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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1950
Page
4
A roundup of visits and gatherings from Saline and surrounding towns. Families share suppers and weekends in Belleville, Cheboygan, and Detroit. Local residents travel to Ann Arbor, Kansas, and Washington for work, education, or vacations, with health updates and church group plans noted.
Mrs Hovey Needham and daughter visit Mrs Jessie Knight in Charlotte and spend the afternoon in Lansing. Numerous relatives travel between Tecumseh. Britton, Milan and Monroe with church, picnics, and a 4‑H club picnic at Wamplers Lake. Hammond school to reopen September 5 and a want ad offers help.
Hubert Beach and Charles R. Kruger Saline school bus drivers received certificates of achievement after attending a bus drivers clinic in Dexter. They completed 16 hours of instruction in the course started by County School Commissioner Julius Haab during the summer.
Building permits issued from August 10 through August 24 list properties in Freedom and Dexter townships and nearby towns. Names include Titon A. Gray, Mitton Sackett, Arthur D. Anderson, Frank W. Miner, Homer Kuhl, James Hardin, and James W. McReady with values ranging from 3 000 to 16 000 dollars for residences and cottages.
Robert Q. Lewis endures a rehearsal stumble with a displaced sacroiliac joke about half mast. Betty Winkler and George Keane joke about Rosemary married life while Mary Jane Higby and husband buy a cabin cruiser named Freydis. Charlie Hankinson shares juvenile humor.
The 1950 New Hampshire peach crop was nearly destroyed by mild December and January weather followed by sharp temperature drops. Croquet wickets can be crafted from stainless steel at home, as the material is durable and rust resistant. Pat-Aways Needn't Be Give-Aways. Sell them with a for sale ad.
Paul H. Woods of Saline is among Air Task Group members finishing a two week training duty at Grosse Ile Naval Air Station. Squadron 733 reported aboard on August 21. Pilots fly daily practice missions over Lake Huron and Lake Erie ranges while technicians keep planes in top condition. After training, members return to civilian jobs as Naval Air Reservists train monthly. Rear Admiral Doyle announced reserves ready to man two aircraft carriers have been called to active duty. One Grosse Hel naval squadron is being reactived for fleet duty in September.
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