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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
2
The Saline Observer lists publisher Sim R Wilson and editor M C Boutelle. It notes postal entry in Saline Michigan, and price data: single copies 3 cents, subscription $1 per year, six months 50 cents, three months 25 cents, outside Michigan $1.50 per year.
Notices list charges for card of thanks obituaries marriages poetry and entertainment announcements with per line rates and a 25 cent minimum. The notice emphasizes free obituary and marriage notices and sets poetry pricing at 5c per line.
A letter urging Christian leaders to provide clean recreation for youth through staffed centers and summer Bible schools. It laments self centered communities, calls for Christ centered efforts, and argues money now spent on liquor and entertainment should fund youth programs to build better boys and girls ready to serve their Master.
Samuel R. Park of the Michigan Bankers Association leads opposition to chain banks in Michigan. He urges lawmakers to override Governor Van Wagoner’s veto and pass the anti chain bank bill, arguing banking should stay local and avoid a centralized directorate.
Rev H L Engel pastor leads a 10 a m divine service in German and an 11 o'clock Sunday school. The Ladies Aid meets Wednesday afternoon and the Men's Club meets Wednesday evening.
Worship at 10 a m features a sermon on With Power. Organ prelude offertory and anthem by the choir. Church school 11 15 Unity for Victory led by Arthur Wilson superintendent. Annual church and school family picnic Friday afternoon and evening chaired by Harry Holmes with Ray Davis arranging tables for a potluck supper. All families invited.
The Federated Church lists morning worship at 10 with a sermon titled Careless Living and Sunday school at 11:15 led by C Graydon Everett and Mrs Hazen Jewell. Christian Endeavor at 7 60 p m, Ladies Aid Wednesday 2 30 ride service, and a Baptist Society meeting Saturday June 28 at 8 oclock.
Detroit visitors, summers, vacations and social calls recounted. Residents from Royal Oak Ann Arbor Dexter Milan Whitmore Lake and Washington DC appear with Epworth League events and local gatherings noted.
Walter Mac Peek announces completion of Newkirk Boy Scout camp staff. Larry Bruggers heads waterfront, Allan Mathison is provisional troop scoutmaster, Lloyd Partridge camp chef, Robert Taylor health and safety lead. Other staff include Robert Lowell Heine Kessler Herman Keller Jr. Robert Hendrickson Hollis Whittaker Gunnar Anderson Neil Ottenfeld. Camp visits begin July with Howell Milan Slauson Fowlerville troops. A July 13 to 27 schedule. A barn fire near Norvell damages buildings. 11 calves die. horse escapes. Brooklyn Exponent.
Divine services at 10 a.m. Hinglish services on the second Sunday and Sunday school at 11. Fourth Sunday of each month features a service. All are invited to attend.
Saline Township church announces divine services every Sunday at 10 am with German services on the first and third Sundays and English on the second, fourth and fifth Sundays. Sunday school follows at 11 am. Rev. C A Haneberg is pastor. Everyone welcome.
Mrs I G Ehnis visits son George and family in Munroe. Lowell Black of Camden calls on Carl Curtiss. A F Clark and daughter Ella visit Detroit. Pleasure outing at Pleasant Lake amid a dry May. Mrs George Blumenauer hosts her New York City brother. Merritt Martin visits Clinton friend Will Shaw. Miss Frieda Lederer visits Bay City brother Rev Carl Lederer. Prof A S Hall and family headed from Chestertown Md for summer vacation. Miss Bila Clark to teach zoology and botany at Normal College this coming year. Local church school picnics set for July 4 at Arbeiter park. Summer visitors include Misses Gertrude Collins Amanda Lutz Mina Bordine Alice Ruth Sturm Minnie Baty Linnie Rogers Gertrude Miller Mollie Harris. Mr and Mrs C H Carven host dinner for Miss Wealthy Wallace’s birthday with Newark guests. Mrs Aoy Burnett of Jackson and others attend. Wallace Tahquamenon Falls noted as a major Michigan attraction. Rex Beach cited as a Michigan author born near Atwood by Grand Traverse Bay.
Community chatter covers a Denton Dean tale of a Detroit family, Harold Marsh’s Chevrolet garage switch, and a can opener relic, plus local labor sunburns and ribbing about a show case. Saline sees a coal shortage, theft of an unloading motor, business redecorations, new homes, and rapid construction on Henry, North Lewis, Worth Ann Arbor streets.
Miss Huggett of the Farm Security Administration told Washtenaw County families that raising larger gardens and more poultry can cut food costs and improve diets. She said FSA borrowers increasingly plan to produce more at home to meet national needs and support the war effort, including boosting egg production by about six percent over 15 months.
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