Saline Fair Board Sets Barn Paving and On Site Session
The Saline Fair Board approved paving the Saline Fair Barn floor with state funding covering over half of the 2515 cost. Work at Barn No 7 starts Aug 25, bleacher project at the speed-tractor site runs Aug 24, and volunteers assist. Rotary handles admissions and parking, earning 12 percent of gate receipts.
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Albert Gall
Gall
Rudy Schmerberg
Saline Rotary Club
Lyle Wahl
Wahl
Straits Fact-Find In Cumberland
Mike and Connie Strait, Saline's superintendent and deputy administrator, returned from a three day study trip to Cumberland Maryland. They gathered downtown modernization observations and will report to the public, City Council, and business groups at an upcoming meeting.
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Mike
Connie Strait
Saline
Cumberland
Maryland
The
Straits
W. E. Shank
F. Perry Smith, Jr
Jo Beynon
Allegany County Office of Tourism
Donald A. Pell
Downtown Business Association
Cumberland Urban Renewal Association
Cumberland Evening Times
Jerry Goodwin
John W. Wormack
Bi Centennial Plan Details From Local Commission
Bi Centennial Commission Co Chairmen Kempf and members met with Rogers Company representatives Wallace Lafferty and Robert Howett last Thursday. Lafferty proposed a six week program with ethnic fair fireworks water pageant and tours including Saline Dexter Chelsea and Manchester. The Rogers team will return in late August with a formal program and budget. A Sept 24 meeting in Council Chambers announced a day shift from Thursdays to Tuesdays to boost attendance and input.
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George Kempf
Commission
Rogers Company
Wallace Lafferty
Robert Howett
Lafferty
Saline
Dexter
Chelsea
Manchester
Rogers
Kempf
Saline Players
Council
Jaycee Leaders Plan State Board Meeting in Ypsilanti
Paul Horn and 19 Saline delegates aim to prove Saline Jaycees are active at Michigan Jaycees summer board meeting in Ypsilanti. They will present a large check from last weekend’s Jaycee Rodeo to Dr. Irving Feller of the National Burns Institute as Burns Awareness and Treatment support. The rodeo net was estimated at around 2000 to 54000 dollars, with final figures pending.
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Paul Horn
Saline Jaycees
Waldenwoods
Hartland
Horn
Gary Rupprecht
Michigan
Rupprecht
Michigan Jaycees
Ypsilanti
Jaycees
City to consider bagging Saline parking meters
City officials plan a two month trial in September and October to bag Saline parking meters and survey merchants for feedback on business impact and meter abuse. The meters generate 8800 yearly, with 5500 earmarked to retire debt from downtown lots and meters. If meters are removed, offsetting income must be found.
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King
Police Reports Highlight Burglary and Vandalism in Saline
Entries detail break ins at Houghton School portable buildings and a Mills Rd residence under construction, with windows opened and items missing or stolen. Other notes show a 1965 Ford damaged at Saline Evangelical Home, a 1973 Ford station wagon burglarized at Meijer’s, and a stolen Colt .25 pistol under investigation. An accident at N Ann Arbor McKay St left no injuries.
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Saline
Houghton School
Henry St
Saline Evangelical Home
Rawling
Lambkins Dr
Meijer’s
N. Ann Arbor
McKay St
Mills Rd
N. Ann Arbor St
Saline School Board Keeps Sirens for Recreation Alarms
The Saline School Board approved continuing use of the Henne Field loud speaker system for announcing Saline Recreational softball amid little citizen opposition. Secretary Woodie Merchant quipped about the town being called Siren City and joked Sin City, while Board President William Taylor noted the sirens are in place for needed alerts.
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Henne Field
Woodie Merchant
Woodie
Saline Police
William Taylor
Pointe Golf Course OK in Lodi After Planning Commission review
The Lodi Township Board granted a conditional use permit to Travis Corporation of Saline for an 18 hole golf course and clubhouse on 150 acres bounded by Brassow Saline Ann Arbor and Maple Roads. Development includes a restaurant and recreation facilities with non discriminatory membership promises. The plan permits gradual development with septic reliance and emphasizes drainage and highway access while denying an asphalt plant at Holloway Gravel Pit due to non conformity and safety concerns.
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Lodi Township
Travis Corporation of Saline
Brassow, Saline-Ann Arbor
Maple Roads
David Simmons
The
Travis
Steele
Two Salinians Die In PA Plane Crash
The Schwab family of Saline suffered a double tragedy when 11 year old Lisa Schwab and her uncle William Schwab were killed in a light plane crash near Crawford County Pennsylvania on August 9. James Schwab remained in serious condition and his wife Cynthia with children Steve and Nicole planned to stay in Pennsylvania. Funeral arrangements and a memorial fund through Citizens Bank of Saline were noted. The Ypsilanti State Police post relocated to 1501 Whittaker Rd with new contact numbers 994-1006.
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Schwab
Saline
Lisa Schwab
James Schwab
Oak Park Dr
William Schwab
Oil City
Crawford County
Lisa
William
Titusville
Pennsylvania
James
Citizens Bank of Saline
Ypsilanti
Michigan State Police
Whittaker Rd
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Jane Gall
Mount Buckshot
Janet Buchanan
Curtiss Park
Saline Fair Board
Farm Council
City Hall
Paul
Jaycee
Rupprecht and Horn
Barbara Mennell
Saline Library
Ypsi Post
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