Bridgewater Residents Attend Confirmations and Visits
Mrs Alvin Lewis and children visited Jackson Wednesday while Bridgewater Station held a school picnic May 20. A 27 guest gathering at Fred Braun’s marked the confirmation of Anna. Attendees included the Renz and Oscar Renz families, and several local neighbors. A Manchester freshman party at Fellows Bridge featured a wiener roast and noted the confirmation of Armin Weidmayer at Bethel church.
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Alvin Lewis
Jackson
Bridgewater Station
Helt
Christ. Cook
Eugene Heusel
Hilda Schaible
Blanche Hugh
Martha Reyer
Fred Braun
Anna
Jacob Renz
George Renz
Lodi
Oscar Renz
Ann Arbor
Agnes Schook
Robert Schook
Bertha Davis
Hilma Wurster
Albert Merz
Manchester School
Fellow'’s Bridge
Christ. Weidmayer
Charles
Armin
Bethel Church
West Saline Social Notes Include Visits and Events
Mrs Burk of Ann Arbor visited Mrs Joseph Schaible while Mrs Clarence Feldkamp drove to Dundee for baby chicks. Mr and Mrs Oscar Webber hosted relatives from Durand. Carl Carr entertained his sister and daughters May Bowersox and others. Miss Milliman attended school closing in Ypsilanti. Raymond Strieter injured his leg playing at Union School. Union School held a picnic and potluck supper. Mrs William Love and others attended the O B S convention in Dexter.
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Burk
Ann Arbor
Joseph Schaible
Clarence Feldkamp
Dundee
Oscar Webber
Ross Dickie
Durand
Carl Carr
May Bowersox
Margaret
Lucille
Sarah Milliman
Miss Milliman
Ypsilanti
Abbie Carr
Dexter
Webber
Electa
Ernst Expands Business and Secures White Rose Franchise
Chris Ernst of Bridgewater announces major changes including securing the local White Rose gas and oil agency. He will remodel and move his blacksmithing and implement business, build a modern three pump gas station, relocate a barn to a blacksmith shop, and operate a new garage while continuing the corner store. He praises White Rose products and looks to expand sales and service.
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Chris. Ernst
Bridgewater
Ernst
Control Methods for Insects of the Kitchen Garden
Michigan State College issued Extension Bulletin No. 117 detailing how to kill garden insects in small plots. It lists kerosene baths and paper collars among remedies, notes gut worms and cutworms, and warns some pests favor other greens while promising no insects listed for spinach.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Rumors Hint Oil Prospecting Near Milford
Rumors persist of an oil prospecting project near Milford with officials saying details are undeveloped but drilling could begin in a week or two. The item accompanies brief local notes including visits, memorial events, births, and a 84th wedding anniversary in the Macon area.
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Milford
Life's Common Things in a Simple Poem
An anonymous poem reflects on daily life as heaven found in ordinary moments. It praises dew on morning meadows, daisies, twilight hills, quiet nights, and the starry sky, claiming the present Now and Here as the true heaven through familiar rooms, family sounds, and warm embraces.
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Baby
Mary Heath Brainard Guests With Exelbys In Michigan
Mary Heath Brainard of Springville visits Miss Hesther Jane Exelby. Numerous local families travel to Ann Arbor, Adrian, or Saline for gatherings, funerals, and church events. A Nazarene church farewell party honors superintendent Foster Hardesty before his Chicago school trip.
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Mary Heath Brainard
Springville
Hesther Jane Exelby
Clarence Exelby
Ann Arbor
Evert Exelby
William Jasper
Charles Hanson
Saline
Hoa Underwood
Ralph Underwood
A. E. Palmer
S. E. Baslick
Harry Harrick
Mathilda Pocklington
Amos Underwood
Asa VanDeventer
Frank German
Mae Beverly German
Foster Hardesty
Chicago
the Nazarene Church
Frank L. Davis
John Hoelzer
Muriel
Detroit
Carl Hoelzer
O. H. Johnson
Blissfield
Richard Hoelzer
Mr. Davis
Dorcas
The
Christian Church
J. L. Underwood
G. L. Gripton
Carl Bartel
W.S. Niblack
St Johns Lutheran Services and Sunday School Notice
St Johns Lutheran Church announces Divine services at 9 a.m. and Sunday school in the morning with English services on the second and fourth Sundays each month. All welcome. Michigan lakes to be free of motorboat noise this summer by law.
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Michigan Lakes
tIonia News
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J. Maurer
Prop
West Saline
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J. Finkbeiner
Klager’s Hatchery
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Chris
Oakland
Lapeer
Genesee
Rochester
South Lyon Herald
Macon
E. W. Payne
Flint
Ellis Playground
Conklin
Port Huron
Jay Howell
Will Jones
St. Petersburg
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Jesse Scudder
B.S. Scudder
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P. K Morgan
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Evelyn
M. J. Williams
J. K. Collins
Roscoe Eberle
L. W. Coller
Raynor Kerr
Don Bilby
Brownsville
Texas
Macon Cemetery
J. C. Howell
Adrian
Raynor Graf
Janie Whaley
Spartanburg
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G. B. Prentiss
Presbyterian Church
Lizzie Davenport
Walter Morden
Davenport
Fran van DeBogart
Will Harring
L. J. Kenyon
Jack
Harry
Harry Read
Clara Hendershot
A. E. Mackey
Bollinger
Kalamazoo
W. C. Case
A. Reister
Ogden
Louis Pennington
Pennington
Will Pennington
Lizzie Laury
Marthy
Anna Laury
Toronto
Robert Kerr
Laury
John Ladd
Walés Ladd
Edward Ladd
P. K. Morgan
Doc Wise
Britton
John Jasper
William
P. Dielmann
Charles Boldt
Fred Gaedt
George Davis
Charles Spohr
Harold Winklemann
St. John’s Lutheran Church
M. C. Phillipp
Pastor
Kopper
Kopper’s
Eikhorn
Dr. & W. Hard Coal
Dundon
J. Muir
Shelton
Boetiger’s Beauty Shoppe
Detroit Edison
Detroit Edison Co
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