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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1947
Page
3
The editorial team includes Hallie Jane Mehler as Editor-In-Chief with junior and grade editors Thelma Wahl Jorie Haeussler and Barbara Dechert. Junior High editors are Lou Ann Elfring and Douglas Elfring.
The kindergarten class of 1959 enjoys painting as its most popular activity. Young artists explore on paper and easels, while visiting figures like cowboys, elephants, and the big bad wolf spark vivid imagination. Siren and engine sounds are part of the scene.
Students report progress in sewing class and plan to use new aprons next semester. They describe learning correct stitching methods and fabric handling as they prepare kitchen-ready garments.
In class Miss Morden bought a model farm at a Detroit teachers institute and brought it to school. Students colored cutouts and assembled them on a large table, planning to finish the art project with airplanes boats trains and vehicles on a big sheet.
Third and fourth grades created Halloween pictures on our Foom with witches on the bulletin board black cats and pumpkins on windows. Fourth grade art focuses on transportation with boats cars trucks airplanes and trains.
Sixth grade students held a Halloween party last Thursday at the Danny Levlett farm then walked to the woods for a weiner roast. Mr and Mrs Martin supervised games and storytelling around the campfire before returning home. They plan a bus trip to play Dell School on November 10 and hope to win. The class is studying Africa with a large color map on the board marking cities counties and other locations.
The eighth grade class works on sewing skills with darning and patching practice. Students aim to improve stitching and textile repair abilities in Home Economics class.
A Science class notes in a film about impure waters and pollution. They point to sewage disposal as the main pollution source and urge Saline to build a treatment plant to protect health and property.
The American History Class links to Yorktown 1781 and the Revolution. Junior students donate one dollar to Aid for Europe. Principal Mr Foru starts a beginning band, training fifty-nine members daily to build a future concert group.
Our last football assembly honored the Senior boys of the squad with a farewell. Joan Wurster chaired the event as Victoria yell sparked brief speeches by team members and faculty. A new closing yell surprised and pleased the student body.
Students in an English Literature class finish Macbeth and prepare memorized lines. A teacher warns the community to expect muffled recitations and to overlook odd mumblings as students practice.
A postwar Italian dental survey reported gingival disease affecting 40 percent of children aged 6 to 10 and up to 98 percent of adults 51 to 60. Naples showed higher rates than Chicago, with acute forms rising in younger groups and chronic forms common in older adults.
The piece describes Otto von Guericke in 1650 creating the first electrical machine a sulfur ball turned by a crank and rubbed to excite a spark or light. It notes his role in establishing electrical repulsion and early induction concepts with amber friction and cloth.
The article discusses whether Huang-ti or Ki-tan first used magnetism and credits China with early practical applications of magnetism. It explains lodestone origins from Magnesia and that magnet comes from the mineral leading North when suspended.
The Washtenaw Historical Society met in the Rackham Building in Ann Arbor and adopted a membership amendment increasing the rate to 25 dollars. President Mrs. R. E. Spokes conducted the session and Mr. W. J. Armstrong outlined the year’s program including research on Indian trails and local history. Heirlooms were shown, including a foot warmer used in 1850 exhibited by Mr. E. J. Almen dinger.
A 1867 contract for a Sharon Township teacher and various historical items were exhibited by residents including Mrs. G F Allmendinger and Mrs. E B Graves. Exhibits featured a 1683 sundial, a 1784 sampler, a 1819 child’s work, maps of Ohio Indiana Illinois and Michigan, a silk silhouette, beaded watch case, a 1841 arithmetic book, a 1810 skirt and a California gold rush journal. The gathering adjourned with plans to reconvene Nov 24.
A historical note describes how grooms used friends to hold the bride during early wedding practices, explaining the origin of attendants at weddings.
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