Local chatter spans visits and community events in Manchester
Max Fosdick, Mrs. Lynford Bracey, Rev George Ehnis, and Miss Esther Scherdt appear in social notes from Manchester and nearby towns. Readers hear of church dinners, birthday gatherings, and visits to Ann Arbor Detroit and Milan. Also listed are civic mentions, a Chevrolet line update, and regional sports notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Fosdick
Detroit
Lynford Bracey
Ann Arbor
George Ehnis
Monroe
Chevrolet Motor Company
W.S. Knudsen
Chevrolet
Fred H. Blosser
Phoenix
Arizona
S.O.S
Sim. R. Wilson
Saline Observer
Walter Towler
Manchester
Grand Rapids Visit and Local Happenings in 1930s Paper
Thirty years ago Mr and Mrs John Gillen visit relatives in Grand Rapids as the Methodist society hosts a Friday night fair and supper that nets 70 dollars. Burglars try to break into Harper and Parsons store but retreat after an alarm. Smallpox and leprosy spread in Manila with about fifty cases. Public ballot count notes indicate 2300 votes in several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gillen
Grand Rapids
Methodist Society
Pingree
Judson
Estella ‘Cross Fish
Ypsilanti
Harper & Parsons
Manila
Saline
York
Bridgewater
G. W. Harris
Gay
Labor Saving Stunts at Michigan State College Convention
The Michigan Implement Dealers Association will exhibit labor saving farm machinery at Michigan State College from December 4 to 7. Demonstration trucks will cover rural electrification home conveniences soils and farm buildings. A campus tour and gymnasium stunts are planned with talks by G W Bissell J F Cox Douglas Dow and J H Gallagher. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State College
Michigan Implement Dealers Association
College Agricultural Engineering Department
G. W. Bissell
M. S.C
J.F. Cox
Douglas Dow
Detroit Edison Company
J. H. Gallagher
Vanity of Moire Sik
Vanity of Moire Sik describes a black moire silk dress accessory bound with gold lace gal loon. It highlights shirred silk linings and refined color accents, noting an item to consider for Christmas shopping tours.
Gas supply outlook for Saline and Milan
Fifteen years ago Charles Sweet and Hazel Bunting visited the Sweet home after attending the Mick Penn game in Ann Arbor. The article notes potential gas supply for Saline and Milan from Ann Arbor, plus various local social and personal snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sweet
Hazel Bunting
Detroit
W. H. Sweet
Ann Arbor
Mick Penn
Saline
Milan
George Geisel
Seeger & Schroen
Cleary College
Ypsilanti
Frank Buck
Los Angeles
California
Eva Schairer
Pontiac
Samuel Noble
Mildred
Fred Layher, Jr
B. N. Smith
Edward Jedele
Lodi
Mirza Phillips
Josephine
van Houten
Frank Kibler
Sarah Stimpson
Julia Manning
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mint
Bank
Citizens Bank Saline
Mich
W. E. Dietzker
Saline, Michigan
Esther Scherdt
Dora Gilbert
George Schmid
Maxville
Kansas
Ruth Bond
Grace Wheeler
Dearborn
Bert Derendinger
Denver
Colorado
C. A. Curtiss
Lewis Scherdt
South Saline
Earl C. Michener
Washington
Congress
Michener
Herman Wenger
Kenneth
Arthur Layher
E. F. Layher
George Fliedman
William King
Mike Sage
Michigan
Millie Webb
Florence Bond
Mable ‘Case
Frederick” Stephenson
Charles Alber
Peter Bernard
Lydia
Martha Schweitzer
Sam Boyd
East Michigan Avenue
Orrin Briggs
Kentucky
Upper Peninsula
Chicago
McKeever
Jacob
Finkbeiner
George Rentz
George: Finkbeiner
Eugene Betz
Alfred Kuebler
Calvin Kuebler
Lawrence Boettner
Pure Foods
Kirks
Ritter
Implement Dealers Association
M.S. C
Moire Sik
Westinghouse
Mary Philbin
Noman Kerry
Europe
Vienna
Dupont
Rosie Marie
Northwoods
Joan Crawford
James Murray
House Peters
Anderson Ott
Focalipse
Ernst Bros
South 4Th Avenue
Wentworth Weffie
Iran
Spencer
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