Local social rounds and club notes in Ypsilanti
Residents of Ypsilanti and nearby towns host guests and attend gatherings. The week features visits by Miss Hazel Fucs, Mrs. Lillian Bird, and families of Cornish, Hendersion, and Kunhorten, along with Boy Scout first aid demonstrations and several bridge and pedro games at Federated and M E church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Simmons
Pontiac
St. Paul’s Church
Otto Hanson
Esther Scherdt
South Saline
Helen Armbruster
Ralph Hunt and Son
J. A. Alber
George Lawson
Raymond Orr
Ypsilanti
William Orr
Saline Social and News roundup from local visits to Ann Arbor and events
Fifteen years ago F O Wiedman visits Detroit and various locals travel to Ann Arbor for business. A film screening features Annette Kellerman in Daughter of the Gods drawing crowds. A 600 lb hog sells for 72 60 to William Boehm. A party forms a Bridgewater social club to continue dances. Secret Service reports a counterfeit 1907 ten dollar note. silk thread between sheets marks it. Saline youths consider a local dancing class with Henry Ormsby fielding signups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. O. Wiedman
Detroit
Martin Fucss
Ann Arbor
C. F. Underkircher
Charles Mix
Chicago
Floyd Fitzgerald
A. Fitzgerald
Annette Kellerman
Guy Collins
William Boehm
Bridgewater
George Boettner
Secret Service
Henry Ormsby
Saline
Detroit meet and county fair notes from Twenty Years Ago
Thirty years ago Mesdames Frank Daniels and George Towler spent Monday in Detroit. The Gas Company declared the first quarterly dividend of 2 percent. Sheriff Gillen was appointed manager of the Washtenaw County Fair Association. Elwood Rogers and John Schroen and their wives visited Detroit Saturday. Mrs L F Lutz of Byron visited here yesterday and pondered whether to remain or move. The library reports a prosperous year with an itemized front page. Pearl Wood left for Chicago for a few weeks then returns to Humphrey and Company millinery. The lecture price was set at 10 cents for high schoolers and 25 cents for others. George Johnson saw a five foot blue racer while crossing its marsh. At Ann Arbor the German Mutual Fire Insurance Company elected Matthew Seeger president. A Christmas woodchuck on the Vint Roberts farm near Wamplers Lake was seen by Dale Stump rather frisky. Brooklyn Exponent notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Daniels
George Towler
Detroit
Gillen
Washtenaw County Fair Association
Elwood Rogers
John Schroen
L. F. Lutz
Byron
Pearl Wood
Chicago
Humphrey and Company
Marsh
George Johnson
German Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Ann Arbor
Matthew Seeger
Mr. Seeger
Saline Woman's Clubholds art day meeting
The Saline Woman's Club met January 5 at Mrs. Sim's home. Eileen Brown spoke on The Methods of Teaching Art in School with examples from ages five through high school. G. T. Alexander sang The Cricket on the Hearth. Next meeting is January 19 at Mrs. Miller's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Club
Simon Schofield
Eileen Brown
G. T. Alexander
Unterkircher
C. H. Miller
Seville
Man Held for Razor Attack in Milan
Charles Carver, 38, of Milan is in Washtenaw county jail on felonious assault charges for slashing Violet Jennings, 16, in the neck with a safety razor. Arraigned before Justice Jay H. Payne, he demanded examination and awaits January 13 hearing. bond set at 1000 dollars. The attack followed a dispute with Jennings’ mother over a board bill. The wound required 15 stitches. Clinton Lota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles ‘Carver
Milan
Washtenaw County
Violet Jennings
Carver
Jay H. Payne
Justice Court
Albert J. Rapp
Clinton Lota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evelyn Exast
Hazel Fucss
Donald Hinckley
Rochester
Alfred Springer
Henry Cornish
Lillian Bird
Thomas B. Hendersion
D. Noble
Alma Thearer
Oscar Hehr
L. D. Bracey
Jackson
S G. V. Cook
John J. Mitchell
C. ¥. Unterkircher
Fred Lauber
Dorothy Warner
Catherine Prosser
Fragile
Clarence Cornish
Mae
T. J. Irelan
Tecumseh
Ella Crane
Deerfield
Samuel Boyd
Boy Scouts
Lauren Kinsley
Amon Arbor
William Kinsley
Corinne
Lulu Davenport
Irving LeBaron
Farmington
Walled Lake
Plymouth
Marshall Cayne
Ruth
Bryant
Henry Morris
Ellis Randall
Alfred Randall
James Martin
E Holum
Walter Robbins
Reuben Finkbeiner
John Burkhardt
Christian Endeavor
L. E. Fairbanks
Arthur Miller
Federated Church
Will Austin
M. E. Church
William H. Barr
Pedro
Chris Ernst
Harry Friis
Della Reed
Eldean Betz
C. BE
George Kalder
Ann. Arbor
Walter Armbruster
Helen
Reuben Feldkamp
Loretta
Erwin
Charles Kern
Arthur Heininger
Reuben’ Feldkamp
Reuben, Feldkamp
C. O. Woodbridge
William Marken
Charles
St. Johny
Katherine Estes
Marion Schmid
Royal Oak
Joseph K. van Houten
Henry Schroen
Josephine van Houten
Woodchuck
Vint Roberts
Wamplers Lake
Dale Stump
Brooklyn
The
Citizens Bank
Saline, Michigan
William Martin
Charles. Schroen
Erwin Schroen
Saline Woman's Club
Man
Razor
Uphaus & Schroen
Goodrich
Burkhart Store
Enna Jettick Shoes
Berry Bros
Pont’s Duco
H. Gross & Sons
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