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~ Just 3 days left to help needy Dale Doyen’s art creates 1 Two sisters make life I interesting for elderly in Care and Share program ”life” after death Picture page 20 I Page 16 Page 9 I I VOLUME 78, NUMBER35 Roy Wagg dies, and 4 criticdv injured in 3 m ‘1 area accidents-_ - - -~ *- -- A two-car collision Satur- lum, pastor of the Trinity ‘I Scheurerand later Hospital,transferred Pigeon, to St. day at 11:50 a.m. claimed United Methodkt Church, the life of Roy Nelson officiated.Burial was in Novesta Mary’s Hospital, to the in- Wagg, 81, of Cass City and tensive care unit. Cemetery, Cass City. severely injured his wife, PEDESTRIAN STRUCK Freda, and Robert CRITICALLY INJURED Brinkman, 5806 N. Dodge A 17-year-old Owendale An 81-year-old Kingston Road, Cass City. woman is in critical condi- wornan remains in critical The accident occurred at tion in St. Mary’s Hospital, condition at St. Luke’s Has- the corner of Dodge and Saginaw, as a result of a pital, Saginaw, as a result RESCUE WORKERS WERE still working on removing Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wagg from Milligan Roads, northwest Sunday 12: 30 a.m. auto roll- of beingastruck by a vehicle their car (left) a half hour after the crash, The pickup truck at the right waq driven by Rob- of Cass City. According to over that left her pinned as she was walking to her ert Brinkman. the Tuscola‘ County under the vehicle. sister’s home in Kingston. Sheriff’s Deputy th?t inves- According to the Huron According to Michigan 8 tigated, a vehicle driven by County Sheriff’s Depart- State Police trooper Dale Wagg drove through a yield ment, Jodi A. Metzger, 2900 Stevenson, Ellen M. Jordan sign on Milligan Road and Hartsell Rd., Owendale, was walking down the mid- collided with a pickup truck was southbound on dle of the driving lane when driven by Brinkman. Caseville Road, south of Pi- she was struck by a vehicle Employees say they were @ored Both Brinkman and Mrs. geon, when she was at- driven by Cheryl K. Dost, Wagg were listed in fair tempting to pass a vehicle 29, 5913 Kingston Rd., Clif- condition Tuesday after- driven by Brian Wisen- ford. noon at Hills and Dales Nos- baugh, 7818 Stein Rd., Pi- geon. Metzger lost control Dost told Stevenson that pjtal, Cass City, where they she was southbound on are patients. of the vehicle on the slip- in planning fir 4=&y work zmek pery road, went into the Kingston Road, when she After the crash the pic- ditch on the east side of the saw the woman walking on kup went into a roadside road, striking a dri-veway the road, in the driving ditch on the northwest side culvert that caused the roll- lane.swerved Dost to attemptsaid that to avoid she The Tuscola County sent the board at employee is that a layoff should have of the road and turned over, over. According to the re- Courthouse employees held contract negotiations in been made. The Wagg car went into port, Metzger was thrown cidentstriking happened the woman. Sunday The ac- at a meeting Monday to dis- 1985. An extra $18,000 will “I feel that it is in viola- the ditch next to it, but did from the vehicle, which cuss the county commis- be used for an audit to com- tion of the agreement ,” not overturn. came to rest on its wheels, 6:35 p.m. sioners’ d@sion to lay off ply with regulations for fed- Klwr said. A rescue team from the pinning- Metzger under- employem, and close some eral revenue sharing funds. lo or dill be sending a Cass City Ambulance ser- neath the car. Stevenson reported that‘ . courthouse offices one day Rick Kloor, a union rep- letter to the commission- vice worked for nearly an A passenger with Metz- Jordan, 5925 Lanaway Rd., a week, as has been man- resentative for American ers, requesting a meeting hour before Mr. and Mrs. ger, Keith Jubar, 15, 6545 Kingston, was wearing a ated for 1985. Federation of State and where he and Nitz can dis- Wagg could be extricated Brunswick Rd., Sebewaing, black coat and red slacks. The layoffs and the clos- Municipal Employees, the cuss possible alternativeh from the demolished car. was not injured in the acci- The report stated that it ing of the courthouse for union representing the with the commission on The Elkland Township dent. was dark at the time of the one day a week are budget courthouse employees, said their work week reduction. Fire Department was cal- According to the Sheriff’s accident. cutting measures made by that he feels that instead of “We are open to anything led to help the rescue team. Department, four men the county cornmissioners cutting back one day for we can do to save jobs,” An ambulance from Car0 were able to roll the vehicle Jordan was taken to Mar- to cut back oh operating ex- some departments, his in- Kloor said. He explained was also on the scene to onto its side to free Metz- lette Community Hospital, penses for next year, terpretat ion of the contract that there are possibilities move the crash victims to ger . and later transfbrred to St. “We wanted an official the hospital. Metzger was taken to Luke’s Hospital. membership response to Mr. Wagg was born Jan. the cutbacks,” said Karen 15, 1903, in Custer Nitz, a general office clerk Township, Sanilac County, ‘AT 1 ”or the Prosecutor’s office, Owen-Gage oks ff$12,000 the son of Mr. and Mrs. and a chairperson for the LJ Samuel Wagg. New boss says employees’ union. The meeting was held at 12;15 A@ e 1, He married Freda Kelley p.m., when the courthouse May 6, 1930, in Kingston, was closed for lunch. and they made their home P ost office in tor paw0% p=m in the Cass City area. He Nitz said that the LJ was a crop farmer. He was employees were encour- a member of the Trinity Un- aged to help the Nov. 6 mil- At the Owen-Gage School strip in front 01 the scnmi that the cost will double or locks, hihges and closures ited Methodist Church of lage increase by the com- Board meeting Monday that is not paved. Erickson triple during the next 10 that the school stopped pay- Cass City. *good shape missioners. After the in- night, board members ap- said that the board can years. ment on- about three years Surviving are his wife; a crease request failed, they proved a request from spend the money and clean a “The last couple of years ago. Erickson told the Betty Mason is a woman Glaspie recently retired ‘idn’t ask them for any as- Owendale Village Presi- up a “dirt and soup area.” it (heating) has been rather board that after the daughter, hlcs. Robert who is working her way up after serving the Cass City sistance in cutting the dent Walt Howard that the Howard said tHat the vil- stable,” he added. The hardware was installed, (Marilyn) Alexander of the corporate ladder. area as postmaster for 20 budget. school pay $12,000 to have lage has received a $194,000 school has had an increase they had problems with it Cass City; a son, Roy, of Almost 20 years ago she years. “We were totally ignored the Main Street of Owen- grant to pave the gne-mile of about 13 to 14 percent in breaking. He stopped pay- Cass City; six grandchil- began her career with the “I put in for upward mo- in this,” Nitz added. She dale widened to meet the long Main Street and the heating bills. ment on the balance of dren; one great-grand- United States Post Office bility, and this is part of it,” and other union members existing sidewalks in front one-half-mile long Fourth “One of the things we can $8,OO0 at that time. child, and two step-great- as a distribution clerk at Mason explained. She ex- feel that the commissioners of the high school. Street. Main Street will be do in the high school, Erickson read a report granddaughters. the Saginaw Post Office. pects that she wilkerve as shouId have consulted them “We have a project going widened two feet on each whenever we -have the from Ray Godmer, Hearing Four brothers, Torn, Two years ago she was pro- the temporary officer in on the budget. on to pave the Sebewaing side. Fourth Street will money to do it in the next Officer for the State Board Park, Asa and Harlem, and moted to superintendent of charge for about three She said that while the Road (Main Street) have a three-foot wide couple of years is to take of Education, stating that two sisters, Grace and window yices at that months. After that, she has millage campaign was through Owendale, and I shoulder added. out the old steam boiler and he recommended to the Amarilla, preceded him in branch. ess than two no idea where she may be going on, the commission- would like to know if you “If any of you have pulled hook it all onto the new State Board of Education to death. weeks ago, she was sent to assigned. “It could be back ers told the people that cuts would be interested in pay- out right here, I am sure boiler,” Erickson said. He uphold the action of the Funeral services .