Saline Library gets boat shaped table and chairs gift
A Ford Motor Co. truck delivered a 12 foot boat shaped conference table with an oak top and 12 upholstered chairs to the Saline Library conference room. Library officials inspect the gift as Friends of the Library announce an open house on September 28 to showcase the new furnishings.
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Saline Library
Ford Motor Co
Saline
Dick Cole
Library Board
Eleanor Todd
Jack McCallum
Saline Ford
Friends of the Library
Saline millage vote appeal aids school funding win
A quiet Saline protest featured a turnout of supporters carrying four letter protest signs saying VOTE. The marchers included Robert Harsh, Bob Wanty, Gary Marion, Tom O'Sullivan, Wy Osterhout, Rod White and Tom Laskey. Door-to-door canvassing and Vote Yes signs accompanied efforts that helped secure the millage victory.
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Saline
Robert Harsh
Bob Wanty
Gary Marion
Tom O'Sullivan
Wy Osterhout
Rod White
Tom Laskey
American girl babysits in Moscow during summer
Susan Crim, 15, is in Russia this summer babysitting for the Barrie children near Moscow while her parents in Ann Arbor await letters. She describes embassy life, a Kremlin visit, a Spaso House teenagers party, a Moon landing party, and local experiences including Gorki Park and a large ferris wheel.
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William Crim, Jr
Moscow
Susan
Russia
John
Peter
Robert Barrie
Barrie
Peggy Crim
William Crim
Ann Arbor
U.S. State Department
London
Paris
2 Dacha
U. S
Frank Borman
Hubert Humphrey
Spaso House
U.S
Red Cross
Kremlin
Gorki Park
Embassy
Twins T-ball season ends with cookout at Hilla home
The Twins T-ball team closed the season Friday evening with a hot dog and corn roast at Ron Hilla’s home. Hilla led the team as manager with coaches Bob Dennis Al Graff Bill Burmeister and Herb Lange assisting for the finish. ANGELS SWIM The Angels T-ball team held a cookout and swim party at Jerry O’Hern’s Old Creek Drive home last week. O’Hern coached the team of 14 players plus siblings for the end of season event.
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Twins
Ron Hilla
Hilla
Bob Dennis
al Graff
Bill Burmeister
Herb Lange
Angels
Jerry O'Hern
Old Creek
O’hern
Saline Fair Sets Dates For 34th Annual Event
The 104 page premium catalog for the 34th Saline Community Fair is mailed for September 2 to 6 at Farm Council grounds. Entries due by August 15 to Robert Tefft with exhibitors numbered for all departments. A new 20,000 lb free for all tractor pull is added.
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Saline
Sheriff's Junior Deputies of
Fair Board
Robert Tefft
Textile Rd
Michigan
Farm Council
Saline-Ann Arbor Rd
Albert Gall
Happyland
Tractor Destroyed by Fire at Local Farm
A tractor burned at the Erwin Frederick farm on 4410 Wagner Rd Monday morning due to a spark. The machine was outside and no buildings were damaged.
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Erwin Frederick Farm
Wagner Rd
Saline votes to approve 10.85 mill school millage
Negotiators meet with Labor Mediation Board to draft the 1969-70 Saline school contract after the millage passed 719 to 509. Voters turnout was 1,228 with younger residents prominent. Mediator Leo Cadwell joined Fred Schwarze and the Saline Education Association team to set a Friday session and finish bargaining on remaining items.
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Saline
Labor Mediation Board
Chelsea
Dexter
Harold Hintz
LME
Leo Cadwell
Fred Schwarze
Detroit
Board of Education
Saline Education Association
Dick Holzhauer
Hintz
Schwarze
Four Year Old Dies After Auto Crash
A four year old boy, Terry Hassett, was killed when his mother Vivian Hassett's car collided with a second vehicle on Pleasant Lake Rd near Lima Center Rd. The Hassett mother and younger brother Gordon David were injured and hospitalized along with Roscoe Lannom and Walberg Lannom. The Hassett car skidded on wet pavement, struck a tree, and the Lannom car hit a utility pole.
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Terry Hassett
Gordon Hassett
Elmdale
Manchester
Vivian Hassett
University Hospital
Gordon David
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Roscoe Lannom
Walberg
Pleasant Lake Rd
Lima Center Rd
Pleasant Lake
Hassett
Lannom
Mets Win Unbeaten T ball Season Led by Seg Krapfel
The T ball Mets completed a flawless season 12 wins zero losses under coach Seg Krapfel after Dave Dettling left for Chelsea. Rich Krapfel and 10 players showed up for every game while Dick Krapfel commuted between Lodi Estates and South Carolina. The team won the Saline championship and averaged 26 runs per game while holding opponents to seven.
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Dairy Queens
Mets
Dick Krapfel
Dave Dettling
Chelsea
Krapfel
Seg
Segmiller
T-ball League
Mark James
Jack Marston
Mike Spragg
Steve
Argus
Columbia
S. C
Lodi Estates
South Carolina
Krapfels
Seg Krapfel
Hemne Field
Mark Gensheimer
David Wilde
Steve Steiner
Craig Mader
Steve Hanson
Dave Bersuder
Tim Krapfel
N.i-P
Mike Sprage
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