Forest fires scorch seven thousand acres in Michigan counties
A Tuesday blaze swept across Arenac Bay Clare Gladwin Isabella and Midland counties. Firefighters and thousands of volunteers fought fires that burned over 7 000 acres, injuring two Muskegon firefighters and three volunteers. The conservation department issued emergency burning restrictions and urged care to prevent further losses.
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Arenac
Bay
Clare
Gladwin
Isabella
Midland
Michigan
Conservation Department
Muskegon County
Allegan County
Muskegon
Muskegon Township
Office of Civilian Defense
The
Red Cross
Donald Robson
State Conservation Fire Department
Midland County
Clare County
Kent County
Waytte Tennant
Temple
Winterfield Township
Snot Lake
Garfield Township
Meredith Grade
Franklin Township
Loonake
Surrey Township
Elementary Chorus Presents The Magic Beanstalk
The Clare school Elementary Chorus presented The Magic Beanstalk Friday night March 28. Director Miss Doris Gerow led a well attended performance with piano duet by Harold Collins and Jan Bicknell and tap numbers by Joanne Richard. Assistants included stage crew, makeup staff, costumes, and prompter with several staff and students thanked for their help.
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Clare School
Doris Gerow
Harold Collins
Jan Bicknell
Joanne Richard
Vena Lee Gillespie
van Hyern
FitzGerald
Garthe
John N. Asline Promoted to Major in Pacific Service
Dr. John Norris Asline formerly of Essexville and son of Mr. and Mrs. John Asline of Clare has been promoted from captain to major after twenty one months in the Pacific. He previously served as a lieutenant, then captain, with a February 2 announcement of his latest promotion. He is with a headquarters replacement command on special assignment in the Philippines aiding replacement centers.
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Pacific
John Norris Asline
Essexville
John Asline
Clare
Bay City
Major Asline
Philippines
Mrs. Vern Acre Dies After Auto Crash Injuries
Mrs. Vern Acre dies in Mt. Pleasant hospital from injuries in a Monday afternoon accident. Her husband Vern Acre remains hospitalized with injuries. the couple's son Wesley serves in Luxembourg. Funeral set at Clare Methodist Church with interment Cherry Grove Cemetery. Andrew N. Friz in charge.
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Vern Acre
Central Michigan
Mt. Pleasant
Mary Elizabeth Larkin
William
Martha Larkin
Gratiot County
Michigan
Clare County
Pontiac
Wise Township
Vern
Wesley
Luxembourg
John Hall
Dee Shaw
John Bower
Farwell
Marion Hayward
Lansing
Otto Beck
Ithaca
Clare Methodist Church
Chas. B. Hahn
J. Wesley Teale
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Andrew N. Friz
Deaths Mrs Louis Tessman of Harrison
Mrs Louis Tessman, of Harrison, died at Samaritan Hospital in Bay City at age sixty after four days in care. Funeral services were held at Murphy Funeral Home in Harrison with Rev Chas Kleinhardt officiating and burial in Greenwood Township Cemetery. The life story will be published next week.
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Louis Tessman
Harrison
Samaritan Hospital
Bay City
Murphy Funeral Home
Chas, Kleinhardt
Greenwood Township
Bank Closes Early for Good Friday Services
The Citizens State Bank will close at 1 00 PM on Good Friday afternoon for church services and remain closed for the rest of the day.
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Citizens State Bank
Curt's Hamburgers Closure for Redeoration Notice
Curt's Hamburgers will be closed April 8 for redecorating. The notice provides no further details beyond the shutdown date and the reason.
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Curt
Rotary Club of Clare Plans First Meeting Next Wednesday
The 35 charter members of the Rotary Club of Clare will meet at the Odd Fellow hall next Wednesday noon April 4 for luncheon. Dr Floyd Armstrong MIT will discuss postwar economic aspects. Charter Night May 9 will feature Dr Anspach Central Michigan College of Education and Kim Sigler.
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Rotary Club of
Clare
Odd Fellow Hall
Rebekahs
Floyd Armstrong
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Emil Pfister
Dr. Anspach
Central Michigan College of Education
Kim Sigler
Early Settler Curtis Palmer Dies At Daughter's Home
Curtis D. Palmer born Brookfield New York April 21 1855 died March 19 1945 at his daughter's home just shy of ninety. He learned carpentry early, served in the National Guard, and moved to Michigan where he built homes in Sheridan township Clare county and ran a store and post office at Colonyville later working with Muscott in canthook handles. He was active in township offices and kept his home a meeting place for ministers.
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Curtis D. Palmer
Brookfield
Madison County
N. Y
103Rd Regiment
National Guard
Michigan
Gladwin County
Cynthia McLean
Edenville
Midland County
Clare County
Curtis
Sheridan Township
Dover
Joe Hudson
Bradley Corner
Claré
Colonvillé
Clare
Ralph Muscott
Muscott & Palmer
Sheridan
Palmer
Hig Home
Lily Parade to Be Conducted in Clare Saturday
The twelfth Easter Seal Sale in Clare shows strong support with over $250 raised toward a $450 county quota. On March 31 Troop NT of Clare Girl Scouts led by Mrs Don Strong will run the Lily Parade to collect coins for crippled children, keeping half the funds for the Clare County Society.
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Clare
Clare County Society
Don Strong
Congregational Easter Services Set for Sunday Morning
The Congregational Church will hold Easter worship at 10 30 a m on Sunday April 1 with junior and senior choirs performing two anthems and soloists. Baptism will be administered and members received as Rev Harold Watson preaches This Is the Victory. No church school or Pilgrim Youth Fellowship on Easter Sunday. Attendance invitation extended to members and friends.
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Congregational Church
RE. S. Tillotson
I. H. Meredith
Fiona Scott
Ira B. Wilson
Dorothy Smith
Harold Watson
Pilgrim Youth Fellowship
Coveart
Mrs O Callaghan 87 Dies in Clare Home
Rosy O Callaghan longtime Clare resident died Monday at 309 East Third street after a week of illness. Born Rosy Brindley December 4, 1857 in Oak Harbor Ohio she lived in Clare since 1905 and ran a produce and poultry business. She married John O Callaghan in 1916 and belonged to St John Lutheran before joining Seventh Day Adventist Church. Funeral Thursday at Thurston with interment at Cherry Grove. She is survived by relatives including Louisa Bisch of Toledo and others. An American Legion dance event is listed for Clare City Hall on Saturday April 7.
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Rosy O'Callaghan
Clare
East Third Street
Miss Rosy Brindley
George and
Maria Zink Brindley
Oak Harbor
Ottawa County
Ohio
Michigan
John O’callaghan
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Oak Hartor
St. John's Lutheran Church
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Louisa
James Bisch
Homer J. Bisch
B. H. Mac Ritchie
Toledo
CG. A. Stevens
Port Clinton
Fréd Brindley
Ground Broken for New Kraft Cheese Factory in Clare
Kraft Cheese Company signs contract with Low vie Campbell & Lautermilch for a modern 4000 square foot tile factory in Clare. The one story plant will include make and pasteurizing rooms and stainless steel presses, with the present building used for dry storage and offices. John Scheellhas, with forty years in cheese making, leads the local plant.
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Kraft Cheese Company
Lowvie, Campbell & Lautermilch Construction, Co
Chicago
Clare
United States
John Scheellhas
Literature Club to Present Alma College Singers
The Good Literature Club hosts Alma College music department performers on Tuesday April 3 at 8:00 p.m. in the Methodist Church to raise funds for the club's scholarship. Featured are the Alma College Girls' Sextet and soloists, directed by Don Allured with Prof Eugene Grove.
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Good Literature Club
Alma College
Eugene Grove
Don Allured
Community Chairs to Return Red Cross Donations by Deadline
All Clare County Red Cross chairs must submit contributions for the 1945 War Bond Fund within the deadline. Donations received at Clare Red Cross headquarters in the Burdo Building in Clare must be in by tomorrow evening, Saturday March 3.
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Red Cross
Sentinel
Clare County Red Cross
Burdo
Clare
Russell E Sharp Killed in Action Overseas
Mrs Nadine Sharp of Clare R 4 receives War Department telegram confirming the death of Pfe Russell E Sharp in Germany on March 7 1945 He entered service August 20 1944 trained at Camp Robinson Ark and went overseas in January 1945 The son of Henry and Lena Sharp he was born September 28 1919 in Wise township Isabella County Michigan He married Nadine Moll in 1941 and left three children Norma Shirley and James Russell He attended Clare High School and served as Sunday school superintendent at Salem Evangelical Church He leaves wife three children parents and a brother Wilson of Pontiac with other relatives and friends
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Nadine Sharp
Clare R-4
War Department
Secretary of War
Pfe
Russell E. Sharp
Germany
Pfc
Sharp
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Henry and
Lena Sharp
Wise Township
Isabella County
Michigan
Dow Chemical Company
Midland
Nadine Moll
Norma Nadine
Shirley
Blaine
James Russell
Clare High School
Salem Evangelical Church
Nadine
Norma
Henry Sharp
Wilson Sharp
Pontiac
Laura Worden
Soldier Joel Cogswell Killed in Action in Germany
Mrs. Joe Cogswell of Clio learned her son Pfeiffer Joel Cogswell was killed in action in Germany on March 4. He leaves his father a sister Lt Dorothy Cogswell in the Army Nurse Corps and four other siblings. Meanwhile Pfeiffer Wilmot Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hall of Farwell, reports he is a prisoner of war in Germany.
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Joe Cogswell
Clio
Wdna Mull
Clare
Pfe
Joel Cogswell
Germany
Dorothy Cogswell
Army Nurse Corps
John Hall
Farwell
Wilmot Hall
Former Clare businessman Frank Falk dies in Hamburg
Mrs. Philip Geeck learned last Monday that Frank Falk formerly of Clare, Michigan, died in Hamburg. He owned a Clare barber shop, later ran an implement business with Riley Leffingwell and Reuben Immick, then moved to Ypsilanti before Hamburg. He leaves a wife and daughter.
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Philip Geeck
Frank Falk
Hamburg
Mich
Ypsilanti
Falk
Clare
Riley Leffingwell
Reuben Immick
Bond Sale Inquiries Prompted by Whimsical Question
A fragmented line asks about freedom today and mentions buying a bond. The quirky query appears as an OCR fragment with unclear context and no identifiable events, dates, or named entities beyond the playful wording.
One Killed and Six Hurt in Local Car Crashes
One person died and six were injured in weekend traffic accidents near Coleman and Clare. Mary Acre, 40, died after a collision at a county road intersection west of Coleman. Vern Acre and Alex Mester were hospitalized with multiple injuries. LeRoy Acre and Fay Abbott were injured when a tie rod failure caused a crash north of Clare. Rene Belle and Clifford Fisher collided on US-10 near Clare, leaving Clementine Bolle with facial injuries.
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Mary C. Acre
Vern Acre
Alex Mester
Coleman
Acre
Mester
Mt. Pleasant Post
Bank
LeRoy Acre
Clare Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Rene Belle
Clare
Religious Education Attends Cooperative School Program
The school church cooperative religious instruction program ran over two weeks with 85 to 90 percent of students attending church classes. Afternoon periods were shortened to forty five minutes. students could attend the church of their choice from 3 15 to 4 00 pm while others stayed in the study hall. No academic credit is given but participation will appear on the cumulative record and some churches issue attendance certificates. Classes were taught by B Haby and local clergy including Rev Harold Watson Rev Harle Redman sid and Mrs Williaiy Gar chow.
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Dhurch
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Elementary Chorus
John N. Asline
J. N., Asline
Hospital
Rotarians
Bill Byers
Stuart C. McArthur
Donald Richardson
Stuart Bicknell
Omer Parent
Dick Hartshorn
Dave Seiter
Robert Archambault
Henry Brinkman
Harold Ballard
G. C. Born
Delbert Bradley
Larry Beck
Elmer Comes
E. E. Cook
R J. Fugate
Carleton Garthe
Harold Hanchett
Charles Hahn
Harold Hughes
Jay Hendrie
Harold Jones
Harold Moline
Martin Loomis
A. B E. Mulder
Dan McDonald
Monroe Marble
Leo Russell
Hatl Ruby
Harold Schaeffer
Russell Thurston
George White
D. Palmer
Thurston
American Legion
Clare City Hall
Kraft Cheese Factory
U.S
Christian
Gretchaninoff
Heuberger-Kreisler
Bob Schutes
Schumann
del Reige
Seaman
Tom Williams
Malin
Betty Lai
Barbara Kemper
Ronald
Spirit Flower
Campbell Tipton
Jean Slaski
Messa
F. Melius Christiansen
Nancy Harden
Joyce McKinley
Mary Milham
Jenfi Slaski
Jean Trueman
Nancy Wauchek
Don Alluted
Russell
Clementine Bolle
Haby
Harold.Watson
Harle Redmau Sid
Williaiy Garchow
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