Poppy Sale Announced By Legion
Bright red poppies of memory will be worn on Poppy Days May 28 and 29 to honor war dead. The American Legion Auxiliary led by Mrs. P Creguer will distribute here with unpaid volunteers. Proceeds aid disabled veterans and needy children. Poppies are crepe replicas grown between rows of crosses in World War I cemeteries and made by veterans of both World Wars at Dearborn hospital. Wearing the poppy is a tribute to fallen soldiers. All distributors in Clare are unpaid volunteers, said Mrs. Celina Creguer, president and chairman.
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America
P. Creguer
American Legion Auxiliary
France
Belgium
Dearborn Hospital
American Legion
Clare
Celina Creguer
Memorial Day Observance Set for Clare May 30
Clare schedules Memorial Day ceremonies Sunday at 2 PM starting at City Hall and moving to the veterans Memorial in City Park before the parade to the cemetery. Participants include Rev Olson Rev Nevins Rev Burgess and Judge Donald H Holbrook per VW and American Legion.
State split of $57 million highway fund announced
Net receipts of the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund for the first quarter of 1954 totaled $57,611,912.25 and will be distributed to the State Highway Department, counties, and cities and incorporated villages under Act 51 Section 12 of 1951. Announcer Highway Commissioner Charles M. Ziegler cites 1953 first quarter receipts of $57,836,268.62 and lists county and city allocations including Clare Osceola Midland Roscommon and towns such as Farwell Gladwin Harrison Mt. Pleasant and Midland with varied allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Charles M. Ziegler
Clare
Isabella
Midland
Osceola
Roscommon
Farwell
Gladwin
Harrison
Marion
Mt. Pleasant
Remembering the Oldtimers of Lewisburg West Virginia
Lonnie E. Legge recalls a child’s morning in the old days with coffee roasted at home and an Easter egg feast. He contrasts frugal life, sorghum molasses, and egg payments for staples with social norms and attire, asking whether those days were truly better.
One Fifth Area Of Park for Cars
City Manager Wedge proposes parking lots in the park to hold about 100 cars by using 19 percent of the area along the park’s south and east edges. About eight trees would be sacrificed, with 40 trees remaining, and guard rails plus a sidewalk would be added. Work would be completed by city equipment and crews.
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Wedge
Clare School Band Seeks New Uniforms At Outdoor Concert
The Clare School Band plans an Outdoor Band Concert in the city park near the city hall to raise funds for new uniforms. Parents organize the event, inviting attendees to enjoy music and games while contributing loose change for the band’s attire. The concert follows supper time and aims to start a self supporting fund.
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Clare
Prather Plow Sales Sold To F D Brewer
F D Brewer owner of the Brewer Farm Store 124 West Fourth Street bought from C H Prather Plow Sales the Graham Hoeme plow distributor for the state and local trade. Prather held the agency seven years distributing Graham plows widely used by beet bean wheat and potato farmers. Robert C Kleiner will continue as state sales representative and service man with the Brewer Farm store.
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F. D. Brewer
Brewer Farm
West Fourth Street
C. H. Prather
Graham Hoeme
Prather
Graham
Robert C. Kleiner
Egg In-An-Egg Found Here in Vernon Township
Mrs. Earl Henderson of Vernon township reports finding a remarkable two in one egg. The specimen measured nine and a quarter inches around the longest way and contained a normal yolk and white plus another complete egg with a hard shell. She had read a similar Kansas story and asked if it could happen to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Henderson
Vernon Township
Fred Scott Takes Sinclair Distributorship in Mt Pleasant Area
Fred Scott, longtime bulk distributor at Lake Michigan, says he now holds the Sinclair distributorship for Clare and Isabella counties. His Lake warehouse remains headquarters while Isabella county operations move to a new Mt Pleasant base.
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Fred Scott
Lake, Michigan
Clare
Isabella
Sinclair Products
Scott
Lake
Isabella County
Mt.Pleasant
Mrs. Esther Kibbe of Lansing Dies at 51
Mrs Esther B Kibbe of Lansing died May 11 1954 in a Lansing hospital aged 51. She was born in Clare March 21 1908 daughter of Samuel and Jennie Phillips. Her husband preceded her in death.
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Esther B. Kibbe
Lansing
Clare
Samuel
Jennie Phillips
Dedication honors Chester A Richard by Clare Pioneer staff
The Clare High School Pioneer dedicates its 1953-54 issue to Chester A Richard for his untiring help in starting and growing the school newspaper. Editors Hadley Elgar Kenneth Ritter and Carol Hintz cover a tribute with a photo and note his long service since the Pioneer began in 1987.
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Clare
Pioneer
Chet” Richard
Richard
Clare Sentinel
The
Hadley Elgar
Kenneth Ritter
Carol Hintz
Chet
Clare High School
Chester A. Richard
Schaaf Named Bowler Of The Year In City League
Frank Schaaf, a former league bowler who lost a foot and part of a hand in a 1952 corn picker accident, learned to bowl again and earned Bowler of The Year honors from his Prather Plow teammates at the City League banquet. The award featured an engraved plate and widespread congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Schaaf
Schaaf
Hospital Auxiliary Ends .54 Season
Clare General Hospital Auxiliary closed its season with committees named for the coming year. Mrs. Wm Maxwell presided at the Ho tel Doherty meeting on May 18. Mrs. R J Krairick named chair of the program committee and Mrs. V McClintic to head ways and means. First fall meeting set for September 11 at 8:09 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Maxwell
Clare General Hospital
Hotel Doherty
R. J. Krairick
V. McClintic
Houghton
Three Men to Attend Induction From Clare County
Clare county will send three volunteers for final induction next Monday May 24. Robert J. Atkinson Frank Skyring and Robert OShaughnes sy are named. In June two will depart for final induction and two will be sent for pre induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
Robert J. Atkinson
Frank Skyring
Robert O’shaughnessy
Dow Speaker Addresses Clare Rotary Club
Allen W. Smith of Dow Chemical spoke at the Clare Rotary noon meeting on May 19 during Chemical Progress Week. He outlined the chemical industry’s growth with over 750,000 employees and six times more skilled workers, noted $300 million in current annual research spending, and described new industries arising from chemical research. Program chair was Rotarian Paul Hubscher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen W., Smith
Technical Service and Development Department
Dow Chemical Company
Clare
Vandalism Strikes Michigan State Parks Damaging Facilities
A park manager in Michigan painted orange trash baskets to deter theft but four were stolen this year. A Pontiac area park saw repeated night vandalism damaging a toilet building with 32 window panes shattered and repairs undone after three days. Police steps rise as budgets tighten.
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Michigan
Pontiac
Softball Meeting Planned at Clare High for Fees
A softball meeting is called for Monday evening May 24 at Clare High School to collect entry fees for all league teams. League Commissioner Charles Cooper and Jeff Willey say another sponsor and manager for the 2 Pony League are needed before league play begins June 1.
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Clare High School
Charles Cooper
Jeff Willey
Lighter cars linked to fewer accidents and better visibility
Accident statistics show light colored cars have fewer incidents than dark ones. Visibility at night improves and perceived size increases with lighter hues.
Duck and pheasant eggs hatch in Lansing area nest
A rural Lansing nest hosts 19 eggs with eleven ducks and eight pheasants. The eggs are in a mixed clutch cared for by J H Stephen son, assistant chief of the conservation department's game division.
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Lansing
J. H. Stephenson
Conservation Department
Water Carnival Promises Classic MSC River Fest
The 28th annual Water Carnival at Michigan State College runs June 3 to 5 on the Red Cedar river with 29 floats built by two units each, themed Forsooth and All That. Nightly performances start at 9 p.m. and include log rolling canoe events and a land parade on June 3, with Excalibur topping members at the final show.
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Michigan State College
Red Cedar
M.S.C
M.8.c
Gene German
Battle Creek
East Lansing
Excalibur
County Women Honor Mrs Priest at Lansing Luncheon
Michigan Republican Women traveled to Lansing for a luncheon honoring Ivy Baker Priest United States treasurer. Clare residents Mrs Larry Shelander Mrs Eugene Campbell and Mrs Harold Schaeffer plus Harrison resident Mrs Elvin Budd attended, with about 300 women hearing Priest speak at Keeler Union ballroom in Mt Pleasant.
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Michigan Republican Women's Federation
Lansing
Ivy Baker Priest
United States
Priest
Larry Shelander
Eugene Campbell
Harold Schaeffer
Clare
Elvin Budd
Harrison
Keeler Union Ballroom
Mt. Pleasant
Balloon Sonde Lands On Boyer Farm In Arthur Township
Ray Boyer of Clare R-1 found a radio sonde device in a field in section 16 of Arthur township. The balloon-borne weather instrument, sent by the Army, weighs under three pounds and was returned from Camp Claybank near Ludington after launch last December.
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Ray Boyer
Clare
Post Members To Mark Graves
Commanders Bob Rowley of Pettit Kapplinger VFW post and P Creguer of Walter H Larman Legion post joined a special appeal for war veterans and members to place American flags on all graves of military service. A drive to mark graves is to be completed before Memorial Day. Volunteer vets meet at Cherry Grove cemetery at 7 o clock pm May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Rowley
Pettit-Kapplinger Vfw
P. F. Creguer
Walter H. Larman Legion
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Clare high school exam schedule set for week
At a May 13 faculty meeting the year end plan was established. Regular classes run Monday morning with the Awards Assembly in the third hour. Seniors will appear in caps and gowns. Exams for junior and senior high start Monday at 1 PM and run through Thursday noon.
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Clare High School
Clare High baseball 1954 season ends with .500 record
The Glare Pioneers finish 1954 with three wins, three losses and one game to play May 21 against Shepherd at Clare. Ed Wichert, Roger Frayre and Earl Robinette key pitching performances driven by a .368 team leader Bill Drake.
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George Perry
Ed Wichert
Don Bay
Harl Robinette
Norris Bay
Bill Siel
Tom Beatty
Bob Sharp
Leo Smith
Jake Miller
Fred Haggart
Oscar Rulapaugh
Gareth Armertrout
Eldean White
Een Miller
Nard Robinette
Wallayy
The
Glare Pioneers
Shepherd
Clare
Farwell
Fanning
Mt. Pleasantly
Roger Frayre
Coleman
Hideon White
Mt. Pleasant
Earl Robinette
Edmore
Bill Drake
Slim Savings Seen With Cheaper Gas
New gas rates approved for a price schedule take effect May 15. The plan promises small monthly savings for space heating users, with specific per hundred cubic feet reductions: three tenths of a cent for the first 600 cubic feet and 23 hundredths of a cent for the next 1 400 cubic feet, and a reduction for usage over 2 000 cubic feet.
Graduation Program Announced for Clare High
The sixty seventh commencement will honor fifty nine graduates. Dr Carl Gross of Michigan State College will address the group at 8:00 p m May 28 in the Clare High School Auditorium with possible outdoor seating if weather permits. Special music by Moonshiners Wall Bay Hideou White Norris Bay and Melsielverss. National Honor Society induction nine candidates. Scholarships by Superintendent Campbell. Baccalaureate May 23 at 8:00 p m in the same auditorium Reverend L J Nevins speaker Sally Gillespie and Emerson Favreau will sing solos.
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Carl ‘Gross
Department of
Michigan State College
Clare High School
Wall Bay
Hideou White
Norris Bay
Melsielverss
Campbell
L. J. Nevins
Sally Gillespie
Hmerson Favreau
Michigan tests muskie and northern pike propagation at Drayton Plains hatchery
Drayton Plains state hatchery begins work on about a quarter million muskellunge eggs and over 500000 northern pike eggs gathered from Lakes in Gogebic County with Wisconsin help. Officials note cannibalism and food needs as key challenges, and no planting plan is set yet.
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Michigan
Drayton Plains State Hatchery
Conservation Department
Drayton Plains
Gogebic County
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Great Lakes
DeMolay to Initiate Monday Night in Michigan District
DeMolay members prepare for a Monday night inspection led by Marvin John son of Saginaw Fifth Preceptor for Michigan DeMolay. The initiation codification will mark the Initiatory Degree as Masonry’s Third Degree Lodge members are invited. Larry Everts of Glen F Sanford chapter is elected Junior Councilor for Michigan's Third District including Clare Mt Pleasant Saginaw and Midland.
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Marvin Johnson
Saginaw
Wreck claims life of Wolverine man near Clare
William Shann a 20 year old Wolverine Michigan worker was found dead in his wrecked car four miles south of Clare near a mile east at 5 am Thursday. Police say high speed impact with trees caused death with no witnesses. Two women were hospital bound after a four mile corner crash near Clare at 1 30 am Sunday. Mrs Leila Cotter suffered pelvis fracture concussion and multiple head injuries. Mrs Gerald Brown and Mrs Thelma Raymond were also injured in separate crashes last week near Flint and Clare General Hospital.
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A. Wolverine
Michigan
Clare
William Shann
Big Rapids
Bére Shann
Gerald Brown
Leila Cotter
Brown
J. R. Gershon
Clare General Hospital
Thelma Raymond
Flint
Cotter
Martin Delano
Houghton Lake
Delano
William Krell Dies After Long Illness at 72
William Krell born February 19 1879 in Holzean Germany came to the United States at age 12 settling in Clare County. He married Ida Schoonover June 16 1905 and they had Lida Rolland and Viola. Survived by wife Ida, three children nine grandchildren two great grandchildren two sisters four brothers and many relatives. Services were held at Thurston's Clare St Johns Lutheran Church and interment at Cherry Grove cemetery.
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Fredrick Krell
Elisabeth
Christian Krell
Holzean Germany
Hatton
Clare County
Grant Township
Ida Schoonover
Lida
Rolland
Viola
Germany
St. John’s Lutheran Church of
Clare
Central Michigan Community Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Tda
John E. Methner
Rosebush
Herb Brown
Mott
Pauline Krell
Chris
Charles
Fred
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Sinclair
Lucille Feeney
Marie
Chet Richard
Bowler
Dow
M.S.C. Water Carnival
Mrs. Priest
Boyer Farm
Mark Graves
Hd Wichert
Fred Haggait
Fred Miller
Eldein White
I Nard
Robinette
Aldé
William Krell
Carneret A
Society
Farm
Rosebush New Veromics
Ruth Mulhway
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