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Newspaper

Saline Observer

Location

Saline, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1954

Page

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Teen Canteen Keeps Momentum Five Weeks In

The Saline Teen Canteen reports over 70 weekly attendees with 129 membership cards issued to restrict access to the Saline Area School District. Rotary volunteers donated 50 dollars to support Friday night gatherings at the Masonic Hall, aided by funds from Community Chest and local donors.

Masonic Hall Saline Area Rotary Sealine Rotary William Crim The Saline Savings Bank Larry Deede Deede Saline Rotary Club Rotarians Community Chest Meredith Bixby’s Bernice Armbruster Rose Anderson Bob Klueter Nona Schmid Jane Burdick Shirley Klinedinst George Wood Masonic Lodge

Republicans Sweep Saline and Saline Area Students Shine

Saline area residents praise young musicians at the National Music Camp in Interlochen. Five students were chosen. Jim Austin, Karen Taylor, Christina Schnierle, Joan Austin, and Sally Stimpson attend various camp programs and state ensembles. In the August primary, Republican voters totaled 270 versus 47 Democrats. top picks include Governor Ower Cleary and U S Senator Homer Ferguson.

Saline Area Interlochen Jim Austin Karen Taylor Jim Christina Schnierle Joan Austin Christina Joan Chris U. of M Sally Stimpson All State Tao Ower Cleary Donald Leonard D. Hale Brake Eugene C. Keyes Clarence Reid United States Homer Ferguson Congress George Meader Louis Christman John Campbell Joseph Warner

Disabled Veterans Family Picnic in Washtenaw County

The Washtenaw County Chapter No. 13 of the Disabled Veterans will host a family picnic at Dexter Huron Park on Huron River Drive seven miles west of Ann Arbor. The event begins at 1 30 PM with games for kids and a pot luck dish per family. Patients from the VA Hospital will attend. Rom Dettling of Dexter leads planning.

Washtenaw County Dexter Huron Huron River Drive Ann Arbor Rom Dettling Dexter

Bond Issue Passes By Overwhelming Vote

The Saline bond issue passed at the election on Tuesday with 276 votes cast. About 2%4 favored the measure, 43 opposed and 9 were void.

Candida Extends Run At Saline Mill Theatre

Candida opens last Tuesday at Saline Mill Theatre and will run three weeks through August 14 due to demand. The Lady's Not For Burning shifts to August 17 and runs to September 4, with Uncle Harry canceled to fit extensions. Season closes September 4. guest tickets will be mailed to season-ticket holders.

Saline Mill Theatre Barbara Hamel Miss Hamel Candida the Mill John J. Hamel

Summer Canteen Opens for Teens as Season Nears End

The note urges teens who missed summer activities to join, with membership cards at 25 cents valid for the rest of the season. The canteen runs Fridays 8 PM to 2 AM, and officials doubt extending hours into fall and winter, citing school activities as filling social gaps.

Cream Social At Federated Church Planned For Aug 7

The Young People's Society hosts an ice cream social on the Federated Church lawn Saturday evening August 7 at 6 30. Proceeds support church front repairs. The event features tables lighting ice cream cold drinks home made cakes and a candy booth with several residents in charge of arrangements and publicity.

Young People’s Society Federated Church Taylor Jacobsen Sally Cook James

Gordon Family Reunion at Saline Park

The Gordon family reunion was held at Saline Park last Sunday with 48 members present. A noon dinner featured chicken and hickory nut cake. Officers elected for the coming year were president Ira Hauk of Plymouth, vice president Ardis Heininger of Milan, secretary and treasurer Mrs. Ira Hauk of Plymouth. Games and visiting provided entertainment.

Gordon Saline Park Ira Hauk Plymouth Ardis Heininger Milan

City Water Mains to Be Flushed Friday

Water mains will be flushed this Friday August 6 city water users are advised to avoid use or expect water disturbances per city clerk E J Muir officials urge customers to plan accordingly and store standby water if needed.

Saline Area School Board Awards Contracts for New Elementary

The Saline Area School Board met July 29 to award bids for the new elementary school. The Commercial Construction Company of Detroit won the architectural trade bid at 335 010 dollars, General Electric Company of Ann Arbor won electrical work at 24 680 dollars, and Monroe Plumbing Company won plumbing at 81 700 dollars. Remodeling bids for the present building were rejected for a technical reason and will be re advertised and awarded later.

Saline Area School Board Commercial Construction Company of Detroit General Electric Company Ann Arbor Monroe Plumbing Company Monroe

Changes at City Hall in Local Council Meeting

At the regular City Council meeting Arthur Heininger was appointed Councilman to fill the unexpired term of Dr Buck who becomes Justice of the Peace Hugh Reveling was named City Health Officer State Senator Lewis Reimann won 39 votes Representative Aloysius Minnick 36 votes Sheriff Lawrence Oltersdorf 26 votes Robert Kidd 12 County Clerk Eleanor Groves County Treasurer Garvin Brasseur 35 Register of Deeds William Schaules 35 Drain Commissioner Harry Norton 34 Coroner William Dickson 37

Edmund de Vine Thomas Fitzgerald Erwin Wlager Jack Koernke Hernan Oltersdorf Harold Sweverland Robert Winnick Lucia Smith William Verner Register of Deeds Patricia Hardy Mae Heath Roland Slittler Alfred Sullivan John Flock Edwin Ganzhorn Frank Staffan Arthur Heininger Dr. Buck Hugh Reveling Aloysius Minnick Lawrence Oltersdorf Robert Kidd Eleanor Groves Garvin Brasseur William Schaules Harry Norton William Dickson

Mrs M Displays A Family Button Hobby Evolution

Mrs M recounts starting a button collection as a hobby for her granddaughter Nancy Baker, rummaging through a grandmother’s button box and inviting relatives to send old buttons. The effort grows as letters arrive from across the country about button collectors, revealing unexpected interest and a shift in Nancy’s hobby.

Martin Fucss Japan China Currier and Ives Central Park Nancy Baker Nancy Grandma Saline

Button collectors recall a distant hobby show tale

The memory recalls Fuoss Buttons at a Springfield Mass show in the Kimball Hotel. The narrator describes elevator encounters with a friendly operator who misreads collectors as odd, reflecting lingering social perceptions during early hobby gatherings.

Kimball Hotel Springfield Mass Stevens Hotel Chicago

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Weman Mary Lou Balmas Bill Taylor Marlene Hiseman G. Mennen Williams Philip Hart George Fitzgerald Patrick McNamara Blair Moody J. Henry Owens Disabled Frances Briggs William Harris Dan Hall, Sr Frank Daniels Peggy Livingstone Clarence Trinkle Duane Murray Walter MacArthur Augusta Schaeffer Don Ford Gorden E. J. “Muir Lewis Reimann Mrs. M Fuoss
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