Victory Gardens and Certificates Move Patriot War Effort
Michigan Victory gardeners register in increasing numbers after Gov. Van Wagoner awards the first emblem to Mrs. Mary Livingston. Gardens will be exhibited at county fairs from Aug 11 to Aug 15 in Hastings Imlay City and Mason with charts on yields. Registration proceeds through local chairmen or the Michigan Council of Defense.
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Michigan
Victory Gardeners
Maurray D. van Wagoner
Mary Livingston
Victory Garden
George Tomlinson
Ann Arbor
Hastings
Imlay City
Mason
Vic
Larch St
Lansing
Mooreville social notes and gatherings span family reunions and church events
Mooreville residents attend the Loesch family reunion at Recreation park in Ypsilanti. Northwestern Michigan trips are described, along with Rebekah lodge sewing and cooperative dinners. Local families visit Milan and Ann Arbor events, with church groups electing new officers at the Mooreville Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Loesch
Som
Louis
Loesch
Recreation Park
Ypsilanti
Bernard Crawford
Herman Bartel
Toledo
Michigan
Rebekah Lodge
Milan
Loyal Kanitz
Jesse Norman
Floyd Ernst
Clayton Risden
Harold Holcomb
Bonnie Lou
Peter Craig
Alan
Robert Beebe
Howell
Karl Craig
Michigan League
Ann Arbor
C. E. Cox
Methodist Church
Herman Bruckner
Mooreville Methodist Church
LaVern Kramer
Ray Sanford
Kenneth Ferrington
Ypsi Vets Stage Ten Day Victory Pageant
Veterans of Foreign Wars Ypsi lanti Post No. 2408 plan an eight acre site at 1188 East Michigan Avenue for a ten day On To Victory Pageant and Bomber on Parade Festival starting Friday night August 21. Additional parking for 3000 cars is secured west of the grounds accessible north of Cross Street. Each night features special events and World of Pleasure midway with 11 thrill rides. Half price ride tickets available at C F Smith store Hlaare's market and Henry Ormsby's barber shop.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
C. F. Smith
Hlaarer
Henry Ormsby
Saline City Registration Notice for General Primary Election
Saline City issues registration guidance for the General Primary on Sept 15 1942. City Clerk Lottie Wallace outlines dates hours and procedures for in person and absentee registration including affidavit options and penalties for false statements.
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Saline City
State of Michigan
Michigan
Lottie Wallace
Social notes from Macon and nearby towns
Macon and surrounding area residents are reported visiting relatives and hosting guests from Detroit Ypsilanti Nashville and California during a busy week. Families mentioned include the Swicks Payne Howells Bige lows Bushes Halladays and many others with several weekend gatherings and Sunday picnics. Also a public notice plea asks readers with probate printing needs to send notices to The Saline Observer.
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Saline Observer
West Saline Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
West Saline residents report Sunday callers including Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Schwoche visiting Ypsilanti and many Milford Detroit Blissfield and Detroit guests at Saline Valley Farms and with the Finkbeiner Arend and Van Luren households. George Hertler remodels an ice house into living quarters and Ermerene completes a stone fireplace with plans for a porch and a nicer home.
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W. P. Schwoche
Ypsilanti
George Hertler
Robert van Luren
Milford
Saline Valley Farms
Jesha Lesser
Detroit
Hollis Carr
C. D. Finkbeiner
Wallace Jordan
Blissfield
Lawrence Tucker and Son
Fred Arend
Ermer Ene
Saline Scouts Urged to Ready for Strong Fall Program
Saline patrols are asked to recruit to six to eight members under a patrol leader. Scoutmasters and the troop committee will supervise multiple patrols as the fall program emphasizes defense tasks and community service. Training courses for messengers and leaders will be announced, with a meet at the Michigan Union on Sept 16 to plan for seven U of M home games starting Sept 26. An estimated 15 Saline Scouts will help at the first game. The piece notes tuberculosis as the leading cause of death for ages 15 to 45 in Michigan, 1941 toll of 894.
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Saline
Wireis
Michigan Union
U. of M
Blackout politics and a county sheriff bid in 1942
An Ann Arbor News front page notes blackout test results and urges Washtenaw County residents to vote A. C. Gaston for sheriff on September 15. The letter questions military leadership behavior during wartime and calls for active duty during all blackouts.
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Ann Arbor
Marchal Temeshenko
Marshal Temoshenko
Caucasuses
C. D. Co
Lakeland
Washtenaw County
A. C. Gaston
Local social notes from Hammond and nearby towns
Hammond District families and friends share visits and weekend gatherings across Worth lake Tecumseh Milan Knox Kentucky and New York City. Guests include Amos Luckhardt Allie Smith Hallie Mehler Gilbert Gordon Hammond and Forsythe families with health updates and traveling relatives.
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Amos Luckhardt
Worth Lake
Allie Smith
Tecumseh
Kenneth Gordon
Hallie Mehler
Grace Hammond
Ella McMann
Central York News Roundup of Local Movements and Visits
Miss Carol Murray had her tonsils removed at Saline Hospital on Monday. Malcolm Sanders returns home from Ford School for a one week vacation. Millard Allison of Men visited his brother Alger Allison on Monday. Mrs Hattie Murray ate Sunday dinner with her son Dan Murray of Ridge Road. Mr and Mrs Clifton Bird and Mr and Mrs Bula Acres visited relatives in Tennessee for a week. Misses Mary and Electa Murray vacationed in northern Michigan and visited relatives in New York for the past week. Alec Omalev, home for a few weeks, plans a Reno trip before resuming studies in Los Angeles. Mr and Mrs Carlton Murray hosted their Sunday school class of the Mian Baptist Sunday School Tuesday evening. Refreshments were served and a scavenger hunt. GET IN THE SCRAP bomb the Japs with UNK.
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Carol Murray
Saline Hospital
Malcolm Sanders
Ford School
Millard Allison
M*en
Alger Allison
Hattie Murray
Dan Murray
Ridge Road
Clifton Bird
Bula Acres
Tennessee
Mary
Electa Murray
Michigan
New York
Alec Omalev
Reno
Nev
Los Angeles
Airs
Carlton Murray
Mian Baptist Sunday School
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Victory Gardens
Gov. van Wagoner
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States
Mooreville
Pocketbook OF Knowledge
Bombay
India
Aethods
Oscar Myers
Ypsi Vets
Macon
Will Swick
Platte Lake
Marion Spitler
J. L. Abbott
E. W. Payne
J. E. Howell
Oklahoma City
Okla
J. W. Howell
Fred Stimpson
Saginaw
Hattie Robson
Mable Lyon
Nashville
Tenn
J. M. Williams
Williams
David Bush
Leland Bush
Illinois
Charles Bigelow
Ray Hendershot
Brooklyn
Fred Baily
Joan
Claud Baily
Verna Crittenden
Lake Neppising
John Crittenden
Frank Stilts
Charles Heilman
Roderick Heilman
Clarence Klegg
Luanna Wyeth
Charleston
Martha Gerbrick
John Yadd
Almon Rutler
Carl Auten
Herman Miller
Kay
Britton
Lucille Halladay
R. A. Halladay
H. Ohlinger
Delta, Ohio
Wyman Rhoades
Herbert Ayers
Onsted
Glen Brown
Winter Haven
Fla
Arthur Weddle
Grace Bartels
Carl Bartels
Robert Hamilton
James Ballou
Guy Hoover
P. K. Morgan
William Morgan
Plymouth
LaVern Pennington
Dearborn
Charles Burleson
Clare Camburn
Alfred Lindholm
Flint
Russell Wertenberger
Ralph Camburn
Raynor Johnston
Chicago
Tra Manwaring
Finola Hall
Duncan Robison
Shirley Maschinan
Duane Robison
van Dughe
Charles Gorton
R. G. Sage
Charles, Jr
Sage
West Saline
Nero
Rome
Hammond District
Robert Hammond
Laurence Blum
Irma Ackerson
Lorena Heininger
Cordon
Claire Gi
Knox, Ky
E. M. Gilbert
Ethel Lewis
New York City
Mary Lewis
Ralph Hammond
Jennie Forsythe
E. J. Forsythe
Clifford Forsythe
Central York
Higgins Lake State Forest
Fox
Fox Deee Lux
Fox DeLuxe Ebing. Co
Grand Rapids
DE Luxe
Tutte
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