Milo Robinette Tours the Rockies and Rail Yard Stop
Milo Robinette recounts a cross country trip in June 1941 from Colorado. He describes Royal Gorge suspension bridge views, Pikes Peak glimpses, and a train journey through Kansas City and Fort Custer with fellow Clare boys. He notes army service, weather, and meals, ending with a fellow passenger's tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Gorge
Pikes Peak
Rockies
U. S
Kansas City
Clifton
Missouri
Floyd Walters
Dick Wood
Roy Ramsey
Leo Carr
Bob Dunn
Orley Rogers
Clare
Custer
Fort Custer
Train Letter Plea From a Passenger Abroad
A traveler notes the train’s Eastern time keeping two hours fast and praises the country’s beauty. He ends early due to writing difficulty and promises to share his address soon, hoping the recipient feels his continued correspondence.
Roberta McKnight Receives English Pen Pal War Letter
A fifteen year old English pen pal writes Miss Roberta McKnight of Hull with vivid wartime details. She describes evacuations, air raids, Anderson shelters, local shelters, and nightly sirens, plus efforts at Scarb o rough and Bingley. The letter notes fundraising efforts and community projects including Bring and Buy sales, War Weapons Week, Dig for Victory plots, knitting for forces, and cultural references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta McKnight
Frank W. McKnight
England
Roberta
Scarborough
Scarboro
Bringley
Ilkley
Ilkley Moor
Bingley
Anderson
Hull
Lord Mayor
Air Force
Mums
Navy
Army
Peter
Charlie Chaplin
Letter From Hull Girl Describes War News and Daily Life
Barbara writes from Hull about rationing shortages of chocolate fruit and meat, butter allowance rising, and a cousin’s wedding. She recounts air raids, shelters, a Dornier sighting, and a bomb attack near home with casualties, plus school drills, snow, a greenhouse, and community events.
WKAR Radio Highlights Schedule for Summer Broadcasts
WKAR station at Michigan State College on 870 KC with 5,000 watts airs half hour dramatizations by Lansing People's University cast directed by Ray Turner. Summer lineup lists Farm News Digest and readings, Market Reports, and educational programs from June 27 to July 6 including How Baseball is Played and Visiting Educators amid health, agriculture, and homemaker segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WKAR
Michigan State College
Lansing People’s University
Ray Turner
Michigan
State Grange
State Department of Agriculture
Homemaker
Michigan Department of Health
Dairy herd at Mt. Pleasant School shows rising milk yields
Jep Skinner reports six year dairy data from 1936 to 1941. Average cows rose from 33 to 41, milk production from 10 039 to 14 262 pounds, butterfat from 347 to 506 pounds with fat percent near 3.4 to 3.5. Feed cost fell 27 per cent per 100 pounds of milk as production rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jep Skinner
Mt. Pleasant
Pasture changes and a landscape tour at Mt. Pleasant
The report traces six years of pasture use from 1936 to 1941 with alfalfa expansions and mixed forage shifts at Mt. Pleasant State Home. It notes 14 two year olds, a ten year old oldest cow, and efficiency aims in dairy production. A Landscape Tour is set for Friday June 27 from 10:30 a.m. starting at A D MacRae’s farm, with stops at Earl Bayes, Otis Tripp, Jones Landing, Victor Pohl, and Frank Blesch. O S Gregg will discuss native shrubs for landscaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Skinner
Mt. Pleasant State Home
A. D. MacRae
Mt. Pleasant
Earl Bayes
Shepherd
Otis Tripp’s
Deerfield Center
Victor Pohl
Deerfield Township
Frank Blesch
Gilmore Township
O. S. Gregg
Isabella County Women Extension Groups elect leaders
At the executive meeting Mrs. Harry Wilds was reelected County Chairman for another year with Miss Mae E. Brown as vice chair and Mrs. William Day as secretary treasurer. Mrs. Wilds will attend Farm Women's Week at Michigan State College. Plans include a June 27 picnic and landscape tour with Day heading the dinner committee and Brown handling ice cream purchases. An itinerary appears elsewhere. lunch will be at Jones Landing near Deerfield Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County Women's Extension Groups
Harry Wilds
Mae E. Brown
William Day
Wilds
Farm Women's Week
Michigan State College
Wesley Merrill
Migs Brown
Anys
Jones’ Landing
Deerfield Center
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Milo Robinette
Trip Thru
Thurman Robinettes
Milo
Colorado
John Litel
Theatre Clare
Joan Blondell
Rome
Ian
Glof
Otto Kruger
Dickson
Don Beddoe
Priscilla Lane
Jeffry Lynn
Ronald Reagan
May Robson
Lee Patrick
Clark Gable
Rosalind Russell
Bombay
Rudy Valee
Ann Miller
Rosemary Lane
Allen Jenkins
Joan Merrill
Brenda and
Cobina
Stooges
Richard Lane
Glen Gray
Casa Loma
Wallace Beery
Barnac
Marjorie Main
Virginia Weidler
Barten M
E. Bill
Leo Carrillo, Donald
Meeke Lane
Boothferry Rd
Tam
Calcutta
Tom
Dad
Onit
St. Martin's
Our Church
A.fs
Barbara
P.S
James
Reed
Michigan State
Harry K. Wakefield
Isabella County
Paul D. Gibson
Clare County
Robert C. Kleiner
Clare County Aaa
Women’s Extension Groups
Earth
Sahara
igneRx
Razor
Clare Mic
Rexall Drug Store
Rexall
Hinds
Mrs. Stevens
Candies
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