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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1935
Page
1
Gov. Fitzgerald launches a state wide push to collect delinquent taxes for 1932 and earlier with waivers and installment options. Audits and weekly county reports coordinate the effort while Dr. Eugene B. Elliott notes one quarter of collected taxes fund public schools and debt service.
The Grand Rapids police press radio links and phones to summon help instantly. 23 police radio cars and five motorcycles in the city plus 25 cars and two motorcycles in the metro area support the effort with public education and widespread cooperation from utilities and businesses.
A Friendly column shares inspiration and humor with readers and presents practical canning tips. The My Best Recipe section, by Mrs Alger Allison, offers pickling and canning instructions for string beans cucumbers cherries and olives with specific salt vinegar proportions and sealing steps.
In the second Our Library installment the author praises Good Bye Mr Chips as a clear sympathetic portrait of a beloved teacher. The piece notes its transformation arc from ordinary man to cherished head, and credits Harper's American Mercury and the Atlantic Monthly for further praise. It also mentions a new children’s book collection and the library’s magazine subscriptions.
Michigan hunters may train dogs on game for 60 days before each season and through winter until March 15 next year. Upper peninsula starts August 2 while lower peninsula starts August 16. Training hours are sunrise to sunset and firearms are banned during training. Field trials may occur under conservation rules.
Frank Camburn treasurer announces tax collection at Savings Bank on Aug 24 and Citizens Bank on Aug 31 in Saturday afternoon and evening sessions. He will be out of town Sept 1 to 8.
The old timers of Saline and Milan prepare for a charity Sunday afternoon game at the local park to support the high school band. Dizzy Dean pitches for Saline backed by Chauncey Fitzgerald and others while Milan fields Gauntlett led players in a bid to win the claimed world championship. Proceeds fund music needs, with the band scheduled to perform multiple selections.
Hoeft was in rare form Sunday afternoon as Saline totaled five runs on 13 hits off Frey. The visitors from the west managed only two hits, producing a single run. Hamburg edged Dexter 8 to 7, while Manchester defeated Milan 13 to 8, creating a four way tie for second.
Don Straub of Galien Michigan produced the highest milk from a nine cow herd among U S dairymen in a national test at Michigan State College Dairy Department. His herd averaged 15297 pounds of milk and 558 pounds of butterfat annually, with butterfat second highest. West Allegan Herd Improvement Association ranked second nationally among 10 to 20 herd tests. Michigan dairymen lead in record keeping of feed costs and production.
The Sutherland School marks its 100th founding anniversary with a reunion of alumni and teachers next Sunday at the school. Founded on land donated by John Cody in 1835 the log schoolhouse began the district’s continuous school use. A potluck at 12 30 will precede a program recalling early history and honoring pioneers with speakers including Miss Cora Haas county school commissioner and Miss Hazel Bird of Ann Arbor as association secretary.
Saline Rotarians heard Capt P R Cleary of Ypsilanti recount National Guard camp and field maneuvers at Camp Grayling. He highlighted motorized artillery and trucks moving personnel from home armories. a Grand Rapids to camp trip in under nine hours, a vast 12000 acre site.
Michigan wheat growers will be offered crop control contracts covering 1936 and the next three years. Contracts, ready soon, will be handled by county control committees elected by farmers. The agreement reduces planting 15 percent from base acreage with a 54 to 85 percent range, and allows adjustments within 25 percent in subsequent years. Parity payments will be issued in two installments based on adjusted base production.
Washtenaw County fruit growers should complete the second generation codling moth spray on standard apple varieties by August the timing depends on night temperatures staying below 62 degrees. Two or more sprays at 10 day to two week intervals are advised. For chemical wash use three pounds lead arsenate and four to six pounds hydrated lime per 100 gallons. for non washing orchards use summer oil emulsion with nicotine sulphate.
Frances Unterkircher expresses gratitude to friends neighbors relatives and to Rev Crosby Rev Schofield Rev Ede Mrs FitzGerald and daughter Irene for kind expressions of sympathy during bereavement.
A collage of classified notices from Parsons and Muir advertise shoes at 2.25 and 2.95, used tractors and farm machinery from Saline Mercantile, tin and furnace work by EH J Muir, and an ice cream social by the Methodist Ladies Aid on Mrs. Earl Fosdick’s lawn August 24. Herman Heininger issued contact numbers.
On sale now through GEO. W. COOK & SON authorized Chevrolet dealers. Silk hose at 69c with new midsummer colors and various weights. Oculist offers glasses from $7.50 to $1000. CASH paid for past due notes by National Fidelity Co. Used cars listed including a 1927 Oakland Sedan and a 1928 Pontiac Coach. Probate notices invited via the newspaper for settlement notices.
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