Mill for Ambulance Public Service Proposed in Clare County
Clare county supervisors at a special meeting approved placing a ballot question in November asking voters to levy up to one mill in taxes annually for five years to fund public ambulance service. Private ambulance work by county funeral directors will end this year per operators. Ballot support was shown by Supervisor Sharp and the measure passed unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
R.B. Hamp
Glare
County of
Sharp
Coleman Banquet Honors R A Murphy Retirement
The Coleman Chamber of Commerce sponsors a retirement banquet for Robert A Murphy on Wednesday October 12 at 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Murphy joined the Bank at Coleman in 1926 and rose to vice president before retiring in 1966. He served six years on the Coleman Board of Education. He married Margaret Morris in 1926 and has two sons, Edward and Bernard. They belong to St Philip Neri Church of Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Chamber of Commerce
Robert A. Murphy
Floyd Waladie
Murphy
Bank At
Coleman
Coleman Board of Education
Robert Murphy
Margaret Morris
Edward
Bernard
St. Philip Neri Church
Michigan Junior Chamber Drives Members With Alligator Incentive
The Michigan Junior Chamber launches a membership drive using carved alligators handed to district vice presidents to reward chapters that hit targets. National VP Donald Asher spoke at the Muskeg Summer Board meeting August 26 27. Larry Acton delivered an alligator to Shepherd Jaycees as family noted. Training for NORCAP Community Action aides began August 26 27 led by Daniel Bonnetti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Donald Asher
Orlando
Florida
VP Asher
Muskeg
Larry W. Acton
John R
District 4
Shepherd Jaycees
Laurene
Larry
Kirk
Darren
Speeding Auto Flips Injuring Two Clare Men
Two Clare men were injured when their speeding auto left the road and rolled over Friday. Robert Randall, 24, and Danny Hilyard, 23, both of Clare, were hospitalized in Mt. Pleasant with multiple injuries. State Police report Randall was the driver as the car veered off course.
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Clare
Robert Randall
R-1
Danny Hilyard
R-4
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Randall
Hilyard
Grant Road
Clare Jaycees Push Michigan HQ to Clare With Tours
Clare Jaycees led by State President Wendell Smith urged the city commission to host the state headquarters, inspecting sites on West Fifth, Fourth and McEwan, and noting bids from Detroit Farmington and Lansing. The group plans staffing, mailing 15 thousand reams annually, and a city tour followed the presentation.
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Clare Jaycees
Wendell Smith
City Commission
Lansing
Jaycees
Clare
Roy Jacobsen
George Romney
William Belcher
Clare Jaycee
Jim Dee Geer
Bill Comer
Larry Acton
Jaycee Group
Bell Telephone
W. Fifth
Federal Land Bank
Vernon City
Fourth and McEwan
Marvin Witbeck
Witbeck Plaza
North McEwan
Detroit
Farmington
Sec
Harrison Aide Signed for Clare County Projects
Augusta Kuehl of Harrison Michigan is hired by SIXCAP Inc as a Clare county community aide. She will assist in projects to improve income opportunities for county residents and explore a proposed day care center for working mothers in the Harrison area. A meeting may be called to develop the program for the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Kuehl
Harrison
Sixcap
Clare County
Sixcap, Inc
Michigan
St. Johns Lutheran Ladies Aid
Greenwood Home Economics Group
United States Office of Economic Opportunity
Intermediate District Special Services Initiatives Announced
Two new programs begin with the upcoming school year. Leota Van Every will assist elementary curriculum improvement under Title I cooperation. The Clare Glad Day School for severely retarded children opens September 7 at a Mid-Michigan College facility, rented for one dollar.
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Leota van Every
Clare Glad Day School
Mid-Michigan Community College
Central Michigan University to Open September 13 16
Central Michigan University enters its 75th year with about 9 200 students expected at registration beginning September 13. Orientation for new students runs September 11 to 15 with classes starting September 16. Enrollment will rise by roughly 1000 from last year.
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Gentral Michigan University
Recreation Lands May Boost Income
The 1966 CAP program offers open space for public hunting fishing and trapping on 155000 acres diverted from crops in Michigan. Landowners may earn extra federal payments for land open to the public with use plans approved by the State Conservation Department, with 1000 plus requests filed for open space payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Light
ASCS
Michigan
Michigan State Conservation Department
Wildlife and Fisheries
Escapes Four Police Traps Near Clare Ends 3 Day Pursuit
Russell Schaldenbrand, 27, an escaped inmate from Ionia State Hospital, led a three day crime spree including robberies at Higgins Lake and an attempted hold up at Harrison. Police set roadblocks around Clare, Farwell, Lake and Rosebush before his capture near Clare Sunday morning.
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Clare
Farwell
Lake and Rosebush
Russell Schaldenbrand
Ionia State Hospital
Higgins Lake
Harrison
Here
Rosebush
Thurston E. Smith
Schaldenbrand
Thieves Enter Geo Graham Farwell Home
The Michigan State Police investigate a break in at 8840 W Ludington Dr Lake. Thief shattered the front door, rummaged drawers, fled out back, and $150 in cash disappeared while the Gra hams were at Mrs. Graham's mother. The burglary occurred between 7 and 10:30 p.m. and is under investigation.
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George Graham
W. Ludington Dr
Lake
Michigan
Graham
Discontinued Rosebush Weil Child Conference Moves to Mt Pleasant
The Rosebush Weil Child Conference is being discontinued as Mt Pleasant hosts it. Dr. Sweet cites low attendance and notes parents can still access shots at Mt Pleasant District Health Office immunization clinics on the second and fourth Wednesdays each month from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The article also mentions a speeding escapee who appeared in a stolen car at a roadblock.
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Rosebush
Mt. Pleasant District Health Office
Pioneers Set Friday Scrimmage Against Hornets And Sacred Heart
The Pioneers prepare for a triangular scrimmage at Pioneer Field Friday at 7 00 p m facing Harrison Hornets and Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart Coaches Deb Nolan Gary Rayburn and Alien Smith supervise 66 players across varsity junior varsity and freshmen squads.
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Nolan
Gary Rayburn
Alien Smith
Pioneers
Harrison Hornets
Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart
Pioneer Field
Apply Now For Special Hunt Permits
Beginning the week of September 5 hunters may apply for fall antlerless deer and wild turkey permits as the Michigan Department of Conservation outlines. Dealers will stock 1966 licenses and rules, with the new deer tag designed to curb illegal kills and require kill-date, sex, points, and location to be recorded. Deer permits require prior archery or firearm licenses and postmarked applications by September 30, while turkey permits must be postmarked by September 23 and use four cent postcards.
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Conservation Department
Michigan
Mich
Dept. of Conservation
Turkey
Lansing
Department of Conservation
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Norcap
Daniel Bonnetti
Upper Peninsula
Tour Clare
J.C
Tary
Mt. Pleasant
Warner Bloomberg
University of Wisc
Board of Trustees
Gladys Thayer
Lucille Phelipp
Ruth McLaughlin
Gladys Sterling
Evelyn Woolever
CMU
Light
Geo
Graham Farwell
Vaaasa
R. Schaldenbrand
Deb Nolan
The
Lake and Farwell
Tolonia
Nora
Ivacca
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