Local school events and shop upgrades noted
A notice lists upcoming activities for high school youth including sub district forensic contest with Milan Roosevelt Saline high schools and details on district spelling and municipal contests. It also reports Saline grade champions and Mary Fern Irelan as Saline school champion and notes power equipment being installed in the school shop including a lathe and drill press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Roosevelt
Saline
Chelsea
Dundee
Thelma Lee
Katy Lou
Clay
Richard Ward
Detroit News
Joyce Braun
Dot Little
Ray MccDaid
Hileen Moehn
Mary Fern Irelan
Board of Education
Beginnings of Washtenaw County Retold in pioneer records
Fifteen years ago Hagly bi reviews early Washtenaw County history from Michigan Pioneer Society data. It notes 1824 county population of 28, Mrs. Benjamin Woodruff as the first white woman settler, Major Woodruff at present Ypsilanti, the first white child Alpha Washtenaw Bryan born Feb 27 1824, and the first map by Orange Risdon including nearby towns and sections with salt springs and iron ore sites. It also covers a July 4 1874 pioneer reunion in Ypsilanti, the Detroit Chicago road preliminaries, and a diary of 1827 travels detailing Ann Arbor, Dexter, and land observations about Huron River navigation and mill impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtenaw County
Michigan Pioneer Society
Benjamin Woodruff
Major
Saline
Washtenaw
Lenawee
Saginaw
Shiawassee
Sanilac
Lapeer
Woodruff’s Grove
Ypsilanti
Ann Arbor
Dexter
L. D. Norris
Pittsfield Township
Lodi
Norris
Salt
Michigan
Great Salt Basin
Blue Jacket
Detroit-Chicago
Tecumseh
Chicago-Detroit
New York State
Detroit
Huron
Dexter's Mill
Nature
Ford Dam
Mhuron River
Michigan 4-H conservation drive expands across 83 counties
The 4-H program in Michigan grows to include 83 counties with ranger stations fire prevention soil conservation and pheasant propagation projects. About 40 000 youths participate as state leaders and clubs join with the Department of Conservation and Michigan State College staff to broaden conservation education and activities including a September 13 17 camp at Pigeon River forestry HQ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
A. G. Kettunen
Michigan State Department of Conservation
C. A. Paquin
D.M. Rochester
P. A. Herbert
W. Ira Bull
Forestry Department of
Michigan State College
Pigeon River
Vanderbilt
James Porter
FE. C. Sackrider
G. A. Thorpe
Benton Harbor
Soils Conservation
Crack of the Dawn by Ray Gleason
A light column parodies domestic life and social trends with humorous observations. It notes mashed potato houses, spinach bird nests, a sit-down waltz, a masquerade ball, and a joke about confession and cosmetics. Henry Ford is quoted on business and scratching for sustenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crack OF the Dawn
Ray Gleason
Little Willie
Henry Ford
Fatal collision on US 112 east of town claims one life
A serious accident about six miles east of town on US 112 Friday left one person dead and another driver in custody. James E B Doyle of St Louis was changing a tire when struck by a truck driven by Lawrence Wilkinson of Beverett Pennsylvania. Doyle died at Beyer hospital in Ypsilanti, and Wilkinson faced arraignment with a $2500 bond and aApril 13 examination date. Beamer of Blisfield elected president of the National Livestock Marketing Association at a Chicago meeting, succeeding its 1931 founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Us-112
James EB. Doyle
St. Louis
Lawrence Wilkinson
Beverett
Penn
Doyle
Beyer Hospital
Ypsilanti
Wilkinson
Payne
Ann Arbor
H. A. Beamer
National Livestock Marketing Association
Chicago
Beamer
Federal Farm Board
National Feeder and Finance Corporation
National Livestock Publishing Association
Blisfield Advance
Timely warnings and practical sense in health and safety
A Tecumseh Herald item notes a child’s “happy landing” after a fall from a second story window, landing on a porch roof then ground with no ill effects. It argues for practical caution over sympathy and highlights the cost of negligence in daily work and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Baldwin
Duane Baldwin
Howell
Tecumseh Herald
Local Notices and Moves Across Town and Beyond
Adam Hornung and family will move into part of Mrs Jarvis house. Paul H Bhns Easter visit with Miss Grace Wilson and Flint parents. Andrew Girbach and wife rejoice over a new son born Saturday. William Rhodes and wife move to new home near Ypsilanti. Miss Mary Wackenhut travels to Clinton to remain for a time. Miss Lulu Mohrhardt to Ann Arbor for summer. Miss Mary Walker and Tom Nickels marry April first. Nelson Clough family return to Ypsilanti. Miss Mary Cornish able to return to school soon. Prof A L Turner resigns after three years. Miss Florence and Grace Kuder with George Winterstein and John Cam burn attend shower for Miss Tiltie Huff Tecumseh. Violet Sweet resigns Sumner district, to teach in Detroit private school. Miss Genèvieve Barr to teach Sumner district rest of term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Hornung
Tom. Plis Nickels
Ann Arbor
Nelson Clough
Raymond
Florence
Grace Kuder
George Winterstein
John Camburn
Tiltie Huff
Tecumseh
Doane Fosdick
Violet Sweet
Sumner
Detroit
Genévieve Barr
Rural Rehabilitation Halts Rise in Farm Tenancy in Washtenaw
Rural Rehabilitation under the Resettlement Administration has prevented many Washtenaw county farmers from becoming tenants. About 12 landowning families have retained ownership through standard RA loans, debt adjustment, and supervised plans. Another 36 tenant families receive aid toward longer leases and ownership of livestock and equipment, marking the first step to ownership amid rising tenancy nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resettlement Administration
Washtenaw County
Gordon Brevoort
Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amfic
Miau- Law
Hagly Bi
Loretta Schaible
Erwin Klager
Bridgewater
Leland Haston
Lima
Emanuel Cook
Elizabeth Smith
Saline Savings Bank
Citizens Bank
Edythe Skinner
Royal Oak
Richard Burgan
Ernest Skinner
Ben. Roller
Davenport Avenue
Marjorie Hoyt
Emma Hoyt
Cleveland
Stewart Leroy
Carl Browser
Thomas Eagle
Oakwood Cemetery
Carl Schleh
Emma. Whissley
Haas
W. L. Walling
Old Friends
Grosse Pointe
cChelsea
Tribune
State Department
Lansing
Roy Bixby
Tanner's Store
Saline, Michigan
Detroit Edison Company
Pnount Wahad
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