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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1956
Page
4
The Clare County Extension suggests buffet suppers ease hosting with make ahead menus including chicken a la king and lemon chiffon pie. It also warns on Christmas tree fire dangers with steps to buy, store, water, light, and dispose of the tree safely.
A Glen Cove New York story recalls a stolen 15 foot Christmas tree replaced by a 13 foot fir donated by a Jewish neighbor. A Catholic nursery owner and his crew moved and replanted the tree, highlighting interfaith goodwill during the season.
The author reflects on the rush for faster travel from a mile a minute to moonward speeds. He warns that speed for speed's sake endangers lives and urges readers to be better neighbors at the wheel in 1957 to save their own and others lives.
Dr Eugene Carson Blake, president of the National Council of Churches, laments that after Christmas the lights go out and the angel voices fade. He urges not to return to selfishness but to live with Jesus Christ to become men of peace in a war-filled world.
A Christmas program of poems readings and special music will be presented at Herrick Church on Sunday evening December 23 starting at 8 oclock. All are welcome.
The Clare Church of God hosted a well received Christmas program directed by Mrs. Dorothy Sickal and Mrs. Audrey Teeter. Carol Ann Graham and Lyle Dickinson stood out in The Blue Overalls Angel as others performed as wise men shepherds and angels. A world wide prayer vigil follows with the film The King of Kings leading to the 12:30 to 1 am Monday vigil period.
Reports from Budapest state the Lutheran Church in Hungary has regained freedom after recent fighting. Church life is said to be unrestricted again. spiritual care may resume in hospitals and religious instruction can begin in schools or pastors homes. Damage to churches was limited, with two Budapest churches destroyed in the fighting.
Leaders warn the United States faces a decline in young adults in the Depression era years of the early 1990s. GSA chief Mrs. John Williamson says 3,000,000 girls are in scouting but a lack of qualified women volunteers hampers teen group leadership nationwide.
Mrs EH McConnell of Hilliard Florida recalls early family life in Scott County Kentucky. She describes building a home in the flat woods, a log house on a rocky hillside, bush chopping days, neighbors gathering for log rolling, and a grand meal feast with chickens, pies, ham, biscuits, and fruits. Contributions to the Old Timer column are requested.
The Loomis Missionary Church lists Stanley Leonard as pastor with a weekly schedule including Sunday School at 10 00 and Morning Worship at 11 00. An Evening Evangelistic Service follows at 8 00 with a 7 30 Youth Fellowship and a Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 8 00.
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