Clare Hospital and Clinic News Briefs
Clare and nearby residents frequent the hospital with auto accident injuries and medical cases. Patients include James Dale Barber with minor lacerations, sprains and no fractures. Douglas Dean Scott and Anna Scott undergo plastic and facial procedures. several new births noted with mothers and babies doing well. staff additions and various discharges reported as conditions improve or stabilize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dale Barber
Hemlock
Clare
J. Schaff
Falmouth
Mich
Dora Kreiner
Farwell
David Gordon Mogg
Elton Mogg
Elton
Army
Ann Cook
McEwan Street
Lawrence Reynolds
R-2
Reynolds
D. Costello
Rosebush
Ruth Tessman
Harrison
Velma Hether
Sixth St
Mabel Iuzzi
Lyle Waite
Mary Gerow
Gerald Hovey
Douglas Dean
Thomas Scott
R. M
Alvah Charette
Star Rt
Anna Scott
Mt. Pleasant
James McDonald
R-3
Edward Bond
Hima Jean
Edward
Eddie Soloman
Derwin
Matt Collins
R.F.D
Joseph Cunningham
Dunlop Road
Night City
Harold Kowery
Carolyn Dee
Hh, Heintzelman
Our Servicemen Distinguished in Combat Service
Sgt. Richard B. Wood, 27, Clare Michigan, has returned from overseas service and is awaiting assignment at the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station in Miami Beach Florida. He served 33 months as a squad leader in the Southwest Pacific earning the Asiatic Pacific campaign ribbon with two battle stars, the American Defense ribbon, the Combat Infantryman badge, and the Distinguished unit citation. Before service he was a farmer and enlisted June 3, 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard B. Wood
Bryan Miller
Clare
Mich
Continental United States
Army Ground and Service Forces
Miami Beach
Florida
Wood
Armed Forces
Philippine Campaign Soldier Earns Battle Star
Pfc. John R. Williams of Harrison Michigan and Cap ital Laundry Lansing employee serves as rifleman with a front line infantry unit in the Philippines. Williams is overseas sixteen months and previously fought at Bougainville earning a second battle star and the Combat Infantryman Badge for valor. His unit has specialized in brutal jungle combat as remnants of Japan are cleared from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Williams
Philippines
John R. Williams Harrison
Michigan
Roy Rhodes
Williams
Bougainville
Lansing
War unit earns Distinguished Service citation for Mount Battaglia stand
Pfc. Winston A. Raymond of Clare Michigan received the blue and gold badge for membership in the 350th Battle Mountain Regiment 2nd Battalion. The unit earned the Distinguished Unit Citation for holding Mount Battaglia under heavy enemy attacks during the award ceremony led by Lt Gen Mark W. Clark with Lt Gen Lucian K. Truscott Jr and Maj Gen Paul W. Kendall in attendance. The citation notes the battalion held positions hour after hour despite interdicted approaches and scarce ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston A. Raymond
Fifth Army
Italy
Clare
350Th “Battle Mountain” Regiment
Mount Battaglia
Mark W. Clark
15Th Army Group
88Th
Blue Devil
Lucian K. Truscott, Jr
Paul W. Kendall
Mount Battalgia
Good Conduct Medal Awarded to Jerome C Pfe
The United States Army honors Jerome C Pfe for exemplary service as his father Peter A Flood of Clare Michigan is informed. Colonel Ralph A Loveland commends the regiment 346th Ener Gen Serv Reg and expresses pride in the son and hopes for a swift end to the war and return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Jerome C
Flood
Peter A
Clare
Michigan
United States Army
Elm Grove Extension Group Meeting Recap
The Elm Grove group met Friday with fourteen members and two visitors. Mrs. Wellington Badgley and Mrs. Patrick Walters led a lesson titled The Wonders of a Coat of Paint and a new member joined. Officers for the coming year were elected by ballot: Chairman Mrs. Harry Fancon Secretary Treasurer Miss Florence Hildebrandt Project Leaders Mrs. Ethard Walters and Mrs. Patrick Walters Alternate Leader Mrs. Wellington Badgley Recreation Leader Mrs. Harvey Wilson Home Front Chairman Mrs. R. B. Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Grove
von Walters
Wellington Badgley
Patrick Walters
Grange Hall
Harry Fancon
Florence Hildebrandt
Ethard Walters
Harvey Wilson
R. B. Williams
Eagle Group Meeting Covers Paints and Dinner
Eagle Group met with Mrs. Mary Hemstreet on March 7 with twelve members present. The lesson on Wonders of a Coat of Paint covered paints finishes and wall woodwork in good and poor condition. An election of officers followed with Arvilla Newman as chairwoman and Vera Kleinhardt as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Group
Mary Hemstreet
Arvilla Newman
Mary Miller
Zarah Penrose
Frances Carncross
Vera Kleinhardt
Nina Kleinhardt
Garden plan for year round vegetable supply
Garden planning guidance from O I Gregg of Michigan State College urges a 25 by 50 foot plot or larger to meet a family of three's yearly needs. Succession planting optimizes space with peas, tomatoes, lettuce, radishes, cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli and various canned, frozen, and stored vegetables outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. I. Gregg
Michigan State College
Time Tables and Bus Schedules for Clare Community
In effect during wartime Clare lists railroad time tables and several bus services. Eastern War Time notes North and South trains. Bus lines include Foster Buses, Great Lakes Greyhound and Yellow Bus Line with daily departures to Lansing, Saginaw, Detroit, Cadillac, Manistee and Frankfort. Central War Time shows early morning and late evening departures. Connections at Bay City Reed City Saginaw Ludington Traverse City and the Soo are described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Detroit
Chicago
Battle Creek
Kalamazoo
Lansing
Great Lakes
Greyhound Lines
Greyhound
Saginaw
Flint
Pontiac
Bay City
Houghton Lake
Mackinaw City
The
Soo
Reed City
Scottville
Ludington
Traverse City
Hotel Doherty
Detroi
Cadillac
Manistee
Frankfort
DOW
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Clare Hospital and Clinic News
LeRoy ‘Harsh
Coleman
Our
Max W. Krell
Eighth Air Force
England
96Th
Highth Air Force
Krell
Robert W. Warren
Vernon
Texas
Focke Wulf
Posen
Poland
Third Air Division
Africa
Messerschmiitt
Regensburg
Germany
Chris J. Irell
R-5
Phyllis BH
Johnson
Leroy
Clare High School
Central Michigan College
Stewart Meld
New York
Ralph A. Loveland
Ener. Gen. Service Reg
ELM Grove Group
Nida
Michigans
Ann Arbor
R. Harter
Pere Marquette Way
W. Ryan
Foster Bus Line
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
RED Cross
Macaroni
Ann Page
Spaghett
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CO
Syaro
Bokar Coffee
Ting
Kellogg's
Morton
Sultana
Campbells Tomato Soup
IONA
PENN
Curin
AGH
Marvel Bread
Jane Parker
White House
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