Christmas Gift Dilemma Weighs Warmth and Truth
Sam struggles with a costly impulse buying a black and yellow silk kimono for Cora, aiming to warm her, while hiding the purchase. his confession erupts as Cora receives a practical set of warm gifts from Uncle Horace, revealing their frugal, tender Christmas. Later, a Cub Scout bird house contest ends with a communal feed and a camp-life film for Clare-Isabella scouts.
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Cora
Sam
Lincoln
Horace
Clare
Hagledens
Fadden
Martin Kennedy
Merle Archambault
Camp Rotary
Charles Boyer
Clare-Isabella
Valley Trails Council
Warren Sharp
Forest Gardon
Young Michigan entertainers aid tuberculosis Christmas seals drive
Bobby Stevenson Doris Bolde and Ernest Winstanley star in a radio transcription titled Peter Masters Triumph. The Michigan Tuberculosis Association uses the program to promote the thirtieth annual Christmas seals sale funds to fight TB in 1987. Dr Bruce H Douglas notes the seals finance tuberculin testing and X rays for 100000 Michigan residents.
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Bobby Stevenson
Doris Bolde
Ernest Winstanley
Michigan
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Peter Master
Bruce H. Douglas
Douglas
Mt Vernon Grange Sees Installations and Christmas Program
Several members attended Gilmore and Lincoln Granges with Deputy J Archambault installing officers. Bert Walker couple re installed, sick list includes Geo Ackerman Mrs E Brooks and Mrs Elizabeth Walsh. Walter White visited son Harold in Brinton. All members urged to bring children next Monday for a Christmas program with speaking singing and help. treats provided by Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore Grange
Lincoln Grange
J. Archambault
Bert Walker
Grange
Geo Ackerman
E. Brooks
Elizabeth Walsh
Walter White
Harold
Brinton
Elliott Plans Would Benefit Rural Schools
The 1837 legislature should adopt much of Dr. Eugene B. Elliott plans to improve rural education. Key points include state paying all tuition for non resident 7th and 8th graders, higher state support for non resident high school pupils, funding for new rural schools, higher county commissioner pay, unified school transportation laws, and district reorganization with local consent. The program aims to increase state aid and efficiency while reforming administration and teacher protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene B. Elliott
Department of Public Instruction
Fitzgerald
Basi
One Strand After Another at Christmas Time
Luke ponders how small tasks weave into larger outcomes as he recalls his potato work and saves two dollars. He realizes progress comes strand by strand, then gifts his parents with joy, while his family celebrates Christmas.
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Luke
Denly
Western Newspaper Union
Hawaiian Proverb Echoes Through Modern Hawaii Folklore
An old Hawaiian proverb likens a man to a banana when he bears fruit, suggesting he dies after his work is done. The piece notes Hawaii’s abundance of legends and folklore as a defining feature of the region's culture.
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Hawaii
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Westard Newspaper Union
Scout
Garfield Grange
Pedro
Bro
McLane
Don Comstock
Bentley
Flint
Poulson
Ypsilanti
Durand
Bros
Smith
Cadillac
John Watkins
Pontiac
Fred Ryan
Barbara Tryon
Port Huron
Sherd Cornell
MT. Vernon Grange
Clare Sentinel
Epo D
Bayes
Santa
D. Bayes
Elliott
Superintendent of Public Instruction
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