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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1950
Page
1
The Sa line High School Music Department directed by Mrs. VanderKolk and John Ford presents the annual spring concert Friday May 19 at 8 00 pm. A program by the band glee club and majorettes features improved quality and variety. There is no admission charge and the public is invited.
Earl Christopher now runs Alden Tavern at Torch Lake foot of Alden in Chain O Lakes Antrim county with 42 mile summer boat trips and moonlight excursions on Judge Jr. P J Hoffmaster of Conservation praises fire prevention campaign. Sinai Desert visit notes include monastery of St Catherine and ancient library of 3400 volumes.
The Child Study Club meets Tuesday night May 16 at 8 at Mrs. Gerald Coe's home 205 EB Michigan Ave. Guest speaker is Mrs. Laura Williams University Elementary School Ann Arbor on Understanding the Pre Adolescent Age. Williams is an authority in the field teaching methods for pre adolescent and older children at the University. Hostesses are Mrs. Bruce Parsons Mrs. Vaughn Harris Mrs. Robert Morton and Mrs. Hollis Carroll.
Local publication launches a call for advertisers to place a new display ad in theObserver widely read section. Marketing teams are invited to submit concepts, formats, and pricing for a broad audience reach.
The Saline area Junior Livestock Association invites boys and girls to raise a pen of three pigs or three lambs for the community fair show and sale. Entries must be entered by June 1 for pigs and July 1 for lambs. consult President Gerald Haarer or Secretary Ann Ross for details.
A Monday recital in Mrs. J. H. Knight's studio featured Joyce Davenport Josephine Ford Ann Ross and Carol Schrader performing Beethoven Grieg Debussy Rachmaninoff and Chopin works. The program closed with a two piano finish by Ford and Ross while guests Mr and Mrs Greg Krause visited Benny Bieniek's home nearby.
Kathryn Jeanne Luckhardt daughter of Mr and Mrs Amos Luckhardt of Saline and John Wurster son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Wurster of Ann Arbor were married Saturday at St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed church Saline Rev Alvin Siemsen officiated Bride wore white satin gown with chantille lace and a fingertip veil She carried a white Bible topped with white roses Reception followed at the church basement Honeymooned in the Smoky Mountains They will reside at 311 E Michigan Ave Saline Mrs Wurster is a Saline High School graduate and works in Saline His schooling in Ann Arbor and employment at Gauss Baking Company noted The couple left for a weeklong trip and plan their home later this month News also notes Rev H L Engel Teft's Milwaukee trip and birth of son Leland Craig to Loren Bersuder and wife at St Joseph's Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor
Rotary Club marks National Boys and Girls Week by hosting a program featuring thirteen youth organization leaders. Speakers include 4 H Club, Future Farmers, Junior Livestock, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, plus church and student groups.
On Thursday May 18 the Saline High School senior bookkeeping class will bus to Manufacturers National Bank in Detroit. Arriving at ten o’clock they tour all departments and learn the bank’s internal workings, then dine in the bank restaurant before returning home in the afternoon. The trip is arranged by Saline Savings Bank.
Miss Lottie Wallace longtime village and city clerk for twenty years died May 3 at Parrett Nursing Home Tecumseh aged 79 born Saline last of four siblings daughter of Major Darius and Mary Ann Smith Wallace pioneers in the area survived by nieces and nephews funeral held Saturday at Lockwood Funeral Home at 2 pm Rev R S Hocking officiating burial Oakwood Cemetery
Kendall Rogers of Saline earned a Certificate of Merit and Junior Membership in the Holstein Friesian Association of America Brattleboro Vermont. Recommended by the State 4H Club leader the award grants all privileges except voting until age 21 making him the 11344th national recipient in the Calf Club program.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Glatz and son of West Saline were guests of Mr and Mrs George Glatz on Sunday for a family gathering in the area.
The display ad deadline is 5 30 p m on Tuesdays and the classified ad deadline is 12 00 noon on Wednesdays for local notices.
Burglaries occurred at the B B Recreation last Thursday night and at the Don M Ford gas station Friday morning. Loot totaled over 50 dollars in cash, 30 cartons of cigarettes, 10 boxes of cigars, plus auto parts and tools including tires inner tubes spark plugs flashlights shock absorbers and floor mats. Police have no suspects but suspect the same party committed both break ins.
Loretta Powlak and Dorothy Mary both 21 were treated at Saline General Hospital for facial lacerations and hand bruises after a hit and run collision two miles west of town. Robert L. Brubaker of Detroit, the car driver, told State Police he was traveling east on US 112 when a can headed the opposite direction forced his car off the highway, caused a rollover, and then the other driver fled east at high speed.
Shirley Love Connie Gross and Mac Gonser recount a school trip by bus and rail. After lunch at the George Mason Hotel in Alexandria they visited Mt. Vernon and the Lincoln Memorial before returning to Washington to catch a train to New York.
A Friday blaze at Ira Pfeiffle's farm on Weber road in Lodi township destroyed two large barns a silo a corn crib and a tool shed along with all farm machinery a six months supply of grain and hay three cattle two calves and a bull. The Saline Fire Department responded but high winds and flames prevented saving the remaining structures.
The JCC Public Service Committee reports few protest letters from nearly 1,000 Saline telephone users and urges informal personal letters protesting the rate increase. The piece urges residents to write, noting they should include specific service faults and praise acceptable service. Also mentions visitors Bert Gillen and others from Detroit.
A grass fire along East Henry street was reported to the City Fire Department Monday afternoon and, after a long effort, was brought under control. The Home Nurses class will meet at Mrs. Fred Korte's home Monday evening May 15.
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