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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1963
Page
4
Dr. J. R. Van Pelt argues the work on the president’s residence was maintenance since it prepares a state house for official use and entertaining. He notes the spring 1962 demolition of the old residence and selection of Fisher Hall site. work orders are not required for maintenance, leaving part of the project open to criticism of capital outlay funding.
Scores from the Thursday Ladies League show Bennetts Co-op Northland Oil Lakeview Supper Club Cloons Stroh's and other teams. High game honors go to M Nelson 233 and H Pezzetti 188. M Nelson also leads with a 590 series while Cloons posts 882 in a team game and 2478 in series. Shop in Wakefield.
Four Michigan 4H members won top state honors in 1963 and three joined Michigan's delegation to the 42nd National 4H Club Congress in Chicago. Larry Johnson, Sharon Fritz, Gene Girbach, and Susan Walker are highlighted for dairy, foods nutrition, swine, and creative cooking awards and for related accomplishments at county and state fairs.
The Forest Service notes 220000 acres reforested in the North Central Region during the year ending June 30 1963 with 28 million trees planted on 38500 acres and 25 million produced by four nurseries. Cultivation covered 177000 acres and seedings added 4500 acres. Funding under Accelerated Public Works boosted rural employment and regional timber management supporting watersheds wildlife habitats and outdoor recreation. Winter ice dangers warned with Michigan drownings listed and a century old note on the University of Michigan offering the first speech credit course in 1884.
Michigan report from State Police shows November fatalities at 174, up 58 from 116 a year earlier, with ten straight monthly increases in 1963. Through November 1963, 1,651 deaths are 13 percent above 1962, while 1963 injury totals exceed 1962 by 15 percent with 98,157 injured in 200,642 accidents.
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