Miss Saline Pageant Draws 35 Entrants for 1962 Crown
Jaycee sponsored Miss Saline of 1962 contest features 35 entrants including Sara Schaible Katrene Gall Betty Roehm Cathy Monroe Lydia Robison Barbara Finley Pat Finley Karen Murray Liz Jedele Jan Nielsen and others. Crown ceremony at Fair grounds 8 p.m. Thursday with Doug Elfring MC and Carol Coates crowning. Prizes include cash gifts prizes from local businesses a $25 savings bond and a clock radio among awards. Queen to represent Saline at next year's Miss Michigan State Fair and serve as Jaycee hostess. Judges for the first time are all men James Cannon Herb Sager and Keith Des Ermia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Schaible
Katrene Gall
Betty Roehm
Cathy Monroe
Lydia Robison
Barbara Finley
Pat Finley
Karen Murray
Liz Jedele
Jan Nielsen
Gay Beck
Sharon Ustich
Abbie Young
Elaine Ference
Nellie Zurlinden
Donna Diable
Renna Jean Sawyers
Wight Cleaners
Saline Lanes
Uniloy Corp
Plastammer, Inc
Walker's
Five Cent and Dollar Store
Saline Savings Bank
Anderson’s
Lanny Robbins
Cut ’N Curl
Lodi Greenhouse
Universal Die Corp
R. & B. Machine Tool Co
Saline Hotel
A & M Chevrolet Co
Community Ford
Elmer J. Steele and Sons
Saline
Jaycee
Jaycees
James Cannon
Manchester Tool & Die Co
Herb Sager
Fiegel’s
Ann Arbor
Four Injured In Two Auto Crashes Here
Four people were injured in two separate crashes within an hour Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Richard Lutz, 19, and Miss Sandiland Bowen, 20, were taken to University Medical Center after Lutz’s car struck a tree on US-112 east of Feldkamp road. Lutz suffered head bruises and other injuries. Bowen had fractured ribs and severe bruises. In the second crash on Saline Milan Road, Roy Stoddard and Florence Sinecek were involved along with Thelma Henning after a car driven by Stoddard collided with a truck. Henning’s vehicle struck Sinecek from behind as traffic halted. Continued on Page 10.
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Richard Lutz
Michigan Ave
Sandiland Bowen
Maple St
University Medical Center
Ann Arbor
Sheriffs Department
Saline-Milan Rd
Maple Rd
Roy Stoddard
Florence Sinecek
Milan
Thelma Henning
Britton
Henning
Stoddard
Old Time Autos Visit for Settlers Day Parade
Classic Car Club of America members in elderly autos will tour the Saline Fairgrounds between 12:30 and 12:45 p.m. Ten to fifteen cars join a tour of the Old Stagecoach Route through the Irish Hills. They will hold a potluck lunch at City Park and depart for the Irish Hills towers at 2:15 p.m.
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Classic Car Club of America
Fairgrounds
Saline
Irish Hills
Irish Hills Towers
Navy Terrier Missile on Display at Fairgrounds
A Terrier surface-to-air missile will be highlighted at a Navy exhibit between the Merchants tent and Auto tent at the fair. The 15 ft weapon weighs 1.5 tons and has a 10 mile range with beam riding guidance. Terrier missiles are shipboard and beachhead capable with automatic loading and firing, radar guidance, and are in service on two cruisers and one destroyer with plans for expanded fleet use. Mrs. Floy Daymon of W Michigan Ave. is hospitalized at Saline Community Hospital since August 27.
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German Park
Saline Area
Walter Jarvis
Robert Metzner
Albert Duchek
Marine Corps
Floy Daymon
George Campbell
W. Michigan Ave
Saline Community Hospital
Legion Plans Saline Fair Dance at American Legion Home
The annual Saline Fair Dance will be held on Saturday September 16 from 9 30 p m until 2 a m at the American Legion Home. Members and guests are welcome.
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Saline Fair
American Legion
Mammoth Saline Fair Parade Show Promises Long Route
Saline’s annual American Legion parade on Saturday night will be a massive display with a 20 unit Navy drill team from Grosse Ile a 40 bicycle unit from Erwin Prieskorn Post Ann Arbor and multiple drum and bugle corps from Dexter Milan and more race through streets led by the local Legion color guard. The event may fill the entire parade route with bands floats riding clubs and a mile of farm machinery plus the Miss Saline contingent and local youth groups adding to the spectacle.
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American Legion
Saline
Legion
Norm Hedger
U.S. Navy
Grosse le
Erwin Prieskorn Post
Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti American Legion Post 408
Britton
Ida
Dexter
Tecumseh
Milan
Saline High School
Junice High School
Miss Saline
Saline Area Social Service Board Meeting
Board of directors of Saline Area Social Service Inc meets at Mrs. Edwin Hering home 208 Russell St on Monday September 18 at 8 p.m. Members are asked to turn in memberships at earliest convenience per Wayne Predmore sr corresponding secretary.
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Saline Area Social Service, Inc
Edwin Hering
Russell St
Wayne Predmore, Sr
GOP Con Con Candidates Triumph in Washtenaw County
Voters favored GOP candidates for Constitutional Convention seats while two county parks proposals failed. Unofficial results show Roscoe Bonisteel and J Don Lawrence winning. parks I and II outcomes varied across townships with parks tax limit plan failing without Proposal I. Bonisteel and Lawrence praised by opponent Allan Grossman.
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Saline Area
Saline
J. Don Lawrence
Roscoe O. Bonisteel
Allan Grossman
Sponisteel
Grossman
Lawrence
Eugene Sutter
Bonisteel
Sutter
Parks
Lodi Township
Parks I
Parks II
Saline Township
York Township
Pittsfield Township
Washtenaw County
Saline Fair schedules big events across four days
Daily fair lineup runs Wednesday to Saturday with livestock judging pony show and free pony giveaway Thursday. Friday features Lamb Club show, tractor contests, and livestock auction with proceeds to Future Farmers of America. Saturday includes parade horse show Community Show and barbershop quartet act plus Old Settlers Day ribbons for admission.
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Saline Community
Saline
Lamb Club
Weavie Pony Farm
Future Farmers of America
American Association of Barbershop Quartet Singers
American Legion
Old Settlers
Civil Defense shelter display announced for fair in Saline
A four person CD shelter will be on view at the fair in Saline. CD Director Bob Russell said members of the American Legion Auxiliary will provide information and radio station WOTA will broadcast from inside the shelter. Materials were donated by Bridgewater Lumber Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
Bob Russell
American Legions Auxiliary
WOTA
Bridgewater Lumber Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ells Am
Elizabeth Link
Wally Jarvis
Doris
Fred Ullrich
Margaret Baker
Johnny Jarvis
Horace Fritsche
Andrea Fulton
Regina Fritsche
Bruce Fulton
Peter Metaner
Carol Ullrich
Luella Harwood
Charles Stehle
Olga Lambarth
Sam Lambarth
Euelah Worsham
George Madison
Barlow Simonds
Suzanne Simonds
Navy Missile
Riers
Bureau of Ordnance
Legion Plans
Social Service Board
GOP
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