Checks Serve To Gauge Deer Hunting Conditions
Thousands of deer hunters roam the woods in the big hunt while Conservation Department game men station roadside checks to count the killing and to age weigh and study deer for antler development and other data. The effort also measures range conditions and identifies areas where the herd's food supply is poor, guiding management decisions.
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Conservation Department
Michigan
Standish
Sanford
Mt. Pleasant
Marley
White Croud
Straits of Mackinac
Straits
Hunter
Clare
Decker
Flint Osteopathic Hospital
Airport
Harrison
Michigan Conservation’ Department
North Country
Opening day yields prize hopefuls in Clare county deer hunt
Among a dozen or more hunters reporting early kills in Clare county Jim Phillips of R-1 Clare is a prize contender with a 150 pound eight point buck and 1444 inch spread. Bow hunter Ted Hisenberger of Mt Pleasant reportedly took a 150 pound eight point buck as a potential winner.
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Jim Phillips
R-1
Clare
Glen Neely
Huntin’ N Fishin
Phillips
John Miller
Jay Peet
Ed Schaar
George Perry
Buck
Clare County
Bucks
Bow Hunters
Ted Hisenberger
Mt. Pleasant
Distribute Road Funds Allocations to Clare County and Cities
State Highway Department begins third quarter Motor Vehicle Highway Fund distributions. Clare County receives 74,701.96 dollars with Clare city at 4,154.90, Harrison at 2,743.18, and Farwell at 1,915.79 dollars.
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State Highway Department
Clare County
Clare
Harrison
Farwell
Thanksgiving Sentinel Early Edition Plan
Notice explains next week's Sentinel will be delivered Wednesday due to the holiday. It warns of moved deadlines for news and advertising to allow early printing and asks cooperation to print and mail the issue on time.
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Sentinel
Steers Hit by Gravel Truck on Clare Beaverton Road
A gravel truck crashed down a grade on the Clare Beaverton road striking a herd of 31 steers owned by Mark Schunk of Clare R-2. Six animals died as the truck owned by Adrian Blades of Coleman and driven by Donald W. Coltson of Coleman failed brakes while the driver tried to stop.
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Clare- Beaverton
Mt. Pleasant Post
Mark Schunk
Clare R-2
Us-27
Donald W. Coltson
Coleman
Adrian Blades
Coltson
Deadly Season Nears For Pedestrians
Michigan officials report five year statistics showing that over one fifth of pedestrian deaths occur in the last two months of the year. November and December account for 9.8 and 13 percent respectively, with urban deaths higher in December and rural deaths higher in November.
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James M. Hare
Michigan State Safety Commission
Michigan
Hare
Thanksgiving Service at Clare Church With Share Our Surplus Offering
Members of the First Congregational Church of Clare invite friends to a Thanksgiving service Wednesday November 23 at 8 00 pm. The program includes the Share Our Surplus offering supporting World Service to distribute food globally. One dollar donated helps distribute more than 300 pounds of food. The church choir will participate and the public is welcome.
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First Congregational Church
Clare
World
Set Dates For Farm Week At Michigan State University
The 46th farmers week at Michigan State University runs January 30 to February 3, 1961 on the East Lansing campus. Byron H. Good, animal husbandry professor and general chairman, says staff are arranging programs to answer questions facing Michigan farmers and their families as well as agricultural industries.
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Michigan State University
East Lansing
Byron H. Good
Michigan State
Michigan
Freeway Projects Add 28.8 Miles in Michigan Bid Plan
Seven U S highways plus three interstates are planned in Michigan for Dec 7 bid openings. New routes include 10.6 miles of US 10 near Midland and 8.9 miles of US 27 in Clare, with structures and bridges over Tobacco River and Eberhardt Road. Completion dates span July 31 1962 to October 31 1961 with a total 218 mile divided highway from Lansing to Mackinaw City planned.
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Highway Department
Midland County
Clare County
Otsego County
Sault Ste. Marie
Chippewa
Lansing
Mackinaw City
Vanderbilt
Indian River
Michigan
Clare
County
Harrison
Herrick Rd
Isabella County
Colonville Rd
Tobacco River
Eberhardt Rd
Darry
Hatton Rd
Colonville Road
Starkrd
Midland Bypass
Stark Rd
Sanford Lake
Sanford
Hope Rd
Averill
West River Rd
Mud Creek
Bluff Creek
Chesapeake & Ohio
Isabella
Break-in Pair Caught Admitting More Thefts
Two 17 year old Harrison residents David Pearson and Marvin Henry were jailed after a Clare Packing House Market burglary netting 17 50 in cash four cases of beer and four bottles of wine. They admitted further thefts in Marion McBain and Clare county and await trial.
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Clare
David Leroy Pearson
Marvin Oscar Henry
Harrison
Marion
McBain
Clare County
Beagle
Missaukee
Wayne Berg
Berg
Fourth Street
Alva Cochran
Mel Davis
Pearson
Maple Street
Herbert Breen
Onion grower John LeTourneau headlines county fair claim
Local gardener John LeTourneau, known as Grant town ship onion grower and Clare’s policeman in charge of parking meter violators, harvested the largest sweet onion this fall, the size of a melon. The Sentinel notes remodeling progress at its Clare office and urges security for holiday shopping. Catholic bishops announce the 1960 Thanksgiving Week Clothing Collection across area churches.
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John LeTourneau
Grant ‘Township
Clare
John
Catholic Bishops
United States
Deer Hunt Accident Kills Charlotte Mother In County
A Clare County deer hunting accident killed Margery Beebe 28 of Charlotte instantly in Winterfield Township. Her husband William Beebe reported the fatal shot, with investigators seeking the shooter. A separate Clare County incident wounded Rodney Decker 27 of Flushing, hit by a bullet from Bernard Greathouse during opening day.
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Deer Hunt
Charlotte
Clare County
Margery Beebe
Winterfield Township
William Beebe
June Rose
Harrison
Flushing
Rodney Decker
Michigan
Bernard Greathouse
Clare
Darling
Greathouse
Decker
Clare General Hospital
Gershon
Deer hunters urged to pace themselves for safety in Michigan woods
The Michigan Conservation Department warns deer hunters to pace themselves as season opens. It cites heart-disease risk for older hunters, urges self checks for breathlessness and fatigue, stresses proper clothing and blaze colors, advises energy snacks and fire safety, and reminds to keep heat sources vented and avoid carbon monoxide danger.
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Michigan
Hair Styles Modeled At Beauty Show
Beauty salon operators sponsor a National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists show at the Ho tel Doherty. More than one hundred women attended as Lenore Conkrite of Mt. Pleasant presented models including Geneva Haring and Vi Whiting in bold color styles.
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Doherty
Lenore Conkrite
Mt. Pleasant
Jane Calkins
Geneva Haring
Vi Whiting
Dorothy Maxwell
Clare
Betty Marotzke
Farm Prices Drop More
Farm prices fell while consumer prices rose, according to Arthur Mauch of Michigan State University. In 1949 to 1959 the typical family food basket cost rose by 154 dollars while farm values declined by about 40 dollars, with farm marketing costs cited as a factor.
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Arthur Mauch
Michigan State University
Iin
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Thanksgiving Sentinel Early
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