Leebove Murder Tragedy Shocks Clare Citizens
Isaiah Leebove shot and killed in Clare as details unfold. He built the Mammoth Producing and Refining Corp and owned Wildwood estate near Vernon. His death follows a history of oil dealings and strong local civic work. The city issues a measured response as the funeral proceeds in Pittsburg.
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Leeboye
Mammoth Producing ‘and Refining Corporation
Mississippi River
Citizens State Bank
Leehove
Clare County Savings Bank
Democratic Party
William A. Comstock
Leebove
Isaiah Leebove
Doherty
Pittsburg
Gratitude to Neighbors for Wayne Irwin's Safe Return
Mr and Mrs Ralph H Irwin extend thanks to neighbors and friends who joined a searching party for their son Wayne who wandered off Wednesday. He was found about a mile from home tired with tears on his face.
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Wayne
Card of Thanks for Birthday Wishes
Mrs Geo McKeever expresses gratitude for the cards and gifts received on her birthday and for the kindness shown by friends.
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Geo. McKeever
Ford Exhibit at New York World's Fair previews future transport
Ford Motor Company announces that its 1938 World’s Fair exhibit will climax with The Road of Tomorrow a half mile elevated highway. The display features spiral ramps a glass tunnel lighting and moving shadows seen from the Manufacturing Hall mezzanine and patio areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Company
America
Hdsel Ford
Company
Ford Company
Manufacturing Hall
Poppy Day Message Promises Courage and Remembrance
The American Legion and Auxiliary urge all Americans to wear red poppies on Saturday May 28 to honor the dead, aid the disabled, and carry on for America. The symbol recalls fallen soldiers from France and Belgium and calls for renewed patriotism amid today’s difficulties.
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America
France
Belgium
American Legion and Auxiliary
American Legion
Oil field progress across multiple wells in Grant Wise Veron regions
The American Producing Co Bradley No 1 gas test in Grant township reached 1280 feet Tuesday night and was paused to move the derrick. Campbell well in Wise township now below 950 feet. Chartier Currie No 4 in Veron township required two pullouts after hitting a boulder. current depth 280 feet. McKay Loveless No 1 near Cherry Grove cemetery cemented casing at 1280 feet and aims to reach the gas formation Saturday.
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American Producing Co
Grant Township
Campbell
Wise Township
Chartier
Veron Township
McKay
Loveless No. 1
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Velvet Trimmings Spring Favorite From Cherie Nicholas
Marie Antoinette and Madame Pompadour inspire velvet accents for spring fashion. Velvet collars bows and trims feature in outfits, hats and millinery as fashion looks to Louis XVI tercentenary fetes in France. Maria Theresa's Paris entry in 1660 may influence fall styles.
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Cherie Nicholas
Marie Antoinette
Madame Pompadour
Louis XVI
France
Maria Theresa
Paris
Paris Designer Maggy Rouff Uses Light Silk in Spring Coats
Paris expert Maggy Rouff features spring coats in light colored silk with bright red ingotes and jersey fabrics. Her lead design is a straight line collarless coat slightly shaped at the waist, while another draped full-cut coat in black wool showcases a green belt.
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Maggy Rouff
Jersey
Thanking Dr Wood and Clare hospital staff
Emerson Hampton expresses gratitude to Dr and Mrs Wood nurses and friends for splendid care during hospital stay at Clare hospital and for cards flowers candy and fruit during illness.
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Mrs. Wood
Clare Hospital
Emerson Hampton
Use of Word Doughboy Described by Cavalrymen
The article explains that the term doughboy was applied to infantry soldiers by cavalrymen due to the globular buttons on their uniforms.
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Cav
Alrymen
Community Notes From Clare and Surrounding Areas
Local items report Kenneth Barnes and spouse visiting Chicago. Families visit Traverse City for weekend. Neil Sowle chosen to represent Clare at Wolverine Boys State Camp June 16 to 25 at Michigan State College Hast Lansing. David Woolston shows improvement after operation. right leg amputated. Mrs. D W Osborn undergoes operation at General Hospital Mt. Pleasant. daughter Mrs. Louis Nichols of Flint to care for home. Chester Richard and Miss Mary Gilmore attend Times office Open House in Bay City. Sentinel receives air mail poem from Mrs. Chester Stiles observing National Air Mail week. poem to be printed next week. Sunday guests include Derby and related families from Ewart Otsego Portland Flint. D A Derby resigns Home at Lapeer after 16 years. retirement in Evart.
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Kenneth Barnes
Chicago
Valine Gerow
Doris
Ava Hoard
Traverse City
Neil Sowle
American, Legion
Norman Sutton
Clare Chamber of Commerce
Clare
Wolverine
Michigan State College
Hast Lansing
David Woolston
Chester Richard
Mary Gilmore
Bay City
Times Office
The
Sentinel
Chester Stiles
Willamina
Ore
Stiles
National Air Mail
Wm. Tone
Portland
Beach and Son
Flint
Cordelia Derby
Pleasant
D. A. Derby
Lapeer
Evart
Florence White Gay Opens Clare Flower and Gift Shop
Mrs Florence White Gay former Clare girl opens a Flower and Gift Shop in Clare inviting friends and the public to visit and inspect the new store on its opening Saturday.
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Sentinel
Clare
Florence White Gay
Air Mail Week Sends 120 Letters From Clare
Clare reports 120 air mail letters sent this week during National Air Mail week. Breakdown shows 18 Monday 17 Tuesday 23 Wednesday and 62 Thursday as a special flight neared. Pilot Grant Kettle from Lansing flew the St Ignace to Lansing route though weather delayed the schedule.
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Clare
National Air Mail
Grant Kettle
Lansing
St. Ignace
Clare High Home Economics Group Has Busy Week
The Clare High Home Economics Club selected members to represent them at Michigan State College with Barbara Houghton as president and a list of fellow representatives. They will attend events including The Singing Trio and Vocational Summer Camp selections. About 25 girls will attend Home Economics Girls Day at Central State Teachers College on Saturday May 21.
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Michigan State College
East Lansing
Barbara Houghton
Mary Smith
Alyce Foell
June Cleveland
Betty Hampton
Mary Clyde Sarver
Erma Severson
Esther Wild
Audrey D. Willey
Rose Marie Jackson
Ruth Stoy
Ruth Strouse
Hastings
Home Economics Club
Heonomics Club
Central State Teachers College
Clare
Heonomics
Decoration Day Special Free Pin With Airplane Ride
Starting Sunday May 29 I offer a cub label pin with every regular $1 airplane ride. Pins would normally cost 25 cents each. Field location is 3 miles north 1 mile east and 12 north of Pana Ware. Courtly K Bauer bears first license Pilot price $12.
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Pana
Classified Liner Offers Big Value at The Clare Bontiiel
A reader is urged to explore four classified liner listings in The Clare Bontiiel and head to results for best value. The prompt hints at getting more for money by reviewing the four liner section.
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Clare Bontiiel
Prominent Clare County Pioneer Lewis W Sunday Dies
Lewis W Sunday born May 31 1869 in Salem township Steuben county Indiana. He moved to Clare county Michigan in 1894 and managed a Arthur township farm after early lumber work. He served as sheriff of Clare county for two terms and eight years as Arthur township supervisor. He became director and later president of Michigan Mutual Windstorm Insurance before settling in Hastings. Survived by wife son Walter and others. four sisters and numerous grandchildren.
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Ysaiah Leebove
Pittsburgh
Cumberland University
Lebanon
Supreme Court of Texas
Louis H. Solomon
New York
Leehove
Oklahoma
Leebove
Fifth Avenue
Michigan
Wildcat
Clare
Vernon
Walter Pettit
Wildwood
Lewis W. Sunday
Salem Township
Steuben County
Indiana
Daniel Sunday
Billy Sunday
Josephine Sams
C. K.iddy Lumber Company
Saginaw Salt and Lumber Company
Cornwell Beef Company
Clare County
Arthur Township
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Osceola
Lake Counties
Michigan Mutual Windstorm Insurance Company
Hastings
The Green Cottage Bar B Cue Special
The Little House on East Fourth Street advertises CHOP SUBY and Bar B Cue sandwiches. Caterers John Govber and Jacl Smith oversee service as a bidck is encouraged.
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East Fourth Street
Chop Suby
Jury awards six hundred dollars in civil case
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for six hundred dollars after witnesses testified for both sides. Judge Hart reserved judgment to allow the defense to file a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict at a later date.
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James Gay
Iva Bouck
Wood
John Woodward
Robert Archambault
Olive G. Hallett
Beatrice Foley
Boyd McLaughlin
William D. Harger
Gerald Henning
Hart
Grasshoppers Expected in Isabella County
State bug men warn farmers on Isabella County west side of an unusually heavy grasshopper season. Eggs are present and weather will determine hatch numbers. Free bait will be supplied to farmers who sign requests. contact township supervisors to arrange delivery to central distribution points before hatch.
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Isabella County
Neighbors Help Carl Bradley With Farm Work and Support
Carl Bradley thanks neighbors and friends for help with farm duties visits prayers and the Elm Grove Sunday School plant during his reddent.
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Elm ‘Grove
Calendar of local meetings and events in Clare area
Community groups schedule meetings and observances through May and June including National Air Mail Week May 15 21 National Ice Cream Week May 15 21 straw hat day May 21 and a massed band festival May 28 at Clare City Park Local lodges American Legion Rebekah Eastern Star and Kiwanis all list meeting times and weekly or monthly schedules with dates and locations including Hotel Doherty and Legion rooms Clare Chamber of Commerce meets on the first Tuesday of each month Grant Township Farmers Union meets first and third Wednesdays375
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Regular communication of the Masonic Lodge schedule
The Masonic Lodge will hold regular communications on the Bay and Tuesday each month indicating a recurring monthly meeting.
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Masonic Lodge
Ford pickup good tires first class condition sale
Classified liner announces a 1931 Ford pickup in first class condition with good tires for sale by J. H. Frook of Lake George. Also offers a year round cottage for sale by J. B. Frook of Lake George.
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Ford
J. H. Frook
Lake George
J. B. Frook
Lake Geo‘vee
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Page Marie
Byron Geller
Detroit
Theo. G. Bowler
Elizabeth Deller
Samuel A. Braunstein
Penn
University of Pittsburgh
Mammoth Petroleum Corporation
Mammoth Producing and Refining Corporation
Ralph H. Irwin
Clare High
Courtney K. Bauer
NSUR
the Peoples Bank
Sunday
Hastings Rotary Club
Hastings Commercial Club
Lodge K
Grasshoppers
Carl Bradley
Y. C. O. FL Lodge
Murphy
Chamber of Commerce of Michigan
Rebekah Lodge
Vulare Kiwanis Club
Clare City Park
Farmers Union
Order of the Eastern Star
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