Social notes from Vernon and nearby towns mingle visits
Numerous residents and relatives from Vernon, Clare, Mt. Pleasant, Gladwin, Remus, and surrounding areas visit family and friends over a weekend. Guests include Loretta Gibbons and children, Roy Walters, Emma Pairbanks, Coleta Haring, Wilma Nowlen, and others. reunions noted at Watson near Marion with fifty attendees and annual gathering planned. Jack Thompson injured by a blow torch incident.
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Loretta Gibbons
Raymond
Mary Loretta
Detroit
Elia McFadden
W. G. Hammond
Alma
Howard
Arthur Ginn
Clare
Asher Knight
Mr. Pleasant
Dave Teale
Jack Rube
Thomas Bowen
Gladwin
Frank Bowen
Irwin Fuller
Mrs Pleasant
Warren Heiser
Raymond Pryor
Htta Howard
Coleta Haring
Wilma Nowlen
Jesse Thompson
St. Louis
Way
M's
Abner Thompson
James McDonel
Union Sunday School and Local Social News
Sunday School at 2 00 pm and preaching at 306 pm with Thursday prayer meetings at 800 pm. Rev Mrs House of Farwell Church of God spoke last Sunday. Upcoming guest Rev James Rogers from Clare and Farwell Methodist on October 6. Local families share visits, a marriage in Grand Blanc, and news of relatives in South Carolina and Pontiac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNION
Mrs. House
Farwell Church of God
James Rogers
Methodist Church of
Clare and Farwell
Merrill Coors
Alanson
Charles Sibley
Pontiac
Anna Schofield
Sibley
Lela Coors
Grand Blanc
Stanley Coors
Dan Hoover
Lansing
Guy Perry
Harrison
Gilmore
Carol Jean
Farwell
Cecil Davison
Grand Rapids
James Schofield
South Carolina
Beaver Pelts Recorded by Agent OConnor Urge Market Review
Agent Jack OConnor of the game commission sealed and recorded over two thousand beaver pelts. Traders earned about two hundred dollars per ten skins, with most pelts originating in the Susitna river drainage and additional pelts arriving from as far north as Broad Ways.
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Jack O'Connor
The
Game Commission
Susitna
War Casualty Joul Food Scarcity Runtime
Washington reports an early war casualty in Europe is food abundance as Romania bans new grain exports. The piece surveys global grain roles, noting rice remains steady while wheat corn oats and barley shift in markets, with Asia dominating production and Europe importing heavily.
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Washington
Europe
Romania
National Geographic Society
Italy
Holy Land
Egypt
Joseph
Pharaoh
Orient
Alexander
India
China
Asia
Burma
Siam
Thailand
Indo-China
United States
Canada
Australia
Great Britain
Mexico
Minnesota
Kansas
America
Africa
Baltic
Oldest Mouse Skeleton On Display In Ennis
Ennis resident Herb Justman displays a mouse skeleton claimed to be the oldest in the United States with documents proving it dates back to January 2, 1887.
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Ennis
Texas
Herb Justman
United States
Ryan Wedding Ties Ryans in St Paul Ceremony
Margaret Ryan married Shaun Ryan in St Paul Minnesota. The Very Rev Lawrence F Ryan officiated the rites with George S Ryan serving as best man. The remaining twenty five wedding party members were also Ryans.
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Ryan
Ryans St, Paul, Minn
Margaret Ryan
Shaun Ryan
Lawrence F. Ryan
George S. Ryan
Ryans
Sheep Rearing for Profits Through Breeding and Feeding
Farm article outlines how top sheep producers maximize profits via careful mating of short-legged rams, selective culling of ewe lambs for replacement, and prioritizing milk-rich feeding. It notes creep feeding for lambs and regular monthly drenching to control internal parasites as key management practices.
Frame Vegetable Plots Prove Successful for Home Gardens
Farm families facing heat and drought are using frame gardens to grow fresh vegetables. Sponsored by the Farm Security administration, these small setups use scrap lumber frames, subirrigation with improvised tiles or cans, and cloth coverings. They yield year round, reduce groceries, and boost nutrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
Brouth
Minne apolis youths buy campus observatory for telescope
Two Minneapolis youths Jim Shane and Ben Benjamin of the Minneapolis Amateur Astronomical Society bought the old laboratory building on the University of Minnesota campus for a dollar and plan to dismantle it. The structure will house their 10 inch Cassagrainian telescope after the university added a new dome.
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Aeo - Purchase Observatory
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
University
Jim Shane
Ben Benjamin
Minneapolis Amateur Astronomical Society
Shane
Fossil Gopher Turtle 30,600 Years Old on Display
The fossil of a prehistoric gopher turtle dating to about 30,600 years ago is on display at Highlands Hammock state park near Sebring Florida. The arched shell stands nearly 4 feet high and about 5 feet long. the reptile is believed to have weighed over 1,000 pounds when alive. Workmen digging a water system for the park discovered it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebring
Fla
Highlands Hammock State Park
Lake Ghurgh Services and Community Notes
WYRICK pastor leads Sunday School at 10 30 a m in the Grange Hall and preaching at 7 30 p m with Rev LW Wyrick. Cottage Prayer meetings on Tuesday evenings. Several local residents travel between Clare Big Rapids and Ludington for visits and shopping. A community outing by the Ladies Club ended with dinner in Big Rapids and a visit to Hardy Dam. A beer tavern burglary Sunday night yielded about 70 dollars.
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Lake Ghurgh
We Wyrick
Grange Hall
Wyrick
Jesus
Mrrs
Beathies
Ibberang
George Scott
Frederick
Wayne
Betty Ramey
Glare
Hartwick Pines
Houghton
Imogene
Big Rapids
Millard Scott
Tvan
Scott
Gerald Mayball
Friend
Plint
Calvin
Tryon
Hardy Dam
Sharon Springs Gains Fame Because War Enables Health Travel
War pushes Americans to discover Sharon Springs New York as a health retreat surpassing famous European springs. Mud bath treatments use lake mud from an extinct volcano crater near Naples Italy, combined with Sharon Springs water, said to aid rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Springs
N. Y
Carlsbad
Aachen
Baden-Baden
Mount Helena
Naples
Italy
Aiding Farm Migrants Review by Wallace
Secretary Wallace told the Senate civil liberties committee that federal aid targets root causes. He noted Farm Security Administration spending shows $1 directed to help migrants in California and $20 for rehabilitating needy farm families in Oklahoma Texas Kansas Arkansas and Missouri. Nationwide, nearly $486 million supported low income farm families over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Senate Civil Liberties
Farm Security Administration
California
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Arkansas
Missouri
Candling Eggs Guides Poultry Sellers to Check Freshness
Poultrymen who sell directly to households or local shops should candle eggs before sale. Even fresh, new-laid eggs can be unsuitable for food due to bloody or meat spots. On most farms candling takes only minutes daily using stove pipe and a light.
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Vernon City
Near Shepherd
Melvin Brasington
Ernest Akey
Greenville
Sarah Akey
Henrietta Smith
George Snider
Arthur Walters
Rebekah Lodge
Assembly
Addie Smith
Margaret Funnel
Vern Funnel
Remus
Eva Farney
Emma Fairbanks
Watson
Marion
Flint
Onaway
Ewatt
Meth Brown
George Bryant
Hola McDonel
Jack Thompson
Josephine Lines
Coleman
Kenneth Carty
Maude Haley
Holly
James Bensette
W. Silvernail
Carmen
Frank H. Spearman
Carmen OF the
Rancho
Old
Whispering Smith
Gunlock Ratch
Maple Grove
Joul
Barberree
Hersey
Velmmna
Sam Muir
Gert Scott
Clair Stanley
Ludington
Steve Watkins
Will McCon
Bernard Pace
Ohio
Mathew Scott
A&P’s
Sunnyfield
Dexo
IONA
RED Circle
BOKAR
Iona Peas
Sunnyfield White House
Ann Fage
Ann Page
Dole
Sultana
Iga
Calif. VI
Ndias
Wilson
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