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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1950
Page
8
Eds Grocery leads Five Points by one point after Tuesday action. Eds Grocery gained four points while Five Points earned three from Saline Hatchery. Next week alley 1 2 Saline Hatchery vs Trinity. alleys 3 4 Five Points vs Gross Implement. alleys 5 6 Eds Grocery vs Farmers.
The Busy Workers 44H Club met at Mrs. Arthur Lutz home to judge towels and conduct a business session. Ruth Lutz served four leaf clover shaped ice cream and cookies. A sledding party on Ernest Gleason pasture hill followed with about 30 attendees at Harry Gleason’s home for cocoa and popcorn after two hours of sliding. Nancy Gleason, Reporter.
The Saline Woman's Club will be entertained at a 12 30 luncheon by president Mrs Edwin Hering on Tuesday March 14 The annual meeting follows in the afternoon with the American Home Department program featuring Rev Henry McKenzie speaking on Spiritual Life in the Home Co hosts are Mrs Karl Bredernitz Mrs Frances Lockwood and Mrs Aubrey Giltrow Members unable to attend should call Mrs Hering by March 13.
St James Church presents The Challenge of the Cross a sacred drama by the Senior Choir with participation from the Junior Choir at 8:00 pm Sunday March 19. Pastor Rev EB Lawrenz says it teaches cross bearing and submission to life’s tribulations as part of the divine plan.
Miss Nancy Rogers daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Rogers suffered a fractured leg Saturday when struck by a truck backing from Hi Speed station on East Michigan avenue. A local physician placed the leg in a cast and she received treatment.
A small attic fire at the Frank Tyank apartment near Frank's Texaco Station was doused by the Saline Fire Department about 7:30 Tuesday night. Fire trucks responded and authorities say the damage was nominal. The same type of fire occurred there several months earlier.
Mutual of Omaha introduces The Dr C C Criss Award a $10000 prize for public health or safety contributions and a $4000 National Oratorical Contest scholarship for high school juniors and seniors with regional and local contests announced later. Eligibility covers US Canada Alaska and Hawaii residents.
The article urges new homeowners to beautify clean plots with hardy roses. It cites 1949 housing starts near one million and promising 1950 prospects. Roses Fashion Mission Bells Capistrano and Sutters Gold cost under ten dollars as a lasting, low cost gift to new gardens.
Farmers plan for next year and ask the county extension agents about crop seed varieties. Agents urge buyers to choose seed that is tested, recommended, and suited to local conditions and at least as good as varieties already grown. They warn against high priced, untested sellsmans’ varieties and emphasize checking local recommendations.
The U S H annual cribbage tournament opened February 14 with play by play rounds. Roy Plasters, Stanley Goodfellow, Lester Faust, Josh Mitchell, Bob Bishop and others won several rounds while Stan Goodfellow and Bishop dominated later rounds leading to a final where Bishop fell to Goodfellow.
The U S H cribbage champ lost in the first round at the Ann Arbor City Tourney. Officials hope more employees participate in next year's event.
Manufacturers of farm equipment now produce power line safety shields that cannot be removed during operation. The shields open for servicing but resist removal without drastic tools, addressing hazards from rapidly revolving power take-off shafts while noting past farmer noncompliance with standard shields.
The term pumpkin comes from an old French pompion meaning eaten when cooked by the sun. Most Americans pronounce it punkin. In modern French the word for pumpkin is potiron.
Stan Goodfellow appears to have left after a defeat at Ann Arbor, where spectators report his departure following the contest.
Poultrymen seek new products and experiment with green to blue tinted eggs. Cornell University chickens show shells vary from light blue to green depending on brown pigment. Dr. J. H. Bruckner explains color variation and potential market appeal.
Four of Brownie’s rare bovine quintuplets survive on Ralph Tauro’s Hillsdale New York farm. The calves stand with their mother as Ralph and his son Michael watch. Such a birth occurs infrequently in cattle and resembles human rarity.
North Dakota expert Kermit Schlamb notes hens deprived of proper feed eat but lay few eggs. He cites a flock of 100 five pound hens needing about 125 pounds of well balanced feed weekly to stay in good shape.
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