Farming Safer Occupation Focus During Farm Safety Week
BP Gibson county agent urges farmers to discuss farm hazards at home, inspect buildings and machinery, and check rooms for accident risks. Emphasizes first aid kits in barn, house, and on tractors as about a third of agricultural accidents involve tractors. Clare County teams with Michigan Farm Safety Week Committee led by W Lowell Treaster to raise safety awareness.
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D. Gibson
Clare County
Michigan Farm Safety Week
W. Lowell Treaster
Department of Public Relations
Michigan State College
Michigan cherry crop eyed to match 1944 size
The crop outlook for Michigan cherries aims to equal the record 1944 harvest. The report notes thousands of Mexican and Southern migrant workers seeking seasonal harvest roles, including Oakies and Arkies, as picking demand rises.
Two 4 H club leaders win national film writing honors
Evelyn Heim of Traverse City and Julia Ball of Sault Ste. Marie win national 4 H movie story writing prizes in a nationwide contest. Each receives a fifty dollar savings bond and their film Where the Road Turns Right promotes 4 H ideals with broad distribution.
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Ichigan
United States
Evelyn Heim
Traverse City
Julia S. Ball
Sault Ste. Marie
U. S
U. S. Department of Agriculture
State Extension Services
National
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Heim
Grand Traverse County
Cherry labor demand seeks Michigan families for pickYour Own
A. B. Love, emergency farm labor supervisor, says hundreds of native workers are needed to harvest the sweet crop and sour cherries will be ready by July 20. Michigan family groups are desirable and should bring their own living gear. tents, cots and blankets are available. Reports for placement are to be made at local labor offices with names and offices listed: Bernard Kinky Traverse City Grand Traverse Benzie Leelanau. Rolland Kelly Shelby Oceana. Ray Olney Bellaire Antrim Charlevoix. Manistee county office for placement.
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Michigan
Bernard Kinky
Traverse City
Grand Traverse
Benzie
Lelanau
Rolland Kelly
Shelby
Oceana County
Ray Olney
Bellaire
Antrim
Charlevoix
Manistee
County Agricultural Agents
Improved Machinery Picking Machines
An automatic rubber finger pick ing machine by E. J. Albright Chicago removes feathers after the scalder. The square semi soft gum rubber fingers grip the carcass to pull feathers and the unit runs on a one horsepower motor for continuous use.
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E. J. Albright Company
Chicago
Bloat Theories Debunked by Veterinary Association
The American Veterinary Medical Association reports outdated ideas about bloat in sheep and cattle. Research shows bloat results from gas accumulation, not excessive production, and legumes do not disproportionately cause gas. Death is not caused by extreme paunch pressure, and carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide are the two poisonous gases involved.
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American Veterinary Medical Association
Sunday School Attendance and Visiting Guests Report
Attendance at Sunday School and church Sunday was fifty four. Mr and Mrs Arnold Allen and children Junior and Carolyn of Lansing and Mr and Mrs Harry Elkins of Winn visited the Rollers. Mr and Mrs Buddarvis and children Marshia and Allan of Pontiac were weekend guests at the Orvis home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Allen
Junior
Carolyn
Lansing
Harry Elkins
Winn
Kenneth Roller
Pleasant Valley Weekend Social Roundup
Detroit visitor Gordon Rosenberger spent the weekend with his mother Phoebe Rosenberger and sister and brother in law Otto and Mrs Kleiner. Other regional visits included families from Traverse City Midland and Dayton Ohio plus a Muskegon river picnic and weekend guests at several local homes.
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Pleasant Valley
Gordon Rosenberger
Detroit
Phoebe Rosenberger
Otto Kleiner
Mack Leeth
Forrest Leeth
B. Davis
Traverse City
Archie Tryon
Donald
Pontiac
Mayme Runyan
Alfred Roe
Laurence Bates
Midland
Gordon Merrill
Flint
Alton David
Bay
Ohio
Muskegon River
Robert Klingan
Dayton
Island Park reunion and a string of weekend visits
Andersonville and Sue McCluskey attended the Steigh family reunion at Island Park. Numerous local families including the Tice, White, McNerney, Morrison, Smith, Russell, Davis and Eberhart clans were noted visiting relatives, calling on friends, or taking day trips to Saginaw and Clare. Details include fishing north of Farwell and a Baltimore departure by the A Heinrichs family.
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Andersonville
Sue McCluskey
Steigh
Island Park
John Tice
Jack ‘Tice
Harold White
Petoskey
Bernard McNerney
Clare
Barney McNerney
Max Morrison
John White
John White Home Sunday To See Mrs. Thompson and baby.Mr. and Mrs. John Smith
Farwell
Manley Smith
Clark Home
Gouth
Rosebush
John A. Smith
Saginaw
Saginaw General Hospital
Marilee Tice
Lloyd Eberhart
Les Davis
Ernie. Davis
Ernest Mayhew
Henry Russell
M. Tubbs
Lawrence Dalton
Barney Bennett
A. Heinrich
Joe Strief
Baltimore
Clara Morrison
St. Petersburg
Florida
Bruce Morrison
Local Residents Take Weekend Outings Around Illinois
Miss Donna Tubbs vacations in Chicago while several local couples and families travel Sunday near Leota and Hight Point Lake in search of huckleberries. Pontiac visitors, the Saddlers, stop by the Jay Haring home.
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Donna Tubbs
Chicago
Illinois
Joe Strief
Bruce Morrison
Clara Morrison
Leota
Geo. Renner
Lawrence Huntley
Hight Point Lake
Walt. Saddler
Pontiac
Jay Haring
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Paul D. Gibson
C. Mellencamp
Isabella County
Robert CG. Kleiner
Glare County
Anderson’s Drug Store
Custer, Michigan
Stoodite
Mr. Geo. Tepley
The
C. E. Phillips Co
Red
Pickard Street
Mt. Pleasant
Densmore’s Poultry Farm
Glare
Two Michizsu Eeseal ¢ Awe Club
State Rural School Board Association
Grange
Julia S, Ball
A. B. Love
Arthur Center
Nou
Vandewalker
North McEwan St. Clare, Mich
Ronan
Ann Arbor
St. Johns
Earl Willey
Fhone
Mich
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Bee Ae
Michigan Bell
Telephoret Company
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