Saline Hospital to close Extended Care Unit by midweek
The Saline hospital plans to close its Extended Care Unit next week after determining the building cannot meet Medicare rules without expensive alterations. Nine patients remain and will be relocated. At issue are costs to install a floor arrangement or a fire sprinkler system and a fire escape, with total projected expenses over thirteen thousand dollars.
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John Strawbridge
Hospital Board of Trustees
Strawbridge
OES Elects New Officers At Annual Meet
The chapter 311, OES, elected new officers at the annual meeting and will install them in a public ceremony on Friday October 28. Names include worthy matron Lillian Kraus worthy patron Carl R Kraus associate matron Gladys Boettner associate patron Lawrence Boettner secretary Della Austin treasurer Ruth Campbell conductress Mary Martin associate conductress Ethel Tower chaplain Hazel Weber marshal Edna Blair organist Lucille Henderson Adah Fran Steele Ruth Maryanne Boettner Esther Marguerite Culliton Martha Phoebe Englehart Electa Polly McPeake warder Ella Finkbeiner sentinel Howard Desbrough and auxiliary officers Walter Towler etc.
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OES
Lillian Kraus
Carl R. Kraus
Gladys Boettner
Lawrence Boettner
Della Austin
Ruth Campbell
Mary Martin
Ethel Tower
Hazel Weber
Edna Blair
Lucille Henderson
Adah
Fran Steele
Ruth
Maryanne Boettner
Esther
Marguerite Culliton
Martha
Phoebe Englehart
Electa
Polly McPeake
Ella Finkbeiner
Sentinel
Howard Desbrough
Walter Towler
Earl Culliton
Eastern Star
Mary Wilson
Vivian Predmore
Mary Fern Cogar
Katherine Briggs
Yvonne Church
Emma Diana
Elaine Carter
Lila Wailing
Ellen van Doren
MEHA Sets Two Meetings On Retirement Village Plan
A 254 acre MEHA retirement village model and future plans will be shown at two Saline meetings. At 7 pm Tuesday in Saline High School library Ward Estes and Ada Inglis will discuss the first neighborhood for about 250 residents and a 12 story high rise with community facilities. A second session for retired teachers will be held 2 pm Wednesday October 12 at the same school Little Theatre.
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Meha
Saline High School
Ward Estes
Ada Inglis
Schools Get Grant For Remedial Reading Class
The State Board approved a grant of 18,838 to the Saline Area School District for reading and library service programs and remedial reading in grades one through nine. Teachers will receive in service training funded by federal education funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
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State Board of Education
Saline Area
Saline Centennial Stock Redemption Dates Announced
Saline Centen nial stock holders may redeem shares on Saturday October 15 or October 29 from 11 am to noon at The Saline Reporter. Souvenir shares sold for 1 will be redeemed pro rata at 25c. Centennial officials urge claimants to present them to Laur en Wild or William Crim Jr to close the books promptly.
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Saline Centennial
Saline Reporter
Saline Centennial Executive Committee
Centennial
Lauren Wild
William Crim, Jr
Saline Firemen Set Monday Meeting at Coe House
Saline Volunteer Firemen will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Coe house to discuss upcoming events and duties. Local organizers urge attendance for planning and coordination.
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Saline
Coe
Jaycees Register Voters In City Door to Door
Seventeen local Jaycees deputized by City Clerk E J Muir to conduct a door to door voter registration drive for the November 8 election. Registration closes Monday October 10 with City Hall hours extended Friday Monday and Saturday until 2 PM. Jaycees will register residents nightly 7 to 930 PM aiming for 100 percent of eligible voters. Call Jim Ford or Jack Kelley to arrange visits.
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Jaycees
E. J. Muir
Jim Ford
Jack Kelley
County College Trustees Nominating Petitions Deadline Near
Washtenaw Community College candidates may still file nominating petitions through Saturday. Seven board seats will be filled. six candidates have announced, including four incumbents Ralph C. Winrick Edward Adams Jr Richard C Creal and Ebart W Ardis and newcomers Albert Samborn and Kenneth Beer. Two incumbents Samuel Harman Jr and Kenneth L Yourd will not seek re election. Petitions are filed with Lloyd Van Buskirk Ypsilanti business manager.
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Washtenaw Community College
Ralph C. Winrick
Edward Adamas, Jr
Richard C. Creal
Ebart W. Ardis
Albert Samborn
Kenneth Beer
Samuel T. Harman, Jr
Kenneth L. Yourd
Lloyd van Buskird
Ypsilanti
City Employee to Attend Training Meet in Flint
City employee Harry Bish op treatment plant operator will attend a training meeting in Flint on November 8. City Administrator Mike Strait is authorized to attend the one day session but must stay to supervise voting machines on election day.
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Harry Bishop
Flint
Mike Strait
Strait
United Fund adds three area captains for drive
Three more area captains are named for the United Fund drive Mrs Dwight Reynolds Mrs Robert McNally and Mrs Al dean Jedele for Bridgewater The campaign planning meeting was held Friday with campaign committee chair Gerald Bahnmiller The budget targets a $15290 goal.
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United Fund
Dwight Reynolds
Robert McNally
Aldean Jedele
Bridgewater
Gerald Bahnmiller
Voters Face Stacked Ballots in Saline November Election
Saline voters face a crowded ballot with city county and state questions. Mayoral race between incumbent George G Johnson and ex mayor Jackson T Bennett. Four council candidates and a $90 000 fire hall bond plus liquor by the glass measure. County bonding measures 4 050 000 1 490 000 and 1 165 000 plus a state voting age amendment. Also two Supreme Court justices on the non partisan ballot and multiple statewide offices. Party rosters Republican Democrat and Socialist Labor.
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Salifie-area
State Board of Education
Saline City
George G. ‘Johnson
Jackson T. Bennett
George A. Anderson
Glenn W. Clark
Hubert Beach
Donald H. Jaeger
Pittsfield
Supreme Court
Washtenaw County
James R. Breakey, Jr
John W. Conling
Stanley G. Thayer
Ross Campbell
Francis L. O’brien
United States
City Tree Planting Plan Draws Strong Public Interest
City Administrator Mike Strait reported a large response to a plan for extensive tree planting including ash and maple species. About 60 requests cover lawn extensions with city plantings and owner watering duties, while other requests call for trees on private land funded by owners. Strait noted more interest in new subdivisions and cautioned trees must be spaced at least 50 feet apart to ensure growth.
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Mike Strait
Strait
Local BPW To Observe 10th Anniversary
The Saline Business and Professional Women's club marks its tenth year with year long activities and a December celebration. Posters will highlight the group’s decade of achievements. The club funds a Saline High School girl graduate scholarship, contributes to the United Fund and Cystic Fibrosis drives, and supports local education with donations including a cubator and dictionary sets for the Saline Community Hospital.
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Saline Business and Professional Women’s Club
United Fund
Spong
Saline Community Hospital
Fragmentary note locates site near R and B Too Co
The readable fragment places a reference on a Wot just east of R and B Too Co, describing a location near that business in the surrounding area.
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Fromdustrial
R & B Too Co
Hot lunches start Monday at Houghton Elementary
Hot lunches will be served at Houghton Elementary starting Monday with meals transported from the High School kitchen due to unfinished facilities. Superintendent Harold Hintz notes central kitchen transport is common in Michigan and the High School cafeteria will host Houghton staff until the elementary facility is ready. Lunch tickets cost $1.75 per week, including milk.
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Houghton
Harold Hintz
Michigan
Houghton Tots
Elementary Open Houses Set by Parents Association
Open houses at both elementary schools begin 7 30 p m Monday hosted by the Elementary Parents Association. A 8 30 p m business meeting will decide if Jensen and Houghton schools separate. Coffee served. public can tour the new Houghton school when ready.
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Elementary Parents’ Association
Jensen
Houghton
Board of Education
Harold Hintz
City Refuses Parking Meter Coverage for Christmas
The Saline City Council rejected a Chamber of Commerce request to cover parking meters during part of the Christmas shopping season. An outstanding $65,000 revenue bond, secured by meter income for a new municipal parking facility, delays meter coverage until bonds are paid off. Council also approved Christmas decorations in downtown Saline.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Saline
Steer Club Banquet Honors Fair Winners At Saline High
Saline Steer Club members and Rotary sponsors attended the annual banquet at Saline High School. Amos Fox served as judge and speaker. Trophies went to Barbara Finkbeiner and Kenneth Feldkamp for major club contributions. Dave Walter led the music. roast beef topped the menu.
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Saline Fair
Rotary Club
Saline High School
Amos Fox
Barbara Finkbeiner
Kenneth Feldkamp
Dave Walter
New Saline Telephone Upgrade Aims to Ease Overload
Ken Conway of General Telephone Co announces a 533,700 dollar program plus 25 to 35 thousand dollars in minor work to expand Saline area lines and add trunk facilities by November 6. The project includes a new switch building and 41 percent more in and out routes to improve local and long distance service amid rapid growth.
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Saline
S. Ann Arbor and
Henry Streets
Conway
Here
Ann Arbor
Ed Redies
R & B Tool Co
Detroit
Ed.Puttcomber
Community Ford Sales
Conaway
Bob Webster
Webster Machine & Tool Co
Plymouth
Webster
Son
Ford
Rawsonville
Pat DesMarais Completes WAC College Course
Cadet Patti Y. DesMarais, an alumna of the Tenth College Junior Course at Fort McClellan Alabama, received a certificate after four weeks of military training and social life of a WAC officer. She is among 89 college women from 70 institutions in 32 states. DesMarais will resume studies at Eastern Michigan University after release from active duty on August 5.
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Patti Y. DesMarais
U.S
Eee
Corps Center
Fort McClellan
Ala
Arthur W. Desa Maras
Weber Rd
Saline
WAC
DesMarais
Eastern Michigan University
WSCS Smorgasbord Dinner At Local Church
The WSCS of the Methodist Church will hold its annual fall smorgasbord dinner from 5 to 7 pm on Saturday October 22 at the High School. The menu includes roast turkey baked ham Swedish meat balls salads side dishes and desserts. Adults and children over 10 pay 2 dollars. children under 10 pay 1 dollar. under 4 admitted free. Tickets available from Mrs Bruce Parsons Mrs Ted Stimpson church circle chairmen or at the door.
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WSCS
Methodist .Church
Bruce Parsons
Ted Stimpson
Church Circle
Optimist Service Club Breakfast Invite
Salinians are invited to a 7 am breakfast meeting at Alexander's Restaurant on October 18. Members from the sponsoring Ann Arbor Optimist Club will be on hand to explain the aims and ideals of Optimism.
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Alexander's
Ann Arbor Club
Salime
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Board of Trustees
General Hospital
Greater Detroit Area
Saline Schools Advisory Council
Battle Creek
Calhoun County
County College
BPW
Ken Conway
General Telephone Co
Sheriff's Department
George John
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