Manchester Chicken Broil Heads Toward 6500 Guests
The Manchester Chicken Broil expects about 6,500 guests next Thursday July 16 from 4:30 to 9:30 pm. Howard Zindel of the Michigan State Poultry Department oversees the event with 60 broiling volunteers and extensive subcommittees. Proceeds support local youth activities. adults pay 1.50 and children one dollar.
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Manchester
Michigan
Michigan State Poultry Department
Howard Zindel
Michigan State
Jaycees Install Officers and Award Members
Saline Jaycees held a dinner to install new officers for the coming year and present awards. Charles Amberson leads as president with John Klein as vice president and James Martiny as secretary.
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Saline Jaycees
Aycee
Jaycee
Charles Amberson
John Klein
James Martiny
Robert Ul
Richar Semark
John Proctor
Jameson Ford
Dan Larson
Hull
Richard Semarks
Lam*tSon
Ete
Helen Martiny
Saline Fire Dept Meeting Set at Fire Hall
Hremen to meet Saline Vol Fire Department members at 7 p.m. Monday July 13 at the Fire Hall for a gathering and discussion.
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Saline Vol- Weer
Apartment Building Permit Granted for 20 Units
Detroit builder Herb Chernick receives a permit for a 20 unit apartment building on S Harris Street after reworking plans to meet city code. The permit was signed by Mayor Jack Bennett though Building Commissioner L Z Still refused his signature citing unsuitability of the site.
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S. Harris St
Detroit
Herb Chernick
Jack Bennett
L. Z
Mercantile Equips Plant To Treat Quarantined Grain
Mercantile Co installs high pressure grain treatment gear to apply Grain Kote at up to 1000 bushels per hour. Lyle Phillips says farmers face no charge for the service now. Saline area remains under quarantine for cereal leaf beetle and oats and wheat need no treatment after December 1. A state inspection is expected this week.
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Phillips
Mercantile
Saline
St. Lawrence Seaway
Karen Riggs Receives Health Career Award at MSU
Karen Ann Riggs of 5601 Ellsworth Rd has been awarded a $500 1964 March of Dimes Health Career Award. A Saline High School graduate, she will study physical therapy at Michigan State University and has earned a four year Distinguished Scholarship. Miss Riggs is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Riggs.
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Karen Ann Riggs
Ellsworth Rd
March of Dimes
Michigan State University
Saline High School
MSU
Miss Riggs
Frank Riggs
Fair Board to Meet at Saline High School
The Saline Community Fair Board will meet at 8 30 p m Monday in the agriculture room at the High School to discuss fair plans and activities.
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Saline Community Fair Board
Council Approves Streets and Sidewalk Projects in City
City council approved multiple special assessment districts for water lines and curb and gutter work including districts 46 47 and 48 on S Ann Arbor and E Henry St. A new hydrant on E Henry St behind R B Tool Co was authorized. District 49 on S Davenport St was created for curb and gutter work.
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City Council
E. Henry St
R & B Tool Co
S. Ann Arbor St
Paul Gerigk
S. Davenport St
Washtenaw Asphalt Co
Hickory Grove
DPW
Mike Strait
Crestwood Knolls
O. E. Gooding Co
Cherries and Classifieds Fund 12 Year Old’s World Fair Trip
Jim Stockard 12 left for New York by jet after selling backyard cherries. His parents Mr and Mrs Charles Stockard of Ann Arbor Street funded the trip with profits from the harvest and a classified ad Jim placed in The Reporter.
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Jim Stockard
Charles Stockard
Ann Arbor St
Jim
New York
Cherries
Earl Culliton Sr. Recovers After Cherry Tree Fall
Earl Culliton Sr. 67, is home recuperating after falling from a cherry tree Friday morning. He was treated at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital for two days under observation and released Sunday with severe bruises but no other injuries. He fell about 10 to 12 feet while cherry picking at his son’s residence on 325 North Ann Arbor Street. a branch and ladder pinned him, and he has no memory of the accident.
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Earl Culliton, Sr
W. Bennett
Culliton
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Ann Arbor St
Case Dismissed Against William Wiedmayer on Firecracker Charge
A disorderly charge stemming from a firecracker incident against William Wiedmayer of 11080 W. Michigan Ave. was dismissed Monday by Justice of the Peace Jerome Lamb on a city attorney motion.
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William Wiedmayer
Michigan Ave
Justice of the Peace
Jerome Lamb
Police Officer Measley Resigns From Saline Force
City officer Jack Measley resigns after two years to work in production control at Ford Salt River plant. He will stay in Saline and study business management at Cleary College. Council hires an additional officer to boost traffic enforcement and tables bids for a 1964 police car.
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Jack Measley
Measley
Saline Force
Ford
Levleit
Council
Saline Library Summer Program Engages Young Readers
The Saline Public Library hosts a weekly 10 am Wednesday story time for up to 27 pre school children led by a Washtenaw County librarian. About 150 children aged 6 to 13 log books read and discuss reading problems and suggestions from lists of top titles. A teen group meets biweekly to discuss books and push for continuing the program next year with titles like A Separate Peace The Hidden Persuaders and Black Like Me. The teen meetings occur in Mrs. Robert Todd's yard with Myron Shaw as moderator. The library has purchased and borrowed over 200 books for these activities.
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Saline Public Library
Washtenaw County
Robert Todd
Myron Shaw
Planning Commission Set to Meet Tuesday at City Hall
The Planning Commission will hold a meeting at 8 pm on Tuesday July 14 at City Hall. It outlines agenda items related to city planning and development review.
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Planning Commission
City Planning Commission
Michigan Municipal League Meeting Set in Lansing
The annual Michigan Municipal League gathering is scheduled for September 16 to 18 in Lansing. City officials and delegates will discuss policy, governance, and upcoming municipal programs.
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Michigan Municipal League
Lansing
Saline Begins Work on 250000-Gallon Water Tank
Work started today on Saline’s new 250000 gallon water storage tank on E Henry Street. The 140 foot tower will cost 81000 dollars including installation and is due for completion by mid October.
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Wiliam F. Eddy & Son
Henry Street
John F. Sadler
Don Holly
Ayres, Lewis, Norris & May
Saline- Milan Rd
E. Henry St
City Council Sets Special Meeting on Annexation and Zoning
The council schedules a special meeting Monday to discuss the MEHA annexation petition covering 253.91 acres north of the high school and a new city zoning ordinance dividing residential districts into R-1 A B and C. MEHA eyes July ground breaking for educator retirement village structures. The plan requires approval from Lodi and Pittsfield Townships and the Steiner parcel is excluded from the description.
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MEHA
Lodi
Pittsfield
Oliver Steiner
Planning Commission
Saline Fire Dept Fights Three Grass and Combine Fires
Saline firefighters battled three fires this week including grass fires Saturday on Monroe Street and Monday on E Bennett Street, plus Tuesday morning when a combine burned at Willis and Platt Roads. Fire officials note a high burning index and little rainfall in three weeks as other areas received heavy rain while Saline registered under a quarter inch.
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Saline
Monroe St
E. Bennett St
Willis and
Platt Rds
Saline Area
Permanent band shell fund reaches four thousand dollars
Hemne Field project gains momentum as about $4,000 is pledged. Art Katterjohn, who leads the drive, seeks donations of money and skilled labor in August, with work set to start then. The Saline Fair Board will cover $1,250, and Carl A. Curtiss adds $2,500 toward the shell providing 90 to 100 seats for events.
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Hemne Field
Art Katterjohn
Katierjohn
Hubert Beach
Bob Harrison
Katterjohn
Joliet
Howard Kuhl
Saline
Reporter's New Press Goes into Action Next Week
The Reporter's new press will be ready for action next week after the old Miehle was removed Friday. The Desbrough brothers crew and Ed Schmid built the pit this week while staffers painted the pressroom eye-case green. A press expert began assembling the machinery Wednesday, but the job runs late so this issue was printed in the Chelsea Standard shop to reach readers on time.
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Miehle
Ted
Manny ‘Hill
Desbrough Brothers
Ed Schmid
Chelsea Standard
Sauk Gallery To Host Two Man Art Show This Weekend
Sauk Trail Art Gallery launches a two man show featuring George Davis a University of Michigan student and former student teacher, and Wancy Gronemeyer who teaches in Saline. Davis will display ceramics while Gronemeyer offers paintings and sculpture. The gallery on W. Michigan Ave Saline opens Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 7 pm with free admission.
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Sauk Trail Art Gallery
Taylor Jacobsen
George Davis
University of Michigan
Wancy Gronemeyer
Saline
Davis
Miss Gronemeyer
Jacobsen
Saline Area
Sauk Trail Inn
W. Michigan Ave
Masonic-OES Picnic Planned for July 19
Saline F and AM 133 and OES 311 schedule their annual picnic for Sunday July 19 at Austin Orchards on Saline Milan Road. Potluck dinner at 1 p.m. attendees should bring table service and dish to pass. Coffee and lemonade provided. If rain, event moves to the Austins apple storage building.
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Saline F&am 133
OES 311
Austin Orchards
Saline-Milan Rd
Brothers Roam Europe on $840 Each for Seven Months
Calvin and Randy Karr of Saline Valley Farms crossed Europe and the Middle East on a shoestring, traveling five months by hitchhiking and youth hostels after departing New York on October 30. They toured Britain, Belgium, Amsterdam, Berlin, and beyond, noting East Berlin’s postwar ruins and limited German-U.S. contact.
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Saline
Europe
Middle East
Calvin
Randy Karr
Saline Valley Farms
Queen Mary
New York
South Hampton
England
Scotland
Wales
London
Belgium
Amsterdam
Osterland
Rotterdam
Brussels
Cologne
Berlin
Munster
Gary Wild
University of Munster
Greece
Yugoslavia
Italy
Karrs
Carravan
Wanderers
Randy
Cal
Oregon
Switzerland
Zurich
Karr
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