Community Visitors Gather Across Vernon and Nearby Towns
A flurry of Sunday visits and weekend trips linked Vernon, Clare, Mount Pleasant, Pontiac, Saginaw, and Detroit residents. Families including the Brasingtons, Bergs, and Yeomans hosted relatives while others traveled to Charlo
Bomb Threat Drives Utah Land Boom Amid Crisis
Real estate men across Utah report rising land prices as fear of atomic targets pushes city buyers to rural markets. Farmers show reluctance to sell at current prices, with Richfield dealers noting Californians purchasing farms in the Sevier Valley and using tenants to hold land in the mountains.
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Budget battle pushes Atlanta mother to spend more
Mrs. Hamilton Williams, an Atlanta housewife and noted budget challenger, says weekly costs rose from 12.50 in 1947 to 17.50 to feed four. She buys cheaper cuts, markets produce, and looks for half-price items after salesmen leave. She urges a food price freeze to maintain the budget.
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Hamilton Williams
Teen-Age Robbers Lose Nerve At School Office
Two 14-year-old boys in T shirts attempted a robbery at Louis Pasteur Junior High School in Los Angeles. Clerk Mrs. Cleona Chandler refused their demand for money and candy, causing the youths to flee.
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Local residents host gatherings and visits across area towns
Mr. and Mrs. Burdette Reigle and family bought the former Carl Brown farm in Prost township and visited My. and Mrs. Hughes. Many neighbors hosted relatives at cottages and weekend visits from Lansing to Saginaw to Mt. Pleasant, Houghton Lake, Cheboygan, and Farwell with graduations and family events noted.
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Burdette Reigle
Gull, Lake
Carl Brown
Prost Township
Eee
Herman Sterwood
2. H. Hughes
Dot Fields
Lansing
Wast Budd Lake
Gene Carpenter
Saginaw
Dale Brandon
Flint
Edgar Bringman
Bringman
William Martz
J. C. Miller
Shepherd
Hlmer Gagush
A. D. Hub
David Harper
Maud Harper
Mt. Pleasant
Lester Hamp
Houghton Lake
Fred Smith
Tressa Yoder
Cunninghams
Midland
Harvey Mosher
Robert Hecker
Don Barbera
Farwell
Social grid of visits and quick notes from Brown Corners
Brown Corners reports weekend visits and meals among local families including Hartman Co hootah Oto, M Roush Carson City funeral, and multiple Sunday gatherings. A health note on Darlene Rieinhardt and a reflection on U S rat populations concludes the column.
Farwell Last Week's Socials and Local Visits
Mr and Mrs James Musil of Mr Horris visited Mrs Lene Webster and took Shirley Shear home. Miss Shear is now assistant file clerk in Clio. Mr and Mrs Manton Yerguson of Clio visited Harmon Shear and Delbert Webster. The Litt lefield family from Lansing spent the weekend with Franklyn Littlefield. Francis D Thomas and family of Highland Park visit Florence Horn and relatives in Harrison for three weeks. Thomas is now assistant business manager of Highland Park School system. Frank Thompson visited his sister in Flint. Vern Furlong and three children of Merrill visited and had supper with Merle Esterline. Dr and Mrs Gardner and niece of Pleasant also visited.
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Larry James
Clare
George Snider
Fred Bergey
Elmer Wilson
Barryton
Jeanette
Lilis Williams
Pontiac
Bergey
Hdna Jockwig
Joe Peruchette
Saginaw
Frank Pringle
Cliff Powlison
Lake
Margaret Briggs
Frank Bowen
Harline
Clyde Hyde
Tower
Allan Wright
Muskegon
Floyd Bergey
Rose Ann
Josephine VanBuskirk
Harold Gilland
Detroit
George Bryant
Donald Bryant
Farwell
Vincent Young
Charlotte
Janis
Ewart
William Gilland
Saginaw Hospital
Detroit Veterans Hospital
Frei Bergey
Famely
Tony Warner
Veron
Marjory Bryant
Joyce Archambault
Lake George
Ernest Bryant
Colle Dixon
Bertha Owens
Arthur Sheets
Newaygo
Clarence Randall
Michael
Phyllis
Thelma
Louis Kohn
St. Louis
Lester Garyer
Emerson Bergey
Fred Ahrens
Vernon
Hila Sherman
Alice
Phyllis Anderson
Ernie Cleveland
Hola McDonel
Mt. Pleasant
James Yeoman
Harrison Simmons
Grant
Morris Henry, Jr
Morris Henry, Sr
Leota
Alan Wright
Marjory Utley
Eola MacDonel
James Bradley
Sheridan
Donna Siel
Walford Siel
Frank Nevins
Alfred Smith
B. J. Davis
Flint
James Musil
Horris
Franklyn R. Littlefield
Francis D. "Thomas
Highland Park
Wlorence Horn
Harrison
Thomas
Frank Thompson
Vern Furlong
Merrill
Merle Esterline
Sterling Home
Gardner
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