Laverty Farm Profile Near Farwell on Mill Road
John Laverty and family run a four mile south of Farwell dairy and grain farm on Mill Road. Laverty, once dairy cattle, now concentrates on feeder cattle, hay and grain. He and wife Edna have three children. Dale serves in Colorado. An older son died in a car accident last fall. The Lavertys belong to Farm Bureau and Grange.
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Eeehn
Lavertys
Ilmore
John
Laverty
Farwell
Mill Road
Edna
Keith Scott
Gilmore
Robert Bowling
Dale
Colorado
Farm Bureau
Grange
Ruth Mellnay Home Extension News Items
Miss Florence Rann from Michigan State College discussed six new fabrics for dresses including rayon and silk and how to label and press viscose acetate or Bemberg. A class of 76 women attended and plan regional meetings in Mt Pleasant, with local teachers to host further sewing schools.
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Florence
Rann
Michigan State College
Bemberg
Grlon
Dacron
Ed Methner
J. Barager
Beal ‘City
R. Banniger
Ed Wawersik
Pleasant
S. Goffner
C. A. Darroch
Blanchard
E. Grifith
D. Lawson
Gulick
B. Willis
R. Shoe
Women Drive One Third Of U S Motorists
The United States hosts about 70 million drivers across cars trucks and buses with women making up roughly one third of the driving population.
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United States
Michigan Spud Price Appeals to Michigan Folks
Michigan spud prices appeal to urban families with 77 percent using Michigan potatoes. A sample of 250 urban households shows 16 cents of the 25 cents spent per person for potatoes went to Michigan. Idaho led state sales with 12 percent. Michigan average price 3.3 cents per pound versus 6.7 for Idaho. About a third of urban families bought potatoes weekly in January.
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Michigan
Michigan State College Farm
Idaho
J. D. Shaffer
California
Three Dike Types Guarding Holland's Shores
The article describes three kinds of dikes in Holland. Big sea dikes called watchers fend off initial waves. If they crumble, sleepers take over. Finally the dreamers’ last-resort defenders guard individual farms.
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Holland
Home Food Reserves Urged For Civil Defense
A Civil Defense guidance emphasizes maintaining personal food reserves to cover four days or more during an atomic attack when supply and transport may fail. It advises using pantry and refrigerator staples, rotating stocks, and storing in a safe location, while considering possible water and heat shortages.
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Civil Defense
Clare Church Notes Highlight Local Social Visits
Rev Harold Smith hosted as guest speaker at Clare Church of God Men's Fellowship. He spoke at Isabella County Holiness Association meeting in Mt Pleasant. A shower honored Sandra Smith and Bill Lavender ahead of their Sunday wedding. Numerous local families shared visits and meals across Vernon, Mt Pleasant, Mesick, and Remus communities.
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Harold Smith
Clare Church of God
Isabella County Holiness Association
Mt. Pleasant
Church of the Nazarene
Local Social Roundup and Farm Bureau Meeting
Mrs Ruby Lindell and family visited in Colville while relatives from Toledo and Detroit joined others for weekend gatherings. Reverend VanderVeen hosted Andersons from Stanton and neighbors at Bodkins Town home. Colville Farm Bureau met with fifteen members discussing Michigan Water Rights.
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Richard Linde
Toledo
Ohio
Ray Strouse
J. D. Clute
Detroit
Virgil Newman
Joy
Glen Lower
Brown Corners
Joe VanderVeen
Otto Anderson
Stanton
Michigan
Clarence Armentrout
Him Grove
Wallie Rutter
Saginaw
Lewis Rutter
Bodkins Town
Leona Nevilles
Community Hospital
Minnie Hampton
Brackart
Colonville Farm Bureau
Robert Clute
Rex Morse
Wise
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Daisy Mether
Harold Thompson
Elmer Methner
George Weihl
Arthur Gibbs
Lyle Moore
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Shipstads and Johnson
American Motors
Hudson
Abc-Tv Network
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Wasps
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Metropolitans
N. McEwarn St
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Ane
Vernon City
Hola McDonel
Ernest Young
Clare Hospital
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Lucy Venton
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End
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Sheridan
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Frank Simpson
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Mesick
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Robert Hitchcock
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Lester Olds
Evan Traynor
Big Rapids
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Grant
Alva White
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Kawkavwlin
Colie Dixon
White
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James Yeoman
Frank Yeoman
Beulah Bodkins
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Gulf Super-Refining
Weat Gulf
America
Gulf Refining Company
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