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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1943
Page
3
Local items report visits among families, liftoffs to training stations, new births and illnesses, scouts activities, and church week plans. Notable names include Schmid, Derr, Schmid family, Vanisttersum, and Schmid relatives in Ann Arbor and Detroit. Community gatherings feature a Victory Book Campaign and a Stag Barbecue at Saline Valley Farms.
Saline General Hospital notes a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Everett Edme of Milan on January 2. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Tar Sinig on the 27th. Mrs Fred Niethammer and Mrs George W Barr returned home last Wednesday. Max Denton and infant son came home Friday. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs George O Connors on February 1. Miss Luella Crawford of Milan underwent a transfusion test Monday. Miss Dolores Townserd of Milan underwent a transfusion on Tuesday. Mrs H L Engle had an appendectomy Wednesday morning.
The Washtenaw County Defense Council urges wartime food effort with a December rationing list of canned goods from 1943. Home canning remains free of rationing and readers are invited to attend Victory Garden lectures at Rackham Amphitheater in Ann Arbor on Feb 8 13 20 and 27 at 3 pm to learn starting gardening skills under a 50 cent registration. The program is supported by local organizations including the Red Cross Chamber of Commerce Kiwanis Ann Arbor Real Estate Board and Garden Clubs.
A kitchen scene shows a family with breakfast sausages as a private letter from the brother arrives. The note, accompanied by a twenty five dollar War Bond issued in Honolulu, prompts the family to reflect on joining the war effort and buying War Bonds. War tax and savings messages follow, urging readers to contribute a portion of earnings to bond purchases.
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