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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1940
Page
4
Published under the Banking Department Commissioner authority the report lists demand deposits of individuals partnerships and corporations totaling 82480 59 time deposits 281571 52 deposits of states and political subdivisions 23451 63 other deposits 307 46 and a total deposits figure of 387811 20 with total liabilities shown as none 48476 40 the document names LEE TESCHER G C TOWNSEND and F O WIEDMAN as officers.
Miss Julia Nedeau is home from Detroit for the weekend along with several others visiting from Tecumseh Ann Arbor Ypsilanti and Detroit. A church supper and new cookbook sale are planned by the M E ladies. Grace Dell and Arthur W Smith are to be married in Detroit this afternoon and will reside here.
Mrs Emily K Sturm returns from town visit Henry Morris new janitor at M EB church Lloyd Fairbanks visits relatives in Ohio Forenrs Club meets Friday with Mr and Mrs C H Miller Mrs Ola Hammond becomes bookkeeper for E A Hauser Prof Walling attends Schoolmaster s Club in Ann Arbor Miss Zoa Nichols of Detroit visits Miss Amanda Sturm A E Montonye of Carleton visits parents on the Ridge Miss Marion Rouse visits grandparents in Ann Arbor Miss Martha Geisel of Bridgewater marries Manuel Scheldt of Lodi March 30 Max Rosenthal and Jay O Hara depart for Flint Buick factory End of year American history work continues with Civil Government course.
The high school lists honor roll and honorable mention students by grade with names such as Jeannette Clay Robert Vaughn Ruth Schieh Mildred Day Marilyn Schill Grace Braun William Tower and Stephanie Gala Anna Klein Carol Uphaus Vincent Jacobs Emergen e Ernst Dean Burkhardt Tema Kohler Leona Klein Warren Rentshler plus many others from tenth and ninth grades. An anecdote notes that during World War I a U S division in France was made up entirely of foresters and lumbermen to supply lumber and firewood.
Saline High School entered its first track meet with 9 athletes competing against Class A schools in Ann Arbor. Bernard Bamer tied for fourth in high jump at 5 feet 6 inches, earning state recognition after only three weeks of training. The relay team clocked 1 minute 43 seconds in a 4x100 effort, with coach Puffy Gross optimistic about future improvements.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Burg of Pinckney on March 30. Weekend visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hutzel in Traverse City and Detroit guests at the Gillen home. Orphans and ill health noted with Helen Armbruster at home ill with flu. Saline fire department responded to a house roof fire at Ernest Pearson farm, destroying the upright roof. fire chief Henry Ormsby led a crew including Adolph Lindemann and Bert Gillen to extinguish the blaze.
Mrs Karl Bredernitz had tonsils removed Tuesday morning. David Levliet was hospitalized Wednesday to Friday for throat infection treatment. Mrs Katy Bartlett’s condition remains about the same. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Gordon on Tuesday evening, April 2.
Abe Ralston suffered severe leg cuts after a dream of being trapped in a burning building led him to break a plate glass window at home and enter a barn. A passerby freed him, while the dream omen referenced telescope shaped eyes in goldfish breeding.
County residents shared calls over the weekend with relatives and friends. John D. Allison spent Sunday afternoon with Howard Copeland. Mrs Alger Allison and Jesse Pieds household were visited by several relatives including Bruce LeBaron. Joseph Sweeney Jr from Detroit visited his father Monday. Willis road and Saline township siblings Grant and Millard Allison called on Alger Allison Sunday. A brush demonstration at Mrs Rudolph Hertler's home Thursday drew good attendance and praise from attendees.
T Carson near Lincoln school reports Mrs H S Richards recently visited Flint. Mrs D G Richards visited Mrs Carson on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs A G Richards were visitors in Ann Arbor on Friday.
Mrs. Fred Arend named census taker. Mr. and Mrs Wayward Carr bought farm implements. Mr. and Mrs Raymond Graf visited Albert Graf. Carl Seeger hosted visitors with Matthew Seeger. W P Schwocho and Lawrence Tucker joined Detroit hosts E Schwocho. A Skinner Ann Arbor supper at Pittsfield Grange hall drew 39 members.
Mooreville residents report illnesses and recoveries from flu mumps and throat trouble. Lorraine Barnhart and Everett Eggert wed in Detroit on March 23. Social visits span Milan Ypsilanti Detroit Findlay Toledo Northville Petoskey and more as local families share updates. A bake sale at Milan’s Sheat’s Grocery raised 5.55 for Mooreville Studies Aid amid community gatherings and birthday parties. Honey flavor linked to flower type in nectar study.
A new oil well on the Elmer Beland farm in Dundee township five and a half miles west of Dundee began producing at 9 30 this morning without stimulation. The Trenton formation topped at 205 feet and oil showed at 25 feet deeper, reaching 2128 feet total depth. By 7 am Tuesday over 1200 feet of oil had collected and flow continued at 20 feet per hour as the well began to flow into the tank. Mil burn Violette and Ted Lucas, lessees, smiled as Strohl Brothers and Dilbone Contractors completed the successful development for A. V. Oil and Gas Company.
The estate of Alex McDonald, missing since 188? last heard from in 1883 from Cape Town, is being probated. He possibly died in a cholera outbreak there after leaving for work. Wheat production on over a million American farms supports the governments reserve plan with 300 million bushels in storage. Hedeghogs noted to destroy cockroaches and beetles.
The Probate Court of Washtenaw County orders the 17th of April 1940 at ten o clock for examining and allowing the 8th annual account of The Detroit Trust Company as trustee under Emily P Davenport deceaseds Will. Public notice will be published in The Saline Observer for three successive weeks prior to the hearing. Nora O Borgert Register of Probate.
Public notices in The Saline Observer announce the First Annual Account of Trustee Theodore Stimpson for the estate of Lewis A. Schellenberger and the Eleventh Annual Account of Trustee Hidward A. Hauser for the Will of Edward Hauser. Hearings set in March and April 1940 at the probate office in Ann Arbor with notices in Saline Observer.
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