Michigan’s 1939 Legislature Faces Payroll Tightening
The Michigan Legislature convened to begin lawmaking as Governor Fitzgerald starts a second term. The session weighs economy led payroll reductions, civil service protection, and potential labor reforms amid talk of cooling off strikes and limits on state hiring.
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Central York Local Notes and Family Movements
Alger Allison loses a mule. Mon school opened at Oak Grove. Mrs Mary LeBaron visited Riggs home. David Hertler slowly improves but remains in hospital. Sweeney and Murray hauled hogs to Detroit. Helen Murray visited relatives on Ridge Road. Mr and Mrs Tracy LeBaron of Grand Road called on Allison Monday. Lloyd LeBaron of Wayne visited Bruce LeBaron. Alger Allison and his wife and son visited Bruce LeBaron. Murray Sanders stays with Henry Sanders estate in Lorraine Ohio to tend stock. Raymond and Joseph Sweeney Jr of Detroit visited their father Joseph Sweeney Sr last week. Hlwin Sanders learned of Henry Sanders death in Lorraine Ohio. Sanders family attended funeral Friday.
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Oak Grove
Mary LeBaron
Riggs
David Hertler
Joseph Sweeney
Carlton Murray
Detroit
Helen Murray
Ridge Road
Tracy LeBaron
Grand
Allison
Lloyd LeBaron
Wayne
Bruce LeBaron
Murray Sanders
Henry Sanders
Lorraine County
Ohio
Raymond Sweeney
Josep Sweeney, Jr
Hlwin Sanders
Lorraine
Gleason School Reopens and Local Family Visits Noted
South Saline reports Gleason school back in session. A flurry of social visits includes Britton guests Jan Garry from Reseoe Craig and many family gatherings across Tecumseh, Macon, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Macon as Mr and Mrs Johnson celebrate their 31st wedding anniversary.
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Jack Vaughn
Hamilton Moore
Tecumseh Hospital
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Rosese Craig
Jim Worth
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Harold Kutler
Ann
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Russell Herman
Britton
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Albert Cross
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Gilmore
Ben Cogswell
Alice
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Roscoe Craig
Herman Mehler
Ann Arbor
James Young
Earl Kuder
Hattie Kuder
Frank Stilts
Leon Vealey
Jim Johnson
Macon
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Hammond District Social Notes of Local Visits and Holidays
The column lists numerous local households visiting relatives and friends during the Christmas and New Year period. Families mentioned include the Hind, Gordon, Hammond, Gleason, Forsythe, Catey, Pennington, and Carey clans, with travel to Ann Arbor, Tecumseh, Detroit, Plymouth, and Platt.
Christmas Letters and Visit Notes From Mooreville Area
Local social roundups report guests visiting Mooreville and nearby towns during the holidays. Family births include Gerald Ray and Mary Hileen O Donnell at St. Josephs Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor. Community events feature Christmas dinners gatherings and church programs with multiple families named.
Death of Mrs Gordon's Brother in Canadian Train Crash
Joan Deem, brother of Mrs. Gordon, died when his car was struck by a train in Canada and burned. The incident details the fatal collision and fire, with authorities investigating the crash and confirming Deem's identity.
Pageant and Benediction Attendances Noted
The fragment lists Mary Ann Neff and Alia Sear foss associated with a pageant and The Inasmuch Tree Young People’s Class, with a Benediction led by Rev. Strait.
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Alia Searfoss
Rev. Strait
Christmas Gatherings in Judd District Connect Many Families
Mr. and Mrs. Carson hosted Christmas dinner with relatives in Detroit. Jerry Richards visited grandparents D. G. Richards. Peggy Riggs of Stony Creek visited grandparents Clarence and Margaret Riggs. Numerous Riggs family members shared holidays across Milan Ypsilanti and Jackson area homes including D. G. Richards and Clarence Riggs. A school program with Santa Claus occurred Thursday night.
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Stony Creek
Clarence Riggs
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Santa Claus
Gale Riggs
Christmas guests and gatherings in Michigan towns
A long list of holiday visits and dinners across Ann Arbor Flint Detroit and nearby communities names include Collins Hawkins Knnder Morden Dysinger Thirn Van Valkenbur e Kuder Halladay and Dashier plus multiple family events and guests with no single central event.
The Silent Court near the House
The narrator hides in a courtyard at dusk to rescue Elizabeth as Percy Virgil stalks nearby. He frees Elizabeth by untying her wrists and loosening the cord from her neck while Virgil tests the halter, risking discovery and a deadly confrontation.
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Universitys Far East Studies Institute at Michigan
Robert B. Hall leads Michigan as a premier center for Oriental studies through the Institute of Far Eastern Studies now in its second session in Ann Arbor. The program covers languages, economics, political science, history, sociology, and arts with courses in Chinese Japanese and Russian. The institute aims to broaden understanding of Far Eastern civilizations and enrolls more Far Eastern students than any other American university. Chinese students at Michigan numbered 168 last year.
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Observer Advertising Columns Reach Vast Audience
A promotional note explains that using Observer advertising columns is far easier and cheaper than phoning fifty people and can reach many times that number at a small cost.
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