Circuit Court Opens May Term With Judge Holbrook Presiding
The May 1948 circuit court session convenes Monday with Judge Donald H. Holbrook on the bench. Criminal calendar includes The People vs Rowland Mussell disorderly conduct third offense The People vs Harl Herron resisting an officer The People vs Charles Nelson and Richard Graber carrying a loaded gun in a car The People vs John Potter larceny The People vs C. J. Kinzie larceny by conversion The People vs Alvah Charette intent to commit rape. Equity and civil matters list several cases including Ervin Baumgartner Jr. vs Robert Walters administrator est of Kenneth Walters trespass on the case garnishments and divorces for Ruth McDonald Leona Vale Ray Lajeuness Archie D. Rogers and others. Petit jurors for Greenwood-Erwin Bringold Hamilton-Paul Miller Hatton-Mary Heber Hayes-Earl Thomas Lincoln-Frank Thillie Redding-Chas. Ashcraft Sheridan-Virgil Newman Summerfield-Maud Darling Surrey-Ira Godwin Winterfield-Virgild Blackledge and ward divisions in Clare Harrison and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald BH. Holbrook
People
Rowland Mussell
Harl Herron
Charles Nelson
Richard Graber
John Potter
C. J. Kinzie
Alvah Charette
Ervin Baumgartner, Jr
Ervin Baumgartner
Robert Walters
Kenneth Walters
Raynale A. Whitehead
Donald Armstrong
Harry O. Walters
Branko Ivanovich
Russell Yake
State Savings Bank
Fred Weatherhead
Earl C. Bowser
Clara Trietch
William C. Ulrich
William Fransen
Florence Fransen
Keith Harries
David R. Beemer
Adam Spencer
Donald Harries
Russell T. Harris
Raymond N. Merritt
Gladys L. Merritt
Robert Gardner
Judy Kay Kessler
Julius J. Kessler
John HE
Spikehorn” Meyers
Velma Navarre
John E
Oliver Riker Cook
Erma Riker
Kittie Riker Sterner
Bill
Ruth McDonald
Gerald McDonald
Leona Vale
Michael Vale
Freeman
Mildred Blain
Frost—Francis Cosgrove
Garfield
Harry Brown
Grant
Joseph Murphy
Greenwood—Clifford
Chaffee
Hamilton
Bill Fanslau
Deaths Mrs Jake Otterbien of Barryton 72
Mrs. Jake Otterbien of Barryton aged 72 died Sunday evening. Funeral services were at 2:00 PM Thursday with burial at Flake Cemetery in Barryton. Elizabeth E. Balsley dies in Detroit. She leaves husband William B. and children William R. Donald M. and three daughters and nine grandchildren. Funeral in Detroit at 2:00 PM Thursday. interment Grand Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Otterbien
Barryton
Homer Douglas
Clare
Flake Cemetery
Elizabeth E. Balsley
Detroit
William B
Williiam R
Donald M
Darwin Kureth
Roy Hinkle
Leslie Heney
William H
Joseph P. Cunningham
Chas. Kleinhardt
Grand Lawn Cemetery
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Services Held for Pfc Howard Calkins in Detroit
Funeral services were held for Private First Class Howard D. Calkins of Detroit at Haley Chapel with Rev. N C Liesmer officiating. Born October 18, 1921, he was killed in the Battle of the Bulge on July 18, 1944. Relatives from Clare Rosebush Lansing Eaton Rapids attended the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard D. Calkins
Bert Calkins
Detroit
Haley Chapel
N. C. Liesmer
White Chapel Memorial
Pfc
Calkins
Clare
Rosebush
Vern Moline
Lansing
Wellington Moline
Ray Moline
Eaton Rapids
Will Calkins
Nelson Calkins
Lyle Calkins
Merle Calkins
City Commission Election Set for Monday in Clare
Clare voters head to the city hall auditorium next Monday May 10 for the first election under the new charter. Two two year city terms and three one year terms will be filled along with one four year Justice of the Peace. Polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. with multiple candidates listed for each office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
City Hall
O. D. Bayes
Charles C. Cooper
Harold Fleming
Albert J. Haley
Harold 8. Hughes
Laurence Jackson, Jr
Dorsey R. Mussell
Joseph P
Ralph Hebher
Sam Wilkinson
Frank D. Jackson
Mothers and Daughters Banquet Highlights by Congregational Guild
The Congregational Guild held its annual Mother-Daughter Banquet on a Wednesday evening in the church parlors with good attendance. Mrs. William Powe gave the invocation. an orchestra from the school provided dinner music directed by Harold Collins. Mrs. Alex Artibee led greetings and honored three charter members while bouquets were exchanged for the mother with the youngest daughter the newest bride and a large family present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Guild
William Powe
Harold Collins
Alex Artibee
Annie Rodgers
L. B. Davy
H. ©. Cudney
Hach
John William Dunlop
Charles Melnek
Tom Groves
Paul Sheponski
Judy Johnson
Artibee
Wallace Johnson
Clyde Urquhart
Darlene Garthe
Janice Borrer
Marilyn Masten
Harold Fleming
Guild
Mothers and Daughters
Rachel Flood
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership at Clare Road Leéeveler Works
All Clare Road Leéeveler Works accounts receivable are to be paid to Farm Service Shop. All accounts payable to be paid by Farm Service Shop, as of April 1, 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Road Leéeveler Works
Farm Service Shop
Mrs Phoebe J Rosenberger Dies Here in Clare
Phoebe Jane Erb born March 6 1858 in Guelph Ontario died April 28 1948 in Clare Michigan at ninety years old. She married Samuel Rosenberger September 21 1875 and he died March 20 1929. Surviving children Irvin Rosenberger Flint Michigan Joanna Bechtel deceased 1945 and others in Michigan Ontario California and Detroit with fourteen grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at MLB C Church Pontiac with Rev Orval Eastman Rev Avery and Rev Eagle officiating. Burial in Perry Mount Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Jane Erb
Joseph
Nancy Erb
Guelph
Ont
Clare
Mich
Samuel Rosenberger
Michigan
Brown City
Joanna Bechtel
Irvin Rosenberger
Flint
Herbert Shoults
Marshall
Stephen Douglass
Seal Beach
Calif
Gordon Rosenberger
Detroit
Otto Kleiner
Joanna Blackmore
Wingham
Mennonite Brethren In
Christ Church
M. R. Honderich
Mlb.c
Pontiac
Orval Eastman
Avery
Eagle
Perry Mount Park
Spring Operetta Set For Clare Public School Auditorium
The Clare Public School will stage the Spring operetta Who Stole the Tarts on Friday May 7 at 8:00 p m in the school auditorium. Fifth graders star with a large cast including Margaret Thatcher Peter Brown Nancy Neff Joyce Archambault and many others. The story features Fairyland characters and a Royal Gardens setting in the afternoon scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Public School
Jack O’hearts
Peter Brown
Bo-Peep
Nancy Neff
Tommy Tucker
Jack Bailey
Polly Kettle
Joyce Archambault
Roy Blue
Dick Tompson
Old Mother Hubbard
Carla Mae Chapman
Humpty Dumpty
Guy Mercer
Bobbie Shafto
Donald Wentworth
Georgie Porgie
Glen Born
Curley Locks
Martha Rogers
Margery Daw
Marjorie Bryant
Mother Goose
Joyce Jones
King of Hearts
Landis Ruark
Jack-Be-Nimble
Tommy Green King
Patricia Phimsey
Marjean Everts
Janet Schaeffer
Sally Porter
Chris Smith
Ronald Garthe
Kyle Hanley
Gordon Hahn
Fred Miller
Dale Bennett
John Roe
Roger Brinkerhoff
Billy Siel
Nil Kajser
Roy Graham
Jimmy Beltinck
Kay Lehr
Dennis Gingery
Raymond Weaver
Francis O'Day
James Dwyer
James Miller
Kenneth Thomas
Gerald Fullerton
Myrna Bergey
Lydapbell Bicknell
Janice Borrer
Jean Bowley
Judy Brown
Mary Margaret Drew
Mary Hoersch
June Holt
Judy Johnson
Linda Jones
Marilyn Siel
Joyce Wilson
Royal Gardens
Beta Sigma Phi installs officers for year
The Beta Sigma Phi Sorority held its regular meeting Monday evening May third at Barnes Cafe to install officers for the coming year. President Jean Allen, Vice President Mary Wicklund, Secretary Maxine Kirkpatrick, Treasurer Norma Six, and Mrs. Moryan McDonald were honored for past work. Glare Chapter members attended the Mt. Pleasant Alpha Tota Chapter Founders Day dinner at Keeler Union with Delta Eta Chapter of Alma on April 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi
Barnes Cafe
Jean Allen
Mary Wicklund
Maxine Kirkpatrick
Norma
Moryan
McDonald
Glare
Mt. Pleasant
Resort operators to meet MSU specialists in Clare County
Clare County tourist and resort operators will meet three Michigan State College specialists in Farwell on Wednesday May 12 and Harrison on Thursday May 13. The sessions will focus on cabin resort planning and food handling improvements with Miss Knight assisting. Personal visits are scheduled in Farwell Thursday and Harrison and Long Lake on Friday.
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Clare County
Michigan State College
Farwell and Harrison
Miss Knight
Municipal Court Convictions Include Traffic Violations
Linn Meeker of Coleman pleaded guilty to assault and drunk and disorderly conduct after a disturbance in a Clare business. He was fined 10 dollars and 3.35 costs, with a 60 day jail sentence suspended on condition he avoids Clare for a year. He unpaid fine served 10 days in county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Meeker
Coleman
Justice of the Peace
Wm. B. Dunlop
Clare
Meeker
Robert J. Sullivan
Mt. Pleasant
Clare Hospital
Bernard Smith
Justice Dunlop
Dunlop
Costa
James Willets
Mason
West Fifth Street
Danto
Services Here Last Sunday for Ivan L. Smith
Ivan Lester Smith, WWI veteran born September 2, 1896, died April 28, 1948 at fifty one. He married Mayme B. McLeod and had six children. Funeral May 2 at Clare Methodist Church with interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Lester .Smith
George
Ella Smith
Mayme B. McLeod
Ontario
Canada
Charlotte
Michigan
Robert
LeRoy
Gordon
Saginaw
Orin
Wyandotte
Eveleen Bryant
Glare Methodist Church
Chas. Kleinhardt
Chas. B. Hahn
Harold Brooks
Doris Gerow
Harrison V.F.W. Post
Maple Grove Cemetery
Gordon Smith
Harold Smith
Milan
Stella Briggs
Gladwin
Boyd Sampson
Sanford
L. B. Rowley
Cc. Smith
Colin MacLeod
Detroit
John Tyson
Pontiac
Belle MacKinnon
Clare Public School to Receive Traveling Safety Cup Award
Clare Public School will receive the Automobile Club of Michigan Traveling Safety Cup Award and be eligible to send one safety patrol boy on the 1948 Washington trip in May. Ernest P. Davis praised Superintendent A. F. Bates and the patrol for reducing child traffic deaths. The Auto Club will cover all trip expenses for 120 Michigan patrollers joining 20,000 peers at the National School Patrol Assembly in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Public School
Automobile Club of Michigan
Safety Patrol
Washington, D. C
Ernest P. Davis
Auto Club
Michigan
A. F. Bates
Davis
Washington
Detroit
United States
American Automobile Association
Harold B Hughes Elected President of Clare Rotary Club
Attorney Harold B Hughes was elected president of the Clare Rotary Club at the Wednesday noon meeting. Officers include Stuart Bicknell as vice president Larry Jackson secretary Harold Schaeffer treasurer and Norris Hilden Jay Hendrie Bob Kelsey and George White as directors. Hughes has led finance campaigns for poliq victims the Red Cross and the Boy Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B
Hughes
Clare Rotary Club
Rotary
Stuart Bicknell
Larry Jackson
Harold Schaeffer
Norris Hilden
Jay Hendrie
Bob Kelsey
George White
Poliq Victims
The
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Farwell School Music Program Friday Evening
The Farwell School music department presents a program Friday at 8:00 PM in the school gym. The concert features band numbers, boys and girls glee clubs, and tonette study pupils with marches, popular tunes, and novelties. Admission by fund-raising tags issued by students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell School
Americade
Lee
Glee Club
Dick Woodworth to Attend Boys Patrol Assembly in Washington
Dick Woodworth of the Clare Patrol Boys has been chosen to represent his group at the General Assembly of Patrol Boys in Washington D C May 13 16. He is an eighth grade student and patrol captain who will join other captains in Detroit on May 18 for the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Woodworth
Clare Patrol Boys
General Assembly of
Patrol Boys
Washington, D.C
Clare School
Detroit
Girl Scout Council to Hold Year End Pot Luck Dinner
The Girl Scout Council will meet for a final gathering of the year a pot luck supper on Monday night May 10 at 6 30 at the Methodist church.
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Girl Scout Council
Witbeck's Super Market Opens on Clare Main Street
Witbeck's Super Market opened Wednesday in the former Kroger building at McEwan and Fourth Streets Clare. Owners Marvin and Rolland Witbeck bring a full line of groceries meats produce and canned goods with new equipment and IGA branding as part of Independent Grocers Alliance network. Mrs Maude Callihan and Mrs Gladys Witbeck among staff with Rolland and Marvin noting Kroger experience in Clare and surrounding towns.
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Clare's
Witbeck
Krogers
McEwan
Fourth Streets
Marvin and
Rolland Witbeck
Witbeck’s
IGA
Wyman Brothers
Clare
United States
Independent Grocers Alliance
Clare’s New
Michigan
Kroger
Gays
G & Ide
Rolland
Mt. Pleasant
Alma
Ithaca
Mt Pleasant Kiwanis Club Entertains Clare Club Dinner
Members of the Mt. Pleasant Kiwanis Club acted as guest entertainers at the Clare club dinner held at Hotel Doherty. The program featured the club’s barber shop quartet and included guests Robert Burns of Harrison Dell Frank of Ohio John W Dunlop Eugene Campbell and Paul Schroeder of Clare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Collection of 12 000 Buttons Shown in Clare Store Window
Mrs. Bessie Henderson displays a world wide button collection of 12 000 pieces in the Clare Furniture Company window next week. Some buttons are over 150 years old and every piece is unique in this remarkable exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Henderson
Clare Furniture Company
City Bakery Reveals Special Mother's Day Treats
A local bakery unveils decorative Mother’s Day pastries with themed designs. The shop promotes ornate cakes and gift boxes for customers seeking handcrafted indulgences. Phone ordering details and store hours are available at the counter.
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Circuit Court
Pfe
Howard Calkins
Ladies Guild
Phoebe J. Rosenberger
Hest
Husband
Queen of Hearts
Margaret Thatch
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Farwell - Harrison
Ivan L. Smith
Grant Township
Rotarians
Atty
Harold B. Hughes
Harold. Hughes
Rotary Club
City Bakery
MT. Pleasant Kiwanis Club
Clare Club
Mother
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