Dress to suit your figure type in home extension lesson
Isabella County Home Economics Extension groups plan a lesson on dressing to suit figure type led by Florence Rann and Ruth Melinay on November 19 and 22 at Keeler Union. The program covers figure analysis, line illusion, and pattern design with demonstrations and notes on zippers hems and sleeves.
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Isabella County
Florence
Rann
Michigan
State ‘College
Ruth Melinay
Miss Rann
Ruth
Melinay
Keeler Union
Les Gon
Carpet Beetle Trouble Prompts Vacuum and DDT Advice
Extension Entomologist Ray Jones of Michigan State urges thorough carpet cleaning to deter beetles. Vacuum under heavy furniture and in tight spots, especially with wall to wall carpet. Apply DDT around edges and clean grease stains on tags to prevent attraction.
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Ray Jones
Michigan State
Brake Service Ad Promotes Marble Auto Collision Repair
Specialized service at Marble Auto Collision Service highlights brake inspection with a slogan about safety. Contact phone 260-W for details on brake care and potential savings.
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Marble Auto Collision Service
Council Manager Plan Adoption and Abandonment Discussed
Prof Arthur Bromage of the University of Michigan analyzes why communities abandon the council manager system in a National Municipal League booklet. He notes that mixing political and administrative power and weak citizen engagement contribute to failures, urging citizen groups to nominate and support capable leaders.
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United States
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Canada
Arthur
Bromage
University of Michigan
National Municipal League
Profésy
Winter Protection Tips for Evergreens and Shrubs
Michigan State extension expert Bill Love urges homeowners to shield evergreens and shrubs this winter. Use mulch around bases with leaves or straw, tie limbs to prevent breakage, burlap exposed to wind shields, and rake snow off heavy branches to reduce weight. Keep plants away from drip lines and water during freezes to prevent damage.
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Bill Love
Michigan State
Love
Department Store Deploys Hidden TV Eye to Fight Theft
Department store detectives employ a concealed television camera as a new private eye in the war on shoplifting. The device has shown strong performance in tests.
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Eetectives
Livestock Exposition to Feature New sire Progeny Display
The 55th Annual International Live Stock Exposition runs November 26 to December 4 at the Chicago Stock Yards Amphitheatre. A new 4 percent acre addition will host a sire progeny display organized by Texas Tech, Texas A&M, and the U S Department of Agriculture to show rate of gain differences among purebred sires. The King Ranch Santa Gertrudis herd from Kingsville, Texas will be shown for the first time. Officials expect record livestock entries and a top cash prize pool of $100000 as in 1953 CAR.
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Chicago Stock Yards
Texas’ Technological College
Texas A. and M. College
United States Department of Agriculture
King Ranch
Kingsville
Texas
Chicago
States
Canada
Census 50 Percent Completed in Michigan County Areas
The 1954 Census of Agriculture is about half finished in 36 counties under the Lidington field office in Michigan. Field Supervisor Hans C. Rasmussen notes good farmer cooperation and aims to finish by December 1, 1954. He says prompt farmer questionnaire completion reduces final costs and speeds result publication. Farmers not yet interviewed are urged to complete the questionnaire.
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Lidington
Michigan
Hans C. Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Land Grant College Meet at Washington Week
Seven Michigan State College officials and faculty join the 88th Annual Meeting of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities in Washington this week starting November 14. Included are President John A. Hannah and executives such as Stanley Andrews, Dr. Thomas H. Osgood, Dr. Marie Dye, Dr. Durward B. Warner, Arthur W. Farrall, and Vernon C. Larson.
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Michigan State College
Association of Land- Grant Colleges and Universities
Washington
John A. Hannah
Stanley Andrews
National Project In Agricultural Communication
Thomas H. Osgood
Graduate Studies
Marie Dye
School of Home Economics
Durward B. Warner
School of Wericiwre
Arthur W. Farral
Village Notes of Owosso and Nearby Visits
Temple residents hosted and visitors called during the first week of November. Families including Burns, Henry, Prudden, Bristol, Shoemaker, and Welch were part of dinners, visits, and hunting trips around Owosso and Flint while new residents moved into the Nazarene Parsonage and Rev. Street's family settled in Kingsley vicinity.
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Bill Henry
Flint
Bus Johnson
Round Table
Nazarene Parsonage
Charles Street
Kingsley
Archie Fraser
Frank Schram
Michigan to regulate Christmas tree and evergreen bough sales
Michigan will tighten controls on selling Christmas trees and evergreen boughs in a move tied to a $5 million annual U S business. The Department of Agriculture will set highway checks to enforce plant industry laws, require bills of sale, and inspect shipments to ensure legal cutting and proper ownership.
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Michigan
Michigan Department of Agriculture
C. A.boyer
Bureau of Plant Industry
Ypo
Boyer
Agricultural Department
Cass
Jansing
Department
Michigan Veterinary Exam Policy Eases North American School Rule
The Michigan Advisory Veterinary Examining Board and the Department of Agriculture adopted a new policy relaxing the strict requirement that applicants must be graduates of 18 approved North American veterinary schools. Now foreign graduates may be considered individually for eligibility after an application to state veterinarian Dr. Le Davisson in Lansing. The change addresses wartime disruptions and verifies each candidate’s fitness before allowing the state examination.
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Michigan
Michigan Advisory Veterinary Examining Board
Lansing
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Lée Davisson
Europe
United States
Canada
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