Local notes include moves visits and theater listing
Max Blaess visits Saline on Monday while Maree Burkhart studies nursing at St Josephs Mercy in Ann Arbor. The Liberty theatre will present Two Arabian Knights this weekend. Residents moving in include Dr C W Ward and family into Kohler house and William Love finishing a new home near Saline. John Mitchell of Ludington dies aged 82. interment in Ludington. County Democrats elect Fucss and Lambarth to the county committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Blaess
Ann Arbor
Maree Burkhart
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Ormond Feldkamp
Pauline Spencer
Grand Rapids
Liberty Theatre
S. V. Schneider
William Westphal
C. W. Ward
Kohler
West Michigan Avenue
B. J. Boettger
William Love
Saline
George Ryan
E. C. Foreman
Lowell Poultry Farms
Foreman
Robert Rulison
Florida
Eaton Rapids
Rulison
Hawkins
Alice Warner
Los Angeles
California
George Burkhart
Washtenaw County
C. D. Finkbeiner
Tremain
Bedford
Prof
Lowell
John Mitchell
Ludington
Canada
Michigan
Ohio
Schuylerville
Spokes
Pauline
Mida Wilson
Thirty Years Ago Local News Snippets In Brief
Thirty years ago eable bicycles sold at 30 dollars. Will Schaffer and family from Ypsilanti attended a reunion at Mr and Mrs M Schafer. Rumor says business men will arrange a baseball game soon after a three year gap. A lightning strike burned two barns on Mrs George A Shaw farm, no insurance. School meeting passed with 72 voters. treasury balance 407 dollars, $2300 to be raised for next year. Peaches at 1 dollar per bushel. Gillen and Canfield expected to run for sheriff in November. Ollie Wagner and Wd Sears visited Sandlake. Humphrey Alber Unterkircher and George Schmid now have acetylene gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eable
Schaffer
Ypsilanti
Schafer
George A. Shaw
Oscar McBride
Treasury
Ollie Wagner
Wd. Sears
Sandlake
A. M. Humphrey
J. A. Alber
C. F. Unterkircher
George Schmid
Gillen and
Canfield
Local Notes: Injuries, Deaths, and Community Events
Fifteen years ago P Collins and C H Miller shipped hay to eastern markets this week. Fred Rowe broke his right leg while stump excavation on his father’s farm in York township. The death of Mrs Ruth Stites of Clinton last June is followed by the passing of her sister Mrs Louise Gilbert aged 90, found dead at home Friday morning. Tecumseh Herald notes Boyne City star Grover Gillen leading Michigan State league with 97 games 376 at bats 125 hits. William Wild builds a dairy on the old Homer farm in Pittsfield township at 836x100 for about 2000 dollars. Kenneth Finch of Detroit was guest at Rol and Finch’s home over Sunday. Baptist ladies plan a baked goods sale at Fred Schmid’s grocery Saturday afternoon. Walter Morden and Miss Rena Davenport united in marriage at the Presbyterian manse in Tecumseh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Collins
C. H. Miller
Fred Rowe
York Township
Ruth Stites
Clinton
Louise Gilbert
Grover Gillen
Boyne City
William Wild
Homer
Pittsfield Township
Kenneth Finch
Detroit
Roland Finch
Fred Schmid
Tecumseh
Walter Morden
Rena Davenport
Macon
Lecture foundation named for F A Spragg at Michigan State College
The Michigan State College Board of Agriculture honors Frank A. Spragg by creating a special agricultural lecture foundation in his memory. The Spragg Foundation will invite leading plant breeders to East Lansing for lectures to promote research and postgraduate work. Spragg developed famed crops like Hardigan alfalfa Robust beans Rosen rye Red Rock wheat American Banner wheat Michigan Two Row barley and Wolverine oats. The board aims future recognitions for other notable agricultural contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Spragg
Michigan State College
The
State Board of Agriculture
Spragg
East Lansing
Agricultural College
State College
Michigan
Corn Belt
Dean J. F. Cox
Heffiebowers celebrate 60th wedding anniversary in Hastings
Jr and Mrs Simon Heffiebower marked sixty years of marriage on August 30 with a gathering at the Odd Fellow hall in Hastings. Children and local organizations including the W R C and G A R joined in a dinner for about 80 guests. Nearby, Sunset Lake lotus beds at Vicksburg decline as blooms vanish due to careless picking and fish-related damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Heffiebower
Hastings
Odd Fellow
Nashville News
Sunset Lake
Vicksburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Bank
Citizens Bank Saline
Mich
W. E. Dietzker
Saline, Michigan
Fred Corden
Elkhart
Indiana
William Martin
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Martin
Biss Eva Schairer
Eva
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Martin Fucss
Samuel Lambarth
Frank Smith
Us-112
William Sweet
Ann Arbor Street
A and T
Pure Foods
Alaska
Board of Agriculture Names
F. A. Spragg
Sebring
China Free
H. Gross & Sons
John Deere
Pathe
George Uphaus
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