Refund checks totaling over a million mailed by Edison
The final batch of 1,122,742 Detroit Edison refund checks totaling more than 16 million dollars was mailed June 19. The operation, begun to return 1944 45 excess profits taxes, left about 125,000 checks still uncashed and 25,000 undeliverable. The initiative cost 320,000 and reduced electric rates by 3 million annually.
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Detroit Edison Company
Hast China School
Rfc No. 1
St. Clair
Jassie Tobin
Begole Avenue
Detroit
George C. Dean
Hastings
Ingham County
Edison
Dean
Michigan Public Service Commission
Detroit Edison
Theix’s
Congregation votes for church repairs at St Pauls
At a special meeting after Sunday services the congregation of St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church voted unanimously to finance repairs. The plan includes building two new front porches insulating the church and parsonage caulking windows weather stripping parsonage and cleaning interior walls.
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St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
War veteran seriously injured by nail at work
Alton Hieber a World War II veteran and son of Mr and Mrs Robert Hieber of Lodi was struck in the eye by a nail while hammering. He is hospitalized in Ann Arbor and doctors fear possible loss of the eye. Dr A Sager Hall and Mrs Luella Parsons attended Michigan reunions last week.
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Alton Hieber
Robert Hieber
Lodi
Ann Arbor
U. of M
A. Sager Hall
Luella Parsons
June wedding unites Doris Blaess Smith and Howard Boettner
Doris Blaess Smith and Howard John Boettner wed at Trinity Lutheran Church Saline Saturday evening with Rev. H. L. Engel officiating. The couple will reside at 217 B Henry Street Saline after a Minnesota honeymoon and prior plans set in Ann Arbor.
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Janice Losse
Milan
Glenadine Haas
Cement City
Wilma Burke
Addison
Robert Braun
Spring St
Ann Arbor
Alton Blaess
Floyd Nagel
Michigan
B. Henry St. Saline
Saline High School
Benz Insurance Agency
Buettner
General Electric Co
The
Seabees
Turner Gordin Bride Ona May Goodin Weds Clarence Turner
A formal home wedding united Ona May Goodin and Clarence Turner on Saturday June thirteen? at Mrs Mildred Allison residence in Stoney Creek Road. Rev T C Fletcher officiated beneath roses. Attendants wore pastel suits. reception for fifty guests followed with a three tier cake. The couple will live with the groom's parents.
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Mildred Allison
Stoney Creek Road
Ona May Goodin
Clarence Turner
A. J. Turner
T. C. Fletcher
Milan Baptist Church
George Kelsey
Beth Gilbert
Donald Kelsey
Joseph Carr
Roos Bredernitz Marriage Vows in Ann Arbor Church
Ann Arbor couple Roos and Bredernitz united in vows at Zion Lutheran Church with Rev Stellhorn officiating. Bride daughter of Otto A Bredernitz, groom son of Harlan Roos Sr. Joyce Bredernitz and Shirley Roos served as maid of honor.
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Ann Bredernitz
Ellsworth Rd
Robert C. Roos
Zion Lutheran Church
Ann Arbor
BE. CG. Stellhorn
Otto A. Bredernitz
Harlan Roos
Joyce
Shirley Roos
Training Opens Earning Power For Veterans In Agriculture
The Washtenaw County U S D A Council offers no cost agricultural training for veterans. Applicants start by contacting the local superintendent of schools or vocational agriculture instructor. on the job instruction on farms precedes classroom work and subsistence payments may support a living wage.
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Washtenaw County
Washtenaw Historical Society to Meet in Ypsilanti
The Washtenaw Historical Society holds its annual meeting in Ypsilanti on Saturday afternoon June 29. Prof. Emil Lorch will lead a pilgrimage with talks about several old homes. Judge and Mrs. James R. Breaky Jr invite members to their home at 101 Washtenaw Ave for a tour and refreshments after the business meeting. Members meet at Charles McHenry Hall at 2 30 p.m. Please drive if possible.
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The
Washtenaw Historical Society
Ypsilanti
Emil Lorch
James R. Breaky, Jr
Washtenaw Ave
Charles McHenry
Beane
Ecard
Mrs Richard Correll Shower Hosted by Randall Coates
Mrs Randall Coates hosted a shower for Mrs Richard Correll Betty Harwood Saturday afternoon assisted by co hostess Stewart Pletner. The decorations featured Canterbury bells roses and daisies with tables and games and refreshments following the activities
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Randall Coates
Richard Correll
Betty Harwood
Stewart Pletner
Graf Returns to Naval Station Alameda
Gerald Graf returned to his Naval station at Alameda California on Wednesday after a fifteen day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Leland Graf and his sisters.
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Gerald Graf
Naval Station
Alameda
California
Leland Graf
Rotary Convention Report From President Wiedman Delights Readers
Fred C. Wiedman recounts his Atlantic City Rotary International convention trip with wife Arthur and Mrs Heininger. He notes plans to publish full reports later while highlighting speeches by world authorities and a pageant by Atlantic City high school girls.
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Rotary International
Fred C. Wiedman
Atlantc City
Arthur
Allie
Akron
Pittsburg
Gettysburg
Old Battlefields
Washington
Harry
Potomac
Chester Bowles
Harry Porter
John L. Lewis
White House
Alexandria
Atlantic City
Monticello
Martin Blair
Magni
House of Friendship
Jesus Marie Sanoroma
Millze Korjus
World Fellowship
Rotary
Tom Warren
Art
Ambassador
Walter E. Beyer
Herman H. Hanson
184Th
Joaquin Serratosa Cibils
Montevideo
Uruguay
Paul P. Harris
Dallas
Texas
Glee Club
Alexander J. Stoddard
U.S
Japan
Friends Honor U of M Graduate in Open House
Mrs. Luélla Parsons hosted a Sunday open house for her daughter Jeanne who earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Michigan. Guests arrived from Columbus Ohio Detroit Romulus Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Saline and nearby communities.
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Luélla Parsons
Jeanne
U. of M
Columbus
Ohio
Detroit
Romulus
Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti
Saline
Sam Lambarth
R. E. Jedele
Doris Mae
Luther Jedele
Richard
Alhambra
Calif
Robert Nores
Someon
Harry Friis
Boston
Mass
Robert Nores, Jr
Tire thief targets cars on street in theft spree
A discriminating tire thief operated last week on Wednesday morning, lifting wheels and tires from four parked cars. Victims Bud MacArthur Harold Armbruster Mr Wright and Mr Friend were left with vehicles jacked up on cement blocks as the thief moved on.
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Bud MacArthur
West McKay St
Harold Armbruster
Mr. Wright
North Lewis St
Friend
Russell St
Wheel of Life in Saline A Rural Plea for Community
The essay urges Saline residents to see themselves as spokes in a wheel of community life. It argues rural towns sustain true progress, resist radical change, and must embrace citizenship to keep the town thriving and prosperous. It praises shared values and warns against apathy while celebrating rural abundance.
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Salt Springs
America
Heaven
Pleasant surprise birthday gathering near Braun Road
Mrs. Fred Stierle and husband returned home from church to a birthday surprise. Relatives gathered Sunday on Braun Road and in nearby towns including Toledo Ypsilanti Ann Arbor Pleasant Lake Dexter and Dexter area to wish her a coming birthday.
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Fred Stierle
Mr. Stierle
Braun’ Road
Frieda Sommers
Virginia
Toledo
Erwin Stierle
Erwin Schill
Ypsilanti
Erwin Schenk
William Heuse
Smith Returns Home After 340 Mile Trip Through Rain
Jacob Smith travels 340 miles from Ohio where he visited Van Buren in rain storms on the trip back home to New Mexico.
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Jacob , NM
Smith
Ohio
van Buren
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Boettner-Smith
Lillian Jedele
Judy
Carolyn Fry
H. Nelson Fry
Dundee
Harlan Roos, Jr
Jack Harper
Fourth Avenue
John Lietz
Minnesota
Turner-Gordin
Historical Society AT
Wiedman
Rotary Convention
Friends Honor
U. OF M. Graduate
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