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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1936
Page
8
The Saline Observer lists subscription prices: 51.50 per year, eight months 1.00, four months 50c, two months 25c. Card of thanks six cents per line, poetry five cents per line, paid announcements six cents per line. Obituary and marriage notices published free of charge.
The piece argues that highway safety hinges on educating drivers. It notes ongoing highway improvements for safety, urges schools and groups to instill responsible driving, and compares human drivers unfavorably to trained animals, claiming accidents will drop once drivers accept responsibility.
Michigan state police search a chessy medicine man peddling "green back salve" as a cure. He uses sickness in families to steal money, folding cash into packets or salve mixtures, then returning only folded paper. The scheme recurs across cases as officers investigate the con.
Excerpt argues happiest nations have no publicity citing Belgium Finland Denmark Norway and Holland as peaceful examples. The Dundee area reports a filling station robbery at Keran’s along county line road with $60 stolen. two bandits attacked the clerk, motorists intervened, and police search ongoing with no arrests.
A visiting Observer reporter tours numerous farms and homes across the countryside. Readers like Mrs. Lewis Kuebler and many others are profiled alongside locals tending corn, barns, and fruit trees, while a painter canvases mailbox names for easier neighborly contact.
A memory of a grandmother reading a letter at the mailbox stirs childhood recall. A large wood rack near a house evokes village scenes. The Public Works Administration awards Michigan a 409,500 grant for Washtenaw State hospital expansion and utilities.
In a civics project on Monday November 2 seniors organized a mock election mirroring real polls. Of 196 president votes Landon and Roosevelt tied at 96 each Lemke 4 and party results favored Republicans overall. One ballot mismarked one ballot spoiled and one counting discrepancy arose during tallying.
The high school held campaign speeches with Paul Mann as chair. Luther Dicks spoke for Roosevelt and Richard Ward for Landon, while Ray Gleason supported Lemke. Afterward Ruth Martin outlined voter qualifications and Grace Clark explained voting. Ninth grade reported on student council picks and biology and algebra topics. Seventh grade celebrated ticket sales prizes and class campaigns as seniors staged mock elections.
The fourth grade staged The Jack O Lantern for teachers and pupils as a surprise Friday afternoon. Milton Buss directed the play with Grace Klueter performing a singing act before games and refreshments. The class plans Thanksgiving decorations and is borrowing books from local libraries to earn reading certificates.
Regular preaching service at 10 a.m. all are invited. Sunday school at 11:15. Evening gathering for young people at 6:30 p.m. All welcome.
Morning worship at 10 o'clock and evening services at 7 30 with Sunday school at 11 15 led by Harry A Holmes. Epworth Leagues meet at 6 30 and a Wednesday prayer service. Thursday choir meet at 7 30. Mr and Mrs George Nisle plan to depart for Florida after the election after spending many winters there and noting changes in roads and travel since earlier days.
The Moscow Cathedral Choir founded by Nicolas Afonsky will perform November 16 in the Choral Union Series at Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor. The two dozen Russian singers blend as one or many, under Afonsky’s exacting, unified direction, praised by leaders and audiences across Europe and America.
Divine services at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11 English services held every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everyone invited. The ladder of life is full of splinters but they always prick the hardest when we are sliding down.
Garrick-Milan matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2 30 with The Girl from Mandalay starring Conrad Wnngie Esther Ralston. Also The Unknown Ranger with Allen and Tibbett Sunday and Monday Rex Ingram and Oscar Polk in Green Pastures. Plus news selected shorts and Popeye cartoon.
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