Main Drag Updates and Town Happenings
Saline savings bank insulation work proceeds while a roof entry plan requires rock wool. A watch clock doctor arrives, commercial improvements progress, and a new tile floor goes in at Deede's Radio Shop. The city manager returns as a heat wave spurs activity and a mystery cabinet wreck looms over sheriff and state police investigations.
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Saline Savings Bank
Geggs
Schmid
Deede
Steele
Michigan Department of Aeronautics
Order of
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Retired Farmer Charles Burkhart Died Sunday
Funeral services for Charles F. Burkhart retired farmer were held Wednesday at the family home in Saline. Burkhart born September 3 1866 was the son of Charles F and Marcia Case Burkhart. He married Carrie J Davenport in 1898 in Saline and is survived by a son Raymond two grandchildren two great grandchildren two sisters Louise B Cotton of Saline and Catherine Cody of Pittsfield township and a membership in Modern Woodmen of America. Rev Henry McKenzie Federated church officiated and Oakwood cemetery was the final resting place.
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Manchester Road
Charles F. Burkhart
Saliné General Hospital
Charles F
Marcia Case Burkhart
Carrie J. Davenport
Saline
Raymond
Louise B. Cotton
Catherine Cody
Pittsfield Township
Woodmen of America
Henry McKenzie
Federated Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Wild West Rodeo Plans for Sunday at the Fair
Event organizers prepare a real wild horse and wild steer riding show to headline the Sunday before the Fair. They promise thrills missing from last year’s amateur event and invite attendees to witness daring rides.
Blue Cross Plan Discussed at Farm Bureau Meeting
The Southwest Lodi Farm Bureau met at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Phelps Friday evening with 22 members present. The Blue Cross plan of insurance was the topic of discussion after which refreshments were served and cards were played. Gerhardt Cekau is in St Louis Missouri this week attending the National Convention of Butchers.
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Southwest Lodi Farm Bureau
Fred Phelps
Blue Cross Plan of Insurance
Gerhardt Cekau
St. Louis
Butchers
Joint Picnic At City Park Today
Over forty members of the Saline Rotary Club toured the Kaiser-Frazier plant last week and will attend a picnic dinner at City Park today. Don Ford announced spouses are invited and the lunch is provided by Saline Hotel in connection with the Black and White show at noon.
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Saline
Rotary Club
Kaiser-Frazer Company
Mammoth
Willow Run
Don Ford
Saline Hotel
Steer Club Show At Saline Community Fair
The Saline Community Fair hosts 27 fat steers shown by the Community Steer Feeding Club on October 24 with an auction sale on the fair's final day. Club members, organized last fall and backed by local businessmen, present promising animals expected to be the county’s finest finished steers this year.
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Community
Barnyard Golf Tournament At Saline Fair
The Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold a horse shoe pitching contest at the Saline Community Fair from October 2 to the afternoon of October 4. Open to all comers, play progresses daily with top scorers reaching the Saturday finals. Prominent prizes await winners.
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The
Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce
Saline Community Fair
Wash Tenaw County Farm Bureau Picnic at Dexter Park
The Wash tenaw County Farm Bureau annual picnic will be held Saturday August 30 at Dexter Park on the Huron River Drive one and one half miles east of Dexter. A potluck dinner will be served at 12 o'clock followed by sports bingo a ball game and a horseshoe tournament with prizes. Mr and Mrs Charles Osgood are vacationing in Canada this week.
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Washtenaw County Farm Bureau
Dexter Park
Huron River Drive
Dexter
Forsee Heavy Expenditures In County Farm Homes
Farm families in Washtenaw County are expected to spend over 1 754000 on new housing in the next three to five years per a Tile Council forecast. High incomes have spurred readiness to invest in rural homes with central heating tiled baths and modern kitchens. Rapid Michigan electrification enables devices like refrigerators washing machines and deep freezers as rural homes adopt labor saving amenities.
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Washtenaw County
Tile Council of America
F. B. Ortman
Ortman
Michigan
Breakfast at Hollywood opens Saline Fair program
Tom Brenaman presents Breakfast at Hollywood as the opening act for the four day Saline Community Fair to be held October 14 in Saline. The famous radio show born from Breakfast at Sardi's will tour the United States and perform on Wednesday night October 1 in the fair schedule.
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Tom Brenaman
Hollywood
Horse Pulling Contest At Community Fair This October
Rex Gleason Mike Robison and their committee organize a horse pulling event at the Community Fair with two classes 3000 pounds and under 3000 pounds Drivers ride from the “Boat” Bridges may be open or blind but no changes during the contest Horses weighed under supervision Rules prohibit whipping excessive use of lines profanity or shouting No advantage allowed on the double tree Three attempts per team with tug tightening as a try Event governed by the Horse Association of America rules.
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Rex Gleason
Mike Robison
Rules of Horse Association of America
Saline Fair to Stage Dual Fireworks Display
Washtenaw county residents will enjoy a two night fireworks show at the Saline Community Fair on Thursday and Friday evenings. The display, expanded after last year's enthusiastic reception, will be directed by a professional pyrotechnician and promised to end in a blaze of glory. A nearby lightning strike at the Lodi Hatchery last Wednesday electrocuted 125 pullets just entering production.
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Washtenaw County
Saline Community Fair
Lodi Hatchery
Whipple Hartwig Wedding at St Pauls Saline
Marie Hartwig daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Hartwig and Charles Everett Whipple son of Mr and Mrs Everett Whipple wed at St Pauls church Saline Friday at 5 pm before palms and pink and white gladioli. Rev Alvin Siemsen performed the ring ceremony. The bride wore a white marquisette gown and carried white roses and mums. Reception at Polar Bear Inn followed with about 125 guests. The couple planned a trip to northern Michigan and will reside in Ann Arbor.
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St. Paul’s Church
Saline
Marie Hartwig
Ed Hartwig
Charles Everett, Whipple
Everett Whipple
Alvin Siemsen
Betty Crawford
Michigan
Whipple
King Seeley
Ann Arbor
Randall Cement Block Co
U. S. Army
Germany
Stoll Bauer Wedding Celebrated At Bride’s Farm Home
In an early evening ceremony on Saturday August 23 Mildred Bauer youngest daughter of the late John S Bauer and Mrs Emma Bauer united in marriage to Paul Stoll son of Mr and Mrs Henry Stoll at the bride’s mother's farm home The double ring ceremony was conducted by Rev George Daschner of St Johns Lutheran church under a palms and gladioli backdrop Before the ceremony Frieda Wackenhut sang Because and God Gave Me You with Dorothy Betz at the piano The bride wore a pink crepe street length dress and carried a prayer book with red roses white delphinium and streamers featuring white delphinium
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Louise Ehnis
Raymond Bauer
Saline High School
King Seely
Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor High School
Michigan Consolidated Gas Co
Mildred Bauer
John S. Bauer
Emma Bauer
Saline Waterworks Road
Paul Stoll
Henry Stoll
Scio Church Road
George Daschner
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Frieda Wackenhut
Dorothy Betz
Lodi Township Resident Becht Dies at 47
Arthur H. Becht aged 47 died at his home 5665 Zeeb Road Lodi Township after a long illness. Born in Detroit December 4 1889 he married Mable Davis on September 30 1924. Survived by widow two daughters Ray Garreton Ann Arbor Marilyn Becht one grandchild and sister Mrs Henry Budde Detroit. Burial at Oakwood Cemetery after funeral at Lockwood Funeral Home led by Rev. Alvin Siemsen of St Pauls Church.
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Arthur H. Becht
Zeeb Road
Lodi Township
Detroit
Charles
Helen Wendt Becht
Mable Davis
Ray Garreton
Ann Arbor
Marilyn Becht
Henry
Armbruster Couple Spend Week in the North
Mr and Mrs Arthur Armbruster are spending this week in the north. The trip focuses on leisure and sightseeing with no specific events listed.
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Mrs
Arthur Armbruster
North
Upper Peninsula road woes and park critiques from a Marco Polo
The writer visits four state parks Porcupine Mountain Gogebic Indian Lake and Straits near St Ignace While praising UP hospitality condemning Route US 45 north of Watersmeet to Ontonagon as poorly maintained He notes park shortcomings especially St Ignace and urges better state park management by combining private and public efforts to improve facilities and safety.
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St. Ignace
Michigan
Marco Polo
Upper Peninsula
Missus
Watersmeet
Ontonagon
Porcupine Mountain
Straits
George A. Osborn
Sault Ste Marie News
Mr. Osborn
Porcupine Mountain State Park
Gogebic Lake State Park
Indian Lake State Park
Straits State Park
Porcupine Park
Kn Jamison
Superior
Gogebic Jake State Park
Mackinac Island Park Commission
Mackinaw City State Park
St. Ignace Park
Joe Davis
Soo Railroad
Gulliver Lake
Editorial on housing teachers and school athletics priorities
The piece argues that funding a play park versus housing the new Saline athletic director shows competing priorities. It stresses that a well housed teaching staff benefits the school more than lavish playgrounds, and urges the community to support education while recalling a bygone school bell reminder.
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Saline
Legion Auxiliary Thanks Husbands In Service Club
The local American Legion Auxiliary unit thanks the Husbands In Service Club for a coffee urn donated from funds of a recently disbanded club. Miss Joan Wurster reported at Girls State in Ann Arbor, later elected Virginia Colony governor. 65 gifts will be sent to Dearborn and Batite Creek hospitals for a Christmas Gift Shop to assist veterans and families, wrapped and mailed by Auxiliary workers, funded by poppy sales.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Joan Wurster
Girl’s State
Ann Arbor
Legion Rooms
Dearborn
Batite Creek
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County Farm Bureau
Charles Osgood
Canada
Springfield
BK. E. Morhead
Breakfast At
Csarolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Georgia
Grandfather Mountain
Linville
N. C
Catherines
Hartwig
Ruth
W.S. G.S. of
Methodist Church
Delmar Schrader
Young America
Legion Auxiliary Meeting
Camp Fire Girls
Horizon
Blue Birds
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