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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1942
Page
4
The article advises lawn maintenance to curb crab grass and dandelions. It covers seed-based crab grass control, fertilization timing, mowing height, and watering practices. It also lists sulfuric iron treatment, dandelion spraying with iron solutions, and various ant control methods including boiling water, poisons, and trapping.
Michigan readers face a July 1 possible automobile rationing plan linked to rubber conservation. Officials debate voluntary measures versus nationwide gas rationing while forecasts split on how soon victory may come and how transport will hold up if restrictions bite.
Beginning June 6 Central Greyhound Lines will depart Saline for Willow Run at 6 12 A M 2 12 P M and 10 12 P M depart Willow Run for Saline Clinton and Manchester at 6 45 A M 2 45 P M and 10 05 P M
Mooreville residents report Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ganong spent Friday in Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Norman weekend in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Albert Loesch returned from Beyer hospital in Ypsilanti. Many local families attended the Detroit-Chicago baseball game in Detroit and the O E S meeting in Ann Arbor.
Central York notes a birthday dinner honoring nephew Allen Hertler with many guests from Detroit Ann Arbor Royal Oak Pittsfield and Saline areas. Additional visits include Mary and Bertha Hertler hosting callers and relatives from Milan Mooreville and Detroit. Memorial Day visits and society meetings are also mentioned.
West Saline residents Warren Finkbeiner and Arnold visit in Jackson. Ann Arbor couple Mr. and Mrs. Finkbeiner return from Florida to attend family gathering. Miss Melinda Roehm visits Monroe friends. A collision near the Graf home injures Mrs. Roehm and damages three cars with no serious injuries. Local visits include Arent family at Sand Lake and Schwoche at Oakland Dairy. About 200 attend Fran's Inn Draft Beer opening.
Divine services at 9 a.m. Sunday school at 11 English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month Pastor M C Phillipp invites all to attend Michigan wines made from Michigan grapes noted as an important industry Liner ads get results
A dozen local families hosted friends and relatives from Ypsilanti Addison and Detroit over the weekend with dinners calls and calls but the notable news was the death of Mrs. Cora Miller formerly of Macon whose Los Angeles passing was reported. Mr and Mrs Miller had resided in Macon for years. The notices also list several social visits among area residents and relatives including Miss Laura Long and Rev Harry Long.
Hammond District residents on Decoration Day visited Adrian events. Dr. and Mrs. James Gauntlett visited Elk Rapids friends. Several couples traveled to Dayton Ohio and Detroit for visits and games. Memorial exercises were held in Macon with Mrs. Mable Needham and Gerald.
St James Evangelical Reformed Church in Saline Township located five miles west of Saline on US 112 led by Pastor C A Haneberg offers divine services each Sunday at 10 a m and a Sunday school at 1715. Everyone welcome.
The Gleason school closes Friday as parents and district members share food and ice cream after a baseball game. Students perform piano solos and duets while Casmer and Helen Jeziorski with Marilyn Maschino play guitar and sing. A Maypole dance and flag salute are featured along with student films and class examinations by eighth and seventh graders. Mrs. Iva B. Lee teaches.
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock Children's Day service features the Sunday school program and a short sermon on Great Expectations by the pastor. Christian Endeavor at 6 15 p m invites all youth. evening service at 7 45 includes sermon and song. weekly prayer, choir and final Children's Day practice on Saturday June 6 at 2 p m for participants.
Mortgagee Elizabeth Kitson authorizes foreclosure after default on a 1935 Ann Arbor deed. Public auction set for July 11, 1942 at the Washtenaw County Circuit Court South Front door. Property: west 28 feet of east four rods of lot 14 in Wilmot’s Addition.
Morenci marks the 96th birthday of Louis C. Bourbina, the town's last Civil War veteran. Despite deafness his mind remains sharp and he still mows his own lawn. Bligsfield Advance reports on his active years.
Probate Court of Washtenaw County orders creditors to present claims against the estate of Lillian E. Lange by August 3, 1942. Public notice to run three weeks in The Saline Observer before the hearing. Judge Jay G. Pray presiding.
In Washtenaw County a probate session in Ann Arbor on May 1 1942 authorized Albert J. Parker to sell estate real estate to pay debts. The hearing to grant license is set for June 8 1942 at ten oclock in the forenoon at the Probate Office. Notice will run for three weeks in The Saline Observer. Jay G. Pray Judge of Probate Nora O. Borgert Register of Probate May 21 28 June 4 1942.
Central Lods reports Mrs Bert Hummel visiting in Detroit with her daughter Edith Birkle stays with grandparents Mr and Mrs Bert Moore. Gertie Drake ill at Ernest Heller home in Ann Arbor shows improvement. Multiple calls and visits noted among Moore Naylor Drake Yaeger Lindemann Hirth Boeler families in Ann Arbor and area.
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