Intermediate annexation moves toward state approval
Gladwin and Clare intermediate boards completed local steps to annex Gladwin County Intermediate School District into Clare District. A joint meeting approved a plan to submit to the State Department of Education for ratification with a June state board decision expected. Public hearing drew concerns on elections, taxes, local control, and costs of Special Education Act 198.
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Gladwin County
Clare County
Gladwin
Clare
State Department of Education
State Board of Education
Beaverton
Gladwin Intermediate Board
Clare Intermediate Board of Education
Clare boy Berry Sanford killed in tractor car crash
A 14 year old Clare boy Berry Sanford died when a car struck a tractor on Loomis Road near Clarabella in Isabella County. His brother Bradley Sanford and another rider were injured. the tractor lacked lights. The Mt. Pleasant state police investigated the crash and noted Lincoln. Berry was born October 21 1958 in Trenton and survived by his parents four brothers a sister and several grandparents. The funeral was held May 26 at O Laughlin Funeral Home with Elder Lewis Mogg officiating. Burial followed in Warren Township Cemetery Coleman.
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Loomis Road
Clarabella Road
Wise Township
Isabella County
Berry Sanford
Bradley Sanford
Richard Archbold
E. Washington Road
Bennett
Bradley
Berry
Saginaw Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Trenton
William and
Fern Sanford
William
Big Rapids
Bruce
Ilabelle
Fla
Brenda
Gertrud Farrer
Filton
Homer Sanford
Southgate
Betty Gerper
Deer Creek
Minn
O' Laughlin
Lewis Mogg
Warren Township
Coleman
Children tour conservation sites in Clare County
Fourth to sixth graders toured environmental sites May 23 in Clare County. Stops included Beaver Country near Lily Lake and Greenwood Township to view a dam and beaver structures. A highway relocation lesson near Gut Lake and Five Lakes contrasted with a deer dissection in Grant Township.
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Clare County
Lily Lake
Jackson Road
Greenwood Township
Beaver Dam
Gut Lake
Five Lakes
Grant Township
Traffic deaths drop in Clare County in 1972
Clare County recorded 13 traffic fatalities in 1972, down from 14 in 1971, as statewide deaths rose to 2,258 from 2,152. Other nearby counties varied with Isabella, Osceola, Gladwin, Roscommon, and Midland reporting declines, while Missaukee rose to three. May 21 was the deadliest statewide day with 19 deaths.
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Michigan State Police
Clare County
Isabella County
Osceola
Gladwin
Roscommon
Midland
Missaukee
Harrison woman crafts First Ladies dolls collection
Mrs. Clarence Ritz of Harrison handmade over a thousand dolls depicting First Ladies including Martha Washington and a Pat Nixon figure. She sewed garments from antique fabrics, studied the women’s lives, and displayed the collection at Gladwin Library earning a blue ribbon. Her sister plans to move it to Florida, with a new collection in the works.
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Martha Washington
Sarah van Buren
Eleanor Roosevelt
Pat Nixon
Rutherford. Hayes
Lucy
White House
President Hayes
Henry VII
Clarence Ritz
Harrison
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Moe Weaver
State Highway Department
Tom Prawdzik
Department of Natural Resources
Arthur Township
Keith Finnerty
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