Mailbag: Historian Traces Saline Family Roots and Real Estate
City Historian Bessie Carren Collins describes helping residents obtain birth certificates and locate relatives in Saline, noting the salvage of almost seventy years of the Saline Observer. She urges local families to donate keepsakes for a future public exhibit in a city library or hall.
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New York State
Florida
Saline
Saline Observer
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Harrs
Frank Handy
Ypsilanti
George Handy
Orange Risdon
United States
Santa Letter From Room Nine Short on Length
Youngsters in room nine grade one at the Elementary School will receive an answer to their long letter to Santa. They will get a reply, but Santa does not have a 35 ft. pen.
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Santa
Tri County Plans New Year's Dance at Moon Road
Tri County Sportsman's League schedules a New Year's Dance on Moon Rd from 9 p m December 31 to 2 a m January 1. Tickets cost 5 per couple with no reserved tables. Regular meetings and events—rifle on Tuesday, pistol on Wednesday, euchre Friday, dances Saturday—continue.
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Tri-County Sportsman’s League
Moon Rd
Red Cross Juniors Trim Tree at Ann Arbor VA
Saline Junior Red Cross members will trim the big Christmas tree at the Veterans Administration hospital in Ann Arbor. The event marks the first time youths participated, led by sponsor Mrs. Lester McCoy. Delegates traveling Monday at 1 p.m. include Sharon Ustich Nellie Zurlinden Beverly Brown Donna Richards Christine MacDonald Sandra Merritt Eddie Strait Tom Wagner Sandy Brown and Gary Wild photographer.
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Veterans Administration Hospital
Ann Arbor
Saline
Lester McCoy
Beverly Brown
Donna Richards
Christine MacDonald
Sandra Merritt
Eddie Strait
Tom Wagener
Sandy Brown
Gary Wild
Speedometer check when passing a police car sparks debate
A commentator notes that glancing at a speedometer as a driver passes a police vehicle raises questions about intent. Experts discuss whether this action signals speed awareness or merely routine driving behavior.
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First National
Anne Arbor
Michigan
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Blue Shield
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Chevy
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A&m Chevrolet
Bessie Carren Collins
Tri-County
Red Cross
the Saline Reporter
Sitsuilutte
Starlite
America
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