Michigan’s back to the land trend and industrial shift
A 1930s Michigan view shows farms feeding a migrating labor wave toward Detroit and other cities. Henry Ford’s wage policies spurred small plants near Detroit, while counties like Houghton Kalkaska and Tesko saw population declines as industrial growth outpaced rural areas. The piece notes higher taxes and school costs tied to this economic migration.
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Lansing
Michigan
Detroit
Flint
Jackson
Pontiac
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Houghton
Upper Peninsula
Kalkaska
Lower Peninsula
Kalkaska County
Tesco County
Local Socials and Community Notes from Willis and Vicinity
Sunday and Monday gatherings feature visits among the Allison, Sweeney, Bird, and Harwood families. The Oak Grove P T A met with a musical program, election of officers, and refreshments as part of its May meeting. The piece closes with reflections on population decline and Michigan highway plans and a campaign to trim state spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Allison
Willis
Alger Allison
Floyd Amog
Milan
Eugene McLachlan
Pontiac
Coryell
A. Desmond
Scott Haggart
Detroit
Joseph Sweeney
Jesse Bird
George Skittenheim
Grass Lake
Skittenheim
Hattie Murray
Appleton
Lydia
Hahn
Carlton Murray
Elwin Sanders
Rudolph Hertler
Richards Family Members Visit Across Counties
Mr and Mrs A G Richards hosted relatives from Lapeer Ann Arbor Ypsilanti and Jackson. Guests included Mrs Margaret Schroen Edd Schroen Sidney Yape Will Gallaher Madison Richards Clifford Richards Andrew Murray Paul Richards and Miss Carter with George Franklin Richards spending Sunday with their parents D G Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Richards
Margaret Schroen
Edd Schroen
Lapeer
Sidney Yape
Will Gallaher
Ann Arbor
Madison Richards
Ypsilanti
Clifford Richards
Willow
Andrew Murray
Jackson
Paul Richards
Miss Carter
Near Salem
George Franklin Richards
D. G. Richards
Hammond District Social Round Celebrates Mothers Day
Mr and Mrs E M Gilbert hosted visitors including Hovey Needham and George Toledo guests Howard Colby Rothbury and families. Several local families from Tecumséh Brighton Dayton Ohio and Newport joined a Mothers Day dinner honoring Mrs Gordon's mother at the Haughn home.
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E. M. Gilbert
Boythe
Hovey Needham
George
Toledo
Howard Colby
Rothbury
BE. M. Gilbert
W. E. Saunders
Walter
Clarence March
Tecumséh
Clarke’ Gordon
Roland Hosmer
Brighton
Bruce Gordon
Rodney Allen
Dayton
Ohio
Walter Gordon
Robert Love
Everett Gilbert
Clarence Gilbert
E. M
Mr" Ann
Glen Gordon
Jami
Local Social Notes From Macon and Nearby Areas
Mrs Angelia Smith is quite ill. Mr and Mrs Mills Swick visited Detroit on Monday. Mr and Mrs H W Payne were in Niles Monday. Mrs Elton Osborn and Mrs Harl Pennington spent Saturday in Detroit. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Pennington moved to their new farm east of Tecumseh. Dixon and daughter from Follanshee W V visited Macon over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Roland Nash of Fairfield were dinner guests of Mi and Mrs R C Pennington. T H Camburn returned from Ford hospital after a two week stay. Mr and Mrs W M Craig and daughters spent Sunday in Ann Arbor with Mr and Mrs H Sarvey. Mr and Mrs Louis Pennington of Jackson spent the week with Mr and Mrs Will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelia Smith
Mills Swick
Detroit
H. W. Payne
Niles
Elton Osborn
Harl Pennington
Kenneth Pennington
Tecumseh
Daily. Dixon
Follanshee
W. V
Macon
Roland Nash
Fairfiel
R. C. Pennington
T. H. Camburn
Ford “Hospital
W. M. Craig
Ann Arbor
H. Sarvey
Louis Pennington
Jackson
Washtenaw Scout Leaders Plan Camps and Meetings
Scouts from Washtenaw and Livingston counties met at Camp Newkirk for planning. They outlined inter patrol camporees and a council camporee June 3 4 at Newkirk, plus a camp from June 20 to August 6 and troop camps to follow. Two autos head to Cleveland May 13 14 for National Council with speakers including Dr William Mather Lewis and Daniel Carter Beard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtenaw
Livingston
National Council
Cleveland
William Mather Lewis
Lafayette College
Wheeler McMillen
Daniel Carter Beard
James E West
Tuberculosis and Car Crashes Highlight Michigan Health Crisis
The piece compares 1937 Michigan deaths from automobile accidents and tuberculosis the White Plague, urging prevention with tuberculin testing and chest X rays. It urges early medical checkups, healthy living, and subscription to The Observer, while quoting local civic groups on park board appointments and city budgeting for Saline Park.
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Michigan
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Michigan Drops to Seventeenth in Timber Production
Michigan's forests have fallen from leading the nation for decades to the seventeenth rank, with 1935 timber cut at 176 million board feet. A University of Michigan bulletin shows lower peninsula sawed products exceed Minnesota state totals and many other states, and argues for intensified forest management to boost annual output toward 700 million board feet.
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Ann Arbor
Michigan
United States
Lower Peninsula
Willett F. Ramsdell
The
Bulletin
Michigan Bulls Earn Top Ratings In Dairy Herd Project
Michigan dairy herds participate in a federal state dairy herd improvement project featuring ear tagged bulls linked to records of daughters. For 305 days daughters tested show high milk fat gains. one Higbee bull records six daughters, averaging 73 pounds more butterfat than mothers, with 9,279 pounds milk weight and 487 pounds fat. Seventy six associations across Washtenaw Gladwin Sanilac and Saginaw counties join the program.
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Michigan
Vern Higbee
Hagile
Lansing
W. C
Co. L. Harder
Three Rivers
Fred C. Gleason
Sodus
S. Ardis
Lake City
Henry Ojala
Brimley
B. O. Rawson
Quincy
Parker Brothers
Montague
Michigan State College
Washington
A. C. Baltzer
College Extension Dairymen
Higbee
Washtenaw
Gladwin
Sanilac
Saginaw
Baltzer
Pedestrian Responsibility Emphasized to Cut Traffic Deaths
The piece argues pedestrians cause many traffic deaths, noting nearly half of 1987 injuries and fatalities involved pedestrians. It urges walkers to obey traffic rules, use semaphore signals, avoid jaywalking, and walk facing oncoming traffic when on highways, stressing safety campaigns.
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Margate
Our Meat Courier
Ita
Gene -Alleman
Michigan “Press ‘Association
Nelly
Central York
Upstate
Canada
United Protestant Church
A.A.A
Murray
van Wagoner
Grand Rapids
Murphy
Roosevelt
Treasury
Chamber of Commerce of
Ernest T
Conlon
Sre
Qnbora Taree
Jennie Burg
Grover.Burg
Ann
Arbur
Wintersteen
John. Wintersteen
Wayne Bovee
Adrain
Marie Wintersteen
L. W Collier
P. K. Morgan
Marjorie Morgan
William Morgan
Plymouth
Leonard Graf
Bixby Hospital
Adrian
Charles Gorton
Ed. J. Hancock
Ed. Hancock
Inkster
R. G. Sage
Robert Johnson
Herbert Murphy
Anna Murphy
Ronald Johnson
Bettie Johnson
Ralph Halladay
J. C. Collins
Lucille Halladay
Hast Lansing
Albert, Williams
Som
Glenn
Buhl VanOrden
Sylvania
Martha VanOrden
Fannie Ray
Deerfield
J. M. Williams
Albert Williams
South Saline
Judd
Hammond District
Observer
Pweseanic
Rotary Club
Saliné
American Legion Post
City of
Saline
American * Legion Aurxiliary
Saline Women's Club
Board of Education
Saline Township
Washtenaw County
Sealine
Board of Park Commissioners
City Council
Common Council
Saline River
Mhay
Ghali
Michigan Bulls
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