Weekend Visit and Local Tidings at Eight Point Lake
Eight Point Lake residents recount weekend trips to Mt. Pleasant to visit Mrs. Bert Crowley and family. Art Warns of Flint bought his mother’s team for farming on his place. Mrs. Fred Sowle visited Mrs. Don Bown. Eugene Clark of the U S Navy visited his parents and friends. Hugh Harns helped Ray Clark and Lloyd Hunt thresh on Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sowle
Mt. Pleasant
Bert Crowley
Hugh Harns
Ray Clark
Lloyd Hunt
Windover Lake Community Notes Distill Local News
Mr and Mrs Perkins of Alma spent time at the lake last week. Ross Goodrich returned from a furlough to join his parents here. Mr and Mrs Donald Woolston of Saginaw visited the Weage home Sunday. Esther Harris of Harrison was home for the weekend. J J Beard attended Harrison on the Board of Supervisors last week. Mrs Roy Sobiski has sufficiently re-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Alma
Ross Goodrich
Donald Woolston
Saginaw
Weage
Esther Harris
Harrison
J. J. Beard
Board of Supervisors
Roy ‘Sobiski
A. Billgren
Pontiac
W. Hanson
Local Residents Move Between Hospitals and Homes
The report notes a patient moved from Gad illac hospital to a convalescent home in Marion after surgery. Mrs. Virgil Blackledge and Mrs. Martindale visit, while Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich called in Cadillac. Bob Benchley spent time at his sister’s home near Lansing. Lois Gould of Coldwater and Clara McGarry of Plymouth visit Mrs. Paul Weage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadillac Hospital
Marion
Virgil Blackledge
Weage
Martindale
Fifelake
Goodrich
Cadillac
Bob Benchley
Lansing
Lois Gould
Coldwater
Clara McGarry
Plymouth
Paul Weage
Lake George Resort Lake George Baptist Church Updates
Rev E E Redman leads Lake George Resort Lake George Baptist Church with Sunday School at 2 PM and Sunday preaching at 3 PM. A Friday Young People meeting plans a town hall sing or inspirational event. Community members visit cottages and welcome guests while local families share news and condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake George Resort Lake. George
Baptist Church
E. E. Redman
Willits Richardson
Lake George
Local notes from Clare area include visits and hospital news
Mrs. Lyman Stittsworth underwent an operation at Clare hospital after Sunday illness. Clare visitors included Lyman Stittsworth and children Dorris Annabelle Billy Sears Bongard Honeycutt and Abbott family members. Pic Stanley Hergenroeder is on furlough. Northern lights observed October 14. The Red Cross meets Thursdays at 1 PM at the community building.
Service members listed with new postings and furlough details
In service notes Corporal Theodore A Bergey has a new address at Fort Knox Kentucky. Private Robert Gable spends furlough with family in Winterfield township and Marion. Cadet Mid'n Worden Parsell's new address is Cleveland Hall Kings Point Long Island New York.
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Theodore A. Bergey
Co. A
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Robert Gable
Gable
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Winterfield Township
Marion
Mid’n Worden Parsell
Mid’ Worden Parsell
Cleveland Hall
U.S.M
Mla
Kings Point
Long Island
New York
Navy officer and family visit from Pueblo at Jacksonville home
William R. Teale SK 2/c U.S.N.R.S. AW-14 Detail 1453 Morse St Jacksonville Florida has a new address. Capt. F. M. Probst and Mrs. Probst of Pueblo Colorado visited over the weekend at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. J OG Rosendahl. Capt. Probst is stationed at Pueblo Army Air Base.
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William R. Teale
U.S.N.R.S
Morse St
Jacksonville
Florida
F. M. Probst
Pueblo
Colorado
J. OG. Rosendahl
Probst
Pueblo Army Air Base
Navy Seaman Eugene J Swain Enters Service
Eugene J Swain AS entered Navy service on Wednesday October 11. He lives on Route Four Clare with his wife three children and his parents. His address is Eugene J Swain AS Co No 1953 U S N T C Great Lakes Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene J. Swain
Eugene
Navy
Route
Clare
U.S.N.T.C
Great Lakes
Ill
Charles A. Jackson Jr. Enters Naval Training at Great Lakes
Charles A. Jackson Jr., 25, of Clare begins initial indoctrination at the U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. He will undergo seamanship drill and naval procedures instruction. Aptitude tests will decide assignment to a Naval Service School or sea duty. Upon completion he will receive leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Jackson
Charles A. Jackson, Jr
West 7Th St. Clare
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Illinois
Naval Service School
Navy trainee James N. Brooks is honor man at Great Lakes
James N. Brooks 24 of 219 Mar shell St Lansing graduated from basic indoctrination October 3 as honor man of his company at U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Il He won election among Bluejackets for aptitude and progress and is set to attend Yeoman school He is a Farwell High School 1936 and Acme Business College Lansing 1938 graduate and formerly worked for Fisher Body Corp before service.
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James N. Brooks
Marshell St
Lansing
United States Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Lake, Michigan
James
Bluejackets
Yeoman School
Farweil’ High School
Acme Business College
Fisher Body Corporation
Serviced
American Inventions From Abroad Shape Domestic Industry
In the United States many innovations origin abroad have defined national industry, including 100 octane gasoline, air nitrogen extraction, tungsten carbide, magnesium production methods, and sulfa drug development.
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U. S
Brittany Ports Targeted as New War Supply Lifelines
The Brittany coast with Brest as a prime prize is described as a rich wartime stronghold with major embarkation facilities. St Nazaire and Nantes offer docks, rail links, and industrial capacity. St Malo and other Channel ports provide Atlantic access. The piece notes Brest and nearby towns’ historic roles and Breton seafaring traditions.
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Washington
Brittany
Brest
Associated Press
United States
T. Nazaire
France
Hamburg
Richelieu
Annapolis
St. Nazaire
Nantes
Orleans
Ouesterat
Oinan
St. Drieuc
Morlaix
Roscoff
Jacques Cartier
Canada
St. Malo
Bay of Biscay
Iceland
Newfoundland
England
80 Percent of Wounded Restored to Duty in England
The U S Army Rehabilitation Center in England reports that 75 to 80 percent of American soldiers wounded in France are being restored to full combat duty and another 10 to 15 percent to limited duty. Col Rex Diveley, orthopedic consultant, says the rehab program links convalescence to active duty and cuts manpower days lost by 20 to 35 percent. The program combines physical training, games, remedial gym work, physical therapy, and a refresher in military training.
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U. S. Army Rehabilitation Center
England
France
Rex Diveley
United States Army Medical Corps
Diveley
Soldier Invents Gadget For Deadlier Grenade
Tech Sergeant J. B. May of Dallas Texas a Second Infantry division member in France perfected a device built from a GI spoon and aluminum from a mess kit. It is said to increase grenade launcher accuracy and timing by exploding just over enemy heads.
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London
Tech
Set. J. BR. May
Dallas
Texas
France
Four Languages Spoken By Lawyers in Mexico
In Mexico City delegates from the Inter-American Bar Association spoke to the Mexican congress using four languages. Haiti’s Dr. Pierre Liattaud delivered French remarks while Phanor J. Eder born in Venezuela spoke English. Edward Theiler of Brazil spoke Portuguese and Manuel Cisneros of Peru contributed as well.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Voice of the Americas
Bar Association
Pierré Liattaud
Haiti
Phanor J, Eder
Venezuela
New Yorker
Edward Theiler
Brazil
Maiuel Cisneros
Peru
Hi. An. Spa
Watering Cows More Often Boosts Milk and Butterfat
Iowa State College tests show cows with access to regular water rather than twice daily yield about 3.5 percent more milk and 10.7 percent more butterfat. Water temperature mattered less than air temperature, and warmer weather increased intake.
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Iowa State College
Milkweed In War Effort Moves From Pest To Asset
Milkweed, once a farm pest, is hailed for wartime uses including oil from seeds, natural rubber from leaves in Canada, and floss as a kapok substitute for life vests. Early September pods should be picked as seeds brown. Farmers, Boy Scouts, and war workers are urged to gather floss for navy needs. Postwar, a dehydrated egg package may replace two dozen eggs in space.
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Canada
Navy
War Departments
Agricultural Facts From The War Era
A wartime note explains that a soldier needs 40 times as much wool as a civilian and 26 sheep supply that annual amount. It also states fifteen ounces of snap beans are required to produce nineteen ounces of canned weight. A full year's food comes from 155 acres to feed a bomber-building crew for the time needed to construct one bomber.
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Undertakers
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Esther Curless
State Line
Esther
Ned
Brewing Industry Foundation
Bryan Miller
Jackie
The
R. B. Howards
Michigan
FOP
Nantés
Agriculture
Clare County
Jack Benny
Africa
Gary Cooper
South Seas
U.S.C
U.S.O
Clare County United War Fund
National War Fund
Clare County Boy Scouts
Clare County Girl Scouts
Clare County Salvation Army
Clare Community Fund
Citizens State Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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