High Honor Comes To Jean Fosdick
The Saline High School senior Jean Fosdick is the top pick in a local Daughters of the American Revolution contest to select Michigan’s outstanding high school girl. Ballots from both classes and faculty favored Fosdick for a four day trip to Washington DC, with other finalists: Helen Lambarth, Doris Henne, Edna Zick, Ruth Gabie, and Edna Glick.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Saline High School
Michigan
Washington, D. C
Jean Fosdick
Helen Lambarinh
Dorig Jean Henne
Edna Zick
Ruth Gabie
Edna Glick
Doris Jean Henne
Helen Lambarth
Tene Bondie
Greyhound Announces Midweek Excursion Fare Deal
Greyhound Lines announces a midweek round trip excursion fare between Saline and Detroit plus a regular one way fare plus ten cents. The reduced rates take effect Tuesday January 10 and apply on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays in January February and March. Restrictions require both going and return trips to be completed on sale dates. General traffic manager Mr. Ristow says the plan aims to attract locals to try bus travel during winter when car operation is costly and risky. The local agent can provide full details.
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Saline
Detroit
Greyhound Lines
Ristow
Greyhound
Saline Rotary Club displays 22 photo mystery lineup
Chairman Alwin Gross handed 22 photos to members to identify. The lineup included Rudy Vallee, Calvin Coolidge, Henry Ford, F D Roosevelt, Jack Garner, Queen Maud, Mark Twain, Will Rogers, Mrs Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart and others. Edward F. Henne emerged as the top guesser with championship honors, missing only two.
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Rotary Club
Alwin Gross
Rudy Vallee
Calvin Coolidge
Henry Ford
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jack Garner
Gabrilowich
Dr. Townsend
Senator Vandenbergh
Queen Maud of England
Mark Twain
Kate Smith
Will Rogers
King Edward
Lowell Thomas
Mrs. Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes
Mickey Cochrane
Amelia Earhart
Major Bowes
Paul Whiteman
O‘dafoe
Frank, Murphy
Edward F. Henne
Saline Area Reports Multiple Tonsil Removals and Births
Saline General Hospital lists several tonsil and adenoids removals including Robert Loveland and Edith Beck with others from Milan and Saline. Major operations and recoveries noted along with a child named Nancy Jean born January 5 to Hugh Reveling and wife and a January 7 daughter to Marie Falke of Milan. Little David Hertler returns home improved after an auto collision with a skull fracture revealed by X rays.
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Robert Loveland
Edith Beck
Milan
Betty Birkle
Della Tanner
Carleton Hertler
Clarence Wiethammer
David Hertler
Hugh Reveling
Nancy Jean
Marie Falke
Tax collection schedule announced by Ellsworth Lindsey
Citizens Bank will receive taxes on January 14 January 21 February 11 and February 25. Savings Bank will collect on January 21 February 4 and February 18. Collections will occur every Wednesday at home. Ellsworth Lindsey, treasurer.
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Citizens Bank
Savings Bank
Ellsworth Lindsey
Tornado Totals Carry Book Fifty Miles in Illinois
A Kansas City style tornado in Illinois reportedly lifted a book and carried it about 50 miles. The item was not the popular Gone With the Wind title.
Washtenaw County Boy’s Route to Education and Life
A Wash tenaw county youth pursued learning from seminary to the University, overcoming ridicule and hardship. He earned a diploma as a chemist for a mining firm, then after a fatal explosion returned home to mentor local youth, becoming a steadfast friend and example.
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Washtenaw County
Huron River
John
Abraham Lincoln
Tennyson
Browning
Missing 17 year old boy from Clymer Pa since July 1938
Aged 17 left his home in Clymer on July 17 1938 and has not been heard from. Russell 5 ft 9 in 175 pounds blue eyes dark brown hair wore a blue pin stripe suit black shoes brown hat. His mother is ill and a $100 reward is offered for information. Contact wife James McDowell Clymer Indiana county Pa.
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Clymer
Russell
James McDowell
Indiana County
York Township Tax Collection Schedule by Dan Murray
Dan Murray treasurer announces tax collection dates and locations in Milan and Saline. In Milan at Peppies State Bank every Saturday through February 25. In Saline on January 20 at Saline Savings Bank February 3 and 17 at Citizens Bank. Dog tax collected at the same times and places.
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Milan
Peppies State Bank
Saline
Saline Savings Bank
Citizens Bank
Dan Murray
Kroger Store Redecorated and Expanded in Saline
The Kroger store in Saline has been redecorated with ivory ceilings cream walls and green lower sections. A rear extension of 10 feet adds new counters shelves and an electric meat grinder along with upgraded scales and lighting. Percy F. Pink, appointed manager in 1935, remains in Saline with his family after the renovation and growth of local business.
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Kroger
Wresh
Kroger Company
Saline
Henry Schroen
Percy F. Pink
Andy Hardy in a Ranch Style Farce and Safety in Numbers
Readers get a double feature note with Andy Hardy in Out West with the Hardys and the Jones family comedy Safety in Numbers. The Hardy film plates a ten year old rival and Judge Hardy in new legal puzzles while the Jones plot centers on a radio contest mother and domestic woes.
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Andy Hardy
Hardys
Andy
Mickey
Virginia
Lewis Stone
Hardy
20Th Century-Fox
Jones
Mrs. Jones
Jack
Dad
Federated Church Evening and Morning Services Schedule
The Federated Church posts its weekly schedule with Rev. Roy J. Miller as minister. Jan 12 features junior choir at 7 pm and adult choir at 8 pm, Jan 15 worship at 10 am with a sermon titled Bought and Paid Yor, Sunday school at 9:42 am studying the Transfiguration, 6:30 pm Christian Endeavor, 7:30 pm evening service Seekers and Finders. Jan 18 Wayne Baptist Association meeting at 10 am. Dorcas Circle meets with Mrs Emma Henne Jan 18, Buckman assisting. Jan 26 cooperative Family Night supper stressing fellowship and good fun.
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Jesus
Wayne Baptist Association
Ypsilanti
Dorcas
Emma Henne
Optometrist in Milan Offers Evening Eye Exams
Dr. Frank Gifford, optometrist from Toledo, has examined eyes in Milan for five years. He runs a fully equipped office in the Milan Hotel Cupstairs and is in Milan every Saturday afternoon from 2:30 to 9:30 for eye examinations. Glasses are fitted during night hours as in daytime.
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Frank Gifford
Toledo
Milan
Treasurer announces water dues collection at Savings Bank
Camaburn, treasurer, says he will be at Savings Bank on Saturday January 14 to collect water dues.
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Savings Bank
Local Classifieds and Services in Saline Area
A collage of ads lists radio service calls and repairs by Art and R. G. Wahl, carpentry, funeral services by W. E. Dietiker, used radios and furnace cleaning, feed and worming products from Saline Mercantile Co, and a dance at Polay Bear Casino. Also notices for for sale dry wood, sheep and ram, baby chicks with early order discount, and Saline Hatchery contact. 6300 Crane road details and US-28 vicinity given.
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Crane Road
Morton Poultry Farm Hatchery Opens for Visitors
My Hatchery at 215 S Ann Arbor St invites visits as regular operation begins. After February 1 chicks hatch Mondays and Thursdays. Flocks are blood and TB tested under state and federal supervision. Gasson Strain White Leghorns available with pedigreed cockerels. Flor ence Wiedmeyer represents Schumann Accordion Studio. Discount of 10g for orders booked before Feb 1.
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Schumann
S. Ann Arbor St
Florence Wiedmeyer
Gasson
1936 Chevrolet Coach for Sale and Local Notices
Clean black 1936 Chevrolet Coach with hydraulic brakes and good tires. Also cemetery dues notice for 1939 and a collection of classified ads including ranges, stoves, and an electric refrigerator. J A Geddis listing, plus a call for legal printing notices for estate settlements in the Observer.
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Westinghouse
Norge
J. A. Geddis
West Cross St
Ypsilanti
Chancery Notice in Morrison v Morrison at Saline
The Michigan Circuit Court in Washte naw county orders Albert T. Morrison to appear within three months. Publication of notice will begin two weeks hence in The Saline Observer. George W. Sample is the circuit judge and Emmett M. Gibb the clerk. The plaintiff's attorney is Lee N. Brown of Ypsil anti.
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Observer
State OF Michigan
County of Washtenaw
Chancery
Ann Arbor
Pearl EH. Morrison
Albert T. Morrison
Lee N. Brown
Saline Observer
George W. Sample
Emmett M. Gibb
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Savings Bank
Poultry Feed Offers and Hatchery Promotions
Advertisement lists several poultry feed and hatchery options. Central Dead Stock Co promotes removing dead animals by phone in Ann Arbor. Saline Hatchery offers 10% off chick orders before February 1. Morton Poultry Farm and Wise advertise poultry supplies and early delivery specials.
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Ann Arbor
Central Dead Stock Co
Morton Poultry Farm
Auctioneer ad and poultry equipment offer
An auctioneer service by Clarence Cook promotes complete auction solutions and contact via phone. Saline Hatchery advertises a Jamesway incubator warmer brooder stove for $9.95 plus a hatchery contact. The copy suggests selling unused items for cash using liner ads to speed turnover.
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Clarence Cook
1984 Plymouth Sedan Ad with Noted Condition
Classified item notes a 1984 Plymouth sedan with excellent tires and good motor. It mentions perfect circle rings, black finish, and hydraulic brakes. The line ends with since 1916.
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Cook Motor
Chevrolet
Mussolini Faces War Without a Noble Adversary
The remark notes Italy under Mussolini is ready for war yet lacks a suitable foe to provoke national anger. It comments on the leader’s predicament in finding a rallying target amid a tense international climate.
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Banks
Cole’s Feed Store
Saline, Michigan
A. E. Hagen
R. C. Radenbaugh
The
Saline Township
Pioneer Times
Russell Mack McDowell
York Township
Saline Theatre
Anne Shirley
Lee Bowman
Edward Ellis
Federated Church Notes
Roy J. Miller
Optometrist
Camaburn
Talk
Turkey
R. G. Wahi
Cole's Feed Store
Parsons
W. E. Dietiker
Kelly
Ann Arbor St
Feed Safe Way Dairy
Saline Mercantile Company
George F. Byers
Cleaiier
R. G. Wahl
Acme
Saline Mercantile Co
Polay Bear Casino
Thutsday
Finkbeiner
Cook Motor Sales
Chancery Notice
Mussolini
Donald Duck
Dick Tracy
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