Concrete Wall 10 Keeps Auto Racers on the Fair Track
The Michigan State Fair will host AAA sanctioned automobile races on September 11 with a concrete retaining wall around the centerfield for spectator safety. A hub-high rail and inner fences are required, and construction on the inner fence is underway. An outer temporary railing of six by sixes and four by fours was used at a prior race on June 27, with a permanent concrete rail to be completed before the fair opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Automobile Association
Contest Board
State Moves Fast 70 Fin Ish Rew Building at Fair
Construction of the Agricultural Building at the State Fair Grounds in Detroit progresses rapidly and will be ready for occupancy during the Michigan State Fair from September 5 to 11. Seventy five workers are on site as steel and brick work advance, with the building between the Coliseum and Dairy Building forming an arc to connect the three facilities. The project aims to give Michigan a prominent agricultural display for the fair and future events under new management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michigan
State Fair Board
Fish and Game Exhibits at Michigan State Fair
The State Department of Conservation announces a large exhibit at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit from September 5 to 11. The Poultry Building will host a major fish display with plans to show every Michigan water fish species. Additional wild game, birds, and fur-bearing animals will be featured by state officials.
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State Department of Conservation
Detroit
Michigan
Michigan State Fair aims for fastest track in nation
Work crews at the Michigan State Fair Grounds in Detroit prepare the track for the six day event from September 5 to 11. Officials plan five days of light harness racing and a final day with automobile races, aiming to keep the track renowned as the fastest state fair surface in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United States
Community Notes From Clare Area Correspondence
Correspondents report visitors and family updates in Clare area. Mrs. P S Weaver hosts and improves property with cement walkways while Russel Williams and Mabel Montney drove Panora Weaver to Saginaw for travel to Flint. Several calls, illness news, and camp meeting plans appear as farmers hay and crops occupy the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. V
A. Me Rule
P. S. Weaver
Russel Williams
Mabel Montney
Panora ‘Weaver
Saginaw
Flint
Fuurley Hospital
Dan Courtney
Verne Lower
RV. Rule
Bessie Hartman
Hart Credit
Grayling
Churen
Frank Bates
Clare
Wm. Henderson
Floyd Allen
Myr
Leo Smock
Geo. Langworthy
Albert Olsen
Granda Rapids
Mr. Lawson
F. S. Weaver
Gary Saul
Myers Corners Social Notes and Visits
Myers Corners lists visitors and family gatherings. Mrs. Bertha Winters of Detroit visits her mother Mrs. Chas Gerber. W. H. Kennedy returns from Lansing after relatives’ visit. Gunner Boberg and children from Chicago visit Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gerber. Beatrice Myers camps at Budd Lake with friends. large Sunday gathering includes the Myers, Kennedy, and related families visiting Geo. Duerr in Ithaca. others come from Owosso and Lansing. Blanche McMillen stays with aunt Mrs. Ir. M. Myers. M. Myers buys a sheep from Mr. Kleeman last week.
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F. M. Myers
Gunner Boberg
Chicago
Charles Gerper
Beatrice Myers
Budd Lake
W. 5
Myers
Garelh
Ralph Myers
Grandma Benner
Ithaca
Geo. Duerr
FP. M. Myers
A. McMillen
Blanche
Bertha
M. Blink
W. H. Kennedy
Lansing
Roseline Shetler
Owosso
Local Churches Attract Summer Sunday School Crowds
Rosebush residents report strong summer church attendance with three active churches. Visitors include Ina Hovey Echo Thorpe in Detroit for a week and Mary Mathews Hart Brooks visiting Wiint. Local families host guests and travel for events during the weekend.
Local social notes list hometown visits and minor injuries
Lanaphere and family of Lansini ent with Mx and Mr Mtr aid visited Mr and Mrs Burt Maxwell in Mr Pleasant. John Presley family spent Sunday with their parents. Turier Parsell broke his arm last Friday. Orie Merrihew and family visited Theodore Merrihew in Weidman. Arthur Badgley and family from Detroit seen in the vicinity. Mrs Ray Dawson and son Bobbie returned to Detroit after visiting J N Lansing family.
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Fred
Mtr
Maxwell
Burt Maxwell
Pleasant
John Presley
Pennie
Clare
Turier Parsell
Orie Merrihew
Weidman
Theodore Merrihew
Theodore’ Merrihew
Remus
Ray Dawson
Bobbie
Detroit
J, N
Randall Family Social Notes At West Grant Farm
West Grant reports Herbert Randall and family back on their farm. Mr and Mrs William Randall hosted relatives from Detroit and Saginaw. Chas Mathews Wentworth and Schaffer each have teams working. Suttons and families held reunions at Five Lakes with Emmet Sutton, wife, five daughters, and others attending. James Suttons barn nearing completion. Emmet Sutton with three daughters joined Fred Morgans to Saginaw. Ohio visitors Francis Harshman and Mrs Hamilton visited Gus Williams en route home from Beaverton.
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Herbert Randall
Wm. Randall
Detroit
Saginaw
Eira Armour
Port Huron
Chas, Mathews
A. Wentworth
J. Schaffer
Mm Clare
T. A. Sutton
Five Lakes
Emmet Sutton
Lawrence Robinett
Frank Shean
Pleasant
Ellis Young and Son
Coleman
James QO. Sutton
James
Francis Harshman
Lima
Ohio
Gus Williams
Beaverton
Reed's Corners Notes of Local Week End Visits and Accidents
B B Worden attended his sister's funeral in Fowlerville. Marguerite Reed returned from J H Taylors near Rosebush. Clifford Paterson and son Neil visited Mrs Reed. Junior Parsell broke his arm. Marie Harsh from Coleman visited Edna Reed. James Taylor from near Rosebush called on Mrs Leo Nixon Sunday. Ed Hanel of Odessa spent Sunday with Reed family. Leo Russell cut his foot at Tobacco River swimming. W Leosh and family visited Mrs Anderson near St Louis. Art Yoger and Mr Pleasant visited Monday. Mrs Leo Nixon is improving.
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B. B. Worden
Fowlerville
Marguerite Reed
J. H. Taylor
Rosebush
Junior Parsell
Marie Harsh
Coleman
Edna Reed
James Taylor
Leo Nixon
Ed. Hanel
Wate
Odessa
A. Reed
Leo Russell
Tobacco River
W. Leosh
Bears Lakebank weekend visits stir Maple Grove gossip
Maple Grove residents and relatives from Bard Wim Grove Napoleon and nearby areas spent Sunday at Bearlake with Ray Alleys. Neighbors visited, with Finch Gaffney Schofield and Tiedeman families among those calling. Children and infants appear in several notes as visits and illnesses circulate.
Family Pic Nic At Haskel Lake Attracts Local Kin
Northwest Greenwood and relatives including Mr and Mrs B E Clark and grandson Billy of Owosso spend a week with Wm Clark and family. The group enjoys a delightful picnic at Haskel Lake on Sunday. A follow up trip to Cadillac Manton and Boon occurs Monday. Crops look fine though the writer notes weather is unsettled.
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B.E. Clark
Billy
Owosso
Clark
Herbert ‘Sherman
Ole Warbuskirk
Haskel Lake
B. D. Clark
Bily
Cadillac
Manton
Boon
Chester
Chaffee
Mrs. Perry
Elm Grove Community News Social Roundup
Elm Grove residents share Sunday dinners with neighbors and visitors. Jessie McClung vacations with her parents James and Mrs. McClung while Dale Davis and children visit at the Harry Bradley home. Several families attend Sunday School and church with Rev. Bacon delivering the service.
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Robert Blake
Charles Russel
Jessie McClung
James McClung
Dale Davis
Harry Bradley Home
Jas. Joslin
Frank Newman
F. P. Davis
B. M. Gardner
Carmen Williams
Catherine Butters
Catherine Fisher
Midland
C. Loar
Orvyall Williams
Battle Creek
S. C. Badgley
Harriet Szymkowak
J. A. Myers
South Bend
Ind
Geo, Gilcher
Windover Lake Social News and Arrivals Update
The Windover Lake column notes a needed rainfall shower, six black bass planted in the lake, and a busy social scene. A meeting re-elected director J J Beard, with many visitors and extended stays at local cottages, clubs, and cottages, including families from Alma, Detroit, Green Bay, Saginaw, and Lansing enjoying the season and hospitality.
Lansing social notes include Heath party and visitors
Ford Mr and Mrs J 8 Heath and party Bure and friends visit Lansing. Guy L Doggett made a business trip to Lansing last Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Green of Anna were guests at the Clubhouse.
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Ford
Meat Substitute From Cottonseed Predicted by London Expert
Dr. Davis Neeson of London predicts meat substitutes will be produced from cottonseed. He states it is only a question of time before chemists discover a seed based meat alternative.
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Davis Neeson
London
Neeson
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