Rotary Club Hosts Centennial Film at Christmas Party
Saline Rotary Club screened a 45 minute color film featuring half of Saline during the citys Centennial Parade. Everett Esch and Harry Bishop loaned the footage and Jack Moranville earned producer credits. Two different film sizes required two projectors set up by Moranville.
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Saline
Saline Rotary Club
Leutheuser’s
Everett Esch
Harry Bishop
Jack Moranville
Esch
Bishop
Moranville
The Joy of Giving Poem Verses Whittier Quote
Poem excerpt urges ongoing charity beyond Christmas toward the poor and lonely. The verse by John Greenleaf Whittier emphasizes that generosity returns to the giver as personal joy and blessing.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Michigan Now Playing and Campus Screenings
The page lists films showing this week including Walt Disney's Follow Me Boys and Up to His Ears. Martha ends Saturday Smr Key. Starting Sunday Way Way Out.
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Walt Disney’s
Martha
Yule Tree Tradition Touched Hessian Soldiers in War Time
A wartime Christmas scene recalls Hessian mercenaries near the Delaware River who decorated fir trees with sparse supplies as they awaited captivity. Their makeshift holiday ritual left an enduring cultural imprint, echoed by a Fifth Avenue exhibit featuring decorated trees by notable figures.
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Delaware River
Germany
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Saint Nicholas origins and the Santa Claus link
The article recounts St. Nicholas of Myra born in Patara Turkey in the fifth century. It notes his charity and seafaring favor, legends of his dowries for poor girls, his bones moved to Bari in 1087, and how St Nicholas Day traditions merged with Christmas to create Santa Claus via Dutch influence in the United States.
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St. Nicholas
Myra
Patara
Turkey
Noel Baba
Bari
Italy
United States
Barbara
Christ
Scouts Seek Help for Paper Drive in Saline
Saline's Boy Scouts announce a January 14 paper drive and request parental help. Publicity man Jack Moranville says drives have long hours and proposes more trucks drivers and adults to shorten the day. Volunteers may call Moranville Harold West Harold Fritts or Ed Schmok.
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Saline
Boy Scouts
Jack Moranville
Moranville
Harold West
Harold Fritts
Ed Schmok
Poems Win Students Prizes At Saline Junior High Contest
Winners chosen in Saline Junior High poetry contest to promote holiday spirit. Honorable mention names include Elaine Berta Denise Hartung Debbie Lemmon Paul Losey Barbara Quick and Linda Thomas. The winning entries include WAITING FOR SANTA CLAUS by Stephen Steele and TWAS CHRISTMAS EVE by Laurie Ormsby.
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Saline Junior High
Elaine Berta
Denise Hartung
Debbie Lemmon
Paul Losey
Barbara Quick
Linda Thomas
Two Kivi families in Saline share name and hobbies
Last August two Saline families with the surname Kivi met by mail mix up. Lou and Lib Kivi of 5090 Textile Rd. with their sons and Craig, Allen, Dave, Doug, and others moved from Ann Arbor area. The Bill Kivi and Louis Kivi families discover common hobbies in gardening and watercolor painting.
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Bill Kivis
Louis Kivis
Postal Department
Textile
Lou
Allen
David
Douglas
Craig
Scott
Ann Arbor
Dave
Doug
Portage Lake Yacht Club
Kivi
Norman W. Wood
Mr. Wood
University of Michigan
Houghton
Ann Arbor High
Lib
Kentucky
Bowling Green
Sam
Detroit
Upper Peninsula
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Michigan Ave
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Stephen Steele
Rudolph
Laurie Ormsby
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Ray’s Auto Service
Merry Christmas
Clara and
Bob
Chevrolet & Olds Co
Westside Hardware
Hartman Insurance Agency
Milt Hartman
North Ann Arbor
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Citizens Bank OF Saline
F.D.I.C
Federal Reserve
Saline Jaycees
Harry's
Lodi Town & Country Furniture
Ann Arbor Saline Rd
Pleasant Lake Rd
Nationwide Insurance
Mel Hartman
Duble Automatic Laundry
Dancer’s Department Store
Community Ford Sales
Caros
Sander
Graf
Graf’s Gulf Service
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