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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1945
Page
2
Public notice lists rates for payments per line for various notices including poetry and literary items with minimum charges. It states obituaries and marriage notices are free of charge and events with gifted admission are charged per line. The piece outlines pricing rules for readers and advertisers.
The local school received a certificate of merit from the WPB for collecting scrap tin and paper in the past year. A January drive yielded about three tons of scrap paper as part of the Nation Wide Paper Trooper Campaign.
The farmers co_op center on Michigan avenue reports its machinery repair school has completed its second course with strong attendance despite winter conditions. Director C H Osgood plans a new six week session starting this week, taught by John Cornish as students repair tools for spring planting. Farmers may bring equipment for free repair every Tuesday or Thursday at 8 PM. the program will continue while repair work exists.
Sunday worship at 10 30 with Rev Joseph Reeson from Detroit. Sunday school at 11 30. Evening service at 7 45 led by Rev I W Parrish of Milan. Wednesday missionary meeting at 1 30 and prayer session at 7 30. Thursday choir practice at 8. Morning service business meeting on Feb 25. Washington church clerk signs.
The Methodist Church schedules 10 a.m. worship with a sermon on Divine Con descension. Organ prelude and choir. church school at 11 with a class to meet every need led by Walter Towler. prayer circle Monday at 7 30 p.m. led by Mrs C A Curtiss. Thursday choir rehearsal at 8 p.m.
Mr and Mrs Ray Gilmore of Macon called on Mrs Mabel Needham Monday. Gerald Miller spent Friday and Saturday with his grandmother. Several households including Mrs Ralph Hammond and Miss Ella McMann visited Mrs Harold Hammond Monday. The Stimp sons and Sally visited Mr and Mrs B D Stimpson Sunday. Edward Sneary and children of Adrian visited Mr and Mrs HB M Gilbert Sunday. Women named Gilbert and Faust attended a Blissfield meeting Wednesday evening. The Fink Beiner Gil bert Gordon couples attended a euchre party at the Forsythe home Saturday night.
Saline Rotary Club members and guests viewed moving pictures of the Ohio Ohio Michigan football game at The Tavern last Thursday noon. Henry Berglund president and editor of The Highlights led the Junior Rotarian contingent noting his many school ties and strong average. Ed Redies toasted his newborn third son by passing cigars. Bill Britain paid a partner’s fine after driving the company car. Hugh Cooper appealed for long knives for Pacific servicemen. Others included Walter MacPeek Ann Arbor J E Ross Milan and Morton Jones. Albert Lange recovers in Florida while attending.
Week of 14 16 bowling notes celebrate Julia Barnes gaining four pins and Dorothy Hutzel returning to form with a 400 series 133 average. Mentions include Marion Bredernitz Louella Dell Alice Lockwood Betty Steiner Shirley Rogers Bernice M Shirley R and the teams Slick Chicks Bombardiers tied last week with Key performances and a dramatic 3 frame finish.
A brief Lenten reflection urges steadfast focus on Jerusalem to ensure lasting experiences that will mark the world and create a safer place for future generations. The excerpt continues a page one discussion on enduring values and moral progress.
Joanne Groeb and Barbara Burmeister spent time together this weekend in West Saline. Lonnie Alston and Melinda Roehm visited Monroe on Sunday. The Finkbeiners from Munising visited West Saline friends and relatives last week. Michael Krusnecz, back from France, spent a furlough with the H. C. Ray family. The next West Saline Farm Bureau meeting is set for Monday February 26 at Edward and Mrs Ray’s home. Local dinners featured visits among Berkich, Hardenberg, Tescher, Finkbeiner, and Schwocho families. Herman Kobler hosted a family dinner for son Herman Jr on furlough awaiting return to Rockford, Ill.
Norris Street hosted a caller on Mr and Mrs Bert Moore Sunday evening. Mrs Bert Hummel visited Jackson with son and wife. Red Cross met at Mrs Arthur Williams with 15 ladies present. Several local families shared Sunday visits and a wedding anniversary dinner at the Women’s League for Mr and Mrs Wayne Klager.
Sunday visits mark a sequence of furloughs and leaves for military personnel including Hugh Craig Russell Collins Ralph Mehler Edward Kasnia and Richard Collins as families host relatives in Macon Jackson Bakersfield and Oklahoma City. A 34th wedding anniversary celebration for Gottchalks featured a potluck supper and social games.
St John’s Lath Church Bridgewater M C Philipp Pastor announces morning services at ten o clock Sunday school at eleven German service held on the first Sunday each month. Everyone is cordially invited.
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