The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-13
Ladies Literary Club Elects New
Officers, Hears Facts on State

The business meeting OF the
Ladies' Literary Club was OF more
than usual interest Wednesday as
the officers OF the coming year
were elected They are. Mrs. Fred
Older. president: Mrs. Harry
Smith, first vice president; Mrs
Mehran Thomson. second vice pres
ident; Mrs. Paul Samson. record
ing secretary; Mrs. o. r. Yoder
corresponding secretary; Mrs
Ralph Adams. treasurer; and Mrs
Elton Rynearson. trustee.
The Waterloo Recreation Project
was presented by Mrs. Older as a
valuable asset 10 the community
which requires a large amount of
equipment to increase its useful
ness. The club voted TO contribute
books and indoor games as its share
of the project.
The program, with Mrs. Richard
Weir as chairman. was built about
Michigan as general subject. IL
opened with the singing OF Mich.
igan. My Michigan" by the club
trio. consisting of Mrs. Carroll
Curtis. Mrs. Gordon Speer, and Mrs.
Francis Lord. with Mrs. j. W.
Kelder at the piano. The whole
audience then contributed a wealth
OF information regarding the state
in the form of statistics and anec.
dotes. Though isolated items were
supplied, they pictured the state
as a leader industrially and COM
mercially, with rich historical
background, and a progressive So
cial outlook. Michigan Is 400 miles
long from north to south and 80
miles wide, has 5,043,000 popula-
ton. an average of Sc per square
mile. The average age is 35 years.
Internationally, the state has $4,000
teachers. the oldest teachers col
lege west Of the Alleghenies. and
the first state agricultural college
in the United States. or the SO
counties, all but Is sent students to
the Normal College here in tire last
year. The state has 10000 miles OF
hard-surfaced roads and 5000 miles
of railroads. These carry more tour
lists into Michigan in summer than
Florida has in the winter. They
are also used by 10000 migratory
workers who come every year to
harvest the large fruit and sugar
beet crops. Michigan also produces
80 per cent OF the nations beans.
Politically, there are 80 senators.
and 100 representatives, women
were given the right to vote in
1920. and the state spends more
than most states to collect taxes.
Michigan has the most shore line
OF any state, and has 5000 inland
lakes. 1t borders on Lake Superior
!, hich is the largest body OF fresh
water in the world. II has the larg-
est Masonic Temple in the world
in Detroit. II produces more auto
mobiles, refriGerators, drugs, and
chemicals than any other state. 1t
is second in paper production and
ninth in minerals. 1t has ia furni-
ture factories. It's 500 Canal car
ries more tonnage than the Erie
and SueZ Canals combined. The
oil industry is growing rapidly and
is especially valuable as it is chief
ly in lands too poor for farming
Fort Custer has one OF the two
armored units OF the United States
Army. Several members mentioned
the variations in Michigan wealth
err. One stated that Lansing has
the same mean temperature as Bers
lin the year round. the same as
Stockholm in winter and Vienna in
summer. A bit of history was that
the French settled here in 1868
and retained control for 100 years.
All these items touched almost
every phase OF life and showed
Michigan as prosperous. progress
sive state. one good to live in.
Mrs. Joseph Thompson then in
troduced Mrs. Katherine Kenney
Doyle. Lansing, who gave a most
fascinating talk on Mackinac Is
land She has made an extensive
study Of it from books and from old
residents. She presented statistics,
which were seasoned with apt quo
tations from clever writers,,as well
as her own amusing comments.
She compared events in the history
OF Mackinaw to events transpiring
today, showing that the same mo-
tives have always moved men
toward war or peace. Mackinaw was