Local Letters and Calls From Friends Across Towns
A composite of neighborhood social visits and travel notes lists Earl Martin from Sears and many others visiting relatives in Alma, Springfield, Grand Rapids, Shepherd, and Flint. The item notes weekend and weekday calls, furloughs, college visits, hospital milestones, and a three day ministers retreat upcoming in Olivet Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Martin
Sears
Bernard McNerney
Andrew Yoriz
Bilton Lee Hughes
Swebbie
Pleasant
Ain Grand Rapids
Robert Archambault
Mary Lou
Helen
G. R. Huffman
Shepherd
William Terwilliger
Laks City
Theo Wallington
Karen
Ann
Robert Leposky
Flint
Ray Archbold
Kenneth Archbold
Mabel Bradley
Detroit
Rmra
Will_Bowler
Jeff, Hartman
Ernest Green
George Bowden
Big Rapids
C. D. Harvey
John Wood
Lila Crossen
Alma
August Ulrich
Aline Andrus
Mr. Pleasant
Arthur Walter
Dorr H. Day
Eva Walter
Mona Jean Harvey
Ruth Prell
Hawks
Mt. Pleasant
Clair Stanley
Clyde Pifer
Harrison
Robert Pifer
Lula Shaw
Leslie
Philippines
Jeff Hartman
Glen Hartman
Pontiac
Junior
Harle Redman
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Illinois
Rantaul Gospel Center
Indiana
Hugh Maxwell
Saginaw
Reva Maxwell
Doris
Santa Ana
California
Hugh
Meth Brown
Pat
Ronald D. Brown
Ronald
McCook
Nebraska
Cpl
Edward&. Cunningham
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
L. Thompson
Lawrence Williams
Chas. Jackson
Donald McDonald
Chas. A. Jackson, Jr
U.S.N.T.C
Great Lakes
Vaughn General Hospital
Hines
Inois
Harold Watson
Michigan Congregational Christian Conference
Olivet College
Olivet
Michigan
Harold N. Skidmore
Michigan Conference
Red Cross Dressings Discontinued Uniform Pickup
Surgical Dressing unit notes cessation of Red Cross dressings production and urges ladies to call for their uniforms from Mrs. John Stough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Greenwood Unit to Meet February 15 for Red Cross Work
Greenwood Township Red Cross Unit convenes all day February 15 at Mina Jones home. Bring finished work or send it. Pot luck lunch. Colonville Unit met February 1 with Mrs. Ivan Nevill and plans February 15 gathering at Mrs. Alfred Rutter home with new material to work on. Lincoln Township Unit keeps first and third Thursday meetings February 15 at F A Luce home. Betty Thilly serves as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Township
Red Cross
Mina Jones
Colonville Red Cross
Ivan Nevill
Alfred Rutter
Lincoln Township
F. A. Luce
Betty Thilly
Clare Red Cross Unit to Meet Next Thursday
The Clare Red Cross Unit will meet in the Red Cross rooms at Clare city hall next Thursday afternoon February 15. The gathering aims to organize comforts and necessities for the armed forces and hopes for strong participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Red Cross
Red Cross
Clare City Hall
Proclamation Declares March 1945 Red Cross Month
President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims March 1945 as Red Cross Month and urges nationwide support for the American National Red Cross. The document highlights wartime relief efforts, blood drives, medical supplies, prisoner aid, and peacetime services assisting disaster victims and training citizens to prevent suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American National Red Cross
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of America
Red Cross
Roosevelt Era Name Change? Ambiguous Historical Reference
The fragment cites the United States, the one hundred and sixty-ninth division or item, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a designation by Joseph C. Grew as Acting Secretary of State. The readable text implies a formal presidential action or archival note with foreign affairs ties, though details are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Franklin D.roosevelt
Joseph C. Grew
Youths Pillage Rosebush Area Businesses
Stambaugh fled from a Tem ple area farm in 1948 after stealing a car from a garage. He was held for circuit court after waiving examination in Justice Archambault's office, with Prosecuting Attorney Naumies representing the People of Michigan. He is to be arraigned before Judge Ray Hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stambaugh
Peter Schram
Temple
Jennings Archambault
Joseph K. Naumies
Ray Hart
Battleship Uses More Fuel Than New Destroyers
A 35 000 ton battleship consumes five times as much fuel as a single new destroyer, highlighting greater power needs and operational costs for the battleship compared with destroyers.
Plans for a Larger Garden in 1945
The article urges families to expand their gardens for 1945 as military demand will reduce farm labor. Garden expert Paul Krone notes Michigan families canned under 25 quarts per person in 1944, far below the 85 to 115 quarts needed for a balanced diet under rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Krone
Michigan
State College
Marines Land On Foreign Soil In 1776
Marines staged their first landing on foreign soil on March 3, 1776, marking an early expeditionary action in the Revolutionary era. The report notes the objective and the involved forces, illustrating early naval infantry operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Marine Corps
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Edward Archey
Dearborn
J. J. Green
Florence Field
Mary Lytie
Gertrude
Owen Spink
Mayme Runyan
the Eagle
William E. Bowler
Hattie Porter
O. D. Bayes
Ann Lynn
Herb, Sargeant
W. D. Hilden
M. D. Feighner
Otis Stanley
Floyd Stanley
Lansing
W. A. Neithercut
Lorraine
James
John Neithercut
Doris Gerow
B. R. Potter
Will Hendrie
Potter
S.D.A
Chester Milam
Jake Milam
Walter Teters
Milam
John Watson
Johnny
Battle Creek
Charles Ford
Warren Waston
Rosebush
Ford
Omer
Hileen
Dave Harter
Saginaw General Hospital
Martha Parent
Hartford
Art Damoth Agency
McEwan Street
Lare
Clare, Michigan
Tim Graves
East State ST. Clare
John Stough
Greenwood
Colonville
CLARE
Button
Win.h. Bicknell Co
Chatham
The
City of
Washington
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