Farmers Urged to Speed Metal Repairs for Spring Readiness
Roosevelt warns civilian metal supplies will drop by half after Pearl Harbor. Farmers are urged to inventory needed parts, order promptly, and utilize a National Defense training school in Clare for free labor and supervision on farm machinery repairs. Parts will be ordered only with owner approval, and delivery is possible at the defense school.
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Roosevelt
Sol Bloom
New York
Bloom
National Defense
Clare Trailer
West Us-10
L. C. Garthe
Clare
Garthe
Clare High School
Defense Training School
Defense School
Wood value of Chinese elms tested by state college
Michigan State College forestry department tests show Chinese elm wood is moderately heavy with yellow sapwood and brown heartwood. It is not as stiff as American elms but supports load well. perform comparable to slippery elm and inferior to rock elm in stiffness. Panshin concludes Chinese elm equals American and slippery elms for strength, with slightly less stiffness.
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Michigan
Forestry Department
Michigan State College
A. J. Panshin
Panshin
Detroit 4-H Show Highlights Isabella County Entries
Three day Detroit 4-H Club Show featured six boys and three girls from Isabella county with steer entries by Joe McGuire Hazel Callison Dan Al Joe Mc Connell Marvin Schumacher and Lombs shown by Donna Morse Anna Lee Culver Throop. Prize money totaled 45 dollars as 97 steers and 53 lamb pens were exhibited by 150 club members statewide.
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Detroit
Isabella County
Joe McGuire
Hazel Callison
Dan, al
Joe McConnell
Marvin Schumacher
Lombs
Donna Morse
Anna Lee
Culver Throop
Frank Throop
Maurice McConnell
McConnell
Berniece Brose
Lapeer
Ridley
Tuscoia
Statler Hotel
Anna Lee Throop
Culver
Tuscola County
Southdown
Champion
Oxford
Dan McConnell
Charles Gross
Herbert Travis
Local County Livestock Show Yields Mixed Prizes and Plans
The Lapeer County show awarded top steers and lambs with purchases by Ridley's Market and the Statler Hotel. Champion lambs, both from Tuscola county, sold for 3.50 and 4.14 per pound. Youths like Donna Morse, Hazel Callison, and Culver Throop profited, planning next year’s steers and land buys while emphasizing education and future feeding.
Caution for Christmas Proclaimed by Michigan Safety Commission
The Michigan State Safety Commission launches a Caution for Christmas campaign to reduce traffic deaths from December 15 through January 5 1942 with enforcement education and safe highway engineering. Officials urge motorists pedestrians police and all groups to cooperate to reach every home and individual. The report notes high holiday travel 110 traffic deaths last year and forecasts a 25 percent rise this year with weather glare and drinking driving as added hazards.
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Michigan State Safety Commission
State Safety
State Highway Department
Secretary of State
Michigan
Tvith
Tire Valve Inventor Gibbs Acknowledged Invention
William E Gibbs of East Orange New Jersey is credited with inventing the tire valve now standard on all automobiles and bicycles shaping early vehicle engineering and everyday transport.
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William E. Gibbs
East Orange
N. J
Oil for Watches From Porpoise Jawbone Cavity Described
The article notes that watch oil comes from a cavity in the jawbone of the porpoise or the blackfish and that the best quality is rare. It emphasizes the rarity of high quality oil.
Specialist Shows Isabella Folks How to Dress a Turkey
Extension poultry specialist J M Moore demonstrated turkey dressing at Mt Pleasant High School before about fifty people. He advised placing the bird on a large platter with an empty to receive carved meat, positioning the neck on the host left, and using toothpicks or skewers to truss. He suggested drawing the knife to a neat finish and using eggs for a smoother slice, plus slides on poultry care and notes on better coop ventilation and parasite-free feeding.
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Emily Post
J. M. Moore
Michigan State College
Moore
Mt. Pleasant High School
Mr. Moore
Twenty Home Extension Groups Learn Knitting Skills
Twenty home economics extension groups met for a leaders training session in knitting led by Marian Erwin, a district home demonstration agent. Held Thursday and Friday in Rowan Hall, the participants learned casting on, knit and purl, rib, and decreases, and could later make soakers, shoulderettes, bonnets, and sweaters.
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Marian Erwin
Rowan Hall
Red Cross
Jean Potter
Isabella County Health Unit
Michigan State Radio Schedule on WKAR Station
WKAR 870 K.C. 5 000 watts broadcasts weekly faculty string quartet and solo numbers from Michigan State College music department. Tuesday 4 15 p m features Faculty String Quartet with daily listings including Farm News Digest Weather Markets and health and culture segments for December 19 20 22 23 and 24.
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WKAR
Michigan State College
K.C
Michigan State College Music Department
Priday
Reading Circle
State Grange
American Culture Forum
Life
Nutrition In Defense
Community In Action
Homemaker’s
Michigan Department of Health
Monocle sales rise in United States after war
The sale of monocles in the United States has increased more than 50 percent since the war began, signaling renewed interest in this eyewear accessory.
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United States
Clare School Christmas musicale and senior party announced
On December 22 the Elementary Chorus and Girls Glee Club will present a public Christmas musicale in the Clare High School Auditorium directed by Miss LeRoux and joined by the band under Mr. Hunter. Joan Shoemaker will sing The Birthday of a King. Narrator Roberta McKnight and tableaux by Miss Vanderlip and Miss Colburn accompany the performance. Seniors plan a Christmas party in the Commercial Room and Blue Room with gift exchange for charity baskets. Home Economics classes craft pins, necklaces, and a quilt as part of holiday spirit. The Student Council hosted a Christmas party last Friday night in the gym.
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Girl’s Glee Club
Elementary Chorus
Little Joan Shoemaker
Joan
Neidlinger
Clare High School
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Thurston Hall
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Molly Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Lucille Ball
Gildersleeve
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Forestry Dept. OF State College
H. W. Longfellow
Isabella
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