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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1959
Page
1
The Wednesday Ladies' Golf League began May 13 at Twin Elms with President Frances Carncross presiding. Officers include Betty Marotzke as vice president and treasurer and Betty LaVine as secretary. The league will play 12 weeks from June 3 to August 19 ending with a banquet, with 24 members from Clare Mt Pleasant Farwell and Gladwin.
The film Anatomy of a Four Murder filmed in Marquette earns Michigan Product of the Year honor during Michigan Week. Dan Gerber chairs judges and cites the film as emblematic of Michigan diversity. Ron Otto Preminger produces. stars include James Stewart Duke Ellington Eve Arden Lee Remick Kathy Grant.
A 32 member Clare district advisory committee met Tuesday to decide on an agreed plan for improving school operation, estimating added tax costs, and strategies to persuade voters to raise millage. They aim to restore portions of the trimmed elementary program and outline funding and district advocacy.
Clare Zoning Board approved a tentative master plan to regulate future building and commercial locations. It proposes Residential 1 lots at 75 feet wide and 10 500 square feet. A joint Rotary Kiwanis meeting May 27 will hear William Day discuss the plan.
Elton Marshall Ray Marshall Cecil Ludwig Don Smith Bill Moore and Bud LaVine lead Eli's pin knockers to the league playoffs and championship amid a broad sports roundup. The Sinclairettes beat Drewry's in the women's league while Hoffmans Gift Shop of Harrison claimed the Clare Wednesday league crown. Prize money was distributed.
Clare Manufacturing received two safety awards from Michigan Mutual Liability Company for 1958. The honors, accepted May 15 by Harold Sandborn Lyle Skinner and Homer O Dell, recognize zero lost time accidents and high man hour efficiency. Vic Troyer presented the plaques representing the factory’s safety achievements.
The Farm Bureau group warned inflation is the biggest threat to farmers and the wider economy. The May 14 meeting at the Erhart home had near full family representation. A June 21 picnic is planned at the Wallace home near Big Norway Lake.
Clare Cub Scouts Pack 3120 win a second award for an exhibit entry at the Saginaw Scout Fair. Wall plaques crafted under adult leader Nick Jahour earned the honors for the Cubs.
The United States Atomic Energy Commission's Atoms For Peace display will be shown in Clare in a mobile walk through exhibit. The exhibit explains peacetime uses of atomic energy in agriculture medicine industry and research with trained staff and photos models and samples. Consumers Power will install power lines for the show with help from the local Jaycees chapter.
The Clare Chamber of Commerce and Clare Manufacturing invite the public to an open house Saturday at 7 30 pm to view the new plant addition and aircraft displays from Oscoda. The event aims to showcase the industry expansion and potential to create about 800 jobs later this year.
Malcolm Feighner former Clare Sentinel editor and Judge Dunlop were cited at a Citizens Night banquet in Clare Michigan. The event featured a testimonial program with plaques from the Chamber of Commerce and an honorary citizen award to Nelson Miles of Holley Carburetors. The evening closed with the Northernaires quartet and remarks from Fred J. Walls, Clare’s visiting mayor.
A fire shortly after six Tuesday partially destroyed the Stebelton home at 312 E Second Street. A lightning stroke was blamed for the blaze which consumed the upper story of the old brick residence perched on Clare’s southeast hill. An electrical storm with hail and dark skies accompanied the alarm which misfired and caused residents to fear a tornado alert.
Professors G Bernard Wilson and John H Morrison of Michigan State University describe cancer as a problem of uncontrolled cell reproduction within the normal mitotic cycle. They identify three attack routes and favor blocking the entire cycle to control reproductive cells.
Republican leaders cite multiple polls showing a large majority of Michigan residents favor a one cent use tax increase over a graduated income tax. Detroit News and other outlets report 59.5 to 69 percent support use tax, while Democrats block the proposal in the House. Senators plan to send another bill.
Clare Public School health program ensures 99 percent polio protection for students through school clinics or public health services. Irene Davy, school nurse, outlined polio vaccine programs at a Parent-Teachers Association meeting.
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