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Newspaper
Shepherd Argus
Location
Shepherd, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1961
Page
3
Yearbook staff led by Jan Bollman struggles to fund the current edition as costs rise and sales fall. A general meeting is planned to solicit student and club pledges after Homecoming pages are completed but before printing. Freshmen give 25 dollars, Sophomores 25, Juniors 25, and Seniors 50, with hopes the book title 62 may still be published.
The Shepherd High School presents a combined girls glee and band Christmas concert on Thursday December 14 at 8:00 p.m. in the school gym. The program titled The Birthday of a King features eighth grade girls under Mr. Lemmer, Senior High Glee Club led by Mrs. Swenson, and the Shepherd School Concert Band with first performance by new band instructor Mr. Lemmer. Admission is free with a free will offering.
The piece discusses rising espionage between the United States and Russia, noting a couple sentenced to fifteen years in a Russian prison for spying. It recalls earlier deportations and the X-15 incident with pilot Powers captured by Soviet forces, and questions U S policy and international friendships.
We Thespians are invited to attend the High School Drama Day on Saturday December 2 featuring Marlowe's Elizabethan tragedy Doctor Faustus and finalists for the 1962 63 Michigan State University Creative Scholarships in Theatre. Schedule includes 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. registration.
Bruce Randall will showcase weight lifting demonstrations in Mt Pleasant on December 13 under Archey's Sporting Goods. He will appear at Mt Pleasant Junior High School in the forenoon and Mt Pleasant Senior High in the afternoon, with a final clinic at Central Michigan University after the High School event.
Fairchild Theatre hosts a morning tour of facilities from 9 30 to 12 00 with directing demonstrations in Dr Faustus and presentations by Creative Scholarship Finalists A luncheon follows from 12 00 to 1 00 at Union Cafeteria or nearby options At 1 00 to 3 00 p m the Creative Scholarships winners are announced and a matinee of Dr Faustus is shown Several students cannot attend due to a college board test in Midland
Sunday and weekend visits across Mt. Pleasant and nearby towns include Mrs. Mabel Proudley of Frankfort Michigan and Mrs. Blanche Grover of rural Shepherd joining hosted guests. Michigan families from Mt. Pleasant Belding Lansing and Morley Stanwood attend tea jails workshops and Christmas events with extended relatives.
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