Beet Labor Rates Set by War Food Administration
War Food Administration establishes piecework rates for beet field labor with changes for segmented seed and a minimum harvest rate of $7 per acre. Blocking thinning and hoeing remain at $17 per acre for whole seed, plus an $8 harvesting bonus. Total minimum cost for a 10 ton per acre crop with whole seed is $33.50 per acre.
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War Food Administration
Per Acre Yield Penalties Cut From This Year's Minimum
A policy notes per acre yield penalties fall below the four ton per acre threshold when actual yields drop under four tons. The current year's minimum remains seven dollars per acre in typical cases.
Pleasant Valley Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs Roy Townsend of Midland were Sunday evening callers at the Bates home. Sunday dinner guests included Mrs Jennie Bates Mrs Mayme Runyan Hugh Allen and Lyle Bates at Noy s home and Mrs Kenneth Roe in Clare.
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Roy Townsend
Midland
Bates
Jennie Bates
Mayme Runyan
Hugh Allen
Lyle Bates
Noy
Kenneth Roe
Clare
George Hemstreet
Saginaw
Otto Kleiner
Glen Bay
Leonard Orvis
Janet Rose
Ervin Orvis
Walter Kleiner
Everette
Carncross
Laurence
Gayle Clute
Mack Leeth
Gene Orvis
Alton David
Henry Kleiner
Frank Barton
Community Notes From Barryton Area Families
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hunt and children visited Mrs George Penoyer near Barryton Monday. Floyd Hunt son Harland and Manuel joined in Barryton visits. Joe Brown of Flint stays on their farm here. Jessie Richter went to Detroit with ad McNeilley then back via DeWitt to fetch David Richter’s cattle to the Sulooley place near Barryton. Mrs Madeline Hunt celebrated thirty first birthday with eighteen neighbors Saturday.
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Lloyd Hunt
George Penoyer
Barryton
Floyd Hunt
Harland
Manuel Hunt
Joe Brown
Flint
Jessie Richter
Detroit
Ad. McNeilley
DeWitt
David Richter
Sulooley Place
Donna Vinton
Haity Brown
Madeline Hunt
Lucy Vinton
Gerald Sherman
Grace Hunt
Roads to Be Built Under Postwar Program
State Highway Commissioner Charles M. Ziegler outlined a postwar plan in Lan sing to construct 1600 miles of new roads and 200 plus bridges and grade separations. Expenditures exceed 138 million dollars, creating jobs for veterans and workers from war plants across all counties, with 520 projects planned over several years. April 2 election urged to ensure good government and ensure fair county shares, including Clare county.
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Charles M. Ziegler
Lansing
Armed Services
Charlie
Clare County
Farwell School Notes Fifth to Third Grades
Fifth Grade Margaret Benchley returns from California as classes boast a 74 percent spelling perfect score. Seventh and Eighth grades craft operetta flowers while eighth graders learn home ec and shop projects. Absent students listed. Third and fourth grades make Easter posters and health notebooks. Perfect spelling scores named for multiple grades.
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Margaret Benchley
California
Raymond Koontz
Bert Johnston
Walter Stittsworth
Beatrice Tessman
Jeanne Henry
Sarah Honeycutt
Betty Somers
Catherine Hunt
Irah Abbott Verne Braden
Jean Benchley
Charles Chipman
Dale Wysong
Duane Glass
Patty Godwin
Jeanne Weary
Lorna Sabin
Joyce Schaar
Florence Siegle
Howard Miller
Bernard Pitts
Victor Wiggins
Oryal Glen
Joyce Burroughs
Betty Wilson
Sadie Denton
Joyce Allman
Donna Hose
Pred Petro
Jenette Wixson
Fern Siel
Doris Goodrich
Carolyne Dunkle
Beverly Pitts
Stuart Graham
Mary Lou Johns
Ann Rawson
Clare
Ida Johnston
Bertha Lake Resort Social Notes and Visits
Miss Shirley Richardson visited Phyllis Cowles last week. Blain called on Delos Dunkle on Sunday. Austin Dunkle took Burt Hiltz to Sterling Michigan. Mrs. Hiltz and two children Harley and Verna visited the Austin Dunkle home. Lee and the Dunkles hosted visitors this week. Sympathy sent to Mr and Mrs Q Somers and family. Verne Stephenson visited Clinton and Mrs Dunkle Sunday.
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Shirley Richardson
Phyllis Cowles
Adelbert
Blain
Delos Dunkile
Austin
Dunkle
Burt Hiltz
Sterling, Mich
Q. Somers
Verne Stephenson
Clinton Dunkle
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Paul D, Gibson
Harry K. Wakefield
Isabella County
Robert C. Kleiner
Clare County Aaa Committee
Andy Courser
Clare Livestock
Pleasant Valley
South Garfield
Mamamoth
W. B. Sweet Clover
Timothy
Alsike
Wisconsin
Chick
Victory Garden
Charles M, Ziegler
Farwell
Goodyear
Gould
Trai
Lers
Michigan
Harrison Dodds
Guy E. Grook
M. E. Gota
Sec’y
W. A. Bartlett
Alma
R. F. Bessmer
Owosso
W. H. Burd
Ann Arbor
E. Cota
Hastings
G. G. Conway
Lupton
W. P. Greek
Hilldale
Harrison
Dodds
Fred R. Likins
Memphis
W. P. Mott
Scottville
E. J. Osbuah
Clare 0. Thorpe
Kalamazoo
M. Deyoung
Muskegon Heights
Orr G. Stanley
Indian River
Horace Powers
Michigan Mutual Windstorm Insurance CO
Gift’ Home Office
Armolia Ad di di
Western Union
Rediograt
Yaudti
Mers and Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association
Saginay
Far
United States
Marvin A. Jones
Farmers & Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association
Saginaw, Michigan