Snowmobile accident near fatal for young girl
The Genes family recalls a close call when their daughter’s scarf became entangled on a snowmobile’s rotating shaft. After emergency care at University Hospital she returned home and faces possible setbacks. The dealer blamed cheaper models for safety lapses and the family urges awareness to protect other children. Public library resources on snowmobiling safety are available.
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Roger
Goodrich Rd
Peggy
University Hospital
Jensen School
Gene
Saline Public Library
Overdue fines to rise at Saline Library
Librarian Ellie Todd reports the Saline Library Board approved raising overdue fines to 5 cents per day starting Feb 10. She cites rising circulation and staff time needed for overdues, stating the change aims to free staff for service, acquisitions, and patron help.
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Ellie Todd
Saline Library Board
Ellie
Candy Stripers to Be Recognized at Saline Hospital
Saline Hospital Auxiliary meeting on January 18 announced pins for Candy Stripers who log 100 hours or more. Expect three 100 hour pins to be awarded at the High School commencement exercises. Certificates will also honor Candy Stripers active since the program began about one year ago.
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Saline Hospital
Saline Editorial Proposes Names for Local Middle Schools
An editorial urges naming Saline Middle and Intermediate Schools after Dr. Gordon Prout and Lulu Fairbanks to honor the taxpaying citizens who guide the school system and the longtime educators who shaped Saline schools. It notes Prout’s 20 years on the school board and Fairbanks’s teaching, writing, and student impact, suggesting the corner lot school be called the Fairbanks School.
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Clay
Risdon
Choiets
Saline
Gordon Prout
Lulu Fairbanks
Leo Jensen
Elmer Houghton
Dr. Prout
Saline Area School Board
Advisory Council
Saline School Board
Saline Middle School
Miss Fairbanks
Lulu
Fairbanks
N.ann Arbor
McKay
Saline servicemen receive commissions and notes from ship returns
Ensign Michael Watkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vann A. Watkins of Saline, earned his commission after Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport RI. Dennis C. MacDonald, CS3, home on leave, served aboard USS Brinkley Bass which returned to Long Beach after five months in the West Pacific. Dennis Taylor, a 1971 Saline High grad, entered the Air Force Jan 13 and trains at Lackland AFB Texas, planning to join the Air Police. Burmeister reports on Washtenaw Farm Council progress, land purchase, fencing, barn sale offer, and 79 days of grounds use with efforts to fund-raise for a $43,500 land contract. Board elections named Stanley Peet Leon Whitlock Deane Fisher and William Frame.
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Michael ¢. Watkins
Vann A. Watkins
Willis Ra
Saline
Naval Officer Candidate School
Newport, RI
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio
Dennis MacDonald
B.K. MacDonald
N. Ann Arbor St
Brinkley Bass
Long Beach
West Pacific
Dennis
Dwight Irwin
Bill Hill
Robin Flickinger
Marc VanDoren
Dennis C. MacDonald
Barney) Taylor
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Air Police
Barney
Mildred Taylor
Hickory Lane
Dennis M. Taylor
PSC
Lackland Afb
Tex
Burmeister
Farm Council Washtenaw Farm Council
Leonard Burmeister
Farm Council
Farm Bureau
Stanley Peet
Leon Whitlock
Deane Fisher
William Frame
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Saline Mercantile
Ann Arbor
Loucks Drake Service
Michigan Ave
John Deere Tools
Michigan
Citizens Bank OF Saline
E.D.J.C. Federal Reserve
W. Michigan
A& P .Sauwe
Michigan Bachard
Galluef-Silkworth CO
S. State
Gulf
Saline Mercantile Mill
Estes Rexall Pharmacy
Walker’s Bakery
Benny the Baker
Ted
Oliver
Wasbtenaw Farmers OI Co
Hollis Carr
Dave Carlton
E. Bennett
N. RE. Wiedmayer Insurance
Austin Rd
Harry’s
MILOY
Hoover
Bennett
Excalibur Barber Shop
S. Ann Arbor St
Katrene
Beautiful
Saline Area
United Fund
Paul Thibault
Gail Starling
Saline Area United Fund
Farm Bureau Insurance
America
Farm Bureau Insurance Group
D. Duane Robison
Duble Laundry
Michigan Saline
CSU
Liberty
Division
West Stadium
Pauline
Huron Parkway
Platt
Plymouth
Nixon, Chelsea
Ember
Federal Loan Bank System
Federal Saviras and Loan Insurance Corporation
RSAC
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