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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1937
Page
8
The High School commends Mrs Keubler Hazen Jewell and the senior class for a well executed senior play with every student contributing. A two cast precedent is noted as Meredith's Marionettes prepare Treasure Island in seven acts for Wednesday January 5 with Meredith Bixby directing.
On December 7 a class meeting set plans for a Saturday night party. Carol Uphaus Billie Ash and Maur ine Harwood were chosen to choose a suitable date. Best wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy new year if we do not hear from you again before the holidays.
The article recalls Theodore Potter born in Saline on March 10 1832 and his family’s 1850s journey to California. It outlines travel options from 1849 1852 including overland ox wagon and sea routes with costs and dangers, and notes a loan aided by his mother to fund the trip. The tale promises more in the next issue.
Washtenaw County Michigan mortgagee Huron Valley Building and Savings Association to sell at public auction on February 5, 1938 at 10:00 AM at the southerly Huron Street entrance of the Washtenaw County Court House Ann Arbor. Property Lot 132 Darlington subdivision Pittsfield Township Washtenaw County described in mortgage dated April 8 1927. Debts include principal 937.07 interest 480.75 and attorney fee 50.00 total 1467.82 with costs. second notice updates principal 2030.28 interest 682.40 attorney fees 2762.68 for Lot 174 Darlington subdivision Washtenaw County. Both notices dated November 11 1937 and published Adv dates through February 3 including repeated wording of sale and location.
Probate Court of Washte naw County Michigan orders public examination of G C Townsend trustee account in the estate of John George Schweitzer. Hearing set for January 4, 1938, at 10 am at the Saline Observer publication in Saline County. Notice to be published for three consecutive weeks prior to hearing. Nora O Borgert, Register of Probate.
Mortgage dated November 30 1925 by Ulysses G Darling widower of Ann Arbor Washtenaw County Michigan as mortgagor to Huron Valley Building and Savings Association org doing business in Washtenaw County recorded December 1 1925 Liber 165 page 248 and four months overdue with board authorized action to collect the secured whole sum.
Mortgage default on a 1923 Hutzel deed leads to foreclosure by Harold A Lambarth. Public auction at the Ann Arbor Court House front door scheduled for December 30 1937 at 10 am. Assignee Carl H Stuhrberg attorney lists parcels in Saline Washtenaw County Michigan and publication dates September 1937 through December 1937.
W. H. Sheldon of Michigan State College offers methods to protect new farm water systems from freezing. Protect wells by frost vents and deep underground piping five to seven feet, seal well pits, and install shallow basement pumps. Use tar paper and straw on pits, avoid surface water in casings, and let faucets drizzle in extreme cold.
Poultrymen in at least ten Michigan counties report external and internal fowl pox affecting egg production. Counties named include Monroe, Lenawee, Hillsdale, Wayne, Saginaw, Washtenaw, Shiawassee, Macomb, Calhoun, and Clinton. Pathologist E. S. Weisner warns of cankers on trachea and respiratory distress as the more severe form emerges.
Willard Bolte reports a farm power contractor dug a trench silo forty by six by eight feet in three and a half hours using a tractor and rotary scraper. Cost for fuel and labor was 2.57 dollars, saving the farmer forty hours of manual work. In Manitowoc County Wisconsin Jsaeckel saved a thousand dollars by building a dryproof one story stable for crows and a 40 by 70 foot hay tower housing over 100 tons of chopped hay after a dairy barn fire.
Michigan Conservation Commission orders a three year ban on dip nets for taking fish in the Huron River as it flows through Ypsilanti and Superior Townships. Director P J Hoffmaster signs the decree dated October 13 1937 with officials W H Louttt and Wayland Osgood.
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