Strawberry prices and local notices from 50 years ago
Frost hit crop yields with strawberries priced at six cents a quart. Local notices include residents traveling, attending meetings, and job ads. A man offers a large reward for a lost woman described with a strawberry mark on the ear, while police seek information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Sanford and
Detroit
Samuel Josenhans
Manistique
Arbeiter Verein
Anna Yedele
Henry St. Saline
Mt Clemens
Lex
Coud
Local social notes and quirky wedding tale from town
20 Years Ago Mr and Mrs Sim Wilson visited Brooklyn friends and Miss Ruby Stanlaw came from Detroit to see Miss Helen Armbruster. A Dearborn couple wed after two witnesses found by Dr C E Kircher. Round the Town notes tease school tests and a hospital visit to Richard Tienke at University Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim Wilson
Walter Ford
Brooklyn
Ruby Stanlaw
Detroit
Helen Armbruster
B. D. Wolfin
Ann Arbor
Erma Heininger
C. O. Napier
Dearborn
C. E. Kircher
Wesley Gross
Camp Custer
Edith Gross
Sam Lambarith
Richard Tienke
University Hospital
Ten Years Ago Local Notes From Gov Dietiker to Diana
Ten years ago Bobbie Leonard arrived from Great Lakes Michigan for furlough. Bob Ormsby called from Miami after returning from the states as he attends school. Governor Wesley Dietiker is here on a ten day furlough with his mother and sister Marilyn. Sheldon Rogers reports car stolen from his garage Friday night. Betty and Bonnie Bearss were Sunday dinner guests at Mrs Simons. Stanley Hartman graduated from Eden Seminary Missouri on June 2. Norman Luckhardt had a tonsillectomy Friday. Mr and Mrs Charles Howard welcomed a son born Saturday June 5. Mrs Hattie Murray returned from a visit near Appleton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie Leonard
Chester Leonard
Great Lakes
Bob Ormsby
Henry Ormsby
Miami
Florida
Quartermaster’s Corps
Wesley Dietiker
Northville Downs Opens June 15 With Inaugural Night
Northville Downs starts its tenth year on Monday June 15 at 8 15 p m for a nine race Inaugural Pace to kick off a 48 night meeting. President Harold B Dennison and Executive Manager John Carlo trumpet a thriving season with expanded parking for 1090 more cars and nearly 2000 spaces, enhanced lighting with 40 flood lights, new concession stands and 40 extra stalls as part of a five year plan.
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Detroit Area
Hazel Park
Northville Downs
Harold B. Dennison
John Carlo
John Jenvine
Dennison
Nashville Downs
Schurtz Couple Go to California for Indefinite Stay
Mr and Mrs Thomas Schurtz left for Glendale California last Wednesday for an indefinite stay at the home of their son Tonald and family. They traveled by train and arrived safely nine hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Schurtz
Gendale
California
Evermire
Tonald
Eamily
Prie
Local Briefs Highlight Community Visits and Picnics
Mrs Louis Baker Simon and son Robert L stay with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Martin Fucss. Robert Starling and family spend Sunday in Leamington Ontario visiting Mr and Mrs J Leonard Esson. The Fosdick Extension Group met at Mrs Orson Tobias for cancer pad making. Gilbert Dicks attended a euchre party at Mrs Hazel Hazelswartz in Grass Lake. Clarence Weibusch family picnicked at Belle Isle Detroit. The 9th Grade held a Wamplers Lake picnic with a pot luck. Sebastian attended. Charles Kreuger also joined. Clarence Fritz family dined with Edgar Westphal in Monroe. Roert Ormsby welcomed a baby daughter Monday at St Josephs hospital. Mrs Dave Wahl and daughters visited Clarence Trinkle in Chelsea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Starling
Leamington
Ontario
J. Leonard Esson
Fosdick
Orson Tobias
Gilbert Dicks
Hazel Hazelswartz
Grass Lake
Clarence Weibusch
Belle Isle
Detroit
Wamplers Lake
Sebastian
Charles Kreuger
Clarence Fritz
Edgar Westphal
Monroe
Roert Ormsby
Michigan Outdoors Looks at Next Season For Deer
After the 1952 deer hunt, Michigan foresees possible any deer seasons in low food areas and may trim hunts to the one buck rule in places. State says 162000 total kill with 465000 licensed hunters. 103000 were does or fawns, sparking concern about future herd health. Upper Peninsula saw 19000 deer. Biologists will recommend area specific rules to balance wildlife and public interest.
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Lower Peninsula
Conservation Department
Upper Peninsula
Straits
Michigan Outdoors on WWJ TV Thursday Spotlight
Mort Neff hosts a full half hour program on WWJ TV Channel 4 every Thursday from 10 00 to 10 30 p m. The show offers outdoors features and tips for viewers. Don’t miss it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mort Neff
Wwj-Tv
Channel 4
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B. P. Davenport
W. E Pope
Great Falls
Montana
Lizzie Clover
Mattie Stewart
Jackson
Thomas Baty
Giltrow’s Pharmacy
MARON
E. Washington
Burpee
G. L. Parsons
Tee Vacationland
Michigan
Jansas
Louis Baker Simon
Robert L
Martin Fucss
Chicago
Adrienne Falcon
U. S
Adrienne
Candtyd
Dick Martin
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Vhe Citizens Bank
Ten “No
SS. Federal Reserve
Dodge
Plymouth
Michigan Ave
Saline
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