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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1940
Page
2
The notice outlines pricing for single copies, subscriptions, and various notices. It lists 3 cent singles, 1.00 yearly with six month and three month options, outside Michigan at 1.50, and per line charges for cards of thanks, obituaries, marriages, poetry, and entertainments. A minimum 25 cent charge applies, and admission counts per line when charged.
Michigan Governor Loren D. Dickinson appeals to residents to buy tuberculosis Christmas Seals to fund research case finding tuberculin tests X ray clinics and sanatorium care. He notes a drop in death rate and urges public support amid wartime destruction. Felix Lewis Martini designed this year’s seal featuring three singing children.
Conservation officers and deputies conducted a Clinton stop sweep from 4 to 8 pm. Ten game law violators were fined and costs totaling 322.30. Several suspects jailed overnight in Adrian, then released after paying fines. Individuals named include Lecile Myers Dearborn Keith Graham Ann Arbor Woodrow Templeton Dearborn Gilbert Gillissie Dearborn Albert Drum Roseville Jack Williams River Rouge Watt Reason Detroit Frank Fulton Detroit Clifford Brantley Ferndale William Gordon Detroit.
A brief ad-like note promotes Adlerika in a silver colored bottle for temporary constipation relief. It claims three laxative ingredients provide faster action and a balanced result within three hours, advertised as available at drug stores.
Edward A. Clark buys Baptist parsonage and numerous local social notes unfold. Neighborhood visits include Mr. and Mrs. Gadd, Mrs. Stierle, Nora, and Miss Steffy. Surprises for Lauren Kinsley and Miss Anna Lambarth mark family gatherings. The Tavern sale to Walter Karaczewski and relocation plans for the Schieh family also noted.
Miss Elsa Hood graduates from Cleary College on Saturday. George Desbrough weds Miss Maud Matthews in Windsor on October 27. Farmers Club to meet November 12 at Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Rouse. Ladies of the Baptist society plan a December 10 bake sale. Co. N. Harrison buys N. C. Davenport stock and fixtures. Mrs. Davenport to move to a farm near Ypsilanti. Community teas and visits feature prominent locals and families.
Federated Church announces a week of activities led by Rev. Roy J. Miller with voice culture and choir practice on Thursday evening, Dorcas meeting Friday afternoon, and a Thanksgiving Sunday service at 10 o clock with a Men’s Bible class program and Ernest Wilson speaking. Christian Endeavor Society social Friday week invites all youths not elsewhere engaged. A note mentions railway tunnels in the United States and a rough figure for annual cash losses from accidents.
Washtenaw and Livingston counties scale up membership goals through December 15 as part of a national push to strengthen democracy by serving America. Local leaders seek boys 12 and over not yet registered, who should contact Scout leaders. The Newkirk camp near Dexter hosts groups under adult leadership with cabins, cots, mattresses, and stoves. reservations are handled by the council office.
In Washington Norman H. Davis announced Red Cross will mobilize nurses and workers for Americas defense. Thousands already called and many chapters ready to aid soldiers and sailors with personal problems. Roll call runs November 11 to 30 inviting membership and volunteer service. Relief programs continue domestically and war relief is funded by a $20,000,000 public contribution in 1940.
A column shares a nostalgic look at how women’s roles have shifted since grandmamma’s youth and offers practical Thanksgiving and autumn centerpiece ideas. It suggests using stalks of wheat, corn husks, nuts, and colorful gourds for table decor and provides a vegetable centerpiece idea using common produce.
Prepare by cooking cranberries in orange juice until skins burst then sieve. Stir in sugar raisins and orange rind and simmer about 15 minutes until thick. Remove from heat fold in chopped nuts. Raisins may be omitted.
A recipe describes washing six tart apples core but not peel them. Insert a link of sausage in each center, using bulk sausage if needed. Place in a baking dish with one cup water and one cup honey or brown sugar. Bake and baste until tender, then serve with corn meal mush.
The Methodist Church will hold 10 a m worship with the sermon on Minimum or Maximum The Wholeness of Life is the study topic in church school at 11 Arthur Wilson is superintendent The youth groups meet at 6 30 p m junior and intermediate led by Miss Stark and Beatrice Nelson leads the senior group A church school board of education meeting is set for Tuesday November 19 at 7 30 p m
The Milan Leader reports at Trinity Ev Lutheran Church Rev H L Engel conducts German services at 10 am and Sunday school 11 am with teachers meeting November 14 and League gathering November 21. Thanksgiving Day German service noted. Nearby home of George Allen, a local teacher on Spink street, suffered about 65 dollars damage from Halloween pranksters last Wednesday. Four shutters broken, five evergreens damaged, shrubbery trampled, and an eave trough ripped. officer Tom Goodrich traced and rectified most damage.
Recipe fragment describes cooking 83 cups squash with 1 tablespoon molasses half cup cream half cup coconut a dash of nutmeg and salt. Blend and bake until browned then serve hot. Cranberry relish uses 2 cups cranberries.
Home economics staff at Michigan State College urge reliance on fundamental nutrition as opposed to food fads and fancies. Experts warn that partial knowledge can mislead, raise costs, and divert from true dietary value while noting some fads are harmless yet others distort meals. In contrast, current science highlights vitamins minerals and balanced elements for physical fitness. For sale a violin with a loose peg head plus a generic liner ad prompt remains in the local page.
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