City gym project eyed after school meeting discussion
A Saline school meeting led by Harrison Gonser discussed developing the athletic field and adding night lights. City Manager Glenn Hart proposed a joint city council and school board plan to seek action. City leaders authorized a joint study with Dr. Gordon Prout and Clarence Haarer to explore financing and steps for the field adjacent to the school grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Gonser
Glenn Hart
Gross
Don Ford
Gordon Prout
Clarence Haarer
City of
Saline
Board of Education
William Lyons
Saline Debuts New Fire Truck At July 3 Demonstration
Saline unveiled a new two ton Mercury chassis fire truck built by General Fire Truck Co Detroit. The apparatus includes a 500 gallon two stage centrifugal pump and 400 gallon tank with high pressure fog gumes. City and neighboring townships funded the purchase and a department demo featured firefighters Henry Ormsby Rudy Wahl Harold Armbruster and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
General Fire Truck Company of
Detroit
Pittsfield
Lodi
Henry Ormsby
Rudy Wahl
Harold Armbruster
Bert Gillen
Walter Armbruster
Robert Gillen
Adolph Lindeman
Clarence Wiebush
Allie Gross
Gordon Anthony
William Milhan
Uniform Traffic Ticket Plan Expands in Michigan Cities
After a successful pilot in Saginaw Kalamazoo Bay City Jackson and Battle Creek the uniform traffic ticket plan will roll out in at least 11 more communities including Ann Arbor Hillsdale Grand Rapids and Lansing. The system standardizes violations and routes minor cases to a traffic bureau or court increasing consistency and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Saginaw
Kalamazoo
Bay City
Jackson
Battle Creek
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Hillsdale
East Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids
Benton Harbor
St. Joseph
Port Huron
Pontiac
Monroe
Midland
Lansing
Aged Lady Buried Here Wednesday
Emma Loomis aged 83 died early Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs Harold Newman in Detroit. Born March 4 1864 near Ann Arbor she was daughter of Michael and Dora Burkhardt Alber and lived around Ypsilanti until 1920 later moving to Drayton Plains with her daughter Mrs Ruth Way. She married Louis Lutz on May 1 1889. he preceded her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theron Loomis
Presbyterian Church
Drayton Plains
Newman
Detroit
May
Edwin Webb
East Detroit
Mary Chase
Ann Arbor
Lockwood
Clarence J. Sutton
Oakwood Cemetery
Emma Loomis
Harold Newman
Michael and
Dora Burkhardt Alber
Ypsilanti
Xoomis
Ruth Way
Louis Lutz
Legion Plans Michigan Hospital and Newspaper Push
The American Legion in Michigan aims to build a 400 bed hospital at Battle Creek replacing wooden structures and to publish a state wide newspaper with a 100000 circulation. A 50 cent yearly assessment will fund the Legion paper and a $10000 annual contribution supports Legion bands and drill units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Michigan
Arthur H. Clarke
South Haven
Legion
Battle Creek
Michigan Legionnaires
Lockwoods Host to Washtenaw Funeral Directors
Funeral directors of Washtenaw and Monroe counties met at Saline for their monthly conclave hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lockwood. A banquet followed a business session and Ypsilanti attorney Eugene Kalder, formerly with the FBI, spoke about his experiences with the bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtenaw
Monroe Counties
Francis Lockwood
Saline Hotel
Eugene Kalder
Ypsilanti
FBI
Reception At Kendall Home
A Saturday night reception at 7 o clock honored Mr and Mrs Murray Sanders at the home of Mrs W D Kendall on McKay street. The couple wed June 24 at the Hastings Methodist parsonage. About 60 relatives and friends attended from Detroit Quadee Traverse City Milan E Ann Arbor Ann Arbor Howell Winona Indiana and Ohio. Theme tea table centered with a three tier wedding cane. Guests served by Mrs Henry Erskine Mrs Jerald Barkey and Miss Sylvia Sanders. Jerald Barkey sang Oh Promise Me I Love You Truly and Because with Marion Murray at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Sanders
W. D. Kendall
McKay Street
Henry Erskine
Jerald Barkey
Howell
Sylvia Sanders
Marion Murray
Boy Uintroduces Adder Found Under Bicycle
Eleven year old Darell Finkbeiner of Ann Arbor Route 6 cried out when his hand touched a 20 inch spotted adder hiding beneath his bicycle seat Friday evening. The snake was later brought to the barn with a load of hay and then hidden from sight on the bike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darell Finkbeiner
Clarence Finkbeiner
Ann Arbor
Blueberries Plentiful Across Michigan Plains This Summer
Conservators report a wet spring boosted blueberry yield with abundant blossoms from Escanaba to Whitefish Point in June. If no frost returns, pickers may begin on blueberry plains late this month with excellent prospects. Game men note berries boost grouse and other game foods. blackberries and wild raspberries also benefit from the late rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservation Department
Escanaba
Whitefish Point
Blueberry
Summer night dancing classes at high school
The article corrects an error: classes run Tuesday nights not Thursday. Elementary students dance 7:30 to 8:30 and adults stay from then to 10:30. Open to the public with a nominal charge as a summer diversion for all ages.
Sunday School Picnic at City Park Thursday July 24
The Methodist Sunday school will hold its annual picnic at City Park with a 6:30 p.m. potluck dinner. Ice cream will be provided. Guests Mr. and Mrs. Tennis Johnson of Grand View Washington visit Michigan relatives before early August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Sunday School
Tennis Johnson
Grand View
Washington
Wm. Lyons
Michigan
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Lyons
Saline Lone Troop 44 Camp Cottage Built by Girl Scouts
The Saline Saline Lone Troop 44 connected to New York headquarters built a summer cottage on Saline River ground north of the Burkhardt home. They lease the plot from J F E Sinkule for ten years and funded the project with gifts and local earnings. Mrs J C Little leads the troop with Mrs Walter MacArthur Sr as assistant. Brownies aged seven to ten are directed by Mrs La Vern Armbruster with Mrs Helen Streeter assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
Little
Bennett Street
Saline Scout Troop No
J. C. Little
Walter MacArthur Sr
LaVern Armbruster
Helen Streeter
Cook Haarer Re elected at Annual Meet
The Saline School District No 1 annual meeting drew under sixty attendees with no contest for two retiring trustees. Clarence Cook and Clarence Haarer were reelected as treasurer and board member by broad consent. The secretary treasurer report and next year’s budget were approved. A review of the athletic field led to appointees meeting with city council reps on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
Clarence Cook
Clarence Haarer
Veteran Cobert Wins Sportsmen's Trophy Shoot
William Cobert, a South Pacific veteran and sharp shot, led the Tri County Sportsmen's Open Trophy shoot with 22 of 25 at Moon and Bishop roads east of town. Richard Michalke Sr. scored 20 of 25 in his first event. Trap shooting occurs Sundays 9 am to 5 pm with another Trophy event planned this fall before the third season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cobert
Ann Arbor
Tri-County
Moon and
Bishop Roads
Cobert
Richard Michalke Sr
Finkbeiner- Whipple wedding in St Andrews Church
Miss Jane Helen Whipple daughter of Mr and Mrs Glee Whipple Dexter and Clifford BE Finkbeiner son of Mr and Mrs Gottlieb Finkbeiner Clinton united in marriage at 7 30 Saturday night Rev Edward Drews officiated The bride wore a satin gown trimmed with seed pearls A reception followed in the church parlor After a trip in the Upper Peninsula they will live near Saline The bride a Ann Arbor High School graduate worked Cont'd on Page &
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Helen Whipple
Glee Whipple
Dexter
Clifford BE. Finkbeiner
Gottlieb Finkbeiner
Clinton
St. Andrew’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Edward Drews
Clarence Girbach
Saline
Elmer van Hofe
Ann Arbor
Ormand ‘Jedele
Karen Bauer
Lorrin Bauer
Mark Bauer
Jacob Bauer
Theodore Brown
Harold Trinkle
Ralph Ferner
Wilbert Trinkle
Roy Fisher
Gertrude Hodge
Betty Schneering
Ruth Frey
Women’s Guild of the Church
Marilyn Gunther
Upper Peninsula
Ann Arbor High School
Page
Jaycees Propose Lighted Field at Saline Park
Saline Jaycees at their Friday banquet begin a new fiscal year with a proposal to light the park ball diamond near the high school. Ed Reutinger and Russ Gordon outline equipment, costs, and a near one million dollar stadium overhaul including a $300,000 lighting system and a $100,000 office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce
Saline Hotel
Jaycees
Lee Robison
Erwin Schmid
Bill Lyons
Saline
Lyons
Ed Reutinger
Wilson Sporting Goods Company
Russ Gordon
Brigg
Detroit
Reutinger
Detroit Tiger
Tiger
Gordon
Bulding
Ohio
Michigan
Flint
Saginaw
Grand Rapids
Muskegon
New York Yankees
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Mary Lindenschmidt native of Saline dies at 80
Mrs. Mary Lindenschmidt of North Adams died Saturday night at Hillsdale hospital aged 80. She and her husband Andrew lived near Saline for 25 years and on a North Adams farm for 30 years. Born February 19 1866 in Saline, she married in 1896 and is survived by her husband sister Clara Luckhardt brothers George and Samuel and children Lillian and Howard. Funeral services were held in North Adams with burial there. Families visiting from Chicago included W Z Barnes and children Ruth Janet and Erwin Harrison with Erwin staying to visit two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lindenschmidt
North Adams
Andrew Lindenschmidt
Hillsdale Hospital
Saline
Lindenschmidt
Mary Vogt
George Nissle
Clara Luckhardt
Pittsfield Township
George
Ann Arbor
Samuel
Grafton
Ohio
Lillian
Howard
Toledo
Community Fair seeks help to boost Saline event
Editorial urges public involvement in Saline Community Fair Association meeting on July 2 to plan a bigger show. It notes reduced state funding for tents and outlines a plan to secure finances while praising the fair’s civic value and wartime veteran concerns. It also mentions turning the donor deeded athletic field into a memorial with a civic commission plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Fair Association
Saline High See
Saline
Fair Association
Iim
Theng
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Kendall
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Cook
Haarer
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