Michigan Briefs A Deer Rescued From Ice To Onion Prosperity
Mackinaw City ferry crew rescues a deer clinging to ice in the Straits, delivering it to shore wrapped in a blanket. Across Michigan, towns report quirky incidents from a no smoking sign in Pontiac to a stray joke about uncracked safes in Ann Arbor, and a Smelt Jamboree in Escanaba set for April 1-3.
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Mackinaw City
Straits of Mackinac
Pontiac
Michigan
City Commission
Sunday Social Calls Pocket Across Local Town
Mr and Mrs Jay Clute welcomed visitors at their Harrigan home on Sunday afternoon. Chas Bodkins and Helen Broskey visited Saginaw with Valley Rutter. Bodkins returned with them after a week there. Krells Corners guests Elizabeth Maxine and Freda June Krell joined Carl Kistler Arthur Phillips and Jennetta Hampton for calls. Tessie Bodkins visited Aunt Mrs Geron in Clare, while Tessie Hazel spent the prior Saturday with Aunt Mrs Mary Hampton. Floyd Gordon has been working for Jay Clute this past week.
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Jay Clute
Clute
Harrigan
Chas. Bodkins
Helen Broskey
Saginaw
Valley Rutter
Bodkins
Chas. Krell
Krells Corners
Elizabeth
Maxine
Freda June
Bay City
Carl Kistler
Arthur Phillips
Jennetta
Hampton
Reid
Harrison
Tessie
Geron
Clare
Hazel Algo
Mt. Pleasant
Mary Hampton
Ruth
Kay
Arthur Clure
Robert
Floyd
Pleasant Valley Social Notes Chronicle March Gatherings
Pleasant Valley residents share family visits and greetings. Joan Bernice arrived as a welcome arrival at the Bates home on Sunday March 7, weighing eight pounds. Several locals host relatives including Eth El Crumley and Mack Leeth, with Ken Rockey and family hosting dinner.
Maple Grove Church Activities and Local News Notes
Sunday School attendance rising at Maple Grove U. B. Church with a Testament offered to children after twenty five Sundays. Midweek services rotate between Mrs. Ida Ryne's home and Alwood's. Local residents Schofield and Tigner families vary with visits, illnesses, and gatherings including a fish supper for a birthday.
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Maple Grove U. 8
E. R
Ida Ryne
Alwood
Russell Alwood
Lansing
Louis Finch
Elmer Schofield, Jr
Gladwin
Midland
Bertha Rulapaugh
J. E. Timpe
Grandma Ryne
Chas. Grell
Dorothy
Flint
Didenville
Cora Smedley
Walter
Wendell
Nelly Fordyce
Anna Schofield
First Teaspoon Known The First Teaspoon 1689
A fragment notes a teaspoon dated 1689 described as the first known example. It mentions a toy item and a singular reference to a time period.
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Escanaba
Louisiana
Marion
Mikado
Albert Broadwood
Broady
Milford
Ohio
Red Cross
Pipes
Howify Ross
Amate
Theodore Roosevelt
Martin
America
Patrick Reilly
Reilly
Merlin Evans
Emergency Relief Commission
Conservation Department
Fuzzy
John Simon
East Lansing
Edwin Smiley
Michigan State College
Clio
Dinah
Isaac Hardman
Bath
Bath Farmers
Jackson
WPA
Grand Rapids
Apple
Michigan Apple Institute, Inc
Kalamazoo
National
George Washington
Sparta
Phil Klenk
Klenk
Grant
Frank E. Ellsworth
Western State Teachers College
Mid-West
Lake Orion
Max Wichman
Cassopolis
Bourbon County
Kentucky
Birch Lake
Cass County
Stone Lake Park
Allegan
Benjamin D. Pritchard
Elisha Mix
Ludington
Frank B. Morse
Sheridan Township
Sheridan
Jonesville
Ashton
Fenton
Destiny
ALL
Clare County Druggists
Colonville
Pleasant Valley
Joan Bernice
Orville Bates
J. Crumley
Ethel
Paulding
Mack Leeth
Kenneth Rockey
John Rockey
Randolph Rockey
Archie Tryon
Donald
Runyan
Tryon
Ernest Penrose
Artie Carncross
F. J. Foster
Fred Krell
Russell
Beaverton
N. Dangler
Wm. Garshaw
Maple Grove
Birt
Roca Wits
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
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Beet Growers
Farmers and Manufacturers
Best Sugar Association
Saginaw, Mich
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