Michigan Week Observance Highlights Clare Banquet
The 1965 M-W Banquet at Doherty Motor Hotel honored Frank T. LaGoe as Citizen of the Year and recognized Region 8 awards for Brown Municipal Industries and Eber Wetzel. Chesaning Village President Robert Ballard and local officials toured Clare, praising public services and industrial progress.
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Michigan
Doherty Motor Hotel
Frank T. LaGoe
Chesaning Village
Robert Ballard
Richard
Peté) Witeeier
Clare
Chesaning
Ballard
Arthur Gewirtz
Gewirtz
Donald Rehman
Rehman
M-W
Frank LaGoe
Howard Everts
Chamber of Commerce
Tim Cotter
Gene Amler
Mt. Pleasant
Region 8
Thayer Dairy
Cofc
Glen Cain
Everts
First Color Cameras Ready for Michigan Driver Licenses
Installation of the first of 48 color cameras to produce driver license photos has begun and should be finished by June 7 per James Hare Michigan Secretary of State. Clare county installs May 27, Isabella county follows, and new licenses with color photos arrive late this month or early June.
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Michigan
James Hare
Banquet Closes Pin Season
The Gateway Ladies Friday Night League held its annual banquet May 14 at Town and Country Lounge with 100 bowlers and guests. Ford-O-Matics won both halves for undisputed championship. Fran Carncross led with high series 633 and high average 169. Awards honored many members, with Morse as president and Neff as secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gateway Ladies
Town and Country
Marie Sweet
Eleanor Lehr
Association
Charlotte
Tula Brown
Lone Pine
Ruth Heims
Helen McJames
Milly Brannigan
Neareine Morse
Myrtle Coil
Rose Neff
Ford-O-Matics
Dan McDonald’s
Ford Sales
Fran Carncross
Iola Archbold
Iva Burnett
Gateway Lanes
Ulrich Standard Service
Pauline Brinkerhoff
Barbara Smock
Gayle Cimmerer
Linda Mumeford
Gloria Ulrich
Marlene Hales
Corky
Baseball Opener Is May 23rd
Flags music and crowds will herald the opening of the Little League season on Sunday May 23 A parade from McEwan and Third streets leads to the field with Clare High Band and league teams marching to flag raising ceremony Six teams will play in three games Stanley Oil vs Anderson Drugs at 2 30 Clare Hardware vs Alexander Shoes at 5 00 Bryant's Mobil vs Citizens Bank and Trust under lights at 7 00
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Clare High School
McEwan
Third Streets
Consumers Power Salesroom
Clare High Band
Stanley Oil
Anderson
Clare Hardware
Alexander
Bryant
Mobil
Citizens Bank and Trust
Step Up Safe Driving Campaign Launched Across Michigan
An intensified highway safety drive will be launched under the sponsorship of nearly 500 state leaders in government law enforcement tourism and business. Titled Bring Em Back Alive the campaign begins Memorial Day and targets the four major holidays including 4th of July Labor Day and Christmas to curb rising accident toll.
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Michigan
CHS Joins New Athletic League
A new US-10 Conference for six high schools along US-10 from Sanford to Reed City will begin competition in fall 1966. Members include Clare Farwell Coleman Meridian Ewart and Reed City. Several schools plan conference moves affecting Mid-Michigan Tomahawk and West Michigan conferences.
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Sanford
Reed City
Clare
Farwell
Coleman
Meridian
Ewart
Mid-Michigan
Tomahawk
West Michigan
Tomahawk Con
Ference
Harrison
North Eastern Michigan
Lake City
Marion
Barryton
Beal City
Blood Bank in Trouble Seeks Donors in Clare
The Red Cross Blood mobile will visit Clare on Monday May 24 to recruit donors. Appointments are urged between 12 noon and 6 PM at the Clare Congregational Church large hall to help reach 150 units and prevent ending the Clare county Blood Bank membership. Volunteers can call local organizers to schedule.
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Red Cross
Clare
Clare County
Clare Congregational Church
Alex Strange
The
Sentinel
U.S
Canada
Golf Calendar Highlights From Clare and Surrounding Clubs
Men's events include a 9 Hole Monkey Foursome on June 13 and a 18 Hole 2 Ball on August 2 with club qualification in August and a September 26 tourney. Women schedule lists Couples Day and Luncheon events with all clubs noted as Clare based. continued on Page A-8.
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Men and Womens Association
Clare
Ithaca
St. Johns
Portland
Clare Couples
C.M.G.A
Alma
All Clubs Grand Lodge
All Clubs
Home
112 More Trees Planted In Clare Project
Clare Kiwanis Club completed another planting of 112 shade trees along residential curb sides and terraces with cost shared by the city. White's Nursery supplied soil and supervision while three varieties Sugar Maple Norway Maple and Marshall Ash were used. The project continues next year to keep Clare beautiful and shaded, with residents urged to water trees along parkways.
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Michigan
Clare Kiwanis Club
Clare
White’s Nursery and Garden Center
White
Receipt for Grave Lot From 1886 Found in Cassidy Family
Mrs Claude Cassidy found an old paper among family items a receipt dated October 8 1886 for a grave lot in Surrey Township Cemetery. The full lot cost three dollars and the receipt bears the sexton Frank McLillan signature. The envelope carries a two cent first class postage stamp reflecting the era.
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Claude Cassidy
John Cassidy
Surrey Township
Frank McLillan
Sexton
Space Heroes and a Banquet Gag with Gus Grissom
Friday Night League women planned a banquet guest list that joked about inviting space pilots Gus Grissom and John Young. Milly Brannigan arranged the gag hoping the astronauts would attend if they accepted the humorous invitation.
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Gus Grissom
Ulrich Standard Oil
John Young
Farwell Sixth Graders Set Conservation Tour
Farwell Elementary School sixth graders will tour Thayer's trout pond Hatton Road observe a deer yard Hatton grade and lunch at Lilly Lake with Hubels Forresters at Lake George as the final stop This year ends the conservation activity with future options like a 4 H Conservation Club and a joke filled bowling party misread signatories Gus Grissom and Milly tease attendees
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Farwell Elementary
Clare Elementary
St. Cecilia
Harrison Elementary
C.A. Amble
Farwell
Thayer
Hatton Road
Hatton
Lilly Lake
Hubels Forresters
Lake George
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Holley Carburetor
Kraft Foods
Beaver Tool
LaGoe
Ken Barnes
Economic Development Corp
County Building Authority
Clare Board of Education
Citizens Bank and Trust Company of
Rosebush
Wheeler
Brown Municipal Industries
Eber Wetzel
Au- Gres
Arenac County
Clarence Gunn
C.D. Bayes
Isabella
Gladwin
Ros= common
Arenac
Ogerman
Chesaning Council
Don Thayer
Thayer's
Clare Rotary Club
Clare Chamber of Commerce
Ing
Doherty Wedgewood
Koncert
Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Washington, D.C
Richard Wheeler
Methodist Church
Sheriff's Office
Isabella County
Penny Bryant
Marjorie Lynch
Bonnie “Bauder
Carol ‘Cotton
Nina Grim
June Schildbach
Eva Bolin
Bernice Porter
Iva Lou Bauer
Connie McNerney
Margaret Kege
Pauline Brinker
Nd Hoff
Tola ‘Archbold
Néareine Morse
Margaret Bedard
Step Up
CHS
New Athletic League
Blood Bank
Donald E. Holbrook, Sr
Tim Frey
Carl Stephenson
Men’s Assn
Central Mich
Space Hero
Virgil
Gri
Maldog
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Texas
Milly
John
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