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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1941
Page
3
The American Legion schedules its feather party for Tuesday evening November 18 with door prizes. Tickets will soon go on sale for the annual high school football banquet.
Local items report license applications by George Camburn and Miss Wilma Bred ernitz. Community guests visit, house ground breaking on North Harris street, and engagements. County officials discuss M-11 repairs with low bid by Louis Garvaglia at $59,021.87. Church guild elections, zoning visit, and social events fill the week with many family moves and travels.
Calvin Hertler 13, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Hertler, died after a hay fall at the Arthur Wiedmayer farm near Saline. He struck his head on a truck in the barn and died after a doctor’s examination. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran church west of Saline with a crowded turnout. Other notes mention neighbors’ visits, hunting plans, and an Armistice dance. A separate accident at Fred Arenda’s driveway left a milk truck tipped but no injuries.
Grant Allison of Martz Road phoned Alger Allison on Sunday. Glenn Allison of Ann Arbor visited the Alger Allison home last Wednesday morning. Mr and Mrs Carl Schuetz and friends from Toledo visited Misses Mary and Bertha Hertler Sunday. Ralph Gooding of Cincinnati broadcast on WSAI Sunday morning about What My Church Means to Me. he grew up in the community and has many local acquaintances.
The paper announces limited print runs of ads free Home and Farm booklets with calendar plates for 1942 1943 and 1944. They will be sold about October first at 25 cents each and orders are encouraged early due to limited supply. Native to America all species of hickory trees are noted.
The article notes English classes discuss ghost stories and Halloween history with a majority opposing pranks. Students across grades create Halloween art from jack o lanterns to masks while discussing discussion methods and other topics. The piece also mentions 82 million tuberculosis Christmas seals in Michigan for sale on Nov 24 with the slogan Protect Your Home from Tuberculosis and a side fact about chicken body temperatures reaching 106 degrees in summer.
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