Weekend Visitors and Local Notes Highlight Saline
Detroit visitors and residents return from trips mark a busy period in Saline. Many socialize, attend events, and plan Bible study and community gatherings as bridge and dinner parties fill weekends.
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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1930
Page
5
Detroit visitors and residents return from trips mark a busy period in Saline. Many socialize, attend events, and plan Bible study and community gatherings as bridge and dinner parties fill weekends.
Everett Shaw plans to move to Jackson in spring. Fred Kanouse rents Charles Ellis farm and will move in March. George Fliedman rents Oscar Stimpson farm for a term. Alphous Schmidt recovered from typhoid and returns to market. Clint Stimpson to auction farm tools March first before moving to Detroit. Theo Hill buys A B Hamlin farm north of here. Schuyler pond gates carried away by high water. Jacob Sturm starts 25 acre timber farm west of Jos lyn lake with mills in Freedom, Bridgewater and Saline townships. Mrs George Finkheimer dies leaving husband and five children. John Giesel near the depot dies after weeks of illness. Arbeiter Verein attends services.
A citizen discusses retail credit in the community, noting its growing complexity and the risk of bankruptcy for careless merchants. The piece argues buyers who cannot pay strain merchants, while cars radios and necessities compete for funds. It concludes that credit is still common but more controlled, and net profit matters more than sheer volume.
R C Merithew was reappointed manager of Washtenaw County Fair for one year at the annual society meeting. The board limited the fair to four days next fall with Saturday exhibitions discontinued. The fair is set for August 26 to 29 with plans for grounds improvements and new attractions. Charles J Hutzel may remain president. Horse races and midway features are being booked by management.
The Christian Science Society of Saline holds Sunday services at 10 30 a m in the hall above Citizens Bank with the subject Mind A testimonial meeting is Wednesday at 7 30 p m A cordial invitation is extended to all Sunday school follows the morning service pupils under 20 may attend
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