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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1933
Page
5
Local residents report visits among Detroit Ann Arbor and Manchester, with Shurtz Ernst families and Holcomb to Hillsdale. Memorial day events at Saline and district clubs, 4-H and Junior activities, and showers and family gatherings highlighted by Rotarians and N.S. groups.
North Side Bear Cats face South Side Tigers in a 6 30 p m showdown. Tigers pitcher includes Fosdick or Gillen while Bear Cats start Westrick or Tanner with Fairbanks behind the plate. Fans hope for a championship clash as the city may award City Hall to the victor.
William Fisher of Riga found a sow nursing 14 piglets five weeks ago, five died, leaving nine. Ten days later the same sow farrowed a second litter of 10, with seven living. This unusual double farrowing coincides with rising pork prices.
Memorial day ceremonies under the American Legion drew a small crowd. The parade, led by the Boy Scout band directed by Bruce Rider, moved from the cemetery to the school lawn where Roscoe Bonisteel delivered the principal address. Daniel Hall read Gettysburg, invocations and benediction followed as the crowd sang America.
Miss Ruth Bracey suffered tonsillitis earlier in the week. Ann Jewett spoke of her horse staying with Miss Ida Clements Jr. and Mrs. W. L. Rundel’s family visited relatives in Northville. Detroit guest Miss Alice Sturm spent a weekend with Saline friends. Wesley Gressis stayed with aunt Mrs. Frey Isarwood in Pittsfield. Helen Hilton visited Miss Ida in Ann Arbor. Mrs. K. B. Simmons left Salador for a two week visit. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Walker hosted Dansville guests and called on Saline friends. Mrs. R. W. Ewing and children from Pontiac visited Kate Stang and Luther Briggs. Frank Buck and Detroit visitors called on cousin Mrs. Fred Schmid. Esther Burkhardt returned to work in Ann Arbor after visiting her parents. Walter Fosdick and Dansville hosted Sunday guests and Saline relatives. Saline Wearers Club will hold its annual luncheon Tuesday at Mrs. Orrin Briggs’s home. all members urged to attend.
Thirty years ago W Hunt enlarged his kitchen while Jake Clough added to his east wing and Fred Jerry built an addition. Strawberries priced at 12 cents quart. Mrs. W N Ager of Cleveland visits sister Mrs. J B Wallace. Fred Suddaby moves to Milan to run a dray business. Fred Kader attends farm matters. Natural gas found at Britton in 90 feet with about 100 pounds pressure. Charles Cressy, mill worker in Shelby, narrowly escaped a fatal explosion that killed one man and left him unconscious for hours.
A quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln urges openness in business and advertising. It contrasts secrecy with telling the truth to reassure the public and keep the country safe. The message stresses effort and alertness in modern commercial communication.
Morning worship at 10 o clock with the sermon Our Desert Islands. Sunday school at 11 15 led by H 4 Holmes superintendent Epworth League at 6 30. Evening service at 7 30 with The Clay and the Potter. School of instruction on Wednesday afternoon. Bible study and prayer service Wednesday evening at 7 30. Thursday evening choir meeting.
At Sand Lake on June 5 Radio presents Tim Doolittle and His Michigan Mountaineers a six member orchestra reputed as the finest of its kind. Dorothy Leader billed as the Pine Center Sweetheart joins the Pine Center gang as a versatile singer and dancer.
Jesse Bird lost a heifer this week. Mrs. John Gooding visited Mrs. Austin White of Saline Friday afternoon. Miss Mary Kopano of Detroit called at the Sweeney home Sunday. Miss Electa Murray visits her aunt Mrs. Mary Debenham of Milan this week. Mrs. Hattie Murray called on Mrs. John Gooding and Mrs. Alger Alison Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. James Crittenden and daughters of Mooreville spent Sunday evening with Alger Alison’s family. Joseph Sweeney Jr and family and Mr. and Mrs. Miller and child of Detroit spent Memorial Day with Joseph Sweeney Sr and son Ray. Oak Grove district held a pothick dinner on school grounds the last day of the year. Miss Younglove taught and served ice cream after the dinner. Pupils received reports and promotion cards. Boys played baseball.
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