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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1940
Page
5
Clare School News reports kindergarten activities for Christmas including gift making for parents decor of the classroom and a Nativity frieze. First Grade presents a play The Toy Shop in the auditorium with Jimmie Wilson as store keeper and many named child actors listed for roles.
The writers describe preparing for a Christmas party including reading The Night Before Christmas and various games. Gifts will be collected from the tree after an organized name exchange among children. Kenneth Schaeffer will bring a tree from their woods for the event.
Enrollment reaches fifty two as Mary Schaff and James Rogers depart. The class studied the Indian people and completed a booklet on the forest Indians. Weigh ins show a small gain. absent students include Lee Lyman Sowle Billie Barber Morrell Clute Phyllis Sprague and Marguerite White. Mary Jane Stanley is in Muskegon briefly. About thirty children receive milk at school.
The fourth grade presents an auditorium Christmas pageant at 10 30 today for parents and elementary grades. The script follows the Bible story with Mary and other named players, angels, and shepherds. Students created candle holders and decorate the room with pine boughs and a sand table scene.
The fifth grade holds its annual Christmas party today with Herb Smith in charge of the tree and Patty Kane as play chairman. Benny McKnight leads refreshments and Joanann Perry handles entertainment. Doug Fleming plays Scrooge in the afternoon production of Christmas Carol, followed by games and gift exchanges.
At the November meeting the Thespians elected Coloma Leitner treasurer after Mona Jean Harvey resigned. President Daniel Burdo asked Rita Creguer to report finances and announced a pie sale profit sufficient to buy two books. A committee was formed to select library volumes while Kay Olute and Virginis Perry provided a reading.
A crowded scene unfolds as shepherds, kings from the East, and their camels arrive at a stable. The wise men declare homage to the newborn King of the Jews, bearing gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh, while Mary warns the infant sleeps. The shepherds, awed, linger in the shadows as the procession fills the scene with light and reverence. The order of entry blends humility with royal treasure in a single holy eve.
After ballots were cast, results remained in doubt as recounts by various tellers refined totals. In a government class voting exercise, 216 of 230 registered students cast ballots. Presidential tally Willkie 136 Roosevelt 74. Senate Vandenburg 148 Fitzgerald 62. Governor Dickinson 106 VanWagoner 104.
A massive cotton textile surplus reaches 900 million square yards, signaling a major inventory balance in the textile sector and affecting production and pricing outlooks for mills and retailers.
Clare High School debaters captured their third league win of the season on Thursday night December 12 defeating St. Louis in the high school auditorium. The affirmative team Roberta McKnight Al Samborn and Mavis Kennedy argued that federal power should be decreased with Lawrence Asman Robert Erickson and Daniel Horgan on the negative coached by HE C Erickson. Paul Briggs director of debate at Bay City Central High School served as critic judge. Katherine Dwyer chaired the event and Barbara Caple Janet Dun can acted as timekeepers.
The snippet notes summer break begins in 178 days or 4,252 hours, and adds a series of trivia statements about Santa Claus, Mr. Rawley’s daily walks, married men, clothing purpose, and deer season.
The twenty sixth annual M S C Farmers Week runs February 3 to 7 with plans for expanded exhibits and new facilities. Afternoon programs move to the new auditorium while displays showcase potatoes small grains horticulture and a turkey and baby chick show. Evening programs shift to the new field house with additional athletic music and drama planned.
Rita Creguer offers a festive formula for Christmas cheer blending Pep and goodwill. It urges gathering friends and family, hosting duties, warm visits, snow and rosy cheeks, church services with hymns, and two weeks of warm social warmth to create a joyful Christmas vacation.
Coleman High School begins forming a Student Council after electing representatives. They plan a visit to observe another school's council procedures to learn firsthand. Mt. Pleasant band aims to buy band uniforms by Bandmen's Brawl with events like parties bake sales shows and box socials. The Crimson Tide in St. Louis runs a Sixth Column with all around news.
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