Michigan Women to Attend World Conference in Washington
More than 50 Michigan farm women and at least two men will represent the state at the third triennial conference of the Associated Country Women of the World in Washington D C. Mrs Helen Hill Davison will be the official representative and participate in a discussion group. Reservations show delegates from Wayne Weshtenaw Ingham Jackson Branch Midland Oceana Genesee counties. A Missouri court ruled a ditch is no place for a drunk to part in a blow at personal liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Roosevelt
Associated Country Women of the World
Washington, D. G
White House Gardens
Helen Hill Davison
Margaret Marris
State Home
Michigan State College
Wayne County
Weshtenaw County
Ingham
Jackson
Branch
Midland
Oceana
Genesee County
Missouri
Notice of Hearing on Estates in Washtenaw County Michigan
Four months from May 15 1936 are allowed for creditors to present claims against the estate of Fred Jerry deceased. Claims must be filed at the Probate Office Ann Arbor by September 21 1936. Hearings are set for July 21 1936 and September 21 1936 at ten o clock in the forenoon. Judge Jay G. Pray of Probate signs the notice dated May 15 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Fred Jerry
Ann Arbor
Jay G. Pray
Foreclosure Sale Notice for Ann Arbor Mortgage
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as assignee will auction on June 6 1936 at 10:00 AM at the south door of Washtenaw County Courthouse Ann Arbor Michigan to satisfy $1162.26 owed on a 1923 mortgage held by Ann Arbor Savings Bank for land in Edgewood Subdivision Washtenaw County Lots 1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 67 70 73 76 79 82 85 87 88 91 to 106 with building restrictions. Lots 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 34 87 40 43 49 52 55 58 70 79 82 88 released. Some parcels will be offered for sale. Attorney W H Van Ameringen listed. adv dates March May 1936.
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Ann Arbor
Register of Deeds
Washtenaw
State of
Michigan
Washtenaw County
Edgewood
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
W. HE. van Ameringen
Amn
Arbor Trust Building
Charles. H. Gallup
Harriet M. Gallup
Circuit Court
County of
Pittsfield
Kimberly Hills
W. E H. van Ameringen
Ann Arbor Trust Building
County of Washtenaw
Huron Valley Building and Savings Association
State of Michigan
Miller
Michigan Corporation
E. van. Ameringen
Ann Arbor Trust Bidg
Foreclosure Sale Notice for Gallup Mortgage in Washtenaw
Public auction to satisfy the mortgage debt of Charles H. Gallup and Harriet M. Gallup on property in Pittsfield and Ann Arbor. The lender is Huron Valley Building and Savings Association as assignee, with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as mortgage holder. Auction set for June 6, 1936 at 10:00 AM at the south front door of the Washtenaw County Courthouse.
Mortgage Foreclosure Notice for Cummins Property in Washtenaw
Notice of mortgage foreclosure on the Cummins property in Washtenaw County Michigan. The Huron Valley Building and Savings Association, assignee, claims $7 211 05 due plus costs and declares the shares of stock forfeited. Sale set for Tuesday Soly Tth 1986 at 10:00 AM EST at the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Cummins
Margaret L. Cummins
Ann Arbor
Washtenaw County
Michigan
Ann Arbor Building and Loan Association
Register of Deeds
Huron Valley Building and Savings Association
Court House
Chancery Notice in Ann Arbor Case Over Quiet Title
Plaintiffs William A. Paton and Mary Paton seek to quiet title against multiple defendants in Washtenaw County Michigan. The order, dated April 4 1986, instructs defendants to appear within three months or have the bill confessed and directs publication in The Saline Observer for six weeks. The property includes portions of Northfield and Webster Townships described as the southwest quarter of section 19 and other adjoining parcels. Arthur C. Lehman represents the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McAlvoy
Thomas Berney
Thomas H. Kearney
Ann Kearney
Michael H. Kearney
William Latson
Elizabeth Latson
Maria
Latson
William C. Latson
Mary J. Latson
Henry A. Latson
Jane A. Latson
Silas Latson
Bea E. Latson
Elizabeth R. Latson
Andrew McCutchin
Andrew McCutcheon
Margaret McCutcheon
Nelson S. Hallock
John Sniffen, Jr
Thomas P. Ke
Register of Deeds
Washtenaw County
Michigan
Arthur ¢. Lehman
Saline
Washtenaw
George W. Sample
Emmet M. Gibb
Northfield Township
Webster Township
Elijah Terry
William E. Baden
Arthur C. Lehman
Anne Arbor
Activ
State pledges $10,000 for editors convention
The State Administrative Board approved a $10,000 appropriation to bring the 1937 National Editorial Association meeting to Michigan. Philip Rich, Midland publisher and Michigan Press Association president, said prospects look good and outlined a two day Detroit session followed by a coast to coast return trip if editors accept the invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Editorial Association
Michigan
Philip Rich
Midland
Michigan Press Association
Detroit
White Bottom Step Reduces Stairway Trips
Home economic extension workers at Michigan State College warn that dark basements stair steps pose a tripping risk. Painting the bottom step white improves visibility and may prevent injuries in typical home stairways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State College
St John s Lutheran Church Bridgewater announces services
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 English services every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. Everyone invited. Pay cemetery dues. Neighborhood warning about a local man. Pastor M C Phillipp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Bridgewater
M. C. Phillipp
Central York Social Notes Mention Local Visits
John Gooding spent Friday forenoon with Jacob Stecher. Clyde Matthews and daughter Mary have gone to keeping house in Ann Arbor. Mr and Mrs Alger Allison and son called on Misses Mary and Bertha Hertler Friday evening. Miss Norma Krumpp moved to live with her mother in Detroit. Jacob Stecher is on the sick list. The Desbrough family gathered Sunday to clean up after the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gooding
Jacob Stecher
Clyde Matthews
Mary
Ann Arbor
Alger Allison
Bertha Hertler
Norma Krumpp
Francis Lucha
Detroit
Desbrough
Roscoe Craig
Hildegarde Metzger
Clark
Martha Dibble
Enola Hall
Albert
Cross
Coleman
Harry Downing
Macon
Hugh Craig
Luther Killum
Lincoln Park
Floyd Spence
Jerome DuFour
Ypsilanti
Merle Trout
Herbert Gilmore
Milan
the Cross
Walter Davis
George Groner
Vera Goodin
Austin Robison
Mohrhardt Road
Weir Gauntlett
Dale
Ellsworth Losee
Herman Mehler
Hailie Jane
James Young
Verl Sand
Melvin
Floyd Cross
Adolph Drum
Paul Metzger
Dick Kleinshhmidt
Bobby
William Galloway
Waltz
Elmer Hatter
Orra Zeloff
York Township
Guy Zeloff
Clyde Spence
Jack
Monroe
Fred Teufel
Clifford Mansfield
Casper Michelson
Amos Luckhardt
Hildegarde
Ralph Mehler
Craig
Walter Miller
Azalia
Harry Harmon
Anna Harmon
Ralph Uphaus
Saline
Kilburn Hendershot
Sheldon Cole
Walter Craig
Harl Kutler
Frank Stilts
John Teufel
Social Roundup from Hammond District Visits
George Needham spent Sunday at West Unity Ohio. Tecumseh visitors included Mr. and Mrs ER Stimpson on Monday. Miss Faye Horton was a weekend guest of Mrs Kenneth Gordon. Numerous locals hosted and visited in Deerfield Monroe Howe and Cleveland across the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Needham
West Unity
Ohio
ER. O. Stimpson
Faye Horton
Kenneth Gordon
G. J. Prout
Nora Gordon
Dean Gordon
Howe, Ind
E. J. Forsythe
C. W. Gauntlett
Ridge Road
Louis Feldman
Dearborn
Glenn Gordon
Albert Bunce
Chicago
Ill
Adolph Stierle and
Walter Gordon
Claude Gilbert
Vera Goodin
Deerfield
Monroe
Mary Lewis
Toledo
Ralph Hammond
E. M. Gilbert
Cleveland
C. E. Butten
Local Social Notes Show Saline Visitors and Gatherings
Roscoe Craig visited Ann Arbor Friday while Hildegarde Metzger stayed with relatives in Detroit. Numerous gatherings span Saline, Milan, Ypsilanti, and Ann Arbor with neighbors calling on families, dinner hosts, and festival attendance. Multiple residents from Detroit and Macon join weekend visits and Sunday get-togethers across area homes.
Local Social Roundup From Adrian and Nearby Areas
Macon H. He Bassett of Adrian called in Macon on Saturday. Mrs Elton Osborn and daughter visited Detroit Saturday. T E Spitler of Butler Pennsylvania called on Macon relatives Thursday. Mr and Mrs Ross Biddle of Ypsilanti stayed with Mr and Mrs J D Frost Sunday. Jack Avery of Mansfield Ohio spent the past week with sister in law Mae Higgins. J M Williams and Carl Thomas called on Mrs Edward Garlinghouse at Homer Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. He, Bassett
Adrian
Macon
Elton Osborn
Detroit
T. E. Spitler
Butler
Ross Biddle
Ypsilanti
J. D. Frost
Jack Avery
Mansfield
Mae Higgins
J. M. Williams
Carl Thomas
Edward Garlinghouse
Homer
Local residents visit family and attend Memorial Day events
The column lists residents traveling to Ypsilanti Flint Fenton Hillsdale and Plymouth for visits and relatives. Memorial Day exercises are scheduled at the cemetery Sunday at 2 p.m. with Rev. E. C. Simons as speaker.
Focus on the Road Not Talk While Driving
The piece warns that talking behind the wheel leads to danger and serious trouble. It emphasizes driving requires full attention and discourages debates, sightseeing, or diversions while steering, urging drivers to let others speak.
Dog Avenges Owner's Death Guarding Grave Tale
In Hillgrove cemetery at Miamisburg Clio a tombstone epitaph honors a dog that guarded Fred Fox's grave after he rode away on horseback one night. The bulldog led rescuers to Fox's body, found in a creek after a stroke caused his horse to fall.
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Hillgrove
Miamisburg
Clio
Dayton News
Fred Fox
Fox
Spanish Coins Found on Oregon Dairy Farm Ignite Treasure Legend
A farmer near Mahler Ore uncovered 12 Spanish coins dated 1648 bearing Queen Isabella's head. The discovery stirs renewed belief in an Indian legend of a Spanish galleon wreck off Nehalem coast and a buried treasure on Neah-Kah-Nie mountain, where diggings have caused deaths without finding the chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahler
Isabel
Nehalem
Neah-Kah-Nie
Discarded Cigaret Souvenir of Royalty Found in Chicago
Peggy Finn of Chicago recalls a souvenir from a royal visit involving Prince Edward then Prince of Wales. He signed the guest book at Ferry Hall in Lake Forest and dropped a cigaret butt as he left, while a British flag was presented to the exclusive girls' school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Finn
Chicago
Edward VIII
Prince of Wales
Ferry Hall
Lake Forest
Lost Cabin gold story of the Big Horns and vanished mine
A prospector tale traces the Lost Cabin mine through legends from 1868 and earlier. Allen Hulbert and partners sought vast gold in the Big Horns, endured Indian attacks, misled by false leads, and many failed searches before one survivor drifted toward salvation and further rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn Mountains
Comstock Lode
Allen Hulbert
Cox
Jones
Walla Walla
United States
Big Horn
Hulbert
North Platte
California
Lost Cabin
Comstock
Nevada
Colorado
Beckley
Sweeney
Associated Press
Little Biz Horn
Fortune
Sitting Bull
Custer
Gabin Lode
Scholarships for Citizens Military Training Camps Announced
Michigan camps at Camp Custer and Fort Brady offer one month free training with future education scholarships for top trainees. Three state schools Detroit Institute of Technology Western State Teachers College Kalamazoo and Michigan College of Mining and Technology Houghton award 1936 37 scholarships. Quota for Michigan camps up to 1450 with Fort Brady full and about 200 vacancies at Camp Custer. Applications from 472 Federal Building Detroit or county chairmen and committeemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Military
Camp Custer
Fort Brady
Michigan
Phelps Newberry
Wayne
Detroit
Waiter Jacob wins 158-pound wrestling title at Lexington
Roundabout Waiter Jacob of Manchester captured the National Intercollegiate wrestling championship in the 158 pound class at Lexington Virginia on March 20. The victory adds to his fame for Michigan State College and himself, noted by the Manchester Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waiter Jacob
Manchester
Michigan State College
Lexington
Manchester Enterprise
Spinning Wheel Keeps Confederate Yarn Alive in Texas
Mrs. M. E. Hurst, 88, near Haskell Texas, still uses a Civil War era spinning wheel to produce yarn and cloth. She spins wool or cotton, cards, and prepares fabric for her family and neighbors, keeping a 19th century craft active on the ranch 15 miles southwest of Haskell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
M. E. Hurst
Haskell
Texas
Sponge cake joke echoes comic kitchen swap
A light exchange recalls a Mrs X quip about baking. She jokes she “sponged” ingredients from neighbors Mrs Jones, Mrs Brown, Mrs Smith, and Mrs Johnson to craft a dessert. The punchline rests on a pun about sponge cake and borrowing supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. X
Mrs. X
Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Brown
Master shot hunter in Slovacia kills hares harms animals and farmer
Anton Bridisch a hunter near Komjatice in Slovacia fired a single shot from his rifle killing two hares and wounding a farmer his wife two cows and a goat. The notice asks local residents needing legal printing for estate settlements to send notices to The Observer via the Probate Judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Bridisch
Komjatice
Slovacia
Anton
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William A. Paton
Mary Paton
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Hammond District
South
G. D. Ellis
Fred Bailey
C. C. Slaght
E W. Payne
Fenton and
Flint
Lilbern Burleson
Hillsdale
Jesse Ross
Percy Quackenbush
Jay Howell
George Squires
Otto Schoolmaster
Donald Craig
Joe Ltoveless
Concord
J. W. Howell
Tulsa
Okla
Walter Morden, Jr
Plymouth
Oregon
Golden Phantoms
George Rohrback
North Lane Street
Stanley Bourdette
Mr. Rohr
Blissfield
Sam Spicer
Cherry Hill
Warren
Napier Foads
Detroit Syndicate
Washtenaw Post Tribune
Chelsea
Chelsea Standard
Weil ‘Fade
Observer
A. J. Warren
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