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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
4
Michigan Mirror introduces a series on the new milk price fixing act. The piece notes a paradox where Detroit milk truck labor shares in the consumer bill similarly to farmer producers, highlighting that milk economics are complex and not simple.
The piece outlines Michigan's dairy price policy roots from a 1937 speech by Governor Murph y during a dedication event and the subsequent formation of a milk study commission, leading to the Walsh Patterson bill creating a milk marketing board. It notes price changes, state audits showing losses, and revenue allocations among producers labor and distributors amid rising costs and consumption shifts.
James Coryell visited relatives in Greenville from Saturday morning to Monday noon. Mr and Mrs Grant Allison of Willig road were callers Monday at the Alger Allison home. Oak Grove school had no classes Monday due to illness of teacher Mrs Witherspoon.
Mr and Mrs William Birkle and family of Platt and Mr and Mrs Bert Moore spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Carl Braun.
Mooreville residents report visits among Oakville Milan and Toledo families with Grams O'Donnell Bissell and Goldsmiths. Local students earned attendance awards while the Larkin Club held a dessert luncheon and a birthday chop suey supper honored 17 members.
Visitors from Milan and local residents gathered for Thanksgiving and birthday celebrations. A drama committee was formed with Mildred Haswell Laura Schnirring and Nina Arend to organize performances for the Saline Valley Farms Community Group.
Mrs Merl Cross spent Wednesday evening in Britton. Hugh Craig of Britton called on Herman Mehler and family. Mr and Mrs Clyde Spence and son Jack were Sunday guests of their parents. Mr and Mrs 10 S Evans and Mrs Harl Kutler were Manchester visitors Monday. Mr and Mrs Albert Cross were guests Sunday of relatives in Bowling Green Ohio. Mrs Clarence Merritt Mrs Leon Vealey and Mrs Ted Root were Ann Arbor visitors Monday. Mrs Herman Mehler and daughter were Saturday evening callers of Mrs Harold Hammond and children.
Mrs. Amos Luckhardt and several others attended the extension meeting held Tuesday at Mrs. Ella Monroe's. The discussion centered on the American idea that production is the highest form of service.
Mortgage default has occurred on a 1920 loan by George and Grace Schechter to Charles F. Thompson, later assigned to Kittie L. Thompson Clark. A public auction is set for February 29, 1940, at 10 a.m. at the Washtenaw County Court House, Ann Arbor, to satisfy $1060 plus costs on the described lands in Augusta Township.
The Circuit Court of Washtenaw County orders defendants to appear within three months or risk default in a quiet title action for land in Ypsilanti. The property is the south half of lot 38 in H W Larzelere's Addition, Ypsilanti. Publication to run weekly in The Saline Observer from November to December 1939.
Ruth Carson visits relatives in Detroit. Mr and Mrs Levi Teachout spent a day with Mr and Mrs Oelka of Augusta. Mr and Mrs Paul Richards and Mr and Mrs George Richards and Mrs and Mrs A G Richards were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs D G Richards. Mr and Mrs Iller of Garden City joined supper guests Sunday with Mr and Mrs A G Richards and Mr and Mrs Paul Richards.
Genevieve Gilbert spent Friday to Monday with Wilma Weber. Fred and wife joined E O Stimpson party Friday. Louis Burns of Conneaut Ohio and Mrs Squires of Rothbury visited Gilbert home Saturday. Otto Carpenter Manton and Ethel West Muskegon came Tuesday to E M Gilbert. They were en route to a Erie Ohio funeral. Glen Gordon called Detroit Monday. Sunday guests included Claude Gilbert family for dinner Emmett Gilbert family for supper.
As 1940 license plates went on sale in Vicksburg, sewer excavators uncovered a 1914 license plate. It features heavy steel, red numbers on white, an enamel finish, and the state seal in the upper left corner.
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