Weekend Visits and Family Gatherings Across Several Towns
Stanley Mills visits Detroit to see relatives while others travel to St. Paul and nearby towns for weekend gatherings. Families from White House Ohio Linden Sag inaw and Sears share dinners, calls, and visits with grandparents parents and children. A child named Millard returns home with an arm injured from a stove incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Mills
Detroit
Lynn Cline
Royal Oak
Layle Littlefield
South Bend
Ind
F. Littlefield
Ellwood Sherman
Pontiac
Albert
A. Cline
Ll. Johnston
Midland
JG. Frisbie
Gilmore Center Gilmore Church of Christ Services
Gilmore Center church of Christ schedule includes song service and devotion led by James A. Stanley at 10:00 a.m. Communion at 10:15 a.m. with junior players and deacons officiating. Sermon at 10:30 a.m. on Attention Interest Desire Decision. Bible School at 11:00 a.m. with Alvin Weed as superintendent. Evening service at 7:45 p.m. with youth devotional. 8:15 p.m. sermon on denominational teaching versus the Bible. Card invites attendance and notes local visits and well wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Stanley
Muth Stanley
Bible School
Alvin Weed
Gilmore Church of Christ
Halloween program and pie social at Redner school house
The Redner school house event featured pies wenries buns and coffee with 4 H candy proceeds over 15 dollars. Mrs Powell thanks helpers and buyers as Garth Shull buys a new car birthday gift. Various local families visited relatives and mourned the Harrison accident victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lodge
Redner School
Powell
Garth Shull
John Hogue
Marjorie Ann
George Johnson
Weidman
Earl Burton
LeRoy
Pontiac
Gerald Hemstreet
Frank Rilett
The
Hagle
Robert Shull
Violet Lavoy
Betty Lloyd
Clare
Hart Burton
Mt. Pleasant
Sdginan Hospital
Lydier
Harrison
Hunts and gatherings mark Hermansdale weekend
Mr and Mrs Otto Burmeister and children from Detroit joined relatives for hunting season and a social at Brewer school featuring witches and goblins and a box social raising 15 dollars. The town also marked Reginald and Miss McBride tenth anniversary with guests from Flint and nearby. A speedy recovery wish went to Carson Harvey as Sunday visitors called on George Gilcher’s home and prayers for smoother mail service as road work continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Burmeister
Carol Ann
Otto
Detroit
Burt Hess
Mr. Burmeister
Fred JL. Hess
William Krans
Clarence Krans
Pelke
Munger
Michigan
Charlie Barlow
Naomi
Charles
Hockaday
Jess Cotton
Flint
Jack Lang
Sheridan
Pred L. Hess
Brewer School
Reginald McBride
Carson Harvey
George Gilcher
John Sulenger
Lafleur
Irma Rilett
Coleman
Mr. Sowle
Halloween Party At Farwell High School Noted
The Fire Tower notes a Halloween party enjoyed by many from the vicinity at Farwell High School Thursday night. Several local residents visited or called on neighbors over the weekend, including Edith Reynolds, Laurence Finch, Bob Vai Buskir k, Bertha Govyner and family, and others from Mason Lansing Ann ivhot and Maple Grove communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell High School
Robert Wilsdris
Edith Reynolds
Laurence Finch
Bob Vai Buskirk
Bertha Govyner
John
Albert Gar¢how
Glenn Powells
Lansing
M. Bailie
New Boston
Powells
Nellis Bateman
Mason
Harley Bentley
Buntley
Loula.Finch
Maple ‘Grove
Merleagiaon
Annivhot
Mew
Wellace Grebn
West Freeman Social News Amid Weekend Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cook and family hosted her brother and his family from Tippy Dam over the weekend. Albert Gaffney of Ypsilanti stayed with his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Gaffney and their family. Mr. and Mrs. Bigia Hickok attended the PDA at the Martin School House Friday evening. Lilah Wiekok visited friends near Sears Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Cook
Tippy Dam
Albert Gaffney
Ypsilanti
John Gaffney
Bigia Hickok
Martin School
Lilah Wiekok
Sears
Maple Grove Sunday School and services schedule
The note lists Maple Grove activities with Sunday School at 2:00 p.m. and preaching at 8:00 p.m. A Thursday prayer meeting is planned. Harry House spoke on Healing Sunday. J. S. Penick of Gilmore church is expected to deliver the message next Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Social visits and an accident near Pontiac are briefly described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry House
J. S. Penick
Gilmore Church
Planets Mars and Jupiter Mentioned in Text
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Mars and Jupiter in a sequence about planetary bodies. The text is incomplete and lacks full context or details to determine a clear event or conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Jupiter
HARM Tories FARM GROUNDS NEED ATTENTION
Extension Landscape Specialist notes city and farm dwellers face different gardening needs. City plots are small but allow evening work on flowers. farms have ample space but busy seasons hinder weed control and watering. Smart shrub and tree planting reduces long term effort, with initial care required over two to three seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina State College
Drouth Years Favor Weeds Rival Crops on American Farms
L W Kephart of the federal bureau of plant industry reports noxious perennial weeds have spread from about 1 million acres to 6 million acres west of the Mississippi due to dry years since 1930 and farm tenancy. He warns that unless vigorous measures are taken weed growth will continue to rise. The response includes a stronger federal seed law, state weed laws, and cooperative weed-control research across eight states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Kephart
Federal Bureau of Plant Industry
Kephart
Mississippi
Bureau of Plant Industry
U S Wheat Insurance Expands in 1940 Growth Surges
U S wheat insurance coverage jumped in 1940 with contracts rising from 166000 in 1939 to nearly 380000 in 1940, covering about 11 million acres and insuring income from 106000000 bushels. Nebraska and Kansas led gains with 300 percent rises, while Idaho and Pennsylvania posted notable increases in winter wheat coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Nebraska
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Far West
Idaho
Straw erosion control idea from field mulching note
An agricultural tip promotes using old straw for erosion control rather than burning. Mulch materials like straw and pine needles help soil. a slogan urges sowing seeds, fertilizing, and mulching to prevent gullies and improve ground cover.
Community notices and church schedule in Grange Hall
Sunday School at 10 30 a m Supt P A Oman classes for all ages preaching 7 30 p m Rev J W Wyrick cottage prayer meets weekly place announced also a series of social visits among local families including Clare Loomis Grand Rapids Barryton and Lansing with many hospitality contacts and a note that Joe Williams formerly of Wales voted 64 years ago before becoming a U S citizen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Hall
P. A. Oman
J. W. Wyrick
Jesus
Joe Williams
Wales
U. S
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Claude Wheaton
C. W. Miller
Eight Point
Charley Ward
Minnerva Pringle
Seymour
Friend
Saginaw
Pearl Tryon
Minnie Dell
Lillian
John Halstead
Earl Halstead
J. Halstead
Lucille Brasington
Lake George
Little Millard
Gilmore Center
J. S. Pentek
Egbert Fordyce
Mary Helen
Manistee
Dave Wilson
Ila
Charles Kent
Case School House
Dolph Cottey
Mr. Pleasant
Hermansdale
West Freeman
Maple Grove
Union Sunday School
Hlmer Schofield
Gladwin
L. Finch
Husband
Finch
Lawrence Finch
Wallace Grahan
Mery Davison
Rhea
Maxine
Ann Arbor
Wallace Graham
Hileen Lapratt
Fife Lake
Marilyn Davison
Farwell
Carol Jean Schofield
Robert McCumber
Alfred Richmond Place
Harm Tories
John H. Harris
Drouth
U. S. Wheat Insurance Ig
George Scott
Don Holbrook
Don Artibee
William Dunlop
Holmes
Loomis
Charles Sherman
Leonard Irwin
Harve Erter
Fred Smalley
Stanley Oman
Millard Scott
F. Smalley
Charlesman
Allen
J.L. Cook
Estel Brooks
Jackson
James
T. H.brooks
Big Rapids
Steve Watkins
B. A. Archard
Raymond Scott
Virginia Cornell
Vern Kidd
Grand Rapids
Harry Cornell
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Michigan Bell
America
Bell Telephone
Verne Hains
Brand
Beatrice Hilliker
Barryton
John LaPloud
Frank Gilman
Alvin Helm
J. A. Phillips
Mrs. Millard Scott
Mrs
Charles Metzer
Sparta
OU Hearst
Buick
Mich
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