Dandelions and Cutworms in Victory Garden Tips
County Agent offers a garden tip to use chopped dandelions as bait to lure cutworms, applying Paris green or white arsenic to ensure every piece is coated. Prepare in morning, store warm, and scatter the evening before transplanting tomatoes and other plants to protect yields.
Plant lice control by tobacco juice and nicotine spray
Bug expert C B Dibble of NLSC urges hitting aphids with tobacco juice to stop spread. Use one ounce soap and one ounce black leaf 40 in a gallon hot water, apply with a hand sprayer for effective control. The whisk broom fails to kill many lice. wait until you see the whites of their eyes.
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C. B. Dibble
NLSC
Dibble
Gladwin Sale to Offer Large Purebred Cattle Selection
Breeders will auction 51 beef type cattle at the Gladwin Sale next Thursday June 11 including 17 Shorthorns 13 Milking Shorthorns 20 Herefords 1 Aberdeen Angus and 1 Red Polled with 100 plus animals total. The Shorthorn group includes 10 bulls and 7 heifers the Milking Shorthorns 8 bulls and 5 heifers the Angus 5 bulls and 4 heifers and Herefords 13 bulls and 7 heifers. Many leading breeders consign again and new entrants join the purebred ranks as conditions allow.
Victory Gardening series on WKAR schedule for June
WKAR radio in Michigan lists its Victory Gardening program as a Friday 11:00 a m feature with talks on soils fertilizers varieties planting harvesting and food preservation through summer. The schedule also covers Farm Service Hour Markets War Board News and related gardening and educational segments.
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WKAR
Michigan
State College
Victory Gardening
Reading Circle
Victory Gardens
War Board
State Grange
Michigan Department of Health
Decoration Day Socials and Local Visits Highlight Community News
Traffic on Decoration Day drew many from Harrison Flint Pottersville and Gladwin as families visited friends and relatives including Mrs Sharpe Mr Reynolds and the Halsteads. A correction clarifies that Orley Rogers visited his parents alone with no accompanying wife.
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R. Sharp
Herbert
Harrison
Bertha Grover
Jack
Edith Reynolds
Dale Reynolds
Shirley
Flint
Robert Wilson
S. Allman
Pottersville
John Halstead
Allman
Glenn Powell
Gladwin
Chester Halstead
P.E.C. Orley Rogers
Virgins Rogers
Orley Rogers
Lesson Topics From June 7 Bible Study
A lesson outline lists the June 7 topics and scripture texts selected by the International Council of Religious Education for study. It notes copyright permission and usage by the organization and outlines study goals and reference materials.
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International Council of Religious Education
Friday The Day Of Suffering
Reflection on the crucifixion of Jesus Christ focusing on four themes crucifixion life rejection darkness and their theological implications The author cites Luke 23 33 46 15 64 and Isaiah 53 5 to emphasize redemption through Christ and the opening of a new way to God for believers and all humanity.
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Calvary
Luther
God
Christ
Jesus
Father
Route to Happiness and earthly life as pursuing God’s will
The excerpt argues the truest life follows St Paul’s postulate that we seek a city to come yet live fully now. It asserts happiness comes from accepting God’s will in all things without diminishing earthly enjoyment.
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St. Paul
Greyhound
Resort News Eight Point Lake Social and Visits
Mrs Bell McLane and son Robert dined with cousins and visited others around Eight Point Lake last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Howard Brown and children from Flint called on relatives. Forest Brown of Flint visited to decorate graves and make calls. Rain helps the quack to grow. Ray Brown and family now in a new home. A J Marvin visited Ewatt and Glare Friday on business.
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Bell McLane
Robert
Howard Brown
Flint
Forest Brown
Ray Brown
A. J. Marvin
Bertha Lake Resort Weekend Visitor Echoes Local Crowd
Sam Davis and wife returned to Flint after a month at their cottage at the Bertha Lake Resort. Families from Dearborn Mt. Pleasant Midland Saginaw Alma Detroit and Johnstown Pennsylvania visited cottages and enjoyed a weekend at the lake. Bathing beach work progresses and Clinton Dunkle leaves hospital for home near Clare.
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Sam Davis
Flint
Harold Teeple
Dearborn
Harold Knight
Mt. Pleasant
Floyd Gray
Midland
Fred Bauer
Frank Behm
Saginaw
Maynard Johnson
Alma
Myron Dunkles
Caryl Chaney
Windover Lake Community Notices and Sunday School Plan
Windover school house will host Sunday School next Sunday at 2:00 PM to organize local youths. Charles Lyons of Lansing visits his mother Mrs Lila Lyons at the lake after a trip to Seattle with his brother Sgt W C Lyons. Local residents including the J J Beard and Frank Howey families called in Farwell and Clare Friday and various others visited Barrys and Marion over the weekend.
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Windover
Charles Lyons
Lansing
Lila Lyons
Seattle
Washington
Sgt. W. C. Lyons
J. J. Beard
Frank Howey
Farwell
Clare
Decoration Day weekend at Lake George draws regional visitors
Lake George hosted numerous tourists over Decoration Day with many guests from Detroit Lansing Owosso and Saginaw at cottages. Notables include Robert Kemfert family from Ann Arbor and Clare Luce with brother Jim awaiting Army induction June 8.
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Lake George
Robert Kemfert
Ann, Arbor
Myr
Joseph Stone
Detroit
Joe
Marion Wycoff
Herman Stech
John Cameron
Owosso
Jack
Ray Brace
Lansing
Enid Baker
Cliff Hunt
Grand Lodge
Rose
Clare Luce
Clare
Jim
James Levi
Saginaw
Howard Wells
Howard Anderson
Dlisher Anderson
Clarence Hudson
George Clough
Weekend visitors gather at multiple cottages across region
Pleasant weekend guests included Mrs Roge Durosa and family from Pontiac visiting John Dexter, Mr and Mrs Alva Dexter and family from Owenso at their cottage, Paul Welch and relatives at Owosso cottages, Pine Point Lodge hosts the Dietrichs and friends from Lansing, and Stan Johnson family from Flint at their cottage. Also Ms Esther Stachman and a friend from Lansing and Harry Barnhill with Don Densmore from Mason vacationed at cottages. William McGiveron of Lansing stayed at their Shingle Lake cottage.
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Dietrichs
Lansing
Stan Johnson
Flint
Hsther Stachman
Harry Barnhill
Don Densmore
Mason
William McGiveron
Rural families visit and host across multiple towns
Mr and Mrs Othel Denslow visited his parents on Monday. Several couples and families from Weidman Harrison Midland Bard Detroit Lansing Gladwin Grand Rapids and Owosso were weekend or weekday guests of relatives including Hartman Myers Winn and Ott. The gatherings spanned Sunday through Tuesday with dinners and calls at various homes.
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Othel Denslow
Leonard Denslow
Stanley Schunk
Myre
Lewis
Betty LaVaye
John Hartman
Russell Williams
Bobby
St. John
Weidman
Earl Myers
Owosso
Sam Collen
Detroit
George Winn
Milo Myers
Clair Stanley
Norman Myers
Arnold Ott
Lansing
Charles Ott
James Winn
Gladwin
al. Price
Pearl, Hartman
Grand Rapids
Claude Hartman
Clela
J. G. Marotzke
John
Hol. Magnus
Weekend Visits Tie Flint and Surrounding Towns
Local families from Flint St Johns Cadillac and Midland spent time with relatives in Winterfield and nearby communities. Couples including Mr and Mrs Sam Davis Mr and Mrs William Cutler and others visited grandparents and parents, shopped in Cadillac, and helped with barn-raising and Army camp farewells.
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Sam Davis
William Cutler
Amos Church
Flint
Edd Cutler
Oland Blackledge
Smith
St. Johns
Russell Davis
Grand Rapids
Miles Davis
Marion
Frank Davis
Seigel VanderWoude
McBain
Simon VanderWoude
Richard Cook
Hattie Kheen
Hattie
Cook
Roy Sutton
Clare
Ruby
Sam Gaskill
Pifer
Bunge
Famiily
Neil Nevins
Lola Nevins
Jack
Dana
Verna Kennedy
Cadillac
Mt. Pleasant
Frank Berry, Jr
North Carolina
Lewis Lockwood
Harold Dunn
Detroit
James Dunn
Virginia Smith
Orland Black
Tedge
Lear Diamant
Russell Randall
Russell
Randall
Sam. Gaskill
Saturday visits noted by family and relatives
The report lists family gatherings with Mrs. Arthur Kheen and the Nevinses visiting in Cadillac and Marion. It also mentions Mr. and Mrs. DeForest visiting their son Donald DeForest. A separate note describes towhees feeding on beetles and weed seeds with no interference to crops.
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Arthur Kheen
Neil Nevins
Jack Nevins
Cadillac
Mrs. DeForest
Marion
Donald DeForest
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