FIFTY CENTS A YEAR On Decoration Day I always try to do a little decorating , like slap- ping on half a gallon of aluminum paint on the side of...

FIFTY CENTS A YEAR -Harold VanTassell is building a ga- rage with a shower bath so on warm days the car can run under and take a shower . It may...

As a windup to the long and whitely winter came the evening party at the Mcars church on St. Patrick's Day . The people were not in any stew...

Forest , my son , I see you have been bolting together the two - by - fours for your new work bench at the foot of the cellar stairs . If you would...

On Lincoln's birthday we revere the name of Lincoln and the teach- ers put on a program and the school boy tells us how Lincoln freed the slaves ....

-The school millage election in Mears July 14 was highly irregular in form . Voting was not permitted until a late hour and some of the peo- ple...

A prayer for today : Dear God , we come to thee on this sultry Friday morning to invoke thy manifold blessings on the maples and inhabi- fants of...

Senoritas and Pinto Beans are ripe in the Land of Mears Far in his remote oasis Swift Lathers surveyed the verdure of his little garden which he...

Rambler Roses are ripe in the Land of Mears Jack Frost visited the sand dunes in July . He lives at Spring Lake and brought along Miss Fairy...

The call of the wilderness takes many men out into the big woods all over northern Michigan now in pursuit of antlers . They sleep in tents or...

The annual Golden township fair will be held in Mears at the town hall on Friday , Sept. 27 , all day . - John Gurney Park was brimfull of Brimmers...

We notice by the printed minutes of the supervisors proceedings that the board of supervisors ordered the scune dooter bridge removed by . May 1....

Little Red Schoolhouses are ripe in the Land of Mears -Gray dawn finds me emerging eastward from New Era , from the cluster of very white houses...

FIFTY CENTS A YEAR -To those who have long beaten their heels on the city pavements , the feel of the old sand roads beneath their feet good to...

FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Mary Alice Christian Anderson - sounds like Hans Christian Ander- son , the writer of fairy tales - well , Mary Alice still...

Soda Crackers A sizeable crowd came up to the outdoor movies in Mears Tuesday eve- ning . There will be another show this next Tuesday . - Rev ....

The Gravy Train The gravy train crew in a certain distant county realizing the great tides of public sentiment were against their conspiracy and...

Clarence Twining has been pampering his stomach lately as it was ailing . He eats lots of milk . - Keith Corliss , the grocer in Mears , says to...

Leaping Lettuce Leaves Who should appear in the sand dunes but my old friend , Bill Salter . now grown to adult stature and wisdom and...

FIFTY CENTS A YEAR Blue Violets Keith Corliss , the grocer , has shaken the winter dust off his wheel- barrow and is now building a cement patch...

FIFTY CENTS A YEAR -If you are a farmer , why not grow some sorghum on your farm this year , enough for your family use anyway ? It will grow...

Joe Grantz has gone to war and Nathalie Plumhoff will be licking more stamps . - In Golden township Al Urtel was elected supervisor : Bert Bashaw ,...

Why not let the people elect the county highway commissioners ? They couldn't do any worse . It is the people's right . We are the people . Why...

Mears friends have been receiving enroute letters this week from Mrs. Irene Draper and three children who left Sunday noon to motor to California...

Roller Skates The Legion had a St. Patrick's party in the billet the night after green ribbon day . It was also Ernest Corbin's birthday and...