1952-12-19; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MOHNJNQ, DECEMBER 19, 1952
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Hundreds of children of this vicinity will visit the Clare city hall-
auditorium tomprrow afternoon, at
1:30 o'clock, December 20, to greet,
old   Santa   Clatts   in   person  and|
share in the gifts lie #ill have for
them. Older young folks and adults
ip&y attend but treats will be given only to those 12 years of age
and younger.
The Clare Fire Department has
been worlting hard for several
weeks to Set everything in readiness for .Santa's visit and some
members *will most likely help out
at the annual Christmas party.
Latest word from the North Pole
is that the youngsters have been
doing their level best to be good
boys and girls and that all will be
taken care of by Santa at the party.
Nearly 1,000 children, coming
afoot from nearby and1 in school
busses irom a distance, attended
tlie party last year and it is expected that at least as many will
come this year,
Parents are requested to come
with the smaller children to watch
out for their welfare during the
party. I
A huge mail box for letters to
Santa is located at the Citizens
State Bank corner for the convenience of children wishing tot
write letters and tell the "jolly j
gent" what they would like him to
bring them Christmas eve.
Youngsters are advised to have
their letters in Santa's mail box by
tomorrow noon as he will pick
them up at 1:00 o'clock on his way
to the city hall for the party.   •
If there is not good sleighing
for Santa's bob sled1 Saturday, he
will be met "by one of the city fire
trucks which will be placed at his
disposal whilfe he is here.
Pioneers Win
Court Contest
The Clare High School Pioneers
swept to their first win of the
basketball season Tuesday evening
as they downed the Coleman Comets 44-34 in the local gym. The
Green and "White cagers controlled the backboards ninety per cent
of the time as center Hadley Kigar
used his height to advantage to
combine with sharpshooters Ted
Hoersch and Pete Brown in giving Clare its initial win.
Th8 scoring was evenly divided
between Hoersch, Brown and forward Phil VanEvery and alternating center-forward' Gerald Fuller-
ton. Clare used the free shot to
\ advantage for the first time as
they swished the cords for 16 out
of 26 attempts.
The Pioneers led at the' i.If*
19-17, but they really turned the
heat on in the final periods as
they outscored their t&ller adversaries 25-17, despite a fourth period spurt by their opponents.
The Little Pioneers lost their
fourth straight game by another
close score, 35-33. As in the Harrison game the previous Tuesday,
they played a hard fast game but
met defeat in the final seconds.
Both teams will journey to Gladwin tonight to engage the Flying
G's.on their court. Clare is seeking
revenge for their hitherto undefeated football season which was
spoiled by Gladwin in the season's
final contest.
Plane Burns
At Airport
. The airplane owned by Clarence Van and Ernest Irwin, caught
fire Tuesday evening at the Clare
Airport, when the. men were getting ready to repair and paint the
plane, caused by the heat lainp
being too close to the fabric. Due
to quick action on their part, the
plane was wheeled out of the
hanger, saving it and other planes
there, but their plane is beyond
repair, and a total loss.
Nothin' Is
So Sure As-
It's that time again!
What a shame to spoil a fellow's
holiday cheerfullness, tout the- revenue collector is fixin' to put the
"bite" on ypu for Uncle Sam's 1952
income tax .grab.
v Your income (on the national average) has been at the highest
mark in 'history during the year
just passing away and Old Whiskers is not forgetting the sharo
which is his tax due.
Just so you cannot say you didn't
know your obligation, the Treasury department wants you to read
a little booklet . . .
Many of the provisions of the income tax law applicable to 1952 returns are fully explained in completely rewritten chapters of "Your
Federal Income Tax, 1952" issued
by the Bureau of Internal Revenue,
which is available now.
As a service to Michigan taxpayers, orders for this 146 page publication may b© placed now, at 25c
a copy—stamps not acceptable,
with the U.S. Department of Commerce, 700 Griswold Buiding, Detroit 26. for delivery as soon as
available. There is a 25% discount
for 100 or more copies to the same
address.
Some of the subjects covered by
•the booklet are—who must file a
return; when and where: nontaxable income: deductions; family
exemptions and what type of return to file.
"Bulletin F". which discusses
Depreciation and Obsolescence, is
also available from the same address at 30 cents a copy.
Fred Piersons
Injured In
Auto Wreck
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pierson are
in the Munson EJospital at Traverse City, due to an accident which
occured Saturday afternoon. They
were going to Traverse City to
visit their daughter, Mrs. Derry
Williams and family, when the
car skidded on an icy stretch of
road at intersection of M-113 and
M-186, and crashed head-on into
another car.
Mr. Pierson has a broken leg,
brUlsed chest, severe cut over the
eye, and it" will be necessary for
him to stay off the leg for some
time. Mrs. Pierson has' a badly cut
knee, facial lacerations, and chest
and1- ribs are somewhat sore and
bruised. It is hoped that she will
be,able to be up in a few days.
The car is wrecked badly.
Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Richards,
of Cadillac, joccupants of tbe other
car. are in the Cadillac Hgspital,
and he also has a broken leg. and
both are bruised and cut.
Friends wishing to send cards
to the Piersons," may send them in
care of their daughter, Mrs. Derry
Williams, whose address is MR
Box 37. Peninsula Drive, Traverse
'City.
Word received here from the
daughter stated they hope to be
able to return to Clare sometime
next week, possibly by Christmas.
Rosebush Girl Wins Two
4-H Club Scholarships
Orriene First, R-2, Rosebush,
was named the winner of two
Scholarships to Michigan State
College at the Junior Livestock
Show banquet in Detroit last week.
A five hundred dollar scholarship given by the Independent
Slaughterers of Detroit, based on
outstanding 4-H Club achievement
record was first announced. The
Michigan Dyanometer Association
then added another one-hundred
dollar scholarship to Orriene for a
4-H Horse project member.
At this year's Junior Livestock
Show, Orriene's 1095 pound Hereford Steer sold for 81c per pound.
The animal purchased from the
Prescott ranch at Prescott, Michigan, gained1 2:10 pounds per day
for exactly the 365 days she owned
hiffl. °
A second steer weighing 1125
pounds purchased from Prescott
ranch sold for 37c per pound.
Orriene has carried S5 4-H projects. These include clothing, conservation, canning, food preparation, frozen foods, knitting, poultry, be&f, saddle horse, dairy and
junior   leadership.
Orriene is an active member
atid' past secretary of the Isabella
4-H Service club attd also a member of the State 4-H Service Club.
At the 1952 Isabella County Fair,
Orriehe exhibited the outstanding
girls achievement booth and won
a trip to Chicago and the International Livestock Show.
She has also served afe a Junior
Member on the Isabella 4-H Coun*
cil and board of directors tot the
County Fair. ^^ ^ _
In addition, Orriene is active in
church work as pianist in church,
Sunday school teacher, and president of,. Methodist Youth Fellowship sub .istrict.
High school activities find Orriene active as Vice President of
Y-Teens, and Ushers Club. Member of Dramatics club, and Co-op
Club, Student Council, two years;
and secretary of her Sophomore
class.
Now a Settlor at the Mt. Pleasant
High School, Orriene plans to en-
ter Michigatt State. College next
tm. "
Kiwanis Club
GoodfeBow
Edition Ready
No Child Shall
Be Forgotten.
Children Need you! That will be
the appeal tomorrow as Kiwanis
"newsboys" go on the streets and'
in stores with special editions of
The Clare Sentinel for sale to
raise Christmas funds.
The Goodfellows are depending
on the paper sale to raise the bulk
of the money needed for financing
food baskets and gifts of warm
clothing for families in need.
Backing up the club's project of
aid for. children is the local chapter of the sorority, Beta Sigma
Phi and the two make quite a
"team" for accomplishing good in
projects such as-this.
The Kiwanis Goodfellows are
raising the necessary money to
buy clothing and food, and the
Beta Sig women have the organization ready to distribute the gifts.
Sale of special newspaper editions is becoming an accepted custom on the American scene to
raise extra money for Christmas
cheer gifts. Organized groups are
usually ready with collected sums
for buying a paper, and individuals
give what they can when purchasing one of the Goodfellow sheets,
and usually leave the change with
the "paperboy" to help the good!
cause,
Kiwanis Newsies plan to sell the
edition at traffic lights to pausing
motorists, and will be stationed at
all street corner intersections to
sell to downtown shoppers.
Area Mishaps
Wreck Cars
Thomas Bradley, 39, of R-4, Clare
driving north on McEwan St., and
Melvin J. Gerard, 27, of Bay CityK
driving east on Fifth St., were involved in a collision at the intersection December 6, Damage to
the Bradley car was estimated at
$200. and the Gerard1 truck $100.
Investigating City Police ticketed
Bradley for running a red light
and Gerard for driving with an expired operator's license.
Raymond PI. Spicer, 26, of Coleman, driving west ont^Fifth SUand
William H.*'*£_dson, Z6, Of 'tHEf ..
driving south on Pine St., collided
at the intersection, December 8,
when Dod'son claimed his foot* slipped off the clutch. Damage to-the
Spicer car w&s estimated at $250
and the Dodson car S150.
Raymond H. Hanchett, 36, of
Clare, driving east on John R.
Boulevard, and Clarence G. Legg,
41, of Clare, were involved in a
collision Tuesday when Legg backed out of his drivewayv Legg told
investigating City Police that he
did not see the other car. Damage
to the Hanchett car was estimated
at $250, and the Legg car $75.
Three week end accidents involved people of this -vicinity-and .tickets were issued by State Police in
all of them.
Doris E. VanBuskirk, 25, of R-l,
Clare, was ticketed for driving top
fast for conditions when her car
ran onto ,.thdL shoulder, swerved
across the highway and turned
over on US-10 west of Clare. She
told police that she* had' driven onto the shoulder when the lights of
ah oncoming car blinded her. Damage to the car was estimated at
$400.
Cars driven by George - Conroy,
28, Petoskey, and Verne V. Haines,
55, el Clare, collided on US-27,
south of Mt. Pleasant when Conroy turned too late for the Frank's
Corner curve, police said. Conroy
was ticketed for driving too fast
for conditions. Damages to the two
cars totaled $125.
Cars driven by Robert Wilson,
56, of R-l, Farwell, and Ira C.
Haught, 50, of Stanton, collided a
mile west of Clare on US-10 Saturday night. Damage to each car
was estimated at $35.
Investigating State Police issued Haught a summons for, reckless driving. He was arraigned before Municipal Judge Win. B. Dunlop the same evening, plead guilty,
and was fined $29.00.
Merlewayne Cotton
Taking Agriculture
Course At State
Merlewayne Cotton, Route 2,
Clare, is • one of 150 students enrolled in the two-year General Agriculture 'Short Course at Michigan
State College.
The course includes 16 weeks of
college instruction each yeara Most
students taking Short Courses are
planning to become farmers, farm
foremen, herdsmen,Or farm managers.
Over 32 hours of instruction are
provided each week in such subjects as livestock selection, forage
crops, farm management, dairy
production, soil management, poultry, agricultural engineering, ahd
some related subjects in family relations and leadership training.
Purchases A Reg.
Brown Swiss Bull
Rolland Krell, of RFD Clare has
recently purchased the registered
Brown Swiss Bull Dorr's Clepe's
Useeit's Man 1116"_> from August
Dorr, Jr., Bay City, Mich., according to a report from Fred S. Idtse,
Secretary of the Brown Swiss Cat*
tie Breeders' Association, Beloit,
Wisconsin,       .
Stores Open
Evenings
Next Week
Many Clare business places "will
be ablaze with Christmas, lighting
and open for business -during evening hours from now until Christmas, Ample stocks of. gift merchandise have been provided and
local merchants invite you to
come in and look around. Employees will assist you in finding just
what you want for the family,-relatives and friends.
The department stores and
jewelers will remain open each
night until (Christmas, including
Christmas Eve, for late shoppers
and the convenience-of those who
have had gifts laid1 away.
The drug stores will be open
evening, Including Christmas Eve,
but will close at 1:00 p. m, Christmas Day.
The hardwares will be open evenings through December 23. but
will close.at 6:00 o'clock Christmas
Eve,
The super markets have indicated that they will maintain regular
hours during the coming week, except the Giant Super Market will
be open until 9:00 o'clock Tuesday evening.
The Sentinel office will be closed
from Christmas Day until the following Monday.
Ideal Host
To Pupils
This Week
The Ideal Theatre entertained
the school children of this vicinity
at the annual Christmas free show
this week. The feature picture was
Abbott and Costello in "Ride 'Em
Cowboy," with the program rounded out with three cartoons.
At 9:30 Tuesday morning 500 attended from the Farwell School;
with 120 from Ed'enville, 120 from
St. Cecilia's, 120 from the Lake
School and 100 from rural schools
attending the 11:30 show.
At the 9:15 and 1:30 shows
Wednesday 8Q0 were present from
the grade and high schools at
Coleman. At 11:30; 380 attended
from Clare county rural schools.
At the 9:15 and 1:30 shows
Thursday, 850 Clare High School
and grade pupils aud teachers attended. At 11:30 420 attended-
from Isabella county and Bedding
township rural schools.
The, .theatre treated all, their
young guests to boxes of popcorn.
The school pupils look forward
to the Ideal's annual Christmas
party each year.
Congregational
Fellowship Plans
Christmas Party
The Pilgrim • Fellowship of the
Congregational Church will hold a
Christmas party, Sunday evening,
December 2 .- at 7:00 p..m. Starting from the church, the group will
go caroling and then return for refreshments and a grab- bag of presents. «The group has voted to give
six dollars to the Guild for their
project of sending toys to the Indian mission of North Dakota.
All members of * the Junior Hi
Sunday School Class and any former Pilgrim Fellowship members
home from college are cordially invited to be present for this party.
For Induction
: The Clare County Selective Service Board sent ten inductees to
Detroit December 8 for final induc-
1 tion into the Armed Service the
' following day. They are,
} Jobn G. Payne, Harrison,
' Clarence J. Badgley, transferred
tc- T, edo,
William E, Jones, Clare, v
Howard Brown, Jr., !Laka
, Eugene Simons, Harrison,
1 David L. Miller, Harrison.
■ Gerald F, DeBarr, Harrison.
Melvin iC. Matthews, Harrison.
■Kenneth A. Wenzel, Harrison.
Donald C. Heintz, transferred to
Flint.
Two conscientious objectors,
•Frank L. Buerge, formerly of Harrison and Willard H. Peters, of
Harrison, were assigned in Decem-
b'er.-Both were placed at Northvijle
State Hospital at Northville, Michigan, where they will spend their
regular periods of service,
, Selective Service Board Clerk
Phyllis Hartshorn has not received
a call for pre-induction physical
examination in December.
Five Clare county young nien
will be sent to Detroit January 13
fpr preinduction physicals the following'day.
Seven will be sent to Detroit January 30 for final induction the 31st.
Michigan draft (boards will begin
calling 19-year-olds in February, according to Col. Arthur A. Holn.s,
State  Selective Service Director.
Col. Holmes also predicted that
draft boards may soon have to begin inducting married men with
children to meet monthly quotas.
Such a policy would require a
change in presidential orders, however.
Local Clerk Hartshorn announced Thursday that a large call for
induction in February would necessitate calling local 19-year-olds that
month. Otherwise the younger men
would not be called until March.
Church Candlelight Services,
Midnight Mass to Celebrate
Nativity On Eve of Holiday
Children's -Programs Set
Gay Spirit For Occasion
Scott Drillers
Defeat Manton
Granges Join
For Installation
Saturday Night
The Isabella Pomona Grange
sponsored a joint installation Saturday evening of all the officers
of all subordinate granges in Isabella county and also those of
Riverside Grange of Clare county.
This meeting was held at Brintou
with the members of Coldwater
CtSJ. £ being hosts.
All the officers were grouped
with the masters, overseers, lecturers and so on together.
William Brake was the installing officer and his wife assisted
him. The work was very impressive and enjoyed by all. There were
113 present at this event.
After the closing of Grange an
oyster" supper, also pot luck, was
served by the members of Cold-
water Grange. The oyster feed was
compliments of the Pomona
Grange.
'This is the third year Isabella
Granges have held joint installation of all grange officers. It
makes a grand send off for the
work of the coming year.
The, Grange is an important part
of the very existance'of the rural
people of the United States and I
say to you members, if you have
not asked your neighbor to join
the grange, please do so. You
\ might be surprised how many
would join.
Jennings Archambault,
District Deputy
John Q. Look Lodge
Installs Officers
A Very impressive Installation
ceremony of the John Q Look
Lodge No. 404 F. & A. M., was held
Tuesday evening, December 16th in
the Clare Masonic Temple, which
opened with worshipful Master
Archie Beatty presiding. Acting in
the opening ceremonies > were
Judge Donald Holbrook, as Marshall, and Stewards, James Gillespie, Howard Everts, John Rodabaugh and Earl Ruby, all past masters of the local order.
Installing officers presented
were Dr. Hazen P. Cole, of Ithaca,
a past grand master, as the installing officer, Deputy Grand Lodge
Instructor, Herbert Gardiner, of
Ithaca, as Installing Marshall;
Earl Beatty, past master, as installing chaplain; Fred Sexton, past
master, Installing /Secretary. Miss
Doris Gerow was guest installing
organist.
The program opened with Mrs.
Ray Owens, singing "The Lord's
Prayer", and George Sexton, was
installed as the Worshipful Master,
Frank Warner, of Farwell, accomp-
Fred W. Hudson
Breaks Hip In
Fall From Bed
Fred W. Hudson, who was 79
years old Tuesday of this week and
had been confined to his bed by
illness nearly two years, fell from
his bed and broke his left hip the
preceding Thursday. Hfi.makes his
home with his daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Garchow,
Jr., on East Seventh St.
Mr. Hudson was taken to Central
Michigan Hospital at Mt. Pleasant
th . day of the accident .and' the
fracture wag reduced and' a pin
placed iii the hip bone Monday. He
is vesting comfortably and convalescing satisfactorily.
anied by Harold Kelly, of Farwell
sang "Mother Macree".
Warren White, Senior Warden,
and Kenneth Roe, Junior Warden,
were then installed, and Sally Gillespie sang "The Holy City". The
other officers installed were 'Gordon Mcintosh, treasurer; Harley
Holt, secretary; Frank Schaaf,
chaplain; Clarence Cotton, -Senior
Deacon; and the stewards, Larry
Wilcox, Monroe Marble, Richard
Headington, Russell Wilson, tyler,
installed with Earl Ruby as proxy.
Sally Gillespie then sang "My
Hero", from the 'Chocolate Soldier.
The retiring master, Archie Beatty, was presented a* past master's
pin by Howard Everts, and a past
masters apron by Harley Holt. Mr.
Beatty then presented Mr. Sexton
with his top hat, in recognition of
his "official duties. Gifts were presented to Dr. Cole and Mr. Gardiner from the lodge.
*" All retired to the dining room
where a delicious lunch was served
with Mrs. Genevieve Born, worthy
matron of the O.E.S. in charge, assisted by Mrs. Lucy Roberts, Mrs.
Lillian Barber, Mrs. June Holt,
Mrs. Alma Seiter and Mrs. Ella
Autry.
Sorority Ball
The annual Holiday Ball to be
held December 20 at the Hotel
Doherty Wedgewood Room was announced this week by Mrs. Maxine
Kirkpatrick in charge of publicity
for Beta Sigma Phi sorority.
Tlie sorority women sponsoring
the dancing party'said that the
hours for the orchestra had been
'aVrangCd to give more time for
dancing from 10:00 to 2:00. Harry
Wehrly's orchestra will play.
Tickets are for sale by all members Oil the sorority .ad at the
dftor the nigh* of the garty.
The swift and smooth Scott Drillers stampeded to an overwhelming 57-36 decision over a dead-eye
Manton quintet Monday evening at
Houghton Lake's huge gymnasium.
After trailing in the opening moments the Drillers forged ahead
and grabbed' a lead they never relinquished.
The Drillers were paced by tbe
accurate shooting of Dennis Benedict who produced thirteen count-
ters with his neat one-handers.
Following Benedict in scoring were
Bill Dewey and Bob Gordynec who
each netted ten. Sills hit for eight
and Rank counted six. Darling and
Bucholz produced five apiece.
Scotts led 9-7 at the first quarter mark, increased their lead to
23-20 at half-time and had pulled
away 39-28 by the end of the third
stanza. Manton got away fast with
a phenomenal shooting average
but the younger, faster Drillers
wore them down over the distance.
Big Bob Gordynec, 6-2 pivotman
from New Baltimore; drew raves
from the fans with his smooth
play and cool thinking. The ball-
handling of lanky Wayne Bulcholz
and Bob Darling drew praise too.
""The entire Scott attack functioned smoothly and produced their
best performance of the young season. For the Drillers it'was their
third victory of the campaign and
served as a warm-up for their-
clash with powerful Beal City later this week.
The Drillers will play only one
contest next week .due to the
Christmas holiday but will return
to their busy schedule- the following week.
Notice!
All advertising and news copy
must reach The Sentinel office one
day early the next two weeks because of the- Christmas and New
Years  holiday!.  Your cooperation
will be appreciated.
'The birth of the Christ Child will
be observed with pageantry and
special Christmas programs by the
churches of this vicinity the com,-
ing week. Members of the participating churches ai'e urged to attend and the public will be welcome at these beautiful services.
Dover Tabernacle
The Christmas program at Dover Tabernacle will be presented
Sunday evening, December 21, at
8:'00 o'clock.
There will be a very interesting
play by the young people, special
music and extra special parts by
the little ones
Everyone will be welcome.
Candlelight  Service
At Congregational Church
The entire community is invited
to the Annual -Christmas Eve Can-
dlelighting Service at the Congregational Church, December 24. at
11:00 P.M. This service is considered by many to be one of the high
spots of the church year and includes carols and scriptures telling
the Christmas story. This year's
meditation by Rev. Olson will be
"God and The Angels".
The -Service centers around the
theme of "Light" and falls, into
the divisions o"f The Promise of
the Light, The Coming of the Light
The Spreading <jf the Light, concluding with The Service of Lights
when each worshiper is given a
candlfi to light during the singing
of the last carol.
Methodist Church
The Clare Methodist Choir will
present 'their musical program on
Sunday morning, December 21, at
10:00 o'clock, as a part of the worship service ahd a special number
will be given by M.Y.F. choir.
Rev. Leslie J. Nevins will deliver
his Christmas message and there
will be baptism of infants.
The children's program will be
presented Sunday evening, at 7:00
p.m., to include specials from the
various departments, and a little
play. Santa will meet the children
in the Sunday Sphopl rotf. s dowtfr
stairs at the close of the program
with treats.
Jack Powers
Sends Season
In Hospital
's Clieer
There will be a beautiful candle
light service in the church auditorium at 11:00 o'clock Christmas
Eve,
Congregational, Pageant
This .Sunday afternoon at 4:00
P.M. in the Congregational Church
the Annual .Sunday School Oh .st-
mas Party will be held.* Specially
featured, this year is a pageant
which is being presented by the
Junior Department. • entitled "Journey to Bethlehem" by Dorothy Lehman Sumerau with music by Lea
Ellis.       "
The entertainment will open ***
program by the Beginners-Primary
Department of which Miss Effie
Hales is superintendent.. This includes a reading, "Because It's
Customary" by (Barbara Hankins,
two songs by the entire group,
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little- Star",
and "Away in a Manger", and a
reading, "A Question" by Sharon
Bickel.
The .cast for the pageant is as
follows: Christmas Spirit,, Anne
Kay Elden; Spirit of Imagination,
Beth Ann Schultz; Esther, Judy
Johnson; Anna, Linda Jones; Jonas, Jim Parish; Eunice, Barbara
Tubbs; Sarah, Becky Sue Groves;
Nioma, Kay BIystone; Elizabeth,
Linda BIystone.
Phillip, Wallace Grant; Thomas,
Willis Hankins; Joseph, Robert
Tubbs; and Mary, Marilyn Brown.
A chorus tells much of the story
of the pageant in music and this
is composed of all remaining mem*
bers of the department.
Mrs. Joe Johnston is ably directing the pageant assisted by .members of the staff, Mrs, * Wallace
Johnson, Mrs. George Beck, Mrs,
U. D. Wilson, and Mrs. Doris Grant
with Mrs. Nelda Jones, Mrs.- Harold Hughes and Dexter Elden giving special- assistance with the
.music.
As a part of the pageant tha
children will present gifts to the
Christ Child. The gifts will in realty be t9ys to j).e sejxp to 35 IgfM&j*}
mission in North Dakota. **   .**■ ■"' -*
At the conclusion of the-pageant
Santa Glaus will arrive with gifts
and candy for all, and all performers and the audience in attendance
will be welcomed in the church *
parlors for cookies and coffee provided by the Women's Fellowship,
All are invited to this Christmas
program.
St. Cecilia's Church ,
Midnight Mass' Christmas Eye
will be preceded by carols sang by
the children of St. .ecilia'g' School
from 11:30 to 1 .00<;6-'_ocjt.4 ,..t
Christmas Mass will "be . ung* by
Fr;. j. I..:Sruba $&, 10:30 Christafcas
morningj ''"'IK*.
Confe  .iOns."•will .be
rdjfon
u Mnd
Tuesday, froni,   .:!.  '• to  ^,uu >D
7:30 "to *8:S0 p.m." and on Wednesr
day from 3:00 to 5:00 and 7:00 to
9:00 p.m.
,  . Baptist  Church
_The entire Sunday School, with
.he exception- of the two - adult
classes, will present a Christmas
pageant, "The Promised Messiah,"
at 7:30'Sunday evening.
There will be eight scenes with
different Sunday School teachers
in charge of each.
The pageant will be directed by
Mrs. R. T. Burgess. Setting and.
decorations will.be in charge of
Wilmer Curtis and his committee.
Pvi. Jack D. Powers of Clare, Michigan., a patient at
Tokyo Army Hospital, is visited by Mrs. Mark W. Clark,
wife of General Mark W. Clark,-£ommander in chief in ihe
Far East. Private Powers, whose vfiie, Carolyn, lives at 207
McEwan St., Clare, is a member of the 7th Infantry Division in Korea. U. S. Army Photo
Folks Heartened
By His Progress
The Christmas holidays are
much happier for Mrs. Carolyn
Powers, wife of Pvt. Jack Powers,
and for Jack's mother and father,
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Powers all of
Clare.
The family has received good
news from Jack, who was' wounded
in action with the Army in Korea
last October 25th. And it is good
news of a surprising nature, too-
Jack sent home a .picture of himself in the hospital posed with a
distinguished visitor . . .none other
than Mrs. Mark W. Clark, wife of
the commanding general of the
area. The picture shows Jack smiling in the best of spirits and seeming on the road to recovery.
For-the loved bnes who wait at
home, this is what it takes to
change a season of heartsick wishing, to a joyous- Christmas tijtne iu
the knowledge that Jacks may ibe
hurt and far from home, but he's
going t,o -be all right.
'. Jack's •war ivouMs came as ie
wa^ trying to kelp another coa.
rade who had been hit. Shrapnel
drilled through Jack's chest and
damaged the lung.-
Word came to Mrs. Powers and
Jack's parents that their injured
soldier was in the base hospital at
Tokyo. His Purple Heart decoration was an honor, but small consolation. The seriousness of his
wounds was not clear.
The family knows now that Jack
is in good hands and that an operation later can be made to remove
the shrapnel.
Our Collegians
Two hundred ten students from
Isabella County are enrolled at
Central Michigan College this semester. Among them are the following from Clare: D. Jeanne
Drake, Dorothy Mae Miller, Peg-
gy Lou Thayeiv Marilee Jsan Tice,
Nancy Jeanne Wild, Ejhnia Mhora
Wilson.
Harwell:   Leon  Eugene   Sciila,
ley.
Lak . LorrenB. (Ji-ay,       ■*■.
George Kane
Laid To Rest
Requiem High Mass was sung
for George "Kane at St, Cecilias
Church by Rev, Fr. J. I. Sruba, Jasf;
Wednesday morning, with interment in the St. Cecilia cemetery.
George Arthur Kane, son of
Arthur M. and Florence Kane was
born at Mt. Pleasant, AUgUst 21,
1928, and passed away December
8, 1952, at the age of 24 years,
three months and seventeen days.
After spending the first seven
years in Mt. Plasant he entered
Clare Public School in 1936 and
graduated with -the class of 194©;
swhere he was president of the
Senior class.
He was always interested in
sports and was captain of his basketball team and won the Kiwanis
Athletic award.
He enlisted in the U. S. Army in
1946 and received his discharge In
1947 after serving in Japan. After
attending Central Michigan College
three years, he was employed at
the Dow Chemical company near^
ly two years in the Sarah Development Laboratory. Bud was interested in bowling and belonged to several bowling leagues. He was also
a member of the K of C.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Florence Kane, ancl two sisters,
Mrs. Winifred Denton, of 6lar .
and Mra. Barbara Mead, of Merced,
California, besides .other relatives
and many friends.
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