Two Architects Named For New Junior High Schools
The School Board aims to hire R. S. Gerganoff and Louis C. Kingscott Co for two new junior high schools with a five percent or less fee. If either fails to meet requirements, The Warren S. Holmes Company of Lansing may be selected. The board plans negotiations Friday at 7 p.m. to finalize contracts and set requirements.
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R. S. Gerganoff
Louis C. Kingscott, Co
Swarts and Morhous
Warren S. Holmes Company
Lansing
Gerganoff
Kingscott
Coldwater High School
Louis C. Kingscott Company
Port Huron
Michigan
Eberle M. Smith Company
Detroit
John Anderson- Machida Associates
Dearborn
Ewart Ardis
Ardis
Selec
Schools Plan Two Building Projects Estimated at Three Million
The district approves two new school buildings with a combined cost of about three million dollars. Construction is slated to be finished by the fall of 1959.
Increased School Funds Weighed by Board
School Superintendent Ewart Ardis reported a committee will study the need for more operating funds and their use, with 19 positive replies so far. The board aims for broader community representation and will meet with Stratton Brown of Miller-Camfield-Paddock-Stone to understand the bond market.
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Ewart Ardis
Ardis
Stratton Brown
Miller-Camfield-Paddock- Stone Bonding
Detroit
Mothball Trade Reported as Perfumed Marbles in Memphis
In Memphis a neighborhood youth traded camphor scented moth balls painted in colors as perfumed marbles. Mothers noticed children returning home smelling of camphor and alerted authorities about the toy exchange among local youngsters.
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Memphis
Ypsilanti Girl Crowned Miss Babe Ruth 1957
Kerrill Kaiser fifteen year old of Ypsilanti was named Miss Babe Ruth of 1957 at Ferry Field Ann Arbor. She won from six finalists with Lynn Corbett Linda Doyle Patricia Ramsden Patty Squires and Beverly Murrell as court. Judges included Bob Feller Fritz Crisler and Irene Connors. The ceremony accompanied the World Series telecast between Pensacola and Stamford.
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Kerrill Kaiser
Ypsilanti
Babe Ruth
Ferry Field
Ann Arbor
Miss Kaiser
Arthur Kaiser
Burns Avenue
Lynn Corbett
Incoln Park
Linda Doyle
Waled Lake
Patricia Ramsdenl
Berkley
Patty Squires
Huron Valley League
Ypsilanti High School
Pensacola
Florida
Stamford
Connecticut
Channel 4
Michigan
4 H Members Go To State Show
Fourteen four H delegates from Washtenaw County attend the state show at Michigan State University in East Lansing with participants from Ypsilanti Ann Arbor Saline Manchester and Basel Switzerland. The Basel note explains Rhine River cargo flow of about 4 million tons yearly.
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Washtenaw County
Michigan State University
East Lansing
Ypsilanti
Milton Yost
Dewey Barich
Mary E. Spike
Janice Porterfield
Danny Spike
Bette Gilden
Sharon McKim
Charlene Monroe
Henry Wismer
Sharon Moravik
Ann Arbor
Saline
Manchester
Kirk Gordon
William Pohnert
Charles Thomas
Gretchen Pohnert
Wayne McCalla
Gene Girbach
Diane Wilkinson
Kathy Weber
Margaret Derek
Neil Haarer
David Bloom
Katrene Gall
David DeBorde
James Eggert
Mary Lou Weber
Marilyn Frey
Ariene Diable
Carl Macomber
George Macomber
Glenn Eschelbach
Ruth Ann DeBorde
Basel
Switzerland
Four H Show Winners Named at Washtenaw County Fair
Marvin Ross announces the 1957 County 4-H Show winners from local youths. Kirk Gordon of Saline wins Swine Showmanship Rambouillet Ram and champion market pig while Neil Haarer of Saline earns Hereford breeding beef Hereford steer beef and grand champion steer. The event at the Saline-Ann Arbor Road fairgrounds drew over 2,500 entries.
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Marvin Ross
Washtenaw County Cooperative Extension
Dewey Barich
Ypsilanti
Dewey
Richard Wild
Saline
Berkshire
Duvoc Jersey
Larry Macomber
Ann Arbor
Poland
China
Gene Girbach
Glenn Eschelpach
Hampshire
Albert Feldkamp
Kirk
Kirk Gordon
Mary Gordon
Corviedale
Doris Herter
Ayrshire
Gerald Bolgas
Dale Kapp
Neil Haarer
David Bloom
Carol McCalla
Ann
Fairgrounds
Ann Arbor Road
Experts Fooled La Grange Yet Unearthed Collard Leaves
In La Grange North Carolina a group of veteran tobacco warehouse men argued over leaf varieties and mistook collard leaves for tobacco. Meanwhile at Saratoga in 1956 Mrs Mary Lunn set a record by paying 87 000 dollars for a Hyperion Deodora gray colt named Rise N Shine.
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LA Grange
N. C
Saratoga
Mary &. Lunn
Son Crushed by Wheel of Truck in Saline
Eight year old Duane Strieter, son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Strieter of 5186 Austin Rd, was crushed when the pickup his father was backing rolled onto him. He suffered a crushed pelvis and a broken rib and was taken to St Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor.
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Saline
Duane Strieter
Raymond Strieter
Austin Rd
David Burmeister
Raymond Burmeiter
Duane
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Ann Arbor
James Levielt
Strieter
Saline Township
Bridge joins Europe and Asia in Turkey
A massive suspension bridge in Turkey progresses on schedule. The structure spans 4,496 feet with a central span of 2,214 feet, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia and signaling a landmark achievement in engineering.
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Turkey
Europe
Asia
Generalissimo Franco's Early Rise from Canary Islands Governor
Generalissimo Francisco Franco began his political ascent as governor of the Canary Islands, a Spanish possession off southwest Africa, marking the start of his long rule established in 1939.
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Francisco Franco
Spain
Canary Islands
Africa
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