Local notes from Blanchard and nearby townships
Blanchard residents welcome Mrs Earl Houghton home after weeks away. Families and visitors from Detroit Grand Rapids Pontiac and Saranac gather for family events camps and reunions. Notables include Fern Thompson Miss June Dewitt and honorable mentions of church events and travels to Yellowstone and Manton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Houghton
Detroit
Flint
al Burns
Saranac
Geo. Wood
Remus
Blanchard
Frank Munk
Mrs. Miller
Grand Rapids
Smith and Lynch Families and Company
Ingram Family Visit Noted in Farwell Area
G J Poole and A Ingram visited Saturday at Thomas Ingram's home near Farwell. Mrs A Ingram spent several days in Alma with her sister Mrs Ed Anderson last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Merrill
G. J. Poole
A. Ingram
Thomas Ingram
Farwell
Alma
Ed, Anderson
Local visits and family greetings reported in area notices
Mrs Helen Steve and daughter Zepha of Ionia visited Mrs Irene Decker on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Gus Sumner and Mr and Mrs Lee Loomis went huckleberrying near Midland on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Mincer called on his sister at Ferris Center Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Tom Woolland of Merrill visited their daughter Mrs A Ingram. James Krines is entertaining his brother from Chicago this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Steve
Zepha
Ionia
Irene Decker
Gus Sumner
Lee Loomis
Midland
Mincer
Ferris Center
Tom. Woolland
Merrill
A. Ingram
James Krines
Chicago
Community Socials and Visits Highlight Northwest Shepherd Weekend
Mrs. Roy Allen and family visited Rock Lake with son Robert as did other locals. An Odd Fellows picnic drew attendees from Mt. Pleasant. Robert Allen had a Thursday birthday party. Earl Mayhee and others vacationed at Kalkaska. The Miller and Woodruff families hosted visitors at Rock Lake and the Chippewa river trip capped the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Allen
Robert
Joe Southard
Rock Lake
Mt. Pleasant
Robert Allen
Ming Dynasty Jars Advertised For Sale In Peking
An ad in the Peking Leader lists four Ming dynasty jars described as peacock colored with elephant ear tones. Each jar stands about three feet tall and just over a foot in mouth diameter. The sale runs daily from one to three in the afternoon through Mr Tang Yipin and associates at Hui Tze-Ying Sa-Tan Pei-Chi-Tze in Peking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tang
Yipin
Hui Tze-Ying
Sa-Tan
Pei-Chi- Tze
Peking
Norfolk Ford Plant Expands Port for Water Shipping
The Norfolk Ford branch sits on a forty four acre tract beside the Elizabeth River and links to Chesapeake Bay. It details Norfolk harbor facilities, rail access, wartime port growth, and the plant's rapid car output with a 300 car daily capacity and 32 048 vehicles produced in the first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Ford Motor Company
Elizabeth River
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
Richmond
Hampton Roads
Atlantic Ocean
Albemarle
Chesapeake
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Chesapeake and Ohio
Virginian
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk Southern
New York
Philadelphia
Southern
Pine Beach
Ocean View
Willoughby Beach
Virginia Beach
Lord Dunmore
Taliaferro m
Ward
Navy Yard
United States
Jamestown
America
Nataniel Bacon
Berkeley
Atlantic
Ford
Tampa
Fordson
American Pacific Coast
City of
Ford Standard
Gasolline
Woman's Party Campaigns In Ford Tudor Sedan
Miss Margaret Whittemore First Vice President National Woman's Party and Miss Mabel Vernon Executive Secretary completed an eleven thousand mile speaking tour in a Ford Tudor sedan. They faced floods mud and punctures while promoting the More Women Congress movement from Detroit to Santa Barbara and across eight states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Whittemore
Mabel Vernon
Miss Whittemore
National Woman's Party
Washington, D. C
Santa Barbara
California
Miss Vernon
National Woman’s Party
Washington
More Women Congress
Detroit
Santa Barbara, Miss Whittemore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Blue Lake
A. W. Orr
Saginaw
Griffin
Marion
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Ella Allen
Decker
Fern Thompson
Miles Smith
John Kimble
Edd Marston
Houghton
Nellie Hardgrove
J. R. Mar
Ston
Anna Brown
Max
Earl Mason
Grand ‘Rapids
N. C. Mason
Katherine
Yellowstone Park
Salt Lake City
J. Griffin
Gladys Riley
Pontiac
L. D. Decker
Dick Brown
Lansing
J. R. Marston
North Michigan
J. R. Banks
EB. M. Gerred
Manistee
Thelma
Lulu Dargitz
Muskegon
June Dewitt
Keiser
John Lynch
Gertrude Fate
Seville
Northwest Shepherd
Peking Leader
Henry Ford
Norfolk Great Historic Port
Ford Assembly Plant
Woman’s Party
Sedan
Tucson
Gila River
Phoenix
Illinois
Mobiloil
Vacuum Oil Company
Fordson Power
Uelak
MT Pleasant
Floyd H. Johnson
Ford Sales and Service
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