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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1968
Page
5
The piece catalogs everyday annoyances from nagging questions and noisy pupils to stubborn grocery carts and late appointments. It also urges East Ann Arbor residents to form glass-picking crews to clear shattered glass along N. Ann Arbor Street and cites declining March of Dimes donations amid broader economic unease and possible upcoming events.
In a Stanley North Dakota piece, a reader questions government spending on child upkeep. He contrasts personal costs with federal programs like Job Corps VISTA Social Security and ADC, arguing $600 per year for a child is insufficient and cites higher outlays in prisons military housing and elderly care.
An editor's mailbag letter urges careful scrutiny of a proposed Saline School District high school plan. It questions projected 22.50 per square foot costs for a 225000 square foot building and asks for breakdowns of foundations, architecture, HVAC, lighting, plumbing, maintenance, and utilities, urging voters to demand concrete comparisons with similar projects.
Faith Lutheran Church ladies staged a surprise stork shower at Mrs. Albert Faust’s home on Hack Road honoring seven members. Honorees include Mrs. Allen Byers mother of a three year old adopted this month along with Mrs. Jon Ditz Mrs. Garry Evans Mrs. James Girbach Mrs. Jerry Langowski Mrs. William Pepper and Mrs. Eugene Sell.
Clarence O. Hinderer 58 of Jackson died last Wednesday at Foote Memorial Hospital Chelsea. Services were held Sunday in Chelsea with burial in St. John’s Cemetery Rogers Corners. Survivors include wife Magdalena three sons Leon Ann Arbor Elwyn Jonesville and Allen at home a daughter Evelyn Ewen of Ann Arbor three brothers Herbert Erwin Walter a sister Miss Elsie Hinderer and five grandchildren. Reverend Warner H Siebert officiated.
James Gordon Byers III was baptized Sunday at Faith Lutheran Church. He is the adopted son of Mr and Mrs Allen Byers of 721 Knollwood Court. Sponsors named James and Roberta Girbach.
Gurdin Wirth aged 63 of Ann Arbor died Sunday in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. He married Blanche Gladwin in 1918, later Lauretta Schmidt. Survivors include wife two sons Maynard and Jack both of Ann Arbor a daughter Dorothy Martens of Birmingham a step daughter Barbara Graf of Saline and numerous relatives. Funeral services were held in Dexter with Rev Terry N Smith officiating burial at Washtenong Memorial Park FAM No 262 held services Tuesday evening.
Jay Starkey an elder of the Presbyterian Church of Saline was elected commissioner by the Presbytery of Southern Michigan to attend the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA in Minneapolis May 16 to 22 among more than 800 church leaders.
Henry Ford built Greenfield Village near his childhood farm, creating a life size museum of over 100 historic buildings spanning three centuries. The self made innovator moved McGuffey Readers and Noah Webster's home to the site, re created Edison’s Menlo Park and gathered artifacts amid debated whimsies and admiration from peers. Edison praised the nearly perfect, spotless village.
Funeral services were held Saturday in Clinton for Ray mond E. Haeussier 61 a former Manchester area farmer and Saline businessman who died February 7 at his Brooklyn home. He had moved there three weeks earlier from the Manchester stock farm he sold early this year. Born October 30 1906 in Freedom Township he married Hazel Blanche Hayball January 25 1933. Surviving are a step daughter a sister two brothers and four step grandchildren. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery.
Kiwanis Club led by Bump Richards plans door to door ticket sales in Saline Monday for the ninth annual all you can eat pancake supper at Saline High School. The event runs 5 30 to 7 30 p m Saturday February 24 with sausage apple sauce coffee and milk on the menu. Tickets are 1 25 for adults and 75 cents for children and may be bought at the door.
A general assembly Friday featured a health program on the effects of smoking presented by a speaker known as Rancher Glen and sponsored by the Washtenaw County Health Department.
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