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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1943
Page
4
February county fat collection hit a record 8 8 197 pounds, about 75 percent of the monthly 11 000 pound quota. The drive urges housewives to save waste kitchen fats to produce glycerine for war needs and to deliver fat to meat dealers for payment.
Mrs Carlton Murray and Mrs Alger Allison visited and hosted gatherings in Milan on Thursday and Friday. A new Oak Grove teacher Mrs Hollowell replaces Mrs Miller who resigned. Mrs Mary LeBaron plans to return to Detroit after visiting relatives in Milan. A flock of about 1000 wild geese was sighted near Warner and Judd roads with a plane diverting to avoid them. Other items mention sick periods, a home repair, and local travel.
Mrs Wilburn Myers leaves for Camp Clarborn Louisiana to visit husband Pvt Wilburn Myers. Clarence Schwartz family visit Melvindale and Garden City. Maurice Draper and son Donald visit Burt Draper’s family in Ypsilanti. Mrs Leo Russ taken for emergency appendectomy at St Josephs Mercy. Circle No 5 ladies meet at Mrs Will Kirk’s Milan home. Loyola Kanitz wins school spelling bee and advances to district bee April 16 in Manchester. Piano solos and duets performed by Loyola Kanitz Lois Holcomb Jeannie Craig at teacher Mrs Marion Moore Milan. Gus Grams sells farm to Alfred Gartner Dearborn and moves to Milan. Henry Kramer to live on Gartner farm.
Macon residents host several out of town guests including Stephen Hasted’s guests from Detroit and Lansing visitors. Families from Detroit Dallas and Ypsilanti share weekends and Sundays with area residents. Charles Bigelow hosts about fifty guests for a farewell party for John Moody moving near Addison.
Governor Harry F. Kelly praises the Michigan Society for Crippled Children Inc for the Easter Seals Sale, March 26 to April 25, urging public support. He notes wartime volunteer needs and the program’s long term benefits, calling for broad citizen backing for the fundraiser.
Michigan circuit court in Ann Arbor sits for Chancery with Lois M. Catt vs Randolph E. Catt and Lee W. Brown attorney for the plaintiff. The defendant must appear within three months or face judgment. Publication to begin within two weeks in The Saline Observer.
Hammond district residents hosted and visited relatives this week. Otto Hanson and E M Gilbert hosted Monday evening. Sneary family and others visited Gilbert. Aud rey Holloway joined Raymond Girbach birthday party. and many attended open house for Louis Feldman’s 40th wedding anniversary in Dearborn.
Mrs. Schroen spent a few days with her daughter Mrs. Richards and Mrs. Richards visited on Friday. Madison Richards joined Sherman of Inkster for Sunday calls. Fleury's Detroit daughter returned home by airplane after a week’s visit. Michigan TB deaths in 1942 reached 1,830, up 107 from 1941. American farmers grew nearly four million acres of peanuts in 1942.
The War Production Board ends quota limits on metal lids for canning jars removing restrictions for common types while zinc use remains banned. The change aims to ensure ample supply of metal tops and rubber rings for households this year.
Michigan Circuit Court and Probate Court orders publish three weeks in The Saline Observer. The records appoint three month publication for a divorce action and a final administration account hearing for Amna Clark estate. Notice to creditors and interested parties lists Richard Brown and Nora Borgert. hearings set May 4 1943 at 10 am in Ann Arbor offices.
Circuit Court for Washtenaw County Chancery. Arthur W. Jones sues Hazel Jones. Defendant to appear within weeks via statutory publication. Clerk Luella M. Smith and Deputy William W. Hamilton on record. Attorney Lee N. Brown of Ypsilanti represents plaintiff. Rooms 17 18 Sav Bank Building.
Propaganda line urges Adolph Benito and Hirohito to be toppled by citizens paying ten percent of income into War Bonds each pay period. The slogan casts the trio as targets of a national savings effort, framed in bold wartime rhetoric.
Pauline Barnhart of Reading in Hillsdale county won grand champion with a 250 pound Chester White barrow at Michigan State College spring 4 H show. Judge W A Freeman named her as grand champion and her three market pigs also stood out. The champion hog sold at 25 cents a pound. Sixty six pigs weighed 16 415 pounds enough meat for 35 men in the armed services for a year.
A plan to phone 106 people illustrates how advertising columns offer wider reach and lower cost. The article notes three color detector tubes help the eye distinguish colors, highlighting tech aids in marketing.
The article notes gasoline and synthetic rubber once derived from peanuts while mentioning the Straits Settlements in the Malay region. it highlights historical debates over resources and naming.
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