Several Taken for Violating Traffic Laws
The report lists multiple traffic incidents in Clare and surrounding areas. Clifford Roberts, 16, was injured after being struck by Dorsey Mussell who faced drunk driving charges. Eugene Cour was cited for reckless driving and possessing no license. Russell Owens pled guilty to a reckless driving charge with fines. Others faced drunkenness or speeding penalties, with various jail and court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford ‘Roberts
McEwan Street
Clare Hospital
Dorsey Mussell
West Seventh Street
Roberts
Carl Coffell
East First Street
Mussell
Harrison
Eugene Cour
Clare
Justice of the Peace
Wm. B. Dunlop
Russell Owens
IR-1
Coleman
South US
Dunlop
Nerve
Wilbur Ireland, Jr
Grand Rapids
James Field
Treland
Rockford
Fields
Jyné Ta
Frank Nowakowski
R.F
George Neeps
Rosebush
Justice Dunlop
Russell Dowd
R-4
Clare County Raises Funds for American Cancer Society Drive
Clare County Unit of the American Cancer Society reports a successful fundraising week. Totals include Clare City 1014.49 and Barrison 171.18, with part of the proceeds staying in county for education and service. Mrs Rex Allen leads the program as County Commander and will provide cancer information materials at no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
American Cancer Society
Clare
Barrison
Variety Club
Greenwood
Surrey
Hamilton
Farwell
Beta Sigma Sorority
Rex Allen
Allen
Willard Bicknell
DeMolay Family Night Plans Amid Detroit Trip
DeMolay members announce Family Nite this Friday with dinner at 6 30 in the Masonic Temple. Earlier they toured Briggs Stadium to see the Tigers vs Browns and attended the State Convention in Detroit. Detroit resident Bob Prey is named Michigan DeMolay Master Councilor for the coming year. Proceeds from a Tuesday dinner for Masons fund softball uniforms. The chapter honors its Seventh District Champion basketball team and coach Ernie Bryant at the Friday event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn F. Sanford
DeMolay
Detroit
Tigers
St. Louis Browns
Briggs Stadium
Jim Irwin
Bob Prey
Michigan de Molay
Masons
Lodge
Ernie Bryant
Masonic Temple
Area Industrial Development 5 Discussed Here
Clare area business leaders heard Michigan Department of Economic Development officials outline state plans and local roles at a meeting in the Wedgewood Room of Hotel Doherty on April 29. Representatives from Au Gres Standish Farwell Harrison Lake George Lake Gladwin Mt. Pleasant and Clare attended as DED speakers urged industrial awareness and aid in locating plants. The article also notes new Scotch light highway signs along US 10 near North Bradley funded by the city and Chamber of Commerce with three signs installed or planned for south west and north approaches. Four County Dairy Day preparations are underway for June 17–18 including a dairymen’s banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Wedgewood
Hotel Doherty
Michigan Department of Economic Development
Clare Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
G. C. Born
Dale Gibson
Lansing
D.E.D
Ralph Royce
Royce
Michigan
Ben Clark
D.B.D
Au Gres
Standish
Farwell
Harrison
Lake George
Lake
Gladwin
Mt. Pleasant
US 10
North Bradley
Harry M. Day
Traverse City
City of
Mr. Day
Art Damoth
Barbershoppers to Meet in Clare Next Monday Evening
Mt. Pleasant Chapter No. 40 of the Barbershoppers Quartet Association will hold a semi monthly meeting in the Fifth Avenue room at Hotel Doherty at 8:80 oclock next Monday evening May 24. Members considering forming a Clare chapter are invited to attend free of charge and refreshments will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Barbershoppers Quartet Association
Spebsqfa, Inc
Fifth Avenue
Hotel Doherty
Clare
Witt
Spikehorn fined after bear bites girl in Lansing
Civil suit over injuries to four year old girl from Spikehorn Meyers bear bite at Spikehorn's bear dens July 26 1947 ends with a $1000 damages verdict plus costs. Other cases listed include Velma Navarre bitten by a bear and The People vs Geneva Pearson arson case ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Kay Kessler
Lansing
Julius J. Kessler
John
Spikehorn
Mey‘ers
Pearson
Donald B. Holbrook
Harrison
Velma Navarre
Coleman
The
People
Charles Nelson
Richard Graber
Geneva Pearson
Holbrook
17th Annual Band Concert At School Auditorium Tonight
The 17th annual C H S band concert comes to the high school auditorium at 8:00 tonight with junior and senior bands performing a varied program of marches overtures and novelties A marching majorette exhibition and intermission acts from the director s bag of tricks will accompany the concert Harold Collins directs the bands Tickets at the door cost 60 cents for adults and 35 cents for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.H.S
Harold Collins
Ribble Village Chapel
Chenelle
Hisenberg
Klein ‘ Crusaders
Death of Percy W. Saxton in Phoenix Ariz
Word came Monday of the sudden death Sunday of Percy W. Saxton in Phoenix Arizona. Funeral services and burial will be at Farrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy W. Saxton
Phoenix, Ariz
Farwell
Prize Winners Named in Clare Furniture Grand Opening
Clare Furniture announces prize winners from the opening contest. First prize goes to Emily Giles in sectorid prize Mrs. Virginia Nel berg wins second prize and third prize awarded to Mrs. Roger Kleinhardt at Glaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Furniture Company
Emily, Giles
Sectorid
Virginia Nelberg
Roger, Kleinhardt
Glaze
Dehmel Saw Mill Destroyed By Fire In Clare Area
Walter J. Dehmel saw mill opposite the Clare Livestock Auction Yards west of Clare burned to the ground Thursday afternoon. Clare Fire Department units arrived at 12 50 p m to find the building practically destroyed. Dehmel had just sawn two slabs when he spotted fire on the south side and tried a hand extinguisher to no avail. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars, partially covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Dehmel
Clare Livestock Auction
Clare Fire Department
Dehmel
Detroit Driver Killed in Rustic Point Crash
Ard Eine Beetham of Detroit died in a Thursday afternoon crash near Clare at the Rustic Point Restaurant. Marjory Nichols Mattos of Beaverton home in Mt. Pleasant and three children were injured. Beetham drove a Nash eastbound and altered into a gas station left turn, colliding with a Desoto driven by Marjory Mattos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ard Eine Beetham
Detroit
Marjory Nichols Mattos
Beaverton
Mt. Pleasant
Rustic Point
Old and New Us- 10
Clare
Clare Hospital
Marjory Mattos
Isabella County
Deetham
Andrew Riz
Nash
Desato
Marjory Mattes
Annie Rodgers Dies at 76 in Clare Hospital
Annie Elizabeth Sanford Rodgers died May 13 at Clare Community Hospital after a two day illness. She lived in Clare over fifty years, widow of James R. Rodgers, with two daughters Mrs. Roy Milnes and Mrs. Stanley Stealy. Survived by three grandchildren, siblings and other relatives. Services were held in Congregational Church, Rev. Wm. Powe officiating. burial in Cherry Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Rodgers
Clare Community Hospital
Rodgers
Clare
Grayling
Roy Milnes
Stanley Stealy
James R. Rodgers
Annie Elizabeth Sanford
Campbell’s Gross
Ontario
Congregational Church
Ladies Union
Guild Society
Order of the Eastern Star
Jane Ann Martin
Roy Milnes, Jr
Jane BH. Milnes
Detroit
Malcolm Feighner
Bessie Henderson
James
Alex McKinnon
Clara
Wm. Powe
The
ORB
Cherry Grove Cemstery
Clare High School set for sixty first commencement week
Superintendent Austin F. Bates announces Clare High School’s 61st commencement schedule with events from May 28 through June 4. Baccalaureate on May 30 features Rev Nobles Davis. commencement June 4 features Harold Collins and Prof Clyde M Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High School
Austin F. Bates
Doris Gerow
Nobles Davis
Harold Collins
Clyde M. Campbell
Michigan State College
National Honor Society
University of Florida
Reynolds Chosen for Regents Alumni Scholarship at Michigan
Donald L. Reynolds a Clare High School senior and son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Reynolds is among 432 Michigan high school seniors awarded Regents Alumni Scholarships to the University of Michigan. Dean Erich A. Walter noted the aid covers freshman semester fees with continued eligibility through later years. Reynolds serves as vice president of the Student Council and sports editor of The Pioneer, plans to enter the University School of Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Reynolds
Don Reynolds
Clare
Michigan
University of Michigan
Erich A. Walter
Walter
Dean Walter
Donald
Clare High
The
Pioneer
University School of Law
Mother Daughter Banquet Ticket Sale Notice
Fragmentary item notes a May committee selling tickets for a Mother Daughter Banquet. The readable portion mentions a price or code 756 and seems aimed at children, but details are unclear.
Security Loan drives support for U S Savings Bonds
County campaign leaders urge continued bond purchases from April through June to meet a $128 375 quota. U S Savings Bonds provide personal security and fund national debt reduction while expanding private ownership and stabilizing the economy as funds are channeled from markets into treasury debt. Judge Donald E Holbrook leads volunteers calling on county residents to invest in the Security of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
U. S
Treasury Department
Donald E. Holbrook
Holbrook
Christian Endeavor Rally Planned Next Sunday Evening
The Young People Christian Endeavor Rally is set for May 23 at 8:00 p.m. at Him Grove Church of God. Rev. Himer Pritchard of Caro Michigan will speak and draw a chalk picture titled The Church in the Wildwood. Special vocal and instrumental music will be provided by Dever Eagle and Hin Grove. Visitors are urged to attend and support the church with Bible commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples Christian Endeavor
Him Grove Church of
God
Himer Pritchard
Caro, Mich
Wildwood
Dever
Eagle and Hin
Grove
Theo Wallington Elected Mayor by City Commission
Theo Wallington won the mayoral post as Clare shifts to a city commission government after April 6 1891. The council appointed Alex McKinnon city clerk and treasurer, Joseph Naumes city attorney, and three supervisors to consolidate tax rolls for July collection under the new charter. The meeting also named Albert Halety as Mayor Pro Tem and announced Wallington’s pledge to work with citizens and fellow officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
L. H. Thompson
Dunlop
Fleming
Hanley
Kelsey
Lehr
Manhee
Thompson
City Commission
Haley
Hughes
Sproat
Wallington
Theo Wallington
Albert Halety
Alex McKinnon
Joseph K. Naumes
John R. Hall, Sr
Clare Kiwanis Drive to Fund New Spectator Stands
Clare High School band parade downtown on Wednesday May 26 at 3 00 p m marks the launch of a Kiwanis sponsored drive. The goal is to raise funds for new football stadium spectator stands with a $5 admission display card granting season passes to first and second team home games next fall. Card sales begin Thursday morning May 27 with band attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High School
Clare
P.T.A
Clara Kiwanis Club
Dilan
Downtown Coaches Club
Fext
Houghton Whips in First Pepsi-Cola Jingle Dispenser
Houghton introduces a Pepsi-Cola dispenser in a local drug store, one of the first modern machines in the area. The device plays the well known jingle Pepsi-Cola Hits the Spot as it serves customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc
Michigan
Also Mentioned on This Page
City
Commerce Group
Little Girl
Cherry Grove Cemetery
SUPT
Regents
University of Michigan Law School
Rebekahs
Christian: Endeavor
Albert Haley
Clare Kiwanis Club
Houghton
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