Religious Education Meeting Set for March Sixth
Clare County Council of Religious Education holds its second group meeting at Harrison U B Church on Tuesday March 6 at 2:00 PM Theme Religion in the Home Rev Lockyer and Rev Kleinhardt will lead devotionals and prayer A playlet and readings are planned with a cake supper next Tuesday at 8 20 PM tickets 25 cents St Cecilia's church ladies note cleanup and modernization of the weather hoped for by attendees
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Clare County Council of Religious Education
U. B
Harrison
Kleinhardt
Lockyer
Chas
Harrison U. B. Church
Brown Corners
Harrison U. B Church
Reading
Wilma ‘Ott
Leah Gordon
Applications for Corn Hog Contracts Deadline Set
County agrs agent P D Gibson urges farmers to submit corn hog contract applications by March 10 to allow signups before April 1. Educational meetings will be held in communities with interest to explain terms and answer questions. calls or letters can obtain full information.
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P. D. Gibson
County Agr
Mower Repair Demonstration Set for Clare County
County Agricultural Agent P. D. Gibson will lead a mower repair demonstration at S. A. Wilkinson's Implement Store in Clare on March 7 at 2 p.m. Michigan State College engineer A J Bell will show adjustments and repairs to cutters, knives, bars, and tongues to prevent breakage and reduce draft. Attendees may have questions answered about binders and knotter head troubles for all farm machinery.
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Michigan
Clare County
P. D. Gibson
A. J. Bell
Michigan State College
S. A. Wilkinson
Clare
Altho
Legion Benefit Dance At American Legion Rooms
Wal ter H. Larman Post will hold a benefit dance Thursday evening March 8 at the American Legion rooms to furnish the rooms. Music starts at 8 00 with admission set at 25 cents a couple. Public cordially invited.
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Walter H. Larman
American Legion Rooms
Card Party at OBE Rooms Friday Afternoon
C E S Card Party at the OBE rooms Friday afternoon March 2 begins promptly at 2:00 PM. Committee plans the event with organized games and refreshments.
Club entertains district president Tuesday afternoon
The Clare Study Club hosted Northeastern district president Mrs Hadcock of Bay City at the home of Mrs Josephine Anderson with Mrs Hattie Wilson assisting. Members invited guests and heard a program led by Mrs Adelaide Wylie.
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Mrs. Hadcock
Bay City
Anderson Home
Clare Study Club
Hadcock
Josephine Anderson
Hattie Wilson
Mary Greer
Adelaide Wylie
Halcock
Federated Clubs
Franklin D. Roose
Good Literature Club Meets to Debate Modern Poetry
Greta Kennedy hosts Clare Good Literature Club on Tuesday evening. Officers retained by unanimous vote as by laws discussed and a donation to Salvation Army proposed. Miss Frances Davy led program on pattern and design with readings from Lowell, Widdemer, Gibran and Crapsey. Contests awarded. next meeting two weeks away with Dorothy Ryan in charge and the play My Lady Dreams planned.
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Greta Kennedy
Clare Good Literature Club
Splendid
John Doherty
Wylie
Salvation Army
Frances Davy
Miss Davy
Amy Lowell
Margaret “Widdemer
Kanlil Gibray
Saida
Adelaide Crapsey
Dorothy Ryan
Fiusiesi
Lady
Vernon Field Drillers Advance Wells with Mixed Results
Oil crews report Vernon Field progress as Brooks No 1 nears 1600 feet, while Brier No 4 reaches 3840 feet in Monroe formation. About 300 feet of oil in pipe deemed insufficient for commercialization. Smock No 2 drilled with potential. Walsh No 2 and Wo 4 also noted as advancing or holding steady.
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Brooks No. 1
Section 1
Monroe
Vernon Cemetery
Avery
Dundee
Farm Credit System to Function in Clare County
Michigan State College economist C L Nash will explain working of production credit associations to Clare and Isabella county farmers at Clare High School on March 8. The local groups pool farmer notes to obtain loan funds from the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank for agricultural use.
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Federal Land Bank
Land Bank
Production Credit
Federal Intermediate Credit
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Farm Credit Administration
C. L. Nash
Economics Department
Michigan State College
Clare
Isabella County
Clare High School
Nash
Michigan
Clare County
Cadillac Association
Stanton Association
Farm Loan Association
P. D. Gibson
County Ag
Explosion Blows Torch Burns Couple Thawing Pipes
Mr and Mrs Clarence Kirkpatrick were painfully burned about the hands and face Thursday noon when a blow torch used to thaw frozen water pipes exploded. The resulting fire damaged a kitchen wall but was controlled by the fire department with little further damage reported.
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Clarence Kirkpatrick
Twelve Class A Teams to Compete in City Tournament
The third annual high school Class A basketball tournament starts Monday March 5 at the city gym and runs to Wednesday night. Twelve teams are expected with four games Monday and Tuesday nights and three on Wednesday night. Admission is 25 cents and 10 cents. Includes special at Jackson’s Saturday hamburg steak.
Auto Crash Fatal to Alois Gibis Sunday Morning
Alois Gibis died at Mercy hospital Bay City after a serious auto crash hours earlier. Driver Arthur Skillman of Midland survived with minor injuries as their car, on icy roads, failed to clear a green light and struck a tree. Gibis, born July 18 1900 in Grant township, was survived by his wife El lon Bates, parents, siblings, and many friends. Funeral was at St Cecilia church with Rev Father Stanley Morrison officiating.
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Alois Gibis
Mercy Hospital
Bay City
Mr. Gibis
Arthm Skillman
Midland
My. Skillman
Skillman
George Gibis
Grant Township
Ellon Bates
Lfe
Mt. Pleasant
White Star
George Gibbs
Grant
Lawrence
Clare
Joseph
Marie Lockwood
Anna Flood
Vernon Township
Helen Mitchell
Saginaw
Josephine
St. Cecilia Church
Stanley Morrison
Pleasant
Frank Ortner
Marie
M. BE. Becker
Gon. Lewis
Leo Ortner
Chicago
Ray Lockwood
Effort to Educate Michigan Drivers on Right Hand Driving
State guidance cites Section 11 Act 318 of 1927 urging drivers to stay to the right on multi lane highways and to pass only when safe. It condemns slow or sightseeing drivers and notes widespread signs urging right side driving to improve traffic flow.
Auto owners allowed to renew old license plates update
James S. Bicknell announces March 10 that auto owners may drive on old license plates until marked. Stickers are available to avoid last minute delays.
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James S. Bicknell
Maret
Local School Friday Speech Contests At Auditorium
High school hosts declamatory and oratorical contests at 2:30 pm in the school auditorium. Public attendance is free with judges Mrs. Ed Johnston Reverend Albert Dawe and Miss Sanford. Participants include Mary Baxter-Wilson Hazel Stottlemeyer Betty Callihan Merle Samborn Thelma Koch Doris Ramey Frank Reger Betty Cunningham Marian White.
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Johnston
Albert Dawe
Miss Sanford
Mary Baxter
Wilson
Ideal League
Hazel Stottlemeyer
Our Responsibility
Betty Callihan
Frank Knight Lane
Merle Samborn
William McKinley
Thelma Koch
Russell H. Cornell
Doris Ramey
Garcia
Elbert Hubbard
Frank Reger
Clark Howell
Betty Cunningham
The
Minute Men
George William Curtis
Marian White
Henry Watterson
Fourteen Juniors in Cast for Class Play Are You a Mason
The high school stage presents the comedy Are You a Mason on March 14 in the auditorium. The plot follows two faked Masonic connections and a real Mason causing a tangled, humorous situation with a cast including George Fisher Eddie Bowler Frank Perry and Donald Gillis among others.
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Donald Gillis
Hamilton Travers
Barrymore
George ‘Fisher
Frank Perry
Philip Hochstetler
Robert Doherty
Violet
Hitchcock
Virginia Friz
Quilt Exhibit and Shawl Display at Congregational Parsonage
A quilt exhibit and display of shawls and antiques will be held at the Congregational parsonage by the Guild next Wednesday March 7 from 1 30 p m to 4 00 p m Tea will be served during the afternoon Price ten cents Everyone invited Also Jackson's Market advertises lard 50 pounds Saturday at four cents per pound with specials offered
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Guild
Jackson's
National Defense Program Enjoyed by Fair Crowd
The National Defense program at Clare High School Auditorium drew a fairly good crowd under the Walter H. Larman Unit of the American Auxiliary with Jyone Gorr as chairman. Principal speaker Carl Smith of Bay City urged adequate armed forces while the negative side won the debate. The event featured Sousa marches, solos, a Harrison Male Quartette, and an invocation by Rev. John H. Lockyer.
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Clare High School
Walter H. Larman
American Auxiliary
Jyone Gorr
Carl Smith
Bay City
N. L. Tibbila
Sousa
Hayden
John H. Lockyer
Jean Glerum
Doris Gerow
Louisa Rogers
Nelda Jones
Byron Gibbs
Bernard Ackerman
Beulah Brooks
Hazel Stottlemeyer
William Murphy
Josephine Green
George White
Mabel Mulder
Theodore G. Bowyer
Harrison
James Mead
Ralph Carpenter
David Harper
Henry Carman
Marian White
Elizabeth Feighner
Albert Dawe
America
Ackerman
Stottemeyer
Ladies Guild Hosts Union Society Afternoon Reunion
The Ladies Union of the Congregational church and the Ladies Guild met Wednesday at Mrs Harold Tweni4 ming's home. Older members shared stories of Clare's past while wearing wedding finery revived in nostalgia. The gathering fostered friendship and church life as a bake sale was announced for Frizis Office Saturday March 3.
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Guild Ladies
Union Society
Ladies Union
Congr Gational Church
Ladies Guild
Harold Twleni4ming
Clare
Ares
Church of God
Frizis
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Ed. Johnston
John White
Chas. Bachman
Tichenor
Mr. Tichenor
Michigan State ‘‘College
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St. Cecilia's Church
Wilkinson’s
Legion
C. E.S. Card Party
Good Literature Club
Kennedy Home
M.S. C
Jacksons
Hamburg
State Safety Dept
Sentinel
George Fisher
Eddie Bowler
Upton Tupper
Amos Bloodgood
Walter Schroed
John Halton
Ernest Morrison
Kenneth Ritter
Policeman
Raymond
Thayer
Caroline Bloodgood
Eunice Sunday
Patrice Doherty
Eve Perry
Mary Ann Collins
Fanchon Armitage
Vera Hendrie
Ann Bloodgood
Irene Radcliffe
Lou Bloodgood
Virginia Kirkpat Tick
Lottie
Jean ‘Caple
Atty. Carl Smith
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