Weekend Guests and Relatives Visit Area Families
Numerous Detroit and Michigan residents visit relatives across towns including Mt. Pleasant, Petoskey, Lansing, Saginaw, and Flint. Ill health at Thomas Bolen’s home prompts family prayers as visitors share time with him and others in the community.
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Trene Doherty
Detroit
Harold Schaeffer
Frank Walter
Shirley
Thomas Abbott
Lenore Pinkerton
Hagle River
Wisconsin
Harl Ruby
Florence Bolen
Tommy Bolen
Albert Bolen
Tene Bolen
Lansing
Thomas Holen
New Arrivals and Community Notes from Clare and Nearby
Births include Robert Frank born March 11 at Clare Hospital nine pounds six ounces to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walters Harrison. Lois Kathleen born March 18 at Mt. Pleasant Central Michigan Community Hospital seven pounds six ounces to Mr. and Mrs. John K. Sparkel. George Robert born March 11 Flint five pounds one ounce to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bow man. Mary Elizabeth born March 19 at 4 50 p m weighing nine and a quarter pounds at John Rodabaugh home. Community updates list local visits illnesses and guests among area families with names such as Bergey Joyner Geeck Falk Forsyth Ives Siel Walter Holmes Chaffee Parent and Maxwell among others.
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Robert Frank
Clare Hospital
Frank Walters
Harrison
John K. Sparkel
Central Michigan Community Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Little Miss
Lois Kathleen
Robert Bowman
Flint
George Robert
Lawrence Siel
John Rodabaugh
Mary Elizabeth
Theodore Bergey
Mary Joyner
Phil Geeck
Harry Patterson
Saginaw
Joe Graham
Nell Falk
Rosebush
Charles Forsyth
Grand Rapids
Clara Stone
Frank
Elizabeth Ives
Coleman
Walford Siel
Franklin Walter
Floyd Siel
Pleasant
Clyde Marshall
Joan
Margaret Marshall
Artie
Howard Richter
Jimmy
St. Louis
Ernest Chaffee
Bill
Martha Ann Parent
Omer
Hileen
Albert Shaver
Lyle
Claire Hileman
Bernard
Dean Shaver
Chester Richard,Jr
Michigan State College
Joanne
Frank Walter
Donald Mainprize
Farwell
Walter
Frank Holmes
Toledo
Ohio
Glenwood Holmes
Minerva. Holmes
Saginaw General Hospital
Mary Jane Maxwell
Clare
Central Michigan College
Hugh W. Maxwell
Central
Peter Oman
Elizabeth
Rebekahs
Bert Neeley
Paul Gibson
Harold’Watson
Paul Moore
Sam Morrison
Gerald Brady
Frank Krehmar
Lake George
Rachel van Buskirk
H.M. Bucholz
0.G.M. Association
Louis Gee
Elva Jean
Lucinda Segerlund
Balanced manure needs phosphate boosts for crops
Balanced fertilizer manure is not balanced for most crops due to low phosphate content. Adding 30 to 50 pounds of 1 percent superphosphate per ton of manure corrects the phosphate deficiency. As manure accumulates, apply additional superphosphate to preserve nitrogen.
Farm Work Hours Dip as Harvest Ties Up Labor
Farm operators averaged 10.5 hours per day and hired workers worked 1 hours per day reflecting fewer harvest duties and more employment, though plenty of work remained.
Air Force Officers Gain Half of General Staff Jobs
Washington reports General Eisenhower approves a policy to assign half of the top general staff posts to air force officers. The move follows General Spaatz's request and aims to prepare AAF leaders for eventual autonomy under unification. Ground forces protest the shift amid possible congressional action.
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Air Force
Washington
Eisenhower
Army Chief of
War Department
Spaatz
Army Air Force
AAF
Presiden
Truman
Congress
Cattle Per Mile Report Notes Density Across U.S.
A brief listing notes 20 head of cattle per square mile as a measure of livestock density in the United States. The source text provides this compact metric without broader context or regional breakdowns.
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United States
Weekend Guests and Local Social Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Stanley and son Dickie of Lansing visited Mrs. Stanley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Pifer. Numerous other locals hosted or visited relatives and friends in Mason, Clare, Midland, Farwell, and surrounding towns over the weekend, including Shimmell Witter Roth families, VanBuskirk, Krehmar, and Spaulding households. A Michigan Postgraduate Clinical Conference attendance and social gatherings at Farwell and Alma are also noted.
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Hooch Pierson
Lansing
Fred Pierson
G. OG
Petoskey
Virgil Blackledge
Marion
Warren White
James Stanley
Clair Stanley
Allen Kidder
Traverse City
M. R. Howlett
William van Vorst
Lowell
Hart Ruby
Omer Parent
Plymouth
Indiana
George Parent
Irwin Applemar
Dean Shaver
Vernell Shaver
Harold Shaver
Albert Shaver
Claire Hileman
Fred Geibel
Richard
Wallie Rutter
Saginaw
John Robson
Bert Rutter
Loretta Harrold
Florence Field
Oconomowoc
Wisconsin
Mary Lytle
Gertrude
Detroit
Otis Stanley
Floyd Stanley
Dickie
Milo Myers
Ruth Roberts
Donald Lee
Jack Davis
Gladwin
Earl Foss
Virginia
Ruth Ott
Clyde Pifer
Lloyd. Witter
Alice
St. Louis
Geo. Shimmell
Robert Roth
Ralph Miller
Mason
Clara McCartney
Marion Roth
Rena Roth
Wilda Hecker
Donna Faye
Doris Trowbridge
Don Seelinger
Jas. Schneider
Clare
Howard White
Shirley Walters
Midland
Ita Trowbridge
Rachel VanBuskirk
James Krehmar
Vietor Krehmar
Redding Township
G. H. Shimmell
Lloyd Witter
Alicé
Henry Shimmell
Roy Secord
Mary HB. Wing
Dick McCartney
Baby
Houghton Lake
A. W. Winston
W. P. Spaulding
Murphy’s
Wm. Love
Carol Ann
Fritz
Harriett Spindler
Wm. Vreeland
Sadie Spindler
Mrs. Vreeland
Persian kings and 16th century rug designs influence today
The text notes that Persian kings of the 5th century supported rug making to promote weaving. It also mentions that many patterns in modern oriental rugs derive from 16th century designs.
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Persia
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Albert Davis
Virgil Sellers
Thomas Bolen
Bolen
Frank Bowen
Hartford
Art Damoth Agency
McEwan Street
Peyton
Jb.marley Standard Service
West 4Th St
Rayons
Clare, Michigan
Harl GC. Wilson
Michigan
Zane Betts
Pred Zubler
Pierson Spaulding
Alma