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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1956
Page
9
A special election will be held at the Brown schoolhouse for electors in Hatton Township School District 2-F1 to vote on annexing the district to Clare and Gabella counties. Polls open Saturday January 5 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Carinon Newman, Dir.
Grant Township Tax Collector Flora Walters announces tax collection every Saturday from 9 to 12 noon at Citizens State Bank until further notice. Taxpayers are urged to bring necessary receipts and stay informed for schedule updates.
Probate Court in Clare County orders final account of Ernest Penrose administrator be examined and allowed on January 17 1957 at 10 in the Probate Office Harrison. Public notice to run for three weeks in the Clare Sentinel prior to the hearing. Judge George Bates presiding.
Probate Court in Harrison, December 20 1956 orders examination of Dorthea Eldine Cole account as administratrix. Heirs to be determined bond cancelled and letters of administration revoked. Hearing set January 18 1957 at 9:00 at the probate office. Published in Clare County. George Bates clerk. Douglas attorney. Commercial Savings Bank Building St Louis Michigan.
A planned systematic count of dead deer by Hartterg was postponed until spring due to heavy snow. The survey, originally set for December 3-5, covered Area 2 Lake Newaygo county and Area 3 areas spanning parts of Clare Gladwin Missaukee and Roscommon counties.
Conservation Department game specialists warn Michigan deer may face starvation if winter conditions worsen. In Area 2 around Baldwin, fawn weights were well below safe autumn levels, with averages near 53 pounds field dressed versus a 70 pound target. Heavy winter losses could threaten the fawn crop despite 2083 antlerless deer killed during the 16 day season and attempts to boost winter forage near deer yards.
The waterfowl project near Seneéy wildlife refuge reports 350 Canada geese shot this year all raised on site. Initial 300 pinioned birds started the experiment 22 years ago on a burned swamp in the east central upper peninsula. Biologists plan rice planting to feed geese and expand habitat while testing chemical sprays to create openings on the 96 000 acre refuge.
Michigan Conservation Department estimates show northern regions of the state produced about 70 000 deer during regular and special seasons. Regular season totals 58 306 and 12 000 were bagged in special seasons, with buck kills down from last year due to winter food shortages.
At least 200 hunters were lost and needed help returning to civilization during deer season. The article warns that panic and failure to plan cause many losses, noting common mistakes like walking away from the car, delaying map use, and hunting alone.
Michigan state forests generated more than 97000 dollars in October from timber and pulp products on state lands. Aspen provided over half of October sales as market conditions shift toward pulp use of various species. Forest fire control and reforestation support continued growth toward a 1955 56 fiscal year record of 672000 in forest products.
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