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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
2
Card of thanks by Sener Hine notes poetry must be paid for at 5 cents per line. Obituary and marriage notices are stated as free. Announcements in entertainments with admission charged require 6 cents per line. Minimum charge is 25 cents.
Teachers and guests enjoyed a Christmas party in the Home Economics rooms with a Santa visit and gifts. The Board of Education grants gym use on Tuesdays for youth recreation with rules enforced by the Student Council. Willard Theurer leaves for Army Air Corps basic training after a party with friends.
Vernon Irelan and Robert Harris selected the Christmas tree and decorated the room with green and red crepe paper. The seventh and eighth grades chose the “First Noel” for the Tuesday night Christmas program.
Elementary grades lead in war bond and stamp sales with fifth and sixth grades narrowly ahead by $1.40. Upper grades show seventh purchasing $89.15 and twelfth $47.50. The seventh grade joins the Junior Red Cross with 100 percent membership. Students plan Christmas decorations, treats, and wastepaper baskets. Class officers named Jerry Jordan president and Marlene Jensen vice president. Safety patrol captain is Donald Steiner with lieutenants Merritt Martin Margaret Lange Jack Leonard Joyce Davenport.
Notes from students describe sick Miss Morden, Mrs Brandt as teacher, a Christmas party on Wednesday afternoon, name drawings for presents, and wishes for a Merry Christmas. Patrons mention 100 percent Red Cross membership, Margaret Brandt attending Sonja Henie Ice Revue in Detroit, and classroom updates on war stamps bonds and new books.
The Federated Church announces a Christmas Week schedule with a 10:80 a.m. worship, 11:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages, 6:45 p.m. young people, and 7:45 p.m. evening service featuring the Christmas Cantata The Ideal Jesus. A December 29 mission society potluck meeting at the parsonage and a December 23 carol singing outreach are planned.
St James Evangelical and Re formed church announces a Christmas Eve program at 7 30 featuring a three part service with liturgical worship pupil recitations and carols and a pageant The Christmas offering aids the poor. Christmas Day service with Holy Communion at 10 am English language and a German Communion on Dec 26 at 10 am All members and friends invited.
The Washtenaw-Livingston Boy Scout Council southeast district schedules a January 5 meeting at Milan High School at 7:30 with 1944 officers to be chosen. Oscar Smith of Willis chairs. A training course for current scouters and others runs the first Thursday of each month at McKenny Hall in Ypsilanti. next session January 6 led by Leonard Menzi. A second training course for leaders and prospective leaders meets in Ann Arbor on the second Monday of each month, with the next session January 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Ann Arbor High School.
Macon social rounds include visits by Schuyler Eastick and Inez Halpin guests, and Dale Creger's Adrian party. Birth announced for David Lee Hoover on December 11 in Tecumseh. Funeral held for Louise Wintersteen, 22, with Tecumseh service and Macon burial. she was a Ford graduate and dietitian at Green Lane Seminary.
Mrs. Walter Peoples shows improvement while others like Gottfried Zick and Caroline Stiedie visit the Zick home. Frank Campbell recovers from surgery at St Joseph’s Mercy Hospital. Carol singing planned for Christmas Eve preceded by church services. Community Farm Bureau met December 14 and will meet January 11 at two homes. Saline residents enjoyed Handel’s Messiah in Ann Arbor. Red Cross gifts for Michigan soldiers totaled 42 boxes with items such as cigars and playing cards. Washtenaw County nearly doubled its 500 box pledge. Mrs Kendall remains in Ann Arbor with her son. Fire department responded twice last week to Hoeft’s service station blaze and a roof fire at Edwin Warner’s home.
Adeline Meilicke daughter of Mr and Mrs C Meilicke Morden Manitoba and Carl H Zahn of Detroit were married Saturday at the Michigan League chapel. Rev C H Wittbracht officiated. The couple will reside in Detroit.
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