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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
2
Divine services at 10 a m on Sunday with Sunday school at 11. Tinglish services on the second and fourth Sunday each month. Rev C A Haneberg pastor invites all. Saline Township 5 miles west of Laine on US 112 also hosts Sunday services at 10 a m and 11 15 a m Sunday school. Everyone welcome. Read the liner ads now.
The Saline Observer notes its post office entry as second class matter in Saline Michigan with Sim R. Wilson as publisher and Esther Landwehr as reporter.
Public notice listing rates for card of thanks poetry obituaries marriage notices and paid entertainment announcements. Charges are per line with minimum 25 cents and set rates of 6c or 5c per line for poetry.
The paper endorses reader engagement urging every voter to read Miss Landwehr's column this week and then vote next Tuesday, stressing the duty to exercise a remaining privilege in a regimented era.
Higgins entered the race to succeed George P. McCallum in the Michigan Senate. A three term representative for the First Oakland County District, he has sponsored 51 bills including a 1944 racing bill and tax collection fixes. He lives at 681 West Oakridge Avenue Ferndale with three daughters and a son in the U S Navy.
Ralph Uphaus of the Navy is assigned to Norman Ohio for Ordnance school training. Ensign Robert Jameson and his wife spend furlough with relatives. Harvey Frey, stationed in England, suffered a broken arm during the invasion and is hospitalized there. Bruno Finkbeiner enjoys furlough from camps in Georgia and Florida. W. L. Walling, longtime Saline superintendent, died in Grose Pointe. his son Neil, missing in action since April 24 as a Liberator navigator over Munich, was believed killed. Neil earned the Air Medal with clusters and had 20 missions. Virgil and Bernard Walling are overseas. Kenneth and family survive.
Local column records Sunday gatherings in West Saltine and Madelia areas with birthdays, furlough homecomings, visitors from Ohio and Detroit, and summer plans. Community members include Lorrin Bauer, J Ashley Burg, Kenneth Bench, Helen Finch, Cora Kinnipp, Emma Burrow, and Ruth Sturm. A political pitch urges nominating Ross for Congress next Tuesday and supporting Dewey.
Local column recounts visits and social happenings in Saline area. Mentions Miss Clara Schroen, Miss Edythe Skinner, Miss Alice Schleh, the Detroit marriage of Jake Wahl and Laura Brenson, visits by Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hall, Irene Lytle, alumni banquet in Manchester, and gatherings at North Branch and Wampler's Lake. Police remind auto drivers of laws. six offenders arrested. Rank A Bradish of Adrian, longtime Lenawee County Fair secretary, dies at 77 in University Hospital Ann Arbor after recent operation.
In Washtenaw County Michigan Circuit Court a chancery suit between Rhea Banks and William Y Banks Jr requires his appearance within three months from June 12 1944. The judge is Geo W Sample with clerk Luella M Smith and deputy Dorothy M Schmidt noting the defendant is nonresident with last address c o London Prison Farms London Ohio.
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