Olympic diver Pat McCormick joins 1952 squad and others
Mrs Pat McCormick 26 of Los Angeles earns a spot on the 8 Olympic swim team with victories in 3 meter springboard and 10 meter platform. Pat was a 1952 Olympic squad member. Jerry Reichow, Iowa quarterback now with the Detroit Lions, played college all stars vs the Browns. Babe Ruth would have cheered Mantle for 60 homers in 1956 if alive. Ruth’s records remain famed, a Hall of Fame legend. The Garden Stakes at Camden N Y is expected to offer nearly 290000 in purses for two year olds.
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Pat McCormick
Los Angeles
Pat
Jerry Reichow
Iowa
Detroit Lions
Al-Stars
Cleveland Browns
Babe Ruth
Mickey Mantle
Babe
Yeplén
Ruth
Pate Ruth
Camden
WN. F
Ifield
Booster Turkey Planting Expansion Planned This Fall
About 200 turkeys fourteen weeks old will be released by Conservation Department game biologists in three northern areas. Replantings target Lake Newaygo area to reinforce last year’s plantings and will extend northwest of West Branch Ogeman County and Houghton Lake state forest in northwest Clare County. Females hatched from eggs sourced in Pennsylvania earlier this year.
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Uled
Conservation Department
Lake-Newaygo County
West Branch
Ogeman County
Houghton Lake State Forest
Clare County
Pennsylvania
Great Lakes Fisheries Commission Formed For Lamprey Control
The six member Great Lakes Fisheries Commission will hold its first annual meeting in Ann Arbor in late November and has been allotted about 1 million dollars to begin work. The U S government provides over 600 thousand dollars and Canada about 300 thousand dollars, reflecting the two nations’ share of Great Lakes waters. The commission will use research from both nations and pursue electrical barrier defenses and selective poisons to curb sea lampreys, with 97 electrical weirs now operating on Lakes Superior Michigan and Huron and plans to extend barriers to all spawning rivers by 1960.
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Great ‘Lakes
International Board
Ann Arbor
U.S
James W. Moffett
Commission
Moffett
Lakes Superior
Michigan
Huron
Great Lakes
Study of Michigan herbicide spraying program planned
Forest ers, game biologists, chemists and others will study Michigan herbicide spraying next month. An inspection tour of sprayed areas near Houghton Lake and Sag inaw Bay is slated September 11 to 13, sponsored by the Conservation Department the U S Forest Service and the chemical industry. Representatives from Minnesota Wisconsin Ohio Ontario and other out state points are expected. The tour starts at Saginaw focusing on wildlife aspects of spraying in southern Michigan with ground and aerial foliage treatment examples for waterfowl habitat. Further information from the Conservation Department game division Lansing 26.
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Michigan
Houghton Lake
Saginaw Bay
The
Conservation Department
U. S. Forest Service
Chemical Industry
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ohio
Ontario
Saginaw
Houghton, Lake
Cadillac
Lansing
Grand Rapids Opens First Hydro Plant in 1881
The Middle West's first hydro electric plant was built in Grand Rapids Michigan in 1881 marking a milestone in regional power development.
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Middle West
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Sealed bid sale to auction 78 confiscated rifles at Gaylord
Seventy eight confiscated rifles carbines and shotguns will be sold to highest bidders in the Conservation Department sealed bid sale at Gaylord September 21. Appraised values range from 125 down to 3 and sale is open to everyone except department members. Weapons on display at the central repair shop Gaylord September 17 26 from 9 am to 4 pm. Descriptionists and complete instructions available from Department field administration division Lansing 26.
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Conservation Department
Gaylord
Lansing
Michigan Forest Industries Add $775 Million to State Wealth
Michigan forest industries contributed 470 million dollars in value added through manufacture in 1954 with payrolls of 269.3 million and 35.7 million in capital improvements. The sector employs about 66 000 people and is led by Tree Farm programs to expand privately owned timberland management.
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Forest Industries of
Michigan Ae
Charles G. Allen
Detroit
Michigan Forest Industries
Allen
Michigan
Department of Commerce
Michigan Tree Farm
Allénh
Scott Paper Co
Tigers eye Charleston farm aid for 1950 season
The Tigers seek immediate help from their top farm club Charleston to return to first division. Left handers Hal Woodeschick and Gene Host show promise in Class AAA, with catcher Charlie Lau and others boosting Charlestons surge. Farm talent may offer necessary depth without sacrificing key majors.
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Tigers
Charleston
Bengals
Detroit
Hal Woodeschick
Gene “Twinkle
Pine Seedlings Available for Clare County Plan
Clare County Agent P. D. Gibson notes fall planting season for reforestation and Christmas tree production. Orders for Scotch and Norway pines, Austrian white pine, Norway spruce, and White Spruces can be placed through the Soil Conservation District. seedling delivery around September 15. Contact Garrit Hamstra or use Michigan Department of Conservation nurseries for Norway seedlings two to three years old and transplants. Scotch pine not available.
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Clare County
P. D. Gibson
Soil Conservation District
Clare County Soil Conservation District
Garrit Hamstra
Clare R-2
Michigan Department of Conservation Nurseries
Department of Conservation
Tigers Broadcasts on Radio and TV With Mel OTT
Detroit baseball fans can follow the Tigers on radio and television with Mel OTT and Van Patrick providing play by play and color analysis across stations and networks.
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Detroit Tigers
Mel Ott
van Patrick
Hemstreet Takes Second Round Lead at Clare Pistol Meet
In week two of the Clare pistol club tournament Jack Hemstreet posted 288.85 with handicap to lead. Wayne Pitts second at 286.35, Frans Kuula third at 287.42. B Davies won the shell box with 282. Sixteen shooters entered. no shows noted as Labor Day weekend ends. Competition resumes September 10.
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Jack Hemstreet
Wayne Pitts
Frans Kuula
B. Davies
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Sentinel
Peet
Clover Dale
Pytle
Calif
Greer
Booster Turkey
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Clare, Michigan
Maxwell’s. Radio. Service
SybMectlowrme
Gossip Bench
Clare Furniture Company
Charlie Lau
Johnny McHale
McHale
Lau
Romulus
Charles ‘Ton
Nea
Lyon Duke Maas
Larry Donovan
Jonia
Buffalo
Reno Bertoia
Harry Byrd
Jim Delsing
Chicago
Augusta
Idaho
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Valdosta
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Mt. Pleasant
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Armour Fertilizer Works
Chicago Heights
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