Benna Jean sails through Europe and returns home
In a diary style travel tale Benna Jean recounts a European trip starting in Bouillon Belgium via Luxembourg Cochem and Koblenz to view a war memorial. She earned a Stourman Diploma in a Dutch sail camp becoming one of eight successful cadets, while sister Reinie earned a First Mate diploma.
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Bouillon
Belgium
Luxembourg
Cochem
Koblenz
William the
Holland
Reinie
Michigan
Detroit
Benna Jean
Amsterdam
Deroit
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Local births announced in Milan and Saline
Ronald and Mrs. Finch welcome daughter Lori Jolee on August 17 at Saline Community Hospital weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces. Ernest and Mrs. Brimm welcome Donald Eugene on August 19 weighing 9 pounds 1 ounce. Ann Marie Nagel born August 19 to Luther and Mrs. Nagel of Ann Arbor at Saline Hospital. Dale and Mrs. Brown welcome Lisa Louise on August 19 at Saline Hospital weighing 7 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Finch
Milan
Lori Jolee Finch
Saline Community Hospital
Joe Camburn
Saline
Russell Finch
Platt Rd
Ernest Brimm
Donald Eugene
Ann Marie Nagel
Luther Nagel
Ann Arbor
Dale Brown
Lawson St
Saline Hospital
Lisa’ Louise
Long Illness Claims Life of Father Of Mrs. Reid Ross
The Rev William R Shaw of Ypsilanti led funeral services at Bahnmiller Funeral Home for Lee FE Ackley 72 of Alanson Michigan a retired engineer and father of Mrs Reid Ross of Saline He died Friday night at University Hospital after a long illness He was born June 11 1889 in Germfnsk Michigan son of Ezekiel and Martha Clark Ackley He married Cleo Clements September 3 1915 in Petoskey She survives and had been living at Woodside Trailer Park near Saline since his illness progressed.
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William R. Shaw
Ypsilanti
Bahnmiller Funeral Home
Lee FE. Ackley
Alanson, Mich
Reid Ross
Saline
University Hospital
Mr. Ackley
Germfnsk
Mich
Ezekiel
Martha Clark Ackley
Cleo Clements
Petoskey
Ackley
Woodside
Saline Woman’s Father Dies at 64
Ralph Miller aged 64, father of Mrs. Ken Thompson of Saline, died August 12 in a Detroit hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were held August 15 at A. H. Peters Funeral Home, with burial in Glen Evens Cemetery, Livonia. He was a native of Austria and lived in Detroit 45 years, survived by his daughter in Saline, another daughter in Southgate, five grandchildren, three brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Miller
Ken Thompson
Saline
Detroit
A. H. Peters
Glen Even
Livonia
Miller
Austria
Kenneth Heskett
Southgate
Mich
Township Officials to Meet in Ann Arbor Assembly
Summit Township Clerk George D. Jones and Clayton Township Supervisor John F. West announced final plans for the annual meeting of township officials from seven Michigan counties to be held at the American Legion Home in Ann Arbor on Tuesday August 29 at 10 am. The event includes a Face To Face discussion with congressmen state leaders and candidates for delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Invitations extend to hundreds of township officials and notable attendees include Congressmen Chamberlain Meader and numerous state and county officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Jones
Summit Township
Jackson County
John F. West
Clayton Township
GeneSee County
Michigan Townships Association
Michigan
American Legion Home
Ann Arbor
Charles E. Chamberlain
George Meader
Garland Lane
Haskell Nichols
Elmer Porter
Paul C. Younger
Stanley Thayer
James Warner
Ralph Young
Roger Townsend
William Sterling
Gordon Rockwell
Albert Horigan
Harold Hungerford
Marie Hager
James N. Folks
Lee Gerald Fitzgerald
Rollo G. Conlin
Gilbert Bursley
Wilfred G. Bassett
Washtenaw County Board of Supervisors
E. A. Walter
William Ager
John Conlin
George Petersen
Luella M. Smith
William Verner
Patricia Hardy
Traffic on I 94 up over thirty seven percent in first half 1961
Michigan State Highway Department reports Interstate 94 traffic rose more than 37 percent in the first six months of 1961 and Interstate 96 traffic near open sections grew about 39 percent. State Highway Commissioner John C. Mackie notes ongoing growth as more freeways open.
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Lansing
Detroit-Chicago
State Highway Department
Detroit-Muskegon
John C. Mackie
John B. Swainson
Michigan
Mackie
Ohio
Indiana
Traffic in Michigan Highways Rises in First Half of 1961
Swainson reported a 1.7 percent gain in total Michigan highway traffic for the first six months of 1961 from the same period in 1960. The sharpest rise occurred on state highways in northeastern lower Michigan at 5.4 percent. Upper Peninsula traffic dipped slightly, down 1.6 percent in the western half and down 0.3 percent in the eastern half, paralleling the Mackinac Bridge trend. Mr and Mrs J Kenneth Taylor traveled to Minneapolis to visit relatives for a week at Minnesota lakes. Mrs Alma Wahl visited her son-in-law and daughter Dr and Mrs Bernard Stremler in Pontiac before returning home.
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Swainson
Michigan
Lower Michigan
Mackie
Upper Peninsula
U.P
Mackinac Bridge
J. Kenneth Taylor
Minneapolis
Arthur Boylan, Jr
Minnesota
Alma Wahl
Bernard Stremler
Pontiac
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University of Michigan Atomic Energy
Formosa
Thailand
Turkey
Greece
Israel
International Cooperation Administration
Chai
Howard Johnson Restaurant
Perseag-Seaton Prater
Mais
Company
Fred
Debbie Lillie Astaire
Reynolds -Palmer
Hunter
Presley
Rock Hudson
Gina Lollobrigida
Walt Disney
Nikki, Wild Dog OF the
Marlene Dietrich
Martha
Fanny
Guns OF Navarone
Lang
Mae Shore
Laura Mae
Anderson’s
Herman Alber Farm
Weber Road
W. M. Detwiler
Wayne Banker
Stork News
Harold Frey
Harvey Frey
Raymond Schroeder
Nutri-Bio Distributors
Hazel
Andrew Fischer
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Alanson
Russel Schultz
Tecumseh
Ross
Macon Cemetery
John Flook
Washtenaw County
Robert M. Montgomery
Saline Lanes
Michigan Ave
Hills Bros
Farmer Peet’s
Dole Fruit
Bologna
Keyko
Oleo
Minute Maid Frozen
Ivory
Hull's Grocery
Springbrook
Sport
A &M Chevrolet Co
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