Open House At Clare Manufacturing Showcases New Building
Public invited to view Clare Manufacturing Company’s partially completed new facility in Clare on Saturday May 23. The event aims to attract 4000 visitors with dancing refreshments and a community celebration arranged by the Clare Chamber of Commerce. The plant, now producing jet aircraft parts, spans 152 by 391 feet and could employ about 600 when fully operational.
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Clare Manufacturing Company
Clare Chamber of Commerce
C of C
Ken Barnes
Harold Sandborn
Sentinel
Clare Manufacturing
Osada
Clare School District Holds Town Meeting on Budget Cuts
About 130 Clare residents attended a Saturday town meeting at the school auditorium to discuss possible steps to restore the program and outline economies. Board members urged forming a permanent committee to recommend a fiscal plan and set a tax rate, while residents urged better public information and support for modest tax hikes to fund elementary education.
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Clare
Board of Education
Unusual Collage Exhibit By Rosette Landberg Sunday
On Sunday May 17 from noon to 4 30 the Area Arts League hosts a collage exhibit by Rosette Bakish Landberg in the Fifth Avenue Room at the Hotel Doherty. The New York City artist is visiting Clare as her husband Dr George Landberg completes an internship at Clare Hospital.
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Area Arts League
Rosette Bakish Landberg
Fifth Avenue
Doherty
Landberg
Clare
George Landberg
Clare Hospital
Child Health Conferences Planned in Clare Harrison Farwell
Health officials schedule child health conferences for well children in Clare on May 19 from 1 to 3 p.m. at City Hall, in Farwell on May 19 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Methodist Church, and in Harrison on May 22 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the courthouse.
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Clare
Harrison
Farwell
Methodist Church
Orabig
Farwell FHA Girls Win State Degrees and Merit Scholarship
Farwell High School's Future Homemakers of America chapter earned four State Degrees the top FHA honor and a scholarship at the state convention. Recipients were LaVale Mielke Janet Bailey Ann Embrey and Joyce Moline with Janet Bailey also named Farwell High valedictorian. Delegates included Peg Gamble Marilyn Brasington Nancy Schaar Eileen Brow Judy Graham Janet Bauer Pat Huslander Ruth Ann Nelson and Judy Miller under adviser Dolores Engstrom.
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Farwell High School
Future Homemakers of America
FHA
LaVale Mielke
Janet Bailey
Ann Embrey
Joyce Moline
Farwell High
Farwell
Peg Gamble
Marilyn Brasington
Nancy Schaar
Eileen Brow
Judy Graham
Janet Bauer
Pat Mhuslander
Ruth Ann Nelson
Judy Miller
Dolores Engstrom
Farwell School
Harrison Teen Wins Road-E-O Contest
Paul J. Durbin a 17 year old from Harrison won the Teen Age Road-E-O sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and earned an expense paid trip to the Regional Road-E-O in Midland on June 6. David Comstock 16 of Clare placed second ahead of 17 year old Hugh Warren from Harrison. Judges were Bernard Wyman and Jerry Forsberg.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Paul J. Durbin
Harrison
JayCees
Midland
David Comstock
Clare
Hugh Warren
Bernard ‘Wyman
Jerry Forsberg
Spring Fertilizer Window Shifts to June and September
Say soil specialists at Michigan State University note the first spring fertilizer on lawns should have occurred in March but applications remain viable in early June and again in September to improve turf health.
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Michigan State University
Allan Gerow Injured In Saginaw Crane Accident
Allan Gerow of Clare was seriously injured in Saginaw on Tuesday morning when a crane table failed at a construction site. He was knocked into a 12 foot deep excavation and struck by concrete forms, with chest injuries described as serious. A boom nearly crushed him when the cable snapped, and rescue crews lifted him to the surface and into an ambulance.
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Allan Gerow
Claré
Saginaw
Gerow
Michigan Week Invites Public to State Police Posts
Michigan Week May 17 to 23 will be observed by State Police with open houses at all posts. Hospitality Day is Tuesday May 19. The Mt. Pleasant post led by Sgt. Joseph J. Sooke invites thousands to visit from 10 am to 5 pm to tour facilities meet officers and learn about department operations.
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Michigan
Joseph J. Sooke
Mt. Pleasant
Sooke
Clare church honors three high school graduates at Family Night
A Clare Church of God banquet on May 6 recognized Clare High School graduates Gloria Sickal John Freeman and Richard Van Sicklen with gifts presented by Mrs Audrey Teeter Honorable mention went to Betty Bay and Robert Carmien from Farwell school A program followed with Lyle Dickinson as toast master Rev Lee Sickal delivered the welcome Miss Elaine Wilson delivered Forever a Stranger and a humorous Inventor's Wife was read by Mrs Adeline Cleveland Barbara MacDaniels narrated a life story montage All songs were led by Mrs Evelyn Baylor with piano by Mrs Loris Davis and Rev Sickal gave the benediction
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Clare Church of God
10.C.F. Hall
Clare High School
Gloria Sickal
John Freeman
Richard van Sicklen
Audrey ‘Teeter
Betty Bay
Robert Carmien
Farwell School
Lyle’ Dickinson
Lee Sickal
Adeline Cleveland
Betty Foss
Johnny
Jimmie
Elaine Wilson
Louisa Bowler
Barbara MacDaniels
David Baylor
Evelyn Baylor
Loris Davis
Mt. Pleasant
Sickal
Clare Chamber Banquet Honors Citizens and Officials
Clare Week events culminate in a May 23 open house at the Clare Manufacturing Co. building while a Citizen and a Public Official receive honors at a Monday banquet. Nelson A. Miles of Holley Carburetor is named Honorary Citizen as Orchard Lake’s Fred J. Walls attends and podium honors are planned for other local figures.
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Michigan
Clare
Chamber of Commerce
Clare Manufacturing Company
Doherty
Nelson A. Miles
Holley Carburetor Company
Orchard Lake
Miles
Clare Manufacturing Co
Hatley
Elbcle
Fred J. Walls
Gerald Nivison
Charles Strange
L. E. Davy
Art Damoth
Eighth Grade Diplomas Set For Clare County Ceremony
Twenty four rural graduates will receive diplomas at Harrison High School auditorium on Wednesday night May 20. Rev. Gerald Brady will give the invocation and benediction. Marcus excellence honors go to Jerry Wayne Nevill, with presentations by Robert Carter and Lenard Schwanz.
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Clare County
Harrison High School
Margaret Hoffmeyer
Garfield School At
Lake
Delmar Dragenstatt
Amble School
Jerry Wayne Nevill
Dover
Jerry
Robert Carter
Clare County Board of Education
Lenard Schwanz
Commissioner of Schools
Reading
Amble
Benediction
Brady
Jerry Nevill Leads Class In Test
Rural eighth graders took a Stanford Achievement Test at Harrison Community School on May 7 and 8 under county superintendent Lenard Scuwwanz. Jerry Nevill of Dover school posted the top score, with Judy Baumer of Amble close behind.
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the Lake School
Katherine Archbold
Elaine Oman
Robert Thompson
Joseph Mayes
Charles McKendzie, Jr
Diana Walker
Gary Ruckle
Larry Neeper
Ronald Vinton
Neil Bell
John Craford
Dover School
Marylyn Allen
Jerry Nevill
Lois Rilett
Victor Smitty
Elna Thompson
Amble
DeWayne Bates
Judy
Baumer
Kurt Fellows
Sharon Petoskey
Winterfield
Lenard Scuwwanz
Harrison Community School
Dover
Judy Baumer
School Census Instruction Class Held in Harrison
A census class was conducted for Clare county school custodians at the Court House in Harrison by the county superintendent's office on Monday May 11. Mrs Marion Beers led the session which was well attended.
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Clare
Harrison
Marion’ Beers
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Richard Schroeder
Warren Tice
Harold Brooks
Frank T. LaGoe
Bers
Harold Hughes
Lionel Duncan
C. B. Nefé
Bergey
Richard Wheeler
Hughes
Rosette Landberg
F.h.la
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N. A. Miles
C. C
Alex McKinnon
Albert Haley
Francis Jackson
Bernard Wyman
Gerald Brady
Long Lake Chapel
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