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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
2
The Saline Observer advertises single copies at 3 cents and subscriptions at 1.00 for six months and 1.50 outside Michigan per year. It notes rates for notices, poetry, and entertainments, with minimum charges and free obituaries and marriages, and urges regular public accounting of government funds as a democratic principle.
The annual Farmers Day program at Michigan State College will be held Friday July 26 with talks by Dave Thompson Chicago farm writer on Agriculture and National Defense. Morning demonstrations include steers silage trench silos and grass and legume silage views with disease and insect sample booths.
On June 29 a purchase of 24 510 000 pounds raised total domestic relief lard and pork purchases to about 241 million pounds since the December 1939 authorization. Lard salt pork and smoked pork aid marketing. Units are used for relief distribution and school lunches and are included in the surplus commodities moved to relief families via the new food stamp system starting in Detroit after tests in other cities.
The Federated Church announces Rev Roy J Miller will serve as minister. Sunday worship at 10 o clock with Sunday school led by C Gray don Elverett. A Help Lift circle meeting with Mrs A C Kazmaier was postponed. The church plans vacation Sundays in August with guest ministers August 4 and 11.
There will not be any divine services or Sunday school on the 28th. Substitutes for the rubber and rosin in adhesive plaster are the goal of a laboratory investigation.
In parts of Michigan the northeast Lower Peninsula shows potential for white clover seed production as a new state crop. High demand, substitute imports, and soil and water conservation drive farmers to boost clover while maintaining pastures.
Amateur photographers in La Jine and Washtenaw county compete for 54 prizes totaling 200 dollars in the Michigan camera contest. Entries must be 8x10 or 9x11 inches and photographed since Jan 1 1940. Submissions due by August 24 at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit.
A homemaker offers time saving routines for busy days and plant care tips for travel. Recipes follow including a coffee cake with brown sugar cinnamon pecans and a banana oat cookies recipe with ripe fruit nuts and spices.
Michigan State College home economics staff offer practical guidance for modern electric refrigerators. Place the unit away from heat, keep at about 50 degrees with a 45 degree lower zone, store milk and dairy products in the coldest area, and keep meats fish and poultry in the colder sections. Cover perishables, avoid long storage for fresh fish, keep a clean unit with immediate spill cleanup and weekly defrosting. We used to wonder why people cried at weddings.
Neighbors share visits and travel among Grass Lake Ann Arbor Ypsilanti and Toledo. Families welcome guests from Minneapolis Baltimore Manistee Mason Ypsilanti Jackson and Saline as Summer gatherings and a July Willing Workers meeting note 27 attendees.
Miss Nora Sears of Flint spends the week with friends. Four Sunday schools plan a union picnic. Several families from Ann Arbor Camden Walkerville Ont. and Collingwood Ohio visiters including the Curtisses, the FitzGeralds, and the Nissies enjoy time with local kin and at Whitmore Lake.
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