Recreation Baseball Team Forms for Boys Program
Summer recreation director Tom Johnston organized a boys baseball team for the recreation program. A Friday game schedule was disrupted last week by heavy holiday traffic. Players practicing include Jim Walters Butch Armbruster Bob Starling Hack Kuebler Calvin Carr Randy Carr Alan Coe Mike Bixby Jim Jordan Dave Hoeft Bill Starling George Reynolds George Miller Doug Hoeft Tom Richards Bob Vedder and Jim Griffin. A two game series is set for Thursday July 7 at Manchester starting 11 a m with Jim Walters and Butch Armbruster pitching and Bob Starling with Jack Kuebler catching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Johnston
Jim Walters
Butch Armbruster
Bob Starling
Hack Kuebler
Calvin Carr
Randy Carr
Alan Coe
Mike Bixby
Jim Jordan
Dave Hoeft
Bill Starling
George Reynolds
George Miller
Doug Hoeft
Tom Richards
Bob Vedder
Jim Griffin
Manchester
Butch Armbrusier
Jack Kuebler
Manches
Local Baseball Tryouts Announced With 5 P.M. Game
A 5 p.m. game is scheduled Friday with Doug Hoeft as pitcher and George Miller catching. Johnston invites anyone interested in the program to try out for baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston
School Board Election Set For Saline Area District
The Saline Area School District Six announces a Monday election in the gym for a three year trustee seat with two petitions from Dr. Gordon Prout and Dr. Harold Miller. A proposal to sell annexed district sites also appears. Voting runs from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM with an 8:00 PM annual meeting. Any registered elector may vote on trustees and any taxpayer on the proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area School Board
Gordon Prout
Harold Miller
Board of Education
Saline Area
Fentschier
Lodi Township
Union
Saline Township
Benton
Saline Two
Hammond
Legion Auxiliary Elects Officers At June Meeting
The American Legion Unit 2322 held its regular June meeting with twenty two members and two guests. Officers were elected and lists of new leaders include President Betty Finkbeiner and Vice Presidents Shirley Westphal and Verlie Osterhaut. District historian Mae Uphaus was elected at the Dundee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Unit 2322
Bernice Armbruster
Mary Koebbe
American Legion Auxiliary
Jerty Finkbeiner
Dorothy Finkbeiner
Rubena Hunt
Mae Uphaus
Louella Dell
Gwenyth Armbruster
Dundee
Betty Finkbeiner
Shirley Westphal
Verlie Osterhaut
Elaine Carter
Betty Trvat
Jean Goble
Martilyn Beach
Delores Molby
Sally MacArthur
Elletta Winkle
Marjorie Bredernitz
Gerald Coe
Rotary
Lester McCoy
Thursdaf
Paul Lambert
Harold Gray
William Crim
Don Ford
St Pauls Heifer Project Reaches Successful Climax
The St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church Heifer Project climaxed with a large Ice Cream Social. Contributions from church school pupils Country Store and donors funded the purchase. Funds left will help cover feed and inland transport costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul’s
Alwin Siemsen
Erwin Feldkamp
Germany
St Paul’s Church
St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Richard Weisenreder
Michigan
New York
Clarence Haarer
Edwin Feldkamp
Robert Groeb
Charles Schultz
Dr. Davis
Methodist Youth Officers Meet At Lake Camp
Seventy two conference and district officers from the Detroit Conference Methodist Youth attend Lake Huron Camp at Jeddo Michigan during June 26 to July 2 to train officers and set policies for over 20 600 youth. Ann Arbor District represents 15 percent. district president Sharon Starling of Saline represents the Ann Arbor group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Lake Huron
Jeddo
Michigan
Lower Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Ann Arbor
Sharon Starling
Saline
Ann Jirbor
Burkhardt Family Cottage Weekend Guests At Strawberry Lake
Mr and Mrs Alwin Burkhardt spent the holiday weekend at their cottage at Strawberry Lake. Their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Robert Sells and children of Ann Arbor were weekend guests. Mr and Mrs Norman Elfring and family spent the weekend in northern Michigan. A son Roger Spencer was born to Mr and Mrs Randall Coates at University Hospital on June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alwin Burkhardt
Strawberry Lake
Robert Sells
Ann Arbor
Norman Elfring
Northern
Michigan
Roger Spencer
Randall’Coates
University Hospital
Obituaries for Chauncey Fitzgerald and Lewis Scherdt
Chauncey FE Fitzgerald born January 1 1888 in Saline Michigan died June 27 1955 at Hillsdale Community Health Center. He married Lula Benson in 1905 lived as a barber in Saline later moved to Hillsdale area survived by wife daughter Irene Coler granddaughter Carol Lu Fitzgerald and brothers. son Ronald died 1942. Lewis F Scherdt born November 18 1871 in Freedom Township died July 4 195a at a convalescent home in Ypsilanti survived by daughter Mrs Raymond Larmee and son Kimmer with six grandchildren. funeral held July 4 at Loeswood Funeral Home with burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey FE. Fitzgerald
Saline
Michigan
Lela
Iva Hotchkin Fitzgerald
Lula DB. Benson
North Adams
Hillsdale County
Lickley’s Corners
Hillsdale
Hillsdale Community Health Center
Lewis F. Scherdt
Converesant
Ypsilanti
Raymond Larmee
Darlington
Ann Arbor
Mr. Scherdt
Freedom Township
Ludwig and
Fredericka Betz Scherdt
Lydia O. Jedele
Fosdick Named Brighton Coach in Multiple Sports
Harry Fosdick son of Mr and Mrs Max Fosdick accepts a coaching post in Brighton schools starting in the fall He will head the basketball program and assist with football and baseball He is a 1947 Saline High School and 1952 Michigan State Normal College graduate He served in the TLS Army with a Korea tour and will relocate with his wife Rosemary and infant son Mark Walter from Lansing to Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fosdick
Max Fosdick
Brighton
Mr. Fosdick
Saline High School
Michigan State Normal College
Ypsilanti
TLS
Korea
Rosemary
Mark Walter
Lansing
Tri-State Championship Stock Car Race at Jackson
Jackson Motor Speedway hosts a 50-lap 24-car Tri-State Championship race on Saturday night July 9 featuring drivers from Michigan Ohio and Indiana. Purse guarantees $1000 with 40 cents to win and a trophy. Last year Mike Gray of Bryan Ohio claimed the men's share of a $1500 purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Motor Speedway
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Mike Gray
Bryan
Jets Roar Over Town Seek Home of Old Buddy
Four U S Navy Blue Angels Cougar Jets thundered over Saline on a detour while en route to their Pensacola base. They rode to locate John Flook of Water Work Road and visited Wayne Major Airport in Detroit before resuming flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy
Saline
U.S. Navy
Blue Angels
Detroit
John Flook
Water Work Road
Richard Cormier
Flook
Navy
Look
Wayne Major
Steer dies from severe heat in district steer club
A steer owned by Ronnie Paul of the Rotary sponsored Steer Club died Monday due to extreme heat. Ronnie Paul is the son of Oscar Paul of Textile Rd. The animal was insured and being appraised. Ronnie plans to buy another of his father’s steers to finish the year and enter the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Paul
Ronnie
Oscar Paul
Textile
Saline Boy In Critical Condition After Car Overtune
A 1955 Oldsmobile carrying four youths left Jordan and Arkona Roads last Wednesday night, struck a stump, flipped four times, and stopped near Elton Osborne’s yard. Dan Larson 16 suffered multiple fractures and brain concussion and remained critical at University Hospital Ann Arbor. Nancy Reveling was treated and released, while Billy Meister and Mary Ruby also treated for bruises and released. Police say speed between 90 and 100 mph preceded the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Larson
Saline
Jordan
Arkona
Larson
University Hospital
Nancy Keveling
Bill Meister
Mary Ruby
Washington D.C
Elton Osborne
Ann Arbor
Nancy Reveling
Billy, Meister
Local Man at ROTC Camp in Kentucky
Gerald Haarer son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Haarer of Michigan Ave Sa line Mich is at Fort Campbell Ky for six weeks of field work as part of ROTC cadet training He attends Michigan State College and the stay will include more than 1500 cadets from 29 colleges and universities in the midwest and mid-south The program emphasizes leadership development alongside military subjects such as map reading and military law
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Haarer
Clarence Haarer
Michigan Ave. Saline, Mich
Fort Campbell, Ky
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Fort Campbell
Midwest
Mid—South Area
Jaycees Sell Brooms and Brushes Here July 11 12
The Saline Jaycees announce a sale of brooms and brushes on July 11 and 12. They partner with the Detroit Blind Products Company which hires blind workers. Items are described as high quality and priced reasonably, with most club members taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Saline Jaycees
Blind Products Company of
Detroit
The
Guild Honors Older Members at St Pauls Church
The Women s Guild of St Paul s Church plans a lawn meeting for older members on July 12 hosted by Mrs Ruben Pink. Mrs Carl Moehn leads the devotion program and hostesses include Mrs Amanda Mayer Mrs Lewis Mleinsmidt Miss Esther Landwher and others. If it rains the event moves to the church basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Guild of
St. Paul’s Church
Ruben Pink
Beiner
Amanda Mayer
Lewis Mleinschmidt
Esther Landwher
Charles Kern
Elmer Lange
Alwin Siemsen
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Legion Auxiliary
Donna Mae Wahl
Girls State
Save the Children” Federation
Methodist
Lake Camp
Kkimer
Chelsea
Darlingtom Lutheran Church
Loeswood Funeral Home
Rev
IL. Engel
Oakwood Cemetery
Jackson
Robt
Stull
Andrews Sr
Pensacola
Florida
Ticok
Washtenaw County
Ington
D.C
Haarer
Michigan State College
Carl Moehn
Christian Social Service
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