Florida Man Heads Rotary International at 38th convention
At the 38th Rotary International convention in San Francisco the five day session concluded with S. Kendrick Guernsey of Jacksonville elected president for 1947 48. Guernsey active in Florida civic affairs and Rotary leadership. Rio de Janeiro to host 1948 convention May 16. Saline Rotary delegates Arthur Heininger and Alwin Gress attended on a westbound automobile tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary International
San Francisco
Rotary
S. Kendrick Guernsey
Jacksonville
Fla
Guernsey
Gulf Insurance Company
Florida
Citizens Committee On Education
State Highway Commission
State Chamber of Commerce
Children’s Home Society
Boy Scouts
Y.M.C.A
Rotary Club of
Rotary Organization
United Nations
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Saline Rotary Club
Arthur Heininger
Alwin Gress
West
Osborne Earns Gold Cup for County Tractor Club
The Washtenaw County 4 H tractor maintenance clubs held an Achievement Banquet on June 10 at Chelsea Municipal Building with 55 attendees. Gold cups were presented by F M Blough of Standard Oil to the county plowing contest winners: George Osborne Saline Jerry Heath Milan and Roy Yenkel Ypsilanti for the May 10 event at Ypsilanti State Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtenaw County
Chelsea
F. M. Blough
Standard Oil Company
Ypsilanti State Hospital
George Osborne
Saline
Jerry Heath
Milan
Roy Yenkel
Ypsilanti
Terminal Bonds Warn Veterans of Loan Shark Schemes
George Ijams of the National Rehabilitation Service warns veterans about loan sharks targeting terminal leave bonds. The scheme offers cash for bonds and skimmed face value, with added interest penalties and no penalties for usury. Veterans should report incidents to officials or the press to protect others from similar offers.
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George 5
Ijams
National Rehabilitation
Service of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Army Times
Armed Forces Leave Act
Trams
Veterans’ Organization
Detroit Lutheran High Students Hold Country Frolic
Eleven grade students from Detroit Lutheran High School enjoyed a country frolic Friday June 4 at the George Brassons. The event featured a weiner roast and a hayride behind a tractor with Dean Theurer supplying it. Forty students participated and the evening ended at 11 p.m.
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Detroit Lutheran High Schoool
George Brassons
Dean Theurer
Roof-Top Preacher Plans Saline Speech Tonight
The Rev. William Hainsworth of Dexter, renowned as The Roof-Top Preacher, will address Saline tomorrow at 8 PM from the Saline Hatchery roof on South Ann Arbor Street. He seeks public support for a 6,000 mile summer tour and will speak on Now It Must Be Told using a public address system.
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William Hainsworth
Dexter
Webster Congregational Church
Saline
Hainsworth
Saline Hatchery
Ann Arbor Street
The
Ann
Vicinity
Mercy College Graduate From St. Josephs Mercy Announces in Ann Arbor
Graduates Miss Kern among a class of twenty five from Mercy College at St. Josephs Mercy hospital in Ann Arbor. Commencement exercises took place in Mc Auley auditorium Detroit on June 5. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Kern of Saline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern
Mercy College
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Ann Arbor
McAuley Auditorium
Detroit
Charles Kern
Saline
Saline Nosed Gut In The Ninth Inning
Saline led early but lost the lead in Manchester Sunday under Tri County League rules. With the game tied in the ninth, Manchester pushed home the winning run for an 8 9 result. Eugene Weed and Sy Hughes pitched for Saline. Bob Halleck hit the season’s first homer for Saline. Pinckney visits for Saline’s first home game next Sunday at the city park.
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Saline
Manchester
Eugene Weed
Sy Hughes
Bob Halleck
Pinckney
City Park
Will Enter Business In The West
George Jacoby buys the Shu-Fixery at the new Tams Hotel in Huron South Dakota. He has run similar shops in St. Paul Nebraska and Seattle Washington and has worked as foreman for Universal Die Casting and Engineering Corp for two and a half years. He plans to move his family to South Dakota next week.
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George Jacoby
New Tams
Huron
South Dakota
St. Paul
Nebraska
Seattle
Washington
Jacoby
Universal Die Casting & Engineering Corp
Renz Steele Family Reunion Holds Potluck Dinner
The Renz Steele families gathered Sunday June 15 at Edwin Aprill home in Ann Arbor for their annual reunion and potluck. J Fred Staebler, 79, was the oldest present. Norman Steele, 13 months, the youngest. Walter Lindemann was elected president for the coming year with Alwin Burkhart as vice president, Mrs Clara Hester as secretary, and Otto Bredernitz as treasurer.
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Renz-Steele
Edwin Aprill
W. Liberty Rd
Ann Arbor
J. Fred Staebler
Norman Steele
Earl Steele
Ellsworth Rd
Walter Lindemann
Pleasant Lake Rd
Alwin Burkhart
Clara Hester
Otto Bredernitz
Boy's State Denial and Replacement at E Lansing Camp
Luther Schaible was denied entry to Boys State at E Lansing after injuring his heel on a broken bottle while swimming. Wayne Clements was selected by the Saline Rotary Club to take his place, with George Cook sponsored by the American Legion elected to an office by peers.
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Luther Schaible
Boys’ State
E. Lansing
Wayne Clements
Saline Rotary Club
George Cook
The
American Legion
Saline
Saline Community Fair Association Members Meet at High School
A meeting of the Saline Community Fair Association members is set for Saline High School Monday evening at 8 o clock. All interested in supporting the effort are urged to attend.
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Saline
Saline High School
Saline Florist Minnie Buckman 82 Dead After 65 Years In Community
Minnie E. Buckman died at 82 after 57 years running the Saline Greenhouse at 200 West Michigan Ave. A Saline native since age 13, she helped family with plants, arranged countless wedding bouquets, and served as a pillar in Federated church and local clubs. Funeral Monday at Lockwood with Rev. Henry McKenie.
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Minnie E. Buckman
Saline Florist
Ocean
City
New Jersey
Frederic Pierce
Bryn Mawr
Penn
Mrs. Pierce
Miss Buckman
Saline Greenhouse
Saline
Saline High School
Federated Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Saline Woman's Club
Library Board
Manchester
Lucretia Gregory Ruckman
Lucius Pierce
Metamora bride_young Metamora girl weds Clark Spike in Pilgrim Church
Miss Avis Rae Hallenbeck of Metamora married Clark Ghael Spike of Saline at Pilgrim Congregational Church Metamora the ceremony was performed by Rev H B Johnson. The couple will reside at 8317 Oak Street Ypsilanti after a trip to Niagara Falls and New York.
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Avis Rae Hallenbeck
Ray Hallenbeck
Metamora
Clark Ghael Spike
William G. Spike
Saline
Pilgrim Congregational Church
H. B. Johnson
Mac Hallenbeck
Doris Marie Sutherland
Max E. Spike
Malcolm Whitford
Saginaw
Wayne Spike
Ypsilanti
Spike
Michigan State Normal College
Kappa Delta Pi
Niagara Falls
New York State
Spikes
Oak St
Vacation Bible School Demonstration Night at Federated Church
The daily Vacation Bible School holds a public demonstration night Friday at 8 o'clock at the Federated church. Children perform and display their crafts. Teachers assisting include Miss Mary Allen, Kendall. Mrs. Paul Streeter. Mrs. John Miller. Miss Rose Mary Lutz. Miss Kathryn Scruggs. Mrs. Arthur Lutz. Mrs. Clarence Johnson. Mrs. Fred.
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Federated Church
Mary Allen
Kendall
Paul Streeter
John Miller
Rose Mary Lutz
Kathryn Scruggs
Arthur Lutz
Clarence Johnson
Fred
Saline Church Hosts Lambarth Christman Wedding
In St Paul’s Saline on Saturday June 14 at 4:80 PM Donis A Lambarth daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Lambarth of Saline wed Weimar L Christman son of Mr and Mrs Lewis G Christman of Ann Arbor. The ceremony before Reverend Arnold R Lambarth with Mrs George Wood singing and organist Mrs Lucille Henderson. Newlyweds plan a northern Michigan honeymoon and will reside in Ann Arbor after employment with Michigan Consolidated Gas Company.
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St. Paul’s Church
Saline
Donis A. Lambarth
Charles Lambarth
Weimar L. Christman
Lewis G. Christman
Ann Arbor
Arnold R. Lambarth
Harmony
George Wood
Lucille Henderson
George H. Johnson
Emerson Hinis
Carl Lambarth
Ypsilanti
Harold Lambarth
George Johnson
Robert Lambarth
Lambarth
Michigan
Miss Lambarth
Cleary College
Lambda Chi Omege
National Business Girls’ Sorority
Christman
University of Michigan
Acacia Fraternity
United States Navy
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Michigan Consolidated
F. C. Wiedman
G. H. Bauer
Theodore Stroup
Milan
Robert Hull
Luella Lambarth
Ruth Dudline
Helen Harwood
Doris A. Lambarth
Packard St
Local School Staff and Officials List
Otto, Mrs. Harold Brown, Mrs. Spenser Worthington, Mrs. Ronald Tower, Junior department, Miss Mary Morden, Mrs. Claude Scruggs, Mrs. Dan Hall, Hillis McKenzie, Mrs. Hazel Cook, Intermediate teacher, Mrs. H. McKenzie, Worship, Mrs. H. Jewell, Organist, Mrs. George Austin.
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Otto
Harold Brown
Spenser Worthington
Ronald Tower
Mary Morden
Claude Scruggs
Dan Hall
Hillis McKenzie
Hazel Cook
H. McKenzie
H. Jewell
George Austin
Miss Carlene Mae Feiner Weds Walter MacArthur Jr at Michigan League Chapel
Ann Arbor resident Miss Carlene Mae Feiner became Mrs Walter MacArthur Jr in a June 11 ceremony at the Michigan League Chapel in Ann Arbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlene Mae Feiner
Ann Arbor
Brice
Walter MacArthur, Jr
Saline
Michigan League Chapel
Study of School Buses Planned by Board
At Monday night’s board meeting Superintendent Leo Jensen was directed to investigate bus transportation for rural district pupils including seventh and eighth graders coming to the school next year and the transfer of high school students from those districts along with entire districts that have arranged to send pupils.
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Board of Education
Leo Jensen
Scnuvhere
Hiznh School
Government costs and taxes in Michigan rise in critique
Editorial blasts federal and state spending as bloated, urging taxpayers to press representatives. It argues roads gain from federal grants, education fuels advancement, yet calls for restraint as costs mount and the nation nears an era of utopia funded by heavy spending.
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Henry Steffens
Michigan Survey
Detroit
Michigan
Washington
Lansing
Paree
America
Utopia
Elementary classrooms expand for fourth to sixth grade
The text notes fourth to sixth grades will be taught as a four unit group led by Miss Mary Morden, Mrs. Martin, and Mrs. Miller. The sewing room will be converted into an added elementary classroom space.
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Mary Morden
Martin
Miller
Largest tree search sparks maple syrup prize in Michigan
Michigan State College forestry head Paul A. Herbert offers a half gallon of pure maple syrup to the person reporting the tree with the biggest circumference. Reports will be verified by the department to confirm the winner. Measurements are taken at 43 inches above ground.
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Michigan
Department of Forestry
Michigan State College
Paul A. Herbert
MSC
Forestry Department
Contest Seeks Largest Michigan Maple Tree Report
The Michigan State College Forestry Department invites entries by Mail to Lester Bell Lansing Michigan with a final date of Labon Day 1947. Reports must describe land location and provide accurate measurements. Starting point notes trees between 17 and 18 feet in circumference near Lansing. The finder of the largest tree gets honor and maple syrup for waffles.
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Labon
Lester Bell
Forestry Department
Michigan State College
Hast Lansing
Michigan
Lansing
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Man Heads
G. Osborne
Shirley Kern
Hier
Clark Spike
Saline Church
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