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<?LARE, ^iCKtiaAM*- THURSDAY MORNING    DECEMBER 1, 1955
Ten Cents Copy
N©w Series, Vol. 64, No. It
Name Harper
Principal In
ClareHigh
William    Harper,    Clare    high
school Art teacher, has been nahi-'
ed to the job of" high school princi-J
pal   at   Clare  Public   school,   the
School Board has announced.
He fills the post left vacant by;
Richard "Wheeler, who became
school superintendent upon the re-,
signation of T. C. Campbell.      "    .
This is Harper's seventh year
at ciare high school, where he has
taught math classes, but now has
a full day of Art classes.
The new principal was educated
at Central Michigan. College, Jit.
Pleasant, where he got his Bachelor's degree, and at the "University
' of Michigan, where he took his;
"""((■"aster's. He spent 38 months in:
the army in France'and Germany
during World War IL
Harper is married to the former
Dorothy Butterfield, who taught
commercial subjects in Ciare fbr
three yars. The couple has two
sops, Ward and Larry. ..'  •
Summers, Harper, does lettering
ahd illustrating work, besides attending classes, and ^building
houses. . '.";'•
He has been a member .of the
Clare Kiwanis for five years, and
has been secretary of that group
foi; three years. The Harpers are
members of the ' CJCngregatiqnal,
church, and ho is also an Explorer
Leader for Boy Scouts.
In addition, he is the District rtV
presentative to the M- E. A., on
the Region 12 Council of that,
group, on the District Governing
Council for Clare amd Isabella
counties, and is a N. E. A. mejui-
ber. '   ' . .
Elementary art programs will be
discontinued, as Harper moves into
his new duties as principal, but he
will continue to teach high school
art, until another teacher is found.
The Principal has announced
that school policies established by
the former principal ****y. remain
the same for the rest of the year.'
T. C. Campbell leaves tha Clare-
School system to take a job as as^ ■
sistant superintendent in Lakeview
Public School at St. Clair Shores, *
a school several times larger than.
Clare.
New Banking
Hours Set
forfkidays
There will be .new Friday business hours set at the Clare Citir
zbn's State Bank, beginning this
week   '
The bank will open at, 9 a.m. as
usual, ,but will not close until 5
p.m. This will be on Fridays only.
The "other Says of the week, customary hours will be observed.
Since many patrons can not get
to the bank before 3 p. m., the
Usual closing time; the bank is
making this adjustment on Fridays
for -their ■ convenience.
CHS Chorus To Sing Christmas Prograiii
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Stock Show
Twp 4-H .Club youngsters from
Cjare county will exhibit livestock
at the 26th anmial Detroit t Junior
Live-stock Show, next Tuesday
through Thursday at the state fair
ground's The county exhibit list.includes .one beef steer and three
lambs;.      .     •      -
; P. D. Gibson, Clare qounty ag*
riculCural agent, said the boys are
Billy-, Cartei* and Glenn Fancon,
The., "young exhibitors will be .accompanied .to Detroit by Mr. Gib-
•son. '    .
The iboys will be among 425
youngsters from 31 other counties
in Michigan .who will show 570
steers, 78 pens of fat lambs and 67
pehs of market hogs, a record for
"the Detroit show.
The animals will.be entered* on
Tuesday, .'exhibited on Wednesday,
and on. Thursday they will be sold
at auction.
Judges for the event will be
members of the animal husbandry
department at Michigan State University. They include Dr. R. H.
Nelson, head of the department for
beef; Dr. Harold Hennemaa, sheep
"researcher for lambs; apd Edgar
M. McClelland, swine barn foreman, for hogs.
" While at Detroit, the youngsters
will compete for scholarships, cash
awards and trophies. They will be
guartered at the Fort Shelby
Hotel.
Whiter Fires Aire Ifctigh—But
Warm Hall Would Be A Help
Members of the Clare Fire De-'and arrange nozzles and other e-
partment are more sure than ever.^uipment ready for the next pos-
this week that they need addition- Bible call, hang up gloves, masks,
al space for storage of their vital helmets and coats to thaw and dry
equipment, and.-tfor garage room* out, and to collect and inventory
for the large ftfe 'frucks, aud for' all small items of firefighting e-
inside work space,*;,-      . "{ quipment to  be  sure the Depart-
Following their ijre.tui-n to the ment was in readiness for action
fire hall after the-Watd; residence;! again
fire Tuesday: night, tjjeyj.had -more] All this necessary activity had to
than an hour's .worked- hang Up ^e done outdoors on a .freezing
wet, muddy hoselines to^dry.-clean^ 6ight by the f-re fighting men who
' '' '-        '    **" hajd just-spent two, hours subdu
ing . a fire in the raw, cold darkness.   .        ,
'.-■ Reason why the _ extra work had
to be done Outdoors is that the present ilte hall, is not large enough
to hold the. truck and allow room
to   walk   around   it,' ihor   permit
You Will Get
Tax Assistance
The   1956   taxpayer, assistance
The Clare High School  mixed .chorus
will be the featured; enieriainers at the .*
Study Club's-Christmas 'meeting -,on ;De- .
cember 6, at the Methodifet-Church     '   .     •
Under the direction" of; Mrs Nancy* Ja- ■
bara, high school vocal music teacher, the .
Chorus will off er a program of light classics. They will sing "Old; Abram Brown",
"There Is A Balm In Gil&ad", three numbers from Sigmund Romberg's "Student
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Prince"; .-"Mid-Winter". "Ye Watchers And
Ye.Hbly Ones'*; and 'Tanfare To Christ.-
mas Day"'. Kay Tice will present the two
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* .Study .'ci-ob-higfitess for 4he evening is
Mrs. SHarry JZticeL On the'tea' committee
are Mrs^—edii Dull-, Mrs, L. J. Nevins, MrsV'
Ralph 061© and* Mrs1. Floyd Norcutt Mem-.
ber.s sire^ urigei, to be.present and guests-
Employment At Record Hi
Clare Manufacturing Plans
More Production Increase
program of the Internal Revenue; "working space to handle the hoses
Service in the Chicago Region, «n* equipment on the truck,
during the Income Tax filing per-i Asserting that a larger fire hall
iod from January 2 to April 16,'is an eventual necessity anyway,
1956, will be aimed primarily at the firemen declared that they are
helping taxpayers to help them-, eager to see a campaign started
selves. " to set aside city funds on a sche-
„, . ,   .     .   .      ■•   I duled budget allowance to provide
This new approach to taxpayer thB  mDdern  building the  Depart-
assistance m this region, which in- -men-i needs
eludes the States of Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, was announced
today by Regional  Commissioner, - „. „ _
d. l. pisen, who said it is in con-* To Demonstrate New
formity with a policy laid down by■ _.*.-,,__- T^^l  "T*,^.;~"U*
the Washington office. j Power Tool lonight
Thfere wilt be a public demonstration of the DeWalt Power
Workshop, at the shoproom in the
"East encl of the Clare Pi^blic
School building tonight at 8 p.m.
(December 1).
The Workshop is an all-in-one
power tool for use in home workshops. A factory representative
will be- present to use and explain
the tool.
On Friday, December 2, there
wllr"be furthei- demonstrations at
Clare Hardware open to the public,
and the representative will again
be in charge.
fit,
The   Service   Will   furnish   tax-,
payers advice and information but.
will not continue the former practice   of completely   preparing   returns.
Taxpayer assistance activities
conducted in the Chicago Region
during the past filing period expended 471,423 man-hours which j
resulted in a substantial disruption
to normal audit and collection activities. Olsen pointed out that 'if
the above man-power had been
nsed on the examination of income
tax returns and in the collection
of taxes, it would have resulted ih
a very substantial increase in revenue.
The Internal Revenue Service
Will mail with the 1955 Income
Tax forms adequate Instructional
material to cover the problems, encountered by the average taxpayer
in the preparation of his return.
Telephone assistance will be provided by all District offices in the
Chicago Region to assist taxpayers
with specific problems.
Regional Commissioner Olsen
said that returns will be prepared
for taxpayers who are physically
or mentally unable to prepare their
own returns. Other taxpayers wno'
find it difficult to fully prepare'
their own returns may avail themselves of a self-help assistance
method by which desk space and
necessary materials will be furnished in order that they may lire-
pare their own returns under the
supervision of ail Internal,Revenue
agent instructor. ;
Olsen pdinted out that the Internal service plans to conduct an
extensive educational program
throughout this region to* furthet
assist taxpayers in tne preparatioli
of their returns,
TeachersrTraining
Session At School
A training meeting for teachers
of agriculture, instructors of veterans, and extension agents in Clare,
Gladwin, Isabella, Midland, Osceola
bounties was held at Clare High
School November 30. "
, the group under the direction oi
extension workers from Michigan
State University aud a power coin-
pany representative saw various
mechanical demonstrations and
heard a discussion, '
Leon Dull Takes
New Dealership
Leon Dull's Farm service has
taken over the dealership of International Harvester tractor and im-1
plement here in Clare.
He made the announcement this
week. George Lehr was" formerly
the IHC dealer in Clare.
A sign posted at the office door
at Clare Manufacturing Company
says "No Help Needed" - but lines
of job applicants form daily in the
corridor near the employment entrance and men and woraeuvwho
want work are interviewed almost
all day long every working day.
The word is around that the busy
plant with employment at an. all-
time high, is planning still more
hiring
Since last August when production of the Holley Carburetor together with employment were already at a high level, a further
steady climb has been recorded
until now more than 1.300 people
are y{ot\An% B& the Clare plant.
Three shifts are operating and
some departments are on a seVen-
day-a-week schedule.
The press for more production
of carburetors, and the measures
being taken to meet the demand
were explained by Earl Morgan, in
charge of the operation of the
plant and Lyle Skinner, personnel
manager.
.(Since the introduction of Holley
four-barreled carburetors on Ford
automobile models the public demand has surpassed all estimates.
, New car buyers have preferred
the four-barreled carburetor car
oyer the two-barreled equipment,
especially since the auto manufacturer has kept the improved
models down to a relatively small
increase in cost over the standard.
The Clare plant is tho only
manufacturer of the Holley four-
barreled model carburetor and so
a large production load has been
assigned to the local operation.
The company is hiring more
people to keep up with the pace of
new car building and carburetor
sales, and a 3,600-ft. enlargement
of the building will house new
equipment. Yet in the planning
stage is further erpansion of floor
space which involves remodeling
of office area for production use
and construction of new offices in
an addition along the front of the
main buildiug.
Third shift operation at present
is not a full-prodUctiou procedure,
Morgan explained, but the new
equipment affd addition of possibly
two hundred and fifty employees
would bring the third shift up to
a full production status.
Skinner spiked rumors that the
firm is engaged in an intensive hiring program and recruiting workers from Mt. Pleasant or farther
away. He said that the personnel
office has several hundred "live"
applications on file from persons
who want to work. Although the
company certainly does not wish
to dis.courage any persons who are
intending to apply for employment,
the policy is not to go far away
from the local area to recruit
workers, he stated.
Some    unusual    things    happen
when production schedules are
speeded up tb the rate, which" Clare
Manufacturing is now working according to Morgan.     . *
"There have been times when
material came into this plant in
the form of castings early in the
day, and was shipped out ast parts
of finished" carburetors on the very
same day", he said. In the cycle,
the castings are machined; assembled, -tested and inspected before
shipment.
Rejected pieces because pf faulty workmanship or manufacture,'
are at a very low rate while working efficiency remains -high, he
said. 5-000 finished carb.**retors per
day-Is a production* goal at'timfesV
. The big boom at Clare Manufacturing is reflected in Btead'ly
rising payroll volume. More than
any other one factor, this payroll
is the cause of cash register' ringing in the stores and flhops in
Clare, Farwell, Harrison, Coletaau
and other localities where - the
plant's workers come from.
The gross payroll per wpek is
$115,000 in round figures. A major
portion of this amount is in circulation immediately after Friday
paydays in the area,
their  delight   when   Clare   Manu-
Business leaders who rememhsr
facturing's annual payroll approached the $900,000. - mark, will
probably see -the annual payroll
gross top six million dollars.
GHS Senior
Girls Enter
Contest
Eight senior girls of Clare High
School, have heen enrolled in the
Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow,
They are: Phyllis Williams, Louise
Miller, Diane Grigg, Eileen Gruno,
Rosemary Zimmerman, Margurite
Wood, Christine Carrow, and Carol
White.
The girls will take the 50-minute
written homemaking examination
December 6 which will be the basis
for selecting the school and state
Homemakers of Tomorrow. The
examination paper of the girl receiving the highest test score in
each school will be entered in
state competition with each state
Homemaker of Tomorrow receiving a **>1)'500 scholarship and each
state funnar-up a' $5lQ0 scholarship,
The 48 state winners and the
representative from the District of
Columbia, with their advisors, will
tour Washington, colonial Willam-
sburg, Va., and Philadelphia April
8-12 when interviews will combine
with the test score in determining
the Ail-American Homemaker of
Tomorrow' who will be selected
April 12. Her scholarship will be
increased to $5,000.
Each girl who takes the test will
receive a homeriiaking guide. Each
school winner will receive a
golden Homemaker of Tomorrow
pin designed by Trifari ahd her
school will receive a cook book.
The school of each state winner
will receive, a set of the. Encyclopedia Britannica.
Robinette
Places On
State Team
By Eugene Campbell
of the Pioneer Staff
Nard-Robinette, one of the greatest, If not the greatest, ends that
ever wore a Clare Pioneer uniform
received the great honor of being
on the Detroit Times All-Star
Team, Nard was named on the
Class C Team and became one of
the few football players in Clare
School, history to receive this honor. Clark Kinsey, another of 'the
Clare Pioneers' stars, received
honorable mention.
In the Detroit Free Press rating
Nard was named on the All-State
second team. Though not named
on the first team, which was made
up of Class A and Class B football players, Nard was the only
Class C football player named on
the second team.
The versatile fullback Clark Kin-
aey again received honorable mention.
Clare firemen battled a stubborn!
blaze   in   the   paralysing   cold   of
Tuesday's    evening "tiours    when |
they were called   to the   Corbett;!
Ward residence at 205 East Third;
street after fire was discovered in
-the walls and under the upstairs
floor of the house, •■   v
Spectators watched, as the Fire
Department threw nearly • every
active fire fighter and three trucks
into the attempt to save -the .old
house and prevent the blaze from
igniting the Barber home next
door. Ice, cold wind and slippery
roofs and ladders added to the dif-
Bishop To Talk
To Episcopal
Group In Clare
Members and frfends of the Chapel pf St. Ann are looking forward to
the coming visit of The Rt. Rev.
Dudley B. McNeil D. D., Bishop of
Western Michigan. Bishop McNe.il
will speak at a potluck dinner to be
held next Tue*sday evening at 6:30
in the private dining room of the
Barnes Cafe. Other guests will include The Rev. Father Francis J.
Foley of Traverse City, lay officials
of St. John's Church in Mt Pleasant, and guests from about the diocese and from Clare.
The "E p i s c op a 1 Congregation
which is conducting its fall canvass
and building fund drive will hear
their Bishop tell of the support
that the diocese will give to the lo-
cal building project. Richard Wheeler is chairman of the every-member
canvass committee which includes
Messrs. Kenneth Barnes, Robert
Soldatt, William Goodwin, and Allan Holmes. Services have been
held each Sunday for over two
years in the dining room of the
Barnes Cafe and Church School at
the same hour of 9 sj.m. in the restaurant.   -
No decision has yet been made as
to when it will be possible to build,
The Rev. Fr. Robert S. Childs of
St. John's in Mt. Pleasant is priest
in charge of the growing congregation.
Get 60 Day:
On Charge Of
Disturbance
Mrs. Bartow Is Well Prepared For
Teacher-Librarian Position At CHS
Methodist
Men To Give
Harvest Supper
Members and friends of the
iClare Methodist Church are reminded that the Methodist men are
again sponsoring their annual Harvest Supper to be held at the
'church, Thursday evening, December 8.'
The Menu will include turkey
with all the trimmings. All com-,
mittees are working to make this
a success. Robert Greer is general
chairman, Doi'sey Mussell, kitchen, ]
Ralph Cole, tickets and publicity,'
ancl Everett Moffitt, dining room.'
Serving will begin at 5:00 p.m.
Come early and meet your friends
there.
As a high school girl, Mrs. Ivan
Bartow walked six miles a day to
school and back, working one year
in a boarding house, because she
was bound she would get an education and be a school-teacher herself One day.
Mrs. Bartow is a teacher now
and has been, for 39 years. At '
Clare Public Schools to which she
came in 1943, she instructs classes
in sociology and biology, and is
school librarian, quite a job in it-'
self-
She admits to a good deal of
pride in the 3,500-volume library.
"I've been told it's one of the
best school libraries of its class, .in
the state," Mrs. Bartow commented.        .
She orders new books- to stock
the shelves, with help on the
choosing from other faculty members, and the students themselves.
One half of the librarian's day
is spent in the high school library,
and one hour in the elementary li-<
bi'ary, besides,-her classes,in biology ahd sociology. '  '
Almost  of necessity,   books. are
.also Mrs. Bartow's hobby.'
'"Library   work   is a field   that
Lee Sowle Photo
takes a lot of keeping up with, in
order to know what new books are
coming out that should be On the
shelves,"  Mrs.   Bartow  said.
This summer she took six hours
of library work in a course at Central Michigan College, rising early
every morning, and driving to Mt
Pleasant for a seven o'clock class.
Mrs. Bartow, was married two
years ago. to A. E. (Bin) Bartow,
of Harrison, a contractor and cabinet maker.. Like another faculty
member at Clare schools, Mrs
Bartow became a grandmother on
her wedding day._
Mr. Bartow has four children a
daughter and son at Hillman, a
daughter at" Birmingham, and a. son
in college, and they had children
who also became Mrs. Bartons
"family" on her wedding day.
The BartoWs live at Harrison,
and-Mrs. Bartow especially enjoys
entertaining friends at the beauti--
ful homo on Budd Lake. She calls
it a cottage, but mentions having
32 teacher-guests there for dinner
at a.time, with but any particular
crowding.
Mrs. Bartow came to Clare" as an
eighth grade teacher, hut when she
was needed as a biology teacher,
promptly Went back to summer
{school, and picked up a major in
that subject. (She already had majors in English and sociology).
In her first eighth grade clash
here thirteen, years ago were Joe
Johnston, Ray Owens, Ann Bicknell, Bob Cimmerer and Douglas
Fleming . >
During her first year in Clare,
she organized the local Girl Scout
group. She had had experience
with it, working with the Scouts in
Harrison, Where she taught previous to coming here.
She went into high school teaching the year after she came to
Clare, and now teaches only high
school.
Most of the traveling she's done
has been as a chaperone on Clai'e
High School senior trips. (She's
been busy getting more schooling
other times When she might have
travelled.) .„
» In 1948 and 1949 she went on
boat trips to Niagara with the senior classes, and ih 1952 and 1954
to New York and Washington. She
has visited Florida,  too.
One of the proudest occasions of
her years in the Clare school system was in 1950 when the senior
class dedicated the annual yearbook to her,
Mrs. BartoW started teaching in
an Ionia county rural school the
same year that she graduated from
Belding High School. During the
summer she attended summer
school, working toward her\ degree.
After six years in rural schools,
she moved to' the Belding public
school, her alma mater. She taught
t,here 14 years, nine of them as
school principal.
Then she came to Harrison,
where she taught for six years,
and from there ** came to Clai'e,
where she's been since. Until nor
marriage two years ago, she lived
in Clare,
(Continued on. Page. 6)
Clare Police recovered -a stolen,
car when it was found in the Ho- •
tel Doherty parking lot this week. ■
Hotel Manager Dick Groves noticed the car   left'   there-several■■
days  in  a row, and notified the
police.   Officers checked with *the
State Police stolen car files,  and-
found  it matched  the description
of a vehicle   reported   stolen   to
Saginaw   October   31.   The  oWher*'
was notified.
Ronald Burke ol Coleman "was
arrested at Chuck's Tavern November 24, when Clare Police received
a complaint that he was causing a
disturbance, at about, 10:45 p.m.
Burke plead guilty in Municipal
Court November 26, to a charge of
disorderly conduct. Judge William B, Dunlop sentenced him to
60 days in the county jail in Harrison.
Harry B. Dillon, of Flint, was
charged with reckless driving November 23, after he led Clare Police a chase to Coleman in Kia
car, police reports said.
He plead not guilty and was released on $100.bond. He appeared
in court again November 28, and
changed his plea to guilty, and-was
fined $50, and $4 costs.
A 21-year-old Gladwin man paid
$54 fine and costs in Municipal'
Court on November 25, on a charge
of driving Wii'd'ei? the influents *of
alcohol.' He also surrendered, his
driver's license. Police said "Wilford Keith Yeqger, of IMS,/-Glad*
win ran both red lights on downtown US-2-** in Clare. They had received a complaint on him earlier the same day, reports said.'
Mrs. Alice Loomis was ticketed
by Police for making an improper
turn on US-27 November 28.
The right front of her car was
damaged, police said, when she
made a righthand turn from the
lefthand lane, and drove into the
side of a car driven by Gordon
Rydman, 19, of rural Coleman.
The Rydman car was damaged in:
left front.    The accident occurred
at about 9:55 p.m. •'
Two cars were Involved in. a collision at the intersection o'f Beech
and West Fifth Streets November
25, at about 2:45.. Police .said.'Strs,
Nancy Fiedler, of Clare, Was gq-
ing North on Beech Street, and
pulled away from the stop sign
at the Fifth Street crossing into
the path of a car driven by Donald McFarlane, a serviceman home
on leaVe from Pensacola, Florida.
Damage to the Fiedler car Was
estimated at $100, and to the ether, about $50.
ficulty of the fight which lasted
from 8:30 until nearly eleyen'
O'clock at night, ,V
The blaze, of undetermined origin, caused charred ruin and danv
age to the entire roof, the inside of
the attic and large areas of "the
building's Walls. Smoke and water
damaged everything on both the
ground floor and upstairs bed*
rot>ms,    :   , •
•The smoke, thick ami choking",
swirled, around the figures of fire-
men on a -roof at the north-West
corner of 'tlie house and at times
blotted them put from the viewi of
watchers on the ground, and from
each other. ,
Part of the contents of 'the
house was carried outside into "the
snowrcovered yard.
Estimates of'the amount of damage and 'extent of insurance coverage were not .available.
Farm Home Leveled
. Tl-e farm v home pf the Robert
Robinsons near Elm Grove burned
to- "the; ground early Monday forenoon; in a fire believed to have
been caused by a faulty chimney; ••
* 3*ho. Robinsons lost all of their
-household, goods and personal be;
loggings! including their clothes,
in the blaze,
' ,He is "employed at Art Ulrich
Ppntiac Sales, and Mra Robinson
works, at- Clare- Manufacturing.
Neither of them were home when
the fire, broke out, but, their child*
fen, who range in age from 15 Ho
4 yeara old, were.
The building was insured, but
not the coatents, Mr. Robinson
Baid. The family is staying with
friends while they look for a
house to live in.
The Clare Fire Department was
called to- the blaze four • miles
north, six east and % mile north
of Clare. The house was the* former
Cora Wilson home.
Monday evening, the Fire D***-
partment was called to a fire in a
trailer'house on W. Second St. The
trailer Was owned by Joe Bower.
Damage Was moderate, Fire
Chief Stan Parish said, and the
fire was apparently caused by an
overheated oil burner.
Kiwanis
To Observe
Charter Night
The annual Charter Night party
of the Clare Kiwanis club will be
held at the Hotel Dohe-rty December, 7 when the Club will observe
its 20th anniversary.
v The group will enjoy a banquet
in the Wedgewood Room of .'the
hotel, and featured entertainment.
Marian Newberry, of Saginaw, a
vocalist, will be on the .program.
Miss Newberry has heen "popular
with Clare audiences before. She
will have an accompanist and an
other entertainer With her.
Following the prbgtam there
will be dancing to the music of
Harry Wehrley'si orchestra. The
evenings events Were arranged by
a cpmmitte headed by O. D. Bayes.
Liiida Smiles
Through M®w
Troubles
Cong'l Bazaar
This Weekend
The Clare Congregational
Church is the setting this week
end for the annual Christmas bazaar, sponsored by the Womens' Fle-
lowship of the church.
The bazaar will open Friday, December 2 at 3:00 p. m., and continue, until 3:00 p. m. Saturday.
They will have many special features including doll clothes, aprons
of all kinds, baby clothes, candles,
baked' goods, homemade cookies,
and many other interesting items..
Come do your Christmas shopping.
The women are also' sponsoring
a New England dinher to be sei'V-'
ed at 5, 6, and 1, on Friday the 2nd.-
You must have a ticket' for the
hour to be served^
"Hi" and a Wide .cheerful smila
is the greeting given visitors at
the Beaverton. Methodist. parsonage, by little Linda, two and a half
year old daughter of Rev. and Mrs*
Larry Grubaugh.
Seldom seen without her gay
smile,, Linda is unaware that surgery for her little legs will be necessary before she can Walk. She
is under the care of a bone specialist,, at Traverse City Children's
Hospital. However the Grubaughs
have. bee,n* .advised by a," heart
specialist that Linda cannot unflar-
go surgery for sohje time,/as, sha
also.^ufferB a rare heart condition,
which could make surgery fatal.
.'When Linda was .three, months
old, "she; Was 'taken .to the. ■hospital
in Traverse City. 'She left her
home tho day after Thanksgiving
and remained there for her first
Christmas, but by New Year's Day
her condition was thought to be
critical so she was returned home
to loving and praying parents.
Since then there have been numerous trips back to the hospital
in Traverse City for X-Rays and
treatments and she has also been
in Ann Arohr for a series of heart
tests and X-Rays.
Linda spends many happy hours
playing and trying to imitate her
sister Vonnie, who is" nearly five,
and smiling and talking to brother
Michael, Who is four months old.
"Linda isn't like an ordinary
little girl she is always good. NO
matter What I ask her to do, she'll
grin and say 'O.K.'" Mrs. Grubaugh
commented.
Christmas
Club Begins
At Bank
The Christinas Club ^laij ha3
been revived at the Citizen's Statu
Bank in Clare this year,
The Club runs over 50 we.eks,
with members depositing a set
amount each Week. At the end of
the 50 weeks, members are sent a
check for the amount they have
deposited.
This, is the first time in several
years that -Hie club plan has been
offered, since apparent lack of
public interest caused it_to be discontinued
But there have been numerous
requests for it and queries about
it this year, so the'plan is being reinstated.
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