Merchants Rally In Weekend Baseball Play
Merchants won Sunday 6 to 4 in a balanced lineup with Armbruster pitching and Saline nines sidelined by absences. They head to Macon tonight for a 6:30 game and plan a return match next Sunday at Onsted, aiming to field their full regular lineup against strong amateur opposition.
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Armbruster
Ann Arbor
Merchants
Leidel
Owen Hoeft
Ypsilanti
Macon
Onsted
Saline
Fun And Fumble League Scores And Schedule
Thursday Aug 17 Merchants 13 Rotary 6 with Jager Bredernitz Jakab Hamilton Saline Valley Ford listed. No game at aoe. Federated Church 39 with 1 000 Merchants and Rotary 33 400 Ford ww. OL 2833 Saline Valley 13 250 Methodist Church 14 206 High School 830 000 Thursday Aug 24 Rotary High School Methodist Ford scheduling noted.
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Merchants
Rotary
Jager
Bredernitz
Jakab
Hamilton
Saline Valley
Ford
Federated Church
Methodist Church
Rotary—High School
Methodist—Ford
County Salvage Report Highlights Two Year Waste Totals
The county salvage committee reports 41,836,000 pounds metal 1,159,569 pounds rubber 9,564,000 pounds paper and 564,424 pounds rags in two years ending June 3 1944. Since Jan 1 1943 tins 570,000 pounds and household fats 225,000 pounds have been collected. War board urges school waste paper drives with merit certificates for schools and students.
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County Salvage Committee
War Production Board
Washtenaw County
Michigan State Radio Highlights on WEAR 870 KC
Michigan State College station WEAR 870 KC adds five regular war background programs to explain global progress. Daily news broadcasts total 13 replays. Larry Frymire hosts Between the Lines. Geography in the News airs Thursdays. Dr Karel Hujer and Dr Hans Leonhardt discuss allied and German fronts. A rural education discussion is set for Friday August 25 at 2 pm led by Dorr Stack.
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Michigan
Larry Frymire
E. C. Prophet
Czechoslovakia
Karel Hujer
Hans Leonhardt
Germany
Dorr Stack
Department of Public Instruction
Park Use Notice for Saline Park
City announces Saline Park may be used only by contacting recreation director William Jakad. Signed by Mayor A Gross.
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Groun
Saline Park
Wm. Jakad
A, Gross
Tax collection at Saline Savings Bank Thursday forenoon
Frank Camburn treasurer announces taxes to be collected at Saline Savings Bank on Thursday forenoon August 31.
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Saline Savings Bank
Frank Camburn
Signs of Fall and Wartime Reflections in a Small Town
The piece notes approaching fall with ripe fruits and harvesting, reports fewer starlings, and recalls wartime life from soldiers overseas to farmers at home. It compares housing, subsidies, and living costs in Europe with cautious parallels to the United States, urging vigilance.
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Capistrano
Italy
iObserver
Jungles
France
Hitler
Toulon
Toulouse
Congress
Europe
Germany
Hannen
America
Dr Frank Gifford Optician in Milan Clinic Event
Dr Frank Gifford offers eye care at the Milan Hotel on a Saturday session from 1:00 to 9:30 p m. Glasses fitted and examined during the eleventh year of operation in Milan.
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Frank Gifford
Milan
Notables At Rotary Hear Faulkner Plow Folly Talk
E G Mann organized a August Rotary Club program featuring Edward H Faulkner author of Plowman s Folly. Perry Hayden of Tecumseh brought his wheat threshed scene photos as guests from Tecumseh and nearby towns attended including Rev Stimpson and L V Steiner with two service boys present. Faulkner spoke about soil erosion and farming methods while readers Digest quoted Bromfield s summary of his ideas and the moldboard plow debate.
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Mr. Mann
Perry Hayden
Tecumseh
Clifton H. Stimpson
Cleveland
Ohio
George H. Parsons
C. E. Millan
East Lansing
T. B. Nilson
Clinton
A. Lee Schaefer
Clarence Munn
Edward W. Staebler
Kenneth Heininger
Ann Arbor
C. D. Finkbeiner
Roy J. Rood
Royal B. Comfort
Frank W. Trull
Grass Lake
Donald T
Curry
Jackson
William L. Becker
Kirk Battsdorff
Joe Clark
Cumberland Gap
John Keeney
Tipton
Clarence Blauder
Lapeer
Guy Miller
Milan
William K. Britton
D. "Y. Burleson
Fay A. Whalen
John ‘R. Thompson
Guy E. Belding
L. V. Steiner
David Vaughn
John F. Seitz
Elmer Lange
A. C. Lange
Stimpson
Faulkner
Reader's ‘Digest
Louis Bromfield
Hlyra
Kentucky
Faulkiner
Mulching Practices Backed By Straw on Vast Fields
The article describes leaving chopped straw on flat fields to form mulch that anchors topsoil, reduces erosion, preserves moisture, and fosters humus formation. It notes readers have seen related photographs in Detroit papers and magazines, marking the program as a success.
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Detroit
Graham Probyn Bride Weds Lyle Graham in August Ceremony
Hilda Gross Probyn married Lyle Graham on Saturday evening August 19 at her parents home, with Rev. H L Engel officiating. Attendants were Mrs Kurt Rockefeller and Donald Graham. The couple will reside at 904 South State Street, Ann Arbor. Mrs. Graham works for Bell Telephone. Mr. Graham is a test pilot at the Willow Run Bomber Plant.
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Hilda Gross Probyn
Herman Gross
Lyle Graham
Owosso
H. Lb. Engel
Kurt Rockfeller
Vermontville
Donald Graham
Ann Arbor
South State Street
Graham
Bell Telephone Company
Willow Run
McTaggart Ulrich nuptials in Ann Arbor at St Thomas Church
Mildred BE Ulrich daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Ulrich of Ann Arbor married George W McTaggart son of Mrs George McTaggart and the late Rev McTaggart at 5 30 pm Saturday in the rectory of St Thomas Catholic Church Ann Arbor Rev Bernard M LaBella officiated Miss Selma Ulrich sister of the bride and Morris Hill attended A reception followed at the bride’s parents home Hostesses were Mrs Karl Ulrich of Kansas City and Miss Katherine Boyer The couple will reside at Planada apartments Ann Arbor after a two week wedding trip through northern Michigan.
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Mildred BE. Ulrich
Fred Ulrich
Ann Arbor
George W. McTaggart
George McTaggart
Karl Ulrich
Kansas City
Kas
Katherine Boyer
Planada Apartments
Michigan
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Oscar Hosmer
Mrs. Oscar Hosmer expresses sincere thanks to the American Legion Auxiliary Bridgewater Ladies' Aid neighbors and friends for the fruit and flowers sent her while in the hospital.
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Oscar Hosmer
American Legion Auxiliary
Bridgewater Ladies’ Aid
Hospital thanks for kindness and quirky quotes
A reader thanks staff for care in hospital. The note includes a humorous line about the army of Carthage and a punchy quip about the knock and a weathering remark. A brief report mentions a lightning strike at Thompson state fish hatchery killing several trout.
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State Fish Hatchery
Thompson
For Sale Tomatoes for Canning in Observer Ad
Classified ad notes tomatoes for canning with phone contact 166123 as the first line. Also lists four room unfurnished rental with phone 69R2 and Yorkwin seed wheat offered by Fred R Braun contact 183F31. A lost black leather key case between post office and 211 N Ann Arbor St offers reward with call 228R3.
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Yorkwin Seed Wheat
Fred R Braun
Ann Arbor St. Reward
Multiple Classified Items From Saline Area
A collage of classified lines lists auctions and sales for shoes guns and dairy feeds. Saline Mercantile Co and Dan Hertler & Son advertise livestock seed wheat and cholera immunized Duroc Jersey stock. Housing rentals farm services auto repairs and employment notices fill the page with local marketplace notices.
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Duroc Jersey
Dan Hertler & Son
Hewens Farm
Shropshire
Saline
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Pillsbury’s
Bes
Morten Poultry Farm
Bob Morton
Ays
Michigan State Radio
Wear
Michigan State College
E. G. Mann
Rotary Club
Edward H. Faulkner
Piowman
Graham-Probyn
Minnie Klumpp
Carthage
B. C
Guam
Observer
Wolverine
Parsons
Clarence Cook
Saline Mercantile Co
R. Clements
The
York Mills
R. G. Wahl
R. A. McHenry
Wiedman Auto Company
New Milch
Arthur Lutz
Macon Read
Saline General Hospital
Morton Poultry Farm
Henhouse
Henry St
Cali
Carrol Frost
Darling & Co
Brooks, Brothers
Pillsbury
REX
Feitel
Chaseroad
Belleville
Adrian
Adrian, Mich
Adrian Tankage Co
Silanti State Hospital
Civil Service Commission
North Grand Avenue
Lansing
Saline Observer
St. Main St
Mich
Saline Theatre
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Arthur Lake
Jane Lawrence
Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Veronica Lake
Franchot Tone
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