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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1928
Page
3
The column lists illnesses and family updates as residents such as Peter Gramer and Mrs J W Dicks recover, with visits by Alger Allison, Irving LeBaron, Parker and Carlton Murray, and others to and from Detroit Ann Arbor Ypsilanti and M S C. Several households host guests and hold Sunday calls, while Electa Murray and others return from work.
Mrs Sam Craig holds a position with Mack and Company in Ann Arbor. Bobby Allen of Milan visited Ellsworth Losee. Floyd Cross of Ann Arbor spent Sunday with Albert Cross and family. Elmer Roe and family enjoyed Thursday evening with Haslick Johnston. Lon Kudler Leon Vealey visited Ann Arbor Monday. Allen Collins and daughter Nina of Macon wintering with Mr and Mrs Burt Osborn. William Glover and son William Jr were Sunday guests of Frank Stilts. Aubrey Pocklington of Britton dined with Mrs Easlick for her birthday. Hugh Craig learned of cousin Louis Tabbert’s serious auto accident injury in Petersburg. Clarence Needham Ralph Hazelwood and families of Toledo visited Mrs Haslick and Albert Johnston.
Monday gatherings mark eightieth birthday celebrations for Mrs. Ellen Collins in Macon with guests from Ypsilanti Saline and Detroit. Families including Gordon, Robison, Collins, and Gordon attend, sharing meals and gifts in a community setting.
John Harwood recovering from a cold. Earl Christner, Dundee visitor Thursday. George McCalla and George Harwood visited relatives in Michigan. Mrs. Jennie Geddes visiting son in Detroit. Thomas Knight at son in Ann Arbor. Carpenter school Christmas exercises set for December 18 at 8. Pittsfield Union Granite met with Lindemans. Roberts school Christmas exercises planned for December 20. Bernice Sitherland had tonsil operation in Ann Arbor.
Stone School to hold Christmas programs Thursday and Friday with primary grades Thursday afternoon and a main program for grades four to nine Friday evening. Pittsfield Ladies society hosted with Mrs Roxie Davis assisting. officers elected include Mary Harris president Clara Knapp and Clara Elliott secretaries and treasurer. The group voted to send $25 to George Weaver for missionary work in Petoskey. January meeting plans noted with multiple hostesses.
Bruce Dodge was in Ann Arbor on business. Leslie Smith of Adrian visited Emmett Hender shot. Mrs Myrl Murray is ill with a cold and tonsillitis. Fred Lutzer of Bridgewater died after weeks of illness. Mr. and Mrs John Frost of Tecumseh visited Hendershots. Walter Cotton of Clinton visited Fred Lewis relatives. Club dance scheduled for Wednesday December 19. W B King of Chicago visited his sister Dr C W Ward. Gauntletts visited Kalamazoo relatives. Reese family hosted by Austin White in Saline. Percy Craig hosted Melissa Dohm of Mayfield. Butler family from Wayne visited Hendershots. Walter Greashaber family visited. Edith Westfall, long ill, came to son Aaron’s home. Frances Forsythe of Ann Arbor, Rolland Forsythe of Lansing, Katherine Stacker of Jackson visited Forsythes. Ypsilanti Hatchery fire destroyed 900 of 1100 chicks. loss 8000. Emma Harper Haines, 93, of Dexter, longtime Washtenaw resident, died. Lake Ridge Sewing Club met at Marjorie Taylor’s. Staeblers attended and led home craft lesson. Special meeting at Marie Lewis’s home with Staebler teaching again.
Mr and Mrs Frank Hauk visited Plymouth for a Canton Community Club meeting at August Hauk's home. Dr Woodbridge attended a doctors convention and the Chicago International Livestock Show. The community hears of a possible stock venture by Doc. Several Clinton and Sylvania visitors stopped by Walker’s home. D B Mattison faces possible amputation from a finger injury. R S McCord hosted Hatterly family weekend guests. Peter Estermyer stock ties district bankruptcy filed December 4.
Two Chicago real estate men, John Denson and Clyde Ryan, were captured by State Police near Saline with 22 cases of whiskey. They pleaded guilty in Ann Arbor, receiving fines of 200 and 300 plus costs. A fatal automobile crash near Novi injured James Ray of Fondalake, with his car overturning three times and Ray dying later at Pontiac hospital.
A humorous observation contrasts a father known for walking with his son who wears out shoes driving cars. The line hints at a larger joke about a two person company and a three member organization seeking a congressional appropriation.
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