Memorial Day Weekend in Saline Highlighted by Services and Sports
Memorial Day activities filled Saline with parades and a cemetery service as veterans, students, and Legion Auxiliary members marched along Michigan Avenue. A local Tri County League game Saline 10 Ann Arbor 13 drew about a hundred spectators in a two and a half hour bout. 28 Saline High graduates joined the town's alumni, while next week brings a Saline Valley Farms picnic and school vacation start.
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Saline
Ann Arbor
Sasline
Ladies of the Legion Auxiliary
Michigan Avenue
Monroe Street
Douglas Millians
Lee Robisons
Frankenmuth
Frank Deede
West Coast
lLegionaire
Saline Valley Farms
Saline High School
Maggie
Dealer Loses New John Deere Rake
Alvin Lewis on Bennett street reports a theft at the Gross Farm Implement lot Tuesday night. A truck with lights out was loading a newly assembled John Deere side delivery rake. The operators claimed they had arrangements with the proprietor to pick up the rake, but both the rake and the truck vanished after Lewis supplied the license number.
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Alvin Lewis
Gross Farm
Bennett Street
Lewis
Gross
Saline to Launch Eight-Week Summer Recreation Program
The Saline Summer Recreational Program begins June 14 and runs eight weeks at the city park. Activities include softball baseball tennis badminton volleyball horseshoes shuffleboard and croquet with tournaments in the final three weeks. An American Legion baseball team and a city adult softball league are planned with teams due by June 14. Boxing classes for boys gym at the high school and swimming at Wamplers Lake on select days are also set with bus transportation and a supervised children’s program for lower grades.
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Saline
Cty Park
American Legion
R & B Tool, Recreation
Universal Die
Deede Electrical Shop
Joe Colby
Wamplers Lake
Marathon to replace Dixie on local gas pumps
Staebler-Kempf Oil Co stations in Washtenaw and Livingston Counties will switch from Dixie to Marathon on June 8. Paul R. Kempf cites Marathon as the supplier for 20 years and says the change preserves independence while ensuring reliable supply and convenience for motorists. The Ohio Oil Co, a large crude producer, is rapidly expanding with a new refinery expected to produce in fall, reducing future shortages.
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Marathon
Dixie
Staebler-Kempf Oil Company
Washtenaw
Livingston
Paul R. Kempf
Ohio Oil Company
Staebler-Kempf Company
Kempf
Tecumseh Street Traffic Tensions Prompt Parking Debate
An editorial from The Tecumseh Herald argues that meters and parallel parking on Tecumseh’s Chicago Boulevard between Pearl and Ottawa have widened the traffic lane and emboldened speeding show offs. The piece urges stricter enforcement and sober warnings to curb dangerous driving in Tecumseh’s downtown business district.
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Tecumseh Herald
Tecumseh
Chicago Bowevard
Pearl Street
Ottawa Street
Chicago Boulevard
Evans Street
Sazley
Pearl
Ottawa
Saline High School Class of 1948 Commencement Tonight
Twenty eight graduates will receive diplomas at Saline High School tonight at eight o clock during the 78th Annual Commencement exercises. The program includes processional invocation salutatory song of praise and several address segments with class officers and the board of education present.
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Saline High School
J. B. Edmondson
School of Education
U. of M
Board of Education
Lee
Tecumseh Band To Play At Saline Alumni Banquet
The Saline Alumni Association banquet convenes in the high school auditorium Friday at 7 pm with a Tecumseh Products Co. orchestra providing dance music. Program items include invocation by Rev. Arnold Lambarth, a student toast, class welcome, athletic field discussion, musical selections, and a menu featuring roast beef and pineapple.
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Tecumseh
Saline
Saline Alumni Association
High School
Tecumseh Products Co. Orchestra
Fce
Arnold Lambarth
Delores Cekau
Doris Robison
Howard Scruggs
John Burg
Bonnie Burgan
Trip To Heidelberg
An April day trip describes a long scenic journey to Heidelberg via hills and valleys. It notes Darmstadt’s extensive destruction, Heidelberg University founded in 1386, and the grand castle with a 300 year build, damaged in wars and restored portions. The text mentions the castle, the Neckar River valley, and the world’s largest wine barrel in the cellar.
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Heidelberg
Darmstadt
Berlin
West Virginia
Ruperto Carola
Ruprecht
Germany
Schloss
Tilly
Fréderick”"V
Wedded In Trinity Church Saturday May 29
Miss Shirley Burnett and Dale R. Hirth exchanged marriage vows at Trinity Church with Rev. H. L. Engle officiating. The couple, from Saline and Highland Park, plan to reside at 209 W. Henry St. Saline after a southern states wedding trip.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Shirley Burnett
Dale R. Hirth
H. L. Engle
B. 4. Burnett
Saline
D. Thomas
Highland Park
Loren Bersuder
W. Henry St
Barbara Brenner
Ann Arbor
Richard Brossow
Farmington
Raymond Hirth
Paul Weber
Bernard Lewis
Loren
Bersuder
Robert Kinghy
Carl Theurer
Albere
Bredernitz
Alfred Hack
Clyde Griffin
Joan Greeb
Jane Way
Marjorie Noble
Dean Burkhardt
Donna
Sue Thomas
Hirth
Saline High School
Alexandria School of Cosmetology
U. S. Navy
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
Dale Hirth
Out Where the West Begins in Illinois and Vandalia
The writer tours Illinois and Vandalia noting prairie transformation by human planting. He recalls his father on the first train to Salt Lake City in 1867 and describes white farm buildings, groves, and black soil. Vandalia served as Illinois' capital from 1819 to 1839 with the old State House still standing. A Pioneer Workmen memorial and the Cumberland Road dating to 1896 are mentioned.
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Vandalia
Father of Waters
St. Louis
Louie
Sinois
Truman
Old Court House
Mississippi
Hall of Justice
Dred Scott
Michigan
West
Illinois
Salt Lake City
Carey
Cumberland Road
Child Study Club Announces New Committees
The Child Study Club at Saline Valley Farms held its final meeting of the year on Tuesday May 18 with guest speaker Mrs Irma Ward of Milan discussing The Needs of Children. Incoming president Mrs Harry Anderson named committees for next year: Program Hospitality Year Book Year Book Cover Historian Librarian. refreshments by hostesses.
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Saline Valley Farms
Irma Ward
Milan
Harry Anderson
Alvin Siemsen
Paul Lee
Hugh Keveling
Gordon Prout
Don. Ford
Gordon Anthony
Hlvin. Armbruster
Randall Coates
Harold Brown
E. G. Hildner
A. E. Hagen
Don. Campbell
Carl Wesenberg
Max Haswell
Michael Sheehan
Daniel Katz
Nathan van Osdel
Edward Liebler
Drunk Driver Fined Among City Speeding Penalties
In May the city collected 524.65 from 45 speeding fines and five for drunken disorderly conduct plus one for cutting a funeral procession. Herman Emmons of Adrian paid 100 for driving while intoxicated.
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Herman Emmons
Adrian
Saline High School student wins bronze Honorary Science Award
John Ford announces Hal lie Mehler as winner of the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award Medal for top scholastic record in science. The award, founded in 1932 with prestige from national educators, grants eligibility for one of five $1,560 Science Scholarships at the University of Rochester.
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John Ford
Saline High School
Hallie Mehler
Bausch & Lomb
University of Rochester
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co
Ford
Michigan Delegation Presses for Federal Education Aid
Randall Coates led a three-teacher delegation to Washington to urge Michigan congressmen to back federal aid for education. Mabel Fox Ruth Amen and others met with Representatives Michener Potter Jonkman Woodruff Coffin Halleck and Clare Hoffman to discuss the McCowan Bill and Universal Military Training.
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Randall Coates
Washington
Michigan
Mabel Fox
Chelsea
Washtenaw County
Michigan Education Association
Ruth Amen
Monroe
Detroit
Michener
Martin
Potter
Jonkman
Woodruff
Coffin
Halleck
Clare Hoffman
Dondero
Younghood
Walcott
Lesinski
McCowan
Coates
Willing Workers Present Black Clouds Skit at May Meeting
The Willing Workers met at the Carter-Greashaber home for a May gathering led by president Mrs. Louis Smith. Program chair Mrs. Raymond Girbach presented the colored comedy skit Black Clouds with help from Mrs. Everett Gilbert and Mrs. Robert Hammond, with Southern songs. A supper for 35 members and guests followed. The June 17 meeting will be at Mrs. Otto Graff’s home with roll call on Flowers.
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Carter- Greashaber
Gertrude Carter
Louis Smith
Raymond Girbach
Everett Gilbert
Robert Hammond
Otto Graff
Line ad urge to spark quick moves and sales
A compact note suggests using a liner advertisement to drive faster movement of goods or services. It emphasizes the ad format as a catalyst for quicker audience response and transactional activity.
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Tecumseh Street
No Man’s Land
Elgar
Robert Merchant
Theophil Menzel
Doris Alber Weenie
Malotte
Joan Wurster
Mildred Bihlmeyer
George’ Bonich
Mildred Haswell
Doris Alber
Marilyn van Becht
Roy Burmeister
Dorothy Dieterle
Joan’ Elsman
Lloyd Finkbeiner
Genelda Forsythe
Henry Gilligan
Shirley Hagen
Nathan Hale
Robert Harris
Frances Jacobs
Sally Katz
Roy Riger
Donald Merce
Norvine Klueter Hallie Jane Mehler
Jaclyne Mitchell
Betty Noble
George Osborne
Bruce Phillips
Wanda Predmore
Marilyn Schaefer
Luther Scitaible
William Wallo
Mde Tlarius
Trinity Church
L. A. Catey
Child Study
Miss Mehler
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