No Action Verdict in Geller v Doherty Hotel Case
Clare County Circuit Court halted the Byron Geller versus Doherty Hotel Company trial with a verdict of no cause for action after days of testimony. Key witnesses included Dr. Cornelius B. Wood and Stanley Kleiner for the plaintiff, plus defense witnesses Harry M. Bishop and Dr. John T. Sample as the case concluded. The court also heard the Deubel v Kubat Bill to Quiet Title and a separate Grand Larceny plea in the same session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
Hart
John S. Deubel
William Kubat
Pure Oil Company
Redding Township
Byron Geller
Doherty Hotel Company
Geller
Jack Livingston
Isaiah Leebove
Doherty
Cornelius B. Wood
Stanley Kleiner
Richard Groves
Stanley Parish
Jack Spencer
Roy B. Comer
Malcolm Robinson
Donald &. Holbrook
Harry M. Bishop
John T. Sample
William C. Anderson
William A. Henderson
Judy Hart
Mr. Geller
Supreme Court
Deubel
John P. Kirk
Lynn Schaffer
Clara Sweet
F. C
Former Clare Man Claude Rockwell Dies in Lansing
Claude Rockwell 61 of Clare died at his Lansing home Thursday September 14 after several weeks illness. Remains brought to Clare Monday afternoon for interment. Born September 8 1878 in Clare he attended local schools and worked as a clerk at Clare County Savings Bank. He married Lottie nine years ago in Lansing and is survived by his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Rockwell
C. H. Rockwell
Clare
Lansing
Clare County Savings Bank
Michigan Road Commissioners Convene in Traverse City
Clare county road commissioners join 82 counties for the Northern Michigan Road Commissioners Association convention in Traverse City on September 28 and 29. The nine story Park Place hotel hosts leading road building authorities with Murray D. Van Wagoner, Michigan’s highway commissioner and president of the American Road Builders Association, as principal speaker at the Thursday banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County Road Commissioners
Northern Michigan Road Commissioners’ Association
Traverse City
Park Place
Michigan
Murray D. van Wagoner
American Road Builders Association
Traverse City Chamber of Commerce
Clare Beavers Open Season On Lighted Field
Beaverton visits Clare for the season opener at 7 30 tonight on the newly lighted field. Crew of students and community members installed a forty unit lighting system and partial bleachers with plans by Carleton Garthe. Full stands due by October 6 with bands and drum corps planned for halftime shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverton
Carleton Garthe
Foell
Reed City
Beaverton High School
Clare High School
Clare
Kiwanis Club
Local Legion Posts Reach Membership Milestone in 1940 Drive
The local American Legion Post Auxiliary Unit and S A L Squadron press ahead with 1940 dues. Dues vary by group with the Legion at $2.50 and Auxiliary at $1.25 for new members. The S A L reports gains over 1939 and many officers prepaid. The post may top last year’s totals before tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion
Mary Ireland
Paganiznt
Carey Speaks at Clare Health Meeting on Friday
More than fifty members of the Clare County Child Health Association gathered at Clare High School to hear Dr. Er. W. Carey of Detroit outline the Tri-county Health Unit’s work in Clare Gladwin and Avenue counties. Dr. Thiehoff, director, opened with notes on low county costs and reviewed four and a half years of progress since February 1935 despite staff changes and program shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County Child Health Association
Clare High School
Tri-county Health Unit
Clare County
Er. W. Carey
Detroit
Michigan Children’s Fund
IK. V. Thishoff
Clare
Gladwin
Avenue
Carey
Board of Supervisors
Thiehoff
Lloyd H. Gaston
D. A. van der Slice
C. I. Webb
Edwin Boonstra
L. F. Richards
Arthur Bloesing
Max L. McConnell
Marion Stevenson
Ralph R. Sachs
Good Literature Club opens yearly program
The Good Literature club held its first meeting of the year at the home of Mrs. Oise Derby in Hast Fifth street with thirty two members and guests present. Miss Mabel Reynolds retired as president and Mrs. Eva Lowrey was welcomed as the new president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Literature Club
Oise Derby
Hast Fifth Street
Mabel Reynolds
Eva Lowrey
Clare County Child Health Association
Madge Lamb
Betty Powers
Morrel Clute
B. D. Kennedy
Martin
Pere Marquette Train Schedule Change Effective Sunday
A timetable update adjusts Pere Marquette mail trains with new departure times from Clare post office and local depot. Mail No 1 leaves at 7 35 am from Clare and No 6 at 3 55 pm The Ann Arbor times remain 10 40 am and 2 00 pm departures. Local depot notices list West and East trains at 7 64 am and 4 21 pm respectively along with 10 58 pm and 2 18 pm trains AA 52 South and AA 51 North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pere Marquette
Clare
Ann Arbor
Union Depot
P.M
East
South
North
Brown Bomber Joe Louis Defeats Bob Pastor in Detroit
Michigan crowds, including Clare residents James McKinnon and Mayor John Dunlop, witnessed Joe Louis defend his World heavyweight title by stopping Bob Pastor in the eleventh round at Briggs Stadium in Detroit on a Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Brown
Joe Lewis
Bob Pastor
Briggs Stadium
Detroit
James McKinnon
John Dunlop
Stuart Bicknell
Willard Bicknell
Burt Kane
Ed. Johnston
L. W. LaFavour
O. W. Lynch
M. B. Cramer
John Stach
Horace J. Foster
Art Damoth
Donald BE. Holbrook
S. J. Higelmire
L. R. Perkins
County School Children Sing On WKAQ Broadcast
A county wide chorus will perform on Friday September 29 at 10 30 am over WKAQ Michigan State College. Students from Hinkle Brush Carrow McKinley Dover Hardwood Myers Lake Colenville Colonville Austa Temple Redner and other schools will sing under Miss Mabel Olive Miles and Helen D Hether directing and announcing. Songs include Thanksgiving Prayer Morning Song Danny Boy Auld Lang Syne and My Old Dan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State College
Catherine Kube
Hinkle
Elva Lee MelIntosh
Hazel Sandra
Brush College
Donna Loar
Beulah Loar
Cara Kroll
Annabel Schunk
Carrow
Doris Garrow
Ira Allen
Wildcat
Ronald Court
Betty Hildebrandt
Hardwood
Naomi Allen
Rose Athey
Barbara, Murphy
McKinley
Erma Eberhart
Edward Blum
Henry Eberhart
Ruth Rank
Dover
Dwaine Hoover
Mary Lou Megnne
Brown
Leora Town
Marlin
Donna Garver
Arlene Winn
Myers
Betty Orvis
Myers Schoool
Arlene Orvis
Raymond Spicer
Gertruds Hess
Brewer
Dorothy Hess
Alberta Rhodes
Betty Slater
Geraldine Gardon
Randall
Irene Smith
Jean Davis
Colenville
Naomi Pudway
Colonville
Marion
Rutter
Caroline Kershner
Betty Laker
Eunice Smith
Lake
Linda Cornell
Glenn Hickling
Wava Tryon
Charlotte Sygons
Myrtle Caulkins
Richard Lewandowski
Norma Smith
Frost
Patsy Miller
Norway
Margaret Kirchmar
Arvilla Tousignant
Harrison
June Bruce
Janice Woodin
Marjorie Hileman
Norma Woodin
Doty
Ellen Knapp
Anna Green
Mann Siding
Doris Siel
Phyllis Worstell
Freeman
Janice Nederhood
Austa
Vera Keehn
Ruth Haught
Temple
Athena Stanbaugh
Percile David
Ferris Pruden
Vernon McIntosh
Elmer Otter
Redner
John Butters
Mabel Olive Miles
Helen D. Hether
Danny Boy
Billy Boy
Chicken Dinner at Center M. E. Church near Rosebush
The Center M. E. Church, three miles west of Rosebush, hosts a chicken dinner on September 28. Serving begins at 5 30 p.m. Admission is 60 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. BE
Rosebush
Kiwanis Dinner Features Local Teachers And Football Coach
The Kiwanis Club met at Hotel Doherty for a 6:30 dinner. Vice President Harold Fleming presided in Willard Bicknell’s absence. Richard Wysong of Clare High School spoke on the U S Constitution. Coach Leo Brown discussed Clare High’s 1939 football team and tonight’s game against Beaverton at the new athletic field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Doherty
Harold Fleming
Willard Bicknell
Richard Wysong
United States
Leo Brown
Clare High School
Beaverton
Morley Woman Dies Suddenly in Friday Morning Tragedy
Mildred Grace Veersma 42 of Morley died after a sudden illness Friday morning. She was pronounced dead at Clare County General Hospital after an autopsy showed a sub tentorial hemorrhage in the cerebellum with arterial sclerosis as a contributing factor. Police and the coroner investigated with involvement from Dr. C B Wood and Dr. Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Grace Veersma
Morley
Clare County General Hospital
Henry Veersma
Andrew N. Friz
C. B. Wood
Annual Fall Clearance Sale at Gift and Flower Shop
Illustration of a home decor sale offers stylish gifts and decor at large discounts. Page 3 advertisement highlights a broad selection from the Gift and Flower Shop with emphasis on savings and seasonal items.
Bake Sale by the Rebekahs at Morgans Grocery
The Rebekahs announce a bake sale to be held Saturday September 23 at Morgans Grocery. Members are urged to contribute baked goods for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekahs
Morgans Grocery
Twin Elms Banquet Plans and Women Golf Day
The Twin Elms Golf Club hosts its annual banquet at the club house with local talent, honoring Leo Hampton with the Twin Elms Championship cup for the fifth time and electing officers. Fourteen women golfers dressed up to play Wednesday morning, then enjoyed ice cream in town and a group photo in front of the drug store with guests Miss Georgia Doherty and Mrs. Lance Thayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Elms Golf Club
Leo Hampton
Twin Elms
A. Anderson
Georgia Doherty
Coleman
Lance Thayer
Fall Church School Program Opens at M E Church
The Methodist church school begins activities on Sunday September 24 with Rally Day Installation and Dedication of teachers Mrs Mattie Fillmore of Dearborn will lead a workers conference September 28 at 2 30 pm in church parlors followed by supper and table talk Sunday services at 10 am include teacher and officer installation and a Young Peoples Conference Mrs Clara Sternaman superintendent invites local church teachers and officers to attend and brings assurance of solutions to problems
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Mattie Fillmore
Dearborn
Young Peoples Conference
Fillmore
Clara Sternaman
Butcher Cattle Wanted at Young & Neighner Market
Local market seeks butchery cattle to supply Young and Neighner Meat Market. Details unclear in notice but indicates active demand for beef stock. Potential sellers are advised to contact market promptly for pricing and delivery arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young. & Neighner Meat Market
Tenth District Legion Meeting Held in Clare
The Tenth District American Legion and Auxiliary gathered in Clare with over 200 attendees from 14 northeast Michigan counties for the first meeting of the new Legion year. Conrad Walker was installed District Commander in his hometown as officers and parade followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and
American Legion Auxiliary
Clare
Conrad Walker
Michigan
Legion
Bay City
Beavervion
Big Rapids
Blanchard
Glare
Goleman
Eivart
Hast Tawas
Gladwin
Grayling
Lincoln
Marion
Midland
Mio
Mt. Pleasant
Oscoda
Prudenville
Reed City
Roscommon
Rose City
Standish
Tawas City
West Branch
Odd Fellow
Ernest Q. Andrews
Clare City Park
Rhea Donoghue
Ruth Parent
Adelaide C. Wylie
Neil Willey
Minnie Myers
Escanaba
Ida Hall
Leona Smith
College Specialist Aids Women With Clothing Problems
Clare school Last Friday extension specialist Marjorie Hastman taught home economics club leaders tips for restyling and altering out of date dresses. A hat spruce up demonstration and a lesson on fall fashions highlighted the session with leaders from Elm Grove Lake Greenwood Hast Greenwood Mann Siding Hagle and Frost. The next topic Line and Design in Dress will be at Harrison on November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Marjorie Hastman
Clare County
Miss Eastman
Elm Grove
Lake
Greenwood
Hast Greenwood
Mann
Siding
Hagle
Frost
Jesson
Harrison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Michigan Road Commissioners
Local Legion Post
DR. Carey
Good Literature
Derby
Brown Bomber
Miss Miles
Miss Hether
Tenth District Legion
Edward J. Donoghue
Omer Parent
William Griffiths
Daniel J. Baker
Charles Crotty
Edward F. Oliver
Alexander BE. Wylie
Kiwanians
Bake Sale
Fall Church
M. E. Church
Nettie Fillmore
Tenth District Legion Meeting
Ursa Sullivan
Florence Baker
Clare City Hall
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