United Way drive gains momentum in Saline area
Bill Lavery reports signs the Saline United Way campaign is accelerating. At PCS and Ford plants in Saline district employees are being solicited, with Alice Grisham heading PCS efforts. PCS aims to help meet the $71,190 budget as volunteers like Jerry Layher and Larry Gongea assist and spread the word.
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Bill Lavery
United Way Fund
Lavery
Ford
PCS
Alice
Bill
Alice Grisham
Saline Area
Process Computer Systems
Maple Rd
Genesee County United Way
Flint
Saline
United Way
John Hoffman
Jerry Layher
Larry Gongeéa
Jerry
Pinckney Area
Saline Drive
Larry
Mike
Big Brother
George Pursell
Pursell
Saline Council Backing For Alternative Education Plan
A five member committee including educators, social workers, and a Saline police officer seeks to design an alternative education program for 7th through 12th graders with counseling and interagency coordination. Council members urged feasibility study and volunteers joined the group to help pursue grants and potential in-school liaison.
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Saline
Jim Douglas
Saline Police Dept
Paul Thibault
Thibault
Gene Utke
Saline Area
George Anderson
Jerry Wright
Dick Brosasky
Mary Hess
Police Investigate Rear End Collisions in Saline
Police report half a dozen minor accidents in Saline last week mostly rear endings in parking lots. One Thursday night collision injured no one but damaged a 1971 Oldsmobile driven by 72 year old Howard Wentz of Adrian and a 22 year old Saline resident, Frederick Feldkamp Jr. The hit and run driver of a 1974 Hornet remains at large as police pursue leads from a witness and license plate.
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Saline
Howard Wentz
Adrian
Michigan Ave
Frederick Feldkamp, Jr
Feldkamp
Wentz
Community Halloween Party in Saline draws big crowd
The Saline event on October 31 runs 7 to 8 p.m. at the Middle School with 1200 kids expected. Judy Carlton and Sharon Compton co chair a program by the Jaycees and Jaycee auxiliary including a haunted house, games, movies, and free cider and donuts.
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Saline Jaycee
Judy Carlton
Sharon Compton
Mary Martin
Paul Bunyan
Hansel and Gretel
Elmer the Elephant
Unicef
Halloween Puppet Show Teaches Safe Trick or Treat Rules
Saline Police Department stages Officer Ghostly Safe Halloween puppet shows at Jensen Haughton and Union Schools through Friday. Officer Friendly reviews safety tips after each performance and distributes reflector tape treats to children. Puppeteers include Mary Houghton Judy Steiner and Jeff Reimold with cadets and local support groups assisting.
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Saline
Ghostly
Jensen
Haughton
Union
Gerald Holtrop
Mary Houghton
Judy Steiner
Jeff Reimold
Saline Police Cadets
Meredith Bixby
Saline Police Officers’ Wives’ Association
Holiday decorators prep with thistles for season
Mrs Darlene Reed and Mrs Bonnie Stone plan festive decorations using prickly thistles gathered with Clint and Lynette Stone along State Ad. The Reporter aims to photograph their holiday beauty as the season begins. For the Stones the first holiday joy came last Thursday as Clint celebrated his third birthday.
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Darlene Reed
Bonnie Stone
Clint
Lynette Stone
State Ad
Clint.s
Prosecutor Finds No Charges in Two Fatal Local Crashes
Washtenaw County prosecutor cites insufficient evidence for serious charges in two downtown crashes. A 74 year old Ypsilanti man died after a pickup struck him as a 16 year old from Saline turned left. In the second crash 16 year old Karla Partain’s Pinto skidded on wet pavement and fatally struck a passenger in a stopped car after hitting a milk hauler.
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Washtenaw County
Ypsilanti
Four Corners
Saline
Karla Partain
Michigan Ave
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Saline Ford
By Carol Rugg
Watt
Frank Pesta
Saline Police
Taffic
Reimold
Holtrop
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