Michigan May Declare Eat More Beans Week
Michigan Governor Frank Fitzgerald urged Feb 2 and Feb 8 as Eat More Beans Week as the state, exporting 86 percent of navy beans, faces a bean surplus. Weather has produced bumper crops and prices have fallen, while lawmakers debate labor reform and highway management amid a looming state deficit estimated near 20 million dollars.
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Lansing
Frank Fitzgerald
Michigan
United States
Fitz‘gerald
Grand Ledge
Sickness and death reported in Central York area
John Dicks Jr and Marie Bird are listed as sick with strep throat at Central York. Miss Robinson visited Oak Grove School. no classes Friday to Tuesday due to teacher Mrs Witherspoon's illness. James Johnson, a Milan resident and Civil War veteran aged 92, died recently after enlisting at 14.
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John Dicks
Ann Arbor Visitors and Pittsford Gatherings Reported
Mr and Mrs Carson visited in Ann Arbor on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Clarence Riggs and Kendall Riggs were in Pittsford Saturday. Mr and Mrs Sidney Yape of Ann Arbor spent Thursday with Mr and Mrs A G Richards. Mr and Mrs Paul Richards and Miss Ruth Riggs visited Mr and Mrs D G Richards and George Franklin on Sunday.
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Carson
Ann Arbor
Clarence Riggs
Kendall
Riggs
Pittsford
Sidney Yape
A. G. Richards
Paul Richards
Ruth Riggs
D. G. Richards
George Franklin
Hammond District Sunday Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs Dean Gordon and family, Mr and Mrs E M Gilbert, and Mr and Mrs Tom Hillis gathered in Belleville. The Owen and Gilbert families visited the Gilberts. Mrs Lloyd Wagner and sons stayed in Battle Creek where Mr Wagner works. Betty Gordon spent a long weekend in Plymouth with Mr and Mrs Ire Hank. Mr and Mrs Forsythe and Mr and Mrs John Moody of Ann Arbor left Sunday for Florida.
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Dean Gordon Ane
Glenn Gordon
Ire
Hank
John Moody
Ann Arbor
Florida
Mooreville Notes Include Weddings And Local Visits
Mrs Burt Draper has been sick this week and Mrs Aristine Miller travels to St Peters burg Florida for several weeks. Waldo Wardie visited Mr and Mrs Loyal Kanitz. Mr and Mrs Paul Zeluff of Detroit visited his parents. Clara Zeluff of Dearborn visited her grandparents. Fern Kanitz, recently at Clarence ODonnell home, married Joseph Schaffer of Waltz in Angola Indiana. Mooreville P T A met at the school house with plans for a Pedro party. 4 H Girls Club held a grab bag netting 2.50 and a penny supper raising 5.50.
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Burt Draper
Aristine Miller
Petersburg
Florida
Clara
Dearborn
Claud Harmon
Fern Kanitz
Clarence O'Donnell
London
Joseph Schaffer
Waltz
Angola
Ind
Mooreville
Pedro
York Hall
Local Social Notes From South Saline Area
Community members from Britton Tecumseh Ypsilanti Adrian Dearborn Detroit and Stilts households shared weekend visits and gatherings. Notable names include Hugh Craig Murl Cross Earl Kutler Flora Vealey Amos Luckhardt and O S Evans among others with oyster supper attendance tied to Michigan Milk Producers families.
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Hugh Craig
Britton
Roscoe Craig
Murl Cross
Albert Cross
Jerome DuFor
Ypsilanti
Ben Cogswell
Earl Kutler
Flora Vealey
Stilts
Amos Luckhardt
Virginia
Kathryn
Adrian
Clarence Kopka
Martha Ko
Detroit Visits and Celebrations Across Macon and Monroe
Local notices report William Kasno visiting Detroit with Ella Pennington and other Macon residents hosting or attending gatherings in Monroe and Washtenaw County. The text also details a Michigan Conservation Commission order banning dip netting on the Huron River through Ypsilanti and Superior Townships for three years beginning January 1, 1938.
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State OF Michigan
The
Conservation Commission
Huron
Huron River
Washtenaw County
Authority of
Ypsilanti
Superior Townships
P. J. Hoffmaster
Tiger
Department of Conservaon
Conservation
W. H. Loutit
Wayland Osgood
Notice of Commissioners on Claims in Stierle Estate
Probate Court Washnaw County Michigan appoints four commissioners to receive examine and adjust all claims against the estate of Charles J Stierle deceased. They will meet at Citizens Bank Saline on March 25 1939 and May 25 1939 at 10 am to hear claims. Ann Arbor January 17 1939. Commissioners Harry W Holmes Homer W Kuebler. Jan 26 Feb 2 9 1939.
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State OF Michigan
Washnaw
Charles J. Stierle
Citizens” Bank
Saline
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Harry W. Holmes
Homer W. Kuebler
Vanished Monna Lisa figure foils attempted murder plan
Near three o'clock we found Elsa absent from Brief's suite after Virgil and Monna Lisa stage a ruse. She had fled, abandoning her role, taking the prized items while avoiding capture and probable life imprisonment.
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Elsa
Brief
Virgil
Monna Lisa
Elizabeth
Wolf at the Door? A Singer’s Answer to Fortune and Fate
A reflective note from a newspaper page contrasts wealth and poverty, suggesting entry to heaven is hard for the rich while enduring life on earth is hard for the poor. The piece uses a singer’s quip about keeping the wolf from the door through song, implying some prefer the wolf.
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Kingdom of Heaven
Earth
Probation Court Sets Hearing on Schill Estate Accounts
In Washtenaw County Probate Court, Jan 24 1939, Judge Jay G Pray orders Feb 24 1939 hearing to examine Theodore Emanuel Schill deceased's administrator E R Schill annual and final accounts. Public notice to run in Saline Observer for three weeks. Nora O Borgert Register of Probate.
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State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Said
Jay G. Pray
Theodore Emanuel Schill
E. R. Schill
Saline
Appointment of Administrator in Washtenaw County
In Washtenaw County probate court Judge Jay G Pray presided on February 17 1939. Raymond C Rentschler petitions to be administrator of Amelia EK Rentschler estate or to another suitable person and the court set February 17 for hearing with public notice via The Saline Observer for three weeks. Nora O Borgert Register of Probate
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State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Said
Jay G Pray
Amelia EK. Rentschler
Raymond C. Rentschler
Saline
Order for Publication of Probate Account
In Washte naw County Michigan at Ann Arbor Probate Office on January 3 1939 Walter S Morden deceased The Detroit Trust Company trustee filed its 17th annual account and petition for allowance The court orders a copy of this order published for three successive weeks in The Saline Observer newspaper in the county to notify interested parties about the hearing.
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State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Jay G. Pray
Walters
Morden
Detroit Trust Company
Detroit
Michigan
Saline Observer
Said
Nora O. Borgert
Register of Probate
License to Sell Real Estate in Estate of Joachim Burmeister
Probate court in Ann Arbor sets January 17 1939 hearing date for Theodore Stimpson administrator to obtain license to sell estate real estate to pay debts. Hearing ordered for January 15 in forenoon with notice by three weekly publications in The Saline Observer. Judge Jay G Pray presiding. Nora O BorgertRegister of Probate true copy.
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State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Said
Jay G. Pray
Joachim Burmeister
Theodore Stimpson
Saline*Observer
Nora O. Borgert
Register of Probate
Scout Leaders Push to Certify First Aid Patrols in Local Troops
In Wash tenaw and Livingston counties during the first quarter of 1939, a drive seeks to enroll patrols as Certified First Aid Patrols by late March. Ann Arbor Troop 15 led by the Bach School PTA has completed all four patrol enrollments. Howell Troop 63 Eagle Patrol led by Connor Collocott adds a fifth. Council aims to enroll at least 100 patrols, with a three session Leadership Course on the Elements of Scouting concluding recently and a new six evening course on Principles of Scout Leadership starting Feb 10 at Ann Arbor High School under Walter Holm good and Edward Danaher. Don Francisco of Saline and Max Collins are enrolled.
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Washtenaw -and- Livingston
Ann Arbor
Bach School Parent Teachers’Association
Howell
Connor’ Collocott
Uary
Ann Arbor High School
Walter Holmiund
Edward Danaher
Don Francisco
Saline
Max Collins
Old-fashioned travel charms 71-year-old farmer
Howard Thomas of Fowlerville, a 71-year-old farmer, favors a slow approach to travel. He recently made a 100 mile trip to Ada to visit friends in an ancient surrey drawn by two driving horses.
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Portland
Mpa
Howard Thomas
Thomas
Fowlerville
Ada
Surrey
Clements Library Devoted to American History Collection
The Clements Library at the University of Michigan preserves key papers from 1493 to the Revolutionary era. Gift from William L. Clements and later additions create a premier archive of British generals and American officials. Notable holdings include Washington, Greene, and Arnold correspondence.
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University Michigan
Clements
Western Hemisphere
Clements Library
William L. Clements
Bay City
America
George Washington
General Greene
Benedict Arnold
Six Million Gift Funds University of Michigan Law Quadrangle
A six million dollar donation from a University of Michigan alumnus funds the Law Quadrangle. The gift finances the Legal Research Library with 275000 volumes and supports legal research and graduate scholarships. Hutchins Hall, the Dining Hall, and administration buildings compose the complex with Gothic towers and state armorial carvings.
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University of Michigan
Michigan
Law
William W. Cook
University of Micigan
Law School
Jeft
Cook
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Michigan Mirror
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Michigan Press Association
Harold Hittle
Republican Party
Fitzgerald
Organized Labor
Friends of Labor
van Wagoner
Murray D. van Wagoner
State Highway Department
Pat
Highway Department
State Conservation Commission
Straits
Tf van Wagener
Miller’ Dunckel
Mother Hubbard
Board of Pharmacy
Central York
Judd
Hammond District
South Saline
Arewe
Sokiron
Macon
William Kasno
Ella Pennington
Charles Gorton
F. Moore
Harold Dechert
Floyd Spence
Lloyd Clark
Clyde Spence
Monroe
Anna
Edward Kasno
Cone
Dorothy Powinski
Claud Baily
Down Bilby
F. G. Crawford
Travis
Crawford
Duchess of Whelp
Palfrey
Harry
Hononer
Tomostow
Ted S
Richard
Rodin
Yaust
Hgd
Herrick
Percy Virgil
Winter
Dornford Yates
Dorrnford Yates
WNU
Frowna
Greyhound Terminal
Wheeler's Drug ‘Store
E. Mich
Greyhound
of, Sis
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