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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1931
Page
2
Saturday visits and family gatherings fill the scene as residents travel to nearby towns. Names include Murray Desbrough Gooding LeBaron Allison and Kelsey alongside others from Milan Ypsilanti and Kalamazoo with gold gifts and a 40th wedding anniversary noted.
West Saline reports D Noble busy dehorning cattle. Union and school held their Christmas program last evening. Mr and Mrs Gus Fisher moved to Saline with their family. Mr and Mrs George Weber visited Ann Arbor last Thursday. Mr and Mrs Oscar Weber spent Tuesday in Ann Arbor on business. Mrs B J Spitler and daughter Dorothy called on Mrs Abbie Carr Friday afternoon. Arnold Lambarth Floyde and Bi Carr attended a basketball game at Yest Field House Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Oscar Weber and family and Mr and Mrs Ernest Mann attended the Masonic installation of officers and dance in Ann Arbor Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Seeger of Ann Arbor spent Sunday with Andrew Ernst and family. Albert Heininger visited his brother Jon in Saline Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Albert Heininger and Mrs. George Wiedman and son Donald were Thursday afternoon guests. Reuben Feldkamp and family will entertain sister and family from Lodi. Christmas guests of Boynton Roach of Platt were her parents Frank Hollis and Wilma. Wiedman and Donald visited Ypsilanti relatives. Will entertain Christmas with Albert Heininger and Andrew Ernst families at a large family party. Fred Schoen and son Wilfred and George Marshall and daughter Betty of Detroit will spend Christmas with Frank Leeson’s family at Manchester. Frank Hollis and daughter Wilma were dinner guests of Mrs. Dorothy Heilman and Grant Hollis near Macon, spending the night with Mrs. Andrew Camp at Ann Arbor.
Mr and Mrs E O Stimpson visited Clinton. Mrs Hazel Gilbert stayed with Mrs Pearl Gilbert. Rex Gleason and Harvey Eberle vacationed in Bitely. Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor visitors called on friends and relatives including Glenn Gordon, Gottlob Girbach, and the Rowe family. Local schools held Christmas tree programs. Hammond and Forbes schools closed with festivities. Several neighbors visited, attended funerals, and celebrated Henry Hammond's ninth birthday party at the Bammona shop. Tuberculosis Christmas Seals promote health.
A long list of local residents and relatives traveled to Detroit Toledo Tecumseh Dundee Blissfield and Capac for holidays and family visits. Many stayed with relatives while others attended church events and Christmas parties. The Freshman Christmas party and community gatherings were noted with brief details and corrections to a prior birthday date.
In a western town Martha and Ruth sew gifts amid a frugal Christmas, noting Aunt Caroline and Anna’s snootiness. Martha frets over sacrifice while Ruth plots to prove herself, lamenting a life of me and mine as they name tag gifts and face family pressures.
A Christmas scene with family gift exchanges contrasts with a legal notice announcing the foreclosure of Harold J. and Ida F. Sanderson’s mortgage on a Ypsilanti property. The sale is set for February 2, 1932, at ten o'clock, at the courthouse door, to satisfy $1,598.99 plus costs. The parcel described lies along Factory Street and Bergin land, part of Hunters Addition to Ypsilanti.
Mr and Mrs Fred Arend visited Ann Arbor Monday. Benton school held a Christmas program Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Chris Braun moved to their new Ann Arbor home. Mrs West of Detroit called on Mr and Mrs George Bonce. Mr and Mrs Otto Bredernitz visited Mr and Mrs Charles Hertier. Miss Biecta Murray, Dell school teacher, had a Christmas program Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Karl Hertler attended a gathering at Mr and Mrs Matthew Seeger’s Thursday. Miss Charlotte Finkheimer of Ann Arbor spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs John Finkbeiner. Mr and Mrs Ed Guenther and daughter from Mooreville visited Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs H G C Arend and Bre and Mrs William Kaiser of Detroit visited Mr and Mrs Fred Arend Sunday.
Washtenaw County chapter to hold annual meeting Wednesday afternoon December 30 in the Chamber of Commerce Building Ann Arbor for electing the board of directors. All contributors of one dollar or more are members and urged to attend.
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