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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1944
Page
2
Rev. C A Haneberg of Saline Township spoke to a Marine group in the South Pacific era. An ad quoted comedian Joe E Brown warning that a man who needs a dirty story to get a laugh is not a humorist.
Printer Thomas Sim. R. Wilson and reporter Esther Landwehr are listed as staff in the Saline Michigan post office notice about second class matter designation.
Fred W. Meyer of the Michigan Milk Producers Association warned dairy farmers to examine any promises of higher milk prices from outside organizers. He noted the OPA ceiling of 3.69 per hundredweight and that MMPA's Class I Detroit price plus subsidy reaches 4.19, the highest ever in Detroit. He stressed MMPA is a cooperative with a farmer sales committee setting prices and no membership fee until milk checks arrive, then a 3-cent per hundredweight service charge.
Read aloud from the school page a pet show featuring Sandra VanDorn with a dashund Glenn Clark with six peeps Shirley Wilson with four kittens Dale Monagin with his cat Jill and Mary Woods with a rabbit. The fourth grade shared a poem from a story and a tale about King Peramund wishing to fly and an enchantress.
Miss Clara Schroen visits from Ypsilanti over the weekend. Frank Karn is recovering well after neck growth operation. Mrs. Frederika McBride and Mrs. George W. Cook attend a W C T U meeting in Milan. Washtenaw County Brotherhood to meet at Calvary Evangelical church on April 21. Chris Volz builds a soft drink and lunch stand beside Five Points gas station. St Pauls Young People League held monthly meeting with 26 members present. Washtenaw rural teachers’ last meeting to be at U of M forestry farm on Liberty Road. T W Fridges to open a furniture and undertaking establishment in the Alber building on South Ann Arbor Street. Miss Hazel Lamb completes nurse training and prep for state board at Grace Hospital. Ladies Aid Society M E church elects officers: President C A Jordan, 1st VP B J Spitler, 2nd VP Roy Rogers, secretary W R Stierle, treasurer Max Fosdick.
An overnigh t proof claim advertises a foot germ killer sold at Hugh Keveling's offering 35 cent THOL solution with 90 percent alcohol. It promises full strength to penetrate and reach more germs and offers a money back guarantee if not pleased the next morning.
Mrs William Marken spent Monday in Ann Arbor. Born Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Alfred Jedele a son. Miss Eva Schairer was home from Pontiac over the weekend. Conrad Boettner shipped a car load of lambs to Detroit. Mr and Mrs Herman Stierle of Ann Arbor spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Mary Stierle. Mr and Mrs Martin Schaible entertained Sunday her brother George Bohnett and family of Lodi. Mrs Fred Heininger and son Laverne visited her mother Mrs S J Camburn from Wednesday until Sunday. Charles Werberf and sister Miss Matilda moved into the W Wallace house on Main street. Bridgewater Lutheran church members building new sheds east of the German school, to be 90 feet long. Paul Boettger left for Muskegon Tuesday to try out for a position on the pitching staff of the state league team. Mrs Blanche Gauntlett and Mrs Jessie Forsythe of West Mooreville attended the Willing Workers Club last Friday at the home of aunt Mrs Everett Davenport.
Reverend William H. Bach leads morning worship at 10 50 with Bible message. Sunday school at 11 30 for all ages, youth group 6 45, evangelistic service 7 45. Wednesday prayer meeting 7 30, choir practice 8 30. May 3 guest Rev Douglas Hine from Christian Service Centers to show pictures of service work for service men. Tx Women’s Missionary Society meets at Mrs Clarence Johnson’s home Wednesday afternoon.
About thirty members attended at the Kohler home with Taylor Gage of Manchester as guest speaker. The group notes around 100 Junior and 960 Senior Farm Bureau members in Washtenaw County as events include socials and church ties. Rev. Haneberg attended a Michigan-Indiana Synod conference in Jackson urging peace and interracial outreach while opposing compulsory peacetime military training. Scientists study fossil records to date prehistoric events.
In Washtenaw County Michigan Probate Court on April 18 1944 Judge Jay G Pray presiding the matter of Leroy Nixon also known as Le Roy B Nixon deceased Administrator Margaret A Nixon petitions for license to sell estate real estate to pay debts Hearing set for May 15 1944 at 10 AM at the Probate Office Ann Arbor Public notice to be published in The Saline Observer for three weeks Nora Borgert Register of Probate
Howard F. Simmons of the Michigan Milk Producers Association says the MMPA had no involvement or witness role in the Croswell farmers suit against State Parkview Creamery of Detroit. The action, brought by 48 Croswell farmers, charged a 8c per 100 pounds deduction misrepresented as MMPA dues. The court's focus was on the deduction and its mislabeling, not on setting milk prices or the price to distributors.
Citizens are advised to burn wraplines of packages received from servicemen overseas to prevent potential eggs of destructive insects from spreading. Authorities caution against preserving any packaging that may harbor pests.
Michigan State College broadcasts on 870 KC with 5 000 watts offering spray information and weather forecasts for four hours ahead. Daily bulletins and forecasts air at 8 a.m 12 noon and 1 15 p.m during the Farm Service Hour after markets. C B Russell leads the horticultural calendar with disease and pest sprays while H M Mills provides weather background for 48 hour orchard work outlook. Miriam Eads will discuss Your Food Canning Budget on Monday April 24 at 3 15 p.m as part of the Victory garden guidance by the Michigan Nutrition in Defense committee OCD.
A sales notice promotes the John Deere No. 11 A or 12 A Combine as a simpler faster harvest solution. It emphasizes ease of use and efficiency for farmers seeking reliable machinery.
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