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Newspaper

Saline Observer

Location

Saline, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1953

Page

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Seline Alumni Banquet Set For June 12 In High School

About 150 guests expected at the annual Seline Alumni Banquet this Friday June 12 1953 at 6 30 p m in the high school auditorium Some may attend without reservations if arriving early. no speaker planned but a fine music program and a public dance at 9 10 p m Admission 1 per couple or 75 cents single Formal attire urged and gratitude expressed to Saline Mercantile and others for support The garden of memories theme will be featured Hope to see you tomorrow night. don’t miss it

Saline Mercantile

Red Cross volunteers aid Kaiser Frazer blood bank event

Saline Red Cross furnished staff for the blood bank on Friday June 5. Registrars included Margaret Hunt Ethel Hunt Sally MacArthur and Ruth Johnson. Nurses aides were Ella Finkbeiner Thelma Burkhart Minnie Kern Betty Finkbeiner Berniece Armbruster Winifred S Meterle with Luella Steffe of Ann Arbor as registered nurse and Mrs Meritt Matin as hostess.

The Saline Red Cross Kaiser Frazer Blood Bank Margaret Hunt Ethel Hunt Sally MacArthur Ruth Johnson Ella Finkbeiner

Jdaycees To Elect New Officers

A JCC dinner and election of officers will be held Thursday night June 11 at the Saline Hotel. All members are urged to attend.

JCC Saline Hotel

Saline Summer Community Band Rehearsal Set for Saturday

The first rehearsal of the Saline Summer Community Band, directed by Arthur Katterjohn, will be at the High School Gym 7:30 pm Saturday lasting about 90 minutes. All high school band members former players and community musicians are urged to attend with concerts planned for June 27 and July 25. Rehearsals will continue each Saturday evening except July 4.

Arthur Katterjohn Saline Summer Community Band

Tornado Devastates Pleasant Lake Area Killing Man

A tornado ripped across southeastern Michigan and northern Ohio striking Pleasant Lake northeast of Manchester. One man, Alvin Haeussler, 30, was killed as the storm leveled a large farm home. Several others were injured and multiple properties suffered heavy damage as the funnel swept from Freedom to Lodi townships, leaving a five mile path.

Michigan Ohio Pleasant Lake Manchester Alvin Haeussler Oscar Haeussler Oscar Hueussler Freedom Lodi Allen Alber Bethel Church Road Bethel Church Eiseman Frank Weiss Rogers Corners Edgar Little Ernst Road Edwin Linke Lima Center Road Michigan Gas Storage Haeussler Alvin Glenn Luther Schaible Oscar Ruth Tkely

Ground Breaking at Trinity Church Parsonage

On Pentecost Sunday Trinity Lutheran Church of Saline held a brief ground breaking for a new parsonage. The basement was excavated forms for footings built and cement poured with rapid progress since. Contractor Raymond Niethammer leads construction. Building Committee members are Harry Anderson Harold Lambar th Albert Bredernitz and Edward Mamaron. The parsonage at 108 McKay Street will have eight rooms and a bath and house the church office.

Trinity Lutheran Evangelical Church of Saline Raymond Niethammer Harry Anderson Harold Lambarth Albert Bredernitz Edward Mamaron McKay Street

Saline Hospital Births and Procedures Report

Births listed for Saline area families with June dates and weights. Also tonsillectomies at Saline and Ann Arbor, a single surgery in Ann Arbor, two accident injuries, and medical patients from Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor.

Herman Hitchcock Saline Wilbur Brososky Wilburn Mayers Milan Lynn Reese Tescomseh Gerald Feeman Teresa Jedele Richard Laudon Virginia Cammet Ann Arbor Marcia Fritz Patty Williams Chas. Neithammer Bonnie Cammet Michael Cogar Wilma Hague James Hamilton Dearorn Joha Wray John Mott Ypsilanti Louise Weinman Ann, Arbor

Two Saline Teachers Resign From Saline High

Merio Marchisio and Robert Wells resigned from Saline High School to take similar posts in the Monroe school system. Marchisio, previously head coach and athletic director, leaves after being named to replace John Padsen who will coach in Boulder City Nevada next fall. Wells will be replaced at Jackson by Charles Jacquith who is graduating from the University of Michigan this week.

Saline Saline High School Monroe Merio Marchisio Robert Wells Marchisio John Padsen Boulder City Nevada Studi University of Mitehisio Charles Jacquith Jackson Wells University of Michigan

Couple Honored At 50th Wedding Anniversary

Open House at the Methodist Church marked the fiftieth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fuoss. About three hundred guests attended. the couple, married June 2, 1903, received many congratulations from family and friends. A Detroit party helped with the wedding, hiring a streetcar for 50 dollars to bring guests to Saline in 1903.

Martin Fucss Fuoss la Hine Citizens Bank Hae Fuoss Baker Robert Fuoss Philadelphia The Saturday Evening Post J. B. Wallace Hudson Ohio Luther Briggs Carl Curtiss S. Y. Cotter Edward Feuerbacher Saline Howard LeBaron Harry Friis CG. A Jordan Roy Rogers Clara Lindenschmidt Fucss Casper Nauman Detroit William Parmenter

Old Church Members Attend Service and Dinner

Two members from the class of 1887 and six members from the class of 1903 attended services and a dinner at St. James Evangelical Church on Sunday. Several confirmands from 1887 and 1903 were noted, with illness preventing Mrs. Laura Longfellow from attending and Mrs. Herman Alber remembered. The married partners of the 1903 members joined the event, and after the service a parish house dinner featured hymns, visiting, and reminiscences.

St. James Evangelical Church Mary Bredernitz Thomas Zahn Herman Kohler Bernard Boettger Andrew Ernst Roy Fisher Matilda Kohler Walter Luckhardt Laura Longfellow Herman Alber

Third Grade Visits Ford Museum

The Saline School third grade toured the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village on June 2 under Mrs. Doris Hummel. Students viewed crafts, historic homes and workshops of figures like Webster, Burbank, the Wrights, and McGuffey, plus landmarks on the 200 acre site. They also visited Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, birthplace of the phonograph, electric light, and carbon transmitter advances.

Saline Henry Ford Greenfield Village Michigan Doris Hummel Areft Noah Webster Luther Burbank Wright Brothers William Oircs McGuffey America Greenald Wil Thomas Edison Menlo Park New Jersey

Rubbish Hauling Warning From City Clerk

City Clerk E. J. Iiuz calls for safer rubbish disposal along Monroe Street and at the cemetery. Dimensions of lawn extensions must be cleared of old saws bottles papers and wires before mowing to prevent mower damage.

Monroe St E. J. Iiuiz

Fire Demonstration At City Park Thursday Evening

The Saline Fire Department invites the public to a fire demonstration at the south end of City Park at 8:00 p m on Thursday June 18. Also notes Sunday dinner guests: Mr and Mrs Lloyd Catey and daughter Martha with Miss Anna Gregory of Ann Arbor.

Saline Fire Department Hudson Morton Martha Anna ‘Gregory Ann Arbor Lloyd Catey

Petitions Circulated On Off Street Parking In Saline

Saline residents consider repeal of the Park Meter Ordinance as businessmen circulate petitions for off street parking. A demonstration by the Saline Fire Department on fighting oil fires with fog is planned at Saline Park behind the old ball diamond, with public attendance invited.

Saline Fire Department Saline Park A. L. Giltrow Alfred Schmid E. J. Beasley Everett Wolfin Claude Englehart Vssion. Ve Leutheuser Yeyuoirdo Siz

Saline High School Graduates 48 Students

Saline High School held its eighty fifth commencement last Thursday in the gym. Saline seniors and families heard salutatorian Larry Wiedmayer and valedictorian Rhea Menzel, with Dr. B L. V. Shelley of Lansing giving life advice. Principal John Ford presented the class to Dr. Harold A Miller of the Area Board. Rev. Alvin Siemsen offered the invocation and benediction. brass choir provided music, with Katterjohn performing a trumpet solo. The 1953 graduates include Betty Alber, Berbera Begole, John Braun, Kelvin Braun, David Fredernitz, Kenneth Bumeister, George Burns, Edward Cammet, James Cook, Rhea Menzel, Larry Wiedmayer, and many others.

Saline High School Larry Wiedmayer Rhea Menzel B. L. V. Shelay Vocutational School of Lansing Shelley John Ford Harold A Miller Ie Area Board S&s Jamas Alvin Siemsen St. Paul’s Church Saline High School Brass Choir Arthur Katterjohn Katterjohn Delmas Betty Alber Berbera Begole John Braun Kelvin Braun David Fredernitz Kenneth Bumeister George Burns Edward Cammet James Cook Kavverne Misake Douglas Elfring Calvin Nalehart Norma Faust Lois Winch Ronald Finkbeiner Alice DiIrert James Gleason Helen Graf Joseph Graf Marion Harold Guenther Larry Whafemeister Worald Fanson Paul Hardecte Irene Trinkle Nancy Woods

Six Saline Girls Attend F H A Camp At St Marys Lake

Sally Cook, Carol Burmeister, Nancy Ross, Sharon Larson, Anne Menzel, and Donna Wahl left with Mrs Kenneth Rogers to attend the F H A Camp at St Marys Lake in Battle Creek. The camp aims to teach club crafts and Michigan F H A girls gather for the event. Proceeds from a recent style show support the focal club.

Sally Cook Carol Burmeister Nancy Ross Sharon Larson Anne Menzel Donna Wahl Kenneth Rogers St. Mary’s Lake Battle Creek Michigan Focal Club

Advisory Council Discusses School Building Sites

Saline Advisory Council meeting Tuesday night reviewed desired building types and site locations. Wilfred Clann of the State Department advised locating the high school for the district and at least one elementary school in Saline. Plans for future growth were urged with extra rooms to save costs if prices hold. The council was urged to avoid compromises as schools last 50 years. The Rentschler District has voted to annex. Saline Area School District will respond. Union District waits until the annual meeting to decide. The location committee will meet Monday June 15 at 8 00 p m to consider sites.

Saline Bridgewater Union Clapp Rentschler Saline Area Arthur Lutz Advisory Council

Car Crash Damages Giltrow’s Pharmacy Front

A car driven by Mrs. Peter Smerecki rammed the entrance of Giltrow’s Pharmacy Saturday night. She parked in front, started the car in gear, and it jumped the sidewalk into the building, causing about $700 in damages and buckling the glass show windows. The store will require a new front.

Peter Smerecki Giltrow

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