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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1936
Page
5
Community notes record visits and illnesses in Saline Michigan. Mrs Parsons receives phone calls. Luther Wood and others visit Detroit. O B S meets March 1. Numerous church groups plan meetings March 3 4 and 5. Local auctions and a wedding at the Presbyterian manse are noted along with school events and a final basketball game against Grosse Isle and Saline.
A retrospective item notes R Parsons and family returning from Florida after weeks away. Albert Westphal and Advite Rentschler of Highland Park visited relatives. A two week old child of Mr and Mrs Herman Bredernitz died and was buried. Alphonse Schmid bought Philip Moser farm in York township south of the village. Mrs Philip Dresch of Windsor Ontario spent the weekend with her sister Mrs Fred Kalmbach and brother William Kinsley. Mattison, away in Nebraska, reports a good winter. John Heininger entertained Charles Guthard from Billings Montana, plus Guthardt and family and Lucile Seeger. Deerfield house fire destroys home of Mr and Mrs Gerald Irelan and four children escape. Mrs Irelan is daughter of Samuel Boyd. Carl Scheffler, back from 15 years abroad, honored at dinner and has moved to Grand Rapids for a new job.
John McKinnon handles office work for F. D. Ford. Frank Krause, formerly a Saline boy, buried in Detroit. Fred Wiedmayer and Mary Dieter le of Freedom were married last week. A marriage license issued to George Finkbeiner and Elizabeth Zahn. Minnie Davidson of Grosse Isle visiting Mrs. S. H. Wheelock. John George Rentschler estate to sell farm at auction March 5. Ladies from here attend Mrs. Sutherland’s birthday party in Ypsilanti. Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Schmid welcome a son born Wednesday morning. Herman Heininger buys Jortin Forbes farm and plans stock and tools auction March 6. Mrs. Bethsheba Carven honored at eighty with relatives gathering Monday. Alfred Daniels buys John Schafer dwelling, likely April possession. Abner Monroe, executor, handling deal. Walter Carven of Dansville, nephew of Charles Carven, signs with Canton Ohio Central League team for $1000 monthly.
Mrs. Alger Allison spent Friday with Mrs. Hattie Murray. Roy Goldie visited Frank Fox at the Bakity home. Miss Electa Murray visited Miss Lewis Schanz in Ann Arbor. Electa Murray and Mrs. Frank Harwood attended the Roberts school institute. The Oak Grove school held a Valentine party with candy cake and cocoa but bad roads kept many pupils away, so the party was postponed.
Mrs. Julia Gordon was a Sunday visitor at the home of Dr. G. J. Prout in the Hammond district.
The collection lists numerous residents visiting friends and relatives across nearby towns. Items include Thelma Brown and Nora Gordon in Ann Arbor, several attend milk meetings in Somerset, plus family visits to the Forsythes, Gordons, and Hammonds. A Willing Workers sewing group met at Jennie Forsythe’s for hospital aid. Debates on hospital-related projects surface amid birthday anniversaries and an appendectomy operation for Dean Gordon.
A crowded social update lists visits among families in Milan Britton Macon and nearby towns. Highlights include anniversary birthday celebrations heart illness updates and weather-related school closure. A closing remark notes a crusading weekly newspaper in Minneapolis.
Chase S. Osborn quotes Lao Tse and Mahomet arguing that great leaders from ancient to modern times were not literate. The piece cites Caesar Alexander Genghis Khan Trajan Akbar Washington Lincoln and Buddha as examples. A Charlotte Republican Tribune caption notes cold weather and a spring outlook.
A historical poultry feed promotion describes using ALL-MIX 42% Concentrate with 4% gas and cod liver oil in every sack. It outlines several all mash and mixed rations for laying hens, including 18% and 15% protein targets with specific ingredient weights and substitutions like ground corn, oats, bran, mids, and All-Mix.
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