Saline Library Schleh building remodel makes progress
Dick Cole reports the Schleh building remodel for the Saline Library is progressing with six weeks to two months planned for move. Volunteers from the library board Alfred and Ralph Gross and others donated plumbing wiring insulation and plastering work while professionals and students contribute. Heating cooling installed carpets arriving but not yet laid and safety woodwork finished by local volunteers. Cole remains confident the project will continue smoothly.
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Schleh
Saline
Dick Cole
Library Board
Cole
Alfred
Ralph Gross
Electrical Workers’ Union
Don Schultz
Bill Pepper
Kenneth Smith
David Alstrom
Leonard Merritt
Harry Holmes
Charles Kern
Regis Wolfinger
Carl Moehn
Hugh Keveling
Mike Pogmiano
John Beckett
Taylor Jacobsen
Kiwanis
Resident fears erosion claim over Curtiss Park tree removals
Mrs. John Knight, Sr. told City Council erosion concerns tied to tree removals in Curtiss Park. She cited dozens of cut stumps from small to large trees, questioned removal of rare walnuts, and urged future tree-cutting guidelines to protect soil and wildlife.
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John Knight, Sr
Curtiss Park
Chris Volz
Saline Boy Scouts
Jim Gross
Council
Lodi zoning request seeks mobile home park at Ellsworth Zeeb
Lodi Township has received an application to rezone 80 acres at the Ellsworth Zeeb corner from A-1 to C-1 to permit a mobile home park. A public hearing is set for 8 p.m. Friday March 7 at Lodi Township hall. The proposal, from Sheldon Futernick of Plymouth, cites a development similar to the Warren Avenue project in Canton Township and invites board members to tour the site prior to the hearing.
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Lodi Township
W. Ellsworth and
Zeeb Roads
Lodi Township Hall
Ellsworth
Zeeb
Cecil J.glass
Sheldon M. Futernick
Plymouth
Warren _Avenue
Canton Township
Futernick
Warren Avenue
Saline March of Dimes Near $3000 Goal
With reports still arriving the Saline March of Dimes total nears $3000 at $2791.53. A high school student dance after Friday’s basketball game will raise funds at the gym admission 50 cents. Donations include $925.41 from the Mothers March and various clubs, businesses and individuals totaling hundreds of dollars. Three $500 scholarships are offered by the county for Washte naw County high school students with a March 1 deadline, while public education films are available from Evelyn Sells of Ann Arbor as campaign director.
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Dimes Drive
Child Study Club
Junior Child Study Club
Welcome Wagon Club
Boy Scout
March of Dimes
Washtenaw County
Evelyn Sells
Ann Arbor
Flapjacks to Hire Scholarship Fund Supper Staged
Kiwanis Club hosts its Pancake Supper to aid the local scholarship fund. The event runs 5 30 to 7 30 pm Saturday at the High School with admission 125 for adults and 75 cents for children.
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Kiwanis Club
Saline Fire Department Responds to Four Weekend Calls
Saline Firemen were called out four times over the weekend. One call Saturday night was for a car fire on Parker Road near Pleasant Lake Road, and three more calls were for grass fires.
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Saline
Parker Rd
Pleasant Lake Rd
Baton Corps To Give Ist Performance
The Saline Baton Marching Corps will debut between halves of the varsity basketball game this Friday February 28. It comprises 160 youths aged 5 to 13 trained by the High School majorettes with adviser Mrs John C Michael of 1543 York Terrace. A dress rehearsal is set for 3 30 p m Saturday at the High School gym.
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Saline Baton Marching Corps
John C. Michael
York Terrace
RMH Zoning Approved by City Council
City Council approved ordinance 209 adding RMH classification for residential mobile homes. It regulates trailer parks, provides licensing and inspection, and zones 11.6 acres on Maple Rd for RMH use.
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Maple Rd
Child Study Club Plans Husbands Night at UM Game
Members of the Child Study Club will attend a University of Michigan hockey game on Husbands Night Saturday. After the game they will return to the home of Mr and Mrs Barry Van Kovering.
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University of Michigan
Barry
Retired Pastor Receives a Gift from Trinity Lutheran
More than 400 members and friends of Trinity Lutheran Church honored Rev. H. L. Engel who retired after 42 years of service. A morning service featured speakers and a noon program at a local Junior High gym, where Engel and his family were presented with a home gift at 68 Tower Dr. The speakers included former congregation members and church leaders. Engel began ministry in 1926, served in Saline since 1939, and retired from Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
H. L. Engel
A. Baer
Adrian
William, Kiein
Engel
Karol
Gerald Snyder
Livesein J
William
Cavanaugh
Mr. Engel
Harold Walkenhut
Francis Lockwood
Theodore Stroup
Saline
Albert Hoeft
Ladies’ Aid
Daniel Gieschen
Mission Board
The
Wisconsin Synod
Robert Mueller
Livornia
Michigan
Wisconsin ‘Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Trinity_ Lutheranm-Church
Factions Reach Accord On Russell Street Sidewalk War
After a decade of dispute over five hillside lots on Russell Street and its trees, four homeowners proposed a compromise to Mayor Hugh Keveling. The plan blends two sidewalk designs: uphill behind the trees with a curved set of steps down to the curb, looping around more trees.
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Russell St
Lewis St
Hugh Keveling
John Mayer
Edwin Hering
Amanda
Herman Mayer
Charles Kern
Arthur Heininger
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Saline Community Hospital
Saline High School
Saline Hospital
Mary Woods
Ruben Finkbeiner
Vincent Catacuzzeno
Ernest Girbach
Hospital Board of
Eugene Garrison
Eft
Mike Pogliani
Schleh Building
Baring Hill
Lodi
Are
Eire Department
Baton Corps
RMH
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