Mail Parcels Early To Bring Christmas Cheer Overseas
The period October 15 to November 1 is set for accepting Christmas parcels for Armed Forces overseas. Instructions cover packaging, addressing, contents, and required declarations to ensure on time delivery to personnel in Japan Korea and Pacific islands.
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United States
A.P.O
New York
N. Y
San Francisco
Calif
New Orleans
Seattle
Wash
Fleet Post
Japan
Korea
Pacific
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Air Force
F.P.O
A.p.o.’S
Austria
England
France
Germany
Italy
Trieste
A.P. O’s
A.p.o.s
N.p.o.’S
Continental
Early TB screening urged by health officials
Dr. Sweet and Dr. Irwin C. Sweet warn that chest X rays alone do not rule out tuberculosis and urge periodic physicals. They cite that over 85 percent of patients entering Michigan’s public sanatoriums have advanced TB and promote mass chest X ray programs for early identification and treatment.
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Becajise
Sweet
Government Printing Office Declares Best Seller Surge
The Government Printing Office reports strong book sales with a second bestseller in a month. National Security Resources Board's United States Civil Defense sells for 25 cents. over 5,000 of 60,000 initial print copies sold first day. The prior bestseller The Effects of Atomic Weapons, from the Atomic Energy Commission, has surpassed 40,000 copies at 1.26 each in its fourth printing.
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Government
Washington
National Security Resources Board
United States Civil Defense
Atomic Energy Commission
Booster Night at Mt. Vernon Grange
A 65-member gathering enjoyed Booster Night with a planned supper and a Conservation Department slide show. Family and friends, including the Stough, Dawson, Archbold, and Williams families, shared visits at homes and cabins in Michigan, with John Stough’s Korea duty noted.
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Conservation Department
Forrest Brewer
Wilma
Dale Stough
Wilson Samborn
Lewis Dawson
Wilson Bader’s
Muskegon River
Ray Archbold
Saginaw
Willard Bell
George Tope, Jr
Mt. Pleasant
Clare
Chic Williams
Percy Stough
Joyce
Linda Smith
John Stough
Joan Stough
C.M.C
Paul Archbold
Robert Leposky
Gossip and visits fill Gilmore Center church week
Mrs Wood and guests from Traverse City and Lansing share meals and stories at the Gilmore Center. Elton Carlson’s ordination singing is played again. India missionaries Harry and Schaffer report will return next spring. Fellowship supper set for Oct 7. Local class party hosted by Mr and Mrs Fear Weidman. Mr Lambert hospitalized in Mt Pleasant.
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Walter Wood
Chas. Barber
Traverse City
Copeland
Claud Foredyce
George Pitts
W. R. Jarman
Ed Gamble
Mason
Morris
Roy Green
Schaffers
India
Noble Fear Weidman
Lambert
Mt. Pleasant
Jake Vollmer
Winford Jewell
Oil City
Jim Hooker
George Balmer
Lake Margareth
Bert Neely
Harry Kantner
Roy Allen
Saginaw
Norman Bruce
Jack Ames
Lansing
State Department origins and name change in 1789
The U S State Department traces its beginnings to the department of foreign affairs established by act of July 27 1789. Less than two months later on September 15 1789 the name was changed to the department of state.
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State Department
Department of Foreign Affairs
Desert Dasartment of
Forest Fire Hazard Rises As Dried Vegetation Spreads
Conservation department notes the fall fire hazard period with three fires last week burning five acres. Year to date 734 fires have damaged 4 340 acres, while in 1949 the department fought 1 366 fires burning 19 354 acres.
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Conservation Department
Social Roundup of Lansing and Nearby Towns
Local residents from Lansing Muir and Grand Rapids visit friends and relatives across Michigan. Weekend bird hunting trips, trips to Clay City Illinois, and hospital recovery are noted among numerous calls and dinners at homes in Clare Farwell Lake City and Saginaw.
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George Pickman
Lansing
Kirkpatrick
Grand Rapids
Chas. A. Ampble
Warren Millard
Warren Perry
Jack Ferguson
Birch Lodge
U. P
Sam Morrison
Clay City
Chas. Stahlman
Clark Morton
Muir
Curtis Morton
H. EB. Morton
Wyant Irish
Ewart
Wan. Thornton
Detroit
M. Myers
Norman Myers
Arthur Center
Bert Neely
Alaforris
Houghton Lake
Helen Seelinger
U. of M. Hospital
Ann Arbor
Nettie Ching
Oliver Warren
Pete Maser
Frank Warren
Au Gres
Warrens
Chrysler
Chas. Pardue
Edwin Pardue
Clay
West Va
Laura Barber
Flint
Jake Seelinger
Ed Sly
Florida
Ohio
West Virginia
Roy Secord
Leonard Hollingshead
Reading
Virgil Hochstetler
Hilton Mead
Hessell
Hochstetler
Menominee
Mig.Ltd
Segerlund
Elva Jean
Berdette DeGroat
Saginaw
Amil Segerlund
Sanford
Saginaw Valley Water Control Project Discussed at Frankenmuth
W E Dennison of the Saginaw Valley Regional Planning Commission chaired a Frankenmuth meeting on the two year Saginaw Valley survey scheduled to finish in December. Officials examined local cooperation costs flood district creation and congressional authorization while John H Jones outlined national water policy for small basins. Milton Adams and Russell Hill reported on pollution erosion control as Clare residents watch the Tobacco River impacts.
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W. E. Dennison
Saginaw Valley
John H. Jones
Monongahela Valley Association
Fairmont
West Virginia
American Watershed Council
Saginaw
Mr. Jones
Saginaw Valley Commission
Gale F H. Gibson
Water Resources Policy Commission
Washington
Milton P. Adams
Michigan Water Resources Commission
Russell G. Hill
State Soil Conservation Committee
Commission
James Clure
Clare
Tobacco River
Stanley Hergenroeder Receives M A Degree by Mail
Stanley J. Hergenroeder of Lake George earned a Master of Arts degree through a University of Michigan Summer Session program and received his diploma by mail. He and his wife and daughter Pamela Jo are in Germany where he teaches at an American Dependents School near Heidelberg.
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Stanley J. Hergenroeder
Lake George
University of Michigan
Stanley
Hergenroeder
Pamela Jo
Germany
Heidelberg
Michigan National Guard Announces State-Wide Recruiting Drive
Brigadier General George C. Moran unveils a state wide effort to remove strength limits and boost Michigan National Guard numbers. The directive invites veterans and non veterans ages 17 to 35 to enroll at local armories to reach authorized strength, with draft age deferments for Guard members and updated Selective Service rules. Current Guard strength stands at 9 908 officers and men.
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Michigan National Guard
George C. Moran
National Guard
Adjutant General
Guard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Government Printing Office
MT. Vernon Grange
Gilmore Center
Harrison News
Stanley Hergenroeder
Late Sentinel
Twin Elms
Point Clare
Cities Service Products
Frank Jaster
Stan Sheredy
Hendrie
Armour’s
Columbia
Weiners & Bologna
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