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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1947
Page
8
The message lists Trinity Lutheran services with H L Engel and George Daschner as pastors. It notes 10 A M worship, 2 P M Sunday School, choir and adult instruction times, League gathering Thursday, and Sunday School rehearsals for a Christmas Eve program on Saturday afternoon.
Federated Henry McKenzie Pastor leads 10 A. M. divine worship on The Great Light of Life theme with choir music. 7:45 P. M. evening worship features Rev. O V Robinson speaker. December 11 family night program at 7 with music and pictures. December 13 church school Christmas rehearsal at 2. December 17 Christmas luncheon for Friend Ship Class at noon. Pension of local community notices and pupil honors listed.
December 14 marks St John’s Day and Universal Bible Sunday. Masonic lodges worldwide join worship then attend breakfast and processions to churches. In Toledo fifteen lodges unite across six temples and six churches for services. The Federated church pastor ties St John’s Day to a sermon on “The Great Fight of Life.”
Pastor Alvin Siemsen leads 10 A M worship and 41:15 A M church school. Advent sermon titled Toward A Christmas World. Brotherhood meets Thursday December 18 at 8. Dramatic presentation Come All Ye Faithful Sunday December 21 at 8.
St James Church holds 10:00 A.M. worship with 11:15 A.M. Sunday School. On the first Sunday of each month the service is conducted in German.
Pastor R. S. Hocking leads worship at 10 A. M. with Sunday School at 1 A. M. and M. Y. F. meeting at 7:30 A. M. The subject for December 14 is Jesus is King.
Mooreville families shared Sunday visits with the Kanitz and Smith households. The Mooreville PTA held a bake sale at the Detroit Edison office in Milan, netting 25 dollars. A Friday shower at Stoney Creek Hall honored Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Back and family after a fire destroyed their home. Guests enjoyed cards, dancing, coffee, cake, and sandwiches and received many useful gifts and a purse of money. Mr and Mrs Louis Smith attended a past presidents Christmas party and dinner of the Re-
About forty people attended the West Saline Farm Bureau Christmas party at the Lorrin Bauer home on Monday evening. A brief business session followed the potluck, with games and Christmas carols after. Door prize went to Mrs. Alwin Finkbeiner, and guests included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Girbach, Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Girbach, and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Finkbeiner. Clarence Baker of Defiance, Ohio, visited the George Ernst residence Monday. Mrs. William Boehm spent the weekend with her daughter Mrs. Guy Schnurstein in Milan.
Central residents Mr and Mrs Herman Gross Hans and Hileen joined in Milan on Saturday. Laverne Moore and spouse visited William Birkle's home in East Ann Arbor on Sunday. Cyrus Reed and Delores attended Gust Esch’s silver wedding anniversary at Grange Hall Saturday. Lauren Kinsley and family and William Kinsley called on Burt Moore Sunday. Bert Hummel returned home after a week with daughters in Detroit.
Recap of Monday night results from Pleasant Lake Tavern 27 Klager Hatcheries 22 Ypsi Floor 19 Bridgewater Lumber 16 Towner Stores 15 Uphaus Electric 9. High single game by B. Welch 218. Team high single game by Ypsi Floor. High three games by M. Armbruster 568. Team high three games Klager Hatcheries 2467. Overall score 925.
The Fellowship Circle met at Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Feldkamp’s Bridgewater home Friday evening. Erwin Feldkamp presided and the group voted a substantial gift and other items for a pastor imprisoned in the Philippine Islands by the Japanese. About twenty guests shared luncheon and Christmas gifts were exchanged. Dozens of local visits and socializing followed with several neighbors highlighted.
Wheeler's Pharmacy runs an advertisement featuring Coty Yardley Hudnut and Evening in Paris toiletries. Items listed include fragrances and cosmetic products offered for sale to customers.
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