Isabella County 4H Member Wins Third in State Photo Contest
Gary Mogg of Rosebush placed third in the State Grange Soil Conservation Photo Contest among fifty statewide entries. The Isabella Denver 4H Club member competed in a contest open to 4H and FFA youth countywide, sponsored by the Pomong Grange and local Soil Conservation District with awards for top contestants.
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Isabella County
State Grange Soil Conservation
Gary Mogg
Rosebush
Isabella Denver
Mong Grange
Soil Conservation District
Christmas Exhibits by Ruth A McIlway at Mt Pleasant HS
County Extension Agent home economics invites the public to a Christmas exhibit at Mt Pleasant Senior High School cafeteria from 1 to 9 p.m. on Saturday December 3. Isabella Extension groups display table decorations ideas and gifts with candy demonstrations at 1:30 by Mrs Bailey 4 by Mrs Voisin and 4 by Ruth Mellnay. Tea and coffee served by Home Economics Board members. hostesses from County Line South Chippewa East Broadway Gulick Shepherd Phink and Do Friendly Neighbors and Strickland.
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Mt. Pleasant Senior High
Isabella
Robert’ Bailey
Norma Voisin
Ruth
Méllnay
Home Economics Board
County Line
South Chippewa
East Broadway
Gulick
Shepherd
Ers
Pleasant Planners Group
Creative Ten
Farm Fire Dangers Rise As Temperature Drops Warns Engineer
Michigan State University safety engineer Richard Pfister notes a state wide survey from 1956 to 1959 shows February averaging 70 farm fires and January 65, with September around 40. He urges heating system checks before full use and offers tips like keeping flues clean, moving combustibles away, avoiding kerosene for starting fires, leaving expansion space for oil stoves, and cooling portable heaters before refilling.
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Richard “Pfister
Michigan State University
Michigan
Cherry Pie Contest Time Nears in Clare County
Clare County Home Economics Specialist invites 14 to 21 year olds to bake cherry pies for a contest. Pies should have an even golden crust with lattice or top crust, a color-rich filling, and a texture that holds shape when cooled. Local contests occur at Harrison, Clare, and Farwell high schools. two winners per school advance to the county final on January 12 in Clare High School’s home economics room.
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Clare Co
Home Ec
Tts
Clare County
Harrison
Clare
Farwell
Clare High School
1959 Clare County Census Data on Farms and Farms on Roads
Clare County reports 316 commercial farms in 1959 with 115 earning 2500 to 35000 dollars, 71 from five to ten thousand, 11 from twenty to forty thousand, and six above forty thousand. Road and phone counts remained unchanged from 1950 and 1954 figures. 4-H Leader Training set for Friday December 2 at the county courthouse basement.
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Gladwin
Livestock prices and grading for November 28 1960 market
The listing shows bid ranges for cattle and calves, including Prime slaughter steers 25.50 to 26.00 and Good-Choice from 22.00 to 26.00, with various categories of heifers cows bulls and stockers. Lambs, boars, sows, and feeder pigs are priced, alongside fat beef bulls and other weight classes, reflecting a full market snapshot for the date.
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Aden
Brown Corners Sorrow And Thanksgiving Gatherings
Sincere sympathy extended to Loren Miller's family. Christmas was celebrated early at the Glen Lower home with a Thanksgiving Day family gathering. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. Donald Dunlop and sons, the Warner family, and other relatives.
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Loren Miller
Glen Lower
Donald Dunlop
William Warner
Lowers
Florida
Glen Hartman
Pontiac
Lewis
William Walter
Emma Lower
Flavel Corey
Belding
Red
Jim Trietch
Rudy Burdt
Larry
Bride
Charles
Hull
Jackson St
Set. LeGree
Forest
Garver Sr
Martyn
Garver
Douglas
Walters
Huntington College
Harry Shafer
Lansing
Myr
Floyd Garver
Gary
Sandra
Thanksgiving Visits and Travels Across Michigan
Delwin Grange notes Thanksgiving gatherings in Marion Clare and Merrill with multiple families visiting relatives. The record lists Mr and Mrs George Brock and others from Clare Sterling and Carson City sharing meals and planning Florida departures in early December.
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Clare McTaggart
Ann Arbor
Teresa Pollard
Allen McDonald
Lorraine
George Brock
Clare
C. V. Swan
Joyce Johnson
Connie Baughan
Marion
Mary Ellen Swan
Mr. Pleasant
Maude McDonald
Mary Morrison
Florida
Bert Prout
Homer
Earl Hafer
Alex Obrey
Merrill
Bob Hafer
Yvonne Leonard
Ray Hursbnger
Carson City
McTaggarts
Sterling
Bill Leosh
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Quincy Street
Civil Defense Wardens
Chevy Chase
Clarence Kalk
U.S. Patent Office
Montgomery County
Ruth A. McIlway
Extension Agent
Home Economics
KRAFT
Ray
Credit Bureau of
Mt. Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce of
Dr.n. B. Stirling
Clare, Mich
J. G. White
Sentinel
A. D. Austin
M. F. Hutchins
W. Wheaton
DR. C. B. Neff
DEN
Fifth St
East F
Rom City Hall
C&b
Jim Barager
Coleman
DR. H. A. Bugbee
6Th
Maple Streets
Claré
Mich
G. C. Born Chiropractor
West Fifth Street
Clare EV
Wentworth Trucking
W. Firth
Claré, Mich
Ora Pration
Richard Schroeder
Augliu
Catileteers
Ewes
Delwin Grange
McCulloch
Acker
Balhs & Savon Ph. HO
Falcon
Amat
Joney
Jess
Rye
Ussussoe
Mncewan
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