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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1952
Page
2
A collage of short items covers local life from missing bicycle to shop news and mild commerce. Mentions Frank’s lawn theft, Miss Helen’s family visit, and Sim Wilson’s election as federation president. Includes prices from The Observer and coal and fuel listings.
A Saline area note offers a dinner at the Saline Hotel to the first reader who identifies a pictured former resident. The challenge expires one week after publication as casual farming and social items mix with local curiosities.
Twenty years ago Mr and Mrs Vern Fox began operating the Taylor gas station in Schuylerville replacing Fred Stevenson. Walter Armbruster of Ann Arbor planned to open an electric shoe repair shop Saturday in the Wallace black room vacated by the butcher shop. C E Williams of Detroit visited the Morris home Saturday. R L Finch and John drove to Lansing Thursday to visit relatives.
A disastrous second inning featured six errors and nine runs as Saline Tigh lost 19 to 1 at Chelsea. Reports note 25 women in nutrition and training, 36 men finishing first aid, and 25 women starting a canteen crop, with Washtenaw County asked to provide 50 comfort kits to soldiers.
Charles Anderson of the Youth Grange will join the Michigan Youth Advisory Council quarterly meeting at East Lansing May 17 and 18. The council, formed with the Michigan Youth Commission, includes 40 youths aged 16 to 24 from 24 organizations and will discuss voting age, school and community counseling, child labor laws, and school district reorganization. Youth delegates lead discussions with adult experts available for information and officers to be elected for the coming year.
Saturday the Hornets compete in the Regional Track Meet at Michigan State Normal College to qualify for the State Meet. Coach Padsen leads the relay, mile, half mile, and dashes while field events are cut due to poor season showings.
The Industrial News Review discusses Elmer T Peterson’s piece in Country Gentleman critiquing large downstream dams as flood control. It urges caution after last summer’s Missouri Valley floods, warning such programs may waste farmland and public money.
The University of Michigan announced 722 graduating seniors from Michigan high schools receive the Regents Alumi Honor Awards. Dean E A Walter chairs the scholarship committee and says the certificates recognize outstanding students accepted for admission, with no money attached.
The University awards Regents Alumni Scholarships since 1945 to 473 Honor Award winners from 1,059 applicants representing 206 high schools. Awards cover freshman year fees and may extend for three more years if performance warrants. Winners include Sue Thomas of Saline Howard Tommelein Myron Hazen Robert Hann Florence Ambrose of Milan.
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