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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1942
Page
2
The piece notes Emmett's promotion to captain and his service at Wayne County Airport. It praises his hard work as an aviator, mentions friends in the state, and references his time at the airport. The column also comments on tire rationing harming parking lot business and shifts to light local curiosities about brazil nuts and last week's snow.
The Saline Observer lists Sim R. Wilson as publisher and M C Boutelle as editor. It notes mail handling with post office filing and second class matter status for Saline, Michigan.
Single copies cost three cents. Subscription price is one dollar per year six months fifty cents and three months twenty five cents. Outside of Michigan the annual rate is one dollar fifty cents.
Obituary and marriage notices are published free of charge. Announcements in entertainments with admission require 6c per line. Minimum charge 25 cents.
The article outlines deductible items from gross income including business expenses, professional costs, losses from fires and theft, charitable gifts, and certain taxes. It notes non deductible taxes such as local benefit taxes and federal taxes, and explains depreciation as a deduction for property used in business.
Worship at 10 a m features a sermon Faith or Calamity with organ prelude five minutes early and choir music. Church school at 11 15 a m guided by Arthur Wilson superintendent Epworth League meets 6 30 p m with junior and senior groups. Church board of education meets 7 45 p m Tuesday the 17th Ash Wednesday service at 7 30 p m. The season urges faith in God and invites all to worship if no church home.
Mrs Frank Daniels was an Ann Arbor visitor Saturday Harry Steiner of Ann Arbor was a guest at the home of Simon Hirth Sunday Miss Helen Finch teaching in Manchester was home over the weekend Mrs Josephine VanHouten left to visit friends at Wheeler Roy Stoddard Carl Heininger and son Ardis visited friends in Ann Arbor Sunday A D Crittenden and Arthur Lutz attended a farmers institute at Salem Mrs T B Henderson returned from Detroit relatives Mrs William Austin spent weekend with her mother Amelia Lawflager of Wayne Miss Marion Bouldren of Cord was a dinner guest of Miss Hazel Fu ss Mr and Mrs Charles Hanson entertained their sons Otto and Lester and their families Sunday Daphene Richards and Leola Richards were home from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti over the weekend Alumni meeting of the Saline Farmers Club will hold its annual meeting at The Tavern Saturday Feb 11 J N Upham of Columbus Leonard Clapp and Edward Schneider of Ann Arbor were Sunday guests of William Clements and family Mr and Mrs Henry Boettger visited Carl Boettger and family in Dexter Sunday Carl recently moved there and has a store selling candy ice cream and lunches.
Otto Hack of Lodi seeks hospital treatment while Eva Schairer returns home from Pontiac for a short visit. Fred Richards and daughter Mildred visit his mother. J. W. Hull attends Farmers Institute in Ann Arbor. Floyd Rogers moves to Tower house near Lodi cemetery. James Young family to move onto C. R. Parsons farm in spring. Ladies Bible Class to meet with Miss Lottie Wallace next Monday. Mrs Christina Burrow hosts her brothers Fred and John Wild and families Sunday. Old oak tree in front of Dr Woodbridge’s home cut down on Tuesday. John E. Guenther rents house opposite Lodi cemetery to move in by March first. Homer Hoyt and daughter from Detroit visit G. L. Hoyt family. B Y P A Baptist sleighride and party at George Gannett’s. St Jacob’s St Saline township to hold social at Peter Wiedmayer home Friday evening. Lydia Johnson leaves Saturday for Chicago to spend winter with daughter Mrs Harry Fuller. Grace B H Rhoades and Aaron M Westfall marry last evening.
The Federated Church announces Sunday worship at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11 15 for all ages. An evening service follows at 7 45 featuring traditional gospel songs. Midweek events include a Friendship class gathering February 18 and prayer Bible study at 7 50. Choir practice Thursday evening.
Saline Township located five miles west of Saline on US 112 hosts divine services every Sunday at 10 a.m. Pastor Ganeberg invites all to attend and Sunday school follows at 11 15. Everyone is welcome to participate.
The page mixes tips and lore from 19th and early 20th century homemaking. It contrasts youth virtues of Washington and Lincoln, celebrates practical sewing by Mrs. Thrifty Housewife, and offers simple recipes for One Dish Dinner and a meat roll. It also notes homestead syrup and sugar production with sap-based methods.
Michigan sugar maple trees provide a partial solution to wartime sugar shortages. Farmers rush to prepare syrup equipment for an early sap run and to maximize use of existing gear per P. A. Herbert of Michigan State College. Early tapping boosts production and can extend the season.
An editorial urges American farmers to unite to increase food and milk output to aid Allied war efforts. It argues dairy producers in Michigan face low prices, criticizes the Michigan Milk Producers Association and distributors, and promotes the United Dairy Farmers as a unifying solution led by Earl Buss. It notes tuberculosis Christmas seals funded chest X rays for 1,549 Michigan residents.
Off season gun permit holders must surrender old slips by March 1 under a new law from the 1941 Legislature. New permits rely on a current small game license and are valid indefinitely except during 15 days before the small game season and nightly hours in a defined border area. Courts may revoke permits for game law violations.
Miss Shirley Finn and Chalmers Bruder called on Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heilman. Ellen Collins travels to Toledo to help care for a cousin. Lilah Howell and LaVern Pennington visited Dearborn and Wayne relatives. Floyd Morgan and Marion Spitler called on H E Payne in Ypsilanti. Daily Dixon returned to Cleveland after a brief visit with his daughter Doris. Robert Thayer of Harbor Beach visited Ida Thayer and Albert Thayer in Ypsilanti. Mrs J M Williams and Carl Thomas attended the wedding of Eloise Voorheis and Lynford Drake in Jackson and a reception near Albioz. Charles Bigelow entertained guests from Ypsilanti for birthday anniversaries of Harold Hammond and himself.
Divine services at 10 a.m. Sunday school at 11. English services on the second and fourth Sundays of the month. All welcome.
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