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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1940
Page
2
Notice details the pricing for paid notices including six lines per line and poetry at five cents per line. Announcements of entertainments with admission are billed six cents per line. Minimum charge set at 25 cents and rates apply to all paid public notices.
Confirmation exercises will be held at St. Pauls church Palm Sunday March 17 during regular worship. Those to be confirmed include Betty Elizabeth Schnirring Carol Risa Rentschler Maureen Lucille Henderson Phyllis Louise Henderson Ruth Louise Luckhardt Dorothy Bertha Henry Shirley Jean Rogers Doris Wilhelmina Finkbeiner Harvey Edward Henry Clayton Stanley Ernst and Herbert Carl Lange.
German service at 10 a.m. Sunday school at 11 a.m. Lenten services at 8 p.m. with Pastor Wacker of Scio delivering the sermon. Men's Club meets Wednesday evening. The League meets Thursday evening. Northwestern College male chorus will visit March 21 at 8 p.m. Watch for more details next week.
Officials call for regular published reports detailing how each dollar is spent. The aim is to ensure transparency and uphold democratic governance by making allocations and expenditures clear to the public.
The piece compares village financial statements from Buissfield to Dundee showing wide column usage and criticizes the so called public be damned policy. It notes that many villages publish monthly council proceedings and questions spending practices under state laws and charters.
Auditor General Vernon J. Brown urges Michigan property owners to check tax records to avoid loss or legal trouble from delinquencies. He notes many cases of overlooked levies and errors, warns of the May 7, 1940 tax sale, and recounts a Detroit case where 1934 taxes were not credited but sale proceeded. Brown calls citizens to review county tax sale lists and seek corrective action before title issues arise.
Divine services at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11 a m. English services held every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everybody cordially invited.
Saline Tavern defeated two games in their bowling match at Ypsilanti on Tuesday night while trailing on total pins. Individual scores include Schumm 583 Fitz Gerald 537 McHenry 463 Tanner 464 Hoeft 545 829 860 903 2592 and Steward 522 Renaldi 517 Smith 501 Mead 549 Max 578 826 954 886 2667.
The family expresses heartfelt thanks for kindness and flowers after a bereavement and acknowledges Rev Walter Saxman. Relatives of Mrs Jane L Cline. Raymond Streiter escaped injury when his car left M 11 three miles west of Saline struck stones and a utility pole tearing down fence posts and trees after loosing control at about 55 mph.
A collage of household tips and recipes including odor removal from onion breath, preserving cut flowers with salt, making stove crack repairs paste, and safer lamp handling. Also baking hints and two recipes for coffee cake and popovers with step by step preparation and oven timings.
Miss Meltina Feldkamp attends Cleary College. Willis Moody visited Detroit relatives Friday to Monday. Chauncey FitzGerald helps his parents move in North Adams. Merle Douglass visited Detroit. Flowene LaVerne Bamer born March 6 1920 to Mr. and Mrs. R H Bamer. Local elections assign village offices. Various visits and moves noted among residents of Ypsilanti Ann Arbor and surrounding areas.
Thirty years ago Rev D C Littlejohn led chapel exercises at school last Wednesday. George Cook and family rented the Tate house on Henry street and will move soon. Charles Tower and family of Milan visited his brother Leon Tower and family. Miss Bessie Carven left Wednesday to work in the census department in Washington Herman. Alber moved his saw mill from near Manchester to the Henry Alber farm in Lodi. Boettner Rentschler and Klager shipped two carloads of stock from Bridgewater to Buffalo last week. Mrs Lydia Johnson and daughter Mabel return from wintering in Ann Arbor. Mrs Sumner Briggs and son visited her parents Frank and wife in Bridgewater. About twenty-five people surprised Miss Emma Klein and Mrs W R Stierle for a birthday Monday evening. Citizens Bank is updating its rooms with new paper and materials. Will Martin and wife plan to visit her father in poor health in Sedalia Missouri for an indefinite time. Next Sunday confirms at Trinity Lutheran: Luther Nissle William Burkhardt Mollie Luckhardt Helen Hertler Emma Jedele Amanda Barreith. Tuesday evening Miss Carrie Isbell and Edith Brown and John Isbell drove into town. their buggy struck by Will Westphal and Chris Schieh, causing a runaway and injuring Carrie.
Mrs. Lloyd Dell and her baby have been discharged home Monday. Adam Stoll shows improvement after a fall. Mrs. Katy Partlett remains unchanged. Mrs. Anna Woelper is recovering and has returned to her daughter Mrs. Otto Gall’s home. Mr and Mrs Dayton Wilson of Ann Arbor welcome son Dennis Dayton born Tuesday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Tucker and Fred Arend visited Ann Arbor on Thursday. Mrs Fred Arend and Mrs W P Schwoche called on neighbors in Platt Sunday. An accident 10 30 Friday night 41% miles west of Saline involved a car and a truck causing major damage and minor injuries. State police from Clinton assisted. Mrs W P Schwoche hosted a bingo party at Saline Valley Farms recreation hall for cast and committee members who presented Tacks with 20 games and a potluck supper. Harold Vaughn and Janice Theurer won special contests.
I thank friends neighbors and relatives for kindnesses during my illness and for flowers Karl Brederni'z
A typical United States family headed by a tolerant father and wise mother with five children stars Fay Bainter and Frank Craven. The Carters own a small business and run the local druggist shop. Deanna Durbin appears in First Love from Universal, coming Sunday. Hour Wives debuts locally on Tuesday.
Observer recalls ice storm days and thanks Mr. O Bradovich for fixing a type setting machine. City crews kept Michigan avenue passable with few stuck trucks compared with last winter. A store salesman mused about hunting rabbits. The storm arrived exactly 24 hours after the 1939 anniversary.
Palm Sunday worship at 10:00 to 11:00 led by Minister Walter C B Laxman with sermon on The Triumph of Life. Church school 11:00 to 12:00 led by Ray Davis and Harry Holmes. Junior League 6:50 to 7:30 overseen by Miss J Stark. Epworth League discusses Palm Sunday meaning. Holy Week services at 7:30 each evening with Rev Walter Saxman at Federated church and Rev Roy Miller at the Methodist church on Monday.
The Ann Arbor Ministers' Association presents the "King of Kings" sound motion picture of the story of Jesus at the Michigan theatre throughout Passion Week with a 12:15 Good Friday showing. Free will offerings only, no tickets or charges.
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