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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1937
Page
3
A Minnesota Chippewa settlement at Onigum houses over 700 people living a stark subsistence life. Residents berry, rice, fish, smoke nets, and use snuff while a Mormon Episcopal minister notes discipline lapses. Divorce rates are rising among the community as observers report.
Central York Carlton Murrayhes had running water installed at his home. Mrs. Grant Allison of Wayne called at the home of Alger Alison Sunday. The Hersler, boys and the Jewell children received ponies for Christmas gifts. Miss Marjorie Eugene and George Weed spent their Christmas vacation with relatives at Kalamazoo. Mr. Hart called at the Oak Grove school Monday and had a talk with the Handicraft Club known as the Oak Grove Pioneers.
Central Lods notes show Mr. and Mrs. William Lindemann attending the wedding of Minella Rentz last Thursday afternoon. Multiple families from Ann Arbor and surrounding areas visited over the weekend including Norman Hills Bert Moore and their children Laverne and Ralph and others. New Year’s Day and Eve gatherings occurred with several households in Ann Arbor and Platt.
District Hammond social column lists numerous visits and Family gatherings. Names include Forsythe Gordon Gilbert Finkbeiner Stimpson Gordon Leonard Marsh Dieterle and McManus among others. Mentions New Years guests and a notable non stop shot put record of 12 feet 9 inches at Fisherville Community fair.
Community notes list visits and gatherings among residents of South Saline Te cumseh Ann Arbor Detroit and rural areas. Names include Hendershot Spence Welch Klein schmidt Metzger Wirth Drum Mehler Evans Vealey Kovac Papp Draper and Briggs with events from New Year visits to the Pontluck supper and rural drama contest planning. Trumpeter swans noted as the largest native waterfowl in the United States.
Mr and Mrs Guy Zeluff of Detroit visited Friday evening with Mr and Mrs Loyal Kanitz and family. Carl Brown of Ridgeway joined by daughter Mrs John Dee Goldsmith and family for New Year. Ora Zeluff and son Alan spent Friday with daughter Mrs Vivian Richards in Milan. Loyal Kanitz and children with Elby Kanitz and family at London for New Year. Ralph Long and daughters Mary Lou Ila Jean with Burton Long at Azalia. Fred Brainard of Ypsilanti spent weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Lewis. Henry Bruckner of Milan visited Sunday afternoon.
Mrs Ed Langstaff visited Mrs Emil Milkey on Wednesday afternoon. Margaret Schroen visited Detroit relatives last week. Will Gallaher of Ann Arbor joined D G Richards family for New Year dinner. Paul George Richards and Arthur Bakity stayed with Clifford Richards of Willow Saturday night. Gale Riggs hosted New Year guests Herbert Teachout and Raymond Riggs. Joan Marie and Jerry Richards vacationed with grandparents D G Richards in Ypsilanti. Paul A G Richards and Ednad Schroen were New Year guests of Clarence Thomas Plymouth and called on Russell Downing Frains Lake.
Northern Michigan worker Frank Workmen is on the Fosdick farm. The Feldkamp family of Latine and Reuben Feldkamp relatives attended a funeral in Ann Arbor for Ernst Wurster. Fosdick school plans a big crowd at a social in Hertler’s hall on Thursday night January 7. Fire in the Fosdick farm house was detected early preventing serious damage. New Years day visits included Mrs. Albert Johnson’s Milan home and a dinner for Mildred Johnson returning to Sherman, Texas. Arthur Heininger hosted neighbors for a card evening with Florence Girbach winning first prize and Mr Girbach second. Mrs Beckington and Mr Hollis placed second in the event.
Harold Bersuder becomes bank assistant while Emerson Heeussier takes his mill post. Klager Brothers remodel a hatchery and Tack Monaghan drives the truck. Community group notes include St John church events and a notable resignation after fifteen years at Bridgewater Savings Bank by Delia Hill who moves to a farm on the Saline and Milan road.
Irene Russell and daughter from Jackson visited Miss Sue Langan. Numerous relatives and friends spent holidays and weekends in Macon and Adrian with Johnsons, Morgans, Crtittendens, Williams, Burlesons, and other local families. A fiftieth wedding anniversary gathering for B F Pennington closed with poems and gifts.
Hillsdale Fair Association reports a profit of 4981 last year, about 52000 more than 1934 peak. 1937 dates are September 26 to October 2 with five night events planned and a one third grandstand expansion. Officers re elected include Whitney, Carter, Kelley, and Post. Ford Motor Co holds options on nearby Pinckney mill pond property except one disputed piece.
December honorees list the absent and tardy free from absence. A Christmas program featured exercises carols recitations and plays led by students including Fuller Murray Seleska and Conroy among others with mixed group performances and solos.
Recitation and song lineup for a Christmas program includes titles such as A Christmas Problem by Roy Klager and Away In the Manger by Lloyd Klager John McDonald and Ellen Schneider. Several recitations feature students like Ellen Play Mary McDonald Irene Finkbeiner Henry Berglund and Jewel Littoral. The program closes with Silent Night sung by the entire school and a Christmas at Holly Farm play.
The Oak Grove School reports its Christmas program on December 23 with two plays Grandfather's Christmas and S is for Santa and Safety plus recitations and carols. Students Marilyn Hertler Allan Hertler and siblings received ponies for Christmas. A PT A meeting is set for January 8 at the school with Miss Campbell from the State hospital to discuss Mental Hygiene. Students raised funds by selling 309 Christmas seals for tuberculous children and nature study covered winter birds buds and magnets. Several students visited Richmond and Wellington with notes on historic sites. Professor F C Bradford resigns as associate professor of horticulture at Michigan State College to lead the plant production garden at the US Department of Agriculture Bell Maryland, bringing a long record in winter injury studies and fruit tree propagation.
The guide outlines selecting for egg size and uniformity, feeding with protein sources including milk, and providing calcium and vitamin D. It stresses thick shells, white and yolk color, flavor, cleanliness, and frequent collection to prevent spoilage and damage.
Ames Iowa a bird in properly designed building is worth more than the proverb says according to W R Whitfield extension poultryman. Cold weather finds farm flocks in broader houses or trees. Pullets need dry well ventilated quarters with no drafts to maximize early winter egg production.
Mrs. Ralph D. Peck of Rio Wisconsin has gathered 14 000 buttons in three years. Her collection includes buttons of all shapes and sizes and some from coats of prominent persons.
A historic description credits the fiercest recorded clashes to a giant blue whale under attack by five or six killers. The scene allegedly features mile-long foam plumes and 100-ton splashes, with booming impacts heard miles away as the whale dives. A stray street scene interrupts with a taxi stop and a misdirected dialogue between a young man and a young lady.
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