Community Farm Groups Meet in Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County Federation of Associated Women held its third meeting at Mrs. Robert Tefft’s home in Northfield Township on May 9. Attendees from multiple farm groups included presidents and secretaries from Lodi Pittsfield Worden Bridgewater East Manchester Sharon Webster South Salem West Augusta and Southwest Lodi. A board of four sectional representatives was formed with plans to coordinate countywide programs. A discussion on home refrigeration featured a 63 cubic ft freezer capable of 1250 lbs of meat.
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Washtenaw County Federation of Associated Women
Robert Tefft
Six Mile
Earheart Roads
Northfield Township
Dan Hall
Lodi Group
Raymond Krumpp
Southwest Lodi
Ferman Clements
Pittsfield Group
Lloyd G. Steiner
Wessell
Worden Group
Marvin Breitenwisher
Bridgewater Group
Lowell Parr
East Manchester Group
Paul Feldkamp
Sharon Group
J. J. Wagner
Webster Group
Harmon Gale
South Salem Group
Tt” Wanty
Dibble
West Augusta Group
Raymond Klumpp
David Poster
Southwest Lodi Group
Dexter
Hattie Frederick
Ann Arbor
T. Wanty
Ypsilanti
Manchester
Henry Ford Trade School Celebrates 30th Anniversary Banquet
Alumni faculty and students will host a banquet October 26 at Detroit Masonic Temple to mark the Henry Ford Trade School founding 30 years ago. General Chairman John Dobrei, class of 1930, serves as student counselor and head of the committee.
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Henry Ford Trade School
Detroit
Masonic Temple
John Dobrei
Child Study Club Meeting Set for May 21
The Child Study Club will meet Tuesday May 21 at 8 00 pm at Saline Valley Farms. Miss Esther Everett of Michigan State College Lansing will speak on Democracy in the Home. Transportation contact Mrs Don Campbell. Husbands and friends invited. Last meeting of the year.
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Child Study Club
Saline Valley Farms
Esther Everett
Washtenaw County Federation Meeting at Macon Church
The Washtenaw County Federation of Women's Clubs holds its annual meeting at Macon Methodist Church on May 18. The Macon Woman's Club hosts with Dr. Engelke from the county Health Department speaking at 10 AM. A pot luck noon dinner invites all to bring table service and a dish to pass.
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Washtenaw County Federation of ‘Women’s Clubs
Macon Methodist Church
Macon Woman’s Club
Engelke
County Health Department
Macon Club
Alma College Choir Set to Sing at Saline High
Alma College Choir of 36 voices under Professor Eugene F Grove will perform before Saline High School students on Tuesday May 21 at 11 a m The visit includes a May 18 radio broadcast from Station WJR Detroit and features soloists Jean Slaski Wilma Bret and Glenn Sempsrott in a program of Baroque and Romantic works.
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Alma College
Saline High School
WJR
Detroit
Michigan
State
Eugene F. Grove
Bach
Palestrina
Gounod
Christiansen
Lvovsky- Lamont
Will James
Jean Slaski
Wilma Bret
Glenn Sempsrott
Saline Union School
Everett to Direct Saline Softball League at Park
Saline high school coach George Everett will direct the summer recreation program at the park and organize a softball league, aiming for at least six teams. Interested organizations or individuals should contact the high school.
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George. Everett
Saline
Everett
Bolz Jenkins Wedding At Emanuel Church Ypsilanti
Raymond Bolz and Dorothy Jane Jenkins united in a double ring ceremony at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Ypsilanti with Rev. H C Sipe officiating. The bride's sisters Betty and Margaret Jenkins served as attendants and Kathleen McCullough was flower girl. Best man was Walter Bolz and usher Frederick Helm. A reception followed at the Boltz home on Bemis Road before a short wedding trip. The bride, a Dearborn High School graduate, had attended Chautauqua and worked for General Motors. the groom is a war veteran employed by the government.
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Frederick Helm
Dearborn
Boltz
Bemis Road
Dearborn High School
Chautauqua Institution
General Motors
Bolz
Lodi
Poppy Day Observance To Honor War Dead Nationwide
The first Poppy Day on Friday May 24 will mobilize more than 25 million Americans to wear memorial poppies. Each poppy is produced by disabled veterans from about 100 veterans hospitals and convalescent workshops across the country, under the auspices of the American Legion Auxiliary.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Traffic Detour on Saline Bridgewater Road During M-11 Work
Reconstruction of M-11 between Saline and Bridgewater causes detours. Traffic routed from Saline to Clinton via US-112 then north to M-11 east of Manchester. Project expected to finish around October 15, 1946.
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Saline
Bridgewater
Clinton
Manchester
Washtenaw O E S to Meet in Ypsilanti May 24
Washtenaw County Association of O E S will hold a two session meeting in Ypsilanti on Friday May 24 with a 630 dinner. Reservations are due by May 20 and can be made by contacting Mrs. Davenport. Harold Finch suffered a serious shock from a prank at the Milan Ford Plant and remains mostly bedridden though recovering.
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Washtenaw County Association of O. E. S
Ypsilanti
Davenport
Harold Finch
Milan
Ford
Saline High School Graduate Joins Navy Stationed at Great Lakes
George Silveus, member of this year’s Saline High School graduating class, joined the Navy about a month ago and is now stationed at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Friends may address him at Co. 146, T.S.N-TLG, Great Lakes, Illinois.
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George Silveus
Saline High School
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Co. 146
T.s.n-Tlg
Great Lakes
Milan Saline Open Season Kicks Off With Two Divisions
Ford hydro plant softball teams split into Eastern and Western divisions. Eastern teams begin May 14 and Western teams start May 16 with games on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Western schedule lists first round games May 16 at Flat Rock Brooklyn Sharon Dundee Manchester Saline.
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Ford. Motor Company
Westerners
Milford
Arnold Haner
Bill Lestie
Brooklyn-Sharon
D. Bammer
Manchester
B. Waltz
Saline
Luther Dicks
Milan
Steve Kerkes
Dundee
Merl E. Regel
Flat Rock
Merl Boudiie
Brooklyn- Sharon
Brooklyn
Sharon
Pins Rock
Mancheser
Two Destructive Fires Hit Farms East of Clinton
Fire destroyed a Pardee farm barn and its contents including hay straw a hayloader and 500 chicks on US 112 Thursday afternoon despite Tecumseh and Saline departments efforts. Simultaneously Clinton Fire fought a blaze at the Charles Geiger farm destroying the house and large portions of its contents.
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Pardee
Clinton
Us- 112
Tecumseh
Saline
Clinton Fire Department
Charles Geiger
Saline Women's Club Year Ends With May Meeting
The Saline Woman's Club held its final meeting of the year at the Methodist Church on May 7 with a 1 o'clock luncheon served by the Esther Chapter of the W S C S. 41 members and guests attended as tables in white with yellow flowers framed the social occasion.
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Methodist Church
Charles Miller
Marion Simons
Ypsilanti State Hospital
Alvin Siemsen
St. Paul’s Church
Mark Sugden
Federated Church
Emily Fosdick
Grover Burgan
Saline Woman’s Club
Esther Chapter
Church
J. Lewis
America
C. F. Unterkircher
Francis Lockwood
Bessie Collins
Ronald Tower
Mother Macree
Merrit Martin
Alice Lloyd
University of Michigan
No Pulling Of Punches Here No Pulling Of Punches Here
A column argues the U S delays in famine relief for Europe despite rising wheat exports and food shortages. It recalls warnings from 1945 and 1946 and questions political hesitation, linking shortages to an election year and urging decisive action now.
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County Federation OF Women’s Club
Soft Ball League
Saline Review
D. B. Sherwood
Manchester Enterprise
Farley
George W. Barr
Ann Arbor Street
Saline Hatchery
Barr
Saline-Bridgewater RD
Gene Alleman
Europe
Samuel Rosenman
Roosevelt
Germany
Joseph C. Grew
Agriculture Department
State Department
Truman
Mackenzie King
Canada
United States
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
White House
Dean Acheson
Washington
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