Saline Community Fair Honors Local Pioneers
The Wilsons of Saline, long publishers of The Saline Observer, are honored as they prepare to move to Marysville Washington after 35 years of service. The piece recounts the paper’s early equipment, growth, and local impact including major city improvements. Rotary hosted a testimonial dinner and the fair opens with judging, parades, and fireworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilsons
Michigan Avenue
Ann Arbor Street
Manchester
R & B Tool Company
Universal Die Casting and Manufacturing Corporation
Kline
Ford Motor Company
Ford Lake
Saline
Wilson
Jackson
Penamo
Clayton
Morenci
Boyne City
Michigan
Alex
Texola
Okla
West Jefferson Ohio
Sim
Michigan Press and Printers’ Federation
Michigan Press Association
Michigan Bulletin
Saline Club
Saline Hotel
Rotary
Moder
Ypsilanti
Local church guild to elect officers and hold meeting
The Woman's Guild of St. Paul's Church will hold its annual meeting and officer elections on Wednesday October 8 at eight in the Fellowship room. Mrs. Carl Moehn leads devotions and bank offering boxes will be collected. Refreshment committee members are Mrs. George Winkle Mrs. Otto Wahl and Mrs. Rudolph Wahl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Guild
St. Paul’s Church
Carl Moehn
George Winkle
Otto Wahl
Rudolph Wahl
Saline Woman's Club
Henry McKenzie
Kaiser-Frazer
Ray Niles
Walter MacArthur
McKenzie
Lauren Alber
Jack Winkle
Alber
Herman Alber
David Cuff
A. Cuff
Pioneer Teachers College
Plattsville
Wis
Paul Widener
New Jersey
Wesley Dietiker
Style Show at Saline High School Chooses Miss Burkhart 1947
Saline's style show in the high school auditorium selects Miss Burkhart of 1947 as the event’s top honor. Awards depend on a contestant's service to her represented organization, community contributions, and modeling skill. Sponsors include Burkhart Store and many local clubs and churches. Local figures include Mrs Cecil Davenport and references to Paul Brown and art by Bill Gallagher of Fenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline High School
Burkhart
Burkhart Store
Saline
Saline Woman's Club
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist, Federated and Trinity
Ladies’ Guild of
St. Paul's Church
O.E.S
American Legion Auxiliary
Saline Child Study Club
ESSN
Lionaire McBrid
Paul Brown
Ohio
Ste Seversity
Brown
Cecil Davenport
S. Ann
Arbor St. Saline
Cecil
Paul
Jan
Bill Gallagher
Fenton
Genesee County Sportsman
Sportsman
William Gallagher
Fenton, Mich
Bill
Europe
Beaux Arts School
Paris
Canada Creek
Onaway
Atlanta
Mich
Myron Gallagher
Je Oan
Wedding bells in Milan and other local notices
A September wedding at Milan Methodist Church linked Miss Helen Dieterle to Nor for a long union. Mrs. Finkbeiner wore a brown suit with a yellow rose corsage, aided by Mrs. Milton Feldkamp for cake cutting, and the couple planned a ten day motor honeymoon eastward. They will reside with the bride’s parents upon return. Various social events included a stork shower for Mrs. Fritz with 25 guests, and Isabel Cuff expected to fly back to Washington DC tonight after visiting family here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exaut
Wilma Trinkle
Orrin Grbach
Oscar Stabler
Milton Feldkamp
Finkbeiner
Motor
Clinton High School
the Saline High School
Milan Methodist Church
Helen Dieterle
Ernest Dieterle
Clarence I
Isabel Cuff
Washington, DC
Arthur Cuff
Edward F. Redies
R & B Tool Co
Chicago
Clyde Griffin
Louise Lindenschmidt
University Hospital
Churches Shape Our Community Spirit An Anniversary Message
The Saline Observer marks 65 years with a church history honoring Trinity Lutheran Church and local congregations. It recalls Trinity's 1865 start, 1871 cornerstone, 1872 dedication, and 65 year coverage, plus milestones from the first Methodist and Presbyterian churches and their pivotal fundraising and building efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity Congregation
Trinity Church
Saline Observer
Saline Announces Activation of New Police Force
The city will fully activate a new police force around October 15 with two officers, Ray M Carlton and Kenneth A Alber, and a plan to add a third. Traffic will be speed zoned along Michigan Avenue, parking tightened downtown, and new signs installed. Officers will train in Detroit and Lansing with a thirty day warning period for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Hart
Ray M. Carlton
Kenneth A. Alber
Michigan Avenue
State Highway Department
S. Ann Arbor
Detroit
Lansing
Saline
Grand Rapids Couple Wed In Double Ring Ceremony
Grob of Grand Rapids married in a double ring ceremony performed by Rev. Wm. A. Johnson. Immediate family and friends witnessed vows. After a Niagara Falls motor trip, the couple plan to reside in Grand Rapids. A rehearsal dinner for about 20 guests was hosted at the groom’s parents home in Ann Arbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Grob
Grand Rapids
Wm. A. Johnson
Niagara Falls
Edward Grob
Ann Arbor
No Burglars, House Afire
Arthur Armbruster woke to a noise in his home Wednesday morning and called the fire department. A large hole burned in the roof indicates the blaze started from a spark in the chimney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Armbruster
Visit the Saline Observer Booth at the Fair
Public invitation to visit the Saline Observer booth at the fair to meet publishers and join the interested readers list. Local social notes mention Mrs. Bessie Collins hosting Lew Historical Society meeting at Ann Arbor home. Also reports on Marion Rouse visiting Saline and Dorothy Pink from Huntington Park California visiting Saline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Focal
Saline Observer
Bessie Collins
Lew Historical Society
Raymond
Ann Arbor
Marion Rouse
Detroit
Saline
Dorothy Pink
Huntington Park
Calif
Miss Pink
Kroger
George Barnard
Jonesville
Mrs. Lore«na Shook
Hillsdale
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Nancy Long
Paul Spor
F.F.A. Entertainments
Sim R. Wilson
Andrew J. Warren
Marysville
Washington
Observer
Wheeler’s Drug Store
Hugh Reveling
Grasshopper Press
Prouty
Will Martin
Walter Acton
Saline Hatchery
Campbell
Cottrell
Intertype
Gallagher
Ize
James Coquillard
Ed Warner
Hollywood
Washtenaw County
Marshall Richards
Chelsea
Clyde Hazen
Harlow Laing
Lincoln Consolidated Schools
Ira E. Jump
Clinton
Charles McCalla
Washtenaw County Farm Bureau
George Brown
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Grosshans
Carl Curtiss
Clarence Wurster
Lacross
Oon Farm
Tratks
Saline Four
rEai
Senly
Raymond Hunt
Armine Westphal
Edgar Westphal
Westphal
Fritz
Ansyl Ford
Risden
Herman Heininger
Allen Burnham
Dennis Kelly
H. E. Dodds
W. H. Davenport
The
Presbyterian Church
Newark
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