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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1942
Page
2
The notice explains penalties for failing to file income tax returns on time, detailing a 5 percent addition plus 5 percent for each extra thirty days, up to 25 percent. It requires an affidavit to show reasonable cause and notes ignorance of the law is not acceptable. It cites earnings thresholds for filing and mentions Peru as a major vanadium source.
The Saline Observer lists Sim R Wilson as publisher and M C Boutelle as editor. It shows the paper entered at the Saline Michigan post office as second class matter.
Single copies cost 3 cents and subscriptions are 1.00 per year with six months 50c and three months 25c. Outside Michigan price is 1.50 per year. Card of thanks priced per line, obituaries and marriages published free. Announcements of entertainments require 6c per line if admission is charged, minimum 25 cents.
Nelson D. Brown argues that highway interests pressuring Ingham County supervisors to block a proposed $14,000,000 reduction in weight and gasoline taxes threaten voters right to decide. He contends Michigan had good roads in prior years and that revenue would remain sufficient, urging direct action by the people to vote on tax changes.
Divine service in English at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 o'clock. Evening Lent service at 8 p.m. with six themes on temptation confession bearing the cross opposing enemies celebrating the Lord's Supper and departing in peace. Guest speakers Rev A Wacker of Soio and Rev R Scheele of Tecumseh.
Divine services every Sunday at 16 a m Sunday school at 11 15 Everybody welcome Remember Pearl Harbor Buy U S Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps Pastor Rev CG A Haneberg Saline Township five miles west of Saline on US 112.
The Methodist Church schedules 10 a m service with the sermon Compassion and organ music. An 11:15 a m church school on Training for Service led by Arthur Wilson. Epworth League meets at 6:30 p m. A Wednesday 7:30 p m Lenten service invites worshipers.
Saline defeated Milan 2750 to 2428 in a Sunday bowling match held in Milan. The WPA is building an artificial lake at Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania to train troops in pontoon bridge construction.
A column reflects on household budgeting during wartime, urging thrift in cooking and saving salvage materials. It includes a bean and dried beef recipe, turnip dish, and a quiz from the US Department of Agriculture and Michigan State College on cost effective cooking and food waste avoidance.
Pastor William H. Bach leads Sunday morning service at 10 with a sermon on Old Fashioned Christians. Sunday school at 11 15 and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 studying Kagawa. Evening service at 7 45 on Assets or Liabilities. Wednesday features Women's Missionary Society and a Detroit group demonstration. Hold 27 for a special meeting.
Divine services at 10 a m on Sunday with Sunday school at 11. English services occur on the second and fourth Sundays each month. All are warmly invited to attend.
Selections from the Saline Observer recount local memories as residents decorate walls with childhood hand tracings and recall past Clark family fame. Factory workers feel the tire squeeze with rides shared by car, bus, and a funeral hearse offering a lift to work.
The Saline Woman's Club met at Mrs. Fred Sellen's home on a stormy Tuesday afternoon February 10 with strong attendance. Esther Landwehr displayed Legends of Valentines while a Quotation Quiz entertained, poet guest Maude Seamans read poems, and Kathreine Briggs sang with Dorothy Kohler accompanying. Next meeting set for February 24 at Mrs. Daniel Hall's. Also notes urged defense bonds and savings bonds participation for wartime support and mention Hebrew University scientists progress on a rabies vaccine.
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