Saline dedicates new school building with praise and gifts
The dedication program for Saline’s new school featured architect Lynn W. Fry of Fry and Kasurin, superintendent Nurnberger, and deputy state superintendent Goodrich. Speakers praised the modern building with its library gym and ventilation, noted public support, and announced gifts including $1000 for the auditorium and equipment from Detroit Edison. About 800 residents attended the ceremony.
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John Patterson
Plymouth
Patterson
Kalder
Lynn W. Fry
Fry and Kasurin
Board of Education
Hely
Fry
Edward Alber
Board of Editation
Vanderbuilt
State Department of Education
F. D. Ford
Detroit Edison Company
Willis Fowler
Aileen Brown
C. Lloyd Goodrich
Goodrich
Saline
Herbert Hoover
America
Mayo
First Saline Schoolhouse Centennial and Early Leaders
A century ago Saline township built its first schoolhouse in 1830 31 and a new building now rises for the centennial. The piece outlines Saline village district formation in 1839, the shift from ungraded to graded schools, and lists early principals and superintendents from 1865 onward with gaps before 1902.
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Saline Township
Haseen
Washtenaw County
Charles C. Chapman Company of
Chicago
Saline Village
Lodi
Pittsfield
York
Saline
D. F. Boughton
Albert Hardy
S. B. Ormsby
Martin V. Bork
Norman A. Barrett
Local names listed in historical record extract
Readable names include John W Hull William Dell G C Townsend Charles R Parsons Dr Sager Hall Charles Harmon Mrs Florence Finch Frank Jones Miss Minnie Ruckman Mrs D B Mattison William 8 Barr and Mrs William Faslick as part of the text segment.
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Gram
John W. Hull
William Dell
G. C. Townsend
Charles R Parsons
Sager Hall
Charles Harmon
Florence Finch
Frank Jones
Minnie Ruckman
D. B. Mattison
William 8. Barr
William Faslick
Saline Schools Urge Modern Gym and Agricultural Dept
The article urges completing the school gym across from the kitchen to enable community dining and a mother church event, plus an inter-church basketball league. It lauds the well-lit classrooms, ample study hall, science and language rooms, and future expansion in the high school. It argues for adding an agricultural department under Smith Hughes funding and praises The Observer for its School Edition support.
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Mir
Puisding
Citi
Zens
America
Board of Education
Hast Lansing
E. Gallup
Lansing
Gallup
Mooriree
Milan
Clinton
Manchester
Tecumseh
Observer
Saline Public
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Rochester
Minnesota
Michigan
S. Schofield
Methodist Episcopal Church
Saline Union School
Anna Miller
S. C. May and Son
Alwyn
T. M. Bridges
The
Saline Women’s Club
W. D. Hart
Detroit Edison
Gross Hardware Store
Gil
American Flyer
Realm
Little Red Rockers
Nestor Johnson Flyers
Arkitoys
Hibbard Glidders
H. Gross & Sons
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