Lost Village of Barnegat Revival of a Pioneer Mill Saga
The Barnegat village center thrived around the grist mill and pottery of logs, lumber, and potash making. A hardware shop, cooper, blacksmiths, and a soybean mill with 700 farmer customers marked the bustling economy. A Ford purchase altered the mill’s fate and the band’s Saturday revelers defined local life.
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Barnegat
Detroit
Monroe
Washtenaw
Ashery
Charles Kay
Henry Ford
Jess
Village Drummers Form Fluid Small Band
A local village group of two fifers two snare drummers and a bass drummer played across three to four streets. The lineup was fluid and could swell into a sizeable ensemble of instrumentalists at times.
Barr Auction Relics Recall Saline's Past Treasures
The piece notes Barr Auction continuing with items like a sewing machine still functional, a long rotary valve tuba once owned by George Jewett, a horn and drum used by Saline’s first village band a century ago, and reflects on daily life with a papoose cradle harness makers bench and spinning wheel once common.
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George Jewett
Saline
Saline Village
Barr
Engelsdorfer Hanebutt nuptials in Saline Township church
The wedding of Marion Helen Engelsdorfer to Paul F. Hanebutt took place at 5 PM Saturday in St James Evangelical Church Saline Township. Rev Frederick H Engelsdorfer officiated the double ring ceremony with family involved and a dinner for relatives and friends following.
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Marion Helen Engelsdorfer
Paul F. Hanebutt
Holland
Ind
St James Evangelical Church
Saline Township
Frederick H. Engelsdorfer
F. H. Engelsdorfer
Irene Hanebutt
Phyllis Engelsdorfer
Delvin T. Engelsdorfer
Eden Theological Seminary
Webster Groves
Missouri
Philip Weisemeyer
Pontiac
Mich
Marvin F. Engelsdorfer
Clarence Carrs Gheerve 45th Anniversary Celebration
Clarence and Gheerve Carr marked their 40th anniversary with a Sunday dinner at the Saline Hotel hosted by their children. Attending were C. D. Miller Jr of Elkhart Indiana Hollis Carr and family Waynard Carr and family and Dwight Carr and son of Saline. A 400 day clock was presented at the parents home follow ing the event.
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Clarence Carr
Saline Hotel
C. D. Miller, Jr
Elkhart
Indiana
Hollis Carr
Waynard Carr
Dwight Carr
Saline
Bride and groom wed at St James Parish Hall in amboy
The wedding for a couple was held at St James Parish Hall with a reception at 8 o clock for members and friends. After a Smokey Mountains trip they will reside in Jeffersonville Indiana. Out of town guests listed. The couple will honeymoon in northern Michigan before settling at 2505 Whitmore Lake Road. The bride a University High School graduate works at B E Muehlig Store. The groom a Saline High School graduate works at Elmer Steele Garage in Saline.
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St. James Parish Hall
Smokey Mountains
Jeffersonville
Ind
Augusta Rabe
Albert Mietz
Milton Forsyth
Carol
Robert Williams
Charles Smith
Patricia
Marilynn
Betty Jean
John Guinness
Babara
Jimmy
William Hanebutt
John Hanebutt
Henry Hanebutt
Ray
Glen
Walter Steckbert
John Lorenz
Robert Lorenz
Bobby
Mack Bloomgarden
Robert Dohim
Robert Kasper
Robert Koch
Marie Troike
Marie Reese
Ruth Stoerker
Howard Jones
Sell Warren
Alfred Wagner
Michigan
Whitmore Lake Road
University High School
B. E. Muehlig
Saline High School
Elmer Steele
Saline
Wackenhut Guenther Wedding Held in Ann Arbor
Marilyn Ida Guenther became the bride of Harold William Wackenhut in a ceremony earlier this month in Ann Arbor. The gown was white lace over satin with a fingertip veil and beaded crown. Attendants wore chrysanthemum bouquets and a church reception followed.
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Marilyn Ida Guenther
Norman H. Guenther
S. Maple St
Ann Arbor
Harold William Wackenhut
William H. Wackenhuts
Saline
Dorothy L. Kazmaier
Robert Vogel
Clinton
Ruth Guenther
Chelsea
Mary Ann Wagner
Alfred Wagner
Richard Pfaus
Miles Pfaus
Karl Wurster
Kenneth Guenther
Glinton
Gerald Graf
Lloyd Carl Kazmaier
Walter Brandt
Louise Wackenhut
Carl Kazmaier
Raymond H. Niethammer
Gottlob Finkbeiner
Ruben Guenther
Rus
Methodist Dinner Hosts Saline and Macon Clubs
The Willing Workers entertained the Saline and Macon Women’s Clubs at a reciprocity meeting in the Methodist Church. About sixty guests attended a cooperative dinner hosted by the two clubs last week.
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Lloyd Carey
Saline
Macon
Wollin Workers Club Delivers Afternoon Program
The Willing Workers club hosted musical numbers by Christine Schnierle Karen Taylor Marie Sacks and Christine with flute duets Nightfall and In the Garden of Tomorrow. Mrs Phillip Gentile spoke on Women in a Democracy praising Carrie Chapman Catt and urging ballot use. Five ladies closed with a humorous skit Diet Begins Tomorrow.
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Christine Schnierle
Karen Taylor
Marie Sacks
Christine
Karen
Everett Gilbert
Willing Workers
Phillip Gentile
University of Michigan
Macon Woman’s Club
Reformation Rally At Dundee High School Auditorium
A joint reformation service sponsored by the Tri County Lutheran Pastor's Conference of the American Lutheran Church will be held in Dundee high school auditorium next Sunday at 3 00 p m The speaker will be Dr B W Schramm editor of the Luther an Standard of Columbus Ohio A mass choir of over 100 voices and stringed instruments will enrich the service Public is invited.
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Tri-County Lutheran Pastor’s Conference of the
American Lutheran Church
Dundee High School
B. W. Schramm
Churches
The
Lutheran Standard
Columbus
Ohio
Ruth Wackenhut Weds Lloyd E Brown in Bridgewater Church
Ruth Wackenhut and Lloyd E Brown married in a candlelight ceremony at St John s Lutheran Bridgewater with Rev H W Ray officiating. The bride daughter of Fred Wackenhut and the late Mrs Wackenhut and the groom son of Edgar Brown Ypsilanti. The couple reside in Ann Arbor.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Bridgewater
Ruth Wackenhut
Lloyd E. Brown
H. W. Ray
Fred Wackenhut
Wackenhut
Mr. Brown
Edgar Brown
Ypsilanti
Brown
Michigan Bell Telephoned Co
National Life and Accident Insurance Co
Ann Arbor
St John’s Lutheran Service Plans and Reformation Rally
St John’s Lutheran Church led by H. W. Ray offers Sunday school at 9 30 a m and Divine worship at 10 30 a m with a sermon on The Great Re formation Needed Today A Tri County Reformation Rally is set for Dundee high school auditorium Sunday at 3 00 p m Junior choir rehearses Thursday at 7 30 p m and Bible school meets Saturday at 9 00 a m
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Dundee High School
Federated Church Schedule Under McKenzie Ministry
Church notices list Henry McKenzie as minister with services at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Reform Day events, including a joint choir rehearsal at the high school and a Protestant Reform Festival. Other activities include Sunday school, junior and senior choir rehearsals, a Women’s Class Meeting, and a Bazaar with Bake Sale at Uphaus Electric Company.
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Daniel Hall
Uphaus Electric Company
Reformation Festival Plans for Sunday October 28
The annual Protestant Reformation Festival will be held Sunday Oct 28 at 8 pm in the High School Auditorium. Choirs from St Pauls Federated and the Methodist join under Roland Valentine with Mrs. Robert Wray as accompanist. Ministers will speak on The Basis of Protestantism its origin function and prospect.
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St. Paul’s
Federated
Methodist
Roland Valentine
Robert Wray
Alvin Siemsen
Henry McKenzie
R.R. Feuell
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Marion Engelsdorfer
Paul Hanebutt
Packard
International
Chevrolet
N. Ann Arbor
Clarence Carrs Gheerve
Wackenhut-Guenther
Harold W. Wackenhut
Methodist Church
G. L. Parsons
Reformation Rally
Federated Church (Presbyterian and Baptist
Reformation Festival
American Legion Home
Feorar
Minute Maid Frozen
Uptown
McDonald
Ann Arbor Saline
Saline Theatre
Betty Grable
Dan
Lorna Doone
Barbara Hale
Richard Greene
Sword of
Cristo
George Montgomery, Paula Corday
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