defeated Leon McNeill in semis but fell 4 2 to Dick Dandy, defending champion, in the 36 hole final. Dandy and Kelly led a strong field as banquet festivities followed the event with Tim Cotter as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Kelly
CMGA
Clare Country Club
Leon McNeill
Dick Dandy
Portland
Byron Gallagher
Mt. Pleasant
Alma
Clare Club
Jack Manee
Jerry Callihan
Tim Cotter
Ed Johnston
Leo Hampton
Clare
Bob Phillips
al Dean
Si Fohus
Harry Wakefield
Billy Carrell
Bob Schaefer
Dick Oakes
Walt Hales
Dandy
Kelly
Dawdy
Ed Goggin
By. Gallahger
Carl Schuller
Guest Speaker at Congregational Church Sunday
Rev. Vance of the First Presbyterian Church of Alma will deliver the sermon at the Congregational Church Sunday morning. Returning from a northern Michigan vacation, he will visit Clare to preach as guest speaker during the service. The church has had no resident minister since February and has hosted guest speakers from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational
Vance
First Presbyterian Church of
Alma
Michigan
Clare
Congregational Church
Parking Rules Tightened on Clare Streets
Police in Clare City tighten parking enforcement on West Fifth Street between Me Hwan and Beech Streets. Violations will be issued as parking regulations are enforced along the north side areas and near Sum mortises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Fifth
Me Hwan
Beech Streets
Police Department
City of
Clare
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sheridan Boy
Medical College
G. Featherston
Enlarged Service Department
Young Ladies Graduate Nursing School
Gladwin Dist
Ewart
F. Beckett
Clare City Library Association
Clear. Lake Camp
F. B. Hochstetler
Central Michigan
Bulletin
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