Michigan liquor sales outpace 1938 gains in state
Michigan reports a sharp rise in liquor sales and buying power in 1939 led by the revived auto industry. The state’s payroll is up 114 percent, with liquor spending up 18.6 percent January through September. The article weighs regulatory questions facing the Michigan liquor commission and calls for a balanced approach amid debates on outlets, hours, minors, and corruption risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Michigan
New York
Ohio
Robert Louis Stevenson
John Silvers
John Barleycorn
State Liquor Commission
State Liquor Control Commission
Gabriel
State
Frank Murphy
Will Hays
Keneshaw Mountain
Landis) O
Loren D. Dickinson
Thanksgiving gatherings and events around Saline and Morenci
Thanksgiving Day guests gathered across West Saline Morenci and Saline as families shared meals with relatives from Ypsilanti Dearborn and Otsego Mich. Lawrence Tucker returned from northern woods with no deer. The Young People’s Community Group met at Saline Valley Farms with a program and a football autographed by U of M players won by Clifton Bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Schawoche
Morenci
Charles Graf
Pete
John Richard
Saline
Albert Graf
Walter
Willard Graf
Ypsilanti
Lawrence Tucker
North Woods
Matthew Seeger
John Seeger
Ardis Heininger
Carl Seeger
Gottlob Girbach
Leo Bondie
Dearborn
Leo
Fred Arend
Otsego
Mich
Toledo
Ohio
Ann Arbor
Saline Valley Farms
U. of M
Clifton Bird
Gormley Term Expires and Detroit Visitors Noted
W F Gormley of Newberry must be a Democrat for a term ending December 15. Central York reports visits from Walter Miller and Mrs. Joseph Sweeney and family in Detroit. Thanksgiving gatherings include Raymond Sweeney and the Sweeney clan with Alger Allison and various Murray families from Superior, Mooreville, Ridge Road, and Salem Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Gormley
Newberry
Walter Miller
Detroit
Joseph Sweeney
S&fr
Joseph Stautch
Chester
Florence
Sweeney
Grant Allison
Willis Road
Glenn Allison
Ann Arbor
Alger Allison
Raymond Sweeney
Hattie Murray
Miss Belecta
Marion, Murray
Superior Township
Dan, Murray
Helen
Eila
Jane
Ridge Road
Myrs Murray
Mooreville
Parker Murray
Salem Township
Carlton Murray
Harwin Sanders
Jack Gable
Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Judd District
Herbert Teachout returned from the north with a deer. The Carsons hosted Detroit relatives for Thanksgiving. The Riggs and Gale Riggs families shared a meal. Jack Langstaff joined the Willis family for Thanksgiving. Levi Teachout spent the holiday with E Jeager’s family west of Saline. Will Gallaher of Ann Arbor visited D G Richards and family. Richards hosted Clifford Richards and George Richards for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Teachout
Thomas Carson
Detroit
Raymond Riggs
Gale Riggs
Jack Langstaff
Harold Riggs
Willis
Levi Teachout
E. Jeager
West
Saline
Will Gallaher
Ann Arbor
D. G. Richards
Thanksgiving social notices from Hammond district
A list of local residents and families in Hammond district sharing Thanksgiving and weekend visits. Names include Hubert Diller, Mrs. Ira Hauk, Plymouth families, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Carey, Grand Lodge, Mrs. Jennie Forsythe of Ann Arbor, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Forsythe, Hovey Needham, Charles Miller of Saline, Clyde Gauntlett, Andrew Goodin, Anna Joroski, Chester Richard, Holloway, Don McCrone of Stony Creek, E M Gilbert, Conneaut Ohio, Julia Gordon, Mary Cornish, Libbie Hamlin and others in various host and guest roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Diller
Walkerville
Ira Hauk
Plymouth
Glen Gordon
Federated Church
Lloyd ‘Carey
Grand Lodge
Jennie’ Forsythe
Ann Arbor
E. J. Forsythe
Hovey Needham
Charles Miller
Saline
Clyde Gauntlett
Ridge Road
Mable -Vaness
Robert
Detroit
Clavide ‘Gilbert
Andrew” ‘Goodin
Anna Joroski
Robert Hammond
Chester Richard
Holloway
B. J. Forsythe
Don McCrone
Stony . Creek
M. Gilbert
Claire
Doris
Genevieve
Clifton
Conneaut
Ohio
Julia Gordon
Mary Cornish
Libbie Hamlin
Glenn
E. O. Stimson
Bjoerling Set To Sing At Hill Auditorium In Ann Arbor
Swedish tenor Jussi Bjoerling, youngest Met Opera star yet veteran of the stage, will appear at Hill Auditorium on Monday evening December 2. His rise began in Stockholm at 19 and includes triumphs in Prague Vienna Dresden and Copenhagen. His concert tour with Mrs Bessie Collins is sold out and critics hail his musical taste balance and unspoiled personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jussi Bjoerling
Hill Auditorium
Ann Arbor
America
Metropolitan Opera Company
Royal Opera House
Stockholm
Prague
Vienna
Dresden
Copenhagen
Sweden
Metropolitan
Bjoerling
Bessie Collins
Chicago Times
Brooklyn Hagle
Bjoerline
New York World Telegram
Mooreville Social Notes Chronicle Hospital and Visits
Local households across Mooreville report illnesses and recoveries including Mrs. Joseph Carr and Master Richard O'Donnell. Many residents host and visit relatives in nearby towns like Detroit Kalamazoo Toledo and Ann Arbor. Notable events include a large birthday party for Shirley and Alia Searfoss with 22 schoolmates and a birthday cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Carr
Richard
O’donnell
Clair Barnhart
Detroit
Garth Sangree
Mooreville
Kathryn, Reese
Rafe
Orrell Harmon
H. W. Gilman
Harold MacLachlan
Ann Arbor
Guy Pierce
Ferndale
Clayton Bissell
John Dee Goldsmith
Jerry
Carl Brown
Ridgeway
Loyal Kanitz
Clarence Kanitz
Cone
George Walther
John Wineland
Toledo
Ralph Long
Ila Jean
Weston
Ohio
Jacey Leach
Kalamazoo
Kenneth Laidlaw
Sue
Yale
George Straits
Whitehouse
Straits
Paul Lewis
Lillian Anderson
Henry Anderson
Hawilock
Canada
Lewis
Ervenia Harmon
Lansing
Cora Reese
Jackson
Kathryn Reese
Kate
Edgar Forsythe
Adrian Hisman
Saline
Helen Greenman
Ypsilanti
Clyde Gauntlett
Frank Neff
Betty Jane
Mazie Salsbury
Iva Gates
Milan
Mary Salsbury
Don Neff
George Brown
Wesley and
David
John Dee
Goldsmith and
Ralph Olds
Frank Hadden
Lauren Kelley
Frank Workman
Mattie Markam
Charles Goodwin
Clarence Searfoss
Shirley
Alia
Fright at Dump Scene Claims Child Sized Casket
Two women at a local dump uncovered a small casket while removing rubbish and mistook a gauze covered figure for a dead child. The caretaker revealed the item was a discarded mummified figure used in a fraternal ritual, not a real body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fania
Mpa
Stranger in Town Meets Girl at Christmas
Jim Sheridan, a stranger in the city, meets Joan Siegfred after a snowy stumble and helps her with spilled bundles. They bond while replacing smashed decorations and plan a Christmas dinner, easing his homesickness and forming a new companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
du Vall
Jim
Delaware Place
Jim Sheridan
Dubuque
the Times
Siegfred
Weekend visitors and Thanksgiving gatherings across area
Social notes record numerous weekend visits and Thanksgiving dinners. Names include Persis Hatch, Hattie Robison, Walter Craig, Marjorie Ladd, Viola Crittenden, Eva Camburn, Clarence Gilmore, Anna Kasno, John Teufel, Clyde Spence, Floyd Spence, Stephen Hasted, Virgil Ludwig, Raymond Hatch, Chirgwin, Leland Hatch, Mills Hatch, Carroll Kutler, Julia Carven, Bessie Carven, Fay Bilby, Rena Bailey, Gertrude Collins, Gertrude ties to Ann Arbor, Detroit and other local towns with multiple families hosting relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persis Hatch
Jackson
Hattie Robison
Clinton
Sam Robison
Walter Craig
Leland Graf
Saline
Marjorie Ladd
Shirley
Adrian
John Ladd
Viola Crittenden
Detroit
John Crittenden
Eva Camburn
Clare Camburn
Harry Dorriel
Holloway
Ray Gilmore
Clarence Gilmore
Alta Boyce
Tecumseh
Anna Kasno
Clara Ford
John Teufel
Clyde, Spence
Monroe
Fred Teufel
Floyd Spence
Belleville
Plymouth
Waltz
Dexter
Ann Arbor
Stephen Hasted
Pattie
Virgil Ludwig
Raymond Hatch
Chirgwin
Amn Arbor
Leland Hatch
Mills Hatch
Dow Bilby
Fay Bilby
Rena Bailey
Ionsted
Fay Dowling
Jerome
Herbert Gilmore
T. Cross
E. Cross
H. Cross
Bowling Green
Sam Westlake
Dundee
R. C
Claire Felton
Will Felton
Benton Harbor
Christmas on the Highway in Chicago 1936 Traffic Toll
December 1936 saw 3,890 traffic deaths, a high toll in Chicago area and nationwide. A National Safety Council campaign cut 400 lives, yet pedestrians and drivers remained largely to blame for the holiday season danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Farmers Fight Erosion Of Soil In Michigan Districts
Michigan farmers organize soil conservation districts in Ottawa and Muskegon counties to curb wind and water erosion. E C Sackrider notes rapid soil loss across regions prompts action with MSU, the federal soil conservation service, and the state department of agriculture. In Benton Harbor 130 farmers protect orchards and vineyards. 75 more reconfigure fields and install terraces. 25 farms in the Lower Peninsula serve as demonstrations. The note ends with Taft warning neutrality laws impact on war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Ottawa County
Muskegon County
Michigan State College
Federal Soil Conservation Service
State Department of Agriculure
Breifly
E. C. Sackrider
The
Soil Conservation Service
College
Bentom Harbor
Fenton
Howell
Lower Peninsula
Public Notice of Final Administration Account Hearing
Washtenaw County Probate Court orders final administration account of Agatha Josenhans estate examined December 11, 1939 at 10 a.m. at the Ann Arbor probate office. Public notice to run in The Saline Observer for three consecutive weeks. Judge Jay G. Pray presides. Nora O. Borgert, Register of Probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Said
Jay G
Agatha Josenhans
Lee ‘Tescher
Saline Observer
Jay G. Pray
Nora O. Borgert
Register of Probate
Mortgage Sale Notice in Washtenaw County
Kittie L. Thompson Clark assignee of mortgagee announces foreclosure on a 1920 mortgage by George and Grace Schechter to Charles F. Thompson later assigned to Guy F. Thompson and finally to Kittie L. Thompson. Property in Augusta Township described as the north half of the northwest quarter section 25 and related parcels. Sale set for February 29, 1940 at 10 a.m. at the Ann Arbor courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schechter
Grace Schechter
Hig
Charles F. Thompson
Kittie L. Thompson
Guy F. Thompson
Register of Deeds
Washtenaw County
Office of the Register of Deeds
Liber
Kittie L. Thompson Clark
Huron Street
Ann Arbor
Washtenany County
Michigan
Augusta
Wastenda
State of Michigan
Lee N. Brown
Savings Bank Building
Ypsilanti
Quail Spared by Restaurant Owner in West Branch
A wandering quail entered George Sarrow’s restaurant in West Branch and was caught by the chef who planned to cook it. He released the bird saying he could not bring himself to serve it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
MPA
George Sarrow
Sarrow
Chancery Notice in Washtenaw County Michigan
Plaintiffs in a chancery case against numerous defendants seek quiet title on land in Ypsilanti. An order requires appearance within three months. notice to be published in The Saline Observer from Nov 16 to Dec 28, 1939. The property is in C S Dudley’s Subdivision, NW quarter SW quarter Section 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eveline Hendrick
Peter Hendrick
John M. Fisher
Wiliam Cotton
Robert C. Ross
Peter Hendricks
Hannah C. Hendricks
James Smith
Walter O'Brien
Julia O’brien
Elizabeth Ann Cotton
Mary Stevens
Margaret Oss
Margaret E. Goosley
Samuel M. Goosley
William J. Clark
Margaret M . Gooseley
Margaret E. Goosely
Samuel M. Gooseley
Samuel Goosly
Samuel M. Goosly
Michigan
Lee N. Brown
Saline Observer
George W. Sample
Irene A. Seitz
Ypsilanti
Washtenaw
C. S. Dudley
City of
County of Washtenaw
State of Michigan
Ypsilanti Savings Bank
Quiet Title Action Notice In Ypsilanti Michigan
In Washtenaw County Michigan the State Circuit Court orders defendants to appear within three months or face judgment. The suit by Joseph H. Richardson and Hattie Richardson seeks to quiet title to the south half of lot 38 in H W Larzelere's Addition to Ypsilanti, with publication in The Saline Observer dated November 2, 30, and December 7, 14, 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Chancery
Joseph H. Richardson
Hattie Feet
Lucius Lyon
Augustus B. Woodard
Jacob L. Larzelere
John Y. Larzelere
Sarah Larzelere
Harriett Larzelere
H. W. Larzelere
Michael Rackett
Elijah W. Morgan
Franklin L. Parker
Lucy W. S. Morgan
Byron W. Cheever
Lucy D. S. Parker
Adelia C. Cheever
B. W. Cheever
Jennie Cheever
J. Willard Babbitt
J. W.babbitt
William H. Miller
Ezekiel de Camp
Polly EH. de Camp
Florence S. Babbitt
Nora C. Babbitt
Alice Bennett
Nancy Babbitt
Florence C. Perrine
Fred Warren
Myrtle Warren
Michigan
Lee N. Brown
Saline Observer
George W. Sample
Luella M. Smith
Amd
Ypsilanti
H. W Larzelere
Ypsilaziti
Es Lee IN
Brown
Luella M.smith
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Michigan Mirror
Gene Alleman
Michigan Press Association
West Saline
Central York
Judd
D G. Richards
Clifford Richards
George F. Richards
Hammond District
Sam Ae
Macon
Carroll Kutler
Julia Carven
Bessie Carven
Max Collings
Lottie Wallace
Howard Zimmerman
Mills Swick
Okemos
Walter Morden, Jr
Lewiston
Hugh Craig
Britton
Harry Downing
Sam Craig
Chelsea
Robert Howell
Wayne
Leslie Naugle
C. B. Bancroft
Russel Collins
Earry Murphy
Bert Dreger
Dorothy
Claude
Riga
Will Gleason
Upper Peninsula
Senator Taft
Chancery Notice
State. OF
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