Turning Back the Pages of the Saline News
Local notes from Saline recount farm moves in Lodi. visits from Lansing Detroit and Ann Arbor relatives. marriage of Selma Miller to Martin Steadle. birthday surprise for Charles Carven. cattle shipments near Bridgewater. butter and egg prices. community events including Toastmasters Club and Saline Woman's Club. Read as a snapshot of daily life and regional ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schreen
Lodi
J. G. House
Ada Bradley
Lansing
Hdward Henne
George Heininger
Herman
Albert Meininger
Bertha
Clara Dieterle
Ann Arbor
Fred
Psilant
Sebastian Finkbeiner
David Krsody
Detroit
South Saline
Walter Gordon
John Gooding
Frances Seitz
Wirt LeBaron
Robert Cullen
Albert Richardson
Edith
Harold Cullen
Belleville
D. F. Reeves
Roscoe Cammet
Bidgewater
Amelia Hornung
Harold Rothfuss
M. Phillipp
Charles Camven
Abbie Snauble
Carol Kutler
Raynor Scudder
Wade
Bradley Scudder
Everett Collins
Charles
Macon
Florence Carven
Ypsilanti
Elizabeth Gaumar
Lottie
Wallace
Federated Church Notes Rev Roy J Miller Minister
Local church calendar outlines April 25 27 28 events at Federated Church Saline. Activities include praise and prayer at Miss Vesta Mills home 300 W Michigan Ave 7 30 p m worship services choir practice Sunday activities Sunday school at 11 15 a m Christian Endeavor 6 30 p m evening sermon Not to Know Anything 8 30 p m administrative session of Sunday school faculty Also May 1 Ladies Aid Society meeting led by Mrs George Austin devotions and May 12 Whitsunday discussion on observing Pentecost or Mother's Day
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Thrasher
H. Breitenwischer
Bridgewater
C. Boettner
George Boettner
Mattie
Rose Allen
South Lyon
Olivet
Ypsilanti
Frank
Kelsey
Eustis
Florida
M. D. Rogers
Julius Lindenschmit
Main Street
Mattie Brotherton
Bay City
P. H. Rouse
Sarah Fosdick
Victor Sturm
Cadillac
Albert Graf
Boettner
Rentschler
Klager
Buffalo
Esther Rentschler
Michigan High School Oratorical Association
Adrian
Toastmaster’s Club
Gross
George Miller
Arthur Lutz
Saline Woman’s Club
Charles Dietiker
Vesta Mills
Michigan Ave
Reveling
Federation of Baptists and
Presbyterians
Christian Endeavor
Ladies’ Aid Society
George Austin
Fred Aprill
Whitsunday
Methodist Church Notes with Walter C B Laxman Minister
Sunday worship service from 10:00 to 11:00 with a sermon titled Beginnings. Church school runs 11:00 to 12:00 led by Ray Davis as superintendent. Junior League meets 6:30 to 7:30 led by Mrs. Joseph Thomas with John Baker as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Davis
Joseph Thomas
Epworth League
John Baker
German settlers shaped early Saline area farms and townships
The article recounts German arrivals like Conrad Bissinger and Heinrich Manin, their paths to Ann Arbor and Scio, and how they built farms near Saline. It describes 19th century land use in Germany, journeymen practices, and barriers to starting businesses, noting local drilling activity by Wooders Drilling Co. and oil prospecting near Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
Ann Arbor
Andrew Ten Brook
Germany
Conrad Bissinger
Mannheim
Baden
Ann Auxilior
Dewitt Clinton
New York
Albany
Buffalo
Lake Erie
New York Bay
Ocean
Great Lakes
Bissinger
Charleston
South Carolina
Scio
Seio
Heinrich Manin
Stuttgart
Wurtemburg
America
Pennsylvania
Washington and
First Streets
Montgomery Ward
Swisher Wholesalg Grocery
R. L. Savery
Koch
Lodi
Pittsfield
York
Bridgewater
Freedom Townships
Wooders Drilling Co
Grand Rapids
Irving Gore
Clinton
Sheehan Wiedmayer Tie The Knot In Saline
Miss Florence Wiedmayer daughter of Mr and Mrs John Wiedmayer of Saline and Michael Sheehan were united in marriage Monday evening April 15 in the Evangelical Lutheran church chapel in Ann Arbor. Rev Schmale read the service. The bride wore a roses and sweet peas bouquet. The couple reside at Saline Valley Farms where Sheehan works in the dairy department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Wiedmayer
John Wiedmayer
Saline
Michael Sheeham
Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Ann Arbor
Schmale
George Byers, Jr
Byers
Farm Home Destroyed By Fire Near Textile Road
The Murray residence on Thomas Road just north of Textile Road burned completely Monday due to undetermined origin. The couple was working in the fields when flames were first observed. Saline fire department helped save a few articles. the house was insured but the furniture was not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Murray
Thomas Road
Textile Road
Saline General Hospital Returns Noted Residents
Mrs. Ralph Wolfe and her baby returned home Saturday from Saline General Hospital. Elmer Uphaus, once ill with pneumonia, has gone back to his Manchester home. Mrs. Katy Bartlett is recovering from a recent illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Wolfe
Baby
Elmer Uphaus
Manchester
Katy Bartlett
Trinity Ev Lutheran Church Weekly Schedule
Rev H L Engel conducts 10 a m English divine service with Holy Communion. Sunday school follows at 11 a m. The Ladies Aid meets next Wednesday afternoon, the Men's Club next Wednesday evening, and the League Thursday evening May 2. Ladies Aid meets in Scio Thursday April 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
League
Scio
York Baptist Church Service Schedule
York Baptist Church on Stony Creek and Platt Roads with Rev. John E. Hendricks as pastor offers morning worship at 10:00 a.m. Sunday school and Bible class at 11:15 a.m. B Y P U and conversational scripture study at 7:00 p.m. Gospel meeting at 7:45 p.m. Thursday prayer and praise service at 8:00 p.m.
St Johns Lutheran Church Bridgewater Service Schedule
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everyone is cordially invited.
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J. F. Grostic
D. C. Chiropractor
South Main Street
Ann Arbor, Mich
Perry A. Burrell
G. A. Zachmann
Wright St
Krins Craft Shop
Bioceammas Oe Alls
Miller Ave
Arnet’s Cemetery
N. Main
John Finkbeiner
Jim Finnell
Observer
Frank W. Wilkinson
Hartmann
S. Main St
Mich
American Bug Cleaners
Billy” Martin
Rauser Outfitting Co
4Th Ave
Burkhart’s Store
Billy Martin
Saline Phone
Swiss Cleaners
Fifth Ave
East Liberty
Gdofts
Sey Deo
Lauvi
AWN Arbor
FOX
Tent & Wasking Co
Central Dead Stock Co
THE
Sim. R. Wilson
M. C. Boutelle
Saline, Mich
AL Editorial
Association
Aitioe
Membr
Federated Church Notes
Roy J. Miller
Methodist Church
Walter C. B. Laxman
Detroit Edison
Detroit Edison Company
Pioneer Times
H. L. Engel
Brown’s
Silent Yardman
Lambarth Brothers
Unt
Sherwin-Williams
H.p. Ford
Gilmore- Yosemite
Ford
Wiedman Auto CO
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