Phyllis Gilbert Weds James Thomas in Macon Ceremony
Phyllis Jean Gilbert and James LaVerne Thomas married in a double ring ceremony Saturday July 9 at 7 30 p m Macon Methodist Church before a palms and gladioli altar. Bride from Lansing with Milan relatives wore nylon net gown and carried a lace Bible topped with a white orchid. Groom from Macon is son of Carl Thomas. The couple will reside in Macon after a week in Northern Michigan.
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Macon Methodist Church
Phyllis Jean Gilbert
James LaVerne Thomas
Vaughn Whited
Phyllis Jean
Ernest Everett Gilbert
Lansing
Lillie Gilbert
Ann Arbor
Daele
Harold Holcomb
Milan
James LaVerne
Carl Thomas
Macon
Hallie Jane Mebler
Emogene Morden
Alice Gilbert
Barbara Ebaugh
Edward Clark
Miss Gilbert
Miss Elbaugh
Clark
Ernest Gilbert
Max Morden
Saline Township
Northern
Michigan
Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Short Street
Saline High School
Tecumseh High School
Bug’s
Tecumseh
I s Camp Time For County 4 H Clubs
Wash tenaw County 4 H opens for a week at Island Lake Group Camp near Brighton. Frank Gendron reports record quota with 126 children ages 11 to 17 enrolled, boys and girls both full for the first time in camp history.
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Washtenaw County
Women’s exhibits at Centennial of Farm Mechanization
Demonstrations of modern home appliances and displays of century-old forerunners will headline the Michigan State University campus event. The fair runs August 15 to 20 and highlights advances in farm and domestic technology.
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Michigan State University
Low Bid To Be Determined On State Highway Projects
State highway bids set for July 20 in Lansing cover 12 trunkline projects plus 15 more announced. Readily specified works include bridges on US 112 over M 17 near Ypsilanti and multiple repaving and grading jobs across Washtenaw Gladwin Manistee Traverse C and Kent Ottowa counties with completion dates through 1956.
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Jackson
Jackson County
Lansing
Charles M. Ziegler
Ypsilanti
Washtenaw County
Willow Run
Ann Arbor
Gladwin County
Gladwin
Tittabawassee River
Washington Avenue
Michigan Avenue
Ganson Street
North Street
State Prison
Southern
Michigan
Gratiot
Clinton County
Clinton
Maple River
Niles
Ject
St. Joseph River
Jefferson Street
North Branch
Lapeer County
Stein Road
Plum Creek
Monroe
Monroe County
Kent
Ottawa
Fennessey Road
Knapp Road
Grandville
Woodbine Avenue
Lewis Street
Rockford
Ottawa County
Antrim
Charlevoix
Antrim-Charlevoix
Antrim County
East Jordan
Charlevoix County
Sebewaing Street
Pine Street
Sheriff Reports Six Month Department Summary 1955
Six month report from Washtenaw County Sheriff covering January 1 to July 1 1955 lists meals served 1693 32929 civil papers served boat inspections 4547.97 costs turned over to Justices 2813.55 budget transfers Willow Run fund 10435.54 library fund 4733.70 total 22530.76 licenses issued and sent to Secretary of State 15301.50.
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Office of the
Sheriffs Department
Erwin L. Klager
Washtenaw County
Willow Run
Canning Best Way To Preserve Tomatoes, Says MSU Study
Michigan State University research in foods and nutrition finds canning superior to freezing for tomatoes. Dr Pauline Paul of UC Davis led tests using Marglobe Rutgers and Big Boy varieties, frozen for up to six months, then thawed and judged for appearance color odor flavor texture and acceptability.
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Foods and Nutrition Department
Michigan State University
Pauline Paul
M.S.A
University of California At Davis
Marglobe
Rutgers
Big Boy
Two Hundred Fifty Years of Michigan Dairying Published
A new publication by Prof. P. S. Lucas traces Michigan dairy history from early cattle imports to today’s multibillion dollar industry. It credits Detroit’s 1701 founding and honors the Michigan Agricultural Society and related groups for shaping the state’s dairy sector.
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Bhigan
P.S. Lucas
Michigan State University Dairy Department
Detroit
Michigan Dairying
American Dairy Association of Michigan
Michigan Agricultural Society
M.S.A
Wolverine State
MSU Man To UNS Swiss Meeting
Dr. H B Tukey head of MSU horticulture has been named official delegate to the United Nations conference on Peacetime Use of Atomic Energy. The Geneva event runs Aug 4 to 20. Tukey calls the appointment gratifying recognition of isotope research focusing on plant nutrient uptake using radioactive tracers.
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H.B. Tukey
Michigan State University
Geneva
Switzerland
Tukey
Civil Service Offers Prison Officer Jobs Nationwide
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an examination for Correctional Officer Male at 3670 dollars yearly for the Bureau of Prisons and Federal Correctional Institution Milan Michigan. Examinations are held quarterly with the next on August 19 1955 for applications received by July 26 1955.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Prisons
Department of Justice
Federal Correctional Institution
Milan
Michigan
Board of Civil Service Examiners
U.S. Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kansas
Board of
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
U.S. Civil Service Office
Lawsuit Settled In Detroit Manufacturer Case
Attorneys for Double A Products Co of Manchester settled a $238 000 suit brought by W. H. Hammond Sales Co of Detroit for $17 500 in Ann Arbor circuit court. Hammond had claimed commissions for securing contracts including valves for Allis Chalmers, totaling $2 380 000.
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Double A Products Co
Manchester
Detroit
Ann Arbor
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Saline
United States
Canada
Advertising Representatives
Michigan Press Service Weekly Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Phyllis Gilbert
James Thomas
Tom McNutt
David Sprague
John Bihlmeyer
Robert Pauli
Jerry Bivins
David Timmerman
Earl Hornung
Joe
Grand Traverse Bay
Manistee
Chesapeake and Ohio
Traverse City
Grand Traverse County
Holland
Allegan County
S. Macomb
RADIO
Dalal
Detective Bureau
Michigan Dairy History Printed
MSU
Civil Service
Ford
Ann Arbor Street
Saline Michigan
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