Charlevoix county herald., 1921-09-02
PENINSULAR
edited by Mrs. Z. Haydenl

The weather man seems TO have got
back on the job and is coming across
with the heat these latter days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred S. Linsell of Pet
oskey were making calls on the PENN
sula Thursday. Mr.. Linsell is agent
for the Curm and Co. Fire Insurance.
He was writing insurance applications.
Mrs. Lew Sandle formerly Mrs Rob-
ert Dickey OF CharlevoiX came Satur-
day to visit her brother David Gaunt
and other relatives for couple OF
weeks.
Geo. Block, string butcher from
| CharlevoiX was on the Peninsula
Thursday buying lambs for the resort
trade.
| Alfred Williams of the West side of
the Arm was on the Peninsula Sunday
looking for fat lambs for the resort
| trade.
Mr.. Omland and daughter, Emma, of
East Jordan were on the Peninsula
Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Townsend of
| North Star who have been visiting the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Nc
| Kee for two weeks start for home Aug.
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time has been spent in driving around
ing good time generally.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wells Wildly of Boyne
City are helping Charles Earls with his
farm work in the Mountain district this
week. They all motor out and back
morning and evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Healey motored
to Lansing Saturday to visit the form
er's brother, Frank Healey and family.
There was sort of farmers reunion
at the Maple Row farm Wed. The
threshing machine was there and 30
people ate dinner with Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. Arnott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Dow started by
car from the home of Fred Dow Friday
for Florida their home.
Miss Dorothy Jarman, who has been
employed in Petoskey the past two
months came home Sunday evening to
get ready for school. She expects to
attend school in Boyne City.
A large crowd attended,the ball game
Sunday between Wolverine and PENN
sula Grange teams at the Grange dia-
mond. The game was to 3 in favor
of the Wolverines.
| Highway Com'r Joe Kemp worked
his gang of men repairing the roads on
the Peninsula. He spent some time
along by A. Gaunts and the Flora
place. He expects TO work along by
Chas. Healey's and on the Sid Hayden
hill this week.
While the threshers were at the +.
ID. Russell place, the engine gave some
trouble and Mr.. Moslie, an expert, was
called to put it in repair.
| One whole week of beautiful thresh-
| ing weather with a splendid rain Fri
day night was just as it should be.
The beautiful warm weather and
just enough rain has made a decided
difference in the promise for late po-
tatoes which are just in blossom. With
| four weeks with out frost there is sure
to be splendid crop.
Corn cutting has begun and some is
| husked.
| All the schools on the Peninsula are
taken except the Star, Eveine No 6,
which prefers an older teacher.
Everybody is fall blowing.
The East Eveline threshing machine
known as the Geo. LOOMS machine is
doing fine work. David Staley, who is
| some where near rs years old helped
| to repair the wood work which brings
to mind the fact that away back in
| about 70 he made the first threshng
| ever run on the Peninsula. 1t was
| hand power. A crank on each end of
a shaft was grasped by a man and
turned with all his might until six
| bundles which had been laid out ready
| were run thru, then two more men
| who stood ready and took hold before
| the speed slackened and turned until
| six bundles were run thru when the
| first two grabbed on again one man
| forked away the straw and took care
| of the grain which was not cleaned but
was run thru tanning mill ii one were
| handy or winded out on a blanket.
| The capacity was 30 bu. per day. The
wheat was then taken to Advance from
miles around often times carried on
the back of the father or big brother of
| the family. The water power mill
| which is the same mill now only equip
| ped with modern machinery and puts
| out the beautiful self raising pancake
| flour or several kinds including corn
flour was owned and operated by Har-
| vey Porter David Staley still lives on
the same farm he occupied then and is
still on the job. He learned to run
motor car about years ago. David
Gaunt who went with him on the
threshing machine and who occupied
an adjoining farm is still on the job but
is a good many years younger. He has
occupied a farm OF his own also adjoin-
ing the David Staley place since 49,
When they were done threshing, they
laid up the machine on the Bill Staley
place south of Advance now occupied
by Geo. Rogers. About the same date
there was another machine of about
the same type got to running by the
Chas. Healey family and in opposition.
There is blight on beans which has
entirely destroyed some fields.
The largest pickle crop that has ever
grown in this section is now on fields
that seemed entirely ruined by the hail
storm of July 80. The pickle co. are