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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
2
Public notices outline charges for card of thanks poetry and event admissions. Obituary and marriage notices are free. Personal or business benefit items require standard rates with minimum 25 cents charge. Per line rates apply for poetry and paid entertainments.
A call affirms that every official body handling public funds must publish routine accounting showing spending details. The statement defends it as a core democratic principle and transparency standard for governance.
W Ira Bull extension forester at Michigan State College forecasts higher prices and stronger out of state demand for maple products in early spring 1939. He cites New England hurricane impacts, rising incomes, and continued employment as drivers, urging early tapping and cleanliness to ensure premium quality.
Nearly 150 youth and adults attended the opening night of the Federated Church event with 72 new or reaffirmed decisions. The series features guest pastors from eight churches, with tonight’s program by Ford Dixie Hight and Rev. Charles J. Kendall of Jackson. An offering is planned tonight. Next, Milan People’s Church choir and Rev. Harold DeVries of Ann Arbor lead Friday’s services. Sunday services include a 10 o’clock sermon, 11:15 Sunday school, 6:30 Christian Endeavor, and 7:30 evening worship with the sermon Sons of the Second Birth.
The church week includes 10:00 morning worship led by Walter C B Laxman with sermon The Experiences of Life. 11:00 church school. Ray Davis superintendent. Junior League 6:30 to 7:30 led by Miss J Stark. Epworth League tonight at 5:45. Official board meets Tuesday 8:00 at the church. Ladies Aid Wednesday 2:30. Choir Thursday 7:30 under Mrs C F Fitzgerald.
York Baptist Church at Stony Creek and Platt Roads lists morning worship at 10:00 a.m. Sunday school and Bible class at 11:15 a.m. Evening programs include 7:00 p.m. B P A conversational scripture study, and 7:45 p.m. Gospel meeting on the topic Did He or Didn't Hear Thursday evening prayer and praise service.
The Campbell family has attended Muskegon Heights high since 1921. The last member, Eilen Campbell, will receive her diploma in June, marking a local family milestone. The Observer Liner ads promote bread and the clean, orderly market.
Readers are urged to plan spring home projects and garden layouts while considering seed catalogs. Michigan State College staff offer pork cooking tips, noting self basting fat and easy roasting, with safe temperatures 325 to 350 degrees and 25 to 30 minutes per pound, 182 to 185 degrees final.
The announcement lists Divine worship at 10:00 in English and Sunday school at 11:00 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church led by Rev H L Engel. A separate note states that over 42 percent of clerical workers in England are women.
Ida Sanford visits brother Marshall Canine. Mrs Guthardt and Mrs Rentschler visit Lima relatives. Armbruster family moves to North Ann Arbor street home. Saline Farmers Club to meet Mr and Mrs Ralph Hammond March 13. Hutzell and son Leonard visit William Walker. William Higgins farm sold to Clarence Carr of Ohio to take possession April 1. William Austin hosts Roy Lawflager and family from Wayne. Carl Heininger moves to farm south of town. Federated church sings March 13 with potluck closing. W L Rundel and guests honor Mrs Broderick’s mother returning from the east. Mrs Edward Law returns to Detroit after caring for relatives. Fred Kalmbach hosts pheasant visitor at farm among chickens.
Mrs B N Smith hosts a tea for neighbors. S A Fitzgerald and wife visit Owosso friends. Dexter Briggs visits daughter Mrs J R Watson in Chicago. Meet Friday March 11 with Mr and Mrs Simon J Kress. Alden Isbell and Mae L Brown wed Feb 19. Mrs Mary Herrick returns to sister Mrs Lamkin after five months in Chicago. George Cook sells 157 acre farm with Theo Josenhans acquiring 80 acres near buildings. John Zahn takes balance. Charles Fosdick dies. son Theodore survives on long-time farm. Bernice Davenport displays a rose painting praised for natural beauty. Oratorical contest at school chapel: Edessa Toles first in oratory, Lyle Hurd second. Esther Rentschler first in declamation, Josephine Eagle second. June commencement parts named: Valedictory Esther Fairbank. salutatory William Lindenschmidt. class history Paul Boettger. class poem Max Rosenthal. ass prophecy Luella Kyte. giftatory Ruth Gillen. epitaphs Lyle Hurd. class story Esther Landwehr. oration Ferman Clements. oration Jay Gould. essay Hola Clark. president’s address Fred Gross.
Divine services at 10 a m and Sunday school at 11. English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everyone warmly invited. Read the liner ads now.
The Jude epistle is a compact tract warning against Gnosticism seen as gaining force in the early church. The text debates authorship linking Jude to Judas brother of James, and contrasts Jude with Second Peter and First Peter. It notes dating around 150 A.D. and mentions related late works like Gospel of Peter and Acts of Peter.
When a fire struck the Gerrit Sheerhorne home in Grandville neighbors acted quickly. Two provided hot coffee and lunch for the firemen, a third lent warm gloves, as crews battled the blaze in freezing temperatures.
The kitchens of the cracked British liner Queen Mary hold about 200000 crockery items and 100000 pieces of tableware in storage.
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