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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1943
Page
3
Thousands in training and several score already at work indicate spring status of Michigan's farm volunteers recruited to aid wartime production. Husking corn planting onions lifting nursery stock have been reported to G. B. Dibble, MSU specialist on leave and assistant state supervisor of farm youth labor. Designations of types of volunteers.
Dibble describes volunteer organization for summer and school year work with pay scales. Kalamazoo County proposes 30 cents per hour for day work for inexperienced workers or 30 dollars a month with board and lodging, with raises as skills grow. Training in 625 high schools emphasizes group spirit and farm wartime production. Detroit area programs involve about 3,000 trainees, with county agents assessing farmer needs for summer help.
Michigan State College crop experts forecast stronger net returns from sugar beets in 1948. An eight to 18 ton per acre crop could net $63 to $166 an acre after labor, with new segmented seed cutting hand-work costs by about 25 percent and promising no yield loss.
Michigan poultry reports show March layer numbers near 1942 levels while overall egg production jumps 138 percent. Commercial producers see slight declines in birds and per bird yield, but farmers keeping hens raise total output to a record 644 billion eggs as meat rationing boosts demand for eggs and hatching stock.
National figures indicate higher hatchery activity with eggs set and chicks hatched rising year over year. Michigan reports 8,350,000 chicks hatched in March and 14,019,000 eggs set, while a 32 million increase in chicks hatched compares to 1942. Turkey hatcheries say they are sold out for the season.
Inspect and repair corn planters to ensure even kernel distribution and uniform depth. Check frame, wheels, gears, bearings, and valves. measure furrow opener height. adjust neck yoke straps. test seed drop by counting kernels from each hopper after wheel rotation. use instruction hooks to aid adjustments.
WKAR Michigan State College 870 KC 5000 watts airs a program on prevention and control in diseases of farm animals. Livestock farmers receive health tips from animal pathologists as wartime farming measures. Listings for May 7 to May 10 include News Markets War Board Post War Issues Farm Questions Homemakers Music Rural School Music and The Victory Gardener.
A mother sorrowful yet hopeful sees her voice fade with age yet regain strength when her sons return from sea. Her hair shines like a halo in the sun as tired children run to her arms. Her dim eyes brightening with joy as marching boys enter, lifting her spirits and filling the home with light.
The article traces Mother's Day as a universal tribute observed by Protestants Catholics and Jews. It notes the U S observance beginning May 10 1913 and links the tradition to Mothering Sunday in Britain with visits to mothers and services. It mentions historical gifts such as simmel cake and batter pudding.
Tuesday May 11 includes Farm state i 5:30 p m Farm state i 6:30 p m M S G in Wartime Parent Teachers State Agricultural Department Animal Diseases Geography in the News Wednesday May 12 Our Children Go to School Farm Service Hour Michigan Department of Health They Dared to Live The listings show times and topics across two days for farm state M S G health and education topics with several sessions.
Two V Mail letters from servicemen describe life in England and Australia. Raymond B. Calkins, S/Sgt in the 863rd Chemical Co., writes of family updates, defense bonds, Air Corps passes, and a springlike English day, while Gordon I. Smith in Australia notes summer heat, left-hand driving, high houses on stilts, and hopes to hear from home.
Ronelle Edwards, 71, of South Paris Maine, has spent 50 years at the same mill sawing wood. He estimates he has cut about 31 million feet of lumber during that time.
A New Orleans newspaper published a city map highlighting unusually bad spots in population streets causing heavy tire wear. Side streets show the worst wear, costing motorists hundreds of pounds in rubber.
A Miss Wiggins message urges seniors and underclassmen to plan beyond war time, stressing personal effort and leadership, with girls and boys encouraged to prepare for college, trades, or service. Intramural softball results show Sophomores upset Juniors and Seniors beat Freshmen twelve to five.
The boys spent the week on rope climbs and balcony work then outdoors in sunshine playing. Some were excused from chinning but most completed eighteen chins. Push-ups increased to twenty four with some exceeding it. They face tougher drills ahead including thirty five push-ups, 800 yard run in 45 seconds, 75 yards in 20 seconds, and a four mile march with full pack in 50 minutes.
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