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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1954
Page
2
Years ago Thomas Schurtz and family depart to join Mrs Schurtz in Keadian with plans to spend time there. Several locals return home or visit hospitals, banks, and relatives across Saline Detroit Toledo and northern Michigan as community life continues.
A preserved item notes historic Sunday trips from Detroit to Toledo by White Star Line at 50 cents round trip with Detroit to Port Huron tickets at one dollar. It mentions a dry spell shortening huckleberry crops and various local business notes including a new milk wagon by P H Rouse and ice deliveries by Nissle and Schmid. It also records Dr Wells family moving north, Briggs hosting daughters from Chicago, and a Lady Maccabees gathering with regional hive participation led by Queen City of Ypsilanti along with Milan, Northville and Manchester members. Major General Alexander Shaler is listed among the figures.
The seventh annual rodeo and horse show moves to Jim Hone farm three miles west of Manchester off M-11. Campers may stay overnight, 250 horses expected in a Main Street parade, with events for men women and children starting at 1 p.m. Col Herbert Steffens leads the 3-H Ranch team and Irvin Walker of Clinton is general chairman.
The Ypsilanti State Hospital invites volunteers from Jackson, Washtenaw, Lenawee, Wayne, Monroe and Hillsdale counties to assist in rehabilitation, social services, nursing aides, therapy, and clerical work. Applicants must be 21 or older and not related to patients or staff. Contact Mrs. LaDonna Kennedy for details.
Short, reflective quotations from Thoreau Brooks and Burns on companionship solitude and prayer. The lines explore inner dialogue with the divine and the steady search for meaning through faith and quietude.
Mrs Carl Jusen and her daughter traveled from New York to Saline arriving Wednesday to visit Judge and Mrs Stanton. They toured A T Wood’s sheep farm and George Johnson’s farm. George Schairer guided them to Ann Arbor with D L Schairer and Col Dean showing the University. A meeting and parade on the Stanton lawn featured the Saline Cornet Band and local comrades with sentiment, music and handshakes.
An advertisement urges use of T-4-L for 3 to 5 days to treat athlete's foot. It claims the product peels the outer skin, exposes buried fungi, and kills on contact with instant drying. A 40 cent money back offer is stated. Presented for Reveling Drug Store.
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