Clare Chronicle Driftwood From May Week Notes
Local columns cover rail and bus timetables, church notices, weddings and births, travel to Flint and Toledo, a Knights of Columbus convention in Cheboygan, and community visits. Clerical updates include Rev. Diddier’s pulpit duties and school faculty changes with gift and home updates for residents in Clare and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hillwanger
Clare Redman
Alma
Clare Friends
Clare Baptist Church
Orin Beebe
Katkagka
Albert Dawe
Flint
Josephine Long
James Bicknell
St. Petersburg
Florida
Sarah Burch
Tth Street
D. W. Osborn
James F. Tatman
Harry T. Walsh
Margaret Jane
Owosso
Mary Shilling
Louis Nichols
Toledo
Frank Holmes
Victor Pickham
Pittsburg
Ralph Diddier
Lansing
Diddier
Dover Tabernacle
Aline Andrus
Baltimore
Detroit
Clare
Lee Alexander
Texas
Andrus
J. F. Tatman
Cheboygan
Straits of Mackinac
Knights of Columbus
Four Great Record Smashers in 500 Mile Race May 30
The piece previews the famed Race Classic May 30 with four record smashers poised to challenge for a $100000 prize. It traces historic speed marks from Pete DePaolo to Louis Meyer and Wild Bill Cummings, noting Firestone tire tech as key to confidence and safety in the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Meyer
Wild Bill’? Cummings
Firestone
Central State Teachers College Notes and Ramblers Bus Tour Plans
Florence Graham and Rosebush freshmen at Central State Teachers College join the Art Institute of Chicago group with 22a lege. Nathaniel Nichols, Farwell junior, elected president of the Men’s Union unopposed. Eighteen Michigan educators plan a seven week 7500 mile Ramblers tour through 17 states to San Diego at under $75 per person. The trip visits Taos Death Valley Yosemite Lake Tahoe Yellowstone and Calexico Mexicala Tir Juana with a Spirit of Progress bus. Budget allocates 50 for travel and food 25 for personal expenses. duties include cook, wash dishes, and beach cleanup.
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Michigan
San Diego
California
Appleblossom Club
Central State Teachers College
Ramblers
Cliff Dwelllers
Taos
New Mexico
Death Valley
Yosemite Valley
Imperial Valley
Lake Tahoe
Yellowstone Park
Spirit of Progress
Eluby Bus
Old México
Calexico
Mexicala
Tir Juana
Local Notes On Farms And Visits In The Davis Area
Neighbors share farm activity with Mr. Bissett arranging crops on Kelly Turner’s farm. Miss Roselle Robinett visits Coleman, staying with B. J. Allen. Mrs. Dewitt from Saginaw attends to farm business. Glen Blystone and Ruth guest at Ladies Aid hosted by Mrs. Jim Gregg. Dr. Wood at Clare General performs operation on Mrs. Lottie Robinett. she rests well. Frosts reach ice point several nights. Donald Rosenfield visits Milo Robinett in West Grant. Richard Bissett hosts measles. J L Wood and Orin and Jess Cosier from Battle Creek spend night with Glen Gordon family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Willa Pierson
Mt. Pleasant
Kenneth Barnes
Nora J. Barnes
Saginaw
Woodward Motor Sales
Rea Motor
W. C. Cornwell
Stuart Bicknell
Jimmie
Marion Horton
A. H. Horton
Berkley
Harl Prang
Little Son
Sandusky
A. Irving
Wilbur Lower
Marl Smith
Gladwin
John Brockhart
Marwin Cadwell
Maude Grant
Ruby Hoar
Dr. Brown
Levering
Methodist Parsonage
C. H. Sutherland, Jr
Jack
Millie Reeder
Detroit
Clare
Percy V. Dawe
Lansing
Albert Dawe
Percy
Coleman
Treston L. Bonhan
Gilbert Howard
John Schultz
Geo. Baker
W. J. Bernier
Broomfield Township
Clare County General Hospital
Clare Public School
Sentinel
CCC
Bissett
Davis Place
Kelly Turner
Roselle Robinett
B. J. Allen
Dewitt
Glen Blystone
Ruth
Jim Gregg
Wood
Clare General Hospital
Lottie Robinett
Donald Rosenfield
Milo Robinett
West Grant
Richard Bissett
J. L. Wood
Orin and
Jess Cosier
Battle Creel
Glen Gordon
California's King's Highway El Camino Real Story
A Detroit News writer notes California features thousands of miles of paved roads but highlights El Camino Real or the King's Highway as the most traveled. The article recalls the road's history from San Diego to San Francisco, first explored by Spanish padres traveling on foot in missions spaced a day's journey apart to aid each other in case of attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Detroit News
el Camino Real
San Diego
San Francisco
Durum Wheat Supply and Seed Conservation Drive Plans
The article describes durum wheat supply concerns in the United States, noting a 85 year production milestone and a current shortage prompting imports from Canada. It cites Kubanka and Mindwin as top varieties, seed conservation efforts by the seed stocks committee, and guidance from the 1985 Agriculture Outlook urging expanded durum planting to meet domestic needs while avoiding world price influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Wnda Service
United States
Canada
Russia
Mark Alfred Carleton
Kubanka
Mindwin
Grouth
Congress
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Vitamin D Elements in Most All Winter Foods
In Finland the short summer limits green forage for dairy cattle so butter exports fell as other European countries with longer summers produced yellower butter. Scientists developed vitamized oil to place yellow into Finnish butter and revive exports. Other nations conserve vitamin D in winter forage. yellow foods like oranges carrots yolk and sweet potatoes provide strong vitamin D sources.
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Finland
Crop control goes global as farmers curb acreage worldwide
Pathfinder Magazine reports American farmers signing up to reduce cotton corn or wheat acreage and pig production are joined by farmers worldwide. Foreign observers note the US adjustment programs opened the path and many nations now follow, extending agricultural regulation beyond the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathfinder Magazine
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
United States
Agricultural notes on livestock and crops from across regions
The notes report mule costs at 125 dollars in Louisiana using oxen for farming. Chile plans a fund to fight fruit diseases and pests while Wisconsin offers fur farming courses. Maryland promotes sweet potatoes and Argentina sets minimum prices for wheat corn and flaxseed. England and irrigation guidelines emphasize at least one inch of water per acre weekly. Ohio losses in 1984 include 220000 barberry bushes destroyed on 1881 properties. Rickets in swine linked to indoor housing and lack of alfalfa or clover hay.
Franklin P O Official and Early Hire by Britain
The article notes Benjamin Franklin served as the United States first postmaster general and was employed in a hire capacity by Britain before the Declaration of Independence. It adds topsoil formation requires 2,800 years for seven inches and cites Tit Bits Magazine about an ancient advertisement from 600 years BCE by a South Italian potter Panteleos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Service
Soil Erosion Service
Department of Agriculture
Christ
Tit Bits Magazine
Spcris
Italy
Dredging Panama Canal Keeps Channel Clear
Constant dredging during canal closure hours maintains a clear nine mile Gaillard cut channel through the Panama Canal to ensure unobstructed navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Gaillard
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Central Standard
Ann Arbor
South
Pere Marquette
West
A. M. Basta
Doherty
Midland
Clare Elevator Company
Gus Marotzke
Cottonpickers Orchestra
Coldwater Lake
Pete DePaolo
Fred Frame
Low Meyer
Bill Cummings
Peter
Depagio
Wii. Gardiner
George Bullen
Serecant-At-Arms
H. M. Barnes
Mabel Fortin
Bessie Henderson
Archie Bissell
Ludington
Dorothy
Williamston
Florence Parish
Orville Bates
Sheridan Township
Orville Lyle
Lila ‘Sutherland
Kennetha Lou Barnes
Ideal Theatre
Barnes Cafe
Kennetha Lou
R. D. Calkins
Central
M. L. Smith
Rural Education
Roy Asiala
Kaleva
Boone
Wayne Woodby
Vestaburg
Keith Forbush
Homne
Frederic
Harrison
Arnold Dietzel
Petoskey
Viola Jo Kreiner
Brown City
Ashland College
Grant
Lawrence Haenke
Blanchard
Winn
Stanley Bare
Ithaca
Frank Vincent
Central ST
Teachers College
Florence Graham
Rosebush
Central State Teachers Colent Art Institute
Chicago
22Alege
Pleasant
Nathaniel Nichols
Men’s Union
Mr. Nichols
Farwell
Louisiana
Chile
The
University of Wisconsin
Maryland
England
Argentina
Ohio
Clare Drug CO
TSR
Es Aye
Keyko Oleo
Peaches
Iowa
Ketchup, Ann Page
Ajax
Circle City
Sunnyfield Flour
A & P Food Stores
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