Michigan Faces Tax Debates and Relief Reform in 1938
Lansing debates centralizing public relief under state control vs local responsibility while funding strains grow. Governor Murphy pushes consolidation, Republicans seek local control, and tax increases loom as relief spending and unemployment press the budget. The piece also surveys climate and tourism potential as Michigan plans growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Avery
Michigan
Murphy
Ator Vandenberg
American _ Federation
Ing- Tan
Coltie Tg
Colorado
Kentucky
Alabama
Hach
Fitzgerald
Comstock
Mother Hubbard
Smith
Civil Service
Brownrigg
House of Representatives
Home Hodgepodge and Garden Tricks for Thriving Spaces
A reader tips sheet encourages transforming barren hillsides into attractive borders with perennials and iris color patches. It suggests planting seeds now for future blooms, screening unsightly ravines with borders, and using mixed seeds for mass display and fresh cut flowers. Pineapple topknots offer a savory idea for sandwiches and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zévine
Beau
Golors
Thave
Pineapple Layer Cake From Old Recipe
Cream butter and sugar then add egg yolks heat well. Mix in lemon extract salt flour baking powder and pineapple juice. Bake two layers, top with stiffly beaten egg white meringue and pineapple pieces. Fill with crushed pineapple and whipped cream. serve fresh.
Gems for Your Scrapbook Prayer Card Excerpt
A fragment from a prayer collection quotes James Montgomery and Mary Baker Eddy on prayer as a core spiritual force. It includes verses and reflections praising fervent prayer and mutual confession in a Christian life.
Central York Residents Visit Alger Allison Family
Central York James Coryell and family spent Friday at the zoo. Ula Acres attended Briggs stadium games Monday. Robert Hopps of Munger road spent Sunday with John D. Allison. Mr and Mrs Henry Radenbaugh called on Alger Allison and family Monday. A Detroit group visited Jo seph Sweeney Sr. Mrs Mary LeBaron and Mrs Bruce LeBaron and son visited Alger Allison Wednesday. Mrs Jacob Fucss and Mrs Howard LeBaron of Saline visited Thursday evening. Callers Sunday included Mrs Elwin Loveland Ann Arbor Mr and Mrs Horace Whitney and son and Andrew Madok Webster township.
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James Coryell
Zoo
Ula Acres
Briggs Stadium
Robert Hopps
Munger Road
John D.allison
Henry Radenbaugh
Alger Allison
Detroit
Joseph Sweeney
Mary LeBaron
Bruce LeBaron
Jacob Fucss
Howard LeBaron
Saline
Allison
Elwin Loveland
Ann Arbor
Horace
Whitney and Son
Andrew Madok
Webster Township
Local social notes mention multiple city residents visiting kin
The fragment lists Mr and Mrs Carl Cornell visiting Mr and Mrs Bert Moerezi My and Mrs Jacob Bruckner with Perry Drake of Ann Arbor. It also notes Mr and Mrs Ernest Mayer and son Paul, and Mrs William Lindemann spending Sunday with local families including Miss Gertie Drake and father and Mr and Mrs Bert Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bes
Jacob
Bruckner
Carl Cornell
Bert Moerezi
Jacob“ Bruckner
Perry
Drake
Ann Arbor
Gertie Drake
and Mirs
Ernest Mayer
Pauk
Aid
Community Socials Across Regions Include Visitors and Guests
Weekend notes list numerous visitors and hosts from Macon Flint Detroit Monroe and Jackson joining local families. Names include Edwin Howell Lydia Mills Marjorie Morgan and Frances Stephenson with varied visits to Lookout Mountain Chelsea and Lookout Mountain plus dinners and summer plans in Grandlake and Tecumseh.
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HE. W. Payne
Flint
Edwin Howell
Rochester
N. Y
F. J. Day
Lilibern, Hatch
Grandlake
Marjorie Morgan
Lydia Mills
Lookout Mountain
Helen Frazier
Monroe
A. H. Mackey
Will Pennington
Chelsea
Joseph Dryer
Zana Gates
Portland
Roys McCollum
J. D. Frost
Ernest Biddle
Caro
Elizabeth Healey
Jackson
Almon Eutler
Wilson
J. Busch
Detroit
Wyandotte
Sykes
Kethétine Mahean Satunday
Bdyweith Nah
Lake
Irerie
Roland
Ginnér
Myep
K. Nmorgart
Frank Morgan
Marvin DuBois
Earl Lindsley
Percy Bowan
Tecumseh
Mooreville Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and School Culmination
Mrs May Avenger, Ronald, and families visited relatives in Mooreville while Ray Smith suffered arm injuries from a fall from a truck hay load. Local pupils received gifts for attendance as Mooreville school closed with a picnic and students like Miss Sweet prepare for college next year.
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May Avenger
Ronald
oFred
Brainard
Prudy
Alma
Hedsimer
Hillman
A. J. Turner
Ray. Smith
Harry Dennison
Pauline
Lueilé
Ypssilanti
Nd ” Loyal
Sanitz
George T. Ross
Wilma
Richard Miller
Cleveland
Elizabeth Austin
Norman
Luella Mae
Emmett
Frances Murrray
South Saline Socials Record Weekend Visits
Local residents from South Saline list weekend and Sunday visits in Tecumseh Britton Ypsilanti and nearby towns. Names include Kopka Westlake Kempf Steele Downing DuFor Bix Evans Luckhardt Kutler Kleinschmidt Young Clough Camburn Gross Sletter and Adams. Families from Saline Ann Arbor Dearborn Ogden and Tecumseh are mentioned with various callings and guest appearances.
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Kopka
Tecumseh
S. Westlake
Azalia
Cross
Roy Kempf
Hallie Mehler
Thurlow
Laverne Steele
Britton
Roscoe Craig
Helen Downing
Lois
Hilah Jean
Craig
Amos Luckhardt
Kathryn
South Lyon
W. B. Bishop
A. Lonnyberger
Jack
Welsh
Lina Kutler
Anne
Dick Kleinschmidt
James Young
Ann Arbor
Herman Mehler
Alton Clough
Ogden
William Kopka
Harold Kopka
Clough
John Camburn
Marilyn
Alwin Gross
Saline
Sletter
Audrey
Will Adams
Earl Kuder
Moore and relatives spotlight shuffled race week updates
Central Lodi notes LaVerne Moore attended auto races in Indianapolis on Monday. Ralph Moore spends the week with sister Mrs. William Bee in Platt. Mrs. Fred Schilcester was injured Saturday and will be laid up for some time.
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LaVerne Moore
Indianapolis
Ralph. Moore
Hig
William Bee
Platt
Fred
Schilcester
Ralph” Moore
Child Training Gardens Offer Practical Garden Education
Michigan State College nursery school leaders propose children's gardens to teach responsibility and initiative. With supervision, kids plant and tend simple crops like lettuce and carrots, learn about seeds, sunlight, and water, and enjoy vegetables picked from their own plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine G. Miller
Michigan State College
Clothes Closets Go Modernistic
Spring invites a closet overhaul says Barbara Hoffman of Michigan State College. Improve lighting and walls with yellow green or ivory tones, match shelves to woodwork, add shelf paper with fringe, and use wooden hangers for suits and coats. Consider inexpensive shoe racks and dust- preventing bags to protect unused garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hoffman
Michigan State Colege
Hoffman
Scouts Plan Two Week Guide Duty at Mackinac Island Camp
Walter MacPeek announced that one or more Eagle Scouts from Washtenaw-Livingston Council may serve as guides in the guard of honor at Mackinac Island for two weeks. The June 3 Inter-Patrol Camporee at Camp Newkirk precedes the camp opening June 26 with eight older scouts and 12 staff preparing for the 13th season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter MacPeek
Washie
now-Livingston
Guard ‘of Honor
Mackinac Island
Leslie Pulien
Camp Newkirk
Washtenaw-Livingstow Council
Pasture Profit Tactics Boost Milk Returns in Michigan
Michigan dairymen report profit gains from summer pastures. Richard Schober tested methods with Pentwater, raising 1935 losses to $61 above feed costs and 1936 to $284.51, then 1937 to $478.29. Spaltzer suggests rye pasture, sudan grass, brome, fodder corn, and silage to stretch pasture in poor years.
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Michigein
Richard Schober
AL S. Baltzer
Michigan
Yabér
Schober
Spaltzer
Sudan
Kellogg
College
Brome
Eureka
Isotype posters used in Michigan tuberculosis education
New educational posters by the Michigan Tuberculosis Association feature the Twenty Isotype charts. Dr. Eugene B. Elliott praises their simple, colorful storytelling approach for school use to promote prevention and early discovery of TB. He urges teachers to integrate health into all subjects as part of citizenship education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Eugene B. Eliott
Public Instruction
Elliott
Michigan
Disraeli
AI Aland
Kroger Exec Credits Newspapers for Advertising Success
Albert H. Morrill of Cincinnati, president of Kroger Grocery and Baking, says newspapers captivate the lion’s share of advertising budgets. He cites decades of tests proving newspaper ads raise sales in Producer-Consumer campaigns, with boosts from 62 to 253 percent across items like peaches, turkeys, grapefruit, pears, and eggs.
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Albert H. Morrill
Cincinnati
Kroger ‘Grottry and Baking
Perataaiyi
Kroger
Middlewest
Morrill
California
Florida
Texas
Merrill
Morril
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
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Michigan Mirror
Michigan Press Association
Great Lakes
United States
Daily Press Association
Chicago
Hen East
Booth
East
perWnidower
Middle “West
Ag Yésort
James Montgomery
Mary Baker _Eddy
James
Alia
Central York
Macon
Mooreville
South Saline
Lodi
East Lansing
Ruth Starke
Arcadia
Judith Corrigan
Grand Rapids
Gertrude Sidebotham
Hast Jordan
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