Michigan Marketing Problems Loom Large in 1939 Review
The Michigan Mirror Lansing notes that 1939 focused on marketing agricultural products. Milk and apples saw state commissions fixing prices and stimulating demand, while inspection services expanded to support 1940 advertising programs and broader food product marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Michigan
Milk Marketing Board
Apple Board
Washington
Colleges of Agriculture
Elmer A. Beamer
Mr. Beamer
Department reports higher inspection costs and milk income gains
State records show poultry products and beans requiring inspection, with costs rising and producers sharing expenses. Michigan milk producers gain 527000 in income for the year from the milk marketing act, while apple growers await act results. Local Mooreville notes cover community visits, marriages, and a Christmas program at Mooreville Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beamer
Apple Commission
State Department
Social Roundup In Hammond Area Notes New Year Visits
A Hammond district column lists numerous New Year and holiday visits among residents. Mrs. Lloyd Catey dies suddenly. funeral held at Strange church with burial at Maple Hill. Remaining family members include husband Lloyd and several children and grandchildren. Born February 3, 1880, she died December 22, 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libbie Hamlin
E. O. Stimpson
Joan Elsman
J. Forsythe
C.w.gauntlett
Ridge Road
Hovey Needham
Arthur Miller
Macon
Glen Gordon
David
Ira Hauk
Plymouth
Robert Hammond
Chester Richard
Holloway
Dean Gordon
Adrian
Mary McMann
Miss Ella
Ralph Hammond
John Boettger
Belleville
Mys
Mable Stoll
Ann. Arbor
Lena Gordon
Orange
BE. M. Gilbert
EH. J. Forsythe
Lloyd Carey
Strange Church
Grand Ledge
E. M. Gilbert
Robert Love
Claude Gilbert
Everett Gilbert
Edd Snearle
Tipton
Bruce Gordon
Larry
Nancy
Reobert Peterbaugh
Dayton
Ohio
Max Goffe
An Arbor
W. E. Saunders
Detroit
Carl Mohrhardt
Dearborn
Walter Gordon
Lloyd Catey
Grand Lodge
C. D. Bater
Maple Hill Cemetery
Harold Locke
Morris Wilson
David Depue
Charlotte
Paul
Wilford Cat
Saline Valley community notes and New Year gatherings
West Saline Leo Bendie works Saturdays at Bredernitz mill while Walter Bredernitz joins an Ann Arbor firm. John Seeger, once ill, can now walk. New Year festivities center on Frank Tucker’s family at Lawrence Tucker’s home. The Saline drama group invites readers to auditions January 8 at the recreation hall for a February production. Warren Finkbeiner hosts music practice with Wilma Weber Florence Wiedmayer and others. John Arend’s parents host a watch party with classmates from Saline High, including Delores Campbell and Carr family, ending at 2 AM. the Forner family of Ann Arbor misses due to their son’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Bendie
Saline Valley
Saline Valley Recreation Hall
Warren Finkbeiner
Wilma Weber
Florence Wiedmayer
D. Finkbeiner
Hollis Carr
W. P. Schwoche
John Arend
Saline High School
J. Forner
Ann Arbor
Central York Farm Rented. Local Visits Noted
Jesse Bird Jr has rented the O Malley farm. Alger Allison and son visited Ann Arbor Friday. Joseph Sweeney Sr had Detroit friends visiting Monday. Glenn Allison of Ann Arbor called on his cousin Alger Allison Saturday. William Rutocsky remains in a Detroit hospital with no expected recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Bird, Jr
O’malley
Alger Allison and
Ann Arbor
Joseph Sweeney, Sr
Detroit
Glenn Allison
Alger Allison
William Rutocsky
Local resident visits and social guests noted in Macon area
A sequence of small social items records Mr. and Mrs. Henry Regnier and other locals hosting relatives and guests from St. Clair Shores Ypsilanti Aurora Detroit Ann Arbor Plymouth Milan Blissfield Lansing and Britton. Also listed are club events and holiday visits involving the Halladay Ruhl Weddle Bush and Theeke households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Regnier
St. Claire Shores
James Beach
Ypsilanti
E. W. Payne
John Johnson
Aurora
Ill
George Bailey
Detroit
C. O. Biddle
Ann Arbor
Jesse Frost
Wiliam Morgan
Plymouth
P. K. Morgan
Carl McClue
Helen Bush
Milan
Marjory Ladd
Adrian
John Ladd
Jessie Bovay
Pontiac
Ralph Halladay
Woman’s Club
David Bush
Leland Bush
Lewis Theeke
Britton
Harold Ruhl
Arthur Weddle
George Ruhl
Blissfield
Lucille Halladay
Lansing
Betty Johnson
Soo
Robert Johnston
Frances Ryder
David Cosello
Augusta
Hunter's triple pheasant shot shocks local scene
Donald Putnam fired at a cock pheasant in a fence corner and killed two unseen birds hidden in the grass. An eye witness named Karl described the event as terrifying and noted the unexpected line of fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Care
MPA
Donald Putnam
Karl
Fowl Paralysis Studied at Federal Poultry Lab
The regional poultry research lab at Michigan State College farms reports progress after its first year with 7,000 chicks tested. Director Dr J Helmes Martin notes isolation of resistant and susceptible strains, hints at a viral filth borne disease, and emphasizes sanitation to prevent outbreaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Regional Poultry Research Laboratory
Michigan State College
J. Helmes Martin
United States
Michigan
Natonally
New York
Massachusetts
Oklahoma
Connecticut
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Pennsyyvania
Washington, D. C
Martin
Grange Social Huge Success at Yorktown Hall
Saline Grange hosted a December social at Yorktown hall Mooreville with about 150 attendees. The Dell school pupils led a varied program including Santa Claus, piano solos, plays and songs followed by a Christmas supper and musical interludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Arend
Saline Grange
York Town Hall
Mooreville
Dell School
Lloyd Fairbanks
Bruce Arend
David Marion
Donnie Miller
Bobby Jacobs
Sambo
Ormond Seitz
Henry
Edward Jacobs
George
Harold McQueen
Santa
Lois ‘Holegmb
Albert Jacobs
Kenneth Jacobs
Dot
Frances Jacobs
Bob
Jean
Selma Kohler
Louise
Helen Kohler
Harmon
Florence Wiedmayer
W. P. Schwoche
Livestock Men Plan Meetings Ahead of Lansing Assembly
Twenty five district meetings of the Michigan Livestock Exchange are underway as a lead in to the February 24 annual meeting at Lansing. Donald Stark Michigan State College livestock marketing specialist announces the initiative inviting farmers and producers to attend January 10 at 2:00 PM at the Y M C A in Ann Arbor. John O Mealey Hudson state secretary outlines a district officer election and a program overview for livestock prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Livestock Exchange
Lansing
Donald Stark
Michigan State College
Y. M. CG
Ann. Arbor
Hast Lansing
H.L. Anthony
Police recover two stolen cars before owners report
Local police quickly recovered two automobiles believed stolen after prompt actions. One car was found abandoned at a street intersection and the other during a speeding stop. Owners reported the thefts only the day after the recoveries. A distant note mentions sand dunes along the Snake River in Idaho compared to Africa’s Sahara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleville
MPA
Snake River
Idaho
Africa
Sahara, Desert
Tinch v Tinch Chancery Notice in Ann Arbor 1940
Chancery notice from Wash tenaw County Michigan court at Ann Arbor on January 2 1940 requires Idabelle Tinch to appear within three months or face judgment. Publication to begin two weeks hence in The Saline Observer. Attorney Lee N Brown represents the plaintiff with Luella M Smith as clerk.
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State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Chancery
Ann Arbor
Robert Henry Tinch
Idabelle Tinch
Lee N. Brown
Saline Observer
George W. Sample
Luella M. Smith
Irene A. Seitz
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Mortgage sale notice in Washtenaw County foreclosure
Mortgage assigned through several transfers from George Schechter to Kittie L. Thompson Clark now, with payment default totaling $1060. Foreclosure sale set for February 29, 1940 at 10:00 AM at the south front door of the Washtenaw County Court House Ann Arbor. Property described as the north half of northwest quarter section 25 and related parcels in Augusta Township. Assignee attorney Lee N. Brown, Ypsilanti Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schechter
Grace Schechter
Charles F. Thompson
Kittie L. Thompson
Guy F. Thompson
Office of the Register of Deeds
Washtenaw County
Kittie L. Thompson Clark
Huron Street
Court House
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Towit
Augusta
Lee N. Brown
Savings Bank Building
Ypsilanti
Local social notes and road improvements collide with holidays
Miss Barbara Barnes visits in Detroit as families mark New Year celebrations. Methodist Aid meets Jan 10 at 2 30 with Mrs Thomas Shurtz hosting. Chelsea prepares black top paving from Ann Arbor to US 112 this spring to ease ball game congestion and provide a stadium shortcut to US 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Barnes
Detroit
Ernest Towler
Methodist Aid
Thomas Shurtz
E. H. Prosser
Cleveland
Ambrose Ernst
Don Burkhart
Mary Lou
Fred Gillen
Herman Gress
Isr Ceb Klumpp
Washington, D. C
J. L. Shaw
Donald McKim
Lansing
Jettie Wallace
Paul
Roger Barnes
A. M. Humphrey
Clarence Cook
Jackson
Richard Hoag
EB. A. Clerk
Kalamazoo
Grace Clark
Lillian Burgan
Grover
Grover Alber
Grover Alber Jr
W. D. Cook
Grace Cook
Julia Gordon
Ralph Hammond
S&s
Cottom St. Paul's Auxiliary
William Weber
Charles Dieterle
Chelsea Standard
South Stake
Ann Arobr
Saline
Ann Arbor
Farm Prices and Income Forecast for 1940 Michigan
Michigan State College economist R V Gunn expects farm prices and incomes in 1940 to average higher than 1938 or 1989, aided by a favorable trend but not by big price surges from the European war in the next year. The graph uses 1910-14 prices as an index base of 100.
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Michigan
R. V. Gunn
Michigan State College
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Michigan Mirror
Gene Alleman
Michigan Press Association
Department
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Muskegon
Ann, Arbor
Grand Rapids
Preston Caswell
Dale Lewis
Fremont, O
James Norman
Ernest Dieterle
Helen
Edgar Layton
Grace Jacobs
Con Tinsman
Helen Wheeler
Fremont
York
Angola
Ind
Zach Gauntlett
Bruce LeBaron
Jimmy
Mae LeBaron
Harold Reese
Kathryn Reese
Rafe
Fred Reese
Lloyd LeBaron
Orley Neff
Walter Draper
Chester Pullen
Milton Purkey
Theron Puffer
Mooreville Methodist Church
Loyal Kanitz
C. H. Kanitz
G. F. Holcomb
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
John Dee Goldsmith
Jerry
Carl Brown
Ridgeway
Murray
Catherine. Sanders
Vermillion
Edwin Sanders
Albert Loesch
Louis
Dorothy Liesch
Margaret Pollitz
Dundee
James Crittenden
Mary Murray
Emmett Murray
Dan Murray
Mary, Murray
Chicago
Catherine and Murray Sanders
Marrion Murray
Parker Murray
Dixboro
Hattie Murray
Electa
Myrl Murray
Elwin Sanders
Jack Gable
Mooreville School
Austin
Norman
Leonard Russ
Clifford
Seleska
Patricia Ferrington
Harold Crittenden
Thelma Murray
The
Little Rebels
Mary Lou Long
Beverly Stump
Worine Schwartz
Carl Wilkie
Robert Astolas
Beatrice Randolph
Donald Russ
Washington Monument
Hammond
Ellen Gleason
Platt
E. J. Forsythe
Joan
Edgar Hilsman
Miss Fay
Marie Horton
George Eberle
Bedford
Kenneth Gordon
Frank Hauk
Clyde Burleson
West Saline
Central York
U. S
Grange Social
Chancery Notice
Ernest A. O’brien
Federal Food and Drug Administration
O'Brien
Zoran
Ogeman Forest
Grand*Traverse
Prescott
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