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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
2
St James Evangelical Reformed Church with Rev A Haneberg as pastor holds divine services every Sunday at 10 a m German services on the first and third Sundays English services on the second fourth and fifth Sundays Sunday school at 11 o clock Everyone welcome at the services.
The Saline Observer credit line lists Sim. R. Wilson as publisher and M. C. Boutelle as editor. It notes newspaper mailing at Saline Michigan as second class matter, with single copies at three cents and subscriptions: $1.00 yearly, 50 cents for six months, 25 cents for three months within Michigan, and outside Michigan $1.50 per year.
Obituary and marriage notices are free. Poetry costs 5c per line. Entertainment notices with admission charge cost 6c per line. Minimum charge set at 25 cents.
Worship at 10 a m includes organ preludes and Holy Communion. Church school at 11 15. December study on Great Christian Teachings. Epworth League activities at 6 p m. Christmas plans with an official board meeting December 9 and WSCS meeting with towel shower. Wednesday services and Bible study Romans. Annual Methodist Men meeting February 5 with Dr M S Rice speaking. Men’s Choral Society Christmas Cantata December 14 at Saline Methodist church sponsored by Get-Acquainted class.
The Federated Church invites nonmembers to Sunday worship at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11 15 for all ages. Christian Endeavor led by James Carson studies David Living stone. Evening service at 7 45 features a peppy song service. A Thursday Dec 11 Friendship class potluck Christmas party will include a 10 cent gift and officer elections.
Pastor H. L. Engel leads a 10:00 a.m. English divine service with an 11:00 a.m. Sunday school. Christmas program rehearsal is held every Saturday at 2:00 p.m. The church council will meet Tuesday evening.
Machinist asks about layoff prep after war and is advised to buy Defense Savings Bonds regularly to build a reserve. Government targets middle and lower income brackets for broad bond and stamp purchases to curb living costs and support defense. Directions to buy at post offices banks savings and loan associations or by mail from the U S Treasurer.church notices and a note on polished silver surfaces appear in the text.
Detroit visitors and Thanksgiving gatherings fill the week as families and friends travel between Ypsilanti Ann Arbor and Tecumseh. Local events include a church wedding and Blaess school students keeping perfect attendance amid holiday visits and a Whitestar Lodge gathering in Washte Naw.
Mrs Dallas Garner visits Henry Morris family in Romeo while Mrs Leon Tower and Dorothy stay with her sister at Gregory. Detroit guests Mr and Mrs George Harwood spend weekend with W L Nissly. FitzGeralds of Ann Arbor visit S A FitzGerald. Miles Stoddard and Roy travel to Grand Rapids for Thanksgiving. U of M student George Miller ill at home. Martin Grosshans farm sold to Thomas Boyd. possession March first. Pittsfield troubled by dogs killing sheep. two losses to Mrs Chris Aprill and A E Lohy. El Arroyo area social visits with Towler family. Thanksgiving planned with Amos Miller relatives. A chicken pie dinner December 6 for Forbes cemetery fund. adults 15c children 10c. A A Wood & Sons exhibit sent to Chicago. sheep shown at International Stock Show and National Midwinter Sheep Show in Omaha. Saline needs improved walkway at waiting room to avoid muddy entry.
Frank Hollis returned home Monday after cataract removal surgery. Henry Dean was admitted Tuesday as a medical patient.
Miss Mary Hertier has been bedbound for a week. Alger and Mrs Allison and family hosted Mary and Bertha Hertier with relatives visiting from Martz road and Ann Arbor. Emma Hertler from Ann Arbor stayed with the Hertlers. Glenn Allison visited John D. Allison. An owl was hunted, mounted for display. Oak Grove PTA held November meeting with Midas Thomas of Ann Arbor as speaker. Residents urged to send probate estate notices to The Saline Observer for universal rates.
Thanksgiving behind us, plans shift to Christmas with family gatherings and gifts. The column shares easy holiday candies including Chocolate Caramels Rocky Roads and a practical note on rising costs. Recipes list ingredients and step by step directions for home cooks.
Michigan State College home economics specialists note that homemade foods and garments yield non-monetary value and provide hourly earnings figures for various home tasks. The survey of 741 women reports bread 39 cents, jelly 1.21, cake 63 cents, canning meat 1.26, laundry 0.42, sewing coats 0.48, curtains 0.52, chairs 0.85 and more, highlighting live-at-home benefits beyond cash.
About 5 000 Boy Scouts and leaders ushered at five home games for the University of Michigan this fall. Leaders include Lynn Houck of Ypsilanti as chair, with A. John Juncker of Grand Rapids and Walter Mac Peek of Washtenaw-Livingston council. Weekly roughly 1 000 scouts from districts and other cities participated. The program has run for about twenty years.
A brief kitchen note describes boiling English walnuts in water for 30 seconds drain then toasting in a hot oven at 425 degrees for 10 minutes. Add butter and salt then bake 5 minutes longer for a nutty finish.
Michigan rural women through extension groups learn how home tasks like soap making bread baking home sewing furniture refinishing and meat curing contribute to family income. A Nebraska time and costs study sheds light on a homemaker's time value and economic worth.
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