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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1963
Page
1
The article notes vendors at Schmid's Market and participants like Jeannette Alber and John Lake wearing varied costumes including Japanese outfits. It describes mis-matched attire and a playful, chaotic scene with Joan LaRue and Babs Schmid also in Japanese dress selling Polish sausages.
Principal Pr ed Wight Reynolds announces school pictures will be held Monday September 9 at Reynolds Intermediate School.
Governor George Romney will be the principal speaker at the Washtenaw Republican ox roast at Delhi Park on Saturday September 7 from 12 30 to 6 p m Romney is due about 3 30 p m with the program starting about 20 minutes later Elly Pedersen vice chairman of the state central committee will also attend John H Flook Saline Washtenaw county drain commissioner will serve as Chief Chef a post he has held for seven years County residents are invited Tickets priced at 1 may be obtained by calling Saline area ticket chairman Doreen Steele 429 5090 Children under 12 admitted free with a parent
Elmer L. Conrad district governor will be guest speaker at the Rotary Club meeting Thursday noon. Conrad hails from Walled Lake Michigan and will address club members on district affairs.
Sixty pints were collected for Saline area Blood Bank this week as the Red Cross Bloodmobile replenished local stocks. One donor Jim Hering achieved gallon donor status with his eighth contribution. A long list of donors attended, including Walter Sally Fred Shunk Maxine Burkhart Benito Seguri Helen Guenther and many more.
A 12 year old boy lost sight in one eye after a crossbow toy fired from a tree house struck him. Police urge parents to keep homemade crossbows from children, noting they are as dangerous as slingshots or BB guns. No charges were filed. officials say possession is not illegal.
Saline high school graduates in 1963 head to colleges across Michigan and beyond. Notable arrivals include Keith Armbruster and Martha Esch at the University of Michigan, Vicky Hill at Eastern Michigan, Gary Finkbeiner and Kathie Reed at Michigan State, and others to Ferris Institute Cleary College Jackson Junior College Adrian College Colorado. Several graduates—Bob Sullivan Jim Riley Roger Davis Dick Leidheiser—have already joined the U.S. Air Force.
Only one entry has been received for the Miss Saline pageant run by the local Jaycees. The winner may be Kathleen Kay McLaughlin of Ishpeming if she wins Miss America, with the crowning event set for Thursday night during the fair.
Daniel Pfeifle five of Chelsea and Eva Monroe fifty six of Saline sustained minor injuries in a Sunday two-car crash at 11 50 a m at Weber and Alber Roads. Ira Pfeifle fifty nine of Saline drove the car carrying Daniel while Eva Monroe led the other vehicle.
The local post office will be closed all day Monday September 2 for Labor Day. Postmaster Clarke Gordon reminded residents of the holiday closure.
Postmaster Clarke Gordon announced that planes trucks and buses would move air and first class mail within about 150 miles of Saline if a nationwide rail strike occurs. Second class magazines newspapers third and fourth class mail beyond 150 miles would be suspended. perishable items like baby chicks and honey bees should not be mailed. Detroit Cleveland and Lansing remain in full service within the zone.
More than 1500 well wishers attended a Saline Valley Farms celebration honoring Mr and Mrs John Rule and Mrs Florence Kirkland for over 60 years of devotion to the American Youth Hostel movement. Certificates and gifts were given as Kirkland opened the Erie Woods Hostel in 1942 and the Rules joined hosteling in 1941 under early leaders Eleanor and Justin Cline.
High School enrollment this year may exceed 620 across grades 8 through 12, up from 560 last year. Elementary and Intermediate schools also report rising numbers with space tight and temporary rooms in use. School opens September 4 with staggered hours and no kindergarten until after the Saline Community Fair.
Washtenaw county chapter plans its third annual Cystic Fibrosis drive in September. Volunteers will mail 5 000 direct mail appeals on September 3 and donations are requested in return envelopes. A benefit dance September 7 at the American Legion Home Saline with Rhythmaires music, and a Saline Jaycees car wash are featured events. CF is a serious inherited disease with no current cure. researchers seek the exact deficiency to help future treatment.
Bruce Uphaus discovered a pair of boys glasses in his Interlochen Band trip luggage. The owner can retrieve them at 413 N Lewist St, Charles Uphaus residence.
Dwight Reynolds, transportation manager, said several routes remain unsettled since two 66-passenger buses have not arrived. They will replace two 48-passenger buses, causing temporary route shifts. If a student is missed on the first day, call Reynolds after 1 PM at 429-7300.
Members of Saline Lodge 133 of Masons and Saline Chapter OES will meet at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Hall. The OES session is postponed to Wednesday at 8 p.m.
A Saturday crash at the Moon Jewell intersection left Kenneth C. Witherspoon 23 dead and three others injured. Marine Cpl. Harry D. Feeman 21 Stanley Kind 71 and Larry Tucker 403 Spring St Saline were treated for head injuries and released the same night. Feeman drove a Saline demonstrator at about 65 mph when a Volkswagen emerged from Jewell Rd. The cars stacked in a piggy back 223 feet into a ditch before stopping. Feeman to spend 30 days terminal leave and Witherspoon was married and father of one.
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