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Newspaper

Saline Observer

Location

Saline, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1950

Page

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World Day of Prayer Observed Friday in Saline

The World Day of Prayer will be held Friday February 24 at 2 30 PM in Federated Church Saline with women from St Pauls Methodist and Bethel Evangelical and Reformed. The 1950 observance theme is Faith For Our Time prepared by Michi Kawai and presided by Mrs R S Hocking.

St. Paul's Methodist Bethel Evangelical and Reformed United Nations Michi Kawai America R. S. Hocking Rudolph Layher, Jr Harold Brown Charles Kern Maurice Henderson

Talk on The Happy Family at Child Study Club Meeting

A Tuesday night Child Study Club gathering featured Herbert Bodwin speaking on The Happy Family, with an emphasis on mental health guidance. The event honored past presidents and included a planned pot luck, with reservations for guests.

Saline Girls Shine At Ypsilanti Music Festival

Saline schools entered two solos in the Ypsilanti Solo and Ensemble Festival held Saturday. Karen Taylor earned a superior piano solo rating, while Christine Schnierle received a good rating on flute. The superior score makes Taylor eligible for the regional contest in Lansing in April. Let a liner ad buy it for you.

Dairymen Plan Series of Talks and Meetings

Washtenaw dairy groups schedule events February 27 in Saline and March 2 in Chelsea with Michigan State College experts Dr. Glen W. Reed and Don Murray to discuss disease control and quality milk production. County Livestock Exchange outlines its annual meeting February 28 in Ann Arbor with talks on diseases, market trends, and delegate elections.

Washtenaw Glen W. Reed Michigan State College G. I Saline High School Reed Don Murray Chelsea High School Murray Livestock Exchange Washtenaw County Michigan Livestock Hixchange Farm Bureau Ann Arbor Washtenaw County Robert Gilbert Dexter B. J. Killsham The State College Killham Waltom Detroit Michigan Livestock Exchange Lafaytte Grange Hall Lima Center A. C. Baltzer Europe Chelsea, A. E. A Clifford Bradbury H. S. Osler Karl Bailey

Fair Board Meeting Postponed by Saline Officials

Fair secretary Charles Osgood announces the Saline Community Fair board meeting for Monday is cancelled due to a farmers’ meeting at the high school that night. The next meeting will be held on the last Monday in March.

Charles Osgood Saline Community Fair Board

Heiningers Seeger Family Dines With Seeger Household

Milan residents Mr and Mrs Ardis Heininger and Mr and Mrs Matthew Seeger with their son Matthew along with Mr and Mrs Carl Seeger and their children and Mr and Mrs Earl Bush were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Mary Seeger.

Ardis Heininger Milan Matthew Seeger Matthew Carl Seeger Earl Bush Mary Seeger

Health Department work highlighted by Saline club

Mrs Reuben Finkbeiner hosted the Saline Woman's Club on February 14 as Dr. Otto Engelke from the Washtenaw County Health Department spoke on sanitation building codes restaurant health rules and milk standards. He praised nurses and county doctors and noted plans for future expansion and a county cancer clinic. The meeting included music by Mrs C A Curtiss and Mrs Luther Briggs and Valentine refreshments.

Reuben Finkbeiner Saline Woman’s Club Edwin Hering Arthur Heininger Oscar Weber Ray Niles Merritt Martin Red Cross Committee Detroit George Marshall Henry McKenzie Public Welfare Department Otto Engelke Washtenaw County Health Department Engelke C. A. Curtiss Luther Briggs Martin Alvin Siemson Lloyd Steiner Mertin

Willing Workers Meet At Catey Home

The Willing Workers gathered February 16 at Mrs. Lloyd Catey’s Willow Road home. Mrs. Everett Gilbert led the business meeting after a bountiful lunch. Members spent time in a darning bee and sewing rag rugs. forty attended, including five guests.

Lloyd Catey Willow Road Everett Gilbert

Uniforms Provided to Saline Band and Majorettes

Through Carl A. Curtiss generosity three Saline high school band majorettes received new uniforms and additional uniforms were supplied to band members. The high school band will perform at the Michigan Milk Producers Association meeting on March 9 and again March 16 for the Saline Rotary Club noon meeting. They appear at the District Band Festival in Ypsilanti on March 18 and plan a spring concert.

Carl A. Curtiss Michigan Milk Producers Association Saline Rotary Club Ypsilanti

Saline FFA Dominates District Competition

The Saline Future Farmers of America district contest opened with an welcome by John Weldkamp. Saline placed in parliamentary procedure and public speaking, with Chelsea, Manchester and Milan finishing in various slots. Winning Saline entrants will advance to regional contests at Pittsford on March 7.

Future Farmers of America John Weldkamp Saline FFA Leo L. Jensen Chames Osgood Chelsea Eldean Bauer David Marion David Anderson Thomas Love James Stierle Gus Lindeman Ghelsea Manchester Walter Zeeb Duane Girbach Robert Kothe Washtenavi Monroe Pittsford

Oberlin Scholar Delivers Sunday Talk On Friends

Dr Harold Fildy of Oberlin College spoke at the local Methodist church Sunday on the theme Friends He recalled meeting Rev Hocking at Alma College and their trip from Oberlin to Detroit for a ministerial meeting He and his wife and two daughters endured 87 months in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines.

Ibe Harold Fildy Oberlin Graduate School of Theology Oberlin Ohio Methodist Church Hocking Alma Fildy Detroit Hacking The Phillippines

Public invited to dinner talk by Child Study Club speaker

The Child Study Club invites the public to a dinner at St Pauls Church on Tuesday evening February 28. Reservations must be made with Mrs Edw in Hering by Friday. No charge for the dinner. Herbert L Bodwin of Michigan Department of Mental Health will speak on The Happy Family about family mental health and elderly adjustment.

Herbert Bodwin Child Study Club Study Club Max Haswell Harold Brown Harry Anderson Edwin Hering Elvin Armbruster W. P. Schwoche al Hagen Howard Johnson Paul Rogers Detroit Edison Michigan Trenton Channel J. W. Parker Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Pontiac Port Huron Reo Christensen Michigan Avenue Saline Hotel Milan Big Reds Hornets Flat Rock Dexter Bar- Meister Washington Michigan Department of Social Welfare Michigan State College University of Michigan Bodwin

Bredernitz 25th Anniversary Celebrated by Family

Mr and Mrs Otto Bredernitz marked their twenty fifth wedding anniversary Friday night at Polar Bear Hall with about 175 guests. They received twenty five silver dollars and a money purse as gifts. A wedding cake baked by Mrs Ruby Wild served as the center piece while guests enjoyed refreshments, dancing, and card games. The party was hosted by their children Duane Roos Joyce Bredernitz Donald Bredernitz and others.

Otto Bredernitz Polar Bear Hall J Ruby Wild Bredernitz Duane Bredernitz Robert Roos Joyce Bredernitz Donald Bredernitz

Federated Ladies Aid To Meet Wednesday

Federated Ladies Aid Society schedules its March meeting for Wednesday March 1 at Mrs Reuben Rogers home. Missionary sewing under Mrs Clarence Johnson and Mrs C R Burkhart starts at 130 PM with business at 230 PM. Mrs Harold Brown president says devotional by Miss Mary Morden and Baptist missionary report by Mrs Rodgers. Quarterly Presbyterial offering will be received. Social committee listed.

Federated Ladies’ Aid Society Reuben Rogers Clarence Johnson C. R. Burkhart Harold Brown Mary Morden Rodgers A. W. Duff Archie Lawrence C. G. Everett Henry McKenzie

Lifetime resident Julius Bredernitz dies at 82 in Saline area

Julius Bredernitz 83, longtime resident, died at Ypsilanti State Hospital after a long illness. Born July 30, 1867 in Lodi Township, he married Clara Luckhardt in 1888. Survived by son Arthur of Jackson, daughter Mrs. Paul Klueter of Saline, and sister Mrs. Frank Williams of Oakland. Funeral Friday 11 at Lockwood Funeral Home. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. H. L. Engel officiates.

Julius Bredernitz Ypsilanti State Hospital Lodi Township August Katherine Hesse-Bredernitz Clara Luckhardt Saline Arthur Bredernitz Jackson Paul Klueter Frank Williams Oakland California Bredernitz Trinity Lutheran Church of Saline Saline Mercantile Company Lockwood Funeral Home H. L. Engel Oakwood Cemetery

Jaycees Kolyum Minstrel Show Recalled and College Degree Recap

The Jaycees thank supporters for the minstrel show and note a February business meeting at the Saline Hotel. Allan B. Wiedman presides as Jaycee president. Paul Davis is listed among 1 515 University of Michigan fall graduates with June commencements.

Jaycee Saline Hotel Saline Jaycees Allan B. Wiedman Paul Davis University of Michigan Wuniversity

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