Community Band To Present Concert Under Summer Skies
The Saline Community Band directed by Arthur Katterjohn will give its second of three summer concerts on the school lawn Saturday at 7 30 PM. George Austin Jim Austin and Katterjohn lead a cornets trio performing Hecho Waltz with the band and Clifford P Lillya directs additional numbers including Our Director march and Concerto Overture.
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Saline Community Band
Arthur Katterjohn
George Austin
Jim Austin
Goldman
Harold Walters
Federated Ice Cream Social Planned for July 23
Final plans for a Federated Church lawn Ice Cream Social set for Wednesday evening July 23 are announced by Mrs. Maurice Henderson president of the Ladies Aid Society. General Chairman is Mrs. Arthur Jacobsen Circle I handles posters and serving. Mrs. Daniel Hall directs serving. Circle IIIs arrangement committee. Fish Pond chair Mrs. A W Cuff. Complete committee appointments to be announced next week.
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Federated Church
Maurice Henderson
Ladies Aid Society
Arthur Jacobsen
Circle I
Daniel Hall
A. W. Cuff
Golden Wedding Party for Domenick Tropea Held in Royal Oak
Over 500 guests attended the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Domenick Tropea in Royal Oak. The event at the home of James Tropea featured family members from Saline, friends, gifts, refreshments, singing, dancing, and fireworks amid a large Tropea clan.
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Domenick Tropea
Royal ‘Oak
James Tropea
Mt. Fi
Fred Wolfe
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Saline's Marionette Studio Posts New Show Each Year
Meredith Bixby runs a traveling marionette theatre from Saline in the old Opera House above the post office. He builds a new production each year for some 400 schools, beginning with story selection and action outline, then carving, costuming, painting five to six sets, and weeks of rehearsals. Visitors are welcome during the Saline Fair opening night where the Aladdin show will premiere this summer.
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Saline
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Meredith Bixby
Bixby
City Hall
New York City
Aline
New York State
Old York
Milan Road
Roy Bixby
Saline Voter Registration Hits High Mark
City Clerk Muir reports 943 Saline residents are registered to vote, about 90 to 100 percent of eligible voters. The Saline JCCs contributed by canvassing homes to boost registrations, likely achieving a record high.
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Muir
Saline
Saline Jcc’s
Saline General Hospital Births A Baby Boy
Mr and Mrs Michael Bennett of Ypsilanti announce the birth of a son born July 8 at Saline General Hospital. Also listed are medical staff Mrs Florine Hamonds Saline Will Barr Saline Phillipp Raymond Milan Clara Faust Saline and Gottloib Baucknecht Saline.
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Michael Bennett
Ypsilanti
Florine Hamonds
Will Barr
Phillipp Raymond
Milan
Clara Faust
Gottloib Baucknecht
Town Wealth Leads Nation in Per Capita Wealth
Town Wealth Town tops national rankings with the highest per capita wealth, signaling strong local prosperity and rising living standards across the community.
Citizens Bank Exhibit on Counterfeit Currency Display
During July 14 to 19 Citizens Bank will host a display from the U S Treasury Depart ment showing counterfeit and genuine currency. The exhibit aims to aid in currency detection and the public is invited to inspect the display in the bank lobby during banking hours.
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Citizens Bank
U.S. Treasury Department
Bon Voyage Shower Honors Esther Landwehr Before Europe Trip
A bon voyage shower for Miss Esther Landwehr was hosted by Mrs. Pauline Coates and Mrs. Fred Arend at Mrs. Roy Rogers home on July 3. Guests wrote letters for her to open before departing New York for Europe on July 14.
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Esther Landwehr
Pauline Coates
Fred Arend
Roy Rogers
Miss Landwehr
New York
Thyra Bixby
Clara Bredernitz
Carl Curtiss
Mildred Haswell
Leo Jensen
Minnie Kern
Helen Koebbe
Clara Lindenschmid
Sally “MacArthur
Ruth McCartery
Tema Moehn
Landwehr
Europe
This and That in Springtime Town Follies
A collage of light notes on local quirks and people. References include Marty Hem enway golf for a dollar a hole, Saline traffic humor, L. Z. Still morning routines, a wedding march suggestion, a cranberry of gossip about a misery man, and Oddities from the Saline hotel flower box and a growing bass.
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Saline Hotel
George Malinczak
Saline Auxiliary Hosts June Meeting and Study Plans
The June meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary Saline unit drew 20 members with Margaret Vance presiding. The group discussed radio programs, aid to a stranded family, and a $10 Teen-Age Club grant while noting 122 members on the rolls. Separately, University of Michigan planners launched July study on Saline volunteer groups to assess over or under organization, directing inquiries through the Saline newspaper.
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American Legion Auzsiliary
Wm. B. Lutz
Saline
Legion Home
Margaret Vance
Mary Fern Cogar, Jr
Auxiliary
W.P.A.G
Aux
Saline Fair
Mae Harrs
Saline Voluntary Association
PTA
American Legion
Rotary
Masons
Woman’s Clubs
Department of Community Adult Education
University of Michigan
Michigan
Howard McClusky
Fred Kerlinger
McClusky
Jensen
Kerlinger
Valley Farms Closes Picnic Area to Public
Saline Valley Farms has closed its swimming and picnicking facilities to all but permit holders. The action aims to reduce drowning risk and unsafe conditions from large crowds, insufficient lifeguard coverage, and heavy automobile traffic near children residing on and visiting the farm.
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Saline Valley Farms
Leutheuser Elected Saline Rotary President
The Saline Rotary installed new officers on June 26 with Henry Leutheuser as President and George Wood as Vice President. New board members include Gerald Coe, Leo Jensen, Edward Laudon, and others. The club will continue its crippled children's fund and support Rackham School equipment in Ypsilanti. Mr Donald Allen and family from Washington D C visited Saline, then to Crystal Lake.
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The
Saline Rotary
Henry Leutheuser
George Wood
Gerald Coe
William Crim
E. J. Muir
Leo Jensen
Edward Laudon
Francis Lockwood
Alwin Burkhart
Rotary
Crippled Children’s Fund
Steel Club
Rackham
Ypsilanti
Belt conveyors span over a thousand miles in American mines
The article notes that more than a thousand miles of belt conveyors are in use today in American coal mines, highlighting extensive mechanization across the industry.
Fritz Otto John Funeral Held In Saline Community
Otto John Fritz died July 2 after a lifetime in Saline. Funeral services were held July 5 at Lockwood Funeral Home with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. He was born September 30 1906 in Saline and married Ellen Scott on December 30 1944. Survivors include his wife daughter Delynn son David mother Mrs Katherine Fritz sister Mrs Arthur Alber brothers Clarence and Carl Fritz. He belonged to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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Otto John Fritz
Lockwood
Fritz
Saline
Ellen Scott
Delynn
David
Katherine Fritz
Arthur Alber
Clarence
Carl Fritz
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Oakwood Cemetery
H. L. Engel
City Notice for Noxious Weeds in Saline
City warns owners and occupants to cut and destroy all noxious weeds grass and brush on land within Saline limits by July 19 1952. Noncompliance makes parties liable for cutting costs billed to the property owner with payment due within 15 days of billing.
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City of
Saline
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