Weekend Guests and Travel Notes Across Local Towns
Numerous residents from Lansing, Alma, Rosebush, Mt. Pleasant and beyond hosted relatives and friends this weekend. Visitors included Betty Green, Donna Calkins, Esther Archambault, George and members of the White and Archbold families, and many others sharing visits in Marshall, Bay City, Saginaw, Detroit, and Flint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Green
Lansing
J. J. Green
Donna Calkins
Albert Reed
Herrick
Esther Archambault
John House
Rosebush
George White
Don McDonald
Alma
Dale Arter
Temple
Harve Erter
Doris
W. J. Voisin
Ray Archbold
William Bailey
BR. D. Smalley
Marshall
Bourke Lodewky
Bay City
L. E. Davy
Lewis Calkins
Lorraine Sherwood
Grand Rapids
Donald Calkins
Orrin Shaw
Lulu Shaw
Lake
Donald Gillis
Larry
Melvindale
James Lansing
EH. A. White
Robert Owens
Milo Myers
Mike Archambault
Detroit
Robert Archambault
Vernon
Andrew Smith
Owosso
Clayton Willard
Cyril Farmer
Smith
Stuart Hay
Clarence Hay
Saginaw
Percy Stough
Jonesville
Helen Jones
Mt. Pleasant
Doreen Rulapaugh
Harry Palmer
Flint
M. A. Doherty
Walter Maxwell
Lytle
Albert Myers
Harold Louch
Norris Blystone
Henry Kinsel
Saginan
E. A. White
John Keschman
L. BE. Davy
Lloyd Farrell
Marge
Harvesrter
Frank Hachmuth
Robert Matchett
Carol
Joan Marshall
M. D. Feighner
Alex McKinnon
Ralph Evert
Arthur D. Johnson
Chester Thayer
Will Hendrie
Alvena
Raymond Thayer
West Branch
Carl Chaplin
Carla Mae
Sterling
Roy Harter
Melvin Brasington
Anthony
Florida
Tampa
Ladies Union of the
Congregational Church
Dawe
Edward Bowler
Ralph Parker
Ellis Bowler
Durand
William Bowler
Frances Haines
Pat
Pontiac
E. P. Lovett
Earl Tupper
Big Rapids
Blanchard, Edmore
McBride
T. Carl Holbrook
Tommy
Carl, Jr
Grand Ledge
Harold Poulson
C. L. Poulson
T. C. Holbrook
Charles Whitlock
Edgar Spencer
Laura
Frank Caul
Andy
Mary
Greenwood
Florence Green
Hatton
Nancy Teale
D. Harvey
Phil Goudie
Trenton
Eva Monday
Soil Fertility Vital to U S War Against Depletion
Professor J C Chapman argues soil depletion threatens national defense as farms lose fertility faster than they replace it. He notes farmers are adopting lime, fertilizers, and soil management to restore productivity, with momentum from federal support, AAA, state colleges, and farmer organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Chapman
Department of Agronomy
University of Isconsin
American Agriculture
AAA
Capons Need Special Care Before Marketing
Capons destined for market should receive a regular growing ration with plenty of whole grain, preferably barley fed hop per fed. Maintain clean quarters and range, avoid close confinement, and provide a weather protected open field. In the final weeks, feed a wet mash twice daily with growing mash and milk or milk soaked grain. Timely worm control is essential to prevent poor weight gain.
Pine Needle Mulch Reforests Eroded Fields in Georgia
At the Southern Piedmont Soil Conservation Experiment Station in Athens Georgia researchers mulched four clay gall plots with 800 pounds of pine needle litter from nearby woods to seed eroded areas. In five months a healthy mixed vegetation grew including over 1600 shortleaf seedlings averaging two per pound of mulch. The study will track survival and height over several years to judge the method's effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Piedmont Soil Conservation Experiment Station
Athens
Farm Notes From Ancient Egypt And 1940 Wheat Loans
Onions and garlic were common in the diet of the ancient Egyptians. A total of 432,369 loans were made on stored wheat during 1940 by the Commodity Credit corporation. Oats, straw, corn staver, bean pods, and the poorer grades of hay may provide most of the roughage for the idle horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commodity Credit Corporation
Paris Opera House Grand Staircase Sparks Debate
A lively exchange questions a tenor’s introduction to the Paris Opera Director. The speaker notes the Opera House staircase rises 150 feet in marble, calling the scene a dramatic architectural marvel and joking about removing the tenor by the stairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Opera
Paris
Opera House
Teetotalers’ Whisky Dilemma Tale
MacGregor and MacPherson vow sobriety but keep one bottle for illness. After three days MacPherson breaks, confessing illness, only to learn MacGregor was sick all day prior. A brief, humorous exchange from shared bet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
MacPherson
Telephone Quarrel Sparks Witty Advice
A witty remark about arguing with a wife over the telephone suggests the only time to quarrel is when you can cut off the call before she gets in the last word. The line reflects humorous domestic squabbles in a bygone era.
Plum Tart Confession at Dinner
A dining scene features a restaurant proprietor asking a patron about dessert. The guest complains the dessert tasted like glue and paste. The proprietor reveals the plum tart was served, contrasting with the lemon pie that also tasted off.
First Legal Aid Society founded in New York
The first legal aid society in the United States was incorporated on March 8 1876 in New York by lawyers and laymen concerned about German immigrant frauds and impositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Legal Aid Society
United States
New York
Shayler Couple Welcome Son Charles in Grand Rapides
Mr and Mrs George Shayler of Grand Rapides rejoice at the birth of a son weighing six pounds born April 29 to be named Charles Alethia Calkins of Herrick known to Clare friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shayler
Grand Rapides
Charles
Helium Goes From Mystery to Low-Cost Market Gas
Helium, long known to exist on the sun and valued at 2500 dollars per cubic foot, is now produced for under 10 cents per cubic foot. Its buoyant nonexplosive qualities aid airships divers and asthma sufferers, while improving weather study. George's Market opened evenings and Sundays at 118 East 4th Street in Clare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George’s Market
East 4Th Street
Clare
Phore
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William Hildebrandt
J. H. Seeley
BR Sheldon
Julia Derby
C. BE. Jones
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Marlin Divert
Bryan
Ohio
Almira Stoy
Frank Dalton
Clyde Stoy
Helen Grice
Eva Nehls
Clifford Richmond
Arthur Richmond
Coleman
Herbert Pahlin
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Claude Turner
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McClure
Gladwin Agricultural School
Vera Smith
North Bradley
M. R. Howlett
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H. M. Lowle
Lee Lyman
Barbara
B. L. Fisher
Dearborn
Lincoln Park
H. L. Cleveland
Bernie
Wilme June
Ella
Ardeth
Ruth
Kalamazoo
Ernie
Loretta Harrold
Florence Field
Mary Lytle
Gertrude
Harry Nowlen
General Hospital
Nowlen
Anna Johnson
Will Lowrey
Farwell
Dale Rulapaugh
Maple Grove
Arthur Bradley
Gettysburg
Washington, D. C
Skyline Drive
Cumberland Mountains
Point Lookout
Ralph Stevens
Maxine
Joanne Voige
Douglas Smith
Tommie
Johanna
Kenneth Marshall
Russell Dart
Vernell
Holland
Tulip Farms
R. G. Voige
Chicago
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Ruth Gardner
Ralph St. Clair
Williamston
Robert Ryan
Ryan
George Sutphen
Dale
Waterford
Gertrude Coffron
ART Damoth Agy
Clare Insurance Agy
Clare Realty CO
Clare, Michigan
Wesall Fixe Insurance
Hartford
Clarified Bakery
U.S
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North Star Grocery Company
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