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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1931
Page
5
Frantic effort by all concerned saved the barn and farm home of Hilliard Howland near Brooklyn after a bolt of lightning struck a barn and jumped to another. Fire started in a hay mow but was extinguished before the barn caught fire. Mr Howland and his son were milking when struck, while Mrs Howland and daughter aided with water.
Numerous residents and visitors travel between Saline Tecumseh Milan Ann Arbor and Detroit for work visits family and social events. Local clubs hold meetings and upcoming conventions include the State Grocer’s and Meat Dealers Association May 1.
Lt. Nissly visits Lansing as Republican state convention delegate. Anna and Luella Mang of Ypsilanti visit Saline friends. Henry Ormsby buys into Covell barber shop. Old Binder building torn for new garage. Edith Stang returns from Pontiac visit. Lamar Ewing stays a week. Dr. Woodbridge to occupy Wallace block room. Harry Friis of Detroit visits Derr family. Mrs. Sophronia Griswold celebrated 93rd birthday with broad turnout. Saline lodge hall dedication draws state officers. Ernest Towler hosts banquet toast. Alfred and George Miller toast oldest and youngest members.
S A Fitzgerald began sprinkling on Monday. Fred Weinman’s household goods arrived from Ypsilanti on Tuesday. Emerson Rouse nears milk route setup. William Barnard and a Reading friend visited his parents Sunday. Florence Briggs and John R Mitchell announce May 8 marriage. Conrad Boettner starts building a barn on C Parsons property. Gottlob Hartler sold his old Herford bull weighing near 1 1/2 tons. Charles Rogers and Mrs Hensler moved. Hensler buys Dunn place. Matrimonial business expected to resume soon. Clifford Bassett and Gottlob Hertler visiting from Detroit. About 15 feet of blue racers captured near Forbes schoolhouse. three snakes paired. M S Laxton ex-postmaster Lawton arrested for embezzlement, taken to Kalamazoo for hearing. Lawton once hardware merchant here. Messrs Selling and Hatch of Detroit looked at a new electric road franchise from Ann Arbor to Adrian. Possible bluff by Boland on Jackson line.
The Christian Science Society of Saline holds services in the hall above Citizens Bank at 10 30 a m Sundays with Sunday school for pupils under 20. Testimonial meeting is Wednesday at 7 30 p m. The lesson sermon on Everlasting Punishment for Sunday May 3 cites Dan 3 17 and a passage from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
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