Clubs Honor Bates And Haley At Clare Event
Clare Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis Rotary clubs hosted 115 members and guests at Hotel Doherty to honor Superintendent of Schools Austin F Bates and Mayor Albert Haley. Bates plans to move in July to Jackson Public Schools as Assistant Superintendent in charge of finance. Haley retires after four years. The evening featured a baked ham dinner, music by Clayton Stotter and Jack Hunter, and community singing led by Jack Hall. Presentations highlighted Bates and Haley with tributes from local leaders including Leo Brown and Mayor Pro Tem Charles Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Chamber of Commerce
Clare Kiwanis Club
Clare Rotary Club
Hotel Doherty
Austin F. Bates
Albert Haley
Bates
Jackson
Haley
Chamber of Commerce
Jennings Archambault
Leslie J. Nevins
Wedgewood
Clayton Stotter
Jack Hunter
Jack Hall
Harold Collins
John E. Doherty
Chamber
Theo Wallington
Kiwanis Club
Wallington
David Seiter
Rotary Club
Everts
Charles Cooper
Laurence’ Seiter
Cleo Brink
Alex McKinnon
Leo Brown
Mr. Brown
Clare
County Republican Women Plan Activities Meeting May 15
Clare County Republican Women meet at the courthouse in Harrison on May 15 to form a county club, join the Michigan federation, and sign 33 members at $1 dues. A June 12 planning session is set, with a rally before the primary featuring Clare county candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Clare County
Republican Womens Club
Court House
Harrison
Harold Schaeffer
Womens’ Federation of Michigan
Clare
Elizabeth Little
Alvin Budd
A. D. Austin
Fred Jones
Catharine Gibson
Womens' Federation Clubs of
Michigan
Mary Streit
Republican State Central Committee
Rae Hooker
Mt. Pleasant
Budd Ar Harrison
Schaeffer
Florence M White Nominated to Student Council Post
Florence M White a Harding College junior of Searcy Arkansas has been nominated for secretary treasurer of the 1952 Student Council Association. She is an English major and member of the Harding Chorus and the KKK social club. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs B White of Clare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence M. White
Harding College
Searcy Ark
Migs White
KKK
Harding Chorus
B. White
Clare
Clare High Denies Sponsoring School Picnics
Clare High School states it is not sponsoring or chaperoning any school picnics and warns that any such events must be held off school grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High
Clare High School
County League Emphasizes Youth Program in Softball Season
Clare County Softball League opens with Class D games at Clare High School field. VFW Clare faces Ter Williger Davison Farwell at 7 30 pm and Scott Drilling meets Clare Manufacturing at 9 pm. Admission is free and season lights may be added. Managers must attend final meeting May 27 at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
VFW
Clare
Terwilliger and Davison
Farwell
Clare High School
Scott Drilling
Clare Manufacturing
Tommy Cradit Lands Nice Trout at Tourist Park
Tommy Cradit, nine, son of Mr and Mrs Neilan Cradit of 107 W Seventh St, caught a 17 inch Brown Trout weighing four to three quarter pounds in the Tobacco River at Clare Tourist Park. After a several minute battle with hair casting red and worms, he landed the fish himself with his father’s advice. The family enjoyed a good trout feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Mr. Bates
Clare
Brown
Bates
George White
Ed. Johnston
Atty
Robert Campbell
C of C
Harry Whitney
Detroit
Tommy Cradit
Neilan Cradit
Seventh St
Tobacco River
Tommy
Neilaxi
Exploration Interest Surges in Michigan Oil Fields
Northern oil interests show keen focus as Hamilton township field is hailed as the most improving in 1952. Sun Oil reports new wells at 800 feet depth with offsets testing Marshall gas and Richfield oil. Beaver Creek field in Kalkaska County yields 500 barrels daily from Dundee, while Brazos Oil reports 150 barrels daily from State BBB No. 5 after acid treatment. Exploration in Richfield formation proves promising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Township
Jutzi No. 1
Sun Oil Company
Sutzi No. 1
Beaver Creek
Garfield Township
Kalkaska County
Dundee
Brazos Oil Company
Section 21
Foster Township
Oreman County
Richfield
Michigan
Memorial Day Observances in Clare Honor Vets and Students
Memorial Day events on Friday May 30 1952 begin with a 9 30 a m gathering at City Hall for service personnel and uniformed groups. A parade forms at City Hall with school bands Gold Star Mothers American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars and ends at Cherry Grove Cemetery for a service with invocations wreaths and a firing squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McEwan Street
Oscar W. Olson
Clare Congregational Church
Phil Bradway
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Clare High School
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Soldiers Monument
P. FF. Creguer
Leslie J. Nevins
Taps
Irwin Ruby
Sally Gillespie
Community Observance Planned for Bible Revision Event
Clare Ministerial Association met at the Methodist Church to mark the completion of the Revised Standard Version. A community observance is planned during Religious Education Week September 28 to October 5, 1952 with a guest speaker at the inter church service 7 30 P M in the Methodist sanctuary. Attendees included Rev Leslie Nevins Rev Virgil Brinkman and Rev Oscar Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Ministerial Association
Methodist Church
Leslie Nevins
Virgil Brinkman
Oscar Olson
August Primary Registration Deadline and Rules
Michigan voters must register by 8 00 p m Monday July 7 for the August 5 1952 primary. Clare residents register with the City Clerk and county residents with the township clerk. Those who moved since last vote must transfer. new voters turning 21 before primary may register now or by the deadline. Campaign filing deadlines are June 17 for partisan county offices and July 1 for nonpartisan probate judge and circuit court commissioner. Township clerks listed for Clare County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Clare
Wim. A. Henderson
Clare County
Arthur
John A Brubaker
Franklin
C. J. Ecklin
Freeman
Irene Goodrich
Frost
Lela Malcolmson
Garfield
Donna Scott
Grant
A. Dawson
Greenwood
Charles van Blarcom
Hamilton
Ernest Zelt
Hatton
Nial Abbott
Hayes
A. L. Heiden
Lincoln
David Reed
Redding
Edwin Rouse
Sheridan
Carl BH. Bradley
Summerfield
Earl Prielipp
Surrey
Wilmot Carpenter
Winterfield
Wilbur Prielipp
Keller Held on Reckless Driving Charge
Roy D. Keller of Clare was arrested by City Police on a warrant and held for the Midland County Sheriff's Department on a reckless driving charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy D. Keller
Clare
Midland County Sheriff's Department
Clare WAC Honored At Anniversary Celebration
The tenth anniversary of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was marked at Fort Myer and around the world with receptions and reminiscences. Sgt Betty J Oldfield, daughter of Mr and Mrs Conrad Walker of Clare, hosted and spoke of WAC changes from wartime to peacetime and urged more women to join. She noted 12 000 WACs of an 80 000 goal, and recalled service in the United States and abroad including England France and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Washington
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Washington Post
Betty J. Oldfield
Post Headquarters
Fort Myer
Conrad Walker
Clare
Oldfield
WAAG
Chicago
United States
Eingland
France
Germany
Howard J. Oldfield
USAT
Scott Field
Clare Methodist Youth Rally Held At Clare Church
The Clare Methodist Youth Fellowship hosted a subdistrict rally with attendees from Mt. Pleasant Gladwin Blanchard Rosebush Leaton Sanford Coleman and Clare. Officers were elected including Orriene Rosebush president Sally Gillespie Clare vice president Ice Johnson Mt. Pleasant secretary treasurer Arlene Peterson Mt. Pleasant worship chairman Darcy Sullivan Mt. Pleasant world friendship chairman Harland Bellinger Rosebush recreation chairman John Cronin Gladwin. Rev Leon Andrews Blanchard and Rev Harold Kirchenbauer St Louis led services and installation. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Methodist
Clare Church
Mt. Pleasant
Gladwin
Blaichard
Rosebush
Leaton
Sanford
Coleman
Clare
Carol Gothup
Jelen Thornton
I. J. Nevins
Willis Dunn
Orriene First
Sally Gillespie
Janice Johnson
Arlene Peterson
Darcy Sullivan
Mission and World Friendship
Harland Bellinger
John Cronin
Leon Andrews
Blanchard
Gal- Ules
Thorman
Harold Kirchenbauer
St. Louis
Gothup
Carol Mitchell
Kirchenbauer
Clare Grout
Former Clare Lady Dies in Detroit on Birthday
Pearl Mae Hubel Carrier born May 8 1884 in Almont Michigan died May 8 1952 in a Detroit hospital on her 68th birthday. She lived in Clare before moving to Detroit in 1910 then returned in 1929 before settling again in Detroit. Survived by husband George W Carrier daughter Mrs Wade W Marett two sisters and three brothers. Funeral May 12 at Fred Wood Funeral Home with burial at Oakland Hills Memorial Cemetery. Reverend H B Johnson officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Carrier
Clare
Detroit
Pearl Mae Hubel
Harry P
Ann Field Hubel
Almont
Michigan
Mabels
Carrier
Clare High School
Carriers
Thei
Bernica
Mildred
Cartier
Wade W. Marett
Steve Davis
Warren, Mich
Richard Woods
Long Beach
California
Roy F
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Eddie
Ensley B
Ferndale
Fred Wood
Oakland Hille Memorial Cemetery
H. B. Johnson
Belding
Clare P T A elects officers for next year in May
The Clare P T A held its May meeting in the school multipurpose room with installation of new officers Mrs Howard Hyerts president Miss Olive Evans vice president Mrs John Calkins secretary and Charles Day treasurer The ceremony featured the pledge flag and America with Miss Doris Gerow at the piano and a film about the American Ski Company shown by Principal Thomas C Campbell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare P.T.A
Clare School
Howard Hyerts
Ralph Morrow
Kenneth Roe
Archie Cleveland
Charles Day
Sally Gillespie
Gerow
Yeoman
Iverts
American Ski Company
Glare
C. B. Neff
Harold Jones
Harry Gaspenny
Margaret McKinnon laid to rest in Clare Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret McKinnon were held at Clare Congregational Church at 2:00 Sunday afternoon with Rev. Oscar Witt Olson officiating. Interment followed at Cherry Grove Cemetery beside her husband Kyle McKinnon. Survived by daughter Martha Murphy and siblings William Rohen, EB J. Rohen, Ellen Vance, Mary Seath, and Fred Seath. She was long associated with the Clare Congregational Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret McKinnon
Clare Congregational Church
Oscar Witt Olson
Cherry Grove
Kyle McKinnon
Thurston Funeral Home
Margaret Rohen
South Wales
Clare
Saginaw
Martha Murphy
William Rohen
Vancouver
Washington
EB. J. Rohen
Michigan City
Ellen Vance
Los Angeles
California
Mary Seath
Ewart
Fred Seath
Flint
The
Congregational Church
Memorial Poppy To Honor Dead Of Three Wars
In 1952 Americans are urged to wear a memorial poppy on Poppy Day to honor war dead. The message links wartime sacrifice to present dangers from air power and atomic threats, calling on all citizens to display heroic spirit and support families and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Calling All Boys Field Meet by Scout Troop 120
Boy Scout Troop 120 invites boys 11 and older to a field meet with campfire stories races and games on Monday May 26 at 7100 p m at Becks Standard Service station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Beck's
D P Family Finds Home On Zeiter Ranch Near Clare
An immigrant family from Germany Otto Kirsch and his wife with four children arrived last week and settled in the Zeiter Dairy Ranch tenant house near Clare Michigan. Zion Lutheran Church Mt Pleasant arranged aid through the Lutheran National Council to help them adapt in the United States. Local guidance was provided by Elmer Salyner and Joe Stevens with Mt Pleasant church planning a reception and banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County
Otto Kirsch
Germany
Tennant
Zeiter
Clare
Klisch
Europe
Zion Lutheran Church
Mt. Pleasant
Lutheran National Council
United States
Elmer Salyner
Joe Stevens
Michigan Bell rate increase case before Public Service Commission
The year long Michigan Bell Telephone rate request moves to final review with staff urging more than seven million dollars in extra revenue to yield a 64 percent return. The staff would reach over nine million with full federal tax adjustments, while noting a one million tax liability was overstated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Commission
Michigan Bell
Robert J. Demorest
tTe
Demorest
Ferry B. Allen
Allen
Clare High School Commencement Week Highlights
The sixty fifth annual commencement week at Clare High School begins Friday with Class Night in the auditorium featuring a radio skit School Marches On. Seniors in teacher and student roles perform scenes from their education and vocal selections. Baccalaureate Sunday evening includes processional, hymns, and sermon. Commencement next Thursday includes address by Dr Arnold W Schneider, memorials, scholarship presentations, and diplomas. Members of the National Honor Society are announced and graduates photographed in this week's Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High School
Richard Ulrich
Andrew Irwin
James Hendershot
Allen Demarest
Marie O'Laughlin
Marcus Krienke
Merlewayne Cotton
Arla Jean Gingery
Joan Busche
Marilyn Rosselti
R. T. Burgess
Girls’ Glee Club
Rev. Burgess
Miss. Rosselit
Doris Gerow
Arnold Wi. Schneider
Western, Michigan College of Education
Kalamazoo
Richard Nivison
Leo Brown
Board of Education
Connie Seiter
Donna Wnivison
Lu Anne Humphrey
National Honor Society
Austin ¥. Bates
Thomas C. Campbell
J. Stuart Bicknell
Miss Gerow
Arthur G. Sills
Connie Jane Sesiter
Carolyne Rae Schreiber
Peggy L. Thayer
Marie H. O'Laughlin
Allen E. Demarest
Jeanne Drake
Donna J. Nivison
Donald Ll. Thayer
Phyllis Hoover
Laureen Seiter
Marilyzi Seiter
Patsy Cox
Garol Wieferich
Joleen Wallace
Joyce Thayer
Glenda Haring
Central Michigan College To Observe Sixtieth Anniversary
Central Michigan College marks its 60th founding with a Spring Festival on May 28 and 24. Queen Doris Griffith will be crowned with attendants, a pageant on college progress, Maypole dance, a festival ball, and a marching procession. About 8500 are expected to attend with students faculty alumni and townspeople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Michigan College
Colege Dramatics Department
Warriher Auditorium
Norman Dietz
Central Michigan Music Department
Doris Griffith
Hazel Park
Jean Detzur
Hast Detroit
Dianne Donovan
Belding
Phyllis Gordon
Coopersville
Betty Flynn
Capac
Judson Forst
Fred Bush
Hfé
Keeler Ballroom
Ivan D. Cola
Marshall
Lawrence Sweeney
Memorial Day Schedule Alters Sentinel Publication
The Sentinel will publish a day later next week due to Memorial Day altering the regular publication day. Readers are asked for cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Eadly
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Bates and
County League
Sun Oil
Midland
Clare Wac
Sgt
Betty
D. P. Family
Zeiter Ranch
Society
Josephine Brighenti
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