Week End At Saline Valley Farms Hosts Youth Hostelers
Thirteen candidates and twenty two American Youth Hostelers joined a bicycle caravan to Saline Valley Farms on Saturday August 11. Guests from Detroit and Toronto swam cycled and played outdoor games under houseparent John Rule. Saline Valley Farms is Michigan’s first youth hostel now among many across the state. Data on AYH available from Metropolitan Detroit Council of American Youth Hostels Detroit Michigan.
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Saline Valley Farms
John Rule
Detroit
Toronto
Michigan
Valley Farms
Milan Road
Detroit Council of American Youth Hostels
W. Warren
Detroit 1
Saline Scene Highlights Local Happenings and Observations
The Saline Scene notes readers enjoying the Saline Observer display with old time type and ads. It mentions Mrs. Howeisen selling a large ear of corn, highway resurfacing four miles east on U S 112, and speedsters slowing on Main Street. An error is corrected about Roy Burroughs doing carpentry, and a stock race car is described. A new Saline Fire Department tank truck is delayed by pump delivery. A scene shows a doll buggy incident as two boys throw dirt, prompting a motherly intervention.
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Highway Department
U. S. 112
Town
Saline
Harry
Cecil
Chicago
Detroit
Saline Fire Department
Local FFA Boys Attend Leadership Training Camp
Charles Osgood Howard Brown Charles Anderson Robert McTagpert and Daniel Levlett attended the FFA Leadership Training Camp at Waldenwoods over the weekend. About ninety six boys registered and heard a welcome by Dick Snow. The three day program included movies talks on MSU courses supervised farming scholarships and cooperative activities.
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Charles Osgood
Howard Brown
Charles Anderson
Robert McTagpert
Daniel Levlett
Waldenwoods
Dick Snow
Michigan State College
Saline
Chas. Anderson
Daniel Levielt
Osgood Ard
Maccabees Hold Annual Picnic in Manchester
The Twentieth Annual Picnic of the Maccabees will be in Manchester at Carr Memorial Park on Sunday August 19. A cooperative dinner at one o clock will highlight the day with each family bringing a dish to pass. General chairman is Carl Wuerthner ex mayor of Manchester. Activities include sports refreshments and prizes. No long speeches is promised.
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Maccabees Organization
Manchester
Carr Memorial Park
Carl Wuerthner
No Jong
Fowlerville edge Chelsea in ninth to lead league race
Fowlerville broke a seventh inning tie in the ninth to beat Chelsea 8 7 and extend their league lead with three games left. Vogt won in relief for Fowlerville as Chelsea’s Tobin pitched all nine. Larry Ewald led hitters with four singles. Saline upset Lansing 13 10 to claim third place as Hoeft pitched the win. Williamston defeated Webberville 11 9 to stay second. Webberville tied for fourth with Chelsea. All Star Game set for Saturday August 18.
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Staindings
Fowlerville
Willamston T
Saline
Chelsea
Webberville
Lansing
Bel Oak
Williamston
Marty Tobin
Zeke Vogt
Green
Larry Ewald
Vogt
L. Vogt Tobin
Knick
Drake Hickok
Odell
Growner
Marty Parker
Don West
Brandenburg
Bloom
Dunkel
Changes Mark Dora Browns 91st Birthday Celebration
Mrs. Dora Brown celebrated her 91st birthday at her daughter Mrs. Harry Holmes home on Michigan Ave with a surprise party. Thirty five guests attended the dinner as relatives and friends delivered gifts and cards before she travels among Ft. Wayne Lansing and Grand Rapids living with her seven children over the years.
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Dora Brown
Harry Holmes
Michigan Ave
Conservation Dept Conducts Aerial Search
The forestry division announces an aerial search for brown top ped trees in southern Michigan to detect possible oak wilt. The disease has no known control and is present in neighboring states and recently detected in Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvania.
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Michiga
Conservation Department
Forestry Division
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Annual Summer Steer Tour Scheduled for Aug 24
The Steer Club and Rotary members will tour Aug 24 starting at 10 A.M. from the High School with stops at James and Gene Austins Tom and James Rich ards Gerald and Neil Haarers and Kendall Rogers. A noon picnic at Saline city park precedes an afternoon visit as advisors demonstrate fitting and training for the final show and sale.
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Steer Club
Rotary Club
James
Gene Austins
Tom
James Richards
Gerald
Neil Haarers
Kendall Rogers
Saline City
Charles Osgood
Saline
Morton Baptizes Son at St Pauls with Cammet Sponsors
Donald Allen Morton, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Robert Morton, was baptized at St Pauls church last Sunday. Sponsors were Mr and Mrs Elmer Cammet. After services the Cammet and Morton families plus guests from Dearborn and Ypsilanti shared dinner at the Morton home.
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Donald Allen Morton
Robert Morton
St. Paul’s Church
Elmer Cammet
Cammets
Gus Lidke
Mary Morton
Ray Hermans
Dearborn
Ray Lidke
Ypsilanti
Morton
St Pauls Church Members At Camp Talhi Week
Ann Taylor Elton Moehn and Wayne Luckhardt spend a week at Camp Talhi near Brighton representing St. Pauls church in a church group outing.
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Ann Taylor
Elton Moehn
Wayne Luckhardt
Camp Talhi
Brighton
St. Paul’s Church
Lifelong Saline Township Man Dies At 52
Leon N. Hall of Saline township died Saturday night at Herrick Memorial Hospital in Tecumseh. Born Sept. 28, 1898, he was son of Willard and Enola Hall and a member of the Fraternal Order of Hayles. He is survived by his mother, three daughters Dorothy Brown, Anita Van Nest, Doris Rammett, one sister Duncan Robinson, and four grandchildren. His wife Bertha died in 1950. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Collins Funeral Home Tecumseh with Rev. Donald C. Wilson officiating.
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Leon N. Hall
Saline Township
Herrick Memorial Hospital
Tecumseh
Mr. Hall
Willard
Enola Dibble Hall
Order of
Hayles
Dorothy Brown
Ypsilanti
Anita van Nest
Clinton
Doris Rammett
Saline
Duncan Robinson
Fertilizer Shortage Looms for 1952 in Michigan
Michigan farmers face a tight fertilizer market as sulfuric acid shortages curb superphosphate. Michigan State College soil specialists urge farmers to take soil samples now and get them tested to secure fertilizer stocks ahead of winter. An accurate soil analysis lets farmers order supplies promptly and helps manufacturers clear space for needed materials.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
National Geographic to feature Michigan fish and game projects
Michigan conservation officials say National Geographic plans a photo story highlighting several state game and fish projects. The feature will showcase regional wildlife work from the department's headquarters.
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Michigan
National Geographic Magazine
The
Conservation Department
Bredernitz Assigned to Photographic Squadron on Carrier
Richard Bredernitz, airman apprentice, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bredernitz of Saline, is attached to the Navy’s only aircraft carrier type photographic squadron based in San Diego with Composite Squadron 61. Enlisted November 27, 1950, he trained at Great Lakes and attended Saline High School. The squadron covers the Korean theater recording battle area information to aid damage verification and planning for strikes.
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Richard
Bredernitz
USSN
Albert Bredernitz
Jouve 2
Saline
Navy
United States Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Illinois
Saline High School
San Diego
Composite Squadron 61
Kaesong Looms Big To Two Saline Men
Pfc Kenneth McAlister and Harry Steiner of Saline anxiously await Kaesong peace talks. They left for Camp Cooke, California, last October, spent five months there, then went to Japan where McAlister joined the 52 man honor guard for General Houghton. a photo shows him in action on a Japanese beach during maneuvers.
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G. I
Kaesong
Pfc
Kenneth McAlister
Saline
Harry Steiner
Herry Street
Camp Cooke
California
Japan
McAllister
General Houghton
United States Army
Pfc. McAllister
Saline Adds Marathon Dealers Ford and McCarthary
Don Ford and Roscoe Mac McCarthary join Barney's Marathon Service in Saline as new rural trade distributors behind the Don Ford Oil Co plant. Barney Lewis handles retail while the pair expand Marathon gasoline to nearby service stations. To mark the opening, gifts will be given tomorrow and Saturday at Barney's.
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Staebler- Kempf Oil Company
Saline
Don M. Ford Oil Company
Barney’s
Marathon Service
East Michigan
Morris Streets
Barney” Lewis
Don Ford
Roscoe “Mac” McCarthary
Marathon
Staebler-Kempf
Fosdick
Ford
Mac
McCarthary
Saline High School
Cleary Business College
Carol Liebler Accident Victim After bicycle crash
Seven year old Carol Liebler of 100 W Henry Street was struck by a car as she rode on the sidewalk near W Michigan Ave. She lost two teeth and suffered a chin lash and a bruised thigh. Eldean Hieber 18 of 6660 Weber Road drove into Graf Gulf Service station. vision blocked by parked cars. She was treated at Saline General Hospital and released. Officer Harry Joseph responded.
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Carol Liebler
W. Henry’street
Michigan Ave
Eldean P. Hieber
Weber Road
Graf
Gulf Service
Liebler
Saline General Hospital
Harry Joseph
Future Farmers on Annual Trip to Detroit Plant
Twenty six members of the Saline High School Future Farmers chapter will visit the Harry Ferguson Tractor Company in Detroit for luncheon and a tour of the plant. They depart at eleven from the school with Advisor Charles Osgood and Bridgewater dealer Fred Braun. The group will picnic at Belle Isle and attend the Yankees vs Tigers game at Briggs Stadium.
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Future Farmer
Saline High School
Harry Ferguson Tractor Company
Detroit
Charles Osgood
Fred Braun
Bridgewater
Belle Isle
Briggs Stadium
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Leonard Named Head of State Wildlife Research
Dr. Justin W. Leonard will assume the post of research administrator head of all state wildlife research beginning August 6, announced by the conservation department. With nearly 17 years at the department he ends a mayfly project at the institute for fisheries research in Ann Arbor. He earned a zoology doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1937 and previously led the Hunt Creek Fisheries Experiment Station in Lewiston in 1939.
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Justin W. Leonard
Conservation Department
Leonard
Institute For Fisheries Research
Annapor
University of Michigan
Iowa
Hunt Creek Fisheries Experiment Station
Lewiston
Cutting Rights to Be Auctioned for Michigan Forest Timber
Cutting rights to 700 000 board feet of timber in the Manistique Presque Isle and Lake Superior state forests will be auctioned by the conservation department on August 3 to 10. Public sale schedule lists August 3 at 10 am at the Press building Manistique August 3 at 2 pm at district headquarters Newberry and August 16 at 9 pm at Presque Isle forest headquarters south of Onaway.
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Manistique
Presque Isle
Lake Superior
Conservation Department
Newberry
Presque Isle Forest
Onayay
Firemen extinguish small bed fire at Kohler farm home
Smoking in bed caused a minor fire at the Elwin Kohler farm on Macon Road last Monday. The blaze damaged a mattress and pillows. Firemen arrived within minutes and kept flames from endangering the house.
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Elwin Kohler
Macon Road
Saline Firmen
Michigan Broiler Day Planned at Michigan State College
Plans are underway for the first Michigan Broiler Day at Michigan State College on September 12. Gary G. Card announces talks on broiler production by Wilhelm of Purdue, Max Miller, Dwight Ballard, Edmund S. Talucci, and college staff. A broiler project will showcase with dressed birds and a special exhibit plus a barbeque afternoon event.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
Two Saline Scouts Depart On Philmont Camping Trip
Gerald Miller and Bruce Parsons, two of twenty Explorer Scouts from Portage Trails Council, depart by train for a two week Philmont trek in New Mexico. The journey covers about fifty miles with one horseback day, rest on foot, through Kit Carson country. They finance the adventure themselves.
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Gerald Miller
Bruce Parsons
Portage Trails Council
Philmont
Rocky Foothills
New Mexico
Kit Carson
Health Department Warns Against Summers Heat
Michigan Department of Health warns of heat dangers during hot sunny days. Heavy exertion, high blood pressure, heart or kidney disease increase risk. wear loose light clothing, stay in air flow, cover head at noon, rest well, and avoid worry for cooler days.
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Michigan Department of Health
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