Red, White, and Blue Paint Lights Gray's Gulf Service
The column notes Gray's Gulf Service Station receives a patriotic refresh with new blue and white paint. Bill Gray is seen between the Observer office and his new photo shop for a growing darkroom project. Christa Breitkrentz observes local court cases, including a drunk and a drunk driving charge, with Justice of the Peace George Wood praised for fair handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Service
Bill Gray
Observer Office
Bill
Christa Breitkrentz
George Wood
George
Pennsylvania
Christa
Former Saline Man Wallace Dies in Tennessee at 91
Fred F. Wallace of Chattanooga Tennessee died July 17 at age 91. Born November 28 1859 in Saline he founded Wallace Buggy Co later auto agency and started the Chattanooga Sight Seeing Co and Lookout Mountain Museum. Survived by son Lt Richard H Wallace and two granddaughters in England. He was a Rotary charter member Mason and Alhambra Shrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred F. Wallace
Chattanooga
Tenn
Saline
Edwin
Rebecca Fellows Wallace
Steele
West Michigan Ave
Wallace
Wallace Buggy Co
Lookout Mountain Museum
Lookout Mountain
Richard H. Wallace
England
Rotary Club
Masonic Lodge
Alhambra Shrine
Fifty Attend Levleit Reunion
The 18th annual Levleit family reunion was held at the Dan Levleit Farm on Sunday August 5. About fifty members gathered from Adrian Ypsilanti Ann Arbor Petersburg and Saline for a potluck lunch and business meeting with officers reelected. Louis Ducat Petersburg as oldest attendee and Erich Hinch six weeks as youngest. Four births reported and no deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Ducat
Petersburg
Erich Hinch
FFA Members Attend District Leadership Training Camp
Saline Future Farmers of America members plan to attend the first district leadership training conference at Walden Woods Friday through Sunday. The three day program includes business sessions recreational activities and social events with participants from six counties and advisers from six chapters.
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Saline Future Farmers
Waldenwoods
State Vocational Department
State Ffa
Jackson
Hillsdale
Washtenaw
Lenawee
Monroe
Wayne
Saline
C. H. Osgood
Saline Dairy Falls in District Playoff Tilt
The Saline Dairy softball team was eliminated from the preliminary playoffs for the district state bid. Adrian Stearns defeated them 5 to 2 on August 2 due to control issues by pitcher Roy Dechert and weak team defense. They remain second in regular league play with three games left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline Dairy
Adrian Stearns
Roy Dechert
Dairy Boys
Meeting of Hearts Across Cultures in a World Peace Moment
A bright-faced German youth and an American couple meet peacefully in a hall, sharing a kiss and hopeful smiles. The scene reflects a longing for democracy, harmony, and a peaceful Germany, free from dictatorship and war, as observers imagine a path to world brotherhood.
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America
S. S
Germany
World Brotherhood
United Nations
Pvt McAllister Serves With 40th Infantry Division
A 40th Infantry Division dispatch from Japan notes Pvt Kenneth McAllister 22, son of Mr and Mrs William McAllister of 8820 Ann Arbor Saline, serves in a 52 man Honor Guard for General Houghton. He and Harry Steiner of Saline left for Camp Cooke California last October, spent five months there before shipping to Japan. McAllister formerly worked at Franks Texaco Service.
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40Th Infantry Division
Japan
Kenneth McAllister
William McAllister
Ann Arbor Street
Saline
General Houghton
United States Army
McAllister
Harry Steiner
E. Henry Street
Camp Cooke
California
Young McAllister
Frank
Texaco
Couple Exchange Vows At Methodist Church
Neal G. Molby formerly of Coldwater and Deloris J. Kingsley of Ypsilanti married at the Methodist parsonage on Wednesday August 1. Rev. R. R. Feuell officiated and guests included Mrs. Feuell and Mrs. Shirley Forrester of Plymouth. Molby works for Argus Camera in Ann Arbor. Kingsley was with Farmer Peet in Ypsilanti. They reside at 202 W. Henry Street Saline.
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Neal G. Molby
Coldwater
Deloris J. Kingsley
Ypsilanti
Methodist Parsonage
R. R. Feuell
Molby
Feuell
Shirley Forrester
Plymouth
Argus Camera Company
Ann Arbor
Farmer Peet Company
Saline
W. Henry Street
Legion Auxiliary Convenes in Detroit for 31st Annual Convention
Members of William B. Lutz post 322 and unit attended the American Legion Auxiliary 31st annual department convention in Detroit with events at Hotel Statler and Fordson Field Dearborn. Presidents and officers elected include Alys Hunt Port Sanilac and Violet Barnes national committeewoman. Bradley Johnson of Clinton visits Geo Wiedman farm.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Detroit
Wm. B. Lutz
Jesse Deede
Lulla Dall
Louetta Winkle
Mae Harms
Alys Hunt
Port Sanilac
Edith Bryant
Alice Schneider
Tecumseh
Dorothy Scheamm
Saginaw
Bertha Proestel
Ond Treas
Luella Dell
Saline
Violet Barnes
Joan Boyle
Elizabeth Peck
Naional
Michigan
Washtenaw Salon
Tuller Hotel
Julia England
Mae Harris
Bella Dell
Doris Robison
Gwenyth Armbruster
Viola Robertson
Dépt. Cheppeau
German youth foster program brings welcome in Saline
After months of planning Saline hosts three German youths with foster families through Rotary Youth For Understanding. Edison Institute High School and Ford properties host tours and dinners as local sponsors pair with families to provide housing meals and activities. The exchange aims to foster democratic living and mutual understanding with a year abroad ending with the students returning home.
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Saline
Edison Institute High School
Greenfield Village
Dearborn
Ford Motor &Co
Ford
Dearborn Inn
Auto Company
Th ‘Edison High School
Rotary
Clinton
Saline Rotary Group
Youth For
Rotary Clubs
America
Egon Gross
Marburg
Grmany
Harold Miller
Christa Breitkrentz
George Wood
Leo Jensen
Don Ford
al Win Gross
Sabine Zettl
West Berlin
State Department
Boy Scout Camp Now In Session In Portage Trails Council
The Portage Trails Council begins its largest camping season serving 22 towns in Washtenaw and Livingston counties with 70 boys in the Brain Lake Group Camp at Pinckney. The fifth period started July 22 with 12 troops, and staff includes Camp Director Wade A. Shook and assistants covering program Scoutcraft aquatics and provisional leadership.
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Portage Trails Council
Washtenaw
Livingston
Wade A. Shook
Paul A. Yambert
William Walton
Local Boy Visits Former Observer Publisher
Pfc Robert Kleuter stationed at Ft Lawton Washington visited Mr and Mrs Sim R Wilson Sr on July 23. He awaits embarkation orders before leaving for the Orient. A former Wilson employee Kleuter once worked in the Observer office. The Wilsons now publish the Marysville Globe in Marysville Washington. Mr and Mrs Ray Davis en route from Davenport Iowa stopped at LaPorte to see the Lee Harts.
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Pfc
Robert Kleuter
Ft. Lawton
Washington
Sim .R. Wilson
Kleuter
The
Orient
Sim Wilson, Jr
Ray Davis
Davenport
Iowa
LaPorte
Lee Harts
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Justice of the Peace
Automobile Club of Michigan
National Organization
Colorado
Western States
Gerald Graf
Walter Hochrein, Jr
Houghton Lake
Observer
Stewart Dunsker
Cincinnati
Ohio
Stewart
Walnut Hills
Sign of the Times
Citizen’s Bank
Tennessee
Levleit
Levleit Farm
FFA
Mrs
Egan Gross
Mrs. Leodensen
Sabine Zettle
Methodist Church
Legion Aux
Bradley Johnson
Geo. Wiedman Farm
George Hanneman
New York
Charles Curian
Curian
Hanneman
William Klager
David Zick
Manchester
Klager
Saline- Bridgewater Road
Jefferson Moreland
Flat Rock
Robert Salt
Floyd Thomas
Moreland
Prout
Cecil Albertson
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