Local social notes and events fill Saline diary
A long list of visits dinners and gatherings across Saline and nearby towns highlights social life. Mrs. Roy J. Miller misses due to sinus attack while Mrs. Rosie Woodbridge hosts a watch party. Various residents attend bridge parties dinner guests and club meetings with New Year and holiday travel noted. The Michigan police department announces a driver education booklet distribution. A roof fire at the Carl Smith home is contained quickly. Friday night dances at Saline Valley Farms and Rotary Club “experience” meeting are among other activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy J. Miller
C. A. Curtiss
Detroit
Ed. Luckhardt
Bridge Club
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Rosie Woodbridge
Bliss Curtiss
Louisville
Kentucky
H.S. Gildard
Fred Whiting
Ypsilanti
Lloyd Bowen
Milton Hartman
Katy Lou Clay
Lan Sing
Miss Betty
Milton Gross
Rexton
Herman Gross
Jeanette Hagans
Cleary College
C. F. Smith
Joe Camburn
Everett Wolfin
Springfield
Til
Herman Heininger
Karl Bredernitz
Harold Hildinger
Mildred Wnissly
Alma Ernst
Muskegon Heights
George Wood
Saline Valley Farms
Daniel Hall
Hall
J. C. Little
Otto Skutt
Pontiac
T. M. Clay
James
Bobbie Clay
Arthur Klager
Pleasant Lake
Ann Arbor
Luella Parsons
Arthur Nissly
Fred Nissly
Rolland Blughes
Ray Haeussler
Florence Beems
Ralph Haeussler
Freedom
A. R. May
Port Huron
Ralph Burk
Jackson
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Don Burkhart
Carl Moehn
Saginaw
Mark Sugden
Adrian
G. J. Prout
Hugh Reveling
Gordon Anthony
LaDonna Feller
Findlay
Emorean Fuller
Tular
Secretary of State
Eugene B. Elliott
Michigan
Edward Alber
Fred Bock
Minne Bock
Lewis
Kathryn
Howard Richards
C. C. Woelper
Alber
William Smith
Otto Gall
Anna Woelper
Herman Alber
Maude_Greenfield
Wilsm Kuebler
Bridgewater Township
Stanley Buta
Flint
Louis Kuebler
William‘ ‘Schnirring
Carl W. Carr
Bridgewater Road
Methodist ‘Church
Norman Myers
Barbara
Betty
Fairfield
Do. A. Jordan
Francisco
Plainwell
Jacob
Ruben Finkheimer
Chris. Finkbeiner
Jacob,Finkbeiner
Bridgewater
Ney
John, Duff
Lincoln Park
Charles Conley
Homer Kuebner
Everard Beasley
Karyl Jean
Milwaukee
Wis
Herman Heninger
Felks
Changes in Fishing Laws and Local Notices
New fishing regulations take effect January 1 allowing perch limits of 50 and pike perch limits of 10 in the Great Lakes area. White bass limits rise to 10 statewide. Non residents face licenses for Great Lakes fishing with exemptions for perch catfish bullheads blue pike sand pike ciscoes and carp by dock and line, but spearing requires a license. Non residents and residents see age limit drop to 17 for license eligibility. Calico bass added to game fish. sale banned. Digest expanded to 10 pages for 1938. Blissfield post office dedication prompts souvenir envelopes and special cancellation stamps. Ford Motor greetings project involves Henry Ford with service groups. Saline Library Association annual meeting set for Friday evening January 7. All subscribers are association members and urged to attend.
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Great Lakes
Blissfield
Ford
Circleville Native Alpha Davis Dies at 65 in Saline
Alpha Franklin Davis born October 21 1872 in Circleville Ohio died December 31 1937 at age 65 after living in Convoy and Saline. He worked nine years at Saline Mercantile Company mar ried Nancy Foley June 1 1895 and left a widow five children 12 grandchildren and siblings. Funeral at his home then in Convoy with burial in the I O O F cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Franklin Davis
Flora
Benjamin Davis
Circleville
Ohio
Convoy
Saline
Saline Mercantile Company
Nancy G. Foley
Friends Church of
Near Convoy
M. E. Church
Nancy Davis
Floyd
Wiltshire
Ray
Mae Lee
Lyons
Margnerite Culliton
Thelma Pence
South Bend
Ind
Bert Ede
Walter Saxman
Births and injuries reported at Saline General Hospital
The son of Dr. and Mrs. Miller is named Gerald Robert. Walter D Corks daughter Sarah Joan weighed 9 pounds 15 ounces and was born December 30. Ruth Ada, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lutz, born December 31, weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. Emil Draheim and spouse are recovering from injuries, with Draheim able to sit up. Leonard Clark plans to return home later this week. Terrance was brought to the hospital Monday after a collision at US-112 and 9-23, then X-rayed and moved to Ford Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Gerald Robert
Walter D. Cork
Sarah Joan
Ruth Ada
Arthur Lutz
Emil Draheim
Draheim
Abe
Leonard Clark
Wihin Terrance
Pneital
Ford Hospite
Uncl e Billy Leads Train Across Kansas Prairie Night Start
Pioneer Times recounts Uncle Billy guiding a wagon train across a Kansas prairie with a night start to outrun other trains. Four rivers lie ahead as the group camps on the Little Salt River with soaking clothes drying and a minister delivering one of the first sermons to white settlers in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Billy
State of
Kansas
Brie
Fremont Youth Maps Farm Soil First in State
Elmer Christensen of Fremont becomes the first Michigan 4-H club member to complete farm soil mapping. He mapped 18 fields across 160 acres, produced soil type and erosion maps, recorded lime needs, and logged 1936 1937 crop yields to guide future management with support from Michigan State College and the county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Christensen
Fremont
Elmer
Christenson
Michigan State College
Soil Conservation Department
College
A. G Kettunen
Michigan
Home Hodgepodge and 1938 Conservation Plan Summary
A recipe column offers mahogany cake and baked eggs with cheese sauce, plus cleaning tips and fabric care. It ends with a brief 1938 Washtenaw County Agricultural Conservation program overview by Harry M. Cole, outlining soil goals, crop limits, and farm payments aiming to conserve soil and guide farmers before spring planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Cole
Washtenaw County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Mr. Cole
Frente
Saline Township Tax Collection at Local Banks
Tax collection for Saline Township will be at Saline Savings Bank or Tannery 8 and 22 on January 15 and 28. E. Lindsley and Teenie jurer are mentioned in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline Savings Bank
St James Evangelical Church Breitenbach Service Schedule
In Saline Township St James Evangelical Church announces Epiphany season services. English service at 10 a m with sermon Premonitions of Future Joys and Sorrows. Sunday school at 11 00 a m. Ladies Aid Society meets Jan 12 at 2 00 p m at Mrs Herman Kehler’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Herman Kehler
St Johns Lutheran Church services schedule
St Johns Lutheran Church Bridgewater M C Philipp pastor. Divine services at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11. English services held every second and fourth Sunday. Everyone is cordially invited.
Federated Church Notes Rev Roy J Miller Minister
Sunday services include morning worship at 10 with sermon Prayers of Intercession and 11 15 mid winter picnic kickoff. Evening worship at 7 30 titled Do I Really Want to Find God and the day features junior to senior Christian Endeavor meetings. Lester Soules ships 2000 turkeys to Buffalo in parlor cars.
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Christian Endeavor
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