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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1953
Page
4
Divine Worship at 10 with solo by Mrs Elwin Strait and sermon The Rule of the Road. Church School at 11. Monday Official Board meeting in Church Parlors at 8. Social gathering of St James Church congregation. voting members urged to attend this important meeting.
The St James Evangelical Church announces pastor vacation August 16 and 23 with no worship or Sunday School. August 11 at 8:00 p.m. there will be a church event. Frederick H Engeldorfer serves as minister and morning worship starts at 10 a.m. and Sunday School at 11:15 a.m.
The Rev. Stanley Hartman of Apple Creek Ohio will be guest minister at St. Paul’s Church Alvin Siemsen, Pastor. Morning worship is at 10:00 a m and church school at 11:15 a m. Hartman, once a resident, was ordained at St. Paul’s and led Evangelical and Reformed congregations in Alliance Ohio and Apple Creek.
A devotional reflection urges turning to God in trouble and prayer for peace. It cites Jeremiah and Jesus to affirm God’s attentive love, compares divine Fatherhood to earthly, and notes Christ’s salvation through the Cross. The piece quotes Dr. Carrel on prayer lifting minds and ends with the call to pray and trust God.
Alvin Siemsen of Federated Church announces a summer break. Fife Lake fishing reports good. Services at 9:45 a.m. Church School led by Zen Jewell, 11:00 a.m. Divine Worship with theme How Do We Know What the Truth Is. Nursery for children. Last service before vacation period.
The line quotes Abraham Lincoln saying he has been driven to his knees by the conviction that there is nowhere else to go. It reflects a perspective on resilience in hardship and faith.
Final services mark the last Sunday before a vacation period at Federated Church. The pastor will preach on the theme How Do We Know What the Truth Is during Divine Worship at 11 o clock after a 9:45 a clock church school. Services resume on Sunday August 30.
Careless smokers and debris burners started over 70 percent of Michigan’s 1952 forest fires. The state recorded 1,850 fires burning 13,944 acres, up from 756 fires and 4,868 acres in 1951. James C. McClellan of American Forest Products Industries blamed hazardous weather and noted Michigan’s fires reflect a national rise. Nine of every ten fires were contained before spreading beyond ten acres.
AFPI report using U S Forest Service data shows 1799 fires started by careless smokers in 1952 in Michigan. Debris burners caused 555 fires and campers started 107 fires that year.
The text argues newly built roads can fail before opening due to faulty construction. It notes boulevards wear like busy streets and that a well-made highway should last about 20 years with proper inspection and repairs. It cautions not to blame traffic for road failures.
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