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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1947
Page
8
The Federated Church led by Pastor Henry McKenzie holds 10:00 A M worship with a sermon on The Love of God and 9 15 A M Sunday School. Special music assists and August church activities end with August and resume September 7th.
Pastor Alvin Siemsen leads 10 00 A M morning worship at St Pauls with church school 15 A M. Sermon titled The Key to Completeness In Living. After church school, congregants meet at Saline Park for the annual picnic.
Pastor H. L. Engel leads a 10:00 A M German language divine service with 11:00 A M Sunday School. The annual League meeting is set for Thursday evening.
Bridgewater L C George Daschner pastor leads Sunday After Trinity service at 16:00 with morning worship. Sermon titled Something to Heed. Four adults to be confirmed and Holy Communion will be celebrated. Registration for the rite offered Friday and Saturday.
A church announces no Sunday School in August and invites all to worship services.
St James Evangelical and Reformed Church led by Pastor C A Haneberg holds worship at 10 00 AM and Sunday School at 11 15 AM with worship on the first Sunday of each month conducted in the building.
Pastor R. S. Hocking of the Methodist church delivers a Sunday sermon titled Sounds From Shore reflecting on his vacation experiences in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A Get-Acquainted class is planned for Monday evening with details to be announced.
In Michigan's new wilderness park near Lake of the Clouds, hikers reach Mirror Lake and its first cabins. Earl J. Donnelly helped bring supplies to the site while park officials plan five cabins. The narrative recalls a 1944 misstep, describes trails, flora, bears, and rustic meals, ending with satisfaction in seclusion.
The 18th century marks peak furniture making in England France and America. Noted English makers include Chippendale Adam Hepplewhite and Sheraton. In America Colonial and Federal styles arose in New England and Philadelphia with McIntyre and Savery as leaders. France produced royal court and provincial styles under Louis XV and Louis XVI.
Extension clothing specialists say colorfastness varies by fiber and use. Fast color means different needs for light, washing, or perspiration, with wool often dry cleaned and acetate rayons susceptible to atmospheric fading unless finishing resists gases. Viscose rayons show no atmospheric fading and take cotton dyes.
Rapid progress in trailer refrigeration and air conditioning is reported by the Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturers association. Small mechanical refrigerators for trailers are on the market with electric hook ups or bottled gas and kerosene operation. Some units run on gasoline generators for both refrigerator and lights, enabling constant cooling while traveling. Enhanced insulation and collaborations with the trailer industry are enabling packaged home air conditioners to be adapted for trailers, with plans for custom built trailers featuring integrated cooling systems.
Asbestos, mined like coal, has long served as a fireproof material used in clothing, curtains, roofing and flooring. Its key role lies in electrical insulation, trapping heat and aiding the control of electricity. Major deposits exist in Arizona, Canada, Russia and South Africa.
The article traces shifting norms from family based teaching to professionalization. It notes that modern teaching requires lawful certification, with qualifications including education standards and personal traits before a teacher is eligible for a certificate.
Longstanding confusion and conflicting state traffic laws burden drivers with accidents and delays. A proposed uniform motor vehicle code seeks to replace archaic ambiguous rules to speed adoption of clear, nationwide standards for easier understanding and enforcement.
Mrs. Raymond EH Spokes of Ann Arbor was elected president at a Manchester meeting held in the Masonic Temple. Ernest J. Almendinger was succeeded as president. Prof. Emil Lorch gave the keynote dinner address. New officers include vice presidents B F Burtless, Bessie Carven Collins, Leo Hoey, Simon Fagerstrom, George Burke, and Florence Weed. secretary treasurer I William Groomes. custodian Howell Taylor. official historian F Clever Bald. An exhibit on Washtenaw County history is on display at Rackham Building mezzanine.
Forbes School District No. 8 reunion scheduled for Sunday August 17 at the school grounds. All former teachers and pupils invited. Potluck dinner at noon. Officers include Lawrence Tucker president Micah Robison vice president Mrs Roscoe Cammett secretary and Mrs Lloyd Catey treasurer.
The Navy offers inducements to regain trained personnel during demobilization. Ex petty officers may reenlist in higher or previous ratings across 29 rating groups. The complete list is available at the Navy Recruiting Office in Detroit Michigan.
The piece notes that French dry cleaning emerged from industrial history with early French discovery of hydrocarbon solvents, later refined by German, British, and American firms. It mentions a French youth opening the first American dry cleaning shop in Philadelphia about a century ago.
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