1962-12-27; Clare Sentinel

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Clare County Extension
Director Richard Schroeder has  resigned his post
in Harrison and announced
that he has accepted a '  ■
oseign position in Africa ■*■'
'"the U.S.Agsnoy For In?
national "CwJ^ment, .-.
expecto to leave this r-,
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State    Universiry*
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nother county direc. *.»,
Office aide at Harrjs.rii,
Bette   Marotzke  will continue  to  answer mail and
. calls in the meantime. --.
The women api
Clare    County--a.
mended fos .their v. ■
ful   response '-to Uk    ;■>"
dressing    'contest    .••*••
sponsors, tfhe Qivif.'_   "*.Ll:
of Clare. Ma'riy "hour,    .£'.",
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The   F.H.A.   sponsored
and planned the Christmas
program,   Friday  December 21, for the Junior High
and   High  School.   Grades
ten through twelve saw the
program in the morning,
and grades seven through
nine  saw it in the afternoon.
'*' Duffey Doxdator put on
a skit. Lynn Methner, Rox-
.anne Schroeder, Patty Case
Lorretta Kleiner and
Callah House gave a read-
ing, "Choirs of God." The
band played Christmas
songs under the direction
of Mr. Brown.
There was a panel discussion by our exchange
students about Christmas
in their lands. Cliff Genoe
rnng a Christmas selection
! en a visit was made by
Santa Claus,
,j.      To   end   the   program,
group singing was enjoyed
The    came    schedule was
■t kepi; in the afternoon. To
end the ' days festivities,
there was a dance„ Everyone enjoyed the day'.
Wednesday night, December 19., ■, the Farwell
F.H.A, and F.F.A. went
Ghristmas caroling under
the -supervision of the*.,
- advisors Mrs. Most and
Mr. Ehoads, They^carated from seven until eight
o'clock. Then they ?v •"_'.;
recreation hour frc-'i , ."«-t
to nine o'clock.
. • I'^cli Finch,wife
' f ... Finch "of Lansing
. nd"Oonfcr<»nce|yice president of th&> Woman's Society of Christian Service
will be giie"st -Speaker at
the ClareMethoaist Church
Sunday evening-;-December
30th at 7:00£o:eapck.
She wiii s^ea^on''Looking. Behind tjhe Iron Curtain
or , Inside jfhe'&j.S.S.R.".
She will shQW selected pictures andocJo.se with a
question and:_ans"wer period
People of>?he"<£ummunity
are extended'"* cardial welcome to dbme/a,and hear
"Mrs. Finc|L. -$nd young
people are^e^p^cially urged to attenB. * '}■
Mrs. Fincli. :i,s an outstanding ^pet^er, and
among herV qt^fer . duties,,
she servesi^ui -(pie conference depar^nent of C hur ch
Extension; executive committee of M&higan Temperance. Foundation, Executive committee-'pf Lansing
Council of X!h%ches, and
very active:. i^| her own
Church andlwofihan's society. %,r '.\.
In January shlwi)] teach
about her complete trxji at
Lansing t o ujn c JI uf
Churches'. ' fce'atfcrehjp
Training Coi:irsc\ under [he
department» of £ CJirif-'frtH
Social Concern|: Divi^io-,
of Peace and Wgrk! O" tier
of Methodisfc Chs:-. -.he* under the Unitfed Ijj^aon-;..
Prior  to^:*"'
lolls
ir.'«Mni*i;T
program, tlfert^.t.»il' 'k- a
dessert bjr\f.\} >;v 'i,;.'.: for
members sfntl 'Jr; 'en.w oi
the cburch|;"fi-? a nnciaj
hour to honpr i£." R?vJ»f*rti
Lc-hroeder aiicl .T^rne,.« 0oo?c
family vho «?«'•>'-» Jpj-'-'Jn^
vhclscoromuJ&tj' ,!' i-5''* 'tf'sr
ruture.    ,    \ "• t"  ■
Rev. D.1*;&'tffijhH>'Y   xn-
rtf-unces rhw. lu^vM? "on
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'.tr   his  so^moif twuc on
■Sunday   mo^hin^  Dec am
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Pin Game
A  perfect 300 game at
Clare Alleys was recorded
by  Bob Shelander,. son of
the proprietor, Lai vy Shelander. Bob's performance
won't be a sanctioned score
because he was practicing
when he rolled it, but witnesses    who    signed    his
score   sheet and Bob himself were as excited and
happy as if it' was a match.
It is  the fifcst time  a
& perfect   game   has "been
" * scored on any bowling, lane
in  Clare, and a first for
any   Clare   bowler.  Some
...previous    near ~ perfect
. games were rolled by Tom
v .Sheredy and Omer Parent.
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Clare y "A \-ijphre'rs
ahswertu* ;i%. < .\V. at 2:00
p.m. Weunesoir.v; cf tnis
week two m^tt&^'ftorth of
Rosebush whcteSja truck-
was burning* 'at *4be farm
home of iheK'Jpr'V-McCan-
nells^.A we-foln •; sjpirk vras
reported to havetbeen ihe
accidental tj&us^ toi fhe
b'aze. :..     'i *
The; truck .was damaged
to a large extenfj-ibut further loss to {pther^property
was prevented -,';when the
"burning vehicle was towed
into a field away firom other
equipment   and "buildings.
'v»ry m \t»ed City? Fire
'■ on iiwoi'med u>$25,000
■ ?■ nearly cost human life
«;s Mrs. Hodanna" Fisher
p.r«j her sister-in-law, Lilly.
.''"i:-''!er were- awakened and
rushed '.-om their burning
house at Lake on December
30.
The Citizens State Bank
{ now Citizens Bank and
Tivf-t Company) raised Interest rares on Time Certificates. Before January
v/as one week old a spell
of "deep freeze" weather
grinned „icv fingers_0j\jhe.
country side and Its" inhabitants. Schools closed
when several inches of
snow became crusted over
with freezing rain and made
roads tireacherous. Clare
County Chambers, of Commerce ■■ planned another -
Winter Sports Festival.
The Sentinel printed the
first stories about Tony
Wedal'1 preparations to
spend eight days in frozen
solitude to win a bet with
friends who- didn' t think' he -
could do it., The solo campout later became a nationwide front page sensation
and resulted in a challenge
by a Michigan woman to?
duplicate the stunt in January, 1963. Area banks announced their annual
organizations and elections
of officers.
O.E.S-. past •miitron'3'in-"
stalled "Mrs, Lillian Barber
as president in a program
during a meeting at the
home  of Mrs.  I.R.Noblit.
IN  FEBRUARY    Ciare
school district voters answered "Yes" to anappeai
for' a program to enlarge
and  modernize the classroom buildings.     The.
$275,000   project   got   a  -
3 to 2 approval. Dr. C.L,
Anspach.^ local delegate to
the     State") Constitutional
Convention   said   that   the
proposed document fulfills
■a   necessary role as protector of individual rights
and liberties.
In the Clare High School
semester honor roll, the
freshman class led the list.
With 34 members earninga
B average or better. Mayor
Gerald Nivison announced
that he would not be a candidate for re-election in the
city's April election and a
Sentinel editorial reminded
residents ,t that qualified
candidate^1 ror_ his seat on
the Commission should receive early encouragement
to file petitions.
Farwell High School's,
first Career Day was a success due to ihe co-operation of the pricipal,
William Dodge and the
Fnrwell Rotary Club as
sponsors. •      . ■
MA'RCH HEADLINES
told of a Dairy Day pro-
grf-.tr- scheduk-d for March
'ii'.">5 Clare, Gladwia,. and
Isabella cour-ty rmk pjo-
ducc'r s. The a.i f? ir was high
lighted  by. the  contest'to
select
county r;
Dairy Princess, Margaret
Sue Myers. A Farwell
couple, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
W. Townc met death in
an auto collision on a winter-slippery road less thau
a mile from their home-.
' ■V'Prge-FAD Post oi" thf
American Legion at Rosebush suttimariaed tvo
yer-rs. of community work
and member leadership
with tho supported claim
of 'i.oviu£', _ Vtade "giant
Kirnlcb1" in pi ogress. Clare
Ui-zWn, Pioneers won their
i-ra 'district basketball
championship' in 16,years
but wero dropped in the
Regtrinal openst*'
Aggressive -plans by
Chf-mber*-- oi commerce in
Clare cciuhty and the chairman of the regional Mich-
igas- Week ,-irganization,
Donald Holbrook, Jr. called
for the attendance here of
a public figure from County
to come in May. In Farwell
village voters picked Elton
Marshall for preaidtent fol-
9^^.S    mm^tml *Vt  3L AW mmt^/  '-
lowing the retirement oi
former President"Willard
Strahota. A divided slate
ol Peoples am1 Citizens
party candidau^- was
elected along with Marshall., - ':-
Conservation officer,
:-0a'r~~Bel-l-':EaisGd=thes-i-ss»i.e;
of the winter deer kill by
loose dogs. He claimed that
the 1962 season "was the
worst yet for slaughter of
deer by dogs whose owners
disregarded "admonishihgs
•to keep them tied or penned.
On the sports, scene,
bowling, began ". to feel
crowded out of theprimary
interests of fans when the
Little League baseball
meeting was announced for
March 22. But pinspillers
still talked about a triplicate score of 110's rolled,
at Gateway by June Schild-
bach.
New     brighter    street
lights were ordered by the
CHy   Commission for Mc-
Kv.-an strcei.
M'RIL SAW the Reek'ct ion of David Donovan
and Albert Haley to the City
Commission and city
-YQterK added Mack Thomson", "" a ~ngW'c'om i?r ~m'C 1 a'^e
politics. A plan for a
sewage treatment plant at
Coleman was defeated in
the sams week.
David Donovan was
named new high school
principal at Clare Public
School, moving up frorh
the elementary principals
post to -replace Richard,
Snyder who had resigned.
Land developers from
mostly north-county areas
organized to fight proposed
building and -zoning r'e
strictions under discussion
by the Board of Supervisors. ".■
A   homt;  fire   took  thc-
life     of    Mrs.. " Christine
Melnek, 63 at 520 W. Ping-
on Vernon .Hill. The newly
organized    City  CommiS"
sion     ejected    Glen Cait].
mayor and Seiter ■J3r"otljer's
Lumber Company held an
open house in their model
showroom     and  . building'
.supplies   sales  headquarters  on   W. .Fifth. Ground
was  broken. April  29   for
a new Loomis Missionary
Church.
FIRST DAYS IN MAY
■were busy with preparations for a celebration being readied for the flooding
of Lake Shamrock and official dedication of the
near - finished project.
A late spring storm of
tornado ~ like violence
pounded the area but
dajTiage   was   only. slight.
District JayCees named
Bob  Gruno vice president
in   a   convention   here* at
the Doherty,
Blackest tones that Sentinel readers saw all year
long told of a disaster on
May 6 that washed out the
newly finished Lake Shamrock dam and shpok supporters of the entire pro-'
ject. Quclc decision "to
rebuild the dam and redesign it for more si-ength
put confidence back in the
public toind ftud more
building sites on'.he shores
of the new lake within U.'<\re
city limits were sold even
while the. broken -dam
w recks to wa s bRj.t?£ insjpec-
■it'd. Clare High's Skip Kegg
broke the existing school
mark for tht; mile run while
rf.rnpcting _ the central
Mi<*.htftan Ilelayy at Mt*
PU'tfMun-
L;eta Sip'nrv phi women
>m;MlU'd Patricia Sykora
ptc-aivleat .of Delta Psi
cbf-tite-i i'.nd .rosc-phine Koch-
president -.••* Xl Gamma
,chspte),.
Cliift's T\j?*?i' Library
in. its fine ".-V/ location ih
the biijjdi:.-. formerly th ■
Citizens '- to Bank v s
to p.ef- 1,(}*.'•■": mom, boo"*'-., on
loan toi r\».'<; years. i,rom
the State I 'brajr? Ervin
Miller, formerl- of Harrison drowned a an accident while usbing nepr his
hor«e ii! Kansas City,
Kansas.    •
An exciting visitor from
County Glare, Ireland,
Dermot P. Hohan, mayor
of' the city Ennis visited
Clare, Fanvell, Harrison*
and the county in Michigan'
as the guest of the local
county Michigan: ]i Week
Committee headed by Donald E. Holbrook, Jr. Honan
was flown here for the event
and made friends of.every-
body in the ' county,
immediately. Ex-Mayor/
Gerald Nivison as honor-:
iry   citizen   of .the   year
and Ken^Barnes taking bows j
for his  work and   that of
his committees in the Lake,!
Shamrock     Lake   project
were notables at the Chamber of Commerce Dinner
that 'kicked off the local
Michigan Week celebration
u_MrR„j_Tqny^.Brannigan v
won the"" award"as" St.Cec-
ilia' s  Woman of the Year
at the parish'breakfast observing Mothers' Day.
A      JUNE r- graduating
class of 75 at Clare High
School went' through .commencement ceremonies on
the eighth. Campaigning on
the eve of . the1 annual
school election appealed
for education millage"that
passed to provide facilities
for handicapped, students-
and those with special problems. Frank T, LaGoe
won re-election to his seat
on the Board of Education.
Mrs-. Ina Hammond was
elected to head the Clare
Business and Professional
Women in 1963, "and Bill
Schaeffer is the new Jay-
Cec president.
Early primary campaigns were Jaunchod by
Donald E. Smith, Democrat for state representatives and ' Alexander
Strange for Ciare county
prosecutor. Robert Rowley
had already started electioneering for nomination
for sheriff, and Don Luce,
Republican, for state representative.
Clare retailers' annual
sidewalk sale was held on
June. 22 under sunny skies
and with large crowds of
shoppers. In Coleman the
school board announced a
faculty reduction and program curtailment to save
$129,000 in spending due
to revenue shortage for
operation.
A freak hailstorm that
lasted.,no more than a few
moments dumped six
inches of ice pellets on the
Farwell .area near the'
■-M-J15 intersection.   ."". -
VULY HEADLINES in'
The Sentinel told..of the
final' flooding of Lake
Shamrock to successfully
complete the big project
and redeem the achievement after an earlier
collapse of the dam in May.
Miss Effie Hales, in
recent retirement, after 52
years of schbolteaching,
received congratulations
from the White House-for
her fine record.
The city commission
announced the intention to
modernize real estate
property assessments and
equalizations with. the use
of permanent card systems descriptions of 'all
city property. In Isabella
county two vacancies in
courthouse posts attracted a large-field of'primary candidates. Sheriff
Henry Craven and Treasurer Mrs. Gladys Hole
urer" Mrs. Gladys. Hole
both retired. Eleven Republican and six Democrat candidates filed for
county jobs. - . *
Farm Grange pioneers
Archi e Ackerman and
Mrs. Lena Brewer ' were
honored by Mt'. Vernon
chapter as charter members there. A county fair
program at Harrison was
announced with increased
prizes for harness racing
and noteworthy improvements in other depart-
. ments.
Seiter Brothers, in Clare
were awarded the contract
ior conf ruction of • a
$275,60fi addition and mod-
'erniz-" on to school build-
. inp> Work on some of the
pr ,cct had already started
':< provide fire safety in
the elementary  building.
Clare acting postmaster
Laurence W. Jackson,Jr.
was 'waiting official' word
of his permanent appoint-
■ment'with his nomination
already in Congress for
routine approval.A 13 year
old farm boy, Clark Van-
•Ruskirk was injured when
the tractor he Was driving
turned oyer and pinned him.
BOY SCOUTS in August
were ''conditioning" for a
20-mile hike they planned
for later ih the fall. Record
auction price of 85p per
pound was* paid Helen Penrose fof1; her grand champion steer at die • Clare
County Fair; Giant Supermarkets   was   the   buyer..
Primary ■ election results showed an upset, victory for Alexander Strange,
2nd over incumbent James'
S. Bicknell III,  'for   GOP
nomination for prosecutor.
In' Isabella county, Ray
Martin was nominated by
Republicans     for  sheriff.'
School voters OKd a new
$700,000 high school for
Farwell area Schools. In
a county-rWide program for
special education recently
approved by voters, two
specialists were- hired as
a beginning.
Accidental traffic
deaths during the past five.
years in Glare .county numbered 44 according to National Safety Council figures while the cost of the
fatalities was placed at
$7,920,000.
THE SEPTEMBER
Labor Day celebration in
Farwell was. sponsored by
JayCees who planned the
biggest and best ever promoted there. School faculty
and administration changes
were announced in Clare,
Coleman, Harrison and
Farwell -with the opening
due on the day after Labor
Day. In-Glarti-.-thcuqpening
week enrollment showed a
student gain pf about 100
over the previous opening
The'Clare City Library
in new quarters was complimented by a summer
resident in this lake area.
The visitor called the library'^ real- value to the
town of which alt should
be proud."   ,
Work      was      ordered
started on paving and new
sidewalk construction in a
large downtown area to cost
$3,500.
Antlerless deer shooting, scheduled to coincide
with the regular firearm
season drew criticism and
volumes of local discussion
Quiet but determined protests were registered
mostly by farmers and land
owners who vowed they
would forbid any kind of
hunting on their property
rather than allow the shooting .of doest and fawns.
T-herG^aftsome/a'gx.eemenri
.too, • with( the Conservation
Commission ■ which later
won a court case over the
legality of its policy.
Clare      High     football
players   beat    Gladwin   in
the- season  opener to extend a-  winning  streak   to
10 games.
Mrs. Sally
Alexander
Buried Here
Mrs. Richard (Sally)
Alexander, 25, died at her
home in Clare Saturday in
a sudden and tragic ending
to a courageous fight
against illness. The family
had made their home in
Clare for the. past year
and one-half since Mr.
Alexander was assigned to
a position in the Clare
office of Michigan Bell
Telephone-Company. . .
The couple were parents of two small daugh
ters, Susan, 4 years old,'
and Laurie, 2. Under medical , treatment during the
past three months, Mrs.
Alexander- was nevertheless able to be active In
the social arid community
life she and her husband
enjoyed. Her sudden passing was a sad shock among
their many friends and
acquaintencesi
She was born July 26, .
1937 in Flint and later
graduated from Lincoln
High' School in Ferndale,
and Hillsdale College. She
and Mr. Ale'xander were
married in 1957 in Royal
Oak.
In Clare ,she joined Beta
Sigma Phi sorority and the
family attended Firr,t Congregational Church.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday of. this
week at the Congregational
Church where the pastor,
Rev, Van Parker conducted
the rites assisted by Rev.
D.R.Salisbury of the Clare
Methodist Church.-. Burial
was in Cherry Grove. A
large assembly of mourning friends paid their las
respects;
Family survivors Included her husband and
children, and mother, Mrs.
John M. Nutc of Pleasant.
Ridge, Michigan, a sister,
Susfin Cooper of.Pleasant
Ridge, and grandmother,
Mrs. Frank Nutt in CajU-
ifofnia.      .
Arrangements were in-,
charge of Stephenson Fiin-
era*LHorned-  -   '•      *■  j?
Home, owners in the
Shamrock Lake area and
nearby subdivisions feared flooded basements as the
water 'table appeared to
rise following the filling
of. the lake basin. At least
one flooded basement was
already giving its owner
costly headaches. The
Clare Chamber of Commerce published a list of
impressive accomplishments in a letter , to
members.   .
The facilities of Clare
High School were being
used by nine students from
Farwell who attended one
or two classes a day in
subjects not available in
their own school. It was
in the start of- a program
in which the area schools
might someday co-operate
for further benefits to
students.
OCTOBER brought' the
annual observance of Fire
Prevention Week with. the
Clare firemen as sponsors
.Seventy.,-_ two dollars was
offered ih prizes for Halloween window painting excellence in a project by
Clare Civitans. Clare
county was designated a
re-development area under-
the federal ARA act, and
Extension Agent Richard
Schroeder was ordered- to
make details of the move
possible and benefits available to appropriate leaders
Beaver Tool and Engin- .
eering Corp., machine tool
accessories manufacturers formerly in Detroit
and Gaylord opened production in Clare. Their
building was one recently
occupied by Holley Carburetor, and-now owned by the
Clare Industrial Development Corp. under lease to
Beaver.
Garfield township' had '
a new fire truck unit ready
for duty. Clare High homecoming was the weekend of
October 12 arid' 13. "An' auto-'
crash.on the US-27 Express.
way took the lives' of two
Detroiters and Fort Wayne
Indiana man. A Holley
apprenticeship trainee,
William Wood, v/as reclassified as a toolmaker
after- successful completion of his training", the
first in Holley's program
here.
Supervisors selected
Glen Lloyd to fill" the**
road commission post vacated1 with the'end of Chairman Avery Barber. The'
change was seen as herald-',
ing a possible shakeup in
the Commission and steps
to eliminate, cause for criticism of department administration.
Grace Bible Church' in,'
Farwell was near-complex
tion in a remodeling and
partial re-building operation. A fe.w land owners
across whose property the
new US-27 Expressway now
runs complained, that two
years after the-road was
built they were still unpaid"
for the property taken.
IN NOVEMBER the
largest shipment of Herer
ford beef' calves ever to
arrive in Clare railroad
yards was unloaded by
Seibt' ■ Farms; 700 white-
faces were in the 13~car
trainload.
Clare Police Chief William Bell told plans to quit
the force and enter private
business.
County Republicans,
scored undisputed wins in
the "General Election that-
saw strong local support
for the GOP's entire State.
and district tickets. County
Republican strength helped elect' George R.omney
new governor of Michigan.
Sentinel circulation
reached an all-time high
at 3,400 and newsstand
sales throughout the county-
and beyond topped 700
copies' per week in figures
released in an annual state- *
m.ent to the postoffice..
"Operation Christmas,'-' to'
pack baskets for"*'needy
families at holiday time
was launched in early collection of toys, clothing,,
and pledges of.cash.
Former Clare police
officer, Milan Shepard was
named new chief here. The
Citizens. State Bank 6f
Clare added trust powers-
to its "full service*' facilities, and applied for a
change of title to Citizens
Bank and Trust Company
Work moved ahead on the
school additions witnpro^
, spfects of moving the Junior
High     classes-   into    new
rooms shortly.
Clare General Hospital
announced improved X-ray
service with enlarged
quarters and modernization of the department.
Clare county's. Winter
Festival, due on January
25 and 26, 1963 made listings of attractions published by the Tourist Council.
DECEMBER NEWS told
of the election of Marlin
Alexander to head the
Clare Chamber of Commerce in 1963. Four girls:
Linda Castee, Clare, Pamela Oliver, Farwell, Jan
Hughes, Harrison, Ann
Blackledge, Marion, won.
DAR' awards as "Good;
Citizens."' A week-long';
stretch of balmy weather
was driven off weather
maps by the season's first
snow storm.
Clare     Masons - .elect
George Wilson Worshipful
Master. Two families, the'
Don Lloyds, and Clyd McJames'   suffered   loss   of"
all    belongings  -in . rural
fires.
Public acclaim followed the announced intention of the city to apply
for federal aid and build
an iron filter plant to improve city water. 174 attend a "welcome to Clare'-'
party for Beaver Tool and
Engineering management
and employees.
2 Youths
Hurt In
Car Wreck
Two  Clare young men,
home on holiday vacations
were injured when the auto ,
they   were  driving  left a
country     road    and    was
wrecked   in  a  field  near
Clare      early      Saturday
morning. > R'oberr Krairiik,.
the driver of the car,and
Tim  Smith his passenger,
were both, seriously  hurt
and taken to Clare General Hospital.
Krainik'.s * ankle was .
broken and he suffered
possible rib and chest injuries, while Sm.ith received a severe cut on" his
forehead and other-abrasions.
They- told officers that'
they had left a company of
friends at a party and were
on their way to take sandwiches back to the group.
They lay, dazed near the
car for some time before
Krainik was' able to make
his way to the'side of US--27
Expr es sway and .was picked
up and taken to Clare.
Program
Films Show
Valley Forge
The       Michilimacfnac
Chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution
met on -Tuesday evening,
December  18th with Mrs.
Joseph L.   Kennedy. Mrs.
Paul  Schreiber was welcomed as a guest. -Mrs.'
Mabel Mulder led the group    ||
in prayer followed by the ,
salute to, the American Flag-
The business meeting
was conducted by the re-
gehtj Mrs. A.E.Bartow.The
national defense report was
given by Mrs. Ralph Scott..
* A program, entitled
"Valley Forge" was presented by Mrs. Louis Gee.
This consisted of colored
slided of Valley Forge as
it is- today, after being;
restored to duplicate the.
winter quarters of General
Washington during that •
painful winter c .1777- 78;
Mrs. Gee described how
the Continental .Army endured untold suffering, and
^hardship at thatjime over
the Christmas season, perhaps one of, the most
painful periods in American history. The site is
now, a Pennsylvania state-
park. .
' The January     meeting
will be a tea at'the home,
of Mrs.- Donald Holbroqk,
Sr.   honoring   this vear's
"Good CitiZte* **
Watch Night
The Clare Assembly of *=
God   Church   wlll.Tiold a
watch night service at II.PXV:
p.m< 'New Yjears Eve SwI'i....
earlier at 10.30 a ^ntid»y4-£i|
school meeting wdi*'      &e30d ."ft. J
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