Myers and Hartman Families Gather for Weekend Visits
Hampton area notes blend family visits across Harrison Clare Clare Grand Rapids Detroit and Coleman. Neighbors Wilbur Burns George Winn Norman Myers Ernest Town and Hartman kin share birthdays dinners and casual calls with relatives and friends during a busy weekend. The Hilborn reunion is listed as held August 11 at John Hartman’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Burns
Jerry Burns
Clare
Nancy Lee Collen
George Winn
Norman Myers
George J. Perkins
Mary Perkins
Sam Collen, Jr
Detroit
James Winn
Gladwin
Kenneth Gerren
James Dedafoe
Lansing
Jerry Wicks
Nor
Man Myers
Ernest Town
Gus Marotzke
Blaine
Kenneth
J. C. Marotzke
Betty Town
Harry Martin
Flint
Sam Cullen, Jr
Nancy Lee
Jimmy
Dani Curtis
Coleman
Rosebush
Karen
Frankie
Ruby Wilkins
John Hartman
Clela Hartman
Happy Cooks
Elm Grove
Colonville
Agnes Pudway
Hilborn
Dover Notes Toast a Week of Visiting Kin and Relatives
Dover column lists Mrs. St Clair Hamlin and son Dick from South Lyons visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Irwin Mizer. Other local trips include Ford family from Flint returning home, Jo e Wilson of Flint with his mother, and numerous relatives visiting in Dover from Detroit Clare Pontiac and Pine Grove among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clair Hamlin
South Lyons
Irwin Mizer
LaVern Ford
Marion
Flint
Robert Hanes
John Tatman
Los Angeles
Calif
Dorothy Alen
Joe Wilson
Bertha Grover
Melvile Perry
Detroit
Floyd Allen
Carl Bauer
Dale Montney
Sam McClain
Hamilton
Barbara
Houghton
Notalee Mickle
The
Brown
Lilly Mickle
Harold Schaeffer
Clare
John Bauer
Everette Allen
Dorothy Allen
Rena LaVoye
Jack Lossing
Delmar Allen
Dennis Kay
Cornwellville
Betty LaVaye
Pine Grove
Glen Gordon
Bob
Jim Mizer
Pontiac
Ralph Harvey
North Arthur
Hudson
Joey
Frank Walters
Cass City
Dover
Chas
David
Geo
Birthday Visit Brings Surprise at Clarence Famey Home
Donald Archamboult Billie Archamboult and Mr. McPhail arrived at the Clarence Famey home to surprise Ramey on a big birthday. Gwen Webster assisted as evening waiter while ice cream and birthday cakes were served by Mrs. David and Mrs. Ramey. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ramey Mrs. Aerotha Kile Betty Ramey and Fredrick Scott.
Local residents visit and attend various gatherings this week
Mr and Mrs Hans Wayne of St Louis visited Bates family. Mary Helen Bates spent the weekend in Saginaw. The Brown ball team earns promotion to class B after win streaks. Mr and Mrs Glen Lower hosted callers near Beaverton. Edna and Marguerite Lower vacationed at Hubbard lake. Frank Sweeney of Mt Pleasant called on Glen Lower. Lavonna Armentrout visited Alice Ann Bates. Camp meeting attendees returning from Carson City include Loraine Garver Ariene Lower Erma Ott Coloma Leitner and Town family with Rev Town. Glen Lower and family visited near Lansing Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Wayne
St. Louis
Mary Helen Bates
Saginaw
Glen Martin
Glen Lower
J. A. Leitner
Beaverton
Edna
Marguerite Lower
Hubbard Lake
Wilbur Lower
Frank Sweeney
Mt. Pleasant
Lavonna Armentrout
Alice Ann Bates
Carson City
Loraine Garver
Ariene Lower
Erma Ott
Coloma Leitner
Local Family News From Hamilton Center And Surrounding Areas
Miss Bertha Shamel of Flint visits with the Dady and Price families in Hamilton Center. Residents and visitors from Corunna Houghton Heights and Clare enjoy weekend gatherings, fishing trips at Cranberry Lake, and a Price family reunion at Dan Prices grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Shamel
Flint
Jerry Price
George
Corunna
Edd
J. Price
Leota Robinson
Jack
Houghton Heights
Dady
Lawrence Mayhew
Geo. Miller
Cranberry Lake
J. F
Hold
Reuben Rose
Clare
Frank Johnstone
Cleveland
Ohio
Budd Lake
Price
Dan Prices
Wedding Trip and Local Socials Highlight ARTHUR CENTER Notes
Miss Eisie Shull and Miss Mary Helen Bates drove to Saginaw Saturday for a friend's wedding. they returned Sunday. The Hilborn Reunion drew over thirty at John Hartman’s. newlyweds Lloyd Athey and Lillian Wood planned a northern honeymoon and will reside in Leo Reynolds’s house. Various neighbors visited, including the Gilmore and Roller households, with frequent calls and friendly gatherings noted around Arthur Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisie Shull
Mary Helen Bates
Saginaw
Ruth Coats
Roller
Maude
Frank ‘Myers
Harrison
Earl Gilmore
Rollers
Ernest Allen and Sons
Kenneth
Max
The
Shully
Alice Foell
Warren Sharp
Clare
Frank Vincent
New Baltimore
Mich
Shull
John Buchanan
Martha Buckanan
Harrisville
Pen
Albert Moyes
Rosebush
Herb Gilmore
Grant
Hilborn
John Hartman
Kenneth Roller
J. O. Newman
Lee Reynolds
Wolverine
Lloyd Athey
Wieinhardt
Lillian
Safer dynamite use on farms with electric caps
An article by E. W. Schroeder explains dynamite helps farmers remove stumps but is dangerous. Electric caps reduce misfires and eliminate smoldering fuses. requires about 250 feet of insulated wire and a blasting device. Any setting device should be kept away from wires after each shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Schroeder
Public Vote Endorses Wax Animal Disease Exhibit
Visitors to a USDA Bureau of Animal Industry display at the Agriculture building voted 938 educational and desirable for public display while 34 found it distasteful. The exhibit showed realistic wax models of diseased animal tissues tied to federal meat inspection data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
Department
United States
U S Farm Families Have Adequate Diets
A Year book of Agriculture report notes farm families often enjoy fair or good diets, aided by farm-provided foods like milk butter eggs and fresh vegetables. Survey data show farms lead in good diet proportions across regions, with cities and villages trailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
United States
Yearbook of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Poultry pastures cut pullet costs and turkey breast gains
Farmers note that greater use of poultry pastures lowers production costs for pullets while turkeys appear to be evolving toward larger breast meat for more white meat. Some farms use common barbed wire in electric fencing as livestock recognize and see it more easily than smooth wire.
Oats Hay Cutting and Threshing in Local Community
In this community cutting oats and hay and threshing are underway. An auto accident near Hart injured Berry Wood Milan Robson Howard Cook and Basil Weaver with Basil badly cut and thrown through a windshield getting eye removal at Ann Arbor. Best wishes to all. Shilling remain bedbound but improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Berry Wood
Milan Robson
Howard Cook
Basil Weaver
Berry
Basil
Ann Arbor
John Frederic
Herbert
Funeral and social notes from Loomis area
Mr. and Mrs. Archie MacDonald attended the funeral of Wm. Phillips of North Bradley. Wesley Teale hosted supper with Brackarts. MacDonalds visited Tigners at North Bradley. Teales shared Sunday dinner with A. McReynolds at Colonville. Warren Tice and daughter Mary Alice visited Bosendbecker family in St. Louis. About twenty five youths gathered at the Teales home last Thursday evening with ice cream and cake served around ten o clock. Everyone enjoyed the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie MacDonald
Wm. Phillips
North Bradley
Wesley Teale
Brackart
Homer Tigner
A. McReynolds
Colonville
Warren Tice
Mary Alice
Kenneth Bosendbecker
St. Louis
Ducking Stool Punishes Shrews in 1745 England
A historical account notes a ducking stool used in England during 1745 to punish shrews, reflecting harsh gendered punishment practices of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Symphony With No Audience in Albany Orchestra
A Albany New York symphony orchestra has given a thousand concerts for the musicians' own benefit, with no paid audience. In England the Fairlop oak near Essex stood 48 feet in circumference and hosted an annual fair under its branches after being blown down in 1820.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Essex
England
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John Laverty
Woods Hospital
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