Lake Train Crossing Claims Summer Third Accident
Jerry Conners Goldie Comstock and Grant Comstock of Heart escaped injury after their car struck a C and O freight train at the Lake crossing. The crash left one shattered vehicle with Jerry suffering three cracked ribs Goldie a deep leg cut and head cut and Grant shaken but uninjured. The incident marked the crossing's third wreck of the summer.
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Lake
Jerry Conners
Grant
Goldie Comstock
C&o
Jerry
Goldie
Rod and Gun Skeet Shoot a Local Success
The Lake Rod and Gun Club skeet shoot on Sunday drew participation and new members. A coon chase is planned soon with date to be announced. A club meeting on Friday October 1 will discuss bylaw changes and upcoming activities, with Robert Sawyer talking on state representative candidacy.
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Lake Rod and Gun Glub
Robert Sawyer
Clare
Isabella
Lake PTA Sponsors Hi Neighbor Party
The Lake P T A hosts a Hi Neighbor party at Lake School on Friday October 1 at 8 PM. Square dancing provides entertainment and refreshments will be served. Admission is free. Bring your family.
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Lake Pta
Lake School
Lake P.T.A. Square Dancing
Saturday Night Visits and Local Weekend Gatherings
Lake briefs recount multiple weekend visits around Clare and area towns. Family gatherings include Sowle and Tryon households with relatives from Flint Saginaw Lansing and Grand Rapids. A car wreck near town left the driver uninjured and a cousin served in the Air Force hospital in Mississippi.
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Gertrude Sowle
Frank Sowle
Penny Ann
Virgil
Brinton
Stanley Daigue
Sherman City
Calvin Tryon
Pat Tryon
Flint
Orrie Spence
Big Rapids
Fred Rumph
Ed Snook
Lloyd
St. Cecilia Church
Clare
Butch Mattonen
Victor Podolsky
Mary LaDrigue
Saginaw
Theodore Mattonen
Mattonen
Verna
Lansing
William Sweeney
Syracuse
New York
Don Ernest
Pat Hogan
Joan
Jean Corcoran
Pleasant
Norman Bauer
Richard Morse
Arthur Ganger
Straits
Allen Oman
Baby
Elk Rapids
Stanley Oman
Charley Shepherd
Perch Lake
del Baser
Midland
Gerald Mayhall
Edith Saddler
Sowle
Billy
Keesler Air Force Wage
J. B. Gilman
Fred Sowle
Eddie Gilman
Air Force Base
Louisiana
Eugene Clark
Adrian
Chester Clark
East Lansing
Ray Clark
Lewis Colton
Charles Doxtader
Farwell
Lee Doxtader
Richard Doxtader
Petoskey
Switch Light Stolen From C&O at Lake
The last switch light on the C&O railroad at Lake was taken late Wednesday night or early Thursday. The theft did not trigger any switch changes and caused no damage before discovery. Authorities caution seriousness of the offense and possible sabotage motive.
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Lake
Lake Club Hosts Coon Dog Trials This Sunday
The Lake Red and Gun Club will hold a Coon Chase at their club grounds on Sunday October 8 at 12 noon. Field trials will include experienced and inexperienced dogs and all are cordially invited. The clubhouse is two miles west of Lake on old US 10.
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Lake Red and Gun Club
Lake On
Old Us-10
Missionary Conference at Lake Baptist Church Schedule
A missionary conference will begin next Sunday September 26 at Lake Baptist Church and run through October 3. Speakers will represent countries from around the world and all are welcome.
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the Lake Baptist Church
Local Eagle News notes and family visits
Community notices from Eagle include church scripture, residents visiting relatives, and upcoming events. Joanne Bates returns from Central College, families visit Glen Poet and others, with plans for a play The New Minister Arrives at the Eagle school house on September 28.
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Joanne Bates
Central College
Mt. Pleasant
Forest Leeth
Ben Davis
Matherton
Lawrence Bates
Midland
Jenny Bates
Archie Tryon
Pontiac
Grace Seestedt
Romulus
Glen Poet
Ray Bergey
Donald
Eloise McJames
Loomis
Bill Koch
Tommy
Clare
Joe Peet
ape yetet _ Norris
Bay
Lansing
Julia Hutchinson
Glen Bay
Norman Hutchinson and Sons
North Bay
Lake View Hospital Aid After Broken Leg
Mrs. James Sweet recovering at Lake View after a broken leg. Doctors removed her cast but she cannot walk yet. She thanks friends and neighbors for help gifts visits cards and meals during her recovery period.
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Leo Ritchter
David Richter
Reo Pitts
Leo Richter
James Sweet
Lakeview
Mrs. Sweet
Helen Richter
Princess Margaret Buys 22,400 Rolls Royce
Princess Margaret receives a new Rolls Royce valued at 22400 dollars featuring the latest electrically operated access series.
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Princess Margaret
Rolls-Royce
Farm Bureau Elects New Officers At Sept Meeting
The Farm Bureau met at the home of Mr and Mrs Wm Haggart Jr Tuesday evening September 14 nine families attended and elected new officers for the coming year John Methner is Chairman John Gross Vice Chairman Bill Strauch Minute Man Paul Gross Secretary Mrs Jim Callihan Blue Cross Sec Mrs John Methner Womens Activity Chair Mrs Archie Jourdain Publicity Chair Mrs Kenneth Mogg Recreation Leader Mrs Eugene Lattimer The next meeting will be October 12 at the home of Mr and Mrs Eugene Lattimer Rotlucky supper to follow.
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Denver
Farm Bureau
Wm. Haggart Jr
John Methner
John Gross
Paul Gross
Jim Callihan
Blue Cross Sec
Archie Jourdain
Kenneth Mogg
Eugene Lattimer
Hugene Lattimer
Elm Grove social notes recount visits and events
Mrs Wellington Badgley hosts at Houghton Lake while guests from Grand Rapids Minneapolis and local families attend weddings visits and a Farm Bureau display. Clare County Farm Bureau plans a bake sale. Section notes Friday Saturday Sunday gatherings at the Badgley Williams Densmore and Davis households and a Ladies Aid chicken supper set for Friday September 30.
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Wellington Badgley
Clare
Bruce Williams Roui
Houghton Lake
Ed Herrick
Bernard Wicks
Grand Rapids
Anna Thompson
Minneapolis
Bruce Williams
Jerome Densmore
Ronald Davis
Richard Bertsch
Tawas City
Donald Davis
Winston
Raymond
Farm Bureau
Clare County Farm Bureau
Ruth Williams
Wayne Cooper Sr
van Dyke
Wayne Cooper, Jr
Berkley
Gerald Davis
Arthur
Nelson Davis
Beaverton
Cliff Musson
Lake George
Helen Strouse
Carl Davis
Clare Church of God
Roth Williams
Robert Leposky
Chamber of Commerce
Little Charles Davis
Alice Davis
Wilma Walters
Ronnie
Janie
Donald Musson
Robert
Larry Williams
Ladies Aid
Local Family News Highlights Weddings and Hospital Updates
Mrs. Howard Brockway, Bud Hileman undergo knee surgery at Community Hospital Mt. Pleasant. Carl Hoskey returns from Army service at Camp Gordon. Several local families, including the Brockways and Abbotts, host and visit relatives in Michigan and nearby states. Weddings, visits, and travel mark a busy weekend across Clare, Grayling, Dundee, Pontiac and Saginaw areas.
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Howard Brockway
Bud Hileman
Mt. Pleasant
Bob Heber
Tom Brockway
Tommy I
Fallbrook
Calif
David Seiter
Clare
Carl Hoskey
Camp Gordon
Carl
Clinton Dunkle
V. B. Stephison
Winters
Caro
Willet Austin
Dehron
Grayling
al Tessmans
Nial Abbott Jr
Nial Abbott
Chas
Eaton and Son
the Abbotts
Charlie van Blarcom
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Ann Tryon
Tood Housekeeping
Seiter
West Fourth St. Clare
Michigan
Lake Club
Eagle News
Russell Armentrout
South Garfield
Pearl M. Sweet
Barryton
Randy
Township News
Kenneth Moge
Rosebush
Clifford Mogg
Two Rivers, Hall
Darlene
Luella
Clair Bullard
Kenneth Bullard
James Powell
Shirley Kile
Dorothy Hinkle
West 5Th Street
Walter Reese
Barrett Muterspaugh
Dean Muterspaugh
Helen
Gerald Kile
Virginia
Ruth Ann
Elm Grove
Chas Heber
Robert Smith
Leroy
Smiths
And
Mars
Richard—Pfannes
August Huskey
Theola Nephew
Alma’ Brockway
Canada
Brockway
Dundee
Ray -Brink and
Gon
Chas, Heber
Tom’ Brockway and Son
John Huskey
Frank, van Blarcom
Ciare
Mich
Hendrie Packing Celendrie Packing Co
Home Freezer
Cemetery
Ken
Hendrie
Ford
Ath
McEwan St
Clare, Mighigan
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