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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1955
Page
4
A Christmas custom in a household centers on a mutually agreed family gift. Past choices include a record player and a miniature camera, but this year’s selection is a projector to display color slides of vacations and daily life on a large screen. The planned Christmas afternoon show will feature last year’s slides for visiting friends and relatives.
Mrs. Fred Koebbe announces the annual Christmas Dinner Party for the Women’s Class of Federated Church School honoring their husbands. The event is set for Friday December 16 at 6 30 PM at the home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Jacobsen on Textile Road. Members should bring their own table service and food to share. Mrs. Thomas King chairs invitations and Mrs. Dwight Reynolds leads the entertainment committee. The group’s monthly business meeting will be omitted in December.
The Cyprus turmoil remains active despite a British state of emergency and risks spreading to Greece and Turkey. The three-way clash among Britain Greece and Turkey imperils regional alliances and NATO. Cyprus population is Greek dominated with a Turkish minority backing British rule. Enosis agitation and failed UN and US votes frame a tense path to potential self rule and new constitutional talks.
Glenn Lake of North Branch elected president of the Michigan Milk Producers Association at the 1955-56 board meeting. Theodore Laursen of Marlette named vice president, Jack Harvey of Utica named treasurer, and H F Simmons re elected secretary manager.
Michigan farmers cut fall and spring erosion by shredding corn stalks and laying mulch from straw hay or manure. Some run off is reduced by rolling cornstalks across slopes with a cultipacker or similar implement. Mr and Mrs Alwin Finkheiner and Family and Mr and Mrs Fred Finkheiner attended the Ford Re Renennas Fantasy Sunday ec.
Eight eighth grade players cleared by coach Bonich join seven more seventh graders in early practice as Saline Junior High begins winter basketball. The squad eyes upcoming games against Chelsea Dundee Lincoln Tecumseh and possibly Manchester or Dexter. Assistants Si Woods Jim England and Al Rentschler aid with tryouts and practices at 8:00 A.M. First Methodist Church.
Infant children were baptized during the morning service at the Methodist Church by Rev. Frank F. Benish. The Belote and Parker families are listed among those baptised, with Wayne and Roscoe Parker noted. A separate baptism occurred Monday at the parents’ home for Mark Douglas Belote. Methodist Women Will Meet At The Church.
The author contrasts Alfred Hitchcock thrillers with a UC Berkeley Alumni publication on rats and the chemistry of behavior. He praises scientists in psychology biochemistry and genetics for their ongoing, unfolding research into why people act as they do, noting the drama and excitement of scientific discovery.
A church meeting will be held Wednesday at 8 00 p m in the church parlors with Mrs Vern Osterhout hosting and Mrs Don Ford leading devotions. Miss Esther Landwehr will show Travel Slides of the Holy Land and Ruth and Mary L Circles will run the social hour. Christmas is set for December 20 with Fosdick Extension Group dining at Home of Good Food in Ann Arbor. The group has made stuffed toys and mittens for Albert Warnhoff, to be delivered Saturday.
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