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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
2
A Milan Leader item notes advertising benefits as a consumer pay-off per a Charlotte Republican Tribune claim. It also reports hot weather bees nesting in the Amot building on Tolan Street, honey running from a second floor window past Brainard's barber sign, and futile attempts to collect it.
Obituary and marriage notices are published free of charge. Advertising and notices for personal or business interests are charged at regular rates with six cent per line for announcements and six cents per line for entertainments. Card of thanks priced per line. Subscription 1.00 for six months.
Excerpt from the 1939 address by A L Ashby vice president and general counsel of National Broadcasting Company delivered at Olive College. He urges leaders to elevate others, stressing cooperation thrift and uplifting fellow man as path to industry success.
A thoughtful reflection on smiles as free gifts that brighten homes and business, ease weary hearts, and strengthen friendships. The text notes smiles cannot be bought or stolen and emphasize giving one to those with nothing left to give.
The piece defends banks as vital financial blooders behind American growth. Banks serve millions, fund homes, factories, and merchants, and lenders refuse loans only for safety. Banking’s service is crucial though seldom heralded, maintaining trust and stability in communities.
A compassionate meditation on gratitude and forgiveness from the late writer O O McIntyre. He imagines one last day to mend hurts thank helpers and live openly, lamenting selfish acts and seeking to honor his mother’s wishes.
Mrs. Edify Rouse accepts a bookkeeper post with Wiedman Auto Co. Rev and Mrs C H Wittbracht return from a two week auto trip to Ohio. Various locals host, visit, or return from outings with family and friends. George Finkbeiner Jr. arrives from overseas. A surprise 21st birthday party honors August Steele. Saline Chautauqua tickets urged. solicitors push support for the event.
Blue Ribbon races take place in Detroit this week with locals attending. Co H Schroen buys a one story building adjoining his store and tears it down. Epworth League members enjoy a Pleasant Lake outing. Mrs DePuy receives a souvenir postal from Miss Julia Gordon in Alaska. Rev and Mrs Carl Lederer and two children visit Bay City relatives. O M Wood sells East Main Street property to Julius Lindenschmidt who will move in mid August. Jennie Webb Edna and Beth Klien attend Methodist camp meeting at Baton Rapids. Agnes Gillen of Adrian and Willie Gillen of Grand Rapids visit local relatives. Edward Muir and Walter Gross form a hardware store partnership and will open in Wallace block next Saturday. DePuy and wife attend a Chautauqua address by Carrie Nation at Baw Beese Park. Cool Bros. lay foundation for a 36 by 70 warehouse for farm supplies. J H Barr family and relatives attend Traver family reunion in Cement City. Charles B Herbert sells property near Lodi cemetery to E C Rogers who moves there this week. Herbert buys a lot on North Lewis street and plans a new house.
A homespun page mixes cheer with practical tips. It urges optimism, shares a blueberry pie method, a cabbage relish recipe, stuffed eggs, and a sour cream cabbage combo. It notes ice cream trends in Michigan and a do it yourself sundae idea popular with drug stores and home economists.
Walter C. B. Saxman, minister, announces 10 o clock morning worship with the sermon on Religious and Cultural Veneer. Ray Davis leads church school as superintendent. Final Sunday project planned with a picnic at Salithe park on Friday August 4 with potluck dinner and supper at 7.
Divine services at 10 am with Sunday school at 11 am. English services scheduled on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. All are warmly invited to attend. An unrelated note mentions a police teletype test and a discussion on budget policy and taxation.
Reve Roy J Milter minister leads Thursday and Sunday services starting July 27 with Sunday school at 10 10 am and worship at 11 15 am. August 2 Ladies' Aid annual picnic meets at Kevelling's drug store for transport then picnic supper at Saline City Park at 5 30 pm. All women urged to attend.
A review roundup highlights Darryl F. Zanuck’s Young Mr. Lincoln with Henry Fonda at the Saline Theatre and the Jeanette MacDonald vehicle Broadway Serenade opening the weekend. Also featured is The Return of the Cisco Kid with Lynn Bari and co-starred cast. Nearby Neuhauser farm reports twin barns and silos under construction with timber framing using traditional wooden pins on the Napoleon Jackson road.
The column quotes Mickie urging advertisers to spend substantial funds for big sales. He argues a small ad is like an elephant hunt with a long shot and notes the smart man uses full or half pages when necessary to maximize returns.
R G Hill reports 1938 39 trappers captures across Michigan totaled about one million fur bearing animals worth roughly 1 250 000. Musk rats led with 782 924. skunks 34 485. others included crafts of weasels opossums mink raccoons foxes coyotes bobcats and badgers. Three quarters from southern farm lands. skunk season set Nov 1 to Jan 31, 1939.
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