Postponed start date set for Clare High School
Superintendent Richard Wheeler announced the postponement of the start of classes to September 21 due to material delays for the new building. Construction by Davison and Son faces unfinished work, with most grades from kindergarten through eighth resuming on September 14 and seniors like Bill Legg reacting to the extra week of vacation and impact on college plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Wheeler
Tull
Davison and Son
Tawas
Wheeler
Clare
Bill Legg
Walleti
Karla Coper
Deb Nolan
Deb
Dependent Parents and Social Security Changes in 1958
Officials remind dependent parents 65 and over and mothers 62 and over who relied on a deceased child for support may now qualify for survivor benefits under 1958 amendments. Applications retroactive up to twelve months, with deadlines for proof of support by September 1960 for pre August 1958 deaths and within two years after death for post August 1958 deaths. Contact the Traverse City Social Security District office for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Wiles
Traverse City, Mich
Congress
Wiles
Grand View Parkway
Traverse City
Michigan
Clare Congregational Welcomes Rev Parker as New Pastor
Rev. F W Parker begins service at Clare Congregational Church with a sermon on Christ crucified and the church as discipleship. He comes from Mt Holly Ohio where he expanded membership and building projects. A reception will be held to introduce Rev and Mrs Parker to the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Parker
Clare
Parker
Apostle
Christ
Winchester
Massachusetts
Middlebury College
Vermont
Yale University
Mt. Holly
Amelia
Ohio
R. B. Kring
Congregational Church of
County Sells $60,000 Notes to Bridge Budget Gap
Clare county sold sixty thousand dollars in notes backed by anticipated property tax revenue. The Detroit firm Kernower-McArthur and Company underwrote the loan with Citizens State Bank of Clare and Rosebush as second place bidder by a narrow margin. Officials say the loan funds operating outlay after a fiscal year left the government about sixty six thousand dollars in the red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
Detroit
Kernower-McArthur and Company
Citizens State Bank of
Clare and Rosebush
Water Wonderland On Wax With Northernaires
The Northernaires quartet plans a vinyl release of Water Wonderland with Clare Manufacturing distribution in six weeks. Harold Sandborn and agent Chris Smith announced the Midland recording session at Fredericks Studio with Dick Jessop’s Saginaw orchestra. Ralph Carpenter wrote the song. The reverse side features Blues Stay Away From Me reworked with a rock n roll beat to attract younger listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northernaires
Water Wonderland
Clare
Harold Sandborn
Chris Smith
Michigan
Ralph Carpenter
Midland
The
Fredericks
Dick Jessop
Saginaw
Aires
Smith
Farwell Homecoming Parade and Banquet Recap
Labor Day crowds attended a long parade with floats and marching bands including the Farwell School band Marion and Coleman bands and the Coleman White Skins Darkers. The Auld Lang Syne banquet celebrated old friends with 100 at decorated tables. Francis Thomas was Toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell
Ugual
W.F.W. Post
Ladies Auxiliary
Blue Star Mothers
Scouts
Latter Day Saints
Marion
Coleman
Coleman White
Rosebush
R.L.D.S
Francis Thomas
Inez’ ‘Bentley
Helen Tanner
Midland
Edith Schroeder
Hazel Littlefield Smith
Jay Bellinger
Mary Barlow
Art Mart And Show Opens Sunday In Clare
Clare hosts the Village Art Market opening Sunday at 12 pm with Louis Raynor ceramics and Alice and Howard Griswold handwoven textiles. Raynor teaches at Michigan State University and has exhibited nationwide. Griswolds are East Lansing craftsmen whose textiles have shown at America House Smithsonian Chicago Detroit and more. The market at 114 E Fifth is open daily 10 am to 5 pm year round and all items are for sale. Other shows will follow with future features including Robert Engstrom jewelry in May 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Detroit
Virginia Seitz
Louis Raynor
Alice
Howard Griswold
Raynor
Michigan ‘State University
Lansing
America House
Smithsonian Institute
Chicago Art’ Institute
Detroit Art Museum
Seitz
E. Fifth ‘Street
Louis,Raynor
Griswolds
Robert Engstrom
Repairs Start on Clare Water Tank Face Lift
Work begins this week on the water tank across from City Hall in the park. Pittsburg Tank and Tower Company of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, oversees the project, starting with emptying the tank and inspecting for leaks. The crew will reseal, reidentify, and repaint the exterior to prevent future trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Pittsburg Tank and Tower Company
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Quiet Labor Day Weekend Reins in Clare Farwell Traffic
The four day Labor Day period from September 4 showed unusually calm roads in Clare and surrounding counties. Sheriff James Darling reported few injuries or incidents while Farwell saw an injury crash at M-115 and US-10 that hospitalized three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Clare
Isabella
Sheritf James
Darling
Farwell
M-115
Us-10
Clifford Depaw
Donna J. Eaton
Max Eaton
Manton
Linda Eaton
M.P. Post
Eaton
Strick
Depew
Marion
Clare County
James 8. Bicknell
de Pew
Don’t Take Trout After Sept 13 in Michigan 1959
Fishermen are reminded that September 13 marks the final day of Michigan’s 1959 regular trout season and end of fishing in designated trout lakes and most streams. Brook trout stay legal through October 15 in Swanzy and Airport lakes, while Rainbow trout may be caught during an extended fall season September 14 to November 30 where designated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Swanzy
Airport Lakes
Marquette County
Conservation Department
Department
Fish Division
Lansing
Four 4-H Members Earn Award Trip to Toronto Exhibition
Four boys and girls from Isabel la County Jest receive an award trip to the Toronto International Exhibition. Selected as outstanding club members are Shirley Rosebush Margie Swindlehurst and others. Allen Aytis Boothwinder and Moore Coleman are noted for their club work and efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County
Shirley
Moore
Coleman
Wayrie
Anderson
Rosebush
Margie Swindlehurst
Allen
Aytis
Boothwinder
Stricken man rushed to hospital after Labor Day dinner
Clifford Mitterspaugh 52 of Jackson was in Farwell on Labor Day when he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage after dinner with his family. He was taken by Coker ambulance to Clare General Hospital and placed on the critical list. He is the eldest son of Mrs Irene Muterspaugh of Rosebush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford. Mitterspaugh
Jackson
Farwell
Clare General Hospital
Coker
Mr. Mitterspaugh
Irene Muterspaugh
Rosebush
Auto Plate 1960 Tabs Begin Production in Michigan
Michigan drivers will not receive new license plates in 1960. Starting November 1, 1959, passenger vehicles will get metal tabs affixed to the 1959 plates. Tabs show a green 60 on gold and a serial number starting at 1001. Production is underway at Jackson Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Department of State
Michigan
Secretary ofState
James M. Hare
Upper Peninsula
Wayne County
Jackson Prison
Hare
Census Jobs Open in Clare County 1959 Farm Census
Robert H Campbell announces Clare County 1959 farm census enumerator openings. Requirements: US citizen 18 or older, high school graduate, own car, physically vigorous with good vision and hearing, map reading and interview ability, plus pass written tests. Applications due by September 19 to listed county officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Campbell
Clare County
U.S
Ice
Sarah Schaeffer
Montze Gee
Fern Rose
Emil Bucholz
Joe Grint
4 H Judges Place In State Show
The State 4 H Show featured Wayne Anderson and the Bower Club team placing sixth while the Isabella team led by Terry Houst and Rosebush members took third in a new land judging contest. County participants earned praise for exhibits judging and demonstration efforts at the 44th annual show with chaperones and helpers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Anderson
Bower Club
Terry House
Rosebush Club
Don Moore
Isabella
Terry Houst
Rosebush
Doh Moore
Clare
Roy Muterspaugh
Mr. Pleasant
Russell Graham
Farwell
Alvin Grace
Ray Slack
Pleasant
Ruth Mellway
Harry
Densmore
Porcupine dispatch adds to police gun tally in Clare
Clare officer Ray Lippold and Chief William Bell cornered and killed a porcupine that caused a disturbance near Seventh and Beech late Tuesday. It was the second such animal slain by Lippold, following a prior incident a month earlier. Conservation Officer Don Bell noted porcupines are not protected and can threaten trees and dogs with quills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Ray Lippold
Seventh and Beech
Lippold
William Bell
Porky
Harvey Hartshorn
Don Bell
Bell
Brookwood
Dow Workers Offered Stock Plan for 1959-60
The Dow Chemical Company announces a new offering of 120000 shares to employees and eligible subsidiaries under the 1959-60 Employees Stock Purchase Plan. About 29500 workers will be eligible this year with subscriptions via payroll deductions from October 12 to October 30. price to be set September 30. In recent years roughly 46 percent of eligible employees have participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow Chemical Company
Associated Compannes
Gbsariba
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Gayla Carrow
Rev. Parker
By Lois. Birdsall
Art Mart
Labor Day
Reddee
Bay City
Gladwin County
New Village
Mart
Virginia. Seitz
Doherty Hotel
Lee Sowle Plipte
Auto Plate
Dow Workers
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