Rural Students Take Grade Examinations at Local High School
Ninth graders from rural county schools filled the high school room on May 14 to test seventh graders in word study spelling penmanship and reading and on May 15 to test eighth graders in arithmetic grammar history civics and agriculture. The piece criticizes low interest in the state fair contest and explains tuition eligibility for eighth graders who pass exams, plus the exam administrators and staff.
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Detroit
The
Fair Association
Michigan
Miss Robison
Supt, Kalder
Mr. Shaw
Peter Morton Dies After Pedestrian Truck Crash
Peter Morton died in St Joseph's Marcy hospital Ann Arbor from injuries after being struck by a truck on US 112. He was walking on the pavement when the accident occurred. Funeral held at Staffan Funeral Home Ann Arbor with burial in Brookside cemetery Tecumseh. Survived by sister Mrs Joseph Kerr and brother Andrew McKenny of Detroit.
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Peter Morton
St. Joseph's Marcy Hospital
Ann Arbor
Us-112
Martin Fucss
Dietiker
Morton
Roy Gilbert
Saline
Staffan Funeral Home
Brookside Cemetery
Tecumseh
Joseph Kerr
Andrew McKenny
Detroit
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness
J. Raymond Shaw expresses sincere thanks to organizations and friends for flowers cards and many kindnesses during illness and hospital confinement.
1928 Chevrolet Truck With Steel Dump Body
Wiedman Auto Company offers a 1928 Chevrolet truck with a steel dump body. The truck is marketed as a gravel truck candidate priced at 225 dollars.
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Chevrolet
Wiedman Auto Company
Wiedman Auto .Company
New PTA Officers Elected At Monday Meeting
About two hundred P. T. A. members enjoyed a potluck supper in the school auditorium Monday. Officers for the new year were elected: President Mrs. Roy Rogers, first vice Alwin Burkhardt, second vice Miss Cath erin Prosser, secretary Mrs. Merritt Martin, treasurer Robert Sterling. The fourth grade won the aquarium, and a big sports program followed.
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Roy Rogers
Alwin Burkhardt
Catherine Prosser
Merritt Martin
Robert Starling
Aquarium
Lloyd Bowen
Betty King
Ralph Bowen
Eileen Moehn
A. W. Brown
A. C. Lange
Frank King
John Bowen
Harl Dietiker
Donald Jeffries
Raymond Shaw
Attendance Record at the Wood School
The Wood School reports strong attendance for the year with 6 of 15 punctual attendees and 18 never tardy. Doris Hack led as valedictorian with an A average, Margaret Beyer as salutatorian, and Mrs. Schaeffer taught the class. The year’s average attendance was 13.6 pupils per day, 96.6 percent, and tardiness 0.5 percent. the picnic was held Monday in Bolt woods.
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Doris Hack
Margaret Beyer
Bolt Woods
Schaeffer
Local Auto and Farm Goods Advertisements and Notices
A collage of classifieds lists two good work horses for sale, rental housing on East Michigan Ave, seed corn, leather work shoes, and various autos including a 1927 Chevrolet Cabriolet and a 1929 Chevrolet Sport Roadster from Wiedman Auto Company. Also includes a cash sales notice effective May 18 1931, and a Harley Davidson motorcycle for 1930. GEO V Cook & Son advertises as authorized Chevrolet dealers.
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Wiedman Auto Company
GEO
V. Cook & Son
Chevrolet
Mother and Daughter Banquets Highlight Church Socials
The M E church hosted a Mother and Daughter banquet with 125 attendees in the Masonic hall. A second St. Pauls Auxiliary event drew 140 guests in church dining rooms with spring flowers and May pole decorations, featuring multiple toasts, solos, readings, and acknowledgments for the oldest and youngest mothers and daughter.
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M. E. Church
Masonic Hall
Frank Camburn
Luther Briggs
Joan Bridges
Maurine Ewing
Our Mothers
Muriel Woodbridge
Jane Alexander
Leigh Townsend
Our Daughters
Co. Oo. Woodbridge
Irene Fitzgerald
Grace Skinner
St. Paul’s Church
America
Rey Wittbracht
Oscar Webber
Harl Dietiker
Eileen Moehn
Carl Moehn
Reading
Town
Helen Armbruster
Machree
Erma Hauk
Martha ‘Visel
Willie
Alma Ernst
Jerusha
Martha Visel
Marjorie
Betty Boettger
Margaret Rentschler
Floyd Winkle
Eleanore Gruenwald
Men Are Jailed Over Altered License Plates
Five Concord and Spring Arbor men painted 1980 plates to resemble the 1931 edition. Judge ordered $50 and $10 costs each or 60 days in jail. Suspects named are Orville DeLong John Schoon over Arthur Musser Henry Warner and Robert Williams-Brooklyn Ex ponent.
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Concord
Spring Arbor
Orville DeLong
John Schoonover
Arthur Musser
Henry Warner
Robert Williams
Brooklyn
Grateful Hospital Note From Geraldine Hanson
Geraldine Hanson expresses thanks to school mates and friends for flowers and cards during her hospital stay. The message also urges readers to pay cemetery dues promptly.
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Geraldine Hanson
Local Classifieds and Sales Listings
Pay cemetery dues now. Burk Hart Store offers best work shirts 75c. Dietiker's complete stock at lowest prices. For Sale Duck eggs and Arabian horses 32 pair weight 3400. Fordson tractors Oliver plows Parsons & Dodge. All sales cash. Saline Mercantile and Wiedman Auto Company advertise used cars and hoes. 1927 Chevrolet coupe with license and good tires listed. 100 lb blue coal bags by W E Broader Coal. E J Muir marketing den notes.
Local ads list cars, tires, coal, appliances and jobs
Classified items include an Indian Motorcycle license sale, 1929 Whippet Cabriolet at $150, Westinghouse and General Electric appliances, Ford pickups, Nash coal and coke, naptha cleaning fluid, and a job offer for workers with $50 weekly. Also mentions Avicol tablets for poultry health and a beauty shop permanent special. Distinct entities: Wiedman Auto Co., Geo W Cook & Son, Saline Mercantile Co., Boettger's Beauty Shoppe, Fitch Sales Corp., Oliver tractors, D., L. & W. Scranton Hard Coal, Pocahontas coals. Potential dates: 1929, 1930 references.
Ford steel box car for sale with delivery potential
A Ford steel box delivery car is offered by GEO W. Cook and Son for 50 dollars. Also listed are 1930 Model A Ford 134 inch chassis with dual tires and a new battery for 200 dollars at Saline Creamery. Other items include purebred Duroc sow stock and pigs with availability near Ypsilanti.
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GEO. W. Cook & Son
Chevrolet
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Saline Savings Bank
San Mario
Martin Fuols
Eee
Dixie
C. A. Weddige
Maurice Henderson
ETHYL
Chris. Volz
White Star Products
J. Raymond Shaw
the Wood School
the Observer
East Michigan Ave
B. Derendinger
M. Sage
Burkhart
Samson Tractor
Parsons & Dodge
Saline Mercantile Co
Lincoln
York
MILLS
Edward Alber
Splendid
ST. Paul's Church
Dietiker’s
David Steadle
Fordson Tractors
Oliver Plows
Saline Mercantile Company
Uphaus & Schroen
E. J. Muir
Goodyear
Goodrich
Geo. W. Cook and Son
Wiedman ,Auto Company
General Electric
Uphaus & Schoen
Westinghouse
Wiedman Auto Co
Armbruster’s
Ann Arbor Street
Boettger
Oliver
Fitch Sales Corp
W. Cook & Son
Scranton
Koppers
Ford Coke
Dundon
Edw
J. Muir
Farrow
Clinton J. Hewens
Ypsilanti
GEO, W. Cook & Son
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