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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
2
The column recalls dinner table banter when a guest asks a riddle about four I s. Bobby defers and the guest answers Mississippi. Reunions spread across regions but attendance is hurt by the rubber shortage. A nearby town draws attention to horse and buggy and a mule team hauling produce as nostalgia for grandparent era shopping resurfaces.
At 10 a m English divine service and 11 a m Sunday school are announced. The League convenes Thursday at the Otto Lindemann residence.
The Methodist Church will worship at 10 a.m. with preaching by The Rev Dr H Addis Leeson of Ann Arbor and music by the choir. Church school follows at 11 15 led by Arthur Wilson. The study of prayer continues as part of our worship and instruction. Remember the Sabbath Day and go to church.
Seline Township church announces divine services every Sunday at 340 a m with Sunday school at 11 15 am Reverend GC A Haneberg pastor welcomes all. Keep them firing with junk refers to a local ad slogan.
The Saline Observer lists Sim. R. Wilson as publisher and M. C. Bouteile as editor. It notes postal handling as second class matter at Saline Michigan.
The passage outlines newspaper pricing for single copies and subscriptions, plus per line charges for notices, obituaries, marriages, poetry, and paid announcements. It specifies 3 cent single copies, $1 yearly, six months 50 cents, three months 25 cents, and 1.50 outside Michigan, with various per-line rates and a 25 cent minimum.
A Ro tarian piece argues education should focus on thinking and civic understanding rather than memorizing facts. It stresses home and school as partners shaping participation, responsibility, and cooperative democracy in children for a better America and world.
The National Safety Council reports traffic accidents as the leading cause of death and injury in 1941. Motor vehicles killed 40,000 and injured 1,459,900 with costs totaling 1.9 billion dollars. Grade crossing collisions numbered 1,834, fewer than in 1928.
The Saline Rotary Club hosted H W Schneider of Ann Arbor as guest speaker at The Tavern meeting last Thursday noon. His talk impressed readers and a full copy was requested for publication, with plans for a continued story if needed.
The U S Treasury announces August 1943 War Bond quotas for Michigan totaling 36 750 000 with county allocations led by Genesee 1 651 100 and Wayne 20 636 300. Quotas apply to 3070 counties nationwide and monthly sales will adjust future quotas.
Readers share ideas for easier household tasks and new vegetable cooking approaches. Include two favorite recipes or tips, and indicate if you want names used. Submissions welcome for the Hodgepodge column.
Ground beef patties are formed with bread crumbs salt and egg then wrapped in bacon and broiled or fried. A rich Graham Cracker Cake layers pineapple filling with crushed crackers walnuts and butter sugar then chills overnight and serves with whipped cream.
Roberta Hershey of Michigan State College notes drying corn as a practical old time method for winter supply. The process: precook on the cob, steam optional, cut kernels spread half to three quarters inch thick, dry 125 to 160 degrees for five to six hours, then finish air drying under cheesecloth. Store in jars or crocks with paraffin sealed tops.
Divine services at 10:60 a.m. Sunday school at 11. English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Pastor M. C. Phillipp invites all.
Official notice outlines general and absentee registration rules for Saline Township Michigan for the September 1942 general primary. It specifies registration days August 18 and August 26, daily hours, residency and qualification requirements, and consequences for false statements.
The statement calls for a total ban on Japanese navigation at sea or in the air and deportation of all Japanese to the mainland. It urges a perpetual disarmament regime for Germany under staged control until it is deemed harmless, with no future military power allowed.
L S Pierce visited Hillsdale last Thursday. Potatoes rot on low ground. Mrs Gertrude Lutz takes a two weeks vacation. Union service Sunday in the Baptist church. Alvin Bond killed a large rattlesnake in the yard. Mrs L M Thorn has night blooming cereas blossoms. Miss Gertrude Collins visiting friends in Clinton and Tecumseh. Heavy rains threaten large oat crop. Special car carried about sixty from St Pauls church to the orphan home in Detroit. Bert Gillen's East Henry street cellar wall nearly done. Real estate trade: Martin Gable west of town with Henry Goltz for a Harris street home. Elmer Stimpson and Henry Manns groups visited Dixboro. Minnie Buckman Nona Teney and Mabel Florence Tucker guests of Mrs Ed Avery in West Brooklyn. Anna Clark Hattie Corkins of Detroit to visit Mrs Eccles and family. George M Adams of New York City, son of Rev George M Adams, in town. born here.
Sunday morning service at 10 o clock with Rev Drury Martin director of rural churches of Michigan Baptist denomination occupying the pulpit. Christian Endeavor at 630 p m with the young people service. Wednesday evening prayer service at 8 o clock. Thursday evening choir practice. All are welcome.
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