1955-01-06; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE. MICHIGAN. THURSDAY MORNING   JANUARY 5, 1955
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New Series, Vol 63/ No. IS
SCHOOL CORNER
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Project Program Called
Vital in Vocational Ag.
Vocational Agriculturelajtes
the spotlight in the School
Corner for the next two Issues
of the Sentinel. Mr. Floyd Nor-
cutt, in his 17th year of teaching, discusses V6 Ag offerings
in your school and follows
next week with a discussion
of the Future Farmers of
America program and the
work of the local chapter,
probably the most active student organization in school,
with the exception of the Student Council.
The Vocational Agriculture Program In the Clare Public School
is part of the total school educational program designed to meet
the needs of the student who is
planning to enter the occupation
of farming.
The local program meets the
standards set up by the State
Board of Control of Vocational
Education and therefore receives
Federal and State funds to help
the local district finance the department. The Federal and State
Boards set up minimum standards
in regard to facilities, program
Scheduling, farming programs of
the students, .and qualifications of
the teacher which have to be met
by the local school to qualify for
reimbursement.
Vocational Education in Agriculture consists of three programs:
Adult Farmer school, Part-time
or out-of-school youth, and day
school. The day school program is
being cartied   on   in   the   Clare
School.
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The major objectives in Vocational Agriculture are: (1) Make
a beginning and advance in farming, (2) ■ Produce farm commodities efficiently, (3) Market farm
produce advantageously, (4) Conserve soil and other natural resources, (5) Manage a farm business, and (6) Maintain a favorable environment.
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In Vocational Agriculture the
student does the following things;
(1) Study in the class room, (2)
Work in the farm shop, (3) Learn
on field trips, and (4) Develop- a
farming program for educational
experience.
The classroom provides a place
to study text books, selected references and bulletins on certain
fundamentals and principles in
farming. Soil testing and milk
testing can be done in the laboratory.
The Farm Shop provides the j
vocational students with an opportunity to <leam to adjust and
recondition machines as well as
build farm equipment such as
grain elevators, trailers, and portable farm buildi|gs for use at
home and with their, farming programs. I  'l; \'-
Field trips provide ;Ta^ ;opportun-
ity to study land; crjjjtsilAnd,live
should have complete or partial
ownership and it should be conducted for a complete production
cycle. Examples of this type are;
fattening beef steers, raising hogs,
producing milk for market, growing .a crop such as corn, oats,
wheat hay, garden, etc.
Improvement projects help to
broaden the students experiences
in farming and develop skills and
abilities which are not gained in
their productive projects. It is not
always possible for parents to allow- their sons ownership in all
the important farm enterprises oh
the home farm or in the commun-'
ity. Improvement projects leads
to increased income for the farm,
increase the value of the farm, or
make the home a more enjoyable
place to live.
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Supplementary practices are activities which the students learn
to do which are not a part of
either their Ownership or Improvement Projects. Last year the
agriculture students harvested 712
acres of field crops as productive
projects. They own 73 head of
dairy cattle and 53 head of beef
cattle. The labor income which
represents the gross income ($44,
893,44) minus the debits amounted
to$11,853.53.    ■■-•;■•
Flames Make
Total Loss of
Clare Home
The home of a young rural Clare
couple was destroyed by fire early
Monday night, in a blaze of undetermined origin.
The .Dale Richardson house
northeast of town burned at an
estimated loss of $3,000.
Clare firemen were called at a
little before seven, but when they
arrived at the fire, the 22x44 cement block house was burned to a
shell.
Neighbors had gathered but the
blaze was so hot and quick nothing could be. saved. ,
The f i r e apparently started
around a nearly full fuel oil'drum,
Fire Chief Stan Parish said. Oil
draining onto the cement floor
probably made the fire burn so
fast he said
Firemen cut electric light wires
from the house, 'but had no use
for fire fighting equipment. The
couple had about $1,400 insurance
on the house. There was no other
buildings on the place.
No one "fras at home* at the time
of the fire. Richardson, who works
in Clare, was on the job, and Mrs.
Richardson, with their small
child, was visiting 'neighbors.
Doherty $10,000 Oxyoke
Souvenir to Remember
stock.   Trips   to'-MI&hig&n'; State.
College ,and. the' AgrlCulife'ikf 'Re'-
-"~"!h Station.1 gives j the" student.
ppb-rtutity to.' -beefemfek f iinsi*
':. I
soxirces   df
search
sn -o^P'
iar with   odr
learning.
: It is desirable that high' school
Vocational agriculture students
continue their education either as
a 4 year agricultural student or a
short course student. For those
boys who do not plan to continue
their education at college, our
State College sponsors many programs such as Farnjer's Week
which farmers should be familiar
with„
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The fourth part of the program
in Vocational Agriculture is perhaps the most important; that is,
the farming program for educational experiences. This is commonly called the project program.
It is inconceivable to think of a
person studying agriculture on a
vocational level without a place to
actually do the job. Therefore
every student must have facilities with which to do some actual
farm enterprise or job.
It takes more than study of
books to become a good farmer.
Farming must be practiced to be
understood. A thorough under-,
standing of the program, and co-|
operative effort between the boy,
his parents and agriculture teacher is necessary if the maximum,
benefit is received from the farming program.
The supervised farming program is divided into three parts;
Productive Projects, Improvement Projects, and Supplementary Farm. Practices.
The productive project is a business venture for learning, experience,    and   profit.   The   student
Hanging over the desk in the
Hotel Doherty lobby is probably
the .most expensive ox yoke in .the
world. It cost the Hotel's first
owner, A. J. Doherty, $11,090.
It hangs there as a reminder to
Hotel employees to cultivate • a
good memory for credit Tatings
before they put bills on the cuff
or cash checks for -unknowns, according to manager Dick Groves.
The story is told that back in
the 1880's when ex-Senator Doherty was in the Hardware business,
he was selling supplies on credit
to. a pair of partners in the lumber business.
The partners, E. L. Pratt and
Thomas Pickard, were working
with a Bay City lumber company
and floating three or four million,]
feet of pine down the Tobacco'
River each year. All in all, it
looked like .a? .pretty sound proposition,.  ''"■•■■
But unexpected lumbering losses and business setbacks of' the
Bay City firm, forced Pratt and
Pickard to declare bankruptcy,
while their unpaid -bill at Doher-
ty's hardware amounted;to some
$10,000. *}■      '   ,-■■;     ■-
The partners wertt:ito:work"on'a ]
railroad construction j0b andS.leffc
Doherty with a big, ° bi^; accourit;
outstanding and a ; handful >.''6_f;
notes for its payment: ;,,' «..'"/;
..Weeks went: by' .arid''Opherty';
needed money for;,:Working; capital' So he e'ndorsed'-.the'jnotes'ahd'l
sold them.
Pratt and Pickard had mOvfed
on to. Ontario and." were back in
the lumbering business again,
but the notes fell due
were not paid .so Doherty made a
trip to see the partners and collect, since either he Or they must
pay the new creditors.
Pratt and Pickard had no
money but were willing to turn
over their property which was
several teams of horses, and several spans of oxen. Doherty managed to sell the animals so that he
Wouldn't have to feed them and
just about broke even.
Then he went at it and paid off
the $10,000 dollars in notes he'of
endorsed and the additional
$1,000 of accumualted interest.
He saved one yoke as a souvenir
and reminder.-
That yoke, handsomely varnished and mounted with a big silver
"D" is the one that now graces
the Hotel lobby. It was hung there
when the hotel was built. Previous
| to this,*it hung in Doherty's office.
Once the symbol of a business
venture gone sour, it is now the
official and distinctive monogram
of the Hotel Doherty.
Announce
Congregational
'55 Meeting
The annual meeting of the First
Congregational Church will be
held next Thursday evening, January 13, .beginning with a dinner
at 6:30 p.m. A planned pot luck
will be provided by members of
the Women's Fellowship, with all
families attending requested to
bring .their own dishes and silver-
war.d.;    :
Foll^wyig^ the business meeting,
which •will include the presentation, i6f the'-budget and the elec-
tion- dj -sfficiirs-fof 1955-the denominational: feature film "The Beginning'" -will' be shown.
This is a powerful forty-five
minute black, and white sound
and still | motion picture, produced in Hollywood by the Broadcasting and
Film Commission for the Congregational Christian Churches. It is
the fifth in the series of films on
Stewardship and evangelism presented by the Missions Councit;
through the Department of Visual
Aids to help church members finct
new life through giving and service.
Previous films in the series
Shown here were "Second Chance"
and "The Hidden Heart".
Wins Diamond
In Contest
A glorious diamond ring graces
the hand of Mrs. Albert Ei'sen«
hauer, of Farwell. It is a prize
won as top award in Everts Jefyel-
ry Store's Diamond Gift prpmo-
tion just before Christmas.
About 150 persons attended the
drawing on December 24, to determine the winner of the contest.
Spectators said that the store Was
crowded, and that an overflow
crowd spilled out onto the street
in front of the store.
Second and third prize winners
took home a ladies' necklace,
(Mrs, Ada Nevills) and men's tie-
clasp set.
Boys
Speeds Near
Kids At Play,
Fined $25
A rural Clare man was arrested
by Clare police and cTiarged with
reckless driving in the Clare
"school area Monday, January 3.
Eugene Heller of R-2, who gave
his age as 26, was picked up' after
police got a call from the, school
that Heller had narrowly missed
a group of playing youngsters
with his car.
Heller was fined $25, and $4
court costs, and his license was
] revoked for thirty days by justice
William Dunlop.
New Year's night, January 1,
Russell Jones, 36, of Mt. Pleasant was arrested on McEwant St.,
and charged with drunk driving.
He was assessed $60 and had his
driver's .license revoked.
A passenger with Jones, Duane
LaLone, a serviceman from Ft.
Knox, Ky., was charged with
drunk an4 disorderly conduct and
«fined $10. • The men were arraigned before Judge Dunlop on
Monday.
CHS Patrol
To Go
To CMC Event
About 900 safety patrol members
from schools in. a six County area
will be guests of Central Michigan
college at a safety patrol recognition day January 22.
The eVent is being sponsored by
Central - Michigan college and participating agencies are the-Michigan State Police, and State Department of Public Instruction
and the Michigan AAA.
Safety patrol, members will be
from the following . counties:
Gratiot, Isabella, OBceola, Clare,
Montcalm, and Mecosta.
All of the safety patrol boys
from Clare Public Schools will be
attending the event.
Students will be given recognition for their safety efforts during the past year.
Schedule
7 County
Ag Meeting
Seven educational meetings on
the 1955 Agricultural Conservation
program have been scheduled for
this month throughout the county,
according to Floren Pudvay of the
ASC committee. -      , _,      _ -, „   _ ,_   .    „
Main ;amme Wf "the" aU tom^W^3^^^H£J^?°ls' Su-?-^'
tion program is to promote sen^t *|?nd*nt Campbell blames it on
County Schools Close When
Icy Roads Halt All Busses;
Rain Increases Danger
Services Take
Four Men
Five men left Clare Monday,
January 3 for induction into the
armed services. Two were transfers from.Isabella County.
The five were Marvin Lent, of
Harrison, Marcus Krienke and
Jim Chandanais', of Clare, and the
two Isabella transfers, Glen Hales
and Alger Smock,
At the final' physical exam in
Detroit, examiners found tha.t
Smock had a bad knee, caused by
a high school football injury and
he was sent back, according to
the Clare draft board.
CHS Hopes To Break Tie
With Win Over Chesaning
Clare "High School's varsity
basketball squad will be trying to
climb out of a four-way tie for
second place in the Mid-Michigan
"B" Athletic Conference, when
they take the. court against
Chesaning here on Friday evening.
• The early-season snarl in conference standings has Clare, Ithaca, Chesaning and Shepherd,
each with a 1-won and 1-lost record.
St,    Louis,    a    consistantly
strong athletic contender leads
Book
Out of 30 kindergarteners,
only five made it to class for
the Monday afternoon session
Death Claims
Small Child
DehHis F. Callihan, son of Floyd
and Mary Callihan, was born July
26", 1953, and passed away January
1, 1955 at the age of one year, five
months, and six days.
His sunny smile and happy disposition endeared him to-, family
and friends.
Besides the mother and father,
he leaves to mourn their loss, a
sister, Susan, brother, Floyd;
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Callihan, Mtf. and Mrs. Fred Dora,
great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs
Alex Dora, several aunts, uncles
and cousins.
Funeral servicer were held Mon-]
day afternoon at. 1:00 o'clock from
the Thurston Funeral Home, Reverend L. J. Nevins, orfiuatinr,
with interment in Cherry Grove
iJs-metery,
Lieut, Governor Phillip A, Hart
officially opened the 1955 March
of Dimes today by making the
first contribution to pretty Patty
Tingle, two-year-old polio patient
at the University Hospital Respirator Center at Ann Arbor, patty, who is the daughter of Mr. and
Mi's, Lelton Tingle of Monroi-,
Mich., was stricken with the crippling disease in September, 1954
and was confined to an iron lung
for six weeks. Although shaking A
remarkable recovery, her back,
arms and legs have been weakened by Polio. Lieut. Gov. Hart is
himself the father of a polio
patient. His seven-year-old daughter Ann has been confined to a
hospital since stricken last summer. The Respirator Center at
University Hospital is one of several throughout the country supported by contributions* to the
March of Dimes.
vation .   ._...—,,.
sible use and care of soil and" wa
ter resources. The program is' entirely voluntary.
Meetings set are for Wednesday,
January 5, 1:00 p.m., Arthur To*n-
hall; Thursday, January 6, 1:00
p.m., Grant townhall; Friday.
January 7, 1:00 p.m., Sheridan
townhall;
Tuesday, January 11, 1:00 p.m.,
Garfield townhall; Wednesday,
January 12, 1:00 p.m., "Wintertield
townhall; Thursday, January 13,
1100" p.m., Hamilton xowhhaiij'aiid
Friday, January 14, 1:00 p.m., at
the Colirt Mouse at Harrison.
, The Claire; county ASC committee, Franklin Littlefield, Charles
Heber, and Pudvay, and County
Agent Paul Gibson, and Merle Ra-
ber of the Soil Conservation Service planned the schedule.
Requests for cost-sharing under
the program may be filed from
how until March 1,1955,
the -. measles,
stages.
in   its   various
Expand CofC
Program?
Can the Clare Chamber of
Commerce support an Office
with a full-time secretary?
This question was the topic of discussion at noon
lunch meeting of the C of C
directors on Tuesday this
week.
Many members of the
trade and civic boosting organization think the question should be, "Can the businessmen of the town afford
to be without the services of
a paid secretary and an aggressive, heads-up Chamber
of Commerce?"
A story in next week's
Sentinel vyitl list many reasons why I o c a I businesses
believe they must fight to
keep the tourist trade and to
encourage more small industry. How other small
towns are meeting similar
problems will be told also in
the article.
To Discuss
Deer
A Michigan Conservation Department speaker, Ralph MecMul-
lan is scheduled to appear on a
program sponsored by the Harrison Sportsmen's Club January
11 in the county Courthouse basement.   ■
MecMullan, who is the biologist
in charge of the Department's Experimental Station at Houghton
Lake, has for his topic* "The Deer
Herd Situation".
The meeting is arranged by the
Harrison Sportsmen to give an opportunity for many to hear firsthand, and for the first time, the
Department's attitude on, the
problem of Deer Herd management. The meeting is to be called
at 8M p.m.* - ...
Out .at Greenwood Grange, Mrs.
Frank Krchmar reports seeing a
circular light moving across the
sky early last Wednesday morning between 1 o'clock and 1:30
a.m. Does anyone else have anything to add to this?
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Xusday night's cold drizzle
laid a cover of, ice on sidd-
'walUs ~«i£rcICscm "till schodl^-j-
ln this Immediate central
Michigan area. Youngsters,. .
had a holiday but pedestrians
were leery, and the end of the
day saw many a bruise and
. bump.
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But there were those who came
equipped. N. A. Elden put on his
golf shoes, and had traction to
spare. Stan Parish, walking a
particularly hazardous mail route
wore the same, in a natty brown
and white combination that was
a summery if somewhat unseason-
al touch. But he said they kept
him on his feet, and after all, the
mail must go through.
at the present point with two
won and no losses. Burand's
record is just as clean, but all
the marks are on the wrong '
side of the ledger as the Railroaders trail 0-2.
The Pioneers' chance to pull up
with the conference leader comes
in a meeting with another contender as Chesaning has scored a win
over Shepherd. The Blue Jays
from Shepherd were the ones who
tripped up the Clare offensive
rush and beat the CHS cagers in
their last game before Christmas
vacation.
The Green and White opened this year's conference play
December    10    by    defeating
Durand   on   the   Railroaders'
own. floor, 71-48. The stunning
loss   came   on December   17
when Shepherd held Clare to
55-53 before a home crowd.
Chesaning's win over Shepherd
was their season opener and like
Clare  they were   disappointed  in
their second   try,   falling   before
'Ithaca. \ ■    -.■•
Looking toward some big changes in standings after this week end
the conference teams now stack
up as follows:
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Clare, Farwell, and Harrison schools; W.ejre closed because
of slippery roads Wednesday, but school officials at all
three places said they'd have to see What the weather did
last night before they knew if schools would open yet today.
St. Louis
Clare
Ithaca
Chesaning
Shepherd
Durand
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Lake, Clare
C&O Crews
Scattered
The members of the Lake section crew on the C&O Railroad
were split np for transfer Monday
morning. This is the first time
Lake has been without a section
crew.
Marvin Slsco and Bill Smedley
went to' the Coleman section, and
&;ed Sowle and Calvin Tryon joined the Evart crew, along with For-
man Brad King, All of the men are
from the Lake area.
The Clare section crew was
transferred to Coleman also, making a stretch of about 60 miles
between the two sections to be
[covered by these crews. New elec-
' trically controlled switches have
been installed along the line from
Saginaw to Ludington, Section
men will be transferred along
tracks by covered trucks.
If bad weather occurs, Sowle
and Tryon will stay at Lake to
keep the switches clear.
| On Inside Pages
Harrison News
2
Rosebush News
3
Bowling Scores
4
Society
5 - S
Farwell News
6
City Briefs
7
Lake News
9
Want Ads - Notices
10 - 11
TV Guide
11
Comics - Crossword
11
Church Notes
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1 liAm**v»G
ay
Owners of sheep, don't forget the
meeting at the Rosebush Township
Hall, Thursday afternoon, January
6th, starting at 1:30. Seldon D.
Harvey, Manager of the Michigan
Cooperative Wool Marketing Association will review the 1954 Wool
program and outline the riew Incentive Payment Program, which
becomes effective this year. The
guaranteed price for wool will be
somewhat above last year and this
will interest all flock owners.
Graydon Blank, Specialist in Animal Husbandry from Michigan
State College -will talk and show
slides on sheep management. We
know from past experience that he
will present a highly interesting
discussion on "Profitable Practices". Then to end the program;
in proper style coffee and doughnuts Will be provided by the Association. If you own sheep or expect to purchase sheep this is your
opportunity to get the latest information and data. Bring your neighbor wih you and renew your acquaintanceship with other farmers
in Central Michigan.
Any Deer
Season
Reactions
The' conservation department
had received about 200 letters on
the deer hunting issue at the end
of 1954, about as many as were
received to the same period last
year,
The largest • portion of the letters protest some aspect of any-
deer seasons, but a large percent-
Mrs* Garthe
Named Head
Of Study Club
The Clare Study Club had its
annual meeting with a dinner at
the Methodist Church Tuesday
evening, January 4.
The meal was .served in the social parlors by the ladies of the
Esther and Ruth Anna Circles oi
the church. Mrs. Donald Holbrook,
Mrs. Leon Dull and Mrs. Hikta
Tibbils were in charge of arrangements, with Mrs. Harley Sowle
as hostess.
After the dinner the group gathered in the church parlors upstairs for the business session conducted by Miss Effie Hales, president. Devotions by Mrs. L. J.
Nevins opened the meeting.
Annual reports were given and
the slate of officers presented and
elected. They are: Mrs. L. C.
Garthe, president; Mrs. Neil Stirling, vice president; Mrs. Warren
White, recording secretary; Mrs.
Don Richardson, corresponding
secretary; and Mrs. Ralph Cole,
treasurer.
Mrs. Ben Bosink, program chairman, announced that the February meeting, would be a "Fun and
Frolic", with Mrs. Robert Pinaire
in charge. Miss Olive Evans of
the membership committee, announced that Mrs. Reva Maxwell
was a new member,
Mrs. Walter Eroh introduced
the speaker, of the evening, Dr.
Gerald L. Poor, of the Psychology
and Education department at Central Michigan College of Education, who spoke on "The Youth of
Today", dealing with the adolescent age, eiting their physical,
emotional, mental, social, ethical,
moral concepts, and vocational adjustments.
He told many " interesting incidents to illustrate and listed eight
suggestions for parents and ianail-
ies to use in relationship -with the
youth of today, and read several
poems, written by the youth, giving their view points on many
subjects.
Clare youngsters were notified
by Mt. Pleasant radio announcements that school would be closed
Wednesday* This supplemented by
phone calls from anxious parents
evidently got the word to most oi
the youngsters, . because only a
couple of students showed up this
morning, in spite of the short
notice, according to school secretary, r Mrs.  Harold  Fleming-, .
At Harrison, the announcement was made by a telephone
chain. Superintendent Charles
Amble called the teachers,
and the teachers called students and, the students called
other studerits. Amble thought
the system was effective because so far as he knew, no
students came to school. The
announcement was not made
by radio.
Farwell school superintendent
William Gelston put the announcement on Mt, Pleasant radio too.
Besides this, he made phone calls
to people in key areas like Lake
George and Lake 13. These people
called families in their areas and
notified them. Gelston said he did
not know of any students who
came to school.
Mourn Death of
Carrie Smalley
Carrie Elena, ■ cbrtfghteri ,10*
Henry aridlSaDali OolSonj wasiborri
bii JaliUary 25,. 18?8 in Ahticrf, La-
peeH County. ' '  ,, . .
"' The family '"mb'Ved''rtciJ Clare
wh^h she* was just a small child.
Here Shqj'grew to womanhood and
on May 4, 1898 became the bride
of Fred E. Smalley, a young businessman of the  community.
They established their home on
the corner of south McEwan and
Second streets, where on May 2,
1948 they celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Smalley has been a faithful member of the Congregational
Church since a young woman.
She was a charter member of the ]
Ladies Union and held the office
of secretary for many years.
For the past 3% years a lingering illness has kept her confined
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Hilda Scott at Lake, where she
passed quietly from this life the
evening of December 29, 1954.
Mrs, Smalley was preceded in
death by her husband, infant son,
mother and father, a sister and a
brother.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Hilda Scott of Lake, Mrs,
Muriel Hains of Clare, Mrs, Anna
May Lockwood of Pleasant Lake,
a sister, Mrs. Anna Pautz, of San
Carlos California, eight grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services were held at
the Congregational Church at 2:00
o'clock Sunday afternoon January
2, 1955 with the pastor, Revy Oscar
Olson, officiating, •
Thurston Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements with
burial in Cherry Grove cemetry,
E. Carpenter
Succumbs
Edwin L, Carpenter was born
the son of Leander and Emily
Carpenter at Milbrook, Michigan.
October 16, 1S68.
After a prolonged period of illness, culminating in_ intense suffering, Mr. Carpenter succumbed
age offer friendly suggestions  or J at the Community Hospital in Mt.
take a neutral stand, while others
express belief the department is
on the right track.
However, both 1953 and 1954
have been mild compared to the
big hubbub after the 1952 season.
The seasons that year produced
about 1000 letters, some of which
were received aS late as the following May.
All the letters are answered, except ones profane or illegible,
though the task often takes several months to complete. Writers
who have not received answers
this year are urged to be patient;
the work is under way and will, be
completed in a fev; a^outli"!,
Pleasant, December 31, 1954,. age
86 years, 2 months and 15 days.
Except for a short time when as
a boy he resided in Kansas, his
entire life has been spent on a
farm, first in Vernon Township,
later in Wise Township.
On July 21, 1892, he married
Phoebe Jacobs. One son, Cha**les,
his wife and a brother, Allen Carpenter, of Coleman, survive him.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, 2:00 p.m. at the
Doherty Funeral Home with
Rev. L, J. Nevins officiating, assisted by Rev. Floyd Bontrager.
Interment was in Cherry Grove.
Cemeterj'o
Isabella Soil
Conservation
Annual Meet
The Isabella Soil Conservation
District holds its Annual Meeting
in the Vernon Center Grange Hall,
Monday night, January 10th at
8:00. The Directors have arranged
a most attractive and entertaining
program for all cooperafofs and
friends of the District. Both business and pleasure will feature the-
evening'!f activities, An jrivitationv *
is extended to all farmers and
their families to enjoy the program. ...
John Goodwin, Chairman of the
Board will preside and introduce
memhera of the Board. Lewis
Bowen, Election chairman will
supervise the election of two directors for new terms of office. Dan
Balog, County Planner, an&Y,-o;ther
members of the staff wilijpjfeseni
the accomplishments and ,pfc,ograrn
carriedt on by the! District afceomp*
anied by many natural: «iblored
£Me& df local interest,     '__'_	
: Mrs. Marie HichmortS^'Bf ~^>
Pleasant will render several piano
selections to' add to the enjoyment. Ray Bowen, will review the
results of his newly adopted La-
dino-Clover pasture program*. Then
follow contests for both husbands
and wives with, winners to receive
awards. The next feature will be
both entertaining and educational.
A panel of farm women wiurbe selected from the audience to carry
on a quiz program. The questions
will all relate to Soil Conservation
and.will test their knowledge to the
utmost. Your local agent will be in
charge and suitable prizes will be
awarded to the lucky winners and
awards made to the four outstanding cooperators of the District for
1954. The evening will end with
coffee and doughnuts, courtesy of
the Soil Conservation District,
The District has made •wonderful
progress in conserving our soils
and in improving our Agricultural
assets. You owe it to yourself Ho
attend this annual meeting, thrill,
with its accomplishments and pro*
fit from the lessons in soil conservation and enjoy the program.
Nothing would please the Directors more than to see Vernon Center Grange Hall filled to the rafters with farm folks, Uniting their
efforts for a prosperous agriculture.
Five Take
Rotary
Membership
An impressive membership induction ceremony at Rotary's
Wednesday noon meeting at the
Doherty Hotel enlarged the club's
roster by five new names- It was
probably as large as any class of
new members inducted at one time
into the club since the ceremony
activating the club and granting
the original charter.
Receiving new lapel pins sym«
bolic of. Rotary International fellowship were: Earl Beatty, manager of the Office Supply storei
Allen Tulk, Elementary 'Grades
Principal at Clare Public School;
Royal Akins, Piano Sales; Lea
Sowle, Photographer; G e 0 r g a
Scheer, Statewide Real Estate
Sales. Sponsors stood at the men's
sides.
Dr. S. C. McArthur, assisted
by past presidents of the club con-*
ducted the Service of induction
while the meeting was pr;:uided
over by Martin .Loomis, olub vice
president.