1966-12-15; Clare Sentinel

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Clare, Michigan      Thursday, December 15, 1969
Eighty-aevenih Year
New Series Vol. 75, No, 15
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"I'LL LEAVE YOU SOME .. ■»
Everybody Wants To
Give Santa Goodies
Dear   SENTINEL  READERS,
The mail to Santa keeps flooding in and many boys
and girls are picking up their glad dollars every day
at the Sentinel Office. Keep watch in next week's Sentinel for the word-for-word reprinting of all letters
which have not yet appeared in your home area paper.
You and Santa will be hearing from /
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Merriest Christmas.
Dear Santa,
I am not quite 9 years old. I will be a week before
Christmas. I would like you to bring me a Tiny Chatty
Baby, a Pokey and Gumby, a rocking chair, a
bicycle, and some big horse nick-nacks. Alsol would
like a Jane West and her big horse Flame.
Valarie Eaton
P.S. Mother said to leave you some milk and brownies.
Milk from our own milk cow and mama's homemade
brownies. They sure are good, Santa. Mother would
like some new blankets with pretty flowers on them.
Have a good trip from the North Pole and tell Rudolph
to use full power for his nose so that you don't get lost
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Dear Santa.
My name is Eugene and I am nine years old. My
Daddy is in the Veterans Hospital, My Daddy will not
be with us for Christmas. I would like a new sled for
Christmas. 1 would like a tte'yv train set and a-model
plane.
I will leave some suger for your reindeer a some
milk and cookies for you Santa. Love p
Eugene Karash r
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Dear Santa
I am six years old. For Christmas I would like a
live stock truck, a road race set, and some cows. Thank
you,
Alan MacQueen
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Dear Santa,
I am very glad you came. It was very nice of you to
come to Clare. I like the toys you got me last year.
I want a bee bee pistol for Xmas. Your friend,
Larry Foell
P.S. I wrote because I wanted the $1.00 for Xmas
presents because I only have 20 to use for Xmas
presents.
Dear Santa,
My name is Scotty Jo Sykora. I am almost 4 years
old. I try to be a good boy. Please bring me a cement
mixer,   dump   truck   and   a  lost in  space. robot.
I will be in Iowa at Christmas. Come to Bennett
Iowa. My sister Trese helped me write this letter.
Merry Christmas to you.
From Scotty Jo Sykora
Dear Santa,
My   name   is   Shelly   Seibt.  I am  7 years old.
For Christmas I would like an Easy Bake Oven. A
doll and some cowboy boots.
Please put my baby sisters name on your list she is
7 months old and her name is Lori Ann. She has been a
good baby. Thank you.
Shelly Seibt i i   I     —I
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Dear Santa Claus.
I want a pickup truck and a G.I. Joe and a modle car
and a   battling   betse and a wrdeker pickup and a
helacoter like yours and a batman suit. My name is
Mike Hilyard. P.S. Good luck on your flite.
Mike Hilyard.
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Dear Santa and Ruldolph,
I love you. I like your reindeer tool I would like a
drum and a stuffed Santa Claus like youiand a picture
of you reindeer and a Superman suit and a house for
Lady Galord and a gun.
Last year my sister, Kate, said she saw you. But I
don't believe her.
Tell Ruldolph to keep his nose shining. Thank you!
I am only in Kdj, Ha J Ha!
Lovingly /f^a in
Ken Simon ''
P.S. I have been a good boy.
Dear Santa,
I've been a bad girl. But I'll try to do better.
1 have two little sisters one 3 and one il months. 1
have two brothers one is 8 and the other is 4.1 am 9.
We will be happy with whatever you bring. Thank you.
Evelyn Fletcher   t__->
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CHRISTMAS IN OUR CHURCHES
AU hands! Get on the ball! Everybody was up for
this rebound in a scrappy moment during the Clare-
Farwell basketball tussle here Friday. The Pioneers
had no easy time overcoming the well-coached visitors and the final score 65-57 was Clare's first opening game victory in many years, and the first in
their current quest for a US-10 Conference title.
Sentinel photo.
Pioneer Cagers
Count 2. Wins
The Pioneers got- the
basketball season off to a
flying start Friday night
by dumping Farwell 65-57
in Clare's season opener on
the local court.
The Green and White got
off to a slow start and found
themselves trailing at the
first-quarter buzzer 15-13
after having a four point
lead with 3; 10 remaining.
The second quarter
proved to be the margin of
victory. The Pioneers scored 18 points and allowed
the Eagles only eight.
Grant Gillaspy, sophomore transfer student
started second - quarter
scoring with 6:11 left on
two free throws to tie the
game. He then gave Clare
the lead on another free
throw with 5:56 remaining.
Al Patterson, Dan White
and Gillaspy then pulled
the Pioneers away for a
31-23 lead at the half.
Farwell outscored the
Clare squad 16-15 in the
third but was still not
enough to make up for the
second quarter rally. The
Pioneers kept the Eagles
down by nine points until
the 2:45 mark when they
moved, within three points.
Gillaspy again bounced back
with a good drive and two
free throws to give Clare a
seven point lead and a 46-
39 third-quarter score.
The Pioneers outscored
Farwell in the fourth-quarter 19-18 to bring home
the victory and throw Clare
into a three-way tie for first
place in the league with
Evart and Sanford-Meridian.
Sophomore scoring ace,
Grand Gillaspy led the attack with 26 points, followed by Dan White with
13 and Roger Kushmaul
With nine.
The Pioneers hit on 17
of 36 free throws and shot
36 percent from the floor.
Gary Paesens dumped in
19 points to gain high point
honors for Farwell. He was
followed by Bill Verdon with
1'2 and Robert Iserhoth and
Roger Priest each had 10.
Other scores in the area
were. Sanford-Meridian 67,
Reed City 58; Evart 42,
Coleman 36; Harrison 53,
Lincoln-Alcona 52; Lake
City 64, Marion 57.
Clare's Junior Varsity
won their game in good
fashion Friday night by
clipping the Eagles 65-19.
The   JV's   kept   getting
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Pageants Begin Sunday
- The Christmas story will
."be retold again this year
in the churches through
'out the community and area
'with pageants, cantatas,
•exercises, recitations pul*
pit speakers and .choirs.
Many programs are
scheduled for Sunday evening, December 18 and
more special observances
will be on Christmas Eve.
; CONGREGATIONAL'
;; The United Church of
Christ Congregational will
have their program Sunday
'evening at 5;30, presenting
'ithe nativity p a g e a n t,
if There Was One Who Gave
a Lamb' ,
!* Characters will be portrayed by church school
.members. The junior choir
^will also be taking part,
■directed by Mrs. Joseph
Johnston. Refreshments
Jwill follow the program.
< The Christmas Eve service at 8 p.m. will feature
the traditional candlelight-
ing ceremony with a brief
meditation, "The Inevitable Judgement' by Rev.
Karl Wickstrom. The choir
will have special music.
There will be no church
school Christmas day, but
the annual family worship
.service will take place at
10;45 a.m. Rev. Wickstrom
Will speak on "Our World
Confronts A Child".
METHODIST
"The Christmas Story
in Song* will be presented
Sunday evening at 7p.m. by
the Methodist church school
■ Christmas Eve service
at the Methodist Church
will begin at 9:30 p.m. for
a 45 minute period. The
choral and chancel choirs
will sing, and Rev. Donald
S. Winegar will speak on
the ' 'Miracle of Christmas'
For his message on Christmas Day, Rev. Winegar has
announced his topic, "If
Jesus Came to Us' .
NAZARENE
The Church of the Nazarene will have their program Sunday morning, December 18, at the church
service, following the
Sunday School hour. There
will be recitations and
songs by the various Sunday School classes directed by Mrs. George Mac
Queen.
In the evening at 7 p.m.
a cantata "Immanuel Forever' will be presented by
the young adult group
directed by Mrs. William
Raleigh. Daniel Giem will
be the. narrator.
FIRST BAPTIST
The First Baptist Church
of Clare will present their
program Sunday evening at
7 p.m. Children of the Sunday School will give "The
True Meaning of Christmas' . This will be followed
by an enactment of the
nativity scene by the older
young people.
Rev. Harold Knickerbocker has announced his
topic for the morning service on Christmas Day. "A
Savior, Which is Christ
The Lord", In the evening,
it will be a night of music
and the theme is "Tidings
of Great Joy".
CHURCH OF GOD
The Clare Church of God
will present their special
Christmas program Sunday evening at 7 p.m. A
welcome is extended to all.
GRACE BIBLE CHURCH
The Grace Bible Church
at Farwell will have their
program at 7 p.m. Sunday
evening, and visitors are
always welcome,.
PILGRIM HOLINESS
The Primary and Junior
departments of the Pilgrim
Holiness Sunday School will
present a Christmas pro
gram at ten o'clock Sunday morning, December 18.
This will be combined with
the regular worship service to include a short
message by the pastor and
conclude with the handing
out of treats for the children.
That   same   evening   at
seven   o'clock   the Young
Wallace Reese does the
narration as Joseph, while
pictures are shown on a
screen and the choir sings
in the background.
people, under the direction of Miss Joanne Lewis
will present '-Joseph and
the Nativity' , a song and
story program with film
strip.
Making "angels" are (left to right),
Mrs. Fred Walters, Mrs. Ronald
Waterstradt, Mrs. Norman Berhenke,
Angel Gifts
To Remind
All Of Clare
A hand made "angel",
decoration for Christmas
trees will be presented at
every home in Clare on
Saturday this week by young
people of St. Johns Lutheran Church as a project
called The Visitation Of
The Angels.
The little angel figures
symbolize the. Christmas
angels at Bethlehem, and
the presentation will serve
to remind people of their
first visit at the time of
Christ's birth.
Handmade of white felt,
the angel decorations have
bright sequins sewn on them ^und. T7tarco7t7oYthe
and ladies of the St. John s
Mrs. George Lehr, Mrs. George Newell,, and Mrs. Marie Schug.
Board Hears Report
Favoring Portable
Schoolrooms In '67
The regular monthly
meeting of the Clare Board
of Education held Monday
evening, December 12th,
resulted in a first major
step being taken toward improving overcrowded conditions in the local schools
The Board reviewed and
accepted a report from the
"Classrooms for '67'
committee.
The report recommended
purchase, or lease, of six
relocatable classrooms for
next fall provided ways of
financing the proposal can
congregation have made
over 700 of the gifts.
. On a committee that was
responsible for the making
of the angels were Mrs.
Norman Berhenke, Mrs.
Martha Newell, and the
pastor's wife, Mrs. Ronald
Waterstradt, Assisting
were other women of the
church including Mrs. Fred
Walters, Mrs. George Lehr
and Mrs. Marie Schug.
The pastor and congregation of St. John's hope
Clare people will accept
the angels to be hung oh
Christmas trees, and will
also accept their "Merry
Christmas' greetings that
go with the gifts.
buy large aluminum letters
designating the school, to
be placed on the outside
of the high school building, and passage of a resolution addressed to the
Clare Intermediate Board
of Education regarding construction of a center for-
the mentally retarded.
In other action, the
board accepted the resignation of an elementary
teacher subject to the finding of a suitable replacement and approved the
employment of Mrs. Harold
Hughes as part time elementary music teacher for
a three month period.
., Chorus
^Combine For
units, if purchased outright
and .for teachers to man
them could exceed $100,
000. ;   ""'
A board committee was
appointed to investigate
ways of financing all or
part of the proposal and
will report back at^tjie^
regular January  meeting.-
In a second step direct"**! II IB   VvllvvFl
ted toward providing longe-r'" rt_ _T. , _ . .,. „
range relief and improved ,- Clare High School s an-
educational opportunities' ™al -9^.s..nf suffering to
the Board contracted with .^ P"^..the. concert lw
the Bureau of School Se:r4-.** Chorus and. Band will
vices of the University of" ^.presented this yea* en
Michigan to conduct sur- We*nesday, jDecemher_2U
veys in the areas of. \ T „. _c „ . , _, „
"School Population and th.^Hugh-Scho0. n^
Growth" .a n;d-wlllbegin   at   8:00 p
be in
and
.M,
'The Messiah'
The CMU Festival Chorus
and Orchestra will present
Frederic Handel's "The
Messiah' at 8 p.m., Sunday December 18 in War-
Existing
. • f-^The.' 47-piece, Symphonic
J_ arid'will ope'n the program
with selection's, from Tsch-
aikow's'ky's - •"Nutcracker
:Suite";- 'followed by less
■fatoiliar-   music   adapted
220-voice chorus and 36
piece orchestra, conducted
by Stephen G. Hobson, is
open to the general public.
ROY BELTINCK
Roy Beltinck
Dies At Home
After Illness
Roy NicholiS Beltinck
was born April 19, i1912
in Mt. Pleasant, the son of
Romia and Edith Beltinck,
and died at his home December 10, following a: lingering illness, at the age
of 54.
Roy came to Clare in
1933 and opened the Beltinck Gamble Store which
he operated until his death*
He was graduated from
Sacred Heart Academy in
Mt.    Pleasant,   and from
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Santa Claus is sometimes described to children as
an invisible spirit but Saturday in Clare, youngsters
on the inside of this crowded circle had to assure
their elders on the outside fringe tha*, "he's really
there!"* Yes, Santa, who was out of g_gjhi Isecause
Community
"Adequacy     of
School Buildings'
This   survey work will''
be   completed   before the
end of the current school
year. ---j
Discussion     of    "schodl"'      ...       ...    _  .    ^
-..   - ~—    facilities   needs was • foli !'-*r<>'m the rites of the Rus-
riner Auditorium at Central lowed by authorization .for •"•sian-Orthodox,Church.
The performance by the   the   purchase of an .addi-   ^-The- Chorus  will     then
tional milk cooler for the .perform a group of num-
elementary building, an Of- ber s,' including*' "1 Heard
_er on the part of the High "The_.Bells- on£ Christmas
School   Student Council;to :__y' ..^the-beautiful "Gessu
• BamBino'., and '{Ring Those
Christmas .Bells". Then
.back".to *the-'B"andi.again for
two.- •.•modern?.-' classics;
' •''.faa_col*''Qf The"*Drum' and
X'White'Ghristmas' .
■'■'■S.n 'their- second appear*
"ihcerthe Ch'orifsewill begin
• with '-'Chris'tma'sNoel" and
' follb^wlth'.'Nativity''. The
: ;?di£tet^ill • th'erf ,sing'' O Holy
..iSight'^-and^the full chofiis
1 "wall ..conclude , with '*<3o
Where.! sendLThee".
-••-"The, Band's final group
" wjliMnciUde .a.happy mix-
• ture •' .'called' -■•'?^Christmas
jEjajrry. •:iio • Be *" directed by •
. Susaj. Neff}; and Leroy Att-
.. -der-sori s *-~ ve£y familiar
, '<Sleighfc:'R_ae'-'... The pro-
;, igsa-n *w_U'ehd'With the audi-
;ence.*>being-invited to join
v the "choirus -fahd Band in
^*Si-entJNdglit.^  - '*
^'"Klusip. "is«so,much a part
of .Christmas-that it should
be in -eyeryone* s heli^y
■ planning, ^Although th>&
. (free)-ptogfcam comes af_a
yery*»kmsy-._lme,' it ceil
well provide for that hsur
of • rest that'-should be .&
part-of every-family'sbfflsy
scheduler. . '•, . .
he was literally buried, by mobs of young admirers,
did visit Clare's McEwan street and drew the big -V
crowd shown here. He plans to return Saturday*
Dec. 17 at 1:30 to greet another crowd in Clare.
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