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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1968
Page
1
Saline residents face a low blood supply as the Saline Area Blood Bank plans a March 4 replenishment by the Red Cross Bloodmobile. Co chairs Mrs. George Austin and Mrs. Edwin Hering urge donors, noting 22 pints remain from 86 used in 1967.
On the first Friday in Lent March 1 the Miracle Church of the Nazarene hosts a World Day of Prayer observing the theme Bear One Another's Burdens. Participating churches include First Presbyterian Methodist First Baptist Assembly of God Faith Lutheran Holy Cross Episcopal Mission Mirac le Church of the Nazarene St Andrews Catholic and St Paul United Church of Christ. The 8 p.m. service is sponsored by Church Women United of Saline and invites the public to attend.
The Saline March of Dimes campaign reaches $2,483.97, down from last year’s $2,700. Washtenaw County and much of Michigan show lower overall contributions. Saline’s basketball dance raised $255, Boy Scout peanut sales $288.22, totaling $312.50, with businesses contributing $111, down from $211. Other fundraisers via canisters and Mothers' March were also lower.
The American Legion and Auxiliary will host fish suppers every other Friday during Lent. The first dinner is at 5 p.m. Friday March 1 in Legion Hall. Tickets at the door are 1.00 for fish and 1.75 for shrimp. Proceeds fund the vocational scholarship for a Salite graduate started last year.
Washtenaw County citizens form the Washtenaw County Committee of Citizens to back Sheriff Douglas Harvey after recent attacks. Co chairmen Glenn E. Davis and Fred L. Arnet II lead a petition praising Harvey’s execution of the office and urging continued support. Circulator in Saline is Jackee of Saline Ann Arbor area.
The Saline School Co operative Work Program in its second year has placed 38 students in part time jobs around the area. Trainees attend Hugh School in the mornings and work afternoons. They are training as secretaries, mechanics, beauticians, and electricians under coordinator James Bradley, in a program touted as very successful in southern Michigan.
Ann Arbor flotilla members report a strong response to registration for the boating safety course starting this week. The first class is tonight at 7:30 p.m in the junior high cafeteria, with Marcus Strahley noting it is not too late to enroll. Arthur Finn, 6, was hospitalized after a kitchen knife injury to his right eye and remains in recovery with limited vision.
County Sheriff Doug Harvey presented a film and slides of new gear and recent improvements in the department at the Saline chapter of Junior Sheriff Deputies. The Jensen School meeting drew parents of the junior deputies.
Two new directors Gerhardt Schaible and Paul Hammond were elected at the Sa jine Mercantile Co annual stockholders meeting Friday noon at the CES hall. Other directors include Norman Wiedmayer Alwin Marion Webb Harwood Owen Zahn and Alwin Finkbeiner. Officers to be elected at an organization meeting on March 14.
About 200 Saline area telephone subscribers with 429-9- numbers are reassigned to 429-5- numbers. A General Telephone Co. spokesman cites nationwide pay phone denotation of 9 and prepayment challenges. The 429-9- numbers will be updated with the 1969 directory.
A public session on the proposed school swimming pool will be held Wednesday at 8 pm in the High School Little Theater. About 70 area organizations were asked to send representatives. Harod Hintz will discuss costs and millages, with other Advisory Council and Board members participating. Voter registration for the April 1 bonding election closes March 1 at City Hall or township clerks.
General Telephone announces the new Saline directory with combined Saline and Ann Arbor listings, expanded yellow pages, and emergency numbers on page one. The Saline exchange serves 2 323 accounts with updated ZIP codes and a local area map, distribution exceeds 4100 copies.
The City Council hires Ayres Lewis Norris May to update feasibility of iron removal and water softening and to assess sewage plant capacity. A full sidewalk construction plan is recommended for Clark Mills Russell and N Lewis streets with assessments and hearings to follow.
Industrial Air Services Inc begins operations from Ann Arbor Airport offering charter flights to Bermuda Texas or Maine non stop up to 1100 miles. Piper Cherokee seats seven passengers or 1300 pounds of freight. Pilot Lonnie M. Gary a WWII veteran leads the firm with team members Ken Thompson Ed Puttcomber Alexander Haekle and H L Zents. Gary previously ran an air freight business in Cleveland and now resides on Saline Ann Arbor Road.
City Council approved a second bus stop location on N Ann Arbor St for the City Bus Co service between Saline and Ann Arbor and to Ypsilanti State Hospital. The firm now loads on S. Ann Arbor St between the municipal parking lot and Schmid's Grocery, with a second stop for the return trip near the east side of the older parking lot.
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