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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1966
Page
1
Santa letters flood Sentinel Office as children request toys ranging from Tiny Chatty Baby and Gumby to bikes and dolls. Readers’ notes include milk and brownies requests and Christmas wishes from four to seven year olds with hometown reminders and a north pole send off.
A child named Mike Hilyard writes to Santa with wishes for a pickup truck G I Joe a mobile car a battle horse a wrecker pickup a helicopter like yours and a Batman suit. He signs his name and adds a playful P S wishing luck with a flute.
Child writes to Santa and Rudolph asking for a drum a stuffed Santa a picture a Superman suit a house for Lady Galord and a gun. Mentions sister Kate and two little sisters and two brothers claiming nine years old. Signed Evelyn Fletcher.
Clare gains a season opening win as the Pioneers beat Farwell 65 to 57 on their home court. Grant Gillaspy leads with 26 points aided by Dan White and Roger Kushmaul, lifting Clare to a 3 way tie for first in the league after a strong second quarter. Farwell’s Gary Parsens scores 19 to lead his team in a steady contest.
Communities prepare a string of Nativity pageants cantatas and cantatas with revivals and choirs. Church groups including United Church of Christ Methodist Nazarene First Baptist Church of Clare and Grace Bible Church plan evening programs December 18 with morning services and candlelight observances on Christmas Eve.
St Johns Luth eran Church youth distribute handmade white felt angel decorations with sequins to every Clare home as The Visitation Of The Angels project. Over 700 angels crafted by church members will hang on trees along with Merry Christmas greetings. Also noted is the CMA Festival Chorus and Orchestra performing Handel The Messiah at Warriner Auditorium on Sunday December 18 conducted by Stephen G. Hobson.
The Clare Board of Education met December 12 and endorsed a Classrooms for ’67’ plan to add six relocatable classrooms next fall. Cost could top $100,000 with financing to be studied, while a UM Bureau of School Services survey on population and building adequacy will run this year. The board also approved a milk cooler purchase, student council letters for the high school, a center for the mentally retarded proposal, and hired a part time elementary music teacher after a resignation and replacement search.
Roy Nicholls Beltinck born April 19 1912 Mt Pleasant son of Romia and Edith Beltinck died at his home December 10 after lingering illness at age 54. He moved to Clare in 1933 and opened the Beltinck Gamble Store he ran until his death. He graduated from Sacred Heart Academy Mt Pleasant.
Clare High School presents a free Christmas concert on Wednesday December 21 at 8:00 P.M. in the high school gym featuring a 47 piece Symphonic Band opening with Tchaikovsky Nutcracker selections and Russian Orthodox rites music. The Chorus performs a set of Christmas numbers including I Heard the Bells and Go Where I Send Thee, then returns with Nativity and O Holy Night. The Band closes with Christmas Party and Sleigh Ride before a final Silent Night group sing along. Directed by Susan Neff and Leroy Anderson.
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