Gideon Society Holds Successful Michigan Convention
Coleman C. Peters of Mt. Pleasant was elected to a second term as president of the Michigan Gideon Society. The slate of officers was largely re-elected, with Dr. J. De Pree named chaplain. About 400 Gideons attended the Saturday banquet and over 550 joined the meeting at Clare High School. Peters called the event the most successful in attendance and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman C. Peters
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan Gideon Society
J. de Pree
Zealand
John H. Smitter
Grand Rapids
B. D. Zondervan
Peter Visser
Traverse City
Frank Teft
Alma
Gideons
Peters
G.C. Born
Clare Chamber of Commerce
Clare
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Dan McDonald
O. D. Bayes
Stanley Sutton
Earl Morgan
Bud Anderson
City Police Department
Clare Manufacturing Company
Kraft Foods
Clare Seventh Day Adventist Church Dedication May 7
Clare Seventh Day Adventist Church invites the public to a debt free dedicatory day on May 7. Elder Lenheim of the Lake Union Conference will speak at 3:00 PM alongside morning services by Hutches. Pastors and visitors from nearby churches will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Seventhday Adventist Church
L. ®. Lenheim
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Lake Union
Herrick Baptist
Clare
Hilder G. E. Hutches
Hitler L. E.lenheim
South America
Clare Church
W. R. Potter
Alma
W. P. Atwood
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Kiwanis No 1 Wins City Bowling Championship
Kiwanis No 1 of the City League defeated Wallys Tackle in a playoff at Clare Alleys Sunday to claim the city team title for the third time and win permanent possession of the Stanley trophy. Jim Grove led Kiwanis with 607, with Natmes 622 Schroeder 524 Haley 548 and Cain 513.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Wally
Clare Alleys
Kiwanis No. 1
Wallys
Jim Grove
Natmes
Schroeder
Haley
Cain
Bear Attacks Colt Near Mann Siding Friday
Excitement near Mann Siding Friday as Cecil Hubel witnessed a bear maul a colt owned by Eddie Hubel’s D and D Riding Ranch. Cecil intervened with a stone and car, then joined Horton Case and his sons to shoot the bear. The colt survived with injuries. the bear was killed and skinned for meat at Mt. Pleasant State Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann Siding
Cecil Hubel
Eddie Hubel
Us-27
Cecil
Brain
Horton Case
Horton
Bill
Russell
Case
Don Bell
Clare
Mt. Pleasant State Home
Clare Merchants Open Season With Local Practice Report
The Central Michigan Baseball League opens May 8 with Farwell Wise Seaton Harrison and Clare on an open date. Clare hosts Mt Pleasant May 15 at Clare High School diamond. Don LaFlame relocated to Flint and Marvin Keller becomes Clare manager. Practice schedules run at 2 00 pm Sunday and 6 00 pm Tuesday and Thursday. No admission fee but collections for expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Michigan Baseball League
Farwell
Coleman
Wise
Weidman
Seation
Rosebush
Harrison
Mt. Pleasant
Clare
Mt Pleasant
Clare High School
Don LaFlame
Flint
Buick
Marvin Keller
Clare Merchants
Sentinel
Rosebush Votes to Bond for New School Building
In Rosebush Isabella township voters approved a six mill tax for 15 years and a $73 000 bond for a new school. The millage passed 165 96 and the bond 161 98 with officials stating construction can begin soon and funds from operations will help retire the bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella Township Hall
Rosebush Consolidated
Farwell Township Set to Vote on School Bond Issue
Farwell Township Unit School voters go to the polls on May 11 to decide a new six room grade unit and a bond issue of 75 000 dollars. Two propositions allow a tax levy above the 15 mill limit and authorize the district bonding with a reserve fund plan discussed at a May 9 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell Township
Lincoln and
Freeman
Lincoln
Surrey
Farwell
Trillngsuei Isi
Thrun and Sidwell
Lansing
Michigan
Open 24 Hours De Soto and Plymouth
Open 24 hours service available at De Soto and Plymouth locations. Bob n Sales and Service listed in Clare with a Midway Restaurant reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DE Soto
Plymouth
Bob’n Sales and Service
Clare
Midway
Zenobia Chapter to Entertain District Association May 12
Zenobia chapter O H S will entertain the Clark Gladwin Midland Association in Clare for a May 12 business meeting and evening banquet. A 2 pm business session includes annual officer elections. Banquet at 6:30 pm in the Clare Rebekah hall features Michigan Grand Chapter officers. reservations due by Saturday May ?.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zenobia Chapter
O.H. S
Clark-Gladwin-Midland Association
Mabel Horton
CGM
Elizabeth Hidén
Clare
Gladwin
Beverton
Coleman
Barrison
Farwell
Midland
Association
Clare Rebekah Hall
Severa
Michigan Grand Chapter
Grand Committee
Eleanor Lehr
Circuit Court Session Opens at Harrison Monday
The May term of Circuit Court will convene at the Harrison Court House next Monday with Judge Donald E. Holbrook presiding. Criminal calendar includes The People v Earl Herron resisting an officer and multiple cases of larceny and breaking and entering. Chancery docket features several divorces and foreclosures with May petit jurors listed for Harrison and surrounding wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Harrigon
Donald E. Holbrook
People
Earl Herron
The
John Potter
Important Meeting Notice From A. A. Club
The A A Club will meet at Sacred Heart Church in Mt Pleasant on Saturday night May 7. All interested persons are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Club
Sacred Heart Church
Mt. Pleasant
Kiwanis Athletic Dinner Honors Members at Hotel Doherty
The Kiwanis held its annual athletic banquet in the Wedgewood Room at Hotel Doherty on Wednesday evening May 4. Mark Bicknell led the gathering, Tim Cotter presided as MC, and Dr K Hammerberg announced a White Elephant Sale at the Farmers Co-Op.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Doherty
Wedgewood Room
Mark Bicknell
America
Tim Cotter
K. Hammerberg
Richardson
Wheeler
Forsythe
Athletic Association of Michigan
Jim Richardson
John Hall
Jackson Man Fined for Drunk Driving on US 27
John M. Adkins, 28, of Jackson, was fined 50 and costs 3.50 after pleading guilty to drunk driving. He lost control near Lone Pine Cabins on US 27, collided with a tree, injuring two others. Adkins’ license was revoked. A separate case: Calvin Harvey, 21, of Farwell, chose ten days in jail over a fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Adkins
Jackson
Lone Pine Cabins
Neil Cradit
Clare
iAdikins
Adkins
Kenneth Selbrook
Clare Hospital
Wm. B. Dunlop
Calvin Harvey
Farwell
Bert Head
Crippled Children's Fund Drive Success In Clare County
The 1949 Easter Seal Sale in Clare County raised 630.37 dollars by May 3 under Mrs. Jane Bicknell and the Clare Study Club. Scouts, Lily Parade participants, schools, women’s clubs, and the United Fund aided the drive for the Crippled Children's Society with half the proceeds staying in Clare County for local handicapped children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Society For Crippled Children
Clare Study Club
Jane Bicknell
Clare County
United Fund
Crippled Children's Society
Crippled Children’s Society
Jaze Bicknell
Clare
County Crippled Children
Deaths in Mt. Pleasant: Sam Forney and Fred Haris
Sam Forney longtime auctioneer and Mr Pleasant policeman died at home at age sixty after a heart attack. He leaves a wife eight children four stepchildren and several siblings. Funeral was at Stingon Funeral Home with burial at Riverside cemetery. Fred A Haris Mt Pleasant policeman died Saturday after an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Forney
Mr. Pleasant
Stingon Funeral
Riverside Cemetery
Fred A. Haris
Mt. Pleasant
Mrs A Damoth Elected Women’s Golf President
The Clare Women’s Golf Club opened the 1949 season at the Country Club with about forty players and fans. Mrs Arthur Damoth was elected president to fill the term of Mrs Fred Doherty, with other officers named as treasurer Mrs Stuart Bicknell secretary Mrs Albert Haley sport chairman Mrs Norris Elden and handicap committee members. The first event, a kicker’s tournament, followed breakfast with a close team score tie decided by Bonstelle Merton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Women’s Golf Club
Country Club
Bonstelles
Fred Doherty
Arthur Damoth
Stuart Bicknell
Albert Haley
Norris Elden
Will Lange
Neilan Cradit
O. D. Bayes
al Crum
Les Bonstélle
Curtis Merton
Bonstelle-Mertons
Joe Naume
Thirteen Lake area in Surrey township development described
A new playground and resort facilities accompany the rebuilt Tobacco River dam and the Thirteen Lake basin now full of spring water. The sandy beaches, safe bathing and ample fishing prospects attract families, with several permanent homes and summer cottages under construction near Farwell Clare and Pinckney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobacco River
Thirteen
Thirteen Lake
Surrey Township
Farwell
Clare
Pinckney
Jackson
Midland
District MUCC Meeting at Doherty Hotel May 7
District Number Two United Conservation Clubs plans a meeting at the Doherty Hotel Saturday evening May 7 at 7 30 to discuss conservation plans for the district. All who support game and wildlife propagation are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
United Conservation Clubs
Beld
Doherty
Planis
Respected Clare Citizen John Nelson Laid To Rest
John August Nelson, longtime Clare resident and former employee of F Myers & Company, died April 27 1949 at his Clare home. He was wife Mary Della McKelvey married July 17 1916 in Sterling Colorado. He was a deacon in Clare Congregational Church and a devoted Mason with life memberships in four branches. Surviving are his wife four sisters Augusta Minnie Ida Nelson of Mankato and Cashmere Washington and one brother Emil Nelson of Tacoma Washington. Funeral services were conducted by Rev Wm P D Powe with Masonic rites at Cherry Grove cemetery. A large turnout from Ithaca Commandery Knights Templar St Alma White Shrine and other friends attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John August Nelson
Clare
F. €. Myers & Company
Cannon Falls
Minnesota
Wm. H. Bicknell & Company
Mary Della McKelvey
Sterling
Colorado
Congregational Church
Masonic Order
Order of the Eastern Star and White Shrine of
Jerusalem
Augusta
Minnie
Ida
Nelson
Mankato
Arthur Mohler
Cashmere
Washington
Emil Nelson
Tacoma
Augusta Nelson
W. A. McKelvey
Wm. P. D. Powe
Cherry Grove Cemetery
John Q
Look Lodge
Ithaca Commandery
Knights, Templar
St. Alma White Shrine
Clare High vaults to early baseball wins at Mt Pleasant
Clare High School Pioneers opened the baseball season with a 10 to 6 win over Mt Pleasant. Jim Joslin earned the win with two singles and a double while batting 4 for 4. In a second game Clare won 10 to 4 with Burke Rilette on the mound and Hollis Hagegart collecting four hits. A later split with Coleman saw Clare win 8 to 4 on extended rallies before losing 8 to 3 in the second game. Johnny Musser led hitting with a triple and a double in two at bats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High School Pioneers
Mt. Pleasant
Clare
Qclara
Jim Joslin
Burke
Rilette
Bill DeFoy
Hollis Hagegart
Burke Rilette
Johnny Musser
Pat
Coleman
White Elephants Sale At Clare Kiwanis Club
The Clare Kiwanis Club conducts a weekend White Elephants sale at the former Farmer's Produce Co building on West Fourth Street. Desirable articles remain and bargains await. bring usable items for donation or call 350 or 730 for pickup. Proceeds fund local Kiwanis projects and girls’ work benefiting underprivileged children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Kiwanis Club
Farmer's. Produce Co
West Fourth ‘St
Anyon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gideon Society
Christian Commercial Fraternity
Kiwanis No
Clare Alleys Sun
BEAR
COLT
Cases
Hunt
Christian Action Committee
Clare County Christian Action Committee
Clare Baptist Church
Noble Davis
Charles Pamp
Pamp
Zenobia
District Association
Harrison Mon
the People
C. J. Kinzie
Robert Eugene Bernard
Lester J. Chappele
Bruce Halmond Dorland
Velma
Navarre
John E
Spikehorn's
Myers
4fFéspass
Roy Sprague
Jess Durham
Winnie Durham
Gordon Ivan Smith
Ivan Lester Smith
Charles Wood, Jr
LaSalle Electric & Mill Supply Co
Frank D. McKenna
Dba
F. D. McKenna Building Supplies Company
Assumpsit
Viola Valentine
Phillip M. Eddy
Harry B. Dice
Ray Dyer
Glenn L. Poet
Joseph F. Poet
Hi-Therm Gas Company
Archie D. Rogers
Amelia B. Rogers
Petit Jurors
Royal Aikens
John Parker—Frost
James McKay
Garfield
Don Owens
Grant
Howard Ford—Greenwood
Henry Yager—Hamilton
Robt. Kleinhardt—Hatton
Blair
Thomas—Hayes
Vira Luce—Lincoln
Ivy Gallery
Redding
Beulah Armentrout Sheridan
Bari Phelipp
Summerfield
John A. Henry
Frank Kirby
Winterfield
Jacob Walker
Andrew Priz-—Clare
Kiwanis Athletic Award
Crippled Children’s Fund
A. Damoth
MUCC
John A. Nelson
Clare Diamond
Coleman Clare
Johnnie Musser
Jack Brinkerhoff
Musser
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