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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1942
Page
3
The column lists dozens of visits and gatherings from Ann Arbor, Adrian, Napoleon, Monroe and Detroit. People attend teas, suppers, and church events. Legion and Masons meet. engagements and marriages are filed. hospital and fatal injuries appear in brief notices.
Macon Ross Biddle of Ypsilanti was a caller in the J. D. Frost home Friday. Several neighbors and visitors from Ann Arbor Jackson and Detroit stopped by or spent weekends with local families. A birth is reported at Tecumseh hospital for Herbert Ayers and Marion Rhoades’s daughter born January 23. An engineer predicts airplanes will need steel to replace aluminum to withstand stresses.
Henry Homer Cornish 80 retired farmer died Sunday at his home on Mon roe street. Born June 6 1862 in Crete Tl he was the eldest son of Dommon and Mary Cornish. He moved to Michigan in 1869 and lived in Saline township before moving to Saline. He married Florence H Clark March 24 1895 and is survived by two daughters Mrs Fred Layher Ann Arbor and Esther Cornish Lansing two sons Clarence Ann Arbor and John at home a sister Mrs Lucy Toms Ann Arbor a brother Hubert Cornish Paterson N J eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday at the Lockwood funeral home with Rev Fred A Lendrum officiating.
The Junior Red Cross announces a membership drive with Dorothy Otto Virginia Henderson and Mary C O Neil appointed to coordinate. Aims to recruit new members at the February 3 meeting as canvassing for donations and yarn begins in about a week.
Hundreds register for Civilian Defense Volunteer services in Ann Arbor Milan Saline and surrounding areas. A county speakers bureau co chaired by Arthur Secord and F B McKay will arrange speakers on home defense and coordinate with Red Cross and Defense Savings Committee.
The article covers semester start and testing, English and math challenges, bookkeeping and typing classes, government tax awareness, and the War of 1812 study. A band concert at Wuerth Theater features the Saline Band with campus lectures in Michigan.
West Saline residents share weekend visits and gatherings as John Seeger seeks hospital treatment. Family members attend banquets, high school night classes, and farm account talks while news arrives of Charles Arend’s death aboard the Arizona after the Pearl Harbor attack.
Dr. H. S. Gildard chiropractor lists hours 10 to 12 A M and 2 to 5 P M Monday Wednesday Friday and 7 to 9 P M Saturday and evening hours. Location 126 North Main Street Brooklyn Michigan phone 51.
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