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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
2
The piece notes Pearl Harbor and US naval strength with 17 battleships in service and 15 building, a 32 ship fleet costing three billion dollars. It contrasts wartime focus with tuberculosis facts and ends with an advertisement for stationery samples at a dollar.
Publisher information and policy details outline subscription rates and charges for notices. Poetry lines paid at five cents per line while obituary and marriage notices are free. Public announcements with admissions charged incur six cents per line with a 25 cent minimum.
The Navy Coast Guard and Signal Corps rely on semaphore and wig wag signaling when communications lack phones or radios. Buying War Savings Stamps or Bonds, though small individually, adds up with 130 million determined people to boost the war effort. 1. 5 Treasury Department.
War Bond appeal explains WAACs overseas serving to win the war. Training and uniforms cost about 170 dollars. the quartermaster department must supply thousands. Buy War Bonds and invest at least ten percent of income via payroll savings to fund uniforms.
A wartime piece notes sailors on U S Navy submarines face hazards at sea and aboard Pig Boats. Cooks in cramped galleys take pride in meals as readers are urged to buy War Bonds and subscribe to The Observer.
Local items report visits and travels of residents to Chelsea Ann Arbor Dexter Jackson and Manchester. Graduations weddings job changes and wool sales are noted with regions including Michigan Ohio and New Jersey. Prominent mentions include Miss Margaret Fairbanks and George Weitbrecht.
Mooreville residents report weekend visits among neighbors and relatives. Janet Denham hosted a birthday party for 14 at her Mooreville road home. Several locals travel for visits in Adrian Milan Ypsilanti Garden City and Maybee as church christening and family gatherings unfold.
Mrs E M Gilbert and Mrs Claude Gilbert helped move friends to a new Adrian home while others visit relatives in Manchester. Mrs Everett Gilbert was discharged from St Josephs Mercy hospital Ann Arbor and returned home. The Michigan Tuberculosis Association urges screening for TB in healthy people, as the disease can be advanced before symptoms appear.
Saline Valley residents and guests are listed with visits to Detroit Buffalo Columbus Kalamazoo and Cleveland. Judy Haswell visits Detroit this week while Arthur Neuman returns from Buffalo. David Vaughn heads to Michigan State for physics studies and Harold Vaughn attends a National Farm Managers Association meeting in Bloomington. A community picnic is reported for June 6 with local hosts and speakers Professor James Pollock among organizers and entertainers.
The Federated Church lists Sunday worship at 10 30 a m with sermon on the 23rd Psalm. Sunday school at 11 30 a m A class for everyone Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m Dorothy Otto in charge Evening Service 7 45 p m Special program planned with speaker at Miss Morden home Miss Murray Missionary Society meets Wednesday at 2 00 pm Thursday prayer and praise 7 30 pm Choir practice 8 30 pm All invited
Fred A. Lendrum leads worship at 10 a m with sermon Swords and Plowshares. Organ prelude choir music. Church school at 11 a m Led by Arthur Wilson Supt Heed Your Country Go To Church theme. St James Ev Reformed Church pastor C A Baneberg services 10 a m Saline Township 5 miles west on US 112 Sunday school 1415 All welcome.
St John s Lath Church M C Philipp pastor announces divine services at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11. English services held every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everyone invited.
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