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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1938
Page
4
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A centenarian in Washtenaw County restores a neglected home and turns to broom making for a living. He crafts quality brooms, sells them to neighbors, and gains repeat orders. He remains independent, debt free, and dignified in self reliance.
All schools should implement student run safety patrols with active support from public officials. Such programs are already in place in many communities and help reduce traffic issues around schools while teaching children safe practices and conduct.
Aatfield surveys delinquent youths and links their behavior to broken homes. He cites parental drunkenness theft and poor guidance as key factors. The piece argues inadequate parenting stems from lack of education and misunderstanding and notes children imitate parental behavior.
Len Roberts reports to state police he lost 15 dollars to a carload of five gypsies who stopped at his place last week. They visited other county spots and one woman reportedly performed a strip tease at Ed Rupp’s Blue Ridge property before Rupp restrained her. Police say the group used byroads and escaped before capture.
Saline High School seniors Katy Lou Cay valedictorian and Lou Evelyn Bowen salutatorian stand out in academics and activities. Cay earned top class honors while Bowen excels in band home economics and Glee Club. They are among students chosen for a Michigan Bankers Association essay contest with a $500 state prize.
A Seventh Grade report from Omah Bernard describes a February 11 Valentine party at Doris Tanner's home with games and valentines. Dot Little left for the eighth grade, prompting an election in which the author was chosen as president.
Viola Schaefer reports in sixth grade notes on a Valentine party with jello cookies and chocolate hearts, plus plans to study Phoenicians Egyptians Greeks and Romans, using library sources for reports next week. Fifth grade covers Appalachian region with twelve states and mentions manufacturing cities in many states.
The kindergarten section switches from activity work to reading readiness. Students bought a book titled Because We Read and work toward primer preparation. With 19 pupils and four new enrollments, most can print names and write numbers to ten.
A collection of lines and thoughts on monuments, memory, and the dead. It contrasts the permanence of words and deeds with the coldness of stone, citing Pliny, Eddy, Hawthorne, and Psalms to argue memory endures through virtue, not marble.
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