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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1920
Page
4
Services held Sunday at 10 a m in the Citi zens Bank building. Testimony meeting Wednesday at 8 p m. A cordial invitation to all for Sunday school at 11 a m, with pupils under 20 admitted.
Harry Tuttle age 19 of Bath New York and Helen Gerstler age 19 of Ann Arbor cited in marriage licenses entry. The remark about advertising appears as stray editorial text.
Theta Nobte enters eleventh grade as botany class germinates seeds. Big basketball game Friday night versus Britton. Community singing and tree event on December 23 at 7:00 pm. Christmas program for grades 1-6 set for Wednesday December 3 at 2:30. School hall rehearsals Monday 7 to 8:30 for community singing. Lower grades to get library funds of 25 dollars per room. Saline school to receive athletic supplies. interscholastic rules restrict athletes with poor grades.
Methodist church notes urge earlier Thursday prayer meeting at the Ross home led by Joseph Kyte. Christmas Eve services, candles, carolers, and the Children’s Festival are planned with bands to cover town. prayers for safe candlelight displays and public worship times listed. Farm Bureau banquet in Ann Arbor on December 22 features Howard Leonard and Dr. Diehl.
Battle Creek reports tubercular cattle kill count at twenty six after tests. Hart Captain Benjamin F. Archer Civil War veteran and former county treasurer passes away. Albion poultry farmer Frank W. Culver reports theft of 23 prize chickens valued over 1000 dollars. Pontiac budget proposal seeks 866934 in taxes for next July, up from 625200 last July. Richmond W A Bruce buys machinery and plans a 20000 dollar creamery to supply retail butter. Monroe Louis C. Lambrecht aged 71 dies. claimed grandson of Col. Francis Navarre, Monroe County’s first white settler. Albion Galt Manufacturing resumes operations four days weekly after shutdown. Marine City half shares of 100000 capital stock of Perrault Paper Products Co. subscribed. site sought on waterfront.
Local boards in about one-fifth of the state seek to abolish the state constabulary citing self funding from fines and seizures. Supporters say the force reduces crime, fights liquor violations, and helps rural enforcement including forest-fire suppression.
A compact listing shows multiple financial firms and insurers including Detroit Mortgage, Union Mortgage, North American Mortgage, Wayne County Board and Mortgage, Federal Discount, Parker Rust Proof, Hayes, Hoover Steel, Detroit Steel Coaster, Petoskey Portland Cement, and related entities with indicated percentages and numbers such as 80 100 60 50 500. The page reads like an index of lenders and insurers with ownership shares and product marks.
Fred and Gottlieb Wennner were among recent callers on their brother. Miss Rose Breining visited relatives in Scio and Ann Arbor last week. Helen Bersucher and Gertrude Scheurer drove to Ann Arbor Monday. Delia Reed and Katherine Kuehner shopped in Manchester Monday. Erwin Klager and family in Fostoria Ohio this week. Burnham Ford and I Smith of Dearborn called on friends Friday. Joe Bersuder’s mother-in-law Katherine Kuehne of Ann Arbor visiting. George Bersuder and family visited Manchester relatives over Sunday. Ed LaForge of Lansing spending week with local residents. Lena Rheinfrank and daughter with Oscar Bersuder guests of Henry Pawl and daughter Esther in Detroit Sunday.
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