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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
4
A study finds 75 percent of accidents on dry roads and 85 percent in clear water, with 95 percent of vehicles involved reportedly in good condition. The text criticizes shifting blame to weather and urges recognizing factors beyond weather.
Publication details for Saline Observer include publisher Sim R Wilson and editor M C Boutelie. Information covers postage, subscription rates, single copies, and rates for personal or business notices. Obituary and marriage notices are published free of charge with charged lines for personal items.
Judge Malcolm Hatfield in St Joseph declares courts cannot outpace cheap entertainments and negligent parenting. His book Children in Court, released by Paebar Co, argues disobedience and temper tantrums signal future criminals. He cites ten million unaffiliated children lacking church influence as a risk to moral standards.
The class reports weekly Reader money collections with a race won by Marilyn Schaefer and runner-up Doris Alber. They praise Palmer Method penmanship, aim to improve writing, and describe a farm project building a barn on their classroom floor. Spellers include Eleanor Grunewald, Raymond Daniels, Warren Hare, Joan Elsman, Marilyn Schaefer, and Doris Alber.
Marian Feldkamp and Charlotte Phelps report the month’s activity at Rentschler School. Pupils Sylvia Feldkamp Edwin Henes Join Klohs Charlotte Phelps Marian Feldkamp Alislyn Phelps Evelyn Wiedmeyer and Lloyd Hughes are noted. Decorated windows show snowmen and Eskimos. Each child will present a book report this Friday. The class includes health book pictures written exercises and a birthday party for Raymond Surman and John Klohs during Christmas vacation Marie Dieterle has returned after illness.
Bright winter blizzards push Michigan families to plan gardens for 1938. Margaret Harris notes home gardens and canning boost health and cut costs, with broccoli highlighted as a hardy, value-rich vegetable. Low cost foods yield high nutrition. many families self-raise substantial portions of food to save money.
A collage of quotations from William Dunbar Mary Baker Eddy R L Stevenson James 2 8 and Horace Oba. The pieces stress humility neighborly love personal responsibility and safety. The tone reflects a reflective scrapbook of moral maxims and modern notes on behavior.
W H Sheldon of Michigan State College argues for professional sharpening of farm tools to boost efficiency in Michigan farms. He warns amateurs may waste time and create junk piles, advocating a well equipped farm shop and expert know how to know when to stop grinding.
Michigan State College extension dairyman A C Baltzer notes deep Bedding from 12 to 16 inches reduces disease risk and mastitis by 25 to 30 percent. Dairymen report annual bedding costs of about 3.50 per animal but gain cleaner cows and better manure conservation. Various bedding materials absorb differently, with straw most common and other options including oat hulls flax straw peanut hulls sawdust bale shavings and corn stover.
The article recalls Washtenaw County’s tribal past, naming Potawatomi, Chippewa, Ojibwa, Ottawa and Huron peoples and noting Cadillac’s 1701 Detroit trading post. It contrasts French fur focus with English colonization, recounting early settlement delays and intertribal tensions shaping region history.
A $500,000 private endowment from Horace H. Rackham and Mary A. Rackham will fund research at Michigan State College. Income supports projects matching agriculture with industry, focusing on industrial uses for farm byproducts and soil improvement. A five-member board oversees the funds.
A long list of social visits and weekend trips across Ann Arbor Detroit and nearby towns. Residents including Miss Julia Gordon Mr and Mrs Otto Hack Mrs B D Roe Mr Frank Tucker Miss May Kane and many others are noted visiting relatives and attending events with brief weekend or first-week references. THIRTY YEARS AGO records recount hay shipments relapses farm leases postmaster reappointment and local society activities.
The 2nd annual Farmer's Week at Michigan State College runs January 32 to February 4 under E. L. Anthony and R. W. Tenny. It features a liberal short course in agriculture, a farm and community life program, hog calling, drum majors, draft horse competitions from Plano and Springport, and three livestock sales. Community groups will also compete in state Grange singing and Rural Drama contests, with events concluding Thursday and Friday.
Dan Lay, York Township treasurer, lists tax collection dates and locations. Taxes due and payable January 28 at Saline Savings Bank and January 28 at Peoples State Bank in Milan. The notice directs residents to pay to the specified banks.
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