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. CLARES MICHIGAN. tfttJRSDAY   MAY 3, 1956
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Supplies of polio vaccine to Clare
county health workers are still li*
mited, but every effort will he
made to give the. second polip injection before county schools
clos- for the summer, Mrs. "Kathryn Freeman, county nurse, sale,
this week.' '
School Debt
Installment
ill Be Final
A statement from the office of
Richard Wheeler, Clare Public
S_h6ol superintendent predicted
the final payment on Clare's school
building bond debt out of taxes "to
be collected this year,
,*_*he, debt of $185,000 was for additions to the school in 1950 -and the
good new? of the pay-off thirteen
years ahead of the schedule means
a saving of more than eleven thousand dollars to the tapayers, the
"report stated. The statement follows:
"Taxpayers in the Clare school
district and surrouhding area will
be interested to know that the
Clare school bonded indebtedness, incurred in 1950 will be paid up completely after taxes have been levied and collected for this debt during the coming school year.
"The actual amount of tax-.revenue to be collected to pay all the
remaining indebtedness is $35,420
plus the interest and premiums on.
the outstanding bonds in the
amount of approximately $2,000.
, "The -debt incurred in 1950 was
for the purpose of erecting and furnishing the additions to the city
school building. The amount of
the indebtedness voted by the people  in  1950 was  $185,000.
"The proposition as it was voted
on, called for a tax levy on the property of the district for a period of
twenty years but because Of increasing property valuations in the
district, the amount of money collected at a decreasing millage rate
has made it possible to pay 6f_ the
entire indebtedness .within.,-$■ ..p-jr-
iod of seven years.   "    "      '-"'
"The fact that it was possible to
rcti-g the debt in this comparative-
. ly short time has   resulted in    a
saving in interest cost to the taxpayers of $11,000."
Parents have been making Inquiries of school and health administrators on the availability of the
vaccine.
If a child has already received a
second injection from his family
doctor, Mrs. Freeman urges that
his tea,, her be notified without delay, so there will be no duplication.
She added that health workers
are not allowed to use any qf their
present supply of vaccine for third
or booster shots.
If sufficient "vaccine is accumulated before school opens, the shots
will be given at school in a mass
Jnnoculation, as-has been done before. .Pupils and parents will be
notified ahead of time.
Special clinics w'lU he held, and
polio shots will be given throughout the summer if necessary, in order to complete first and second
polio shots for children from one
to fourteen years old, she said.
Anyone with questions may
.phone the County Health office,
KE 9-5111 during week day afternoons.
Recommends
12-ftlonth
School Yectr
By Christine. Carrow,
CHS Journalism Department
Mrs. Helen Garthe was' elected
secretary of Area J Department of
Classroom Teachers, at a state con .
vention held Saturday, April 28.
at Alma. ' • "■'-.
The main speaker at "the convention was Miss Elizabeth Yank, national president of the D.C.T., from
Marysville, California. Miss Y_nk
discussed .and urged the study' of
three new problems in education
from the teacher's point of view.
They were the merit system, the
use of teachers' aides', and a twelve
months' school program. ;
In attendance from the Clare-
Isabella District were Mrs, Helen
Garthe, Mrs. Kathryn Eroh and
Mrs. Myrtie Bowerman fr'pm Clare;
Miss Mildred Dunning, Mrs. Ay a
Bond and Mr. Jack Anson from Mt.
Pleasant; Mrs. Berni?-, Morrison
and Mrs. Eileen Jacobs from Rosq-
bush; and Mrs. Gladys Thayer from
Farwell. -.-,-'
Area J of the D.C.T. covers a
large area including most of the
northern part of the lower peninsula. "     V
Student Operetta Has
Entertaining Story
"Golden River", a western comedy, wW he presjl-ted by a Clare
High School cast on Friday, May 11,
in the auditorium at eight o'clock.
Mrs. "Nancy Jabara, assisted by
Miss Joan Bond, selected the cast
from the chorus and from individual
try-outs. Sharon Gaspeny, junior,
will assist Mrs. Jabara as accompanist for the operetta.
"Golden River", written by "Vera
and Ken Tarpley, is produced by
special arrangement with the publishers.
The rambling "Walsh Ranch house
has invited many guests and Invites the people of Clare too, to
join in this festival of song.
A .tricky advertisement, "FREB-
two weeks' vacation to any party
interested in buying Walsh Ranch",
They'U Go -lb State 4-Ii Week
Band In New
Uniforms At
Area Festival.
Clare's High School Band, in
complete dress uniform,. went to
Big itapids Wednesday to joirt
eighteen Other high school bands
for a mass band festival.
Band members packed the west
point shields and shoulder cross
belts of their uniforms in their
cases, and donned them before the
march in the afternoon. The shields
are detachable emblems that button over the front of the uniforms.
They left Clare "by bus at 8 a.m.
and when they had arrived at Big
Rapids, spent the remainder of the
forenoon in mass rehearsal with
other area bands.
At 1:30, they formed for a parade
through downtown Big Rapids. The
Clare contingent led the -massed
bands.
Following the parade, another
short rehearsal was held, In preparation for the evening program.
At 7:30 a.m., the bands took theii
places in the gymnasium of Ferris
Institute, for a birf mass concert.
Band director Lloyd Conley cautioned his musicians as representatives of CHS to wear their uniforms with dignity, even when not
in playing formation. He complimented them on their general-good
conduct to date, and urged them to
maintain it,
This Was not a competitive event,
i and ratings were not given. It wag
a chance for high school bands to
meet each other.
.Among other bands playing-at, the
Big Rapids festival were Scott-
ville,- Evart, Barryton, Fremont,
Hart, Morley, Sparta, Big. Rapids,
Howard City,. Coleman, Remus,
Stanton arid Reed City.
Reckless
Driver Pays
$54.30 Fine
William Ross Cruson, 39, of Detroit, was arrested on West'Fifth
Street by local police April 26, and
charged with reckless driving
He plead guilty in Clare-municipal court on April 27, and was assessed $54.30 fine and costs by
Justice William B. Dunlop.
On April 28, Walter K. Volmer,
of Midland, was arrested on a
charge of being drunk and disorderly. He appeared in Clare municipal
court the same day, -and paid $14.30
In fine and costs.
starts a round of events that be
come involved in. entertaining
songs, surprising dangers, tangjed
romances, and "golden opportunities". '   "•■•
The following cast of performers
and producers promises an evening
of enjoyment and an opportunity
to help build funds in the vocal department. •;.'._
. The characters include Ella
Walsh, mistress ,of Walk"! Ranch,
Kay Tice; Jim Walsh, her restless
son, Jim Rodabaugh,' George Freed-
manj a big promter, Dick Beery;
Karen Freedman, his resourceful
daughter, Lydabelle Bicknell; Pete
Walsh, Jim's weather-beaten father,
Jack Bailey; Mrs. Flora Pennington, a matron bent qn living dangerously, Jeanie Bowler;.Miss Fannie
Baer, her giggling, talkative sister,
Ruthann Spence; Cam "Winters,,a
restless nightclub singer, Ann Jackson; Dr. Paul Mansfieldf an Observant psychaitrist, Jim _*»wyer; Billy
Baxter, •_ gen$a*ous young, man with
a car, Dexter Htibel.Dir.ecto. of
tlie Operetta- is Nancy Jabara; student director, Phyllis Bolin.
Fire Destroys
Bay Farm Barn
The Burton Bay barn, at the farm
located four miles north and three
and one half east of Clare, burned
Monday evening at a- little before
C p.m. from a. blaze of unknown origin'.* .     .
There was no stock in the barn,
and very little hay, according to
Clare fire.chief Stan Parish. The
barn, was a complete, loss.
Young Dancers Entertain
At Study Club Dinner
Sixty members and guests of the
Clare Study Club assembled in the
Wedgewood room of the Hotel Doherty Tuesday evening for their annual May dinner.
Special guests were Lucille Becker, Clare high school senior, a.nd
her mother, Mrs. Louis Becker.
Lucille recently won an art scholar-
snip for eight weeks free training
at Interlochen art camp. The contest she won was sponsored by the
Federated Women's Clubs.
Highlighting the evening's program, Mrs. Joanne Wilcox presented her pupils in novelty dance numbers. Youngsters taking part were
from Clare, Farwell, Harrison, Mt.
Pleasant, Coleman and. Shepherd.
At the Tuesday evening session,
Mrs. Carleton Garthe president,
conducted • the business meeting,
She announced that the Adult Education conference of. Federated Women's Clubs would be held May 8
at- the University of Michigan.
A report of the Crippled Children's Society was given by Mrs.
Roy Townsend. She said that $961.
had been collected during the .Softer Seal sales. Half of this amount
remains in the county.
Annotince
Extension Of
Cancer Drive
, Due to bad weather, solicitations
for the Cancer Society will continue through the first part of May.
Donations to date amount to
$9.0.00, arid the quota for the county is $1,408,-0,
Mem-berg of the Beta Sigma Phi
Sorority will contact you for your
donations, but if you have been
missed, please, send your .ont-ibt--*
lions to Mrs, feud Anderson, chai--
i»an ol the Cancer Fund. IJrlve.
Mrs. Neil Stirling gave a report
of the 61st Convention *5f the State
Federated Women's Club held at
Sturgis. Theme of the convention
was "Women Of the World".
Another special feature of the
evening was the presentation of the
Pioneer Plaque, originally owned by
Mrs. Edward Waljert. the Club's
first president. She had bequeathed
it to Mrs. Mabel Mulder, another
of the Club's early presidents, who
had it for eight years.
At the meeting, Mrs. Mulder„pre-
settted the plaque to Mrs. Willard
Bicknell, who joined the club while
Mrs. Mulder was president, and
later :served as president. She is to
hold it for the traditional period.
In appreciation of her service
and leadership for the year, Mrs.
Garthe, outgoing president was
given a gift from the club by incoming president, Mrs. Stirling..
This was the final meeting of the
year, and Mrs. Stirling will assume
her new duties when the club
starts its meetings again in the fali
on September 4.       .
Clare To Be
They sewed some migKfy fine seams in these dresses; and
so Lois Pudvay, left, and Carol 'Kl-inh_rd-, righi, were
chosen delegate and alternate to 4-6 Club Week after they
modelled their costumes in the 4-H dress revue.
The style revue was the fiigh-point of,the annual Clare
County Spring 4-H Achievement Day, held April 20 in
Harrison. *
.Lois Will go to the Club Week, to be held at Michigan
State University, East Lansing, as delegate, and Carol will
go as alternate. "
Mr. and Mrs. Floren Pudvay, of R-l Clare are Lois'
parents, and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kleinhardt, also of R-l,
are Carol's, Both of the pretty teen-agers have many years
oi 4-H Club work behind them.
At Pageant
A fine program for the Central
Michigan Pageant is to be centered
around selection of Miss Central
Michigan from a group of at least
nine girls according to Mt Pleasant
Jajfcees, sponsors of the event The
Pageant is to.'beheld in the Central
Michigan College stadium on Saturday evening, June 2, -
Roy Warner- Clare Gharnber' ot
Gommerce president, said thai entries for selection of Miss Glare are
to be held open" until May '10 witli
one o-fetandi-g candidate already
filed, and others/possible.. .'
Miss Clare* will join 'contestants
from other communities in the pageant list from which the winner
will fa_' chosen to represent the
area at ihe Miss Michigan talent
and; beauty contest at MuSkego.nv
Pageant contestants by tow_s
are:, Joanne Brow, Miss Fsirwell;
Beverly Shjraef, Miss''Rosebush*•
Christine Baldwin, Miss Blanchard;
Pat Archey, Miss Mt. pleasant-  .<,.:
Nancy Banning--, Miss Steal City-;
Meredith White, Miss' Central.
Michigan College; Nita "Stfublcy
Miss Weidman; Anne Peters,'"Miss
Shepherd.     ,   ' '.  /   '
Special guests will be Sharon-
Kay Ritchie, Miss America of 1.56,
Margaret Devereaux, Miss Michigan of 1956'and Karolyn Amble,
Miss Winter Show Queen from
Harrison. The Pageant has been
discussed as a beneficial affair, for-
the contestants both from experience gained, and because- of the*
monetary awards and other gifts.
Rehearsals for the beauty and
talent judging have been arranged
for dates in May and June, and
judges are Mark Beltaire of th,e Detroit Free Press,- CMC President
Dr, Charles Anspacli, Harry A.
Bra .tin, jr., Shepherd, Mrs. Georgia Martin, Rosebush and Wiano
pjhi, Blanchard.
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Final Steps Iii Church Union Due In '57
1957 is to be a date well marked
by members and - friends of The
Congregational Christian Church
of -Clare, and indeed by every
churchman everywhere, "A date
When, to the greater, glory of God,
two parts of His Church shall become one . . . one in witness to the
power of His Word, one in obedience to His Will, one in allegiance
to His Son, one in ldve and fellow-.
ship with His people ... a United
Church of Christ!"
The United Church of Christ will
be formed through the union of the
Congregational Christian Churches
and the Evangelical and Reformed
Church. It will be .the most significant, though not tine largest, union
in the history of American Protestantism.
For the first time, two great
churches of different cultural back
grounds—the one Continental European, the other British—and with
dissimilar forms of polity—the * one
presbyterian, the other congregational—will join in a common fel-
lowship; possessed of a; rcommori
responsibility to a Lord who i_ the
Christ of the'New Testament
Differences   there   are .betweeif
them,   but they are   subordinated
(Continued  On Page 11)
Readying
Little League
Ball Field
Managers of Little League teams
made theii* bids on, and bought up
the pool of new ball players Tuesday evening that have become eligible for. Little League play this
year, so the four teams are now
complete, and ready for practice,
according to Jay. Green, Jr., president of the Little League.
A work bee is set: for Saturday
afternoon and Sunday at the'Little
League field, to get it ready for
play,-' ' . '■•:*■        ',' ■' ■
There is _ fence to ei-eet, cement
block dugouts to,-be completed,
painting to be done, and the field
nmst be fitted up*
Area Activities
Girl Scout potluck will be held-
at the Clare City Hall on. Monday,
May 7, at 6:15. Please bring your
own table service. This will be tlii.
last "meeting of the year, so let's
have a largfe attendance..    '    .
At Delwin Grange on May 8,
Richard Bogan will show pictures
of a ;recent trip that lie made to
Irela*ndi_t will be an oben meeting,
and everyone is welcome.
"One In: 20 Thousand", a film on
the relationship of tobacco and
lung cancer will be shown by the
"f-PMB at the Brown Corners United Brethren Church, tonight, May
3. at 8. The public is Invited,   * *
&t. Cecilia's Home and School
Guild nieets:* tojiight,- May .3, at _
p.m' in the cliurch parlors. A card
party will fee' held. Men of the parish are cb_dially invited to attend.
Police
Report No
Progress
No new developments were reported by Michigan State Police,
Mt. Pleasant Post, who are investigating a robbery April 6, at Rosebush, when gunmen took between
$1100 and $1200 from Herbert
Storrs.
Several possible suspects have
been questioned, a lie detector test
given, but State Police investigators have made little progress, they
said this week,
Storrs, who had the money in the
house after withdrawing it from
the bank to pay hospital bills, said
he and his wife and son were tied
up in their home \vhile ihe robbers
escaped with the cash.
Search for Lonnie (Chief Red
Eagle) Chambers gun has. slowed
down, according to the Clare county Sheriff's department at Harrisoh,
Shei-iff Everette Allen said so
far as he knows, no further organized effort is being made to find
it. State* Police .and Boy Scouts as
Well as county " law enforcement
people, had made searches for the
gun.    ' -
The weapon identified as- a .45
calibre pistol has been missing
since John Potter of Harrison, was
shot to death April 13, as he sat in
his pickup near his home south of
Harrison. The- shooting followed a
collision of Potter's pickup and
Chambers' car. Potter was Chambers'  father ■'in-law- •    -
• Chambers has been charged with
the - shooting, and is being held
without bail in the Clare county
jail at Harrison.
Troop 125 Scouts
Will Do Odd Jobs
Claire Troop 125 of the Boy
'Scouts is trying to.VSuse nioney to
buy Uniforms and pay its, way'to
camp/ -and its members are eager
and willing to take on all kinds of
odd jpbs. . ■     .
■ Clare people needing lawn work
done, or avIMowb Washed, or almost any aprt-time job done", should,
call Bob Hinkle, plione/._5>J,' or
Craig Jackson, phohe -624, or Rd-
hett Williams, phb'n. m-M, ho-
tween 4J80 p.nt, &M 7:00 p.nv
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Lorene Hildebrandt, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Hildebrandt, of Brush College community, R-l Clare, is Salutatorian of
this year's graduating classi at
Beaverton High School.
She Us had all of her schooling in Beaverton and was a member of both th- Junior and Senior plays. She lias been active in
FHA, the Library Club, the Future Nurses Club, in her church
group. _nd in 4-H Club work.
Lorene plans to enter the Sparrow Hospital School of Nursing
at Lansing this fall. There are
47 graduates in her .lass.
Win Medals
In Relays
By Eugene Campbell       »:-^
of the Pioneer Staff ',, '"
The Clare Pioneers pi** j_ fifth
out of 22 teap_s i_4+2_>.?'-.Jttle Hur-
'dle last S«tg^_5^i"__-28, at Mt.
Pleas^Ji' &^
-"he- Shuttle Hurdle team consisted of Dipk Beery, Jim Nivison,'Jim
Parish," and Nard Robinette with
each boy receiving a medal.
Clare also ran 6th in two other
relays "but couldn't place as only
the first five teams were considered.  '
. The Conference track meet, including Ithaca, Durand, Shepherd,
Chesaning, and Clare, will be held
May 8, at St. Louis. The time trials
and preliminaries will toe held at
3:00 p.m., and the finals- will be
held „t 8:00 p.m.
WiidFamily
Moves In
A new-ype tenant has taken
over the attic of Seiter Brothers
lumber company building on
West Fourth Street-
Friday last week, Dava Setter
was in the office .when he heard
some strange stirrings and rat-
tlings over his head, and went
up in the loft to investigate.
He   found   a  full   grown   raccoon who .apparently had every
intention of staying for sometime,
„since a nest had already been assembled.
Sellers surmise that the black-
masked occupant of their attic
has young raccoons with her.
They say she sings to them occasionally.*
Dave said tHey'll not distrub
her, since she is well out of the
way, so she has an indefinite option on the spot.
Undaunted Iby a three-year record of rainy Commencement 'days, eighty seniors at Clare High School are maMifg
plans to graduate out-of-doors' next month.
Commencement date has been set for June 8, and this\vill
be* the largest Senior class ever to graduate from CHS. Next
largest was In 1950, when. 71 seniors received their diplomas.
Spealcer for this year's graduation exercises is Dr. Harold, M. Dorr
(Ph. D.), Dean of State-wide Education at the University of Michigan.
He i<j administrator of such activities as U-M's Extension' service,
audio-visual center, bureau of
school services, off campus summer
sessions, off-campus professional^
program, adult education, and"
branch centers of the U-M, "•
'•' Dr.. Dorr graduated from I^afte
City High "School, and later served
there as principal and then superintendent before joining the1 staff
at *U-M.   \   ' ;
His . epord 'of membership' in
civic and fraternal organizations include belonging to the Ann Arbor
Rotary Club, and serving aft district
(222) governor-of Rotary in 1954-
55. ■ •        *   '
Where Wool
Comes From
By Shirley Armentrout
.    pf the Pioneer Staff
t On Thursday; afternoon Mrs. Hel-.
en Garthe ..and her third graders
went by-.school bus to-the Evart
Bpwextnari farm near Rosebush to
watch Ernest Irwin shear sheep.'
The/children also bad the priVjilege
6i feeding the''small pet iambs with
bottles. "-.-■■'
'After a lunch the children arrived -back at school1 with many pleasant" .memories ' of 'ah affemoop oh'
thefarni'.    ■    '.    ,       :      ,<:•   ,
Riy Ruby, ■ driver of the bus,
tookja variety.of camera sliqtsihat,
will be displayed on the third grade
bulletin boarfi.    • .      I:   ;
; The ...visit, was part of a planned
activity in-social-studies including
the use of library books, pictures
and class .discussion.    '
Nancy. Reiss,  a former Far-
well, girl, and trad-at1- of___S.
was. runner-up    for. Sunshine
Goddess  inthp. gt« Peter-burg,
FIo-Icj-, Sunshine Fesi-val- aria   ,
■*. -x|tj^>;-'flr,«'•"-|*4y»JJ0_*>i'*M^41ii. ■*.*-
winner.   _fawy attends college
In '.Florida.
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, "Eighty-seven-year-ld  Mrs.  Minnie Brown inpiuded one of her own
hand-ma_e quilt tops- ih a bundle
sent,by the Claire   Baptist   chu-ch
womeri   to tornado victims-   n_ar
Hudsonville.' The Kin'g$ Daughters
group .tied the quilt off fpr her.
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Boy S«outs in Troop 135 are   .
learning to. march in precision
formation . . . and from profes-
-ional ._o_tructors    tool   Each
Monday evenln|r th_y meet at
the Clare Army Reiserve Armory 'ijvli_re personnel of tite local ___{ direct them in marching    maneuvers.    Incidentally,
iTtfoop J25 welcomes new Scoiit
members.
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, Michigan State Police will start
wearing name bars May i5 as a
part Of their Uniforms. Names are
in blue enamel on gold-plated (for
officers) and chrome bars. They
will supplement badge numbers as
identification.    •
■ He has been a visiting expert on.
legislatures and legislative procedures; to the U. S. Military Government' irt Germany, 'and was assigned, there as a ■ governmental
Specialist by the U. Bi Statg department ip1950. -,s
If the graduation exercises are
held . outdoors, ps planned,."they
yiill ■ he ■ at the athletic field- A
speakers _tand will be erect.d for
tho .vent. '* ■*■    .    • -
'; .Shodld' rain, spoil the plans tor
the day, the' ceremony will move
inside to the audItor'u._.. {Seating
ih the'auditorium is limited, e_peei-
ally when _uch a large 'class is
graduating, and for this reason,
hopes' are high that Conimencement
day can be outside, with plenty of
room for friends and relatives. <
j Last year's graduating class list-
fed 64 Seniors, Qtherbig-yearq hgtv©
bee'n 1954, with-60 graduates, 196.,
with 63 graduates, 1952, with 60,
and 1951 with 6S.
rs
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Lose Baseball,
Opener
' Clare High's baseball nine opened • the Mid-Michigan Conferenco
.season .against 'St. Louis on the
hbme. diamond Monday of thi. week
and fell victims of th© v_&l(:-'r_" big
bats and of their own bp'ptol'es in
the field. Th_ St. Louis team's winning scor- was 10-2.
Hagah, the visiting pitcher Btfuqk
out thirteen, pioheer. .batsmen _nd
held-.the Green and "White _hlt,less
nntil the third man to face him' In.
the fifth frame. .,   -
Having difficulty with, contr-1,
John Miller, Clare pitcher -issued
five __ges on-balls td combine "with
Clare'-"sev-n errors for the _a"y-   "
Bob Sharp, Clare's catcher scored
one of the home team runs after a
dpuble and a stolen base. Bay,
Campbell and Miller each collected
a base hit apiece for the total of
four Clare hits.
Beaverton Brethren Rate
4< Well Done" For Efforts
David Hintz'
ArtEtitry
3rd In Contest
David Hintz, 12, son of Mr. and
Mn. William Hintz of rural Clare,
wohj third prize for his age grou.
in V)e Youth Talent Contest held
Iafj-month in Lapsing.
-s'^I-Iis entry was a black and white
sketch of a harbor scene. He competed with youngsters from about a
dozen counties in the contest which
is held annually. Entries were carefully screened for quality out of
the many submitted.   - ,
David, a sixth grader at Clare
Public School, has had a lively interest in art all his life, his mother
said. His only formal instruction
has been what he received in regular classes in school.
Sixth grade teacher, Miss 'Joan
Bond, and drawing instructor
George Perry persuaded David to
enter his work in the Lansing show,
David received a ribbon and plaque as recognition of his talent.
The annual contest is a project of
the Lansing State Journal ■ and the
Lansing recreation departmet.
The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:15-30) still applies, arid the
congregation of the Beaverton
Church of the Brethren can. prove
it.    .   .
Several months ago plans for an
addition , to the clnirch building
were underway, but the building"
fund was growing rather slowly.
.Last December, at a special service; families who wanted to participate were handed $5' each, out
of the building fund, and the challenge to try to increase it.
During the winter months, the
families hooked potholders, made
candy, and' capitalized on sp_cial
skills, Using the original $5 as
working funds,
Then this past Sunday,' April 29,
the congregation gathered to see
what the results- of the winter's efforts had been.
There was not an unprofitable
servant in the lot. All had increased
that original $5 . talent, most of
tliem many -times over.
The original $220 taken from the
building fund and distributed in
December, had grown to $1223.22
thrdugh the congregation's winter
work, Special gifts of $358'.13 have
brought the total to $1608.35.
Now, using the increased "fund
along with timber that was "donated
and cut and' hauled- by members
during the winter, work can start
on the addition. . *  .
A fellowship hall, church school
class rooms, and an enlargement to
the present sanctuary will be provided by the 80 xsfiO. £t annex* ■
During Sunday evening's special
program, colored slides taken of
congregation mernbers busy at
their money-raising efforts, were-
shown. These slide photographs of
the activity with publicity which
area newspapers have* given tO1 the
project have increased interest and
pleasure taken in the work. .
- The Beaverton Brethren. Church
celebrated its Fiftieth Anniversary
last June. Rev. Earl Atkinson is the
present pastor. ,>
Franz Gohre
Places In
Speech Event
By Rnthann Spence
of the Pioneer Staff
Franz Gohre, Clare High'S German exchange student, participated
in the Regional Speech'. Contetst
held in Ithaca on April 30. He placed 3rd with.his dramatic reading
of Julius Ceasar and received an
engraved dictionary for taking part.
The contestants were judged by
Mr. Paul Storey from Alma College, Alma, Michigan. ' -
Franz was accompanied4by his
dramatics teacher, Mrs.' Louisa
Bowler, and three of his classmates,-
"Vernette Dunkie, Mary Tice and
Nola VanBusldrk.
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