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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1947
Page
7
Snowbound roads kept farmers from town and milk haulers from creameries as snow plows focused on main highways. Rural schools closed and factories saw lower manpower. On April 1 Saline High School hosted Shick tests and vaccinations for students and younger children.
On Friday afternoon March 28 ten pupils from grades six seven and eight competed in a spelling bee. Mrs Logan pronounced the words. Donna Sue Thomas of seventh grade won the contest with Hilda as runner up.
Heusel of the eighth grade Donna Sue and Hilda advance to Manchester for the final county spelling event on April 18. The writer, Danny Levriet, grade 5, hopes Saline wins.
Richard sawnke ill. Cole's Feed Store rents next to Cook estate for storage. Prenn couple escaped a serious auto crash last week and left hospital. Everett Gilbert family moving into former Robb residence. Jesse Bird buys farm of Frank Barbour family. Miss Alberta Catey visits Muskogon Heights with parents. Lewis families suffer ear and throat trouble.
Gerald Coe of Whitmore Lake visited Saline friends Thursday. Ben Uphaus suffers a hand infection. Fosdick school players staged Done in Oil on April 5. Maree Burkhart visits her parents Fred and Mrs Burkhart. Mrs John Rice of Belleville injured en route to Ford Greenville Village. EB M Gilbert called to Rothbury by his father’s death. Herman Meininger opens a farm implement depot with about fifty farmers present. Twenty years ago a St Jacob’s Church class of 15 confirmed. A Chicago bus ran out of gas at Pittsfield. A J B meeting held at Stilts and Kutler home. Clara Bowen celebrated birthday with schoolmates. John Burkhardt recovering from recent auto injuries. Further information reaches us.
Dairymen favor a pasture crop mix of orchard grass and ladine clover for soil conservation and high nitrogen response. Switchgrass noted for erosion control and subsoil cover, with wide adaptation across terrain. State announces fishing restrictions in several Michigan counties effective April 26 to September 1, 1947, prohibiting fishing except with artificial flies sunrise to sunset, daily creel limit two fish, and mandatory census reports. specific waters listed in Barry Calhoun Hillsdale Jackson and Washtenaw counties.
A. Sager Has plans to close teaching in Chestertown Maryland in June and return to his old hometown. Local events note 31 confirmed at the Lutheran Church on Sunday and several families moving into nearby homes. The postmaster appointment for Saline and local bicycle trade activity are reported amid community news.
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