Ask Highway Chiefs To Investigate County Road Commission
Officials call for an inquiry into Clare County Road Commission over truck procurement and road maintenance practices. Tim Cotter urges investigation by H D Crandall and Highway Commissioner Ziegler to reveal bid handling, expenditures, and maintenance on state and federal trunklines.
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Highway Chiefs
County Road Commission
Glare County Road Commission
Board of Supervisors
Michigan Highway Department
Clare County Road Commission
Ray Harrold
Ed Bruce
Avery Barber
Ziegler
Glare County
Cadillac
Highway Department
Tim Cotter
Clare
Cotter
Road Commission
Harrison Motor Sales
Greer Auto Sales
H. D. Crandall
Michigan State Highway District
Charles M. Ziegler
the Sentinel
Crandall
State Highway Department
Clare County
CMCE Announces 53rd Summer Session Details
Central Michigan College prepares for a six week program from June 22 to July 31. Dr Judson W Foust says over one thousand students expected to enroll across undergraduate graduate and special courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Michigan College
Judson W. Foust
Central
Pioneers Win In Tourney
Clare High Pioneers beat Ithaca Yellow Jackets 2 to 0 as Wickert shines in clutch to send Clare into Mt Pleasant finals. Pitcher Wickert allows three hits early then shuts down the opposition over seven innings with strong defense backing him. Haggart key hits and Clare’s fielding earns the narrow victory.
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Clare High
Ithaca Yellowjackets
Wickert
Mt. Pleasant
Clare
Fred Haggart
Pioneer
Nyle Haggart
Pioneers
Green
Ballhawks
Michigan Regents-Alumni Honor Awards Net 736 Scholars
University of Michigan announces Regents-Alumni Honor Awards to 736 Michigan high school seniors including Robert Jackson of Rainbow Drive Glare. Awards recognize academic records and community recommendations. no monetary value and renewal possible.
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University of Michigan
Michigan
Hunch A. Walter
Robert Jackson
Earl Jackson
Rainbow Drive
Glare
U of M
College of Engineering
Regents
University, of Michigan
Jackson
Walter
Poppies Sale Supports War Veterans and Disabled Workers
American Legion Auxiliary and Girl Scouts plan Memorial Poppy sales this weekend to honor World War I and Korean War dead. The flowers symbolize reverence and aid disabled veterans and families, with poppy making employing hundreds of disabled men.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Girl Scouts
América
France
Belgium
Aril
P. T. A. Hears Forecast of Clare School Growth
School Superintendent Thomas C. Campbell outlined a growing enrollment trend for Clare schools at Monday's PTA meeting with a forecast of about 1200 pupils by 1960. He cited a survey covering 1945-46 to 1952-53 and explained a high census survival rate boosting long term numbers.
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Thomas C. Campbell
Clare
Campbell
PTA
Glare
Congregational Collins Day Honors Church Organist
The Congregational church will honor Mr. Collins with a May 24 Collins Day featuring new music written for organ and choir. The service will include gifts and recognition as Collins retires from his post as instrumental music instructor at Clare schools and moves to a new location.
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Harold Chivis
Congregational Church
Collins
Clare
Memorial Day Observance and Parade in Clare
A Memorial Day program lists events from 9:30 AM at City Hall to 11:00 AM at Cherry Grove Cemetery. The day includes a school band parade, a cross shaped formation, rifle salutes, wreath presentations by VFW and American Legion leaders, and a church service with addresses by local pastors.
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McEwan Street
Hotel Doherty
America
West Fifth Street
Us-10
Oscar W. Olson
Clare
Congregational Church
Charles Gooper
Veterans”of Foreign Wars
City Hall
Clare High
American Legion
Legion ‘Auxiliary
RVW
Cub Scouts
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Elza Beery
Eagle Church of God
Leslie J. Nevins
Clare Methodist Church
Soldiers’ Monument
P. F. Creguer
Irvin Ruby
Sally Gillespie
Cemetery Gates
Clare to Host May 23 Little League Tryout Camp
A nationwide Little League project will run a try-out camp at Clare Public School athletic field at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday May 23. Boys up to 12 years old are urged to attend. Two Clare teams will be formed to play Thursdays and Fridays at 7:00 p.m. starting June 4. Freeman Willey Don Bell and Bill Lucy offer to assist as managers. Nearby Mt. Pleasant Midland and Farwell teams will also play local clubs.
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Clare Public School
Clare
Freeman Willey
Don Bell
Bill Lucy
Mt. Pleasant
Midland
Farwell
Claré Mig
Homer O’dell
Junior Eberhart
Eberhart
O'Dell
Scott Drilling
Joe
Weaver
Smith
Freeman
Snick Woods
Dover
Dan McDonald
Elton Brasington
Bill Muself
Brown Comers
Paul Williams
Bernie Sunday
Don Smith
Art Sills
Clare High
Fire Truck Chasers May Face Fines
Curious motorists face possible fines and jail terms after drivers blocked Wheaton avenue during a Fire Department drill. Fire officials said warning attempts failed and enforcement will begin. Michigan traffic code bans following within 500 feet or parking near an active fire scene.
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Monay
Fire Department
Wheaton Avenue
Don Harrison
Michigan
Ladies League Elects Officers
The Tuesday Night Ladies League held its annual meeting and banquet at Twin Elms Golf Course. May 12 saw 60 bowlers and guests enjoy a chicken dinner as officers were elected for the 1958 54 season and awards presented to League champions and high performers.
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Twin Elms
Dorothy Buzard
Hverts Jewelers
Don Smith
Barwell
Meatingindu Thy
Jud Murphy
Frank Shirley
Fred DeDolph
Jay Green, Jr
Paul Schroeder
Jules Barbes
Jim Murphy
Florence White to Receive Bachelor of Arts Degree
Miss Florence M. White an English major will receive the bachelor of arts degree at Harding College in Searcy Arkansas on June 4. The commencement speaker is Dr. Henry G. Harmon president of Drake University. There are 116 bachelor candidates and 18 for the Master of Arts in Bible and religion.
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Florence M. White
Harding College
Searcy
Arkansas
Edw. B. White
Cleveland
Clare
Henry G. Harmon
Drake University
Des Moines
Towa
Harmon
William Woods College
Fulton
Call Spain
Central Church of Christ
Houston
Texas
White
Tri-Kappe Social Club
Harding Choruge
Two Babies Hurt Severely Near Here Last Sunday
Gregory Tobey two year old son of Mr and Mrs Harold Tobey Clare R 3 was injured when he fell on a water glass at home Sunday He suffered lacerations to the left eye and eyelid and his eye was removed He returned home Tuesday recovering satisfactorily Daniel Crane two and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs Lamon Crane of lint was seriously injured when he fell from a car Sunday He received multiple lacerations abrasions a severe scalp laceration concussion and possible skull fracture at Clare Hospital he is holding his own.
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Gregory
Harold Tobey
Clare
R-3
Clare General Hospital
Daniel
Lamon Crane
Lint
Kindergarten Enrollment Here Today at Clare Public Schools
Kindergarten enrollment for children who turn five before December 1st will be held in the Clare Public Schools kindergarten room today at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. Afternoon hours close at 4:00 pm to aid working mothers. Kathryn Freeman could not attend. parents are urged to bring youngsters to see the room and surroundings.
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Clare Public
Kathryn Freeman
Women Golf at Big Rapids Play Day Returns
Women at Twin Bims host a prize round on May 20 with six threesomes. Mrs Garfield nets 45 for a ball prize after Bonstelle substitutes par on front nine. Next event May 27 at 10 AM with lunch at 12 30 and a 3 45 close. Glare women to visit Biz Rapids June 16 as guests of Metcola Club.
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Twin Bims
County Softball League Seeks More Class D Teams
Murphy's Construction Brown's Corners and the Farwell Independ ents filed entries to boost Class C to eight teams. Opening night June 1 features Davison vs Eagle in Class D and Dover vs Clare Mfg in Class C. Final preseason meeting May 25 at 8 pm at the VFW.
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Charles Cooper
Leonard Stanley
Bill Lucy
Merchant
Davison
Eagle
Dover
Clare
WFW
Murphy's Construction
Cooper
V.F.W
Ernest Irwin to Aero Meet at Michigan State College
A state wide aeronautics conference will be held at Kellogg Center, Michigan State College, May 28 29 announced by the Michigan Department of Aeronautics. Ernest Irwin director of Michigan Flying Farmers is workshop chairman for a panel on transportation issues affecting community life and government. Other speakers include J H Slim Carmichael Capitol Airlines Kim Sigler ex governor B J Bergesen Met Air Transport Ford Motor Company and others.
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Kellog Center
Michigan State College
Michigan Department of Aeronautics
Ernest Irwin
Michigan Flying Farmers
Lester J. Maitland
Department of Aeronautics
Maitland
J. H. “Slim” Carmichael
Capitol Airlines
Kim Sigler
Michigan
B. J.,bergesen
Met. Air Transport Department
Ford Motor Company
Conference Asks Nevins To Return
The Fourth Quarterly Conference of the Clare-Farfell Methodist Churches met in Clare Methodist Church with a pot luck supper and business session led by Rev. Clark Phillips. The meeting invited Rev. Leslie J. Nevins to return for another year after his pastoral report. Trustees and special stewards for Farwell Church were named for terms up to three years with officers continuing in education and evangelism roles.
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Clare-Farwell
Clare Methodist Church
Clark Phillips
Big Rapids
Leslie J. Nevins
Nevins
Farwell
Willis Golston
Raymond Scott
Charles Tryon
Wilmot Carpenter
Cecil Davison
Donald. Pitchford
Tom Brooks
Donald Smith
Marie Bentley
Bila Carpenter
Don Pitchford
W.s.cs
Inez Bentley
Education Commission
Methodist Sunday School Ice Cream Social Planned
The High School Hustlers Class of the Methodist Church plans an ice cream social on Saturday at noon on the lawn of Wm. H. Bicknell at McEwan and Seventh Streets. Homemade ice cream cake and pies will be served as a youth project marks the year's end.
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Methodist Sunday School
Methodist Church
Wm. H. Bicknell
McEwan
Seventh Streets
Noted Negro Educator To Deliver Address
Sixty six annual Commencement for sixty three Clare High School graduates occurs next Friday evening outdoors weather permitting. Dr. Laurence C. Jones of Piney Woods School Miss is to deliver the address Back To Lincoln. Diplomas will be presented by J. Stuart Bicknell. Baccalaureate services Sunday evening May 24 at eight o clock.
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Clare High School
Lincoln
Laurence C. Jones
Piney Woods School
Mississippi
Jones
Colliers Magazine
The
Readers Digest
Mississipp Or
J. Stuart Bicknell
Board of Education
Dorig Gerow
Oscar Witt Olson
Mrs. Gerow Injured in Sunday Auto Crash Near Ithaca
Mrs. Wesley Gerow of Bicknell's Department Store was injured in a head on collision Sunday afternoon 12 miles southwest of Ithaca. She suffered a left leg fracture and multiple injuries and was taken to Carney Wilcox Hospital in Alma. The incident also involved OG Westman of Cadillac and Roy Holliday of Dimondale plus Elizabeth Holliday.
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Wesley Gerow
Bicknell’s
Carney-Wilcox Hospital
Alma
Ithaca
Jack
van Beelen
A-l
Carson City
Roy Holliday
Dimondale
Elizabeth M. Holliday
Gerow
Detroit
Ethel Jean
Ford Hospital
OG. R. Westman
Cadillac
Clare’ General Hospital
Here
Henning Hedlund
Richard Westman
Wila Hedlund
Ruth Westman
Westman
Myrtle Gordon
Midland
Junior Class Elects Officers For Next Year
The junior class chose next year’s officers on Monday May 18 with Joyce Jones presiding. Jim Duntan was named president Don Cobb vice president John McConnell secretary and Bill Drake treasurer. The meeting also discussed the senior trip with a decision expected in the fall.
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Joyce Jones
Jim Duntan
Don Cobb
John McConnell
Bill Drake
Tikal
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Grace Irwin
Louise Ranger
Leda Stough
Aero Meet
Gene Newman
Harold Hughes
Marilyn Seiter
Society
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James Bader
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Will Bes
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Thomas Campbell
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