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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1943
Page
3
Local residents share visits and gatherings across Saline and nearby towns. Families and service members attend Mother's Day events, birthdays, and church occasions while updates note a memorial service and civic notices. Dog tax details and county auxiliary police leadership are listed alongside school and Red Cross messages.
Saline Valley Farms hosted Willis and Lucille Hunting for several days last week. Julius Schnirring and family from Ann Arbor visited the Sheehans. Bob Vaughn, a former MSU Junior ROTC member, enlisted at Scott Field and was recommended for officer training in the horse cavalry division. Harold Vaughn hosted a party honoring Rev. Harold P. Marley of Dayton. Out-of-town guests included Prof. Ivan Walton and several doctors and spouses from Ann Arbor and Milan.
County chairman Calvin C. Davis reports 40 rural school Gallants secured 627 bonds worth 46 956 dollars during the April War Bond Drive. Most pledges were 25 or 50 dollars with notable totals from several Gallants led by Fred Blumhardt and Harry M. Cole. Davis commends their cooperation amid busy farming season.
Hundreds of scouts with parents and friends will attend three Camp Newkirk events on May 21 to 23. An overnight camporee Friday is led by Ross L. Allen, followed by the annual Scout Circus Saturday at 2 p.m. hosted by O H Restell and Clarence Munn. Lunch at noon features hot sandwiches, baked beans, milk and ice cream. A council-wide Court of Honor closes the program at 8 p.m. in Evergreen Circle under Ray J. Bonini. Public invited.
A birthday note marks Dicky Clark of Monroe Street turning six on May 6. The Michigan Tuberculosis Association in Lansing reports 5,702 new TB cases statewide last year and offers a free pamphlet How to Kill TB Germs.
The text states that for each 18.75 dollar bond purchase 5.18 goes to weapons and war needs while 0.75 funds ordinary government expenses. It claims 96 cents of every dollar supports the war effort and 4 cents goes to government operations, a ratio said to apply to all Second War Loan securities totaling 13 billion dollars.
Rainy spell breaks for ten hours on Sunday as Dea area gardeners seek labor. Hatch Baker in Lyons opens by appointment. Rochester hardware stores receive snow shovels. Tecumseh shop gets Christmas gloves. Remarks on a singer named Smith and his vocal cultivation.
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