Michigan plan to reforest Upper Peninsula gains scale
The Michigan Mirror reports a vast reforestation effort in the Upper Peninsula with 110000 acres of damaged land replanted and 30000 acres added each year. Forester Watts advocates public forest ownership to address unemployment and balance conservation with tourism. The piece notes extensive lumbering, economic contrasts, and a cynical view of selective logging amid regional industry pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
United States
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
John Norton
Escanaba Press
Upper Peninsula Gains Tourism Emphasis Amid Road Talk
The article notes slow road development from Sault Ste. Marie to Ironwood, with US-2 paved for much of the route and potential western extension toward Port Inland. It highlights the Straits bridge as a traffic gateway, the shift from welfare-era decline to recreation as economic hope, and colorful local spots like Gateway Inn and Barefoot Charlie amid vast, forested North Country scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Soo
Ironwood
Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Michigan
St. Ignace
Manistrane
Watersmeet
Straits
Michigan
Port Huron
Michi
United States
Gateway Inn
Kunsty
State Line
Land O‘ Lakes
Wisconsin
Middle West
Michigan Thumb a Century of Travel and Change
The piece traces Michigan’s Thumb region from indigenous travel and lumbering beginnings to modern tourism. It notes Bad Axe’s origins from Bad Axe Camp and its current status at M-53 and M-83, the shift from trail camps to motorhome travel, and the evolution of waterways and highways supporting growth along the Great Lakes corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Jakes
Michigan
Huron County
Rudolph Papst
Bay City
Harbor Beach
Bad Axe Corners
Red Man
White Mans
Sherves
Michigan Woods
Great Lakes
United States
City council holds special meeting on oiling streets bid
The May session in the council chamber chaired by Mayor Townsend approved bidding by Ann Arbor Construction Co. for street oiling at 2500 and set June and August openings. A June 13 meeting passed the fiscal 1938-39 budget at 14000 and corrected minutes on the Bordine estate funds while approving several bills and authorizing moves and park wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend
Lambarth Lindemann
Gross
Osgood
Ann Arbor Construction: Co
Lambarth
Witemann
Lebove
Lindemann
Uphaus
Landemann
Nathan Bordine
Jay Harmon
Wiedman Auto Co
Warren Gross
Clarence Wurster
Mason
Alwin Gross
Ben Uphaus
Bert Gillen
Detroit Edison Co
S. R. Wilson
Lambarth Bros
Paul Weinlander
Adolph Lindemann
Maumee Asphalt Co
J. A. Alber
Walleye
Ann Arbor ‘Foundry
Cce
A. Luckhardt
George Koch
Charles ‘Koch
Cc. E, Alber
Raymond Hirth
Jacob Visel
Frank King
George Rothfuss
Rayment Radio, Inc
Park Supplies
Dodge
Shell Service
Carl ‘Schleh
Park
Robert Cullen
Liloyd Dell
George Camburn
William Schmid
Schmid
Martin Schaible
George Martin
Earl- Rowe
Ray Brainard
Wiliam Mithan
Orville Fahner
Luther Dicks
Bradley
Henry Boettger
Alvin Lange
Robert Gillen
Uambarth
Lottie, Wallace
G. Co. Townsend
Local Ann Arbor Residents Report Various Medical Procedures
Saline General Hospital patient Carl Folk of Ann Arbor had his tonsils removed last week. Miss Dorothy Niethammer of Ann Arbor niece of Mrs McHenry had tonsils removed and is recovering well. Mrs George Byers is recovering from a goiter operation performed last week. Carl Stierle underwent hernia surgery and is recovering. Mrs Henry Bredernitz returned home. Miss Selma Hertler had tonsils removed and returned home. Miss Lucille Schmid, a nurse, had her appendix removed and hopes for perfect health. Miss Geraldine Tower returned home after appendicitis surgery. Mrs Katy Bartlett is recovering nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Folk
Ann Arbor
Dorothy Niethammer
McHenry
George Byers
Carl Stierle
Henry Bredernitz
Selma Hertler
Lucille Schmid
Geraldine Tower
Katy “Bartlett
Pretty Chelsea Wedding Unites Dorothy Myrtle Haselswerdt to Theodore Stimpson
Dorothy Myrtle Haselswerdt wed Theodore Stimpson at the Haselswerdt home in Chelsea. Rev Frederick D Mumby officiated as guests and family gathered for a reception after the ceremony. The bride, aunt and educator, and groom, banker, plan to live at 101 North Lewis Street after a northern Michigan honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Stimpson
Dorothy Myrtle Haselswerdt
Chelsea
J. W. Haselswerdt
Dorothy Myrtle
Theodore O. Stimpson
Saline
Frederick D. Mumby
Methodist Church
Lyle Haselswerdt
Detroit
John O. Stimpson
Haselswerdt
Donald Stimpson
Owosso
John Stimpson
Royal Oak
Elmer Stimpson
Leonard Hutzel
Julia Gordon
Audrey Wesley
Lucille Haselswerdt
Lyle Haselswertt
Stimpson
Chelsea High School
Michigan State Normal College
Saline High School
Northwestern University
Bridgewater Savings Bank
Northern
Michigan
North Lewis Street
Frank Ginnivan Dramatic Co Presents Angels of Hell's Past
The Frank Ginnivan Dramatic Co is in Milan all week presenting drama and vaudeville at the tent theatre. The troupe recently played Clinton and Manchester, and has added The Angels of Hell's Past to its repertoire. Show starts nightly at 8 30 with The Girl of the Golden West Friday and Ten Nights in a Bar Room Sunday July 3.
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Milan
Clinton
Manchester
Adv
Flower Show Delights with Delphiniums and Canterbury Bells
The Sub Debs with Mrs. Mark Sugden and Mrs. Edward A. Clark organized a June 22 flower show in the auditorium. Judges Mrs. Curtiss Miss Ruckman and Mrs. Rankin awarded blue red and white ribbons for specimens arrangements and table displays. First place ribbons went to Gordon Prout and Mrs. Moehn among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Sugden
Adrian
Edward A. Clark
C. A. Curtiss
Minnie Ruckman
Mandel Rankin
Gordon Prout
Carl Moehn
Aiden Warren
Moehn
Don Burkhart
Julia Gordon
Irene Korte
Don. Burkhart
Elaine Spencer
Orrin Briggs
O. C. Wheeler
Jahnke
Saline Junior Livestock Club Holds Fourth Meeting
The fourth Saline Junior Livestock Club meeting was held Monday night at Hammond school with little business. Eldean Hanson and I were appointed by Ernest Girbach to attend the 4-H Club Convention Tuesday evening, June 21, to vote for club delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gordon
Saline Junior Livestock Club
Hammond School
Eldean Hanson
Ernest Girbach
Family thanks relatives and friends after father and grandfather’s death
The family expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for kindness shown during the time of their father and grandfather’s passing. The note mentions Mrs. Alger Allison and John Allison and references liner ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger Allison
Johned
Allison
Local Advertisements and Services Across Saline and Ann Arbor
Various local notices advertise hardware, shoes, radio service, embalming, furniture, kitchen cabinets, shades, and cleaning services. Listings include R G Wahl plumbing phone 160, G L Parsons radio service 211 S Ann Arbor St Saline, W Kelly kitchen goods, Alexander's 417 E Liberty St Ann Arbor, and more. Lost dog Brownie contact George Needham 194-F4. For sale items include gran binder, tractors, sewing machines, and hog feed. Public notices note ice cream social at Bridgewater church June 30.
Partnership Plan Used Cars at Cook Motor Sales
Low priced used cars offered by Authorized Chevrolet dealer Cook Motor Sales. Listings include 1936 Dodge truck, 1937 Dodge pickup, 1929 Ford truck, 1934 Chevrolet pickup, 1932 Chevrolet sedan, 1932 Ford V8 Tudor, 1934 Ford sedan delivery, 1930 Chevrolet roadster pickup plus various binders and mules. Special pricing with multiple units available and past-due payment options through Wiedman Auto Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook Motor Sales
Chevrolet
Herman Heininger
Wiedman
Auto
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Saline Savings Bank
White Oak Coal
Binder
Plymouth Binder Twine
Cole’s Feed Store
Saline Theatre
Michigan Mirror
Gene Alleman
Michigan Press Association
Forester
Watts
Upper ‘Peninsula
Hurley
Charlie
Gateway
Barefoot Charlie
Barefoot
TIMES
Council Proceedings
Cary
Frank Ginnivan Dramatic Co
Club News
the Observer
Observer
R. G. Wahl
Wolverine
G. L. Parsons
W. E. Dieuxer
S. Ann Arbor St
W. Kelly
Alexander’s
E. Liberty St
Bridgewater
P. F. Pink
East Michigan Avenue
Tom Hound
Brownie
George Needham
Central Dead Stock Co
Jersey
Guernsey
Keifer
R. H. Bamer
Saline Mercantile Co
Dr. Gibson
Packard
Hill
Kenmore
Thor
Alice
Anglemyer
W. J. Schneider
B. A. Baylis
Saline Road
Acre
Shell Station
Art
Saline-Pleasant Lake Roads
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