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Davison—(AP)—Lewis Gifford, 76, owner and manager of the Independent Davison Telephone Co., and former postmaster, died here Thursday. He served in the postoffice under Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson. Lansing—(AP)—Vern Johnson, Montcalm county drain commissioner was elected president Thursday of the Michigan Association of county drain commissioners. Coldwater—(AP)—Thomas Butcher, 21, of South Bend, Ind., started serving a 58-day jail term here Thursday for reckless driving after he informed the circuit judge that he could not pay a fine of $50 and costs. He was charged with reckless driving five months ago after his automobile was reported to have struck a bus, injuring nine persons. Alpena—(AP)—A three-day carnival will be staged here Jan. 24 to 27 celebrating the centennial anniversary of Michigan's admission to statehood. Ludington—(AP)—Cherry growers of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio will meet here Jan. 25 to discuss the provisions of a proposed federal marketing agreement for cherry crops. A tentative agreement for the marketing of red sour cherries has already been drafted. Jackson—(AP)—Ernest Murray, 31, an engineer, will be given a hearing Jan. 25 on a charge of negligent homicide in connection with a New Year's eve automobile accident in which Mrs. Velma Toole Weber, wife of a Jackson dentist, was fatally injured. She was a passenger in Murray's car. Lansing—(AP)—The state board of agriculture authorized officials of the Michigan State College Thursday to begin negotiations for a federal loan of $566,134 to finance the construction of a new women's dormitory at the college. The loan is to be sought through the Public Works administration. Alpena.—(U.P.)—Henry Bloom, 35, Alias Walter Meyer, was free on probation today after payment of $4,000 to victims of an alleged fraudulent stock scheme. After serving 21 months in Leavenworth for using the mails to defraud, Bloom attracted wide attention when he fought extradition in Missouri. Detroit.—(U.P.)—Bond of William Vaughn, 28, boxer, was fixed at $1,500 after he pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to enter the country illegally Thursday. He was ordered held for action by the federal grand jury. Vaughn was stopped by customs officers as he attempted to enter Detroit from Windsor. He said he planned to arrange boxing matches here. Battle Creek.—(U.P.)—Use of "jazzy" hymns and "popular rhythm songs" in religious services today was under the ban of Seventh Day Adventist churches in Michigan following a resolution passed at the close of the Michigan conference Thursday. Detroit.—(U.P.)—A circuit court jury will hear for a second time the suit of Mrs. Mary O. Faubert, Chesaning, Mich., against the First National bank for $400. The bank, receivers of the Peoples Wayne County bank, appealed a jury award, but William Giefel, of Ann Arbor, court reporter, died and no one could transcribe his note to provide material for the appeal. Mrs. Faubert filed suit after the bank had cashed a check