Saline Week Echoes Sixties Headlines and Oddities
Sixty years ago this week Saline readers saw a mix of curiosities and notes from the era. Items mention beer cravings, four million bunches of whananias, a carload of corn stock, lost gold-bowed flasses, and plans by the Ann Arbor Railroad to sell special Inauguration excursion tickets. Also described are Madagascar curfews, an Ordinance 140 inquiry, and 50 years prior reflections on Senator Alger’s death and Roosevelt’s sympathy. The column touches butter prices, a joke about a size 3 shoe on a size 6 foot, and local mentions of electric poles and March wire arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bond
Ann Arbor Railroad
Washington
Oma Way
Enthusiasm Builds for Indoor Baseball Series in Opera House
Indoor baseball circles show growing zeal with three fast teams formed for a weeks long run in the opera house. Local players include Roy Rogers Charles Burkhardt John Schieh Walter Fowler and Martin Fucss. A Grand Rapids restaurant sign reads WADE WRIGHT INN and spring advice is noted. A cutter and buggy for sale stands beside a local Ford dealer ad progress marches on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Roy Rogers
Charles Burkhardt
John Schieh
Walter Fowler
Martin Fucss
Grand Rapids
Wade-Wright-Inn
Forde
Teaching Jobs Now Open On Overseas Bases
A 1937 item notes teaching openings for U S Air Force dependents overseas with interviews at the University of Michigan February 4 to 8. Requirements include a bachelor’s from an unaccredited school and two years of field teaching, with ages 23 to 50 for men and 23 to 40 for women. Assistant and salary details cited. housing and travel provided.
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U.S
Vhosis Overseas
University of Michigar
Civil Service Commission
Selfridge Air Force Base
Mich
George Manchester
Bureau of Appointments
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
McKeldin to Speak at Lincoln Day Dinner in Ann Arbor
Governor Theodore McKeldin, a leading Republican figure and possible 1960 vice presidential candidate, will headline the Lincoln Day Dinner in Ann Arbor. The event, sponsored by the Washtenaw County Republican Committee, features a reception line with candidates and includes remarks by committee leaders and local supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo. McKeldin
Lincoln
Ascmhlalusua
McKeldin
Hisenhower
Maryland
Baltimore Harbor
C. Corralius Williams
Lyndon Welch
Fred Coller
Patriia Newkirk Hardy
Robert J. Wellam
Thomas A. Fitzgerald
Ann Arbor
Kenneth Magee
Ann
Party Honors State Employee's Service At Ypsilanti Hospital
Claud Mead among nine retirees from Ypsilanti State Hospital after 23 years of service. A farewell party was held Tuesday at the American Legion Home with gifts exchanged to remember his colleagues. The Mead couple then planned visits to Barton City cabin and Pass Christian Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Mead
Ypsilanti State Hospital
Mead
American Legion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Madagascar
Michigan
Senator Alger
Roosevelt
Business Pointer
Max Fosdick
Indiana
Saline High School
Knight’s
Hammond
Ernest Gilbert
Custer
Rifle Club
W. D Cook
Saline Hatchery
Sangsters
Yosi Roosevelt
Wayne Clement
Harry Fosdigk
Jaycee’s
Pat Roesch
JCC
Mary Meister
Queen of
L. Z. Still
Ernest Girbach
Girbach
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Baltimore
Govints Keldin
Eisenhower
Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
National Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
Hed
Sydney Hollander Foundation
Aaward
National Conference of Christianity and Jews
Massachusetts
University of Maryland
Johns Hopkins
Chelsea
Sylvester Leonard
Augusta
Stanton Roesch
Manchester
United States
Mount Evans
Colorado
University of Denver
Army
Margaret Shea
Tuttle Hill Road
Margaret
Lincoln Consolidated High School
Iona
Ypsilanti Hospital
Ggnvict
Dodge, Chrysler & Imperial
Herbert Teaghout
Oa Re
Kk Wes Ass Ing
East Michigan Ave
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