Rural Progress Caravan to Visit Clare County
The Rural Progress Caravan from Michigan State College will show at the County Highway Garage in Clare on March 27 from 10 00 a m to 3 30 p m A 3 000 mile itinerary across fifty counties in three months features labor saving farm and home devices including a circular gutter cleaner and a two to three hundred hen laying nest Local farmers with ideas to speed production should contact County Agricultural Agent P D Gibson at Harrison to participate
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Michigan
Michigan State College
Clare
P. D. Gibson
Clare County
Harrison
L. Carl Knorr
Rural Progress
Bae Aes
Watch Traffic Dismount and Walk Your Bike Across Streets
A public safety notice urges cyclists to dismount and walk across heavily traveled streets to reduce collisions. Officials emphasize crossing at designated crossings and maintaining visibility near intersections. The advisory targets all riders, especially on downtown corridors during peak hours.
Sugar Beet Day Moves to Bay City January 24
Sugar Beet Day at Michigan State College moved to Bay City on January 24 at the Masonic Temple due to Farmers Week cancellation for 1946. The annual gathering of hundreds of beet growers and processors covers seed research fertilizer use labor, rotation, and mechanization with MSU sponsorship. Richard W. Bell and BR. BH. Decker chair sessions. speakers include R L Cook A B Love J A Silpher M C Henderson and P B Smith.
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Michigan State College
Bay City
Masonic Temple
Community Notes From Crystal And Vicinity
Rural notes recount Rev M R Handerich visiting Crystal with his son and family as Lawrence Hutchinson returns from four years in the service. Family gatherings include visits from Verne Mickle and children from Flint and Fort Bragg guests. Lawrence plans to join his wife in California. Several local residents and visitors share Christmas meals and weekend gatherings across the area amid updates on kin and neighbors.
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M. R. Handerich
J. Handerich
Crystal
Lawrence Hutchinson
Belgium
France
Germany
Camp Attersburg
Indiana
Lawrence
Hale
California
Verne Mickle
Nina Rose
Johnie
Flint
Dell Boots
Hannah
Pic
Phillip Boots
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Bryan Miller
Glen Poet
Joe
Herbert McDonald
J. C. Newman
Arthur
Nlaw
Richardawood
R. A. Carr
Detroit
Flu Outbreak Touches Brush College Residents
Several in Brush College area sick with flu as Mrs Warl Sanders visited the Roller Barber home. Ruth Ann Newman arrived Christmas Eve, while Mrs Newman remains ill. Helen Sanders of Detroit spent the weekend at her family home. Mr and Mrs Glen Lower were Sunday visitors. The Archbolds and Coats families visited the Newmans last Friday asMrs Archbold called again.
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Ernest Kleiner
Julia Putchinson
Glen Poet
Herbert McDonald
Frank Poet
Esther Poet
Romulus
A. H. Hutchinson
Midland
Julia Hutchinson
Lawrence
Lissett Weber
Wm. Hutchinson
Warl Sanders
Ruth Ann
Glen Newman
Galen Coats
Archbold
Ada
Michigan 4 H Champions Named for Food Prep Poultry and Safety
Four Michigan 4-H members earned state champion titles in 1945 for Food Preparation Poultry and Farm Safety activities. Peggy Bastow 16 Atlanta won a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress for a 4-H Food Preparation record. Evelyn Mickelson 17 Crystal Falls earned an all around award and a Chicago Congress trip for Girls’ Record achievements. Stuart Slefeht 17 Laingsburg became Michigan’s first state Poultry Achievement winner with an all-expense trip to Chicago. Burke Robinette 17 Grand Rapids was awarded a club congress trip in GM 4-H Farm Safety. State co winners Patricia Fraze Dowagiac Donald Wifert Mason Shirley Rhodes Pontiac Burns L Rolland Lapeer and others received 25 dollar savings bonds and recognition for multiple 4-H projects and record totals.
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Michigan
Peggy Bastow
Atlanta
Server, Inc
Evelyn Mickelson
Crystal Falls
Chicago
Congress
Montgomery Ward
Stuart Slefeht
Laingsburg
Swift& Company
Michigan State College
Stuart
U. S
Patricia Frazé
Dowagiac
Donald Wifert
Mason
Shirley
Rhodes
Pontiac
Burns L. Rolland
Lapeer
Burke Robinette
Grand Rapids
General Motors
Burke
U. S. Saveings
David Geisler
New Year Social Notes From West Freeman Area
Lilah Hickok visited Lansing from Tuesday to Sunday. Marcelene Skinner joined her for a few days here. Mrs Paul Weager and son Kenneth stopped by the Middleton and Lee homes Friday. Bigia Hickok called on Chas Croston at Sears Sunday. Lilah Hickok and Marcelene Skinner attended a New Year’s party hosted by Harold Sherman at Sears Monday night.
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Herbert Middleton
Arthur Smith
Rem- 3
Lilah Hickok
Lansing
Marcelene Skinner
Paul Weager
Kenneth
Herbert, Middleton
Albert Lee
Bigia Hickok
Chas, Cr
Gilmore Center Gilmore Church of Christ Schedule and Christmas News
Communion and preaching at 10 15 a m Bible school 11 00 a m song service and devotion 10 06 a m evening service 8 00 p m choir practice Friday 8 30 p m Mrs Wm Philipps song leader Ralph Beck recently discharged from overseas Christmas visits from Detroit Brint on Grand Rapids Missouri and grandchildren Herbert Shilling on ninety day furlough Kendall Wood Clarence Shaner Owen Jarman home for Christmas Mary Gamble guests and a Christmas Eve program at Gilmore Church of Christ
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Gilmore Center
Gilmore Church OF Christ
Howard L. Krause
Wm. Philipps
Ralph Beck
Fred Beck
Harley
Robert Carson
Detroit
Wm. Beck
Brinton
Donald
Elam Seymour
Herbert Shilling
Missouri
Kendall Wood
Clarence Shaner
Owen Jarman
George Holmes
Grand Rapids
W. R. Jarman
Owen
J. B. Gamble
Mary Gamble
Fred
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Bob Miller
Navy
Everette Allen
Dover
Allen and
Miller
Rosebush Elevator Company
Rosebush Lumber Company
Brush College
Peggy Baston
Stuart Sleight
West Freeman
Ginclair Products
Onick
Goodyear
Ann Arbor
St. Johns
Earl Willey
Rosebush
Mich
Better Rural Service
Michigan Bell
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
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