Community visitors and weekend travels listed in Vernon notes
Vernon city news lists visitors and travelers including Mrs Lillian Beery from West Grant and families from Rosebush Clare Saginaw and Midland with weekends in Mt Pleasant Ludington Grayling and Wise Township. Notable mentions include a July 27 birth of a great granddaughter to Mr and Mrs Larry Randall in Rosebush and extended family gatherings at the Snider and Nevins homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Beery
West Grant
McNonel-Herron
Clarence Randal
Phyllis
Rosebush
Robert Hitchcock
Cathy
Harold Kile
David Seiter, Jr
Connie
Shirley Randall
Clare
Glen Henderson Jr
Saginaw
Glen Henderson
Arnold Bidwell
George Snider
Grayling
Frank Snider
Frank Simpson
Doris Kay
Grant Boyer
Dorothy Simpson
Jack Bouchey
Adna Perry
Eva Foss
Ella Sherman
Alice
Floyd Bergey
Mt. Pleasant
Don Shumway
Winegais
Frank Bowen
Eola McDonel
Larry Randall
Walter Farrington
Grand Blanc
Buren Kohn
Jean
Bob Kohn
Alva McReynolds
Coleman
Darwin Mott
Alfred Smith
Frank Nevins
Smiths
Nevins
Cora Wright
Bergey
Henry
Walt Belle
Wise Township
Donald Cobleigh
Harrison
Alfred Zastrow
Ezra Cobleigh
Variety show sparks Island Park fair with famed animals
Franklin J. Meine previews the Isabella County Youth and Farm Fair at Island Park Mt Pleasant August 21 25. The program features Jet Propulsion donkey tricks Bud Jones the blind trick rider Big Babe the elephant and a cast of racing camels ostriches zebras and other trained animals. The article also notes do it yourself remodeling trends and a bridge tournament study with 50 000 players and the U S losing the world championship to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County
Island Park
Mt. Pleasant
Brandon Daily
Jet Propulsion
Bud Jones
Big Babe
Leap
Lena
Jughead
Bui
Elephant
Captain Ray Chadler
Hollwood
Hollywood
Michigan's horse comeback rises with racing and farming revival
Horses stage a comeback in Michigan as racing grows at county fairs and shows. The Michigan Department of Agriculture notes a surge in horse breeding with statutes favoring Michigan sires for Futurity races and more horse farms across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbin
Michigan
Mihigan Department of Agriculture
Local families visit and camp plans noted this week
Mr and Mrs Frank Bowen take daughter Earline to Grass Lake for Savela Youth Camp this week. Mr and Mrs Robert Pryor of McBain dine with Raymond Pryor family. George Foot of Gladwin County visits Bowen cousins. Mrs Ella Sherman and Alice visit Phyllis Anderson in Clare. Theodore Bergey from Flint vacationing with Floyd Bergey family. Farwell visitors call on Ella Sherman. Bertha Cappaert visits Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bowen
Earline
Grass Lake
Savela
Robert Pryor
McBain
Raymond Pryor
George Foot
Gladwin County
Ella Sherman
Alice
Phyllis Anderson
Clare
Theodore Bergey
Flint
Floyd Bergey
Fred Border
Archie Border
Farwell
Bertha Cappaert
U M Community Action Course Encourages Local Leadership
University of Michigan educators promote community action through a nine session noncredit course. Local leaders guide discussions on what a community is and how to get things done, with 10 to 30 members per town and extensive lesson guides provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Howard YY
Moe Clusky
University of Michigan
Community Adult Education Service
McClusky
U-M
Northville
Pontiac
Mendon
Escanaba
Armada
Wayne
Utica
Shoe rules and coal processing facts from a historical note
The text notes that during the Roman Empire men could not wear painted shoes and women could not wear red shoes while only wives of princes and senators could wear shoes with gold or silver soles. It also states that over 600 American plants process bituminous coal before delivery to consumers with clean coal competing better with other fuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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Virgil Brinkman
Lansing
Russell H. Strange, Jr
Clare-Isabella District
H. H. Strange
Clare-Isabella
Central Michigan College
Witbeck
G.A
Meat Department
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