Dog Census Underway as Licensing Rules Tighten
Washtenaw County officials announce a dog census and stricter licensing enforcement. Dog owners must list all dogs over six months and obtain licenses by March 1, 1956, with fees set at 1 dollar for male or unsexed dogs and 2 dollars for females. after March 1 an added 2 dollars applies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto K. Engelke
Washtenaw County Health Officer
Health Department
Board of Supervisors
Washtenaw County Veterinary Medical Association
Dog Control Commission
Ellsworth Lindsley
Saline
Michigan
Needy Receive Gifts From Junior High
The Christmas sharing project sponsored by homeroom 106 collected four suitable boxes of clues and clothing by the mailing deadline. The boxes, mailed to a Tennessee mountain school, bring double meaning to students and families who contributed amid a short time frame.
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Homeroom 106
Tennessee Mountains
Scouts Plan Camp Site at Saline Valley Farms
The local Boy Scout troop met in the High School gym to discuss a Saline Valley Farms camp site. Harold Gray donated land and a building for Scout activities, with Lauren Wielder as Scoutmaster guiding plans to open next spring. They have access to American Youth Hostel facilities and aim to invite other area troops for spring ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline Valley Farms
Harold Gray
Lauren Wild
J C S Will Give Prizes For Best Decorations
Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce announces Christmas decoration contest with first prizes of 10 dollars and second prizes of 5 dollars in two classes commercial and residential. Art Moehn chairs the contest, expecting better displays than last year. Awards announced Christmas Week.
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The
Saline
Art Moehn
Tax Relief Seen For 1956 Presidential Year
Tax relief appears probable in 1956 amid election year jockeying. Eisenhower's 1955 Economic Report urged a moderate general tax cut and fewer barriers to funds for investment, while Democrats push for relief for the low income groups. Congress has largely kept the administration’s tax program intact through 1953 to 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Walter F. George
Paul H. Douglas
Til
House Committee On
Douglas
Treasury
Republican Congress
Democratic Congress
Daniel A. Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
Five Day Weather Outlook Below Normal Temperatures and Snow
Five day forecast shows temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal with normal highs 26 to 34 and lows 13 to 18. Colder conditions start Wednesday and persist with precipitation totaling .10 to .25 inch and ongoing light snow flurries. Erie and Ontario regions follow similar pattern with highs 32 to 36 and lows 19 to 23, turning colder midweek and daily flurries thereafter.
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Lakes Erie
Ontario
Christmas Eve TV Program Babes In Toyland on NBC
The Vic tor Herbert musical comedy Babes In Toyland airs Christmas Eve from 9 to 10 30 p m EST on NBC TV. Oldsmobile Dealers of America present the color spectacular with Dennis Day Dave Garroway Wally Cox Jack E Leonard Bambi Lynn Rod Alexander and the Baird marionettes plus Barbara Cook in a new season cast. The program features tunes March of the Toys Toyland I Cant Do That Sum and Dont Cry Bo Peep as a long time American favorite.
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Victor Herbert
Oldsmobile Dealers of America
Nbc-Tv
Dennis Day
Dave Garroway
Wally Cox
Jack E. Leonard
Bambi Lynn
Rod Alexander
Bill
Cora Baird
Max Leibman
Barbara Cook
Toyland
Saline Students Enroll In Michigan State University
Saline residents enroll at Michigan State University East Lansing for the fall term. Students listed include Sarah Campbell, James Cook, Sara Cook, Elizabeth Dicks, Ronald Finkbeiner, Lenora Jordan, Sharron Larson, Lloyd Nissley, Thomas Richards and others from Saline addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State University At
East Lansing
Saline
Sarah E. Campbell
Davenport
James Oliver Cook
N. Harris
Sara J. Cook
Elizabeth Dicks
Judd Read
Ronald Finkbeiner
E. Michigan Ave
Lenora V. Jordan
Hack Rd
Sharron Ll. Larson
S. Davenport St
Lloyd Edwin Nissley
Thomas R. Richards
90th Birthday of Mrs Charles Unterkircher Observed
The 90th birthday will be observed Friday afternoon with a tea and open house at Saline Convalescent Hospital where she is a patient. The Saline Woman's Club hosts, friends may call 3 to 4 p.m. She came to Saline in 1881 with Rev. William E. Caldwell and served as organist for 35 years at the Methodist church, helped found the Saline Library and the Woman's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Unterkircher
Saline Convalescent Hospital
Saline Woman’s Club
Eastern Star To Hold Annual Christmas Party
The Eastern Stars and Mansons and their families will hold a Christmas Party at the Masonic Hall on Friday evening December 16 at 7 o'clock. A poor luck supper will be served and Santa will appear to give each child a package.
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Masonic Hall
Santa
Personal Notes From a Weekend Gathering and Birth Announcement
Personal notes report Sunday dinners hosted by the Starling family with Mr. and Mrs. Esson and Miss Buchner of Leamington Ontario. Ted Ormsby welcomed a baby boy named Kevin at St Joseph Mercy Hospital. Bowen and Alber families visited, and Dr. Gordon Prout with daughters vacationing in Miami Beach Florida.
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J. Leonard Esson
Carol ‘Buchner
Leamington
Ontario
Robert Starling
Ted Ormsby
St. Jooosoeph Mercy Hospital
Kevin
Ralph Bowen
Allyn Alber
Manchester
Gordon Prout
Miami Beach
Florida
Carl Schafer Buried Here
Funeral services held at Lockwood Funeral Home for Carl J. Schafer 68 of 7655 Dell Rd Lodi township after an extended illness He died Monday at St Joseph's Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor He was born March 18 1887 married Minnie Wagner Oct 30 1907 worked in blackshops Manchester Bridgewater Adrian and 18 years with Washtenaw County Road Commission He was a member of St Paul Evangelical and Reformed Saline Pittsfield Grange Survived by wife two daughters a son a brother and three sisters Burial in Oakwood cemetery Saline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockwood
Carl J. Schafer
Dell Rd
Lodi Township
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Ann Arbor
John
Mary Betzing Schafer
Minnie Wagner
Manchster
Bridgewater
Adrian
Wash
Maude. Polmenteer
Helen Dorsey
Arthur Fox
Detroit
Alvin Siemsen
Oakwood Cemetery
Salin
First Grade Sees Rotunda on Bus Excursion
The Saline Elementary School first grade traveled by bus to the Ford Rotunda for a Christmas display visit. Teachers and room mothers organized the trip and accompanied the students along with many named chaperones.
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Saline Elementary School
Ford Rotunda
Santa
Lilian Gilberts
Arnett
Kightlinger
Prater
Reimer
Freeman Vaughn
Monroe Phillips
Kenneth Volz
Hubert Beach
Lawrence Tucker
Saline Masons Plan Public Installation at Lodge Hall
The Saline Masons announce a public installation at the Lodge Hall on Tuesday 20 at 8 p.m. The event is led by install officers and invites members and the community.
Gremlin Goofs Twists Honor Roll Story in Observer
An OCR error misled the Observer into misplacing the seventh to ninth grade Honor Roll under another story about gifts for underprivileged children. The piece clarifies the grades were the actual Honor Roll scores of junior high students.
Hoover, Universal Pay Dividends
The Hoover Ball and Bearing Company and Subsidiaries board declared a 25 cent per share common stock dividend for the year ending December 31 1955. The dividend is payable December 22 to shareholders of record December 12. Universal Die Casting, now merged with Hoover, will pay dividends as a subsidiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover Ball and Bearing Company
Universal Die Casting
Hoover Company
Holiday program at Saline Elementary School
Everyone is invited to attend the Christmas program at Saline Elementary on Thursday December 15 at 4 00 pm. The 4th 5th and 6th grade rooms present self written plays with original songs and a chorus directed by Mrs. Marilyn Fry will sing numbers.
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Saline Elementary School
Marilyn Fry
Saline Hospital project awaits cash to break ground
Urgent plea to fulfil pledges to fund Saline's new general hospital as $125000 cash is needed to start. Total pledged $186612.90, with $43527.72 in hand. payments vary from outright to annual. Groundbreaking awaits substantial cash balance and continued donor support. The 30 acre site on the Mills estate near Russell Street.
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Saline
General Hospital
Harold A. Miller
The
Saline Community Hospital Association
Hospital Association
Frank S. Carson
Mills
Russell Street
Saline City Council Acts On Routine Matters In Special Session
In a Monday night special meeting Saline City Council addressed routine items and heard sub-contractors on the sewage disposal plant unpaid in full. The panel extended a 500 foot drainage line across Meister property and approved a gas pumps addition to Frank Carter’s $25,000 body shop. The council will meet the Board of Education in January to discuss school sites in planned developments and may receive a Harris Street end lot donation to connect the new street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline City
Xit
E. J. Muir
J.C. Little
Wm. Meister Proprty
Little
Frank Carter
Carter
Board of Education
Harris Street
New Street
Ann Arbor Street
Christmas Program At St Pauls Church Set for Sunday
St Pauls Church will present the pageant Sing For Joy this Sunday at 8 p.m. The Junior Department teams with Junior High and Junior choir will perform. Cast includes Mariann Burr John LaRue Lyl Wahl Boyd Girbach Edward Laudon and others with Mrs. Jaquieth directing the junior choir and Karen Taylor on piano. Mr Mitler and Kathleen Gall will sing solos.
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First Church School
St. Paul's. Church
Mariann Burr
John LaRue
Lyl Wahl
Boyd Girbach
Edward Laudon
Donald Dechert
Angels
Karen Taylor
John Mitler
Katrene Gall
J C's Christmas Dinner Set by Junior Chamber Tonight
Still's Grill hosts the Junior Chamber of Commerce annual Christmas dinner this Saturday evening. Members meet at 7:00 p.m. for a turkey dinner and are asked to bring a white elephant gift wrapped. Chairman James Be la17 affair is James Be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Still's Grill
Chamber of Commerce
Bela 17
James Be
Christmas Program at Methodist Church Christmas Eve
Members of the Church School at the Methodist Church will present a Christmas program on Christmas Eve at 7 30 p m It features tableaus of the Nativity speaking parts and songs by the choir and congregation The Nativity story unfolds in four episodes Episode I The prophecy of His Coming
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Methodist Church
Saline Tax Collection Dates and Dog License Note
Saline Township Treasurer lists tax collection dates for 1956 at Citizen's Bank Savings, Citizens, and home by appointment. Dog licenses with vaccination available. locations include Saline on January 14 February 11 February 25 and by appointment.
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Saline
Citizen’s Bank
The
Savings Bank
Citizens Bank
Saline Township
Language program and club plans at junior high
The Junior and Senior High School Room Mothers met in the high school English room chaired by Mrs. Clarence Johnson to review foreign language classes under Mrs. Swet and Mrs. Benish. They outlined the history of Christmas in Latin and Spanish and staged a Spanish dialogue with English translation. The group discussed dining plans for December 80 and senior and junior college concerns, with a dinner committee named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Johnson
Swet
Benish
Houghton
Jaquith
Lass
Clyde Desborough
Raymond Neithammer
Lawrence Boettner
Alfred Weisenreder
Ford Foundation
Homer Kuebler
Thechool
Cub Scouts Honored At Saline Elementary Meeting
In Saline Wednesday night at Saline Elementary School Cub Scouts received awards. Donald Dechert Hal Ceronsky John Scherdt Larry Grahan Jim Griffin earned Wolf Badges. Gold Arrow Awards went to Dechert Ceronsky Scherdt Harms. Silver Arrow Awards awarded to Ceronsky Keubler Hehnkow Armbruster Ford Armbruster. Service Stars listed for Keubler Beeterey Armbruster Harvey Fiook count Armbruster. They are making Christmas table decorations and Nut cups for the State Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saliné
Beacher
Saline Elementary School
Donald Dechert
Hal Ceronsky
John Scherdt
Larry Grahan
Jim Griffin
Hal ‘Ceronsky
Randy Harms
Jack Keubler
Paul Hehnkow
Wesely Armbruster
Tom Ford
Keith Armbruster
Richard Hoeft Training In Fort Riley
Army Pvt. Richard G. Hoeft 48 son of Mr and Mrs Owen A Hoeft of Saline Michigan is training with the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley Kansas He is a member of Company K in the division s 16th Regiment and entered the Army last September He graduated in 1953 from Saline High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Richard G. Hoeft
Owen A. Hoeft
E. Henry St. Saline, Mich
1St Infantry Division
Fort Riley
Kan
Hoeft
Saline High School
Student Named To Dean's List At Albion College
Jordan, a freshman from Hack Road, has earned dean's list honors at Albion College for a high scholastic average in the first half of the fall semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Howard
Truman
Hack Road
Albion College
Jordan
Albion
General Practice Doctors Needed For AMA Study
Dr J S DeTar of Milan told Washtenaw County Medical Society that the AMA will study creating departments of general practice as hospitals shift staff toward specialists. He reported the national group may refuse to accredit hospitals lacking competent general practitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
J. S. DeTar
Milan
Washtenaw County Medical Society
National Association
DeTar
State Medical Society
AMA
Also Mentioned on This Page
M.S.A
Eastern Star
Carl Schafer
Observer
Jmage
Hoover
Universal
Alance
P. O
Saline Savings Bank
Saline Hospital
St. Paul's
J.c’s
Paul Beetereley
Armbruster
John Harvey
Dales Fiook Cunt Oe
Richard Hoeft
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