Harrison Man Drowns In Kansas
Ervin John Miller 22 formerly of Harrison died in a Missouri River fishing trip accident near Kansas City on May 12. Five friends vanished after their boat overturned. searchers recovered all five bodies. Miller leaves parents and nine siblings and services are planned in Gladwin with burial at Cedar Crest Mennonite cemetery.
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Ervin John Miller
Harrison
Kansas City
Missouri River
Ellsworth Miller
Miler
Alvin
Erie
Michigan
Dick and
George
Clare
Larry
Kansas
Paul
Flint
Shirley Hicks
Sears
Elizabeth Varney
Carol Miller
Dorothy Croft
Coleman
Mildred Quinn
Gladwin
Hall Funeral Home
Cedar Crest Mennonite Cemetery
Clare Woman's Bowling League Roll Off Leads To May 17 Final
The Clare Woman's Bowling Association staged the first of a two week roll off at Gateway Lanes on May 10. Standings use Peterson Point scoring with Drewry's Beer leading at 14 points and 206 pins. High games include B Bauder 245 and J Willey 202 while high series feature Bauder 598 and Willey 521. Drewrys 839 tops team game. The teams return May 17 at Clare Alleys to decide the championship.
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Clare Woman's Bowling Association
Gateway Lanes
Peterson
Drewry’s Beer
Everts Jewelers
Coleman Drugs
Ashcrafts Market
Bordens
Clam Furniture
B. Bauder
J. Willey
N. Morse
D. Ashcraft
G. Dedloff
EE. Bell
M. Morse
Drewrys
Clare Alleys
Clare attracts new industry with preferred location hopes
Local Industrial Development Corporation seeks pre subscription pledges for interest bearing bonds to finance a building facility in Clare. Prospects point to a favorable site and community support. public disclosure pending further decisions. Interested buyers may contact IDC committee members Frank T. LaGoe James Bicknell Harold Sandborn J Allen Consumers Power manager Bernard Wyman Joseph Johnston Louis Becker Richard Groves Glen Cain.
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Clare
Industrial Development Corporation
IDC
the Sentinel
Frank T. LaGoe
James 5S. Bicknell
Lrd
Harold Sandborn
J. Allen
Consumers Power Company
Bernard Wyman
Joseph Johnston Louis Becker
Richard Groves
Glen Cain
Dam reconstruction progress on Lake Shamrock advances
Work Superintendent Don Teitz says the dam can be filled and lake flooded within two weeks, matching May 9 projections by project chairman Ken Barnes. Seven workers have packed stone and gravel under the damaged center, awaiting steel piling and cement curing under Richard Fox contract. Teitz cites upstream leakage as the main failure, noting the tube first failed and predicting a simpler design will reduce accident risk.
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Lake Shamrock
Don Teitz
Ken Barnes
Tietz
Richard Fox
Ruth League Seeks Volunteers for Clare Boys Baseball
A meeting will be held next Wednesday May 23 at 8 p.m. in the high school to recruit adult supervisors for the Clare Babe Ruth League. A recreation program for about 60 boys is at stake, per Ky Coveart treasurer of the past year’s organization.
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Clare
Developers Renew Protests Over Clare County Building Rules
A Thursday meeting of 40 plus land developers and supporters at Harrison Community School debated proposed minimum building restrictions. Officials planned a Friday county supervisors session. most opposed limits while some urged reasonable standards. C. E. Wood defended continuing construction with a sub $2,000 home and 770 square foot design. The group plans a mail campaign and will attend the Friday supervisors meeting.
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Lee Swallow
Clare County Developers and Businessmier’s Assn
Harrison School
Sentinel
Clare County Organization of Developers and Businessmen
Harrison Community School
C. E. Wood
Harrison
Assembly
Michigan Week to Host Irish Visitor from County Clare
Donald E. Holbrook Jr and Richard Alexander announce a Mayo 20 to 26 Michigan Week visit by Dermot Phonan from County Clare Ireland. He travels from Shannon to Detroit for tours of Ford plants Greenfield Village and a Fort Shelby banquet with Detroit mayors and Clare officials.
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Donald E. Holbrook
Richard Alexander
Clare County
County Clare
Ireland
Dermot Phonan
Ennis Arbor
Ennis
Michigan
Chambers of Commerce
Clare
Harrison, Lake and
Farwell
Holbrook
Phonan
Shannon
Metropolitan
Detroit
Alexander
Edward George
Detroit Edison
Ford
Dearborn
Greenfield Village
Fort Shelby
Windsor
Ontario
Doherty
Harrison
Lake
School Buys Four Buses in Clare Board Action
The Clare School Board awarded four new buses to McGuire Brothers with Chevrolet chassis and Bluebird bodies for about 22 268 dollars, trading in two old buses. Incumbent Frank T. LaGoe and Mrs. Wilbur Weldon qualified for a lone board vacancy with elections set for June 13. A doubled summer driver education program and Clare reading initiative led by Leota Van Every were approved. Lions Duncan and Johnson planned to travel to Detroit to sign bonds for the building and remodeling funds.
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Clare School Board
McGuire Brothers
Chevrolet
Frank T. LaGoe
Wilbur Weldon
Clare
Mt. Pleasant
Leota van Every
Lionel Duncan
Bernice Johnson
Detroit
Kiwanis White Elephant and Bake Sale in Clare
The Kiwanis Club of Clare announces a White Elephant Sale and Bake Sale to raise funds for community projects. The event runs from 3:00 p.m. May 25 to 5:00 p.m. May 26 in Witbeck's old parking lot beside Clare.
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The
Kiwanis Club of
Clare
Witbeck
New Honor Members Elected President of Fourth District
Thursday elected James Walsh of Vernon township their president for the Fourth District of the State Association of County Supervisors. Walsh has long been active in Isabella county political efforts. A Kiwanis wives bake sale begins Saturday at 9:00 am May 26. Jim Sykora, a noted Kiwanian and auctioneer, will auction furniture and merchandise at 7:30 pm Friday May 25. A secondhand car will be given away Saturday at 5:00 pm. Community donations are sought and pickups arranged by calling EV 6 7829 or EV 6-7605.
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State Association of County Supervisors
James Walsh
Vernon Township
Walsh
Isabella County
Clare
Jim ‘Sykora
Wil
Clare Civitan honors retiring teachers at charter night
The Clare Civitan Club held its 2nd Annual Charter Night on May 12 at Barnes Town & Country Lounge. Lt. Governor Dr. Howard Jacobi presented Outstanding Citizenship Awards to five retiring teachers: Irene Clute 23 years Mabel Lynch 26 Florence Kane 32 Iva Strouse 37 and Effie Hales 52.
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Clare Civitan Club
Barnes Town & Country Lounge
Cal Foss
Robert Greer
Jim Cook
Don White
Mt. Pleasant Civitan Club
Howard Jacobi
Adolph Presido
Jacobi
Civitan
Great Lakes District
Elmer Sharlow
Irene Clute
Mabel Lynch
Florence Kane
Iva Strouse
Effie. Hales
Lamp of Knowledge
Sharlow
Clute
Giebel
Lynch
Strouse
Schunk
Miss Hales
Myra
Little League Opens 1962 With Triple Header
Six teams meet in an opening day triple header to launch the 1962 Little League season. Rams face Tigers Bears clash Colts and Cubs take on Lions in the Sunday slate.
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Histers
Rams
Tigers
Bears
Colts
Cubs
Lions
Planners Seek Minimum Standards for Clare County Subdivisions
A final draft of plat and subdivision standards for Clare County prepares for an upcoming Board of Supervisors session. It sets minimums of 60 foot wide building sites and 7200 square feet per lot, restricts lot splitting, and requires safe water, roads per county specs, and proper elevations. Developers oppose restrictions, while northern promoter interests push for fewer limits.
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Clare County
Board of Supervisors
County Road Commission
County Planning Board
Clare Library Receives About 1100 New Books From State Library
Clare public library will add approximately 1 100 new books this summer after a April 26 visit to the State Library in Lansing. State librarian Genevieve M Casey and Clare librarian Virginia Richardson led the selection with state library consultants. The loaned titles cover adult young adult juvenile reference and current fiction and non fiction for all ages as the library expands into new quarters under a county cooperative program.
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Virginia Richardson
Clare Public Librarian
Jean Johnson
State Library
Lansing
Clare Public Library
Genevieve M. Casey
Virginia Richardson Clare
Robert Pinaire
Clare Library Board
Elsa Strubble
Pleasant
Clare
Isabella
Michigan
Romney in Clare to meet voters and leaders
George Romney, Republican gubernatorial candidate, plans a two hour stop in Clare this week. He will confer with District Senator Harold B. Hughes Representative Russell Strange and Clare County GOP Chair Mrs. Sarah Schaeffer. A Doherty hotel press conference will introduce Romney to county editors and radio representatives.
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George Romney
Clare
Gladwin
Romney
Harold B. Hughes
Russell Strange
Clare County
GOP
Sarah Schaeffer
Doherty Hotel
Pattern Of Living Theme At Mother Daughter Affair
Two hundred and two mothers and daughters attended a Clare Methodist Church banquet with a turkey dinner and Wesley Table Grace. The program featured pattern envelopes with Bible readings and sewing basket sketches about Susannah Wesley, narrated by Mrs. Lester Cotton.
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Rebekah
Effie Harvey
Glen Hammond
Oddfellows
James Yeoman
Robert Beemer
Noble Grand
Cheryl Schlafley
William iLyness
Albert Seiter
Robert Greer
Penny Case
Kathy Owens
Kathy Ireland
Norell Mahon
Debbie Greer
Earl Hacker
Ed. Schlafley, Sr
Minnie Wilkie
Clare Methodist Church
Wesley
Roxanne House
Angela Seiter
Walter Erol
Norella Mahon
Honored For Safe Driving at Point Clare
Fourteen Clare Postoffice employees gathered at Point Clare on Thursday May 10 to honor three rural carriers for six year safe driving awards Al Holbrook Harley Sowle and Stan Parish A discussion on postoffice problems followed by a showing of The Sportsman and The Farmer film
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Fourten Clare Postoffice
Point Clare
al Holbrook
Harley Sowle
Stan Parish
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Clare Civitans
Iva Sirouse
Mable
Carl Strouse
Rex Morse
Gilbert Waddington Jr
Wilkie
Oliver Nash
Midland
William Schlafley
Community Service Committee
Rebekah Assembly of Michigan
Carl Seiter
District 20
Rebekah Association
James Irwin
Department of Michigan Patriarch Militant Auxiliary
Ruth League
Clare County Planning Commission
Plat Review Board
Association
Francis McKenna
Clark County
Dan
Margaret Myers
Kellog Center
East Lansing
David Donovan
Wolverine Lake
Oscar Fritz
Civitans
Little Boys
Clare Library
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Clayton Neff
Homer O'Dell
Judye O'Dell
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