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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
5
In a news item a very pretty story unfolds of the late Miss Virginia Lehman of New York who left the date of her mission dollar estate to Miss Gladys Stevenson aged 16. The will notes the aunt’s gratitude for the girl’s sacrifices and sunshine in her life.
The editorial notes heated disputes over Vandercoot and Vandernook Lake school districts as residents quarrel over a $70 000 addition and the removal of Superintendent Wilber. It urges calm, responsible leadership and community cooperation to avoid wasting energy on conflicts. A pilot reports a roof fire near Lime Creek touching local headlines.
The narrative recounts the alert spread by Paul Revere and William Dawes as their riders aroused towns from Boston to Concord. Dawes avoids capture, confronts a British threat, and both men mobilize local support, with Revere guiding Concord and Charlestown actions, while Dawes helps rally Patriots and defend colonial interests.
A Portland area lamb on the Huba farm and a Willoughby farm birth in Fowlerville are described as bizarre freaks with features like four eye slits a bull-dog snout no front legs a wing growing from a limb a beak and one eye one ear and the lamb is reported dead in an odd, sensational note from News.
State law Section 4 of Senate Will Mo 820 was passed, directing annual school district meetings to be on the second Monday of July with school years starting on the first day of wy This act allows districts to move meetings to the second Monday of June by board resolution but requires approval three months before the June date The law takes effect immediately and applies to primary graded township unit and rural agricultural districts This year the annual meeting must be the second Monday of July 1929 Cath Bruckner returns from Beyers hospital after two weeks treatment while driving cattle an accident caused a bite to his eye and a cut eyelid Milan Leader.
The Melrose Oil Company in Brooks township reports a first strike in Newaygo county promising good production. Oil spouted 100 feet high at intervals of 10 to 15 minutes for about three hours. Estimated flow about 500 barrels per day. Water was mixed with the crude. drilling to continue, according to the Carson City Gazette.
In Saline on May 17 Saline again defeated Belleville in a rematch as Bob Knight earned the win despite a tougher challenge. Wiedmeyer and Ester myer starred with multiple hits while Clayton and Ives provided key plays. Saline to face Milan next, with tweaks to the lineup as Lambarth shifts positions. The Monroe county road program also advances with concrete paving plans across about 22 miles costing over 1 million dollars.
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