Back to School Contest Opens for Young Readers
A newspaper pulls readers into a spelling and arithmetic contest by spotting mistakes in weekly ads. Participants under high school age count errors in ads from local merchants, then submit a coupon with name and address to The Reporter by 5 p.m. Saturday. Prizes include a bubble gum supply, a briefcase, a Shaeffer pen, a dictionary, a savings account, and more.
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Schmid’s Market
Walker’s
Estes Rexall Pharmacy
Citizens Bank
Saline Savings Bank
Westside Hardware
Saline Dairy
Schmid’s
Walker's
Estes
Eveready
Community Ford Sales
Gamnobles
Saline CES Chapter 311 to Meet Sept 7 Guest Edna Difenderfer
Saline Chapter 311 CES will hold its first fall meeting on Wednesday September 7 instead of September 5. Edna Difenderfer of Manchester will be the guest for the evening. Members are urged to attend and bring donations of outgrown children's clothing for coal miners' children in Virginia.
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Saline
CES
Edna Difenderfer
Manchester
Virginia
Hiéber backs to work after vocal cord surgery
Calvin Hiéber returns to work following a successful operation on his vocal cords at St. Joseph Hospital in Ann Arbor. He is quiet now as his voice recovers, but officials expect him to be back to his talkative self soon.
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Calvin Hiéber
St. Joseph Hospital
Ann Arbor
Cal
Citizenship committee to double effort for election outreach
Operation Citizenship workers will redouble their efforts to raise community interest ahead of the November election. Five local service clubs failed to turnout more than 60 at the first Town Meeting. Two Washtenaw County Senate candidates spoke at the High School eying tax reform and state financial fixes with Thayer backing a 1 percent sales tax increase and Cutler favoring the income tax. A second Saline Town Meeting is planned for September 21 with state candidates to be announced. The block communications system aided by the Saline area Civic association will relaunch to inform residents of upcoming meetings. Kiwanis, Rotary, BPW, JCC, SACA, and Farm Bureau participate.
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Citizenship
Bob Harrison
Washtenaw County Senate
Stanley G. Thayer
Richard L. Cutler
Con Con
Thayer
Michigan
Cutler
Saline
Saline Area Civic Association
Kiwanis Club
Rotary, Business and Professional Women
Junior Chamber of Commerce
SACA
Farm Bureau
Wash Tenaw Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Held at Saline High
The Wash tenaw county Farm Bureau announces its annual meeting will take place at Saline High School with a preceeding dinner and a conclave on October 5.
Saline Hornets Open Football Practice With 38 Players
Saline football began its season with 38 players reporting for practice out of 50 who had started the week. Headed toward a Sept. 16 opener against Onsted on the new Hornet field, returning lettermen include John Thoss and Charles Robinson, with several backs and linemen listed among the early participants.
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Lanny Robbins
King
Hornet
Onsted
John Thoss
Charles Robinson
Dick Leidheiser
Ricky Johnson
Jerry McDonald
Ed Strait
Gary Niethammer
Chuck Sanderson
Jack Kuebler
Wesley Armbruster
Joseph Burkhart
Eugene Feldkamp
Dan Bennett
David Dettling
Jim Wolfinger
Gordon Wild
Mike Musson
Gary Kind
Bill Yuhasz
Ronnie Tucker
Bob Yuhasz
Jonathon Johnson
Thomas Johnson
Dave Hoeft
Frank Keck
Jim Walters
Roger Lange
John Doyle
Bill Davis
Ted Graban
Bob Green
Tom Wagener
Walter Keck
Jim Strait
Professor's hat found after 13 months at Marty's
Lawrence Kansas resident Thos C Ryther and his wife revisited Marty's restaurant on highway 112 and learned his hat from July 1959 had been kept on a rear rack. Marty showed the hat and Ryther retrieved it after a year and a month.
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Marty
Lawrence
Kansas
William Allen White
Railsplitters Win Play Off Title Monday Night
The Bridgewater Railsplitters defeated the Saline Bloomer Girls 22 to 19 to clinch the playoff. Elsie Bush pitched for the Railsplitters with Phyllis Hartman and Janice Gross taking the mound for the Bloomer Girls.
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Railsplitters
Bridgewater Railsplitters
Saline Bloomer Girls
Elsie Bush
Bloomer Girls
Phyllis Hartman
Janice Gross
JC's Seek New Miss Saline Contest Seeks 1960 Representativ
JC’s Seek New Miss Saline contestants advance in selection for 1960 Miss Saline to represent JC’s at major events and the Miss Michigan contest. Judges include Anita Neff, Robert Lemmon, and Herb Sager from local stores. Master of ceremonies Don Bailey returns for crowning at the fairgrounds Thursday evening. Betsy Wright will crown the 1960 winner. Eligible contestants are unmarried females 16 to 24 residing in the Saline area School District. entry blanks and photos to William Meister Jr. at 435 Mills Road, Saline.
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Chamber of Commerce
Saline
Jc’s
Ann Arbor
Miss Anita
Neff
Goodyear’s
Robert Lemmon
Jacobson’s
Herb Sager
Fiegel’s
Don Bailey
Annn Arbor
Fairgrounds
Betsy Wright
Miss Saline
Saline Area
Reporter
William Meister, Jr
Mills Road
Key Club Dance Planned With Prizes At High School
Key Club members John Thoss Wallie Keck and Matt Katalinich plan a public high school dance Saturday night from 7 30 to 11. Matt the Kat as disc jockey will entertain. Prizes include two best fast dancers, second place, five dollar prize, a month supply of gum for teachers too, and a surprise prize. Admission 85 cents per couple 50 cents for single men. The dance is sponsored by the Kiwanis supported Key Club.
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Matt the
Kat
Key Club
John Thoss
Wallie Keck
Matt Katalinich
The
Kiwanis Club
Pony to Be Given Away At Fair Here
A pony giveaway prize is offered at the fair with two four month old colts a silver dapple and chestnut. A winner aged between old enough to write and 12 will choose a pony and saddle donated by Estes Rexall Drug Store. Entry blanks available at the pony tent Estes Drugstore or in The Reporter next week.
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Karl Weavie
Weavie Pony Farms
Bruce Alber
Alber Pony Farms
Estes Rexall Drugstore
Estes
Missing English Setter Tina Beloved Family Pet
We report Tina a mostly white English Setter owned by Mr and Mrs Finn of 205 West McKay Street is missing since Tuesday morning after slipping her collar. Tina requires daily allergy medicine. a reward is offered for her safe return. Call HA 99792 with information.
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Tina
Charles Finns
W. McKay St
Saline Schools Dismiss Early for Fair Three Afternoons
Saline area students will leave early September 14 15 and 16 for the county fair. Officials say one bus run would be needed if some schools stayed open and others closed.
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Saline Area
Harris Street
Michigan Avenue
Make Room Dr. Miller Memorial Recalls Saline Hospital Gift
A Memorial Fund raised by Saline area residents will fund a permanent Memorial Room at Saline Community hospital. A portrait and memorial plaque will honor Dr. Harold Miller in the lobby. Miller helped found the first hospital association in 1950 and served as its first Vice Chief of Staff. The fund reached $2100.
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Saline Area
Harold Miller
Saline Community Hospital
Miller
First Hospital Association
Boy 5 Runs Into Car on Street Injures Slightly
A five year old boy Richard Gerald Graf of 203 Russell street ran into the side of a moving car driven by Mrs Janet Karn of 714 West Michigan while talking to a friend in another car. He was treated at Saline Community hospital with a head wound requiring stitches. Police said Karn was not at fault. The Rev. Robert Richards of Saline Methodist Church is visiting Vermont this week.
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Lewis and Russell Streets
Richard Gerald Graf
Russell Street
Janet Karn
Michigan
Saline Community Hospital
Gerald Graf
Karn
Saline Native Enlists in U S Navy
Richard Elton Dell son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Dell of 207 E Michigan enlisted in the U S Navy on Wednesday. He will report to Great Lakes for recruit training under the Navy High School graduate program after graduating from Saline High School in 1960.
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Richard Elton Dell
Lloyd Dell
Michigan
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Navy
Saline
Bees as People Mrs Ference Keeps Many Hives at Jordan Road Farm
Salinian Cecelia Ference 41 tends a swarm at her Jordan road farm after inheriting hives from her Ukranian father Anthony Gruszecky. She studies bees like people, favors German varieties for their diligence, and has faced stings while maintaining her growing apiary.
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Cecilia Ference
Ference
Jordan Road
Anthony Gruszecky
Austria
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Citizenship’ Committee
Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
Washtenaw County Farm Bureau
Saline High School
Betty Wallo McAllister
Jackie Mitchell Hoeften
Rosalind Brock Blacklock
Ann Taylor Tommelein
Alice Gilbert Debler
Delores
Marion Finkbeiner
Nancy Ross Niethammer
Mary Meister Badour
Nancy Hheveling
Pat Terchant Niethammer
Frances Visel Coy
Dr. Miller
Robert Richards
Saline Methodist Church
Vermont
Mrs.Ference
Gruszecky
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