Neighbors help Bertha Lake couple rebuild after fire
Ewald and Mrs. Draves at 2133 Finley Lake Ave Bertha Lake face repeated misfortune with an injured back and ill health. Their auto repair shop burned last Sunday with no insurance, following a tornado damage last summer to their property. Neighbors seek material or cash donations to restart the business through Alma Lickman or the Bertha Lake store in Harrison Michigan.
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Bertha Lake
Ewald Draves
Alma Lickman
Harrison, Mich
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Local Office Opens To Make Adoption Easier
Michigan Children’s Aid Society expands services to place hundreds of homeless children. The agency notes 1965 illegitimacy at 300000 births nationally and 142000 adoptions, as it describes its 78th year of service and 835 adoptions last year.
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M.C.A.S
Michigan color season begins with weekend viewing forecast
Michigan color scene improves as autumn foliage appears in limited areas this weekend. Upper Peninsula expected near 50 percent color with peak around October 5. Northern Lower Peninsula and towns like Petoskey Gaylord Alpena Clare and Farwell show good color. Michigan Color Tour planning info available free from Michigan Tourist Council Lansing.
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Harry-bird
Michigan
Michigan Tourist Council
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Petoskey
Gaylord
Alpena
Clare
Farwell
Stevens T. Mason
Lansing
Tom Allen Injured When Bicycle Struck by Car in Clare
Thirteen year old Tom Allen son of Mr and Mrs E Robert Allen of Clare was hurt Tuesday morning after a car overtook his bicycle on West Fifth Street near the Beaver Tool and Engineering plant. He suffered no broken bones and was treated at Clare Osteopathic Hospital and released Wednesday morning.
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Tom Allen
E. Robert Allen
Clare
West Fifth Street
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Beaver Tool and Engineering Co
West Clare
Tom
Clare Osteopathic Hospital
Vernon township names new treasurer after vacancy
A special Vernon township Board meeting on September 9 elected a supervisor to fill the Ernest Irwin death vacancy. Clerk Roy Wilson chaired as Carl Seiter, former treasurer, resigned to take the supervisor post. Mrs. Ernest Irwin was named township treasurer.
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Vernon
Ernest Irwin
Roy Wilson
Carl Seiter
Michigan Week regional chair named for five counties
M W Charles Guenther Higgins Lake training school head is named regional chairman of Michigan Week for Clare Gladwin Isabella Ogema and Roscommon counties. 1969 state chairman Dewey F Barich of Detroit announced the appointment.
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Charles Guenther
Conservation Department
Higgins Lake
Michigan
Clare
Gladwin
Isabella
Og¢maw
Roscommon Counties
Dewey F. Barich
Detroit
MMCC Adds Florence Adams to Full-Time Faculty
Mid Michigan Community College president Eugene W. Gillaspy announces the addition of Florence M. Adams to the full-time faculty. Adams holds a BA and two MA degrees from Central Michigan University and will teach English and humanities, with a conservation course possible. She previously taught in Beaverton Gladwin and at Alpena Community College.
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Mid Michigan Community College
Eugene W. Gillaspy
Florence M. Adams
Adams
Central Michigan University
MMCC
Beaverton
Gladwin
Mid Michigan
Alpena Community College
JCs Propose Clare Auxiliary Police at Town and Country
Jaycees of Clare report at Town and Country meeting that an official auxiliary police force should be formed. City officials and police leaders from Clare, Saginaw, and the state police discussed training, authority, and recruitment to handle traffic and other duties, with emphasis on safety and proper use of power.
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Jaycees
Clare
Town and Country
Willard Koch
Glen Cain
Elly Tice
Saginaw
Aux
Coats
Clare Jaycees
Saginaw Police
Chuck Shayler
Tom Bradley
Cpl
al Bland
Mt. Pleasant
Election Choice Looms For Representatives
University of Michigan political scientist John Dempsey warns in a Dearborn Campus briefing that third party candidate George Wallace could swing the 1968 election into the House. He cites Wallace projections from 39 to about 174 electoral votes and notes a House majority could decide the presidency if Nixon or Humphrey fail to reach 270.
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America
University of Michigan
John Dempsey
U-M
Dearborn
George Wallace
House of Representatives
Wallace
Dempsey
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Clare Pioneers rout Ithaca 26-6 behind Gillaspy's two TDs
Clare High's Pioneers overwhelmed Ithaca 26-6 as Grant Gillaspy ran for two touchdowns and threw a third score. Den nis Jacco was a sure target while the CHS defense forced turnovers and held Ithaca scoreless in the second half. Reed City looms next in US-10 play as Clare pursues the league title.
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Clare High
Pioneers
Ithaca
Dennis Jacco
Rayburn
Clare
Yellowjackets
Grant Gillaspy
Gary Brandon
Inflation and rate increase claim by Consumers Power Co
Consumers Power Co petitions for higher rates citing inflation driven costs including wages operating costs taxes construction costs and borrowed money expansion. Alma division manager Ralph Hahn says inflation affects the company's position beyond taxes.
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Consumers Power Co
Michigan Bell
Detroit Edison
Michigan Consolidated Gas
JVs Host Little Coyotes In Thursday Night Football
CHS jvs play a night game against Little Coyotes as varsity team is away Saturday in Reed City. Clare Junior Chamber of Commerce manages parking with a 25 cent fee near the field.
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CHS
Reed City
Jvs
Little Coyotes
Clare
Red Cross Names New Clare County Chairman
Mrs. Alex Strange was named chairman of the Clare County Red Cross Chapter by National Red Cross leader Mrs. William Harkey. She succeeds Miss Helen Morgan who left to focus on duties at Clare Osteopathic Hospital. Mrs. Strange also named Mrs. Thomas Young vice chairman, both long-time Bloodmobile and Red Cross volunteers.
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Alex Strange
Clare County
CHS Plans Early Homecoming Activities and Parade
Clare High School schedules two weeks of Friday games away at Reed City and Coleman while prep for Homecoming Week advances. Former homecoming queens and kings will be honored, with guests contacted through Lester Putney, and a parade theme Campaign 68 selected for floats and dance decor.
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Clare High School
Pioneers
Reed City
Coleman
Lester Putney
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Michigan Children’s Aid Society
Seiter
M.W
Jcs
Aux. Police
Inspector Coats
Cpl. Bland
Thaca
Big Rapids
Osceoleans
Coyotes
Jim Fleischhauer
Red Cross
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