Community Notes Highlight Thanksgiving Week Visits
Local residents recount Thanksgiving trips and visits across Dearborn Detroit and Ann Arbor. Several couples share family dinners with relatives while others attend church and club events. One couple marks their fortieth wedding anniversary with relatives from Rochester Akron and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Lambarth
Paul Lambarth
Ypsilanti
Herman Miler
Arthur Royce
Ann Arbor
William Thompson
Hharad Miller
Saline
David Ackley
Ross Ackley
Paul Kluerer
Henry McKenzie
Federated Church
Reid Ross
Robert Klueter
Barbara Blair
Haddonfield
New Jersey
June Laurin
Muskegon
William Montgomery
Glenn Falls
New York
Robert Wray
Mary Morden
A.W. Cuff
Arthur Armbruster
Lloyd ”A. Armbruster
David
Rochester
New
Elvin
Armbruster
Elizabeth
Barrow
Akron
Ohio
Lloyd Armbruster
Herman Kilgus
Detroit
Harold Kilgus
Grand Rapids
Podunk Town Seeks Recognition Tour Invite Planned
Podunk residents announce plans to invite lexicographers and journalists to a sightseeing tour and dinner. The event aims to prove Podunk is a real, modern village in Worcester County five miles south of East Brookfield amid wooded hills.
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Podunk
Mass
Robert S. Wakeman
East Brookfield
Worcester County
Bathtubs Fade as Showers Rise in Popularity
In Cleveland a postwar trend shows the sit and soak bath fading while showers gain favor. War shortages and military life pushed tub use aside, and observers say civilians adopted showers during service and shortages.
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Cleveland
Charles Jauch
Cleveland Builders Exchange
Johnson Grass Control Urged as Community Task
Purdue University urges the community to fight Johnson grass as a collective effort. Watch fields for new sprouts and remove by pulling or hoeing before deep roots form. The weed spreads by seeds and root fragments, and travels via water hay cultivators and wind.
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Purdue University
Willing Workers Hold November Dinner At Stoddards
The Willing Workers annual dinner gathered 55 members and guests at Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stoddard. Mrs. Josephine Leonard distributed year books as the program chairman. The group plans a December Christmas party at Mrs. Helen Greashaber’s home with gift exchanges.
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Bob Leonard
Dearborn
Detroit
Harry Friis
Harry Hirsch
George Wood
Order of the Eastern Star
Nellie Armbruster
Friends
Ann Arbor
Louise Cotton
Belleville
Harold Cullin
Ruth Circle
Chur Oh
Ethel Lindsley
South Saline
Birmingham
Harold Vaughn
Blue Cross
Mason
Saline
Chester Leonard
Jackie
Whittaker
Laverne Leonard
Edna Mae Love
Wayne University
Clarence Wurster
C. O. Napier
John Wurster
Carl. Schafer
Dell Road
Clearwater
Florida
Saline Home Nursing Group
Charles Kern
Glenn Nissle
Wm. Cody
St. Paul’s Guild
Esther Circle
W.S.C.S
Earl. Fosdick
Paul Schaible
Chelsea
Hannah Haeussier
August Alber
Mate Aiat Gramer
Emil, Sattler
McKay Street
Anna Sattler
Eugene
Robert. Sattler
Ann: Arbor
Luther
Bilkes
Larry
Minnie
S. V. Harrington
Chicago
Lay
Clary Bredernitz
Wilbur Bredernitz
Elsworth Lindsley
Saline Township
Harl Lindsley
Tecumseh
Edward Phalr
Hillis
Wooster College
Wooster
Ohio
Is Parente
Fairbury
Ilinois
Alfred Konster
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Pines
Roy Stoddard
Josephine Leonard
Helen Greashaber
Perfect Attendance Award Winners Named by Sixth Grade
The six week period saw pupils Eleanor Arandos Louise Ramsey Marian Johnson Carol Ann Johnson Janet Marion James Ulinda Glenn Bredernitz Shirley Dresselhouse Tommy Joe Schwoche and Mary Ann Socks honored for perfect attendance. Thanksgiving and Friday were holidays, enjoyed by all. Eleanor Arandos Sixth Grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Arandos
Louise
Jean Ramsey
Marian
Carol Ann Johnson
Janet Marion
James Ulinda
Glenn Bredernitz
Shirley Dresselhouse
Tommy Joe Schwoche
Mary Ann Socks
Wheeler's Pharmacy Offers Abundant Baby Presents
A local ad highlights a wide selection of baby gifts at Wheeler's Pharmacy. Shoppers are invited to browse assorted items suitable for newborns and young children, with emphasis on variety and availability.
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Wheeler’s Pharmacy
Crippled Fisherman Hooks Big Catfish With Cane
Neburg MD justice of the peace John Stacer who walks with a cane says he landed a 70 pound catfish in the Ohio River using his walking stick after the trotline hook snapped. He hooked the fish on the line but landed it by forcing the crook of his cane into the fish's gills and jerking it into his boat.
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Neburg
John Stacer
Justice of the Peace
Stacer
Ohio River
Boy to pay fine for smashing greenhouse window
In Bury England four year old Stephen Jones was judged liable for a smashed greenhouse pane after a stone the size of a peach caused the damage. The court ruled the action lay against the child, not his father, and the judgment awaits until the boy turns 21 as he is still a minor.
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Bury
England
Stephen Jones
Stephen
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al Christopher
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Wm. Stierle
Lindsey McKinnon
Yppsilanti
J. G. Earl
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ART & Dick Michalke
East Michigan Ave
Armbruster’s Grocery
Ann Arbor ST
Radiantube
Lifetime
Frigidaire
Owen Cook
Modern Appliance Co
Mich. Ave
E. Liberty
Johnson
Frank Gifford
Teledo Optometrist
Milan
Teledo
Edison Bldg
Kleener
Haarer
Dell School News
Dearborn Implements
Wiedman Tractor Sales
Michigan Ave
Rabideau-Harris
S. Main ST
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