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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
5
Sam Boyd ill at home and many neighbors visiting Saline residents are reported with calls in January. Dr Roy Bixby returns from Florida. Several Social visits occur including Card parties and church group meetings. An auction on Otto Hagans farm is planned tomorrow at noon near US 112. Seed bootleg warning issued by Agriculture Commissioner James F Thomson about tagged seeds and seed law compliance.
Fifteen years ago Miss Loretta Schabile and Edna Schellenberger were in Detroit. Mrs. Joseph Kyte died at 72 after four years of illness. Zilpha Davenport, early village settler, died aged 93. Funeral for Kyte and Davenport held in coming days with local relatives and attendees noted.
Thirty years ago a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Herman Lindenschmitt on Saturday. Fred Henne and wife attended the funeral of Mr Hennes mother in Ann Arbor. David Mandt plans a new house on the old site when weather allows. J M Gross sold his 40 acre farm to Fred Hartman and will move back with Herman. George Barr left for Chicago to begin as agent for a large book company. Frank Kibler of Deerfield now clerking for A M Humphrey replacing W S Rhodes who left Saturday. Miss Mabel McKinnon at Cleary College heads to Detroit for spring millinery opening. Heininger & Rentschler selling horses to Mack & Co, F Buck, and S J McDonald. Irving Corbett and family will move to Milan for a steady job with Stimpson Seale Company once roads permit. Ernest Cornish visited then headed to Cleveland for cereal firm position. William Schnirring, former renter of Bert Wheeler farm, buys the property to return home.
Central York notes relatives from Detroit spent Sunday at the Barbour home. Detroit visitors also called on Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Murray and daughter Alger Allison and Roy Goldie Tuesday. Isle Royale talk by Dr. Myers drew attendees at Oak Grove school Friday evening. Local residents entertained at Ridge road home with Mrs. Mattie Marken of near Milan visiting.
Paul Richards returned home from Salem for the weekend. Fred Avey visited Detroit from Thursday to Saturday. Jack Langstaff was absent due to a hard cold. Mr and Mrs D G Richards hosted Saturday evening with Fred Avey and others. Mr and Mrs Alfred Acton and Mr and Mrs Russell Acton spent Saturday at Arthur Alber's home.
Andrew Goodin is on the sick list. Several residents visited or hosted guests in nearby towns including Ann Arbor Jackson Saline Belleville and Muskegon. Weekend and weekday visits occurred among Hammond Gordon Gilbert Scudder Finkbeiner Dieterle and other families with hospital and recovery mentions.
South Saline and surrounding communities report a sequence of visits and social gatherings. Ellsworth Losee and Hugh Craig are noted in Adrian and Ann Arbor trips. Families including the Craigs, Mehlers, Luckhardts, Pocklingtons, and Hendershots share weekend visits and dinners across Saline Milan Ypsilanti Britton Tecumseh and Clinton.
Mr and Mrs Harold Kutler and Tecumseh visitors Mr and Mrs Thomas Hamilton called. Albert Cross hosted guests from Bowling Green Ohio Detroit and nearby. Mrs Herman Mehler and daughter Hallie Jane visited Ann Arbor with ill father James Young.
Detroit residents Jesse Scudder and Misses Kudler White Case and Pennington traveled to visit relatives in Macon. Others hosted include Mrs. Mae Higgins attending a cousin’s funeral, Mrs. S. A. Jeffries visiting Indianapolis, and families of Detroit and Dearborn spending weekends with local households. A move accounted for Roy Heilman and family relocating to Cyrus Hendershot farm, and multiple gatherings at the Richmond home with relatives from Jackson Ann Arbor and Detroit.
Last Sunday brought a better day as one more person united with the church. Attendance plans include 10 a.m. worship 11:15 a.m. Sunday school led by S. Cotton with Carl Geddes as assistant. Mrs. Reuben Rogers chorister Miss Hileen Martin pianist. Evening services at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. all are urged to attend.
Notice of registration days for the Township of Lodi Michigan ahead of the April 6 1936 election. Clerk H A Gensley outlines registration rules including residency, non Sunday/holiday days, and absent voter exceptions. An advisory paragraph ponders Britain and America wartime duty.
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