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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
8
Central York notes Thomas Hertler suffers poison ivy and several residents visit, host dinners, and travel. Sweeney, Allison, Crittenden, and Sanders families share meals and visits in Mooreville, Willis, Saline, and Milan areas. A hospital stay for Joseph Sweeney Jr and a Yellowstone trip conclude this round of local happenings.
Kathryn Luckhardt spent Friday with Hallie Jane Mehler. Born Saturday August 6 to Mr. and Mrs Pete Scholtz, a son. Jerome DuFor visited Ypsilanti with sister Mrs Ben Cogswell. Hugh Craig weekend in Britton with daughter Mrs Helen Downing. Verl Sand of Romulus stayed with Albert Cross. Ray Frisbie and son Junior of Milan hosted Roscoe Craig family. Helen Fisher and children traveling to Pennsylvania to spend winter with her father. Almond Kuder and Mrs Allan Wise of Macon in Stilts home Thursday. Roscoe Craig family with Donald Lynch of Milan Saturday. Pearl Kuder and daughter Geraldine of Detroit left for Niagara Falls. Donald and Calvin Luckhardt visiting Amos Luckhardt. Hallie Mehler and son Thurjow visited Roy Kempf family in Britton. Frank Bowerman and Leroy Thayer with son David spent Tuesday with Stilts. Geraldine Kutler and Mrs Wareld Kutler and Armine at Indian Lake. Ed Johnson and Wilma Briggs to Butler Pa for Mary Briggs. Flora Vealey and children Jean Jack with Bertha Stits and sons Donald Junior in Detroit Friday. O S Evans spending two weeks in Kansas and Colorado. Oscar Hix staying at Evans home. Gamble family reunion attended by Frank Stilts, Leon Vealey, and Alonzo Kutler at Wampler's Lake.
Macon social notes list Mrs Earl Pennington and two daughters visiting Kalamazoo. William Donaldson of Holloway and others calling on Mrs Matt ing. Lester Gorton from New Jersey visiting his brother Charles. many plans of family visits, guests from Monroe Plymouth and Detroit, and local Picnics at Ford Park. Funeral services held for Mrs Gay Colney. Officials in an Illinois town forget the combination to the municipal safe.
E L Benton appointed extension specialist in animal husbandry replacing Delmar H LaVol who resigns to head public relations for the National Livestock and Meat Board in Chicago. Norris Wilbur succeeds Benton as Tuscola county agricultural agent and Russell Leonardson replaces Wilbur at Blissfield High School after teaching nine years in Blissfield. Friends held a farewell dinner for LaVol with state figures among the organizers.
Mooreville notes report Doris Jean Wineland visiting sister and husband in Ypsilanti while Paul Zeluff of Detroit spends Sunday with his parents Guy and Mrs. Zeluff and Alan. Alfred Machus and Melvindale family staying ten weeks at Clarence Schwartz’s. Norene Schwartz visiting uncle John Sylvester in Garden City for two weeks. James McCook of Tecumseh guests of Alta Goldsmith and Hazensdene. Rev Lureen Strait holds Bible school at Mooreville M E church 2 to 4 for two weeks. Arthur Kanitz and sons of Cone visit Loyal Kexitz family Sunday.
Sunday visits and gatherings fill the Hammond District as families and friends from Barton to Bedford and nearby towns spend afternoons with relatives. Guests include Genevieve Gilbert hosting Muskegon and Ann Arbor visitors, and multiple reunions at Fremont lake with Gilbert and Eberle families.
Marian H Dixon of Michigan State College urges careful pattern selection so a single pattern can be used repeatedly. A sound pattern with adaptable lines lets changes in decoration and accessories prevent homely duplicates. Some cheaper patterns work, but high grade fabrics require better patterns to do justice to cloth and figure.
Saline Township, Michigan, issues registration notices for the general and primary elections to be held Tuesday, September 13, 1938. Township Clerk Lester Hanson announces registration times, dates, and residency requirements, with openings on August 24 and September 3, detailing eligibility for qualified electors to register or reregister for upcoming elections.
Township clerk Herman Gensley announces registration in Lodi Township Michigan for the September 18 1938 general primary. Registration days are August 24 and September 3 with reviewing and reregistering for qualified electors, hours 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on each day, noting absent voters law and constitutional provisions.
Notice by York Township Clerk in Michigan inviting eligible residents to register in advance of the general primary. It lists registration days at Whitmarsh Store, Milan, with specific dates, times, and locations, and cautions only actual residents may be registered. The item ends with a note about liberal advertisers being at expositions and world fairs offering free services.
Saline City Michigan issues registration guidance for General Primary on Sept 13 1938. City Clerk Lottie Wallace details registration windows rules absentee voting by oath transfers between city precincts and last registration day Sept 3 with open hours 8 am to 8 pm on specified day. The notice outlines penalties for false statements and cites Michigan Election Law provisions and absent voter procedures.
In Washte naw County Michigan the Probate Court schedules a hearing on August 30 1938 at ten oclock for Fred Be Abel to determine the legal heirs entitled to the real estate of Lorenzo Abel deceased. Public notice to be published in The Saline Observer for three consecutive weeks. Jay G Pray Judge of Probate. Nora O Borgert Register of Probate. Aug 4 1938
Michigan State College announces a new oat variety created by E. E. Down using a cross of Markton and Victory. The goal is a high yielding, smut immune grain with stiffer straw and slightly earlier maturity. Production this year expected near 200 bushels, with 1939 distribution among selected seed growers, potentially expanding to thousands of bushels next year.
Court in Washte naw County appoints dates for creditors to file claims for the estate of Joseph BF Schmid deceased. Four months from July 19 1938 are allowed for filing claims with the Probate Office in Ann Arbor. Claims will be heard September 26 and November 26 1938 at ten o clock in the forenoon.
A brief editorial note reflects on public spirit and patriotism in relation to traffic rule violations. It compares the idea to accepting consequences, urging readers to lean into what is coming and consider civic duty in traffic enforcement discussions.
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