Choose Contest Steers For Fair 4-H Project
Fifty three steers owned by 4 H and FFA members were tagged for the steer program with twenty seven weighed at Cornwell Ranch for the Rate of Gain contest. The weigh in day showcased selection, feeding and management skills as club members ready for the Clare County Fair livestock sale. Local beef and corn producers follow Great Markwestern Packing Company plans to slaughter and market 90 000 head annually starting late 1969, with automated feedlot and slaughterhouse operations and Midwest corn rations.
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4-H
Beef Project
Clare County
W.C. Cornwell Ranch
Extension Service
FFA
Cornwell Ranch
Husky Club
Great Markwestern Packing Company
Coldwater
Michigan
Midwest
Clare
Robert Carter
New Editorial Star Fitz Debuts in The Sentinel Page
The Sentinel introduces Jim Fitzgerald as a new editorial page personality with the column If It Fitz. Fitzgerald, editor of The Lapeer County Press, writes with humor and bite on timely topics and politics. His work appears in papers nationwide, mostly in Michigan, and he has earned multiple prize recognitions.
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Sentinel
Jim Fitzgerald
Fitz
The
Fitzgerald
Lapeer County Press
Michigan
Lapeer
Dayton
Ohio
Oakland
Calif
Michigan Press Association
Asso
Women bowlers set 69 records in tourney final week
In the final week of the annual women’s bowling tournament, Fran Carnecross topped all events with 1567 and led high game and series. The Monday Night Mixed League team claimed the title 2978. Awards and prize lists were published with complete final standings for teams singles doubles and all events and trophies set for March 26 at Town and Country.
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Fran Carnecross
Helping Hand For Children Show Cards In Clare
The Helping Hand sign in Clare windows marks safe havens for children. Established by the Clare Parent Teachers Association, the red poster signals a volunteer inside ready to assist children in emergencies or when lost or unwell. It is not a police or babysitting program.
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Clare
Assa
Clare School Board Allocates Federal Funds for Reading Workshop
The Clare School Board announced $23 814 in Title I federal funds from the Michigan Department of Education to support a summer reading improvement workshop. Approximately $1 200 in expected funds for counseling and guidance were cut due to state plan changes. Tenure granted to fourteen teachers for 1969 70. thirteen others receive a second probationary year. Robert McDaniel named athletic director for 1969 70, replacing retiring Donald Richardson. Budget authority allows up to $1 500 over current maintenance for emergencies. Special meeting set for March 24 and regular meeting on April 14 both at 8 p m in the high school library.
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Clare
Michigan Department of Education
Robert McDaniel
Donald Richardson
Board of Education
Five seek City Commission seats with three incumbents running
Three incumbents Robert Walters Ray Owens and C J Fritz Allen announced candidacy for re election joining Charles Clark owner of the Walgreen Agency Clare and Phillip S Breen of Citizens Bank and Trust Coleman branch to contest three seats in the April 7 city election. Mayor Willard Koch and Commissioner Richard Stocker hold over terms. Owens and Allen won one year terms last April Walters has a two year term from 1967. Also on the agenda are annexation studies building code standards hearings and expansion work on the water service project with new residential development anticipated.
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Robert Walters
Ray Owens
C.J
Fritz
Allen
Charles Clark
Walgreen Agency
Clare
Phillip S. Breen
Citizens
Vernon City
Hearing Views On Building Standards
The Clare City Commission discussed proposed city ordinances to adopt minimum building standards for plumbing and electrical work to protect homeowners and master tradesmen. A quorum absence halted formal action, but State Licensing and Regulation officials testified, with Clayton McCoy and William L. Bush presenting department viewpoints.
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Clare City Commission
State Department of Licensing
Clayton McCoy
The
Electrical Administration Board
William L. Bush
Board of Plumbing
City weighs state standards for inspections and parking lot sale
MSU Farmers Week in East Lansing draws locals away as Clare City officials discuss adopting state inspection standards to regulate licensed plumbers and electricians and possible use of state services. The panel also considers purchasing the W Fourth Street public parking lot with annual payments near 1800 dollars. Several commissioners were absent.
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East Lansing
MSU
Mack Thompson
Nyle Haggart
Ackerman’s Plumbing and Heating
Clare
Chamber of Commerce
W. Fourth Street
Richard Stocker
Robert Walters
C.J. Allen
Farwell Rotary Candidate Seeks District Governor Margin
Farwell Rotary endorses James Babcock for district governor at the April 9 10 conference in Frankenmuth. Babcock, former Farwell club president, is active in school and civic affairs and traveled to the Rotary International convention in Mexico last year. Clare Rotary supports him noting its historical role as sponsor.
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James Babcock
Farwell
Rotary
Farwell Club
Frankenmuth
Babcock
Mexico
Clare Club
Clare Rotary
Dean Curtis Morton
Mid Michigan Community College
Merrill Hutchins
Detroit Tigers
Sanitarian Bernard Baumann Appointed for Clare County
Bernard Baumann was named sanitarian for Clare county by Earl Larson acting director of District Health Department No. 7. Baumann, formerly with St. Clair County Health Department, is a Remus High School graduate of 1960 with a B.S. in Environmental Health from extended training in Midland County.
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Bernard Baumann
Clare County
Earl Larson
District Health Department No. 7
Arenac
Clare
Gladwin
Baumann
St. Clair County
Remus High
Midland County Health Department
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George MacQueen
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Hendrie Packing
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Gateway Lanes & Rest
Witbeck Iga
Clare Nursing Home
Hilltop Bar
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