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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1936
Page
4
The Saline Observer publishes subscription rates eight months and yearly options. Notices and poetry are charged per line, with obituaries and marriages published free of charge, while personal or business notices incur standard rates.
The Michigan newspaper world mourns Fred D Keister publisher of the Ionia County News and Michigan Men and Affairs who died Sunday while en route to University hospital. Born in Panama he started in Pewamo publishing the Pewamo Item then Elsie Sun before moving to Ionia where he built a renowned paper. Funeral services were held at his Ionia home with a large turnout. he leaves a wife and three children.
A highway planning survey reports that about six percent of cars on Michigan trunk line highways at night have defective lights during a 30 day study from April 17 to May 15. One or both headlights were out for 1.9 percent of vehicles and 4 percent had no tail light. Recorders at 14 continuous count stations tracked traffic when lights were used.
The Michigan fishing season opened June 25 for black bass bluegill and sunfish with access to about 5 000 inland lakes. Experts say fishing has become a sport favored by many as skilled lighter tackle and catch and release grow in popularity. Fly rod action for bluegills and crappies is recommended in early season, with emphasis on returning undersized fish to protect stocks. Pay your cemetery dues.
Observations counted defective lighting in cars at stations across the state. The M-61 Lake City site logged 4.6 percent with defective headlights and 10.8 percent without a tail light, while the Monroe junction on US-24 and US-25 recorded only 2.2 percent with any lighting defect.
A historical plea for conserving and restoring forests cites 1876 actions, critiques waste, and laments modern policy. It urges taxes on woodland production, broader government action, reforestation, erosion control, and public education led by generalists to safeguard America’s natural environment.
The Newkirk Boy Scout camp along the Huron river north of Dexter opened with an enrollment from Ypsilanti Ann Arbor Milan and nearby Washtenaw and Livingston counties. Scout Executive Walter MacPeek leads the camp with Ralph Kuhl and a ten member staff. activities emphasize swimming boating hiking handicraft and a planned camp museum on Treasure Island. Service clubs including Saline Rotary will visit camp while parents and friends may attend Wednesday campfires and Sunday visits.
C E Kircher D D pastor led Sunday morning service at Federated Church. Schedule includes 10 o'clock morning worship 11:15 Sunday school with S Y Cotton superintendent and assistants, 6:30 pm young people, 7:30 pm worship and Thursday 7:30 mid week service.
Divine services at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11. Hinglish services on the second and fourth Sundays. Everyone invited. Thomas Leith, 47, of Brighton, arrested in a fraud case in county jail awaiting arraignment after bond purchases valued over $50. Warrant by Warren K Guerin. March 27 incident.
Michigan State College entomology expert Professor Ray Hutson warns against lead arsenate for raspberry saw fly defoliation and skeletonizing. He recommends derris or pyrethrum to avoid residue on foliage and fruit while effectively controlling the pest.
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