Saline Superintendent Leo Jensen Led School Growth and Reform
Leo Jensen, born 1903 near Stanton, built a long career from one room Cedar Lakes school to Saline Superintendent. He expanded accreditation to three years, established transportation and family programs, grew enrollment from 320 to 630, added music art and vocational tracks, and helped form a new district. He holds advanced degrees from University of Michigan and Central Michigan, and leads regional educator associations.
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Leo Jensen
Cedar Lakes
Mich
County Normal
Central Michigan College of Education
Mt. Pleasant
Fairview
Central Michigan
Jensen
Nadeau Township
Carney
Michigan
University of Michigan
Saline
Universiy of Michigan
Stanton, Mich
Montcalm Co
Alice Stevens
Mio
Jensens
Michigan Normal
Tommy
Rotary Club
Masonic Lodge
Ciation
Ciaoin
National Association of
Southeastern Michigan Roundtable
Saline Sidelights and Community Notes
A local column gathers small items from Saline residents. Poems urge self improvement. Mrs Walter Mac Arthur discusses winter bird feeding and a one legged sparrow. Saline residents praise the park, desire a recreation center for teens, and note spring signs with salesmen returning.
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Walter MacArthur
Allen Wiedman
Saline
Fathers and Sons Banquet Planned by Federated Church
Final plans for tomorrow night’s Fathers and Sons banquet of the Federated Church group have been set. Walter Jacobs chairs the Usher Board organizing ticket sales, with Kenneth Rogers and others in the party. A 6:30 start includes an invocation, group singing, a toast by Marvin Borick, and a projection of Alaska wildlife photos by Dr Don Baxter with Walter Jacobs as toastmaster.
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Fathers and Sons
Federated Church Congregation
Walter Jacobs
Kenneth Rogers
Charles Uphaus
Kim Jacobsen
Tom King
Donald Jaeger
Max Collins
Ladies Aid Society
James Austin
Marvin Rorick
Don Baxter
University of Michigan School of Forestry
Joseph Brooker
Hospital falls send two patients to recovery and care
Herman Mehler has been released from the University Hospital and is recovering at home after a March 8 fall that broke his jaw. Another fall victim, Mrs. Walter Rhoades of Mooreville, remains in St. Joseph's Hospital in Ann Arbor with a broken leg.
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Herman Mehler
University Hospital
Walter Rhoades
Mooreville
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ann Arbor
Teen-Age Road-E-O Set For April by Jaycees
The JCC Teen-Age Road-E-O will be held in late April. Last year’s Saline winner Walfred Larson placed third at the State Road-E-O in Lansing. Teens interested in entering should contact Bob Harrison or Mike Strait.
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JCC
The
Saline Jaycees
Ken Lavery
Saline Fire Department Fifth Annual Ball Set for April 11
The Saline Fire Department schedules its Fifth Annual Ball for Saturday night April 11 at the Saline American Legion Home. Tickets are on sale from any firefighter.
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Saline Fire Department
Saline American Legion
Republican Caucus Ellisworth Lindsley Heads Ticket
The Saline Township Republican Caucus names Ellsworth Lindsley as supervisor and Micah Robinson as township clerk. Albert Bredernitz is treasurer with Clarence Hall Norman Bohnett as trustees. Warren Finkbeiner is highway commissioner Raynor Scudder is justice of the peace Duncan Robison is board of review member Albert Gall Victor Berkich Mary Finkbeiner and Walter Graf are constables.
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Saline Township
Ellsworth Lindsley
Micah Robinson
Albert Bredernitz
Clarence Hall
Norman Bohnett
Warren Finkbeiner
Raynor Scudder
Board of Review
Duncan Robison
Albert Gall
Victor Berkich
Mary Finkbeiner
Walter Graf
Community Events March calendar highlights
March 19 Willing Workers meet at the home of Mrs. Albert Faust. March 20 Cafeteria Supper at Macon Methodist Church. March 21 Bake Sale at Woods Store at 1 00 Union School. March 21 at 8 00 p m Pattengill Auditorium Ann Arbor High School wildlife motion picture Animals Unaware with speaker Howard Cleaves.
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Albert Faust
Macon Methodist Church
Woods Store
Union School
Pattengill
Ann Arbor High School
Howard Cleaves
Parking of Commercial Vehicles on Street Prohibited
Following a council vote an amendment to Sec 21 Ordinance 105 adds a prohibition on parking commercial vehicles on residential street frontages between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. The motion carried with Buck and Little voting in favor.
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Buck
Little
Easter Seals Drive at Gil trow's Pharmacy in Saline
No separate Easter Seal sale in Saline this year as it is included in the Community Chest Drive Purchasers can still buy seals at Giltrow's Pharmacy for the worthy cause.
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Giltrow
Fire meetings set monthly by 7 PM whistle signal
Announced schedule for fire meetings with a recurring alert at 7:00 p.m. on the second Monday of every month. The fire whistle will mark the start of each gathering.
Eastern Star Guests On Ladies Day
A group of 48 Eastern Star ladies traveled by Greyhound to Detroit last Friday for a Ladies Day on WJBK TV at the Masonic Temple. Lunch stop at Arbor Lil in Plymouth preceded the broadcast. Mrs. Harry Friis named Lady of the Day and Mrs. Leon Greashaber spoke on Eastern Star activities.
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Detroit
Plymouth
Wjbk-Tv
Masonic Temple
Harry Friis
Leon Greashaber
Eastern Star Lodge
Eastern Star
Saline business leaders pledge civic reform and growth fixes
A Saline group of fifty business leaders including bankers pharmacists and utility spokesmen vow to study and push local government improvements. They cite growing pains such as school district consolidation parking water quality and sanitation as areas for reform to benefit the community.
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Ann Arbor News
Saline
Ann Arbor
Saline Business Association For
Local People Make the News in Saline and Area
Saline and nearby town residents share social visits and gatherings. Mrs. Lawrence Bachelder travels to Daytona Beach with relatives. several hosts entertain guests from Jackson, Ann Arbor, Dundee, Gaines, and Charleston. Events include dinners, bridge parties, and show outings.
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Lawrence Bachelder
BE. Michigan Ave
Saline
Daytona Beach
Fila
Bachelders
C. W. Moulton
Jackson
Christ Kennath
Lorraine
Ellen
Albert Bigerkrn
Saginaw
Albert Jantz
Hazel Crothers
Torch Lake
Thomas Shurtz
Henry Karner
Bertha Blome
Blome
Karner
Fannie Unterkircher
Crowley
Joseph Schaible
Hollis Carr
Walter Brown
Ypsilanti
Glen Wolfin
Gaines
Michigan
James Youell
Charleston
Red Cross Drive Under Way For 1958 Washtenaw County
The Washtenaw County American Red Cross launches its drive to raise 70 400 to fund gamma globulin for polio and support disaster aid and blood services. County city quotas are listed including Ann Arbor 41950 and Ypsilanti 12600 with townships coordinating by volunteer chairmen.
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American Red Cross
Washtenaw County
Red Cross
Motor Service
American Red Cross Chapter
Chelsea
Dexter
Manchester
Milan
Saline
Ann Arbor
East Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti
Edwin Goddard
Jay Huntington
Rigdon Ratliff
Ray Wurster
Augusta
Dewey Ehle
Bridgewater
Louis Blaisdell
Walter Wolfgang
Freedom
Alfred Kuhl
Lima
Lodi
Miles Wilson
Lyndon
Henry Prin
Ray Kerr
Northfield
Margaret Smalley
Erwin Volz
Pittsfield
Frank McCalla
Salem
John van Aken
Gilbert Dicks
Solo
Walter Schwartz
Sharon
Raymond Jacob
Superior
Maynard Sellars
H. S&s. Osler
John Fischer
Yates Kennedy
Dan J. Boutell
William H. Squires
Lee Robison
Pauline Fife
Walter Greig
Federal Correctional Institution At
D. M. Heritage
Neil Hurja
Ypsilanti State Hospital
Paratrooper Thomas Mitchell Heads to Fort Benning
Paratrooper Thomas Mitchell of Saline left Monday for Fort Wayne then Detroit as he awaits deployment. Mitchell has enlisted in the paratroopers and expects to be sent to Fort Benning, Georgia.
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Thomas Mitchell
Saline
Ft. Wayne
Detroit
Fort Benning, Ga
Goodwill Industries To Visit Saline
The red Goodwill trucks will be in Saline on Thursday March 26 to collect usable household materials for the rehabilitation program. Donations support job training for 330 physically handicapped workers in Detroit workshops. Contact Mrs. Ronald Tower at 14 or mail to Goodwill Industries 6522 Brush Street Detroit Michigan.
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Goodwill Industries
Goodwill
Detroit
Lambarths Hardware to Move Into Merritts Shoe Store Site
The Lambarth Bros. Hardware Store will relocate to 104 W. Michigan Ave into the former Merritt's Shoe Store space. No opening date has been set yet.
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Lambarth Bros. Hardware
Merritt’s Shoe Store
Michigan Ave
Room Mothers Meet Discuss Teacher Conferences
The Room Mothers Association met on Monday March 9 in the Commercial room with President Mrs. Robert Merchant presiding. A tape on Report Card Dilemma opened the session followed by a panel including Mrs. Wilbur Williams and others. Officers named committees for kindergarten and May teas and a survey of substitute teachers was requested. Coffee was served afterward.
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The
Room Mothers Association
Commercial Room
Robert Merchant
Wilbur Williams
George Austin
Edward Laudon
James Fox
Lester McCoy
Hollis Carr
Carl Marion
Henry Groeb
Ldean Bernard
Basil Badour
Waldo Gross
al Wiedman
Leslie Jordan
Robert Bassett
Donald Rapp
Mrs Gertrude Carter Visits Motions in Ypsilanti
Mrs Gertrude Carter traveled to the George Motions in Ypsilanti to stay for a couple of weeks to recuperate after a fall two weeks earlier.
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Gertrude Carter
Daugher and
George Motions
Ypsilanti
Correction: Saline Area Schools name proposed after vote
In last week's Sa line Observer report on school reorganization the correct vote tally shows rural yes 334 no 151 Saline yes 271 and no 62. The Saline Community Education Advisory Council tentatively names the new district Saline Area Schools.
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Saline Observer
Saline
Saline Community Educational Advisory Council
Saline Area Schools
Births at Saline Hospital Reported for March Days
Saline Hospital records show births to Clarence Turner Britton March 16 a son 8 pounds 14 ounces Don ald Murray Milan March 16 a daughter 7 pounds 14 ounces Lloyd Bontrager Saline March 17 a son 8 pounds 6 ounces. Medical patients list names Josephine Bissell Milan August Dechert Saline Eunice Bish Milan Margaret Heimindinger Manchester. Surgical patients include Marilee Harvey Saline Earl Scruggs Ann Arbor Loretta Tuer Saline. Tonsillectomies list Robert Hutting Dundee Brenda Burger Milan Clara Chie Ypsilanti Gary Mitchell Manchester Thomas Sutton Saline.
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Clarence Turner
Britton
Donald Murray
Milan
Lloyd Bontrager
Josephine Bissell
August Dechert
Eunice Bish
Margaret Heimindinger
Manchester
Marilee Harvey
Earl Scruggs
Ann Arbor
Loretta Tuer
Robert Hutting
Dundee
Brenda Burger
Clara Chie
Ypsilanti
Gary Mitchell
Thomas Sutton
Fosdick Extension Group March Meeting Held at Webb Harwood Home
The Fosdick Extension Group met at Mrs. Webb Harwood’s home for a March session. Mrs. Orson Tobias led the sewing machine use lesson. A light lunch followed, served by Mrs. Tobias and Mrs. Jay Emmick.
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Fosdick Extension Group
Webb Harwood
Orson Tobias
Jay Emmick
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Virginia Carr
E. D. Wolfin
South Saline
Jaycees
Republican
Cecil Davenport
Hugh Austin
Sam Lambarth
Alwin Gross
George Burg
Lee Robinson
Everett Esch
Editorial
West Virginia
Erwin Schmid
Fred Waring
Sandra
Dave Wahl
Clarence Girbach
Alvin Siemsen
Ilinois
RE. D. Wolfin
Kenneth Heininger
Arthur Heininger
John
Ed. Heininger
Oscar Weber
Herman Heininger
Robert Starling
Ted Stimpson
Bridge Club
Saline Hospital
Kenneth Lavery
Henry Wilcox
Brooklyn
Lanny Walla
Cherry Hill Road
Louis Bowen
Sandiland
Harold Harrer
Harley
Rudy Wahl
Lyle
Ronnie
Wear Widmayer
Harold Warrer
Austin Balmer
Ann Turf
Mable Stierle
Red Cross Drive
Lambarth
Fosdick
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