Self-taught organist voices rural life in Michigan
A farm themed profile recounts Mrs. Smith playing the organ before crowds at the Lansing Civic Center and Michigan State University during Farm Bureau events. She describes how piano lessons and self discipline built her confidence, and notes the organ’s role as a form of self expression for farm women amid rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Lansing Civic Center
Michigan State University
Michigan Farm Bureau
Shepherd Briefs: Midland hospital visits noted
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Shock visited their son Junior Shock at Midland Hospital last Monday. Mrs. John Sonley joined Mrs. Mildred Bingham for a Christmas shopping trip to Midland last Monday. Various Midland and Holt residents visited their mother Mrs. A M Stellwagen Sr and others last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Shock
Junior Shock
Midland Hospital
John Sonley
Mildred Bingham
Midland
Ted Toland
Ellis Mussell
Holt
A. M. Stellwagen
Donald Hicks
Ella Hicks
Sounds of Music on a Climax Kalamazoo County Farm
At a rambling Climax area farm in Kalamazoo County farm women find leisure in music. Mrs. Jesse Smith plays Bach fugues on a big electric organ while tending chickens and garden, as visitors and relatives come and go in a lively social rhythm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Climax
Kalamazoo County
Jesse
Louise) Smith
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Walter Schirra
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Shepherd Briefs
McKenna Dairy Supply
S. Shepherd Road
Mt. Pleasant
MID State Fertilizer CO
Shepherd
Gerald Arbour
Pontiac
Wilbur Benn
Ivo Carey
Terry Foote
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