Michigan volunteers organize two week clothing drive
Michigan volunteer salvage committees plan a two week drive from November 22 to December 4 with churches charities and organizations invited as collection centers Dry cleaners will clean usable clothing and send it to the Defense Supplies Corporation which will distribute to Allied Nations Officers say a dire need for clothing for war refugees and liberated countries Ten percent may be kept for local relief and unwearable garments for rags are also wanted.
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Michigan
Defense Supplies Corporation
Lawrence W Prakken Elected President of Education Press
Lawrence W Prakken editor and publisher of The Education Digest and School Shop has been chosen president of the Educational Press Association of America for 1943 45. The article notes chestnut nomenclature origins from ancient Turks who used horse chestnuts as medicine for horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence W. Prakken
Observer
Education Digest
Educational Press Association of America
Funeral Services for Trinius Dodge in New Brunswick
Trinius Dodge 82 died in New Brunswick New Jersey. Services held at Lockwood Funeral Home at 2 PM last Thursday with Rev Fred R Lendrum officiating. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Gale Riggs of York township who lived with him before moving to New Brunswick two years ago.
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Trinius Dodge
New Brunswick
N. J
Lockwood Funeral Home
Fred R. Lendrum
Oakwood Cemetery
Council Proceedings Take Up Bills and Adjourn
In the council chamber on Monday evening November 8 Mayor Gross presided. Members Haarer Alber attended while Lambarth Sugden were absent. Minutes read and approved. Bills totaling 3514 70 read and ordered paid. Haarer moved Alber supported to pay the bills. Motion carried. Adjournment called by Mayor Gross. Clerk Lottie Wallace.
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Gross
Haarer
Alber
Lambarth
Sugden
Alwin Gross
Lottie Wallace
Saline School Instrumental Program Expands Student Music
The Saline School Instrumental Program offers targeted instruction in brass woodwind and strings with separate periods on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A junior band and a dance band provide ensemble opportunities while parents are urged to support participation and donate unused instruments to the school.
Saline Women Plan November Meeting at Mrs Clark’s Home
Saline Woman's Club reports a successful meeting at Red Cross rooms and plans another afternoon event. The next meeting is set for November 30 at Mrs BE Clark's home and members are asked to bring canned fruit for Starr Commonwealth.
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Red Cross
BE. A. Clark
Starr Commonwealth
Farm Auction Near Saline and Bridgewater Sets Sale
Public auction on Tuesday November 30 at 12 30 near Grass Road 7830, listing 13 head of cattle 65 Black Top ewes 70 Rock pullets 300 bushels corn and hay 40 plus farm implements including binders mowers spreader and wagons, plus household goods. Emanuel Scherdt Clarence Cook auctioneers. Cash terms.
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Saline
Bridgewater
Grass Road
Durham
Poland
McCormick
New Deere
John Deere
Superior
New Idea
Emanuel Scherdt
Clarence Cook
Rudolph Gross
Sewers to Be Flushed on City Sides This Week
The West side will be flushed Friday November 26 and the East side Saturday November 27 as part of a city sewer maintenance program.
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West Side
City
East Side
Dr Frank Gifford Optometrist in Milan Office
Dr Frank Gifford, a Toledo optometrist, will be at the Milan Hotel on Saturday from 1:00 to 9:30 p m for glasses fitting marking his 11th year serving Milan readers.
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Frank Gifford
Toledo
Milan Hotel
Milan
Women step up for home front service in wartime
A column praises women volunteering in libraries rationing boards and stores while balancing studies and jobs. It highlights Miss Stoianowski for Vim and describes community calendars to reduce activity overlaps. Also notes Betty Wheeler's surprise at seeing fit soldiers and comments on farm employment figures.
Thanksgiving Rotary meet reports and war chest update
At the Saline Rotary Club meeting the group held a questionnaire contest with Leo Jensen and C A Curtiss leading. Alwin Burkhardt announced about two thousand dollars raised for the War Chest fund and pledged contributions, sending $1,500 to county headquarters.
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Rotary Club
Leo Jensen
C. A. Curtiss
Alwin Burkhardt
War Chest Fund
Lendrum
Windsor
Milan
Accused Of Gross Insubordination In School Event
The second Community Get-together disrupted the usual calm of the first grade room as Jake Wahl and Willard Schaible dominated euchre and refused to quit. Dancing contests in the gym featured Hep Kittens and Hans Schmidt with Superintendent Jensen leading the Congo line, while spectators enjoyed the lively scene and praise for organizers Genevieve and Merritt Martin and Vicky Stoianowski.
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Jake Wahl
Willard Schaible
Jake
Willard
Euchre
Hep Kittens
Hans Schmidt
Jensen
Gram
Gramp
Dale Hirth
Dick Little
Mable Stierle
Lottie Wallace
Grace Camburn
Ray Dechert
Beverly Thomas
Mary Caryl O’neill
Jean Hartman
Hollis Carrs
Erv Schmids
Lee Harts
Margaret Webbergall
Congo
Genevieve
Merritt Martin
Vicky Stoianowski
Life Insurance For Cows In Michigan
The Michigan Mutual Livestock Insurance Company formed in Lansing with a Nov 9 meeting under State Insurance Department supervision. Authorized to insure livestock life excluding fire and wind, it partners with Michigan State College to boost dairy production and reduce on farm mortality. Officers include Ford S. Lanoble and Fred Milbourn. directors include A. P. Decker, Donald P. Watkins, Fred M. Hector, and Harlan J. Townsend.
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Michigan Mutual Livestock Insurance Company
South Capitol Avenue
Lansing
State Insurance Department
Michigan State College
Ford S. Lanoble
Michigan Mutual Hail Insurance Company
Fred Milbourn
Charlotte
Fred J. Stringham
Lansing Insurance
A. P. Decker
Deckerville
Donald P. Watkins
Boyne City
Fred M. Hector
Harlan J. Townsend
Armada Dairy and Insurance
Paper shortage prompts editor’s rant in Cassopolis Vigilant
W H Berkey laments paper shortages in a Cassopolis Vigilant piece. He mocks Washington bureaucrats for floods of questionnaires and regulations and urges a reduced paper burden to free stock. He complains readers cannot keep up with daily notices and wasteful notices.
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W. H. Berkey
The
Cassopolis Vigilant
Washington
Bfe
Thanks to St Paul church ladies and neighbors
Card of thanks from Mrs. Jacob Visel for flowers and kindness during illness. In a separate item, four Detroit men were stopped after passing a state police car on a curve near Clinton. They faced charges for shooting game out of season with a loaded car of wildlife and produce. Ernest Dillon fined 75 dollars and costs 685. Edward Crook 25 and costs 6.85. Edward McCollagh 21.85. Lewis Franklin 16.85. Clinton Local.
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St. Paul Church
Jacob Visel
Clinton
Detroit
Saturnight
John Boudreau
Jonesville
Christmas Wrapping Paper Now Available at Helen's Beauty Shop
Classified notices list various items for sale and wanted ads including wrapping paper at Helen's Beauty Shop, an electric washing machine, Red Oak tree tops, a Chevrolet stake truck, furniture, and household items. Contacts include M L Robbins Goshen A J Lutz Wiedman Auto Company and Harry J Schrock with several postal references and incomplete lines.
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Helen
Chevrolet
Wiedman
Auto Company
Saline
Local Ads Mixed Goods and Services in Saline Area
A dense list of farm and automotive ads from Saline and nearby towns. Entries include Worleone Work Shoes at Parsons, auctions with Clarence Cook as auctioneer, for sale fine wool ram and tight bottom sheep rack, Duroc boars and cholera immune gifts, heating and sheet metal work, 1940 Olds Six and 1940 Ford Deluxe from Wiedman Auto Co. used cars wanted, cod liver oil for poultry from Morton Poultry Farm, Shropshire rams and Shorthorn bulls from Hewen's Farm near Ypsilanti, beauty appointment at Helen's Beauty Shop, Ford Ferguson tractors in production, dead stock removal ads, welding and farm machinery repair by Brooks Brothers, Barred Rock pullets from Morton Poultry Farm, Travelers Insurance agency in Saline, Saline Hatchery with baby chicks and ready built hen houses.
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Larry’ Prakken
Trinius
Council Proceedings
Federal Reserve System
Nixa
Hubbard
Saline School
Mr. Lemke
Saline Woman’s Club
E. 3. Fox
Miss Stoianowski
Burkhart’s
MOMS
Trinity Church
Girl Scouts
Sub Debs
St. Paul's
Methodist
Federated
Betty” Wheeler
Ann Arbor
Army’s Hospital
Brigham City
Marshall
Fritz” Schumm
B & C School
Fort Ord
Calif
M. L. Robbins
A. J. Lutz
Harry J. Schrock
Goshen
Arn Arbor
Wolverne
Parsons
Albert Graf
Government Wheat Saline Mercantile Co
Dan Hertler & Son
R. G. Wahl
Wiedman Auto Co
Wiedman Auto Company
Morton Poultry Farm
Shropshire
Hewen
Ypsilanti
Ford-Ferguson
Carrol Frost
Darling & Co
Brooks Brothers
Adrian
Adrian, Mich
Adrian Tankage Co
Salsbury
Travelers Insurance Company
Travelers Indemnity Company
Travelers Fire Insurance Company
Hartford
Connecticut
N. R. Wiedmayer
Main St
Mich
Saline Theatre
Richard Arlen and
Wendy Barrie
Jimmy Lydon
Henry Aldrich
Claudette Colbert
Paulette Goddard
Veronica Lake
Loretta Young
Alan Eadd
China
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