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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1941
Page
3
The Saline Observer lists pricing for single copies at 3 cents and subscriptions at 1 dollar for six months or three dollars a year outside Michigan. Card of thanks charged by line, obituaries and marriages free, poetry 5 cents per line, paid announcements 6 cents per line, minimum 25 cents.
The Observer salutes Campbell-Ewald, Detroit’s oldest ad agency with an annual $10,000,000 in business. H. T. Ewald leads the firm, which praises newspaper advertising while expanding into outdoor, radio, and direct mail. Campbell-Ewald handles Chevrolet Motors and has a spotless financial record, even through the 1933 bank holiday.
Michigan farmers will file 1940 federal income tax reports as farm income rose and federal minimums lowered. E B Hill outlines 36 Qs with answers from the Detroit deputy collector. offices listed in multiple cities for forms and aid. Filing deadline is March 15. farm account books ease the process. Kilaues crater size noted. US electric light bulb sales rise about 10 percent yearly.
Saline High sprinted to a 52 to 28 win over Lincoln High to secure second place in the Huron League. Bamner led with 24 points, followed by Schaefer 15 and Martin 7 as Saline outpaced the Lincoln attack despite slow start in dim gym lighting.
A roundup of local social notices from Saline in 1911. Residents visit relatives in Detroit Howell Ypsilanti and Lima. New tenants move in near Ann Arbor and South Lyon. A church bell is sold to the Methodist society and other community events including weddings and a birthday surprise.
West Saline remains quiet as Owen Zahn visits Ypsilanti last Thursday evening while Sally Jane Hayes visits grandparents in Northville. Neighbor get togethers include Clif ford Finkbeiner’s enlistment news and a large Dell school attendance due to illness. Irene Schwoch e and Bernard Boettger attend the Luther and school dance and box social with boxes selling up to 3.50. Mr and Mrs W P Schwoche celebrate their third anniversary and birthday with friends including Lawrence Tucker and Ernest Hayes. A poplar tree of impressive size is felled on J Foster farm south of Sylvan Center, height 162 feet and diameter 5 ft 3 in.
Morning worship at 10 and Sunday school at 11 15 with Graydon Everett leading adult study on The Authority of Christ and Mrs Hazen Jewell overseeing the primary department. Christian Endeavor at 7 pm mid week prayer March 5 730 pm at Mrs Fredericka McBride home. Ladies Aid March 5 230 pm at the church with quarterly mission offering due. Also a local note on typists and careless drivers.
A roundup of curios from postal postmarks in western towns, featuring Cayuse Oregon and Spot ted Horse Wyoming, plus notes on local readers, photo displays by Fred Nissly in Ypsilanti, spring weather woes, traffic cautions, auctions, social games, new signs, and community cheer in Saline and nearby areas.
Mrs ONeil notes the Valentine mail volume this year is the heaviest since her tenure began at the post office. The playful question of Cupid’s work aside, the tradition continues to grow each year with increasing attention and participation.
Divine services with Holy Communion at 10 a.m. in English and an 11 a.m. Sunday school. Lenten services in the evening. The Ladies Aid meets Wednesday afternoon, the Men's Club Wednesday evening, and a special meeting with League Thursday evening. Also notes on British mortality and wealth.
Auction sale announced for Wednesday March 5 offering 51 head of young cows aged 2% to 8 years all tested for tuberculosis and brucellosis. Cattle include new milch stock and springers. Terms allow one year on bankable notes at 6 percent interest payable at Wayne State Bank. August Bewernitz farm located one mile east and one mile north of Eloise Hospital on Middlebelt Road.
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