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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
2
Divine services at St Johns Lath Church Bridgewater and Saline Township hold 10 am Sundays with Sunday school at 11 or 11:15. English services occur on the second and fourth Sundays. Everyone is welcome. Rev C A Haneberg and Pastor Phillipp lead. Read the liner ads.
The Saline Observer is listed with Sim. R. Wilson as publisher and Esther Landwehr as reporter, indicating the newspaper’s local staff roles for the Saline, Michigan post office listed edition.
Subscription prices listed: $1.50 per year inside Michigan, $2 outside. six months $1.60. Soldier subscriptions $1.25 yearly. Single copies 5 cents. Card of thanks 6 cents per line. Poetry 5 cents per line. Obituaries and marriages free. Paid entries for paid entertainments 6 cents per line. minimum 25 cents.
A motivational exhortation urges self improvement and positive thinking. It declares to speak health happiness and prosperity to others and to strive for the best while ignoring past faults. It advocates generosity enthusiasm and refusal to let trouble dominate daily life.
A homey dessert combines apples and lemon juice in a sugar syrup. Apples simmer until tender, then fill a baked pastry shell and top with grated sharp American cheese. Toast under a broiler for a crisp topping, or serve as is. Serves six.
Michigan State College specialist Miriam Hads outlines a 1944 home canning budget based on 1943 intake. She recommends 25–30 pints per member plus 12 pints each for green peas and limas, 12 pints of corn, 30–35 quarts of tomatoes per person, and fruit and storage targets including cherries berries plums peaches pears beets carrots squash onions and potatoes.
The Saline council met May 8 1944 with Mayor Gross presiding. They approved the 1944 assessment of 1 009 150 and kept the 10 rate per 2000. adopted a 1944 1945 budget of 19 000. authorized a Quitclaim Deed to Grover and Selma Alber. gifted 300 to the Saline Library Association. and approved bills totaling 2284 74 before adjournment.
W U will meet at Mrs Edward Clark's home Thursday afternoon. Local social notes recount visits, parties, weddings, and school events including a Mother Daughter banquet, a surprise birthday party, and a Saline to Ann Arbor marriage.
THIRTY YEARS AGO Today May 21 marks the 33rd anniversary of Saline s big fire. Local residents attend May Day events and visits are noted among area families including Decker of La Grange Indiana and Curtiss. Other social mentions include weddings and travels of townspeople and shipments of cattle and hogs to Buffalo.
The Federated Church invites worship at 10 30 a m with Sunday school at 11 30 and evening service at 7 45. Youth programs run at 6 45, prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30, choir practice at 8 30. A Mother and Daughter banquet is planned with ticket sales through local organizers. An unrelated note mentions overseas demand for heavy construction machinery.
At a Tuesday night MOMS meeting the Mothers of America voted to urge the government to cooperate with other nations in forming a United Nations Council and a General International Organization foreshadowed in the Moscow Declaration. They ask allied groups to adopt the resolution and inform their Washington representatives.
Saline General Hospital reports a son born May 10 to Mr and Mrs Clark Head of Milan. Theodore Kabe Busch of Milan welcomes a son born May 10 to Mr and Mrs Busch. Herman Bruckner of Mooreville greets a daughter born May 11. A note lists Mr and Mrs Mark Thayer as having a son on Alpha Gramer. A home return accompanies Mrs Harry Anderson and her daughter after a Friday trip. LeRoy Manor notes a patient 28 doing well after major surgery. Wilber Coet and Reed Brenson remain at the share.
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