Free summer concerts planned in Saline city
A Saline business group plans weekly free concerts starting July 9 at the school area. The Saline band directed by Hubert Beerss will perform with local and outside acts and a cash drawing will follow. A Rotary Club committee leads planning with widespread business support listed and more sponsors to be announced.
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Saline
Saline Band
Supt
Hubert Beerss
Francis Lockwood
Hubert Bearss
Max Fosdick
Henry Burgess
Rotary Club
Ormsby’s
Wiedman Auto Co
Hoeft’s Service
A. C. Lange
Saline Recreation
Gross Hardware
Cole’s
Guyette Cafe
Herman He
Men Of Boys Town Returns With Tracy Rooney Cast
Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney reprise Father Flanagan and Whitey Marsh in Men of Boys Town. Bob Watson stars as Pee Wee in the long awaited sequel detailing Father Flanagan’s fight for homeless boys on the upcoming weekend showings.
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Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
Father Flanagan
Whitey Marsh
Oaline
Bobs Watson
Pee Wee
Thirtieth Wedding Anniversary Observed
Mr and Mrs Fred Arend celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary with 85 friends at their Pittsfield township home. The event featured potluck supper and a three tier wedding cake. guests included relatives from Oxford Miss Toledo and Grass Lake. a wedding ring theft was resolved by state police.
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Fred Arend
William Lindemann
Pittsfield Township
W. P. Schwoche
Saline Band Prepares for Centennial at Dexter
The Saline Band rests after school closes then rehearses at the school Friday night July 3 at 8. They will play at the Dexter Centennial on July 5 leaving at 12 sharp. The State Fair in Detroit invites the Saline Band with prizes offered to members.
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Saline
Dexter
Detroit
Card of Thanks from Sam Gall
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for flowers cigars candy and cards sent during illness in St Josephs hospital noted by Sam Gall.
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St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sam Gall
Contest Off With A Bang Word Hunt Continues
The Miss ing Word Contest enters its second week with thirteen more words to locate over eleven weeks. Readers mail in answers and await the weekly letter pattern to guide the new word search. Cash prizes go to those who find the most words, not necessarily all.
Fifteen Year Old Girl Taken Into Custody
Ela Wisterman aged 15 from seven miles north of Saline on US 112 was taken into custody by state police after items were found missing from the Arend home. A camera a diamond ring a wrist watch and a brooch were recovered. She confessed to possession and was taken to Adrian for probate court appearances.
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Ela Wisterman
Us-112
Fred Arend
Council Proceedings and Cemetery Ordinance Draft Ordered
The council met in the council chamber with Mayor Gross presiding and members Lambarth Schroen Cole and Haarer present. Clerk read and approved minutes and Kraizman was ordered to draft a cemetery ordinance for later publication. Bills totaling 1172.79 were approved. Census reports list 181 Hindus in Michigan.
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Council
Gross
Lambarth
Schroen
Cole
Haarer
Kraizman
Lottie. Wallach
Alwin Gross
Pretty Bridgewater wedding ties Hinderer family to Eldean Han son
Miss Lillian Hinderer wed Eldean Hanson in a garden ceremony at the Hinderer home on Bridgewater road. Rev M C Philipp officiated at 4 pm with orchid decorations, a three course dinner for forty, and an outdoor motion picture reception. Guests included Rochester guests Mr and Mrs Dietrich and the groom’s grandparents Mr and Mrs Kopka.
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Gottlob Hinderer
Bridgewater Road
Lillian
Eldean Hanson
M. C. Philipp
Bridgewater
Carl Burmeister
Elmer Hinderer
Carlene Joanne Hinderer
Mary Hilen Kochendorfer
Loren Hinderer
Hinderer
Michael Dietrich
Rochester
N. Y
Henry Feldheuser
Ann Arbor
Amanada Strieter
August Feldheuser
Ernest Kochendorfer
Alvin Elisemen
Saline Rotary Club Plans Picnic and Community Meeting
The Saline Rotary Club met last Thursday at The Tavern to discuss better programs and wider club activity. A follow up meeting of business men is called for Tuesday in the council rooms. Today’s event is a picnic at Mr. and Mrs. C A Curtiss home with members and wives invited. The article notes Porcupine Mountains hold Michigan's highest land at 2023 feet.
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Rotary Club
C. A. Curtiss
Michigan
Porcupine Mountains
Rules of the Missing Word Contest
The Observer announces a weekly missing word contest running for 12 weeks. An advertisement on different pages hides one word starting with S and ending with E, with a single solution per family each week. Cash prizes range from 12 to 5 dollars plus subscriptions, with neat handwritten answer blanks due by next Wednesday at noon.
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Observer
Missing Word Contest Ad Instruction Fragment
Reader instruction prompts a weekly Missing Word contest in The Observer with blanks to fill and submission rules. The fragment instructs families to write neatly, send by noon next Wednesday, and limit one answer per household.
New Tavern Adds Charm As Community Spends Summer
The article notes the near completion of a brick one story tavern with casement windows, a new outer entrance, and a removed front tree. It also covers farmers facing haying labor shortages, women taking outdoor roles, a dog house mishap with Maurice Henderson, and community notes on seniors leaving for Washington.
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Maurice Henderson
Sebastian Finkbeiner
Sarah Ann Warner
Ray Haeussler
Washington
Washburn
Jewell
United States
California
Mabel Dean
Harold Marsh
Local Births and Health Update
Saline General Hospital lists a son born June 19 to Mr and Mrs Demers Francour. Mr and Mrs Paul Knoedler announce a daughter born June 19. Mr and Mrs Frank Riggs welcome a son born June 22. Harl Russell, who had an emergency appendectomy last Monday, is recovering and expected to return home this week.
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Demers Francour
Paul Knoedler
Frank Riggs
Harl Russell
Local Classified Ads and Notices Vol — Saline Area
A dense sequence of ads and notices listing auctioneers, watch rewards, gas stations, farm and feed sales, repairs, and services. Entries include Clarence Cook Auctioneer, Della Burkhardt reward, Taylor’s Sinclair Gas Station, Saline Creamery, Andrew Hartman floor sanding, Kelly’s Radio Service, A. S. Hall acre offers, Wiedman Auto Co sales, Morton Poultry Farm feeds, C. R. Parsons wool sales, R. G. Wahl heating, and more. Includes wanted dead stock, eye care by Dr. Gibson, and local auto repairs and farm services across Saline, Adrian, Tecumseh, and Ann Arbor areas.
Eye Care Offered At Milan Hotel Office
Optometrist Dr. Frank Gifford at the Toledo office provides eye exams and glasses fitting every Saturday at 2:30 PM. The Milan Hotel location advertises eye care services with Saturday availability and free results in liner ads.
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Milan
Frank Gifford
Toledo
Hudson mixes boost for hogs and poultry profits
Saline Mercantile Co of Saline Michigan promotes Hudson 42 percent All-Mix Poultry Concentrate and 50 percent Hog-Mix Concentrate. A sack plus own grain creates Laying Mash or 4 hundred pounds grain for pig feed, aiming to finish hogs in five months.
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Hudson
Parson’s saleads mix of farm items and equipment
The notice lists Wolverine Work Shoes at Parsons and cherries for sale by John Kohler Jr with ordering by 5 PM. Saline Valley Farms advertises Thor washing machines and hats of various prices, plus Berkshire pigs and poultry. A Ford tractor deal from Wiedman Tractor Sales in Saline invites demonstrations in Washtenaw County.
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Dearborn
Washtenaw County
Wiedman Tractor Sales
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Pimento
Wisconsin Blue
Kaukauna Club Kraft
Borden
Page's
Saline Valley Farms
Gayle
Johnson
Frankfurters
Calif
Florida
Fort Howard
Tessue
Schmid’s Food Market
Complete Food Service
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Council Proceedings
State
Lillian Hinderer
J. Frederick Jones
Pittsburgh, Pa
Observer Office
Oberver
Clarence Cook
Della Burkhardt
Taylor
Sinclair
Andrew Hartman
Kelly’s Radio Service
Ann Arbor Street
A. S. Hall
Wiedman ‘Auto Company
Morton Poultry Farm
C. R. Parsons
Mich
R. G. Wahl
Michigan Ave
C. Boettner
Rauser Outfitting Co
N. Fourth Ave
Call
Tecumseh
Carroll Frost
Darling & Co
Brooks Brothers
Adrian
Adrian, Mich
Adrian Tankage Co
Farmalion Steel
Herman
Saline Mercantile Co
Saline, Mich
Wolverine
Parsons
John Kohler, Jr
Thor
Alice Anglemyer
Berkshire
Malice
S. Main Street
Detroit Edison
Detroit Edison Company
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