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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1955
Page
2
Boy Scout Troop 129 met Friday night at 8:30 at Assistant Scoutmaster Wendell Hoover home. They completed a benches project and plan a May 14 15 16 trip to Camp Rotary for an Imix and Fix program including latrines water pipes beds boats and mess hall cleaning. New member Joe Manley joined the troop.
A farewell party held on April 27 honored Marjorie Kotesky. Twenty guests attended along with her mother Frances Kotesky. The event included games and a roast. The Koteskys moved to Clare shortly after.
The article notes Chantel Chadwick planning a summer attempt from France to England after years of training. It recalls her 1953 records in multiple channel swims and mentions former heavyweight Clarence Henry pleading guilty to offering a fighter $15,000 to throw a bout.
Lake George volunteer fire department and the Department of Conservation of Harrison will host an equipment demonstration at the fire hall Thursday evening May 12. All interested are urged to attend. Weather permitting, the event will showcase fire fighting gear and apparatus.
A garbled text fragment mentions teeth, dentistry, and place names like Apheacia. It references false teeth, imagery of fields, and a disrupted quotation about dental plates and a counter.
The circuit court trial of W. G. Chpigy Mikiay't, Indiana resident, was postponed at least 40 days with no definite future date. Cuppy was arrested in Cass county in January for violating the Michigan ice fishing ban. convicted in justice court and appealed, his move aimed at testing the ban in Michigan courts and has angered numerous Indiana outdoorsmen.
Forest tent caterpillars are reported hatching in the Alpena area. Entomologist Richard Fox says outbreaks may spread to northern regions but DDT spray plans near resorts or homes should start within two weeks. Spraying reduces the nuisance but little impact on total population as parasites are already diminishing outbreaks. Major defoliation expected near Grand Lake Alpena county and elsewhere in the northeast lower peninsula and upper peninsula towns Escanaba and Iron Mountain.
Conservation officials discuss trenching and diversion tile work in Isabella County farms. Submarginal land may become cropland with careful rotation, pasture plans, and lime requirements. A wattage of fertilizer impact is noted on Wise Township wheat, with survey stakes misaligned by inches.
Fifty four acre parcels and 514 platted lots will be auctioned in three public sales. The first sale is slated May 34 at the Courthouse in Baldivia with lands in Manistee Mecosta News aygo Oceana Osceola Wexford and Lake counties. A second sale will be held May 26 at the Roscommon courthouse covering Alcona Alpena Crawford Midland Montmorency Ogemaw Osceola and Roscommon counties. The final sale is planned at Traverse City courthouse for Antrim Betizie Charlevoix and other counties.
Counties Cheboygan Emnist Kalkaska Leelanau and Grand Traverse will be offered. All sales will start at 10 a.m. BST. Further information about the sales may be obtained by writing the Conservation Department's lands division in Lansing.
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