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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1955
Page
3
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Mrs J McKinnon hosts sister Miss Margaret Hoppough in Hemlock New York. The marriage of Miss Emma Gross and Edwin L Jenkins occurred at 5 pm Wednesday. Miss Marie Gardner visits Mr and Mrs G W Barr. Mrs C D Wright of Cleveland visits relatives here. Fred L Gallup elected captain of the Uniform Bank K P’s of Ypsilanti. A Carlton party visits Buffalo and Niagara Falls returning Monday. Lantern thefts prompt Mayor Gaudy’s hunt with a big gun. D A Crittenden and wife attend a Jackson reunion then travel to Mason and Eaton Rapids. Fred Heininger finds two large rattlesnakes during Saturday shocks. Mrs Roy Raegers hosts Methodist Ladies Aid. Miss Elizabeth Barnes of Vassar stays with Katy Lou Clay. Mrs John Landwehr and Miss Esther Landwehr attend the Benton picnic. Wesley Dieitzker to teach in Dell district. Mrs Sylvia Stephenson in Mills school. Saline High class of 1906 reunion at Miller farm with Federated Aid Society picnic. Attendees include Mrs C A Ornham Nellie Hamilton, Ella Clark, Mrs Addison Fletcher, Mrs Eckhardt, Mrs John Geddes, Mrs Merritt Martin, Mrs H Parsons, and others. A letter from Mrs Mieras of Venice CA. Lulu Fairbanks and Mrs J J Livingstone absent.
Ten years ago a cement block expansion was under construction on Monroe Street to enlarge the Universal Die Casting and Manufacturing Corp plant. The item notes broader space for growing business.
Mrs. Gertrude Lutz and Mrs. Clif ford Stang are spending the week with relatives in Cleveland. Pauline Rogers visited Betty Harwood of Pittsfield township for a few days the first of the week. Nancy Baker of Berkley is spending the week with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fucss. Mrs. George Burkhart is spending August at Watkins Lake with Mr. and Mrs Fred Gillen. Miss Zoa Nichols and her uncle Charles Reynolds of Highland Park visited Sunday with Roy and Mrs. Rogers.
Mrs. Carl Dustman of Milwaukee surprised her brother Mr. Joseph Chantelois and his family with a visit for a wedding that marked their first reunion in over fifteen years. Other notes mention youths at YWCA Camp Takona and relatives visiting at Willow Run Airport and Portage Lake, plus vacations in Colorado and Michigan.
From where I sit Joe Marsh reports Whitey Fisher’s 200 watt pond light at Whitey Fisher’s Duck Farm attracts thousands of insects for the ducks to eat. Fisher calls it the best idea ever and says it lowers feed costs and reduces the bug population.
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