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Newspaper

Saline Observer

Location

Saline, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1957

Page

3

Organic Farm And Garden Club Honors Earnest Reinold

Fifty four members and friends met December 16 as the Washtenaw Organic Farm and Garden Club honored Ernest Reinold on his 80th birthday. President Maynard Kay praised biodynamic farming and proper nutrition while citing Reinold as a living example of healthy living and soil stewardship.

Organic Farm and Garden Club Earnest Reinold Washtenaw Organic Farm ‘and Garden Club Maynard Kay Mr. Kay Kay Dorothy Brown Pleasant Lake Road Manchester Adele Davis Ernest Reimold South State Road Reimold

Saline Youth Named Great Lakes Recruit Squad Leader

Gerald C. Whitelock son of Hedley and Mrs Whitelock of 6564 East Michigan Ave Saline has been appointed squad leader of his recruit company at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center He wears a miniature rating insignia as a badge of authority during boot camp He is scheduled to graduate February 14 and is a 1957 Saline High School graduate.

Gerald C. Whitelock Hedley C. Whitelock Michigan Ave Saline Great Lakes Naval Training Center Gerald Saline High School James Knight Knight

Marine Pvt William L Kink Completes Training at Camp Pendleton

Marine Private William L. Kink son of Mr and Mrs Carl Carmel of 209 North Haring Street Saline completed four weeks of individual combat training on November 29 at Camp Pendleton California The course covered infantry tactics first aid demolitions field fortifications and advanced weapons schooling Trainees learn that all Marines are infantrymen whether in cooks typists truck driving or aviation units

William L. Kink Carl Carmel N. Haring St Saline Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton California

Births Announced for Kendall, Malenczack, Sailus and Kleyn

Keith Kendall is born November 28 to Mr and Mrs Kendall Rogers. Joseph Andrew Malenczack born December 5 to Mr and Mrs George P Malenczack. Stacy Ann Sailus born December 5 to Mr and Mrs Robert W Sailus. Julia Karen Kleyn born December 6 to Mr and Mrs Kenneth A Kleyn in Saline.

Keith Kendall Mrs. Kendall Rogers Joseph Andrew Malenczack George P. Malenczack Stacy Ann Sailus Robert W. Sailus Julia Karen Kleyn Kenneth A. Kleyn Saline

Brightlock Hospital Faces Bankruptcy Over Patient Shortage

St Johnsbury administrator Ralph Ross reports Brightlock Hospital with 53 beds has not averaged 50 patients per day since 1954. He says the institution is near bankruptcy due to the ongoing patient shortage.

ST. Johnsbury Ralph Ross Brightlock Hospital Ross

Macon Community Notes and Church Events

Macon lists include Rev. Donald Bates service times on Sunday with Sunday School at 10:00 and services at 11:00, youth meetings, and Women’s Society plans. Daily and weekend visits, parties, and upcoming marriage announcements frame local life plus officer meetings for Federated Church and Ladies Aid.

Donald Bates

Federated Church Christmas Program and New Year Meetings

Presbyterian and Baptist Federated Church held a Christmas program with morning and evening services led by Minister Henry McKenzie. Teachers introduced classes, and Santa Claus appeared before a closing hymn. Annual business meetings for the two denominations will occur in the first week of the new year with officers urged to prepare reports. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Sikes spent Christmas in Detroit with relatives.

Presbyterian and Baptist Federated Church Henry McKenzie Westminster Roy Montroy Federated Church Lina Kuder Willard Wedemeyer Karen Miller Charles Gorton Gerald Thomas Russell Collins Richard Santure Santa Claus Mrs Sherman Sikes Detroit Charles Green

Saddle bag linked to early Saline settler unveiled

Mrs. Merritt Martin donated a saddle bag once used by Orange Risdon, an early Saline settler who arrived in 1824 and ran a hotel by 1826, to the Ann Arbor Historical Society. Risdon’s bag was passed down through the Mead family, now tied to local history.

Merritt Martin Saline Orange Risdon Ann Arbor

Saline Fire Destroys Home. Rotary Junior Chamber Bowling Event Set

Fire at 2066 Waters Road caused by an overheated furnace destroyed the Albert Liska home with an estimated $15 000 loss. Sunday at 3 pm Saline Rotary Club and Junior Chamber of Commerce bowlers will duel for a prize dinner, losers paying. Clinton High School’s basketball team beat Saline 44 25 in Saline Friday. Local notes mention attendance at an International Harvester convention in Grand Rapids and a student raccoon home visit.

Saline Fire Department Albert Liska Waters Road Saline Rotary Club Junior Chamber of Commerce Clinton High School Saline

Christmas Program At Lodi Plains School Delights Audience

Two years ago the Lodi Plains School hosted a Christmas program with songs recitations and dialogues enjoyed by a packed audience. Santa distributed gifts and teacher Mrs. Gertrude Rohmer received praise for coordinating the entertaining program. During a sleet storm on Pleasant Lake Road a car ran low on gas and was struck by another vehicle injuring Mrs Schroen.

Lodi Plains Santa Gertrude Rohmer Pleasant Lake Road Lodi Town Hall Frank Beck Manchester Edward Schroen Schroen Millard Faulhaber

Quality Grocery Holiday Specials Read Like 1958 Ad

Holiday sale at Quality Grocery features naval oranges at 40 45 and 50 cents a dozen. Grape fruit 10 cents or 3 for 25 cents. Bob White soap five for 25 cents. Mention of Minnesota centennial celebration in 1958.

Local High School Resumes Basketball and Activities

Fifty years ago the high school hosts basketball games at the opera house starting with a match against Ypsilanti High School on January 3. The Reds vs Blues game is set for Thursday. The senior class stages The Ghost of an Idea Friday night. Mrs Hertler sold a farm east of town to Fred Kleinschmidt and will stay on the farm. A kitchen shower for Miss Lydia Klein was held at Mrs Weelper’s home with about 40 attendees.

Arthur Jacobsen Federated Church School University High School of Ann Arbor Saline U-High Opera House Ypsilanti High School Lydia Klein Mrs. Weelper

Christmas social notes from local families

Personal notes recount Christmas visits and holiday travel among families in the area. Alfred Gross, home from two years in the Army stationed in New Ulm Germany, is warmly welcomed back. Several other relatives gather for Christmas with family homes in Petersburg Arbor Cleveland and Ohio. Lucile DeRyke, former Milan Leader editor, sends a postcard from the S S Santa Rosd bound for Caracas.

Alfred Gross Waldo Gross New Ulm Germany Observer Lucile DeRyke Milan Lucile Caracas

Saline Area Church Schedule Update

Saline churches publish Sunday services with Bethel Evangelical and Reformed First Methodist and Trinity Lutheran schedules. Services include 10:00 a.m. worship, 11:00 a.m. Sunday School, Youth Fellowship, evening services, and Christmas Eve and Christmas Day programs led by pastors T W Menzel Robert D Richards and H L Engel.

Bethel Church Evangelical and Reformed T. W. Menzel First Methodist Church Robert D. Richards Charch School Trinity Lutheran Church H. L. Engel

Parish notices list church services and events

St Andrews Catholic Church announces 10:00 am Sunday Mass and a Christmas party 10:00 to 11:30 on Saturday December 21. St Pauls Church lists pastor Alvin Siemsen and 14:15 Church School classes. Holy Cross Episcopal Mission in Masonic Hall offers 9:00 am Worship. First Assembly of God led by G E Moore has church school at 10:00 am and services at 11:00 am and 7:30 pm in Saline Savings Bank.

St. Paul’s Church Alvin Siemsen Holy Cross Episcopal Mission Masonic Hall First Assembly of God G. E. Moore Saline Savings Bank

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