Dr Cowan Addresses Rotarians on Burns and Scottish Lore
Dr Cowan of Ann Arbor spoke to Rotarians last Thursday praising Robert Burns and the town of Ayr in Scotland. He highlighted Burns the poet and his work A Man s a Man for A That translated into many languages. Luther Dicks and Richard Ward, local high school students, attended the club sessions this month.
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Cowan
Ann Arbor
Ayer
Scotland
Bobby” Burns
Cowan Beleves
Burns
Luther Dicks
Richard Ward
Council Minutes Show Bids Sought For Assessor's Plat
Council met in the council room Monday evening December 8 with Mayor pro tem Cook presiding. Clerk read last minutes. three bids for preparing the original town assessor's plat were requested to be opened at an adjourned meeting. Bills approved include salaries, labor, gas, and insurance on a fire truck.
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Cook
Uphaus
Gross
Lindemann
Aaron Luckhardt
Julius Rothfuss
Cook Motor Sales
Owen. Hoeft
George Seeger
Wiedman Auto Co
Bert Gillen
J. A. Alber
S. R. Wilson
E. J. Muir
W. L. Sturm
Shell Gas Service
Mayer-Schairer
Savings Bank
Ann Arbor Foundry
Eng Harap
Erica Pete
Washtenaw Abstract Co
bStract
Sheldon Rogers
Detroit Edison Co
Wolverine Insurance Co
Saline Union School
Pittsfield
Tee
Cogee
Seehgens
Welfare Commission
Lottie Wallach
Water Cook
Roosevelt Sends Christmas Greeting to Boy Scouts
President Roosevelt sent a Christmas greeting to all Boy Scouts through Walter MacPock offering praise for courage dependability loyalty and service. John S. Page praised Scouting values as civic citizenship and character training linking home church and school in building healthy well rounded youths.
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Roosevelt
Walter Macp
Boy Scouts
Scout Council
Washtenaw
Livingston
John S. Page
Pag
Scout Movement
Uip
Page
Michigan Christmas seals appeal to boost 1937 tuberculosis drive
The Michigan Tuberculosis Association urges late returns for Christmas seals mailed at Thanksgiving to support higher protection in 1937. Dr. Bruce H. Douglas notes rising contributions reduce follow up costs and stresses the ongoing fight against tuberculosis, with 2044 deaths in Michigan last year. Twenty four Indian tribes adopt constitutions under the Reorganization Act.
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Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Michigan
Bruce H. Douglas
Michigan Association
Methodist Church Notes Schedule of Services
Bert Ede serves as minister. Morning worship at 10 o'clock. Sunday school at 11:15. Epworth Leagues at 6:30 p.m. Evening worship at 7:30. Wednesday prayer service. Thursday choir meeting.
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Epworth
St John’s Lutheran Church Service Notice
St John’s Lutheran Church Bridgewater invites parishioners to divine service at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m Pastor M C Phillipp leads Hinelish services on the second and fourth Sundays of each month Everyone invited to attend
Christmas Services at St James Evangelical Church
St James Evangelical Church Saline Township lists a Christmas celebration for Sunday school on Thursday December 24 at 7 pm a Festal Christmas service Friday December 25 at 10 am with sermon Who Is He Born in Bethlehem Celebration of the Lord's Supper Sunday December 27 at 10 am English service German and English services will be alternated with English on the second and fourth Sundays of the month
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Bethlehem
Federated Church Christmas Services and Charity Drive
Rev. Roy J. Miller presides at Christmas program and worship at Federated Church with a White Gift emphasis. Gifts wrapped in white go to the Washtenaw County Poor Farm, plus candy nuts and items for elderly inmates. Services Sunday December 27 include morning worship, Sunday school, and candle-light vesper. January 3 features communion and a meeting with church officers to discuss 1937 plans.
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Washtenaw County
Our Nation
Babe
Prince
Jesus
Church—Council
Navajo Rugs Flawless and Indians Lose Old Fear
Fort Wingate New Mexico reports that young Navajo women weave flawless rugs, abandoning historic flaws once used to avert a death fate. Fern B. Harris notes the shift and explains the belief that perfection precedes death, as cited in Indians at Work.
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Fort Wingate
N. M
Fern B. Harris
Miss Harris
Simple food fashion defied by holiday traditions
Miss Beatrice Grant of Michigan State College argues cooking and dining style should not bow to fashion. She notes family customs during holidays demand familiar dishes like turkey and plum pudding, warning attempts at novelty can mar the feast and leave cooks puzzled.
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Beatrice Grant
Michigan State College
Miss Grant
Oliver Cromwell
Guinea Pigs Lose Jobs as Red Dye Replaces Tests
At Michigan State College a red dye test replaces lengthy guinea pig experiments to measure vitamin C in foods. Miss Flora Hanning notes the dye bleaches with higher vitamin C, speeding from hours to determine juice content to an hour, aiding nutrition research.
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Michigan State College
Flora Hanning
Germany
Tilmans
Nutrition Laboratory
First Wife Lilith as Adam’s Bride Folklore
Rabbinical accounts describe Lilith as Adam’s first wife a beautiful figure who fled and became a demon. In Jewish folklore she is an evil spirit akin to a vampire with roots in Babylonian Assyrian demon myths. She is said to threaten children and amulets were worn to ward her off.
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Lilith
Adam
Eve
Hatchery Report In Morgansville Produces Five Chicks
A Morgansville Kansas hatchery report notes two eggs placed in two coffee cans, forgotten for three weeks, then five chicks emerged. Observer Liners are listed as providing service.
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Morgansville
Kans
Observer
Competing Imports Threaten U S Dairy Industry
At the National Co operative Milk Producers Federation meeting in St Paul Minnesota President N P Hull warned that millions of pounds of butter cheese and other dairy products have been imported this year reducing prices for U S producers. He urged national legislation requiring imported dairy products to originate from cows meeting U S health standards to curb disease and protect dairy farmers.
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National Co-operative Milk Producers Federation
St. Paul, Minn
N. P. Hull
Bang
U. S
Hull
Llama Beast of Burden in American Indian History
The llama remains the sole beast of burden in American Indian use at discovery, able to traverse steep slopes and travel long distances without water. It carries 100 to 125 pounds, yields wool and meat, and provided fuel and leather. The animal figures in Inca history from Chile to Ecuador.
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America
South America
Himpire
Malue River
Chile
Mendoza
Andes
Ecuador
World's Greatest Wall Built by First Emperor
Tit Bits Magazine extols Chin as the "First Emperor" for constructing the Great Wall of China a 1500 mile serpentine barrier from the Yellow Sea near Peking to Central Asia. The zig zag line climbs 5000 feet, averages 22 feet wide and 25 feet high with towers, brick paving, and granite facing all without steam machinery.
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Tit- Bits Magazine
Chin
Great Wall of
China
Mongolia
Manchuria
Yellow Sea
Peking
Central Asia
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Dr. Cowan
Methodist Church
Bert Ede
Federated Church Notes
Roy J. Miller
Ned Moore
Western Newspaper Union
Can Is Hatchery
Merry Christmas
E. Dietiker
Mita Maid
Latonia Club
Rocky River Beverages
Gracefruit
Carton
Eatmore Cranbelries
Florida
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