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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1948
Page
1
The Saline Observer announces a city council note of thanks and a hunting contest offering $23 for the largest deer and $25 for the largest bear to bona fide subscribers or their household. Entries open until December 1 with scales at Saline Mercantile and a photo and weight submission to The Observer.
Car driven by R Parsons failed to see a four foot wide ditch near the Leidheiser residence on North Ann Arbor street about dusk. Parsons seeks reimbursement for $18 repair cost and for a rental car during repairs. He was uninjured and drove home.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Federated Church holds its Annual Harvest Sale and Bazaar at Uphaus Electric Store on Saturday starting 1:00 PM Contributors should bring items for marking in the morning. Mrs. Fred Otto will accept items Friday. Baked goods aprons and bazaar articles will be sold. booths open evening.
Chief Carlton notes 78 accidents were reported to the local police from October 15, 1947 to November 6, 1948. Jesse Hewens of Ypsilanti will exhibit fat Shropshire lambs at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago from November 27 to December 4. The show features fat and breeding cattle and sheep, fat swine, draft horses, and a Junior Livestock Feeding contest. The event also includes the International horse show and the 28th annual grain and hay show. Fat carrot entries close November 20 and grain show entries close November 10.
The Saline column notes Meridith Bixby’s puppet show was funded by the Community Chest after a $50 fee, while the Child Study Club managed Halloween funds. Rotary Club photos, deer season promos at Saline Hotel, and Bill’s Tavern prize for corn ears pepper the page. City council, school traffic light talks, and a Babe Ruth Story run at the Saline Theatre are highlighted amid road and safety tweaks. Ed Hartman heads to the North woods for hunting, leaving a skeleton town crew in place.
On election day November 2 the pupils at Dell School voted 18 for President Truman and 8 for Dewey. Assistant superintendent H. C. Thayer visited the school on November 3, 1948 as part of a post election activity. Bernice Jaeger, Sixth Grade.
Saline City Council accepted Detroit Edison Co plans to upgrade the street lighting. The project raises wattage from 1060 to 2500 watts per bulb, increasing the annual bill by about $500 while boosting taxable property value. Work to begin in December.
Herman Delaisse backed from the curb on Michigan avenue and struck a car. He then headed west made a U turn and hit three more cars near the theatre. His car was towed, he was taken to Ann Arbor for a drunkometer test, fined 35 dollars, given a suspended sentence of 25 dollars and ten days within a year.
Katherine Ann Waidelich died Tuesday morning at her sister Mrs Julius Rothfuss home 102 North Harris Street after a long illness She was 83 and lifelong resident Born June 18 1855 she was the daughter of Mathews and Dorothy Waidelich Survived by sisters Mrs Rosa Buss Miss Marry Waidelich and Mrs Henry Hintz Funeral services will be held 2 30 p m at the Lockwood Funeral Home Rev H I Engel officiating with interment in Oakwood Cemetery
City council action grants two weeks vacation with pay and two weeks sick leave with pay for employees, potentially cumulative for up to three years. Employees who work during vacation receive double pay. Washte naw County Board of Supervisors budgeted 5000 for a Washtenaw County Fair contingent on board takeover of fair property.
Saline’s new athletic field is not yet paid for. An estimate shows about $2,000 more is needed to finish the field including sidewalks, restroom and storage building, grading and seeding, and upkeep. Pledges unpaid may be collected. contributions can be left with Clarence Cook at Saline Savings Bank. Mae Harms, sec.
The Child Study Club meets Tuesday evening November 16 at Mrs. Bruce Parsons home with Joseph Junker of Ann Arbor as guest speaker. He will show slides on Cub Scouting and other features of Boy Scouts.
Federated Church hosts annual harvest sale on Saturday November 13th. Local groups meet weekly and monthly including Child Study Club third Tuesday, School Board third Monday, City Council second Monday, Boy Scouts Mondays 7 30 at Legion Hall, Chamber of Commerce second Thursday at Saline Hotel, Saline Rotary Thursday noon, American Legion first and third Thursdays.
Forty three members of Saline High School's Junior Class start a fund raising drive to sell subscriptions to The Saline Observer. Each new subscriber earns the class $1.25 of a $2.50 subscription for their senior trip and the J Hop. The drive runs December 1, 1948 to December 1, 1949 and uses date stamped blanks. Captains are Marjorie Haeussler and Don Steiner.
Dale and Wayne Goble, Lima Ohio dealers in file and floor covering, bought the Morton Hatchery building on US 112 east of Saline. The sale was handled by A C Lange & Son Realtors. The Gobles plan Saline as home and the couple recently married with a newborn daughter.
The 32nd annual Michigan Milk Producers Association meeting at Michigan State College on Nov 4 saw 400 delegates back government price support for dairy on a parity basis. They urged color prohibition on oleomargarine and tightening federal enforcement, funded veterinary research, and expanded Brucellosis eradication. New markets and a record $62 million in business were reported. Directors elected include Meyer, Lynch, Harvey, Parsons, Ruhstofer for three years and Harvey Allan for two.
Richard Clark of 203 South Ann Arbor Street reported his 1935 Oldsmobile missing to Saline Police after claiming John Strudie borrowed the car Friday night and left with Clark's suitcase, raising fears he may not return it.
Saline Fire Department responded to a call from the sheriff to 4010 Washtenaw road where a suspected defective firing in the W N D Heise store building caused a fire. Fire was extinguished with no damage reported.
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary in Salina report a School of Instruction in Brooklyn on November 3 with Michigan Department officers answering questions for Second District units. Salina delegates also joined a State Hospital party November 2, while the Manchester Unit provided refreshments. The group notes 81 members signed up for the new year and plans for 25 more contacts, to outpace the Legion in member recruitment.
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