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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1962
Page
2
The 1962 Saline Fair financials report total receipts of 9,316.61 and disbursements of 9,177.44. Net profit amounts to 139.17 with entries including gate receipts, ads, and various expenditures from tent rental to premiums. Charles Alber notes gratitude for support during hospital stay and recovery.
Frank Cooper was guest of honor at a surprise birthday party Friday night at the Coopers home on Hollywood Drive. Guests from Saline Ann Arbor and Chelsea attended. The Rhoades family traveled to Detroit to see the Cobo Hall Christmas display. George Osborn of Hubbard Lake arrived to visit relatives in Saline and will travel to Norwalk Ohio before Christmas. Mrs. Wilbert Schaible had surgery at Saline Community Hospital. The Sielker family will visit Mt. Pleasant to bring Carolyn home for college holidays. Medical patients at the Saline hospital include six month old Glenn Gilbee and several area residents. Emma Gibson plans a pre Christmas visit to Middlesboro Kentucky and will return for Christmas Day. Richard Drew hosts a Christmas party with guests the Wards Millers and Bouchers. Max Fosdick recovers from surgery and hopes to return home this weekend.
A Thursday garage fire at 108 Henry Street caused extensive damage and will likely require razing and rebuilding. The adjacent house suffered substantial smoke damage to furnishings while rugs and draperies were ruined. Fire officials have not determined the cause. flames were fed by burning fuel oil from a stored container.
Jaycee Auxiliary members schedule a Christmas party for their children at 3 p.m. Saturday at the home of Mrs. Earl Feldkamp. Santa Claus will appear and a gift exchange is planned.
The Ladies Missionary group of York Baptist Church will hold its annual Christmas dinner and party Thursday noon at the church. Arrests of youths under 18 rose 4 percent in 1961 in this country.
All three Saline area schools will dismiss Friday afternoon December 21 for Christmas holidays and resume classes on Wednesday January 2.
James W. Boatwright of Dearborn suffered facial cuts when his car veered off US 12 near Campbell Rd during a Thursday blizzard. Damage to his car was about 700 dollars. Three other accidents in Saline caused by snowy streets had no injuries. A nationwide 1961 burglary tally reported 852,500 incidents averaging 187 dollars stolen each.
The Mary Martha Guild of Trinity Lutheran Church will meet at 8 p.m. December 20 with Mrs. H. L. Engel as hostess. Social committee members are Mrs. Carl Seeger, Mrs. Ralph Bowen and Mrs. Howard Hill. Attendees are asked to bring $1 for the Apache Lutheran Christmas Fund.
The guide lists ending and starting dates for films including The Manchurian Candidate Judy Garland animated feature Gay Paree The Pigeon That Took Rome The War Lover Les Liaisons Dangereuses Europe Annights and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane with showings rotating across Sunday and Saturday slots. Charlton Heston is associated with The Pigeon That Took Rome and The Manchurian Candidate appears again in the schedule.
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