Laurence W. Jackson Jr. Installed as Clare Acting Postmaster
Laurence W. Jackson Jr. was installed yesterday as Clare acting postmaster succeeding his uncle Francis L. Jackson. The ceremony at the post office included Postal Inspector Henry Ford administering the oath and witnessed by Mrs. Jackson and five of their six children. The Jackson family has long held the Clare post in three generations with Laurence Sr. retiring and the endorsement for a permanent appointment noted.
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Laurence W. Jackson, Jr
Clare
Francis L. Jackson
Henry Ford
Saginaw
Jackson
Laurence Jackson, Sr
Gordon McIntosh
Francis Jackson
Clare County
Democratic Committee
John A.jackson
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Conference panels for township officials in Manistee
Area officials from Clare Lake Manistee Mason Missaukee Osceola and Wexford counties attend a Michigan associations conference at the Manistee courthouse on June 7 with sessions for township supervisors clerks and treasurers.
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Michigan State Association of Supervisors
3Rd District Association of Supervisors
Clare
Lake
Manistee
Mason
Missaukee
Osceola
Wexford
Clare County
Clinton R. Case
Garfield
Dana Scott
Ruth Sanders
Arthur Township
Charles Stewart
Mason County
Roy Howes
Mahistee County
William E. Dennison
Manistee County
Leo LaPointe
Lake County
Clinton Case
Clarence Lofgreri
Wexford County
Roy Smith
Osceola County
John Koster
Missaukee County
David L. Bailey
D. Hale Brake
Supervisors ‘Association
Chippewa Hotel
Dennison
Elvera Dedrickson
Partel
Donna Scott
Volney Reynolds
Robert M. Montgomery
Melvin Mass
Doubleday Bros. & Company
Kalamazoo
Watering Hours Set Daily Restrictions
Times for lawn watering are from 4 p.m. to 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily. The schedule specifies allowed periods each day for outdoor irrigation.
Sister Mary Juliet Celebrates 25th Religious Anniversary
Sister Mary Juliet of St. Cecilia Church Clare marked 25 years in religious life with a May 28 Silver Jubilee open house at the church basement attended by about 200 guests. The Home and School Guild coordinated the event with Ruth Nivison as chair and Albert Haley and Nick Jabour on the committee.
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Mary Juliet
St. Cecilia
Clare
Home
Ruth Nivison
Albert Haley
Nick Jabour
Livonia
Michigan
Dinah Llyn Hall Named CMU Graduate Assistant
Dinah Llyn Hall of Mt. Pleasant will graduate from Central Michigan University June 4 and receive an appointment as graduate assistant in the English Department for 1961 62. An honor student and three year A B graduate, she transfers from Indiana University Bloomington and remains a CMU graduate student.
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Dinah Llyn
Leland Hall
E. High Street
Mt. Pleasant
Central Michigan _ University
CMU
Judson W. Foust
Dinah
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Indiana
Bloomington
David ‘Ruatk
Claré
Scholarships Awarded to CHS Senior and Vassar Winners
Clare High School senior Lawrence Carncross and Vassar High School graduate Suzanne Garner were named Michigan State University 1000 scholarship recipients funded by Michigan sugar beet industry. Carncross will study agricultural engineering at East Lansing. Garner will enter home economics. Both were selected for scholastic achievement, leadership, and citizenship.
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Lawrence Carncross
Clare High School
Michigan
Michigan State University
Vassar
Suzanne Garner
Lower Peninsula
Garner
Waldo Garner
Vassar High School
College of Home Economics
Carncross
F.F.A
Beet Sugar Industry of
ConCon Candidate Cecil Epple Announces Isabella District Bid
Cecil Epple chairman of the Isabella County Board of Supervisors announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for delegate to the Constitutional Convention from the Isabella House District which covers Isabella and Clare counties. He cites local government experience and community support as reasons for entering the race. Epple, 39, a farmer from Denver Township, also serves on Cen tral Michigan Community Hospital board, is master of the Delwin Grange, and sits on the Seaton School Board and Farm Bureau. He is married to Arlene Walker and has seven children.
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Cecil Epple
Isabella County
Epple
Isabella
Denver
Isabella County Board of Supervisors
Central Michigan Community Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Delwin Grange
Seaton School Board
Farm Bureau
Arlene Walker
Danger Days Highlight Michigan Water Deaths In 1960
State Police report 258 drownings and 224 injuries from 488 water accidents in Michigan during 1960. The June to August peak accounted for 66 percent of accidents and 59 percent of fatalities, with over 30 deaths in the first four and a half months of this year.
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Michigan
Critics Question Michigan Higher Education Budget Levels
State Representative Russell H Strange addresses funding for Michigan’s state colleges and universities. He cites 1960-61 and 1961-62 appropriations, student fees, and capital outlay, noting higher education costs remain below private colleges and that questions persist about course funding and duplication.
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Russell H.strange
Michigan
Dover Church Reunion at Dover Baptist Church
The Dover Baptist Church of Clare will hold its Second Annual Homecoming on Sunday June 4 with Rev. Earl Gilmore of Trenton Michigan as guest speaker The Gilmore family will provide special music Service at 11:00 a m Sunday school at 10:00 a m The day concludes with a 1:00 p m pot luck Fellowship dinner on the church lawn Guests are invited from across the lower peninsula of Michigan and friends in Dover.
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Dover Baptist Church
Clare
Earl Gilmore
Trenton
Michigan
Gilmore
Lower Peninsula
Dover
Distance Dialing Begins Here Sunday
Michigan Bell starts final countdown for nationwide Direct Distance Dialing in 38 communities across Saginaw Valley. The 2:01 a.m. Sunday cutover links about 145,000 phones to coast to coast calls with Canada. Inaugural luncheon at Saginaw Ban croft Hotel with officials and media attendance.
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Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Saginaw Valley
Clarence B. Riedel
Michigan Bell
Bancroft
Saginaw
United States
Canada
Riedel
AuGres
Brant
Harbor Beach
Hemlock
Merrill
Omer
Pigeon
Twining
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Bell
Detroit
Graduation Week Begins Sunday for Largest CHS Class
Clare High School marks its 1961 graduation with 98 seniors the largest class yet. Commencement Friday features speaker G Robert Harrington of Michigan Bell and a class memorial, with National Honor Society honors and multiple awards.
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Clare High School
Couples Day Golf at Twin Elms Set for June Fourth
Golf committee chairman Nick Jabour announces the first summer Couples Day event at Twin Elms on June fourth from noon to 2:00 pm for husband and wife pairs or any man and woman teams. Prizes offered with a grounds dinner featuring New York Strip Steak from 5:30 to 6:30. Members may bring one non member couple as guests.
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Golfing Sports Committee
Nick Jabour
Twin Elms
New York
Area reports Memorial Day with no local accidents
Michigan records its worst Memorial Day with 29 highway deaths statewide. Clare County saw a clean day with no accidents reported Wednesday, according to Clare local police, the Sheriff’s department, and Farwell police.
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Clare County
Clare
Sheriff’s Department
Farwell
Michigan
Farwell School Design Cuts Costs and Expands Classrooms
Farwell school design saves about 100000 while raising costs for construction and plan changes. The project emphasizes maximum use of space for classrooms and educational pur poses.
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Farwell
Weeding stunted Michigan lakes to improve fishing
The Michigan Conservation Department explains a method to reduce overly abundant small panfish by chemical treatment, with lakes re stocked afterward. Communities like Cassopolis have begun programs using local labor to cut costs, while funding remains a hurdle for hundreds of eligible lakes.
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Conservation Department
Fish Division
Michigan
Cassopolis
Stone Lake
Cass County
Ducks story of a westbound Michigan duck keeps quacking
A male lesser scaup tagged in Michigan in 1952 and later recaptured in North Carolina demonstrates a long life in banding records. Officials note the bird, at least ten years old, has outlasted many companions and continues to be observed in banding activities at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
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United States
Michigan
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Conservation Department
Detroit River
Wrightsville Beach
North Carolina
New River
Camp le. Jeune
North ‘Carolina
Scorpius Rises Marking Summer Constellation Shift
University of Michigan astronomer Associate Prof. Hazel M. Losh notes Scorpius rises at sunset in the southeast and chases away Orion, signaling the seasonal change from winter to summer skies. Scorpius is described as a curved fish hook with a distinctive sting, while Orion fades from view as the Scorpion climbs.
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Scorpius
Orion
University of Michigan
Hazel M. Losh
Professor Losh
Teachers Dine Outdoors at Neuman Home Barbecue
Harrison Community Schools teachers from high school and elementary joined a group for an outdoor barbecue last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Neuman on Little Long Lake.
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Harrison Community Schools
Ted Neuman
Little Long Lake
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Harry” Jackson
Patrick McNamara
Washington
United States Air Corp
Laurence W. Jackson
Harold Wyman
Larry
Democratic County Committee
David Donovani
Frank Jackson
IOOF
CHS
Sugar Beet Industry of
ConCon
Lansing
Thomas M. Burns
Michigan Public Service Commission
Frederick R. Eckley
Stewart Francke
Hartley J. Cansfield
Harrison
Coleman
Gladwin
Beaverton
Akron
Auburn
Bad Axe
Bay City
Bay Port
Birch Run
East Tawns
Fairgrove
Frankenmuth
Freeland
Gagetown
Linwood
Mayville
Midland
Oscoda
Owendale
Reese
Rosebush
Standish
St. Charles
Ubly
Unionville
J. I. Sruba
St. Cecilia Church
G. Robert Harrington
The
Navy
Lionel Duncan
Board of Education
Joe Bowler
Vicki Cook
Karla Cooper
Joe Graves
Janet Hart Slocum
Jean Hart
Shirley Leposky
Jim Mercer
Donna McKee
Virginia Northon
Judy Presley
Jeff Raymond
John Ruark
Elaine Wilson
Doug Young
Richard Wheeler
Richard L. Snyder
Kiwanis
Arion
Clare Rotary Club
Jr Sr. High
Summer Star Group
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