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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1931
Page
6
St John’s Lutheran Church invites parishioners to divine services at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11 a m English services are held on the second and fourth Sundays of each month Pastor M C Phillipp and the congregation welcome all.
A list of sports scores dated May to June including Roosevelt Belleville Saline Dundee Ypsi Milan and Clinton with home and away tags. Also notices report the 66th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J Sweet quietly celebrated May 11 at the daughter’s Tecumseh home and the 55th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herbst celebrated May 10 in Brighton with family and friends at their Main Street home.
The Saline High School staff page lists editors Virginia Gilbert and Lucille Schmid with reporters Alma Ernst Nora Gordon Imogean Koebbe and others. It names grades and contributors including Eighth Grade reporter Inez Sloss Seventh Grade reporter Imogean Koebbe and sports writers Charles Collins Hileen Martin Louis Bowen.
The Salt Eaters of Saline High School beat Ypsilanti Central High School 7 to 6 in a muddy, error-filled baseball game. Lincoln Consolidated later lost to Saline 11 to 5 as Arend pitched and Saline's lineup produced 11 runs. Milan and Saline lead the league, with a pivotal clash scheduled next week at Milan. High school classes will dismiss early to attend the game.
The Washington Club opts for a post graduation trip to Washington by train as seniors begin practice for a play Ain’t It the Truth. Bookkeeping class finishes practice sets. Mr Coppens assigns civics topics for 2000 word theses. Seniors are busy with graduation near and skip day last Wednesday. They visited Belle Isle, ate, toured Canada via Ambassador Bridge, returned through the tunnel, and regrouped for a relaxed afternoon.
The poem recounts a baseball game where Ypsilanti Central faced Saline on a sunny afternoon. Players are named including Marie, Jim, Jack and Buss delivering the final out. The rivals totaled six runs while Ypsilanti Central captured the win with a strong display and a triumphant shout.
History class reviewed the Spanish American War while most students scored poorly on a test. English class continues with book reports on modern authors. Physics class studies the construction of simple cells and last Thursday was for catching up lab notebooks due soon.
A pair of lines from Glen Bratey and Richard Jahnke stresses living well and staying strong. It urges daily hygiene and consistent routines to support long term health and well being.
The Veterans of All Wars Trophy Exposition launches next Monday at the state armory in Ann Arbor with a 50 member crew arranging thousands of trophies for display. Schools in the county are invited and children pay 10 cents to view educational exhibits while crowds are expected daily. The show includes artifacts from five wars and a special entertainment program each afternoon and evening. A Nogales Arizona nuisance arose as thieves cut and sold copper telephone wires for junk.
A traveling soils laboratory with specialists will visit 30 Michigan counties to advise farmers on soil improvement. Samples will be tested in the truck, with dates listed for Allegan Van Buren Mecosta Mason and multiple other counties across the season. The campaign aims to address soil acidity and organic matter shortages while promoting shorter crop rotations and legume sod management.
David Steudle and Karo line Steudle defaulted on a Michigan mortgage to John Kohler and Josephine Kohler, dated April 3 1923. The property in Saline Washtenaw County is described with multiple tracts totaling about 104 acres, plus a right of way. A public sale to satisfy $3 928.75 and costs is set for June 12 1931 at 10 a.m. at the south door of the Ann Arbor courthouse.
The test oil well on the Perkins farm in Conway produced no significant results after a recent shot. Officials note logs were incomplete and shot placement may have been incorrect. Decision pending on whether to drill again or switch to a new shot.
Mortgagee William Braun announces foreclosure for 3214.70 due on the 1916 mortgage by William C Fisk Minnie L Fisk Lee N Brown Isabelle C Brown to William Broun. Property in Augusta Township Washtenaw County described as Olmier A Lawrence Estate 62 acres, now owned by William Werum and wife. sale set July 1931 at Ann Arbor courthouse.
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