18 Sep 1958
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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1958
Page
1
Alice Sheehan wins Grand Champion steer Georgie at 1 040 pounds with praise for balance and finish. Neil Harrer earns top 1 050-pound Hereford Peanuts, judged strong but slightly overdone. The event featured junior exhibitors and a large crowd with races, horses, and beef displays nearby.
In Saline the Miss Saline winner caused a flashbulb frenzy as Bob Chez tried to delay the announcement. Pat Beaverson and Michelle Walsh finished as first and second runners up amid tears and cheers.
The body of a 56 year old man, Oscar Radke of Ann Arbor, was found in a car abandoned in a field off Pleasant Lake Road. Death ruled suicide by Dr Rundenz Douthat, Saline deputy medical examiner. Frances Visel crowned Miss Saline 1959 after a Marine escorted contestants to the stage during a chilly Saline Community Fair event.
Universal Die Mfg Co purchases both reserve champions at the Steer Show auction. Alice Sheehan won the tie for Grand Champion and Neil Haarar the Reserve Champion, with $325 donated to the Community Hospital Fund. Auctioneer was Joseph Day of Charlotte. Daisy Market of Ann Arbor bought the Grand Champion steer at 77 cents per pound.
A pack of three dogs killed 10 young chickens worth 2 dollars each on the Lambarth Farm in Led township. Deputies reported the dogs, seen attacking the flock, escaped before capture. An investigation to locate the owner is ongoing. Mrs RT Bridgewater is visiting sister Mrs William Martin.
During the regular council session Monday evening September 15 the council approved several building permits. Harold Armbruster 253 West Bennett frame garage Jerome Bidsk 260 Mark Hamman Court frame residence basement 13500 Mary Seeger 200 South Harris enclosed back porch Gil trow Pharmacy 108 East Michigan remodel storefront 3500 Amos Houck 347 Highland G Acres frame garage 1230
Mrs. O Neill, watching the Air Force program Sunday at 6 30, saw her nephew Frank Spindler briefed before a second raid on Polesti oil fields in World War II. The program also recalls Ray Gleason, a local boy lost in the mission.
Saline High School band under Arthur Katterjohn joins 195 bands and 12,500 participants for the football opener with Southern California. Meredith Willson will direct 1076 trombones for a massed half time piece as Forrest McAllister and School Musician Magazine editor attend.
The Saline Fair featured a record tractor pulling event with 41 entrants. Alwin Gross and George Bonich managed the contest as four prize classes awarded to drivers including Tom Love Allan Phelps and Richard Weisenreder. The traditional tractor backing contest by FRA was canceled.
Frances Visel, the new Miss Saline, spoke with a reporter on Michigan Ave. She described the thrill of being chosen and recalled winning roses on stage. A fortune teller once predicted seven as a lucky number for her.
Mrs Bea Cotton and Mrs Clarence Shaw traveled to Wauseon Ohio last Thursday to visit Mrs Shaw's mother in law who is confined to Detwiler Hospital.
Washtenaw County Road Commission approved a four way stop at the junction of Saline-Milan and Stony Creek roads to reduce accidents. Signs were erected on Saline-Milan and Stony Creek already had stop signs. Brush obscuring vision along Saline-Milan will be cleared to improve safety after a June fatality.
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