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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1961
Page
1
Saline High School announces the fourth marking period honor rolls. Academic roll requires at least four academic subjects with a B average. General roll requires a B average in all subjects. Seniors, sophomores, and freshmen are named with student names and averages. cards must be returned by Friday.
Thirty Saline High School students received National Honor Society pins as the organization, first organized in 1955, was re activated this year. Members include seniors Marianne Burr Michael Bixby Wally Keck Kathy Kuebler Ken Volz Mike Washburn Jim Struble Alan Coe and Gary Wild. Juniors Louise Anderson Sandra Brown Beverly Brown Doris Herter Merrilie Harvey Sandra Johnson Ed Strait Gary Niethammer and Carol Thompson. Sophomores Keith Armbruster Norah Bixby Bruce Carr Martha Esch Vicky Hill Karen Hinderer Earl Klager Jerri Olson Kathie Reed Jean Schaible Shirley Sheehan Lois Sutton and Wendy Wild.
Wilshire Construction Co plans ranch homes on Hollywood Drive off Mills Road with 997 square feet, three bedrooms, brick on three sides, basements and prices from 15000. The model on Mills Road will cost about 18000 with a brick two car garage. Neighbors protested private restrictions setting 12000 minimum and 950 square feet on Mills Road and 850 in the court. City notes permit price changes do not reflect home quality and occupancy permits await garage completion.
Saline area schools will close on March 30 and 31 and on April 3 for Easter vacation, as announced.
BPW president Jean Taylor announced a Coffee Klatsch to raise funds for the BPW Scholarship Fund and defray expenses for Ex change Student Benna Jean Sawyers who will spend two months in Europe under a Council of Churches program. The event will be held in late April or early May in downtown Ann Arbor and open to the public. Previous events raised money for a hospital incubator.
The Saline local Child Study Club approved spring planning for a conclave drawing 250 delegates from southern Michigan. The event will be at Saline High School on Saturday April 8. Dr John McWilliams MD ophthalmologist spoke on eye care and contact lenses. Hostesses were Mrs Harry Miller and Mrs Howard Kuhh.
Saline's Chamber of Commerce begins a membership drive aimed at expanding participation and effectiveness. Present members act as solicitors and the effort extends to all local business and professional people. A mid drive meeting is set for next Tuesday noon at Marty's Restaurant with officer elections on the agenda. The drive is slated to end around April 5 for the annual dinner.
Saline Volunteer Firemen were called to extinguish a grass fire at 4200 Pleasant Lake Rd early last Thursday evening. No serious damage was caused. Mrs. William James and her son and daughter leave today for a few weeks in Germany, flying by jet to Frankfort and arriving Friday morning for about a month.
More than 600 attend Washtenaw county Dairy Banquet at Saline High School with 40 dairymen praised for top herd production. Katrene Gall of Saline was named county Dairy Princess, crowned by Janice Harwood, amid profiles of 13 contestants and scores of 4-H honors.
The Saline Junior High Band earned the only First Division rating in its class at the District Band Festival in Belleville. The 75 member class C group posted 22 A’s and two B’s in concert and a B sight reading score.
Rev A C Bizer pastor of St James E R Church was named local chairman for Elmhurst College alumni fund campaign by T F Krohne president of the National Alumni Association. Elmhurst College founded 1871 is a four year coeducational liberal arts college 16 miles west of Chicago with 878 students enrolled.
Saline hosts a donkey basketball game at the Intermediate School gym on Wednesday March 29 at 8 PM. The Saline FFA boys face the BFA Alumni donkeys and the Saline Faculty All-Stars led by Erve Berner and teammates. Tickets cost 7 cents for adults and 50 cents for students.
Bridgewater township residents will vote April 3 on liquor by the glass in Bridgewater tavern, the only licensed bar in the township. The proposal comes by petition though Bridgewater keeps an open option compared with other Michigan townships. Estimates place the tavern about 1000 feet from a nearby church, exceeding the required 500 feet separation.
Col. Gerald Miller announces a three piece radiological counter to measure fallout will be placed with the Fire Department soon. Simpler units will go into county sheriff cars and road commission vehicles. Saline will join a county drill Operation Alert 1961 set for April 28 and 29. Local personnel have begun basic Civil Defense training with more to come in May and June.
At a Saline Area Civic Association meeting on Wednesday panelists debated petitions restricting police and DPW hiring to city residents and excluding nonresidents. Proponents George Burg and Mrs. Wait Moore argued for residency rules citing on call police, local ties, and information sharing. Mayor Jack Bennett and Councilman George Johnson opposed citing staffing needs and loyalty concerns.
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