Oscoda visit highlights social guests
Bruce Carr was a guest last week at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Saran at Oscoda. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Karner and Sandra visited at Curtiss last week. Mrs. Alwin Gross is spending Thursday and Friday at the home of her sister Mrs. John Spetter in Detroit. Mrs. Max Haswell and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gray are spending some time at the family cottage at Crystal Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Carr
Richard Saran
Oscoda
Henry Karner
Sandra
Curtiss
Alwin Gross
John Spetter
Detroit
Max Haswell
Harold Gray
Crystal Lake
Jaycees Hold Picnic at Wamplers Lake and Dinner Plan
The Jaycees enjoyed a picnic at Wamplers Lake last Thursday for outgoing and incoming officers. On Thursday July 8 they will hold a dinner at the Saline Hotel to install officers and present Teen-Age Road-eo awards to winners.
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Wamplers Lake
Saline Hotel
Busy Workers 4 H Club Holds First Meeting
The Busy Workers 4 H Club met at leader Reva Robison's home on Friday June 11. Officers elected for summer: President Carolyn Carr Vice President Jud ge Reid Secretary Beulah Robison Treasurer Jean Reid Reporter Ruth Lutz. Ione Carr led song and 13 members enrolled. Frieda Braun named County Council delegate with Ruth Lutz as alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reva Robison
Carolyn Carr
Judge Reid
Beulah Robison
Jean Reid
Ruth Lutz
Ione Carr
Frieda Braun
Bernice
Junior Livestock Club Elects Officers at June Meeting
The first Junior Livestock Club session met Friday June 11 at Kirk Gordon home. Officers elected for the year include President Charles Robison Vice President Leroy Burleson Secretary Kirk Gordon Treasurer Sharon Burleson Reporter William Lutz. Lutz named delegate to County Council Convention with Sharon Burleson as alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk Gordon
Albert Gall
Dwight Carr
Clarke Gordon
Charles Robison
Leroy Burleson
Sharon Burleson
William Lutz
County Council
Saline Area School District Announces July 12 Election
The Saline Area School District 6 Fractional notifies qualified electors of an annual school election and meeting on July 12, 1954. Polls from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at Saline Area High School Gym. Trustees to fill two three year terms. annual meeting at 8:30 P.M. Bernice T. Merchant, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notich
Saline Area
Saline
Benish Named Pastor at Saline Methodist Church
Rev F F Benish appointed by the Detroit Annual Conference to succeed Rev Reginald Feuell who retires. He comes from Stockbridge with wife Marion and daughter Elizabeth Anne. A welcome reception is set for Thursday at 8:00 p.m. with the W S C S in charge of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline Methodist Church
Detroit
Bridge Club Entertained at Armbruster Home
Mrs Mabel Stierle and Mrs Arthur Armbruster hosted their bridge club at Mrs Armbruster's home Monday evening. Thomas Schurtz is a patient at St Joseph Hospital in Ann Arbor for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Stierle
Arthur Armbruster
July Council Meeting Rescheduled to July 6
The regular July Council meeting will be moved back to Tuesday evening July 6 due to the Fourth of July. E. J. Muir, City Clerk.
Fair Board Plans Premium Book and Pony Exhibit
The Saline Fair Board met at the school on Monday evening June 28 with few members present. They outlined plans for a premium book to be printed before Labor Day and a new pony exhibit in a tent provided by Detroit Edison. Caps with Fair advertising will again be distributed to Saline area children. Work on the premium book should occur in late July as the board aims for a bigger and better Fair this year.
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Detroit Edison
Fair
Saline
Ann Taylor
Wamplers Lake
Jack Hayes
Hayes
Chelsea
Dexter
Stockbridge
Manchester
Grass Lake
Coach Hayes
Owen Hoeft
Lucky Dollar Placed In Saline Store
A Lucky Dollar was placed in the Saline Food Center Store Tuesday. A Detroit Times representative brought the dollar to Saline and asks readers who holds the winning dollar.
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Saline Food Center
Detroit Times
Mrs. Lee Irelan dies after illness in Ann Arbor
Mrs. Lee G. Irelan 39 died Sunday afternoon at St Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor after a long illness. Born March 15 1915 in Deerfield she married Lee G Irelan on November 11 1939. The family home is in Saline Township. Surviving: husband daughter Karlene Kay Irelan brother Kay Krane Clinton sister Mrs LeRoy Tirb Clinton. Private funeral held at Lockwood Funeral Home with Rev Frank Benish. burial in Deerfield Cemetery.
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Alice B. Trelan
Lee G. Irelan
St. Joseph’s
Mercy Hospital
Ann Arbor
Michigan Ave
Saline Township
Irelan
Deerfield
Carl
Ella Welch Krane
Tecumseh
Karlene Kay Irelan
Kay Krane
Clinton
LeRoy Tirb
Lockwood Funeral Home
Frank Benish
Deerfield Cemetery
Anniversary Services Mark Evangelical Home Founder’s Day
Miss Esther Landwehr attended the 75th anniversary services for the Evangelical Home for Orphans and Old People on West Outer Drive Detroit. She visited her aunt who resides at the same home during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Landwehr
The
Evangelical Home For Orphans and Old People
West Outer Drive
Detroit
Evangelical Home
Lifelong Saline Resident Dies at 79
John George Finkbeiner, 79, longtime Saline resident, died Wednesday at his daughter’s home in Freedom Township. Born April 24, 1875, in Saline Township, he married Christina Davis in 1911. Survived by wife, two sons Edward and Paul, three daughters, two brothers, a sister, 17 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Lockwood Funeral Home. burial in St. James Cemetery.
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John George Finkbeiner
Roy Bihlmeyer
Sehneider Road
Freedom Township
Mr. Finkbeiner
Saline Township
Sebastian
Charlotte Finkbeiner
Christina Davis
St. James
Manchester
Paul
Detroit
Bihlmeyer
Oscar Hirth
South Lyon
Elmer Blumenhardt
Whittaker
Gottlieb Finkbeiner
Saline
Roy Fischer
Ann Arbor
Lockwood Funeral Home
Frederick Engeldorfer
St. James Cemtery
Mrs Royal and family head to Ohio for visit
Mrs. Robert Royal and her children left Friday for Youngstown Ohio for several days. Mr and Mrs Walter MacArthur left Saturday to visit their daughter and husband in Tullahoma Tennessee. Lenore will join them for a short visit afterward.
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Robert Royal
Youngstown
Ohio
Walter MacArthur
Tullahoma
Tenn
Lenore
Saline County history group honors founder and tours mill
The Washtenaw Historical Society honored Saline pioneer Orange Risdon with a dedication plaque during a Saturday tour at Schuyler Mill built in 1845 by Schuyler Haywood. Blanche Mead, Risdon’s great granddaughter, attended. the site later became a summer theatre.
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Blanche Mead
Orange Risdon
Washtenaw Historical Society
Miss Mead
Larry Lange
Owen Armbruster
Saline
Clever Bald
Chicago
Battle Creek
Risdon
The
Historical Society
Schuyler Mill
Schuyler Haywood
Barnegat
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Willing Workers Club Meets at R Hammond Home
The Willing Workers Club gathered at Mrs. Robert Hammond’s home on Thursday, June 17. President Mrs. Glenn Gordon led the meeting with songs, devotionals, and roll call answered by 38 members, with reports approved and new committees named for the coming year.
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Willing Workers Club
Robert Hammond
Glenn Gordon
Carl Curtiss
Claude Gilbert
Lloyd Carey
Otto Hagans
Lorena Mheininger
Ida Mehler
Helen Robison
Gertrude Robison
Molly Gordon
Phyliss
Beulah Robi
W S C S Circles Plan July Meetings
The Dorcas circle meets July 6 at 1:00 p.m. at Mrs Le land Graf for a dessert luncheon. The Mary L circle meets July 6 at 8:00 p.m. with Mrs Frank Carter. The Ruth circle also meets July 6 at 8:00 p.m. at Mrs Martin Blair. Esther circle has no meetings in July or August.
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Methodist Church
Dorcas
Leland Graf
Mary L
Frank Carter
Ruth
Martin Blair
Esther
Siemsen Couple Attend 75th Anniversary in Detroit
Reverend and Mrs Alvin Siemsen attended a 75th anniversary celebration in Detroit on Sunday. The home is located on West Outer Drive in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Siemsen
Evangelical Home For Orphans and
Detroit
West Outer Drive
Club meeting features western and Florida trip slides
Mrs Everett Munroe hosted a club gathering with colored slides from a western trip by Mr and Mrs Ardis Heininger and from their Florida visit. Members enjoyed the pictures and music. A luncheon was served and the annual picnic is planned for July with details to be announced after committee decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Munroe
Ardis Heininger
Munroe
Florida
Hazel Scudder
Corr
Secy
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Harold Hertler
Albert Church
Milan Church
Ypsilanti
First Presbyterian Church
Joyce Bredernitz
Monroe
Doris Hertler
Mary Hertler
Donald Dusbiber
East Ann Arbor
Donald J. Dusbiber
Delmar Hertler
Ted Boggs
Robert Hunt
Ainsworth
Circle
Emil Bair
Pontiac
Joanne Wilson
Ypsilanti Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Beverly Kennon
Petersburg
Leon Greashaber
Willard Hertler
Willard Kohler
Georgina Motion
Faye Staeb
Dean Russell
Church
Edgewood St
East
Saline High School
Michigan State Normal College
Jefferson Consolidated School
Mr. Church
Romulus High School
Marine Corps
Ford Motor Plant
Carol Wright
Teen Canteen
Community Chest
Bernice Armbruster
Eunice Armbruster
Jack Graff
Bob Klueter
Jane Burdick
Shirley Hagen
George Seeger
Masonic Lodge
Harold Armbruster
Jaycee Notes
Marker
Bernice T. Merchant
Saline Board of Education
F. F. Benish
Rev
Feuell
Rev. F. F. Benish
E. J. Muir
Lee Irelan
County Historical Society
W.W
R. Hammond
W.S.C.S. News
St. Paul’s Church
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