Local notes and society news from Saline and Washtenaw County
A roundup of visits and social events from Saline, Ann Arbor, Lansing, and surrounding areas. Highlights include business visitors, church and club activities, a Community Choir rehearsal, school cornerstone ceremony, and a Goodyear blimp sighting. Also notes arrests for chicken theft, university leadership changes, Red Cross planning, a parachute drop at the Pittsfield airfield, and upcoming 1939 license plate colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. A. Jordan
Lansing
Fred Burkhart
Harry Friis
Detroit
BE. L. Klager
Bridgewater
C. Harrison
Charles Marken
Charles Dietiker
J. Haslick
Wyandotte
W. E. Dietiker
Timothy Hurley
Marquette
George W. Cook
Walter Brackel
Ann Arbor
Frank Blanchard
Clinton
William Bohnett
Chris Braun
Mary Gross
Bert Spence
R. Sturm
Roy Rogers
Henry Lutje
William Hart
Charles Miller
Hiarl Dietiker
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Stockbridge
Salinettes
Ann Arpor
Frank King
G. W. Barr
Ann Arbor Street
Leonard Hutzel
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst
Illinois
Saline High
Himhurst College
Evangelical Synod of North America
St. Paul's Evangelical Church of
Saline
Leonard
Henry C. Vansen
Rushton
Maxwell Gluck
Richard Wilson
Pontiac
Alexander G. Ruthven
University of Michigan
University
Board of Regents
C. O. Woodbridge
C. C
Lindbergh
Ernst M. Wruster
Washtenaw County
Red Cross
Ypsilanti
Washtenaw
Pittsfield
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Alabama
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Thirty Years Ago Local Settlements And Small News
Charles Kleversaat family settles in the Nichoson house. Mrs P H Rousse visits Three Rivers. Street and Schum set to open a Bazarette in Wallace block next week. Robert Bliss welcomes three newborn sons two weigh four pounds and one six pounds. Mr and Mrs George Cook celebrate their anniversary with a surprise party. Everett Shaw sells his farm to Doc Phillips. Florence Briggs visits Chicago. Ypsilanti races draw crowds. S M Bixby hosts M V Heath and wife from Cadillac. Chris Burkhardt builds a new house on East Henry Street. Free rural mail delivery expected to be delayed due to funding. carrier Summer Briggs. Mrs C Carpenter returns from Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kleversaat
Nichoson
P. H. Rousse
Three Rivers
Street & Schum
Clinton
Wallace Block
Robert Bliss
Washtenaw County
George Cook
Chicago
Ypsilanti
S. M. Bixby
M. V. Heath
Cadillac
Chris Burkhardt
Henry Street
Summer Briggs
Congress
C. Carpenter
Detroit
Fifteen Years Ago Wedding in Lansing
Miss Florence Bennett of Saline wed Rolland H. Baker in Lansing on Tuesday evening. A community note recalls local residents traveling to Detroit and Abor visits, with Lamb feeding shipments from Chicago and a bank robbery at Clayton reported in the area. The Clayton bank heist ended with two robbers and a supervising driver fleeing, and a vault mishap left prisoners able to free themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Bennett
Saline
Lansing
Rolland H. Baker
I. J. Webber
Martin Seitz
Detroit
Maud Friis
Los Angeles
Lillian, Alber
George Chandler
Owosso
Ids Chandler
Harry Friis
Frieda Gross
Cleary College
Hammond and Miller
Chicago
Jesse Maltby
Mooreville
George van Houten
Ann Arbor
Eliza Phillips
Exchange Bank
Clayton
W. W. Cooke
Alice Gale
Herbert Wheeler
Addison Courier
Flying Fleet Navy drama thrills on air and sea
Ramon Navarro stars in The Flying Fleet a naval aviation drama shown at Liberty over the weekend. The film presents air carrier landings and takeoffs a dramatic air rescue and a beacon burning sequence along with personal tales of Annapolis students friendships and a love story culminating in sacrifice. Notable cast includes Anita Page Gardner James Carroll Nye Eddie Nugent Ralph Graves Sumner Getchell and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramon Navarro
Naval Flyers
Uncle Sam
Annapolis
Anita Page
Gardner James
Carroll Nye
Eddie Nugent
Ralph Graves
Sumner Getchell
Glycerin Mix Claims Gas Relief via Adlerika Formula
An old advertisement extols glycerin buckthorn bark saline and Adlerika as a two way bowel cleaner. It promises gas relief sour stomach and headaches from intestinal buildup with one spoonful and urges readers to try a full cleansing rather than partial remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlerika
Mark B. Sugden
Local Social Roundup in Ann Arbor Area
William Birkle and Charles Bohnett of Ann Arbor called on Jacob Kinsey Sunday. Mrs. Christ Rentz visits with sister Mrs. William Lindemann and family this week. Mrs. John Manor and daughters spent an evening with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Grosshans last week. Mrs. Guy Price and children of Belleville called on Mrs. Bert Moore and Mrs. William Lindemann last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Birkle
Charles Bohnett
Ann Arbor
Jacob Kinsley
Christ Rentz
William Lindemann
John Manor
Herman Grosshans
Guy Price
Belleville
Bert Moore
Social visits span families across towns and states
Mr and Mrs David Schaefer hosted Sunday with Bert Moore and family. Leonard Canby and son Duane of Ann Arbor visited sister Flora Manor and family. In Cass County a University of Michigan professor excavates an elephant bone from a mail bed after seventy thousand years. Ripon Wisconsin once claimed the Republican party birthplace says lonia News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Schaefer
Bert Moore
Leonard Canby
Duane
Ann Arbor
Flora
Manor
Cass County
University of Michigan
Ripon
Wis
Lonia News
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bank For Savings
Citizens Bank Saline
Mich
Electricity
South 4Th Ave
NAVY
Flying Fleet
Liberty
Lods
Liberty Theatre
Felix the
Cat
Choral Union
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Giovanni Martinelli
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Ignace Jan Paderewskit
THE
English Singers of London
Mann
Nellie Berger
Lillian Berger
Lener
Budapest
String Quartet
Jeno Lener
Joseph Smilovits
Claudia Muzio
Jascha Heifitz
Vladimir
Horowitz
Elizabeth Rethberg
Cuthbert Kelly
Norman Stone
Norman Notley
Sandor Roth
Imre Hartman
Charles A. Link
Remington
Remington Arms Co
H. Gross
John Deere Farm
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