Sub-zero Fires Stretch Saline Volunteers to Limit
Saline and Pittsfield township fire units fought two fires in extreme cold this week. A roof fire at 7545 Klager Rd started from chimney sparks and burned a five foot section of roofing. A second blaze at 4701 Saline-Ann Arbor Rd involved a trailer owned by Mr and Mrs Meyer. the family escaped in nightwear as water froze quickly, the wall burned through and interior furnishings were damaged. Investigators blamed defective wiring after Meyer said heating wires were installed to prevent pipe freezing.
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Saline
William Hoeft
Klager Rd
Saline - Ann Arbor Rd
Lawrence Meyer
Pittsfield
Meyer
Centenarian breaks kneecap after fall at home
Mrs. Fredricka McBride, 100, of 100 E Henry St, sustained a broken kneecap and back bruises from a fall downstairs Friday. She was fitted with a walking cast at Saline Community Hospital and sent home with upstanding instructions as she nears her July 14 birthday. Dr. R T Douthat called her a remarkable woman.
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Fredricka McBride
E. Henry St
Saline County Taxes 93.5 Percent Paid for 1960
Saline county and school taxes for 1960 have been 93.5 percent paid, City Treasurer E. J. Muir announced today. 1960 taxes will be payable through the city office through February, and after March 1 must be paid to the county treasurer's office.
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Saline County
E. J. Muir
Two Charged in School Theft Case In Michigan
Police and sheriff's deputies say two Plymouth men James Joyner and William McCants are charged with breaking and entering in a Saline High School theft case and with a similar Edmonson Junior High School robbery in Ypsilanti Township. They fled, were captured near Ypsilanti after a foot chase, and authorities recovered 63 dollars and tools in the car. Several others are being questioned in connection with the series of robberies in Saline Chelsea Belleville and Willow Run.
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Saline High School
Edmonson Junior High School
Ypsilanti Township
James T. Joyner
Plymouth
William R. McCants
Ypsilanti
Roy Dechert
Chester Wilson
Wilson
Joyner
Edmonson School
Ypsilanti, Township
Saline
Chelsea
Belleville
Willow Run
Saline area schools announce all day Friday closure
Superintendent Leo Jensen says all three Saline area schools will close Friday for the semester break. Dismissal is at 2 30 p m today and Thursday to allow conferences at the elementary school and to prepare for semester exams in the intermediate and high schools.
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Saline Aréa
Leo Jensen
Jtoday
Saline Hornets Narrowly Defeat Ypsilanti in Slow Tilt
Saline edged Ypsilanti Roosevelt 42 36 at Bowen Field House to stretch conference win streak to five and solidify first place as they prepare to face Chelsea Friday. Mike Bixby led Saline with 16 points, followed by Thoss nine and Volz five as Roosevelt battled back in a tight second half.
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Saline Hornets
Ypsilanti Roosevelt
Bowen Field House
Chelsea
Hornets
Saline Five
Roughriders
Mike Bixby
John Thoss
Roosevelt
Herndon
Saline
Bixby
Volz
Salinians
Scott
Erikson
Hoeft
Calvin Scott
Strait
Richards
Thoss
McDonald
Niethammer
LaRue
Little Hornets
Saline Hospital board reshuffled with new officers
Stockholders re elected Ernest Girbach as president and named Arthur Heininger as vice president replacing Francis Lockwood who steps aside. Stanton Roesch joins the board for a three year term. Don Ford treasurer and Robert Bredernitz secretary replace Leo Jensen who remains a director. Operating committee members are re elected. A hospital fundraising drive was discussed but no decision made. The hospital reported a quarterly profit for October to December and January prospects look positive though next quarter figures are pending.
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Heininger
Francis N. Lockwood
Lockwood
Stanton Roesch
Don Ford
Robert Bredernitz
Leo Jensen
Jensen
Carl Schrandt
Edwin Hering
Arthur Moehn
Everett Esch
Ford
Girbach
BPW Club Trees Support High School Scoreboard Drive
The Business and Professional Women's Club raised funds from selling Christmas trees to cover its share of the new High School football field scoreboard. BPW member Jean Taylor thanked donors and helpers including Saline Mercantile Co The Reporter Fair Board Detroit Edison Co Savings and Citizens Banks Country Market Revelings post office and individuals such as Lewis O'Mara Forrest Heft Ed Schmid Jeannette Merriman Carol Losee Kathy Kuebler Jean Reid Nancy Robison and Joyce Conner.
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BPW
Jean Taylor
Saline Mercantile Co
Reporter
The
Fair Board
Detroit Edison Co
Savings and Citizens Banks
Country Market
Revelings
Post Office
Lewis O’mara
Forrest Heft
Ed Schmid
Jeannette Merriman
Carol Losee
Kathy Kuebler
Jean Reid
Nancy Robison
Joyce Conner
Girl Scouts Camp Weekend At Saline Valley Farms
The Downriver Senior and Intermediate Girl Scouts held a January camping weekend at Saline Valley Farms. Six adults and 49 girls attended the event.
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Downriver
Saline Valley Farms
Six Year Old Seeks Heart Operation At University Hospital
Richard Sally six-year-old of Saline is scheduled for a heart repair Thursday at University Hospital. He faced weeks of recovery after surgery aimed at improving his pumping heart. The family hopes blood donors will help, with 13 pints already donated and eight more planned at an upcoming Blood Bank drive at Saline Intermediate School.
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University Hospital
Richard Sally
Walter Sally
Dunn Rd
Richard
Hospi
Tal
Saline
Gilbert
Russell
Susan
Marjorie
Gertrude Anne
Saline Area
Sally
Milk Picture Getting Brighter, Lake Says
Glen Lake, president of the National Milk Producers Federation, says the milk surplus may ease due to fed eral school lunch program expansion and Kennedy's Food for Peace plan. He cites a possible Family Milk Program and forecasts prices near last year’s, with marketing quotas debated. Lake predicts producers might favor price-support options over production restrictions and notes a possible Producers Referendum. The ADA campaign aims to boost consumption, while dairy talks with buyers grow tense and state price figures for 1961 are outlined.
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Kennedy
Glen Lake
National Milk Producers Federation
Lake
Sa~ Line
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Wth Kennedy
Johnson
Orville Freeman
Congress
American Dairy
ADA
MMPA
Detroit
Albert Gall
Washtenaw County
Detroit Sales Committee
Gall
March of Dimes drives into high gear in Saline township
With about 163 dollars in hand the New March of Dimes launches a busy schedule. Coffee Hour at Mrs. Everett Wolfin’s Friday 10 to noon. earlier Coffee Hour at Mrs. Everett Esch raised 46. Jaycee March of Dimes benefit dinner all day Sunday at Marty's Restaurant with donations encouraged. Brownies plan a tin pan parade after school Tuesday led by Mrs. Donald Rapp and Mrs. Robert Estes to spotlight the Mothers March led by Mrs. Howard Hill. Residents urged to illuminate porches for the citywide march starting at 7 p.m. and ending with a Mothers’ March gathering at Mrs. Bliss Charles’s home.
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Everett Wolfin
Everett Esch
Lauren Wild
Hugh Keveling
OES
Jaycee March of Dimes
Marty
Brownies
Donald Rapp
Robert Estes
Howard Hill
Saline Child Study Club
Bliss Charles
Risdon Dr
of Dimes
Saline Township
David Gordon
Lauren Finkbeiner
Glenn Weber
Ernest Girbach
Carl Maroin
Robert Guenter
Laurence Tucker
Glenn Crittenden
Predmore objects to meter income estimates in Saline
John Predmore, who circulated a petition to remove about half the city meters, says city revenue figures are invalid for partial meter removal. He cites 148 meters total, with 52 percent removal. he estimates revenue loss at about 10 percent. He argues parking changes would aid local business and notes prior free parking during Christmas. Continued on Page 4.
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John Predmore
Predmore
Michigan Avenue
Prédmore
Milan Chamber of Commerce
Citizens Bank Elects Officers and Adds Member
Carl A. Curtiss was re elected president as Citizens Bank of Saline re elected all officers and directors at the annual stock holders meeting. Dr Gordon J Prout was elected to the board as it expands from seven to eight members and Donald Jeppesen was named assistant cashier. Re elected for the coming year are vice president Harry Holmes cashier Homer Kuebler and directors Arthur Lutz William Harwood Clifford Simmons and Francis Lockwood.
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Carl A. Curtiss
Citizens Bank of Saline
Gordon J.prout
Donald Jeppesen
Harry Holmes
Homer Kuebler
Arthur Lutz
William Harwood
Clifford Simmons
Francis Lockwood
Engaged Twins Jean and Joan Begole Seem Ready for Weddings
Jean Kay Begole and Joan May Begole, identical twin daughters of Newland and (Mrs.) Begole of Milan, announce engagements to Ronald V. Satterthwaite of Chelsea and Harland R. Rengel of Milan. Both have UM work ties and Milan and Chelsea roots. no wedding date set.
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Jean
Joan Begole
Mrs. Newland Begole
Begole Rd
Milan
Daugh
Ter
Jean Kay
Ronald V. Satterthwaite
Vernon Satterthwaite
Jerusalem Rd
Chelsea
Chelsea High School
Blaess Elevator Co
Joan May
Harland
R. Rengel
Roy Rendel
Milan High School
Key Punch Training Center, Inc
Detroit
T. W. Ball
Ann Arbor
Saline High School
Central Michigan University
University of Michigan
College of Literature, Science
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Saline-Ann Arbor Rd
Hornets Edge
Ypsil
Saline’ Community ‘Hospital Association
Arthur Heininger
Alfred Riemold
Saline Community Hospital
Charles Kern
Chris Volz
Citizens Bank
Joan
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