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GLARE. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MOANING, JUNE 11, 1943
New Series Vol. 51, No. 36
TEST BLACKOUT
SCHEDULED HERE
THURjUUNE 17
New Air Raid Warning Signals Will Be Used
First Time
Ensign in USNR
Nursing Corps
The schedule for three more of a
series of practice blackouts using the
new air raid warning signals "has
been announced by Capt. Donald S
Leonard, Director of Civilian Defense
When these three tests have been
completed, the entire state will have
participated in such tests under the
new system-
The dates for the practice blackouts and the counties to participate in
each are: '
June 15—Allegan, Barry, Berrien,
Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St.
Joseph anrLVan Buren, in Southwest-j
ern Michigan, and Gratiot, Ionia, Isa-
FATHERS TO BUY
BILLION IN BONDS
BY FATHER'S DAY
Chairman L. E. Davy Re>
ports Early Response
Very Encouraging
Coach Leo Brown
Resigns to Enter
Industrial Field
Coach Leo Brown, of the Clare
High School, has resigned his position
and has accepted a position in Industry.
Mr. Brown has served as the coach
and mathematics teacher here for the;
past ten years,   In'1941 the basketball
i team won  the  regional- tournament.
This Father's Day will hold great-, The football team this year-was uu-t
er significance for the    fathers    of * defeated and the basketball team won
this community and our nation than   twelve out of fourteen games.
MILITARY RITES
HONOR FIRST BOY
TO BE_BR0T HOME
Henry Delos Tigner Laid
at Rest in Surrey
Cemetery
Military funeral rites were accorded
Henry Delos Tigner, Clare   county's
first young man to lose his   life   in
line of duty while    in-   the    United
States, on Tuesday of this week.
Henry Delos Tigner the son of Mr.
their fathers with remembrances, but'As yet, a successor has not been ac-,and  Mrs. Reuben Tigner,  was born,
this year many of these    sons    are  cepted. •**
Named President
of Citizens Bank
ever before, more especially for the
fathers who have sons in the service.
Mr, Brown graduated" from   Alma
College in 1932, and taught one year
In past years the sons have honored. at Belleview before coming to Clare.
serving their country on the far flung.
battle fronts of the world   and   will1
not be able to send tokens   to   their
fathers. J
It will be more fitting this year if j
the fathers of these sons in service, I
1 and all fathers who have loved ones I
bella, Kent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Mus .
Otta 4
wa  in  west-Central  Michigan.
kegon Newaygo, Oceana
Miss Marcia Mae Sutton daughter of op ^^ Jn fte ^      wm join the
    Mr. and Mrs   Manuel Sutton   of this 1<Tnirty.three Mmion    Fatners    who
and    Otta- city, reported to duty, May 18   1943, ...    Bond_„
ot  flvaat  T.nlroe    TllinniK. as an EllSieil *" ._..._ _
jat Great.Lakes  Illinois, as an Ensign ^ s
June 17-Bay, Genesee, Huron, La- U* the U. S.   Navy   Reserve   Nurses  Jtme 20th>
St    Clair. I Corps.
Nurses
She
De-
HAROLD JACKSON
STATE HIGHWAY
SUPLJNJOUNTY
Appointed by Commissioner
Ziegler Under Civil
Service Law
peer,   Midland,   Saginaw,    St.    Clair,,    __.      _, ^ ,    .   .   , n      _.    o
Sanilac and Tuscola   in   east-central!    Miss Sutton graduated trom Claie
Michigan, and Alcona,    Alpena,    An-[ High School in the year of 1937, after
trim,    Arenac,    Benzie,      Charlevoix,'Which she entered  The.Hurley Hos-
Cheboygail, Clare,   Crawford, Emmet,   Pilnl of Nurses, Flint Michigan.
Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Iosco, Kal-! received her Registered
kaska,    Lake,    Leelanau,    Manistee, j S*'ee in 1941*	
Mason, Missaukee, Montmorency, Og-j
amaw, Osceola, Oscoda, Otsego, Pres-j
que Isle, Roscommon and Wexford,!
the northern half of the Lower Pe-|
ninsula.
June 25—the entire Upper Peninsula,
Two previous tests — held on May
7 and May 26 — covered Southeastern and south-central Michigan.
The schedule for each of the three
blackouts will be:
9:13—9:15 p. m. Central War Time
—■ BLUE signal — two-minute steady
blast of sirens, horn or whistles; protective services mobilize.
9:15—9:30 p. m. C.W.T first BLUE
period—street lights extinguished; essential home and business lights permitted traffic continues, lights on dim
or low beam; pedestrian movement
permitted.
9:30—9:33 p. m. CWT—Red signal
three-minute fluctuating note of sirens, or choppy blasts of horns and
whistles.
9:33—9:43 p. m. CWT—RED perfod
—street lights, traffic lights and home
and business lights extinguished or
obscured; traffic stops.
9:43 — 9:45 p. m. CWT—Second
BLUE signal.
9:45 — 9:55 p. m., CWT — second
BLUE period; same conditions as ir
first BLUE period.
9:55 p. m., CWT — All Clear signal;  one-minute steady blast   on    si
rens, horns  or whistles, followed by
two minutes of silence, a second one-
' minute blast, another two-minutes of
silence, and a third one-minute blast.
Community returns to normal status
An experiment conducted    at    the
time of the May 26 blackout in reducing sky-glow during the Blue periods   by   extinguishing   street   lights
while permitting essential home and
business lights to hum was • so   sue
cessful   that  that  procedure   will  be
followed in the three June blackouts,
Capt. Leonard said.
"I'm glad that we proved that w<
can reduce sky-glow    to    the    poinl
Where it would be   of   no   value   to
raiding planes by the    comparatively
simple method  of turning out streel
lights," he commented. "That justifies us in permitting essential home
and business  lights  to burn,    which
will reduce public inconvenience to a
minimum."
Harold F. Jackson was appointed
Clare County State Highway Maintenance Superintendent by State Highway Commissioner Charles M. Ziegler,
under the State Civil Service Law, effective June 1st, and Mr. Jackson assumed his duties here last week.
The new superintendent has been
connected with the State Highway
Department for the.past seven years,
working in T"uscola and Sanilac counties before coming to Clare.
Mrs. Jackson and their son and
two daughters will come to Clare as
soon as suitable living quarters can
be arranged.
June 20th
This investment will help your
sons, and your Gavernment, when
they need your financial assistance
most—and you will have the money
returned to you with liberal interest
when you will most likely need it
more than you do now.
You can't send your son a battle
ship, an airplane, a field gun, a jeep,
or even an extra rifle or a few bullets to help out in the pinches, but
you can loan your money to    Uncle
MICHIGAN COUNTIES
TO GET $2,000,000
GAS TO REFUND
Clare County's Half Year
Share McNitt Money
$21,435.76
October 29, 1922, at    Sanford,    Mid
land county, Michigan.
He attended Farwell High School
and later attended the General Motors Technical Welding School at
Flint. Prior to his induction, February 17, 1943, he was employed as a
welder at the Great Lakes'shipyards,
at Wyandotte, Michigan.
Upon induction he was sent to
Fort Bragg. North Carolina, for basic
training and was later transferred to
Camp Mackall, North -Carolina, and
assigned to Battery B, 215th    Glider
i Field Artillery Battalion.
I    He died of heat prostration at his
station hospital at 1:45  o'clock Fri-
vouehered  <*ay morning, June 4, 1943,    at   the
CLARE HI SCHOOL
RADUATES GIVEN
IPL0MAS FRIDAY
Dr. Arthur Secord Speaks
at Fifty-sixth Annual
Commencement
Michigan counties   were    	
another $2,000,000 this week from gas. age  of  twenty  years,  eight  months
tax  collections, representing one-half.and five days.
the 1943 payment under the McNitt I    He is survived by his parents, of
Act i Maple    Grove    Road,    Farwell;    six
State     Highway     Commissioner J sisters, Mrs. Florence    Kenyon    and
Charles M. Ziegler lurried   over   the! Mrs. Russell Zimmerman, of Midland,
vouchers to the Auditor  General as! Mrs. Ada Thonerfeld and Mrs. Cora
Sam and assure your son of "what it | tne payments to the counties on the ■ "Van Sickle, of Pontiac, Mrs. Rosella
takes" to lick the Axis powers. annual $4,000,000 appropriation for the J Timpe, of Pontiac, and    Mrs.    Betty
maintance of former    county    town- Staylor,  of Farwell. whose husband
Your investment in War, Savings
Bonds this Father's Day may make it
possible for your son to be with you
next Father's Day.
County War Savings Committee
Chairman Donald E. Holbrook and
"Father's Billion Dollar Bond Month"
Chairman L. E. Davy report that
plans are progressing nicely for the
campaign in Clare county and that
some fathers have already responded
generously to the appeal in behalf of
this cause.
CAMS BROWN DIES   .
IN ALMA HOSPITAL
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT
Veteran   Newspaperman   Was
Prominent in Fraternal
Circles
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR RICHARD I,
ORVIS-LAST SUNDAY
	
Drowning Victim Laid  at Rest
in Cherry Grove
Cemetery
Leg
ion and Vets
to Send"Cigs"to
Boys Overseas
Walter H. Larman Post, American
Legion, and local Veterans of Foreign
Wars have placed receptacles in the
business places of Clare for contributions for the local cigarette fund to
send cigarettes to the boys in service.
Nationally advertised cigarette manufacturers will furnish and send the
cigarettes to the boys on the battle
fields at a total cost of five cents per
package of twenty. This is made possible by' the United States Government omitting the tax on the cigarettes, which is ordinarily the major
part of the cost of this item. Each
package will bear a. label giving the
■ name of the Legion • and Veterans
Posts and the city of Clare.
Local citizens and 'visitors to_ the
city are urged to deposit coins, or
bills if they desire, in the containers.
The Legion and Veterans, who are
sponsoring the campaign, will collect
the coins and arrange with the manufacturers for the sending of the cig-
garettes to the boys in, service.
All contributions, regardless of size,
will be appreciated by the sponsors
and the cigarettes will be grately received by the boys overseas, who are
not able to purchase American made
cigarettes at the front lines.
ship roads.
The current paymens raised the
total highway revenue returns to
counties and cities to $19,218,015.10 to
date this year. First quarter returns
on weight tax collection had previously been made. Payments totalled
$20,301,330.39 for the same period in
1942 when the weight tax receipts
were $1,083,315.29 higher.
Counties and cities receive the entire amount of weight tax collections
in addition to $6,550,000 annually from
the gasoline tax. -•
Current returns to Clare and adjoining counties were
Clare   $2I.*3R75'   '
Gladwin   $18,787.95
Isabella   $25,514.98,
Mecosta   $24,227.90.
Midland $21,921.74.
Missaukee   $23,591.72
Oscoda $20,431.43.
Roscommon   $20,761.30.
>• ik-
Otto, is stationed in Alaska; four
brothers, Charlie of Flint, Elmer, of
Saginaw, Alfred, of Sanford, and
Raymond at home; twelve aunts and
uncles, nineteen neices and nephews,
and a host of friends.
Henry was well liked by buddies
and officers alike, at both posts
where he was stationed, and all others with whom he came in contact.
The remains were brought to the
Doherty Funeral Home, in Clare,
(Continued on Page Six)
WM. H. BICKNELL
Elected President of The Citizens
State Bank June 3rd.
WM. H. BICKNELL
NOW PRESIDENT
OF LOCAL BANK
Elected   By  Board   of   Directors Thursday of
Last Week
Caris Brown, 74, veteran newspaperman, life-long central Michigan resident and prominent for many years
in Masonic and other fraternal organizations, died Friday evening at
the Carney-Wilcox-Miller hospital in
Alma after a week's illness.
Mr. Brown was born on a farm a
mile-ahd-a-half west of Eagle in Clinton county July 25, 1869, where his
grandfather had built a log cabin on
an Indian trail along what is now
highway US-16. He worked on various newspaper jobs in Alma for all
but 12 years of his active life and at
one time was employed in the advertising department of The State Journal in Lansing.
. Coming to Elm Hall in Gratiot
county in 1884 after having lived in
Grand Ledge and Portland, Mr. Brown
won prominence in local Masonic circles. At the time of his death he was
a member of all Massonic chapters
(from the blue lodge to the Knights
Templar.
Two years ago he was also made
alife member of the Knights of Pythias for having been a member of that
lodge for 50 consecutive years.
Mr. Brown served as a member of
Alma fire Department when volunteers drew the equipment by hand and
for many years was vestryman and
secretary of the Espiscopal church.
The widow, Emma E,. is the only
immediate survivor. Funeral services
were conducted from St, John's Episcopal church Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock under Masonic auspices, aud
Knights Templar as an escort to .Riverside cemetery where burial took
place.
We Thank You
We wish to thank our advertisers
and correspondents for their splendid
response to our request to have display advertising cofly in' not later
than Tuesday and community news
copy in on Monday if possible, and not
later than Tuesday. Your cooperation
will permit us to publish   a    better
Richard Lee Orvis, was born the
son of Bert and Borah Orvis, in Sheridan township, Clare county, October 27, 1943, and passed away in Clare
June 1, 1943, at the age of eight
years,, seven months and five days.
He lived, on the farm where he was
born until last February 4th, when
he moved with the family to Clare,
and attended school here. He failed
to come home from school on the
evening of June 1st and a search for
him revealed that he had been drowned in the swift current of the Little
Tobacco Drain, running but a short
distance from his home.
He leaves to mourn their loss, the
mother;, and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs.
Ivan Root; four ' sisters, Elsie, at
home, Mary Depew, of Flint, Arbutus
Baldwin, and Alice Bradley, of Clare;
three brothers. Leo and Harold, at
home, and Riley, of Camp Carson,
Colorado Springs; other relatives and
many friends. The father, Bert Orvis,
passed away May 7th, 1942.
Funeral services were held from
the Clare Church of God at 2:00
o'clock Sunday afternoon, with Rev.
Charles Kleinhardt officiating, Rev.
Harry L. Cleveland offering prayer
and Chas. Bonham reading the obituary. Interment was made in Cherry
Grove cemetery.
PROMOTION DAY HELD
BY METHODIST SUNDAY
SCHOOL LAST SUNDAY
Classes in AH Departments Pro-
moted.and Primary III
Receive Bibles
CLARE FOLKS ESCAPE
INJURY IN ACCIDENT;'
AT ALMA TUESDAY
Car Driven by Coach Leo Brown
Reportedly Struck by
Motorcycle
Odd Fellows and
Rebekah Memorial
Services Sunday
Sunday, June 13th, is the date set
by the Clare I. O. O. F. and Rebekah
Lodges for their annual Memorial
Day services when they will honor
their deceased members.
The program will be held in the
Clare City Hall Sunday afternoon at
three o'clock. The Rebekah Memorial Staff will conduct fitting .services.
There will also be speakers, with
Noble Grand, Wm. D. Harger as chairman.
It is the duty of every Odd Fellow
and Rebekah-to be present and the
public is cordially invited to attend.
The Promotion Day exercises ot
the Clare Methodist (Sunday school
were held Sunday morning, at the regular Sunday School hour. 11:15.
Mrs. Earl Sternaman, the adult
superintendent, presided, and thanked everyone for the spendid co-op-
peration during the past year. She
called on Dr. John H. Hall, for remarks and he presented Otto Pino,
chairman of the Church Board of education, who talked of the Sunday
School work, and then presented Mrs.
Sternaman as the new General Superintendent.
Mrs. Sternaman presented the cradle
roll members, for promotion. forJVlrs.
James Gillespie, cradle roll supt., ana
these were received by Mrs. Delbert
Noieu, assistant Beginners Supt. Mrs.
Nolan than presented fifteen boys and
girls, to be promated from that department to the Primary .Department.
They were welcomed by Mrs. John
Schultz, who presented their teacher,
Mrs. Cleland Green, and assistant,
Mrs. Doris Empey. Mrs. Schultz presented the Beginners Class, for promotion to Primary, and their teacher, Mrs. Fred Pierson; Primary i
Class to Primary 11 Class, and their
teacher Mrs. Otto Pino; Primary II
'Class to Primary IU Class, ana their
teacher, Mrs. E. A. Samborn, With
Mrs, Reva Maxwell, substituting until
Mrs. Samborn will be on the job
again.
The Primary Ul Class were presented to Dr. Hall, who presented each
one with a Bible. They were present
METHODIST CHURCH
Coach Leo Brown and family and
Superintendent Austin F._Bates, of the
Clare schools, escaped injury Tuesday
evening when the car Coach Brown
was driving was reportedly struck by
a motorcycle on the streets of Alma
Mr. Brown had driven Theo G. Bowler to Lansing, in the latter's car, ac-:
companied by the above group, with
the exception of the Brown's baby,
and had called at the home of Mr.
Brown's parents, in Alma, for the
baby, when the accident Occurred.
Coach was driving west on Hastings
street, at the intersection of Woodward Avenue, When Lloyd Curtis, 28,
of Alma, who was driving north on
Woodward, apparently drove the motorcycle into the side of the car driven by Mr. Brown.
It is reported that the driver of the
motorcycle skidded his tires fifty-five
feet, in an effort to avoid the collision, but struck the car back of the
front left wheel; and that police said
marks on the car indicated that the
motorcycle crashed into the automobile.
Curtis was taken to the Smith Memorial Hospital, in Alma, suffering back
injuries, which are thought not to be
serious; and the occupants of the
automobile, including Mr. and - Mrs.
Brown, their daughters, Marilyn and
Lois, and Mr. Bates, escaped injury.
Wm, H. Bicknell, a successful and
highly esteemed business man of
Clare, for nearly fifty years, and a director of The Citizens State Bank of
Clare, for nearly • thirty-three years,
was elected President of the bank by
the Board of Directors on Thursday
evening of last week.
Mr. Bicknell became associated
with his father in the general merchandising business in Clare in October, 1893, and is still conducting the
business established by his father in
May. 1874. He was elected a director
of the bank October 25th, 1910, at
the time former Govenor Albert E.
Sleeper was elected president of the
bank.
Mr, Bicknell succeeds his brother,
James S. Bicknell, who passed away
May 4th of this year, after serving as
cashier of the bank for thirty two
years and president for mere than
sixteen years.
His many friends and patrons of the
bank congratulate the Board of Directors in their choice of Mr. Bicknell
as president of the bank and in attaining his valuable services in this
capacity; and together with the hank
pernonnel, wish Mr. Bicknell many
pleasant and successful years in his
new connection with one of Ceutial
Michigan's largest and most progressive financial institutions.
Observe Holy
Name Sunday at
Saint Henry's
Sunday, June 6, was Holy Name
Sunday at St, Henry's Church in Vernon township. The procession of members, headed by the altar boys bearing the banner of Christ and the emblem of their country, and their spirit
ual leader, the Rev. Fr. Gordon, Grant,
ed for promotion to the Junior 1 Class j filed into the church and took their
of the Junior Department, and were
received by Mrs. Frank Hachmuth,
who introduced their   teacher,    Mrs.
places of honor.
Following the conclusion    of    the
Mass, all proceeded to   the    church
Clyde Marshall; Mrs. Hachmuth then auditorium, where a delicious break-
presented Junior 1 Class, to Junior fast of ham, eggs, rolls,' doughnuts
11 Class, with Mrs. Helen, Butler, as' and coffee was served by the ladies
their teacher;    Junior   n   Class    to of the Parish Council
Since the church notes were printed
for this Week's ..Sentinel It has been sented to Mrs
decided to have  preaching  services
at the Methodist church this Sunday,
newspaper despite difficulties brought June 13th, and a speaker is being se-
about by the war. cured.
Junior HI Class, and their teacher,
Mrs. David Seiter.
The Junior 111 Class were then pre-
Sternaman, as mem"
hers for the Intermediate department.
Mrs.     Sternaman, . then     intoduced'Fred Sheahan.
Leo   Russell,   as   the   adult     Sup-! 	
(Continued on Pago six) "    Prevent inflation
The toastmaster for the, occasion
was Regolt Hauck, who proved to be
very capable. Short talks were given
by Bernard McConnell, Leo. Trainor,
Frank Lynch,' R. P. McCotipell   and
OVERSEAS PARCELS
NO LONGER REQUIRE
OFFICERS' APPROVAL
Limited to One Parcel a  Week
and Size and Weight
Restrictions
The War Department has announced that it will ho longer be necessary
that the requests of Army personnel
everseas for articals to be sent such
personnel be approved by a commanding officer, provided not more than
one parcel shall be accepted for mailing in any one week when sent by or
on behalf of the same person or concern to or for the same addressee, and
provided further that the parcel otherwise conforms in all respects to the
limits of weight and size and other
conditions set forth in Order No.
19687, dated January 7, 1943, more
specifically, not more than five pounds
in weight, more than fifteen, inches in
length, and not more than thirty-
six inches in combined girth and
length.
Parcels presented under this modified arrangement must be accompanied, with the written request for the
articles contained therein, together
with the envelope beariDg the A. P. O,
cancelation in which the request was
received. When the request is contained in a processed facsimile of a
V-mail letter the envelope will not be
required. The request shall be postmarked by the accepting employee in
such manner as to prevent it's reuse
and then be returned to the sender.
It is contemplated that there will be
no exception to the weight and size
limits for parcels to individuals. No
perishable matter should be included!
in. any, parcel.
The doors of the Clare High School
have swung shut for the 1943 graduating class and the school life of this
class has ^passed into history, but
for the individuals of the. class
the opportunity of making and living
the history of the morrow has jusl
begun.
Commencement week was filled with
happy events, the more important of
which are chronicled below.
Glass Night
The Class Night program was presented in the school auditorium on
■J riclay evening, May 28th.
The stage had been set for a U.S.O.
canteen and the program took place
on the street directly in front of the
canteen. The seniors were in groups
on the stage, some inside the door of
the canteen.
The program opened with the class
singing the Marine song.
Albert Hodson was master of ceremonies and announcer of W. C, H. S.
sponsors of Bubble Bubble soap.
The class history, written by Roberta McKnight and Martha Ann Parent, was told by Roberta. Bob. White
sang, "Coming in on a Wing and a
prayer" and "My Buddy."
The class poem of 1943, written by
Roberta McKnight, was read by Loree
Allen. Bernard Wyman, rendered a
pleasing trumpet solo, "You Made Me
Lovo You."
Patricia Harrold and Roberta McKnight were the song birds for the*
Bubble Bubble soap song.
Eugene Maxwell and the class will,,
which brought forth much laughter..
A special number in song and dance*
was very iutertaining. Carl Cappaert
Art Clute and Jack Tice, in very fitting costumes were the great artists
for this part of the program,
Wesley Samborn, president of the'
class, talked on "Pleasant Memories."
The class prophecy for ten years
hence, was read by announcer Hodson,
The program closed with the group*
singing the class song, written by Ber-
ard Wynian and Bob. White.
Baccalaureate Services
The annual Baccaulaureate services
were held Sunday evening, May 30th
at  8:00  o'clock,  in   the  school auditorium.
The seniors were ushered down the
aisles by Garry Coveart and Miss Beverly Sowle, as * Miss Rached Linnell,
played the Processional.
Dr. John H. Hall, pastor of the Clare
Methodist church, gave the invocation,
Mona Jean Harvey and Janet Duncan, sang a duet, Miss Cathryn Wiggins accompanying at the piano.
Dr. Hall gave the sermon and used*
as his topic, "The Lure of Life," and!
used as his text, "It Doth Not Yet Ap-
pe? i- What We Shall Be."
He stated that the Class was now oil
the threshold of a bigger, richer, fuller
life than ever known. God offers opportunity to those who awaken to the
Call of Life, If we walk with God,
think with God, plan with God and
work with God.
He challenged the group with the
question "what are you going to do
with this thing called life?" He said
life can be lived gloriously, if directed
toward a goal.
He closed with the   remark,    that
remember life here is only the begin-
(Continued on Page Seven)
CAFETERIA LUNCHEON AND SUPPER
Buy War Bonds 1
The Congregational Ladies Guild
will serve a cafeteria luncheon and
supper in the church basement, Saturday, June 19th, serving to commence at 10:00 h. ni. and 5:00 p. m.
Congregational
Church Observes
Children's Day
The Children's Day program at the
Clare Congregational Church, was
well attended Sunday, June 6th, 1943.
The church was decorated with lovely
baskets of flowers, and birds * were
loaned for the. occasion by Mrs. Bessie Henderson and Mrs, James Bicknell. Arrangements were in, charge
of Mrs. John Nelson.
The program was as follows. Process
sional, Mrs. Lionel Duncan; Songr.
Junior Choir; Prayer, Avis Murdoch.
Bible Story, Sally Ann Bicknell; Welcome Song. Lou Ann Hampton; Re—
citation, Jimmy Duncan; Song, "Little Drops of Water," Primary Class;
Exercise, Miss Brewer's Class; Clarinet Duet, "America the Beautiful,""
Martha Jean McKinnon and Darlene-
Garthe; Ways to Praise God,- Mrs„-
Coveart's Class; Piano Solo, Marilyn-*
Masten; Illustration, Mrs. Annie Rogers; The Bible Brigade. Boys Class.-'
Duet, Avis Murdoch and June Coveart; Prayer, Rev. Marion E. Burkett;;
Response, Junior Choir. !
Rev. Burkett gave a short sermon"'
address, using the topic, "First Things!
First," followed by a solo by Dorothy"
Smith; "Christians Have Two Flags,"
exercise by five girls and two boys;
Closing Song, Junior Choir; and the
Benediction by Rev, Burkett.