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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1939
Page
2
Notices in The Saline Observer outline charges for paid poetry six lines per payment five cents per line for personal or business notices and six cents per line for admission charged events with a minimum 25 cent fee for announcements.
The editorial endorses Vernon J Brown, auditor general, as Michigan’s next governor. It praises his frugal reforms, economic scrutinity, and long service in Lansing, arguing his experience as a state watchdog and editor of the Ingham County News positions him to govern with fiscal discipline.
Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 a m. Pastor M C Phillipp invites all. Second and tenth Sunday of the month are noted. Attic items offered if owners advertise. Junk could turn to gold.
Shirley Temple tops the screen for the fourth year as The Little Princess debuts in technicolor. W C Fields Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy lead Universal You Cant Cheat an Honest Man at Saline Theatre. St Louis Blues with Dorothy Lamour opens Tuesday followed by Ambush with Gladys Swarthout. Sunday matinees discontinued until further notice.
A preliminary report on High school agriculture practice projects shows 36 boys participating with varied work. Projects include 40 acres of soybeans by Robert Barnard, 9 1/2 acres of potatoes by thirteen boys, 11 acres of oats, 4 acres of corn, 17 cattle, 900 poultry, 72 rabbits, 40 sheep, 1 horse, 2 beehives, and a sow with pigs. The article notes the value of practical study and suggests similar setup for academics.
Fifty two scouts from Washtenaw and Livingston counties have filed camp deposits for the Newkirk Scout Camp this summer. Bob Clay and Clayton Royal of Saline are part of the group, which expects up to 60 campers at a time under 12 leaders led by Walter MacPeek and Walter Holm lund.
Our seventh and eighth graders performed well on county exams with averages: Feldkamp 98 Feldkamp 99 Kiehs 96 Henes 94 Dieterte 94 Surman 94. Five students participated in a music festival in Ann Arbor Marian Feldkamp Sylvia Feldkamp Dieterle Charlotte Phelps Alynn Phelps. A last day picnic is planned for Friday May 19 at Recreationspark Ypsilanti with a 10 30 am meet at the school. parents and neighbors invited.
church notes list upcoming events with Dorcas circle meeting Mrs Ferman Clements May 21 worship at 10 with sermon Mystery at 11 15 Sunday school Help Lift circle Wednesday and a Wash Ten county Christian Endeavor rally Friday at 7 30 with Dr Ted B E Allen from Detroit as main speaker a chorus from Ann Arbor and invited Endeavorers and young people comments on reader interest.
Methodist Church notes outline morning worship with topic Empty Streams. Church school at 11:15 led by Ray Davis. Junior League at 6:30 p m. Epworth League meets at 1:00 Sunday. Mid week service Wednesday 7:30 8:30 choir practice Thursday 7:30. May 23 official board meeting at church 8:00 p m. Rockland item and curtain weight tip follow.
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