600 Thousand War Heroes Returning by Air from Casablanca
Casablanca becomes homeward gateway for 600000 American veterans from Europe via Air Transport Command Green Project. Brigadier General Stowell leads plan to fly 40000 men monthly by August, using C 54s from a busy one mile airstrip. Soldiers, pilots, and support crews pass through Camp Dushan while awaiting flights home or to the Pacific.
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Europe
Pacific
Air Transport Command
Casablanca
Stowell
Yalta
ATC
Atlantic
Bermuda
Azores
Sahara
Morocco
Anfa
Italy
Berlin I
Vienna III
Verona
Salzburg
Belgrade
Husky Ely Youngkin
T/5
Monroe
Towa
Pisa
Bernadine Smith
Sgt
Blevin White
Charlottesville
Milan
Gage
Marakech
Camp Dushane
North Africa
Redross
Petroit
United States
Detroit Conservatory Hires Miss Spindler as Piano Teacher
Miss Lucille Spindler has been accepted as a piano teacher at the Detroit Conservatory of Music. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Conservatory last year and is pursuing a master's degree while teaching. She is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Spindler and a Saline High School graduate from the class of 1938.
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Lucille Spindler
Detroit Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
Miss Spindler
Mary Spindler
The
Saline High School
Michigan Peach Crop Prospects Show Strong Fruit Quality
Reports indicate Michigan peaches suffered little from recent adverse weather and remain strong, with the largest national peach crop on record expected this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Memorial for Marine Robert William Heusel at St Pauls
A large gathering attended a memorial service at St Pauls Evangelical and Reform church on July 8 for Robert William Heusel of the U S Marine Corps who was killed May 15 on Okinawa. The funeral included readings, a sermon, and musical tributes. Heusel, born December 1 1924 in Ann Arbor, served from 1943 in radio and boot camp then deployed to Pearl Harbor and campaigns in Iwo Jima, Guam, Palau, and Okinawa where he died. He is survived by his parents, a sister Nancy, and grandmothers Hensel and Burkhardt. Memorial fund contributions were received in lieu of flowers.
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St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Pfe
Robert William Heusel
United State Marine Corps
Okinawa
Island
Alvin Siemsenx
C. H. Wittbracht
Robert
Erwin Schmid
Mr. Schmid
Tennyson
Ann Arbor
William
Esther Burkhardt Heusel
Seio Church Road
Fiegel’s
U.S. Marine Corps
Nancy
Hensel
Burkhardt
Reception For Last Rites For Rev Hocking E C Young
The Saline Methodist Church welcomed its new pastor Rev Reginald Hocking and his family at a reception in the church parlors on Tuesday evening July 3. Hocking arrived two weeks earlier from Carleton and brings a background in ministry. The couple have two children, Paul and Joyce, and are joined by friends across the community in Saline. Also noted is the obituary of Clint on Edway Young aged 83 who died Friday in Tecumseh hospital after long illness. He was a former Clinton township assessor and is survived by wife Jennie son Orel, siblings, and sisters. Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m Monday at House funeral home with Rev C E Foltz officiating and burial in Riverside cemetery.
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Saline Methodist Church Society
Reginald Hocking
Hocking
Carleton
Detroit
Roscommon
Upper Peninsula
Alma College
Oberlin Graduate School of Theology
Rose City
Hemlock
Putnam
Alma
Presbyterian Church
Paul
Joyce
Friends of Christian Progress
Saline
Methodists
Rev. Hocking
Clinton
Edway CG. Young
Tecumseh Hospital
Saline Township
Clinton Township
Jennie
Orel Young
Climax
Ohio
James
Aldin Young
Ann Arbor
Irene Stimpson
Saginaw
Sarah Robison
House Funeral
C. E. Foltz
Methodist Church
Riverside Cemetery
Saline War Bond Sales Exceed Quota At Annual Meeting
Final totals show War Loan Bond sales adding 869 to last week and surpassing Saline city quota by 2896.25. The district Legion and Auxiliary meet in Temperance with Mrs Moehn re-elected treasurer. Early peas like Thomas Laxton can be sown July 10 to 15 for a fall crop in southern Michigan.
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Sane
Lloyd Dell
Carl Moehn
Second District of the American Legion and Auxiliary
Temperance
Moehn
Second District Legion Auxiliary
Thomas Laxton
Michigan
Retired Minister Dr. Fred A. Lendrum Ends 40 Years Service
Dr. Fred A. Lendrum retired from the Methodist church after forty years of service. He plans to stay in Saline this summer at the North Ann Arbor home of the late Mrs. Ola Hammond. He began in 1905 at East Avenue Kalamazoo and Jonesville, served in Mexico and with the U S Consular Service, then Michigan and Detroit area churches. He and Mrs. Lendrum moved to Saline five years ago. she died three years ago. He has two sons who are physicians in Champaign and Chicago. A farewell supper and gifts marked the end of his Saline pastorate.
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Fred A. Lendrum
Methodist Church
Ola Hammond
Ann Arbor Street
Lendrum
Methodist Conference
East Avenue
Kalamazoo
Jonesville
Wyoming Conference
Oxford
el Oro
Mexico
Mexico Methodist Institute
United States
Oriz
Aba
Vernon
St. Albans
Michigan
Detroit
Monroe
Caro
Freemont Avenue Church
Bay City
Plymouth
Adrian
Farmington
Hudson
Saline
Champaign
Chicago, I
John A Burg 66 Dies After Long Illness in York Township
John Ashley Burg 66 a York township farmer and World War I veteran died Saturday after a long illness. Born June 21 1879 he lived with his family in Ann Arbor before moving to York township 28 years ago. He married May Elizabeth Maulbetsch in 1906 and leaves a son John Franklin Burg two daughters Mrs Henry Groeb and Mrs Lorrin Bauer nine grandchildren his mother Mrs Jennie Burg and siblings Ralph Grover and Pharo Burg among others. Funeral services were held Monday at 1 30 p m with Rev Raymond McLaughlin officiating and burial in Macon cemetery.
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John Ashley Burg
York Township
Presbyterian Church
This Township
Frank Bure
Jennie Burg
Ann Arbor
May Elizabeth Maulbetsch
Ypsilanti
John Franklin Burg
Pinckney
Henry Groeb
Lorrin Bauer
Saline Township
M. Grace Burg
Ralph E
Birmingham
Ann
Grover F
Pharo C. Burg
Columbus
Ohio
Saline Poultry Center Is Highlighted At Rotary Meeting
President Fred C. Wiedman opened the Rotary Club session at The Tavern on Thursday proposing that each program chair include at least one vocational talk by new members. A. E. Hagen discussed poultry, noting the Saline Hatchery’s emphasis on blood testing disease control and its 6,000 chick incubator capacity. He described stock lines from Ohio and local experts, the growing processed chick trade, and plans to expand hatcheries to boost Saline’s poultry image. Guests included Set. Nelson Watling, William Johnson, and Don Lawrence, with Gordon J. Prout’s birthday observed.
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Fred C. Wiedman
Rotary Clan
A. E. Hagen
Gasson
Ohio
Jacob Bauer
Albert Heininger
Hagen
Capac
Armada
Nelson Watling
Co. v
Services Today For Mrs Grob
Mrs Ema R Grob a longtime Lodi township resident died suddenly at home on Pleasant Lake road She was born March 7 1877 and married to Fred Grob March 2 1916 They leave a son Elmer and three daughters Irene and others along with several siblings Funeral services were set for 1 30 pm at the residence and 2 pm at Salem Lutheran church Scio township Rev H L Engle officiating Burial will follow in Bethlehem cemetery
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Ema R. Grob
Lodi Township
Pleasant Lake Road
Fred Grob
Elmer
Irene
Albert Herter
Scio Township
George
Reuben
Lorence Herter
Eugene Larmee
Scio
Otto Luckhardt
Freedom
Ernest Finch
Milan
Salem Lutheran Church
H. L. Engle
Bethlehem Cemetery
Pool Project Still In The Air
City officials debate a proposed swimming pool in Saline with Mayor Alwin Gross cautious about costs and timing. Health, water supply, and future tax implications loom, while others favor proceeding and finding funds through subscription if residents resist tax funding.
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Saline City Park
Gross
Lindbergh Leaves Ford for General Motors Research Post
Charles A. Lindbergh, once linked to Ford, is reported to have joined General Motors. He is said to be engaged in high altitude research work on the European continent.
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Charles A. Lindberg
Ford Company
General Motors
Europe
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Pauline Frederick
Union
Roosevelt
Churchill
Far East
Fox Willam Heusel
Rev
Hocking E. C. Young
Make Saline Poultry Center
Grob
Lindberg
Ieee
Clinton P. Anderson
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