Old Fashioned Style Show in Ann Arbor April 24
The Washtenaw Historical Society hosts an Old Fashioned Style Show on Friday April 24 at 8 p m in Rackham Building Amphitheater. Fifteen Detroit Historical Society women display antique costumes hats parasols hoop skirts and long underwear with a narrator describing each ensemble. Members may attend with a one dollar dues payment at the door and a post show reception in a nearby assembly room charges forty five cents for refreshments.
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Washtenaw Historical Society
Rackham
Detroit Historical Society
The
Pvt Wesley Schroen Stationed in Indiana
Pvt Wesley C. Schroen is stationed at Camp Atterbury Indiana with the 200th Infantry Regiment in the 31st Division. He entered service February 16 and is completing basic training. A Saline High School graduate of 1950, he is the son of Mr and Mrs Carl Schroen of Milan.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Pvt
Wesley C. Schroen
Schroen
Saline High School
Carl Schroen
Milan
Kroger Scholarship Winners Expand to California and Florida
Kroger president Joseph B. Hall announced that 93 outstanding high school graduates will enter college next fall under the Kroger Scholarship Plan for 1963. The program expands this year to include land grant colleges of California and Florida.
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Kroger
Joseph B. Hall
California
Florida
Kroger Scholarships Support 1953 Midwest Students
Kroger offers $200 one year scholarships at land grant colleges in 17 Midwestern and Southern states where it operates stores. Led by Mr Hall the program aims to foster trained leadership for America. Scholarships target home economics and agriculture majors for eligible high school graduates with applications through deans or county and home economics agents.
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Duce
Middlewestern
America
Hall
Kroger
Colleges of Agriculture
Kroger Scholarship Plan awards by college and count
Selection of winners will be made by the college scholarship committee at each school. Awards will be based on high school scholastic achievement and leadership in school church 4 H and related groups. Participating colleges and scholarships per school include Alabama Polytechnic Auburn 4 University of Arkansas Fayetteville 4 Arkansas Agricultural Mechanical and Normal College Pine Bluff 2 University of California Berkeley 2 University of Florida Gainesville 2 University of Georgia Athens 4 University of Illinois Urbana 6 Purdue University Lafayette Ind 6 Kansas State College Manhattan 4 University of Kentucky Lexington 4 Kentucky State College Frankfort 2 Michigan State College East Lansing 6 Mississippi State College State College and Mississippi State College for Women Columbus 4 University of Missouri Columbia 6 North Carolina State College Raleigh and the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina Greensboro 4 Ohio State University Columbus 8 Pennsylvania State College State College 4 University of Tennessee Knoxville 4 Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University Nashville 3 Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg 4 West Virginia University Morgantown 4 West Virginia State College Institute 2 University of Wisconsin Madison 4.
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Future Farmers of America
New Farmers of America
Future Homemakers of America
Kroger
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal College
Pine
Universit of Missouri
Columbia
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina
Greensboro
Ohio State University
Columbus
Pennsylvania State College
State College
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University
Nashville
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
West Virginia University
Morgantown
West Virginia State College, Institute
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Wahl Huchre Club Hosts Saturday Night at Marion Road
Mr and Mrs Alton Wahl entertained their Huchre Club on Saturday night at their Marion Road home.
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Alton Wahl
Marion Road
Ride The Man Down in Color Stars Donlevy and Cameron
Brian Donlevy and Red Cameron headline a vibrant color western film Ride The Man Down. The action centers on a gambler and an unlikely ally as they confront outlaws in a frontier town.
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Brian Donlevy
Red Cameron
Time To Eliminate Fire Hazards During Clean-up Week
Firemen warn basements harbor most fire risks with waste papers oily rags and discarded furniture. Inspect gas appliances chimneys and electrical fuses while checking wood beams and fire stopping to prevent spread. National losses due to fires reached a record 784.95 million in 1952.
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United States
Spring Fire Safety Push Urges Farm and Community Action
The article stresses rising fire hazards with mechanized farms 3.3 times higher and calls for ongoing fire prevention efforts and spring cleanups. It notes farms resemble factories with gasoline engines and electrical gear and warns that poor water supply can mean total loss, urging farm and home cleanup.
Sending Snapshots to Servicemen Creates Mail Vitality
The column urges sending photographs to those in the armed forces to boost morale. It notes that old prints, home scenes, and color photos can delight service members overseas, at sea, or stateside, and advises small prints for easy storage. A neighbor’s practice of sharing extra prints is highlighted as beneficial.
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John van Guilder
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Ann Arbor
Wesley Schroen
Indiana
Smokey
Si Ai
Hiram Hoag
Johnson, Vermont
Lederle Laboratories Division
American Cyanamid Company
Mr. Hoag
Ian Pritchard
University of Vermont
Vermont
Marilyn Monroe
Joseph Cotton
Niagara
the Clown
General Telephone Company OF
Michigan
Edward Beechem
Houghton Lake
the Snapshot Guild
Chevrolet
A. & M. Chevrolet Company
Michigan Ave
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