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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1940
Page
2
New Athletic Field Farmed by Bud MacArthur in Saline
The field donated by Mrs. Ella Henne for an athletic field is now being farmed under C. H. Miller with no authority to alter its purpose. The deed requires the land to remain a recreation space or revert to the original owner. Local residents fear loss of a safe play area for children and seek taxpayer action to restore the original use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Henne
Edward F. Henne
C. H. Miller
Saline
Methodist Church Teaches New Patterns Sermon
Walter C. B. Laxman, minister, leads morning worship and church school with Ray Davis superintendent. Junior League meets 6:30 to 7:30, Epworth League led by John Baker. Ladies Aid to meet Wednesday at Mrs. A. B. Cole’s home at 2:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Davis
Nt. Stark
Epworth League
John Baker
The
Tladies
Aid
A. B. Cole
Trinity Ev Lutheran Church Service Times
Rev H L Engel leads Ascension Day German service at 10:00 a m. English service at 7:00 p m. Sunday school at 11:00 a m.
Federated Church Calendar and Whitsunday Notes
The Federated Church led by Rev Roy J Miller schedules praise and prayer with Mrs Kendall Thursday at 730 pm and a choir event Saturday at 800 pm. May 5 features morning worship at 10 with sermon Rip ping Off Life's Veneers and 1115 Sunday school plus 630 pm Christian Endeavor. no evening service. May 8 is Mother and Daughter Banquet and May 12 Whitsunday observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendall
Christian Endeavor
Turning Back the Pages of the Files
The May 6 opening of Bridgewater Savings Bank is announced. Local visits include Mrs Jacob Theurer, Mrs Edward Feuerbacher in Ann Arbor, and other social notes across Kalamazoo Dexter and Milan with a cyclone aftermath in Macon township and a wedding in Scio.
Local notices mix births moves and visits in town
Born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Hammond Saturday a son. L M Thorn moved his grocery stock into new quarters on Main Street. Frank Kelsey sold forty acres southeast of town to James Slater and sister. Mr and Mrs Frank Kelsey visiting N C Davenport and wife. Mr and Mrs Carl A Curtiss welcome a 7 pound boy born Saturday night. Mrs William Case of Morrice attended funeral of her aunt Mrs Parsons in town. Mrs John Dell left for Elkhart Indiana for weeks with sister Mrs Todd. Frank Moore and wife and Mrs Vena Gilman of Mooreville visited Wilber Coe family Sunday. Rev J F Tree W H Sweet and W Blanchard and wives at Washtenaw Baptist convention at Dexter. Eighth grade organized electing Raymond Burkhart president George Geisel vice president Luella Rentschler secretary Ruby Kanouse treasurer. Sunday May 1 gathering at Mrs Eley home for mother’s eighty seventh birthday. Attendees listed. German Evangelical church to hold annual convention at Lansing for Sunday school and young people societies. delegates include Rev C H Wittbracht Mrs Theo Feldkamp Miss Lydia Wisel Clara Zahn from St Paul church. Sunday school Mrs Matthew Rentschler and Young People's Society Clara Rentschler Arthur Schroen Arthur Heininger Edgar Guthard Grover Alber Olgo Schroen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hammond
L. M. Thorn
Main Street
Frank Kelsey
James Slater
N.C. Davenport
Carl A. Curtiss
William Case
Morrice
Parsons
Raymond Burkhart
George Geisel
Luella Rentschler
Ruby Kanouse
Ei ¥Ey
Carl Hauser
Chandler
Bartlett
Wallace
Henne
Jones
Buckman
Eccles
German Evangelical Church of
Young Peoples’ Societies
Lansing
St. Paul Church
C. HL. Wittbracht
Theo. Feldkamp
Lydia. Wisel
Clara Zahn
Matthew Rentschier
Young Peoples’ Society
Clara Rentschler
Arthur Schroen
Arthur Heininger
Edgar Guthard
Grover Alber
Olgo Schroen
Boys to Man Willow Run Farm Opens Second Season
Ford Motor Company personnel recruit 17 to 19 year old Washtenaw County boys for employment at Henry Ford's Willow Run Farm. The camp on the Huron River tributary south of Ecorse and east of Wiard started in 1939, hosts 65 boys earning 12 dollars weekly with room and board, and paid a 120 dollar bonus after the first season. The surplus produce was bought by Ford at market prices. this camp is one of two similar programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtenaw County
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Willow Run Farm
Huron River
Ecorse Road
Wiard Road
Ford
Ford programs give poor boys modern farm training in Michigan
Ford funded camps in Dearborn and another site provide boys from welfare or probation lists with seven hour daily field work, self sufficiency, mid afternoon rests, and evening camp time. They use motorized farm implements, grow soybeans and vegetables, and house boys in tents with meals prepared by a cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Dearborn
Washtenaw Circuit Court
Ford Service
Hodgepodge ideas invited for household tasks and recipes
Readers are asked to send ideas for household tasks and new vegetable cooking methods. They may include favorite recipes and may choose to have names used if desired.
Iron rich foods and greens boost spring diet reads
Michigan State College home economists explain iron from sulphur and molasses story and highlight eggs greens and liver as top iron sources. They urge affordable options like beets cabbage dried fruits and cereals to improve red blood cell formation during spring. Two youths ski in trunks at Gaylord S plan highlights winter sports trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State College
Gaylord
Mpa
Discover Michigan This Year On Major Highway Network
An overview of Michigan’s road system highlights 9000 miles of state highways 5000 miles of hard surfaced roads 80000 miles of county and local highways. The Dixie Highway runs from the southern border to Sault Ste. Marie and the Blue Water Highway connects Monroe to the Thumb along the shoreline. Four State ferries operate across the Straits of Mackinac linking Detroit Port Huron and Canada as Michigan sits on a main scenic route between New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Monroe
Tip of
the Thumb
Straits of Mackinac
Michigan
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Port Huron
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. F. Grostic
D. C
Ann Arbor, Mich
G. A. Zachmann
Wright St
Ann Arbor
Krins Craft Shop
Miller Ave
Jim Finnell
Observer Office
Billy” Martin
Rauser Outfitting Co
4Th Ave
Tel
Burkhart’s
Billy Martin
Swiss Cleaners
Fifth Ave
Fasiiry Paint & Wallpaper Store
East Liberty Arbor
Morrison
Arnet
Sim. R. Wilson
M. C. Boutelle
Saline, Mich
Get To Association
Bud” MacArthur
Methodist Church
Walter C. B. Laxman
Federated Church
Roy J. Miller
Gladstone
Aspa
Studnets
Keith Campbell
Detroit Edison
Detroit Edison Company
Bridgewater Savings Bank
Jacob Theurer
Edward Feuerbacher
D. G. Prochnow
Martin Fucss
Kelsey
William McMichael
Milan
Frank Moore
LaVerne Drake
Ypsilanti
G. Birkle
Edgar Forsythe
Clyde Gauntlett
Kalamazoo
Seldon Wheelock
Flint
Webb DePuy
Common Council
Ann Arbor Street
George Blumenauer
Oregon
Amos Linderman
Eugene
Eugenia
Dexter
William Walker
Aaron Luckhardt
Henrietta Luckhardt
George Steele
Scio
C. H. Wittbracht
Macon Township
MAN Willow Run Farm
Discover
Department of Conservation
Allegan
Jackson
Ithaca
Tuscola County
Rosa Tentoni
Benj R. Burbank
Huron St. Ypsilanti, Mich
Roy Bixby
Tanner's Store
D. P. Brandt
Paperhansing
FOX
S. Main St
Tent & Awning Co
Lambarth Brothers General Hardware
CTS
Sherwin-Williams
Sea Ieee
Remia Hieget
RG 74A
Alse At Paints
Lincoln-Zephyr
Wiedman Auto’ CO. Saline
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