Frontier Days Plans Grow With City Stagecoach Rides
The Chamber of Commerce expands the upcoming Frontier Days with Stagecoach rides from Frontier City as part of the busiest Sidewalk Sale yet set for Friday and Saturday August 18 19. Ea thern Roark announced the event and times 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. Rides will be free with purchases and merchants may host a stage coach robbery mock up. Saturday activities were not fixed but planned with anticipation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Frontier City
Adrian
Eathern Roark
C. of C
Frontiers
Roark
Saline area Social Service plans membership drive
The new Saline area Social Service corporation led by Marian Hering will open a membership drive at an August 10 meeting, with memberships accepted now. The group aims to aid needy residents until county and state welfare intake. Local service clubs will learn the corporation’s purpose, and Federated Church ladies donated a baby layette with crib quilt as the first supply collection.
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Saline Area Social Service Corporation
Marian Hering
Ladies of the Federated Church
Hundreds Expected at State Holstein Show in Michigan
Three hundred or more Holsteins are expected at the State Black and White Show at the Rural Activities Center on August 4. Paul Chaffee urges participants to bring animals the day before with registration and health papers. Judging begins at 9 a.m. Highlights include aged dairy cows and a 4-H and FFA fitting contest. A lunch stand and free milk are provided by the American Dairy Association of Michigan and the Michigan Holstein-Friesian Association. rain backup is a tent on the grounds.
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Paul Chaffee
American Dairy Association of Michigan
Michigan Holstein-Friesian Association
Cited for Social Service Organization In Saline
In a small prosperous community such as Saline residents assume no one needs help yet many families were assisted last winter by local groups. Stories include a large unemployed family aided with clothing food and shelter and a transient family found dead in an unheated car given shelter and funds.
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Saline
Mr. B
Mr. C
Inds
Two Concerts Highlight Band Social This Friday
Two concerts will headline the annual Band Parents Ice Cream Social and Summer Band Concert at the Intermediate School front lawn from 7 to 10 p.m. The Elementary Bands perform at 7 30 p.m. followed by the Manchester Saline Summer Band at 8 30 p.m. A Cornet Trio by Lydia Johnson and John Larkin of Saline features in the second concert, conducted by Arthur Katterjohn, with Bob Sertor of Milan directing. Ice cream cake and pop will be served.
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Lydia Robison
John Larkin
Art Katterjohn
Farm Shop
Manchester Saline
Lydia Johnson
Saline
Arthur Katterjohn
Bob Sertor
Milan
Huge Success Marked Summer Band Program Closes
Director Art Katterjohn called the annual Summer Band program a huge success as enrollment set a record with 200 students. Beginning classes had 50 attendees, Morning Elementary Bands 120, and Saline Manchester Combined High School Band 30 musicians. The program offered instruction and playing experience for all participants and ended with a Band Picnic at Saline Valley Farms.
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Art Katterjohn
Saline-Manchester
Saline Valley Farms
Local Man Irving W. Martin Dies in Brighton
Word was received of the death of Irving W. Martin of Brighton brother of Merritt W. Martin Sr. of Saline on Saturday July 15. Funeral services were held July 18 at Oak Square Methodist Church in Brighton.
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Irving W. Martin
Brighton
Merritt W. Martin, Sr
Saline
Oak Square Methodist Church
City Property Valued At 211 390 Reported By Assessor
City Assessor Carl Moehn informed the Council of the total city property worth 211 390, covering land buildings machinery and equipment. The breakdown lists land and buildings 10 790 lot plate land and buildings 5 680 waterworks land buildings and equipment 13 600 and sewer disposal land buildings and equipment 131 820.
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Carl Moehn
Council
City to Rent Two Police Cars a Year
City Council accepted a low $192.50 monthly bid to lease two police cars annually from A. & M. Chevrolet Co. The move saves costs versus buying and offers budget stability and protection from major breakdowns. The council also rejected annexation of a Waterworks Road site for a convalescent home and noted title issues on N. Ann Arbor Street.
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A. & M. Chevrolet Co
George Johnson
Jim Gross
Ann Arbor Street
Saline-Ann Arbor Road
N. Ann Arbor Street
Gross
Neighbors Stage Bee To Save Injured Farmer Wheat Harvest Aid In Saline Area
Alfred Renz of Scio Church Road was helped by a four hour wheat combining bee as eight combines led by Paul Wild cut an 82 foot swath across his 36 acre field. The effort yielded 1224 bushels and involved Ralph Gensley Robert Schultz Norman Schneider the Strieter brothers John Renz Leonard Uphaus Alton Schneider with trucks from the Strieter and Schneider families. Renz, injured two weeks earlier by a wagon accident, remains in hospital but grateful for the community help.
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Alfred Renz
Scio- Church Road
Renz
Scio Church Road
Ralph Gen
Saline residents share news of surgery trips and camps
All Around Saline Jack Steiner underwent surgery at Saline Community Hospital on Monday. The Lewis Belleaus are back home after a fishing, sunning and swimming week at Houghton Lake. Mrs. R. Reynolds of Quin cy Michigan visits Saline with her niece Mrs. Ed Hering and family. George Johnsons camped at Ludington State Park last week. George Madison turned 70 while attending Detroit horse races. He lives in Saline with his daughter and Carlton Hertier family. Jane Bredernitz Barbara Goltz and Marjorie Quick attend Lutheran Camp at Killarney Lake this week. Carolyn Handy visits Ann Arbor with uncle Carl Sell. Saline township youths plan to attend Camp Talahi next week: Dennis Handy Shirley Roehm Barbara Jean Finkbeiner Albert Feldkamp Pam Spicer Ronny Van Matre. Eugene Hieber visits his parents in Saline before returning to Minneapolis Veterans Hospital for foot surgery from service wounds. release expected this week. Sam Lambarth becomes grandfather again as daughter Helen Lambarth Moser in Columbia Mo. gave birth to a son July 21. both mother and baby well. Mrs. Arthur Cuff and granddaughter Doris Johnson return from Parma Ida where Bruce Boomer had heart surgery at Stanford CA. operation June 30 was highly successful. Barbara Hehr attends twirling camp at Smith Walbridge Camp near Syracuse Ind with coaches from UM and MSU. Sandy Greenfield major sometime plans to attend camp next week.
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Arthur Cuff
Doris Johnson
Parma
Ida
Henry R. Boomer
Bruce Boomer
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alito
Calif
Bruce
Parra
Boomer
Barbara Hehr
Robert Hehr
Saline
Smith- Walbridge Camp
Syracuse
Ind
United States
Barbara
John Kirkendall
University of Michigan
Mike Fellnbaum
Michigan State University
Sandy Greenfield
Saline Schools Seek Traffic Manager To Oversee Transport
Saline area schools still seek a traffic manager to replace Intermediate School Principal Dwight Reynolds who has held the post for three years. Superintendent Leo Jensen says the transportation duties cover routing, maintenance, timing, planning, purchasing and cost accounting. The $4000 a year post requires knowledge of student fleet transportation laws and accounting. Applications are accepted at the Superintendent's office in the High School.
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Saline Area
Dwight Reynolds
Leo Jensen
Reynolds
Jensen
US-112 To Get White Edging
White edging will be added to nearly 300 miles of state highways this summer. US-112 in the Saline area, plus two Washtenaw stretches from Clinton to I-94 and on M-14 from Ann Arbor to Plymouth, will gain outside edge lines to improve night and weather visibility and reduce accidents and shoulder maintenance costs.
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Saline
State Highway Department
Washtenaw County
Clinton
I-94
Ann Arbor
Plymouth
Car Crash Injures Lodi Township Youth
Robert E. Condit, 17, of 8461 Pleasant Lake Rd in Lodi Township, was injured early Saturday when his car veered on Saline Ann Arbor Rd near Weber Rd, hit a tree, and was treated for cuts and head bruises at Saline Community Hospital before being released.
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Robert E. Condit
Pleasant ‘Lake Rd
Lodi Township
Sheriff's Department
Saline-Ann Arbor Rd
Weber Rd
Condit
Saline Community Hospital
Merchants Plan Strip Maps for US-112 Route
The US-112 Merchants Association plans to publish strip maps covering ten towns from I-94 to Coldwater along the scenic route. Eastern Roark announced after a Jonesville meeting. The group also launches a Saline area membership drive led by Roark Hemenway and Parsons and considers a large billboard on I-94 before the US-112 exit.
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I-94
Coldwater
Eathern Roark
Roark
Jonesville
Saline
Marty Hemensway
Harry Parsons
JC's Primed For Con Con Activities
Local Junior Chamber of Commerce members plan to complete Con Con election activities on September 12 and participate in state projects while the Convention runs. Saline Jaycees will hear local cand dates from both parties before the election and monitor sessions during the convention. They will also host a softball tournament on August 13 at the Intermediate School and hold a district President's Council meeting August 16.
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Jaycees
Saline
Martin
Grand Haven
Band Parents Sell 713 Calendars This Year
Band Parents club members sold 775 Community Calendars this year, matching the level of the past three years. Listings increased slightly from 2020 to 2024.
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Parents Club
Esch and Bonisteel Lead in Washtenaw Con Con Race
Saline voters favor Bonisteel in early returns while Esch holds edge in Saline city and Saline township. Grossman unopposed for Democrats, Sutter defeats Spangler for Democratic second district. Lawrence unopposed for Republican slot as turnout falls sharply statewide.
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Bonisteel
Marvin Esch
Louis Christman
Saline
Esch
Grossman
Saline Area
Earl Eugene Sutter
Ypsilanti
Grenval Spangler
Milan
J. Don Lawrence
Saline Township
Christman
Lawrence
Spangler
Sutter
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Lanny Robbins
Holstein
By Shirley Grossman
Arthur Heininger
Russell Street
The
Saline Mercantile Co
Pittsfield
Heininger
Victor County
Jack Steiner
Lewis Belleaus
Houghton Lake
Mrs. R. ©. Reynolds
Quincy
Michigan
Ed Hering
George Johnsons
Ludington State Park
George Madison
Detroit
Carlton Hertiers
W. Bennett St
Jane Bredernitz
Barbara Goltz
Marjorie Quick
Killarney Lake
Carolyn Handy
Mrs
Howard Handy
Carl Sell
Talahi
Dennnis
Carolyn’ Handy
Shirley Roehm
Barbara Jean Finkbeiner
Albert Feldkamp
Pam Spicer
Ronny van Matre
Eugene Hieber
Arthur Hieber
E. Henry St
Gene
Veterans’Hospital
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Sam Lambarth
Helen Lambarth
James Moser
Columbia, Mo
Lobi
Jc’s
Wayne University
Gordon
Everett Esch
Martha
Janice Fox
Chicago
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