Dairy Herd Contest Results Show Wide Range of Yields
The report lists numerous herds led by David Howard Penrose with 75 cows yielding 1393 lbs milk and 52 lbs butterfat milking thrice daily. Other producers include Brown Brothers, Robert Myers, Edward Faber, Herbert Klumpp, Martin O’Brien, Fred Hauck, Don Holbrook, Ray McConkie, Charles Purtill, Vincent Moeggenberg, Charles Cutler, William Block, Russell Davis, William Bollman, Arnold House, Leonard Parker, Dale Graham, Marion Johnson, Norman Gross, Ronald Ervin, Murphy Bros, Isadore Schafer, Donald Cotter, Fred McDonald, and Camie Van Auker with varying cow counts and fat contents. Also notes July report of 22 herds and rest of dairy activities and local reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Penrose
Brown Brothers
Robert Myers
Edward Faber
Herbert Klumpp
Makin
Martin O’brien
Fred Hauck
Don Holbrook
Ray McConkie
Charles Purtill
Vincent Moeggenberg
Charles Cutler
William Block
Russell Davis
William Bollman
Arnold House
Leonard Parker
Dale Graham
Marion Johnson
Norman Gross
Ronald Ervin
Murphy Bros
Isadore Schafer
Strickland News Social Visits And Trips
Strickland residents visited family and friends across towns including Battle Creek Shepherd and Little Field Lake. The week featured gatherings at Sally Morgan’s home, Stanley party events, calls on relatives, cottage stays, camping trips to Ludington and extended visits by families from Lansing and Upper Peninsula retreats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Acker
Vena Fitzgerald
Battle Creek
Clarence Childs
Terry
Sherman Smith
Glenn Brown
Forrest Howland
Sally Morgan
Shepherd
Jesse Willoughby
Jim
Myron Fox
Nella Schrock
Otto Schrock
Little Field Lake
Dan
Ludington
Ronald DeVoll
Lansing
Roy Thayer
Shepherd Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Family Time
Mr and Mrs Charles Clark Jr and family of rural Shepherd were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Royal Harrison of rural Beckenridge. Mrs May Poynter and Mrs Bertha Knauss joined Mrs Clark Jr for a Tuesday afternoon visit and dinner at her Shepherd home. Miss Roberta Clark of rural Shepherd stayed with grandparents A C Grim, while Suzanne Yates spent a week visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelps
Mt. Pleasant
Forrest Howland
Jim
Seth Howland
Myron Fox
Orus McNeal
Frank McNeal
Green School
Eric Bontrager
Charles Clark Jr
Rural Shepherd
Royal Harrison
Beckenridge
May Poynter
Bertha Knauss
Family visits and kinship notes across Michigan towns
In Southfield and nearby towns a series of family visits are recorded. John Anthony travels from Mt. Pleasant to Newaygo to see cousin Jim Lantz. John and Gary Anthony of Ithaca visit grandparents Claude and family, with other mentions of Sherrie Childers, Leslie Gibbs, and Jim Hart assisting in wheat work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Anthony
John Anthony
Mt. Pleasant
Ronald Wandt
John
Newaygo
Jim Lantz
Sherrie Childers
Gary Anthony
Ithaca
Jim Hart
Earl Myers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Isabella County Agriculture News
Harry L. Densmore
Extension Director
No. 1
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Art
Playboy
Durabie
Sanitex
Ken's Variety Store
David
Donald Cotter
Fred McDonald
Camie van Auker
Jving Unwan
Ted Hair
Rexall
Chevrolet
America
Fisher
Strickland News
Shepherd Briefs
Don Rhode & Sons
Sopic Tak
Southfield
Carl Bakers
Leslie Gibbs
Greendale
Frank Shelley
E. Maple St
Shepherd, Michigan
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