Last Rural Graduation at Dover Clare Junior High Awards
Eighth grade graduation Tuesday at the Dover school marked the end of rural schooling in Clare county. Kimberly Montney was the class’ sole graduate, the last student educated in the county under country schooling as Dover joins a larger district next year.
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Dover
Clare
Kimberly Montney
Kimberly
Clare County
Stan Crum
Kistler
James McNamara
Carl Kistler
Walters
Bill Montney
Dale Montney
County Board of Education
Clare Junior High
Larry Ruby
Donald Spencer
Linda Cole
Dennis McNerney
Glenda Warner
Wendy Hillebrand
Bill Petro
Arlie Shepperley
Farwell High to Hold 76th Graduation June 3
Farwell Area Schools prepare for the 76th annual graduation as 75 seniors receive diplomas in the school gym. Dr Donald Bush will deliver the commencement address with Cheyleen McGuire as valedictorian and Wendy Lamb as salutatorian. the high school band provides music. The Baccalaureate is set for May 28 with Rev Jasper Cook preaching.
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Farwell High School
Donald Bush
Central Michigan
Cheyleen McGuire
Wendy Lamb
Farwell
Farwell School
Jasper Cook
Memorial Day Parade Plans Set For Monday Here
Memorial Day ceremonies in Clare will include a cemetery speech by Circuit Judge Robert Campbell and prayers by Rev. Charles Smith and Rev. Karl Wickstrom. Clare School bands will play and a VFW color guard will march from War Memorial to downtown. Tim Cotter is parade marshal. veterans may ride buses, and VFW members will place flags at local cemeteries Friday.
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Clare Veterans of Foreign Wars
Robert Campbell
Charles Smith
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church of
Clare
Karl Wickstrom
Clare United Church of Christ
VFW
Joe Moose
War Memorial
W. Fifth Street
City Hall
Tim Cotter
Cherry Grove
St. Cecilia’s
State reports hunting gains with low mis-hap rate
The Conservation Department notes Michigan hunters reached a record 1,295,800 in 1965, with 22 gun and archery incidents, the lowest since 1940, despite 52,000 more sportsmen than in 1964.
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Michigan
Conservation Department
Grant Approved for SIX-CAP Poverty Study in Michigan Counties
The Office of Economic Opportunity notified Senator Hart of a $21,499 grant for SIX-CAP counties Clare Gladwin Mecosta Osceola. The funds will fund research into local poverty causes and development of procedures and programs to eliminate them. Other SIX CAP grants are pending for concrete uses in the area.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
U.S
Philip Hart
Clare
Gladwin
Mecosta
Osceola
The
Sentinel
Sen. Hart
Red Cross Initiates Late Clare County Quota Drive
Clare County Red Cross plans a June 1 drive to raise 4000 for the year. Volunteers warn funds are needed to cover emergencies and debts as services continue with limited resources.
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Red Cross
Clare County Red Cross
Treasury
Clare County
Harry Brokering
Coleman Man Killed in Canadian Fishing Trip Plane Crash
Rolland E. Pollington, 26, of Coleman, and his companion died when a chartered pontoon plane returning fishermen to a remote lake area northeast of the Soo spiraled into heavy woods after the pilot attempted a landing. Ontario Provincial Police said the aircraft was chartered from Air Dale Flying Service and the bodies were recovered Sunday.
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Coleman
Wild Lake
Soo
Rolland E. Pollington
Ontario
Air Dale Flying Service
Poison feeds kill 73 cattle at Clare farm
At the Arthur Dull farm near Clare seventy three head of feeder cattle died after accidental Aldrin contamination in oats used for feed. The loss may reach about twenty thousand dollars. A veterinarian and state officials aided, with survivors treated. cattle burial followed.
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Dull's
Arthur Dull
Clare
Dow Chemical
Dull Farm
Dull
Neil Stirling
Stirling
Lansing
Dow Experimental Department
Jumbo Perch Found Biting In Leelanau
A Conservation Department study in Sutton Bay Leelanau County reports heathy perch finds during last month’s gill netting for lake trout. Perch ranged 8.3 to 15.7 inches, with most over 10 inches, surpassing typical Great Lakes sizes. The catch boosts ongoing sea lamprey control and planted trout recovery work on Lake Michigan.
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Conservation Department
Sutton Bay
Leelanau County
Department
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Wheat lines tested for cereal leaf beetle resistance
Crop scientists tested 14 444 wheat lines over two years for resistance to the cereal leaf beetle. Only 2.2 percent or 323 lines showed resistance, but almost all have bristly leaves and no varieties of commercial value have been found yet.
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Dedication Draws 800
The Prince of Peace Lutheran Church held three dedication services Sunday drawing about 800 attendees. Pastor Charles Smith led with guest speakers Rev Philip Janz and Rev Edwin Weber, as crowds admired the building’s stained wood, organ loft, and modern spire.
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Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
Charles Smith
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ALA
Dennis McNer
Ney
Arlie Shhepperley
Werdy Hillebrand
Clare Osteopathic Hospital
Helen Morgan
Sixth Street
McEwan
Linda Alien
Suzanne Allen
Mary Armentrout
Vicki Bay
Sylvia Brooks
Lee Campbell
Ronald Courturier
Tom Foss
Connie Foster
Shannon Green
Debbie Greer
Vicki Harpster
Pat Humphrey
Susan Phillips
Arlie Schepperley
Greg Seibr
Angela Seiter
Bernice Shetler
Catherine Snyder
Peggy Southwell
Kenny Teall
Jeff Wood
Jill Ackerman
Bob Benchley
Janet Brubaker
Toni Cimmerer
Christine Clute
Tom Conley
Jim Foss
Kenneth Graham
Cheryl Hardin
Roxanna Hiles Kay Koch
Randy Martin Jadean McDaniel
Bill Mogg
Mike Musser
James Myers
Ruth Raleigh
John Schunk
Susan Shaner
Trudy Shepard
Kimberly Tyler
Scott Vanersdall
Michigan Employment Security Commission
Commission
Harrison
Leelanau
Prince of Peace Church
Philip Janz
Department of Missions
Edwin Weber
Smith
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