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THE STATE: JOURNAL June 26, Lansing, Michigan MID Michigan NEWS Probe at Ashley Gives City Regime 'Clean Health Bill' By MIKE JONES (Journal Staff Writer) ASHLEY An investigation of the Ashley Water Department has resulted in a "clean bill of health" for the Village Council, an auditor reported here Tuesday night. The department has been under close scrutiny since February, when Merle Studt, former councilman, charged that bonds for the village water system were in jeopardy because of "insufficient Special Events in Churches NASHVILLE The Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren Churches are conducting a combined Daily Vacation Bible School in the EUB church this week. The Baptist and Church of the Nazarene held similar schools in their respective churches last week, and the total enrollment for all Bible schools will reach several hundred. HUBBARDSTON-Rev. Fr.

Sebastian, OHM will be at St. John the Baptist church on Sunday, June 30, to speak on the missions. He will act as extraordinary confessor on Saturday evening. WOODLAND -Women of Lakewood Evangelical United Brethren Church will attend a program at 1:30 p.m. June 27 in First Presbyterian Church, Hastings.

The speaker will be Mrs. Leroy Wolcott, president of United Church Women of Michigan Woodland Zion Lutheran Fellowship will meet at the church at 8 p.m. June 30 Summer service hours at Zion Lutheran Church are Sunday school at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. The circles of Zion Lutheran Church will meet as follows: Katherine Crcle, p.m., July Mary and Martha ha Circle, 8 p.m., July Dorcas Circle, 8 p.m., July 2.

Owens-Illinois Branch Sales Manager Named (Special to The State Journal) TOLEDO, Ohio--Frank T. Cantrill of Detroit will manage the new branch sales office which Owens-Illinois Glass glass container division will open in Grand Rapids July 1. The new branch will be in the Brookfield Office Plaza at 950 28th S.E., and will serve food, drug and chemical manufacturers, dairies, brewers and beverage bottlers in the western part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. This area has been served by Owens-Illinois branch offices in Detroit and Elkhart, Ind. F.

T. Carroll of Philadelphia, will succeed Mr. Cantrill as manager of the Owens-Illinois Detroit branch. ode new glass now is container constructing plant at Charlotte is scheduled to begin production next October. Child Art Class Program Shown (Special to The State Journal) MASON-Children's creative art classes are being sponsored by the Mason Junior Child Study Club at the Mason Junior High School beginning July 18.

Children who have completed third grade and on up through sixth grade are eligible to enroll and will have an opportunity to work with charcoal, crayons and clay with an emphasis on imaginative drawing. Interested parents should contact Mrs. Louis Muylle or Mrs. Nolan Hall at Mason. Registration deadline is July 1.

Library Open (Special to The State Journal) PERRY The hours for the Edna Bentley Memorial Library have been announced as follows: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, 6 p.m. p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Friday, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 7 p.m.

to 9 p.m and discrimination" in water billings. Studt voiced his complaint to Atty. Gen. Frank J. Kelley, who instructed Phillip E.

Smith, Gratiot County prosecutor, to investigate and file report. Smith's report is due later this week, but the auditor said Tuesday that the village "deserves a clean bill of BASIS OF REPORT Smith indicated Wednesday that the audit will be the basis of his report to the attorney general. "There won't be any surprises (in my report," he said. Samuel E. Vitale of Saginaw, a partner in Yeo Yeo, certified public accountants, told the council that it lost about $1,500 last year, compared to about $200 a year ago, in operating its water department.

But, he added, "There was no malfeasance or misfeasance of office. The council acted legitimately, but they just lost money." Responding to Studt's charges, Vitale said there is present danger of the water system going into receivership. loss serves as a that there are insufficient he said. He advised the council to consult its engineers and attorney in an effort to bring finances into balance. Vitalie said the village has a reserve of $6.000 to cover losses in the water department and recommended that the council take such action as is necessary to recover the loss and guard against future deficits.

'MINOR' VIOLATIONS' The only things the council appears to be guilty of, Vitale said, are "incomplete records" and "minor violations of ordinances" for operation of the department. "You have not been explicit, enough about what you are doing and how," Vitale told the council. "If your ordinances are a straitI jacket, investigate the of changes as you can live with them." Wayne Barnes, village president, acknowledged that the council had "made some but he and other councilmen promised immediate action to correct: them. Official discussion of the Water Department question was concluded when Mrs. Helen George, department bookkeeper, submitted her resignation.

Mrs. George said she was quitting to devote more time to her family, but it is known that she has been deeply concerned about affairs of the Water Department. Eaton Gets State Aid (Special to The State Journal) CHARLOTTE Evert Steward of Charlotte, county treasurer, has disbursed the final apportionment of state aid money for the school year to Eaton County's township, village and city schools. The total amount of $362,159.96 was distributed to the following units: Townships: Bellevue Benton Carmel 459.28; Chester Eaton Hamlin Kalamo Oneida Roxand Sunfield $118.83 and Windsor $118.83. Cities and villages: Bellevue Charlotte Eaton Rapids Grand Ledge Vermontville Olivet $32,069.82 and Potterville $16,723.22.

Mason Deadline On Taxes Aug. 31 (Special to The State Journal) MASON According to released by Mrs. Doris Austin, city treasurer, taxes this year will amount to $19.69 per $1,000 valuation. Regular tax is $13.69 per $1,000 plus $3 per $1,000 for bond retirement. Taxes include sewage disposal plant, voted tax debt, delinquent taxes, special assessments and service charges.

City taxes are billed in the summer in Mason, with county and school taxes coming in the winter. Aug. 31 is the deadline for payment without penalty. After that 4 per cent will be added. Fine Arts Workshop To Open at Olivet (Special to The State Journal) OLIVET- The first fine arts worshop at Olivet College, set to open Sunday and continuing through July 20, has a present enrollment of around 130, with a decided increase expected in each of the subjects offered.

Olivet College faculty members serve as instructors in their separate fields, each with an offcampus guest teacher or con- sultant. The workshop is made possible by a gift from the Charles Mott Foundation, Flint. Robert Barnes, head of the voice department, will serve on the music division, which includes choral work with private lessons. Drama with plans for a fulllength play and one-acters, and daily classes in all dramatic phases, is under the direction of Bill Beard, who heads the department here. Testimony Recessed By Court ELF Area Miss Elizabeth Wright vet; HOWELL Miss Elizabeth Wright of 529 W.

Ionia Lansing, a former Howell school teacher, died Tuesday at a local hospital after a long illness. She was retired. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Stanley Warner of Illinois. Services will be Thursday at 10 a.m.

at Schnackenberg Funeral Hone, with burial in Cemetery. Mrs. Pearl Brown taste MORRICE-Mrs. Pearl Brown, 88, of Morrice, died Tuesday at her home. She had been in failing health for several months.

Survivors include two sons, Donald of Morrice, and Carleton of Antrim Township; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Johnson of Durand. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Morrice Methodist Church, and burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery. The body is at the residence.

Friends may make memorials to the Morrice Methodist Church. Manuel Ramirez BRECKENRIDGE Manuel H. Ramirez, 66, died Tuesday at his home near Wheeler. Ramirez was born in Texas, but was a longtime resident of the Wheeler area. Survivors include the widow, Guadalupe; 11 children, Otilia, Angela, Gonzola and Robert, all at home, Francis of Lansing, Manuel of Alma, Albert of Wheeler, Felix of Breckenridge, Fedil of Saginaw and Ezquiel of Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Oscoda, and 12 grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 Friday at Merrill Sacred Heart Church, and burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery. A Rosary will be recited at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Whiting Funeral Chapel. Scott Payne CARSON CITY- -Scott Payne, 92, Carson City, died at St. Louis convalescent home Monday.

Funeral services will a.m. Thursday at the Bruns Funeral Home, Carson City. Burial will be in Payne Cemetery. His grandfather was the first settler in the county, and his grandmother was the first person buried in Payne Cemetery. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs.

Hazel Lindsey of Middleton, Mrs. Greta Norwood of Lansing, Mrs. Sarah Hummel of Carson City, and Mrs. Hattie Palmer, St. Helens; a son, Merrill, Manton; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs.

Bertha Culy, Greenville. Orville LaSarge CARSON CITY- Orville LaSarge, 53, Hubbardston, died at the Carson City Hospital Monday. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Methodist Church, Hubbardston. The body is at the home in Hubbardston.

Burial will be in East Plains Cemetery, Clinton County. Surviving are the widow, Lillian, Hubbardston; a son, Duane, Pewamo; a daughter, Mrs. us an Geselman, Hubbardston; seven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Matherton, and Mrs. Mildred Taylor, Jackson; three brothers, Wallace of California, Gene, Florida, and Harvey of Ohio.

He was a member of the Moose Lodge. Mrs. Hazel A. Gorman CHARLOTTE Mrs. Hazel A.

Gorman, 78, of 201 East Olivet, died at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Charlotte hospital where she had been a patient for 10 days following a four-week illness. She had been an Olivet area resident all her life. She is survived by a I daughter, Mrs. Elmer Horn, Oli- Testing of Former Shiawassee Welfare Head Resumes Soon (Special to The State Journal) CHARLOTTE CONSTRUCTION -Contractors are making while the sun shines in lotte.

At top, work continues the multi-million-dollar OwensIllinois glass plant, to employ about 350 people when this fall. The tower on the is more than 10 stories indicating size of the entire plant. On the left, work is ing completion on a $500,000 project to widen the U.S. 27 ness route into downtown lotte. Nearly three miles of route is being widened to lanes.

(State Journal Photos). Ionia Fire Loss Set At $7,000 (Special to The Stae Journal) IONIA Sparks from burning trash and dry were blamed for a fire which stroyed a large barn and shed at the farm of Harry at M-66 and Bellview Drive on southern outskirts of Ionia day afternoon. He told Ionia city firemen went to the scene with trucks that his loss would ly exceed $7,000. The fire was discovered after 1 p.m. by Trooper Cabot of the Ionia State Post, who was off duty and his home on Tuttle Road, a distant.

He drove to the home to alert the family, was at lunch. Buxton told firemen that trash had been put into a burner between the home and barn and ignited a short time fore. There was a lid on the ceptacle, but firemen said ignited nearby grass. The raced to the barn to set that fire. The fire had gained such way it could not be controlled, the barn roof collapsed as the trucks arrived.

Men on a truck from the Michigan Reformasecretory Fire Department spotted fire and went the scene to furnish water to Ionia fire Only a few pieces of farm ment were saved. Of his estimated loss, Buxton about $5,000 was in machinery equipment. Has Hope For Meet In Detroit DETROIT (UPI) Mayor Jerome Cavanagh said Tuesday "groundwork has been laid" for Detroit to lure a national political convention in the near future. Cavanagh said he was disappointed that the Motor City had been squeezed out of both the Republican and Democratic site competition in 1964. However, he added, "Because of the activity of the committee this year, I am sure one-or both -of the national conventions will meet in Detroit in the near future.

"The groundwork has been laid and there will be continuing effort to bring a national convention here," Cavanagh said. Detroit bid for the Democratic and GOP conventions but was unsuccessful both times. San Francisco was awarded the Republican convention while Atlantic City, N.J. landed the Democrats. Vermontville Story Hour Is Under Way VERMONTVILLE 'The annual story hour for boys and girls up to the fifth grade got underway Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m.

and will continue once a week for six weeks. The reading period is sponsored annually by the Ver tmontville Woman's Club to encourage literfor young children and to promote use of the Vermontville Public Library. Various members of the club read to the children each week. owosso-Testimony in the municipal court examination of charges against' Ted Hicks, 57, former Shiawassee County welfare director, was recessed Tuesday afternoon until July 15. Hicks, charged with misuse of public money when he was the welfare director, heard about 18 witnesses testify Monday that he sold property and mismanaged his department.

Included in the witnesses were state auditors, county and local law enforcement officials and workers at the Pleasant View Hospital which Hicks directed. The prosecution rested its case so Municipal Judge Peter Marutiak granted a defense motion for a delay in the proceedings until July 15. The defense asked for the delay in order to study the examination transcript and the welfare department records. hay Charon opened right high, near- busiChar- the four some weather detool Buxton the Tues- who three probab- shortly Ralph Police at mile Buxton which some waste the bere- sparks flames on headand fire tanker the help trucks. equip- said, and Strike Flareup Sends Three to Jail in Gratiot ITHACA (UPI)-Two men and a youth were held today in the Gratiot County jail for felonious assault after two Southern workers were beaten Tuesday in a bakery strike flareup.

Kenneth Rathel, 34, Georgia, and Arnold Compton, 25, Johnson City, suffered facial bruises Tuesday when they were accosted by a group of men at a Breckenridge truck stop. It was the second incident of violence to hit the 18-day-old United Dairy and Bakery Workers Union strike at three bakeries. Held on $5,000 personal bond apiece were Joseph L. Smith, 38; John R. Ball, 45, and Allen L.

Notter, 19, all of Saginaw. The men were arrested Tuesday and arraigned. Justice John McLoughlin set their court examination for July 5. Also arrested in the beatings but released was Edward Fluder, 36, Saginaw. Local 87 of the UDBW (AFLCIO) the strike at the Gase Co.

and Rainbo "Bakering Bakery Saginaw, and the Michigan Bakery Bay City. Maple Valley's Summer Band Program Opens (Special to The State Journal) NASHVILLE Thomas Wentworth, band director of Maple Valley Schools, opened his summer band program this week. Wentworth feels it is important to continue study during the summer months, and the summer sessions are being held without cost to the students. At Vermontville, the sixth grade band meets at 10 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, while the junior band meets at 11 a.m.

the same days. In Nashville, the sixth, grade band meets at 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and junior band rehearsal follows at 2 p.m. The summer, high school band is open students and to alumni and parents. Rehearsals for the first part of the eight weeks will be held in Nashville High School from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays. The band will present four concerts, in Nashville and two in Vermontville. Sure Sign Of Summer MASON--The Mason extension office is already receiving entries for the county fair, scheduled for July 29 through Aug. 3, the earliest fair date in several years. Four-H and open class exhibit classes are found in the premium book, which is being distributed this week.

The is available at the court extension fice, all grain elevators and many implement dealers in Ingham County. Columbus' Stop Only U.S. territory where Christopher Columbus ever set foot is Puerto Rico. Program Is Launched By 'Crazy Hat' Event (Special to The State Journal) ST. LOUIS The St.

Louis sum.mer recreation program was launched this week with a "crazy hat parade" and session. Hat prize winners were Rod Bransdorfer (cutest) and Holly Kline (prettiest). A survey of activity preferences followed the contest. Plans for five junior baseball teams were started several months ago. However, since the program started, enough boys have shown up at practice sessions for approximately eight teams.

Volunteer adults, needed in all age groups, are asked to contact Darrell Brown. Also needed are baseball suits. Persons with knowl-10-11 edge of unused uniforms may notify Brown, Bill Keiser of Director William Wallace. Tuesday and Thursday SANFORD J. NELSON Ovid School Head Will Quit Aug.

1 Area Clubs And Lodges Walker installed as president of the Pompeii WSCS at the June meeting. Others installed by Mrs. Ruth Wolfe of Ashley were: Ruth Snider, vice president; Velma Kindell, recording secretary; Florence McKinney, treasurer; Margaret Wood, Christian social relations; Maude Entrekin, literature and publications; be Beulah Andrews, missionary secretary; Georgia Foster, promotion tary; Marion Deitrich, spiritual life secretary; Ethel White, supply Grace McKinney, children's work; Alice White, youth secretary; Olive McKibbin, student secretary; Tillie Virstaen, local church activities. Committee chairmen appointed by the new president were: Maude Entrekin, publicity; Zelda Evitts, flower committee; Margaret Wood, alternate, and Florence McKinney, funeral flower committee. Area Funerals Lester V.

Ross IONIA Funeral will be held Wednesday for Lester V. Ross, 84, Ionia, former superintendent of maintenance at Ionia State Hospital. Services will be at 2 at the Ionia Presbyterian Church with burial in Muir Cemetery. A native of Muir, Mr. Ross became a carpenter after graduation from school there.

Among buildings whose construction he helped to supervise was that of the LeValley Church south of Ionia. He became an employe later at Ionia State Hospital, and was construction and maintenance superintendent there when he retired 14 years ago. He was a hospital employe for 25 years. He was married in 1903 to Catherine Culbertson, who survives. She was a reporter for a number of years for the Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard.

Mr. Ross died at the County Memorial Hospital Monday, four days after the couple marked their 60th wedding anniversary. Also surviving is one son, Culbertson W. Ross of Bethesda, Md. Mrs.

Clarissa Smith IONIA Funeral will be held Thursday for Mrs. Clarissa C. Smith, 78, R. 4, Ionia. Services will be at LeValley Methodist Church at 1:30 p.m.

with burial in Balcom Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was the widow of Wellington C. Smith, Ionia County farmer. She died Monday in Ionia County Memorial Hospital.

Surviving are two sons, Marshall of Miami, and Roy W. of R. 4, Ionia; four daughters, Mrs. Charles Wade of LanMrs. Morris' Benedict of Ionia: Mrs.

Athol Dygert of Grand Rapids and rMs. George Us.huk of DeWitt; 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The body is at Stone-Kauffmann Funeral Home, Ionia. Migrant Children Aided by Project (Special to The State Journal) ST. LOUIS A step toward health protection for children of migrant worker families has been taken by the Gratiot County harvester project, a program' sponsored by the Gratiot Council of Churches.

Approximately 100 children reglistered for school the day program care have and re- received immunization for smallpox and polio. County Health nurse Pauline Hegle and Dr. S. I. Gervin of Alma conducted the clinic at the Presbyterian Church, location of the daycare center.

OVID -The man who has directed the fortunes of Ovid public schools for 11 years will resign Aug. 1 to enter private business. Sanford J. Nelson, Ovid superintendent, has been a teacher and school administrator for 32 years. He came to.

Ovid in 1945 and served seven years as high school principal. The size of the Ovid school system has more than doubled since Nelson came here from Harbor Springs 18 years ago. There were 19 staff members and 460 students then. Today, there are 40 persons on the staff and 1,035 students. The increase is due partly to annexation of 10 primary school districts.

MERGER LEADER Nelson is one of the leaders in a plan to merge the Ovid and Elsie school districts in an effort to pave the way for future growth and enrich the education of students in both systems. Perhaps Nelson's greatest pride, however, is the fact that Ovid is one of the state's few school districts that has never been forced to borrow money for operations. Under Nelson's leadership, Ovid has four-year accreditation, from the University of Michigan, the highest rating the university awards. The school's lighted football field came into being when Nelson, assisted by several junior high boys, spent most of one summer gathering scrap iron to start a fund for the lights. OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS Since then, the school's home economics department has been completely remodeled, a new elementary school was built in 1953 and expanded in 1957, and a new office building was constructed in 1961.

In addition to memberships in several professional associations, Nelson is a member of the board and executive committee of the Michigan Education Association, and serves on the building and finance committee for the MEA building under construction in East Lansing. He president of of the board of trustees of the MEA insurance program and is past-president of the MEA region eight council. Nelson said he will continue to live in Ovid and remain active in school affairs. Applicants for superintendent are now being interviewed at the school office. a brother, Vern Bradley, Charlotte; five grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Funeral services will at 1 p.m. at Burkhead-Cheney Funeral Chapel, Charlotte. Burial will be Bosworth Cemetery, Walton Township. Lewis Norton Lewis Norton NASHVILLE -Lewis Norton, 88, retired millwright, of 333 Cleveland died Monday afternoon in Pennock Hospital, Hastings. He had been a patient there since.

February. He and his widow, Georgie, formerly lived in Grand Rapids, moving to Nashville 22 years ago. The body was taken to Ann Arbor Monday afternoon. Wanton C. McLean BRECKENRIDGE- Wednesday services in Breckenridge preceded.

burial in St. Louis for Wanton C. McLean of rural Breckenridge. Mr. McLean died Sunday at Veterans' Memorial Hospital, Saginaw.

Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Edward Schultheiss and Mrs. Richard Stanaway of Lansing, Mrs. Michael O'Leary of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Richlard McKeon of Florida.

Mrs. Ola D. Morgan NASHVILLE-Services for Mrs. Ola D. Morgan, 75, will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m.

at the Vogt Funeral Home. Burial will be in Wilcox Cemetery, Maple Grove Township. Mrs. Morgan, a lifelong resident of Barry County, had made her home the past few years with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Davis, on Reed Street.

She died Monday afternoon en route to Community Hospital, Battle Creek, following a heart attack. Charles M. Cordray ST. JOHNS-Charles M. Cordray, 72, of 912 E.

Walker died Tuesday at a St. Johns hospital. He was born in Clinton County and had been a city The funeral for about 30 years. will be at Osgood Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Burial will be in Eureka Cemetery. He is survived by the widow, Florence; four daughters, Mrs. Mabel Albrecht of Auburn, Mrs. Bertha Cross of St. Johns, Miss Charlene Cordray of Lansing, and Mrs.

Priscilla Cressman, St. Johns; a son, Victor, Sunnyvale, six grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. He had retired in 1958 as the city building Longer School Year Is Slated (Special to The State Journal) PERRY The school year will be longer next year according to the schedule revealed by the Board of Education. In changes made there will be 180 attendance days as compared to 173 last year. School will start in the fall on the afternoon of Sept.

3, and will be out June 5. There will be two weeks vacation at Christmas, four days at a Easter, and the usual days off for Thanksgiving, institutes and semester endings. Probe Lobbying WASHINGTON (UPI) The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recalled a representative of a Jewish organization to answer questions in secret about the group's work lobbying for Israel in this country. Elsie High Class Of '38 Gathers (Special to The State Journal) ELSIE -The 25th anniversary of the Elsie High School class of 1938 was observed Saturday, evening with a dinner Frankenmuth. There were 19 present, 12 of whom were graduates of that class.

They were Mrs. Geraldine Hall Davies of Falls Church, Virginia; Mrs. Emily Jones Davis and Roy Davis of St. Johns; Mrs. Florence Woodard Reagh of Saginaw; Mrs.

Glenadean Sutliff Whitford of Ithaca; Mrs. Elizabeth Drahos Batchelor. of Owosso: Ken Fields of Lansing: Wayne Olney of Chesaning and Mrs. Elizabeth Cobb Hess, Russell Bouck, Donivan Williams and Lawrence Hess, all of Elsie. Other spouses present were Mrs.

Russell Bouck, Mrs. Wayne Olney, Mrs. Donivan Williams, Mrs. Ken Fields, John Reagh, Roy Whitford and Clare Batchelor. Area Births Art will include painting, graphic arts and water color, instructed by Richard Callner, the fine arts chairman of the college.

Orchestra studies with private lessons on instruments have George Baziotopolous of the staff as instructor. Dr. L. T. Hendrick, chairman of the English department, will instruct in creative writing.

The various guest teachers and consultants include: for drama, Sara Hawkinson, from Northwestern University, with extended study in Europe; in music, Dr. Rudolph Saltzer of Los Angeles City College, specialist in choral music; orchestra, Francois D' Albert, president of Chicago Conservatory College, and writing, W. Dewitt Snodgrass, a Pulitzer prize winner and author on the Wayne State University staff. I ring story hours, from 10 to 10:30 a.m., are being conducted cooperatively by the Public Library and recreation program. Mrs.

Anne Whitney is in charge of the project to encourage good library and reading habits. Parents are urged to bring their four through the six-year-old young. sters to City Library and call back for them at the end of the story hour. A "king of swat" tournament is scheduled July 8-12 at Westgate School playlot, open to all boys in the St. Louis district, ages 6 through 11 years.

Contestants will be divided into three age groups: 6-7; 8-9; and years, with a trophy for each category. Official entry blanks must be signed, although there is no entry fee, explains Director Wallace. -To Mr. and Mrs. Ray 121 Washington a son, Troy Wilbur.

June 21. at Ingham Medical Hospital. ST. JOHNS To Mr. and Mrs.

James Boots, a daughter, June 20. Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Crowell. To Mr.

and Mrs. Miguel Martinez, daughter. June 20. daughter, June 21. ALMA-1 Mr.

and Mrs. Ronald Muhn. a son. June 15. To Mr.

and Mrs. Don Jerry Miller, a son. June 19. To Mr. and Mrs.

James Nester. son, June 23. To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hagerman, a daughter.

June 23. All at Gratiot Community Hospital. Alma. ST. LOUIS To Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Wollenweber, a daughter. June 17. To Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Reblin. daughter. June 17. To Mr. and Mrs.

Francis Harry, son. June 18. To Mr. and Mrs. Carl Homister.

daughter. June 19. Gratiot Community Hospital. Alma. BRECKENRIDGE- To Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Dickens. a daughter. June 16. at Community Hospital.

Alma. RIVERDALE To Mr. and Mrs. Merwin Johnson. a son.

June 17. at Gratiot Community Hospital. Alma. FOWLER-To Mr. and Mrs.

Alan Schafer, a son. June 18. at Gratiot Community Hospital. Alma. SHERIDAN- -TO Mr.

and Mrs. Daniel Manning. a son. June 18. at Gratiot Community Hospital, Alma.

ITHACA- To Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Evoy, a son. June 21. at Gratiot Community Hospital, Alma.

LINCOLNHOL To Mr. and Mrs. John P. Lincolnhol, 227 N. Magnolia a son, Philip John.

June 15. at St. Lawrence Hospital. Mrs. Lincolnhol is the former Sylvia Fineis.

REEDS To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Reeds. 908 E.

Mt. Hope a son. Duane Thomas, June 22. at Ingham Medical Hospital. BLAIS -To Mr.

and Mrs. Ronald K. Blais. 6102 Abbott Road. East Lansing.

a daughter. Ruth Ellen. June 21, at Ingham Medical Hospital. To Mr. and Mrs.

James L. Grieb. 3507 Bergman a daughter. Diane Sue. June 21, at Ingham Medical Hospital..