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THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1958
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Classes at Clare high school in
Adult Education will begin sessions the week of January 12 according to Mrs. Genevieve Fleming, director. To enroll, adults
may go to the school office, or
telephone EV 6-9945.
Planning to offer/twelve courses, Mrs. Flemng said rajat if interest is shown by at least ten
persons in any course not listed,
the school will obtain an instructor for the course and classes may
be started.
On the list of subjects ready
for enrollment now are: Typing,
Simple bookkeeping and office
practice, Sewing -r- beginning and
advanced, Advanced Shorthanej
Conversational Spanish, Cake
Decorating, Photography, Ceramics, Woodwork, Instrumental Music, Tap Dancing.
The cost for ii* of these
courses is three dollars.
A course in Driver Training is
also to be taught and the fee will
be $25.00.
The woodwork clsss is to in;
elude instruction in furniture
building and refinishing, and up
holstering.
Anyone wishing instruction in
a subject not listed should try
to interest nine or more others!
in the subject. Mrs, Fleming said
that class enrollment of ten persons would be enough so that an
instructor would be obtained.
Some classes may be taught in
rural areas if enrollment from
outside of Clare is heavy enough
to make a rural location desirable.
Each class is scheduled to meet
two hours on one night a week
for ten weeks with the exception
ot Cake Decorating, which will
meet for only 6 weeks.
18 Year-Olds
st Register
Selective Service registration
is a continuing requirement for
all young men as they reach 18
years of age, it has been announced by Arthur F. Damoth,
Chairman of Local Board No. 18
for Clare County.
Young men are required to
register for the draft within
five days after reaching their
18th birthday.. Registration may
be accomplished at any Local
Boar office. Men who are away
from their homes on their 18th
birthday may go to any Local
Board in the area where they are
located and register for Selective
Service.
noon when Gary Widmayer, 9 of
Lake George was struck and
killed by an auto near his home
just north of the village. The
young victim and two friends
were walking back up the hill
with their sleds when the fatal
accident occurred.
As two cars passed the boys,
they attempted to cross the road
in front of the second car. The
auto driven . by John Bringold,
Harrison struck and killed the
Widmayer (boy and - inflicted
lighter injuries on a companion,
Barry Wainman.
Bringold, 47, told Clare county
Sheriff James Darling, that flying snow rising in back of the
car he followed obstructed his
vision. He was not held.
The driver of the first car,
Robert Carson, also of Harrison
told the sheriff that he missed
ithe youngsters only by the narrowest of margins.
Clare county Coroner Carl
Stephenson was called and pronounced the boy dead when he
arrived.
The boy's mother, Mrs. Helen
Widmayer was reported in a
state nor collapse when informed of the accident
Funeral arrangements for the
Widmayer boy were by Coker
Funeral Home of Farwell.
Tom Mickle
To Head
Clare F. A.M,
Installation pf Thomas Mickle
as Worshipful Master of Clare
Masonic Lodge will be a ceremony at a special meeting Saturday evening, December 20 at
eight o'clock. Mickle will succeed
WM Larry Wilcox of John Q.
Look lodge whose term of office
expires.
With Mick*?! as ^officers of the
Lodge Eugene Campbell will be
installed as Senior Warden;
Courtney Bauer will take office
as Junior Warden.
Holley Merritt is the new Senior Deacon, and Frank Poet is
the Junior Deacon, Earl Beatty
will be the new Secretary and
Burke Collins will take the chair
of Treasurer.
Howard Everts, Deputy District Instructor' will conduct the
ceremony of installation assisted
by Chaplain Laurenee Seiter and
Senior Deacon Donald E. Holbrook. Organist will be Mrs.
Doris Cotton and Secretary will
be Clarence Cotton.
Also to be installed are the
following officers of the Lodge
who have been appointed by the
new Worshipful Master: Stewards, Mariin Alexander, Frtins
Kuula, George Wilson, John
Green; Marshal, Warren White;
Chaplain, Ken Roe; Tyler, Larry
Wilcox.
Lunch is to be served at the
conclusion of the rites of installation, and the public is invited
to attend the open meeting.
With Clare Sentinel mailing
date set ahead to Wednesday of
next week and again the week
after, correspondents and contributors axe reminoed that
copy must arrive at the Sentinel office a, full day earlier
than regularly scheduled.
Holiday issues of December
25 and January it will go into
the mail for delivery the day
before Christmas and before
New; Years Day,
News and a*3ivertisjng copy
will be scheduled on deadlines
one day advanced. Want Ads
will be accepted tip to 10
o'clock on Monday morning
December 22 and 29,
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Hurt As Car
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Took Home
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An auto accident on Wednesday
morning's icy pavement just
north'of Si Henry's Church b%
tween Clare and Rosebush sent
two Clare'Women to the Clare
General hospital with critical injuries. Their car left- the road
out of-control and smashed into
a tree. w
Mrs. Harold Thayer, 40 has (.a
pelvic fracture and other broken
bones and serious contusions.
She was pronounced in a state of
profound shock.
Mrs, Don Benchley, 27 has
possible skull and rib fractures
and contusions and lacerations.
She also is in shock. Both women may possibly be injured internally. They are under the
care of Dr. E. J. Gershon.
The accident happened jsljortly
after 7 a,m,.when condi!$$jji5 on
the roads. werjS "-»-sfiretrtely^lan-
gerous due to-ice slick'jelrYrom
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The car, a Buick se'dai^ belonging, to the Benchleys was estimated to be a'total wreck.
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Church Christmas Rites
FAMOUS YARN-SP1MNER RELATES
lies of Old Log Camps
Among   tlie papers of   the
late -John Cotter of Mt. "Pleasant, ihe family discovered
some gems of old, long-forgot-
ten. lumber woods stories.
These tales are part of a collection which Mr. Cotter kept
as a hobby. Many of the tales
Me about' people of places or
events in the close-to-Clare area
and some of the men and
places mentioned in the stories
might be remembered by old-
t'imers yet living meat' this locality. —•
The Sentinel is beginning" a
series of these stories with Material furnished "through the
©©uiffesy of Tim Cotter, who
savefi the stories and passed
ihem along- for interested' Sentinel readers. ED.
Bill Dwyer of Clare was an
old-time camp cook in the lumber
days who cooked for Dan Carey's
father at Meredith. In the time of
John L. Sullivan, Bill Was among
the best bare-knuckle fighters
and one of the last to fight that
way.
Dwyer was cooking for fhe Detroit, Flint and Saginaw Electric
railroad in a camp some place
between Flint and Detroit at the
time the road was being con*
" structed.
Some of the crew would spend
the evening in Detroit and would
not be back in time for breakfast
the following morning, which annoyed the cook. When Bill told
them what the rules were on being on time, one of the bunch
talked fight to him.
Dwyer told him he could whip
him or any friend he had,*" with
no hold barred, if they disregasd-j
ed his orders.
The next morning the boys
were late again ahd had a new
man added to the bunch. Billie
Woods was quite a coming
heavyweight boxer around Detroit at that time. And When
Dwyer reminded them of what
1-he had told them the day before,
Woods invited the cook out for
battle. Bill was growing old and
gray and probably looked good
to Woods.
Dwyer took off the apron and
went out on the green. Woods
thought he would box and tire
out his opponent, but he was mistaken. Dwyer landed right and
left, hitting where they would do
the most damage, and Woods
went out cold.
Dwyer Ibid him it tfrduld be a
long time before he would be a
fighter, when he couldn't beat an
old matt. •«■...,
The crew decided he; taelttt
what he said and did not bother
the cook   with being late   for
A Lima, Ohio man who didn't
get his deer in Michigan during
the last Whitetail shooting season, at least went home with a
cheerful story about the hosp-
tality of folks in Clare, and enthusiasm for the Clare Chamber of
Commerce friendly treatment for
tourist-sportsmen visitors.
E. D. Vandemark, a Lima policeman was stopped by Clare
policemen and a representatve of
the C of C who handed him a
check for one dollar marked, "A
Safety Buck To Bring You Luck."
A letter attached reminded Vandemark to observe safety while
hunting, and wished him a pleasant hunting trip,
Vandemark's pleasure at the
gesture received wide publicity in
Ohio when the account of how he
■."got his buck" was published in
a feature column of a, Lima
daily newspaper.
Chamber of Commerce mem
bers here were delighted that
their annual welcome for hunters was receiving publicity and
making favorable impressions
upon guestsTtvgpsi G.fct of "-the area,
CHS Five
Drops Game
Clare High's Pioneer basketball squad got off to a disastrous
start in the new cage season
opener against Chesaning, losing
fhe game 83-35.
The Indians, high-scoring favorites in the Mid-Michigan "B"
League outscored Clare 33-22 in
the.first half, and ran away with
the rest of the game to the sec
ond half score of 50-13.
High point man for ciare was
foreward Norm Davis who tallied
13 points. Second was Bill Zinser
with 8.
The Green and White will
meet St. Louis here in a basketball tilt on Friday night December 19, and attempt to. get into
the Winning column.
Probable starters are among
Bill Zinser and Norm Davis, fore-
wards; Dale Rawson, center; Deb
Nolan, Bill Legg and John Kegg
guards. Other varsity players are
Bill Rawson, Doug Gum, Charles
Gum, Lanny Haring, J. J. Seiter,
Gerry Lloyd and Ralph Baumgarth.
Coach George Perry's toughest
problem is the replacement of
two of his better scorers who
graduated from last year's squad,
Dick Roe and John Miller.
Ohristendoin'"** most joyous holy
day is to ibe celebrated here in
traditional worship rites, and
colorful festivties^ As the Christmas Day approaches, church
groups are readying ceremonies
and special religious observances,
Beginning with annual Christmas Sunday worship on December 21, celebrations" of on the
anniversary of Christ's birth will
see Christmas Eve, midnight
Mass, and. special services of
carols and candle lighting on the
eve of December 25. Meditation
for many worshippers midst
Christinas morning glory will
climax religious rites.:
For children, many parties
and promise of gift treasures
will make the (bright happiness of
Christmas a continuous pleasure
beginning with schoolroom gift
exchanges and ending with the
holiday feast at dinner tihle,
Clare Baptists' will hear a
sermon. "Peace on Earth" at the
regular Sunday worship at 11
o'clock in their new church. Sun:
day school is "held at 10 a.m.
The Christmas program for
children will be at 7 Sunday evening. Short dialogs, musical |
numbers and recitations will include all youngsters except the
very youngest. Treats for the
children will be distributed after
the (program.
St.   Cecilia's  parish 'members
-Will  hear Christmas   Eve   midnight Mass sung by a twenty-
voice adult choir. Choir director
is Miss Rita Beck,  and accompanist   at   the   organ   is   Mrs.
.Eugene Wyman. This will mark
pthe second year that the choir
has performed at the Church's
Christmas Eve Mass.
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corner of Sixth and Maple
streets, where Rev. W. Lee
Sickal is pastor, will be presented
•Sunday, December 21st, at 7:30
*p.m.
The main feature of the evening will toe a play entitled, "The
Space .Age Christmas". Its' setting is'on a street corner in an
American town, on Christmas
Eve. .There are eleven actors in
the cast.
- A, iree will, offering will toe
taken for missions, and everyone
is welcome.
Sunday morning worship at the
Congregational Church will have
a- Christmas setting for Rev.
Hugh Kennedy's -sermon,    "For
People Who Have Everything".
The ^church's adult choir and
Children's Choir will perform'
musical numbers. A program of
Christmas significance at 4:30
will feature SUnda^'' sMi$0l students in carols, "and narration
with -a dramatic tableau presentation of The Symbols of Christmas. Smaller children will sing,
and Santa will treat all children
at the party which will follow.
A Christmas Eve service of
meditation at the Congregational
church is announced for eleven
o'clock. Carols, meditation by the
pastor, and choir music are on
tlie order of service.
A Christmas Program will be
Y'BetterBe
Good, -- And
Drive Safely
The Michigan State Police will
work 10-hour traffic patrol shifts
from 12 noon Wednesday, December 24, to 12 midnight, Sunday,
December 28, in a special effort
to help make Christmas safe as
well as merry.
Assisting them will be ho
National Guardsmen who will be
assigned from 1. p.m., to midnight ,pn December 24.   *',-.•,.'/.,,
Another -50 National &J0x$s-
men are being assignecfe|'|to,j
sheriffs.
State Police detectives will be
used on desk assignments to
relieve    uniform    troopers   for
EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT ELIGIBLE
Huge Student Loan Program
Gets Rolling In January
They'll Make
Big Blaze
Christmas trees will blaze and
fade in a fiery finale to the holidays when Boy Scouts of Clare
Troop 125 and Cub Scouts- of
Clare Pack 3125 Collect them in
a huge pile at the city park and
burn them.
Planning a "Twelfth Night"
celebration, the scouts want your
trees and evergreen trimmings
after they are removed as household holiday decorations.
City employees will pick up all
trees if residents will place them
at the curbsides, and on Friday,
January 2, ;city employees again
with jeams of Scouts Will comb
the. city for the last of the discarded trees, At Cedar Park near
the river bridge north of Clare,
the collection will make a huge
pile and Clare firemen have volunteered to oversee the burning,
Scouts,are eager to share the
spectacle • with everyone who
wishes to'come and see the big
fire which will be started at 6
will be scheduled for heavier
traffic periods. All radar speed
meters will be in service during
daylight hours.
Twelve persons were killed in
traffic during the 30 hour period
from 6 p.m, December 24 to midnight December 25 last year. In
1955 there were 50 persons
'killed during the 78-hour Christ-
anas period.
"The holiday season, of course,
is doubly hazardous because of
winter weather conditions,' the
rush and partying of the season,
and the effort to compress long,
trips into Short periods of time,"
said Commissioner Joseph A.
Childs, "We hope drivers will use
common sense and remember
that it's just as impovtant to
drive safely at this season as
at any other time—more so, -in
fact, because of the extra
■hazards."
Students To
Broadcast
Best Speeches
Speech contest Winners from
Clare high school, Gloria Sickal,
Bonnie Lloyd, and 'John Freeman
will be heard in radio broadcasts
of their talks over WCEN on
Friday, December 19 at 2 o'clock
according to an announcement by
their project director- Louisa
Bowler, speech' instructor at
Clare schools.
Their speeches on the topic of
TB detection and prevention were
prepared and judged as part of
a project sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary to the Michigan
Medical Society and the Michigan
Tuberculosis Association. Scripts
of their speeches have been sent
to Lansing to be judged in statewide competition.
for Confessions are Tuesday
evening from 7:30 to 8:30 and
Wednesday afternoon from 3
to 5, and evening from 7 to 9
Children at St. Cecilia's School
will toe treated to a party there
on Friday afternoon with room
mothers in charge of "party
organization and refreshments.
The Christmas program at the
Clare   Church   of   God,   on the
Government aid for student
loans, graduate fellowships, and
various other classifications will
begin to be felt in a big way
when the recently passed education bill goes into operation in
January, according to the editors
of* "Changing Times." It is the
biggest single piece of legislation
affecting education in decades.
Office of Education officials
are working feverishly with state
officials to get the measure into
operation.
How this new legislation will
affect both college and high
school students is explained in
the December issue of the nation
al magazine.
■'-■* College loans? Just about any
school that wants to be included
in the federal college-loan plan
can toe. The financial-aid officers
at individual colleges will handle
individual loan applications.
Money will begin going out
next month in time for the new
semester, to hundreds of applicants. Unlike a great many other
loan funds available, this one is
open to freshmen.
Under the student loan   pro-
ROOM 19
Joy R effects Off Children
To Make Christmas Merrier
breakfast—or any other meals,, v I o'clock p.m. on January 4,
Consumers
Xmas Party
Clare area employees of Consumers Power Company'organized their annual' Christmas party
and dinner Which was held at the
Doherty hotel on the evening of
December 15.
Entertainment was provided by
Ray Monroe, of Mt. Pleasant Consumers olflce. He showed a series
of colored film slides illustrating
high points, of his recent trips
through "the western parts of the
United States. Those attending
enjoyed a social evening after
the dinner and film,"
At Christmas time especially
the school present an opportunity for creativity. At home perhaps the child is not allowed to J
put his tinsei ideas into play because a grown-Up plan's already
made. Or maybe Mother doesn't
wish her windows painted ^, by
someone other than Jack Frost,
especially when she knows that
she'll be both the chairman and
the members of the clean-up
crew.
At school, however, where the
situation varies, the decoration
committee ' has glittering opportunity.
I think it's nice that rooms so
often get the trimming little
schoolroom rascals need. In many
cases, these touches of festivity
are greater far than back at
home. So here's an opportunity
for helpful creativity when boys
and girls hold thoughts of stables
with their precious guests, of
chimneys'" with their ups ,.and
downs. So snow and stars move
right inside, and angels really are
in class, overlooking . all _ from
walls or bulletin boards.
Youngsters »find, it fun ' to
shai-e, as well, and proudly bring
from home a "chosen*' ornament,
perhaps, to add to all the ones
that other children in the room
are bringing, too. And it becomes more meaningful because
they had an opportunity, for.contribution.
This year, however, the schoolroom Christmas trees - are at a
minimum, for there lies . deep
upon our hearts the sadness of
the terrible Chicago fire, and
Santa Claus would be the last
to usher in to boys and girls a
source of devastation.
So if any trees are used at
school this year, they must be
sprayed to make them fireproof
or otherwise " pass inspection
with safety. This is too bad, for
boys and girls count much on
this, but possibility of tragedy is
even worse.
Christmas also brings an opportunity for writing ... for composing poems and stories or just
giving accounts of going to
Grandma's in the holiday season.
There often is at sharing of traditions in the family, too . , .
and boys and girls who do not
get.to" church too often, "see that
others always go. Thus i*frey,
share experience"s„and little lives
expand.    *
And everywhere whole families, wrapped in hustle and hurry,
and with suppers half swallowed
or wholely ignored, make time
to come their puffing way to
school to see Johnny swathed in
oversize robe that he would scorn
at home and wearing turban on
his close-clipped head that ordinarily disdains a cap, walk sedately across the stage with gift
in hand. A Wiseman here, but
not at home. He'd run and
scream and rip * off robe - and
wrappings and no doubt find that
he had broken what was. carefully tucked inside. But - Christmas
programs are as much a,part.of
Yuletide' celebration as turkey at
the table or tinsel on the tree.
.And voices of the, young and old
'are* raised iri harmony that tells
of stars and silent night. ■
Children find that styles have
helped them much this year.
Santa ought to be in gym class
with them so that he -can be
prepared to reach down deep to
fill those gaily colored tights
that warm the child from sole to
hips', replaces normal sizes.
. And here the teacher emphasizes th^t if "the children do not
wish to shorten Christmas joy,
:they should not seek'to shorten
Christmas as a word. The algebraic X is ^better far when it is
in a math book.than substituting
for the name of Him for whom
the season's named., And so,
when they give holiday wishes,
they spell it out completely . . .
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
gram a student can borrow up to
$1,000 a year for a total of $5,000.
The college will decide how
much he should get. Interest is
three per ecnt on the unpaid balance. Neither interest nor repayment begins until a year after he
finishes his higher education.
Then he has ten years to repay,
with time out if the student enters the Armed Forces.
Borrowers who become public
school teachers can get portions
of the loan canceled; and the entire loan is canceled if the borrower dies or becomes totally disabled.
Every college student is eligible
provided he is In good standing
and needs th'6 lo&n. Preference
will go, however, to top students
headed toward teaching and to
top students in science, math,
engineering and modern foreign
languages.
Jr. Exhibitors
HlaceWellln
Stock Show
Isabella county can be proud of
their fifteen representatives at
the 29th Annual Detroit Jr. Livestock Show held last week; .
Other placings in the sheep
divisions .included Terry Bowerman, R-l, Mt. Pleasant with a
5th and 6th with nineteen entered
and Albert Bowerman, R-l, Mt.
Pleasant, 8th place with 3.9 entered in the Hampshire division.
In the beef show Margie Swindlehurst, Rosebush, led -the; Isabella county delegation with a
first place in the lightweight division. She had 82 steers in the
class. Lynn Swindlehurst, Rosebush, placed fifth with 61 in the
class and Alvin Grace placed
12th in this same class.
In the Hereford division Wayne
House had a third .and a ninth
with 48 and 58 being exhibited.
Brian House, Rosebush was 7th
in a class of 48 and Wayne Anderson, Rosebush was 17th in a
class Of 58.
Other members "vtfhose steers
placed very well in these large
classes r were Linda Anderson,
Rosebush, Gerry, Terry and
Todd Hovey, Rosebush.
Sixty-six more steers were exhibited this year than last year
for one'of the finest shows ever
held.
Christmas
Party For
100 4-H'ers
Saturday night over 100 Clare'
County 4-H members gathered at
the Harrison VFW Hall for their
annual Christmas party.. Games
were'in charge of Judy Marotzke
and her committee; Joe Bauman
was master of ceremonies for the
talent show, the Colonville group
served refreshments and the Kail
was decorated by the Hamilton
4-H Club. Other groups helping
with the party included Brush
College, Eagle Stars, and- East
Grant. A good time was had by
an.
given at the Herrick Church;
Sunday evening, December 21,
beginning at eight o'clock. The
program is arranged to promote
the true meaning and spirit of
Christmas, and increase appreciation for the greatest of all
gifts, the Saviour of the world.
Poems, readings, singing and
special music will ibe featured.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
The birthday of Jesus Christ
will be celebrated in two services
at St, John's Lutheran Church.
- A Children's Christmas Eye
service will foe held on December
24 at 8.00p.m. A Crristmas Day ■
Worship service will take "place
on December 25 at 10:45 a.m.
The public is cordially invited to
attend- these services.
The Service on Christmas
Eve is entitled "Emanuel". The
children of St. John's Sunday
school, with the aid of a "film-
strip projected in a darkened
auditorium will be the heralds of
the Gospel message. In recitation jind song they will tell of
man's fallen' condition and of
God's gracious fulfillmept off
His promises in sending His only
Son to redeem mankind from
sin and death.
The Junior Choir and the congregation will join in singing
many well-known Christmas
hymns and carols.
The services on Christmas Day
will continue the celebration ot 'I
our Lord's birth. The sermon
entitled "God Sent His Only-
Begotten Son," based on the
scripture 1 John 4:9, will be delivered by Robert J. Voss, pastor
of St. John's.
In     addition    to     Christmas
hymns    toy    the   ^congregation,
Special music Will.be ottered by *
the Junior Choir.
A special Christmas service
will be held next Stuw&y morning at 10:00 o'clock at the Clare
Methodist Church. The chorus
choir will "present a program of
several beautiful Christmas anthems. There will be a class of
new members received into the
fellowship of the church, followed
by tlie Christmas sermon by the
pastor. # •
in the evening at 7:30 -the
Church school will present its
Christmas program. This year
this is to be a variety program
in four parts': The first part will
be given toy the little children
of the Beginner's department
under the direction of Mrs. F*red
Pierson and .Mrs. "Walace Thayer
.and their helpers; The second
part is to be contributed by the
Primary ^nd Junior departments
under the leadership of Mrs. Eugene Frey and Mrs. Floyd Norcutt arid their helpers. The third
part is to toe* a Christmas play
contributed, by the seventh and
eighth grades Under the direction
of Mrs, Richard Schroeder. and
her helpers. The fourth part Will
be given toy the- High School
•Hustler's class.
Following the program, the
children will assemble in the
basement .where there will Ibe a
gift for each child. A beautiful
Christmas -Tree has .been given
the church which will be decorated'by the Friendship class.
At 11.00 o'clock on Christmas
Eve, the Christmas Eve Candle
Lighting service will be held.
This service has increased, in popularity every year with the
largest attendance last year
since its inception. The public is
most cordially invited to these
services.
On Tuesday evening, Dec. 23rd*
at 6:30 the High School Hustler's
class will hold its annual Clirist-
mas dinner and party. Judge
Donald Holbrook is the teacher,
and a splendid program is being
prepared.
A sermon, "Birthday Of A
King" is to be heard (by Sunday
worshippers at the Clare Church
of the Nazarene December 21''
at 11 a.m. Sunday school precedes the service at 10. Rev.
Jerry Ulrich announces that the
annual Christmas program includes recitations, ■ singing, and
a one-a.ct play-at 8 o'cldck !p.m.
Sunday: Santa wil be present to
distribute candy -treats Jind the
public is  invited. ' •
Library Closed
The Clare City Library will be
closed all day December 24, also
on December 31.