35 ARE ACTIVE IN 4-H SERVICE CLUB
Gogebic County 4 H Service Club includes 35 members and leaders selected for outstanding 4 H work. The group promotes 4 H in Gogebic county through school boards and state and federal partners. Membership requires 15 or older and proven service or championship wins.
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Gogebic County
Ironwood
Erwin
Michigan State College
U.S Department of Agriculture, Cooperative
Gogebic
Courty &H
Vic
Peevathtntynina Hts
Leon Wen
McNamara Settles Keweenaw Strike
A Keweenaw strike ended last week as 220 workers returned to jobs. A relief administrator and committees mediated remaining demands. Talks covered wage equality, work hours, family-based relief, and state regulations with plans to funded winter work and wood-cutting programs under FERA.
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Keweenaw
Renres
Smd
W. M. MuNanerca
Copper Harker
York
FERA
Township Highway Refunds and State Aid Details Revealed
State highway commission approved a 34 month refund program funded by gas tax revenues to counties for township road maintenance. Payments to counties were delayed pending revival of highway department reports and will increase to 13 per cent in future years. The act requires highway partners to return funds to township systems, with annual 2 per cent increases continuing after 1932. A safety warning notes Michigan laws prohibit injuring or exploiting children.
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Cpeaks
M.nitt
Sighwar 4
Michigan items and crime notes from Lansing and Detroit
Michigan regent Edmund Shields resigns as state compliance director and state director of the National Emergency Council. Detroit crime briefs report Joseph Lightsy, 27, sentenced to life for the Kraft murder. prosecutors drop charges against him for Martha Ranges. Detroit cigarette license case upheld by Supreme Court, boosting city revenue by about 50 thousand. Florence Reed's ring theft case arraigns Michael Tarnevsky, 19, with grand larceny charges. he admits taking the jewels and later denies the theft.
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Lansing
Edmund C. Shields
University of Michigan
National Emergency Council
Detroit
Joseph Lightsy
Marquette
William Kraft
Kraft
Lightsy
Ang Martha Ranges
Supreme Court
Vance G. Ingalls
Ann Ayhor
Michael Tarnevsky
Florence Reed
Lansing Murant Motor Car plant auctioned again
The Lansing-Murant Motor Car plant valued at 23 million dollars was put up for auction at 150 thousand. Counsel for current owners Houdaille Hershey and Borg Warner said plans to attract a new industry for Lansing failed to materialize after Parent ceased operations, with the two firms owning the property.
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Lansing
Murant Motor Car
Houdaille-Hershey Corporation
Borg-Werner Corporation
Parent
Detroit Prosecutor Toy Wins Back Salary Dispute
Prosecutor Harry S. Toy secured $1,900 in back pay for 1932 after Wayne County Auditors approved the amount. The sum covers the difference between his regular $22,500 annual salary and the reduced $9,000 paid under 10 percent board-ordered cuts.
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Detroit
Harry S. Toy
Wayne County Board of Auditors
Toy
Board of Supervisors
Building light plant permit granted after injunction lifted
Alrican city approved finishing the municipal dam and lighting plant with a PWA loan of 3,410,000 after the United States Circuit Court of Appeals removed a restraining injunction secured by the Consumers Power Company.
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Alrican
PWA
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Consumer's Power Company
State Champions Flint The State American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps championship tad won by the Erwin Prieskorn
The Erwin Prieskorn led the Flint unit to a state championship in the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps competition. details describe a dominant performance by the ensemble and its conductors at the statewide event.
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Flint
American Legion
Uele
Erwin Prieskorn
Post of Ann Arbor leads in annual contest victory
Post of Ann Arbor wins top honors in the annual contest with seven other legion corps competing. The event was witnessed by 3,500 spectators. Second place was earned by the Cook-Nelson post of Pontiac.
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Ann Arbor
Legion Corps
Cook-Nelson
Pontiac
Mt Pleasant to host 1935 Registers of Deeds meet
The Michigan Association of Registers of Deeds concluded its annual meeting in Mt. Pleasant with elections. Clyde V. Showalter of Mt. Pleasant was elected president, succeeding Mrs. Ethel L. Philips of Lansing. Charlotte A. Nash of Traverse City was named vice president. Don R. Pears of St. Joseph was chosen secretary treasurer.
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Lansing
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan Association of Registers of Deeds
Clyde V. Showalter
Ethel L. Phillips
Charlotte A. Nash
Traverse City
Don R. Pears
St. Joseph
Podunk Celebrates Centennial Amid Rural Decline
Podunk, once a village in Mundy township Genesee County, celebrated its centennial though now a desolate tract on the George Judson farm. A former mill race remains as the only reminder of two stores a mill a blacksmith shop and several dwellings. More than 150 guests attended the event.
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Flint
Podunk
Mundy Township
Genesee County
George Judson
Centennial Celebration At Judson Farm Honors Pioneer Descendants
The Judson farm hosted a centennial celebration featuring descendants of Podunk's early settlers. Honor guest was Mrs. Susan Baldwin Smith, 88, of Detroit, the sole surviving child of the three founding pioneer families.
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Judson
Podunk
Susan Baldwin Smith
Detroit
Michigan voters to decide three constitutional amendments on ballot
Michigan will ask voters in the November 6 general election to approve at least three constitutional amendments. A total of 161 627 signatures is required to place the amendments on the ballot with a final filing date of July 6. The first proposal would elect all Michigan judges on separate nonpartisan ballots, removing judicial elections from partisan races from the Supreme Court to municipal courts if approved. The second proposal, if approved,
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Lansing
Michigan
Supreme Court
Ballot Proposals Target Auto Tax Cap and Gasoline Tax
A proposal would cap mobile weight taxes at 35 cents per hundredweight, matching the current state collection under the last special session. Another measure would cut the gasoline tax from 3 to 2 cents per gallon and block future increases by lawmakers.
41 Cents Per Vote Michigan Elections 1952 Costs
Michigan taxpayers paid 41.5 cents per vote in the 1952 primary and general elections. The Department of State survey totals $1,107,485 for both elections with 4,882,000 registered voters. Major costs include polling place rentals and election board salaries at $568,846 and voter registration at $302,790. County expenditures cover ballots, supplies, and recounts at $235,849, while the state department spent $500 on official notices and ballot forms.
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Michigan
Department of State
Election Board
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