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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1941
Page
2
The Saline Observer lists charged rates for various notices including obituaries, marriages, poetry, and entertainments. Card of thanks and announcements with admission fees have per line and minimum charges, detailing six and five cent rates respectively with a 25 cent minimum.
A New Year meditation contrasts holiday cheer with world history’s tyrannies. It urges forward look, past lessons, and personal effort to improve daily life, while celebrating children’s joy and communal gladness in a hopeful American spirit.
Rev. H. L. Engel to lead English communion at eight on New Year’s Eve. English service at 10 a.m. New Year’s Day. German service at 10 a.m. Sunday Jan. 5. Divine worship in English at 11 a.m. Sunday school and graduation. Ladies’ Aid meets Wednesday afternoon Jan. 9. Men’s Club meets Wednesday evening Jan. 8.
Worship begins at 10 a m with organ preludes and choir music followed by sermon. Church school meets at 11 15 with Arthur Wilson as superintendent. Epworth League activities at 6 30 p m and 7 30 p m feature Miss Stark and the Davises. Evening program notes Week of Prayer. The report mentions the American tobacco crop at 639 being the largest on record.
A reflective piece contrasts old and modern education from rural life to city schools. It cites licensing, driver rules, and societal issues, then lauds books and hard work as keys to learning. A Saline Band concert on January 5, with new uniforms and Michigan musicians, is announced.
The article notes public safety officials in Lansing promote fingerprinting for soldiers sailors and marines and urges civilian participation. It cites cases in 1937 and 1940 where fingerprints aided positive identification after deaths or drownings near Paw Paw Grand Haven and in schools in Jackson county. The state offers the service at no cost to residents.
Craddock Uniform Company of Kansas City Mo. reports new band uniforms ship Dec 30 and arrive within a week. Fittings planned Monday night Jan 6 with Mr and Mrs Curtis and the parents invited to view the outfits. An opening concert and band pictures are planned and invitations to play in nearby cities have been extended.
The University of Michigan will supervise a testing program for Saline area schools near Ann Arbor. Dr Courtis from the School of Education leads four graduate students and assistants through multiple testing sessions in thirds, sixths, ninths, elevenths, and twelfths.
Irvington suburb near Indianapolis tightens liquor sales by enforcing historic deed restrictions. Judge Stewart of Boone circuit court recently upheld that prohibitions on intoxicants in original town-site deeds remain enforceable, affecting future real estate sales and potential curb on tavern operations.
The historic Warsaw Royal Castle, heavily damaged in the 1939 invasion, is slated for demolition. National Geographic notes its 275 rooms once housed a bust of Benjamin Franklin and a Kosciuszko heart relic tied to American Revolutionary history.
The narrative notes Captain James Cook in 1776 naming the Hawaiian Islands the Sandwich Islands to honor Lord Sandwich. It claims Hawaiian legends revered Cook as a god and recalls Kamehameha I presenting him a helmet and cloak of extinct bird plumes. It mentions his voyage continuing to Kamchatka in Russia.
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday temple school at 11 English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month everyone invited to attend pastor Dc Phillipp at St Johns Lath Church Bridgewater
A rural school tip suggests teachers and mothers reuse colored paper tape and wrappings from Christmas to make busy work for young children. Cutouts border walls scrapbooks and crafts such as flowers boxes and May baskets provide low cost classroom decorations and activities.
Recipe details for codfish cakes mint carrots and apple pie include ingredients and steps. A Michigan State College guide promotes balanced daily diets with servings for milk butter fruits vegetables grains eggs meat and recommended water intake and nutrition education notes.
The article notes cereals and bread receive approval in reducing diets. It lists low calorie fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes citrus fruits kale chard collards spinach Brussels sprouts green cabbage carrots squash broccoli peas and an egg daily as a rule. It advises consulting a doctor before strict dieting and explains reducing portions of sweets fats and fried pastries as part of the plan.
State crop report shows Michigan seeded 741000 acres of winter wheat in fall 1940, down 2 percent from 1939 and about 11 percent below the 1928-37 ten year average. Nationally 46271000 acres were sown, up 5.6 percent from the prior year, with moisture from the Great Plains aiding planting. Michigan December 1 crop condition at 77 percent of normal, versus a 10 year average of 86 percent.
The Federated Church schedules Sunday January 5 worship at 10 AM with a pulpit exchange as Rev William Hainsworth of Dexter preaches here while Mr Miller speaks at his church. Sunday school at 11 14 AM and Christian endeavor at 7 PM. Wednesday January 8 Ladies Aid Society meets at Mrs C G Everett home. 8 PM Men’s Fellowship. January 13 Presbytery monthly session. California Institute of Technology has no president per corporate papers.
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