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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1947
Page
6
A boy named Benjamin Franklin learns to make any task engaging by curiosity and effort. He shifts from grease ladling to reading, studying printing and type, later shaping journalism and discovery with a habit of turning work into learning. He invents many items and learns through persistent question asking.
A series of mild earthquakes were felt locally with residents mostly unaware. Frost damaged roads requiring repairs. Local improvements included home and barn work by residents Jacob Marion and Mark Sweetland. Hospital activity, accidents, and various community notices are reported along with a 15 year old classified section and local events.
The 20 year old notes Emanuel Cook is about the store but not feeling robust. Robert Bahr plans to open a new filling station and grocery at S Hall farm north of town once completed, and Saline shows pride in hosting a new broadcasting station, with their first test run underway.
Central Lods residents report social visits and moves. Mr and Mrs Arnold Guenther spent an evening with Cyril Reed. Willard Manor family moved to a new farm near Manchester. Charles Naylor and Ralph Moore attended a community sale in Dundee. Edward Grosshans hosted guests with Herman Grosshans. Lillian Birkle family visited Bert Moore and Ralph. Lewis Schneider family moved to Whitemore Lake Road to operate a store and gas station. Laverne Moore visited Melvin Lowenberg and Herman Braun in Ann Arbor. Norris Street family returned from two weeks in Nashville due to his ill mother. About 35 friends gave Anna Lambarth a farewell party with games and lunch, plus a lamp gift.
Flying pilots in supersonic craft will monitor a new line pattern on the instrument panel. When all flight elements such as gasoline oil temperature and manifold pressure function properly a solid line appears. Any malfunction causes an immediate break in the line for quick diagnosis.
William F. Griffin died Wednesday night at age 3 years after weeks of heart trouble. Olive Feldkamp passed away Tuesday night at age 70, both residents south and west of town. Rev. F L Thompson of the M H church in Lansing preaches four sermons on The Devil with next Sunday’s sermon titled The Devil in the Pulpit.
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