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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1947
Page
1
A petition from about 140 residents asks Pittsfield township to place on the April 7 ballot a measure to buy fire extinguishing equipment and a building to house it with a $20 000 appropriation. If funds are insufficient the board would also seek a 5 mill tax increase for 1947 raising taxes by $5 per $1 000 of valuation, with a likely extra $1 per $1 000 for ongoing operations if established.
Miss Mary Morden's class will broadcast from WPAG Ann Arbor on Tuesday April 8 at 1 45 pm The program will be patriotic in honor of Pan American Day It features a clarinet solo America by Walfred Larson piano solo Solfeggetto by Bach by James Austin a play Pan American Day by several children and a group singing of the Star Spangled Banner
The regular meeting of the O.ES. will be held Monday night April 7 at 7 30 o clock in the high school auditorium. Rainbow Girls of Ypsilanti will perform the work and all Masons are invited. Plans for the Eastern Star County Association meeting in Saline Friday April 11 at 2 30 are discussed. Reservations for dinner at St Pauls church must be in by Monday April 7 to Mrs. Hering.
The Woman's Guild and Ladies' Aid Society of St Pauls church held a 2:30 PM lenten quiet hour in the Fellowship room. Theme was Receiving a Kingdom that Cannot be Shaken. Participants included Mrs Ed Hering chair, Mrs Clare Harms, Mrs Orrilla Lee, Mrs George Steele, Mrs Otto Wahl, Miss Luella Lambarth and Mrs Arthur Hagan. Refreshments were served by committees from both groups.
The Federated church choir presents the Easter cantata The Thorn Crowned King by Fred B. Holton on Sunday night at 8. The program lists multiple choir numbers with soloists and a brass of Mrs. Ronald Tower and Mrs. Harold Brown among others. Proceeds from the offering will support the Restoration fund.
The Union Good Friday service for the Methodist Federated and St Pauls congregations will be at St Pauls church at 1 30. Prelude Prayer by H Stark Anthem Rabbot by C B Adams sung by St Pauls choir Sermon The Cross by Rev Henry McKenzie Postlude by E L Ashford Rev R S Hocking and Rev Alvin Siemsen will take part Mrs Lucille Henderson is organist Business will be suspended in Saline on Good Friday from noon to 3.
Saturday near Saline two people were injured in a two car crash on US-112 about a mile west of the city. Cecil Buck 18 of South Bend Indiana drove east into a westbound car driven by James Reichard 27 of Chicago Heights Illinois and both vehicles went into the ditch. The accident occurred around noon.
Mr and Mrs G W Whipple announce the engagement of their daughter Jane to Clif ford H E Finkbeiner son of Mr and Mrs Gottlieb Finkbeiner of Clinton Miss Whipple is a Ann Arbor High School graduate and worker at Goodyear’s in Ann Arbor Finkbeiner served 32 months in the European theater with the Third Infantry Division and now works at Word Motor Co in Manchester No wedding date set.
The sermon argues that Easter proves death is only a momentary shadow and believers will live with Christ. It contrasts human doubt with Jesus's promise “Behold, I am alive forevermore” and urges fearlessness in life and death, stating death leads to the Lord’s eternal kingdom.
Clara O'Regan 62 daughter of John and Fredericka Heininger died after brief illness while visiting sister Mrs Amanda Ledder in Chicago. Born Sept 7 1884 in Saline township she lived in Paw Paw since 1933 after moving from Chicago in 1912. Survived by two sisters Mrs Ledder and Mrs Lydia Hagen and eight brothers. Funeral Saturday at Lockwood funeral home with Rev Alvin Siemsen. burial Oakwood cemetery.
Wiliam B. Lutz Post American Legion presents Abie's Irish Rose at the high school auditorium on Thursday and Friday nights April 17 18. The play follows the screen version about Abraham Levy marrying Irish Rose Mary Murphy with an amusing plot. Proceeds benefit the Memorial Home building fund. Cast includes Solomon Levy Walter Mac Arthur Abraham Levy Harold Wilson Patrick Murphy Raymond Niles Rose Mary Murphy Woody Merchant Father Whalen Jack Winkle Doctor Samuels Randall Coates Isaac Cohen Orville Irwin Mrs Cohen Ruth Niles.
The Saline Valley Community Party invites residents to a Gay Nineties event at Saline Valley hall on Monday evening April 7 at 8 pm. Prizes will honor best old fashioned costumes with mustaches hoop skirts and period dress. Professor Frank Huntley of the University of Michigan presents an illustrated talk on America and the Japanese followed by music and square dancing with Joe Cook’s orchestra.
Michigan State College professor Paul Bagwell will headline a Saline chamber charter banquet at the high school auditorium. Herman Click and Larry Qui met will perform and toastmaster duties. Thor Marsh to present charter. Reservations include officials from Grand Lodge, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Jackson. Tickets available at the high school. Mrs. Edna Aprill died in Jackson at 69 after returning from Florida. She was Saline Federated church organist and choir director. Funeral Friday at Federated church with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Ann Arbor.
Joe Cohed of the United States Geodetic Survey spoke at the Saline Rotary Club in Ann Arbor presenting lantern slides on Michigan rock formations and oil deposits. He said oil is not related to coal and described Michigan resting in a limestone bowl with a large central salt deposit, predicting further oil fields and increased natural gas development.
About 110 attended Saline Masonic Lodge Past Masters Night with 17 past masters present. Clarence Fritz announced the fellowcraft degree would be worked next Tuesday. Funeral services were held for Edward Brighton longtime Irish Hills resident builder of the golf course and nearby dance hall. Washtenaw County contributed 19181.72 to the 1947 March of Dimes with Saline drive led by Mrs Arthur O Neill raising 225.
Arthur Miller is in University Hospital at Ann Arbor with a broken bone in his right leg near the ankle from a fall near his home on Monday morning. He will remain in the hospital for several weeks due to the seriousness of the injury.
The piece compares people to horses, recounting misbehaving animals and risky moments. A fast driver with a misbehaving horse recalls the danger of loose reins and shattered wheels, then notes a moral: people become like overworked, bloated horses, harnessed to work until they dash themselves.
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