Clare School Notes recap eighth grade activities and events
The eighth grade has held activities including a Mt. Pleasant roller skating party and a Declamatory contest to select sub district entrants. New officers are President Mary Lou Wyman and others. Members are also preparing first aid lessons and knitting garments for soldiers, with the seventh grade planning a similar skating party.
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Mt. Pleasant
Mary Lou Wyman
David Adams
Arlene Capen
Ila Sutton
Ike
Coffee Percolator Essential in Brazilian Offices
A coffee percolator is as essential as a typewriter in many Brazilian business offices. Brazilians drink the beverage several times a day.
English Horn Overview
An English horn is a double reed woodwind instrument similar to the oboe but pitched a fifth lower.
Flexible Wheat Marketing Quotas May Be Suspended
A national May 2 referendum could suspend marketing quotas for the 1942 43 wheat crop as a flexible plan aims to prevent price drops and waste from congested storage and transportation. Robert C. Kleiner chairman of Clare County A C A notes quotas become ineffective if domestic consumption and export exceed normal plus 30 percent.
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Life
Secretary of Agriculture
Robert C. Kleiner
Clare Co. A. C, A
Fishermen to Warn Of Coming Storms
San Diego meteorologist Dean Blake warns wartime radio restrictions block sea weather reports. He calls tuna fleet operators to train observers who will report hurricane speed, intensity, and position from the Mexican coast to help coastal cities with earlier warnings. C. Eugene Shepherd will lead the training program.
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San Diego
California
Dean Blake
San Diego County
Pacific
Lower California
Mexico
Blake
Mexican
Galapagos Islands
C. Eugene Shepherd
Year's Best Fish Story Finds Pipe in Stomach
Captain Nedekiah Moses of Casco Bay Maine recounts a fish tale. While hand lining for cod near Jacquith Island Harpswell a monkfish weighing about 70 pounds surfaced with his smoking pipe inside its stomach. He retrieved the pipe pristine and vowed to be more cautious at sea. The find ends with the captain recalling the pipe smoked well on its first use.
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Nedekiah Moses
Casco Bay
Maine
Jacquith Island
Harpswell
Moses
Poultry Feeding Practices For Higher Egg Output
University extension article advises gradual diet changes over a week to ten days to avoid reduced production. Stresses ample hopper space, at least 10 feet per 100 laying hens, separate timid birds, and preventing stale feed by daily cleaning. Suggests mixing small fish-oil vitamin feeds in small quantities to be used within 10 to 14 days.
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W. E. Scott
University of Nevada Extension Service
High Egg Production is Government Goal
Government aims for 3.7 billion dozen eggs in 1942 to meet home needs and aid Britain. Production rises 11 percent from 1941 with more pullets entering production over the next six to eight months. Farmers are urged to improve feeding and management to boost output during this emergency.
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C. F. Parrish
North Carolina State College
Farm Work Clothes Under Price Control
The Office of Price Administration expands controls on farm work garments. Wholesale prices for overalls and work trousers rose sharply in two years, prompting added fabric categories Chambray cotton coverts and denims to be covered under a definite price schedule.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Harriett Elliott
Profitable Pastures Promise Boost for Farm Income
Pasture land is forecast as a leading income source in the next year or two due to rising defense demands for meat and dairy products. A soil management program including fertilizer is essential to improve grass quality and accelerate growth.
Navy enlistments exceed 150000 since Pearl Harbor attack
Lieutenant Commander Carson R. Miller announces more than 150000 men have enlisted in the U S Navy since December 7 and that enlistments remain voluntary. The report clarifies eligibility for ages 17 to 50 and notes Navy quotas remain unlimited with training in over 56 trades and 100 specialties.
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U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
Carson R. Miller
Detroit
Navy Department
Miller
Navy
Army
Selective Service Boards
War Department
School Notes recount visits and activities at our school
Miss Young and Dr Lanting visited our school Thursday morning to examine children. The second grade staged Jack and the Beanstalk while the party Friday night remained happy despite bad weather. Parents received coffee and doughnuts, children doughnuts and punch. Jean and Rella were out sick.
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Miss Young
Dr. Lanting
John Peel
Jean
Rella
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