Obituary and social notes from Rosebush area
Death of James L. O Grady announced with funeral at St. Cecilia's Clare. Many local families and guests noted in events from Mt. Pleasant to Traverse City including weddings and anniversaries, ship visits, and a large ninth district temperance union meeting. Pamela Wheatcraft celebrated eighth birthday with playmates and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. O'Grady
St. Cecilia’s Church
Clare
Raymond van Buskirk
Arnold Thayer
Traverse City
Satuday
Ivan Graham
Alwynn Carr
Ypsilanti
Clarence Smith
Howell
Jake Bechdell
Detwiler House
Mt. Pleasant
Owen Wheatcraft
Butler
Ohio
George Wheatcraft
Philip House
Lynn Detwiler
First Methodist Church
Herb Cairns
Jerome Graham
Keith
Harrison
Ernnest Hoste
Gale Lutz
Keith Singles
Pontiac
Lawrence Kain
Lansing
Sophia Horan
John Jacobs
Mary Murphy
Lloyd Spaulding
Ida Johnson
Lyle Elliott
Percy Shephard
Lois Graham
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Tenth District
Evangelical United Brothern Church
Roy Matteson
Harold Flaharty
Canada
Pamela Wheatcraft
Pamela
Rosebush School Parent-Teacher Association Meets
The Rosebush School P T A held its initial meeting of the year in the all purpose room with President Merle Calkins presiding. The secretary treasurer’s report was given, faculty introduced, and 78 children completed a summer Fluoride Treatment. A Landscaping Class was announced for October 17 at 7:30 p.m. Boy Scouts interest was raised by James McTavish, with contact details provided. A film on School Bug Safety was shown by Troopers Oakes and Conroy. Bus laws discussion followed. Kitchen equipment funds were discussed, no action taken. Membership cards were urged, and attendance prize was won by Eileen Jacobs’ sixth grade. Refreshments were served by Dale Graham and Earl Neff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosebush
Merle Calkins
Joe Vanas
Dorothy Lowery
Edgar Fetterly
Oakes and
Conroy
Mt. Pleasant
Eileen Jacobs
Dale Graham
Earl Neff
Grant Zoning In Effect
Grant township board warns residents about the new zoning ordinance now in effect. It sets standards for construction remodeling and changes in property use and enforces permits issued by Carroll Beard upon owner application said township clerk Mrs June Jerred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Township
Carroll. Beard
June Jerred
Death of Charles Measel of Holly at 81
Mrs. Glen Lloyd and Mrs. W H Gephart were notified of the passing of Charles Measel in Holly aged 81. Survived by his wife two sons Glen of Clare Roy of Commerce and daughter Inez Beadle of Davison. Funeral services were in Fenton with burial in Ortonville. Attending from here were Glen Measel family and Glen Lloyd family plus Waldo Gephart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Lloyd
W.H. Gephart
Fenton
Charles Measel
Holly
Glen
Clare
Roy
Commerce
Inez Beadle
Davison
Ortonville
Glen Measel
Gerry
Waldo Gephart
Clare County Road Commission September 1961 Proceedings
Regular meeting in Harrison Michigan on September 6 1961 includes bids for gasoline contracts and multiple resolutions. It records approvals for land conveyance to Higgins and Higgin(s) and a plan to acquire a state parcel for roadside park use with eventual revert rights, plus requests for a new diesel crawler tractor and bond release for a subdivision plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Michigan
Clare County Road Commission
Inter-Ocean Insurance Co
Michigan Hospital
Fisher Gravel: Co
Armco Drainage
Wm. H. Bicknell Til Brewer
Cadillac
Paul H. Callender Co
Cities Service Oil Co
Cornell Biikcrete Co
Consumers Power Co
Culligan Soft Water
Detroit Ball Bearing Co
Doubleday Bros. Co
Eddy & Co
Fletchers Cities
Hollingshead
Humphrey Equipment Co
Ideal Soap Products
Jennison Hardware
Loomis Machine Co
Lufkin Rule. Co
McKenna’s
McGuire Bros
Mich. Bell Tele
Midway Supply
Dale Montney
Motorola C. & E
Motorola Finance Corp
Don F. Nickel
United Agency
Wolverine Tractors Co
Clare County Cl
Clare Sentinel
Farwell News
Thomas Coole
Edna Roth
Evelyn Parker
Robert Fanslau
Floyd Hunt
Fisher Gravel Co
Wm. Montney
Mobil Harrison Gas & Oil
Osceola Refining Co., Inc
Speedway Petroleum Corp
Comm
Myers
Michigan State Highway Department
Hatton Township
Clare County
County Road Commission
State Highway Commissioner
Barber
Comm- Myers
Bringman
Jones
Mrs Ray Dawson Taken By Death in Ferndale
Mrs Ray Dawson 66 of Ferndale died unexpectedly of a heart attack Sept 28 at home. Amber Lansing born Feb 3 1895 in Herrick Isabella County taught then married Ray A Dawson Dec 24 1916. Survived by husband son Robert M Dawson sister Marjorie Foster and two grandchildren. Funeral held at Spaulding Curtin with burial in Cherry Grove Clare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Dawson
Ferndale
Amber Lansing
Issac
Nettie Lansing
Herrick
Isabella County
Clare High School
Ray A. Dawson
First Methodist Church of
Woman
Russell D. Hopkins
First Methodist Church
Spaulding and Curtin
Clare
D. R. Salisbury
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Illness Fatal To Ida Gerow
Ida Belle Gerow died October 3 1961 at Ardis Convalescent Home after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Thurston Funeral Home with Rev Virgil Brinkman officiating. Interment followed in Cherry Grove Cemetery. Born July 1 1887 in Sheridan township Clare County to Albert and Mary Allen, she lived in the area all her life. She married William Gerow April 7 1912 and they farmed in Sheridan township. They would have marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary next April. She leaves William, one sister Bertha Cradit, one brother Lester Allen Sr, many nieces and nephews. Three sisters and two brothers had preceded her in death. Relatives attended from Lansing Jackson Flint Garden City Detroit Howell Hale and Chesaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Belle Gerow
Ardis
Thurston Funeral
Virgil Brinkman
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Albert
Mary Allen
Sheridan Township
Clare County
Ida
William Gerow
William
Bertha Cradit
Clare
Lester Allen Sr
Coleman
Augusta
Florence
Mae
Eugene
Ernest
Lansing
Jackson
Flint
Garden City
Detroit
Howell
Hale and
Chesaning
Leo O Grady Buried Monday
James Leo O Grady longtime Vernon township resident died October 6 1961 after months of illness He was born January 18 1886 at the family farm He married Rhea Gorman in February 1921 at Sacred Heart Mt Pleasant Survived by four children seventeen grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services were held October 9 at St Cecilas Church with burial in St Cecilius Cemetery Funeral direction by the Doherty Funeral Home Rosary observed by family friends and the K of C involved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leo O'Grady
John
Nora O'Grady
Central Michigan Community Hospital
O’gady
Vernon Township
Wilson, Farwell
Central Michigan University
Rhea Gorman
Sacred Heart Church
Mt. Pleasant
Coleman
Virginia Berard
Jim
Detriot
Lorraine Boyce
Grand Lodge
St. Cecilas Church
Sruba
St. Cecilius Cemetery
Doherty Funeral Home
K. of C
Report of Condition of Citizens State Bank of Clare
Bank data lists cash balances and cash items in process of collection, U.S. Government obligations, and state and local government securities. It shows loans and discounts, overdrafts, bank premises, furniture, fixtures, other assets, and total liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Citizens State Bank OF Clare
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
State of
Michigan
Rites Held For Mrs. Litzenberg In Clare
Leah Aline Cour Litzenberg of 305 W Seventh St died October 5 at Mt Pleasant Community Hospital at 64. She was born March 25 1897 in St Joseph County Michigan and lived in Clare most of her life. Survived by husband Howard married June 14 1947 in South Bend five children and many grandchildren. Services October 9 at Doherty Funeral Home with burial in Surrey Township Cemetery Farwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah Aline Cour Litzenberg
Seventh St
Mt. Pleasant Community Hospital
St. Joseph County
Michigan
Clare
Howard Litzenberg
South Bend
Indiana
Bernadette Simms
Leonard, Cour
Elkhart
Patricia Fisher
Richmond
Arthur Cour
Flint
Eugene Cour
Maude Clark
Charles
Harry Chandler
Community Calendar Meeting Notices For Local Lodges
Clare W C T U meets at 2 pm Tuesday October 17 at Mrs May Chaffee home. Clare Isabella Gladwin District Association of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs meet in Coleman Friday October 18 with all area lodges sending delegates to elect officers for the new year. A pot luck lunch will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare W. C. T. U
Mrrs
May Chaffee
Clare, Isabella, Gladwin District Association of Oddfellows and Rebekahs
Coleman
Death of Mrs Ritter 84 in Clare presented by family and church
Mrs 8S Ritter Hansine Ritter of 309 E Seventh St Clare died Sunday October 8 1961 at 1 00 p m age 84 after a long illness cared for at the Cappaert Nursing Home She was born September 26 1877 in Greenvalley Wisconsin and lived in Clare 44 years She was a Methodist church member Surviving Murl and Kenneth Ritter Florence Babcock Edna Sheathelm five grandchildren eight great grandchildren one sister Mrs Oscar Fisher Ithaca two brothers Adolph and Marcus Peterson Gillette Wisconsin Funeral services were held Wednesday October 11 at 2 00 p m from Thurston Funeral Home Rev D R Salisbury officiating and interment in Cherry Grove Cemetery Clare
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansine (Senny) Ritter
St. Clare
Cappaert
Greenvalley
Wisconsin
Clare
Coleman
Edna Sheathelm
Clio
Oscar Fisher
Ithaca
Adolph
Marcus Peterson
Gillette
Thurston Funeral
D. R. Salisbury
Cherry Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iil & Carry
St. McEwan
Water Wonderland
Europe
Michigans
Upper Peninsula
Ae Rockies
Mississippi
Michigan Tourist Council
Board OF
Clare County Road Commissioners
Rice
Clare County Road
Lewis F. Rutter
Treas
Mel
Tal
Avery Barber
Barber, Jones and Myers
Francis Higgins
Doris Fliggins
Yeas
R. Dawson
Sentinel
Ing
A. Barber
Ida Gerow
Leo O’grady
Federal Reserve System
Alan W. Ott
J. Stuart Bicknell
F. T. LaGoe
James S. Bicknell
Directors
State OF Michigan
County of
C. Hiram Gates
Doherty
Surrey Township
Farwell
8S. Ritter
Northland Bottle Gas
Oathland
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