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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1937
Page
4
The Saline Observer outlines publication details Subscription rates and charges for notices and poetry Card of Thanks priced per line Obituary and marriage notices published free Anouncements of entertainment incur a fee Admission charges apply Personal interest notices billed at regular rates
Michigan Christmas seal efforts report a rising total and urge late contributors to boost 1937 funding for a broader anti tuberculosis program. Officials note over 2,000 deaths last year and stress health education and medical tools, with new mailings planned to cut follow up costs.
Dr. C. C. Slemons, state health commissioner, urges thorough cooking of pork after a trichinosis outbreak in Capac and nearby parts of St. Clair County. He notes parasites may exist in hog meat and emphasizes cooking beyond searing to ensure safety. The Capac outbreak is subsiding. Michigan had 32 cases in February 1938 from infected sausage at Rogers City.
The Pioneer & Fayette railroad, under 14 miles of track, moved 1,025 carloads of freight last year. It is owned by Pioneer men, employs four, and survived the U and W abandonment, contrasting with a distant $100,000 New York Central superintendent.
Maurice Leonard and family visit his parents south of town. Godfred Dieterle sells 40 acres in Saline township to George Feldkamp. Six York youths baptised at Baptist church. Henry Morris visits son James and wife in Detroit. Walter Nissly marries Delia Harwood in Colorado Springs January 24. Helen Craig of Macon stays with grandmother Mrs. Kleversant. Jacob Young rents Mrs. Stimpson and Miss Hammond’s farm. Dr. Wells buys Mrs. Harris’s property and plans February possession. Mrs. Elmer Stimpson and Theodore with Mrs. Gordon visit Tecumseh. Gertrude Collins leaves school sick with jaundice. Julia Dunn and Florence Binder visit Grace Updyke in Detroit hospital. Adam Schroen and sons travel to Lansing for Mary Kaiser’s illness. Michigan State College studies lights on turkey breeding flocks at Lake City station. lights extend day, boost feed use, affect fertility and hatchability uncertainties. Tom turkeys started on lights before hens. results inconclusive.
The article notes that one third of Michigan's agricultural income came from dairy sales, with Detroit suburbs using about a quarter of dairy income. It highlights rising fruit juice production, especially tomato juice, and questions milk marketing efficiency while detailing fluid milk use in Detroit and surrounding counties.
About 200 boys at a Bristol school chose woodwork gardening and gymnastics as their top subjects in a reader poll. They said they saw the inquiry in The Observer.
Orange Festival runs January 18 23 at Silver Lake in Winter Haven with an open-air grandstand, late night fireworks, and a citrus exhibit. The coronation of the Orange Festival Queen and her Court featured finalists from Tampa St. Petersburg Sarasota Lake Wales Winter Haven and Frostproof among others. One of seven finalists was chosen queen as judges announced the Court of Honor. The event boosts Winter Haven and Florida citrus industry amid fairground entertainment and concessions.
Fifteen years ago Mrs. Leslie Bailey visited Bridgewater relatives from Thursday to Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Ross returned home Monday after a two months stay with Ohio relatives. Chris Lambarth bought the Blaess farm in Lodi and will move after March. Mr. and Mrs. Alger Allison attended Over the Hill at the Garrick in Milan Wednesday. Mrs. Roscoe Cammet visited her mother, Mrs. Steele, at Washtenaw Private Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Spitler moved to their new Carleton home with son Robert and Ruby Spitler. Neighbors celebrated the Biddlys 35th wedding anniversary Friday. Miss Elia Clark became science critic at the Detroit Teachers College wingert school on West Grand Blvd, starting Monday. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cole leave for Lansing for Farmers Week and Housewives Congress. visit daughter Mrs. R. H. Bamer. Miss Eva Schairer left University Hospital to teach dietetics at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Miss Schairer bid friends farewell Friday. Mrs. Catherine Davenport, longtime resident with her daughter Mrs. Charles Burkhart, died early Monday after brief illness. Funeral at the daughter’s home and Oakwood cemetery interment.
Elwood Clark Rogers died instantly after falling on ice in front of his home in Lodi township. Coroner and doctor confirmed death. funeral held at his home. Survived by wife Christina Fahner Rogers and several children and grandchildren. burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
Frost bite begins with extreme cold and numbness, then color changes to white or gray. Keep the part warm gradually, avoid heat, and use gentle massage, cold water, and ointment as for burns to restore circulation. Meeting on Manchester high school bond issue drew nine no votes and forty nine yes votes.
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