Child's Arm Turns Hard in Rheumatic Disease Case
Christine Versluis nine of Hilton New York suffers juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with calcifying arm and shoulders. Doctors at the Arthritis Study Center pace slowed progression while her mother urges support for National Foundation research to reduce child crippling from arthritis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Versluis
Lake Ontario
Hilton
N.Y
William S. Clark
The
National Foundation
Clark
United States
Christine
March of Dimes
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Eugene Versluis
Isabella County Soil Conservation District Welcomes New Cooperator
Deerfield Township resident Charles Diebel is named as a new cooperator with the Isabella Soil Conservation District. The report notes his participation signals ongoing local farmer and landholder involvement in soil conservation efforts across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella Soil Conservation District
Otto Kus Implements Conservation Plan on Lincoln Township Farm
Otto Kus farms muck and loamy sand near Clinton County US 27. He cleared 30 acres of muck in Isabella and plans to drain 59 more. A drainage ditch requires cleaning. He seed buckwheat and rye as green manures on loamy sand 30 acres. Mint, onions and potatoes grow on muck. Wildlife food and cover area developed by Wakelin McNeel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Kus
Lincoln Township
Otto
U.S.27
Clinton County
Isabella
SCS
Wakelin McNeel
Farm conservation plans aim to attract birds and reduce erosion
On the farm a multiflora rose fence and evergreen trees will attract song and game birds. Wake plans seven acres of alfalfa for ground cover and habitat. Drainage work lags as fields stay cropped. Soil Conservation Technicians continue surveying and layout. A waterway and erosion control structure on the Bob Hafer farm lowlands runoff and erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wake
SCS
Bob Hafer
Denver
Local visits reported in Shepherd briefs
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Smith of Davison visited at the Harry McCormick home. Other callers included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tody Sr. of Goodrich and Howard Johnston of Sanford, who spent the weekend. Mrs. Don Gimmey and Mrs Harold Nutter visited Mrs A C Grim on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Smith
Davison
Harry McCormick
McCormick
Frank Tody Sr
Goodrich
Howard Johnston
Sanford
Don Gimmey
Harold Nutter
A. C. Grim
Drainage Upgrade Aids Finnerty Farm In Notta wa Township
The 1960 project on Robert Finnerty's eighty acre farm in Nottawa Township adds erosion control and a 16 inch outlet tile to reduce water depth in the county drain. Technicians from SCS designed submains and laterals to stabilize banks on soils of Butternut loam, addressing shallow spring pond conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Finnerty
Nottawa
Finnerty
SCD
SCS
Bob
Bobh
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Isabella County Soil Conservation News
Nan My
Uoch
Charles Diebel
Deerfield
Shepherd State Bank
F.D.I.C
Shepherd
Michisan
Childs
Dick Murphy Agency
Shepherd Briefs
Plymouth
Willys “Maverick
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