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School Open House
And Dedication
Monday. May 21
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chool Bands To Play In
■pring Concert Tonight
The Clare High School Auditorium
will he the scene of the 20th annual
band concei*t tonight May 18, at 8! 00
P.M. The program this year includes
selections by the Junior Battd of
twenty-three members and by the Senior Band of forty-two rpembers under
the direction of Harold Collins.
The Senior Band has participated in
many contests and festivals throughout the state. The band sent a flute
soloist, a piano soloist, and a brass
sextet to the state soio and ensemble
contest at Ann Arbor in March, The
entire band i-eceived a first rating in
sight reading and a second in concert'
playing in a contest among A, B, C,
band at West Branch this spring*,
The Junior Band program follows:
The Junior Band March
Shadowland Waltz
The Salute
Junior Band members are*
Clarinets—Jay Seiter, Rosalie Ahac,
Laurene Woodward, Jack MaiV, Beverly Brazie, Jim Finch.
Flutes — Connie Kappler, Helen
Akins.
Baritone—Priscilla   Tennant.
Small Drum—Delia Wilson.
Cornets—Larry Stanley, Jane Cotton, Jim Seiter, Glen Born, David
Hughes, Vic Finch, Frank Brown,
"Virgina Haddox, Bruce Delamarter,
Clay Hardman,
Saxaphone—Dick Roe.
Bells—Viola Middieton.
Bass Drum—Dana Collins.
Majorette Twirl — Idell Urquhart,
Margie Tomaski, Gloria Milholin,
Sandra Young, Dinah Ruark, Eunice
Demarest, Phyllis Hoover, Mai'iiyn
Seiter, Joyce Archambault.
The Senior Band, program will include:
Choral No. 7—0 God, My Life in
Mercy Shine on me—Bach.
Choral No. 16—"Sleeper, Awake" A
Voice is sounding—Bach.
Evangeline   Overture—Buchtel.
Pastel Moods Overture—Skornicha.
Russian Choral Overture—Based
on Tcarkowsky's Folk Tunes.
Valse Lynette—Little
His Honor—Fillmore
Tales From Vienna Woods—Strauss
Juke Box—Walters
Booster March—Klein
Star Spangled Bauner.
The Senior Band Personnel:
Clarinets—Betty^, Bellows, Carol
Wieferich, Emma Wilson,- Nancy Bellows, 'Mary Hoersch, La Rae Dull,
John Akinp, Joyce Delamarter.
4-H Exhibits
Achievement Day
Feature May 10
One hundred members of the Home
Economics Extension groups heard
Durward B. Varner, of the Agricultural Economics Dept., Michigan
State College, during the afternoon
session at the annual Home Economics Achievement Day, Thursday, May
10.
Community singing was led by Mrs.
Howard Morton. The installation for
the new officers of the county executive committee was directed by Mrs.
Thomas Hecker, county chairman.
The Harrison High School Glee
Club, under the direction of Leonard.
Klassee, closed the -program with a*
group of four numbers.
Table decorations depicting the
months of the year were arranged by
local groups. Exhibits of work accomplished by the members during
tne. year were on display.
Baritones-^-Janet Bradley, Barbara
Schunk,
Trombones—Betty Gallager, Barbara Thatcher, Wayne Cotton.
Cornets—Ann Lynn Bayes, Marilyn
Masten, Irvin Rtthy, Darlene Lear,
Laureen Seiter, Leon Dull, Dick Hay-
nak.
Percussion—Robert    Ivers,    Mary
Murphy, Joleen Wallace,Barbara "Hei-*
rteke, Myrna Bergey, Marilyn" Brewdr,
Ronald Chapman,
Mellophones—Sally Gillespie, Jean
Hall, Janice Jackson.
Oboe—Janet Shaver.
Flutes—Jane Bickneil, Gala Hochstetler.
Sousaphones—John Bickneil, Patsy
Cox, Joyce Thayer.
Saxophones—Sandra Schhltz, Bob
Haynak, Nancy Neff, Janet Schaeffer,
Donna Smith, Larry- Price, Bonnie
Witbeck.
High School Gtee
Club To Sing At
Vesper Services
The Clare High School Glee Club,
under the direction of Miss Marilyn
Rosselit, attended the District Music
Festival in West Branch in April,
receiving a rating of Excellent which
entitled them to sing'at the state fes-
ival in Mt. Pleasant, Saturday, At the
State festival the glee clubs and
choirs sang individually and were
then combined for massed chorus
numbers which were recorded. They
are on the program for the vesper
services for the Class of 1951,
Their last event for the year will
be a program for the awards assembly on May 25th.   The numbers are:
Chorale from "Finiandia"—Sibelius
The Little Sandman—German folk
song
, When Love Is Kind—Old English
Melody
All the Things You -Are—Kern.
With A Song—Yeomans
Farwell Graduates 31
This Friday Evening
Baccalaureate And
Class Night Held
Thirty-one seniors will graduate
from Farwell Rural Agricultural:
School at their Commencement program tonight, May 18, at eight o'clock.
It is the sixty-first commencement anniversary of the school.
Former Rural
School Pupils
Honored Here
The graduating of the Eighth Graders was the most successful event of
the year for the County Schools.
The auditorium of the Clare High
School was packed to the utmost capacity. Parents, friends, and school
officials were all there to see the pro-,
gram. All stated that it was far beyond their expectation.
The County School Board, Robert
Carter, president; Leonard Jackson,
*vi06 president; Arthur Lower, Howard
Brad.<_!r>we-*e on the Job to Bee that
everything was carried out as it should
be.
A Certificate of Achievement was
given to Junior Malosh, of Lake, for
outstanding work in Education; and
one was given to Mrs. Coloma Leitner
for outstanding work along her line,
which is nursing.
Fifty-seven eighth graders were
given certificates which entitles them
to enter any ninth grade in the State
jof Michigan.
The Farwell School Glee Club gave
several selections which were received
with a great deal of enthusiasm. Mrs.
' Graham, of Farwell, played the pro-
| cessional.
Twila Beery, of the Eagle District,
I gave a fine solo and to cap the climax
Emil Pfister, professor from Central
College, gave an address which was
far-reaching and educational.
The committee, composed of Irene
Clute, chairman, Margaret Mickle,
Freda Kistler, Clarice Bellows and
Jessica Thomas, arranged the flowers
and stage with decorations fitting for
a great festival.
Rev. Elza Beery, of Eagle, gave the
invocation and benediction.
The County School Board was more
than pleased with the exercises.
The class, numbering thirteen boys
and eighteen girls, will hear an address by Stephen S. Nisbet, member
of the State Board of Education and
public relations director of the Gerber
Foods firm. Th<? title of his talk will
be, "Channel Lights."
Besides musical numbers, the commencement program includes the Valedictory, by Sharon Hulin, who graduates with highest honors in the class,
and the Salutatory, by Thelma Penny.
Superintendent Richard Bogan will
introduce the speaker, and the graduates are to be presented for the
awarding of diplomas by P. S.- Killoran, principal of the school.
Events of the week for the class
have included the Baccalaureate service last Sunday evening, and Class
Night presented Tuesday, May 15.
of isabella dies
sunmy Ming
Mrs,   Mairy  Finch.   03.   Passes
Away  At  Daughter's
Home Here
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Mrs. Mary Finch, an early settler of-
Isabella county, passed away Sunday
I morning at the home of her daughter,
1 Mrs, Hattie Porter, on "vfest Fifth St,
Mrs.* Finch, who has maide her home
with her daughter here! the past six
years, has been confined to her bed
for eight months and efucctintbed to
the infirmities of advancing years.
Miss Mary MacCumber was born
the "daughter of Mr,-and Mm Daniel
-MacCumber, at Napajiee, Ontario,
July 12, 1857, and passed away in
Clare, Michigan, May 13, 1951 at the
age of 93 years, 10 months and one
day. J
Mrs. Finch, a resident .of Isabella
county, for many year£, came here
from Shepherd six years ago. She has
made many friends* here, who with
her family, will miss ; her frienjdly
greetings and pleasing personality.
She is survived by 4he daughter,
Mrs, Hattie Porter; granddaughter
and husband, Mr. and*- Mrs. O. D.
Bayes, of Clare; grandson and'wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bruebaker, of
Toledo, Ohio; a number of great
grandchildren, and other"relatives and
friends.
Funeral services were-held from the
Stephenson  Funeral  Home  at   2:00
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, with Rev.
f Oscar W. Olson officiating, and inter-
! ment in Salt River Cemetery at Shepherd.
HENG AND WEST
PLEAD GOILTY IN
COUjrnHONDAY
Myrtle   Shumway   In   Custody
Of Sheriff In Lieu Of
$2,000 Bond
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The shop boasts plenty of new equipment and tools for learning useful
skills and trades. Here T)oyg learn maintenance of farm machines, carpentry,
jaetalsmithing, and mechanical dr»w_flg. Mr. Garthe, Bill Schug and Ron
driok admire a bran4 new' saw afiJ oflly a waa admires a fine machine.
Sarah Ellen Heng and George West,
both of Clare, plead guilty to lewd
and lascivious cohabitation, when arraigned before Judge Donald E. Holbrook in Circuit Court Monday. The
case was referred to Probation Officer Morri^W. Shaw for investigation
before sentence.
In the case of The People vs. Sarah
Ellen Heng, keeping a house of ill
fame,, the complainant withdrew the
complaint and the case was dismissed.
In the case of the People vs. Myrtle
Shumway, assault with intent to commit the crime of murder, her request
for legal counsel was granted, whereupon the counsel asked for preliminary examination, which had been previously waived by the accused.
Examination was held in the
'sheriff's office, before Justice Glenn
Sherman, with Atty. Donald Richardson representing the People and Atty,
Robert Campbell the defendant. She
stood mute and was bound over to
Circuit Court on ?2,000 bond and remanded to the custody of the sheriff.
Forrest Strong, of Lake, was arraigned Monday on the charge of statutory rape. He asked for legal counsel
and Atty. Robert Campbell was appointed to represent him.
Armand Hagen, formerly of Harrison, was arraigned before Judge Holbrook on a forgery charge and stood
mute. He and the complainant, Edmund J. Sujkowski, agreed to take lie
detector tests in Lansing next week.
John Flowers, charged with issuing
a check without sufficient funds, made
restitution here and the case is hojd
open while he is serving time in Gladwin on another charge.
Clifton Blackiedge, of Auburn
Heights, was arrested by Sheriff Seaver Amble, charged with nOn-support
of his children, nine and seven years
of age, on complaint of his" former
wife, Donna Updyke. He was arraig-'
ned last Friday before Justice Wm. B.
Dunlop, in Municipal Court here, and
placed on $200 bond to appear in Circuit Court next Monday. The bond
•was furnished and he was released.
Prepare To Open
CoUnty league
Softball Season
Preliminary plans for the summer
Softball program at the Clare Public
School athletic field were made at a
meeting of ihe Clare County Softball
Association, held at the school Wednesday evening
Jeff Willey, Fowler Noble and Leo
__i'Owu were named a three man committee to engage a league manager.
Teams enrolling for the season are
Brown & Bruckart, Clare Manufactur-
1 ing Company, DeMolay, Farwell,
I Dover, and Dan McDonald.
Contractor
Prepares? To
Lay Paving
The Harold Parsons bridge crew
had completed fabrication of reinforcing steel-and erection of forms for
the Little Tobacco Creek tunnels,
Wednesday evening, and were ready
to pour concrete. The walls will be
poured in sections and then the bed
oi the highway will be poured.
Storm, sewers have h-aen" completed
except stubs to catch basins, on aU
three paving projects,   •
L. W. Edison workmen are distributing curb forms along West Fifth St.
and hauling gravel to a central concrete mixing plant on Cour St., where
the concrete will be mixed for the
paving and tracked to the different
projects. Apparently the West Fifth
St., paving will be laid first.
The City Street Department is put-
ing in new copper water service
lines and sewer stubs where the paving will be done. Two inch water
mains On Dunlop Road and First St.
are being replaced with four inch
mains.
Present detours will be maintained
until paving is commenced on South
McEwan St., when traffic will be de-
toured to the one mile roads. West
Fifth St. and North McEwan St., will
remain open to traffic as the widening is accomplished on these projects
on one side of the street at a time.
Beautiful Painting
To Be1 Unfiled At
Methodist Church
A large beautiful painting, the reproduction in oil of the famous paint
ing by Hoffman, "Christ Preaching
From a Boat," being presented the
Clare Methodist Church, by the High
School Hustler's Class of the Sunday
School, will be unveiled at appropriate
ceremonies this coming Sunday everting, May "20, at 8:00 p.m. in the
church auditorium.
The painting is 54 by 37 inches, and
includes over thirty characters, with
Jesus at the center preaching from
the sea of-Galilee. This painting is
expected to be one of the very few
such reproductions in existence and
to lend to the religious Influence of
the church. The painting after its unveiling will be hung over the mantle
of the fireplace in the church parlor.
The unveiling ceremonj^will be open
to the public and everyone is urged to^
be present. The religious movie, "In
His Name," an exceptionally fine 40-:
minute movie, will also be shown at
the* ceremony ahd appropriate music
Will be furnished by the Church Choir
with Harry Dice directing. '
Rev. Leslie J. Nevins and Courtney
Bauer left Clare at 9:15 Thursday
morning by-plane, picked up Dan
Moon at/Mt, Pleasant, tand flew to
Detroit to bring the picture to Clare,
However, when they arrived at De^
troit the crated picture was too large
to get ihto the four-passenger Stinson,
and they returned without it, leaving
Detroit at 1:15 and arriving here at
2:30.
Arrangements were' being made
Thursday afternoon to bring the picture here by- truck and it will arrive
in time for the unveiling Sunday
evening.
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Third graders here are ready to load books and belongings into their desks in their new Tooms in the west
wing unit of Clare's school addition. Looking over the microscope and world globe are; (seated) Merle J. Samborn, and (standing l. to r.) Jimmy Norcutt, Billy Legge, jgelbert Nolan, Ruth Janet Schroeder, Linda Blystone,
and Ann Kay "Elden. —All photos by Lee Sowle
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Citizens of Clare and nearby neighborhoods will have the opportunity
of inspecting their school's modern
new addition Monday evening when
an open house event celebrates the
finish of the big construction job.
A program to be held at eight
■   o'clock p.m. in the school auditorium will have double significance
too, for besides the dedication of
the new additions, a bond burning
ceremony will mark the final payment of indebtedness for4* the old
building.
Former members of the Clare
school board and Clare school superintendents of former years will be
recognized from the platform. Clair
Taylor, of Lansing, Assistant Superintendent   of  Public   Instruction,    is
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School Board members (left to right) Leo Brown, O. D. Bayes, Stuart
Bickneil, Earl Ruby, and Dr. C. B. Neff have been interested observers of the
building project. New equipment for the school's additions was approved by
the board. These folding tables in the cafeteria double smoothly into, wall
recesses to clear the room for other activity.
Saginaw Pastor To
Sp^ak Here Sunday
Rev. A^ C Edwards, pastor of- the
Grace Baptist Church of Saginaw, will
bring; the message at both morning
and evening services next Sunday at
the Clare Baptist Church* Visitors and
tourists welcome.
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Classifieds - Notices
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. Josephine Brighenti
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Church News
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FaTra Page
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Society
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Lorraine Schultz
Receives- Scholarship
At Adrian'College
M'ss Lorraine Schultz, a sophomore
at Adrian. College,"**was one -of the stu-
j dents to receive a Scholarship Award
at the Honors Convocation at the college recently. She received the Illinois
Conference Memorial Scholarship.
Lorraine also was a member of the
winning quartet to_ receive a special
award at the All College Sing night.
4-H CLUB TO COLLECT
SCHAP PAPER MAY 26
Have you- hunted up your scrap-
paper for "the 4-H; Club scrap paper
drive next Saturday, May 26? Be sure
to notify your local committee or leader if you have paper for tho drive.
scheduled to appear for the dedication
addVess, and many distinguished
guests have been invited to appear.
The Clare High School band will
play, several selections with Harold
Collins directing.
Hundreds of people, especially
parents of school children, are expected to attend the ceremony
and program and visit the school
_. for the first public viewing of six
newly completed class rooms, the
cafeteria, "band and instrumental
music room, the shop, and agriculture room.
First classes were held in the
school plant additions just a few days
ago, and only finishing touches of inside work and landscaping remain to
be done.
The handsome new glass, ma-
sonery and tile structures are
achievements of citizen—school
board action, and much serious
planning and work on-the part of
a special twenty-four member
committee which was appointed
many months ago for action on
this project.
The two wing additions were built
to solve this community's porblemS
of overcrowding in the school, and
they-are considered ideal answers to
the local needs for more room in the
present building, and modern facilities
for vocational classes in agriculture
' and shop training.
The east wihg, aii 80x98 ft.
space is divided into shop, agri-
* culture class, and band rooms.
New shop and drafting class
roonjs have concrete floors and
large outside doors to accomodate
heavy machinery * which may be
brought into the shop for repair
or overhaul.
Welding, wood and metal work, me-
' chanical   drawing,   and   other   skills
j useful to farm boys or beginners at a
trade are taught here under the direction of Carleton Garthe, shop teacher*.
j    The large, well lighted band room
has one entire wall of glass brick and
clear windows.    It is ample size to
seat the band for rehearsal and  in
addition, has a practice room for sections or small groups, band instructor's office for Mr. Collins, and spatSe
for instruments and uniforms to be
stored.
The *west  unit has  approximately
50 x 215 ft. o. area for kindergarten
and lower* elementary grade rooms,
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