12 Apr 1945
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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1945
Page
1
If your garden was sod last year expect cut worm trouble and treat soil with a poison ball before planting. Mix one ounce Paris green with one pound bitter greens and apply at dusk. Create tar paper discs to protect cabbage stems when setting in fields next week. Watermelon muskmelon cucumber and squash seeds may be sown in strawberry boxes or plant bands in a hotbed now and next week.
The Saline Woman's Club met April 3 at Mrs Edwin Hering's home with good attendance. Under Mrs Walter MacArthur the group heard a program on American Humor directed by Mrs Martin Fucss. Members discussed fund drives for UNRRA clothing and a pool at City Park. Guest speaker Dr James Brett Kanna of Ann Arbor will speak April 17 at the Methodist church.
The Hartman brothers Willard and Milton share a brief Easter weekend reunion at the Hartman home after Willard, wounded in Germany on December 16, arrives for hospital care at Fort Harrison, while Milton returns from the South Pacific coast guard service for a short leave. Keith Kendall, Navy radioman, reports safe arrival at New Guinea.
Rotarian A Franklin Shull of Ann Arbor spoke to the Saline Rotary at The Tavern last Thursday noon. He argued that all life forms determine leadership and speculated that Germany may eventually adopt the right methods to gain a proper place in the world. Guests included former teacher Henry Burgess of Reese Roy Dechert on furlough Grover Edmond of Chicago and J E Norman of Detroit.
Saline General Hospital reports births for a Bryson daughter born on April 1 and a Adiska son born on April 1 with mothers and babies returning home midweek. Milan residents include another April 1 birth to Mr and Mrs Theodore Adiska, and later a April 5 daughter to Mr and Mrs Cosmas Nagle. Also listed are tonsillectomies and appendectomies performed in Milan Te cumseh Willis Ypsilanti Mooreville and other nearby communities with post operative returns home noted for several patients.
A community drive backs a benefit dance to aid maimed veterans. Funds from April 20 at Saline High School support plastic sculpturing as a recovery aid, with tickets on sale through local Saline 0.2.5 organizers.
This column muses on April as a battleground between Summer and Winter, with predictions about Easter wind directions and a mild forty days ahead. It then jokes about Americans and venting, recalls memorial ideas for World War II servicemen, criticizes OPA rationing chatter, and notes Saline residents meeting hometown servicemen abroad.
Recreation Director Jakad leads a one man committee to raise funds for a wading pool in Bh Re City park with bids received and an estimated cost of 1500 dollars. The Saline Salvage Committee donates proceeds from waste paper and tin sales to the fund to inspire local participation. The pool will be dedicated to community veterans of World War I.
Mrs. Caroline Visel 57, born in Stuttgart and married to Jacob Visel on March 28 1885, died Tuesday. Survivors include four daughters Mrs Seitz Chelsea Mrs Volz Saline Mrs Kern and Res. Kenneth Taylor Saline. three sons William Emmanuel Visel Ann Arbor and Reuben Visel Saline. a brother Gollob Hertler. sisters Mrs Katherine Schiee and Mrs Fred Kleinschmidt Saline. 30 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Funeral at Lockwood Funeral Home 1:30 then St Pauls Church 2. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. Rev C H Wittbracht officiates. Friends may call.
Michigan farmers plan to hire city youth in 1945 to ease labor shortages. About 700 teens passed farm acid tests last year under Victory Farm Volunteers supervised by Michigan State College. Farmers report hardworking, trainable volunteers. requests for repeats are rising across counties. applications for spring and summer help are urged now.
The wives of all servicemen are invited to a social meeting at the high school auditorium on Tuesday evening April 17 at 8 o clock. Let’s all be there.
Water dues are due and will be collected at Citizens Bank on Saturday April 14. Frank Camburn serves as the treasurer for the collection effort.
Dr Frank Gifford, Toledo optometrist, will examine eyes at the Milan Hotel this Saturday from 1:00 to 9:30 p m. Glasses fitted. This is his 12th year serving Milan. Subscribe for The Observer.
The Friday April 13 program at the auditorium features Bergl's orchestra and various acts including Inselmann in a dog dance, Jakab and Nebbergall piano duet, Osgood saxophone, Jensen violin, and the Tecumseh Barbershop Quartet. Door prizes April 18, proceeds fund community programs, with a cigarette carton auction during intermission.
A collage of classified items includes jobs for mechanics and heating workers, a city board of review meeting on April 16, used car buyers in Saline, farm and poultry supplies, farm equipment for sale, and various service ads from Wiedman Auto Co and The Saline Hatchery with contact details and phone numbers.
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