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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1945
Page
3
Michigan State College research associate B L McDaniel reports that paper collars protect young garden transplants from cutworms. Place collars from one to three inches underground and three to four inches above ground, bank soil around the base, and ensure collar edges overlap to prevent worm intrusion. Collars are typically two to four inches wide and made of stiff paper sized to transplant.
A busy weekend sees families and relatives visiting in Loomis and nearby towns. Archies MacDonald family travels to Great Lakes Illinois while callers from Andersonville Midland Clare Toledo Saginaw and Traverse City share gatherings and health updates. A child treated in Traverse City hospital for ear infection anemia and respiratory issues is improving.
Mrs. J. H. Miller of near Cardington Ohio has ten grandsons in the armed forces. Seven in the Army and three in the Navy. Enlistees include John Edward Northrup and Ralph Brady who joined Sept 11 1940 and served in the 37th Division. Brady served in the Fiji Islands and was injured. Northrup drove a truck in the Philippines. Other family members listed include Herbert D Mann in Belgium, Charles Brady later in flying training, Roy Mann in France, Albert Lee Brady in Germany, Fred A Northrup in glider operations then England where he fractured both legs, Henry Mann serving in the Philippines, Kenneth Mahn in the Pacific, Burr Brady in the Navy at Gulfport. Names show ties to Galion Cardington and Columbus families.
A quick casserole uses cold boiled potatoes and sautéed liver cut into pieces with chopped green pepper and a large onion. Layer with milk, season, bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes.
T four Lyle G McNeill has received commendations from his Army Corps Brigade Group Battalion and Company commanding officers for outstanding performance in battle during the invasion and current operations in Western Europe. His wife Dorothy McNeill is making her home with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles McDonald of Clare Route.
Private Douglas J. Paxton of Clare Michigan, records keeper for the 357th Fighter Group under Colonel Irwin Dregne, is commended by Lt General James H. Doolittle for teamwork with pilots who destroyed 5644 German planes in air and one on the ground near Berlin. He entered service Dec 10 1948 and has abroad over a year.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Foss share their son Pfe. Edwin Foss’s March 15 1945 letter from Italy. He describes. writing delays. news of friends. plans to finish college in two terms. glimpses of Naples and Rome with black markets food rationing and civilian life. a Vatican visit including St. Peter’s Cathedral and the leaning tower of Pisa.
The Vernon City Sunday School at the Nazarene Chapel shows rapid attendance growth with a class for everyone. A birthday gathering for Mrs. Dave Teale featured baskets, a noon dinner with two large cakes, gifts, and guests from Mt. Pleasant Loomis Clare and more including Rev Wesley Teale. Additional visits and dinners followed at various local homes with families from Standish, Finnport and Lansing among others.
A soldier writes from Italy about crowded villages rather than open spaces, praising weather and food, noting he may leave soon and prefers not to return. He mentions a German pocket watch, asking for cookies and fruit cake, and hopes for Jack’s new address while sending love to all.
Mrs. Fred Bergey returned home after special treatment at Gladwin hospital and showed improvement. A sequence of weekend visits followed with relatives in Franklin township including Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Price. Guests from Saginaw Lansing Reed City Farwell and Lake counties joined local families during the period.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Linsea of Lansing report five family members in military service. Sons Pic. Warne Dan Linsea 24 serves in an infantry battalion in the southwest Pacific after August 1942 enlistment and January 1944 overseas. Walter O. Linsen 28 in a south Pacific anti air craft battalion. Arthur A. Lingen 23 naval aviation ordnance instructor at Norman Oklahoma. Alexander Haatin 22 aviation electrician’s mate serving again in the Pacific after eight months overseas. son in law Pvt Jack B. McDonald 25 in pre flight training in the army air corps at San Antonio after November 1944 enlistment. Linsea born in Clare, raised in Farwell. Mrs Linsea was Olive Ogden of Farwell.
The inside of a piano provides food and shelter for moths, making them hard to remove once established. To eradicate them place a muslin bag with about four ounces of paradichlorobenzene inside the piano case and seal all openings for a week. Sprays risk damaging wires unless the maker guarantees safety.
Eewin J. Anderson, chair of Michigan Office of Civilian Defense Salvage, urges saving tin from households. He says tin is critical for food and medicine containers and for war vehicles, and warns that Japan holds large tin deposits while salvage can replenish reserves.
Lake area notes include Pastor J Wyrick leading Sunday School at 11 00 a m and preaching at noon in the Lake School Building Elizabeth McCon supervises Sunday School. Local residents report visits and travels among neighbors including the Hopkins family in Frederick and multiple trips to Clark Ewart Roscommon Grand Rapids and Burt for visits and fishing.
The article states that white yellow or light green paint on ship bottoms tends to slow barnacle growth, citing Wit comhings as the source.
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