26 Mar 1936
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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1936
Page
1
Rotarians at The Tavern last Thursday noon heard Mr Gettel discuss the school egg show and its success. He outlined the Smith Hughes plan enabling an agriculture department in the school and its benefits, not only in Michigan but in many states. The Observer plans a longer treatment soon for engaging reading.
Archaeologists uncovered wheel tracks from eras long past buried under ash lava and sand. The traces show a wheel span matching modern standard gauge railroad width, suggesting early vehicles planned with precise spacing.
A wool and shearing school is set for Saturday at George Lipton’s farm northeast of Saline starting 10 AM. Delmar LaVoi of Michigan State College and EB 8 Bartlett of Chicago lead demonstrations on wool grading feeding and management. Includes sheep shearing contest for 4H members and talks on wool preparation docking dipping vats and parasite control.
Saline Woman’s Club met at retiring president Mrs. Luther Briggs’s home. Officers elected: President Mrs. A. J. Warren, First Vice President Miss Esther Landwehr, Second Vice President Mrs. Harl Fosdick, Recording Secretary Mrs. Charles Miller, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Sam Boyd, Treasurer Mrs. Thomas Shurtz, Custodian Mrs. Luther Briggs. Katherine Briggs sang two solos. refreshments followed. Easter program planned for April 7 at Mrs. Max Fosdick’s home.
Professor H H Musselman of Michigan State College warns that repairing farm machinery in the slack season cuts costs and extends equipment life. He estimates farm machinery value at 105 million with 10 million in annual purchases, urging repairs before April and detailed part lists for dealers.
Farmers unearthed a ten foot pachyderm molar weighing five pounds with a 36 square inch grinding surface near Safford Arizona. Archeologists note a root infection suggesting severe pain and the University of Arizona receives the fossil for study.
A friendly column invites readers to find inspiration and neighborly help. Mattie Babcock urges strength and perseverance, reminding that hard work and facing challenges are gifts from God, while pleasant memories come from forgetting oneself.
My Best Racipe Paradise Fudding uses lemon jello and whipped cream plus almonds maraschino cherries marshmallows and macaroons. Contributed by Mrs E D Wolfin with eight servings and steps to dissolve heat mix fold and mold then chill.
The article reports a successful egg show with strong attendance and sponsor satisfaction. It lists prize winners by class including OPEN CLASS grand prize Emma Keck and multiple firsts in Brown and White divisions, plus winners in Future Farmer and other sponsors like KLAGER'S HATCHERY and Saline Valley Farms.
Frederick Jerry born May 3 1847 in Norfolk England began as a Great Eastern Railway conductor at 20. He moved to Michigan in 1867, worked in hardware with Judson & Jerry, served 20 years as deputy sheriff, married Mahala Dell Fowler in 1877, and lived in several homes until his death March 16 1936. He toured England in the 1880s with Isaac Suddaby per A J Warren.
We express heartfelt thanks for kindness sympathy messages and floral offerings during our bereavement Mrs Wilhelmina Finkbeiner and family thank the Rev A A Schoen for comforting words. The larynx is the organ of speech.
Ray Gleason recalls Bachawan Bay on Superior with a sister and narrator ages seven and three. A rowboat excursion ends in a squall as the sister heroically pulls the pair toward shore before drowning and burial in Bachawan Bay sands.
Saline township Republicans nominated a full slate led by Supervisor Austin S. Robison and including Clerk Lester Hanson Treasurer Carl W. Carr and Highway Commissioner Sebastian Finkbeiner. In Lodi Democrats named Harry M. Cole Clerk Herman A. Gensley Treasurer Albert H. Frey and August Henes as Highway Commissioner with Herman M. Grosshans as Justice of the Peace and Reuben Herter on the Board of Review. no constables were listed. In Pittsfield two tickets contest the supervisorship with Arthur Heininger facing James Withrow.
Dairy income for Michigan farmers surpassed 50 million dollars, about 30 percent of the state's agricultural earnings. The Michigan Milk Producers Association handles more than one third of this output, with 12 200 farmers in 17 counties shipping milk to Detroit. The association plans local education meetings. 67 have been held, with upcoming sessions in Cherry Hill and Ypsilanti. A bronze plate in Osborne county Kansas marks a surveyors network key station spanning Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Saline's Pennington and Shurtz each scored 10 in a 887 to 826 win over Milan. Pennington led with 185 high for the evening as Saline nears season end with a final tilt against Ann Arbor and a league banquet planned for April with time and place TBA.
D B Reynolds of Ann Arbor hooked a 14 inch smelt in Little Bay de Noc Escanaba while fishing with many others around a foot long. The jumbo smelt is uncommon yet called jumbo by locals and appears in Great Lakes waters during spring spawning runs.
Expert H L Seaton from Michigan State College says a home garden of one quarter to one half acre can yield most of a family of five's annual vegetables and save up to 700 dollars. An initial 15 dollar seed investment plus small fertilizer costs can provide fresh produce for canning and storage.
Local notices list goods for sale including wool ewes oak desks and brooder stoves. Listings for services like car detailing and embalming appear alongside farm stock and seed sales from Saline area merchants. A landscape of ads includes rentals repairs radio service seed fruit stock and real estate opportunities with contact names and phone refs.
Washington described a tribe in the southern Gulf region where calling a person pinhead could be a compliment. An infant binding practice yielded pointed skulls, with a skull near Natchitoches, Louisiana described as bishop’s mitre like. The Gulf tribes showed skill in pottery, crafting bowls and bottles with incised ornament.
Judd Budd-Jack of Toledo Ohio sculpts 1.2 million silhouettes by hand using scissors and paper. He travels across the country offering his unique portrait service, claiming 30 seconds per figure.
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