Ranchers Breathe Easier Sheep Killer Is Dead
A huge marauding dog that killed about 125 sheep and lambs was shot near the Myers ranch around 5:00 a.m. Saturday. Neighbors and ranchers, including Bob Carter and Robert E. Warner, hunted the beast for weeks with traps and aerial scouts before it was killed, described as five feet long and about 100 pounds.
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Norman Myers
Bob Carter
Myers
Robert E. Warner
Arthur Township
Robert Warner
Guys & Dolls Studio
Clare
Pioneers Open Season With Veterans and Jayvee Hopes
Clare High Pioneers aim to extend an unbeaten streak as 13 veterans lead a strong squad and promising varsity newcomers join from the jayvee ranks for Friday night season opener against Gladwin at 8:00 p.m. Cautious optimism surrounds the squad.
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Pioneers
Clare High
Jayvee
Gladwin
Holley Leads Stag Day At Clare Aircraft Division
Clare Aircraft Division hosted an all day outing for Holley employees guests vendors and executives from Detroit with golf prizes at Twin Elms and lavish smorgasbord lunches and dinner. Robert Mettler plant manager coordinated seamless foreomes score registration and hospitality as Clare eyes US-10 Conference play and rebuilds after last year’s graduations.
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Holley
Clare Aircraft Division
Here
Detroit
Twin Elms
Robert Mettler
Clare
Public Open House At MMCC Harrison Campus Draws Crowd
Families from the Mid Michigan Community College District attended an MMCC open house in Harrison showing classrooms, library, and offices. About 150 visitors toured facilities and spoke with presidents and deans while enrollment and evening classes projected high demand for the upcoming academic year. Enrollment already tops 160 with many full time pre enrollment. evening offerings expand as space limits press additional sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid Michigan Community College
Harrison
Clare County
Haraxison City
Eugene W. Gillaspy
Mid Michigan
Gillaspy
MMCC
T. Allen Nichols
Nichols
Curtis Murton
Duane Mercer Buys Brow's Store Reopens as Mercer's Family Foods
Duane Mercer purchases Brow's Store in Farwell from Mrs. Dayton Brow for Mercer’s Family Foods. After a closure since September 3 following Mr. Brow’s death, the market will reopen Monday September 16. Mercer has long experience in grocery retailing with Kroger and Carrow's, including Hawk's predecessor.
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Farwell
Dayton Brow
Duane Mercer
Mr. Brow
Mercer’s Family Foods
Clare and
Kroger Co
Carrow’s
Hawk's
Pheasants Improve From Poor Spring Nesting in Michigan
Mid-summer countryside counts show pheasants had a successful nesting season in Lower Michigan, offsetting a 35 percent drop in breeding numbers last spring. Prospects for hunters are improving but still not strong.
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Michigan
Conservation Department
Hold Line On Spending in Clare County Millage Debate
Editorial argues against fixed allocations amid a 42 percent rise in property valuations from 63 million to 90 million. It warns that nine mills for schools and five for county government could hamstring essential services and fuel future tax ballot opposition. Minor break-in reports at Carrows and Warner's Real Estate noted as context.
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Clare County Allocation Board
the Sentinel
Clare County
State Tax Commission
Conservation Lessons Start For Teachers
Fourth, fifth and sixth grade teachers from Clare schools were guests of the Clare County Soil Conservation District for lunch on Wednesday September 4. The briefing outlined the coming school year with wildlife focus for older grades and conservation basics for fourth grade.
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Paul Nass
Soil Conservation District Board
Ted Fairbanks
Gladwin
Joe Dumont
Clare
Clare County Soil Conservation District
Rash of Night Robberies Plague Clare Area
Police in Clare and Mt. Pleasant area investigated a wave of break-ins and thefts over the weekend. Burglaries occurred at DuCharme's Grocery Carrolls Supermarket Warner's Real Estate Farwell and Brackart Motor Sales McGuire Brothers Chevrolet Pontiac near Clare. In Mt. Pleasant, embers Restaurant safe was broken into with money missing and further attempts disrupted between Brackart's and McGuire's.
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Carrows
Warner
DuCharme’s
Warner’s
Farwell
Brackart Motor Sales
McGuire Brothers Chevrolet
Pontiac
Clare’s
Mt. Pleasant
Embers
Clare Hospital Honors Aide's Long Records
Thirty eight Clare Osteopathic Hospital staff with five years plus service were honored at a Town and Country banquet. Frank Coker chaired, Helen Morgan received a 15 year plaque, and 6 others matched or exceeded 15 years. A memorial honored nurse Inez Prather who died days before events. The program included Colmas siblings and Larry and Gary Norcutt performing fencing demonstrations with doctors pitted in a playful sword contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Osteopathic Hospital
Hospital Corporation Board of Directors
Frank Coker
Farwell
Helen Morgan
Inez Prather
Prather
Colmas
Jane Krainik
Larry
Gary Norcutt
Clare
Michigan State University
East Lansing
J.R. Gershon
Elmer Sharlow
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Gary Rayburn
Roger Kushmanl
Archie Bell
Dennis Green
Tom Lewis
Steve McNerney
Grant Gillaspy
Rayburn
Tom Whitfield
Joel Cooper
Larry Crawford
Larry Ruby
Whitfield
Dennis Sacco
Mark Krella
Tim Casteel
Tom Moline
Ruby
Dan White
Mark Humphrey
Richard Jabour
Joe Greer
Rick Garver
Bud Wiley
Clare Hospital
Kay Craford
Marie Stanek
Gertrude Liddell
Ethel Zimmerman
Godfrey Langin
Ruby Williams
Rose Gebert
Oscar Root
Juanita McMaster
Glenda Armentrout
Vera Codling
Dorthea McNeill
Sentinel
Murton
Francis J
Brow’s
Jack Worthington
Milligan
Wales
Hough
Tate
Albert Schumm
Houghton Lake
Bear Archery Museum
Grayling
Clare and Farwell
Frank Best
Bruckart
Bruckarts
McGuire’s
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