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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1954
Page
4
Ruth Mcklnay reports on aging as productive life after seventy, noting medical advances and societal shifts. Isabella County home demonstration clubs organize an April 27 meeting at Keeler Union with leaders from multiple clubs attending.
Sympathy extended for Lizzie Welch who died at Wilcox Hospital Alma last Thursday. Funeral held at Gilmore Church of Christ on Sunday with relatives from Lansing Breckenridge Mt Pleasant and Farwell attending.
Local notes list visits and weekend hospitality across families including Mrs John Larman and Mr and Mrs Robert Larman with Wm Battles and others, plus relatives from Clare and Ionia. Multiple gatherings recount Saturday overnights and Easter weekend hospitality among Armours, Lampheres, Randall, Lamphere, Johnson, Armentrout, and related households.
The Greenwood Stitchers won honorable mention for the most colorful display at the 4-H Achievement Day. Sharron Butcher took first place with Caralie Peyton Naoma Cook Kristene and Kathy Darling and Maralie Wailer earned second and third. Dell Butcher praised as instructor. Various local residents were noted in a busy period of visits, family gatherings, and community events around Beaverton Clare and Standish.
Delwin Grange Easter events featured an Easter Bunny visit with eggs and cookies for children. Community members including Clare and McTaggart wedding anniversary and multiple relatives, friends, and neighbors shared gatherings at homes in Delwin and nearby towns over Easter weekend.
The Maederni car uses over 8000 electrical parts and requires about seven miles of wire. The first direct rail express from Peking to Moscow began in February 1954 with a running time of 8 days 23 hours for the 5623 mile route. Ivy League colleges listed include Brown Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Yale Princeton and Pennsylvania.
Isabella County work crews aided by Alfred Elliott and county officials progressed a drainage project in Vernon township. Bruce and McGuirk approved a larger drainage tube and deeper ditch, with 800 feet to be cleared, while Gene Bacon and cooperators surveyed the site and prepared for digging next week.
Paul Brown remains in hospital and recovery tracks. Kitty Brown stays at Clifford Brasington home until discharge. Easter visits include Shilling and Scott families, plus numerous relatives from Holt Lansing Clare Farwell and Mt Pleasant area. Local births illnesses adenoids surgery and hospitalizations mentioned. Shilling Jr and Delmar Scott visit Lake. many Easter dinner guests listed with extended family names.
Specialized service offer at Marble Auto Collision with free inspection. “Safe Brakes Save Lives” slogan emphasized. Contact via phone for details and appointment.
Indigenous groups in the tropical Chaco regions of Colombia have long waterproofed clothing by daubing fabrics with milky juice from wild rubber trees, a natural technique used for centuries.
Michigan State College researchers led by Mrs. Miriam Strong show that treating tomato seed with fungicides such as Guprocide Arasan TMTD dust Crag 658 and 5400 controls damping off without seedling injury. This replaces steam sterilization of seed bed soil and tools. thin row sowing and proper drainage remain important. About 8100 acres of tomato plants are grown from seed in Michigan.
Last week the ASC Office hosted the first 1955 program planning meeting with reps from township committees Farmers Home Administration Soil Conservation District Extension Office and Peter Smallagan ASC Fieldman. Discussions focused on lime needs windbreak cost shares deer credit and timing for educational and sign up meetings pending state approval.
Cob James and Whitey Baker clash over fishing gear with dry versus wet flies causing a friendly ruckus. Both returned from Fox Creek with notable catches that contrast in method and taste.
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