Deer hunt mishap leaves three burned near Roscommon
Charles Bartholomew, Worthy Swift, and Verne Moore of Palimyra left Friday morning for northern Michigan deer hunt towing a trailer. A gasoline lamp exploded while Bartholomew pumped it, starting a fire that trapped them. Swift and Moore escaped through a broken window and pulled Bartholomew to safety. They lost their equipment. Bartholomew and Moore suffered burns and Swift cuts. They reached Rostommon for aid and Bartholomew was hospitalized in Grayling.
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Charles Bartholomew
Worthy Swift
Verne Moore
Palimyra
Michigan
Grayling Hospital
Moore
Swift
Clinton
On the Home Front Red Cross November production
The report notes the Red Cross produced 1 wheelchair robe 2 sweaters 15 service bags and housewives in November.
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Red Cross
Local notices and wedding talk from Saline area
Detroit and Dexter visitors share news of kinship and health. Marriage license applications filed by Rudolph Wahl and Wilma Boehm. Army promotions and training updates for Al Schmid and Elmer Burkhardt. Many residents listed as visiting, moving, or serving, with several family milestones including a May wedding of Margaret Lewis to William Kealy and Kiwanis 4 H banquet at the Michigan Union.
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C. A. Curtiss
Detroit
Don Shurtz
Dexter
Rudolph G. Wahl
Wilma I. Boehm
al” Schmid
Ordnance Department
Aberdeen
Jacob Wisel
Chares Kern
Cpl
Elmer Burkhardt
W. E. Dietiker
Marilyn
Charles Dietiker
Wyandotte
Hutt
Kankakee
Maude Rankin
Ann Arbor
Ann Rutledge
Lincoln School
Ethel Spike
Laine
Michigan State College
Alvin Lewis
Garet
Illiam Kealy
Ypsilanti
William Bach
Federated Church
Edwin Lewis
Miss Bartlett
Brooklyn
Oh, Santa Christmas Stockings Once Feminine Trick
A retro view of Santa Claus legends traces St Nicholas from Myra in the fourth century to European folklore and American adoption. It notes stockings and gifts evolving through centuries, with children leaving oats for a horse and later stockings for all families, as toys and books broaden Santa’s secular role.
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Santa
St. Nick
St. Nicholas
Myra
Northland
Bethlehem
Herod
International Society of Stocking
Pughes Gluck Rehires As War Plant Ends Wait For Boy In Prison
Oscar, once a top machinist who retired on pension, returns to a plant now producing war equipment and asks for his old job. He joins the payroll savings plan, putting 20 percent of pay into War Bonds to support the war effort. The piece urges others to save 10 percent for War Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar
Aeck
Gifts Servicemen Wish For Based On Station
A list of items service members commonly want includes house slippers toothbrushes wrist watches toothpaste handkerchiefs sewing kits pocket knives clothes brushes metal polish tan shoe polish fountain pens nail files postage stamps soap lighters and other personal care items. The guidance notes that needs vary by location but these basics are widely valued by troops.
Dear Santa Letter From Brooklyn Boy Pushes Threats
A Brooklyn youngster named Mike sent a bold letter to Santa listing toys and adding a threat to “beat you to a wood pulp” if he did not receive them. The piece notes intimidation is not good and asks whether Santa delivered.
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Mike
Santa Claus
Lesson Across the expanse of centuries comes this lesson
A historical note reflects on a Christmas message of peace on earth to men of good will spanning ages. The snippet emphasizes forgiveness and universal goodwill, linking ancient and modern observances without specific events or persons.
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United States
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
A. E. Hagen & Son
Saline
J. B
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Folks
A. E. Hagen
Hatchery
Central Dead Stock CO
J. L. Bradbury
Clarence Cook
Harry Feeman
William B.lutz
Legion Rooms
Garth Beckington
Army
Fort Robinson
Edward Weiss
Pahl
Francis DeBruyne
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Bud’ MacArthur
Martin Fucss
Bridge Club
Ernest Reich
Richard
Fred Roth
Karl Bredernitz
Neil Kern
Coast Guard
Duluth
Minn
Don Burkhart
Mary Lou
George Burkhart
Fred Gillen
Watkins Lake
Kenneth Frey
Camp Hulen
Texas
Charles ‘Timeblood
Meadville
Penna
Kenneth McDougall
Cady
Arthur Heininger
Caroline Bernard
Alwin Gross Oierson Ehnis
Bert Derendinger
Henry Schroen
Hmerson
George Martin
Flint
Lee Hart
Jones
Clifford Kendal
Grass Lake
Duane Rogers
Ralph Rasmussen
Hazel Park
Melvin Schaefer
San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps
Melvin
Marines
Floyd Spiegelberg
Charles McCarbery
Milton McCarbery
Monasy
Paw Weinlander
W. L Sturm
Paul A. Weinlander
Vera Shutz
Frank Shutz
New Washington
Ohio
Riverview
Weinlander
Milton Haberer
Fort Custer
Methodist Church
Alwin Gross
Fred Sellen
Roy Ward
Madison, Wisys
Herman Heininger
University Hospital
Fred Arend
William Lindemann
Lafayette Grange
Lima Center
Arend
John Camburn
George Campburn
Jimmy
John Spetter
Arnold Harris
Noble Stewart
Ralph Harris
Portland
Ralph
Heart Culliton
Barbara Culliton
Mildmay
Ontario
Canada
London
Ed. Heininger
Bert Gillen
Harold Rouse
Irney
Pughes
North Pole
John W. Lentz
Stone Highway
Milan
Mich
Toledo
Lentz
Addess
Drake Auction Co
Montpelier, Ohio
J. W. Lentz
Chas, C. Lentz
Milan, Mich
Srnette
Lockwood Funeral Home
Leslie Howard
Mary Morris
Milton Berie
Brendan Joyce
Charley Chaplin
Tim Murray
Dan Dailey, Jr
Donna Reed
Norma Shearer
Melvin Douglas
Tom Brown
Jean Parker
Annapolis
Foa DE Luxe
Fox de Luxe Brwe. Co
Grand Rapids
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