Ten Years Ago Double Wedding Honored in Fort Wayne
Ten years ago Mrs Vera Gilligan later Mrs William Bill Rogers and Marilyn Rogers married Russell Still in a Fort Wayne ceremony August 21. A Hilltop home gathering hosted relatives and friends near Mr and Mrs Lance Rogers at 119 W McKay Street. An attempted horse robbery failed after Norton’s dog barked.
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Lance Rogers
W. McKay Street
William Bill Rogers
Russell Still
Fort Wayne
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Rogers
Vera Gilligan
Barbara Dechert To Wed Ypui Man And Richards Navy Appointment
Barbara Dechert is engaged to Lavelle Rice of Ypsilanti in a Fall wedding plan announced by her parents Mrs. G Hinderer and Mrs. August Dechart of Saline. James K Richards, son of Mr. and Mrs Elwin R Richards of Saline, has been appointed educational petty officer at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and will wear a miniature rating insignia during nine weeks of boot camp.
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James K. Richards
Elwin R. Richards
Saline Milan Rd
Saline
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Austin Robison
John Allison
Davenport Place
Triune
Methodist Church
August Dechart
West Bennett Street
Barbara
Lavelle Rice
Robert Rice
Ypsilanti
Bowling League Expands to Eight Teams This Season
Donna Lange reports the Saline Observer league has grown to eight teams from six with many new bowlers. Sponsors include Deede Recreation, Lange Appliance Service, Bridgewater Tavern, Bridgewater Lumber, Lambarth Hardware, Walker's 5 and $1. Hazel Graf pitched a 192 game and Julia England 191 as the season gains momentum.
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Donna Lange
Sec’y
Deede Recreation
Lange Appliance Service
Bridgewater Tavern
Bridgewater Lumber Company
Lambarth Hardware Walker’s
The
Saline Observer
Nam Los Fem
Federated Church to Observe World Wide Communion
The Federated Church with Presbyterian and Baptist members unites with Christian Churches worldwide for World Wide Communion on the first Sunday in October. The eleven o clock service welcomes new members and includes infant baptisms with special music directed by Harold Brown. Patricia Kidwell performs a violin solo.
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Presbyterian and Baptist
Federated Church
Harold Brown
Patricia Kidwell
Reader objects to matches tossed at parade in Saline
In a September 1956 letter, Dorothy Emerson protests a parade advertising stunt that scattered boxes of matches among children. She notes the danger and commends the fire department for distributing safe favors instead.
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Fire Department
Saline Baseball Ends Season With Lopsided Win
Eight year old Jane Folkman was struck by a stray ball at a Plain City game suffering a fractured skull. A week later her brother Robert was hit in the face breaking his nose in three places. Saline opened with five runs in the first inning and routed Ann Arbor 16 to 4 in the final game of the season.
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Jane Folkman
Plain City
Robert
Saline
Ann Arbor
Peck
Smith
Cook Springs
Uster
Calendar of events and October meetings listed
Calendar lists petition deadlines October 16 for council and justice of peace terms and November 6 for city election with a charter amendment on council compensation. Legion Rotary Trinity and church groups hold meetings October 4 7 8 9 10 with slides, films, dinners, world wide communion infant baptism and officer elections noted. Several events are postponed or rescheduled with time and place details.
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Council
Justice of Peace
Legion
Legion Hall
Methodist Ladies Meet Wednesday
The Woman's Society of Christian Services of the Methodist Church will meet Wednesday evening at 8 00 p.m. The hostess is Mrs Earl Clark with devotions by Mrs Merritt Martin Sally Wood reports on her Germany experience The social hour is chaired by Mrs Bruce Parsons and committee
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WSCS
Methodist Church
Germany
Salee Wood
Merritt Martin Jr
Earl Clark
Bruce Parsons
Rotary
Saline Hotel
Sarah Eldin Heimy
Cairo
Egypt
U. of M
Suez Canal
Woman's Society of Christian Services
The
Merritt Martin
Sally Wood
St James Mission Festival and Church Council Events
The St James Mission Festival schedules services at 10 30 a.m. and 7 30 p.m on October 7 with guest speaker Miss Bertha Scheidt of Honduras The Church Council meets at 8 p m on October 9 at St James Church and elections of officers are set for p m on October 4.
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ST. James Mission
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