Hospital joins United Fund. Saline gets $6528 grant
Saline Community Hospital was approved as a United Fund participating agency for this year and received a grant of 6528.50 for furnishings in offices x ray labs and waiting areas. The UF board may decide on continued membership beyond this year. hospital expansion plans remain under discussion.
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Saline Community Hospital
United Fund Agency
Vincent Catacuzzeno
Hospital Board
United’ Fund
Merle _Meeden
Relative Values Bridge and Arbor Week in Curtiss Park
The Jaycee built footbridge washed away in last year’s flood has been reinstalled but remains detached from the path awaiting new approaches. Arbor Week efforts added dozens of Scotch pines from Harold Gray, replacing removed trees to improve Curtiss Park and surrounds. City officials visited to discuss sidewalk placement near the cemetery, with Mayor Keveling opposing any hill cutting or cemetery grade changes.
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Harold Gray
Saline Valley Farms
Curtiss Park
George Johnson
Gray
Hugh Keveling
Jim Gross
Jim Ford
Mike Strait
Saline Woman Receives Civic Service Plaque
Saline woman earns the Fird Co Service plaque for community work. She chaired the carnival committee and served as room mother and chairman at Jensen School. She is a Sunday school teacher and Cub Scout den mother. She sits on the Saline Area Schools Advisory Committee and is hospitality chair at Emanuel Lutheran Church.
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Beenie
Jensen ‘School
Saline Area
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Methodists Vote to Buy 17 Acre Site for New Church
Nearly 100 Methodist members voted 2 to 1 to purchase a 17 acre Willis Road site for a new church. The congregation approved incorporation and empowered trustees to exercise the option to buy land from Ludwig Meyer. Architect Jim Smith of Southfield was authorized to study the site and locate the best location. The 443-member group has outgrown the current building on South Ann Arbor Street. fund raising and cost estimates will follow site access decisions.
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Willis Rd
Board of Trustees
Ludwig Meyer
Jim Smith
Southfield
Anne Arbor
Ste
George Saucier
Mason Charges Apathy On Water Pollution
Mason accuses the city and local firms of apathy toward water pollution. He names City Council, planning commission, Jaycees, Saline Reporter, Universal Die Casting, and Hoover Ball & Bearing Co. as part of a pattern. Officials defend action while acknowledging ongoing challenges.
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Harold Mason
City Council
The
Planning Commission
Jaycees
Saline Reporter
Universal Die Casting
Hoover Ball & Bearing Co
Universal Die
Mason
Hoover
Frank Keck Memorial Fund Still Open Through May 3
Contributions may be made through May 3 at Citizens Bank to a memorial fund for the widow Janet and their young son Frank Ross of Kalkaska. Frank Keck, formerly of Saline High School, was killed April 1 in Viet Nam after serving since December. He is survived by his mother, wife, and son.
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Citizens Bank
Saline
Frank Keck
Viet Nam
Frank
Saline High
New Jersey
Janet
Frank Ross
Kalkaska
Principal to Speak at Rotary Meeting
High School Principal Paul Thibault will discuss a student policy topic at the Thursday noon Rotary Club meeting at Leutheuser's Restaurant.
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Rotary Meeting
Paul Thibault
Rotary Club
Leutheuser
Jaycettes to Elect Officers at Monday Meeting
Jaycee Auxiliary to elect officers at a 8 p.m. Monday meeting at Mrs. Jack Kelley’s home 203 Woodingham. The event focuses on organizational leadership selection and member participation.
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Jaycettes
Jaycee Auxiliary
Jack Kelley
Woodingham
Move to New Library In Saline Thousands Assist
Saline residents prepare for a large book transfer as 8 000 library volumes move from the old N Ann Arbor Street building to the expanded Schleh facility 144 blocks south. Volunteers, led by Junior High students and librarian Ellie Todd, fill the procession with pickup trucks and wagons on Friday and Saturday.
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Saline
N. Ann Arbor St
Schleh
Ellie Todd
Charles Kern
Library Board
Harry Holmes
Ebe
Todd
Dorothy Russell
Saline Boy Scouts
Police Department
Michigan Ave
Thyra Bixby
John Schlehs
Bill Brink
John Beckett
Schleh Building
S.ann Arbor St
Council Finds Only Two Alternatives. Jaycees Prefer Park
Saline's millpond, a 30 year beauty spot, faces possible loss. Council weighs five plans and selects two viable options: fully rebuild the dam at 174000 dollars or remove it. Jaycees back park focus. experts warn floods and bridge damage influence decisions.
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Council
Jaycees
Lee Decker
Cubs to Meet Police Dog at Pack 416 Session
Michigan State Police officer will bring a police dog to Cub Scout Pack 416 at 7 30 p m Friday at Houghton School. The officer will explain the dog's training to the Cubs.
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Michigan
Houghton School
Black Odyssey exhibit to be shown at Saline High School
George Norman’s Black Odyssey history exhibit hailed as a top national display will be shown at Saline High School from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday May 7. Sponsored by the Michigan Education Association and local groups Ford Motor Co Uni loy and Universal Die Casting Division of Hoover Ball & Bearing Co. The panels cover Afro American history culture and heritage with figures like Extivanica Dusable Hannibal and Alexander Dumas and themes on Black soldiers and Cowboys plus work by Charles White Malcolm X Paul Robeson Marcus Garvey and Patrice Lumumba.
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George. Norman
Saline High School
Michigan Education Association
Saline Education Association
Ford Motor Co
Uniloy
Universal Die Casting Division
Hoover Ball & Bearing Co
Dairy Queen Scene Captures Gall Family At Treat Stop
The Donald Gall family poses at a Dairy Queen on a warm spring Sunday. Jayne Gall centers as an ice cream licker who stretches a cone for hours, Jenni fer nabs bites and can finish a fiesta sundae quickly, while “Snuffy” is described as a thief. The photo shows a playful scene with the youngsters and the family pup amid sweets and sun.
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Dairy Queen
Jayne Gall
Jennifer
Jayne
Cotta
Donald Gall
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Ed Marsh
Dwight Reynolds
Library
Jack Craigmile
Ayres, Lewis, Norris &May
Craigmile
Pittsfield
Extivanica
Arizona
New Mexico
Jean Dusable
Chicago
Hannibal
Alps
Alexander Dumas
Charles White
Malcom X
Paul Robeson
Marcus Garvey
Patrice Lumumba
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