April Showers Contest Wet Season and Drum Corps Plans
The Whites led by Ruth Faust and Pat White faced the Reds with Barbara Deckert and Joyce Davenport. Local cheerleaders Marlene Hirth Margaret Lange and Shirley Dewey kept morale high. Spring battles Old Man Winter as April rain overwhelms the area. The Girls Drum Corps expanded and rehearsed for Friday April 11 program The Order of the Eastern Stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Faust
Pat White
Barbara Deckert
Joyce Davenport
Reds
Marlene Hirth
Margaret Lange
Shirley Dewey
Old Man Winter
Ole Man
Drum Corp
Order of the Eastern Stars
It s Just Another Fad by Calvin Kern
A brief note cites Calvin Kern discussing a familiar trend described as another fad. The piece hints at public interest amid ongoing debates about replacing or rethinking current practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Kern
The Pea Shooter Fad Hits School Halls
A school fad spreads with the pea shooter, capguns, water pistols and bubble gum. The new weapon claims a five to twenty-five foot range and sharp sting, prompting students to buy for defense while teachers monitor the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.S
Saline High Intermural Baseball League Beginnings
Saline High School hosts an intramural baseball league for grades seven through twelve with eight teams and about eighty players. Games run at noon on two diamonds near the tennis court field, with sophomores captains and Coach Everetts supervising while Coach Hiverett and Heinie Gilligan serve as umpires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everetts
Saline High School
Hiverett
Heinie Gilligan
Seventh Grade Science Tour Explores Ancient Egypt Wonders
On April 9 the seventh grade science class visited Ann Arbor museums guided by Miss Shier and staff. Exhibits spanned Roman Egypt 30 B C to 400 A D detailing writing materials, taxes, census cycles, jewelry, daily life, and crafts, with later displays in engineering and medical buildings featuring travel images, rail charts, and fossil and animal specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Linden
Ann Arbor
Ford
Haarer
Braun
Archaelogy
Miss Shier
Cairo
Egypt
Second Baby Personality Challenges and Family Harmony
A Parents' Magazine piece notes that a second child often differs from the first and asks parents to welcome the new baby as a distinct person. It advises allowing the child to establish his own rhythm, avoiding overcompensation, and recognizing natural bonds within larger families.
Second and Third Grade Saline Clay Town
The report describes how the second and third grades built a clay model of Saline including a Ford Garage houses streets sidewalks trees and a red clay school with Dr Prout nearby. Mary Kay Elfring notes the prior geography class map of Saline and thanks art teacher Mrs Logan for displaying the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallie Jane Mehler
Saline
Ford
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Ruth Clauson
Heaven
Girls' Drum Corp
Betty Wallo
Saline Mercantile Co
Zeeb Road
Scio Church Road
Jersey
Frederick Stollsteimer
By Donna Sue Thomas
Currier and Ives
France
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Michigan Central Railroad
Detroit
New York and Erie Railroad
Buffalo
New York
Chicago
Burlington Zepher
Montmorency County
Michigan
South Dakota
Nebraska
Los Angeles
Calif
Superior
Oliver
Martin Keck
Earl McCleery
Rence Ous Wales Hd
South Harris Street
Saline Electric Range
Charles J. Wellesley
Clarence Cook
Cusfil Parenthood
Catherine Conrad Edwards
Parents’ Magazine
Enea
Sportscode
Waroner
Jess
Mich
Simmons
Jack Norworth
Saline Savings Bank
Emees Federal
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