United Fund Drive Sets $5,340 County Goal
The 1953 United Fund Drive for Clare County opens November 7 aiming to raise $5,340 including state and national quotas plus local campaigns. County chair Earl Morgan reports city targets totaling $3,070 with individual township goals of $90 each and city coordinators will recruit volunteers for the statewide effort.
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United Fund
Clare County
Leonard Klaasse
Harrison
Earl Morgan
Clare
U.S.C
Salvation Army
Michigan Childrens Aid Society
Frank LaGoe
Clare City
LaGoe
Community Council
Clare Girl Scouts
Cotter Garage Robbed Again
The Tim Cotter Sales and Service Garage on north McEwan Street was broken into Saturday night for the second time in less than two months. More than $900 in money and two checks were taken. Intruders broke a year window between 10:06 p.m. and morning, using hammers and crowbars to breach the safe with an acetylene torch. Taken were Canadian currency, dimes, silver dollars, change, a coin box, old coins, a cash register total, an A Banke check, and a Government check, with police from the city and Mt. Pleasant Post investigating after a prior break on September 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Cotter
North McEwan St
A. Banke
Mt. Pleasant Post
Army Reserve Unit Forming In Clare
A meeting for forming an Army Reserve Unit in Clare will be held at Clare High School on Monday November 9 at 8 00 p m Veterans and interested men are urged to attend A unit has been set aside by the Michigan Military District in Detroit for Clare and regular Army and Reserve personnel from Bay City will be present 1st Lt Alva Cochran Jr will command the unit with details available at the meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High School
Michigan Military District
Detroit
Clare
Bay City
Alva Cochran
Clare Set To Face Gladwin In Season Finale Showdown
Clare high school battles Gladwin in a pivotal late season clash after last year’s 18 13 loss that snapped Clare’s 14 game win streak. The showdown caps senior farewells for thirteen players as Clare seeks to end with a winning note and boost their 5 1 1 record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Cheboygan
Gladwin
Pioneers
George Perry
Clare High
Standish
Glen Hales
Mark Ruark
Bill Ulrich
Jim Duncan
Gale Soules
Jim Chandanais
Jim Beltinck
Walter Bay
Mel Walters
Norris Bay
Earl Robinette
Bob Haynak
Leo Smith
Past Commanders And Presidents Nite At V F W Hall
The Clare V F W Post and Auxiliary will host a pot luck dinner at 6 30 p m Monday evening November 9 at the local V F W hall. Past commanders and past presidents night aims for strong attendance.
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V.F.W. Hall
Clare V.F.W. Post and Auxiliary
Michigan Retail Volume Surges Beyond 1952 Levels
Michigan tax collections show August business volume well above 1952 levels with July staying strong. A record 344.5 million total in the fiscal year driven by sales tax. August sales and use tax receipts rose 25 percent from a year earlier to 24.33 million. Don Weeks urged small firms to seize peak opportunity at a Michigan State College clinic while Dr Lydia Jordan urged that small business is big business.
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Michigan
Michigan Department of Revenue
Don Weeks
Michigan Department of Economic Development
Michigan State College
Lydia Jordan
Two Sentenced To Jackson
The November term of Circuit Court convened at Harrison with Judge Donald E. Holbrook presiding. Walter Warner of Lake George received a seven to 25 year sentence on a morals charge involving his daughter, after arrest July 20 and arraignment August 7. Gerald Beech, 17, of Lansing, pled guilty to grand larceny for stealing $800 from a Clare home and was sentenced 15 months to five years. Both prisoners were taken to Jackson by Sheriff Everette Allen.
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Walter Warner
Lake George
Michigan
Glenn Sherman
Harrison
Gerald Beech
Lansing
Clare
Southern
Jackson
Everette Allen
Clare High Carnival Set For November 20 at School Gym
Clare High School will hold its annual carnival in the gymnasium Friday evening November 20. The dramatics class presents the comedy Inside Stuff and usual carnival attractions and midway. Details will be announced next week. The carnival is open to the public and all are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High School
Armistice Day Program Details at Cuart High School
November 11 program at 11:00 A.M. in Cuart High School Auditorium features a moment of silence the Pledge of Allegiance the Star Spangled Banner and remarks by Red Cross Blue Star and Gold Star mother and auxiliary leaders plus Legion and VFW officials.
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Star Spangled Banner
Clare High School Band
Red Cross
Gold Star Mothers
Ina Hammond
Blue Star Mothers
Agnes Pudway
American Legion Auxiliary
Celina Creguer
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Clarice Bellows
V.elw
Charles Cooper
Clare Public School Invites Weeklong National Education Visit
The Clare Public School staff extends a cordial invitation to all parents and friends to visit during National Education Week the week of November 9. Classes as usual remain the theme, and parents are urged to visit their son or daughter in their room or class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Public School
Blood testing for Clare food handlers scheduled
Clare Health Department announces blood tests for all food handlers who missed the September 25 session or were hired since then. Approximately fifty people will be tested at Clare City Hall from 9 00 to 11 00 a m on Thursday November 12.
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Health Department
Clare
City Hall
Clare City Hall
District V F W and Auxiliary meet in Farwell rally
Pictured members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Auxiliary gather at the 11th District fall rally in Farwell on Sunday November 1. Highlights include Timothy Murphy from Pittsburgh discussing Membership and Patriotism and Dorothy Mann from Detroit detailing Benefits of the National Home to Members with education benefits.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
11Th District
Farwell
Timothy Murphy
Pittsburg
Penn
Dorothy Mann
Detroit
National V.F.W. Home
Eaton Rapids
Walter Jacobs
Bay City
Cormmmander
Harley Teeter
Farwell Post
Leon Brewer
Grand Rapids
State Motor Vehicle Fund Third Quarter Distributions
Motor Vehicle Highway Fund receipts for the third quarter of 1953 totaled 27 370 543 99 with allocations to the State Highway Department counties and cities. A 250 000 deduction from county shares pays part of a 5 000 000 loan under Act 50 of 1948 leaving 2 750 000 still. County and city allocations follow for Clare Gladwin Isabella Osceola and towns Coleman Farwell Gladwin Mt Pleasant with specific amounts listed.
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State
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Clare County
Gladwin County
Isabella County
Osceola County
Clare
Coleman
Farwell
Gladwin
Mt. Pleasant
Methodist Men To Meet Next Thursday
The regular monthly Methodist Men gathering will be held at the local church on Thursday evening November 12 at 6 00 p.m. with devotions led by Rev Leslie J Nevins. Rev Russell R King District Superintendent Grand Traverse District will speak. Supper at 6 30 p.m. special guests include parsonage program workers and friends.
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Leslie J. Nevins
Russell R. King
Grand Traverse
King
Power Outage Halts Clare City Operations
A daytime power shut off left Clare dark and cold disrupting gas stations water pumping and hotel and restaurant services. Schools hospital and the Sentinel faced delays and reduced operations while Doherty Hotel Thayer's lockers and furnaces were affected. Firemen monitored risk as emergency gear relied on backup power.
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Clare
City of Clare
Thayer's
Doherty Hotel
Clare General Hospital
Clare Sentinel
Supt
T. C. Campbell
Doherty
Thayer
The
Sentinel
Clare Manufacturing Co
Farwell
Morgan
Clare District Boy Scouts Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
The Clare District Annual Scout meeting at the Doherty Hotel on October 29 re elected Donald E. Holbrook as chairman Harold B. Hughes as vice chairman and Robert H. Campbell as executive board representative for another year E B Clark Scout Executive from Saginaw and Ken Paulson Clare County Scout Fieldman were present Jim Nivison Pat McConnell guests and leaders Jim Seiter Jim Rodabaugh shared photos from the National Jamboree in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Doherty Hotel
Donald E. Holbrook
Harold B. Hughes
Robert H. Campbell
E. B. Clark
Saginaw
Ken Paulson
Clare County
Eviir Rotary
Presen Jim Nivison
Pat McConnell
Jim Seiter
Jim Rodabaugh
California
Ralph Cole
Ben Bosink
Herb Breen
Tom Dwyer
Gerald Nivison
Olsen
Nevins
Joe McLaughlin
Roy Warner
Larry Beck
John Rodabaugh
Isabella County Republican Women Meet Tuesday
The Republican Women s Club of Isabella County will meet Tuesday evening November 10 at 8 00 pm at Deerfield township hall west of Mt Pleasant on M 20. An interesting program has been planned with Mrs Ed Block and Mrs Gladys Malish in charge of arrangements. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Womens Club
Isabella County
Deerfield Township
Mt. Pleasant
Ed Block
Gladys Malish
Clare High School Joins New Athletic Conference
Clare High School joins a newly formed six school athletic conference with Shepherd St. Louis Ithaca Chesaning and Durand. Football competition planned next season with basketball possibly a year away. track meet planned this spring at St. Louis. Clare to continue football with Reed City Big Rapids and Gladwin while league schedules are arranged.
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Central Michigan
Clare
Shepherd
St. Louis
Ithaca
Chesaning
Durand
Pioneer
Reed ‘City
Big Rapids
Gladwin
Michigan
Tom Campbell
Board of Education
Clare Upsets Cheboygan Chiefs 20-6 in Homecoming Clash
Clare Pioneers, underdogs by 12 points, defeated Cheboygan Chiefs 20-6 on their field. Key plays came from Oscar Ruapaugh and Norris Bay with Mark Ruark and Earl Robinette on extra points. Cheboygan's Tom McGinn, Ruark and Garthe starred on defense as Clare capitalized on passing and penalties to secure the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Pioneers
Cheboygan
George Perry
Don Richardson
Clare
Pioneers
Yaree
Cher Pboygan
Oscar Ru
McGinn
Norris Bay
Jim Dwyer
Chiefs
Casper
St. Louis
Clare Cheboygan
Parent- Teachers Conferences Here Next Week
Conferences for kindergarten through third grade parents start Thursday November 12 at Clare Public School. Sessions begin around 9:00 am with no classes for these grades that day. Some supervision will be arranged if children attend during conferences. not all parents will be scheduled on Thursday.
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Clare
Girl Scouts To Sell Cookies Here
Clare girls will sell Girl Scout cookies starting Saturday November 14 and continue until all orders are filled. Proceeds support equipment and supplies. Mrs Glyde Lucy, local Girl Scout president, will oversee the sale.
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Girl Scouts
Clare’ Girl Scouts
Mre. Glyde Lucy
Girl Scout
Six Jailed Over Week End
Six men were arrested over the weekend and jailed. William B Zileski 20 of Mt Pleasant was arrested Friday night for reckless driving and fined 50. L C Campbell 38 of Coleman was arrested Saturday after an accident near Twin Elms Country Club and fined 83 for driving while intoxicated and driving without a license. Randall Dougherty 33 of Clare was arrested Saturday for drunk and disorderly and fined 15. Dale Gillis 48 of Clare was arrested Saturday for drunk and disorderly and fined 15. Lester Phillips 41 of Rosebush was arrested Saturday for driving with a restricted license and jailed at Mt Pleasant. Harl Bellows 22 of Clare was arrested Monday for reckless driving and leaving the scene and jailed at Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Zileski
Mt. Pleasant
Wm. B. Dunlop
L. C. Campbell
Coleman
Twin Elms Country Club
Harrison
Glenn Sherman
Randall Dougherty
Clare
Fec
Dale Gillis
Monnday
Lester Phillips
Rosebush
Harl Bellows
Red Cross Aids Clare County Families Since July 1958
Clare County Chapter of the American Red Cross reported 34 families received help since July 1 1958. Volunteers provide home service for servicemen emergency furloughs by supplying facts about home conditions. the Red Cross does not grant furloughs but facilitates them. The work is done entirely by volunteers and available whenever emergencies arise.
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Clare County
American Red Cross
Carl Stephenson
Howard Everts
Home Service
Eiverts
Everts
Red Cross
Horde
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Lake
Long Lake
G. Mattenen
Cotter
Gladwin Tilt Rouses
Clare School Spirit
Michigan Cooperative Extension Service
Bernard D. Kuhn
M.S.C
Emmett £. Raven
Bad Axe
Huron County
Paul D. Gibson
Mary C. Collopy
WEAR
Cuart High School
Rev
L. J. Nevins
Boy Scouts
Harold Smith
Taps
Sally Gillespie
Powerless
Isabella County Republican
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