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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
2
SEEN AND HEARD notes growing trend from tailored wreaths to original greens and bells. The piece urges readers to join a decorating contest and greet passersby with welcoming front door trims in Saline, mentioning Frank Tyack’s visit to renew his Observer subscription and Mrs. Alwin Gross as the first to trim her front door on December 2.
The St James Evangelical Reformed Church led by Pastor C A Haneberg invites worship the Sundays at 10 a m with German services on the first and third Sundays and English on the others. Sunday school is at 11 o'clock. Everyone is welcome and urged to buy defense bonds and stamps.
The Saline Observer lists publisher Sim R Wilson and editor M C Boutelle. It notes newspaper mail handling at Saline Michigan as second class matter. Subscription prices are 1.00 per year, six months 50 cents, three months 25 cents, and outside Michigan 1.50 per year.
The notice outlines pricing for notices including obituaries marriage notices and poetry. Card of thanks and nonpayable items may have different rates while admissions charged for entertainments incur costs. Minimum charge is twenty five cents and rates per line apply to each category.
The nation faces a long period of worry and sacrifice as Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, triggering U S entry into World War II. The piece attributes the shift to the war lords of Germany and Japan and calls for resolve amid expected hardship.
All Saline residents are invited to enter a contest sponsored by the Women’s Club to decorate front doors for Christmas. Prizes will be awarded for the most attractive trim with daylight judging to avoid glare. The project aims to make Saline the most Christmas town in the county.
Worship at 10 am with organ and choir. Sermon The Universal Word. Church school 11 15 am Christian Stewardship discussion Epworth League Jr and Sr 6 30 pm Church board meets Tuesday 745 pm Mid week worship and Bible study Wednesday Christmas story 3 pm Sunday 14 Men’s Chorus from St Paul Detroit will perform a Christmas cantata public invited Get Acquainted class sponsors the event
Federated Church schedules a 10:00 a m sermon on the Prophet Isaiah with 11 15 a m Sunday school and a 6 30 p m Christian Endeavor focused on Charles Spurgeon led by Dorothy Otto. Evening evangelistic service at 7 45 p m features singing and a short sermon. Wednesday prayer at 7 30 p m and Tuesday December 16 youth hosting county Christian Endeavor society.
Rev H L Engel presides at 10 a m English divine service and 11 a m Sunday school. Christmas program rehearsal is Saturday at 2 o'clock. The League meets Tuesday evening at Fred Braun home.
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 English services every second and fourth Sunday Everyone cordially invited There are grocery specials advertised in The Observer today in Saline stores This economical reading saves money through ads
Miss Fannie Friis visited friends in Detroit Sunday. A baby clinic is planned in the rest room on December 14. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Alber and daughter visited relatives in Ann Arbor Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Thearer and family. Mrs. Frank Rose and daughter Ruth made a business trip to Ypsilanti Saturday. Misses Daphene and Leola Richards were home from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Mrs. George Burkhart visited sister Mrs. Fred Gillen in Detroit Tuesday. Grandson Glenn Cheney from Flint is being hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George VanHouten Sr. Ann Arbor visitors included Mr. and Mrs. William Walker and daughter Helen. Mr. and Mrs. William Haslick visited near Britton with Aubrey Pocklington. Mrs. John Rowe and sons returned from Stockbridge after visiting Rev. George McTaggart. Mrs. Samuel Craig and Mrs. Kenneth McMichael were in Ypsilanti for the American Legion fair. N. Davenport and wife attended a birthday party for Ellis and Will Randal in Farmington. The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. B. church will hold their annual chicken pie supper Friday evening. supper 40 cents a plate. The Michigan Farm Bureau wool department sold 100000 pounds of wool to an eastern woolen mill. top wool brought 26 cents a pound.
A string of Thanksgiving visits and dinners appear across Saline area households with relatives from Ann Arbor Dowagiac Manchester Lodi Center Pittsfield and York township guests including Hoefts Seegers Wagners and Bernards. The notice also invites readers with legal printing needs to submit estate settlement notices to The Saline Observer via the Probate Judge.
The Michigan State College garden specialists detail trench and straw storage for heads of cabbage to stay crisp through winter. They note other crops like beets carrots and onions store well in cold moist or dry cool spaces and suggest using attic or basement for ventilation. They promote reducing waste with stored vegetables and reference Bulletins on vegetable storage and family meals.
A miscellany of holiday menu ideas and home storage advice. Recipes include Cranberry Nut Bread and Plum Pudding with detailed steps and ingredients. Also notes on Christmas Seals, a Virginia lineage plum pudding, and storage tips from Michigan State College extension nutritionist Roberta Hershey.
Macon families and friends travel to Toledo Ypsilanti Detroit and Tecumseh for visits and events. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Sumner McCollum in Toledo and a Tecumseh funeral for Frank Ferguson aged 72 after an auto accident near the Tecumseh airport.
Payroll allotments are voluntary deductions from employee earnings to buy Defense Savings Bonds or Stamps, becoming the employee's personal property. Bonds can be gifted by purchasing a Series E Bond in the recipient's name at a post office or bank. Obtain forms at post offices, banks, savings and loan associations, or from the Treasurer of the United States. Planning by University of California officials for a $2,000,000 hospital and noting a $6,000,000 tourist industry.
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