Local Notices From Sumner and Area
G B Porter Registered Optometrist and social notes from Sumner Mrs B Johnson entertained the Ferris Aid Society last Wednesday Charlie Perry sold his place to Mr Hawkins and bought the house and lot formerly owned by Mrs Schlappi Miss Pockett of Shepherd visiting her aunts Mrs Runberger and Mrs Carson Effie Miller left for Dakota to spend the summer with her parents Miss Cecil Phillips and Mr Clifford Gee were married last Saturday in Tonia Mr Gee rented a farm near Carson and the couple went to housekeeping Mr and Mrs Howard Butler of Cedar Lake visiting Theron Butler and wife Mrs D Ayres and son Clifford made a business trip to Carson last week Knudson of Alma was a business caller in Sumner Friday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Johnson
Ferris Aid Society
Charlie Perry
Mr. Hawkins
Sumner
Schlappi
Miss Pockett
Shepherd
Runberger
Carson
Effie Miller
Dakota
Cecil Phillips
Clifford Gee
Tonia
Gee
Howard Butler
Cedar Lake
Theron Butler
D. Ayres
Clifford Mvnde
Knudson
Alma
Elwell and Area Residents Move In and Out
Mr D Rumberger and family relocate to the Forquer house while Mrs E R Lewis of Mt Pleasant returns home from the Sanitarium. Ray Baker moves into W C Pugsley’s house. Miss Emily Yann visits town. GS Smith and wife head to Detroit to set up a future home. Hilsinger of St Louis visits relatives. R D Olmstead returns with a new auto driven by Ray Besore. Tearl Thompson visits Mt Clemens. Mrs W Shaver hosts the Ladies Aid. Purnell couple visit F D Handley. Niles resumes church work at Sumner Center. Sunday school organizing at Townsend postponed due to weather. Maccabees initiate eight new members. Mother’s Day observance delayed by weather. For sale: twenty Rambonillet ewes, before May 10, wool and lambs cover cost. B R Hundy, Elwell Mich, Bell. Pure Food demonstration at Ellison’s Grocery May 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.R. Lewis
Mt. Pleasant
Ray Baker
W. C. Pugsley
Emily Yann
GS. Smith
Detroit
Hilsinger
St. Louis
R. D. Olmstead
Saginaw
Ray Besore
Tearl Thompson
Mt. Clemens
G. W. Bailey
E. C. Ferris
W. Shaver
Ladies Aid
C. S. Purnell
F. D. Handley
Niles
Sumner Center
Townsend School
The
Maccabees
Michigan Crop Report Highlights Wheat Conditions May 2012
The Michigan crop report notes cold March conditions left wheat fields snowbound in March and April, skewing April first condition readings across regions. It lists percentages for crop damage and plow-up, Hessian fly impact, and bushel totals marketed by farmers at mills and elevators, with regional breakdowns and nine month totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Local clergy and officials listed at district gathering
Rev F Leland Convention hosts a meeting with attendees including Hildred Holmes Cecil Mey Velma Rockwell Hazel Wilk Mr Brewer Earl Pembroke Elmer Frudey and ERMA THOMAS serving as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. F. Leland Convention
Hildred Holmes
Cecil Mey
Velma Rockwell Hazel Wilk Mr. Brewer
Earl Pembroke
Elmer Frudey
Agricultural State Averages for April Markets and Wages
Eighty four mills elevators and grain dealers report April wheat marketing. State wide rye condition varies by region from 77 in the south to 68 in the peninsula. Measured meadow and pasture conditions, clover acreage, and winter kill impacts show regional differences. Oats sowing, spring pig and lamb retention, and wage figures by state and counties are detailed, including monthly wages with board and daily wages without board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pper Peninsula
Northern
Upper Peninsta
Upper Peninsula
Alma Blues Triumph in Nineteen Hits Game
Oliver’s team loses to Ferris Institute 15 runs as Alma highs score nineteen hits. Myers pitched seven innings, Brilmeyer four, Wood belts two homers and two singles, Vogt four hits, Brilmeyer three for four. Prep School fielding solid but Alma bats dominate all contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Grady
Ferris
Hig Rapids
Alma Boys
Preachers
Myers
Brilmeyer
Wood
Vogt
Commencement Speakers Named for Senior Class
The senior class will hear Robert F. Hume Carrie E. Neilson Loretta B. Clam William Y. Pohly Leon W. Lauderbach and valedictorian Anna Ll. Sebring deliver speeches at the graduation exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Hume
Carrie E. Neilson
Loretta B. Clam
William Y. Pohly
Leon W. Lauderbach
Anna Ll. Sebring
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. B. Porter Registered
Optometrist
Superior St
Mr. D. Rumberger
Forquer House
Elwell
B. R. Hundy
Bell Telephone
Ellison's Grocery
Michigan Crop Report
Hart Schaffner & Marx
J. Cohen
BRO
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Regal Shoes
OF the
Pine River
S. S
California
B. O. Markham
Henry Cohoon
Floyd Leland
George Acker Parkinson
Mary Towersey
Rhoda Sanders
Mildred Welch
Fdith Dorland
Fred Towersey
Carl Gallagher
Silas Moody
Ruth Edgar
Dorothy Post
Perrigo
Milly
Mrs. Holmes
Lena B
Camfeld
Russ
Velma Michael
Daisy Karick
Lena Russ
Ethel Markham
Hazel Thomas
Edna Wilk Fern Richardson , Creech, Failing and Brady Mabel Snider
Erma Thomas
J P. Losey
Superior
ST. Alma, Mich
Stuckey’s Independent Gash Grocery
Henkel’s Premium
C. A. Best
Royal Valley Coffee Co
Hanifen
National Biscuit Co
Ellison
Cery
First State Bank
Mi Alma
W. Wrraur
Warp
V-Press
M. Suri
Wots. Turok
L. A. Shaxe
Francis Kric Cage
H. Wastnurn
Bank Sernes
Alma State Savings Bank
Alwa, Michigan
WM. A. Bahlee
H. C. Moore
Jotham Allen
K. R. Adams
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