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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1931
Page
2
Miles M Callaghan urges tax relief for rural counties citing 1931 session actions. He asks Judge Dorsey to arrange Probate notices with The Sentinel to reduce township highway taxes in 1982 and predicts the township system may disappear within five years, easing rural tax burdens.
In Michigan the Legislature moves fast as malt tax passes the Governor’s veto 71 to 28. Senate fights over University and Michigan State College funding loom, with possible tax savings of over a million dollars. Rural dairy and road funding gains emerge through the MecNitt Holbeck plan with Osceola and Clare counties seeing tax relief.
Myers Corners report lists a busy social weekend with visits among the Myers family and neighbors including Will Balsley with Mrs. W. E. Myers, the Kiggens, Ballys, Shunks, Slaters, and Turers. F. M. Myers shipped a load of lambs averaging 73 pounds. Nearly all attended church at Dover. Gerald Myers had dinner with R. Dysinger.
The report shows pleasant weather and community activities. James O. Sutton paints buildings, improving properties. Mrs Minnie Wilkie celebrated a birthday with family dinners and a later neighbor gathering. Miss Alice Smith took an eighth grade exam in Clare.
Rev and Mrs Honderich spent several days at their farm home near Crystal Michigan. Farmers finish corn planting in good weather. Mrs Horton and children from Clare and Willington visited Hutchinsons. Mrs Allen visited Runy family. Little Joey Poet is ill again. Cal Guest family from Pontiac visited Samuel Guest. Mrs J B Allen and Mrs Rutledge left for Saginaw for Mrs Allen’s son’s illness. Nash of Clare called on Hutchinsons. Community attended Dovers dedication services with spiritual time.
Mrs Clifford Randle and Mrs Charlie Jasmine with baby spent Monday with Bertha Randle. Dersmore enjoyed a visit from relatives of Detroit enroute from a funeral in Ithaca. Fred Phillips and G Snea from Clare visited John Livingston's home. Mildred Albright from Saginaw stays with Bertha Randle. Hilton Geiger and wife visited J Livingston's family Sunday.
Misses Lila and Sarah Densmore returned to Pontiac Sunday. Mrs. Gerald Macklem stayed with her aunt in Clare from Saturday night to Monday night. The Densmore families attended a funeral in Ithaca for the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Densmore of Detroit. Harley Sowle and family visited his parents. Four local families have had smallpox. School closed May 22 with Mrs. Glen Strouse teaching. Mrs. Macklem cared for Mrs. Murphy in Clare.
Mrs. F P Davis and son Donald visited Flint over the weekend to bring Donna home from eight weeks with relatives in Detroit. George Fitzpatrick hosted Canadian relatives and friends including Corall Laird and the Hiends as dinner guests. Kenneth Densmore funeral drew family from Ithaca and Detroit, with Bruce and Lucille Hiends from Beaverton. District No 5 dinner marked school closing. Miss Babcock to teach again next year. Mrs Harvey Wilson traveled to Saginaw for Harvey Davis household move and to visit relatives.
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