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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1932
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment lists fragmented names and possible places or events, though most text is unreadable. It mentions individuals with unclear associations and lacks coherent context or legible dates, locations, or actions.
A fragmentary entry notes the home of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Webber. The brief item mentions their residence but lacks additional context or details.
Grove School reunion held August 2, 193? with about 150 present and 125 at dinner. Program featured songs, readings by Clifton Van Houten and Mrs. Craig, solos by Miss Harwood, duets, and various reports. Officers elected include Dan Murray president Rudolph Hertler vice president Bertha Hertler secretary Electa Murray treasurer. Ball game winners were the single men. Names B S Cook Paul Wheeler Robert Hertler I W Dicks noted among the year's deceased.
The Christian Science Society of Saline meets in the Citizens Bank hall Sundays at 10 30 A M with Sunday school for pupils under twenty after the morning service A testimonial meeting is Wednesday at 7 30 P M The lesson sermon uses Mind and cites Acts 17 24 from the Bible and readings from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy including Mind is the I AM and related themes.
Local residents share visits and gatherings across towns. Jesse Bird lost a horse last week. Miss Pearl Dicks returned from a visit with her sister. Miss Jacob Stecher spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Leslie Bailey. Miss Mary Murray was a supper guest of Mrs John Gooding and Mrs Alger Allison. Miss Eunice Blood of Barker New York visits her aunt Mrs Hatte Murray and Michigan relatives. Mr and Mrs James Crittenden and daughters from Mooreville spent Thursday evening with Alger Allison and family. Mr and Mrs Leslie Bailey hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Fred Schmid of Saline and Bert Bailey of Cone Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Walter Bailey Miss Russell and Mr and Mrs George Bailey and son of Tecumseh and Mr and Mrs Donegan and son from Jackson visited Sunday afternoon at Leslie Bailey’s.
Marion Girbach hosted Ann Arbor visitors over the weekend while locals and relatives gathered for reunions and funerals. Residents including Mrs. B H M Gilbert and Mrs. W M Davis traveled to see kin in Clinton Findlay and Muskegon, with several families attending a Gilbert reunion near Muskegon and mourners at a funeral in Hammond.
Mrs William Kinsley and Corinne visited Joseph Schaible on Sunday afternoon. Families including Sloss, Burkhart, Aymond Burkhart, Lloyd, Lambarth, and others spent last week fishing at Northlake. Portage Lake cottages hosted swimming, fishing, and golf. Waters family toured cascades near Jackson with steaks and corm roast. Hindster shower for Louise at Bridgewater hall featured dancing and many gifts as she nears marriage.
A fragmentary Central Lodi note recounts fishing on Monday at Delhi by Jacob Kinsley and Laverne Moore, and Sunday visits among the Moore, Bruckner, and Drake families. The Rentz reunion drew about 115 at the Steele home, with plans for a 1933 timing mention.
Detroit resident Rosie Drum spends the week with cousin Hildegarex Metzger while Mrs. Olive Haslick of Saline visits Mrs. Hallie Mehler. Detroit and Ypsilanti families swap visits, weddings, and reunions across Grand Blanc, Clinton, Temperance, and Norwalk Iowa, with multiple guests from Texas and York Township.
Local residents in Ypsilanti and nearby Ann Arbor areas hosted relatives and friends during the weekend. Notable visits included Miss Zella Spence in Ann Arbor with her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Riz Glover hosting in Ypsilanti, and Clifford Mansfield assisting relatives in Ann Arbor. Families such as the Stilts, Spence, Craig, Woodworth, and Metzger clans spent Sunday with kin, while two newborns were announced in Macon as Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Ebersole welcomed a daughter.
State conservation commission issues a two year closed season on hunting deer in counties south of Town 20 North, Michigan. Exceptions apply for Mason, Clare, and Newaygo counties under Act 97, P A 1931. Signed July 31, 1931 by George R Hogarth, W H Loutit, and Ray H Cotton.
The Conservation Commission under Act 236 of 1925 bans mink trapping in most of Michigan for two years. In the Upper Peninsula trapping is prohibited except Nov 1 to Nov 30. In the Lower Peninsula north of the north line of Township 16, trapping is barred from Nov 16 to Dec 15. In the Lower Peninsula south of that line east of Saginaw Bay trapping is forbidden from Dec 1 to Dec 31. Signed July 1, 1931 by George Hogarth, WM. H. Loutit, and Ray B. Cotton.
A promotional health note touts Kruschen Salts as a fat loss aid. It claims rapid weight loss and improved energy with a daily half teaspoon in hot water for three weeks, urging readers to buy from a leading druggist.
State conservation orders set a one year prohibition on raccoon hunting in the Upper Peninsula and limited Lower Peninsula hunting with specific open dates. Also includes migratory waterfowl season rules for ducks geese brants coots woodcock and limits. Signed July 26 1932 by WM Loutit Chairman and Ray Cotton Secretary.
St Johns Lutheran Church Bridgewater. Pastor M C Phillipp leads divine services at 9:00 a.m. and Sunday school at 11:00 a.m. English services held on the second and fourth Sundays monthly. All invited. Carhartt overalls 98 cents at Parsons. Go window shopping in your easy chair. Read the ads.
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