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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1940
Page
2
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Officials must publish accounting of public money at regular intervals. The principle upholds democratic governance and transparency in how every dollar is spent.
Readers note a one cent reduction in summer taxes despite council actions to cut expenses by ignoring monthly itemized receipts and expenses. The column voices cautious disappointment and highlights the annual comparison of tax bills.
County treasurer reminds on the ten year payment plan taxes from 1935 and earlier must be paid by September 1 to avoid penalties. Any due this month not paid by October 1 goes to May tax sale with 50 cents extra for sale costs. past due balance on October 1 is liable to sale. Unpaid 1938 real estate taxes on October 1 will be listed for sale with 50 cents more per description.
The 14th season of Camp Newkirk at the Newkirk Reservation near Dexter ends as the program shifts to troop based planning for fall winter and spring activities. Scoutmasters and committees will organize trips encampments and winter camping is possible thanks to cabins with stoves. Applications are requested in advance. Saline Scouts May Plan Mackinac Island Trip
The Methodist Church announces a Sunday morning program with HE. W. Blackman of the University of Michigan Council of Religious Education speaking at 10 o clock. Church school runs from 11 to 12 led by Arthur Wilson, superintendent.
The Federated Church schedules worship at 10 with Sunday school at 11 15 led by Minister Rev Roy J Miller The notice mentions vacation to September and a service timetable.
Divine services at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m. English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Pastor M. C. Philipp invites all to attend.
The notice lists Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church with Pastor H. L. Engel. Divine service at 10 a.m. in Ha wish and 11 o’clock Sunday school. The League meets on Wednesday evening.
An agricultural insect expert warns female houseflies can become great grandmothers in 60 days if unchecked. One fly may lay up to 2,700 eggs in a three month life. Preventive steps include safe disposal of manure garbage sewage and grass clippings. Borax is cited as an effective low cost control while lime is of limited use. In Ionia Michigan two boys reported a missing $10 found in a corner mailbox after a post office staff unlocked it.
Public notice of hearing on the will of William Geddes filed by John B Geddes. The Washtenaw Probate Court sets August 26 1940 at 10 AM for the hearing and requires three weeks of publication in The Saline Observer. Judge Jay G Pray presides. Nora Borgert registers. Aug 18-15.
Probate Court of Washtenaw County appoints a time and place to receive examine and adjust claims against John Edward Brenson deceased. Creditors must present claims by October 7 1940 at ten o'clock in the forenoon at the Probate Office Ann Arbor. Publication required for three weeks in The Saline Observer.
Michigan probate court in Washtenaw County orders publication of final administration account for Susan Lyon estate. Hearing set August 71st, 1940 at 10 a.m. at the Ann Arbor Probate Office after three weeks of notice in the Saline Observer. Nora O Borgert, Judge of Probate.
The Saline Farmers Club plans a Whitmore Lake picnic on Saturday August 14. The column lists visitors and guests including Mr and Mrs Herman Stierfe of Ann Arbor and Mrs Mary Stierfe, Miss Olive Townsend of Lan sing, Miss Dorothy Spitler, Mrs Mae Buss of Milan, Mr and Mrs John Thomas and daughters of Sharon Penham, and others visiting relatives in Saline area. The piece mentions trips to Grand Rapids and Detroit, a birth, harvest festival plans, and locals traveling or staying with relatives.
At a probate session in Ann Arbor on August 5 1940 Judge Jay G Pray presiding the court orders creditors to present claims against the estate of Walter Davis Cook by October 14 1940 at ten in the forenoon for examination and adjustment public notice to run in The Saline Observer for three successive weeks. Temperatures in central Australia have reached 14 degrees above zero while natives wear no clothing.
A historical note on how Michigan voters elect the lieutenant governor, contrasting early appointed successors with the later elected office. It recalls four metropolitan residents who held the post and explains the 1909 constitution left electing the role intact while the current office sits vacant as the second in command becomes governor.
A recipe describes making fruit preserves from red currants gooseberries sour cherries and raspberries with sugar and pectin, then cooling pouring into sterilized glasses. It also covers a peach dessert blending condensed milk water crushed peaches confectioners sugar and whipped cream, chilling and freezing to semi solid before final serving.
The piece suggests family friendly culinary experiments with cucumber radish and vegetable soy beans and oddities like stuffed parboiled cucumbers. It also reports Joe Tilden’s wagon accident with Girl Scouts and a deputy sheriff hunt for a gypsy woman suspected of stealing $420 from Mrs Croft in Wisorn and South Lyon area.
Entomologists advise kerosene mixed with pyrethrum to curb light bedbug infestations. Apply clear liquid behind woodwork and in crevices, brush mattress tufts, and treat coverings. For lice, use kerosene emulsion with soft soap or olive oil, shampoo, wrap, wait, rinse, and comb.
Thieves smashed a small log cabin used by a church society to store a missionary offering, taking a quantity of Lincoln pennies saved in the basement window. The incident occurred in Elkton and police search for suspects.
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