Christmas Roundup Chronicles Social Ties and Tragedy
A long list of Christmas visits and dinners unfolds across Saline and nearby towns with numerous families hosting relatives from Detroit Ann Arbor Jackson Ypsilanti and other locales. A two-vehicle crash east of Saline marred celebrations injuring several bystanders while James Daughenbaugh received a traffic citation. Mrs Anna M Staib of Ann Arbor dies, survived by three children and four grandchildren with funeral at St John s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Friis
J. C. Wilson
Ann Arbor
Vesta Mills
Miss Callie
Walter Smith
Margaret Burkhart
Fred Gillen
Detroit
Herman Kohler
Herman Alber
Ladies’ Aid
St. Paul's Church
Will Sturm
Ames Maywood
Maurice Henderson
Frank Scott
Wayne
William Austin
Edward Smith
Seymour
Indiana
Smith
O. C. Wheeler
Fred Sellen
Roy Ward
Ward
Harold Hildinger
Edwin
Carl Stierle
Satine
Ernest Reick
Karl Bredernitz
A. J. Warren
Hot Springs
Ark
Nora Pike
Chicago
Will Barr
Nellie Congdon
Hillsdale
Donald Yost
Ronald Tower
Luther Briggs
Katherine
R. H. Bamer
A. E. Cole
Gib Birkle
Virginia
Birkle
Elizabeth Moore
Elvin Armbruster
Clifton Ferguson
Albion
Don Burkhart
M. B.noble
Jeanette
Earl Schroder
Jane Dyer
Toledo
Ohio
Birdie Feiner
Carlene
John
Dale Noble
Nellie ‘Noble
A. E. Hagen
Lee Torrey
Saline Valley Farms
Otto Skutt
James
Pontiac
Guy Hoover
Clinton
Daniel Mills
Plymouth
Lawrence Fiferick
Howard Palmer
Jacob Dieterle
Ypsilanti
Neil Finkbeiner
Sebastian Finkbeiner
Charles Dieterle
Richard
Ernest Dieterle
Saline
John Dieterle
William LaBahn
Fred Dieterle
James Daughenbaugh
Illinois
Raymond Grayheim
Raymond Davenport
Saline Hospital
Grayheim
Davenport
Mr. Grayheim
Harold Kincaid
Daughenbaugh
Dick Seeley
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jimmie Skutt
Williams Lake
Bobbie Clay
Dan Hertler
W. O. Warner
Bay City
W. D. ‘Hart
Cecil Davenport
Jackson
Bliss Curtiss
Louisville
Kentucky
Neva May
Port Huron
Ray Haeussler
W. D. Hart
Max Blaess
R. J. Redhouse
S. R. Wilson
H. B. Cole
Gary
A.E. Cole
Merl Barr
Chelsea
W. H. Barr
Gildard
Flint
James Truesdell
C. A. Curtiss
LaGrange
Curtiss
Andrew Decker
Josephine
Earl Shook
Bronson
George Barnard
Adrian Elsman
Edgar Forsythe
Jean
Bert Gillen
Emmet Kelly
H. W Rouse
William Gillen
George Potter
Edith
Lansing
Allen Botter
Bedford
T. M. Clay
Howard Wilson
Vesta ‘Wilson
Tecumseh
Russel Collins
Macon
Frank Camburn
Observer
G. C. Townsend
Leigh Townsend
Millie Webb
Delaware
Webb
Maxine Fosdick
W. BH. Dietiker
Theodore Feldkamp
H. F Mumbreu
Royal Oak
J. T. Feldkamp
Betty
BH. H. Cook
Charles Dietiker
Robert Charles
Wyandotte
Union School
Santa
Gertrude Anthony
J. W. Cole
Harley Cole
D. J. Stark
Harry Shafer
Northville
George Cole
David Gartman
George Randel
Anna M. Staib
Frederick Staib
Mancheser
John and
Mary Stegmiller
J. J. Roberts
Stanley ©. Davis
Leroy Staib
Staib
Herman Schiddle
George Harington
Fred Burkhart
William Sler
Vineyard Lake
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Pioneer trek recalls hardships of the 49ers journey
The narrative details early westward travel from St Joseph to California, describing river crossings, bridges, and ferry tolls, 15 mile first day, and encounters with antelope and illness. It contrasts pioneer mobility with modern travel including 36 hour Chicago to Los Angeles service and electric trailer living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Billy
Wolfe River
Billy
Nevada
Hel
Virginia
Chicago
Los Angeles
St. Joseph
California
Contour Tillage Demonstrated In Berrien County Farms
G A Thorpe reports contour tillage as a key soil saving method for 1938 spring planting in Berrien County. Fred Carter's Carter farm near Benton Harbor shows reduced erosion using level cultivation and 100 foot alfalfa and melon strips. He protects orchards with sod buffers, check dams, and new seedlings. Carter doubts erosion will return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berrien County
G. A. Thorpe
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Berrien
Fred. Carter
Thorpe
Carter
Benton Harbor
Deflated Bear RIF Endangers In Wisconsin Woods Hunters
In Wisconsin a group of city dwellers camps in the woods and encounters a bear that drink from a spring swells to an enormous size. The hunters shoot and deflate the animal using a musical reed, then remove the pelt and celebrate with a tune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Woods
August C. Hennig
American Legion
Illinois
Mr. Bruin
Western Newspaper Union
Wrangler from Crazy Woman River Impresses Tenderfoot Quigley
Quigley recalls meeting a bold Crazy Woman River wrangler near Buffalo Wyoming who hunts a bear with a rifle and three .22 shorts. The seasoned rider boasts three years dead in the trail and treats Quigley as an old-timer rather than a tenderfoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quigley
Wall Circle Ranch
Buffalo
Wyo
Crazy Womaniver
Wrangler
Wwazy Woman River
Crazy Woman
Western Newspaper Union
Squonk Legend Told By Forest Folklore
A North Woods tale describes the squonk a shy nocturnal creature whose sad cries shed tears that freeze in cold weather. A lumberjack captures one but it dissolves in its own tears, leaving only salt water and bubbles in a willow basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Woods
Western Newspaper Union
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Gibson
Wm. Milhan
Gulf
Ray Haeussier
Geraldine Hayball
Pioneer Times
Frank E. Hagan
Elmo
Scott
Watson
Scott Watson
Elmo Scott Watson