State Aid Boost Sets Local School Budget for Two Years
The retiring legislature approved about 22 million dollars in state aid for two years, with Gov. Fitzgerald expected to sign. Local boards plan improved funding and contracts for next year. Teachers named include Ruth Gauss and Mary Morden, among others. Frederick W. Gettel to lead the new agriculture department. Gallup commends his broad teaching capability. Miss Hornbeck moves to Lansing. Saline teachers Miss Murphy, Ruth April, Clara Schroen, and Sylvia Gross also teach there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Board of Education
Ruth Gauss
Mary Morden
Mother Bowen
Dorothy Hazelschwerdt
Dorothy Warner
Marie Sisson
Audrey Pray
Glenn Knicely
Hazen Jewell
Elizabeth Keubler
Thurman M. Clay
Agriculture Department
Frederick W. Gettel
Gettel
H. E B. Gallup
Lansing
Miss Hornbeck
Saline
Murphy
Ruth April
Clara Schroen
Sylvia Gross
Saline High School Class Day Program 1935 36 Highlights
Saline High School presents its Class Day program featuring Miss Vesta Mills and the AMERICA selection and class histories poems and songs. Officers for the Class of ’35 and ’36 include Leonard Marken Marguerite Halsey Eldean Betz Glennis Gordon and Glen Hamlin with Rev Bert Hole noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Lambarth
Doris M. Hack
Donald BH
Mildred Ernst
Marie J. Schmid
Eldean
G. Betz
Leonard L. Marken
Marguerite F. Halsey
Eldean G. Betz
Glennis
Ruth Gordon
Rotarians Visit William Austin Orchard in Full Bloom
Last Thursday after the Rotarian meeting at The Tavern, members toured William Austin’s farm. Guides Hugh and George operated a pig truck tour through about forty acres of blossoming apple trees plus ten acres of new orchard. Varieties include Jonathan Wagner Baldwin Snow Wealthy Golden Delicious and more. peaches listed include J H Hale Elberta Early Elberta Fitzgerald and Billmeyer. The sprayer a 12 horsepower unit supports full orchard coverage. fruit is sold in fall to buyers who bring trucks, with only personal-use fruit kept for winter.
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William Austin
Mr. Austin
Hugh
George
E. F. Henne
Jonathan
Wagner
Baldwin
Snow
Tompkins County
Duchess Oldenberg
Ontario
Northern Spy
J. H. Hale
Fitzgerald
Billmeyer
Austin
Baccalaureate Services Emphasize Go Forward Theme
In a school auditorium service led by St. Pauls church Rev Wittbracht urged graduates to keep education moving beyond a high school diploma. He cited Exodus 14 15 and stressed continuing learning through reading and community service despite completing schooling. The procession featured graduates in caps and gowns with the junior line leading a formal march.
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St. Paul's Church
Wittbracht
Willing Workers Plan June Meeting and Federation Delegates
The Willing Workers held their May session with Mrs. Raynor Scudder. Miss Julia Gordon and Mrs. Ralph Hammond were chosen as delegates to the County Federation meeting in Ypsilanti. Mrs. Lester Hanson and Mrs. Roy Stoddard led the program with violin and readings. The group will meet in June with Mrs. Chauncey Fitzgerald, and supper was served with Mrs. Jessie Robison assisting.
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Raynor Scudder
Julia Gordon
Ralph Hammond
County Federation
Ypsilanti
Lester Hanson
Roy Stoddard
Irene Fitzgerald
Chauncey Fitzgerald
Jessie Robison
Saline Alumni Banquet and Dance Planned May 31 1935
All Saline Alumni and friends are invited to an alumni banquet and dance at 7:00 P M on May 31 1935. Tickets are available at most town stores and reservations should be made early. No tickets sold after noon on the 31st.
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Saline
Alumni Plan to Meet Friends at Saline Event
From coast to coast alumni gather to relive school days at Saline Alumni event. Ida Shephard Oldroyd, class of 1877, travels from California as organizers offer six dimes for 24 737 recollections and a big homecoming week. The evening includes dining dancing singing and a brief program at 7:00 Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden State of California
Ida Shephard Oldroyd
BCN U
Board Adopts Smith-Hughes Agriculture Plan for School
The Board of Education approves a Smith-Hughes agriculture program next year at the high school without extra teachers. A new kindergarten is combined with music in lower grades, with intake for five year olds. The program requires a 12 month teacher with a science degree, a biology and agriculture curriculum, and at least 12 students with farm projects.
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Board of Education
Smith-Hughes Program of Agriculture
Smith-Hughes
Smith- Hughes
College of Agriculture
Ypsilanti
Milan
Lincoln
Clinton
Manchester
Chelsea
For Sale and Classified Ads in The Observer
Local notices include selling milk cow and sow with pigs, seeds and farm supplies, autos and tires, services, and classified requests. Names like Dr. Prout, G L Parsons, Muir, N Hichel, Herman Kohler appear among offerings and contact details. Also an appeal for legal printing notices to Estates and Probate judges for The Observer.
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Observer
Delicious One Dish Meat Recipe From A Suburban Column
A friendly newspaper feature shares a one dish meat recipe using noodles tuna eggs mushrooms cheese and pimento baked with buttered crumbs. The column also includes a poem by Elia Wheeler Wilcox and a note that it is contributed by Miss Minnie Buckman for reader inspiration and amusement.
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Elia. Wheeler Wilcox
Miss Minnie Buckman
Fox Makes Crow Nest Home in Fredericksburg Park
A gray fox has claimed an abandoned crow nest high in a pine within Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County National Military Park. The fox reaches the nest by climbing a windfall tilted against the tree as its new residence.
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Washington
Fredericksburg
Spottsylvania County National Military Park
Saline Drops Close Game With Clinton 7 4
Saline fell to Clinton 7 to 4 in a tight contest with Saline scorers Bowen Hoeft and Wanty, Clinton’s Girbach and Frey. Sunday Saline faces Hamburg. Milan beat Manchester 12 4 and Dex t er nosed Hamburg 19 13.
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Saline
Clinton
Bowen
Hoeft
Wanty
Girbach
Frey
Hamburg
Milan
Manchester
Dexter
Not Applicable: Sell Your Used Household Items
A local ad urges residents not to dump old chairs stoves tables and rugs but to call or visit the office for quick cash offers. The notice promotes paid resale of unwanted household goods to collectors or buyers in the colony.
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Saline Savings Bank
Umps Pn
Henry A. Schroen
Gross Hardware
Vesta Mills
America
Muriel C. M. Karn
Stanley R. Hartman
Oye Giennis
Glen C. Hamlin
Robert Gross
Jesse H. Bird
Raymond E. Clark
Helen A. Dunn
Erwin C. Feldkamp
Esther L. Gross
Lorna Eleanor Lange
Donald E. Royal
Carol A. Trout
Florence M. Weber
Saline High School
Conuneurenent
Dr. Howard ¥. McClusky
School of Education
University of Michigan
Luther Briggs
Saline Woman’s Club
T. M. Clay
Edward F. Henne
C. B. Kircher
Bert Hole
William Austin Orchard
the Observer
Ice Bos
G. J. Prout
Ginnivan Dramatic Company
Wolverine
G. L. Parsons
Cole’s Feed Store
Parsons
Dr. Hess
Saline Mercantile Ca
Oliver
M. Sage
Petoskey
N. Hichel
Herman Kohler
BE. J. Muir
Citizens Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Howell
Saline Mercantile Company
Ross J. Blue
Nat’l Bk. Bldg
Ann Arbor
Mich
General Motors
GEO. V. Cook & Son
Chevrolet
U. of M
Packard St
Ann. Arbor
Herman Heininger
National Fidelity Co
Ypsilanti, Mich
U. S&s
GEO
Cook & Son
Elmer Steer
Heininger’s
Michigan Live Stock Exchange
Detroit Stock Yards
WXYZ
Michigan Radio Network
Leghorn Foundation
Burmeister Poultry Farm
Bridgewater Station
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