Atwood Seeks G.O.P. Nomination for Secretary of State
Former Secretary of State Orville E. Atwood of Fremont runs for the Republican nomination. Don Vander Werp notes Atwood’s 1935 to 1936 term proved his fitness, citing leadership in Motor Vehicle Division reform, Michigan Safety Council work, and the gasoline tax for highway construction.
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Orville E. Atwood
Fremont
Don Vander Werp
Fremont ‘Times
Vander Werp
Atwood
Kent
Ingham
Mason
Secretary of State's Office
Michigan Safety Council
Michigan
Frogging Season Opens in Michigan Ledger
The text notes Michigan open season for taking frogs runs June 1 to October 31 with no license required. It lists edible species bullfrog green frog leopard frog and pickerel frog and warns against dubious artificial frog rearing schemes and promotions.
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Michigan
Fishing as therapy and time well spent
An essay-like passage from the Detroit Free Press quotes Don L. Bramble and Doris on fishing as a late, reflective pastime. It contrasts critics who call fishing a waste of time with the author’s view that water and nature cleanse worries, offering rest and personal change after each trip.
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Jack van
Qmisfetmer
Don L. Bramble
Doris
Detroit Free Press
St Johns Lutheran Bridgewater Harker Pastor Services
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 cdt. English services held on the second and fourth Sundays each month. The congregation invites all to attend. Some day a prominent Russian will die a natural death and that will be news.
Michigan Poultry Report on 1938 Hatching Boom and Egg Prices
The May egg price rise signals an upward trend for 1938 with prices likely above 1937 in the second half. Egg production per farm stayed near the ten year average while farm layers lag behind last year. Shell and frozen egg stocks are not rising, suggesting a lower August 1 total. Chicken prices are expected to fall through the year, more steeply than the ten year average. Hatchery output rises with January–April chicks 5.7 percent above 1937 and 22 percent above the 1933–37 average, driving a higher farm flock by January 1, 1939.
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United States
Shell
Eges
Family Picnic at Newkirk Scout Camp Sunday
Scout families are invited to a Sunday afternoon family picnic at Newkirk Scout Camp on June 19. A simple tour of the camp and grounds will be offered while families bring their own picnics. Scout Executive Master MacPeek said hundreds of parents may attend this opportunity.
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Newkirk
MacPeek
Turning Back the Pages of the Files
Sunday visits and local moves fill a column of social notes with Mrs Westphal visiting Bridgewater relatives and James Louis moving his tailoring shop to the Saline Confectionery building. Nearby guests span Detroit to Ann Arbor as townsfolk host and attend events and a Junior High birthday gathering at Sirkhart Brothers' rooms.
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Leo Westphal
Oscar Westphal
Bridgewater
John Wurster
Florence
Manchester
James Louis
Wallace Block
Wissly
Jacob Fucss
Helen
Fred Heininger
D. B. Mattison
Ann Arbor
Harold Hammond
John Rowe
O. C. Wheeler
Fred Gross
Detroit
Alice Perkins
Lewis Ulrich
Leycord Cuthburt
F. O. Wiedman
Ben Waltz
Harold Benz
Fred Braun
Edwin
Herman Braun
Melvina Braun
Gertrude Townsend
Hugh Townsend
Buffalo
N. Y
Evanston
Fred Burkhart
Maree
Sirkhart Brothers
Local social notes and community updates from Chelsea area
Friday visits and weekend plans include Mrs Ed Feuebacher and Mrs Thos Batey with Mrs Homer Fish of Manchister. Speing week with relatives in Igeks, Lucy Gabe building on East Main. Ball team travels to Detroit by special car to play Detroit linemen. Local residents and families listed with outings. Washtenaw Light & Power Co begins grading transforming station. Postmaster change expected July 1 with Alfred Humphrey new appointee. Eighth grade class roster of twenty one students.
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Ed. Feuebacher
Thos. Batey
Homer Fish
Manchister
Ed. Muir
Louise
Igeks
Lucy
Gabe
Main Street
Detroit
Frank
Buel Éuy Nelson Davenport
Everett
Lavenport
Austin White
Belle-Isle
Miss ‘Co
Schegel
Metas
Bridgewater
Lillian, Koenig
Clinton
Philo- “-Boettger
Alvin Traver
Cement City
C. D. Jenks
Chelsea
A&sud
Parsons and Son
Alfred
Marie Gardner
Ypsilanti
G. .W. Barr
Washtenaw Light & Power Co
George Burkhart
Rya
Alfred M. Humphrey
Edythe Skinner
Lucile Rose
Emms Paul
Ruth Bond
Josephine Hagle
Esther ‘Rentschler
Ellen Rentschler
Anna Barnard
Louise Woelper
Mabel Tower
Julia Lederer
Helen Lederer
Orrie Woelper
Raymond Kyte
Carl Graf
Henry Graf
Durwood Young
Julius Schnirring
Donald Burkhart
Adolph Layher
Herman Rentschler
College warns on cheaper seeds for Michigan pastures
Michigan State College staff warn that planting non adapted seeds for hay may backfire due to high red clover prices. Managers note shortages push farmers to lespedera crimson clover and kudzu, which may underperform vs southern ratings. They advise careful timing for soybeans and suggest Sudan grass for pasture. Pay your cemetery dues.
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Michigan State College
Michigan
C. R. Megee
College Farm Crops Department
Sudan
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Rauser’ Outfitting Co 218
West Washington
Erins Craft Shop
Miller Ave
Annn Arbor, Mich
D. D. Morrill
State St
J.L. Arnet & Son
Ann Arbor, Mich
Jim Fennell
Observer
East Liberty
THE
Saline
Wil Seex
Mich
Fitzgerald
Michigan Poultry Report
Roy Bixby
Tanner's Store
Detroit Edison
Saline, Michigan
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