Saline Hornets win fourth All Sports Trophy title
Saline High School tops Ypsilanti conference meet by a single point to claim the All Sports Trophy for the fourth straight year. Roger Davis wins high hurdles, John Harvey and Mike Johnson set school records, and the 880 relay breaks the league mark. Baseball ends 7-3, sharing context with Manchester and Pinckney as title rivals.
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Saline Hornets
Saline
Ypsilanti
Roger Davis
Charlie
Davis
Keith Armbruster
John Harvey
Mike Johnson
Harvey
Johnson
Charles Burkhart
Hornet Jerry Feeman
Gene Girbach
Art Johnson
Ken Harvey
Howard Schrader
Schrader
Hornets
Washtenaw
Manchester
Pinckney
Roosevelt
Pirates
Five Saline Hornets Qualify for State Track Meet
Saline placed fifth in a 17-team Class B regional in Ann Arbor. Five Hornets earned state berths for Lansing on May 25: seniors Roger Davis Art Johnson Mike Johnson Gene Girbach and sophomore John Harvey. Davis took second in high hurdles and Harvey won the regional 880 and will compete in Lansing.
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Saline
Ann Arbor
Roger Davis
Mike Johnson
Art Johnson
Gene Girbach
John Harvey
Lansing
Davis
Girbach
Harvey
Hornet Charles
Saline Schools Dismiss For Memorial Day
Schools in Saline will be closed on Memorial Day May 30 with no classes. All three schools will reopen and convene at the usual time on Friday May 31.
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Saline
Appeals Board to Discuss Saline Baptist Church Site
The Board of Appeals will meet at City Hall at 8 p.m. Monday to discuss a variance on the parking ordinance for Saline Baptist Church. The church plans a new building at the Harp er and Saline Ann Arbor Road corner in Rolling Meadows.
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Board of Appeals
City Hall
Saline Baptist Church
Harper and
Saline-Ann Arbor Rd
Rolling Meadows
Retirement Party for Local Teacher Phoebe Summerland
Miss Phoebe Summerland was feted by 85 Lodi area residents at a surprise party honoring her 45 years in teaching. Her career began in 1918 in Montmorency county and included Otsego and Washtenaw counties before joining Saline Elementary. She plans a quiet summer visiting friends and family, with former students Barry and Taylor Jacobsen in attendance.
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Phoebe Summerland
Lodi Area
Arthur Jacobsen
O. D. Hoffman
Miss Summerland
Montmorency County
Otsego County
West Hayes
Washtenaw County
Lodi
Saline
Fern
Dale
Johannesburg
Mich
Jacobsen
Barry
Taylor
Lodi Plains School
Kim
Hawaii
Summerland
Washington, D.C
New York City
Tornado Warning System Discussed at SACA Meeting
Saline Area Civic Association will hold an open meeting on May 23 with Chief of Police James Levieit as guest speaker. He will explain the tornado warning system recently deployed by the Saline Auxiliary Police in cooperation with Civil Defense. Attendees from city and rural areas urged to attend.
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Saline Area Civic Association
James Levieit
Levieit
Saline Auxiliary Police
Civil Defense Organization
SACA to Sponsor Meet the Candidates at Saline School
The Saline Area Civic Association will host an eight pm meeting on June 5 at the Elementary School. Candidates for the upcoming school board election will address attendees and the public is urged to attend to meet the candidates.
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Saline Area Civic Association
Safety Conclave Set With Speeches From Officials
The annual Safety Patrol recognition assembly will be held at 10 a.m. Friday with a state police trooper and a representative of the Automobile Club of Michigan as speakers.
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Safety Patrol
The
Automobile Club of Michigan
Bus Drivers Tea Set for May 31 at Elementary School
Bus drivers will be entertained by the Student Council at the annual Bus Drivers Tea at 2 45 pm on Friday May 31 in the Elementary School all purpose room.
Snow Flurry Grips Salinia as Sun Returns
A two hour snow flurry disrupted Salinians on Wednesday morning before the sun returned. Reports denying that the Michigan Week committee staged the display to promote winter sports.
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Michigan Week Committee
Saline schools get 9.68 millage from Washtenaw panel
Washtenaw County Tax Allocation Board set Saline district 9.68 mills after a Monday meeting. The rate sits between 12.9 requested and 9.5 anticipated, higher than last year's 9.32 due to a larger state equalized valuation. Saline township allocation drops to 0.56 from 0.97 as surplus funds delay a fire truck purchase. Final allocations to be approved at a May 29 hearing in the county building with Saline district representatives present.
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Washtenaw
Albert Bredernitz
Saline
Lodi
Pittsfield
York
Leo Jensen
Board of Education
Lamberts to Retire After 44 Years at Ypsilanti State Hospital
Paul and Alma Lambert of Ypsilanti host a Thursday retirement party at the state hospital. Paul helped build the facility and served as superintendent of building maintenance. Alma joined the hospital in 1951. The couple plan to move to Cedarville Michigan with two children and remain active in community groups.
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Paul Lambert
Ypsilanti State Hospital
Paul
Alma
Cedarville
Mich
Chamber of Commerce
Sweden
United States
Dalarna
Smaland
Franzon
Swedish Lutheran
Grand Rapids
State Building Department
Ypsilanti
Hospi
Tal
Bemis Road
Margaret Meyer
Iowa
Gordon
Saline Rotary
Masonic Lodge
OES
Ann Arbor
Employees’ Association
Lamberts
Hospital Credit Union
Michigan State Employees’ Association
MSEA
Ypsilanti Hospital Chorus
Bowling League
City council approves 1963 budget with police boost
The council kept the 20 mill tax rate and approved a 1963 general fund of 169 102 dollars up 6 833 from 1962 while capital purchases total 242 950. The police department gains a new full time officer and a three month trial to keep one officer on patrol. Street work and other services are debated as council hours and salaries are scrutinized.
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Jack Bennett
George Johnson
Bob Strohl
Police Department
Library
Recreation Commission
Planning Commission
General
Clark Street
Saline Receives 7415 From Highway Funds
Saline's first quarter Motor Vehicle Highway Fund share amounts to 7415 dollars. Washtenaw county's total share reaches 539121 dollars.
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Saline
Washtenaw County
Parolee Nabbed On Bad Check Charge Here
William R. Coleman of 8738 Stoney Creek Rd Ypsilanti was arrested after cashing a $42 check signed Floyd Feldkamp. Paroled for forgery, Coleman admitted writing the check payable to himself and used a false name. He cashed at Burgs Bar then Corner Drug. An arraignment was set for 2 pm Friday in Circuit Court.
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William R. Coleman
Stoney Creek Rd
Ypsilanti
Floyd Feldkamp
Coleman
Burg’s
Short Change Artists Repeat Service Station Plot
Police report the same group of three men who swindled a local service station attendant out of $10 previously returned to the station with the same routine and asked the owner for $10 more. Investigators believe the suspects are probably the same trio from the earlier incident.
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Hal Cerensky
Jim Griffin
Jim Feldkamp
Griffin
Feldkamp
Bruce Niethammer
Niethammer
Bruce
al Hartman
Pete Barnes
Dick Leidheiser
Leidheiser
Merle McMichael
Ron Tucker
Pirates Hull
Darrow
Randolph
Tucker
McMichael
Gary Henry
Henry
New York Central
Mercantile Mill
Lyle Phillips
Friis and Brackel
Dragon
Phillips
G. Merritt Martin
Michigan Jaycee Organization
Jaycees
Doug Schuur
William Crim
SACA
Janie Estes
American Legion Auxiliary
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