Edison Tools Among Treasures In Ford Village
A preserved collection at Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in Dearborn showcases Thomas Edison era tools and personal items. The exhibit recreates his original bench and workspace as if the inventor might resume work, reflecting Edison's long career and the era's inventive spirit.
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Ford Village
Dearborn
Mich
Thomas Alva Edison
America
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Ford
Menio Park NJ
Edison’s Dearborn reunion recalls original Menlo Park layout
Brick by brick and chair by chair the four buildings and contents were moved to Dearborn to recreate the Menlo Park lab. Charles Matzel recalls Edison’s 1929 visit for Ford’s anniversary, noting the layout and Edison’s remarks about perfection. Edison’s cigar and a carbon filament lamp model feature in the retrospective exhibit.
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Menlo Park
Sarah Jordan
Edison
Laboratory
Dearborne
Charlies Matzel
Ford
Natzel
Washington
Clarksfield Fun Night Planned for Friday
Clarksfield opens its county wide Grange Fun Night this Friday with activities for families and residents. Organizers invite neighbors to join at the community venue for games, contests, and refreshments.
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Clarksfield
Clarks
Doolittle Bombers Mark 10th Anniversary Field Day
Doolittle Bombers plan a 10th anniversary field school on Friday April 25 with Clarksfield Grange hosts in Huron county replacing past exchange programs. Mr and Mrs Forest Fletcher chair the affair featuring dancing and card games and refreshments for Grange members and guests.
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Forest Fletcher
Huron County
Granges
Grange
Huron Country
Louise Wargo
Clarksfield
Hazel Welch
May Welch
Wilma Austin
Wanda Reiggle
Clara Stone
Mary Hanes
Mattie Harris
Anna Stone
Treasury
Marjorie Selzer
Father
West River Road Dance Draws 75 Students and Adults
About 75 youths from sixth to eighth grade plus several adults attended Friday’s Maplewood school dance. A friend lent a nickelodeon for music and profits neared 30 dollars as refreshments were served. The item also notes regional visits and illnesses and ends with a brief Gulf Coast sulfur production history.
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West River Road
Maplewood School
Nickelodeon
Marylin Moorman
Huntington
W. Va
Ross Batzidorfer
Bellaire
Homer Benington
Wallie Croxton
Bill Hyett
Wilbur Lamkrohm
Floyd
Charles Jeffers
Sallie Batzdorfer
Andrew Sankovich
M. B. Keller
Elgira Memorial Hospital
Griswold Road
Norman Ingold
Quantico
William Dahl
Donald Keller
Amherst
Gilbert Smith
Edward
Elyria
Edith Stroud
Rock Springs
Wyo
David Spaulding
Beverly Hills
Calif
Harry Parks
Ford Road
Lester Parks
Austin Parks
Beatrice
A. P. Gabara
Rhea
Fred Sellinger
Norwalk
Ronald Horvath
John Karman
Charles Melzer
Thelma McCullough
Effington
Thelma Hollis
Mabel Chambers
Master Of 15 Languages Is Mail Translator
Ford Motor Co translation staff handle around 1000 letters monthly translating 15 languages among 60 000 workers. Lingual variety includes braille work by a blind assembler on Mondays, a former rabbi for Hebrew, and others for Hindu Muslim Chinese Japanese Syrian.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
River Rouge
Victor Fellner
Stanislaw Angerman
Helene Gulevicz
Leither
Germany
Europe
Ford
Fostal
Albania
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Russia
Fellner
Quebec
U.S
South America
Charlie Chaplin
Ohio
Chatham VFW to Hear Ohio Dept Commander
Chatham VFW will host its membership banquet Friday with Joe Brueggeman of Cincinnati as keynote speaker. The Medina post reached 100 percent membership and ranks among Ohio posts with a 1200 percent increase this year, growing from 25 to 51 members. Commanded by H. B. Grim, with Mrs Colleen Welsh as auxiliary president.
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Chatham
Chatham Veterans of Foreign Wars
Joe Brueggeman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Medina
H. B. Grim
Chatham Post
Colleen ‘Welsh
Post
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