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Saline Observer

Location

Saline, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1956

Page

2

Tri State Championship Stock Car Races at Jackson Motor Speedway

Saturday night September 15 brings the Tri State Championship stock car races to Jackson Motor Speedway. Entries from Michigan and Ohio plus Indiana compete in an eight event program topped by a 100 lap race with 30 starters. Purse is $1000 plus 40 percent of gate and a $200 winner guarantee. Time trials at 6:30 p.m. and first race at 8:30 p.m. The high banked three quarter mile track has seen recent record drops during the last three programs. Federated Young People announces a Sunday 7:00 p.m. Teen meeting with Betty Smith and Joan Austin leading. Nearly three million relocate annually.

Jackson Motor Speedway Michigan Ohio Indiana Speedway

Saline High Art Display Shines At Annual Fair

Saline High School art teachers and students prepared winter word art and senior and junior high exhibits in the high school art room for public inspection. The universal display in the merchant’s tent received extensive help from home economics and shop classes and other art classes. Elementary art teacher Mrs. Carol Zruse led the elementary displays in the music room with praise for the fine effort.

Kathleen Nass Saline Thal Saline High School Carol Zruse

Child Study Club Booth At Fair

The Child Study Club meets September 18 at Mrs Paul Reed home with a 6 30 potluck supper. Guest speaker Mrs Marian Barclay elementary principal will discuss Cooperative nursery. The club joins the Jaline Fair booth. all welcome. A note on old age survivors benefits appears.

Child’s Study Club Mrrs Paul Reed Marian Barclay

Saline Community Fair detailed committee and exhibits

Long list of fair activities and leaders for the Saline Community Fair including livestock divisions dairy beef cattle sheep swine and poultry with exhibitors Lange Harner Arend and Tefft. Home economics crafts and floriculture are overseen by Arend and others with parade floats baby beauty and Miss Saline selections. Tractor pulling and evening show programs directed by local leaders. Officers: Girbach president Rogers director Tefft and others.

William. Lindemann Canning Michael Sheehan Vernon Rowe Amanida Mayer Mark Sweetland Edward Lavender Sena Wail Leo Jensen Glen Hamlin Fred Brown Alwin Finkbeiner Duane Guenthers Kenneth Rogers Arthi Katterjohn Howard Heath The Saline Comunity Feir Association Raymond Girbach Webb Harwood Robert Tammiedd Fidean Hieber Kenneth Guenther

Evening Services Resume At Federated Church This Sunday

Federated Church announces the resumption of Evening Services this Sunday at 7 45 pm after a May hiatus. Pastor Rev Henry McKenzie will speak on Make Friends Wisely with Miss Joan Austin in charge of special music. Morning worship at 11 am features The Cosmic Christ with Music Director Harold Brown directing. The note lists Historic items about model railroads and a circus guest, but service details are primary.

Federated Church Henry McKenzie Joan Austin Christ Hierold Brown Taylor ‘Service

City Councilman James Little Found Guilty

Saline councilman James Little was found guilty by an Ann Arbor Municipal Court jury after a July 31 arrest for erratic driving. Judge Francis L. O Brien imposed fines and costs totaling 150 dollars and a five day jail term, with appeals planned and the case headed to the October circuit court calendar.

James Little Saline Ann Arbor Francis L. O'Brien Little Thomas Hufford Marty Uamervar George Burg Miers Anita Bresyn Gail Kirby City Vkteeman

Saline High Band Record Sale At Fair Opens

The Saline Area Band Parents Club sponsors the first band record from Saline High School Concert Band selling at the Comm Fair this week. Proceeds benefit the band and Junior High Band bond funds. The 45 rpm records feature Nation Emblem March and a popular rhythm tune on side two.

Saline Area Saline High School Wixvbers Wdsatan Eyenine

Ladies Bowling League Opens September 20

The Thursday night 9 o'clock Women's Bowling League will start on September 20. League secretary Donna Lange announced the campaign and urged members to arrive at 8:45 p.m. at the new Deece Recreation building.

Women’s Bowling League Donna Lange Deece Recrez

Methodist Choir Rehearsals Open to New Voices This Fall

The Junior Choir of the Methodist Church will start this fall under Mrs. Robert Merchant. Open to boys and girls in 4th to 6th grade or ages 11 to 12, rehearsals are Thursdays at 3 50 p.m. Students go directly from school to the church. The Senior Choir, led by Robert Moon, resumed Thursday rehearsals and invites new voices to join at 7 30 p.m.

Methodist Church Robert Merchant Robert Moon Choi

Adult Education Starts Sept 24 in Saline

Saline Adult Education opens the fall session the week of September 24 with a select list of courses including square dancing round dances tailoring sewing rug hooking and more. Registration is at the Saline Community Fair September 12 to 15 and at Saline High School September 10 and 21 from 7 30 to 9 p m.

Saline Adult Education Saline Community Fair Saline High School

Council Critiques Police Department Over Permit Applications

A council member questions the police force and accuses the council of remiss in allowing permit applications to be approved, expressing disbelief that the department is handling matters properly.

Council

Five Day Weather Outlook for Great Lakes Region

Lakes Erie Ontario temperatures will run about 3 degrees below normal in the northeast and 2 to 3 degrees above in the southwest. Maxima: 82 in the southwest, 78 in the northeast. minima 54 to 59. Showers possible Saturday or Sunday and Thursday night in the northeast. Lakes Michigan Superior Huron cooler 2 to 4 degrees below normal with highs 66 north to 76 south. Precipitation ranges from one quarter to one half inch in scattered showers Thursday through Saturday.

Lakes Erié Ontario Lakes Michoigan Superior Huron

Beauty Winner To Be Announced Friday Evening

Saline Community Fair will reveal its beauty contest winner Friday at eight from the bandstand. Private judging is set for Thursday afternoon by judges Mrs. John Cellars, Robert Lemmon, and Harold Clark. The Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the local contest.

John Cellars Jones Beauty and Reducing Salon Ann Arbor Robert Lemmon Ladies Clothing Jacobson’s Harold Clark Agilanti Junior Chamber of Commerce The Saline Junior Chamber of Commerce

Power elected Chairman of Public Utility Section

Donald C Power president of General Telephone Corporation was elected chairman of the Public Utility Section at its August 28 1956 Dallas meeting. He will take office after the annual meeting, succeeding Ralph M Besse of Cleveland Ohio. The section includes 1650 attorneys in electric gas railroad and communications fields nationwide. Under Power the group plans an annual meeting in July 1957 in New York City and London England. Only 39 of 273 U S snake species are poisonous.

Donald C. Power General Telephone Corporation Jong American Bar Association Public Utility Section Association Dallas Texas Power Ralph M. Besse Cleveland Ohio United States New York City London England

penalties for grazing or harvesting crops under soil bank terms

The article outlines civil penalties of 50 percent of any annual or cost sharing payments due if a producer knowingly grazes or harvests any crop. It notes future allotments are not affected by Soil Bank participation and advises contacting the County ASC Office for farm specifics. It also oddly mentions an average of 19 police officers per 1,000 people in the U S.

U.S

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