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CLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 14, 1951
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New Series Vol. 60, No. 11
Christmas Story In
Song and Pagentry
Churches Present
Varied Programs
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With tho approach of.the Christmas season, several church organizations announce Christmas activities.
Dover Tabernacle
The Christmas program for Dover Tabernacle Sunday School will
be presented at 8:00' o'clock Sunday
evening, Decemher 16. There will
be special music and numbers by
the children.
Congregational Church
The Senior Pilgrim Fellowship  of
the Congregational Church of  Clare
is hardst work on a play to be presented ih Harrison, Sunday, December 16, and here in Clare, Thursday
evening, December 20. Entitled "A
Living Memorial" hy Alice Lewis,
the play brings a real Christmas ■
message, and tells! how a society [
matron with the help of the local j
doctor and a DP family learns- that
Solo—George Teeter.
Monologue—Mrs. Harry House.
Santa Claus
Is Coming
Tomo
The youngsters of Clare county
and vicinity who have been waiting to see Santa Claus. will not be
A sound Movie on "The Child of disappointed. ,Word was received
Bethlehem" will he presented at from the North Pole just this
this time, sponsored by IXL Class, morning* that he is on his way and
protraying the life of the Christ will reach the Clare City Hall
Child ixp to tha age of 12 years. • auditorium at 1:00 o'clock Satur-
Solo—Mrs. Harry Schug. • day, Decemher 15, in time for the i
Christmas  treats   WiU  be given   ciare    Kiwanis    Club    children's
PIONEERS BEAT
HOUGHTON LAKE
ANDCOLEMAN
Clare JV's  Swamp  Coleman
r   "B" Team 48-23 On
Home Court
out as usual to the children at the
door.
Christmas party.
I There will be a large Christmas
tree and plenty of hot dogs, pop*•
! and ice cream for all. Santa wants
to see everyone from one to twelve
years of age from Clare county and
[ vicinity hecause he has a surprise
package for each one.
Miss   Marilyn   Rossolit,   of   the,
Clare   school'  music   department,
will be at the party to lead the chil-
dren in group singing. j
  j    There   will   be  two  Red  Gross!
■Rav    Menihen    Is    Trainina  nurses to care for any child who
j-tay    jyienmen    is     iraming u ft fe m llis;nose 01.
Eighteen Hopefuls For      i lmees during tlle party# i
Bay City Show Coffee will be served to mothers
  r-tfhd fathers bringing children.
Eighteen young hoxers with their |    Santa will not be able to get his
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The cast includes 'Betty, the doctor's hright and independent young
nurse-secretary, played hy Suzanne
Irving; Dr. .Windsor, a middle-aged
kindly, philosophical family doctor,
portrayed by Roger Brinkerhoff;
Mrs. Laura Vanderpool, the able
and good looking leading towns-
woman with her finger in every
pie, Gala Hochstetler; Mrs. Polchek
the frail wife and mother of the
town's DP family, played by Idell
Urciuhart; Elli Polchek, her seventeen year old daughter, who is
Joyce Thayer in real life; George
Vanderpool, the son of Laura who
is interested in Elli, by Clifton
Schultz; Mr. Polchek, the DP father
who works in a box factory but is
actually a music professor, portrayed by John Little; Sam Blake,
the local druggist, who can be recognized as the group's president,
Jim Duncan; Mrs1. Celia Moore, a
church committee woman, to he
played by Jane Bickneil, home from
college; and Mary, the doctor's
housekeeper, Mrs. George Beck,
who is the gram's- sponsor.
The journey to the Harrison Congregational youth group meeting is
a sequel to the visit made hy that
group to Clare about a month ago
with the'r play. The Thursday evening performance in the Clare
church will be preceded by a family
pot luck, to .which anyone $ co*-*.^-
iallv invited to attend.
The Senior Pilgrim Fellowship
will carol throughout the community on Sunday evening, December
23, pndipg with a Christmas party
at the church, while, the Junior Pilgrim Fellowship plans to carol Friday evening. December 21.
Methodist Church
A special Christmas program will
be held at the Methodist church,
nert Sunday evening, when the
three reel film, "The Guiding Star"
will be shown. This is the story of
Uncle HPivry who lived Christmas
the whole year. In his own way he
succeeded in reuniting an unhappy
mother and her son on Christmas
Day. This film is highly recommended and should be of interest to the
whole family.
This will he preceded by the singing of Christmas carols, directed
by Harry Dice. The public is cordially invited.
Wednesday 7:80—Choir rehearsal
of anthem and special Christmas
music.
Sunday morning, December 23rd-
Snecial Christmas Service with
Christmas Anthems and special
Sermon.
Sunday afternoon, December 23,
will be ihe program by the children of the Sunday School, starting
at 4:30.
Children from the several departments will present the program,
concluding with a film with a special apneal to the children "Bethlehem Child".
Church Of God
Wednesday, Decemher 19
The Christmas program, will
open with the choir singing carols
of the Birth of Christ.
The opening address will be
given hy Kathie Tennant.
The kindergarten group will present a Christmas quiz.
Christmas Time—Carol McLaughlin.
Dialogue—Primaries.
Solo with guitar accompaniment-
Elery Tice.
"Christmas"—Juniors.
Solo—Mrs. Mary Coffee,
Pantomine—Intermediate girls.
Dialogue—Intermediate boys.
ment next month at Bay* City, are bank corner this Saturday, but will
working out under the coaching be pleased to have the children
and training advice of Ray Men- j bring them to him in person at the
then. i party.   He  will   be   back at   1:00
The tournament of Golden Gloves o'clock Saturday afternoon, Deeem-
boxihg matches, top attraction for ber 22, to get his mail and have a
amateur fighters, is an annual af- last minute chat with the young-
fair and is sponsored in this area i sters just hefore Christmas,
by the Bay City Times and The | T]ae GllriStmas party is being fi-
American   Legion   ot   Bay   City.; nanced wjth proceeds from the Ki-
Tournament dates in Bay City have
been announced as January 29
through 31.
Bill Siddons-, of Clare, is the 126
pound headliner in the local group
of leatherslingers.
Siddons' record includes two
wins by knock-outs in boxing
shows sponsored here last year by
The Clare Rotary club.
Other Clare boxers and their
weights: Bob Cleveland, 126; Dave
Prather, 124; Dick Campbell, 135;
Earl Bellows, 135; Don Wallace,
140; Ron Chapman, 147; Jim O'Connor, 150; Clare Wood, 150; Jim
Lawson, 160; Bill Seiter; Blair Seiter; Joe Pudvay, 185.
Other boys training here with
the Clare group will also probably
enter the tourney; Dick Lyon, of
Farwell, 140; Ernest Slater, of Beaverton, 145; Leroy Neff and Tom
Pappas, both from Rosebush; Jack
Sheets of Mt Pleasant, 160; Wayne
Riley, of Farwell, 185.
Equipment for the nightly workouts is quite complete with heavy
bsgf-*iigiit -punching hag,- training
gloves, skipping ropes, and weights.
Last w.eek, the Bay City sponsors
of the tourney sent new 16 ounce
gloves and two sets of training
head gear for the use of the Clare
boys.
Training space has been provided
in the basement of the Clare Greyhound Bus station on Fourth street
and Menthen hopes to arrange for
use of the High School Gym two
nights each week until the end of
January.
All expenses of the trip to Bay
City are paid for by the sponsors
of the show, and Menthen and Roy
Peters will welcome any new hoys
who wish to begin training now.
wanis Club all-star softball game
and the Chamber of Commerce is
taking care of the expense of
Santa's mail box. i
LYMAN FRISBEY
LEAVES FOREST
FIREJERVICE
Well    Known    Fire    Officer
Will Be Missed After
27 Years Service        ,  i
COUNTY LEAGUE
OPENS SEASON
HEREJffiURSDAY
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Dispute     Between     Farwell
And Beaverton Score
Keepers Aired
EVART TAKES
BOWLING- TILT
FHOM DUNLOPS
In the first match, Dunlops won
the first game 825 to 818 and lost
■the second game 887 to 854. In the
third game Evart really got hot and
rolled 1001 against Clare's 787.
Evart's total pins were 2706, and
.Dunlops 2466. Larry Shelander had
high series of 506 and Bud Kane
was second with 505. Kane had
high game of 193.
In the second match, Evart won
the first game, 911 to Dunlops 870
andi Dunlops won the second game
871 to 752 and Evart won the third
game 892 to 848. Dunlops won total pins, 2569 to 2565. Larry Shelander had high series, of 535 and
Geo. Wisler was second with 525.
Walt Hales had high game of 205
and Wisler had 204.
On Sunday, December 23rd, Dunlops meet both of the Big Rapids
teams, the Elks and the Recreation
at Big Rapids, and hope to do a lot
better.' ■     ____ ^ i;
Play in the Clare County Basketball League was commenced last
Thursday evening with the following results.
Two games were played in the
Clare Public School gymnasium.
In the 7:30 game DeMolay defeated Dan McDonald's 56-31. Bill
Musolf had 14 points for DeMolay
and Elton Brasington 12 for McDonald's.
At 9:00 o'clock Barryton won
from Clare Manufacturing Co., 41-
37. Don Stanley accounted for 19
of Barry ton's 41 points and Ray
Owens scored 15 for Clare Mfg.
Beaverton defeated Farwell 47-45
at Beaverton, at 7:45 Thursday
evening in a hotly contested game.
Bob Tarswell had 14 points for Beaverton and Bill Dewey scored more
than half of Farwell's points with
25. A dispute concerning the score
in this game was to be settled
Thursday evening,
Beal City defeated Barryton, 56-
35, Monday evening.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
DeMolay
Beaverton
Beal City
Barryton
Clar'e Mfg.
McDonald's
Farwell
COMING GAMES
December 20—
7:30 Beaverton at McDonald's.
9:00 DeMolay at Clare Mfg.
8:00 Farwell at Beal City
Barjyton drew the* bye
Lyman Frishey, fire officer and
forest fire lookout for the Michigan Department of Conservation
for 27 years, has applied for retirement, effective December 1.
Lyman commenced work for the
forest fir<i 'liv's.o.*** **•> th*"* south part
of Clare county and all of Isabella
county in the spring of 1926. Later
he was assigned to Clare county
when the district boundaries were
changed. The past four years he
has been assigned to the Farwell
fire tower.
Lyman was employed as layout
man for steamfitters, in the Ford
plant at Detroit, eight or nine
years hefore becoming associated
with the Conservation Department.
He and Mrs. Frisbey moved to
their farm surrounding Clear Lake,
in Surrey township in 1924 and
have lived there since.
The Frisheys .are the parents of
a son, John, of Mt. Pleasant, who is
employed in the oil and gas division of the Department of Conservation.
Although the Frisbey's have not
made definite plans for the future,
they will spend this winter in
Florida and their summers at their
Clear Lake home, where they rent
cottages and boats.
Lyman recalls that when he was
first, engaged hy the department
their only equipment was hand
shovels, axes and water pumps carried on their backs.
All modern equipment now in
use. in Clare county is a Dodge
Power wagon equipped with a 350
gallon water tank, power pump,
hose and fixtures, and hydraulic
lift plow.
Also included is" a Cletrac tractor with two bottom plow that will
throw a seven foot furrow around a j
fire in one sweep; and a Chrysler-
Hale stationary pump used to
throw water from a stream into I
muck fires.
Stationed at District Headquarters in Gladwin and available for
use here when needed, is a portable well drilling unit Avhich will
drill a well to the depth of 25 or
30 feet in less than an hour and will
reach water in most locations in
Clare County in less than 30 minutes.
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The Claude Glasses
Purchase Laundry
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Glass have
purchased the Clare Automatic
Laundry from the Cobb brothers
of Midland and took possession
Tuesday of this week.
The Glasses will operate the laundry in addition to their Clare Cab
business and the cab office is now
I located at the laundry.
ce
res Announce
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To more adequately serve the
public in the handling of holiday
mail, the Clare post office will remain open until 5; 30 p.m. each
week day, including Saturdays, until Christmas. The office lobby will
be opened each morning at 8:00
o'clock as usual.
There will ho no city or rural delivery or window service Christmas
Day. However, special delivery and
Christmas mail will he delivered
and all mail dispatched.
Some Clare stores will remain
open until 9:00 p. m., Mondky
through Saturday of next week, Snd
others Wednesday through Saturday evenings, All stores are expected to remain open all day next
Thursday and some will remain
open Christmas Eve.
PTA POSTPONED
The Clare PTA meeting next
Monday evening has heen postponed because of the Christmas Musical.        .. .
The Clare Pioneers won their
first game of the court season by
defeating Coleman here Friday
evening, December 7". The Pioneers
were, out to break a losing -streak
which included Reed City and St.
Louis games,
Friday evening's game was ao-
tion filled. Clare's six foot, one
inch center, Dick Nivison, seemed
to have complete control over' the
basket, He sank 29 points during
the game, with Denny Benedict following him with 14 points.
Coleman's high scoring man was
Methner, who scored nine points
for Coleman.
During the first quarter .glare led
Coleman 19 to 7 with Nivison making ten points, With thjs-sizzling
basket malter and the handling pf
the ball by the two forwards and
guards we were able to defeat Coleman making it a double winter
Clare,
Clare 19   19   17   10—05
Coleman       tf  '    7   13     9     7—36
After the game there was a dance,
in the West Wing, where many participated,
JV's Run Wild
The JV's won their first game of
the season, from the Coleman JV's,
Friday evening, December 7, 48-23,
on their own court..
Clare's high scoring man was Pat
O'Laughlin who scored 11 "points,
and Peter Brown with 10 was right
on his tail.
Coleman's high scoring man was
J. Gier who scored 13 of their 28
points.
Beat Houghton L-*,ke
The battling Pioneers from Clare
took on a very tall Bobcat team
from Houghton Lake here at Clare
December 11 and came out on top
57.34. The fine shooting Pioneer
squad jumped into a 15-0 lead very
early in the first quarter with' Nivison and Benedict providing the
spark, but Houghton Lake fought
hack, and the score at the end of
the first quarter stood at 21-9 in
favor of the Pioneers.
During the second quartet
Houghton Lake climbed within five
points of the Clare Five, but Benedict whipped in four quick baskets
and the score at lialftime stood at
30-19 in favor of Clare.
After the intermission, Clare got
going again and widened the gap in
the score to 42-25 at the end of the.
third quarter. In the 4th quarter
Clare continued to widen the gap
with Ray Lucy's heautiful shooting
adding ten points. The game ended
with the score standing at 57-34 in
favor of the Pioneers for their second victory of the campaign. Lucy
scored 20 points for Clare with
Benedict following with 17,
In the "B" game the Clare five
came out on the short end of a
37-26 score. Dick Graham scored 15
points for Clare.
These games concluded the pre-
holiday portion of the Pioneer's
schedule and they will not play
again until they go to Shepherd
January 8.
Lake School
Building To Be
Occupied Soon
Principal Jessica Thomas said
this week that it was hoped the
Garfield Township Rural School
pupils who have been attending
classes in the Community Hall
would be back in the new school
soon.
Half -day sessions have heen held
in the Community Hall since the
heating plant in the school blew up
November 15.
The four upper grades attend
school in the forenoon aqd the four
lower grades in the afternoon, so
the little folks' will not have to get
up so early in the morning.
Because of some grades coming
early, and remaining until noon, and
the other grades remaining in school
for a long period in the afternoon,
free lunches are served to all pupils at recess-time.
Mrs. Thomas said that all were
anxious to return to the new school
but that school would not be opened there until it had been made certain that the heating plant was in
safe operating condition.
The pupils had been dismissed
at the time of the explosion, but
Mrs. Thomas and Other teachers
were in, the building. Fortunately
they were not in the part of the
school where they.would have been
injured. Principal Thomas remained at the school the evening
of the explosion until 6:30 o'clock.
Entrance Enclosed
At Dunlop Cafe
The entrance at the Dunlop Cafe
and Bar has been enclosed the past
week with modern aluminum sash
and plate glass. Neon lights will be
placed above the doors and rubber
mats on the floor inside. The improvement will add to the comfort
of patrons and- the appearance of
the "modern building front.
Star Scout Recognized At Honor Court
Jim Nivison (left) receives his
Star Scout badge from Valley
Trails Council District Fieldman
Ken Poison, at a. Boy Scout Court
of Honor held in.the basement of
St. Cecilias Church Monday evening.
Jim, a member of Troop 120 in
Clare, is the only active Star Spout
in Clare county.-   Besides the Star
Scout badge, Jim was awarded
three merit badge", towards the
rank of Life Scout. .     •
Other awards made by Mr. Pol-
son at the Court of honor were.
Tom Smith, Eddie Mayer, Roy
Beltinck, Jr., John Miller, Ed Can-
el, Dan Ahac and Charles Murphy
received their Tenderfoot badges.
Ken  McConnell  received   three
merit badges;. Animal Husbandry,
■ BeeL Pioduotion, and Swimming,
I'   J.   P.  Ryan   received  his'First
. ClassvBadge and also gave a campling demonstration, ' -\
I    Fourteen   parents   attended   the
• ceremonies in which 16 Scouts participated. ..                    .-..'.'
Tony Burdo  is   Scoutmaster  of
-. Troop 120.
Mar ooried> Fawn Rescued
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From Icy Waters Of Lake
At 4:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, December 5. Conservation officer Don Bell received a phone call'
from Towerman Lyman Frisbey
that a deer had broken through the
ice on Clear Lake in Surrey township.
•Officer Bell arrived at the lake
about the same time 15 to 20 others
reached the spot. There was about
an inch of ice on the lake, not
enough to walk on and .plenty to
cause the deer trouble, making the
rescue rather treacherous.
Three boats holding several men
V-ere *bflt into the lake. Ray Wools-
"ton. and Ray fharpe Occupied one;
Rex Terwilliger and Rumsey Swallow another; and "Ronald Wilkinson
.Eugene Glass and Richard- Hose,
the third-.. The latter five are Far-
well High School students.
A path was broken through.the
ice to the deer, a small buck with
about 1% inch spikes and! the men
put a rope around his neck and
dragged him to shore, despite his
protesting actions.
As soon as the deer's feet touched
the bottom of the lake, the rope was
removed from his neck and he lost
no time in leaping off through the
woods. An. hoHP"4n*! it half .wjas; required to conijilSfe the i-escue.
Ideal Theatre
Entertains For
School Pupils
Monday through Thursday of this
week were -red letter days for
some 4,600 school- pupils in this
vicinity who were guests at the
annual theatre party of the Ideal
Theatre.
Special arrangement was made
to show one of Johnny Weissmul-
ler's first pictures, "Tarzan Triumphs" and the youngsters greatly
enjoyed the showing. Each child
was presented with a bag of candy
and popcorn as a treat from the
theatre and the Clare Chamber of
Commerce, •*
Seven bus loads of Coleman
grade students Monday morning,
and six bus, loads of high school
and junior high sciiool students in
the afternoon brought the total to
720. An additional 2.00 from Midland
County schools attended the Monday noon show.
The Tuesday morning show was^
attended by six bus loads of high
school students and the afternoon
show by five hus loads of grade
students from Farwell, with a total
of 640. Eighty from Franklin township schools attended the morning
show.
The Tuesday noon show was attended by 110 pupils of St. Cecilia's
School, 190 from Wise and Vernon
Township and the Glass and Hatfield Schools, and 100 grade pupils
from the Clare School.
The Wednesday morning show
was attended by 400 from the Clare
High School and Junior High
School, ••
The noon show was attended by
448 from Summerfield, Redding,
Greenwood, Hatton and Sheridan
Townships and the Pratt, Grant and
Edenville schools. "
Wednesday afternoon guests included 175 from the Clare grades,
70 from the Andersonville and 50
from the Carrow and Brewer
Schools. I
The Rosebush C 0 n s o*l i d a t e d
School was represented by 200 pupils Thursday noon, together with
196 from Denver and Gilmore
Township Schools,
The final showing Thursday af-
ternoon was attended by 430 from
the Weidman School.
Fined Here Friday
Gene Rodriguez, of Mt. Pleasant,
was arrested hy City Police at 2:25
a. m. last Friday, on a charge of
drunk driving on East Fifth St.
Rodriguez plead guilty when arraigned before justice w, B. Dun'
lop in Municipal Cpurt, later in the
morning, and was fined $65 and
his license was surrendered to the
court. *<    ,<?'
CLARE SENIORS
PARTICIPATE IN
GOVERNMENT DAY
Instructed   In   Fundamentals
Of Safe Driving And
Courtesy
The Seniors of Clare joined the
'twelfth grade classes of Harrison,
and Farwell in the third annual
Clare County Government Day held
at Harrison, Monday, December 10.,
The morning sessions included
welcoming speeches and a "town
meeting" session held in the Harrison gymnasium. In the afternoon
the classes were split into nine
groups that participated in discussion with various state and local
officials taking part.    '
The interesting day ended in the
auditorium when reports on the
groups were made by the secretaries of each group.
Among state officials present
were Frank Millard, Attorney General, and D. Hale Brake, State
Treasurer Lawrence Taylor, from
Hillsdale College, was the master
of ceremonies for the event.
Many local students had particular duties. Dick Ulrich was discussion leader and gave the introductory speech. Andy Irwin, Dick
Garthe, and Allan Demarest were
also discussion leaders. Art Sills,
A. J. Doherty, Janet Everts, and
Bill Seiter were recorders.
Mrs. Ivah Emery and Richard
Wheeler, of the Clare scbool social
science department accompanied
the Seniors,
P.M.A. Balloting
To Close Thursday
December 20,11951, is the closing
time for accepting ballots in the
community PMA elections, accord^
ing to Andrew J. Keysor, Chairman
of the Clare County PMA Committee.
Ballots will be counted on Friday, December 21, and delegates
elected will meet December 31, to
elect a county committee consisting
of a chairman, Vice.chairman<, member ana two alternates^ ^
TO SPONSOR DANCES
FOR CLARE YOUTH
Efforts Continue To Procure
Building For Youth
Center In City
At their meeting in the City Hall
Monday evening, December 10, the
Clare Community Council voted to
have square dancing twice a month
on Saturday night, as one of their
projects to provide entertainment
and recreation for youth. The
dances wiil be held in the high
school and an instructor and caller
from C.M.C.E. has been arranged
for by Paul Schreiber.
The possibilty of having a youth
center was again discussed.
Through a survey made from the
sixth through the 12th grades by
Miss Clara Zelinka, physical education instructor and Wm. Seitz,
coach, it was learned the majority
of youth do want a youth center
where they can have games, dancing, learn arts >and crafts and have
soft drinks,, etc.
The committee has heen Unable
to find a suitable place as yet but
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CLARE DEBATERS
TAKE TWO WINS
FR0WLASEEY
To. Meet Gladwin Monday In
Central Michigan C    >
League Contest
Clare High School debating
teams won both debates from Ashley Jeams Wednesday evening Jn
the local English, rooms.
. Carolyn Schreiber and Bill Wentworth, affirmative, and Bill Seiter
and Dick Ulrich, negative, debated
the national Forensic topic Of conscription for ali American,citizens
in time of war.
Their opponents were Elwood
Garrett and Charles Fountain, negative, -and Janet Cordrey and Betty
Simcox, affirmative.
Judges were .senior Debaters
from Central Michigan College of
Education, Bill Pitcher, of St.
Louis, Michigan and Dick Cronk, of
Saginaw. ;
Two teams wili represent Clare
at Gladwin, Monday afternoon, Decemher 17 for their third debate. ■*
The Ashley debate is part of the
Michigan High School Forensic
Association, and the Gladwin debate is in the Central "C"' League.
MRS. J. NORTHON
PASSES SUNDAY
AT DENVER, COL
Early    Settler    Of    Isabella
County Laid To  Rest
At That City
Mrs, .John Northon, an early settler of Vernon township and resident of this vicinity for many years
passed away at Denver, Colorado,
Sunday at the age of 75 years, three
months and 23 days. She had been
in failing health for a number of
years and- confined to her bed since
November of last year.
Mr. Northon operated the Clare
Road Leveler and Farm Service
Shop in Clare for years, before re-
'ti'ring, and the NOrthons continued
to make their. home here until
last spring, when they moved to
Colorado.
Mrs. Northon was born in Toronto, Canada, and came with her
family as a little girl to Isabella
county, where she grew to womanhood.
She was- a member of the Clare
Congregational Church and Congregational Guild and a past matron
Of Zenobia Chapter O.E.S.
. The Northons celebrated their
golderi wedding anniversary April
19, 1948.
She leaves to mourn their loss,
the bereaved husband, John; a
daughter, Mrs. Gordon Mowbray, of
Denver; a granddaughter, Paula;
a brother, John Grimason, of Clare;
other relatives and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held in
Denver, with interment there'.
Two Cents Tax?
When a customer refused to pay
a local dealer two cents tax on a
peck Of potatoes recently,, the dealer asked, "Do you own property?"
and the answer was, "No." The
dealer then asked, "Do. you have
children?" and the answer was,
"Four."
The dealer then said, "We tax*
payers are paying for a school for
your children and if you don't want
to pay two cents tax for your potatoes, leave them here."
The disgruntled customer walked out without the potatoes, hut
with somethltiij worthwhile "to
think about.       \    ■.\.,A\ „•;-
YULE SPIRIT IS
COUNTY SCHOOLS'
Clare,  Farwell  and. Garfield
Pupils Appear In
Programs
Songs of the Nativity and promise of happiness brought about by
the birth.of the Christ Child will
feature Christmas programs in the
schools. There, will be dialogues
and individual recitations and
poems by the children to round out
the programs.
Clare High School
The junior and senior high school
glee clubs and double quartet, under the direction of Miss Marilyn
Rosselit, and the Clare senior
marching concert band, under the
direction of, Harold Collins, will
present the Christmas Musicale
Thursday, December 20, for the
junior and, senior high school-students.   ■ ■     , *
Selections from junior high will
include "Rise Up Early," "Break
Forth Oh Beauteous Light," and
"Let It Snow."
Some selections from the senior
high school glee club will be "No
Cradle Was There," "Go Tell It On
The Mountain," and "Winter Won-:
derland."
The band will play the opening
selection of "Christmas Woods"
and "Jingle Bells."
Soloists for the glee club are
Marilyn Brewer and Marilyn Setter.
The quartet members are Sally
Gillespie, Rita Beck, Ruth- Chappie and Barbara Siel.
Clare Elementary School
An evening of music, drama and
dancing is in store for you at the
Clare High School auditorium on
Tuesday, December 18, at 8:00 P.
TM. at this time grades three thru
six will present their Annual Ghrlst-
man Pageant. The program this
year will deal with the Christmas
carols and customs of **bther lands.
Included in the program are:
Third grade, Mrs, White—Mexico
4th grade, Mrs. Delamarter—
France.
Fourth and fifth grades, Miss
Strouse—Sweden.
Fifth grade, Mrs. Kane—Norway.
Sixth  grade,  Miss  Gerow—England.
• Finale, United States.
An afternoon program "will he
presented Wednesday, December
19, at 2:00 P. M., in the school multiple purpose room. Customs and
carols will be presented by:
First grade, Mrs. Eroh—Germany
First  and   second   grade^ Miss
Hales—Holiana.
Second grade, Mrs. Morrow—
England.
Third grade, Mrs. "Garthe—Italy.
All parents and friends are invited to attend one or both of these,
holiday programs.
Farwell School
The Farwell School Christmas
Music Program will be presented
Thursday, December 20, 8:00
o'clock.
Yuletide Echoes—Senior Band.
Four Christmas Carols—Junior
Baud.
Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Good King
Wencelas, and The Moon of Wintertime—Third and Fourth grade
Tonette Band. ,
The Birds and The New Year—
Filth and Sixth Grade Chorus.
Mary's Carol and New Yeai*'s
Carol—Girls Glee Club.
He Shall Feed His Flock, solo-
Lois Ann Farrow.
White Christmas, Rudolph The*
Red-Nosed Reindeer, vThree Kings
of the Orient, Silent Night, and -0.
Come All Ye Faithful—High School
Chorus.
Garfield School
Garfield Township School at
Lake will give their annual Christmas program Thursday evening,
December 20th, in Community Hall.
The program is as follows:
Address of Welcome—Johnie Colosky.
Diologue, The First Christmas—
the Kindergarten. ••
Recitation, The House of Friendship—Harland Hunt.
Recitation, The Closet Door-
Evelyn Ferweda.
Exercise, A Farewell-^hy Second
Grade.
Song, Jack Frost and Santa's
Sleigh—Primary Grades.
Poem, Grandma—Butch Mattonen.
Christmas—Nine pupils of Third
and Fourth Grades.
Song, Frosty,/The Show Man—
Third and Fourth Grade Pupils.
Poem, Santa Claus—Shirley Cornell.
Dialogue, The Joy of Giving—
Kathleen, Barbara and Alice.
Poem, It Ain't The Gift—Joan,
Gordon, Leon, Lloyd, and Annette.
Dialogue, How Mr. Bates Got Out
Of Shopping—Matt, Nancy, Bonnie
and Karen.
Song, Star of the East—Girl's
Chorus.
Diologue, Hokus Pokus Santa
Claus—Seventh and Eighth grades.
The Christmas Flower—Gloria
Bellows.
Closing Song, Silent Night—By
All.
Everybody cordially welcome.
Deaths
FRED DUNWOODIE
Fred Dunwoodie, 39, of Ann Arbor, passed away in the University
Hospital there early this week. A
former resident Of Ciare, he was
the Son of Mrs. Elizabeth and the
late Lee Dunwoodie.
CLARENCE  HAY .
Clarence Hay, of Sagiaaw, passed
away there Tuesday afternoon. He
was laid to rest in a Saginaw eeme*
tery. He is survived by five sisters
and two brothers, all living in
Sduthern Michigan,"
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