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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1942
Page
2
The article warns Michigan sheep are infected with nodular worms, making intestines unsuitable for sutures and fiddle strings. It notes proposed drenching regimens with Black Leaf 40 copper sulfate and phenolthiazine, costing about ten cents per dose, to reduce worm infection and protect wool, meat, and hides.
Eva Schlafley profiles Iva Lee McIntosh a tenth grader aiding her family farm in Glare County. The 15 year old helps milking nineteen cows with a milking machine and handles tractor work, cultivating twenty nine acres of corn and managing loading duties.
Elva Lee unloads forty five acres of hay and cultivates fifteen acres of soybeans. She tends four hundred chickens for market and feeds pigs. After serving customers for milk and buying war savings stamps, she rests for the day.
Washington forwards approval for 14 grade analyses to Michigan State College. Millar notes nitrogen supply tight due to war material needs while 18 to 20 percent superphosphates and potash carriers remain available. War Production Board approval honors MSU recommendations.
Warren Heuer reports nineteen herds tested totaling 239 cows with 23 dry and 29 producing 50 pounds plus butterfat. The association average is 843 pounds milk and 32.0 butterfat, down from last month. Gatehouse Brothers lead two year, Schaeffer three year, Gothup tops mature class with Jerseys and Holsteins racking high outputs.
The report highlights top producers by herd size with milk output and fat content. Glen Poet leads the small group in butterfat with 78.6 pounds from 1638 pounds milk on Brown Swiss cattle, while Martin Toth and Maurice John post strong Holstein and Jersey figures in small and medium herds. Ray Bagly heads the large herd with 642 pounds milk and 40.8 pounds butterfat in grade Jersey stock.
WKAR in Michigan started a summer series titled Let's Be Neighbors featuring music from various South American countries as background for descriptions. The schedule lists daily programs including Farm Service Hour Markets and War Board News plus weekly features such as You Can’t Do Business With Hitler and Lest We Forget.
Tuesday afternoon visitors reminded Lena Sharp of her birthday and Mrs. Clara MacDonald also had a birthday celebration with ice cream two cakes and gifts. Neighbors Nina Freed and Bud from Maple Rapids stayed with Clara MacDonald while Henry McNerney Danny and Mary Pearl visited Pearl Burr in Mt. Pleasant on July 17. William Allen’s family hosted Lena Sharp and Frank Pringle of Clare on July 20. Oka Hursh returned to Pontiac after caring for Mrs. John Galloway who is improving at home July 19.
Ralph Shull and family from Gladwin visited their mother Lowell in Arthur Center on Saturday evening. Maude Barber stopped by Sunday. Jack Wood visits. Royal Oak guests stay with Eliza beth Hubel and Burt Hubel. Sympathy to Kleiner family on Mrs Henry Kleiner’s passing. Billy Spicer found a gold engraved pocket knife on Edwin Wood farm once belonging to Clyde Wood who died long ago.
Spicer reunion to be held in Athey Grove next Sunday with Sunday School attendance noted as forty at Sunday morning services. A vote approved a Sunday School picnic to be scheduled later and planning details to be decided next Sunday. Gospel Service follows Sunday School with invitation to all to attend and contribute ideas for future events.
Sunday guests from Barryton Two Rivers and Lansing included Mr and Mrs Leonard Denslow and others. Additional callers traveled from Harrison Lansing Grand Rapids joining Norman Myers and family for Monday supper with Jank Myers and Holmes Kennedy among attendees.
The Eagle area notes the passing of Mrs. Kleiner known as Mother to many. Sympathy extended to the bereaved family as Nancy Teale visits the Glenn Poet home and a series of local calls and weddings are recorded as residents travel and attend services.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Riley Orvis on their marriage. Mrs. Mayme Runyan returns from a two week visit in Pontiac. Mrs. Paul Mercer of Ypsilanti visits her parents the Hemstreets. Owen Spink visits Penrose home in Clare. Giles Leeth ill in Lansing hospital. George Tower and children visit Orvis family. Everett Carncross stays with her parents after hospital discharge. Gordon Rosenberger visits from Detroit to the Kleiner home. Hattie Bechtel and Phoebe Rosenberger at the Kleiner home return to Brown City. Community extends sympathy to the Kleiner family on their mother’s death.
Elm Grove church notes show weekly services at 8 00 pm with a midweek prayer meeting also at 8 00 pm. R S McBride returned from Toledo after attending Townsend convention and Mrs Arthur Dull came back from University Hospital Ann Arbor. Mrs Celestina Loar has been very ill after a fall. Visits include Ernest Nestell Sag inaw to Harvey and Mrs. Dean Cook Alma, Otto Rulapaugh Kent City with Lola Rulapaugh, and Vernon Bennnett Detroit. The 7226 telephone line bi annual meeting was held Monday.
Nine members attended the Newman store gathering with Howard Cotton noted as stoolholder and to install his phone. Mrs Frank Newman and daughters Helen Irene of Gilmore visited with Mrs Virgil Newman as Frank and Virgil fished. Visitors included Ruby Poet and other Newman relatives visiting family members across Arthur Cornwellville Grand Rapids Saginaw Detroit and Sterling Michigan.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Gould and son from Greenville vacationing with relatives here and at Harrison. Mr and Mrs Shelley Burton from Pontiac visited at his parental home Sunday. Mrs William Hileman visited at her parents near Stevens on Lake Sunday. Mr and Mrs Russell Shenk from Hazel Park called at the C Krocker home over the weekend. Nial Abbott family attended a Bath reunion Sunday.
Sunday School holds at 2 00 p m and B W T preaching every other Sunday at 3 00 o'clock. Mr and Mrs Jesse Miller and son Larry spent their week's vacation at home. Walter Smedley family received a telegram from Earl in Australia saying he is well. Tigner family visited in Midland area for huckleberries. Coffell and niece visited from Detroit. Smedley and Rulapaugh families picked huckleberries. Perry family and Mary visited Gilmore at Mr Perry's parents' home.
Mrs Mamie Chappell visited friends in Farwell Friday. Jack Sparbel and son from Lansing visited his mother Mrs John Sparbel from Friday to Tuesday. Roy Sutton and family stayed with his brother Herbert at Herrick. Sam Mathews of Lansing left for Portland by a death in the Smith family. The Bellingers hosted multiple relatives for a weekend reunion. Raymond Moline of Lansing visited his parents Vern and family from Friday to Sunday. They took Billy Ray home and left Shirley for a visit.
A local column lists weekend and visiting guests across Flint, Potterville, Harrison, and Clare. It notes engagements and travel plans including Gerald Cotterman’s brother’s July 26 wedding and urges war bond purchases at the Citizens State Bank in Clare.
Mrs. Peter Schram has improved this past week. Clare shoppers include Mrs. Rufus Miller and Mrs. Roy Myers on Monday. Louis Patton builds a new house on M-61 and has sold two homes since moving here. Hol Underwood buys the Al Byers house as the Byers leave for cherry orchards. The Haskins called on the Roy Myers home. Roscommon guests Mr. and Mrs. Milliken visit Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller. Northrups and family toured Breckenridge and their new home. Emma Scribner and family shared Sunday dinner with the Haskins. Patsy Miller visits grandparents in Lansing. Schnieder family of Elsie visit Roy Holford and are former residents. Floyd Davis of Cadillac called Monday. Sunday visitors at Roy Holford’s include Mr. and Mrs. Chris Simpson and their son Frank, plus William Bowen and Floyd Holford.
Mrs Roy Myers and Mrs Rufus Miller attended a canning demonstration in Harrison on Wednesday where Miss Eads of M S C spoke on preserving fruits vegetables and meats for winter. She urged using a pressure cooker for non acidic foods and discussed care of the cooker. Experienced volunteers offered help and local women Mina Jones Dorothy Woodin and Stella Myers from Greenwood and Redding will assist with canning as needed.
The Probate Court of Clare County Michigan orders public hearings on August 11 1942 at 10 AM for the estates of John H Martin and Frances Catherine McKinley. Petitions seek appointment of administrators Elizabeth Martin and Theo Wallington or other suitable persons. Publication requested in Clare Sentinel for three consecutive weeks.
A U.S. marine organized Nicaragua's inaugural Boy Scout troop, establishing the program and guiding its early activities with local youth and sponsors in the capital.
Timetables show Eastern War Time schedules for Ann Arbor and Pere Marquette trains as well as Great Lakes Greyhound and Yellow Bus Line connections. Departures from Clare include 11:01 and 6:20 A M with arrivals around 12:13 and 4:40 P M, plus several daily or Sunday exceptions and bus links at Lansing and Saginaw for DetroitChicagoBattle Creek Kalamazoo routes.
The United States is described as the world's oldest existing republic with a president as its chief executive, highlighting the long continuity of its republican framework from its early formation.
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