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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1958
Page
3
The column highlights Saline and Milan Babe Ruth teams as top American division contenders with 14 year old pitcher John Thoss nearly throwing a no hitter. Milan coach Ty Hassen praises the program while Kurt Prediger starts a Manchester baseball rebuilding.miss Babe Ruth contest announced for girls 13-15 with queen chosen at All Star game in Saline.
The Portage Trails Council announces an updated Exploring program for Explorer Scouts. It adds specialized posts in subjects from agriculture to zoology and expands the experience with five areas: social outdoor personal fitness service and citizenship guided by adult advisers. The program also updates post organization and introduces a new Exploring emblem with a forthcoming handbook revision by the Boy Scouts of America.
Saline's Babe Ruth baseballers won two important American Division contests last week. Jim Walters pitched well as Saline defeated Milan 4-3, Rich Malenzak delivering the bases loaded double to break a 3-3 tie in the seventh. Earlier on Wednesday at Gibston Saline beat the Red Skins 8-2 on Johnny Thoss’s one hitter, his second of the season, spoiled only by a Clinton runner's single after two walks.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Heininger and Mrs E and Mrs Car Moehn departed for an extended trip in the northwest. The itinerary includes YellowSidhe Park and Glacier National Park.
The Saline Recreation Program outlines weekly swimming lessons and crafts at the Y M C A and school, with sessions at Wampers Lake. Pickup at Saline High School is by 5 p m daily. Calvin Carr will supervise games and hand out equipment 9 to 11 a m at the high school field.
Saling Recreation reports a Monday event featuring a boys and girls touch football game coached by Mark De Bay and Tom Johnston. Lions won 6D on the last play as De Lay and Johnston wobbled off field. Arts crafts was organized by Sue Bottoms and water fights near the football fountain added to the day.
Saline is described as a busy town with two newspapers and a radio station. The narrator notes daily routines around Michigan Ave at 7:45 and mentions residents like Milt Hartman Tom Johnston Bill Muir and Elmer Houghton. A new front for the Observer Office is contemplated along with a contour map in City Hall.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Ernst and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Spitler of Triton attended the wedding of Miss Dorothy Ernst of Milan daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon Texter of Delta. Willing Workers met at Mrs Herman Mehler home with Mrs Way Garr presiding. Lloyd Atey led devotions and Mrs Wade Scudder gave the program in Mrs Raynor Scudder’s absence. The annual picnic is planned for the 17th at Lane Township Hall. Mrs Mike Strait and family entertained Tommy Jensen Tom Weagner Billy Starling and Bobby Sal at their summer cottage at Wampler’s Lake last week.
Ray Sluyter 59 of Tecumseh died of a heart attack at his place of business shortly after a golf game. Survived by wife Jose Sie daughter Jeanne ONeill and son Raymond Jr sister Mrs BE Muir brothers Arthur George W. Funeral in Tecumseh with Rev. Ted Walworth, body interred at Grand Lawn Cemetery Grand Rapids.
Curtiss Stud Occupies New Office and Laboratory Building northwest of Chicago. The 9000 square foot facility houses office space and delicate temperature controlled rooms for processing and packaging. The Curtiss breeding program is now offered in 43 states by over 1000 technicians, reflecting growing popularity.
A fragmentary note describes a man with an inflated ego finding the community judges him harshly after he deflates his image. The text reflects social perception and personal pride in a concise vignette.
The report shows 6,055,982 cows bred artificially in the United States representing 27.1 percent of all cattle. It notes 277,983 cows and heifers are in Michigan amid broader national figures.
A public advisory from the Institute for Safer Living offers a survival checklist for the holiday. It urges mental readiness, physical condition, vehicle checks, safe driving habits, and flexible starting times to prevent fatigue, impaired driving, and delays. Safety engineers predict up to 400 fatalities over the three day period.
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