Michigan's Upper Peninsula a Cool Summer Tourism Boost
The column extols Michigan as a two-peninsula state with a mild northern climate and strong vacation economy. It highlights Upper Peninsula sights from Sault Ste. Marie to Copper Harbor, Mackinac Island, and Isle Royale, detailing wonders, routes, and seasonal appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Copper Harbor
Eagle Harbor
Porcipine Mountains
Ontonagon
Victoria
Agate Falls
Lake
Gogebic
Gogebic Iron Range
Tronwood
Mount Zion Park
King’s Gateway
Michigan
Sun Valley
Watersmeet
Iron River
Crystal Falls
Iron Mountain
Menominee
Hay Shore
Escalaba
Gladstone
Kitchiti-ki-pi
Huron Peninsula
Huron Mountains
Sturgeon River
Big Bay
Gwinn
Hiawatha Land
Witchlake
Little Girl's Point
Detroit
New
Mooreville Quiet Wedding Ties Couple in Monroe Ceremony
Miss Jean Long and Stanley Mandelka wed in a Saturday ceremony at 2 30 in Monroe. The bride wore dusty blue silk with white accessories. reception and a 6 39 dinner followed at Chateau Mouseau near Detroit. The couple will live with her parents in Mooreville. Several local residents were listed among attendees and events.
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Monroe
Fia Jean Long
Ralph Long
Stanley Mandelka
Mary Mandelka
Carleton
Mike King
Milan
Mary Manselka
Marie Mandelka
Chateau Mouseau
Detroit
Mandelka
Milan High School
Vote But Be Sure You Are Registered
City notices registration procedures under Michigan law for Sa line City electors. The City Clerk will register new voters in person on non-holiday days up to the election, review and register qualified residents, and accept affidavit and absentee voter registrations with penalties for false statements. Dated August 1 1940.
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Saline City
State of
Michigan
Lodi Township Registration Notice for 1940 primary
Michigan election notice from Township Clerk Lester Hanson and Mark Sweetland outlining registration rules for the General Primary on September 10 1940. Details include eligible voters must apply personally at the clerk's home on specified August dates and times with emphasis on actual precinct residents eligible to vote.
Local Social Notes From Hammond Area Gatherings
Hammond District residents report weekend visits and gatherings. Mr and Mrs Clarke Gordon attended a Tecumseh picnic. Genevieve Gilbert visits Muskegon and Rothbury. Stimpsons hosted Berkley guests and Hovey Needham household hosted Milan visitors. E O Stimpson attended Ed Donaldson funeral in Brooklyn.
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Clarke Gordon
Tecumseh
Genevieve Gilbert
Muskegon
Rothbury
Stimpson
John Stimpson
Berkley
Ernest Needham
Milan
Hovey Needham
Maurice Pennington
Ridgeway
Hove
Saline Township Primary Election Registration Notice
Saline Township announces the general primary election for Tuesday September 10 1940. Township Clerk states electors must register under Michigan Election Law and notes the notice is issued on a legal holiday. Local voters are advised of registration requirements and election day observances in Saline Township Michigan.
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Saline City
Saline
State of
Michigan
Public Sale Orders In Washtenaw Probate Court
Public notices in Washtenaw County announce orders for sale of real estate from Sophie M. Millard and another estate. Hearings set for September 4 1940 at the Ann Arbor probate office with publication in The Saline Observer for three weeks prior.
Travels at Home Portland Driver Logs 109,500 Miles
Raymond Sandhorn, a local dairy company driver on a daily milk route, has accumulated 109,500 miles over 12 years of travel mostly around home and reports no serious auto accidents while delivering. The Boston Housing Authority plans 1,000 new low rent homes to replace 15 blocks of tenements near historic Bunker Hill.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Pulsar Stadium
Fort Brady
Canada
Wonder No. 2
Maiawatha'’s
Newberry
Ower Falls
Bodi Pines
Munising
Wonder No. 3
Grand Marais
Grand Sable Falls
Mimer’s Falls
Lake Au Train
Grand Island
Wearby
Marquette Iron Range
Ishpeming
Nagaumee
Marquette
Wonder No. 4
Marvelous Kewenaw
Brockway Mountain Drive
Fort Wilkins
Eagle Harbor
Knights of Pythias Foundation
Houginton
Portland
Mea
Raymond Sandhorn
Boston Housing Authority
Poultry Director Named for East Lansing Lab
Berley Winton, senior poultry husbandman, was announced as director of the federal regional poultry research laboratory on the Michigan State College campus in East Lansing. He replaces Dr. J Holmes Martin who resigned to head Purdue University’s poultry husbandry department. The lab serves Michigan and 24 other midwestern and northeastern states tackling disease problems in farm flocks.
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Federal
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Washington, D. C
Berley Winton
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Winton
J. Holmes Martin
Purdue University
Michigan
North
Loyal Atlanta dog befriends visiting spaniel neighbor
In Atlanta a tied dog receives daily visits from a friendly spaniel who brings bones. The spaniel often brings a large bone for the tied dog and stands guard to keep others away, forming an unusual bond.
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Atlanta
Mpa
John Mulholland
Order appointing time for hearing claims Washtenaw
Probate court sets deadline for filing claims against the estate of Kate Bartlett. Creditors must present claims at the probate office by September 27, 1940, at ten in the forenoon. Hearing notice to run three weeks in The Saline Observer. August 183-15.
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State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Annn Arbor
Jay G. Pray
Kate Bartlett
Saline Observer
Final Administration Account in Washtenaw County
Final administration account of Ethel S. Lyon deceased filed by George J. Geisel administrator. Judge Jay G. Pray sets August 27, 1940 for examination and allowance of the account and hearing on petition for distribution. Notice appears in The Saline Observer Register of Probate with three successive hearings.
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State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Said
Jay G. Pray
Ethel S. Lyon
George J. Geisel
Saline Observer
Final Account of Guardian in Washtenaw Probate Court
Probate Court for Washtenaw County orders public notice of a guardian’s final account and petition for allowance filed by George J. Geisel. Hearing set at the Ann Arbor probate office on July 23, 1940, with Nora O. Borgert as Register of Probate. Public notice to appear in The Saline Observer.
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State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Said
Jay G. Pray
Alva
E. Lyon
George J. Geisel
Saline Observer
Nora
Borgert
Register of Probate
Alva 5
Lyon
Saline
Said County
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Hiiigan
Mira Lirtisan
von Alleman
Iticks A Press Association
Legion
Colective
Industtry
Lakes Michigan
Superior
Huron
St. Clair
George E. Bishop
North Michigan
St. Ignace
Castle Rock
Straits
Evergreen Lodge
Old Fort de Baude
Mackinac Island
Old Fort Mackinac
Fort Holmes
Arch Rock
Sugar Loaf
Grand Hotel
Mackinac
Les Cheneaux Points
Hessel
Cedarville
DeTour
Old Fort
Drummond
Drummond Island
New National Park
Isle Royale
Swift
Royal Boosters
Mooreville
Loyola
Russell Kanitz
Wampler’s Lake
Earl Gordon
Bruce
Hugh
California
Paul Wolfe
Toledo
George Walther
Glen
Louis Smith
Harlan Holcomb
Lois
Harvey Peebles
Rollin
Melvin Sand
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
North Carolina
Ruth Kelsey
Herman Bruckner
Central Specialty Company
Portage
Jake
Lodi
Notieg
Mark Sweetland
Lester Hanson
Hammond District
Sophie M. Millard
William C. Walz
Whitmore Lake
Nora O. Beart
Dog
Guardian
Nora O. Borgert
Register of Eprobate
Camp Newkirk
Drayton Plains
State Department of Conservation
Pontiac
Ansion
Metheads
Bichizan
Michigan department = conservation
Parks Division
Aéwestine
Toul-Attendiute
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