Clare County Road Commission Defends Truck Purchase Choice
The Clare County Road Commission released a joint statement defending its May 4 1953 decision to buy three G M C trucks over Chevroles citing horsepower torque and 25 percent parts discounts. They say state highway officials have praised their handling of funds and invite any investigation.
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Clare County Road Commission
Clare County
Road Commission
State Highway Department
Commission
Ray Harrold
Avery Barber
Ed R. Bruce
State Highway Commissioner's Office
Michigan
Glare County Road Commission
G.M.C
G.M.G
Chevrolet
Scott Engineering Company
Alpena
Lower Peninsula
Ray Harold
H. R. Bruce
Urgent PMA Seeks Wheat Acreage Data in Clare County
Clare county wheat growers are urged to report farm legal descriptions and acres planted in 1961 to 1953 to the county PMA office. Chairman Andrew J. Keyser says data is needed to determine fair county allotments under national wheat controls for 1954.
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PMA
Clare County
Andrew J. Keyser
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Republican Women Plan Pot Luck At Harrison
The Clare County Republican Women's Club will sponsor a pot luck dinner at the W.FJ W. hall in Harrison this Sunday June 7th at 1 00 pm. A fine program is planned with state officers state vice chairman and other dignitaries in attendance. All Republicans are urged to attend bringing a dish to pass and their own table service.
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Clare County Republican Women’s Club
W.fj W. Hall
Harrison
Death of Mary Jean Ambi wife of Elmer R Ambig
Mrs. Mary Jean Ambig of Clare died early Saturday at Central Michigan Community Hospital after an emergency operation Friday evening. Funeral services were held at Clare Methodist Church with Rev. Leslie J Nevins officiating. Commitment services were postponed to allow her husband to return from overseas. Public obituary next week.
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Elmer R. Ambig
Clare
Central Michigan Community Hospital
Stephenson Funeral Home
Clare Methodist Church
Leslie J. Nevins
Burke Rilett Sets Strikeout Record in Clare County Softball Opening
Opening night of the 1953 Clare County Softball Association saw Burke Rilett fan 15 batsmen to break the league record. Colosky drove in six for Smith & Weaver as Clare Mfg. posted 31 runs, while Dan McDonalds and Farwell battles produced high scoring games. An All-Star team was set to face a Bay City Independent squad on Saturday as action continued.
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Atayo Byerts
Clare County Softball Association
Burke Rilett
Clare Mfg
Burke
Colosky
Smith & Weaver
Clare
Bay City
Davison
Eagle
Luce
Dixon
Schofield
Hagle
Little Vets
WEFW
Dan McDonalds
Farwell
Merten
Nolan
Legg
Blood Clinics Planned Here June 18 19
Blood clinics will be held Thursday and Friday June 18 and 19 to relieve urgent need in Korea and bolster local supply. Half the blood drawn will go for national defense and half retained locally. Clinics run 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday at Clare city hall and 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM Friday at Clare Manufacturing Company plant.
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Korea
Clare City Hall
Clare Manufacturing Company
The
Congregational Church
Ben Bosink
T. W. Frey
Red Cross Blood Bank
State Department of Health
American Red Cross
Cubs Picnic at Clare Tourist Park Opens Season Finale
Clare Cub Scouts held a picnic at Clare Tourist Park Monday evening with about 100 attendees including members parents and Cub Master Herbert Breen. They ate 250 wieners enjoyed a pot luck supper played two softball games and took part in sack races marking the season’s end aside from a Camp Rotary visit.
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Clare
Herbert Breen
Cubs
Rotary
Many New Students Apply For Entrance At Central College
New student applications for admission to Central Michigan College for next fall are up 96.6 percent from a year ago, per Dean George Jauer. To date 668 applications have been received, versus 286 last year. Final fall 1952 admissions numbered 667.
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Central Michigan College
George Jauer
Central
Clare Rural Routes Consolidated June First
Clare post office consolidated rural routes on June 1 eliminating route five. Four routes now serve 991 families covering 56 to 59 miles daily per carrier with about 248 mailboxes per route. Route changes include Al Holbrook to route three and Fred Krell transferring to route four, with city route replacements for Krell.
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Clare
Post Office
Leo Oden
James Sutton
al Holbrook
Fred Krell
Jack Rodabaugh
Krell
al Perry
Harley Sowle
Stanley Parish
Leonard Stanley
Don Richardson
Methodist Men Plan Election Of Officers
The Methodist Men hold their last regular meeting before summer at the social church basement on Thursday evening June 11. Bible study starts at 6 00 pm led by Harry Dice with an evening meal served by Lee Greer committee. An election of officers for the coming year will be held and Rev. Charles Hahn of Alma First Methodist will be guest speaker.
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Social Methodist Church
Harry Dice
Christian Education Committee
Lee Greer
Charles Hahn
First Methodist Church
Alma
Hahn
Wayne Irwin Wins Hamilton Watch Contest at Everts Jewelers
Wayne Irwin, a 1953 Clare High School graduate, won the Hamilton watch contest held at Everts Jewelers marking a local competition victory.
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Wayne Irwin
Clare High School
Everts Jewelers
Jersey Dairy Trade Mark Contest Launched by Jersey Club
A national contest to pick a trade mark name for Jersey dairy products opens at the American Jersey Cattle Club 85th meeting in Chattanooga. Entries run through August 15 with $1,500 in prizes and trips for 4 H and Future Farmers of America winners. Grand prize is $1,000 for the best trade mark idea.
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Jersey
American Jersey Cattle Club
Chattanooga
Tent
Dairy Cattle Organization
East Broad Street
Columbus
Ohio
Clare Men Auto Crash Victims
A one car wreck Friday at 12 10 pm on US 27 near Clare left Richard Woods critically injured with multiple fractures and Emery Bonham with internal injuries, after a tire blowout caused the crash investigated by Sheriff Everett Allen. Bonham, 38, was speeding north of Clare when the car went off the road.
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Richard Woods
Clare
Emery Bonham
Clare Ri
Clare General Hospital
Woods
Bonham
Us-27
Everette Allen
H. Holt
Saima
Mippa
Detroit
Harley Holt
Loomis Co Exhibits New Self-Contained Loading Dock
Loomis Machine Company shows the first self-contained adjustable loading dock for retail stores at the 4th National Store Modernization Show in Madison Square Garden New York June 9 to 12. The Rite-Hite dock unit is unusually low in price saves space and claims loading efficiency gains up to 300 percent.
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New York
Loomis Machine Company of
Clare
Madison Square Garden
Clare Company
Red Cross To Send Death Messages To Servicemen
The American Red Cross will relay death messages to overseas service members through rapid communications starting June 1. The Army and Air Force authorize this with full details on death, leave requests, and welfare, delivered in person when possible, while Red Cross maintains 24 hour coverage to assist families and report checks.
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American Red Cross
Department of the Army and
Air Force
Howard Everts
Home Service
Clare County
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Hverts
Red Cross Home Service
Fire alarms respond to grass fire on John R Street
Clare Fire Department rushed to the west end of John R Street Wednesday afternoon to extinguish a grass fire and then inspected test equipment on North Melwan Street Monday evening.
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Clare
John R Street
North Meliwan Street
Rankin Profiles Ferris Institute Courses at Rotary
Dean Don Rankin mayor of Big Rapids and Ferris Institute dean of men spoke at the Clare Rotary Club lunch at Hotel Doher ty. He outlined Ferris Institute courses and presented historical sketches of the college. Visiting Rotarians Leo Beard Buck Hartman and guests Roy Peer Lieo Lansing attended.
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Clare Rotary Club
Hotel Doherty
Dan McDonald
Earl Ruby
Don Rankin
Big Rapids
Ferris Institute
Rankin
Leo Beard
Buck Hartman
Mr. Pleasant
Roy Peer
Lieo Lansing
Clare
Amateur Artists Exhibit Work in Clare
Clare amateur artists held their first public exhibit on June first at the home of instructor Mrs. Virginia Seitz. The well attended event drew community members from Mt. Pleasant and offered some entries for sale. All portrait entries had been sold prior to the exhibit. Classes resume in September with new beginners class and plans for a larger public exhibit next spring.
All Stars To Play Saturday In Clare County Softball Shuffle
The Clare County Softball League All Stars face Bay City Independent in the opening of eight slated tilts under Clare lights on Saturday June 6. Top weekly players form the initial roster led by pitchers Rilett and Lueder with Clare Mfg Dan McDonalds in the opener at 7 PM. Admission is modest and free for women over 40 proving their age.
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Clare County Softball League
Bay City
Clare Are
Brewer
Miller
H. Lucy
F. Haggart
J. Pulcifer
Hill
F. Willey
Muself
M. Kappling
MecNerney
Drake
E. Marshall
D. Murphy
H. Hagegart
Rilett
Lueder
Don Smith
Clare
Dan McDonalds
Dick Ruckle Wins Atlantic City Trip
Dick Ruckle earns a four day trip to Atlantic City for a Philco dealer convention. Twenty area dealers join 7/500 top dealers from the U S Hawaii and Alaska to preview Philco television receivers radio sets and major appliances. The event gathers at the Convention Hall auditorium on the Boardwalk seashore resort.
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Philco
Stine Getal Gee
Ible
Atlantic City
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
Hoe
Seashore Resort
Veteran's Institute To Close June 30
The Clara Board of Education voted on May 11 to dissolve the Veteran's Institute as enrollment fell below VA limits. It cannot continue part time, and other facilities were available. Dissolution set for June 30, 1953.
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The
Clara Board of Education
Veteran’s Institute
Veteran’s Administration
Commencement Speaker Urges CMU in June Address
James D. MacConnell the Associate Dean of Stanford University School of Education and a 1932 Central Michigan College graduate will deliver Central Michigan University's commencement address on June 6. A native of Alpena Michigan he has held roles from rural teacher to Beaver Township superintendent and served as a Naval officer senior educational advisor among other academic posts.
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James D. MacConnell
Stanford University School of Education
Central Michigan College
Central Michigan
Michigan
MacConnell
Alpena
Beaverton
University of Michigan
United States Naval Department
Northwestern University
United States Office of Education
Stanford University
Dow AC Opens Home Schedule for 19538 Squad Debut
Dow AC unveils its 19538 squad for the first home appearance with Industrial Fastall Ledguse in doubleheaders against Pontiac GMT on Saturday and Detroit Briges Beautyware on Sunday. Pontiac GMT, recently praised as the league's most improved team, split a twin bill to start NIPL play two weeks ago. Briggs defends World USA title and last year’s World Industrial Fastball crown.
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Dow AC
Pontiac
Ac’s
Detroit Briges Beautyware
Briggs
New Animal Hospital Ready Near Clare
Dr. N B Stirling opens Clare’s first modern small animal and farm practice hospital on 2.5 acres south of Clare. The building features a large lab exam room, wards for up to 20 animals, two exercise yards, oil furnace heating, and a brick glass exterior with a 15 foot picture window facing US-27.
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N. B. Stirling
Clare
Stirling
Clare’s
Stirlings
Us-27
A& Lgerge Laboratory
Dr. Sh Nis
Charles, Stirling
Michigan State Veterinary Medical Association
Charles
Mary
Genite
Tor
Guna Equipment
Istordge Ang
Ér Qhirposds
Po “Cubipany
Warwell
Dre
Lyon and Lather
William Cerny
Douglas Electric Co
St. Clair Pardee
River Days Celebration At Midland
Midland River Days announces a contest to find Michigan’s oldest living log logger with Paul Bunyan ties. Contestants must have logged and reside in Michigan and attend June 12 14 events featuring the world birling championship on the Tittabawassee River and a nighttime water parade with floats and entertainment.
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Paul Bunyan
White Waters
River Days, Inc
Midland
Michigan
Michizai
Cook
Bogeyman
Jack
Driver
Midland River Days, Inc
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Pacific Northwest
Nova Scotia
Arbutus Lamoureux
Ladysmith
Jim Running
Pacific
Northwest
Canada
Alaska
Minnesota
Tittabawassea
Eally Chemical Industries
Johnston Elevator Upgrades to Clipper Grain Mill
Johnston Elevator Company installed a new Clipper fan type grain mill this week. It doubles speed and capacity over the old unit, handling wheat oats barley rye and other small grains. The old mill, in place 36 years, milled up to 600 bushels per hour. the new mill cleans 1000 bushels in the same time. A wall section was removed to move the mill into position. A truck dump hoist and receiving pit feed grain to the pit, then to the mill, and finally to overhead storage bins.
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Johnston Elevator Company
Elevator P
Johnston
Notice on rubbish dumping permit Clare City grounds
City warns non residents they must obtain a permit from the City Clerk to dump rubbish at Clare City dump ground. Permit cost is 2.00 per year. By order of City Commission.
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Clare City
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Brown Corners
Dan
McDonald
Little League Baseball
Clare Mig
Ausstars
Central College
Clare Hospital
Loomis Co
Dean Don Rankin
All-Stars
Dick Ruckle
Veteran‘s Institute
CMC Grad
Dr. Stirling
Champ Log Birler
Johnston Elevator
Lake
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