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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1943
Page
2
Mrs. Richard Jahnke returned home on Sunday. Mrs. John Powers and infant son returned home on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hack announce the birth of a son. Byron Rhoades remains about the same. Fred Brenson remains at the hospital and is about the same.
Saline Woman's Club held its regular meeting in Red Cross rooms last Tuesday. The final meeting of the club year is planned for May 4 at Mrs. Edward Clark's home. The group will host the Washtenaw County Federation of Women's Clubs on May 15 with a noon potluck at the Methodist church parlors. All members are urged to attend. Tecumseh laundry closes during the war leading locals to use tubs and washboards.
The Saline Observer lists pricing for single copies and subscriptions with annual and seasonal rates and notes free obituary and marriage notices. It states charged announcements and entertainments have per line rates, with a 25 cent minimum.
A poem about a village grocer under endless rules and rationing. He struggles with new OPA directives, price charts, and taxed profits while customers quarrel over sauerkraut waxed beans and processed fruit. The piece ends with a toast to the grocer and the point values of everyday goods.
The St James Evangelical Lutheran Church in Saline Township led by Pastor A Haneberg invites all to weekly divine services at 10 a m. Sunday school follows at 11:16 with open welcome to everyone.
Rev H L Engel preaches at 10 a m English service. Sunday school follows at 11. Ladies Aid meets midweek, Men’s Club on Wednesday evening, and League on Thursday evening.
Worship at 10 a.m. with "This Same Jesus" as the sermon theme preached by Dr. Lendrum. Choir to repeat Easter music. Church school at 11:15 a.m. Lesson "The Master Motive" led by Arthur Wilson. Epworth League gathers 6:30 p.m. for worship and youth study. Ww. Ss. CG. S. divisions meet Tuesday evening and Rainbow division Thursday evening. Third division Wednesday afternoon. Cordial welcome to all services.
Divine services at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11. EBnetish services are held every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
Miss Mintie Coe visited relatives in Ypsilanti Thursday. Miss Julia Gordon hosted Mrs. Nettie Hendershot of Macon. Various residents traveled to Pontiac Detroit and Saline for visits and business. Eggs from C. F. Smith store shipped to Detroit valued over $1,000. State officials and hospital staff from U of M attended a social at Walter Gordon's.
A Michigan State College home economics program launches a statewide campaign on food preservation. Beginning in May, meetings will teach rural and urban families canning, drying, storing, freezing, and brining with guidance on hot water bath and pressure canning, aiming to boost family food stores for 1943.
G L Hoyt visited merchants in Ann Arbor on Saturday. Sunday school at Hammond school house starts next 10. M Rockwell began building an addition on East Henry street. Mr and Mrs David Russell of Willis visited Mrs Clara Leonard over Sunday. A box social for Alumni Association will be held in Maccabee hall Friday evening. Miss Julia Lederer returned from Lansing to aid her brother Paul. Mr and Mrs George Thearer Jr and family visited Mr and Mrs George Rothfuss of Macon. Mr and Mrs A G Ribbeck of Hillsdale are visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs Edward DePuy. Grover Gillen leaves for Boyne City to manage the baseball team there. Mrs Calvin Wolf and children of Ann Arbor visiting her parents. Mr and Mrs Edward LaubenGay er of Ann Arbor spent Saturday night and Sunday with her mother, Mrs Katherine Seitz. The 79th anniversary of Washtenaw Baptist Association will be held next Wednesday and Thursday. Cemetery trustees approve a rustic bridge across the ravine in the cemetery. Misses Luella Kyte Berniece Barr Ruth Bond and Louise Wrelper went to Ann Arbor to take teachers examinations.
A note explains a strategy to contact a large audience by using Ob server advertising columns. The tactic promises wide reach at low cost and suggests efficiency gains from this approach. The message emphasizes scalability and cost savings for broad outreach.
In Jack Greenstein’s absence history classes were led by Mrs Simons who coordinated with him on the schedule. Dexter visits Saline for the first baseball game with students excited about new uniforms and teachers returning home across the state. Herb Westphal returns from Navy service with Band welcoming him before next week’s advanced training camp.
The weekly church schedule lists Sunday worship at 10 30 with a sermon The Power of a Risex Savior Sunday school at 11 50 and a Christian Endeavor at 6 45 with an evangelistic service at 7 45 Youth service and choir practice on Thursdays. A chancery notice in Washtenaw County requires the defendant Randolph HE Catt to appear within three months from March 15 1943 per Judge GEO W SAMPLE with filing by Dorothy N Ribick deputy clerk.
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