Central Michigan College grads honored at Mt Pleasant
Gene Howell earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration at Central Michigan College in Mt Pleasant on Sunday morning June 8. He will join Zurich American Insurance in Chicago after Friday June 13. Melford Saddler also earned a BS with teaching certificate and Cum Laude Rosette. he was hosted Sunday afternoon by his sister Mrs Wilbur McLalne and family at Mt Pleasant with Edith Saddler Irene Smith John Latsko Elmer McLane and others in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Howell
Cental Michigan College
Mt. Pleasant
Gene
Zurich American Insurance Co
Chicago
Melford Saddler
Lake
Wilbur McLakne
Edith Saddler
Irene Smith
John Latsko
Pleasant
Elmer McLane
John
Baby Venecia Sue Carr Born at Alma Hospital
Mr and Mrs Ronald Carr welcomed a baby girl Venecia Sue at Gratiot County Hospital Alma on Tuesday June 8 weighing 8 pounds 1% ounces. Mother and baby returned home Friday and are doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bortt
Ronald Carr
Gratiot County
Alma
Venecia Sue
Chatter Box Club Visits Scotts for Backyard Roast
The Chatter Box Club of Lake and families met at Frederick Scott’s home for a ham burger and hot dog roast in the backyard. They enjoyed airplane rides with seven planes at the Scott’s air strip at one point. Mr and Mrs Scott attended the Farmers Dawn Patrol in Midland Sunday forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatter Box Club
Lake
Frederick Scott
Scott’s Air Strip
Mrs. Scott
Midland
Scotts
Surprise Wedding Anniversary Party For MacDonalds
A surprise party honoring Mr. and Mrs. Hugh MacDonald for their 21st anniversary was held Saturday evening June 7 at the Lake Rod and Gun Club house. Guests danced and visited as luncheon was served by the hostesses Mrs. Eugene Crosby of Farwell and Mrs. Norman Bauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Rod and Gun Club
Hugh MacDonald
Eugene Crosby
Charles Day
Clare
Bob Streeter
Paul White
Streeter
Frederick Scott
F. Scott
Gene Crosby
Farwell
Hugh Mae
Donald
Gladys Scott
Paul
Glen Scott
Scott
Raymond Scott
Lake Town Hall
Charles Weigon
Lake briefs cover cookout plans and district camporee notes
The Lake Brownie troop planned a Father’s Day picnic for June 14 at Methner's landing Eight Point Lake. Troop 117 attended the Tomahawk District Camporee at Camp Weidman. Various locals visited relatives, celebrated weddings, and hosted guests at Eight Point Lake and nearby towns.
Clare County Road Commission May 17 1958 Meeting Highlights
Clare County Road Commission held a regular meeting in Harrison on May 17 1958. Payroll totaling 7560.30 was approved along with numerous bills for land purchase recording deeds parts and services. Bids for county fleet fire and theft insurance were authorized to be opened June 7 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Michigan
Clare County Road Commission
Avery Barber
Commis
Sioners Barber
Bruce
Barber
Chester and
Mayme Griffin
Wm. A. Henderson
Clare Co. Road Commission
Garfield
Lewis F. Rutter
Treas. — Co
Central Wrecking, Inc
Clare Co Road Commission
Lewis F. Ritter
Treas. Co
Inter-Ocean Insurance Co
Lee Equipment Co
Loomis Machine Co
Seiter Brothers
Charles H. Sweet Batteries
Pure Oil Co
Clare Hardware Parts & Materials
W. L. Norris Co
Irene Daly Gravel
Edgar Bringman
Fletchers Cities Service
Guiette's
McGuire Brothers Parts
Detroit Ball Bearing
Pickwick Sales Co
the Lowery Co
Morton Hardware Materials
Culligan
Michigan Dept. of State
Jones
Avery
Elmer Amble
Cleris
Widow of Thomas Walker Dies in Clare at 92
Mrs. Jacob Walker died at her son's Clare home on Tuesday June 10 at age 92. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Thurston Funeral Home Clare with burial in Cherry Grove Cemetery. Also today funeral rites for Ella Rutter 81 longtime Clare county resident and mother of County Treasurer Louis Rutter were held under Thurston Funeral Home direction with interment in Cherry Grove Cemetery. Last rites were held for Arthur LeRoy Wiggins who died June 3 at St. Ignace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Walker
Clare
Thomas Walker
Ella Rutter
Clare County
Louis Rutter
Couny
Rutter
Thurston Funeral Home
Cherry Grove Cementery
Arthur LeRoy Wiggins
Clare Odd Fellow Lodge
Mr. Wiggins
St. Ignace
Crooked Lake weekend visitors fill wide circle
Mrs and Mrs Forest Howell of West Branch spent the weekend at their cottage on Crooked Lake. Mr and Mrs Peter Oman of Harrison sold their cottage on Crooked Lake Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ellis Mills of Ithaca spent Sunday at their cottage on Crooked Lake. Families from Lansing Flint Grand Rapids and Saginaw visited cottages on Crooked Lake. Community Hospital Mt Pleasant treated Mrs Aaron Irwin for pleurisy. Numerous relatives attended weddings graduations and visits around Crooked Lake and nearby lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Rod and Gun “Club
J. B. Gilman
Edward Gilman
Charles Gilman
Charles Tucker
Jackson
Wyoming
Edith Saddler
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Valerie Ganger
Mary Doxtader
Bear Lake
Dan Becker
Royal Oak
Crooked Lake
Ed Newman
Clare
Carl Heim
Belding
Kathryn Ohlinger
Ionia
Forest Howell
West Branch
Peter. Oman
Harrison
Ellis Mills
Ithaca
Larry Prentiss
Alta Emory
Flint
W.D. Bellenger
Weee Lake
George Schaffer
Lake
Aaron Irwin
Mt. Pleasant
Henry Carmen
Farwell
Chester Tyburski
Ann Arbor
Carol Toth
Ewart
Rollain Copp
Arthur Ganger
John Waugh
Saginaw
Elmer Frohlick
Cloyd Frame
Canada
Bill Parker
Don Brown
Joe Sarkozi
Milan
Barbara Brown
Ford Brown
Ford
Charles Singer
Tri-City
New York
Joyce Sowle
Pauline Colton
Jim Ecker
Mt. Morris
Forest Gilman
Custer
Minnie Gilman
Willard
Jennie Muir
Lee Doxtader
Clifford Jones
Averill
Fred Sowle
Sowle
Frank Sowle
Brinton
Billy Sowle
Douglas
Commencement Honors Class of 1958 and Local Celebrations
Dr. C B Neff presided as diplomas were handed to the Class of 1958 while the recessional music played. The article lists numerous graduates and notes birthday celebrations for Paul Scott, a wedding reception planned at Lake Town Hall for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weigon, with invites extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow Chemical Company
C. B. Neff
Board of Education
W. Joseph Allen
Vivian Armentrout
Jack Bader
Charles Barlow
Carol Bauder
William Beemer
Louis Bolle
Janet Bouchey
Otto Burmeister
Janet Cole
Kay Cook
Philip Cooper
Fair Crawford
Thomas Redman
Richard Roe
Sandra Russell
James Schaaf
William Six
Hellfried Strasser
Robert Thayer
John C. Theisen
Carl Trietch
John Tubbs
Strange Announces Candidacy for State Representative
Russell H. Strange Jr. of Clare seeks re election to the Michigan House. He will file petitions for the Republican nomination in the August 5 primary representing Isabella and Clare counties. He chairs the Juvenile Corrections committee and serves on Elections Fish and Fisheries and Educational Institutions panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell H. Strange
Clare
Isabella
Strange
Fish and Fisheries and Educational Institutions
Rep
George M. van Pearsem
Associated Press
Rep. Strange
Rosebush Elects L. Roberts And Earl House
Residents of Rosebush voted in the school election to re elect incumbent Lawrence Roberts and elect Earl House to fill the other vacancy. Roberts received 298 votes and House 292 with Dale Graham and Homer House also on the ballot. A total of 492 votes were cast with ten mis marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosebush
Lawrence Roberts
Earl House
Roberts
House
Dale Graham
Homer House
Clare Public School Board Election Notice
The Clare Public School Board election is set for July 14 per Superintendent Richard Wheeler. Candidates must file petitions by June 24. petition blanks are available at the school office 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Incumbents Richard Groves and C. B. Neff, along with Carl Grune, are the three declared candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Public School Board
Ichard Wheeler
Richard Groves
C. B. Neff
Carl Grune
Triplets Born To Days Of East Tawas
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Day of Tawas City welcomed triplets born early Sunday morning at Tawas City Hospital. The two girls and one boy weighed a total of 12 pounds. The Days also have a son Wayne and a daughter Ann. triplets run in Mrs. Day’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Day
Tawas City
Tawas City Hospital
Mrs. Day
Betty Orvis
Gélie Orvis
Floyd Spicer
Wayne
Ann
Postpone That Driver License Examination
Drivers licenses will be postponed at the County Courthouse from June 23 through June 26 due to Sheriff James Darling attending the Annual Michigan State County Sheriffs Conference in Traverse City. Former sheriff George Bates will act as sheriff and be present at the County Jail during the day while the conference runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Michigan
Isabella
Clare County
James Darling
Traverse City
George Bates
Darling
Dancing the Beans and the Statue of Liberty Highlight
A slice of life shows Trinidad field workers pounding cocoa beans by foot while singing. The Statue of Liberty stands 300 feet tall at the Hudson mouth with 170 steps to the crown, a French gift shipped in 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
America
Hudson River
Atlantic
Flag Day awareness and teen town hours noted in community letters
A reader requests more Flag Day emphasis in the June issue while Clare County residents hear about Teen Town. The note details Teen Town hours for summer, thanks to donors, and the boards' report on attendance, finances, and leadership.
Knights Move To Clare In Cleaners Family Transfer
Asher Knight and his family relocate from Mt. Pleasant to Clare after 12 years in the dry cleaning business. They have four children Nancy 10 David 8 Sally 4 and Mary Jane 5 months. Mrs Knight is Rosaleem Beltinck, longtime Mt. Pleasant resident, now living at 3806 BE Pitth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asher Knight
American Cleaners
Clare
Mt. Pleasant
Knights
Nancy
David
Sally
Mary Jane
Knight
Rosaleem Beltinck
BE. Pitth Street
Recital Showcases Rosebush Piano Pupils
Mrs Homer W House of Rosebush presented her piano pupils in an afternoon recital at her home on Sunday June 1. Participating students included Gretchen Brooks Bruce Eggers Gregory Brooks Lynne Anne Flaharty John House Ronetta Crawford Judy House Diana Marshall Rose mary Howse Kay Lamphere Lorna Calkins and Calla House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer W. House of
Rosebush
Gretchen Brooks
Bruce Eggers
Gregory Brooks
Lynne Anne Flaharty
John House
Ronetta Crawford
Judy House
Diana Marshall
Rosemary Howse
Kay Lamphere
Lorna Calkins
Calla House
Resolution of Condolence for Brother Arthur L Wiggins
Clare Lodge No. 233 I OOF mourns the death of Brother Arthur LeRoy Wiggins who died June 3 1958 The lodge drapes its charter in mourning for thirty days and extends heartfelt condolence to the family for their loss and honors his faithful service in the Mystic Order
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur LeRoy Wiggins
Clare Lodge
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Central
MacDonalds
Lake Briefs
Lake Brownie
Methner’s Landing
Feuchter
Butch Adams
John Streeter
Neil Bell
Stanley Oman
Burt
Harry Tinkham
Pat
Carl Heath
Lloyd Rathburn
Richard Rodman
Ft. Meade Maryland
A. E. Rodman
Tommy Maltby
Frank Mattby
Wilbur McLane
Jerry McGraw
Clare County Road Commissioners
Comm
Russell Strange
L. Roberst
Earl
East Tawas
Cor Ornar
Citizens Bank Law
THE
Citizens State Bank
J. Stuart Bicknell
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Clare and
Memel
Coral S. Scott
Teen ‘S'Own, Inc
Teen Town
Teen Town, Inc
Jim. Sester
Arthur Thayer
Dan McDonald
Robert L. Greer
Robert Kring
John Cobb
Leonard Crusen
Marion Peplinski
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