Saline Hornets Defeat Manchester 33 to 0 in Season Finale
Saline High School closes 1948 football with a 33 0 win over Manchester. Starters and seniors led the Hornets as Don Jaeger, Jack Burmeister and Don Steiner scored and Burke extra points added. The crowd watched as Saline controlled the second half with strong running and defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline High
Manchester
Ed Stark
Hornets
Ronnie Rentschier
Don Jaeger
Wayne Predmore
John Dicks
Bob Cook
Wayne Clements
Charles Gross
Ray Schroeder
Bornets
Hive
Jack Burmeister
Charlie Gross
Phange
Stan Kemner
Frankie Randall Scose
Bill Cannon
Wayne Troize
Dick Krazyaniak
Don Steiner
Starkmen
Jerry Gonser
Sarene
Frankie Randall
Steiner
Saline
Wayne ‘Trolz
Leo Lentz
Dick Krazyzaniak
Orient Could Live On Our Waste War Chatty Soldier Says
Staff Sergeant Norman Hedger of Uncle Sam's Army in Japan arrived in Saline last Tuesday and will stay through the New Year. Hedger says people in the Orient could live off what Americans throw away near their back doors. He traveled by boat to Frisco and then flew to Chicago. Also advice to save tires and keep up war habits by switching tires and inspecting for cuts and breaks.
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Norman Hedger
Uncle Sam
Japan
Saline
Hedger
Orient
Norm
Frisco
Chicago
Boettger Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary at Home
Mr and Mrs Philo Boettger former Saline residents celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their Pinckney home on Sunday November 21 Relatives and friends from Saline Manchester Dexter Pinckney and Ann Arbor attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philo Boettger
Saline
Pinckney
Elvin Armbruster
Christine Weissinger
Glen Boettger
Walter Boettger
Ann Arbor
Manchester
Dexter and
Williams Seeks Interim School Committee Report
Lansing governor elect G. Mennen Williams, during a capital visit, endorsed the Citizens' Committee on School Legislation and urged an interim report by December 15 to shape his inaugural address. He hopes recommendations align with his education policy goals and plans to meet with Michigan State College President John A. Hannah and House Education leaders.
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Lansing
G. Mennen Williams
Citizens’ Committee
Sigler
Williams
Ninteen Future Farmers Leave for Chicago Trip
A group of nineteen Future Farmers, including Charles Osgood, will travel by train Friday to Chicago for four days of tours and the International Live stock Show. They will visit museums, stock yards, packing plants, the International Stock Show, and the Night Horse Show, with stops at the Museum of Science and Industry, Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium. They will stay at the YMCA hotel and return Tuesday night to Ann Arbor after excursions to the Farm Show, Board of Trade, and shopping centers.
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Ninteen
Chicago
Museum of Science and Chemistry
Board of Trade
WLS
Field’s Museum
Shedd Aquarium
Addler’s Planetarium
Swift Packing
Armour’s Packing
International Marvester Tractor Plant
Loop
Ann Arbor
YMCA
Charles Osgood
David Anderson
Eldean Bauer
Lloyd Bredernitz
Bruce Arend
Cecil Clowse
John Feldkamp
James Girbach
George
What Jaycees Have Done 1948 49 Half Way Mark
The Junior Chamber of Commerce reports progress in the 1948 49 fiscal year with completed projects including a scrap donation drive, recruitment drive, an open forum for Saline business professionals, a holiday season project, and ticket sales for a 200 pound hog prize. Proceeds fund holiday decor materials and a purchase order has been issued for two public refuse containers at the town’s four corners.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Saline Theatre
Santa Claus
Jaycees
Saline High School
Lagies
George’s Tavern
Wayne
Dale Goble
Bob Morton
Win Burkhardt
the Legion Hall
Legion Memorial Home Building Fund
Michalkies
Carlton
Union
St. Paul's Yeburch
Trinity Luther
Chamber of Commerce
Thottans
Legion Hall
Community groups assist in city improvements
In cooperation with the Rotary Club and the American Legion new city limit signs are in the making. An effort to improve town telephone services is supported by the Public Utilities Commission and the Michigan Associated Telephone. The J. C. C. organization thanks all who contributed and hopes for continued cooperation. Leroy Hughes.
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Rotary Club
American Legion
Public Utilities Commission
Michigan Associated Telephone
Leroy Hughes
Last Rites For Prominent Saline Lady
Funeral services were held for Miss Vesta Mills 78 at Lockwood Funeral Home. A longtime Saline music teacher and community leader she died early Thursday at her West Michigan avenue home. Interment was in Oak Wood Cemetery. a Legion Memorial site was among her philanthropy. The Saline BP Men's Association will meet December 2 at Legion Hall.
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Lockwood
Vesta Mills
West Michigan Avenue
Pioneer Mills
Henry McKenzie
S. T. Dunk
Imlay City
Oakwood Cemetery
Saline Woman’s Club
Miss Mills
Saline High
School of Music
University of Michigan
William B. Lutz
American Legion
Ford Mill Pond
Legion Memorial
Insufficient Funds and Overcrowding Suppress School Plans
Washtenaw county schools face funding and space shortages while planning officials discuss countywide reorganization. The Mills estate transfers ownership of the Mills home to the Saline American Legion, aiding memorial construction next to the planned site on West Michigan Avenue.
Juniors Donate 200 Dollars to Saline High Athletic Fund
The Saline High School junior class voted Monday to donate 200 dollars to the Athletic Field Fund. Coach Joe Colby handed the money to Clarence Cook, treasurer of the Athletic Fund, from proceeds of paper and scrap drives. Mrs Wanty and Mr Colby sponsor the Junior Class.
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Saline High Schol
Athletic Field
Joe Colby
Clarence Cook
Athletic Fund
Wanty
Colby
Milan Doctor Honored for Community Service and Medical Skill
Milan’s Dr. John DeTar was named Michigan’s top general practitioner by the Michigan Medical Society. His 18 years in Milan include founding the Milan free library, organizing a boys club, helping found the Rotary Club, leading the recreational council, and serving about 4 000 patients. He now contemplates AMA Gold Medal consideration.
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Michigan Medical Society
John 3B
DeTar
Milan
Michigan
American Medical Association
AMA
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Merriman Cook
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Krazyzaniak
Treet
Burmeister
RE Kemner
Hoeft
Stierle
Rentschler
J. Gonser
Moehn
Leonard
Duane Steiner
Feldkamp
Schroeder
Lloyd
Danny
Buss
Little
Downing
Haller
Kendler
Bowers
Glen Hart
Ypsilanti
Ed Pulver
Frank Schwall
Dundee
Ways and Means Committee
Ralph A. Loveland
Michigan National Guard
Schneirle
Gus Lindemann
Dean Lindemann
Clarence Kohler
Neil Stierle
John Predmore
Dougla’s Hoeft
David Marion
Paul Woods
James Levliet
Raymond Schrodder
Albert Hoeft
Saline Business and Professional Men’s Association
Miss ‘Mills
Legion
John B. Mellett
Washtenaw County
County Plannin Commission
County School Board
Michigan Union
Planing Commission
Gould
Dorry Stack
State Department of Public Instruction
Eugene B. Elliot
Michigan State Normal College
East Ann Arbor
Carpenter
Begole
Fritz
Lincoln Consolidated
Air Dexter
Chelsea
Sylvan Township
Willow Village
Ben VandenBelt
County Board of Education
John W. Hyde
Planning Commission
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