Organize Jr Chamber of Commerce Formed in Saline
A junior chamber of commerce was organized in Saline after a Thursday evening meeting at St Pauls church recreation rooms. Lee Robison was named president with Erwin Schmid as vice president Armaine Westphal treasurer Myron Gallagher Jr secretary and Richard Michalke on the board of directors Kenneth Heininger and Lawrence O Quiment of the Ann Arbor Junior Chamber attended and spoke on aims and purposes. A Saline Hotel meeting on February 27 will present a draft constitution and by laws with Ann Arbor providing the program and entertainment. Membership committee includes Lawrence Deede and Richard Michalke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
Ladies Aid Society Bazaar Planned at Federated Church
Mrs Ronald Tower president of the Ladies Aid Society announces a bazaar rummage sale and leaked goods sale at Uphaus Electrical Shop this Saturday March 1. Articles may be left with the committee or brought to the sale. REV LOEW TO SPEAK Saturday morning. The banquet will begin at noon and the bazaar rummage counters stay open all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Tower
Ladies Aid Society of the Federated Church
Loew
Schools plan uniform aviation course for public schools
Michigan teacher-training colleges will map a uniform aviation course for public schools. Dr. Eugene B. Elliott said aviation industry representatives the Civil Aeronautics Authority and the State Department of Aeronautics would meet college officials on March 14 and 15. A non-technical general course may be needed but most concepts could fit into existing subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Eugene B. Elliott
Aviation Industry
Civil Aeronautics Authority
State Department of Aeronautics
Elliott
Junior Livestock Feeding Club Elects New Officers
The Junior Livestock Feeding club held a meeting at the high school on Thursday evening electing Eldean Fink pbeiner president Bruce Arend vice president Donald Wiedman secretary and Max Ross treasurer The group authorized two new feeding clubs lamb feeding and pig feeding to be detailed before entry Meetings will be on the second Monday each month Directors are Clarence Haarer Arthur jeininger Arthur Hagen Dan Levleit and Carl Curtiss with Charles Osgood as club leader
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldean Finkpbeiner
Bruce Arend
Donald Wiedman
Max Ross
Clarence Haarer
Arthur Ieininger
Arthur Hagen
Dan Levleit
Carl Curtiss
Charles Osgood
Annual Meeting of Community Fair
The Community Fair Association will hold its annual meeting at Saline High School on Thursday evening March 6. Officers will be elected and other business transacted. All interested residents are urged to attend and support the project. Partners in the area are especially urged to participate in fair conduct and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Association
the Saline High School
Valentine Party At Linnea Simonson Home
A Valentine party was held at the home of Miss Linnea Simonson last Thursday evening. She invited nine girl friends to spend the evening. Refreshments were served at tables attractively set with Valentine favors and colors. Linnea attends Ann Arbor Business College. Mr and Mrs Anthony Gordon left Saturday the 15th for Cincinnati Ohio to visit the latter's niece Mrs Nick Kinney and family. They will be gone about one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnea Simonton
Linnea
Ann Arbor Business College
Anthony Gordon
Cincinnatti, O
Nick Kinney
Father and Son Banquet Planned by St Pauls Church
Preparations for the annual Father and Son Banquet at St Pauls Church are nearly complete with strong attendance expected. Committees from the Brotherhood Women’s Guild and Ladies Aid Society have joined to plan an entertaining program a pleasant atmosphere and a banquet. Arthur Heininger will toastmaster and Reverend Cornelius Loew of Bethlehem Evangelical and Reformed Church in Ann Arbor will speak. The Rev Loew previously served as a chaplain before his current duties. The article also praises a recent clothing drive led by Boy Scouts Joseph Bondise and supported by Michigan Council of Churches with local coordinators Mrs Berkley Mrs Woodbridge Mrs Lather and Mrs Fritz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
Brotherhood, Women's Guild
Ladies Aid Society
Arthur Heininger
Cornelius Loew
Bethlehem Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ann Arbor
Loew
Ann Arbor Church
Joseph Bondise
Michigan Council of Churches
Berkley
Federated Church
Woodbridge
Methodist Church
Lather
The
Trinity ,Lutheran Church
Fritz
Decatur Reader Letters on Tax Burdens and Laws
Herschel Campbell renews subscription to the Decatur Republican and explains his financial strain caused by a web of taxes and fees. He lists business, amusement, income, insurance, license, and charity levies, plus various societal obligations, claiming laws exhaust his funds and leave him unable to send a check. He laments overbearing scrutiny and boycotts while noting he could not enclose payment except for a scarce loan of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Mich
Herschel Campbell
Decatur Republican
Republican
Red Cross
Black Cross
Purple Cross
The
Double Cross
Rotary Has Farmers Day at Saline Rotary Club
About eighty members and guests attended a Saline Rotary Club dinner meeting in the enlarged Saline Hotel dining room with Dr. Downs from Michigan State College as guest speaker. He discussed plant breeding, genetics in crops, rust resistant oats, and the long-term nature of research projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
Dowrs
Dr. Downs
Downs
Saline Hotel
World Day of Prayer Observance in Saline
The World Day of Prayer service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Federated church auditorium Saline. Women from St Pauls Methodist and the Federated church will join with the three church pastors wives taking part. Special music and a global program by church women groups support migrant work literature and other projects. All women are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
Federated Church
St. Paul’s Church
The
Methodist Church
National Committee of Church Women
Foreign Missions Conference
National Council of Church Women
Council of Women For Home Missions
Christian Literature
Women’s Union
Orient
United States
Gottlieb Hertler Dies at 75 Farmed in Saline Since 1884
Gottlieb Hertler 75 a Saline area farmer died last Thursday morning. Born June 18 1872 in Wurtemberg Germany he arrived in the United States as a youth with parents John George and Margaret Iusz Hertler and settled in 1884. He was a Trinity Lutheran member and survived by two sisters Mrs Fréd Kleinschimdt York township and Mrs Fred Schleh Ann Arbor township. Funeral 1:30 pm Saturday at Lockwood funeral home Rev H L Engel officiating with burial in Oakswood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottlieb Hertler
Wurtemberg
Germany
John George
Margaret Iusz Hertler
Hertler
Trinity Lutheran Church
Barbara Steiner
Primary tally shows Breakey ahead of Payne in county race
In a sparsely attended election 60 votes were cast for two Circuit Judge nominees Judge Breakey received 49 votes and Judge Payne 11. Saline township cast 37 ballots with 33 for Breakey and 4 for Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breakey
Payne
Saline Township
Mrs Warner Hosts Saline Woman's Club Meeting
Mrs. Edward Warner entertained the Saline Woman's Club on Tuesday afternoon at her home. President Mrs. J. N. Lewis led the session. Mrs. Rudolph Hertler reviewed Who Walk Alone, a Perry Burgess book for the Leonard Wood Memorial Association studying leprosy. The talk noted about 1000 US cases, three million worldwide, and the history and treatment of leprosy. Cont'd on Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Warner
Saline Woman's Club
J. N. Lewis
C. H. Miller
Rudolph Hertler
Perry Burgess
Leonard Wood
General Wood
Philippines
American Legion Auxiliary
Foundation
Ned Langford
Ozarks
United States
Near East
Manilla
Ned
Music Club Sets February Meeting and Schubert Recital
The Stude Music Club met at Mrs. Wilma Hinderer’s home with roll call by Car lene Hinderer. Members reported finances and plans include a Schubert recital. A program followed with several named performers and a prize awarded to Billy Anderson. Fire department responded to two calls in Saline with minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stude Music Club
Wilma Hinderer
Carlene Hinderer
Marie Sacks
Donna Wahl
Donna
the Mocking Bird
Donald Jeppeson
the Bee
Darlene Klumpp
Billy Anderson
Saline Fire Department
Platt Village
Brute
Johnson
Washtenaw Poultrymen Enter Chicken of Tomorrow Contest
Washtenaw County poultrymen may enter the national Chicken of Tomorrow program with a flock of 50 chicks hatched April 23. The contest, spanning ten states, offers a $5,000 grand prize in 1948 plus regional awards. J M Moore of Michigan State College chairs the state committee. D D Slade leads the national effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtenaw
D. D. Slade
Washtenaw County
Slade
J. M. Moore
Extension Poultryman
Michigan State College
East Lansing
A & P Food Stores
Michigan
Census Bureau
Independents Edge Saline in Rough Hospital Tilt
The Saline Independents led 22 to 10 after three quarters but the State Hospital team seized the late rally, winning 27 to 26. George Everett top scored for Independents with 10 points, while Lander and Bishop added 8 for the Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline Independents State Hospital
Hospitalers
George Everett
Everett
Lander
Bishop
Ypsilanti Hospital
Armstrong
Spence
Williams
Christier
Dornbush
Koebbe
Brassow
Hirth
Filkins
Rogers
Winkle
G Dechert
Uphaus
Wiedman
Saline Child Study Club hears talk on dental care
The Saline Child Study Club met Tuesday evening at Mrs. Clarence Johnson’s home with Dr. Joseph Hartsook presenting “Dental Care of Children.” He noted many defects can be detected and corrected early and emphasized x rays to find hidden cavities and misaligned teeth. Hostesses were Mrs. Ray Niles and Mrs. Clare Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline Child Study Club
Clarence Johnson
Joseph Hartsook
Ray. Niles
Clare. Collins
U of M Speaker Here Friday at Father and Son Banquet
Professor Hempstead Bull of the University of Michigan Engineering Department will headline the Father and Son banquet at Federated church dining room Friday at 7 00 p m. Ferman Clements will toast the sons and his son Wayne will reply with a fathers toast. The program includes musical numbers and motion pictures with dinner served by the Ladies Aid Society of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead Bull
University of Michigan
Federated Church
Ferman Clements
Wayne
Ladies Aid Society of the Church
Crosley Car Enters Full Production and Design Range
The Crosley automobile, radically different in conception and manufacturing, is in full production. Hermert Teachout, owner of the Ypsi Body Shop and Crosley distributor, calls it a small marvel for efficiency and comfort. It features four deep pig-skin seats, a low center of gravity, and easy handling. The Navy designed 26.5 horsepower engine weighs under 150 pounds and is water cooled with a valve-in-head four cylinder, 5-bearing balanced crankshaft. All Crosleys arrive in Duv Gray, are streamlined, and claim up to fifty miles per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosley
Tmerbert Teachout
Ypsi
United States Navy
Funeral held for Eugene D. Youngs 77
Funeral services were held for Eugene D. Youngs 77 at his home in Ypsilanti after a long illness. Survivors include Mrs. Ethel Stoddard of Saline and Mrs. Hleda Armstrong of Stony Creek as listed in the notice. A Milan Choir concert is set for Sunday evening at the Saline Methodist church with W.S.C.S. officers to be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
D. Youngs
Ypsilanti
Ethel Stoddard
Saline
Hleda Armstrong
Stony Creek
Milan
Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
Girbach Takes Three Firsts at State Show
Saline farmer Girbach and Frank McCalla of Ann Arbor led five blue ribbons at the State Farmers Week Barrow show in East Lansing. McCalla won first in middleweight barrow pen and single barrow, with second in middleweight carcass. Girbach claimed three firsts in lightweight pen, single, and carcass plus reserve grand champion carcass. Marian Hagecorn of Sturgis won grand champion heavy weight barrow and pen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest. Girbach
Frank McCalla
Ann Arbor
East Lansing
Girbach
Marian Hagecorn
Sturgis
Death of John M. Ottimer in Scio township
John M. Ottimer, 76, of Scio township died Saturday night after a weeklong illness. Born February 22, 1870, in Saline he lived much of his life in Ann Arbor. Survived by two sons Raymond J. and LaVerne C., a grandson Russell J. Ottmer, a step daughter Mrs Annette Broders on of Detroit, and sister Mrs Fred Weisenger of Saline. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at Muehlig funeral chapel,Ann Arbor, with Rev. Clarence Hahn officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Ottmer
Scio Township
Saline
Ann Arbor
Wilhelmina Bucholz
Raymond J
LaVerne C
Russell J. Ottmer
Annn Arbor
Annette Broderson
Detroit
Fred Weisenger
Salire
Muehlig
Clarence Hahn
Aktor, O
Fairview Cemetery
Mrs Frank Kress Funeral Held for local resident
Funeral services were held Friday for Mrs. Frank Kress of 13450 Pleasant Lake Road who died February 10 at St Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor. Survived by husband, one son James at home and daughter Mrs Joseph Brooks of Manchester. six sisters and one brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kress
Pleasant Lake Road
St. Joseph’s Mercy, Hospital
Ann Arbor
James
Joseph Brooks
Manchester
Arthur Gillett
Charles Heimerdinger
William Walker
Wolf Lake
Ivan Alford
Detroit
Walter Bloom
Freedom
Louis Kuebler
Saline
Frederick Uphaus
Citrus Rich Valley Exudes Sun Amid Frosty Texas Scene
In San Benito Texas the Valley stretches along the Rio Grande with palm bordered highways and grapefruit and orange orchards. Growers face light rainfall and irrigation needs while fruit laden roads invite travelers to sample roadside harvests. Churches plan to ship a carload of citrus to an orphanage as L A Catey notes the Gulf of Mexico and waterways enhance the region’s fishing allure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland
San Benito
Brownsville
Texas
Rio Grande
Gulf of Mexico
L.A
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Organize Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Lee Robison
Eldean Finkbedner
Livestock Club
Rotary Has
Michigan State
World Day of Prayer
Mrs. Warner
Woman’s Club
Music Club
U. of M
Barrow
John M. Ottimer
Max Collins
San Sewtre, Texas
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