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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1945
Page
11
Ring rot, a bacterial disease, endangers Michigan potatoes as it spreads rapidly. Infected plants wilt late. tubers show ring discoloration and crumbly flesh. Control urges disposal of infected seed, thorough cleaning, copper sulfate spraying, and using certified seed where available.
An Australian bushman tells American ethnologist Hale that white fellows work, not black fellows, a distinction he frames as gentleman versus labor. The remark reflects colonial attitudes toward race and class in frontier communities.
A wartime plea urges cutting pulpwood now to speed supplies and shorten battle schedules. It argues every extra day costs lives and highlights pulpwood's role in ammunition, parachutes, shells, and packaging.
Mr and Mrs Forrest Leeth and their little daughter were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Orville Bates. Mrs Della Clute of Saginaw also spent time there.
The text lists readings of Sunday visits by multiple families including Miss Gayle Hiverette Carmcross with her mother at the Carmcross home and Rev M R Honderich hosting Sunday dinner with the Wm Hutchingon family. It also notes visits by the Kenneth Roe family Alfred Roe and Jennie Bates to Mayme Runyan and by Henry Kleiner and Faye Ann David to the Robert Kleiner home.
Mrs Albert Lee and children and Jesse Lee attend a grade music event at Ewart high school. Grand Rapids visitors Mr and Mrs Alpheus Ingraham and Joyce spend the weekend with Herbert Middleton and Elgin Hickok families. Other locals visit, dine, or call on neighbors. Mrs Frank Gaffney improves after illness.
The Brush College community mourns the death of Grand ma Hildebrandt at 87 after a long life in the area. She was known as a energetic neighbor. Sympathy is extended to her relatives as residents cope with the loss. John Brubaker and others deal with mumps this week. Memorial services were held in Beaverton for Wm Perry, brother of Mrs J V Newman.
Sympathy extended to the Hildebrandt family of Hardwood and to the Claude Smith family as long time residents pass away. Reports include Allen Brand and Beaverton seniors in a high school play, visitors to the Stanleys and Russells, and health updates from Mrs. Harvey Wilson with a hospital plan for April 10. Local residents attend gatherings, celebrate birthdays, and a child Kay Lynn is noted as ill.
Michigan farmers can lift the 1945 corn crop by up to three million bushels through exclusive planting of adapted hybrids. Hybrids outperform open pollinated types by 15 to 25 percent, and certified hybrid seed is available statewide. Extension Folder F-67 lists suitable hybrids such as Ohio M-15 and Michigan 24B 25B 20D 29D with regional recommendations.
Noon Monday sparks sparked a roof fire at the W B Stephison home, stopped by prompt neighbor help. Arthur Woznick and sister Barbara visited the Hileman home Sunday afternoon. Heber family hosted dinner at Hileman Sunday. Vern Stephison completed a 107 foot water well for Robert Bennett last week. Hebert Beavers' father of Harrison is very poorly and hoped for recovery.
Square milk bottles are now being manufactured. They are easier to clean and pour from and take up less space in the ice box.
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