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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
3
The Saline column covers home repairs at the corner drug store and Burkhart Store, military enrollments, college graduations, and naval training. It notes visits by relatives, church activities, summer sessions at the University of Michigan, furloughs for servicemen, and a June 27 wedding.
Central York Mrs. Lillian Smith hospitalized after a stroke at Saline General. Numerous visits and associations around Saline include Misses Mary and Bertha Hertler at the Allison home, Mrs. Earl Finch visiting Fred Finch, Mrs. Sylvia Fuller and daughter at Maple City farms, Margery Sheppard visiting Detroit relations, and gatherings with the Ernst, Murray, and other families. Wanted notices request legs printing for estate settlements. send notices to The Saline Observer.
Dr. R Clyde Ford of the Nor real College Ypsilanti delivered a Rotary talk at The Tavern last Thursday noon on John D Pierce first superintendent of public instruction. Pierce helped plan rural schools and contributed to Michigan education including the Ann Arbor University project. He introduced the home stead exemption act and is buried in Marshall with a children funded monument. J Fred Staebler of Ann Arbor to represent Saline at the Quebec Rotary convention. Ford noted a successful rubber drive and announced the first band concert of the season for July 8 weather permitting. Rotarian Joseph Warner of Ypsilanti attended as a guest.
Michigan selective service boards prepare to register about 156 000 men 18 to 20 on June 30 under the fifth registration. The move completes registration of ages 18 to 65 and delays military service until age 20 or later under the current act. Saline registrants will sign up in the council rooms from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on June 30.
The Probate Court of Washtenaw County Michigan orders publication of final administration account for Alice Simmons estate. Administrator Leo Tescher’s account will be examined July 22, 1942 at ten o’clock AM at the Ann Arbor Probate Office with public notice in The Saline Observer for three consecutive weeks.
Trooper Norman Hedger of Tr. B 1st Squadron 5th Cavalry reports from Fort Bliss Texas June 15 about duty on the Mexican border and the division’s storied history with generals Lee and Wainwright. He notes cool nights and proximity to Briggs airbase plus a farewell about Michigan cherry growers producing 3700 tons in 1941.
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