David Jason by Buster Merryfield). In 1989 Jason starred as Ted Simcock in the ITV drama series "A Bit of a Do", aired from January to December. In 1999, Jason starred as Captain Frank Beck in BBC's feature-length drama "All the King's Men" about the Sandringham regiment lost in World War I. He earned acclaim for a string of straight roles. These include Skullion in "Porterhouse Blue" (for Channel 4), Sidney "Pop" Larkin in the rural idyll "The Darling Buds of May" (Yorkshire Television/ITV) and based on the H. E. Bates novel, which featured Catherine Zeta-Jones in an early role. In 1992,
Martha E. Cram Bates M.). In addition to her work on the "Herald", Bates did an immense amount of literary work in the way of correspondence, sketches, stories and poems. She also wrote several books. With Mary Knezik Buck, Bates was the joint author of, "Along Traverse Shores", and "A Few Verses for a Few Friends". Bates was the author of "Young People's History of Michigan", which was used in many schools of the State for historical study. In religion, Bates was one of the three surviving charter members of the Congregational church. While she had been an invalid for about three years, Bates