Local business visitors and community notes across Washtenaw
A roundup of residents and visitors from Ann Arbor Toledo and Chelsea with multiple social calls business trips and family visits. The piece notes dust abatement on a county road praise for county officials and upcoming community events plus local incidents and travel plans involving many residents and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Burkhart
Toledo
Max Blaess
Ann Arbor
Saline
Josephine van Houten
Seven new Maccabee members welcomed in town
Thirty years ago seven new members joined the Maccabee order at a local gathering. Leonard Bassett nears completion on his East Main Street house frame. Jacob Sturm plans work on the Montpelier Vermont Dewey monument project after returning from Lake City. George Nissly grades the old school lot for two new houses. Main Street glows with two red-light rows aiding the electric road dig-out. S B Weiennett to stock 4000 black bass in Joslyn and Columbia lakes from Northville hatchery next Saturday. Fred Jerry resigns as village marshal after twenty years. C. H. Carven sworn in as new marshal. Electric road workers lay ties. cars imminent. Milton Reynolds turns 82 with garden peas and new potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maccabee Order
Leonard Bassett
East Main Street
Jacob Sturm
Lake City
Michigan
Dewey
Montpelier
Vermont
George Nissly
Main Street
Marion Corner
S. B. Weiennett
Joslyn
Columbia Lakes
Northville
Fred Jerry
C. H. Carven
Fifteen Years Ago Notes From Pittsfield Township
A Benton Harbor area column recalls births, visits, and stays with local families. Highlights include a newborn daughter for Mr and Mrs Albert Heininger of Pittsfield township and multiple trips to Detroit by local residents. The Washtenaw County Pioneer society held its annual meeting in the Presbyterian church and reflections on early days were shared. It also criticizes education emphasizing white collar careers over skilled trades and laments idle labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Thearer
Hensler
Owosso
Flint
Edward Thearer
A. E. Cole
A. M. Hart
J. J. Lower
O. E. Liverberger
Virginia
Betty Cromley
Hicksville
Ohio
Detroit Free Press
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Monroe
George Hihnis
Saline
County Road Commission
Washtenaw County Brotherhood
M. EB
Mooreville
A. E. Kurth
Ann Arbor
Albert Heininger
Pittsfield Township
Harl Chittenden
Detroit
Charles Dean
K. B. Simmons
John Minor
Owosse
Max Blaess
Mae Wheeler
Minor
Helen Woodworth
Our
August Blaess
Helen
Chicago
Katherine Blaess
Presbyterian Church
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State Mutual
W. T. Lewis
Church Street
Flint, Mich
Bank For Savings
Citizens Bank Saline
Mich
Dietiker’s
Charles Roberts
Harold King
Harry Westrick
Studebaker Sales
Dwight L. Robbins
Morenci Observer
Bliss Curtiss
Kentucky Military Institute
Dora Saer
Mary Merrick
John Lamb
Daisy Galatian
William Westphal
Floyd Starks
Hattie Hall
Williamston
Chelsea
Marshall Canine
Raymond Canine
Mark Sugden
Max Ross
Ypsilanti
Chester Martin
Dean Gordon
Katherine Outwater
Donald
Heart
Washtenaw County Council of
Ann Arbor News
Race Track Inn
Clinton
Nellie Congdon
Hillsdale
Nina Crowell
Decoration Day
Congdon
Berkley
California
University of California
Grand Canyon
Portland
Oregon
Seattle
Washington
Vancover
Lake Louise
Banff
Canada
St. Paul
Minnesota
Chelsea Standard
Louise Crandall
Dundee
Margaret Wagner
Alton Sontag
Sontag
Devils Lake
Miss Wagner
Adrian
Mable Case
Millie Webb
Federated Church
Suthern
Howell
Marshall
Ann Arbor Tribune
Mr. Merchant
Milton Reynolds
Sam Josenhans
David Woodard
Sam
Mr. Woodard
Ethel
Vivian Tripp
Byron
George Steele
George Theurer
Sugden’s Drug Store
Liberty Theatre
Tarzan the Mighty
Fox Tent & Awning Co
Fox Textile Products Co
Ypsilanti, Mich
Michigan Avenue
Basser
H. Gross & Sons
Heddon Fishing
Enuine Dowagiac
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