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Battle Creek Enquirer from Battle Creek, Michigan • Page 25

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Posi Cereals Foremen Name Fred Brydges I (maintenance departments), Mel-burn Foss (food manufacturing departments) and Beryl Maltey (Car-jton and Container division). insula. He was introduced by Henry y. Braddock. Approximately 150 attended, including 24 retired supervisors of Post Cereals as guests in observance of the fourth annual Retired Supervisors' Night.

Each retired supervisor was presented with an honorary life membership in the club. Those unable to attend will receive their honorary membership cards either by mail or by personal call. THE ENQUIRER AND NEWS Battle Creek, May 5, 1954 Entertainment featured a colored movie film entitled "Gunning the Flyways," on duck and goose hunting. Hugh Fredenburg was program chairman and also served as chairman of the nominating committee for the election of officers. 7 1 iui Fred Brydges of 223 Chestnut Don Wallace, treasurer.

Both Mr. The officers and area representa maintenance superintendent at Post Cereals, was elected president of 'Strong and Mr. Allen are employed tives were installed by Clifford C. Avery of Post Cereals, who is an area director of the National Assn. I of Foremen's Clubs.

Guest speaker was Walter F. Gries of Ishpeming. He gave a talk of anecdotes and humor -lous stories of life in the Upper Pen I by PosUCereals and Mr. Wallace is a Carton and Container division employe. Four area representatives were I elected from various departments of two plants, as follows: Norman Reister (office), Robert Confer Post Cereals Foremen's Club last evening.

He succeeds Herman R. SchelL Other officers elected were: Ridgeway (Reg) Strong, vice president; John C. Allen, secretary, and There are about 7i million widows In the United States. JC 4 DOTS j-fHJr 2 Enquirer and News Photo. FOBMER TRUSTEES REMINISCE The Lakeview Schools and present Lakeview school board honored former school trustees at an informal party at the high school last night, and here a group of former members do some reminiscing around a photo of Orwin Adams, who is seated at right.

The others who are seated are C. E. Traut and Mrs. Rowena Smith. Standing are H.

G. Bayley, Raymond Gould, Clayton R. Rice, Dean L. Murray, Dr. Wendell H.

Stadle and Frank H. Stowitts. Hurry! Share In These Great Values and Bargains! Take advantage of the special price cuts special purchases and reduced selling prices! They all mean BIG savings to you! 2 EASY WAYS TO USE YOUR CREDIT! 1 Purchases totaling $20 or more can be made on SEARS EASY PAYMENT PLAN inquire today! 2 SEARS CREDIT PURCHASE COUPON BOOKS in $10, $15, $20, $25 and $50 denominations! Use them just like cash. Ideal for small item buying! at Lakeview School Trustees Floyd M. Hazel, Assistant Supt.

Ben Yates, Principal Theodore N. Thomas of the high school and Mrs. Thomas, and Mr. and Mrs. Don' Blanchard.

Mrs. Jean Bian-chard has been for many years the school secretary and recording secretary for school board meetings. Others who have seryed Lakeview schools, but who were absent, are William C. Moon, 1921-38; and first president, 1921-22; the late Frank VanValin, 1921-25; and the first treasurer, 1921-22; the late Jennie I. Kulp, 1921-28; the late Mrs.

Lorene Hall, secretary, 1921-22; the late J. G. Redner, 1931-34, treasurer U32-34: L. J. Laird, 1932-39; the late A.

W. Russell, 1938-41; and John Pichtino, 1941-52, secretary 1943-47, treasurer, 1947-50, and president 1950-51. Two Photos Missing Photographs of Mrs. Hall and VanValin are the only two now missing from the' collection; all the others of the 23 members who have served or are serving were shown! last night. The trustees' hope to: acquire these two missing pictures, although a thorough effort was made through channels which occurred' ot those connected with the project.

The after dinner discussion was1 led by Dr. Stadle who reviewed the progress of the years. Mr. Gould and Mr. Stowitts each spoke briefly.

Then comments were made by all as the discussion moved "round the ring." Mr. Parsons noted that it all added up to the same old story right from the start. "Their problems from the beginning were the ones we've got now," he said. "Money and children." RECRUIT TROOPERS EAST LANSING UPl The opening of a special recruiting program to fill 50 additional trooper positions authorized by the recent Legislature was announced by. State Police Commissioner Joseph A.

Childs. The troopers all will be assigned to highway patrol work. Dinner Is Held For Former Lakeview School affairs from 1921 to the present time were hashed over in an Informal way last night when former school trustees were honored at the Lakeview High School. The occasion was the first showing of an assemblage of large, framed photos of all the former and present school members, except two. The project of gathering the gallery of photos was suggested by DeWitt C.

Parsons, present president. Assemble in Library Before dinner the guests assembled In the library at the high school, drank fruit punch and thumbed through old school annuals and copies of school newspapers and this exercise Invariably summoned up events and deeds long since forgotten. There were 33 at dinner, including Orwin Adams a member of the first board of education, who served from 1921-31, all but the first year as secretary of the board. The other former members were C. E.

Traut, treasurer from 1922-25; H. G. Bayley, 1925-31, treasurer, 1926-31; Raymond Gould, 1926-42, president 1928-42; Mrs. Rowena Smith, 1928-38. secretary, 1911-38; Frank H.

Stowitts, 1934-50, treasurer, 1934-42, president, 1942-50; Clayton R. Rice, 1938-47, secretary 1938-42, treasurer, 1942-47; Dean L. Murray. 1942-45; and Dr. Wendell H.

Stadle. 1941-43 and 1947-53; secretary 1942-43 and 1951-52, and president, 1952-53. Mrs. M. W.

Wentworth attended, too; her late husband was treasurer 1931-32. Other wives present were Mrs. Traut, Mrs. Bayley, Mrs. Gould, Mrs.

Rice, Mrs. Murray and Mrs. Stadle. Present Board Attends All of the present school board members and their wives were present: Mr. and Mrs.

Parsons, Dr. and Mrs. Claude T. French, Mr. and Mrs.

Clifford L. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lent and Mr.

and Mrs. James R. Tompert. Mr. Thomas Is secretary and Mr.

Lent, treasurer. Other guests were Supt. and Mrs. i Students to Present Program at Academy Grade school music pupils at the Battle Creek Academy will present a program for their parents and friends at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the academy gymnasium.

The grade band, the school or chestra and the string ensemble, with Mrs. Grace Hardy and Arthur Howard, music Instructors, in charge, will be heard. Grades one and two will be seen in a skit entitled, "Circus Parade and grades two and three will present a pantomime, "When You and I Were Young." There will be a song done in two parts by the fifth and sixth grades, entitled "Spring.1 David Munson is to give a reading, "Soap," and a Mozart two- piano sonata will be played by Sylvia Sprague, Ruth Ann Perkins and Karen Foote. Each girl will play one movement, with Mrs Hardy at the second piano through out. The boys' glee club of seventh and eighth graders will sing "Aunt Jemima" and the girls' chours, "Al Through the Night" and "Standin' in the Need of Prayer, The program closes with an original arrangement of "Battle Hymn of Republic" with a brass ensemble and drums.

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