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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1969
Page
1
Lee Decker served as chairman of the Jaycee Week Bosses Night Banquet and distinguished service presentation to outstanding young men. Citations for community activities were awarded to Don.
The Saline Schools Advisory Council will meet at 8 PM Wednesday February 5 in the high school library. Committee reports will be presented. The public is invited to attend. State aid set for the Saline Area School District totals 4,670 for the 1968-69 school year.
George Edward Moser son of Dr and Mrs James Moser of Wheeler Court is listed among Western’s Dean’s List for the failing semester, joining about 7 000 peers.
A shakeup at UAW Local 892 follows charges of racial discontent at the Saline Ford plant. President James J. Sheridan resigns, replaced by VP Ben F. Brewer, and bargaining committee member Tom Collins also resigns.
The Lodi Township March of Dimes committee seeks used clothing baked goods and other donations for a Saturday rummage sale at the Farm Council Building from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A white elephant auction runs 12 noon to 2 p.m. Pick up donations via Mrs. Edgar Monty or Mrs. Eugene Hines.
Veterans and senior citizens are reminded they can apply for homestead tax exemptions at City Hall. Assessor Walter Lah de will help from 9 am to 4 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays, or call 429-4907 for assistance if unable to visit.
Mr and Mrs Max Adler and daughter Amanda of Whitlock Street Saline were hurt in a chain reaction three car wreck near Adel Georgia while en route to Florida. Mrs Adler had a fractured leg and bruises Amanda four years old had cuts and bruises. They were treated and released from a local hospital and are staying at an Adel motel awaiting travel plans.
Saline schools faced a long day as freezing rain blocked eight buses and trapped others on roads. No injuries reported as parents used jeeps and tractors to collect children. telephone lines overloaded hindered communications.
Saline Community Fair receives the Michigan Fair Association award for the Best Big Little Fair in the state at a Detroit banquet. Albert Gall and Ray Girbach attended. trophy presentation mispronunciation sparks a laugh. Saline’s 1968 premiums totaled just over $5 000 with state aid at 40 percent, and the trophy will tour local display sites.
Airman Neil C. Still a Saline High School graduate who joined the Air Force last May was fatally injured in a car crash in Freedom Township early Saturday. He was home on leave from Wright-Patterson AFB. Surviving include his parents a brother in Germany and a sister at home. Funeral services were held at Bahnmiller Funeral Home with military honors at Riverside Cemetery. Memorials requested to the Neil C. Still Sports Scholarship Fund or the March of Dimes.
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