Isabella County Livestock Auction Honors 107 Buyers
4 H and FFA members plus parents honor 107 buyers at the Isabella County Youth and Farm Fair Livestock Auction banquet to be held March 21 at Beal City High School. Special recognition goes to ten year buyers from Clare Packing Company Collin Farmer Supply and others.
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Isabella County
Beal City High School
Isabella County Livestock Producers Association
Clyde F. Cairy
Michigan State University
Cairy
Bill Hubert
Central Michigan University
Ewart Bowerman
Lonnie Chambers Sentenced to Life Term for Murder
Lonnie Chambers who faced trial in Harrison for the 1956 murder of his father in law was found guilty of first degree murder and received a mandatory life sentence. His first trial in 1956 paused due to insanity and he was committed to Ionia State Hospital before later being confined in Harrison for competency tests.
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Lonnie Chambers
Harrison
Chambers
Ionia State Hospital
Michigan
Clare Man Dies in Auto Plunge Near Sanford
Gary R. Cole twenty four year old Clare resident died when his car left the road and plunged down a steep embankment near Sanford. He left a wife Connie Whitaker and a small son Anthony. He served four years in the Navy and worked as a machine operator at Dow Corning in Midland. Funeral services were held March 28 with burial in Warren Township cemetery.
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Gary R. Cole
Clare
Sanford
Connie Whitaker
Anthony
Maynard D. Cole
U.S. Navy
Dow Corning
Midand
Clare High School
School Notes Clothing Drive and Reading Conference
A clothing drive starts Monday April 3 in the elementary building to support Save the Children Federation. Five elementary teachers Ruth Schunk Eva Anderson Irene Shively Doris Mitchell and Winnifred Denton will attend a reading conference in Grand Rapids April 3 and 4.
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Save the Children of Federation
U.S
Grand Rapids
Ruth Schunk
Eva Anderson
Irene Shively
Doris Mitchell
Winnifred Denton
Election Monday in Clare chooses three city commissioners
Electors in Clare go to the polls Monday next week to select three members of the City Commission. Incumbents Roy Dunbar Ray Owens and Robert Walters compete with Willard Bell and Wendell Colvin. Polls open 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Clare
Roy Dunbar
Ray Owens
Robert Walters
Willard Bell
Wendell Colvin
Clare County re apportionment plan aims at nine member board
A new nine member Clare County Board re apportionment plan would reduce City of Clare seats from two to one per precinct and shift representation across Harrison Hayes Garfield Summerfield Lincoln Greenwood Frost and others Under the draft one supervisor would represent Hayes and Harrison with 1678 people while Summerfield Lincoln Greenwood Frost districts total 1057 to 1294 residents per district The plan seeks one vote one person limits and must be approved by the April 1967 deadline or be sent to a five member local commission for final action
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Surrey Township
Clare
Summerfield Township
Clare County
Harrison
Hayes
Garfield
Freeman
Redding
Winterfield
Summerfield
Lincoln
Greenwood
Frost
Arthur
Sheridan
Board of Supervisors
Farwell
Grant Township
Lincoln,Greenwood
Michigan
Commission of
Picketing Abandoned At Kraft Milk Plant
Picketing by NFO supporters in Clare halted when authorities reminded demonstrators that a permit was required. The brief protest aimed to pressure milk producers for higher prices and sought to influence Teamster drivers, but deliveries were not blocked.
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Clare
National Farmers’ Organization
NFO
Kraft Foods
Conservation Dept Warns Winter Fishermen to Clear Shanties
The Conservation Department issues its annual reminder to remove ice shanties now to prevent boating hazards and litter. Submerged shanties pose risks and should be cleared promptly.
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The
Conservation Department
Ohio Soo Freeway boosts northern Michigan growth says official
The Ohio Soo Freeway corridor drives strong economic expansion in northern Lower Michigan says State Highway Commission Vice Chairman Charles H. Hewitt. Traffic north of Clare rose from 5421 to 13800 vehicles daily. food sales tax gains rose 40 percent in 1961 1966 in ten counties between Clare and Mackinac Bridge.
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Michigan
State Highway Commission
Commission
Charles H. Hewitt
Detroit
Lower Peninsula
Hewitt
Clare
Mackinac Bridge
Upper Peninsula
Clare High Junior Class Car Wash Bake Sale for Prom
The Clare High Junior Class hosts an April Fool's Day fund raiser with a car wash in the I G A parking lot from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bake sale locations include I G A and Clare Hardware. Proceeds fund the May Prom. The item notes regional tax data continuing on page A 8.
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Clare High
I.G.A
Clare Hardware
Clare High Seeks Careful Course Selections for 67 68
Enrollment for next year’s curriculum will be completed within two weeks at Clare high school. Precautions urge students to choose classes carefully as fall changes will be limited. Pre-enrollment arrangements will determine teachers rooms and desks for the 67 68 school year.
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Clare High School
Clare Glick Course Attracts MSU Resource Study
Clare will host a Michigan State University course on area resource development with Dr. Kimball and Dr. Steinmueller. First sessions April 7 8 and ongoing April 21 22 May 5 6 and May 19 20. Local residents and about 15 MSU graduate students plan to enroll.
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Clare
Michigan State University Department of Resource Development
William J. Kimball
Milton H. Steinmueller
Glare
MSU
East Lansing
Clare Area
Vocational Agricultural
Clare Public School
Resi~dents
Surrey
Grant
Sheridan
Mott Mountain
Penrose Dairy Farm
Worldtronic
Clare County
Kimball
Health District Seven to screen vision and hearing at Clare Elementary
Health District Seven and the Michigan Department of Public Health will conduct free vision and hearing tests at Clare Elementary School from April 11 to 13 for children aged 3 1/2 to 5. The program aims to detect early hearing loss affecting thousands of Michigan children annually.
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Michigan Department of Public Health
Clare
Merle White
Michigan
Mid Michigan College Seeks Federal Funds for New Building
Mid Michigan Community College seeks a review of how federal Title 1 funds are shared under the Higher Education Facilities Act. Michigan plans allocate grants via the Higher Education Facilities Commission. The college hopes to receive 240000 for an instructional building as policy seeks broader small college participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid Michigan Community College
State of Michigan
Higher Education Facilities Commission
Lansing
HEFA
Mid- Michigan
Police Chase In Clare City After Wanted Man
Police tried to stop a suspect believed fleeing a Cadillac homicide Monday. A converted school bus ignored a blockade, driving toward Mt. Pleasant with children aboard before officers halted it. Chief Elly Tice led a busy, frantic week as state police aided in the hunt and questioned a man at 604 North Maple.
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Clare
Elly Tice
Cadillac
Mt. Pleasant
Tice
Robert Folkert
N. Maple
Mill End
Owe
By Folkert
Gent
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FFA
Gary Cole
ONY
Franklin
Hamilton
Hatton
Clinton Case
Albert Haley
George Nash
John DeForest
Mark McKenna
Ummerfield
Natton
Alan Area
Kraft
Seasion
John Brubaker
Clare County Board of Supervisors
Glen Cain
Ken Barnes
Clare County Planning Commission
Malcolm Whitford
Clare County Road Commission
Frank LaGoe
Industrial Development Corporation
Joe Dumont
WUC
Soil Conservation Service
Richard Snyder
Clare Public Schools
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