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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1948
Page
10
Michigan State College hosts a two day farm building conference March 11 and 12 with a full session on home heating. L G Miller will discuss insulation proper unit size and buying tips, plus heating plant reps will answer questions.
Isabella County teams take part in the annual Farmers Frolic at Michigan State College as part of the evening programs February 27 and 28. Heavyweight pulling teams will be showcased following the Little International with owners Earl Hafer Lee Loomis and Clair Bradley from Isabella County fielding 4000 to 4100 pound pairs.
It stresses labeling all medicines and keeping them in a definite place. Do not take or give medicines in the dark or without checking labels. Store poison marked containers away from the medicine cabinet and out of children’s reach.
Rural news notes the birth of a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Wolford Landers. The mother and infant rest at the Maternity home in Ewart while relatives visit. Reports mention several visits among local families including Pence, Davis, Gaskill, Phielipp, and Sutton with trips to Reed City and Avondale.
Mr and Mrs Collie Gerow and family of Twining visited Mr and Mrs James Teale and family Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Charles David and grandson Donald K visited with George David of Freeland Wednesday. Mrs Beulah Bodkins attended the funeral of Mrs Oise Derby of Clare Friday. Mr and Mrs Wm Teale of Clare and Ernest Town of Farwell were Sunday callers of Mr and Mrs Charles Bodkins. Mrs Elsie Vandewarker and daughter Kathleen spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Kenneth Martz of Detroit, where Mrs Martz was burned by a coffee maker explosion. She will visit home while being cared for. Mr and Mrs Ed Schlafley and daughter were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Kendell Wood. Mrs Charles Strouse is on the sick list. James Teale attended the Bowen funeral at Mt Pleasant Sunday. Gerald Wood of Gilmore and Kleen House of Vernon were visitors at Kendell Wood Wednesday evening. Virginia Rutter spent Monday in Saginaw.
Mrs Balmer led a Friday classroom program in Frost Township Unit School with two poems and a reading. The room showcased a George Washington motif and students created a hatchet craft, hoping mothers appreciate their efforts. Perfect spelling scores were earned by Loraine Harris Madelon Cook Audrey Henry Jerry Brady and Faye Wasleger.
The event featured lower grade performances with Pledge of Allegiance by class Abé Lincoln Leonard and a George Washington theme. Students praised included Tee George Washington Nancy Mavis Playler and Jim Foltz with coloring of Washington Betsy Ross and the first American flag. Spelling winners were Mary Carr Cora Jo Charette Larry Payne Avis Jeffries Ruth Ann Dunn Jeanetta Harris Velma Henry Nancy Mavin Anabelle Sutton Carolyn Hisenbrey Bob Dunn Jim Foltz Leonard Pontiac. Kenneth and Laurence Cook were absent awaiting tests. Arithmetic showed improvement though multiplication needs more practice.
Kindergarteners brought pets and books as part of a week of activities. Students planned a pretend store, visited Malone grocery, and prepared a colonial era project in history. New and returning students join grades, with several pupils enjoying perfect attendance and a band program for seventh graders.
Directory items list Paul D Gibson Clare County Agent B C Mellencamp Isabella County Agent Andrew J Keysor Chairman Clare County AAA Committee Gerald Fuller Chairman Isabella Stanley N Rader Isabella County 4 H Club Agent with local organization roles and contacts.
The agricultural experiment station at Lexington reports a declining share of farmers with telephones. The last census shows only 20 percent own a telephone, contrasting with higher adoption of electricity, radios, all weather roads, and automobiles among Kentucky farmers.
J. H. Marsh, manager of Tooley Bean & Grain Company in Clare, attended the Michigan Bean Jobbers and Grain Dealers convention at the Hotel Olds in Lansing on Thursday and Friday of last week. The principal speaker was Mr. Bowden, president of the National Grain Dealers Association, with the assistant Secretary of Agriculture also on the program. Topics included the trend of the commodities markets.
A study notes that at 20 years an average fully stocked Douglas fir acre holds 1,460 trees while at 100 years it contains 184. The decline is due to crowding as vigorous trees outgrow and shade rivals, and water competition in the soil intensifies.
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