Harrison Park Plans Advance Amid City Beautification Efforts
Harrison officials reported progress on a local city beautification plan with the N Y A crew transforming Fanning’s Corner into a small park at Main and First Street. The project features evergreen hedges rustic benches and picket fences with support from Spike Horn Myers and the Home and Garden Club. Also noted were a farewell party for Albert Skinner and a birthday gathering at the Skinner home with Pedro games and prizes.
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Rogers
State Park Maintenance Division
Department of C Onservation
Harrison Regently
N.Y.A
Reggie Reed
Main
First Street
Hughes Store
Spike Horn Myers
Home and Garden Club
Albert Skinner
Mancelona
Harl Skinner
Harrison
Pedro
Fred Smith
Improvements underway on Harrison businesses and homes
In Harrison both commercial and residential areas see heavy upgrades. Shimmel grocery on US 27 South enlarges store and plans new merchandise next week. Gardiner Grocery repair follows a recent fire with apartments above removed. Zubler dairy bar adds living space for owner family.
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Harrison
Shimmel Grocery
Us- 27
Gardiner Grocery
Zubler Dairy
Hughes Grocery
Charles Amble
Lake Street
Brattin
Mae Campbell
Mixture
Hector Shaw
Vesta Budd
Lake Bank
Edgar Bringman
Harl Wilson
Harrison Study Club plans final season meeting May 6
The Harrison Study Club will hold its last meeting of the season on Tuesday evening May 6 at the school building with the music and drama division presenting musical numbers. Hostesses include Mrs. June Rose Mrs. Fred Zubier Mrs. Ronald Keller Mrs. Oise Derby Mrs. Emily Vertner and Mrs. Eimer Hughes.
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Harrison Study Club
Music and Drama Division
June Rose
Fred Zubier
Ronald Keller
Oise Derby
Emily Vertner
Eimer Hughes
Hanscom Lyceum Series Closes With New Brooms Play
Bob Hanscom and his company entertained Harrison Tuesday evening with four act farce New Brooms. The plot centers on a daughter who graduates college and learns that experience beats theory, as a father retires for six months. The show concluded a five performance season under the Harrison Study Club sponsorship featuring national touring talent.
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Bob Hanscom
Harrison
Florida
Hanscom Lyceum
Harrison Study Club
New Arrivals at Local Homes This April
Waiva Trene, infant daughter, arrives at the DeBarr home on April 15. James VanBuskirk announces infant son Thomas Joseph born April 21. Ernest McCartney announces infant daughter Janet Kay born April 23. Thomas LeRoy, infant son, arrives at the Crompett home on April 23. Arthur Sutton and wife welcome infant son Lloyd Arthur born April 27.
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Waiva Trene
Mrs
Howard DeBarr
James VanBuskirk
Thomas Joseph
Ernest McCartney
Janet Kay
Thomas LeRoy
Walter Crompett
Arthur Sutton
Lloyd Arthur
Harrison briefs local social notes from Greenwood township
Mr and Mrs Don Schaaf of Greenwood township spend weeks at their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Francis McKenna. They rented their farm to Mr and Mrs Lew Tessman and family. Mrs Otto Eastment of Alma visited her parents Sheriff and Mrs Seaver Amble. Various guests and visits include Guy Mitchner and son Leoray of Lansing, Kenneth Lynch of Blanard, Charles Amble and Carolyn in Coleman, Henry Gardiner back at his store, Don Lydell and mother of Paris, Leroy Mead of Detroit with Harper and Mead families, Donald Higgins and daughter of Detroit, Andrew VanderWoude and sons of McBain, MacShaw of Higgins Lake, Marion Roth and family, and F C Simmons of.
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Don Schaaf
Greenwood Township
Francis McKenna
Lew Tessman
Otto Eastment
Alma
Sheriff
Seaver Amble
Guy Mitchner
Leoray
Lansing
Frank M. Myers
Kenneth Lynch
Blanard
Theodore Butcher
Charles Amble
Carolyn
Coleman
Henry Gardiner
Don Lydell
Paris
J. B. Lydell
Leroy Mead
Detroit
David Harper
Alice Mead
Moddersville
Donald Higgins
Frank Higgins
Andrew VanderWoude and Sons
McBain
Gerald Reigle
MacShaw
Higgins Lake
Hart Skinner
Marion Roth
David Roth
Houghton Lake
F. C. Simmons
Grand Rapids
Tred Smith
Gerald Gould
Greenville
Sebastian Pfannes
Pred Zubler
Howard Stimpson
Cadillac
Jack Schaaf
Bertha Schaaf
Billie
Otto Hastment
Amble
Billy
Forest Hill School
Hastment
Charlotte Randall
J. P. Myers
Arthur Township
Frank Myers
Harrison
Robert Hecker
Kenneth Coulter
Judy Ann
Carl Dowland and
Flint
Earl Skinner
Familly
Frank Scott
Saginaw
Mae Campbell
Fred Schuett
Myrtle Smith
Cedar Springs
Fred Smith
Robert Roth
Bert Lydell
Gwendolyn Gould
Ruth Zubler
B. F. Hampton
Kathleen
Gladys Dutt
Jo Wojtewhek
Harry Merrill
Patsy
John Merrill
Mary Louise Shaffer
Alma Shaeffer
Florence Higgins
Evelyn Peck
Alton Mead
Ban Boulten
Midland
Clark Ritter
J.B. Lidell
Ed Bruce, Jr
Russel Sharp
Clare
G. W. Crane
Monroe
Orrie H. Crane
Camp Livingston
Louisiana
Arnold Hughes
Himer Hughes
Grace Hospital
Cecil Robinson
Mt. Pleasant
A.H. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
George Perkins
Mary
Walter Lang
Bert Waite
Tewart
James Wright
Newton Kress
Leonard Hooker
Leland Bruce
Wheeler
Samuel Bruce
Samuel Morrison
William Murphy
Morrison
Prank ‘Walters
Norman Myers
Ivra Cadwell
Marion
Howard White
Bessie Williams
Thomas Payne
Long Lake
Hudson Jones
Arthur Sheffield
Leslie
Bay City
Olive Weidner
Bhstela White
James Mead
Arthur Davis
Mary Griffen
Bertha Thayer
John Brooks
Bert Frost
Ellis Henry Hughes
Ann Arbor
Bertha Hughes
L. D. Schwartz
Henry Carpecke
Chester Miller
Ernest McCartney
E. Yo
Foster Beals
Toledo
Ohio
Sadie Beals
Sam Crawford
Temple
Ronald Barnes
Rudy
Ruth Ann
Clara Smith
Robert Brown
Dorothy
Mary Louise Burns
Pleasant
Many Nearby Guests Visit Harrison Families Over Weekend
A flurry of weekend visits links Grand Rapids, Detroit, Saginaw and Lansing as relatives from Greenville, Alma, Midland and Harrison gather at homes across the area. Sheriffs, teachers and service members are among the many kin visiting relatives, attending events, and sharing meals.
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Acquired for U S Collection
A rare 1776 1850 era set of American children books, including the New England Primer, was donated by Frank J. Hogan to the Library of Congress. Archibald MacLeish announced the acquisition of 86 items from Hogan, highlighting the Primer with its biblical alphabet rhyme.
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Washington
New England
Uncle Sam
Archibald MacLeish
Congress
Frank J. Hogan
American Bar Association
Adam
Zacchaeus
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