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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1942
Page
2
The Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church holds a German divine service at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m. Pastor H. L. Engel leads. The church league gathers Thursday evening at the Karl Smith home.
Sunday service at 10 o clock with Pastor Bach speaking on the 23rd Psalm. Sunday school at 11 15. Evening service at 7 45. Christian Endeavor 6 30 led by Miss Ethel Spike. Wednesday prayer meeting 8. Thursday choir practice. Saturday July 25 Sunday school picnic at Saline Park 10 a.m. More details next week.
St James Ev Ref Church Saline Township announces services led by Rev O C Hareberg pastor at 5 miles west of Saline on US 112. Divine service every Sunday at 7 p m and Sunday school at 11 15 a m. Everyone welcome.
An advertisement proclaims that anyone with spare money can invest in War Bonds and earn ten percent on each pay period. It frames the purchase as a simple way to support the war effort and grow savings.
The Saline Observer notes Sim R. Wilson as publisher and M C Boutelle as editor. It also states the paper is entered at the Saline Michigan post office as second class matter.
Single copies priced at 3 cents with subscription options of 1.00 per year six months 60 cents three months 25 cents outside Michigan 1.50 per year. Card of thanks obituaries and marriage notices free. Poetry 5 cents per line. Announcements with admission charged 6 cents per line. Minimum charge 25 cents.
The 12th annual School of Sacred Music at Waldenwoods Hartland runs July 20 to 30 with attendees from several states and Canada. Faculty includes R Deane Shure Hillis Snyder Griffith Jones Hoger Haydn Morgan and Dr Thoburn Brumbaugh teaching choral methods hymnology and more plus a Giblean services event and a Michigan Federation musical tea on July 23.
Michigan State College trials with parasite-free hogs show feed costs drive feeder pig value. With grain at two cents per pound, 100 pounds cost six cents per pound to raise, 100 to 200 pounds seven cents, and 200 to 300 pounds eight cents. At live pork around 14 cents, heavyweight hogs are profitable only if purchase price stays low.
Macon families relocate with Clayton Bigelow moving to Adrian while relatives and friends visit across Detroit Toledo Swan ton Flint Lansing Fenton Bancroft Fremont and White Cloud for weekends dinners and suppers. Notable attendees include Edward Ainsworth in town from Toledo and several gatherings at Wampler's Lake.
West Saline residents Mr and Mrs Gottlieb Finkbeiner and Mr and Mrs Clarence Girbach entertained at a Sunday gathering joined by Mrs Norman Guenther and family Mrs Mary Schwartz Mr and Mrs Walter Guenther Mr and Mrs Ruben Guenther and family Miss Alice Burmeister and Mrs Johanna Hertler all listed as attendees.
Detroit visitors recount social calls from Mrs. Charles Alber and Miss Dorothy to Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Residents travel to Petoskey Pleasant Lake and Devil's Lake as new local business ventures arise in Bridgewater with the K. and B Motor Parts Company.
Local notes report Earl Bailey of Detroit visiting his parents south of town and Walter Bailey's Macon family spending the day with his brother Lester. Various residents and visitors are listed, including Prof. Fred Sturm from Iowa University visiting relatives. A late note mentions Mrs. Lulu Leonard's marriage to David Schneider and concerns about security in Saline. Reports of a gasoline fire incident and rising concern over prowlers on main streets wrap the item.
Household ideas include cleaning cellar floors with soap and hot water then waxing for less dampness. A refreshing fruit drink mix uses corn syrup water orange juice lemon juice and salt with optional cherry juice and mint for color.
Four egg yolks with milk and light corn syrup form a custard sauce. Heat milk, beat yolks with syrup and salt, then add to hot milk and cook until thick to coat a spoon. Remove from heat add lemon extract, chill and serve with puddings and fruit.
Home economists at Michigan State College urge careful maintenance of kitchen ranges due to scarce supplies for steel and chromium repairs. They advise immediate cleaning after use, gentle scrubbing with warm soapy water, avoiding scraping, and thorough wiping of grates burners and drip trays. Cleaning guidance covers gas and electric heating units and emphasizes preserving range beauty and life.
Michigan State College home economist Miss Ruth Griswold says sterilization, not sugar, preserves fruit. She advises sugarless canning with juices strained from crushed or sliced fruits and jars processed as usual, using light syrup only when sugar is scarce.
The service features a 10 a.m. sermon Making a Better World by Minister Fred A. Lendrim. Church school follows at 11 a.m. with study on Cain and Abel a Contrast or Personal Responsibility led by Arthur Wilson, superintendent. If you have no regular church home, worship with us.
Nellie Holcomb visits Milan friends while Loyda Kanitz and Donna Stodard share Wednesday. Harlan Holcomb family attend jurors picnic near Saline. Saline Grange picnic set for July 19 at Milam Park with pot luck. Harold Holcomb reception at York hall featured gifts and dancing. Birthday Club honors Mrs Harold Holcomb with Pedro game prizes and tea.
Horticulturists at MSC urge gardeners to avoid cultivating when soil is muddy. They favor the old tune Wait till the sun shines Nellie to guide timing. Sun heat kills weeds and fixes soil integrity, preventing further damage from puddling.
Farmers are urged to line grain bins with hard finish building paper before harvest. Co B. Dibble MSC extension specialist in insect control notes lining aids fumigation if insect trouble develops in stored grain.
Divine services at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11. English services every second and fourth Sunday. Pastor M. C. Phillipp invites all.
Notice declares an adult name change to Josef Douglas Babis and Pauline Mercedes Babis. The applicant, Josef Douglas Babos, will petition the Washtenaw County Probate Court in Ann Arbor on July 29, 1942 at 2 PM. A second sentence notes Michigan’s rail system employs 49,000 workers at $69,000,000 annually.
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