Saline Community Chest Drive Under Way Across Districts
Saline's Community Chest campaign begins with the first reports from volunteers including Mrs. Donald Geering. Captain assignments span Saline areas with many helpers ready to canvass. Early totals show $289.25 as volunteers commit to home and workplace drives while officials expect stronger community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald. Geering
Saline
William Weed
Hoyt
Wilson Scott
Elmer Diable
Girbach
District
Pearl Wild
Bridgewater
Emerson Haeussler
Rentwhler
Kayda
Walter Lindemann
Lodi-Center
Robert Walker
Blaess
Robert Hehr
Schumacher
Max Ross
Union
O .B. Hoffman
Lodi-Plains
Erwin Feldkamp
Wood
Robert Merchant
Sutherland and
Valentine
Ernest Steman
Fosdick
Oak Grove
Karl Theurer
Judd
John Rule
Saline Valley
Robert
Hammond
Shaw
Gleason
Forbes
Loren Bauer
Benton
John Kohler
Dell
Gordon Esch
Northwest Saline
Southwest Saline
Business District
Saline Community Chest
Fire damages Townsend repair garage near Austin Road
A fire of undetermined origin gutted the interior of a repair garage at Leo Townsend's home on 4340 Austin Rd shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday. Towns end escaped with a portable arc welding machine. four rabbits were rescued as Saline fire crews fought the blaze and ruled defective wiring the probable cause. damages and coverage are being assessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Townsend
Austin Rd
Ray Streeter
Townsend
Robert Townsend
Saline
Harold W. Armbruster
Armruster
Insursien Tala
Republican Halloween Open House at Ann Arbor HQ
Washtenaw County Republican Committee invites all Republican families to an open house at 203 N Fourth Ave Ann Arbor on Friday October 31 from 7 00 to 9 30 p m. Children receive treats and games and entertainment are provided. Prizes will be drawn and refreshments served. attendees urged to wear costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayle Flannery
Washtenaw County Republican Committee
Republican
Fourth Ave
Ann Arbor
Washtenaw County
National Farm City Week Set For Nov 21
The week of November 21 to 27 has been designated National Farm City Week. For the fourth year urban and rural groups nationwide will participate in observances that highlight the interdependence of farm and city.
Old West Stage Coach Visits Saline From Ohio Hobbyist
Dwight M. Wellman of Defiance Ohio, a restaurant owner, travels home from Flint after a Post Office groundbreaking parade with a three quarters inch scale stage coach on a trailer. The coach is drawn by four midget ponies, piloted by Wellman’s son Jan, outrider at thirty three inches tall, as part of Wellman’s old fashioned conveyance collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
Dwight M. Wellman
Defiance
Ohio
Flint
Jan
Wellman
Victoria
Harold Walter
Car Crash Kills and Injures East Alton Couple
Robert W. Cooper and his wife Wilma were injured when their car went out of control on US-112 east of Fosdock Road in Pittsfield township. The vehicle crashed through guardrails on an overhead bridge, fell over an embankment, and both occupants were thrown from the car. Cooper suffered a fractured leg and back injury. his wife fractured pelvis with internal injuries and multiple lacerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Cooper
East Alton
Wilma
E. Michigan, Avé
Fair
University Hospital
Cooper
Fosdock Rd
Pittsfield Township
Marty Installs Ceramic Broiler At His Restaurant
Marty Hemenway installed a gas fired ceramic broiler at 109 EB Michigan Ave in his restaurant. Measuring 34 by 28 inches it is the first of its kind in the area and can broil about 20 steaks every six minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marty Hemenway
EB. Mchigan Ave
Marty
Honor Roll Of Students For First Six Weeks Fall Term
Honor Roll of senior and junior high students for the first six weeks of the fall term was announced by Supt. Leo Jensen. The list includes many names across grades eight through twelve with numerous students from local schools and families noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. of
Leo Jensen
Therlist
Detroit Junior Livestock Show at state fairgrounds
The Detroit Junior Livestock Show will be held at the state fairgrounds from December 9 to 11. Four H Club members from across the state compete for blue ribbons and cash prizes, with hundreds of youths entering animals in 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
State Fairgrounds
Four-H Club
Saline Elementary Pumpkin Carving Contest Friday
Children at Saline Elementary School prepare pumpkins for a Friday morning contest. Carved pumpkins must be in rooms by 9 o clock with four per room advancing to final judging in the gym. Prizes award one dollar for original design and seventy five cents for funniest pumpkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
Saline Chamber to discuss Christmas program at Nov 4 meeting
The Saline Chamber of Commerce will hold a special 8 p.m. meeting Tuesday November 4 at the Saline Sayings Bank. Secretary Leon Vedder urged all members to attend to discuss the special merchants Christmas program. The prior Monday turnout was light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline Chamber of Commerce
Saline Sayings Bank
Leon Vedder
Chamber of Commerce
Dental Fluoride Clinic Offers School Children Treatments
The Dental Health Committee of the Room Mothers' Association launches a fifth clinic during November in school hours for Sodium Fluoride applications. Eligible are Kindergarten, Second, Fifth, and Eighth graders, with others admitted on parent request. Four applications reduce cavities by about 40 percent but do not prevent existing decay. The program charges $3.00 per child for the full series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dental Health Committee
Room Mothers’ Association
Hansen Printing to Launch Ypsilanti Times Semi-Weekly
Hansen Printing Corp of Whittaker Michigan will publish a new semi weekly newspaper named the Ypsilanti Times. The paper debuts Friday October 31 with a Tuesday and Friday schedule and a 10006 circulation to cover every Ypsilanti home. The Times is printed in the Saline union print shop. Previously the Ypsilanti Press faced a strike by publisher Frank Handy. The publisher also runs The Saline Observer The Manchester Enterprise The Milan Leader and The Advertiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypsilanti
Hansen Printing Corp
Whittaker
Mich
Saline Observer
Manchester Enterprise
The
Milan Leader
Advertiser
Times
Saline Union
Frank Handy
Ypsilanti Press
Local Youths Join Brigade Week Celebration at York Baptist
Youth groups from the Christian Service Brigade Battalion 664 and the Stockaders of York Baptist Church plan National Brigade Week events starting November 29. Members will be recognized during a Sunday service on November 2 and an open house on Friday at 7:00 PM. The 1958 59 charter and new member cards will be issued, with several awards announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys of Christian Service Brigade
Stockade
York
Baptist Church
Howard Reed
Christian Service Brigade Battalion 664
Kenneth Cole
Stockaders
Gail Lentz
Bruce Phillips
James Kegeris
Monroe ‘Phillips
York Baptist Church
Karl Bird
C. J. Alford
W. C. Drake
Walter Kimbro
Halloween Dance Set For Oct 31 Night
A Halloween Dance for junior and senior high students will follow the Friday football game on Oct 31 in the Elementary School. MC will be Brian Conley The Smiling Irishman from WOTIA. Contests offer substantial prizes and non dancer games give winners prizes. Cider and donuts are ordered for a large turnout. Child Study Club committee planning the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Conley
WOTIA
Hallowe
BEO
Kiwanis Club Election Set for November Meeting
Saline Kiwanis Club to hold its annual officer election during the regular meeting at Martys Restaurant next Monday night November 3. Guest speaker Zoltan Kato of Motorola Communications and Engineering Co Detroit could not attend. Attendance reported at 99 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline Kiwanis~ Club
Marty
Zoltan Kato
Motoorola Communications & Engineering Co
Detroit
Sidewalk Special Assessment Plan Approved
A special assessment will fund a 14 foot reinforced sidewalk along the south side of W Michigan Ave from Lot 71 to Lot 65 in Assessor's Plat No 6. The $2800 cost will be borne by benefitting lots and premises. The assessment roll has been prepared and the City Council will hear complaints at 8 p.m. in the City Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Michigan Ave
Assessor
Saline Church Sunday School Rescheduled
The Saline Methodist Church will hold Sunday school from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. due to the illness of Rev. Robert Richards. He is hospitalized at University Hospital in Ann Arbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline’ Methodist Church
Robert Richards
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Stolen Parking Meter Recovered on Farm Near Saline
Henry Aflen of 6900 Platt Rd reported finding a parking meter valued at 100 dollars on his township farm near a wooded area. The meter had been forced open and its contents stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield ‘Township
Henry Aflen
Platt Rd
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Debbra Dechert
John Emery
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Albert Feldkamp
Pat Fischer
Sharon Feldkamp
Jim Feldkamp
Barbara, Hehr
Leslie Katz
Elsie Klager
Joan LaRue
Coby Livingstone
Diane Miller
Lorraine Myers
Karen Riggs
Id Ross
Jane Ross
Helen Smith
Robert Still
Ronnie Tucker
Keith Armbruster
Bonnie Cammell
Bruce Carr
Kyle Cruse
Don Dechert
Martha
Esch Gayle Finkbeiner
Alona Frey
Diane Hamlin
Karen Hinderer
Mike Johnson
Arthur Johnson
Lorrine Jedele
Richard Huitzel
Janice Kempf
Richard Leidheiser
Steven Milkey
Jerri Olson
Kathie Reed Chester Riley
Sherry Schaible
Shirley Sheehan
Jean Schaible
Donna Diable
Mary Sue Gordon Merrilie Harvey
Doris Herter
Elizabeth Jedele
Larry: Klumpp
Susan Anthony
Beverly Brown
Sandra Brown
Mary Jane Schumacher
Lois Sutton
David Tackett
Louise: Anderson
Brian LaRue
Christine McDonald
James Marion
Joyce Miller
Gary Nietziammer
Strait Tom Wagener
Mike Washburn
Gary
Wild Robert Yuhasz
Kenneth Volz
Mary Ann Socks
Jim Struble
Mary Ross
Jean Reid
Virginia Riley
Carolyn. Liston Deanne Malocha
Carolyn Marion Merle Kinger
Kathleen Kuebler
Richard Johnson
Aliton Coe
Donna Decher Rober
Condit
Carol Coates
Marianne Burr
Pat Badour
Carol Brown
Jim Camburn
Larry Carr
Susan Coates
Beverly Condit
Bette Feldkamp
Diana Feldkamp
Bob Gable
Janice Harwood
Janet Hertler
Reita Irwin
Sara Kellogg
John LaRue
Jeanne Levliet
Doug McKenzie
John Parsons
Ann Prout
Linda’ Reed
Joyce Ross Paula -Stralnic
Betsy Wright
Yvonne Bernard Gerhard Borne Sandiland Bowen
Karen
Judie Hunt
Jan Jeppesen
Pat. Johnson
Pattie Kidwell
Dieter Krags
Canon Liston
Mary Marion
Alice She
Destro
Austin Ra
Was
Paul Woods
Child Study Club
Hallowe’en
Mesdames
William Brackney
Harold Frey
David Knight
Bliss Charles
Jack Graf
Alvin Armbruster
C of C
Ypsilanti Times
Ypsi
C.S.B
U.S
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Ain
Harrison
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