City Clerksville Union Formed With City Wages in View
More than 20 wage earning employees of Clare joined a newly organized local union of municipal and county workers affiliated with AFL-CIO. Gordon Smith heads the group with police officers William Bell and Ray Shoe as officers. the mayor and city manager deny official knowledge while noting awareness of the union’s existence.
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Clare
Afl-Cio
Gordon Smith
William Bell
Ray Shoe
Josephine Haynak
Cliff Bouchey
al Smith
Ed Mussel
Gerald Nivisor
Clarence Gum
Gum
the Sentinel
The
Sentinel
City Commission
Vision Fair Afloat On Great Lakes Seaway Festival Formed
Seven Michigan mayors moved in Lansing on September 26 1958 to create a non profit Seaway Festival corporation to sponsor a floating World’s Fair in 1960 marking the seaway’s first full year. Paul D Bagwell will serve as president with Knabusch as vice president and Stiles as treasurer.
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Michigan
Lansing
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Anchorage
Habor
Middlewest
Milton J. H. Knabusch
Monroe
Paul Bagwell
USA
Ian R. Rathsack
Ludington
G. Hilding Carlson
Muskegon
Robert Visscher
Holland
William M. Creason
Grand Haven
B. L. Lawenstein
Port Authority
Sault Ste. Marie
Carlos B. Wenberg
Houghton
James Tanner
Bay City
Edward J. Cox
Escarafa
Leonard W. Lahti
Hantock
Bernard Guzek
Ontonafron
Vow Renewed Safety Efforts In Isabella County
The Isabella County Safety Council will meet Tuesday October 7 at 8 p m in the Municipal Court room Mt Pleasant. Two more traffic deaths have occurred this year bringing Isabella county total to eight with last year at nine. The meeting will discuss how to reach more residents and what is needed to make potential law breakers aware of consequences. The September Good Driver will be named and honored. All meetings are open to the public.
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Isabella County Safety Council
Mt. Pleasant
Isabella County
Safety Council
Homecoming at Clare High Highlights Ithaca Game and Festivities
Clare High hosts Ithaca High in a Friday football game marking Homecoming. Weekend events include a snake dance, pep rally, bonfire, and a downtown parade led by the CHS band. Homecoming Queen contestants are Elaine Letson, Barbara Scheer, Becky Groves, and Barbara Tubbs.
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W. Fifth Street
Clare High
Elaine Letson
Cyril Letson
Barbara Scheer
George Scheer
Becky Groves
Richard Groves
Barbara Tubbs
Bernard Tubbs
Clare Furniture Company
Dianne Gamble County's First Polio Case
Dianne Gamble the 18 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Gamble of Harrison is the first polio case reported this season. She is in Saginaw General Hospital in an iron lung after paralysis of the respiratory center. Her condition shows slight improvement with more time outside the lung daily. Cards may be sent to Room 115, Saginaw General Hospital.
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Dianne Gamble
Harrison
Saginaw General Hospital
Miss Gamble
Kenneth Gamble
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Saginaw
Harrison High School
Clare
When the first day of school makes a mother wistful
A mother recalls the emotional day she left her young son at school and wishes for a thoughtful, capable teacher. She urges academic soundness and live, respectful guidance, encouraging curiosity, personal warmth, and awareness of the family behind the student.
World Wide Communion Observance on October Fifth
Worldwide Communion is observed next Sunday October Fifth across denominations. Some churches collect a Fellowship of Suffering and Service Offering to aid armed forces chaplains and relief work for war ravaged areas. Rev L J Nevins of Clare Methodist calls it a global memorial Christ instituted.
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Christ
Midland MEA Region Twelve Conference Set October 13
Area teachers from Roscommon Ogeman Clare Gladwin Arenac Isabella Midland and Bay counties will close public schools for the MEA Region Twelve Conference in Midland. Keynote by Harold Kessinger and Dr. Ivan A. Booker with sessions at Central Intermediate School and Midland High School. luncheon at Methodist Church.
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Midland
Roscommon
Ogeman
Clare
Gladwin
Arenac
Isabella
Bay Counties
Ivah Bartow
Clare Public Schools
William Wang
Central Intermediate School
Harold Kessinger
E. Dale Kennedy
Michigan Education Association
Action
Camill E. Klos
Blessed Sacrament Church
Ernest R. Britton
Midland Superintendent of Schools
Midland Senior High School
Margaret Berry
O. James Clark
Central Intermediate
George Nelson
Central Michigan College
J. Wilson Rinehart
Ralph Barr
Stanley Kuick
Franklin Killian
Forrest Williams
Mt. Pleasant
Clyde F. Shultz
Mildred Kunz
Bay City
You
Harry F. Kenyon
Ogemian County
Mea-Nea
Methodist Church
Ivan ‘A. «Booker
National Education Association
Washington, D.C
Kessinger
Edgar L. Grim
State Department of Public Instruction
Ivan A. Booker
NEHA
NBA
Victor D. Longfield
First Methodist’ Church
Clifford Arnold
Midland Chamber of Commerce
Midland Senior High
Ronald Melton
Pioneers Fall To Seminary In Season Opener
Clare High's Pioneers lost 19 0 to Michigan Lutheran Seminary of Saginaw on the road last Friday. Seminary used a 66 yard rush for the first score and added a six by Paul Engle. Jim Byar returned a Nolan pass for a 55 yard TD before halftime. The Perry defense held in the second half but Clare could not generate offense. Shepherd High visits Clare in the Mid Michigan B league opener, with Shepherd coming off losses to Mt. Pleasant and a tie with Grand Rapids Rogers.
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Clare High’s
Pioneers
Michigan Lutheran Seminary of
Saginaw
Perry
Clare
Seminary
Jim Byar
Dep Nolan
CHS
Shepherd
Mt. Pleasant High
Grand Rapids Rogers
Rod and Gun Club Reports Growth and Activities
Clare’s Rod and Gun Club reports 130 members after growth in 2 3 years. A 20 by 75 foot addition was added to the building. Local boys Jerry Hendrie and Gary Zastre attended a Ludington camp for leadership training. The Pistol Club has 30 members and hosts intertown tournaments. Bow and Arrow Club had 25 members last winter. Turkey Shoot on October 19 invites statewide participation.
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Clare
The
Rod and Gun Club
Jerry Hendrie
Gary Zastre
Ludington
Mich
Fires at Johnston Elevator Wreck $30150 Damages
Harry Gustin of Clare admitted in court that he set two fires at the Johnston Elevator Company in March 1958 and again last Thursday. Total damages exceed $30,150.00.
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Harry Gustin
Clare
Johnston Elevator Company
Johnston Company
Gustin
Clare PTA launches statewide fact survey on schools
The Clare Parent-Teacher Association joins about 2000 Michigan units in a fact finding survey and opinionaires to gauge views on local education, teaching quality, and finances. Copies of Studying Michigan Schools will be shared at the October 20 meeting as part of an education guide.
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Clare Parent-Teacher Association
Clare Pta
Michigan
Clare
Floren Pudvay
Clare Group
PTA
Charles W. Neidrett
The
Michigan Congress of Parents and Teachers
Bill Hanchett Top Newsboy Honors at Banquet
Billy Hanchett son of Mr and Mrs Ray Hanchett of Clare was among twenty Saginaw News carriers honored Tuesday at the Bancroft hotel for top carrier status in 1958. From 500 carriers he earned a citation and plaque for route management and school work while delivering the News daily and Sunday to about 70 families on his Clare route.
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Billy Hanchett
Ray Hanchett
Clare
Saginaw News
Bancroft
Saginaw
Billy
The
News
Inland Daily Press Association
Clare News
International Letter Writing Week Observed in Lake
Postmaster W. T. McLane announced Lake will celebrate International Letter Writing Week during October 5 week. He stressed written correspondence links people worldwide and urged residents to write to friends in America and abroad to foster understanding.
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Lake
W. T. McLane
Post Office Department
W.T McLane
McLané
America
Cancer Society Workshop Opens To Public In Mt Pleasant
The American Cancer Society will host a public Cancer Workshop at Keeler Union on the Central Michigan College campus in Mt. Pleasant on October 7 1958 from 9 30 a m to 4 00 p m Three special workshops for area chairmen and volunteers will cover Public Education Publicity Public Relations and Program Planning Attendees should contact Mrs Rex Allen or Mrs Russell Foell of Clare before October 4 for reservations.
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American Cancer Society
Keeler Union
Central Michigan College
Mt. Pleasant
Rex Allen
Russell Foell
Clare
Rotarians To Hear U M Man
Clare Rotary Club announces October lunch speaker Erich A. Walter from the University of Michigan. Walter serves as assistant to the president and secretary to the Board of Repeats and is an English professor at Ann Arbor. Last week speaker was Gene Wiewiec of the Michigan State Chiropractic Society.
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G.C. Born
Clare Rotary Club
Erich A. Walter
Repeats
University of Michigan
Walter
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Gene Wiewiec
Michigan State Chiropractic Society
Profit In Trees Promotes Conservation Reserve Planting
Floren J Pudway of the ASC Committee explains farmers can plant forest trees on part of their land into the Conservation Reserve of the Soil Bank. Participants receive much of the planting cost plus annual per acre rent over a 10 year contract, with trees maturing toward market timber. The Lambeth Conference in London reaches Anglican bishops 1958.
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Soil Bank
Floren J. Pudway
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC Committee
Thas
United Nations
London
England
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Vision Fair
Clare High School
Ithaca High
Dianne Gamble County
George
Donin
Worldwide
John Matzke
Rive
Paul Engle
Tne
Perrymen
Mike Walters
Shepherd High
Bluejays
By Ray Owens
Don Bell
Bow and Arrow Club
Johnston
the Opinionaire
McEwan Street
McEwan
William Cook
Court of Justice
William Dunlop
Cook
Clare Department
Bill Hanchett
Rotarians
U-M
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