Women complete third upholstery class in the county
Ruth McInay reports women completed the third upholstery class with neighbors and friends visiting to view the work. Members of the Home Demonstration Exe Board elected officers for the coming year and planned summer activities including a bus trip to a Homemakers Conference and a County Tour to Borden Company with a lunch at the 4H club camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Irwin
M. Myers
Keith Bowers
Lee Polly
Myron Johnson
Home Demonstration
Harold Flaharty
Mary Brooks
Beulah” Pratt
B.C. Mellencamp
County Agricultural
Borden ‘Company
Isabella 4-H Members Schedule School at Fairgrounds
Isabella County 4-H crop poultry and garden club members attend a special 4-H school at the fairgrounds Monday June 17 from 10:00 to 3:00 with morning practice judging and an afternoon judging contest. Top scorers aged 14 and up by January 1 will go to the District Eliminations in August. Bowen Club Takes Trip Leaders Mr and Mrs Harold Anderson Mrs Vernell Fike and others accompany Bowen 4-H to Soo Locks Hartwick Pines and Tahquamenon Falls aboard a chartered bus with mothers for a two day outing to Sault Ste Marie.
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Isabella County
Bowen Club
Bowen
Tahquamenon Falls
Elevator Career Day at Michigan State University
Clare county youths with farming backgrounds can learn about feed and grain industry careers at MSU's sixth annual Elevator Career Day on June 27. MSU official P D Gibson notes strong Michigan and nearby state opportunities, with Ray Roles and James Erskine sharing career prospects. Greenleaf outlines the two term MSU course including field elevator experience and classroom work, with abundant scholarships and ample job openings for graduates.
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Clare County
Michigan State University
P. D. Gibson
Michigan
MSU
Ray Roles
Vassar
James Erskine
Hillsdale
George Greenleaf
Greenleaf
Feed and Grain Association of Michigan
Inatructor
Isabella 4-H Enrollments Listed Across Clubs
Enrollments from multiple Isabella 4-H clubs are listed led by Strickland and Forest Howland with 5 members in Home Improvement and Food Preparation. Davis 4-H club has 8 members in Food Preparation, Preservation, Gardening and more, while Graham Ham and others total 15 in various subjects. Denver 4-H adds 22 in Outdoor Meals and Gardening, plus others. Jolly Jokers, Jolly Workers, and Hulse 4-H clubs range from 10 to 13 members across several projects. An IFYE letter from Larry Foote in Italy discusses Padova, Verona, Venice, agriculture schools, and silk industry observations.
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Strickland
Forest Howland
Dwight Brookens
Frank Foglesong
Davis
Floyd Curtiss
Wilson 4-H
Wilbur Gingery
Everett Cook
Ferris
Graham
Clarence Tucker
Isabella Denver
Roy Keller
Don Swindlehurst
Hugh Swindlehurst
Jolly Workers
Gretchen Willoughby
Mildred Balcom
Hulse
Ronald Smith
Jolly Jokers
Ray Slack
Oral Miller
Burdette O'Connor
IFYE
Larry Foote
Italy
Padova
Verona
Agricultural College
USA
Antonio Ran Yigni
Michigan
Venice
Lawrence Foote
Dangers Of Weed Killers Warned By Michigan Doctor
A Michigan Department of Health physician warns that some insecticides and weed killers are highly poisonous and even a taste can kill an average adult. He urges careful use, noting farmers face higher exposure and other common home chemicals can be deadly in small amounts.
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Michigan
Dr. Leeder
Plant 1200 Acres Of Game Habitat In Michigan
Southern Michigan wildlife habitat work in the last six months of 1956 created food and cover on 1200 acres of state land. Plantings occurred on 29 state game areas and 10 state parks and recreation areas, including 552 acres of cover crops mainly standing corn. Also built 600 brush piles, treated 594 acres with herbicide, and constructed 48 water impoundments flooding 158 acres.
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Michigan
Conservation Department
Game Division
Poisoning figures show Michigan deaths in 1956
Dr Leeder notes accidental poisonings killed 87 Michigan residents in 1956. He lists common household items in small quantities such as disinfectants and solvents as risky. He cites that one ounce or less covers many items while one ounce to a quart covers cosmetics and related products.
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Leeder
Michigan
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Ruth McIinay
Isabella
Harry Densmore Judging School
Harry, Densmore
Plymouth
Life Magazine
CAR Life
Family Auto Magazine
Dell
Chrysler Corporation
Déll
U. S. Auto Club
Motor Trend
Chrysler
Corporation
U. S
THE
Angels
Benny White
Anid
Lawrence Welk
Partners In Health
Jexett Oh
Sentinel
Kroger
Peschke
Thomasma
Kroger Country Club
Raed
Star Kist
Dole Sliced
Dole
Kroger Donuts
Melon
California
Florida
Elbo
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