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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1948
Page
2
Mrs Catherine Conrad Edwards explains to parents and children the meaning of un American and American values. She contrasts secret police censorship and oppression with the Bill of Rights free worship speech press and equal protection. She stresses democracy and equal rights for all races creeds and sexes.
Michigan 4-H clubs observe National 4-H Week March 1 to 7 as 4-H grows with 83 counties served by Michigan State College extension. About 5 000 clubs with 49 500 youth, 6 000 more than 1946, aim for 75 000 members by 1950 and 55 000 this year. The program, run by 50 agents statewide under A G Kettunen, emphasizes citizenship with community projects and aid to foreign lands including seed gifts to 28 European countries.
Michigan 4-H clubs raise funds to buy seed to ship four to five tons of vegetables for relief. The program may mail several thousand packages to individuals or relief agencies. Michigan leads in 1946 project completion with 88 percent and has about 9810 older club leaders, growing toward 1,000.
Roy Stoddard was bitten by a snake and required sixteen stitches. The Lambarth Brothers hardware moved into the Boettner building east of Ormsbys barber shop. Richard Hertler and George Peirce show scarlet fever. Home Economics rooms buzz with first stitches on sewing machines. Measles affect kindergarten. Howard McAllister and Jerry Jordan return. Funeral services held for George Theurer Adam Klumpp and Donald B Mattison. Mrs Ernst Towler assists post office. Pedro club hosted by Mr and Mrs Herman Hutzel. Melvin Thomas injured by a bull near Pittsfield township. Fred Burkhart store repainted. Alberta May Robison ill with pneumonia. Sutherland schools raise over 40 at Friday box social. Walter Gordon attends funeral in Dundee. Mrs William Schmid hosts Ida Fahner and Harold Layer. C B Herbert and sister move into Stimpson house. Mrs Edward Feuerbacher and Mrs Jacob Clough visit Detroit. W F Hawkhurst enjoys winter in Cuba and heads to Isle of Pines. Born to Mr and Mrs Floyd Rogers a daughter. Fred Lackhardt moves into Late house on East Henry. Willis McClue and wife visit Jackson. Mrs Edward Feuerbacker hosts about twenty five for Pedro for her mother Mrs Jacob Clough's birthday. March 4, 1898 date and Wheat at 93 cents.
Oats steady at 25 cents, hogs at 3.65 for quality stock, lambs five cents and sheep four dollars per hundred. Snow remains heavy as March arrives quietly. Governor Pingree reduces Jackson Prison population with four more pardons issued Monday. Isaac Suddaby dies at his east town home this afternoon. George Sherlan, pioneer wagon maker, is now totally blind at his son Gilbert’s home in Grand Rapids. Mrs. D. Schaffer of Grand Rapids visits with daughter Mrs. R Cullen and family.
Detroit and Ypsilanti radio amateurs plan to revive the Pioneer Radio Club with 80 to 100 members. The group will host biannual meetings at Detroit hotels with dinners speakers and demonstrations. Founders recall early 1920s spark transmitters and cat whisker receivers and hope old timers reconnect while learning new radio advances.
Rev. Geo Daschner and Rev Mrs Daschner with Mr and Mrs Erwin Wild addressed a Blissfield audience on the Christian Rural Overseas Program. He will join the Michigan Council of Churches fifth annual town and country conference at Adrian College Tuesday and speak Thursday at Western State Normal Kalamazoo. Further social visits and moves noted include residents at Wampler's Lake Belleville and Ann Arbor area relocations.
The writer recalls obtaining government radio licenses at ages 14 to 16 when exams were easier due to more cars and radio use. He mentions an Army Radio Network postcard warning of slight frequency interference, kept as a reminder, and hints at inviting a Pioneer Club charter member to contribute a future column.
A deputation urging Australia to ban US comic strips and restrict imports of short stories and articles claims imported features drain dollars and hurt local journalism amid newsprint cuts. A Michigan probate court orders creditors to file claims against Flora Arminia Coe by April 16 1948 with public notice in Saline Observer.
A snippet notes that the use of chemical weed killers began around 1895 and was not a new practice. It references early experimentation and the long history of weed control chemicals without detailing specific products or results.
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