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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1936
Page
4
The notice outlines pricing for poetry at five cents per line and entertainments with admission charged at six cents per line. Minimum charge is 25 cents. Obituaries and marriage notices are published free. Advertisers must pay standard rates for notices that benefit social or business interests.
A quotation from Henry C. Rowland contrasts aging men who mellow like wine with those who grow harsher like vinegar indicating a view on character as age progresses.
A 1920s traffic control expert argues three fronts for safety are drivers, automobiles, and roads. He notes only five percent of accidents stem from mechanical failure and urges tighter driver regulation, new highway design, and stricter penalties to curb speeding, drunks, and reckless behavior. Indiana requires twenty hours of driving instruction per semester in high schools.
Christine Grosshans age 67 of Lodi township died Sunday after several weeks illness. Born April 27, 1869 in Lodi she lived there all her life and was member of Scio church. Survived by husband Michael F. Grosshans two sons Clarence Walter of Ann Arbor six nephews and a niece. Funeral services were held at 9:30 a m at her residence and 10 a m at Salem church with Rev A G Wacker officiating burial in church cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Kern 73, of Pittsfield township widow of Christian Kern, died Saturday. Born August 17, 1868 in New York, she lived in Pittsfield 16 years after moving from Ann Arbor. Survived by sons Charles and Howard, eight grandchildren, two sisters Julia and Katherine Schuman, and two brothers Charles and another. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM at her son Charles’s residence, Rev. C H Wittbracht officiating. Burial Bethlehem Cemetery, Ann Arbor.
Oscar Schmid of Pittsfield township died Monday morning in St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor after a long illness He was born June 29 1879 in Scio township son of J Conrad and Katherine Horning Schmid He lived in Pittsfield the last 11 years and in Ann Arbor 12 years He married Ida Schanz December 20 1906 surviving wife a brother Timothy Saline two sisters Miss Iida Schmid Saline and Mrs Jacob Huber Norvell and several nephews and nieces Funeral services were held at 2 pm yesterday at Muehlig chapel Ann Arbor with Rev Theodore Schmale officiating Interment Bethlehem cemetery.
Lulu M. Fairbanks recounts a trip to the Matanuska project centered in Palmer Alaska. She praises rapid development neat homes gardens and local industry noting schooling health care and community life while urging cooperation between settlers and officials for continued progress.
Miss Dot Little returns from Detroit visit and Cedar Point trip. Rotary district talk and Townsend club plans noted. Oil well prospects near Tipton discussed with connections to Ohio fields. Fire destroys John Zeeb farm buildings on Earhart road with $10,000 loss.
Rev. Kircher will preach at 10 o'clock before retiring and heading to California. Sunday school at 11 15 with Y Cotton superintendent and aides. No Sunday school until September. Evening gatherings at 6 50 and 7 30. Mid week service Thursday at 7 30.
Morning worship at 10 o clock. Epworth Leagues at 6 30 p m. No evening service. Wednesday prayer service. Thursday choir meeting.
St Johns Lutheran Church Bridgewater announces divine services at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11. English services are held every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everyone is cordially invited.
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