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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1951
Page
8
The Saline Saddle Club meets on Saturday then takes a hay ride. The club has over 25 members of all ages and genders. Anyone who loves horses can join. no horse ownership or age limit is required. Monthly meetings plan activities, with Marylin Walker as acting president.
St John’s Lutheran Church Bridgewater led by Pastor H W Ray invites parishioners to Sunday School at 9 30 a m and divine worship at 10 30 a m with sermon Our Children for Jesus. Luther League meets Monday January 15 at 8 p m and congregational meeting is Sunday January 14 at 2 p m.
John C. Weichner north of Britton will hold an auction on January 27 featuring a Farmall Tractor and cultivator among farm tools and animals. George Brablie will serve as auctioneer. The Monday bridge club met with Mrs. Ray Hunt with Mrs. Everett Esch substituting for Mrs. Merchant. two tables were played with prizes to Mrs. Erwin Schmid and Mrs. Lee Robison.
Louis F. Scherdt 85 died Tuesday after an extended illness at Saline General Hospital. Funeral services are set for Friday at 1 30 p m at Lockwood Funeral Home and Bethel Evangelical and Reformed Church in Freedom township with Rev. T W Menzel officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. He was born September 14, 1865, in Freedom township and lived his life there. He never married and is survived by his brother Richard and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Three circles of the Ladies' Aid Society at the Federated church plan reorganization meetings on Thursday evening January 18 at eight. Circles shuffled membership and will start the year with each group selecting a leader and a member for the membership committee. Each group will schedule a white elephant sale and seek article contributions. Reports from the Detroit Presbyterial Society and Wayne Association meetings will be shared. Circle I members meet at Mrs. Hazen's home.
Circle II will meet with Miss Mary Morden and Circle TI at Mrs. George Austin home. Graydon Everett convalescing at University Hospital since December 30 after a burst blood vessel. William Gray completed photography course in New Haven Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bredernitz and Mr. and Mrs. Peple left for San Francisco for a month or six weeks. Mrs. A W Stewart of Detroit stayed with relatives in town. Several families plan trips to Florida including Heileah and Hollywood. Ann Arbor residents hosted and attended holiday gatherings with gifts and cards. Miss Feuerbacher studied in Chicago. Miss Deckert visited Lansing. Cpl Calvin Kern and Sgt Donald Visel assigned to bases. other travel plans outlined. Local bridge club hosted by Mrs Stimpson. Legion Auxiliary members attended bingo at Ypsilanti State Hospital.
Saline General Hospital reports patient admissions for the week. Mrs. Lida Acton was admitted January 4, Louis Scherdt of Pleasant Lake Road January 6, Mrs. Walter Lindemann of Ann Arbor January 7, Master Leon Desborough of Judd Road January 8. Charles Weisenreder of Ann Arbor discharged January 9.
Richard E. Bredernitz, Seaman Recruit, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bredernitz of Saline, starts training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center where recruits learn seamanship, Navy customs, signaling and navigation before assignment to the Fleet or a service school.
The Hammond PTA gathered at the schoolhouse Friday evening where Miss Linda Atchinson of the Todd Visual Service demonstrated slide projectors as a visual education method after the business portion, followed by a potluck.
Mrs Waynard Carr hosted a luck supper while Mr and Mrs Walter Sally moved into the Har lan Holcomb house on Jordan road The Mehlers entertained at three tables of ouchre with prizes to Mrs Wade Scudder and Sebastian Finkbeiner and a galloper to Mrs T Finkbeiner Hallie Jane Mehler returned to the University of Michigan after holidays Visitors included Mr and Mrs E M Gilbert en route from Shelby and Rothbury to Lansing Don Mackintosh Hiram Martin and guests visited the Hammonds Ralph and Robert and Mrs Bert Hummel spent time with Floyd Mackintosh family in Manchester and Edna Eline also visited notes on other local visits and residents
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