Seed the key to bigger potato crops says distributor
A leading food distributor urges Michigan growers to use certified potato seed to boost yields. C Wall of A P Tea Company notes USDA victory garden leaders say planning can lift production by up to 50 percent. The firm will stock certified seed in Michigan warehouses to serve thousands of growers and victory gardeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Victory Garden
U. S. Department of Agriculture
C. Wall
A&p Tea Company
Victory
West Fourth Street
Clare
Manee’s
Thayers
Sheep Care Before Summer For Satisfactory Profit
Labor can be employed with the sheep flock but the flock must not be neglected. B L Benton animal husbandry specialist at Michigan State College outlines practices including dipping to improve wool, with a schedule to be followed for better yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Benton
Michigan State College
Mom and Pop and the Car Wartime Tune-up
A wartime period feature urges car care at Standard Oil Dealers with the 10 Star Spring Tune-up. It praises both women and men managing maintenance to extend a car's life and fuel efficiency amid shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Dipping and Drenching Techniques for Sheep Care
The article covers dipping lambs and older sheep when no tank is available, using mixtures and sprays, one yearly dip, and salt plus phenothiazine drench options. It notes feeding ratios, pasture treatments, bone meal and cobalt additions, castration timing, tail docking, and vaccinations, with brief local social notes at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
North
Baby John Howard Born To Rural Winterfield Family
Rural Winterfield reports the birth of a baby boy named John Howard to Mr. and Mrs Virgil Blackledge. The note lists weekend visits by the Dunn family and Miss Betty Dunn to the Dunn and Gaskill households and mentions Edith Davis dining with Mrs Maggie Hale in Marion. The item also notes Wilbur Phelipp with tonsillitis and visits involving Frank Berry Jerry and Lola Nevins and the VanderWoude family at the Marion Maternity Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Blackledge
John Howard
Lawrence Dunn
Betty Dunn
James Dunn
Edith Davis
Maggie Hale
Marion
Walford Landers
Sam Gaskill
Wilbur Phelipp
Frank Berry
Jerry
Shingle Town
U. P
Lola Nevins
Simon Vanderwoude
Dorothy
Dorothy VanderWoude
Frank Davis
Pratt Corners Teachers Hold Final Southern County Music
Teachers from the southern county met at Pratt school with Miss Miles for a final music session. After afternoon work the group enjoyed a chili supper and discussed school matters amid social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt Corners
Pratt School
Miles
Minnie
Thayer
Hart Baldwin
Harold Bradley
Herman Walter
August Walter
al. Collins
Greenwood
Riley Orvis
Sharon
Marion
Helen Budd
Beaverton
Loretta
Susan Storrs
Thomas Ackerman
Hilsworth Chaffee
Harrison
Lester
Thayers
Annie Heuschele
Clare
Sunrise services and family visits dot Brown Cor ners page
The Brown Corners column notes Sunrise services with a cross and lights, a baby consecration, and many local visitors. It lists families from Midland Flint Lansing and Indiana plus several weekend guests and illness among locals. Names include Shull Burk Shaver Ott Mickle Heirholzer Kleinhardt and Burkett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garth Shull
Ernest Burk
Arnold Ott
Verne Mickle
Flint
Bryan Miller
Albert Shaver
Adolph Heirholzer
Linda
Midland
Violet
Wits
Edgar Bradey
Harrison
Robert Kleinhardt
Chas. Kleinhardt
Larry Robert
Wim. Clark
Donald Shaver
Lansing
James Smith
Wolverine
Wallace
Clair Coulter
Bagster
Marion Burkett
Indiana
Wim, Hartman
Cahootah
Friend
Bette Roberts
Gilmore Center Church Service and Local Happenings
Gilmore Center Church of Christ holds a 10:00 a.m. song service and devotion followed by 10:15 a.m. communion officiated by elders and deacons and then Bible school. Hospitalization news includes Mrs. Richard Fields taken to Community Hospital Mt Pleasant. Various local visits and illnesses noted with residents from Mason Lansing and Michigan City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore Church OF Christ
Bible
Wm. Philipps
Richard Fields
Mt. Pleasant
Lola, Fordyce
Emmett White
White
Michigan City
Indiana
Jesse Burgess
Mason
Wm. Hilcott
M. L. McAlvey
Eli Pitts
Wm. Elliott
Rowena McAlvey
Lansing
Alonzo Brown
Elden Jackson
Gamble
W. R. Jarman
Ward Frizzell
Bruce Gamble
Clara Crowley
Detroit
Gladys Wendell
Mint
Easter social ties glow in Eagle area church life notes
The column lists residents attending Easter services at Eagle and Brown Corners churches and Easter meals at various homes. It names Rev and Mrs M R Honderich, Mrs Elnora Allen, Mrs Marie Allen, Mrs Julia Hutchinson, Miss Marjorie Kleiner, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Cowles, Mrs Mayme Runyan, Hugh Allen, Dale Athey, and numerous Bates, Bay, Kleiner, David, Clute, Barton, Hutchinson, and Poet family members among others, plus a Navy-bound Jack Watson awaiting deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Honderich
Brown Corners
Charles Ott
Elnora Allen
Marie Allen
Cornwellville
Eagle
Ralph Allen
Julia Hutchinson
Marjorie Kleiner
Chelsea
Hutchinson
Charles David
Laurence Bates
Midland
Louise Clute
Jay Clute
Frank Barton
Robert Kleiner
Ruth Ann
Henry Kleiner
Alton David
Donald K
Herbert McDonald
Glen Poet
Archie McKillop
Pontiac
Jack Watson
Flint
Norman Hutchinson
Jack
Navy
Measles Cast a Bright Shade on Arthur Center
Arthur Center reports Harley Coats and children ill with the measles. Miss Mabel Haner of Marion helps care for the sick aunt Mrs. Coats. Frankie and Ronald Myers also suffer from the illness as Kenneth Roller visits area homes. Death notices mention De Bisset, formerly of this place, died recently in Port Huron from blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Coats
Mabel Haner
Marion
Mrs. Coats
Frankie
Ronald Myers
Kenneth Roller
Port Huron
Shull
Wood
Alta Brubaker
Meda Wood
Anna Shull
Mary Sanders
Maude Barber
Lowell Shull
Barber
Gladwin
Ralph Shull
Dale Athey
Wellington Badgley
Hugene Orvis
Barbera
Everling
Earl Sanders
Angie Sanders
de Bisset
Sunday School Visitors and Service Honors Active in Sheridan
Visitors Ernest Alley Mrs Wellington Badgley and two children Mrs Dale Athey and Barbara Jean Miss Anna Belle Schunk joined the church gathering in Sheridan Township. The Haster program closed with songs readings recitations and prayers led by various class groups. Four boys Jack Wood Marshal Lynk Jr Dean Shaver and Forest Garver were added to the service flag in honor of entering military service. The Star Spangled Banner was sung in their honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Alley
Wellington Badgley
Dale Athey
Andittle Barbara—Jean
Anna Belle Schunk
Sheridan Township
C. Sanders
Naomi Allen
Harold Rockey
Alvin Rockey
Clela Hartman
Selah Allen
Anna Lou Rockey
Barber
Jack Wood
Marshal Lynk, Jr
Dean Shaver
Forest Garver
Calgary
Easter Week Services Touch Elm Grove Area
Elm Grove reports Sunday evening services at 8 00 pm and a mid week prayer session on Thursday. Easter exercises were well attended and well rendered. Locals joined Sunrise services at Colonville Haster morning. Several families hosted visiting relatives over the holiday.
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Colonville
Eicard Walters
Gladwin Hospital
Mary Slater
Franklin Schaaf
Detroit
Betty Slater
Adrian
Paul Slater
Norman Densmore
Otto Burmeister
Dorothy Hess
Dora Hess
Vernon Bennett
Community Happenings and Easter Visits Near Sheridan
Southeast Sheridan activity fills a busy weekend with family visits from Flint Coleman Detroit and Beaverton. Neighbors gather for Easter pot luck and a birthday celebration while Norman Randie prepares to enter service. Local ties and health updates thread through gatherings at Grange hall and various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Hess
Geo. Gilcher
Henry’. Rhodes
Lee Badgley
W. BH. Badgley
Gene Orvis
Arthur
James McClung
Harold
Detroit
Eagster
Gilcher
Roy Buckner
Flint
Erma Billett
Coleman
Gilders
McBride
Carrie Koch
Russell Grigg
Karen
Garmon Calhoun
Beaverton
Ralph Langdon
John
Harry Kauls
Grange Hall
Sheridan
Norman Randie
Leslie Randie
O. D. Robison
Fred Zimmerman
Hladik
Greenwood
Carl Cotton
Zimmermans
Rudy
Mt. Pleasant
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul, D. Gibson
Harry
Wakefield
Clare County
Isabella County
Robert C. Kleiner
Clare County Aaa Committee
Mom and Pop
George
Truit
Dale Hartman
John Hartman
Clela
Haster
Lewis
Sarvices; Co
Art Lower
Charles Harold
Winterfield
Gilmore Center
Arthur Center
Elm Grove
Daisy Barber
Vernon
Cotton Home
Seth
Clarence Cotton
Merle Wayne
Janie
Melvin Cotton
Ronald Whittmer
Ronald
Genevieve Fancone
Verle Jeanne
Tia Mae
Louise
Grace Williams
Elnora
Lois Mae
Grant
Stanley Schunk
Irma Williams
Ypsilanti
Fancon
Williams
Harry Grigg
Altan Wasson
Parke- Davis
Orchidaceae
Parke-Davis
Miss Farmer's School of Cookery
Boston
Mass
Anderson’s
West Fourth ST
Clare, Michigan
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