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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1942
Page
2
American troops occupy Iceland as Navy relies on northern routes to Russia. Ice breakers, heavily armored and powerfully engined ships, are built to crush ice floes to maintain supply lanes for naval operations.
The notice lists pricing for single copies 3 cents subscriptions 1.00 yearly six months 50 cents three months 7 0e or 1.50 outside Michigan per year Card of thanks paid by line Obituary and marriage notices free Poetry 6 cents per line Announcements with charged admission 6 cents per line Minimum 25 cents
Recruitment appeal for aviation careers urges enlistment in the Army Air Forces. It highlights pilots navigators bombardiers air and ground crews and notes Aviation Cadet exams and direct enlistment options for 18 to 19 year olds or 20 to 50 year olds with mechanics or radio skills. Visit local Army Recruiting offices to learn more.
Reverend H. L. Engel leads English service at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 4 o'clock. The church council convenes next Tuesday evening.
The St James Evangelical Lutheran Church in Saline Township led by Pastor A Hanebere announces Sunday services at 10 o clock and Sunday school at 11 15 with a welcoming invitation for all residents within five miles west of Saline on US 112.
St John's Lath Church Bridgewater M. C. Phillipp pastor. Divine services at 10 a m Sunday school at 11. English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everybody cordially invited.
Military motorcycles for couriers and staff officers are essential to the mechanized army. Prices range from 400 to 450 dollars and thousands are needed. Citizens are urged to invest at least ten percent of income in War Bonds and Stamps and join the Ten Percent Club.
The text promotes newspaper advertising as America's cheapest salesman. It urges readers to buy ad space to reach customers at home and through the newspaper to boost sales and awareness of grocery specials in Saline stores.
Local social notes record visits among families and friends in Ann Arbor Detroit Sharon Ypsilanti and Wyandotte. Residents including Mr and Mrs John Burkhardt Albert Niethammer and others move or host visitors with box social and church events noted.
Thirty years ago John Gordon left Tuesday for a deer hunt in northern Michigan. Seeger and Schroen will open their new store Saturday. The EB. S. association annual meeting is set for Milan on November 15. Miss Luella Nissly visits Elyria and Cleveland, Ohio. The Presbyterian ladies plan their annual chicken pie supper on November 22. Stephen Thompson of Iowa City visits relatives Miss Mattie and Rose Allen. The Ladies Aid Society meets with Mrs. Lewis Cool next Wednesday afternoon. George VanHouten Jr purchased the Lindenschmidt property on Meay street. Hazen Wilmot clerks at Burkhart Bros Saturdays and around school days. Miss Minnie Jones returns home improved from Ann Arbor hospital. Karl Boettger adds a lunch counter in Ungen block. Laura Boettger to assist. Henry Jewett brings in ripe red raspberries on November 4. Miss Ermine Briggs of Ann Arbor and Herman Knop marry in Windsor. Mr and Mrs G W Parsons of Washington, D C visit relatives in town. Cobra venom can be projected several feet. South Sea trade last year stood at 289 million dollars.
Tuesday election produced a Republican sweep from New York to California with Tom Dewey leading in Michigan. Prentiss Brown touted food bill savings while rationing and declining goods weighed on households. Some officials elected are conservative Democrats on the Republican slate. Michigan also chose a Republican slate with a Democrat nonpartisan judge. Local council members listed include Alwin Gross Sam Lambarth Clarence Haarer Mark Sugden and Charles Alber. Bert Gillen remains police chief and A. C. Lange is named justice.
Horn of the Hodgepodge column offers recipes for corn bread and Apple Pandowdy. Corn bread uses cornmeal flour powder salt egg milk and melted butter baked in a hot oven. Apple Pandowdy combines apples spices molasses sugar and water baked under pastry until tender and served with butter or cream.
Michigan State College home economics staff outline methods to curb heat waste this winter. Weather stripping, tight storm doors, and sealing wall stud openings reduce heat loss and fire hazards. Insulate ceilings and attics, relocate exterior doors to halls, and use stoves or floor gratings to better distribute heat.
Local residents share weekend guests including Edna Ropp and Joan Elsman. Michigan towns Tecumseh Milan Saline Ypsilanti Tipton Tecumseh Detroit all appear as hosting or visiting sites. A New Guinea population density figure and a large South Africa meteorite exhibit weigh in with unrelated science notes.
The Federated Church Pastor Rev William H Bach preaches at 10 Sunday morning continuing the Sermon on the Mount with the topic Blessed Mourners. Sunday school follows at 11 15 with classes for all. Christian Endeavor at 645 p m invites youth to join and the evening service at 745 features sermon and song. Choir practice Thursday under Miss Dahlgren leads toward the Christmas Cantata.
The congregation gathers at 10 a m for a sermon Armistice or Peace organ prelude and offertory with choir music. Church school at 11 15 and youth group at 6 80 p m. Honor Roll for boys in service to be dedicated with Get-Acquainted class gift. Wednesday 7 30 p m Praise and Prayer and values program. Red symbol color meaning passion power riches.
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