Anglers Report Mixed Weekend Fishing Across Michigan
Rainy windy weather marked opening weekend of the general fishing season in Michigan. Anglers reported trout in Bear Creek Manistee county and Boardman River near Traverse City amid high cloudy streams while Mio district saw 50 percent fewer fishermen than last year.
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Michigan
Conservation Department
Lower Peninsula
Mio
Bear Creek
Manistee County
Boardman River
Traverse City
Baldwin District
Manistee
Gaylord
Pickerel Lake
Pigeon River State Forest
Vanderbilt
Sturgeon River
Wolverine
Weber Lake
Upper Peninsula
Huron River
Baraga County
Rock and
Miner’s Rivers
Alger County
Two-Hearted River
Luce County
Black River
Mackinac County
Plainwell
Allegan County
Rupert Lake
Kalamazoo County
Shaffer
Big Cedar Lakes
van Buren County
Nine Clare High Students Named National Honor Society Candidates
Clare High School selects nine seniors for NHS membership, including James Bader and Gayla Hochstetler. Since 1933 the school has admitted about 15 percent of graduates, using scholarship rankings and ratings for leadership, service, and character. The NHS was founded in 1921 and now has thousands of chapters nationwide and internationally.
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Clare High School
James Bader
Gayla Hochstetler
Ted Hoersch
Suzanne Irving
Marina Kajser
Mary Murphy
Gene Newman
Irvin Ruby
Mary Sanford
National Honor Society of Secondary Schools
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Panama
Argentina
China
Witbeck IGA Market Reorganizes Layout and Departments
Witbeck IGA Super Market undergoes extensive equipment installation and rearrangement. Meat moves to the back in the former bank vault area with a new cooler and cutting room. Dairy expands with a triple deck case and eight foot island for ice cream. Produce shifts to the south side as angled displays ease congestion and direct shopper flow.
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Witbeck
LGA
Softball Season Opens June 1 in Clare County
Opening night for the 1953 Clare County Softball League is set for June 1 at 8 30 p m with opening ceremonies, champions, a floor show, and a band. A pregame 7 p m contest starts the action. League secretary Bernie Wilson calls a May 3 meeting for managers and sponsors at the VFW hall. The league plans a Class D youth division for under 17, aiming to expand beyond eight teams.
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Clare County Softball League
Bernie Wilson
VFW Hal
Clare
Pioneers Sweep Two Of Three In Narrow Battles
The Clare Pioneers beat Mt. Pleasant Oilers 4 3 with Fred Haggart driving in key runs including a third inning double that sparked the win. Clare later split the series with a 2 0 league mark as Ed Wichert held Mt. Pleasant at bay. The Oilers, led by Cole, were expected to challenge in the playoffs and face Clare again in Mt. Pleasant tournament action. The Pioneers then fell to Gladwin in a seventh inning rally, Nyle Haggart suffering poor defense as two unearned runs closed the game.
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Clare Pioneers
Mt. Pleasant
Clare
Battle Creek
Oilers
Pioneers
Cole
Pioneer
Wichert
Gladwin
Nyle Haggart
National Figure Commencement Speaker Here
Dr J S Vandiver announces Laurence Clifton Jones the Little Professor will deliver the 1953 commencement address at Clare High School on May 29 as part of a national speaking tour. Jones founded Piney Woods Country Life School near Jackson Mississippi in 1909 and has grown it from three students and 41.65 dollars to over 500 students with 600000 dollars in facilities.
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Mississippi
J. S. Vandiver
Piney Woods
Laurence Clifton Jones
Jones
Clare High School
Clare
Little Professor
Piney Woods Country Life Schol
Jackson
Clare Residents Readings Die In Auto Crash
Atty. Carlos Reading 72 and Lena Mae Reading 69 of Ann Arbor, former Clare residents, were killed in a head on collision near Howell on Sunday afternoon while returning from Clare. Russell Dymond of Detroit also died in the crash. They left behind two sons and two daughters. Funeral services were held at the Ann Arbor Methodist Church.
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Lena
Mae
Dymond
Dorothy
Reading
Ann Arbor
Clare County
Clara County
Readiig & Réadihe
Carlos Reading
Lena Mae Dunwoody
Clare
Atty
Douglas Reading
Washtenawa County
Stewart Reading
Detroit
Mildred
Marion
Bloomfield Hills
Muehlig
Ann Arbor Methodist Church
Wheeler To Succeed Arndt As Principal
Richard Wheeler named principal for the 1953 54 school year at Clare High School succeeding August Arndt who resigns to head the mathematics department at Grand Rapids Central High School. Arndt commends the board and community. Superintendent Campbell notes his impact on education. Wheeler has eight years on the Clare staff and will finish a master's in education administration at Michigan State College this summer.
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August Arndt
Board of Education
Grand Rapids Central High School
Arndt
Clare
Thomas Campbell
Clares
Richard Wheeler
Wheeler
Michigan State College
Twelfth Annual Clare Bowling Association Meeting
The Clare Bowling Association will hold its twelfth annual meeting at Clare Country Golf Club on Tuesday May 5 at 8 00 p m. Officers will be elected for 1953 1954 and other business discussed. President Paul Schroeder urges all bowlers to attend and support the association.
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Clare Bowling Association
Clare Country Golf Club
Paul Schroeder
United Fund Names 96 Michigan Leaders to Advisory Committee
Dr Glen C Born and Hart H Morgan of Clare among 96 Michigan leaders elected to the Advisory Committee of the United Health and Welfare Fund at its annual meeting April 23 at Michigan State College Union Building. About 200 people from 32 counties attended as Dr Warren R Cooksey was named acting president. Demonstrations highlighted funded work with cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis plus a story of a leader dog aiding reintegration into society.
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Glen C. Born
Hart H. Morgan
Clare
Michigan
United Health and Welfare Fund
Michigan State College Union
Clare County
Warren R. Cooksey
Detroit
Cooksey
United
United Fund
United Cerebral Palsy Association
Francis X. Sweeney
Multiple Sclerosis Society
May Inductees to Leave for Armed Forces from Clare County
Four young men from Clare County will depart May 4 for pre induction exams. Harold Mielke of Harrison, Laural Osborn of Farwell, Robert Allen Wilson of Harrison, and Bernard Wilson, Clare County Selective Service Board clerk, announce May 12 departure for final induction in Detroit on May 13. Arthur Gilmore Sills and Richard Lee Ulrich, both of Clare, volunteered for service in June.
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Clare County
Detroit
Harold Mielke
Harrison
Laural Osborn
Farwell
Robert Allen Wilson
Bernard Wilson
Clare County Selective Service Board
Arthur Gilmore Sills
Richard Lee Ulrich
Clare
Alice Burlingame Speaks At Mt Pleasant Achievement Day
A May 7 Home Demonstration Achievement Program at Warriners Hall Central Michigan College Mt Pleasant features morning talk "You and The U.S.A." by Richard Wysong associate history professor. Afternoon speaker is gardener Alice Burlingame on house plants as companions with demonstrations and a clothing construction exhibit.
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Warriners Hall
Central Michigan College
Mt. Pleasant
U.S.A
Richard Wysong
Alice Wessels Burlingame
J.L. Hudson Company
Burlingame
Rea
Marilyn Shoe
Mary Hathaway
Judy
Katherine Landon
James Barager
Deaths Horage Harvey Wilson
Harvey Wilson died Tuesday at his home in Sheridan township at age 81. Funeral services were held Thursday at Clare Church of God with burial in Cherry Grove cemetery. The obituary will be published next week.
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Horage Harvey Wilson Harvey Wilson
Bheridan Township
Clare Church of God
Cherry Grove
Students Vie For Council Presidency
Norris Bay and Jim Chandanais announced bids for Student Council president. Bay, active in EVE.A. as treasurer and two term council member, highlights parliamentary expertise and leadership training. Chandanais brings two years on the council, election as vice president by two bodies, and strong public speaking from dramatics. Carolyn Carter also announced candidacy. sketch to follow.
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Norris Bay
Jim Chandanais
Eve.a
Higgins Lake
Norris
Bay
Jim Bader
Chandanais
Jim
Carolyn Carter
Engineering Show At Michigan College Of Mining
An annual Engineering Show will be staged at Michigan College of Mining and Technology in Houghton from May 6. William Barber and Army Military Council representatives head committees inviting the public to view displays from Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, Mining, Metallurgical and other engineering departments along with Army and Air Force weapons exhibits. He says the event will illustrate the engineering field’s importance and the school’s work to advance programs statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
Houghton Michigan
William Barber
Military Council For the Army
Army
Air Force
Babber
Houghton
Senior Week At Witbeck Store Begins Monday
The first Monday in May starts the second Senior Week at Witbeck's lasting May 4 to May 9. Seniors will receive a set percentage of total sales and a popularity contest will name a most popular girl and boy. Winners earn five silver dollars each.
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Witbeck’s
Adult Education Success At Clare School
Clare Public School reports strong second year for adult education with 12a participants across eight courses. Psychology and welding led enrollments with 20 each. staff included Dr Curtis Nash and Francis Loomis plus several instructors. Over 1900 hours of class time covered in a 10 week span, meeting community needs and inviting public planning input.
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Clare Public School
Curtis Nash
Central Michigan College
Francis Loomis
Clare
Virginia Seitz
Wava van
Bonnie McQueen
Bernice Tulk
Norm Baker Returns To Cotter Sales
Norm Baker, formerly the service manager with Tim Cotter's Buick and Chevrolet Sales in Clare, has returned to his position after an eight month absence. He is greeting customers and friends again in Cotter's new service garage.
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Norm Baker
Tim Cotter
Buick
Chevrolet
Clare
Norm
Cotter
Recreation program to open June 15 for children
A community recreation program will start June 15 and run eight weeks until August 7 from 10:30 A M to 3:30 P M with a one hour lunch break. It targets children aged five to twelve with supervision and offers golf tennis archery baseball soccer and volleyball plus a new sport weekly. Story hour a sandbox and Seerisa games provide daily activities.
Countywide Valuation Rises In Clare County 1953 Report
Clare County supervisors closed a five day session by recording the 1953 equalization report showing a $446 399 rise in county wide assessed value to $11 541 048 unofficially awaiting final clerical checks. The city of Clare drives the increase with a seven percent jump as new property and adjustments push totals higher.
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Clare
Board of Review
Arthur
Grant
Sheridan
Redding
Harrison
Mrs. Howard Everts Named County Home Service Chair
Clare resident Mrs. Howard Everts is named County Home Service Chairman to replace resigning Mrs. Mabel K. Horton. Red Cross home service inquiries should be directed to Mrs. Everts.
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Mrs. H. Everts
Clare County
Read Cross Chapter
Carl Stephenson
Howard Everts
Claré
County Home Service
Mabel K. Horton
Red Cross Home Service
Everts
Army Rocket Weds German V-2 Soars To 250 Mile Heights
In a series on guided missiles, the Army notes the 1949 two stage combination of the Wac Corporal and the German V-2. The Bumper rocket reached more than 250 miles altitude and speeds over 5000 mph with a six and a half minute flight time.
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Army Rocket
Army
California Institute of Technology
Army Ordnance Corps
Army Ordnance
Waco
Wac
Long Range Proving Ground
Movida
Clare disposal plant delays threaten early summer start
Jack Hall reports slow progress on Clare's new disposal plant as interior finishing and lab equipment installation lag. Delays risk postponing May 4 inspection and city transfer of keys, with only minor work remaining and contractor pressing to finish. Hall studies Alma and Pinconning plants to gain practical lab routine experience for starting operations.
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Clare
Jack Hall
Alma
Cancer Society Seeks Old Sheets For Dressings
The American Cancer Society in Clare seeks worn bed sheets to make dressings for patients. Mrs Rex Allen announces during May 11 16 donors will receive certificates worth 50 cents per sheet toward Pacific Contour sheet purchases. No limit on sheets. certificates valid through May 30.
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American ‘Cancer Society
Cancer Society
Pacific Mills
Honor Society Students Speak At Rotary Meet
Clare Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel Doherty features Clare High School seniors chosen for National Honor Society in recognition of National Youth Week. Superintendent Campbell introduces the speakers as each student outlines school activities with John Dye of South Miami visiting as a Rotarian.
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Clare Rotary Club
Doherty
G. C. Born
Jennings, Archambault
Clare High School
Thomas Campbell
John Dye
Miami
Florida
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Fair Creek
Carlos
Supt. Campbell
Bowling Association
Morgan
Alice Burlingame
Alice Wessels
Michigan College of Mining
Clare School
Cotter Sales
Hall
Francis‘ Engineering Company
Indy
Honor Society
Rotary Meet
Farwell News É Society
Lake
Ruth Mellney
Rosebush
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