Saline Community Fair Surges to New Heights in 1946
The Saline three day fall festival drew unprecedented crowds with high-spirited events. Local leaders and volunteers from the Saline Woman's Club, FFA, and merchants organized a vibrant program featuring a flower show, tractor backers, horse pull, rodeo, parade, and fireworks. Veterans Day activities and a county football loss to Saline High highlighted a weekend of unity and local pride.
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Saline
Alway
Saline Woman’s Club
Milford
Robison
Jensen
WJR
Saline- Milan
Saline High
Husky
Ypsilanti High School
William Austin
David Go
Don
Dwight Carr
Stanley Gall
Michael Sheehan
Gerhardt Cekan
Harold Vaughn
Art Hagen
Don Wiedmayer
F.F.A
Charles Osgood
The
Fair Association
Charley
Clarence Cook
Frank Deede
Leo Jensen
Jin
Junior Farm Bureau Plans Banquet in Saline High School
Plans are nearly complete for the annual regional banquet and dance sponsored by the Washtenaw Junior Farm Bureau to be held at Saline High School on Wednesday evening October 30. Edgar A. Guest Jr will be the speaker for the evening.
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The
Washtenaw Junior Farm Bureau
Saline High School
Edgar A. Guest, Jr
Scotty Colburn
Scotty
Colburn
Barn and contents destroyed by fire
A three o'clock alarm summoned the fire department to Mrs. Sam Boyd on South Ann Arbor street where a barn and its contents, including hay and farm tools, were burned to the ground.
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Sam Boyd
Ann Arbor Street
City Clerk Office Hours Soon To Run Voter Registration
To qualify as a voter in the November election you must be registered in your precinct. The city clerk’s office at City Hall will be open Friday and Saturday until noon and from 8 am to 8 pm. Registration ends Monday Oct 14 and Tue Oct 15 and Wed Oct 16. City Manager Glenn Hart notes the location and deadline.
Death Takes Old York Resident Herbert W. Gilman
Herbert W. Gilman 287 died early Wednesday at 11982 Moon Rd York township. Born May 27, 1859 in Yorktownsip, he married Vena M. Clark Sept 23, 1885 and they recently marked their 61st anniversary. Surviving are his wife, son Frank of Clinton, daughters Mrs. Harold Mac Lachlan of Ann Arbor and Mrs. Kenneth Laidlaw of Yale, and eight grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Stevens and Bush funeral home Milan. Mooreville cemetery burial.
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Herbert W. Gilman
Moon Rd
York Township
Gaston
Katherine Gilman
Yorktownsip
Vena M. Clark
Frank
Clinton
Harold MacLachlan
Ann Arbor
Kenneth Laidlaw
Yale
Stevens and Bush Funeral
Milan
Mooreville Cemetery
Funeral Friday for Eugenie Coe
Eugenie Coe 91, longtime Nelsonville native, died Wednesday at Willis Rest Home where he and Mrs. Coe had lived in Bridgewater. Born October 19, 1855, he previously resided in Manchester before moving to Bridgewater. Services Friday at 2 p.m. at Center Funeral Home Manchester with burial in Clinton cemetery conducted by Rev. John Bunney.
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Eugenie Coe
Bridgewater
Willis
Prefabricated Maple Road Home Nearing Completion
The home of Mr and Mrs Ray Hunt on Maple road started last spring with the Hunts hoping to finish by Christmas. Construction by Walter Skingley began August 12 and he plans to occupy by month end. The prefab delivery arrived 48 hours after ordering and the house features a full basement four rooms and a bath. Skingley works for Don M Ford Oil Co and is living in Ann Arbor. It took workers 24 hours to raise the structure to the pictured point.
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Ray Hunt
Maple Road
Hunts
Walter T. Skinsley
Skingley
Don M. Ford Oil Co
Ann Arbor
New Farm Specialist Joins Michigan State College Staff
Everett M. Elwood of Lenawee County Michigan becomes extension specialist in farm management at Michigan State College He will assist farmers and farm groups across Michigan Elwood is MSU trained with an Illinois MS in 1949 and served in the U S Army Air Corps 1942 45 He previously worked as a farm management specialist for the Farm Security Administration 1935 1942.
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Everett M. Elwood
Lenawee County
Michigan
Michigan State College
Elwood
University of Illinois, Urbana
U. S. Army Air Corps
Farm Security Administration
Morning crash at Michigan Ave and Ann Arbor Rd injures none
At dawn two cars collided at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Ann Arbor Road in Snyder Indiana and Saline Michigan. No injuries were reported though both vehicles were badly damaged.
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Michigan Ave
Ann Arbor Rd
Snyder
Elkhart
Ind
McClure
Saline
R. 1
Saline Hornets Football Season Questions What ails them
Saline sports column questions the Hornets performance after losses to Clinton Flat Rock and Milan. It praises defense but cites weak blocking and inconsistent offense, praising Don Mueller and Everett backs while urging stronger effort and execution.
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Saline
Hornets
Clinton
Flat Rock
Milan
Everett
Don Mueller
Schaible
Hocking
Merce Everett
Hornet
George Everett
Child Study Club Meeting October 15 at Mrs Jacoby’s Home
The Child Study Club will meet October 15 at 8 oclock at 107 E Henry in the home of Mrs George Jacoby. Russell W West assistant superintendent of Ann Arbor public schools will speak. West is a University of Michigan graduate with twelve years teaching experience in Ann Arbor junior and senior high schools.
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George Jacoby
E. Henry &J
Russell W. West
Ann Arbor
West
U. of M
Saline
Saline Dundee Football Game Moved Up One Day
The Saline Hornets versus Dundee football clash is moved to Thursday at 3 30 p m here. The game stays at the original site but is one day earlier to accommodate coaches and faculty attending the M E A conclave in Detroit this weekend. Have You Registered.
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Saline Hornets
Dundee
Detroit
Four-year-old boy killed on US-112 in Michigan
Ronald Taylor aged four died instantly after being struck by a Detroit driver on US-112 in front of 11983 Michigan Ave. The child had been with his grandmother at the Lewis Cabins when he ran into traffic. The crash also injured a Napoleon couple, the truck driver Gus A. Dunbar, and his two daughters as their vehicle collided with a westbound car driven by Dr. Anthony Delventhal and carrying Dale Palmer. Police investigated.
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Ronald Taylor
Baries Taylor
Michigan Ave
Minnie Lewis
Lewis Cabins
Us-112
William E. Brown
Detroit
Napoleon, CO
Saline
Anthony. _Delventhal
Dale Palmer
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Gus A. Dunbar
Inkster
Ann Arbor
Dunbar
CG RE. Ray
Dunbars
Ray
Ohio
St James Mission Festival at The Church On The Highway
St James Church on US 112 between Saline and Clinton hosts its annual mission festival next Sunday October 13 with Rev A R Lambarth of Hampshire Illinois as morning speaker and Rev Armin G Frohne Detroit and Rev George E Gaiser East Grand Blvd Detroit to preach in the evening. The festival aims to heal the world through liberal offerings supporting mission work.
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St. James Church
Saline
Clinton
A. R. Lambarth
Hampshire
Lambarth
Charles Lambarth
Lodi Township
Armin G. Frohne
Detroit
Michigan-Indiana Synod
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Synod
National Mission Board
George E. Gaiser
Christchurch
East Grand Blvd
Chaplin
St.’ “James
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William R. Kelley
Congress
WPAG
Junior Farm Bureau
Glenn Hart
Death
Old York
County
Eugene Coe
Hunt
NEW Farm
Child Study Club
Boy
ST James Mission
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