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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1942
Page
2
The Observer showcases weekly Saline grocery specials and weekend ads urging readers to scan promotions for economical savings and desirable price cuts.
The Saline Observer lists Sim R Wilson as publisher and M C Boutelle as editor in the masthead. The newspaper is entered at the Saline Mich post office as second class matter.
The snippet lists prices for subscriptions and notices, including six months and three months outside Michigan, rates 3 cents and 1.00 per year, 50c 25c 1.50 yearly, and per line charges for cards of thanks obituaries and marriage notices. It notes free obituary and marriage notices and 6c per line for paid entertainments with a 25 cent minimum.
Local boards under Col. E. M. Rosencrans set plans for the fourth registration to occur nationwide Monday April 27 from 7 am to 9 pm. It covers males born on or before April 28 1877 in the continental US Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico. About 570000 Michigan residents are expected to register and more than a million are already registered.
The Farm Placement Representative of the U S Employment Service in Ann Arbor coordinates farm labor recruitment and placement. R Rex Stanchfield and Fred E Blumhardt cooperate to channel efforts among groups. Farmers seeking workers and individuals seeking farm work should contact Stanchfield or Blumhardt.
Fred A. Lendrum presides as minister with 10 a m worship and choir music. Sunday school at 11:15 with Arthur Wilson as superintendent and Epworth League at 6:30. Thursday April 30 at 7:30 p m the Fourth Quarterly Conference and annual meeting will present department reports with Dr. W B Harrison presiding.
William Hy Bach pastor leads Sunday worship at 10 o clock followed by Sunday school at 11 15. Christian Endeavor 6 30 p m for youth with a planned program. Evening worship at 7 45. Wednesday prayer meeting 7 30. Women s Missionary Society meets Wednesday at 2 with Mrs Reuben Rogers. Bring needles and thimbles for Iron White Cross sewing.
Trinity congregation will drop regular services next Sunday to observe the dedication ceremonies of a new church in Belleville. The home mission invites members to rejoice with them as three services are held at 10 30 a m 3 p m and 8 p m.
Divine services at 10 a.m. on Sundays with Sunday school at 11. Finnish services held every second and fourth Sunday of the month. All are invited to attend.
The Saline Building Code does not require a permit for decorating homes or minor repairs. It applies only to substantial alterations or major repairs and outlines when permits are necessary.
Miss Alma Hamlin visited Ann Arbor Thursday and other residents traveled to Detroit Ypsilanti Toledo and Wayne for various visits. Albert Wiethammer bought land on the Charles Isbell farm and started a new dwelling. A large audience attended a radio concert at Saline Savings Bank and Dr Bacon of Bellaire bought the Morden office building for relocation near Will Sturm's shop.
Carl Hauser moves to Jackson with family while Herman Ehnis returns home from Ann Arbor. Ernest Towler visits relatives in Ypsilanti as Miss Clara Stierle stays with kin in Scio. Fred Sellen plans a dwelling on West Henry. May nears with trees yet barren. Fred Richards hosts his brother A C and family. C B Isbell visits daughter Mrs Eugene Fowler in Ypsilanti. Lydia Visel visits sister Mrs Emma Seitz in Chelsea. Severe Sunday storm scatters chimney at Ed Guenther’s near depot. Chris Rentz buys partner G C Howard’s share. Men and Religion Forward Movement banquet draws ~150 at the opera house. Bertha Frey wed Frederick Hertler of York Township. Saline Woman’s Club meets at Mrs George Lehman’s. Lucy Cobb speaks on Mineral Products and Gems in South America. Minnie Jones on Uruguay.
Hammond District residents Joan Elsman and Coin Hank visited relatives in Forsythe and Gordon homes. Detroit and Rothbury guests joined Sunday meals and weekend calls with the Miller, Gilbert, Hammond, Daniel, and Richard families, including Miss Ella McMann and Mrs Nellie Gall at Ridgeway.
Seventeen women from the community helped by sending a box of 15 garments and 900 surgical dressings to wartime relief. Jane Hart was named captain and Arletta Jane Shurtz lieutenant for the year as traffic patrols at the school resume with girls on duty.
Mrs. Don Royal underwent an appendectomy at St. Joseph hospital in Ann Arbor Friday. Mrs. Harold Kinsley of Wichita was a dinner guest at the MacArthur home Monday evening. Regular meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary is set for Tuesday evening at Mrs. Mabel O'Neill's home. Richard Bonescours of Columbus, Ohio, visited from Thursday to Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Max Fosdick. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Miller and children and his mother from Ypsilanti were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Brandt. Mrs. Julia Carven was taken to St. Joseph hospital Monday with a broken hip and rests more comfortably. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Nielson of Eicorse spent the weekend in Ann Arbor with friends and the Merritt Martins. The Ormsby and Burkhart families accompanied their sons to Detroit for Coast Guard duty. A joint house warming for Mr and Mrs. Floyd Nagel and a farewell for Charles Burkhart were held at the Nagel home with guests from Macon, Ridgeway, Ann Arbor and Saline. County rural schools music department hosted a demonstration in the MSC school auditorium on April 28. Little Karyl Jean Beasley is receiving treatment for mastoid meningitis in St. Joseph hospital, with transfusions. her mother Marie Beasley is recovering from an operation two weeks old.
President Roosevelt designates Monday April 27 as Victory Day urging Americans to donate good books for soldiers sailors and marines at home and overseas. Citizens should take books to their local libraries to be distributed to the armed forces and boost morale.
Ellsworth Luckhardt spent a few days on leave from Fort Custer. Mr. and Mrs. John Kohler and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Alber. The Tucker and Jordan families visited Edward Webster in Blissfield. Albert Graf and family visited Harold Graf of Wyandotte, parents of a baby. Leonard Hunt and wife from Royal Oak visited Matthew Seeger. David Seeger enjoyed a 15 day furlough. Carl Seeger and Ardis Heininger with Marvin and David visited as well.
Mr. Miller nears home completion while Mrs. Richards called Tuesday on Mrs. Will Dell. Mrs. Sherman travels to Dearborn to stay with her son Mrs. D G Richards. Mrs. Paul Richards and Marjory spent Monday in Ann Arbor. Mr and Mrs A G Richards and Tommie visited Ann Arbor with Mrs. Schroen. Marjory stayed weekend with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. D G Richards.
George Bailey of Detroit joined Macon residents for a Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs R G Sage. Mrs Clarence Merritt and infant Gail Eugene returned from Beyer hospital. Paul Sorensen and family from Detroit visited Mr and Mrs John Crittenden. FF M Smith of Ann Arbor and Kate Bayer of Seattle called on E W Payne family. Mrs S A Jeffries traveled from South Bend to help care for her mother Hattie Robison who is seriously ill with pleurisy. Charles Bigelow and family held Sunday dinner honoring birthdays of his father Clayton Bigelow and mother Mrs Ray Hendershot.
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