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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1941
Page
3
The Saline Observer lists subscription prices: 1 year at 1.00, six months 50c, three months 25c. Outside Michigan 1 year 1.50. Card of thanks 6c per line. Obituary and marriage notices are free. Poetry charged at 5c per line.
National editorial urges readers to write Sen. Vandenburg and Rep. Michener about whether to enter the war. It argues public opinion matters and no one is too humble to have a view, urging immediate letters to Washington expressing stance.
Ypsilanti district Scouts held a potluck during National Boy Scout Week at Ypsilanti High School with troop stunts and a Court of Honor. Rev Stephen Crowell installed as Milan troop scoutmaster. Ernest H Chapelle re elected Washtenaw-Livingston Scout Council president. five vice presidents named. A hand amputation followed a farm accident near Milan. The coyote range increase noted since white settlement.
Mrs Laura Emma Schaible widow of Fred Schaible died recently after living in Saline 30 years. Born November 28 1887 in Freedom township she was daughter of John and Margaret Feuerbacher. Survived by sister Elizabeth Feuerbacher and brothers John of Freedom Township Fred of Bridgewater Township. Rev Bauman of Bethel Evangelical Church officiated and burial was in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs Mary E McMann, 89, widow of Henry McMann, died Sunday at her Hammond district home after a long illness. Born April 1 1851 near Manchester to John and Bridget Noone, she married Henry McMann in 1868. Surviving are daughter Ella, daughter in law Mrs Ralph Hammond, grandson Robert Hammond, and four great grandchildren. Funeral was Tuesday at 2 pm at the residence with Dr Fred A Lendrum presiding. burial followed.
Ten members from four Michigan State College short courses earn a 1941 Honor Roll. Special honors will be awarded at the alumni banquet Feb. 5 in the college Union ballroom during Farmer's Week. R. W. Tenny led the selection with help from staff and county agents. The 47th year of short courses has 300 plus enrollees. since 1894 more than 17 000 have studied. Named from class of 1901 is Ralph Hudson. From 1911: Clarence Cook, Howard J. Howards, Carrol Mahrle. From 1921: Howard Borton, Lewis McLaughlin, Ross Thayer. From 1931: Floyd Dale, Max Radseck, Donald Johnson.
State police issue warning about a check forger posing as a state employee in highway or conservation departments and sometimes county officials. He targets small checks from nine to twelve dollars under various names and may use a typewritten check protector. Detain him and call Lansing 59421 Ext. 39 if seen.
Worship at 10 a m with sermon Opportunity or Achievements. Prelude offertory by Dale Fosdick organist. Anthem by choir directed by Mrs Frank Campbell. Epworth League officers recognized with sponsors. Church school at 11 15 subject What Do You Possess led by Arthur Wilson. Official board meeting Tuesday 730 p m Society for Christian Service meets in church parlors.
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everybody cordially invited.
A local column lists residents and visitors in Ann Arbor and nearby areas. Names include Mrs Mary Wolf Mrs Grover Gillen and Miss Nina Jackson, with movements to Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Paw Paw and Morenci noted. The piece mentions a mill pond ice gathering by a dozen men with teams and good quality ice.
The notice notes that the initial issues from a thirty year archive are absent. It highlights gaps in the file and signals potential missing records for researchers tracing the period.
A town column notes past dances were unpopular and discontinued. Rotary President Miller sells tickets for a fundraising drive. Skating at Ford lake and snowball contests engage students. An errant upholsterer collected deposits then vanished, eroding trust in local trades.
Rev. H. L. Engel pastors English divine service at 10:00 a.m. and Sunday school at 11:00. The church council will meet Tuesday evening.
The Federated Church hosts morning worship at 10 o clock led by Rev Otto Scott a candidate minister from First Baptist Church with the sermon The three-fold cure for a three-fold Malady. Sunday school follows at 11 15 with adult topic The Christian Attitude toward Possessions.
A feature discussing dwindling reading among children as screens and activities rise. It contrasts old fashioned quiet study with modern quick entertainment, noting the automobile's role in changing leisure and urging a return to reading, with schools awarding certificates for yearly reading lists and Whittier praising past treasures.
A recipe fragment lists Caramel Refrigerator Cookies with shortening sugar eggs nuts vanilla flour soda salt and directions to chill roll and slice then bake at 425 degrees. Also includes Muffins with flour baking powder salt sugar milk eggs melted fat and method to cream and combine then bake in muffin tins at 425 degrees.
Michigan families can expect about 24 million chickens fattened or culled yearly in state flocks. Commercial hatcheries produce around 19 million chicks, about 89 percent of all Michigan hatched. Total chickens raised for meat or culled reach about 23.9 million. with five million residents each person would eat roughly five chickens annually.
T. M. Clay and son Bobby attended the Sports Carnival at Roosevelt High School in Ypsilanti Friday. Bobby, a member of the swimming team, helped defeat River Rouge at the meet. Jeannette Clay was home briefly for exams after enrolling in nursing school last fall. The Saline fire department battled a roof fire at the Carl Seeger farm on Bemis Road, extinguishing it before major damage.
The six Legion posts will hold a countywide citizenship banquet at the Michigan Union on Saturday February 15. Six residents from Ann Arbor Saline Chelsea Milan and Manchester will receive citizenship citations from local Legion posts. Governor Van Wagoner will toast, and Charles Q Kelly of Little Rock Ark will speak as the national Legion official.
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