Questions and Answers From Michigan Farmers
Michigan State College staff member J. G. Hays presents farmer questions and college answers. Topics include cows craving lead in old paint, salt making pigs sick when wet, sprouts from cut-down cherry trees killing sheep, borax use to prevent growth splits in red beets, and timing of potato planting after rain. Michigan sugar beet growers set a 1941 record with 10.8 tons per acre.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
J. G. Hays
Saline Observer Publisher and Editor Credits
The Saline Observer lists Sim. R. Wilson as publisher and M. Boutelle as editor. The issue is entered at the Saline, Michigan post office as second class matter.
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Sim. R. Wilson
M.,c. Boutelle
Saline, Mich
Classifieds Policy Text
Public notices on pricing for single copies subscriptions and charges for obituaries marriages and poetry. states rates for Michigan and outside Michigan durations lines and minimums and free notices for obituary and marriage notices. Also lists charges for announcements entertainments admissions and poetry.
Defense Volunteers To Receive Insignia Soon
Civilian Defense Volunteer and Civil Air Patrol members who log 50 hours or more in volunteer roles will be issued cloth sleeve insignia from Washington. The badge features a red V in a white triangle on blue, with a CD symbol. County chairmen will get letters with insignia details and eligibility rules, as volunteers discussed their county program and immunization and air raid wardens efforts.
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Defense
Civilian Defense Volunteer Office
Washington
Civil Air Patrol
Protective Services
Near
Futue
Raphael
CCVO
Engieke
Robert Mayfield
Ann Arbor
Bromage
Field Crops Above Average On June 1
The June 1 report shows general field crops several points above normal across Michigan. May rainfall boosted pastures and early grain, though heavy land stayed wet. Wheat heads early, rye and oats crop prospects rise, barley production up, and hay pasture conditions exceed long term averages.
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Michigan
Trinity Evang Lutheran Bay City District Convention
The Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Louth with Pastor H. L. Engel plans a Divine service in German at 9 a.m. with Sunday school. The Bay City district convention is scheduled for June 22 to 26.
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Trinity
Ev. Louth
H. L. Engel
Man
Creek
Bay City
Michigan June War Bond quotas set for counties
Treasury announces June War Bond quotas for 3 070 counties led by Michigan at 29 782 500 dollars. County targets rise toward ten percent of income as the nation moves to a billion dollar a month basis in July. Buy bonds at banks post offices and many stores with the campaign motto ten percent.
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Washington, D. C
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Michigan
Building & Loan Association
Seetings and Gardener Notes Highlight Community Life
Seemingly ordinary column continues with praise for Mrs Briggs and her flowers. A note on Victory garden weeds appearing alongside seeds hints at wartime home front efforts. Donald Wells has entered military service and is stationed at Jefferson Barracks Missouri while helping at his parents' Saline grocery.
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Canterbury
Mrs. Briggs
Victory Garden
Donald Wells
Jefferson Barracks
Salime
Leighton Wells
Zahn Reunion Honors Members With 175 In Attendance
The Zahn reunion at Scottshall Pleasant Lake drew 175 attendees. Elected officers include President Arthur Fiegel Secretary Treasurer Clara Zahn and program chair Lenora Haab along with sports chair Paul Seitz. Oldest attendees are Mrs Barbara Kempf Marshall and John Zahn Detroit. youngest is Mary Haab Freedom.
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Zahn
Scottshall
Pleasant Lake
Arthur Fiegel
Clara Zahn
Lenora Haab
Paul Seitz
Barbara Kempf
Marshall
John Zahn
Detroit
Mary Haab
John Haab
Freedom
America—Assembly
Fred Seitz
Faith of Our Fathers— Assembly
John Zahm
Ronald Finkbeiner
Elton Moehn
Chopin
Velma Seitz
Walter Rentz
Lois Finkbeiner
Assembly
God
Len Josenhans
Jacob Fucss
C. A. Curtiss
LaGrange
Ind
Carl Gillen
Ypsilanti
John Gillen
Henry Rentschler
Fred Niethammer
W. R. Stierle
Ann Arbor
Linnie McKinnon
Jacob Kaiser
Karl
Okemos
Adam Schroen
L. Whitcomb
Oklahoma
J. W. Hull
Fred Cramer
E. J. Sanford
Mead's Flats
Hammond
Ira H E. Wood
G. A. Brown
Leonora Wittbracht
Louise Woelper
G. F. Tripp
Pesident
Bernice Davenport
Our Old School
J. N. Lewis
Miss Gass
Luella Kyte
R. J. Josenhans
Reading
Zoa Nichols
Board of Education
D. A. Townsend
W. L. Walling
Leigh -Townsend
Sears
Arthur Heininger
Luella Nisslv
Auld Lang Syne
What You Buy With WAR BONDS Navy Cruisers Fact Sheet
Navy cruisers come in light and heavy classes with about 10 000 ton heavy ships. The 10 000 ton cruiser costs around 20 million dollars. Many ships are under construction and more are needed. War Bonds fund these vessels. Citizens in unity can support by investing at least ten percent of income per pay period.
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Castortera
Detroit Edison Company
Hodgepodge invites reader ideas and household tips
This brief column invites readers to submit ideas for the Hodgepodge and share smarter household tasks. It promotes thrift through recipes and home hacks and closes with a dated recipe for a molasses spice cake with optional icing or whipped cream.
Lettuce aids by growers as gardeners boost yields
Victory gardeners gain help from commercial lettuce producers reporting 50 percent higher output than normal years. Green lettuce offers carotene and iron while bleached lettuce lags on vitamins. Store in a cool moist place and eat in larger portions to gain nutrients. Local social notes cover residents in Detroit and surrounding areas, barn raises, visits, and alumni events for 1912.
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Victory
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Rubber Collection Gets Grand Start
The campaign to salvage old rubber began strongly with stations reporting both small and large piles. One station collected over a ton in two days as Mayor Gross considers Governor Van Wagoner’s urge to issue a proclamation to accelerate the drive.
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Gross
van Wagoner
Turning Back the Pages of the Files
Detroit visitors, relatives visits, and family travel noted across several households. The June 7 marriage of Martha Gannett to George Uphaus is announced at the Tower home.
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B. P. Davenport
Detroit
Will Stierle
Evan Schairer
Madison
Wis
Bertha Schairer
J. C. Hill
Hall Claire
John Wurster
Sam Buehler
Margaret
Lucile
Jackson
H. Baker
Royal Oak
William Austin
Roscoe Cammet
Elmer
George Steele
Ypsilanti
Gladys Braun
Lewis Kleinschmidt
Florence
Doris
Webster
Harry Friis
N. A
A. C. Briggs
Mary Skinner
Federated Church Weekly Schedule and Michigan State College Note
The Federated Church lists Sunday services with worship at 10 00 Sunday school at 11 15 and Men s Brotherhood sessions at 4 00 and 7 30 with an announced speaker. Christian Endeavor led by Miss Ethel Spike at 6 15. Wednesday Missionary Society meets at Mrs Sitvens home at 2 00 with White Cross sewing and 8 00 Brave study Life of Christ. Thursday choir practice. Michigan State College is cited as the oldest agricultural college in the United States, established in 1857 and now the largest.
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Men’s Brotherhood
Christian Endeavor
Ethel Spike
Women's Missionary Society
Arthur Sitvens
White Cross
Christ
Michigan State College
United States
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