Michigan’s Copper Country Rides Scenic Fall Tour
The Michigan Mirror tours the Upper Peninsula from Tahquamenon Falls to Copper Harbor. It highlights Marquette, Munising, L’Anse, Houghton, Calumet, and Ontonagon as tourism grows amid mining declines, WPA projects, and fall foliage views.
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Copper Harbor
Mich
Michigan
Wolverine
Upper Peninsula
Keweenaw Peninsula
Eagle Harbor
Lake Superior
Keweenaw Mountains
Isle Royale
Keweenaw Park
WPA
Harold Wascott
Pontiac
Hybrid corn failures prompt seed renewal warning
Michigan farm tests by A R Marston show second generation hybrid seed yields drop from 71.8 to 51.4 bushels per acre. He warns recombination in later generations reduces type and yield, supporting buying new seed each year. Meanwhile preparations for Bob Pastor vs Joe Louis on September 20 at Briggs Stadium proceed with ring setup at Ben Hur farm.
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Michigan
A. R. Marston
Michigan State College
Marston
Bob Pastor
Joe Louis
Briggs Stadium
Detroit
Ben Hur
Pastor
Brighton Argus
Local Notes on Visits and Family Travel
Mrs. Rudolph Hertler visited her sister in Battle Creek. Miss Anne Sweeney returned from a girls camp near Lake Hiie. Mr and Mrs Joseph Sweeney Jr and daughter Doris spent part of last week in Detroit. John D Allison and Howard Copeland visited at the Hopps home on Munger road. Mrs O Malley and her son Alex of Detroit are at the new farm home helping with painting and cleanup.
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Rudolph Hertler
Battle Creek
Anne Sweeney
Lake Hiie
Joseph Sweeney, Jr
Doris
Detroit
John D. Allison
Howard Copeland
Robert Hopps
Munger Road
O'Malley
Alex
West Saline social notes include visits and travel
Mrs. Ernest Hodges left Thursday for two weeks in New Mexico to visit relatives. Adrian guests Miss Oollyne Hostetter joined local hosts the Schwochos and others for Sunday dinner. Local families hosted visitors from Detroit Chelsea Ypsilanti Garden City Wyandotte Willis Belleville and Belle Isle outings were noted. The Kohler and Wiedmeyer sisters swam at Saintine Valley Farms. Benton 4 H girls held a three course supper at Miss Wiedmeyer’s home with canning club members and guests.
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Ernest Hodges
New Mexico
Oollyne
Adrian
W. P. Schwocho
Otto Schwocho
Detroit
Saline
G. E. Schwocho
Alfred Kuhl
Pleasant Liake
Chelsea
Richard Aten
Ypsilanti
Fred Arend
Leo Bondie
David Landwehr
Belleville
Charles Bondie
Wyandotte
Guy Plunkett
Garden City
Thomas Bondie
Willis
Fred Finkbeiner
Belle Isle
John Otto
North Lake
Thelma
Lorena
Lillian Kohler
Florence Wiedmayer
Sa Tine Valley Farms
Benton
Marguerite Finkbeiner
Miss Nugent
Canning Club
Mooreville social notes and family updates
Local items report illness and medical events, visits, and travels in Mooreville. Names include Mrs Loyal Kanitz, Miss Barbara Lewis, Earl Bacon, Frances Riggs, Doris Wineland, Doris Rheers, Norma Rheers, Ora Ruddock, Harold, Robert Neff, and others. Events cover hospital stays, births, relocations, trips to New York state and Winnipeg, funerals, and a birthday surprise for Mrs Kelsey.
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Loyal Kanitz
Louis Smith
Barbara Lewis
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Ann Arbor
Earl Bacon
Frances Riggs
Tecumseh
Loyola Kanitz
Doris Jean Wineland
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ernest Dieterley
Edgar Layton
Dan Murray
John Dee * Goldsmith
Clifford Jame
Ridgeway
Earl Gordon
Hugh
Bruce
New York State
Donald Neff
Robert Neff
H. E. Neff
Union City
Joyce
Jean Teach
Kalamazoo
Orrell Harmon
Garth Sangree
Jackson
Harry Orr
Newark
N. Y
Robert, Randolph
John Dee Goldsmith
Harry Brown
Paul Lewis and Sons
Havilock
Canada
Lillian Anderson
Ruth Kelsey
Central Lods Social Notes Highlight Michigan Visits
Miss Gertie Drake visits relatives in Pontiac for a week. Mrs. Lola Gunter and daughter Ethel from Lansing stay with relatives. Miss Drake attended the wedding of Alfred Wagner and Gertrude Thurow in Ann Arbor. Thomas Burrow of Ann Arbor, age 81, hosted a birthday gathering and plans to live with relatives in Saline.
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Gertie Drake
Pontiac
Lola Gunter
Ethel
Lansing
Ernest Heller
Ann Arbor
Alfred Wagner
Gertrude Thurow
Thomas Burrow
Burrow
Saline
Hammon district social visits and a hospital accident
Mrs Mary Lewis spent Sunday with Ralph Hammond and took lunch with Minnie Hammond. Robert Allen of Oberlin visited Kerry Gordon and Wilford Carey’s family. Lloyd Carey hosted several relatives including Minnie and Durwood Young. A foot injury befell Andrew Girbach at the State hospital and is described as critical. Gilbert family reunion attended at Potter Park Lansing with numerous relatives.
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Mary Lewis
Ralph Hammond
Minnie Hammond
Robert Allen
Oberlin
Kerry Gordon
Wilford Carey
Grand Lodge
Lloyd Carey
Durwood Young
Ann Arbor
William Martin
Manchester
Mary McMann
Ella McMann
Lloyd Wagner
Battle Creek
Rex Gleason
Micah Robison
Raynor Scudder
Michigan
George Eberle
Bedford
Harold Eberle
Ypsilanti
Kenneth Gordon
Carl Heininger
Richard
Gene Stoll
Andrew Kazmaier
Betty
Houghton Lake
Andrew Girbach
State Hospital
Morris’ Wilson
St. Johns
Harold Locke
David Depue
Charlotte
Local Social Notes Highlight Cheboygan Visits and Family News
Macon residents visit relatives in Cheboygan while born Aug. 16 a daughter Katherine Hudora to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Downing. Numerous callers and weekend gatherings include Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Fremont, Traverse City, and Jackson. A Brooklyn incident reports 7 year old Joyce Ann Gary’s two hour jitters at Vineyard Point.
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Roy Heilman
Cheboygan
Louis Downing
Katherine~ Hudora
Bessie Allen
Ypsilanti
Robison-Hasted
Carl Hawkins
D. J. Zimmerman
Salina
Dale Hodges
Detroit
Byron Rhoades
Charles Alien
Ann Arbor
Hinest Schaffer
van Nuys
Calif
Mattie Harring
Florence Carven
Cora
Rhodim
Raynor Scudder
Clayton Bigelow
Arthur Richmond
Richmond
Jackson
Charles Schoolmaster
Otto
Jack Hanna
Barry Garber
Defiance
Margaret Pennington
Helen Beattie
Howell Earl
Hoekenga
Joe Horvath
Floyd Spence
Monroe
Clyde Spence
Clara Hendershot
Colleen Thorn
Ivadel Sones
Colleen
Geraldine Banik
Howell Sanatorium
Joyce Ann Gary
Vineyard Point
Brooklyn
Pelican
Ernest Kyser
George Kelley
Bigger and Better State Fair Planned
Michigan to host a 1939 State Fair from September 1 to 10 with record features. Linwood W. Snow, general manager, promises expanded educational, industrial and entertainment exhibits, seven days of harness racing, prize money totaling 67 000 across twelve departments, and an opening by Governor Loren D. Dickinson. The event also includes The Show of the Century stage showcase, a New York World’s Fair talent prize, nightly rodeo and fireworks, and expected attendance surpassing 500 000 with general admission at 25 cents.
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Michigan
Linwood W. Snow
Detroit
Snow
Loren D. Dickinson
Phil Spitalny
Hour of Charm
All Girls Radio Orchestra
Wayne King
Bob Crosby
Tony Martin
Jack Benny
Rochester
New York
South Saline Social Notes and Visits Across Counties
Donald Stilts, Mrs. Frank Stilts, and families are noted visiting in Toledo Ann Arbor and Wixom. Ralph Mehler attends a Ford High School pupil camp near Hastings Towns for two weeks. Havlie Mehler visits Ann Arbor with her aunt. Several couples, including Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Craig and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cross, are listed as recent guests or travelers. A regional reunion and a light humor line round out the brief.
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Donald Stilts
Toledo
Frank Stilts
Ann ‘Arbor
Helen Clarke
Amos Luckhardt
W. B. Bishop
Wixom
Ralph Mehler
Ford High School
Havlie Jane Mehler
Ann Arbor
Dick Kleinschmidt
Hugh Craig
Britton
Herman. Mehler
Ernest Cross
Bowling, Green, C
Albert Cross
Luna Pete
Monroe
Earl Kuder
Alonzo Kuder
Leon Vealey
Kuder and Gamble
Mayne Pennington
Ridgeway
Notice of Change of Name of an Adult
William Rood Slenger applies to change his name to Walworth Rood Slenger on September 20, 1939, at ten in the forenoon in the Probate Court, Court House, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Signed William Rood Slenger dated July 31, 19.
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Ann Arbor
Washtenaw
Michigan
William Rood Slenger
Walworth
Buck v Buck Chancery Notice in Washtenaw Court
In Washtenaw County Michigan Chancery, Glenwood Ilene Buck sues Lilo Carroll Buck. Defendant ordered to appear within three months, with publication to begin August 17 in the Saline Observer. Judge George W Sample. Attorney Lee N. Brown. Dates August 17-31 September 7-28 October 5.
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State OF Michigan
Saline
George W Sample
William N. Hamilton
Lee N. Brown
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Hearing on Claims in Estate of Frederick A. Stoll
Notice in Washtenaw County Michigan Probate Court states four months from August 5 1939 to present claims for the estate of Frederick A. Stoll deceased All claims must be filed by December 14 1939 and will be heard October 14 1939 and December 14 1939 at 10 oclock in the forenoon in Ann Arbor JAY G PRAY Judge of Probate dated August 5 1939
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Michigan
Washtenaw
Frederick A. Stoll
Ann Arbor
Ann Athor
Jay G. Pray
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