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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1957
Page
2
Fiduciary of estate informed that claims will be heard at the Probate Office on July 22 1957 at 9 30 a m. Notice ordered by publication for three weeks in the Seline Observer and service of copies on each known party in interest at last known address by registered mail.
Dr Henry J Gomberg of the University of Michigan leads the New Frontiers Day committee urging Michigan Week end May 25 with a future outlook. The plan calls for a community focus on steps to keep Michigan at the forefront of industry government education culture and other activities shaping a better life.
Four Michigan agriculture queens on a week long goodwill tour visit Jamestown Williamsburg Richmond Washington and New York as part of Michigan Week. They meet officials in Washington including Ezra Taft Benson and Patrick McNamara and appear on New York TV and radio shows. They are accompanied by Joe Wells and wife from Coloma.
Michigan State Police issue holiday-weekend plans for 1957 with 10 hour shifts for patrols and desk duty on Memorial weekend May 29 to June 2. National Guardsmen and sheriffs departments will join traffic duty. Aerial observation and focus on high accident zones are planned. Memorial Day marks rising traffic deaths. commissioner urges safe driving and caution.
Miss Josephine Curtiss sister of the late Mrs. C A Curtiss was brought to the Curtiss home Monday after eight weeks at St Joseph's Hospital Ann Arbor following an accident that caused a broken hip. Saline Fire Department was called at 1130 pm Tuesday to the Edward Filsinger farm on West Michigan Ave where a fire in a TV burned out. extensive smoke damage but no fire.
Historical note recalls Thomas A. Edison’s long search for a permanent needle for the phonograph. He eventually settled on a diamond point as most satisfactory. In other items, Michigan’s land area is stated as 36,787,200 acres, larger than England or Austria and nearly twice Ireland’s size.
Senator Potter outlines Michigan Week activities and gifts to national leaders. He reports USIA funding trimmed from 144 million to about 90 million by the Senate, with Voice of America kept intact. He also notes farm overplanting penalties proposal, shipbuilding efforts for the Great Lakes, and a Lansing capital anecdote from 1847.
Lois Lehman of Tappan Junior High will direct the Washtenaw County Summer Water Safety program under Ernest Laetz of the Red Cross Chapter. The plan includes swimming courses across county areas with schools and recreation departments. Lehman, a University of Colorado alumna and former Denver lifeguard, will visit communities to discuss training and program plans. Requests for assistance should go to the Ann Arbor Red Cross Chapter.
The Washtenaw Organic Farm and Garden Club held its regular monthly meeting on Monday May 20 at 745 p m at the Mills school south of Stadium Ann Arbor Laine Road. Guest speaker Jess Fanning from Farming Soil Service Monroe spoke on Fertilizers Different Types and How to Use Them and showed a sound movie The Living Soil. Door prizes were awarded. Summer programs will include pot luck picnics farm tours and garden tours with member attractions.
The Portage area Boy Scout Council held its annual dinner and officer installation at Charles McKenney Hall in Ypsilanti on Sunday May 19. The program included the 1956 Silver Beaver Awards and the naming of 1957 council officers with Byron T. Rogers as activities chairman. Staff members listed include Charles Barclay director and James G. Stevenson assistant director with a long list of aides.
The fragment notes a correction about Schuyler Mill and its owner history. It mentions Jacob Sherman, sale to William Pattison, a successful operation, and later sale to John Klein around 1866.
Ann Arbor Visiting Nurse Association and the Washtenaw County Health Department announce the summer discontinuation of Expectant Parents' Classes at Tappan Junior High School on Wednesday evenings. The sixth class will combine with bath demonstration for live baby, held at 7 30 pm in the County Building. The Tuesday class in Ypsilanti Health Department remains unchanged.
Washtenaw County Probate Court set July 29 1957 9 30 am as the claims deadline for Vera D Curtis estate case No 43126 Ann Arbor Trust Company acts as fiduciary with notice published in Saline Observer for three five weeks and heirs at law to be determined Judge John W Conlin presiding true copy Anna Douyvetsas clerk
The Washtenaw County Probate Court orders all claims against Grace McMann Hammond estate to be filed at the Saline Probate Office or mailed to fiduciary Robert L Hammond by July 22 1957 at 9 30 AM The order calls for exams and determinations of heirs at law and requires publication in the Saline Observer for three weeks Anna Douvitsag Register of Probate Roesch Delhey Attorneys May 16 23 30
The county probate court sets May 13 1957 as the filing date and appoints Lucy I. Brock as fiduciary. Creditors and legal heirs must present their claims by July 22 1957 at 9:30 AM in Saline Michigan for examination and adjustment of debts and succession rights. Judge W Conlin presiding.
Legal notice for the Saline No 43031 estate matter of Emanuel Jedele deceased. At a court session presided by Hon John W Son, notice given that all writings gathered are to be served as copies upon Harry A Holmes of Saline.
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