Eagle Church Hosts Clare County Ministerial Group
The Clare County Ministerial Association met November 8 at Eagle Church of God hosted by Rev. and Mrs. Elga Beery. Rev. Virgil Brinkman led devotion with others, reports were shared, plans made to host German exchange students in January, and a Christmas gathering is planned for December with a chicken dinner served by host women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County Ministerial Association
Harrison
Clare
Joe VanderVeen
Colonville
Burke
Nevin
L. J. Nevins
Urge High Attendance At PTA Meeting
Clare PTA plans a November 21 gathering at Clare Public School as part of Education Week. Librarian Mrs Iyah Bartow will discuss library growth and role in school work while Mrs Garthe’s third grade leads a square dance musical. All parents teachers and friends urged to attend.
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Clare Pta
Clare Public School
Iyah Bartow
Garthe
Rev Gerrit Schut Radio Program Broadcasts Sundays
Rev Gerrit Schut hosts a Melody and Meditation program every Sunday at 1 30 pm over WCEN Mt Pleasant. The Clare First Baptist Church pastor previously broadcast in Cadillac and Gaylord areas and aims to boost community interest in spiritual matters with organ background and various vocal and instrumental numbers.
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WCEN
Ferris Play to Stage George Washington Slept Here
Bill Seiter of Rosebush will play Legett Frazer in Ferris Institute’s three act comedy George Washington Slept Here set for November 9 and 10. A Ferris sophomore in the General Education Division, the show is the Ferris Playhouse fall presentation in the college gymnasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Seiter
William J. Seiter
Rosebush
Legett Frazer
Ferris Institute
George Washington
Bill
Ferris
Ferris Playhouse
Bake sale by Mrs Freeman class to fund Bibles
Eight and nine year olds in Mrs Kate Freeman’s Sunday School bake cookies to sell Saturday at Clare Furniture Store. Proceeds buy Bibles for teachers. A lighthearted note adds local color about storms and sales.
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Kate Freeman
Clare Furniture Store
Dunlop
Redcoats
Harold Pugsley
Corky
Fourth Street
Mrs Giebel Reflects On Teaching Career And Farm Life
Mrs. Giebel recalls a long teaching career plus farm life in Col onville. She notes trips funded by pupil contributions, a 1952 marriage to Fred Giebel, and grandchildren. She cherishes home farming, plans to keep teaching while enjoying family and future years in education.
Rites Held For Mrs Fitzpatrick In Clare County
Mrs Rose Ann Fitzpatrick 75 died November 5 at University Hospital Ann Arbor. Born in Guelph Canada April 4 1880 she lived most of life in Ontario and Michigan. Survived by husband George son Gordon Munising daughter Sally Hoskey Harrison two sisters and four grandchildren. Rosary and funeral Mass held at St Cecilia Clare with interment at St Cecilia Cemetery. Dinner at VFW Hall Brush College Ladies Aid. Attendees from multiple cities and Ontario.
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Rose Ann. Fitzpatrick
Ann Arbor
Fitzpatrick
Guelph
Canada
Hamilton
Ontario
George ‘Fitzpatrick
Pinconning
Clare County
Munising
Sally Hoskey
Harrison
Violet
Pearson
Lillie Ellis
Doherty
St. Cevilia's
Clare
St. Cevilia’s
VFW
Brush College
Detroit
Pontiac
Dearborn
Ithaca
Hubbardston
Lansing
Flint
Fowler
Coleman
Rosebush
Beaverton
West Branch
Thank Offering At Brown Corners Church
A November 10 event at Brown Corners United Brethren Church raised 136 dollars for Sierra Leone mission work. Mrs. Lucille Amstutz spoke on her Bethany Orphanage duties as slides showed the Kentucky village and its facilities.
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Brown Corners United Brethren Church
Woman's Missionary Association
Edward Willbrandt
Chiirman
Sierra Leone
West Africa
Lucille Amstutz
St. Johns
Bethany
Kentucky
Edward Magnus
William Walter
Young People’s Mission Band
Riverside Grange Education Week Program Highlights
Riverside Grange hosted Beaverton teachers for Education Week observance on Wednesday evening November 9. Walter Hampton spoke on the White House Conference after attending events in Saginaw and East Lansing. Mrs. Harriet Martin led kindergarten teaching methods skits and a clay doll project. The event included a showing of the film America For Me and a brief talk by Jennings Archambault. Two birthdays were celebrated for Mrs. Martin and Mr. Archambault. Twenty seven members attended the lunch with birthday cakes.
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Riverside Grange
Beaverton
America
Walter Hampton
Beaverton High School
White House
Saginaw
East Lansing
Harriet Martin
Martin
Greyhound Bus Line
Hampton
Death of C. D. Harvey Mourned in Clare County
Cor dion D. Harvey of Clare County died Sunday November 13 after a heart attack at age 63. Born January 16 1880 in Lapeer County he lived in the Brand Community for decades and ran a hay and grain business among other jobs. He is survived by wife Effie two daughters Mildred Weinstock Mona Jean Sonntag a son Basil eight grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren with two brothers and other relatives. Funeral services Thursday November 17 at Thurston Funeral Home with Rev Virgil Brinkman Church of God officiating and burial at Cherry Grove Cemetery.
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Cordion D. Harvey
Harvey
Lapeer County
Carson
Susan Harvey
Clare County
Brand
Effie Wood
Bay City
Clare
West First Street
Mildred Weinstock
la Crescenta
California
Mona Jean Sonntag
Basil
Saginaw
Essie
Calvin
Farwell
Harold
Kenneth
Thurston Funeral Home
Virgil Brinkman
Church of God
Cherry Grove
Clare High Band Wins Hunters Festival Parade Trophy
The Clare high school band won first place at the Hunters Festival parade held Saturday. Cole¢e man finished second and Farwell third. A large wooden trophy bearing a bronze bandsman will stay in Clare’s permanent possession. Judges were Wallace Cheslik from Saginaw, John Cummins, Gladwin band director, and Dr. S C McArthur. The band will meet Monday to decide on new uniforms with representatives from uniform companies, the school board, each class, and band parents attending.
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Clare High School
Cole¢eman
Farwell
Clare
Wallace Cheslik
Saginaw
Quaker Oats Company
John Cummins
Gladwin
S. C. McArthur
Illness Fatal To C. L. Bonham
Charles Lemuel Bonham dies at 76 after a long illness in Clare and Farwell Michigan. He is survived by his wife Ermina Mae Crumrine Bonham and nine children including Charles and Emery, with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services were held November 17 conducted by Rev. Fred Atkinson with interment at Cherry Grove Cemetery.
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Charles Lemuel Bonham
Thomas Abbott
Mr. Bonham
George C. Arid
Mary M. Bonham
Whitley County
Indiana
Ermina
Mae Crumrine
Marion
Russell
Michigan
Clare County
Pontiac
General Motors
Bonham
Ewart
Clare
Claretta Douglas
Mae Sanders
Dorothy Debic
Zella Jorgenson
Dillard
Oregon
Marshall
Will
Ora
Coffeyville
Kansas
Doherty
Revi Fred Atkinson
Church of the Brethren of
Beaverton
Cherry Grove
Russell ‘Thurston
Clare widow Mrs Alfred Loomis dies after long illness
Mrs Alfred Loomis of Clare dies at home after extended illness aged over four score years. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Clare Baptist Church with Rev Gerrit Schut officiating. Burial followed at Cherry Grove cemetery. She was born Fern Thayer September 30 1871 and married Alfred Loomis June 3 1896.
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Belever
Cherry Grove
Fern Thayer
Aurelius
Ingham County
Orlando
Vernon
Clare
South Us-27
Margie
Walworth
Stuart
Hay
Louis
Thayer
Neat Wheaton
Clara
Roy
Mt. Pleasant
Ren
Local Woman's Son Passes in West Virginia
Birch T Underwood aged five died November 8 at his Mona West Virginia home. Survived by wife Helen son James in Air Force at South Carolina mother Mrs Cora Underwood of Clare three half sisters Bernice Ruth Falklar Gladys Lipsold two half brothers Ray Edward and many nieces and nephews Funeral services held November 11 at Morgantown Morgans town funeral home.
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Jackson
Gladys Lispold
Clare
Ray
Edward
Grayling
Fred L. Jenson
Morganstown
West Virginia
Farm of 80 acres for sale in Gilmore Township near Farwell
Wanted ads list several for sale items including an 80 acre farm in Gilmore Township south of Farwell with a round roof barn newly shingled a year, a small house. Also in Coleman a two bedroom house with city water bath for 2700 dollars and broker notes from Alma Michigan. Other entries include 145 acre farm near Mt Pleasant with tiled wells flowing wells Isa bella loam soil and modern buildings and a pop corn stand and a thoroughbred German Shepherd police dog for sale. A lost dog near Clare cemetery and a woman needed to care for two children in a motherless home.
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Gilmore Township
Farwell
BE. B. Gorr
Clare
Mt. Pleasant
Isabella
Ds Flemming
Alma
Mich
Charles Apple
R Clare
Appreciation for care at Mt Pleasant hospital
Mrs Myra Moline thanks Dr. C B Wood and the Mt Pleasant Community hospital staff for care during illness and expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for fruit flowers and cards.
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C. B. Wood
Mt. Pleasant Community Hospital
Myra Moline
Bake Sale by Congregational Sunday School Kids
The third and fourth graders of the Congregational Sunday School will sell homemade cookies at Clare Furniture Store on Saturday November 19 starting at 9 a.m. Proceeds go to the church program.
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Bake Sale Congregational Sunday
Clare Furniture Store
Farm Service Co Offers 10 Percent Discount
Kalamazoo based Farm Service Co promotes a 10 percent discount on orders signed before December. Marketed as the world's largest silo plant, the firm underscores its scale and timing to attract buyers.
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The
Farm Service Company
Kalamazoo
Bowling Scores For November 9 At Home Meet
Wednesday results show O Laughlin F and Lebr Shell Sye leading with 26 and 20 pins. High games include K Young 174 and P Campbell 171, while team highs go to Hoffman Gift Shop with 873 in team game and E R Simons 1657 in team series.
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O'Laughlin F
Lebr-Shell
BE. R. Simons Co
B's
Thayer's Dairy
Hoffman Gift
Coleman Drug
Farmer’s Coop
K. Young
HH. Bra Ehaw
P. Campbell
H. Bradshaw
Schaeffer
Hamp
Hoffman Gift Shop
E. R. Simon
Death of John Chaffee Mourned in Greenwood Township
John Chaffee born October 4 1903 in Greenwood township Clare County died October 28 1955 at age 52 while at work near Northville. Survived by wife Evie daughter Anita and sons Lyle and Dale. Burial at Hillcrest Cemetery Greenwood Township with committal by John J Carton Lodge F and AM. His son Lyle with the U S Army at Fort Huachuca Arizona arrived October 29 to attend the funeral.
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John Paul Chaffee
Greenwood Township
Clare County
Philander Perry
Coral May Chaffee
Northville
Evie
Anita
Lyle
Dale
Urnest
Clare
Floyd
Edith Russell
Long Beach
California
United Brethren Churen Mn Harrison
Gerald Brady
Hillcrest Cemetery
Greenwood ‘Township
John J. Carton Lodge
F & AM
U.S. Army
Fort Huachua
Arizona
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Gerrit Schut
Mrs. Giebel
Upper Peninsula
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Giebel
Helen Ward
Midland
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Mrs. Fitzpatrick
Brown
C. D. Harvey
C. L. Bonham
Town
City Water
Bath
Dick Zinser
Darrell Thomas
Ph Farwell
Clare Cemetery
Gerald’ Longstreth
Ribstone
Robert C. Kleiner
St. Clare, Mich
Citizens Bank
State Bank
J. Stuart Bicknell
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation F.d.lc
Clare Alleys Ladies League
Merchant League
Elt’s Sinclair
Welders
Schaeffer's Dairy
Giant Market
Clare Mfg
Clare Alleys
LT Rite Hites
IOOF
D. Smith
Dunlop’s
Dan McDonald
Murphy Cons
Central Battlers
Twin Elms
Anderson's
Dollar Bar
Sinclairettes
Rosebush Bank
Speedway
Hill To
Clare Furniture
J. C. Marotzke
J. Farwell
Barber & Beauty
Showalter
G. Cain
Bauer
Scott Drilling
J. Showalter
J. Barnes
Neff
I. Carncross
Bank
Guiettes
Mason No
Ford-O-Maties
Schaeffers
Fas
John Chaffee
Denton Block
Kenroe
Hunt N’ Fish Il DeMolay
Kraft Foods
City of Clar
Gateway Lanes
Alley Cats
Cities Service
Sheredy
K Dysinger
J. Pudway
L. Irwin
B. Sheredy
H. Wright
Smaart
Fit. Louis
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