Think Big or Move On Saline to A Canal City
Local Saline boosters urged imagination over modest plans arguing Oklahoma’s Mississippi River canal to Catoosa could spur industry and tax gains. They cited proposed $1.2 billion project, seaport bit, and even a future World’s Fair as reason to reimagine Saline as a grand transportation and commerce hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Mississippi River
Catoosa
St. Lawrence Seaway
Robert S. Kerr
Dem
Michigan
Hart
MacNamara
Chicago
Bridgewater
Lower Michigan
Oklahoma Canal
Mill Pond
Mackinac
Canaveral
Cleveland
Washington
Elementary Room Mothers Named for 1962-63 School Year
The list announces kindergarten through fourth grade room mother assignments for Burmeister Mathison Ciccarelli Haak Anthony Anderson Meyers Geyer Cameron Barry Warren Stimpson Dickinson Summerland Burr Kirsh Livingstone Kuhl Fick Dicks. Names include Mrs. Wesley Prater Mrs. Robert Maurer Mrs. Eugene Braun and many others. A playful closing line ponders an old fashioned cracker barrel philosopher in a supermarket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Prater
Robert Maurer
Eugene Braun
James Hatfield
Eugene Schrieber
William Ziegler
Mathison
Donald Drake
Arnold Guenther
Ronald Desbrough
Jameson Ford
Kenneth Carson
Ciccarelli
Milton Feldkamp
Arthur Moehn
Haak
Dan McLean
Neil Sweetland
Haddin
Robert Webster
Roy Dechert
Anthony
Donald Daniels
Edgar Barrett
Anderson
Glen Feldkamp
Jerome Lamb
Meyers
Billy Robinson
George Johnson
Geyer
Fred Feldkamp
Rudolph Wahl
Cameron
Clarence
Summerland
Earl Bersuder
Harold Gumtow
Burr
Weldon Emerson
Keith Brososky
Kirsh
Erwin Schneider
Paul Linde
A History Look Through Stages From Chains to Bondage
A column traces a nine stage arc from chains to bondage through spiritual faith courage liberty abundance selfishness complacency apathy and dependency. The piece links social change to moral progress and warns against repeating cycles.
Fire Quenched at Legion Hall After Early Morning Blaze
Firefighters responded to a 4:45 am tree fire at the American Legion hall resulting from smoldering leaves burned Sunday. Crews quickly doused the flames and returned to bed. The piece notes local deer permit drawings pending in Lansing and mentions historical parsonage sites and a historian’s remark on the American Eagle’s appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Hall
New Methodist
Harold Miller
Ann Arbor
Regular Council Meeting Notes from October 15, 1962
The minutes cover a regular council session with Mayor Bennett and councilmembers present. Topics include sidewalk bids from A. H. Payeur & Son and Michigan Curb, parcel variances approved by the Planning Commission, plat development for Plat 7, taxi license and parking changes, a $180 rental aid for Saline Area Social Service, and checking a roadway easement plus planning for Water Resources Commission representation in Lansing on October 25.
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Bennett
Anderson, Clark, Hemmye
Johnson, McKenzie
Bob Rus
Sell
Fred Rieckhoff
Johnson
Hemmge
A. H. Payeur & Son
Foundation Co
Brighton
Barr
Hemmye
Clark
Planning Commission
Yeas
Johnson and McKenzie
Anderson
Saline Area Social Service, Inc
City
Grossman
Water Resources Commission
Lansing
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Saline Area
Mann
Livingstone
Lewis Jackowski
Earl Perkins
Kuhl
Arnold Wild
Ted Ormsby
Fick
Frank Riggs
Leon Feldkamp
Wilbur Nelson
Tom Buchanan
Eng
Detroit
Dancer's
Michigan City
the Nations Furniture Capital
Upper Peninsula
Lee Jor Faucu
University OF Michigan
Michigan Tolirat Council
State
Regsia Collins
Art Katterjohn
Greenville
Elmer Houghton
Willow Run
Oldster
Co Wa
Hi Art
A&m Chevrolet CO
Michigan Saline
Oldsmobile
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