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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1943
Page
2
Leonora, role playing as a busy woman of affairs, directs her stenographer to draft a letter to Secretary Morgenthau. She boasts of investing ten percent of her income in War Bonds and notes a War Savings Bond as she mimics a government correspondence in her room.
Single copies cost 3 cents while subscription options include 31.00 per year six months 50 cents for three months 25 cents. Outside Michigan rate is 1.50 per year.
Saline school reports higher student enrollment from across the U S and 16 teachers replaced this year. Net salaries for last year totaled 22 548 07 with two fewer teachers saving 798 07 in the budget. State aid likely unchanged. factory worker wages up 53 percent since 1939 while teachers gain about 7 percent.
The Federated Church announces new service times starting this Sunday with worship at 10 30 a m and Sunday school at 11 30 a m For all ages the 4 growing Sunday school continues The Christian Endeavor meets at 6 45 p m and the evening evangelistic service starts at 7 45 p m A guest speaker Mr Harold DeVries of Ann Arbor attends the Wednesday Ladies Aid at Mrs Carl Eazmaier home at 7 30 p m All are welcome.
The piece urges ongoing effort to grow subscriptions with lines about persistence. It lists names such as Andrew Weber and Harold Armbruster from Plymouth and Ypsilanti, noting new subscribers and tax collection dates in January and February. Alwin Marion is named as treasurer.
A collage of social notes from Ypsilanti and nearby towns. Residents visit relatives attend dances and church events, with numerous mentions of Ann Arbor, Detroit, Milan, and Jackson area venues. Births marriages and farm sales punctuate a snapshot of community life.
A 2 ½ pound girl was born to Mr and Mrs Flore Rogers of Lodi on Saturday. c B Herbert and his sister will move into part of Mrs Qmon Stimpson s house.
Agricultural experts advise two or three coats of paint for the commercial insulating board used in poultry houses to protect it from the pecking of the birds. York Township treasurer Henry Moorehead lists tax collection sites at People State Bank Milan Saturdays from December 19 to February 27 and at Citizens Bank on February 26.
Troop 46 of Saline conducts a citywide scrap gathering plan during Scout Week February 6 to 12 and volunteers $463.75 in defense stamp sales in two nights. Girl Scouts led by Miss Stoianowski join to promote stamps. Mayor Alwin Gross supports stamp purchases as scouts expand activities citywide. Remember Pearl Harbor.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Gerald Coe on Tuesday February 16. Mrs John Green welcomed a child on Wednesday February 17. Mrs Charles Liedal of Maybee and Mrs Carl Seeger each welcomed a baby on Wednesday. Mrs Joe Chapman of Ann Arbor and Mrs Naomi Goheen of Milan underwent major operations Tuesday February 23. Byron Rhoades is able to walk some now.
A wartime exhortation targets Adolph, Benito, and Hirohito as the three blind mice and urges citizens to contribute ten percent of income to War Bonds each payday to support the war effort.
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