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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
1
Each year about 30 000 visitors ascend Michigan fire towers and receive a membership card in the High Climbers Club for the view. The program marks a tradition linking tourists to the state’s historic lookout towers.
Indians near Lake Cerad Lake north of Traverse City in Leelanau County call it The Lake of the Serpent and to this day no redskin will venture on its clear blue waters.
A busy Saline Saturday saw two fires near the Chevrolet garage and Wampler's Lake drawing crowds. A pile of oily rags sparked the blaze behind the garage, quickly contained by firefighters. Police Chief Bert Gillen warned residents on fire prevention amid dry conditions and urged vigilance to avoid further incidents.
Delegates from over sixty Michigan rural communities attended the Waldenwoods institute sponsored by the Michigan Library Association and the U S Department of Agriculture. Speakers covered democracy issues in rural life, cultural heritage, and public library education, with discussions and exhibits complemented by evening folk dancing and entertainment.
Hugo Steele lived in Saline township his entire life born June 23 1895 to George and Kate Steele. He died found in his barn on Mohrhardt road last Thursday morning. Survived by parents one sister Mrs Roscoe Cammet five brothers Carl Pittsfield Alfred Ann Arbor August Lansing Otto and Raymond at home. Funeral with Rev Haneburg officiating and burial in Benton cemetery. Also note: Michigan Lake Erie shoreline is 47 miles long.
Reader column extols modern innovations from telephone to radio and discusses government saltwater research and wheat plastics. It notes the bomber plant rise near Ann Arbor and urges support for soldiers by writing home, plus a call to share hometown papers with service members as heat waves ease and vacations are planned.
Eye care ad offering exams and glasses every Saturday from 2:80 to 9:34 P M at the Be Hotel. Dr Frank Gifford, oculist and optometrist, is named in the notice.
A SCRIBE warns against pandering to patriotic fervor to justify support for any anti Christian regime. The piece argues democracy must rest on Christian teaching and warns of alliances with Stalin, Hitler, or Mussolini. It cautions that aiding anti Christ movements risks moral betrayal.
At the Rotary gathering Henry Burgess spoke on the agriculture teachers convention in Allegan and farming youth programs. Supt. Bearss shared penal system statistics by city size and denomination. Hugh Cooper urged voting on a zoning measure. A resident on M-66 near Lowell reported a 300 pound black bear in an onion field nearby before moving toward a swamp.
Owners Mr and Mrs Francis Lockwood convert the Andrew Warren residence into a funeral home with a new display room and enlarged prep area. A two car garage on the first floor and inner stairway connect to the dining room. The home features green velvet carpet soft creamy papered rooms sheer white curtains and archways creating a peaceful atmosphere.
August 11 is the annual threshers dinner with games and a big feed. Farmington Exchange Club held a chicken dinner with about thirty attendees praising country chicken. The board of directors meets the 12th and the 18th hosts the annual farm theatre, The Gondoliers by University of Michigan players, with seats set aside for Valley Farm folks.
Fresh 35 000 premium books distributed statewide and at H S Osler office. The books list prizes exceeding 7 000 dollars, with 5 000 to 6 000 exhibitors expected. Entries close August 15 for the August 27 to September 7 event. Divisions cover agriculture livestock horticulture and women’s department with notable awards across four H’s dairy cattle beef cattle horse swine poultry pigeons rabbits cavies and more.
H. C Moore of the farm crops department at Michigan State College announces three Lower Peninsula potato show dates. Two shows run November 3 and 4, with Southwestern Michigan potatoes shown in Edmore and Southeastern show in Bay City. Northern Michigan show in Cheboygan runs November 5 6 and 7.
Classified notices listing dairy cattle, breeding stock, poultry, farm equipment, and real estate for Saline area. Items include for sale of milch cows, gander stock, feeder lambs and cattle, a ten room house for sale, hatchery chicks, eye care services, and multiple vehicle and tractor listings along with farm supplies and repair services. Names and contact handles appear throughout.
A collection of classified items including flooring trades heating repairs auctioneers and merchants. Mentions Taylor’s Sinclair gas station Rauser Outfitting Co 118 N Fourth Ave Ann Arbor Wiedman Auto Co Adrian Tankage Co Ford tractors and Washtenaw county Ford owners selling fuel efficiency claims plus grocery specials in Saline and Dearborn demonstrations and sales inquiries.
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