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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1939
Page
2
The notice lists pricing for subscriptions at $1.00 yearly six months 50 cents and three months 25 cents. Card of thanks six per line obituary and marriage notices are free poetry 5 cents per line. Entertainment announcements with admission charged priced at six cents per line. Minimum 25 cents. Personal or business benefit notices charged at regular rates.
Thousands of Michigan residents join the 1938 tuberculosis Christmas seal drive, supporting the Michigan Tuberculosis Association in the ongoing fight against the White Plague. Funds fund health education and tuberculin testing, helping drive down deaths since 1907 and inviting all to participate in this public health effort.
Harry F. Kelly secretary of state urges motorists to destroy 1938 license plates as they install 1939 plates. He warns criminals may reuse discarded plates to commit crimes and stresses the danger as deadlines approach. Branch offices will accept 1938 plates for destruction as a cooperative measure with police statewide.
Michigan farmers cooperated in poison bait programs reducing losses. The 1938 survey shows 2,105 tons of bait spread on 266,429 acres across 13,761 farms, protecting 498,971 acres and saving an estimated $1,118,158 in crops while losses reached $431,903. For 1939 the infestation to be fought over 300,872 acres.
Mrs Hazel MccAtee of Dundee visited Mr. and Mrs Fred Hartmann last week. Ann Arbor visits include Mr and Mrs Thomas Zahn and daughters Vera and Mildred and others. Andrew Hartmann discharged at Camp Custer recently lost three fingers sawing wood. Mrs George Hahr hosted supper for guests including Mr and Mrs Jacob Burkhardt and Helen Schmidt.
Charles Klager sold his farm to William Sautter and the Charles Rhodes Estate 100 acre farm went to J. L. Rhodes. Schweitzer Brothers sold land to Elmer Brown near Ypsilanti. The Shaw district to hold a shadow social at George Cook home Friday. Judge Kinne upheld petition signer rights in a school option case. Julius Lindenschmidt and B N Smith exchanged village properties and will relocate families in April.
The February events include Boy Scout activities in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti with panel discussions by Winfield Line James Volk and Edward Danaher. The Order of the Arrow will hold its annual meeting and officer election at McKenny Hall in Ypsilanti with a 5:30 arrival and 7 p.m. program. District Court of Honor events occur in Manchester and Lincoln Consolidated School hosts parents night potluck and Court of Honor for Ypsilanti Saline Milan Willis and Whittaker troops.
A reading note invites readers to share household task ideas and recipes. It urges studying seed catalogs for next summer and asks if there is an neglected yard corner to transform with cheap seed collections. It also promotes crochet projects and crocheted bedspreads with patterns sold by dime stores or city newspapers.
A recipe describes shredding dried beef and mixing with mushrooms and a cream of mushroom soup based sauce. Butter and flour create a thickened base poured over buttered toast for serving.
Extension specialists warn kerosene is safe only when cold and stress careful storage and handling. Do not heat, drape or position near flames. keep wicks clean. use metal backs and air space behind stoves. avoid refilling when lit or hot. use electric light to refill at night. fire extinguishers or sand can prevent spread. An Earl Schultz Tecumseh car theft case follows with vehicle found near Palmyra missing tires and battery.
A compact note talks about buying a shirt from a reliable shop without shopping around for bids. It emphasizes fair pricing, avoiding high or starvation prices, and choosing trusted stores. Included are assorted quotes about songs and wisdom from various authors and religious sources.
York Township taxes due now will be received at the Peoples State Bank in Milan every Saturday until February 25 and at Citizens Bank in Saline on February 3 and February 17. Dog tax will be collected at the same times and places. Dan Murray Treasurer.
Eleven active Michigan farmers are cited during Farmers Week at Michigan State College. Three veteran dairymen receive plaques at a Monday banquet J C Hollenbeck of Berrien Springs W W Sprague of Battle Creek and Dr W A Rawson of Ludington are honored for lifelong dairy and animal husbandry work. Additional awards go to short course graduates horticulture and farm management leaders with names and towns listed among the honorees.
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