Mayor to Kick Off Softball Season on June 12
Mayor John W. Dunlop will throw the first ball on the new diamond on Wednesday evening June 12. The Clare County Road Commission and Camp Houghton C team open play with Eagle facing Camp Houghton B at 9 00 PM. Saturday features local Class B teams including Almadilles and a turnout of teams listed, with ten cent admission and a Drum and Bugle Corps in regalia.
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John W. Dunlop
Bux Jop
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Regalia
Dedication Night Opens with Kiwanis Switch and Local Players
The dedication ceremony Tuesday evening starts at dusk with Kiwanis President Harold Fleming pulling the switch to light the field for the first game. Supt. E. D. Kennedy and a Board of Education member will speak, then Mayor Dunstop will throw in the first pitch for Wayer versus Clare Hardware and Furniture Co. A second game follows at 9:30 p m Gulf and Hi-Speed. Thursday schedule lists Cotter Motor Sales versus Brown at 7 30 and Clare Kiwanis versus Herrick at 9 00 p m.
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Harold Fleming
Kiwanis Club
Supt. E. D. Kennedy
Board of Education
Dunstop
Wayer
Clare Hardware and Furniture Co
Cotter Motor Sales
Brown
Clare Kiwanis
Herrick
Skillful Peiping Chefs Preserve Ancient Cuisine Style
Peiping chefs maintain world wide reputation for skill while shunning modern methods. Using an ancient coal stove with a single burner they prepare elaborate banquets for a dozen people.
Red Dominates as Lucky Color at Weddings and Funerals
Chinese customs favor red as the luckiest hue and it appears prominently in decor at both weddings and funerals, signaling auspicious wishes for joyous unions and respectful farewells.
Ice fishing tale from New Hampshire nets 10-pound catch
Betty Gilman, 16, granddaughter of fishing guide Harry Parkins, fished through the ice in Wolfeboro NH and hauled up a 10 pound 30 inch cusk with four other fish inside. Crews widened the hole to release the catch and its companions.
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Wolfeboro
N. H
New Hampshire
Betty Gilman
Harry Parkins
Clare High School Pioneers Football Season Highlights 1939
The Pioneers opened the 1939 season by beating Beaverton 25-6 after lighting upgrades. They beat Casper on the road 24-12, then fell to Reed City 19-6 at home. Clare lost to Shepherds 0-0, beat Breckenridge 7-0, were shut out 28-0 by Heart, and lost 12-6 to Gladwin before a 28-12 defeat at Mt. Pleasant High.
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Pioneers
Beaverton
Clare
St. Louis
Casper
Green Pastures
Pioneer
Reed City
Shepherds
Breckenridge
Heart
Gladwin
Mt. Pleasant High
Shepherd
Breckenridie
Eyart
Mt. Pleasant
Strip Cropping Aids Erosion Control And Yields Rise
Contour strips on steep land improve soil fertility and protect terraces. In erosion control areas, farmers use alternating strip crops with two rows of row crops followed by a close growing crop. On steeper slopes, more close-growing crops are sown every other strip to combat runoff and silt buildup, with reports of 20 to 25 percent yield gains.
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Soil Conservation Service
Usual Pasture Methods Favor Horse Parasites
Dr. Benjamin Schwartz of the U S bureau of animal industry warns that common pasturing practices for horses and mules promote intestinal roundworms and other parasites. Parasite eggs spread through manure contaminate moist grasses, renewing infections. timely medicinal treatment helps. For elite stock, heat treatment of manure in insulated boxes can kill eggs and larvae, reducing outbreaks.
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Benjamin Schwartz
U. S
Schwartz
Hammer Mill Used To Clean Seeds In Conservation
Slowing a grain grinder, soil conservation workers clean seeds from trees and vines in conservation programs. Dry fruits crack shells without harming seeds. fleshy fruits are pulped and washed away by water. The method reduces fermentation damage and yields higher germination rates.
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Soil Conservation Service
Tear Gas Used In War On Pests For Soil Sterilization
Agricultural science uses chloropicrin, a World War I tear gas, as a soil treatment to kill fungi insects and nematodes. Applied with a needlelike device, it sterilizes shed beds though its high cost limits widespread field use.
Safe Drinking Signs Placed At Water Supplies In Michigan
The State Health Department with county health units continues a sanitation survey of roadside water supplies across Michigan for the first time since 1935. Safe drinking signs will be posted at supplies meeting construction, placement, and bacteriological standards. others will be deemed unsafe.
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State Health Department
County Health Departments
Michigan
Isabella County Health Department
State Highway Department
Undulant Fever and Milk Safety Advice
Tri County Health Unit explains undulant fever transmission through raw milk, the higher risk to men in contact with animals, and historical context from Malta. It covers symptoms, diagnosis, isolation, long course, and lack of a curative drug, stressing pasteurization, cow testing, and家庭 treatment guidance from state health departments.
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B. F
Malta
United States
Bang
State Health Department
C. I. Webb
Sanitarian Health District No
Marines Sweep International Rifle Championship in Peiping
American Marines attached to the U S embassy guard won the rifle and pistol shooting championships in Peiping, outscoring crack marksmen from Japan Britain France and Italy in a tough international contest.
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U. S
Peiping
Local church services and community notes in Rosebush
Rosebush Methodist Church lists 10 00 a m preaching service 11 90 a m Sunday school and 7 30 p m Epworth League at Center Methodist Church 10 90 a m Sunday school 11 00 a m preaching service 8 00 p m Epworth League. Rosa Balge visiting Ann Arbor. Patrick Battie weekend with mother. Joann Bullard broke leg and is at Wood Hospital Clare. Dr Alwood Campbell attends funeral of Dr Johnston. Maurice McConnell family visited Maple Grove. Frank Lynch family visited Joseph Gross home near Two Rivers. Rosebush resident Alex Hylop dies after illness.
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Rosa Balge
R. N
Ann Arbor
Bernard Ballge
Patrick Battie
Mary Battle
Joann Bullard
Claude Bullard
Wood Hospital
Clare
Alwood Campbell
Carson City
Johnston
Maurice McConnell
Maple Grove
Frank Lynch
Joseph Gross
Two Rivers
Alex Hylop
Rosebush
Religious Police Training in Buenos Aires Precinct
The Thirty second precinct policemen were found receiving religious instruction at headquarters each day before patrols. Critica quoted a sergeant saying he was required to learn a psalm that begins with To heaven, to heaven will I go.
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Thirty-second Precinct
Buenos Aires
Critica
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Clare County Road Commission
Camp Houghton
Eagle
Feasin
Almadilles
Tollows
Gulf
Hi- Speed
Camp Houghton CCC
Harrison, Randall, Glass C
Dover
Clare Hardware, and Furniture Co
Tim Cotter Motor Sales
Brown, Coleman
Clare High School Sports Review
Lowell Haring
Cleland Green
George Parent
Neilan Cradit
Ernie Bryant
Paul Mance
Worden Parsei
Ronald Brown
Roger Haring
Merle Archambault
Robert Chapman
Martin Kennedy
Bernard Wyman
Wesley Lamborn
Arlo Oden
Eugene Maxwell
Carl Cappaert
Junior Samborn
Gordon Kreiner
Kenneth Kapplinger
Dean Mance
Morris Kapplinger
Hugh Maxwell
Danny Burdo
Clyde Moline
Virgil White
Arthur Clute
Junior Schlafley
Douglas Paxton
Mr. Brown
W. Dbd
Karl M. Mason
Isabella
County Health Unit
Tri-County Health Unit
Rosebush Methodist Church
Epworth League
Center Methodist Church
Eureka
Consumers Power Co
America
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Pfeiffer’s
Michigan Liquor Control Commission
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