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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1933
Page
5
A flurry of visits and gatherings centers on Hillsdale and nearby towns. The Meyer family reunion at Whitmore Lake draws relatives while Miss Naomi Schaffer visits Detroit and the LeBaron and Staebler families host relatives near Kalamazoo and Saline.
Fifteen years back C B Isbell sold a driving horse. Detroit guest Miss May Schafer visits Mrs. Muir. Ann Arbor visitors Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Boettner call Saturday afternoon. Sylvia Gross of Bridgewater visits Ruth Aprill. Mrs C C Woodbridge entertains her cousin George DeGow of Detroit. Mrs Julius Lindenschmidt and children visit relatives here. Olive Cressy leaves for Chicago to visit relatives. Berniece Barr takes a Detroit job starting Monday. Armbruster family reunion held at Pleasantlake. Webb Coe and wife of Ann Arbor visit Saline area. Ida Clements hosts friend Miss McMahon of Ann Arbor during the chautauqua. Erma Burkhardt returns from visiting sister Esther in Ann Arbor. Mrs Fred Heertler and Mrs Chris Braun visit sister Mrs August Braun in Pontiac. Mrs C A Curtiss and son Bliss return from two weeks in La Grange Indiana. Mrs Earl V Smith will live with her parents while husband serves in the military.
Nettie Simmons visits Holloway and Maude Friis visits Canada while N Bordine and daughter Myrtie spend a week at Mt Clemens. S J A Fitzgerald becomes street sprinkler owner as Sumner Briggs resigns. Rev Lawrence attends a Presbyterian ministers conference at Lake Orion. Carma McMullen visits Lillian Sanford in Ypsilanti. Ira and Ben Kigbler visit west of town. Mrs C Boettner and a Jackson niece return from St Paul and Minneapolis. A flock of twenty wild geese passes northward late season.
The Saline Junior 4-H club joined Benton 4-H and Saline Junior Corn club for a Friday picnic at the Tourist park. Rex and Ray Gleaton provided music, lemonade and cookies followed a ball game where the Corn club boys faced the Rotarians led by Wanny Cook, Art Kalder, and Warren Finkbeiner. The Rotarians won in a late rally after a misplay on a fly ball, ending with a home run in the final inning.
The Washtenaw County Fair announces a premier program from August 28 to 31 with nightly changing revues led by Corrine Myer of Detroit and a 28‑performer cast offering eight acts. Detroit Edison lighting will back the fairgrounds track for night horse racing, drawing Michigan horsemen hoping to boost interest.
Mrs Julia Layher travels to Sebewaing to stay with sister Mrs Mary Lackhardt for a couple weeks. Mrs Harold Hissinger and children of Midland visit her parents Mr and Mrs O Wheeler. Elvin Armbruster and Judean Bern visit Chicago for the Century of Progress Exposition from Wednesday to Saturday. The American Legion Auxiliary met Tuesday and donated ten dollars to Otter Lake billet and five dollars to Battle Creek tuberculosis and veterans hospitals, funded by the poppy sale, plus home made jams jellies and cookies sent to the tuberculosis hospital by Mrs Donald Burkhart who visited Wednesday.
The article recounts Chief Ouray of the Utes, his early life, wars, and shift toward diplomacy with whites. It details his marriage to Chipeta, his refined household, and his disciplined leadership, including his response to the Meeker massacre and the pension that made him wealthy. It notes annual memorials at Ignacio each May 24.
Fragmentary text mentions a wife starting house cleaning and a morning ham order. No clear people, places, dates, or events are identifiable from the readable portion.
Saline defeats Dexter 6 to 3 as Lamebarth pitches steadily. Schmid singles and advances on Keubler walk with Lambarth bunting home Schmid. Lambarth scores on a line drive and sacrifice. Saline adds a run in the seventh. Dexter replies with one in seventh and two in the ninth. Saline travels to Lima Center next Sunday.
Saline defeats Barnegat in a hard fought game with Schuylerville debuting and M Wedemeyer leading with a four for four night including a homer. Hass and Seeger homered for Barnegat as the Saline Whizbangs and Barnegat Terrors produced a lively, error-filled contest.
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