Michigan Finance and Home Rule Debate in Lansing
Nearly a year into the Dickinson administration the Michigan budget faces economy goals amid payroll increases. State payrolls rose to 19.37 million for nine months in 1939, driven by a few departments while others cut. Officials emphasize local control and a pivot to reduce costs, with talk of a possible special session and continued reliance on federal funds in employment programs.
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Lansing
Frank Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Loren D. Dickinson
Auditor General
Attorney General
Banking
Civil Service
Governor’s Office
Public Service
Secretary of State
Welfare
Federal Aid
Employment Service
Unemployment Compensation
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Washington
Frank Murphy
Dickinson
Murphy
Vernon J. Brown
Board of Supervisors
Toledo
Cleveland
Central York Social News Abounds With Visits
Mr and Mrs Alger Allison and son visited Ypsilanti on Monday. Mrs Grant Allison from Willis road called on Alger Allison Sunday. Glenn Allison of Ann Arbor visited his cousin Alger Allison Saturday. Joseph Sweeney Jr of Detroit spent Sunday evening with his father Joseph Sweeney Sr. Mrs Elwin Sanders has been caring for a new baby at the McTaggart home. William Rutotsky was taken to a Detroit hospital at midnight with dropsy. Mrs Bertha Knorr has been ill with heart trouble but is improving. her daughter Mrs Helen McFall of Muskegon Heights is staying with her.
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Alger Allison
Ypsilanti
Grant Allison
Willis Road
Glenn Allison
Ann Arbor
Joseph Sweeney, Jr
Detroit
Joseph Sweeney
Elwin Sanders
McTaggart
William Rutotsky
Bertha Knorr
Helen McFall
Muskegon Heights
Jesse Frost
Mattie ‘Harring
Lilla Schaffer
Utica
Katherine Langan
George Meyers
Ridgeway
Elwyn Bugbee
Sand Creek
Paul Holmes
A. E. Robinson
Lester Williams
Azalia
EB. W. Payne
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ida Mehler
Junior Bigelow
M.S. Normal
Traverse City
Kenneth Frost
Jack Coffey
Benson van de Mark
Clinton
Lucile Halladay
Arlene Jones
Edward Sylvester
George Adser
Lansing
Ralph Halladay
L. H.camburn
Beulah
Mills Swick
Methodist Church
Herbert Gilmore
Ruby Bigelow
Clayton Bigelow
Jessie Boray
Billie
Melvin Russell
Harl Goodwin
Sylvania
Russell
Macon
Ford High School
Zahne
Walter Morden
Old Mill
M. BE
Hammond District social and event notices
Mr and Mrs EH Stimpson visited Adrian on Saturday. Clyde Gauntlett’s Ridge Road auction drew a good turnout. E M Gilbert and spouse spent Tuesday evening with Otto Hanson and his wife. Claude Gilbert and family visited Mary Robison’s home Sunday. Clyde Burleson and family from Macon called on Glen Gordon’s. Joyce Gordon and Waiva Hammond attended a brush demonstration at Julia Gordon’s.
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EH. O. Stimpson
Adrian
Clyde Gauntlett
Ridge Road
E. M. Gilbert
Otto Hanson
Claude Gilbert
Mary Robison
Clyde Burleson
Macon
Glen Gordon
Joyce Gordon
Waiva' Hammond
Julia Gordon
Saline Social Notes Highlight Visits and Christmas Plans
Mrs. Matthew Seeger Beatrice Bondie and Elsia Seeger in Detroit for an evening. Jack Arend and wife visiting three weeks with relatives. Families gather for funeral in Monroe. Dell school to present Christmas program Thursday and Mooreville hall invite Wednesday. Lloyd Fairbanks teaches. Schwoches host guests from Detroit Milford Ypsilanti Saline. Birthday surprise honors Matthew Seeger with guests from Jackson Seeger W Seeger Graf Luckhardt and others.
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Matthew Seeger
Beatrice Bondie
Elsia Seeger
Detroit
Jack Arend
Charles Graf
Albert Graf
Monroe
Dell School
Mooreville Hall
Lloyd Fairbanks
Mooreville Social Notices and Illness Report
Mrs. Mattie Markam visited with Mr and Mrs Clayton Bissell while Mrs Clayton Bissell and Mrs Paul Bissell traveled to Dearborn. Walter Rhoades remains very ill in St Josephs Mercy hospital Ann Arbor after sustaining seven broken ribs and a punctured lung.
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Mattie Markam
Clayton Bissell
Paul Bissell
Dearborn
George Walther
Levi Teachout
Bernard Crawford
Walter Rhoades
St Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Ann Arbor
Louis Smith
Larkin Club
G. F. Holcomb
Harry Wiley
District News Gossip Drifts Through Social Round
Mrs. Levi Teachout is ill and cared for by Lois Teachout. A series of visits unfolds as locals share evenings with friends and relatives in Mooreville Detroit Ann Arbor and Rich. The Richards and Teachout families host and visit during the week with neighbors and kin.
Christmas Returns to Beaulaire in Marie La Farge Tale
In Macon notes, residents recount holiday visits and gatherings. A serialized story follows Marie La Farge’s return home to Beaulaire on Christmas Eve, reuniting with her mother and the artist Jules after a journey that revealed family bonds and long separation. The tale ends with a festive village scene as Marie embraces home and love.
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Marie
Beaulaire
Gateau
Tom Santos
Madame la Farge
Jules
Marie la Farge
Western Newspaper Union
Christmas Carols by School Grades Friday Afternoon
The public is invited to hear Christmas carols sung by the grades of the school Friday at 1 30 pm with all 12 grades participating. The girls glee club will contribute selections and the event reflects a community celebration style.
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Girls Glee Club
Nagler's Fur Gift Idea for Christmas
Nagler's at 318 South Main Street promotes furs as gifts for Christmas. The ad highlights sensible prices and luxurious, lasting wear, claiming to know what she wants and offering a gift she will be proud to wear.
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Nagler
South Main St
Christ Child Market Of Nuremberg’s Long Christmas Tradition
For 238 years the Christ child market has drawn visitors to Nuremberg Germany for toy gifts and traditional Christmas wares in the famed old fashioned Christmas city.
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Qld
Nuremberg
Germany
Michigan farm tractor fuel use survey reports averages
Michigan State College Farm Management Department releases figures showing tractors in Michigan burn 1.3 to 1.7 gallons of fuel per hour depending on size. One plow machines average 1.3 gallons, while two and three plow tractors average 1.7 gallons. The mix includes gasoline and distillate with kerosene rare in larger outfits. A leaflet with full facts is available upon request.
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Michigan
Farm Management Department
Michigan State College
E. M. Atchley
East Lansing
Reds Lead Eye Egg Laying Contest at Michigan State College
In the 18th annual egg laying contest the Brookfield Massachusetts entry lays 314 eggs totaling 316.5 points for November while W H E Pyles and Son of Maysville Kentucky lead two month totals with 613 eggs and 613.35 points. Michigan entries show Foreman Poultry Farm Lowell White Leghorns with 602 eggs and 607.25 points for October and November.
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Michigan State College
Rhode Island Reds
Crooks
Brookfield
Mass
Michigan
Lowell
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F. Camburn
Liles
George Seeger
Hietmay
Mr. and
Mrs
Rex Greenman
Oliday
B. J. Boettger Barber
Michigan Mirror
Milan
Lathern Kramer
Carl Foss
Claud Sanford
Wanda Crittenden
George Walthers
Central York
Hammond District
West Saline
W. P. Schwoche
Otto Schwocho
G. E. Schwocho
E. B. Jantz
Brandt
Michael Hamard
Milford
Charles Shafer
Florence Wiedmayer
Michael Sheehan
Saline
Ardis Heininger
William Hauser
Jackson
George W. Seeger
Fred Luckhardt
John Seeger
Carl
Walter
Carl Seeger
Mooreville
Glen Conde
Judd
Lois Teachout
Karl Thearer
Alfred Acton
Charles Hale
Will Gallaher
D. G. Richards
Raymond Riggs
Hugh Austin
Herbert Teachout
Paul Richards
Georgie F. Richards
Very
Clyde Desbrough
A. G. Richar
Quebec
Jules Gareau
Tom
Plymouth
Mpa
Rose Havershaw
J. G. Lill
Associated Agronomist
Division of Sugar Plant Investigations
Federal Bureau of Plant Industry
Reds
Nanas
Wee Oo Eern
B. E. Muehlig Dry Goods
South Main’ St
Seeger E ES
Betz &Thrasher
Ford Cars
Bridgewater
Vuletide
A. R. Taylor Oil, Gas and Confectionery
Brooks Bros
Uae
Nesase Se
Enna
Art and
Bob
Saline Hatchery
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