Burns Fatal Fire Claims Mrs. Eaton on May Fifteenth
Mrs Lucille B E Eaton 37 of 829 Judd Rd died Tuesday in St Josephs Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor after clothing caught fire from a fuel oil stove while she opened the door Saturday She was conscious when found and could not explain the accident A ward supervisor at Ypsilanti State Hospital she is survived by her husband two sons a sister and other relatives Funeral services are set for this afternoon at 2 30 at Lockwood Funeral Home with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Lucille BE. Eaton
Judd Rd
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Ann Arbor
Eaton
Muir
Herculine
Heith Hayden Rice
Joseph O. Eaton
Lyon
Lockwood Funeral Home
J. L. Masemore
York Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Story Teller At Methodist Church In Ann Arbor
A feature at the Mother and Daughter banquet at the Methodist church will be a story recital by Annie Locke MacKinnon a national story league leader visiting Ann Arbor for a story institute. She will perform tomorrow night at Slauson Junior High auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Locke MacKinnon
National Organization of Story Leagues
MacKinnon
Ann Arbor
Slauson
Travis Cash
Broadway St
George Slocum
S. Division
St. Ann Arbor
Detroit Training School
Fostoria
Ohio
Cheney State Normal School
Marietta
Marietta College
Akron University
Wichita
Gala Daughters Plan June Weddings in Ann Arbor
Genevieve Gala will wed Francis Wright and Stephanie Gala will marry James Burns. The June 21 ceremony at St Thomas Catholic Church in Ann Arbor is set. The sisters, Saline High graduates, work at Argus Inc. Burns and Wright are WWII veterans with South Pacific service. Burns is a Michigan State College student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve
Stephanie
Jacobh Gala
Francis W. Wright
Francis M. Wright
Wagner Rd
James R. Burns
Raymond J. Burns
Pinckney
St. Thomas Catholic Church
Ann Arbor
Saline High School
Argus Inc
Burns
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Michigan State College
Wright
Stephanie Gala
Genevieve Gala
Jacob Gala
Saline
How the Trout Season Opened
Trout season opened with cold weather and high winds lowering water temps and catches. Bait fishing was fair on some streams while most fly fishers waited for better conditions. Rainbow trout were reported. conservation officers arrested violators on spawning streams. Penalties for spearing and snagging ranged $10 to $50 and ten days in jail. Lake County sheriff faced crowding due to prisoner overflow. Fires burned 439 acres in the opening week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couservaton Department
Tom Shurtz
Lake County
New Books Arrive at Saline Library
The Saline Library announces new books and urges patrons to stop lending items to others and to return reads promptly. Fines become due when late and must be paid after two weeks overdue.
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Saline
Rotary Lends Support To Jaycee Aims
A Saline Rotary Club and Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce joint dinner at the Saline Hotel boosted Jaycee aims. Rotary president Harold Miller welcomed guests. Kenneth Meininger of Ann Arbor JC spoke on JC aims. local leaders Lee Robison and Myron Gallagher outlined local objectives. Charter Rotary members Alwin Gross Carl Curtiss Fred Wiedman recalled early club days. Sim R. Wilson remains from the original charter group.
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Saline Rotary Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Saline Hotel
Rotary
Harold Miller
Jaycees
Frank Deede
Kenneth Meininger
Ann Arbor
Lee Robison
Myron Gallagher, Jr
Alwin, Gross
Carl Curtiss
Fred Wiedman
Saline Rotary
Ealy
Sim R. Wilson
Eight Hundred To Attend Boys State
The American Legion's 10th Wolverine Boys State will host 800 youths at Michigan State College from June 12 to 21. Luther Schaible of Saline is among the selected attendees sponsored by the Saline Rotary Club, as the final registrations fill the 80 percent quota and close further applications.
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Michigan High School
Luther Schaible
Saline
Saline Rotary Club
American Legion
Wolverine
Legion State
Detroit
Michigan State College
Michigan
Feldkamp R C dies suddenly while farming near Pittsfield
Reuben C Feldkamp 62 died Tuesday afternoon while working near his home at 306 Bemis Road in Pittsfield township. He was born December 1 1884 in Saline township and married Amanda Geisel in Bridgewater August 10 1910. He leaves a large family and was a member of St Pauls Evangelical Reformed Church. Funeral details set for Friday at 2 and 230 in Saline with interment in Oakwood cemetery. Friends may call. Also notes An Arbor Rabbit Breeders Association meeting Sunday May 11 at 6 30 in Chelsea Municipal Building with potluck and program.
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Reuben C. Feldkamp
Bemis Road
Pittsfield Township
Mr. Feldkamp
Saline Township
George
Louise Rentschier Feldkamp
Amanda Geisel
Bridgewater
Erwin
LeRoy
Rudolph
Lodi
Milton
Glen
Saline
Lloyd
Clarence Boehm
Herman Marion
Lowell Roehm
Ann Arbor
Raymond Wiedmayer
Freedom
Aaron
Arthur
Omer
Elmer
Edna Feldkamp
George Burmeister
Universal Die Casting instituting paid vacations for staff
Universal Die Casting and Manufacturing Co in Saline announces a one week paid vacation for employees with one year of continuous service as of May 15 1947. All payroll staff with one year through March 8 1947 will receive the paid leave. Plant will shut May 24 to June 2 to prevent efficiency losses from staggered vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Universal Die Casting & Manfacturing. Co
Saline
William Britton
Britton
Pig Lamb Feeding Clubs Start In Saline Junior Group
Saline's Junior Livestock Feeding and Show Association plans pig and lamb feeding clubs to supplement the steer program begun in January. Open to boys and girls aged 10 to 20 who follow club rules, members will feed three to six pigs or lambs for the fall fat stock sale. Pig projects must start before June 1 and lamb projects by July 17. An 8 o'clock Monday meeting at the high school will introduce directors and discuss matters of interest. all steers, pigs, and lamb feeders are welcome.
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Saline’s Junior Livestock Feeding and Show Association
Charles S. Osgood
Osgood
Steer Feeding Association
Junior Livestock Feeding and Show Association
Steer Club
Wheeler Court Development Revealed on Lewis Street
The Observer reproduces the Wheeler Court blueprint showing eleven available lots in a new residential development. A court extends from Lewis Street to accessible lots, with only three remaining inaccessible.
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the Observer
Wheeler Court
Lewis Street
Two Veterans Of U S Unite In Ann Arbor Church Nuptials
In a simple dignified ceremony at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic church Ann Arbor Jean Carleen Burkhart daughter of the late Frederic L. Burkhart wed LaVere Vaughn Austin first son of Clyde Austin of Dundee. Msgr Warren W. Peek officiated before close family. Maid of honor Miss Clara Bowen and bridesmaid Miss Karyl Jean Beasley stood with the bridal party as delphinium blue shades marked the occasion.
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St. Thomas, the Apostle Catholic Church
Ann Arb
Jean Carleen Burkhart
Frederic L. Burkhart
LaVere Vaughn Austin
Clyde Austin
Dundee
Warren W. Peek
E. J. Beasley
Blessed Virgin
Clara Bowen
Oakland
Calif
Karyl Jean Beasley
Saline
Burkhart
Wiings Over America Coming to Saline High School
Fifteen Saline merchants sponsor a free Tuesday show at Saline high school on May 13 featuring Billie and Irene Burns with their trained lovebirds and Brazilian macaws. The two Detroiters present a two hour program of bird circus tricks lectures and films, with Burns training birds for 14 years. Tickets are free but issued only by participating merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
the Saline High School
Billie
Irene Burns
Burns
Community Benefit Party at School Plans Big Event
The school sponsors a large benefit party with six classes handling tasks from floor show to tickets and refresh ments. The Senior class will plan the floor show while the Junior class manages ticket sales and the Eighth grade handles advertising. Proceeds buy chairs for the school.
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Bergis Orchestra
Circus at Sa line by American Legion Post runs two shows
The American Legion Post of Sa line sponsors a tent circus on the school grounds with Patterson Bros. Circus featuring Buck Lucas in whip popping and rope feats, Fay King and twenty trained dogs, and Roba the magician. Matinee at 3:30 PM and evening show at 8:00 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post of
Saline
Patterson Bros. Circus
Buck Lucas
Fay King
Roba
Saline Ladies Choose Guild Officers
Mrs P G Schaible of Chelsea was elected president of the Women’s Guild of the Ann Arbor region at a regional meeting in Lansing last Wednesday. Other officers include Mrs Lance Rogers of Saline as first vice president and Mrs Clarence Haarer of Saline as treasurer, with Rev O Walter Wagner of Jackson named pastoral advisor.
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P. G. Schaible
Chelsea
Women’s Guild of
Ann Arbor
Lansing
Lance Rogers
Clarence’ Haarer
Salme
O. Walter Wagner
Jackson
A Saline Editorial on Speedy Streets and Farming Fate
A local columnist critiques reckless driving on US-112 in Saline and laments near misses as cars race by. The piece expands into musings on farming as a life and gamble, ending with a quip about a white house with a green roof seen westbound.
Post CO Joins Army Air Forces
Norman R. Hedger, commander of the William B. Lutz American Legion post, has been accepted by the United States Army Air Forces and will report for duty at the San Antonio Army Air Force Training Center on May 26. He spent four years and eight months in the service during the late war with the First Cavalry Division and has lived at the Micah Roebisox farm for 16 years, active in Legion and civic affairs, previously vice commander and commander of the local post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman R. Hedger
Wiliam B. Lutz
American Legion
Adjutant General’s Office
United States Air Corp
San Antonio
Texas
Army Air Force, Training Center
First Cavalry Division
Micah Roebisox
Legion
Army
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Mr. Blandings
Hodgins
Zane Grey
Chidsey
Wolfe
Ostenso
Beverly Gray
Clair Blank
Annie Locke
Jaycee
Frederick G. Murray
Cedar Rapids
Fanet Fiske
Washington, D. C
Murray
Ann Arbkor Rabbit Breeders Association
Universal
Wheeler Ct
Pturttu
U.S.A
Miss Burkhart
America
Circus
Arthur S. Hardy
Mayer Gross
Tm Horn
White House
Army Air Forces
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