Local notices and social updates from Ann Arbor area
A sprawling community log lists residents visiting relatives and traveling for business, including Miss Sylvia Gross teaching in Lansing, Leonard Hutzel at Elmhurst College, and Alkin Gross at Henry Ford Hospital. It also notes social visits, trips to Detroit and Grand Rapids, and upcoming events like the thirtieth annual postmasters convention in Detroit. A conservation law arrest profile closes the items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Gross
Lansing
Leonard,Hutzel
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst
Ilinois
Alkin Gross
Henry Ford Hospital
K. B. Simmons
Thumb
Henman Guthardt
Ann Arbor
W. R. Stierle
Detroit
Beverly Gates
Ola Hammond
Bert Rogers
Jackson
Wilzom
Shreveport
Frank King
Carl Galatian
Austin White
George Reese
Milan
Robert Parsons
G. L. Parsons
Overcrowded School Faces New Teacher As Enrollment Rises
At Tuesday’s school board meeting, overcrowding dominated discussion with 329 students enrolled. Third and fourth grades share half day sessions, and a new teacher will be hired to relieve classes, while the high school will gain a German and possibly English instructor. The detailed roll lists 23 first grade through 47 eleventh grade students. Superintendent Kalder says a new building is planned to be ready by October 1. Football practice started Tuesday with new equipment for the coming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Kalder
Advertising in hard times keeps firms afloat insists Babson
The article cites Roger W Babson urging business leaders to maintain advertising budgets during recessions. He argues that sound advertising requires courage and that cutbacks save costs but hamper recovery. He says advertising should occur when sales are weak to pull America from the economic rut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corfuct
Roger W. Babson
America
Mr. Babson
Roger Babson
Milan Man Injured in Saline Area Auto Crash
Herman Braun of Milan sustained severe injuries in an automobile accident last week at the Milan road and Mooreville road intersection west of Saline. He received stitches for scalp lacerations from loose seat-back debris as the car rolled over and into a ditch. George Hoover drove the other vehicle in the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Braun
Milan
Mooreville
Saline
Braun
George Hoover
Booklet on Peddling Laws Published by Michigan League
A Michigan Municipal League bulletin on hawkers and peddlers law and license procedures in 69 municipalities aids municipal officials and chambers of commerce. War veterans may peddle without a license. repeal is urged if abuse is excessive. The six part bulletin, by W Rolland Maddox of the University of Michigan, covers definitions licenses and procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Chambers of Commerce
Michigan Municipal League
Harold D.smith
Municipal League
Information Bureau
W. Rolland Maddox
Department of Political Science
University of Michigan
Flag Pole Ordered for School Fifty Foot Standard to Be Erected
Fifteen years ago a fifty foot flag pole was ordered for the school and will be placed soon. Elbert Wittbracht succeeds George Geisel at Cotton's store. Melvin Alber visited home from Detroit for the weekend. Local families hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tower and children of York. Miss Julia Lederer returned to Lansing for school duties after summer with Rev. and Mrs. C A Lederer. Miss Amanda Schaible of Manchester vacationed with cousin Miss Florence Schaible then visited Ann Arbor. Rev. G G Hicks left to Port Huron for the M E conference. Norman Wolf of Jackson spent the weekend with the Layher family. Saline high school enrolled sixty pupils this year, half non-residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D
8. Boyd
Ben Tyler
Detroit
Florida
Bertha
Eva Schairer
W. W. Hueltte
Sarah Giffert
Grand Rapids
Alwin Burkhart
Will
Burkhardt
S. G. Lambarth
Roy Fischer
Ann Arbor
Elmer Weisele
Freedom
Edward Schwerz
Elmer Schwartz
John Renz
Scio
Carl Moehn
Edward Nissle
Ernest Mayer
Julius Walker
Clinton
Aaron Walker
Marion
Ann Sxpon
Statler
Association
Detroit and Saline Plank Road Company
State Highway Commission
Detroit Free Press
Edward Meyers
Frank Ferguson
Anna Lou
Ayers
John Knight
Robert
Howard Schmidt
Bobby
Clarence Sproul
Elbert Wittbracht
George Geisel
Cotton
Melvin Alber
Charles Tower
York
Harvey McMichael
Julia Lederer
Lansing
C. A. Lederer
Amanda Schaible
Manchester
Florence Schaible
Loretta Schaible
G. G. Hicks
Port Huron
Norman Wolf
Jackson
EH. F F. Layher
Saline High School
Local Social and School Notes from the Community
Laverne Bassett and family visit Leonard Bassett and wife while Pearl Wood returns to work at A. M. Humphrey millinery. Social dance hoped at the opera house on September 15 with admission restricted to respectable attendees. School opens with 49 high school pupils, 14 more than last year. Elias Olds and wife move to Ann Arbor to run a boarding house. Jefferson Rouse and wife visit with their sons Preston and Ransom and families. Matrimonial market unsettled with no marriages since spring. observers joke ministers should offer a reward for the first pair, Observer promising a free write-up. Edith Chamberlain Brown visits Mrs. C. F. Unterkircher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne’ Bassett
Leonard Bassett
Pearl Wood
A. M. Humphrey
Elias Olds
Annn Arbor
Jefferson Rouse
Preston
Ransom
Observer
Edith Chamberlain Brown
Fire destroys barn on William Converse farm near Azalia
Fire of unknown origin razed a barn on William Converse's property near Azalia last week. Neighbors tried to help but the blaze progressed too fast. The next morning a second fire broke out near a large straw stack on adjoining Andrew Horak farm and was doused by Milan firefighters. Marian Schnebelt, two, suffered severe burns after slipping into a hot water vat at home on North Pearl street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Converse
Azalia
Andrew Horak
Converse Place
Milan
Marian
A. Schnebelt
Pearl Street
Tecumseh Herald
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Bank For Savings
Citizens Bank Saline
Mich
Eimbalmer
Jewel Coal-Saver Furnace
H. Gross & Sons
Ethyl
White Star
General Motors Laboratories
Chris Volz
White Star Gas and Oils
Cecil Davenport
Marshall Davenport
Larraway
Big Rapids
Reuben Rogers
Harry White Ard
Barbara May
James Austin
W. W. Huelster
Clayton
Omaha
Nebraska
Mary R. Griffin
Darwin C. Griffin
Ypsilanti
Mina Bordine Goddard
Myrtie Bordine Holmes
Griffin
Jacob Burkhardt
Fred. Gauntlett
Philip Brenson
Allen
Santa Monica
California
Edward Feuerbacher
Virgil Brown
Northyie
D. J. Stark
Alphonse Schmid
Upper Peninsula
Eva Sciairer
Grand Forks
North Dakota
University of Grand Forks
Adrian College
Ted Kauffman
Jason Teabold
Richie Kauffman
Herman Laubengayer
Arthur Mills
Roy Jedele
Jwinus Walter
Department of Conservation
At University
OOV Suva Aluihl
Oakland
Wiedman Auto Co
Burkhart
Nema
MR. Farmer
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